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( Published in two parts I irf. ae, Wednesday, and Tart Two, Saturday.)
Vol. XVII. No. 42.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3.
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IT WILL SURRENDER.
The Island of Porto Rico to Give
up the Struggle
AMU COHE UJDLR iHG AIERIC'N FLAG
Caufsrcaee Mae Mn Haiti mmH the lalantl
Will al Owe km ' Im.rlMiCou
trwl - (r.l Mil' Dictate
a I'Arniorn: muro kh?a mayor.
I'iini k, I 'or to Rica, July 31. The
following la the text of the mayor's
proclamation. issued oi the arrival of
the American troop at Vauco, con
gratulating hi p-tple that it Is now
an American cii :
!itizn: Today the citizens of Por
to Rica assist in oroof her most beau
tiful feast The mim ( A in Tien
shine! uooa tur mount hih.h ami valleys
thi iU; ol lul).lMH I- i a iUt of
gloriou remembrance t-t each Hon of
this beloved Ule. because, lor the tlrst
time there vi8 over her the lUg of
the stars, plan'ed in he name of the
government of thi Untied States of
America by the major general of the
American anny.Senor Mile.
I 'or is Ricani, we arr by the miracu
lous intervention of the (iod of the
Just, given back to the bom m of our
mother Americt. in luxe waters na
ture has placed us as people of Amer
ica To ner we ate given back in the
name of her government by General
Miles, and we must-seud our most ex
pressive Habitation of generous affec
tion through our conduct toward the
valient troops represented by distin
guished olli :ers and commended by
the illustii his General Miles.
Citizen: Long live the government
of the United Statesof America! Hail
r tft-k heir valient troops! Hail Porto
Ins; after the ays America:
traaka. The I'orto Rico. United States of
hiv Ty t,a.
per- monopo - 4 hancico Muua,
th patroitltra
arnusinf q p hl La,de-
'cn are yro kico to sukrkkdeu.
t 1 TC7 In itf IAPtn I ? A tier 1 TtlA
,
i-iland will probably surrender soon
without further fighting. Conferences
have been held betweeu Governor Gen
eral AlAcia. American Consul Hanna,
the French consul and the entire con
sular corps As soon as Miles landed
Hanna wrnt from St. Thomas to Guan
lea. where be conferred with General
Allies and arranged plans.
Then he came here, arriving Sunday
and saw the diplomatic corps. The
entire corps asked an audience of Ma
cias, which was granted, and the con
ference was held Sunday.
Macias is reported willing to surren
der the island in view of the situation.
Ti.e terms offered were dictated by
Mile t'ublic opinion here favors the
surrender
The reports from Ponce of the be
havior of American troops auJ their
atti ii'le havr greatly aided. The news
of the landing of an American army
of L'iUK0 and our big ll-et outside the
hail or have also helped.
A message to Miles of surrender fs
looked for in a day or two.
Half Kate.
Stlem Chautaqua via the Burlington
Kou'e. July 30th to August 7th the
Burlington Ittute offers a rate of one
fare for the round trip o baleni. This
rate will be tu effect from all Burling
ton s'aiion within 150 miles of Salem
and tickets will bear final return limit
of Auicusl Sih.
Tli-Salem Chautauqua is the only
Chautauqua which will be held in
southern Nebraska during the present
year. The management has taken ad
vantage of that fact, and has arranged
m pro.jr.iun of exceptional interest and
m-rit Th attendance should be
irr '! in excess of thai of any pre
v? os ear.
- uiUTrrrla Picnic.
I - I'UnstDOUlh Turuveiein has
hu. -r tcrand picnic at the
Nil . Malfo-a grove, west of town, on
Sonliy. August 14. Carriages and
t-iwi.ttll- iil convey you to the
rr.t.n N The Bohemian band will
if irnitb the music and a first clars
time is guranteed. Everbody invited.
- 7 Traae-Miaeleelppl Wot lee
Before visiting Omaha, be sore and
-supp'y yourself with Pepperberg's
lt'idj instead of paying high prices
.for low grade cigars.
Saaeke tha Beat.
VVurl Broo famous "Gut Ueil" is the
1 best 5c cigar tn the market.
' COMMENT AND CRITICISM
33GOO00
TIIK VKNKKIt IISHiUKKI.
What ha bect me of all the "inter
national agreement" fellows iu the
republican ai)? I hat veneer of
hjpocriiy has btcome disfigured in the
lat few months tml every blattant re
publican now shines firth as a fWll
Hedged single gold s'andard advocate
a
ITK IM!KIICTtON CAME TKUK.
Tell iis silver is dead !n the face of
the fact that the predictions of th
silver men come true? We said that
with a normal crop grain would be
cheap The wheat crop is not up to
what is called an average crop for the
world. A war between this country
and Spain and wheat only 50 cents
a bushel. The silver question cannot
die until farmer net a fair price for
their products. York Teiler.
A DIKKKKESCK.
There are 324,000 farmers in Sweden.
Only 4H.000 are renters and the major
ity of the tenters are sons of the own
era of the land. In Sweden the gov
ernment sees to it that the farmers
get money at 2 per cent. A renter can
have a farm appntised and he pays a
certain amount each year for forty
years and the farm is his own. That
is something like our building
and loan association. In this country
the farmers are losing their homes.
York Teller.
KUSIOX SENTIMENT.
Union of the silver forces is the
watchword all along the line from the
Pacific to the Atlantic. Senator Tel
ler, of Colorado sounds the key note
of the campaign of 1898. He says "all
friends of silver must unite." Even
the u iddle of the roaders begin to rec
ognize the trend of pu jlic sentiment.
They have called off their contem
plated convention in Cincinnati
stated for September next. Wahoo
New Era.
WHY THEY WANT BONDS.
"Plenty of money in the country
now," s3 8 t tie goldite, and points to
the great iuiu ber of subscribers to the
war loan as evidences of the fact. Yes
therd seems to be plenty of money, but
when everybody is offering to take 3
per cent bonds, that shows that the
pursuits of industry along agricultural
manufacturing and mining lines are
not being conducted at profit. It
shows that the products of labor are
still below cost of production and our
products are not clearing any money.
There is no question about the condi
tion of our productive labor. It is not
paying wellaenough for capitalists to
risk their money investing it outside
of bonds. Stanton Register.
WIUIK WILLIE ASTOR'S MILLIONS.
William Waldorf Astor owns $100,
000.000 worth of property and his in
come from New York interests and in
vestments will $4,000,000 a year. He
receives the protection of the United
St government and of the army
fo princely property, and such
pi . ...on does not cost him one cent.
He pays nothing for the support of the
Armerican army or the American gov
ernment. He is now making his home
in London where be is compelled te
pay an income tax into the British
treasury. What do the Nebraskans
who are paying war taxes to protect
bis property think of exempting such
an income from taxation and making
up revenue by imposing burdens upon
thj plain people? An income tax is
the fairest of all imposts. Hamilton
County Register.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Dr. Marshall, Graduate DENT
BT. Fitzgerald blook.
See the elegant line of rings at Cole
man's. Mrs. John R. Cox of Louisville is
visiting in the city.
W. E. Rasencracz of Elmwood was
a Piattsmoutb visitor Monday.
Girl Wanted General housewoik,
$3 a week. Call at this office. 3t.
Hon. R. B. Windham returned Mon
day from an outing among the lakes
of northern Michigan.
A. W. Crites and wife of Chadron
were the guests of Judge B. S. Ram
sey over Sunday.
John A. Davies of this city has been
appointed byU.S. Judge Monger as
referee in bankruptcy for Cass county
under the new bankruptcy law.
Alex Clifton who has been working
in the Burlington boiler shops at
Havelock has been transfered to Alli
ance. The family will remain here for
the present.
QDr. E. W. Cook returned Monday
from Lincoln where he has been tak
ing treatment at the sanitarium. He
is greatly improved io health and able
to resume practice.
Write to J. Francis, General Pas
senger Agent, Burlington Route,
Omaha, for handsome 32 page pam- J
phlet descriptive of the trans-Mississippi
Exposition FREE.
DEMOCRATS' DOINGS.
An Harmonious Meeting of Money
Reformers.
GERtNG THEIR CONGRESSIONAL CHOICE
llt la Allnwful to ri-rt Hli Own lialrgatca
Win. lYil MaiMt ly Ml m rirt. l.aa
miiiI ll .he 1 1ma-siitt Itrl
i;tea Wra t'lioiwtn.
The democratic count" convention
called for the uurpose of selecting del
egates to the state and congressional
conventions, was called to order in the
Paokonin buildiogat Louisville at two
o'clock last Saturday afternoon by
County Chairman J. B. II ungate.
J. N. Wise was selected as temporary
chairman and Frank E. Green as tem
porary secretary.
The different delegations handed in
their credentials, and as there were no
contests a motion prevailed to the ef
fect that the gentlemen named in the
credentials be declared the duly ac
credited delegates to the convention.
The temporary organization was then
made permanent.
The convention then proceeded to
select delegates to the state conven
tion. The three wards of Weeping
Water and Weeping Water precinc
agreed to take one delegate between
them. Each of the other wards and
precincts were then allowed to name
one delegate and this making one in
excess of the number allowed the
county, the names were written on
slips of paper and the chairman au
thorized to draw one out. The name
drawn out was to be erased from the
list of delegates.
The different delegations then
banded in the following as their choice
for delegates to the Lincoln conven
tion. Tipton Ed Carr.
Salt 'reek T J Wilburn.
Elmwood Geo A Towle.
Weeping Water City and Precinct
J I Corley.
Louisville II E Pankonin.
Mt Pleasant John Tighe.
Avoca D Cu9ter.
Nehawka M G Kime.
Liberty I)r It H Wallace.
Eight Mile Grove Henry Ander
son.
Rock Biuffj, Firbt District Jacob
R Vallery.
Rock Bluffs, Second District W P
Hutcheson.
Plattsmouth Precinct Wra Gilles
pie
Greenwood AC lthoden.
Stove Creek E T Comer.
South Bend C J Zaar
Center Frank II Staoder.
Plattsmouth
First Ward Matthew Gering.
Second Ward Col Fred Kroehler.
Third Ward Frank E Green.
Fourth Ward M Archer.
Fifth Ward John Ltitz.
The names were then placed in a
bat and shaken up and one was with
drawn bv the chairman. It proved to
be that of John Tighe.
Judge B. S.Ramsey then sent the
following resolutions totbe secretary's
desk and asked that they b; read.
The resolutions were received wUh
great enthusiasm, and on motion of
Judge Ramsey were unanimously
adopted.
Resolved, That the democrats of
Cass couuty Nebraska, in convention
assembled hereby most heartily en
dorse the candidacy of Matthew Ger
ing for congressman, from the first
congressional district, and hereby au
thorize and empower him to select the
delegates to attend the congressional
convention to be held at Plattsmouth
Nebraska on the 11th day of August
1S93, and.
Be it further resolved, that the dele
gates to such convention use all hon
orable means means to secure the nom
ination and are hereby instructed to
support such candidacy, and.
Bj it further resolved that the dele
gates present cast the entire vote of
the delegation.
Mr. Geriog was called upon for a
speech and responded in his usual
happy vein, thanking the convention
for the honor conferred, and eiving bis
reasons why a democrat should and he
thought would receive the congres-
siontl nomination in this district this
fall. He assured the delegates that if
he secured the nomination be would
begin his campaign the day after the
convention nd keep it up until the
polls closed He assured them, how
ever that should the honor fall to an
other man, either democrat or popu
list, that he would work just as hard
for him a3 h would for himself. The
enthusiasm with which Mr. Gering's
remarks were received evidenced the
high regard in which be is held by the
silverites of Cass county.
Chairman II ungate then announced
that the county nominating conven
tion would be held at Weeping Water
on September 6th, hich is the same
pay as that of the populist convention.
The convention instructed the cen
tral com 111 i tee to meet iu Plattsmouth
on August llth at which time they
will select the delegates to the float
con vetii ion and will albo confer with
the populist and free silver republi
can central committees as to the basis
on which fusion will be effected.
The First ward of Plattsmouth re
ported that their coiuinitteman, II.
Guy Livingston, had joined the' army
and that I. O. Dwyer had been se
lected to fill his place. The Second
ward reported the name of D M.Jones
to G II a vacancy on the committee.
C W. Sherman then presented the
following resolutions woicb were en
thusiastically and adopted:
Resolved, That we, the democrats of
Cass county, in convention assembled,
recognize William J. Bryan as the
leading exponent of the principles
enunciated as a declaration of party
faith by the democratic national con
vention of 1896, which leadership be
has justly earned and is universally ac
corded by reason of his great ability,
matchless eloquenca and zealous devo
tion to the welfare of the whole people
and we confidently look forward to a
glorious victory for democracy in 1900
under hia supberb leadership.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the course pursued by the Hon. Wm.
V. Allen as a member of the United
States senate and instruct for his re
turn to that position.
There being no further business the
convention adjourned.
Republican Oouotjr Convention.
Boss Polk's pre-arranged program
met with little opposition at the re
publican county convention at Weep
ing Water Saturday, Newell, Pollard
and Young baing nominated by accla
mation, the first named for senator
and the latter two for representatives.
Polk's candidate for county attorney,
Jesse L Root, was nominated on the
third ballot, but his choice for commis
sioner. Grandma ! Hayes, was turned
down, and after over forty ballots,
Turner Zink of Elmwood was nomin
ated. Hayes was confident of a re
nomination, but on tbe first ballot be
only received one vote.
Isaac Wiles was chairman of the
convention and Geo. Olive secretary.
A candidate for county attorney was
the first to be nominated, and the
names of A. J. Graves, Allen Beeson
and Jesse L Root were presented.
The three ballots taken resulted as
follows:
Beeson 26V4 16K
Graves 86 79 71H
Root 64H 83'i 93K
Pollard and Young were then nom
inated by acclamation as candidates
for representatives aud I 'lugged-to-size
Newell was equally generously
treated when Ami Todd presented his
name for the senatorial nomination.
Tbe convention then took a recess to
allow the Third district to select a can
didate for commissioner and they had
a mighty hot time doing it. Seven
names were presented and over forty
ballots were taken before any of the
aspirants secured a majority of tbe
votes The ambitious ones were John
athan Adams, TarnerZInk, J. C. Stev
enson, II. J. Beardsley, John Mefford,
J.C. Hayes and J. W. Bullis. Zink
finally plucked the plum.
The delegates to tbe republican con
vention were then chosen and a reso
lution was offered instructing tbe del
egation to be chosen for the congres
sional convention for R B Windham of
this city. An Elmwood man moved to
substitute the name of E J.Burkett,
and after much jangling and heated
discussion the whole matter was laid
on the table and a delegation chosen
which will go to tbe convention unin
structed. After selecting delegates to tbe float
convention, and naming a county cen
tral committee, tbe convention ad
journed and the sovereignty of Czar
Polk was once more emphasized.
Spend Aucoat iu the Black If ilia.
Go first to Hot Springs. There yon
can bathe, ride, bicycle, climb moun
tains, dance and play tennis to your
bean's content. If your limbs are
stiff, vour kidneys oat of order or if
you are- troubled with eczema or any
other form of skis disease, a month at
Hot Springs will make a new man of
you.
Sylvan Lake and Spearflsh are with
in a comparatively short distance of
not Springs and everyone who visits
tbe Black Hills should see them.
Sylvan Lake is the prettiest and cool
est summer resort in tbe west. Spear
fish is reached after a railroad ride
that ranks among the experiences of a
lifetime. There is nothing like it
anywhere else on tbe globe.
During August tbe Burlington route
will run two low rate excursions to
Hot Springs one on the 9th, the other
on the 26th of that month. Tickets
will be sold at one fare for the round
trip half rates and will be good to
return any time within thirty days.
Organize a party. Arrange about
your hotel accommodations at Hot
Springs. Get your ticket from the
Burlington agent and pass the moat
delightful month in the year in tbe
most 'delightful summer resort on tbe
continent.
BOYS OP THE THIRD.
Arrived at Jacksonville in Qood
Health and Spirits.
RIGHT ROYALLY RECEIVED EN ROUTE.
ThayAra Dalightcd Wl'h lha Country But
Ieplora Opprowlt Ilaat Gorgrd
With U oodles Ualora llopo
tu it Action Mourn.
The following has been received
from Sergeant Cbas. L. Spencer of
company B, Third Nebraska Volun
teer Infantry, now at Jacksonville.!
Fla.t by bis father, II. G. Spencer of
this city:
Jacksonville, Fla , July 25.
Deak Fatiieh: .
We left Fort Omaha on Monday
afternoon and arrived at Camp Cuba
Libre Friday morning in pretty good
condition, only one man a little sick
We received floe treatment on the
way, especially at Hiawatha, Kas
where we received a lunch and the
best of treatment from tbe ladies, one
long to be remembered. We usually
were greeted with cheers but that was
all we received In Missouri except at
Washington, Mo., where each man in
the regiment received two or three
Missouri meerschaums cob pipes. We
passed through St. Louis without get
ting off the cars and our next stop of
any note was DuQuoin, Ills., where we
stopped two or three hours waiting on
the other sections to catch up. Tbe
ladies gave'us lunches in boxes and the
young ladies treated us fine before we
left. Sergeant Cbas. Newman and I
kissed a whole crowd of girls. Only
tbe "non-coms" were allowed off the
cars, and we naa to use the army ra
tions but few times. I went to sleep
shortly after we left DuQuoin and did
not wake up until we were in Tennes
see. I wanted to see Cairo and tbe
Ohio river but was worn out and had
my first good sleep.
At Nashville we all got off tbe train
and marched into a freight bouse near
by where we found som of tbe prettiest
women I ever saw in my life. They
bad a fine -lunch prepared for us on
tbe table and when we left they gave
each a nice box of lunch and you may
be sure we sergeants, Nawman.Covel),-
Clizbe and myself received our share
seventeen boxes of as fine lunch as
could be prepared. Every man for
himself, and we never get left when it
comes to watermelon.
Nashville is a pretty place some fine
parks, but lots of negroes. We seldom
see any white people unless they come
to meet us and then you see few coons.
The trip to Chattanooga was very
pleasant, going through the Cumber
land mountains with its steep grades,
and tunnels, and through heavy tim
ber of oak, pine and sycamore.
What a great difference in people.
Their conversation is similar to that
of ihe negroes. " Where you all gwine
to," even if there is but one person
addressed. They are very proud and
think themselves to be the very brav
est nothing equalling. Well, we will
see, if we get to sea service and I think
we will as we are fully equipped, and
only one other regiment here which is
equipped. From Nashville to Chatta
nooga we ran very slow to let the other
sections get near us so we sidetracked
for everything and did not get into
Chattanooga until late in the evening.
I met some of the Second Nebraska
regiment who knew Ed. well. I was
in hopes of seeing him but he was on
guard duty and he said there was so
much red tape in getting a pass that
he couldn't get it in time te reach me.
He is fourteen miles from Chattanooga
and one of company H's boys from
Chadron said be was acting orderly to
tbe colonel. Since then I have heard
from Ed. and he has been appointed
a corporal and says he is all swelled up
over it. We passed within four miles
of him late that night and it was rain
ing bard.
We could see Lookout mountain
very plainly, there being a light on
Point Lookout and at the hotel there.
It was a beautiful sight at night to
see those lights so high up and most
all the bo s were excited over it and
sat at tbe windows as long as they
could see it. -
There was nothing of note from tbe
time we left Chattanooga untitle ar
rived at Atlanta, Ga. . Peach trees are
loaded down and tbe people are pick
ing the froit. One little station in
Georgia has shipped over 900 cars of
peaches and you can't see that any
have been taken away yet. The same
station has shipped several hundred
cars of water melons.'
We passed within three-fourths of a
mile of Andersonville prison and
could see plainly Andersonville ceme
tery. We stopped and .1 climbed up
on a freight car and had the brake man
point out where tbe old prison was,
and the stockade often spoken of by
tbe old soldiers. It was an impressive
sight and as I remember of reading
the history of that place several yean
ago, and to be able to stand almost on
thexsame spot ln-ie many a brave
soldier was staived to death, I feel
sore at the southern people some ot
them participants, others their de
scendants. It would briiiic back many
a sad recollection to V. V. Leonard,
R. B. Ilyers or the old janitor at Pa
cine junction who served many
months at Anderaon ville.
Our next stop was at Albany, Ga.,
where tbe white people turned out and
gave us a fine lunch and all the peach
es and water melons we could eat and
carry off , Leaving Albany we went
to bed and when we awoke next morn
ing we were in Jacksonville. We ar
rived here Friday morning and were
allowed to rest until Ibis morning
without drill.
It Is very hot from 9 o'clock a.m.
until 5 o'clock p. m , such as lift In tbe
j "de.
It is almost unbearable, even
in shade here, doing nothing, let alone
drilling, still we are getting used to it
a little, or in other words we will hae
to get used to it.
I am writing this letter on a porch
of a hotel within five feet of tbe beach
with moss all over the trees so the sun
can hardly get through.
Some of Torrey's riders killed an
alligator yesterday ia St. John's river
and Newman Clizbe and I went down
to go in swimming and got scared out
by seeing some sharks out where we
usually go in.
The trees here are nearly all of a
different species tban in Nebraska, as
are tbe plants.
Thos. Deerwester'a son recruited in
a Mississippi regiment on tbe west of
us. He called at our camp to see me
yesterday.
Judge Sam'l M. Chapman has two
nephews here but I have not seen them
yet.
I will close for this time and write
soon again. Your son,
ClIAS. Sl'ENCEK.
ENJOIN THE BOARD.
A Cltlaen Keeommenda that tha Coinintn
Slonara ballot Allowed to pay tha
County Fair Bonaa.
Dear Journal: I want to compli
ment you on your gallant fight against
the county fair fake, as it has come to
be known. Certainly no citizen has
any objection to any number of indi
viduals holding a county fair if they
wish, or any other kind of a fair, so
they are fair about it. But when it
co en s to iroing down into tbe taxpay
ers' pockets to promote a pet scheme
or perpetuate a phantom, aa the fair
has come to be, for a few hangers-on
who are always looking for something
at the public expense and who have a
mania for living without work, it be
comes an imposition on a patient pub
lic The law giving tbe county com
missioners power to levy a tax for the
benefit of these so-called "agricultural
societies" was conjured in the fertile
brains of a lot of county seat sharks
throughout tbe state who might be
classed as semi-respectable bums tbey
subsist by bumming their way off tbe
public by such questionable means as
the county fair bonus, depending upon
their deftness and shrewdness in
gathering up rake-offs from tbe county
bonus to secure their share of tbe plun
der and thus prolong their useless ex
istence from day to day. Tbe back
door bum, who subsists on hand-outs
is decidedly more respectable tban tbe
men who pass such laws, or wbo -insist
on being tbe beneficiaries he assumes
no respectability, wears no disguise,
has no law to hide behind and has no
board of county commissioners hack of
him to help him get bis band into the
helpless taxpayers' pockets.
I see the republican News and
Louisville Courier are in favor of en
joining tbe county commissioners
from paying over this bonus which
will amount to, as you inform us, more
tban 1700. Why would it not be well
for one of these journals to ask Judge
Ramsey for an injunction to that end?
Tbey would surely be serving the peo
ple well.
Keep up the good fight and let us do
away with this farce. If the county
fair cannot sustain itself it ought not
to be. Citizen.
Steiltng silver novelties at Cole
man's.
All repair work folly guaranteed by
Coleman the Jeweler.
If you want a watch or clock buy it
of Coleman tbe Jeweler.
W. B. ELSTEB, Dentist, Water
man block, Plattsmouth, Neb.
Attorney Wm. Dalles Dernier of
Elmwood was a Piattsmoutb visitor
last Monday.
ztrthur Tolliff, who is employed in
Mayer's clothing house at Norfolk is
visiting his parents and friends in this
city.
Henry Bebrns, one of the substantial
farmers of Avoca precinct, was in tbe
city Tuesday and paid The Journal
a pleasant call.
The democrats, populists, free silver
republicans met in state convention
yesterday afternoon at Lincoln. There
is a large attendance at each conven
tion and a unanimity of feeling pre
vails in all ranks. -
POPULIST PARLEYS.
They Moet in County Convention
At Louisville.
T WAS k HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN!
The t.nil mill Hi I li.n finally I I Hnwu
TuKrilirr In I I itixl I'm f I
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lo t-.mi'H mr llrr l-'Hllril
The I'olk-Hi !(.'.)-' 1 outlH nl j nio ii.t
pOptlliHtH WMH liltlll l l lMVlly MMl tioWII
upon at the ; ni.l onveiit i.n at
Loui8villeSaliniU nml in cont Tjiiim
is feelinic lather hoih al 4'n 1; JU it n a 1.
which exposed the coiniiratoiH ih well
as the true hlnn popi of the couuty . el
The convention whks called to older
at eleven o'clock, and effected a tern
porary organization by electing J. P.
Ujiise chairman and II. F. Allen m c
ret&ry. After a committee on creden
tials had been appointed, a recess wuh
taken until after l inner.
Upon reconvening il was found that
tbe credentials committee wuh not yet
through with its work, and in fact it
was over three hours before the yen
tlemen who had to decide, hh to uho
were entitled to seats in tlut conven
tion could get through with their woik.
As was predicted in Tiik .Iouiinai.,
Milo Briggs and three or four of Inn
henchmen went up from Plal tHiuouth
prepared to cast loity-eihl votm of
delegates supposed to have been elected
at a city convention hete. Uut the
committee had been "put on" to the
little game ' -t dow n upon Mi .
Polk's men iu t... i:i ; loved stle.
Of course the latter m. . a teiiihlc
howl in the convention, hut th dele
gates all understood the game mikI the
Platssmouth gang was only allowed to
cast votes for the wards from which
they had representatives
When this matter was nettled, tin
temporary organization wan made per
manent. An effort was made by tha Uiin.
outfit, to have reHoliit ions puHed en
dorsing the candidacy of II. (Jlem
Deaver for governor but the conven
tion would not hear to anything of the
kind, so the attempt failed.
The following named yenlleioen
were elected as delegated to the state
convention:
T.J Oliver, I0d Don , II i) Man . Hub
ert McIIenry. I. W iiioll. .I w
Koesner, ll S I'pton, II C Madding. l
S Cooky, James Uoune, Ilemy Hem
pel. KG Covalt, A M Bunnell,!, l
i'odd, M S BrfggH, James ;iaik, .I M
Carter, Wm Uouike, M W Thomas,
Chris Christensen. Have McCaig, Jiiu.
Ramsey, A C HeriHhaw, B F Allen.
Those who will go to the congres
sional convention ate: (i S Upton, I'
Ilaorahan, James Clark,.! W Itoenouei ,
Horace Strickland. W Wauh, Amos
Kiser, J M Riser, Chris Christiansen,
John Ramsey, A M Russell. !aniel
Bourke.
After the selection of these delegate
tbe convention adjourned.
ItutlH' Cigar
America's tlnest America's heat Io
f) cents.
DEMOCRATIC CJO N J K K.Shl ON A I. CON
VKNTION.
The democratic electors of the Pust
congressional district ate hereby re
quested to send delegates from then
respective counties to meet in conven
tion in the city of I'Jattbmouth on t -,
llth day of August, Ih'.iH, for the pur
pose of placing in nomination one con
gressman and the transacting of any
business that may properly come be
fore the convention, the repie.senta
tiob to le based on the vote cast for
the Hon. J. II liroady for congress
man in 1886, one delegate for each 200
votes cast. The several counties are
entitled to the following number of
delegates:
Cass 11, Johnson (. iancaster '11,
Nemaha 10, Otoe, l.i, Pawnee Rich
ardson 13; total 87.
M. D. TlFKANV. Chairujur).
O. W. Palm, Secretary.
Indian lif at tliti Kxltli,
If you want to see the stroijie.st.
most original and most striking fea
ture of tbe exposition, spend next
rhursday (August 4) at Omaha. It
will be Indian Day. From sunrise
until sunset the Aborigines will k'ow n
the town." Representatives of nearly
every tribe on the continent will i n
present. Their dances, religious lites
and savage customs, their Karnes,
solemn festivals and natural surroun J- -
ings will be reproduced with absolute
fidelity.
No such opportunity of study ing the
red man just as he is has ever befoie
been offered. Nor will It, in all like-
hood, ever occur aagin.
In order to secure the largest possi
ble atendance for Indian Day the Bur
lington Route has made a rate of
cents round trip. For tickets ana in
formation on about selling dates, re
turn limits etc. call at tbe Burlington
depot.
Please call or send iu your eub&crip
tion .