Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10
RELIEF FOR A NEBRASEAN
Bill to Pay Sidney Banker Money Advanced
on Voucher Of Contractor.
CHANGING INDIAN CITIZENSHIP LAW
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WASHINGTON, March 9.-(Special Tele-
gram.) )-Senator Millard today introduced
a bill authorizing the secretary Of the
treasury to pay Albert II. Reynolds Of Sid
ney, Neb., s., 200. In 1887 Reynolds was en-
gagged in the banking business at Sidney
and he paid two Indian vouchers drawn in
favor of Dwight J. McCanu aggregatinE
$50 McCann was government con-
tractor and these vouchers were in pay
ment OF work performed by him in trans
porting government supplies from Omaha,
Sidney and Schuyler to Red Cloud Indian
agency Eventually final payment on these
vouchers was refused on bhe ground that
in the interim Mccain had become a DC
faulter to the United States on account Of
other contracts and the vouchers cashed by
Reynolds were applied to the account Of
the alleged defaulter. Reyonlds now seeks
satisfaction through a special act of con-
gress
Elk City Wants POstohlce.
Representative Kennedy is in receipt OF
a letter from the patrons Of the Elk City
postofice warmly protesting against its
discontinuance and he is at work with the
postoffice authorities TO bring about the
wishes of the community of Elk City.
Changing indian citizenship Law.
The house today passed bill, having
been called up by Mr. Burke of South Da-
kota. amending the Indian allotment law so
as to obviate the effect of the recent de-
cision of the supreme court in the Hun
case, where il was held that as soon as an
Indian entered on land he became n citizen
and persons selling him liquor could not be
prosecuted The bill provides that such In
dian shall not become citizen of the
United States until the expiration of the
twenty-flve-year period necessary for him
to obtain a fee simple title to the land
taken under the allotment law. The secre-
tary of the interior. however, is given au-
thority to curtail this period in his discre-
tion and grant a fee simple title and eiti-
zenship to particular Indians when he shall
deem them capable of the duties of citizens,
Pensions Are Increased.
| The house today passed many private
| pension bills among them Being bill
granting an increase in the pension of
| Lewis Lowry of Omaha from $l2 to $50 per
month. When mustered out Lowry was
captain of the First Nebraska, having en-
tered as a private and served from 1851 "a
1866, and is now said to be totally disabled
! A bill increasing the pension of John
Clark Of Omaha from s17 to s24 was also
passed.
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sage through the house today of a bill
granting an increase of pension to $50 tc
Henry Russell of Omaha.
Postal Matters.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Hun.
ter Sioux county, Cora A. Clark, vice Kate
! Rice, resigned. Iowa Cleves, Hardin
county Simon Jansen, vice John Koolman
resigned. South Dakota-Cactus. Codingtor
county, Joseph @. Bauer, vice Nicholas
Ries, resigned.
Care of Health in Navy.
The house committee on naval affair;
today decided to report favorably the Cous
ins bill authorizing the appointment of no
more than thirty dental surgeons in the
navy and the Roberts resolution to reor
ganize the naval hospital corps. The Rob
erts bill provides for chief pharmacists
pharmacists, pharmacists mates OF thu
first and second class and hospital appren
tices.
Favorable Report on Norris Bill.
The house committee on election OF presi
dent, vice president and representatives il
congress has agreed to make a favorable
report on a bill by Representative Morris
Of Nebraska providing for extending tn
term of members OF congress to four year
and for the election of members of the sen