Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-13
INVITATION TO FOREIGNERS
State Departments Letter to Other
Governments is Ready,
ASKS THEM TO COME TO OMAHA NEXT YEAR
Only waits the PRONUNCIATION of Rules
for Admission of Exhibits and
These Are Almost
Ready.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-A draft OF the State department
letter to foreign governments, calling their
attention to the Transmississippi and In
ternational Exposition, and inviting exhibits
has been prepared and is only waiting for
the printed rules and regulations governing
the reception of exhibits, which the Treasury
department is preparing, when 1t will be
issued. The regulations will be Identical
with those for Atlanta last year. Treasury
people are rushing the rules governing the
reception of exhibits, and the proof Of same
will probably be sent Representative Mercer
the last Of this week, or early next week.
Mr. Mercer filed with the ways and means
committee today the brief of the American
Chicory company Of Fremont and Omaha,
asking for duty Of cent per pound on raw,
burnt or manufactured chicory, and letter
Of John Brady of Kearney, representing the
cereal mills Of that place, asking that half
a cent per pound duty be placed on oatmeal.
j. N. Fl. Patrick appeared before the Board
of Fortificatons and Ordnance today in ref
erence to a torpedo in which he is interested.
He occupied about one and one half hours in
explaining the merits of his torpedo and
urging upon the government its adoption.
General Miles, chairman of the board pre-
sided at the meeting.
b. A. McAllister, land commissioner of the
Union Pacific is here urging upon the In
terror department to issue patents for landc
now occupied by settlers along the line of
the railway, and which have been held up
by the secretary because of alleged dlscrep-
ancies in the bill. Mr.. McAllister proposes
to bring senatorial and representative in
fluence to bear to hasten the issuance OF
these patents.
The Eleventh street viaduct case which
by decision of the supreme court is to be
argued on its merits, will probably be
reached a year from next March, according
to court officials, unless state authorities
should move for an earlier argument which
might be granted.
Senator Pettgrew's bill providing for the
remission of payment Of S1.25 per acre by
those who commute entries on Ceded pOr-
tiors of the Sioux reservation in South Da-
kota came up for consideration before the
public lands committee Of the house this
morning. Meiklejohn secured the adoption
os an amendment to include that portion Of
the reservation in Nebraska and as amended
it was reported to the house.
Secretary Francis today approved for patent
to the state OF South Dakota the following
land lists: List No. 4, on account of the
grant to the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb,
500 acres in the Huron district; list No 3,
public buildings grant, 4,102 acres in the
Huron district list No. g. educational and
charitable institutions grant, 80 6lS acres in
the Aberdeen district.
]. d. Corder of South Dakota has been ap-
pointed carpenter at 5000 per annum at the
Pine Ridge Indian agency
G.. NJ Lambertson of Lincoln Is at the
Arlington. Charles A. Webber and Samuel
j. Long of Lincoln are at the Wellington.
f. A. Brogan of Omaha is in the city.
William /. Hill was today commissioned
postmaster at Coppock, and William e. Shep-
mi r1 at Ia