The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-04-25
Brilliant PyrotechnIcal Display
from the Capitol Grounds.
The Avenue Ablaze
With Glory:
The First Concert Given at Mil
let's Opera House.
The Visiting Saengers Driven Over
the City and Its Environs,
To-Day's Programme.

procession and q sumptuous banquet at
Turner hall to the visiting saengers. AT
about $3.50 O'Clock the procession formed
on East Pecan street, and under the leader
ship of Chief Marshall Karber the line of
march was taken up along Pecan to
Lavacca thence to Fifth street and
along that street to Congress avenue and
the Colorado bridge. A wheel was
made at the bridge and returning the pro-
cession passed under the triumphal arch
and then up the Avenue and out to Turner
hall. The procession was an imposing
one and the liberal display of pyrotech-
MOS and the brilliant Examinations along
the line of the procession formed gorg
eous spectacle, rarely ever witnessed. The
triumphal arch over Congress avenue added
to the grandeur of the scene. The hand
some arch was. brilliantly illuminated with
electric lights, and the legend "Willkom-
men yum Saengerfest" was traced upon
the topmost part of the arch. The image
of harp surmounted, and above all
floated the national flag. Suspended
across and dropping in graceful loops
we're garlands of evergreens, the whole
structure thus forming a most beautiful
conception. The Examinations along the
Avenue we're brilliant, and some of them
very unique in design and artistic in eff
feet. On one side of the street myriad
of little lights we're SO arranged as to pic
ture upon the blackness of night the sym
metrical proportions of harp, while
upon the other five-poiuted star blazed,
each individual spray of light standing
out like miniature stars. The capitol
grounds we're ablaze with glory of lights,
and the display of pyrotechnics from
this place was elaborate and strangely
beautiful.
The pyrotechnics, under the efficient
management of Mr.. Oscar Samostz, were
beautiful. "Bombs bursting in air."
Roman candles and Bengal lights were
kept necessarily firing, and produced an
effect as if the capitol were an immense
fortress under O bombardment
Variegated lights shot up into the ele-
ments, painting prismatic colors upon
the horizon of night and the 'blare of
music, the tramp of marching men and
the shifting line of torches formed one
grand panoramic phantasmagoria, beauti-
full to contemplate, grand to behold and
pleasant to remember.
CONCERT AT NIGHT
ne ls iuo
first concert, Which will be given tonight
at Miletts opera house:
FIRST PART.
o. Festmarch- Kretschmar lO-obos,ro
- ! b. Jubilee Overture-keler Bella
2. WelcOme-Fronum
Musical Union and Orchestra
O. Reverie-Vieuxtemp lnronoo,,o
De b. LOU du Bsl-Gillet.
d. ABE G. ad MY Heartn-Moring Grand Chorus
8. "WeTe | a Bird"-Becker.
san Antonio MHnnerchor.
6. "Home'-Schafer. =. Giddings singing Society
T. "rhe Chapel '-Becker.e aenGerDund-Houston
SECOND PART.
1. Symphony, L iat-IIay dn.."...... Orchestra
a q. Mai Song -Zurgends. Grand
= b. Hunters -Mendelsshon Chorus
Austin Male Chorus
4. "In the Alps"-Tegar. =. Galveston salamander
a. Pilgrim chLrus from Lombardi-Verdil
b. Revere soprano solo.
5. Mrs. Maxcy, with male quartet
Musical Union
9. Roman Triumphal HymnmaMax Bruch
Grand Chorus ana Orchestra
I. 'The Mill on the Clif"-Keissiger Orchestra
The "Commers" was presided over by
the inimitable julius Schuetzs as "Praeses"
who infused the essence of life into the
feast.
A delegation of New Orleans Saengers
graced the banquet by their presence,
composed of Vim. Schneider Of the New
Orleans quartette, and Mr.. Die zus, of the
New Orleans German Zeitung.
Gov Ross, one of the e-presidents,
delivered one of his felicitous addresses;
worthy governor would make Jolly
Dutchman if he only could speak the
language.
A gem of the evening was general
chorus with orchestral accom- paniment
the music composed by Liendenberg, of
Galveston, and the text by Sohuetze of
Austin, with ffffficus labiensis refrain,
which was performed with enormous
"entrain" by the assembled crowd.
sAENGERFEsT NOTES.
Yesterdays programme was successfully
carried out and was graoed with beautiful
spring weather.
Congress avenue presented gala ap-
pearanoe and was crowded all day with
saengers, veterans and visitors.
The "ten strike" of yesterday was made
| by the Galveston Salamanders in the af-
ternoon procession. They were headed
by their society banners and the emblem
of their oorps-a genuine, live, stuffed sal
amander-on float drawn by two "sala
mander bearers" while the s8engers fol-
lowed attired in classical clusters" and
with oleander, magnolia and orange
wreathes as frames to their jolly "phiz."
Last nights banquet was also success
as well as the torchlight procession, fur
| Their accounts of which will be found else
where in this issue.
From Wednesdays Dailyl
| Yesterday afternoon the visiting saeng-
ers were taken in charge by Chief Marshal
/ Karber and committee of citizens, and
shown over the city. There we're some
thirty vehicles in the procession. The
start was made from Congre. avenue,
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The
party first went over the river and visited
| the Deaf and Dumb Institute, and then
they drove through the beautiful thor
oughfares of Fsirview Park. Then they
rrcrossed the river and drove up Congress
avenue, and thence out to the Insane
Asylum. After going through this insti-
tuition the Blind Asylum was next visited,
after which they returned to the city, ar
riYiug about o'clock. The party seemed
| very much pleased with the little eXcur-