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r The Omaha Daily Bee. No woman need blush when I ra!i.B The Use; It Is barred I "" from no home. This makes I' " the most powerful Influence In, -v selling poods through advertising. " V- WEATHER FORECAST. For N'r-hraskn Fair. For Iowa Fair. For w rather report see pas 2. OMAHA, THURSDAY MOllNINU, JULY 14, 19i0 TWELVE PAGES. !L(JLE COPY, TWO CENTS. i : YOU XI-NO. .V FIVE ARE KILLED IN AERO FLIGHT 0car Erbsloth and Four Companions Fall Several Hundred Yardi in Prussia. BENZINE TANK IS EXPLODED It Tear Onen Envelope and Entire Ship Drops to Earth. EODIES ARE HORRIBLY MANGLED Aviation Death List Now Numbers Seventeen Victims. DEATH'S TOLL FROM THE AIR l.atrt Victims Meet a Most Horrible Death and Are Cranked Beyond Recognition l7 the Lo Fall. Mu isd Wife's Brother Demands Charlton's Trial Dead Woman! Own Words in Letter to Prove Former Omaha Man Was Not Insane. PAYNE LAW FREE IMl'ORTSLARGER Percentage of Merchandise Entering Without Duty Increased Five Per Cent Over Dingley Bill. RECEIPTS CLOSE TO RECORD VIOTIMH OS" ATIATXOsT. Tea death of Oaoar ErbaloeU and four companions lnorsaase the liat of deaths from iaoa to seventeen. The death roll follows I ptember 17, 1908 Belfridge, Lieuten ant Thomas B., V. 8. A., killed U fall wltt Orvllle Wright aar Washington. epteinbef 7, lOlj Ena, Bosai, Italian, killed in Soma in machine of Ma own invention. Boptember 7 Lsfsbvrs, T, killed in Wright maehlne at Julst-smi-Orge, Trance. ' September 88 Ferber. Captain tools killtd at Boulogne, rranoo. ' December 'Fernandas, Antonio, Span lard, klUed at nice, falling 1,000 feat alter motor exploded. Janaary 4, 1910 Delagrange, . teon. k d at Bordeanx. Trance. April a Kerbet, Le Blon, instantly killed, falling on rocks at Baa Sebastian, Spain. JMUy 13 Mloheln, Chauvette, killed at Xyons, Trance. June 17 Speye'r, Bngene, killed at Ban Trauclsco. June 18 BobL klUed at Stettin, Ger many. ' July 3 Waohter, Charles, klUed at Bheims in Antoinette monoplane. Jnly 18 Rolls, Captain O. X., kUlad at Bournemouth, England, while operating a WrJght biplane. Baroness Be fca atoolie was almost kiUed by a fall in her Volsln biplane at tut Khsims tnsew-ig on July NE WVORK, July 13. -In view of re peated predictions that Porter Charlton will walk from Jail a free man, although he has confessed to the murder of his wife at Lake Como, Italy, Captain Henry Harrison Scott. Mrs. Charlton's brother, gave out a statement today In which he auks for fair play. Justice and a trial. "1 believed," Scott said, "that when I discovered Charlton my country would then stop In and see, not that my sister's death was avenged, for I have not been seeking vengeance, but that Justice be done. 1 have been asking only fair play. Justice and a trial, so that the same conditions may be allowed to govern this case as all others when a crime is committed and dis covered. "I have secured sufficient competent evi dence. In the opinion of my counsel, to establish beyond the slightest doubt three vital points: "First, that Porter Charlton murdered my sister In cold blood In a manner that required time and deliberation to accom plish and that subsequent to the murder every act to hide his crime showed delibera tion and forethought. "Second, that at the time of the com' mission of the crime he was sane. "Third, that Porter Charlton Is now sane and that any attempt to declare him Insane ws nothing short of a rehearsed Intent on the prt of Charlton." In 'proof of his contention Captain Scott showed two letters, one of which he says was written by Charlton twenty-four hours before the murder, and the other from Mrs. Charlton to a younger sister. Charl ton's letter seems rational and details his happiness with his bride. Mrs. Charlton's letter descrbes her husband. She says in one paragraph: "He Is a atudent, but absolutely full of cheerfulness. In fact, In disposition, he re minds nie of a lot except that Porter Is always sane." , The word "sane" was underlined. LKICHLENGEN. Khenlsh Prussia. July 13. The dirigible balloon Erbsloeh, recently refitted fur passenger service waa destroyed U) midair today through the explosion of a benilne tank, and Its Inventor. Oscar Erbsloeh, and his crew of four men dropped to their 'deal'!, . Tho bndLmof the aviators werefrlght ' fully murted. "The" goixjofa waa torn to bits and the motor burled Itself In the ground. Tlo victims were men well known to all Germans Interested In aerial feats, and Erbsloeh gained an International reputation when, in 11NJ7, at St. Louis, he won the In ternational cup In the distance race for balloons. His companions were Herr Toelle, a manufacturer of Barmen; twa engineers, Herr Kranae and Herr Hoeppe, and the Tttotortnau. Herr Splcke. The Erbsloeh was constructed last year And had had a dubious career. The first time It desrended It crashed Into a clump Of trees end Its occupants nurrowly escape injury. A few. days ago, during a trial flight, a propeller was broken. The balloon which a as of the nonrlgld type, had Just been made over preparatory to the estab lishment of a passenger service between Kiberfeld arid nearby points. Today it was Inflated for a final test. The ascent was made near Opladen and during a fog. r Few Witness Accident. ' There wsre few eye witnesses of th accident. According to these, the start was well made. -The Krfstoeh rose gracefully, :. pushing Its way through the fog to a height estimated at several hundred yards. At this altitude a series of evolutions was begun. To the ouluokera the airship appeared to obey Us helm perfectly. Suddenly there vaa, a loud report and at the moment the forepart cf the veteel crumpled up and the gondola whs twisted about until it au peartd a though standing on one end. As the gas escaped from the' foreward com partment me prow swayed downward. For a flash the airship fluttered like a wounded bird and then fell swiftly to earth. Ehbsloeh and his comuanlons were killed th second they struck ths ground. Their 1 heads were battered In and every limb was broken. Beaslae Tank Bursts. An examination of the wreckage showed that the benslna tank had burst, tearing to shreds the rubber envelope directly above it The destruction of this envelope caused the boa- to collapse. The stern compart ment waa still riliea with gas when It struck the ground. The death of Urbsloeh and hia 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 aviation circles. The public had scarcely recovered from tho shock caused by the accidental death o( Charles Stewart Holla, the English aviator, wheu they learned that Krbaloeh had bean added to the long list of Uermans who had lost their Uvea while ballooning. Bodies Uadly Mangled. Th body of Erbslosli v ould not have been recognized had It been found alono. The hands of all five were tightly clutched ' as though they had helj desperately to the rar as it shot downward. Their shoes were torn from their feet. A group of peasant, who left their work In the fields and ran to the scene as the crippled balloon struck the earth, say they heard a sigh from one of the men, but no other sign of lire. The, ascent was made at 9.1$ o'clock, at which tlnis there was scarcely a breath of air stirring. It had been planned to make a long trip, and the weather conditions gave, promise of a delightful excursion. Wlun the command to let go was given tha great craft rese gently and moved rapidly to the wentward. It soon disap peared on thu hortxon and a half hour later entered a bank of fug that hung over the village of Opladen. For a time the F.rbsloeh was lost to vlsw. UU-r It emsrger from the fog, and the peasants below were startled by a re port like that of a cannon, and ssw the Shapeless mass come nhoollng down from the elovldr Advance in Freight Rates is Suspended New Tariffs Will Not Become Effec tive Until Commerce Commis sion Makes Inquiry. WASHINGTON. July 13 Suspension of recent general advances in freight rates has been determined on by the Interstate Commeroe commission. These tariffs were to become effeotlve on August 1. By a vote of the .commission the proposed, rates will he- suspended until , av formal 'Inquiry Into their reasonableness can be had. Mrs. Hartje Files Amended til Wife of Pittsburg Millionaire Says , He Has Not Lived with Her for Five Years. Pity! PITTSBURG. July 13.-Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, wife of August Hartje, the million aire paper manufacturer of Pittsburg, entered In comrrjon pleas court today an amended bill In the divorce proceedings, whloh have been going on for several years. Mrs. Hartje waa on the stand herself this afternoon and declared that her hus band had not lived with her since July, ltfOB, and that since then he has not con tributed to ' her support Judge Frazer said he would announce his decision later. Almost ' simultaneously with the court proceedings, a Pittsburg evening news paper appeared with a story that a final di vorce had been granted, and a cash settle ment had also been agreed on, but this was unconfirmed. I Value of Goods Imported Increased Over Hundred Millions. AD VALOREM RATE IS LOW Corresponding Figures for Dingley, Wilson and McKinley Laws Higher. RESULTS OF ELEVEN MONTHS Fifty Per Cent of Vast Amonnt of Merchandise Brought lato Vnlted States Batters Free of Dstr. WASHINGTON, July U-Imports ex ceeding by more than $114,000,000 those of any previous similar period came Into the United States during the first eleven months c-f the operation of the Payne Aldrlch 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 1SU2, 8H3 and 18IH, when sugar was admitted free of duty under the McKinley law. Customs receipts during the eleven months' operation of the Payne tariff law were $302,8,161, exceeded only In 1907. when the first eleven months brought In $307,065,- 381 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 20.95 per cent less than In any previ ous similar period since 1890, except In 1SJ6, when it was 20.53 per cent, and in 1894, the closing year of the McKinley law, when It waa 19.79 per cent. Ad Valorem Duty Less. On the dutiable Imports the average ad valorem rate under the present law has been 41.19 pt cent, which Is less than in the corref yidlng period of any previous year since 1890, except in 189 , when it waa 39.63 per cent. Comparing the entire period of the opera tion of the present law with the enr're period of the operation of the Dingley, Wilson and McKinley laws respectively, the average ad valorem rate under the Payrte law Is shown ti be less than any of the others. Under the Payne law it has been 20.96 per cent Under the Dingley law It was 2S.4S per cent; under the Wilson law. 21.92 per cent, and under the McKinley ' law 22.12 per cent. " - . , In regard to the average ad valorem rate on dutiable merchandise only, the 3a me la true. Under the Dingley law it was 45.76 per cent; under the Wilson law, 42.82 per cent; and under the McKinley law. 17.10 per cent Free Imports Increased. The percentage of merchandise entering free of duty under the Payne law has been 49.14 per cent Under the McKinley la a-, which admitted sugar free. It was 63.04 per cent, while under the Dingley law it was only 44.31 per cent and under the Wilson law, 48.82 per cent The figures for the Payne law Include the first five days of August last, although the law did not become operative until Au gust 6. The returns to the bureau of sta tl8tlcs did not enable It to separate the business of those five days from the re;, n.alnder of them onth. 4. ' irs Mm (i HREW0KKS FOR GRAND ISLAND One of the Loudest Powwows in ths History of Nebraska Democ racy Expected. QUESTIONS FOR THE GOVERNOR Hot Ammunition is Being Prepared for the Battle. WHENCE CAME HIS STRENGTH! 'Oh, Jones! He's going to spend his vacation visiting his wife's folks!" From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ONAWA MURDER AND SUICIDE John Kratz Kills Mrs. Agnes McCoy and Himself Tuesday Nght. WOMAN REPULSED 'ATTENTIONS HITCHCOCK OFF FOR EUROPE Last Member of President Taft'a Cabinet ' Leaves Wash 's Ington. WASHINGTON, July 13.-Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster general, sailed from New York today for Europe for a month's vacation. All ths members of President Taft'a cabinet are now out of the city. Huntington . Wtlson. the first assistant secretary of state. Is ranking government official In Washington. BILLS AGAINST PATTEN AND BROWN ARE VOID ladluttnents Charging Cotton Kings with Conspiracy Aro Found Defective. NEW YORK, July 13. The Indictments found by the federal grand Jury In the' United States circuit court on June 18 last In the cases against James A. Patten, Wil liam P. Brown, V. B. Haynes, 8. T. Har mon, C. A. Kittle, K O. Scales, Morris Rothschild and R. M. Thompson, accused of conspiracy In restraint of trade in their cotton operations, it was learned today, havo been found defective and have been set aside as a result of pleas In abatement filed on July 6 by each of the defendants. Another grand Jury has been drawn and the matter is now receiving their con sideration. Called at Her Homo Late at Night and Wrested Revolver from Her, with Which She Tried to Protect Herself. ONAWA, la., July 13.-(Sveclal Telegram.) A double shooting affair last night about 11:30 resulted in the death of John Krats and Mrs. Aties McCoy. Mrs. Krata, who a year ago was divorced, has been living with her little daughter-in the Skldmore property. Krata la a drayman and had become Infatuated with Mrs. McCoy, and It waa because of her resentment of his attentions ' that be took her life, then his own. Krats 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 surprised to find that it waa ha wlw had been seeking entrance. She- admunlshed.r' o ta move qn. where upon he -snatched -the gun-from her and threw It into 4 . neighbor's yard. Mrs. Krats recovered the revolver and entered her home. Krata again wrested the gun from her and turning It upon her sent a bullet into her right shoulder blade A second bullet Waa sent through her temple. The little daughter rushed' to a neighbor's and Implored them to go to her mother's aid, but before they reached there an other shot rang out and Krats dropped to the floor with a bullet In his brain in flicted by his own hand. Sheriff Rawllngs was notiried by the neighbors and with his deputy arrived on the scene in a few momenta after the shooting.. Mrs. McCoy lived about two hours and Kratz one hour, but never re gained . consciousness. 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. McCoy was awakened by some one at tempting to gain n trance 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 waa with this that the double tragedy was committed last night 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, Bavaria, July 13 A sharp earthquake waa folt here at 9:46 o'clock this morning. The walla of several ' buildings were cracked. The wave-like movement continued for three seconds, thoroughly terrifying the people, who fled from their homes and ran the streets long after the disturbance had ceased. The shock was felt also in surrounding villages, including Garmlsch. A report from Oberammergau says that .the shock was noticeable there, but that little damage waa done, Although no casualties have been reported here. Investigation develops that the effect THOMAS ADDRESSES NASBYS Omaha Postmaster Explains Postal Savings Bank System. HITCHCOCK SENDS REGRETS Letter from Postmaster General Bays He Is III Silent Prayer Is Offered for His Health. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 13. (Special.) At the meeting of the postmasters of Nebraska this morning E. Slzer read a telegram, pur porting to be from Postmaster General Hitchcock, expressing his regret that he la unable to attend the convention,' and say ing that he has been advised by his physi cians to go abroad and take a rest, which he Intends to do shortly. After reading the messsge Mr. Slzer asked the audience to please offer up a silent prayer for the recovery of the head of the of tho disturbances was greater than was i department. The audience stood up for a at first thought. The walls of several school houses cracked, ' and the teachcra and pupils ran shrieking Into the streets. The municipal council ordered the school buildings 'closed 'until they could be thor oughly examined. ' .' BERLIN, July 13. Dispatches from the Tyrol In Austria Hungary, report that onn person was killed and twenty others in jured by an earthquake at the village of Uttenheim today. CONSUL CALLS FOR TENT American Official at Cantpbellton, X. M., Bare He Meeds It for an Office. WASHINGTON. July 18. With the entire YOUNG VANDERBILT IN GAME Willi K.t Jr., Will Take Prominent Part la Maaaa-ement of Varlons Railroad Lines. NEW YORK. July 13.-Wllliam K. Van derbllt, Jr., Is going to take up railroading and follow the career of his father on the. Vanderbllt system of railroads. Announco- town of Camobellton. N. B.. sweet awasMment waa made todav that Mr v.-h.kh by fire. United States Consul Botklns to-1 has been appointed assistant to President WILL VISIT CHICAGO FOR THE FIRST TIME Man Who Has Lived Near City for Thirty Years Drawn on Fed eral Jury. CHICAGO, July 13. When the venire 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. 'Phillip Fredericks of Channahon, 111., wjll 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 city. . day - telegraphed to the State department requesting that a wall tent be sent him for use as a temporary office. He said not a store was leri in tne town ana oniy a few residences. Brown of the New York Central railroad and to a similar position on the Big Four railroad. Mr. Vanderbllt will be appointed assistant to presidents of other Vanderbllt lines when the directors of those lines meet Newsboy Hero Stops Big Runaway Horseless Wagon TRAIN DISPATCHER IS FIRED Albert Smith is Held Hesponsible for Wreck In Which Twenty Three Arc" Killed. CINCINNATI, O.. July 13-Albert Smith, train dispatcher for the Cincinnati, Hamil ton & Dayton railroad at Dayton, has been removed from his position. He was dis missed, officials said today, more than a week ago for his connection with the Mld dleton wreck, in which twenty-three per sons lost their lives. Oeneral Superintend ent E. A. Uould said: "Smith blundered. That Is all there Is to it. His habits were good and it Is un fortunate that we had to discharge him." Elks Finish Their Election James H. Kelly of New Haven, Conn., is Grand Esteemed Lead . ing Knight. DETROIT, Mich., July 13. Today'a 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 lawa and ritual of tha order wera scheduled for discussion. The entertainment program Included a competitive drill of teama from various lodges on the Belle Island parade, followed by an exhibition drill by the "Cherry Pickers" of Toledo lodge, a rlvejr cruise by motor boat and picnic luncheon at Peche Island and a naval demonstration consist lng of an attack on Belle iBle by the Mich igan naval reserve. The night program promises a canoe parade along the Belle Isle lagoons and a ball at the Masonic temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Simon Krledburg of Cleveland, a member of the Buffalo lodge of Elks, was last night erroneously reported as having died of heart trouble superinduced by heat. Al though In a serious condition, his chances for reoovery are today said to be good. The election of. tha foreign grand lodge officers, which was not completed yester day, was announced today: Grand Esteemed Leading Knight James H. Kelly, New Haven, Conn. Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight L. M Lively, Tallahassee, Fla. Grand Trustee Charles C. Schmidt, Wheeling. W. Va. Grand Inner Guard Joseph T. Welsh, Long Branch, N. J. Before a crowd of 26.000 people, the com petltlvtt drills of the Elk teams were held at Bella 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; Den ver, under Captain E. C. Lelsemlng; St Joseph, Mo., under Captain E. 8. Clifford and Battle Creek, Mich. moment with bowed heads and then Mr Slzer started off the , proceedings. One of the features of the day's proceed ings 'waa tha entertainment of the women visitors. . Tho local committee escorted the women to the bargain salee 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 Interspersed the regular speech-making program. Among tha addresses was one by V. McOraw, fourth assistant postmaster general. Slopping a runaway horse Isn't one-two-tUree with stopping a delirious runaway wagon, which feat was accomplished by Joe Carroll, an Omaha Bee newsboy, at Fifteenth and Douglas streets, Wednesday morning. Throngs of morning shoppers. workers and other pedestrians were trans fixed with terror st the sight As they looked up the street at the sound of a distant shout of warning, the crowds looked upon tha terrifying spectacle of a maddened U-e wagon tearing like a Jugger naut down the renter of the cur tracks toward them. They stopped, horror stricken In their steps. It appeared that death and horrible In juries was to transpire before their gase when the bereft and horseless conveyance hould reach the crossing. Onward tha craay thing plungtd. Tha In a hundreed humans froie and spines felt the tingllna of hMiiffl In at hunll....J a.... 1 their fright. Suddenly the hero hove upon the scene As If sent by Providence, Joe that's who it was-Joe Carrol, the newsboy, carelessly walked Into the street. "Aha," he hissed through his tight teeth grasping the situation with his ready brain' Hia mind was made up on the instant and without another word he proceeded with his usual bravery, to do the deed Joe wslted till the wagon a ltnot upon him. then Bprang with great force upon the protruding tongue. He shoved Uie tongue far over toward the curb and brought the wagon to a dead stop against the curta It was learned someone had .shoved the wagon at Howard street. It cams to its stop at Douglas aueet 'Phone Tyler 1000 for all departments ofThe Omaria 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. in. and before S a. m. call Tyler 1000 for edi torial department, Tyler 1001 for advertising and circula tion departments and Tyler 1002 for managing editor. Twenty-Third Victim Dead. HAMILTON, O., July l.l-Henry Oswsld. who was Injured in th Hlg Four wreck a Mtddletown July 4. died from his Injuries here today. 1 his brings the death list up to twenty-three. Omaha. Postmaster Talks. One of the interesting talks was by Post master Thomas of Omaha, who discussed postal savings bsnks. Mr. Thomaa compli 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 ut in pun: ' , Every poatoffice in the United Htate authorised to Issue money orders, and such others as the pastmaster general In his dis cretion may, irom tune to time designate, are declared to ba Doetal savins d tories. Postal savings depository office shall oe Kopi upon ror tne transaction of busi ness every aay (excepting Sundays and legal holidays) during the usual postoffice hours of the town or locality where such depository is located. Provided, the post master general may, if he deem It neves nary of more practical, establish at first postal savings depositories only In money order offices of the first, second and third class. Accounts may be ocened and deooslts made by any person of the age of 10 years or over In his or her own name and by a married woman In her own name and free from the control or luterfeence of he hus band, but no person shall have more than one account. Postmasters, unon nersona opening account shall deliver to the de positor a pass book upon which shall be written the name, nature or mark of th depositor or other memoranda necessary fur identification. The postmaster general nas power. o aropt some other device In lieu of pass books as a means of makinz or preserving evidence of deposit. Opening: an Account. One dollar must be deposited before an account Is opened and 1 or multiple thereof must be deposited after such an account has been opened, and no person Is permitted to deposit more than $100 In any calendar month. To encourage smaller accounts .persons may purchase from the depository office for 10 oents a postal sav ings card on which may be attached spe cially prepared adhesive stamps to be known as ."Postal Savings Stamps" and when the stamps so attached amount to tl or a larger sum or multiple thereof in cluding the 10-cent postal savings card, the same may be presented1 as a deposit for opening an account. Additions may be made to an account by means of such csrd and stamps in mounts of $1 or multiples thereof. T'oun roolpt of said stamps by the ponttnaster, they shall be Immediately can celled. Postmasters must keep these stamps on sale at 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 year, same to be computed on rules prescribed by the trustees. Interest shall not be al lowed on fractions of a dollar. Five hun dred dollars Is the limit of deposits, ex clusive of accumulated Interest. Depositors may withdraw whole or any part of their funds, with accrued Interest, upon demand Did Slinllenberger Tie Up with the Brewers of Omaha? BRYAN LEADS . BUY COUNTIES Some Pointed flnratloua Are Being; Prepni'Cd for the Inquisitor to Hurl at the Governor of At'brr.aka. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 1. tHpelal) Informa. tlon from sources that cannot be doubted Is to the effect that more skeletona will ba stalked out of their closets and their boura rattled at the democratic ctato convention (at Grand Island, and mora Inside history I of democratic politics made public than at ! any previous democratic row ever pulled 1 off in the stale. So Intense is the feeling between Mr. Bryan and Governor Shallenberger and their adherent that It Is more than a pos sibility that the public will hear the story of that 1!k campaign. If the story comes . out It can be traced to th declaration of the governor lnanswer to the Bryan state ment In which the executive raid ha had received more vot a than any person who ever ran for office In Ncbraskt except Theodore Rootevelt That declaration has stirred up tho adherents of the presidential candidate to a whits heat, and they In tend to demand of his excellency a reason for his largo vote. If It becomes necessary the demand will be made on the floor of the convention and the governor will be called on to tell o fa meeting, or a ban quet held at O'Brien's cafe in -Omaha In 1S)08, at which the governor, several representatives of brewers, and others were present ' Question for tha Governor. The governor will be asked If It is true that at that banquet he declared himself in favor of the Slocumb law without a change even to tho "dotting of an I. or the crossing of a t." He will then be asked If It is truo that after that statement a fund was raised to be used In the Interest of his candidacy.' It will ba chart. . that this money was not used through tha atata committee, but 'was devoted exclusively t(i the use of the governor, and never turned over to the committee. Tha governor will then be asked if h had a. tie-up with the ITnlon Pacific rail- ' road, Unknowa 'to- Ntty Bryhnv Then If ha can be heard kboveth fchrleka'bf tha wounded and can be seer) through the smoke of the battle. , tho man who will be chosen aa "official Inquisitor" will call attention to tha election returns of 1908. Ha will shout in a Bryanlslio tone: "If not guilty explain the votes In the countlea where there are saloons and where tha Union Pacific holds forth." . Here la tha vote in these countlcsi . , Brvsn. Bhallenberger. Z.D'.M 1.725 2,014 11 201 .2.410 3.0,8 1.4C2 (Cntlnued on Second Page.) Portuguese Gunboat Has Fight with Chinese Pirates HONGKONG. July 13. A Portuguese gun- j the pirates and the governor of Macao sent boat company operating with troopa today an expedition to effect their rescue. The bombarded the pirate settlement on tha i pirates resisted and were reinforced by Chi tiiland of Colowan, destroying tha houses J nese from the lnterlpr. Tha latter were and killing many natives. : aimed with modern weapons and smoke- The Chinese retaliated by storming and less powder, capturing the Portuguese military post. In nil 2.000 persons were engaged In the Portuguese relnforoemeuts were sent to the fighting. Many of ti e Chinese were killed, scene from Macao. lahlle the Portuguese lost a corporal killed The island of Colowan Is near Macao and and a large number wounded. Its ownership is a matter of dispute be-j Subsequently the Portuguese gunboat and taeen the Chinese and Portuguese. A party I A force of artillery was sent to bombard of Chinese students hsd been captured by I tha island. , Buffalo Ib20 Dodge p'''4 Dawson l Douglas 1S.RM Hall t.t:i i'latte , i 3 4t Lincoln ,lit Dry . County V otes. Then this Inquisitor will call attention to the vote In some of the dray counties to show that where no combination existed Bryan' ran ahead. Here la a sample of these counties: ' Bryan. Shallenberger. Custer i.m I.S24 Hamilton i.M 1,SW York 1043 1.049 All of which Is how on the official pro gram: In his speech at Beatrloe last night Mr. Bryan waa quoted at having said he did not know why tha governor signed the.S o'clock closing law. Mr. Bryan may have been thinking of the bhallenberger vote. In the meantime Chris Grueuther told the dcmocratlo state committee that ha would like to bid for the moving picture concession at tha stale convention. Metcalfe t'nder Spotllarht. Petitions are being circulated In Lincoln to get the name of Richard L. Metcalfe oa the democratic ticket as a candidate for United States senator. T. J. Doyle, who la opposed to county option, has his name first on the petition. Metcalfe aald he would not run unless Price gets out of tha way, so a number of friends of the asso ciate editor of tha Commoner are urging Price to sidetrack himself, which Price be lieves would be foolish. I. H. Hatfield Is making a noise Ilka he Intends to file those Bryan petitions, and so everything Is up la the air and no one knows what Is going to happen before it is all over. Haytvard Kites for Coasrresa. Will Hayward of Nebraska City today filed -his name with the secretary of state as a candidate for tha office of congress man for the First district on the republican ticket. Mr. Hayward is at, present secre tary to the republican national committee and he teslnrd the position of chairman of the republican state committee In order to enter the congressional fight. He has alrAu.il ilririA rrttiaMnrft hln rlmttut.nln.. m r. A he In being assisted by ; veterans of the Spanish-American war, Who have organized the tspunlsh-Amerlcan War Veterans' Hay ward club, of which George L. Sheldon la vice president. More tandldatrs File. The following candidates filed their names with the secretary of state today: Swan Olson, Walthill, republican, float representative Sixteenth district. Did not sik'i htattment No. 1. Willis K. Heed, Madison, filed a petition to be placed on tl9 populist ticket for I nlted tilules senslor. Already tiled as a democrat K. T. Grunden, a ho recently filed as a candidate for the legislature from ICIwood, sent in statement No. 1 signed today. Kred Volpp, democrat, senate, Tenth dis trict. Higned statement No. 1. John Gilbert. Ued t loud, socialist, repre sentative. Forty-sixth district. Did not frian Mtsterrent No. 1. Francis ilouclilii, Webster county, so cialist, senator, 'I'weruy. sixth district. Did not itlKn rtatemont No. 1. O. 11. Moody, A I inly, republican, repre sentative. Fifty-sixth district. Did not sign statement No. 1. W. Z. Taylor, Culbertson. populist, Blxtv - seventn district,! representative. blKtied statement No. 1. James W. Craotiee, Peru, republican, Slate huperltltorxlent. James II. McGlnley, Otalalla, democrat, state treasurer. ' James A. dishing, Bellevue, socialist, sen dary of stute. William A Ptetvart Lexington, re pubis 1