The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-08
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"A
TAU Wisconsin Joins ii tho Oele-
bration.
| THE SEM CEN TENNIAL
Streets Filled with Merrymakers--
Dedication Of soldiers'
Monument.
Milwaukee, Wis, June 27.-Milwau-
i kee began the carnival this morning
as early as o'clock. Even earlier
than that the revenue cutter Fessenden
fired fifty jubilee guns, Then the early
dealers who took down their theoretical
shutters sawta long, gorgeous line that
Il wound and wound from both railway sta.
tions, loaded with things to carry, brilliant
I with every ONE, OF the seMi-centennial col
ors and some besides, and Represented on
pretty nearly every arrival. They We're
i the carnival comerss and not even the sill,
ver-lined hopes of the carnival committee
i planned for such Immigration as there has
been today. The first day of the celebra-
! ton, with the programme not to begin till
this evening, and already the streets are
crowded with representatives from all over
4 the state. No odds were asked of the Off
! cial carnival programme today; the carni-
I val began anyway and BY noonsns was in
| full swing. = - - '. =.
] The street vendors planned for this and
! there were volleys of them in every street
from early morning. Badger pins, flag
| pins. Dewey pins, Sampson pins, Hobson
pins, and all the paper. things sdeyisable
| were put on sale, and they all found pur-
/ chasers. *
| Coy. Scofeld and Secretary of State
Henry Casson arrived in the city today
! and are quartered at the Pfster. Ex-Gov.
Upham is also guest at the Phster. Mr..
upham is accompanied by ex-Speaker# G.
also an arrival. Thomas B. Mills Of West
Superior is at the Plankinton. -. ~.
| Milwaukee, Wis, June 28.-[Special1
lit was q large, an enthusiastic ant. in
! the fullest sense representative audi
ence which assembled in the @Pabst the
! alter last evening to take part in the for
listen to the addresses of the speakers of
| the evening. These were Mayor %. S.
Rose, upon behalf of the Cream City;
Gov. Edward Scofeld on behalf of the
state of Wisconsin, and e. P. Villas, who
delivered the address Of the evening, upon
the subject of our fifty years existence
as state.
The scene was an Inspiring one; The
beautiful theater was additionally beauti-
fed by artistically-wrought decorations,
In which the colors of the nation were
chiefly used; the stage was a picture of
festooned flags and electric light effects,
with "1S4S'' and 1888" in the back
boxes were filled by the prominent .peo-
pie of the state. Director Clauder and
his superb carnival orchestra supplied in
spring music, which frequently brought
the entire audience of 1000 people to
their feet with cheering and waving of
handkerchiefs, miniature flags and car
nival emblems. Altogether, it was most
suspicious formal opening of the carni-,
val, and everything passed off in highly
pleasing manner and to the entire salts
faction of all present. The visitors in
cluded invited guests from all parts of
the state, many citizens of Milwaukee
thoughtfully turning over their reserved
seat tickets to visitors. The only draw
back was the limited capacity of the the
alter, for with $4,000 visitors in the city.
it was source Of regret to the carnival
management that but handful could
possibly be seated in the place selected
for the ceremonies. :; 4.-, -. -
+ President Alvin P. Kletzsch of the Car
nival association presided, and in brief
y
ment which led up to the, present fete.
Mr.. kletzsch then introduced Mayor D.
rs. Rose, who welcomed all to our feast of
amusements on behalf of all the citizens
of Milwaukee. r
Gov. Scofeld was then introduced, and
in fitting words spoke of the greatness of
the city and of our ffty-year-old~ state, and
bid all a hearty welcome, on behalf of the
state, to the festivities prepared in her
honor by Milwaukee enterprise. >,,..t..s,
The address Of e. p. Villas was q mas.
terly effort, reviewing the achievements,
the wonderful erowth and the satisfactory
development, Of the state The audience,
and the music were certainly sources of
inspiration for the speaker with the theme
of Fifty Years Of Statehood. - Va = go 80
T. At last Milwaukee has monument to
the Wisconsin soldiers who fought flor:
the Union in the Civil war. With the I'M
yelling today Of the noble bronze group
at Grand avenue and Tenth street,
notable addition was made to the public
art treasures Of the city, and a fitting
memorial to the brave men who shed ~ius-
ter on the name of Wisconsin now exists.
On many accounts the ceremonies of this
afternoon were the most important of the
carnival. for they had as their object the
dedication of permanent memorial,
which: will speak to coming generations,
long after the festivities and frolic of the
present have been forgotten.
The ceremonies this afternoon were pre-
coded by parade. of veterans, headed by
a platoon Of police. t had been intended
the demonstration, but the call to duty in
Oshkosh made this impossible The line
of march was from Jefferson street to the
monument site on Grand avenue, and the
marshal in charge was Maj Moses Har-
ris Of the National Soldiers home. Dur
fr1ryf hi f0rn
seemed likely to interfere with the ar
rangements, but the sun came out shortly
after noon, and the latter part of sthe flsiy
was pleasant. Besides veterans from fhe
home there were III line members Of the
Grand Army posts, Sons of Veterans and
members Of Wisconsin commandery of the
Large stands were blIilt in front ofsGal-
vary church, from which good view of
the monument was had, and in the center
Of the street was the speakers stand
Flags covered the bronze figures from
sightsand were withdrawn at the proper
moment by Mrs. Lydia Ely, disclosing
the. monument to view. :,
milwaukee,, Wis, June 29-TSpecial. !
The floral parade took place this after
noon and the beautiful sight was one that
made strangers feel we'll repaid for their
visit ito Milwaukee. 1t is doubtful if the
carnival will present a more pleasing spec
AnSASs4 NJ paAduc " da HuuOuuCCO 10 start
at clock, but was little late. Ell
covered route extending over Grand, ave.
nue. from .Twenty-fourth street east to the
bridge, Wisconsin street to Jefferson, to
Oneida, to Juneau avenue, to the lake
front, to Prospect avenue, to Kane place
and then back to Juneau avenue. The
sky clouded up during the. forenoon and
threatened rain. but the weather man
kindly averted that calamity, although the
clouds were rather omin6ds ais 3 20 clock
approached. 80
First. came May or Roses victoria,
horses and harness and vehicle in. pure
| white. The horses, sent from W aukeslla
especially for the parade, had sgarlands Of
white roses about their necks, and The
white satin harness was caught with
clusters Of white roses. The victoria
was covered entirely with the roses as
were the wheels. In the vehicle were
Mayor and Mrs. Rose. Mrs Rose was
beautifully gowned in white organdie,
and Wore g large white hat with feath-
ers. She carried white chiffon parasol,
trimmed with roses. y g%as - ..,S
No.s2 was the Mariners English cart.