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i JjJtI.iA * ' s- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. SEPTEMBER. 5 ' 1887. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. _ _ _ i TEtlMO OF BUMCntmOM ! Dnllr ( Mornlat ? Edition ) Including 3und r Bcc. Onn Yonr . 110 0 ForBlzMonthi . . . f. 0 KorTbrooMontln . . . . . , . 2& JTlio Omaha bundajr IICE , malltxl to tuiy , Ono Year. , , . 20 orrtet. Ko. tni AVD M1 FAHVAM STiiicn tw YOUK omen , Uoov * ' , . TRtntinr WASUI.NOTOX orricr , NO. c All c mmunlcatioDi relating to news nndcdl torlal matter Miould bo ad'lroisod ' U > tuo Uui Toil or THE Hie. All biiflncAg ( otters nnd remlttancos should t > ddroviod to Tnie Itci PunusuiNO COMI-ANT OMUIA , Drafts , checks and poitonicu order to bo made parable to the order of the oompanj TIE GEE POSLISllllTSpm , PROPRIETORS , E. noSEWATEfl. EDITOIJ. THE DAIIjY BEE. Sworn Statement of Clrottlatlon. BUtc of Nebraska , I , . Doutfm. Bt * County of ) Qco. B. TzschticK , secrctarr ot The Be Publishing companv , docs solemnly swea that the actual circulation ot the Dally Be for the week ending Sept. 2 , 18S7 , wag. a follows : Saturday. Augnit 27 . . . 14.15 Hundtv. AiiKUst 23 . 14.50 MondaY.Auiriuta'J . 14.01 TiKwday. Aiurust 80 . 14.01 Wednesday. August 31 . 14,01 Thnrsaay. Sept. 1 . 14.00 Friday , Sept. 3. . 13,00 Avcrasro . u . 14.14 Or.o. b. T/.SCHUCK. fiworn to and subscribed In my prescnc this ikl clay of September , A. I ) . 1887. fSEAL.1 Notary Public. Slate of Nchraika , ) . Douzlas County , f B5 < Jco. M. Tzncliuck , being first Only sworr deposes nml says tlint he Is spcrotary of Th lieu Publishing company , that the nctun nveraira dally cfrculatlon of the Dally lire fc thotuonth of August , IbbC , 18,4H ( copies ; fo September , 18fi , is.tXW copies ; for Octnbci Jbsfl 12'iS'J copies ; for No\einbcr. 18bfi , iiu ; : for-ipi ; for December. IBSfl. liai7 ! copies ; fo .Inntinry 1887. Id.'Cfl copies ; for Fcbrtiarv lbS7 , 14,19b copies ; for March. 1S87 , 14,40 copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,31copies ( ! ; forMay 1887 , 14.2-.J7 copies ; tor Juno 1S87 , 14,11 copies ; for July , 1&)7 ) , 14.0i > 3 copies. _ . , , , CKO. 1) . TzscnccK. Subscribed and sworn to before me tut Illh dayot Aupust , A. D. , 1&37. I8EAL.I N. 1' . Kr.rr. . Notary Public. Roodn and rowdy rule in Omaha rnus como to an end. Bums of a foathur will flock together The boodlcrs that carried on hlgh-handei rascality in the government printing ofllco are naturally bound to hold up ras cahty and boodle methods In the cit ; couacil. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE auditor of the Pacific Exprei company was afraid to moot the btisincs raou of Omaha'fabo to face. lie know lie has incited anarchy and disorder , am disgraced the position of president o the citv council. Tun last parliamentary election in Eng laud shows that liberalism is Raininj ground among the English voters , li bpito of her coercion act it looks now a though homo government for Irolani will bo obtained at no very distant day TinIowa : democrats declared in thoi platform that federal ollicials no longei neglect their duties for the manipulatioi of party politics. This statoraont la some what strange in the face of the fact tha such ofllclals did neglect their duties t take part in the recent Now York am Pennsylvania democratic conventions. PniNCK FKRDINAND has now a cabinet Its members are named Stambulofl Stolloff , Mutkuroff , Zirkoffand Nikiforofl The prliico himself , it is said , has gen oft , nominally . 'on a pleasure tour througl Europe , but in reality to got away fror the troubles which have already dark < mcd his hori/.on. ACCORDING to McShano'a paper , "th council are masters of the situation. ' When public servants assume the"airs c masters and attempt to dictate to th people instead of respecting and oboyin , their wishes , it is time that the sovcreig citizens assort themselves. In this cotir try public servants are subjects and nc sovereigns. Tim International Medical congres assembles in Washington to-day. Thi is an important gathering and in som respects a novel one. Eminent pliya clans from England , Ireland , Franco Germany , Austro-IIungary , Hussia an Italy have already arrived. Kxtensiv preparations have boon made for tin meeting , which in extent and importanc will surpass any similar gathering durin the present generation. NINETEEN suits for damages , tnvolvin about fiao.OOO , have boon institute against the Toledo , Pcoria & Wester railroad. But oven if the full amount I awarded the plaintiffs , this will bo but small part of the whole cost of the Chat worth calamity to the company , ilo.iv llaniages may teach railroads that it doc not pay to kill passengers , even who they are able to throw the blame upon cheap suction boss. Justice FIELD is very generally dc nounccd by tee press of the country fc Ills decision in favor of Stanford an the other Pacific boodlors. Ho hiav hav been convinced himself , by rnatcrii argument * , that Stanford need not ac count for moneys spout \Vashingto and Sacramento , but there are man people in the country who still think th n matter of public concern , and Mi Field may yet tlnd that it is a ha ardoi thing to defy public opinion. CADET TAVI.OK , who Is the sleekest jol ber that has over struck Omaha , has i last shown bis hand. When Rothackt was editing his paper ho always profussc to detest his rowdy style , but he legge with Rothackor night and day to manl [ ulato the council and sot up schemes < of plunder for his concern. Kothacki was "a bold , bad man , " according I Taylor , but Taylor's conscience was ni in the least disturbed in pocko ing tbo chestnuts which woi pulled out by Ilothackor throng bumming with the council combiu , When thu bold , bad man had gene Ta ; lor pretended that the paper would no devote itself to encouraging decency an good government. Ho took pains to n sure Mayor Uroatoh that in the ftituro 1 would tlnd the Republican out-spoke against locality. This was three da.i ago. New , ho has taken nnotner bacl slide into th rowdy camp , where I naturally belongs and outdoes ; Rp'thacki ' Ifl inciting public disturb'anco ar encouraging reckless ilulianto'of publ iSftUnaent Uy tbo oouncxL 'Tho Visit of the Vctarant. To-day Omaha gives cordial prootlnj end welcome to the veteran soldiers o ho Union. With ouo volco her citizen nvlto them to the hospitality of Ncbras < a's metropolis , and extend them th a4uranco that all a pcoplo can do t render their risit happy and mctnorabl shall bo dono. Among the hundrct thousand cltlzons of Omaha there la no ono who does not honor the mon whoai courage and devotion preserved the na tion. The boys who were thobluo'wil encounter hero no hostile criticism anne no Insulting depreciation. Thcro I none hero who will not give thct Llio greeting and the grasp c friendship. Thcro is nouo who will don ; them the fullest measure of praise tha tongue or pen can render for the loyalt , Unit gayo to patriotism a loftier signlfl canco and the heroism that gave Impcr ishablo glory to American manhood Hero the union soldier may feel assure of that respectful consideration which I duo from a grateful pcoplo who do nc underrate his sacrifices and tally apprc clato the value of all that was achieved The veterans who assemble here tin wcok will represent the contribution made by every state of the north t the mighty . army that conquere ' the rebellion. They are th remnants of hundreds of regiments tun went to the Held from Maine , and Masss chuaetts , from New York and Pennsylvt nia , from Ohio and Michigan , and fror the other states that were loyal to th union. Some campaigned on the Pete in no and the Rappahannock and face death at Bull Run , and the Peninsula , a Frcdericksburg and Cliaticollorsville , n Antiotam and Gettysburg , through th fearful carnage of the Wilderness , shai ing at least the glory of victory at Apps mattox. Some were with Grant at Sh loh and Vicusburg , some with Rosecran at Stone River and Chickamaugua , ani some with Thomas at Nashville Others wnro at Atlanta and ful lowed Sherman in his victoriou march to the sea , while still others OE countered perils and privations elsewhere whore in the vast field of military opera tions. It is a varied and most interest ing history that these veterans will hav to recount to one another in their wee of reunion , and though they may hav gone ever it many times before it wi have lost for them none of its frcshncs or ilavor. Many of thcso veterans became clti zens of Nebraska through the generosit of the government which their vale helped to preserve , and by their labo and thrift have contributed largely t the progress and prosperity of the com monwealth. They are proud of Nc braska and devotedly loyal to her intoi est. There is probably not a man run on them who is not proud of the state's mi tropolis. It should bo the care c Omaha's citizens to justify and incrcas this sentiment by showing the visitor that with energy and enterprise wo unit a cordial hospitality worthy of such community. Lot us show the veteran tllat wo heartily appreciate their coming and as well for their own honor as b < cause they deserve such considcratio endeavor to niako their sojourn hoi completely enjoyable. The Baltimore A Ohio Deal. Thcro scorns to bo no doubt that i last Mr Garrett has succeeded in dispos ing of the Ualtimoro & Ohio road. Ha\ ing failed to accomplish that purpose i this country , after negotiations wit several syndicates , the last of which wa organized by the now notorious Ivei the president of the Baltimore & Ohi went to England. There appears to hav been no suspicion , or only a vcr shadowy ono , regarding the nature of hi visit abroad , but it is very clearly 03 plained by the dispatches announcing the transfer of the great railroad to wealthy syndicate , among the mombet of which are the great Londo bankers , the Daring liros. & Co. J is probable that the larger pai of the money required i the deal was obtained in London , bnt is already apparent that the road is to b conducted in future upon a policy thn will bo entirely satisfactory to the trun lines with which it has heretofore com pcted , and so successfully as to hoi them to conditions very much to the ad vantage of the general public. What will bo done is as yet inercl suggested by what has been dono. Thi points ( o a complete rnorgani/ation o the Haltlmoro & Ohio road and a mat : agoraent in harmony with , if not abso lutely in control of , the Pennsylvani railroad. This corporation was o ; pocially hostile to the project of the lial timoro & Ohio for establishing torminn facilities on Staten Island , N. Y. , an it is rory signiticunt that work on the c : tension necessary to accomplish this pit pose has been suspended. It was the ii tluenco of tbo Pennsylvania compan that led to legislative and judicial ol strtictiou in Now Jersey of the work < the Baltimore & Ohio on the bridge ov < the water dividing that state from No York , although there was the authorit of an act of congress for constructing th bridge. The matter was carried into tli United States court , and it will bo n mombercd that only recently Just'u Bradley , of the supreme court , ret tiered the important decision again the assumption of Now Jersey , an announcing that a state possess * no right , to obstruct intcr-stai commerce. The prompt abandomont < this project when so near complotioi with no further impediments in the wa. suggests very pointedly that the Pennsy vania company has found another mi an entirely ollectivo way to make its ii nuenco count. The express business i the Baltimore & Ohio has already passe into the hands of the United States com pauy , and ita telegraph business will t speedily disposed of , though this will d pond somewhat upon the anxiety of M Gould to get hold of it and tlio willlnj ness of the syndicate to make tern which he will consider favorable. It not very uncertain , however , that soon * or later it will fall into the grasp of tl Western Union. It is not incredible that the finanol position of the Baltimore & Ohio is sac that a deal of this kind had become nee cssary. The apparent eagerness of M Garrett to bring it about indioatod an u : gent pressure. But so far as the goner : public Is concerned the change will i unfortunate. The competition aggro sivoly maintained by the Baltimore On against other trunk lines has been vei croatty in the public interest , and equal GO has been its express and .lolejrrai competition. In all these respects it h ; been instrumental In checking and f straining the rapacity of other cor porations , which * will now be free to carry out any policy upon which they may agree wholly regardless of con sldcratlous affecting the public and lim ited only by the question of how far thoj will bo permitted to go under the gen eral law. It Is entirely safe to predict that ultimately the public will pay the whole cost of the deal to the purchasing syndicate and corporations. HASCALL is at his old tricks again , Years ago when a publlo meeting wa : called at the Academy ot Music to dls cuss local issues to the workluguion o , Omaha , ho tried to break up the meeting by piling up a bonfire on Douglas street opposite the Caldwell block , howlinj and yelling like an Indian and had i hired brass band play a noisy accom- panyment while speaking was going ot inside the academy. But ho utterly failct to stampede the mccUng.aUhough ho HUG cccdod in annoying it. This time hi tried to create a diversion from the .bus iness men's and taxpayer's meeting will a brass band and brazen check at thi council chamber. Ills bear dance at traded the hoodlums , sluggers and vaga bonds , who approve his policy of starv ing and demoralizing the police. THE action ot Custcr post.Grand Arnr of the Republic , in regard to public dec oration , was decidedly ill-advised. Al demonstrations like Grand Arm ] parades it is not customary to decorate with pictures of civillans.howcver proml ncnt they may be. But even if some ad mircr of Grovcr Cleveland should hang : picture of the president on the outei walls , there Is no occasion for a spasa of indignation. Anything that tends t < disturb harmony and good feeling oc this occasion should bo discouraged anc avoided. Now that the blunder has beer made the best thing to do is to drop the controversy over it. Everybody has s richt to dccorato as his own tastes ma : dictate. THE congratulations which the Rcpulli can tenders to the business men in on < lireath while it insults them outrageously in the next , como with very bad grace The concession which the council bossc : have made in confirming the spccia police was not a voluntary peace-offer ing. It was a concession forced upon them in theface o the impending cyclone of populai resentment. Ilascall saw the black cloud gathering and he rushed for the cellar The course of the Republican in thi : matter is beneath contempt. In itt anxiety to cater to Ilascall and his bane of barnstormers for the sake of a llttli patronage , the paper prositutcs itself tt the basest uses , and labels itself as the tit can tied to the tail of the councilmann bell-wether. IlASCALiand his dupes and dummies it the council have decided to turn ostrich They propose to bury their heads in tin sand and leave to public view what is let out of the sand. In this ridiculous postun they 1 magi no that they can concea themselves and escape public resentment This is exactly their position in refusing to meet the business mon and taxpayers of Omaha at the meeting to which thej were invited. HASCALL and his dupes are afraid t < face their outraged constituents. STATE ANOTKIUUJCORV. Nebraska Jottings. Now for fair weather. There are 400 incandescent lights h use in Schuyler. The Burt county News , published by L H. Warner at Craig , is out. John Johnson , a Crete liquor dealer was tapped for $100 for selling the need ful on Sunday. Polk count ; was thoroughly showere < last week. Each drop Waa worth a dimi to the cracking corn. The corn crop in the vicinity of Craig Burt county , is good ; and business ii town is consequently very lively. "Tho History of Our Times , " is a titu lar SexaggcVation "Tho Ago of Steal,1 is the blazing title of the period. The new Grand Army hall at Cameron Hall county , will bo dedicated October 1 with a reunion , camp lire and ball. Allen Howerton , a threo-yoar-old , liv ing nine miles from Holdrege , tackled i barnyard mushroou and died the next day Harry Warner , a young man fron Missouri Valley , la. , died suddenly n Hastings , last Thursday , where ho wa visiting relatives. Broken Bow has sold $20,000 worth o school bonds at a premium of 2 } po cent , and the walls of a fine school build ding will soon begin to rise. The Hastings Gazette-Journal ha turned Aut a boom edition of 50,00 ( copies , and the Plattsmouth Journal ha performed a similar service for that city George W. Maury , a young man Q Broken Bow. was thrown out of a buckboard - board by A jolt , a week ago Sunday , am was instantly killed. Ilia neck wa broken by the fall. Mr. and Mrs. S : W. Coon colcbrate < their golden wedding at Republican ( Jit' on the Ulst ult. An such events happoi but once in a matrimonial lifo time , i was happily celebrated. The fortunat couple were married in Allegheny county New York , just fifty years ago. Residents of towns along the Elkhorr valley road are moving as ono man 01 the high freight tariff of the company The present effort is directed at the coa rate , and a reduction must bo made"or i howl of indignation will smite and stinj the ears of the corporation. Though a strong prohibition town Wahoo does not take kindly to water works. A number of citi/sens object ti thn building of the works because to < much direct pressure was used in ob taining the franchise. They have ob tamedan injunction and will blocK tin wheels of progress with every legal cob bio in slgnt. The champion chump disponss forty rod and other chemicals at a licousei laboratory in Boomer. Bill Whitcoral dropped in to settle an old account las week , and tendered a | 50 rello of thi confederacy in payment. The o. c. ac cepted it greedily and returned fort' genuine bills to Whitcoinb.wuo left towi on the first train. The barkeeper dlscov crcd his verdancy In time to overhau Whitcomb at Dontson , la. Tbo final chapter in the McCouley ruys tcry in Hastings has developed. Thi body that won shipped from the Si Thomas wreck , to James McCou ley , supposed to be that o his son , turns out to bo that of a son o Thomas McCouley of Phlllipsburg. Kan After the body had been buried at Has tings , the genuine son of James turnc < up ulivo and well , and now anothe branch of the McCouley family wil romolstou with toan the remains of thi dead. The Plattsmouth Journal claims tha "the cost of living for mechanics is muol loss here than in a larger city. " Thi claim U true la theory only. A PlatU mouth mechanic recently slated : " 1 cat tuke my month's wages , and with nv wife and children spend a day in Omahi buy grooarlca , clothing and other uecei 'sarlcs for the coming month , and savt i | 3.00 In addition to my pay for the la ] off. " If the Journal will pry into thi credit system in vogue there , It will un earth some startling figures. The campaign Is getting dellghtfull * warm in Polk county. F. Hollgron ha" announced himself as a candidate for i second term as county treasurer. Pctci Peorson and S. A. lladdcen are candl dates for county clerk. Georco P. Rea the present Incumbent , is candidate fo another term as county judge. A , E Erlckson is out for sheriff , ho is the pros cut incumbent. On the 17th of SuDtcm bor the farmers and laborers will have i delegate convention at Holdrcgo , whlcl is attracting considerable attention am some anxiety among the stalwart ollici hunters. Catherine Dornotshouser arrived will her natuo Intact In Madison last May The odors of the fatherland clung to he and charmed ono Adam Foltz , who hungered gored for a. helpmeet. On the pretense tense of getting her work ho tool her to a squire and had tin marriage ceremony performed. She dli not understand the language nor thi solemn declarations of the amorou Adams , and when explained to her sh > rebelled and refused to reside with ho husband. These facts she states in a petition tition for divorce just liled in Wes Point. 11li > Blair Republican denounces thi Beatrice Mutual Insurance company as i baro-facod fraud. The farmers who won .Insured by bogus agents , recently sent ti the penitentiary , have been 'called upoi to make good their notes. The Republican can says : "There were five or six in th < gang working this county. Gcorgi Dresvcn , ono of thn victims , says tho1 fixed up papers for himself and wife He signed them. Then the agent fokhu them over and asked him to sign again Ono of these signatures no doubt i appended to the alleged notes which tin policy holders are now called upon t < pay. They range from * T5 tip to ? 150 The agents represented that there neve woulu be more than two assessments o about $1.50 to Sl.75 each year ; instead some of thorn paid f 0 to $3 on the firs call. The notes are entirely bogus and : most infamous fraud connected with at infamous company. If their agents o collectors over appear in this county the ; ought to bo treated to a coat of tnr uni feathers. Wp trust that no ono will bi intimidated into paying a single cent 01 such claims. " _ _ _ _ _ 'lowa Items. Fletcher boasts oi n medical spring. The normal college at Shenandoah ha opened with the largest attendance in it history. The Tibbies Sowing Machine compair has made nrrausements to move its fac tory to liurlington. The Eastern Iowa Veterans'associatioi will hold its ninth annual reunion at An amosa September 7 , U and 0. Keokuk Is to have several now manu factories , among them a starch factor , to bo removed from New Haven , Conn. After a two day's session at Gnthri Centre , Senator Caldwcll was rcnomi nated on the 144th ballot. Two year ago ho was nominated after 1,100 ballot and at the election ran ahead of hi ticket. The trustees of the insane asylum a Independence ask the legislative assembly bly to appropriate $0,000 to finish am furnish the rear county building ; $10,00 for bettor water supply" ; $0,030 for add ! tional land ; $3,000 for enlarging chapel $2GOO annually for ornamenting grounds s3,000 for greenhouse ; ? 5,000 for oisterm fU.OOOfor passenger elevator. The ex peases of the institution for the oicnnia period have been t 51l51J.G9. SiouxCJityis working up a new am novel fall exhibition. It in naMcd : "Corn Palace Jubilee , " and will b opened early in October. The buildiui will bu 100 lent square and 100 foot higl from the ground to the tip of the ilai staff. There will be four corner pavll lions 10 feet square and 55 high , Thes < will represent Iowa , Minnesota , Dakoti and Nebraska. Over the second entranc on Jackson street there will bo n largi platform , on which will bo an allcgori cal figure of a hog-killing scone. Thi platform will bo 40 feet from the ground Still higher up the building will bo foil pinnacles witli Hags on bearing the nam of the four great packing houses locatcc in that city. On the corners of the prin cipal dome are four turrets , with appropriate priato inscriptions. The entire cxterio of the building will bo appropriately doc orated. Grasses , wheat , oats , barlej etc , will be tastefully interwoven will corn in ear and stalk. The interior o the building will bo arranged with i view to accommodate exhibitors. Dakota. The trustees of the Yankton Insan asylum have contracted for tin artcslai well to bo sunk on the grounds. John Shulor , near Abprdoon , ha threshed 3JOO , ! bushels of wheat from 14 acres of ground , making an avoragi yield of nearly twenty-four bushels pe aero. The jury in the case of Ira Jackson. i trial for murder in Ucadwood , retired 01 Saturday night last and wrestled with th case until-Monday morning , when it ap pcarcd in court with the statement tha its members were unable to agree upon i verdict. The jury was then discharge ! and a now trial ordered. During the thunderstorm at Rapid Cit' Monday afternoon the barn of Mr. La Flornmo , on Elk creek , was struck b' lightning. Six horses wcro in the barn three of which were killed by the bolt The others apparently sustained no in jury. A son of Mr. LaFlamtuc had hi bed in the barn and was reclining upoi it when the storm came up , but hiti arisen a few minutes before the shock The bed was completely wrecked. A good illustration of the Dakota pus ! is shown in the case of Mrs. George H Walsh , ot Grand Forks , wife of Hon George H. Walsh , the woll-known polltl clan. This lady , in her husband's ab Hence from home this season , has run thi farm , hired all the help , put in am harvested 800 acres of grain of splendii yield , has paid the entire expense of tin work , including seed , etc. , from the pro cecds of the sale of chickens , eggs , butter tor and vegetables from the farm. Wyoming. Cheyenne is enjoying free mail dc livery , I.aramie hotels are crowded boyom their capacity. Snow fell on the mountain tops nea Buffalo last week. A company has been lormed in Laramie mio to break and train horses by tin wholesale. , The trial of McCoy for the murder o Deputy Sheriff Chas. j. Gunn , nea Douglass , is in progress at Cheyenne. A band of Arapahoe Indians enter tamed the people ol iKawlins with a pro longed howl and 4'tf , ar dance , ono dai last week. ' Mrs. Myrlck , of Cheyenne , is the hero .ino of Crow crook fiata. She blazei away at a retreating chicken thinf bu failed to bit him. Her intentions won good but her aim poor. The territorial university at Laramii was formally dedicated Thursday oven ing. It is a magnificent building , i model institution , a credit to Wyoming and an ornament to Lararalo. The struo turo was erected at a coat of f 50,000. The old graphite mines in Plumbag < canyon are to bo opened again and thor oughly worked. The locality is sixty-rivi miles from Cheyenne and seven mile ; from the Union Pacific road. Graphiti is marketable at all times , Over $370,001 worth of the mineral was imported inti the United States , last year. A plant U work the products will bo erected ii Cheyenne. THEA LGArRREDNI01 Gathering of the Old Nebraska Soldiers Wh Fought for tho'Ilag. A WEEK IN THE METROPOLIS Camp .John A. Logan The Urlitln o the Grand At my The First Post Drier 111st or jr oftho Order find Ita Objects , Origin of the Order , It is impossible to overestimate the iir portanco ot the gathering of old soldier in Omaha to-morrow. The name "Gran Army of the Republic" possesses ahuos a religious significance to him who wean an active participant in the deadly am heart-breaking scenes between 1800 nm 1800. No one knows what originated th idea of forming such an organization Like the birthplace of Homer , whlcl sovcn cities claim , the origin of th Grand Army is attributed to nuuiorou theories , till indefinite. It Is claimed by some that at A camp flro ono night during a Mississippi cam paign several ofliccrs discussed the future turo when the war should ccaso and , th army bo disbanded , the question wa considered , what should then become o the soldiers , the widows and fathcrLos children of thu war , and a suggestion o an association was made which afterward was developed into the present Gram Army of the Republic. Another story i that the organization was first formed ir the border states after the waron accoun of freebooters and southern adherents who were unwilling to accept the result o the war , and committed depredations 01 their individual responsibility. Stil another account of its origin , is that i was started in rebel prisons , by the pris oner to secure mutual confidence. It curly history is shrouded in mystery. The first veritable fact that pops on from the haze of conjecture , is tin ; mvia tcrlng of the First post in Dccatur , 111 , on April 0 , 1808'by Colonel B. F. Stoph cnsoii ot Springfield , 111. , who was after wards adjutant general of the order Ho therefore enjoys the distinction of being ing the direct organizer af the Gram Army of the Republic. Colonel Stephen son was a physician and as surgeon of th Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. Ho prepared pared the ritual and Capt. John S I'holps had it printed at the oilico of tin DocaturTribuno.tho proprietor and com positors having been union soldiers. Post No. 1 developed considerable en thusiasin , which became contagious , am Post No. 2 was shortly afterwards or gancd ! in Springfield , 111. , and post sprung into existence with gratifying rapidity in Illinois , Wisconsin , Indiana Missouri and Ohio. Colonel Stcphensoi was everywhere recognized as the lieai of the order and ho exerted himself sue cessfully to increase the membership. A few months after the organization o No. 1 , such was the growth of the ordc that a department 'convention wa called , which met in Springfield , July 1 ! ! 1800 , whore Comrade John M. Palme was elected department commander The following resolution was thei adopted : Whereas. Wo , the members of the tran ! < Army of the Republic , recognise in Mayo B. F. Stopheuson. of Sprimtirld. 111. , th head and front of the organization ; bo I therefore Kesolved , That for the energy , lojalty am perseverance In urcaniziiiK the Grand Arm of the Republic , he is entitled to the Kratl tudu of all loyal men , and that wuv as sol ( Hurt ) , tender him our thanks and pletlco liln our friendship at all times and under all cir cumstances. Colonel Stcphenson organized nov posts in all the states us provisional com inander-in-chicf. The order became ex tremely popular among the veterans. 1 offered them a way to continuing thi acquaintanceship made under the nios grim and dreary circumstances , also i systematic plan by which the legitimati claims of themselves and larnilica shouli bo presented for recognition. On Octo ber 81 , I860 , Colonel Stephcnson issued i call for a general convention , to bo holt in Indianapolis , Ind. , on November 20 There wore delegates hero from Illinois Missouri , Pennsylvania , New York.lowa Ohio , and the District of Columbia. General oral Palmer presided , and a three days session was held , and the present organ ! /ation was effected , regulations , and j ritual adopted , and the following na tional otlicers elected : Coiumander-in chief , General Stephen A. Hurlbut , o Illinois : senior vlco commandor-in-chicf General James B. McKean , of Nev York ; junior vice coinmandcr-in-chiel General Nathan Kimball , of Indiana adjutant general , Colonel B. F. Stophnn BOH , with headquarters at Springfield Ills. Ills.On On January 15 , 1807 , the National on campmunt was hold in Philadelphia which continued for three days. Thori were delegates from twenty-three states where department hud been formed , rep resenting about 200,000 veterans as the ; claimed , but it is thought these figure' were Inaccurate. In less than six month from the mustering of the first post 40,000 veterans had been enrolled. Op position was offered to the progress o the order by a certain class who olaimei it would servo to keep nlivo the bitto ; feelings of the war , and that it was a re publican organization. Post Com mandcr in Chief Merrill , in 1803 claimet "that the utter lack of organization am the intrusion of politics , left the order almost as speedily as it had sprung int < existence a complete wreck. On January 15 , 1868 , a critical pcrioi for the order , the second encampnum was held in Philadelphia , and Genera John A. Lo > ; an was elected commander in-chiof. His majestiu energy ant executive ability soon placed the organi y.ution in such a light that the public a once recognized ita grandeur as well ai utility. It was ho who on May 5 , 18C8 issued the famous memorial day ordei which has boon annually observed since and will DO during the existence of the ro public. The Omaha encampment hui testified its high appreciation of the deai soldier and statesman by giving to tin camp his name. The following are tin lists of cominandors-in-chiof chosen am dates of election , after 1808 : Cincinnati , May 12 , 1800 John A Logan , re-olocted. Washington , May 11 , 1870 John A Logan , ro-oloctod. Boston , May 10,1871 A. E. Burnsido Rhode Island. Cleveland , May 8,1873 , A. E. Burnsido re-elected. New Haven , May 14 , 1873 , Ctiarlo ; Devens , jr. , Massachusetts. Harrisbtirg , May 13 , 1874 , Charle Dovcns , jr. , re-elected. Chicago , May 12 , 1875 , John F.-Har tranft , Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Juno 39. 1870. John F Hartranft , ro-clrctcd. -.Providence , Juuo 20 , 1877 , John C Robinson. Now Ycrk. Springfield , Mass. , June 4 , 1878 , Join C , Robinson re-elected. Albany , Juno 17 , 1879 , Willllam Earn- shaw , Oliio , Dayton , Juno 8 , 1880 , Louis Wagner Pennsylvania. Indianapolis , Juno 15 , 1831 , George S Merrill , Massachusetts. Baltimore , Juno 21 , 1883 , Paul Van dorvoort , Nebraska. Denver , July 25 , 1833. Robert B Beath , Pennsylvania. Minneapolis , July S3 , 1881 , John S Kounts , Ohio. Portland. Maine , Juno 24,1&95 , S. S llurdetto , Washington , D. C. San Francisdo , August 2 , 18SO , Luclu P. Fairchlld. Objcati ot the Organization. The objects of tbo order are to aid | i maintaining tbo honor , intregrity am supremacy of Oio government ; to preserve servo and strengthen those kind and fraternal tornal feelings which bind together thi soldiers , sailors and marines who unltcc : to suppress the rebellion and to porputu ate the memory and history of the dead to assist such former cotnradcs-In-arui ! as need help and protection , and to ex lend needful aid to the widows and or phans of these who have fallen ; and t < encourage the spread of universal libcrti and equal rights and justice to all men No post can bo named alter n llvitifi person. Soldiers and sailors who served bo twccn April 13,1801 , and April 9. 1805. ir the -war for the suppression of the rebel lion and who have been honorably dis charged , either in the United State : army or stato.forcos shall ho oliglblo U membership. No person shall bo eligible who has at any time berne arms againsi the United States. There are no honor ary memberships. Nn ofllcor or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic shall in any manner use this organization foi partisan purposes and no discussion ol partisan questions shall bo permitted a ! any of its meetings , nor shall any nomi nation for political ofllco bo made. / .relief fund for the assistance of needy soldiers and sailors is established by tlic several posts and any donations to the fund , are hold sacred for that purpose. The following resolution was adopted by the national encampment at Proyldenco in 1877 : "Inasmuch na there have have been some differences of opinion as to the in tent and meaning of memorial day , this encampment hereby calls attention to the language of chapter 5 , article 14 , of the rules and regulations ; therefore Resolved. That the Grand Army of the Republic seeks thus to preserve the mem ory of these who fought iu defense of national unity. The following was adopted at Spring field , Mass. , Juno , 1S78. "Resolved , That all flags hoisted on Memorial day bo at half mast. " Discipline offenses cognizable by the Grand Army of the Republic bo : 1. Disloyalty to the United States of America , or any other violation of the pledge given at the time of muster. 2. Disobedience of the rules and regu lations , or of lawful orders. 3. The commission of u scamialous offense - fonso against the laws of the land. 4. Conduct unbecoming a soldier and a ccntleiuaii in his relation to the Grand Army of the Republic. 5. Conduct prejudicial to good order discipline. Sec. 2. Penalties shall bo cither : 1. Dishonorable discharge from the Grand Army of the Republic. 2. Degradation from olllco. 3. Suspension from membership for a specified period. 4. Fine ; or 5. Reprimand , at the discretion of the court , subject to the review of the proper oliicor. On much the same basis as the Grand Army of the Republic the WOMEN'S HELIEF COUPS is founded. This was organized by mem bers of the Bos worth Post of Portland-in 180 ! ) in those dark days succeeding the war when thousands of widowed women and orphaned children had full heed of all tbo assistance and sympathy which loving women could give them. It was not , however , until 1870 , at Fitchburg - burg , Mass , , that the first state constitu tion was framed. In 1830 in Now Hamp shire and in 1880 in Connecticut state constitutions were framed. In 1881 a resolution was passed at a Grand Army encampment at Indianapolis , endorsing the Ladies' Relief corps and authorizing the use under its title of Auxilllary to Grand Army of the Republic. Although this body will not participate in the coming reunion , their efforts are greatly appreciated by the Grand Army boj-s. It is now quite strong , being firmly established in all the states , having at the present time over nine hundred corps in the United States. Nebraska has eighteen corps. The following are the ollicials : Lydo M. Bohno , president , Grand Island ; A. J. Llverinpliouse , secre tary , Grand Island ; Gertudo H. Connol , treasurer , Grand Island. The Orouncls Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon not loss than ton thousand pcoplo visited' the reunion camp and inspected the excellent ar rangements which have been made for the great gathering of soldier s which begins to-day. There are now about 1,300 tents in ulaco and the appear ance of the same is beautiful in the ex treme. Yesterday afternoon two companies o ! the 21st infanty from Sidney under the command of Captains Boyle and Exstoin. The command comprises 120 men. There are now 150 of the 8th infantry in the camp , and to-day eight companies of the 2d infantry from Fort Omaha will stake their tents for the week. Notes. * Applications for tents must bo made to T. S. Clarkson , quartermaster , immedi ately upon urnvul in camp , as no tents can be occupied without his written older. Those who desire quarters In the city will apply to the "committee on public comfort , " Chamber of Comnu'rco unild- ing. The city oilico of thu reunion com mittee will bo in the same building , The camp ofllco will be near department headquarters. * Information has been obtained that uniformed bands , whoso members will' ' go and come together , will bo trans ported freo. Application should bo made by letter to the general passenger agent , at Omaha , of the road over which they wish to go , stating that they are uniformed and number of members. The department oommander , desiring that the Sons of Veterans shall take a part in this reunion and have a place in the procession , Mr. Moses P. O'Brien , ono of the oldest members of that order , and son of lamented comrade General O'Brien , is appointed special aide-do- camp , who In connection with olliuors of that order , will attend to all matters re- luting to it during the reunion. Soldiers' Unity Hone , "Kounion. " [ Tfmr , "Hiitlle Crv / Fretilam. " ] Dedicated to the hnvo bovs who wore the blue , and me now hugumlng to wear ttiu irray. ITut It is thu gray of ulotnl life ; the gray mist of the "passim ; army , " tlmuray of the eternal inornini ; : the gray that warn * us to honor thuiii with the real tributes of to-day , and not wait for the dlrgn nnd empty declamation ot to-morro-.v. Lu 13. dike , Oil , fling out the Uear old flair , boys ; play life and drum again , Shouting tha rally cry , Reunion. Though our battle il y8 are ever , we're com rades now as thnii , Shouting the rally cry-Keitnon. ( cnonus : . They won't ho forever , Oil. come , comrades , cornel We'll nil c.imp together , Klae. life and drum , And will pass the old canteou , bays ; PnsR itoucu nicain ; Shouting the rally cry. Reunion. Wo will answer to tha roll call , as wo have done boforo. Shoutlnsr thn rally cry , Reunion , And we'll muster out the comrades who answer "llore" no more. Shouting the rally cry , Reunion. Oh I we'll tell the stories o'er , boys , sing ov'ry dear old some , Shouting the rally cry , Reunion , And we'll down the hoans and hard tack witli cotfco battle Htronir , ShoutliiK the tally cry , Reunion. Wo will keep the camp-tiro burning , we'll call tlio pickets In , Shouting thn rally cry , Reunion , And we'll never ask tlm sttagglur for what , or where he's been , .ShoutInn the rally pry , Reunion. Ohl we'll shake the Boldlors hand , boys , nnd see the face we know , Shouting the rally cry , Ununlon , Wear the tiray of tlmo toother , as oncu we were the blue , Shouting the rally cry , Rcuulou. * * * TH13 LOVELY COlIFttXtON 13 TUB IlESULT Of USlNU HACAN'S Magnolia Balm. It h n delightful LIQUID for the FACE , KECK , AU.M8 ud II AN DM. Orcrourot * Heat , Huubiirn. hallowuffn , Rcdnei * , Molli-I'ntclioii ami every kind ot HKIN Dlinaurcmrnt. AjirlloJlnainompnt. Cnn not bo Delected. PU11B ami IIARULESS1 Take It with jou to tlio BtaMJo , llountatm nad all Rural Rctorti ; It U > o cleanly , ro- fro hluK end rcitful after n hot drhc , long rnmblo or ecaLMh. TRY THE BALM ! EDUCATIONAL. PENNSYLVANIA ffiffiffi. Y CUE3TKU. 20th ycnropoiis S1U > TCMUEU 11. AMlMtAUV't'OLUEOH. DEOUGKS IN ( MVHj KNClINKEftlNO. CUKM1STIIV. AltCIHTKOrUltl ! , ARTS. Preparatory Courses. TlioroiiRh Tochnloul Woik. All Dcpnrtmcuits comluotoJ by ublo I'HOFESSOIiS. Military system Hooond only to tlint of U. S , M. A. Annuals of Llout. 8 T. linrt- lott , 1105 Shornmn Avo. , City : or Chlof I'&j- imistci'8 Oilier , Ainiv lloadnunrlorrt. COIj. TI1KO. HYATT 1'rosldcnt. . INSTITDTK-Froohold , Now FREKIIOI.n yo\r. : I'ropnroi for 1'rlticoton , Ynlo , Columbia , Iliirvunt , nnd for lliislnees. liar. A. Q. Chamuurg , A. M , Principal. Morgan Park Military Academy A flrfit-clms English , Clni'lcul nnd Commer cial School. Bond for CntAlogu * . MORGAN PARK. COOK CO. . ILLINOIS. ALBANY LAW SCHOOL , Thlrti-soventh your begins 8opt Oth , I83T. For circulars or special Information address Horace li. Smith. L L. U. Dean , Albany , N. Y. YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE And IIOMU SCHOOL for GIRLS. KANSAS CIT V MO. Full corpn of arrotnpllnh Icachora. 1'up Us recrlreclHt HUT time Kor clrcvila apply to , Ills * K. McCUMAB. Principal. EDUCATE VOUIl SONS. THE UMVEKSITV of bOTRC IVVHIK ollors uncnutillotl ndvimtOROB to Impart to your eons nnd wurds u thoroujdi education for ultu- or commorolHl course , or a lullcourrto.cnmprls- Intr clusalcs , law , science , mathematics and miHlc. TIIE.miMM DGPAHTMENT ( St. Edward's Mall ) for boys undur Vlilrteon years of ago. llof ere concluding where to send your sons send lor ncntalojfiincniitnliitnif lilus- irntlons of tlio btilldlnus of Nutre Duma and full piirtlculurs as to terms and omirsn of study Tbo 8th session opens Tuosday.Soptoiuber 6th , 48S7. Address Uev. T. K. WuUli , 0. S. 0. , fr s. University , Notre Daino , Ind. 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