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The Omaha Daily Bee FREE PICTURES TAJFT AT DEE OFFICE FREE PICTURES TAFT at riEr: orncE 4 VOL. XXXVIII NO. 117. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1903. .SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. "ft f V LUiHING FOR VOTtS Democrats Revert to Questionable Methodi to Catch V'"8 in County. ENGLISH FORGE t V '. Candidate for Countj Out Letteri Asking b LE TERM Sendi nn. BUT IT IS THIRD TERM f TS Organized Labor Is for Taft, .ieldon and Jefferii, Sayi Keegan. OFFICLVL LABOR PAPER RAP3 Say Editor Who Fall to Kin La boring; Men tor Tuft, Has Mad Ma Search. Op Wu Blind. ssrvBixcAW MXBTnrai. UOKDAV, JTOTBMBIim Washington halt, last mtlns; of th campaign t hort aorssa ay S. . Cornlsa, . A. aroma, J. !. Wb atar, rorroar Oongrnia David Keroer, and oongrslonl, oennty, Board of Zdneatloa and Watat board candidates. General O. T. Maadersoa will praalda. Music by Seymour quartet and Xaatman'a Veterans' dram corps. Benson, Baa1 auditorium, closing rally of tha campaigns Bpaakara, Jndg Baa tar, A. W. Jeff errs, . A. Brogan, David K. Karcar and othara. Dnndaa, town hall I gpeakers, X. X. Baldric and 3. X. Xnady. Soutn Omaha, Kltohle's hall. Twenty, fonxth and X atraata. Bpeakers, A. B. . Xltchla, X. 0. Broma and X. O. Murphy. Misleading and deceptive statements are now being marie by James P. English, the . - Uemocrntio candidal for a third term as county attorney. In his fight to hold his (ii lp on a county office for the third time. Mr. English U now nerving hla aecond term. According to time-honored custom, Iwu terms have always been conldered the lln.lt for elective offices, from president of the United Bates down to road overseer In t.iu farthest outlying township. But this has no weight with Mr. English, and he erks for a third term. He recognizes the custom, however, and openly attempte to deceive the voters by asking them to vote . for hlni for a "second term." This Is what ke' has written, abov his own signature, to hundreds of voters in the county: This nomination was given me without opposition for the reason the party believes my record In the office entitles me to go before the people for a second term. "Up to the hour of going to press we have been unable to find a member of or ganised labor who will vote for Taft." So shouts the Western Laborer, subsidised by the democratic committee and made the official organ of that party, which has filled It with cuts and complimentary notices of the candidates on th democratic ticket. But when the Western Laborer wss "try- Inn to f fcuT" an organised labor man who la for Taft It must have done considerable dodging to be abla to keep out of .their way. This Is tho opinion of Benjamin Kecgan, Vice president of the Central Labor union. "Here la one organised labor man who la going to vota for Taft,. Sheldon, Jefferts and the whole republican ticket," aald Vice President Kjeegan. "and 1 can show you hundreds of others who believe as I do. The laboring men know what democratic rule means and the laboring men know that tha republican party stands for them, and when any person or paper say that the laboring men are not for Taft they say that which cannot be aubstantlated. "Organised labor In Omaha will be found lined up for the republican ticket, with the exception of a few disgruntled men who feci that the party ought to have given them a chance at the public crib or the pork barrel." Threo meetings were held for the foreign born voisrs in Omaha and South Omaha . jesterday, two for the Bohemiana and one for tha Italians. Ona meeting waa also '"held In the country at Bennington. Mr. Jefferi. W. F. Wspplch, P. C. Best and , T. A. Hollister were th speakers at Ben nington, A. R. Harvey, who waa on the bill, being unable to attend. The meetings In tha two cities were addressed by non candidates. Prof. Lulgl A. Ctendardi and K. a. Maggl of Unroln were the principal speakers at the Italian meeting, which waa held In the hall at Thirteenth and William streets. P. Procoplo waa the chairman and tha hall was well filled with the aons of sunny Italy, Prof. Htendardl spoke In th Italian language, and the names of Taft, Sheldon and Jefferts called forth loud cheering. One of the Bohemian tneetlnga wss held in . the Turner hall on South Thirteenth street and the otb'f in the National hall in Omaha, the sijne speakers addressing both meetings. Music and cigars war pro vided and th attendance waa large Joseph Jurks of Chicago, a leader among the Bohemians and who has visited Omaha several times, waa th principal speaker, together with J. J. Langer of Wilbur. Ed itor V. Buresh. a. Charvat. Jeseph Koutsky, one of th legislative nominees, and Louis Berka were the other speakers. On of tha speakers alluding to the 'World-Herald's criticism of the foreigner, and the statement by Its editor, a. M. Hitchcock, candidate for re-election to con gress, that It takes three foreigners to do as much work as one American, and the cheers for "Big Jeff" which followed, showed that th Bohemians resent the ac cusation. Constantine J. Smyth, president of tha Jai'kaontan club of Nebraska, will not vote for Bryan, Hitchcock or any candidat on tho democratic ticket. Thla la because he Is not registered. Mr. Smyth returned Sunday from the east, where he spent nesrly a month campaign ing for th democratic ticket. He was bom on September 1. th first registration day, and h was home on October C tha second registration day. hut like many other men. he put off registering until th lsst day. Th last day he was not here. And th presi dent of tha Jarksontan club csn not vot. JaOTIXtBTg Or CCSAJT TZAaUXXTS. IMrt. ' Arrive Sella'. NKW YORK KI York Ntf YORK Kt YOSg NKW YORK ... fcosTOM Columbus... TH IKST E-. OENHA Ol'KR.sTAWN...RublU... M.Vttlll TH fkiue.ipbu. Hoi UK) Ml . HcVHJ UNSMfcN lANI I'HKHHOI'KO .. AkTWMr . .. .-X Paul. ..-Mtnnetoaka. .. Patricia --'uraaaal. ...Ellio. . ,Bu(eate. ereie. ...Arable. .. Nuoreaaa. ...Caledonia. .. Harbaroaaa. . . K. A. Victoria. . ..Miaaehabe. ... Veeerltae. RAILROADS BOOST CORN SHOW Mllvraakee Paul Hoad Devote AdrertlKlna Vmmm f Time Table to the Ksoeltlon. few expositions have been more exten sively advertised by the railroads than the National Corn exposition. Almost every day the exposition manage ment receive some new piece of railroad advertising for the exposition. The latest Is the November time table of the Milwau kee A St. Paul road, which diKotes the renter of the table to an advertisement of tho big corn show. It Is the work of Charles Toung. advertising manager of the road, and the "corn show girl" appears on one corner of the center pages. The adver tisement ys: "Over two snd a half miles of corn, the ears placed side by side, will be included In the exhibits at tha National Corn exposition. Three city blocks w.ll be occupied by the exposition and a splendid list of attractions has been arranged." The folder also announces the list of speukers and the special days for tho ex position. The Rock Island folder is attracting con siderable comment from the business men of Omaha. It is not only full of Information about the National Coin exposition, but several pages are devoted to views of the city and facts about Omaha. The Auditorium building. Its Interior, the Oklahoma exhibit and views of fields of lttu-ley and oats which have been grown after e.ght or nine years of continuous breeding, are among the picturts shown. Of the city of Omaha the Rock Island folder sjys: "Omaha's present population Is, In round numbers, 1BO.C00, not Including South Omaha (',00) or any of the various small suburbs. It has over ninety miles of paved streets and over eighty miles of street railway. It contains IS churches and missions, repre senting various denominations, with an average Sunday school attendance 'of 36.000. Among Its educational Institutions are thirty-five public schools and twelve col leges. Omaha's Jobbing houses number 123, the annual sales of which aggregate over 120,X),Uou. It is the greatest butter manu facturing city In the world. Omaha Is the headquarters of the Department of the Mis souri, United States army, possesses nine ho.pitals and the Nebraska institution for the desf and dumb. "Seeing tho City A good view of tho city may be obtilned from the tower of the New York Lite building, also from the roof of The' Bee building or from the high school grounds. Twentieth street, between Dodge and Davenport." MONSTER RELIGIOUS PARADE Celebratlow of Cestesslsrr of Koand 1ns of Catholic Dloceae of Boston. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1. Inlterest In the Balkan situation is centered In the pos itive statements of several parliamentary leaders that Russia has determined to drop the Idea of the proposed International con gress and will refuss to recognlx the an nexation by Austria-Hungary of Bosnia and. Herzegovina. This Information, although purporting to be from official sources. Is not entirely exact. Russia haa finally committed itself to the principle that the question of the an. nexstton of th provinces may b discussed In a conference of the powers anfT AustHa will permit the status of Bosnia to be In cluded In the program, but only on condi tion that the delegates will refrain from questioning its action and content them selves with registering the abrogation of the article referring to this matter in the Berlin treaty. Th Foreign office states that the negoti ations between Russia, Austria-Hungary and other powers on this question are still In progress and considers that an accepta ble formula for submission to the congress may ultimately be found. It Is difficult, however, to foresee how a satisfactory agreement may be reached without one side or the other withdrawing Its contention. NEW BILL OF LADING IN FORCE Goes Into Effect On All Roads East of the Mississippi and North of the Ohio. CHICAOO. Nov. 1. The new uniform bill of lading, approved by the Interstate Com merce commission, went Into effect on 416 railroads In the official classification terri tory today. Hereafter every shipment of freight In the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio must be made upon tha basis of thf new form, unless a shipper objecting to the terms agrees to psy 10 per cent more than the regular freight rate. It wss customary to charge 80 per cent extra on shipments not under the old bill of lading. The new form Is believed to bo universally acceptable. It has a distinctive color, yellow, adopted at the suggestion of the American Bankers' association, for all "order" bills of lading, which ar negotiable and enable a shipper to obtain an advance payment through a banker. The difficulty of fixing a definite basis for the settlement of claims prior to shipment Is also minimized. The Pennsylvania rail road today announced that It had more than 10,000,000 cople of the new form printed. It is through bills of lading chiefly that a record la kept of th country' com mercial activity. HORSETHIEF SHOT BY SHERIFF Trie to Make Hla Eseap and Officer Often Kir with (iood Effect. RAPID CITT, S. D., Oct. 31. (Speciril) Two horse thieves, named Harvey and Johnson, escaped from th Jail at Oaconia In Lyman county Wednesday night and later while being re-arrested by the sheriff cue of the malefactors was shot dead. It seems that Harvey and Johnson had stolen a team of horses, wagon and har ness at Dallas and wer overtaken by th officer and placed in th Jail at Oacoma. With the aid of a stov lifter and some lumps of coal they pried and pounded a bole In the roof of th Jail and escaped. The sheriff thinking they would probably be on the train that shortly afterward passed through, went from Presho to Ken nebec and at the latter place found the two men trying to board the train. John- son he placed under arrest and handed hlai ! over to the train men. Harvey when ar rested, made a breakaway in the daik. The elierlff fired four times at him, tak ing aim by aid of the conductor's lantern. The dead body was soon afterwards found In the tall grasa on th right-of-way. The two nwn mere about thirty years of ag. FIRE RECORD. Cotton Comer. BKLTON. Tex.. Nov. 1. Fir started by Halloween roysterers last night totally de. stroyed the lviion compress and lO.OuO bale of cotton. The lose will exceed l-50.iX. covered by Insurance. CAMPAIGNING AT CAPITAL Both of Leading Partiei Held Large Number of Meeting!. WAKING UP FEDERAL EMPLOYES Object Is to tadaee Them to Go Home te Vote, They May Be Needed -In amber ef Close Cos trreselonal District, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Nov. I. (Special.) More speeches have been made In Washington and more meetings have been held by the two great political parties In the last two months than ever before In the history of the capital. These meetings have been generally largely attended, the department clerks be ing greatly in the majority, although thers have 1een a fair proportion of navy yard employes present, these men living In the main In the states of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware atjd Pennsylvania and many of whom will go to their homes to vote on eloctlrn day. But the greatest effort has been put forth to get the vote out In the depart ments, there being 15.000 men .with the right of franchise whose ballots might easily make the house of representatives republican or democratic and therefore of especial need to all parties at this time. It has been shown that the change of 630 votes In New Tork In the Blalme-Cloveland campaign of 1SS8 would have given the Empire state to tho "uncrowned Ameri can." as his followers loved to call James O. Blnlne. There are thirty representative districts now held - by republicans by majorities ranging from thirty-five to tOO and" the republican congressional committee has been pounding away nt the voters "not to forget election day and not to b found at their desks, hut to be at their homes and vote." While the democrats do not have as many close districts as the republicans there are a dozen where the majorities run from seventy-five to 6no and these are being fought for with all the strength the "un terrlfled" can put forth. It Is therefore patent why the spell binders, are at work in the District of Co lumbia, for present Indications point to the largest exodus cf -oters from Wash ington today and tomorrow s'nee the estab lishment of the "Joint ticket agent," who does business with tho accredited voter and who has been granted leave by his department. Soldier Cemetery Too Small. The cemetery nt the Presidio, San Frar cisco. Is becoming so congested that It Is only a question of a year or so. according to Quartermaster General Aleshlre, when one of two things will have to be done, either establish an Incinerating plant and cremate the soldiers of Uncle Sam who die In the Philippines and whose bodies are unclaimed by relatives, or congress ap propriate money to enlarge the cemetery. General Aleshlre appeared before the ap propriations committee of tho houae last spring and asked for MO.000 to be used for the purposes of putting the grounds In shape and extending the fence which nri rounds the present' cemetery. Congress had a streak of economy, however, and notwithstanding that the estimate was recommended by the Treasury department and the secretary of war. nothing was done toward relieving the congestion. There are about too interments In the Presidio cemetery yearly, and it Is thought that In a year or two at most the presont grounds will be completely filled and then will come cremation If congress does noth ing ut the coming session. Tho bodies burled in the cemetery are of soldiers of the United States who died in the Philippines, or at the Presidio and whose bodies are unclaimed by relatives. When the question of enlarging the pres ent cemetery at the Presidio was suggested to the committee on appropriations by Gen eral Aleshlre. Chairman Tawney asked the direct question, "Whether the Quartermas ter's department had seriously considered cremation for the bodies of Uncle Sam's de fenders." Gen;ral Aleshlre stated that but little attention had been given the subject except to get some figures on the erection of an incinerator and the construction of retorts and a building which he estimated would cost about I30.CO0, Including a colum barium to hold the ashes. Bl Price For Old Paper. Fifty dollars for eleven old newspapers. That Is the price which was paid today by a university whose files were incomplete. The newspapers were the Washington Post and the Washlngton Star, issued on various days during the last twenty years. Eighteen years ago a newsdealer In thla city, Mr. T. 8. Lelsenring, began the col lection of "back numbers." He had only a small store at the time and his store room, cellar and loft soon filled up with copies of dally newspapers published In all parts of the country. His stock Increased in volume much more rapidly than It was depleted by the orders which came in. About a year ago he moved Into an old residence In which he secured seven large rooms. In that place today he has nearly 1.000.000 newspapers, principally the publi cations of Washington and New Tork. It seems Incredible that there should be a sufficient demand for old newspapers to warrant a man In devoting his time to their collection, sorting and sale and yet this man has created a business which has grown to wonderful proportions. He looks upon old newspapers very much as the collectur regards rare examples of Chip pendale furniture or Cloisonne Ceramics and whenever he hears of a collection of old newspapers Lelsenring la right on the Job with a bid for the pile. Thus a few weeks ago he discovered, somehow, that there was a wagon load 44,000 In all to be had in Virginia. He bought them and enjoys the work of sorting them out and arranging them chronologically, fully as much aa J. P. Morgan enjoy the sight of his collection of mlnatures. The Washington Star' was' first Issued in 1862 and the Post made Its initial appear ance In 1877. Ilsewrlng has copies of every issue of both newspapers from the date of the original publication down to th current Issues. Newspapers, like wine. Improve with age. That Is to say, their value enhances in direct proportion to the remoteness of the period at which they wer first Issued. The original price of the Washington Post pub lished on the lbth day of October, 1877, was 3 cents. The price which you would have to pay for a copy of that particular issus today would be 1 cents plus I cents for every month of its age, or about tlg.Otl for a single copy of a newspaper the original price of which was only 3 cents. There ar constant demands for old news papers. Colleges and libraries ar excellent customers and frequently the departments huv use for them. The papers published (Continued nn Second Page.) lM CL j . tri'weiQ -f From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. LAST WORD TO WORKERS Chairmen of Both National Commit tee! Goiny; .'Home to Vote. NO CHANGES IN THEIR ESTIMATES Both" Jar Worlt at 'jradQaartr ra . Ii Done and Final Instructions Sent Ont -to Various - States, WASHINGTON, Nov. l.-Gcnerally fair weather for election day throughout the United States, with the possible exception of the region extending from the north Pa cific coast over the northern Rocky moun tain ststes, was predicted tonight by the weather bureau. NEW YORK, Nov. 1 At both republican and democratic headquarters in this city today It was announced that the work of the respective organ zut.ons In the cai piign of 1908 was at an end. National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock of the republican com mittee and National Chairman Norman 15. Mack of the democratic committee are, go ing home to vote and .will return to this city Tuesday afternoon to receive returns at headquarters. Mr. Hitchcock koes to West Newton. Mass.. and Mr. Mack to Buffalo. Messrs. Mack and Hitchcock ad hered to the forecasts given out on Friday and Saturday, the d mucratlc chairman cm tending that Mr. Bryan will receive 3J3 votes and Mr. Hitchcock announcing him self as positive In his belief that Mr. Taft will have 325 votes In the electoral college. While the national chairmen believe that all has been done that can be done to elect their chiefs, the candidates themselves will continue In the fight until practically the last minute. Mr. Taft, after spending today in Buffalo, goes tomorrow morning to Cleveland, where ho will apeak In the aft ernoon, hurrying thence to Cincinnati to vote on Tuesday and hear the results of the election. Mr. Bryan intends to put In the day cam paigning In northwestern Kansas and will be at Lincoln for a home-coming demon stration In the evening. At republican headquarters today It was asserted that Chairman Mack's estimate of 333 votes for Bryan had been expected In view of the' same claims made earlier In the campaign. It was further said that Mr. Mack had Included In his lists states that were practically conceded by state leaders to be republican. It was also said that Mr. Hitchcock was willing to stand or fall by his prediction of 325 votes made on Friday, and Was perfectly satisfied that it would be more nearly correct than Mr. Mack's when the returns are in. Mr. Mack declared today that "the only thing that can defeat Mr. Bryan is the corrupt use of maney." He said he had sent his last Instructions to state chairmen to get out their vote early and to see that It was fairly counted. "We are through," suld Chairman Hitch cock. "Our fight Is, won." Mr. Hitchcock announced that thero had ceased to be any doubt as to republican success In such states as Indiana and New Jersey, all claimed by Mr. Mack, and it waa added by a member of his staff that the republican national committee Is as sure of New Tork as It is of Pennsylvania.. asrcaewlthd rmmfw mf wy yppuuuuuuu Today Republican County Chairman Par sons of New York county thus summarised the situation In Manhattan and the Bronx, two cf the five boroughs included in Greater New York: "If Mr. Bryan carries New York county at all it will be by a plurality of from 40,000 to eO.OC District leaders believe that Gov ernor Hughes will run more than 33.000 le hlnd Mr. Taft In this county." Mr. Mack said today that his claim that Bryan and Kern will receive 333 votes in th electoral college is based on reports received from state chairman and from private source. State Chairman Conner has predicted thst Bryan will receive more (Continued on Second Page.) The Bryan Democracy s CHANGES IN BATTLESHIP PLANS Decision Reached at Recent Naval Conference Held at Newport. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. In view of the order of the secretary of the navy revok ing the prohibition he recently placed agalnsf officers who attended the New port conference from dtocaouluolt action, an officer who was prominently identified with the entire proceedings today stated that It had substantiated with a few minor exceptions the charges of defects pointed out in Commander Keyes' letter on that subject. This officer has been foremost In his denunciation of naval de fects. The conference decided, he said, that very few of these could be remedied in the North Dakota and Delaware, which are now 40 per cent completed, but sug gested that. If practicable, additional case armor of about 100 tons be placed around the smoke pipe and uptakes to protect them against splinters. The additional armor would Increase the protection to eight inches. 'They recommended that, If practicable, an additional fire control mast be placed forward of the smoke stacks, so that In case the vision from the rear mast Is obscured by smoke a clear view could e secured from tho other position. The conference also hesitated about making extensive changes in the plans In the Florida and Utah, as any altera tion thflt WnilM Invfltv pnnalricmhlii Vhange of weights would require a re construction of the plans. On the important subject of what ought to he the type of the next battleships to be designed, the kind of battery they should carry and their armor the confer ence has not made a decision. . CHINESE TURN COLD SHOULDER Presence of American Fleet Makes ISo Impression I'pon the Celestials. PEKING, Oct. 31. The presence of tho second squadron of the American battle ship fleet at Amoy, where the vessels ar rived yesterday, and where the men re nJW being entertained by the Chinese govern ment, is hardly known in Peking. The Chinese papers have said nothing at all about the visit, and the occurrence Is being completely Ignored, both officially and otherwise, so far aa Peking Is Concerned. This probably Is because the festivities In connection with the birthday of the empress dowager1 are coincident with the entertain ment of the visiting Americans. The Japanese newspapers alone in Peking have any information regarding the doings at Amoy. Up to 6 o'clock this evening the foreign board had no news of the arrival of the warships, and was still awaiting their coming. Neither had the American lega tion received any news. The only member of the American legation at Amoy Is Cap. tain James H. Reeves, the military attache. This silence Is the more remarkable be cause the native press has, during the last few weeks, given much space to promul gating the Idea of an alliance with the United Slates. SH0RT LEAVE FOR SAILORS ensimenjsSBBB j -Not Permitted to Visit Native taar ttss for Fear of Cholera and Plagae. AMOY, Nov. 1. Two thousand men of the Second tqusdrcn of the American fleet were allowed to land today and were served at the reception grounds with an European luncheon and a Chinese dinner. The men. however, are showing great disappointment becausu they are not permitted to leave the grouncs, lestrlctlons having been pla e J upon them because the authorities do not , believe that the city is yet frte from cholera and plague. Admiral Sah of the Chinese navy today gave a luncheon in honor of Rear Admiral Emory and the fleet commanders. The German cruiser Nlube left here this afternoon. w . v- iif ' nny ff cm... n"Y HOW NEBRASKA WILL VOTE Statement! of the Chairmen of the Leading: Political Partiei. BOTH PROFESS TO BE CONFIDENT Republican CommltteAU Tkrosh Except the Work of Chasing Donn Democratic tlan deroa Circular. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. 1. (Special.) "I am sat isfied Nebraska will go republican. The majority will be from that given President McKinley up. "While little noise lias been made abou It. the party has a splendid precinct and county organization. The fight now reals with these organizations. I am sure they will get out the full vote. The rrJrts they have made to headquarters are satis factory. If they continue the good work they have done, and I am sure they will, the republican party will give good ma jorities for the national and state tickets, elect a full delegation to congress and a big majority of the house and senate." J. Warren Keifer, jr., chairman republican state committee. "Bryan will carry Nebraska by not less thun 15.000, and all Indications point to a much larger plurality for him. I am now certain the entire democratic state ticket will be elected. I am basing this conclusion upon reports received from almost every voting precinct in the state." T. S. Allen, chairman democratic state committee. The chairmen of the two big political parties gave out their statements this after noon and then began to wait for the coming of another and the last day before election. From now on the republicans will divide time in urging the voters to come out and in chasing down slanderous clrculurs of the democrats. Only two of these were caught and branded yesterday, but the republican leaders have an Idea that more will come out before Tuesday. Senator Burkett and Governor Sheldon will speak at tho Auditorium tomorrow night and Mr. Bryan will speak from the Lincoln hotel balcony. Both parties will gtv parade and have bands and red fire galore. The fight In Lancaster county has been made and Chairman Matson announced that the majority for the republican ticket would be nearer than 1,600. Statement for the Government. Governor Sheldon In an Interview today referred to the letter sent out from Omaha by Elmer E.' Thomas as follows: "The statements contained In tho letter of Elmer E. Thomas under date of Octo ber 19, addsessed to the temperance voters of Nebraska, are absolutely falae and known by Thomas to be false. When I ran for governor two years ago I did not directly or indirectly make any ui-ce-ment or have any understanding with the brewers vt Omaha or elsewhere. "The last legislature passed four bills sffectlng the liquor Interests. Senate file No. 7, Introduced by Senator Koot, fixing the revenue of sale of Intoxicat ing Itquor. which was approved by me February 23, 1907; senate file No. J5, Introduced by Senator Patrick, which vai approved by me April 10, 1907; senate file No. 76, Introduced by Senator Gib son, which was approved by me April S. 1907; senate file No. (, introduced by Senator Root, which I did not sign, be cause I did not think it fair to place the dealers in this state at a disadvantage in shipping liquor as compared with deal ers In other states shipping Into tlil.i state. I did not veto the bill, however, thinking the Judgment of the legislature might be better than my own, and It be came a law February 28, 1907. The 19u7 aesHion laws of this state are within the reach of all and the truth of my state ment nl this regard can very .-uslly be ascertained. "The Fire and Police commission which I eppolnted for Omaha conslted and now consists of Robert Cowell, John I (Continued on Second Pagr 1 OFFICER SHOT DOWN C. A. Falston of Weeping Water In itantly Killed By Stranger, BIO POSSE NOW IN PURSUIT Short Shift Likely to Be Gifen If Caught By Puriueri. THOUGHT TO BE MANLY ROBBERS Officer Had Been Warned to Watch These Two Men. HAD STARTED TO ARREST THEM A He Approached Through Railroad Yards One of the Pair Fired, kill ! Ralston Instantlyt and Then Both Fled. WEEPING WATER. Neb.. Nor. l.- tSne- clal Telegram. )-Supectlng that Night watchman C. A. nleto was going to arrest them one of tw men thought to be the robbers of the Manley bank, f.va ml es from here, shot and Instantly killed the officer about 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Immediately the community was aroused and every man who could secure a weapon und a horse started In pursuit cf the mur derers; the sheriff made a fast dtlve front Plattsmouth In an . automobile, bringing bloodhounds with him; officers in Lincoln were notified to bring hounds and come here as well as go to stations northwest of hero in which direction the niurd-tcrs went after shooting Ralston. The riatte river briOgcs are also being guarded and the man hunt has been taken up with such vigor and determination that It setms almost Impossible that tho murderers cm escape. Cass county Is a net work of tele phones., The lines have all been busy and towns of Wabash, Elmwood. Eagle, Mur- doik, Alvo, South Bend, Asniana, ia is vllle and others have been notified. Feelina Is so Intense that only th cool heads of the prominent business men In the sasrchlng party will prevent a lynching should the men b apprehended. The murdered nightwatchman is a mem her nf nrnmlnent families and has lived In Weeping Water almost since boyhood. Hi was a terror to evtl doers and a very Drave man The men who committed the detd stopped all night at the Riverside hotel. They registered as Charles Beliier ana Ar thur Munster and took breakfast there, eat ing dinner Just before th murder. They came hero looking like bums, but left wearing good clothes of a dark color and soft black hats. They are about five feet ten or eleven Inches in height an one was allahtly stooped, one weighing about 100 pounds, while the other was thlncr and weighed about 140 pounds. From the hotel they went up in ir to the coal chutes and behind the car Ralston met them and they fired on shot, killing him Instantly. He fell on his facs In the cinders. The section foreman heard the shots and saw the men running away. He went to Investigate nd twtmd the highs watchman dying.' Prevlotii to going up the tracks Ralston was talking with a de tective sent here to look up the Manley bank robbery and the detective told him to keep an eye on these men. In less than fifteen minutes Ralston was killed. Blood hounds are also on the road here from Lincoln. N Hnlston Well Known. Charley Ralston Is one of the best known man In central Cass county and connected with nromlnent families of Weeping Wster. He has been night watchman at two differ ent times, covering a period altogether cr about ten years. He is a brother of Alfred Ralston, former butcher and cattle buyer. About twelve years ago Charles Ralston Joined the Methodist church here and be came one of the mowt active church work ers In the community, frequently filling pulpits and talking as a lay worker wherever opportunity permitted. When the murdered night watchman quit the police duties at one time and opened a barber shop, it was one uf the most unique shops In the country and attracted soma little attention. It was a shop conducted Just as Mr. Halston lived. Religious tracts were scattered on the tables, a number of Bibles were convenient for customers wait ing the call of "next," arid if Mr. Ralston waa drawn Into conversation with his cus tomers, It gave him an opportunity t speak a word for the church, which h never failed to do. When times were hard with the students of Weeping Water scademy. a Congrega tional institution. "Charley" Ralston did barber work for the young men without pay If the young men were deserving, and the barber gave liberally and encouraged those, who were working toward the ministry. Tills sho pwas run on this plan for over a year, when Mr. Ralston went back on the. night watchman's Job. As an officer ha was conscientious and exerted a good Influence In keeping boys of the street at night. He could send the average boy home and the boy went, Mr. Ralston leaves a Wife and daughter, besides his brother, Alfred Ralston, aud a sister, Mrs. Arthur Marshall. JOHN D. IS NOT IMMUNE Counsel In Standard Oil Case Hay Nothing- Has Been Promised Magnate. WASHINGTON. Oct. Jl.-Frunk B. Kel logg, special counsel in the case of the government to dissolve the Standard Oil company, had a confvrence with President Roosevelt today. Mr. Kellogg said the case was proceeding as rapidly as possible, that all the tcrtlniony of the government hid been taken and the defendants now are presenting their side In New York. The final hearing In (lie case, he ss!d. will be huld In St. IxjuIs on February 3 before the United Slates circuit court. When asked whether the government wou'.d institute criminal proceedings against John D. Rockefeller and other officials of the Standard Oil coinpiny after a decision In the trial for the dissolution has been reached Mr. Kellogg suld that as counsel for the governme.it. he could say that neither Mr. Rockefeller nor any of the other officials of tho company had bfen granted Immunity. Mr. Kellogg, who Is a member of the republican nation tl committee frm Min nesota said he hud conm over from New York to H.pcar In a case before ths su preme ci.urt here next Monday. Contracts for Army Supplies. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 Recent con tracts awarded by the quartet mutter gen eral's office livjluite 9.OI0 tons of oats to be furnished by Seattle und St. Paul firms. Bids received this week for lO.OuO ttts of hay for the Philippines have been rejectee! because cf high price and Irregularity
