Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
A GALA DAY IN WICHITA,

A GALA DAY IN WICHITA,
The Knights of Pythias Parade
and Prize Drill Success.
THE GOLDEN CROSS DIVISION Of
ATCHISON WIN FIRST PRIZE.
The KIT. Band Of Emporia Score Anoth.
er Walkaway.
From Thursdays Daily.
ror sometime past the people of this city
haye looked forward with more than usual
interest TO the converting of the Grand
Lodge of Knights of Pythias in this city,
and the exercises incident TO the occasion
have been fully canvassed, as the merits of
the various divisions of the order and the
various bands OF the State have been freely
discussed. The very unpleasant state of
the weather Tuesday, making any public
exercises impracticable il not impossible,
cast shadow over all who had SO expect
antly awaited the time OF the annual meet
ing. Not wishing to disappoint the hum
dreds of people anxious to see their parade
and drill, the knights kindly postponed all
exercises Of a public nature until yester.
day, but the coming of another day tended
not TO raise their spirits as the morning
dawned dark and lowering, and with every
prospect OF rainy day. Fortunately,
however, by ii O'Clock the clouds had dis
persed and the sun came out smiling its
warmth upon the earth, rapidly drying the
mud, and by O'Clock p. m, one could not
have asked for more beautiful day for the
carrying out of the proposed programme.
but owing 10 the muddy condition OF some
of the streets, the proposed line of march.
as mapped out Tuesday. was laid
aside, and the procession formed
in front of the fremont hotel promptly at
one O'Clock and took up its line OF march
west on Douglas avenue to- Main street,
north on Main street to Second street.
thence wesi on Second to Riverside Park,
where the competitive drill and band con-
test we've had.
As the grand and imposing pageant
moved up the street, led by the knights
Templar band of Emporia, the streets.
housetops and awnings were thronged with
people, and many were the complimentary
remarks made as the finely uniformed and
better appearing divisions of Sir knights
passed, their tasty uniforms, bright hel.
81, a
line advantage. First in line were the
officers in command, closely followed by
the famous X. I. bapd Of Emporia, which
discussed several popular airs in excellent
style as they passed up street. Next came
Golden Cross division of Atchison, Tan
cred division Of Columbus, Mystic division
Of Girard, Wyandotte division, of wyan-
dotte, Warwick division of Wichita, then
came Concor1ia lodge, Newton cornet band,
members OF Leayenworth lodge, officers of |
the grand lodge, followed by citizens in |
carriages, horseback and afoot.
Arriving at the Park it was found that |
Mr.. Gay, the genilemanly proprietor, had
put everything in excellent shape for the |
occasion. A large number of comfortable |
seats had been arranged, at the west end of
which was reserved ample room for press
representatives. The ground in front OF
The seats had been put in excellent condi-
ton for the drill, which Immediately fol-
lowed the choosing of the following judges
Capt. II. II. Matthews, of Leavenworth,
Lieutenant L. W. ong, OF Wichita, and J.
A. Ask, Adjutant Second Regiment Kansas
State militia.
There were three divisions that took part
in the competitive drill, though there were
one or two Others present which gave an
exhibition drill, notably the Tancred di-
vision of Columbus, which carried of first |
prize at Louisville in the national contest
The divisions TO enter were-Golden Cross,
Mystic and Wyandotte-comprising the
following officers and men, the latter given
In fours:
GOLDEN CROSS, No. 40 MEN.
OF Atehisou; L. J. Holland, commander:
W. III. McNeal, LIST lieutenant; W. C.
Barnes, "a lieutenant.
Let foRr-S. L. Concklin, A. C. McMicken,
Chas. Howe and c. L. Howe.
ID four-Roy Downs, J. W. Mckinney,
John Lockton and G. W Armstrong.
Sd fow-Geo Gesh, Thos. Pullen. Hv
Linn and sam Ferguson.
AZ fow-Jim smead, Nick Whalen. New
man Arthur and W. L. Haskell.
5hk four Chas Farrell, E. 7. Green, Rert
Porter and Frank Martin.
MYSTIC LEDGE, No. l2-I7 MEN.
OF Girard, Lieut.. Wallace, commander; A.
=. Riddle, I'd lieutenant, acting as first; IL.
F. Mccoy, left guide, acting I'd lieutenant.
1sf four Ct. L. Reiner, A. Allen, George
Tullis and V. Allen.
% four Samuel Beardsley, NJ. +. Rus
sell, G. ID. kincaid and A. A. Phillips.
Sd foEr-R. ;. johnson, +. W. Arnold. A.
T.. Frazier aud Arthur Fuller.
al .fo,g-G. a, yanDyke, J. f. Corrigan
Geo, W. Crawford and n, fryer.
wYANDoTTE, No. I0-I6 MEN
OF Wayandotte. f. :. Mustetter, command
er.
lat Jow-G. :. Colby, J. 4. Franek, L.
Il. Gillum and j. A, Bell. Il
2dJ5w-Chas. Wenhart, August Jost,
n. vanYanken, }. L. Ball.
81 foU-J. NJ. Gray, J. b. Scranland, L.
T. Groves and b. L. Rirley. I
4th .fow-G. A. Riyley. c. Z. shallamer,
NJ. soeder and w. Gardner.
Each division was allowed TO adopt their
own method of drill, and given thirty min
utes .time. The division of the Judges
was based on general average, and was
as follows:
Atehison, ..... 80. ...s-First prize.
Girard. .......... ..7-2d
W yanuotte. .-.-.-- I'D
ON the decision of the Judges being an {
nounced, three rousng cheers were given {
the Golden Cross division. and the same
was extended to the other two |
divisions. The drill was probably the f.
nest ever had in this section of the state,
and it was difficult TO any but a practiced I
eye 10 find a flaw in the well executed
movements OF any one Of the three diyis-
ions. The decision of the judges gave en-
tire satisfa elton, and in fact seemed to have :
been anticipated by all the Knights.
The band contest which took place at the
same time the drill was going on, was had I
on the south side Of the park. and about Q
evenly shared public attention. There were
but two bands present TO compete-the X.
+. band OF Emporia aud the cornet band of
Newton. BY some misunderstanding az to
lates, the Silver cornet band of Kingman J
which expected 20 contest for the prize,
JAILED to reach here until nearly dark last
evening. After the following gentlemen
mad been selected as judges, the X. T. band $
ed OF, each band playing alternately three \
pieces of their own selection: Fred schat- q
ner, Ben Richards aud Chas. Franck.
THE X. I. BAND
Is composed of the following members,
who rendered the annexed programme: j.
3. Egan. A. c. Klingman, james Balm, 7
Vim. Burke, ID. c. Waite. Miner Whitney,
Henry Ingerman, Thomas Martin, Ed.
W, b. seieester, Charles 10y, \
Frank Harris, +. w. Prince.
PROGRAMME:
Overture -..... 80. Pettee, i
selection from Macbeth ~ ....... Verdi
selection from Ernani ...... Verdi
NEWTON CoRNET,BAND.
VIM. Nicholson, L. Willis, ID. Aathies,