The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-27
ATCHISON WAS WILD.
Great Success of the Corn Carnival
in That City.
AND EVERYTHING WAS "WlD8 OPEN. ="

How the Topeka People Enjoyed
Them elves-Ten Thousand Visitors
1.-THE CRY.
Ed Howe's big corn carnival was
great success. Everybody ia Atchison
had the best time in their lives, as did
also the visitors 10 the city.
Il was an immense undertaking to get
up a hi : ce ebration like this. Editor Ed
Howe with II. L King, r K. Smith,
Chas. E. Styles, F. II. Baker, B. P. Nag
gener, and II. II. Bayley, made all the
arrangements.
The Topeka special train of nine
coaches left the Santa Fe depot yester-
day at 1:S5-a remarkably prompt train.
MarshalI's band occupied a Car itself
A STATE JOURNAL reporter accompanied
the train. Among those aboard were:
Mrs Albert II. Horton, Miss Horton,
Mr. and Mrs. Archie kellam. Dir. and
Mrs. Oscar Swayze, Mrs. Glenn LYON. Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Jones, Mrs. w. w. Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs L BlAckman, DR.. and Mrs.
L A. Ryder, Mr.. and MIR. J S. Collins.
MRS. Geo. A Ward and daughter, Mrs
GeJ. Hughes, Mrs q, Youugberg, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mr. and Mr4 a. J.
e ng. Mrs Frank e. Hug hes, Mayor Fe.-
lows, Frank Montgomery, Tom Richard
son, J. L. Durham, Q. A hImbail, Fred
Freeman, burr Lakin, Simon Greenspan,
June Moore, Dr.. G. z. Ashton, Fred Close,
S. E Lux, Oto Kuehne, Henry Reisner,
J. : Spruar, Herbert Covell. Frank
Thompson, George H. Evans, Charles J.
Webb. J, P. Howe, r. B. McMasters,
Tom King, D. D. Knox. Frank Davis
W. w. Phillips, Harry Williams. T. J.
Crouch. Ed Curry, Waller Burgess,
Frank Root, Chas. McClintock, Fred Ii.
Click. Jack Merr field, II. A Crow, Fred
Badger, j. r. Kellogg, Chas. A. Blakes-
ley, Sergeant Tim Donovan, w. Drans
field. Harry Austin, W. J. Nicely, T. P.
Rodgers, J. S Tuthiil, w. S. Kale, J. p.
Campbell, E. E. Rogers. ]. F. Hughes
and Frank Brooks.
Police Sergeant Tim Donovan went
along The trip down was quiet one.
Everybody was full of expec aIion.
At each station The number was swell
ed When Valley Falls was reached
Band Master Marshall called his men out
upon the platform aud the band played u
piece, which WAS thoroughly enjoyed by
She Valley Falls people.
At 3:45 the train pulled into the Afchi-
son union depo', and the people followed
MarshalPs band up town.
Blr. Marshall and his musical company
were invited to the Turner's garden,
where the OOlulerS, home DanU from
LeavenwOrth was giving a concert. The
sold er musicians politely resigned their
position on the improvised stage to the
band from Topeka
I'd Howe sat directly in front of the
band and talked to ME- Marshall. lie
was the most conspicuous figure of the
Carnival, as he well deserved to be-
There was no set programme for the
celebration, for the pArades or for any
thing else.
There we're thousands of people in the
city. A conservative estimate, which
was made by an Atchisoniau familiar
with tbs town, was that there were nc
less than 10000 visitors.
After supper the festivities were al
their height There were sixteen bands
that PLAYED all kinds of music. Each
band would march around with its eotsris
of followers.
There were a number of fancy floats.
But the most fantastic of all were the
odd costumes of the men and women
Nearly every Atchison man was decora-
ted IN cUrn costume. Then all the
pretty AtchisOn girls were our.
There was one unpleasant feature and
that was the great number of insuItiup
coIOred men and women. These uegroe:
were armed with corn s-@s. cob,
and shelled corn. These people
would throw corn directly into the