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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
THE ROYAL PROCLAMATION.
The Very Remark able Document
by Which BOrealis PPoclaims
High Carnival.

Borealis having ordered his lord high
chancellor, Hyperborean, to draft his
proclamation announcing his coming to
st. Paul, the following has been re-
ceived by his subjects here. 1t is a
very remarkable document and bears
the stamp of learning, as well as the
great seal of his frigid majesty:
To the World PrOclaiming: That in ac-
cordance with the precedents recognized by
us as now established,
II is ordained and now proclaimed by all
our loyal subjects that, having granted au-
dience to an embassy of our loving and loyal
subjects who recently traversed the snow
plains and ice barriers stretching from the
magnificent City of st. Paul to our Royal
City and Throne, and made manifest their
Fealty to orr Realm by many expressions of
affection toward our person. and household,
and Furthermore by presenting to US, craving
our acceptance thereof, a beautiful Palace of
Crystal, in which to hold our Royal Court,
we, King Borealis, not unmindful that the
affections of our people should be our first
and chief consideration, do hereby direct our
Royal Secretary to write and promulgate this
as our Proclamation
Whereas, Inasmuch as our loyal and loving
subjects OF the city of st. Paul have erected
for our well-being and convenience Palace
excelling in splendor any former attempt of
man;
We, King Borealis, Do ordain and decree.
that beginning on the twenty fifth day of the
first month of the present year, and contin-
ulng ten days thereafter at our Palace, the
King, with the Chief Dignitaries and High
Officials, together with the Royal Household
OF the Kingdom, will hold Court, when it is
our purpose to grant audience, hear peti.
tons, and bestow distinguished marks of
our Royal regard upon those whom the Lord
High Chamberlain may present for prefer
mcnt.
And in order that our sojourn in our be-
loved city of st. Paul may be characterized
by unalloyed enjoyment to all our people,
1t is further ordained, That the Chief Pro-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25

the state. was the president of this club
when it organized. The captains name
was Doe.
The uniform was blue blanket suit
with red tOQue and scarf. and buff leg
gings. The suit is now very pretty
one, being of light blue, with red scarf
and cap.
This was the first club of its kind Or
ganiZed in the United States. 1t COM
poses among its members some of the
best runners in the world. Mikkel
HemmeStad, one of the members. took
the worlds championship medal atChris-
tiana, Norway, and he has maintained
his title as champion of the world ever
since. Messrs. Il. Wilson. p. T.. Neby.
j. OleSOn. s. Void and George Jensen
are all experts on skis
!. Inc present officers are: President,
L. Wilson; secretary, George Jensen;
captain, Andrew Jensen; first lieu
tenant, p. Neby; second lieutenant, l..
L. StenSgaard.
The Carnival association has decided
to build grand ski slide on the Carni-
val grounds to be used by the club and
its invited guests of other ski clubs of
this and other cities. who will be pres
ent at the grand ski tournament. Jan.
q, when prizes first, second. third. and
fourth will be offered. The size of the
ski slide, 80 feet high, about 400 feet
long, with an angle of about 90 deg.
After the big ski contest is over, the
club will join in several other contests
i'll this state and Wisconsin during the
winter. and there is plenty of snow for
this kind of sport. 1t is great although
rather hazardous fun for those who
like it, but there are plenty who do like
1T, and the ladies are among tine most
interested spectators and keeneSt critics.
Some of the ladies who have been
identified with the club-the Kjelke-
are Misses Bertha Johnson, Louisa
Johnson. Carrie Anderson, Tomine
TOrkelsOn, Inga Remmon. Mary Ander-
son, Martha Brown, Dina jacobson,
Tilda Linstad. Nellie jacobson. Emma
LeverOS, Gunder Wilson, Westmau,
Overgaard, Camille Jensen. Clara
BjOrnstad, Lima Pressing, Lima Halbert-
stad, Lima +. LeverOs and Lima forge
son, and Mrs. L. Wilson.
SHORT SKIS.
The club always turns out with the
skis.
1Iikkel Hemmerstad took the first
prize of $50 at the Eau Claire contest
last week.
George Jensen is newspaper man
on skis.
On the huge banner of the club is a
representation of Il bold Norwegian
shooting down the mountain side. 1t is
hand-painted.
Capt. Andrew Jensen is very fast
runner.
Il. Wilson can go six miles an hour on
level ground, and this is an ordinary
gait for him.
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slides have been put up in several parts
of the city for the tObOggan clubs, of
which the Crocus hill slide is a good
specimen. The clubs for sport like the
curling, polo and skating clubs have
Kinks at their command upon the palace
grounds.
Apart from the ordinary snowshoeing
and tobogganing clubs. the Knights Of
the Grip and FIambeau clubs have had
their peculiar places in the carnival.
The Knights of the Grip have INDUCED
in gOOd-natured burlesque upon cold
weather, however much below zero, and
the Flambeau club has contributed the
very life of the grand stOrmings and
Fire King invasiOns.
The Carnival, in it's club feature, has
given such an impulse to winter sports
that for such pastimeS as snowShoeing,
skating, polo and ski-running, probably
no other city ever can reach the position
of st. Paul. This has been dOubly
pushed forward by the encourage
ment from the Carnival i'll
the way of competitive prizes. The
programme of this, as we'll as previous
competitive contests. The curling bon
spiel especially finds itself an estab-
lished thing in the calculations of the
Grand National Curling club of this
continent. The snowshoe races are ex-
citing and amusing, and the tObOggan
races have no parallel in any other part
of the world.
IT IS A HEALTHY THING.
But above all other things, the club
feature has added to the health and
beauty of man and woman, youth and
maiden, boy and girl. The bright col
OrS of club uniforms fade when COM
pared with the rosy cheek and the
sparkling eye; and many of the suits
have become too tight for their stout
wearers. So the club feature has done
more than any elixir could have done to
bring about robust health and the high
est type of beauty. And winter is en-
joyable. while the cold has become ne
ceSSity of st. Paul social life.
To give an idea of the clubs and the
material of which they are made for the
coming Carnival, the GLOBE greets the
public to-day, upon the opening of the
third Carnival, with matter-of-fact
picture of the enthusiasts. The Dor
traits of the Carnival directors are scat
tered through the story.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25

the prize parade of clubs and exhibition
OF floats. The Queen of Winter, Miss
Nina Smith, will make her appearance
to her loyal subjects, with the ladies of
her court, in superb chariOtS, in the
parade, which starts from Seven corners
at , p. m. 1t will be the day for the
grand mardi gras, and during the even
ing Third street, from Bridge square to
Sibley street, will be made lively with
maSqueraders beneath the bright and
many colored Examinations. When
tired of the street masquerade the merry
subjects of Borealis will adjourn to
ArmOry hall to enjoy a general mask
frolic and ball. The grand national
curling contest will begin at 9. a. m. at
the palace grounds this day, and a BAN
Quet will be INDUCED in by visiting
curriers' at the Windsor hotel.
The industrial parade from Seven
corners to the palace will be the feature
of Feb. /, and every line of business
will appear upon the street at p. m. in
grand procession. The Knights of the
Grip will also turn out. The curling
bOnspiel will continue, beginning at 9
a. m. In the evening the palace will be
illuminated and sham battles between
Chippewas and Sioux, Indian dances,
smoking the pipe of peace and burying
the Ratchet will all be enacted upon the
unique stage of snow, by the beautifully
cOlOred light of the castle of ice. The
two weddings will take place this day.
Minneapolis day comes next, and OH
Thursday. Feb. 2, the second grand
storming of the Ice Palace will afford a
wonderful spectacle for thousands of
people of both cities. Mayor Ames, of
Minneapolis, will be the victorious Fire
King. He will come with his big in
vading army and the castle of BOrealiS
will be attacked and laid under siege.
The cOnquerlng forces of the Fire King
will triumph, and Durant, BOrealis Rex,
will leave his transparent home cap
tive, the third conquered king of the
frozen North. There will be host of
Minneapolitans in the city who will
make it lively enough. A grand com
petitive display by the clubs of both
cities will be one of the events. Tobog-
gan races, tObOgganS drawn by girls
and equipage displays will constitute
the other features of the day.
The next day, Friday, Feb. 3, will be
the second gala day, and prize day of
equipages. Curling and toboggan races
will be the attractions until evening.
The evening is left open for balls at the
request of charity organizations.
The last day of the Carnival, Satur-
day, Feb. 4, is given up altogether for
childrens' grand jubilee. There will be
professions of juvenile clubs, floats,
tOboggans and ponies. AT 2:3O p. IN.
there will be a grand pony, dog and
goat team parade for prizes at the
Carnival grounds. At $3.50 the prizes for
children in sculpture, upon the grounds,
will be awarded.
So will begin, continue and end the
reign of Borealis. Another winter will
be enjoyed; again the people will
triumph over frost and snow. The
third Carnival will have advertised to
the world again how the winter is made
a season of jubilee by the citizens of ST.
Paul.
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w. Allen, A. G. Altman, G. III. Atwood,
DIR. ID. Z. Bigger. L.. ID. Barnard, Alex
Barclay. s. L. Baldwin, John Z. Barry,
William A. BOXell, l.. F. Block,
Charles p. Barker, DIR. g. f. Bean, c..
X. Bean, f. w. Brooks, G. E. Brooks,
X. G. Buchanan, j. p. Burkhard, Z. W..
Butt, Denton J. Callahan, DR.. J. W.
Chamberlin, Charles A. Clark, George
NJ. Clark, n. S. Chittenden, +. S. Chit
tenden, j. A. Chandler, III. w. Cory,
George p. Collins, A. E. Golfers, III. K.
Cole. G. A. ConnOr, A. w. Coleman, A.
NJ. p. COwley, G. p. Coleman, E..
w. Cummings, II. A. Dorsey,
E.W. Durant, Horace G.Dunne, Charles
f. Dunbar, F. p. Dwyer, J.W. DeCamp,
E. III. Elliott, G.. Emmerich, j. S. Eshel-
man, &. Ii. Fauntleroy, Mark E. Ferrey,
III. S. Finn. j. f. Fitzpatrick, George X.
Finch, S. p. Ficklin, w. A. Frost, A. e.
FlOurnOy, DR.. J. f. Fulton, j. II. Gar
Tough, L. q. Geer, w. II. Git, A. r..
Goyer, Rodney q. GOoding, B. l.. Good
kind, II. B. Greening, l.. w. Gosnel,
IL. r. p. Hamilton, II. II. Hillmann,
George W. Hayes. E. r. Holcombe,
E. Ingham, II: S. Johnson, A. d., S.
Johnston, w. p. Johnson, il. Johns, c..
b. Jones, WIS. Kenna, David Kennedy,
Frank KeOgh, b. f. Knauft, Charles L..
Krebs, Charles E. Keller, j. G. Kimball,
D. d. Lambie. c. G. Lawrence, +. A.
Larkin, RI. LambertOn, Isaac Lederer,
j. B. Livingston, DIR. l.. w. Lyons, c..
W. Lockwood, Harry Lockwood. E. I'll.
Loyhed, DR.. J. V. r. Lyman, Herbert
P. Luce, w. F. Lytzen, ID. w. Lawler,
}. E. Markham, DIR. j. G. MarkOe. A. ID.
Macpherson, w. III. Merrick, l.. H.
Maxtield, G: NJ. Mitchell, w. E..
Matheis, G. II. Morse, Samuel Morrison,
Z. IL. Murphy. l.. Mussetter, NJ. ID.
Mum, T. B. Myers, j. B. Mactaggert,
Dr. A. Macdonald, Charles d. Mickey,
McGammOn, E. E. Mcdonald, Paul Mar
tin, Charles E. Mcdonnell. F. III. Nc
Kelvey, E. 81. Morphy, Z. E. Metz. f.
+. McIver, G. W. Neiman, George Net
Teton, Louis Neuru. G.. III. Nutting, II.
W. Osborn, Bert w. Osborn, G. f.
Overshire, l.. &. Owens, f. B. Parsons,
George Petit, Platt S. Peck. f. B. Put
nam, William w. Pease, II. T. Qulnlan,
J. A. Reed, T. E. Rice, c. f. Robertson,
Charles F. Rowell, Charles Rudolph,
Fred A. Rullmann, A. j. Rust. r. Z.
Rust, Dennis Ryan. III. f. Sanford. J.
II. SchulZe, G. A. Severance, n. NJ. Sin
gletOn, L. W. Shea, Harry Shearn. II.
W. Shade, c. K. Sharood, Frank Shaw.
.. W.sSmith, Thomas Smith, DR.. A. J.
Stone, j. r. Sprott, Perry Starkweather,
George l.. Swift, A. j. Stark, r. 0.
Sweeney, Jr., &. ID. w. Sherman, Chas.
+. TarboX, A. ID. Herman, Ambrose
Tighe, Oscar A. Turner, George Thomp-
son, r. A. Walsh, III. w. Wack, Frank
E. Watson, j. B. Watkins. j. w. Willis,
l.. d. Wilkes, w. G. White, A. II.
Whiteman, J. Fl. Whiteman, John r.
Warner, Gerhard Willrich, b. F. WOr-
ley, w. G. Ward, +. A. Whitaker, l..
G. Wheeler. r. G. Wight, Col. F. p.
Wright, III, f. Wood, G. B. Yale, &. NJ.
Youmans, Eugene c. Zenzius, G. e.
ZenZius.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
Carnival Clubs Have Changed
the Life Of the Sanity
City Winters
The Gallant st. George snow
shOeps Who Were First to
Form a Club.
The Patriotic COlumbias Who
Tramp Beneath the Red,
White and Blue.
SnoWshoers From Seven Cor
nerS That Never Fail
Norwegian Ski Club.

The merry carnivaliSts take to clut
organizations as ducks to water. The
organization into clubs has become q
settled feature of st. Paul winter life
The picturesqueness of the costumes.
the sOciability of such associations, and
the opportunity there is to get out upon
the street in blanket uniforms and yell,
combine to make the club interesting
and essential.
When the first Carnival was about to
be opened, nearly 100 clubs sprang into
existence. In few days the streets of
the city by daylight and gaslight be-
came panoramic, and with new thing.
The idea of utilizing zero weather for
magnificent exhibitions of bands of
men, women and children, was in itself
fascinating. The common mind dwelt
upon the attractiveness of color,
and soon a score of combinations
of bright hues made their appearance.
The hotels were made some OF the live
Hest scenes, as red. white and blue,
mingled with blue and yellow and black
and red. SnOWShOe clubs, tObOggan
clubs, skating clubs, social clubs and
all-arOund Carnival clubs soon dOnned
the winter garb appropriate to the pref
ty myth of BorealiS, the Ice King, and
everybody laughed the more as the cold
grew more intense. They did not laugh
too long the first year. for that winter
was almost a failure as a Carnival will
ter and the ice palace narrowly escaped
a premature thaw. Then the idea of
excursions came up. Clubs visited diff
ferent cities in the state, and the Win
nipeg st. Georges took st. Paul by
storm
This club feature has not grown less.
1t will continue, Ice Palace OF none.
Cold or warm be the Minnesota winter,
the curious costume of the tObOgganeT
and the snowShoer will put in an ap-
pearance.
The clubs found a new point of in.
tereSt in drill competitions and displays
of floats, and these have been duly APP
preciated by the public. The floats are
novel, and the drills and marching are
unique.
MADE OF GOOD STUFF.
The material OF which all the winter
pushing, enthusiastic, patriotic kind.
The Stalwart man goes into the snow
shoe and ski clubs, the youth and
maiden fond of society into the tobog-
gaming and cOasting clubs, and those
fond of the sweet exhilaration of the
pastimes, into the skating and other
sportively inclined clubs. The chill
dren are most enthusiastic; in
deed, they seem to go into the
Carnival with far more relish than
circus could produce. There is
even rivalry in their club organiza-
tons. They go in for anything-for
parades, the most reckless tOEOgganing,
prizes, anything.
1t may be said that so far this year
before. bnt this is offset AT least nv the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25

Nember, 1885, there was burst of en-
thusiasm which gave an impetus to gen
eIal club organization, and st. Paul was
carried, OF rather bounced, through the
first Carnival by over eighty active, fun
loving clubs.
The first officers were DR.. Angus Nc
Donald, president: j. j. Parker, first
vice president; III. Il. Drake, second
vice president; DR.. w. w. Day, secre-
tary, and G. M. Truman, the first man.
ager OF the eating department Of the
Ryan; treasurer. Russell G. Munger
was the first captain, and night after
night he marched his club through the
streets to the music of either the Great
Western or the First Regimental band.
Hotel Ryan was the club headquarters,
and it was a new and interesting picture
when the rOtunda was filled with noisy
SnOWshOerS, and the st. Georges
bouncer was sending one victim after
another up to the ceiling.
Last year c. G. Fairchild was elected
president; ii. L. Johns, first vice presi-
dent; DR.. j. A. Quinn, second vice pres
ident; II. G. Sheppard, secretary;
George w. Lamb, treasurer, and A. E.
Chantler, captain. Mr.. Chantler is cap
tain this year, and Mr.. Lamb is again
treasurer. After the annual meeting of
the second year the club Incorporated
IN December, 1886, with l.. III. Maxfield,
w. Lamb, G. S. Bartram. A. E. Chant
Ter, {. f. KOnantZ, Dr.. Angus McDOn-
aid, DR.. j. A. Quinn and w. P. Jewett,
incorpOratOrs, and the basement of the
chamber of commerce building was
made the club headquarters during the
Carnival of 1887.
The headquarters of the club is now
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
AmeS the Fire King

The Carnival directors held meeting
yesterday and invited Mayor Ames, of
Minneapolis, to be Fire King on the
occasion of the second storming. The
date of the Mardi Gras was changed
back to the original date.
the 31st, and Armory hall was selected.
All children under fifteen years of age
will be admitted to the palace grounds
free on Saturdays from IL to D. m.
The palace grounds will be in charge of
Capt. Lowell, sergeant, and twelve
patrOlman, two of whom will be mounted.
The city officials, carnival officials,
king, and court, and invited guests
will be at the Ryan hotel to-day at s 80
a. m. to take carriages. The carnival
grounds will be open to carriages every
day from $50 a. m. until noon UPON
payment of regular admission for oc-
cupan is and drivers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
THE COLUMBIA CLUB.
A Patriotic Organization Which
Walks Under the National

A Patriotic Organization Which
Walks Under the National
COlOrs.
-I-A-Ko-Ium-by-aw is
the very patriotic war yell of the Column
bia SnOwshOe club, which was organ
lied in the ladies' ordinary of the Hotel
Ryan Nov. Is, 1886, its object being to
have purely American snOwshOe club,
at which the assertion that sit is only
Canadian OffshoOt" could not be hurled.
1t was thought, according to a letter
written by one of it's members to an
Eastern paper that the ''rules of the
st. Georges club were not quite salts
factory to the average American" and.
if st. PaulS ice palace Over-tOwered
MOntreal's, that American snowshoers
''cOuld dispense with Canadian tutelage,
and have club as big as any Canadian
club ever organized"
Dan w. Lawler was the president
elect and Col. Wright the captain-elect.
Mr.. Lawler sent in his resignation Dec.
81, and committee was appointed to
wait upon DR.. Christie and tender
him the presidency, but the rev.
erend doctor declined to accept it.
The first two vice presidents were
Judge Cory and DR.. c. K. Bean. George
Allen was made captain of the club in
1887, and DR.. A. j. Stone was president
last year. The headquarters of the
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THE ICE PALACE.
The Palace of King BOrealis Is
Completed and Ready For His
Majesty

Majesty
A more beautiful sight than the pal
ace could scarcely be conceived. Far
more extensive, more beautiful in de-
sign and execution than those of former
years, it is credit to st. Paul, credit
to Minnesota and credit to the orig
inatorS and builders, and bears the en-
viable reputation of being the only one
in existence. The figures of frozen
snow in the eastern side of the tower
are pretty giving the palace more sub
Stantial looking appearance and show
ing that the blocks were not hastily and
careleSsly thrown together. The laby-
rinth exhibits skillful design, for many
persons tried to enter the central cham
ber.yesterday and failed ANONYMOUSLY.
They were finally lost and bewildered,
and worked for some time to get
out. Then, thinking they had the
chang" of the thing re-entered a pas
sage only to become lost once more.
The electric lights were yesterday
placed in the tower and other points of
the palace and grounds where desired.
Two large patrOlmen were on duty to
keep the crowds from interfering with
the Workmen and wires. The tObOggan
slide reaches from the top of the hill to
a point directly in front of the cOlored
church, and was expected to have been
finished last evening. The warming
rooms, press headquarters, lunch
rooms, officers headquarters, ETC.,
are all furnished and nicely and
comfortably heated. Most of the
refuse and SuperfuouS SNOW
where undesirable, has been removed,
and the Kinks are in good condition
and only needed flooding last night to
put them in proper condition for to-day.
THE INDIAN CAMP.
The Indians are there, 40 in number,
including, of course, SquawS and pap
pOoses. They have twenty teepees TO
live in and one central tent in which to
give their entertainments, Indian songs,
war dances, etc. The squaws cleared
away bare spots for the floor of the
lodges, and, after spreading the smoke
begrimed canvas across and around the
tall poles, placed piles of straw around
the outer edges to keep out the cold.
The fire is built on the floor inside and
the smoke issues from the top of the
lodge, like one reads of in history. 1t
is typical Indian camp of older,
wilder days. The grounds will be
closed this morning in order that the
work may be completed. A few finish
ing touches only are desired and this
afternoon the gates will be thrown open
to the world for the modest sum of %
cents
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
Where to Go.

The following clubs have sent up
notices requesting their respective
members to meet at the several places
of rendezvous in time for the parade.
Where they will meet and the time is
as follows:
Columbia, Municipal court, p. m.
Red Fox, al East Eleventh street, D. M
Tippecanoe, Seven corners, l 80 p. m.
Bunker Hill, corner Rice and Como, p. NJ
Ryan, Ryan hotel, 1 p. m.
MOntezuma, Knaufts hall, p. m.
Nor tn Star, armory, 1 80 p. m.
University Avenue, corner University and
Webster, p. m.
Aurora, Seven corners, p. m.
Windsor (gentlemen), Windsor hotel, 1 80
p. m.
Little Crow, home of secretary, p. M.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
THE ST. GEORGES CLUB.
The First Club in the Countr,
That Wore Snowshoes.

The st. Georges SnowshOe club is the
pioneer SnOwshOe club of the United
States. 1t was started as branch of
the st. Georges club of Canada, which
has branches in almost every Canadian
city, but the st. Georges club of st.
Paul is now an Independent corporation
with the finest equipped carnival head
quarters in the country and the largest
membership. When it organized in No
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wider and Chief Steward make requisition on
all the globe; that magnificent apparel and
who grace us by their presence, and that
throughout the entire period during which
we shall youchsafe to remain with our sub
jects aforesaid, they shall hold High Carni-
val i'll testimony of their great devotion to
our rule.
From the Throne of our Royal Palace, King
dom of Boreas, this Fifth day of the First
Month and the Fourth Cycle of our
Reign. By the King.
tsEAL. BOREALIS, r.
HYrERBOREAN Lord High Chancellor.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
SKI OG KJELKE CLUB.

The Scandinavians Who Slide
Over the Snow in Carnival Garb.
The Scandinavian Ski and Kjelke
club is all organization of bold. reckless
fellows, who have the spirit of the
vikings, and to whom the Norwegian
ski is as easy means of locomotion as
the simplest kind of footwear. 1t is
more rapid than any other snnwshne i'm