Nebraska Newspapers

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I | ABOUT NEBRASKA.
H Denied Cillzcnshlp for Color.
H Lincoln special : Attorney General
H Leeso has just delivered an opinion in
H the case of Joe "Wins Fonjr , a Fremont
H Chinaman who was refused naturaliza-
| tion papers by tho district court of
Dodge county. Ernest Schurmnn , a
Fremont lawyer , became interested in
Joe's case and submitted it to General
Leese for an opinion. Ho decides that
the Chinaman cannot become a citizen
under the United States statuteswhich
restrict tho privileges of naturalization
to "aliens being free white persons , and
to aliens of African nativity or African
descent. " The attorney general bases
his conclusion that tho Chinaman is not
a white person on "Webster's division of
races into tho Caucasiou , or white ; the
Mongolian , or yellow ; the Ethiopian , or
negro ; tho American , or red , and the
Mala } ' , or brown.
H Gone lo Gettysburg.
H Lincoln dispatch : Captain George
H M. Humphrey , of Pawnee Citj' , passed
H I through tho city yesterday on his way
H to Gettysburg and tho celebration of
B the anniversary of the battle. Hum-
phrey vras a member of the Second "Wis-
H cousin regiment in tho old Iron Bri-
H gade , of which General Morrow was at
H one time colonel. Captain Humphrey
B ' has promised to bring back some relics
from the battle field for the state house
H cabinet. Judge Amasa Cobb is among
H those who have gone to attend the Getl
Hj I tysburg celebration.
I 4 ' Salaries of Presidential Poslmaslers.
H Under tho readjustment of postmaa-
H ters' salaries for tho year beginning July
H lBt , Nebraska postmasters have been
H provided for as follows :
H • ' From. To.
, ' Alnnworth V1.100 $1,200
' Alma 1.100 1.200
' Arapahoe 1.100 1.200
, Ashland- 1,400 1,500
j Atkinson 1.200 1.30o
t Auburu . * . 1.000 1.100
, Aurora 1,000 1,800
* Blair. 1,500 1.CO0
J BInoHill 1.200 1.300
I Broken .How 1,500 1,000
f Cambridge 1,000 4th cl.
Central City 1,500 l.GOO
Cbadron 1,700 l.GOO
CreiKhton : 1.100 1.200
, i Culbertson 1.000 1.100
, j David City 1.400 1.500
; ; " Edpar 1.200 1,190
! ' Fairbury 2.000 1.700
• FalUCity l.GOO 1,700
Fremont. 2.300 2.400
! Frii'nd 1.400 1.300
Fueton ! ! _ 1.100 1.200
C-lieva 1.100 1,200
Grand Islaud 2,200 2,300
Harvard 1.300 1.200
Hastings 2,400 2.50C
j Hebron 1.400 1.300
I Holdrep ? 1.C00 1.700
, Indiano'a 1,300 1.400
Kearney 2.000 2.100
Lincoln 3,100 3,200
' Loup City 1,100 1,200
Madison 1.000 1.200
I Nebraska City 2,000 2.20C
Kelich 1,000 1,100
Norfolk 1.000 1,700
North Uend 1,200 1,100
Ogallaia 1,100 1.20C
Orel 1.100 1.300
Orleans 1.100 1.300
Plattsnionth 1.S00 2,000
St. Paul- 1.500 1.600
Schuyler. 1.500 1.C00
Seward 1,500 1.700
Sidney 1,400 1,500
South Omaha. : 1,700 1.600
Sttrlinsr 1,100 4th ol.
Stromsburjr 1,200 1.100
; Smton 1,200 1,300
Tekamah 1.100 1,000
Wahoo 1,700 1,600
Weepinp Water 1,100 1,100
West Point 1,200 1,300
Wilber 1,200 1,100
. York 1,600 1,000
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STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.
K , An accident occurred to the son of
K Dr. Fortei of Ponca. He was helping
H Ms father in his apiary , when the mos-
K quito bar screen the boy was using
Bj caught fire , burning and badly blister-
B ing his face and neck.
j Republicans of Omaha gave to Hon.
i John M. Thurston a warm reception on
j his return home from tho national re-
| publican convention , of which ho was
BJ chosen temporary chairman.
Bj Hog cholera is raging disastrously
I in Berlin precinct , Otoe county. One
! i farmer has lost over two hundred head ,
Bj | and others have suffered very much.
B Saunders county fair will be held at
B "Wahoo , September 4th to 7th inclusive ,
B and earnest efforts will be made for the
B best exhibition ever held in the county.
B A floater was taken from tlie JMisj
souri river at Eulo last week. There
B was nothing on the body by which iden-
B tification could be established.
I ! Five thousand people were in attend-
I | ance at the dedication exercises of the
' | soldiers' home at Grand Island.
i I Business men of Cedar Blulls and
I ] farmers of the surrounding country have
H organized a fanners' stock company.
H Eevival meetings are in progress in
H the Congregational church at Grand
B Island.
m Madison raised about $300 with
W. which to cive the Fourth a cood send-off.
I An Omaha street car driver was held I
g up the other night and the contents of I
p his cash box token.
0 The loss to the Pawnee creamery as-
[ f sociation by the recent burning of their
1 creamery is between three and four
l thousand dollars.
; Owing to ihe prevalence of scarlet '
< fever the Union Sunday School of Craig
"J decided not to celebrate children's day
j until somo time in July or August.
I The premium lists for the thirteenth
[ annual fair of the Hall county agricul-
I tural society , held at Grand Island , Sepi
tember 18th , 19th , 20th and 21st , are now
being distributed.
Lightning killed two men in Hitch
cock county last week.
Fremont republicans enthusiastical-
ly ratified the Chicago nominations the
i same day they were made.
There was a case of suicide by
. hanging in Hamilton county last week ,
: f Mary O'Brien being the victim. She
j \ , "vras not dead when discovered and cut
. down , but her life weut out next day.J
If. No reason is known for the act. c
- M Skellen brakeman
, a employed
by the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri
r. Valley railroad , had a narrow escape
* from death at Brainard. As the freight w
l -u. ' t train was passing through to vn he
slipped from the car and fell upon the j
I track. He managed to push himself t
l' from under tho cars , and was fonnd j
some time afterwards nearly unconr
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: scious. The train in tho meantime had t
T reached Seward without missing him. q
• - Medical aid was at once summoned from c
there and came by special train , re- r
; turning with the patient to Seward. x
> The injuries were pronounced serious. r
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At a special meeting of "the board of r
* trade , a proposition to icnate a suitable f'
\ * gite and pay tho freight for the removal [
| . of an extensive soap factory from tho B
E .east to Beatrice was accepted. The c
| ; gentleman making the proposition was B
fr present and said that he would leave for a
pr - home at once and take steps to move. {
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GENERAL JBENJAMHT HARBISON.
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On Saturday last Sheriff Darnell , of
Butler , > county , took to tho reform school
Miss Jennio Evans of David City. She
was an orphan girl and seemed deter
mined to go to tho bad over the protest
and . kind admonitions of numerous
friends.
Somebody in Popca has been in
dulging in a wholesale poisoning of dogs ,
somo valuable canines being thus put
out of the way.
The Madison county court house is
finished i and has been accepted by the
committee appointed by the citizens.
Tho soldiers' home at Grand Island
was dedicated last week. Business was
suspended , in the city and many stran
gers from abroad were present.
Tho Grand Island district camp
meeting will be held at Central City ,
commencing on the evening of July 10th
and closing on the morning of July 19th.
Bishop Henry "W. "Warren , D. D. L. L.
D. { , has been engaged to be present on
July 18th and preach at one or two of the
services.
The Omaha Herald says that at an
early date a new hotel will be built in
Omaha at Sixteenth and Harney streets.
In size the structure will be 284x132 ,
fronting on Sixteenth street. The
structure will cost S1,000,000. There
are a number af Omaha gentlemen in
terested in the matter , but the majority
: of the stock is held by Chicago capital
ists.
Prof. W. H. Skinner was the reci
pient of a handsome and valuable silver
water sett , from tho teachers in the
Crete public schools. The gift was an
entire surprise to him. It came from
those associated in school work with
him , and was an expression of their
esteem.
The Bancroft Journal says : A squad
of soldiers arrived here last Saturday
and proceeded to the Winnebago reser
vation to adjust matters regarding the
} trespasses of the cattle men on allotted
Indian lands. A reporter interviewed
tho \ officer in command , but learned
nothing further than above stated. But
it is pretty certain that unless the dam
ages are promptly paid every hoof will
be ! ejected from the reservation , and it
is estimated that there are 12,000 to 15 , -
j 000 head of cattle on these ranges.
At a mass meeting of citizens it was
decided that Madison needed a new
cemetery < , as the town was encroaching
upon the present one , and building be
yond it. A committee was appointed to
look j up a location.
Senator Manderson will speak at
Crete ( on the Fourth of July , and on the
evening of the same day will return to
"Washington.
A great deal of complaint is made
about the number of tramps who visit
"Valley daily , and who are a source of
annoyance to the citizens.
The David City Tribune says the
apple crop in that part of the state prom
ises to be unusually large.
Republicans of North Bend ratified
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the nomination of Harrison and Morton
in a church.
The barn of S. T. Shriver , of Pleas
ant Yalley , Dodge county , was unroofed
by high wind last week.
The Fourth of July celebration in
Grand Island is to be under the man
agement < > of the traveling men's associa
tion.
The North Platte school board has
ra-electc-d all the old teachers with one
exception.
A circulating library scheme is bo-
ing worked up in North Platte.
Horse buyers from Illinois have
been in Johnson county and purchased
60 odd head of horses of the farmers , for
which they paid on an average of S135
each. The horses were sent to the Chi-
'vu'o mftrVota.
The Tribune says that if all the en
ergy used in pounding the striking ma
chine or knocking down tenpins was
compelled to be devoted to hoeing in
tho t kitchen garden or agitating the
washing machine , David Ciiy would pre
sent a most formidable phalanx of used-
up manhood and utter exhaustedness.
The number of school children in
Madison ] county is 4,349. The appor
tionment ! for that county amounts to
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Served With an Injunction.
Des Moines special : To-day the rail
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road commissioners were served with
an , injunction issued by Judge S. H.
Fairall , of the district court of Johnson
county , restraining them from promul
gating the new schedule of freight rates.
This is additional to the injunction is
sued by Judge Brewer , of tho United
States circuit court , but it is based on
substantially the same ground. The
petitioners in this case are the Chicago ,
Rock Island < fc Pacific , and the Burling-
ton , Cedar Rapids & Northern railroads.
Both of these companies are incorpo
rated under the laws of Iowa. Hence
they seek relief through thestate courts.
The principal reason given in tho appli-
cation for an injunction is that the pro
posed schedule is not a "reasonable"
rate , as required by law , but is so un-
reasonable and severe as to cause the
roads to do business at a loss if put in
force. ' Comparisons of rates with those
in other states are set out , showing that
the Iowa rate is lower than all. It is '
understood that all the Iowa roads , in-
eluding tho trunk lines crossing tho
state , have agreed to pool their issues
and make a common test of the case in i
tho courts. ;
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THE MEN NOMINATED AT CHICAGO.
Htoyrapltical Itrference to the ilTcjt Chosen
by the JtepnWlcaim.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Gen. Benjamin Harrison was born at
North Bend , O. , in his grandfather's
house August 20 , 1833. Gen. Harrison
inherited a robust intellect that matured
early. He entered Miami university ,
Oxford , O. , at the ago of 1G , and was
graduated at 18. On quitting college
he commenced the study of law in Cin
cinnati with the Hon. B. S. Storer. In
1854 he removed to Indianapolis , where
he began the practice of his profession.
He soon won a place as a law3Ter in his
now home , aud before 18G0 he was also
considered one of the ablest political
speakers in the state.
In I860 Mr. Harrison was nominated
for reporter of the supreme court and
elected. In July , 18G2 , Gov. Morton ,
under the call of the president for 300 , -
000 three years troops , requested Harri
son to assist in recruiting the regiment
from the Sixth Indiana district , under
that call tho quota from each district
being one regiment.
Harrison's was the first recruiting
commission issued by the governor for
the Seventieth regiment , bearing date
of July 19 , 18G2 , and making him a seci
ond lieutenant. He was made captain
of Company A of the regiment as soon
as it was recruited , and when the whole
regiment was filled he was chosen col
onel.
In 18G8 he declined re-election
a - as re-
porter of the supreme court , and re
sumed the practice of law. In 1876 he
became the candidate for governor , but
was defeated.
In the convention of 1880 his name
was mentioned for president , but he
promptly checked the movement in his
favor. In the campaign of that year he
was conspicuous , and having secured a
republican legislature for Indiana , he
was elected to the United States senate
to succeed Senator McDonald.
His service in the senate was not' that
of a new member. He went to the work
well prepared and he took part in the
debates upon every important question.
He was regarded as one of the ablest
men , best iawyers , and strongest debat-
ers in the senate.
His senatorial term expired Maroh 4 ,
1887 , and he resumed the practice of law
at Indianapolis. ( , i
XiEVIP. MORTON.
Levi Parsons Morton was born in
Shorelaud , Yt. , May 16 , 1824. He beI
came a clerk in a country store , soon
developed an aptitude for business , and
rose rapidly. In 1850 he was made a
member of the firm of Beebe , Morgan
& Co. , merchants of Boston , and in 1854
' he moved to New York , where he estab-
lished the firm of Morton & Grinnell.
In 18G3 he founded the banking house
of Morton , Bliss & Co. in New York ,
and that of Morton , Rose & Co. in
London. The latter were the fiscal
agents of the United States govern
ment from 1873 till 18S4. _
The firms of which Mr. Morton is the
head were active in the syndicates that
negotiated United States bonds , and in
the payment of the Geneva award of
$15,500,000 and the Halifax fishery
awards of $5,500,000.
Mr. Morton was appointed honorary
commissioner to the Paris exposition in
1878. In the same year he was elected
to congress as a republican , and he was
re-elected in 1880. In the latter year
he declined the nomination for vice
president on the republican ticket.
President Garfield offered to nominate
Mr. Morton for secretary of the navy or
minister to France. He chose the latter
post , and filled it from 18S1 to 1885.
Through his intercession the restriction
upon the importation of American pork
were removed , and American corpora-
tions obtained a legal status in France ,
He was American commissioner general
to the Paris Electrical exposition , the
representative of the United States at
the sub-marine cable convention , and
publicly received , in tho name of the
people of the United States , the Bart
tholdi statue of "Liberty Enligntening
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the World. "
Mr. Morton , in 1887 , purchased "El-
lerslie , " the estate of William Kelly , at
Rhinebeck , on the Hudson. The degree
of LL. D. was conferred upon him by
Dartmouth college , in 1881 , and by Miclj
dlebury in 18S1. In 1887 he was a can-
didate for United States senator.
Survey of ihe Public Lands.
Washington dispatch : The senate
committee on appropriations will in all
probability increase the amount granted
by the house in the sundry civil bill for
public land surveys to $200,000. The
house committee agreed to allow § 80,000
which was afterwards increased to S100 , -
000. Mr. Randall told Delegate Toole
iu the house that it was the purpose of
the committee to give $30,000 to secure
the survey of the 17,500,000 acres of
land thrown open to settlement in the
great northern reservation of Montana ,
and i along the Northern Pacific road.
Mr. : Toole was authorized to make this
statement : to the Secretary of the interi-
or i aud the commissioner of the general
land ; office when he should go to them
to look after surveys in his territory.
Another fortunate change made Jjy the
bill is a change of existing law increas-
ing : the maximum to be allowed in con- ]
tracts for surveying. The surveyor '
general : may now contract as high as $13
per mile for standard , $11 for township
and i $7 for section lines , in heavy and
mountainous : country , when the civil 4
bill becomes a law. The present maxi-
mum : rate is $8 , and it was this that prev
vented tho making of any contracts on
tho i Northern Pacific lands in Montana c
last ; year and causes the covering back -
into i the treasury on Monday of § 20,000
appropriated especially for these lands s
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CLEVELAND TOLD OF HIS NOMINATION.
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V U HI" ' 'I t'i-H.
The notification committee , accompa
nied by the members of the national
democratic committee and th ; Colum
bia democratic club of the dintrict of
Columbia , met at the Arlington hotel in
Washington on the 26th , and forming
into pail's , marched to the white house.
They were ushered into tho east room ,
and ranged themselves in a circle in the
south end of the room. Tho president
was notified of their arrival , and de
scended to tho room , accompanied by
the cabinet and several prominent men
and friends of the family. Their ap
proach was the signal for a general clap
ping of hands on the part of the visitors ,
and as soon as tho party had taken their
places , General Collins stepped forward
and addressed the president. The pres
ident , having been notified of his nom
ination to the presidency , said :
"I cannot but be profoundly im
pressed when I see about mo the mes
sengers of tho national democracy , bear-
ingits summons to duty. The political
party to which I # owo allegiance both
honors and commands me. It places in
my hand its proud standard and bids me '
bear it high at tho front in the battle
which it wages , bravely because con
scientious of the right , confidently be
cause itstrust is in people and soberly
because it comprehends the obligation
which success imposes. The message
which you bring awakes within me the
liveliest sense of personal gratitude and
satisfaction \ and the honor which jou
tender me is in itself so great that there
might well be no room for any other
sentiment ( , and yet I cannot rid nrysolf
of ( the graver and more serious thoughts
when ] I remember that a party supremacy
is J not alone involved in the conflict
which presses upon us but that we strng-
I gle to secure and save tho cherished in-
stitutions , , the welfare and happiness of
a i nation of free men.
Familiarity with the great office which
I hold has but added to my apprecia-
tion of its sacred character and the coni
secration demanded of him who assumes
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its immense responsibilities. It is the
repository of the hopes , will and power
of ! all. Its mission should be the protec-
tion and welfare of the humblest citizen ,
and ! with a quick ear it should catch from
the remotest coiner of the land the plea
of , tho people for justice and risrlit. For
the sake of the people , he who holds this
office ( of theirs should resist every en
croachment ! upon its legitimate func
tions , and for the sake of the integrity
and usefulness of the office it should be
kept near to the people and be adminisa
tered ( in full sympathy with their wants
and needs. This occasion reminds me
most vividly of the scene when four
years ; ago I received a message from my
party similar to that which you just now
deliver with all that has passed since
that i day. I cau truly say the awe with
which I heard the summons then , is in-
tensified ( many fold when it is repeated
now. Four years ago I knew that our
chief executive office if not carefully
guarded might drift little by little from
the { people to whom it belonged and be
come a perversion of all it ought to do , but
I did not know how much its moorings
already , had been loosened. I knew
four , years ago how well devised were
the principles of true democracy for the
successful operation of the government
by the people aud for the people , but I
did not know how absolutely necessary
their j application then was for the resto-
ration to the people of their 'safety and
prosperity. I knew then that abuses
and extravagances had crept into the
management of public affairs , but I did
not know their numerous forms nor the
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tenacity of their grasp. I knew then
some of the bitterness of partisan obv
struction ; but I did not know how bita
ter , how reckless aud how shameless it
could be. I knew , too , _ that the Amerit
can people were patriotic and just ; but
I did not know how grandly they loved
j their country , nor how noble and genern
ous they were. I shall not dwell upon
the j acts and policy of the adininistra-
tion I now drawing to a close. Its record
is i open , to every citizen of the land , and
yet I will not be denied the privilege of
asserting at this time that in the exer
cise of the functions of the high trust
confided , to me , I have yielded obediJ
ence < only to the constitution and the
{ solemn obligations of mjr oath of office.
I have done those things which , in the
light of the understanding. God has
given j me , seemed most conducive to
the ' welfare of my countrymen , and the
promotion 1 of good government. I
would not if I could for myself nor for
you : avoid a single consequence of the
fair ' interpretation of my course. It but -
remains ] for me to say to j-on , and
through ' you to the democracy of the
nation ] , that I accept the nomination ]
with ] which they have honored me , and
that 1 I will in due time signify such aca
ceptance ' in the usual formal manner. "
. The president's remarks were made
in ] an earnest and emphatic manner and
were frequently interrupted by ap
plause. This closed the speech making ,
] and then all present proceeded to the
state dining-room and partook of light
refreshments ; afterwards the committee
became the guests of the Columbia club
and wore driven about the city.
Mr. Blaine Receives the News.
A cable special from Linlithgow says : a
Mr. Blaine arrived here with the coacha
ing i party late this afternoon. Oddly
enough , it was while he was visiting the °
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, cemetery here , when a dispatch was
handed to him announcing the noniinaB
tion 1 of Senator Harrison. Mr. Blaine b
smiled and handed the dispatch to Mr. fi
Carnegie < and asked , "What do you
think { of that ? " Mr. Carnegie replied , S1
"It , is very good ; it is just what I ex- J
pected. 1 " The whole coaching party g
were greatly excited over the news , and si
although Mr. Blaine tried to look un-
concerned he like a
( was evidently feeling
the others. He seemed , however , very J-
cheerful. I know that the entire Blaine r
family j were of the opinion last night p
that Harrison would be nominated. At
the same time they were somewhat dis
turbed j when they heard Of Mr. McKin-
ley 1 and his appearance as a dark horse. o
Mr. Blaine this evening is busily enu
gaged ! writing a letter of congratulation t
to Harrison. In regard to the action of S1
the j convention Mr. Blaine refused fur
tively \ to-night to say a word to the mem- { ,
bers 1 of the press. Mr. Carnegie , who
had 1 been with him in the sitting room , e.
where he is writing the Harrison letter , n
said to me that he had read the letter.
"I ' tell you , " said he , "the letter has the J
true ring about it , and will be , T have no
doubt , the keynote of the campaign. Ae li
to Harrison's nomination , Mi * . Carnegie
said that he would create great enthu-
siam in the country. At least he thought
so after he had seen Mr. Blaine smfie so
cheerfully when the news was received , _ :
but ' Blaine smiles even when he does
not like to polist
speak cheerfully on anjr poli-
tical eub'eofc. al
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, A Sidney special says : George S. w
Arnold shot and instantly killed George sc
Burton , at Minatare , last night. The j tt "
difficulty arose over a settlement oi
S12.50. Arnold is now in jail here. ?
Falls City will test her water works §
on the 4th of July. w
The Presbyterian churches of the
state have started the
a building on C (
Chatauqua grounds at Crete. 0
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LEVI P. MORTON.
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SENATE ! AND HOUSE OF REPR SENTATIVES
A bynopstx of Proceedings in the Senate and
Bouse tf Representatives.
House. In the house on the 24th Mr.
Belmont ] presented the conference bill.
Agreed . to. He also reported the bill
introduced by him to give effect to the
Chinese < treaty. The only amendments
were provisions taken from the Morrow >
bill 1 , making the bill take effect upon
ratification of the treaty and wiping out
the \ _ section allowing six months during
which the Chinese may return upon
certificates. The report is unanimous ,
Morrow consenting to tne recommend-
tion j that his lie upon tho table. The
whole afternoon was spent in an effort
to j get a quorum , and failing to secure
one on the proposition to report a bill
to j construct a public building at Port-
land ] , Ore. , favorably , the house at 2:40
odiourned. '
Senate. In the senate on the 27th
the house amendments to the senate bills
authorizing the construction of bridges
across tho Mississippi river at Muscatine ,
la. ; the Missouri river at Nebraska City ,
Neb. ; the Missouri river at Parkville ,
Mn. ; the Mississippi river at , Ocaquun ,
111. , and the Mississippi river at Clinton ,
la. , were severally concurred in. The
senate then proceeded to consider tho |
river and harbor appropriation bill. Afc
ter adopting several amendments in-
creasing and decreasing appropriations
for improvements at different points , the
R enate adjourned.
House. The house , on the 27th , re-
sumed consideration of the Pacific land
bill 1 , the ayes and nays being taken on
Holmau's J amendment retaining title in
the i government to coal mines found on
public ] lands , but allowing entry men tc
mine such coal deposits until congress
acts further in the matter. Amendments
were accepted , and the bill then passed.
The [ remainder of "the day was consumed
in j consideration of the tariff bill.
Senate. The pension committee , ia
the senate on the 28th , reported back
eight vetoed pension bills with the rer
commendation that they be passed , not8
withstanding the president's objections ,
and they were placed on the calendar.
A motion to have the reports printed in
the Record and a motion to have printed
5,000 copies of the reports , were referred
to the committee on printing , the state
ment being made that the democratic
members of tho committee had not yet
seen them. Further consideration of
the fishery treaty , and of Morgan's resc
olution thereon , was postponed until
iiirsHav next.
House. In the house on the 28th a JI
joint resolution passed providing ternn {
porarily for tho expenditures of theS t
government in case the appropriation j
bills have not become laws prior to July |
1st. On motion of Mills , Blount , of
Georgia , was elected speaker pro tern ! <
during the temporary absence of Speakn [
er Carlisle , and the clerk was directed j
to inform the senate of the action. The j
house then went into committee of the j
whole on the tariff bill. When it was !
laid aside Belmont , of New York , called !
up \ tho conference report on the consu- j
lar } and diplomatic bill , and it was
agreed to. It reports concurrence on
all amendments except that appropri-
ating $25,000 for a commission to exf
plore , the Congo basin.
House. In the house on the 29th an
amendment to the postoflice appropria-
,
tion bill appropriating $1,000,000 for an
additional < force of letter carriers made
necessai-y by the extension of the eight n
hour law to that branch of the public <
service was concurred in by the house I
committee ' on post offices and post
roads. All the rest of the senate's
amendments were nonconcured in and
conference will be asked. The tariff a
bill was then considered. On motion tl
of Breckenridge , of Arkansas , p
paintings in oil or water colors and statg
uary , not otherwise provided for , were d
stricken | from the free list. Mr. Lehlli
bach , of New Jersey , moved to strike ti
from tho free list stones , unmanufac-
tured or undressed , free stone , granite , w
sandstone , and all building or monun
mental stone. Rejected. Mr. Barker , o
of Kentucky , moved to add photoh
graphic print paper not albuminized or a
sentisized to the free list. Lost. Mr. j p
Buchanan , of New York , offered an i it
amendment providing that whenever j fi
any of the articles named in the free } g
list are imported in vessels of foreign ti
regishy , they shall pay the duties iintl
posed by the act of 1S33. Lost. I Ii
Senate. In the senate on the 29th the ;
army and navy appropriation bill was ;
considered without final action. Comj j p
mittees of conference were appointed on ! b
the ] legislative , the diplomatic and con-
sular and the District of Columbia apft
pronriation bills. Mr. Allison reported '
back the joint resoulution extending the f
appropriations for the present fiscal year I
for thirty days from June 30th in thede-1
partments of the government for which ' ec
appropriation bills for the next year shall ' oi
not have become laws and the senate
proceeded to consider it. After a long *
discussion the joint resolution was \
passed without division. I4L I
Six Lives Lost In the Waler.
Newark ( N. J. ) dispatch : A party of jjt
sixteen ladies and gentlemen hired the pc
steam yacht Olivette and left this city M
8 o'clock last night. It being flood | to
tide the jetty at the mounth of the bay "
was covered with water. The pilot had jv
scarcely got his bearings when he heard h l :
sharp , grating sound , and realizing * ill
that he was on the jetty , Btoppedthe enn (
gine. Several of the male passengers er
jumped over on the jetty , and in doing ar
the boat lurched and slid off into deep tu
water , drowning six persons. Pc
in
Judge Crounse , of Washington w <
connty , has been secured to orate in fo
O'Neill on the Fourth of July. gi
THE COMMITTEE WAIT ON THURMAN.
He ' is Official ! ; , Xntl/iril of Ills Xomtiuttlon
/or / / Vice Presidency.
The democratic committee appointed
.
to notify ex-Senator Thurman of his
nomination , arrived in Columbus on the
morning i of the 28th , and was received
in appropriate style by the local demo-
cratic clubs. Tho committee reached
Judge Thurman's residence at 1 o'clock ,
and upon the appearance of Mr. Thur
man General Collins informed him of
the nature of their visit , and then intro-
duced < ; Hon. C. D. Jacobs , of Kentucky ,
who read tho following formal letter of
notification :
To Hon. Allen G. Thurman : Dear
Sir It has become my highly agreeable
duty to inform you that upon the first
ballot of the national democratic con
vention * , held recently in the city of St.
Loiiis , for the purpose of selecting can
didates for the presidency and vice pres
idency j , you were unanimously chosen
as the nominee of that great party for
the eminent and responsible office of
vice president of the United States. In
thus spontaneously and emphatically de
manding your return to that political
arena l which you graced with so much
wisdom , dignity and vigor , the demo-
cracy of this country have honored
themselves by relieving their party from
the charge of ingratitude and we believe
in November next the people will ellaco
such a taint from tho republic by electi
ing .yon to preside over the most august
deliberative body in the world the sen-
J.
ate of the United States. [ Applause. ]
Should so desirable a consummation bo
achieved , then , indeed , could every lover
of his country , regardless of party or
creed , rejoice that in you is embraced j I
the highest type of an enlightened and
refined American citizen and that no
matter what the crisis might be this govi
ernment would bo safe in your hands ,
An engrossed copy of the platform of
principles is presented.
In discharging their trust this comf
mittee desire to convey to you the as-
surances of their most profound esteem
and admiration , and to express their
sincerest good wishes for your happi-
ness and prosperity. We have the hon-
or , sir , to be your obedient servants.
[ Signed by all tho members of tho
committee. ]
Judge Thurman spoke as follows :
Mr. Chairman aud Gentlemen of tho
Committee : I pray you to accept my
very sincere thauks for the kind and
courteous manner in which you have
communicated to me the official infort
mation of my nomination by the St.
Louis convention. You know , without
my saying it , that I am profoundly
grateful to the convention and the dem2
ocratic party for the honor conferred
upon me and more so as it was wholly
unsought and undesired by me. Not
that I undervalued the distinction which
any man of our party , however emir
nent , might highly prize , but simply
because ] I had ceased to be ambitious of
public life. But when I am told in so
earnest and impressive a manner that I
can still render service to the good
cause to which I have ever been de
voted , a cause to which I am bound by
ties of affection , by the dictates of judgc
incut , by a sense of obligation for favors
so often conferred upon me , and by the
fervent , hope that the party may long
continue to be able to serve the repub
lic , what can I , under such circum- '
stances , do but yield my private wishes "
to the demand of those whose opinions ' i
1 am bound to respect ? Gentlemen , ! *
with an unfeigned diffidence in my '
ability to fulfill the expectations that *
led to my nomination , I yet feel it to be |
my duty to accept and do all that it *
may be in mj * power to do to merit so
marked a distinction.
Gentlemen , the country is blessed by *
an able and honest administration of c
the general government. We have a
president who wisely , bravely , dili-
gentlj' and patriotically discharges the
duties of his high office. I fully be
lieve that the best interests of the couny
try require his retention , and the hope c
that I may be able to contribute someo
what to bring this result about is one of R
nry motives for accepting this place on 15
our ticket , and I also feel it my duty to 15
labor for the reduction of taxes , to put \
stop to that accumulation of the snr-
plus in the treasury that , in my judg-
ment , is not only prejudicial to our ij
financial welfare , but is , in a high de- jj
gree , dangerous to an honest and constiq
tutioual government. I suppose , genj
tlemen , that I need say no more to-day. g
In due time , and in accordance with esT
tablished usage , I will transmit to 3our \
chairman a written acceptance of my H
nomination with such observations upon F
public questions as raay seem to me to |
be proper. " *
A reception and an elegant collation Jj
faJ
followed.
The CroD Oullook. j
Washington dispatch : Tht weather | c
conditions for the past week through- !
out the country have been favorable to V
growing crops and conditions have im
proved ] in the upper • Mississippi and
Missouri valleys , and in Michigan , al- q (
though heavy local rains in Missouri o.
are reported to have injured wheat and P
bay harvesting. An excess of rain is reL.
ported from Arkansas , Louisiana and
Mississippi , which has been unfavorable
the cotton crop. In the western porfcl
tion • of the cotton region , including Al
abama , North Carolina and South Caroy
\a , the weather has been favorable for cc
crops. In Ohio , Indiana and ConO.
aecticut more rain is needed , while genH
2rally throughout the middle Atlantic Cj
ind New England states the weather of Si
the past week has improved the crop
2onditions. Harvesting is in progressm
Tennessee and Kentuckj , where the j Cor
sveather conditions have been favorable q
wheat and corn and favorable for q !
jrass. i Hi
_ • _ _ A
i
" "HOW THE VOTE STOOD FOR MORTON. . 9
ir/utt Milter Promhrd In Case lie Was Sum- S
Chicago dispatch : Thero being no fl
further seconds of tho nomination of 9
Phelps , tho call of states was continued , B
and when Now York was called Senator - <
Miller responded. Ho referred to the- M
randidacy of Mr. Dopow for tho prcsi- • W
dential nomination , and ho said that /M
gentleman's namo had been withdrawn fp
in sorrow , but not in anger. Ho as- * * fj ;
surcd tho convention that though tho > * ; .
republican party in New York had often % t-
been divided , all factions had been in * , >
harmony in its action in Chicago. The
candidato which Now York proposed to .cf j
present for tho vico presidency was a v - ' I
man with whom ho had crossed swords. n
If tho convention would concedo to tho < 1
wish of Now York and give her this man J
as a candidate for vico president , their I
rnvords would bo drawn only iu a com- 1
nion cause , aud he could give the con- I
veution tho samo pledgo for overy sec- I
tion aud faction of the party in tho stato , I
all represented hero to-night by its ao- I
tion. To-day tho convention had made I
it possiblo for tho republicans to carry I
Indiana. * By its further action jt could 1
make it possiblo to carry New York. If I
the convention would help tho republi- 1
cans of New York they would carry tho 1
fight to a successful conclusion , if tho M
New York delegates were refused tho 3
boon they would go homo and do all M
that mortal men could , but thoy
would go homo Bick at heart , 1
discouraged. Ho appealed to tho con- M
vontion to hear tho voice of New York.
If the convention would namo to-night M
the man of their choico thoy would go . f
heme and iuscribo upon their banners ,
" American work-
"American wages for -
ingmen ; , American markets for American
people J and protection for American
nomes , " and in this sign : they could not
! he defeated. In behalf of the united
republican party of tho stato of New M
York I name Hon. Levi P. Morton.
Senator Miller's speech was delivered I
with < great earnestness and forco. Ho
was frequently interrupted by applause. I
His ; sentiment as to special reasons why I
New York should have tho vico presi- M
dential nomination was cheered lustily.
When he had concluded thero was a wild
outburst ( of applause , continuing for sev- M
eral i minutes and almost eclipsed tho de- M
moustration i which occurred when Har-
rison ] was n < in ' uated.
the iutiTiOT. m
The first and only ballot for vicepres- m
ident resulted : "
Morton 591 fl
I'hclpH 11 >
Ilrndley 103
B. ' K. lrucc. 119-
Walter F. Thomas 1
A Wife Murderer Pays Ihe Penally.
St. Joseph ( Mo. ) special : Peter I
Hronek was hanged in tho jail yard to-
daThe ( , drop fell at 1.20 p. m. , and
life was pronounced extinct in nine min- I
utes. } The work was well done. The- H
prisoner's ] neck was broken and thero fl
Avere no struggles , death being marked B
by ] , but two convulsions. The body was- H
turned ; over to friends and will be buried H
in the Catholic cemetery to-morrow. H
The crime for which Hronek was- H
hanged 1 was the murder of his wifo in H
this \ city April 17 , 1887. He had been 9
drinking heavily during the daj * . At H
nighthe ] became angry at his landlord , H
who lived in tho rooms above him , and H
attempted to quarrel with him. He- |
flourished i a revolver and went | H
down stairs. In a moment two- M
shots and a scream were heard , fol- M
lowed 1 by two more shots. The police M
were summoned , but did not arrive for M
four i hours. Hronek did not leave the J M
house 1 , and when the police arrived and M
entered they found his wife lying dead M
on the iloor and Hronek sitting in a " M
chair rocking his 2-year-old child , which M
lay asleep in a cradle. He made but f M
little resistance and was lodged in jail. M
He claimed for months that he was M
drunk and had killed his wife because- M
she was unfaithful to him. He was- M
tried in June and on the 25th was sen- M
tenced to be hanged Auinist 19 , 1887 , . M
but 1 his case was appealed to the , su- M
premo j court , which body affirmed the M
finding of the court below and set June _ H
22 as the date of the execution. A stay " " " " * " " " H
of one week was granted by the gover- |
nor to allow Hronek to hear from his H
parents | : in Austria. Hronek was a Bo- H
hemiaii. 33 years of age , and had been H
married four years at the time of tho . H
tragedy. He lived in Omaha six H
months of 1SS2 , and has since lived in H
St. Joseph. He is the first Bohemian. H
to be hanged in the United States. H
The July Century is to contain anoth- M
er article in the series which the Rev. H
Dr. Buckley , ihe eaitor cf the Christian. H
Advocate , has been for some time past H
contributing to that periodical. It is- H
entitled "Dreamo , NinJifmares and H
SomnambukMR. " It will contain a H
chapter on "Mysterious Dreams Ana- H
Iyzed. " A timely article in the July H
Century is "Diseass Germs and How to H
Combat Them. " It will be accompa- H
nied by a frontispiece portrait of Pas- H
teur ( , who ha made disinfection and fer- H
mentation a longer study than hydro- H
phobia , although it is with the latter J M
that ' his name is more intimately asso- j H
ciated in the public mind. B
THE MARKETS. B
OMAHA. H
Wheat No. 2 63 @ 63& < M
Coun No. 2 mixed 35 @ 35 ' H
Oats No. 2 32 @ 33 . j H
Rye 35 @ 32 M
Uahlev 50 @ 51 ' H
Hcttek Creamery ' 20 ( cp 21 M
Uuttek ! Choico roll 13 @ 14 j H
Eaos Freah 1G @ 17 H
Si'RixcChickens per doz. . . 3 00 @ 3 25 M
Lemoss Choice , perbox. . . 4 50 ( t $ 5 00 H
Okanges Per box 3 75 @ 7 00 H
Bka.ns Nnvys.per bu 2 GO @ 2 75 M
Onions Per bu 1 25 @ 1 50 j H
Potatoes 75 @ 85 J H
Gkeen Pees Per bu 1 50 @ 2 00 : H
Tomatoes , per bu 1 75 @ 2 00 > |
Wool Fine , per ! f > 13 @ 20 l H
Honkv 16 @ 21 i H
FlaxSeed Per bu 1 15 @ 1 20 ! H
iIors ' .Mixed packing 5 30 @ 5 40 |
3
Hogs Heavey weights 5 40 @ 5 50 > 1
Beeves Choice stwr- " . . 5 00 @ 5 75 -j l
Sheep Fair to medium. . . 2 50 @ 5 00 t l
NEW YOIiiv. *
Wheat No. 2 red S0' < @ 90 f H
Wheat Ungraded red S0@ 90 = > (1 ( 1
Coit.v No. 2 554(25 56 Ij H
Oats Mixed western 35 @ 35 tl l
Pojtk- 15 25 @I5 50 ; H
Lard 8 70@ 8 75 / |
CHICAGO. 'SB
Wheat Perbueliel 81 @ 81 H
Corn Per bushel 49. ' 2 ' @ 50 J H
Oat3 Per bushel 31 @ 32 j H
Pork < . ' . . . .13 77 @ 14 00 , l H
Lard . 8 47J < @ 8 50 * f H
Hogs Packing ifcshippin ? . 5 50 @ 5 70 f H
Cattle Stockers 2 40 @ 4 15 f M
Sheep Natives 4 00 @ 0 ii f H
ST. LOUIS. j H
Wheat No. 2 red cash 31JQ S4 * " * * 1
Corn Perbushel 44 , @ 45 | H
Oats Per bushel 32 @ 32 # |
Hogs Mixed packing 5 35 @ 5 60 l H
Cattle Feeders 2 40 @ 3 70 H
Suee * Common to choice 2 75 @ 5 10 , H
KANSAS CITY. J M
Wheat Per bushel 80 @ 81 ' 1
: . - Perbushel 46 @ 48 M
Oats Per bushel 30 @ 31 / % H
Cattle Feeders 3 00 © 3 75 i t |
Boas Goad to choice 2 10 C S KO 1 | H