Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, October 18, 1900, Image 5
THE STRIKE. CONVENTION REJECTS OFFER OP IO PER CENT ADVANCE.: . YOII'T ACCEPT RAISE. Will Not Bit at Proposition Which Do Not Bind For Mora Than a Day, Bcranton, Pa., Oct. 1C The anthracite coal miners now on strike, after a two days' convention, derided to accept the 10 per rent Increase in wage offered by the mine operators. providing they will continue the payment of this ad vance until next April and will abolish the lldlng- scale. If the operators consider this propo sition unacceptable the miners are willing- to arbitrate the questions at issue. They also decide to continue the strike until the operators agree to the convention's proposition. The resolu tion Is as follows: "We, your committee, respectfully submit the following preamble and res olutions for your consideration: "Whereas, The anthracite coal op erators have posted notices offering" 10 per cent advance In wanes, and have signified their willingness to adjust grievances with their employes. "Whereas, They have failed to. speci fy the length of time this advance would remain In force and have also .failed to abolish the sliding scale meth od of determining wages, we would rec ommend: the: recommendations. ,'That th'" convention accept an ad vance of 10 per cent, providing the op erators will continue Its payment until April 1, 1901, and will abolish the sliding nale in the Lehigh and Schuylkill re icion, the scale of wages in the two last named districts to remain station ary at 10 per cent above the present basis, and that the companies will agree to adjust other grievances complained of 'with committees of their own em ployes. "Should this proportion be unaccept able to the operators, We recommend that the convention propose that all questions at Issue be submitted to a fair and Impartial board of arbitration. "We would further recommend that under no circumstances should there be a resumption of work, at any of the collieries until the 'operators signify their acceptance of this proposition and you are notified officially that the strike i. cud 'and aU return to work In a body on the same day." WILL BE LONG DRAWN. Judging by the unanimity of the miners on the above resolution, and the tnd taken by the operators. It is be lieved a long contest between the strik ers and the mlr. owners Is not unlikely. There was great enthusiasm in the con vention when the counter proposition to the operators was carried, and three cheers were given for President Mlteb The resolutions were drafted by a committee of thirteen, of which the na tional president was chairman. . Mr. Mitchell, In arlnl-rvlew on the outcome of the convention, said: "The action of the delegates today In accepting an Increase of 10 per cent, providing they receive assurance It will continue In force until April 1 next, demonstrate- tne tmt kimi -Um- ft.ift ers are considerate of the public In terest and are disposed to be concilia tory, and yet the mine owners refuse to Join hands with the miners In bring ing the strike to a cloBe. OPERATORS RESPONSIBLE. "The responsibility for the suffering that will entail on the poor In the large eastern cities will rest entirely with the operators. The operators now have an opportunity to prove that the propo sition made by them was made In good faith. If they are willing to pay 10 per cent advance, they certainly ought to continue to pay It for six months. The mine workers will all remain on strike until they are officially , notified by the officers of the union that the strike Is declared at an end. "I cannot see any good excuse why the operators will not accept this. Of course I hope there will be a speedy termination of this contest und I be lieve that In the future the operators will be disposed It treat their employes with more consideration than they have In the pant. I am entirely satisfied with (lie action taken by thu miners. They did not decide the question with a view of pie:. sing me, but took the step be catme It sullsftcd them. It was In their hands and they showed an extraordl cary spirit of fatrrie." WHAT DID HE MEANT London, Oct. 1. tumors of trouble between Itussla and Germany are ad at and considerable excitement prevails. The rumor grows out of a speech made by th Russian general In command at AVIIna, when addressing troops jf sol diers, who had been recalled Just as they were about to embark for China. "The cxar has decided to bring you tack so that you may be In readiness to meet fo." The only Interpretation thus far placed upon ths that speech Is that Qermany Is ths foe mentioned. COTTON SEED OIL COMBINE. New Orleans, Oct, 11 Ths leading cotton seed oil manufacturers of Louis. Una, Tennessee, Mississippi snd Ala bama met today In secret session and decided lo perfect organisation snd pledged themselves not to pay more than fit and W ton. -The farmers Und flm and announce that they will Ml sell seed under, 117 a ton. WKISKEY TRSS1 AT WAR. A Trust Within a Trust Is th Queei Situation. New York. Oct. lS.-Chancellor Ma gle granted a temporary injunction to. day at Elisabeth, N. J., restraining Au gust lielmont, John Cadwalader, Alvlr. W. Krech of New York, T. Jefferson Coolldge of Boston and William F. Har rity of Philadelphia from voting their stock at the annual meeting of the Distilling Company of America, which will take place next Wednesday. The application was made by William Kre! of Chicago, a stockholder In the com pany, which Is generally known as the whisky trust. Jt Is claimed that a trust within a trust exists through the mer ging of the Interests of certain stock holders In order to control the corpora tion. In the bill of complaint It la set forth that the five different trustees formed a union of their Interests and agreed to vote on their consolidated holding of stock as one block. This merging of In terests, It Is alleged, was brought about for the purpose of securing a dominant voice In the management of the con cern, and it is further asserted that this plan has as Its object the aggran disement of those composing the clique. The Distilling Company of America was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey In 1R99. Tne authorised capital Is 1125,000,000. of which $77,000,. has been Issued. OPERATORS ARE OBSTINATE. Say They Won. t Make No Conces sion and Won't Arbitrate. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Oct .16. The offer of the convention at Scranton Is gen erally accepted by everybody, except the operators, to mean assumption of work, but the operators will agree to nothing except their own offer of 10 per cent net Increase, nothing more. They will not agree to fix the limit for the 10 per cent remaining in force; they will not agree t4 arbitrate mining or other grievances; they won't abolish the sliding scale. They make these assertions with the most positive emphasis, and declare they will Btand firm to what they offer ed, but will not increase il by aoy other concessions. The men must ac cept the 10 per cent without proviso or continue on the strike. . Regarding the arbitration and the time limit for the increase, they are most determined. They will consider neither. There is only one way the strike can be settled, they assert, and that Is by the men returning to work t the offer made by the companies. INDEMNITY FOR MOB WORK. Congress Will Be AskedTo Provlda For Italian Families. Washington, D. C, Oct. 16. The pres ident will recommend to congress the payment of an Indemnity to the faml- llea of the four Italians who were the victims of a mob at Tallalluy, La., about two years ag.p A report from a special agent of the department of Jus tice clearly established the fact that the men were killed by the mob, and that none of the perpetrators of , the crime were ever punished by the state authorities, notwithstanding the repre sentations of the national government. The governor of Louisiana caused an Investigation, and there were gome pro ceedings before a grand Jury, but the result was the national government found Itself bound to make some sort of reparation In answer to the Italian ,,.i..u;i.-.i'- representation snd. this will take the form of an indemnity for each of the four persons killed, whu were Italian citizens. WILL RETURN TO PEKIN. Emperor Likely to Com But En- press Will Stay Behind, Remo, Oct. 18. There is reason to be lieve the British foreign office has re ceived satisfactory news from Pekin, Indicating the early return of the em peror and court to the capital, while the dowager empress remains at Slgan Fu. If this be correct It means also that the emperor has plucked up courage, with the assistance of the strong men of his entourage, to arrest Prince Tuan and drag him to Pekin for public exe cution. '. 'I If the powers secure Prince ' Tuan's head they will not be unduly curl jus as to his other alleged accomplices In the massacres, for all are more or lss apprehensive of the consequences which might result from undue prolongation of the crisis. ARE ALL SHY ONE FINGER. Population of a Whole Town Thus Strangely Amioia. PlltsbuiK. I'a.. Oct. 1C A town pco oled with four-fingered men and chil dren Is springing up at Preston, ad joining the pressed steel car works be low McKees Rocks.' The sides of the cars are riveted and dozens of rivet ers are employed. They work In pairs onu Inside and the other outside the car. The Inside man places a bolt and the outside worker hammers down the head with one blow fr.im a sledge. Sometimes the bolt will not go thro' the hole Intended for It and the In side man foolishly puts his forefinger into the opening to feel for an obstruc tlon. The man with the sledge works fust, and, being unable to distinguish between a blackened finger and an Iron bolt, he smashes it. A It It EST AT THE VATICAN Rome, Oct. 11 A minor official of the vatban has been arrested on the charge of giving the thjeves access to the room from which the sum of about IW.OM was recently stolen. REBELLION. ALL SOUTH CHINA IN THROES OF REVOLUTION. SITUATION IS 'SERIOUS. Th Chinese Rebels Hold Six Out of Ten Cities In Wau Chau Piefecture. Hong Kong. Oct. IS. The rebellion which was predicted more than a month ago is assuming serious proportions. The whole territory from the borders of the British Kow ion concession to the East river is in a state of reeking disturbance. Six out of ten of the provincial cities In Wai Chau ' prefecture are In the hands of the rebels, who have sworn to overthrow the Manchu rule. The reformers are actively assisting with funds. v Admiral Ho, with 2,000 braves, Is helpless, and 12, MCI more have gone lo his assistance. There is fear that the withdrawal of the troops from Canton will weaken the control of the authorities and that rioting and looting will follow. The British military pi lice are watch ing the frontier to prevent the ingress of rebels and a flying column is held in readiness to leave promptly. Pekin, Oct. IS The Boxers are in force east and west of Pao Ting Fu, Chinese official reports are that the Imperial troops defeated the Boxers with heavy loss, but Intelligence gath ered from allies and other sources indi cate three troops were defeated. , v London, Oct. IS. It Is reported from Canton, says a special dispatch from Shanghai, that the rebels have captur ed Wei Chau city, and that the im perial troops lost sixty killed. The reb els, according to these advices, attacked Tung Koon Wednesday last. If suc cessful they will march upon Sung Tong and thence upon Canton. -TO HUMBLE THE CHINESE CSURT. Russian and German Writers Ad I vocate Harsh Policy. Berlin, Oct. 16. The United States answer to the French note may be said to be generally approved here, neither the press nor the government desiring to affront France by openly urging ob jections. A number of papers express astonishment at the fact that the Unit ed States has so rapidly reassumed a more energetic attitude toward China. The Cologne Volks Zeltung points out hat the United States' sweeping de mands, including Prince Tuan's convic tion, and the withdrawal of troops, are contradictory and "explainable only by the intricacies ot the political cam paign." The Lokal Anzelger, discussing the United States' political campaign edi torially says: "Germany cannot sympathize with either McKlnley or Bryan, as they both stand for anti-German Interests." Few papers, however, discuss the de tails of the American political cam paign. , Private dispatches from St. Peters burg say Prince Tuan has gone Into the Interior of China, "Where, with the consent of the insecure Chinese gov ernment," he is t. pop'-Ia tion to arms against the foreigners. Russia, it Is added, believes the bes: way to solve the present problems is to humble the Slan Fu court and bring the Chinese to terms. The Imperial party, It Is p.lnted out at St. Peters burg, would thus be cut off from sup plies of money and foodstuffs. A military writer In the Taggeblatt advocates the same method, which 9 number of papers Indorse. The I-okal anzclger advises the adoption of strong measures against the Chinese emperor. The suggestion to submit the Chi nese question to The Hague court Is ridiculed by the presS, with the excep tion of the Vorwarts (socialists) which indorse the plan and says: "A Ju't -ourt would award higher damages to China than the allies, who by their ystem of conquest and exploitation, provoked the preKent rising." Government circles, though the offi cials are not w'lllng to siiy so for pub lication, continue to believe the Chinese campaign will last Ions, probably for years, unless Emperor Kwang Su in Imliieed to return to Pekin, which Is not deemed very likely. Military circles point out that the severe North China winter l approach ing, when the more Important military operations will be Impossible. The German foreign office has no lute news from Count Von Walrlen.ee ot Ir. Mumm von Schwirzenstein, the German minister to China. Referring lo the remarks In the for eign press that Von Waldersee wl.l not And any Americans," Russlun or Jnp ane t Pekin to oommord, a forelsn office official remarked: "That Is not true of the Japanese, since they arc run In Pe Chi LI." liOBFJLTA KILLS HORSES. Laramie, Wyo., Oct. . Twenty fight head of blooded horses en routs from Idaho to St. IOuls died In the rars between Green River snd Ira mleand were unloaded here. HlaU Vet erinarian fieabury came over from Cheyenne to Investigate the matter. As near as ran be learned the animals were poisoned from eating lobelia. This Is the second time within a month that large number of horses have died near this city while being transported a tt. STARTS MACE IY TKCtt. Two Expeditions are Headed for ' Pao Ting Fu In China London, Oca. 16 A special dispatch from Tien Tsln. under date of October 12, announces the arrival at Pekin of LI Hung Chang. According to a special dispatch from Hong Kong, the rebels have again de feated the army of Admiral Ho, who was pursuing them In a northeasterly direction from Sam bun, killing forty and capturing many of the imperial troops. The dispatch adds that the condition of Canton is shaky, as the troops there have been greatly depleted. A special from Shanghai, dated Oc tober 12, says dysentery is raging among the troops at lien isin ana that Count von Waldersee Intends to transfer his headquarters to Pekin shortly. A dispatch from Tien Tsln, under date of Friday, October 12, says:' 'The expedition against Pao Ting Fu departed in the morning in two col umns. The German, French and Italian troops, who are to take part, under command of General Ballloud, head ot the French military forces In China, will follow the direct route to Pao Ting Fu, while 2,000 British soldiers under Lord Campbell will make a detour to the south of the Pao Ting river through a number of large villages supposed to be Boxer communities. Both columns will keep In touch with the boat and train which accompanied them. A Junk armed with a naval 12-pounder and two Maxims is with the Pekin columns. "The expedition will make a demon stration through a wide territory not heretofore covered by the allies. While no opposition is expected at Pao Ting Fu, the commanders believe that hos tilities are possible in the Intervening country. According to a Pekin dispatch the Eoxcrs are !n great fore east and wet of Pao Ting Fu. Chinese official, re ports are that the Imperial troops de feated the Boxers with heavy loss, but Intelligence gathered from allies .and other sources Indicates three troops were defeated. It is reported from Canton, says a special dispatch from Khanghai. that the rebels have captured Wei Chu city and that the Imperial troops lost sixty killed. The rebels, according to these advices, attacked Tung Koon Wednes day last. If successful they will march upon Sung Tong and thence upon Can ton. APPROVE THE RUSSIAN PLAN. Suggestion To Make Use of Peace Treaty Is Approved. Washington, D. C, Oct. 16.-The Rus sian suggestion that the international court of The Hague be given Jurisdic tion over divergences of views on the question of Chinese indemnities was Kulmltted to Secretary Hary by M. de Woliant, the Russian charge in Wash ington, in a note on . Octoger.3. It has received the adherence of the Ameri can, the French and Russian govern ments, thus giving it the approval of three of the foremost powers. M. de Wollant's note has not been made pub lic. It can be stated, however, that it was the result of extended exchanges between the French and Russian gov ernments relative 'to the six proposals In the French note. It expressed ap proval of the various proposals and than added the new suggestion relative to giving The Hague tribunal Jurisdic tion over indemnity In case there should be divergence of views. Not being a formal proposition but merely an incident to the approval of the French note, it has not called for a formal reply of acceptance, but the Russian authorities have been furnish ed with a copy of the American reply to the French note, wherein our ap proval Is given to the Russian sugges tion, so that It Is none the less ef fective In giving American approval lo the plan. It Is understood, also, that Austria and Italy, and probably Japan, look with favor upon The Hague sug se;i ion. The movement promises to give thf Crst practical result of the czar's ac tion in bringing about the Internationa' ongrejs of The Hague. The court ol arbitration has received the approval nf the various governments represent ed at The Hague and Its formal or ganization Is In progress. The Im portance the United States attaches to it Is Indicated by the choice of ex- l'resitlent Harrison and ex-Senator Geo. Gray of Delaware a.V the 1 American members of the tribunal. TWENTY-SIXTH IN' A FIGHT. Manila, Oct. 16. Advices received hcr ft', in Ilo Ifi, Island of Pansy under date of Friday, October 12, say that company D of the Twenty-sixth volun teer Infantry was attacked on the pre vious day by a force of Tagnlogs In Northern Panay. The enemy, It Is added, lost twenty men killed and forty wounded, while the Americans had two men wounded. Twenty-two prisoners and twelve rifles and a quantity of am munition were captured. The Tagnlogs were from the Island of Luzon. COSTLY FREIGHT COLLISION. Chicago, III., Oct. 16. An unusually destruction In South Chicago . thli destruction In South Chicago this Irsln ran Into an Elgin, Jollet St East ern freight train at the switch. Eight cars of the Elgin train and the locomo tive of the Erie train were destroyed. The loss amounts to 1150,000. Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 13. The mat ter of enforcing collection of trlbnl taxes In the Indian territory 'nss bnrn placed In the hands of the Indian police, a number of whom arrived a' Ardmnre today. Those who refuse to pay will be ejected. HITCHCOCK - Mr. Rosewater. A Spokesman for th Republicans, Forced To Ad mit That Republicans Believe There Are Good Trusts and Bad Truets-or In Other Words, Good Thieves and Bad Thieves. GOVERNMENT BY CONSENT RIDICULED Mr. Hitchcock, In a Speech of Re markable Power and Clearness, Showed How Pltlbl Present Day Republicanism la When Its Apol ogists. Not Its Champions, Are Forced To Stand Fac To Face and Meet th Issues of th Pres ent Campaign. , Omaha, JJeb., Oct. 16. Thousands of people have been diligently searching for many years to find the secret for E. Rosewater's greatness or notoriety. Yes, greatness, for even men may be come so notorious that It Justifies the offhand statement that they are great. The perplexing problem has been solved. It was done at the Joint debate (we call it a Joint debate, notwith standing there was only one side repre sented in facf between Gilbert M. Hitchcock and E. Rosewater In the monster tent Saturday night in this city. There It was demonstrated that Rosewater can stand more punishment than any other man alive and still continue to do business, buvj'u as It is, at the old stand. Therein lies the se cret of the fact that while he Is al ways disfigured yet he Is always in the ring. The tremendous tentwas crowded to suffocation, and . people were packed around the outer edges some twenty five or thirty deep.- The attendance was about eight thousand. Mr. Rosewater took special occasion to remind the audience that he had acted as the personal advisor of Presi dent McKlnley and that he and Bryan agreed on some things that he was re sponsible for the passage of Nebraska's anti-trust law, and that he was an anti-monopolist from away back. These bouquets were flung at him self, not all at one time, and when ever he did throw one at himself the audi ence, Including thousands of republic ans, Joined In giving him the horse laugh. Mr. Rosewater would then bounce around on the platform like a rubber ball and defy his highly amused auditors by yelling at them: "You may laugh, but! It's so," and "I don't take a back seat for Bryan," and other child ish clatter, which all the more tickled the people down in the region of their short ribs. Mr. Hitchcock was on the aggressive all the time. Mr. Rosewater hunched his shoulders to the burden and was always on the defense. Mr. Hitchcock stood before the people as a stalwart American patriot, brave and eloquent In championing our country's good. Mr. Rosewater's attitude was that of a wig gling party slave, caught in the act of bartering away -his manhood. To Mr. Hitchcock's oft-repeated de sinis V"ow of Mr. Rosewater, the champion of McKinleyism, believed in "thi consent of the governed," Mr. Rosewater ridiculed such an idea and lodged the vital Issue by declaring that the only government he knew of that was "by the consent of the governed" ?xisted in the marriage relation, where :he wife promised to obey her husband, itc. And right here the applause took an the form of a horse-laugh, in which ibout everybody Indulged. To Mr. Hitchock's demand to know how would the republicans deal with the great trust evil, Mr. Rosewater ar gued that there were good trusts and bad trusts. Again the horse-laugh smuggled Itself in under the pretense that It was an applause. As an offset to a stock of editorials published in the Omaha Bee since the frolic Admiral Dewey had in Manila bay. In which Mr. Rosewater denounced the action of the administration, Its spokesman and our military operations over In the. Philippines, as Imperialistic snd contrary to our principles of gov ernment, and in defiance if the logic of all of our statesmen from the begin ning of the republic, he quoted a ti rade written by Dr. Geo. I Miller against Abraham Lincoln and published in the old Herald buck In the fifties be fore Mr. Hitchcock was born. The au dience was almost knocked silly by this ancient argument, but when they hap per ' remember that Dr. Miller has been in "ent yeirs the most ardent apologist for republicanism, the horse laugh was again made to do Its duty. Lifting himself by the tali of his coat, so to speak, Mr. Rosewater, In a burst of confidence and with his face suffused In crimson maiden blushes, stated to his audience, that when he attended nii anti-trust conference some years ago he was made the chairman of the committee on resolutions, and that he In person presented his resolu tions to a democratic, president, and that they were pigeon-holed. The peo ple sgsln dissected his VHlnglnrlousness und when they recalled the fact that, tinner Cleveland wbs the so-rall;d dem. j orratlc president to whom he referred, !r,rd that' this same Cleveland Is now s Ftipporter of McKinleyism, the horse laugh was again made to perform the !f unctions for which it was created. In I fact, if the horse-laugh features had ROSEUATER. been cut out of the program entirely, republicanism would have had no sarf in the Joint discussion at all. ROSEWATER DENIAL IS Till. Declares That th Stat Com mitt Did Not Call Him Down. Omaha, Nety. Oct. 18. Under the heading, "A Few Lies Nailed," Mr. Rosewater has promulgated a signed editorials making several denials which have drawn caustic comment from a number of his republican critics. "I.theught when I saw that editorial said one of Mr. Rosewater's adver saries, "that Rosewater was unmask' ing some opposition lies." "Well, what was it?" ' "Why, simply nailing lies Into Uie public He denies that be was caned on the carpet and urged not to put hie name on the ticket as a candidal for senator. Now, I happen to know posi tively that he was urged by the state committee at its meeting a couple of nights ago not to do that as it would hurt the entire ticket, and that the re port that It Is to be done has already damaged the chances of our legislative ticket in several outside districts a well as here In Douglas county. He also denies that he has pledged the lo cal legislative nominees not to go into a republican caucus. Nobody ever charged that he had. What he wai charged with doing and what he did do, was to exact a pledge from these nominees that they would stay out of a republican caucus until he told them to go in. I am aware that some kind of a denial is to be sprung a little later in the hope of checking the republican revolt, but the fact Is that such a pledge was entered into, not only by the men who were nominated but by several others who expected to be nom inated. The pledge was made before the convention met, and Rosewater re fused to even consider anybody In the make-up of the slate who 'would not give the pledge demanded. Some of his men have been discussing the ad visability of having the nominees make a statement publicly that they wiil go into caucus, but that will not dispose of the written secret pledge that was made weeks ago. The voters of this county know what that ticket stands for, and they also know how It was named." " - - ROSEWATER PETITION IS FILED. Will Need Examination, A Many Apparent Defects Show. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 16. Edward Rose water has filed with the secretary of state petitions claimed to be signed by 8.206 electors, praying that his name h placed on the official ballot as a candi date for United States senator. The petition Is worded as follows: "Petition to Hon. William F, Porter. ' Secretary of State: The undersigned electors of the state of Nebraska here by petition and request that the name of Edward Rosewater be placed upon the official ballot to be voted on the 6th day of November, 1900, as candidate for United States senator, in conform ity with the provision .if the constitu tion allowing electors to express their preference for United States senator." Of the petitioners all except possibly a thousand give Douglas county ' as their some. Glaring errors are evident in several of the petitions. For Instance, the nnmi. nV , i : I . .. . - ! -i-i-t s-boe dealer at Plattsmouth, la signed to three petitions. Petition No.' 14.1, which is Indorsed as containing 2SJ names, contains, In fact, only twenty four. A hasty examination shows other petitions certified to contain more names than are actually signed. As 5,000 signatures are all the law requh-es, considerable leeway is given for error with over 8.000 claimed. But such ap parently deliberate attempts at decep tion will make necessary a careful ex amination of the petitions before Mr. Rosewater's name goee on the ballot. ANOTHER CHALLEN6E TO HANIA. Sen 'tor Alln Would Meet Him In Joint rtcbate In Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb,. Oct. 16. Chairman . H. Kdmtsten is persevering in his at tempts to get Mark Hanna into a Joint debate. Nothing daunted by Mark's refusal to engage In debate with hlm relf. he. h,?s issued to the republican chairman this challenge to a series of debars In Nebraska with Senator W: V. Allen: "Linco'n, Neb., Oct. 15. Senator M. A. Hanna, Chairman Republican Na tional Committee, Chicago, III.: My Dear Sir Noticing announcements of your- dates for Nebraska, I have ar ranged with Senator Vllll3m V. Allen of this state to speak at the same places and time of meetings announced for you, and do hereby challenge ynts to meet him In Joint debate to discuss the Issues of this campaign, and, be lieving you will not refuse this offer, I will proceed to advertise the debates, and will assume half of all expense made In holding the same. Honing for a. favorable reply,' I am, very respect fully, J. 'H. EDMI8TEN, "Vice Chairman National Commute People's Party' NEBRASKA MONEY BET. Chicago III.,' Oct. 16. Benton Maret of Nebraska, representing Nebraska moneyed men, whom he does not ear to name, today bet il.wo even wH Colonel Thomss, a republican of Loois vlile that Bryan will carry the elector! vote of Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Una and Idaho. He has SIMM, to btt on ths same propositions,