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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1910 TWELVE PAGES.
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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.
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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
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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. (
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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