, 1905-05-06

For nearly four hours last night the
town was in the undisputed though
somewhat noisy possession of the visit.
ing members OF the Denver Business
Mems club, for the greater part OF
that time they having the key to the
city, with instructions to hang it on
Sherman hill as they went out, Tor the
benefit Of other boosters. The gods
who control the elements were not
overly kind, at times sending rain and
snow to dampen, if possible, the enthu-
siasm engendered by the presence of
a drum corps and brass band, but the
elements at no time were able to keep
down the enthusiasm of the coming
within our gates of genuine boosters.
The train from the west was just a
half hour behind its schedule time,
and when it arrived, drawn by an cleo
tric-lighted engine, there was a crowd
of several hundred men, m and
children on the depot platform to greet
the visitors. The university boys
were there with their new II old
college yells, the small boy was there
with his new and old small boy yell,
and the matron and young woman
were there with their smiles and their
pretty ways and their curiosity to see
fuss about
Before the train had stopped could
be heard the whistle of the drum ma
jor as he marshaled his %red-capped
and uniformed hosts with drum ana
horn, and the band soon formed on the
platform n headed a parade from the
depot to the streets and up and down
the leading thoroughfares for a quar-
ter of an hour, the visitors, each
crowned with a lei red cap, march
ing through the streets to the strains
of the martial music of Cooks drum
corps Of Denver.
There had been a gathering of the
citizens of the city for nearly an hour,
and when the band and the visitors
reached Maennerchor hall, after their
parade Of the brilliantly lighted
streets in the business section, where
they were frequently cheered from the
doors of stores and Offices, they found
the hall packed from the rows re-
served for their own use to the doors,
with not a foot of idle room in the
large hall. There had been little at
tempt at display, a couple of arc
lamps on the ceiling of the room fur
nishing brilliant light.
The band was seated in a semi-circle
in front of the stage, the members of
the Denver club just back of them,
with a number Of visiting and local
gentlemen on the stage. The meeting
was called to order by Mayor j. B.
Mckee, with Mr.. Lee Haney, in charge
of the excursion, at his left, and back
of them sat members of the faculty of
the university, members of the city
council, the members Of the committee
which had arranged the details of the
reception and the Denver gentlemen
who had been designated to respond
to the addresses by the Laramie gen
tlemen.
The musical program was in charge
the university, the piano being on the
left of the stage. Among the musical
number were two by the double male
quartette, composed of Messrs. Tefft,A.
C. Jones, H. Merz, Adolph Merz, B. j..
Fennel, J. H. Merriam, William Mar
quardt and Jacob May, the Wyoming
Glee club, composed of Masters Glen
Fennel, Via Musser, Ralph McCul-
Tough, Howard F~razee, James Davis,
George Frazee, Henry Bombach, Theo.
Miller, Willie Coombs, Farman Swig-
art, Dan Sullivan and James Wilson,
and solos by Miss Agnes Kleemann.
The band played at intervals.
Mayor Mckee, in calling the assem-
blage to order and in delivering the
address of welcome, presented to MI.
Haney a large golden key to the port
ais of the city, telling the visitors that
the city was theirs, and asking them
when they went away to hang the key
on Sherman hill for the benefit Of fu-
Iture boosters. Mr.. Bedford replied In a
very happy vein, referring to the hear
ity welcome accorded the Denver party
and ~presaging golden results for all
concerned from the visit Of his party.
Addresses were delivered by Messrs.
ARNOLD, Ridgaway, Groesbeck, Gibson,
Swigart and Bell for Laramie and
lMessrs. Belford, Edwards, Newcomb,