St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-19
CARNIVAL CLUBS WILL BESIEGE
THE SISTER CITY TOMORROW
BY TORCHLIGHT.
THUS FLANK THE FIRE KING
BEFORE HE CAN MOBILIZE His
Y RED-SUITED ARMIES ON THE
LOOP.
VIII BE COnGscated by BOreaIis Rex
at r. NJ, and No Quarters
Given.

t Minneapolis will be taken by storm
tomorrow night. All the uniformed
clubs will proceed to Minneapolis in a
body starting from the Fifth street
sidetrack, between Cedar and Robert
streets, at p. m. Every person in
tending to go should be at the rendez-
Vous at 7:30 in order to avoid delay
in starting. A special rate of 10 cents
for the round trip has been granted
by the street car company, and each
man will pay his own fare. Only uni
formed men will be allowed on the
cars.
Is The carnival directors will go with
the crowd. and Siebert's full band
will be taken along to enliven the trip.
On arrival in Minneapolis the st. Paul
clubs will be taken in charge by the
police. 1t is expected that between
400 and 500 men will make the trip,
and Minnie will be given such a car
nival serenade as she has not enjoyed
for years.
There will be some speech-making
too and if Boreaiis Rex goes along he
~oCwill expect to meet the high officers of
state he has created among the prom
inent citizens of Minneapolis. But
whether he goes or not the directors
will make it a point - look up Presi-
dent Calderwood OF the Commercial
club who Is first lord of the treasury
G.. A. Pilsbury, who IS provider to the
royal family; ID. f. Morgan, chancellor
of the mint; DR.. f. B. Tier, royal court
physician; Phil Winston, Marquis of
Hennepin: John r. West. lord pur-
veyor to the provinces, and Weed Nun
70, royal high moose. The return trip
will be started about II o'clock so that
every one viii get home early-in the
morning.
Minneapolis will do nobly in the way
of turnout when her distinguished
son, the fire king, comes over to try
conclusions with the ruler of the North
Besides the royal Elks, the lads from
the state university will come over in
< full uniform, bringing their yell with
them. Assistant Secretary Ryder visit
ed the ~" yesterday and explained
the details of the carnival to the stu
dents They gave him a most cordial
reception, and expect to be fitted out
in time for Tuesday evenings parade,
but if they do not, they will come
out in the stormings.
Manager William A. Rudd, of the
Western Union, reported a new club
for duty yesterday. 1t will be known
as the Western Union, and will make
its appearance Tuesday evening with
about forty men in line. This num-
Der will be increased as fast as uni
forms can be secured
The Arlingtons, composed of resi-
dents of Arlington hills who are in
z business on Seventh street is another
club which reported yesterday. It's
membership numbers something over
thirty, and most of them expect to
have their uniforms in time to parade
Tuesday
There will be a multitude of the
wholesalers out in uniform for the first
parade. This was one of the most
backward Of all the clubs in coming
forward, but now that the start has
been made, its membership is increas-
ing very rapidly. Some of the jobbers
have been very liberal in aiding the
movement to increase the member
ship, and there now seems little ques-
ton that the wholesalers club is to
reach the top in numbers The perma-
nent organization will be perfected at
meeting tomorrow evening at carni-
val headquarters. for which a cordial
invitation is extended to all employees
of wholesale houses.
Tuesday evening at $50 the grand
opening parade Of carnival clubs will
\ start from the Metropolitan hotel, at
Rice park. The signal for the start
will be three rockets, and they will be
fired promptly at $3.50 o'clock. Clubs
are expected to be in position at s
o'clock. Any club that is late will be