The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-08
CIRCUS IN THE AIR
Novel Feature Proposed for
Street Fair.
COMMITTEES LAST DAY
Meeting of the Committees
at Club Last Night.

The advertising and ways and means
committees of the Wichita Street Fair
and Carnival met last night at the Com
mercial club to devise plans for carrying
out various means of promoting the in
terests Of the big fair that will be held
IN this city October 1871
The secretary's office is now provided
with a stenoErapher and typewriter, and
a large mail is being got out to all parts
of the state and county, rs well as TO all
the big cities asking for information
concerning some of the biggest attrac-
tions ever seen anywhere before.
One of the aggregations that Secretary
Lockwood has written 10 get for the free
street fair is a combination of lady and
gentleman aeronauts, who have a spe-
cialty connected with the show known as
a balloon circus. Several balloons as
cend at one time, carrying trick bicycle
riders, Shetland pony, mastih dogs,
roosters and other animals. ALI descend
by separate parachutes, leaving the main
balloon fi6ating in the clouds. The ring
master aeronaut then sets fire to the bal
loon and descends with parachute to
the earth again. The attraction known
as a balloon circus is new and has never
been seen in any country outside Of
few engagements in the east. The COM
pany is just starting out on tour OF
the country, and 1t Is hoped that they can
be had for the street fair.
Several booths were spoken for yester-
day by some of those who will make ex-
hibits in the industrial department
The fair is an assured fact now.
Money is being generously subscribed by
the merchants, and nothing will be spar
ed to make the street fair, midway and
carnival one of the greatest weeks en-
tertainments ever given in any state in
the whole universe.
The soliciting committee viii make its
final round today. and everybody who
has not given anything toward the fair
Will be given an opportunity to subscribe.
MOT enough money has been subscribed
yet to carry out the plans. Everybody
who wants to see the fair succeed and
wants to see his business increase, who
wants to see Wichita keep up with the
march in the matter Of public entertain
ment, should help the fair in a substan-
tial way and do It at once.- The commit
tee must know Immediately what to fig
ure on. Secretary Lockwood has already
in hand propositions and feature sugges-
tions enough to make the Wichita fair
the greatest thing OF the kind ever
planned in the state. The executive com
mittee must plan largely on. results re-
ported from the Soliciting committee to-
day.
The list Of committees has been consid-
erably increased and revised and stands
completed now as follows:
Ofiioers-Chas. @. Cohn, president; w.
p. Innes, vice president; ]. o. Davidson,
treasurer; H. c. Lockwood, secretary.
Ways and Means Committee. Cold
smith, chairman; II. Imboden. Henry
Wallenstein, Chas. Lawrence, Cash Hen
derson, W. ]. Weiser. J. c. Casey, Lee
Hays, o. Haythorn. NJ. Krailsheimer, ].
w. Tapp. F. L. Watson, B. L. Eaton, @.
Gehring.
Auditing Committee-Thos. G. Fitch,
chairman; c. H. Poole, H. E. Case.
Transportation Committee-Ed Vail.
chairman; NJ NJ. Murdoch. H. J. Hsgny,
]. H. Black. E. e. Bleckiey, L. r. De-
Advertising Committee-O. d. Barnes,
chairman: s. z. Winnie. H. J. Roy, A. ].
Musseiman, C. w. Southland, H. c.
Lockwood.
County Committe&C. II. Smyth. chair
man: Sam Hess ]. P. Allen. G. w. carp.
Albert Hess. A z. Sweet, j. E. How |
ard. o. G. Smith, Al. Bolte. p V. Healy. |
Building Committed. W. ClApp chair |
man; Sam Hess, Chas. @. Cohn, c. H. |
Smyth. c. H. Brooks. w. p. lines. Fred
BENTLEY. c. z. Potts, w. w. Johnston,
Jr., Dean Gordon.
Decoration Committee-Chas. W. Ca
rey. chairman: Clarence Fulton, A. NJ |
Goldstandt, Thos. Shaw, c. S. Daniels, |
NJ. J. PARROT. @. W. Howe.
Travelling Mems Committeeman Beat |
Niles, w. II. Cook, Chas. A Englehardt. |
Press Committee-R- p. Murdoch. chair |
man; Victor Murdoch. Dave Leahy. Geo.
Gutenberg, 7. NJ. Galusha, Gerald volk,
Cooper JACKSON, Hunter Williams. w. c. |
Atchison, c. 2. Bigelow Austin Neal.
Carnival Committees. c. Ashton,
chairman; w. r. Dulaney. A. F. Parks, |
Fred Dold. G. NJ. Jones, Chas. Mosbach- |
er, w. o. Sternbe-g. Geo. Locke. Orville |
a. Boyle, Frank Wood, f. Higginson. |
Albert Van Zandt. John McComb. l. N |
singer. NJ. A Mcclellan, J. F. Bennett. |
A. NJ. Denny. Geo. NJ. Dickson. J. +. |
Tirker, Geo. Bergman. ]. Giles Smith.