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01\TATTA \ DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JUNE 32 , 18Sa THE DAILY BEE. rUBIilSIIHDEVKHV MOHNINO. TKHMB OF scnscmrnoH. null * ( TUornlntc Edition ) Including Sunday nife. One Year . WJJ } For 8lx Months . ° Tor Thro Months . V * w Tlic Omftlm Btmflny BRK , mailed to ony nd- dr 6sOno Year . , . z w OMAn\OrnCBNOR.B14AN 91Bl'AHNAMSTIlKBT. NKW YOIIK OrriuK. HOOMS 14 AMI lUTiiinuKit liiiiDiso. WASIH.NOTON Otncc , No t3 I'OUUTEfcNTII 8-qiEKT. COltKKSrONnENCR. All communications rolfttlnR to news and eril- torlnl mnttcr should l > e addressed to the Kmion , . . . . All buMneM letter * and remittance * should ho addrcMcd to TUB Hr.is runusiii.so Cow.i'Axr. OMAHA. Drafts , chfclcs and postomce onlura to tie made payable to the order of the bomtiaiiy. ThG Bee PBlsWnFSpany , Proprietors E. HOSEWATEtt , Editor. XHK DAIIjY HUH. Bworn Btntcnicit of Circulation. ftnteof Neliranfca , I , . County of DouRlM , | > B < . II. TzMlmck , secretory of The n o Pub- iK comtmny. doc * solemnly ; wcnr that the Bctualcirculatlon of the UallrHne tor the week endlnp Juno f. 18R8. wa as follows : P tur ray. June 2 . IMSfi Hunclay , Juno 3 . 20..T.O Monday. Jtllio 4 Ttievlnjr , Juno 5 . WcdntBilrvy. .lune 0 Thurmlay. .Inno 7 . MJO Juno .18.410 Vrlday , 8 . . Arcrnce . . . W.021 GKO. Il.TZSCHUCK. Kworn to and subscribed In my prcnonro tUls 9th Jny of June , A. 1) . , 1583. N. I1. FK1U Notary Public. Btoto of NebrnsVn , I- . County of DotiRlns , f * ' 8 < George U. TzBclmck. boiuff nrst duly sworn , deposes nnd Ktiys tlmt lie Is secretary of Tlio IIco Puiill hlnff company , that the nctuul nvorape dally circulation of the Dully lice for the month of Juno. 1SH7 wan 14,147 copies ; for July , 1887 , H.IMJ copies ; for AiiRtiat , 1887 , H.1S1 . copies ; for September. 1887 , 14,341) ) copies ; for October , 1887 , 11,333 copies ; for November , 1887 , lB,22il copic8'for December , IHtf , 18,041 roplcs ; for Jamiarv. IfSS. I'l.am coji- . les ; for February , 1888 , ir > , Mp copies ; for March , JW8. ltHcoplev ! ) ) for April , lip , 18,741 copies , /or / May , ,888. 18.181 cop.e . R Bworn to before me and subscribed In tny presence this 'M day of June , A. 1) . 1888. N. P. FK1U Notary Public. A.YEKAUK DAILY C1HCULATION l , oai Total for HIB Week - - -133,147 roads are loading to Chicago , and all oycs are turned on the approachIng - Ing republican convention. i * ST. Louis has boon surfoltod with too much talk at the democratic hub bub. This may explain why the tele phones are being removed from that city. IT is claimed that ninety thousand dollars were spent by citizens of St. Louis in entertaining visitors , and it is a pretty poor ticket to show up for so much money. JEFKKUSON DAVIS' ' book on the war will bo issued in the autumn. It is confidently asserted that democrats ; > north of Mason nnd Dixon's line will ' > Cl not use it as a campaign document. the doraocrntic nominations can not make the old Roman who lives in Ohio as happy as ho was on the day when in company with Cineinnntus ho planted cabbages in ancient Rome. 'V ' FOUR lines moro of the tarifT bill have boon passed by the -committee of the whole. This makes nine lines in all. In view of Mr. Watterson's brilliant manifesto , this is , cm the whole , doing quito well. ADVICES from Washington have it that both Secretary Whitney and At torney General Garland make no secret of tho' fact that upon March 4 , 1889 , they propose to rctiro to private life. The American pcoplo are also making no se cret of it. THE man who was too old in 1885 for a seat in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet now fools "ton years younger. " There is nothing like a presidential nomination / > as a health-giving tonic. Patent medicine - ; cine men should label it and sell it to the people'in yellow covors.Lnt popular prices. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ONK of the signs of the times is the avidity with which investors are put ting their money in rSfilroad bonds , instead of rushing' to Wall street to speculate in stoolis. The time has como when people put very little trust in stocks which lluctuato with every breath of air. RAILIIOAD track building for the flvo Pnonths of the current year compares very favorably with the record of 1887. Since January 1 , 5J,271 miles of fatoel rally were laid on now railroads in the United States. .In 1887 , for the cor responding time , 2,851 miles of railroad track were built. The difference is only eighty miles , and 1888 is supposed - posed to bo an " oil " year for railroad extension , THK exportation of gold to Europe tons ceased , while the reserves in Now York banks have incrousod moro than K million and a half dollars in the past wook. This brings the surplus , over and above the reserve required by law , to $27,500,000 , which is near the highest paint iittatnod tlnw your. It Is such facts as thobo winch contradict Iho false statements of alarmists , that the ex portation of gold is n sure sign of an np preaching money stringency In the country. TIIKUR does not at all seem to bo n lainb-liko disposition of the Iowa rail roads to conform to the now distance tariffs recently prepared by the Iowa commissioners. In fact , they are arch ing their backs nnd showing thuii tooth in n way disappointing to the general - oral expectations that they wouli quietly obey the law. At a mooting o the general freight npenta nt Chicago there was strong talk of lighting back The conference resulted in the framing of a vigorous protest ngainet the enforce . mont of these now rates , which are claimed to bo 35 to 40 per cent below the rates now in offoot in Io\va. \ But it apparent that the state commissioners will not bo influenced by any romon- Btrancono matter how vigorously drawr i up , Their work wua most carefully prepared \v \ pared , The freight rates were such as railroads thomsolvcs at times adopted Tliu purpose of the state commissioners is to innko such rates as shall ba equita ble to the people nnd the railroads The railroads have opposed any move mant of this kind , and it was high time for the pcoplo to act in their owu do k'nso. Tlie rtallroftd Candidate. Regarding Ihc alleged popularity of 3hauncey M , Dopow in Now York , there IB ho evidence of it beyond the claims of the men who arc booming ilm. The Now York Evening 1'oft Is authority for the statement that when ) cpow ran for lieutenant governor in 1872 on the democratic ticket his vote vas nearly four thousand behind that of ils associates on the ticket , and yet ho was then thought to ho quite a * "mag- lotic" as ho is now claimed to bo. It is further disclosed respecting Mr. Dopow at that tlmo that he was ono of the most vigorous in denouncing the republican iarty nnd condemning Grnnt , whllo Mr. 31nino he characterized as a demagogue. In a speech made in the campaign of 1872 , Depow said : "Grooloy hesldo Grant was a giant compared with a ilgmy , and the question was Grcolcy ind constitutional government , with lonosty and purity , or Grnnt with ab senteeism , dishonesty nnd party logis- ntlon , with land-grabbers and stock speculators at the helm. " Ho promptly rehabilitated himself In the republican party after the re-oleetion of Grant , and over slnco Mr. Depow has boon n self-seeker in politics , keeping at com mand a coterie of admirers who could jo depended upon to boom him for nny- Jiing. Ills name is not heard now for iho first time ns a possible presiden tial candidate , but his friends have never before been able to work up so formidable a support for him as ho ap pears to have at present , obviously for the reason that in his present position of n railroad president ho has an aid to Ills boom In the friendly concern of the corporations which hitherto ho did not possess. Every hireling and servitor of the railroads who will sit in the Chicago cage convention , or who can exert any influence there , may confidently bo ex pected to do his level beat in the in terest of Dopow. These are the , men who have been and are now active in urging him aq the most available man for the republican party to nomi nate ns its presidential candi date , nnd they will bo pres ent in force at Chicago , on the Inside and on the outside of the convention , prepared nnd determined to secure his nomination if it bo possible to do so. Their success would mean the certain defeat of the republican party in No vember , with the probability that it could not survive the blow as a political organization. Tluirninn's Capital. The chief and the most valuable capi tal which Judge Thurman will con tribute to the democratic campaign is the fact that while in congress ho was ono of the moat prominent advocates of legislation to compel the subsidized railroad corporations to keep faith with the government. The Thurman act , requiring the Pacilic railroads to es tablish a sinking fund for meeting their obligations to the government , although it has failed to accomplish all that was oxpcctod , was an important measure which will perpetuate the name of its author as long as those roads shall last. The democrats can bo depended upon to make the best possible use of this portion tion of the record of their candidate for vice president. It is about the only portion that they can use with any hope of advantage , and it may servo to cover a multitude of political sins which Mr. Thurmau has been guilty of. When that statesman's entire re cord is laid bare a great many people , including.the younger race of demo crats , will bo surprised to learn bow vulnerable it is. Thurman was ono of the most prominent uud active men in the democratic party during the rolol- lion period , nnd ho was in full sympathy with the declaration of the party in 1801 that the war was a failure and that it was the duty of the government to seek a peaceful settlement with the confederacy. In the first year of the war ho said to a democratic convention of his state that some of the southern states had cause for revolution. Ho ex tolled the southerners as a bravo people ple , and declared that the states of-tho south could not bo hold by force. All of his public addressas during that eventful period were in harmony with the prevalent democratic fooling in the north , and of a character to give aid and comfort to the enemy. Mr. T'nur- inun was originally a hard money man and believed the government had no constitutional right to issue greenbacks , yet he became ono of the most ardent of greenback advocates when the party , and particularly the Ohio branch of it , took that drift , and held to tin position ns long as It seemed polltiu to do so. Other fact in llio record of Mr. Thurman will bo brought to light which will show that with all the boastpd political virtues and statesmanship of the democratic candidate for the vice presidency , he was less a friend of the union than of its onnmios when it was assailed by rebel lion , and that since that iteriod he has boon iiu'olvod in most of the vagaries into which bib party drifted In its long Btrugglo to regain power. But it may bo tlmt the people will give greater regard to the creditable fea tures of Mr. Thurman'a record than to thobo which doubtless ho would hlmsol bo glad to have forgotten , and tills sug gests the necessity of the republicans presenting senting candidates who bhall bo wholly free from suspicion of sympathy with any form of corporate monopoly , The republican ticket must bo BO clean unc unassailable In this respect that the principal capital which Mr. Thurnmi will bring to the dmnoorntio ticket uluil not bo available to attract to the sup port of that ticket a single antimonopoly ely republican. It must present oan- dldates about whoso regard for the in terests of the people , as opposed to the selfish interests of the corporations nnd the monopolistic combinations , there can be no doubt or question. Such can didates can be elected , and the highest welfare of the party demands that they bo phosen. Granting that the tariff is to occupy the foremost place us an issue in the campaign , It will not bo the only question that the pcoplo will be called upon to consider , and there are portions of the country where it may easily take nn inferior place in the popular regard if the rail road corporations and their allies t > houId succeed in dominating the na- ional republican convention and fore- ng upon the party candidates identi fied with nnd representing their Inter ests and aims. The expression of east ern republicans in bohnlf of a railroad resident has already nrouscd n feeling among many republicans in the west vhich permits no doubt ag to whore they would be found in the event of the nomination of this eastern candidate , nnd should the convention commit so grave n blunder thousands of such republicans may bo expected , o glvo their support to the ticket which in part represents nnll-monopoty sentiment. It will ho wise , therefore , for re publicans not to lese sight of the principal , if not the only , capital which Mr. Thurman brings to the democracy. It has its value ( the im portance and extent of which will depend - pond very largely upon what shall bo done at Chicago. THE now city ordinance creating a board for tlio inspection of buildings in the city of Omnlm , nnd providing for the construction of nil kinds of houses , docs not differ essentially from the ordinance , No. 1027 , just repealed. The rules and regulations governing the construction or alteration of buildings are in themselves valuable. But the question is , will the building ordinance bo enforced to the letter by the board of Inspection ? The city has now on its pay roll a high salaried super intendent of buildings , clerks nnd inspectors. But no ono over saw anyone ono of these functionaries with the architect's plans In hand inspect a building from collar to garret aa pre scribed by the ordinance. There nro any number of buildings in this city of faulty construction , which have been erected without oven a protest. There are fire-traps now going up in direct violation lation of the ordinance. All of which proves that the board of inspection is not attending to its duties. With re gard to foes for the issue of building permits , the reduction made by the now ordinance is a step in the right direc tion , but the old principle , which has operated as an embargo to the con struction of buildings involving an ex penditure of several hundred thousand dollars , is adhered to. There would , perhaps , be no objection to the fee of fifty cents for caoh ono thousand dollars in excess of live thousand up to say ono hundred thousand dollars , hut beyond this the fee of fifty cents on each thousand dollars of estimated cost is exceedingly large , and it is unwise and impolitic to exact it. TKXA.S is developing a system of tenant - ant farming that is likely to cause that state no end of trouble. In certain ag ricultural districts the landlord system has taken a firm hold and already the evils which afllict Ireland have come to the surface'in Texas. About a third of the farmers of the cotton belt are renters and pay annually on cotton lands seven dollars an acre. Just after the war the owners of largo plantations farmed them out to tenants , taking as rent a share of the crops raised. Gradually the system of tenant-farming became gen eral and a cash rental was fixed. The result has been that , the original land owners have sub-lot their property to tenants , and the rule is for these landlords to live in the cities. There is , in consequence , a feeling of discon tent on the part of the largo class of tenant farmers , who , at their own ex pense and labor , enrich the owners. Another cause for complaint exists in the fact that these land owners invest their money in outside speculation in stead of using it in improving their farm lands. It will bo seen tlmt the germs of Irish landlordism have taken root in Texas , and it is manifest that the system of tenant farming ; 8 detri mental to the best interests of the slate. THE stand taken by Attorney Gen eral Lecso in insisting that the state of Nebraska shall be paramount over corporations in our slate has evidcntlj induced Attorney John F. Dillon , of the Union Pacific , to wtiivo all claims to the contrary. No other course wa open to the Union Pacific. The pre cedent of the Kansas stipulations and agreements , bearing on the sovereignty of that state over the Union Pacific within its borders , lias fixed the rulings of the courts in case of an appeal to them. The attorney general has won a great victory for the people of Ne- bratha , and the Union Pacific ha bhown good son o in not forcing an issue. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ STATJ3 .IOTTINOS. The Superior boom continues unabated , Hardy , NuckolLs county , lias a population of Obi. The Bohemian oats swindler is getting h bis work in Humidors county. A lively light between the prohibs nnd untls is in progress nt Dunbar , Otoo county Niinco county has a now paper the Fullerton - lerton 1'ost. Simon pure democracy is its motto. Tie ) Crete Olobo estimates that there wil. bo " 5,000 pcoplo at the assembly in that citj on July 4. The agricultural editors throughout the state remark in a chorus , "this Is good con wuathor. " Lushtown is the ; inmo of a village in Yorli county , uml Htrungo to say there Ib not a saloon in the placo. Every city , town , .vlllupo. hamlet am hitching post , it seems , will culebrute the Fourth. And it is well. The closing exercises of the Central Citj i < ollcgo panned oil smoothly und were wit Dossed by u largo number of visitors , There nro now six towns north of the cit.\ of Kimbull , iu Chuycnnu county , and Kim ball is the shipping point for 11 vu of them. Sheriff Foster of Crecly county was ar rested last Tlmraday on u warrant sworn out by Thomas Word , charging him with refusing ing to sorvu papers placed in his bunds b Justice of thu Peace Fish , who granted the prisoner a continuance and admitted him to bail in thu sum of SlOO , The Wuuoo Wasp thus talks concerning the wolf sculping industry : Some portions o : this county uro reported to bo badly infested with wolves tlmt are committing many rav ages uiwn young stock and becoming u grcal nuisance , A number bavo boon killed am their scalps brought to the county clerk for bounty but us no money lias bcon nmiroprlutui cither by the county or state , for this purpose thcro is no way of paying the bounty pro vlclcd for in the statutes , California. Stockton has 'JbT,0 , children of school age Diphtheria is prevalent in Klko , and one ca.oo has provud fatal. Five hundred bands nre working at Pcta luinn putting up cherries. The t-stuto of George A. Covvlcs , deceased of Sim DieRO , has been appraised at $2-37- 118.E5. Hlvcrslilo proper ; y owners have paid out So.OOO for concrete sidewalks. r The Auburn boy ] > unlar nnd his mother nnd sister have been held for trial. The Snntn Hosn &CarquinC7.rnllro.'iil dci ut Will bn nn elegant structure 250 foot la otigth. ' The government Jetty at Yaaulna bay IQS been seriously damaged by tlio recent high tides. The matter of the endowment of the Pacific Methodist collcRo by the citizens of Santa Kosa is meeting with success. Frank Lindsay , * the Carson wrestler , had his log crushed ID ono ot the saw mills nt Lake Taboo on Juno 4th by a carload of slabs , t , , J. D. Peters , of Stockton , has Rlvon a contract - tract fora now winery to bo built nt the ranch nonr Atwntor , San Joanuin county. It will bo 100x50 feet. Survoya have been made for a ship canal from the San Jonnuln rlvor to Fresno. It will bo of auittclont slzo to carry stern- wheel steamers that will run direct from San Francisco. The co'st is estimated at ta.ooo.ooo. . Tlio Nort Invest. Mr. F. Stnnton was drawn Into n settling pan atTybo , Nov. , last week nnd received fatal injuries. The stcntncr Ancon sailed from Seattle on Monday for Alaska. She carried 250 passen gers and 1,000 tons of freight. A vnluablo setter dog of Mr. Bishop's , of Portland , Ore. , went uiad last Monday and had to bo killed by Its owner. Woshoo county shcop growers nro bringing this season's clip into Keno for shipment to California. The clip has bcua a very satis factory ono. The pay-rolls of the Comstock mines dur ing May amounted to $233,575. Of this sum moro than $150,000 was repaid by the work men in assessments. Owing to the small sum ( $3o ) offered by will not compote. The Scindln , the largest sailing vessel afloat , owned by Messrs. T. nnd J. IJrocklo- bunt of Liverpool , has sailed froln tlmt port on her maiden voyage to Calcutta. The di mensions of the Scindia nro : Length 313 feet , beam -IB foot , depth 2rtJ feet , gross ton nage 8,073. The vessel has four masts , with double topsail and double topgallunt. Nebraska at Chicago. The committee on decorations , accom panied by a portion of the joint committee , start for Chicago Wednesday evening to prepare for and to observe the earliest worlc of the republican party at president making. It has not yet been decided over which route this band of Nobrnsicaits will go , but the state will DO among the first represented at the field of the counng political unttlo. The Gore hotel , situated within live blocks of the auditorium , the building recently built for the express conveniences of the convention , nnd where the convention is to bo held , will bo very handsomely decorated nnd It Is safe to presume that the state will bo heard from oven thougti Union Pucllic Thurston fails to got there. A row of ears of corn will bo stretched across the street and from the center of the row a banner will bo hung , tho. frame of which will also bo'mndo | | from cars of corn , in the cento pt which will be the in scription : "Ncbrtska For The Nominee , " nnd at tlio bottffni : "Corn Is King. " On the reverse side wjlj bo : "Nebraska , Laud of Hopublicans and Corn. " Inside tlio build- imr will bo fouiuli some of the finest specimens of fruitsobtainably , taken , wo understand , from' Mr. Uobert Furnas1 col lection. Some Uno specimens of tame grasses , grown in.Ncbraska this year , will also be on exhibition. The state will not bo a nonentity at tjo ) convention this year. Her exhibits aloiul will bo an attraction. Secretary Sceloy nays that full six hundred Ncbraskans will Jb'd iu attendance , most of whom will bo quartered at the Gore , which has been selected 'as headquarters for the boys from this state. J'l ' Is Volif Ice Pure ? The danger of nn impure ice supply has been the subject of a very thorough investigation by the Massachusetts board ot health , which attributes many cases of typhoid fever occurring in cities in autumn to bad water and the results of bad drainage , or none at all , in the summer resorts. The board , therefore , urges upon pcoplo who are considering the question whore to spend the summer , the importance of selecting places which have proper drainage and pure water supply. In places where ponds are made for the purpose of collecting water for n sup ply of ice , it is almost certain to be contaminated with sewerage , as freezing does not kill but only conceals bacteria. A moat mysteri ous cabo of wholesale poison ing at a summer hotel was finally traced to the impure ice which hud boon secured from neighboring shallow ponds. Upon analysis the melted ice was found to contain , in suspension , a largo quantity of decomposed vegetable matter. The organic matter mostly bottled - tlod nt the bottom of the vessel , but the liglitor matter remained diffused through the water. The pond , the source of supply , was examined and found stagnant , and at one end a pu- trPscont mass emitted an intolerably offensive odor. It was reasonably sup posed that the ice was the cause of the bickness , and upon its disuse the epi demic abated. Professor Raphael Pum- pelly , who made investigations for the national board of health , lias no doubt that ice can carry any disease that tlio water from which it is fro/.on can con vey , and tlmt there is even moro danger from the ice than there is from the water itholf , since sewage is more easily decomposed in summer than in winter. While in cities the greater part of the ice received is pure , in towns where the supph' is taken from shallow ponds , both thoVntor and the ice may DO a source of danger. The Magic : South. Depend upon it , the south is going to loom in the next census report , says the Memphis Avalanche. There is enough in the data whiuh has already boon ac cumulated by national and state officials , without reference to the census , to indi cate what wonderful progrebs has been made in every branch of trade , mining nnd manufiu'lnre , in the line arts and in educational facilities. The output of pig iron nnd of cpnl , for instance , ib thrco times as great as when the last census was taken , and in all the rush uml Hurry and cppipotition with older mining tind manufacturing sections , strikes and boycotts have boon unknown. The number of miles of railroads in the bouth to-day are neiirly twice the num ber in operation MJVQII years ago , and everywhere the Mf'nsto places are being built up by the m-t pui , or put in culti vation by the farmer. Mortgagee are docrutiHlng , half ufaln lib much grain is produced , and thftso states from whiuh accurate returns have boon received , show a gain in the assessed value of property nearly $1,000,000,000 , in farm products of $170,000,000 , and in live stock $182,000,000. Surely this is the magie south , Cabinet Ucsimintfon. MADHID , Juno 11. Tlio cabinet has re signed after accepting the resignation of General Campos , governor general of the province , of New Oastllo. Tina will enable KajfdBia , the prime minister of thu retiring cabinet , to lorm a now liberal government. Mass. , June 11.--Physicians Mvo now no hope for tlio recovery of Mrs. Villor und , Alfred , her ban , und Mrb. Uolsert , who were burned lust niglil in u tenement house,1. Three of Mrs. Vlllorund's chlMren perished in the Ilauius. OUR SAN FRANCISCO BUDGET , A Wisconsin Thumper to Fight With MoAullLTo. SPOOKS FROM THE SPIRIT LAND. A Jnimncflo Delegation Arrives The School Census Crops The Nntnl Day Hotels In Trouble Ell Perkins at Large , The King. SAN PKANCISCO , Juno 8. [ Corre spondence of THE BKIS. ] In Uio sport ing world there is llttlo going on. The ' sensation among'tho gloved-hnockora is the written dcsiro of Mike Conloy of Wisconsin , who yearns to fight Mo- AulilTo. Conloy IB considered o ory good man iu the town where ho resides , nnd man of money have boon desirous of backing him in a flghb with Pat Kil- lon , who does not appear overanxious to foci the weight of the Itnsco ciant's mauleys on his nuntomy. Killon has boon industriously engaged of late "faking" up objections to any proposi tion that Conloy nnd his friends had to make , nnd the people of the northwest nro quietly dropping to Mr. Killon , or 'Hard-fisted Pat , " as ho is familiarly dubbed. Conloy sees that the prospects for a fight with Killon nro not particu larly inviting , nnd ho throws his defi ances at Joe McAuliffo , who is very liable to take them up , provided ho does not hoar from Joe Lnnnon , the South Boston pugilist , in a short tlmo. MeAulilTo is anxious to meet Lannon first , because his abilities are well known to the sporting fraternity , while Conloy's uro practically an unknown quantity. But as the Ashland man challenges McAulifTo to fight according to London prize ring rules , the Pacific coast champion notes a weakness in his would-be opponeut.olso ho would fight Marquis of Queensbury rules. A match is liable to bo fixed up botwcon them yet. Lannon has not jjoon hoard from directly , although ho informed mo that ho would fight Mc AulifTo in August for $2,500 a side in this city. It is tire opinion of the sport ing men in this city that Lannon is having some trouble in finding back ing. There are a number of pastom pugilists who claim to be anxious to moot the const champion that will find it uphill work getting backing after McAuliffo has a train demonstrated that he is a hitter from nwny back. * 4t The spiritualists of the coast have been holding their fourth annual pow wow nnd camp meeting at Oakland in the presence of a gathering of four or five thousand people. The camp ground , the same as last year , is pleasantly sit uated upon the peninsula at the south eastern corner of Lake Merrit , from which a romantic view of the pleasant sheet of water as well as of the numer ous elegant mansions dotting its webt- orn shores and the rising heights to the north is obtained. The grounds are thickly studded with liyeoaks , whoso spreading evergreen foliage furnishes abundant shade. * Those who attended the meetings did not trust themselves entirely to the care of Nature and Providence in the matter of shelter , as was evidenced by the long rows of tents which crowd the grounds , in the midst of which rise the three tall masts supporting the roof of the great public pavilion , in A'hich are seats for 2,000 people. The main cap tains of the alYair , at will would bring forth spirits from the pretty-soon and from jugs with wonderful skill. One of the speakers harangues the crowd in tins fashion : "Honest a.nd noble curi osity , like honest and noble skepti cism , " said the speaker , "goes before belief. The great key to all the knowledge - edge of the world was the dcsiro to dis cover the truth. With this , admission could bo gained to the holy of holies in spiritual science as in all else. " The speaker closed by earnestly exhorting his hearers to place spirituality first in their lives , intellect second and np- Dotito third. "And , in your affections , " lie said , "remember to let the love of truth come first , the love of humanity second and the love of self last. " At the evening moating of the first day Mrs. If. S. Lillie delivered an in spirational address , prefaced by a touch ing invocation to her spit-it guides. Her lecture tool : the form of answers to a number of questions propounded by the audience , including the following : "Is man a free moral agcntV" "What is life like in the spirit sphere':1" : "Will General Sheridan rallyVotc. To the las > t question the lecturer replied - plied with a pleasant smile , "Without any desire to assume the position of ut tering a direct prophecy , I yet answer , "Sheridan will rally. " As the gallant general has lived un til this morning , the 8th , those who claim that spooks are fraudulent crea tures of the brain , are wondering to themselves and declaring that Mrs. Lillie is a good guossor. On board the steamship Oceanic , which arrived from Yokohama recently was a party of Japanese , prominent among whom was Munimitsu Mutsu , the Japanese minister to the United States , who succeeds Minister Kuki , who re cently left Washington for Japan. With him came Almaro Sato , the pri vate secretary , who graduated from the Do Pau university in Indiana , four yours ago , and J. Odn , editor of the Asnshltihinmm , an influential news paper published at Osaka. Other mem bers of the party , in addition to Min ister MitHu'w wife and daughter wore fine young men who will attend school at Washington. Mr. Oda said his ob ject in coming to America was to study the American system of running news papers. "My paper , the AbiiHhisJiinbnn , of Osaka , " ho stated , "has a circulation of11,000 daily copies. Osaka is the soo- end city of Japan , has a population of 000,000 , and live newspapers. I desire to study the American plan of getting up newspapers , and I think it will bo to my interest to make a few observations. Wo oditorH in .Inpnn do not enjoy the freedom of speech that characterises and makes your papers really great. Wo have telegraph facilities about like vours , and our local news is gathnrod by a force of twenty-live reporters , who receive from * : iO to $50 a month each for their services , I linvo boon in the ] ) usinnbS for many yours but I have Mill something to learn. " The party will leave for the east in a day or two. # # The Hohool census of San Franois-co has just been completed. The figures luiiv bo interohting : The incrcabo in the number of chil dren of native born parents uml tindo - crcuso in the number of childi'on of forrign born parents is noviceablo. IK lu t year's report it was shown that the total number of white childivn in the city between the ago * oflho ami seven teen was 77,111. This year tno total number isHl,6t2 ! , an increase of 1.17S. The total number of children of all races between the njfosof five an seven teen last year was 78,210. , The uumbin- this year Is 32,693 , an Increase of 4,447 , The total number of white chlf-tlron umlor five years of ago Is 17,123 , * Concerning the crop outlook the Chronicle thus comments editorially : "Thoro Is nt this time every Indication that the grain crop of the season ot 1838 will bo rather below than nbovo the average , although some localities re port that land which was bollovod a month ago to bo not worth harvesting will yield n fair crop. The truth Is that even yet the crop cannot bo judged with absolute certainty , owing to the croat dlHoronco in time of maturity in uifToront parts of the state ; but the probabilities are that the crop will not bo up to the average. In tlio fruit dis tricts , on the contrnrytho prospects are good for an excellent yield , except in apricots , which do not appear to bu doIng - Ing as well this year as usual. All other fruit are reported in excellent condi tion , both In quantity and quality , and in Bomo parts of the state the crop of fruit promises to bo exceptionally largo. " The glorious Fourth of July will bo celebrated In a style becoming Ameri can citizens. Tlio second mooting of the executive committee of the general Fourth of July committee of SJOO ap pointed by the board of supoVvlsors to arrange for the Fourth of July celebra tion , has boon hold. The principal feature will bo the unveiling of the statue of Francis Scott Key nt Golden Gate park on the Fourth. The chief ceremony of the unveiling would bo the transfer of the atatuo from the Lick Trust to the park commissioners , but nothing would bo done to interfere with the city's celebration. The hotol-koopors tire in a hot box , to use a care-worn metaphor. The railway companies have issued an order refusing to admit hotel runners on the ferry boats plying between Oakland and 'Frisco. The ofllcials refuse to rescind their order , and obscure hotels are shorten on customers. This strict order is the result of fantastic tricks indulged in by runners dressed in a little brief author ity and a badge bearing the name of a dollar-a-day house. Ell Perkins , the elastic professional liar nnd good-natured humorist , has boon here this wook. IIo was accom panied by his wife and daughter. Mr. Lundon informed mo that ho was in Nebraska a short time ago , and sug gested that I might say in my next letter - tor that his interview as it appeared in THK BEH , relative to the railroad strike , was genuine and authentic. * * * Chief of Police Crowley expects , with the assistance of the courts , to bo able to drive the jawlmwldng johus at the ferries out of business , or at least force them to cease their law-defying prac tices. They are to bo prosecuted as public nuisances. F. W. Public Works. The board of public works hold n mooting yesterday afternoon , Messrs. Balcombc , Mayno nnd Hcimrod being present. The following sums received from con tractors were ordered paid : Uanlol Delancy , sewer , Loavcnworth from Fourteenth to Thirtieth , and Pacilic from Twenty-ninth avenue to Popploton avenue , § 1,327.43 , ; Twentieth from Harnoy to How ard , $13.24 ; P. H.McCauloy , Eighteenth from Charles to Locust , $177.73 ; Hugh Murphy , Dodge , Twenty-fifth avenue to Twenty- cigth avenue , $103.01 ; alloy between Capitol avenue and Davenport and Twenty-sixth to Twenty-eighth , $103.50 ; Fox & Co. , south branch North Omaha sewer , $1,340.97 : Ryan & Walsh , extonslon south branch South Omaha sewer , $3131.53 ; James Fox , extension west branch South Omaha sewer , fS35.40. Bills were allowed : C. D. Wood worth , sand , $5.50 ; Churchill Puuip company , $ i .00. Estimate of sidewalks laid by J. E. Knowles , $0,207.00 , allowed. The following contracts wore allowed : Curbing Dodpo from Seventeenth to Eighteenth , Colorado sandstone , C. D.Wood- worlh ; Twentieth from Capitol to Ltard , Boron sandstone , J. E. Riley ; paving Twentieth from Capitol to Izard , Stony Falls granite ; Eleventh from Mason to Williams , Colorado sandstone , Hugh Murphv ; paving Williams from Thirteenth to Sixteenth ; Grace from Sherman to Bolt Line , Sioux . . . J-JW 1 > Ull > VUl HU..1. 111 ! UJ-01AKI1 tlj JLUII L-3UYUUIII : TwentH-fourth from Patrick to Win ; Capitol tel avenuo. Sixteenth to Twentieth.7 ; ackson , Thirteenth to St. Mary's avenue , Colorado sandstone , Hugh Murphy ; paving Lcavon- worth from Fourteenth to Twenty-fourth ; Capitol avenue , from Sixteenth to Twotloth ; Jackson , from Thirteenth to St. Mary's uvc , nue , cypress blocks , Ucgnn Brothers & Co , ; paving Twenty-second from Davenport to California , cedar blocks , J. B. Smith & Co. Bids for struot sweeping were received from Fanning & Slavcn , John A. Swobo nnd Mount &Orlllin. The first mcntlonsd firm were the lowest for swooping the streets once a week for one , two or three weeks. The board discussed the advisability of let ting the contract for more than ono year. Mr. Balcombo liled a protest nguinsi the granting of the contract to Fanning & Slavcn on the ground that they had not performed tiielr work according to contract , having been dilatory in sweeping streets removing rubbish , leaving stuff sticking to pavements and then not swooning streets ordered. Mr. Mnyno moved that the contract bo let to Funning & Slavon for two years. Mr. Hcimrod said tlmt the contrnct re- quii-ed the city engineer to report upon the number of yards of street swept and that the bonrd could pay for the same upon that meas urement. Mr. Holmrod seconded the motion and ho nnd Mr. Mayno voted In the alllnnativu , Mr. Balcombo voting In the negative. Ho ap pended to the contract his protest. The un derstanding is that if Hwccping IB to bo done twice a week it Is to cost 71 uenU par 1,0(10 ( yards , the price for ouco a week being B'J cents per 1,000 yards , Grain In Sl ) i ( nnd 8ore ( , CHICAGO , June 11. The visible supnly for the week ending Juno 0 , as compiled by the secretary of the Chicago bo.ird ol' tr.ulo , It us follows ; Bushels , Wheat S5,7Si,000 : Corn lllir ( , ( ) ( ) U Oats 5,2l ! 1,000 , Hyo aia.ooo Barley .MiOW , A JS'mv Men. Instead of violets and geranium leaves in linger bowls , try a few drops of < Jol- gates&Co.'s Violet Water. Chief Gallignn loaves this afternoon for Chicago to rncolvu treatment for his eyes. JIo may stop on route at Clin ton to attend the annual tournament of the Iowa state llreinon'b association. Drink Malta at boilu fountain , Frud K , Kldrcd , representing the Garden City type foundry of Chicago is in the city. EXTERNAL USE of /no SORENESS RESL/LTINO / FBOM , ! P5 , ( : in fjp ( wafer and Wfur\s \ a\i \ [ . BOLD BY onuacisrs AND DEALERS. " " "CHAf A.VOGELER C9 SIDEWALK PAVING. Pertinent Remarks Concerning th9 City's ' Sidewalks , The OW I'lnnk Sldcwnlfc Blunt Go- * Ono of tlio Pn vcrs .Makes n I'lnln Statement of Knct Tor I'ubllciUlon. A stroll nbout thb business imrt of the nltr shows ovcry day nn Increased nctlvitjmnonit the pixvors. In Mines t ( iny direction cauboscou now Milowalka , among which tlio aranollthla pavement oeomi to predominate. In nnotlior month Omaha Will be nocnml to nnno In street and MdowAlk tmvlng. It M n settled fact the old plunk sliiownlic must go. In ovcry tow dtlon cnu they bo found except in the lumber rountrle * . Tlio writer or this \\tillostronjhpAtiout Uio city recently , hftd lil.i attention nttrActetitoa gang of men who wore Inylng a granollthlasldo- wnlk on ono of our prominent streets nnd stopped to watch tlio operation , which li qulto Intoroit- Ing , ntul when , llnlsliod makes ( is flnq ivxldowalK ns can l > o found , auyuhrro. Wlilln watcliltift the paving process tbn writer mndo tli6 no * qunlntauce of ono of the inon , to whom the writer la Indebted for the following nnrrntlvo which Is wholly true , nnd can bo sulistautlMod. The cOBtlommi In quostlou 1s Mr. John frltd. of No. 1213Cass street , ho works nt present for tlio Van Court nnd Ilunedlct Paving company. Mr. IVled , has lived In Nebraska for over Bevun years and foruoarly four yours ho has lived In Omaha , for thrco years helms walked for the Omaha Harb Wire conipnnv.liavliiff recently loft their employ , tovorlc for the 1'ivvliiK company. Mr. 1'ilodBuys : "For more thiut live yearn I have been a terrlblo miireror.my head seemed to be achluK constantly , especially between the uycsuudmy nose would stop up. first on ouo side , then on the other , often both nostrils. Tliou 1 began to notice Blnaulnr noluos in my cam roaring or buzzing sounds they appeared to inn to bo , und BoinotlmcH Hounds like whittling and hammering. About this tlmo my throat also be gan to clroiue a great ilnalof trouble. I would always bo Imwkliik' uud liemmlug and trying to clear my tliront , often raUlug llttlu hard lumps , sometimes of a gruenlsh , ut other limes of a yel lowish color. I would often have palm In the cheat , ex tending to tlio right shoulder blndo. Whort drawing a. long breath I could hoar a kind of wheezing iiolso in my chest. And somotlinon it would .seem to me as 1C I was breathing through a sponge I scoiucil to bo able to boar tlio air passing through. 1 begun to fear tnat r wns going Into consumption. 1 wax moro ( Irmly convinced of this when , before long , 1 com menced to cough n kind of hollow cough. The sharp pains in my cuost would oxtoud around to the small of my back. "Try to prevent It as 1 might , I was forever catching fresh cold. I never was without tluun. Mucus would rim from my nose , and qulto fre quently my nose would bleed. At uiyworlc t havu to stoop over quite frequently , and when I did so I would become dizzy ami ovorythlng seemed to swim buforo iny eyes. At night my sloop did not refresh mo at all , and In tlio morn ing would feel as tired and languid as when I went to bed , "My stomach was affectorl. too. I would sit down to the table with what seemed a good ap petite , but after a mouthful or two inyappotlto would leave IBC. Everything would SUSHI to sour on my stomach. Thcro would bo almost constant belching , a disagreeable , bitter taste Iu the mouth , ana at last I got so 1 didn't euro to loot at food. I lost llehh and strength rapidly nnd was al ways feeling tired ; bad no ambition. Uvery Htop Itook and wliatuver work I might do was done wltn un effort , and after working a while or walking u block or two uiy heail would pcraplio and my limbs would ucliu as if 1 hud demo some very heavy work. I had heard considerable talk about thosucco.w of Dr. McCoy in sucli cases anil road sover.il of the testimonials published In the daily papois and concluded 1 woulu try him. It was with small hopes , however , for r bail tried seven dif ferent nhyalcluns and tried about a barrel of patent medicines and \uis about dl.scourn.goil. I visited his ollice In Kuinge block und consulted him. After u careful examination ho told mo I had catarrh and that ho could treat mo mu > rossfully for It. I wai Impressed with ( ho Idea that ho knew Ills business and started treatment nnd I bavo not been u bit sorry that I did , for lie ban mady u new man of me. 1 have no moro of tlio symptoms 1 told you of , and In short. I feel bettor today than J liuvo for live long years , and I owu It all to the bklll and success of Dr. McCoy , anil do not healtnte at all to ro 'oimneud him to anyone who la sulformg from ratnrrli. Mr. Fried , whose portrait graces tlio column nbovo. resides ut No. 1-13 Cuss street , and is wllllngto corroborate thla btutoinunt to anyone doubting it. TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS. A. Few SyniptoniH or Dlwenso That May I'rovo Serious to 1'ou. Do you have frequent flts of mental donres- Do yon experience ringing or buzzing noises In your cursf lo ) you fool as thqugh you mubt sullocata when lying down ? Are you troubled with u hacking cough mid genunu debility ? Aio your eyes generally weak and watery and f riHiueutly inHumed ? Docs your volco have n husk , thick sound and n naH.il sort of twang ? Is your breath frequently offensive from some unaccountable cause ? lluvayou a dull , oppressive headache , gener ally locuted over tlio eyes ? Io you Uavo loluiwk and cough frequently la the oirort to clour your throat ? Are you losing your wenso of smell and Is your sense of taste becoming dulled ? Does your nose nJwuys feel stopped up , forc ing you to breathu through your mouth ? Do you frequently foul illrzy. particularly when stooping to pick anything on" tlio lloor ? Does evi-ry llttlo draft of air und every slight cbiingo of temperature glvo you a cold ? Aio you annoyi'd by u coimtiint doslro tobawk and spit out an tmdluss quantity of phloem ? Do you rise from bed us tired and oiik us you vt-ro tlitoilght before und leel us though you wanted to lie there forovnr ? Is your tin out illicit with phlegm In the mornIng - Ing , which can only be discharged after violent coughing and liuwklng uud spitting ? Do you oucuHlonully wuku from a troubled sleep with uMurt und feel UH If you hftd just escaped a horrible cleat li by choking ? J I uvo you lost all Interest In your calling or IniHliii'Mi or former pleasures , all mnbltlongono , uml do you foul IndlUuieiit whether to-morrow ilmls you allvo or dead r .Aro you troubled with a discharge from thu beud into the throat , somctlmos watery and ox- cotulvo , bomi'tliiifs ' mucus , thick , slicking to \\hulovcr it toiicliot , ftouirtlmi's bloody , und uuurly always untrld and ollonslvov Tlio above ) are some ot thu iiiiiny symptoms of ' --I cutimh anil the beginning of lung troubles. Not fl ODD case in u hunched will buvo all ot them , but [ 1 i'Tiouo atfucted will Imvu a few or inuny of ! tlii'iu. The jt outer or more sot ious yourhynm- touts , the morn dungeious your condition. Tlim rlnssof dlseHKuls treated VfrVHiicciisKfully by Dr. McCoy or his usboi'IuR'S. Tlio niunyruhui re ported tbrouili the columns of the dally pnpi'ia proves tlilKuncU'iiclihtutwiont published Isbub. stunt lully tlio sumo us given by tlio patient cured. Dr , McCoy nnd his associates use no sec-rut no trunis , but cure disease by tliclr skillful combl- nation or thu best kno n remedies , applied In ( ho most opproved manner , and lv uulng Iho lutcst and must highly ieeoinmend d uppllunceu know n to ttio prof Diufion. They thus product' ro- bulls tlmt Mi-ak for themselves In tlio many pa- Hunts mired , and wo assnro our readers thut thc o eminent physicians have achieved a nuo- COKS In curing nlseabu wbleh few or uo other dee iliciite. IHHTl'OU J. CRESAP McCOY , Late of Bollcync Hospilal New YorL HAS OWIUKH No. 31O and 311 Rtunco Bulldluff , Coiuui I'lftioiilli nd Ilnrney tin , Oinuha , Kub. where all curablu caiesuiu tfculed , Moillr.il < 1tii. | > nBos treated olclllfully. Consumn. Uon , fltlt'lit'x disease. | ) ynnciislu , Illioumutlim. un ; all rfmtvors lJHKAr\rB. ) \ All . . ) , - * l"e'"lty' ! CONSULTATION at olllcoor by mull. i. Olllco hours - KI I in. in , y tp I p. m. . 7 No lotu-ra nnswr rrd unlosu accompunied by 4o * ' "u In Mump * . . All mall xlmuld be a < fdri > H < oil tiDi j ( Vctun WoCry. llnpiUH Ulu and ail , ) ( mii o butldtuir ! Umuua , aDo >