The Globe-republican., 1897-09-16
WICHITA STATE. FAIR.
70 BE HELD SEPTEMBER 9TH TO
OCTOBER 2nd INCLUSIVE.


Race Program Daily. and the Other
Attractions Are Greater Than Ever.
IL viii be Hummer.
The Wichita State Fair will be held,
commencing September eth to October
End inclusive. The Fair Association
have outdone any previous attempts to
make the Fair . success and every
thing points to the greatest meeting
ever held. The Secretary is receiving
countless letters from all over the coun-
try from people desiring accommoda-
tions and signifying their intention of
attending.
Mr.. W. j. Bryan, the gifted orator
and Champion of Free Silver. will posi-
lively be at the Fair and speak on Fri
day afternoon, October LIST. This will
be rare chance for the people Of Kan
sas and Oklahoma to hear him and an
immense crowd will be in attendance
Arrangements have been made so that
no matter how large the crowd, all can
see and hear him.
The race program is the largest ever
given. The purses are large and tie
assurance that they will be paid
promptly has attracted the best horses
in the country, and ali who at; ond may
expect to see some records smashed.
The management have succeeded in
securing for this occasion n wonderful
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day at 10 o'clock, and this feature alone
is worth going hundreds of miles to
see. They have also secured Gilberts
Celebrated Dog and Pony Shows which
will exhibit daily. embodying all the
features of the old one ring Circus; be-
Hippodrome races, Roman chariot and
Standing races.
The entries of Live Stock and Poul-
try, Fruit, Vegetables and Garden
truck are away above the average. as
is also the Fancy work for the women
folks. There is amusement for every
body and NIL classes, and everyone will
have thoroughly enjoyable time.
Special round trip rates will be made
on all Railroads. Let everyone attend
and make the Wichita State Fair, held
in the heart of the best State in the
Union a success.
Bank Cashier George A. Withers was
found dead at Piedmont, Mo. His
skull was crushed, but his money aud
valuables were not disturbed.
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell. Mrs Eva Half
ner and Miss Maggie E. Hill are in
Jail at st. Joseph, Mo-, for Showing"
counterfeit money made by Ransom J
Smith, arrested at Kansas City. All
are highly connected at St Joseph.
Rebels in India are dispensing.
There IS an over production of cotton
manufactures in France.
The Eugene, an Alaskan vessel, is
breaking up in Albert bay. Loss,
IS, 900.
The Y. NJ. C. A. of Kansas City,
Kan, was forced to close its doors.
owing over $1,000.
Mrs. Blackhawk, wife of the noted
Indian chief, Blackhawk, committed
snicide by cutting her throat Black
hawk was going to discard her.
So many cattle and lambs have
been bought by packers aud shippers
east to be fed that meat is now high
and meat animals are scarce on the
Pacific coast.
Marquis de Rochambeau is dead in
Paris His grandfather was COM
mander of French forces in the revo-
lutionary war and aided in the defeat
of Cornmallis at Yorktown.
Raoul Gelpi, aged 13, died of yellow
fever in New Orleans All Southern
cities are quarantining against the
scourge. Miss Penelope Schulze. of
St Louis. was the first victim at Ocean
Springs, Miss. Biloxi, Miss, reports
three cases there.
Preparations are being made by
hundreds of Swedes in Minneapolis
and Illinois to establish a Swedish
colony in Alabama The site for the
colony contains Is, 600 acres of land.
and lies ten miles east of Mobile bay,
in Baldwin county.
The Uuited States commercial agent
at Robaix says that France will re-
quire &C, 600, 900 bushels of American
wheat
The government crop report for the
week ending September 6 states that
cotton and corn have been damaged
by drought.
Mrs j. NJ Monk committed suicide
with a razor near Dresden, Mo-
Mrs. II. L. Spellman, mother-in-law
of John ID. Rockefeller, is dead.