Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-09-30

| Saturday night, October 5, carnival closes.
Saturday, chidren's day.
| Monday, South Omaha day.
Tuesday. Iowa day.
| Wednesday, Douglas county day.
Thursday Lincoln day.
| Friday. Nebraska day
| Saturday, Council Bluffs day.
Attractions ON Kings HiEhwn1
| Slide for Lfe-3 D. IN. and D. m.
| High Dive-4;30 D. m. and $50 p. m.
The Bagdad show. which is not free. wis
occur at 1890. Sis and $50 D. m.
You can't keep good king down any
more than you can keep good man down.
Just exactly 2H more persons visited
Kings Highway during the first four days
of the carnival this year than dnring tire
first four days last year This is not ~,
markabIe except when regarded In the light
of the fact that one day tAis year was
practically lost because of rain; Friday
only sos persons passed through the gatess
which means substantially nothing OF
crowd. 1t all goes to show that with
bright weather. such as Colonel Welsh IL
bound to give. Kings Highway will have
unprecedented crowds this yelar and the
reign of Aksar-Ben XIII will go down IN
history as the greatest reigH OF tha'
dynasty.
For thirty hours the king hasA been rest
ing in his den, keeping warm tky the Inn
perial furnace which the court fheriequhe
! started Sunday morning with a f. arm load
of Roman candles and rockets, khich hSziea
| and screamed.
SUN ~ Resting, TOD No
Not even the shadow OF the nuineral HfsfAsS,
| could be seen the sun, the great bail OF.
energy saving its rays for the great week
ahead Of Samson and his crew. when the
bright rays will add to the spIehdor of the
festival Bands ceased their playing;
spelers doped upon throat ease:' SAM"
: the great airship, layed on one side in his
tent the great wound in his yellow sides
being stitched and filled with varnish.
Mile LeBlance spent day without risk
ing her life, and attended the theater for
both matinee and evening, the wild woman
dressed her own hair,' and the detail OF
police on the grounds had nothing to do
but check each other up and play fox and
geese in the booth assigned to them.
II was a day of rest on the carnival
grounds and never was Sunday more COM
pletely observed In the city. Not a lid
slipped out of place. and except for a little
necessary construction work at the carni-
val grounds everything quiet.
But hundreds Of people applied at the
gates for admission and had the king not
I II
ands would have visited the grounds and
made it a day of merry-malSing.
Rain early Sunday morning faded some
OF the decorations, which have been re-
placed with new bunting and bright flags
for the week of the kings great glory. The
highways were washed again and a stream
OF confetti was carried OF In the storm
sewers, leaving the cobblestone white to
glisten in the sunlight predicted for Nom
I la,. .. hatt. do of
pectations
New Things mt County Fair.
When the carnival grounds open early
this morning. new curiosities will greet the
visitors. They will not be double-headed
women nor cannibals; but big corpulent
Poland china. Jersey, Chester White and
Yorkshire swine from the farms of Doug
las county. and pumpkins ready to burst
In the autumn sun. long green Georgia
watermelons; potatoes which make irS1-
gated lands seem a failure, and apples In
all colors from the bushes of early spring
to those which ripen with the colors Of
autumn leaves.
Exhibits OF the Douglas county fair
were completed Saturday afternoon and
evening, while the swine division was ar
ranged Sunday, the sheds being erected
on Eighteenth street TO the left OF the
main gate. The management has invited
Douglas county farmers TO DrinB IN the
hogs. and they will be shown side by side
with the long ears OF yellow corn which
fattens them. The fair this year presents
complete exhibits, the woman's depart
ment being of special interest, while an
apiary exhibit will attract the attention
OF bee keepers who visit the carnival
from Iowa and Nebraska.
When the attendance Saturday evening
OF 2s1OO was reported to the manage
ment President Wattles and Secretary
Penfold declared the increase OF 5000
over the attendance on a corresponding
day last year. 10 be evidence OF how much
more extravagant the entire festival of
King Ak-sar-Ben VIII be this year than
any previous year.
Bureau of Information.
With the promise Of so many thousands
coming to the city. Commissioner Gill of
the Commercial club began arrang gements
Saturday evening 10 establish nrst-class
information bureau In the big reception
hall of the Commercial club rooms ad 10
secure a large list OF rooms close TO car
lines which win be rented TO visitors.
An experienced clerk was secured to de-
vote her entire time 70 the rooms" de-
partment OF the information bureau, ana
by using the telephones a large indexed
list was secured by Sunday evening Al
most all the rooms are modern and well
located. Visitors may secure reserya-
tions by calling at the club rooms or
telephoning the Information bureau, a
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