Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-05
AFFAIRS Al SOUTH OMAHA
No Formal Observance Of Labor Day
Beyond Suspension Of Work.
A. o. u. W. CARNIVAL FORMALLY OPENED
bohemian Turner'S Complete Their
Contests, Announce winners
and Wind Up with n
Daace.

Labor day was quiet in South Omahs
though 1t was generally observed Only the
necessary work was performed and most
Of the stores were closed. There were no
parades or outward demonstrations. Sew
eraI organizations held picnics of a more
or less public nature in various parks of
the city. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Ancient Order OF IIibernians gave a picnic
in Syndicate park during the afternoon to
which many friends of the order hocked.
The time was spent In numerous races and
contests. Dancing was a favorite pastlme.
The women were on hand with plenty of
the best things to eat Every one was
satisfied.
The Foresters gathered their forces and
their good rhings and took special cars to
Hanscom park in Omaha.
During the afternoon the Bohemian Turn
srs of the Tel Jed Sokol paraded the
streets in the interests of their order On
reaching the pavilion at Twenty first and
streets a public meeting was held at
which City Attorney II. B. Fleharty deliv-
cred an address of welcome in place of
Mayor Hector, who was indisposed from a
cold. Following this address several tele-
grams OF greeting were read to the delight
Of the crowd. Following this otakar Char
u,
the Bohemian paper of Omaha, delivered
the Grafton of the day In the native tongue
of the Bohemians. A gymnastic exhibit
ton followed in which the young women
played a large part.
There were three or four picnic parties
among the members of the South Omaha
country club. All were enjoyable. One of
the largest of these, twenty-sx in number,
under the guidance of Mr.. and Mrs. Bolin
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Arnold, spent the
entire afternoon at the club grounds and
finished up with a delightful little dance
in the evening.
Opening of Carnival.
The formal opening of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen carnival came last
night with a phenomenally large attendance.
There was a parade which was led by a
band and consisted of drill teams, a few
comics and floats. The crowd, however,
was so anxious to see the parade that they
rushed into the street in advance of II and
all around it until 1t was fairly swallowed
up with the exception of the sound of the
picelo and the bass drum. Nobody seemed
| to- care whether 1t was good parade or
whether there were any attractions inside
the gates or not, but focked in behind
the band and in front Of 1t in an astonish-
| ing and uproarious manner. Freedom was
what the most of them wanted. chance
to throw of the structures of decorum for a
couple of hours, jostIe, and shout, and
laugh. and play the thousand FRANKS OF
carnival time.
For the most part the crowds were civil
| and Jolly. One or two cases of arrest were
made when few colored boys carried pat-
tiers too far. All the shows were generously
| patronized.
The company has been little unfortu.
nate in getting a good start. They came
here Sunday from Tarkio. Mo-, and ex-
perienced several. delays in getting on the
grounds. In the first place there was q
delay of several hours in getting trans
ferred into the South Omaha yards Their
a wrecked freight car onsthe Union Pacific
kent matters at "A standstilf for several
hours more carload Of apparatus in
Guiding the merry-go-rouhd and wheels has
| failed to arrive up to the present time II
will be set up later in the week Other
\ wise the carnival Is on. II the present
fine weather continues great success will
follow A regular program is carried out
| every afternoon and evening. The shows
are all of good class. .t7
Turner's ANNOUNCE winners.
The Bohemian Turner's finished the events
of their tournament yesterday and an
nounced the results at the grand ball last
night which was the final number of the
program The following is the tabuation
of the most interesting events, not mention
ing any of the apparatus work:
! Glass winner of all-around contests,
| gold and silver medals: Anton Pesek OF
! Schuyler, 161 g of a possible 400. Second of
all-around contests Ray Prohaska, Omaha
Class 2-Christ Perina. South Omaha,