The age-herald., 1900-02-19
REX VULCAN IS NOW
 ON THE HIGH SEAS
Cables His Greetings from City
 of Havre, France.
FLOATS HAVE BEEN NAMED
All is Now in Readiness for the Cele- bration Next Week-An Impor- tant Meeting of the Car
 nival Society

An important meeting of the Carnival society will be held tonight in Elks' hall, the object of which is to arrange certain urgent matters and all members are re- quested to attend.
 A committee visited the sheds Saturday afternoon and named each of the various floats, which are reported to be as gorge ous as any ever attempted before by the Carnival promoters.
 There now remains but little to be done to the floats, and there is no question but that everything will be in readiness for the celebation next week. The railroads are giving very low excursion rates, and the attendance promises to be large
 Major Charles Wheeloek, chairman of the committee of designs reports that the floats are all finished and in perfect order and have been named as follows:
 The Realms of the Jewels.
 The Monster of the Antarctic.
 The Albatros of the Himalaya-
 The Temple of Keni-ling.
 The Inhabitans of the Deep Blue.
 Cleopatra On the Nile.
 The Witch Tower of UraI.
 The Cave of the Witches.
 Nemos Craft.
 In the Hot Sands of Sahara.
 The Ruins of the Temple of Khedive.
 The Haunts of the Butterfly.
 The Bears of Orizaba.
 The Head Waters of the River Zem-Zem The Bogoda of Damascus.
 The Mysteries of the Skies.
 c. E. Meglemery, who is the chairman of the transportation committee, reports that all railroads entering the city will give one-fare rate to the carnival, and ex- poets to handle many people He also re- ports that the Birmingham Railway and Electric company will give free 1000 tickets to the miners of the Pratt City division for transportation over their lines to the city, the tickets to be had through John O Neill, chairman of the finance committee.
 The grand marshal will have his depart ment in exact working order with quite number of aides-de-camp, who will be mounted in costume to assist. He will have plenty of costumes sent here in time for the aides The parades will move exactly on schedule time.
 Cablegram from Rex
 The following cablegram was received yesterday from Rex Vulcan ", who is now on the high sea:
 '4Havre. France, February IT, 19O0 ''To My True and Loyal Subjects in the
 City of Birmingham, Ala, greeting:
 q am more than pleased to say that my sourjoin in the city of Paris was more than pleasantly spent, having been royalty en- tertained in such manner as is beftting one in my station; the president of France having devoted his entire time to my enter ta,nment, as have a majority of the depu- ties. Only yesterday we took long drive through the Parc-de-Vinvennes, thence to Fontenay-sous-Boles thence to the Palice- de-la-Bastille, thence through the exhibi- ton grounds where gave some directions as to the Alabama exhibit, all of which the authorities promised to give their closest attention. Our party then proceeded to the various public buildings, stopping at Notra Dame to receive the Pontifical blessing be- fore my departure We then proceeded to the Luxumburgs art galleries, Esole Mill taire where the usual salute of twenty-one guns was fired by the French artillery Towards evening we arrived at Hotel de Vile, and after dinner went to the Ggand opera. At daylight we boarded the royal private yacht Magic City and proceeded down the Seine, stopping at this beautiful city, where the entire population turned out to meet me. Our royal party visited all the points of interest about the city. This morning at 5 o'clock the Magic City will join the royal fleet of five ships, the Terror Exploder, Pulveriser, Anihalater and Vesuvius, which were lying at anchor in the harbor of Le Havre, after the salute of twenty-one guns we set sail through the English channel to the broad blue atlantic, which we will cross with all possible speed Our fleet will arrive off Sandy Hook Feb- ruary A at 10 p. I understand that-Ad- miral George Dewey will meet me at sea and escort me to New York. will leave al once for Birmingham, arriving over the Louisville and Nashville railroad at p. m., February 26.
 (SignedJ REX VULCAN w..
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