Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-04
The Palace Closes with the Largest
Attendance of the Season.
Professor Hecker Produces His Grand
Peace JubiIee-Five Hundred Chill
dren Sing in the Chorus.
Gold Badge Presented to President Paddock
A Purse Filled with Hundred Dollar
Bills for Gen. Cameron.


under most favorable attendance and
in the midst of great popularity. Des-
mite the Vaccinations of the envious, the
Unjust discrimination by certain rail-
roads and the frequent rains unusual at
such time of the year, although neither
Harrison nor Diaz attended, al
though Talmage was kept at
home by his sick family,
the first Spring Palace that'the;world has
ever known was financially and otherwise
a brilliant success. Secretary Post states
that the attendance has been more than
one hundred thousand, an average of
more than three thousand per day :. This
Palace was constructed under greater
difficulties than any enterprise which
has ever been completed. In the first
place the money necessary for the capt.
tai stock had to be raised and when one
considers that the stockholders put their
money into it with no idea of ever re-
ceiving g cent dividend, but simply TO
benefit Texas and Fort Worth the aver
AGE business man is struck With amaze
ment. 1t has been fraINently said
by strangers from theS East when
structed by private enterprise, "What
infinite faith the people of Fort Worth
have in their city =. Then when the
money was securely designers, decora-
Tors and artists has to he sent for from
ali parts of the nation, as such work had
never been done in the state before.
Even these were not ablefo complete the
Palace in the time required,
and the noble ladies of Fort
Worth came to the rescue
and agreed to decorate the upper floor
which when completed was the most
magnificent part of the Palace. What
these ladies endured, what sacrifices they
made to be present and work day after
daY for weeks, no one but those who had
q hand in helabor really understands or
can appreciate. The Palace to-day Is a
monument to those noble, self-sacrific-
ing, enterprisiug ladies'.
THE PALACE JUBILEE.
The trains from all towns in Northern
Texas brought in excursionists, and spe-
Cial excursions were turnover the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, the Santa Fe, the
Fort Worth and Denver and the Texas
and Pacific. When the band took its
position in the music stand the
Palace was crowded from one
end to the other, and seat
was simply out of the question for every
one had been pre-empted for hours.
Everything was in a rush, even the
officers of the association. Gen.
Cameron was in his glory taking charge
of the battery of anvils, and Capt. Pad
dock was everywhere just bubbliug
OYER with good spirits and shaking hands
with every one he met
THE DALLAS ARTILLERY.
The famous Dallas artillery came over
20 take part in the jubilee. There were
three guns and eight men under COM
mand of Lieut.. James Ford. They were
stationed on the east side, just outside
the building, and their soldierly deport-
ment and skiIlful handling of the guns
won them much admiration. The guns
were supplemented with eleven anvils,
which did effectual service.
THE CHORUS.
Five hundred children had been in
training for several DAYS under the ex-.
cellent conductor OF the Elgin band,
Professor Hecker, and every one of them
was on hand promptly at the hour, their
faces bright and dressed in their best bib
and tucker. They were seated on a
raised platform to the right of the music
stand, and made a sight that was almost
rs beautiful as the Spring Palace itself.
THE CONCERT.
The afternoon concert opened with
the Karporama march. which has been
composed since Professor Hecker has
been IN Fort Worth and was played
last night for the first time. 1t is most
excellent composition and caught the
enthusiasm of the audience at once. The
second number was the grand overture
10 William Tell, one of the finest mu-
steal productions in existence. 1t was
superbly rendered and brought out
generous cheers. Then followed the
grand National Fantasia, a character
piece. The soft dream Of the peas
ant with the romance of
fields and riIls is broken
by the rumors of wars; now he is III the
regiment and the troops assemble with a
great flourish of trumpets. Now the
march is played and the army embarks
for the scene of hostilities. The disem-
barkation was well represented and the
retirement of the soldiers in camp for
the night. The enemy attempt a sur
prise and bring on an attack. Then the
drums beat and the bugles blow and the
hurry and confusion of the rush to
arms is heard. The opposing forces meet
and the different bands are heard play
Ing IN the rush of men to the front. Now
comes the charge with the rattle of mus
kerry and the boom of cannon. Charge
after ch@rge is made and each time
the enemy is driven from the
camp. Then final dash is
made which is successfully met, and the
enemy is repulsed with heavy loss. The
piece then closes with grand triumphal
anthem. When the piece was concluded
the storm of applause fairly shook the
building, and the bouquets came down
on the band in a perfect deluge.
The battle scene was followed by a
cOrnet solo by Mr.. B B. Keyes, whose
excellent playing is one of the best fea-
lures of the band music, and whose solos
are executed with a brilliance that has
been rarely equaled. His first solo was
loudly applauded, and he was the re-
cipient Of q number of boquets. He ac-
knowledged the encore by playing the
Cricket on the Hearth.
After an intermission the band struck
up the first notes OF America, and at a
wave from the baton OF the conductor
the 500 children took up the song, and
the chorus was grand beyond description.
America was followed by the Star
Spangled Banner, and when the children
reached the lines in the third stanza ''the
Star-Snaupled Ranner iu,ptriumph shall