Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-21
DoLLIVER is NOT INTERESTED
New owner OF Register says No OF
hcehoIders or Politicians
own stock.
tFrom a stan correspondentl

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WASHINGTON. June 2O.-(speciai Tele-
gram. )-Director Of the Mini G.. E. Rob
erts, who has bought the Des Moines Reg
lister and will assume charge Of the paper
on June 30, stated today that 4 was not
his intention to resign his position until
November at least. He said the report cur
rent in Iowa that Senator Dolliver was in
terested with him in the purchase Of the
property was wholly erroneous and that
the junior Iowa senator ala not own a
single dollars worth Of stock. 81 bought
the property to make 1t my life business. -
said Mr.. Roberts. ut will be my aim to
make the Register the leading republican
paper Of Iowa. 1t will be hitched to no
mans skirts. 1t will be representative Of
the best republicanism. For good reasons
l cannot tell who my associates in the
venture are. That will be known. however.
when the company is Incorporated. may
say, however, that none OF them are pol
~iticlans. They have gone into the enter
prise as a business proposition"
Mr.. Roberts will leave for Fort Dodge.
Ia, tomorrow and will go from there TO
Des Moines to take possession of the prop
erty.
Representative Thomas Of the Eleventh
Iowa district stated today that he had no
hhcNiCubt at W WHETHER j.. u. SammtS
Of Lemars, who was selected for the collect
orship Of the northern distr. ct at the meet
ing OF the Hawkeye delegation on Tuesday
would accept the place or not. It is gem
orally believed here that sammis will ac-
ceOt.
Mrs. G. NJ. o'Brien, OF Omaha. accom-
panied by her daughter Frances. arrived
In Washington today with her son. n. ].
OBrien, who recently resigned the super
intendency of the Southern railway. Mr..
OBrien will take his mother and sister to
Atlantic City for a few days and will then
go west.
The comptroller of the currency has ex-
tended the corporate existence Of the First
National bank Of Falls City. Neb., until the
close OF business, June 20, 1922.
The Iowa National bank. OF Des Moines,
has been approved as reserve agent for
the Merchants National bank Of Clinton.
the National bank of North America, Of
Chicago. for the First National bank of
Crystal Lake and Red Oak National, of Red
Oak. la.
The postoflces at Ascot, Pottawattamie
county and Pettis, Sac county, Ia, will be
discontinued after June 80.
A civil service examination will be held
at Lead, S. D., on July 26, for the position
of clerk and letter carrier in the post
office at that place.
Contracts for carrying the mail have been
awarded as follows: Iowa, Council Bluffs
to Loving Springs and Taylor, to G. NJ.
Booton. OF Council Bluffs; Coloma to Knox
viii to W. NJ. Dent, of Coloma. South Da-
kota, Lebeau to Everett, R. Harrohan, OF
Smalley; Westover to Presho and Stearns,
to Moss Winter, OF Westoyer.
Postmasters appointed: Joseph Kreps,
V1Nn A M Stnirnhu rDef.nAI. yT.zx-- -
lege. Linn county, Ia; V. Salaender, vice
s. e. Branaman, resigned, Concord, Dixon
county, Neb.
Congressman Robinson occupied the floor
Of the house tonight in a twenty-minute
speech on the Philippine bill. The speech
made along the line OF a democratic
argument, in which he attacked the policy
OF the republican party in the Philippines.
and gave the reasons why his party opposed
policy. The speech was forceful from
a democratic standpoint.