St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-05

In the ATTACHING marty was furnished with
EIGHT roman candles and as the front rank
exhausted its ammunition it fell to the rear
and the second line opened fire.
BOREALIs' PLAN OF BATTLE.
THE Arrangement of the Defensiv
FOrces-A wild scene.
Within the palace, during the storming
and just before it began, the scene was as
wild and wierd as can be imagined. The
tall walls shine sparkling green under the
electric light while the floor was white as
snow and the roof inky black. The gleam-
ing of the red fire was heightened IN It's
effect beyond the view from the outside Tor
the walls reflected it i'm all directions IN
way that was dazzling BY night the IN
terror of the palace seems much larger IMAM
by day and in the icy corridors II is almost
possible TO lose ones self. 1t was ABOUT
quarter of eight when the Ice King was
driven to his castle clad III
snowy fur coat and attended by his aids
who had command of the divisions for de-
fence of the four gateways. The aids were
Col Charles Bentzoni, Col. Gaines Lawson,
Can't. Charles +. Robe. Capt. Z. j. Stlyers,
Iieut. WiIliston Fish, Lieut.. A. b. john
son. Lieut.. G. @. Tear. These were placed
in charge of the kings forces and at the
entrances denied to the Fire Kings
heralds admission. A few of the mon
arch's forces had arrived before his royal
celf. and until he came, passed the time
in wild dances to the music OF the Great
Western band, the music echoing through
the rooms and adding to the wlldness Oh
the scene. On the arrival OF the KING ne al
once posted his forces. AT the east en-
trance of the palace were stationed the Tx
ceIsiors. the Nushkas and the High school
clubs, the first standing as the outer fies
along the walls, with the Nushkas In long
files Immediately i'm front of them,
while the High school club formed in
the rear of the entrance room
facing the forces without In the west
wing of the castle directly opposite from
the above named clubs, were the Ski club
defending their gate in two long files, while
near them was the Great Western band.
The Crescent club was stationed in the
room to tine north, 1ankng the North Stars
of Minneapolis and North Stars OF st.
Paul. A portion of these were arranged
along the walls and the balance extended
around into the large room on the northwest
wing of the palace. In the room on
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER,
thanking the main and the western en-
frances, were the Wakoutas and the two
clubs from Saltwater, the latter numbering
120. In the remaining corner the ST.
Georges of Winnipeg and st. Paul
formed, facing in a large ring and
filling the great room. A portion
of the st. George club also stretched
around and fanked the two North Star
clubs The little Crows were stationed as
the rear guards to the entrance on the east
side. and the Polar Bears as the rear guard
to the main entrance, where the king him.
self, with Capt. Adams of the Wakoutas
and one of the Winnipeg st. Georges, took
their station. From this arrangement all
of the gates except the main one were i'm
mediately defended by four or six files of
men, while the main entrance was left
open for the king, and within call were the
Wakoutas and the st. Georges of Wlnni-
peg, whose captains stood beside the king,
and who could be summoned by word of
command. After the forces had been
posted there was a cold, weary wait
before the bugle of the opposing
forces could be heard way down
beyond the archway on whose pillars
burned the red fire. During this time the
forces of the Ice King disported themselves
in most fantastic ways. The Wakoutas, to
the music of the Great Western band, had
a Quadrille, and joining hands danced
war dance uttering unearthly yells. The
which they stood, unbent from stern war
riors and when strangers appeared had a
unanimous ''up, up, up" that would have
terrified the Fire King could he have heard
it. The North Stars with their rafting
shields had war dance marching in files
and wearing tlfeir shields like a victorious
party home from the war. Words cannot
well describe the scene within the pal
aces There were fully six hun
dred men within it. In many
colored uniforms and with many colored
lights shining upon them, and as they made
the walls echo with shouts, amid the din
outside and the blast of the horns inside, the
scene was submely horrible, had one not
known the nature of the gathering. When
the
FIRE KING ARRIVED
there were few words of command and
each club was in its place, and when the
circuit had been made by the attacking
party and the storm begun, then there was
confusion. The sparks from the missiles
without fell in fiery showers, while the
belching of the mines that sent
the big fire balls high into the air, the
bursting of crackers and the vapors from
the red lights burning. made the previous
scene tame by comparison. The rooms
were filled with smoke and shooting sparks,
and the men ran hither and thither in
search of ammunition and to dodge the
sparks. Finally the command came, and
the defensive forces swarmed from the
gateways. dscharging missiles as they went
and helping to form guard about the pal
ace walls. 1t was not long before the
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