I r ' THE TO6K TRIBUNE. | V. * 2. tCIKJII E.L I'uMUlicr. McCOOiL : : NEB ABOUT NEBKASKA. TheSck l Funi ApjwrHonmcnt The esperiatendent o pnblic instruo- ticelias completed tho apportionment of the school fond of the state to the respective counties. The total number of children of school ago is 298,085 and the total amount apportioned is $258 , - 96G.24 , which is divided among the counties as follows : _ _ Name * or Cocanxa. - * 5 a a ° • * * JZ to A U , - 6.031 $ 4.877 07 & * Oifi > e. 4.012 4.175 27 lu.fal , . 8.43 5r5 3 7 ; . Main's. , 252 21K 29 Booae „ . . , _ 3.82S 2.628 J7 Box lUttte - fe6 7C7 47 Bro 8 , . 2.616 2.2CS 16 Kwt , 3 , e0 3.351 40 UnlWr 5.131 4.417 10 Cam , . , 7.470 C.470 05 Cedr „ _ _ _ _ _ . _ 2.010 1.74S S'J Ch ypfcmr.- . , , , . 3.01.1 2.C03 92 t3u T > 1,027 883 HI Cbt * . , , , . „ 1,101 953 71 * % ay i. n.i 2.MU ) Z.U7G 04 CeWnx , , . . . . 4.11. . 3.103 14 < * u < s < b ; * 3.72 3,250 05 Cttflvr. . . G.4W 2C2 < S 09 1 > xki > m _ _ . _ _ - _ „ 2 , 'JJs 2.553 flt Dun 2.2U 1,911 19 IinjEeM . . , „ , . - 1,92 1.670 93 IXxm . . . _ i. 2.7M S.07N CI iMxl . , . . . . . . 5.SC3 2.418 47 Doaste4. . 23.1JO 20.051 7 Du 4r . , , . . , , 1.0H2 SOT 91 ni * * rw 5.HK 4.781 IX Knu > kHH - 2.K3N 2.475 65 Fretrtbr , , . . MI4 Z001 x Kara-m . . 3.42H 2.M9 40 CttK- . _ „ 9.0IC 7.S09 82 Crtl M 5.2i 4SG.P.1 Ore4nr l. B * 1.410 21 Go p f 1 . , 1.800 1.299 33 H H - 5.310 4.B47 fir linutMtwa 4.727 4,031 61 ) IiuM 3JMU 2.C54 10 ) ! ? * • . 10.26 * s 74 Hit-ahnotk „ . . - . 1.SN7 1.C3I .V Uvtt - G. 'UI C.637 XI Houghs' 3.291 2. I9 Sfi MhHTWH. . . , - 4.38S 4.2IS SO JoImmHi - - 3.9 : 3.11107 K 4k flic 5S3 S9 Kfara-r _ . 3,097 55,2 ( f * Kojrfca. 1'ittm. 1.7 S 1.47 * 31 Kb . . . , . . . 3.1M 2.71.1 60 Lwiowter IS.4S2 13.410 79 Us 4a 2.4SS 1.12) i l > Mtf _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . an 41)7 02 I > WHI . . 3 IS 297 II Iia44 * Mi . . , , - 4.340 3.7H7 1H Mwrtrfc 3(10 2,087 56 Naa . 1.451 1.2a ; is N * ) ml. . 4.3M 3. < * 1 67 Nitct * * . , „ 3J1 2.9X7 Xi Otoe 7.2 * ! C.23S 50 I'a s * _ _ _ _ _ _ „ . 3J 3.11192 l * rUiw . - . , - . . l.2l i I.0 05 Ib 4 M 1JW2 7l 71 li" * * 1JS7 * 1.36T. 16 * * ! * • 5.KT 4.4J7 09 Po > k 34B1 3.1M 5S U4 Wilwr. _ , . , 2 03 2.427 1 < 5 I Rfa-htt roa. 6.721 5..S2I S5 Solto _ _ _ _ _ 7 116 6.364 16 I Sarwr . .1 1.S3 ? 9H 5a < Mki ni M 7.7t C.672 4S I $ Se X 4M 373 07 5va 4 J S.saa 4 , < 8 21 ? hrtT w 2JSB 1.950 92 I SberWaa . . . . , . . , 1JB 1.715 II 5taMct , 1,44B ( 1.2S7 2S I TUaprr 4,1S 3,594 s | The M # . _ X7 32 0 } alfcxr 2 jt i 2.020 05 UaxMujrUMi 4,417 3.S2S G9 Vr jr - 1.IS8 1,522 t TT > tirtt.r 3. < &n Z.X&I 27 T rt C.0S4 5.2U 01 Vherlc 724 027 14 I Tetal 1 29S. > 5 52SS.9SC 2 I STATE JOTTING > IN BRIEF. I AXX03IKwho has been hnmbng ed by I qnaclc doctors or menlicul institutes of I Omaha.Brill 'earn something to their ad- I Tanta e and i ossiby ! recover their I money by tirritin full particulars to I Geo. A. Joslyn , treasurer Western I Newspaper Union , Omaha , Neb. , who will give his services free of charge. I The Union Pacific has filed prelimi- nary charters for the following exten- B eions of its lines in Kansas : One of the I Xincohi and Colorado branch , from Sa- lina to the west boundary of Kansas , in Sherman county , 200 miles ; another from OasJej- some point in the north- I vest corner of Cheyenne county , 100 I miles ; the third from Clay Centre to a junction with the first , in Graham I county ; the fifth , from some point on I the XeJ r Kka border in Phillips county , B to i&iersrt No. 4 in Cheyenne or Slier- ' man counties , 120 miles awaj * . I We learn with a shock of woe , saj-s s I the Fillmore County Eepublicau , that i Hansom Folden , the death of whose 1 horses with glanders we chronicled a I short time ago. has undoubtedly taken I on the fatal disease and has gone to 1 I Omaha to place himself in the hands of 1 the physicians , no doubt to only die of c I the disease as he would at home. s I The Union Pacific railroad compan- -will expend the sum of $90,000 in Grand t Island itt new buildings within the next t I ninety days , work already having comt xnenced. v Troop A , .S. S. ( jr. , of Seward , was t B last week presented with a beautiful B silken d g by the htdies of that city. B Prof. l'attTboa made the presentation B EU tidi- I Xt rth Platte ratified the St Louis jj B noraiitiikHts with an open air meeting B that was largely attended. I B The assessment books which have ' B just been returned to the county clerk ' B fehows that the total valuation of wealth B of Douglas cooaty for 1SSS will be about 24,000,000. Omaha's assessed valua- , B tionlast year was $15.42U,156.15. The B 18Ss l ? ry sh ws a deckled increase over B last v < * r. The coantv ' s total valuation - B for ST ll > . few y l was $ ,44a,744.30 just a I hundred dollars morn thau the city's t valcati for the preseet j-ear. t The graod ledge of the sons of the H state of N rbr sk * held it * a al se < ion c B ia Lxue. lu hist week. Th grand mas- " * ter ' s r-port fe4ons tkat there are 1 9 B chart < rd lod ws mkt eMbntcetl in the c B grated lodge of Xekntttka , and there art l B ei 'hre tt lodycis w rkMjr HtHiVr < & > ( > en- B cation tLac wiH apply fur eWUtrti. All B the 1 * 4ig < s r p eMfBt a m tab rbkit oi s B 1VAJ Maoas m th # etate ; the iucrea.s B dunu th y * r htuo heea 5 / , mmI the * B death roil eightr aa. HnaocaHy large B cumber. B - "ILe Soethers DitrietMedical aeeo- ] B ciati-Hi held a meetias in Fatrbury on \ Bthei'Xli. . The foilowisg officers were B elected for the eaesing year : President , 1 B Dr. HX. . Bradshaw , F arlmry ; vicei B president , C M. Easton , Hebron ; soere- B tary , S. W. Dodge , Pairbery : treasurer , i B G.X. Prifcchett , Fairbery. Theroatoi < I the morning was devoted to general B' busisess. < B -Tho Onaha and Omncii Bluffs ' Eailwiy and Bridge company has had j B gaits in ntKed asainst it by Oraaha B men ag-m tiit 5209rW > > . They claim \ B daaa e U tfceir property fronting on t B the street wherein the bridge is being B bcili. i BB * B' Ben Follow , coesin of the wife o ) ' B Pres.le t C1t 4 m1. says that Mrs. . B , Clevehid's saother wiM. spend next win- B . terxa ehra a. i B. x bsllstonn passed over the section m ' . . bont Kewport and though lasting onlj j I • * © x k tes let down pieces of ice , < Wi cose of which weighed a | arter of a Mt poamd. ASari ? ateatth' 5 time ' wr Sit . , . - • ij ? • • * * * * | S iwiiwrvnfWriiT * z * " * * hwimii n m m n irmminini A Wjusliington dispatch wvys : The inters a e commerce commission ha filed iiu opinion prepared by Chairman Cooley which finds that tho Omahii freight bureau against various railroad companies is not Huntnined. Tho facts are found established as aliened , but il is not seen how they establish illegal preferences against tho city of Omaha. Tho State Undertakers' association of Nebraska , in session at Oinnha last week , elected tho following olnecrs : President , M. Heed , Hastings ; fin > t vico > president , F. J. Switz , Kearney : Bccond vice-president , Fred Braiter , JSobrasko City ; third vice-president , Jos. A. Tag- gort , Omalia ; secretary and treasurer , James Heatou , Lincoln. it is said ihat J. D. Calhoun , who has disposed of his Lincoln Democrat , will write a book. Aurora is getting up a Fourth of July celebration which is expected to be ittended by every school in the county. > The thirtecn-raonths-old child ol Mr. and Mrs. Seeley , of Fremont , was l strangled to death by a screw. The Long Pine Chautauqna meeti in July , from tho 12th to the 24th. In a fit of despondenc3 * Andrew fvnudson , of Omaha , liunir himself in the basement of his brother ' s house last week. Oliver Dowty , or SewanT counry , was taken to the asylum last week , hav ing shown evidences of insanity as tho result of sunstroke received years ago. Kausom Folden , living in the south \ist part of the county , saya a Geneva ILspatch , who has recently lost four ! horses with tho glanders , is himself I ifilicted with the fatal discaso and in a I 2ritieal condition. Mr. Stevens , living northwest of Geneva , was recently hooked by a mad steer and has gone to Chicago jto be treated. A horso and -teer which wero hooked by tho snme iiiimal the same day have sinco died with bj'drophobia. A wholesalo robbe was committed hist 1 ' week in tho southwestern part of f York county , near the town of Lushton. Daniel George , a wealthy farmer , is the victim. Tho property is described as . follows : One span sorrel horses , set ol heavy I harness , a phaeton buggy , new set of light brass mounted harness and a buffalo robe. The gospel army has invaded Xe- braska 1 City. They met with a bolster- ous 1 reception , but maintained their ground and mado several conversions. | They i have come to stay and to ' "drive out ( the devil. " Thomas Owens , a 3onng man nbont i . 27 years of age , was drowned while bathing I in the river , just east of South Omaha. 1 He had been in aud around South ' 1 Oraaha for nearly seven months , serving I in the capacity of teamster. The Ogallala board of trade at a Largely 1 attended and spirited meeting made ] all arrangements to send a car load 1 ' of Keith county's agricultural products ] to the exposition at Chicago. They also delegated J. M. Houghton and ' William Nostrum as a committee to go I at once to Iowa and Illinois in the interest of immigration. The Hooper people are out with big offers for the Fourth of July. Among other customary attractions , thoy offer a purse of § 350 for a trotting match. The assessed valuation of Dodge county this year is $2,945,000 , against SJ,400,000 for 1SS7. Company D will appear on the streets of Fairbury on dress parade , July 4th and give an exhibition of firing in which one thousand rounds will be fired. The boys are to receive an elv e \ ant silk company flag for their aerf vices. r A correspondent at Jansen says a c strange disease effects young colts in that locality. They seem to lose all r strength , and are unable to move. All the joints swell and give the little aniI mals intense pain. Many fine coltt r have died. I Bight in the midst of hot weather * the Baptists of Beynolds have been [ adding a series of protracted meetings. I Washington special ; Bills to pen r sion Joseph B. Tingley , Shelton Flan r nigan . , Joel B. Morton and J. Bock Wil ? i liamson , all of Nebraska , which w < r passed through the senate some time g r by Senator Paddock , were passed in ti. . house Fridoy night by Mr. Merrii o. 1 v Kansas , who looks after tho Nebraska' j cases passed by Senator Paddock in th * j senate. j. Central City desires to call the at 1 tention of capitalists to the fact that a there is an excellent opening for n E wholesale grocery there , and the man . who will esbiblish one will have a large territory to draw from. r Dunbar is having quite a stir over fc the saloon business. Fred Haefner c wants to run a saloon there and tho pro * hibitionists are determined that he shall \ not do so. J Grand Island's new hotel , just f thrown open to the public , is five stones liiirh and contains 120 rooms. It cost 590,000. t THE THREE BALLOTS. 1 IZoiv ttie VarlouM Candidates Gained or Lost Vote * . Chicago , Juno 22. Sherman started in with 229 votes , advanced to 249 on the second ballot , and fell off to 244 on the third. Gresham started with 114 votes , fell off to 108 on the second ballot , and ad vanced to 123 on the third. Depew received uinetyoine votes on each of the first two ballots , but dropped to ninety-three on the third. _ Alger started in with eightj'four vote * , advanced to 11(5 ( on the second , and to 122 on the third. On tho firht ballot Allison had seventy- two votes , on the second seventy-five , and on the third eighty-eight. Harrison started in with seveuty-nino votes , advanced to ninety-live on the s-eo d , and had one vote less on the third. Bunk started with twenty-five votes , lout live of them on the second , and four more on the third. On the first ballot Blaine received thirty three votes , thirty-two on the sec ond and thirty-five on the third. Phelps had twenty fivo votes on tho first ballot , eighteen on tho next and dropped to five on the third. Hawley received thirteen votes on the fii > t ballot and then dropped out. Iiifiallfi received twenty-eight votes on the first ballot , sixteen on the second and then disappeared from the scene. MeKinley received two votes on the fir t ballot , three on tho second and ei ht on the third. i'itler received twenty-four votes on the firs t ballot and wsts then dropped. JimIko Miller received two votes on the third ballot from Kan as. On the first ballot Nebraska voted as ' follows : Alger 2. Allison 3 , Sherman JJ , j Gresham 1 , and Busk 1. On tho second ballot Nebraska save ' AIb 'ii 4. rtaeniian 3 , Alr ? r 2 , Busk 1. NeitBtsJut'4 voto on the third ballot. ' jtturt m follows : AL ur 2 , Allison 5. ' ; < Sh OMHl . i , " " ' ' 1" " ° ' ' ' " ' ' * * " mii i i .jjHii.iiMininrTr -iMHM-1-rvrrr-.vr ; • • 777 > ! Tr 'r' i7V. BLAIXE , BUIXE ! JAS. G. BUIN'E. TIi * i' ; uciu lnc r Mmdny Pnllo * o Krln : ; Orri r Out ol Clinon. CniCAoo , June 24. Two ballots were taken in the republican national conven tion on Saturday with no choice boinp made. At this writing ( tho evening ol the 24th ) the situation is practically un changed. To-day has brought only n fair understanding of the condition un der which this remarkable contest is to be fought out. It has gradually dawned upon the convention that certain men who , pretending to represent Blaine , have determined to prevent the nomina tion of any other candidate in order to make Blaine's nomination a possibility. The convention as a wholo has just awakened to the realization of the nega tive influence which has all along pre vented tho crystalization of sentiment and a nomination. Tho friends of the other candidates are indignant that the convention should be dominated by an influence which , without an avowed candidate of its own , at tempts to push sincere candidates to the front and then defeat them. So much feeling has developed that various cablegrams have been sent to Blaine besides those which he is sup- osed to receive from Elkins and ? 'helps. ' In these dispatches the actual condition of affairs here has been fully described , and the bad feelings and Krobable demoralization of the party if is representatives are permitted to con tinue carefully pointed out. There is a general belief that some dispatch from Blaine will bo read to the convention to-morrow ; probabby one requesting hi3 friends to refrain from voting for him. The Chicago man who has been em powered to speak for Blaine , and who is a _ man of good judgment , and not a politician , wos called into the confer ence of the Blaine men just before the meeting of the convention 3resterdny afternoon : , and informed of the plan to force the nomination of Blaine , and was shown i a list of 423 reliable Blaine del egates ' a majovit3 * of the wholo convention. This man looked over the J list , saw that it comprised the names of delegates who are here osten sibly i for other candidates , and at once gave | his dictum as follows : "This thing I must be stopped , " said lie ; ' 'Blaine cannot take this nomination Ivy riding i over the rights of inaii .y men now in i the. field. He regards them all as his friends ' , and knows the.y have entered ! this contest in good faith , believing him to be out b .y his own act. You pro pose to draw delegates from the support of j these men and undermine and de \ feat i them. If 3ou nominate him in this wiry a cablegram will be received from him I in twent .y minutes declining the nomination ' , aud then 3-011 will be in a worse 1 predicament thau ever. " Beluctantly Elkins and his colleagues consented ' to postpone the Blaine coup , and i the friends of all candidates except Harrison joined the Blaine men in forcing ] an adjournment till Monday morning. The situation to-night ma3' be de scribed as follows : In tho convention | to-morrow all the candidates will stand firm. There are no withdrawals. Tho conference of anti-Blaine has agreed not to present aii3 candidate for the support of the opposition. Indeed , it is unable to agree upon a candidate. There is j a deep feeling on all .sides that tho "Blaine or Bust" programme is not sanctioned by Blaine himself. The plan J of the opposition is simply to stand firm and wait for Blaine himself to speak or for f his representatives to force tho is sue. Tho feeling is that if Blaine does not settle tho matter tho convention will have to settle it , cud that the conven tion t cannot sincereby go about the busi ness of choosing a leader as long as this Blaine spector hangs over it. The con vention to-morrow morning will face tho fact that the candidates whom Elkins professed to have killed ore all still in the race. The3' are in for the purpose of winning if possible , and de termined at all hazards to prevent the nomination of Blaine. 1 a. ir. June 2o. Blaine is said to have agaiu declined. At this hour , 1 a. m. , it is confidently asserted that a ca blegram has been received from Mr. Blaine which will be made public to morrow , in which he positivelj' declines under any circumstances to accept the nomination if tendered him. A promi- nent politician assures me that he has read tha dispatch. The situation is again changed. Senator Qua3 * is boast ing that Sherman will be nominated on the second ballot. Efforts have been made to combine with Alger for second . place on the ticket. Sherman's inter- view of this morning is now read in the light of the alleged Blaine dispatch. It is believed that Sherman had informa tion from Mr. Blaine privately. The Pacific coast is breathing threatening ; ; and in Sher slaughter to-night case man's combination wins. 1.30 a.m. The Blainiacs held a con ference to-night , at which all but four states were represented. Elkins an nounced , amid cheers , that no dispatch had been received from Mr. Blaine. A committee of five was appointed to poll the delegations , arrango for a distribu tion of the Blaine votes and force an ad journment to-ruorrow. Another con ference will be held in tho morning. Tiio Nadoiinl Ooiiimlttoo. Following is the national committee us reported to and adopted by the re publican convention : Alabama William Goargsblood. Arkansas Blank. California M. H. Do Young. Colorado W. A. Hamill. Connecticut Samuel E. Fesseuden. Delaware Daniel A. Lcighton. Florida Major J. A. Bussell. Georgia F. F. Put 1103 * . Illinois George B. Davis. Indiana John C. New. low : : J. S. Chirkson. Kansas C3TUS Leland , jr. Kentuck3 * W. C. Goodloe. Louisiana B. B. Pinchback. Maine J. Manipster Hane- ; . "Maiyland James J. Gaiy. Massachusetts Henry S. Hyde. Michigan John P. Sandborn. Minnesota It. C. Evans. Mississippi .Tames Hill. Missouri Cliaunoey I. Filley. Nebraska W. M. Bobertsou. Nevada Evan Williams. New Hampshire Edw. A. Boblins. New Jersey Garrett A. Hobart. New York Blank. North Carolina W. P. Conndoy. Ohio A. L. Conger. Oregon Jonathan Bowne , Jr. Pennsylvania M. S. Q1103- . Bhode Island Thomas W. Chase. South Carolina E. M. Bi tou. Tennessee Blank. Texas-N. W. Cune3' . Vermont George W. Hooker. Arizona Blank. West Virginia N. B. Scott. Wisconsin H. C. Pa3'ne. Arizona George P. Bice. Dakota Arthur A. Mellack. Idaho George L. Shoup. Montana Charles S. Warren. New MexicoW. . L. Byerson. Utah-John S. McBride. Washington Territoiy Thomas .H. Cavanaugh. Wyoming J. M. Carey. District of Columbia Perry Parson. - There L a movement on foot to hold leunion at Valparaiso tho latter part if • i\y ] of tho Davis county , la. , former residents now living in Nebraska. . THE REPUBLICAN FLATI'OIUI. Ara Adopted fn I'ie Notlomtl Conven tion ja < 'Id tit < * liltgi > . Tho republicans of the United States , assembled by their delegates in imt.nnal convention , pause on tho threshold of their proceedings to honor the meimuy of their first great leader and immortal champion of liberty and tho rights of the people , Abraham Lincoln , and to cover also with wreaths of imperisha ble remembrance and gratitudo the he- roio names of our later leaders who have been more recently called awa3' from our councils Grant , Garfield , Ar thur , Logan and Colliding. May their memories bo faithfully cherished. Wo also recall with our greetings and pra3"er for his recovery the name of 0110 of our living heroes whose memory will bo treasured in the history both of re publicans and the republic. The name is that of tho noble soldier and favorite child of victor3 % Philip H. Sheridan. In tho spirit of thoso great leaders and of our dovotionto human libertyand with that hostility to all forms of despo tism and oppression which is tho funda mental idea of the republican party' , wo send fratex-nal congratulations to our fellow Americans of Brazil upon their great act of emancipation which com pleted the abolition of slaveiy through out tho two American continents. We earnestly' hope we ma3' soon congratu late our fellow citizens of Irish birth upon tho peaceful recovery of homo rulo for Ireland. We affirm our un swerving devotion to tho national con stitution and to tho indissoluble union of states , to the autonomy reserved to the states under the constitution , to the personal rights and liberties of citizens in oil states and territories in tho union , mid especiulty to the supreme and sov ereign right of eveiy citizen , rich or poor , native or foreign born , white or black , to cast one free ballot in the pub lic elections and to have that ballot duby counted. We hold a free and honest popular ballot , and just and equal repre sentation of all people to be the founda tion of our republican government and demand effective legislation to secure the integrity and purity of elections which are the fountains of all public nuhorit3We charge that the present administration and the democratic ma jority in congress owe their existence to the suppression of the ballot b .y the criminal nullification of the constitution and laws of the United States. We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection. We protest against the destruction pro posed by the president and his party , They serve the interersts of Europe. We will support the interests of America. We accept the issue , and confidently up- peal to the people for their judgment. The protective s3-stem must be main- tained. Its abandonment has always been followed 1)3 * general disaster to all interests except those of the usurer and sheriff. We denounce tho Mills bill as destruc tive to general business , labor and the farming interests of the country , and we hearthy endorse the consistent and patriotic action of the republican repre- sentatives in congress in opposing its passage. We condemn tho proposition of tho democratic part3' to place wool on the free list and we insist that the duties thereon shall bo adjusted and main- tained so as to furnish full and ade- quate protection to that industry. The republican part3T would effect all needed reduction of the national rev- enue b3' repealing tho taxes on tobacco , which are an arrogance and burden to agriculture , and the tax upon the spirits used in the arts and for mechanical pur- poses , and by such revision of the tariff laws as will tend to check imports of such articles as are produced Ivy our * people , the production of which gives employment to our labor , and release from important duties those articles of foreign production , except luxuries , the like of which cannot be produced at home. If there shall still remain a larger - revenue than is requisite for the wants of l government , we favor the en- j tire repeal of internal taxes rather than surrender any part of our protec- j tivo system at the joint behests of tho whisky rings and agents of foreign manfl ufacturcrs. ? We declare our hostility to the intro duction into this country of foreign ? contract labor and of Chinese labor ' alien to our civilization and our consti- j" tution , and we demand the rigid en- ' forcement of existing laws against it and ; favor each immediate legislation as J will exclude such labor from our shores. We declare our opposition to all com binations of capital organized in trusts " or ' otherwise to control arbitrarily tho condition 1 of trade among our citizens and 1 we recommend to congress and tho * state ! legislatures in their respective jnr- • isdictions such legislation as will pre vent the execution of all schemes to r oppress the people by undue charges on . their supplies or hy unjust rates for the j transportation of their products to mar- , ket. ket.We We approve legislation by congress to \ prevent alike unjust burdens and unfair n discrimination between states. _ j. We reaffirm the policy of appropriat- } ing the public lands of the United 0 States to be homesteads for American e citizens and settlers not aliens , which f the republican party established in f 18G2 against the persistent opposition of \ the democrats in congress , which has c brought our great western domain into f magnificent development. The restoraT tion of unearned land grants to the pubfl lie domain for the use of actual settlers , „ which was begun under the administran tion of President Arthur , should be t continued. We deny that tho democ cratic party has ever restored one acre to the people , but declare that by the f joint action of republicans and demo- [ i crats about , fifty million acres of un- n earned lands originally granted for the | construction of railroads have been ret stored 1 to the public domain in pursuj j ance 1 of conditions inserted b3' the re- r publican part3' in the original grants. We charge the democratic administraf tion with failure to execute laws sccurc iug to settlers title to their homesteads r and i with using appropriations made for j that purpose to harass innocent settlers ] with spies and prosecutions under the „ false pretence of exposing fiamls r.nd \ vindicating the law. f The government by concress of the ] territories is based upon necessity onh1 i to the end that they may become states t in the union ; therefore , whenever the { conditions , of population , material re- \ sources , public intelligence aud moral1 ity are such as to insuro stable local i government therein , the people of such t territories should be permitted , a right n inherent in them , to form for themselves 1 constitutions and state governments and t be admitted into the union. Pending for statehood all preparation officers c thereof should be selected from bona c fide residents and citizens of the terri1 1 toiy wherein they aro to serve. South i Dakota should of right be immediately * j admitted as a state in tho union under the constitution framed and adopted by r her people , and we heartily endorse the action of the republican senate in twice passing bills for her admission. The refusal of the democratic house of repre sentatives , for partisan purposes , to c favorably consider these bills is a willful , violation of the sacred American princi- . pie of local self-government , and merits 1 ] the condemnation of all just men. The t pending bills in the senate for acts to g enable the people of Washington , North s Dakota and Montana territories to form a constitutions and establish prate govs ornments should be passed without , unv necessary delay. The republican party * g pledges itself to do all jn its power to o facilitate the admisaion of the tcrritoriec ; t ! • -A " " " ' ' " - * i % A * \ \ ' 1 k \ of Now Mexico , Wyoming , Idaho and Arizona to tho enjoyment of solf-gov- orument as Btatcs. Such of them ns arc now qualified ns soon as possible , and others as poon as they may become so. Tho political power of the Mormon church in tho territories as exercised in the past is a menace to freo institutions too dangerous to bo long suffered. Therefore wo pledge the republican party to appropriate legislation , assert ing the sovereignt3 of tho nation in nil the territories whore tho same is ques tioned , and in furtherance of that cud to placq upon the statute books legisla tion stringent enough to divorce polit ical from ecclesiastical power , and thus stamp out the attendant wickedness of polygamy. The republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver nt mono3 * , and condemns tho policy of the democratic administration in its effortfr to demonetize silver. We demand tho reduction of letter postage to 1 cent per ounce. In a republic like ours , where the cit izen is the sovereign and the official tin servant , whero no power is exercised except by tho will of the people , it i > important that tho sovereign peoph should possess intelligence. Tho frei school is the promoter of that intelli genco which is to preserve us a freo 1111 tion. Therefore , the state or nation , 01 both combined , should support free in stitutions of li'iiruin .suiiit'ieiit to nlt'ord to every child growing up in the land the opportunity of a good conuuon- scliool education. We earnestly recommend that prompt action be taken in congress in the enact ment of such legislation as will best so- cure the rehabilitation of our American merchant marine , and we protest against the passage by congress of 11 free ship bill as calculated to work injustice to labor bv lessening the wages of those engaged preparing materials us well as those directly employed in our ship yards. We demand appropriations for the early rebuilding of our navy , for the construction of coast , fortifications and modern ordnance and other approved modern means of defense for the pro- tection of our defenseless harbors and cities [ , for the payment of just pensions to our soldiers , for necessary works of national importance in the improvement of the harbors and channels of internal , coastwise ' and foreign commerce , for tho encouragement ' of the shipping inter- ests ' of the Atlantic , Gulf and Pacific states ; as well as for the payment of tho maturing public debt. This policy will give j employment to our labor , activity to our various industries , increased se- curit3 ' * to our country , promote trade , open ' new and direct markets for our products and cheapen the cost of trans- portation. Wo affirm this to be far bi't- ] ter ] for our country than the democratic polic3 * of loaning the government' . * - money ] without interest to "pet banks. " The conduct of foreign affairs by the present administration has been distin- guished i for inefiieienc3' and cowardice. Having withdrawn from the senate all pending ] treaties effected ly republican administrations for the removal of for- eign ( burdens and restrictions upon our ! commerce and for its extension into a better market , it has neither effected nor proposed 0113 * others in their stead. Professing adherence to the Monroe doctrine , it has seen , with idle complat cency , the extension of foreign influ ence in Central America and of foreign trade \ everywhere among our neighbors. It has refused to charter , sanction or encourage | any American organization < for constructing tho Nicaraugua canal , a . work of vital importance to the main tenance of the Monroe doctrine and of our national influence in Central and South : America , and necessary for the development . of trade with our Pacific territory , with South America , and with - the further coasts of the Pacific ocean. , We arraign the present democratic ad ministration for its weak and unpatriotic treatment of the fisheries question , and - its pusillanimous surrender of all privil eges to which our fishery vessels are en- titled ; in Canadian ports under the treat3' • of 1818 , tho reciprocate maritime legis- „ lation of 1830 and comit3 * of nations , and which Canadian fishing vessels re- \ ceive in the ports of tho United States. Wo condemn the policy of the present administration and the democratic ma- jorit3 * in congress towards our fisheries as " unfriendly and conspicuously un patriotic and as tending to destroy a valuable national industry and an indis- j pensible resource of defence against for- . cign enemj * . The name American applies alike to nil citizens of the republic , and imposes ' upon men alike the same obligation of obedience to the laws. At the same time citizenship is and must be the i . panoply and safeguard of him who wears it , and should protect him whether high or low , rich or poor , in all his civil rights. It should and must afford him protection at home and follow and pro- N tect him abroad in whatever land ho " may be on a lawful errand. The men who abandoned the repub- ' . ' lican party in 18S4 and continue to adhere to the democratic pariy H [ have . deserted not only tho cause of honest government , of sound finance , of freedom and purity of the ballot , but J. especially have deserted the cause of re form in the civil service. We will not " fail to keep our pledges because they ! have broken theirs , or because their J. candidate has broken his. We thereJ J foro repeat our declaration of 1884 , to * of civil service l wit : Tho reform auspiciously begun under republican Is administration should be completed by J1 further extension of the reform sys tem already established by law to all l grades of tho service to which it is ap- j plied. The spirit and purpose of re- Ji form should be observed in all execu- tive appointments , and all laws at vori- J mice with the object of existing reform * legislation should be repealed and that l1 the dangers to free institutions which ' lurk in the power of official patronage i j may be wisely and effectively avoided , j * The gratitude of the nation to the de- ? fenders of the union cannot be assured j y except , by laws. Tho legislation of con- j - gress should conform to the pledges I made by a lo3'al people , and be so en- j -1 larged and extended as to provide against the possibility that any man who honorably w ore the federal uni- j • form shall become an inmate of an alms house or dependent upon private char- " ity. In the presence of an overflowing * treasury it would be a public ; ; caudal to do less for those whose valorous service preserved the government. We de- , nounce the hostile spirit shown by Pre- * " ideut Cleveland in his numerous vetoes 1 ] of measures for pension relief , and the C action of the democratic house of rep-1 1 resentatives in refusing even enn-idera- 1 f tion of general pension legislation. 1 11 In support of the principles herewith h enunciated , we invite the co-operation d of patriotic men of all parties , especial ly of all workingmen , whose prosperity , is seriously threatened by the free trade policy of the present administration. * At the conclusion of its reading the 'I platform was unanimously adopted. dfi fi The Iowa Freight Schedule. e . Chicago dispatch : Several private } j conferences have been held this week a by the attorneys of the roads interested ( ' in Iowa traffic relative to the order of j the Iowa railway commissioners in re- sard to reduced freight rates in that decision has been 'l state. No definite arrived at. Tho attorue\s have read.a statements from Chairman Faithorn j a ivhich will aid them considerably. They | xo to show that reductions aiv ; greatest si m articles which constitute the bull : 01 si the car load freight of the Iow.i lines. h ! gg MWWig lJPUinliE X' ' . ' " M. - .7.T.r. * "r- - wrrmi NO NOMINATION YET MADE. Tliroa llallotM Taken Without u Onn- dlilnto Helng Solict > d. CuiCAao , HI. , Juno 22.What prom ised to be in a political bciiso the hottest da3 * of tho week insido tho auditorium opened up on tho outside this morning with tho atmospheric conditions about all that could bo desired. Tho stifling heat of tho preceding days had surren dered before a bracing northeast wind , and tho delightful atmosphere of tho morning hours gavo promise that the delegates after all would bo treated to one of those charming days that havo gained for Chicago tho fame of a "sum mer resort. " At 11:0G : whon Chairman Estco brought his gavol down upon tho desk and naked tho convention to como to order , not a score of delegates or alter nates out of tho 1,000 or more were out of their seats and from tho floor to tho roof the immense structure was a sea of heads. Tho attendance .was larger than at any previous session and Colonel Ingor- soll , who has mi sed few such gatherings for a score of 3'cars , remarked as ho sur veyed the scene from tho stage that it was a sight that would fasten itself upon his memory to his ciying day. It took a good many poundings of tho gavel to s'ill ' the roar of conversation and bring about a semblance of order , but when it had at last been accomplished Prayer was offered ly the Bev. W. II. Wooster of the Chicago Congregational church. With a solemn and deliberate manner Mr. Wooster besought the bless- ing of heaven upon the assembly. Tho degree of order that was secured by tho chairman was not favorable to the for- mality of pnryer making , and with a look of resignation on his face , Mr. Wooster postponed the making of prayer. The hall was packed from pit to dome. Hundreds of people could not find seats. The ushers were unable to clear tho aisles , and consequently great , confusion existed. Chairman Estee again rapped for order , but his efforts , were ineffectual and Mr. Hiscock took j the chair , and at 11:2-1 : Mr. Wooster made : a second attempt to invoke tho blessing 1 which circumstances compelled him ] to defer. At the conclusion of tho prayer j the roll call was ordered for the selection of a candidate for president of th0 | United States at 11:3.1. Tho roll calI began I and the first ballot was as fol- lows | : Alger , 84 ; Allison , 72 ; Depew , 99 ; Filler 24 ; Gresham , 114 ; Harrison , 79 ; Flawley j , 13 ; Ingalls , 28 ; Phelps , 2-1 ; Husk ] , 2.7 ; Sherman , 229 ; Blaine , 33 ; Lincoln j , 3 ; McKinley , 2. Dakota changed one vote from Phelps to | Hawley. Following the announcement of the result | of the first ballot , Charles Emory Smith : withdrew Fitler's name. j The second ballot was immediately j commenced , and resulted as follows : ! , Alger , 11(5 ( ; Depew , 99 ; Gresham , 108 ; Fugalls | , 10 ; Busk , 20 ; Lincoln , ! ! ; \ Claine j , 32 ; Allison , 7.1 ; Harrison , 93 ; , Phelps ] , 18 : Sherman , 249 ; McKinley , 3. j. As preparations were making for the third { ballot , cheers were given for Slier- \ man and Alger hi recognition of their c slight gains on the second ballot. e The third ballot was completed at 1:57 , and resulted as follows : tj Alger , 122 ; Harrrison , 94 ; Gresham , c 123 ; Sherman , 214 ; Depew , . 0 ; Allison , j 8S : ; Blaine. 35 ; Busk , 1(5 ( ; Lincoln , 2 ; r Miller j , 2 ; Phelps , 5 ; McKinley , 8. } A recess was taken to 7 p. m. , at t which time it was called to order b3 * c Chairman Estee. The chair recogn nized Mr. Depew , who stepped to the d platform and said : v Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the a Convention : ! came here as a delegate- at-large from the state of Now York , t neither expecting or desiring to appear o in this convention or before it in any f other ' capacity. After my arrival , the p ; representative of New York b3 * an nnanp imous vote presented ni3 * name to the ii convention. It was done for state rean sons in the belief that it was the only p [ time since the organization of the re- i o publican party , if at nil , dksensions ! ti could be healed and all interests be j s united in tho empire state , it would se- il cure in that commonwealth the triumph p of the ticket. Under these conditions n personal considerations and opinions si could have no possible weight. Since p then a discussion has arisen which has p convinced me that my vocation and asc sedations will raise questions in hithp crto certain republican states which c might enable the enemy to obv senre tho great issues of the d future great industrial inteivsts w of this country which , unless obI I si soured in borne way , would surely win j p us . success. [ Applause. ] The delegates ; I. foted to continue in this support as long ti : is . ballots were to be taken , but under the circumstances , after the most earn est and prayerful consideration , I came 1 to the conclusion that no personal con- sideratioii , no state reasons could stand or a moment in the way of the general n success of the party all over this conn'I tiy . , or could be permitted to threaten * the integrity of the party in 0113 * com monwealth hitherto republican. Under these circumstance * and an active vote ; this morning , I called on the delegation S1 from my own state and requested them ! I to release me from further service in I si that capacity. They have consented , and my only excuse in appearing here is to give an excuse for their action for t the appearance of my name , and to exi i I press my heartfelt thanks to the gentle men from the states and territories who | have honored me with their suffrage- * . General Hastings , of Pennsylvania , wo- then recognized by the chair. Ue said v that he arose in the interest of harmony j and caution , and in what he believed to J q be the best interests of the party. He j n believed that these interests dearest to I ti ! the convention would be served by * an - Ji adjournment until to-morrow morning ' l\ \ in order to give the convention time to 1 K have a more thorough understanding to j • • prevent hasty and unconsidered action. ' ; lie therefore moved to adjourn until 10 * o'clock to-morrow , and upon this mo ( > ' tion he demanded a call of the roll of . j. states. Tho result was yeas 535 , nay.- < . 2S2. The chair thn declared the conT vention adjourned until 10 o'clock toM morrow. • * ! • y " ill The St. Petersburg Journal de St. ill Petersburg says : "Bussia shares in the • mourning of the Hohenzollerns and the German nation. May Providence , who ' has so sorely tried this dynasty , hence-1 ' VJ forth cover it with his benefits and per- , \ ' mit our neighboring empire to enjoy j- ' long years of peace and prosperity uni i ) ' rter the of . " sceptre theyonngsovereigii. j L The Dublin Paragraph states that at the trial of the libellous article of Mr. - Hugh O'Donnell against tha London c , limes the following letter will be pro- < > • Inced : "Dear : What are those . fellows waiting for ? This inaction is in-1 it explicable. Our best men are in prison , 1 c vet nothing has been done. Let there ! gj be an end to this hesitanc * * . Prompt j iction could settle the matter if you un- | lertook to make it hot for old Forster j \J md company. Let us have some eviC , < floiice of your power to do so. " O Nearly half of the successful contest- . . ' mts for Cornell university fellowships si ire women. Their studies have been j irehitecture , botany and mathematics. The capital cit3 * is short on water < C ( supply , and there are grave fears for re- i o .ults should a conflagration get gcod • C. icadway. . H BBBBBBBBBBflflflBBBBflBfl l BH P BB ffP SBMP Nfltafl P'lBl aarrr * "Ti * ti i uTiimr T r " ' ' it MlMi ' NO NOMINATING SPEECHES YET MADE. | lj Xlte U'orlc of Utti Cnnetiittnn Delayed by tfu jfWfl Tlrgtnlu Contest. if AM Chicago , Juno 20.-Tho convention 1 was called to order at 12:30 , soon after mm which tho unanimous report of the com- ufc * xB mittito on permanent organization wns \ jj read. Whon it was stated that M. M. \ . ? I Estee , of California , was appointed for < Kf ] permanent chairman of tho convention , * r tj cheering broko forth. Governor Fora- I J kor proceeded to read tho list of vice- If" < A presidents as selected by tho vnrioua V- A { * \ state delegations. ferj Tho report was adopted without din- -fl .1 sent and tho chair appointed Governor $ \f \ A Foraker of Ohio , Foley of Nevada , and | l I Georgo B. Sloan of New York a com- f $ ' mittee to escort Mr. Estco to the plat- fl . form. Whon Mr. Esteo appeared and - J * | | was introduced by tho chairman of the- T"ll | convention , ho was applauded entliu- Uj | fiinsticully. no addressed tho conven"j tion as follows : ' > _ &i ; Gentlemen of tho convention : Tin * 1 convention is nssenfbled from bodies of . 1 tho American people to nominate enndi- B dates for president and vice president [ ' from the long list of illustrious names j * which will bo presented to you for your I support. You can hardly uuiku a mis- 1 take in your selection. The adoption • \ of , a platform voicing tho principles of . tho republicans of the nation is still J easier , of solution , for tho leading fea- i ! , . tures of that platform , if f may bo per- ft' mitted to suggest , havo nil been dis- if cussed , and adopted by the people. Tho 1 democrats ( aro for free trade ; the repub- I'f beans j are for protection of a portion of * t \ American labor and American products " • ngoiust j the competition of foreign labor - , | > \ and , foreign products. This will form n Jan conspicuous ( place in your platform. * j | | When , by reason of free trade , you stop a l the j production of any article at home , 3 § ' and , thus havo to look to aN * foreign j markets , competition ceases ff [ and the price will bo increased. ' * iv' ' The result has been , under tho demo- ' cratic administration , that the combined - > ' exports and imports of the country havo • * * been \ less than for any like periodin ten years immediately preceding , while tho 1 J exports of coin over imports havo in- • creased. The republicans of tho conn- 1 try cannot but note an almost universal practice in the democratic states of tho , ' i solid south to disregard the saeredness of the electoral franchise. Tho ver3' - ' 1 ' * ' helplessness j of tho people who are thus J \ disfranchised appeals in the strongest terms for protection for when the bal lot j box is once made to tell a lio or ' , . . 1 when it is left empty and voiceless our J | " liberties j are in danger. There should ffi r not be , there shall not be one foot of * American soil where the humblest man i cannot go in safety and cast his lullot for f whom ho pleases aud have that bal lot honestly counted. President Cleve land was elected as the conn try'a great reformer , and 3ot ho has re warded more public officers for po- I litieal reasons than ai > 3' one of his ' > ! predecessors. As a constitutional lawyer . , Cleveland tells the people he is n stricter constructionist , but yet he has , J boldly disregarded tho soul and spirit ' of tho constitution which separates tho executive , legislative and judicial de partments of the government. ire has done -j this by vetoing more bills than all other presidents from Washington down. J He has thus taken from the people tho power to make their own laws , and . placed in his own hands the duties of \ the legislative and the responsibilities , , y ' * > ' of the executive officer. The cowardly mid un-American foreign policy of the .j democratic administration receives the 1 universal contempt of foreign people 1 and humiliates our own. The claim jj made by the president that to get rid of j the surplus in tho treasury v. ool and j J ather farm product * ! must go upon the y - ,1 Free list has been answered by the peo- j > le of Oregon. True , we aro told by tho r president that there is a surplus- J in tho treasury , but there would J not be a surplus if our debts wero iaiot ; there would not be a surplus if un ports were protected with fortilica- _ ; tions well gunned ; theio would not be a u i surplus if our navy was reconstructed , j B m if our rivers and harbors were im- BBJr - > roved ; there would not be a surplus if wABs&T * * needed public buildings wero con- vJj Bf W $ itructed and there would not l > e a sur- W MM * ' ' ' § ' vlus if the pension biI. ; > vetoed by the H . * # president had become laws. In con- § f B dusion , the issues prcsent-d to the peo- W , \ vie this year are not of men but of prin- .1. uples. The whole nation is looting on \ " ' " " • /j ivith breathless interest to see what we . ' lo. May we so act that in all things wo . ST * _ . ' vill have the a .proval of our own con- J j sciences , the approval of the American. 1 people and , above all , the approval ol Elim who controls both men and na- ious. A heavy wind storm passed over Tiffin , Ohio , early June 14th , blowing ' " fown the walls of the Beaver Falls glass- iigbt factory and gas well dericks. ' ftiousandsof dollars damage was done to he i fruit and grain. The north side of the square at Green- ip. , 111. , and a large portion of the west , ide were completely destroyed by fire. Hie losses amount to seventy-Aye thou sand dollars , with light insurance. Wahoo has th'ci l d to : Zt-ep up witl > Hi' ' procession and have a grand cele- , . bration on the Fourth. THE MARKETS. - 1 OMAHA. iVin.iT No. 2 63 @ di % . 'ons No. 2 mixed 35 @ 35J . Datk No. 2 32 ( & 33 .vf : . . . . . • . . . • • . . • • . . • . • . . . . . - - - . . . - • > ( & " * * . - Jarl.iy 50 fa , 51 iliT7iit f'reainery 20 @ 21 IU'Ttki : Choice roll l- > @ 14 laii Fre- ! 30 @ 17 i'RS.n'gCiuckiins perrioz. . . 3 00 @ 3 25 i.u.io. . - .s ( iioiccper bos. . . 4 Ho ( fo 5 00 HAN < Ji.s Per box H 7" @ 7 00 ka.ns Ntv ; , per bu 2 G- > @ 2 7-5 : . : o.\s Per bu 125 ( it , 150- "oiATOKs 75 < S ) S5 r.ik.n Vr.c-i Per bu 1 5o 2 00 roniato'-s. per b'l 1 7 ( & 2 00- tVooi , Fine , per iti 13 @ 20 j Io. .iv -t'- > ( 'Jf 1 ' 1 i.\x riEED IVrbii U : " > % 120- 1 io : s Mixed packing 5 30 d.u 5 40 \ Iocs Ilwivev eisht.s 40 ( & > i > 50 j I kkves Clioire steers 5 00 @ o 75- , j sm.K' * Pair to medium. . . 2 50 < § , 5 00- | j new yoinc. | | Viikat No. 2 red SO" * 00 jJ Vjikat Ungraded led 81)'t 90 * . * -ji oiNo. . 2 " 1 " * ' oi\ * ' * ' * / ats Mixed western 35 @ 35 / 'oik 15'i > (5,15 ( 50 1 .aiid 8 70 < tt. 8 75 I CHICAGO. 1 Viie.it rerbii Iiel SI ( & 81ft- % " ) I oils Per biihliel 40M6L 50 \M \ Hts Per bushel 31'i@ 32 11 oisK 13 77 © moo mmJkm ii D 8-17 , @ 8 50 VBBfl Iogs Packing ABliiiipin . 5 50 (5 ( ; 5 70 VBB ] StoilcerH 2 4) 4-15- attle @ - - mm BJ ineep Natives 4 00 @ 5 15- ST. LOUIS. 1 Vheat No. 2 red cash & 1X ® S4t 'okn Perbunhel 44U' ' § 45 ats Per buslie ! 32 @ 32U. Iocs Mixed packing 5 35 @ 5 60 'atti.e Feeder * 2 40 @ 3 70 iiiEEi * Common to choice 2 73 ( c $ 5 10 KANSAS C1T1 . f VnEAT Per biiBhel SO @ 81 * "j 'oiur Perhushel 46 @ 4S j atb Per bushel 30 ® 31 \ 'attire Feeders 3 00 @ 3 75 \ Jo53 Good to choice. . . . . . . . . 5 10 < 3 3 50 * | Ii