St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-08
CARNIVAL PREPARATIONS.
The Corner Block of the PaIace--
Details Settled.

The executive committee of the directors
of the Ice Palace and Carnival association
met at the Ryan last evening and received
the report of the committee on amuse-
ments. There were a number of gentle
men present by invitation of the committee
to aid, by their suggestions and advice, that
body to provide suitable program of at
fractions and amusementS during the car
nival. A number who had been invited
for this purpose were absent, however.
which was very much regretted by the ex-
ecutive committee, as that body has its
hands full.
There was one thing on which the COM
mittee expressed themselves very fully. and
that was at the dilatOry way in which some
of the various club members were acting i'm
regard to their costumes. DIR. Macdonald
proposed that in order to arouse the enthu-
siasm OF citizens generally and winter clubs
in particular, that the corner block of the
palace should be laid with grand demon
stration BETTING such an event, and pro-
posed
GRAND ToRCHLIGHT PROCESSION
of all the various winter clubs of this city
and contiguous places, to be participated in
by the citizens generally with fitting cere-
monies. These ideas impressed the entire
committee and it was decided to adopt
them. DR.. Macdonald was appointed the
chairman of committee, which he was
authorized to complete. to whom the matter
was referred with full power TO act.
The ceremonies will be concluded under
the united auspices OF all the Snowshoe. to-
boggan, curling and other clubs, and will
occur next Thursday evening at o'clock.
DIR, Macdonald said that he would fill out
the committee at once and arrange his pro-
gram. which would be announced in few
days-by Monday at the farthest. Aid.
Van Slyke stated that he would Tomorrow
ascertain just the location where electric
lights should be placed on the carnival
grounds, and attend to their erection i'm
mediately. The city council would have
Minnesota street, from Seventh street to
the entrance OF the palace grounds. brill
iantly Illuminated.
Mr.. Hall Informed the committee that
about one hundred editors of newspapers
In TINS state, belonging to union, were 10
hold convention in this city on the second
day in February, and he asked what special
program or attraction could be arranged FOR
their benefit. He said that if some attract
tive feature could be arranged for at that
time, or few days later, the convention
could be postponed SO as to enable the
editors to witness something that they
could go home and describe in their Jour
mails, and thus advertise and keep UP the
interest in the carnival. The committee
was favorably impressed with the sugges-
ton offered by Mr.. Hall and laid it over
with other matters to be attended to in an
executive session.
A committee from the North Star Tobog-
gan club, composed of DIR. Mac
donald, DR.. Whitcomb and R. C. White.
called upon the committee on behalf
of the toboggan club, of which they were
members, and asked if the committee pro-
posed to do anything toward securing Ram.
sey hill for tobogganing purposes. The
gentlemen were informed that the matter
would be considered and they would be no.
titled Of the action of the committee
The gentlemen outside the committee by
request submitted many ideas in re-