Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-25
CHANCELLOR OF UNIVERSITY
Successor to MacLssn Will Be Selected by
New Board Of Regents.
THEY WILL MOVE SLOWLY IN The MATTER
superintendent Andrews of Chicago
is Said to he Prime Fnvorite-
List of Candidates Daily
Increases.

LINCOLN, Nov. 24.-CSpecial. )-0ne of the
most important duties the new State Untver-
sity Board of Regents will have to perform
win be the selection OF a chancellor Dean
Charles E. Bessey has been acting chan
cellor since the beginning Of the univer-
sity year and will probably continue in the
same capacity until next fall. 1t Is pos
sibe that no selection will be made for
a year or more, but 1t is generally believed
by those connected with the university that
the matter will be taken up by the regents
at the April meeting. The list OF candi-
dates for the chancellorship is growing
larger every day. Nearly all states arc rep
resented and there are even one or two
people in Europe mentioned for the place
The has been some talk of the present
Board of Regents selecting man before
the terms of the outgoing members expire,
but the board itself has not considered the
proposition and it is unlikely that such
action will be taken. 1t has always been
the policy of the regents to move slowly
in such matters and it would not be sur
prisng II no selection is made for over a
year.
OF the men mentioned for the position OF
chancellor the most prominent are: Super
intendent Andrews of the Chicago public
schools, President j. C. Stubs OF the Nevada
State university, President w. S. Chaplin
of the Washington university of st. Louis
and Prof. jerks. formerly Of Cornell uni
versity. Superintendent Andrews Is very
popular in this city and strong effort is
being made in his behalf
The newly elected regents will take their
seats in January, but the first really i'm
portant meeting will not be held until April.
Lincoln LocnI Notes.
General Passenger Agent Eustls OF the
Chicago, Burlington G Quincy railroad, ac-
companied by about twenty-five officials OF
the same road were in Lincoln several hours
this afternoon. The special train bearing
the party arrived a few minutes before 1
clock and the visitors were taken at once
to the rooms Of the Union Commercial club,
where dinner was served. Mr.. Eustis was
accompanied by the following officials: d.
vision passengers agents: w. j. OMeara,
Boston; H. E. Heller, Philadelphia; j. M.
Bechtel Burlington; w. ]. Davenport, Coun-
Gil Bluffs. Travelling passenger agents: H.
r. Houghton, Boston; T. H. Berger, New
York; w. d. Cornell, Atlanta; A. j. Spur.
Detroit; F. P. Wyne, Cleveland; e. l..
Wright, Peoria; A. S. Crawford. Galesburg;
F. H. Ellis. Aurora; A. L. Eidemiller, st.
Paul; C. d. Hagerman. Pittsburg; H. S.
Jones, Omaha; T. l.. Birkett, Washington.
City passenger agents: ]. G. Delaplaine,
ST. Louis F. e. Bell, Chicago; j. F. Nc
Elroy, Minneapolis; F. C.. Stalker. st. Joseph.
j. r. Grifitts, general advertising agent,
Chicago; E. A. Abbott, chief clerk to Cen
eral Passenger Agent Eustis Chicago; E..
Valentine, chief clerk in the general pas
senger office at st. Paul.
The T. w. Smith Grain company of Fair
bury with capital stock Of $1,000, filed
articles OF incorporation with the secretary
of state today. The incorporators are: T.
w. Smith and w. NJ Bruce. The Omaha
Saddle Tree company also incorporated with
the secretary of state. Its capital stock
lis $40, ,00O and the incorporatore are George,
Nose and William Marks.
The State Board of Transportation pro-
poses to intervene in the matter Of chang
ing freight rates on grain from carlots to
100 pound lots IL it is found that such a
change would increase the cost of shipping.
The railroads have served notice that the
carload rate for grain will be abolished De-
cember 1 and there promises to be repe-
tition of the contest that occurred several
years ago when a similar change was at
tempted. Nothing definite will be known
as to the prices the roads propose to charge
,,nt;, tbe;r ratio sheets are issued