Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-04-04
WANT LIVES SAFECUARDED
Railroad Men Urge Representatives to Pass
Protection Measure,
SECRETARY SHAW SUITS BUSINESS MEN
His Method of Looking After Details
of His once Satisfies the
COuntry's Commercial
Interests.
From a STAFF correspondentl

'fIOm a stan correspondent }
WASHINGTON, April 3-(Spscial Tele-
gram .)-Representatives in congress are
receiving thousands of petitions these days
from railroad organizations urging the law
makers to support General Grosvenor's
bill defining the word conspiracy" and
the Foraker Corliss safety appliance meas
ure. 1t appears that the safety appliances
which are required to be aSached to all
cars by former act Of congress have not
been attached to the tenders Of engines, and
railroad men insist that the tender is as
much a part Of train as car is, and that
the law should be so amended as to include
the tenders.
L. II. Fuller. representative OF the allied
organizations Of trainmen. has appeared
before the interstate and foreign commerc5
committee in relation to his safety appli
ance bill. He has also interviewed manv
members OF congress on the subject, and
today expressed himself as entirely salts
fed with the disposition Of the members.
especially Speaker Henderson, toward the
bill, the speaker having intimated that he
would see that full justice is done the
railroad men, who are vitally interested
in the adoption OF a measure that insures
a measure of personal protection.
NebrRskan's Philippine Enterprise.
Capain J. II. Culver Of Milford. Neb.. who
made application on behalf Of the Luzon
Transportation and Improvement company
for a franchise covering a line OF railroad
running from Subig bay to Manila, and also
the right to construct telephone, telegraph
and electric light plants in the territory
covered in the formal application. was to-
day informed by the insular division of the
War department that the application
had been referred to the Philippine com
mission for final action.
1t is understood that the application Is
looked upon with favor by the War de-
patrment, but as it has no right to make
recommendations it has referred the en-
tire subject to the Philippine commission
for action.
All franchises desired for the Philippines
are dependent upon the passage of the sem
ate or house bill, which is designed to give
temporary government for the Philippines.
J. E. Blythe OF Iowa is in Washing
ton. Mr.. Blythe will be a candidate for
congress against Representative .Haughen.
and according to his statements the condi-
tions seem favorable for his nomination.
Representatives Lot Thomas of Storm
Lake and Walter J., Smith OF Council Bluffs
are in attendance upon the good roads con-
vention in Charlottesville. Messrs. Smith
and Thomas held opposite views on the
revenue cutter service bill which passed
the house yesterday; and as they desired
to attend the good roads convention ihey
paired on the bill and went to the quaint
old southern town, Representative Rum
pie OF the Second Iowa district has gone
to Indianapolis on business,
Mrs. Henderson Returns.
Mrs. d. B. Henderson. wife of the
speaker, is in Washington and expects to
join her husband on Sunday. Mrs. Hender-
son is returning to Washington after a
winter spent with her parents at Long
Beach, Cal
Captain John f. Merry of Dubuque, Ia,
assistant general ticket agent OF the Illi-
nois Central, is in Washington. Captain
Merry is greatly interested in the Vicks-
burg National park and was one Of its chief
promoters when the park was established.
The name OF William Rakers was sent to
the senate today for receiver of public
moneys at Alliance, Neb.
Auditor Rittman of the Treasury depart
ment for the War department, who is in
vestgating the claim of Iowa against the
government for interest paid by that state
on bonds floated by it to aid in the equip
ment of troops during the civil war, said he
needed certain data, which he had called
on the officials OF Iowa to supply in order
to hll out the discrepancies between the
Iowa records and those of the general gov
eTnment. He said that just as soon as the
Iowa statement was received he would pro-
ceed to make up his findings for recon,
mendations to the secretary.
Shaw Suits Business Men.
C. C. Shayne, president of the Board OF
Trade OF New York, who is in Washington
on matters connected with that organiza-
tion, said today that the New York bus-
ness men we're much pleased with the new
secretary OF the treasury, Governor Leslie
NJ. Shaw.
HE is going at everything as If he meant
business and his administration promises
to be most satisfactory" was Mr.. Shaynes
comment.
Congressman Mondell of Wyoming had a
talk with President Roosevelt today on
matters connected with the forest reserves,
In which the west is so vitality interested.
rural free delivery route will be estab-
lished June 2 at Waukee, Dallas county,
Ia, with Edward o. Spear as carrier. He
is to cover an area of twenty-five square
miles and serve a population Of $50.
Bank for SCOTS Blum.
The application OF NJ. W. Folsom of Lin
coin, Neb., Homer X. Burke, John Gibson
Frank Phillips and F. ID. Ball to organize
the First National bank of SCOTS Bluff,
Neb., was today approved by the comp
troller OF the currency.
c. B. Hendricks was today appointed
postmaster at Viola, Audubon county, Ia.
Miss Isabelle Wilson of Centerville, Ia,
was today appointed stenographer and
typewriter at the MinOt Is. d. land oface.
John Vanfeet OF Cantrill and John L.
Smith Of Charles City Ia, were today ap-
pointed railway mail clerks.
Burt G. Cochrane was today appointed
substitute letter carrier In the Marshall
town Ua) postofice. John II. Nevelen and
| Guy w. Stewart were appointed substitute
carriers in the Des Moines once.
Nominations by the President
WASHINGTON. April s.-The president
today sent the following nominations 20 the
senate:
Captain Edward II. Browne, First in
fantry. major; Edward ]. Bloom, at large,
second lieutenant of infantry