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Show II, Stows His Eoyal Pace to His i, Loyal Subjects at 0gden. ( ' iHE QUEEN OF THE CAENIVAL. ;i He Glorious Fourth as It Was Spent in - Ogden The Knights Suoceed ia Vanquishing the Cowboys. Ogden', July 5. Special to The Times The pageant and grand fancy bail last night are all you can got auy-m auy-m to talk abeut today, lhere are few inilced, who are up early enough to llc about much at anything for the ball endured throughout tho night and on to daylight and never was there such tball following upon such a pageant in all Ogden'8 history or that of any city outside the realm of Rex. The procession last night was two mill's or more iu length. It was as exclusively ex-clusively told of in advance by The Times of last Tuesday, there being live floats, those of the king, the queen, the kuielit, the cowboy and tho west. Gold and tiusol flashed on every hand and the floats shimmered under the light of thousands of illuminations. ' Mounted police led tho parade, the Louisiana rifles, tho Ogden military (jadets, Ogden light guards, King's royal guard, Knights ot Pythias, Commercial Com-mercial travelers, tho Liberal baud, Arabs, the cowboys and other organized binds participated. The cars were brilliant exhibitions of invention and irt. In the ball room the crowd was so meat that the grand inarch extended twice around the immeuso building. The spectacle was one seldom ex-ntrienced ex-ntrienced outside the tales of fairyland, f j many brilliant costumes mingling d intermingling in a bewildering maze of color. Knights and lancers, soldiers, cowboys, Turks and Gypsies walked arm and arm with princesses, flitwer crirls. fairies and butterflies. Animals, iusects, fowls, birds, flowers, everything we're represented in the plary of wonderland. The band struck np at 11 :45 aud at that bour the royal couple entered the hall. They were headed by Lord High Chancellor Chan-cellor Beanham anil Lord High Chancellor Chan-cellor Harvey. On the right walked Rex II, on tho left Hex I, and between the two walked the queen. Follow-In? Follow-In? the queen came the two pages. Then followed the six maids of honor, Miss Kate Bridewell. Mrs. J. W. Smith, Miss IHcklcs, Mrs. Harvey, Miss Miller, Mrs. A. H. Nelson, with their escorts. es-corts. The Louisiana rifles fell in after the party and were followed by the Knights of Pythias. Then came the maskers, forming another grand march. After marching around the floor ouee the party ascended the throne aud Major Beanham opened the proceedings pro-ceedings by presenting F. Foy, King of the cowboys, to their majesties. He was decorated with the emblem of the king's household. Major Wadsworth of Morgan, Utah, was created duke of Morgan. Colonel Harvey, in behalf of their majesties, made a neat little speech, and pinned the emblem of the royal household on the gallant major's breast. Colonel Harvey also presented Major levy with the royal emblem, aud created hira "Duke of California." (kncral Adams, : of tho -King's household guards, was presented to stlavir Majesties by Colonel Harvey, and had the emblem of tho royal household house-hold bestowed upon him. Mr. B. E. Rich was led before the throne, and Colonel Harvey spoke of tho financial lid the gentleman had furnished. It ns the pleasure of his majesty that the finblein of the royal household be conferred con-ferred upon him, with the title of "Duke at' Finance." At 12:58 o'clock Captain Beahan addressed the maskers and audience, slating that the hour was approaching to unmask. His Royal Highness Kiug Rex II came to the edge of tho throne and Colonel Harvey removed the mask disclosing the face of king Rex II. He proved to be Major J. Henry Beahan, of New Orleans. Captain Beanham then introduced the queen, and Colonel Harvey removed her majesty's mask, and the face of Miss Minerva Anderson of Ogden was exposed to tho audience. Snout after shout went up as the beautiful beau-tiful face was revealed, and a slight nod of recognition was given by Her Highness. . Captain Beanham placed around the eck of Queen Minerva the royal nnblein of office, and led her to her throne. At 1 o'clock p. m. the order was ffiven to unmask, and the merry dancers dan-cers removed the masks, but continued dancing till late, long after the royal Party had left. |