The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-07-29
A FIGHT AT THE FAIR.
Col. j. W. st. Clair, West Virginia Com
missioner, Battles with Guards.

Col. j. W. St. Clair, West Virginia Com.
missioner Battles with Guards.
WoRID's FAR GROUNDS, CHICtGo, ILL.,,
July 25.-CoI J. W. st Clair, commits
sioner to the Worlds Fair from West
Virginia and member of the council
of administration, had Il free
fight at 1870 this afternoon with
a gate-keeper and three Columbian
Guards 1t IL matter of doubt az to
who came out best in the row. as both
Commissioner st. Clair and his anita
gonists were badly battered and bruised
and covered with blood when they
were separated It is also matter OF
doubt as to who was at fault.
This is editorial day at the fair, near
" all the prominent newspaper writer's
of Indiana, \ alabama and Texas being
Ill attendance. The Republican EdI-
torlal Association uf Indiana II attcndIng
the fair in a body and at > o'clock
this morning was called to order III the
Indiana state building by President
r. \. Brown who delivered a brief
opening address. Smith u. Atkins, the
picturesque editor of the Frecport, H.,
Republican also made an address. and
"dH toliONtb ~ II. IL HiSddj, ~ tli'
Chicago lnter-Occan. The press and
the Worlds Fair" was the sub
ject of brief talk by Chief Handy,
Of the department OF promotion and
publicity, ami addresses were also made
hy ) Nalor, of the La Favette Call. {.
W Stivcrs, of the Liberty Herald, and
Charles b. LaHdIo Of the Delpin Jour
nal. At II O'Clock the editors and their
families visited Midway rlateance and
III the afternoon attended Buffalo BIil'S
Wild West at the invitation of Col.
Cody
IN excursion of Alabama editors ar
rived at the fair grounds to-day ami
their headquarters in the Arkau-as
state building. IateTthcv were gwen Il
reception in the Arkansas building
which has also been placed at the dis
posal of Mississippi editors who are on
their way to the fair, neither Alabama
nor Mississippi having state building
OF its own on the ground.
Fifty-tWo public school teachers. 81
lected bv popular vote of the readers 81
fittsburg morning papers, arrived this
morning. At o 'Ciock the party was
rendered a reception at the Penn~yI-
yania building. Maj NJ 7. Handy
made the address OF welcome
Or. \. {. >Chatcr, superintendent Of
public instruction of PENNSYLVANIA re
spending on behalf Of the visiting party
Elaborate preparations are going
forward in the New York state binding
for the concert to bc given there this
evening by Miss Emma Thursby
for the benefit 81 the fremeu's re-
lief fund. The banquet hall, where
the concert Is 10 be held. is
being handsomely and appropriately
decorated with flags tor the event \
large number of the tickets HAY" been
sold in advance aud the Indications ar,
that the attendance tn- night will till the
New York state building To- "vcrtloWing
Judge Stein, IN the stat" circuit court
to day issued a rule aga INST he officials
and directors Of the fair To show cau,r
why they should not be attached for
contempt in disoheying hi. injunction to
keep the exposition open sunday. The
hearing was set for Thursday
At the geographical Congress. which
viii meet in the memorial art palace
Thursday and Friday, a number Of i'm
portant historical papers Will be read
concerning the discovery of America.
some of the facts to- Ice disclosed will
he a surprise To modern historians as
they have been busted in the archives
of the Vatican at Rome for cent
ures. Among the papers to he read
IL ~ne hv W. f. Curtis. For
many years it has been rontended that
the Vatican contained evidence. 10 prove
that the Norscmcn discovered America
before Columbus, and many attempts
have been made to examine the
papers. They were not examined how
ever, until last fall when Mr. curtis in
the interests of the Exposition request
Cd Of the Pope the privilege Of
seeing the Documents The Pope
ordered an investigation and !
{. Haywood an American scholar
III Rome, represented the nted states
Department OF State in the matter.
over ! 400 documents were examined
These documents did not prove the as
sertion of the SCANDINAVIAN scholars that
the voyage of Lief Erickson was known
to Columbus. hit they did prove that a
Catholic bishop resided in Greenland
al that time and that he reported Ia the
Pope that the'o were uneXplorcd re
gions south of Greenland that were ppo-