Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 20, 1895, Page 1

e e—————— P ESTABLISHED JUNE 1 9, 1871. ————— e OMAHA, FRIDAY MORN NG, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895—~TWELVE PAGE BROKE THE RECORD More Than Fifty Thousand People Enter Through the Gates, IT WAS BANNER DAY AT THE FAIR Attendance Passes Boyond Anything That Had Heretoforo Been Seen, DUST AND WIND KEEP MANY AWAY Transportation Companies Did the Best They Could to Handle the Crowds. WORK OF THE JUDGES WENT BRAVELY ALONG Rush to the ir Grounds Set Early and Continned Al Day, Notwithstanding the Wretched Weather, ‘YesteMay was the big day at the state falr. In spite of almost torrid heat and driving wind and the bot dust that makes out-of- door existence a burden, the White City wa thronged yesterday with such a surging mass of people as was never before seen on one field in Nebraska. If thousands of peojle were kept at home by the weather it fs difficult to imagine how they could have made their way to the falr grounds had the elements been more propitious. The railroads and motors gave the best possiblo service, but it would seem that the crowds that they were carrying today reached the limit of their capacity, The most conservative estimate places the crowd on the grounds at 2 o'clock at upward of 50,000 people and they were still coming by thousands. An engine on the Missourl Pacific ran off the track at West Lawn at 1 o'clock and | delayed the traffic for thirty minutes, but | no one was Injured. As soon as the track was cleared extra trains were put on and a few moments later the accident was for- Botten, All this after day night would be in the hottest summer night during which the air scemed to be literally loaded with heat and 80 heavy that It required an effort to breathe, The crowds that packed the motors coming | home from the parade seemed worn out and breathless, and if there was & man, woman or child in Omaha who did not breathe a | prayer for rain it was because the word was | not included in their vocabulary. It was impossible to sleep and people lay awake and listened anxiously for the first mutterings that might presage even the slightest blessing of rain. Over and over sgain they imagined that the longed for shower had broken, but it was only the wind rustling in momentary gusts through the fast yellowing leaves of the water mapl-s, And the long night pasred without even a breath of dew to purify the air and slike the thirst of the grass blades that were shriy- eling with the heat. The morning was but the awakening of the night. The sunrise rivaled the noonday heat In intensity and the hot wind followed in its wake., It was such a morning as might have been felt during a long summer’s drouth, It would have been enervating then, but it Wwas unbearable in September. But even this could mot prevent the people of Omaha and their many visitors from shaking off the adolescence of the day and joining to break all the records of attendance at the state fa They started with the first gleams of day- light and the river of humanity continued to pour into the grounds until late in the after- noon. “We can’t_expect to get people to come out in suchweather as this,” said Superintendent of Gates Bowen. No one else expected it either, but 8till they came. They went by thousands and tens of thousands and by every im- aginable means of conveyance. WHEN THE RUSH COMMENCED, At 8:20 a long train of cars pulled out of the Missourl Pacific depot. It was crowded through all the aisles and to the verge of the platforms. Twenty minutes later another speclal started and there was no lessening in the jostiing crowd that jammed tho plat- form. When they arrived at the grounds they found the trains of the other roads equally crowded, and at 9 o'clock there were fully 2,000 people massed in front of the west entrance waiting to get through tho gates. It was the same story at the east gate, where tha motors deposited their loads. The street railway service was excellent, con- sidering the demand on thelr resources. The trains were only a few blocks apart, and they were loaded until not even a fly could have found foothold. The roofs of the cars were rlckvd with men and women, many of the atter with babies in thefr arms, hung to a precarious footlng on the edges of the foot- boards. Dut the cars moved rapidly in spite of thelr unaccustomed burdens, and the trip to the grounds from Fourteénth and Howard streets was made in from thirty to forty minutes. But there were thousands who did not avail themselves of the cars. All the carry- alls that could be found in the city, and many which were Improvised - for the occas slon, were busy carrying people out. Fam- ily carrfages and vehicles of every descrip- | tion wero packed away in the carriage stand by thousands until the regular spice was filled with them long before noon. Every one who had a bicycle used it, and at least 2,000 went awheel. There were more than 30,000 people on the grounds at 10 o'clock, and an hour later the crowd was bigger than at any time during the preceding days. It was the general opinlon that it there had been a good shower during the night, or it the wind and sun had been less disagreea- ble, fully 75,000 peopla would have been mobilized at the grounds, and many more would have been compelled to turn back be- cause they could not get there. But inside the grounds the jam appeared in all its variety and immensity. From all directious it poured into the common amphi- theater, where it pushed, hustled, elbowed and eddied back aud forth until the vast slopes north of the race track were so densely populated that it seemed as though all Nebraska must have poured in to swell | the throng. Progress through the bulldings was next to impossible. Crowds hung at the entrance walting for a chance to push their ‘way into the passages, and once inside there Wwas no retreat. The visitor must go through with the push, and if he was too tired to travel he could allow himself to be propelled along through the aisles. Those who not. seen the exhibits beforo found but little ops portunity to admire their beauties, From the moment that they allowed themselves. l? be jammed into the throng, they were fof their own masters, were (he creatures of the crowd, whi them “hither and thither at’ Its or willingly or not, mattered little,s H FEATURES OF THE DAY. 1t was fortunate that It was a wenderfully gond ured crowd. It seemed that ail gomers had resigned themselves to the worst. They realized all that (he dust and heat would offer by way of discomfort and they were determined to make the best of it. hiey even acted as though they enjoyed it and allowed their toes to be trampled, their faces to be smeared with perspiration and dust and their linen wilted and solled and laughed and joked through it all. It was| laughable to women of soclety preten- tions who would ordinarily have felt them- selves forever disgraced If a speck of soot had chanced to repose unnoticed on th such a night as Wednes- exceptional even da a bridge of the ncre. But at the fair their "I.u tollet was soon & thing (om(t:m' They moved through the crowd with faces as dirty as a street gamin's and dresses flocked “and spotted, and were as supremely unconcerned as though they were floating down a ball room in perfect gowns to the in- spiring strains of the most voluptuous waitz. There wera two features of the day, which, while they were important in themselves, were scarcely perceptible in the general bus- tle of the day. It was Woodmen's day, and tho pretty log cabin where the Woodmen congregate was crowded all day long with the members of the order and thelr friends, Whilo the order is of comparatively recent dato it {8 very strong in Nebraska. There are twelve big lodgas in Omana, South Omaha and Council Bluffs, and they were all repre- sented. Alpha ‘camp No. 1 of Omaha has 1,200 members, and nearly all of them were on hand to assist in making their guests welcome. C. H. Malone was in charge of the headquarters and later in the day he was as- sted by a reception committee composed of members of the local lodges. The traveling men went out by _special traln in the afterncon. Comparatively they werg few in numbers, but they succeeded in having the biggest sort of a time and their proverblal good nature stood (hem in good stead by the time they had gotten themselves well entangled with the crush. It was at the dinner hour that patience ceased to be a virtue. Some people said that they got something to eat. How they did it remains a mystery along with the Hoo Hoos and other strange and wonderful things. There were nearly 100 restaurants on the grounds, but they could only make a begin- nitg at feeding the crowd that surged up against thelr counters. But no one took notice of little things like that and those who could not eat contented themselves with thinking what a big supper they would have when they got home, and straightway forgot their hunger. EXHIBITORS ¥ Express Gratification ot but Dust and Slow A Bee reporter called on a number of lead- ing exhibitors yesterday morning and secured vartous expressions of opinion on this year's state fair. In the main the criticlsm was favorable, but the dust and inferior trans- portation facilities were generally condemned A. C. Marshall, who has charge of the Washington county exhibit, that was awarded first prize, sald: “The heat has seriously affected the condition of the fruit, five days’ exposure of apples kept for a time in cold storage being almost too much in this ~ unusual heat. The Chenango stawberry 1s the only _apple that has gone through this heated term well. This dust is extremely disagreeable and I think could be largely prevented next year it a greater area of ground were sodded. ILY PLEASED, Tho falr is a success, but the people must be | assured better transportation next year or a considerable number, remembering this year's service, will keep away next season. Secretary Read of the State Horticultural society sald: “We have been grandly treated. Yes, we are glad the fair came here, as the society has received a number of new members and new exhibitors whom we could not have secured had the fair gone eclscwhere. The transporta- tion facilities have been miserable. We cannot leav the building until 6 o’clock and it is usually 9 before we reach our hotel for supper. This has been the only draw- back."” Frederie W. Taylor, the genial ex-secretary of the Horticultural Society, and the author of the last annual report, said: the transportation and the dust, 't unqualified success. This socie with all that has been done for it. exhibit {s deserving of especial pralse; it is the best art exhibit I have ever seen at- tempted at any state fair.”” L. €. Chapin of tte firm of Chapin Bros., Lincoln, was receiving congratulations yes- terday on the large number of premiums that his beautiful flowers had won. In speaking to a representative of The Bee, Mr. Chapin sald: “As far as quality is concerned this floral displey is away ahead of anything be- fore exhibited in Nebraska. The quantity would have been much greater had there been sufficient room. Yes, indeed, the falr is a great success, and will be a greater one next year. Plans are already being discussed for the enlargement of Floral hall before the '96 fair opens. It Is probable that a con- nection will be made with Horticultural hall, This addition will increase our floor space, and will make one grand building for the display of flowers and fruits.” Dr. George Roberts of Creighton, the win- ner of first premium for the finest display of cactl, sald: “I am sorry the fair manage- ment gave us such a small building. We need a great deal more room, and hops to have it next year. There can be no doubt but that the fair is a grand success.” Peter Youngers, the prominent fruit grower of Geneva, said: ‘““We have had great crowds In the Hortlcultural building for four days, but I want to say right here that in my fit- teen years' experience at state fairs I have never scen such an orderly crowd as that which has passed through this hall every day during the week. There has been no trouble of any kind. The full plates of fruit show that there could have been but little or no picking of frult from the tables. We must have more room next year, and the florists nead more space, too. These clouds of dust are not calculated to make the visitors, who have traveled a long distance to see the fair and show their loyalty, return home in a happy frame of mind. It is my opinion that when the management saw that they could not grow grass over the grounds, rye should have been planted. This would have taken hold and made a good close mat, which would have prevented much of this dust.” e fair is an is satisfied BEEKEEPERS HOLD A SESSION. They Discuxs Matters of Much Inter- est to the Craft The annual meeting of the Nebraska Bee- keepers' association is In progress at the Bee and Honey building, state fair grounds. The sessions are being held at night and the attendance is about fifty, all the prominent beckeepers In the state being at the fair, Tuesday night the meeting opened with the address of President E. Whitcomb of Friend, editor of the Friend Telegraph and superin- tendent of the bee and honey exhibit. He reviewed the year In the bee raising and honey producing line and reported that as a whole it had been favorable. L. D. Stilson, sccretary and treasurer, in his report had almost the same favorable observations to make. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, E. Whitcomb; vice president, H. 8. Heath of Lincoln; secretary and treasurer, L. D. Stilson. A number of papers were read which drew out long and earnest discussions. One of the chief of these was on “Alfalfa and Sweet Clover as Honey Producing Plants,” by Wil- liam Staley of Grand Island. He went carefully into the merits of alfalfa in this particular, and the discussion that followed showed very clearly that the bee men of the state are enthuslastic over this comparatively new comer into the hybernfum. It was the general sentiment that it was a coming product as a bee and forage plant, and the beekeepers of Nebraska will use every means to_encourage its cultivation. L. L. Willspaugh of Auburn read a paper on “The Mistikes of Beekeepers,” that at- tracted much attention and opened a long discussion, “What I Have Learned as a Beginner," was the topic of a paper by Louls R. Lelgh- ton of Omaha, one of the newest members of the association, The concluding session will be held this evening. The following papers are announced ““Should Our Agricultural Journals Continue to Publish Old Theories and Time Worn Ar- ticles on Agriculture Because They Can Be Procured Cheap? by H. E. Heath of Lin- coln; “Aplary Fixtures for Convenlence or Profit” by J C. Knol of Glenwood; ‘Ne- braska as a Honey Pruducing State, Past and Present, and Future Outlook,” by President Whitcomb; “Is, or Should There Be Any Af- finity Between the Aplarist aund Hortleul- turist?” by D. U Reed of Blue Springs; “How to Securo the Greatest Amount of Profit From the Aplcary,” by Mrs. J. N. Heater of Columbus; “How to Feed Bees With Profit.”” by G. M. Whitford of Arling- ton; “The Supply Dealer; Should He Be a by B. Ketchmer of Red soclation over (Continued on Third Page.) “Barring | The art | FILLED THE MAMMOTH TENT Joint Reunion of the Union and Confederate Veterans, TIME TO TAKE PEACE FOR GRANTED General Howard for thé Blué and Genernl Wheeler for the Gray the Principal Orators—Accis dent to Governor Upham. CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 19.—There was an- other big crowd in Barnum's big tent tonight. It was a grand reunion of the Army of the Tennessee—unlon and confederate, The blg tent, which has held many large crowds, never before held one greiter than that of tonight. General Granville M. Dodge of the Society of the Army of the Tennesses pre- sided. After music by the band and praye ho introduced the first speaker of the even- ing, General 0. O. Howard, of United States army. In ths course of his speech, General Howard began by a glowing tribute to the great generals, both blue and gray, who participated in the battle of Chicka- mauga, and continuing, he told of the heroic American volunteer and the things he saw and experienced; of the scaling of Lookout mountain and the battle above clouds; of the welcome news of Lee's surrender, of Lincoln's assassination and the return home of the battle scarred veterans. After this he began to speak of the present, skipping the lapse of thirty years. He then described the grizzled and gray veteran as he appears today; he told of the pathetic scenes he had witnessed at reunions, where veterans of both sides were present. The war was a necessity; nothing human could have warded it off. Slavery caused it. In concluding, he said, In part: “It is coming into my heart, this year, as it came into the heart of General Grant near the c'ose of his life, to speak entirely kind words, lest we might Injure the manhood of the noblest men of the south. God alone adjusts the balancs of justice, and He only is able to fill the soul of every wailing comrade with fullness from His own abundant perennial founta’n. ‘He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be my son.’ “Grant and Thomas, Lee and Jackson un- derstood this; they have tested the promise. Hundreds of thousands of comrades h; gone on before. Let us, too, have the safe shield, bright and glistening as Christ can make it, when we join them there.” When General Howard had finished and the applause had ceased, there was music by the band, and then General Joseph Wheeler of Alabama spoke. General Wheeler's address was a very concise history of the war, and in conclusion he gave statistics, comparing the the principal battles of the civil war with thosé”| of European natlons, showing the number of men engaged and the proportion of them who were killed and wounded. AKE PEACE FOR GRANTED. General Willard Warner of Chattanooga was the next who addressed the gathering. General Warner said in part: “Nearly a generation has passed since we fought our last fight. Our battles have since been fought over and over again, until they have doubt- less become wearisome to the public. Our part in the great drama of war has been acted, the curtain fell on us thirty years ago and we passed to the judgment of the world and history. It is now about time that we ceased talking on the bloody chasm and should take peace and reconciliation for granted.” In conclusion General Warner spoke hope- fully of tho future. He predicted shorter hours of labor, greater wages and happiness everywhere, When General Warner had finished Rev. Father Sherman was introduced. He said that he felt that he had some claim upon the old soldiers, owing to the close connee- tion they had with his father. He then paid a glowing tribute to the men who had fought with his father “from Atlanta to the sea.” When he had finished the meeting adjourned. Colonel Fred Grant, who was expected to follow Father Sherman, was not able to be present. As Governor Upham was riding up Lookout Mountain this afternoon the horses attached to his carriage became frightened, and as he was attempting to get out to hold them he fell and broke the small bone below his right knee. He was at once taken to Look- out inn, where his Injuries were cared for. The fractured bone was set and the leg was put in a plaster cast. It is not considered serious, although he will be laid up for some time. He expects to leave for Wisconsin Sunday night. ———— IRRIGATION CONGRESS CLOSED. Charges that Someone Has Falsified the Records of the Meeting. DENVER, Sept. 19.—A special to (he News from Albuquerque, N. M., says: The Irriga- tion congress today completed Its business. The present national lecturer, Judge J. S. Emery of Kansas, was unanimously re- elected. The following are appointed dele- gates to the Cotton States exposition, now in progress at Atlanta: H. . Heath. Lincoln, Neb.; Lieutenant Colcuel Wilcox, Denver, Colo.; Colonel George Woodford, Phoenix, Ariz.; Chairman of the Executive Committee E. R. Moses of Kansas and Secretary C. M. Heintz of Callfornia are ex-officio delega After congratulatory speeches and closing r marks by the president the fourth annual session of the Natlonal Irrigation congr. adjourned sine die to meet next year Phoenlx. Something of a sensation in connection with the congress has just leaked out, charges being made that the minutes have been falsified. The trouble comes from the local paper having been given for publication a resolution of thanks to the retiring chair- man _and secretary of the national commit- tee, Messrs. Smith and Alles, and expressing regret that necessity had compelled them to decline a renomination. It is claimed that no such resolution was passed, and more- over, that Secretary Alles was a candidate for re-election. ——— TRAIN ROBHERS WRECK A TRAIN, in Dyn; ite Falls to Open the They Gebt Nothing. WAUPAUCA, Wis,, Sept. 19.—Passenger train No. 2 op the Wisconsin Central road, Conductor Wyatt and Engineer Blaine, was held up by armed men tonight in a swamp four miles west of this city. The engine and baggage car were ditched by pulling spike Ties were piled on the track. The passengers were not molested by the rob- bers, only terrified by bullets, which were fired through the coaches. Twelve sticks of dynamite were exploded on the safe with- out avail and the robbers fled without getting any booty. Conductor Wyatt says there were ten or a dozen men in the gang. The wreck is & bad one and it will take several hours to clear the track, ek Strike ded at Ishpeming. MARQUETTE, Mich., Sept. 19.—The strike of the Ishpeming and Negaunce miners was declared off by a vote of the men at their meeting this afternoon. A division of the men in attendance was taken on one pro. posal to abandon the fight and 700 were counted in favor of calling the strike off and going to work, 600 for its continuance. This ends the struggle of the men to secure the scale demanded by them. They will now g0 to work under the scale submitted to them Safe ana by the company during the second week of the strike. ——— Farmer's Terrible Deed. ARAPAHOE, Neb.,, Sept. 19.—(Speclal Telegram.)—As the result of a trivial dispute Peter Kenizel, a farmer residing near here, yesterday shot and killed his wife and then bhl'l out Lis bralos, WRECK 0 Nine Officers nnd ThietysSix of the Crew Drovned. HAVANA, Sept. 19.—The Spanish crulser Barcas'equi was wrecked at midmight by com. ing in collision with the merchant steamer Mortera in the canal at the entrance of the port ot Havana. Admiral Delgado Parejo and three other officers and thirty of the crew were drowned. Admiral Pare- jos' body has been recovered. Captain Ybanez's body was also fecovered, but In a badly mutilated condition, Indicating that he had been crushed in the collision, The cruiser Barcastequl had been employed In_going on government business between different parts of the fsland of Cuba. The Barcastequi was a third-class cruiser, carry- ing five heavy and two rapld-firing guns. She was of 1,000 tons displaccment. She was bullt in 1876 The cruiser left Fort Barcastoqul at mid- night with Admiral Delgado Parejo on board. On reaching the mouth of the harbor, close to Fort Moro, the Barcastequi came in col- lision with the Mortera, & steamer engaged in the coastwise trade. The Mortera struck the crulser on the starboard, and o badly injured her that she sank at once. The Mor- tera, although badly damaged, stood off to glve assistance to those on board the Bar- castequi, and with her boats saved the greater part of the crew. Admiral Parejo, Captain Ybanez, First Lieutenant Lopez Aldazajo, Second Lieutenants Junco, Soto and Canajo, Dr. Martin, Purser Pueyo, Machinist Zar- zuela and thirty-six of the crew were drowned. Alde-de-Camp Gaston was saved. Victor Aroga, another of the officers, had his leg broken, but was picked up by a boat from the Mortera. Admiral = Parejo was commander of the Spanish naval forces in Cuba. He ar- rived on the island on June 17, from Spain. Divers are examining the hull. Captain Vinal of the steamer Mortera, in the course of an Interview today, said that at 1:15 | o'clock last night, when within two miles of the entrance of the harbor, he saw ahead on his starboard a green light, which he pre- sumed was that of a steamer leaving port. “I ordered the engineer to slow down,” said Captain Vinal, “and proceeded on our course, hearing two whistles from the cruiser, to which we replied. Turning fato the harbor and keeping in_ sight on our starboard the green light of the cruiser we whistled twice again, thus indicating that we were turning into the harbor, when suddenly all of the lights of the cruiser were put out. I im- mediately ordered the engineer to steam backwards, but it was of no avail, for the steamers collided. I ordercd boats to be lowered and life preservers to be thrown overboard. After the collision we were en- tangled with the Barcastequi for a time, but this situation endangered the Mortera as as well as the cruiser and I ordered the en- gines to go ahead, my attention being to try to run Barcastequl ashere, I soon found, however, that this could not be done with safety to Mortera, Backing off from the crulser, she sank almost instantly Admiral Delgado Parejo was the last man to leave the cruiser, being taken off in a row boat. The total loss of life is now set at forty-six. When the row boat, in which was Admiral Delgado Parejo, was about to start for shore, the suction occasioned by the sink- ing of the Barcastequi carried the boat down, and all on board were drowned. The gay streamers and flags that have decorated the city in welcome of the soldiers, who have arrived from Spain, have been taken down and replaced by draperies of black. The city s In mourning throughout for the admiral and the officers and the crew of the Barcastequl. The cause of the ex- tinguishment of the lights vn board the crui- ser, which was described hy Captain Vinal of the Mortera, was occasisned by the stop- ing of the engines to save the life of a sailor arm had been caught in_the dynamo. The body of Admiral Delgado Parefo lies In state in the chapel in the marine hospital upon an imposing catafalque, watched over by a guard of marines. Several masses were said in the chapel during the day. The dead admiral's funeral chamber was visited by thousands of all grades of socfety, the stream of the mourning population being uninter- rupted throughout the day. Eighty mag- nificent floral wreaths from the municipal thorities, public institutions, societies, clubs and particular friends of the dec were laid upon the bier. This afternoon Captain Francisco Ybanes, the commander of the ill-fated eruiser, was buried with the honors due his rank. During the passage of the funeral procession the treets were filled with vast throngs of peo- ple and the funeral carriage was heaped with wreaths from the authorities and from friends of the deceased. A battalion of volunteers a band acted as an escort. A long line of carriages filled with mourners followed the body to the grave. UTED § TERS, Receives Positive from the Viceroy. YORK, Sept. 19.—A cablegram to the World from Foo Chow says: Delails of Tuesday’s executlon have just been recelved. After the mandarin had refused on Friday to execute any men implicated in the mis- slonary massacres, the American and British consuls wired to Peking. On Monday the mandarin received the viceroy'’s order to execute seven men. At 6 o'clock Tuesday morning Consul Hixson, Lieutenant Evans and Mr. Gregory, the British consul, pro ceeded to the yamen gate, where the man- darin sat awaiting them. When the foreign- ers took the'r seits the drums were beaten, a ute fired and the crier shouted three times: “The court is open.”” Then the condemned men were brought speedily from their cells. | They knelt before the court and were tumbled, securely bound, into bamboo cages, on which were atiached pieces of paper with the sentence written on them. The mandarins then put on their scarlet robes, scarlet hcods, and the death proces- sion started for the execution grounds, out- side of the city, between lines of soldiers, When the procession arrived the condemned men were tumbled out and made to knesl with thelr backs to the mandarins. Then | the five headsmen began their bloody work. The first head fell clean cut. When the heads of the seven men were cut off the vast crowd gave a great shout. The people clappe] their hands and departed. The heids were hung In a promMment place in the city as a warning. The mandaring professed to fear further trouble from the crowd of foreigners, who went armed with revolyers, but therc was no trouble. No leaders ihave been executed yet. Some leaders, with strong backing, hope to_escape, The viceroy s delaylng’ the execution of the others, hoping for an undeserved clem- ency. Punishment following the crime so soon Is unusual after foreign troubles. The | execution wili have a good eftect in showing the people that the matter is serious. Bad feeling was spreading through the province because of the delays in esecution. At Foo Chow the common talk was that the men would escape. The consuls wiring to Peking for stringent orders to local officials, who do nothing unless forced, resulted in prompt action, The Detroit is sitll here, and an English gunboat of 766 ton —_——— Banker Stebbins Discharged. DEADWOOD, 8. D,, Sept. 19.—Banker W. H. Stebbins of Kansas City, who was arrested at Cheyenne last Saturday, charged with for- gery in connection with the receivership of the Bank of Sundance, Wyo., was brought to Sundance, where he had a hearing before Court Commissioner Nichols, and was dis- charged. Stebbins Is eonnected with a string of banks, extending from Kansas City to Cbeyenne, the Black Hills, Montana and the coast. Mandarin Orders P ST Durrant Trinl Took n Day Of. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.—The Durrant trial was not resumed today, out of consider- ation for one of the jurors who wished to observe the Jewish New Year. The trial will proceed tomorrow as usual. - —— Spain Forced to Borrow More Fund LONDON, Sept. 19.—A dispatch to the Standard from Madrid says the government has arranged with Paris bankers for a credit of £4,000,000 for the war iu Cuba. AT AK-SAR-BEN'S COURT BALL COlosing Function at the King's Den a Magnificent Sucoess, NEW DAY TO DATE FROM IN OMAHA Affair Establishes n Precedent for the Social Caleulation of All the Smart People of the State and City, The grand ball at the Coliseum last oven- Ing In honor of Ak-Sar-Ben was a tri- umphal cap to a stupendous climax of carni- val glories. It was an era of revelry which must remain memorable until Time becomes stale. The rambling old structure was trans- formed Into a castle of the Arablan Nights and was thronged with the youth and beauty and bravery of the city and state. The per- fume of a thousand flowers and the throb of entrancing music was In the air, and the rich colors of Mondamin, yellow and green and red, and green and red and yellow, were everywhere, It was a very poem In these warm and pleasing hues, From the center of the arched cefling long streamers of this gorgeous bunting were gathered and radiated from this plont to the sides, looking for all the world like the petals of a fabulous passion flower inverted, and harmonizing exquisitely with the snowy back- gronnd. The huge pillars upholding the arch and surrounding the dancing area were wrapped in the prevailing colors, which also festooned window and portal, enfolded the circling balustrade and enveloped the walls until the whole was little less than a dazzling glare of the shades which of Mondamin and tint the escutcheon of Ak~ Sar-Ben. Everywhere was this harmonizing sheen, engulfing the whole Interior of the big building. From dome to foundation it was the same. The long corridor leading from the ladies' parlor and the gentlemen's rendezvous was a tunnel of these beloved colors, as was the opposite promenade and hallway leading to the cafe. The ladies' parlor was Turkish in effect Tho floors were covered with voluptuous rugs, while the walls were hung in yellow, green and \red. Heavy Bagdad and Kisskillian portieres enshadowed the entrance, while the windows were tapestried with bewildering effect, and yet. the decorators seem to have striven more for the guarded simplicity en- jolned by good taste than for the more garish impressions of lavish display. RIVALRY OF RAVISHMENTS. Vielng with Terpsichore for the honors of the night were both Ariel and Flora. While tiousands of incandescents turned the shad- ows into day, the breath of the rose was upon cverything, and nowhere could a better idea of the richness and profusion of Omaha’s floral resources have been obtained. Waves of fragrance assailed visitors as they entered these magic realms, followed them wherever they went and clung to their garments when they departed. Tho whole areaway environing the dancing floor be- tween this and the chairs of the Rnights and their ladies was a veritable conservatory of charming color and scent. Wild flowers and choice exotics laughed and nodded and breathed thelr sweet incense upon the air, side by side. The flower of our state, thé yellow plume, with a barbaric botanical name, but which we poetically call golden- rod bent its flufly feathers botween the roses of the houses of Lancaster and York. Palms, which are characterized by Charles Kingsley as “shaming by mere grandeur of form the voluptuousness of color,”” and ferns of lace- like fabric were there in endiess profusion, There were also the old-fashioned plants of which Ophelia spoke when she sald: There's fennel for you and Columbine; “There's rue for you, and some for m We may call it Herb Grace of Sundays. The royal box, with its tribunes for the maidy of honor and ladies in waiting, was In the center of the dancing floor on the west side, and ensconced in labyrinth of flowers and plants, while suspended over its center was a monster basket of roses—the lover's flower. They were in all kinds and sizes, Marechal Neal, Jacqueminot, Caroline clus ter, Glory of Dijon, Francesea Kruger, Duchesse, Safino, Cherokee, d'Une Ami, La France and many others. Behind and at the sides was a confusion of delicate blossoms, trailing vines, mosses and ferns in dainty groupings, and at the entrance stood .wo large Japanese jars filled with cornstalks and sunflowers—the emblems of Ak-Sar-Ben. WHERE KNIGHT AND LADY DANCED. The reserved seats were in sections among the regular elevated seats, and were sup- plied with chairs, while the general admission furnished the heavily carpeted floor alone for seating surface. The area devoted to the knights and thelr ladies was immediately next to and encompassing the dancing floor, which embraced a surface of 100x60, lain with a snowy dancing cover. At each ena of the dancing cover the floor was carpeted with a deep red and black Axminster, while the entire floor back, promenades, seating areas and all were lain with a dainty light matting, interspersed with terry in biue and old _gold. Only Ak-Sar-Ben of all the world could have produced such a symposium of sweet- ness, of color and merriment as were diffused at the ball last night. It was a befitting crown to our autumn festival, brilliant and gorgeous, like the splendid carnivals of medi- aeval Venice, when that city of passion laughed through endless mirth and mus Such a riot of radiance and pleasure, such a succession of lovely faces and fairy forms, such a flood of light and wealth of flowers never before challenged society’s criticism or extorted appreciation from pessimistic cynic. No shadow of lucre rested upon those mad and merry hours. It was show of patriotism and beauty, of graceful- ness, color and harmony, and alone repre- sented what Nebraska can do as the queen of the great west and (he garden of the earth. Never was there held a more royal fete, and thus weeks and months of busy and’ anxious preparation found their fruition in the bewilderingly beautiful social function of last night. All previous events of the week were as straw in the balance compared with the vast outpouring of the smart people of the town and the visitors from the north and the south to testify to the loyalty awakened by this saturnalla of lordly Mou- damin. Stereotyped balls and parties theres have been before, comprehending all the requirements of swell and belledom, but a ball combining so many glories as that of yesternight comes closer to the heart of manly men and womanly women and is understood and enjoyed without alloy. “The long carousal shakes th' illumined hall; Well spceds alike the baiquet and the ball; And the' gay dance of bounding beauty's trs and the early Links grace in chain. are hands, mingled theirs band. is a sight the smooth, make age smile youth, uth forget such hours on earth 8o springs the mirth."” Nice or Florence or any of the old cities of the mother country which have been mak- Ing people rave for centuries over thelr fes tivals never did a night more proud. WAS GOOD TO LOOK UPON. It was a night of music and danclng aud mirth, of frolic and feast, of color and cop viviality. The young people of Nebraska, all carried away in the delicious swirl of the mazy waltz, were after all better for eyes to feast upon than the spectacular beauty of the decorators' art, of massed flowers or prisms of color and light. Young girls in the full flush of summer sweetness, bright with golden poppy ribbons and carnival colors, and the men in conventional dress and knightl bearing made a picture one could gaze upo 2 long time without tiring, especially wher all the sen: were filled with the aroma of tropics and the soft entrancing musi¢ harmony happicst Blest That It hearts and gentle in well according careful brow might And And and dream itself to were bosom exulting to 4 THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather Forecast for Nebraska i Cloudy; Cooler; Probably Showers. Page. 1. Tremendous Crush at the State Falr, Army of the Cumberland Meeting. At the Ball at the Collseum hal March, 4. Editorial and Comment. 5. About tho Clarke Drug Company. Lumber Rates from Chicago Cut. 6. Council Bluffs Local Matters, 7. Commercial and Financial News, Raclng Continues to Grow Better. 8. Two Bank Check Workers Caught. 9. Chickamauga Ded 10, “A Chance Meetin, p 11, Money in Selling Public Documents. Why Autumn Leaves Turn, 12, Prize Winners at the Bench Show, Almost an Ocean Horror. atlon Exercls, EVENTS ¢ TODAY, At the Fair: Closing Day Judging in All Departments, Racing at 2 p. m Alix (2:03%) Against Time at 3:30 p. m. In the City: Kennel Club Bench Show, at Creighton Hall, ‘“Tho Hustler" at the Creighton, 8 p. m. Roland Reed at Boyd's, 8 p. m. blared from brass and silver and gold and reed by the matchless Second Infantry band. Such an assembly always implies refresh- merts of some kind, and the very best suit- able to a hot September night were served fo knight and fair companion in the brilliantly lighted cafe, presided over by that prince of caterers, Senor Pryor of the Omaha club. It was near the midnight hour when the glittering pageant of Ak-Sar-Ben reached the den on North Twentieth street. Every light throughout the battlements was burning and the great building was in a blaze of electrical glory, a luminous phantasma of magical Recall the most majestid spectacle you have ever seen on the stage, imagine it set In the grand court of Mondamin during an fllumination In honor of King Ak-Sar-Ben; consider the spectacle with motion and con- stant change, and still one tittle of the real- ity of this gorgeous scene is but illy con- ceived. Description flounders amidst admira- tion of the witching delights of this night's brilllant display. The temptation is to pile superlatives as high as the flagstaff on the king's castle, giving no heed to the detail of event, because the most Insignificant par- ticularity cannot bring to the senses the uties this nizht has shown to those who 0 fortunate as to be a guest, CROWNED THE QUEEN. The Second Infantry band was greeted with enthusiastic applause as it marched into the center of the vast hall, and with military evolutions rendered Sousa’s stirring march, King Cotton.” Hardly had the lingering melody dled away when King Ak-Sar-Den Judgo E. M. Bartlett), with stately tread, in royal robes and with retinue in wake, strode from the secret crypt into the brilliance of the open court, where coronation ceremonies were enacted with all the pomp and eclat of the aristocrats of the olden times. On bended knee the knights surrounded the royal party, when the queen was chosen. The honored personage was Miss Meliora Woolworth, one of the city's most charming and gracious young ladies, and as she stepped down from the royal box after the jeweled Qiadem had been adjusted upon her fair young brow by the king, assisted by malds ot honor, Miss Lynn Curtls and Miss Grace L. Himebaugh, she looked queen enough to sit upon any throne. She was beautifully gowned In ivory satin, with train and an immensely wide skirt. The low necked bodice was trimmed with silver passementerie and had great bouffant sleeves. Her hair was done high and the crown was most becoming, A wiser cholco could not have been made, as Miss Woolworth is an Omaha girl, ‘the daughter of Hon. James M. Wool- worth, the well known attorney, and was educated in Omaha, but also studied in New York and spent some time in Burope. In placing the crown upon the queen’s head the king spoke in solemn tones: “In the name of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, I pro- claim your majesty as duly invested with the royal authority to reign over the fair land of Mondamin during the remainder of the autumn carnival. In confirmation of this loyal authority we have crowned your majesty as queen of the carnival, and advise all loyal citizens to render to you all honor and obedience.” The page, a sweet and dainty bit of juve- nile femininity, little Louise Rogers Burnett, was a dream in wine-colored velvet and pink hose with hat and plume to match, and was the adoration of the whole court. SO THE BALL WENT ON. The coronation rites over and the king and queen, surrounded by the maids of honor, ladfes’ in waiting and ladies of the court, stood in the royal box and viewed and reviewed the knights in the grand march, which was both grotesque and beautiful, and was made to the delicious strains of the Honeymoon march, After this the royal family took their po- sitions upon the floor, surrounded by the full retinue, for the royal lancers, after which the knights unmasked, van- fshed within the mysterious em- Mouchures of the dem, only to emerge again in evening dress. And then as the intoxicating music of the Second Infantry band filled the alr, and the dance was on, the scene was a dainty one Indeed. The old Coliseum never held a more joyous, riaut or prettier crowd. But like all beautiful things it has now lived its poor witch-like existenc against the facade of time and has been swallowed in the gloom and the humdrum of everyday life. Children laugh, but men and women sigh, when they think of the dreary old work-a-day world that always lies beyond the.end of golden days or golden ere follows a brief roster of the ladies in attendance, with a notice of their gowns: LADIE§ IN WAITING, Mre. Victor Caldwell's white silk low- necked dress, with white applique lace, was exceptionally pretty. Mrs. Clement Chase was charmingly at- tired in pink corded satin, trimmed with a bertha of pink crepon and made with a godet skirt, dancing length. Mrs. 0. H. Simons of Council Bluffs wore an imported gown of green velvet and mauve cloth, with embroidered pink silk front, diamords and pearls. Mrs. George H. Thummel of Grand Island wore a rich costume of black satin and duchess lace; diamonds Mrs. W. L. Dickey wore a dainty gown of white china silk, trimmed in buttercup yel- low velvet and white and gold guimpe. Mrs. Warren Rogers wore a costume of white satin, with lace trimmings. A Mrs. William A, Redick wore white brocaded silk, with a yellow chiffon waist trimmed handsomely in jet. She carried red voses. . Mrs. Henry Estabrook was dignified in an elegant gown of white mousseline de sole over yellow corded silk, trimmings of yellow moire ribbon and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Waiter Jardine, fancy waist of change- gble black and red siik, with satin skirt Mrs. James E. Baum was lovely in a gown of white heavy silk with brocaded stripe of yellow, with white ribbon trim- mings. Mrs. Elmer E. Bryson was gowned daintily 1 a simple white dotted Swiss profusely trimmed in lace. Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitcheock wore a costume of orlental figured silk tastily trimmed in lace and forget-me-nots, Mrs. William S. Poppleton was fascinating in a gown of white taffeta with green velvet sleeves and bodice profusely trimmed in lace, Mrs, Charles W. Hull wore white muslin with blue satin ribbons. Mrs. Thomas A. Fry wore satin_ gown. Miss Dewey was one of few with hats and wore a light gown. LADIES OF THE COURT. Mrs. George W. Doane was handsomo fn a rick black (Continued on Bighth Page) HAIL MIGHTY CHIEF Ak-8ar-Ben, King of Quivera, Welcomed to the City of Omaha, HIS ENTRY A MARCH OF TRIUMPH Two Hundred Thousand People Pay Home age to the Visiting Monarch, PAGEANT OF ALLEGORICAL SPLENDOR Symbolio Floats Make Up a Rogal Rotinde of Gorgeous Grandeur, CROWNING FEATURE OF MONDAMIN'S FEAST Wonderfal Displny of Artixtie Eles gance and Individual Beauty Dée lights an ot Clitizens v and us Crowd Stenngers. The spirit of the carnival which descended upon the city a week ago has disappeared. Ak-Sar-Ben, king of Quivera, has come and gone. Night's revelry has faded with the dawn today. The king and queen have vane ished from their magnificent thrones. The courtiers have awakened to find last night's beautitul dream displaced by the wober realle ties of life that confront them. But they should not be disheartened or discouraged by this reflection. History tells of many real Kings who have had the same experie ence, without the consoling thought that it was only for fun. Real kings have had the admiration of the people for a day without the comfort of having left in thelr hearts the homage and respect that was accorded the king, Ak-Sar-Ben, and his royal fole lowers last night. The passing of the king left no aching hearts; there were no cares of state to trouble either the king or his subjects; a satisfied smile lighted every, countenance and joy relgned supreme im every breast. It seemed as if the entire population of Omaha and its sister cities, and more than as many more people from Nebraska, Towa and Missourl had laid aside the treadmill of daily duty and joined in welcoming the coming of the king. Gayety appeared to have become Infectious. Minor parades that had been given during the week had only served as escape valves for the enthusiasmy of the people, and last night the acme of enjoyment was reached when, with a flash of rose colored light and the blare of brass bands, Ak-Sar-Ben appeared and ushered T the night of nights of the carnival wesk, HOMAGE TO THE KING. Long before the hour fixed by Samson fon the issuance of the king from his den peos ple began seeking points of vantage fromy which to view the passing of the royal party. The trains from the falr grounds poured their streams of humanity upon the streets before sundown, and many of them sought places on the court house grounds In orden that nothing of the regal show might escape them. Before dark the motor trains from Council Bluffs were loaded to suffocations At one time ten double tralns were boe tween Council Bluffs and the Omaha bridge, all headed for the carnival city. Every man in the Bluff City who was not in jail or a hospital was on his way to Omaha with all of the members of his family. South Omaha sent all of her citizens who could gef away, and the visitors from the state helped to swell the throngs. It fs cerefully estle mated that there were 100,000 people in Omaha yesterday from the state, another 100,000 clte ns of Omaha and all of Council Bluffs and outh Omahia were on the streets during tha passing of the parade, and it Is safe to state at _at least 250,000 people witnessed tha parade and paid homage to Ak-Sar-Ben. It should be a matter of congratulation to the citizens of Omaha that all of (he army of visitors, as well as all the citizens, were en= abled to get a good view of the parade., Fom weeks carpenters nad been busy erecting re= viewing stands at different pofnts along the line of the parades. The brilliant lighting of the streets made it possible for spectas tors to obtain an excellent view of the pros cesslons from any point along the line of march, and as a result there were thousands of citizens who wisely viewed the parade from places on Sixteenth strect north of Jefterson park, and many of them were cone tent with the view afforded in the passing south on Twentieth street from the Coliseum, This relieved the central part of the city from much of the Jam and crush that would have otherwise resulted. The windows of the tall buildings were utilized and the roofs of the lower buildings were thronged with spectators. | HAD AN ARMY OF MEN, 4 There was more deliy in the stariing of the parade than had been expected. The high wind that prevailed early in ths evens ing threatened damige to the finer work on many of the floats, and (hese in charge of the procession hoped that there might ba a lull and were disposed to wait a time on that account, But there were other causeg for th delay. At 6 o'clock the street In front of the Coliseum was fill:d with nearly a half a thousand men who were ‘o play minor parts in the evening’s drama. There were horse leaders, carriers of the fllum!nas tions, guards of tho floats and other assist- ants in great numb of the m:n had to be uniformed, the horses capari onsd and the floats brought from their places and lined up for the parade before the knlghts could assume their positi It was a big task, and the marshals were kept busy for hours arranging the details of the parade, Tae marshals of the evening were: Major R. 8. Wilcox, chlef marshal, and W. R. Bennett, W. H. McCord, Warren Rogers, Thomas Fry, E. E. Bryson, R. Wilcox, Max Meyer, Willlam Paxton, jr., and Waifer Jars dine, aides. They were ull handsome'y unie formed, but wers not masked. Major Wileon and Marshals Bennett, McCord and Rogera were dressed In suits of white broadeloth gold trimmings, black tcp boo's, sashes ofytho king's colors, and white hats with plymes. Marshals It Wileox, Thomas y and B. E. Bryson were attired in black velvet with Jackets heavily trimmcd with gold braid, heavy lace collars, black hats fi.m white plumes and white gauntle's. Mars shals Meycr, Jardine and Paxton wero dressed A the costwmes of the Mexican vaquero their costumes being of velvet corluroy, h?-’\llv trimmed with trapplugs of gold. /DAZZLED BY THE BRILLIANCY, ‘When the procession was finally formed the T was taken up through the streets, lhere had been weeks of busy preparation ‘lnr the event and a only served to increas son and his knights cliove that great ® them, but (he secrecy observed that the curiosity. had led the people to surprises were in store parade was really fan gbond the most vivid plctures that had §ten painted of it. Along the line of march z.-..,u were dazzled by the brilliant +p-etacie, Sam= nd if there was lack of applause It was ine ariably due to the fact wero lost In wonder and | beapties before then. | up/Sixteenth street that the spectators admiration of the The procession moved and turned the corner Pof Sixteenth and Douglas streets at 9:28 lo'clock. Here the street was so donsely | packed with people that it seemned impossie lo that room could be made for the passy } of the parade, and Its progress Wwis necess rily slow. The people were loth to make @ for anything. Al eycs were on the g orama spread beforo them. As the great | shining floats followed each other, each tells |ing its part of the wonderful story, eagh