The sun., 1900-06-18
'ELKS' CARNIVAL
OPENS TODAY
WITH SPLENDOR
The immense lndurtrial Parade
Will Take Place at !
O'clock Today.
GRAND FORMAL OPENING
Secretary of State Hughes Will
Represent Governor Tunnel
Who Will be Unable to be
Present to Make the
Opening Address.

II is here. The great day has arrived.
Tue gigantic Industrial Street Fair and
Eiks' Carnival, with all its wealth of ex-
hibits, special attractions, varied amuse-
ments and happy, joyful crowds, opens
today.
The city is in gala attire and the deco
rations are on most elaborate scale
1ne ~ ks cOlors, purple and white, greet
fheeya on every hand.
This immense industrial parade, which
promises To be two miles in length, will
practically open the street fair and carni-
val.
The parade will form on French street,
right resting on Fourth street, facing
seutl.
First division, form on French street
with right resting on Fifth street, facing
north.
Second division, form on Walnut
street, right resting ON Fourth street, fac
ing south.
The procession will move over the
following route: Form at Fourth and
French streets, down French to Third
TO Market, to Ninth, to Washington, to
Tenth, to Delaware avenue, to Adams,
toiilpin avenue, to Broome, to Della
ware avenue, around Soldiers Monu-
ment, TO Washington street and out
Washington to the fair grounds.
The Frank G. Bostock Mighty Carni.
val and English Street Fair aggregation,
WhichPwill compose the mighty midway,
will be leading feature of the parade.
twill be impossible for Mr.. Bostock
y 10 have all OF the decorated wagons OF
inc lmmense aggregation in the parade,
10 pf h 4
pc busily engaged in getting ready the
mighty midway so that it can open at
$50 O'Clock this evening.
II was originally intended that the
3ostock aggregation was to be divided
nto parts and placed in different divi-
ions. At the suggestion of Mr.. Bostock,
however, It will be placed in the rear OF
he second division.
This is done so that the wild animals
u the aggregation will not cause acci-
Tents in the parade by frightening
horses either to the rear or SIDE. The
3ostock portion of the parade will in
Hude all the elephants, camels, wild
,easts, Oriental people, Turks, Arabians,
egyptians, Japanese, Beers, Hndoos,
The Bostock aggregation arrived at Il
'clock last night from Baltimore via the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad was run to
iding at the brickyard nea, the Boule-
ard 1t came on two trains of twenty
Tx cars each. The thousands Of tons of
ents, poles, wild animals, properties
nd horses were partially unloaded last
light and the work begun in real earnest
an early hour this morning. The work
Fas done by hundreds of attendants.
The parade will move promptly at !
CLOCK this afternoon, at which time
here will be three taps on the City Hall
ell. The parade will be made up as
ollows: A squad of mounted police, then
)hief Marshal John G. Hartmann and
tai Of aides, comprising Colonel James
McComb. Clarence Beadenkopf, Will
" M: Foord, John A. Evans, DIR.
llip Traynor, Paul E. McCurdy.
iuests in five carriages.
First Division.
EMarshal Daniel Ross and staff,of aides.
pmprising John Brown and Homer G,
rnmons.
First Regiment Band.
DIAMOND State Steel Company, IA
agons, floats.
WIS. Edwards, foats.
Ferris Industrial School, 8 floats and
and.
Diamond State Brewing Company.
Swift and Company, float, wagon.
b. f. Shaw 4 Co., 4 fl oats.
Bavarian Brewing Company, l float.
Enoch Moore and Sons Company,
oat.
Wilmington Cornice Company.
Cahill d Co., 2 coaches.
George B. Ward, float.
s. Ell. Foulk, 10 horses.
Manhattan Laundry, wagons.
Cam Brothers.
City Steam Laundry.
second Division.
Marshal, Frank A Mitchell and staff
alds, comprising David Snellenburg,
Reginald Van Trump, Howard T.
Wallace.
Hyatt's Band.
Joseph Gooding, wagons.
Pusey 4 Jones Company, float.
HaFtmann & Fehrenbach, Brewing
@mpanY,4 4 wagons, ? floats.
1'elaware Electric and Supply Com.
any. float.
slnamons Brothers, 2 fl bats.
F.A. Mitchell, 2 floats.
Hs'A. Miller, / float.
Enoch Moore & Sons Company,
GsAnd Union Tea Company, wagons
MAN Lea & Sons Company, j float.
& NNA@ M. Foord, float,
AN&Hm Patterson, ) wagons.
NV*'sz5a Wlson, Jr.