St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-19
BUT HE WAS WE'LL REPRESENTED
BY TRUSTY SANITY CITY
COURTIERS.
THE WIND BLEW A GALE,
AND THIS INTERPRETED WITH THE
SUCCESS OF THE CARNIVAL
GAYETIES.
StOrming of the Ice Palace in the
Evening Given According to
Progra mme:

Special to the Globe. s.
NEW ULM, Mimi, Feb. 18-Today
was an eventful day for this city, or
would have been had sit not been for
the worst storm Of the year, which be-
gan early in the forenoon and con-
tinued to increase In severity every
hour until in the afternoon the wind
blew at about fifty miles an hour
The carnival parade would have been
abandoned had 1t not been for the ar
rival Of a special train from st. Paul,
near 2 p. m, which brought the car
nival directors and members of the
carnival clubs with STEMS Union band,
numbering fully seventy persons. The
st. Paul guests. were met at the depot
by the Great western band and a
large number of citizens and were es-
corted to Turner hall, where the
speech-making was opened by DIR. F.
c. Schiffman- ina few remarks, and
was followed by George R. Finch, A.
H. Lindeke and, George Benz, in ad-
dresses complimentary to New Ulm
and her people. Mr.. Benz also read a.
letter from Judge c. e. Flandrau, who
is special favorite here. The ST. Paul
speakers were responded to by Charles
L. Ross, on behalf of New UIm, and
hearty welcome to- the freedom of the
city was extended to the guests.
After making and renewing acquain-
tances the members of the ST. Paul
clubs accepted the freedom offered in
the fullest sense and made themselves
at home.
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furnished excellent music in front of
the Dakota house, and then the band
and st. Paul clubs made short pa
rade and brought up at the Union
house, where everything was free and
Where cOmical scence occurred, in the
form of the new woman on horseback,
who rode into the saloon, to the great
delight of the st. Paul visitors After
p m. about thirty of the sixty floats
that intended to parade, appeared on
the streets for short time with the ST.
Paul and two other bands, and present
ed some grOteSQue and amusing fea-
lures, but the best part Of the parade
could not appear in the storm In the
evening there was brilliant scene in
the storming of the ice pal
ace with fireworks, and later
crowds Of persons attended mas
querade balls in half dozen halls.
The ball in Turner hall, given by Ger
mania lodge, was a splendid display of
handsome costumes, and at least $50
persons were masked. The St. Paul
visitors, comprising many leading men,
including p. H. Kelly, took in most Of
the amusements.
Borealis Rex sent this letter to the
king Of the carnival to account for his
absence. It was conveyed by the spe-
cial delegation from ST. Paul:
To Our Loyal Subjects Of Our City of New
Ulm: Learning from our, Minister Of Pleas
ure that you were enjoying season Of car
nival festivities in a. beautiful palace of ice.
we had fully determined to participate In the
Joys Of the occasion: but being Informed by
the Chief Constable of our Royal Palace Of
the Pole that a Norwegian Of inquisitive pro-
pensities, by the name of Nansen, had re-
Gently trespassed upon the hitherto sacred
precincts of our domains, and was about
to unfold to the world the secrets of our
royal retirement, we felt 1t to be our duty
to at once depart for the north and endeayor
to intercept this impertinent intruder. and
deal with him in manner commensurate
with his offense. This unexpected event will