Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
Ak-sar-Ben's own Events.
Coronation Ball--Friday.
Cinderella Bali--saturdAy, as3O p. m.


Full OF breezy carnival exuberance, some
100 members OF the local lodge OF Elks and
half as many more from outside the city.
Invaded the Kings Highway last night.
stormed the flea circus, whirled round the
-cIreling wave. peered at the smallest horse
in the word and violently applauded Wen
ona when the glass balls smashed at the
crack OF her rifle. Incidentally the mem-
bers OF the antlered tribe almost created
q fsmine IN the confetti market.
Every night this week the royal thorough
fare OF King iAk-Sar-Ben XIV has seen
the crowds grow and ~ possible become
more merry. TO this rule OF increase,
Elks' day or rather night was on excep-
tion. About every member OF the order in
the city had made up his mind TO go and
carried out his intention. Most Of them
also brought few friends TO help swell
the receipts and the volume Of cheerful
noise expected OF carnival attendants
Exalted Ruler ]. A. Rine, Past Exalted
Ruler A. c. wakeiy and Secretary Isaac
Miner led ta.e COHORTS, Their figures were
the ralISing points for groups of Elks
throughout the evening ana while the or
der ala not attend 'an body vet they
were naturally cohering all the time. occa-
sionalIy a swirlng eddy of laughing, ges-
sweep along with it an Elk or two, but
these quickly got back to the main herd.
Fireworks Are Great.
Members of the Benevolent Protective Or
der OF Elks have seen many fireworks dis
plays at national conventions OF the order
but they agreed with one voice that the
pyrotechnics in honor of King Ak-Sar-Ren
XIV last night eclipsed oil these and We'd
with any conceptions with which famous
Payne or Kiralfy ever made the heavens
beautiful.
Aerial bouquets OF seventy-five one-pound
rockets. empyrean Niagara Falls. Rough
Rider fusirades and score Of other set
pieces glorified the skies and dazZled the
retinas of the thousands on thousands who
watched the zenith from the carnival
grounds from the streets and sidewalks all
over Omaha and from the surrounding
country districts.
Set off from a well chosen point. the lot
where the Edward Rosewater residence
stood high over the rest OF the city, the
gigantic tongues OF fire and forks OF flame
were easily visible to every one who cast
his or her eyes alolt Spectators saw a
SaXor pyramid, Yankee Doodle batteries
ard floral fountains without number as well
as mines and umbrellas gaudy and brill
lidnN VI Ilot ol pilkhN ChloEs
After the Taft meeting the thousands al
ready on the grounds were augmented by
those who attended that meeting
Quarter of Million People.
Members of the Ak-Sar- Ben Board Of
Governors who rode in the electrical parade
Wednesday night say the e.oVId was the
largest ever on the streets ia the fourteen
years of Ak-Sar- Ben
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway company handled over 225.OOO peo-
pie Wednesday and cid it without a mis-
hap. The company was better equipped
than ever for handling large crowds and
Rad forty cars more IN service than on the
night Of the big parade a year ago. New
cars were ordered last year for delivery
before the parades, but they did not ar
rive in time so the company had the twenty
new cars from last yesr and the twenty
new ears OF this year. which made a con-
siderable addition to the service. Within
one hour after the parade had passed over
200 cars passed Sixteenth and Howard
streets In both directions. over three to the
minute.
Council Bluffs turned out in fun force
g. see the electrical pageant Western
iowa turned out nearly as well as Ne
brasl<a and the Iowa railroads had all they
could do 10 handle the crowds that came
TO Omaha. The bridge street cars were
all loaded to the guards.
An idea OF the crowds from out-of-towH
cannot be gained by the report OF the
railroads OF the number brought in We'd
nosday because the rates have been ef-
fecuve all week and people have been
drilling in steadily since Monday. All the
rosds had special trains out "Wednesday
night and all OF these were we'll filled. al
though Il WAS evident many people were
staying over for the fireworks and to hear
Taft
what Low Rates DO.
3 The Union Pacific with it's l-oent-a-mile
rate has brought about 6OCO people to
Omaha during the week and the Buriing-
ton about 1000 with its lls-cent rate. rs,
Inmates were not available on the other
lines but II is safe TO say the fourteen
lines running into Omaha had all the bust
ness they could well handle.
An increase was shown from every direc.
tion except from west and south Of Lin
coin. and there Taft cut in on the crowd
with the big Taft celebration az Lincoln
An estimate of that crowd may be gained