Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-03
MISCKIANzA
CARNIVAL
Special Committee Reports to the
Board of Directors.
TIE CANVASS FOR FUNDS
VIII Begin To-day by n Committee
ktnrt- the Rail with tive Hundred
Dollars OnstIundrcd Subscribers
OF Ono Hundred Dollars Each
Wanted.

The directors OF the Tidewater Car
nival Association met last evening AT
$50 o'clock at the Office of The secre-
tary of the Board of Trade and Bust
ness Mems Association. President C.
Brooks Johnston in the chair. and
present Acting Secretary e. L. Dawes
and Messrs. II. Henry Jones. II. l.
Page. j. w. Perry. r. Lancaster VIII
liams. T. II. Synon. Col. c. a. Nash,
j. w. Brown, d. a. Hcgarty and d. j.
Callahan.
The minutes of the meeting of May
Goth were read and approved.
Colonel Nash then reported as to the
consultation OF the special committee
of four with Mr.. Mexican. OF Wash
ngton, d. G. He gave the meeting II
review of the estimates of Mr.. Mexican
of the expenses of various proposed
features. and the estimated amounts of
receipts from the sale of various privi-
Ieges. such as the sale of the right to
get up the official carnival program,
sale of concessions of reviewing stands,
proceeds of n grand ball and n probable
large revenue from n fireworks dis
play by Pain or some other manager Of
pyrotechnical spectacular displays.
ATTRACTIVE FEATURES.
The proposition is to have something
every night of the carnival in the shape
of Paine's reproduction in fireworks of
the battle of Manila, storminG of San
Juan Hill. the sinking of Cervera's fleet.
or some great feature of that nature.
IL this is given II will probably be put
on at the ball grounds. There is seat
ing capacity there now for several
thousand people and stands would he
erected to seat in all, about 5000 to 1900
npnnlp Tho O1niccnn r1f
would probably be fixed ut so cents and
it is figured that there would be an
attendance OF 5000 to 10000 people each
night.
Colonel Nash reported that his COM
mittee would report that the carnival
project should be pushed. provided the
necessary funds could be secured. He
said that he was confident the Mis-
chanza Carnival could be made a bril-
liant success.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The subject of ways and means was
then discussed and Mr.. r. Lancaster
Williams suggested that a committee
be appointed to canvass for subscrp-
tions. He stated that he would himself
head the list with $780,
lie suggested that a committee be
appointed to wait on all the Transporter
ton companies in this city and solicit
subscriptions from them.
1t was then suggested that a commit
tee be appointed to choose n committee
to call on the business men OF the three
cities and secure subscriptions.
Colonel Nash suggested that n citl-
zens meeting be called at the Board OF
Trade rooms and the matter he then
and there started by popular subscrip-
tons.
A WORKING COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Hegarty moved that a commit
tee be appointed to select n committee
of prominent business men to call on
the leading business men of Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Berkley. This was
carried and the chair appointed the
following as a committee from those
present: Colonel Nash and Messrs
Page. Perry, Williams and Jones' On
motion. Mr.. Johnston was added TO this
committee as chairman
This committee is to chose n. commit
tee of five men to act as n joint COM
mittce to secure 100 subscriptions Of 500
each This will raise $4,000 and this
will be supplemented by smaller sub
scriptions.
MEET TODAY.
This committee of six will meet at
the Board of Trade rooms this morning
at 10 O'clock and begin the active work
or selecting a committee of five other
leading business men. This committee
of eleven will ut once begin the work
OF the canvas
PRESS COMMITTEE.
\ press committee was chosen ma
follows: Messrs. Foote. of the Virgin
ian-fiiot: Bailcy. of the Landmark;
Stewart. Of the Dispatch: Richard
Hamilton. of tho Ledger; Whitehead.
of the Journal OF Commerce: Maxwell
of the Portsmouth Star; GriGgs of the
Landmark. The work of this COMMITTEES
Will be to promote publicity of car
nlvai matters as widely as possible
Slowly but surely have our Oxford
mixtures worked their way TO the front
Your next suit should he one of them
Tailored in our own exclusive wav
RUDOLPH & WALLACE.