St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-15
In Spite Of Cold the Corner
Block of the Palace
Duly Laid.
Water Poured From a Silver
Pitcher Cements 1t in
It's Place.
Speeches by President Thomp-
son, Mayor Smith and
Gov. MeGill.

laid last night with fitting ceremonies
The intense cold doubtless kept many
from turning out in uniform, but there
were enough clubs out to remind one Of
past carnivals, and the club yells and
sound of the bands came near rOusing
the Old-time carnival i'll breasts where
it has slumbered for year.
A more enthusiastic and high-spirited
assemblage than that gathered together
at Seven corners about 7:30 last even
ing would, indeed, be hard to find.
Here were the different carnival, tObog-
gan and skating clubs in their
bright-hued uniforms, ready and
| eager to do their part
toward making the opening of the car
| nival season of 1888 a grand success.
| The clubs were all on hand at the ap-
pointed time, and were soon arranged
| in five divisions, formed i'll and around
| Seven corners. The martial music of
| the Great Western band and a half
| dozen drum corps kept up the spirits of
| the boys, despite the fact that the ther-
| mOmeter registered more than 20 below.
Each club as it arrived took its proper
| position in the division assigned to it,
and at exactly s o'clock the first division
| started from its rendezvous on West
IhlAu, bOoNNU W PIdlOOn VI
| police. Commander E. S. Bean and the
Great Western band. This division was
| under the command of Capt. j. n. Will
| gus, and was composed of the st.
| George SnOwshoe club, the Flour City
| SnOwshOe club, the Windsor Tobog-
| gan club, the Scandinavian Ski and the
| NuShkaS.
THE SECOND DIVISION.
The second division, under the COM
mand of Capt. w. w. Prince, Gext
dropped into line, headed by the Column
bias and followed by the Northern Pa
| cific and Little Crow clubs. This diYis-
ion, while containing less number Of
| clubs than the first, seemed to make up
| in numbers and enthusiasm for any de-
| ficiency in that line.
The First regiment band, headed by
| the third division which was COM
manded by Capt. III. ID. DefeI, Ii.,-
] Seven Corners, the Media and the Flam-
beau clubs made mp this division. ':ie
| The fourth division, which formed on
| West Seventh street, right resting on
the north side of Third street, now
| swung into line, headed by Sergt. VI. L.
| Merrill. The Pioneer Press, the Shinah-
| To and University Avenue clubs made
up this division. The fifth division.
under command of Lieut.. A. Palmquist
and headed by the Metropolitan band,
which had formed on Exchange street,
now swung into line. The Bunker Hill,
| the Wanita, the MOnteZuma and the La
| fayette Avenue clubs made up this
division.
| The procession went down Third
street to Sibley in blaze of glory. The
! torches. the brilliant costumes of the
| clubs, all combined to make a grand
! sight. The parade marched up Sibley
to Sixth, where carriages containing
| the mayor, governor and other digni-
tarleS Joined the procession.
THE DIGNITARIEs.
When the procession reached the
| Ryan hotel. Assistant Secretary J. III.
| Hanson called the officers of the carni-
| val and the invited guests to the vesti-
| bule, and they were escorted to the
carriages in waiting outside, Miss
Nina Smith and her maids of honor
| being escorted to their carriages by eX-
| President MaXfield. President GeOrga
Thompson, in the costume of the Col
umbias, was accompanied by Mrs.
! Thompson, who looked very queenly in
a costume OF white with blue trimmings.
! Eight carriages were occupied by
| the officers of the carnival. Gov. MeGil1,
| Mayor Smith, Miss Nina Smith, hei
maids of honor, and the invited guests
Miss Smith, the young lady selected to
| lay the cornerstone, was accompanied
by Misses Dawson, Sturgis, Bunker and
| Stickney. Miss Smith was attired in
the nobby costume of blue, with blacA
| aStrachan trimmings of the Town and
| Country club, and her maids of honor,
in the red and black combination
of the Nushkas. The gentlemen con.
| nected with the Carnival association
were President Thompson. Secretary
Mum, MeSSrs. MaXfield, Ives, Hazard,
Burwell and others. and among the i'm
Vited guests were DIR. Angus Mcdonald,
first president of the ST. Georges elubi
S. Lee Davis, DR.. J. ii. Murphy. c. ID,
Elicit, MesSrs. Stricken and Nexsen. OF
the Mokwa club of Minneapolis,
and several other gentlemen. The
front of the Columbia club,
Before the Central Park Methodist
church was reached the procession was
started by display of fireworks. Tie
ice palace was ablaZe with vau-coiored
light. The sides of the track were
thronged with curious people. The
bands and clubs halted at the impro-
vised platform OH the Cedar street side
of the ice palace. and here the carriages
were brought TO standstiii, and Presi-
dent and Mrs. Thompson. Miss Smith
and her attendants, Mayor Smith, Gov.
McGiil. the officers of the
CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION
and the invited guests disembarked ia
mount the platform.
And what picturesque thing ii was
that the occupants of that platform
looked down upon while the cere-
monies of laying the corner stone were
in progress. There were the st.
Georges, proud of their cOlors of red,
white and blue, and the little red St.
Georges cross; there were the Column
bias, patriotic and enthusiastic, and Ell.
deavOring 10 get as near the platform as
possible: there were the members of the
Flambeau club. with satanic appear.
ance and lurid costumes, as they flour.
ished their flaming torches, and there
were the Shina-tOs in their suits of mot.
tied blue and bearing their tri-
colored torches. Ii was an inspir-
ing scene, notwithstanding the extreme
cOld-an enthusiastic crowd, presenting
every combination of color, and equal to
every caper and prank, noisy, dancing
and full of bOisterOus fun, for it was
awful cold, and there were none among
that thrOng but were anxious for tha
ceremonies to be finished in as little
time as possible. Yet there were all OF
10000 people assembled in frcHt of the
huge Opaque structure, which might
have been finished but for gap left fol
the corner stone.
As soon as the bands struck up PresI
dent George Thompson went forward
and with n ctnntorian affn,t xOiaa1 hii