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.EriTAIiLISUEl) tJUNIi Li), 1871.
UMAJ1A, TILl'USDAV JLUHXIXd, OCTOBER 4, li)0()-TWELYE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY .IjM VIS O.MNTS.
Omaha
D
STRIKE IS STILL OX
Pres!(lct.t Mitcl cl) Denies Any Dealings
v.ik Railroad Kagrxtcs,
NOTHING Ori
BIG OPERATORS
Vt n.,. .4- WllkM
ul of
SIGNS WHICH MAY MEAN MUCH OR LITTLE
Calling of Convention of Miners Regarded
aa forecasting Settlement.
TEN PER CENT MORE THAN VAS EXPECTED
llrnclliut Cmiiiiini P.iii- .Vitlrc to It
Umnlfi) In Which It Auri n U
U'uii: Certain Inlii'i-it I" ll
oulc to Ai lilll .itlu.i.
HAZLETON, Pa , Oct. 3. Another day
baa come and gina without developing
anything new In uu airiae of tne n.uiiru
Uto toul inln.r. ol l uitii. lvaiuu. ai-
though meat of the coiup..iu. h.o ul
fcrcd their mine wurkira 1U per cent net
Increase lu wagis, ttui a move hu. et
been matin by any of the strikers toward a
resumption of work. The men have thus
far siood together without snowing any
weakness In any part of their ratiks.
Today I resident Mitchell was Informed
of tho widu circulation of a story to tho
effect that ho had reached an agreement
with the preslduits of tho coal m Ini :i
und coal rarryln railroad and after vrrb
ully denying tho report he Issued the fol- I
lowing.
To th minors and mine orkers of the
anthracite region:
V iiui! just oooti Informed that the
report hm been circulated ut Asnuiiiil to
the effect ttmi lu u cniitcreiice In Wew
York tlili mornlui; between the coal presi
dents unit myself an .iKrceiiK-tit w.w
reached which will end tho strike.
I deslro to until y all mine v rltcrs that
tho report In liuorrect mm ilmt 1 have not
been In loiifcidieu with the presidents of
tho coal companies and have mailo no
agreement wltn tlK-in. t wish u telteraio
what 1 said several days itgo that thero
would lio no settlement of the strike until
u convention of the anthracite miners Is
held You are farther requested to pay
no attention to atiittnnnts of this kind an.i
to continue the strike until such conces
sions are made an wi'l Justify u.s In cull
Iiih Keneiul convention, when you will
be regularly nutllled of Wih date and place
at which thu convention will be held.
At Walsall air Arthur D. llayter, liberal,
recovered the seat won from, him In tho
election of 1S95 by Sydney Gcdge, con
aorvatlvo, receiving fi.GlO votes, as ngnlnat
C.2S5 cast for (ledgo. Tho liberals retain
tholr oeats in Duudeo with Increased ma
jorities, showing that Scotland haa not
yet been affected by tho khaki boom.
Srcrcl .Mectliiic of Lender.
A Becret conforonco wan hold tonight by
tho officials of tho United Mlno Workers
yhlch lasted for an hour and a half. At
"ta conclusion President Mitchell said tho
fiiHotlui; was being held for tho purpose,
of canvassing tho until u situation. It
was found, ho aald, that, only about 5.000
.mine workers or.t o,? 142.000 vrero still at
work, It was tho opinion of thu olllclala
In the conference, he said, that all of
tlicso will also have uult In n hhort time.
Mr. .Mltchtill also said that of tho 6,000
iionatrikrs 2.100 aro lu this (Hazlcton)
region and tho remainder arc at work In
tho Schuyklll district
Tho (lucstlun of calling a Joint convou
tlou nnd tho matter of affording tho
utrlkera relief wero not considered at tho
conference, according to Mr. Mitchell
President Mitchell and tho otUclals of tho
mlno workers' organization, who went to
Wllkesbarro to participate in tho labor
demonstration, returned to headquarters
nr at 10 o'clock this morning. The action
of tho local union at Shenandoah in elect
liiK dolegatea to tho Joint convention which
tho striko leaderB say r,l be called before
tho strike can bo terminated was not die
tated by tho officials at headquarters, they
bay. President Mitcholl said toJay that the
local union did it probably through a mis
underbuilding or for tho purpose of being
tircoaroU In caae a convention Is Huddenly
called. The basis of representation In tho
convention, Mr. Mitchell said, haa not yet
been considered, but it will bo fully set
forth in the call for tho convention.
Aoveltnt I'lirUer llli-etei!.
Gilbert Parker, tho novelist, has been
elootcd at Oravesend, securing a unionist
majority of 788 over Ihc liberal candldato
Illldebrand Ilarmsworth, the nowbpuper
proprietor.
Jolin Kenslt, tho iintl-rltuallst crusader,
ms boeu defeated at ltrlghton, although
lio willed 4,6j3 votes In the interest of
bis propoganda.
A curious accident provonts tho resul
ut Newcastle, where Captain Uimbtou of
the HrltlBh cruiser Powerful is standing,
from bocomlnc known tonight. It seems
that a cab horse bolted and overturned
and smashed one of the ballot boxes iu
tun htrcot.
T. A, Hrassoy, liberal, who was defeated
by eighty-four votes at tho last general
"election when Abel II, .Smith, unionist,
wna eleottd, haa reduced that majority to
threo In Mb cunteat with Mnjor K. K. Dai
four, the preBent unionlBt candidate, and
tho liberals have demanded a scrutiny pf
tho vote.
Sir Bills Ashmend Ilartlett (conserva
tive), haH been elected for tho Hoclcsall
dtrtsion of Sheffield, with an Increased ma
jority. - '
Mliier'N llnjHt n'iiiiiultt'il.
An attempt was made at - o'clock this
morning to blow up with dynamite the house
occupied by Michael Zullck, a mine worker
in tho eastern part of the city, but no cx
tenbivo damage a causid. Zullck has h;on
working since the strike went into elfect. No
other cato of violence has bceu reported.
V 11. Farloy, Alabama; fleorge Purcell lu
dlaua; Krod Dllcher, Ohio, and Henjaunn
James, Pennsylvania, members of tho na
tional etccuttve board, hold a private confer
ence at noon todav. Tho questions which
wore under illscubtion have not yet beeu
inado known, but It tt believed they relate to
rollcf mcasuris. Contrary to the geuiral lui
jirosslon, the striking mlno workers will not
bo given cash In tho way of relief, but will
be provided by tho union with provisions and
clothing for each member of every family
needing resistance.
It is believed the plans adopted will pro
vide for supply depots in each mining town,
In chat-go of the local union ollkcrs. where
tho needy meu can bo provided for upoa
application.
Small Operator). Hold Out,
Ab yet thero has been no move on the part
of tho individual opirntors who are still
holding out against the big coal mln.ng and
coal carrylug companies to post notlcm of an
advance iti wrge. to tho men lu this region.
One of tho mlans superintendents, speaking
today for an individual operator canrnl.tim
IK' .
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MITCHELL READY TO QUIT
H lltirxl'iirrc )ir in(or Thlnlt Lender
of Millcr l 'ntlnllid Midi
f nheranlniib.
VII,Ki:S!IAIUU:, Oct. S The Wjomlng
va'.hy wua unusually criiet after voilerdav s
dcmonetiaUon on the art of the strikers
and the mining condition remains uti
i hut-gel. The operators afier rending Pres
luiut Mluiu.l s itCdrisa have appatenity
come to '.lu lunclus.ou ;hat he Is ready iu
tlttie ih. stllkc on the basis of a 10 per
cent 'tirreaie In wages. The fact that he
ha.) fcigt.i .oJ his intention of calling a co.i
vention is taken by them as an indication
that ho la willing to retire from the strug
gle with the lauteli ho has won.
"The truth of the matter Is," said an
oporntor to..ay, "Mitchell did not expect to
kuIm anything when he ordered the -trlke.
'the fact that he denied cubing It aud went
to New Yoik pertonally to interview the
preii.dcr.ta of the coal-carrying roads was
lO.ivliicttiK proof that he knew tho oppo
sition that would be encounteicd and that
the chances were against his winning.
"He has got mote concessions now than
he ever txpected and he will let It go at
that. It Is true nn wants a full rcprofonta
tlon of the unions at tho convention, but
Mitchell will nominate it, as Just now he
seems to bo the idol of the anthracite men."
The strikers of this section iay they will
pay no attention to the notices ported, at
the collieries granting an tnrrcape of wages
Uhtll the United Mine Workers' convention
takes action.
The lllllsldo foal company today posted
notice.) of a 10 per ceut increase.
i'vio .Nntle.'.i I'oMeil,
SHCXAKDOAII, Pa.. Oct. ,!. Tho follow
ing notice vtre posted hrre and through
out this region this afterncou:
Hie Phliadeli hla it Heading Coal and Iron
coin any, l'ottsville, l'.i., Oeiubur 3. Tbla
enmpuny rnnkea the tullo.inK olfer to Its
mln.' employe: It wll. uujust llx rate of
uiikhh no -ih lo pay uw mine .'mploycs on
mil after October I, 1!M), a net lncreace of
o per cent on tnn wugos heretotore re
lived and will ta.ee tin with llx ihIjih m.
iloyes any grievances v hbli th-y muy have
It. O. 1.1'TIIlCit,
(iener.it w .jer.uteiidiint.
Fellow Workmen: i'av no all. ntlon
whatever to thuv indices. Walt until you
hear irotn the convention.
('. S. POTT1UR.
Mr. Pottler Is a local nrganlzr and leader
Ho stated that spe-lal meetings of the
Shenandoah unions would be held tonight to
il i bins the Heading company's notice.
Tho Heading company's new offer differs
from the one adopted on Hominy and posted
Monday In that it definitely makes tho after
of a 10 per cent advance In wages and agrees
specifically to arbitration.
ANTICIPATE A LONG FIGHT
ItrcoKiiltloii "I the trlmi thr (irrat
SIiiiiiIiIIiik ttl.iek to u Srl
tlrnieiil. I'OTTSVII.I.E, Pa.. Oct. 3. All the news
from tho Schuylkill district of thu anthracite
coal reglciiB 'udlcates that both sides have
aettlod down to a long struggle. The lines
aro sharply drawn aud the miners have
absolutely refused to bo drawn Into a
settlement of the truuble by the offer of a
10 per cent increase In wages. "Recognition
of the Mine Workers' union" is their watch
word at all meetings. The upper districts
having been securely tlfd up by the strik
ers slneo the beginning of the strike, the
battle has been wased la Schuylkill ter
ritory with the result that the colllerleB
have capitulated one after another, until
thero are only two small districts in which
mines are working and it looks as If all
would ourrender to tho strikers within tho
next few days. The western end of Schuyl
kill county waB supposed to be Invincible
ngalnbt tho assault of tho strike leaders. To
the aurprlso of the operators, .",00 mlnerb
quit yeotcrday in Urookeido colliery,
Barlously crippling that large and Important
working of the Heading company. The
strike leaders exxpect to tie up that colliery,
together with Good Spring and Lincoln col
lieries, near by, iu a few days. Tho action
of tho men astonished the company officials.
About 1,010 men nml, boys are employed at
Ilrookside, 500 nt Good .Spring and SOU at
Lincoln. It now appears proCable that few
will report for work tomorrow. Kverythlng
points to' the complete shutting down of
every nilue In western Schuylkill and
Dauphin. The Heading company uow baa
only live collieries in operation, thirty-four
being closed. The offer made by tho com
pany of an adva.icc of 10 per cent in wages
has not Induced one of its 27,000 idle em
ployes to return to work. The operators had
expected a stampede among the men to get
back to work.
Tho situation in the Panther Creek valley
Is being watched with great Interest, the
strikers assertltig that if their follow work
men In that district would obey President
Mitchell's call the strike would end Inside
of a weok. While they continue to work,
however, and supply coal to the market, no
nutter how small an amount, it will give
the operators au opportunity to refuse to
grant the demands of the men.
MINERS DROP THEIR TOOLS
duly Tmi fit thr I'tlilliilelphlll &
IletidliiK ColllcrlM Are .Now
in Operation.
POTTSVILLE, Pn., Oct, 3. As a result of
a huge meeting of mine workers held at
Troinont last night, at which Miles
Dougherty of Shainokln, a United Mine
Workers' assistant orgaulier, was tho
speaker, thube employed at (lood Spring
aud Woodblda remained away today and
both opcrutluus are shut down, lloth ure
Philadelphia & Reading operations Good
Spring employs about 500 hands, made up
of mine workers from Donaldson and Tre-
mout, to aud from which place and the
llrooksldo colliery they are dallv conveyed
by a miners' train. Lincoln collier), an-
other of the Philadelphia & Rradlns s
possessions, located aouth of Brookslde, lu
the same basin. Is working with 900 em
ployes, matiy of whom live at Pine Grove
.,,i vi.i,ii,v This Ik I he niilv one of thai
company's collieries lu the lower district
at work. The ouly other mine owned
them in operation Is the North Franklin,
Trevorton. Loach, Moore ic Co. s collieries
in Hauseh creek valley, ulso near Tremont,
Is working.
Today a crowd of strikers, headed by a
brass h..nd, marched to Valley View and
Heglns to organize branches of the Unltod
Mine Workers These towns are located in
ono of ths richest agricultural districts in
the county and most of their residents aro
employed at Good Spring and Drnokslde.
WEST TAKES SWEDISH BONDS
tiimiuiic cmcnt Mud. That linllre
Amount CiiiiNluneil I'ulted Stnlen
IIiih lleen Mlhucrlhcd Fur,
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 It was anmun'od
tcuay thr.t tho entire umount of Hwvdlsh
bom... consigned for sale In this ount.y
han been disposed of. Tho exact amount
of the bonds Bold is not made pu'jli", but
it wi.b aevrrul minions Tho largest saiea
wit- lu Wlicmsln, .MiuneucU and the Da-
I kotas.
CUUDTDIES AXI) Tllli CAUSE
Why People Are Prosperous. Now and
How to Ecmain So,
ANSWERS TO SOME BRYANITE ALLEGATIONS
CniiKri'Mmnii Jteri'pr, 12. Itonewiiler
mill DllieiN Addre u l.iirue Mei-I-IllU
nl I'uIInIi Hull .ill ViirluilN
(t liekllniln of lilt Dllj.
One of tho best republican meetings of
thu campaign was held last evening at
Metz Puiibh hall, Twenty-sixth aud W'al
nut streets, the occasion being u meeting
of the Polish Republican club.
John Kuwulewskl presided and speeches
were made In F.ugltbh, German, Polish and
Hohenilan. Addresses were mado by Con
gressman Mercer, Edward itosewater, Nel
son C. Pratt, John W. Parish, Burton K.
Wilcox of South Omaha, John F. Schultz
of South Omaha, Ocorge Mead, Joeph
Langir of Wllher, candidate for presi
dential elector; Anton lnda and Frank
Johnson, candidate for assessor of the
Seventh ward.
Congressman Mercer's discourse was di
rected to the opportunities afforded labor
ing men to secure employment nt good
wages under the conditions existing utidor
tho republican administration, comparing
conditions now with the soup house regime
of the last democratic administration, lie
urged unnu voters, especially of the labor
ing classes, the wisdom of so cnstlng their
ballots when they go Into thu booths this
fall au to express tholr disapprobation of
any change from existing conditions. He
pointed out the policy of the republican
party In tho protection of Atnorlcan labor
nnd the products thereof and pointed to
tho Improved conditions of tho last four
years as tho results thereof.
OpportiiiiKIr for oiiiii Men.
Chairman Kowalowskl prefaced tho In
troduction of Mr. Hosewntcr with an ar
dent eulogy in the Polish tongue that
brought out enthubluatic applause when
that gcntlemnn nrosu to speak. Mr. Hose
water spoke especially of tho democratic
claim that the young man of today haa
no opportunities for advancement. In his
own case he had begun his career in this
country by blacking stoves at $3 n month
and afterwards worked thirteen years for
from fifteen to twenty hours a day as u
telegraph operator. Even Mr. liryan, who
Is decrying tho chancea of the young man
In this country, could not ten years ago
have earned 100 a month nt the profes
blon in which bo was engaged. Now he
is said to bo worth $20.000 and Is ren
dered comfortable for life, having mado his
money out of hla political prestidigitation.
Ills caso goes to show what a young man
of brains can do in this couatry. The young
man of Intelligence lint as good a chance
today, to becomo rich and Influential aa ho
has -had a'nee Columbus first set foot upon
American soil. It Is labor that overcomes
all obstacles and controls tho destiny of the
nation. I
Mr. Itosewater went into tho differences
In tho two great political parties for
tho Instruction of his uudlenco, showing
that tho republican party wns born to
carry Into effect that part of tho Declara
tion of Indcpendenco which declares that
nil men arc created free and oqual and arc
possessed; of tho rlrjht to life. liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. This was not a
newly discovered principle born of the
Declaration of Independence hut It was
a light Inherent in all men In every coun
try. I'nrty of freedom for .Men.
Ho recalled having marched at tho age
of It) yenrs In tho republican parades at
the birth of tho republican party. In
which wero borne banners declaring for
"free speech, free soil, freo press, free
men and Fremont." It was the demo
cratic party that for over seventy years
kept -l.Ouo.GOO men In slavery in spite of
that Declaration of Independence. For
the infi.rmaintlon of those who had never
come In contact with shivery the speaker
depleted some of tho horrors of It as Been
In his own experience In tho south anil
called nttentlon to the fact that every one
of the statea In which It was practiced Is
now for William Jennings liryan.
Assuming that ovory foreign born cltlten
prenent had left his native land to butter
his condition and to secure larger oppor
tunities for advancement than wero af
forded by the countries of tho old world,
ho urged that It was tho duty of every
n.an to glvo his mipport to that party and
those polities which were calculated to se
cure to htm the greatest opportunities. It
had always been tho policy of the repub
lican party to protect the laboring man
nnd under Its pollelcB tho condition of thu
laboring man has constantly improved.
Mr. Rosowater recnlled the democratic
davs when the laboring man was paid in
wildcat money, subject to uncertain dis
count; when ho worked fifteen or twenty
hours a day and invariably took part of
his pay in trade or goods. Since then tho
hours of labor have been reduced to ten
houiB, then to eight and the tlmo will
tome when they will bo still further re
duced to six. Ho Is pnld In dollars worth
100 cents, which he can spend whoro he
pleases aud for what ho pleases, and ho
getk all his pay iu cash. And along with
the improved conditions as to pay havo
como better conditions for education, re
finement and enlightenment.
.IiicUkiiii ami the Nciiitnnlra,
' Referring briefly to the democratic cry
of Imperialism, Mr. Rosewnter said that
they tulk of tho outrages committed upon
the Filipinos nnd Mr. Dryan in his speech
"l ,uu, ". m ,
Dmitry had no right to buy tho Filipino
jat Nebraska City had declared that this
4
and that no other people had ovor been
brought Into the United Statea under ctr-
etimstnnces similar to those surrounding
t hem. He told in detail how Florida h.d
hern conquered by a Spaniard and had been
subsequently secured by tho United S'au s
under a treaty with Spain, aud that And-cw
Jackson, a democrnt, had not only hroug ,t I
;!" Indians under tho government of the
uy" ' "' "'i' "" ""
at I'lurlda and gradually forced them away
from tholr native country until they found
lcdsir.ent In tho Indian Terrltury. Great
battles had been fought with them, lu
which the white meu used the scalping
knlfo Just us the Indian did and lare
numhors of Indians had been ext. rmlnated.
It was a disgrace to the rouutry, but no
democrat had over found fault with it.
Fonr years ago, he concluded, many
laborlngmen had been led to vote for ntyau
and free silver, saying to themselves that
conditions could not he mado much worre.
Now conditions cannot be made piuch bet
ter and there Is therefore reason why thty
should vote tho republican ticket this year.
Jchn F. Schultz spoke In German, Joseph
Langer In Bohemian nnd Anton lnda In
Polish The hall was well flllrd, and ap
plauso was frequent and enthusiastic.
CIO OtMeluU Indicted.
TOLF.no, O. Oct. "(.-Colonel C. II. Volte,
Htreet eommiaeioner of Toleuo; A. O Kli-
ney. Ills ecrctary, and Harney Mainmort,
his foreman, were each Indicted by th"
Lucas county grand Jury on a chargi of
falsifying city pay rolls. Flvu bills ware
returned.
population of Arkansas
L'rtixai. of 1IHIO Sliin i'utiil of l.Itlt,
r.lll r.TNiiiiM, Inrreii.- ut IMit.iiUri
In I. nil Drende.
WASHINOTON, Oct. 3. Tho census
bureau today published the returns for the
state of Arkansas, giving the population
by counties, townships and all Incorpor
ated towns. The population of the state
In K'OO Is 1.311.A64, as against 1,123.179 In
ls'.'O, representing an Increase Blnco 1S50
of 153,305, or 1C.25 per cent.
This rate of Increase Is only about two
Afths of that of the decade from 1SS0 to 1S00,
when It was lo.faS per cent, and less than
ono-fourth of that for the decade from
1S70 to 1SS0, when It was 6S.6." per ceut.
From 1S60 to H70 there wns an increase
of onl 11.26 per cent, but prior to ISM
tho population more than doubled Itself
during each decade and for the decade
from 1S30 to 1M0 showed an Increase of
221.09 per cent.
The population of Arkansas In 1900
Is more than ninety times as large as
the population given for 1A20, the first
census taken after Its organization as a
territory lu 1810.
The total land surface of Arkansas Is
approximately 63,015 square miles, the
average number of persons to the square
tulle at the census of IS'jO and 1900 be
ing as follows: 1S90, 21.27, l'.lOO, 24.73.
AFRAID OF YELLOW JACK
.VIiipIi .iprehcnlun HvInIm Anioiif(
AnierleiiuN lu Culm on eeoiiut
of Fever.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. -Private letters
received from Havana Indicate that much
apprehension exists among the Americans
there regarding the yellow fever, as tho
coudlton grows worse. Instead of improv
ing. Civilian employes seem to be subject
to tho disease and In several government
ofllces many have been slrleken There Is
vet no fear of the fever spreading among
the troops.
VILLAL0B0S IS ALL RIGHT
Admiral KrmpfT at C'livlle Denli'N
Story That Alneiiemi tiiiubout
In MIkdIiik.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The Navy ' de
partment has Juut received the following
cablegram from Admiral Kempff:
CAVlTi:. P. I., Oct. 3.-Beutotary Navy.
Washington: No truth in any unfavorable
leports concerning Vllmlobos or her crew.
.Manila paper, Septemtxr 29, ptilillmied false
report. KIJMl'FF.
The Vlllalobos Is the Americuu gunboat
recently reported lost.
Depnrtnieiitul Xotn,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (Special Tnlo
gram.j .tural free delivery has been or
dered established October IS us follows;
Nebraska Newcastle, Dixon county, one
carrier; length of route, twenty mllos; pop
ulation served, 500; carrier, Algernon Hus
bell. Wyoming Wheatland, Laramie
county, ono carrier; length of route, twenty
eight miles; population served, 390; car
rier, J. S. Sexton.
l'oslotllcu established: Simla, Cheyenne
county, Neb., with Johu N. Scherrer, post
master.
The report of tho condition of" the national
banks of South Dakota at tho Close of busi
ness on September 6 was todiii'rnade, pub
II?, Compared ithtti coelviidlug state
ment of ii year ago, Individual deposits have
increased from ?6, 281,5ft to $6,081, 124. and
loans and discounts from i3,7bl,598 to H.
301.746. Lawful money in reserve aggre
gates JCuS.-iC, a gain of about $70,000. Av
rr.igo reserve Is XC.M per cent, against 33.00
per cent last year.
Tho appointment of John R. Urennan .of
Rapid City, S. D , as Indian agent at tine
Kldgo was formally announced today.
Miss Lucy A. Hlalr of Pierre, S. D., has
bcecn appointed took lu the Vermilion Lako,
Minn., Indian school at $4S0 per year.
W. D. Pickett was today appolnlod post
master at Four Bear, Dig Horn county,
Wyo., anil Josephlue Tooker at Delhi, Mo
Phcrson county, S. D.
Olllcera for t nlon ctvrunx' I'lilon.
WASHINGTON. Oct, 3. The Union Vet
oraus' union, in bession here today, elocted
tho following olllcers: Commander-in-chief,
General D. It. Dlercnforth, District of Co
lumbia, re-elected; L. M. LangBtaff, dlvis.ou
of Iowa, first t'eputy commander; F. U.
Hutchison, division of Now York anil New
Jersey, becond deputy commander.
The annual report of General Dlorcnforth
showed a substantial advance in the union,
both in membership and iu financial condi
tion. At the afternoon session Mrs. Ada
Johnson, president of the Womcn'B Relief
corps, submitted her annual report.
turgr Attendance nl I lilt emlly.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3. Tho CaUiulio Uni
versity of Anforlca opened for the coming
scholastic year yesterday with the largest
class of clerical and lay students ever
enrolled by It. Nearly every acrtlou of the
western hemisphere will be represented
during tho current session. Dcsides tho
leading urchblshops of tho American
hierarchy nearly every bishop of prom
Inenco In tho country has commissioned
priestly atudents to take post-graduate
courses.
Mounted Troop for Cnbn Fuyorrtl,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. General Leonard
Wood, commanding United States forces In
Cuba, has made his annual report to the
War dopartroent. It contains his previous
recommendation that all troops In Cuba bn
mounted, together with an account of tho
withdrawal of the troops during tho past
year. The health of the troops, he says,
nas been good and their conduct Is com
mended. AnieiieiiiiN In I.rlpxlv Give Alii,
WASHING I ON. Oct. 3. -The Department
of State has received a draft for $'i(J0 from
1 ,, ,t Vnrner. lr.. consul at Lelnsie. which
waa contributed by the American colony
j at L,lp0 for the benefit of the recent
T0xas sufferers,
!
ELLERSLIE LOST AT SEA
Crew of Alinndoned Slilp I'leUrd Up
liy Jnt ii Simmer and llrnticht
In Ronton.
BOSTON, Oct. 3. The British steamer
Amana, Captain Curr, from Satnarang,
Java, via St. Mlchaols, arrived this after
noon, having on board the captain and
thirteen of the crew of tho Liverpool ship
Ellerslie, which was abandoned at sea,
dismasted end waterloggod. The Ilritlah
steamer resctiod tho men on Soptembcr 29
after they had been buffeted about by
fearful seas for ten days. The master of
tho Ellerslie is Ccptaiu Lowellyn Cook.
One member of the crew was lost over
board. The Ellerslie sailed from Pasca
goula, Miss., on August IS for Mverpool.
She was a three-masted woodsn ship of
1,346 tons.
.MnrbleH for Young; Viiierlen,
STEi'HF.NVILLi:, O., Oct. 3.-The Amer
lean Marble company, organtred under
New Jersey laws for $2ijwhj0. Ilthtd Iti
forty-pot furnaces here today It will turn
out 1M.0W mutbles a dav It will enlnv
an exclusive monopoly In the 1'nltM Stntot,
as glass marbles are not now made lu tilts
country.
TRAIN ROBBER SHOT DEAD
Express Messenger Baxter Scores a Bandit
for a Single Shot.
HOLDUP OCCURS NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS
Two Itotiliprs Slop tli- KmiRHn City
Trnl ti, II 1 1) it Open the liiirri.
Car nnil One I Killed y
the .MrnxenKcr.
Lying at tho morgue In Council Muffs,
with a bullet through his heart, is a man
powerfully built, black hair, mustache,
about six feet tall, aged apparently 4i
years. He was one of two men who hold
up the Kausas City passenger train on the
Uurlingtou road, three miles south of Coun
cil Muds, at midnight.
ICxpress Messenger Charles llaxter killed
him.
Tho two men boarded the train at thw
Union Pacific transfer and climbed over I
the tender lust as tho train wui crossing I
the Mosquito creek bridge. Engineer Don
nelly and Frank Holmau, fireman, who wero
In charge pf the engine, were ordered to
slow up as soon ns the train had crossed
the bridge. While the dead man hold a re
volver on the engine crew his companion
went back aud cut off the baggage and
mall cars, leaving the day coaches aud
sleepers standing on the main line.
MvHki-UKPr llnxter'n Good -Nertc.
Acting under orders, the engineer pulled
tho tralu half a mile down the track, where
a stop was made. Hero the robbers ap
proached the express car and ordered Mes
senger llaxter to open tho door. He told
them to go to h II, Under compulsion
Engineer Donnelly attached a stick of
dynamite to tho side door of the car and
blew it open. In tho meantime Messenger
Raxter, suiting hla gun, escaped from the
door on the opposite of the car. As soon
as tho door waa opened one of tho robbers
ontored tho car, while bis companion
marched tho engineer and fireman back to
tho engine.
llaxter crept around In front of the engine
and seeing the robber standing guard ovor
the euglno crow fired one shot, killing him
Instantly. As soon an the shot was heard
tho robber in the car Jumped to tho ground
and Bed through a cornfield.
lioily Mill liiildentinrd.
Tho dead man waa picked up, placod on
board and tho train was backed into this
city. Tho body wan searched, but nothing
was found on it by which it could be Idcn
tlfied. ' It waa drescod In a neat su't of
lilack clothes, over which overalls and
Jumper had been drawn. In tho pockets
was found about $15 In money and a watch
and chain. Conductor William McGrevt,
who was In charge of the train, thinks tho
dead man Is one George of St. Joseph.
The robber who escaped was larger and
taller than tho dead man, being apparently
abovo tlx feet lu height. Both men wor
masked and both wore overalls nnd Jump
ers. The door of the expresB oar was badly
shattered by tho explosion of dynanilto. Tho
robber lnsldo the car wts preparing to blow
the safe at tho time his comjianiou waa
killed. Ho ceased operations at once nnd
no damage was done to the conlents of the
car, nor waa anything taken. After putting
on a new express car and transferring the
freight the train proceeded to Kansaa City.
It Is thought tho dead robber Ib a harbor
who worked for ilernhard in Council llluffs
about a month ago.
GRAIN RATES TO BE RAISED
IIuiiiIn llelttren Clili'liKo uu.l Atluntlo
Heu hoard Auree on Nevr Freight
Turin-.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3. A general advance In
rates on all 'classes of freight is to bo made
by tho railroads operating between Chloago
and tho Atlantic seaboard. At a meeting of
tho executlvo olllcers of tho lines In tho
Central Freight association, which covers
the territory between the Mississippi river
and Pittsburg and Buffalo, In Chicago today
It was agroed that a syBtematlc advance
3hould be started by increasing tho charges
on grain.
By tho agreement eutored into today the
rate on domestic grain botweon tho MIs
iselppl rlvor and New York will bo advanced
from 17V4 cenu to 20 coats per 100 pounds
and oxport tariff will go up from 16'.4 cents
to 184 cents. Between Chicago and New
York th domestic rate will bo increased
from 15 cents to 18 cents and the oxport
from 13 centB to 16 cents. Tho Increased
charges will become effective on Novem
ber 1.
It was also agreed that commltcecs rep
resenting tho roads In tho Central Freight
association and those In tho Trunk Lino
association (roads eaat of Pittsburg and Buf
falo) should meet, in New York on October
16 for the purposo of compiling and Issuing
a new classification for all classes of freight
to go Into effect January 1. II y changing
the classification increases In rates will bo
effected.
PLUMBERS GO ON STRIKE
Some l,rUO Men Demand Uniform
IVmiih and Itulrn of rittnhui'K
lyinploy r r,
PITTSBURG, Oct, 3. Fifteen hundred
plumbers employed by eleven firms In Pitts
burg struck today for uniform wages and
a unification of rules governing the trade,
All tho shops owned by members of the
Master Plumbers' association are affected.
finlventon Will l'ay Interest,
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct 3. In is stated
by city oincinia that provision has nem
muds to Dav the Interest on all outfc'awl-
lug city bonds up to January 1, 1901, which
amounts approximately to SlO.CoC, This
amount does not Include the J'J.OMO Mint to
Now York on the first of October to pay
Interest on ttie forty-year limited bonds
Arrangements nnve also been made to py
all city employes lu cash each month in
February 1, 11. The funds for this pur
pose are to come from the spcial reuervs
fund and from the tax receipts.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forocast for Nebraska
Local Haiti, Cooler, Variable Winds.
Tcmperntnre it t Oinxhu Yet.Tdii I
Hour. lien.
r. n- in , 7ii
On. in 71
7 n. Ill 70
8 ll. in Ti
I) u. in ...... 7-1
1(1 IV. ill 78
It n. in 78
VI ii 711
Hon r.
1 i. in.
Hen.
Ml
Ml
8 I
8(1
8(1
sr.
70
so
80
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ACCEPTS HITCHCOCK DEBATE
Kilvrnril Itiincvvnter I'rumiill) turcr.
to I)Ii'Uh. (he Innucn of tile Cuui
liitlttn llefnrr Ihc I'tihltc,
The following correspondence explains
Itself:
OMAHA, Oct. 2, 1900. Mr. E. Hosewater,
Omaha, Nob.. Dear Sir You are horoby
Invited to meet me lu Jolut debate for a
discussion of the national Issues of this
campaign.
You, as a republican candidate for United
State senator, aud I, as a democratic can
didate for United States senator, can very
properly meet for this purpose and discuss
before the people, free from nil personallr
tl,,B. tla Questions of national policy
I
suggest four meetings, of which one shall
be iu Omaha, and will name as my repre
sentative to arrange details Dr. P. L. Hall
chairman of the democratic state central
committee. Yours truly,
GILBERT M. HITCHCOCK.
OMAHA, Oct. 3, 1900. Mr. G. M. Hitch
cock, Omaha: Dear Sir Your challenge Is
cheerfully accepted, the division of time
and other arrangements to be the same ns
In my debate wttli W.' J. Bryan In 1SV6.
One of the conditions of that debato wus
the employment of competent stenogra
phers to take down the discussion and its
prompt publication In full In both The l)ec
and the World-Herald, tho expense of the
meetings and of the stenographic report
being shared by the two opposing sides
The dates, places, number of meetings and
subjects may be agreed upon on my behalf
by Hon. John C. Wharton. Vory truly
yours, E. HOSEWATER.
GEORGIA GOES AS USUAL
Ueiiiocriitu Curry Mule Election by n
.Majority Knllinnteil at
nu.ooo.
ATLANTA, On., Oct. 3. Reports received
from all parts of the state tonight Indtoate
that the democratic majority in todnv'a
election for state officers, members of the
general assembly and local county olllcers
will be about 50,000. No opposition devel
oping against the democratic nominees ex
cept In a few counties whore tho populist
organization is strongest, llttlo Internet
was takeu in the election. In counties
where the democratic strength was un
doubted the vote was light, as the result
of thu outcomo of thu election was c nam.
In the doubtful counties the result will not
be known until all the precincts aro huird
from, which will require acinic time, they
being remote from communication. Thero
were no casualties attending tho balloting
at any precincts ho far as reported. Tho
democratic state officials elected today are
as ( )lows: Governor, Allan I). Candler;
tfcrjii&iy of stato, l'hll Cook; attorney gen
eral, J. M. Terrell, comptroller general, W.
A. Wright; treasurer, R. E. Park; commis
sioner of education, G. R. Glenn, commis
sioner of agriculture, O. H. Stevens.
NEW LINE MAKES TROUBLE
I lilted StuleN CiiNlom Ollleer nt .Mount
linker .Selieil (JoihIm Tiint ( lime
from ( Hiindll.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 3.A special to
tho Times from Vancouver, B. C, says:
"The trouble nt Mount Baker ovor tho
boundary line dispute has almost reached
an International crisis. Yosterday a pack
train of goods on the way from Chllllvvack
to Mount Baker for Amerkun-owned
claims was seized by the American customs
authorities on the ground that the goods
had gono across the boundary lino into the
United States.
"Deanc, tho provincial surveyor, who Is
fixing the boundary line, says that Canada
will derive a stretch of new land two miles
wide by the moving of the line hack whore
it was originally and should now bn lo
cated. Several American mines are in
cluded in this strip."
WAITING ON THE SHERIFF
,o It el urn Made nn Yet on Wltnaiirn
lor DefeiiNe III the nut-
i') Case,
.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Oct. 3. When tho
Youtsey case was called today In the circuit
court Attorney Nelson said that tho de
fendant could not luaku any announcement
till tho processes of tho court hud been re
turned. Nelson stated that the Hiimnionoss
for witnesses were sont to tho sheriff of
Breathitt und Knox counties on Soptomber
nnd had not been returned. The court
granted till Friday morning to hear from
the sheriffs.
Ou motion of Judge Askew for Youtsey
Judge Cantrlll decided to draw sixteen
more names from the Jury wheel in place of
sixteen excused today, and then If no Juror
is secured to summon a special venire.
EDITOR MOORE SET AT LIBERTY
Article Concernlnir Immiienlnle Con
ception Neither Lewd or
Lund v loila,
LOUISVILLE, Ky Oct. 3. The Indict
ment against C. C. Moore, editor of tho
Blurt Grass Blade of Lexington, Ky., charg
ing him whh bending otweono matter
through the malls, was quashed by Unltod
States District Judge Evans today. Tho ar
ticle whacli caused Moore's Indictment was
about the Immaculate conception. Moore's
demurrer to tho indictment was sustained,
Judge Evans agreeing with tho contention
that whatever tho articlo might be It waa
not lewd or lascivious, and so did not come
within tho purview of the Btatuto against
obscenu literature, the supremo court hav
ing decided that to bo obscene an article
must bo either lewd or lascivious.
.Movement of Oeenn VrNKelx Oet, II,
At New York Arrived La.hn. from Bre
men, Southampton and Cherbourg; Teu
tonic, from Liverpool: (ieorglc, from Liver
pool; Kms, from Naples balled--St. LoulJ,
for Southampton; iTlesland, for Antwerp,
At Oueenstown Arrived llelgenland,
from Philadelphia, for Liverpool; Majestic,
from New York, for Liverpool. Halled
Bervln, for JsVw York; I'ltonla, for Boston
(both from Liverpool).
At Southampton Arrived St. Paul, from
New York Sailed Knlscrln Maria Ttnresa
(from Bremen) for New York, via Cher
bourg. At Cherbourg-Arrived -Graf Wa'derHea,
from New York, via Plymouth for Ham
burg. At London Arrived ilesaba, from New
York.
At UvcrpcHd Arrived Knight En ant,
from Newport News, Sailed Nomndld, for
New York. ....
At Lizard-Passed- Kaiser Frledrlch, fram
New York, for Plymouth Cherbourg and
Hamburg.
n THE COW COUNTRY
Rooeovelt Spends n Dnj Grossing the Ore t
Nebraska Oattle Range,
CATTLE KINGS AND COWBOYS GREET HIM
Characteristic Demon.rr : ? Alliance,
Hjannis, Crawford, $ 'ydron.
TEMPER OF THE PEOPLE WELL SHOWN
Ohango in Political Sentiment in the Big
Sixth Oongreasioual District
PLEDGES OF SUPPORT MADE ON ALL HANDS
Men Who Voted for llrynti Four Your
Ago Openly Avun Their Inten
tion of VoltiiK the lteiiiili
llciili iiohct.
() 9
4
ltooHi'vt'lt train rcnelii'.s Vo)nttr I
Street tlojiot ut 7;!t0. i
I 'until" will start ut once.
Line of uuttvli: Sixteenth to Knr
tium, to Nliu.'teentli, counter
march to Fifteenth tu the tent.
Koosevelt Hpenka
At 1'avllloii teiiL
At tlrelKlitnn hull.
At Holieinluii hull.
At Huyd'n ojient house.
t
- -
CHADHON, Neb., Oct. 3. (Special Tvle
gram.) Governor Roosevelt today trav
eled from Plattsmouth to and beyond t lio
northwestern corner of Nebraska. Tho
trip extended 642 miles and Ini luded only
klx stops Broken How, Hyanuls, Alliance.
Crawford, Chadron nnd Deadwocd. Imme
diately after the Dcadwood mooting tho
train started for Nebraska territory again
aud tomorrow tho day's work will begin
at Valentine.
ThlB afternoon at Chadron Governor
Roosevelt was given a pnlr of gtild spurs
on behalf of the republican ranch and iat
tlemcu of the state. In the speech of
presentation J. H. Van Duson of South
Omaha explained that tho spurs wero to bn
presented Roosevelt at St. Paul ou behalf
of tho National League of Republican
Clubs, but because of a superabundance of
other business at that meeting tho presen
tation was postponed.
Fully 30,000 persons attended the mcot
' Ing at Chadron, many of them coming fram
nearby points in South Dakota anil Wyo
ming. Welcome nl Alliance,
At Alliance, lu Box Butte county, which
four years ago was strongly popullstli.
Governor Hooevelt was given a greeting
particularly chi.rae.tiirtfcilc of tho srvu'. cat
tle region. Railroad engines whittled a
long salute as tho train neared the town
and when tho governor appeared on the
platform a cannon was brought Into use
nnd charge after charge was fired. Ho waa
hurried along under a large arch fifty feet
high decorated with tho American colors
nnd pictures of tho prcsldental candidates
to a carriage that was waiting in the
atreot. Ab hoou as ho was comfortably
seated R. J. Hill, the veteran horseman
who held the reins, touchod his horses
and away they went up tho street on a rldo
which for excitement has not been oxccllod
on tho trip. About him were hundreds of
people, some mounted ou bronchos, some
riding in cariiagea and tagging after the
carriage afoot. At the lntorseetion of tho
two principal streets tho horses wero
stopped abruptly and th governor was tw
eorted to tho speaking platform, where ho
waa immediately Introduced by W. R. Ak
ers to 2, POO people who had already u
seinbled. Continually whlio the governor
wns speaking men In the crowd kept yell
ing "Go after 'em, Tcddyl Eat 'em upl"
and at the conclusion of his address hata
were thrown high in the air, cowboys
yelled and cannons vvnro fired. As uoon jh
the oheerlng subalded some one cried:
"Now we're all for Teddy," and in chorus
the crowd shoutod: "You bet we nre,
Teddy!"
Mere .Matter of Price.
Governor RooBevelt Bald:
"Mr. Bryan has said again nnd again
that If tho republican party under Mr.
McKlnley came into power you would see
tho prices of ranch nnd farm products go
down; that you would see savings banks go
down, mortgages go up and wageworkora
stand Idle. Those were tho propheclea four
years ago. The fulfillinont has been that
hero in your state your mortgagna havo
decreased 40 per cent, your savings bunk
deposits havo Increased 25 per cent; the
wagovvurknrs have had about 60 por. com
greater opportunity to work and the price
of farm products has gono up from 16 to
60 por cent.
"Out here whore you raiso cattle, not only
the amount of cnttlo, but the value of theui
has increased anywhere from 40 to 60 per
cent. Now, under our free government. It
Is our Inalienable right to malio fools of
ourselves If we wish, and If you want to go
hack to tho old conditions that ia your
right, you can go. You enn go right
atralght back into the slough out of whlcJi
wo worked our way four years ago, by
putting into power tho party which for
forty years has nevor dona any construct
ive work, but has always criticized and
lus generally criticized wrong."
Given n Cowboy Kiilnle.
At a algnal from tho engine Governor
Roosevelt was escorted from tbn platform to
the carriage and lu the center of a cloud of
dust, surrounded by a hundred yelling, gal
loping cowboys, he was driven off ilown-Uie
wldo street to tho train. In the race the
cowboys rode around the carriage and each
leaned over from his broncho as be passed
and graBped thu governor's outstretched
band. The rldo was as exciting as when he
was takeu to the platform nnd ho enjoyed
It hugely. John Polmesll, one of the cow
boy escort, said to the reportor: "There
are about 1,200 of us horn and ten times
that many wanted to come, but could not
because of their work. There Is nobody out
of employment here now. Everybody Is at
work and that la the roason why thero aro
not ten times as many of us here. About 25
per cent of us were formerly democrats and
voted for Bryan In HS8. I voted for htm
myself, hut I'll never do It again. We ex
pect protection from the republicans and be
lieve we'll get It. This affair Is the big
gest thing of the kind ever scon in the
county. Thero aro cowboys hero from seventy-five
miles away. I rods twenty miles
to get hern myself "
limnsr In Loral Seiillninnt,
J. R, Vanbusklrk, candidate for state sen-