Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-30
POSTMASTERS GET A RAISE
Nineteen in Nebraska Have a Hundred
Dollars Added to Their Salary.
FORTY MILLION SURPLUS IN TREASURY
Estimate Is that II WIN Amount TO
Four million More at the Close
of the Fiscal Year,
,.r June go.
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From stan Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, May g.-(special Tele-
gram )-These changes in salaries Of presi-
Dental postmaoters were announced today
for Nebraska: Increase-Loup, Lyons New
man Grove, Norfolk, North Bend, North
Platte Oakland. oNeill, ord. Orleans.
Plattsmouth Ravenna, Rushville, st. Ed
wards Schuyler, scribner, Seward, South
Auburn, 500. Decentralization, Niobrara,
oxford, Ponca, 500.
The postoffiee at Burt. Ia, will be de-
creased from 81, 200 to that Of fourth-class
once. a
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska-Guy
X. Stewart Nickerson, Dodge county vice
p. j. Hunter, sr.. resigned. Iowa-H. J..
Schultz, st. Marys. Warren county, vice J.
Schultz. removed: W. C. Guhl was today
appointed regular and Albert Guhl substl
tute rural letter carrier at Reinbeck, la.
The postoffice at Max. O'Brien county,
Ia. has been discontinued.
Reserve agents approved: National Shoe
and Leather bank of New York. for First
National OF Storm Lake Ia; Hamilton Ma
tional OF Chicago, for First National Of
Council Bluns, la.
Drs z. T. Anderson and II. NJ. Marks
were today appointed pension examining
surgeons at Geddes. s. d.
Treasury Surplus.
The excess in the treasury receipts over
it's expenditures for the first eleven months
OF the fiscal year amounts to $Ss, ,941, ,6sl, and
treasury experts estimate that for the year
the surplus will be about S44.OOO,OOO. The
total receipts for the year to date are
s510,5S3, al, and the total expenditures S471.-
bs4,s56. The surplus for the present month
n S3,52s9 960.
Giles Tries Again.
Jackson w. Giles, the colored man of
Montgomery, Ala whose suit in equity to
test the validity of the suffrage provision
OF the new constitution of that state, was
decided against him by the United States
supreme court. will have two more oppor-
tunities TO make the test in that court
as the result OF writs OF error allowed to-
day by Justice White, presiding justice of
the Fifth circuit. One of the suits was
brought to compel the board of registers
OF Montgomery county by writ of man
damus to enter his name os a voter on the
registration list and the other was for
damages because of the failure Of the
board to make this entry. Both proceed
ings came up, from the Alabama supreme
court. whose findings were against Giles.
When the Giles equity case was decided by
the United states supreme court an IN
timation was given that his only channel
of relief, IL any. was suit for damages.
Miss Roosevelt Has Exciting Ride.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, who left here for
Albany today to become a bridesmaid at
the wedding OF Miss Ruth Bruyn, a college
friend, had a somewhat exciting ride to the
railroad station. She occupied the seat of
the chauffeur in a new automobile of the
red devil' tpye, which she had just pur-
chased, and while proceeding down Penn
sylvania avenue was overtaken by a num-
bsr of fire engines and hook and ladder
trucks on their way to fire. None Of them
struck the new vehicle. but there were
several close rubs. Miss Roosevelt saved
herself by bringing the vehicle 10 a halt
while the ire wagons rushed on past her.
Cement Production.
The United States Geological Survey
t0day gave out preliminary statement OF
the production Of cement in the United
States Tor 1902 1t shows that the produc.
tion OF Portland cement for that period
amounted TO s6s7s,5o5 barrels; natural rock
cement a,Cb375s barrels; Stag or pozuolana
cement. AS, l55 barrels; total of 26. 4S7,S so