Denver's Big Carnival

Desver, Oct. 17.- Denver is in a blaze of glory, it being the annual festival of mountain and plain inaugurated this year. The weather is glorious, and over flfty thousiind people have flockod to town from the country districts, taxing tho carrying capacities of all the Colorado railroads. The decorations are extensive, the holiday colors - yellow and white - being seen everywhere. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon the first great parade, the Pageant of Progress, which illustrated the progress of the 6tatc from the time when the reduien roamed over mountains and plain up to the present, started on the line of march. Although thero had been little time for preparation, some of the floats were very handsome. One oí the most ïnagnifIcent features was a human flag composed of 400 children appropriately costumed and arranged on a stand. The festivities continue thrce days.