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yil^lGAXI> 31AXV-"WElltb'- XOISKS.
JXlmntcd Tliai Tlilrty-Plve Tlion-
sai:«l I'ooitlc. on l'lcasnrc. Tleiit,
n'hronK-ctl tlic fircat Avcnne. from
KitTcl Tower to City Hall.
WHOLE
THE CARNIVAL OPENS.Iiis Ushered In on the Bright-
est of Autumn Oaysi
BRILLIANT NIGHT SCENE,
Broad Sires! Black With People acd
Throbbing With Life. •\u25a0
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CORONATION LAST NIGHT,
a. Vast Assemblage.
BROAD-STREET iPARK iTHROXGEDV
of Rex's Snl>jects.":::-": .;"•\u25a0 '\u25a0 V; \?\7 '.'^:' ;
IyFerlorined, ;nncV Afterrviwrdsi th«
''Fools and ;Merrym»ker!i"'Di»pott»
oil.Tlxem's elves Xor tlxe Amusement
The Ceremony Was Most littpresslve^
0 ULi!Luji illblULlilUi
the -women, are now affecting,. and whichhe had ;not before seen. .They are ofred,; chiefly, and are
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fabricated of crepepaper., ..They are pretty, but one cannothelp; thinking of the '>disastrous ;resultsl tswhich '.would; follow exposure to;a shower;The hats made. a deep impression on-thejudge,
"and it is safe "to say that he
A STREET-CORSEIt REMINDER OF
EVERY-DAY-RICII3IOXD.
will think as often of-4he paper, hats asof anything.lie saw in Richmond duringCarnival "Week. -
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HORSE-SHDW TO-DAY,PRESSING- THE BUTTOX.
ful kingdom, with the surest prospect ofa happy and prosperous reign that everoverhung-- the throne of majesty.
Great Equine Exhibit to DpehMost Auspiciously.
Strains of "Annie Laurie" Si^lenced by a Noisy Throng; .
A CIRCUIT JUDGE AMUSED; A PARADE OCCURS AT NOON^
ItWillBe One of the Cliier Attracticms
of the Second Day. \u25a0\u25a0'Paper Headgear Affected by • t|e Women
Made. an Impression.1
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PROGEAMHE FOR OPEXIXG MGHT.
Rex "rules. He assumed theithrbne la3*
night amid all the. pomp -and circunv*.stance with. which the coronation couldbe inves ted. .;
-And :a. right foyal .cere-^
:mony it was--a pageant ;such as is sel-»dom :. witnessed— a spectacle with all .thafeatures of a royal show.j "-;\u25a0
Henry"l. was.'crowned ;atithe Bait Parl<».The coronation was witnessed by at!least10,000 people. The grandstand was pack~
ed almost to ;its_ full capacity.. Therewere many ;people in. the .bleachers; thospace between the :grandstand and tha
. stage in the centre of the field on which,
the coronation took place was thronged!
with hundreds ;of.people., ;. ..-.\u25a0\u25a0 ,; :. The music, \u25a0 the red fire,.the booming
of cannon, the glare of .thousands ofsoaring, rockets, 1the:magnificent'" costutnait'all. lent their; aid in making the sceneone of surpassing - magnificence, and :fre-*quently the vast
-audience had to manU
fest its pleasure by fapplausoand-cheers. '
'The hour. set for the ;coronation was 3
o'clock. The spectators began -.to"assern-»ble some time before that hour, for"/act,dense was the-crowd on Broad street andtso few the cars, :comparatively, that;theraWas a natural ,fear that there would bo
no :means ;of reaching "the .? scene of thogreat spectacle. Perhaps all who;wished:reached the grounds, but every one o£thecars for long before .the timo. set ;forthe coronation and "for long afterwardswas .crowded, though as many extras ;aaicould -be run were put into 'service. :; :,- ; /ROYAL PARXYvKNTERS. I/ -..V
At a few mlnu tea "past 'B"the ;.waitings
\u25a0.thousands ."'saw: the royal party "enter tha
space behind . the platform, on .-which :thacoronation was ;to take place. The staareand the space between the grrandstandt .and the 'Stage wasi 'brilliantly lighted by;
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: To Cure nCoId in One Day. • ?
take '•.'.\u25a0 Laxative Bromo Quinln» ;:TabletalAlldruggists refund the" money ,;ifIt;faliato cure. :E. W. Grove's '\u25a0 signature is oaeach box. Twenty-five centa. :
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Everybody, Is Invited; to examine ;our\
immense collection, of Oriental Rugs andCarpets.
-- 'CORDES & MOSBY.ItAVns a Sight to See Them See the
Sislits— "Osco," tiie Siisilce Eater—
FaUirs.tt Little Sloir.iiiBegrinninfir
lliisiness. •. "-.•'.'"-
AGED COUPLE FROM BUCKINGHAM.
Introduce ithe \u25a0roadsters, \u25a0 class 3;tho localclasses, class IS; the saddle' horses, class19; the horses In harness, 'class 6; theladies' hunters, -class"32,- and:ithe huntersand jumpers, class 1 26. . ; • :
The -ball will be set rrqllins: at S:IG;promptly,;and the final number, on theprogramme will be- reached" .-.by-llo'clock.The management promise no delays. Thecafe! has been splendily, equipped to meetall requirements, and no more' attractivelounging->place could b© Imagined thanthe- Auditorium, with-its•brilHant illumi-nation, ;•;• Its \u25a0 gorgeous :decorative effects,and; the array of[fashionable"- society, ar-rayedjn the finest cfeation'of the dresa-maker,' tailor, and; milliner's art.• :BE'IN-THE ;RINGiTO-r)AT.' -
"Among the famous -horses -'to :be "seenin the ring to-dayare Lucerna, Albemarle,HHarryiKomis;- Russell sßei,- Top Sail,Jackson^Marthai :Bolling;';St. Geolrge, Xov-folk,r>:Rbebuckrf Unknojvvn, ;El'}Capitan,Glory, Lord Fauquier,
""''Goldfish, Elsie
•yennerr-Miss -Bird.""^ Day.-"XKream,""Echo,"
St.: George, ,Champion,"
Challenger, . DoeBlackburn; Lady Lyons. Buck, Blackbird,Geneste, Virginia, -
Amarot. Titwillow',Brunette, ;TJp-tcHDate.rKathleen. Bachef;lor, Tip Top.SearchHght'iMidnight; Gray,4Cap, Nancy Brack; Bowery,Girl, Conflict,Zaba, King, .Spinster, :Craven, Pelham,and: Charles: O'Malley. .
:SCHEDULE -OV, CHAXGES.The general ;admission :to the Horse
show is 50 cents'. The holders .of generaladmission tickets are at jliberty "to go allover the building.v Their tickets entitlethem, to any seat In the galleries, exceptthe first three rows.
~These rows are re-
served at ah extra charge of 50 cents.On the ring floor there' are 215 specially-reserved chairs,; for which $1 extra will:
charged. .Private boxes-for the sea-
son, entitling/ the owners to six admis-sions at each performance, are* JSO.
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How- the; President- \u25a0Performed tiieInterest in;c Ceremony.
WASHIXGTOX, D. C, October 7.—(Special.)—The opening of the Carnivalat Richmond by the President of theUnited States from the "White House here,was a very, simple, but exceedingly cheer-ful ceremony. According to previous ar-rangement the necessary telegraphic con-nections had been made, placing the "warroom," as the telegraph office in theExecutive Mansion, is called, in com-munication with the headquarters. of theCarnival. Precisely at 12:25 P. M., Presi-dent Roosevelt was informed '\u25a0'\u25a0 that- \u25a0thepreliminary exercises at Richmond hadbeen concluded, and he was then escortedby Secretary Cortelyou and others to thetelegraph office. He was met there by
General "vVhittleseyj and Dr.>E. ,Merrill,who happened to be in his office at thetime, and notified that all was in'readi-ness, for. him to Vset in" motion- themachinery" of Cai-nival week* in Rich-mond. ;This -was thereupon done by thePresident's pressing \an electric ''\u25a0 button,'and it is presumed that agreat "hum",
or din was instantly let- loose in Rich-mond.
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Telegrams exchanged on the occasionbetween President Roosevelt, Mayor Tay-lor, of Richmond, and Governor Tyler ofVirginia,are given in the press dispatches.
These concluded the ceremony at. the
"U'hite House, and the President, after apleasant chat "with those present, re-turned to his own office.
'All .Virginians here who may be de-
scribed, as "cant-get-aways" are wishing
the Carnival a grand success, and cele-brating the opening to the best of theirability. Many will go down to see theparade and electrical display on Wednes-day next. \u25a0
Xiglit's List.
Some of tiie Faiuoua Horses on To-
Tlxe Sliovr Will Commence at S:ls
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and Concladc About;. 'll o'Cloek—
IIOItSE-SHOW— AtrDITORJtrjIV
A STREET OF 'SHOWS.
To IlevleTV. '^r11itnry Parade.: General. Phillips,* Colonel Jo Lane Stern,and Major Evans have- been appointed toreview ;the :imilitary.-, parade -and makethe award of prizes;nextvThtirsday. Thecommi tteo : will meet vat" varlou=? pointsaiong the line;of march, but these points"willinot :be.. announced; ? so :tha t.the menmay;be i-placed ;^upon .their, mettle fromstart to -finish.'' There will-be-an inspec-tion at the base-ball rgrounds before, themarch begins; and .the-,verdict of the tri-umvirate willc.;be -based on the..wide 1ex-perience of.all.thfee members In rniliUrymatters., Itkwould -have been: hard ;to:find three :.better-;men as judges, andtheir appointment^ gives universal satis-faction.- . f.V . -•:. \u25a0 \u25a0
Ony Tour .Ticket* at Branch It..:-yC-"<AlX«n'a. .
;;.The general admission to tha Horse?Show '-this;.- Week will;be 50"\u25a0 cents.!; These
tickets and also, reserved seats can^ bopurchased in advance at Branch .; R-
Allen's. No. Dl6east Main street, enablihs.attendants to avoid the - rush .at thagrounds. .General admission Ucket3 .willbe good for any .performance- -.
AH sizes: Oriental Rugs and Carpets atimporter's prices at Cordes & Musby's. :
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Sick headache cured with Dr. Davld'3\u25a0Liver. Pills. A
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One of: the /sights" on the street, which"most amused- the people, yesterday, w-asan, olcl couple, said •to be from-Bucking-ham, who had come to the city to seethe sights of. wonder week. And , they
were seeing "them. 'They -let'";.nothing- es-cape them. They made "each .side of
Rermitaße Sr-hool FTonor TIoJI.:JThe \u25a0honor jrdll'iofHermitage School forthe past? week was as follows:,BernardButler, Kenzie' Quarles, "Marion Sanders,Hiram Sand ers.v; Peachy FreddieSchultz.- Ethel Einfdrd, Lizzie Clyhorne.Lula"~:Clybome, Eva; Ladd, and -IvySchultz/ \u25a0 \u25a0\u0084--\u25a0
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\u25a0 Carnival iCinic r»l«rcli.by Frank";'Harms ./; The prettiest \u25a0: marchever^ .written. Adopted -byUho .Carnival"Association. Ev;ery home.shbuld have; acopy. ' THE CABLECOMPANT.V
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JFcll on His Hea.l. .The ambulance was called to;Trfgg's
foundry on -Cary -street; yesterday after,-noon; •./Mr.-.Tigrior.in "sbme,m>-3teriousway fell on hiSAhead;:inflictin£; quite aserious -cut. He was ;taken:the .CityHospital, where ihejis resting nicely.
-.:.•--"'Strucfc; 7rf.r rKn£rin> Governor.
*J. ;R. Chamberlin. came In contact 'withthe:engine !governor at'Hardesty's candy-
factory;yesterday morning, and had \u25a0 hiselbow- very.much bruised, and cut. • '\u25a0
Enthusiasm has developed in the HorseShow to a remarkable 1 degree. The sale
,of seats and^ admission tickets at Branch'Allen's; store has all records,
and from information to hand, hundredsof people" will arrive on; the special trainsto-day. •'
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At the Auditorium 1 thei-e are quartered
.over a hundred horses, and fullya hundredmore* are stabled at the down-town liveries.
All day yesterday the ring was occupied
by riders and drivers, and the track is
'in almost perfect conditio^. \u25a0• -:\u25a0'/"\u25a0'One, of /the- most interesting, features In
the Carnival -will:be. the. Horse Show,pa-
rade that.is to.take' place at noon' to-day.
MAKEA SPENDIO SIGHT. :>, All the. horses 'entered will- be in theprocession, and a general invitation has:been extended- to: the public -who havecarriages to join in the parade.* Phinney's
\u25a0Band and the other musical organizations
willall take -part in the pageant, -whichpromises to be the most brilliant, as wellas the. most generally, interesting, feature
of the week. • \u25a0
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% '\u25a0; The route of the par'ade^will be; as fol-lows: 'From the Auditorium,.down Broadstreet to "Eleventh, :to 1to. Ninth,
to Grace, ,to Fifth, to Franklin, to \u25a0 Lom-bardy, to Broad, and back to the Audi-torium.' .;;; \u25a0.-•'\u25a0 '\u25a0-
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The progi-amme for the opening day. will
The bands are to:be perhaps the most
attractive feature ofthe -Week. The musicwhich they made :; yesterday was fine.
There are half a dozen bands in the city;now and each willgive two concerts daily'during the week.-. Thousands heard themyesterday 'afternoon, and the music wasenjoyed to the fullest. ;A peculiar thing-happened while the band, in}the stand; atSecond arid Broad was playing.;:Severalselections; had been \u25a0>- rendered ,; and thecrowd had listened;'/ but :\u25a0 there "was .muchmoving" hither andV.tliHlier,yfor': in"",the'vicinity were many., things'-to distract theattention. .Then :the ?band."struck up AnnieLaurie. -
After the lirst bar the crowd' wasquiet.. When the' baiidifinished "the "firststanza there. was- an;outburst-bf applausewhich.lasted some
'seconds rand .the Jband
had- to. playr the. air/once'more .when; it
was finished.,. Even Dixie;was heard al-
most .without 'tapplause, ":but "not so withthe old Scotch song.V which has
-become
the property of alKraces.'"
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;"Did you ever. see.so^much red in your
life?" asked one of^the best known cir-cuit, judges in the State .yesterday .af-ternoon as he stood with the"' Dispatch^writer watching-; the- crowds;; pass :Mur- loiJR. RClßulXi FRIEXDS AREiWiTHUSphy's: He alluded to-the .bonnets: and .: \u0084, "^si^vririTrwPFif ; -Vdresses of women! Vlt reallyi;seems Xthat
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-they never before wore so much red. But Broacl. street, and' seemed
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to.enjoy every
the women- themselves \cari:;speak,; more step "tliey took, though-,tlie'wife was ratheraccurately .;concerning -this. . : .; /.- v feejjie.: *The husband. :was -far:from;sick-
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• iiy:in; appearance, and ;his :jolly,,laughter"And look at the paper.hats," said the [as c saw something, which, tickled
"his
judge a minute later.. He ;was talking. .-\u25a0• ) /nn^TVTiEn n\ PIGE 3 Vof -theestrange creations .of'paper which, :,j.(COACI-tDED O^.lAGl. o.)
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Great Interest is \boink manifested yui
the iHo'rso-' Show at Auditorium tbutldin^during CarnlvaLweelo* Reserved seats "irobeing, told; at Branch .R;"vAllen's j9lS{ea3t-Main street; as !well,as seneratadrnJaistqix'tickets. f \u25a0 . _ / .
Bargains In Job Lots of Cigars ;,;by thobo^'at \u25a0 \u25a0 .. ::".- : \u25a0•. \u25a0 -.. .: -• ••
:-OWENS ,-&., MINOR imUG:_CO^
Go at once and see the collection :'6tOriental Rugs at Cordes &Mosby's.
Ais2o,ooo'collection of:Oriental \u25a0Rugs and
"Carpets at"Cordes" &;Mosby's.-
;v;., ; :>:\u25a0'"-;. Dicflnt. Great Ace. ;\u25a0 . ":V \u25a0:'IMrs;Mary Bryant, who?had ;been :an An-mate-.of ithe::L.lttlo;:9isters -of the ;Poorinstitution for two years, and a residentof:;the :city -for ?,nearly %hal f. a cer.tury,died at the ;home on /Saturday. ;' It is be-lieved that Mrs. Brj-ant: was 103 yearsof;age.vSho: was Bn^land,-having1
-come ito '-this rcountry:many years
ago. \Tho\:burial;! took- place jytsterday atMt.".Calvary =Cemetery. "\u25a0:
•;\u25a0-; .. Owens* Flo/al Company ._\u25a0-; 1-V;has : Fresh, .;S^eeti^JliOnsf-IStem^rDoubla
Carnations; ifetc. f"': : - ;VjO HA3T3JIAIX STREET. '.
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\u25a0' : i "MurTel of Ifenllnic."YesV wa.fchow.ydir^meari" DlxioNeryo andBone Liniment.: It cures so .quick, fandeffectually ;U:at;you '^marvel;at; th«T-l»eal-rIns."
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v 7SVIII Fore [\Cast tlieAVenther.''
\u25a0:.'\u25a0• Mr." Emil Vori>Kramer, / the toll-keeperon- the .Fifth-Street iViaduct,"*Jf3" doubly -apublic;benefactor^' \u25a0He*ha3^established r!asystem, of flags, by/which .he .indicatestheVweatheriforecasts/^Herhasierected^a 1new-;flagpolefor.ithe displayjof- thetflaffs.^He
-has •<\u25a0 establ ished1communicationa tion :with
the local Weather Bureau by. means of;telephone. 7: ;;. '^.v:1
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Aninsciucnts from Masonic Templeto
City Hall.
Broad street last night was hardly re-cognizable as Richmond's principal retailthoroughfare,- so great a change, was
wrought by the army of showmen, whose
vaiVs -blocked every cross street. On
either side the many colored "fronts,"
studded withelectric lights,stretched from
one curbstone to the other, effectually
closing- these avenues, all of which for
this week will,be occupied by the many
amusement enterprises:- of the Bostock-'Ferari Carnival' Company. Broad .street,
as it appeared last night, can only becompared v.-ith the board ,walk-at AtlanticCity. Thousands of lights illuminated thethoroughfare, which was almost as bright
as though the noonday sun shone upon
it. From the Masonic Temple to the City
Hall there are "no less than twenty shows.At many of the corners, both the northand south side of the street, are occupied
by the Carnival amusements. To witness
them all, in' their entirety, would, re-
quire a full day. A single ;.evenirig is not
sufficient time in which to make the tour.
Ono is almost bewildered: by the sound ofdrum and cymbals, coupled with that -ofevery instrument known to the modernshowmen,, while the cries of those .whoannounce the wonders "tobe seen inside"mingle to such an extent that one is some-times at a loss: to know .whether,- afterall, his show is; not on the other- sideof'the street, instead of in front of him."The cries and exhortations ofithose .whoexplain what may be seen beyond- those
arch ed portals and:beneath; the .tents willbe heard .in Richmond long after .theCarnival has passed into history. "Eats\u25a0em alive" was an expression that was
heard for moriths.after-the Slay" festival
of a year ago, and so it will be-long.af-
ter'tiie last: sign of tho"present Carnival
has :disappeared. - • • '
The first show .on.•\u25a0 Booth street.-com-mencing from the Masonic Temple,, is
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MINORS DRUG CO..•.
" - -. • Opposite JPdst-QtHc©. lS
V.4 Oriental-RugsTiind1 Carpats J at"-;lessi Ithaat
New YorkVprlcfis."'^CORDES ;&;"MO3BY^g
'I>rlnU ICwmcy's '£f,v. CtilXrr.
The' best..2sc^:Coffea in 'the world, al-ways^fresh;:^:Sugafa" at coat." -
CD. KENNT COMPANT,^'Tc-:;?, pStfM^ Su«ar3.
ißroaafand :6th:'and}llain:and 17th streeg^g
|jmiifreturnli^saa^'tpSdferohaiSts^ aad«? Aither3^aVa^portaU,^.Corap^y'a>pala^plial stfani«?ra. >Jea^ n.nd rtiafa'itacluAftdt^:"Se.iid*forVparttc«larßT^tf<Bliwtrat^ibii(i*E^
'Stop* IJlacrUbi'o, und <ttawiie> Cfaaip*
,Genuine papo«^£A^«urik
1'I WASHINGTON, D. C, October
i|f rilO -7.—Forecast:". '.^-^;"~.\:'^;i:j . \u25a0 Virginia—Fair . Tuesday and
I^ "̂Wednesday; warmer Wednesdaynight, light;/ variable winds becoming
i southwesterly.North Carolina— Fair Tuesday and
• iWedhesday; warmer nt northern portion
ICTuesday ;c fresh."' northeabtv rly %> inda^oa)\ fthe'- coast:-. \u25a0 .::'SS^|!lIT-HE^WEATHER INRICHMONIVjrES|;
J'TERDAY^was-'-: ldeal from nurnln^fflI nigttt. Tho range of the thcrmomet.erj,"wail
[ v;^p^^^»gifl
The WeatHeK
' ""SCENE AT NIGHT.
But it was after the great mass of peo-ple had been released from work that,
the real- Carnival began. . -Estimates "vary as to the number of
people upon the street last nighl. witn
::r'.OOC» as tho minimum. \u25a0 "',:'\u25a0,\u25a0'\u25a0Itwas a;gorgeous spectacle— almost like
a leaf from a book of fairy tales.' - y
Thousands upon thousands of electric
lights' substantiated the claim of^ the
Carnival to be -known '"-as the first Elec-tric Carnival" ever held. Broad streetwas spanned by a dozen bands of silverlights-bno on each block. In .the dis-
tance the graceful outlines of tne_ Eiuei
Tower surmounted by its star. \u25a0\u25a0' ..werelined with electricity, and each side -Ox
the street, looking west from Tenth, wasa solid mass of bright, white light. GreatoJectric signs stood out,on.-each side or\bo booths and stores were outlined withmvraids of the tiny bulbs =of fire. Onthe. streets, young and old. rich and poor.:wandered under fleeting showers of con-
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THE GLOW OF COI>OR.The brightness of
-the scene was:
heightened "by the glow of color, forbunting of every conceivable shade nact
been woven Into -every imaginable shape
on both sides of the street, and the quaint
architecture of the booths was, renderedthe more fantastic by the coremy of
bunting that made the. street from endto end more gorgeous than the rainbow.
And everywhere the bands were play-ing. The deep base of the "barkers" in
front of the Hhow places told of the won-,
dcrful fights that none might wisely miss;:
organs were grinding: out hoarse; tunes:
and the shrieks, -"and .screeches/: and
trroans of divers instruments, furnishedthe accompaniment to the deep mono-tone of the human voice, the. occasionalbhrleks of unterrified; \u25a0excitement andthe cheery laughter of those; who movedin the foreground of this bewilderingpicture. <
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BEGAN TO JDV/INDLII .Slowly after 11- o'clock :the,, _ crowds
dwindled away; but st was .'midnight-be--fore; one could walk with" ease. and .con- :\u25a0
v^nience or. Broad: street .and; then^tho;!Ji!'Xt day of th(j\"Electric Carnival"., was j
as a briKht; and:; happy- auguryof the days that arc yet- to;come. :'*;. ,\j\H is the- concensus of"opinion—an jpplnrj
ion that is bors^- by - solid ;fact-that|j.he:crowds are ""\u25a0 larjj'^r.-V-.thc^boo'hsVV.niore-nvrnerous, the decoratiorisrnoreTgorßeous,;\u25a0•i!i,i f:v.;"rj' line tnore enthusiastic at; this••'wnh-af th;.., at lust. ,\
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A.A '. tin; corona tion"last, night;.;thei sp<?c-
was. wfcli}:wbrtriElhie^seeih^andJ:;\u25a0;; J 'tx of the: Hx)Ufie&of4rValentiriei renlerea: |
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T&e weok of \u25a0 misrule was opened yes-terday with j>orop and pag-earilry; cere-:inpny- arid circumstance.It was a. bright suluir.n day, -with a
rippling and eager air. that made thepulses leap, and the blood tin-le through
the veins- The confounding- of.the alma-nac weather prophets, who foretold dire;ind dismal weather, was all the more a'causo for congratulation, since the prac-ticed eye of the weather man sees only
\u25a0 lj'rirrht days and rising- temperature as. far as his eye can reach. '\u25a0••
Tiie people were early astir and Boothstreet was soon crowded with those whoFlood wide and open-mouthed watchingtiie last efforts at construction of thecitadel of Rex. Every train came to" thecity loaded with country cousins andvisitors, and the Carnival spirit was• ar!y and emphatically manifest. Ofii-cSals. at headquarters .were kept despe-rately busy until the time came for thoformation of the first parade. By"'11o'clock, the pibroch, the torn torn, themegaphone, the big drum, and the steamcaliope, were working- desperately andwith great effect. The bands were hurry-ing to take up their positions for the
\u25a0march that preceded the function thatmarked the opening of the Carnival.ending the stir of martial music to thegeneral din.
NOT FOR ..SHOW. ;V
Tho procession of the Carnival digni-
taries'was not imposing, and was not soIntended. "Allthe men who have. carriedthe burden of the arrangements wore inthe carriages that drove along Uroadstreet headed by Phinney's Band, withother musical organizations at unconflict-
\u25a0'ing. intervals. Governor Tyler and MayorTaylor -"were conspicuous figures in thatbrave galaxy, and the procession wastriumphal in its reception from the time
iliat it turned into the Carnival regionat Ninth street until it halted under* theshadow of the Eiffel Tower that standslike a sentinel and presiding genius atthe head of the Booth street. Thousands\u25a0of people.were gathered about the stands,
and every seat in the two structures1V.13 filled when the officials arrived.
PANDEMONIUM REIGNED.The ceremonies, though simple, were
strikingly impressive. It was the calmbefore the storm, however, for when themessage of President Roosevelt flashedthe powder that was the signal of theopening, pandemonium broke loose.Every "whistle, every, instrument, every
bell sounded the accompaniment to the
roar of the cannon on the Eiffel Tower,
and tho babel of sounds was wafted all
over the city announcing everywhere that
the new era had been born, and that
Richmond's Electric Carnival, was a
settled fact.The courteous messages that accom-
panied President Roosevelt's gracious. act
in starting the wheels \u25a0 of the Carnivalthrough' electrical contact, were cheeredto the echo, and the crowds scurried oftto tako in the sights. -,-,.,All afternoon Jiien. women, and .chil-
dren jostled each: other oiv Booth street,
and everywhere the best of good humor
prevailed. The shows did a land-office-business, rindl the" --fakirs" simply coined
TO-DAY'S PRO GRAMME. >:
12 Xoon—Horse-Show ; ;Parade £Routes From ; the; -Auditorium :Tdown Broad strftt'" to .Eleventh, to i;.Capitol, to Ninth, to^Grace, ;to •+;Fifth"to Franklin; to;kombardjv to;:\u25a0\u25a0£Broad, and back to the- Audito- T;'riuhi. -\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0'
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4:P M.—Concert and Press Re-; 4-;
coplion at Eiffel Tower Stand. •+- • T-,'
7 P M^-iiusJcal^Reproduction ipttgjwith^lilitary,Participating, ;^
at ihu' Eiffel Tower. . •£'8.13 P. M.-Opeii>n ffpfJ^^^^|.Show at the Audiiorium. -ggg
• Weather porccastJ-Fair.: Tuesday, 1;
SCENE-ffl THE OPENING CARNIVAL CEREMONIES.
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