The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

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Cousin George Dewey will be invited
to attend the. winter, carnival IN st. Paul
A magnificsntly engrossed Invitation has
been forwarded. 30 Senator c.. K. Davis, at
Washingtonsjta Represented to the great
naval heroa1ons behalf of the state, the
city and the Carnival association. The
invitation reads sas3 follows: -+
st. Paul winter Carnival, 190O-The
S fta g. OF Minpes9ta. the City Of st. Paul.
commercial Club, of ST. Paul, to George
Dewey, Admiral of the United States
ana nadyS' in AbHs S ts Greeting: For
and the& organisations aforemen-
TONED, the, undersigned respectful
~ ana most cordially invite the
lliusIrious american and puissant com
imander5 George Dewey, to be; present as
the guest of honor atathe festivities incl
dent to the st. Paul, Winter carnival, Feb.
. TO X 1900. and more Particularly at the
QlFelIlhg or the reproduction in ice Of the
DeWey> arch and court of honor and re-
pulse of an assault by the power of fire
on the cruiser Olympia at the opening
The greeting bears the signatures Of
Gov. John Lind, Mayor Kiefer, President
Flandrau, Of the Carnival association,
ana President Rruden. of the Commercial
club.
The coming of, Dewey will constitute
the central feature Of the festival. The
invitation has reached Washington, and
is in the hands Of Senator Davis The lat
est ,adyices last night were that the pre-
sentatton would probably occur Monday.
FIhe invitation gives a general idea Of
what the central feature will be- It is
planned to reproduce in Ice the famous
Dewey arch erected fn New York, as the
gateway for the carnival city. Inside
Will be reproduced the battlesf p Olym-
pia and a. court of honor. The chief
spectacle Will .be the bombardment >5of
the cruiser from land batteries of ice,
which will use rockets, Roman candles
and. other fireworks as their ammunition.
The invitation will. be presented to the
admiral at shis, home, and while there is
no; definite assurance that, he will accept
it is considered, probable that he Will con-
cur in the wishes of St. Paul citizens
and visit the Northwest.
Feb. 10 has been designated by the d.
rectors of the Carnival association So
travelling mems day.. H. w. Shade Is
sending out j, 500 invitations to commercial
travellers through the Northwest; inviting
them to be present, and to send in their
names for membership in the Travelling
The directors .ilave made the following
allotments Df.etl1es $500 appropriated for
prizes by sthef association: <.4,--. T., ,
e. 800 for the largest club In uniform. =.
a $50 for the: SECOND largest club.
500 Ger the club having the handsomest
uniform.
$50 Tor the Second choiee 80.
SIS for theathfFd choice. 49, 81 81
$50 foT the first out-of-town club to ap-
pear in St. Paul fully unifR med,e 49,
SIS for the second out-of-tOWn club.
The directors have laid down rule that
the membership OF all clubs competing for
prizes must consist Of those, who are men,
bers of the Carnival associatiop,and have
badges. Ike Lederer's prize will go to the
first club which appears fifty strong, fully
uniformed, with each, member wearing a
carnival badge.
The NorthWestsis being we'll covered by
the committee on publicity. OF all the
papers asked to help the carnival along,
but two have refused, and 100 are print
ing carnival weekly: Thirty-five
daily newspapers are included in the list