The Topeka state journal., 1902-05-10

established and we are endeavoring to dis
pose Of pending applications as rapidly as
sessI,ts .-,,-i - -.-f.ss = - ---o,-l-il+e- n
kansas-one in the Second district, one in
the Third district and one in the Fourth
district At senator Burton.s request seN-
eraI pending applications for rural free
delivery service in the state have been
made special and VIII be taken up at once
Among the applications which have been
made special is one for service out Of
Highland. Doniphan county. The super
intendent has also promised to have a
route established at Arcadia while the
special agent is in the Third district The
postOffiee at Urbana. which was to have
been discontinued on account of the estab-
lishment of a rural route, will not be dis
turbed.
The citizens of Morehead. Kan, have
made complaint regarding the mail service
at that point The service now consists of
two mails every day, each of which ar
rives within three hours OF the other, Nh1eh
means that there is practically but one
mail each day The c0mpIainants desire
either additional service or a more equita-
pie d1strlbutIon OF the service a1Ieaay es-
tablished. Senator Harris and Represen-
tative Jackson have urged the postoftlce
department to grant the request
The salary of Miss Eva Keleher of kan
sas, an employe of the census bureau has
request of Senator Burton
NJ W. Mvler. 9. sergeant in the Fifteenth
infantry now in the Philippines. has made
application through the war department to
D6 uISCnafSGQ from ltiG service. Tt IS llJ W
al his home ia lola on sick leave and his
health has been greatly impaired He has
served about five years in the regular
army. enlisting for service in Cuba, after
ward being transferred to the Philippines.
Webb McNa1 of GAYLORD is here. He
is on his way to Providence, r. l.. to at
tend the meeting of the grand lodge A q
L. W He is going to Providence IN his
capacity supreme foreman OF the grand
lodge A. O. L. ". of the United States
After his return to Kansas he VIII go early
in June to Portland. Ore. to attend the
meeting Of the supreme lodge A. O. y. w
Mr. McNall now holds the second highest
position in the order and the offices ro-
Mr. McNau will become supreme master
of the A. O. u. W. of the United States
Mr.. McNaU was a resident of the national
capitol from 1877 to 1879, serving as a cap
itOl policeman. He came here through the
favor of Senator Plumb. During his stay
he studied law in a local law ofI1ce- Nf
McNau expects to be in the east for sew
eral weeks
Representative Curtis has presented to
the president the papers of sam Jones, a
the Twenty third Kansas regiment He
desires to be examined for first or sec
ond lieutenancy in the regular army. ihe
president did not indicate what action ne
would take
A report was printed in Kansas papers
recently to the effect that L N Try OF Z.
Scott who was appointed an appraiser OIL
Indian lands under the Dawes commission
through the favor of Senator Baker, mad
been dismissed from the service through
Inquiry al the interior department. deNel--
ops the fact that Mr.. Jry was cropped
from the rolls January last and thaE ms
dismissal from the service was due to the
quired. the work upon which ne was en-
gagged having been completed.