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y The Omaha nday Bee. NEWS SECTION WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Partly cloudy. For Iowa Showers. For weather report aee page 8. PAGES 1 TO VOL. XXXIX-NO. 17. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOW uOTOBER 10, 1909 SIX SECTIONS FORTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Su TAFT FINISHES Y0SEM1TE TBIP idred-Mile Journey in Stage and on Foot Among Natural Wonders Endi. 7 .'AST MADE FOR LOS ANGELES , f topi Will Be Hade Today at Merced, 1 Bakerifield and Freino. ui f'tfALXS OVER THE SHORT TRAIL Freiident Sets Fait Face on Trip Sown Mountain. INTEREST IN SAM PROPOSITION Projeet to Create Lake la Valley to Sapoly Wttrr to Saa Franclx-o Called to Mr. Taft'a ' Attention. i EL PORTAL. Cal.. Oct. . After having traveled nearly 100 mile by stage and on foot In and around the Yosemlte valley, President Taft reached here tonight and will resume his journey to the southwest tomorrow morning. He will stop during the day at Merced, Fresno and Bakersfleld, and reach Los Angeles early Monday morning. The president was wet with perspiration when lie reached the foot of the trail to day and had to go to bed In the Sentinel hotel while his clothing was hung out In tha sun to dry, as he had only th one gray Norfolk Jacket suit with him in the park. President Taft took luncheon with Major Forsytha of the army. His last day In the Yosamtte park was most enjoyable. He begatf the day by looking at the sunrise over the eastern granite walls of the valley, his vantage point being the veranda of the little Glacier Point hotel, right at the very edge of a ,000-foot cliff. The surroundings were rough and secluded and tha president appeared In scant attire. Having seen the sun properly up. Mr. Taft retired again and slept until I o'clock. The altitude did not seem to affect him and tha president has stood the long rides and early hours of the Yosemlte trip better than some of the other members of his party. President Beta Fast Pae. Today the president set such a pace down tha four miles of the short trail, which brought him from Glacier Point to Yosemlte that he had two of his con gressional escort. Representatives .Mc Kinley and Needham, calling for help. At Union Point, one-ihtrd of tha way from the top, tha president went to the vary edge of the cliff and waved a hand kerchief In greeting to some mere spaces of humanity, who could be aeen moving about below him. In a little while ha caught the aound of three cheers sent up In his honor. John Mulr, tha naturalist explained every view, every tree and flower on tha way dowa and dwelt t!m and again upon the glacial theory of the formation of tha valley. s The president was told that tha "short trail" down, which ha waa paaslng waa first "blared" by an old settler who lived In the hills. His wife would not let him have any whisky in the house, so ha had to walk dally down Into the valley to get a drink. In tha presidential party during the stay In the Yosetnlte - have beeo Governor Glllett, Senator Flint, Representatives Englebrlght, McKlnley. Needham and John Mulr and Major W. W. Forsytha, tha army custodian of tha park. Interest la Dam Plan. Tha president has evinced lively Interest in tha proposition on foot In Ban Fran cisco to throw a dam across the Hetchy Hetchy valley of the Yoeerult park and create a lake there, to give that city a supply of water. Mr. Mulr, who haa spent much of his life In the Tosemlte, haa de clared to tha president with all the en thusiasm of tha real lover of nature that the plan Is a Sacrifice. He added that the Yosemlte was a place In which to say one's prayers and . never should be used for commercial purposes. 1 resident Taft had been deeply Inpressed with the beauty, not only of the valley lUelf. but the entire Tosemlte park. He declared that tba park had been neglected, as compared with tha Yellowstone. Mr. Taft is anxious that aome definite plan of Improvement shall be agreed upon In order that progress may be made year by year. Road building la the first great need, a the president himself has suggested, and ha probably will make aome recommendations on tha subject In his forthcoming message to congress. , - . Arriving at tha floor of tha valley today the president waa greeted by Oalen Clark, 97 years old, who waa tha first white man to rr.ake known the existence of tha giant Seqt ola trees of the Mariposa groves. One result of the president's trip Into the Tosemlte has been to make him an enthusiast on forestry. Tha secluded Se quoias were not alone responsible for this. For three days the president has traveled through . forests of yellow and sugar pine and fir trees that have towered from 200 to SO0 feet abovo the road and they have called out constant expressions of his ad miration. To many the slender, arrow-like grace of the pines and the fir holds more 'beauty than the -gnarled, rugged mass of the Sequoias. Members of the California delegation to congress who have been accompanying him through the Yoaemlte have been urging the president to make a trip to tha Philippines In 1!U1. Mr. Taft has no deeper Interest than those of the Philippines and he haa llotcned to the suggestions of a trip to the Islanda with some degree of enthusiasm on his part. It has been pointed out to Ihe president that he could make a trip to the Philippines well Inside of three months by taking a fast cruiser and that h would actually be away from Wash ington but a little longer than oa his Journey through the weat. Ptaa of Prop Trtn. It tha president should decide to go, It would be his idea to have a Urge congress ional delegation precede him on a ship so they might go over the Island with him. Tha president U extremely anxloua to re turn Lb ere for a visit. With a contemplated visit to Alaska next year, and a stop at Honolulu on tha way noma, followed by a voyage to the Philip pines In 1SU, with an occasional visit to Panama. President Taft would easily set i ft Hew mark for presidential travel. WbUe tha president's clothes were drying at Ue aWnUnal hotel today, ha took a two ksmrs nap and felt greatly refreshed. Bo (Coallnued oa Second Par ' Magoon Back After a Year Spent Abroad Going to Mexico to Visit B, E. Thomp son, but Noncommital on Future. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Special Tele gram.) Governor Charles E. Magoon of Lincoln Is In Washington after an ex tended tour of Europe, he having taken the baths at Nauhetm for heart affe-tlon. Gov ernor Magoon has given himself a year In which to get back to his old form after years of strenuous work he put In In the tropics. Mr. Magoon expects to go to Mexico shortly to see his old friend D. E. Thompson. United States ambassador to that country. From Mexico Governor Ma goon will go to California, returning to Washington about the holidays. Asked If he was ambitious to serve his country once more In an official capacity. Gov ernor Magoon said he was not thinking about any jobs at this time, his business being to get a rest and get well. Miss Susan Edwards Anntn, daughter of the late William E. Anrln, who for a num ber of years was connected with the Omaha bee, was married today at All Saints' church, .Chevy Chase, to Ralph Lathrop Paddock of Denver. The church was crowded with friends of the bride and her mother, who Is a daughter of the late Major Paddock of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock left tonight on a short wedding tour to be at home in Denver after No vember L Mr. Paddock la engaged In the mining machinery business In the Colorado capital. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Sched lng, Blaine county, Mrs. Anna Schlporelt, vice F. Schlporelt, resigned. South Da kota, Peever, Roberta county, John C. O'liryan, vice A. Nelson, resigned. Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes: Cor rectlonvllle, route S, John H. Stubbs, car rier; Annie Stubbs, substitute. Dexter, route 3, Sherman S. Lewellen, Alice V. Lewellen, substitute. carrier; Slow Progress at Registration Little Less Than Five Thousand Up to Sate at Pierre, Many of Them Women. PIERRE. S. D.. Oct. 9.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The total run of registration for the first week at this city will hardly reach 5.000. aa it had only gone to 4.842 at 7 o'clock this evening with no train arriv ing until after closing time at midnight. Up to the present the bulk of the reglstra tlon here has been from South Dakota points, but with a scattering represents tlon from the country generally, reaching from California to Kentucky. - A number of old soldiers have . been registered . by agenta and a good percentage of the regis tration has been by ' women. Willie one day brought over 1,000, the average through tha week haa been pretty steadily between 700 and 800 a day and will probably con tinue at that figure.' . Tha Gas Belt exposition, which closes to night, haa kept the city well filled with visitors outside the registration crowds, but today ends that and from this on, the registration list will cover the outside ele ment here. ABERDEEN. 8. D., Oct. 9. (Special Telegram.) Registration up to midnight tonight, the end of the flrat week, la about 18,000. Returns from other registration points Indicate tha total to be about 8,000. If that ratio keeps up through tha two weeks to follow, the total will be 44.000, but both Judge, Wltten and the railroads predict greater crowds, which will swell tha total to 100,000 or more. Girl school teachera poured Into tha olty today to file for claims, and Judge Wltten nicknamed the day ' "Ladles' Day." Lem- mon filed a protest against tha practice of Mobrldge enticing passengers from the trains bound for Lemmon to register at Mobrldge instead, but Wltten decided he had no jurisdiction. BURKE CONFERS WITH INDIANS Latter Want Stria of Us4 the Moreaa River (or a Piestare. AloaaT PIERRE. 8. D., Oct. S (Special Tele gram.) Congressman Burke, chairman of tha Indian affairs committee of the house, this evening held a conference with a dele gation from Thunder Butte, who aak that they be allowed to hold as a reserve a strip eight miles wide and twenty miles long along the Moreau river, to be used aa a pasture. Most of the land Is allotted, and tha proposition will be considered. A general conference waa then held with all the Indians In tha city, to discuss matters generally In which they were Interested. The Custer battle reproduction haa been proven such an attraction throughout the exposition that the soldiers and Indiana engaged, have decided to continue It through the registration under their own management, and any who come here to register will be prlvlllged to see this re production. Roarers Scratched by Bear. SHOSHONI. Oct. 9 (Special Telegram.) C. J. Rogers of this place haa Just re turned from a hunting trip to the head waters of the Wind river and while out he experienced a thrilling adventure, which he doea not care to repeat. While hunting alone at a distance from camp he en countered a large bear, which ha ahot at and wounded and waa charged by tha maddened animal. Although very seriously scratched up he got back to camp alive and It will be some time before his pain ful wounds are entirely healed. J eat Ice Moody Better. HAVERHILL. Mass., Oct. 1 -Of f iclal denial waa given here today to tha Wash ington statement that Associate Justice Moody of tha United States supreme court waa crltlcajly 111. The Justice on tha con trary la much Improved In health since his rheumatlo attack. Fifty Workmen in Wreck BALLS TON, N. Y.. Oct. -Fifty work nn bound from Ballston to Schenectady wer Injured, many of them badly today m a collision between trolley cars oo tkj Schenectady Electric railway her. Th collision waa due to fog and took PLAIN T THE CHANCELLOR British Cabinet Minister Says Budget Bill Will Go to House of Lords. ALL THE TAXES 0E NONE If They Tear Up Constitution They Must Take Besponsibility. PEERS MAY DECLARE REVOLUTION If They Bo They Will Raise Issues Not Breamed Of. PEOPLE WILL DIRECT IT It Will )e Chara-ed vrlth Peril for Order of Things Whleh the I'pper Hoase Repre aeata. NEWCASTLE. Oct. . David Lloyd Georgo, chancellor of the exchequer, re ceived a popular welcome this afternoon at the Palace theater here, where he gave to an audience of 4.000 what he called a "plain talk" on the subject of the budget "We are going to send that bill up to the House of Lords and get all the taxes or none," said the chancellor. He did not know what would be the final action to be taken by "poor Lord Lansdowne, with his cresking old ship and mutinous crew," but If the lords tor up the constitution by Interfering with the money bill they would force a revolution. "The lords may decree a revolution, but the people will direct It If It la begun, and Issues will bo rslsed that are' now little dreamed of, the answers to which will be charged with peril for the order of thlnga which the peers represent," aald the chan cellor. When Lloyd-George was leaving the theater a crowd of suffragettes made a dash toward his car. Lady Constance Lytton, who was armed with a hatchet, and Mrs. H. N. Brallsford and Miss Davi son were arrested. Early In the day four other sympathisers with the suffragette were sentenced to fourteen days at hard labor for Indulging In a window smashing campaign at the local liberal club. St. Louis Ends Week of Gaycty Threatening- Weather Makes Flight of Aeroplanes , Impossible Pa rade of Automobiles. BT. LOL'lS, Oct. 9. The week-long cele bration of St. Louis centennial anniversary aa an incorporated community endeM today and there waa a noticeable "last day" feel ing In eVIdenoe. Dull, threatening weather, accompanied by a strong wind cansed the abandonment of all aviation events .until dusk, and th air navigators announced that they would make no attempt to carry out tha program then unless conditions bettered. The chief outdoor events wer an automo bile parade. In which mora than 1.000 run abouts, roadsters, touring car and other motor driven vehicles took part, and the dedication ceremonies by which the old fair grounds race track enclosure waa formally turned over to the city aa a pub llo park. One of the Important contests for the week la scheduled for the hour before aun aet when four dirigible balloons will match speed over a tralngular cours of two miles. The entrants are Thomas Baldwin, Roy Knabenschue, Lincoln Beachy and Cromwell Dixon. Tha last named haa not been In the air thla week and the possi bilities of his aerostat are not widely known. The winner of the race Is to re ceive $1,000 and the aecond man half that sum. CROP CONDITIONS ARE SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE Department of Aarrlemltare Compiles Fla-nres to Show Yield of Important Prod nets. WASHINGTON. Oct. Crop conditions in the United 8tata slightly mora favor able than tha average conditions for the last ten years existed during th month of September, according to reports complied by tha Department of Agriculture. On Oc tober 1 crop conditions were 1.5 per cent lower than on that date In 1908 and 14 per cent lower than during the ten year aver age condition on the same data. Th condition of Important crops. In com parison with th ten-year average condi tion on October L which Is represented by 100. waa: Potatoes, 10S.8; tobacco, 97.S; buckwheat, 96.5; sweet potatoes, 94.1; corn, 91 J; cotton, 87. S; sugar cane, 871 The yield per acre of crops, which have been so reported, compared with th ten year average yields were: Winter wheat, 115.S; aprlng wheat, 117.8; oata, 1.03.1; barley, 91; rice, 101.1; hay, 98.S. HUSBAND CATCHES-WIFE AS SHE FALLS DYING Mrs. Me re of Wichita Expire Rsd aealy of Heart Fallar la Kan. aaa City Stattoa. KANSAS CITY, Oct. a-Mrs. L. T. Moore, wife of L. F Moore, commissioner of tha transportation bureau of Wichita, Kan., suffered an attack of acuta heart failure In th waiting room of the Union atatlon her last night and died In a few minutes. Mr. Moor joined his wife Just a moment be fore th attack and caught her as she be gan to fall. She died In hi arms. She was a) years of age, Injured ' on Interurban place at th outlet station south of Bail ston. The fifty workmen wer all In on car and not one of them escaped Injury. Tha motorman waa fatally crushed. The Injured men wer removed to hospitals to Schenectady and Saratogr DID Anybody SAY I NEVE. RtACMtO IAS MAICA From the Washington Star. FIGHT ON TAMMANY flALL Hearst to Aid in Ousting; Machine from Control of Finances. " HOW FORCES ABE LINING UP Repabllean-Fosloa Nominees Below Mayor Are to Be Placed oa the Civic Alliance Ticket. NEW YORK, Oct. 9. With William Ran dolph's name as an additional asset to tha republican fusion ticket, New York mu nicipal campaign shaped Itself definitely today a a fight to oust Tammany hall from control of tha eky. f InanQea. - Both Hearst and Otto T. Bannard, the repub-llean-fusion nominee aay that their elec tion Is a matter, $f secondary Importance ao long . a the remainder '' of th f ualon ticket wins out. for this will mean Tam many defeat In tha board of eatlmate, which control the purse strings of the greater city and Is a medium through which economy or extravagance may be exercised, regardless of the mayor. Hearst'a followers, now known as the Civic alliance, having accepted his con ditions that he head a ticket composed of the bulk of the republican-fusion nominees already aelected, arrangements to obtain the signatures requisite to make his nomi nation legal are already under way and the formal petition will probably be filed with the board of elections early next wsek. lvina Booming Hearst. William M. Ivlns, the republican who ran against Hearst and McClellan four years ago,. Issued a statement tonight It was through Ivin's efforts largely that Hearst waa Induced to enter this year's campaign, a circumstance that has caused Tammany to Cry that a republican-Hearst alliance Is on foot. Mr. Ivlns' statement says In part: "There will be a mass meeting at Carne gie hall on Monday night to put Mr. Hearst In nomination. A platform will be presented for adoption that will be a frank and genuine expression of purposes, Instead of a series of platitudes, loop-holes and non-commltlments such as the platform upon which the other candidates for mayor are running. "Mr. Hearst will attend the meeting In person and declare his attitude with re spsct to t e entlme matter of city govern ment." Hearst'a friends all predict that he stands ready to make another whirlwind campaign such aa he mad in 1906. a campaign which waa followed by the recount and much legal controversy, finally resulting In Mc Clellan being declared elected by a slender pluralylt. Repablteaaa Are Pleased. , Bannard and the republican leader ex pressed nothing but satisfaction today at Hearst's entering the field. Maintaining that Bannard will be elected regardless, they profess to feel jubilant that Hearst aa added strength to the remainder of the fusion ticket. All talk of Bannnrd's. with drawing and allowing Hearst to lead thai ticket to victory waa denounced as pre. (Continued on Second Page.) 1 Want a bargain automobile now is the time. Many people, for one reason, or another, wish to dispose of their cars, at this season of the year. You can pick up a good car, of moat any make, at wonderfully low prices. A great variety of used cars are offered on page 14, the want ads, under the head "Automobiles." P. 8. If you have a car to sell, now U the time to advertise it. Tbe Bee will sell it. -ji r y .j r x au v rm t.a . r e- JUST SUPPOSE THIS HAPPENED. Germans Fear Campaign is On by Englishmen War Talk So Often Repeated is Be , ginning- to Penetrate Sensibil ities of Teutons. BERLIN, Oct. 9. The speech recently at tributed to Lord Northcliffe, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and Earl Orey, governor general of Canada, together with various magazine'' artlclea dealing with the returns of Oreat Britain and Germany have been widelyi reproduced and commented upon In tiila country. Th prevailing note Is on of apprehen sion that a regular campaign has been or ganised for the purpose of depriving Ger many of the good will of the United States and nourishing the Idea that Oermany Is threatening Oreat Britain. The German commentors point out that all the sugges tions of coming trouble between Oermany and Great Britain come from tha British side and that .no tGerman of distinction, either in a publlo speech or In writing, haa given voice to suspicion of Great Britain. Apprehension Is expressed also over the growth of the war party in Great Britain Thla party today is small, but It la In fluential, and la gathering strength. An official effort Is being made to restrain German comment on these speeches and articles with the idea of avoiding the pro duction of material for Irritating discus .Ions. Gompcrs Home from Europe Hastens Home in Order to Finish His Appeal from Citation for Contempt. NEW YORK, Oct 9 Samuel Oompera, president of the American Federation of Labor, arrived today from Europe. In a report ho will prepare for the American Federation of Labor Mr. Gompers Will favor an International Trades Union league. I "My home coming waa hurried," said Mr. Gompers In response to a question, "be cause I want to get through with my ap peal from my sentence for contempt of court." Mr. Gompers was adjudged in contempt for refusing to withdraw the name of a firm from the Federation's "unfair list." Wilbur Wright Breaks Record Goes at Forty-Six Miles an Hour Over Five ' Hundred-Meter Course at College Park. COLLEGE PARK. Oct. 9. With prac tically a dead calm Settled over College Park, Wilbur Wright today broke the world's record for speed In an aeroplane over a 500 meter course, Including a turn beyond the course, his time being fifty eight and three-fifths seconds, or twenty seconds less than that made by Delegrange over a similar course In France. Wright attained a speed of forty-six miles an hour for the distance. K. C. DRY GOODS FIRM FAILS wofford Brothers Go Into Hands of Hecelvers Becanse of Disagree meat of Stockholder. KANSAS CITY. Oct. 9 The large whole sale firm of Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co. of this city was placed In th hands of receivers this afternoon aa a result of dis agreements among stockholders. Th as sets and liabilities are not given. H. M. Hundley of the Hundley Dry Goods com pany of St. Joseph. Is in Kansas City. It Is said he Is negotiating for the stock and business of th Swofford company and that If he succeeds and geta a leas on th building he will mov Jits business to Kan sas City, CHILDREN PLAY IN ROYALTY Japanese Tea Garden Faithfully De picts Oriental Grace and Beauty. BALL IS A COMPLETE TRIUMPH Jack Sn tamers Is Crowaed aa Ksaaeroi' and Msrjorle MeCord aa Empress f th Mikado's Flowery Klngdoss. fUiirtSl TBA QASBJUr. Zmperor Jack snuaaurt. Empress KarjoM MoOord, Children of . Ak-Sar-Ben became tha obedient subjects of the emperor and empreaa of Japan yesterday afternoon amidst th gorgeous beauty of Oriental splendor. Ak-8ar-Ben den -th land of th chrysanthemum was transformed Into the castle of a truly American Mikado and a beautiful Yankee dowager empreaa. "And a llttl child 'shall lead them." It waa an Intensely breathless multi tude that awaited with expectancy the advent of tha child monarch and his faithful queen. With a blare of trumpets and the dreamy, mystic music of the eaatland the emperor. Maater John Hoag land Summers, waa conveyed to the royal throne in a Japanese jtnrlkasha and was followed by th dowager queen, Miss Marjorle McCord. Th reign of th Juvenile rulers will be ephemeral, but Its memory will lurk for ever in the minds of Omaha's children who attended the Japanese tea garden at the den yesterday after.uon. "Jack" Summers la a well known cltl aen of Omaha. To nia.iy people he is familiar aa one of - the best automobile chauffeurs In tha city, aa he Is often seen at the wheel of his father's big touring car. His parents are Dr. and Mrs. John E. Summers of 127 North Thirty-second avenue. Miss Marjorle McCord la the daughter of Mn and Mra. W. H. McCord of 2J0J Cass street. Her father la at the head of th McCord-Brady company. Beaatlfnl and Inspiring;. It waa a beautiful acene. It was touching and Inspiring; it was gorgeous and splen did; It waa truly a personification of the ways of gay Japan. Thousands of persons who thronged tha big auditorium will re member the beautiful pageant of children and the awe-insplrtng scene attending the entrance of the youthful monarchs. Hun dreda of Oman, mothers will lay away the little gowns and dresses of their chil dren to be brought out In later years aa tender remembrances of childhood's days. Five hundred children (the youthful sub jects of Ak-Sar-Ben) wer on bended knees when th unknown emperor and empress appeared. There were Japanese girls, mod estly and coyly hiding their pretty faces behind their fans, dressed In th filmy costumes of the Insular empire of Asia. They wor the ever-present sashes and carried- Japanese umbrellas; their hair was adorned not with Marcel waves, rats, puffs and false curls but with pretty shells and the ohrysanthemum, th national flower. Streaks of grease paint on their white fore heads gave the typical slanting effec. to the eyes. The Jap youtha too, wore th customary garb of the empire, with the baggy pantaloons and roomy blouses. Visitors Come to Fmy Homage. There were visitors also who had come to pay homage to the Mongolian rulers. They formed a grand coterie, a pretty gal axy, of diversified nationalities in their beautifully strange costumes. There were Irish colleens, English dames, Italian peas ants, the French bourgeois, Scottish lads and lassies, Spanish dancers, Sicilian maids, Holland Dutch and true American Sons and Daughters of the Revolution. Then there were guards, mandarins, brownies and souaves all there to attend the big tea party. Th Japanese tea garden waa a bower of Oriental beauty. It was red; It waa yellow pretty harmonising colors of the Japan ese empire. From above hung Japanese lanterns, swaying In the 'balmy air of Japan's sea. Gaudy umbrellas furnished a pretty feature to the decorations. In th nort wing of th Coliseum waa the Imperial throne hung with oriental tapes tries and rug. The tea rooms and the anterooms were similarly decorated and with straw mattings on the floor. About the beautiful throne gathered th subjects of th king and queen, the dancers from foreign climes, mho had come to entertain th royal pair and their followers. Wlllard E. Chambers "The Mayor of r- (Cootlnued on Second PagaJ KING SCORES DISTINCT HIT w Ak-Sar-Ben's Festival Comes to Its Close with Success Written in Large Letters. EXPANSION IS NOW THE SLOGAN Japanese Tea Garden Splendid Climax in the Festivities. LITTLE FOLKS SUPERB IN SHOW They, Like the Coronation, Baise the Standard of Ceremony. OLD HIGHWAY RINGS TO LAST Popalar Playground Where All King's Snbjerta May Go Holds Its Chsrms Despite the I air Weather oa Closing flight. 1907. .190ft. 1909. Wednesday 9,569 4.375 .4,443 Thursday 8,657 7,988 4,164 Triday 90S 8,877 4,997 Saturday 83,100 10,884 14,910 Monday 8,483 7,845 7,780 Tnesdar 17,941 80,873 18,987 Wedaesday 83,984, 30,438 83,018 Thursday 88,911 84,798 80,898 Triday 14,388 18,738 T.851 Saturday 18,879 18,395 11,8 IT Totals 138,740 166,898 116,978 Ak-Sar-Ben's festival Is over for 1909. Reaching a splendid climax on Ita last day In the children's ball, or Japanese Tea Garden, at the den yesterday afternoon. It waa concluded on King's Highway last night by a large and happy throng, who feared not the lowering clouds with their threatening showers and the chill, pene trating atmosphere. In many respects this festival haa been regarded as the most successful. Con ditions, such as the street car strike, mili tated against a maximum attendance, and yet the attendance from out of the city was large, large enough to make every event successful Insofar as crowds figure as an element of success. In other respects the festival eclipsed any other yet held. The coronation ball was admittedly the best, most beautiful and Impressive; the Japanese Tea Garden surpassed the children's ball of last year. King's Highway, aa a whole, waa a ma terial Improvement over recent midway and the presence and participation of th officers and soldiers of the Department of tho Missouri formed one distinctly feature which no Ak-Sar-Ben festival ever haa possessed. On every hsnd the verdict Is the same as to' the part played by th army a splendid feature. The military tournament Thursday afternoon was tha most Imposing street demonstration and struck such a popular chord that there has sprung up a demand for a larger military display next year. The maneuvers at Fort Omaha every day In tha week waa ap plauded by th thousands that regularly attended and the part the officers took In th coronation ball was a rich element In the success of that Impressive function. General Morton and his fellow officers are being praised by every knight of Ak-Sar-Ben. and that includes all Ne braska. In a word, Ak-Sar-Ben of 1909 has been so successful a that the Board of Governors Is advocating a radical expansion In tha scope of the festival for next year, a re organisation that will make possible a capitalisation of 950.000 and perhaps tlOO, 000, Instead of (12,000 as now. And fur ther, this scheme of expnnsion contem plates a real exposition. Including a vast military tournament and an extension of the period of festivity to two weeks. Finish of th Fan. It's all over. The i crowds have departed from th Klng'a highway; the confetti barrel la empty, and th showmen have folded their tents and gone to other fields and th board of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben saw tha finish with smiles, for the carnival haa been a success, financially and otherwise. The figures have not yet been compiled, but Secretary Penfold announced last night that the Klng'a highway had been a paying institution. And the last night was a rip-roaring good one. The crowds dwindled In slowly, but gradually the grousda filled and then the shows began to do business. ' Spielers announced exhibitions at bargain counter prices and many who had held onto their dimes and nickels for ten strenuous days gave them up gladly on thla laat night. And frequently when a "regular" cam along . he was grabbed and yanked Into a tent without co and without ticket. While It was a farewell, the parting was a Joyous one, not because any on was glad to see th finish except th police who had to stand for the confetti without coming back with a handful but Just be cause the crowd was out for fun and thought not of the morrow or yesterday or the day before. The crowd was an old time Omaha bunch. Mingling with the home folk waa a delegation of soldiers and what they did not do to help things along could be published In a very small suae. Th Klngl The King! "Th king, the king," some one shouted as a rotund looking Individual rounded a corner of the grounds. ' Immediately the "king" waa surrounded and pelted with confetti and foolish ques tions. But It was not the king, though he had a lordly bearing. It was merely a gov ernor, Emil Uranduls, and the way he hustled from the crowd Indicated he Is fit for a marathon. Some of the boys In their glee attempted to start the sob squad, but failed, amid th good-natured Jeers of the crowds. Thy lined up In front of the Big Otto animal show and began to sing "Home Sweet Home," drifted Into "Annie Laurie" and the doxology. but their voices failed to harmonize sufficiently to create any ex citement except with the Hon on the Inside, who persisted in roaring In on the chorus. The finish of the carnival wus Ilk the fnlsh of others that have gone before. Men who had given up good jobs to work ten days In a position of some responsibility began to think of the cold giay dawn a coming. The tents began to fall aa the whistle sounded at 11 o'clock and almost In a Jiffy the Jig was up and the grounds war cold and lonesome and deserted.' No tsaestlon of Kiweu. That the carnival has been a grand suc cess Is attested by the large attendance under circumstances with which no other carnival her has had to contend. So far aa heard from there baa been uo dlssaUs-
