Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-13
HASTINGS PUBLIC BUILDING
Senate Passes Bill ApprOpriating Hundred
and twenty-five Thousand.
MEASURE INTRODUCED FOR KEARNEY
south DakOta seeks TO Perfect Title
TO Fort sisseton Jsnd-seRRtOr
Willard Plans 10 visit
Omaha.
prom a stan correspondent.l

(From a Stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 12.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Senator Dietrich today secured the
passage in the senate Of his bill for the
erection Of a public building at Hastings.
The bill as originally drawn called for an
appropriation OF $3.50, 900, but in committee
this sum was reduced to S125, 600, and in
that form was adopted by the senate. The
reduction was made upon the Recommended
ton Of the secretary Of the treasury, who
estimated that a building Of a character
suitable to accommodate the United States
circuit and district court. postofice and
other government Offices at Hastings could
be constructed for 1925, 900. The government
at a cost Of SIC, 900, and the amount agreed
to by the senate today will enable the archi-
tects to erect a building OF sufficient size
to accommodate all the needs at Hastings
for years to come.
Senator Willard today introduced a bill
providing an appropriation Of $4,000 for the
purchase OF a site and the erection thereon
Of a public building at Kearney.
south Dakot Wants Land.
Senator Kittredge today introduced a bill
to enable the state OF South Dakota to OBJ
tain complete and perfect title to one Sec
llOu VI lduu Oh the fOTL OlcSelOu military
reservation and the buildings thereon. This
reservation was granted to the state OF
South Dakota by an act of congress, October
l, 1890. upon the condition that 1t should
be forever used for military purposes. AZ
the conditions have changed and the post
has been abandoned by the government,
South Dakota now seeks to secure an alb
solute title to the section, so that the state
may do whatever its legislature may de-
sire regarding IL. The land In question is
said to be among the finest in South Da>
kota and is in Marshall county. but the
particular section in controversy Ia about
twenty miles from the railroad.
What will be done with the land should
the state gain a perfect title?" Senator
Kittredge was asked.
81 have no knowledge replied the sena-
tor. ut will be disposed Of in some man.
ner by the legislature
A favorable report was made today to
the senate upon Senator Clark's bill, grant
ing to homesteaders on the abandoned Fort
Bridger military reservation in Wyoming
the right to purchase ~one-quarter sections
OF public land in this reservation as pas
ture or grazing land. The bill was amended
in committee so that the homesteaders may
enjoy similar privileges on the abandoned
reservations of Forts Sanders and Laramie
Representative Burkett is to leave to-
morrow for Adrian, Mich. where he is
booked to deliver a speech before the Re-
publican club Of Lenawee county Friday
evening.
Senator Willard to Visit omaha.
Senator Willard has arranged to leave for
Omaha Friday. to remain for a week OF
more, as the state OF public business will
permit.
Postmasters appointed:
Nebraska-E. NJ. Spencer, Dakota, Dakota
county, vice NJ. A.. Schmid, removed.
Iowa-Frank Calkins, Buscoe, Adams
county.
The condition OF Omaha national banks
at the close OF business February % shows:
Loans and discounts, $15,52S,9 O7; gold coin,
81. 1S5, 220; lawful money reserve, 1850, 53S;
individual deposits. 12.551.557; average re-
Eerve held. $50. 80.
The postofice at Mascot, Harlan county.
Neb., was today ordered ~re-established and
Jackson NJ. Grace commissioned as post
master.
Paul v. Keysor Of Atlantic, Ia, was today
appointed a $1,000 clerk in the Postofice
department.
Reserve agents approved: Drovers' Ma
tional bank Of Chicago, for First National
Of Orange City; National City Of New York,
for National State Of Burlington; Corn Ex-
change National OF Chicago, for National
Bank Of Sidney, Ia; Continental National
Of Chicago, for First National OF Water
town. S. d.