St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-19
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Numerous complaints have been
made today to the worlds tair officials
on account OF the savage brutality dis
played at the sun dance held by the
Quackahl Indians.
The Indians, with heavy Irvine strings
fastened through Sits in their bare
backs, raced around the narrow plat
row platform driven by two other In
dams, who seemed to take wild pleas
ure in the act. Little rivulets of blood
trlckled from the cuts down the brOnZed
backs. Around and around they ran,
leaping, twisting and diving till it
seemed to the hOrror-stricken spectators
that each instant would see the flesh
torn from the bodies. This was kept
up for an honr or more in the presence
OF an aSSemblage of over 5000 people.
As the dance proceeded the Indians
became frenZied, and many of the
spectators were so sickened by the hor-
rible sight that they left. In spite of
the protests, however, the performance
will be repeated on float in the lagoon,
between the machinery hall and the ag-
rlcultural building, next Thursday
evening.
Theodore Thomas exposition orches-
ira of ia players. who were sent notices
last Saturday to quit playing tomorrow
night have sent protest to Director
General Davis, saying they have been
engaged for the entire period of the ex-
position; that they intend to present
themselves every morning for duty and
expect their pay as usual. Col. DAVIS
sent the protest TO the council of admin
istration. and that body probably will
refer it 10 the directory. 1t was the di-
rectOry who ordered the
Discharge OF the Musicians.
The musicians have engaged an at
torney. There was rare sport on the
lagOonS this afternoon. Swimming
matches between natives of each of the
many villages. winding up with an in
ternational swim, was the programme.
Turks, Dahomeyans. SamOans. and
North Americans took part. The
small craft on the picturesque
waterway were laden down with pas
sengers during the contests, and the
guide boats of the visitors on the
grounds were massed along the course.
Pending the race and during the inter-
walls between each contest they were
kept laughing by the antics of TWO Da-
hOmeyans; black as ebony, attired IN a
lOin cloth and seated in curious canoes
that tipped over OH the slightest provo
cation, they shot through the water
with the speed of a steamer. OCCASION
ally they purpoSelY capsized their boats
and hid under them. People not ac-
Quainted with their tricks neld their
breath until the woolly heads bobbed
up sereDely and beneath them two
black faces wearing broad grin.
The Dahomeyans proved themselves
swan with overland and side stroke
and kept their heads under water a
good part OF the time. The first race
was between:
The Turks.
The entries given were Ayram, Sin
ton, MercO, TadiSni, Aron Sadia, Artin.
Stephan, Ortin, Awaits. Kircar. They
were not expert swimmers. SintOn won
the race. W. H. Ii osely, of Brooklyn,
and Charles Biggs, of Glasgow. Scot
land. were next IN the free -fOr-aIl, and
the Scot won. Then a batch of Da-
homeyanswho were swimmers started,
and their brethren following them in
boat eXcitedIy cheered them on. Bar
logh, CoyOhl. Avallo, Butagalode and
ComOlagh We're the starters, and Mr..
COyOhl was the victor. He wOn $50
which his master put in his pocket, tell
ing him that he could have bottle Of
Chicago beer this evening. The master
also took charge of the double gold
eagle that Butagalode carried off from
the International match. Those natives
are slaves from his plantation in Da-
honey.
Good people in general were scandal
lied today over the fact that prize
fight actually occurred in the worlds
fair grounds, and the managers of the
exposition. of course, knew nothing
about it, The fight took place in the
stock pavilion. The principals were
Patsy Mcdonald, an Iris Imam, and Joe
Young. an Englishman. A lot of
soldiers OIL duty on the grounds and
number of sports were there. Eleven
hot rounds were fought. Mcdonald
was then knocked senseless, and the
other fellow was badly smashed and
generally used up.