Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
THOUSANDS CONE THIS WAY
Ak-sar-Bsn Carnival the Magnet that Draws
Multitude to Omaha.
BLACK HILLS PARTY ARRIVES SATURDAY
There VIII he ut Least -Four Hundred
on Excursion and They viii
Come 90 stay .Uptn
Lights Are out.

Thousands Of pleasure seekers from Ne
braska and other states will flock to Omaha
to attend the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival during
the next ten days. the first big party to ar
rive being that from the Black Hills. which
will come in at / o'clock Saturday after
noon. This party will be at least 400
strong and it will come loaded in Pullman
cars, II not loaded in any other way.
Some weeks ago Omaha sent a big dele
cation TO Deadwood to attend the Elks car
nival there and the Black Hills excursion
to the Ak-Sar-Ben festival is to be the re-
turn compliment. II is understood that
the men from the Black Hills who are to
arrive Saturday are to stay until the final
curtain is rung down on the carnival Of 1902
the following Saturday night-they are by
no means CUTTERS" and will come prepared
to stay until the lights are out.
The arrangements for the Black Hills
excursion we're made at a time when 1t
was expected that President Roosevelt
would be In Omaha Saturday night, and
since the abandonment Of the presidents
trip 1t has been thought that the South
Dakota men might postpone their visit
until next week. However, they have
decided to carry out their original plans.
president or no president, and a telegram
was received from them yesterday to
1890 - AhhSNANA - " NEhNA OIL
Passenger Agent Francis Of the Burling-
ton calls for another Pullman car, in addi-
tion to the number previously arranged for,
this indicating that the party will be larger
than at first expected.
To BE Met ut Seward.
A special committee Of the Ak-Sar-Ben.
composed of d. j. O'Brien, Fred Paffen-
rath, Arthur Metz, John c. Drexel, Albert
Calm and Franz nt,pIOn will r,aot fha
Black Hills people at Seward and hand
them the keys to Omaha and several other
things. Arriving in this city at 1 O'Clock,
the party will be escorted to the Elks
club rooms, where lunch will be served and
the band will play.
A program Of special carnival features for
the delight and edihcation OF the Black
Hills visitors in particular has been ar
ranged, with some of the highest salaried
people ever engaged for the vaudeville stage
on the card. First OF all of these great big
features will come Fred Metz and Jim Mar
tin, who on Tuesday afternoon will do their
unexcelled contortion act on the Midway;
then on Thursday afternoon Foxy
Grandpa" Weaver, the poor mans candidate
for mayor, will make a balloon ascension
from the east Midway into the alr-hot air
being used for this occasion, OF course.
Saturday night of next week Hon. Thomas
A. Fry, president Of the carnival associa-
ton, will deliver an appropriate address, en-
titled, TITS a Shame to Take the Money"
Routes for the
W. s. J%ardine. chairman OF the parade
committee, is at work on the arrangements
for the daylight parade at this time. 1t
will be impossible to give a list of the So
cieties and lodges which will participate
in the parade until Monday, as all who are
expected have not indicated their inten-
tions.
The daylight, parade will form at Six
teenth and Webster streets, moving on Six
teenth to Lea7enworth street. thence
countermarch on Sixteenth to Douglas.
thence to Tenth. thence to Farnam, thence
to Nineteenth, thence to Harvey, thence
to Fourteenth, thence to Douglas, where It
will disband.
The line OF the. electrical pageant is as
follows: Form at Sixteenth and Cunning
streets. thence to Howard. thence to Four
teenth street. thence to Douglas street,
thence to Tenth street, thence to Farnam
street, thence to Nineteenth street, thence
to Harvey street, thence to Fourteenth
street, thence to Dodge street. where 1t
will disband.
1t will be Friday night before the exhib-
it's at the carnival grounds are completely
installed. At the corner of Eighteenth
and Douglas streets are three booths which
will attract more than passing attention.
exhibit of The Bee.
The first is that OF The Bee Publishing
company. Here the original photographs OF
the many high-class illustrations which have
appeared in The Illustrated Bee and the
Twentieth Century Farmer are shown, to-
gether with some which have never APP
peared in print. The display is not yet COM
plete, but In It's unfinished condition 1t at
tracts much
Next to this booth is that of the Audito-
rum company. Here the perspective of the
Auditorium building is shown, and the at
tendants are devoting their time to the sale
Of common stock in the company.
The third booth is that of the Travellers
Protective Association OF America. This
booth is intended as a stopping place for
visiting commercial travellers and their
families during the carnival. There is a
remarkable display OF badges. containing
specimens OF nearly all OF the badges used
at the national conventions Of the order.
The exhibit includes the sugar beet badge
used at the national convention Of the order
held on the opening day Of the Transmits
sissippi exposition in Omaha and a photo
graph Of the delegates to the annual con-
%vention at Old Point Comfort. Va. last year.
The display Of the Douglas County Agrl-
cultural society will not be entirely in
stalled until Friday evening. 1t occupies
the entire space on the west side of Nine
teenth street between Farnam and Douglas.
The east side of this street at this place is
set aside for the free exhibitions. The fly
ing Langtords are at the corner OF Douglas
street and the dog show further south.
The diving elks are south Of Douglas street