Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06
Kingdom Of Quiven Holds Record Of Meme
More Great or Grand.
oNDrloNS ARE IN PERFECT ACCORD
Weather Perfsc', People Prosperous, Jm-
perisl City Beautifully Illuminated,
PAGEANT ItsT OF ALL
only the Rail- LRcktua Now co Give
Public Identity of Crowns and
sceptcr. Co the New
Rulcrs.

beautiful autumn night. radiant. brilliant,
dazzling with the illumination OF nyriads
of electric lights and In che midst OF one
vast, almost innumerahle sea OF human
beings, the eleventh ruler OF the Kingdom
OF Quivera, the proud scion OF the house OF
Ak-Sar-Be made his advent last night
with regal splendor and majestic mien
the good king received the sceptre OF do
minion, bowed his recognition to the iTb,0W
or 100000 loyal subjects Of his empire, 1T
a cigar and said
"Gid-dap."
And so the advent is over aud now
abdeth only the BAN to complete the cere-
mony attending the annual change In mon
arohs OF this realm when the king shall
receive his crown and queen.
II ever a king was ushered into a king
dom under conditions more auspicious.
neither the Oldest 1nhabitant nor the Care
ful Observer could recall the incident nor.
forsooth. could the First Settler
The weather was perfect; the people
coming from happy homes, were delightful:
the streets, newly paved, were comforting;
the illumination was gorgeous and over
and above all, prosperity having reigned so
universally and so long, gave assurance
and equanimity OF spirit to the newly made
king.
Moves Time.
This years electrical pageant. entitled
''The World OF Mystery" was drawn out
of the den on North Twentieth street at
s o'clock by eighty steeds from the royal
stables. and was escorted through the
streets by eighty mounted knights IN
armor. Chief Of Police Donohue, Sergeant
Hayes and detail OF mounted police lead
the parade with the board of governors
following. Bands from various parts OF
the realm dscoursed sweet music along the
way and kept the king and his subjects in
the best of spirits.
The twenty floats seen last evening was
another testimonial that Ak-Sar- Ben II not
only holding it's proud record In the foat
building line but is making progress from
year to year The sight last evening from
Sixteenth and Farnam streets looking
north over the slowly moving spectacle was
| one of lifetime
| There were many words of praise spoken
yesterday for Gus Renee. whose inventive
and executive ability has done so much to
make tho electrical parade a synonym for
! Omaha and Ak-Sar- Ben. Gould Dletz.
Walter Jardine, Al Powell and George
West have been on the parade committee
and worked hard for the success. The most
perfect system prevailed at the den last
evening in getting the floats out for parade
and getting the crowd OF men to their
various places without n hitch
| King Ak-Sar-Ben XI was in the best
OF spirits last evening. He came to town
.. early In the evening. was driven 10 tho
den in Gould Dietz' auto. His serene
sjesty with his attendants reached Six.
teenth and Farnam streets at $40 and at
the city hall at $3.50.
spcechmSLiaE Cut out.
Tho usual exchange Of Fluctuations be-
tween the mayor and the king did not take
place last evening when the king rode
past the city hall. The mayor and a num-
| her of other officials occupied a reviewing
! stand In front of the city hall and when
the kings float reached the stand there
were such brief salutations the occasion
would permit The mayor told the kina
he was glad to see him and the king told
the mayor the same thing and then both
agreed TO meet today on the Kings High.
way Mayor Moores says the king knows
he can have the keys of the city any time
he wants them, so the speechmahlng In
front Of the city hall has been abandoned.
When the Grand Army of the Republic
noat reached the city hall and court house
where several thousand people had gath.
cred. an ovation WAS given the old sol
ders.
one commendable feature NJ the evening
was the superb manner in which the police
performed the arduous task OF handling tn,
vast throngs.
The world of Mystery.
Two clasped hands on either side OF tn,
title host sounds thb keynote OF the elev
enth annual k-sar- Ben electrical parade
"The World Of Mystery" this years theme
has been happily selected, The subjec
suggests the close relations now eSistinI
between Omaha and the various sectloni
OF the state, brought about TO a large ex
tent by Ak-sar- Ben and being in a wa,
akin to the fraternal spirit fostered by IN,
secret orders represented In last night
parade TO carry out the idea Of fraternnI
ism In the title float an altar with an opel
book and burning incense and myrrh an
peared at the front, while at the rear tw,
live goats and "a custodian were shown
Frank Wilcox was the Eoat-keeper. Oi
horses at the side OF the title float Wer
II. r. williams Jack Sharp, Lewis Bliok
ensderfer and Lester Dreibus.
The MOBILES of the Mystic shrine.
This float was one Of the best that eve
was seen I'm an Omaha parade The en-
blems of the order, the blind tiger, came
and gorgeous decorations OF the orient
The camel and tiger moved automatically
giving to the whole design a life-like ap
peatance This float created much en-
thusiasm along the route. The rich tapes
tries, verdant foliage, brilliant designs o
the Shriners emblems blended perfectl,
with the food of light shed from man
electric lights b. +. Thomas. John Yates
j. !. Deright E. l.. Dodder, H. A. Foster
Ed Kruger y. w. Fitch. Frank Martin
Charles Huntington and NJ. H. Collins wer
the shriners on the float The horseme
were George W. Fitehett. Lewis Raapke
A. wellman and w. e. Tagg.
The Royal Areanum.
Considerable architectural design ap
peared In the float that represented IN
; Royal Arcanum. The front Of the hoat rep
resented a marble throne with massive oil
lars. on the throne or aleove we're variou
! mepbers OF the order IN reEalia. On eac
side OF the float appeared large rosetts
part Of which rsyolved With lights, maksn.