Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01
PRESIDENTS WESTERN TRIP
Not Likely That the Chief Executive
win he Able to Visit the
Nebraska Metropolis.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.--Special Tele-
gram. 1.-The settlement OF the complications
over the corner stone laying of the new post
office building in Chicago caused an un-
equivocal announcement today that the pres
ident would go to Chicago. Until the un-
pleasant feature was adjusted the president
was more or less in the air, but now that
satisfactory conclusion has been reached,
there will be no further hitch. Benjamin
Rosenthal, advance guard of the Chicago
festival committee, is here to invite the
president to attend the festivities which will
begin on October and to which the chief
executive Is urged to be present. If he
accepts it will make necessarily quite a
change in the arrangements in his western
trip, as this would keep him in Chicago four
days.
The itinerary of the president in his tour
of the northwest provides that he will be
in st. Paul October IL. He leaves the Min
nesota capital that afternoon for Duluth,
which place he will reach on Friday, the
18th, and will arriver at Fargo, N. D.,
that night. From Fargo he will go to Aber-
deem, S. D., which he will reach on the
morning of the 14th. AS at present
arranged he will stop but short time at
Aberdeen enroute to Sioux Falls. where a
short visit will be made and on the night of
Saturday, the 14th, he will reach Sioux
| City. Under present arrangements he will
spend Sunday in Sioux City.
The president is desirous of stopping in
Omaha on his way east, bur his dates are
SO close that under the itinerary, as at
present arranged, he cannot see his way
clear. Conditions may, however, clear up
| by the time he leaves for the west. The
president has an engagement in
! Chic on October IS, which it is
absolutely necessary to make and which
| makes it incumbent on him to shorten his
time in the west. He will not travel on
Sunday and consequently Sioux City will
have the honor of entertaining the chief ex-
ecutive from the evening of the 14th to early
morning on the 18th.
There have been many requests of officers
| appointed in the last ten regiments recruited
for service in the Philippines to exchange
with officers in the first ten regiments, nota-
! bly, the request Of Charles c. Pulls Of Ne
braska, lieutenant in the Fortieth. who de-
! sires to exchange with Lieutenant Phillips OF
the Thlrty-second. This request for trans
fer was presented to the secretary of war
by Senator Thurston and as q result an
order has been issued by the president that
officers of the second ten regiments called
could not exchange with officers of the first
eral Corbin today, in explanation of the ac-
tion taken by the president, said that it
would swamp the War department if such
transfers were granted. Transfers could be
made before officers had qualified for service
or before the acceptance of commissioners.
but not otherwise.
Transfer of officers now would mean q
backward step and in view of the importance
OF recruiting regiments to their maximum
and getting them ready for transportation
to Manila, it was out of the question to
make changes at this time.
Senator Thurston will be the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Gould on their steam yacht
Niagara during the yacht races between the
Columbia and the Shamrock.
The secretary of the interior today af-
firmed thesdecision of the land commissioner
in the case of George Dilling against Will
liam II. Keister, involving lands IN the ALI
ance (Nebraska) land district. The secre-
tary also affirmed the decision of tie COM
missioner in the case of Charles H. Mohr
against Dewitt Clark, involving lands in the
O'Neill (Nebraska) land district and in the
case of Frank Caspesius, involving lands In
the Watertown (South Dakota) district.
The formal order for the removal Of Agent
Reid at Cheyenne River, S. D., was issued
at the White House today. Ira Hatch of
Mound City, S. D.. will take charge of the
agency at an early date.
Loe Slower has been commissioned register
of the land office at Watertown, S. D.
Slower succeeds II. A. Babcock, who was
appointed register when the former went
to the Philippines with the South Dakota
regiment