The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
CONTEST FOR CAKE
FOUR GOVERNORS INVITED TO THE
INTERSTATE CAKE WALK.

New Years Night at the Auditorium the
Event of the season Will occur-Cele-
brated Coiored Cake Walkers From
Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri and
Kansas Have Entered-Cake Nine Feet
I'm Circumference With $50 the First
Prize-Songs and Clogs With Banjo aud
Guitar Music-One Fare Round Trip.
This morning the gentlemen in charge
CT the cake walk which will be given
N the Auditorium on New Years night,
wili send letters 20 Governor Barnes Of
Oklahoma, Governor Leedy of Kansas.
Governor Stephens of Missouri and Gov
srnor Adams of Colorado, inviting them
to the great interstate cake walk.
Mr.. Otto Bekemeyer was in the city
night before last enroute TO Kansas City
from Guthrie. He said that it was his
opinion that the Guthrie people, as well
as several other cities in Oklahoma,
were taking more interest in the COM
ing big event than they were in Wichita.
Mr.. Bekemeyer had not been around the
Carey or he would not have made sucn
an assertion. He said that there was
considerable talk in Guthrie about char
tering a special car and escorting Jim
Hill to Wichita with the celebrated
Guthrie band. The followers OF Jim Hill
think that ne will have a walk away
and they will be here with plenty of
money 70 back up their judgment Gov
ernor Barnes will undoubtedly be here
unless something Unforeseen should oc-
cur. The dress suit which Mr.. Hill is
having made is said 10 be something gor-
seOus
On Wednesday at noon Mr.. Steffen
will have the handsome cake finished
which viii be paid for with a twenty
dollar gold piece. 1t will be taken i'm
mediately To Mr.. Clarence Fulton's store
and placed in his show window. 1t will
Re what is called a pyramid cake and
at the base viii measure just three feet.
IF some contestant out OF town should
be the fortunate winner of the cake
which goes with the first money of s25,
ne will have to get fiat car to have
!: transported 50 his home.
For the past two weeks all that can
be heard around the Carey hotel is cake
walk. The travelling men going in every
direction have importuned their Gus
toners to come TO the biggest event OF
the whole year. Among themselves one
hears: You will be in for the walk?''
Sure, wouldn't miss IL for half years
salary" Then the knights of the grip
Will begin telling of the walks that they
have seen. One and all agree that the
given.
The paper was printed yesterday
which sets forth in detail what will come
off. The advertisements will be put in
the business houses today and on Mon
day all the towns to the south of this
city viii be billed.
Mr.. Clarence Fulton yesterday secured
Illustrated paper OF a cake walk. which
Will be put on four of the bill board
stands.
There is no gainsaying that it will be
the most elaborate cake walk ever held
in the west. Select little parties are
now being formed and judging from
all appearances the eclat of the city will
arrangement is composed of Messrs. L.
r. Delaney, Frank Niles, Ben Eaton, c.
r. Fulton, c. D. Bliss and Don Porter.
The judges will be: Don Porter. chief
JUICE. and Chief Of Police Campbell, A.
II. Payne, Captain j. H. Shields of Wich-
ita, and Mr.. l. G. Niblack, editor OF the
Guthrie Leader, and Mr.. W. II. Robin
son. superintendent Of the Pullman Pal
ace Car company at Kansas City.
Those who have already been entered
are: Prof. Jim Hill and Walter Gray,
Of Guthrie: the noted Doc Brown OF
Kansas City, champion of Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska; Col. Somerville,
the Rocky Mountsin and Pacific Slope
cha snpion; Rev. William Barber Of Cald-
wall, Kansas; Pink johnson of St. Louis;
I'D. Landrum, John Brown and Tony
Coleman, of Wichita. 'Parson'' Gidday
has made all the arrangements to have
his walker here from Arkansas City.
He won't tell his name and he says
thai he has a winner. He claims that
The Arkansas City man will be the larg-
est man instatue in the Auditorium on
New Years night. Mr.. Frank Niles
ieft for Denver last night on some per-
sonal business but he will bring Col.
Somerville back with him. Mr.. Press
Anderson came in from Parsons, Kansas,
yesterday and while there he secured
two couples who will walk for the cake
and money.
Fifty dollars are offered in prizes di-
Viied as follows: First, S25; second. SIS:
third, $40. The entertainment will be
with music. The Nickerson