Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-05

The visit of Or. Crouch to the carnival
grounds Monday night was a highly inter
estlng event
DR.. Crouch who blew into Omaha when
no one was looking, went to the carnival
grounds for purpose He was immensely
pleased when he struck the gatekeeper
at the pass gate, for he imagined he had
made valuable acquaintance So the
doctor proceeded on his way for several
feet and all of a sudden he bumped into
General Hilarity.
There occurred the biggest fight ever
pulled off on the carnival grounds. The
general called to his aid all the confetti
throwers within the sound OF his voice and
they lit into DR. Crouch with both feet
and both hands.
The doctor fought valiantly for several
minutes until finally General Hilarity got
the strangle hold and that was the end OF
DR.. Crouch
AS DIR. Crouch was the only one of the
family in the city the carnival will have
no further trouble from that source. As a
result Of the fight General Hilarity has un-
disputed charge Of the entire carnival
grounds, the city and all the country that
surrounds the city.
AS a tribute to General Hilarlty, Sam
son acting for the king, has ordered that
there be no more night in Omaha during
the entire week; that gladness shall be in
every mans soul and that such a welcome
be accorded the visiting subjects from out
in the state that with one voice Nebraska
shall rise up and call the principal city of
Quivera a warm old place.
Crowds Pour Into City.
Those who were at the station Monday
afternoon got an indication OF the great
number of people who will be In the city
during the week The regular trains were
filled and they all unoaded here. The
street cars from the stations were loaded
down and every visitor carried a grip or
suit case sufficiently large to contain a
weeks supply OF olothing-and the grips
may have contained clothing or their own
crs may have been possessed OF the idea
Omaha is like some other cities and packed
their grips accordingly
Anyhow big crowd has arrived in town.
The crowd did not stand around on the
streets and cape and wonder where TO go
either. The carnival grounds were soon
well sprinlSled with the visitors and for
the first time during an Afternoon the
shows did splendid business.
Incidentally the carnival spielers this
year put the old spielers clear to the bad.
There are professors, college men and men
who never saw the inside OF a college
doing the stunt There are foreigners who
talk in a strange tongue-but they get the
crowds, there are musical men wearing
dress suits, ami there are others who have
TO carry Identification cards to keep away
from the police, and there are scientists
at least one. who Is doing spiellng act
Just for the fun OF It getting the crowds
being merely an Incident with him) But
as matter OF fact the spieler is not
needed at this carnival. People are flock
ing in here from all parts Of the state
and their pockets are loaded down with
silver and bills and bullion and they are
trying TO get rid Of It. As the price OF ad-
mission TO the grounds and the charges
made by the shows are 50 small the visit
ors are having hard time getting any one
to relieve them OF their financial burdens.
Special Trains for Carnival.
The great influx of visitors conyinces
railroad men that the impression is rapidly
spreading over the state the street car
strike is interfering very little with travel
on the streets of Omaha and they are
making preparations to carry a vast num-
ber of people.
The railroads are crowding their regular
trains to the guard rails and the North
western ana Burlington and Illinois Cen
tral are running numerous specials, tickets
good from october 4 10 s.
The Burlington will run a special from
Lincoln leaving there al 5:l5 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon This train viii stop only
at Ashland and viii return after tho
parade. No. Y will stop at Waverly and
Greenwood and No. IA will stop at all
stations and will run on schedule A local
viii run out Of Omaha for Lincoln and in-
termediate points al lO:45 o'clock Wednes-
day night, while the regular train win
leave at II p. m.
The Burlington viii run a special out of
Plattsmouth al p. m. Wednesday; la
Platte I'LL and Bellevue az 7:2l- The spO-
eial returning will leave Omaha at II y