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i : JA'IIA' CIRCULATION 20,0 < jr
Tola ! for the WeeK 140,455
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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.
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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 ,