St. Paul daily globe., 1896-01-21


knrnivnl. Reception to Queen
of the Carnival.
Mayor Smith will surrender the kevs
of the city to visiting and local carni-
valiers tonight, and from that time on.
for the next ter days, Borealis Rex
and his gay subjects will hold unlimit.
ed sway in ST. Paul.
The big winter carnival will be for
mally opened at thai time That its
success will be equal to, if not greater
than that of any previous carnival
held In st. Paul is already assured
The city hotel registers exhibited long
lists of new arrivals last night which
gave foretaste of the great throng
that will be here during the next ten
days
The carnival really began, in an in
formal way, last night. when 500 mem.
pers or the various carnival clubs OF
ST. Paul, headed by the officers and di-
rectors of the carnival association. Wis
tied Minneapolis. marched through the
streets of that city and listened to en-.
thuslastic addresses by prominent men
from both cities relative to the event.
Beside the members of these clubs.
hundreds Of others went over and wit.
messed the festivities.
Ihe clubs marched from their various
headquarters. and at o'clock met at
the corner of Fifth and Robert, where
q long line of special interurban cars
were In waiting, The officers and di-
fectors took the first car. Siebert's band
the second, and the remaining cars
were then crowded with the club mem
! pers Among the clubs which were we'll
represented were the Bostons, Schu-
heman d Evans, SUBMITS, Mime
hahas, Militia, Red Men, Wholesalers
flhches, Modern Mephistopheles and
| Lafayettes
The first feature of todays pro-
gramme will be the curling bonsnieJ
which takes place at Aurora park at 10
oclock thls morning. 1t is anticipated
tnat this event will be successful i'm
every way and thoroughly in line with
the rest Of the carnival.
Although nothing has been placed
upon the program for ti.. afternoon
that part of the day will be well occu-
pied. Fort Karnival will be open The
reception of visitors will also be a feat
ure, as well as general preparation
for the festivities of the evening. The
entrance OF Borealis Rex and spouse
VIII be marked at that time and the
1t is anticipated the magnificent pa
geant will be, in some respects, the
grandeSt carnival parade St Paul has
ever seen and Will be a criterion of the
success of the entire carnival
All clubs are expected to be in readi-
ness in the vicinity of the Hotel Met
ropolitan at 8 o'clock. At that point
the ice king, the fire king the lord high
chancellor and the potentate will
mount their floats and the royal consort
of Borealis Rex will be placed upon her
palfrey. The fire king, William Hennery
EUstis, will be accompanied by a heavy
delegation Of the Minneapolis EIks. at
tired as demons. The cadets of the
state university will also oficiate close
to the caloric monarchs throne and the
local committee has secured rooms at
the Metropolitan, where the Minneapo-4
lis fellows may change their attire
Potentate Hugo will be attended by a
full galaxy of Mystic Shriners, all in
brilliant costumes which have never
yet been seen upon the streets of St
Paul. AS for Borealis himself, ne will
have the whole outfit for an escort The
following clubs will be in line:
Elks. Of Minneapolis
State university students.
State agricultural college students
Nushkas.
Lafayettes.
Schuneman & Evans.
SUBMITS.
Minnehnhas.
Militia.
Red Men.
Neil school.
Webster school
Jefferson school.
Wholesalers
High school footballcrs
Eighth warders.
Sundqvists.
Western Unions.
Mystic Shriners.
Modern Mephistopheles.
Finchea.
Postofice employees.
These, with others which have not
as yet reported, and the directors, the
bands and the drum corps, will make
long and attractive parade. 1t is
estimated that over a thousand men
will be in line. and there is such
variety of color in the uniforms that
the procession is going to be brilliant
and impressive one.
Promptly at $50 the pageant will
move, the signal being the firing OF
three big rockets. A platoon Of police
will head the procession, followed by
the corps of trumpeters from Fort
Smelling. Immediately after them will
come the directors in their handsome
white and blue suits, and then will
come Borealis Rex on his crystalline
float, conveyed by a strong club. Tho
other floats will follow in succession.
The second division OF the parade will
be led by Kleists carnival band. and
there will be two official drum corps IN
addition to the club drum corps.
Maj Price will act as chief marshal,
and his assistants will be W. S. Fell
and j. ]. Ryder.
An important change was decided
upon by the managers last night In
regard to the line OF march, The par
ade will move down Sixth street to
Broadway instead of Sibley, as pre-
vioUsiy announced.
Leaving the Metropolitan hotel, tho
procession VIII move down Fourth
street TO Wabasha and turn to the Wa
basha street entrance to the city hall,
where the keys of the city will be
handed over by Mayor Smith. who will
accompany the transfer with a few re-
marks. The ladies OF the Minnehahs