The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
WILL FIRE A CAN NON.
This VIII Be the Signal for
ReVelry to Begin
On Kansas Avenue ON the Night
of the Carnival.
No Horn Blowing Will be Allowed
Until 10 o'cIock-Meetine of the
Karnival Knights Committee.

Last evening the general committee OF
the Karnival Knights met at the EIks'
lodge room and decided by an unanimous
vote that on Carnival night. Friday, Oc-
tober l, no tin horns should be allowed to
be blown on the streets until 10 o'clock.
when a cannon viii be fired and the fire
bell will strike ten strokes signal for
the revelry TO begin. This, IT is safe to
say, meets with the approval of almost
everybody. The parade will be formed
and the knights and their ladies in fam
tastic costume will form in line and
gorgeous spectacle will be given Kan
sas avenue, the effect being heightened
by hundreds of pieces of red fire Bands
will play and fish horns will not be al
lowed to drown them out
At 10 o'clock the official signal will be
given and the hundreds of maskers will
burst forth with ocean of 6iscordant
sounds, and revelry will reign until mid
night-perhaps later.
The police committee reported that the
arrangements for that night would be
complete. Chief Steele was interviewed
by committee and he has promised to
put down any rowdyism or disturbances
which may occur. He assured the COM
mittee that he would have a large num-
Der of officers on duty the avenue
that night on foot and mounted. Each of
the general committee of the karnivaI
Knights will be sworn in a special po-
Hceman and will wear large tin star.
There are over 200 young men who
now members of the committee and fully
100 more will be added soon. This will
make the police force immense. Chief
Steele will have at least 100 men on duty
during the whole week
Chief Steele will issue a special order
that no horns be blown Carnival night
until the general signal at 10 o'clock.
Chief Steele has been made a member of
the general committee of the Karnival
Knights.
It was decided to employ Will Haskell
to manage the details of the Carnival and
he appointed official costumer.
Many supposed that Mr.. Haskell made
a big stake" out of the renting of COS
TUNES last year. but it was found on in
quiry that he did not make over $40 it
and he had. TO run the risk of losing cos
TUNES. The position of official costumer
helps to make interest in the Carnival,
and il is simply a means to end
This year Mr.. Haskell will come to To-
peka September Is and will look after the
many details that will need attention He
will have a headquarters, selected by the
committee But the general and SUBJ
committees of the Karnival Knights will
themselves push the main work of the
Carnival, such as the choice and con-
struction of floats, the raising of money,
the costuming of the 200 knights who are
expected to appear on the floats and 9TH
er matters. Mr.. Haskelrs assistance will
be had only the last two weeks before
the Carnival, although many of his sug-
gestiOns will be adopted, no doubt.
a committee was appointed last even
ing whose names are not disclosed, for
the purpose of arranging for special feat
ures which will not be made public until
Carnival time. This committee will be
known as the Feature committee. This
committee will make a pilgrimage to
somewhere and engage the services OF
LORNA for the Carnival
Paul Torrington has a scheme which
will probab bly, be adopted which will make
the Carnival parade more attractive OF
course it Will be better when it is seen
than if told about now. So there you are
It's a dead secret
The matter of allowing decorated car
riages on the avenue in the parade came
up and it was unanimously decided to have
this feature, which will be remarkably
pretty one.
All people who take part in the Floral
parade will be invited to enter in the Car
nival parade The conditions shall be
that all the occupants shall be masked.
every vehicle shall be decorated with
either paper flowers or vari-colored bunt-
ing, and for each horse a footman must
be supplied. These carriages are not to
being driven rapidly but must be led This
precludes all fear of accident.
The committee appointed to pass on the
vehicles to be allowed in the parade that
night consists OF Galen Nichols. VIII
Alexander, VIM. NJ. Lyon, Tom King and
Chas. Lagerstrom. The provision requir-
ing that a man be detailed to walk along
and lead each horse by the bit during the
entire parade will be strictly enforced.
If this is not done there will be accidents
Immediately after the parade all vehicles
will be required to get of Kansas avenue
between Fourth and Ninth streets. This
will be the area in which the Karnival
Knights will have their fun. and it would
not be possible to have equipages in that
space.
When horse becomes fractions the po-
lice will see to it that it is removed i'm
mediately from the parade The parade
will not begin until o'clock
The committee on a banner for the
Karnfval knights reported that a net
had been secured from the Democratic
central committee and that Mr.. Shepherd
the artist, would paint the design 1t Will
be a snowy banner and will advertise the
Carnival we'll. By next week it will be
completed and it will be hung across
Kansas avenue from the Bank of Topeka
10 the Jewell building Jno- F. McManus.
Charlie Holiday and Major Shreve will
superintend its construction and the
hanging of it,
The Karniva1 Knights adjourned to
meet next Wednesday night at the Elks'
lodge ROOM A large attendance is ex-
pected and further arrangements will be
made for "A Hot Time in the Old Town