Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-04

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The route of the flower parade today
will be from the tent at Twenty fifth and
Farnam, east on tarnam to Fifteenth,
north to Douglas east to Eleventh, south
to Farnam, west to Fifteenth, south to
Howard, west to Sixteenth. south to Leav-
enworth and then countermarch to Cum
ing and lizard streets, whore the parade
Will disband.
The state? / am The state" exclaimed
Louis XVI and the world laughs.
The state? | am the state" well might
Ak-Sar-Ben XII have exclaimed and his
world would have added one more plaudit
to that deafening storm of applause with
which 1t received him last night. But the
French monarch was a tittul man and
Quveras king Is an indomitabe person.
aiity the ruler of a great, strong, pros
porous and PROUD people anu ne forbade.
Mnat king on his throne could nave
matcned the twelfth scion of the house
OF Ak-sar-ben as he swept maJesucally
ana trlumpnantly up through the long,
dense lane OF human beings last nlgnt to
receive the scepter OF nIs authority?
Unmatched, unrNaled, Unparalleled in the
history OF tnis superb festival which has
made Omaha and Nebraska famous was
the advent OF TINS king, were the circunl-
stances attending his coming, was tnat
tremendous mass OF humanity whicn wit
messed the impressive function ana cnecrtd
10 see the climax of the beloved festivities.
whose real elimination is the coronation
of king and queen Friday night.
Crowds attending the annual electrical
pageants have been estimated in previous
years high as NO,0O0. Last years crowd
was variously placed between $4,000 and
100000 Those estimates may have been
correct. 1t is impossible to tell But this
year it is the general opinion OF those
| adapted TO making such estimates that
the crowd was larger than ever seen IN
Omaha since the memorable day when VIII
liam Mckinley immortalized the transmits
sissippi exposition with his presence. IL
that estimate is correct then more than
| 20O0o0 people witnessed the advent OF King
Ak-Sar-Ben last night
Crowd Gets Moneys worth.
The immense crowd was fitting tribute
TO the excellence of the pageant, which
/ was admittedly the most beautiful that
/ mas ever attended the annual function.
Ablaze with myriads of white and colored
! lights the floats were dazzling 10 the eyes
| of the multitudes. Like a huge dragon
with lights sparkling from every scale the
monster procession wormed its way down
the street to receive the plaudits Of the
/ loyal subjects of the old monarch.
| And the people were not slow in showing
their fealty to the king. Gathered from
every corner of Quivera they We'd with
each other in shouting their plaudits The
float bearing King Ak-Sar-Ben XII was
cheered from the beginning to the end of
| the triumphal march. The applause be-
| in charge of Chief Donahue appeared to
| gan when the squad of mounted policemen
| clear the way and 1t continued almost un-
! abated until the lights on the chariot of
| the king had disappeared in the distance.
| Certain portions of the parade struck the
! popular fancy better than others and re-
| ceived a larger share of the applause, but
there was praise, noisy and demonstra-
tive, for all of them. The bands which
had been gathered from all over the realm,
even from the land of the Dakotas, drew
rounds Of applause wherever they dis
! coursed.
! The board of Ak -Sar- Ben governors. with
their pure white uniforms and mounted on
their restlve steeds. headed the procession
proper and received suitable homage from
the masses. The huge title float THE Ma
tlons of the Earth" swept past the review
ing stand and was accorded similar hon
ors. Cheers for the nations followed al
the national representatives passed the
stand and to all of them Mayor Dahlman
doffed his hat in salutation.
Climax of Demonstration.
The great demonstration came when the
gorgeousy lighted creation representing
America swept into view. The cheers for
the national emblem, mingled with those
for King Ak-Sar-Ben whose regal chariot
! was close behind. The applause burst out
spontaneously and re-echoed time after
time. The first float stopped second
while greetings passed between the mayor
and the occupants. The kings equipage
did not stop at the reviewing stand. Fol-
lowing the precedent set last year the
formality of handing the keys to the king
was not observed, although the keys had
been provided and were all ready to be
given into the roYal hands. King and
mayor we're face 10 face for an instant
while sign of recognition passed between
them and then the procession moved OF
and the crowd closed IN front OF the stand
Thus was accomplished, amid demonstra.
tions of JOY from his loyal subjects. the
entrance into his beloved city of King AK,
sar-Ben XII greatest of his line.
Parade Best of All.
The parade splendid success. L
reflected great credit upon It's authors
and eXecutioners. The theme, Nations
OF the Earth proved most populal
one and one susceptible of great develop
ment. The floats were beautiful and In
teresting or comicaI and entertaining. Al
was the motive.
Title Float.
The Nations of the Earth. strong
armed young woman, the daughter of th'
nations. held aloft the word title" whil'
behind her Atlas had the Garth elsvates