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, bruka 1 They think or Nebrska a the
young American In Europe thought or Amcr- I
Ici. lie thought that there wa no place like
9 . America. When Ihown the capital or a ror-
elgn Itlto ho woull say , 'That II beautiful ,
granl . but I you woull see Bomothlng I
worthy of your hlghclt admiration you should
lee our American capital at Wn/hlngton , '
When shown the great river or furope : , ho
woul compliment them and then all that
they were dwarfs compared to the great
Mlllulppl and the Missouri over yonder.
When shown Europeln factories with their
thousands or operatives ho would answer that
they were no comparison to thl American
fActories , set 10 music by the thousands or
¶ . well fed and well educated American ctzens ,
This , or course , became monotonoUs to tim
other fellows ant they concluded that they
would put him In a condition where he
would acknowledge himself ant his country
beaten so they got him drunk ; out 1 might
' add her that this AmerIcan did not come
: from Nebraska. 10 surely came from Iowa
over there or from town In Kauas. : Any-
way they got him drunk , hut him In a conn ,
and laid III n away on one or the shelves In
ant catacombs at Itome. The other fellows
were watching resuls , and finally our Am rl-
can , overcoming the stupor of Bleep ant 01
his drunk , awoko. lie knew not what It
meant. Dewlhleret , he said . 'Am 1 crazy ,
. sick , or drunk Where am 1 What am I ,
and who am 1 ? ' Then looking UII ant sea-
, Ing thousands or human skulls looking town
* , upon him , hp exclaimed , Ah , 1 understand It
all. This Is the grand morning of the rCur-
rection or the dead and I. an American , am
rect teat
Its first rrults. hurrah for % inericn. '
Is "And so 1 say today that Nebraska . sprIng.
Ing thirty year ago . from the bosom of the
Great Amerlan Desert , tlio product of 1m-
triotism . tel and hardshIp , Is the object 01
just Pride to every Nebraskan. No young
Nebraskan would be loyal to . hIs state , to the
men who late her what .sho Is , to himself
or to his future , did ho not Fay , 'Hurrah for
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Nebraska.
Nebrulla.
STATE . FAIR ANI 1lNEElt DAY.
"Today at the commencement of IY talk
to you I would congratulate Nebraska upon
havIng a state fair. Not a county fair , not a
local horse show but a great , big. efficient
Doard of Agrlculturo. embracing all the industrial -
dustrial Interests 01 the state , interesting alt
our people and whIch for years has been
an able ant useful factor In bulhllg up the
St3tC A I have gone to this ; state fair from
year to year , as 1 have seen It grow with
, the state ant become better each succeeding
year an experIment at first a success at
Jast as I come 01 the grounds of th ! state
faIr at Omaha , qulckoofl with a new envIronment -
vIronment and a new Interest. as I see the
arrangements which this management has
made for the entertainment ant instruction of
the Ioojle . as I see nil the diversified Interests -
terests o our state gathered hero and Ne-
br3ska greater and grantor than ever before.
I continually think of that phrase famUlar
to you all , 'Oet there , Eli , ' only my mind re
verts to the fact that this state fair , this
management and old Nebraska herself have
gotten there long ago and that Eli has not
yet come up. hut more than alt I would
congratulate this Etato fair management for
giving Nebraska a day which mora than all
others belongs to her-tho 1loneer day at
this state fatr. I took this state fair man-
agement years to wake up to the fact that
Nebraska had her pioneers , but at lat they
begin to realzo that their own hair are
becoming slivered , that their forms are becoming -
coming bent and that the eye no longer has
the twinkle of Its youth Year by year
they miss the old faces and the familiar
voLes of the man wh a quarter of a century
ago started with themselves the work of
building a state.
buiding
"Anll , my friends , nothing Is moro appropriate -
prlate than setting asIde this day , which
the pioneer of this western country can cal
their own. Henceforth they can lay down
their work for a moment , make theIr yearly
pilgrimages to this , the Mecca , which they
' - have built themselves tel the old stories
quicken the oM friendships form new ones
and live the old life over again. No state
can afford to neglect her pIoneers. The
history of Nebraska will never bo written
and well written until the Individual history
of her early characters Is placed on its pages
The history of Nebraska should be an enco-
mum on her pioneers.
01" lSTmCAL VALUE.
"Associations like this are being formed
, all over this country , not only for the pur- '
pose al or arousing emottoifeellng and respect -
spect which truly enough custer around
them , but also for the purpose of perpetuat-
I Sng hihtory. A hunJre years ago , when the
, survivors of our great revolutionary struggle
still lived , how Important would have been
Ivet
an organization similar to this. Great battles
and theIr details would not have been left
to chance or the memory of the historIan ,
nor today would there be a dispute going on
down east as to whether General Putnam or
General Prescott commanded the forces at
Bunker 11111. No , that question would have
been settled by the actors then upon the
stage , who know from personal knowledge
the events l they transpIred. Could these
men but speak old Massachusetts would have
another monument of glory from the luster
tt would give to Bunker 11111 .
' "So too , thIs Pioneer day at the state
fair will do as much as any other agency to
perpetuate Ihe early history of Nebraska.
And , my friends , this 17tb day of September ,
1895 , the Fbi ear day of thIs faIr , should be
an auspicIous day for several reasons. Not
only from the fact that It I the first day ot
Its kind In the history of our fair , not only
from til fact that we meet here as pioneers
and citizens of a great state , ant or a still
greater nation. but after the great drouth or
lS94 , general all over the state , and leavIng
In its path only depressIon , discouragement
and stagnation of trade , It Is especially fitting
that the people of thh state should meet here
today , and with the conditions so dIfferent
- from a year ago , with granaries full from the
harvest past , wIth magnificent fields of
: maturing corn , with the product which you
see hero , tokens of a bountIful harvest , and
abve all eO\sclous from these things that
Oat has not forgotten us nor our countay to
rejoice In the successes 01 the past and the
hope of the fulure. . ant
"Who questIons the providence of Almighty -
mighty Cod 1 I beilove It the
mighy beleve was provi-
deuce of Almighty God which directed the
lone voyager across the pathless sea , and
when the mutiny of a crew would have sub-
verted the sPirit of discovery and lost this
continent to the world for centuries . I believe
I was that same providence which answered
I the hopes of Columbus by a new continent
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and a new epoch In hlstor ) . I believe It
was Ood's providence that landed the Purian
on Plymouth Rock and the CavalLr at
- Jamestown , and I believe It was that same
: ' providence which afterwards mIngled these
two bloods on the battlefields of the great '
, civil war , and out of them forget the great 'I
! AmerIcan union and the still greater American -
can people . And today , ladies and gentlemen ,
; I believe It was the provienco of Almighty
c God which hiss rewarded 'the patience and
. . . long-suffering' of the people of western Ne-
brakka with the abundant harvest of 1S95.
PAST PHOItHETIC OF TiE FUTUItE
: "But there are thoughts other than the
' prosperity of the present which cluster around
this day. Thoughts or the hardship of the
past as wel as the successes of the present ;
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thoughts of the ( pioneer a well as of the
stranger , and I have been asked to talk to
' you today of the pioneer and the pioneer
days . anti , my friends , I want to say to you
that the name of tlits day these pioneers ,
1 their gray hairs and bent forms old Nebraska -
braskl herself , a monument to the patience
and labor of these men all epochs of his-
I tory , are far more eloquent of this occasion
- and of the early history of Nebraka than
. anythIng which I can say to you today.
"The history of any country la wrapped up
w In tim men who made It. l'art of the territorial -
tonal hIstory of Nebraska Was forever lost
! ' with the men who sleep In southern graves
graes
and where the fortunes of war have left tbem.
, Part of her hIstory as a Itate and a a part
. of the clvl ed wprld I. i "mo and Is goIng
year by year to the grave and prt of It I
hero today. and thIs part wIll bo unappre-
. dated until It Is gone and history Is lost
. . I wih It. This thing of honoring a man only
when ho I dead la a sad commentary on the
.
- , Anglp.Saxon race.
"SVe must not forget the plonaer. We have
T : establshrd this day at our fair for the pur-
pose of teachIng our young men and women
that what we now enjoy l citIzens of the
: state , our wealth , our education , our Se-
. eurly , our happlnel and our proGress did
. not come from the air or sky buuUful as
they are did not come from the soil , fertile
a I is . but from the brain and brawn antI
r heat of our Illoneen. We should come here
for the purpose of learnIng history : we should
come hero to see all the cOlntN of our state
c on dreG parade : we should come here to see
their prMlcts and ( belt displays And to read
. from these the progress of our state ; we
Ihould come here to lee happy facei antI hear
. , lor , voices and from them to learn the
.t prosperIty of our people. and from all thlJ
' to judge the ( future I Patrick hoary of Vlr-
. alnla said We alone can , by lie past.
0 "Nebraska Ineaus . more to UI than any
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other state In the unIon and we should know I
her history What 10 we care for the rocks
and woods of Maine ? What 110 we care for j
the snow capped peaks or Vermont and her
quarries or marble 1 What 110 we care for all I
New England and the traditions of her I
people , unless Wt are asociated with them 1\ \
What 110 we care for the sunny south or the
romantic name of 'Old VirgInia , ' Inleas our
hIstory has been 1 part of these Nol our
InspIratons and traditions are hero because
our homes arc hero. Our prairies and muddy
streams In which we have bathed and fished
are ns dear , to us as the mountains and
streams of New England are to the New
Engia nd 0 r.
O.OHmS OF TIE GREAT WEST.
" dam the
"The New Englanller builds a on
mountain stream : erects a factor and exchanges -
changes its products for wealth and .pros-
terlty . The great north cuts her magnln-
cent timber and feats It down her great
rivers to the agricultural we3t and to the
new and industrial south. And the new
south , new In the language of Henry W.
Grady , because of new ideas and new condl-
tons , plants her great fields In cotton and
under the inspiratIon and spur of free labor
commands the market and respect of the
world.ut the great agricultural .est.
grater than them all , plants her millions of
acres In heat and corn and becomes the
beacon of the ImpoverIshed world. The great
west from the drouth of 189t ha , ( lemon.
strated ( hint she Is able to take care of her
own poor and she has demonstrated also from
the time that her virgin sad was first turned
antI planted In wheat and corn that her
cars of grain are free the world over where-
ever there Is human want and human pov-
erty. "If I were to clipoce a portion of the United
States wh : r future would bo greater than
any other. because of physical conditions ,
because of polllcal position. I should choose
the spot on which we stand today. I know
It Is true that people of all ages have overestImated -
estImated their country and their age.
Greece believed Ln the ( fabled labors of Her-
cules the siege of Troy and the Golden
1"leece. She gloried In the Helenle name
and thought that Zeus was supreme Today
her gods are only names The Homln
toga , that emblem 01 Homan clzenshlp ! , was
the passport to wealth and power and 'I am a
Homan' was the proudest boast of them al
Two centuries later the barbarIc peoples 01
the north swept town upon Home , and , where
the pulse and the heart of the world once
beat there Is , only ruin and decay.
"England , that wavo.bound island 01 the
sea encircles the world wLh her milItary
outposts , ant her morning drum beat follows
the course of the sun but , thank God , that
that lne of military outposts ant the martial
music of her war drums Is Interrupted by
3,000 miles of American sol , and by the
gteat throbbing lIfe or the AmerLan people. !
fInd Almighty never Intended that this country - :
try should be anything but a barrier to
royal aRgressslon. He Intended It to be the
highway for human progress and a great
asylum where the common people of this
world could live and love and labor. Du I
overestimate the country L which we live ?
1 answer that there Is no further west. Ths !
old world has transferred to us her forces 01
good anti evIl and here the final epoch of her
history must be written : here the flal drama
will be play ( , ; hero the cycles of the years
will begin and end. As the Unted ! States
wi ant
from physical condItions , from political posi-
ton and from the great ethnical character
or her people Is the greatest and ontroln :
force among the nations or the world , EO
the western put of the United Saes : ! Is th'
greatest or its sectons , antI as the Unted :
ShIes has Interest peculiar to itself , industrial -
dustrial and financial interests . which the
world I bound to ropect. so the Wst ha'
Interests vouhlar to itself , Intustrll anti
financial Interests , Intore1s In the great
money Ques'lon ' , I you plcze wh'ch the ncr h
and which the south and above all , whIch the
east must rcspect. The - great west has
brains enough to know what sIte wants and
aba has the manhood to demand It.
NEDtASKA , TERRITORY AND STATE.
"Dut what of Nebraska and her history ?
The formation of the Nebraska territory was
the outgrowth of the ambition 01 Stephen A.
Douglass to become president 01 the United
States. But before Nebraska bad served her
territorial probation Stephen A. D l'g'ass. Ih , t
'Little Giant , ' that born loader the originator
01 the Kansas and Nebraska bill and 'the
high prIest of squater sovereignty , , ' was In
his grave and hIs political ambitions buried
forever and those of hIs party for years to
come.
"Nebraska has been for twenty-eight years
a state : back of that , twelve years a territory ;
back of that , a part 01 tim Louisiana Pur-
chase ; back of that a part of the territorial
possessions of France ; back of that , all this
wes ern country belonged to Spain , from the
time Coronado that Spanish cavalier , cen-
tunIcs ago , unfurled the banner of Spanish
conquest. leading his little band np the "Great
Itlver" Into the territory whIch wo occupy
Iver"
today. Twenty.elght years as a state and
twelve , year as a territory covers the civil-
Izd history of Nebraska , and this assemblage
here Is compose of the pioneers and builders
of our state. ThIs day commemorates the
settlement 01 Nebraska and from the stand-
point of thIrty years to look back upon the
reverses as well as the successes of the I
past , and from thorn to contemplate what !
the future haMs. .
"The human heart by natural impulse
burst the barrIers of selfish interest of
prejudIce and of localism . and does homage
to those who have lIghtened and lessened the
labors of men , whether In the domain of InventIon -
ventIon , the field of phlantropy , or the
sclenco of government ; and today 0) .
frlonds , we are I era to partolpate In an oc-
cllon which does honor to those whose
patriotism gave us free sol and free men , and
whose labor afterward gave us all that we
have today. And well might wo honor the
men who years ago turned their backs to
the old homes 10 the eat and their faces to
the new who left the old mountaIn
home with its trees a century old ,
un'ler whose shade they bad prate their
rhlrlhi"l ! 'ay and which had ben the
Inspiration of their youth , for the praIrie
home wIth no shade except the shadows
of darkness by nIght or the cloud
by d1Y. They came to build for
themselves homes and In building homes to
make a tate. Then the geographies of the
time and the man of the world branded all
this country as the Great AmerIcan Desert.
Today our geographies and our maps know
I no longer as the Great American Desert ,
but as Kansas and Colorado and Nebraska
ant as a part of the great sIsterhood of
states They came to build homes and to
make a state. Today those homes are built ;
that state Is made and the American Desert
Is but a name. No such change bas ever
ben recorded In the history of the world.
ThIrty year ago we had only earth and air
and sky ; today a great state , wIth institutions -
ton worthy 01 her older sisters . with a free
ballot and free schools wIth thousands of
free school houses a permanent school fund ,
sufficient school lands to insure a great system -
tem of free education to our state and above
all I million and a hal of as intelligent and
patrloto citizens as can bo found anywhere
on the face of the globe. In a word we have
harnessed our free soil and our free men to
the great chariot of progress and under the
nurturIng care af absolute liberty have be-
come great But , after all . I want to tel
yell that I Is the people of Nebraska , with
I loss percentage of Illiteracy than the Nople
oC any other state , whIch constitutes her
wealth. It Is lie ( manhood . whIch In the
great drouth of 18H ! rose up and said that
Nebraska was able to take care of her own
poor which keeps her bonds above par.
"it Is written somewhere In the literature
of the world that 'Men , high minded men ,
constitute a state. ' No other class of men In
the face of the natural elements In the face
of the Kansas and Nebraska bill and the
squatter sovereignty which I brought could
have built such a state a wo have today.
"Vhiie riding through the state some Limo
ago 1 Passed a farm which had upon I three
houses. There was the oM log house , built
forty years ago , the corner atone or a family.
There that young man and that young
woman , the fairest and best In alt the world ,
had stated life together , and there the first
chIld was born. Then came the little bard Irt
house , built tram lie first lumber Ihal had
been &nt Into the western country Unpainted .
painted and plain a It was . It was the pride
and boast . of all that section ant was pro.
phetc .of the palmier days to come My
friends , would you know more of this little
log cabin and this plain bard houl01 Then
you must KO with mo Into the back yard and
examine more closely the wood houe , the
Wagon shied . or perhaps the chicken house
which they are today , obscured a I were
by the spacious , wel painted , typical farm
house of the present There I local history ,
my friends there Is evolution , there Is prog-
ross for less favored peoples to ponder
NO I'LACE FOiL POLITICS.
"At thIs state fair one upon thIs Pioneer
day where men of all parties gather together ,
not u partIsans . but A citizens and pioneer -
nears , all discussion of politics should be
avoided l , but a. lame one hu said , what was
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politics thirty years ago Is history today and
every Nebraskan I interested In knowing
how . and under what auspices Nebraska be- ,
c'mo I territory and the IncIdents or Its
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sett ioneent.
setlement
"In 1800 Thomas Jefferson became vresl
dent or ) the Unlt,11 States . In 1803 , repudiatIng -
lug the tenets of his party and unwarranted
hy the constitutIon of the United States , In
which there cCnsttuton I pro\'lsl.n for the holding
or acquisition of foreign terrtory , Thomas
Jefferson , 1 say , breaking party faith end
violating the constitution or his country ,
made the Louisiana purchase and stated
that acquisition of terrItory which gave us
Kansas , Nebraska and all ( lie northwest ,
and which afterward. under , the same policy ,
gave lS California , Florida and Texa . This
which
purchase was a stroke of diplomacy
wrested this western country not only from
France , but from England as well. England
only wal2d an opportunity to sail across the
sea , and when Napoleon was busy with hIs
European war . to wrest half a continent
from France and set up an empIre of her
own. "MissourI was a part of the Louisiana purchase -
chase , I til when admitted a a slave state
In 1820. after alto of the greatest debates
In the hIstory or congress , It was enacted
list ( slavery and Involuntary servItude ,
otherwIse than In punishment' for crime ,
should bo forever IJroblbltl In all the
LouisIana purchase north of 36-30. This
law was the ramous Missouri compromise
the compromise of Henry Clay. and standIng
as a law , protected Kansas , Nebraska ant
all the northwest from tine curse of human
slavery. Now It was that the great north ,
her whigs and democrats , thought that
slavery was forever connned to the limits
mentioned In that bill. Hel was an act of
congress In the form or a compromise. The
slave power had Missouri and alt the south
lS Its terrltorynll the northwest was dedicated -
caed to freedom. This was tIm contract
entered Into by the ( reproentatives of the
north anti the representatives of the south
In the congress or 182D , and the provIsions
of this contract like any outer , should have
been sacred. Yo shall see the faith of the
two pates to the contract thirty years later.
KANSAS AND NEDHASlA BILL.
"In 1852 Henry Clay died at Witshlngton .
and In the same year ianielVebster diet
at his home In Massachusetts. Nearly dead
the became
already , great whIg party now
extinct. The 3mt year the democratic party
had carried the north the soUth and the
west and Winfeld Scott , running as the
whig candidate for president out of 296 elcc-
toral votes received but furty-two. Every
state on the North American continent ex-
ceptng Massachusetts , Vermont , Kentcky
and Tenncsee was democratic. In the language -
guage of Colonel I orlY or Pennsylvania , a
'Doth houses of ,
democrat himself , congre
the supreme court of the United States , the
army and tim navy leo press the socIal
arIstocracy ant In a large degree the ( church
itself were dependents , tributaries , echoes
and defenders of slavery and the democratic
paty. Two years later , In 1854. the Kan-
sas and Nebraska bill was passed. Kansas
and Nebraska were formed as territorIes un-
ant the doctrine 01 squater soverelgnt
ter
The Missouri compromlo had been repu-
dlated and the great slavery struggle was
ant
transferred from congress to the people.
Washington was deertet and the war tents
were pItched on the plains of Kansas. The
north hitherto divided and In honor bound
to maintain the Missouri compromIse , was
now aroused to union and a determinaton
that the south should not open the west to
slavery. The north was set free Her
democracy ant her whigs were united and
she accepted the challenge of the ( south to
settle the question of human slavery or
human freedom on the prairies of Iansa9
anti Nebraska. The south expected ' Jolter-
son DavIs expected , Senator Atchlon 01
Missouri expected , to send all MissourI
Icross the river In a nigh and stamp slavery
on Kansas sol forever , and when Kansas
was once opened to slavery , then Nebraska
would have been made a slave state also.
But the great and splendid north was equal
to the cmergency. The first setters were
to decde ! the question and the people 01
New E gland ant the north salt : 'Wo will
bD the first settlers. ' The young manhood
and the young womanhood of the north
sprang at the cal of liberty when the handcuffs .
spang of the Missouri compromise were
broken , not by themselves , but by the ' south
In the repudiation or her contract.
"Kansas was populated In the twinkle of
an eye The great Sumner 01 _ _ laslchu ets
spoke of her settlements as follows : J'A few
short months only have pased since thIs
mediterranean country was open only to the
wild In Its and
savage , who ran wid Is woods
prairIes , and now I has already drawn to Its
bosom a popUhllon of freemen , larger than
Athens crowded withIn her historIc gates
when her eons . under Miltiades . won liberty
for mankind on the field of Marathon ; more
than Sparta contaIned when she ruled Greece
and sent forth her devoted children , quick-
ened with a mother's benediction , to return
with their shields on them ; more than
Rome , gtherft on her seven his , when
under her kings she commenced that
sovereign sway which afterward embraced
the whcle earth : more than London held ,
when on the fields of Crecy and Aglncourt
the English banner was carried victorIously
over the chIvalrous hosts of France. '
"This Is the way Kansas was settled . She
became a vast military camp. Here the frt
gun of the rebellion was fired In 1855. That I
alack was the knell of human slavery. I
"I need not So Into the detail of that great ,
contest In Kansas and when 1 speak of Kan- I
sas I speak of Nebraska alco for all of ths' ! '
territory was Include In the Kansas and
Nebraska bill , and the fate 01 Kansas would
have been the fate 01 Nebraska. The world
knows this history by heut. I began when
slavery was the controlng force In the gov-
ernmtmt of this country ; It ( udet , my friends ,
when the Lecompton constitution went down
amid the groans and cursor of the ( slave
power ; It ended when the sweat and bloat
and votes of the people of Kansas , under tim
doctrine of squatter sovereignty paId the
price of free Institutions and cot up that
rock of human liberty whIch ! finally wreckEd
the confederacy and the slave power.
"My frends : you have read of the 300
Spartans who beat back the Impetuous march
of Xerxes at the pus or Thermoolae : you
have read of the old guard of Napoleon ; you
have read of the charge of the 'Slx Hundred ,
nob1e Six Hundred , ' but In the logc ! of even's
far greater was the struggle In Kansas again t
Buchanan and the Leeompton constitution
where free soil men , where whilga where
democrats where men of all parties stood In
the Thermopolae of freedom and boat lack
southern aggre8lon In a llstance wh'ch
finally broke 4,000.00 or shackles : and whIch
gave a new meaning to the Amorlcln constitution -
tuton and the AmerIcan nato And today
wel may we congratulate our.evzs that
such was the course or history In Kanns ,
for the Instlutons of Kansas are the inst'tu-
tions 01 Nebraska , and had slavery predomInated -
nated In Kansas It would have prdomlnatet
In Nebraska ale , and , slavery fastsnet upon
her institutions . our history would have been
a repetiton ! of the hIstory of Virginia. No-
where greater than In old VlrK'nh had God
Almighty placed the element of wealth and
greatnes. lie had placEd In her roll-
ribbed mountains the materials which build
the world and the forces which propel Its
macblnty : he had gIven her an Egyptian
soil ; ho had given bar seasons whIch were
all rain and sunshine and above all he set-
ted her with a great people . and co state :
played such a part In lie early history ( f
this country as did vrtn'a. ; Yet l.vfry md
slave labor were fastmd ext her for centuries.
They paralyzed her industries they finally
destroyed her commerce , and today alto Is
thirty yors behInd her northern slster
"At the close of the civil war this country
had what patriotism had given her-free soil
and free men. Upon that free soil and
with those free men we have built a mag-
nIfcent commonwealth. The sweat of labor
has been coined Into a thousand evdences : of
wealth and today we are here to celebrate
the 'victorIes of puce , greater than those of
war. ' A thousand agencies ant sources have
contrIbuted to atm r growth. 1 lrl of all Is the
tioneer Those who are death have Ne-
buska for theIr monument those who still
live wi have a greater monument , for Ne.
braska will continue to grow Then comes
the younger generation . children of the
pioneers , whose names will be Interwoven In
the future history of the state a the names
of their father are In its put. But of all
the agerclel which have built up Nebraska
there I one without which all other would
have labored In nln-th pioneer press . I
has been the defender of our institutions . of
our soil and of our people. Some one has
laid that wherever there were two or three
stores and a blacksmith shop there the newspaper -
paper man went also and he went 1 stay.
"Show me an editor's town that Is not the
belt In the conntry' Ills busines Is to boom
the town and to paint pictures of what It
doel not contaIn. lie leada the county seat
fight and makes negotiations wIth the new
railroad. I It goes to the other town It I
only a jerkwater line anywAy , and the trunk
line will be along pruenUy. No reverse or
fortune cud ! bridle his impetuosity or
dampen his ardor. lea never known to
, , - . , . . , - -
go Into the hit a receiver Take up a I
pioneer sheeL Inll you will lee weekly I
amllavlts . tha.tl ! cJlr climate ranks first alll
Italy's scc'nd. Whoever heard of an editor '
being frozen It death ' Year ago , when the
bottom suddenly ( lroppel out of the thermometer -
mometer In ' / ' ! and people were lost Rnll
frozen In blizzards , he could not bt spared
and was bln\rts ) fsy denying the absurd
rumor that people were frozen to death .
here I an editorial on the new geography
which brandslflhis country as th ! American
desert and a11 affidavit attached that Nebraska .
braska Is a field- of ! owers. As he was
useful then so 1) i h" useful today
"WIth the ) JLh ' of Nebraska our state
press has grdllt also and today we have a
press whost circulation ant Innuence _ arc nJt
confined to tlo Iwrcers or a slngl state.
TIme Nebraskp.stte fair Is the creature of olin
state , ant county papers as much as or
anything else Prom the inception 01 thIs
State hoard of Arlcultre am an institution
or our state from the tme when It was an
experiment tip to its present magnilcent suc-
cess our neWslJapcrs have always given It
loyal antI ] friendly support. This day , there
fore , should have a sp'cial significance to our
state press as one or the agencies conlrlbut-
lug most 10 a state whIch has given birth to
our state fair and to a fair which hal gtyen
birth to this Ilonee'r lay of Nebraska.
FROM ALL TIE OLD STATES.
"Our state Is made up of all statcs We
might ellotze many states here today , which
have contributed their talent and their
wealth to us. We might eulogize New York
for she has given us two senator amid .1.
Sterling Morton ; we might eulogize New
England , for Massachusetts has given us a
senator and a governor ; , , e might eulogize
Pennsylvania for the same reason anti for
the still greater : reason that idle has given us
thousands of her best citizens ; we might
eulogize the south for Kentucky bas given
!
lS a governor ; wo might eulogize OhIo , for
Ohio has gl\en Nebraska hint promoter of
agricultural all educational interests that
friend of the common people 01 our state
Robert W. Furnas ; we might eulogize the
pine regions of the north . for Wisconsin has
gIven us that peerless senator from Nebraska .
braska , John M. ' Thurston
"Dut my friends In honoring these men .as
wo do we honor time states which barD them '
Wo neat only eulogize Nebraska and wo
have eulogIzed them all and Nebraska needs
no eulogy. We can say of her as Daniel
Webster said of the history or lhslchuets.
'The world knows It by heart , and there let
ant
It stand. The bones of her sons falling In
the revolution lie : mingle wIth ! sol of
every state from Maine to Georgia , ' And so
I sayar the history of Nebraska. 'Tho
world knows I by heart ant there let It
stand. The past I somtme , the ( future I
what wo make It. The pIoneer dIes , but the
work goes on 'Equality before the law , '
the . motto of the infant state , continues to be
the ( mete of our great commonwealth.
"L t us perpetuate that mete and be Just ;
let us practice I ant oppress no man : let us
remember the pIoneer ant the early struggles
which made It possible That motto. my
frIends , has ben our star and the old star
which has led ns from the wilderness should
bo followed still . "
Ol I'1'lOILl1S'V 1'0 VISI''OIUI.
Ieel } Collt.tlu nt I'iilillc Lllmrnry
Oup of the iit'l .
VIsiors to Omaha are InVted to make a
thorough inspection of the public library . and
especially the B'ron Heed collection . In ad-
lttOn to an eXhJbltbn ( of curios In this line ,
unexcelEd In any , Part 01 the west , will be
found a teath ) mnai1t of Napoleon the Oreat.
:
Only five of I ! like are In existence.
The Byron need , collection , Including books ,
autographs , cqns ! ; nd paper money , ranks
thIrd In 'the : P/ltfd States O the coins
/
there are 6,86 pieces , of which 47 Ire pat-
termis 'ho paHerns , as they show the selec-
( ions made by the goverment or rulers , are
quite necessary to a complete collection.
The mEtals of the United State and foreign
countrle nUlb r 1.280 ant Include many
beautful specimens In gold , sliver and
bronze.
I Is a dlmclt matter to speak briefly or
the rare or ) Jnlercstng pIeces among the
coins. Deglnnng ! with the colonial series 01
the United StatC one cm find the northeast
shilling . the plac1ree and oak tree shilling .
6t and 3d - tMassthusetts . the Lord Dalt-
more pieces , Mark Newby penny and at least
ten varieties , 01 the Washington cent the
WashIngton dlsmo and the Martha WashIng.
ton hal disme. Then follows the coins first
Issued by government authority . beginning
In 1793 wIth the cent and half cent the
rare lS04 dollar , the $50 gold piece. the
Mormon gait coins , etc Among the imitereat.
lug pa terns are seven trade dollars of 183 ,
one of which was adopted , a dozen designs
for the 20-cent piece which clrculJted
for but a short time. The $ gold plec/ Is
another rare and curious pJttern. The
United States coins In the collection extend
down to a proof set of 1890. and consIdering
the trifling expenr It I thought that they
will be kept UI each year , embracing at least
the regular Issues.
I Is stale on good authority that the
ancient series In the Reed collection ranks
first In the United States I begins with the
earliest coins , the drachma of Aeglna , 700
to 500 years 13. C. , bearing the emblem of
tbo turtle . About the third gold coin extant
Is the Persian darls , 521 to 483 13. C. I Is
at this perIod that coins became artistic ,
those that are Cnsldered standards of art
evan today. Among them are coins of
: Macedon Lyshnachus and Alexander ; In oil-
ver ant gold of Augustus , Julius Caesar ,
Nero , Titus , Trajan and Hadrian , each with
a perfectly executed portrait of these rulers.
The collection In this regard Is full. The
coins of the 1tolemys are very like those of
the ancient Greeks and extend from 323 D. C.
to a coin of Cleopatra 50 D. C. In the col-
lecton of Jewish coins there Is to b seen the
.
shekel one. hai shekel , the .Idow.s mite ,
Caesar's tribute peony , pieces of I'outlus
Pilate and lercd the Orelt.
Ampng the early English are found the
James I farthings , the first copper coin of I
England the rose noble of Eaward IV . the
early silver pennies and what was called i
Peter's psnce. Here also are found very
god pIeces of Cromwell's time and the corn-
monwealh coins. Later on came Victoria's
jubilee , . t.
In the French series there Is the gold angel
of the ThIrteenth century pieces of Louis
XIV and a fve. franc piece of Napoleon ,
struck during the frt 100 days , In 1815.
The library : has the earliest ducats of
AustrIa , a complete set of the medals of Ludwig -
wIg I of Bavaria , said to be the only perfect
set In the United States , gold , silver anti capper -
per coins of Perdlnand apd Isabel : and
coIns I suet by papal authority .
The most curious money ts that of the
Oriental countrIes , namely the bullet money
01 Slam the copper money of Morocco the I ;
silver money of Persia , Hlndoostan and the
Congo free states.
The autographs In the collection number
1,029 with nly twenty-one facoirniles. Of this
large assortment only ' 197 are exhibited. The
others are placed on file ajtd can be brought
out for examinaton , To Americans the autograph -
graph letters othm9BignerS ! , of the Declaraton
of or"I\ those of the various
presidents are aIM Interestng , Many of
them are very rare especially tbosa of the
signers of the de.cla.ation. Although this set
Is a very good one . , , Mr. Heed had not . quite
completed It and Iher I still lacking five
signatures. The I I hoped to add as soon
as the library apiil'opnlations will allow such
an expendIture. 1IIlOprlatons ' letters extend -
land. tend In an uo1okei , " ; : line to Grover Ceve-
Of the royal r , ' n r , pgraphs of England the
collection begins with Henry VIII. From
James I to Vl torII' there lacks only three
French rulers tire .jpresented from Charles
\'Ii-1422 and tllHo ; Napoleon III. There
are no other sets _ of monarchs , but a good
miscellaneous ' thlfRion and the canoe of
famous ' musicians
composj'r ,
qf the nutog4lI of generals and noted
character of the Revolution and rebellion
there Is an elent showing. AmerIcan
statesmen anti'tiiJ1ians J . aujliors . the gov-
ornors 01 Nebraca ahd mayors of Omaha all
are well relresent d-ln Mr. Reed's collection .
Peille are already showing a disposition to
aid the library In perfecting the varIous aerIes -
Ies and with theIr help and goo will the
collection wil bl greatly Increased
Through the kIndness of lion . J. M. Wool-
worth the library Is enabled to exhibit for
a week a death mask of Napoleon. This was
taken by Dr. Antomarchl , who was Napol-
eon's last I physician. and with him at the
time of his death. In 183G , Dr. Antomarchl
was at Malamoru , and remained there
through the winter , a get of a Mexican
nobleman. In the spring ho and the noble
man started for cuba by way of Yucatan.
As the journey bad to b mate on mule
back the doctor deft a large chest at the
house of his Irlen.ls. The Mexican had not
proceeted far on this trip before he was
taken Ill and was obliged to return. Dr.
Antomareh continued hits Journey and took
ship to Cuba. Ho died cn shlpboud. The
chest he had left :1 Matamorn was opened
after his death end found to contain I mui
a c. of surgical tn lrUlelll anti 18vera
. - .
medical works. Dr McManus , the son.ln.law
of the Mexican nobleman , anti an American
physician now living In Matasnoras . , pre-
senlell the mask to Captain Guy howard
whie he was on a'llt to Matamoras with
his father , General Howard . who was on n
tour or inspection of the southern forts , about
three years ago. Dr. McMantia says he baa
allowed IJlnster casts to be taken by several
American offIcers , but there are but five of
the original bronze masks One In the Drlt-
Ih , two In the Louvre , one In New York and
time Reed colitctiomo contaIns the fifth.
a col cton _ _ _ _ _ _ ffh.
, .
CA''CJW ' 'II I AOI I'S la.I .
" 'hule 1.1-11 uf . \ rl'ulurnl liliple-
It'lt. fur I uNtied Iim.
Although time State DOll1 of Agriculture
has offered no Ilremluls for the exhibition of
larmlng 1II1ements the display of agnlcul-
tonal machinery Is the most extensive and
one or lie most Instructive exhibits on the
fair grounds. At former state fairs this
feature of the exhibition has ben carried out
II a perfunctory manner a a necessary ac-
.
cOllanhnent of I bIg exposLlon , but never
before has such Interest antI activity been
manIfested on the hart of lie ( dealers. The
Omaha and Council Bluffs dealers have cele-
bratell time location at the stale fair at their
doors by outdoing themselves In n rivalry as
10 whom should belong the honor of con-
tributng the 10st atractvD ant Interesting
display. Added to these arc the exhibits of
nearly every outside firm of first Importance ,
and the aggregate result of theIr efforts Is a
surprise to every visitor to t the fair.
The Implement dIstrict Is located on the
slope Immediately , \st or the Mercantile
building . and covers several acres with its
magnilcent display. Many of time exhibitors
have erected buildings which compare favor-
aLly with the more pretentious architecture of
the mnln buildings and these are fled to
overflowing with every lmlglnahlc accessory
to the labor 01 the farm. lalng In the rear
of the buildIngs Is a veritable forest of wind-
hulls , whose variegated sails are swiftly
whirling under the ImlJulr at the September
breeze. Nearly every patent of windmill
that I known to time Nebraska farmer Is
bereln operation , ant the comparison of their
merits affords the thrifty farmer a valuable
opportuniy to Inform himself before adding
one of these labor.savlng devices to time pra-
ph ern ala of his farm.
Time display or wagons and carriages Is
one of the 10st Important leatures of this
branch of the exposition. I would be dliii-
cult to Imagine a make of vehicle that Is not
here Ln evidence , and all the newest antI most
popular patterns In carrIages are displayed
for the edification of the crowd In farm
wagons n number 01 new and useful devices
have been Introduced during the last year or
two , and they are all 10 bo seen Large
family carrIages are not generally exhibited
the preference being given to single rigs and
the regulation tWDEated wagon that Is the
apple of every good fnrmer's eye.
ATTRACTS TIE FAmmRS.
CrossIng the creek and Into the extreme
northwest corner of the grJunts the visitor
arrives at the hovel stretch of gredl swart ,
where the bulkier pieces of farm maChinery
are displayed. , Here Is an array that holds
time atenton : ot the IJractcal farmer ant
arouses that Inherent ambition to be the
owner or a threshing maclilac which s
said to sooner or later disturb the dreams of
every young frmer and some of the old
ones Traction engInes by lie dozen are
moving back and forth and exhllltug their
power of turing sharp corners . whie an
eqnal number 01 threshing machines In full
tilt are showing their comparative abity
to turn out the kernels of wheat without
wasting' even a shred of straw.
The display of pumps deserves consldera-
tion. They are there In \ pattenmis and most
of them In operat70n. Obliging attendants ara
ready to explain their operation to all comers
anti the visitor can timid out more about
pumps in five minutes than lie would icarn
in a lifetime tinder any other circumstances.
There Is a tremendous array of the ammialler
sorts of implements. All possible kimids of
sulky plows , harrows , itotato diggers and
meores of Implements of comparatively recent
invention are among the exhibits. Power
for time operation of machinery end every
other necessary or desirable facility for display -
play are provIded upon the groumeds. The
tact that this immense display t'as complete
before time gates were opened yesterday no-
fleets great credit on Superintendent E. S.
Hawley and the exhibitors , and in this respect -
spect the department has excelled most of
the others , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
i'i.is'ry op itouu FOIt ALL.
'rm&tiannIN of Itooin I'repnreil for
Giiepts iitiui let hliioceiimied ,
Cots were brought into use In some of the
principal hotels in the city last night. Yesterday -
day was a fair sample of what Nebraska's
great show could do aa an opener In the way
of attracting large crowds , but today's number
of visitors in ( lie city will far distance yester-
day's registering.
Time applicants for rooms started in at an
early hour yesterday morning and the regis-
tens at the various hostelries at noon showed
from one to three pages of names. As sobti
as rooms were assigmied the visitors in most
instances heft for time fair grounds , so that
the rotundas of the larger houses at no time
presented a crowded appearance. No one
ha been turned a\t'ay from any hotel as yet ,
and mme great demand hiss been made upon
the boarding houses. Thu fair vlsttors have
been well hamidied by the hotel men of the
city and the service lies been uniformly good ,
and no expense that could add to the toni-
fort of the guests had been spared.
Tflo report circulated in portlomms of the
state that accommodations in this line iii
Omaha would prove Lnadeqmmate has thus far
proved untrue. At no time since time open-
Lag of the fair have any of ( ho hotels been
crowded to their utmimost capacity , and though
some of the rooms have been "doubled up , "
as Is ordinarily expected at such ( lines , the
supply has beemi greater ( lien time demand ,
In addition to time large number of faintly
hotels that have made arrangements to enter-
tam strangers In the city the Young Men's
Christian association has a list of 2,500 rooms
In private residences that have as yet received -
ceivod mme apphloonts. Thie fact ( hat the
mrmajorlty of sightseers are transitory lam
character and stay in the city but a short
time , explains in part why 110 demand has
been mnada upon Omaha's reserve accommo-
dations. t _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SIIIN IN 'rums FISIIIOILIES.
Meiul&ra ' ' ' ' ' '
& of tleit'Iiiii5' 'i'ribe 'i'iiere ,
Alive smimil Den. ! .
It was a happy thought that prompted Sup-
enintondent May of the Fishery buhidtng to
erect railings and keep the visitors to this
popular resort moving to the right all the
time. Yesterday ( lie building was crowded
wtthi school boys and girls as weil as their
elders. The children were there before Mr.
May , who was out shortly after 8 o'clock , and
it seemed as thnmmgh some of the little ones
wommld never move away from the turtles , the
large bull frogs , and time other exhibits which
held their rapt attention.
Eleven years ago , when Commissioner May
attempted the first fishery exhibit withLn time
state , at Lincoln , the amount of floor space
givemi to the display was thmirty.five feet. Today -
day over 6,000 eqmmare feet of space is crowded
with exhiblt illustrating not only the to.
dustry itself , but giving an excellent idea of
time methods of fish culture as practiced at
the State hatcheries. It Is ho Idle boast to
say that only ( lie Columubtan exposition has
had a more extensive fishery exhibit. Certainly -
tainly no state ever made such an exhibit ,
or one that would compare favorabl * with
the one arranged by the Nebraska Fish corn-
mission. As the display has Increased In the
last elevemi years , so Lt is bound to progress
in the future , and it is not unreasonable to
expect many improvements next year , although -
though It would take a fine critic to point
out where these improvements could be made ,
For an exhibit where no premiums are
awarded , the results already attained , and ( tie
popular Interest manifested daily speak vol-
umnes of praise for the authorities In charge.
'The State conirnission exhibit a display of
many varieties of live fish to tanlts at the
north ontl of ( ha buIlding. This is In charge
of Commissioners it. If , Oakley , J. B. Mel-
kie and M. E. O'Brien , the hatter the superIntendent -
Intendent of the State hatcheries at South
( lend , Thu commission has succeeded in
making an exhibit that fully illustrates the
work at South fiend , and the good results
there ,
TilE FISI1E1IMAN'S DELIGHT.
The numerous aquariums are filled with innumerable -
numerable varieties of fiahi , big and little.
Among those seemt swimming about In the
water artificially cooled , are carp , rainbow
and brook trout , Japanese fammtsiis , eels ,
turtles , bullheads , croppies. gold and pearl
fish , catfish , pickerel , sturgeon , black bass ,
. , _
- - - - - ----z _ _
perch , pike , sunfIsh , redhorse , blackimorso anti
suckers ,
There is no more enthusiastic exhibitor in
this bmmIItling , or probably In any other tie-
partnient , therm Major I. Ii. Cryer , who spent
a great deal of time yesterday telling the
chihtlremm all about his bull frogs , which lie
raises at the Cremnommmt farm , miser Omaha.
In a large tank he has three 2.year.olti , amid
one 3-year-ohmi frog. These ampeareii to be
time especial ( lellgimt of the small boy , and Itt-
tie wonder , for they were as large as spnlmmg
chickens. Yesterday the muajor brommglit a
young frog , aged 3 mosith , and placed it in
a separate jar. These are very musIcal frogs ,
anti their owner declares that timeir mmmslcai
scale contains five tllsttnct notes , The old-
act of time frog fanmily has it deep bass voice.
end late in time evenings Is said to cry out :
ox vammt inane ruin , more r-tm-mim , "
A number of fish growers wimo obtained
their fish frormi Coimimnisalomier May have imitor-
eating exlmibits , Mmmx Geisler of Ommiatta hmmms
a pretty display of imiilortei Japamiese gold
fish , pearl fish , coimiets amid famitails , Supenimi-
tendemmt Adams of lianscorn hark , vhio coin-
mnemiccd fish culture about two years ago , lia
by all oilds ( tie best exhibIt of gold anti
Pearl fish , amid minnows front tue hark. This
exhibit Is emi time east side of time building
amid throughout time morning a crowd of cliii-
dren stooi lit front of it , gazing at time bril-
llantiy colored fish. hiemiry bIt of Dotmg-
has county makes a good display of carp.
Colonel 'IV , 1. Wllaon of Nebraska City line
a fine lot of gold fish on the vest side of ( lie
building , Across time alslo are some inane
gold fish exhibited by James Cain of South
iiemitl. Janice Bloom of 1)otmghas county lies
a good lot of carp on time cast side of time
hail. Time best exhibit of carp , imoivever , is
made by llenry Ilicke of this coummty. hlemiry
Stummmpf , also of this cutmnty , lies sommie mmtoro
of the fish that in Europe are knowmm as
"royal fish. "
SOME P1511 PRODUCTS.
Among time exhibits or fish products by
wholesale anti retail houses that muntle by
1)00th ) at time south end of ( ho imahl deserves
especial mmientIon. It is in charge of Joseph
Glenn. There are shell oysters , fish , antI
canned goods. TItle large display is ( asteftmlly
arramiged , amid time decorations 1st natIonal amid
Ak-San-lIen colors add to the attractive ap-
pearance. A large sea ttmrtie , caught in time At-
lautie Oceaii not far froimtChlostomm , attracts considerable -
siderablo attention. "Is it alive ? " is time
qtiestiomi all the chmlltlren , and masmy of their
paremits , asked as they. stood before ( ho muon.
ster. They did not have to wait long , as
a rule , before they wouhd have an opportunity
to see time turtle make some move amid con-
vlnce the incredulous on-lookers that ho
really did possess lIfe.
McCord-Irady comimpany of Ornalma ma1es a
good display just sotmtim of time entrance , It
is elaborately decorated with time Ar-San-lien
colors. herring , cod , lobster , salmon , shrimp ,
sardines , and other canned fish are exhlhmlted.
Then there are numerous jars of domestic
and imported fish.
David Cole & Co. of Omaha make a large
exhibit , mainly of oysters. There are a goodly
miummiber of jars of fish , as vcll as salt fish
and cammned fish , put in hilaCe yesterday by
Paxton , Gallagher & Co. Iii the recess in
time southwest corner John Pew & Co. of 1305-
ton have just set up cmi exhIbit .f fish of all
kinds. Time Cross Gumi compiommy of this city
lies a large assortment of fisiming tackle , rods ,
lines , hooks , amid everything else ( lint time
most devoted follower of Izaalc Wmmltomm could
desire. C. L. Iieimson of Chicago displays
many varieties of Norwegian deli cannot ! , A
large exhibit of fish for table use is made
by time local firm , the Steele-Smith Gre-
cery company. _ _ _ _
ICINNflE , ( iiUmh li5NClE Silt ) % Y ,
.
\.Ill ( Ipest 'rmiisMornrii , viflt is
Lairgi , Nuiiilier of ltgs ,
Croighton hall begins to assunme a lively
appearance , ( ho occasion being the second
annual bench show of ( horougumbred dogs by
tIme Ommiaha Kennel club , whIch will open
this morning at 9 o'clock anti continue
four days and nights. The nianagemmient has
been very busy for a few days and has every.
thtng lii readiness for ( he reception of the
dogs , sonie of which caine in on this morn-
tog's trains. One of time first to arrive wam
C. A. Pratt of Little Rock with his $10,000
rough-coated St. imernard , "Le Prince. "
Next comes I lone exhibit from time I'actflc
coast , Dr. D' Evelyn's fox terrier , "Laogtry , '
from San Francisco. Themi Mr. flowersock's
Scotch terrier , ( ho "Colored Preacher' from
Lawrence , Kan. Among thmoso front abroad
which arrived ( hits morning tt'as John Ii.
Naylor , representing time American Field ol
Chicago.
Although there are four bench shows being
held in the Unitel States ( hits week , time
Omaha Kennel club has stmccoedezl fit getting
time largest entry , and In point of the quailty
of dogs on exhibition it will ramik far above
the others.
The halt Is a comniothioun one , fine lighted
mind ventilated , an'l exquisitely appointed for
the dieplay of the canhmmes.
The benches are all of the regulation size ,
spacious , cleanly amid perfect iii time smallest
detail. The scores antI scores of royal doga
from all parts of the country wilt be catered
to wIth all time scrupulommsnees that is shown
to the nobility of mankind , anti visitors of
( lie fair will nmiss ona it the best treats of
the whole festive week if they fall 'to ' attend
time exhibits. Last ovning many o
the dogs were assigned to thei ,
apartments , and this morning the deet
bass of the bloodemi nta'ti1f , St. flernird
Great Dane amid bloodhotimid mncmy ho expected
to make hmalt anti corridor reeommmmd as it
mIngles with tIme strident yelp of time fox ( or-
net and the falsetto of tue pug. There will
be a great array of the barkers , embrarimig
, eenhmnemia from time finest and costliest
lineage of the age , and all those Interested
in the welfare of man's best friend should
attest to their good intentions by visiting
the show ,
S'I'AHLES OF FINId IZOIISIlS.
Several of the No'ul Prlz.Vlnstera
l'itttt'i ( ilk JOxisII.ition.
The lmorse stables at the fair groumitis cover
some of time finest specimens of draft anti
coach horses that can be seen anywhere , and
there is omelal authority for the statement
because many of the animals on exhIbition
were prize winners at time World's fair amid
at a ntmniber of western horse shows. The
saddle lmorse as a rule are neat and imaiid-
some , sonie of thorn as graceful as anything
in the form of a ( luadrupod could be imnag-
hued to be , though time collection In this class
is not large. A fair showing of roadsters
is made , and Mr. liondershot gf ilebromi has
brought down a little group of Shmetlanmi ponies
as cute as any ( lint ever appeared in a
circus parade. lie , in conimnon with several
other exhmibitors , has also in the stalls a few
bead of nmulea and jacks.
All ( old , there are in tlits department 100
animals and though time exhibit is not extemi-
sive , its quality Is choice. The owners and
breeders ore Alonzo haney of Douglas county ,
Frank hams of St. i'aul , Neb. , 0. 1' . lIen-
dershot of hiebron , E. I" , Kleinmeyer of Wil-
( Ciii Junction , In , , Mark it ! . Coat ! of i"remcnt ,
L. hiamiks Wilson of Creston , Ia. , C. T. Gal.
lehon of Waahington county , Fred Mohle of
Onoaima , F. N. Mulerts and J. i. Ieife of
1)auglae county , E. N. Slmcrnili of Lexington -
ton , it , itt. Wolcott of Itichmartlson county , Fi.
\v , Worthern of Tecumnzelm , L. W. I'routy of
Tecumnseh , J , Il. flrackman , C. L. i'Itmami and
\v. 1) . Overatreet
Time best stock among ( he draft amid coach
horses Is imported or aired by iniporied stal-
lions.
Mark M , Coad's streamer marks time barn
in which he has imlaed some of his celebrated
stock. King in hero is his Imported black
S 5 1J11 I , , ( . lure , 9 years old amid
weighing 2,050 pounds. In the same part of
( Ito banmm are a imummiher of stallions of his
e bei by Crail , ore of time c' ief of which
I Monarch , quite as proud as his fattier , amid
weighing 1,800.
lmt i-tar-oid stallIons Coad has I'iatto.
who took second premium for yearlIngs at
'time World's fair. Another World's fair win-
mien In the stable Is a saddle horse itiretl by
Montrose. 'fhis horse mi as pretty as a ga-
salle , has nine gaits , atmii beidea taking
third prize at the Colombian exositiomm has
ttomm timirty or forty others ,
PP.EMilflmiS IIEING A's'AltIED.
Frank lania has thirty head in the stablea.
Jack Core , an iniported black Perchoron. 5-
year-old , weighs just 100 pounds more timami
a ton , amid won sweepstakes at the state
fair last year imm his class. Another horse Ib
MeCanimon Stammip , an imported Clyo s ci
lion , welghlmmg 2,150 pounds. lie has taken
two sweeatakes prizes in succeslon at ie
braska state fairs. hams lies a enare from
him whIch was a first prize winner at St
Louis in 1804. and took sweepstakes lii Nebraska
braska last year , Ills hiet Is a bir one. It
is Iris. which he cala time greateat mmmare I ,
the world. She Is an imnported dspple gray
7 years old , and weighs 2,300 hounds. She
won first ttvice at St. Louis , walkn ovr
even Rosa Ilonimeur , who cammie out b'st al
( he Paris show in 1889. In 1893 cbs car
riot ! off the sweepstakes at tIme Nebraka
fair over ( be winners tram the state fair
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at Chirago. Other lordly beauties in this II
barn are inimia' 3-ycar-olds , lion Toil , 1,000 .t
pounths , anti Ilouqimet. Omie of the boat road.
sters In time exhibit is hams' Major , entered
as both single anti double driver.
Mr. Kieimimt'ieyer says thmnt his best horse '
out of the ten hme lies bromiglit to the liaw
I Colored Gentleman , a stallion weIghIng '
2.000 anti glossy black , as his narno intllcates.
ho wore on his bnltlle time first presimiuni for
5-ycir-oltls nnti over , F'renelm slraft imorses , at
the Vs'onlii's fair , Ivy lCimmg , aired by hint ; Is
ft imiagnificent looking specimen front Klein-
mmieyor's stud ,
Mr. ilendersimot miever tails to come to time '
fair with roadsters anti Kentucky hretl anti '
titcd sailillers.
No ommo cami walk thrommgh tIme stables without -
out at once apprecintimig time fact ( lint mnex- '
celled stock is before lmis eyes anti the cross
beammia are intleed tnlmmmmmmed wIth rani.cCiorcd
lrelmmiusmt ribbons whmlcit it imas womi ,
Jumlges iii this departmneimt are Colonel
Slattery of Illinois , oime of time draft horse "
jtmdges at time Wori.i's fair , and Mr. iltmrgess
of Crete , Awarding of iwemmtiummma vacs begtmn
yestertlay , time 4-year-old or over staliiomma
being the first led into time nimig , V'inners
myers : First , Coatl's Tune : second , Inmus' '
Jack Core third , Coti'a Momiarcim , Next
celtics tIme 3-year-oltl stallions , tue following
being tIme winners : First , Coed's l'iatto ;
scommtl , lammis' lion Ton ; third , hams' Ilotiquot.
Its simito of the blistering hot wimmml anti
the dust , tIme grantl stantl at the ring was
full , while the protmil horses were prancing t.
amid trotting about umider inspection.
On nceoummt of time wlmiti nmmtl ilust Smmpenin'r
tentieimt Stet art ticltletI to have smo more
horses brotmght out , ammti deferred further
judgmmient until , today ,
Viitiilthd 'l'iIli 1CmCICS ( i.Mm1 IN ,
Nts Ateiimpt bi.'nir iitiia.ger f ( )
lCi''m. l.ivii Iii , . l.iMt ,
It Is impossible to uiass over ( he fact that
tlmere were some features of time fair yesterday -
day whIch verc exasperating to tlme hiatrons
mimimi tioubly so to time Omaha business mnemi
ttimo had expeimded mmeanly $100,000 in preparing - '
ing ( he grommmttls for its reception. In one
case the mnammagers of time fair are severoiy
criticised. They started out wtth two sprink-
hers to keep the tltmst laid omm 160 acres of
fair grounds , when it was apparent at the
outset that twenty would ho nearer the numn-
her needed.
Toward miami there was considerable coin-
plaint on account of the fact that ( lie water
barrels which were distrihmmted about the
grounds to shake time thirst of ( ho mtmltitmmde
wore niore often empty than otherwise. Omme
of the sprinklers was kept busy hmatmltng water
to the barrels , anti time dtmst was left to ac-
cumulate. As the wind caine up about mmoon
there was a 'eritabie simomoon. The dtmst
Was driven down time avenues until it was Impossible -
possible to see twenty paces almond , amid it
went thmrotmgh time open doors of the hiimiidinga
end tlepositod itself all over time exhibits. It
was Impossible to escape time blast , aimd many
vialtore joined with time exhibitors km con-
tlenoning ( ho imianagers for mieglecting to pro-
vide' time proper factllties for airinkling the
grounfis.
At ( he ofilce of time Board of Managers it
was stated that additional sprinklers had beemi
ordered , but that they imati not yet arrived ,
The almost absolute failure of time Omaha
Street Railway company to operate its line
to the grounds was also a deplorable feature.
Just before noon whiemi time rush begtmmm In
earmiost it became apparent that soimmething
was wrommg. There were cars enotmglm , but
timey nioveti at a snaii'e pace and it was found
necessary to rim them ten or fifteen mnintites
apart in order to save enotmgh cmmrrent to
enable thieni to cilmmib tIme prattles at all , On
time long Leavenworth street hut the traimia
barely moved and as each train was comn-
pelk'd to ivait until ( he omie ahead batl
reached the top of the InclIne ( ( mere was a '
partial blockade , anti at one time in the
afternoon eighteen trmmimis were waiting for
their ( tim to mount time huh. Thin result was
that hmundreds of pOimle si'ent nearly two
homirs In reaching the grotmnda anti the re-
ttmrn trip was no better. At 4 o'clock there
was a long string of trains at the fair
grounds end- but they started fifteen mnlnutes
apart amid even then they moved no faster
than a mnami could walk. There wore lion.
dreds tvalting to ride , while even ( lie roofs
of the cars were occupied. The heat and
dust made time waIting all the mmiorc exasper-
atlmmg. A hot. of ( canisters Improved the
opportunity mind drove out witlm carmyalls , in ,
whtchm they carted passengers back to ( he
city at a qtmarter a imeati amid had morn than
they coulti carry. At lsst every one got home
some way and the street railway officials
promise ( lint time same dIfficulty will not
occur again. They admit ( list the current
was entirely inadequate to the tremendous
traffic , but linemen were bard at work tiur-
Ing the afternoon and night .nd an additional
feed wire was strung anti . 'onnectetl. They
amsort that with this additional current they
will be able to nmmmi their trains in good order
imereafter amid take care of their share of
the traffic.
Throne was considerable' conmilalnt yesterday -
day en account of time failure of time manage-
mnent to Indicate the tiimma of the tiepartimro
of railroad trains on tlm bulletin -
lotin on time grounds. For tIme
Information of thom who may visit
th fair during the remainder of the weak ,
The Idea gives ( lie following Miasotmri Pacific
( lane labia which Is corr"t :
Trains leave Omaha. 8:20 : a. m. , 8:40 : a. in. ,
9:20 : a. mu. , 9:40 : a. ni , , iO:0 : a. in. , 10:49 : it. in , ,
12:40 : p. mn. , 1:20 : p. m. , 1:40 : p. m , , 2:20 : p m. ,
2:10 : p. m. , 3:20 : p. mu. , 3:40 : p. no. , 4:20 : p. nm. ,
4:40 : p. cmi , , 5:20 : p. m. , 5:45 : p. in. , 6:25 : p. m.
Leave fair grounds : 8:55 : a. mu , , 9:15 : a. in. ,
9:55 : a. m. , 10:15 : a. mit. , 10:55 : aiim. , 11:15 : mm. mci. ,
1:15 p. m. , 1:55 : p. m. , 2:15 : I' . iii , , 2:55 : p. ni. ,
3:15 p. in , . 3:55 : p. cmi , , 4:15 : p. m. , 4:5 : p. m , ,
5:15 : p. ni. , 5:55 : p. m. , 6:21) : p. m , , 7:00 : p. in.
Trains leaving Omaha at 10:40 : a , iii. and
1:20 p. m.j and trains leavlmig fair grounds
at 4:55 : p. nm. , 5:15 p. in. , 5:55 : p. in. amid 7:00 :
p. in. will stop at Belt Line stations ,
Flew'ra Crowiieal for Siumec ,
An unexpected derand for space in floral
imail caused trotmble among the florists Mon.
day. Every inch of space to the building
proper and Iii time adjolntng tent was utilized ,
mind then the plants tcre crowded so closely
together , accortimmg to the statenment of time
superintendent , that the effect was spoiled.
The general excllence of the exhibit is
noteworthy , but it is to be regretted that a
mmuniber of displays lmavo been crowded out.
A large oxuilbit was to have hian made by
H. J. hiasser of 1'lattsmmotmlm , but he has
withdrawn on account of the crowded condi-
tLn of the floral department.
A I'ew i'rizt' % 'tnnerN ,
Like tIme horse display , ( bce cattle collection
is not notahle for Its etenelvflc'ss , but it
contains superb steele , Breeders from a num-
ben of central western states have brought
( ho pick of their herds and the best sped-
mens of beef and dairy tnck is on e'entbi-
tion , A singular timiimg In this departnient is
that with realmect to mnany ciassea there is no
competition , In shorthorns there is absolutely
none , T. It. Westrope of harlan , Ia. , hsving
( lie only lot , hut hme evidently came prepared
to mmmatch lila cattle with any other breeder ,
lie has a bull that Is fastpackirmg thin ground
( Continued omm Third Page. )
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Thu I the geci'ct ot tIme ctircu
by hood's Sarsapat'illa. Read this :
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to wrIte that I
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there ws.uhittio hope for ane A nchbor !
( old of wonderful cures by Hood's bsrea.
parihia and I decided t try it. Whomi I
hmtt taken 3 bottles , I commiti sit upand now
I am perfectly watt and strong.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
liii done ill this for me , " Mas , 0. ii' .
VADci.ii , La Platte City , Colorado ,
LT 1 flit cure habitual cc.nstfps.
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