Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-25
BARS ALL But ROMESTEADER
General Land Office Withdraws Many Acres
in Wyoming Districts.
CONCESSION TO OMAHA DRUG FIRMS
Long List u Rural Mail Carriers
Selected for Nebraska and Iowa
ROutes-Tressury Depart
ment Orders.
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WASHINGTON, April 24.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The commissioner OF the general
land office today authorized the withdrawal
from entry. otherwise than homestead, of
1858. 900 acres in the Buffalo and Lander
land districts In Wyoming, for the purpose
OF irrigation. In the Buffalo district two
townships, No. 81 north, ranges 80 and 90,
are suspended. In the Lander district,
fourteen townships, namely, SO north,
ranges 102 and 1903 west; SO north, ranges
101 and 1902; "a north, range 102; SO north,
ranges 100 and 101. Sc north. ranges SO, SO
and 100, and 81 north. ranges 81, 9S and 80.
The Omaha Indian supply depot has been
designated to receive drugs on a par with
Chicago and st. Louis. This is a victory
for Nebraska drug firms, as heretofore they
have been compelled to base their estimates
on Chicago or St. Louis delivery, without
having their samples opened in Omaha, for
which they have commended ever since the
warehouse at Omaha was established.
Routine of Departments.
The postofices at Cameron, Hall county,
and Friedensau, Ia, Thayer county, Neb.
Genoa, Wayne and Livingston, Appanoose
county, Ia, have been ordered discontinued.
Edward B. Goodrich Of East Pierre, S.
D.. has been appointed railway mail clerk.
The National Bank Of North America of
Chicago has been approved as reserve agent
for the First National bank Of Churdan,
Ia, and the National bank Of st. Joseph,
Mo, for the United States National bank of
Holdrege, Neb.
pointed today: Nebraska, Lawrence, reg
ulars, Charles McNeal, ]. F. schell; sub
stitutes, Frank McNeal, Joseph N. Schell.
Osmond, regular, Edward B. Record; sub
stitute, Elmer M. Record. Powell, regular.
William 7. Powell; substitute, jennie M.
Powell. Ruskin, regular, Loren E.. Depey;
substitute, c. e. Dudley. Saronville, reg
ular, Charles J. Geyer; substitute, Edward
Aspegen. Elm Creek, regular, Rufus Priea.
substitute Viola Price. Ulysses, regular,
Hiram S. Craig; substitute, Bert Craig.
Orleans, regular, Sam r. Knowlton, J.
w. Merry; substitutes, Clifford c. Knowl-
ton, Florence c. Morse. Shelby, regulars.
George West. Clyde e. Babcock, Dwight
Blake; substitutes, William II. West, Harry
Swan, Joe Guhser. Plxley, regulars, Gus
tat A. Nelson. David r. Heddon; substi-
tutes, e. e. Price, Emily c. Heddon
Western. regulars, Frank James, ]. c.
Doane, M. f. Fitzgerald: substitutes, Ed
ward H. James, Bertha NJ. Doane, E. Sip
wentker. Wisner, regulars, William Farley,
William E. Kelso, Fred L. Kirton, John
Jacobs; substitutes, ]. w. Farley, H.. e.
Kelso. Adolph Schultz, Lewis Siecke. Iowa,
Charlton, regulars, Joe w. Cowles, Edward
L. Duckworth; substitutes, Harry Duck
worth, M. L. Duckworth. Deep River, reg
ular Fred B. Malcolm; substitute. Earl o.
Malcolm. Jewell, regular, John M. Fos-
ter, jr.; substitute, Lizzie B. Foster. Lucas.
regular, j. Clark Baker; substitute, Rob-
ert S. Gray. 0elwein, regular, Walter
]. Boyd; substitute. Mae A. Boyd. ottosen,
regular. Martin Vinaas. substitute, Hans
Oelsen.
Civil service examinations will be held on
June 1 at Omaha for engineer and carpenter
In the Winnebago (Neb.) Indian school.
Military to Fight Fires.
An order was issued at the War depart
ment today giving instructions for the es-
Establishment of fire control systems in ar
tillery posts. The engineer and quarter
masters departments are instructed to
build such piers and erect such quarters as
may De necessary at each post.
Hide Independence Document.
The Declaration OF Independence is to be
seen no more by the public. An order has
ben issued that henceforth it shall be kept
behind lock and key In a fre-proof safe.
The declaration will never be exhibited
again at any Of the great international
fairs. This decision was reached today as
the result Of an examination of the docu-
ment by a committee Of the American
Academy of Sciences, now in session in
this city, who acted at the instance of
Secretary Hay, whose attention had been
called to the sad state of the famous doc
ument by Andrew Allen, librarian of the
State department. Most of the text of the
declaration is still leglble, but only one or
two of the signatures can be made out.
There is only a trace Of the autograph OF
John Hancock, the first to sign. The COM
mittee, with the aid Of powerful micro
scopes, made an examination of the docu-
ment. 1t was found hat the ink was not
Of the first quality. The fact that the en-
grosser used a sharp pen and bore steadily
on It accounted in a measure for the bet
ter preservation Of the text as compared
with the signatures.
The great damage sustained, however
was in 1920, when a copy was taken by the
crude letter press process. This was done
in order to secure a facsimile for the sur.
viving signers (among them Thomas JEFF.
ferson) and their families The committed
recommended that the declaration be shut
in an air and light-tight case and kept
from exhibition.
= Today the document was photographed
and then locked up. The committee hai
? recommended that at certain long intervals
Of time It be taken from Its case and re,
photographed, the purpose being to meas
ure as nearly as can be done the result
Of the protective steps.