St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
Many New Features Added to
the Programme Of the
Ice Carnival.
A Sham Battle Between In
Z !, dams Arranged for We'd
nesday Evening.
Thursday, Feb. 2, the Palace
no Will Be StOrmed for the
Second Time.
Suggesting Novel Features
SO for the Indus trial Parade
-'iS3 ---Carnival Notes.

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! - The carnival programme has been
added to somewhat and printed in q
very convenient form upon one side of
little pocket folio, and large number
were sent out yesterday. The particular
days have been designated and the
proper features assigned to each day.
The opening day, Jan. rs, is to be Still
water day. All the visiting clubs will
be handsomely received and welcomed
during the forenoon. AT 2 p. m. will
occur the reception to His Majesty
Durant, the Ice King, the Ice King to
be met at Seven corners and escorted to
his palace. Speeches, brief and apprO-
pirate, are to be made at the carnival
grounds by the mayor and governor, the
platforms to be occupied by the mayor,
members OF The city and county govern
mentS, the governor and staff and the
officers OF the state government. The
keys of the palace will be presented by
the mayor to Rex Durant. The rest of
the afternoon will be devoted to day
fireworks, and in the evening the
grounds will be formally opened and
the ice palace illuminated for the first
time in the carnival of 1888.
Thursday, Commercial Travellers day,
will be given up to paradeS and dis
plays of eGuipages. The eQuipage eX-
hibitiOn will last from 2:30 to 4 80 p. m,
the line of exhibition to be from Seven
corners, along Third, Sibley, Sixth and
Minnesota streets, to the grounds, and
thence back down Robert, Eighth and
Sibley to Third, and up Third street.
The equipageS will pass the Judges in
review upon the grounds.
At p. IN. will commence the SNOW
shoe races. Friday evening will occur
the first storming. During the day a
programme of sports, international
SnOwShOeing, curling, tObOgganlng and
skating contests to he held. The prizes
for the equipageS will be awarded this
day. Saturday is Children's day, with
juvenile procession of local clubs and
visiting clubs from Minneapolis, Still
water and other cities. The palace will
be Illuminated during the evening. 1t
is proposed to have special appropriate
services in the churches Sunday,
Jan. 20.
Monday is to be Old Settlers day, and
all the Old Settlers associations of the
state will be invited to join in the car
nival. On Tuesday, in addition to the
grand national curling and other con-
tests and the curling banquet at the
Windsor, there will be grand prize
parade OF clubs and exhibition of floats,
to take place during the evening. The
icnrling contest will continue on We'd
jneSday and the industrial parade will
take place early in the afternoon. On
l. "Wednesday evening there will be a
sham battle between the Chippewas
and Sioux. to be followed by a war
dance. The palace will be Illuminated
and a promenade concert will be in
dulged in upon the grounds. Thurs
day, Feb. 2, has been selected for Min
neapolis day, aud a competitive display
will be given by the clubs of both cities.
The second stOrming will take place OIL
this evening. The selection of the Fire
King has not been announced,
but it is probable thai DR.. A. A. Ames
Will again become the victorious foe of
Rex Borealis. The next day is to be
the second gala day and prize day of
equipage exhibitions. The awarding of
prizes will also be feature of Friday.
The last day, Saturday, Feb. 4, has
been chosen for the children's grand jul
bilee. The final grand procession of all
juvenile clubs, floats, toboggans, ponies,
etc., will be the most interesting feat
ure.
These are all the additions made so
far to the programme published by the
GLOBE on New Years day. The other
features of the programme have been
left unchanged, except that the first
stOrming is to take place on Friday Jan.
27, instead of the day previous, as for
merly announced. The line of march
for all parades will be from Seven cor
ners, down Third to Sibley, up Sibley,
Sixth and Minnesota to Eleventh, down
Eleventh to Robert, and thence up to
the grounds.
FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PARADE.
A meeting of some of the chairmen of
the city for the industrial parade, which
it is proposed to have on the afternoon
of Feb. 1, was held at carnival head
quarters yesterday. About twenty-eight
merchants and manufacturers were
present, and several propositions to
make the parade attractive were talked
over informally at some length. The
parade will start from Seven corners
and go over the usual line of march to
the carnival grounds. A number of
ideas suggesting novel features for the
various exhibits which will make mp
the procession were discussed. There
ing the city. Every novelty Will be rep
resented in the attractions of the pa
rade.
PREPARING FOB THURSDAY.
President Thompson and Mayor
Smith talked over the proposed formal
tiles yesterday for the corner block cer-
emonies. Gov. McGill was not present
He has not yet positively stated whether
he will deliver an address or not.
Manager W. A. Van Slyke and some
members of the managing committee
got together in the German-American
bank building yesterday, but coming
to the conclusion that everything had
been arranged for the corner stone GER
emonies at the previous meeting, an adj
journment without any action was
taken.
CARNIVAL NOTES.
The members of the st. Georges
SnOWShOe club are requested to meet
at their club room Thursday evening, at
ff7 O'Clock, sharp, in full uniform to join
III the parade incident to the laying
OF the corner stone of the ice palace.
The Flour City club, of Minneapolis,
and the Chisago clubs, of Taylor's Falls,
st. Croix and Rush City, will be the
occasion. After the parade the visiting
clubs will return to club rooms and be
royalty entertained.
The regular weekly tramp of the st.
George Snowshoe club will take place
s this evening. Run, to Merriam Park.
All members are requested to report
promptly at 7:30 p. m. in full uniform.
The University Avenue Carnival club
will meet in the club headquarters, cor
Iner of Dayton and Western avenues, to-
night. Members are requested to ap-
pear in full uniform.
he The Crescent club will give an
Emancipation banquet at their club
rooms, $50 Cedar street, On Thursday