St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-18
THAT CARNIVAL.
Arrangements for 1t Get Bigger
and Bigger Every Day.

and Bigger Every Day.
The executive committee of the car
nival association held another meeting
Yesterday afternoon to hear reports from
the canYassers who have been sent out
among the Minneapolis business men
TO secure subscriptions to the carnival
guaranty fund. The reports made by
the canVasSers are highly encouraging.
The railroads have not been acted upon
vet: neither have the bicycle men and
me builders. The other canVassers
have not all gone TO work yet. Some OF
them have been hampered by private
business. Those affairs are all arranged
now so that the guaranty fund Will be
all up this week. The reports made
Yesterday show that the fund will be
raised easily. Only couple of firms or
anv consequence have refused to sub
scribe. The brewers, liquor men and
commission houses have not yet Oeeh
seen. The lumbermen will be callea on
for lumber to build The grand STAND tor
the athletic grounds.
The board of trade advertising CON-
mittee has turned over Its business 10
the carnival association. Inc carhiVal
committee has under way a plan Tor
getting its advertising matter into the
hands of people of chicago. IL Is
negotiating with big MOTEL Ooarulhg
house and information bureau, the
largest and most reliable of all those
bureaus. This bureau will guarantee
10 make a thorough and effective dlslrl-
button of this matter, and Will do this
SORT of work for Minneapolis alone.
The work Of interesting the newspa-
nars oF the state has already begun.
Letters, of which the following is
oopy. have been sent to all the newspa-
pers of the state, with inclosed matter
! treating of the carnival in detail:
Dear Sir: In calling your attention to the
| enclosed matter, il may be as Wen 10 point
out the carnival planned TO De heiu III MIL
! neapolis this summer VIII be the biggest
thing Of the kind ever held anywhere. Inc
| effort is to bring the worlds fair visitors 10
| Minnesota, and to show them that ILLINOIS
! ana the worlds fair grounds are not tne
| whole American continent. rms Is an en-
! terprise designed 10 benefit the entlre Nofth-
! west by making it prOmlnentWlth all the WIS
! iting peoples, and with your cooperation: IN
! common with the other newspaper puollsh,
| ers OF the Northwest, there Is no doubt OF
complete success.
with interesting news matter'on this subject,
and I trust you will give the enclosed an IN
| sertion. Yours truly, U. A. DOLE,
Secretary.
The executive committee of the car
niyal association held meeting yester
day morning, and decided to send 5. L
ZONES. of the Pioneer Press. and Stan
ford Morrison to the various colleges
and universities of the East with poweI
to engage crack athletes for the carnl
val. Jones is a Harvard man and Nor
rIson Yale. They will leave for tn
East tomorrow night, going first u
Chicago and thence to Cornell, the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and New ork
At the latter place arrangements VII
be made with the amateur athletic as
sociations. Mel Eddy was delegated b.
the committee TO make arrangement
with the Mississippi Valley Rowin
and other associations of an aquati
J nature.
Architects of Minneapolis are invite
TO submit drawings and plans for tn
new athletic park. 1t is desired tina
the grand stand snail have seatin
capacity of 5000 to 10000 people. !
has been decided that the park will b
on the four blocks opposite Loring parl
known as the McNair tract.