El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
GRAND FESTIVAL
Of Mountain and Plain Opens
Today in Denver.
IMMENSE CROWDS
CROWDS
Throng the Capital City to Enjoy a
Term of Unrestrdined Mirth.

Special Correspondence OF the Herald.
DENVER, Col. Sept, 18th, $780,
The fifth annual festival of noun
tain and plain opens in Denver on
Monday and continues throughout the
week.
This great fall carnival improves
with each year and the event this
week promises to eclipse in splendor
aud attractiveness the celebrations Il
past years, that have brought renown
to this city. 1t will be the grandest
Ispectaole In the history oisthe centen-
NAL state.
1t is the season in each year when
all the towns of Colorado pour forth
their populations into the capitol city,
people come down from the mountains
and up from the plains to be enter
tanned, to enjoy q term of unrestrained
mirth and to gain knowledge of the re-
sources Of the state.
Fully fifty thousand visitors are ex-
pected to be in the city by Monday
levening to be the guests of Den
week.
Many bewildering and startling
novelties will be introduced this year.
chief among them being the great
street fair, and the horse show, an eff
fort being made in the latter to Outd o
any thing of the kind ever held in the
country
California, Champa and Arspslive
streets and thorough fares in the down.
town districts unoccupted by street car
| lines have been given over for several
| blocks to the street fair or state expo
| sitiOn. Traffic will be suspended in
| this allotted territory and long row of
| booths occupy the centre of the streets.
| and here will be shown q varied and
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resources of it's mineral and
Agricultural wealth, its rapidly
growing manufacturing and CONNER
cisl interests and exhibits represent
ing every branch of trade industry and
progress.
The booths will be attractively de-
cOrated in the carnival colors, yellow
and whits, and they will be beautiful
ly illuminated at night, as will also all
the streets of Denver in the business
district.
The following is brief outline of
the program arranged for the weeks
festivities:
Mondsy-Opening of the exposition
and street fair at 10 o'clock q. m. In
the evening will take place the coron-
alton of the queen of the festival in the
arena in front of the grand etand
which seats about 81, 900 people.
Fifty pretty young ladies represent
ing every county of the state will at
tend the Queen az maids of honor.
There the king of the mountains will |
meet MS royal consort, escort her to !
her throne, where che will be crowned |
and begin her royal reign which ends
making. This will be one OF the br l. !
liant society events of the carnival.
Tuesdsy.-The day will witness four |
grand parades, the triumphal march of |
the queen and her retinue through the |
streets OF the city, q military parade |
which will present the grandest show
Ing OF military strength ever under |
taken in the state, followed by q wheel |
man 9 parade and at night the resplen-
IDENTIFY illuminated parade of the slaves
OF the silver serpent, . spectacle that |
rivals in maRnificence the famous |
"Mardi Gras" Priests of Pallas" and |
"Veiled Prophet" parades OF other
cities
Wednesday-Grand band contest and !
of massed bands, nearly all the |
musical organic atoms of this and sur
rounding states participating. This
will be followed by basket ball games,
Turner athletic exhibitions, etc.
AT night will occur an Illuminated
parade OF the Denver fire department.,
all the vehicles being handsomely
decorated in carnival colors This
will close with an exhibition fire run
that promises to be of q startling eff
feet.
Thursday will witness the continue
ton OF rock drilling contest inaugu-
rated the day before; athletic exer-
cises will again be presented and the
will be given over to the
mad hilarity of masked parade and
masking of any and all o
I'd e.heart of the city.
In the evening will take place the
grand masque ball. Introducing to his
mirth provoking subjects the beloved
King Argentum Aurum and his ever
popular consort, the Queen of Frivolity.
Prizes in gold will be awarded in the
grand cake walk that is a feature of
this great event.
Friday-The horse show opens, when
In exhibition of fine horses will be
presented, the like of which has never
before been attempted Ia the west.
five thousand dollars in cash and pre-
NUNS will be distributed. -
Saturday, which closes the festival.
he horse chow will be continued, and In
he evening the stupendous state hall ,
will be held in the open air in front of ,
he grand stand that occupies q city
block, opposite the capitol building.
Governor Human and lady will lead
he grand march. {
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