The record-union., 1895-07-01

to Many Acres of Property, VAL
ued at Several Millions of Dollars,
Which Now Comprises One of the
Best Portions of South ST. Louis.
New YORK, June 30.-The Inaugural
| ton ceremonies of the first shooting fes-
tlval of the National Scheutzen bund of
the United States eff America commenced
this morning, and until 7 P. NJ. the quiet
surroundings of ScheutZen Park, at
| Glendale, re-echoed with the crack OF
powder and the ping of bullets. Rain
fell steadily from early morning until IL
A. NJ. when the weather moderated and
the days programme commenced.
The threatening aspect Of the weather
initiated greatly against the attendance
in the morning and early afternoon, but
/ when things atmospherically looked set
tied the crowd commenced TO arrive and
fully 5000 people were scattered through
| the park.
The ScheutZen people were fortunate
in their selection OF locality for their
cele ebration. Glendale Park is about
| twenty minutes ride from Long Island
| City and Is a place OF great natural
beauty, with an area of about thirty
acres. 1t contains large dancing pavil-
| ion, bowling alleys. restaurants, bars and
| many other facilities for comfort and en-
| joyment.
| The scene to-day exhibited a great and
animated appearance, all the structures
being gayly decorated with German and
| national bunting, and signs OF Nv el-
| komme" were everywhere manifest. No
means were neglected to make the
"N olk'' happy. They watched the shoot
| ing and bowling, they danced, they lis
| tened to Tyrolean yOdlers singing their
native songs in costume, acrobats went
! through aereal maneuverS for their bene
! fit, and vaudeville was presented 10 their
view. They danced and ate, drank and
were merry to their hearts content. The
festivities were kept up till a late hour
o-night, and wound up with grand
pyrotechnlc display.
\ source of great interest to the sight
seers during the day was the pavilion
containing the honorary prizes presented
to the bund from all quarters. The crowd
! thronged the sides OF the pavilion, specu-
lating over the individual value of the
gifts, which III the aggregate amount to
| between S30. .0J0 and 500, 900, and grew ell
thusiastic over the splendid display,
which ranged from $1,000 cups and serv-
| ices OF solid silver down to medals of
| gold and silver.
The promoters have been for some
years arranging for this mammoth testi
val. The torty-fve rifle ranges. 200
yards long, after q careful and critical eX-
animation, were pronounced by experts
to be perfect, and are highly commended
by the sharpshooters. Every detail has
been attended to so as to make the best
possib BILE records, each of the targets hav-
ing been put to a severe test, and the
general verdict is that they cannot be inn
proved upon.
In addition to the shooting, there are
individual and team bowling contests,
the prizes for which will be very big.
The first series of bowling for such prizes
| took place to-day, open to all comers.
During every day of the festival there
will be banquet between l and 2. NJ.
| The shooting contests will be continued
| from A. NJ. to p. NJ. There will be con-
certs and dancing during the afternoon.
| and an interesting programme of general
| amusements. In the evening stereOp-
tican views and fireworks will be ex-
| hibited.
Tomorrow the Scheutzenfest will be-
| gin, to-day's shooting being for grand
prizes open to all-comerS. The parade
| starts at 9 o'clock, and will be partici
pated in by all the local and visiting rifle
| clubs and the German Veteran soldiers,
the Turner'S and Singing Societies of
| New York, Brooklyn and Now Jersey,
and many of the Volkstest organizations.
| The parade will form at the ScheutZen
fest Hall on St. Marks place, proceeding
via Broadway Union Square. Fifth
avenue. TO Thirty fourth street, ferry,
and the Long Island Railway to Glen
| dale Park. At Union Square Governor
VI nfh hnI hnN
ary members of the society will view the
parade.
! The shooting to-day was confined to
| the general target, open to the public,
Germania and Columbia honor targets
excluded.
The following won gold medals G.
krause, l.. Bartel. c. Coppersmith, G.
Fack Ian, y. Jungblutt, Ii. Newman, E.
| Horninghause, II. Hol jes, II. ID. Miller.
scores were made: A. Strecker 46, Gus.
Zimmerman As, Il. Blodau 46. r. Dusse
10. l.. Flack 40, G.. Hebin Al, II. lies 43.
| J. Martin 43, Chris ID. REIN II, ID. b. FAX
ton IL, h. Beudel fl, G. b. Wermann II.
a. Stein Al, W. V. Rapp 80, c. Bloom berg
| SO, II. Radloff 81, f. Thulemann 2S +. b.
Young u, a. Z. Ptiffner rs.
| AT the ring target the following scores
were made A. Strecker 73, G. Stein 72,
C. Zimmerman 72, L. Flack. M. Doruler
| and q. Horner IL each, X. Dusse and l..
| Bloedau 20 each, J. Martin and j. Brod-
enstab 49 each, D. Weigemann IS, Charles
Gensch 81, J. Shumannberg and d. b.
rakton 66 each. +. B. Young 90, II. Hoi-
es and l.. Bendel 81, G. Nowack 63 w.
| V. Rapp. Jr.. 81, George Gross and A. d.
! Miller 30 each.
| At the man target the following scores
were made: a. Strecker 81, A. Stein 81,
| L. Flack 80, r. Dusse 80. q. Helger co. J.
Bloomen berg 30. j. Martin SO. +. Bloedau
| 8S, F. B. Young SIS, N. Dorler 81. A. w.
| Hoffman 81, A. Peters S5, c. Horney 81,
! A. Hornighause 81, w. Y. Rapp, Jr., 81,
! J. Nowack 50, d. Weigemann II, G.Gross
/ 64, H. d. Miller 81. Ii. RadloH 81, J. Deitz,
Jr., 81.
! Mr.. Strecker. who made thestop scores
| in each target to-day, is the crack shot OF
the San Francisco delegation.