Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
TO SURPASS ALL
FORMER EVENTS
Queen Of Carnival,
Crowned Last Night,
Will Have Place
of Honor.
FROM Wednesdays Daily


large number of entries and the time
and money spent in preparation. the
big{ commercial parade tonight IS N
reality going to be one of the biggest
features of the Ollepaw festival.
Commercial houses, wholesalers, re-
tailers and business houses of every
description will be represented IN THIS
glorious night pageant.
Many of the lodges and clubs of the
city will enter floats and others will
compete in the marching event
{one Of the pleasing features OF the
parade is the number Of prominent Ot-
tu4nwa women who will enter their
private carriages decorated.
The queen, in her coach OF state &C
cohnpanied by her attendants, the
three bands of the city, Chief Wapello
and his Indians. band of mounted
bulglers and cowboys and comic and
gTotesque floats will all add salts
\ factory tinge to the spectacle.
The Marshals.
3yf The chief marshal of the parade will,
iwl 6e E. H Emery, chairman Of the par
e. AIDES committee. He will be assisted
n by four other marshals, w. N. Rock
we'll, Jerry Shea, W. T. Wilson and
James Cullen
The Judges.
The following is the list of the
judges:
Flcats - A. w. Enoch, John w.
Lewis and ]. A. Ballard.
Private Vehicles - Mrs. W. L. Sar-
sent, Miss Letta Baker and Peter
Newerf.
Marching Bodies - Captain W. H.
G. Jaques, Captain D. H. Emery and
Theodore Stoessel
Automobiles - DR.. B. D. LaForce,
Mrs. j. E. Scase and Mrs. L. A. Cor
tlcn
The reviewing stand will be situat-
ed at the cvorner of Market and Sec
end streets The parade will form on
Second street west Of Wapello and
will start promptly at 1880 o'clock
and march east.
The line Of march will be east on
Second to Jefferson, south on Jeffer-
son to Main and west on Main to Wa
pello street.
The Prizes.
The prizes will be awarded to the
winning competitors in the parade
4 Saturday night on the platform at the
city park, when the judges will an
nounce their decisions.
The Queen Crowned.
In snow white equipage, drawn by
white horses and accompanied by hel
four maids of honor, Miss Ada Hickey
queen Of the festival rode in state tc
the city park last night and was cere
moniously crowned and declared
Queen Oilepaw by Mayor Phillips.
She was accompanied by Misses
Emma Sigmond, Clara Oehschlager
Anna Genochio and Lula Pasnau who
acted as maids of honor.
Her equipage was beautiful. Hel
throne was on a raised platform un
der silken canopy supported by foul
white columns At each column stood
On of the maids carrying punches o.
palm leaves.
The Parade.
After riding in state up Main stree
and down Second, : the procession
turned up Court to Tnird and from
there on east to the platform at the
city park The Fifty-Fourth regiment
al band led the procession. The queen:
coach followed and Immediately afte
came the carriage in which rode May
or Phillips, Police Judge Kirby, Cnie
of Police Gallagher and Captain Mat
AIier. Bringing up the rear came
Chief Wapello and his band of war
At the Park.
AT the city park the mayor made
an address to the queen and the pub
lie. He then crowned her and gav'
her formal introduction to the chief
with whom she will reign the remand
er of the week.
School Out Tomorrow.
BY order of the school board, al
The schools of the city will close a
noon tomorrow in order that the stu
dents may attend the big head-on col
tision at the west end park in the aft
srncon.
The engines have been in the cit!
all week and the track is in readiness
for this thrilling event of the festival
The crash will come shortly aftel
3 o'clock.
Tickets for the great collision are
I, on sale at drug stores and will be 4;
u the four Main street corners dowt
w town tomorrow morning. The con-
nittee urges that all secure thei