St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-21
FIRE KING HAD FLED
CARNIVAL CLUBS, SEVERAL Hun
DRIED STRONG, INVADE MN
NEAPOLIS.
FAIL TO CATCH HIS HOLINESS,
BUT HAVE AN ENJOYABLE TIME,
AND ARE HOSPITALITY EN-
TERTAINED.
WELCOMED AT THE WEST HOTEL.
Enjoyable Reception and Lunch
Later at the Commercial Club
Rooms.

The spirit of the carnival was abroad
in Minneapolis last night.
Over 500 sons and daughters Of old
ST. Paul, directly representative of the
winter carnival which opens tonight at
Aurora park, took Minneapolis by storm
early last evening and kept up the siege
till nearly II o'clock. They were carni-
val mad. The merry crowd, logged out
in their club costumes, chartered the
Interurban line at o'clock. They
landed in front of the Nicollet house,
where they were met by a platoon Of
mounted police. In less than five min
utes thanks to the military precision
of the clubs, the procession was on and
the band played likewise. Up Nicollet
they went. 1t was one Of the prettiest
sights which ever graced the avenue
for a long time. Dancing lights, merry
faces, joyful shouts, fantastic and vari-
colored costumes, and thrilling martial
muSic-thOSe were the component parts
of the parade. People fiocked to the
scene and the street was lined from
Washington to Eighth street where the
pageant crossed to Hennepin and moved
in solid phalanX down Hennepin upon
the West hotel.
Following is a partial list of the clubs
in their order of march: Platoon of
police, Maj. w. w. Price, Third Reg
iment band, the gay, old boys consti-
tuting the tWenty-four members of the
board of directors of the Carnival asso-
citation, President G. E. Bean, former
presidents, George r. Finch and George
Thompson, marching ahead, Boston
Clothing House Drum corps, Mime
haha Skating club Schuneman & Evans
Drum corps and club, Summit Skating
club.
inln Lost i,ofn he
rotunda of the hotel, into which
large crowd of curious onlookers had
gathered. The clubs formed in q big
square around the lobby and for fiji
teen minutes amused themselves huge
ly by tossing each other in big blankets
carried especially for the purpose. The
devils in the Flambeau club were es-
peciany active in this pastime, and
the guests of the hotel who thronged
the balconies and looked down from
the grand staircase, enjoyed the thing
immensely.
Then each club introduced it's own
peculiar yells, which are fearfully and
wonderfully made. Most of them
wound up with "Eustis." But there
was no response. The gallant and
much Wanted fire king had fled. He
was not to be found anywhere and
this fact was at length announced to
the crowd in the stentOrian tones of
George Thompson Of the Dispatch.
THE fire king he said, has left his
people, and is nowhere to be found.
In his absence J. c. Eliel will entertain
us for a brief space"
Mr.. Eliel mounted a chair and well
coined the guests, George Thompson
making reply for the clubs.
Then they broke ranks with the I'M
Outstanding that they would meet at
1880 o'clock in front of the hotel and
start for home In the meantime they
amused themselves as best they could
seeing the sights and gradually they all
drifted around to the Commercial club.
where Secretary Danforth. having
heard of the threatened onslaught, had
managed to put up bold front. They
were all hungry and the colored boys
worked as they never worked before
satisfying the appetites which the visi-
tors brought with them. Then the girls
and boys and old boys wandered
around the handsome rooms and
amused themselves as best they could
\ group Of pretty girls started a bill
lard tournament down stairs and be-
fore leaving had become quite pro-
ficient in the game.
At length the bugle sounded and with
many a sigh the fair ones and their
gallant escorts thronged to the elevator
and assembled in the street below. The
bands were playing their best when
they marched to Washington avenue
A big crowd escorted them TO the string
of cars which waited-and they were
off