St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-26
A FIGHT AT THE FAIR.
COLUMBIAN GUARDS ATTACK THE
WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER.
ENTERED WITHOUT A BADGE.
All of the Participants Badly
q Pounded and Scratched-CoI.
3 st. Clair Covered With Blood
Coming Horse Show Scot
2S lands Day Aug. 4.

Coming Horse Show Scot
90 lands Day Aug. 4.
CHICAGO, July 25.-An interesting
event. not on the official programme of
worlds fair attractions, took place to-
day when Commissioner st. Clair, of
West Virginia, attempted to enter the
grounds without displaying his COM
missloner's badge. The colonel had
left his badge at home and wanted to
pass through the gates on his personal
card alone. The gateman demurred
somewhat and finally told the commits
sloner to step aside until the crowd of
passengers who had just came in on the
train had entered. After waiting a
minute or two, the Southern commits
sloner stepped to another gate and was
again told to wait. He did so, and be-
coming tired, tried third gate. BY
THIS time he was a little out of humOr
and told the gateu.an he was becoming
tired of waiting and that if he did not
Intend to let him i'll to say SO and he
would go and buy ticket.
II have business in the grounds, and
Pm going in," remarked the colonel in
rather angry tone. The gateman then
let him through with remark which no
one but the Virginian seems to have
heard. Whatever it was, it increased
his ire, and he informed the gateman
that ne did not propose to lake any i'm
pudence, and if he heard any more of it
the gatemab would lose his job. More
angry words followed when a Column
blan guard came no and demanded to
KNOW what the row was about. The
wrathful commissioner abruptly in
formed the guard it was none of his
ID business. A crowd had gathered
by this time. and two more Columb ian
guards came up. One of the new az
rivals, seeing there was prospect of a
fight, took hold of Col. st. Clair's arm,
and was instantly knocked down by the
latter. With this the gateman and two
remaining guards went at the colonel
Hammer and TOngs,
and for the next five minutes they were
so badly mixed up that it was impossi-
bic to distinguish one from the other.
The crowd cheered. and the distin-
guished member from West Virginia
Gnu llO SdttlDen anu RudTuS cldW6u
and pulled and pounded and scratched
and clawed each other in decidedly
vigorous manner. At length some more
Columbian guards arrived, and with a
good deal of effort they untangled the
Delllgerent Quartette and stopped the
night. The colonel, with his face and
shirt front covered with blood. went to
the office of President Higinbotham and
washed, while his antagonists, equally
CORY, were conducted To the Service
building for similar purpose. After
he had washed Col. st. Clair said the
guards and gatemen all knew him.
I Il left my badge at home last week,
I and it has not been, sent To me yet" he
said. Those gatemen have been let
ting me in every day since on my card,
and | could see no reason why they
should stop me today. If the gateman
had told me frankly that he could not
let me in without the badge | would
have bought ticket. But he became
JImpudent and insOlent, and L told him if
he did not behave himself I'd have him
discharged. With that he struck me,
and then the fight became general"
The entries in the horse show are
closed. The list-is a big one, though
Including only few famous as racers.
MoStOf the exhibitors will show draught.
coach, saddle and driving horses. AL
ready the first room provided has been
entirely spoken for. Acres of new sheds
are going up, and when the display
opens Aug. there will be confusing
wilderness of barns for the amusement
of
Hosts of People.
Incubation in all It's various phases
and possibilities is receiving increasing
attention. While its zenith of prom
inence is in the electrical building, with
lightning as the incubatlng power,
there is also another entire building de
voted to this department. Around the
sides are the official hens, and down the
center are stacks OF patent food for
chickens. A competitive race of the
hatchers is being planned as drawing
card for the crowds. Eggs will be
placed in the hatcherS at exactly the
same moment, the heat applied and the
contest will be on. Pools will be sold,
the States now showing the never-fail
favorite against the field, with Invinci-
and Triple-EXpansion as good seconds
Aug. has been set apart as Scot
lands day" at the fair. The Worlds
Fair Scottish assembly, representing
the societies of the United States and
Canada, has in charge the makeup of
the programme, which Is as follows:
AT 1:30 p. m. a parade will take place
composed of a hundred pipers and
Royal Scotch Highanders' societies,
etc.
AT 2 p. m. the Congress of Scotsn
will be held III Festival hall. Addresses
will be delivered by the chairman,
Mayor Harrison and visiting Scots. in
terspersed with music
At 7:30 p. m. a grand Scottish concert
will be given in Festival hall. Miss
Nab Munroe, the Scottish Nightin-
gale" from Marin, Scotland, has been
secured for this occasion. George Mac
Donald, of Oban, Scotland, known as
the Highland Laddie Violinist," will
play. Miss Jennie O'Neill Potter and
Miss Kate Campbell will also take part.
The Chicago Scottish Choral union will
render Burns favorite songs. Vocalists
from the East are also expected to par
ticlpate.
The Scottish Assembly
looks for an attendance of fully 10000
sons and daughters of "Auld ScOtia'' at
this celebration in the worlds fair
grounds. Another conference be
tween the foreign commissioners
the council of administration and Col
lectOr Clark was held at the fair grounds
today to prepare plans for the sale of
duplicates of the foreign exhibits in the
worlds fair buildings. There is a move
ment on foot among some of the foreign
exhibitors to establish a warehouse out
side the grounds for the sale of the
duplicates they have brought along.
Here individual pieces can be sold and
removed. which cOuIH mt he dOnn IN