New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-09-29
The American gives Us the credit Of.
having timeEfo amusement, andes yet we
are not prodigal at the expense Of indus-s

the ablllty to ENJOY himself.
Addressing himself to the Hermann
Sons he said that if they would put
down clannishness, jealousy and selfish.
ness, their field in politics would be en-.
larged. We are American citizens, be
added, and should desire to remain such
After an eloquent tribute to the Ger.
man housewife and the German lang.
uage, he said: Let us stand together
like one man, with one purpose. With
the ballot let US obtain our rights the
rights of free American citizens. In the
language of Hermann, let our chief aim
be Friendship, love and truth
In concluding he consigned the care
of the monument to the Hermann Sons
of Minnesota and New Ulm and hoped
that the city which harbored it would
ever be protected from harm.
As the last speaker of the day Mr..
Haesecke singled out Architect Julius
Berndt from the crowd and demanded
an address. When Berndt reached the
stand the crowd broke out in three rous-
ing cheers that showed Berndt to be one
of the lions of the hour. Berndt's adj
dress closed the exercises and the i'm.
mense crowd spent the rest of the after
noon in listening to bands, climbing the
great monument and otherwise amusing
themselves in the beautiful park.
SATURDAYS EVENTS.
But Saturdays celebration, with all its
striking features, was not marker to
the festivities of Sunday. Fifteen to
twenty thousand strangers thronged the
streets. The whole surrounding coun-
try turned out, and the big cities sent
delegations large enough to populate a
good sized towusite.
Saturday night the city belonged to
its visiting guests. After taking in the
theater at Turner Hall, filling the big
building to It's utmost capacity, and
cheering the amatuer actors again and
again.. they took possession of the
streets and all public places. Bands
marched up and down, and large groups
of men followed them, singing songs un-
til long past midnight. 1t is safe to say
that 1900 to 5000 people never even
thought of sleep, and vet the town was
spared from any of those disorderly de-
monstratlons tina: usually accompany
such lively festivities. With very few
exceptions the tremendous crowd was
admirably well.behaved. The hundreds
who sought sleep satisfied themselves
with anything. They filled every vacant
room and hall in the town, slept on
floors where there were no cots in chairs
outside where they could not get quart
ers within.
About midnight train of ten coaches
carrying 400 people from Minneapolis
and fine bands arrived over the St. Louis.
Another train of six coaches came in
over the Northwestern at the same time,
and passengers on both united and pa
raded the principal streets. The Still
water delegation, 800 strong, reached
here early Sunday morning.
At ten o'clock on that day ten coaches
arrived from Waseca and ten more from
Tracy, bringing in about 1000 people.
An no ur later the Minneapolis contingent
was unloaded from eleven crowded
coaches at the st. Louis depot, where
they were welcomed by Marshal Boble-
ter and several bands. Besides these, the
regular trains brought in several hundred
making the total number. of guests who
arrived Sunday morning at least 5000.
With those already in the city, they Ii
5erally ja,nmed the streets. for blocks.
During the afternoon at least 5000
people gathered together on the Her
mann's Heights to listen to German
speeches, participate in German games
and partake Of German beverages.
Hu ndreds kept coming and going from
morning till night, but the crowd never
diminished in number. Bands we're
scattered all over the grounds, hundreds
paid to climb to the top Of the monu.
ment and the refreshment stands, were
Klondikes, between $4,000 and 81, OOC
being the receipts for the two days. II
addition to band selections, . big festi.
val chorus Of eighty voices sang severa
numbers.
The exercises proper opened with th,
Great Western March, composed " B
Gruenefelde OF this city, and rendered
By al Of the bands on the grounds
Joseph Miller, Of Minneap polls, directed
F. G. Neumeier, Of Saltwater, was thel
1sss.