St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-27


bic largely for the success of the street
Examinations on former occasions
wears ago. Maj. George O.. White was
also an invited guest and had a mat
ter to present which came up during
the meeting.
Secretary McGinnis read the minutes
of the previous meeting in order to In
form the committee of the object of
the meeting. Business men, such as
made up that meeting, are prompt TO
speak and no time was wasted yes
terday. II. C. McNair sprung the idea
of the wheat palace, and 1t was new
to all, but met with favorable com
ment, although many seemed to thlnK
that the time between now and the
fair is too short to permit of the erec-
ton of a palace in its entirety, the
popular idea being to select the audi
tori,.m and cover il with grams and
products of the farms and fields.
Oft seems to me-" said Mr.. McNair,
s'that what this state wants is adver-
Using and Immigration. The time Is
now ripe to call attention to the
great crops of Minnesota. and the two
Dakotas and the wonderful mineral re-
sources. We ought to get together now
and tryi to build a wheat palace ana at
the same time call attention to the
mineral deposits and the products OF
the farms. We will make great mis-
take is we do not take advantage OF
this hour and let the people OF the
country see that we raise other Things
besides wheat
There was a buzz of favorable COM
ment at once. The idea was new and
IT struck the majority as a good thing.
a
don. .'that is the best suggestion yet
made and a. wheat palace would be
much more efficacious than any other
celebration or display. we could have
Mr.. McNair desired that his motion
that a. wheat palace be made one OF the
features of the fair be put, but there
v-e,e some present who could not exactly
see how the palace could be erected in
the short time attheir command.
ct is all right and the idea is
good said Capt Castle, but 1t Is TOO
late in the day to build 1t. Besides,
IT would interfere with other matters
that the committee has on hand. Take
the auditorium or some club house at
the grounds and cover with grains,
etc. and you can have it ready ana
make quite as creditable showing.
Mr.. McNair changed his motion to
suit the postmaster's idea Of the thlng
and in that shape it was passed. In
all probability the auditorium will be
selected and work will begin as soon
as possible.
Mai White read a letter from j.
N. Cross that the corner stone of st.
Anthony was laid Sept. 10, 1920, and
suggesting some sort Of celebration
for that day, which is also the ami
versary of Perry's victory on Lake
Erie. Maj. White had seen the mill
tary commander at Fort Smelling, and
that officer had expressed his entire
willingness to do his part in such
celebration The matter was referred
to a special committee.
G.. E. Lennen brought attention
back to the original theme and said
he advised street parades of all kinds
and Examinations to bring the people
into the business district during the
night Inasmuch as the merchants
on Seventh street are willing and
anxious to furnish the necessary il
Nominations, he thought these parades
should be arranged. And so thought
every one else, and the only question
was how to go about it, and what
kind of paradeS were wanted. R. A.
Kirk was bent on entertainments for
four evenings of the week in the
shape of parades, cavalcades, ETC.,
and President Footner had some Sug-
gestions providing for parades by the
civic military, the troops at Smelling,
the secret societies, Boys Brigade, G..
A R., Sons of Veterans and the like.
Mr. Bowlby, of the Boston, finally
brought the thing to an issue by
handing in a programme as follows:
Tuesday. Night-Bicycle parade.
Wednesday and Thursday Nights
To be devoted to the military and fire
mems parade.
Friday Night-The street carnival.
Col Bunker, to whom had been en-
trusted the matter of the military pa
rade, was not certain on which night
the troops could be brought together,
and for this reason the second and
third nights were not definitely desig-
mated. However, it cuts little figure
which parade occurs first, just so they
occur some night in the four.
1t was announced that for the
street carnival many of the city mer-
chants had agreed to turn out many
of their employees in costume and
otherwise contribute to the success
vi lHe dlldiI N'H iIle SupJeCI VI Tie
street carnival, George R. Finch re-
called former carnivals and was par
ticularly struck with the masquerade
feature. Mr.. Van Slyke, who had
charge of these matters during other
celebrations, said the masquerade
part of it to be successful in all senses
of the word must be turned over to
the German citizens, who are adopts
in S1lch Without hal
would be impossible to make the mas
querade feature success. And
everybody present was willing at once
to turn it over to the Germans en-
tirely, and it unquestionably will be.
The question of putting up the mas
sive dome and anchor and sickle,
which constituted a good part Of the
former street illunina tons, did not
meet with approval on account
of the heavy expense involved.
These three designs alone will
cost over $1,000 to illuminate,
and Richards Gordon stated posi-
lively that it would be impossible to
raise the money. On former occasions
the city had donated these lights, but
now it must come from other sources.
'If we illuminate said Mr. Cor
don, ''let US confine the illuminations
to Sixth and Seventh streets between
Wabasha and Jackson" At first it
was suggested that the Examinations
be confined to Sixth street and that
ali parades be held on that thorough
fare, but this brought a howl from the
Seventh street merchants who de-
manded that Seventh street be in
cluded. All the merchants on that
street had agreed to illuminate extern
siVely and Mr.. Lennen said that it
was not true that no parades could be
held there, as Supt. Smith, of the
city railway company, had positively
assured him that he would stop the
cars during the hours of the street
parades. 1t was at once decided then
to include Seventh street and confine
the Examinations to those two. Mr..
Lennen suggested a line of parade in
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