Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-03

Sixth Division of thc Line shows IRE
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sixth Division of the Line shows IRE
menduuS voting strength.
The sixth division was headed by Marshal
Dan Farrell Behind him came the mag
nifcently appareied and magnificent Seventh
Ward Military band under the leadership OF
Prof George Green. The organization rem
dered the splendid music which has built
| up its reputation in the city during the past
months. The band headed the handsome
Webster Flambeau club. which turned out
with its full number of 100 men. The boys
made striking showing on the streets in
| their pretty uniforms of white. decorated
with dark braid. The fiambeauN were blown
several times in each block. faring high in
the air and illuminating the streets for
| blocks. The military precision with which
the body marched and executed maneuyers
vas exceptional.
The body marched in two divisions enc
under command Of Captain T. b. Millar and
the other under Captain George Sues. Major
William b. TcnEyCk was the commanding
officer. Between the two companies John
l.. Webster marched on foot escorted by
the members Of The John L. Webster quar-
tet, which has had such a considerable pars
IN the local campaign.
The Swedish Military band which has
been the musical feature OF the meetings Of
the Swedish clubs of the city. marched at
the head of the column Of SwedCs. The two
bodies, the SwCdish-American Garfield club
and the Swedish-Amorican Republican club
were out with goodly portion of the mem
hership. Both carried a large number Of
banners the watchword on which was THE
Swedes Are for Protection and Sound
Money" Another noticeable transparency
| read as follows: "The Republicans Build
Factories, the Democrats Tear Them Down
and the Populists Sell Them"
The first OF the two bodies was the Swedish
! American Scandinavian club, which was
/ Id
| tain John Norberg, Lieutenants Frank
Plancli and Charles Bjorkman assisted in the
command. There were over $50 men In line
| the big majority arrayed in the club uni
| form OF white caps and white capCs, the
latter decorated with a red border
The Swedish-American Republican club
was represented as fully, its lines being
composed of about $50 OF the membership.
| The uniform was similar to that of the
! other Swedish club. The command was in
vested in Captain Theodore johnson, who
| was also one Of the assistant marshals OF
the parade. Otto Sanberg and A. D. johnson
were the lieutenants.
A squad of the shotgun brigade with its
thunderous double barreled weapons followed
In advance of the Gate City band and As,
sistant Marshal Miles D. Houck They
formed the vanguard for the Sixth Ward Re
publican club which was In line with about
$50 men. In addition to this there was
fireworks squad at the head under the com
manu- vi captain II. ~. OStIOn. BCnllu
marched n delegation Of the Sixth Ward
Colored Republican Workingmens club.
The newly organized Woodmen of the
World band OF twenty members was the es-
cort of the Ninth Ward Republican CLUB
which had $50 men in line commanded by
Captain w, H. Russell assistant marshal
The club was also headed by a fireworks
squad of some twenty-five members.
STUDENTS SHOW UP STRONG.
Behind them marched a very creditable
representation Of the Medical and Dental
Students Mckinley club. There were aboui
100 in the line. captained by Assistant Mar
shall Harry Foster. The only transparencies
they carried bore the names of their or
ganization. Grand Marshal Ed McEachron
was at the head of the Fifth Ward Repub-
lican club, which was represented by about
l75 of the members. Its vanguard consisted
of twenty-five fireworks bearers The latter
We're commanded by Captain Dave Christie
The Seventh division was commanded by
Judge Irving Il. Baxter as grand marshal
1t was headed by the natty Young Mems
Christian association band behind which
marched one of the star clubs in the parade
in point of numbers, the Seventh Ward Re
publican club There were fully 500 of the
members in line under the command of
Marshal II. b. Trey All we're custumed
in the neat club uniform of white caps and
capes. The division was headed by large
fire squad which was commanded by Mel
Hoerner and G. NJ. Gilbert
The Mercer Gun Brigade of 100 members
were out in full force. There were two
companies one headed by Captain Berger
and the other by Captain +. E. Num- The
entire body was in uniform. Their fusil-
ladies' from their heavy double barrellei
shotguns, which were repeated in every
block, shook the echoes for miles about
Behind this section came a band of the
Sons of Veterans, some of them Enthusiastically
and capriciously costumed in yellow. They
pulled along the line big imprisoned eagle
with the motto: THE American Eagle is
Good Enough for U.s." The front seat OF
the vehicle was occupied by grizzled vet
Danger Treatens; Germans, Rally" was
borno on a transparency at the head OF the
column Of the German Americans There
were over $50 in the ranks, commanded by
Captain Peter Schwenk.
Two bodies OF Third ward republicans fol-
lowed. One was the Third Ward Republican
club. under command of Major and Assist
ant Marshal McVtte and Lieutenant H.
b. Durbin. They numbered $50. The other
was another Third Ward Republican club
OF $50, some of them women, under COM
mand OF Captain V. Il. Walker Both sec
tions were armed with tin can instruments
in considerable quantities.
Captain j. +. Pascale and Lieutenant
Joe Venuto commanded about 200 of the
members OF the Italian Republican CLUB.
They were escorted by a big fire squad.
The final club ia tho line was that OF
the observation-disclosures, which showed by
100 men that II was still very much alive.
twenty men. The entire body was under
tIn com md pf nj III ItT1T