The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30

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| during the day, but nothing of a very
| serious nature. ]. w. Wallis, of Man
kato, was struck on the head by a
falling board and temporarily disabled
and Miss Martha Lund, of this city,
stuck a hat pin through her foot
About fifteen persons applied for as
sistance at the hospital, most of whom
We're women who needed a headache
powder or a short rest. These were
accommodated and most of them were
able to get home without further as
sistance.
The police were reasonably busy
William Anderson, aged thirteen
jumped the fence in his anxiety and
was arrested.
S. Chandler, of Wichita. Kan, had
a little disagreement with friend,
and when the trouble was over Chan
.dler was in Jail and his friend was
missing. He was held under bonds
of $50 to appear today.
George Hohnen, of New York, did not
know that it was against the law to
bring liquor on the grounds, and as he
had quite a load of 1t aboard, he was
taken in. The fair grounds court i'm
posed a fine of $40 and allowed Bob
men to go as soon as heawas able to
pass muster with the guardians of the
law.
Always Something Doing"
There is always something doing"
in front of the grand stand. From the
time the gong calls the horses for the
first race at 1 o'clock until the lights
are out, there is hardly'a moment when
there is not something to arouse in
terest. 1t may be compact little Jap
rcr1i mo- aIlo1, IF or,
may be the loop the loop artist risk
ing his neck to furnish a few thrills to
fill the gap, but it is all good all the
time.
There are enough acts shown in
front of the grand stand at the after
noon and evening performances to fit
up a good sized circus, and as spec
tacle they have the circus beaten, in
asmuch as it is possible to see all that
is going on without the sensation of
missing something better. The events
follow closely on each other, but they
never conflict
There are several new things in this
form of entertainment this year and
then there are the old standbys, such
as the balloon ascension, Without which
no state fair would make any pre-
tensions of being complete. The hon.
ocidal record of the s'foope the loop
drew for it the greater share of the
public attention yesterday afternoon,
and it was the event looked forward
to. The treacherous looking shoot and
the bewildering loop We're up and ready
before the stand began to fill, and care
fully watched by some of the specta
tors all the time.
The ordinary loop the loop is now q
thing of the past, relegated to the
bush, and he who would seek the ap-
pelation dare devil'' is obliged to add
more chances against his finishing the
trip alive. This year the handicap is
a gap, some twenty feet wide, which
the Hooper jumps across after he has
completed the loop circuit There is a
grim, unholy expectation that some
thing will happen" either in the loop
or in jumping the gap. to which the
megaphonic barker" adds with his
awe inspiring tale.
Everything Goes Smoothly
The something didn't happen
yesterday, and as a matter of fact
Babcock went through both trying sit
uations as blase and confident as if
he we're ~pedaling along the asphalt.
The ever present and always well
come balloon ascension" was the next
act of Importance. strong east wind
was blowing in the early part of the
afternoon. and the aeronaut, after half
filling the balloon, decided not to go up.
The wind died down later, and to the
relief of all present the mass of can
vas began to swell, and an army of
small boys began the joyous task of
holding the balloon to the earth.
The ascent was perfect, the balloon
shooting straight up to the clouds,
swinging the aeronaut back and forth
like huge pendulum A careful scru-
tiny disclosed no youngster entangled
in the ropes, and there was a rush in
the grand stand to get where the drop
could be seen. The wind carried the
balloon towards the state experimental
farm. and to those in the stand it
looked as if the aeronaut was about to
make a landing on sharp pinnacle of
one of the farm buildings. By dint of
maneuvers, known only to the profess
sion, he managed to steer his unwieldy
air craft clear of the : building and
alighted without harm.
Much Like Circus
Kitamura's Japanese troupe of aero
bats filled one race intermission with
all sorts of weird tumbling and jug
Cling, one little mite being buffeted and
kicked about the platform with oriental
abandon, to the intense delight of the
onlookers. The Wilton brothers amused
the spectators with bounding bed and
triple bar act, infusing much grotesque
comedy into their legitimate acrobatic
work.
Dode Fisk and Mike Rooney added
the twang of the circus ringsto the per-
Torrance with a comedy mule and
bareback riding. which the Potters,
who dub themselves the Human Shut
tlecocks," rounded out and made COM
plete by their trapeze and bar work.
There was plenty of music, the regu-
lar band keeping up flow of more or
less popular airs throughout the after
noon. A Canadian band, attired in kits
and all the regulation accoutrements of
Scotland, marched down the track with
martial tread, presenting good music
and an inspiring sight as they swung
along in their picturesque garb. A
highland fling appealed strongly to