The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-02


Music, While Prancing, Gaily
Caparisoned steeds Draw Tally
Ho Coaches and Traps - Streets
and Store Thronged.
Within two minutes after the doors
were thrown open for the Lennon q Glib
bons reception yesterday afternoon, j.
E. Macnider, who was of the receiving
party, was given tangible evidence OF
what the actual nature of his duties
might be. A woman tainted in the crush
and fell into his arms. She was recovered
end taken home by friends. The incident
was repeated half dozen times during
the afternoon and evening, so great was
the Jam. and in spite of the efforts of
ter stalwart policemen and two score
oe employees to control the crowd. From
the point of view Of attendance the open
ing of the new store was remarkable
success, for not only was the store filled
during the whole time of the continuance
of the reception, but traffic on the walks
outside was practically suspended. 1t
was estimated that between $4,000 and
1900 persons attended the opening, or
tried to, for thousands were unable to
get in through the care taken to avoid
the crowd.
The affair was unique in many ways,
for the opening included not only the
reception but a street parade of such I'M
posing dimensions that it attracted the
amout of attention vOuchsafed only, as
general thing, to the circus parade The
curiosity of thousands had been excited
by the advertisements which have been
running in the daily papers for some time
advising people to be on the down town
streets yesterday at noon In consequence
of this the business streets were almost
thronged, and most of the people made
their way during the forenoon to the cor
ner of Wabasha and Seventh streets. AS
early as 10 o'clock there was a jam there
which made the passage of street cars
matter of speculation for time and by
II o'clock the gathering of bandmen and
stylish turnouts of every description set
tied the question of the passing of cars
they did not pass until the Lennon &
Gibbons procession had gotten out Of
the way. That was about HIS.
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON.
Maj. McGuf1in, drum major of the Third
infantry, at the head Of the Minnesota
State band, raised his baton and they
We're off to the tune Of the Stars and
Stripes Forever"
In front of the band, in a handsome
cart, was Edward Feldhauser, to whose
indonitable energy is in a great measure
to be attributed the fact that the new
store has taken the place of the old I'M
slightly front of the Market house-and
Mr.. Shea, the liveryman who owned the
vehicles. He marshaled the parade. Be
hind the band was a tally-ho for the ac
comlnodation of the bandmen when the
residence districts were reached. The
horses used on the tally-ho and all the
other carriages were draped with purple
silk banners announcing the opening of
the new house, i'll letters Of gold.
Behind the tally-ho MeSSrs w. M. Glib
bons, E. ]. Kohn and ". NJ. Norton, the
, latter two Chicago wholesale clothing
men, rode in trap; following them in
I another trap was George f. Lennon and
W. J. Tompllns, and then came ten more
traps, all of the vehicles of the trap kind
az ailable being pressed into service. Then
came Seibert's Military band, led by
Drum Major F'eise, followed by another
tally-ho; then ten open carriages, the
traps and carriages being occupied by the
employees and guests of the new house.
AS the procession moved through the
business districts there were numerous
outbursts of applause from the spectators
as they recognized familiar faces in the
carriages or were swayed by the music of
the bands. The line of march was taken
up Seventh to ST. Peter to Fourth, to
Robert, to Sixth, to Sibley, to Fifth, to
Rosabel to Fourth, to Jackson, to Third
to Broadway, to Seventh, to Seven cor
ners, thence up to Summit, out to West
ern, over to Dayton and back by way of
College, ST. Peter, Tenth and Wabasha
streets.