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The Omaha Everybody Roads the clay's happenings ovcry tiny. If folks don't read your storo news every day, it's your fnult. THE WEATHER. Showers VOL. XLIII NO. 89. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, IflKJ -TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Daily Bee ( CONFERENCE REPORT TARIFF MEASURE Democratio Members of Conference Committee Submit Their Agree ment to Minority Members. REPUBLICANS REFUSE" TO SIGN It is Formally Adopted by Vote of Eight to Six. MANY CHANGES ARE MADE Pig Iron, Cattle, Wheat and School Books Added to Free List. INCOME TAX IS AMENDED Mlnlmnm In Ilerinced to Three Thou . und null Ilnte on Income ' Above Seventy-Five Tlion ftnn din Increnaed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-The confer ence report of tho Underwood-Simmons tariff bill representing tho final adjust ment of disputes betweeh tho senate and house over the former's admend mcnts was made, public early today when the democratic managers submitted It for tho first ttmo to their republican colleagues on tho conference committee. In tho form In which the tariff bill Ultimately will go to President Wilson for his signature, It cnrrles many changes from the original Underwood bill passed by the house last May. While the sonate gave way on many of Its amendments, In the. two week's fight in the conference committee, many Im portant changes were retained and the general averages of rates of the house bill was reduced about 4 per cent ad va lorem. Income Tax and Free I.Ist. In a summary of the agreements that have been Informally announced from day to day during the conference work, the report shows the following Import ant alterations of the original Under wood house bill: The tax rate on Incomes above 175,000 was Increased by a graduated scale from 3 per cent to 7 per cent and the Income tax exemption reduced from 14,000 to 13,000. Articles added to the free list Include pig Iron, ferro manganese ore, cheap grades of Iron; cattle and other food animals; wheat, flour, flax, hemp, sugar refining machinery, school text books, sand blast machinery, Indigo dyes, pho tographic moving lecture films, cement, 'asphalt and many other articles. A neT classification for woolen stock-. inga, gloves and mittens mokes a reduo tlon from the house rate on those stat-1 ued -at. less, .than.- tVHi - -dozen .and an. Increase on-those above. Angola wool and, articles rode from It were given a higher duty than In the house bill. Sill; lUbHonh Higher. .The house rate on silk -ribbons and narrow fabrics was Increased from 40 to 45 per cent, -while the house rates on common paper box Hoards and papers used for photographlo prints were re duced. An Increased rate of duty was provided for lithographic views of Amer ican scenes and the rate on surface coated papers suitable for covering boxes was Increased from 35 to 40 per cent, Reduction In the house duties was made on wearing apparel, on cattle or goat skins, fur hats, rough forms of dog and goat skins, camel's hair press cloth for use In cotton oil mills, and through a reclassification rates will be slightly reduced from those fixed by the house on fancy grades, of cotton cloh. The house- rate on cotton stockings and half hose was also reduced. Reductions In the house rates In the chemical schedule covered perfumed and medicinal BOaps, crude chlckle, linseed oil, chlorate of potash and several other Items, while the house rates were In creased on many kinds of acids and on some classes of paints. The senate suc ceeded In reducing the house- rates on high powrr lenses, surveying Instru ments, telescopes and the like. Iron and steel Lower. Most of the senato charges reducing the rates on iron and steel products were approved by the conference committee making the rates considerably lower on the average than those of the original (Continued on Page Two. The Weather Forecase till 7 p. m. Tuesday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs und Vicinity Unsettled, with showers. Temperature at Omnliu Xescerdny. Hours. Dee. 5 a. jn i 65 I 0 a. m Mi 7 a. m 57 , 8 a. m 58 : v a. in... 10 a. m... 11 a. m... 12 m.i 1 p. m... 2 p. m... 5 p. m... 4 p. m... 6 p. m... 6 p. in... 7 P. m... .Mi .39 .S3 .GO .61 ,i .6.1 .61 ' .60 Comparative Local Record. Ull 1911 1911. 1910. Highest yesterday ...... 3 63 68 78 Lowest yesterday 64 39 57 83 Mean temperature. 58 43 62 C5 Precipitation 10 .00 .00 .CO Temperature and precipitation depart ures from the normal: Normal temperature , 61 Deficiency for the day 3 Total excess since March 1 555 Normal precipitation 11 inch Deficiency for the day 01 Inch Total rainfall since March 1..19.J8 Inches Deficiency since March 1 6.56 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1812. 2.W Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1911.15,20 inches Reports from Station at 7 I'. 31, Station and State Temp. High- Rain of Weather. 1 pm. est. fall. Cheyenne, clear 68 66 .00 Denver, clear 66 70 .00 Des Moines, cloudy Wr 68 .36 Dodge City, clear 64 72 .00 Lander, clear 68 72 .00 Omaha, cloudy 6l 63 .10 Pueblo, clear 65 80 .00 Rapid City.' clear 92 61 .00 Sat Lake City, cear 64 68 .00 Sante Fe. cear 62 AS .00 Sheridan, cear W 00 Sioux City, coudy -,6s 60 .01 Vaentlne. cear . . &o u .tig j "T" Indicates trace of precipitation. i L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. READY FOR CONGRESS Ml Steamer Mohawk Goes Aground and Passengers in Panic POUGIIKEEPS1E, N. Y., Sept. Three hundred passengers of the steamer Mohawk of the Manhattan Navigation company were transferred from tho vessel early today after It had gone hard aground on embankment off Hydo park, seven miles north of here. Most of them resumed their Journey to Albany over tho New York Central railroad. In tho panic which followed the ground ing several passengers were slightly hurt. Many had ben thrown from their berths by tho Impact, Which tore a great hole In the Mohawk's bow and forced It nearly thirty feet up the river bank, almost to the New York Central tracks. Nearly every one had retired when the ship hit the rocks. The excited pas sengers swarmed to tho decks, and while the crew tried to calm their fears the life boats were made ready to lower. Tho vessel was so fast aground however, as to be In no dunger of sinking, and it was decided to wait foe assistance. In response to tho vessel's whistles of distress, tho steamers Trojan and Iro quois of the same line came up and took off consignments of passengers, many of them hysterical women. There was a long wait in the station at Poughlteepsle before they could take the train for Albany. The accident was due to a break In the steering gear. Dried Fruit May Lose or Take On Weight During Shipment WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Ten carloads of dried fruit are on their way from Los Angelos, Cal.f to New York, Wash ington and other cities i of the cast as part of extensive tests Velng conducted by the United States Bureau of Chemistry to obtain data for the drafting of regu lations for the now net weight law, which requires that the contents be plainly indi cated on the outside of everv turlun nf food. The tests are to determine the. amount of shrinkage which takes place. In transit from the Pacific to tho At lantlo coast. That many niceties of calculation must enter Into the preparation of the regula tions and tho figuring of tho allowances, which Justly must be made on account of the shrinkage during shipment, is shown by the fact, as stated by officials of the bureau, that certain rjroductn 1. quently will lose weight when shipped irom a city where the climate is moist to one which Is In a high, dry place, whereas they will take on weight when sent from a dry to a moist cllmato. fcome crates of macaroni, for Instance, recently shipped to Denver and Arl. rona lost weight, while those sent to New Orleans, San Francisco and Seattle gained owing iu moisture In the aln i Houston Speaks-at Detroit Road Congress DETROIT, Mich.. Sent. 20. SeeMtarv Houston of the United States depart ment of agriculture In an address be fore theAmerlcan Road congress hero today expressed his approval of the ef forts of the organization and explained tne interest of the federal unit with which the federal government mleht deal. It would seem that the basic fmtiir.. would bo such co-operation betwrnn , states and federal government as would leave tho states the initiative in the se lection or roads to receive old nnd no much of the Immediate construction and maintenance as would be practicable. it is also reasonably clear that thf. muBt bo some automatic check upon the demands to be made upon congress and that this should be afforded through the requirement that the states and the lo calities should contribute an amount both for construction and maintenance at least equal to and possibly double that contributed by tho federal govern ment." Other speakers before th day included: Igan Walter Page, pres. ident of. the American Highway asso ciation, and A. W. Campbell, deputy min ister of railways and canals in Can ada. At the opening session l.ir. ... read from President Wilson, Speaker namp uiarK, Senator Robert M. La Follette and ReDresentativ n. tw tt. derwood. who expressed their regret be cause they were unable to attend, and voiced approval of good roads legislation. livery man who wishes to great country made tho most of must sympathize with the efforts now being) made to weave Its parts together by good rdads," wrote President Wilson. In his opening address to the President Logun Waller Paee of th American Highway association rn. demned what he termed the "haphazard issuance of long-term bonds for road building," Thaw Challenges Jerome's Veracity CONCORD. N. 11.. Sent 591lr,v Thaw today issued a statement, amplifying the declaration made by John F. Kmg wood, one of his counsel, at Pough kiepsle, N. Y., that the fugitive would return voluntarily to Dutchess county and answer the Indictment for conspiracy to escape from the Insane asylum at Mat teawan, N. Y.. If such' indictment had been found at the time that William Travers Jerome, special deputy attorney general of New York, stated at the ex tradition hearing. SENATOR LODGE IS ILL FOLLOWING OPERATION NAHANT, Mass., Sept. 29,-Benator Henry Cabot Lodge, was operated on last Thursday for a growth on the right Bide. For twenty-four hours afterward his condition was serious. Today It was said that the patient was as comfortable as could be expected. Senator Lodge re turned from Washington a few days ago on the conclusion of the fight over tho tariff bill and at that time appeared to be In his usual health, though showing somewhat the effects of the strain due to the prolonged gestion of congress. NO DEAL BETWEEN U, S. AND THE This Government Into Negotiate stitut FEDERAL VICTORY CONFIRMED No Question of Defeat of Revolution ists Under General Gonzales. TROUBLE BREWING IN TABASCO Rumors of Hostilities in State Quiet for Considerable Time. NEW PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Washington IlefuneN to Repress Any Opinion About Slirnlflennee of Entry, of Other Men In the Hnce. WASHINGTON, Sept 29.-The admin istration has reluctantly concluded that at present thero Is no constitutional means of opening communlcatioh on nn offi cial basis with Insurgent parties In Mex ico. This fact developed today as the' result of an Inquiry whether' Mr. Llnd, tho president's special commissioner to Mexico, was able to get Into communica tion with the constitutionalists with a view to securing an agreement from them to respect a truce while tho projected October elections In Mexico are under way. The administration is much Interested in the bringing forward of new cnndl. dates for tho presidential nomination, though not willing to express any opin ion as to the significance of these en tries in their bearlnir on tho settlcmmt of tho question whether the Huerta gov ernment is genuinely complying with the deslro of the United States government for a free and fair election In Mexico. Confirmation of the defeat of the con stitutionalists under General Gonzales at Baratan by General Maas, federal com mander, and of tho retreat of thx rrhil to Sablnas has reached the State depart ment from tho American consul at Clu dad Torforio Diaz. Trouble Is browing In the state of Ta- basco, which has been quiet for some time, and there are rumors that the in surrectionists in tho southern part of the state are only awaiting the arrival of expected reinforcements to renew hos tilities. The rebels who have been beaterim? Mazatlan have now sought to com Del sur- render of tho federal forces by cutting off the water supply. Eight Foreigners Are Captured by . ;.0hmese Bandits. PEKING, Sept. S9. A missionary telei gram iecelved at Hankow today from Fan Cheng, in the north of the province of Hu Peh, says: "On Friday bandits looted and still hold the' town of Tsao Yang. Eight foreigners, according to authentla reports, were cap tured by them." There Is a mission at Fan Cheng be longing to tho Hauges Norwegian Evan gelical Lutheran Synod of America. The station Is officered by five men and six women. Edward T. Williams, charge d'affaires of the American legation, made represen tations to the Chinese office today, call ing for protection of tjie American mis stonarles. ' At the request of J.' Paul Jameson, act lng American consul at Hankow General LI Yuen Heng, vice president of the Chi nese republic, Is sending troops to the district, but Tsao Yang is a long distance from Hankow. Omaha "Will Have Headquarters of Commerce Body (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. (Special Tel egram.) A division of the Interstate Commerce commission in charge of the physical valuation work will be estab lished In Omaha. "Commissioner Prouty gave this Information to Congressman Lobeck and Senator Hitchcock. The de tails of the headquarters will not be completed betoro the first of the year. INCUBATOR BABY CASE UP TO SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-One of the unique cases to come before the supreme court during the session which begins in a few days. Is one in which the court will bo called upon to determine the parentage of the "Incubator baby," viewed by thousands at the Louiana Pur chase exposition at St. Louis. Mrs. Lottie Bleakley of Topeka, Kan., claims to be the mother of the two pound mite. She has fought In the courts of Illinois and Kansas for possession of the child, now 9 years old, and appears now before the court as prosecuting wit ness against a detective who Is charged with having kidnapped the girl from het home. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Barclay of Douglas county, III., claim tho child oa an adopted daughter. Barclay, who was an employe at the fair grounds, watched the baby in Its glass'home. The Barclays declare investigation shows Mrs. Bleak ley is mistaken about being the mother of the child. They claim that her child died a few days after it was born. HOMESTEAD ENTRY BILL NOT YET TO PRESIDENT (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Sept. .-(Spcla! Tel egram.) Rule and regulations for open ing the North Platte forest reserve to homestead entry will probably be com pleted by the general land office tomor row The bill authorizing the president to control these rules has not yet been signed, however, and cannot be signed until Wednesday. After passing the bill on Thursday the measure went back to the house and Ir now repotlng In the office of the chief clerk. Drawn for The Bco by Powell. FLORAL ADTOMRADB FINE Chairman Beaton Promises it Will Be the Most Beautiful Ever. FIFTY-SIX AUTOS IN LINE till Bealdea Thke There AVII1 Bo Dnnili and Polfdemen and Members of the Hoard of Governors nBiilSIotoroycle. . . nouf jrlorni Pnrnde, . jr Start at Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets at 2 p. m, Rest on Fatnarfll street to Fifteenth street. North on Fifteenth street to Douglas street. East on Douglas to Eleventh street. South on Eleventh street to Farnam street. West on Farnam to Fifteenth street. South on Fifteenth street to Howard street. West on Howard street to Sixteenth stiver. w5tUith ?" 8lxteenth "trM to Leavenv oi V . " -"""iraiurvn norm on Sixteenth street to Chicago street; west on Chicago street to Seventeenth street: south on Seventeenth street to Capitol avenue and disband. Flfty-slx magnificently decorated auto mobiles are to bloom forth upon tho streets of Omaha at 8 o'clock today, when the automobile floral parade, the first of the parades of the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. moves forth Charles Beaton, chairman of the com mittee nandiing this parado, gives his word that It will be the finest ever seen In Omaha. He also has the word of tho Imported decorator who has worked on th cars and who has worked on cars for similar parades from coast to coast. While the cars are being decorated at less cost this year, they are also being more elaborately decorated. How can that be7 Well, it Is easy. Last year con tractors came here from Chicago and (Contlnuod on Page Two.) Bloodless Battle in Hills of Colorado WALSENBUBO, Colo., Sept 29.-Oak-view, a mining camp twenty miles west of here, was the scene of a bloodless battle today, when a crowd of strikers fired from tho surrounding hills into the houses of strikebreakers. The ex change of shots continued about half an hour. The mine guards rushed their as sailants, who scattered through the hills, Ho far as known none was wounded. A posse Is reported in pursuit. MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES DESTROY GOLF GREENS YARMOUTH. England, Sept. 29. Mili tant suffragette "arson squads" were again busy today. They vdestroyed the I greens of the municipal golf links here with acid, leaving a confession of their crime on the ground and a note saying; The timber yard was set on flro by us, This had reference to a fire Saturday I which destroyed 1175,000 worth of lumber, The National Capital Monday, September 20, 1013. The .Senate. Senator Kern secured unanimous con sent for adjournment until Wednesday, Senate and house confereu agreed to tho conference report on tariff bill, re publicans withholding thiir approval. namuei untermyer. before banking committee, gave his views on the cur rency legislation. Adjourned at 12:01 until noon Werines. day. The House, sented tariff bill conference report and secured agreement for meutlnc nf linnia at 11 a m. Tuesday to debate report. Adjourned at 12.lt o. rn. until II a. m Tuesday, Pretty Please zKtft (SsV Real Estate Dealers Indicted on Charge of Misuse of Mails ST. LOUI8. Sept. .-Descriptions of tho twelve men Indicted by tho federal grand Jury for alleged fraudulent boom ing of "Spottswood Manor," a Now Jersey sub-dlvlslon, together with 'copies of indlctmonts, wilt bo .mailed to Chi cago, 'New York and other oastern cltlesj in an effort to bring about the Immediate' arrest of the jndlcled -men, it wis 'an nounced tbday. Thomas H. Smart, ohlef promoter of a land nml bookselling enterprise and one of thoso indicted, lsin Chicago, accord ing to Jepha D. Howe, his local. attorney. The twelv6 men 'nre charged with mis. using the malls lri connection with the sale bt lots und books. It is chargad that on the strength of a beautiful prospectus they sold ground which In reality was under water In a swamp. "Smart sold a set of books for $50 and threw in a iMoco of property with tho sole," Attorney Howo said. "He has not criminally guilty of any fault." Bowater Elected Lord Mayor of London LONDON. Sept. 29.-Slr Thomas Vanslt tart Bowater was elected lord mayor of tho. city of London today. He will as sume office on Nqvember 9. ( Sir Thomas In the first l.nnrnnturlnn 'to attain this high position. After him, however, there will be, barring accidents, a succession of Lancasterlan lord wiayors, for Sir Charles Johnston, who will suc ceed him, was born In Llvorpool and Blr Charles C. Wakefield and Sir William Dun, who are next In rotation, are na tives .respectively of Liverpool and Clltlicrce, lrrLancahlre. Sir Thomas Bowater is a Manchester man. Ho was born In 1SG2 and came to London as a young man to enter busi ness. He Is now at tho head of a large firm of paper makers. His rise politically has been rapid. Every lord mayor must have served as alderman and sheriff, and usually an alderman must wait some years before being elected sheriff. Field Hospital in Ordinary Boxcar CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-A hospital In an ordinary box car. tho first of its kind to be operated by a railroad, was put In commission hero today near the scene of track elevation work by the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroad. It will be In charge of a surgeon, who not only will give flrit uld to the Injured, but will lecture to employes, instructing them how to aid themselves and warn them against carlpssnesi. The car has a completely equipped operating room and a ward. The Interior Is enameled In while and a screen parti tion separates Its two rooms. Gas light running water, an electric fan and many other accomodations have been Installed Tho bcdi are broad canvas litters, sus pended from chains and springs. Former Congressman Lacy Drops Dead OSICALOOSA, la., bept. 29. John F. Lacey, former Iowa congressman for the Sixth Iowa congressional district, dropped dead here today from heart disease. Major Lacey fell dead at the door way of his home, after havlpg returned from a trip downtown. When he was greeted by his wife at tho door, he com plained of reeling HI, and she handed him a glasB of water, which ha did not fin ish before the final stroke. The family physician pronounced his death due to apoplexy. Major Lacey, who was prominent In the civil war as a union officer, re pre fonted the sixth Iowa district In congress from 1S89 to 1907, being elected as a republican. MURDER MYSTERY DEEPENS Inquiries Throw Little Light on the Death of Mrs. Rcxroat. MR. SPENCER IS STILL MISSING Former Hnsliand of Woman and the Man She Married Last Spring; Will Testify at the V Inquest. CHICAGO,. Spt 29. InttrcsUln .theinyJi torlotis murder of Mrs. Mildred Alllson Rexroat centered today in the InqUeat set tot hearing at West Chldago. Among tho mqro important Witnesses expected were JV. H. Allison, who iriar tied th woman seventeen years ago., and Everett A. Roxroat. the Infatuated farmer, of Macomb, McDonough county, who married her last spring, within two weeks of her divorce from Allison, A warrant charging Rcxroat with murder was sworn out last night, but this was largely to compell his attendance at the Inquest. Mrs, Allljson-Rexroat was murdered at Wayne, a suburb of this city, where many wealthy men have their country homes, on Friday night, last. She was shot In tho head, the body placed on tho raldroad tracks, and sho was. robbed of Jewelry and money or the value of about $40. She was lur-id to the spot by aman. descriptions of who vary greatly, from tall nnd slender to short and stocky. Her friends understood that she was on her way to Whenton," by arrangement over tho telephone with one "Spencer," known from the manner of his speech as the "man with the drawl." Whn she left home she curried a rattan suit caso Neither tho suitcase nor tjie pistol with which 'the murdered was committed nan been found, Ilimhnnriia View Iloitr. Allison, beforo the Inquest began, was taken Into tho room where lay the mutilated body of his former wife and tho mother of ills thrco children. He looked long and silently and then burst Into tears. Rexroat was also subjected to the same ordeal. Friends of Rexroat declare he was In Macomb Friday night. Patching together fragments of a let ter found on tho scene of tho murder eliminated nti clues, but suggested that a gang of wire tapswrs were plotting to swlndlo Charles E. Herron, un Alaskn mining man, now In Chicago. The let ter was addressed to Ralpr Coleman of Wayno and was signed by Mr. Herron, who Is prominent In Alaska politics. Curtain of Smoke Hangs Over Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Chlcago was a city of night this forenoon. The sky was black with rain clouds and in the ab senco of uny brefxo a curtain of smoke hung over the cly. Office buildings and stores were lliumlnatod and work went on as usual, but wherever buildings were not equipped for night work, business had to be suspended. TURKEY AND BULGARIA SIGN TREATY OF PEACE CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 20.-The treaty of peace between Turkey and Bul garia was Blgned by the plenipotentiar ies here today, Tho menacing language of the news papers representing the Turkish military element, which practically occupys tho government saddle at the present mo ment, confirms the uncompromising at titude adopted by Turkey in its demands on Greece. One paper declares that If Greece falls to yield it is doomed to be driven from Balontkt and Eplrus, within the limits of Its old frontier." ' Another says: "Greece is bound to yield on the question of the Islands in the Aegean sea before the united Bul garian and Turkish armies." r CRDWDCOMESDUTTO AK-SAR-BEN CARNIVAL Good Attendance Gathers at Sam son's Playground on the King's Highway Last Evenine. MUCH INTEREST IN FAIR Douglas County Exhibit of Live Stock Attracting Attention. PARADE THIS AFTERNOON Will Be Most Pleasing Spectacle with Many Entries. WILL SHOW AT AUDITORIUM Irwin Brother Will Give Their Per formance Kvery Afternoon nnd l'venlnn Under Hoof for ' Rent of Week. WEATHER CLEARING Ak-Sar-Ben Carnival Dates Antomobilt rioral Farads, Tusifiajr afternoon. Electrical Parade, Wednesday night. German Say Parade, Thursday aft rnoon. Coronation Ball, Xrlday evening; Douglas County Talr and Xlve BtooK Show sacu day at carnival grounds. Irwin Bros.' rrontlsr Say Wild Wast Show, every afttrnoon. Ak-Bar-Bsn ft Irwin Bros.' Indoor Clr cus at the Auditorium, avsry vsnlna. King's Klguway open dally front a. m. to 11 p. m. f CARNIVAL ATTENDANCE!. 1913. 1913. " Wednesday 160 1.83 Thursday 4,164 4,080 rrlday 6,846 465 Saturday Adults , 10,464 13,133 Children 8,988 1,783 Bocauso tho weather cleared lato In tho ifternoon yesterday when most ot thoso who hud Intended to attend tho arnival had lost tho notion, the after noon attnndanuo Was not larc But as itvwilng come on and the lights blazed forth the crowds began to as semble Tho carnival attractions aVo now nil In place, anil doing a big bust ness. Irwltt Brothers pulled off their show In the nftornoon in spite of tho rain ot tho night and morning, but they did It in tho auditorium. A great deal ot Interest is being BhoWn tn the Douglas county fair, which is being held in connection with tho car nival. There are dotens ot fino horses on exhibit, several scoro of hogs that are excellent representatives ot the best Nebraska, products. Many of. those hoga Uvrrr. nrlrn vlnnra tnto tarj-.-- Tne assortment gi sneuana pomes is, a large one -iliid Is ot especial Interest td the children. The agricultural exhibits occupy a booth over a block long. They reveal many surprises to those who were ot the opinion that on account oC tho dry weather the crops were a fail ure. There Is much corn and other pro duce that has perhaps never been ex celled In the county. l'lnrnl 1'nrnde Today. When thjo folurl parade Balls out on tho street this afternoon at 2 o'clock tho fires parade spectacle ot tho season will be witnessed. As the parades are among 1 the great features ot the festivities the trulns coming Into Omaha yesterday; brought vast crowds in spite ot tho threatening condition of the weather. It Is held both by railroad men and, Ak-Sar-Ben officials that tho rain kept many back yesterday, but in spite oC that most of the trains that pulled in at the stations wero packed to their capacity. Tho Information bureau now has a list ot 1,000 rooms In the city that are avail able for keeping visitors. The crowds began yesterday afternoon to seek rooms in earnest from tho information bureau. Signs have bean placed over the eleva tors in the railway stations directing the people to 1315 Farnam street, where) tlipy can consult the list ot 1,000 rooms to decide where they want to select thelff lodging for the week. Will Show nt Auditorium. With tho Irwin Brothers' Wild West show performing In tho Auditorium yes terday and two ot the big attractions ot the carnival grounds Just movedInto place for tho first time, the Ak-Sar-Ben festlvitled was in full swing yesterday afternoon. On account ot the mud at llaurko park it was decided yesterday; that the Irwin Brothers Wild AVest show Is to be held In tho Auditorium everyj afternoon and evening. Early yesterday the tent and appa ratus for tho big Hippodrome show on the carnival grounds were put Into place, and the first of the shows In the Hip podrome were staged yesterday afternoon. This Is the show that contains thebunrb. of attractions that have been looked for- (Continued on Page Two.) Wanted! At Once! Nearly every legitimate en deavor Is advertised today. Danks advertise, so do rail roads and public service cor porations while political parties glvo their arguments In the ad vertising columns. Thero should be at least one representative of every line ot business activity In the city ad vertising In The Bee. Do you conduct a business that Is not advertised at all? If you do, the columns of The Bee offer you a unique oppor tunity. Readers of this newspaper really want some Information about your business. Why are you not the first to tell them? The advertising manager ot The Bee will be glad to talk thlB over with you. i il