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jaUs Closing, Men Discharged,
Banks Breaking.
JOLD STANDARD GOOD TIMES.
Tie 8ame old Story Which We Have
Had for Twenty-Five Years,
Have the People Had Enough r
Detroit, Nov. 17.-The Dig Micnigau
Car Company's works have shut aown
indefinitely and 1,500 men are out o!
employment , . rt
The works were reopened early In uc
tober, working night and day. During
last week hands were laid oS, little by
little until.last night the climax came,
nd those who were left were dismissed,
and told they would be paid off tomor
row,
la lonrned from a number
of men
wrvrVin the ShOP inasuiej
.. .. i.1 A. IUar
were
nM hv their foremen, prior
to electiou
j.. n.k ii hands would certainly work
hi rhristmas. and after that the force
would be increased to 4,000 men.
t Frwr. the managing di-
villi ric" j- ' . ,
rector was asked to verify the report,
nt sent back word that he was too
Kiiaw tn h disturbed.
A written synopsis ui
7 : 1 1 V. o tha man
I request that he endorse or repudiate the
m- Freer sent the note
e..i. -iko.i onrtoraement. but thepor
AteTsaid Mr! Freer had told him that he
f ft would not be interviewed and would
neither admit nor deny the statements,
f No cause for the shut down could be
obtained, neither from Freer nor his bus-
iness colleagues.
v, vnr Nov. 18. It was an
nounced in the tapestry mills of Alexan
der Smith's Sons' Carpet Company, Jin
lYpnkers last night, that one-half the
emo oved in tne mm won u i
ia fr.-.v nnH the remainder dv
week, and the mill
; nouuenuuj '
F Aniii than ohnfr. Hnwn.
1 ia nniioratnnd the other mill of the
tcompanv will follow this action and all
f will be closed down within two weeks,
f If that occurs 7,000 hands will be thrown
f rfwit of work.' : : '
The cause given is that there is no
market for carpet, and the company has
manufactured- stock ahead jmtil it is
.io. ith vnnda which must be
j: 1 t K(rv mnre m made.
Smith's is one of the largest, f not the
a nornUf mnnnfactorvin tne woria
su. n,rtinw fnll time the mills turn
en AAA xt a fAa of pRroet a day.
Th annoancemeni 01 vue wiuiu6
" A.X. Anm mrr shnr
a nonuH mnch alarm and de
omniKr Ynnkers tradesmen, wno
fear a repetition of the state of affairs
,ih rniimcod a. ahut-down of the mills
j 1 qqi a . thah timo mauv of the peO'
mlwho had earned tneir imug""
m. u a u fail at, noiiD houses sup.
ported by charity. It is officially stated
at the mills that, after they close, they
will not reopen before January, u tnen
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 19.-The Eaet
t. T.nni Pnokinir Company, which nas
Alant allied at 84.000.000 in East St.
r Li onii olan maintained a large es
tablishment in this city, has closed up
iU packing house on the east side and is
celling on its propersy.
Tk.. h.a Kaan vppv httlo margin in
the pork packing business for the last
velar, and D. L. Yuirk, sr., the president
nd principal stockholder 01 tne com-
ant. of Ynsilanti. Mien., couciuuou w.
io small proflts, at tne preBcuu uuk,
d not justify the risk incurred.
Rmtnr Pitv. Ta., Nov. 19. J. K. Prugh
- , . .:! crockery
ofinlnrs. failed here today with assets oi
about ?41,000 and liabilities of f 12,000,
Sioux City, la., Nov. 19.-The r irst
National bank of this city closed its
Annra .nAnV. Thfl ingtitUtiOU IS att Old
one, and although it was known for
intnn tima t,o be hard pressed, much sur-
nri.a BTtirwwed at its failure. The
bank examiner is not here and as yet no
statement of its condition nas Deen giv.
an nn r Th laat etatement. October 6
showed loans amounting to $492,564.23
and deposits of $537,998.57; capital and
urplus, fl4U,ouu.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Nov. 19. Imme-
diatalT after the election at Jackson
Ohio, and in the coal regions surround.
inir that nlace. the mine owners notified
t.h nneratives in the mines that the
mta of HiTtv-one cents per ton for min
ins would no longer be allowed, but
thereafter, only forty-five cents per ton
would be paid. ;
Chicago. Nov. 19. The Probst Con
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I struction company made an assignment
I In the county court today. The assignee
. la Oimtave Wilke. The company is one
l of the larirest constrticting concerns in
I tha conntrv. Its headquarters are
t New Tork. No statement was filed show
ins the amount of the liabilities or the
assets. . ,
It looks very much like a conspiracy
exists to play the people lor fools, even
after they have been used to bolster a
fallacy and to enthrone error. A proof
of this conspiracy comes from Kangley,
111., where there are extensive glass
works, and where the plant has been idle
for a long time. During the campaign
Charles Bathbun promised credulous
votersfjthat if McKinley was elected the
fires would be lighted and smoke would
again be seen curling from the chimneys.
Ills promise was maae gooa. xne oiner
day he sent a single ton of coal from
Streator and lighted a fire under the
boilers, vindicating bis pledge but setting
no men to work. Eastern papers an
nounced the fact that Kangley was on
boom, and thus the slass trade was
stimulated" and "confidence" restored.
Chicago Dispatch.'
LaHabpe, III., Nov. 14.-The bank of
Lallarpe closed its doors this morning,
owing to lack of business and depressed
times. The liabilities are estimated Be
tween $50,000 and $60,000.
Galveston. Texas. Nov. 14. J. Rosen.
field & Co., wholesale milinery and no
tions, made an asignment today. M.
Lasker was named as asignee. x ne part
ners are Adeie Kosenneia, oamuei ,i
Rosenfleld. N. E. Selisman and Abraham
Kosenfleld. Tne liabilities are esuniaiea
at $120,000 and nominal assets within
a few thousand of the liabilities.
Chicago. 111.. Nov. 18. The Pullman
Palace Car company has reduced the
wnees of the employee in the big shops
at Pullman 15 per cent. In addition, it
is said, each re-employed workman must
contract to -live in tne town or ruuman
and pay rent to the company.
Chicago, III., Nov. 21. The Illinois
Steel company has given notice tons
emDloves in the blast furnaces in opera
tion at the South Chicago works that
December 1 a reduced scale of wages will
iro into effect. Keepers will be paid f 2.-
40; helpers,$l.80and $1.90; cinder snap
pers, $1.75; iron carriers, $2.20; top
fillers, $1.95; barrow men. $o.80. This
gcale is called a readjustment of wages
and not a cut bv the company, although
it cuts the wages of the "front side"
men who got a 25 Iper cent increase by
triking in July. 1895. from 15 to 20
percent. .
Washington, Not. 21." The . comp
troller of the currency today ordered
Bank Examiner Caldwell to close up the
First National bank of Saginaw, Mien
Igan.
Besides the above we have enough
more notices of the closing down of mills,
failures and bankruptcies to fill at least
three more columns of tne independent.
but that would take more space than
mi II .a1
can be spared, iney were an lanen
from our exchanges within three dnys,
As a specimen of the false reports printed
in the goldbug papers, a St. Louis paper
in its list of new and revived industries,
claimed to have a dispatch from Lincoln
announcing the starting up of tne west
Lincoln Packing Company, with a large
force of men which we all know was false,
Denver's Reception to Bryan.
Deitveb, Colo.j Nov. 25. If Mr.
Bryan had come to Denver as the
President-elect he would not have re
ceived any more enthusiastic greetings
than those givin to mm to-day when
ho arrived to take part in the twen
tieth anniversary of the admission of
Colorado to the Union. Before he was
nominated for the Presidency, he had
agreed to speak at the exercises. He
was met at the depot by a committee,
including T. M. Patterson, C. S.
Thomas, Mayor WcMurray and several
thousand people, who swung their hats
and cheered lustily. He was driven at
once to tne home ol U o. xnoinas,
where he breakfasted and remained
until 10 o'clock.
At 10 o'clock Mr. Bryan went to the
Brown Palace hotel 1o attend a recep
tion given in his honor by the women
of Denver. The interior of the hotel
was decorated with flags and bunting.
Mrs. T. M. Patterson, president of the
Equal Suffrage association, presided.
In Introducing Mr. Bryan, she said:
It is my high privilege to present to
you formally to-day our distinguished
visitor, already wen Known u us ana
honored beyond words, for in him we
see embodied the hope of our nation
against the dangers that threaten
from our very strongholds all liberty
and progress. Through him we hope
to see the national fabric of tha future
founded upon the Christ-given prin
ciple of the Golden Rule, and in pro
phetic vision we see the stone which
the builders rejected at last become
the head of the corner. Women of
Colorado, I present to you tha first
president of the Twentieth century,
William Jennings Bryan."
After the speechmaklng the women
filed past the stand, shaking hands
with Mr. Bryan, while the Colorado
state band played popular airs. Mr.
Bryan was presented with a memoran
dum book of Colorado chased silver,
having declined to receive any gift of
great value.
In order to give the people an oppor
tunity to hear him as well as see him
on his carriage drive through the prin
cipal streets, Mr. Bryan will make half
a dozen outdoor speeches.
Fred Trompen, the 9 year old son of
Sheriff John Trompen, died at an early
hour yesterday morning of diptheria.
Owing to the contagious character of
the dread disease, the funeral was held
as soon as possible after the demise, be
ing of course strictly private.
I II I Hit III I I'l ll'il lauirlll I
A Majority Thereof Held to Be Ne
cessary to Carry an
Amendment.
SOME QUESTIONABLE FINDINGS
Suspicion That Conditions May
EaTe Some Force in Prompt
ing the Conclusions.
Some Defective Return!,
The state con vassing board, compris
ing tne governor, secretary oi state,
auditor, treasurer and attorney general,
met yesterday to open and canvass the
vote on presidential electors, regent of
the university, contingent judges of the
supreme court and constitutional amend
ments. When the returns were opened it
was discovered that those from Nemaha
and Blaine county were defective, which
will delay completion of the work untu
they can be corrected. , It will be several
days before the returns can be tabulated
and the result announced.
The board construes it to be its duty
to canvass the vote for state officers, in
cluding regent of the university and
judges of the supreme court, and presi
dential electors, although tne abstract
of the vote for presidential electors must
be sent to the legislature and there
formally canvassed. The last session of
the legislature passed an ait empower
ing this board to canvass the vote Cast
on constitutional amendments, the can
vassing to be done "in the same man
ner" as in the case of the vote cast for
state officers. The words of the statute
"in the same manner," make it the
duty of the board to anuouuee the re
suit and state whom they declare to be
elected and whether or not the constitu
tional amendments have carried.
There is a general understanding
among those who have consulted the
members of the board that it will hold,
in reference to the proposed constitu
tional amendments, that a majority of
all the votes, cast at an election are ne
cessary to adoption, and will insist that
in order to pass a constitutional amend
ment must receive an affirmative vote
greater than one-half of the total vote of
the state. It is believed that such a rul
ing will certainly kill every one of the
proposed amendments. The one which
this ruling is especially aimed to defeat
is the one providing for an increase of
the number of judges of the supreme
court from three to five. Inasmuch as
the additional judges would be the fu
sion contingent candidates, the repub
iicans wno. constitute the canvassing
board, true to the party precedents in
this state, are willing to strain a point
to defeat tne election, and they will
therefore tenaciously hold that a major
ity of all the votes cast at the election
are necessary to adopt the amendments,
although the vote on that question was
cast in a different ballot box.
In order to thus hold the board must
overlook a precedent established by
Justice Maxwell, who, while a member of
the supreme court, held that a majority
of all votes cast for senators and repre
sentatives is required for the adoption
oi an amendment. There is a suspicion
current that if the republican candidates
for the contingent supreme judgeships
bad received a plurality of the votes,
the canvassing board would have found
a great deal of virtue in Judge Max
wells decision, and would bave unhesit
atingly held that all other rulings on
that point paled into utter insigni
ficance beside it. But now, if tho board
holds the amendments to have passed,
two fusionists will be given places on the
supreme bensh, and of course no preced
ent that would lead to such a condition
can possibly be found to possess any
virtue. In the light of such a finding,
how silly and ridiculous appear the acts
of this city government when, in its de
sire to secure the passage of certain
propositions submitted to the people, it
has repeatedly, while the vote was taken
at a general city election, submitted the
propositions by proclaiming a special
election thereon.
There is a suspicion amounting al
most to a certainty, that if the republi
can contingent candidates had received
a majority of the votes, the canvassing
board would have Unhesitatingly de
clared that all that was necessary for the
adoption of an amendment to increase
the number of supreme justices was a
majority of all the votes cast on that
proposition.
Kepubiicass nave a peculiar habit of
interpreting laws and precedents to best
concerve republican interests. Their laws
are built on the principle of the gun.
which was built to "hit it if it is a deer and
miss it if it is a calf." It was probably
the guilty consciousness of their Inten
tions in this matter that recently led re
publicans to the alleged sensatiooal dis
covery that there was a project on foot
to seat the fusion candidates for su
preme justices in a revolutionary man
ner and in defiance of law.
There is a prospect of interesting de
velopments ahead before this matter is
settled, although the republicans cun
ningly enacted a measure in the last ses
sion designed to deprive the legislature
of all authority in canvassing the vote
on state officers.
Republicans have for years been an
nually declaiming against the necessity
lor delays in court work and litigation
occasioned by tne fact that tne supreme
justices are overworked and that there
are not enough of them to carry on the
work of the court expeditiously, and had
the republican contingent candidates re
ceived the shadow of a plurality in tha
late election the necessities of the hour
would have been urged as a reason for
declaring the amendment increasing the
number of judges to bave heen craned in
spite of adverse precedents, it wouia
have been carried forward as a necessary
measure of relief for the supreme court
and the litigants of the state.
Was Elliott Implicated In Itt
The confession of Charles Elliott of the
wild west show outfit that he killed bis
companion, Gay Hutsonpiller, in the
Windsor hotel at Omaha by beating him
over the bead with a car coupling pin,
recalls the death of another member of
the wild west company on Ae occasion
of the company's visit to this city. It
will be remembered , that Buffalo Bill's
airirrearation was in Lincoln October
14th. Teavinar the sams night over the
Union Pacific for thesouth. At7o'clock
the next" morning the engineer
on the
north bound train discovered about six
miles south of Lincoln the body of a
dead man lying beside the track. It was
brought to this city. The remains were
those of Eddie Hughes, a Columbus, 0.,
boy who bad been employed as a waiter
in the Wild West restaurant gang.
It was. supposed that be had fallen
from the train and been run over. His
skull was crushed, just as Gay Hutson
piller's skull was crushed when he was
found in the room he and Elliott had
occupied at the hotel. The develop
ments in the Omahacase have suggested
the thought that possibly Elliott may
know something about how Eddie
Hughes' skull may have been crushed
and bow he may have fallen from the
train. ;-- -
Elliott's confession as to the killing of
Hutsonpiller is a harrowing recital and
stamps him as a man possessed of every
Qualification of the murderer. Hutson
piller and be bad been companions witn
the Buffalo Bill show. They bad come
to Omaha together. Hutsonpiller hid
something like, $100, while Elliott was
without funds. The former was ill wnue
in Omaha, and paid Elliott's hotel bill
while they were there. They wanted to
go to Montana, where Hutsonpiller had
a ranch, and Elliott made his friend be
lieve that he could get them passes from
parties in South Omaha, but it would
take f 15 to do it. Hutsonpiller gave
him the $15. Elliott tailed to get the
passes, and Hutsonpiller wanted his
money back.
Elliott Bays it was during a quarrel
in their room over this that the killing
occurred. He wrote a receipt for the
$15 and demanded of Hutsonoillar that
he signit.f This confessed incident is
enough to show .Elliott s desperate char
acter. He also says that in a fit of pas
sion he grasped the coupling pin and
struck Hutsonpiller over the head. The
coupling pin was at the time lying on
the bed. He-' bad taken it out of his
valise, where he bad originally put it to
make tha valise heavy for hotel security
purposes, another indication oi the char
acter of the man.
He struck Hutsonpiller a second blow
with the pin. . Then, as the injured man
lay breathing his last, Elliott went
down stairs and across to a drug store,
secured some chloroform, returned to
the room, chloroformed a towel and laid
t over his dying companion s face. This
he did, he says, because he was afraid
some one would hear his heavy breath
ing. Then he cleaned the blood from
himself with a damp towel, rifled the
dying man's pockets, went down stairs
and bade good bye to the landlord and
left the hotel.
It is thought that that same coupling
pin may have bad something to do with
the crushing of the skull of Eddie Hughes.
There were 65 cents in the boy's pocket
when he was found.
Sedalla'e Poultry Show Opened.
Skdadia, Mo., Nov. 25. The third
annual poultry show of the Sedalla
and Pettis County Poultry club opened
this morning and will continue for
three days. There are an unusually
large number of exhibits.
A Farmer' Wife Burned to Death.
Guthrie, Okla,, Nov. 85. While
James Epler was at work in the woods
near Red Oak his wifo saw a prairie
fire starting and attempted to fight it
back, but wind drove the lira upon
her and she was burned to death.
Now that the smoke of political con
flict has cleared away, the Independent
wants to have a plain business talk with
its subscribers on the question of their
relation to our advertisers. The major
ity of those who advertise largely are
not in harmony with the political views
of our party, and it is anything but an
easy task to get their business. Our en
deavor is to accept only reputable bus
iness, and we nrge our friends to support
our advertisers where they can do so
with profit and advantage to themselves,
rather than patronize those whose preiu
dices prevent their advertising in our
columns. Among those whom we desire
to mention as worthy of patronage is
the Swanson Kheumatic Cure Co.. of 107
Dearborn St.. Chicago, III. Their rem
edy "5 Drops" is stated by our Chicago
representative who has made a personal
and careful study of the matter, to be
the most remarkable and meritorious
preparation of the age. He has been
given free access to the mail and has
seen so many genuine and enthusiastic
letters praising this remedy, and has
known so many sufferers who bave been
absolutely and permanently cured by it.
that he can state that "5 drops" is as
infallible in itsenrative properties as any
medicine could be, and more so than
any medicine he has ever shown or heard
of. As yon will see by their advertise
ment which appears on another page, a
sample bottle is sent prepaid by mail for
a small sum, and this sample is sufficient
to prove the merits of "5 drops" to any
skeptic. Kindly when you write mention
the independent.
Great Populist Gains all Over the
United States.
FIESCr FIGHTING BTP0PUUST3
Secretary Edgerton Tells of the
Campaign Results.
Eight State, Eight Senator andSSRep-
reientatlve.
J. A. Edgerton, seoretary of the peo
pies party national committee returned
from Washington last week where he has
been during the whole campaign. He is
the samo genial gentleman he always
was, but shows the marks of the hard
work which his responsible position en
tailed upon him during the fierce cpnflict
just ended.."-' :;
He says that it is generally conceded
by all, even the democratic natlona1
committee, that the populists did the
hard fighting of the campaign Even in
the eastern states where they were few
in number, they were the ones who were
at it all the time, morning, noon and
night. If the democrats had stood by
Bryan and fought with the vigor, en
thusiasm and self-sacrifice that the pop
ulists did. be would have been elected.
In looking over the result, Mr. Edger
ton says the populists made great gains
almost everywnere, ana to wis organi
zation is bequeathed the duty of reform.
ing the free silver forces and making the
next tight.
In this campaign we bave made a gain
of 15 congressmen and two senators.
California will send two populist con
gressmen, Idaho one, Colorado one,
south Dakota two, Nebraska four, Kan
sas six, North Carolina five, Alabama
one and Indiana one.
That will make a very respectable pop
ulist caucus for the house, but the na
tional committee has assurance that
nearly every one of tne free silver repub
licans whq have been elected to congress
will also go into the populist caucus in
which case the number will be very
greauy mcreasea.
Senator Pettigrew has joined the pop.
uiists and we will elect another senator
from Utah which will give to us eight of
tne very ablest men in the United States
senate, who will carry on a fight there
that will keep the fur flying until the
plutocrats think the very seats bave
claws to scratch them with.
Besides all that, we have control In
eight etate governments, either electing
the whole state ticket or a large major
ity of it. In the following six states the
populists will run things to suit them
selves, viz: Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho,
Montana, Washington and North Caro
lina."'- s-: ,v -v-
We have also made a gain in electoral
votes. Tom Watson will receive 28
votes being six more than Weavor got.
Hut the most important gam is no
the large increase in members of con
gress, Uuited States senators and state
and county officers. It is the advance
made in getting our principles more fully
comprehended by the people, hundreds
of thousands of whom know them
described by the great goldbug papers
that constantly tell the people that pop
ulists are anarchists made up from tho
wild-eyed and ignorant mob.
Many of the most intelligent citizens in
the United States for the first time be
came acquainted with the doctrines which
we advocate and thousands of them
have for the first time became earnest
and able advocates of them. Learned
men and students of political economy,
after studying the action of the railroad
corporations and telegraph monopoly in
the last campaign, have become earnest
advocates of the public ownership of the
telegraphs and railroads, among them
Wharton Barker.
The only earnest, ardent, and unre
lenting fight made for Bryan outside of
the populists was made by the Altgeid
democrats in Illinois, but they could not
bold their party, for the gold democrats
had too long held them in ignorance to
enable the noble men and true patriots
of the party to instruct them in the doc
trines of the regenerated Bryan demo
cracy.
The somewhat startling news from
Washington is that W. D. McHugh, who
is known in Nebraska chiefly as General
Cowin s law partner, was on Saturday
appointed to the United States judge
ship recently vacated by the death
Judge Dundy. This is rather unexpect
ed news, and must be somewhat trying
to Messrs. T. J. Mahoney, A. J. Sawyer,
John ii. Ames, ueorge rJ. rrncbard
and Charles Offutt, who are now doubt-
lees trying to ngure out how it was
done. In the dispatches from Washing
ton stress has now and then been laid
upon the alleged fact that Hon. J. Sterl
ing Morton was working his finger nails
off in trying to secure the appointment
of his bosom friend, the Hon. A. J.
Sawyer of this city. At the same time it
was stated that Secretary Lamont has
been just as zealous to secure the place
for lion. t. J. Mahoney, while Secretary
uarueie nas been actively favoring Hon
Ubaries unutt. Mr. unutt is a former
Kentuckian. which explains Secretary
Carlisle's leaning toward him, It is re
lated oi unutt that be belonged to
family t' at was involved in one
Kentucky's numerous vendetta, and
that after he had seen bis father and
brother killed in an embroglio he came
to Nebraska and entered into the prao -
tics of the law, in which he has been
gnally successful.
Perhaps many were led to believe
from the dispatches that either lit. Saw-
yer, Mr. Mahoney or Mr. 03utt, because
oi ineir reputed backing, was sure to
capture the price, and therefore there
must be considerable ipecql tion as ta
the nature and identity of the pall which
won u place lor Mr. McHaa. The
only expression in the dispatches ia the
assurance that the new appointee is a
personal friend of the secretary of erri
culture, and the additional informat.on
is given that "it is not known that Ca
latter recommended aim to FresidaBt
Cleveland." This expression from tie
State Journal's Washington oorrernd
ent, who usually enjoys pretty tally t-
confidence of Mr. Morton, is apt to cre
ate the suspicion that Mr. Morton wrj
not after all so fully bound up ia lit.
Sawyer's candidacy.
no doubt, also, a good many rtcr lJ
are wondering what special s; i
can be attached to the fact ttt t"
Hon. Tobias Castor is now in VstLirt-
ington,, and whether or sot it was lr.
Castor who has upset the precious claxs
of Secretaries Morton, Lamont audi
Carlisle.
W. D. McHugb. the new iac?-t. wise
born at Galena, 111., September 10, 18S3.
He atteuded the public schools of thit
city until fourteen years of as, when Lt
began serving a three years' torrent':
ship as shoemaker, and after kzrL'.:
the trade was several years m ssc ui
bootmaker. Mr. McHugh ttea tr;ti
attending the Illinois 1 state normsJ
school, afterwards teaching tii study
ing the law evenings. He was admitted
to practice of law ia the appellate court
of Illinois at Chicago at the
age of twenty-two. The young : lawyer
located at Galena and entered into
partnership with the firm In whose of
fice he had pursued bis studies of law,
tne nnn then being known as D. & T. J.
Sheean A McHugh. Mr. Uolle-h r
mafned in Galena and continued tw
practice of his profession until ISC 3,
when he removed to Omaha. After prac
ticing the law one year and a half he ca
tered into partnership with Ger.er;l
Cowin, under the firm name of Cowia
McHugb, which has continued to t-
present time, the office being located ia
the. Ware block at Fifteenth nnd Far
nam streets.
KRSTSINQKR CONTEST.
Silver Candidate for State Senator in
Qsge County Chargis a Variety of
frauds. ,
Beatbice, Nob., Nov. 23. O. E. Krst-
singer, populist candidate for state sen
ator in Gage county, has served notice
of contest on the successful candldta,
George A. Murphy. It is a lengthy doc
ument and contains nine spectre eharrsj,
the substance of which is as follows: v
First, ineligibility because he (Muixhy)
at the time of election Was holding aa
office, that of county attorney. Second,
that Murphy unlawfully procured the
name of J. C. Colland on the official bal
lot as a candidate for the office. Third,
that the election in the Second ward of
the city of Beatrice was illegal for the
reason that the regularly elected board
was forcibly removed. The fourth
count 'charges that none but re
publicans were allowed to serve on the
board in Holt township. Fifth, that il- '
legal votes were cast for Murphy in the
First and Fourth wards of Beatrice, ia
Holt, Liberty, Blakely, Blue Springs,
Filley, North and South Wvmore and
other townships. Sixth, that a large num
ber oi voters who would have voted
for the contestant were by fraud and
unlawful means induced and required to
leave home on election day. Seventh,
that bribes were given and offered.
Eighth, that liquor was sold, given
away, and used at polling places in Be
atrice and elsewhere. Ninth, that elec
tioneering was allowed within 100 feet
of booths in Murphy's interest.
. Kreteinger appoints F. B. Sheldon, a
notary public, to take testimony and
fixes November 24 as the day tor begin
ning the work. To .determine the con
test it will be necessary to inspect the
ballots cast in every precinct in the
county.
While Murphy's majority was but 202,
there has been no talk of a contest, but
Mr. Kreteinger seems to entertain some
confidence that he will be able to show
such technical violations of law as will
justify the majority ia the next etate
senate in seating him.
WILL KEEP IT UP.
Free
Silver Men Form a Permanent
Organization.
About seventy-five free silver men held
an interesting meeting last night at the
Lincoln hotel and formed v the Lancas
ter county Bimetallio union, thus mak
ing public their desire and the wish of
many others to organize a permant so
ciety to continue the campaign of educa
tion, according to the suggestion of Mr.
Bryan. The following officers of the
union were elected: W. M. Morning,
president; H. W. Hardy, vice president;
W. F. Schwind, secretary; C. W. Hoxie,
treasurer. These officers, and 8. S.
Whiting, James Manahan, G. L. Laws,
L. C Chapin, E. A. Rogers, U. W. Berge
and Dr. King will officiate as the
executive committee. A list of vice
presidents will shortly be prepared, to
comprise prominent free silver men over
the county. W. M. Morning, Frank
Eager, O. P. Davis and C G. Bullock
were appointed a committee on by-laws.
The meeting was decidedly interesting
and showed a determination on ths part
of the members and other free silver men
to keep up the war against the eitt!e
gold standard. . There will be another
meeting of the union on Monday night
I next, when the organization will be far-
1 ther perfected and manv newmarnhnra
admitted.
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