St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-17
CARNIVAL GOSSIP.
Twelve Uniformed Clubs. VIII Turn
Out Tonight.

ana Will appear in gorgeous white and
blue uniforms which have been rushed
to completion for this parade. Follow
ing the directors will come the clubs, in
this order:
Lafayettes on Fifth street.
Schuneman & Evans, on Fifth street.
| Bostons, Fifth street.
Drum Corps No. l, on Market street, north
| of Fifth, right resting on Fifth.
Flambeau, on Market behind drum corps.
Red Men, Market street
High school, Market street, south OF
Fifth, right resting on Fifth.
Minnehahas, on Market street, behind High
school,
Drum Corps No. 2, northeast corner of Rice
park lin the park.)
Summit Skating club.
Modern Mephistopheles club.
Brownies and Finches
Maxwell and Jefferson School clubs.
Unattached uniformed men.
Every club is requested to turn out
with torches, and clubs which have not
! yet secured them are requested to do
SO at once. In the regular carnival
J parades clubs will be required to have
/ >rches for their men. On the nights
when the stormingS occur the assocla-
ton. will provide ammunition and can
vas haversack in which to carry the
same, but only to marchers in uni
| form.
| In order to clear away any doubt in
the public mind, the carnival directors
desire to have it understood that the
| 25-cent admission will entitle those who
enter the grounds to all the privileges
| toboggan slides, toboggans, skating
Kinks, Indian village, block house, and
| in fact everything, from the floats to
the fireworks. Children will be charged
10 cents, when not in uniform. Every
uniformed person WILL as heretofore
announced, be admitted free. Coupon
books containing ten tickets have been
| placed On sale at numerous places in
| the Twin Cities, and these will be sold
at 50 per book. They are good for any
person at any time during the carnival
The first batch of replies from legis-
| latorS was received yesterday They
came from three senators and several
representatives., who assure the COM
mittee that they will be in attendance
at the opening on next Wednesday
noon and will remain until the close.
The local committee is rapidly getting
! the preliminaries in shape. Gov. Clough
has consented to allow the use of the
| hall of representatives and will have
| it put in shape as nearly as possible
as when a regular session is to be held,
with desks, reporters tables etc. A
dummy calendar will be made up of
bills reported to the committee by the
and Speaker Van SAINT will alternate
with Lieut. Gov. Day in presiding over
the sessions. Chaplain McCune, Of the
house, will be asked to make the prayer
| for the business session of the after
noon, and Rev. Robert Forbes will per-
form a like duty at the opening of the
social session in the evening.
|
The members of the Minnehaha club were
given a supper by the G o company at
the Delcatessen restaurant last night.
Boreals yesterday sent peremptory orders
to Lord High Chamberlain Hugo to make
| his appearance in st. Paul next Monday
and to at once take charge of and become
responsible for the big state float which the
| Willwerscheid company is building for the
| Shriners. This float is of peculiar design
| Egyptian in character and massive in con-
struction as the pyramids. In order the
better to take care of it and protect it from
profane hands, the lord high chamberlain
will ride upon it whenever it appears in pub
| lie, and he will be mounted upon the sacred
camel.
Already over twenty of the members of the
| Wholesalers club have reported that they
will have their uniforms made in time for
the first parade on Tuesday evening, and
before tonight the prime movers in the for
nation of the club will have increased the
| membership nSt materially. After the first
appearance of the club on the streets there
will be no difficulty in pushing it to the
| front. At the meeting last night some of the
boys were bashful as girls about joining but
before adjournment good many names had
| been added to the list. Another meeting
will be held at headquarters on Monday
uniform, and the Wholesalers will have a
good representation in the parade on Tues
day, the 21st.
A SnapiaJ mantnp 0f OZmaD fanoDio A
! o. N. M. S., has been called for Saturday
| evening. at the lodge rooms, to take action
on the arrangements which are necessary to
| give Potentate Hugo proper reception and
| escort when he makes his appearance in st.
Paul as lord high chamberlain. The Shrin-
| ers are determined that their elegant float
| and their esteemed chief shall have the very
| finest kind of an escort that can be pro-
vided. Ali members of the shrine are ur-
gently requested to attend the meeting Sat-
urday night.
The pupils of the Neill school haye organ
lied club and selected 7 white ,, uniform with
Tuesdays parade under the command of
President George Carlson.
The Schuneman & Evans Carnival club was
rendered two receptions Wednesday night,
one at the home of Charles Schuneman, on
Portland avenue, and the other at B. H.
Evans No. Gil Ashland avenue. At each
place the boys were royalty welcomed and
were greeted with an appropriate speech by
the host, which was responded to by G. D.
| B. Tudor, president of the club.
The Schuneman 4 Evans club now has over
ninety members, all excellently drilled for
marching; the uniforms which are among
the most tasteful and attractive that will
be seen during the carnival, consist of gray
jacket and knee breeches with red trimmings,
red stockings red mittens, red-and- white
toque and the regulation mouse skin moe
casins. Each jacket has IS. & E. across
| the front in large red letters and each man
carries torch; the corps is led by its own
bugle and drum corps of twelve men.
The S. & E. club is ''sure winner
wherever it goes, and the members are I'M
usually enthusiastic over the prospect OF
many good time during the coming car
to see the parade on every street which the
club traversed, and cheer after cheer went
up from the crowds as the boys marched by.
The Lafayette Snowshoe club went out in
a body last night, accompanied by their own
drum and life corps, to Como Villa where
they parto o9a. Of the generous hospitality OF
cites will be out in full force tonight and
will lead the great carnival parade. Satur-
day night they will visit Mr.. Lambert, OF
Nelson avenue.
The Lafayettes have decided to start car
nival week with vim and spirit by giving a
socia! hop Monday evening at the new Cen
trail hall, Sixth and Seventh streets, where
members of the different clubs will be pres
ent in full uniform. No doubt it will pre-
sent great spectacle and will be fitting
| beginning of a week of pleasure and ioy,
In Favor of Wefers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-A special meeting OF
the amateur athletic union, appointed to de-
eide the question whether Bernard J. Wefers
the champion Splinter, was a professional
has decided in Wefer's favor.
Polo Match Postponed.
The polo match between the Carnival ant
Mascotte teams, which was to have occurred