Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
PERKINS STAR ASCENDANT
Primaries and Conventions Saturday Bear
Out Predictions Of Managers.
POTTAwATTAnIE AND cAss FOR HIM
Juniors of North Des MOines HiEh
school Keep the seniors Impris-
oned All Might In House
of Professor.
(From a stan Correspondent

DIES MONIES. May @-(special Teie-
gram. 1.-THE news from the primaries held
today greatly encourages the Perkins man
ayers. While they had confidently expected
to carry Pottawattamie and Cass counties
the Cummins men had made such strenuous
claims for both Of these that the Perkins
men were hardly prepared for their over
whelming victory in both these counties In
neither Of them will the Cummins adher-
ents have enough votes to be factors in the
conventions.
Page county. as had been expected, Sc
lected a stand-pat delegation to the state
convention and the congressional delega-
ton was instructed for Hepburn by an
overwhelming majority.
The results of the primaries and con-
ventions this week have more than fulfilled
the predictions OF the Perkins men Espe-
cially has this been so in the Second con-
gresslonal district. In the Johnson county
convention today the delegates were in
structed for Perkins. Roosevelt, Hepburn
Allison. Dolliver, Shaw. Wilson. Dawson
and McClain. the present tariff schedules
and rate legislation were endorsed. There
was only one Cummins delegate in the con-
vention Dave Brant heads the delegation
Iowa county instructed for Perkins and
SHuOlS eu roOSeNelt' M a. nancy neadS the
delegation.
High school Scrap.
The Junior class of the North High school
captured the entire senior class at the home
Of Principal Grundy at 1920 Eighth street
last night and held them captive till day
light this morning, when they we're released
by the police. Scouts from the imprisoned
seniors got word to the police department
and fxua On
assist the seniors got lost and failed to find
the place till two hours later. They stayed
till midnight, and thinking all was quiet
left for their beats. The juniors then cap
tured the telephone and surrounded the
premises again. Finally Neil Van Meter.
the fullback Of the foot ball team appeared
on the front porch and there was n rush
for him. He threw off the first two. but
was captured and taken from the premises.
number Of the girls escaped from the
house and spent the night at a neighbors
The senior boys were forced to spend the
night at the Grundy home
College People Wed.
A wedding that was to have been a secret
took place this evening in Highland Park
at the home of the bride. Miss Mabel
Eleanor Hatton, a teacher in the Oak
Coyle, a student in the State university,
and one Of the best track athletes in the
state. The wedding took place just fol-
| lowing the state athletic meet and Mr.
and Mrs. Coyle returned tonight to Iowa
| City, where they will reside.
| subpOenaed witnesses with No Case.
| Several witnesses were examined by the
| Fire and Police commission under oath
on the charge that gambling was being con-
Quoted in this city with the connivance
of the officials of the police department.
After three hours had been spent In the
examination of witnesses II was dlscov-
cred that no charges had been preferred
against the officials and that therefore there
| could be no legal hearing. The wit
| nesses were three reporters of the Daily
| Capital Office They refused to testify
when IT was discovered there were no
charges filed.
| Des MOines wins Convention.
| The executive committee of the State
| Teachers association today in this city
selected Des Moines as the next meeting
place for the regular annual convention,
which is held during the holiday week.
| Cedar Rapids was in the contest for the
| convention also. For some years the con-
| vention, with one or two exceptions, has
met regularly In Des Moines. The rivalry
between Cedar Rapids and Des Moines for
| the convention. however, has been severe
and Cedar Rapids is always an applicant.
The date OF the convention is December 2s,
q and q.