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The. Omaha Daily Bee THE OMAHA DEE Socs to the homes Is read bf tha women snUg goods for advertisers. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nobras-ra r'alr. For Iowa Fair. For wcsthrr rerort. so rag 2. VOK XL-NO. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1910-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. S St V 71 1 ' V T i I 1 - 11EC0RD 1JK0KEN i, IN A HIGH WIND Spanking Breeze Forbids Flying, but Man Tries and Wins Prize for Start. EE BREAKS RECORD IN HALF Aviator Leaves Ground in Fifty Feet Four Inches. WALLOON IS BLOWN .TOPEES Half -Inflated Cantive ' way from Its Moori -a ' WIND CHECKS GIVEN 1 - Officials Finally Cilv t'p a Chance to Entertain and Ticket Cnrtlss Prom U 1 Work Orertl A high wind raced over the aviation field yenterday afternoon and evening and put an unfortunate damper on aeronautical feats. This breese blew thirty miles an hour at times, was full of gusts and spurts, and vb much to dangerous for aeroplane flying. Consequently none was done. Bit I ho afternoon was not without events. One of these was achieved bjt, J. C. Mara, who liroka a world's record In two. Mars arosa from the earth just fifty feet amU lour inches from his starting point, break ing the record for starts for both four cylinder and eight-cylinder machines. His own record for a four-cylinder aeroplane was 106 feet and Curtlss' previous world's record, made In an eight-cylinder plane, was eighty-seven feet. Mars will carry off a silver cup for this feat of yesterday, for this was offered for the first ' world's record broken. He has possession of It even if his achievement Should be botered today 'or tomorrow. The other event of the afternoon was the unent captive balloon, which swept away xrom its mooring at 4 o clock and was res cued In trees a quarter of a mile away. rTlie balloon had sagged out under the net which enshrouds it. This net is weighted down by bags of sand, which ordinarily are adequate. . Too Much Air Stirring;. ( Curtlss and his fellow aviators did not , -appreciate while down town what a breese was blowing on the high ridge where the aviation field Is loscated and when they ar rived on the scene by auto looked gloomily -skyward. . There was little prospect that (he wind would die down by sundown, nor did It Instead it blew heavily until after dusk. At 6 p. m. the management decided to Issue wind checks and there were given the crowd, . which went ham determined to return this afternoon. Mars' brief flight ' was the only on y essayed and he took It In order to give the " crowd a little diversion. He pointed his aeroplane Into .the teeth of the wind and It was the great velocity of the wind which enabled him to leave the ground ' so promptly. Nor did he Stay in the air. He came to earth as fast as he could after he knew that the wheels had cleared. As tt was he took something of a chance. The wind helped him up, but It Is quite easy to be helped too much and too fast In such conditions, with the result that the aeroplane turns a complete backward somersault. Such a contretemps has happened in the past to both Mars and lng. Ordinarily the aeroplane must skim the earth more than 100 feet before It grace fully rises. Extra Flights for Today. If yesterday's wind disappointed the crowds it likewise did tho aviators, ' and and Curtiss promised some extra fancy flight for this afternoon wind permitting. Given a moderately calm day, or a calm early evening and there will be some great oaring In the aviation field. Ely was a disgruntled aviator all the afternoon. His father had come here from Davenport to see his son and heir fly, but there was nothing doing. The wind was such that attempts at flight meant almost curtain spills and while Ely and Mars are wiling to take a clWnce once In a while A with a sudden gust ofSylnd from apparently nowhere, and this they Tiiust perforce do yet they and Curtlus arc not so foolhardy as to rink a young gale such as blew yes terday. The government dirigible will be on the field tomorrow If it has to be carted there In a dray. Unless tho air is extremely fav,irhl th ptu.n P.OV.' is tO tu" 11 over, a squad of soldiers acting as weights be neath the bulky craft '" cinrns is hagku to please flays It Hard to stay Down When ThssHult Call for Hlu. "Here Is a paradox," said Glenn Curtlss Monday morning.' "Sometimes It Is harder not to fly than to fly. I mean that when there is a big crowd waiting expectantly ' and at the same time atmospheric condi tions are hostile to flight, an aviator has to keep a grind on himself rot to try to go aloft and risk his sweet young life." Mr. Curtlss was at this n.lnute preparing a poached egg for a trip up and then down, a flight which was made wltlveml nent success. "I went up yesterday one when I knew I ought nut to," he added, "and yon saw the result a small uecldent." Curtlss was highly pleased over the sue cm of Sundsy's exhibition and declared ho Imped for greater altitudes In the re maining days. At noon Monday condition looked good for the third day. The humidity was lightly greater than on SLnday and the wind seemed to hint st dying down earlier. But the wind Is a most uncertain proposi ti n and predictions with resDect to It are rash. At noon Ely went down to Union station to meet his father who Is coming here to e him fly. Ely was a good deal cheered by Curtlss' promise to let him try Mar's machine If Ely's own engine fails to work on the next Venture. "And If that does not go well," said Curtlss, "we'll see about something else." Ely would give all his earthly possessions to take a ride In Curtlss' "Hudson Flyer" in which to date non but Curtlss himself has gon soaring. 1 Ely comes of u family largely composed of soldivis and clergymen. He is a distant cousin of Richard T. Ely, the economist , and sociologist who Is the son of clergy man who descended In direct ltne from ceven other lresbyterlan clergymen. The military (connection Is more close. Two of r con (Continued on $ecoud Paga) Three Young Women Drowned in Sotith Dakota Party Was Fording Cheyenne River When Carriage Was Overturned by Rush of Water. PIERRE, 8. D., July 25. Special Tele gram.) The news of a triple drowning ac cident at Durton Crossing on the Cheyenne river about 100 miles northwest of here hss been reported. The victims are Misses Blanche Atwood, Sadie Turner snd Etta Aldrlch. The women, with Frank Werner as driver of the rig. were returning to their homesteads near Marcus, Meade county, after a picnic trip in the bad lands south of i't Hip and were fording Cheyenne river when a wall of water from the cloud burst in the Black II'lIs a few days before swept down the stream, rolling their rig along the stones at the bottom of the river. Wagner was saved by clinging to the lines and being pulled out by the team after the rig had broken loose. The girls were all drowned. The body of Miss Aldrlch was first to be recovered and relatives near Spencer, la., notified. Tlia body of Miss At wood was also recovered soon, but at last reports that of Miss Turner had not bei found. Former Mayor of Ridgeway, Va., Assassinated i i Dynamite Bomb is Thrown Under Hammook in Which He Was Lying. (RIDGEJWAY, Va., July 35 Former Mayor A. H. iBousman was assassinated by a dy namite bomb, which was thrown from the street under a haramonck In which he was lying last evening. He died an hour after the explosion. No clue to the Identity of the murder or the cause of the crime has Mayor Bousman had spent the hot even ing sleeping in a hammock on the lawn tn front of his residence. About 10 o'clock the dynamite bomb was thrown by some one passing along the street. It landed in the hammock and exploded. The mayor died an hour later. The news quickly spread about the town and excitement grew to a high pitch. The surrounding com munity is worked up over the murder. It Is believed if the assassin is caught he will be lynched, been found. Charley Bryan Names Senators List of Legislators Whom He Says ', Agreed to Support Initiative . ' and "Referendum.'7 (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., July 25. (Special Tele gram.) For the purpose of correcting the many misstatements now going the rounds of the press as to . the number and the names of tho state senators who pledged themselves to vote for the initiative and referendum, should a special session be called for that purpose, Charles W. Bryan gave out the following statement: "The nineteen senators who agreed to vote for the Initiative and referendum, should the special sasslon be called for that purpose, were as follows: - Smith Ketchum S. F. Bodlnson J. A. Oils, Jr. James A. Donono Herman Dlers J. E. Miller J. D. Hatfield Frank H. Henry W. B. Banning G. W. Fuller J. H. Buhrman K. P. Brown J. R, Cain C. A. Randall Tom Majors , L. L. Raymond A. G. Warren J. C. Gammlll George W. Wilts The three senators who agreed to vote for the initiative and referendum on con dltlons that as many of their constituents petitioned them to do as voted for them at the time of their election were Fred Vo'.pp and Charles R. Besse. democrats, and J, M. Cox, republican. Senator Tit-bets, democrat, and Senator King, republican, while stating that they believed In the principle of the Initiative and referendum, declined to pledge them uelves to vote for it. Sharp Rise in December Corn Advance of Nearly Five Cents at Chi cago on Reports of Damage by Drouth. CHICAGO, July 25. An extreme advance of 4i cents was registered In the corn market hero today. The market was wide and excited on reports of heavy damage due to the heat and drouth. The Decem- ber option was the most violent affected. .... ni:,fllin Katordav .nd rt,.,. . " . ' " ' ing the forenoon today sold up to &c. September gained :ic, selling at 60Vc, and May 4c, with the sales at CiiUc. Sutfnr Hetlner on Strike. NEW YORK, July 2.'. Four hundred em ploves of the Federal KiiBar Refinery at Yonkers. N. Y., struck today. Officials of the company say they could learn nothing from the men except that they had re cently formed a union. Suitcase is Used as Berth for Tiny Traveling Infant From Allentown, In a suit case Is Ta., to Denver, Colo., a new record set by a wee baby that stopped over at Omaha's Union station V for a short time Sunday. With two holes punched In the top of the house- and a bottle of milk to occupy it mind, this Infant happily lets the world roll by and cares not for the worries of the wicket outside. The train came to V stop and the mother swung grucefully to the ground, turning down the offers of porters to tarry her bat-g-ige and walked over to Passenger U. rec tor Ely and asked hlui about the train west. Finding out she had a little time. TRAINS HALTED AND CARS FIRED Troublt in Grand Trunk Strike Not Over in Spite of What Offi cials Say. BSSBHBBSaBBB MANY OFFICERS PUT ON GUARD i Cars Sent Over Line Stopped at South Bend, Ind. MAY YET CALL OUT TROOPS Adjutant General on Scene to Deter .mine Need. COMPANY WANTS PROTECTION Strike Leaders Rxnrea I'tmoit Confi dence la Steadfastness of Ranks of ' Men Who Are I Oat. SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 5.-AJthough a large fore. of police and deputy sheriffs preserved order this morning, trouble here In connection with the Grand Trunk rail way strike is not believed to b over. The single train sent over the division Sunday night In an effort at resumption of freight service was halted in this city and several cars were fired. General William J. McKee of the state national guard, arrived In the city today and will determine the need of troops. MONTREAL,' July 25. Solution of the Orand Trunk strike problem la now In sight, according to the company's officials. It neither Includes they say, arbitration nor any further negotiations with th 1,900 conductors and trainmen, who struck a week ago for a wage scale higher than the 15 per cent Increase awarded by the board of conciliation. The only essential to be. provided for In th situation from the company's point of view as set forth, in- the message sent yesterday by President Hayes to McKensle King, minister 6i labor, is adequate pro tection of the company's property and em ployes, especially those who have taken the places of strlckers. .. While we were desirous of arbitration," said President Hayes, "time for such' ac tion has passed." ' The strike leaders, on the other hand expressed th utmost confidence In the steadfastness of their ranks - and their ability to force the railroad to terms by an irremediable freight paralysis. Koad Program Ambitions. Th ralitoad officials begin the - week with an ambitious program. It was an nounced that freight of all kinds would be accepted for Immediate shipment. Th shops at various points, closed a week ago, were re-opened today. Practically all th 10,000 employes returned to their plaoea. Several minor wrecks, alleged by th rail road officials to be due to tampering with switches by unauthorised persons, and de clared by strike leaders to have been aoot, dents resulting from handling of trains by inexperienced. mri; "have bean called to the attention of the authorities. . The local militia at Brockville, which has been a storm center, is said not to be do ing satisfactory protective work. The city oouncll is expected to request th govern ment to send a detachment of regulars from Kingston. The message conveying th position of the Grand Trunk officials to Mr. King was sent last night and read as follows: "Your telegram of the 23d received. While, as you know, from the many con ferences urging your action before th strike took place and from our offer re peated and urged upon th committee we are desirous of arbitration and so avoiding the existing trouble, tlm for such action has now passed, and It is only necessary that we should have th protection to which we are entitled to enable us to resume the full opeiatlon of the road. "CHARLES M. HATS." Coupled with this announcement of th company that th tlm has passed for arbitration cam th statement that, on Monday the shops of the entire system will be reopened, that Instructions will - be Issued to agents to once more take freight, and that way freights will be put on and the manifest freight service lnoreased. In addition. It is announced by the of ficials that some of th former employes who went out on Monday last are reporting for work. MordocU la Satisfied. The answer of VUe President Murdock to this is: "We are perfectly satisfied with th way things are going, and if it Is to be a fight to a finish, I do not know that I could suggest an Improvement on existing condi tions from our point of view. As matters stand, the traveling publlo is being fairly well taken ear of, while freight Is tied up. The report of A. Kennedy, of the engineers brotherhood to us, Is that only 10 per cent of the Grand Trunk engineers are on their regular runs, the remaining so per cent being Idle." Move Four Freight Trains. TORONTO, Ont, tfuly 25.-The claims of the Grand Trunk railway that matters are asumlng better shape was borne out yester day by the arrival and departure of four freight trains from Toronto. Crews have been secured to run all pasengers. """ " irmgni trains, ana 'eight of the latter will start to morrow from London, Toronto, ' Strat ford, Sarnla and Niagara Falls. Three westbound freights were sent out from Port Huron today and two eaatbound and two westbound from Battle Creek. Everything apparently Is quiet at Brock ville. Three ringleaders of the rioting of Friday night hav been remanded to jail tor a week. she went Inside and started to open her suitcase when, instead of the usual array of wearing apparell, there came to view a little pink and white baby, who kicked his heels In the air and crowed his delight of traveling, to the interested onlookers. "Well I've seen suitcases used as porta ble saloons, and they have been left with bricks In them at hotels for lodging, and they are sometimes used to carry poodle dogs, but I'm darned If one used as a room was ever seen before," said one man. The woman was the center of the gaze of many curious eyes as she opened the case and disclosed th body as happy as a lark. Temperance From the Cleveland Leader, BAEI1R IS HOME FROM CUBA , , - ' St. Paul Man Says Island is Exceed ingly Prosperous. . SUGAR CROP WILL HOLD RECORD Cleafnesroa, Where Ha Is Stationed, Making; Ifnmerona Improvements Banks Ask for Postal Savin Bank rands. (From a Staff Correspondent), WASHINGTON. July 25. fSneclal Tele- gra.)-Max J. Baehr of St. Paul. Neb., con sul at Clentugos, Cuba, was In Washington today en route to his home in th prairie state. Mr. Baehr has been located in Cuba sine 1903, a much longer time than is us ually given to an American representative of the State department in a southern country, but conditions in the Gem of the Antilles hav kept him there, and, accord ing to the officials of the State department, Mr. Baehr ta one of the most efficient offl oera in service. He has refused two con sul generalships, that at Buenoa Ayres and at .Callao, Peru, because of his desire for an European post. Now he feels it his duty to remain in Cuba for a time at least. "Cuba Is very prosperous," said Mr. Baehr, after hie call upon Mr. Carr of th State department, "owlrrt--to the largest sugar crop ever rriaaienth island, and because of better prions realized. Develop ment of th country Is progressing steadily, especially In th city cf Clenfuegoe, which Is the largest exporting port In Cuba. It has Just completed a fine system of water works and sewerage at a cost of KOOO.OOO and has built a new electric tramway sys tem. Elections ' In December. "Elections for governors, provincial coun cils and municipal officers will be held in December. While there Is a good deal of disaffection throughout Cuba over the forthcoming emotions, I believe the govern ment is well sble to take care of any contingencies that may arise. "As to politics In Nebraska, I am hardly In position to say anything as It has been two years since I have been away from my post. Of course. I have read the horn papers and know of th candidacy of Mr. Cady for governor and I want to say he would make a splendid governor and being from my home town, I would Ilk to see him win. He Is on of th ablest men In th stat. I want to see Senator Burkett win, too, for ' he has made a ftrst-claas representative and is entitled 'to re-election." Mr. Baehr left this afternoon for his home, having- been called to th states on account of the serious illness of his daugh ter. Pops and Coontr Option. Th following banks in Nebraska today rnaae appiicatloln to be appointed de positories for postal savings bank funds: First Natiolnal Bank of Cro. Citizens state Bank of Bloomfield, First National Bank of Auburn. Th First National Bank of Indennndeno la., and First National Bank of Iowa City also hav mad application to handle sav ing banks funds. The postmasters at Clinton and Lannx la., have made requests that postal savings banks be established In their offices The postmaster at Beresford, S. D.; today made request that a posta.1 savings bank be established In his, office. irnr Orders. Army Orders Just Issued are as follows: Captain Edward Thartmann, Fifth In fantry, Is detailed to fill a vaoancy in the quartermaster's department, vie Captain William D. Davis, quartermaster, assigned to the Fifth Infantry. captain Arthur Cranston, Thirtieth In fantry, is detailed to fill a' vacancy in the quartermaster's department. Major General William H. Carter, of the General Staff, is assigned to duty as assistant to the chief of staff. Leaves of absence are as follows: Captain Robert H. Westcott, Eleventh Infantry, one month: Captain Westley H. Hamilton, Coast artillery corps, one month; Major William Lassiter, Inspector general, four months; Captain Charles R. Lawson, quar tei master, two months. Capital Gossip. The First National bank of Floyd, la.. has been authorized to begin business with capital. George H. Jackson la presl dent. A. S. Griffith, vice-president and O. C. Klndlg cashier. Earnest K. Hamilton has been appointed postmaster at St. Anna, Frontier county, Neb., vice O. A. Sjmerville, resigned. Record Yield of Wheat. AUBURN, Neb., July 23. (Special.) Al fred Aldrlch threshed and delivered to L. L. Coryell at the latter'S elevator In Glen Rock wheat that went forty-two bushels to the acre and tested sixty-three pounds to the bushel. Mr. Coryell states this Is by far th best wheat he has ever bought during a period of sixteen years of grain buying In Nemeha county. Mr. Aldrlch received V0 cents a bushel for th wheat th land thus produolng 127.S0 per acre. Note: The West Has Gone Dry Politicians Arc Leaving for the Big Conventions Douglas County Republicans to Meet at the Lincoln Hotel Tues day Morning. Part of the Douglas county delegation to the republican state convention left Man day morning for Lincoln, but the largor part of th delegation will go on the early morning train Tuesday. A call has been made for a meeting of th delegation at the Lincoln hotel Tuesday morning at U o'clock to organise. The democratlo delegation to the Grand Island convention mot Saturday and eleoted I-L B. Fleharty as chairman of the delega tion. The delegation also decided to pre sent the names of Charles Fanning, George Rogers and Frank Good as members of the state committee. The democrats will leave on a special train over the Union Pacific Tuesday morn ing at 6:16. General Alarm . . for Ernest Wider Missing Cashier of Russo-Chinese Bank Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Short. NEW YORK, July 26.-A general alarm has been, sent to the police throughout the United States and Canada for the arrest of Ernest Wider, cashier of the Russo- Chinese bank, who Is charged by the bank's officers with having taken $70,000 in bonds from a safety deposit box. Reports today say that Wider has taken securities far In excess of ' that sum and approximating $600,000. Counsel for Wider late this afternoon ad mitted that th young man's defalcations amounted approximately to $600,000, the greater part of which was lost In stock speculation.' GEORGIA STUDENT IN JAIL i Son of President of Oil Company Con victed of Bura-lary at) Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, -Mo., July 25,-John Wll- hoit, 18 years old, formerly a student of th University of Georgia and a son of W. F. Wllhoit. president of a cotton oil company of Atlanta, Os, pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary in the criminal court here this morning and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Wllhoit said he run away from the unlvoiUy because he had a d slro to travel. He confessed to having stolen goods valued at $226 from a furniture ttore here. TAKEN FROM CITY JAIL BY MOB Ifesrress Who Kept Resort at Monroe, La., Probably Drowned la Oaachlta River. MONROE. La., July 25. Unidentified men broke Into the city Jail here ear.y today and carried off Iura Porter, a negro wo man prisoner, keeper of a resort .where white men afe reported to have been robbed on several oocaslons. It is generally be lieved she was thrown Into the Ouachita river and drowned. Ohio Republicans Will x Agree on Governor COLUMBUS, O., July 23.-A series ol con ferences between the requbllcan leaders, who are sccredlted supporters of the na tional administration began at noon today, the result of which it Is said may be an agreement upon the candidate for gover nor before the party's state convention opens tomorrow. Senator Burton today expressed the be lief that unless a radical change takes place, either Judge O. B. Brown of Day ton, or Warren G. Harding of Marlon, former lieutenant governor, would lead on the first ballot. Republican leaders and delegates who are here for the state convention were today frankly awaiting word from James R. Gar field, leader of the "progressives." As the majority of the delegates are un pledged, th state leaders are Interested tn the number of voles which Mr. Garfield will claim for the "progressives.- It Is considered that this will have a direct bearing upon th platform to be adopted, and hence upon the candidate for governor. Tba only considerable divergence INSURANCE WRITERS MEET Protest Against Proposed Reductions in Agents' Commissions. GO TO SEE HALLEY'S COMET Also Take In th Aviation Meet at Crelghton Field Of fleers for th Emnlnf Year Are Elected. Twenty-flva insurance writers from out In the state and seventy-five of th Omaha members of the state association met at the Field club Monday to elect officers and dlrcuss the movement on foot among east ern companies to reduce commissions. The meeting Is the annual gathering and was begun with a lunoheon ana ended with th election of offloers. The aviation meet was visited In the afternoon and in the evening the Insurance men were added to the victims of Halley's comet at the Den. Th speakers at the afternoon meeting were Caption H. A. Palmer, H. N. Wood, V. T. B. Martin, A. J. Love and C. C. Pollard of Fremont. General Cow In was expected to speak on insurance law, but was unable to be present Th reduction of commissions Is a movement which is threatening soma of the western, "favored" cltlesV Hks Milwaukee and Chicago, where rth agent's share Is unusually large. The companies are discussing reductions there and the Nebraska men are not certain that their own commissions will suffer, too. Three delegates were elected to a national convention which the Insurance men will hold in Chicago th first week in Sept em ber. Resolutions of condolence were passed for Mrs. Paul Oolson, wife of President Paul Colson of Fremont. Officers of the association re-elected for 1910 were Paul Colson, Fremont, president W. S. Clapp of Kearney, B. L. Baldwin of Omaha, Alfred W. White of Plattsmouth O. W. Palm of Lincoln. Fred Heller of Nebraska City, T. F. Horn of Auburn, vice presidents; C. O. Talmsge, Omaha, secre tary and treasurer. The out-of-town vis itors wer J. A. Axtell, Falrbury; C. C. Pollard, Fremont; Fred C. Laird, Fremont; William Madgett and W. A. Pielstlck, Hastings; Gus C. Becher, Columbus; C. A, Burk, Central City; C. W. Brlnlnger and Mr. Beecher, Grand Island; T. G. Lowe, South Omaha; Arthur Truesdell, Fremont; Wlllard S. Harding, Nebraska City; M. H Collins. Nebraska City; W. L. White, York Lom Tlbbetts and Joseph W. Walt, Lincoln. TWO MEN ELECTROCUTED IN SING SING PRISON Man Who Blardered Danahter and Another Who Killed Brother Par Penalty, OSSrNINO, N. Y July Is. At Elng Sins prison today two men were electrocuted for murders committed in New York City. They were Carl Loose, convicted of the murder of his daughter, and Gulsephe Gam- baro, a fractrlclde. Both men met death calmly only one shock of th electrio cur rent was required In each case and' the tlm which elapsed from beginning to end of th exeoutions was less than ten minutes Loose was convicted In New York of the murder in November 1908, of his daughter, Mata. He killed th girl and shot his son, th Kev. Frederick William Loose, after shooting st his wife, who escaped Injury. Loose was C8 years old. He was a baker. uambaro on February g, 1909 shot and killed his brother Vincenzo, whom he blamed for loss of a good position with a glass novelty company In New York City. between the platform suggested by Mr. Garfield three weeks ago and that outlined last night by Wade H. Bills, one of the "regular" leaders and a friend to the presi dent. Is in the endorsement of the present national administration and th recently enacted tariff law, which Mr. Ellis Insisted upon. The fight of the "progressive" has been thus far wholly for an advanced platform, and It was expected that Mr. Garfield would today indicate how far the sugges tions made by Mr. Ellis for an extension of referendum and other state reforms, coupled with an endorsement of the presi dent snd his policy, will satisfy the "pro gressives." Senators Burton and Dick have not been actively In league with the campaign for the nomination of Judge O. B. Brown cf Dayton, who Is supported by Georgd B. Ccx and it was stated that an acceptance by th "progressives" of some other than Mr. Garfield on a modification of the platform suggested by Mr. Ellis date. He Is making a campaign for secr ruent of th leaders aside from Mr. Cox. BRYAN PROMISES TO MAKEA FIGHT Brother Charlie Says His Plans' Will Not Be Affected by Hostile Democratic Majority, ALLEN PLUG 3 FOR HARM0NT Former Senator Wants to Heal tho Democratic Split. WHAT TO DO WITH BRYAN AFTER Majority Wonders Just How to Hold Him in Line. GRAND ISLAND HEARS THE DOPE Advance ttnard of Democratic and Populist Conventions Kill the Hotel Corridors with Maeh Talk. (From a Staff Correspondent) GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. July 26.-(8pecial Telegram.)-Demoerate from mora than a score of counties now here oompose th sdvance guard of the delegation to th state convention to be heid here tomorrow. wntle practically all the leaders of the party who are here express the belief that Mr. Bryan will ba defeated in his fight for county option, they anticipate a fight at his hands. The fact that forty delegates mora than a majorty have been Instructed against county opUon will make no differ ence In th plans of Mr. Bryan. "Our fight will be mad just th same," said C. W. Bryan. "Th fact that it Is claimed that there are more than a major- Ity or delegates pledged against oounty op tion will not change our plans." Allen Promotes Harmony. During the afternoon W. V. Allen, ex- United States senator, took It ojito himself to bring around some kind of harmony be tween Governor Shallenberger and the Dahlman forces. It was reported that Dahlman's lieutenants would not stand for a specific endorsement of th 8 o'clock clos ing law, though lis would not object to an endorsement of th administration. Friend of the governor were afraid that Dahlman and Bryan might make somo kind of a combination and prevent th endorsement of the daylight saloon law, but Charlie Bryan scouted the idea that the Bryanltes would fight such an endorsement When the governor was asked about harmony b aween himself and Dahlman said: 'I don't give a d n what the other fel lows stand for; I am for an endorsement of the 8 o'clock closing law, and I am ready to fight In the convention on that Issue." All of this talk was being don with Dahlman not yet In th city. Mr. Hitchcock is buby writing a plank about national Issues which he expects to load the resolutions of th convention. What to Do with Bryan. , .., So sur are the antls that they hav Mr. Bryan whipped that' they hav begun to talk about how to lot him down easy, but so far no one seems to hav solved th problem. Judge Shoemaker of Omaha In sists on throwing him over th transom, while others are evincing some alarm last liryan do that to the candidates after th primary, if defeated in the convention. No one tonight Is talk seriously I. J. Dunn's proposed fight on th Douglas dele gation, but those who are Interested art waiting for Dunn to get here. Governor Shallenberger denies that he had anything to do with picking out a second delega tion In Omaha. The governor seems con fident that C. J. Smyth will be made th permanent chairman of th convention, with little o no trouble. Several Banks Applt. The populist convention will fight over county option. .Chairman Manuel of th state committee will lead the fight for a plank which provides that the party, still adhering to the principle of county option, believes the way to settle tho liquor ques tion is by the lnltiatlv and referendum." W. V. Allen will attend th populist con vention and urg the delegates to ignora county option entirely. Elmer Thomas will be baok In th fold and fight for county option. Mayor Dahlman Ik expected some tim during the early part of th night and Mr. Bryan will be here In th morning. REPUBLICANS HOLT) CONFERENCES' Leaders and Delegates mt t.lncola Talk over Convention's Work. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 25. (Special Telegram. Delegates to the republican stat conven tion, which meets here tomorrow, began to arrive on the early trains today. To night probably on-thlrd of th whol num. ber are In town, Informal conferences have been in progress all day among th leaders and delegates now her. Th County Local Option league has headquar ters in a store room at the Llndell and is keeping open house. While It seems fairly certain that som sort of declaration touching county option will be made in the platform, Just what shape it will take is still very uncertain. No one seems to have a clearly defined notion on this point, but the sentiment If growing In favor of a temperate, sensible plank. Many dulegates express the view that the state convention cannot bind leg Is lative candidates If It would, and th final conclusion Is likely to take th form of a mere recommendation that the legislative districts shall handle the question as they may deem best, with the stat convention giving expression to an opinion favorable to the passage of a law permitting a vol on the question where public sentiment de mands It. In any event, sine so many delegations are under Instructions either fot or against county option, this Is bound to be the only test vote on any question, since all delegates seem to be practically agred on all other points. A. E. Cady and C. II. Aldrlch, guberna tnrlal candidates, are both on the ground and are the center of groups of admiring friends, who have advice freely on tap. fclnce the arrival of delegates from Har lan, Clay and Greely counties It has de veloped that they are not really under In structions to vot for county option, but that when the conventions hsd practically finished their work atid many delegates had left, motions were ostensibly put and carried instructing for county option. The make-up of the committee on reso lutions Is net yet decided on, as the dis tricts have not jet signified their choir. John L. Welisti-r will represent the Second district on tho committee. The eounly optlonlsts are holding a mas meeting thlu evening in the auditorium. A movement was fetarted today to make Congressman Ueoig Norrls pcrwaueaA