The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-06

/ accidents and they we're outside the 5uris
! dictlon 81 the association The shows
( were kept clean On Tuesday some of the
F midway attractions showed a disposition
+ 20 become bold. 5-t they were very soon
SHIT or and TOD that they must leave
The ground 0r be decent
/ Chief Of Police Frank Burt vas tele-
phorlrg 20 ali ~ the policemen u keep
The sal7Cns closed ti=hs today when a re-
porter f1r rhe EaEIe called upon him.
II VIII give sou sls If you can buy q
drink OF whisky j. town tomorrow" he
said The carnival IS aow over, every
body nave had their fln and that ends IL
Tor another year.
Row many arrests did your department
make during the 7FeaE2
one hundred ana thirteen II al
Thirty-sevel Of these V cred runks and
the remainder were practically al rro-
fess-0raI acknowledgements pick pockets
confidence me1. hold-ups-
eve LAID the foundation fer these ar
rests about -hree weeks ago We have
been shadow ing them closely and getting
acquainted Wiz tlem- We arrested or
located most Of them lasr Sunday ard
ne have kept them under the lock- ever
since Have you heard II q house being
broken into n wichita this week? 10. IL
was 5he most remarkable weeks good
luck in The history OF this department We
have had no hcld-ups. ard but compare /
lively little picking OF pockets. You
haven got any idea what p 2rk must be /
lone on an occasion Of this kind I can 4
not give TOO much praise 10 my men for (
their work during the week I do not +
want 70 6atter them, but I viii say, and 4
the results prove IT. that Wichita was (
better taken care OF this week than any .
other town in America could have been /
What are you going 10 do with the men +
you have arrested2
eve VIII JQr1 them loose and see that 4
they set out Of town They were only
SUSPECTS vsith Us We had no charges
against many IF them. And J. want 70
say to you that We didn't make a mistake
in any instance. We guessed right in al
cases
with banners hanging damp from posts
and ui1acIes. with lights burning tndi1-
ferenuy where they burned at all; with
cauels lying lazilv on straw. chewing
their cuds. in the Streets OF Cairo; with
doukeys shiveriug IN the Streets OF In
VIII t.s4t- OF an Suing -A-LLl-A I'LL
admired by the rustic swain in uninter-
estlng old wrappers; with Doc Kelly
irving to make spelling sound with q
cracked voice: with the IRE out IL the
boiler that ran the Ferris wheel: with
the Gypsy fortune teller looking vacant
Iv az pools Of water in the street fair
grounds. with the rat Joe Grim sleeping
In his cage; with the lights out in the
German village. with The owner of the
electric fountain bemoauinE the fact
that he had been sued FOR damages; with.
workman dl=nantliag booths Of their
gaudy trimmings the Wichita Carnival OF
1901 closed ar II o'clock last night
Ii was sad looking affair last night
Yesterday morning q heavy rain began
falling BY daylight the street fair
proper and midway were ankle deep in
water Il was hoped that the sun
would soon come our and that the murzy
clouds would clear away.
"The ground is sandy ard the water
vii soon De absorbed said enc
wen have q good day yet" said an
other.
Bur the water faued TO be absorbed BY
the sand and The clouds refused 20 yield
before the morning SIN
Teams were hired 10 haul sand and
straw ard by noon people could manage
b keep dry feet Lien with augurs were
also set 70 work boring the bottoms OF
pools IN hopes that the water would
seer through the sandy foundation -
-he grou-8 Al O'Clock The spoilers
aeer1 c1axi1E the small crowd. but Lhe
people either t.i not 90 IL AZ all OF went +
r--rctsltIy BIa-S America sent out q
US Women Including Torsy il hopes :
- t-- able q secure an audience for .
--cIrrance tlr uai-e America was blue
ana wouldn't So iu-
The midway had become what J. r
Mech called i -rhe midway TIE
mystic maze man was the h-st 70 throw
Up the srolze and - began % disnaatle =
BIS tent OTHERS said he was wise but
hey held ou q vain hope that tha
weather woui5 clear up-
The are department coal5n't very vel
TUE thelr briEh- was71s through the
n-5 u rescue woman from the sixth
rory of an imp-o1rtu t0Ter t1- the sdi- :
icauon az such a sl crowd TIE 5
r-lire was too vet Ter even Lare DevI .
s patrick 70 give his exhse.-o1 o. Il
ma altogether the afternoon was a Eat
rG dismal failure
-1 the evening bonfire was blLt il
he mi5wav Ire sh~ars spoilers
adhered around f. Ticket sellers ara
-ate Keepers were stationed al their
aaces A1er ahoa- q cents worth II
conle Bad sene IL ths gstes were thrown
81. ana rhe ui1V-E vas free 20 every
This encouraged TIE z1e-s~ but the
eor-s Gen want ta see a1y eodT- T-e
iris l1 the French tne-te- p-t ~ more
5-hss -ha1 IS trezr c1ston n wear and
--t ors- % v.st The ladies ~ tte
rests II Cal-o Egsubscss sp
saw tlen azs aazczzce5 thaV 1he-s
las sne % ae c5arl-te- al ga
.aizs Chzrlie Pay1e poret ths aunes-
te-a wich -vo tsalk -art-i1gss and So 3,
-Ikers to vo-s h4r tha c-ovG stay -
s around t lel5 Gre diving -ser n
bees ard th street FAR e15e6
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