St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-04
THE ICE KING HERE.
Arrival of His Majesty From the
North Pole.

The icy monarch. King Borealis, is
model of pnnctuality, and promptly at 3
clock yesterday afternoon. the hour desig-
mated for his arrival, he stepped from the
train which for several days has been bear
ing him from his snow-bOund domains il
the blizzard-swept North. Long before his
arrival the spacious waiting rooms at the
union depot were filled 10 repletOn by
crowd of his maiesty's most faithful sub
iects, anxious to do him homage. Some
time before the train arrived Mr. c. B.
Bronson, superintendent OF the depot, who
was i'm full tobOggan costume out of re
spect to his majestey, announced to the
crowd that the king would not come through
the depot. but would ascend bis chariot al
the foot OF Sibiey street. But the crowd
was incredulOus and thought this was only
q ruse to get them out of the
depot. Barely had the hand OF
time touched when weather
beaten train that must have encountered
arctic storms moved into the depot. 1t was
coated with ice and from every projection
the pendant icicle gittered in the suns
rays The frosted smoking engine resem-
bled a miniature snow capped volcano on
wheels. As il reached the foot of Sibley
street where the kings chariot was in wait
y.
ands OF loyal thrOats. The few among the
large concourse in the depot who were for
tunate enough to secure seats near the win
dows remained. but when the large crowd
heard the salutations To his majesty they
rushed out pell nell in order TO bask in the
the benign light of his cOuntenagce. The
king assembled his chariot and with state
ly condecension aifably waved his hama in
recognition of the continued plauditS. The
sleigh Nightingale" which served as
chariot was completely enveloped in white
robes, among which His ROYAL
| Highness majeStically repOsed. A
| platoon of twenty-four foot and
mounted police cleared the way. and, sue
ceeding these, were four trumpeters from
Fort Smelling in black bearskin coats and
mounted on four jet black horses. The
reception committee, after paying their
respects to the king, mounted carriages
and fell into line. Among the twenty-four
appointed for this duty, who were all
enveloped i'm buffalo coats and wore red
toques, were Mr.. Daniel Moon. chairman;
d. i. Foote, George l.. Farwell, w. b.
| Dean, G. w. Hackett, w. s. Morton.
| Thomas Cochran, ID. b. Finch, T. F.
Stevens Col. Granger, Milton Grggs.
| Claiming Seabury, Gen. Averill. William
Lindeke, E. ii. Cutler. Peter Berkey, w.
S. Kemp IL. Sahlgaard and Conrad Got
zian. After the carriages of the commit
tee were the EsquimauX dog teams driven
by Indians. Each of the four teams had
six dogs harnessed to it, and bringing up
the rear was the baggage van of his
majesty, consisting of number of trunks,
on the top of which was large tOboggan.
The royal cortege was soon formed. On
the signal being0given the chariot
| fi,a
line of march and hardly had it commenced
to move when six white bears composing
the kings body guard suddenly sprang
from out the crowd, and walking on their
hind legs kept watch and ward over his
royal person. The Artic monarch was in
his coronation robes, which consisted of a
voluminous garment made of the skins OF
silver foxes. This robe he gracefully
wrapped around his imperial form aud
shrouded his kingly head, only leaving his
royal nose and portion of his face visible.
His face wore the calm, tranquil, dignihed
look common TO royal personages accus-
toned to receive homage. This account:
for the absence of that play of features and
genial affablity that the American public
sees SO much of when candidates ride
! around in carriages before election. Ii
; fact his majeSty's remarkable command
, over his features caused most favorable
comment. This was particularly the
case when barrel OF fire
! crackers exploded and commotior
was created among the body guard. who
were apprehensive that the minions of tn,
/ Fire King had made daStardly attempt oil
their royal masters life. The courageou
/ monarch never moved a muscle nor did tn,
explosion quicken the circulation in tn,
royal nose, which remained as cold anC
classically white as those of the snow
3 images in front of the several restaurants
{ The royal progress up Third street to tn
5 city hall was continued ovation. Free
dom's soil was beneath his feet and free
5 dom's banner waved over him In endles