Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-22
BASE BALL NIGHT At DEN
Ak-sar-B Ben Entertains Omaha and Kansas
City League Teams.
DEADwooD EXCURSION PLANS ADOPTED
Special Train VIII Garry the visitors
from Quivera 20 the Busting Me-
tropolis of the. Black Hills
Country.

The crowd at the den Of Ak-sar-Ben last
night was one Of tn. largest ever assembled
at the den and the members of the base
ball clubs Of Omaha and Kansas City, who
we're especial guests, were received with
an ovation which was given as a mark Of
the pleasure Of the members OF the order
over the game Of ball played in the after
noon, by which the record for long and
close games in the Western league was
broken.
The principal business OF the meeting
after the reception OF candidates was the
matter OF the proposed excursion to Dead
wood next week. w. r. Bennett brought
the matter up. giving an outline Of the pro-
posed trip as published. Short talks were
made by several members Of the society
and John e. UT. secretary OF the Com
mercial club. then proposed for the consid-
Grafton Of the meeting a proposition which
contemplates a special train for the ooca-
sion, leaving the city at s o'clock Tuesday
evening instead OF 8 o'clock, as planned
by the board OF governors and combining a
trade excursion with the pleasure trip to
the Deadwood carnival. BY running a
special train better time can be made, and
the visit to Deadwood will not be materially
shortened, while many other places can be
NA1ANNNH SRSA = WV W a. chAbN BASe
ent the Commercial club plan was endorsed
and a large number signihed their intention
Of Joining the train in addition to tho
boad Of governors of the society, who have
already accepted the invitation Of the car
nival management.
The principal speaker OF the evening
aside from the excursion question was
Henry Hardy. In the games which followed
the enrolment the score OF Otto Busch OF
st. Louis was perfect. Although the field
combined against him at hearts he escaped
without a red card in his tricks.
Special Excursion Dates.
At the meeting OF the board OF governors
previous to the work at the den the matter
OF the invitation was discussed as was also
the form OF the souvenir for this season.
Treasurer Penfold announced that there
had been sent to the general passenger
agents Of the roads centering in Omaha a
request to forward to the secretary the
names OF all station agents within a radius
Of seventy-five miles OF Omaha, so that
there could be sent to them matter adver-
Using the excursion rates which have been
offered by the several roads. According to
the present plan the roads will give a rate
Of one fare for the round trip to Omaha and
return from all stations within the distance
mentioned, as follows: On the lines OF the
Burlington and the Rock Island, Monday,
August 4; on the Elkhorn the Northwestern
and the Omaha roads, Monday, August IL;
on the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pa
cihc, Monday, August Is. and on the NIL
waukee, the Wabash and the Illinois Cen
trail, Monday, August 20. AS soon as the
replies OF the general passenger agents have
been received the business men OF Omaha
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so that they may send to their friends
and customers In each city a special In
vitation to be the guests OF the society OF
the day that the special rates will be made
from their homes. 1t is expected that with.
in the next week more than 5000 invitations
to persons residing in the omaha territory
will be sent out and the low rate. 1t Ia
hoped. will bring a large proportion of the
invited guests to the city. P
HustIIng Committee Meeting.
1t was announced that the hustling com.
mittee will meet at Balduff's at noon today
for the purpose of arranging to solicit
passengers for the special train to Dead.
wood.
Among those from Nebraska who passed
through the wells at the den last night and
became enlightened were: e. A. Wright Of
Wolbsch. A. l.. Williams of Portage. DR.
c. E. Furay OF Chadron. Judge w. II
Westover Of Rushville, r. Mcbride OF Kear-
ney, C. d. Ruther Of Stanton, Max Asmui
Of Norfolk, c. W. Dixon and M. G. Colpetzei
Of Grand Island and w. J.. Kottas Of Mil.
ligan, From beyond the confines of the
state came j. X. Prugh and Z. Salem o.
Sioux City, w. s. Collins of Basin, Wyo.
J.. F. TAFT and William Beatty Of Dubuque
G. Shafer OF Sheldon, Ia. G. F. Boylan o.
Armour, S. D., F. A.. Woods of Marshall
town, Ia. Saumel Baer OF Billings. Mont.
and Arthur Mcmahon Of Kansas City.