The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-09
GLORY OF poLARls
MILL CITY RESIDENTS AND VISI-
TORS WITNESS A GRAND DIS
PLAY.
BUT MARRIED BY BLUNDERS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REGARDING
ROUTE OF PARADE DISAP-
POINTS MANY.
GORGEOUS FLOATS IN LINE
Civic and Secret Societies Make
Good shOwing-First Regiment
Marches.

The carnival parade of last night
eclipsed the event Of the previous even
ing. 1t was perfect success. Seldom
may this be said of any like effort,
but here it is no extrava gance of the
magma ton, but the veritable truth.
The parade was three miles long, and
participating in it were some 5000 men,
women and children, and nearly 1000
horses. These figures may convey some
intelligence of the stunning enormity
of last evenings performance.
Several thousand people assembled on
First avenue, as on the previous even
ing, expecting to see the parade. For
some reason@the line of march was
changed about so that First avenue
was the last one on which the parade
was to move. By the time First avenue
was reached a great many Of the par
Elephants in the parade dropped out for
some reason, and less than one-tenth
part of the procession moved up First
avenue, and then in very inferior
way. Thousands of citizens who had
paid for their seats on First avenue
saw only the Flambeau club, portion
of the militia and scarcely any floats.
This occurrence sadly marred the
event Wherever the fault lay, it was
most grievous, blunder, and an mex
cusable one, which is to be censured,
and 1t is to be sincerely hoped that
IKE occurrence will not happen again.
Inc parade began promptly at $50
O'CLOCK. The mounted police again led
the procession, and were followed by
Watson's First Regiment band of for
" pieces. The First regiment of the
national guard, consisting of eleven
companies, and presenting over 400
men, came next, and produced a pro-
found impression as they came sternly
on with their precise military STEP
Normanna band followed them and
came Battery B, mastering six cannon
and thirty horses and horsemen. The
Boys Brigade of the Plymouth church
made most magnificent appearance
in their gorgeous zouave suits of red
and blue, and Wesley church battalion
also appeared to advantage The Glen
WOOD band and the Catholic Knights
band, both organizations numbering
twenty, dlscoursed music for this part
OF the division. Eighty Knights Tenn
plars followed, and in their dignified
uniforms appeared impressive and
grand. Then the Flambeau boys APP
pearlng Oh strong, fairly making the sky
look like blazing barn, so rapidly did
they discharge their Roman candles
and rockets. The DAM band of twenty
members followed and in turn were
followed by the Elks, of the city. The
famous drill corps of the local lodge,
twenty-five strong, gave their maneu-
Vers as they marched, and following
them were fifty more Elks. A float
following them contained an immense
elk The Postofice band of twenty
five pieces followed and preceded the
city mail carriers, who mustered over
seventy men. Then came a pretty rig
filled with children and bearing the
sign, Our Papa's Are Travelling Men"
After these younger representatives of the
profession came 200 travelling men in forty
line carriages drawn by the best horses in the
city. The Pickanniny band, with eighteen
players, headed the Norwegian Turner'S, who
had thirty-fve men in line. Then came the
A. o. U. w, and the Workingmen did make
a great showing and no mistake. There
were over 200 of them in line, marching with
good zest.
Then came the gorgeous and magnificent
hoat that bore Polaris himself. King Fudge
the First was seated on his royal throne of
gold, which upon a semi-circle made to
represent the EARTH and Illuminated SO as
to show the IL Etoie due Nord'' of Mime
sofa. In front of the float a girl held the
reins over great Polar bear. Twenty beau
tiful horses, blanketed in black velvet. drew
the float Following Polaris and winding I'm
the parade came the industrial floats