The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
CITY NEW S.
The CARNIVAL IS ON
Great June Street Fair Formally
Opened With Imposing Pageant
This Afternoon.
Miss Aim Dallager Is Chosen Queen
Coronation Will Take Place
Tomorrow Evening.

The big street fair and carnival which
is to be the chief attraction in Mime
apolis for the next two weeks, opened this
afternoon. The formal opening was pre-
ceded by an imposing pageant, in which
the civic and military bodies, Industrial
organizations and various attractions of
the Jabour Carnival and Circus company
participated. The parade moved thru the
down town streets at 1880, when the car
nival gates were thrown open, and en-
tered the grounds at 2 o'clock at which
time the afternoons performance COM
menced.
The large force Of carpenters busy at
the grounds yesterday worked wonders in
getting things in shape for the opening,
and save in a few minor details along In
dustrial street, the great open air exposi-
ton presented a splendid finished appear
.ance. The facilities for handling the
immense crowd were all that could be
desired. s
Loop -the.Looper Is Here.
John Ruel, of loop-the loop fame, who
daily executes the thrilling feat which will
prove one of the great drawing cards Of
the fair, arrived last evening. The huge
loop the-loop continuance arrived on an
earlier train and the work Of putting it in
place was commenced Immediately. It
was ready for use this afternoon, when
Mr.. Ruel was expected to give his first
sensational performance.
It IS the mans perfect confidence in
himself, apparently, which enables him to
go thru this hair-raising act three times a
day without once missing connections.
He has already made the revolution sew
era1 hundred times and expects to con-
tinue negotiating the loop indefinitely
without any bodily Inconvenience such as
would almost certainly result from any
miscalculation. He has figured the chances
| of being injured down to a narrow mar
gin, and says that unless he falls inside
| the loop he is confident of escaping seri-
Gus injury by landing in one Of the sew
era1 nets which surround the loop or
| clutching at convenient guy ropes. But
the fact is that he banishes from his
mind the thought of failure and that is
why he succeeds. He is haunted by no
fear that he is going to be launched into
space. He knows that he is going to ac-
it., and with his eye glued to the black
strip which he must unerringly traverse
to make good he does the stunt with
a nerve and accuracy which hardly admits
of the possibility Of defeat.
| Miss Aim DalIager, Queen.
Miss Aim Dallager having been chosen
queen of the carnival, great interest is
being taken in the magnificent corona
ton spectacle tomorrow evening. The
| final count, which decided who was to rule
supreme over the carnival domain, was
decided before large audience at the
Bijou theater Saturday evening. Her
majesty will be the central figure in the
equipage parade to be given in her honor
at o'clock tomorrow evening.
OF the total of 29,152 votes cast fol
queen of the carnival, the different candi-
dates scored as follows:
Miss Dallager Observation-Disclosures. 7,O1e
Miss Michaelson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 6,OSs
Miss Runge ....... 90;
Miss McAllister OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. So