Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-29
ELKS' ARRIVED HOME.
No Rowdyism Seen by the Connecticut
 Men in Milwaukee.

4fO ROWdy 1SAl oceu Dy lAS COAhSS1 1S VI Men in Milwaukee.
 The Connecticut Elks train arrived in New Haven Sunday morning about 7 o'clock, about one hour behind sched- uled time. The train left Buffalo at l o'clock Saturday afternoon and the last ride home to New Haven was perhaps the most tedious of the whole trip. When the train bearing the Elks reached Buffalo on the return trip from Milwaukee it was about 5 o'clock Friday morning. After break fast the trip to the exposition was taken, and all day and far into the night the boys paraded around the ex- position grounds viewing the sights. It was impossible to see everything in the short time that there was to spend there, but all the best sights were talk en in. Perhaps the most wonderful and marvellous feature of the whole show is the electric display in the evening" It is one of the grandest sights that was ever presented to the people of this country, and excelS all electric displays ever given in the world. Every building appears to be one huge electric globe and the whole combined forms light of such magni- tude and brilIiancy as to make even electricians wonder.
 Arrived at New Haven the boys were pretty well tired out. There had been no thought of sleep on the trip from Buffalo, and if anyone did at tempt to steal few minutes of that much desired rest, he was promptly turned over to the initiating commit tee for further instruction in the art of keeping awake. The Derby boys, some 15 or 20 i'll number, chartered special train at New Haven and ar rived in Derby and Ansonia about 4 o'clock in the morning. The Water bury contingent who arrived at New Haven put up there for the night and came home in the morning.
 The biggest surprise the Elks re- ceived when they arrived home was to find that distorted and twisted stories of the doings of the Elks had preceded them. It was reported that women had been hugged and kissed on the streets during the carnival. The only way that such stories can be account ed for is that the crowds were so dense that it was impossible to pass along the sidewalks without jostling and pushing and crowding one another. With all this jostling and pushing and crowding everybody took it good na- turedly and the women joined with the men in covering each other with the small pieces of colored paper that were sold on the streets at cents a bag. Every man, woman and child in Milwaukee seemed to have an endless supply of this stuff and it was hurled around promiscuously. The streets were covered with a carpet of it sev- eral inches deep and every public house had its share on floors and ta- bles. The police force was kept busy pushing the crowds along to pre- vent blockade, and the Elks from Connecticut saw but one arrest while there. One of the Connecticut delega- tion was instrumental in that arrest. and it was the first and only insult that was observed offered to any wo- man on the streets. This delegate had his wife with him, and a Milwaukee man, not an Elk, by the way, pushed her too roughly tofone side. He was remonstrated with by the husband, but became abusive. He had been drink ing more or less, but was not drunk His abuse was so offensive that the Connecticut Elk proceeded to show him how they do things i'll the east, and in a few minutes he had taught the fellow a lesson he would not soon forget. This was not the end of the trouble, either, for a policeman ar- rived on the scene to stop the bout, and when he heard the case the Con- necticut Elk was thanked for giving him the thrashing and the Milwaukee man was hurried before a justice court, where he was forced to pay $10 for his little sport.
 Everybody was out for sport, and if the Elks became disgusted with Mill waukee it was after the Connecticut delegation left for home on Thursday night, for all were having 8 glorious time up to then. Some of the stories may have been written for good purpose, perhaps, who knows? The Connecticut delegation had a good time and speak of things as they were, and while they were tired out the most of them were sorry to leave, Milwau- kee. When the next convention takes place at Salt Lake ClLy there may not be as large delegation from Connec- ticut as there was this time, but there will be many from here, for they like the way that westerners entertain.