Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-02-21
CLAMOR FOR FREE DELIVERY
York Citizens Expect Their Demand to Be
Granted in Short Order.
DIETRICH PRESENTS NEBRASKA PETITIONS
Plea of Omaha Credit Men for Amend
ments to bankruptcy Bill IL Con-
veyed to the senate with other
state Documents.
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service July 1, according to Representative
Stark, who for a year or more has been in
terested in securing this service. 1t would
in all probability have been ordered year
ago, but an inspector, having gone over the
field, reported that the quarters then occu-
pied were wholly inadequate for the
service, and the matter was dropped. Now
that the postofice has been moved into
more commodious quarters, the clamor for
free delivery has been revived with a good
chance of being successful. An inspector
has been ordered to York to report on the
condition Of the once and to see II the
city has had its houses numbered and
streets named. II he finds these conditions
all right it is expected his report will be
favorable and free delivery installed.
Representative Burkett today introduced
to the president two Of his constituents,
Hon. @. NJ. Lambertson Of Lincoln and B.
P. McGrew Of Auburn.
Petitions from NebrasISans.
Senator Dietrich presented a number Of
petitions today in reference to many i'm
portant matters before congress- The citl-
Gems Of Omaha, Dorsey, Blackbird, Meek,
Knoxville, Bellevue and Fairbury are
memorializing congress for the adoption OF
an amendment to the constitution prohibit
ing polygamy. The Omaha Association OF
Credit Men wants certain amendments made
to the present bankruptcy bill. The cigar
makers local union Of Plattsmouth wants
the Chinese exclusion law re-enacted, while
number of trades unions throughout the
state, including the Brotherhood Of Sta
tionary Firemen of Omaha, Carpenters and
Joiners' union of Omaha, the Plattsmouth
local union of the International Associa-
tion of Machinists, and Omaha Typograph-
ical union, want legislation enacted author
izing the construction of war vessels in
government navy yards.
Senator Gamble, who is a member OF the
committee on Indian affairs, today pre-
sented reasons before the committee why
his bill to ratify an agreement with the
Rosebud Indians, ceding 100000 acres OF
land in Gregory county, South Dakota,
should be reported favorably. He defended
the amount Inspector Mclaughlin agreed
to pay per acre for the land, $2.25 and ar
gued that 1t was wisdom on the part of
the government to close the deal.
Considerable opposition to the measure
has Unexpectedly sprung up and 1t was de-
cided to hold another meeting of the COM
mittee Saturday to discuss the general
proposition whether lands within the In
dian reservations should be taken by treaty
for homestead purposes, when much Of the
public domain Is attn unoccupied. ~
Senator Kittredge seeks to amend the
Indian appropriation bill by appropriatlng
SIS, 900 for the insane hospital for the In,
dians at Canton, s. d.
A reception was given today by Mrs
Dolliver and Miss Dolliver in honor OF the
visiting delegates to the Daughters of the
American Revolution from Iowa The at
tendance was large. Senator Dolliver was
present late in the afternoon.
Warren of wyoming Entertains.
Senator Warren of Wyoming gave a din
ner at the New Willard tonight in honor
Of speaker Henderson and prominent mem
bers of congress- Among those present
were: Binger Hermann, commissioner of
the general land office; Ex-Governor Rich
ards Of Wyoming; Judge william Van De-
vanter, assistant attorney general; Con-
gressman Mondell; G. G. Hamlin Of Colo
rada Springs.
Agent Nickerson OF the Shoshone (wyo. }
agency is here, with three Arapahoe and
three Shoshone Indians, for a conference
with the Indian office relative to affairs on
the reservation. The Shoshones will ask
that their tribe be reimbursed for the land
used for the last twenty-five years by the
Arapahoes. The reservation was originally
created for the sole use Of the Shoshones,
but the Arapahoes were quartered thereon.
While the tribes have ostensibly been living
in harmony, they we're traditional enemies.
and at all times there have been strained
relations and Jealousies. The Shoshones
will now insist upon payment for their
lands.
DeadwOOd Cinnamon Admitted.
The immigration officials at Port Town
send were today instructed to admit to this
country the Chinese boy. Wong Wuing
Bong Young Bong is a son Of Wong Bong
OF the firm of Wing Tsue & Co. OF Dead
wood, S. D.. where he was born. Bong, jr.,
has returned to assume his fathers place
in the Deadwood firm. The officials at Port
Townsend, not being satisfied with the
afndavits presented by the young China
man, had decided to return him to China,
but Representative Martin took the matter
before Secretary Shaw.
The senate committee on Indian affairs
reported favorably today on Senator Gam
ble's bill appropriating $50 900 for the pur-
chase OF stock and implements for the Grow
Indians.
Congressman Burke today had an amend
ment added 10 the Indian bill appropriatins
s25, 900 for surveying lands in the Pine
Ridge and Standing Rock reservation; also
an amendment appropriating s27S to reim-
burse Joseph Stainer OF Pierre, S. D., who
was contractor for a school building al
the Cheyenne river agency in 1892. Before
the completion OF the building II was dam
aged by a stora and repairs cost staineI
the amount named,
Department. Notes.
Miss Nora Ferguson Of Tyrone, Pa, was
today appointed a seanstress at the In
dian school at the Omaha agency.
Iowa postmasters appointed: /. B. Wise
California, Harrison county; @. H. Red
man, Shambaugh, Page county.
Miss Fannie A. gillian Of Walsenburg
Colo. has been appointed assistant matrou
in the Indian school at Rapid City, s. d.
The First National bank Of Orange City
Ia. has been authorized to begin business
with $25 900. capital.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb. 20
At AIgiers-Arrived-Ce from New
York, VIA MADEIRA and Gibraltar, for Va,
| letta, Malta, etc. Il