Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-25
PERKINS IS MAKING GAINS
Carries Iowa and johnson Counties in the
Second District.
EXPECTS WEEK WILL SEE HIM IN LEAD
Legislative Insurance Commits sto n
Expects to Commence Hearings
the Latter Part of Next
Week.
tFrom a Stan Correspondent

DEs MONIES, May A-(special Tele-
gram -Iate reports from the caucuses in
Johnson and Iowa counties tonight received
at Perkins headquarters show that the
Cummins forces were showed under In
Johnson. Perkins carried all the wards
in Iowa city and opSy one Cummins dele
gate was elected from the city. Nine coun-
try precincts already heard from were all
carried by Perkins and out of 1l5 delegates
to the county convention reported Perkins
has ia. There are eleven country precincts
to be heard from, but Perkins has a large
majority of the county conventions already
In Iowa county Perkins has carried a ma
jority of the delegates to the county con-
vention, according to last reports. This
takes thirty-one delegates from the Cum
minis column in 1901 and makes thirty-seven
delegates out of the Second district already
selected against Cummins.
The Perkins people are rejoicing over the
victory and believe that they will make a
clean sweep of the conventions and eau
cuses to be held the latter part Of the week.
They estimate tonight that the week will
add 965 TO the number OF anti-Cummins
delegates already chosen. II these figures
are correct the anti-Cummins strength by
Saturday night will number TO delegates,
thus leaving the governor far in the rear.
Insurance Commission Busy.
The Legislative Insurance Investigation
commission will have public hearings in
the lieutenant governors rooms in the state
house, beginning the latter part OF next
week, with the Royal Union Mutual Insur-
anoe company of this city For several
weeks the commission has been investiEat-
! ing insurance problems, most of the work
being academic and merely preparatory
such as collecting figures on the amount
of business done by the various companies
! the kind of policies written aSd the various
other details preparatory TO the more ex.
haustive work. The commissioners haye de-
tailed most OF this work 10 the SECRETARY
OF the commission. The members Of the
commission met today and went over the
work done thus far and will be here mosl
/ OF next week. Near the close OF the wee
Hon. Sidney Foster and Ex-Governor Frank
/ d. Jackson OF the Royal Union will take
the stand according to present expecta.
lions, and tell OF the management Of theii
company.
swine breeders Coming.
The Iowa Swine Breeders association viii
meet in this city June g. at which time
John c. Simpson. secretary Of the Stat,
/ Department OF Agriculture, will address th'
association on "rhe Worlds Greatest Swim,
! show-the State Fair" Addresses will b,
delivered by prominent swine breeders u
the state and the west.
Guard Men Are Here.
Nearly every oficeT of the Iowa Nationa
guard is in Des Moines today attending tli'
school OF instruction being held in commit
tee room No. l Of the house. Regular arm!
officers from Fort Des Moines are givini
the Instructions which pertain principally
to the details OF the practice marches TO b
! given this summer.
Discovered Father by HIS Death.
Ten years ago Mrs Henry Ward was in
formed OF the death Of her father, BaTnel
| Williams at the Soldiers home at Marshall
town and Of his burial there. Yesterda
the body OF her father was brought 10 he
home. he having died Al the Soldiers HON
the day before. Through the mistake In III