Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
PLANNING STATE CAMPAIGN
Republican Committee is NEGOTIATING for q
Number Of spssksrs Of Eots.
TAFT, CANNON AND DollWtH WANTED
George L. sheldon win speak ~ Fair-
aeld, crete, Syracuse, York and
Grand IsIand--Dates for
other Speakers.
lFrom a stafr correspondent.l

LINCOLN, Sept. 16.-(Special. )-While the
republican state committee Is waiting TO
hear from a long list Of speakers from
other states to take part In the Nebraska
campaign dates are being arranged for
many of the candidates on the republican
state ticket. The speakers from other
states who are being sought are Speaker
Cannon. Senator Dolliver. Senator Bever-
idge. Secretary Taft, Congressman Burton
Of Ohio and Congressman Smith and Lacey
Of Iowa. So far dates for state candidates
have been arranged as follows:
| September 19-Norrs Brown, Robert Co
we'll and II. ]. Winnett at Auburn.
/ September 2o--Sanie speakers at johnson.
September n-Same speakers at Nebraska
September 2i-Georse l.. Sheldon at Fair
September s2-Georse L. Sheldon and
September 27-George L. Sheldon at SYRIA
cuse
September 2s-George L. sheldon. Robert
Cowel and J. A. Williams at York
September 2s-Norris Brown at Stroms-
burg. afternoon; at osceola, evening:
| September 29-Norris Brown, George Il
Sheldon and other candidates at Grand
Island.
state Base Bali League.
| Charles s. Sherman, a lincoln newspaper
man, will make a tour of Nebraska this
week for the purpose of assisting in the
Organization of a state base ball league.
About the middle of October a meeting will
be called at Lincoln to perfect the organiza-
ton. Many towns in the state have main
tanned good ball teams, from which many
league players have been drawn. The
towns that are said to be favorable to a
state league are Hastings. Grand Island,
Kearney, Beatrice and Fremont, four OF
which have maintained paid teams. II an
eight club league IL desired. Fairbury. Hold
rege and Columbus are considered posi-
bilities. Norfolk has also been suggested
as desirable town II It were not for its
location 30 far to the north. Mr.. Sherman
will leave today for Nebraska City, where
the fans are said to be eager to join the
proposed league. With a state league duly
| organized and under the protection of the
national association. the Nebraska towns
could frame q schedule for the year of
1907 and be assured of going through the
season without being raided by the league
clubs and being compelled to disband on
account Of loss of players. as one or two
Independent teams were forced to do tt's
season.
st. Paul's New Pastor.
| DR.. Isaac Franklin Roach, the new pas
tor OF st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church, who arrived last week from Boise
City. Idaho, preached for the first time
today In his new charge. DR.. Roachs
coming was regarded with considerable
interest st. Paurs church lie one Of the
largest in Nebraska and the field is con-
sidered a growing one. DR.. Roach is a
comparatively young man and his life Ia
the west has imbued him with much OF
the spirit of enterprise. Many members
Of the congregation today remember of see-
ing Or, Roach clad in the panoply Of foot
ball war fifteen years ago when he played
In Lincoln with the Baker university team.
| DR.. Roach was one of the four members
| of the Baker team who afterward became
| preachers. He still takes a deep interest
In athletics and amusements of young men,
| To Ask state to Build Roads.
| Mayor F. w. Brown announces that he
| will ask the legislature TO appropriate
funds to aid the town of Lincoln to build
boulevards from the city to the State Hos
! pital for the insane, the penitentiary and
the state fair grounds. This Is part Of
the mayors plans for a system OF boule-
wards. He believes the roads should be
macndamized from the paved districts to
hthe state institutions named. He believes
the residents along the proposed roads
will pay their share of the cost Of making
the roads within the city limits and that
beyond the limits the state should pay the
cost. The mayor has visited the parks
and inspected boulevards at Kansas City
and is impressed with their beauty and
utility. With the aid of the county a
paved road leading from town TO wyuka
cemetery will soon be completed.
Two Inches of Rain.
Rain. amounting to about two inches. fell
this evening In Lincoln and tied up street
car trafic and caused many church services
to be suspended The Burlington reported
the derailment of an engine at Ravenne,
but without much damage. wreck was
reported from Alliance. but no particulars
were given and it was said that 1t caused
no loss- of life or damage.
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