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,