Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-18
ARMY PAY OFFICERS MOVE
shaksup Coming in Brigadisr General
snifen's Department.
COLONEL TOWER TO GO TO WASHINGTON
Lieutenant Colonel MuhIenberE, Ac-
cOrdinE to RumOFs Current,
win BE Ordered to the
Philippines.
From a STAR correspondent.ll


WASHINGTON, Jan H.-(Special Tele-
gram. lin army circles there is rumor
that the pay department, under Brigadier
General Sniffen, will shortly be reorganlzed
and that there will be a general change
all around, especially in the higher grades
1t is understood Colonel Tower, now sta
toned at Chicago. who in all probability
will be the next paymaster general of the
army. viii coma to washington as dis
trtct paymaster here, relieving Lieutenant
Colonel Muhlenberg, who will be ordered
to the Philippines. Lieutenant Colonel
Tucker, son-in-law OF Mrs. John A Logan,
now on station in the Philippines, it is
expected, will be assigned to San Fran
cisco. Colonel Charles H. whipple, who
now is chief paymaster In Cuba. 1t is
thought will be ordered to Chicago to re-
leve Colonel Tower. ranking colonel and
someone in the Junior grade will be sent
to Cuba to succeed Colonel whipple.
Appropriation for the Missouri.
The river and harbor bill. which will be
reported to the house probably tomorrow,
will contain the appropriation of 10000
for Missouri river work between Kansas
City and Sioux City and $4,000 for work
above Sioux City Representative Pollard
and Kennedy appeared before the COM
mittee today and urged that a larger ap-
propriation be authorized for that stretch
of river between Kansas and Sioux City,
but Chairman Burton was informed by
army engineers that the work could be
done for $4,000. The money will be used
in clearing the channel of snags and other
Iobstructions to navigation. When this
work is completed, engineers say the river
will be navigable almost the entire year.
The committee inserted the appropriation
on the showing made by the Nebraska
congressman named. They submitted
statement presenting plans Of the pro-
motors of the Omaha Kansas City barge
line and made a strong argument for an
appropriation.
Amendment TO Coal Land Inv.
Representative Martin of South Dakota
today introduced a bill, its intent being
TO amend the existing laws relating to
public coal lands The Martin bill pro-
vides that any person or association OF
persons, seve-ally qualified, who have
opened and improved any coal mine upon
public lands and shall be in actual pos
session of the same shall be entitled to
preference right of entry. When an asso-
citation of not less than four persons shall
have expended not less than $500 they
may be entitled 20 enter not exceeding
1.2SO acres. Those who have expended
$4,000 may enter 2,56o acres. The bill also
gives the president power to set apart and
reserve from entry such unappropriated
public lands as he may deem necessary
TO protect the coal supply from passing
into the curitrol OF nonoSvsies;
Passes for Trainmen.
Senator Burkett introduced a bill TO
amend the anti-pass provisions of the rail-
ron 70 Iau Mr. traff af
over the enacted bill. believes an injus-
tice has been done and now seeks through
his bill to amend the act 1t is the pur-
pose of Senator Burkett to permit railroad
companies TO issue passes to travelling rep
resentatives of the Brotherhoods of Loco
motive Engineers, Firemen and Railway
Trainmen, all trainmen and the Order of
Railway Telegraphers.
Pensions for western Men.
Senator Burkett also introduced bill to
increase the pension OF John 8. Burke to
$50 per month.
Representative Kinkaid was today ad-
vised that John w. Hoerbaugh, Ravenna,
had been allowed an increase of pension to
S. dating from December 6. He was also
informed that an original pension OF s12
had been granted TO Charles l. Paxton
Of Gordon, Neb., at s12 per month
Representative Kennedy has secured
pension OF s12 for Samuel w. Young Of
Omaha
Minor Western Matters.
Lieutenant Colonel John M Barrister,
deputy surgeon general will proceed to
Omaha for temporary duty as acting chief
surgeon OF the Department of Missouri.
South Dakota postoffices established
Hause Day county. ole Hause, postmas-
ter; Mobridge, Walworth county. Archie
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