Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1888, Page 1

S L e Daiy BE EIGHTEENTH YEAR, OMAHA. FRIDAY MO RNING AUGUST 31 1888, ——— NUMBER 78, LINKED BY BANDS OF STEEL. Iowa and Nebraska Joined Together at Nebraska Oity. NEW BRIDGE FORMALLY OPENED, Old Otoe County's Metropolis Dressed in Gala Attire on the Occasion— A Monster Parade Seven Miles in Length. Nebraska City's Eventful Day. Nemiaska Crry, Neb., August 30-—[Spe- ecial Telegram to Tue Bee|-—-The celebration has proved a perfect success. The grand procession at 1 0'clock was over seven miles in length, in which more than 15,000 people participated. Besides the other excursion trains announced, a special arrived from Chicago loaded with eminent railroad men and other prominent guests, Every street in the city was perfectly jammed with peo- ple and Nebraska City has scen the greatest day in her history. The musical contest in which the B, & M. band of Plattsmouth, Lincoln Military band, Bruce Commandery band of Red Oak and tho cornet bands from Peru, Shenandoah, Red Oak and Tecumseh participated, re sulted in the Red Oak organization carrying off first prize and the Lincoln Military band second priz The most interesting was the prize military drill between com- panies of the Towa and Nebraska national guards in which Towa came out victorious, the Ballingall Rifles of Shenandoah winning first prize, and Company C., of the Nebraska National guards from Ieatrice win- ning second priz The commanding officer was Coloncl . Phillips, of Beatrice and the companies all made most oxcellent scores and the contest was wit- nessed by 10,000 people. The fire compani contest was between the Red Oak and Platts- wouth hoso teams, ruuning 400 feet and couphing, Red Ouk won the race. The Red Oak team was lod by Ross and Bethume, professional runners from Council Bluffs, The day was perfect and the celebration was the grandest success. Central avenue was' waving with ban- ners and { cing streamers bearing approp ate mottoes regarding the city's greatness Special trains arrived here from Red Oak, Towa, 3¢ , Lincoln and Omaha, and all were crowded with visitors. Fully 40,000 people, or more, participated 1n the iubilee, ‘which was by all odds the andest demon- stration ever attempted in Nebraska City, or the west. Nearly every city, town and pre- cinct in the state and western fowa had dele- gations here. Au 9 o'clock every whistle blew and every bell in the city rang out to mark the new epoch of pr perity that was dawnir s ypon Nebraska eyity. Every re dence und business house in the city was gaily decorated and the entire town was one muss of flazs and bunting. The immense parade was formed on Sixth street, and led by the Red Oak band and Chief Marshal of the D Brigadier-General L. W. Colby, mounted upon his fine Arubian horse—formerly owned by Genera Grant, and presented to him by the Shah of Persia. The procession was made up in the following order: Mounted Police. Brigadier Gen. Colby, Chief Marshal. Assistant Marshals and’ Aids. FIKSI DIVISION. Bruce Commandery. Band of Red Oak, Ja. Major John C. Watson, Marshal. Assistant Marshals and Aid: Nebraska National Guards. Company C, 1st Reg., of Beatrice. Company D, 1st Reg., of Lincoln. Conipany I, 1st Reg., of Bennett. Company C. 24 Reg., of Nebraska City. lowa National Guards. Company B, 5th Reg., of Villisca. Company &, 5th Reg., of Shenandoah. Company K, 5th Keg., of Red Oak. Lincoln (Neb.), Military Band. Uniform Rank K. of P, SECOND DIVISION Plattsmouth Band. Major W. T. Canada, Marshal. Carriages Containing Speakers. Mayor and Council, Railroad Ofticials, Board of Trade. Prominent Guests. THIRD DIVISION. Beatrice Band. Captain S. H. Morrison, marshal, Aid#, C. W. Hoge and W. I. N. Houser. Civie Societies. . William Baumer Post No. 24, G. A. R. Frontier Lodge No. 8, L O, O. ¥: Knights of Pythias Lodges. Ramplin Cump of Modern Woodmen. Other Civic Societies. « __ FOURTH DIVISION, Villisca Band of Iowa. M. Bauer, Chief Fire Department, Marshal. Assistant Marshals and Aids, Fire Department and Visiting Firemen. Palmyra Band. FIFTH DLVISION. E. A. Lambeth, Marshal. Ladies’ Band. of Weeping Water, Neb, Ladies' Broom Brigade, of Springfiéld, Neb, SIXTH DIVISION, Shenandoah Band, of Iowa. A. Heller, Marshal. Assistant Marshals and Aids- Mechanics’ Procession, Peru Band. Trades’ Procession, SEVENTI DVISIO Tecumseh Ban H. Birkby, Marshal. Assistant Marshals and Aids, Citizens in Carriages, The procession marched and counter- marched through the prineipal streets of the city and terminated at the city park, where tho Hon. John M. Thurston, as orator of the day, delivered one of his eloquent extempor- ancous speeches. Ho was foliowed by Colonel Colby, of Beatrice, General Van Wyck, Major Watson and others, The latter part ot the day was given over to band contests, prizo military drills and tests by competing tire departments, and maguificent displays of fireworks in the evening. The colebration was a success, for which the board of trade and business men in gen- eral, and Major Watson in particulur, who was untiring in his work, deserve great credit, feature of the day THE BRIDGE, the completion of which was the cause of rejoicing, Is said to be the finest rail- road bridge on the Missouri river, it being coastructed of steel entire. Work was begun on the bridec November 8, 1587, when the corner stone of the first pier was laid with imposing ceremonies, and Wwas com- g}m and opened for traftic July 23, 1883, 'he two main spans are 400 feet long and ‘weigh 450 tons each and are capable of sus- taining 6,000,000 pounds. The height of the truss is fifty foet. ‘The one on the east side is the deck span, 800 feet long and weighs over a ton to the foot. The trestle work on the east side is 2,050 feet lnni. the highest portion being 57 feet. aud the lowest 23 f & grade of 65 feet 1o the mile, from the cas :Ilurowh, ‘With this immense railroad ridge Nebraska City is justified in expeot- l" additional and important railroad fucili- ies and now roads, The Wabash road will run & line from Shenandoah, Ia., and con- nect hare with the Missouri Pacifio, which is snnounced as settled. The Fremont, Elk- Shpartaniy ta bulid b i oy, and on the opportunity N o and on whole the outlook is most flattering, THE DAY MARKS AN ER. he history of Nebraska City from which it dates its coming great The comple- n of the bridge, while a big enterprise iu If, is but & small part in the improve- meat lu Nebrasks City ia the pasttwe yours. ~ 3 More than £3,000,000 have during that time been expended in public and private enter- prises and material progress. For this money there 18 to show: The finest steel railroad bridge that spans the Missouri river. The building of this bridge by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was a direct outgrowth of the advent of the Missouri Pa- cific, which road, seeing the coming import- ance of Nebraska City, changed its main line in 18 by invading the B, & M.’s territory and building through Nebraska City, thus giving the city five lines of railroad—Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy, Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs, | Missouri Pacitic and Nebraska railway—demanding l;mc-r means of crossing the river than by oat, THE FIRST STEPS towards building a railroad bridge were taken by the Missouri Pacific company, whose intentions were 1o _cross the river here and connect with the but in some manner the sc and the Buriinston stepped in and erected tha present magnificent structure at a cost ol #1,500,000, The building of such a costly bridgc at this point must mean a great deal for Nebraska City. for in the lanzuage of an official of that road, *“It was not built merely to accominodate its short branch from Red Oak or its few hundred miles west.” Tt is stated on good authority that it thy intention of the Burlington to eventually ma this their main Missouri river point, and the line through Nebraska City their main road from Chicago to Denver being the shortest route and easy grades, L IMPO) to Nebraska City are very evident. Arrangements are now under way to remove many of the company’s car and machine shops to this city, ground having been reserved for their location. Another evidence of the Burlington’s enterprise and sagucity was evinced by the filing of articles of incorporation last Saturday, by a number of local capitalists under the title of the “Beatrice, Nebraska City & Northwestern road companv.”” The company has o capital stock of $5,000,000, and is backed by the ~ Burlington 'company, and is the first step towards building & line, formerly —surveyed from Beatrice to Omaha by way of Sterling, Talmage, Nebraska City, Ashland and Wahoo. proposed line is an assured fact, and it is sai v several officials, would have been built during the past summer had it not been for the engineer’s trip on the “Q.” All prelimi- nary work will be completed this fall and the road will be in operation by early next summer, Besides the railroads and bridges NEBRASKA CITY has forty nine dit'erent manufacturies, em- ploying nearly two thousand men. OFf this number of factories nearly all have been ac- quired during the past two years, the most nt being two extensive packing ses—the Nebraska City Packing com- pany and the Chicago Packing company, cach with a capacity of 3,500 hogs per d In connection with the run also Heller's sage factory, recently removed here from Milwaukee, Hutchinson's beef packing concerns 18 a part of the Chicago company’s plant, and_is an extensive indus- try in itself. The products of these houses is shipped throughout the entire world, and represent Nebraska City's principal indus- try. The Nebraska ( Un.on Stock Yards mpany, with a capitel of $200,000, is a re- cent and important addition, and with the prospect of increased business by the com- pletion of the bridge, the yards are being grez.ly enlarged, the capital stock increased, and a magniticent stock exchange building is to be erecte Colonel Stevvart's PONTOON BRIDGE, the only one on the Missouri, for wagons, foot passengers, etc., seross the river at this poiut, hus just been completed, and is of more real value to Nebraska City than a railroad bridge. It makes tributary to this city a por- tion of lowa as large as the entire portion of Nebraska upon which formerly the city was dependent for its country trade. The great ad- vantage of this is very apparent. The pontoon bridge figured;prominently in to-day’s cele- bration. Nebraska City will also have a street car line, to be built as soon as paving is com- pleted. ' Several propositions have been made the citizens—one a new system of cable road —but 1t has not yet been fully decided which one to accept. S.H. H. Clark, of the Missouri Pacific railroad. is interested in the street car project, and puts great faith in the future of Nebraska City. Beyschlag's Cereal mills, a mammoth en- torprise, which is now operated day and night to supuly the demands for its products, was erected during the vear at a cost of §75,000. It manufactures starch, oatmeal and corn hominy, ete. The Nebraska City waterworks, the most complete in the state, was put in the past year at a cost of $200,000. The company also operates the most pefect electric light plant in the state, in consequence of whicu Ne- braska City is well lichted. An expensive system of sewerage is now in_ the course of course of construction, and the streets are being paved. A new system of street nomenclature, known as the Stewart sys- tem, und house numbering has been adopted, and a free delivery of mail will be intro- duced with the completion of our new gov- ernment postofiice. AMONG OTHER IMPROVEMENTS 18 an extensive addition to the state insti- tute for the blind, for which the state made an appropriation of $30,000, making it the finest edifice of 1ts kind in the state; the United States government building, erected at a cost of $125,000, nearly finished. A large canning = factory, paper box factory, fruit, evaporating plant, furniture manufactory, cooper shops, boiler works, broom factory, rectifying es- tablishment, mineral water works, Consoli- dated Tank Liue company, implement manu- factures, and ascore of minor enterprise: all added to the city's solid growth within the_past two yea Nebraska City has two magnificent parks, one the handsomest in the state, the gift of the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, The outlook for the city’s future is a most flattering one, and ovserving men predict for it a position in the state only second to Owgha as a place of importance and railroad center. Her progress during the past few years has been phenominal, but the future promises even better,and with the recognized advantages offered by this city to foreign capital, brains and business energy, the greatness prodicted cannot be far away. In all things the past two years have been eventful ones for Nebraska City. The BUSINESS OF THE CITY has increased enormously, vast amounts of capital have been invested in buildings and business eaterprises; new railroads have been constructed,additional territory opened, and the attention of the entire country has been drawn to our growing importance, Ne- braska City's claims of solid growth are backed by the fact that our manufacturing interests in the past two years have out- stripped nn‘y;tmng that could have been ex- pected by the most hopeful. Systematic at- tention has been given by our citizens to the importance of encouraging the location of manufacturers, and the results have been proven that it wasan effort in the right direction. Manufacturers from all parts of the country come here and personally ac- quaint themsclves with the ad- vantages offered, and in numerous cases nave reached a favorable conclusion, The results of which arc daily becoming ap- parent. The interests that a re thus being established here bring to Ncbraska City a mint of money and an army of workingmen The inducements offered to manufacturers by Nebraska City are unexcelled and cannot be profitably resisted—a variety of raw m terial in abundance and most excellent trans- portation facilities, and the proximity of the i;o»ulnuan who use manufactured articles. t is not at all unreasonable to believe that within the next five years Nebraska Cit, will experience the most marked material J vancement and occupy @ place as an impor- tant industrial poiut that she should have attained years ago. . Poughkeepsie's New Bridge. Povenkeersie, N. Y., August 50.—The last span in the great bridge across the Hud- son at this point was cowpleted about six o'clock this evening, the event being cele- brated by the firig of mon from the top of the bridge. histles along the river were blown and there were other demonstra tious over the event, - former house is immense sau- DOCTORED PENSION RETURNS How Commissioner Black Makes a Big Showing. NO ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS The Prospects For a Continuous Ses- sion Very Favo rable—A Sample of Alleged Democratic Economy —Miscellancous. Mlack's Misleading Record. WasniNGTON Buneau Tie OManA Bre, } 513 FOURTEENTH STREET, ‘WAsHINGTON, D, C., Aug: The annual report of the commissioner of pensions abounds in statistics. Ore of the strongest points made by the commissioner is in regard to the increase in the number of certificates issued for the time between the years of 1885 and 1888, Compared with those issued in the fiscal years between 1882 and 1885, an increase of 168,316 is show: Gen- eral Black does not explain that this increase was caused by changes in the pension laws making increases on account of amputations and increases from $3 to $12 allowed to widows and dependent relatives. A new certificate had to be issued in each of these cases and these taken altogether will amount to considerably over one hundred thousand. An analysis of the balance of the figures ‘would probably show that like deception has been practiced. The commissioner neglects to state that the number of cases n the special examination division increased nearly ten thousand within the last fiscal year. The cause of this increase is directly the conscquence of the inefliciency of em- ployes now in the field composed largely of new appointees, A case is sent to the board of review or special examination division when testimony is insufficient. The commis- 0 fails to state in his re n absent from his office about one hundred and sixty days during the past year, cr that the principal part of the business of his oftice has been approved by stamped sig- nature which is not even a fac simile and that this stamp has been employed outside of his own room. Pension certificates have been stamped and other documents approved when the commissioner was not only outside of the pension building but away from the city. Al the commissioner asked on his return from his numerous absences was in regard to the number of cases which had been ground out and his only complaint was when they have not been sufficient in number to swell the record. General Black, it is remarked, has also been careful to avoid any allusion to his de- tail of the chief of the special examination division for political investigation recently at Cohoctan, N. Y., the expens~s of which were paid out of the fund for the investigation of pension claims, Examiners were detailed on several missions which can be given in detall if necessary and which have caused the work of the special examination division to drag fast behind. A CONTINYOUS SESSTON PROMISED, Estimates are being received by some of the house committees for the compilation of the appropriation bills ir. the next session of this congress, beginning in December. A number of calls have been made on departments for information to be used in the compilation of the next series of appropriation bills, indi- cating that the chairmen of at least some of the committees and the heads of the depart- ments are laboring under the impression that there will be a continuous session of this congress. When it was first suggested, three or four weeks ago, that it was probable that there would be no regular recess, and the session would continue right along, there was a pro- test from almost every man in congress. It was a very remarkable state of affairs, such as was never enountered before, except possibly in one or two instances, and the statesmen could not see how they were going to live without their usual three or four months’ vacation, especially in view of & national campaign. As the session wore a the interest in the work increased, and senators and representa- tives alike began to agree thatt they would as leave remnain here as go home and into the campaign, and then a_few actually began to work to have the session prolonged. There are a majority of the senators, it is believed, who prefer to have the session run righ along to having a recess and being called home on the stump. If they thought that a recess was probable they would impede the way. Itisthe belief now that there will be a fortnight’s recess at election time, and then congress will continue as though 1t was the deng of winter. It is a clear case of ‘‘frecze- out” between the administration and the democrats in the house on one side and the republican senators on the other side. SMALL BOKE ECONOMY, One of the smallest pieces of political economy ever practiced by the house was that of rejecting, the other day, the appro- priation of §250,000 put by the senate into the sundry civil bill for the purpose of investi- gating and inaugurating a -s-stem by which the millions of acres of arid lauds could be irrigated and made productive, Tt is stated at the general land office that there is now enough arid land tomake atract larger than two of our largest states, and that it can all be reclaimed by irrigation at a cost of less than 5 cents an acre on the prin- ciple proposed or suggested by the senate. The house, however, refused to allow the appropriation, simply because it would raise the general aggregate to the extent of the sum named. The principal object in making the appropriation was to investigate the practicability of certain plans of irrigation proposed by the land office—among them the reservoir system—and it is & little remark- able that a democratic house should refuse to accept an opportunity to let a democratic sec- retary of the interior disburse this amount of money, not to mention the bad policy of de- feating a plausible enterprise. MILOE| 0Us. Senator Manderson will to-morrow make a favorable report from the military committee on the bill extending the bounty relief that is now granted to veterans who were dis- charged on account of wounds received prior to the expiration of the time for which they enlisted. The auditing officers have held that soldiers are not entitled to bounty where they were discharged from service for sickuess or other disability than wounds. Mr. E. C. Snyder, of the Omaha Excelsior, after an inspection of the sights in Washing: ton, left for Nebraska this evening, accom- panied by his wife. PERRY S. HeaTH, FIFTIETH CONGRESS, Senate. ‘WASHINGTON, August 30.—Mr. Blairoffered a resolution, which was referréd to the com- mittee on contingent expenses, structing the committee on interstate commerce to ex- amine fully into the system of mechanical telegraph now on eXhibition at the capitol, and to secure the aid of competent and disin- terested experts, He explained the object of his resolution to be to have this system of telegraphy examined, and if found to be as represented to secure it for the benefit of the people. He had been told by D. H. Craig, owner of the patents, that 2,000 words could be sent on the wires o cost of single letter postage. Mr. Blair spoke of the Westeru Union telegraph company as a gigantic monopoly, that owned every tele- graphic invention and every telegraph line and_wire in the country, and thus had a grueucu mortgave over the whole telegraph usiness of the country against which there redress unless congress saw interfore and buy out that company &t an extravagant valua. tion, ere was an opportunity to introduce a system which would supplant the other, at a ccomparatively slight expense. He did not know whether there was an; thing1n it, but he wanted to have the matter ol . The seaate then resumed consideratios of —_ —— the president’s retaliation message, and Mr. George proceeded with the speech 'which he had begun yesterday. In ly to the asser- tion made by Mr. Edmunds week in his speech, that the presidest had a right to suspend the operation lof section 8006 of the revised statutes, which allowed the transit of goods between the United States and Canada without the pay- ment of duty, Mr. George argued that if the president were to undertake to suspend the operation of that section he would be as- suming an autocratic power denied him by the constitution and possesseéd only by somo potentates in Europe and Asia. The presi- dent could not abrogate a solemn enactment of congress, absolute in its terms and with- out any coutingency whatever. Mr. Cullom addressed the senate on tho same subject. The rejectin of the fisheries treaty by the senate, e said, had met the approval of a very large majority of the people of the country. The retaliation me: sage might be fairly taken as evidence that even the president had becorie satisfied that the treaty was a mistake, To retrieve what he had lost by that mistake the president had launched out into a broader sea and would find himself in deeper water than ever be- fore, and with greater changes threatening him. When he (Cullom) applied the mes- sage to the existing situation, and saw how little excuse there was for it, the fact be- came moré and more apparent that it had been inspired by rulil.ivul necessity. His complete change of front on the fisherics question showed that Cleveland and bis party were in desperate straits, politically; that” they saw defeat staring them in the face, and they were seeking to ivort atten: tention from one issue on ‘which they had deliberately staked all their chances of suc- cess at the approaching election, . _ the close of Mr. Cullom subject went over without action, The senate then proceeded to the fortifica- tion bill with amendments recommended by the committee on appropriations. Mr. Cullom offered a resolution, which was laid over, directing the secretary of the treasury to inform the senate whether tran- sit in bond over or across the United States (without payment of duty) of goods, wares, and merchandise coming from Canada had been permitted since July 1, 1885, when ar- ticle 25, of the treaty of Washiugton, and section 3 of the act of March 1, 1873, are said to have ceased to be in forces if 80, to what extent and by what authority of law. specch the Honse. WasniNaToN, August 30—After routine business the house went info committee of the whole on the Oklahomabill. An amend- ment was offered by Mr. Arfderson of Towa, providing that honorably difcharged soidiers and sailors of the late war bhall be permit- ted to enter lands in the prbposed territory without payment of the punt:: price pro- vided for by the bill. After'some time had been spent in securing a qugrum the amend- ment was rejected by a votelof 73 to 92. The committee then arose ihfofmally to allow Mr. McCreary of Kentucky jto report from the committec on foreign affaits a substitute for the Wilson retaliation bili, and he gave notice that he would call it dp for considera- tion on Saturday next. The committee on the Oklghoma bill then resumed its sittings. The Entire afternoon was consumed in_an unsucdessful effort to secure a quorum o vote on amendments offered, and without action the committee rose. Mr. Springer of Tllinols, a8 & privileged question, offered a resolution ‘directing the sergeant-at-arms to telegraph the absent members that their presenceis_ required im- wediately in order that pubiic business may be transacted. #o _Mr. Cannon of Tlinols' doubred the effi- ciency of @ telegram. I thesutterance of leader in the house (Mills), made in Chicago recently, that the Britlsh 1ion was to be taken by the snout, would not bring the members back, why would a single telegram do? The resolution was ruled out of order, and the house adjourned. ———— Nebraska and 1owa Pensions. ‘WasHINGTON, August 80.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.]—DPensions granted Ne- braskans: Original invalidl—Gurley B. Chase, Homertille. Increase — Stephen Sherrock, Hebron; Charles A. Bughee, Peoria. Joseph Ruff, Hartington. Pensions for Iowans: Roland Aubrey, Earlville; F. Newton, Albia. Increase—Iver A. Brandt, Decorah; John M. Sticknoy, Hull; Edward Carpenter, Wright; James E. McCivkle, Belinaa; Thomas E. Miner, Spencerj John T. Dowa. ing, Laporte City. Reissue—Michael Ryan, Grandview; Linsy D. Andr:ws, Borkeley; Henry Rhodes, Eddyville. Original wid- ows. ete.--Minors of Hugh O. Jenes, Colum- bus City, (special act); Mary L., widow of Barnett E. Ristine, Fairfield. Mexican wid- ows—Elizabeth, widow ¢f Eplraim Keith, Keokuk. Original invalid— Al L Land Commissioner's Report. 'WASHINGTON, August30.—The forthcoming report of the commissioner of the general land oftice will show that during the year ending June 80, 1888, there were made 59,095 cash land entries ot all classes, aggregating 5,007,254 acres, for which the government received $11,205,071. The report will show that the whole number of entries of all classes, including Indian lands, made during the year was 255,119, embracing 24,485,833 acres. The total reccipts from the foregon wero $13,522.185. he_whole number of entries, 46,236 were original homesteads, em- bracing 8,175,400 acres, and 24,472 were tim- ber culture entries, having in all an_arca of 8,733,305 acres. In addition to the 24,485,835 acres entered under the various public land laws, the area of commuted homesteads, final'desert entries, final homestead and final timber culture eutries aggregated 5,047,543 acref, — Tracy Gets Mad and Resigns. WAsHINGTON, August 30.—Representative Tracy, of New York has resigned his mem- bership in the house committees on Pacific railroads, and coinage, weights and mens- ures. This action results from the treat- ment by the house of the report of the con- ferees on the Small bill containing provis- ions for the equipment of the Watervliet ar- senal in which Tracy was deeply interested. —— Rifle Practice at the Niagara. WASHINGTON, August 80.—|Special to Tnx Bee.]—Major Guy Henry of the Ninth Cav- alry has been ordered as inspector atthe rifle match at Fort Niagara, N. Y. Seven handsome gold medals are to be awarded to the winners, and the contest. begins Septem- ber 11._Thirty recruits have been assigned to the Seventeenth infantry, e Postal Stauistics. ‘WasHINGTON, August 80.~The annual re- port of the superintendent of ' foreign mails shows that the total cost of the service was $190,067, of which amount $6,849 was for the transportation of mails of foreign origin, ‘The total number of pieces sent to foreign countries was 89,220,034, The total number received was 76,630,065, 4 e e L Ocean Steamship Movements. At New York—The State of Indiana from Glasgow, and the Rynland from Antwerp, At Southampton—The Saale from Xgw York for Bremen. At London—Passed Prawle Point—YTe steamer Borderer from Boston. Passed Dunnethead—The steamer Slavonia from New York for Copenhagen and Stettin. Passed the Lizard—The steamer Loandam from New York for Amsterdam. At Baltimore—The Weser from Bremen, t\pe (klopcnlmgen and Bergenzern from New ork. ——————— Killed By an Explosion. SPriNoriELD, 1, August 80.—Noah Rickard, a well kuown citizen of this place, Wwas iustantly killed to-duy by the explosion of a boiler at his saw mill, seven miles east l')'(.:h:mlkyme}’ltl\lusu‘lvd\‘dullz. the engibnau!r. e u fatally weunded, 3 nu- e i Original widows, etc.—Minors of | GAVE UP HIS TIMBER CLAI, Ten Masked Men Assault a County School Superintendent. THE NORFOLK CITY OF TENTS. Increasing Intcrest Manifested in the Grand Army Reunion and the Attendance Growing Dally— Other Nebraska News. The Norfolk Reunion. Nowrrouk, Neb., August 30.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Ber.|—A breeze from the northwest has relieved somewhat the burn- ing heat on this, the fourth day of the state reunion. No very good estimate of the num- ber in attepdance can be given, scattered the people are all over the camp, on the W to and from and in the city. Buu there a many thousands. One hundred and thirteen posts are represented in the quarters and twenty-three states have headquarters, Some fitteen bands are in attendance besides the drum corps from Fremont and Dorchester. Last evening Commander Rhea gave an ad- his subject *“‘Fraternity, Governor Th iled to arrive last evening and the day's pro- gramme was changed somewhau in couse- quence, Three bands entered the contest for the prizes offered, the Pawnee C Leader C, E. Pierce: the Wahoo, C. Wedgward leader,and the DeWitt, J. R. Hollingsworth leader. The judges are Leader Wedemeier and Musicians Reading and Hinnaman of the Second infantry. Prizes were awarded in the order mentioned. At 3 ock an tack was made upon Fort Fisher, which, after a hot contest, was triumphantly taken. The Second infantry formed the storming party. To-night Hon. John M. Thurston is on for the principal address. There is the greatest hurry and bustle, in all depart- ments. The grand review oceurs to-morrow. An Unnatural Crime. August 80.—[Special volting crime was attempted in this city last evening. One of the soldiers en route from Fort Omaha to Kearney enticed the nine-year-old son of one of our promumnent citizens to the fair grounds, where they arc encamped and in one of the horse stalls attempted & crime against nature. The cries of the boy attracted the attention of a_carpenter who rescued him. The brute was promptly landed in the county jail and at his trial this morning was fined §100 and costs, but was rearrested on another charge. During the trial the father of the boy drew a revolver and but for the inter- vention of friends would have killed the wretch. Republican League Meeting. FuLLerTON, Neb.,, August 28, —The Grand Island meeting of the State league promises to be one of the principal campaign -rallies of the season, September 8. When there are a sufficient number going from one place excur- sion rates can be obtained at the local rail- road office. .Members of the league can ob- tain one-third return fare by purchasing tickets when leaving home and taking ea receipt from the agent for the same. State papers please vopy the above as there are so many inquiries it is impossible o answer every one individually, BRAD. D, SLAUGRTER, Secretary. Som Forced To Give Up His Claim. Brewster, Neb., August 50.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bek]—Last Sunday morn- ing at 8 o'clock about ten masked men went to the house of School Superintendent F. C. Beck, of this county, ten miles northwest of this place, knocked at the door and when the door was openad took Mr. Beck by force from the house and threw him down, chokin, him and threatening him until he promise to relinquish his right to a timber claim he was contesting, after which the mob dis- persed. More trouble will follow, as the masked parties are all known. Killed for a Skunk. AuRoka, Neb., August 30.—[Spacial to Tie BEE.|—Mus. Shelters, who resides neuar RBromfield, in this county, yesterday discov- ered a skunk under the barn, and called her husband, who took down his Winchester, went around behind the barn and fired at the animal. The bullet glanced from a large stone and struck Mrs. Shelters, who was standing at the window in the house, in the forehead, killing her instantly. ——— Van Wyck Talks to Soldiers. NowrroLk, Neb., August 30.—[Special to Tue Bee]—At the camp fire Gen- oral Van Wyck addressed an immense audi- ence in his entertaining and forcible manner. Each_sentence he uttered was warmly re- ceived by the old soldiers. The applause was tremendous as the general plead for the jus- tice which this government owes the sol- dier. —— MKeith County Teachers. OGALLALA, Neb,, August 80.—[Special Tel- egram to THE Bre]—The Keith county institute has just finished a very successful and profitable ten days’ work. The instruc. tors were Profs. L. E. and H. A. Brown and Misses Maggie Brown, Carrie Leech and Estella Elliott. During the evenings the members of the Keith county board gave a lecture upon the important topics of the day. John I. Nesbitt Nominated. 0GALLALA, Neb., August 80.—[Special Tel- egram to THE BEE.]—At the Thirtieth sena- torial district convention held at this place this afternmoon John I. Nesbitt, of North Platte, was unanimously nominated for sen- ator. This evening Henry St. Rayner was nominated on the first ballot to represent the Fifty-fourth representative district. — Found Dead. STERLING, Nel August 30.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—W. B. Rowell was found dead at noon yesterday in Dr. Neff's dental office. The doctor went to dinner and when he re- turned Mr. Rowell was dead in the chair he was left in. [tis thought by sowme that he had taken poison, He leaves a wifo and seven children. e A Liule Waif. CoLunmnus, Neb,, August 80.—[Sp.gcial Tele gram to Tre Bee.]—A small girl baby about two weeks old was left in the parlor of the Grand Pacific hotel this afternoon about 2 o'clock. The parents or parties who left the child are unknown 1 any one about the house.” Diligent search s boing made for them. ———— Went to Nebraska City. Beatnice, Neb., August 80.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee.]—One hundred and fifty citizens Including @ fire company, the mili ary and board of trade went t0 the No- braska City bridge celebration by special train to-night. This evening another crowd of 500 at attended the democratic rally at Wymore. i Suffered for Twelve Years. Sewanp, Neb., August 80.—[Special to Tue Bee.|—Mrs, George W. Lowley, wife of our ex-county judge, died last night, after an illness of twelve years during which time she has been a cripple. She leaves a hus- band and six children. e Portugese Soldiers Mutiny. LoxpoN, August 80.—Advices from Lor- enzo-Marques, 8 Portugese town in Africa, nIv that @ mutiny has broken out among the soldiers of the garrison and that the marines hayve been landed from the war ships 1o quell IL_ A THE DEEP WATER CONVENTION. A Warm Discussion That Ran Into Personalities. Dexver, August 30.—The committeo on resolutions of the decp water convention was in session nearly all last night and all this morning until 10:30, when Governor Thayer called the convention to order. After some routine work a motion was adopted that after the final adjournment of this convention it may be called together by a majority of the vice presidents, giving thirty days' notice, and that when the convention next meets it shall be at Topeka, Kan, The committee on resolutions being called for, Judge Hancock, of Texas, read the ma- jority report, which demanded the establish- ment of one deep water harbor on the north- west coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and that all the senators, representatives and delegates 1ested to procure the neces- ppropriation to complete the work. enator Houston of Texas presented the minority report, which, in_substance, urges congress to appoint a board of enginders to locate a harbor at the most suitable polnt, and the adoption of all necessary means 10 secure an appropriation to complete the wor! The report endorsed the efforts of private enterprise to secnre deep water on the Texas t, and pledges influence to induce the ernment to relmburse the persons e gaged in the enterprise, It further approve the idea of securing deep water at Arkansas pass by private capital, and asks congress for protection in the prosecution of the work, and to re nburse the citizens engaged in it Ex-Governor Gibbs of Texas introduced a resolution, which was moved to be adopted as a substitute for both, After a short pre- amble it urges upon congress the necessity of two deep water harbors, one on the east and one on the west coast of the gulf, and asks congress to locate both and make the nes sary appropriations for their speedy compie tion. All were earnestly supported by the gentlemen introducing them. The discussion grew so warm that it ran into personalities, and for a few minutes it seemed that the convention would break up in a row. Gov- ernor Thayer finally secured order and the convention took a recess until 8 o'clock. The deep water convention reasscmbled at 8 o'clock, and began a discussion on the ma- jority and minority reports of the committee on resolutions. The debate lasted until mid- night, when the majority report was adopted, The convention then adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. ——— THE YELLOW FEVER. An Alarming St.te of Affairs at Jacksonville. NEeW OnLeaxs, August 30.—A special from Jacksonville, Fla., says: The situation to- day is not only no better, but worse. The great jump in the number of new cases caused dismay among the people left in town, and the trains out were crowded from 10 till 2 o'clock. Health certificates arc now issued daily by the board of health. It has been de cided here by the auxiliary association to try to get the people to move out to & camp 80 as to depopulate the pluce more, and by this means cndeavor to check the fever's course. The poor who are unable to go will be as- sisted, and every effort made 1 get rid of a large number of the people. New cases to-day spring up right and left, and the {;rnspecls\ are good for an increase in the number of cases to-night. Thirteen cases were reported up to noon, with three deaths, ‘This rapid increase helps on the exodus, and will carry out 1,500 people this week. All that possibly can be done has been done already upon_the Grand Union hotel and adjoining premises, but the infection still appears to crop out in that neighborhood with alarming frequency and violence. One gratifying feature of the situation is the mild form of many of the new cases. There are striking exceptions to this rule, however. A Jackson, Miss., special says: An order from the state board of health forbidding entrance to the state without a health ofticer's certificate was to-day approved by the gov- ernor and was issued. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., August 30.—Twenty- hree new cases of yellow fever were re- ported to the board of health for the twenty- four hours ending at 6 o’clock this afterzoon. Among them are members of several leading families—Father Kenney, Mrs. Doctor H. P. Daniel, Mrs. Susan Sengle and O. S. Keene. There were three deaths during the same time—Lafayette Daney, confidential cierk in the internal revenue oftice; Mrs. D. J. Crow- ley, wifeof the manager of the Western Union Telegraph office, and David Luigne, an Italian. A number of patients have been discharged, but the record of discharges is no longer Kept by the board of health, Intense indignation was caused here by the action of the surgeon general in stopping refugees from going to healthy points to which they have been invited, and requiring that all be detained at the quaran- ine camp. President Daniola >f the citizens’ auxiliary sanitary association telegraphed & vigorous protest, asserting that many of the best citizens would prefer to keep their wives and children in the stricken city rather than subject them to the exposure of a mixed quarantine camp, where there is no hospital for the suitable care of any fallen with fever. Two hundred rough frame houses, it is stated, will be built for the quarantine camp. Efforts will be made to depopulate the city as soon as possible. ———— SHOT BY FOOTPADS. A Well-Known Ohicagoan Murdered on the Public Streets. Cuicaco, August 380,—Shortly after 1 o'clock this inorning Kred Schuneman, a well known Chicagoan employed by the Philip Best Brewing company, was shot and kilied by footpads. Schuneman was on his ‘way home, and it is thought when he reached Ada and Randolphe streets, where the tragedy occurred, he attempted to defend himself when he was being robbed. His as- sailants cut one of his pockets open to get his money and took his watch, breaking the chain, They then shot him through the head and dragged the body into the alley. The pistol shots were heard aud a search re- vealed the body. The trows pockets were rifled and his watch, diamond ring, stud and scarf pin were taken. A pistol with one chamber empty and the deceased's penkuife lay beside him, The police at first promulgated the theory of suicide and then directed some inquiries to- wards Schuneman's wife, from whomn he was living apart, but these theories appear o be entirely groundless, The murdered man’s head wus crushed by a heavy blow, his body was robbed and three men were secn run ning away from the scene ot the murder im- mediately afterwards. There is no clue to the murderers. et CALLED BACK. Roving Cheyennes Return to Thelr Agency Under Military Escort. BurraLo, Wyo., August 30.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bir.]—Lieutenants Powell and Gardner, with Company D, Ninth cavalry, left Fort McKinney yesterday, escorting the band of Cheyenne Indians back to their agency on the Tongue river, which they had left without authority. To-day couriers from Captain Dimmick's Company H, Ninth cav- alry, arrived at Fort McKinney ané sgported that the Powder river country with its trib- utaries had been completely scouted for a week and no Indians found. Information was received of the Sioux some days ago, but they have now returned to their agency, No depredations to speak of have been com- mitted, and all fears of trouble are now al- layed.’ Troop H is returning to the post. Had the Indians avpeared a few days later, after the garrison at Fort MeKinnoy had one away, the case would probably have een serious, e is— A Prohibition Nomination SPRINGFIELD, T, August 80.—R, I, Pat- ton was nominated by the prohibition central cowmittee for the legislature in place ot David Wetzel, who withdrew because it was discovered that he had not lived long enough in the district. Patton is a recent convert from the aemocratio purty, MOURNING IS LAID ASIDE. Preparations For Christening King ¢ Willlam's Youngest Heir. A CONVENTION OF ROYALTIES, The Relations of the German Em peror and the Chancellor—English Papers and the Fisheries Dis pute—Foreign Afairs. A Royal Christening. [Copyright 1¢68 by James Gordon Bennett.} Brruiy, August 80.—(New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Ber.]—The emperow Jeft Potsdam before 7 this morning for the Temwplehof drill grounds, where he met the crown prince of Greece, Prince Henry, who arrived from Kiel this morning,and u brilliant suit including a hundred foreign oficers, He inspected the Third and Fourch infantry brigade and cavalry brigade guards, who then each engaged I separate manuuvers, The attack of the foot brigades and guardes du corps on a neighboring railway was a . very brilliant spectacle, the guarde making a terrible charge which vividly rccalled that of the horse guards at Mars La Teur. After delivering criticisms the emperor, followed by an im- mense and enthusiastic crowd, led a squad- ron to the late Emperor William'’s palace, to which it conveyed the standards of his maj- esty. He then rode to the old palace where he arrived about noon. Since noon Unter den Linden and other principal strects wero crowded with people wishing to see the arri- val of the illustrious guests invited to to- morrow’s imperial christenings. The first to arrive were the Archduke Charles Louis and the archduchess Maria Theresa of Aus- tria, the king of Sweden and the kg and queen of Suxony. All were received by the kaiser aud Prince Heinrich personally, attended by a orilliant guard of honour. Unter den Lin- den was lighted this eveming or the first time with electricity. The effect was very fine, In the afternoon the emperor, dressed n the uniform of his Austrian iment, drove to Ansalb station and reccived the Austrian Archduke Karl Ludwig and his consort the Archduchess Maria Theresa, The duke alighted wearing the uniform of his Prussian_regiment. The emperor ac- Companied them in an open carriage with four horses and an outrider to the old palace. Two hours later he went to the Stettin rail way terminus for the purpose of receiving the king of Sweden. On this occasion there was cven a greater display than usual of military pomp. At4a dinner of thirty-six covers was given in _his honor at the old palace. The king and queen of Saxony and the Grandduke and Duchess of Mecklens burg-Schwerin were also received by the emperor in the evening. All the emperor's guests will go to-morrow to Potsdam for the imperial christening, on which occasion mourning will be laid aside, An alarming piece of news was bruited to the effect that Prince Bismarck had tendered Tis resignation. Nobody, however, possess- ing any knowledge of political affairs cred- ited the statement. At the same time it is asserted that the chancellor’s position under the new emperor Is immensely more difficult than it was under William I, or even under Emperor Frederick, owing to the young sovereign's resolute character and independ- ent views. An instance is cited where the emperor simply announced to his first minister as his will, certain im- portant resolutions bearing on inter- national policy, respecting which ha had not previously asked the chancellor's ad- vice, as the old emperor used to do, but on such occasions the emperor spontancously promised the chancellor he would not do cer- tain things to which Prince Bismarck had an objection, and afterwards the emperor had taken care to let the chancellor know he had kept his promise. e A BID FOR VOTES. A British Journal's Vigorous Criticism of President Cleveland. [Copyright 1868 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoxnoN, August 30.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.]—Mr. Blaine, who made himself much liked and petted by aristocratic British circles during the past summer, was very premature in announcing their love for President Cleveland. English press attacks on him accumulate. To-day the aristocratic White Hall Review swells the cry of hostile criticism against him in & long leader, in the course of which it says, after reviewing the course of the senate in rejecting the treaty: “Is tho latest action of the president any nobler in conceptiont Not. one whit, 1t offends equally by preferring private ade vantage to public good. Itis of the two the more to be condemned on both accounts. It is more audacious and shows a greater want of principle as proceeding from the highest quarter in the state, whence conduct quite different might be looked for. He has des- cended from the position of president and the pure atmosphere of impartiality and statesmanship to the platform of the polis tician, In a word, President Cleveland hag lowered himself to the levol of the senators and has forgotten diguity, statesmanship and everything else in un attempt to gain & party advantage over his opponents.” -~ The London Stock Exchange. LCopyright 18% by James Gordon Bennett.) LoxNpoN, August 30.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bke.|—The market opened weak and flat, prices from Wall strect taking everybody by surprise. The professional bears coming to the front hame mered prices until the weak bulls cleared out. Towards the close, however, Wall street sent buying orders which helped to maintain the market somewhat. Owing to the Atchison rate outting and the report that Phil Armour was about to do the samae with Milwaukee later, the market for Nore folk preferred preferred was likewise weals, May holders realizing, but Messrs. Vivian ( and Gray would not part with any of theip shares. There was little trade and that of & selling order. Rumors of fever and rate cutting were once morg rife. Copper shares were firm, owing to the metal being bigher and the report of & strong syndjcate being formed here to buy up all the shares the bears would sell, e The Fisheries Question tn England§ [Copuright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett,] LoNDON, August 80.—(New York Heral Cable—Special to Tue Bee.]—To show the interest taken in the fisheries question here the London Times has & column and & hal@ of American cables, giviug the debate ofy foreign affairs in the committes, the full texh of the bill and sundry inform:ation about the Alaska seal fisheries. e — A Socialist's Trinmph. BerLiN, August 80.—In the election i the Sixth distriot of this city to-day Herr Liebe knecht, the socialist, was successful, receiwm ing 20,007 votes out of atotel of 41,791 b ~