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IN their bright blue uniforms was noticeable
feature of this varied parade that presented
so many varied attractions As the gay
eavalcade entered the palace grounds three
rouSing cheers were given them by the as
sembled crowd led by members OF the car
nival committee and the eommandry Off
GERS staff. Two of the old stages of the
Minnesota line were filed with smiling rep
reSentativeS of st. Paurs youth and beauty
in their captivating uniforms The Dayton
Bluff club was preceded by the pet of the
regiment" black sheep harnessed TO
toboggan. The sheep was hard to manage
as it occasionally took fright at the unac-
custOmed sounds and scenes and made
bolt into the crowd. Interspersed in the
lines of marching men were Shetland ponies
drawing brightly decorated tOboggans and
occasionally a daughter OF the regiment
was to be seen in uniform made up of the
starry flag and wearing a saucY tOque or
army cap jauntily set on one side of her
shapely head. The North Star Toboggan
club acted as the rear guard and their unique,
striking uniforms left pleasant impression
on the spectators as the brilliant, gay pro-
ceSSiOn receCed from sight
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THE CASTLE TAKEN.
How the Opposing Forces Were
Drawn Up in Battle.

At dusk the palace and the main gateway
were illuminated with cOlOred lights that
burned steadily all through the wild scene
that attended the storming. The upper
portion of the palace was white, with red
lights in the main turretS and with row
of red and blue at intervals across the
structure so that it bore the colors of the
host that should storm and take it, even
while the flag of the Ice King waved from
its summit. The walks leading to the
palace and the space about it for some dis
tance were hard and icy, for it had been freez-
ing during the evening. The lights had not
been turned on many minutes before the
comparative few visitors that were
within the grounds had swollen to a crowd
of moderate proportions, and this, In half
an hour more, had made good nucleus for
the swarming multitude that blackened the
park and extended blocks down all the
streets leading to it. A rope was stretched
across the walk short distance within the
main entrance, and detachment of police
admitted to the battle ground only such as
had uniforms that proclaimed them as COM
batants in the war that was to be waged.
The same line of wire that had done duty
at the stOrming before, was again there.
and the crowd was kept back to allow space
for the tree explosion of the fire works. lt
had been announced that the carnival clubs
would defend the castle against the IRE or
the veterans, and as fast as they came they
were admitted within the ropes and di-
rected to the particular point they had TO
defend. Capt Z. Bean on horseback was
inside, and with two or three aids. ar
ranged the battle so far as the
defensive was concerned. In a general way
the defense consisted of two lines. one
drawn up just outside the castle walls and
completely encircliDgi it and the other sta-
toned some distance from it The latter
| CLOSED UP THE GAP
and fell in with the first-named line as soon
as the skirmshing was over and the reai
battle had begun. Immediately IN 1rons OF
the nalaee. at distance of perhaps 100
feet from its walls, we've the Duluth Tobog-
oan clnb and the st. Georges Snowshoe
Club. forminga line four deep. They We're
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crowd of people, men, women and
children that were packed like sardines in
box, and the sidewalks in many places
were unable 10 hold the thrOng. and the
streets were filled up to the line along
which the procession was to pass Women
were no less anxious to get a look at the
moving columns than the men, and they
wOnld press their way 10 the front. COM
pelling, in their eagerneSs. broad-shouldered
men 10 stand back and give them the right
of position. Small bows, with a degree of
agility that would have made monkeys en-
vious to possess, climbed up lamp
posts. telegraph poles, and perched
themselves upon every projection
above the heads of the people
that would enable them to ''see the show"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-13

and yelling like maniacs as the biue-eoated
ranks moved past them. Windows were
rented at almost fabulous sums and many
occupants of Offices, the windows of which
looked out upon the streets along which
the procession moved, paid his rent for
more than one month with the proceeds
from his front windows. Third street pre-
sented an especially bright and lively appear
ance, with its thousands Of flags, dropping
banners and the arch of evergreens, and
Sibley street was spanned with rich-cOlored
streamers and banners hung out by the
wholesale firms III Mas,4.3O O'Clock when
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THE SPIRIT oF '63.

could have been more happily devised, than
that the spirit of Borealis. which laughed
to scorn the flashing weapons of the Fire
King and stood unhurt amid the storm of
bright solar arrows, should lower its colors
and ground its arms before the onslaught of
the victorious Army in Blue. The
cohorts of the Sun-god had been routed
and dissipated and the legions of the
Gherbers scattered far and wide, but against
the arms of the battle-scarred veterans, w no
wore the blue and bore the stars and
stripes, even the might of the Ice King was
as nothing; and floating high above the
battlements of the castle the emblem of the
Union proclaimed to the Carnival City that
certain victory with which it is ever asso-
ciated.
GRAND ARMY DAY
yesterday certainly was, and more per-
feet day could not have been imagined.
From the far West the advance of warm
wave had been noted, but only its vanguard
reached us. The sun smiled down with
fervor more brilliant than melting and
the air was just sufficiently warmed tC
make the outdoor exercises inviting with
out producing slush or attacking the castle
It was an air that invited strangers to our
gates and brought out our own people
by the thousands. An early fog was
rapidly scattered and before noon there
had set in a bright and braclng day. perfect
in every respect. A birds-eye view of the
CITY showed it had donned an entirely new
aspect. and wore a martial air. The bright
colors of the toboggan suit were set of
everywhere by celestial blue. and easily
distingushable among the toques were the
blue and gold of army caps. Muskets were
seen. and an occasional flash of bayonet ol
sword lent new interest to the stirring
scenes Mounted aids showed all the gilt
tering accoutrements of the service, and
even the myriad club badges were outnum-
bered by the familiar bronze medal. swing
ing by the tri-colored ribbon, marking the
veteran of the Grand Army Of the Republic
The blare of brass instruments was less
frequently heard than the beat of the drum
and the shrill piping of the fife. While
through the streets and over the housetop:
came those familiar Notwithstanding
buried recollections as they came-the in
spring strains of Rally Round the Flag and
Marching Through Georgia.
GRIZZLBD VETERANS,
whose scars were older than a majority OF
those who gazed upon them, paraded the
stveets and looked out from under caps as
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cts and buekskin pants, presented a
very attractive appearance, and ELECTED
well-merited applause, not only from
their handsome uniforms, but by their
excellent drill. The visiting clubs have
evidently caught the spirit of the carnival.
and turned out well, the Duluth, White
Bear Lake and Little Crow Ski club of Still
water, numbering together about $50 men,
were quite an acquisition to the parade. The
lady members of many of the clubs rode in
handsomely decorated sleighs, and looked
very attractive and piquant in their be-
coming uniforms. The North Star club
bore shields inscribed with lone star like
gallant crusaders. while the NOyes Bros. q
Cutters carnival club was preceded by a
picturesque Indian in war paint, and the
officers marched at the head of their men
with formidable cleavers like the broad
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they did in the times now two decades into
history. Few, indeed. are the youthful
faces which now look from beneath Grand
Army caps, and silver predominates in the
locks they contine. The Grand Army, as
was forced upon the attention of those who
yesterday gazed, is a treasured relic of by
gone day. soon itself to be by-gone. but
until then to be honored and respected the
more. Prominent and central was the part
they played yesterday, and the sight of their
ranks, proud as ever, but lie IS upright, re-
called TO many heart. which had forgot
ten its aching, the time when those ranks
had marched out through the streets and
over the land to fields where glory called,
there to do or die
To the interest inherent in the carnival
was added, then, the interest Of those
grand and grim soldiers of the republic,
about each of whom clustered
all those memories which are a ma
tiOn's treasures. They trod the streets to
martial music, with here an empty sleeve
and there wooden leg, the one telling
perhaps some lurid and bloody tale Of the
heights of Vicksburg, and the other whis-
pering of the dreaded fights and prolonged
suffering of the Wilderness. This griZzled
grenadier, who had once heard with pathetic
interest 1.-The Girl Left Behind Me, " had
lost sorrow in ambition. an d returned to find
a soldiers bride in the silver-haired matrOn
who could scarcely hold her tears as she
noted the caressing glance he casts at ''the
old flag" And there, gazing on the line OF
blue coats, was the man from the far South
land, attracted here by the fame of the car
nival. He had worn the gray, and worn it
nobly. and scarcely could he hold his place
and restrain the longing to rush out and
grasp with a comrades fervor the hand
against which his own had been directed for
four long years.
CHEERS RENT THE AIR
as the veterans came and passed, and
smiles appeared as the crowds saw on the
sons of veterans the downy limitations of the
fierce mustaches which bristled on the faces
of the old soldiers.
Night brought the great spectacle and
saw the downfall of the castle. 1t saw the
soldiers revive, in mimic battle, the stirring
scenes of over twenty years ago; saw ex-
citing charges and retreats, which warmed
old blood into pulsing youth again; saw,
when the victory was won, the old camp
fire scenes. where battles were fought
again and where soldiers, for brief hour,
re-lived the times when the Grand Army OF
the Republic was the army of the Potomac
or the army of the Tennessee.
The day honored the soldier, honored the
city and honored the carnival. 1t showed
how dear TO the people are these the nations
defenders and carried with it lesson to
the rising citizens of Minnesota that will be
remembered when even the glory of the
carnival shall have sunk in the night of
| time.
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Mason, four little children, the oldest one
being hardly more than 10 years. They were
tastily attired in red. white and blue and
on their shoulders were strapped knapsacks,
and they wore on their heads dainty little
caps of blue. They trudged along the
entire length of the march and seemed to
as deeply enjoy the excitement of the hour
as those who had won honorable distinction
by their valOr amidst the smell of powder.
Gen. LaiZure marched at the head of
Winthrop post No. 6S, with sixty men
under his command. and now and then his
enthusiasm would burst its bounds and he
would loudly urge his men to give back
answering cheers to the crowd on the
sidewalk and to lift their voices to
the highest pitch in singing the
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was day of peace and not of war. Win
throp post, like the members of Acker post,
carried flags which fiuttered in the gentle
breeze that came down the valley from
among the snow-covered hills. The bands
stirred the air with their harmonious clash.
and just as they would be earned away al
most beyond the limit of hearing by
the moving line, the drum corps
would march up with their roll and clatter
softened by the inspiriting notes of the fife,
and mechanically the spectator would move
his feet to the music that will live so long
as a remnant of the G. A. r. exists.
THE SPECTATORS.
The announcement that the veterans of
the late war will put themselves on exhibi-
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pitious to their cele-
bration, and they
went into the march
in exhuberant spir-
its, which would
probably have been
toned down a little
had the thermometer
stood where it did
one week ago when
the Fire King as
sailed Borealis in his
efro,,ubo1d nf faa
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DtIIIlE WIIy uItus uIIUtI TT
command of Nj. II. Sessions. was the
first post to march up Fifth and halt
with their right resting on the south
side of Fort, where Lieut.. Nor
gan was in waiting with platoon of police
men. 1t was $3.50 when the order of march
was given, and the procession, headed by
four mounted police, began its march, the
G. A. II. posts taking the right and the va
rious carnival clubs that had formed on side
streets dropping into line in the positions
assigned them.
The order of the procession was at fol-
lows:
Four mounted police
Platoon OF twenty-six police
Gen. Sanborn. chief commander.
&c orge W. Cross. chief of staff and adjutant
general.
A -fefanf adf1,tont rronaral q w Clark r
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-13
GRAND ARMY DAY.
The Veteran Boys in Blue Capture
City. Carnival and Castle.

If any surfeit of sweets, mischance of
weather, or that all too-mfchness which
tends to cloy, had led any skeptical cynic
to feel the carnival had already seen its
climax. yesterday, with its gorgeous
pageant by day and magnificent allegorical
spectacle by night, must have completely
dissipated the idea. What a day it was and
what double event The widest fight
of happy inspiration could not have led the
carnival managers to climacteric arrange
ment more harmonious, more ideally perfect
or more satisfactorily symbolical What
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Windows along the
line were filed with
ladies, who, in many
cases, hung out over
the ledges until they
seemed in danger of
falling to the ground
below, and knots Of
men and boys could be
seen on house-tops
peering over the edge
of the roofs and WILDLY
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The streets were rather wet and rendered
marching somewhat tiresome, but
the old veterans who had marched
through storm and sunshine mile after
mile bnt few years ago, with death star
ing them in the face, took pleasantly TO the
light task imposed upon them yester-
day, trod the streets to the martial
music of bands and drum corps,
their faces ablaZe with enthusiasm as
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marched on to Third street
and down, following the old
route to the palace grounds.
The little delay was caused
by some misunderstanding
as TO the time of starting
among the G. A. X. posts,
and l.. p. Plummer Post
No. so of Minneapolis. num-
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the head of the pro-
ceSsion wheeled on to
Robert street from
Twelfth and entered
the gate of the palace
grounds, and the rear
of the line was nearly
a mile distant. and in
looking down the
street an occasional
glympse could be
caught of n banner
as il was borne along
by the still marching
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each man carried over
his shoulder a flag, and
as they passed and the
crown eheered them
ON they wildly waved
Union colors in the air
and swelled the shouts
with their voices. In
Garfield post, bringing
up the rear, marched
Lizzie and Annie
Claire Northrop and
Sherman and Ethel
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The North Light was the last
club to arrive, and the ranks were broken
and the various posts and clubs marched to
their headquarters.
The old veterans were not laggard yes
terday afternoon in getting into line, and it
was but a short time after the time adver-
tised before the head of the column moved
ND Fifth street 10 Exchange. and wheeling
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G. c. Parker. 113. Verndale-
Workmen, q, Little Falls
Lenney, I03, Egantown-
Stodard. "a, Worthington-
Washburn. 20, Minneapolis.
Garfield. g, Minneapolis
L. s. Grant, so. Edgerton.
Clapp, Isl. Hudson.
Mitchell. 63, Madelia. .r
Weiser, 81, Shakopee-
Freeman, 1876. Alma, Wis.
ii. E. Welsh. IS. Red Wing.
George Haskell, ITO, Linwood.
L. II. Tenney. l03, Moorhead.
Custer, A, Eyota-
Ellsworth, SO, Rush City.
Booth. 130, Racine, Wis
Hancock, l43, Wabasha.
Grant, 3S, Chicago.
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ton is sufficient at any
time to bring out a
crowd of spectators that
might well swell the
hearts of any body of
men with pride. But
the crowd that came out
in the bright sunshine
yesterday to look at the
brave boys was of pro-
portions that never be-
fore greeted a process
sion in the city of st.
Paul. Early after.
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shoe club, the nestOr
of carnival institutions,
turned out the largest
number in the day pa
rade, being about 200
strong. They marched
well and are evidently
perfect in drill. The most
numerous club after,
them was the Shinahto'
club, which. with its
blue snOW-fiaked blank
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6. A. R. DAY! !

st. Paul Oapitulates to the Boys
in Blue,
Who Throng the Streets to Strains
of Martial Music
And Live Again the Scenes Of Camp
and Field.
The Magnificent Parade Witnessed
by Thousands.
And Participated in By the Old Soldiers
and Carnival Clubs.
Bombardment of the Ice Palace by the
Veterans,
And Capture of Old BorealiS Frigid
Stronghold.
Carnival Park Ablaze With Pyrotechnic
SplendOr.
And Jammcd With an Enthusiastic
Multitude.
Over 100000 People Witness the
Celebration.
A Rousing Camp Fire After the Bril-
liant Victory.
Great Interest In the Curling and
Other Winter Sports.
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echo of their song fell back over the follow
ing posts. the strain was caught up and
the whole line for three blocks sang
the song that had often inspired
them on weary marches through the coun-
try of an enemy thirsting for their exter-
mination. Acker post No. 81, with 135
men. attracted good deal Of attention, as
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familiar old war
songs. The scene
recalled forcibly TO
mind the days when
the marching OF
hosts against each
other. both san
guine of victory, was
an almost daily Oc-
currence, and one
could hardly realize
>as he gazed on the
moving ranks OF uni
formed men that /,
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swords of Scotch clan. The Ryan Drug
Company club followed banner with the
strange device of a skull and cross-bones
and a mortar and pestle. while the railroad
clubs rallied under the standard of their
favorite lines. The Wakoutas held a post
of honor in the first division after the st.
Georges and enlivened the march by shout
ing in unison their mystic war cry. The
GLOBES muster of over forty mounted men
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the cheers and huzzas
of the crowd fell upon
their ears. Garfield
Post No. s, this city,
with its. eighty men,
came along in the line,
singing in a grand
chorus the time-worn
but still inspiring song,
Marching Through h
Caorqia - opd or Tho
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the hour OF noon had been struck by the
clock in the tower Of market hall, people
began to fill the streets and search for points
overlooking portion of the line of march,
and many, manifesting more interest than
shrewd judgment, followed the various j.
visions of the @. A. E and the carnival
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clubs as they marched
from their headquar-
tiers to the various 10
cations where they
were to form and fall
into the line of the
grand march. From
Seven corners to Sib-
ley street. along Mar
,ket, Fifth and st. Pc
Ter streets, and on Sib-
ley. Sixth, Minnesota,
Twelfth and Robert
'st impossible for one
urou thrO,,crh 4ha
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A Fine Display Made by the BattIe-
Scared Veterans.

A hot sun that shone from a sky un-
fecked by a single cloud gave the boys a
day that could not have been more pro-
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Quartermaster general, Maj. r. G. walker.
Assistant quartermaster general, Frank II.
Eldridge.
Sl--e,1 -,,er. Dr. 1. Murphy
Aides-de-camp, S. Bloomer, Saltwater: II. A.
Norton. Minneapolis; Thomas Mont
gomery, St. Peter; ]. II. David
son and Edward Simon
ton ST. Paul.
ii. X. Searle.
Carriage containing Mayor Rice, G. R. Finch.
Gen. Sibley and Gen. Averin.
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streets, 1t was almost impossible for one
to make his way through the
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