Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-20
POSTAL CLERKS GET RAISE
Department Acts on Recommendations o.
Postmaster Grow of Omaha.
NEBRASKA SENATORS ARE COMING HOME
south Dakota Delegation Asks the
Removal of bonded school su-
perintendent at YRnktOn
Agency.
(From a Stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 19.--(Special Tele-
gram THE salary and allowance division
of the Postoffice department today an
nounced its decision as to increases rec
commended by Postmaster Grow. During
the coming fiscal year Postmaster Crow will
be. allowed six additional clerks at $500
and increases in salaries of clerks now
on the rolls of the Omaha of1ce as fol-
lows: Five from $500 to $500, three from
$500 to 800, eleven from $500 to $500, Eve
from $500 to 5000, nine from 5000 TO $1,000,
two from $1,000 to S1,1OO, four from S1,100
to 81 200, one from 81, 200 to $1,000. cav from
$1,000 to 81 400. two from $500 to S1,6OO
and one from 81 800 to S1,7OO
The postmaster at South Omaha is al
lowed one additional clerk at $500 and in
creases of one from $500 to $500, three from
$500 to $780, three from 5000 to $1,000, one
from $1,000 to $l,1O0.
At Beatrice one clerk is increased from
5000 to $780,
Nebraska Senators Coming Home.
Senator Millard and daughter left Wash
ington and will arrive in Omaha Saturday.
One of the first questions which will con-
front Senator Millard upon his arrival home
will be that of choosing a principal and
two alternates for appointment as cadets
at Annapolis.
Senator Dietrich will leave Washington
on Saturday for Hastings. Senator Diet
rich expects to return east the latter part
OF June to be present at the graduation
exercises at Bryn Mawr, where his daugh-
ter will graduate. Following this 1t is
the intention Of the senator to take his
daughter for an extended trip through the
northwest and into Alaska.
Senator and wife left Washing
ton tonight for New York and after few
days spent in Gotham intend to start for
South Dakota.
r. f. Mcdowell and wife. secretary tC
Senator Gamble, left for their home in
| Yankton.
Senator Kittridge before leaving Wash
ington today called upon the secretary oi
the interior and intimated that Staley
bonded school superintendent at Yankton
was persona non grata and urged that he
be removed. 1t is understood that Mr.
Staley is accused Of "pernicious activity
in political affairs in South Dakota anc
| the delegation from that state is uni
| in believing his sphere of usefulness Nigh
find wider scope for activity in some othel
occupation than that he now occupies.
Routine of Departments.
The Merchants National bank of Cedal
Rapids, Ia. was today approved as reserve
| agent for the First National banks o
! Clutter, Hedrick Spencer, Waverly, Ma
tional State banks of Burlington and Ceda
| Falls, National OF Cedat Falls, Ia.
| S. NJ. Brinton and Avery 4. Horton wer
today appointed regular and ]. G. Mccain
and George Marshall substitute rural car
riers at Brighton, Ia.
The postoff1ce at Parsons, Jerauld county
South Dakota, has been discontinued.
A postoffce has been established a
Roosevelt, Custer county, South Dakota
with Marie NJ. Simmons as postmaster.
Postmasters appointed Iowa-Froelich
Clayton county Edwin T. Froelish, vice
H. Benzing, resigned; Hanley, Madiso
county, Jesse Lee, vice f. NJ. James, re
signed South Dakota-Springfield, Bo
Homme county, AIvan T. Bridgeman, vic
Robert L. Wilson, reasigned.
These Iowa rural free delivery route
will be established May /: Jewell, Hamil
ton county, three routes; area covered
seventy-eight square miles; population
294 Kamrar, Hamilton county. one route
area, thirty square miles population, 45C
stanhope, Hamilton county, three routes
area. ninety-six square miles; population
LIS.