Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
NEBRASKA TRAIN IS LATE
No One Appears to Know Just When it will
Reach Washington.
SHAW HOLDS A LlvEt IN HIS OFFICE
Members OF Iowa VicksburE Commits
sion Outline work Proposed 60
Re Done on the Historic
battlefield.
From a staf Correspondent

From a stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Oct. 6.-(special Tele-
gram.)-Trains carrying Nebraska mem
bers of the g. A. r.. and their friends into
Washington are hours late. The of1cisl
train OF the Nebraska department was to
have arrived In this city at 4 o'clock today,
but at II o'clock tonight nothing could be
told Of the whereabouts OF this special,
which is reported to be made up OF nine
s%lecpers. According TO Nebrasksns already
in the city, there are a thousand or moro
citizens of the antelope state en- route to
the national capital, but only the railroad
managers can tell when they will all get
here and they are so busy at present that
only the most meager information is OBJ
tainable. Among the earliest Nebraskans
to reach Washington are Alexander Schle-
gel OF Lincoln, James whitehead. register
Of the land ONCE al Broken Bow; j. ].
Van Hoosen, Osceola: V. N. Eumann, n.
p. shinburn, Ole Larsen, James Hart. Jud-
son Evans, Stephen Stone, w. A. Harding,
M. Austin and wife OF Oakland and Lyons.
and members Of A. L. Gates post No. So.
department Of Nebraska.
shaw Holds Levee.
Secretary Shaw today held an almost
continuous informal reception in his ofice
at the Treasury department. greeting old
friends from Iowa and adjoining states,
who came to pay their respects. For
the time being worries over the recent
financial furry we're forgotten or temporar.
lily laid aside and Secretary Shaw, CARRIED
in conventional frock coat, was informally
at home to all corners and they were very
numerous.
Early in the day came Lieutenant Gov
arnar HorriNNf and , p,p,bar ~ urop,op
Later Director Of Mint Roberts, who had
just arrived from a visit to Iowa, presented
to the secretary the members OF the Iowa
Vicksburg Park monument commission.
They were: John F. Merry Of Dubuque,
chairman OF the commission; L. G. Blanch-
ard OF Oskaloosa, Elmer J. G. Bealer OF
Cedar Rapids. w. o. Mitchell OF Corning,
Colonel Henry Rood Of Mt. Vernon. secre-
tary OF the commission: J. A. Fitzpatrick
OF Nevada, David A. Haggard Of Algona,
w. II. c.. jacques Of 0ttumwa and j. II.
Dean Of Des Moines.
IAN appropriation of $3.50, 900 was made
by the Iowa legislature for erecting monu-
ments to Iowa troops that fell at Vicksburs.
The losses OF Iowa troops at Vieksburg were
twice as great as the losses sustained by
Iowa regiments in any other engagement
and It is fitting that the state should make
| generous expenditures there III mar hlub lut
graves Of its heroes" said L. c. Blanchard,
member OF the commission from Oskaloosa.
"a monument costing $4,000 will be
erected on the ground where each Of the
Iowa regiments fought and a handsome
large monument will be erected in som de-
sirable location on the historic battlefield.
Iowa is the pioneer in marking the Vicks-
burg field and proposes to do its work so
well that other states will be encouraged
to honor the dead who lie there. Illinois
will certainly follow the example set by
Iowa in a short time"
south kota Late.
The South Dakota contingent arrived this
evening, being some ten hours late. South
Dakota posts muster seventy-hve men and
a band, under command of General r. e
Blanchard OF Mitchell and all are comfor-
tably quartered at the Elsmere hotel
Among those who accompanied the march.
ing men from South Dakota are: II. P. Parker
and wife, J. A. Kisser and wife. W.. F. Buel
and wife, ]. W. Switzer and daughter. and
Merle Mills Of Redheld, J. L. Pratt and J
A. Phillips OF Spear Lake and A. T. Grow,
and wife Of Brookings.
The following Iowans are registered at thu
Hotel Barton: L. B. Cousins, Council
Bluffs; Harvey Wood, Spirit Lake; FREQ
Fraber and W. T. Sinclair, Humeston; c
w. Crissman and Martin Luther, Colfax
w. L. Baker. Wall Lake: H. H. Baldwin
Fort Dodge; Louise Mufiey and Mrs. J
w. Mufiey, Des Moines; s. C. Farmer
Goldneld; Q. A. Laforce and wife, ottumwa
John Harriott, Stuart; G. NJ. Smyser. In
dependence. and ]. G. Blain, Fort Madison
John R. Mcdonald Of Omaha is at tn
Raleigh.
About the Departments.
. The postofice at Tyner, Polk county, la.
-. has been ordered discontinued.
I Miss Ora V. Caruthers Of Rose, 8. D
) has been appointed laundress at Rosebu
Indian school, s. D.. and Philip Klins @
J Washington City. baker at Yankton, 8. L
The comptroller of the currency has ap
proved the application Of the State Ma
= tional bank of Cambridge. Neb.. for con
version into the First National bank c
Cambridge, with $25, 900 capital.
The Des Moines National bank Of De
: Moines has been approved as reserve ageu
for the Merchants National bank of Ceda
9 Rapids, and the Third National bank {
st. Louis for the First National bank {
e Council Bluffs. Ia.
D The corporate existence OF the First Ma
J tional bank of Columbus. Neb.. has bee
, extended until the close OF business o
: October 6, 1922.
e Two additional free delivery routes wi
= be established November l at Dorcheste
r Saline county, Neb.; area covered, sevent
square miles; population served, zoos.