Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 15, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. orntng Edftion) including funday D B Yok : 23: 8ix Months he aress, s MARA OFFICE, NO! O Yok OrpioR, BUILDISG. WASHINGTON OFFIOE, FOURTERNTH STREET. CORRESPONDENCE. ol feations relating to news and edi. hfitl’mfl‘:flnfigll{d b addressed to the EDITOR OF 7K DRy o kpe 1ETTRRS, Al business letters and remitthnces should be ddressed to THE BEp PUBLISATNG OoMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to De made payable to the order of the company, T Beg Publisting Company, Proprictors . ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Clrculation. Etate of Nebraska, s of Doug bl (le“? .'n,srhgc“meury of The Beo Pub- }ishing company, does solemily swear that, the n etk of the Datly Tes for the week ‘fim.vuma 1888, was a8 follows: Ba Ul [ ""fl““fr‘fflfivfi"‘:-‘ BOMS 14 AXD 15 T T tcx, No o1 ¥, Junie Sunday, June 3 Monday, ‘June 4 resd une b Waednesday, June iugaday, June 7 1day, June 8. AVOrage.. ... Lo A0 GEO, B. TZSCHUCK. Fworn to and subscribed in myl.vreum’e this Oth day of June, A, D., 1888, N.P. FEIL, Notary Publie. Btate of Nebraska, tos County of Douglas, b George B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says thit he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Dally Bee for the month June, 1887 was 14147 coples; o 1657, 14,00 for August, R8T, 14,151 coples: for Seytnubur 887, 14,340 coples; for October, 1857, 14,333 coples; for November, 1857, 15226 ipres; for December, 1487, 15,041 coples; for January, 1¥88, 1 cop- ;u: for February, 1888, 15,92 copies: for March, W!’h 10,080 Cflph‘fl;‘f{)l’ ?prll, 1888, 18,744 coples, for May, 1888, 18,181 coples, 4 “ A GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Eworn to before me and subscribed in my Yresence this 2d day of June, A, D, 1888, . FEIL Notary Public. copies; AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION 19,021 Total for the Week - - - 133,147 WieN do you start for Chicago? JOIN, SHERMAN'S followers meet to- night to fairly get in line for a possible campaign. —_— A MAN may be an honest express driver in his youth, and a very dis- hionest attorney in his manhood. Loyal L. Smith, et al JouN L.SULLIVAN wants to stump for Cleveland this fall and is willing to put up money that he can knock out the republican party in three rounds. Sul- livan evidently forgets that he met Mitchell some moths ago. IF the Chicago convention is simply Bearching for a man with a barrel, as ‘the Depew boomlet would seem to indi- cate, why not take Tabor of Colorado. He has the barrel and there is a rumor that he has been known to roll it out and kick off both end: Dr. GERTH, the state veterinarian, has completed his inspeetion. He finds that it is watered milk whichaffects the Omaha dairies. This 15 at least con- goling. A good well breeds less disease than a cow affected with tuberculosis, though the cream from the pump is watery. TrE Knights of Pythias are holding grand conclave in Cincinnati. This or- ganization has had a wonderful growth. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone in Washington, D. C.; February 19, 1864, “‘For the purpose of disseminating the great principles of friendship, char- ity and benevolence.” Its founder is present at Cincinnati, He has lived to see the organization spread all over the country and have a membership of more than two hunared and fiffy thousand. ‘WE emphasize the importance of keeping the streets and alleys clean. The danger from leaving decaying veg- etation and kitchen refuse rotting in the sun cannot be estimated. There is more danger at this time of year than any other. Every barrel -and vessel into which refuse is deposited should be not only emptied of its contents daily, but it ought also to be thoroughly cleaned as well, Do not take it for granted that the garbige getherer is doing his duty, but see to the matter yourself, If your neighbor fails to keep his premises cloan, speak to him about ft. If he then negleets it, notify the nuthorities. Any back yard or alley that smelis badly is breeding typhoid fever and death Mn. JonN M. THURSTON'S elaborate explanations why the Union Pacific withdrew its injunction case pending In the United States court is as in- genious as it is ridiculous. “In order to be consistent,” says the attorney for the Union Pacifie, “and as the company desired the passage of the Outhwaite bill, it was nec 'y to withdraw the suit,” Consistent with what The Duthwaite bill is not yet law, it is still pending in congress and is ot likely to The bill, thercfore, is of no , and the Union Pacific is under no obligation to obey 4t. If the Union P cific is so anxious to anticipate the Outhwaite bill, which pro- vides thut the company shall be sub- ject to the jurisdiction of the state, why does the Union Pacific continue to block the way of the state board of transportation and keep up its systom of discrimination? **To be consistent” means a voluntary compliance to the laws of the state. © But Union Pacific consistency is not of that kind, When the Lincoln merchants protested against overcharges, it would have been con- “sistency on the part of that railroad if it had conformed its freight rates to that city as legalized by the luws of this state. But no. The arm of the courts was necessary to force the Union Pacific to do Lincoln justice. And yet Mr, Thurston has the impu- dence to maintain that the Umon Pa- cific anticipates the Outhwaite bill by putting itself voluntarily under ‘the jurisdiction of the laws of Nebraska. In the same way the Union Pacific is “consistent” in withdrawing its in- junction suit in the guo warranto pro- ceedings of the attorney gencral, " Not until driven in acorner and defeat stares the Union Pacific in the face doos it show its “‘consistent” resclution %o obey the laws of the state. Nebraska and Dépew. Mr. John M. Thurston, through the railroad republican organ of this city, makeg a point-blank denial that he or any other mamber of the Nebraska del- egation intend to support Chauncey M. Depew for president. He declares that the charge, so utterly untrue, must have been made for the sole purpose of maliciously injuring the influence of the delegation at Chicago. Coupled with this denial is the following specific accusation: There can be no doubt that Mr. Rosewater manufactured this whole charge in his own fertile brain in order that he might have an opportunity in advance to stir up, as far as possible the people of Nebraska against ‘whatever action the Chicago convention may take. In this he is pursuing his usual course of opposing republican principles and repub- licans under the guise of apparent sincerity and under the absurd ¢laim that he is a ro- publican. The people of Nebraska know, and John M. Thurston knows that I am not inthe habit of inventing serious charges merely for the purpose of creating a sensation, or fomenting discord” in the party. Wheén I shoot at any mark Iam al- wayssure of my ammunition. THr BeE’s remonstrance against the perfidious plot to deliver a majority of the delega- tion to Depew, contrary to the known sentiment of the rank and file of Ne- ‘braska republicans, had for its basis a dispatch from Lincoln to the Chicago Tribune” of June 7. That dispatch doubtless represented, as near as could be ascertained, the ‘‘slate” laid out by John M. Thurston. The following extracts abundantly sustain the assumption that the general attorney of the Union Pacific had Depew on his mind as his final choice: John M. Thurston, of Omaha, one of the delegates-at-large to the national convention from this state, and who will be.chairman of the Nebraska delegation, was at the head of the Nebraska delegation four years ago, and aradical Blaine man, He was elected asa Blaine mau this time, and in a recent inter- view, stated that of ull the candidates in the field, he had no second choice. Since the ro- tirement of Blaine he believed Justice Miller, of the supreme court, to be the strongest man in the republican party, and personally would prefer him. Mr. Thurston does not favor Judge Grosham and will support Alli- son or Depew willingly. s * i i Patrick Egan, of this city, who has been a strenuous advocate of the nomination of Blaine, and who surrenders his first choice with a struggle, states in view of tho retire- ment of Blaine that he now favors Chaun- cey M. Depew, and believes that next to Blaine he would be best. A LRI ) Mr, Kgan does not favor Gresham or Sher- man, but will vote for Depew with Alger as second choice.” I dare say neither Mr. Thurston or the railroad republican organ, for which General Manager Holdrege, of the Burlington road, kindly took up a $10,000 mortgage some months ago, will assert that the dispatch from Lin- coln was inspired by me, or that Mr. Bgan was wilfully misrepresented to enable me to discredit the work of the delegation at Chicago. The pledge made by THE BEE to support any can- didates nominated by the national con- vention excepting Depew or possibly Leland nford dissipates the mali- cious inuendo that THE BEE proposes to bolt the national ticket whoever may be nominated. My republicanism needs no defense. I was a republican when *‘Fremont and Freedom” was the battle cry, and, un- like Mr. Thurston and nine out of the ten delegates who will represent Nebraska at Chicago, I risked my life in defonse of republican princi- ples and the Union, while these self- styled stalwarts were either in their swaddling-clothes or playing home- guards, If my action has brought down a land-slide that will prove a barrvier against committing the criminal folly of nominating a railroad president as presidential standard bearer in 1888, T shall feel proud of the stand taken by THe BEE, E. ROSEWATER, No Magnetism Wanted. The sclection of Hon, John M. Thurston as temporary chairman of the republican na- tional convention wouid be high compliment to that gentleman and a significant recogni- tion of Nebraska as a republican state and as the center of that great empire, the west. That Mr. Thurston is possessed of all the qualifications for the responsible position no one in Nebraska need be informed. A thor- ough parliamentarian; possessed of fine executive quick to discern and prompt to act; cool and clear-headed; an cloquent and maguetic speaker, he will be master of the situation, and preside with dig- nity sud absolute fairness, and with credit alike to himself, the state, and the party.— Republican, The ambition of John M. Thurston to Preside over the national convention is pardonable so faras he is personally concerned, but the state of Nebraska will not feel complimented by such a choie: My, Thurston is known in Nebraska as the chief distributor of the legislative corruption fund of the Union Pacific railroad. His magnetism asa legislativo lobbyist has made him popu- lar with boodlers and jobbers, but the honest cepublicans of this state do not desive to see a premium paid to criminal magnetism. Last sum- mer, when the Pacific railroad commission was in Omaha to investi- gate the management of the road, Mr, Thurston was in hiding for weeks keep out of the way of the commissi The testimony of the hoodle gang which he had hired as assistant lubricators of dishounest lawmakers should forever bar John M. Thurston from any position of hono Church Howe may induce the national committee to select Thurston as temporary chaivman. But neither Thurston nor Howe represent clean-handed republicanism. If the convention at Chicago1s to be a great convention of railroad lobbyists then Thurston would be the proper man. As to his boasted parliamentary knowl- edge, that is mere bosh. My, Thurston is a skillful political wire puller and magneti heeler, but he was neverknown to pre- side over a state convention in Ne- braska, or even over a county conven- tion. His occupation has chiefly been that of floor manager for the lroad “forces. No such magunetism is wanted at the national couvention at this cr cal period of the republican party’s career. The country - wants men at the helm who are not tainted with corporate corruption. My, Thurstou has made a blueder in thrusting him- self to the front at this time. He com 1“ s whenever they shoose to 00 0. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1888 pels a discussion of his record, and crit- icism which will not flatter his vanity. It was bad enough for the republicans of Nebraska to have him forced upoa them by the railroad machine as presi- dent of their clubs and delegate to Chi- cago. He ought to be contented with those honors, and give the republicans Wwho do not wear the brass collar time to recover from their indignant resent- ment. They Do Not Relish It. Tt is vory evident that the radical civil seryice reformers are very much disappointed at the inadequate refer- ence to civil service reform made in the national democratic platform, and this feeling is made all the stronger by the knowledge that this rather uniqué declaration of democratic prineiples and policy had the full approval of Mr. Cleveland before it was submitted to the committeo at St. Louis. The subject was dismissed with the dishonest claim that “honest reform in the civil service has been inaugorated and fhain- tained by President Cleveland, and he has brought the public service to the highest standard of effi- ciency, not only by rule and precept, but by the example of his own untir- ing and unselfish administration in public affairs.,” The sheer impudence of this claim is amazing, but what hurts the mugwumps is the omission of any promise that the reform shall be maintained and the policy extended. They could have swallowed without evincing any assumption of special vir- tue in this matter, however far from the truth, almost any claim which the convention could have made on behalf of the administration, provided ouly that the Cleveland plat- form had given them some assurance that their labors had not been in vain. They have toiled hard to bring the president to their view, and to induce him to disregard the known repugnance of his party to this reform. They have flattered them- selves that on the whole their efforts were successful, and where they have fallen short of their hopes they have been always ready to find an excuse for the president. It has been a difficult matter sometimes to find a palliating reason for executive shortcomings re- specting this reform, yet with all the evidences of insincerity and hypocrisy which have been presented, they have found a way of relieving Mr. Cleveland of much of the responsibility. Now, howover, that the platform, which vir- tually proceeded from the president, gives not the least assurance that the democratic party has any regard for the reform or desires its maintenance, the reformers who are standing guard out- side the lines of both parties, and who had fondly hoped for a strong demo- cratic bid in the form of a declaration that should elevate thewr hobby into an issue, are 1n anything but a happy state of mind. They have been persistently proclaiming that nothing was to be hoped for in behalf of civil service reform from the republican party, ig- noring the fact that that party inaugu- rated the reform and carried itunder the last republican president to the highest point of development and ' effici- ency it has attained. They have insisted that the only hope for the maintenance and progress of the reform was in Grover Cleveland. Con- fronted now by the indisputable e dence that Cleveland is in accord with the controlling sentiment of his party, the reformers are deeply chagrined and sorely perplexed. Having foolishly cast themselves out of the republican party and bestowed their favor on the democracy, they now get their reward in the refusal of the democratic party to give more than a passing reference to civil service reform, simply by set- ting up a preposterous claim, without a single word in favor of the reform or a single assurance that the party will give it future support. Still it is not probuble that cven this will convince a great many of them of the folly of continuing faith in the party which originated the spoils tem, which is bound to that system by ‘tradition, and which has fully and con- clusively demonstrated its inability to honestly and faithfully adheré toa pol- icy hostile to that system. A few may refuse to any longer give their support to a party which has so clearly shown the hol lowness and insincerity of its re- form pretensions, but undoubtedly the majority of them, however excellent and worthy the republican candidates may be, will remain faithful to the un- natural alliance they made four years ago and oxert their besteffortsto retain in power the party that has virtually cast them off. M. PATRICK EGAN is fond of noto- riety, and that which he is getting at present is doubtless pleasing to him, even though 1t does not present him in the most enviable light. There isan excellent opportunity for Mr. Egan to demonstrate that as an Irish republican he sincerely desires the success of the party, and it is not necessary to suggest in what way he could show this desive. But if what has been reported of him is well founded it seems evident that he is disposed to use whatever influence he mhy posscss to disturb the councils of the party and render the situation more difiicult, rather than to promote harmony and remove dificulties. This is not the sort of spirit which Mr. Egan, of all men, should exhibit. In the *um- stances he would inerease his claim to respectful consideration by a becoming modesty in the expression of his opin- ions, while in order to continue in the character of a friend of the people he cannot publicly figure as the epponent of a candidate whose highest claim* to consideration is the fact that he is the friend of the people. Mr. Egan should be willing to concede a great deal to re- publicans much older in the service of the party than he 1s. CE—————— Cutting Their Own Throats, Philadelphia Record. Some of the western railroad companies in evading the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law are inviting con- gress Lo enter upou a more thorough super- vision and control of their business. Itis not in the present power of the interstate commission to prevent the railroad compan- s from making & ruinovs warfare of cutting But congress can deprive these railroad compan. ies of the power of carrying on a demoraliz- Ing war upon trade for the sake of dostroy- ing or injuring the business of a rival trans- portation line prR——— He Wasn't Up to Snuff, delphin Press. o1 nommg\prmn uses snuff, but he wasn't up to ity a long shot when he al- lowed himself toybo made the tail of the kan- garoo ticket. Jtmu With Us. Denver News. The Omaha Bre, Nebraska''most widely circulated jougnal, gives notice in advance that if Depew ' ig' named at Chicago it will bolt the tioket. —_—— They Got a Mill-Stone, San Francisco Chronicle. The delogates from the west and the Miss- issippi valley howled for a silver plank in the platform, and got a silver gavel. This is like asking for break and’ receiving a stone with a vengeance, RO . ‘Wil Comfort Him. The Rev. Smith of Texas, called on Pres dent Cleveland the other day and solemn invoked the blessing of Heaven upon him. In the bleak and chilling days following the first Tuesday in next November the memory of that good man’s kind act will do much to sustain and comfort Mr. Cleveland. —— We Want a New Team. Chieago Tribuns; Twenty-four years ago, in Washington City, To Abraham Lincoln, that king among men, From Baltimore came an official committee M0 hail him tho choice of his party again. And he uttered a sentiment now grown hise ric, As his sad eyes lit up with a humorous gleam. i When he wittily said, in his way meta- rhorim “Tisn’t safe to swap horses when crossing a stream.” Weare crossing no stream now. So, Grover, don't cast your Fond e on that stall dre: You are growing too fat in your Washington pasture. Uncle Sam will trade horses. new team, R STATE JOTTINGS. Nebraska, The following society item is taken from the Sioux City Tribune: Tecumseh will have a new elevator—built on the site of the old one, which burned. North Bend's celebration of the new ele- vator, built by the farmers, will be a rouser. The Weeping Water Republican prints a ‘boom edition, which shows the town is pros- pering. The school board at Benkleman is in a lively quarrel. The school house, however, will be built. The prohibitionists will celebrate July Fourth in Nebraksa City. Lemonade will by the order of the day. Hastings, according to the city directory is the third city i the state, On the basis that figures won't lie, tne statement appears true, According to the Columbus Journal a man iving his name as E. E. Stevens, and claim- ing to bea colleotor for Ficld & Co., of Chi- cago, 1s not to be trusted. E. A, Brown, of the Nebraska City Press, will sail for Liverpool in a few days. M. Brown goes abroad to gather material for his novel, *‘How to Get Rich.” Ewing is blest with a large number of ac- tors who possessiactive wit which appears to be surcharged with histrionic talent. A1l sho requires now to fully develop stars of the first magnitude in the theatrical constella- tion is an opera house. Dakota City has been in existence thirty years and up'to lately has not been making the progress that its citizens would have wished. However, last election a progres- sive board was elected and sidewalks and other improvements were inaugurated. The Salvation army commenced to storm the sin-stricken portion of Nebraska City, and the first meeting was _broken up by ‘a mad mob of hoodlums. The papers of the place denounce the rioters and demand quiet. Mayor Watson will declare war unless white- winged peace is forthcoming. again—fatuous He wants a Towa. A thirteen-year-old burglar is the latest capture at Iowa Falls, The contract has been awarded for the construction of the waterworks plant at Gil- man, The citizens of Marshalltown are jubilant over the assurance of another big glucose factory. The citizens of Farnhamville are united in a determination to secure the location of a bank in that town, The $25,000 trotting horse Roy has been shipped from Waterloo to Marshalltown and entered for the races. The state bicycle club will hold its next annual meeting in Grinnell some time dur- ing the present summer, Farmer Dewey, one of the earliest settlors in central Iowa, and a wealthy land owne died at his home near Waterloo last Sunday. A shoemaker named Samson Ertz was drowned in the river near Burlington last Monday, whether by accident or suicide is not known. A party of Arabs from the ancient city of Jorusalein have been in the state selling Various kinds of trinkets. One of them says Titus was his grandfather, The Congregational society of Cedar Falls is about to build an $5,000 church, The old church, which has a place in the early his- tory of that city, is to be photographed and the pictures sold for the benefit of the Sab- bath school. ‘The coal miners strike at Ripley has ended ina victory for the company. It was caused by the company asking the men to sign a contract. This the; used to do, until last Saturday, when they concluded it was better to work than lay idle, William Patee, a shining light in the sal- vation army at Cedar Rapidsis in trouble. Last week he forged the name of Charles Ross to an order for £2.80. He has been sent to Marion to await the action of the grand jury in default of 500 bail. Six kegs of beer were received at Man- chester by express Saturday night and were sized by the sheriff assoon as taken from car. The parties to whom the beer was consigned secured possession of it afterwards by means of a writ of repl —_— National Republican Delegates, Judge Heistof Bidney, Judge Robertson of Madison and R. Norval of Seward, all delegates to the mational republican conven- tion, arvived here yesterday morning and stopped at the Millard. They left here I; evening for Chicagd, taking various routes. The other members of the delegation are Messrs, Thurstop #d Green of Omaha, the former of 1 went last night in a specl Union Pacific car over the Chitago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, the latter going in similar state over the Burlington; Patrick Egan of I n, Einsel }(mdn ge, Bates of Be: , Buker of Jefférson, and Wall of Sher- man ] Messrs. Roberfson and Norval said that Depew the lust man thoy would think of voting for, though they were forany man who could win. They had been in favor of Blaine and the sentiment of the greater part of the republicans of the state had doubtless been for Blaine, until his declination had been received. Alger would develop strength and Allison would also be strong, but Sher- man would open up with more yotes than any other. They both felt, also, that Gresham would have a good support and that the ques tion of dividing Indiana between him and Harrison the latter would have to get off his high horse. o —— Sherman Republicans. All republicans desirous of securing the nomination of Jobu Sherman for the presi- dency are requested to attend the meeting to bebeld at City hall this evening, at5 o'clock. Deleglitions from ward clubs will be present, as well as some of the best speakers. A cludo will be organized for the purpose of working for Shermau's nomina tiou at Chicago. DEPEW'S POSITION. The New Yorker Outlines His Course of Action. NEW YORK, June 12.—[Special to the Kansas Oity Times. |— Chauncoy M. Depew to-day explained his position in relation to the presidential nomination. and outlined his course of action in Chicago next week. To a reporter he «aid: “*“When I go to Chicago, if Tlearn that there is any such feeling as ex- pressed by the Omaha BrE, I certainly shall not allow my name to be used. Under that condition I would not accopt _the nomination anyway. It is said that if T expressed a desire to be named, I could have nearly, if not all, the dele- gatesof this state. Some of my friends think that I would add elements of strength to the campaign that other candidates would not, but then thero is the feeling in some states against rail- rond men. Why this is so I cannot tell. Men in nearly every other other ocou- pation in life are in politics—mer- chants, mechanies, lawyers, physicians, laboring menand sometimes clergymen, and there are 1,000,000 railroad men in this country, not one of whom occupies a political position. One reason for that ig that a railrond man ocannot delegate his position to enyone else. His situa- tion and salary are the accumulation of expprience if he gets 8150 a day or $50,000 a year. Iven to be a candidate I would be compelled to resign my pros- ent position, the result of twenty-five yoears of hard work. A railrond man cannot spend nine months of the year in Washington in congress, four months of the year in the legislature at Albany or three years in the executive cham- ber and retain his posijion. To be men- tioned as a candidate for the presidenc or to be nominated to the office is to most men very desirable in a business sense, even though thoy are defeated, for it aids them. But that isnot true in regard to a railroad If heis nominated for a al office the charge is made that he will make his position subservient to his business. This is unfortunately believed by some, but everything has been done to destroy that. In this state the pres- ence of the railrond commission makes it possible for a 2-cent stamp, and a reasonable complaint to bring any rail- road in the state to its books within forty-eight hours. A successful rail- road man should be nominated because he isja good business man. Now, I don’t want to run becanse I am a rail- road man. I would want that obliter- ated from the campaign and my candi- dacy be made solely on the great ques- tion of protection to American industry. That is the line on which . this cam- lmigu will be fought out, and that is tho ine I would want it to be fought on. This election will decide. whether it will be free trade or protection. The question of taxation for revenue is not the question alone, but whether things that are manufactured in this coun- try or grown on_ the soil shall he protected. When I go to Chicago, I intend to find out just how matters stand. I shall consult there with the delegates from the gr states, and if I find that by being a ¢ idato ‘the republican party will lose a single republican state, or onc member of congress, I shall certainly refuse the nomination even though I am selected. Iintend going to Chicago as a simple delegate to help nominate a ticket that can win, and we will win. On the ques- tion of protection we ean win and we will win, with any oneof the candidates now mentioned for the office. My first wish is for the success of the party, and whether I am a candidate or not I shall work for that. Some of my friends think I would add strength to it, but that may come from state pride or from some other cause. 1 will be one of the seventy-two delegates from this state who are going to work for the best man,” In another interview Mr, Depew de- nied having written a letter declining to be a candidate or that he had writen a letter of any description on the subject since the discussion of candidates be- gan. He also said that he had been and was still a Blaine man and,if nominated the party woul? rally to hissupport stronger than to any other man and his nomination would be equal to an election, He further stated that there was not_the slightest trouble between him and Mr. Platt—only that Mr. Platt believed that a western man should be uominated, but had assured him that in case Mr. Depew should be made the candidate he would support him, and work as hard for his election as though any other man was named. Mr. Depew wi art for Chicago on ynight. In relatien to the story that Governor Foraker had received a letter from Whitelaw Reid, ad ng him that Mr. Blaine would not refuse the nomination if the convention offered it, and declar ing that it would secure the second place on the ticket for Mr, Foraker if he took charge of a stampede movement for Blaine. Mr. Reid may be quoted as saying that he has not written a letter to Governor Foraker in a month, and never has written a letter containing such seutiments. AMUSEMENTS, Patrick Gilmore's Band Last Night at the Grana. P. 8, Gilmore, with his great band of the Twenty-sccond regiment of N, Y. appeared last night at the Gr house, after a highly suc the afternoon, The uudience was the largest that has ever embled in this house. »ry seat in the boxes, parquet and gallery as ocoupied, The temperature was as hot as that of the torrid zone, but not an _auditor loft his or her seat till the close of the long programme of twelve To speak of would be to say, possibly, what has al been repeatedly said of the distinguishe gentieman's work in this ci The selec tions were many, the style varied and th effect grand in the extreme, Almost ever number on the programme was encored, to a dey which some people reasonably thought was imposing upon the good nature of the renowned leader, There was nothing in the performance which was not worthy aud which did not receive the warmest of appreciation, The only cir- to which exception was taken was r in which *he large und almost ited audience was handled by the ement of the houso. A large attend had been assured for twenty-four hours o the doors opened for the concert vient time had been given to the opera men to prepare for the reception of the patrons, but it seems the time was not improved because absolutely no means, over and above those ordinarily employed, were utilized to receive and acconi- modate the large attendance. As a conse quence, there was but one ticket taker at th door. He did his best, but he could not over- come impossibilities.” He worked hard, but he could not admit the people as rapidly as roquired, As a result the lobby of the nd the sidewalk for twenty feet was mass of struggling bumanity, cach individual with a ticket in strife to pass_the gates of admission to the auditorium. Some of these people were in the erush for twenty minutes. When they entered the super. heated hall they were almost prostrated and enjoyed one of the delightful num bers which Gilmare had prepared for entertainment. ROBERT DOWNING. Phe second appearance of Robert Downing in **The Glad pok place at Boyd's last night. The per nee Was in every re spect equal to the first rendition and the large audicnce was greatly pleased. THE BOARD NAKES A START. A Formula Adopted on Which to Base Railroad Rates. SOME OF THE MEMBERS OBJECT. They Discuss the Suhject Thoroughly and Transact Some Other Busi- ness—The University Com- mencement Exercises. LixcoLN Bureau oy Tiar Omana Bee, 1020 P StresT, LiNcoLy, June 14, The state board of transportation met to- day pursuant to adjournment with the mém- bers all present except Mr, Willard, The lost papers in the rate case propared by Judge Mason were reported as not yot found. Mr. Laws, to obviate the trouble over the lost papers and the difficulty thal had at times existed in sceing the records, offered the following resolutions that were adopted : Resolvef,, By the board of transportation, That all lottors, papers and documents loft ‘With the clerk, or received by members of this board or ‘the_secretaries, as such, shall be filed with the clerk for the examination of any one at any time during office hours; That all resolutions or orders offered by any mem- bers of this board shall be immadiately spread upon the records, whatever the na- ture cr the subject matter, and the vote by which such resolution or order shall be ac- copted or rejocted shall be on call of ayes and noes, and the vote shall be recorded; That the clerk of this board be and he is hereby instructed to safoly keep on file all lotters, papers and documents relating to this oftice, and allow none to be taken away by any one on the ordor of any one, but allow full and free examination and copies thereof to be made at any time when not interfering with the proper discharge of his duties, Mr. Leeso called up the question of the Towa tariff, and Judge Mason stated that ono had been procured in licu of the one lost, In explaining this Secretary Mason said that the Towa rate was a just ono for the state, that it was, in comparison with other states, fairly equitable, and this was figuring on the present rate in that state and not on the new one proposed, which was a reduction of 40 per cent under present rates in that state. Mr. Scott argued that if the board was to adopt a tariff of another state that he thought Dest to bunch all the states and take a pro- portionate rate. Such a course would cause another d Mr. Munger stated that he believed that the formula by Judge Mason was right; that Nebraska roads should make sccond, third and fourth class rates proportionate of the first class. He stated that the Union Pacific made more money than any Iowa road. Mr. Mason stated in reply to Mr, Scott that the result would be that they would come into .competition with roads doing a competitive business with other routes and cited the Chicago, Burlington & Northern that carried at a much lower rate than the Towa tariff on account of this. He believed that the condition of Iowa was similar to that of Nebraska, and with the Iowa tariff as a basis a rate could be made that would do no injustice to Nebraska, Mr. Scott continued to argue against the Towa basis and for his proposition that it would involye delay, but Judge Mason said that all'goods that reached this state and the consumer had given the roads the benefit of the long haul across Towa, and they could afford to distribute for less i Nebraska than Towa. Mr. Munger said that all the roads were entitled to was a reasonable net rate on the actual amount of money invested. He did not think 7 per cent would be excessive. He cited some of the éarnings of the road us ex- as llustrating that point. Ager stated that the roads ¢ paying 61 per cent, but in his guilelessness he forgot to state that this was upon nov only the actual money invested biit upon stock watered to three times the actual amount invested, and that the figures were prepared for the public for just such specious arguments, Mr. Leese said that in all his days in Ne- braska he never knew of a road that had adopted a regular tariff that was the law. He did not know that roads in_the state paid 13 per cent dividends on not only the net money invested but on all their watered stock, and this on top of the fact that the state and the people in the first place had given them all their roads had cost and no stockholder was out a cent. Mr. Leese moved that the formula for the guidance of the seerctaries be adopted, that second class rates should be 85 per cent of the first, third 6034 per cent, fourth 50 per cent, £ifth'40 per cent, class A 40 pex cent, class B 3 er cent, class D 25 per 2 20 per cent. This is the formula in all the western states. Mr. Laws scconded the motion, and on a call of the roll Mr. Laws and Mr. Lecse voted for the formula and Mr. Scott ag: it, Mr. Babcock requesting to be e from voting, and the motion was de adopted. Mr. Ager mterposed an objection on the grounds that it made a reduction of rates, and Mr, Scott entered his objection in wr ing that he did not want to lay down any ar- bitrary rules for the seere of the motion adopting the is in the line of cled the atmosy is in the line of adyancement toward tions in rates, The board of transportation then adjourned until afternoon and the sc short session by themselves and fixed the as the date to hear the Waterloo complaint that pl F. M. Dorsey made complaint that on the train from Poneca to Covington only ono brakeman was employed and only seats fur- nisnhed for one-half the passengers. The com. plaint was referred to the company operat- infi\\u- r ith at ald and herself a on the K The find the defi Herman Yensen, of Lowell, wrote to the board in the case of the overflow of his land, that_the B, & M. railroad had not repaired the damage and that his lands were still over- flowed and that the dyke put in by the com- pany did not stop the overflow. He usked that damages be awarded him. ~The secre- taries ngreed to have one of their number visit the place. COMMENCEME The annual comm, tate university vises for held at the opera e and intelligent was a profusion Juitted itself with The 58 of 18588 nnmbers the 1 £, And irace M. P. Barrett, C. Bene- iding, Sarah B. Hurrls, Cornelius Jansen, jr., Frank W. Kramer, Charles . Lobinger, H, P. Matthewson, Carric M. Pennock, Orpheus B, Polk, Nathan R. Pound, ( e H. Rodgers, Joseph R, ofield, Jared G. Smith, Oscar V. Stout Talbot. William H. Wagner, o programme of the ex- much eredit, following : Barrett, orus from ‘‘Tanhaucser’— and orchestr Benedict. Oration—**A Word for Napoleon,” Frank W. Kramer, Scena and Aria—Vocal, Madame Weber, Oration—*International Arbitration,” 8. Lobing Oration Thé Modern Investigator,” Jo- seph k. Schofield. Oration—""Common Sense About v, Stout. andort. ‘Connell,” W. H. Wag- C. Indus- Violin s Oration— ner. Oration White, Conferring degroes, Preseutation of military o the governor. Beuediction ANOI The state o ~“Louisa May Alcott,” Cora E. ssions by T ORDER OF NIBERNIANS, onventionof Ancient Order of Hibernians closed their session to-day, after an interesting routine of business covering the past two days. South Omaha was se lected as the place for the next aun ing, and the foliowing ofticers were State delegate, Richard O'fecfle; state soc- retary. Charles Haggerty; state treasurer, Thomas Hoctor, . One churacteristic part iu the proceedings was that the very fow Trishe men in Lincoln who oppose John Fitzgerald, ecretary Sutton and Patrick Egan, of the Irish National league, captured tho gathering and furnished speeches. Resolutions wera adopted and the gathering adjourned, though fow in numbers, enthusiastic for their orders THR INDUSTRIAL COLLEGR. Immodiately after the commencement exor wero concluded the exercises of laying the corner stone of the new industrial coll building of the university took place. The honor of laying the stone was accorded to Mr. Gere, president of the board of regonts. Tho opening was witnessed by a large num- ber of spectators who woere adaressed by ex-Covernor Furnas as a roprosontative of tho State Aericultural society, and by Prof. K. E. Hicks, reprosenting the indus. trial facuity. Both addrossos wore good and brief and were accordingly listoned to with close attention and with pleasure, Py & ol 4 BOOMS BREAK AWAY. Eighty Million Liogs Afloat—A Great Money Loss, Croquet, Minn,, Juno 14.-—[Spocial Tele- gram to Trr Bre]—The dronded calamity came yesterday. Tho booms &t Cloquet broke, and 80,000,000 feet of 10g8 are scat- | 1 tored along the banks of the St. Louis river, or tossing on tho waves of Lake Suporior. Above Cloquet was the first boom, resting on Posoy island, and a mile above that was the socond or main boom, which rested on massive piers, Both of these booms broke, By many persons it is said that the second boom, which contained upwards of 60,000,000 feet of logs, first gave away, and the massive force they exertod snapped the Posey Island boom, where there were 20,000,000 foet. The loss to the lumbermen is enormous. As near as can now be estimated, it will reach nearly £500.000 and may run over that, and of course on all the great loss there is no insurance at all. The loss to the Knife Falls boom com- pany and the lumbermen there will bo 8150, 000 or more perhaps nea of their stredm, y $300,000 more. ~ The log sida upper mill was spent down the One span of the Water Power company’s railroad bridge and two small wooden bridges there wero also carried down stream. The Cloguet lumber company estimate their loss at 35,000,00) feet, which cost to put in §350,000, and the manager said to-night that he woul 100,000 for his loss, e company will prob- ably save 6,000,000 feet at Cloquet. The Cloquet company had - about 80,000,000 feet break away, and will probably 'save about 8,000,000 féot. ‘The water power company was the most fortunate. It saved about 8,000,000 feet and lost about 6,000,000, Very heavy rains fell on Saturday in the vicinity of the government roservoir at Cross lake, making a raise of six inches, and all the water is held back. teen feet at the daw, morve than was over known before, and it is impossible to make any accurate statement of the area now cov- o When the head is twelve feet abova the same reservoir, the water falls back over an area of seventy five square miles, and tha additional foot must cover considerable more torritory. Thore are 40,000,000 feot of logs held back in Clear lake to be sluiced through the governmont dam at Cross lake, but as its its apron has been damaged there ‘will be no sluicing until the apron is repaired, a work requiring about ten days, There is gréat oo- casion for alarm along the river above Miu. neapolis, In anticipation of any riso tha Minneapolis lumqer men to-day commenced to run logs into the Coon créek boom, in order to be prepared for any possible emer- gency which may arise. i gt L Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WASHINGTON, June 14.—[Special Telogram to Trk Ber.]—The following pensions were granted to Nebraskans to-day: Original in- valid—Jobn B. Cunningham, Clinton; John Luce, Luce. Increase—Daniel W. Cory, Broken Bow; Lewis H. Kolloy, Kearney; Lewis Logan, Kearncy; William W. Hicke man, Omaha. Reissuc—Charlos Prosser, Buckav. Original widows, eto—Eliza, mother of Joseph A. Shanklin, Greenwood. Pensions for lowans: Original invalid— William Orr, Kilbourne; Thomas Case, Ladora; Alexander O. Adams, Vinton George W. Hyde, Quincy; Wosley Sylsert, Anita; Archibald Payne, Palmyra; Melyin J. French, Preston; John Reynolds, Osceola George De Haven, Nowton. ~ Incrense—Joht . Augustine, Albon; Henry Richa Ferry; Walter Bedford, Spencer Knowles, Iconium; John = W. Fisher, Wiuterset; Daniel Leper, Liberiyvillo) Isaac Hughes (deceased) James M. Martin, Genoa , Mount Ploasants V (navy lliam H. Snyder, Brighton ; Leander Bddy, Oskaloosa. issue—Anios Gilliland, Porty; Houry F. De- vault, Towa City; David A. Grosvenor, Blairstown; John' H. Finloy, Burlington} James B. Gaylord, Independence;Pollk Tib: bots, Fort Madi John I, Webb, Des Moiries; .John Algona; Randolph Smith, Decp Creek; Bl €. Williams, Vinto John 'W. Catlin, Dunrcath; Jamds G, Mo Kenzie, Independence. Original widows, owe.—Mary L., widow of Lewis Curran, Washington; ‘Mary E., widow of Isaad Hughes, Mont Ayr. Moxican susvivors— (Reissué) Danicl Carlin (deceased;, Centro Point. Mexican widows—Martha Ay widow of Daniel Carlin, Centre Point. WasmNG 0N, June 14.- to Tue B i dwards, late private Company E, Eighth infantry, is sed ab Fort Snelling, Minn., where he is now in confinement under the sontence of @ court- , (general court-martial orders No, 6, March 15, 1853, Department of Dakota), Post Quartermaster Se nt George Ep- pert will bo relieved from duty at Fort Sisse- ton, Dak,, and will procced to Fort Shaw, Mont., re n- manding oficer for assignment to duty at Ahat post. By direction of the secretary of war, para- graph 2428 of the regulations, as amended by zeneral orders No. 83 of 1554 is further amended to read as follows: Contract surgeons will be paid the actual traveling ex- penses according to the laws and regulations governing such payments to civil employes in the military service. 1) will be paid expenses for travel actually performed from the place of annulling to the place of making contract unloss such contractshall have been annulled for misconduct or neglect of duty. By direction of the secretary of war so much of paragraph 2253 as authorized the payment of mileage to contract, surgeons is horéby re voked and the form of contract will be amended to conform to the laws and regu- lations upon this subjec She is A ARLOTTESVILLE, Vi Telegram to the Ber.] —Miss Awmelia Rives, the beautiful and gifted young authoress, hag decided to hasten her marrisge to Mr, John A. Chandler, in order, if possible, to stop further public comment, Iustead of being marricd in September, as she origi tended, she will be married on B rks about the young in wany newspapers, nearly cached hér, made the situation s hoped that by hurrying cremony she would bé re. further suffering of the kind ive and retiring, dishik i cares nothing for ' society, 1sed a $25,000 cash offer for & weeks ago, preferring Lo wait un- til the biowing over of the sensation caused nisunderstanding of her motive in 'he Quick or the Dead.” The Regulars Will Attend, WasniNGToN, June 14.— [Special Telegram to Tue Be|—Atthe request of Congress. man Dorsey, the secretary of war yesterday ordered a battalion of the secound regiment to proceed to Norfolk, on its way to its sum- mer encampment, and to join the Nebraska encampment of the Grand Army of the Re- public there for a few days. There was sowme opposition on the part of the secretary of war to this proposal, and he refused to allow the regulars to take any part in the en- campment, when requested to do so by the citizens of Norfolk. Mr. Dorsey has per- sisted in urging upon him the desirability of issuing the order, and yesterduy it was made, | e A Sword for Boulanger. “Pamis, June 14.—The Presse has opened a subscription for the purpose of raising o fund to buy & sword of lonor for €Gencral Boulanger, : not be willing to take b and on the logs swept away £} 1 There 1s o head of thir- i | | |