The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-07


the ranks of professional politicians.
In the absence OF Professor Rowe. OF
the University OF Pennsylvania. his pa
per upon American Political Ideas and
Institutions in Their Relation to the Con-
dition Of iCty Life" was read by Pro-
fessor II. E. Boren. Of Cleveland. The
paper was interesting and instructive.
Astounding in new and helpful ideas.
The last paper on the program was
that OF DR.. Edmund ]. James. OF the
University Of Chicago, who read: Home
Rule in American Cities"
TURNERBUND IN ST. LOUIS
Festivities Inausur.ted by q Parade OF
Uniformed Turner'S.
st. Louis, Nay 6.-The national festi-
val oe the North American Gymnast.c
association (Turnerburd), which is held
| uuadrennIally. opened here today. All
OF yesterday and during this forenoon
train loads OF active and passive Turner'S
from all parts Of the country. as well as
thousands Of people who took advantage
OF the railroad rates, were pouring into
the city, and il is estimated that there
are now at least $4,000 strangers here.
At the las. national festival of the
bund, in 1893, more than 5000 active
Turner's strove for the laurel leaf. the
only reward offered In the contests.
This year the program was made much
more extensive and interesting If posi-
BILE, the contestants numbering 1000 at
least.
Great preparations have been made
for the comfort and pleasure Of the Wis
TORS by the citizens committee. under
the craftsmanship OF Frank Gaiennie.
The active Turner's are being taken care
If at the different Turn halls. where
they will eat and sleep, while the pass
ives and other visitors will find accom-
modations al any Of the many hotels
with which the city abounds.
All the principal buildings in the
downtown district were beautifully
decorated today. German and American
flags were flying from numerous flag
STATS and the fronts Of all the blocks
along the route of the parade were
hung with red. white and blue bunting.
and thousands Of streamers and banners
of the Turnerbund.
handsome arches had been erected. The
Exposition buildings. where the feast to-
night received its dedication, and the
six Turner halls. showed fine displays
Of the dacorat tors art. The most elab-
crate decoration OF the city was prob
ably that at the fair grounds. which was
- ke the scene Of the field exercises. In
these spacious grounds everything had
been done for the comfort Of the many
thou. ands Of visitors. Machinery hall
had baen transformed into a handsome
dining room. There all the active Turn
ers and the judges and the committee
men take their dinners. II had been ar
ranged TO feed 5000 people there daily.
Numerous lunch booths about the
grounds had been provided for the 9th
erS.
Among the prominent people present
who had come to participate in one way
or onother are: Miss Ellen lie Garde,
physical director Of the Providence, r.
L, schools, the only woman member of
the observation committee; DR.. Dudley
A. Sargent, Instructor in physical cult
ure at Harvard university; DR.. Arnold
q
the Anderson Gymnastic school; DR.. E.
Fherhard, of the Boston Athletic club;
Dr.. Edward Mussey Hartwell, director
OF physical culture in the Boston public
schools: DR.. Zeigler. of the Cincinnati
publ: scnaols and the physical instruc-
tor a: the Chautaulua national assem-
bly, in New York; Professor Rid Per-
trch OF Philadelphia, and Professor
Herr. leader of the New Orleans Turn
erS.
Last evening 1000 Turner's arrived. in
Guiding ac,ves from different parts of
Colorado, Birmingham, Ala; Philadel-
pi,iA. brooklyn, Holyoke. Mass; Dayton,
Ohio; Indianapolis and New Jersey. This
forenoon large Ceiegaticns from Cfncin-
natl. Milwaukee. Chicago. Fort Smith.
Ark: Little Rocx. Ark; Washington,
Mo-; Davenport. Icws; Memphis and
Kansas point arrived. Three thousand
visitors finn Cincinnati alone helped to
swell he immense CIV d today.
Ms, Of The time THIS forenoon was
tak:n UP With tie reception Of the Wis
itors at Union s;st.or and escorting
thsEl 20 their c'ft,tn' Grarrers
The festival proper opened at noon,
when an Imn,tnce pee ssion OF Turn
ers, among wluII vel. 2.c00 loca. men,
fassaJ through :ha bus ness section of
toe city. Eight tt.rssnG men were in
Line.
August H. Muegge acted as grand
marshal of the parade. which was es-
corted by platoon OF mounted police.
Division No l was composed Of the
New York, Indiana and Wisconsin dis
tricts. The Illinois Turnvereins came
next, headed by the Chicago district, in
the following order: Lincoln, West
Side, Forward, Grand Crossing, Free
dom. Aimira, South Side, Germania.
Harlem, Eig:n, Advance, Garfield. Swiss,
Oak. Aurora and Social Turnvereins OF
Chicago. These constituted the second
section.
In the third section marched the Phil
adelphis. New jersey. Pittsourg. Mis-
souri, Valley, Minnesota, Upper Missis-
sippi and Rocky Mountain districts in
the order named.
In the second grand division. the
judges, in carriages. rode first. followed
BY the following districts: New Orleans.
Central Illinois, Pacific Coast. North
western, Connecticut, Lake Erie, Long
Island Ohio, South Central, Kansas and
Nebraska The second subdivision was
composed of 8. Louis districts.
The tnird division was filled entirely
by passive Turner's in blue uniforms.
The active Turner'S were The regulation
Gray uniforms and made a fine appear
ance-
After the parade d!sbanded. the par
tic!pants rode 20 the fair grounds, where
this afternoon the field exercises began.