Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-17
WAPELLO IS FOR PERKINS
Managers of the Sioux City Man Feel
Greatly Encouraged Over Outlook.
JACKSON DELEGATION IS DIVIDED
Grain Dealers Put in Day Discussing
go Demnrrage Bill and Conclude Ma
tibna1 LeRisiation Affords y
s---r. .:,- '1 Only Relief.
From a Stan Correspondent

From a Stan Correspondent
Dds MONIES, Ia, May 16.-CSpecial Tel
egram.)-The Perkins managers are greatly
encouraged by the results in Wapello
county, where the caucuses last night gave
the county to Perkins. The city of Of
tumwa was carried except two wards, by
the Cun1mins people, but Perkins carried
Eldon solid and enough country precincts
to give his friends control Of the county
convention Five years ago Cummins had
seven Of the delegates from Wapello
county.
jackson county held its convention this
AFTERNOON and the state delegation was d.
Vided, Perkins getting seven delegates and
Cummins eight. In 1901 Cummins had the
county solid
Reports from Iowa and Muscatine CONN
ties, which, with jackson, are in the Sec
ond district. which is sort of 'Cummins
| reservation are said to be greatly en-
couraging from the Perkins standpoint.
In the Sixth and Ninth districts reports
received at Perkins headquarters today in
oicate that the Sioux City candidate will
get the major portion of both districts
Discuss DemurraEe Bills.
The Iowa State Grain Dealers assocfa-
uon tocay spent the greater part of its
VINE 6'sc0eaHE r paper by Secretary
! 'Ss0Fse A.. Wells, in which he asserted that
reciprocal demurrage Jaws in order to be
! shectlVe and force the railroads 10 furnish
cars, must be national as the surname
court had declared unconstitutional the
Texas law insofar as it applied TO inter.
state commerce. The measure was discussed
as possible relief for the failure the GET
cars, which is alleged to exits in the north
efn part of the state. Comm gtees on resolu-
lions and nominations were discussed
Bids for Council Riuns BOILERS
|fhe State Board OF Control TODAY let the
contracts for the Installation Of the boilers
Tor the Couo0t BLUFFS Institution to the
Murray iron Works company and the bid.
Ior the erection OF the new buildings al
Council Blufrs will be opened about Juns
l. Contracts for the installation OF boilers
at Independence and Clarinda were LEI n
the Stirling Boiler company and those for
Mitchelville, Anamosa Marshalltown and
Vinton let to the Murray Iron Works com.
pany.
DR.. Mary COveny of Clinton has been
elected president OF the State Society Of
Medical Women; DR.. Christ OF Ames. first
vice president; DR.. Kate Harpel Of Boone
secretary and DIR. Evelyn Frisbie OF Des
Moines treasurer.
The jury In the United States court here
failed to agree on a verdict in the case OF
the Government against Andrew sorenson
and Frank Hodge for robbing the Van
Meter postofiice. II is understood that
John Jay Franey OF Council BLUFFS was
for acquittal and all the rest for convic.
ton. Judge Mcpherson refused 20 hear
another trial this term and continued the
case to the September term of court
Insurance Injunction Dissolved.
The Injunction standing in the federal
court restraining the National Life Insur.
ance company OF Chicago from TRANSFERRING
| policies OF the National Life and Savings
which company is absorbed. to the Ma,
uonal Life Insurance company. was dis,
solved today in federal court by JudE,
| Smith Mcpherson. The dissolution wal
not resisted by the applicants ana by
agreement the suit over the TeceivershiI
will be fought out in court this fall. Tn,
injunction against the Northwestern Ma