Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-11
HULL TO PASS OUT A PLUM
Election is Over and Congressman vii
Decide Postmastership.
DoBsoN IS LOOKED UPON AS A WINNEF
Captain Lucas Explains the Trouble
He Has Been Having at the
Hot Springs Soldiers
Home.
From a stafr Correspondent

DES MONIES, Nov. 10.-(Special.)-Cap-
tain J. A. T. Hull, member of congress-,
returned today from New York, where he
has been during the campaign, and at once
opened up the matter of the selection Of q
postmaster for Des Moines, which is the
all-important thing in politics now that
other matters have been disposed Of. There
are four avowed candidates for the postof-
fee. namely, DR.. L. Schooler. present post
master; John Mckay. county treasurer; G.
L. Dobson, former secretary of state, AMI
Norman Litchty, manufacturer Of proprie-
tary medicines. Congressman Hull an
nounced on his return that he was ready
to consider the claims Of the various per-
sons and to dispose of the case in a few
days. The candidates have been marshall
ing their forces and getting ready for the
final onslaught on the congressman. 1t has
been regarded as almost certain that POST
master Schooler would continue, but serl-
Gus opposition has sprung up recently, and
now the indications are hat Dobson will
land the prize. Dobson is we'll known all
over the west as an aggressive speaker in
republican campaigns. Congressman Hull
expects to be a candidate again two years
hence and 1t is probable that he will have
a hard fight on his hands at that time
hence the appointment of postmaster be-
comes an important matter at this time.
The commission of Postmaster Schooler ex-
pires in a few days.
On n Roll of Honor.
It has been decided that hereafter there
shall be established a roll Of retired ON
GERS for the National guard Of Iowa and
those who have served in the guard for a
period of years may be placed on this roll.
Hhn zrAar - fhA ad4Nvfnnt 0annraI nQtQh.
fishing this new roll is as follows:
1t is hereby ordered that all con4nissioned
officers of the Iowa National Guard who
shall have held continuous rank in. the
state state military se sSaGf have bSr a l peTledd of 6fte een
years therein since the year 1861, or who
shall rave performed highly meritorious
honorable retirement from service be car
ried upon a roll to be established and main
tanned in the adjutant generals once The
Roll of Retired Officers" and shall be en-
titled to wear on state occasions the uni
form of the highest rank which they may
nave held.
Lucas Explains the Trouble.
Captain W. v. Lucas, commandant Of
the South Dakota Soldiers home in Hot
Springs, formerly state auditor OF Iowa and
we'll known among the old soldiers as an
Iowa veteran with a good record, has
written a letter to friends in this state to
set himself right in the matter OF the &C
cusations made against him In connection
with the management of the Soldiers home
which resulted in a formal investigation
being made by the Soldiers Home board.
Charges were filed against Captain Lucas
that he had not turned over certain funds
belonging to the estate of one Of the in
mates Of the home and that when the in
vestigation was made he few into a rage
and was nearly Frustrated with anger. He
recently attended a reunion OF his old Iowa
regiment at Anamosa, in this state, and
as some Information of the trouble which
had come upon him in South Dakota had
crept into the Iowa papers, he wrote from
Hot Springs a plain statement Of the case
He declares that he is we'll physically and
mentally and that the public investigation
will be made November IL. He says:
The whole malicious and slanderous story
is the work of a populist member OF IN
dispute between myself and the author o
these sensational reports is as 10 who sinai
have slSS' LETT by a man VINO 6o G1ed 10 vs an,
as his nearest relatives three 6rothers an
their address as Greenville. Pa, one o
fourteen years. About two weeks befor
his death l addressed a letter TO the tire
brothers jointly informing them OF MS proo
his death the letter was returned stamped
mot called for, address unknown A few
weeks afterward / learned that one brothe
lived in Michigan; the others / have neve
heard from. Upon consideration ana IN &C
cordance with The provisions of the law Il
this state, / wac clearly of the opinion tina
/ should not send all the money 10 one hei
and decided TO hold the money Tor instruc
tons from the board Of managers. At tn
January meeting j reported the money Il
my charge, but no action was taken. A
The following June meeting l reported tn
case and asked tor specific instructions. Il!
a resolution passed ! was instructed 4
hold the money until the September meet
ing, at which time, by resolution, ] wa
directed TO deposit Il with the state treas
urer, which did the next day.
New Corporations In Iowa.
The Citizens Water company Of Burling
! ton nled articles Of incorporation with tn