The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-09

Which the Daring Aeronaut Mar
rOw1y Escapes With His Life
Grand Stand Comfortably Filled
Day and Evening Horses and
Cattle Which Captured Prizes
Join In a Grand Parade.
| What with the breaking Of pacing rec
ords in two successive heats by Giles
Noyes, George Vests promising PAGER,
the sudden death of one of the fair mar
shals almost on the grounds, and an ex-
| citing balloon ascension, in which the
parachute, in which the aeronaut had
planned to make picturesque and safe
descent, refused to perform its properly
| assigned duties, and a fatal accident was
averted almost provldentially, rather
than through design, Friday OF the 1899
fair was anything but a dull day, even
| though the crowd that surged through
| the grounds was far less in numbers than
| those Of the two days preceding.
| The grand stand was comfortably filled
both afternoon and evening, and there
| were no lonesome spots on the grounds.
The horses and cattle had a pageant in
the half-n1ile track, gay in all their prize
| ribbons, and the South st. Paul stockmen
introduced new features Of fair life in
presenting to the public gaze some facts
| and figures concerning the work of tho
South St. Paul stock yards and breezy
| exhibition of what the men who make it
can do in the way Of advertisement when
they are so disposed. Riding bucking
bronchos, fast running races, and other
sports by these volunteers added much to
the merriment of the day and evening.
Then, too, the Midway had unusual ex-
| element
| DARKNESS and DAWN"
There was an entire absence of dawn
yesterday morning in and about the pre-
cincts Of the Dawn and Darkness" show
on the state fair grounds, although no
day ever broke with a more brilliant
light, and the sun never beamed more
| sweetly on the gay and festive Midway
than on yesterday morning. But all was
darkness and sadness in the hearts of the
employees of the show, and OF Mr. Childs.
one of the proprietors, and the one, he
says, who had furnished the ''sinews of
war; iii the shape of cold cash to put the
show on it's feet
The other proprietor, Arnold Johns, was
not in evidence, and the ARTISTS and ar.
| tisteS' who participated in the gorgeous
representation Of the glories of night and
morning, and Of the place of bliss and the
| abode of eternal death-an these versatile
| roseurs were speculativey curious as to
the whereabouts Of the numerous ten
cent Dimes supposed to aggregate about
500, which the show had been the ac-
| credited Garner of.
The dancing girls and the rest of the
stars" Of the show, who had not seen
| the ghost walk, possibly because the
Etate fair management had taken such a.
decided stand against spIrituous exhilara.
| ton, were depressed and they expressed
| 1t. Their mode of expression was not the
classic Partisan of the table d'hote all
though 1t might have been assumed from
raive illusions of the fromer hacker
that their origin with If the environs Of
| Fontairbleau was ipdisputable Still. it
was not Spanish and the celebrities were
able to mako themselves understood with
| reasonable emphasis.
1t was also averred in connection with
| Mr. Johns absence that one of the former
attractions of the spectacle Dawn and
| Darkness was Simultaneously absent.
| The others, for the most part sought
| other showmen on ''the Midway" and
| found new sppcialties in which to charm
the visiting throngs.
PLAYING AT WAR.
There is nothing more intensely inter-
esting and exciting than playing war on
large scale, except the real thing And
| the people, as a rule, like excitement
That is the secret of the large crowds
that have nightly attended the entertain
ment at the fair grounds during the past
| week and packed the grand stand and
| other points of vantage as they have sell
| dom been packed before. And fact
which is important for the future success
| of the fair is that the crowds have gone
| away thoroughly satisfied with their en-
| tertainment; and they ought to be- for
| the Burning of Manila" as 1t is produc-
ed on the grounds nightly, Is alone we'll
| worth the price of admission. When to
| this is added Roman standing races, half
| mile running races, Roman chariot races
races by rtderless horses, diving horses,
| fireworks of exceptionally high class, and
a balloon ascension under the rays of a
brilliant searchlight the fair manage
ment provide an entertainment that is
stupendouS In variety and interest
| Another immense throng was on the
| grounds last evening, as large if not
| larger, than any that has preceded it, to
witness the big show; and any who
went there expecting to see something
! unusually fine were not disappointed.
Every event announced in the programme
was presented, and with a celerity of
| movement which added much to the in
| terest of the exhibition and the satisfac-
ton of the public. The only thing that
| in anyway marred the beauty of the
| scene was the smoke made by the fire.
| works, which at times hung in heavy
| clouds over Manila and the tracks In
front of the grand stand. There was not
wind enough to drive the smoke away;
and what little breeze there was car
| ried the smoke towards the spectators.
| Otherwise the night was perfect and the
show all that was to be desired.
| The track events were enlarged some
what by several running races by cow
boys with broncho ponies from the South
st. Paul stockyards, which We're not on
the programme, but greatly pleased the
crowd. The. Roman standing race and
the chariot ieee were hotly contested and .
called forth rounds Of applause; and the
white gudeless wonder repeated his per-
formance of previous evenings in an en-
tertaining way, making a little faster
time than in any of his former races
Dr. Carver's diving horses performed
their wonderful feat in the glare of the
| searchlight in such q cheerful and intel-
ligent manner that each was greeted
| with deafening cheers by the spectators.
The half-mile running races were made