Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-20
ROBERTS DEAL NO SURPRISE
Has Been Known for Some Time BE Was
Negotiating for the Register.
HOPE TO SECURE ANDoVER SEMINARY
Majority of Board of Trustees said
to Favor Removal and Are In
cIined Toward Accepting
GrinnelI Proposal.
(From a stafr Correspondent.O

From a STAFF Correspondent
DIES MONIES. June 19.-(Special)-The
announcement in the Daily Register this
that it had been sold by r. p.
to George e. Roberts, director OF
the mint. came as only a partial surprise,
for rumors of the pending negotiations had
been rife some time. Nothing is known
Of the price except that in the negotiations
preceded the amount considered was
S125 900 and $3.50, 900, which in
cludes real estate and the building. MIR.
is in Washington and his plans are
not known 1t is believed, however that
he will Immediately resign his position as
director Of the mint and come to Des Moines
to take personal charge. Various rumors
are current as to who is backing him in
the enterprise, but the best belief is that
he is acting independently and there is no
political significance to the new deal. Mr..
Roberts has stood very close to the mem
bers of the Iowa delegation at Washing
ton and at the same time he has been
friendly to all the factions Of the party in
Iowa, and has not antagonized anybody.
He has recently declined an offer Of a
salary of SIS, 900 a year to be manager of
a financial concern in New York. He
owns the Daily Messenger at Fort Dodge
and has been planning to build a new
brick block for it. He has long been the
particular friend of Senator Dolliver in pol
itics. r. p. Clarkson, who %retires. has
been in poor health some years and 1t is
understood he will be rendered the position
of pension agent for the Iowa-Nebraska
district here, and his two sons who have
been associated with him, will retire and
go into other business.
Military Examinations.
A military board is engaged in making
examination of nineteen newly elected off,
GERS in the guard companies of the state,
as follows: Frank S. Shaw, John H. Hide
brand, Bern G. Davis, James e. Mather,
George l.. Judgson, C. NJ. Stanley, Edward
IF. Gauthier. Edgar F. Stanley, Carl T..
Prime, Lester Longmire, Charles H. Pierce,
Leon w. Ainsworth, d. w. Harvey, l..
Hollingsworth, Stanley Miller. d, w. Fow-
Iler, ]. H.. Fee, w. S. Paullin and f. X. Hahn.
George c. Newman, assistant a~djutant gem
real for Iowa of the Grand Army OF the Re-
public, returned today from Washington,
where he secured Iowa headquarters for the
national encampment at the Barton house.
The governor has issued a requisition on
the governor OF Illinois for J. L. Laswell,
wanted In Lee county for obtaining money
by false pretenses, and on the governor Of
Missouri for Henry Weber, wanted in FIRE.
mont county for the same offense.
The Northwestern Oil and Tank Lin COM
pany of Sac City was incorporated today,
with a capital of s25O.OOO, by ]. NJ. High
land, p. r. Moseley and others.
Robbed n Dairy Company.
About 5000 was secured by unknown
thieves this morning from the Iowa Dairy
company, which has an office In the west
part Of the city In a small room. The COL
~lections Of yesterday were tied up in two
bags and kept by one Of the two proprietors
in his room above the office. This morning
he came down and placed the bags on the
counter and went into an adjoining room
to talk with another man. He was gone
but a few minutes and came back to find
the money gone with no trace OF any
thieves.
Hope to Secure Andover.
The trustees Of Iowa college at Grinnell
have a committee appointed and at work
in the interest Of securing the removal OF
Andover seminary from Massachusetts, to
become a part of the college at Grinnell.
The proposed removal to the west is being
helped by Rev. James L.. Hill of Salem,
Mass, who graduated from lows college
and afterward from Andover seminary, and
he is confident that the transfer can be
effected. He has reported that a majority
OF the trustees of Andover favor a change
for their seminary and several Of then,
look with favor on the idea OF coming to
Iowa.
The trustees of Upper Iowa university. at
Fayette, have rendered to Rev. w. F.. Bar
clay OF Davenport the presidency of that
institution.
Drought Back for Burial.
The remains of James T. o'Meara, for
merly Of this city. were brought back to-
day from New Mexico for burial. Informa-
tion received by his relatives indicate that
his death was due to deliberate murder,
the murderer firing from behind a stump
and instantly killing O'Meara. The funeral
will occur here. where o'Meara spent most
Of his early life and where he was well
known as an attache of the governors
once.
Judicial Convention.
The judicial convention for the Fifth
district is to be held in Earlham, Madison
county, July s. Not all the county con-
v%entions have yet been held in the district
and the outcome OF the contest between
Nichols and Guiher is uncertain.
Sale of Fine stock.
A sale OF fine stock at Newton was vel
attended and the prices paid are regarded
as good. Fifty head of Shorthorn Scotch
cattle were sold, aggregating about $4,000
Forty-nine heifers brought $36, 300, an av-
erage of $754.2S. The highest price PAID
was for Butterfly Second of Wildwood, sold
to B. R. Steele OF Ireland, Ia, for $1,000
Several others brought over $1,000. Foul
bulls brought the sum Of h,475i
an average Of $s6S.75. Colonel Wood:
was the auctioneer. and the sale held Ia
the stock pavilion belonging to the Jas
per County Breeders which had recently
been erected upon the fair grounds. Mr.
Donahey commenced the stock business
less than FIVE years ago on a very limitet
capital and after today's sale, so Mr.. Woods
stated to the crowd. has his 260-acre farm
paid for and is worth SIS 600, which goe;
to show the result Of his few years lat