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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII NO. CO). OMAHA, FKILUY MORXIXG, JUNE 12, 1908 TEX FAGES. SIXGLE COPY TWO CLX':S. FLOOD IS SUBSIDING Kaw Falling and Missouri Stationary at Kansas City. K0 MORE WATEE IN SIGHT Both Streams Going Down Rapidly at JJpper Points. FINANCIAL LOSS IS SMALL' Normal Conditions Are Expected Within a Week. EVICTED RETURNING HOME Preparations lor Relieving Distress Art Pea nl to Be t'rrinirr Railroad Trafll Brian Resumed. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. June 11. -The Kaw Missouri flood, which hai been exceeded in height only once since the country' n tt led. U falling more rapidly than it rose Owing to the Missouri permitting a free outlet for the gorged Kaw, the ftnancal loss h.'is been small and within a week scarcely g trace of the Inundation will remain. The Missouri river has' been stationary here since 4 p. m. at 28. feet, and la fall ing at St. Joseph and above. There will be steady fall of the Missouri tomorrow and a rapid decline on Saturday. The Kaw at p. m. had fallen ten Inchea since I o'clock this morning. It Is now falling an Inch an hour, but the rate will aoon be accelerated. At Topeka and points farther west the Kaw Is within Its banks. Tomorrow afternoon the Kansas City stock ards, railroad yards and Aininurdale will be dry. Preparations made to relieve expected- dietresa were un- eesxary, as the evicted are already re ining to their homes and their work. Railroad traffic through Kanaaa has been practically restored and the only delay now la of trains to the north, along the Missouri. The Kaw river at Kansaa City became stationary at 1 o'clock this morning, when It had reached a height of Ml feet. The river remained stationary until 7 o'clock iis morning, when It began receding at the rate of an Inch an hour. The Missouri river at 7 o'clock this morning stood at M.J. a rise of a foot since S o'clock last night. This atrcam continued to rise during the early hours today at the rate of about half an Inch an hour, and tvie weather bureau predicts that It will continue to come up at this rate for at least twenty hours. All railroads war In operation In and out of the In Ion station this morning, with tho xceptlon of the Union Pacific and Mls ourl Pacific, whose bridges are under wst.-r. and the Banta F, the last three nar.ied lines Using the tracka of the St. Louis & San Francisco from the Kansas side. The Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul, which had been staitlng Its trains north mji i'i im fiuwyinjf iweniywcona street station.. i hark 'tit'the-t" nton depot, and the Burlington, Rock Island and Wabash, each had an nutlet. Union Station Still Dry. The water wits atlll half a block from the t'nlon station at the west, and with the fall of the Kaw all danger of water reach ing thla structure seemed to have been passed. In the stock" ysrds the water was re ceding fast, but, business was still paralyzM there and no stock was being moved. Water still stood several feet deep In one-fourth of the hog pent, and there was two feet of wa'er In the basement of the Stock Exchange. Despite the fct that hundreds of persons are homeless In Armourdale and Argentina, Kan., no actual distress is apparent and the citizens of Kansas City, Kan., are tak ing rare of all the needy. But seven per sons weight shelter lsst night In Conven tion hail, on the Missouri side, which had been thrown open to the refugees. In Har lem. th vl'lage across from Kansas City on the Mwsi'Url stile, the people have been Jioused on the hills. Missouri Rising at St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., June 11. The Mis souri rlvrr rosi .3 uuii here last night and la still rising. The damage to crops In the bottom lands is rapidly multiplying. RULO. Neb., June ll.-tSpeolal.)-The Missouri river at this point la two miles wide. It raised fifteen inches Wednesday. The Missouri bottoms are faat being cov ered with water and In places will swim a horse. There Is said to be a two-foot rise to come yet. After being two miles wide Monday the Nemaha dropped two Inches by noon, but by 6 p. m. it raided to as high a point aa ft waa Monday, with a large rise near at hand. oruiul Conditions, at Topeka. TOPEKA, Kan., June 11. While some rf th lower portions of North Topeka, near to Soldier Creek and In "Little Russia," ax yet submerged with dead water, the major portion of the town la above water and street cars have resumed service. Banks and stores are open. Business men aay th loss, aslda from the cost, of mov ing In and out and cleaning up, will not amount to over I6U4. This does not Include the Union Pacific railroad s loss, which has been heavy at their tie plant. There has been no rain over thla section for the last eighteen hours snd all Inulra tlona Pfint to a rapid resumption of the conditions before th flood. The Kaw has fallen live and one-half feet since the water began receding , and is now falling one and one-half Inches an hour. The gauge at 1:30 o'clock today registered 23 feet. i At Junction City, Manhattan and Warrr ego the waters are falling rapidly. The Rock Island and Banta Fe trains are reaching Toptka today from Kansas City to Olath on the Frisco, thence on the Santa F via Emporia. The I'nlon Pacific continue to detour west over the Santa Fe. Th weather ptedictlons are f.r more rain. TIDD JUMPS JH1S BAIL BOND former Omaha Hit ot On Hand to Receive IU Ben. set, CINCINNATI. June 1L (Special Tele gram.) Austin Tldd, formerly of Omaha, but now under conviction here on a charge f swindling ai.d awaiting sentence, has lumDed his bond and un to iha .run ,u. - - - - .- "i in J officers have not been sble to locale him Ord Men on Motor Tons. VNE. la. Juno ll.-48peclal Telegram I Mts.ra. J. K. and H. t. Crawford of Ord. Neb., enrout from New Castle, P., n an automobile left Boone thla morning tn a rac to overtake Mr. Teas and daughter, who are traveling to Portland Or SU cars ax runabout. ' I I SUMMARY OF THE BEE Friday. Jon IS, ln. 1903 1903 7TT. Mb rff- 2 3 4 5 6 Z 8 9 10 II 12 IS 14 15 16 It IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2Z 23 29 SO - Tal WBATUs. For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Showers Frlilay; slowly rising temperature. For Nebraska Proliably showers Friday. For Iowa Partly cloudy, with probably showers In west portion Friday; slowly rising temperature. Temperuture at Omaha i Hour. Dog. t a. m M a. m 55 7 a, m 8 a. m . a. m 10 a. m 11 a. m 13 m 1 p. m I p. m S p. m .. 5S .. o .. 62 .. 65 .. 68 .. 71 .. 71 .. 71 .. 73 DOMESTIC. Interest In decision of the national com mittee in contest caret has dwindled and the politicians at Chicago are beginning to discuss the convention. Page 1 The Missouri river Is causing the trouble at K-tnsaa City, the flood receding else where.' Pgs 1 New York legislature passes the anti- gambling bills, which are signed uy Gov ernor Hughes. Fag 1 Efforts to save the life of Herman BUI I k. wh hangs today, have proved fruitless. Pags 1 South Dakota Masons elect officers of the grand lodge. Page 1 Swedish Lutherans are in session at Chicago. Page 1 Kcntuckians In the democratic party bury the hatchet and hold a harmonious convention. Pag 1 Result of the vote on the antl-gnr.ibling bills It la feared will Injure racing In the east. . PSS- 1 Attorney General Wade Ellis is confi dent the platform that has been drafted will be satisfactory. Pag i Boom for Senator Knox is given an im petus at Chicago by the arrival of his friends. P" Joe Dillingham was found murdered In the I'.toik yards at Manning, la. Pag 1 XCBBABXA. Charles A. Towne Is the commencement orator at Lincoln. Pag George Allen, a postal clerk running from Concordia, Kan., to Prosser. Neb., Is taken from his car at Hastings a raving maniac. Page 3 School officers over th state much wor ried over the delay in completing ;ho rail road assessment. Pag 3 comtxmciAX. ajts xh-dustkaxm Live stock markets... Page T Grain markets. Page 7 Htocks and bends. .... Pag 7 JCOYZXElfT OP OCIAJT STEAMSEU-M. Port. NEW YORK ..... SKW YOKK .... NEW YORK .... NEW YORK CHERBOVRO .. QIEKNBTOWN LIVERPOOL ... LIVERPOOL ... LIVERPOOL ... SOUTHAMPTON SOI THAMPTON LONDON GENOA NAPLES Arrtre. Prlnaeaa Iran... Khron , Slavonic i .Graf Wslisrse. . Saaonla , Prlealand . Mauritania . Boutbwark Sailed. Fluerher. . Rynriam. , Teutonic. Carmanta. Noordlaod- K. Wilhelm 11. lial.a'lc. Anglian. D' Italia. Bra. lit. Pannonla. Reatna KENTUCKIANS BURY HATCHET Bryan to Re F.ndorsrd and Aareement I Reached on Who Shall Be ! Delegates. LEXINGTON. Ky.. June 11. Before the democrats of Kentucky met in state con vention this afternoon indications were that the convention's work would he done and adjournment taken tonight. Harmony pre vailed all along t!f line, an agreement having been reached whereby Bryan will be instructed for as Kentucky's choice for president and six delegates-at-large, each with a two-thlrtls vote, will be chosen. After an all night conference it was agrrtd by the leaders that the six delegates from the state at large shall be J. C. ,W. Beck ham, James M. McCreary, Ollle M. James, W. B. Haldeman, Thomas H. Paynter and John C. C. Mayo.1 It was further agreed that Henry R. Prewltt will be chairman of thif state central and executive com mitUes. Beckham's withdrawal from the race for temporary chairman simplified matters. ROANOKE. Va.. June ll.-There was a lively Interest today In the outcome of the democratic state convention. The presen tation of a Bryan endorsement resolution was the theme of discussion before the con vention convened. BROTHER ACCUSED OF MURDER Jue Dllllaahani Found Dead la Stork Yards at Manning, lnoa. MANNING, la., June 11 Gory with blood and his head crushed In. Jea Dil lingham was found dead In the stock yards here yesterday, and his brother, Frank Dillingham, Is locked up In jail, charged with murder.' While no one saw the crime, suspicion points strongly toward Frank Dillingham and the coroners Jury Is expected to return a verdict against him. Telephono Replaces Telaraph. IOWA FALLS, la.. June 11. (Srertal .) Retrenchment and reform with a big "K" has atruck this division of the Chicago A Northwestern railway and aa a result agents are doing a whole lot of stunts not down on the schedule of the men In the blue uniforms and brass buttons. The or d.r makes a big killing and sees the shan- donment of the lehgraph Instruments and ) the si: institution of the telephone for agents i to assist in the movement of trains. These ! chan-rs sre particularly true at Iowa Falls and Eldora. the principal shipping points of the division.- The salaries of .the agents have been reduced and they are denied the services of helpers heretofore allowed at these points. The result Is that agents at these places are required to do mtre work at less pay. It Is stated that the abandonment of the k-legraph Instruments la due to an agreement with the trlegra phers' union, this action enabling the rail road company to eva4 a provision made with the telegraphers' orgknisatlon. Havelork shops Close kacardays. LINCOLN. Neb.. June 11 Employes of the Burlington shops at Havelock will not work on Saturdays until further notice, ac cording to an order posted today. Six hundred men are aif eclod, MEAT PRICES CD SKYWARD Jump Several Tents Per Pound Setail in ; . r, They ay Prices Arc So High Almost K-rrrt Batcher Solemnly Wish He Worn Ont of tho Business. Family exchequers from "Poverty Row to "Velvet Boulevard" will be wrecked Friday morning when the retailers boost the price of meat from 1 to 3 cents per pound, the prices already being too lofty for most people Here are some of the sd vancea to be made on beef cuts: Present Friday's S Price. Price. Rib roasts 15 21!0 U? Chuck roast 8 5 12c 10 feloc Round steak 15 1 l.Vsfc Sirloin steak 17HW1! -""c Porterhouse steak 260 These prices are the direct result of the advance made In the prices of beef the first of the week by the packera and the notice that further advances are Imminent. "The general public and consumers do not understand our situation." said a retail butcher. "When the packers advance the price of beef. one-half a cent the consumer does not expect more than half a cent ad vance In the retail price. 'This is a mistake, as an advance of half a cent by the packers must mean an In crease of aa much as 2H cents on certain cuts when the meat is retailed. We buy a whole carcass at one-half a cent advance, and we cannot secure a cent more for the shanks, suets and lowest grades of the meat. Th result Is that the Increased cost of the csreass to us must be made up on the rib roasts and steaks. Too High for Batchers. "The fact of tae matter is that the prices have gone up so high that almost every re tall butcher wishes lie was out of business. The consumer looks at iO cents per pound for sirloin steak and must think the re taller Is getting rich, but we are not mak ing as much selling the sirloin at 0 cents us we were niul-.ing a year ago when wa could sell It for 1 cents. Porterhouse we don't want to talk about at all The lowest price will be 26 to iti cents tomorrow." Retailers believe Omaha's consumption of frch beef will suffer a severe shrinkage within the next few days, as the peopi will go to the gardens for their meats. Never has there been a better opportunity In the history of Omaha for the people to heed the physician's advice and become vegetarians in the summer time. The price of cattle remains steady at the stuck yards, but the higher grades would bring better prices If they were available. The first pick of cattle is being quoted at T.7u'per hundred pounds, the highest price obtained in June in the open market since 1902 and never before that year since 1SS2. The curtailed consumptive demand, say stockyards men. In all probability will re sult In a material replenishing of coolec stocks, the lightness of which has been re sponsible for the advance In values. Three week ago the coolers were full of beef, but the diminishing receipts of cattle dur ing that period brought about the big de creases in holdings, until the ' tradV. was forced to elevate values beyond the reach of many. Pork and veal remain about the same, but pork is not a very popular summer meat unless It Is smoked or cured. The price Is not apt to go higher than at present. Henry T. Clarke was standing at the counter In one of the retail butcher ahops when prlcee were being quoted. "It does not seem possible," said Mr. Clarke. I can hardly believe that meat Is so high now. Within my experience I snld pork for a penny and a half a pound, whole dressed carcasses for $1. 90. I have hauled dressed pork from Red Oak, la., to Coun cil Bluffs and traded It for merchandise at the rate of SI. SO per carcass and the mar ket keeper turned around and sold It for S1.U0 cash, making only the profit on the goods he sold to me." SUSPICION brigssuicide Yoonar Man Kills Self When Suspected of Stealing- Diamond Rings. Traced by means of a diamond ring given to the daughter of one of Council Bluffs' prominent families, to whom he was en gaged to be married, and. confronted with what seemed to he positive proof that he was the chief In the diamond robbery which stirred the city last December, Robert A. Brown, clerk In the shoe store of B. M. Sargent, committed suicide Thurs day shortly before noon. His body was found on the bed In his room when search was made for the man wanted In police court. A revolver laid by his side, and It waa found that he had shot himself twice In the right side, either of which wounds would have proved fatal. Brown formerly roomed with F. M. Scar, clerk in t'-.e First National bank, and while he was still rooming with him, diamonds belonging to Scar and valued at "0, were stolen. This was In December, but no sus picion attached to Brown. Recently the police suspected the shoe clerk of the theft on account of his giving a diamond ring to h's fiancee. Miss Coyle, bookkeeper In the t arir'-nt shoe store, where Brown worked, and also because he sometimes wore a diamond. Tuesday, young Scar's father came to Council Bluffs to aid In ferreting out tho robbery and told the police that he sus pected Brown. Major Richmond, the chief of police, was skeptical, as Brown has al ways borne a good reputation, but he sum moned the young man before him to be questioned In the presence of the elder Scar. This was Thursday morning and Brown was closely questioned, but stoutly main tained his Innocence. He waa asked where he got the ring he gave Miss Coyle and said he bought It of August Meyer, Jeweler in Grand Island, where he came from a year ago. He was then asked about a ring he, himself, sometimes wore, and replied that his mother gave It to htm. I'pon his telling his questioners that the ring was at his room, the chief sent him to get It. He left the chief's office at 10:30 and when he had not returned at noon a search was made anj he was found dead In hi room at the home of J. E. Baker, 36 North Seventh street. No search has yet been made of his room and It Is not known whether the missing diamonds are secreted there or not. Miss Coyle, to whom Brown was engaged to be married soon. Is prostrated by the tragedy. Mm. Wa Arrives. SAN FRANCISCO. June U. Madnie Wu. wife of tne Chinese minlsti-r at Washington, will arrive, from Hong Kong on the steamer Mur.golia. due here June 19. and Collector Stralian has been asked by the State de partment tu extend the usual courtesies to ne party Including the free entry of their baggage. Accompanying Madam V. u are her son. Wu Choachu and his wife. There also ar about a, dvien students In ths party. GERMANY ROUSED AT OUTLOOK Rrnfnal of Friendship Between Fnit Innd nnd Raaaln Alnrms Kai ser's Government. ST. PETERSBt'RO. June 11. It wss learned here today from a competent source that the recent meeting between King Edward and Emperor Nicholas at Reval and the re-approachment between Great , Britain, Rusrla anVl France has been made the subject of grave repre sentations on the pnrt of Germany, which has met the threatened birth of a new "triple alliance" with a dirlay of the "mailed fist." After the announcement of the Reval meeting Russia was given to understand at Berlin that the conclusion of a formal entente between these three powers would be regarded as a measure hostile In ten dency, or, to quote the exact term used by the Informant of the Assoc'ated Press, as a "krlegesrbund." Whether such a development was orlgl nslly contemplated from the meetings be tween King Edward and the emperor of Russia Is not stated, but the Immediate result of the representations made In Ber lin was the publication June S of an ob viously Inspired article In the official Ros sla which, while speaking warmly In favor of the meeting between King Edward and Emperor Nicholas, declared that the sug gestion of any new grouping of the powers at the present time wss Impossible. Fur thermore, Foreign Secretary Grey an nounced in the British Hotise of Commons that no further expansion of the Anglo Russian convention wa contemplated. SOUTH DAKOTA MASONS ELECT Officers of Grand Iodsre Chosen at Mitchell J. J. Davenport Grand Master. MITCHELL, S. P., June U. (Special Tel egram.) Work In the Masonic grand lodge last night was set aside for the election of officers, which resulted as follows: Grand master, Joseph J. Davenport, Stur gis; deputy grand master, Samuel A. Brow, Sioux Falls; senior grand warden, Samuel Sockhart, Mllbank; Junior grand warden. Charles L. Brockway, Chamberlain; grand treasurer, George A. Prttltjrew,' Sioux Falls: grand lecturer, Renjnmln F. Ives, Huron; gmnd chaplain, Rev. Edward Ash ley, Cheyenne Agency; rrr.ior grand deacon, Frank Smith, Sturgls; Jnnlor grand deacon, Owen R. Williams, Springfield; grand mar shal, Herbert H. Bartlett. Iead; senior grand steward, Edmund Cook, Wllmot: Junior grand steward. N..T. Carroll, Dallas; grand sword bearer, Clarence E. Wilt, Mitchell; grand pursuivant, William J. Mc Mackln, Central City; grand tyler, William H. Mather, Watertown;" committee on cor respondence, S. Aj Brown, Rloux Falls; grand orator, Rev. M. F. Montgomery, Lead. Last night the past g-and matrons and the past grand patrons of the Eastern Star held their annual banquet, there being twenty-four present at the gathering. The guest of honor was Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, grand matron of Iowa. TOWNE ORATOR AT LINCOLN New York Democrat Deltrers Com meneement Addresv to Stata. . . Vlverty gtiarfatB. LINCOLN, Neb.. Juno 11. Charles A. Towne of New Tork was the orator at the thirty-seventh annual commencement of the University of Nebraska today. "Government by Parties," was the theme. The senior class was the largest- In the history of the Institution. 303 receiving de grees. Declaring that he was a "Fourth of July American," Mr. Towne asserted that he was glad to know and reiterate his vows to the republic. He declared that it whs the mission of the nation to solve the problem of social. Industrial and religious liberty. The revolutionary ppriod. he declared, was the wonder of all time in the number of great men It produced. The orator gave an extended history of the development of the political parties. William J. Bryan met Mr. Towne at the depot. Colonel Henry Watterson and Mr. Bryan listened to the oration, atfer which Mr. Towne was a guest at Fairvlew. MISSOURI RIVER IS FALLING Drops Two-Ten (hs of Foot Here I)r - spite Half Foot Rise nt Slonx City. The Missouri river fell two-tenths of a foot at Omaha tip to 7 o'clock Thursday morning, leaving It at a 17-foot stage. It also fall one-tenth of a foot at the Blair bridge, though up at Sioux City a rise of half a foot Is reported Thursday morning. From the fact that the river Is falling at the Blair bridge, Omaha and at Platts mouth, river authorities are of the opinion that the rise at Sioux City will not be felt at Omaha at all, and that the crest of the riae was reached for this point, 17.2 feet Wednesday morning. The Sioux City rise Is accounted for from local rains In the Dakotas. No rains are reported from up the Missouri valley, and there is no reason to believe that there will be any further rise at Omaha, Unless from unlooked for and excessive rains, of which there is no present prospect. SWEDISH LUTHERANS' SESSION Synod Mill Convene at Chleaao for Ten Days' Meeting; la Chnrrh Affairs. CHICAGO. June 11. The Augustana 6wedlsh Lutheran synod will convene this evening in Trefaldinghets church for a ten-day session. Over 3o0 delegates from 1,00 Swedish Lutheran churches In the United States and Canada, with a mem bership of a 2M.O0O persons and owning nearly $10,000,000 worth of church property, will attend the sessions. One of the fea tures will be the ordination of a class of ministers, recent graduates of Augustana college. Rdck Island. 111. Dr. E. Norelius. Yasu.. Minn., president of the synod, will deliver his annual address at the first session. The annual meeting of the Au gustana Woman's Mission society will bi held In the Emanuel Swedish Lutheran church. THIEVES MAKE RICH HAUL Smash Window la f hlcaso Store and Take l.arae amber of Walt-hes. CHICAGO, Jun U.-Early today thieves smashed a plate-glass window tn the Jew elry store of Hyman. Berg & Co. at 8tate and Washington streets and escaped with sixty gold watches snd miscellaneous Jew elry valued at 1.000. Th robbers hurled a brick wrapped In cloth through the window and then snalch-d all the jewelry and watches that they could reach. Svvt-ral trays of gold rings and scarf pins were also takmi. Omahans Wed la St. Loals. ST. LOl'IS. June 11. (Special T-le;ram.) John H. Witty snd Millie Mellner, both of Omana. Ntl. wcr lictnaed tu marrx her lodayt SHELDON- BOOM CROWING Burkett Actively Agitating: Nomina tion of the Governor. NAME SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED Shanld DolllTer Decline to Enter the Rare Belief Is Krnraskan Has Great Chance for the Vice Presidency. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. June 11. (Special Tele gramsGovernor Sheldon's name has been seriously considered today by persons near Secretary Taft for vice president. In fact, representations have been made to both President Roosevelt and the secretary of war outlining good and sufficient reasons for Governor Sheldon'a nomination to the second place on the ticket. Senator Bur kett has been active, nay, even busy. In the last forty-eight hours. In preaching the nomination of George Sheldon as Taft's running mate, and. while yesterday he was looked upon as 'an enthusiast, today his work for the governor of the Antelope state has been taken into serious considera tion. Senator Burkett tonight was enthusias tic over the success he met with in pre senting Governor Sheldon's name for vice president and he said that Sheldon was a thousand miles nearer the nomination than the man from Massachusetts or the man from New Jersey and he believed that the leaven was working In behalf of the young governor from Nebraska. One thing Is definite, Burkett believes that Sheldon stands a chance for the nomination and If the Dolliver atmosphere was wholly eliminated he thought there would be no doubt of Sheldon'a choice by the conven tion. Others Considered. Notwithstanding the booms for Cortelyou, Hughes and Guild. of Massachusetts, with here and there a boomer shouting for Murphy of New Jersey, politicians re maining In Washington, and there are quite a few In number, when you take the cabinet into consideration, who have not left for Chicago, are seriously considering Dolliver as the most available man for second place. While It is notoriously patent that Senator Dolliver does not want to quit the upper branch of congress be cause It might give power and prestige to Governor Cummins and Insure his election to the senate, Senator Dolliver realizes thRt should the call of his party be suf ficiently loud he would be compelled to obey and Senator Burkett has proceeded along the lines that Dolliver wants to re main in the senate and sees In Governor Sheldon the type of a man needed for second place on . the republican ticket. Burkett has made no bonea about where he stands for second place. He Is for Sheldon of Nebraska for two reasons: Because he believes hlm( a man of presi dential size, and secondly because It would be good politics to have Nebraska and Ohio Joined In the coming campaign. Minor Mattera at Capital. Station No. 17 of the Omaha postof f Ice will he established July 1 at Sixteenth and Douglas street. .' Edith A. Piatt has been appointed post master at Grant Center, Monona county, Iowa, vice J.. A. Jacobson, resigned. Poetoffices established: Nebraska. Gem, Wheeler county. Marlon - F. Morris, post master. South Dakota, Dlvlston, Butte county, Guillette G. Davis, postmaster. K-OX BOOM GETS IMPF.TIS General Ilapgood and Other Boosters Reach Chicago. CHICAGO. June 11. The candidacy of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania was given an Impetus today on the arrival at the Knox headquarters of General R. P. Hap good, Edward J. Krause and Edward S. Kinsley of Pennsylvania. "Stick?" said General Hapgood. In reply to a question whether or not his candidate Intends to withdraw. "Well. I should say we will stick, and the longer and closer we stick the better are our chances. We will not consider second place. Why should we? Who's got first place, anyhow? No body has got It and it Is anybody's fight viiht now. Don't forget that." General J. E. McAlplne of New York ar rived early today, bringing with him a strong case of optimism for the Hughes boom. He professed himself as confident that the New York governor had a most excellent chance of the nomination. Gen eral McAlplne said: "All talk about second place for Hughes is plain tommyrot. It's Hughes with us first, last and then some." ELLIS ARRIVES WITH PLATFORM Ohio Attorney General Thinks It Will Satisfy th People. CHICAGO. June, 11. Attorney General Wade H. Ellis of Ohio arrived In Chicago today bringing with him a rough draft of the tentative platform to be adopted by the national convention. "I cannot for obvious reasons disclose the character of the platform now," said Attorney General Ellis, "but I believe It will satisfy the people, aa It covers features In popular demand at this time. Its scop is wide, and It is broad enough to satisfy popular wishes, and In my opinion It will prove the best platform that any political party has sanctioned In recent years." 'Attorney General Ellis stated thst he had consulted President Roosevelt and Sec retary Taft concerning the general details of the platform and that It had met with their endorsement. "The document," he said, "needs round ing up and may admit of some minor changes, but In the main I believe that It Willi stand as now drawn." DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Emma Houinn Thayer. Mrs. Emma Homan Thayer of Denver, who had many friends In Omaha, died sud denly Wednesday at a hospital In that city. Mrs. Thayer was a daughter of Henry Homan, one of Omaha's pioneer settlers and a sister of the late Henry A. Homan. The body will be brought to Omaha for In terment, but pending the arrival of the Immediate family Friday no arrangements for the funeral have been made. These will be announced later. William A. Morgan. BURLINGTON, la.. June 11. William A. Morgan, once editor of the Burlington Gazette, a member of the Iowa legislature snd a democrat and speaker of the house, a prominent Mason and well known hers and elsewhere, died last evening at his horns In Lake Forest, 11L His remains will be burled In Burlington. Miss Aoarasta Welaoa. Miss Augusta Nelson, t years of sge, died Wednesday at the Immanuel hospital. 8h lived at Forty-eighth and Nicholas streets. Funrsi arrangements ar nut couigletc. . .... ... JOHNSON WILL BE FOR BRYAN Minnesota Governor Emphatically Says Ills State Will gapport the omlnre. "Affairs may so shape themselves within the next week or two that will result In niy name not being presented to the Denver convention," This statement was made by Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, who spent a few hours In Omaha yesterday. The statement was made in reply to an In quiry as to whether he still was a candi date for the democratic nomination for president. "So far as I know now Minnesota will present my name to the convention," he said, "but you never can tell what a week or two will bring forth and there Is a pos sibility, of course, that my name will not be presented." "Will Minnesota give a majority to the democratic nominee?" was asked. "We certainly will do our best, and I believe our state will be line, whatever the outcome of the Denver convention." "Will you support Mr. Br) an If he Is nominated at Denver?" "I certainly shall support the nominee of the convention." "I shell not go to the convention In Denver, but, of course, will watch the proceedings with much interest." . Governor Johnson arrived In Omaha about noon from Kansas City, where a meeting of democrats had been called by former Mayor James Reed and George It. Walsh of that city. Johnson had been marooned there by the high waters. He spent the remainder of the day in Omaha, attending the ball game at Vlntun street park In the afternoon and left for 8t. Paul In the night. He Is sn ardent base ball fan and never misses a game when he can avoid It, Lobeck Comes With film. C. O. Lobeck, city comptroller, was In Kansas City Wednesday and returned on the same train with Governor Johnson. ThA governor had been at Lawrence, Kan., where he delivered an address. Both Gov ernor Johnson and Mr, Lobeck spoke of the dangerously high water at Kansas City and the governor remarked that If he had not escaped when he did It was probable he would have been kept there for some time, ss it seems probable the trains wilt have to be annulled. The governor declared his visit to Kan sas City had no significance, politically, his Sole purpose being to address the students of the University of Kansas. He declared he had given no attention to the matter of Thomas S. Ryan making a con tribution to the Nebraska campaign fund four years ago and declined to talk about it. Asked about the statements sent out from Minneapolis and St. Paul this week that he had declined to entertain any Idea of ac cepting the nomination for another term as governor, he replied: "Perfectly true, though I did not know they were out. I do not believe In the third-term principle In the first place and would not think of accepting a nomination If It was tendered me." Governor Johnson spoke of the Interest among the Minnesota agricultural board and state fair people In the National Corn exposition to be held In Omaha. " Red Hot -for Corn Show. - "This national corn exposition cannot help but be a success nnd a great thing for the country," he said. "When the matter was brought to my attention I tried to place It at once In the hands of those In our state best fitted to handle It. If there was anything I could have done person ally I certainly should havs done It, and I feel that way about It now. I am heart ily In favor of such an exposition where the farmers and grain' growers can study the problems of practical scientific farm ing and the competition promises to do a great deal In raising the standard of our grain." MR. BRYAN AND PROHIBITION Mlasonrlan Says Ills Previous AttU tnde W 111 Weaken Him In the Coin Inn: Campaign. MILWAUKEE. June 11. Claiming to ex pect great gains In the south, with a pos sible victory In all southern prohibition states. State Chairman Alonzo Wilson of Illinois declared as the foundation of his expectation alleged opposition on the part of William J. Bryan to prohibition. This declaration wss made before the Wisconsin state prohibition conventon, whloh convened at Lincoln hall today. "In 180." said Mr. Wilson, "Mr. Bryan stumped Nebraska against a prohibition amendment to the Nebraska constitution, and I have In my possession a copy of a letter from Mr. Bryan to southern men who desired a plank for prohibition tn the democratic national platform, In which Mr. Bryan declares, if his wishes are followed, there will be no such plank In the plat form. As Mr. Bryan Is In control of the democratic party, his platform desires will undoubtedly control In the democratic na tional convention and therefore no prohibi tion plank can be expected from that con vention." Mr. Wilson said this was the expectation of the southern delegstes ,who had been looking Into the subjert, and he said he was to leave for the south this evening to I confer with some leading prohibition demo- crats there about their support for the prohibition party if no prohibition plank were Inserted In the Denver platform. SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO WORK Senate Finance Body Mrets at ew York and Decides on Thla Plan. NEW YORK. June U.-A meeting of the senate committee on finance, with Senator Nelson W. AM rich presiding as chairman, was held in the Hotel Plaza today to con sider what action should be taken under the senate resolution of May 16, authorizing an Investigation of the law and general tariff revision, If desirable. The committee was especially directed to report what further legislation is necessary la secure equttable treatment for the agricultural and other products of the United States snd foreign countries and upon what ar ticles a change of duty Is desirable. , Senator Aldrlch said there wa a general discussion of the subject and suggestions as to the best mode of procedure, and it was flnallr decided to appoint subcommit tees to hsndle the various divisions of the Investigations. HITCHCOCK JS ACQUITTED Aetor is Found Mot Guilty of C'harar of Mistreating Tonus; Girls. , NEW YORK, June 11 Ths Jury In ths case of Raymond Hitchcock returned a verdict of not guilty at t:M o'clock this morning. He had been on trial for several days on a charm of mistreating young girls. F1FTI CASES DECIDED Forty-Nine Regular Delegates Seated by Republican Committee TENNESSEE DISTRICT SPLIT Oliver and Hale Tactions in Eighth Are Given One Vote Each. ELLIS BRINGS THE PLATFORM Pennsylvania Delegates Say Knox Will Not Withdraw. FIGHT OVER INJUNCTION PLANK Labor Leaders and Manufacturers Will Make Representations to the Committee on Resolutions. CHICAGO. June 11. The republican na tional committee today reached Texas in the alphabetical list of states while decid ing contests on the temporary call of the convention. The work today settled cases inv3lvlng two delegations at Isrgn snd twenty-one districts, a total of fifty dele gates. Of these Taft Is certain to have forty-nine and may possibly have fllty. Tho uncertain delegate halls from the Eighth district of Tennessee and It is not positively known how he will vote. Hn belonged, however, to the Oliver faction' In that state, the majority of whom were Instructed for Taft. The work of the committee today excited much less Interest than that of previous sessions. The visitor who wers numerous on former occasions were for the moot part absent today and as a rule only such people visited the Coliseum where teh committee Is sitting as had business to transact. The South Carolina contests were the first called, they being from the First and Fifth districts. Both of these were given to Taft nfter short hearings. . Tennessee District Divided. The hearing of the contests from Ten nessee occupied by far the greater part of the day, each side being allowed two hours for presentation of evidence and arguments. The fight here grew out of a factional struggle over local Issues In Tennessee, all of the Hale element being Instructed for Taft and the majority of their opponents who were dubbed the Oliver delegate, be ing also for the secretary of war. The re sult was that the Taft men were seated In all but the Eighth district, where the dele gation was divided at the earnest request of National Committeeman Brownlow. who apked that It be done In order to give the republicans of that district an Improved chance of defeating the present democratic congressman. The splitting of th delega tion, however. Is not likely to make eny difference to Taft, Insamuch aa none of the Oliver delegates was Instructed for anyhody else and the greater number of them had been directed to vote for him. The hearing of these cases produced the only picturesque scenes of the day. Messe M. Littleton, counsel for the Oliver mm,' came Into the hall armed and displayed a huge hatchet, with which he said the lives of the Oliver men had been threatened. Newell Sanders, -chairman of the state central committee' supplied a counter Irri tant to th Littleton hatchet exhibition by telling, in -his argument, of the desperate fight which the Hale men were compelled to make before they were allowed In the hall, and of how a big colored man wea about to stop him with an Oliver hatchet, before some of the Hale men put the negro suddenly Ir.to a state of coma. His ac count of the struggle In the Convention hall was received by the committee with much Interest. Texns Delegation Seated. The hearing of the Texaa caso was next, and In these, the contests over th seats of the delegates-at-large and from the thlfd, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and six teenth districts were consolidated, and after a brief hearing, the delegates from the faction, headed by Cecil A. Lyon, the present national committeeman from that state were seated. The reorganized republicans, who con tested in every one of these districts were completely defeated, not receiving a single delegate. After this decision, th commit tee adjourned until tomorrow. It Is understood though that no official announcement to that effect was made, that the contests In the seoond and twelfth districts will be withdrawn and that the arguments only will concern the first, fifth, eighth, tenth and eleventh districts. The delegates seated today from Texas sre not Instructed, but Committeeman Lyon, who dorecta affairs generally, as serted that there la no doubt that their votes will be cast for Taft. It Is the earnest desire of th committee to fnlsh Its work by tomorrow night and in order to facilitate thla it has been de- . elded that the remaining contests from Texas are to be consolidated, ss will also be those from Virginia. Ellis Brings Platform. The situation around the hotels wai but little more active than yesterday, no entire delegation being aa yet upon th gtound. The most Important arrlseal to day was Wade Ellis, attorney-general of Ohio, who brought with him a draft of the platform. He refused to discuss Its provisions, but asserted that in his opinion it would without question bo the beat platform that any political party has sanctioned In recent years, A number of Pennsylvania delegatea ar rived during the day and announced that Senator Knox was In the fight to the finish and the bigger the fight, th brighter they believed his chances would be. R. H. Stevenson of Oldo, who opened the Fotaker headquarters today made a similar announcement In behalf of the Ohio senator, asserting that he would not under any circumstances withdraw before the voting ended. Plant Over Injunction Plank. It is possible that a hard fight will re sult from the meeting of the resolutions committee, over the opposing planks which will be presented by representatives of the American Federation of Labor and the National Association of Manufacturers. It has already b-en announced that a con ference of labor leaders Is to be held for the purpose of demanding that the plat form contain a plank declaring against or at least greatly modifying th une of the injunctatin in labor disputes. James W. VanCleave of fit. Louis, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, today anticipated the labor conference by Issuing a formal statement. In which bitterly attacked the position which TtK union labor men are expected to assume. He declared thst anything approaching an advocacy of class legislation should he avoided by Ui republican party and as