The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-09
KenOsha's First Street Fair Comes to
a Finish Saturday Evening in a
War of Merriment.
SHOWERS OF RAIN AND CONFETTI
Merry Crowd of Six Thousand People Take
Possession of the Streets and Make Life
Miserable-Prof. Drew Awakened.

Kenosha's first street fair and Carni
val came to an end Saturday mig hi
amidst showers Of rain and confetti,
and the people of the city again breathe
easy. The Carnival shows and their
managers, like the Arabs, have silent
1y folded their tents and have stolen
away to Oshkosh for another week of
it, while all that is left to Kenosha is a
mass of dirty streets and the memories
of week of merriment.
Financially the Carnival was sue
cess--to the managers of the shows
but the men who engineered the fair
in Kenosha received little rernunera
tion for their trou BILE beyond the repu-
tation of running the first absolutely
clean street fair in the State.
The Kenosha Protective Associa ton,
the police of the city, and all connected
with the Carnival are certainly worthy
of praise for this fact. While the
saloon men may have felt that they
could have fattened their purses by
permitting gambling in the city, they
hung close to their agreement and as.
sisted the officers in every way to sup
press the vice that is the common in
gredient of all Carnivals. For this
action vote of thanks is due to them
from the people of the city. Not sin
gle arrest was made for gambling dur
ing the week.
Chief of Police Timme and the police
force, with the aid of six men in citi-
zen's clothes, handled the big crowd in
a manner that is credit to them, and
honor is due to every man on the
force.
The Closing Night.
The closing night of the Carnival
was a whirlwind of fun and excite
ment, and the fact that murder had
been committed in the city seemed to
have little effect on the merry crowd
who had been waiting for the night.
All the shows, with the exception of
the ''Old Plantation" were open, and
while some of the performers may
have worked with heavy hearts they
did not show their sorrow. It was the
limit of Carnival fun, and even the big
his conscience up and sent it to Osh-
kosh, and threw open his doors for a
performance of the famous dance
which made the Midway famous.
But the fun was not in the tents, but
on the streets, where the merry war
with the confetti was started just after
eight o'clock. Fifty thousand bags of
the paper missiles had been shipped
into the city, and from the appearance
of the streets it is evident that most of
it was used up before the Carnival
crowds left the streets early Sunday
morning.
It was furious time. Men armed
with horns and 'horse'' fidd1es walked
up and down the street, while behind
them came brigade loaded with in
hated bladders, aud the two companies
made life miserable for the man who
failed to enter into the sport. Men
and women alike seemed seized with
the carnival spirit and the confetti fell
in showers. No cases of serious rowdy-
ism we're reported, and while number
of rowdies attempted to hold up the
women for kisses and similar trihes,
no complaints were made by the
women and the police allowed the fun
to go on. At midnight the shows were
closed and the men began the work of
tearing down the tents but the merry
riot on the street went on for several
hours.
Prof, Drew Awakens.
The biggest feature of the closing
night of the carnival was the awaken
ing of Prof. H. A. Drew after his six
days sleep without food or water 1t
was spectacular in the extreme. Early
in the evening the grave diggers went
to the tent and began the work OF re
moving the coffin from the grave A
crowd of thousand people gathered
about the open grave and shortly after
niue O'Clock the strange pageant began
to move down the street. In front
was band playing the merry tune
"He May Have Seen Better Days"
But the crowd seemed to think the
tune inappropriate and they changed
it to the dead March" from Saul. |
Behind the band marched a number of
the carnival leaders and back of them
came the pail bearers with the coffin.
It was taken to the opera house and
crowd filling the house remained to
watch the awakening. Drew was re-
moved from the box and placed on a
cot which was in waiting. The sleep
ing man moved nervously on the cot
and awaited the alarm which was
sounded by clock setting at the front
of the stage.
When the alarm was sounded Drew
awoke with a bound and started to