The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-01

4.
A. r. encampment is now on Bands
are parading up and down the streets,
directing old soldiers to their head
quarters, and martial music fills the
air. The visitors are arriving In force,
but the rush will not occur until to-
morrow.
Every day this week has it's own
special attraction, and many of these
will be magnificent in their charac ter.
Military paradeS of various kinds
have been arranged for nearly every
day, and, of course, most important
among these will be the grand parade
of the G. A. r. Receptions and social
gatherings of all kinds will also be fire.
quent.
The first event of Importance was
the arrival of COMMANDMENTS Chief /.
n. Walker and his staff in the city
this morning at s o'clock, and this
was fittingly observed. The party
was met at the union depot by an es-
COrt consisting of the @. A. r. posts Of
st. Paul, under command of Depart
ment commander ]. j. McCardy. The
national officers were escorted to the
national headquarters at the Ryan
hotel with all military ceremony. The
line of march was up Sibley street to
the hotel. In the evening at S:30 a
mander -in-chief and Mrs. Walker at
the Ryan hotel by the citizens COM
mittee and citizens of st. Paul There
will also be a general illumination of
the city and band concerts at nation
al headquarters, ladies' headquarters
and Summit and Rice Parks.
rEv,a DooOrafiOus
Sixth street, the honored pathway
of the veterans in their grand parade,
is lined with columns thirty-tWo feet
in height The square base is com
paratively simple, and is made of
wood covered with canvas and calSO-
mined into the counterpart of stone.
The futed column above, with its rich
ly decorated capital, exhibits all the
abundant beauties of its most ornate
architectural order. The column is
surmounted by a tapering, slender
staff. from which beneath a gilded
ball flies large national flag. Stream
ers connect the many columns. These
Streamers are loaded down with thou-
sands of incandescent lights, ana at
night the street will be Illuminated.
The buildings on each side of Sixth
street are prOfuSely decorated.
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son. Robert and Wabasha streets, be-
tween the Seven Corners on the one
hand. and the Seventh street bridge
on the other. and extending out ap-
nroximately from the river to Eighth
street are the lines of the electric
RAILWAYS. over which will travel the
hody of the weeks visitors. So these
streets. on either side of the central
Sixth street the pivotal point OF the
grand parade, are embelllShed with
a diminished richness, yet a richness
sufficient to honor any event but a
Grand Army encampment. The troll
lev poles and wires along the various
streets are also decorated. The dec
Grafton of private houses is general
and prOfuse.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 31..The Carnival
of Ceres and the knights OF Iytillas
cncampment began to-day. but they
will not be on in full force until to-
morrow. The ball, however, will be
rolling this evening, when the corona
tion concert is to talks place at the eX-
nositiOn building. The king and queen
of the carnival will then be Installed.
The members of Company Is. under
command of his majecty's minister OF
war. the Duke de Diggles, have kind
ly consented to act as ushers. a chof.
rs of 300 voices and an orchestra OF
sixty pieces will render programme
of music, and several hundred people
will participate in the coronation of
the king of the carnival Iohn f. Cal
derwoodD and the queen Miss Helen
Clare Pratt.) great programme has
been arranged for the balance of the
week.
The Minnesota State fair and North
western exhibit at Hamline, halfway
between st. Paul and Minneapolis,
also opened to-day with a good at
tendance.