Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-04
The Bee Will Post News Hot from
Ringside at Reno.
MOTORCYCLE RACES BEGIN EARLY
Durbar, Children's Matinee, Dancing
and Fireworks at Clubs.
AK-sAR-BEN KNIGHTS AT PICNIC
VIII Leave for TekRmah at 0t3O
over North ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Rehearsal at German Home
This Morning.

Events of the day
Jeffrles-Johnson fight returns-Bee bulle-
tin board.
Vinton park: Base ball. Lincoln VS..
Omaha, 3:45.
Motorcycles races at Fifty-ninth and
Ak-Sar-Ben basket picnic to Tekamah.
McKeen motors leave Webstret street sta
ton at $3.50.
ManaWa, Pains tireW0rkS Tor special at
traction.
Courtland beach. bathing fireworks and
other attractions.
Seymour lake, regular attractions and
fireworks.
Air Dome, Hilman's Stock company af-
ternon and evening.
"Durbar," at Country club sports dan
cling and fireworks. -,
Metz hall. st. Aloysius cadets drill, af-
ternoon and evening.
German Home, Mannerchor rehearsal,
at 10 a. m; sports and fireworks in the
evening.
Field club sports, children's matinee and
fireworks.
Happy Hollow club. sports. dancing and
Rod and Gun club, water carnical. sports
and dancing.
Nielsen's park, West Leavenworth: Dan
ish brotherhood picnic.
Syndicate park, A. o. II. auxiliary picnic,
Prairie park, anniversary day celebration.
City of Peoria, excursions afternoon and
evening.
Miller park, cricket and golf.
Today promises to be fairly tame in
Omaha, so far as celebrating within the
city is concerned No official function of
any kind is on the card, ny way Of recog-
milton of the eral significance of Inde-
pendence Day. Chief Donahue has in
structed his officers to see to it that as
tight a bride as possible is put on the
youngsters and oldsters who may be in
clined to get up too much steam in the
way of ndiscriminate and dangerous noise
making. Already the pulling has begun, and
the officers will stand no nonsense. but will
stick close to the letter of Mayor Dahlman's
proclamation touching the use OF fireworks.
A very considerable number of lndivid-
uals and families have gone to other parts
of Nebraska to spend the Fourth, while
others will hike to the nearby country, TO
the lakes and to the clubs which have golf,
tennis and other attractive attachments.
Family picnics will be popular in the
parks and several associations also have
picnics on the card. The street cars will
be the automobiles for the populace to
hurry them to the various places Of amuse-
ment in and about Omaha, always except
ing the large percentage of the male popula-
tion that will stick around to take part in
the prize fight gossip and receive the news
bulletins as they are put out by The Bee.
noon, probably, and will take on real in
ring at Reno.
Races, Picnics and Parties.
| Motorcycle devotees will foregather at 8
this morning in the vicinity of Fifty-nnth
and Dodge streets for a series of races and
at $50 McKeen motors will take the
knights Of Ak-Sar- Ben and their friends
from the Webster street depot for the trip
to Tekamah. The Burt county metropolis
will be the scene of picnic for the knights
and their friends The occasion is to serve
the double purpose of a days pleasure
away from the city streets and of fra
ternizing with good friends of Omaha.
| Herman B. Peters was appointed path
finder for the Ak-Sar-B -Benites who will
make the trip today to the basket picnic
and races at Tekamah in automobiles. He
went as far as Blair Sunday afternoon and
reports the roads in splendid condition, sc
no one need fear to start out in their autos
At the Country club "durbar'' will be
the feature. and the Field club managers
will stage an interesting matinee of joy.
full makeups for the children. At botr
these social pleasure centers dancing ans
fireworks will be favored, and the Happy
Hollow club will follow suit.
The golf links. private and public, will
be trod by arger squads than usual, anC
at Miller park a cricket game will Offer
a chance for those who love the English
game to see the wickets fall.
Maennerchor rehearsals will be on at tn,
German home on South Thirteenth stree
at 10 o'clock this morning, and the musica
treat will be taken full advantage Of b,
Germans generally, In the afternoon anf
evening the cadets OF Aloysius school will
give exhibition drills at Metz hall on soutf
Thirteenth street,
The Danish Brotherhood Of Omaha will
have a social gathering at Nielsen's park
/ Forty-ninth and Leavenworth. this after
noon. and the A. o. H. auxiliary of Soutl
Omaha will hold picnic in Syndicate parl,
At Prairie park a celebration Will also b
held by residents OF that vicinity.