Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-29
RECORD CROWD At THE FAIR
Old Soldiers Day Erings Out an Attsudanos
Of About Fifty thousand.
NEBRASKA HORSE DOP1D BEFORE RACE
Fourth Class Postmasters Are HoIdInG
. Convention and Resolve they
should he Admitted TO the
Civil Service Lat.

DIES MONIES, Aug. S.-(speciaO--The
attendance at the state fair today was
about $4,000. which is an Increase OF about
5000 over the attendance of Tuesday last
year. Monday the attendance was 1851
and year ago II was l,s6S. All lndiea-
tons point TO clear weather and with
such continuation there Is every probable
lily that each days attendance will exceed
all former records. 1t would not SUR
prise the management of the fair ~ the
attendance tomorrow equalled 100000. Every
railroad and suburban train today was
filled. This Is old soldiers day and no
record whatever Ia kept OF their number.
They are admitted on their old soldiers
uniform or any other means of ldentin.
cation, that they carry and no record made.
1t is estimated that there were $500 old
soldiers admitted free today and 1Sev0
children. The paid admissions were about
5000 Last year the paid admissions were
$685. Three old soldiers. Watkins OF
Osceola and .Trobrljget ana Anderson of
Monroe were overcome by sickness at the
fair grounds today and were cared for al
the fair grounds hospital s.
Colonel NJ. L. Temple OF 0sceola Colonel
ID. ]. Palmer OF Washington, and Colonel
Clarke OF Cedar Rapids we're the principle
speakers at the old soldiers reunion held
on the grounds, which was in every way
success.
Judging the stock. and in all other de-
partments, began yesterday and ts being
hurried through today. There is great
deal Of difficulty being experienced in judg-
ing the horses and cattle as the Judging
must be done in one pavilion and the
number OF exhibits this year makes Il
dnicult for the judges to get around with
the work 1t is being done. however, with
out friction. The cattle are judged each
forenoon and the horses each afternoon.
The number of judges are being Increased
i'm order to facilitate the work. 8
The authorities are making every effort
today to locate John France of Johnson
county. He is knownto be here to attend
the fair. His brother Jacob France, fell
down the stairs at his home last night at
Lone Tree, Ia. and broke his neck. result
ing in his death.
T l.. Warren Of Brooklyn. Ia, was today
bitten in the calf Of the leg by vicious
boar He was in the swine pens exarifin-
ing the stock at the time. He was brought
to the city for medical attention
Page County Man Robbed.
John r. Lucas Of Page county was today
robbed of his wallet. containing $3.50 and
the thief who took the money was chased
through the business section of the street
and past the police station, and made good
his escape Lucas was at the,+corner Of
Fourth and Walnut when the man sliced his
pocket. open and took the money. Lucas
detected the robbery and gave the alarm,
and chase followed. Other robberies have
been reported to the police. George u,
Hill of Swan was robbed Of s25.
Has ~ Champion Hog.
TWENTY-FIVE hundred dollars Is a pretty
good price for one pig but. F. c.. ChiIes OF
Fairfield this morning refused to take that
sum for his boar, s. t. Perfection The
animal has just taken two prizes IN the
championship class one as the best cham
pion Poland-China boar. any age. and one
for the best OF similar character bred by
the exhibitor. 80 s ,s
The two same prizes for champion sows
were taken by John Francis & sons OF
Lennox, ILL.,, with their champion SOW,
Corrector Perfection. s.r.
Nebraska Horse Doped. ~-s.. :.
Pickett, a race horse owned by Pierson
ID. Smith Of st. Edward, Neb.. and en-
tered in the state fair races today was dis
covered to be doped with choral just be-
fore race in which the horse was entered
The driver. a colored man named Young,
brought the horse out from the barn and
suspected by its actions that all was not
well. Veterinarians were called and the
cause Of the trouble was soon discovered
and the horse relieved as much as possible.
He was then allowed to enter the race.
but made no showing such as the horse
was capable Of. A young negro whom
Young had befrended at one time was sus-
pected and arrested and; searched, sone
of the drug was found on the young negro's
person.
Postmasters Are Here.
Hundreds of fourth-ciass postmasters of
Iowa are In the city today to attend the
annual convention of the associati ton, which
is being held In the federal court room.
President Charles o.. Berry responded TO
the address OF welcome by Postmaster Nc.
Kay of this city. The discussions and
papers deal with the work Of the post
master in the small Offices The associa-
ton has previously taken a stand for put
ing the postmasters In the civil service
and will repeat their resolution again this
year. ~