Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06

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Bachmann and d. Risley
Ancient order of United workmen.
In general design this float suggested the
form of Greek galley. pretty anchor
design with the orders shield doomed up
brilliantly in the lights. AT the back Of
the float was shown q picture of ]. J.
Upchurch, the founder of the order. The
letters &c. H. p" were inscribed on the
side of the float and shown out with much
luster, Fred Sohamel, Jesse Eruce c. s.
Sutton. Max Geisler, Gus Gilman. 1. c.
Kellogg and r. L. Carter were on the
float. Riding horses with this fioat were:
Jack swartze, w. F. stoetzel. Charles lizard
and 7. d Dakin.
knights of Pythias.
The story of Damon and Pythias was sus-
gested in a brilliant setting seen on the
Knights Of Pythias' float The picture rep
resented showed Damon Offering himself
into the hands OF Dionysius as a substi-
tute for Pythias. Between two pillars at
the front OF the float appeared the en-
Diem OF the order with the letters, "F. B.
G A forest was shown at the end OF the
noat Two punches of twigs, tied together
and denoting strength, were shown. The
color scheme OF this float was splendid.
The characters on the float were repre-
scented by r. c. Streulow. DR.. c. B. Atzen,
+. Hinze, o. A. Heath, H. NJ johnson,
Ernest James, F. C. Reinner and Otto
Wagner. On horses were: ]. A. DalzelL
Mike Lee. William Berg and Rudolph
BeaL
The Royal Achates.
The massing Of several large designs en-
blematic of the Royal Achates comprised
the ninth float These figures were very
brilliant and taken together made a pretty
hoat. Maltese cross shed its radiance
over the float. while a number of little
ornamental designs completed the moving
picture presented, Irving @. Baright, E.
L. Potter, c. c. Clark and w. w. Weace
rode on the float, while H. Pritehett. DIR.
w. N. Dorward. e. o. Boutwell, and r.
F. Canon were the mounted knights.
Modern WOOdmen of America.
Float No 10 had refreshing atmos-
phere in that It presented scenes close to
nature A little clump OF cedars with a
woodman holding his axe, an eagle perched
on log and about to soar away, oak
leaves and acorns were presented on this
float in pleasing manner. High up in the
center of the float a woman sat holding
torch that all might see the way. The
emblems Of the Modern woodmen of Amer
lea were worked together to good effect
c, H. T. Riepen, X. c. Bishop, William
Urbach, w. II. Dorranoe. A. Karbach and
s. L. Bonoritz were assigned to this float.
c. NJ. Richards. II. E. Stafford, w. e.
Davis and II. ]. Riepen were the knights
in armoF who rode horses with this float.
Knights of Columbus.
The theme presented in the float repre-
senting the Knights of Columbus was one
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The front figure of this float was a repre-
scntation Of the Santa Maria, the nag ship
of Columbus when he made his little trip
to this country many years ago. The
ship rested on two mermaid figures having
the heads and shoulders OF Venus and
Adonis. A bust OF Columbus, several
Spanish knights and other suggestions Of
the story of Columbus were shown. The
float was one OF the most pretentious Of
the twenty in the parade. F. e. Donahue.
Dan Hurley c. b. Dugdale and 8. j.
Doniky were on the float, while p. j Nc.
Namara N II. Nelson. A. ]. Petrie and
W. II. Jones were the horsemen in. armor.
knights OF the MaccaBees.
Bee hives, bees, flowers and a huge sun
flower were chief objects that made the
Maccabees' float something to please the
eye with. 1t was like a glimpse into a
corner OF fairy land. Leading the way at
the top OF the front of the float, was the
figure of a woman holding by rein six
bees, giving the suggestion that the bees
were drawing the float through the air
on the fioat were A. Karbach. Ernest
Lehman. c. A. Damon, Charles Karbaeh,
Ed Palmer and r.. M. Sutton. The horse
men riding with this float were c. b. White,
W. J. Cattin, II. Petrie and C. l.. Porter.
Independent order of Odd Fellows.
Something OF a novelty was presented in
the "all-seeing-eye," shown in the ODD
Fellows float. The eye was Of large d.
mansions and took within it's range Of
vision every one along the route Of the
parade The eye was in the center OF a
triangle with the three words, Friend
ship. Love and Truth" linked. Various
figures emblomatic OF the order were
worked out. Al the front Of the float was
shown the upiifted hand with a heart in
the palm. A. Reiehenback. W. l.. MariIs,
c. and A. Peters. r. Howard and v. w.