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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY JUNE 25 ISSa ' . . . . . - . - - - , , ' _ _ _ _ - - mm * i I ! i DAILY o KVUUV MOHMNG. TP.nMf or eriisrntpnoN. finllv ( Momlnx Kdltlon ) Including Sunday Her. One Yenr . . . . 110 00 Tot fix Months . . . ROD J'orThree Monthi . . 200 TTiiysisb 'uulay ' VKK , mailed to any ad- drew , Ono Yenr . . . . * ro OUAIM OrriCP , Noi. M V nOini'AW ! A ihrnST- Nr.W YOIIK OrrtCK , UOOM114 AM * 15 Tilt HUNK Jtrii.niNn. WASHINGTON orncK , No DM 1'Of IITEKNTII Snir.UT. _ r rotiuisroNnnxcK. .Allcoinninnlriitloin relating to nowi nnd edi torial inn Her should bo luldreBsctl to thoKurron . AU1)nMncn letters nml rcmlttnnres should no pildre 9c < lto TUB HFK I'musiiiMi COJIPANV , OMAN \ . Drafts , checks and poaloinco orders to lie mndo imynblo to tlic order of tlio company. Tlio Bee PnWisliiiiFcipany , Proprietors K. ROSPWATEU. Editor. nuis. fiworn BinicinciitorClreulntlon. Etntcof Nohrnakn , I , rouBty fDoHRini , ? ( leo. H. TXbChuck , eccrctnry of Tim Bee l'nl > - ll.'lilim ronninny , does notcinnty swcnr tliat the nr tualclrcumtlon of tbo Dally lleo for tlio week eudin > s.liineaJ , 168& was as rollowa : Btntoof Nebraska , Ian. . Sf " County of Dmmias , I Pnturdny. .ImiAlO . lf.KO ! Hiiiidny. June 17 . i . 1H.4W Monday , JnnolS . I .U ! TncMlny.Jnno 1'J . K'.IW ' "Wednesday , .luno so . . . 'JO.T''O rninrtdnv..Juno2t . Sl.nro Trldny , Junoli. . . . . . . . .i.-J.lOQ AvcrtiKC . 20,0fiu OKO. 11.T/.SCHUCK. Bworn to before nio and subscribed In my presence this 23d dny of Jinir , A. U. , 1KV. N. V. KKIU Notary 1'nbIIc. Gcorgo II. Tz'uliiick ' , bolus Ilrst duly worn , driiOM'B nndfnys tlmt 1m Isgecrctnryof Tlio llco I'nmlHhln ) ; company , tlmt the iictunl nvornpo clnlly clrcnlntlon of tlio Daily Itco for tlio month of .Innc , I..1) ! \ > ns 11.147 copies ; for July. 1887 , 14.U03 coi'ilcs : for August , 1KS7 , 11,181 copies ; for Peptmibor. 1887 , 14,349 copies ; for October , 1 7 , ll , : l copies ; Jor NovonibiT , ISiT , 15'JX'il copies ; for Decvmbrr , lib" , ir-,011 copies ; for .Innuarv , If-W. Ifi.aK ) top- Ion ; for 1'obrnnry , ll-Kf , 15.IIH2 copies ; for March , K ; for April , 1S ( , 18,744 copies , \ ' : Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence ills ICth day of June , A. 1) ) . UW. N. 1" . VUII , Notary 1'nblle. i : JA'IIA' CIRCULATION 20,0 < jr Tola ! for the WeeK 140,455 } f. TIIK Blivino contingent in the conven tion is very steadfast. It is a leavening force that must not bo lost sight of. FOU/VKKU and Prod Douglas received each ono voto. This will at least glvo them the immortality of history. A itAiT.iioAT ) engine can be built in seventeen hours. This is a fact which the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy ought to hugely appreciate. Mil. BiiAixi : refuses to talk politics , but ho manifests an eager interest in what is going on at Chicago and is doubtless keeping up a deal of thinking. Tun presidential bulls-oyo has not yet bcon hit. All the shots so far have hoon wide of their nmrk. As sharp- fchootcrs , the candidates have so far proven very poor marksmen. SENATOR ALLISON has not shown the strength that was expected , and it seems certain that Iowa will not furnish the next president. Novorthnless it will do its whole duty in helping to elect Mr. Cleveland's successor. i AT.UKU , who came into the race last among the prominent candi dates , has every reason to bo proud of the showing he has made , llo may not got the prize , but ho will have acquired a strong standing that may prove valua ble hereafter. TIIK .Episcopal prayer book needs re vision. It contains a supplication for those "In congress assembled , " but never a word for the chaps in conven tion assembled. If anybody needs divine protection it is a lot of political delegates spending Sunday in Chicago. GUKSIIAM is virtually out of the raco. Ho has himself maintained a most judicious and honorable course , nnd his chanced have boon wrecked by the in discreet 7.oal of his Illinois supporters nnd perhaps other influences which need not bo particularly indicated. Ilis failure will notloso him any friends. Tun decline in the Sherman vote makes the outlook for the Ohio stnlcs- itinn ominous. The fact is recalled that in ovary national convention of the re publican party ovqr hold in which there was nn actual contest , except that of 3S8-1 , the man who load in the lirst bal lot was defeated for the nomination. SHISKMAN came within ono vote of reaching the high water mark fact bv ; his frlnndtt. It was expected that ho would poll 260 votes on the Ilrst bal lot. Hut he foil short of the cbtinmlc by twenty-one votes. On the second ballot ho revived the hopes of his supporters } > y running up to111. . But ho could not hold the lend , and lost on every suc cessive voto. Boui.ANOicit has made a complete fizzle in Franco , and the pcoplo nro heartily tjick of him. To drown his dis appointment , it is Ha id that ho is coming to America with DoLessops and will liucc charge of the Panama canal. If tills inglorious Napoleon imagines that ho is a self-exile , lot him go to St. Helena * The effect will bo more drn- jimtio for liifa purpose. DAMIS Huston Is the ino&t important porsonngo in Chicago. She has never occupied a inoro exalted position , and her every word and gobturo is caught up by her thousands of anxious fol lowers. Conscious of her autocratic ] ) ewer the old lady has swelled herself to twice her natural size ; nnd by her meddling iu the convention has broken more , hearts and slates in the past forty- eight hours , than the most astute poli tician. Tltuiui is altogether too much do- tuyod meat and stale fruits sold in Omaha every day. Inspection does not abate the evil. The public demands that inoro stringent measures bo used to } ) unish violators of the city ordinance- . } t is not enough for the inspector to condemn the impure food. Ho should inusocuto the dealers. They have had f-ufllclont warnings , and the fact that /our thousand pounds of moat alone were condemned lust week only aggra vates the situation. If a heavy fine vcre imposed on some of thube unprin cipled dealers , they would'BOOH leurn that it la an expensivein.utt'er to sell ' 0 cayed truck to lunoc nl purchasers. ' NCbrnskn Crops. Tnr. BFI : this morning presents an other installment of reports from its farmer correspondents regarding the condition nnd outlook of the crops in Nebraska. These very generally repent the gratifying information previously given , that the promise of abundant crops in this stale Ihd presonl year could not bo more favorable. As the situation now appears only a most exceptional com bination of unfavorable conditions can prevent the farmers of this slate from reaping a generous reward for their labors. The outlook for corn , Nebras ka's great staple , Is especially good. That which was planted at the usual dale is well advanced and may bo re garded as out of harm's way , while that which waa plan ted later , owing to the interference of the prolonged rains , is quite generally prospering finely. Other grains nri doing well , and on the whole the crop condition is highly satisfactory. If thcrpromiso now held out Is realized , besides the immediate benollts to our farmers and to the whole people , it will bo of great value in increasing attention to Nebraska ns ono of the most reliable of the agricultural states. Ijlttle to Boast Of. The democratic newspapers and their mugwump allies are endeavoring to make capital against the republican convention on the charge that it id largely under the inlluenco of capital and the corporations. They support their allegation by pointing to the fact that the chairman of the national com mittee by which the convention was called is a largo and wealthy iron man ufacturer ; that the temporary chair man of the convention is a railroad at torney ; that a prominent candidate for a time is a railroad president , and that another prominent candidate has made his largo wealth in the lumber trade. All' this is true , and it' would certainly bo better for the party if it were not so. The selection of Mr. Thurston as the temporary chairman of the convention was a mistake nnd TIIK BKIS did not hcsitato to sound a warning against his selection when his muno was first suggested. After the choice was made this paper spoke of it as a blunder which the enemy would make the best possible use of. That is now being done. Wo also declared an uncompromising opposition to Mr. Depow , and wo are disposed to think not without ollect. At all events the president of the Now York Central was not long in discovering that wo had correctly voiced the sentiment of the great majority of western republicans , and ho pulled out of the race. It would perhaps have boon hotter if ho had never been allowed to enter it , and yet his having done so lifts furuislied a val uable lesson which men in his relations who cultivate political ambition will not soon forgot. But admitting all this , how much bet tor olT was the democratic convention':1 The man who had most to do with the management of the interests of the ad ministration at St. Louis , Congressman Scott , of Pennsylvania , has greater wealth than any man in the Chicago convention , every dollar of which he has made under the same favoring con ditions that have given Algor and others their wealth. Mr. Scott is largely identified with railroad corpo rations and is ono of the great coal operators of the country , in which lat ter capacity he is said not to have been always so considerate of the labor ho employed as justice demanded. Cer tainly it is not recorded of him that he over showed labor any exceptional gen erosity or hesitated to take any advan tage for augmenting his wealth. As a member of the committee on ways and means Mr. Scott was watchful of his personal interests in inducing the ma jority of the committee not to put coal on the free list. Another conspicuous figure and inlluenco in the democratic convention was Bryce of Ohio , a millionaire who made his money , and in a comparatively few years too , in railroad operations. Some of these were of a decidedly question able character , but the knowledge of this has not interfered with Mr. Bryce going to the front in the democratic politics of Ohio , and ho is said now to have his eye on the United States senate - ate , where Ohio is now represented by a millionaire democrat .vhoso election was procured largely with Standard oil company money. The domocricy can boast of little ad vantage ever thu republicans in the matter of the inlluonco of the money power. Both parties are far too ready tu court that inlluoni-o and to submit to } t. 111(1 Illll Ill challenging scrutiny of the conduct of public affairs by the present admin istration , the democratic convention may not have had in mind tlio [ manner in which the Indian bureau has boon managed during the past three ycnrs. Nobody , so far na wo are aware , whoso testimony is of any value , pretends to deny that thu management of this branch of the public service under tha present administration is the most dis graceful In the history of the govern ment. Tup Boston Advertiser , which is not in the habit of using faovoro language , finds jiiat caiii-o for doing so in referring to the conduct of the Indian bureau. That paper says : "A sol of politicians , cheats and loafcrd are conducting the Indian bureau , and its head , Atkins , after a disgraceful roglmo , is now drawing a largo salary while spending his tlmo electioneering to bo senator from Tonnossoo. The humiliation of this whole biininess id patent. " The ngont of the Indian Rights asso ciation , Mr. O. C. Painter , who has re ceived nothing but disrespect from thu bureau officials , has bcon thereby spurred togreater effort for the In dians , lie has mada uxtonsivo personal investigations in Indian territory nnd California , with the result of find ing a very rotten state of affairs. Ho reports that the largo sal aries are paid to incompetent favorites , while the clerks and employed .ire sent mostly from the south for political roa- EOIIS. , They are generally unqualified for their positions' and not dlsp6s.ad to learn , for they receive thiilr uppoint- nionts as political- rewards and. intend la keep them on the same baste. Ho notes mfiTjy instances of drunken and profane men who. nro Deling as tc'rtchprs , the least of whoso olTopcos are-f onllng from thotr wards and subjecting thorn to pH"- fional insults. "Only n few rellablo agents are left , and these generally are nt the poorer reservations , the largo ones , wlioro opportunity is given for profit to the agent , having long since boon filled by Impecunious poli ticians. " There Is no barrier to the full opera tion of the spoils system In connection with this service , and the administra tion has allowed It to prevail here with out a question as to what might bo Ihn consequences. Experienced andclllclciit men have boon supplanted by political heelers with neither qualifications nor honesty , and as a consequence the average - ago condition of the Indian -service is worse tha'n ever before known. The situation of affairs is disgraceful to n great and enlightened nation. No MOIIIS gloomy picture of the future of Iowa railroads could bo drawn than the dismal reports sent out by Commis sioner Faithorn. Ruin is spelled with a big black R all on account of the re duction in transportation rates on rail roads in the limits of that state ordered by the Iowa railroad commissioners. The objcr.t of this Is obvious. It Is In tended to depress values of western securities in tlio cast. Wall street must work up a statement strong enough to frighten the commissioners to take a step backwards. If a general feeling of distrust and nervousness can bo ex cited in investment circles the people of Iowa themselves , it is thought , will become frightened and order the commissioners to re voke or modify the now tariff sheet. But what arc the facts ? For the past few months the railroads of Towahavo been hammering each other for the purpose of ruining each other's business. The slashing of rates has been going on rcgardlessof consequences. But in all that time no black-eyed bulletin was sent out warning investors to iight shy of Iowa railroad securities. A breathing spell in thcinidbtof these exhausted gladiators permitted the Iowa commission to stop in and arrange a schedule which shall stop the demor alization of the freight traluc. And what is the spectacle ? .The railroads in thot state have combined and turn fiercely on the commissioners as their common enemy. Ix TIIK event of Mr. Elaine's nomi nation and election to the presidency , it will not bo the fkst time in the his tory of politics when a defeated candi date on a scconcl trial was elected ever the man who distanced him at the first canvass. As early as 1800 , Thomas Jefferson , who was defeated by John Adams in 1790 , was elected for the presidency over Mr. Adams who stood for re-election. In 1828 Andrew Jackson , by overwhelm ing odds , gained the presidency over John Quincy Adams , who had won the election against Jackson in 1824. Finally in 1810 William Henry Harri son , in the famous ' 'hard cider and log cabin campaign , " when the popular pong was ' 'Tippecanoo and Tyler , Too , " overcame Martin Van Bu- ren. This , too , in face of the fact that Van Duron was Jackson's legatee and in 180 ! not only succeeded Jackson t.o the presidency but defeated Harrison in a hard fought campaign. Should Mr. Blaine consent to run , the analogy between thoBlaino- Clevclnnd struggle and the Harri&on- Vnn Duron controversy , extending from 18I50 to 1810 , would bo striking in more ways than one. Fitojr cxprcsbions dropped by a con gressman in a passnge-at-arms during the debate ever the sundry civil bill it isovident that thoOuthwaito bill , when it comes before the house , will bo severely handled. If i\\o Union Pacific is going to make a fight for its passage Homo pertinent questions will have to bo answered. The company will bo asked among other queries , Why it is that notwithstanding its alleged in capacity to pay its debts that the stock of the road is quoted nt from sixty to eovonty millions of dollars os-er nml above all liabilities ? Another poser will bo , What is the company doing with all the money it extorts from the people of Ne braska and Colorado in the way of ex orbitant freight rates ? An explanation will alHO bo tlomandcd , Whore does the company got its funds to build the many branch lines in and through the Rocky mountains , slnco it is a self-confessed defaulter , paying neither its loans or obligations to tiny one of its creditors ? The squirming and dodging that will bo attempted to explain such irregularities will not put congress in the proper tem per to indulge the Union Puolfio in its baok-bliding. Indiana farmer , having an im pending law suit , wont to the city to liiro legal help. When he returned his neighbors inquiredwhat kind of a law yer ho had secured. "Host in the stuto , " was his answer. "How do you know ho is the best in the Binto ? " "Why , durn it , he admits it himself. " Our city government may now bo sup posed perfectly honest and Incorrupti ble. The council certified to that oll'uct Saturday night. Ij.VUOK NOTKS. The i-upadty of Knglund's ships is 0,000,000 tons. tons.Thu Thu Chicago briRknwkers huvo lost their stnlto. Rolling-mills In south Germany have in- cieuscd prices 4S cents per ton , The steve moldcrs of Toronto Jmv\ been granted a Saturday half-holiday. Tlio weavers unit spinners' in a Stafford ( Conn. ) mill liavo lost tlinir btrilto. The knights will not support the strike In the Pratt mines , near Hlrininuhain. The merchants of Vicksburg , Miss. , have begun early closing , The employes quit nt 0JO. Nearly 4,500 girls und women nre employed nround tlio Oppela minus , many of them at night. A tlollur can afford to lent better than a laborer. Thib in ilio boorct of the tmixcss of capital. The lonpshorcmen of CiliuUtopo , Mich. , have struck against loading .Jlour at thirty cents uii hour. ThoOcrniun house jin.intcrs" 11111011 of Nb\r York wUhcs it undarstood that it .wall recog- otjnlzo 'tho cards of any union men and Kuigliti of Lnbfcrc Sovcntv-flvo mnthlnist * at KocupMcr , N. Y. , struck last * iftek bocaus.0 the windows wcio nailed downjJ The bootblnelf J of Lincoln , Neb , , have formed a union * find raised the price of n shlno to tea cents. The largest lloar-roill In the world will bo established at Dalntu , Minn. The capacity Will bo 0,01X1 barrels A H y. The world's production of Bos'iOinor ste'C-l m 1ST * was 7,8Gi.TO ! * tons , or 20 par cent inoro than the output of 19SO. Tlio ulass works nt Onto City , Ala. , where about BovGnty-fl vu inen will bo employed , nro to bo in operation in September. Tlio loading stores of Mncon , Oa. , began closing nt 0 o'clock last Monday , and will continue the innovation until September 1. St. Lionls Knights have established n cooperative - operative mattress-mill. Coopers' union No. 1. of New York , will start n co-opcratlvo shop. The Nntlonnl Steam-Fitters' union 1ms boon formed. It has members In Massachu setts , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Illinois , Wiscon sin and Minnesota. The minors nt the Hluo Creek ( Ala. ) beds have ncccpted the offer of the company 40 cents a ton for coal when the Iron sell for Slit , and t.'i cents when the product is worth $15. $15.Tho The knights Intend to start a co-opcratlvo colony on several hundred ncrcs of ground near Glenwood Springs , Col. Canninc fac tories and other establishments will bo opened. Tlio capacity of the Pindlay ( O. ) natural pas wells spurting already l350OJO,0'0 feet , and it is chiimcd that if all the beds were developed sufllclont oil could bo obtained to supply the world. The knlchts In the Albany browcrfes have been taken back on a verbal agreement , which provides for nbout the same rules ns have been in force heretofore. Only one brewery is yet non-union. STATE AND TKH1UTOKY. Nebraska. All arran cements have been completed for York's coming celebration. k Tekanmh Is feeling jubilant over tlio pros pects of having an early "reviving boom. " Arlington promises to celebrate the Fourth in a manner that will do credit to the town. The village board nt Hardy , have begun to Ipvy n tax of ten mills on all assessable prop erty. The strawberry crop in Alnswortu Is one * of the largest that town luis known of in years. The democrats of Loup City have organ ized themselves into a Cleveland and Tliur- nmn club. The citizens of Blair feel elated ever the fnct that a Chinaman has opened n laundry at that place. Owing to i'nc excessive hot weather the schools of Blair closed for the summer term on the . 'W lust. The Franklin county teachers' institute will bo held nt Uloomington trom August 11 to 'M inclusive. The teachers' institute , which will bo held at Scotia next month , will bo one of the larg est held in years , Ono of the leading enterprises of Oakland , is a creamery which turns out nearly live hundred pounds of butter dully. The numerous burglaries which have been committed atVnhoo hud the desired effect of increasing the present police Force. The republicans of Beatrice have decided to hold a rutillcatlon meeting next Thursday to ratify the coming Chicago nominees. . The commissioners \Yayno have been In session during tlio'past week correcting the errors of tlio county assessor's books. It has been dOclided to hold the coming Fourth of July races at Bcukelmun on the sand bed formerly Used ns a skating rink. The board of supervisors at Fullerton have appropriated § 1,500 for the purchase- a new pribou , which tlio county is badly in need of. An old-fnshioncd barbecue will bo the at traction at Stuart on Independence day , ar rangements to that effect having all been per fected. Broken Bow finds that it is wealthier than it Ilrst supposed , sinuo the last census shows Hint It has taxable property to the amount of Hastings promises to do her share In mak ing the coming Chutnuqua at Crete a success so next year such courtesies may bo re ciprocated. Mrs. Deborah King of Lincoln will be the orator at the Fem th of Julygcelebration ut Grcshani , the matter being in charge of the W. C. T.U. DAtntown in the northern portion of tlio state tlio district court adjourned over one of its regular days in order to allow the Judge und jury to attend n circus which was to ex hibit. At n recent prohibition meeting held at Blue Hidgu there wcro present besides the speaker his two children and a neighbor's dog. Prohibition don't make much headway in that direction. The dog "liend" is making his rounds at Oregon with the usual supply of poison , num bers of chickens having buddenly ended their existence by running in contact with the poisonous powder. The midsummer meeting of the Nebraska Press association will be hold at the Crete Clmutau < ] Ua assembly grounds Thursday , .luly 5 , lisS , at the Press association build ing on the grounds. Fremont is trying to console herself over the munner in which she lot tlio "Pathfinder" ILMVO Omnhu without having invited General .lolm C. Fremont within her borders to ohow him how much his ctforts in the past have been appreciated , A young lady of Ord , n few nights slnco , noticed a imrglnr under her bed ; instead ot following the old method of Hcrcamlng out , she imlotly undressed and wont to bed , at tlio sumo time reaching for a pistol under the pillow , and In a stern voice ordered the culprit to depart. Ho departed. It is more than probablu that ice cream will not bo such a favorite dish in Boone county tills Bummer , smco thirteen wuro poisoned a few dn 'H ago. The young men of Albion always hnvo tried to avoid tha silicons when out wulking with their best girl , and the latter can now bo very thankful lor their thoughtfulncss. Iowa. Tlio beautiful corn palace at Sioujc City is being rapidly completed. The colored people of Kcokuk have organ ized themselves into different societies. Unvlil Kdwurds of Tamil died recently. He was one of the origlnul settlers of lowii. The new improvements to the Marshall- town soldiers' homo nra being estimated at ? ( ) ,000. Honr.v Stone , Escj. , \Vintcrsct , has been selected to deliver the oration ut St. Charles on the coming glorious Fourth , A branch of tlio "Kolnil Merchants asso ciation of Iowa. " lias been orgunizod lit Doa Monies with Albeit Croft ) as president. Sioux City bus n defaulter in the person of n. S. Voorhces , who recently decamped with a Justice of the peace's money , * IU in nil. The htuto board of health is in correspond ence with the authorities at Creston , in re gard to the houlthfulness of the ice , which is said to bo unlit for use , A novel suit between two ladles was tried in Savanna recently. A lady living in town , nbout n year ugo lost n canary , which es caped from its cugo , Some lima nfterward hliu discovered her pet nt the house of a neighbor , who refused to give it up , The lady Hum brought an action to recover the bird , After a lengthy trial the case was do- clucd in favor of the plaintiff. Dakota. The Aberdeen roller mills liuvo suspended operations in order to add now machinery. The train robberies in the northern part of the stntu are becoming more , numerous than uver , The contractors of the now court house nt Clark < > xHJct | to begin operations the early part of next montli. Yunltton has begun the erection of its now public school building , which they promise tc niakii the handsomest in thu IlUelc Hills. TJie Pine Creek agency will at an ourly dny give uii entertainment in order to muku inoro improvements to tlioir probt-nt commodious garrison. Orecn apples have niado their appearance nt Uapld City , An s.t < H'inod friend of theirs , C'holuru Morlms , it Is thought , will uUo shortly urrivo. AVpiK is netting in 'bo s.o scarce at Kapid Pity that the dog catcher * have to p'olhon thu animals in order , to evfi : u ft dollars by Urownlns.tUonj . THE REPUBLICANS TO RATIFY Propnrntlona For the Coming Glorl- floatloii'tit the Capital Olty. NEBRASKA IN LUCK AT CHICAGO Jtiist n ' 'asscnRcr Patronize Pullman in Order to Tii'C "n tlio Union 1'ncjlJlc Klyct For tliO O. I * . S. O. LIXCOLX Duncvti or run OMAIU Her , 10W P STKF.BT , 1 Lis'coi.x. Juno 34. The coming meeting of republican clubs of the state to bo hold In this city Thursday of this week promises to bo n great political gathering. Among the speakers secured for the mooting nro J. P. Dolllvor of Iowa , ex- Congressman Hepburn of the snmo state , and It is further announced that the Topcka llnmbcnu club will bo present. The club con vention will bo largely In the natures of n ratification meeting ever the Chicago nom inees , and the attendance- will bo from every section of the state. The clubs In the city nro busily nt work In preparation and nothing in the line of arrangements will bo loft undone. The bands of the city will bo engaged and reception committees will look after the welfare , of visitors. At a recent meeting of tlio committees the following statement was prepared by W. O. Land , the corresponding secretary of the central club of this city : At the meeting of tlio contra ! republican club held in the district court room in tills city , Thursday evening last , it was suggested by S. J. Alexander that each club in the city fuuplsh n delegation nil day Thursday , the UStTi liiflt. . to escort tlio visiting clubs from the station to the hotels and the Bohanan hull on their arrival In the city. On motion the sug gestion was ndoptcd , and the presidents of local clubs nro expected to look after this matter and each see to it that his club Is properly represented in the performance of these duties. Should nnyono neglect his duty the probabilities are that no escort ex cept the street muslo provided for the oc casion will bo furnished ut all , as the work may not bo of the jilcasantest character Hence the importance of immediate action to sccuro the desired results. So little has been said of late about the approaching meclingof our state league that the impres sion may have gene out that it will bo a very tame affair. If such is the case your minds should bo disabused of this mistake at once. The secretary of our league says tlmt ho bo- llovos from reports from all over the state tlmt it will bo the largest and most enthus iastic political gathering ever assembled in the state. Ono club alone will bo hero with 1,000 members. With such prospects before ns wo cannot fall to recognize the necessity for prompt , vigorous und concerted action. 1IKTUUN1NO 1'lLOniMS. Mr. C. O. Whcedon , C. L. Hall , Stnto Treasurer WillilVd , County Judge Stewart , Sheriff Mcllck , O. E. Goodell and others were arrivals last evening fi om the great gather ing at Chicago. Ail cf the gentlemen speak of the great Blninu under current th2t per vades the atmosphere surrounding the con vention , and n number of them believe that It must bo Blaine "before the convention closes. Ono of the pcutlcmen spoke espe cially of Nebraska at the convention , ana bald that no stnto was faring ns well. There wore about a thousand Nobrasknns in the city , and the most of them wcro regular at tendants at the convention , owing to the fact that there were several sergcants-at-arms from the state who looked out for their friends. There wore a few , however , who paid big prices to the scalpers for tickets , nmong them being the present state senator from this city , but the speaker declared that if any wcro loft it was their individual fault. The Nebraska headquarters nt the Gore house ho also declared furnished abundant rooms and accommodations lor all , and ho was perfectly satislied with his trip and his opportunities. QUESTIONS iiEronc THC noAim. There nro several new questions to como before the stuto board of transportation in addition to the rate question. They nriso ever complaints llled the past week. A. J. Kittering opcnsjup the question of whether a railroad company can run trains .upon which they can exact extra faro over the regular rate. His complaint is against the Union Pa- cilic. and ho charges that ho bought u llrst- chibs ticket but the company refused to let him rldo on a certain train called tlio llyer , without first purchasing in addition a $3 Pullman 'ticket. This ho refused to do and m consequence was delayed several hours in making his trip. .Tho complainant stntcs that the point for which ho purchased u ticket was a regular stopping place for the train called the llyer and ha asked that tlio board investigate nnd ascertain whether the traveling public can bo refused accommoda tion on a regular schedule train If they refuse to patronize the Pullman company. C. E. Clark of Sownrd brings the question of wages paid section men before the board. Mr. Clark states that ho Is paid S1.2. > per day on the section and that it costs him $ : ) .50 n weak for board. If bad weather interrupts work it is lost timeto him , leaving It almost impossible for him to make inoro than his bare living. He asks the board to make an order instructing the company to pay laborIng - Ing men a higher rate of wacres and ho adds u Dotition to hU request that is signed by u largo number of Sownrd citizens. TO CIIAUTAUQU VXlJ. Mr. II. T. Lcuvitt of this city , vice presi dent of the state Ctiuutnuqnn circle , has is- Micd an interesting call for the tsumuicr Inoeting of the circles at tlio assembly grounds at Crete. In the course of his com munication Mr. Leavitt says ; "The number of local circles now in exist ence in the state is not accurately known , but probably forty. Alt the members of these local circles are nlso mumbers of the No- braskn state C. L , S. C. , which was organ ized on the assembly grounds at Crute in i &l , ami has hold annual business meetings there each year since , with social reunions , round t.iblu , vesper service nnd camp llro exer cises , nil of which have boon of growing in terest. It is earnestly desired that the namcB of the ofllcors of the coming year of each local circle in the stuto may bo forwarded to Mrs , M. D , Welch , secretary , ut onro. They should bo sent by mall and addressed to her nt assembly grounds , Crete , Neb. Secretaries of local circles uro asked to give curly atten tion and rcsponso to this request. " It will Do observed that from the scattered location of circles It will bo very dilllcult to hccuro coriuct dntaof local circles unless they themselves furnish It to the htuto secretary , nnd tlio vice president urges that the local circles do this. OAUOIIT THU THIEF. The Onriionii DlninondH Located Tlio Iollflii ! .fail. The capture by Captain Green of George Lockwood , the genuine Gnrncan diamond thief ycBtcrday , was n most clever piece of detective work. Lockwood is now In cus tody ut the central police station mid has mndo a full confession of his guilt. S. & H. Gross , the keepers of u Tenth street lodging1 house , who wcro knowingly receivers of the stolen goods , arc also behind the bars. Captain Green got wind of Lockwood's whereabouts and went down to Kansas City in thu clothes of a civilian and in a remark ably bhort tinio not only made the acquain tance but won the confidence of the young thief. Green passed himself off us a crook who had recently finished serving a term in the Pennsylvania penitentiary for stealing. Ho also confidently told Lock- wood that ho hud recently made a big haul in Oinahii nnd wanted some one to help him get away with the plant. Lockwood In turn admitted Unit ho wus also u profcsbional thief and only n bhort tune before had Jin- islicd serving u term in the penitentiary ut St. Joseph. In addition ho told of a number of his exploits and among thorn the Garncau diamond robbery , of which ho gave full par ticulars. Grcuu would have nrrostcd him on the spot , but fearing morn or loss trouble deter mined to lure him to Ouuihu and mulcu the arrest after reaching this city. Accordingly ho oiri.-rod to sharn with Lofkwuod the imag inary plant hero an'd Jlnullj induced him to como by paying his oxpensuj for the trip. This bait was too much lur Locky'wodi wul ha accompanied CSrccix to'thu Guxp ( . 'rty A jnimlKsi of bottles of btinuthinu lielp < l maKe tUo. tfou.ra tly jncrrily , and Lockwood ccij prntulntcd himself on the new friend nnd fol low crook ho had found In Green. But when on reaching Omnlrn Green revealed n hidden star nnd told LockVvood that ho was in the hrtmlrt of nnofilcertho crook was dumb founded. Ho stared for several minutes In mute astonishment nnd scelns his finmo was up , confessed ngnm his guilt and was locked up for future reference. It nppcnra from Lockwood's story that ho Is the mienk tltlof who has been puilty of nearly all the late daylight robberies. Ho had a systematic method of plundering the houses on ono street nt a time. Ho generally considered it n good haul to got a gold watch nnd n few trmknls , but nt the Gnrnonu mansion ho stnitibled upon the diamonds nt olio fell swoop. Not fCsL'j'.lng ' ' their vnluo ho stuffed them Into his pocket. Nearly nil of his stolen goods he had been in the habit of dls. posing of to the Gross llro ? . , a coupio of .lews who keep the Tenth street lodging house whereIxckvood made- his hcndqtmr- tors. Ho sold them altogether fifteen solid gold watches , nnd got for each a miserable pittance , $3.00 bolng the highest price paid by thorn for any of the tickers.Tho whole Gnrncnil diamond outfit , which is worth considerably over $2r > 00 , ho offered to the Grosses for fit" . These Shylocks , not realising the vnluo of the stones. Offered him $10 , which ho refused - fused , nnd ho went ever to Council Bluffc to try to mnko some disposition of tbo stolen goods. Tlio snmo day nn nccount of the Gnrneau robbery appeared In Tun Bnn which caught the eyes of the Grosses. They then renll/ed for the Ilrst tlmo the vnluo of the gems nnd the rare chnnco they had lot slip. Ono of them posted over to Council Bluffs nnd hunting Lookwood up told him they had decided limilly to Rive him $13 for the stolen goods. Lockwood readily ncccpted this offer , ns ho hart not yet read the article in Tun Bm : concerning the robbery , but when n few hours later ho did rend It nnd realized how ho had bcon swindled out Of the costly sparklers , ho in turn came over in part Imsto to Onmlm and demanded inoro money for the stolen diamonds than ho had received. Af tor much parleying the Grosses llnnlly satisfied him by buying for him n ticket to St. Joseph , the price of which was only $ ) .CO. This confession resulted in Ihn Issuance of warrants nnd the immediate nrrcst of the Grosses , who have lit their possession the Gnrneau diamonds. At present they are lying in cells nt the central station , but will probably hnvo n hearing this morning. Locltwood is rather youthful for ono so steeped in crime. He Is only nineteen years old , is of nbout medium slzo , has a smooth face , with quick , snoukish eyes. UGhl" US ! Itcpiilillcnu's Appeal to Ills Northern llrctlircn. CiiOLAitn , Miss. , Juno 20.To the Editor of Tin : BLK : When a man has n bow and ar rows as long ns these used by some of the natives of Brazil , so that ho has to Ho down on his buck nnd hold the bow with his foot whcd ho shoots ho may well bo said to draw n long bow , but it is not of these people ple that I now intend to write. Without describing nny particular school of archery , I merely wish to glvo a few instances where "tho long bow" has been "drawn. " Wo shall soon bo in the midst of ono of the most interesting and excising campaigns this country has over witnessed. Hero in thu south vorj"iittls will bo done , with the ex ception of killing n , few negroes , who dare assort themselves republicans , and advo cates of that party's principles. To fully un derstand the situation hero you must know that fraud nnd violence reign supreme , nnd when the democratic conventions have been held the polls uro virtually closed , and who ever dares to ralso his voice against this high-handed business , will bo killed and the consequences taken care of afterwards. Again , you have heard the south clamor for emmigrntion : but , any western or north ern man who would come hero is a fool , un less ho has all along boon a "copperhead" or an anti-union man , and one who will vote the democratic ticket without asking any ques tions ; if he does this ho may possibly got along , There is very little , if any doubt of their bringing a follow to his "milk. " They will snub him socially and "boycott" him in business , nnd by these means break him in. It is nn assured fact that Mr. Cleveland will have 153 electoral votes from the south to start with , and these ho can secure nlmost without nn effort. In this , the "shoestring" district , the republicans outnumber the dem ocrats cloven to one , mid still a democrat is kept in congress from this district notwith standing the fact that the republican candi date receives his party's vote almost to a man. Yon might say , 'Wellit matters very little anyhow , these uro only negro votes. ' Well , sir , if they are negro votes , they nro republican votes , . and the party in the north and west ought to look after these votes. Al though slighted , sad and neglected by the republican party the negro 1ms been loyal. The party hub long ago seen , to its sorrow , the consequences of its failure to protect the negro voto. And t > y the sup pression of tiiis vote the south Is enabled thereby to keep "solid , " For instance , look nt the Jackson city election , where circulars wcro printed on red paper and tlio emblem of the skull nnd crossbones also printed thereon warning republican voters to stay away from tlio polls or else thov would bo killed. Now , you might say this was an idle threat , but how could It l.avo bcnn when the committee of 100 met in the rcprcbcntutivu hull of the state house nnd was presided ever by n United States district attorney nnd other high dignitaries ) Again , look at the great stnto of Louis iana , whoso governor said : "Wo will sus pend the laws until the danger is passed " What was the danger I Tlio lepnbllcaiif , had a candidate in the Hold , who was onlv put up on the nssuranco that n free and fnlr election should Do hold. This sumo digni tary has boon recently appointed a supreme Judge ! Ye gods , enough to make unacls blush ! That's trun democracy though ; nnd ho was handsomely rewarded for his pains. Fellow republicans of the north and west , you can help us extricate ourselves from the oppression of democracy , now will you do it ! Let the Ides of November an swer. The poet Vlrwll. In the yKneid , tells of four archers who were shooting for a prize , the mark being a pigeon , tied by a cord to the mast of a ship. The llr.st nian struck the must with his arrow ; the second cut the cord , and the third shot the pigeon while it was Hying away. There being now nothing lor the fourth nrchor to shoot nt , ho drew his bow and bent his arrow Hying towards the sky with such velocity tlmt tlio friction of the air set the feathers on lire , nnd it swept on lllto n flory meteor , until It disappeared in the clouds. So wo hope to BCO of the four men put up by the two great pai ties , the republican twain win , nnd ovnr go onward and upward protecting the pcoplo ngalnst the robberies committed by demo cracy , nnd may tlio arrow shot at thu rupub- llcnn convention go bluzlng to the watery clouds of victory. a'J'lio bricklayers' union of Columbus , O , , hat. ri'orgniii/cd with sixty-thruo members , nnd it expccU to huvo eighty more in a bhort time. i r IT TA THU PTJ t nil \ TIP 1ALK 10 IIIL UtAIJUAllib , Doftn Gardner Dollvo'ro the Annual Sermon to the Class. < THY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH. Tlio Knowledge of Christ ntul tlio I'rnctlcn of Morality ntul Spirit uality Should Ito Intorxvovon \Vllh KduontIon. The Annual Clans Sermon. Yesterday morning at tlio 11 o'clock ser vice * ) In 7rilty ! | cathedral Ooan Gardner , by special invitation , tiolv ! ° rcd the nnnual sermon - mon before the gradual Ing class of the high school. The auditorium was filled witii pcoplo and the graduates occupied scats in the vestry. The donn had boon sick .Curing thu week and It was the occuMon nlono which Impelled him to disregard the advice of ills physician to keep his promise with the class. The OlTort was almost innstorly. It was delivered without manuscript nml with out notes , It WIIB based upon the text , "Send out Thy light nnd Thy truth : let them lend me and let them bring mo to Thy holy hill.11 The speaker described the condition , the misery , the anguish of the .lows as , In cap tivity , they yearned ardently for their homes nnd the worship in which , before they bad fallen into thu slavery of the Chaldeans , they had bcon accustomed to take part. They never censed to supplicate God to send thorn light , nnd truth nnd power , some super natural means by which they might bo res tored to their old condition of freedom nml worship. Their prayer was a prayer for all chrlsllnus to use , a petition for' a light andlsiloin nml a power transcending nil human power and wisdom , bcc.uiito it was the power nnd wisdom or heaven , Christians should look for this light , this divine fooling , and rcnli70 its 1m- portunco in their lives , because it was really the lisht nnd knowledge of Jesus Christ himself. Deftly applying the text to the oc casion the dean said tlmt this light , this knowledge of Christ , the practice of morality and spirituality , should bo intorwovcn with education. If there was anything to bo said " * against secular education It wus tlmt it dln- , not educate the heart and did not , touch the soul. It was not possible , perhaps , In view of the system of public education now in operation in this country , to have It otherwise , but , while ho favored und was deeply in love with the In- stltutloils of the country , ho felt that educa tion would ho more thorough if it could In some manner comprehend morality In youth. Young pcoplo wcro frequently engrossed in physical and mental development , with llttto attention to spiritual mutters , nnd the Bpealtor know of men who were learned in thelr.ealling.s und should have been steadfast In their religion clnim that they wcro drift ing away from nil duties to the soul nnd even n belief in God himself. There was n great responsibility resting upon educators of the young , and upon them the speaker would call to in some wny endeavor id iittciid to the moral nnd spiritual welfare of these under their care. ' The value of such could not bo computed in human dollars , The dean thunked the class for the honor they had conferred upon him in asking him to preach bc'foro them , because ho con- siuciOil It r. privilege U > stninl before them on such nn occasion. Ho suggested vu tl'.C" ! to pray to God for the light spoken of In the text , and , as that light cunio from God , why 1 was it tlmt they could not stand in all their emergencies in this world , because Jesus Christ would bo their lender and saviour. Ho suggested to the graduates that each of thoin should take a copy of the text ho had preached upon anil preserve it as the rule of conduct in his or her llfo. Ho hoped that the light of God and truth would bo in all they did , whether ns members of higher educational establishments , in mer cantile pursuits or in the practices of their several professions , so that literally the in telligence of the Lord would shine in all they . should do , write und speak. < K IMj.VTTJJBUTSCHKU KXOUHSION. A Most Felicitous F.venl with a Single Kxccption. The Plnttdeutschcr vcroin were fortunate- fin - > in choosing u delightful day for their cxcur- | sion to Calhoun ycstordiiy , and the event proved In every wny u grand biicccss. Four loaded coaches containing nearly four hun dred excursionists btenmed out of thoSt.Pnul depot nbout 10 o'clock nnd reached Cnlhoun about nn hour later. The Union Pncilio and Hnys cornet bands were taken along to furnish the music. At the Calhoun depot the excursionists were met by the Schlcswig-Holstcin band , and a grand march was made through nil the principal streets of the city. The usually quiet hills and dolls of that pretty little town were rather start led with the blaring of three brass bands nnd the day has pussed Into that city's his tory us ono of its mobt distinguished events. The park whore the picnic was hold is ad mirably suited for tlmt purpose , nnd the dny was delightfully spent in dancing and other pleasures , There was but ono thing to mar the pcronity of the occasion , and that was the misunderstanding in regard to the sale of boor. In givntlng the use of the park to thooxcurslonistHthc mayor had specified tlmt no beer could bo Hold inside th.it onclosuro. Tlio committee- who hud the matter in hand supposed that beer could bo sold at any rate outsiilo of the grounds nnd engaged the park with that understanding. Yesterday morning Met * , the brewer , drove up to Calhoun with forty barrels of beer and proceeded to build u tmi'Jimt outside the park. Ho was ordered by tlio mayor to take his merchandifio outside of the city limits. lie did so. When the Plnttdeutehorb heard of tlio affair on their arrival they wcro very indignant and about olio hundred und llfty of the excursionists , some of thorn women , headed by the Union 1'nciilu hand , marched to the city limits to bring back the liccr The city coiibtnblo stood near the imaginary line Hint divides that village from the surrounding country and do declared llurci'ly that ho would nhoot. the Ilrst man who daroil to bring the hec-r Into the ollv limits. 'I lie plcnlcora good-imturodly laughed ut him and proceeded to load the beer Into the wagomi ugaln , nnd then , with the band playing a triumphal march , they pro- ceedcd with chocr.s to the grounds with their beloved I'bsonco of hops. A bur wus erected lust outsldo the limits of the park , ami dosplto the slnstcr niuttorlngi ) of Calhoun olllcials , the iimbnr colored ( luid ( lowed in nn unceasing btroam all day to quench the thirst of the dry plcnlcors. However - ever , tlio mayor of that hamlet tiwenrn ho will sno the I'lnttdcutfclier committee , 'iho excursionists returned tit 0 p. jn. Some Detroit bricklayers hnvo struck nKiimst working ton hours at ten hours pay. They want nine houi > ut nine hours wages , AZINE FOR MY Begins a now volume , Among the especially attiactlvo features of this number , is the hccond article of the Railway series ( begun in the Juno issue ) entitled : KKATB OK RAUHVAY KNOINKIJUWO , by John Uogurt , State Engineer of Now York , nccompunied by more than thirty illus trations. Of this succcssbiil series the New York Times , says : Tlie rnHwny series , wlilrli Is Blveii In H'o ' .lunn number of KtHlmtt'n nroniisi-j to attniPt ntw attention to this ttdinlralilo iwrlodlcal. ThorolKiiot In American Iniliis- Irlul life a tuple wlilch could iMiKbeHK a wicli-r Interest or which etr cl inoru alrcilly thu every day oxjifrlcuce umf observation of won und women. ' Plioi' . CIIAUUM A. YOUNG , the famous Abtronomor , tolls of the Sum mer Trip to Russia of the American Kclipso ICxpedftlon of 18b7 , fully illustrrtcd. There is a delightful illubtrnted article on "Lll'K AND TiJAVBl. IN MODKHN GIIKKCK , " by Thomas D. Seymour ; HOBBKT Louis BTUV15N60N writes this month of PorULAU A unions ; the num ber contains also the second part of Henry James1 novolotta "A London " of the serial "First Harvt-fcts " don Life ; an interesting installment , by P. J. Stimson.tt short htory by T. It. Sullivan , and Poems by Gra ham R. Tonibon , Arlo Bates , George Parions Lathrop , and A. B. Botsford. i > 5 Ci-nl * a JV'iuiilmr , Stf.OO * > " CHARLES SGRIBNER'S ' SONS , 743 Broadway , Hew York ,