Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-19
COSS CALLS ON president
Interview Said to Have Bee. highly
Satisfactory to Both Parties
CONFERENCE WITH MOODY SATURDAY
At that Time Matters Pending In Dis
trict Attorneys once at Omaha
will BE Gone Into Thoroughly
and Agreement Reached.
(From a STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-(Special Tele-
gram )-Senator Burkett and Congressman
kennedy today presented Charles A. Goss
to the president and the interview was en-
tirely satisfactory. 1t is understood. to both
the president and Mr.. Goss, although he
was scarcely ten minutes with the chief ex-
ecutive.
Owing to an important case now pending
in the supreme court, having relation to
the Philippine tariff law, Mr. Moody. the
attorney general, will not be able to see
Mr. Goss before Saturday morning. when
a conference at some length will be held
between them, the attorney general, 1t Is
understood, being desirous of going over in
detail with Mr.. Gross questions now pending
in the district attorneys Office In Nebra ska.
Mr. Goss said tonight that he was very
greatly pleased with the reception ac-
corded him; that SO far as he was con-
cerned he would be district attorney with
out any strings on the title, and that so far
as factions might go in Omaha he would
know no faction whatsoever. but would
conduct his ONCE along the lines of the
presidents desires.
kinkaid Wants Better Roads.
Congressman kinkaid applied to the War
department today for an appropriation for
to Crawford, distance of about four miles.
This Improvement is greatly needed and in
his conference with Quartermaster General
, Humphrey he bore down on the necessity
of making this highway passabe. and as
the highway extends nearly all the way
over the Fort Robinson reservation II is
peculiarly a government matter. Judge
Kinkaid was assured that everything pos
sible would be done to bring about the
wishes of his constituency.
Bill to Ratify Indian Agreement.
The senate committee on Indian affairs to-
day reported Senator CANDLES bill to rat
| ify an agreement with the Lower Brule
| band of Sioux Indians in South Dakota
Under the agreement the Indians are tc
cede to the United States approximately
! 56.560 acres in the western portion of theiI
reservation. The United States will ex.
| pend s70.7o0 on these Indians in considera
\ tion of the cession OF their land. This sum
| will be disbursed in part in constructing
sixty-three miles of wire fence along the
northern. western and southern boundarie,
OF the diminished reservation and the re-
mainder of the money will be expended ir
the purchase of stock cattle.
| w. j. Reisinger has been appointed post
master at Dustin. Holt county, Neb., vice
L. L. Smith. resigned u
Minor Matters at Capital.
Congressman Mccarthy today recon
mended the following postmasters for re
l appointment: C. EE, Hunter. Wakefield; T
b. Calnon, Lyons; Roy A. Richmond
| wausa.
Henry T. Clarke of Omaha, who has beer
| in Washington several days in attendanc,
upon the meetings of the Mississippi Rive
Improvement association, left this after
noon for Philadelphia on his way home.
The application Of M. d. Bilsborough
Charles C. Armour, Henry Block. r. NJ
Slight, w. b. Benton and others to organ
ize the First National bank of Little Rock
Ia, with $751; capital has been approved
by the comptroller of the currency.