JUNE 16, 1903.
FOR THE COI.IIKG STATE FAIR
PBiUHISiST PtlK! ABE WEL-It
' UKDBK WAV
Contract! are XjX for Important Impron
v meats Concattloa la Hands of
Mr. Simpkins
The officers and managers of the Ne
braska state fair, which will be held
on the grounds owned by the state in
this city September 4 to 11, are all
busily at work on the preliminaries
leading up to what will be, if their
work can accomplish it, the most com
plete state fair and exposition ever
held in the: west The grounds are in
admirable shape, and are growing more
beautiful each year, while improve
ments in many lines are being made
at the present time. Contracts have
been let for a new sheep barn, and for
two hog barns, costing . 52,300, and the
contract will be let for the ladies' pub
lic comfort building in & short time,
for which an appropriation of $3,000
was made by the state. The American
Steel &.Wire company will put upward
of a thousand dollars in a building
and band-stand, which will be a per
manent fixture on the grounds. The
new barns will give the fair people
altogether nine hog barns, two sheep
barns, eight cattle barns and four
horse barns, with which to accommo
date stock exhibitors. If the history of
other faii is repeated, the managers
will probably have to arrange for ex
tra space for stock before the fair
President J. B. Dinsmore has con
tracted with George B. Simpkins of
Lincoln to take entire charge of con
cessions, and all parties desiring con
cession privileges on f the grounds,
should write to Mn Simpkins or see
him personally. He will give this
branch of the fair business his undi
vided attention from this time on.
Parties interested in licenses for wa
gons or xlrays should communicate
with the president, J. B. Dinsmore, of
Sutton, from whose department all
licenses of this kind are issued.
All judges of exhibits are selected
and appointed by the board of mana
gers, and parties interested in this line
should communicate with C. H. Rudge,
chairman of the board of managers,
Lincoln.
All communications regarding speed
for which purses aggregating $8,000
are offered, and all entries for races,
should be made direct to Secretary R.
W. Furnas at Brownville. Entries for
ciass races close August 25. Secretary
Furnas also has entire charge of coun
ty agricultural exhibits, and counties
intending to make county exhibits
should communicate with him at oncei
C. J. Tracy of Loup City will be
chief of police and have the selection
cid supervision of the police force.
E. M. Searle, jr., of Ogalalla will have
charge of the gate keepers. Parties
interested in either of these depart
ments should communicate with the
persons mentioned. All entries for
stock must be made through Secretary
Furnas but exhibitors in horses should
should apply for stalls to David Hanna
of Wood Lake, the superintendent of
that department E. Filley of Bea
trice is superintendent of cattle, and
applications for cattle stalls should be
made to him. Hog exhibitors desiring
pens should write to L. W. Leonard,
Pawnee City, superintendent of that
department, who will assign all spaces
in the hog barn. Application for pens
for sheep should be made to R. M.
Wolcott, Archer, Neb.
Horticultural building will be in
charge of the state horticultural so
ciety, of which organization L. M.
Russell of Lincoln is secretary. Ex
hibitors in this department should
communicate with him for space.
Agricultural building will be in
charge of W. W. Cole of Neligh, who
will assign space in that building to
exhibitors. Mercantile hall will be in
charge of E. L. Vance of Pawnee City,
and exhibitors desiring space in thtec
building should communicate with
him. The dairy building will be in
. charge of S. C. Bassett of Gibbon,
who will assign space for exhibitors
in that building: Poultry building
wtll be in charge of C M. Lewelling,
Brownville, who will distribute its
space among exhibitors, and H. L.
Cook of St. Paul has charge of the
machinery and farm implement ex
hibits, and will assign the space on the
grounds set apart for these lines to
exhibitors. Parties interested in the
ladies' textile department should com
municate with Mrs. G. H. Devereux,
Cmaha, for any information not found
in the Premium List. Parties inter
ested in the exhibit of fine arts can
secure any additional information by
communicating with Mrs. F. M. Hall,
Lincoln, superintendent of that depart
ment "
O M. Druse of Lincoln, who for
many years has successfully handled
all problems of transportation, will be
again this year at the head of this im
portant work in connection "with the
PVHiUnwi In all linoa
who will have the question of trans
portation to and from the fair to meet,
can secure full information regarding
rates, shipping facilities, etc., by com
municating with Mr. Druse.
SPECIAL MARKET LETTER
FROM NYE & BUCHANAN CO., LIVE
STOCK COMMISSION MER
CHANTS, SO. OMAHA,
NEB.
Three days this week brought mod
erate cattle receipts here and a slow
but nearly steady market. Chicago
had liberal receipts and a lower mar
ket There doe3 not seem to be any
snap to the market and buyers are
very indifferent. Prospects seem to
be for a dull, but about a steady mar
ket the balance of the, week.
We quote choice beef steers $4.80 to
$5.Q0, good $4.50 to $4.75, warmed-up
$3 75 to $4.35, canners - and cutters
$1.50 to $3.00, choice corn-fed cows
and heifers $3.85 to $4.40. Choice light
stockers and feet'jrs are selling at
$4.00 to $4.20, fair $3.75 to $3.90, good
stock heifers $2.50 to $3.00. Bulls
$2.50 to $4.00; veal $3.00 to $5.50.
Sheep market active, with a good
demand, 10 to 15c lower.
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"jl COMING CONVENTIONS. I
& Republican, Lincoln, Aug. 18.
Jt Populist, Grand Island, Aug. 25. g
J Democratic, Columbus, Aug. 25. jk
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Pcpdlst State Contention
Pursuant to action taken at a meet
ing of the state, committee held in
Lincoln, Nebraska, June 23, 1903, the
electors of the people's independent
party of Nebraska are hereby notified
that on Tuesday, the 25th day of Aug
ust, A. D., 16, at 7:30 o'clock p. m.,
of said day, a state nominating con
vention of said party will be held in
the city of Grand island, Nebraska,
for the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the folic wing offices to be
voted for at the general election of
1903: v ' -, ., ..--
One candidate fo jude of the su
preme court.
Two candidates for regents, of the
state university.
Said convention is also called for
the purpose of selecting a state cen
tral committee of said party and for
the transaction of such other busi
ness as may properly come before it
The basis of representation is fixed
at one delegate for each county and
one delegate for each 100 votes or ma
jor fraction cast for Hon. John H.
Powers for secretary of state at the
general election of J.D02. The repre
sentation of the various counties is as
follows:
Adams 17
Antelope 11
Banner 2
Blaine 2
Boone 12
Box Butte 4
Boyd . 7
Brown ....) 4
Buffalo 15
Burt 9
Butler . 17
Cass 19
Cedar .r 13
Chase 3
Ch'erry 6
Cheyenne 5
Clay 14
Colfax 11
Cuming 15
Custer . 17
Dakota o
Dawes 5
Dawson 12
Deuel 3
Dixon . 9
Dodge i0
Douglas 100
Dundy 3
Fillmore 16
Franklin 10
Frontier 7
Furnas 11
Gage 20
Garfield ..' 3
Gosper fi
Grant ... 2
Greeley 8
Hall 15
Hamilton 14
Harlan 9
Hayes
Hitchcock 5
Holt 1G
Hooker 1
Howard A
Jefferson 12
Johnson 10
Kearney ' ........... . ; : . , 9
Keith 3
Keya Paha ....................... 4
Kimball 2
... .... a......... xt
Lancaster 34
Lincoln , 9
Logan 2
Loup .'. ...........
McPherson 1
Madison ' 14
Merrick ........... ........... 9
Nance . 7
Nemaha 14
Nuckolls s 12
Otoe 13
Pawnee 9
Perkins 3
Phelps 9
Pierce j
Platte 17
Polk ,...14
Red Willow a
Richardson 20
Rock 3
Saline .......... 16
Sarpy i ,.. 9
Saunders 21
Scotts Bluff . 3
Seward . It?
Sheridan 0
Sherman 6
Sioux ........ ..........i 2
Stanton 7
Thayer 11
Thomas 2
Thurston ,.. 8
Valley 3
Washington 12
Wayne i
Webster 11
Wheeler 2
York ...17
Total 951
It Is recommended that the various
county conventions elect an equal
number of alternates to the state con
vention and that steps be taken to se
cure, if possible, a full delegation to
the state convention.
The state committee will have head
quarters at the Koehler hotel.
By order of the state central com
mittee of the people's independent par
ty of Nebraska. B. R. B. WEBER,
J. R. FARRIS, Chairman.
Secretary. ' -
It is only a few times that oppor
tunity knocks ' at your door. Those
who make the most of their oppor
tunivies are sure to succeed. If you
are in need of a piano or organ The
Prescott Music Co. of this city are of
fering you the bestopportunity to se
cure ood, reliable," warranted instru
ments at the lowest prices. Terms are
easy. See their ad. on another page.
Write today and mention The Inde
pendent ; National Committee Meeting
Lincoln, Neb., July 6, 1903. To the
National Committee of the People's
Party of the United States: Inasmuch
as political events seem , to be taking
form and are shaping themselves for
the next presidential campaign, we be
lieve that the course of the people's
party should be defined. Therefore
acting upon the earnest demands o?
members of the national committee
and state committees, we have con
cluded to convene the national com
mittee for considering all matters of
interest comirj before it The reason
for fixing the time and : place herein
named, is that on the 27th of July, the
great conference is to be held at Den
ver, Colo., consisting of representa
tives of the reform forces of the coun
try and looking to a union of the
seme.
In the past some differences in po
litical policies have arisen and for a
time tended toward a division of the
people's party, but conditions have
changed and it now seems that there
is no reason for the existence of two
organizations. We believe this to be
an opportune time to remove every
impediment that prevents , men who
hold the same principles from acting
ir. unison. We stand for blending their
efforts in one concerted action and be
lieve this should be the war cry from
ocean to ocean: UNION OF THE RE
FORM FORCES OF THE NATION,
rarching under one banner with one
official head. With an united army we
will wage war upon evil and wrong.
The people's party presents its dec
laration of principles first made at
Omaha and afterwards on other occa
sions as a rallying point for all who
desire to bring about a government for
the people, by the people, and who de
sire the overthrow of the gigantic
trusts that are threatening the exist
ence of the republic.
With the people's party united as it
will be and with the democratic and
republican parties divided as they are
sure to be, there will be found wait
ing many hundred thousands, yes,
millions, of the best citizens of this
country who are willing to join forces
in an attempt to reform abuses that
ere fast becoming unbearable. ?
As abuses of every class and char
acter is becoming concentrated by the
trusts in the hands of a few, the peo
ple begin to feel the effect and -realize
that trusts are preying upon the
earnings of the masses and taking
from the people the wealth they cre
ate. As vice chairman of the national
committee of the people's party I had
hoped that Hon. Marion Butler would
issue a call for the national committee
tc meet at the same time as this con
ference and have waited to this late
date, but having just received his let
ter stating that he preferred to take a
leferendum vote of the committee to
ascertain whether a committee meet
ing should be called, and knowing
that that would make it in-possible to
reach the committee itf time to at
tend the conference, and being im
pressed with the. great importance of
this meeting as well as with the very
urgent demands from national and
state committeemen, I have concluded
to i3sue a call for a meeting of the na
tional committee.
At the last meeting of the national
committee a resolution was passed au
thorizing me as vice chairman of the
national committee to convene the
committee when ir. the judgment of a
reasonable number of the committee it
would be for the best interest of the
party.
It is my earnest desire that it shall
be understood by the committee and
all members of the party that in con
vening the committee I am acting upon
the advice of a large number of the
members of the committee as well as
being governed by the resolution out
lining my duties, and sincerely 'trust
that this action will meet with the ap
proval of all and result in great good.
Therefore as vice chairman of the
national committee of the people's
party I hereby request that all mem
bers of the national committee of the
people's party and as many members
of the party as possible, meet at Den
ver, Colo., July 29, 1903, for the pur
pose of considering all matters of in
terest to the party that may come be
fore it The place, of meeting will b9
determined at that time.
J. H. EDMISTEN, Vice Chairman.
J. A. EDGERTON, Secretary.
The executive committee of the peo
ple's party is requested to meet at the
same time and place.
J. H. EDMISTEN, Vice CMUrman.
J. A. EDGERTON, Secretary.
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