The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-19
MONSTER, MAMMOTH
PAGEANT FOR BRYAN
Glorious, Glittering, Gorgeous
Democratic Shows Will Pale
Even Parker Spectacle.
Journal sraoial Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, July 19.-When William
will be lots Of things doing. The plans
already made for his reception are so
elaborate that it will be handed down
to history as a display comparing IA
yorably with anything ever seen this
side Of the Atlantic. The spectacular
features planned by the committee, in
efforts made in glittering street demon
STATIONS.
This is about how the country editor
would describe it:
Aug. 29.-No thing in the history Of
our fair city has equaled the grand
street parade given by the United Dem
ocratic shows along the main street to-
sorous gttePng soFgsous az ant
vending It's way from the steamboat
landing to the show lot on Madison
{ Spare. Enormous tableau cars bearing
burdens of stylishly attired lady and
gentleman performers, comical clowns,
un-bright chariots, miles of ferocious
democratic animals, hungrily surveying
from every cline make up spectacle
the like of which had not been seen In
this community within the recollection
Of our oldest inhabitant.
Beats Parker's Museum.
When compared to this the displays
offered by the Big Sell & Faux Pas
circus. which showed here in 1896 and
again in 1900, fade into insignificance,
same category the feeble open-air exhi-
bition made by the A. B. Parker Dime
museum, as may be recalled, went, to
pieces little less than two years ago
and was attached by Sheriff T. Roose-
welt to. satisfy claims against it.
Our local staff, who had seat on a
grand stand erected by the kindly dis.
the old-time democracy, the head Of
Wall street, sends the following account
of the order Of the parade:
II Solid gold bandwagon containing the
celebrated Eighteen Carat band. for
merly the W. J. Bryan Silver Cornet
band, playing popular airs. Our re:
porter noticed a tremendous rush of
wagon. In the scramble several Of the
old wind instrumentalists. who formerly
had prominent places, got showed off
Senator Jones, the Arkansas bass drum
mer, was among those who suffered this
sad fate. After he fell off the wagon
ran over him. His place was promptly
taken by G.. Cleveland, bass tube. 49,
} | =
Cochran, trombone soloist, were among
the new players who attracted atten
tion. There were also many encomium!
, for the bandmaster, Professor Nathan
Straus, who succeeded Professor FREQ
Williams Of Massachusetts, the latter
having been deposed for leading non
union concerts. ,..
Jeffersonian Mummy. a.q
Large catafalque, bearing the EN-
9 balmed remains Of Jeffersonian Princi
) Piles. Positively the most perfectl,
t preserved mummy in existence-a con
: Meeting link between the antiquity O.
q ! the dead past and the live issues Of tn
> day. --s.. T.. j.. -.
Herd of ferocious wild asses from tn
! western plains, now broken to harnes
and driven by that peerless chariotee1
: T. Fortune Ryan. H. s.AA.,s a ~ az Il.
: Open tank, containing Joe Bailey, tn
o blood-sweating Behmoth Of constitu
: tional writ. The most ponderou
: geological exhibit alive. -"
/ Steel barred den containing the ia
d in. the jungles of French Lick Springs
/ Ind, and now, for the first time see
/ in; a cage. Lives exclusively on poke
r chips and makes constant efforts to es
IS cape to it's native Businesses. u .
h f. The Mississippi trick mule, J. Shar
9 William, gaily caparisoned and cuttin
J. up Sdidoes. -...
r Colonel Henri Watterson. the vetera
animal trainer, feeding raw chunks o
Q gold doctrine to a group of subjugatec
9 ire-eating, southern panthers. q
r Bosco Tillman. He eats 'em alive
d Especially the colored ones. +.
J. Empty cage. which formerly cor
3. tanned the rate-bin dodo and the ant
trust aux, two exceedingly rare birds
,oo1r, Po1iora1 RI horo hoo
y stolen by rival organization.