The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
LAST of THE CARNIVAL.

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LAST OF THE CARNIVAL.
Parade and illumination Bring the
Celebration to a Close.
The Carnival season Of 1896 in Mime
apolis was brought to a fitting close by
the immense demonstration of last
night. A Romano emperor never fitted
out more gorgeous pageant to quiet
the anger Of his people than that which
was seen upon the streets of Mime
apolis last evening, gotten up primarily
! as an entertainment for the guests that
have f1ocked to this city during the
week past. The celebration of last
evening was in every respect the equal
of the one given "wednesday night. 1t
was unlike that in not having the rail-
way feature, but the firemen's part
well made up the loss.
The night was perfect one for the
! pleasure of an outdoor entertainment.
! The evening was cool and fresh. not
! uncomfortably so,re and the air. was
balmy A more suitable night could not
1 have been made to order MANY who
have remained at home during the
i parades Of the past week, owing to
threatening or cool weather, were out
last night with their friends
1t was an immense throng of people
which collected on the streets of Mime
dpSllS IdSI 0N0HlIiS 10 see the CLOSING
demonstration Of carnival week Where
ell came from would be hard to tell
! but evidently a large portion of the
| population of Minneapolis and st. Paul
were out, and also Numerous train loads
OF people from the neighboring towns
and villages of the state The crowd
was, If anything, larger than on any
night Of last week. A much larger
number occupied seats in the stands
placed all along Nicollet avenue to
Tenth street, In fact, nearly every avail
| able place in all Of these stands was
filled.
On First avenue south both sides
of the street were lined three or four
tiers of humanity deep from Tenth
street to Second, while Nicollet avenue
was crowded from the buildings
4 well out into the street. The
crowd on Nicollet were so damned to-
gether that only those nearest the CEN
ter of the street were able to see we'll
but the crowd was for the most part
gooo natured. The police had consider
| able difficulty in keeping the streets
open, especially Nicollet avenue. but
the crowds were kept back by dint of
| being ridden into, SO that the parade
was not impeded. When the time came
for the run Of the fire department on
Nicollet, the crowd got out of the way
of it's own accord. 1t would probably
|
l25,00O people were out last evening to
witness the parade.
The illumination of the city was
not as extensive as during the evenings
| Of last week. Several Of the larger
stores, which during the past week
made quite a brilliant showing. had
not turned on their extra lights last
| evening, and portion of the streets
/ over which the parade passed. was not
| sufficiently lighted. But upon the
whole, the illumination was good
Triumphal arch was ablaze in ali the
| glory OF the former evenings, while
| Olson's store, the New England Fur
| niture and Carpet company, Boutell
Bros. Donaldson's, Minneapolis Dry
| Goods, John W. Thorne's, the Palace,
the Plymouth, T. M. Roberts store,
! and many others were lighted up as
before. The Great Western Maple Leaf
| was still in sight, while Millers pho
| tographic sign held it's place across
! the street. Red fire blazed at short in
| tervals throughout the carnival streets
and made a better showing than dur
! ing last week. This was about the
extent of the illumination of First
avenue south, except at the Olsons
| corner. The brilliance Of the evening
ended f1ttingly In display Of fire
works. sent up from the top of Tri-
umphal arch, which held the attention
| of the crowd for some time after the
|
1 over The fireworks included rockets
1 of various kinds. The fireworks dis
| play added much to the success Of the
/ evening.
The parade formed on Tenth street
below First avenue SOUTH and was
march," give4 by Chief Vernon M.
Smith to a platoon Of mounted police
men. It was exactly at o'clock
Chief Marshal A. M. shuey, with
number Of his deputies. followed, and
then came Watson's First Regiment
band. They were playing Manhattan
Beach and the crowd was put into
dancing humor The lFlambeau club
with lighted torches followed the
band and received the cheers of the
crowd as they passed. Then came
the floats. These were for the most
Wednesday evening. though an effort
! had been made to vary the general
effect as much as possible. In many
instances new details had been added,
and none but were interested in watch
ing the long procession Of costly wog-
ons go by. 1.-THE Economy was
new f1oat-a very small one, but pref
| ty. Several bicycle floats had also
been added. The floats were all light
ed by candles of red fire.
Several amusing incidents occurred
as the parade was passing along Nicol-
w
were bound to make their way along
the street in front of the crowd, and
at the side Of the floats. The police
! men were at first patient, but at length
! went at the intruders with clubs.
AS the 1875 street car was passing
a young fellow was heard to remark
my uncle, Henry Mousse, drove a
| pair of mules on that very car. He
| was one of the first men employed by
/ the Minneapolis street car company,
and is. still in their employ
The parade slowly threaded its way
| down First avenue south and doubled
| back having been Joined, however, by
the firemens section.
The parade of the fire department
| challenged comparison with any event
of the past week, in fact was one Of
the features of the year.
Chief Stetson was proud man as
that portion of his department ordered
out passed in review before him, but
pride equally as great swelled the
breasts Of thousands of the best citi-
zens of Minneapolis as they witnessed
the thrilling spectacle. Faces illuminat-
ed with that feeling which comes Of a
knowledge of a partial claim to in
direct ownership and a consciousness
Of the passing before them of the gal
liant protectors of life and property
! shown from the grand stands and pave
ments with a brightness rivaling the
/ brilliant luster of the Greek fire. No
other city in the Northwest can make
such showing because no other city
| ial either from a numerical or costly
OF v7dr fire. IL