The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-09

most successful encampment in years.
| Their finances are in excellent shape
and the order is gaining.
officers are being elected this after
| noon. The interest centerS in the con-
test for commander. c. B. Martin of
| Parsons, and P. H. Wolfe of Wilson
are the candidates. Both are good men
and the contest promises to be close.
The camp fire, under the auspices of
the Sons of Veterans this evening in
the house Of representatives will be the
| closing event. The Sons Of Veterans
| ard the Ladies' Aid will meet at the
| the hall by the Old Abe Camp Drum
corps. Prominent Sons of Veterans will
speak and Mrs. Charles Harris of En-
poria, and Mrs. s. J. Crumbine of To-
peka, wives of Sons of Veterans. will
sing. The opening number will be the
Star Spangled Banner by the audience.
Copies of the song will be distributed.
An Imposing Spectacle.
If there ever was for a moment a
lingering doubt in the minds of the old
veterans as to their welcome to the
city of Topeka, it must have been dis
PEELED by the sight of the mass of peo-
pie which blocked the line of march on
Kansas avenue from First to Tenth
streets last night. There has never been
such an ovation rendered gathering
since the Twentieth Kansas returned
from the Philippines flushed by victor
les which made the name of the regi-
ment a household word wherever the
English language is spoken.
An hour before the parade was sche-
duled to start, Kansas avenue and the
intersecting streets were crowded by
mass of humanity which blocked traf-
f1c and before the parade started the
streets were SO congested that car SER
vice on Kansas avenue was abandoned.
Not only were the walks crowded but
the street as well, the crowds from one
side wedging into those crowded from
the opposite walk.
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avenue was filed with heads and
shoulders of interested humanity rep
resenttng every stage OF life from the
cradle to the white haired grandpar
ents, while the darkness of the back
ground contained the figures of those
unable to obtain positions of vantage.
The parade was late in starting as all
parades are, for 1T was all that the
mounted squad of police could do to
force back the crowds so that the col
umn could move.
Captain A. NJ. Fuller. marshal of the
day, followed closely behind Chief of
Police Eaton and detachment of
mounted officers from the police sta
tfon, with his staff. Then came Mar
shalIs band 40 strong and in full uni
form playing notes of Joy and thank
fulness set to march time. IE the first
division We're General Charles P. Drew,
commander of the Kansas National
Guard with his staff, and a number of
the members Of the local military or
ganizations in khaki uniforms and the
Old Abe Drum corps.
Battery B with their cannon and
caissons and a Gatling gun which Is
stock property of the state followed.
In the second division were a number
of floats. One representing the past
present and future" consisted of three
apartments, in the front being an old
white headed couple as representatives
of the past. In the second apartment
were a boy and girl OF the high school
age, while the third apartment was oc-
cupied by a boy and girl .Of the trundle
bed age.
The second float carried as CEN
trail figure Uncle Sam in his starry
spangled uniform surrounded by a
score OF pretty maidens. Triple Tie
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