St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-25
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STEMS Great Union Band.
Schuneman & Evans Club.
Osman Temple, Masonic, Float and Club.
Western Union Club
Wholesale Houses Club.
Klests Band.
Fire Kings Chariot and Body Guard.
Lafayette Club.
Blue Jeans Club.
High School Club
Summit Skating Club.
Mascot Skating Club.
Eighth Ward Ski Club.
Mail Carriers Band and Club.
Postofice Clerks Club.
University Club.
Drum Corps.
Sundkvist Club.
Jefferson School Club.
Manual Training Club.
Modern Woodmen.
Chisago County Rabbit Club.
Snowflake Club.
The warning, gun that announced the
appearance Of the Fire Kings cohorts
doomed at the hour of $3.50. instantly an
invading force opened fire upon the
palace. The forces within trained their
mighty artillery upon the besiegers and
drove them back in dire confusion.
Then began the battle of fire. For
more than an hour it lasted, and Whle
it ragged the whole sky was abiaze.
There was a fusillade of bombs, an
overwhelming onslaught OF g1gantlc
rockets, a dazzling illumination of
Egyptian mines, which gave forth rare
and radiant light. Indeed. SO intensely
brilliant was the pyrotechnic display
that the moon, who gazed upon the
scene from the midheaven, looked IN
usually pale even for Luna
Meanwhile the thousands of specta-
tors beheld the conflict of lire with ad-
miration and amazement. Such ex-
quisite forms, such rich and varied
colors, such a mingling and blending
of every known and unknown shade
fairly bewildered, not to say intoxi-
Gated the eye. OCCASIONALLY there would
be a cessation of hostilities, when sud-
denly the darkness would be dispelled
by a perfect shower of brilliant spheres
of light, accompanied by tremendous
detonation.
But the triumph Of pyrotechnic skill
and ingenuity was in the set pieces.
These were truly marvellous. 1t seemed
incredible that human invention could
have fashioned and designed such eX-
quisite forms and such intricate COM
binations. The fiercy creatures, en-
dowed with life of their own creating,
executed all imaginable and unimagin-
able performances. One of the most
effective and elaborate pieces was that
representing Niagara Falls. Through
a veritable shower of golden sparks
could be seen the opalescent wall of ice
that formed the background of the
enormous cataract. The sight was as
tonishingly beautiful.
The set pieces were of a revolving
character, but the revolutions were so
intricate and surprising that a constant
succession of "Ohs" and "Ahs" accom-
panied every turn of the wheels.
At II o'clock the fire king gave up
the contest, and the battle ceased. Then
came the piece de;resistane of the even
ing. 1t all occurred in the stockade.
What was it? Why a wedding. to be
sure. Who We're the parties? Why the
fire king, William Henry Eustis. and
one of the Indian maidens belonging to
the Sioux tribe. 1t happened in this
way:
At the conclusion Of the fireworks,
the fire king was escorted to the stock
ade by Borealis Rex Upon arriving
there the fire king was presented to
the Sioux Indians, who have attracted
such a large share of attention at the
fort. Maj Wilkinson, of Fort Smell
ing, induced the Indians to perform a
war dance, request with which they
complied in the most agreea BILE fashion.
After this entertainment 1t was sug-
gested that the, Fire King be made
member of the Sioux tribe. The eX-
mayor of MINNEAPOLIS, is nothing If
not obliging and he accordingly con-
scented to the proposition. The process
of initia,tion consists principally in the
candidate submitting his countenance
to the painting process The painter
is. of course, q member of the tribe.
So upon this occasion, a noble red man
stepped up to the Fire King and pro-
ceeded to decorate his face with col
ors wonderful to behold After he had
| finished the job, Mr.. Eustis Mime
| aDOlis would not have known him.
Then everybody insisted upon the Fire
King taking unto himself a wife AS
white man nobody had prevailed
upon hino-to do. so graceful a thing
! but now that he had become RED
! Man." which was the name the In
| dams gave him. he could not refuse
So he chose a buXom Sioux maiden
| from the group. She came eagerly for
ward and CRASHED William Henrys
hand. And so they stood side by side
| and hand in hand the Indians danced
around them with manifestations OF
great delight. And SO they were mar
ried.
AT the conclusion Of the Indian cere,
mony, the bridegroom inclined his head
toward his blushing Minnehaha as
though he would fain have imprinted q
nuptial kiss upon her lips. The spec.
! tators were In suspense when the bride.
| groom neSltateQ. Inc pride saw thai
| something would be lost If she hest
| tated, and without any warning she
| threw her arms about the neck of the
| fire king and gave him a resoundine
| smack. This sealed the compact an6
| convulsed the spectators
1t was growing late, and the festivi-
ties closed at this point. The fire king
was obliged to part from his bride, but
| she lives in the hope that fate may
q hYiy y I'm 70 Ia,. yinxr- ~,
| One Of the happiest mortals on the
grounds last night was Assistant Sec
| rotary John Ryder, when he saw the
immense crowds surging into Fort
| Karnival and rightly so,too, t'r he has
| done quite his share in spite of many
| obstacles to make the carnival a sue
cess. -
One of the most effective yells given
by any club was heard at frequent in
tervals last night and is as follows:
Who are we? Who are we? We are
we are we are the p-e-o-p-l-e-people
The Chisago County Rabbit club
came up on a special from Lindstron1
and were given many compliments
upon the showing made by their mem
bers, who wore regulation hunting out
fits of brown canvas
The display Of fireworks was emf
nently successful, the pinwheel and