Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

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sundries, for there will be other things to
see and hear. Several special features have
been arranged and these are bound to prove
real attractions. The decorations in them
selves will form an attraction. Electricity
will be relied on to give the proper effects
in lighting, and If all the wire that has been
placed in Karbach hall within the past week
should be strung out on The street 1t would
reach several miles. OF arc lights of the
largest size and most powerful effect there
will be a score, and Of the incandescent amps
there will be more than ten times that num-
Der scattered throughout the building. There
Will not be q nook or corner on any OF the
three floors that will be dark enough for
an amorous tete-a-tete; there will not be
a section of the building that will be dimly
lighted. Everything will be a blaze of light
and the light from the several hundred cleo
trio lights will be intensified by many
bicycle lamps and will be reflected by the
bright colors of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
that will abound. The national colors will
be seen in much profusion also, but the red,
green and yellow of the famous organiza-
ton OF Omaha's commercial and professional
men will prevail in all the decorations.
There will be clusters of lights Of variegated
colors, and In addition to the decorations of
the show itself will be the individual
decorations of the exhibitors. Some of these
will be quite elaborate. All the signs of the
various exhibitors will be placed in the back
part of the booths, the committee in charge
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in the front part of the booths.
FOR THE COMFORT OF VISITORS.
Everything possible to add to the comfort
and entertainment Of visitors has been
thought of and planned by the committee in
charge. The Seventh Ward band has been
engaged for the entire week, and will give a
concert on the second floor each evening.
Bandmaster Green says that his musicians
have been rehearsing several new and popular
airs which will he nrpSpntnd at the cycle
show for the first time in this city. The
matter of serving refreshments has been
placed in the hands of ID. j. O'Brien, and
these who know the chief consul of the
Nebraska division of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen know that he makes a success
of everything that he undertakes. On the
first floor there will be a room separated from
the main floor by a glass PARTITION, and
within will be served soda water, CONNECTION
cry and sweetmeats of various kinds. On
the third floor will be a well appointed dining
saloon, where a regular dinner, or any part
of it, from the consomme to the ice cream,
may be procured. The visitors will find two
broad and spacious stairways at, their serv-
Ice, and they may use the one In the front
or the one in the rear of the building in
moving from one floor to another. The en-
tire building will be heated by steam, and If
anyone complains of the cold the committee
promises to make it warm for him.
Probably the most notable of all the at
fractions will be the siX-day race that will
take place during the exhibition on the third
floor. Five prominent racers have entered
the race, and one or two more entries are
anticipated before the opening evening rolls
around. The wheels of these racers will be
stationary, each machine being set between
rollers, so that the work of the racers will
not be unlike that of the old-time criminals
who were sentenced to the treadmill. The
race will take place on a platform that will
be elevated five feet above the floor, so that
the spectators may see the feet of the racers
The race will be started by Referee William \
Pixley promptly at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
evening, and 1t will continue for one hour
each evening Of the show, from $3.50 until
$3.50 o'clock.
ENTERED FOR THE RACE.
Those who have so far entered for the race
are: l. II. Holton, Lester e. EDlton, Mat
Heintzman, A. t.. Proulx and G.. r. Hall.
All are well known in Omaha as fast riders,
and some great records are consequently ex-
pected. Proulx was the amateur champion
of Nebraska in 1894, and is the winner of
many races since then. Lester Holton also
has quite a reputation as a fast rider, and
none of the others are slow. Attached to
each wheel will be two cyclometers. In case
any accident should happen to one cyclometer
the other will go right on doing its work, and
it's record will be taken. There will be three
prizes for the three largest number of miles
registered during the week. The prizes are
as lOlipNSs Fhst, Y-ob PNNoifN, Viop anu
third, So. There will also be a prize of SIS
for the best score made each night. There
will be an attendant for each rider to prop
erly look after his wants, to attend TO his
machine, and to hang up his. score as he
rolls off the miles each evening.
Referee Pixley has been somewhat per-
picked to know Just how he should stimuli
taneously stop all the wheels and cause all
the cyclometers to cease registering each
night at $3.50 o'clock. After mature delibera-
ton he has decided on this plan; He will
have a man with a wrench stationed along
side of each wheel and when he calls time 1t
will be the duty of each OF mis- assistants to
unscrew the cyclometer from the wheel, thus
preventing 1t from registering while the
wheel Is coming to a stop.
Another attractive feature that will be
seen on the third floor will be some fine
exhibitions of fancy trick riding. This will
be strictly a home talent performance and
may be seen each evening between 8 and $3.50
O'Clock, and again from $3.50 until 1880
o'clock, the trick riders resting while the
speed racers are riding. There will be two
bargain day matinees of the cycle show, one
on Wednesday and the other on Saturday
afternoon. On both OF these occasions the
trick riders will also perform. The boys are
George Phillips and Charles Matheson. Both
are skillful experts with bicycles and have
some new and entertaining tricks to show.
Phillips is the better known of the two,