Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-03
Final Preparations For City's
Big Celebration Complete
Clear Weather Assured
CARNIVAL COMPANY ARRIVES
Parker Amusement Company Pitches
Its Show Tents About Court House
square-sliaht Change in the Orig
inaI Program for Tomorrow Made
Line of March For Parade Altered.

With clear weather assured by the
government bureau for Tuesday, and
with the New Parker Amusement
Company's tents filling the streets.
this city is scheduled to entertain the
largest crowd in its history, which Will
be here for the big celebration of the
glorious Fourth tomorrow. While rain,
and cloudy weather today gives pro-
mise of bad weather tomorrow the
forecast is showers tonight, with cooler
temperature and clear sky Tuesday.
All the final preparations for the
celebration are complete and awaiting
the arrival of the day.
Some slight changes were made
necessary in the original plan as given
out by the com.nittee in charge. The
free attractions will not show at Fin
kle's park, and the line Of march of
the afternoon parade will be little
different. Instead of going down First
street to State from Main, it will go
north on Center street to State and
thence west to Fourth street. This
change was due to sickness on First
street. The parade will be in charge Of
John L. Tallman. marshal and his as
sistants, A. A. Nicholson, j. G. Crellin.
j. A. Ferree, w. S. Davis, 1. f. Andrwes
and T. j. Reed
Otherwise the plans will be carried
out. with the band concert and speak
ing uptown, in front of the court house,
in the morning. the parade at 1870
o'clock, and the events Immediately
following in the afternoon at Finkle's
park.
The aeronaut, who will go up in the
balloon and descend in parachute, al
so the man>representing the Chicago
firm from which the fireworks were
purchased, and who will have charge
OF that display, reached the city this
morning.
Carnival Company Arrives.
Raver Il Darnaby's Parker Amuse-
ment Company arrived in the CITY at
o'clock Sunday afternoon over the
Northwestern via Cedar RAPIDS. who're
IT was transferred from the Rock Is
cars presented very much the
same appearance as circus and
was greeted by the usual crowd OF
klds, Doth grown UP and growing. The
work OF unloading was in progress all
night altho the heavy rain caused con-
siderable delay and by this evening,
each one of the ten shows will be UNI
DER canvass and running for the
amusement of early crowds
The new Parker amusement outfit is
something new in the carnival business
is that it is complete carnival operat-
ed under single management, tray-
cling in REGULAR circus style and said
to be higher order of responsibility
than the average carnival show. The
DEBORAH Public Opinion says of it's ap-
pearance in that city last week that
the citizens of DEBORAH have moth
Ing but-the highest praise and COM
mendation for the carnival from the
beginning to end" The train, consist
ing OF twenty-five cars, contains sleep-
ers and diner for the performers, man
ayers and attendants numbering 100
people and special cars for the tent
wagons, animal wagons and show par
aphanalia.
Positions We're assigned to all the
shows in the streets on three sides of
the court house square and when ali
the tents are up there will be barely
enough room left for teams to pass
along the streets occupied.
The principal free attractions are the
Italian band Of twenty-three pieces,
and the two performances of Looping
the Loop in ball, and "Leaping the
Cap thru fire-two performances of
both being given daily. Looping the
Loop is advertised as the dangerous
performance which killed Mile Rose
are. who first attempted it in London.
"Lizette," who leaps the volcanic
Gap on a bicycle and 'The Girl From
Abilene" who loops the loop" in. her
famous ball-the two great feature,
free performances with the New Par
ker Amusement Company-wil both
be given down town July Fourth, in
stead Of at the fair grounds as prev
iously announced, the ponderous struc-
lures in each case being too heavy and
complicated to move back and forth.
The Gap will be at the corner of Cen
ter and Main streets, and the Loop by
the First National bank. AT the fair
grounds tomorrow, instead of the two
mentioned attractions, the carnival
will put on the group of
aerial and acrobatic artists, "The Three
Famous Midos,' direct from the great
New York hippodrome.
Among the admission shows are the
Singing Girls of Bagdad, an operate
creation an imitation of
the show by the same name at the ST.
Louis fair; Geological Eden, an ANNA,
show with a trained lion, leopard,
jumping hounds. acting horses, ETC.;
4 scenic Alps show: an electric theatre.
giving in Embarrassing detail a western
nold-up, and determination of the band
Of robbers: and katzenjanler Castle,
a fun- making show.