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unday Bee PART L hews sectiqh PACSS 1 TO 8. Advartlsa In THE OMAHA DEC Best .h. West vol. xxxvirr no. is. OMAHA, SUNDAY MINING, OCTOBER 18, 1'JOS SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE . COPY FIVE C ENTS. OLD AGE IN IRELAND SUMMARY OF THE BEE iaMA Why Does Bryan Look Worried? MURDER PLOT Ml'PtC .w . t Monday. October 18, 100. Fhe Omaha Remarkable Instances of Longevity in Emerald. Isle. CUE OSTITES OF PENSION LIST Donegal Man Who Eai Reached One Hundred and Eight. STILL WEARS NATIONAL DRESS Hai Never in His Life Spoken Word .of English. NEW LIBERALITY, IN BELFAST American Battleships 'Drop Anchor Sunday at 9 A. M. GREAT CROWD WELCOMES SHIPS Man and Woman Conspire to Kil Husband of Latter. RESULT OF ILLICIT LOVE AFFAIR 1908 STY ,fmC 1908 TPJ. 2 3 9 10 10 1Z 23 24 30 31 TTZ. Ufa HUT - J 6 Z 8 13 14 15 20 21 22 2Z 28 29 4" 5 11 12 18 19 25 26 Multitude Lines Every Vantage Point on Hills Surrounding Harbor. Farmhand at Chalco and Farmer'i Wife Confess Their Guilt. CITY IS GAILY DECORATED FORMER IS IN THE COUNTY JAT1 Cltlsens Invito Home Rule Peer to Become Their Lord Mayor Persecution of Mormon Missionaries. DUBLIN, Oct. 17.-(Spectal)-Tales of the extraordinary longevity of the Irish peas antry have sometimes been received with In credulity, but the British government officials are now discovering that they are true. The Old Age Pensions Act has Just gone Into force and the claims which are being made are proving the claim of Ire land to be called a nation of centenarians. Under the act persona who are 70 years old or over are entitled to a pension of to "provide pension officers vlth satis factory proof of their age before they are admitted to the roll of pensioners. Twelve hundred forms of claims have al- feadv hAn tUA t I . V. w . . . i i " - . . . . v. nth.. .IIU IVDV UlllLO III Donegal and among them are those which deserve special mention. Charles Kelly of Burbane in the parish of Inver has sub mitted proof that he Is 111 yeaiV old. What thla means may be realised whnNne re member that he was a year old when the Ineurectton of 1798 took place, and that hp has lived In three centuries. John Mc Glnty of Donegal parish Is 106 years old aid Bryan O'Donnel of Tower, in the par iah of Inver. Is 108 years old. The vener able O'Donnel Is proud of the fact that he has never uttered a word of English In his long life and he cannot understand the language. He still wears the costume which the young bucks of a century ago affected in Donegal buckled shoes, knitted stockings with corurojr kneo breeches and swallow-tailed blue cloth coat with a waistcoat with brass buttons. These three applicants are In excellent mental and physical health and they declaro that they hope to live to enjoy their pensions for many a year to come. Political Conditions Chan. A remarkable evidence of the chungp in political conditions In the north of Ireland la the request which has been msda to Lord Pirrle by the leading citizens of Bel fast, including Blr Robert- Anderson, the present Lord Mayor, that he shall become Lord Mayor of the city next year. Lord Pirrle la the head of the great shipbuilding firm of HarUnd A Wolff, Belfast's greatest Industry, but Lord Pirrle Is a Liberal and an avowed Home Ruler. A couple of years ago his name was anathema in Belfast where he was regarded by the t'nlonlst as a renegade and deserter cf the worst tjp. Now they are praying him to 'accept the highest honor In the gift of the citizens. It may b mentioned that Lord Pirrle Is not particularly anxious to eccept the honor as he cannot forget the hard things that have been said about him by the eminent cltJzens who are now desirous of propi tiating him. The Belfast corporation, by the way, has Just narrowly missed allowing the prin cipal building In the city, the Ulster ball, to be used for the great missionary cam paign by the Mormons. The apostles are Just now conducting a great campaign In Ireland under the personal direction of Apostle Penrose who is head of the church In the United Kingdom., A few weeks ago some residents of Belfast applied to the corporation for permission .to use the Ulster 'Hall on October I for "religious puposes," and the permission was granted without Inquiry as to the particular brand of religion to be preached there.. A few days after the permission had been re ceived every boarding place in tho city blossomed out wll.i uosleia announcing a great Mormon meeting. Tho corporation ! to K,n '-award by the Transvaal. Bel met hurriedly and rescinded the permission j ntlts unearth nkeleton of American t the hull ond notified the Mormons camel. Nebraska's part in preventing the that if they attempted to enter it they would be stopped by the .police. The Mor mons tried to hold an open air meeting t few days ago, but they were pelted with itones snd mud by the women of Belfast, tnd compelled to, disperse. A similar attempt to obtain the Town kail in Portadown was also almost suc Dcaful, but when the authorities learned who ' the hirers -were the permission was rUadrawn. -"' Valaable Girts ta. Dahlia. Lord Ivesgh, tho head of the great brew ing firm of Guineas, who lias mad many generous gifts to his native city of Dublin, has Just presented three well known and valuabl pictures to the Dublin municipal gallery. They are: "Pretty Jenny Bond," by Q. F. Watts; "Llla. s." by Sir John Millals, mid a "View In Venice," by Jumes Holland, v There Is strong hope In Derry that the resla shipyard which was established some years ago, but failed from lark of aaallal, will soon be revived. It Is stated that a representative of a great Irish ship building firm lias been In negotiation with the Derry corporation for the purchase of the yard. anJ that it Is proposed to em ploy several thousand men In Derry. The irirm is probably Harland & Wolff of Belfast. Derry Is Ideally situated for shlp- W..I,-. . . ... j . , I ouuairig ana in ine uiu J vi nwurn ships It held lis own with the other Irish ports. There Is scope, too, for almost un limited development of the yard and it is sta'.td that the corporntlon Is prepared to grant exceptional advantages to any firm which lll re-establish the industry In the city on the Fuyle. An excsllent suggestion to aid the re affores'.ation of Ireland I, as been made by the Irish Forestry society. It is nothing has than the adoption In this country of the American plan of "Arbour Day," and it Is proposed t.iat a school holiday shall jfc.i establisl.ed eacn year under this name. vi establjsl.ed each year under this name. ' and that every pupil In the Irish National tional J ikhools shall be required to plant a tret 1 vii that day. The society la prepared to ( supply tlitf trees free of charge to teachen tree to srs and school managers who will agree o follow the plan of reafforestation which has been prepared by the society. II Is pointed out that there are hundreds ot thousands, of acres In Ireland which might be profitably devoted to timber growing and which are now of little use. Hiiliiiiail on Second Page' TXa WEATKIB. FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL. BLUFFS AND VICINITY-Sundny fair and colder. FOR NFRHASKA Sunday fair. FOR IOWA Sunday cloudy In east por tion; colder In ram and central portion. Temperature at OtkI' yesterday: vetc. 68 68 7 64 6" B5 to K7 El 6l fit m 69 M 67 POLITICAL. The welcome of Judge Taft In North Carolina has been most cordial and they are confident thut the national and state ticket may win. X, Page 1 President Roosevelt la quoted, with his consent, as having commended the atti tude of Congressman Lllley In the recent investigation of legislative tactics made by the house of representatives. X, Page 9 'athan Straus of the Democratic Busi ness Men's association reiterates, the statement that Wall street Is aiding political campaigns, but this Is again denied by Treasurer Sheldon for the re publican party. X, Fags 8 FOREIQN. Irish peunants aie maintaining their reputation for longevity, according to the records available In the Emerald l-ile. X, Page 1 Premier Laurler of Canada makes an ap peal to th people to Bustaln him In the final rounding out of the work he has planned to accomplish X, Page 1 The refusal of Bulgaria to make finan cial amends for the Oriental railroad is answered by the mobilization of troops on the Turkish frontier and war seems certain now between the two countries. X, Page 1 Prominent Japanese statesmen gave ex pression to feelings of gratification yes terday at the visit of the American fleet to their waters. X, Page 1 HXB&ASXA. The old Western Normal school building at Lincoln, occurled by the Lincoln Mili tary academy, burned to the ground ye terday. . X, Page 3 DOMESTIC. Brother of Adolp Lultgert committed suicide In Elgin, 111., In public by shoot ing himself. X, Page 1 The woman auffraglsts. In session In Buffalo have decided to make, an effort the coming year to secure recognition from congress. X. Page 1 f. Heavy loaae of life and property have followed the foreat fires In northern Michigan1. X, Page 8 A suit has been begun in Chicago to enjoin the proposed cut In rates' of the railroads between Mississippi and Mis souri points. X, Page 1 LOCAL. More traveling men on the road now than one year ago. X, Page 4 Ne York boyhood friend of Big Jeff puts in a boost for his election. X, Page 4 , Messenger boy. inclined to rebel on thji, giving up of tips. X, Page 8 What has been doing In Omaha society j during the last week. XI, Page 8 j Work of the women In club and charity. XX, Page 8 Offerings of the Omaha theaters during the coming week. ; XX. Page Gossip of players, musSVlans and the playhouses. XX, Page 7 Work being pushed on the Borle-Athol cut-off on the Union Pacific. TX, Page 8 ooanrEBCXAL a xxdubtbiax.. Live stock markets. TX, Page 7 Grain markets. TX, Page 7 Stocks and bonds. TX, Page 7 KALT-TOITJl SECTION. Moving spirits In the National Corn show. Fresh field j for American capital in Turkey. Migiity aiamonu preseniea , i spread of tuberculosis. Pour Pages COMIO SECTION. Buster and Tlge keep up their roll of trouble-makers. Page of matter for the little folks. Some things the women will be Interested in. Fluffy Ruffles creates a sensation In Ireland. Four Pages MOVEMENTS OP OCEAXT STEAMS XCXFS. Port. NKW YORK... NEW YORK . . . Boston rotterdam. l.IVKRPOOI,.. LIVERPOOL.. HALIFAX Arrived. SallMI. Mutania Philadelphia. Panay!vania . Sfatandam ..Odrlr ..Wlnnlfrrdlan ...sibariaa Emp. of Britals. LAURIER IN HIS LAST CONTEST Premier of Canada Makes Appeal People to Help 11 Ira Fin. Ian Work. MONTREAL, Oct. 17.-!n a speech deliv ered last night Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Can ada's premier, announced that the present campaign, which ends in a general elec tion October it, will be his last. "This Is the last fight in which I shall be engaged," he said, with great earnest ness. "The years have already left their mark upon me and I cannot hope that they will stand silll now. All 1 ask is your support to enable me to complete the iwnrli T have bemiil In the taut tuk. i - - - - - years. 8tr Wilfrid predicted that his government will be sustsined by a majority of from thirty to forty. At present it has sixty six. SUFFRAGISTS TO GET BUSY l ausual Effort to Be Made This Year to tiet Recognition from Congress. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Oct. 17.-That an un usual effort will be made this year to ob tain from congress some recognition of the cause of woman suffrage is certain. The advisability of this has been pointed oat by many speakers at the convention of the National Suffrage association and today there was a round table conference on the subject "Washington as a Center of Suf frage Work." The morning session of the national as sociation began with a conference on In crease in membership with Laura Oregg of Kansas In the chair. This was followed with reports by slate presidents I .'' ua Hour. .1 f''""--' m J-.' ?V,A- 10 n. m "tCt- " ' m S;lrv p- H1 5 p. m y-Lj. 6 p. m 7fC-J N 7 p. m Stars and Stripes Float from Thou sands of Craft and Buildings. OFFICIAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE Mayor of Yokohama, Diplomat Board Connecticut and Present Freedom of City to Men and Officers. YOKOHAMA, Oct. 18. The American fleet dropped Its anchors at 0:30 a. m. this (Sunday) morning. It was In' the gray hours before dawn this morning when the leviathans of Ameri ca's great battleship fleet were dimly dis cerned maneuvering off the entrance to Toklo ba,y, while sixteen warships, the pride of Japan, In sombre color, swung at their anchor buoys outside the breakwater, enelrcfed by low purple hills. Already Yokohama was awake and the streets were crowded with excited people, streaming In from the surrounding country afoot, In rlklshas or in carriages, making their way to the water front and to the hills over looking the bay, to get their first glimpse of the great fleet. From thousands of flagstaff! and buiW Ings at every point In the big city, floated the stars and stripes, and the entire lengths of miles of streets were almost walled with Intertwined American and Japanese em blems. The bay. Itself was fairly aflame with bunting, where tugs, and steamers, decoruted with streamers and pennants lined the wharves, awaiting thousands of excursionists who were going out to meet Uhe fleet. Great Crowd Sees Pageant. Incoming trains throughout the night were crowded end by morning practically every vantage point commanding a view of the approach of the sixteen big ships rounding Honmou Point was occupied by tens of thousands eagerly ' awaiting the coming j naval pageant. As the hours passed and daylight dawned, It revealed an inspiring scene -afloat and ashore. Even the early hours made it apparent that all expecta tions of great crowds and an enthusiastic welcome to the American fleet would -be exceeded and that all records of the out pouring of popular sentiment would be sur passed. The enthusiasm of the people was evidently sincere, though mixed with the natural curiosity to see the big fighting ships fpfim America, the long and success ful cruise of which . hits marked a new epoch in naval history. Foreigners .were in the minority 'n the crowds, but wherever they appesred they were treated with ex ceptional courtesy because today to the Japanese all foreigners must be Americans, many of the Japanese being unable to dis criminate between Americans and those from other lands. First "ote of Welcome. As the sixteen battleships rounded the point and came through the entrance to b th were accornpanied by the cruer, MaB;8m, and Tat- , . . , h , ArtmlrUl Mura- suta, commanded by Rear Admiral Mura kami. Proceeding up the coast of Yukasi the first note of real welcome was sounded when a fireworks salute was' fired by the "American Friends' association." comprised entirely of Japanese, who had assembled at Kruhama on the site of Perry's monu ment The fleet responded by gracefully 'dipping colors. When it came closer in the j fleet was met by seven big ocean liners chartered by the prefect of Kanagawa, ' carrying 8,000 person, including many for I elgners. I The air was filled with bursting bombs I sent up from various points and the roar I of voices was heard even in the city of Yokohama. When the fleet rounded Hon mou point and came into' full view of the city of Yokohama', the sixteen assembled Japanese warships began firing the salute to the rear admiral in command of the American fleet. The roar of tho guns, the bursting fireworks bombs; the shriek of the steam sirens with the drone of the deep notes of the liners filled the air with over whelming sound. A short bedlam broke loose and words fall to describe the enthusi asm of the assembled thousands. When the American fleet finally cariie to anchor It presented an imposing spec tacle. Thirty-two great warships occupied four long columns of eight each, the Amer icans taking the place of honor in the fore front, the Japanese Immediately behind them, and heading due south. Official Reception Committee. As soon as the fleet came to anchor a reception committee and attaches of the various foreign embassies and legations and the mayor of Yokohama put off from shore for the flagship Connecticut". American Ambassador O'Brien did not come down from Toklo, because under TAival etlquetto he could not be present until the American commanding the fleet had paid an off Iclal .call upon him. The ambassador's wife, however, was present, together with the women of the embassy, as well as Consul Oeneral Summons at Seoul and Mrs. Bammont, and Secretary Jay of the American embassy, all in an urofflclal capacity as guests ot the navy. Francis J. Loomla, head of the American commission to the American International exposition, together with Secretary O'lughlln and the entire business men's delegation from the Pacific coast, now on a visit to Japan, was also preserjt, arriving in a special train from Toklo early In the day. Every vernacular newspaper In Yoko hama and Toklo printed special Illustrated edltkns thTs morning containing enthusi astic articles with reference to the comln of the American fleet. The entire circula tion of these newspapers will probably reach 1.C00.KI0. ' SHIPS BR1Q PEACH . MESSAGPI Japaaese Statesmen Express Thorn selves A boat Fleet. TOKIO. Oct. 17. The official reception committee, headed by Vic Admiral f-aJio. who is vice minister of the navy depart ment, will Jeave tomorrow morning (the 18th) for Yokohama and the party will assemble aboard the battleship Mlkasa. Upon the arrival of the American battle shlvs at 4 o'clock In the moraitig, the com. f - . jm&m. tmk ' Copyright. 1908, by the New York Moll WAR SEEMS CERTAIN NOW Turkey Mobilizing: Troops and Bul garia Fashes to Border. POWERS UNABLE TO' CALL HALT Refusal to Grant Compensation v to Oriental Railway Last : Straw ' i for Ottomans Massacres ' , .' ' - In 'Armenia. .'-: PARIS, Oct. 17. The French government has Just received official confirmation of previous reports of the mobilization by Turkey of the Anatolian army corps. This is regarded in official circles as Turkey's answer to Bulgaria's refusal to accord com pensation for the oriental railroad and It Is belUved to make war practically Inevitable. It Is expected that Bulgaria immediately will begin to push troops acrors the Turkish frontier In order to secure an advantage before Turkey can begin a general mo bilization. The French government. In response to the Turkish circular sent out yesterday calitng the attention of the powers to Bul garia's alleged warlike preparations, has directed its minister at Sofia to renew his counsels for peace and prudence. Important developments are not expected to result from the visit to Paris of M. Iswolsky, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, who arrived here last evening from London. With the idea of preparing for possible future contingencies and principally for the purpose of consulting with France be fore proceeding to Berlin on Monday, M. Iswolsky today called upon and conferred with President Fallerles, Premier Clemen ceau and Foreign Minister Plchon. M. Iswolsky Is suspected of having given out the program for the conference of the powers which was elaborated in London, but he today denied this suggestion and attempted to cast doubt upon' the accuracy of the I.ondon communication. The .Lon don statement, however, has :een fully confirmed In official quarters here. Turkish Trooji 1st Massacre. BERLIN, . Oct. 17. -There have been frightful massacres in Armenia, according to the Constantinople correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt. This paper today- publishes a dispatch from the Turkish capital which says: "Armenians in Vlran Bhehr have been massacred by Turkish troops. The women and children have been subjected to fearful treatment. "The troops were sent to Vlran Shehr to overawe the mutinous townspeople, two thirds of whom are Armenians, and they at once began to murder and plunder. They are said to have completely overrun tho city." The village of Vlran-Shehr is In the heart of Turkish Armenia between Konla and Kalsarle. SHOOTS HIMSELF IN CROWD Brother of Adoljih Laetarert Sends Bullet Into Head at Park at ElsTla. CHICAGO, Oct. li. Arnold Leutgert, brother of Adolph L. Leutgert, the Chi cago sausnge maker whose trial ard con viction for the murder of his wife, was one of the most sensational In the criminal annals of the country, committed suicide in a spectacular manner at Elgin, 111., yes terday. His - identity, however, was not discovered until today. Leutgert was visit ing an amueemerjt pirk when, to attract the attention of the crowd, he fired three shots into the air. With everybody staring at Mm, he then sent a fourth bullet into his own head. . The suicide, who in his career had been a butcher, a school teacher and at the time of Ms death was In the real estate busi ness, was a dally attendant at the trial of his older brother, Adolph.- According to the testimony at the trial the elder Luet gert killed his wife and destroyed the body by boiling it In a sausage vat. The corpus delicti of the caao 'consisted ef a small sesamoid bone, around which the polUe built a circumstantial structure which re sulted in the prisoner being sentenced to a life term In prison. After tervlng a few years there he was found ditad la his cell Cine morrang. and Express. AERONAUTS MAY BE DROWNED Balloon Hersresell Found Floating; oa North Sea Long; Way from Heligoland. YARMOUTH. England. Oct., 17. Tho Ger man balloon Hergesell has been picked up In the North sea. There was, however, no sign of the occupants and the two aero nauts are believed to have perished. The Hergesell was found floating half deflated 100 miles 'northwest of . Heligoland by the Norwegian steamer Naddod and brought here. " ' "" . . The balloon races that were started at Berlin on Sunday and Monday of this week have been characterised by a series of ac cidents and mishaps, but the Heregesell is the only airship to end its flight with death to Its pilots. A total of fifty balloons started In the two races, the first for the international cup, and the second an endurance contest. Two of them, the American Cohquerer, and the Spanish Montanea, burst In the air, the first at a height of 4.000 feet and the second at a height of 6.000 feet, and their oc cupants had miraculous escapes from death. In each case the remains of the envelope formed a kind of parachute which saved the pilots. Shortly after these two mishaps had been recorded the airships began to be reported from the North sea, and as It wss seen that they undoubtedly would be driven out over this body of water, the German ad miralty sent out a fleet of torpedo boats to effect rescues, while the British covjrn ment sent out two cruisers. Several of the balloons made successful landings on shore close to the beach, but five of them, the American St. Louis, the Swiss Helvetia, the Spanish Castllla, the German Busley and the German Plauen all came down In the water in the vicinity of Helllgoland and their occupants all had narrow escapes before they were picked up. The race for the International cup was won by the British balloon Banshee, which landed successfully on the coast of Den mark. . WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Bites Selected for Publlo Bulldincs at Falrbury and lloldresre, Nebraska. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. (Special Tele grain.) The secretary of the treasury has selected sites for pubHo buildings at Fair bury and Holdrege, Neb. At Falrbury the northwest corner of Fifth and D streets, owned by Marie Carter, was chosen; price, $9,0U0. At Holdrege, the southeast corner of Fifth and East streets, owned by L. J. Titus, was selected; price, $4,000. The First National bank has been author ized to begin business with a capital of S25.0U0. William Tyson, president; Thomas Norbury, vice president, and Edward M. Warner, cashier. Max Buehr, consul at . Clenfuegos. left for his home in St. Paul. Neb., tonight Mr. Baehr will spend the time between now and election In renewing old acquaintances. He will return to Cuba after election, ac companied by his family. UNIFORM GRAIN GRADING Escaaaa-rs Over Countrr Will Forced Jo Adopt similar Regulations. Bo 8T. LOUIS, Oct. 17. The National Oraln Dealers' association today voted favorably on the resolution to adopt uniform grading rules. The rules will not affect the present grain crop, as thV will go Into effect next July. By the adoption of these uniform grading rules, grain exchanges all over the country wll be forced to adopt uniform rules. HAYES SENTENCED TO HANG Mardcrrr of Fred Ham nelson at Bpearfleh, 8, D., to Bo Kxecated Dcreaibcr 4. LEAD. 8. D.. Oct. 17. Charles A. Hayes, atlas BUI Dunn, today was sentenced to be hanged on December 4. for murder of Fred Samuelson near Bpearflsh August 1 last. Eli Raich, guilty of manslaughter In first degree, sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. SLOAN TALKS TO TOURISTS Brand of Trareling" Men Who Are Not Looking for Four Tears of Rest. POPULISTS ALL OFF TICKET Democrats Bring; Pressure to Bear to Force Them to Accept Fleharty for Attorney Geaernl and Succeed. tFrora a Stff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Oct. 17. (Speclal.)-CharleS Sloan of Geneva spoke to tho Young Men's Republican club and the Traveling Men's Taft club tonight at the Llndell hotel. The auditorium of the hotel was filled to the doors and the audience was enthusiastic. Among other things Mr. Sloa nsald: I am pleased to greet the traveling men, the burnished minds of practical politicians, tho knights of traffic and the consuls of commerce; always the courteous and en lightened fellow traveler; citizens who have well earned the tltlo given you by a modern novelist, "The American Cavalier." 1 understand there are two organizations In Lincoln. One a Bryan club. Interested, apparently, In promoting the leisure of Its members for the next lour years. The other Taft club, whose members want to sell goods for the next quadrennlum. The mem bers of one having prospered for the last twelve years think they can afford to fight the source of their prosperity. Perhaps thny can; so might the others, but tl.cy won't. . Men talk of voting for Bryan as a matter of state pride. That was done In 1896. Ne braska was taken from the company of the grtst states of tne north and lined up with Mississippi and Arkansas, and we weren't proud of It. It placed Nebraskans on record as sup porting all the fads and follies of the Chi cago platform, and net only republicans, but all democrats, are ashamed of that, and, while duly appreciating the oratorical and dramatic powers of the presidential candidate, we do not pdopose to subjoct ourselves to state shame a second time by endorsing the follies of the Denver plat form to have 11 repudiated four years hence by the quadrennial candidate. For while republican platforms allow for a reasonable amount of progress, agree througout all Its presidential contests, and the republicans change their candidates, the democratic platforms change every four years, while their candidate, like Ten nyson's "Brook," "goes on forever." In this state the people rule. Therefore, men may vote for whom they see fit, SJid I want to suggest that whtn you vote, vote so that your wages will not be Bryanlzed, your IW-cent wheat go democratic or your corn go pop. The 60 per cent rule of the democratic platform enforced against them would put their present candidate out. of commission, because In the democratic partv he Is "it" and he Is "all of It." He would have to stop running for a number of years until a lot of little democrats grew big enough to collectively amount to iX per cent of the democratic party. Publicity of campaign funds Is distinctly a republican doctrine. Some years ago the Nebraska legislature passed a statute which has since been the law of the land, requiring the publication of campaign con tributions and expenditures. This law was copied largely from the state of Ohio, the state that gave us Garfield In 10. McKln ley In lfcfti, and will give us Taft on No vember 3. This law has been lived tip to by the republicans of Nebraska. It has been notoriously Ignored and violated by democracy, which now announces, in a spasm of virtue, that it will do more than the republicans In this, that they will pub lish before election the contributions. On thla account I am wlllinar to ram. promise ,wlth the opposition snd offer an amendment to the law, providing that ail political parties shall publish, aa hereto fore, after election, but that any pel. Ileal party whose memory Is so short snd whoae contributions sre so large and many that for a space of four years they forgot a small Item of H.0M, such political party may have the right to publish Its Contri butions before election. JVe Mora Withdrawals. No one can now get off of the election ballot this fall by declining a nomination, as the fifteen days before election was reached last night For three days from last night political committees are permit ted to fill the vacancies. , E. B. Quakenbush, populist nominee for attorney general, got busy yesterday and violated Ms oath and got off of the ticket. The democrats got the heads of th popu list committee and forced them to accept Harry Fleharty, the democratic nominee. The full populist committee the other day turned down Fleharty hard, but today Tom Allen, Arthur Mullen and other Bryan boosters got busy and forced the nomina tion of Fleharty. The same bunch Is now trying to force the populist committee to accept Senator (Continued oa Second Pagt.) Captain Haze Secures Full Statement of Astounding Compact. ATTEMPT TO MURDER IS FUTILE Actors In the Atrocious Drama Are Mrs. Emil Ruscr and loans Farmhand Named John Rlager. While Mrs. Emll Ruser and John Stager of Chalco planned to murder Ruser early on the morning of October 10, while the farmer was asleep end Mrs. Ruser layed beside her husband anticipating the .mur derer's approach, then permitted her hus band to use her as a shield while the would-be murderer fired five shots at him, the attempt failed, both Sluger and ths woman have confessed to Captain H. P. Haze of Omaha and Slager Is In the Doug- '' lss county Jail. I Slager. the hired man on the Ruser farm, was caught Saturday morning by Private Detectives Haze and Cormack at the Ruser home, where, after attempting to murder the husband, he returned to see the wife, with whom he had Illicit relations and who assisted In the plans to do' away with her husband. The visit Saturday morning was the cause of Stager's capture, though Omaha officers suspected him as soon as Emll Ruser 'related the story of the at tempt on his life. When Captain Haze went to the Ruser home early Saturday morning he learned that Ruser was away, fr'4na;r there and taking the youngl iKV1"6 harn told him that Mrs. Ru7 .tau confessed snd implicated him In the attempt on her husband's life. Slager was at first Indig nant, but when Haze Insisted that he had the woman's confession Eiager broke down and told the whole story. Then, Detective Haze went Into the house and called Mrs. Ruser Into a room, where he told her the story Slager had related and all the details of the murder plot. Woman Staaarcra the Officers. The woman wilted. She revealed a story which staggered the belief of the officers. It was made all the more ttartllng and pathetic because the woman Is but 39 years of age and held on her lap a 1-year-old child of Ruser's. Then all parties were brought together, Ruser, Slager his would-be murderer, Mrs. Ruser, the self-confessed conspirator against hr husband's life, and the detec tives, Captain Haze and Thomas Cormuck,., They talked the story over as a matter-of-fact tale and Slager agreed to sign a "con fession while Captain Haze asked Mrs. Ruser questions and took down the replies. As a special deputy sheriff the captain decided not to arrest the woman, but to take the would-be murderer to Papllllon. Ruser took his wife and baby to a neigh bor's and then secured a guard and re turned home with her, fearing that Mrs. Ruser would attempt to take her own lite, us she had frequently attempted to do. Relations Cover Months. The story of Mrs. Bmll Ruser, who was a bride In Omaha at 17 years of age, and the farm hand, John Slager, who entered her home to work for her husband last March, covers many months, but two months after he came to her home she fell to his wiles and pleadings. Since then her intimacy with Slager la confessed and her husband, though but a groom, was seldom out of sight until she was with the farm hand and the .illicit lovers decided that Emll Ruser must die that they might live together or at least have an oppor tunity to do the will of Slager. Following is the confession of Slager: John Slager. of lawful age, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that on the Kth or Kith day of March, 1908, the exact date affiant Is unable to state, he began worklrjr for Emll Ruser cn the farm ooeu- Eied by said Ruser; that he, the said lager, worked as an ordinary farm hand for said Ruser steadily from the time he commenced said work till about one month ago, the exnet date of which affiant Is unable to state; that sbout two months after affiant began working for said Emll Ruser he, the said affiant, became Intimate with Matilda Ruser, the wife of said Emll Ruser. . That slung during the summer of HOB. the exact date of which affiant Is ur.ubln to otste, he, the said affiant, and said Matilda Kuser. began talking of get ting married; that they knew that In order to do so It was necessary to dispose, in some manner, of said Emll Ruser, snd that about two or three weeks before he, the said affiant, left the employ of said Rnill Ruser, said Matilda Ruser suggested that he, the said affiant, kill the said Emll Ruser; thut affiant assented thereto. That on the 4th day of October, 190. affiant Mslted the home of said Emll Ruser near the village of Chalco, Neb., for th purpoae of gettlne; his clothing which he had left there; that while he was in th-f house of said Emll Huser he, the said affiant, and said Matilda Ruser being In the front room of stld house and suld Emll miser Deing in tne Kitchen of said house, he, the said affiant, again talked of lli , posing of said Emll Ruser, and that after talking the matter over for awhile anil if was finally igreed between them that h. the said ufflant. should return to the suld Emll Ruser home op the Friday or Patur day night following the 4th day f October, In K aforesaid, and that he, the raid af fiant, would shoot said Emll Ruser and kill him-as he lay in bed: that nffmnt waa familiar with the home of said Kmll Huser sun inai ne Knew now tne said Matilda Ruser and said Emll Ruser sl-pt In their bed and that said Matilda Kuser si. pc nearest the wlnalow near said bed which was occupied by said Matilda Ruser and (aid Kmil Rmer. Affiant further deposes and says that worked with a bridge gang after leatrsa the employ of the said Emll Ruser snd thsl about the 29th day of September, 19C said affiant began working for one Henry Grube southwest of Panlll'on. Neb.; that on the th day of Ouober, l'. it "bout noon he. the said affiant, left the Henry Grube home and went to Omaha, Neh., where he remained till about S o'clock In the even'ng of said 8th day of October. 1WW. when he started out afoot to- the home of Emll Ruser. aforesaid: that he. tho suld affiant, stopped at a stlnon In Ralston, Neh., for awhile and then proceeded to the said home r.f ld Kmll Ruer nd that he arrlv.-d at suld linm of si Id Emll Rus'-r at about f'feen rlnutes of n'clurk in the mornlrs of the 10h day of October, !!!: thr n'flunt immed'tely wept to the win dow nf the bedmom oeeim'.Hl bv sail Matilda Puser and suld Kmll Kuser and removed the screen on said wlnd 'W with a ris'r ef r.nchore which he found on a bene'i near said window; that bef-e e-eting sll mlr of rln-l-ers he. the 1i afUnl. went o cranary on the srlrt ,ill Ruser farm and secured n harorer whlrji he kn-w wss ksksKv rent In iM rrsnary snd that he 'ntond-rf to use said hs"m.-r for the pu--pt.se r,t r"i"vrR- al d'- -en from s'd window, urd tat s"r b fmnrt the p'nch. er re ud thei for nld purpn intea-t ff asld rammer, which In- took hek tn sa'd s-rannrv; l:at said affiant removed said srr.-en and shot at said Umil Ruser four or five times, the exact number y