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The Omaha Daily Bee The Omaha dee ! the most powerful business Fitter in th west, because It goes to tL homes of pour and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For low Generally fair. For weather report sea pM 3. VOL. SXXIX-NO. 55. OMAHA. THUItSDAY MORNING. AUGUST K 1P09 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COrY TWO CENTS. GIFFORD JMNCIIOT IS GIVEJjOYATION Chief Foreiter'i Defense of Roosevelt Policy of Conservation Loudly ' Cloudbursts in Royal Gorge Tie Up Traffic Forty-Five Miles of Track in Arkansas Valley Washed Out PropertyDamage Enormous. FARM PROGRESS IN TWELVE YEARS Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Reviews Work of His Department for Three Terms. inn'miiruqiit SEDGWICK IS INTHE LEAD Barnes Close Behind and is Assured of Nomination for One Place on the Bench. I I I Applauded at Denver. 4 FOR PROTECTION OF FORESTS BALANCE OF TRADE GROWN THIRD POSITION IS IN DOUBT 'f ij"Ty J i, 1 His Reiteration of Stand Taken at Spokane Provokes Enthusiasm. RESOLUTIOKS ARE INTRODUCED Delegation from Arizona Asks Sep arate Statehood for Territory. ADDRESS BY GENERAL NOBLE Former Secretary of Inferior II t casaee Importance ot Protecting Matlonal Wealth from or. porate Monopoly. DENVER. Colo., Aug. IS.-Olffnrd Pin chot with a plea for the conservation of natural resources, baaed on the Roosevelt policies, brought a burst uf enthusiasm from the delegates to the Transmtsslsslppl congress Uila morning when lie reiterated his stand taken at Spokane rfor the pro tection of the national forests. Before Mr. Plnchot spoke a number of resolutions er offeid. The citlsena of .Arizona backed a resolution demanding separata statehood far their territory and shippers urged a resolution asking that railroads be not permitted to Increase rates without due application to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Also there was a demand for mora industrial schools. Mr. Plnchot was given a hearty ovation . he began to speak. "That the national duty lies in the di rection of conservation there Is no doubt," he said. "I can conceive uf no higher plane of duty than that we conserve our wast rasdurces along the lines of the Roosevelt policies and to these policies 1 am oommittsd." This brought a round of applause and the allusion to Roosevelt gained applause fur the former president. "It is folly for us to say there ts land In plenty and forests In plenty, v. hen we know that our forests are being depleted far more swiftly that It Is possible for us to reforest. We have foreslB In plenty for the present generation and perhaps for the next, but tu the years to come there will be famine aplenty if we do not at this time take a stitch in time. "Conservation on the Hues laid down by Roosevelt will not only keep our present forests, but will give us lumber when w need it most. To save theBe forests now may require much self-denial, but it will give the country resources in the years to come." Following his plea for the forests he urged reclamation and said It lies with the west to make fertile with Its own labor the vast tracts which otherwise would be lost. Ha Jtrsaaitei. the aid of the govern ment in every meritorious enterprise look ing toward conservation. Demand for lomervstiou. General John W. Noble, former secre tary of the interior. In an address at to day's session of the oongress pointed out that there had grown up a pubilo opinion almost universal In the nation that showed not only an Intelligent, but a determined purpose that the country's natural re sources believed to be essential to the na tion's vitality and progress should be pro tected from private and particularly cor porals greed and monopoly and controlled for Uis pubilo welfare now and hereafter. The speaker showed the present benefits and future prospect from forest and water reservations. Ha discussed the matter of l protecting the reservations from Infringe ' ment and their being gradually pared down by the claims of Individuals and small local Communities who asserted that the reservations were too large and that cov ered areas, which might be of use for Kissing, should be turned back to the public domain and be subject to settlement and private ownership. General Noble saya that the system as now practiced and being enlarged was natursl in lis character. Its benefits ex tending not only to the first state, but reaching as the waters thus preserved ran on, slate after state and whole sections of our country from the source to the mouth of the various rivers; and that the system and policy ware to be considered from a national point of view. It was apparent, the speuker continued, that these great benefits if they were al lowed to fall Into the hands of Individuals and particularly coi poratlons, ouM be administered for the greatest pecuniary gain possible to the owners. That the very least that could be ex pected of the government would be to keep ultimate control of rates und regulations, so that the ministration of the trust could not be successfully perverted. MAUPIN TELLS TALE OF NEBRASKA'S MANY GLORIES Depaty Labor Commissioner Orator at AnanaJ Dinner of M. Joseph Ad Club. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Aug. 18. i Special.) IV. M. Maupln, deputy labor commissioner of Nebraska, was the guest of honor at the annual dinner of the St. Joseph Ad club this evening. Mr. Maupln responded to the toast, "Nebraska." A native MIs sourian. he paid a tribute to the state of hi birth, and men launched Into an elo quent eulogy of the state of his adoption. He told of the manifold glories, advan tage and blessings that follow a Nehraskan fioin his cradle to his grave, all the long road being strewn with those good things of l.fe that dwellers in less favored re gions vainly long for. His presentation of the facts on which Nebraska rests its claim to greatness was dune In a witty way, cold figures being mingled with humorous sallies or dressed In most at tractive garb. MRS. CULL0M PASSES AWAY e of Illinois Senator Kirrgmbl to Heart T rookie la Mash Inatoa. WASHINGTON. Aug H-M-a. Cullom. wife of Senator Cullom of Illinois, died her at her resident shortly after noon today. Mrs. I'ullom had suffered from heart trouble fur a long time, she became 111 last spring and went to Atlsnt'o City, but experienced no marked improvement. Eba rLurna4 bar aturdajTi rESVER. Colo., Aug. 18. Another cloudburst at Four Mile creek, nenr Canon City tonlnht mad" more disastrous the "lod In the Arkansas river valley. T Ince early today threatened adjoln- In 1- . washed out railroad tracks and tie."!- J Tiny trains containing eastern ton I Th(,t, burst was exceptionally heavy and s ? river. swollen by mountain torrent. C risen S fee.t 6 Inches. Den ver & ? rande and Colorado Mid land tral V blocked at many places, ind scorei urlsts wrro reported de layed at 1 Kallda, Grand Junction and other y " The picturesque Royal Gorre. where the Arkansas river rushes through canyon 1,000 feet deep, was a scene of wild fury. The water had reached the level of the famous "hancing bridge." although the bridge was said to be Intact. At Pueblo tonight the water was splash ing over the levee at thP State asylum grounds, and with a six-Inch rise., the grounds of the asylum as well as a large portion of the residence section near will be under water. renver P.lo Grande officials here state that 4," miles of their track between here and Hnllda Is w allied out and that It will be at least a week before traffic can be resumed. A few pen ver ft Klo Grande trains are being detru.. d by way of Alamosa, over both standard and narrow gauge roads. Bold Attempt to Rob Cliff House Bandits Try to Intimidate Clerk at Manitou Hotel and One is Killed. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. Aug. 18 Fashionable Cliff house at Manitou was the scene of one of the most daring at tempts at rubbery in the history of the Pike's Peak region at 3 o'clock this morn ing. Edward Clark, who has been working at the house as a fireman all summer, and Peter Webster, said to have come from Salt Lake City, appeared at the room of Day Clerk James Morrow at that hour and forced, him at the point of a gun to ac company them to the office, where they demanded that he open the safe. In some manner one of the robbers laid a gun on a nearby desk. Morrow, who is a powerful fellow of 200 pounds. Jumped for the weapon and securing It. fired at the men and an exchange of shots followed, during which Morrow shot Clark through the head, Inflicting a fatal wound. The clerk escaped with a bullet hole through his shirt, although the weapon was so near when It was fired thst his clothing was burned. The men fled, followed by a hastily gathered posse and were later captured near Colorado Springs. Clark was taken to a local hospital, where he cannot live, and Webster was placed in the county Jail. Thousands of dollars In money and Jew els were saved by the pluck of the clerk, for the safe was filled with vuluables, the Intended robbery coming at the height of the tourist seuson. Chicago Bridge Drops Into River Thirty Persons More or Less Injured When Twelfth Street Structure Collapses. CHICAGO, Aug. IS Ten persons were In- j u rod seriously and twenty others had narrow escapes tonight when 250 feet of tha Twelfth street bridge over the river and viaduct collapsod. It was thought at first that several had been killed, but workmen digging In the ruins until lute to night had not found any bodies. The bridge was closed on Its west ap proach for construction work on the rail road viaduct underneath. The accident oc curred Just after a street tar had run part way acioss the bridne and thirty pas sengers had alighted to walk over the dangerous portion to get another car. The passengers were hurrying in a huddled group when there was a loud dumbling and a crash and the footway sank be neath them, carrying many to the pits below. Many eecaped by clinging to side tim bers. These, with the car crews, began the work of rescue and must of the Injured were tuk'n out before the police am bulances came. Several were found with legs and arms broken and Internal ' inv Juries. Traffic on three railroads was de layed for an hour by the accident. Dog's Sagacity Leads to Saving Man Adrift at Sea NEW YORK. Aug. 1. "Hv golly. I thought I was a goner." said Madden Plerson. the missing seaman of the wrecked schooner Arlington, when he was picked up today by the fishing schooner Irene and Mary, after having duflcd without food, drink or sleep for twenty seven hour on a crazy raft of lust.'d spars. Then he took a long pull from the captain's flask, swallow e. a cup of piping hot coffee and turned in, without further comment. Not until he awoke from a sound sleep did he complete his narrative. While Pterson was rolled up In blankets below, Captain Ertrkson of the Irene and Mary was making something uf a hero of "Sport," the black, curly-haired dog. the schooner's mascot. For an hour before the rescue. Sport had been snuffing the windward air, pawing the rail and yelp ing excitedly. Fuxiled by the dog's be havior, the captain kept a sharp lookout, and when he saw what looked Hive a buoy slipped from Its moorings, he headed the schooner for It Immediately. Soon he could make out with the aid of his glasses the fijura of a man waving, tut undcr shlrl il was Pleia , Yearly Average of Exports Over Imports is $411,000,000. INCREASE IN YIELD OF SOIL Wheat Production in Nebraska Shows Gain of 45.9 Fer Cent Per Acre. DEPARTMENT WORK MULTIPLIED Tasks Assigned to It by Con arras Mow Necessitates Kmploy ment of Over Ten Thou sand Persons. WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. During the last twelve years, the period covering the ad ministration of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, the agricultural balance of trade In the I'nlted States Increased from a yearly average of S'34.000,000 to $411,000,010, or 75.6 per cent, according to the department's year book. Just made public. This wonderful development Is In keep ing with the progress that has been mads along all lines of agricultural activity. At the same time, it is stated, many conditions affecting the lives of the farmers of the country have advanced in even greater ratio until many of the undesirable features of farm life have been eliminated. Department's Work Grows. "So Increasingly disposed has the public been to ask and receive the aid of the de partment, and so large have been the new fields of work assigned to It by congress." says Mr. Wilson, In a resume of his work, "that the number of employes has In creased enormously. On July 1, 1897, t.444 persons were employed, and eleven years later, In IMS, the number was 10.430, or over four times as many." Among the notable Increases were In the bureau of animal Industry, from 777 to 3,152 employes: In the forest service, from four teen to 8,753; In the bureau of chemistry, from twenty to 425. and the bureau of plant Industry, from 127 to 976. Most of the addi tional workers In these bureaus are em ployed outside of Washington, there being 2.4S8 within and 7,9.12 outside of this city. Many have been the Innovations Introduced and developed Into potential forces for the betterment of farm life during this period, says Mr.. Wilson. The entire system by which the work of the Agricultural De partment has been operated has been changed. Never before has the work of state agricultural college and experimental stations been so intimately related with the department as now. Increase In Yield of Soil. During these years there has been a great diversification and geographic exten sion of products, partly from the cultivation of new land. Although there has been a decreasing production per acre of what was only recently virgin soil, there was an in creased production per acre of the entire country. The yield per acre of cotton dur ing the ten years ending with 1906 was from a mean of 172 pounds per acre during the preceding ten years to a mean of 191 pounds, or an 11 per cent Increase. Other crops have kept pace with cotton. Within ten years the production of corn per acre In Ohio Increased 17.5 per cent and in V irginia 1S.3 per cent. Oats Increased 17.8 per cent In Indiana. Wheat increased 16.2 per cent in New York and 5.9 per cent In Nebraska. Similar advancement was made In the yield per ai re of o. i products. In some degree this upward rnove.nent began twenty years ago. but Ir; all lines it has been marked during the last decade. Citing the increase in population based upon the families of the native born. Secre tary Wilson declares that no one need have fear that the farmers of this country will ever be unable to provide for Hb popula tion. "They are already demonstrating, In the cases uf various crops and of various states." he says, "that they can provide for a population increasing faster than by In crease du.' to excess of births over deaths." Farm Wairea Increase. From 1895 to 19n6, he gays, farm wages in creased faster than did prices. In the mat ter of wage increase the farm laborer has fared better than the working man em ployed in manufacturing and mechanical industries. "Tt.e farmer," says the secretary, "as the results of Information, Intelligence and in dustry, bus thrived mightily. The progress that has been made Is In the direction lead ing to popular and national welfare, to the sustenance of any future population as well tti to a larger efficiency of the farmer in matters of wealth, production and saving. and In establishing himself and his family in more pleasant ways of living." President's t'oosln Killed. TRINIDAD. Colo., Aug. 18 Charles Taft, a second cousin of Trcsidont Taft, was killed at FVtor, Colo., thirty miles north of here, today by lightning. Refreshed, fed and In dry clothee, Pler son told his story. He is a big Swede 4S yeiirs old. "I had Just made fast a life line shot out to us by the coast guards." he said. "when I was washed overboard by a comber I did not Jump, or have time to think of it. "When I got my head out of the smothr of foam. 1 saw a bit of drifting wreckage near me. There was iron bolts on It and loose ends of cordape. With these I lash' d myself fast, leaving play enough so that 1 could stand erect and wave my shirt. It was early morniig and I cjuld we that 1 was rapidly be'ng earned out to sea. j "All day Tuesday I sh mif-d and waved j my flag All last uignt I fought off sle p I and the numbing cold. Sixteen vessels. one a revenue cutter, passid me. but I could not attract their attention, as I was often out of sight In the trough of the ! sea. I "At last I could see by the way the Irene and Mary changed its course thai I the lonkuut hail lighted me. I have been .a sa lor for twenty-two jears. but no J schooner ever looked so good to me as the vlic aud Mar), btUi uy to wuidaxU." TITE From tha Washington Star. TAFT IS READY FOR TEST President Not Alarmed by Rumors of Attack on Corporation Tax. SUCH ACTION IS ANTICIPATED Is Something; of a Lawyer Himself and Kmlnent Attorneys Agrree with II I in that It Is Vnlld. BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. IS. Reports which are reaching Beverly dally from Washington and New York that the con stitutionality of the oevT i '.rporwHon ta Is to be tested Just as soon as an effort Is made to collect it have not disturbed the president the least, as he laughingly told a number of callers at the Taft cottago today. The tests and the protests, the president declared, were all anticipated. Mr. Taft, himself a lawyer of some eminence and father of the corporation tax Idea, is thoroughly convinced that the tax will stand any test that may be applied to It. Attorney General Wickersham, a corporation lawyer of note, and Senator Itoot, celebrated on the corporation tax provision of the tariff bill and the measura as enacted, they believe, will survive any attempt to nullify it. Plana for New I.earlslatfon. Attorney General Wickersham Is coming to see the president Friday to discuss with him a plan for reorganization of the duties of the Interstate Commerce commission, amendment of the Sherman anil-trust law, and bringing Interstate corporations more definitely under the control of one branch of the government. In his speech of acceptance. In his Inau gural address and during his campaign tours Tresldent Taft definitely committed himself to the so-called "Roosevelt poli cies," and declared that the principal aim of his administration would be to establish the necessary machinery to enforce fliese laws. According to Mr. Taft's view the ma chinery to enforce the laws on the statute books Is now Inadequate. He believes that the Interstate Commerce commission is overcrowded with work and that It ought to be relieved of its Jurisdiction as a leg islative body, Its functions to be limited to the quasi-Judicial Investigation of com plaints made by Individuals and by a de partment of government charged with the legislative business of supervision. The president also believes that undnr the Sherman antl-triiFt law as it stands today, there Is much to interfere with legitimate business, but that by amendment it can be made an effective and Just Instrument. Quick, Decisive Action. To bring about a coalition of the law departments of the various government departments which- have, to deal with railroads and other interstate corporations and "trusts" so as to permit of quick and decisive action in cases of offense against the statutes, is another of the tasks which the president has set hlmsejf. He has outlined his own views to his cabinet on these subjects and has left to Attorney General Wickersham, Secre tary Nagel of the Department of Com merce and Iabor, Senator Root and sev eral other advisers, the work of framing the needed remedies. The president will (Continued on Second Page.) Call Douglas 238, the "Want-ad Number." Ask for the Want-ad Depart ment and your ad will he tak en carefully and will appear in the next edition. Probably you have something you should advertise a room or house for rent need help something to sell something you want to buy. Do it now while you have it la niiai- TaLeuhone it, TARIFF PRODIGAL'S RETURN. Seven Western Railroads Ask for Injunction Attempt to Set Aside Order for Reduction of Through Rates from Eastern Points. CHICAGO, Aug. 18. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, with seven western railroads as co-complainants, filed suit In the United States circuit court here today to enjoin the Interstate Com merce commission from enforcing Its rata order of June 20. This order reduces the through rates from points east of the Illinois-Indiana line to Des Moines, la. This is the third attack of the western rail roads against the commission, Involving the commission's order that through In terline freight rates from the east shall be less than tho sums of the local rates. The roads lined up with the Rock Island are: The Illinois Central, Chicago Great West ern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chi cago & Northwestern, Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy, Iowa Central and the Wabash railroad. Kills His Father to Wed Stepmother Remarkable Confession Made by Oklahoma Boy Charged with Patricide. FAWHITSKA. Okl.. Aug. 18 Peter Brown, under arrest here charged Jointly with his stepmother with the murder of his father, I. P. Brown, last April, has, according to the sheriff, made a remarka ble confession to him. According to the alleged confession, young Brown killed his father with an axe and was assisted by his stepmother In throwing the body Into a brush pile, where it was burned. Brown is credited with saying his stepmother had promised to many him. Today there was another arrest in con nection with the crime, when Bert Blum feldt was arrested, charged with being an accessory. Ruby Waters, aged 18 years, a niece of Mrs. Brown, Is being held as a witness. CROOK HIDES IN A HOSPITAL Takes Treatment for Imaginary Trouble for Nearly Week Before Discovered, WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-Charles Alex ander, wanted by detectives hid In a hos pital In this city and was treated for nearly a week for an Imaginary internal troublo before he was forced into the 'street. Detectives discovered him jester- lay and arrested him. Greek Flag in Shot Down CANE A. Island of Cret Aug. H.-A well directed shot fired by one of the par ties of blue Jackets land-d early this morn ing from the International squadron an chored In Canea harbor brought down the flagstaff of the Canea fort and with it the Greek flag that has threatened to bring war between Turkey and Greece. A combined landing party composed of detachments from the ships of the four protecting powers was sent ashore before sunrise today and the task of removing the Hellenic emblem was carried out in a few minutes without any attempt at inter ference on the part of the islanders. Most of the blue Jackets then returned to Uielr ships, but small detachments representing each of the four powers were left behind In occupation of the bastion of the fort ress to prevent any attempt on the part of the Cretans to raii-e another flag Cretan gendarmes have been posted throughout C'auca tu paluiaia order. CIIADBOURNE FOR PRESIDENT Hotel Men Elect Officers and Adjourn Annual Convention. MINNEAPOLIS GETS TWO PLUMS Presidency and Next Meeting; Both (io to Minnesota Metropolis O'Brien Chosen First Vlea President of Association. President Charles N. Chadbourne. Ten don hotel, Minneapolis. First Vice President T. J. O'Brien, Hen ahaw, Omaha. Second Vice President C W. Johnson, Hotel Elils. Waterloo, la. Third Vice President W. C. Keeley, Cataract hotel, Sioux Falls, S. D. Fourth Vice Presldentr-J, D. Baoon, Grand Forks, 8. D. Fifth Vice President J. E. Little, Cook hotel, Rochester, Minn. Secretary-treaaurer" Irrln A. Medlar, Omaha. These were elected officers of the North western Hotel Men's association Wednes day morning. Minneapolis was chosen aa the place of the annual meeting for 1810. The seventh annual convention of the Northwestern Hotel Men's association con cluded Its highly successful session at the Rome hotel shortly after noon Wednesday. The morning meeting was opened with a telegram of greeting from President Fred Van Ormond of the national association, expressing his regrets at his Inability to be present and congratulating the asso ciation In Its meeting and wishing for It every success. J. II. Richards of Rpauldlng read the paper of F. Melville Lewis of Cleveland, (J., on "Hotel Associations," in the ab sence of Mr. Lewis. Sidney S. Spence of the New National at Fall City gave an off hand talk on how to run a hotel on tha European plan In a smull city. J. F. Let ton of the Hotel Bentley of Alexandria, La., gave an Interesting sketch of how to make a 1260,000 hotel pay in a remote community, and presented each of the delegates with a souvenir plate to remind them that Alexandria was on the map. He was an ardent advocate of ad vertising. Mr. Spence extended a cordial Invitation to the association to visit his hotel at Falls City on tne occasion of his birthday, on March 17. 1!H0. T. J. O'Brien of Omaha was made chair man of the an anfcementa committee by special request. The auditing committee submitted Its re port upon the books of the secretary treas urer, and found them all correct, and rec ommended that the secretary-treasurer be paid ffOO for his services for the last year. The report was unanimously adopted. Standing; Committees amfd. Standing committees for the convention were appointed as follows: Nomination W. B. Nation of Sioux Falls, O'ontlnued on Second Page ) Crete is by Blue Jackets Four warships of the protecting powera. Great Britain, Russia. Italy and France as sembled In Canea harbor yesterday after noon, their presenca being an outcome of the difficulty that had risen between Greecs and Turkey since the evacuation and an Indication of the purpose of the powers to mainta,n the status quo. Yesterday the foreign consuls at Canea notlfind the Cre.sn government that the Greek flag would be hauled down this morning and they warned the government that Irreparable consequences would follow any attack made on the International landing party. On receipt of this warning the Cretan authorities Issued an appeal to the people not to obstruct In any way the action of the powers. The action of this morning means thst the protecting powers have returned to the Island and the sit us Hon is again as it was before July Zl Fawcett Has the Lead So Far as Returns Are Received. HAMER IS RUNNING CLOSE UP Count is Proceeding Slowly and Returns Are Fragmentary. VOTE LIGHT OVER THE STATE r respects II Will ot Reach the Total of Last Tear, as There Was To lontrat Rsrrpt oil Supreme Jadse. Returns from Tuesday's primary are 'lll decidedly Incomplete and not conclusive ss to the third plac on the icpublican tl ket for supreme Jurige. Sid wick leads 1h poll on the returns now In, and Barnes a clns. second, and these two have been nominate t without question. For the third plnco Kawcett has a lead of 688 on the face of the Incomplete returns over Hainer. Cohhey Is next In the list, but from present Indica tions the nomination lies between Kawcett and Hamer, with the chances favoring the former. The vote was light, probably considerably less than In last year's primary. As pre dicted before the primary, many democrats voted the republican ticket, having no cin- 1 tested places on their own ticket except where local irsues and candidates creati'd them. Following aro th figures received up to late; t3 v -i B m n S' I 3 ! County : and Trecincts. Adams. S.... R2 27 &3 ST :'0 f7 RH SO Banner .... X, J 2fi 7 SI 21 M I'. Boyd. 8 .14 7 It 23 1!) 25 2t H Buffalo, 6.. V7 210 79 107 92 l:3 170 80 Burt, 3 nft 12 " 10 HO f 4t 1 Cass. 15 I'M 171 fi 43 F.8 47 229 29 Cherry, 1.... 80 18 30 20 32 7i 44 S Clay 108 159 152 112 170 112 30 101 Cuming, 3.. li2 47 150 SO 21 98 ?01 11 Custer, 4.... IK) 115 88 98 195 -W ti7 Dodge, Vi... 4f 284 208 172 281 271 SM) 1K Douglas ...1822 901 997 1978 2m 1863 IMS 1834 Gage 612 371 1269 441 404 BiX 702 2tV: Grant 20 11 22 18 14 47 29 17 Hall, 16 104 120 78 71 10.1 110 11'. 74 Hamilton. 4 98 96 71 63 tij 7fi 18 ;,S Harlan, 1R.. 104 118 109 1J0 91 2f) 119 135 Hayes. 1.... It 8 4 5 10 6 17 fi Jefrson, IB. 3RS 197 352 211 2:.2 21" Ui'i K.l Johnson ... 23 158 J04 15? III 3K H7 Keamey. .. 80 Br 48 40 70 M 91 Kl K'yaPaha, 8 38 20 29 80 - 34 H !A 14 Kimball. 1.. 18 28 20 IS 18 IS 1' ) Knox. 1 24 1 7 4 4 82 11 it 9 Laro'sfr, 42.2249 1070 1226 9 9 1600 19i;t 2C.1 tax Lincoln, 8... 1S6 184 211 VV. 1M 12; 151 71 Madison, 14. 134 M 133 230 134 203 72 Merrick, 2.. 63 B6 46 47 .Vi 61 lot 34 Pawpee. .. 302 148 263 180 261 ls5 820 106 Phelps, 15... 110 100 173 82 160 207 260 89 Pierce 183 142 60 61 96 47 216 24 Rlch'son, 7.. 94 83 60 61 26 86 75 17 Sarpy 92 36 67 88 77 47 7? 6 Reward. 10.. 215 130 151 107 161 143 98 Thayer, 10.. 189 .. 186 110 110 103 M CO Wash'gt'n, 3 14 19 16 5 21 15 13 Wayne 179 142 76 49 144 71 170 fO York 518 422 276 186 350 247 9-14 1G4 Totals. .10076 5798 71G0 6.100 8576 7888 10)21 HOi Qomplete. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Aug. 18 (Special. )-The pri mary In Lincoln was a great frolic for the democrats, who took advantage of the work of their legislature, which amended the primary law so that voters could cast their ballots for candidates regardless of party affiliation, and were busy all day, They dipped In not only In tho fight of the republicans fur positions on the state ticket, but tiny worked hard for and against republican (candidates on the county ticket. Lnst night hard working democrats walked the streets and bragged about voting for or against this republican and that republican. They had no contests of their own In this county and were left free to vote for the republicans. i T. J. Doyle, three years ago democratic, candidate for congress In this district, said he voted the straight republican ticket for the first time In his life. His excuse was that h believed the lepubllcsns would he successful this fall and there fore he desired to assist in the nomination of the strongest men. Felix Newton, bookkeeper at the Lincoln asylum, said he voted his Russians for the men he con sidered the weakest on the republican ticket. The "Independent" voter who would get in politics providing he did not have to tell liis party affiliations, failed to get busy, as the vote was far short of ex pectations. When the primary bill was pending democrats Insisted to have the open primary would mean a largely In creased vote. With several precincts still missing the following have bnyond doubt been nomi nated In Lancaster, each having a hard contest: II. V. Hoagland, sheriff; Jack Matthews, coroner; Billy Clinton, regis ter of deeds; Harry Wells, county clerk; Fred Beckman. treasurer. BIDS FOR NEW BATTLESHIPS William Cramp aV Son Are Iflw oa ( onstruetlon of Wyoming; and A rkanaiu. WASHINGTON, Aug 18 William Cramp A Sons of Philadelphia weia the lowest bidders for constructing the battleships Wyoming and Arkansas, bids for which were opened at the Navy department today. They submitted two bids, one at U. 460.000 and another at 14 475.000. Only one ship can go, however, to any firm of builders. The New York Shipbuilding company of Camden, N. J., made the next lowest bid at $4,7S.0n0. The vessels are to be of 26.000 tons each, the largest ever undertaken by the Ameri can naval establishment, the Increase In tonnage In this class of vees.is being from 20.000, the slxe of the original American Dreadnoughts, the Delnware and North Dakota. The I'tah, raw under construction by the New York Shipbuilding company, and the Florida, now being built at the New York navy yard, are the two remaining Dread noughts, their totinag being ii.000.