I" Fhe Omaha Daily Bee. Now Thona Number AH Department WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Generally fair. For Iowa Ofnprallr fair. For weather report goe page 2. OMAHA DEE TYLER lOOO t- VOL. XI-XO. 40. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1910 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. INSURGENTS ARE KANSASVICT01IS Nominate Six Out of Eight of Their Candidates for Congress at Primaries. IV jvelt and iVlitchell Guests of Father Curran Former President is Much Impressed with Beauties of Hisforio Wyoming Valley. DOCTOR CRIMEN WILL NOT RESIST Tells Lawyer His Fight Will Not Be Made Here, but Upon Other Side of Ocean. ACCEPTS NEWTON'S OFFER OF AID Cables Attorney of London He Will Permit Him to Act. QUEBEC MAN'S PROFFER DECLINED Same Girl Two Views RROGltESSIVES OF IOWA IN TOWER Faction is in Such Absolute Control that Visitors Lose Interest in Proceedings. . , MAJORITY OVER TWO HUNDRED Test Comes on Contest for Permanent .Chairman. 3 VAVa) i t r X CAMTBELL AND ANTHONY WIN Two Regulars Come Out Ahead Against Opposing? Progressives. ETUBBS' MAJORITY IS LARGE Probable Candidate for Senate Was lined Up with Insurgents. OKLAHOMA RESULTS DIFFERENT Standpatters Arc Winner Straight IbruugU, At-coe-dlna; to Inroin- plot Itrtarnc-Tnkw Two "of Tare In Missouri. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. S. Insurgents won almost a complete victory at tho Kansas pi1marle yesterday. Six out of eight Insurgent candidates for congress lit ve been nominated In spite of everything the congressional organization In Washington and the regulars In Kunsaa could do to save their men. The majorities run from 1.0tK to S.5u. Of , the six stanrtpat congressmen who were eeeklng renomlnation only two are sura of having their'' numes on the ticket thl fell. In the Third district P. I". Camp bell defeated Arthur Cranston, Insurgent. In th First district Representative D. R. Anthony, a strong Cannon adherent, won over T. A. McNeal, Insurgent. Anthony's majority will be close, to W. Representative William A. Calderhead. In the Fifth, leader of the standpatters, was defeated by about 2,00 voles. .Victor Murdoch and E. P. Madison, Insur gent leaders, hud no opposition and will be returned to sangres,. Governor Stablia Renominated. W. R. Stubbs, for governor, has been re nominated with a majority ovor Thomas Wagiitaff of about. 20,000, or 2,000 more than lo had over Cy Leland two years ato Stubba Is an lnsjrgent; Wagstaff a regular. From the present indications the republi can candidates for congress In Kansas will b: . . " First District D. R. Anthony, otnnilpat, Leavenworth, majority over McNeal about 6i)0. ' Second DiHrlct A. C. Mitchell, insurgent. Lawrence, majority over Scott 1,000. Third District Philip P. Campbell, stand patter, Pittsburg, renominated by reduced figures. ' Fourth District Frederick 8. Jackson, Insurgent. Eureka, majority over Miller t.m. fifth District R. R Rces, Insurgent, M-nneapolls, majority over Calderhead 3,600. flxth District I. D. Young, insurgent, Pclult, ma'oriiy over Ileeder 1,500. Seventh i3tuict Edward H. Madison, In surgent, incumbent. Dodge City. . Eitfkin DrfcUie'l Viator Muroock, Imrur icent, hicuorhsntVlehiia. Governor Stubbs. who was renominated. Is 'considered prbbable opponent of United Btates Senator Charles Curtis In 1912. He lined np-wlth the Insurgents while Senator Curtis took part In tho recent campaign In behalf of tho regulars. , " 1,1st of Democrats Nominated. The democrats had no candidates for congress In the First and Eighth districts. In tho First J. H. Calgera' name was writ ' -ten on the ballot. He was nominated. In the other districts the nomination of the f allowing democrats Is Indicated: Second District Orant Harrington, Kan sas City. ' ' Third D!strlct-J. D. Botkln, Wlnfleld. Fourth District Henderson Martin. Mcilon. Fifth District O. T. Helverlng, Marys- fc'lxth District II. O. Caster, Oberlln. Seventh District G. A. Neeley, Hutch Ineon. - : MardOek Is Pleased. WICHITA, Kan.. Aug. 3.-Vlctor Mur dock,' (lie lnsufgfcnt leader In congress, said to the Associated Piths today: "The significance of the overwhelming lnsurgert victory In Kansas Is twofold. F.rst, It la a Oomplete repudiation ol "both Cannon ai d the system hy which he has robbed tho peof.le of free government in th house. Wcott, Miller and Reeder were ' chairmen of Important house committees, While Calderhead was on the ways and means committee. All were beaten because they subscribed to the Cannon system. Second, tha Kansas Insurgents' victory Is an effort by the republicans of Kansas to say with emphasis to the nation that the republican party of KanBaa stands fur im mediate and effective legislation framed to drive epeclo4 and selfish Interests out of control In American politics." JtETVHXS FROM OKLAHOMA )Ioeal and Trace Leading' In. Con test for Head of Ticket. QUTHR1E. Okl., Aug. 3.-Insurgent re publican candidates for congress In the primary election yesterday were defeated ln throe Oklahoma districts In which def inite returns have been obtained. The following standpatters seem surj of nomination! First District Dlrd S. McGulre, Panne, (Incumbent.) Second District Dick T. Morgan, Wood ward, (incumbent.) ' Third Dlxtrlot C. E. Creager, Muskogee, (Incumbent.) In the Fourth district C. M. Cambpell, regular republican, hud no opposition In tits own party. Ill tho Fifth district returns are yet too meager to say which of tho three republi can candidates waa successful. Democrat are known to have been nom inated for congres: Third District James L. Davenport, Vtntlto. Fourth Dltrlct Charles D. Carter, Ard tnore, (Incumbent.) Returns are coming slowly and some of tha remote parts of the itn'e will nut be heard from before tomorrow. Incomplete returns Indicate that tho race between Lee Cruec and W. H. Muiriy for the democratic nomination fur governor was close, with Cruce le;idlns by a small majority. Joseph M-Neal of Guthrie is running ahead of Thomas Ferguson for tho repub lican gubernatorial mniu;itlon. An Incident that clusid the primaries was) furnished In the death this morning of! William Cress, secretury of Mate and dem ocratlo randidut for the office of state auditor. Cross lias been too 111 to enter the campaign, but he was nouiiiiutcd. II8T OF MISSIU HI NOMIMCKK Ten IHrmoeratle and Two Itrnuullean r(iurtim Renamed. ST LOUIS, Aug. t Missouri's ten demo. cratlo rongressinen and at least two of I (Continued on 8econd Page.) j WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Aug. 3. Colonel Roosevelt, w.io reached this city at nild nifcht from Scranton and was tho guest during the night of Rev. J. J. Curran. pastor of tlie Holy Savior church, aroiie early today and made himself right at home on the big porch which surround the nrlost's parochial residence. Ho read thu nauers and commented on the. beau tiful mountain scenery. The nows that tiie former president would bo the tuost of Father Curran be came known .aai night and early this morning groups of people garnered anoui the residence. John Mltcnoll, wno is also the guest of Father Curran, spent many months In Wilkesbarre while ulrect Ing the big miners' ctrtke of 1902. The distinguished visitor was particu larly Interested in the route which Gen eral Bullivan traversed whon ha came to the rescue of the white settlers of the Wyoming valley, when they were besieged by the. Indians a century and a quarter ago. Suiilvan's army marched close by where Colonel Rootevelt slept la3t night. Colonel Roosevelt, John Mitchell, Law rence Abbott and about forty others will I. a I'- tl.n. rSiri-Dn'a triiAUlfl fit lunctlOOIl St t 1 p. m. At i o'clock Hie ex-presldent and j party will leave ln mi automobile for Bear Creek, whore they will be the guests of A'bert Lewis, the lumber man, at dinner. Colonel Roosevelt started out this morn ing In a motor car to spend the day among the miners on the outskirts of Wilkesbarre. In the foreign section a crowd of foreigners gathered around Colonel Roosevelt's car nd cheered when they saw John Mitchell, the ex-president of the miners' organiza tion. Two mounted policemen, members nf the state constabulary, rode up to the automobile. One of them, John Gallager, Is an old Rough Rider. The former comradus-at-arms had a reunion. A white haired woman, who paid she was a grandmother, stepped up and seized Colonel Roosevelt's hand with a fervent grasp. "God bless you," she said. The colonel smiled. The Journey was taken up again, the next stop being at Edwardsvllle, four miles further up the valley. Dynamite Wrecks Dwelling House Home of Roy Wilscam at Lincoln Blown Up During Night No Motive Known. 1 iJDrom m ;Staff CorrtspohdenUi.; j.. LINCOLN, Neb,, Augr S.(peclal.) At J- o'cloeR thl9 morning, the modern $3,009 dwelling belonging ' to Roy. Wllsgam, lo cated at 1253 North Twenty-second street, was blown up by dynamite or powder. It Is a mass of ruins. Following the explosion the dweling caught ' fire . and an alarm was sent ln. When the department reached the scene the wrecked home was a mass of flames. The blase was soon extinguished. The Wllscams are away from home. No one has yet been found who could say what actuated the criminals. The Wllseatn family, consisting of the father, mother and two daughters, was out of the city. All have been visiting. Mrs. Wllscam'a sister, Mrs. Frank Allen, who lives two miles west of Waverly. Mrs, Wilscam was called there by the Illness of t!ils sister and Mr. Wilscam, who Is a carpenter, went there to be with her and at the amo time work at his thade In the vicinity. The house, a commodious and modern two-story dwelling, is a complete wreck. It was handsomely furnished, but all of the furniture, except a kitchen range and table, was practically destroyed. On the kitchen table stood a couple of cans, one of them partly filled with coal oil and the other with some oil not distinguished Residents of the neighborhood a,'e sure that two men whom they saw running I from the vicinity of the house right after the explosion know something about how ; 11 happened. The men, one tall and an- other short ln stature, were sen running ln an easterly direction on Dudley street right after the explosion occured. LEADING IOWA CITIZEN SUDDENLY TAKEN ILL Senator C. J. A. Erlcson goffer with Appendicitis After Making Trip Around World. ECONE, la., Aug. 3. (Special Telegram.) Senator C. J. A. Erlcson, who returned Sunday from a trip around the world, feeling In the best of health, was taken critically 111 Monday evening with appen dicitis and operated on this morning. Ills condition this afternoon Is extremely crit ical. His daughter, Mies Kena, was sum moned from St. Louis. Mr. Eiicsui . is president of the CUy bank, donor of the Erlcson public library here and state sen ator. He bolstered up Augustana college, Uock Island, by his philanthropy and Is one of Iowa's most prominent and wealthy citizens. Visions of Pet Cats Haunt Officer Samuel Riegleman Soft purring from ten velvty throats, the silent movements of forty padded feet and twenty eyes cf five gleaming out of dark corners with en Influence oriental lnivc gut on policeman Sum neclenian's nerws. The cats! Tie tats!!, Sam R.eglenian Is obt-si'Ftcd by the thought of cats. He I? riding' 119 inoior cycle In death defying pursuit of an uuto Sioicher, a cat crosses lis path and the cna.se Is off. He Is reaiUng the morning paper and Janitor Taylor comes li; a';llnn "Kilty, Kilty, come here Kitty," and Riegleman mukes a thoroughly uncalled for attack ui the station cat. It all crows out nf the departure of Patroleman Kiegleman's . :fe. leaving ten pet cats behind htr Intho officer care. It was all right the flint day, though Sam had to ak Seigrsut igwart how uiucu Prisoner's Calm Gives Refutation He is Drug Victim. iTnTlMTVR ASSISTANT TO TESTIFY Man Sent to Bar Boy's Clothes la London Bar He All Along; Thought Mr. Crlppen la America. QUEBEC, Aug. S Dr. Crlppen slept well last night and appeared in moderately good spirits when he arose at 8 o'clock. The prisoner spends his time reading and walk ing In the Jail corridor. Miss Leneve is better supplied with funds than is her male companion. While but tin was found on Crlppen, the girl car. rled ln currency. A large part of this um ued today by the prison matron lo purchase charge. clothing suitable for her Crlppen's comparatively calm gives, ac cording to his keepers, a positive refuta tlon of the allegation made In London that he had been addicted to the use of drugs Crlppen today accepted the offer of legal services made to him by Arthur New ton, a London solicitor, last night. He cabled to Newton today. The message ran. "Accept your offer. Secrecy will be observed. A second Quebec attorney today sent word to the prisoner that he was ready to help resist extradition. To the Jailer who bore the communication, Crlppen said: "My fight will not be made here. It will be on the other side." LONDON, Aug. 3. Several . important facts bearing on the Belle Elmore murder reached the police today. William Long, a former assistant of Dr. Crlppen, talked freely with the authorities. It was Long, who on the day that Crlppen disappeared purchased the suit of boys' clothes ln which Miss Leneve was attired when arrested. Long has now explained that when , he executed this errand for Crlppen he fully believed the doctor's story that Belle Elmore, Crlppen's wife, had gone to America. The case of the crown concerning the extradition of the prisoners was completed today and the papers from the legal de partment of the government turned over to Sergoant Mitchell, who will sail for Quebec tomorrow on the ateamer Manitoba. Seigoant.MUuhell will , be .accompanied . to ytieoec ty j.j;o Warddrease -who will take charge of Mum Leneve. Wealthy Farmer Killed by Mower Machine Slides Off Hay Rack and Crushes Samuel Clayton to Death at Central City. CENTRAL CITY, Neb., Aug. S.-(3peela! Telegram.) Samuel Clayton, one of the most prominent and wealthy farmers ln Merrick county, 'was killed this' afternoon by being cruphed by a mowing machine. The accident happened at his farm over the river ln Hamilton county. He had loaded a mower onto a flat hayrack and hauled It out onto, a meadow. He attempted to drive through a small ditch, with the idea of halting the rear wheels ln the ditch and then sliding the machine off tha back of the raek. When the front wheels went Into the ditch the machine plunged for ward, knocking Clayton down onto the tongue of the wagon and plunging after him and alighting on top of him. The team started to run and dragged the man about 100 yards. John Smith, Working In the, field, came to Mr. Clayton's rescue, but when he reached him he was dead. Evidently he bad been killed instantly by the machine falling on his ,as his neck was broken, Clayton lived Just east of Central City und owned many farms In this and Hamil ton counties. The spot where he was killed was about six rods from the embankment where Alex Lyon met his death about two months ago, when hi sauto plunged over the embankment and turned over on top of him. WIRELESS INDICTMENT FILED Six Person Named ln Dill Returned by New York Grand Jnry, NEW YORK, Aus. 3. It Is said that six persons are named in an Indictment re turned today In the United Wireless mat ter, . these persons including Christopher Columbus Wilson, president of the corpora tion; S. S. Boirart, vice president, and W W. Tomklns, president of the New York selling agency, a subsidiary of the United company. These three men wore taken ( before United States Commissioner Shields this afternoon. milk one c.it rightly Is entitled to. But on tho s. coi.,1, third and fourth days, re nei lively, there was trouble. Sam got in oSd first by giving several of the cats a l.alli. He thoi:rht It was the right system, but the cats dlir.'t. He even tried scented water, and at that the cats rsixerf more or lei- of a holler, lut the worst Is yet to come. Whereas there were ten feline ts among Sam's wife's keeakes hen she departed on her vacation, ihere ere only six now. It i unanimously and Becrrtly understood at tho station that there will be blood on the moon when Sam's wife gets back. Even i' iw Captain Savage U said to have given iv. utrrtous ordeis to the poisoned pet ln ve;.Uk.utlng sc,uad. "Hunt around the back yoYd till you find thn mares; dig 'em up und look at their tongues," he was heard to say. How beautiful she is From the Cleveland plain Dealer. FIGHT ON THE ORAL METHOD Convention of Deaf Adopt Strong Res olutions Aeainst System. STEWART TALKS ON FRIENDSHIP Visitor from fowa Convention Join In the MoritDg Sewloa Joint Picnic I Planned for Thanh day at Maaawa. I Such a quiet, loyful convention, full of smile and brimming over with convoisa- tlon that evidently pleases Jn high degree which describes the meeting now being held In Omaha by the Nebrai ka Asiocla.,m cf the Deaf 1 seldom to be witnetmed. " Every man and womaoj ln attendance Is most deeply Interested., In .all tnU comes before the delegatea; and they show It in features and gesteure. Educated hands are kept continually busy, but they are no more ex pressive than alert. Intelligent eyes and faces lighted up by quick; mental under standing. ' ar. The most Important actfon of the conven tion yesterday waa the passage xf the' fol lowing, resolution .r "That-th president 'tie: wiKbrrrlsed to ap point a committee of ilva which hall con-, stltute a board of publicity of Information; that It shall be the duty ot this, board to counterbalance the evil effect of Uie orallsts In promulgating tho doctrine that the oral method Is the new and only way to educate the deaf; that It collect and distribute lit erature that deals with the two methods and that emphasizes tho superiority ,of the combined method; that they collect statis tics of the deaf of the state, their, post bfleo address, their vlewa of the. benefits they have derived from the two methods and the like; and that this board of pub licity ba furnished money by the associa tion for the thorough carrying on of this work." The committee thus provided for, .which Is regarded as having very lmpor:ant yoik to do. will be appointed by President Sowell. An address on "Friendship" was delivered at the morning session by Superintendent R, E. Stewart of the Omaha Institute. Governor Shallenberger sent a letter of re gret and greetings were received from the Iowa association, now in session at Coun cil Bluffs. A delegation from tha Iowa association also came over in the afternoon to mingle with the Nebraska folks. Mrs. C. K. Comp, Mrs. Laura Hlanken shlp and Mra. P. E. Seeley were named as a committee to revise the constitution and bylaws. A. E. Hodgson of New York delivered an addtesi to the convention yesterday after noon, and Joe Morehouse read a paper on "What the Deaf Have Accomplished By United Effort." The business sessions ln Omaha will be concluded at noon Thursday, and In the afternoon the Nebraska delegates will Join ln a Joint picnic with the Iowa delegates at Manawa. The committee on resolutions Is com posed of W. II. Rothert, Chester , Tox wood and Miss Anna Johnson. BRITISH PARLIAMENT TAKES LONG RECESS Adjournment Taken Until Xovrmber to Give Lender Time to Confer. LONDON, Aug. 3. Parliament adjourned today until November 15. During the recess the conferences between the leader trying to settle the constitutional differences of the House of Lords and the House of Commons will be continued and tho ex pectation Is entertained that a compromise may be reached and possibly announced on the reassembling ' of Parliament on No vember 15. The most important work of tho new Parliament, whose sittings were int?rrupt d for a time by the death of K'ng Edward. has been the adoption of Chancellor Lloyd George's contested budget. Have you a sew ing machine that you do not use? "Why don't you sell it? A Bee want ad will do the work. It is a matter of mere child's play, sny'L'i) cents and the thing is ahout over. Call Tyler 1000, if you oan't come down and an ad taker will write your ad and place it. Dahlman Glad Patrick Gets Out of Race Mayor Says He is Eager to Lick Shallenberger . in a Two-Man Fight Mayor James C. Dahlman la speeding from town to town ln northwestern Ne braska, fixing his fences with all the ardor of a certain winner. If he la troubled over the tieup between Bryan and Shallenberger, he doesn't betray It by his telephone voice. Last night he talked with The Bee from Bancroft, and his tones were as steady and even as any he ever uses In welcoming a convention. He said: "When Shallenberger stood before the democratic state convention and .agreed to sign a county option bill, he did It to get Patrick out of the way. I am not surprised at Patrick's withdrawal. In fact, I am glad of it, for I want to lick Shallenberger in a single-handed race." Mr. Dahlman said he visited a dosen towns during the day, And things looked .mighty -good; ta him.... - : .-;' s Loomis Farmer Killed by Bolt Oscar Pickering Struck by Lightning During Light Shower Wednes day Morning. HOLDREQE, Neb., Aug. 8. (Special Telegram.) Oscar Pickering, a middle aged man and one of uie most popular farmer in the vicinity of Loonfla, wa struck by lightning and instantly killed about 10 o'clock this morning at the farm of Henry Pace, about ten miles west Of this city. Pickering was helping stack at the Pace farm and was on his way to shelter during a anower which lasted only a few minute when he was struck. The stroke of lightning which ended Pickering's life was the only one during the progress of the short storm. The victim leave a widow and two children. NORTHWESTERN LOSES SIXTEEN ENGINES Half Million Dollar Blase at C'hadron When Blar nonnd House t Destroyed. CHADRON, Neb., Aug. 3. (Special Tele gram.) The largest fire that Chadron ever had occurred last night. Both old and new roundhouses of the Chicago & North West ern, with sixteen engines all coaled and ready for use were totally destroyed. The lias Is over 1600,000. Cause unknown. Bnrvlnrr at Cordova. SEWARD, Neb., Aug. 8. (Special Tele gram.) The hardware store of George Goodbrod, Jr., at Cordova, Seward county, was robbed by burglars last night and sev eral hundred dollars worth of Remington shotguns, and revolvers and cartridges were stolen. Fifteen rasors and a lot of smaller articles were taken. Sheriff Gal lon has sent out postals offering a reward for the capture of the thief or thieves. President ilontt at New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. The thunder of guns from Fort Wadsworth proclaimed tha arrival in port this afternoon of Presi dent Pedro Montt of the republic of Chlla on board the royal mail liner Tagus, from Colon. President Montt will be In this city two days and will then go to Bos ton and from thence to Beverly to pay President Taft a visit. ( -r Business Woman Puts Hot Water Kettle in an Icebox A very charming young woman who pre sides with dignity over the office of an Omaha public official claims domenlclty as one of her chief virtues. She does not pretend to bo a good bridge player, but that i is the only feminine accomplishment which shethlnks she has lost ln her con tact with affairs. In a very pralsewprthy desire to culti vate this domesticity she delights to help "around the house" and It waa on a recent spxsm of this sort that she was helping her mother do the d'shes. Frequent telling had acquainted her with the fact that hot water "makes 'em wipe easier," so she scalded the heap to be wiped with hot water from the tea kettle. In a f'-w minutes, when she, wishing to repeat this very helpful and time consum d But you ought to see her playing tennis I NEBRASKA GETS A SOARING Nearly Entire State is Refreshed by Downpour of Rain. FARMERS REJOICE FOR CROPS Field Stan Return from Tonr Over This Section with Optimistic Re port on Crop Conditions Bar Weedy Corn Scarce. Nebraska farmers are rejoicing over the soaking rain which wet down the growing crops in most parts of Nebraska Tuesday night, some aectlons having rain two nights in succession. ' The Union Pacific reports of a heavy rain from Columbus to Omaha and on the branohea south ot Valley . and north of Columbus with a good rain from Columbus to Grand Island. There was a heavy rain from Grand Island to Kearney, and good rains north ot Kearney and Grand Island. Burlington reports show It rained hard from Omaha to Ashland and from Sioux City to O'Neill. In the southeastern part of- the .Htate it. rained 'from Tecumsefc.. to Netna haHWe atika City. There was heavy rain In the vicinity ot Broken Uow, and a light rain hear Brusn, Colo. O. E. Hall, fleldman for the Twentieth Century Farmer, brings ln a very optimlstlo report on crop conditions In Nebraska to date. Mr, i Hall travels over the aentlre state and has a wide acquaintance among the farmer and stockmen. 'Within 111 last few weeks we have been pfetty much . over the corn producing part of the state and IV seema to us that we have never, seen the prospects much better tllen they r at this time," said Mr. Hall. "In the first place, this year a field of tweedy ' corn la something of a curiosity, whereas tha last few years the opposlts Haa been the general rule. Thla la due to the tact that, the present year has been reasonably free from excessive rains and farmers haVe been. able to give the corn the attention which It required. Corn has made splendid growth as a rule, and the tolor 1 excellent. , ;; "With, the largely increased acreage In corn ther Is no question but that the ag gregate, number of bushels of corn pro duced Jn the tate this year will constitute a record breaking crop with favorable con ditions from this time on. "Wheat and oats are threshing out really better than was anticipated at any time during the last season. We believe that twenty bushels per acre Is a conservative estimate on the average yield of wheat und the quality Is especially good. Oats are of good quality and the yield generally Is much better than expected. We were In two different fields last weok, where they were threshing better than fifty bushels per acre, and ln one of these the grain tested thirty-eight pounds per bushel.'; ' Good Rain 1 Most General. C. H. Pickens, general manager for Pax ton & Gallagher, has collected considerable data today on the rain altuation ln Ne braska and he reports that 'it was most general Tuesday night. Mr. Pickens reports show there was three fourths Inch at Broken Bow, good rains at Sargent and Greeley, one-half inch at Columbus, fair rain at Crete, one-half Inch at Oberlln, Kan., light rain at McDonald,, one-half , inch at Hickman, three-fourths Inch at Blair, three-fourths Inch from Ord to . Loup, heavy rain on the Spaulding banch, -heavy rain on the Bonesteel line, light rain from Scribner to Oakdale, light rain from Meadow Grovo to Long Pine, good rain from Meadow Grove to Llnwood, good rain from Superior to Geneva, heavy rain at Alnsworth, good rain from York to Hastings and half an inch at Missouri Valley. ing process, there was no kettle to be found She paused in the midst of the disser tation upon public affairs with which ghe waa regalllng her mother. '.'Where is the tea kettle?" she asked. "You had It a moment ago, my dear," vald her mother. "Be businesslike, mother," Insisted the secretary, "Where Is It urually kept?" Tha mysterious disappearance was com plete. They searched the kitchen, the pantry and the back porch. Ten minutes went by and they were still searching. Tha secretary lost her patience completely nd became frantic. Finally mother stooped transfixed with one eye on the Ice br,x. A thin, wispy cloud of steam was issuing from it. Inade reposing upon a cake of lc. Into which It had melted Itself neatly, stood the kettle where the , do.nesllo bulnes woman had put 1 DOLLTVER AVOIDS ISSUES Speaks Briefly and in Spirit of Good ' Humor. TURN DOWN TAFI ENDORSEMENT Minority Report Containing; Praise of 'President Full to Be dabatittnted Xante Omitted from Key note nf Speech. : I iowa, ooNVBjmosr besuxt. DES MOIwrs, la., Aug-. 3. epublloan fowa wrote herself vigorously progressive today at a convention whlon waa la up roar most of the time. benatora Oununlns and Dolllver and the insurgents delegation at Wasblnfton were enthusiastically endorsed. The new tariff law waa branded as a failure In the light ot the party pledge of 1908. President Taft reoelred the most tepid of lukewarm endorsements. A aop of harmony waa flung out la the endorsement of the administration of Governor Carroll. ' An attempt to use the "steam roller" to make the state cural committee over whelmingly progressive was called off, presumably at the hint of Senator Cum mins, ' ' ' Senator Cummins waa temporarily chairman Senator Colli ver permanent chairman. ' The progressiva majority ranged close to 300 on every gtuistlon. The resolution oommltte was pro gressive, six to five. The foregoing- is a aynopsls of today' event. To It may b added efcenra oud Jeera, applause and ' hisses, music and howl of dlsoord. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, la.. Aug. J. (Special Tel egram.) The 'republican state convention today . waa so completely ln control ot the progressive clemeut that it lost much of its Interest to the mass of the visitors. When the caucuses . were held It was .dis closed that the progressive had control of six of tho eleven, though In one there was a peculiar fight,' which left the matter In some doubt. .When the convontlon came up to the first test vote it showed that the progres sive majority wa-,upwards-f , Jiffi., ..The test came .Whentw),.j;pQi'U vere " made for permanent cftalrmah, a .majority re' port for Senator Dolllver and a minority report for J. 0. Mabry of Albla. On the vote Dolllver received iM. votes and Mabry MS. Ten . votoa went tot Dolllver that might have ben counted for the minority candidate . but for a desire .to aid a can didacy for superintendent. Senator Dolllver spoke, briefly and In good humor, but did not discuss .issues to any extent.. The convention gave to both Dolll ver and Cummins generous applause, and especially when reference wa made to Roosevelt the convention became wild with excitement. There was ho show of disap proval ot anything said or done, . but the discussions were in the mtlih In good tem per. The platform Committee spent much time In preparing the two reports and In the meantime the convention disposed of all other business. Judges Deemer and Evan were renominated by acclamation. On the first ballot for superintendent the vote was: Deyor. Stit; Rlgge, lMal Welty, Zii; Minnlnger, 214; Lark, 15SVai , Brainerd, 130',-i; Picket, lSJtt- On the second ballot Deyor led and a great many changes weie made to Deyor, until he was declared nominated. Platform Plant. Then came the platform fight about 6:30 p. m. The majority report presented the progressive view and was read by Robert Healy of Fort . Dodge. Then Colonel W, P. Hepburn read the minority report, containing the apeech and exten sive endorsement of President Taft. Both reports received much . applause from tho different sections of the house. There was no debate, when roll Call came the con vention refused to substitute the minor ity for the majority report by vote of 603 to 815. The platform waa then adopted. During the ballottlng a, picture ot Taft was shown and It was made the occas ion for a great show u approval ; later a, picture of Roosevelt wks shown In like manner and the other crowd did the ap plauding. An effort wa made to force a vote dh the parts of the resolution report, and It finally got into the form of a vote to sus tain the. claim that tha adoption of the report could not be divided. There was another faction division with the usual re sult. The platform was finally adopted on a short factional Vote. Following the adoption of the platform Just as presented by the majority, the con vention elected the members of the state committee, who were reported from the caucuses. At no time during- the day was there any angry talk and everything waa accepled aa final. Few speeuses were made, both sides Contenting thm Helves with a show of strength on the roll calls. A. M. Deyor of Hancock county, the can didate for state Superintendent, regarded as an able man, who will flit the office well. During the week, Taft clubs decided upon continuing their organization during the next two year and they will maintain a headquarters and do Some work In the campaign for tome of the candidates for congress. DETAI Lfl OF TUB (ONVKTIO Senator Cummin Ignores .Taft In Keynote ttpeeeh. DES MOINES, Aug. S.--8entor Cumm'n threw the republican slate convention Into disorder today, when he named the party of "Lincoln, of Grant, of Roosevelt," ete., Ignoring President Taft. . Former Congressman Lacy, a standpatter, walked into the center aisle, crying, "Taft, Tuft, Taft," In which he a as Joined by his fellow stalwarta. . f looiitv.lt' name wa cheered standing. Cummins, who spoke aa Irinporary chair- I man, Ignored I-nuey's cry, tut It wa some time before he could resume. A number f