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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1899)
NAME MEN FOR JUDGES DomooraU , Populists and Silver Republlcins Try to Get Together , SILVERITES TURNED DOWN BY DEMOCRATS They tVnniod nn Ktulorcinciit fur C. U , HcoU , Which AVnn Ton Much of a Dose for flic Democracy lO SlVlllllMT. Tor District Judges A. N. FEHOU9ON , Omaha , Democrat. JAMES 1C ISNQljlSH , Omalm , Democrat. GEORGE W. 8HIULD8 , Orraha , Demo crat. crat.E I. ABBOTT , Omaha , Democrat. CAKlj C. WRIGHT. Omaha , Democrat. A. MAGNEY , Omaha. 1'opullst. H. H. UOWEH. Tekamah , Populist. JAJIES W. CAllR. Omaha , fillvurlte C. 11. SCOTT , Omaha , 811vcrlte. Asltlo from a burst of indignation that followed the Information that the silver re publicans were Inslstlnc on foisting C. II. Boott on the < tlckctt the democratic conven tion at Oftthoff's ball was lackluc In spec tacular offcot. Ed P. Smith called the con vention to order. In accordance with an nnto-convontlon arrangement , Dr. A. II. Hippie woe made temporary chairman and Judge LnngJon of Sarpy county and J. J , Ryan of South Omaha , secretaries. The Hut of delegates waa approved as filed and the temporary organization made permanent. Then a motion to adjourn for thirty minutes to fix UD a elate -was voted down and the convention authorized delegates present to coot the entire votes of their delegations. A rnsolutlon by Ed P. Smith provided that the silver republicans should bavo one plaoo on the judicial ticket , the populists two and the democrats four. Further , that no candidate be fully nominated until ho had received the endorsement of all three conventions. W. S. Shoemaker moved by way of amend ment that ono of tbo populist places bo left vacant and a second amendment provided that the populists and silver republicans bo glvon two candidates each. Ed P. Smith opposed the amendments In a vigorous speech that evoked tremendous applause. Ho declared that Shoemaker's amendment was mode either In the interests of a republican or some man who could not got on any ticket. Shoemaker replied that hla amendment woo made as a matter of policy and not In the interests of any candidate. Pat Ford answered this proposition by ( inserting that if n vacancy waa left for Boott there would not bo a democrat elected In Douglas county this fall. The South Omaha delegation made an other effort to declare a recess , but Pat Ford asserted that there was4 altogether too much Scott money floating around to take any chances. The motion was carried on a roll call , leaving Smith's resolution on the ahelf. The recess was stretched Into nearly nn hour and when the delegates were again in their seats V. P. Wilson , from the pop ulist convention , reported that the populists had organized and appointed a conference committee. A Point Well Taken. At this stage a point of order was raised that apparently nettled tbo question of leav ing a vacancy on the ticket. W. C. Bullnrl luado the point that the convention was called to nominate seven judges and no less and the chairman ruled that the point was well taken. Smith's resolution , intro duced before the recess , was then adopted. Chairman Hippie designated J. J. O'Con nor and John Walters as a committee to notify the populists that the democrats were ready for business and W. H. Herd- , man and W. C. Dullard were appointed to convoy a similar message to the silver re publicans , The convention then proceeded to nomi nate four candidates. The names of A. N. Ferguson , William A. Anderson , George W. Shields , Richard S. Horton , Lyslo I. Ab bott , Carl C. Wright and James K. English were presented and the ballot resulted : Ferguson , 79 ; English , 67 ; Shields , 78 ; Wright , El ; Abbott , 59 ; Anderson , 27 ; Horton ton , 24. This gave a majority to Ferguson , Shields , English , Abbott and Wright and Pat Ford moved that the first four bo nomi nated by acclamation. This was objected to by Wright's friends , but the motion pre vailed by 68 to 28. It was made unani mous and the convention listened to a re port from the populist and silver repub lican confcrenco committees , which con voyed an Intimation that they would like two places on the ticket each. This re ceived a cold frost and a plain intimation that the allies could take what was handed to them or let It alone. Demand * of the Silver Ilcptiullcaiin. At this Juncture W. C. Dullard reported that the silver republicans bad nominated both Carr and Scott and had sent word that the democrats could endorse them ur lot them alono. A motion to take the latter - tor course was sidetracked , while 0. W. Shields made a speech. Then Ed P. Smith appealed to tbo delegates not to lose thulr heads and put up a straight ticket and M. II. Duller declared that the tall had wagged the dog long enough. A dozen motions to proceed to nil up the ticket with demo crats were ruled out of order by the chairman and a committee consisting of Ed P. Smith , J. J. O'Connor and Thomas Har rington was appointed to confer with the ellvor republicans , whllo W. II. Herdmau , J. A. Sherry and A. L. Hunter were au thorized to treat with the populists with a view to bridging the chasm. Then a recess was declared and the delegates adjourned tor refreshments. It was nearly 7 o'clock when the com mittees returned with their reyorts. These Indicated that the i > ouullst were ready to comply with the democratic program , but that the silver republicans wuro obdurate. They would endorse three democrats only and these only as the prlco of leaving a vacancy for Sco > tt. There was no uncertainty ns to the senti ment of the democrats on this proposition. The original fusion resolution was rescinded und the convention proceeded to noonlnato another democrat to fill the place on the ticket that had been dedicated to the silver republicans. O. C. Wright , W. A. Anderson and i , W. Woodruff were named. Wood ruff withdrew anil Wright was nolmnatcd by a practically unanimous vote. A com mittee was appointed to notify the populists f this notion , and tbo convention adjourned to 8 o'clock. The evening eesslon of the convention Tvas bold at the Jacksonlan club rooms. J. Sores § ucers | Wl WW Oapt. J. H. Mo- BuiTERof LawrencoburgKy.gftys : "For years I suffered intensely from a running sore on my leg , caused by wound received in tiio army. I was treated by a number of doctors , and took many blood medicines , without the slightest benefit. 3. 8. 8 , was recommended , and the fir at bottle produced a great improve ment. The poison was forced out. and the Bore healed up completely. S.S.S.The . . . 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'U'V/ ' ' wood scat and combination lock 3 feet Shellac finished. scat5O long , 30 inches wide , 4.5 Your money is well invested inches high in rattan furniture we have Over 100 patterns in golden or nn- about 75 designs in rockers tlquo oak ' , curloy birch , mahogany This flno and bird'a-oyo raaplo-Soiuo swell Mahogany finished and from $1.95 up. effects In old colonial designs. Ilnoly polished. This flue ArmChair This is our Rack 50 Chair 50 Sample Iron for Iron Bedstead Bedsteads 35 White enameled , with Solid oak to with brass trimmings , 8-6 and Colonial Sofas close out 22x28 4-6 sizes. French regardless All new designs for fall trade. Fine 87 in Iron Bedsteads Shellac bevel designs Some nlco ones at $5 , others $25 to 340 and some very fine . steads $2.25 . of cost. . . 40B7 ; finish. , glass. up. pieces as high as $100. They are all good values. J. O'Connor reported that the populists had endorsed the first four democrats nomi nated and had nominated George A. Maguey and H. II. Bowes for themselves. They still Insisted , however , on filling the re maining place with a silver republican. On motion of Mr. O'Connor , Magney and Dowos were nominated by acclamation , thus filling the ticket as far as the democrats were concerned , and leaving the silver re publicans to go It alono. - selected consisting A Judicial commltteowas sisting of Kd P. Smith. W. S. Popplcton , A. A Artor and W. 0. Gilbert of Omaha , A. ' P. U-ingdon of Sarpy county , Ira Thomas cf Burt and Watson Tyson of Washington and this commltteo waa authorized to fill all vacancies. The convention then ( took a recess until 10:15 : o'clock with the under standing that the delegates should descend and endeavor to the populists In a body on Induce them to endorse C. C. Wright in- nominee. silver republican etead of a IIISPUIIMOANS TURNED DOAVX SII/VKU Nominate Scot iui l Carr and Go It Alone. Hardly had the officers of the frco silver republican judicial convention assumed their seats yesterday afternoon before the conven tion Immediately got down to business andi without any preliminary skirmishing nomi nated Cunningham R. Scott and J. W. Carr ns its candidates for the district bench. At 11 o'clock last night the convention ad journed without making further nominations nor endorsing the nominees of either the populist or democratic conventions. The Judicial commltteo was empowered to fill vacancies on the ticket , provided the demo crats and populists would endorse the two nominees of the frco silver - convention , otherwise It will only be acting In accordance with the expressed will of the convention by , leaving the vacancies unfilled. I met In the i The free silver republicans Peter Cooper club. At no time were there more than two dozen delegates in the room. Two of the delegates came from Sarpy county , three from Washington and the re-i raalndor from Douglas. Burt was not rep- < resented. John II. Cameron of Washington officiated ns chairman and T. P. Sturgcss of Douglas as secretary. The Judicial coramlt- tco was constituted with the following members : Douglas M. H. Redflold , R. F. Williams , J , G. Arthur , Burt H. Wade Glllls. Sarpy S. 0. Salisbury. Washington John II. Cameron. I The nominations of Judge Scott and Mr.1 Carr were unanimous , and when the demo crats sent over a report that the free sliver republicans had been accorded ono place on the Judicial ticket and that their nominee must not bo Judge Scott the convention "balked" In a body. The delegates resented any dictation on Iho part of their democratic friends. They asserted that they had been hewers of wood and carriers of water long enough and that they would have more than ono candidate allotted them or they would refuse - fuse to fuse and go It atone with Scott and Carr. The convention appointed a confer ence commltteo which attempted to convlnco the democrats and populists that their con tention woo only fair and equitable , but this committee failed utterly In the performance of the difficult task imposed upon It and after a vain wait of several hours last night , hoping that the denioerau would come to time and along with the populists grant the free ellvor republicans two places on the Judicial ticket , the convention came to an ad journment and the delegates almost without exception expressed themselves as through with fusion until the time shall come when the free silver republican tall of the pop * , cratlo kite is accorded equal rights with the other two wings of the tripartite alliance. WIIANGLU AMONG THU I'OPUKISTS , Trouble llenliiM nt tliu Vcrj- Start mill There IN Nn Huil of It. The populist convention was born In tur moil and died in confusion , after having nominated H , H. Brown of Hurt county and George Magnoy of Douglas. Tbo nomina tions of Shields , English , Abbott and Fergu- eon , democrats , were endorsed , but the con vention failed to agree ypon the seventh man to fill out the ticket. Tbo trouble began BOOU after the con vention was called to order , when it was evident that Walter Molse and John 0. Yelsor would attempt to force the nomina tion of Cunningham R Scott. This caused great confusion all the way through and at ono tlmo It looked as if the convention would break up In a row without the en dorsement of any of the democratic candi dates. Much ill-temper was displayed and accusations of treachery flew thick and fast. On a vote of 21 to 23 Judge Scott was In vited to appear and address the convention. Ho made the usual ranting speech against the Rosewatere , throw bouquets at himself and served notlco that ho would run whether ho received the populist nomination or not. At 7 o'clock nothing had been done ex cept to agree upon the nomination of Mag ney and Bowes. During the , recess Smyth , Smith , Herdman and other democratic bosses hypnotized enough of the delegates so that the endorsement of four democratic candidates was effected. By this time there were only thirty-five delegates In the con vention and none of the country precincts of Douglas county were represented. The motion to endorse the democrats carried enroll roll call by a vote of 67 % to 22 % . All attempts to endorse one of the allver republican candidates failed and finally a teat vote was taken to sco which should have the preference. Scott received Cl votes and Carr 40. The secretary claimed that ho had made an error in the count and another roll was called. This tlmo Scott received 36 4-5 and Carr 54 4-5. The Scott forces made an attempt to re consider the vote whereby Bowes and the four democrats had been endorsed and amid the confusion a motion to adjourn sine die was carried and the convention broke up with delegates cursing each other and mak ing threats as to what would bo done on election day. The Scott men dalm that Bowes entered Into an agreement to cast the vote of Burt county for Scott In return for his own en dorsement and that tbo Burt county roan sold them out. The chairman of the convention was Louis P. Quye of Douglas county and he proved to bo utterly incompetent to handle the Job. Thirteen different appeals were taken from tbo decision of the chair , most of which were successful , whllo the chair reversed hla own rulings with startling frequency. The secretary was J. B. Gen try of Burt county and no attempt was made to keep a detailed record of the proceed ings. EndorNG Tlionin * nnil Iliircnli. A meeting of the Polish and Bohemian republicans of the Seventh ward was held last night and was attended by about 100 voters. John Kowalewlskl presided. Ho and Antone Inda were the principal speakers of the evening. Tbo candidacies of B. V. Thomas for county Judge and V. Bureau for clerk of the district court were en dorsed and Mr. Kowalewlskl was sup ported as a dglegato to the county conven tion. SENATOR HAYWARD IMPROVED Hud No Apoplexy or Pnriilynln nnil AVI1I Soou He n Well an Brer. Captain Will Hayward , son of United States Senator Hayward , was In Omaha yes terday and when asked about the condition of his father said : "I have Just been holding a conversation with ray father by telephone. He le get ting along very nicely. He has been up and around the house for more than a week. Several times during the last few days he has been outside around the prem ises. It will not bo long before he Is fully his former self. That he has been suffer ing from apoplexy or paralysis la a mis take. Our physician eays that his only trouble arises from indigestion and that the spell strained the muscles of the back BO that for a whllo he waa quite weak. Our physician says It will not Affect him. He will soon be as strong physically and wen- tally as ever. " FRANK'S ' ILLEGAL METHODS Soma Additional Irregularities in His Con duct of His Office. DRAWS FEES FOR SERVICES NOT RENDERED Morlsnse Forccloxure Fccn Arc Re tained In Dcflaiicc of J.niT AVhy Ho FoiiKlit Itlerdtrad and De poned Republican Employee. In the communication to the county com missioners in which County Auditor Tate called attention to the wholesale padding of Jury lists by Albyn Frank or his deputies the facts were also stated in regard to his presentation of bills for services rendered as member of the board of insanity com missioners when , as a matter of fact , ho had not been present at the meeting of the commission of the service mission or performed any part vice for which bo claimed compensation. The Instance specifically cited by Mr. Tate was In connection with the claim filed January 14 , 1899 , In which the auditor de tected overcharges which amounted to $318. The statutes provides that each Insanity commissioner shall receive $3 per day for time actually employed , but Frank had made out hU bills to cover every session of the commission whether he was present or not. In this Instance Frank subsequently admitted that he had overcharged to the amount of $99 , and his written admission is still among the records of the county board. To what extent Frank has padded more recent bills Is not absolutely settled. The only check to which his bills are subject is an examination by Hnlfdan Jacobsen nnd W. R. O'Shaughnessey , neither of whom are expert bookkeepers , but are holding posi tions in the auditing department solely as a matter of political favor. Even this sort of auditing , however , discloses some mani fest overcharges in nearly every claim that comes from Frank's office and it is bo- llovcd a thorough chocking by competent accountants would reveal large additional discrepancies. One of the heaviest deductions made In recent months occurred in connection with a claim of $198 filed by Frank for services as Insanity commissioner January 2 to April 17 , 1S99. Of this amount $51 was deducted covering items in which the records showed conclusively that Frank did not perform the service. In this cose Frank claimed pay for each of the last tqn days of March , when , as a matter of fact , ho did not attend a single meeting cf the commission during that period. Several similar bills have been filed since and In nearly every case It has been found necessary to cut down the amount. The auditing department asserts that it Is difficult to ascertain an illegal item In every case because the record of proceedings certified to. by J. L. Kaley does not always show Frank's absence. Withheld. Ono of the most dangerous of the illegal methods employed by Frank Is his practice retaining fees paid to him on account of foreclosure of mortgages. This is not BO much on account of the amount of money withhold but because it leaves the litigants of the foreclosure. \\lthout a legal record Frank's delinquency In this particular and Its unfortunate effect are fully set forth in a communication addressed to the Board of County Commissioners by Register of Deeds Crocker , January 19 , 1898 , as fol- lovts : My attention had been called to section 2178 , chapter 18. article 1 , compiled statutes of 1897 , refuting to a duty of the clerk of the district court in regard to discharge of mortgages under foreclosure , wherein he Is directed to collect $1 , half of which he is to turn over to this oillce with a certificate to be placed on record. Such certificates have seldom been reported to this office and I am Informed that the clerk of the district court has a large num. bcr of them at this tlmo and has collected fees for the same. They should , in my opinion , all be re ported to this office for several reasoni , Flrbt These mortgages , it ia y are Jn reality void by reason of foreclosure ought to be canceled from the records of this office. The compiled statutes of 1S97 , sec tion 2172 , chapter 18. article 1 , provide for "mortgage indebtedness record , " to be kept by the register of deeds In all counties of the state. Without these certificates before mentioned' filed by the cle-'c ' of the dis trict court with the register of deeds , such Indebtedness record cannot bo kept cor rectly. Second These certificates should be filed In this office for the convenience of the public. I am also informed that In Lan caster county these certificates nro filed as tbo law directs. Your opinion on this mat ter woufd greatly oblige. Yours respect fully , Thomas S. Crocker , Register of Deeds. The matter was referred to the finance committee which , after a full Investigation , submitted the following report , which was unanimously adopted. Report < > Finance Committee. Wo have carefully considered the matter in the said communication nnd Jjave caused nn examination of the dockets in the office of tbo district clerk to be made , a detailed statement of which shows fees for said certificates have been collected In 815 cases amounting to $815. One-half of which , $407.50 , should be paid to the regis ter of deeds accompanied by the certificate aforesaid , as provided iu section 2178 of said statutes. Your commttteo is of the opinion that the law herein cited should be compiled with , and to this end recommends that Albyn L. Frank , clerk of the district court , bo and is hereby directed to furnish tbo register of deeJs with the certificates herein referred to , accompanying the saino with the statutory fee of 60 cents in each ease , so that a proper and authentic record may bo kept in the office of the register of deeds , and this without unnecessary delay. II. n. OSTOOM. THOMAS HOCTOR , A. C. HARTB. This recommendation of the board 'boa never been fully complied with. A few foreclosures have been filed , but the -filings 'do not nearly represent these that have ac cumulated In the clerk's office since the re port was filed. The total number sent down for filing with -the register of deeds since the date mentioned scarcely exceeds 100 nnd tbo extent to which Frank is still delin quent is indicated by the fact that the last forclonurec filed by him are dated back in 1890. AnlmiiH of Klurntcad Fight. Frank's official Irregularities are indirectly responsible for the turning over of the county government to the popoerats and j the ejection of scores of republican employes from the pay rolls In favor of fusion polltl- I clans , The desperate fight made by Frank and his co-conspirators against the ro-elcc * tlon of Commissioner Kleratead was Inspired - | spired solely by the fact that Klerstead had ; called his attention to eome of the abuses being committed and declared that they i must bo rectified , Klerstead also made no secret of the fact that ho was in favor of making the position at clerk of the district court a salaried office , and Frank consequently quently went into the field to defeat Klor- Ktead. By spending money like water Frank suc ceeded in defeating Klerstcad by a small majority and the fusion county commission ers had no eooner assumed control than the enforced exodus of the former employes be gan. Men who were irregularly employed in road , brldgu and grading gang ( < were j among the sufferers and In addition to these the following permanent salaried cmployca j wore dismissed for no reawin except the fact that they had received their appointments under a republican administration : Elmer J. Starr and John T , Dalley , as sistant auditors. Miles I ) . Houck , superintendent court bouse. James Blorek , A. Wahlstrom , II. Cromwell and Harry II. Taylor , Janitors. Jceso Carroll , keeper court house grounds , W. S. Askwltb , county poor agent , Fred U Bugbec , assistant agent. Tbo list also included the following n- ployca of the poor farm : George M. Wright , superlntedent. Mrs. George M. Wright , matron. I ) , L. Pampel , interne. J , R Beatty , Bertha McCormick , NcJllo Miller un1 Ida Nelson , nurses. < J. W. Russel , engineer. Bert Askwlth and W. D. Klerstead , fire men. men.Charles Charles Johnson , Insane keeper. A. A. Gary , night watch. J. T. McCormick , undertaker. Hnttle M. Dlckson and Lena Henderson , cooks. Anna Kospar and Marie Pokorny , waitresses. Susie Barnes , attendant. FRANK THINKS HE IS LIBELED FllcM Criminal Complaint vrlth CoOperation - Operation of Shlcldn AffaliiBt E. nnd V. Ronewatcr. The Bee's exposure of the disreputable record of Albyn Frank , clerk of the district court of Douglas county , and the folly of renomlnatlng him on the republican ticket , baa resulted in the filing by Frank of a complaint for criminal libel against Edward Rosownter and Victor Rosewater , editor and managing editor respectively of The Bee. The complaint is a lengthy document , pre pared by County Attorney Shields , the in terlineations being in his own handwriting. It is sworn to by Frank. It sots forth in full the articles published In The Bee of last Thursday , showing up Frank's dishonest methods , and It charges that the article Is a false and malicious attack. A warrant was Issued by Judge Gordon , to which the two parties responded in person in the police court yesterday afternoon. They were released on recognizance in the sum of $800 oaoh nnd the preliminary hearIng - Ing sot for Monday , September 11 , at 2 o'clock p. in. PREPARES TO BOOM CAMPAIGN Flftli Wunl McKlnloy Club Rclectn DclctratcN to County Convention and AppoliitN Committee * . The Fifth Ward McKinlcy club , an antt- Saundcrs organization , held a rousing mcot- ing Saturday evening and completed many important plans relative to the coming cam paign. Delcgatea to the county convention were selected nnd committees were ap pointed to undcrtako the election work. The presiding officer was Robert Clancoy and W. T , Graham was appointed secretary pro tern in tbo absence of the regular olfi- cer. cer.Tho The commltteo on membership presented sixty-eight new names to bo added to the rolls , making a membership of 224. For delegates to the county convention Frank Dewey presented a list of ten names and moved their appointment. The mo tion was carried and the following will serve : John Brlce , P. M. Mullen , W , B. Christie , H. G. Counsman , James Redman , George F , Shophard , W. T. Graham , A. H. Donnecken , C. M. Hylandor and A. B. Hunt. The following committees were then BO- lectod by ballot : Executive , P. M , Mullen , Fred M. Youngs , A , H , Donnecken , George Shepherd , John C. Holt , C. M , Rylander , George Craig , James Redman and William Harris ; on halls and lights , 0 , C. Bchcerin , George Channel and E. Mattox ; on recep tion , Thomas Whyte , A. B. Forbes , John Morrison , R. M , Monroe and Ed Burgland ; on speakers , Frank Dowcy , W , G. Counsman and M. B , McKcnna ; on membership , G , H. Barker , B , C. Dougherty and Charles F. Johnson , After considering nnd arranging the de tails of election work and tbo appointment of committees on registration and voting the meeting was adjourned. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cure * dyspepsia be. cause its ingredients are such that it can't help doing so , "The public can rely upon It as a master remedy for all disorders arising from imperfect digestion , " James M. Thomas , M. D. , iu American Journal of Health , N , Y. , IlrryfuH * Ciiu ln at Minneapolis , MINNEAPOLIS , Sept. 2. Ernest M. Weyl , a cousin of Dreyfus , Is staying at an obicuro hotcr In this city with his wife. He ad alts his relationship , but denies bis Identity with tbo much-talked-of Intermediary of that name between Dreyfus nnd Esterhazy. Ha says he is organizing lodges of the Wood men of America and has not been In Franco in twonty-ono years , but ho hears often , from bis sister nnd will have rome Im portant information to communicate three weeks from today. GOING TO PHILADELPHIA Nebraska Will He Well Represented ut National Grand Army of the Heiiubllo Encampment. Nebraska will be well represented at the thirty-third national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic , whleh will beheld hold at Philadelphia this month. . Veterans from , all over the statcf. many of them ac companied by their families , have been ar riving In Omaha for the lost day or two In order to visit the exposition for a short tlmo before leaving for the cast. Yesterday's trains on all eastern lines were well filled with Omaha and Nebraska members of the Grand Army and the Woman's Ilellef corps , onroute for Philadelphia. Especially low rates have been made by all the railroads on account of the encampment - mont and this fact , together with the certain belief that this year's encampment will bo tbo beat in the history of the Grand Army , has been the Incentive which led many of the veterans to plan and prepare to attend the encampment during the last few days. The official route selected by the etato Grand Army of the Republic IB over the Union Pacific , Northwestern and Baltimore & Ohio railroads and tha special train of five sleepers which left yesterday afternoon at 4:55 : over the Northwestern carries De partment Commander J. E. Evans of North Platte , Vlco Commander Reese of Broken Bow and Adjutant Barger of Lincoln , of the Grand Army of the Republic , Mrs. Fidelia M. Riiplpor of Harvard , department presi dent of the Nebraska Woman's Relief corps , and at least 200 members of the Grand Army and Woman's Relief corps from different parts of the state. This train will proceed directly to Philadelphia by way of Washington - ton and a delightful Journey Is anticipated. Besides tbo veterans who loft yesterday others are expected to start today , which Is tbo last day of tbo sale of the low-rato ex cursion tickets. Captain II. B. Palmer will bo amonc the Omaha delegation. Ho left over the Burlington yesterday afternoon. At the lust annual encampment of the Grand Army Cap tain Palmer was made chairman of the com mittee to secure the establishment of a national soldiers' sanitarium at Hot Springs , B. D. , and ho will submit a report of the work which haa been accomplished to tha mooting In Philadelphia. In discussing thla matter , Captain Palmer said : "Wo are moro than pleased with the re sult of our efforts to secure a national sani tarium at Hot Springs. The senate ban al ready passed a bill authorizing I to erection and we are confident that the house of repre sentatives will give the matter early at tention at Its coming session and take favor able action. In all probability when I nub- mlt my report as chairman of the committee the national encampment at Philadelphia will adopt strong rcoalutlona endorsing the plan , and these will have great weight when the matter comes up before tbo next congress. " Fraternal Note * . A lawn social will bo given by OoorKo A. Cueter Women's Relief Corps , No , 82 , Thursday evening , September 1 , at 1S07 Leavonwortb street. All veterans of the war of the rebellion 1861-C belonging to organizations In thla city , win please cell at the Veteran office , 1216 Hurnoy street , and get their season paEa to the Battle of Missionary Ridge , Wct Midway , exposition grounds. The colored people of the city enjoyed a treat at the concert and reception which was given at Crelghton hall Friday evening - ing under the auspices of the Knlghtu of Tabor. The program included several num bers by the Alabama Jubilee singers and a cake walk that caught the house. Re. freshmentu were served in the lobby of the hall , The committee having charge of the entertainment consisted of the president and secretary , Messra. Russell and D ra- ney , and Woodg , Wilson , Johnson and Eu gene Bell.