The age-herald., 1898-05-11
IN A BLAZE
 OF GLORY Hay Festival and Turner's Bund Ended
 Last Night. GRAND DISPLAY FIREWORKS At LakeYieW Park, the Finest Eyer Seen
 in the South. REAR ADMIRAL DEWEYS PICTURE Set the Crowd of Fifteen Thousand People Wild-Award of Prizes-The Visitors Will Be Taken to Pratt Mines
 and Ensley Today.
REAR ADMIRAL DEWEY's PICTURE


 The Grand May festival of the Birming-
 ham German Turn yerein and the meet ing of the Southern Central district of the North American Turner Bund. ended in a
 blaze of glory at Lakeview park last night.
 The festivities which were begun on Sum day evening last with a reception and ''Kommers" at Turn verein hall have
 proven both entertaining and instructive. Yesterday morning the exercises were resumed at Lakeview park. The gymnas- tic exercises under the direction of Dis-
 trict Turnerwart Pro. George Pfall, of Memphis, were exciting and closely con- tested and consisted of exercises on ths horizontal and parallel bars, vaulting on
 side and long horses; high and far jump ing, hop. step and jump, pole vaulting,
 relay and 100 yards racing. rope ci,nbins, | sw.n,niIs, bicycIe races, etc. In the afternoon from to o'clock de-
 bates. recitations and prize singing under the direction of President George Lott, of Memphis, was the order of exercses. At 8 D. m awarding of medals and prizes took place.
 Award of Prizes Judges in the singing contest were Prof. B. Guckenberger, MT. Otto Klus, editor Southern Post-Journal, Memphis; Joseph Wauman, president of Chattanooga Turn Verein. Judges in the gymnastic contest4M. w.
 Miller, Memphis. Tenn; MT. E. schatten-
 berg, Memphis, Tenn; Julius Pechman.
 Chattan6oga, Tenn; Prof. Harry Miles and
 Wasman, president of Chattanooga Turn
 The following. awards were made by the f1lpoDsessi S1 | ,asSS l.
 Gymnastic Exercises Concert singing-First prize. Birming- ham; second prize. Chattanooga. Tenn; third prize, Memphis, Tenn. s Solo singing between sections of the cir- | cult only. First prize, Chattanooga, Tenn. {; second prize, Birmingham. Eeelsty. prize-Memphis. Tenn; $ second prize Cbat attsnoogg Tenn. 4AxSi Individual exercises in first class-First prize, A. Stotz of Memphis. Tenn: second prize. General Lott, Memphis, Tenn; third prize. w. Bergshicker. Memphis, Tenn.; fourth prize c. Buechner. Birmingham fifth prize, J. Sesselman, Memphis, Tenn. i;
 sixth prize J. Rosenstahl, Memphis. Tenn. i; seventh prize. E.. schlessler. Memphis, Tenn.
 Third prize-M. wasserman. chatta- noQga,. Tenn. Special prize--A. Wolff, New Orleans. A beautiful gold headed cane was award ed to the musical director of the festival. Prof. Bruno Atteking.
 Grand Display of Fire Works The crowd which had spent the day at the park was augmented at night by many people from the city and at o'clock when
 the fire works display began, fully 15.OOo people were on the ground. The fire works which were in charge of the A. L. Due Company, of Cincinnati, were the finest ever seen in Birmingham. or even in the south. The beautiful lake
 made natural reflection for the magnifi-
 cent colored pieces that were discharged over and on it's placid bosom. The set pieces were simply grand, and when the portrait of Rear Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila bay>was set off to the strains of Dixie by the band, the enthusi- asm of the vast concourse of people knew
 no bounds, and cheer after cheer went up for the hero of the hour. The grand ball in the pavilion was be- gun as soon as the fire works display was tastic was gaily tripped to the inspiring music of the orchestra The next place of meeting of the South
 ern Central district Turner's is left to the | district secretary of Memphis, Sin whom is vested the right to name the plac eof meeting. c This morning at o'clock the visitors will be taken to Pratt Mines and Paisley on a special train and shown the wonderful re- sources of the Birmingham district.
 To the indefatigable energy of President B. Lesser, of the Birmingham German Turn Verein is due much of the success of the meeting and festivities.