Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-28
CREATES A NEW JUDGESHIP
Bill Adding to Membership Of Bench Of
Eighth Federal Circuit
V%ANOEvANTER MAY GET THE POSITION
General. for Interior De-
partment Likely TO he APP
pointed TO place Made by
the New Law.
Fror. a star Correspondent

tfrOtL a stan correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-(special Tele-
gram.)-The bill increasing the number OF
circuit Judges in the Eighth federal cir
cult was passed by the house today, and
It is believed will be signed by the presi-
dent. For a number Of years senators and
members Of congress in states in the
Eighth circuit have endeavored to secure
an additional member Of the circuit court.
Objections have been interposed when the
bill reached a certain stage of legislative
action, and usually It has been crowded
out by appropriation bills and measures
Of favored character. Today, under the rule
the judiciary committee of the house called
up the bill, and It passed without any
pronounced opposition. 4
It is believed generally that Judge Vande-
vanter. assistant attorney general for the
Interior department, will be named as the
additional judge provided for in the bill.
Judge Vandevanter has made a record for
himself as the law officer of the Interior
department which has not been excelled by
any Of the officials who have preceded him.
He is not only backed by his state, but
by the secretary of the interior and At
torney General Knox, and the president, it
is understood, is most fayorably inclined
to his appointment.
Time EXTENDED.
Senator Gamble called UP and secured pas
sage through the senate of his bill ex-
tending until March 9, 1906, the time al
lowed the Dakota Southern railway com,
pany in which to complete combined rail-
way wagon and foot bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at Yankton. S. D..
Representative Hepburn today secured an
amendment to the old Wilson law known
as the original package law, providing that
all fermented, distilled or other intoxicat-
ing liquors transported into any state or
territory, before and after delivery, be SUBJ
ject to the operation and effect Of the laws
Of state or territory into which the same
shall be shipped. While the bill is gen.
eral in character, II was largely intended to
put down speakeasies and bootlegging joints
in Iowa.
Original Package Law.
The echo Of the old maximum freight
rate cases of Nebraska was terminated to-
day in the supreme court by the conclu-
sion of the argument in the Rock Island
Injunction case. Attorney General Prout
of Nebraska appearing for the state. and
Hon. James M. Woolworth for the company,
although the court had granted four hours
today to the contending interests, but an
hour and a half Of that time was taken
up, and the final argument was made be-
fore l o'clock. Judge Woolworth left this
evening for Boston, while Attorney Gem
eral Prout left for Nebraska.
Rural Mail Carriers.
The following rural free delivery letter
carriers were appointed today in Iowa:
Blakesburg, ~regulaf. Norine jacobson; sub
%stitute, George Reading; Floyd, regulars,
| William II nndIava : d inhaEd II nguoo1
Loyal A. Raymond. substitutes, Jasper
Newton, Richard Woodwiss, c. w. Scher-
merhorn; Mononaa feguIars. Harvey 8. Cur
tbs, August Doerpsie. Thaddeus 5. Egbert;
substitutes, StellaoCurtis. Louis Kramber.
Crayton Orr .RiceYille, regulars, Alvin d.
Perry, Roy n. Holbrook,T Willie e. Bah
cock, Melville H.. Swift, substitutes. Ed
win Kanney, A.. N. Holbrook, Emma ].
Babcock, G. H. Freeman.
Departmental Notes.
At the opening Of the bids for the heat
ing apparatus for the Creston, Ia, public
building, fifteen proposals were submitted.
The lowest received was from H. Band
meyer & Co. Of Peoria, ILL.,, at $3,975.
The proposition of F.. l.. Chappell to fur
nish quarters in the Farmers National
bank building for use of the postofRce at
Brookings, S. D., has been accepted by the
Postof1ce department.
On June l next the free delivery serv.
ice will be inaugurated at Oelwein, Ia.
with three carriers, one substitute anc
thirty street letter boxes.
The Northwestern National bank Of
Minneapolis was today approved as reserve
agent for the First National bank Of Web.
ster, s. D..
One additional rural free delivery route
will be established March 2 at Kellogg,
Jasper county, Ia. The route embraces an
area Of twenty square miles. containing a
population Of $50.
Postmasters appointed: Iowa-W. A. Sea-
man, Caraarvon, Sac county. South Da-
kota-S. A. Bryant, Allen, Washabaugh
county.