Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 14, 1910, Page 1

‘ No woman need blush when readiag The B it i harred from no home. This makes ig the most powerful infiuence selling goods thvough advertising, WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska For lowa-—Fair For weather report see page Fair. VOL. XL—NO. 2 OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 19i0-TWELVE PAGES. FIVE ARE KILLED | IN AERO FLIGHT| Oscar Erbsloeh a;;'our (Jompnniam1 Fall Several Hundred Yards { in Prussia. | Sy [ BENZINE TANK IS EXPLODED| It Tears Open Eavelope and Entire Ship Drops to Earth. c 1 Brother Demands Charlton’s Trial| Dead Woman' Own Words in Letter to Prove Former Omaha Man ‘as Not Insane. NE WYORK, July 13.—~In view onfeased to Lake Como, the Ital murder of re- peated predictions that Porter Charlton will i walk from jail a free man, although he has of his wite at Captain Henry Harrison 'PAYNE LAW FREE IMPORTS LARGER Percentage of Merchandise Entering Without Duty Increased Five Per Cent Over Dingley Bill. Value of Goods Imported Increased Over Hundred Millions, IBECED’TS CLOSE TO RECORD LE COPY, TWO CENT; 'FIREWORKS FOR GRAND ISLAND One of the Loudest Powwows in the History of Nebraska Democ- racy Expected. J\OUESIIONS FOR THE GOVERNOR Hot Ammunition is Being Prepared for the Battle. | Scott, Mrs, Charlton’s brother, gave out & | statement today In which he asks for fair AD VALOREM RATE IS LOW |WHENCE CAME HIS STRENGTH? BODIES ARE HORRIBLY MANGLED Avigtion Death List Now Numhen' Seventeen Victims. pla. was avenged, vengeance, Jjustice and a trial. belleved,” Scott sald, “that for but that justice when 1 discovered Charlton my country would then stop In and see, not that my sister's death I have not been seeking be done. 1 DEATH'S TOLL FROM THE AIR | have been asking only fair play, justice Latest Vietims Meet a Most Horfible Death and Are Crushed Beyoud Recognition by the Long Fall. VIOTIMS OF AVIATION. Thoe death of Oscar Erbsloeh and four companions inoresses the list of deaths from aviation to seventeen. The deat roll follows: Boptember 17, 1908—Solfridge, Lieu ant Fnomes B, U. 8. A, killed in fall with Orville Wright nsar Weshington. September 7, 1905—Ena, Rossi, Italian, xilled in Rome in machine of his own invontion. Soptember 7-—Lefebvre, Wright machine at ¥rance. feptember 39-Ferber, Captain 7., killed at Boulogne, Franco. Decemiber 6—Fernandes, Antonio, Span- fard, killed &t Nice, falling 1,000 feet aiter motor exploded. Jeunary 4, 1930—Delagrange, Leon, % .90 At Bordeanx, France. April 9—Herhet, Le Blon, instantly killeq, falling on rooks at San Sebastian, M4y 13-—dicheln, Chauvette, killed at Lyons, France. June 17--Speyer, Bugene, killed at San Frauclsco. June 18—Robl, killed at Stettin, Gor- many. 3 July 3—Wachter, Charles, killed at Bheims in Antolnette monoplane. | July 13—Rolls, Captain O. ., killed at| Bournemouth, Bugland, while operating | & Wright biplane. Baroness De La Roche wes almost Xkilled by & fall in her Voisin biplane at tue meslag on July 8 LEICHLENGEN, Rhenlsh Prussia, July 13.-The dirlgible balloon Erbsloeh, recently refitted for passenger service was destroyed 9 midalr today through the explosion of & nsine tank, and its Inventor, Oscar dogh, and his crew of four men dropped thelr 'deat", Wera_fright- "t Was torn to Bits _and the motor buried ftself in the ground, ' mu& were men well known to all Ge Aiterested in amerlal feats, and "Erbeloeh ®n International reputation when, ih 1907, at St. Louls, he won the in- ternational cup in the alstance race for Dballoons, His companions were Herr Toelle, a manufacturer of Barmen; two engineers, Herr Krange and Herr Hoeppe, and the motorman, Herr Spicke, The Erbsloeh was constructed last year 40d had had a dublous career. The first tme It destended it crashed Into a clump of trees and its occupants narrowly escape injuty. A few days ago, durlng a trial « flight, & propeller was broken. The balloon, which Was of the nonrigld type, had just been' iade over preparatory to the estab- lishment of a passenger service between Eiberfeld and nearby points. Today it was inflated for a final fest. The ascent was madé near Opladen and during a fog. { Few Whness Accldent. | THere were few eye witnesses of the accidént. According to these, the start was well made. ‘The ErBsloeh rose gracetully, pushing its way through the fog to a helght estimated At several hundred yards. At this dltitude a serfes of evolutions was begun, To' the oulvokers the airship appeared to obey its helm perfectly. Suddenly there Wa# @ loud report and at the moment the forepatt of the vessel crompled up and the gondals Whs twisted about untll it ap- peared a8 though ¥tanding on one end. As the gas escaped from the foreward com- partment the prow swayed downward, For w flash the airship fluttered like a wounded bird 8nd then fell swiftly to earth. Etibslosh and his comuanions were killed the sécond they struck ths ground. Thelr ! heads werd battered in and every limb was broken. ¥, killed in Juisi-Sur-Orge, Tous | | Hensine Tank Bursts, An exdniination of the wreckage showed that the benzine tank had burst, tearing to shréds the rubber envelope directly above it. The destruction of this envelope causea the bow to collapse. The stern compart- ment was still filled with gas when it struck the ground. The death of krbsloeh and his crew with the destruction of the balloon for which much had been hoped, following closely on the loss of Count Zeppelin's Deutschland, has caused gloom in tlon circles, The public had scarcely recovered from the shock caused by the mcvidental death of Charles Stewart Rolls, the English aviator, when they learned that Erbsloeh had been added to the long list of Germans |and a trial, may be allowed to govern this case as all others when a crime is committed and dis- covered. dence, before happiness with minds me of — is always sane. recent general advances has been determined on by the Inters Commerce commission. These tariffs were to become affective on August 1. By a vote of the commission the propesed. rates will be sUspendied’ until’ 4" formal *inquiry into their reasonubleness can be had. Mrs. Hartje Files aive tributed proceediny vacation. Huntington secretary of state, officlal in Washington. CONSUL CALLS FOR TENT American town of Campbelltor, by fire, United States Consul Botkins to- the State department tent be sent him He said not was left In the town and only day tor use a store few residences 50 that the same conditions “I have secured sufficient competent evi- in the opinion of my “First, that Porter Charlton lish and that subsequent to counsel, establish beyond the slightest doubt three vital points: to murdered my sister in cold blood in & manner that required time and deliberation to accom- the murder very act to hide his crime showed delibera- fon and forethought. *Second, that at the time of the com- mission of the crime he was sane. “Third, that Porter Charlton Is now sane In proot of his cos the murder, and the his bride. and that any attempt to declare him insane ws nothing short of a rehearsed intent on the prt of Chariton.” ] ention Captain Scott | showed two letters, one of which he s was written by Charlton twenty-four hours other from Mrs. Charlton to a younger sister. Charl- ton's letter seems rational and details his Mrs. Charlton’s letter descrbes her husband. She says in one paragraph: “He is a student, but absolutely full of . The word “sane” was underlined. Advance in Freight Rates 1s Suspended cheerfulness. In fact, in disposition, he re- @ lot except that Porter New Tariffs Will Not Become Effec- tive Until Commerce Commis- sion Makes Inquiry. WASHINGTON, July 13—Suspension of in frelght rates Amended ril] Wife of Pittsburg Millionaire Says He Has Not Lived with Her for Five Years, PITTSBURG, July 13.—Mrs paper manufacturer of have been going on for vears, Mrs. Hartje was on the stand to her support. Admost simultaneously with t Member Cabinet of Pre Leaves Wash- ington. WASHINGTON, July ‘Wilson, oftie at N. B., Says He Nee n Office. Mary Scott Hartje, wife of August Hartje, the million- Pittsburg, entered in common pleas court today an amerided bill in the divorce procecdings, whioh several herself 13.—~Frank Hitchcock, postmaster general, sailed from New York today for Europe for a month's All ths members of President Taft's cablnet are now out of the eity. the first assistant s ranking government this afternoon and declared that her hus- band had not lived with her since July, 1905, and that sinde then he has not con- Judge Frazer sald he would annoynce his decision later. the court & Pittsburg evening news- paper appeared with a story that a final di- vorce had been granted, and a cash settle- ment had aléo been agresd on, but this was unconfirmed. HITCHCOCK OFF FOR EUROPE H. Campbellton, 1t for WASHINGTON, July 18.—With the entire N. B, telegraphed to equesting that a wall a temporary office. swept away Corresponding Figures for Dingley, Wilson and McKinley Laws Higher. |RESULTS OF ELEVEN MONTHS Fifty Per Cent of Vast Amount of Merchandise Brought Into United States Enters Free of Duty. WASHINGTON, July 13—Imports ex- ceeding by more than $114,000,000 those of any previous similar perfod came into the United States during the first eleven months of the operation of the Payne- Aldrich tariff law, ending June 30 last. More than 49 per cent of these imports entered free of duty, being a larger per- centage than in the corresponding period of any previous year, except 1897, the clos- ing year of the Wilson tariff law, and 1862, -803 and 150, when sugar was admitted free of duty under the McKinley law. Customs receipts during the eleven months' operation of the Payne tariff law wore $302,822,161, exceeded only in 1907, when the first eleven months brought in $307,056,- 31 in customs receipts. These figures were made public today by the bureau of sta- tistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Under the Payne law the average ad valorem rate of duty on all imports has been 20.05 per cent less than in any previ- ous similar period since 1590, except in 1596, when it was 2053 per cent, and in 154, the closing year of ihe McKinley law, when it was 10.79 per cent. Ad Valorem Duty Less. On the dutiable imports the average ad valorem rate under the present law has been 41.19 per cent, which s less than in the corres@iding period of any previous vear since 1890, except in 18 , when it was 29.63 per cent. Comparing the entire periud of the opera- tion of the present law with period of the operation of the Dingley, Wilson ‘and McKinley laws respective the average ad valorem rate under the Payte law is shown to be less than any of the others. Under the Payne law it has been 20.95 per cent. Under the Dj 25,48 per cent; under the Wilson law. %162 per cent, and under the McKiniey “law 2212 per cent. In regard to the average ad valorem rate on dutiable merchandise only, the 45.76 per cent; under the Wilson law, 42.582 per cent; and under the McKinley law, 4710 per cent. ¥Free Imports Increased. The percentage of menchandise entering free of duty under the Payne law has been 49.14 per cent. which admitted sugar free, it was 53.04 per cent, while under the Dingley law it was only 4431 per cent and under the Wilson law, 4852 per cent. The figures for the Payne law include the tirst five days of August last, although the law aid not become operative until Au- gust 6. The returns to the bureau of sta-| tistics did not enable it to separate the business of those five days from the re- mainder of them onth, BILLS AGAINST PATTEN AND BROWN ARE VOID Indictments rging Cotton Kings with Conspiracy Are Found Detective. NEW YORK, July 14—The Indictments found by the federal grand jury i the United States circult court on June 18 last in the cases against James A. Patten, Wil- lam P. Brown, ¥. B. Haynes, 8. T. Har- mon, C. A. Kittle, E. G. Scates, Morris Rothschild and R. M. Thompson, accused {of conspiracy in restraint of trade in their cotton operations, it was learned today, have been found defective and have been set asie as a result of pleas in abatement | tiled on July 5 by each of the defendants, Another grand jury has been drawn and the matter is now recelving thelr sideration. YOUNG VANDERBILT IN GAME willle K con- Wil Take Prominent gement of Various lroad Lines. NEW YORK, July B8.~William K. Van- derbllt, Jr., is going to take up rafiroading and follow the career of his father on the, Vanderbiit system of raflroads. ment was made today that Mr. and to a similar position on the Big Four rallroad. Mr. Vanderbilt will be appointed asslstant to presidents of other Vanderbilt lines when the directors of those lines meet who hed lost (heir lives while ballboning. Bodies Badly Mangled. | The bedy of Erbsloeh would not have| been recognized had # been found alono The hands of all five were tightly clutched | as though they had held desperately to th car 8 it Ahot downward. Thelr shoes wer torn from their feet. A group of peasants, who left their work fn the fialds and ran to the scene as the orippled ‘balloon struck the earth, say they hewrd @ sigh from one of the men, but no other sign of lire. The, aseent was made at 915 o'clock, at whigh time there was scarcely & breath of air stireiog. 1t had been planned to make & long trip, Wnd the weather conditions * gave romise of a delightful excursion. When the command to let go was given the Eréat craft rose gently and moved rapldly 10 the westward. It soon disap- peated onthe horizon and & half hour later ‘entered & bank of fox that hung over the village of Optaden. For & tme the Erbsioeh was lost to view, Later it emerger from the fog, and the peasahits below were startled by a re- port like (hat of & cannon, and saw the shapeless mass come shooting down from the slovdr three with stopping a wagon, Joe Carroll, mornin looked upo naut down toward them. Stopping & runaway horse isn't one-two- which feat Throngs of delirious runaway was accomplished by an Omaha Bee newsboy, Fifteenth and Douglas streets, Wednesday morning shoppers, workers and other pedestrians were trans- fixed with terror at the sight. at ‘As they looked up the street at the sound the center They stopped, horror stricken steps. It appeared that death and horrible in- | Jurles was to transpire before thelr gase When the bereft and horseless conveyance should reach the crossing. n of & distant shout of warning, the crowds the Perritylng spectacle of a maddened ice wagon tearing like a jugger- | of the car tracks their Onward the cresy thing plunged. The ‘Newsboy Hero Stops Big Runaway Horseless Wagan i blood in & hundreed humans froze lnd" their spines ‘felt the Ungling | tright Suddenly the hero hove upon the scene. As If sent by Providence, Joe—that's whao it | was—Joe Carrol, the walked Into the street H “Aha," he hissed through his tight teeth, | ETasping the situation with fis ready brain, | His mind was made up on the instant | and without another word he procecded | with his usual bravery, Lo do the deed Joe waited Ul the wagon was almost | upon him, then sprang with great fores | upon_the protruding tongue. He shoved | the tongue far over toward the curb and | brought the wagon to & dead stop against | the curb, It was'learned someone had shoved the of awtul | newsboy, carelessly | wagon at Howard street. It came to itg stop at Douglas street. the entive | ley law It was| same ts true. Under the Dingley law it was | Under the McKinley law, | Announce- | Vanderbilt | has been appointed assistant to President | Brown of the New York Ceutral rallroad | ¢ fit | fortunate that we had to discharge him. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ““Oh, Jones! He's going to spend his vacation visiting his wife’s folks 1 ONAWA NURDER AND SUICIDE Jchn Kratz Kills Mrs. Agnes McCoy and Himself Tuesday Nght. WOMAN REPULSED 'ATTENTIONS Called at Her Home Late at Night d Wrested Revolver from Her, with Which She Tried to Protect Herself, ONAWA, In,, July 13.—(Syeclal Telegram.) ~A double shooting affair last night about 11:30 resulted in the death of John Krats and Mrs. Agnes McCoy. Mrs, Kratz, who a year ago was divorced, has been living with her littie daughter-in the Skidmore property. Krats is a drayman and had becume infatusted with Mrs. McCoy, and it was because of her resenument of his attentians that he took her life, then his own. Kratz went to Mrs. McCoy's home last night at about 11:30 and seeking entrance she sent a bullet through the door. She then opened the door and found Krats on the porch and was gurprised to find that it was he wha had beén seeking entrance. She: admonished.# o ta move qn, where- upon he ‘snatched “the. gun from her end threw it into & nelghbor's yard. Mrs. | Kratz recovered the revolver and entered her home. Krats again wrested the gun from her end turning it upon her sent a bullet Into her right shoulder blade A second bullet was sent through her temple. The little daughter rushed to a nelghbor's and Implored them to go to her mother's aid, but before they reached there an- the floor with a bullet flicted by his own hand. Sheriff Rawlings was notified by the nelghbors and with his deputy arrived on the sceme in a few moments after the shooting. Mrs. McCoy lived about two hours and Kratz one hour, but never re- gained consclousness. The bodies were taken to the Pullen undertaking rooms, where a coroner’s inquest will be held this afternoon. But a few weeks ago Mrs, MecCoy was awakened by some one at- tempting to gain entrance to the house and she shot through the door to scare the night marauder. Soon after Krats pre- sented her with a mew revolver, and - it was with this that the double tragedy was committed last night. WILL VISIT CHICAGO FOR THE FIRST TIME Man Who Has Lived Near City for Thirty Ye: Drawn on Fed- eral Jury, July 13.—When men from among whom the grand jury which tomorrow begins its Investigation of the packing Industry is to be selected, | appear before Judge K. M. Landis, In the United States district court, one of them, "Philllp Fredericks of Channahon, TIL, will see Chicago for the first time, although for thirty years he has lived within fifty miles of the city. Mr. Fredericks told the deputy marshal who served him with a jury summons that he was glad to have a chance to visit the clty. TRAIN DISPATCHER IS FIRED Albert Smith ix Held Responsible for Wreek In Which Twenty- Three Are Killed. in his brain in- CHICAGO, the venire- CINNATI, O., July 18.—Albert Smith, | train aispatcher for the Cincinnati, Hamil- ton & Dayton rallrowd at Dayton, has been | removed from his position. He was dis- missed, officlals sald today, more than a week ago for his connection with the Mid- dleton wreck, in which twenty-three per- sons lost thelr lives, General Superintend- |ent E. A, Gould said: ‘Smith blundered His habits were good and it is un- ’Phone Tyler 1000 for all departments of The Omaha Bee This is the new switchboard tel- ephone number of The Bee. Get The Bee operator and ask for the department you want. After 6 p. m. aud before 8 a. m. call Tyler 1000 for edi- torial department, Tyler 1001 for advertising and circula- tion departments and Tyler 1002 for manuging editer, | people, who fied from their homes and ran other shot rang out and Kratz dropped to | | James H. Kelly of New Haven, Conn., That Is all there is to | Earthquake Shock is Felt at Munich and in the Tyrol Buildings in Many Villages Are Dam- aged and One Person is Killed at Uttenheim. MUNICH, Bdvaria, July 13—A sharp earthquake was felt here at 9:45 o'clock this morning. The walls of severdl buildings were oracked. The wave-llke movement continued for three seconds, thoroughly terrifying the the streets long after the disturbance had ceased. N The shock was felt also in surrounding villages, including Garmisch. A feport from Oberammergau says that the 'shock wi noticeable there, but that llttle dam: was done. Although no casualties have been reported here, investigation develops that the effect of the disturbances was greater than wasi at first thought. The walls of several #chool houses cracked, and the teachers and puplls ran shriekiig into the streets. The municipal council ordered thé school buildings “closéa untll they could be thor- oughly examined. BERLIN, July 13.—Dispatches from the Tyrol In Austria Hungary, report that one person was killed and twenty others fn- jured by an earthquake at the village of Uttenheim today. Elks Finish Their Election is Grand Esteemed Iead- ing Knight. DETROIT, Mich., July 13.—Tods ses- sion of the Grand Lodge of Elks, in re- union here, promises to be important, The further maintenance of the national home at Bedford, Va., and extensive changes in the laws and ritual of the order were scheduled for discussion. The entertainment program included a competitive drill of teams from various lodges on the Belle Island parade, followed by an exhibition drill by the “Cherry Pickers” of Toledo lodge, & river cruise by motor boat and pienic luncheon at Peche Island and & nava! demonstration consist- ing of an attack on Belle Isle by the Mich- igan naval reserve. The night program promises a canoe parade along the Belle Isle lagoons and a ball at the Masonlc tempie, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Simon Friedburg of Cleveland, a member of the Buffalo lodge of Klks, was last night erronsously reported as having died of heart trouble superinduced by heat. Al- though in @ serious condition, hls chances for recovery are today said to be good. The election of . the forelgn grand lodge officers, which was not completed yester- day, was announced todwy: Grand Esteemed Leading Knight—James H. Kelly, New Haven, Conn. Grand Ksteemed Loyal Knight—L. M. Lively, Tallahassee, Fla. Grand Trustee—Charles Wheeling, W. Va. Grand Inner Guard—Joseph T. Welsh, Long Branch, N. J Before & crowd of 2,00 people, the com- petitive drills of the ik teams were held at Belle Isle today. ' Battle Creek, Mich., won the first prize ‘and Los Angeles the second. The contesting teams were: Los Angeles, under command of Captain Atkinson ver, under Captain E. C. Lelseming; St, Joseph, Mo., under Captain E. 8. Clifford, and Battle Creek, Mich C. Schmidt, wenty rd Vietim Dead. HAMILTON, O., July 13 —Henry Oswald, | who was injured in the Big Four wreck at | Middletown July 4, died from his injurjes here today. This brings the death list up to twenty-three. HITCHCOCK THOMAS ADDRESSES NASBYS Omaha Postmaster Explains Postal Savings Bank System. SENDS REGRETS Letter from Postmaster General Says He 1is Ill—Silent Prayer Offered for His Henlth, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 13.—(Special)—At the meeting of the postmasters of Nebraska this morning E. Sizer read a telegram, pur- porting to be from Postmaster General Hitcheock, expressing his regret that he is unable to atténd the convention, and say- ing that he has been advised by his phys! clans to go abroad and take a rest, which he inténds to do shortly. After reading the message Mr. Sizer asked the audience to please offer up a silent prayer for the recovery of the head of the department, The audience stood up for a moment with bowed heads and then Mr. Sizer started off the proceedings. One of the features of the day’s proceed- ingé was the entertainment of the women Visitors, The‘local commlttee escorted the women to the bargain sales in order, not only to show them the sights, but to see to it that they had an opportunity to spend some money. Several musical selections and readings finterspersed the regular speech-making program. Among the addresses was one by P. V. McGraw, fourth assistant postmaster general. Omaha Postmaster Talks. One of the interesting talks was by Post- master Thomas of Omaha, who discussed postal savings banks. Mr. Thomas compH- ments Postmaster General Hitchcock, Sena- tor Burkett and former Congressman John L. Kennedy for the work they did in be- half of postal savings banks., Mr. Thomas sajd in parf Byery e in the United States authorlze e money orders, and such others as the pastmaster general in his dis- ion may, from time 1o time designate, are declared to be postal savings deposi- tories. Postal savings depository office shall be kept upon for the transaction of busi- ness every day (excepting Sundays and legal holidaye) during the usual postoffic hours of the town or locality where such deposttory 18 located. Provided, the post- master gencral may, If he deem It neces- sary of more practical, establish at first postal savings depositories only In money order offices of the first, second and third class Acsounts may be opened and deposits made by any person of the age of 10 years or over in his o her own name and by a married woman in her own name and free from the control or Iuterfeence of he hus- band, but no person shall have more than one account. Postmasters, upon persons opening account shall deliver to the de- positor a pass book upon which shall be written the name, nature or mark of the depositor or other memoranda necessary for identification. The postmaster general hus power. o aropt some other device in lieu of pass books as & means of making or preserving evidence of deposit. Opening an Account. One dollar must be deposited before an account 18 opened and 3L or mmitple thareof must be deposited after such an agcount hes been opened, and no person is permitted (o deposit more than $100' in ndar month. To encourage smaller ccounts ,persons may purchase from the depository office for 10 cents a postal sa ings card on which may be attached spe- clally prepared adhesiv stamps to be known as .“Postal Savi Stamps and when th mps 8o attached amount to §l or a larger sum or multiple thereof in- cluding the 10-cent postal savings card, the same may be presented as a deposii tor opening an account. Additions may bhe made to an account by means of such card and. stamps in mounts of $1 or multiples thereof. U'pon receipt of eald stamps by the postmaster, they shall be Immediately can- celled. Postmasters must keep these stamps on sale it their postal savings depository Interest at the rate of 2 per cent per an- num shall be allowed and entered to the credit of each depositor once each yea same o be computed on rules preseribs by the trustees. Interest shall not be al- lowed on fractions of a dollar. dred dollars s the limit of deposits, ex- clusive of accumulated Interest. Depositors may withdraw whole or any part of their funds, with acerued Interest, upon demand (Cntinued on Second Page.) Portuguese Gunboat Has Fight with Chinese Pirate HONGKONG, July 13.—A Portuguese gun-t boat company operating with troops today bombarded the pirate settlement on the tsland of Colowan, destroying the houses | and killing many natives The Chinese retallated by storraing and |k capturing the Portuguese military posL an expedition to effect their rescue. plrates resisted and were reinforced by Chi- | clallst, senator, armied Wwith modern he pirates and the governor of Macao sent The nese from the lateripr. The latter were weapons and smoke- eas powder. In gll 2,000 persons were enguged in the Portuguese reinforoements were sent to the | fighting. Many of the Chinese were killed, scene from Macao. | while the Portuguese lost a corporal killed The island of Colowan is near Macao and 'and & large number wounded. i%s ownership Is a matter of dispute be tween the Chinese and Portuguese. A party |a force of artillery was sent to bombard | the island. of Chinese students had been captured by Subsequeatly the Portuguese gunboat and Five hun-| | Did Shallenberger Tie Up with the Brewers of Omaha? BRYAN LEADS DRY COUNTIES Some Pointed Questio Are Belng for the Inguisttor te Hurl at the Gove Nebroska. Prepn or of (From a Staff Correspondent.) NCOLN, duly 18—(Speeial)—Intorma- |tion from sources that cannot be doubted {18 to the effcet thyt more skelotons will be { stalked out of thefr closets and their boues |rattied at the democratic ctate convention {at Grand Island, and mors inside history lof democratic politics made public than at any demoeratic row ever pulled |oft in the state. | 'So intense i the feeling between Mr Bryan and Uovernor Shallenberger and their adherents that it is more than a pos- |sibility that the public will hear the sto |of that 1908 campaign. If the story comea {out it can be traced to the declaration of { | | {1 previous the governor fnanswer to the Bryan state- ment in which the executive wald he had voceived mora votes than any person who over ran for office in Nebraskt except | Theodore Roosevelt. That declaration has stirred up the adhevents of the presidential candidate to & white heat, and they in- |tend to demand of his excellency a reason for his large vote. If it becomes necessary the demund will be made on the floor of the convention and the governor will be called on to tell o fa meeting, or & ban- quet held at O'Brien's cafe in ‘Omaha in 1908, at which the governor, several representatives brewers, and others {were present. ot Quention for the Governor. The governof will be asked If it is true that at that banquet he declared himself in favor of the Slocumb law without & change even to the “dotting of an i, or the orossing of a t.'" He will then be asked it 1t is true that after that statement a fund was raised to bé used in the interest of his | canaidac: It will be chare . that this money was not used through the etate | committee, but was devoted exelusively to the use of the governor, and never turned over to the committee. The governor will then be % had o tie-up With the Union - gl e cun be neard &b wounded and can be seer through the smoke of the battle, the man who will be chosen as “‘offiofal higuisitor” will call attention to the eléction returns of 1%8. He will shout in & Bryanistic tone: “If not gullty explain the votes in the countles where there are shloons and where the Union Pacitic holds forth.” Here is the vote in these countlest 13 242) Bhallenberger, 312 2014 Butfalo . | Dodge Dawson Douglas | Hall Platte ... 24 Lincoln . 1,8 | Dry County Vbtes. Then this Inquisitor Will call attention to the vote in some of the dray counties to show that where uo cvfibination existed Bryan ran ahead. Here ls a sample of these countles: Bryan. Shallenbery Custer b l:é Hamllton 1064 X York 2043 2 All of which ls how on the officlal pro- gram: In his speech at Beattide last night Mr. Bryan was quoted as having said he dld not know why the governor signed the o'clock closing law. Mr. Bryan may have been thinking of the Shallénberger vote. In the meantime Chris Gruenther told the democratic state committee that he would Iike to bid fof the moving picture concession at the stale convention. Metenlte Under Spotlight. Petitions are belng clroulated in Lincoln to get (he name of Richard L. Metcalfe on the democratic ticket a8 a candidate for United States senator, T.J. Doyle, who is opposed to county optlon, has his name first on the petition. Metcalfe said he would not fun unless Frice gets out of the way, 80 & number of friends of the asso- clate editor of the Commoner are urging Price to sidetrack himself, which Price be- lleves would be foollsh, I. H. Hattleld s making a nolse like he intends to file those Bryan petitions, and 50 everything is up in the alr and no one knows what is going to happen before it is all over. Hayward Files for Congress. Wil Hayward of Nebraska City today filed his name with the secretary of state |as a candidate for the office of congress- mari for the First district on the republican vlhlwi. Mr, Hayward I8 &t present mecre- | tary to the republicah national committee and he reslgned the position of chairman of the republican state committee in order {to enter the congressional fight. He has already done considerable campaigning and he is being assisted by veterans of the Spanish-American war, Who have organized {th nigh-American War Veterans' Hay- ward club, of which George L. Sheldon is vice president. More Candidates File, following candidates filed thelr with the secretary of state today: Swan Olson, Walthill, republican, float representative Sixteehth district. Did not {slgn statement No. 1. | "Willis E. Reed, Maaison, {to be placed on the | United Btutes senator, | democrat {7, T, Grunden, who recently filed as & |candidate for the leglslature from Eiwood, { sent in statement No. ) signed today Fred Voipp, democrat, senate, Tenth dis- I triet Signed »uh«lne,ll No, 1. | John Gllbert, Red Cloud, soclalist, repre- sentative, Fort district. Did not sign Huatement 3 Francis Houchin, ter county, xth district. rien iy b at No. 1 The | na filed a petition Populist ticket for Alveady tiled as a -sixth 1 \ 50~ Did not slgn statens 0. H. Moody, Afnsly, sentative, [Mifty-sixth sign statement No. L W z Taylor, Cuibertson, Bixty - weventh dlsthlet,' repres Signed statement No. 1. James W. Crabires, Peru, state superintendent, mes H., McGinley, state treagurer. ] sec W Fepublican, repre- district ¢ Did not populist, atlve, republican, Ofalalla, democrat, Beilevue, te. m A Frewart, Lexiogtlon, repubie shing. soclalist,