St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
PEOPLE LEaTHRoUGHoUT IOWA, MIN
IN NfESo1A AND DAKOTA ARE
TALKING CARNIVAL.
THEY ARE ASKING ABOUT IT.
WORK OF ERECTING FORT KARI
NIVAL WILL BEGIN EARLY
THE COMING WEEK.
WILL STOP THE EVENT.
Secretary BOUIby Says That Under
No Condition Will the Pro-
gramme Be Declared Of.

sramme Be Declared OF.
Carnival officials expect that early
in the coming week the work OF erect
ing Fort Karnival will be begun. Tne
time is now so short that even a days
delay is dangerous, and the directors
will no doubt hearken to the advice Of
President Bean and Secretary Bowlby,
both of whom will urge immediate &C
ton. The toboggan slides will be the
first work undertaken by the builders,
and then will follow the rough work
of the fort itself. The front elevation,
where the ornamental features will be
placed will be left for the last, in the
hope that some rough ice can be Sc
cured for use in the main entrance.
Jobbers who have taken pains to find
out from their travelling men the sent1-
ment of Northwestern people report
that visitors will be as numerous dur
ing the carnival season as on any SINH
lar occasion in the history of st. Paul.
A gentleman who travels for Sharood
& Crooks called at headquarters yes
terday to secure some advertising mat
ter, and stated that he found demand
for it in Iowa and Dakota. Every
where I CO." he said, people ask me
about the carnival, and say they are
coming up to see the fun as soon as 1t
begins. The yearly stock taking will
be over, and the busy wiTser season
will be past The carnival occurs in
the lull before the spring trade, and
there are very few Northwestern peo-
pie who have not few dollars to spend
in order to view the carnival parades
and the magnificent stormings which
have made ST. Paul famous. When
people talk to me Of the grandeur of
the fireworks at the worlds fair [ say
to them that they never saw fireworks
storn1ing in st. Paul"
-
tt ere seems to be no question that
the one-fare rate offered by the rail-
roads on the special days, Jan. q, "a
and 80, will be taken advantage of by
thousands who desire to come to St.
Paul for one purpose CT another, and
who will thus be able to combine bust
ness with pleasure. A visit to st. Paul
in carnival time is an event in the life
of any one who has never witnessed
the carnival parades or the stornings,
and old as well as young will take ad-
vantage of this very favorable oppor-
tunity to come UP for a few days.
It is strange, the carnival officers
say, that among the people of st. Paul
there should be any who are holding
off on the supposition that the carni-
val programme will be abandoned.
Secretary Bowlby desires the G. 10 b e
to say, as emphatically as possible,
that there never was the smallest
chance Of abandoning the work once
it was undertaken. "Why, the men
whose names appear in the list Of Off
GERS and directors could not afford to
seriously consider such a STEP" he
said. eff the faith Of the city has ever
been pledged to anything, through it's
recognized nouthpieces, the newspa-
pers, and through the telegraphic serv-
ice Of theAssociated Press, it is to this
winter carnival. The action of the Am
ateur Skating Association of the Uni
ted States in locating its annual cham
pionsnip meeting here at once focused
+ the eyes Of Eastern amateurs on st.
Paul; and even if unforeseen circum-
stances should prevent q very large at
tendance Of the best amateurs we are
going to have some races that will be
worth any ones while to see. Don't
forget, either, that the bonspiel is to
! be carried out on a generous scale,
with handsome prizes for the individ-
uals who will contest, and on one even
| ing a smoking concert will be held es-
| pecially for the curriers'. The Indian
| races between the Sioux and Chippe-
was will not be child's play, if any one
should ask you. These hereditary enc
mics cannot fight each other as of old
but when they engage in athletic con-
tests it is a safe bet that there is 60
ing to be the hardest kind of striving
| to win. The Sioux will accept the
| challenge Of the Fond du Lac reserva-
| ton Indians, and the series of contests
will include foot, pony and snow shoe
| races"
The latest announcement in the clut
line comes from the Plymouth clothing
house. George Lennon said yesterday
| that as soon as they have figured uI
| their Christmas business - which, by
| the way, was the largest in the history
of the house-they are going to go tc
work and get up a uniform, banner
and badges that will be the SWEETEST
in the city. OF course the other clubs
will hardly admit this, but the Plym.
outh people are always in for, the best
to be had, and they will come out strong
beyond question.
The parade of the Red Mems clut
| scheduled for tonight will go far to-
ward developing something Of the old
time enthusiasm in the city. The mem
bers of this order have not waited or
any one, but have gone ahead and Sc
cured an expensive and snowy costume
/ appropriate to their rites and ceremo-
MES. 1t is an elaborate outfit, and fol
that reason not all of the members OF
| the club have yet been able to secure
| their suits; but enough have them te