Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-23
UNION PACIFIC GETS LAND.
Claims to Large Amount in Nebraska and
Wyoming are Allowed
NO PRIOR CLAIMS TO TRACTS SELECTED
Large Number of Rural Free Delivery
Carriers Named for Nebraska
and Iowa-ROutine of
Departments.
fFrom a star Correspondents

gram)-It was announced at the Interior
department, today that the Union Pacific
Railroad company had a, clear title to s4,5i5
acres of land in the Cheyenne land district
and 176, 462 acres. in the Evanston district,
Wyoming. These are lands selected by the
railroad under land grants. The depart
ment, after Investigation, finds there are
no prior claims to the. particular tracts
selected by the railroad company.
1t was said at the Indian bureau today
%oficials probably would conclude to re-
advertise for proposals for the work of
moving old buildings, construction of an
additional dormitory and a new system, of
water and sewerage supply at the Hope
Indian school at Springfield, s. D. The
bid OF W. D. Lowell of Des Moines, is not
entirely satisfactory in that it does not
include a proposal for all the work. desired
to be done.
Routine OF Departments. -, \
w. j.. McAlpine Of Dixon, ILL.,, was today.
awarded the contract for a system of drain
age for the Creston, Ia. public building.
Sumner B. Durham has been appointed
postmaster at Burnham. Lancaster county,
Neb., vice f. G. Burnham, resigned.
These rural free delivery letter carriers
were appointed today: Nebraska~Daven-
port, regulars, Alexander d. Duncan, oliver
A. Tweed Oscar R. Padgett; substitutes,
Minerva A. Duncan, e. A. Ritzen, ]. s.
Padgett. Daykin, regular, Frank R. Miller;
substitute, f. S. Miller. Diller, regular,
Charles A. Reinhart; substitute Edith
Reinhart. Edgar, regulars, Charles H.
Saum, Carl Olseene; substitute, John A.
saum, Carl Barnard. Elkhorn, regular,
Robert L. Livingston; substitute, r. L.
Livingston, jr. Emerson, regulars, Gustavus
Waldman, Martin z. Myers; substitute. an
Ia Nnr-aa-.-L f-- n 49,. ra-az-a
regulars. John e. Drake, Henry Ma
son, G. L. Hewitt; substitutes, John
H.. Hall, Harvey Milton, J. w. Renter.
Geneva, q regulars. Stanley f. Morrow,
Frank d.. Crawford; substitutes, Frank
Burge, Carl ". Probst. Gibbon, reg
ular, Frank S. Burt; substitute, Lewis A.
Wight. GHtner, regular, John L. Clancy;
substitute. Ethan Kingston. Grafton, reg
ular, Samuel ]. Wagner; substitute, b.. D.
Wagner. Guide Rock, regular, Dorin w. Sa-
bin; substitute, R. Stickley. Hardy, regulars.
r. w. Garman, ]. e. Bixby; substitutes, H.
A.. Garman, GA. Bfxby. Hebron, regulars,
Melvyn p. Rhodes, william c. Monohon;
substitutes, Alice e. Rhodes, Allan Nc
Donald. Nelson. regulars, John Crandell,
George E. Chort; substitutes, James @.
Crandell, Carroll w. Short; Norman, reg
ularS Robert Saul: substitute, George Saul:
Oak, regular, Roy Dudley; substitute, Albin
Dudley. Ohfowa, regulars, William H.
Cooper, Alfonso Averill; substitutes, George
M. Cooper, Truma Averill. Pierce, reg
ular, Isaac Glaze: substitute, Alonzo S.
Glaze, Pilger, regular, Joseph H. Vinegar;
substitute, Christopher Denney. Plymouth,
regulars, Ernest. Strube, Horace M. Mann;
substitutes, Titus Orth, John Morton. Red
Cloud regulars. Leslie CLANCY. William c.
Gfham, Cr F.! Ludlow George A, Rowson
substitutes. Arch Boren, Henry Gilman, 1.
H. Ludlow, Alexander s. Meier. Reynolds,
Irregular, A. Cfafg:s substitute, W. Craig.
Rising CITY, regulars, Charles Nycum,
Charles Walter, Forest Pool; Substitutes
b. Bill, Sam Pool, Walter Pool. Iowa
Braddyville, regular, Thomas Steer; substi-
tute, Arthur Steer. Derby. regular, Charles
FinleyS' substitute, Bonnie George. Sey.
) mour, regulars, Lee Wade, Harlan Arm
strong; substitutes; Worth Wade, Willis
l Armstrong.
DristOw Probes to the Bottom.
In response to requests for Information
from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow reports are being received from
numerous postmasters throughout the
country, regarding the supplies furnished
l them from the department. The object Of
| these reports is to assist in the investiga-
tion by furnishing specific, detailed in
AOA mhAlohf AC6hAh4h6 lhO sudA dNlOI All
. necessity or otherwise of supplies sent tt
: postofices by the department. The. charges
are that supplies were sent regardless o
3 recommendations by postmasters as II
; their necessity. g. r~ ,,
! Discover More American Land.
d oficial adyices received at the Navy de-
r partment record the discovery Of a numbel
of valuable islands in the southern part o
the Philippine archipelago which are no
on any charts. So far as known no foreigl
. government as yet has laid claim to thi
: territory and to preclude the presentation
: Eof such claims Secretary Moody has take
steps to have the islands properly charte
l. as the property Of the United States.
O'ConneII Installed as Rector. e
Right Rev. Monsignor Denis ]. o'connel
q was installed today as rector Of the Catho
9 lie University Of America, In succession I
the Right Rev. Thomas J. Consty.
American Prevents War.
United States Minister Leslie Combs wa
the means Of preventing war betweei
Guatemala and Salvador. IA letter .frof
President Estrada OF Guatemala, trans