Show i 1 AN OMAHANS SCHEME 1 1 Ifow Hud Musicians Escaped Klll I I hug for Torturiue Innocent Tourists When Chief Clerk Blackburn of the Union Pacific passenger department was taking in the sights on Douglas street on the Fourth some of his friends noticed that he lingered rather longingly about the dime museum where the wheezy band was making work for the ear doc tors When asked what he found so en I tertaining Blackburn replied I Boys it makes me think of W C B Allens band at Shoshone When B train arrived there on the way to Port land len and his musicians consisting of three horn players and a drummer j met us at the depot and serenaded the I I party The noise was horrible but our desire for revenge was killed by a shrewd j scheme of Allens He had a darkey 1 standing at one side with a banner on j I which was painted I Please dont shoot were doing the best we can Weve only had three weeks practice i I think the dime museum man ought i to follow Allens example and the reporters re-porters all sang out AmenOmnaia Her aid j |