The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1896. 3 MERRY TURNERS AT SANTA CRUL Athletic Exercises Under the Trees at Russell Racetrack. i ] EARLY MORNING PARADE | The Sound of Bugles Arouses | Residents From Their Late | Slumbers. ! WAND DRILLS AND SINGING. An Interesting Programme Rendered in the Great Pavilion at Night. SANTA CRUZ, Carn., Aug. 9.—Those | who attended the sixteenth Bezirk Turn- fest—and their names were legion—spent | most of the day in the grateful shade of | the grove at the Russell racetrack, about | one mile from town. The shooters hung | their powder-horns on the boughs, and | this made certain portions of the grove | almost typical hunting scenes. Beneath the trees also each visiting delegation had its own exclusive and sacred spot, with its banner tacked aloft, and its chairs, tables and its own private keg. There were plenty of refreshments of all kinds, and the crowd that assembled there to see the sports of the day was one of the most orderly that ever gathered at the racetrack. An expansive dancing plat- form - with convenient seats had been erected in the midst of the shade, and Hastings’ band supplied dancing music for the young people from 11 o’clock in the morning till 6 o’clock in the evening. It is hardly necessary to say that the platform was filled for each number by a jolly crowd, which flaunted the festival | colors in the breeze created by the dance. Carriages carried the multitude to and i the grounds all day long. Not less th 10,000 people visited the grounds | during the day. H Over the stubble of a wheatfield at one e of the grove the bullets of the free- | public shooting contest sang their | 200-yard distant bullseyes. There | ger sign to warn strollers away | e path of markmanship, and a | inel was stationed in that direction as nal precaution. A sort of arena | as fenced in at one side of the grove, in | ber, composed the next phalanx. which the parallel bar ana horse vaulting | exercises took place. Conveniently at one | gide, in plain view of the crowd, the hori- | Saturday Night Scene at Santa Gruz-When the \ 5 W) /5/‘ ! /\A’ Visiting Turners Paraded to Their Headquarters. Following the drum corps came the San Francisco Schuetzen Society, 50 strong. They presented & gay and picturesque ap- pearance with the graceful feathers in their hats, and breasts cecorated with the medals of many a contest won. The San Francisco Turn Verein, about 55 in num- They were in the Turner uniform of light- colored shirts and trousers. The San Francisco Eintracht, 40 strong, in the same uniform, followed. In the following order came the San Francisco Mission Turn Verein, 35 in number; the San Jose Turn Verein, 100 members in line; the Oakland Turn Verein, 35 members; the San Francisco Germania Singing Society with 25 singing members; the Santa Cruz Tura Verein with 175 in line; the San Francisco Harmonie Society with 50 Alfred Furth, Leader of the San Francisco Turn Verein. zontal bars, with their sustaining up- rights, were anchored, so that the crowd could view both exercises at once if they had lively eyes. The frequent outburstsof applause indicated that the ensemble of | aihletic events was viewed by nearly all. | Santa Cruz was awake at an early hour | this morning. She was awakened by the | drum corps of the San Francisco Taurn Verein, which beat a reveille. The various | sections of the morning parade, tired from the long procession of the night before, | Jid not get into line till 8:45 o’clock, but | at that time the march to the grounds was D n. R. Walti was also grand marshal of this second parsae. He led the proces- sion in such fine style the night before at he was chosen to repeat the opera- After him came the Yand. Then : was a pretty effect in a cluster of ag-bearers, holding aloft the banners, the flags and the colors of all the visiting | societies, The ladies’ class of the Santa Cruz Turn Verein came next. They were twenty-five in number. The ladies wore white straw hats, adorned with the ubi- quitous red and white colors, ending in streamers floating gently behind. The next section of vhis early morning parade was composed of the instructors of the vari. ous societies represented at the Turnfest. They were fifteen in number, and were at- tired in the lizht-colored shirts and trouns- ers of the athletic classes. The San cisco Turn Verein Drum Corps awakened the matin echoes on the com- paratively desertea streets. The sleepiest heard their noise, and awoke to the t t t f | Mr. Weber. fact that a programme of _excellent aihletic exercises was about to be opened. marching members, and the San Fran- cisco Arion with 40 vocalists in line. The forenoon exercises at the grounds comprised, chiefly, rehearsals for the com- petitions down on the programme to fol- low in the afternoon. There were exer- cises on the horizontal and parallel bars and the mass and class wand exercises. These competitions proceeded with much vigor and interest in the afternoon, and as 1 each particularly good and graceful turn was made on the bars or on the leather horse the crowd applanded enthusiasti- cally. It was a peculiarity of this crowd that 1t secmed to know a good thing in athletics when it saw it, but that is in all probability a faculty peculiar to the spec- tators of Turner society events. : Conrad Flach, the instructor of the Santa Cruz Turn Verein, is gymnastic leader of the festival. The following judges were chosen: Judges for horizontal bars—T. Utte, Mr. Hauser, Mr. Rinse; judges for parallel bars—R. Barth, O. Freund, L. Gerichten; judges for vaulting horse—H. Stahl, Ed Popp, Fred Fischer; judges for wand exercises—L. Weber, F. Fischer, C. Wiedemann; judges for the first gronp of horizontal bars—H. Ritter, J. Denbaum, Albert Fuerth; judges for first group on parallel bar—C. Wiede- mann, Mr. Lutz, Mr. Kortstein; judess of first group for vaulting hore—Mr. Roemer, The societies that took part in the wand exercises were: The San Jose Turn Verein, the San Francisco Vorwaerts, the Oakland Turn Verein, the San Francisco Eintracht, the 8an Francisco Turn Verein, the San Francisco Mission Turn Verein and the Sania Cruz Turn Verein. There are three grades in the wand exercises, the first named being the highest: Third grade, ten men; second grade, twenty- nine men; first grade, fifty-seven men. The competitions on the leather-horse in the afternoon comprised forward and rearvaulting, crossing-leg vaulting, side and lengthwise vaulting, etc.; on the hori- zonal-bar—muscle-swinging, giant swing- half-giant swing, Kippe swing; vaulting and the straddling rear and high vault. In these several athletic features of the afternoon there were at least 200 competi- tors, all energetic young men. The com- petitors must zo through all the various exercises, including throwing the sixteen- pound shot, high jumping and hop, skip and jump, and those getting the highest average.out of a possible forty will win the vrizes at the end of the contests. The re- sults of to-day’s contests were withneld by the judges, and the final result will be announced and prizes awarded to-morrow at midmight, in the grand pavilion. The gymnascc exercises took more time 4t the grounds in the afternoon than was anticipated, and the dumbbell exercises by the Bears (men between 40 and 70 years of age), the club-swinging exercises by young ladies and the oration by Albert Curriin, president of the Pacitic Turn Be- zirk, were postpored until evening with the remainder of t'e programme in the pavilion. The prize recitals which were to have been givenin the Santa Cruz Turn Verein Hall in the afternoon wers also postponed to the evening. A great crowd was present at the pavil- ion in the evening. The main floor, a great white space about 70 by 125 feet in dimensions, was left clear for the exer- cises. The spectators were ranged in long rows around each side. Opening the ex- ercises L. H. Wessendorf, vice-president of the Santa Cruz Turn Verein, introduced Mggor Clark of Santa Cruz. The Mayor said: “I was out on the grounds to-day and saw a fine and orderly crowd. The char- acter of the German nation was displayed m the Turn Verein, It is a sturdv char- acter. We hope you will come again. We hope this will not be the last time we shall see yvou. We shall try to make it as disu]grnable for you as-we can.” [Laugh- ter. He then introduced Mayor Davie of I believe in physi- Oakland, who said: AL TARGET Snoot | club-swinging under the leadership of H. cal culture. I believe it is the salvation of our country. We willlive to see the time when the Gerlan mothers of this country will raise the children soldiers of the coun- try, and alt you will have to do is to souna the bugle for them and they will come. I have three active members of the German societies. They are my sons. No people could have been so orderly under the cir- cumstances to-day as the Germans.” “The grand march “El Capitan” was played by Hastings’ band as an introduc- tion to the remainder of the programme. Then followed the mass chorus, *“The Young Musicians,” by all the singing societies, which was enthusiastically en- cored. A festival poem composed by Charles Roller was dramatically read by Vice-President Julius Meyer of the San Francisco Harmonie Society. Then game a fine barytone solo, ““The Heart on the Rhiue,”:g John Plagemann, whose fine voice tilled the entire pavilion. To an inspiring air out into the broad white of the floor marched eight young lacies with Indian clubs in their hands and took positions for an exhibition of Reiter of San Jose. They wore dark bloomers, dark hose, black slippers, white waistg, turnover collars and black ties. The clubs were black. The bioomers per- mitted a very graceful freedom of action. ‘When these youngladies, who were from Ban Jose, concluded this attractive feature of the programme, somebody among the spectators proposed ‘‘Three cheers for San Jose,”” and they were given from every part of the pavilion. The young ladies belong to the Young Ladies’ Class of the S8an Jose Turn Verein. They were Misses Clara Schnivtspan, E. Menn, Lillie Hauer, Josie Schnittspan, Lena Guntber, Ida Gotdbach, M. Schhittspan, M. Colombet. About 200 young men in the Turner uni- form took the floor next, and, with wands in hand, marched around the hall several times to the music oi the band, prepara- tory to the competitive wand drills. Nearly every city in the Bezirk was represenied by its wand-drill corps. The wands were steel tubes about three feet long, nickel plated. The evolutions were slightly dra- matic and Amazonian in character, snd frequently brought out applause from the thousands of admiring spectators. The evolutions were commanded by Conrad A GROVP 0= FAIR DVMBBELL SWINGERS A FANMILIAR OUTFIT GREATLY N DEMAND . stood at was Ban Jose, Coast Turn Bezirk, who spoke in Ger- man. !‘zl‘metlng to not less worthy of though the cause of pose wortby of the which it was instituted. luck for the turners, good American Nation.” and the third p from to-day, i as follows: 'c swimming in the bay; at 8, procession to foot races, wrestling, rope-cl in, :hgot, Indian club swinging and fencing. Flach, gymnastic leader of the Turnfest. Wauile the young men with the wands arade rest the oration of the day delivered by Albert Currlin of president of the Pacific President Currlin extended a all to the sixteenth ‘urnfest Bezirk, and wished that the members would add more laurels to their brows than had ever been gained before. He said that a proud past was theirs and it was their duty to see that the future was Frnise. He said that .the turners was op- ai the start,1t had gained success raiseworthy object for “‘Parents, you cannot leave your chil- dren a better inheritance than a durable health,” he said. we turners give our youth not only a health; There {s almighty dollar. crime if you do not teach your children the mother tongue. are good citizens of this country if you do “You well know that body but also a healthy spirit. a higher aim to work for than the Germans, you commit a Do you think you not esteem the language of the Father- land? Itisthe duty of evorL member of the North American Turner Bund te pro- test against the plutocracy which is be- ginning to take hold in this country and which, if not destroyed, will soon carry this mighty Republic to the grave. Good uck for the outh, good luck for this [Cheers and applause.] The Danube song- waltz, rendered in magnificent harmony and style by the mass chorus, concluded the evening pro- gramme in the pavilion. A longer pro- gramme had been arranged, but owing 10 the lateness of the hour the numbers were continued until to-morrow. drill was an exhibition only, it being de- he. wand cided at the pavilion to continue the com- petitive drills until to-morrow. To-night Albert Metzer of Santa Cruz and L. Weber of San Jose were appointed the score committee for the shooting con- tests of the turnfest. 3 4 The free-for-all prize-shooting contest was largely patronized this afternoon. There were twenty prizes, amounting to a total of $125, ranging from $1 50 to $25, the highest prize. J. Utschig made a score of 90 and won the first prize of $25; F. Ottin- er 88 und the recond prize of $20, and C. . Huback 85 pojnts at the 200-yard range e of $15. The programme for to-morrow, in addi- tion to the athletic exercises continued At 7 o’clock, the grounds. After arrival there will be field exercises, consisting of pole-vaulting, high jumping, distance anp{ng. step, bop and jump, distance ifh jumping, mbine, lift- heavy weights, throwing 16-pound The diploma shooting for turners begins o al A PRETTY N7 POSE IN THE WAND EXERCISE in the afterncon and the public target shooting continues during the whole day. A concert and dance lasts from 11 A. n. till 6P. M. At 6 P. M., return to town. At9 P. M., grand ball in the carnival pavilion. At midnight the prizes wili be distributed. LEFT BY PREHISTORIC MAN. Footprints of a Monster. Human Are Found on the Rocky Seashore Near Westcoast. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 9.—The steam schooner Mischief, Captain H. R. Foot, which has just returned from Westcoast, brings news of a peculiar discovery re- cently made by Mr. Leeson, the only ‘storekeeper living'in that sparsely settled little seabound village. The find was that of footprints, antedating, it is supposed, the Adamites, and mutely telling of a race of giants who, according to the researches and teachings of archaol- ogy, inhabited this earth in prehistoric years. . What mainly bears interest in the dis- covery 1s that it was made on the Pacific Coast, for although evidence of these ex- tinct creatures have been found along the Mississippi and elsewhere on this conti- nent nowhere in the West has anything of the kind ever been previbusly locatea. The footprints are known to but one, the finder, and he, reaiizing the fortune in their preservation, announced his inten- tion to Captain Foot of securing at least one of the monstrous imprints by cutting a square block out of the solid rock in which it appears. This rock is situated on the water front, and from it the foot- prints can be traced in a winding and regu- lar course up the steep embankment until losc in the indistinctness of moss and shrubbery. One of these imprints, and that nearest the water, measures four inches deep by twenty-nine inches long -and bears in eyact and “perfect outline the impression of a naked foot. A distance of four feet between each track gives evi- dence of the uniform step of the stranger. SINDY'S DESPISED DEAD, Murderer Thiede’s Body Denied a Resting-Place in the Town Cemetery. Relatives Avert a Bloody Conflict With Citiz>ns by Exhuming the Remains. SALT LAKE, Uran, Aug. 9.—The body of wife-murderer Charles H. Thiede, who was hanged here on Friday, was interred by his r-latives on the afternoon of the day of the execution, in the cemetery at Sandy, a small town fifieen miles south of Salt Lake. The citizens strongly objected to the body of the murderer being buried in their little cemetery, and it appeared that the relatives of the murderer, anticipat- ing opposition, had the grave .secretly prepared without the knowledge of the ecclesiastical board and conveyed the re- mains by a secluded road to the spot, so that the body was laid away before any but the relatives knew of it. The citizens became very angry and held a mass-meeting and sent representa- tives to Thiede’s people asking that the body be removed within twenty-four hours. The demand was refused, and the committee threatened to exhume it in the night and throw it into the river. he dead man’s relations armed them- selves to the teeth and kegt guard con- stantly at the grave since Friaay night. In the meantime the sentiment aeainst leaving the remains in the cemetery grew stronger. Those guarding the body were re-enforcea and a conflict was only averted by the murderer’s relatives capitu- lating. Under force they signed an agree- ment to permit the body to be removed, and at midnight to-night the despised remains will be exhumed and reinterred in a field adjoining the cemetery. AL T o Gift to @ Sacramento Man. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Aug.9.—Judson C. Brusie was the recipient of a handsome gold-headed, quartz-mounted cane to-day, a token from the citizens of Grass Valley. The memento was conveyed to Sacra- mento by & committee composed of George Zekind, A. L. Fisher and J. C. Tyrrell, who were met by a delegation of friends of the recipient, led by Charles K. Lipman. The committee were banqueted and then taken in a four-in-hand to visit the various points of interest throughout the city. THIPLE LYNCHING AFTER A MURDER Three Italians Are Taken From Jail at Midnight by a Mob. VAIN PLEAS FOR MERCY Given Two Minutes ia Which to Pray Before They Are Strung Up. TARGETS MADE OF THE BODIES Winchester Rifles of the Party Are Emptied Into the Dangling Forms. . NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 9.—Wednes- day night last in St. Cbarles Parish, Jules Gueymaud, & storekeeper, was assassina- ted while standing on bis front porch. A Bicilian. named Lorenzo Saladino was known to have had a grudge against Guey- maudand and he was suspected. Circum- stantial evidence caused his arrest on Friday. The Sheriff had great difficulty in preventing the people from Iynching Saladino then and there, and secretly con- veyed the prisoner to Habnville, the county seat, and placed him in jail. This prison is a new brick structure, and was guarded by & negro night watchman who has performed the duty for several years. Two other Italians named Decino and Angelo Marcuso, were confined in the jail for the murder of an aged Spaniard on one of the plantations. About midnight last night a mob of about fifty persons, well armed, surprised the guard, battered down the doors of the jail and took out the three Italians. The prisoners cried and begged for mercy, but the crowd -took them to a stable a short distance away, gave them two minutes in which to pray and then strung up all three of them by the necks vo the rafters. The crowd stood around a few minuteg until the bodies ceased to struggle and then opened fire with their Winchester rifles on the dangling forms, literally riddling them with bullets. The lynchers then quickly dispersed. The news soon spread and by daylight a big ecrowd gathered where the three bodies were yet hanging, presenting a ghastly sight. It 1s said the lynching party came from Bt. Gabriel, the ‘former home of Gueymaud, but none of the men were recognized. ] BALT LAKE’S GAIN, Readers of the Herald Will Get AUl the News, SALT LAKE, Uran, Aug. 9.—The Salt Lake City Herald, the leading morning newspaver of Utah. has abandoned the news service of the Chicago Associated Press and is now receiving the full leased wire overland and Pacific Coast news re- port of the United Associated Presses. In its issue of this morning, announcing the change as “A new and importart step in way of permanent improvement,” the Herald says that ““the dispatches sent out by the Chicago Associated Press have been unsatisfactory in many particulars, and anything but impartial, especially in political matters’’; that “the United Asso- ciated Presses is the most independent, comprehensive and efficient news gather- ing organization in the world,” and that in making a permanent alliance with 1t, the Herald “hbas availed itself of the earliest practical opportunity to cut loose from the Chicago Associated Press and to lend the weight of its influence to the movement for securing a better news service for Utah and other intermountain ghle‘!”ll well as those of the Pacific oast. DOWN! 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