Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-16
HELD UP BY THE L. & @.
McClure's Agents Attempt to Stop
the Greatest Show on Earth.
THE SULTAN'S VERDICT ON EDISON
Barnum's Arabs Think Americans Are In
League With Satan.
CAPTURE OF A REAL MLN-EATING TIGER

Barnum & Bailey's circus arrived yester-
day. Over 1000 good people and two Law
and Order detectives were on hand to greet
the greatest show on earth. The L. and o.
men finally gave tongue and declared that if
the work proceeded the show would be pros
ecuted Mr.. Kelley, one of the managers,
produced an order from the President
Of the National Humane Society giving
him permission TO unload and provide feed
and shelter for stock on SUNDAYS. OF course
this was news to the detectives, but they
finally disappeared in the crowd.
The show did not arrive until 4:3O. 1t
came from Harrisburg in six trains hauled
by u engines. All afternoon the crowds
had waited, and when the first section came
in sight, cheer on cheer followed. One
portion was side-tracked, and almost before
it stopped, 500 people were on top of it.
There were little boys, several men with
gray boards, and one man with silk hat,
all crowded on top of the cars Some had
got hurt getting up and there was no
known reason why they should get there,
but they all went
Hustling to Get Supper Ready.
As soon as the train stopped fires were
lighted in the cook wagons and the chin
nevs were pouring out volumes of smoke
before they was taken from the cars. The
kitchen department was landed first. Byron
Rose, master of transportation, was like
general in the field. The two regiments of
men fell to work at once and inside of two
hours acres of canvas were spread ready
Tor Columbus to discover America this af
ternoon and for the great street parade to
start this morning at O'Clock.
The great feature of the show this year
aside from the Kiralfy's Columbus, is the
Algerian Arabs. They are high clan Mos
lens, known as Berburs, and are under the
management OF Hassan Ben Ali, Worlds
Fair Commissioner for Morocco and Algiers.
He is Americanized and speaks good Eng
nsh He mad Travelled in America and went
back to secure these Arabs for Barnum &
Bailey and also to induce the Sultan of
Morocco to send an exhibit to the Worlds
Fair. He had taken with him a number
of American novelties, and among them a
little electric light operated by a small bat
terry. The Sultan, after trying for hours
TO discover the secret of Edison's invention,
finally puffed out a big cloud Of smoke and
declared Americans spend too much time
trying to initiate the works of the Creator"
The Sultan still opposed appropriattng
money for ANYTHING in an infidel country,
but Ben Bassan assured him there were
good Moslems in America. In fact he said
rison.
The Sultan OF Morocco Receives.
The Sultan then relented and permitted
his Mosiems to come to America, and appro-
priated Sl50,C00 to make an exhibit. Ben
Hassan was also given one of the eunuchs
from the royal harem. This is the first one
ever allowed to leave. He is to act as Ben
Hassans slave until after the Worlds Fair.
An abbreviatfon of his name is Ben Ganga.
He is one of the blacklist people ever seen in
this country, and comes from the congo val
lev lie is well formed, and is a perfect
picture of the black bisQue figure of that
type of negroes. He is regarded with awe
by the other members one of whom is
howling dervish. Il is a Moslem belief that
a eunuch is under the special care of Allah,
aud is sure to go to heaven whether he
wants to or not.
Agent PerIey took the Arabs to see the
President When they entered they fell into
line and prostIated themselves on the floor.
" hen they arose they still kept their eyes
-carleet according to their Eastern
-snion. When Mr.. Harrison advanced and
hold oG+ his hand and they were told what
ened to 1eath st such a display of demo
cratic hospitality.
The A-abs are much surprised at nearly
everything, but they were most surprised at
the electric cars. When they saw them first
in New York one called out, ''see people
move their honses."
Cars Propelled by Little Devils.
Ben Hassan explained to them the cars
were run by electricity, but as they could
not see how it was done they declared the
car was pushed along by little DEVILS and
that Allah would surely punish the people
who made such unholy things.
In the menagerie the animal that eXcites
the most curiosity is a magnificent speci-
men OF tiger. He was captured in Egypt
Last year in the vicinity OF the pyramids a
man eater had spread terror far and wide.
a number of attempts had been made to kill
linn, but he had always disappeared in the
vicinity of those famous piles of stones. Fin
ally. a searching party followed him and he
was eventually traced through hitherto un-
known passage and located in the
tomb of Rameses III. At the entrance a |
number of herbs were burned to suffocate the
beast a. all were afraid to go in and kill |
him. The fumes, however, only stupified |
him, and when the natives entered the big |
beast was spread out on the great stone |
couch on which the remains of the great |
Pharaoh had rested for centuries A cage |
was built and the animal was finally sold to |
Barnums agent at Alexandria. On account |
of his strange capture he has been given the |
name OF Rameses III.