The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

The State Fair grounds looked
lonesome" this morning. The ap-
pearance was that of the day after
Thursday all attendance records were
smashed, the crowd being VarlousIy
estima ted at from 10000 to 4O,O0V-
This morning the rain put a damper
on the fair but at that there were
many out of town people on the
grounds who stayed in Topeka over
night in order to look over the eX-
hibitS carefully.
The attendance Thursday from out
of the city was enormous. The spe-
ciaI trains accommodating the eXcur-
siOnists were crowded.
one special Rock Island train
brought in 500 passengers. The bag
gage cars on several incoming trains
were utilized to accommodate the
overflow from the regular coaches.
1t was necessary for two or three of
the railroads to rush more cars from
their terminals to handle the return
thrOngS from Topeka
The street railway company did
record brea king business, and while
tWo-minute schedule was maintained,
during rush periods the passengers
were often iammed in sardine fashion.
However, it should be stated that the
service to the grounds, everything con-
sidered, was excellent.
Howard Patten, in charge of the
lines. estimated that the fares collect
cd on all lines Thursday was $4,000,
and for the week thus far 100000.
This eclipses all previous shoWings
tair week
Some of the old settlers say that
in 1884 there was a crowd on the
fair grounds that equaled that of
Thursday, but Thursday all records
since that time were beaten.
Greatest Day of All.
This is the greatest day in fair his
tory in Kansas remarked Secretary
~ h1tS n Sfi a the
close of the evening entertainment
Thursday, and by the way, about 5000
people paid to see the night perform
ance.
SO heavy were the gate receipts that
it was necessary to transport the coin
in a wagon guarded by special police
Notwithstanding the big crowd
Thursday, it will be necessary for the
people to turn out in force for the re-
mainder of the fair week to assure
q n undua lifted financial success. While
the attendance Monday was better
than on the corresponding day of last
year the Tuesday and Wednesday
crowds were not quite up to the for
mer pace set.
The crowd, everything considered,
was extremely orderly. There were
hundreds of ticklers distributed in the
evening. but there was little rowdyism
displayed
The emergency hospital did a rush
ing business. Headaches and stom-
schaches We're most frequent of the
trials and tribulatiOns" of the multi
tude.
The emergency hospital was given
call Thursday evening when one of the
wild west showmen was thrown by a
buffalo. and lay for a time motionless
on the track as though dead, The
crowd became excited but it was
learned that the victim of the accident
was only winded and it was hinted
that he had been indulging in a bower
age stronger than water which caused
him to sway on the back of the huge
beast of the prairies, and finally to fall
good evening performance is
scheduled for tonight by the Irwin
Brothers and the Pain company, and
a special matinee performance has
been announced to take place Satur-
day afternoon It will be the full wild
west show that is put on annually
at cheyenne, wyoming, and will in
clude a game of push ball. which in
itself should draw a large crowd to
the grounds on account of its novelty
in Topeka.
Exhibits will not be removed from
the grounds until 6 o'clock this even |
ing.