The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-06

Attendance yesterday ..........4 900
Attendance fifth day last year. .38, ,931
The attendance yesterday picked up
wonderfully after o'clock and last
evening Secretary Randall announced
that the count for the day and evening
was 10000, which is something over
1900 more than on the corresponding
day last year, which was the banner
day of the 1901 fair.
Today is Twin City day and a special
programme of fireworks has been pro-
vided for the last performance to-
night.
Optimistic Minneapolitans had prom
ised the fair managers to break the
record in point of attendance at the
fair yesterday. Last evening the same
gentleman who offered to wager the
crowd would reach 10000 had good
excuse to offer for falling off of 10000
from their figures.
The day was a bleak one and just
enough rain fell in the morning hours
to prevent thousands who intended to
take in the show from starting Up to
noon less than $1,000 had passed the
III llolilCo anu LIlC ohy was OcIh dllO
threatening. Along in the afternoon
the clouds cleared away and at
o'clock the weather was fine and at G
o'clock over 10000 visitors had arrived.
The damage to the receipts, however
had been done, although the manage
ment expected the clearing up would
bring out large crowds for the evening.
Accounts of Profits Exaggerated.
"Unless we have another record
breaking day tomorrow we will not
finish much ahead of last year." was
the comment made by Secretary Ran
dali as he took a view of the clouds at
l o'clock, "and the talk about being
$4,000 to the good, am afraid, is just
twice as much as we will have on the
right side of the ledger.
1--WE are ahead of the figures of last
years attendance by some 16,000 but
the weather today means that we will
lose at least $4,000 or more. The in
creased attendance in the first four
days gave us every hope that we would
be able to make a finer showing this
year, but l am afraid the last two days
are going to spoil things. At any rate
we will come out as we'll as last year
and if it is clear and pleasant tomor-
row we may finish ahead.
"Last year we had $4,000 left after
paying all expenses and we had count
ed on doubling that amount, but il
looks doubtful now. We have the sat
isfaction of knowing the fair has beer
a success in every way and it is only
a question of the putting of $4,000 OF
10000 into improvements"
Minneapolis Did Well.
Minneapolis did we'll under the
weather circumstances and the man
agement last night said the estimated
attendance was $4,000 in round figures
Minneapolis Council No. 69, United
Commercial Travellers turned out tC
the number of 400 and proceeded BY
the Newsboys' band, created consider
able enthusiasm. The Commercial
Travellers came in tally-ho coaches an6
hacks and each carried an umbrella o1
the colors of the organization.
The South ST. Paul live stock firms
uniformed as cowboys and mounted or
bronchos, also made a fine showing
The stockmen were accompanied by g
band, which rode in a tally-ho, and
each rider in the procession carried g
carriage whip. The caValcade was met
at the st. Paul gate by a squad OF
mounted police and escorted to the
Eeld opposite the grand stand. They
presented the appearance not unlike
The cavalry section of Buffalo Bill's
show and numbered over 100.
Their outing to the fair is an annual
Dne and the showing made yesterday
was characteristic of the enthusiasm
and push of the wide-awake live stock
men who are making the name ot
South ST Paul known all over the
country.
The parade was in charge of H. B
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Continued on Third Pace.