The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-20
1T Will BE GRAND
Topeka People Planning TWen-
tieth Kansas Reception.
Street Carnival by the Karnival
Knights.
nj I'm nm TTNHnV
A BLAZE OF LIGHT
State House Dome to Be Gov
cred With Electric Globes.
Fireworks to Be Fired From
the Roof.
Big Ball and Continuous Per-
fOrmances For Heroes.

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men of the Twenty first, Twenty-s second
and Twenty-third Kansas regiments in
| addition to the boys of the Twentieth
| Kansas.
A barbecue at noon, lunch at all
| hours in the day, and a banquet in the
| evening.
! Continuous vaudeville performances
| at both the Topeka opera houses, last
! ing from o'clock in the afternoon un-
til midnight.
A reception and twentieth Kansas
! grand ban'' in Representative hail at
| night.
| A street carnival under the direction
| of the Topeka KarnivaI Knights.
The illumination of the capitol dome
| by means of thousands of electric
| lights.
a fireworks display from the roof of
| the capitol building by the Flambeau
clubs.
| Band concerts in Representative hall
! and the senate chamber and at different
! locations along Kansas avenue during
| the day.
A presentation ofindividuaI souvenirs
/ to the members of the regiment
These are some of the. suggestions
made by Topeka men today for the
! celebration attending the visit of the
! Twentieth Kansas regiment to this city.
All of the suggestions are good. AS
| time goes on more ideas will be forth
| coming. One glorious round of enter
| tainment will be provided for the fight
| ing Kansas boys during their stay in
| Topeka but there is no time to lose.
| We must make the reception some
| thing that viii live in the history of the
! state" said Major T. J. Anderson, sec
I retary of the Commercial club TODAY.
! 4 want to see the Karnival knights
| take charge of the night festivities, for
| there is no set of men in Topeka so
| competent to give the Twentieth boys
a rip-roaring good time. The executive
| Council should arrange to have the
| state house dome one great blaze of
! light, and, am satisfied that arrange
ments can be made with the Edison
| company for such Illumination pay
| ment to be made by the next legislature
/ The F1ambeau clubs should give a fire
| works display from the roof of the cap
| itOl building, and several mOrtarS should
! be taken as far up as the balcony of
| the dome. We will tent the soldiers on
| the state house grounds, and they will
| be right IN the heart of the city dur
| ing the entire day. am in favor of the
| barbecue idea advanced by the Butch
| erS and GrOcerS
In connection with this business I
| want to say something about the rail-
| road rates. The railroads have it in
! their power to make or break the re-
ceptiOn to the regiment as far as the
| people of the state generally are con-
| cerned, and they should put in a one
| cent per mile rate. 1t will be hun
| dred years before we receive another
| regiment, and you can't make me be-
| lieve that the granting of a rate for
| this occasion would esta blish a prece-
| dent. There is now a rate of less than
! One-half cent per mile from Beloft to
Atchison for the Corn Carnival. and I
| haven't heard any talk of a precedent
being established for railroad rates
| generally
| Charles K. Holiday, who has been
the chief moving spirit in the entertain
ments provided by the KarnivaI
Knights in the past, said this after
noon:
THE KarnivaI Knights will be glad
to help in entertaining the Twentieth
Kansas boys. and we can get !, 500 out
| at almost instant notice. A carnival
/ on Kansas avenue after dark is the
best way I know of to give the boys a
good time, and something unique and
! startling for the occasion Will undoubt-
| edly be thought of before the time Of
| arrival of the regiment
I Z think a barbecue at noon will
| please the boys" said Mr.. r. S. Brig
ham, president of the Commercial club.
The best of everything should be pro-
| vided in an unlimited quantity In the
evening a banquet might be given in
| the corridors of the state house, either
/ before or after the carnival on the
streets. Speeches could be made at
! the banquet, but I would suggest that
/ the orators make them short The
state house. and especially the dome
! should be brilliantly Illuminated and
Kansas avenue should be kept in a
blaze of light during the progress of the
| carnival Arrangements should be
/ maze with the city railway for the
! transportation of the soldiers free, and
a soldiers uniform should constitute a
free pass into everything that is going
on that day"
4 would suggest that arrangements
be made for a continuous vaudeville
performance at both Topeka opera
| houses" said John Waters I think
such entertainment would be apprecia-
| ted, and soldiers could stay as long
as they liked, and go back as many
times as they liked. There will un-
| doubtedly be B. number of bands in To-
| peka, and band concerts should be Civ
en- in different portions of the city
Whatever exercises are arranged in
the nature of formal reception should
include the presentation of suitable
souvenir to each of the soldiers
''One corner of the state hous,
grounds should be reserved for a pub
= lie comfort tent said Mr. A w
Dana. 1T would take a big tent bu
undoubtedly such q tent could be Sc
cured from one of the shows winterins
near here. In this tent lunch SHOULD
be served at all hours of the day. anC
cigars distributed. I think there ar,
dozens of Topeka ladies who would
gladly volunteer their services for thi
> purpose. The sOldieTS could be served
with their meals in the tent in addition
. to lunch, and think it would ansWe
the purpose better than the state hOuS
corridors. After the carnival in tn
evening I would be in favor of giving
grand ball at Representative hall Al
the officers and many of the soldier
| would be glad Of the opportunity Of at