Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-04-02

and Council Bluffs, Secretary Taft said
that he would leave Chicago on the Rock
Island road on the evening Of April 8, ar
riving in Omaha on the morning of April s.
The war secretary looks forward with
much pleasure to the next ten days. as it
will bring him in close contact with the
business interests of the country. in which
he has 6 great interest.
Boyd Urging Building Bills.
Representative Boyd of the Third Ne
braska district this morning appeared be-
fore the subcommittee OF the committee on
public buildings to press three public build
ing bills which he has introduced during
the present session. Judge Boyd wants
an appropriation of $500 for Columbus,
the site already having been purchased for
this proposed building; $4,000 for Wayne,
where a site is also owned by the govern
ment, and $4,000 for the construction of an
addition to the postoffice at Fremont.
Representative Boyd explained to the
committee the needs of these several ap-
propriations and made a good presentation,
stating clearly and concisely all matters
relative to the growing Importance of the
towns in wealth and population His argu-
ments for the appropriations he seeks for
Columbus Wayne and Fremont were well
ItttlNtht dppdithNiSt ny hhN
of which Congressman Norris is chairman,
and in the event of an omnibus public
building bill it is safe to guess that Ne
braska will be taken care Of
Report on Indian Bill.
Senator Gamble today secured favora-
BILE report from the committee on Indian af-
fairs on his bill to authorize the sale and
disposition of a portion of the surplus and
unallotted lands in the Cheyenne and
Standing Rock Indian reservations in
South Dakota The lands to be sold lie
in the counties of Schnasse, Armstrong.
Boreman and Dewey. There is also
considerable acreage lying across the
boundary of South Dakota in North Da-
kota, within a semicrcle formed by the
juncture of Cannon Ball river with the
Missouri. These latter lands now belong
to the Standing Rock tribe, while those
to the south in Armstrong county are at
present the property of the Cheyenne River
Indians.
Senator Gamble also secured favorable
report his bill providing for certain al
lotments of children of the Sioux tribe be-
longing on the Rosebud reservation who
have not heretofore been allotted.
DakOtans Coming Home.
Congressmen Parker and Hall of South
Dakota plan to leave Washington Satur-
day to attend the state convention, which
convenes at Huron on April T. ~ is said
here that this convention, which is held for
! the purpose of selecting delegates-at-large
to attend the national republican conven-
tion at Chicago, will undoubtedly be a
warm proposition. 1t will be another try
out between the Gamble and Kittredge
factions of the state. The Gamble people
now claim they will be in control by a
majority of at least sixty votes. South Da-
kota as a state is for Secretary Taft, and
no matter whether the Gamble men or
Kittredge faction win in the coming Huron
convention, the delegates will go instructed
for the war secretary.
Major Kennedy to Omaha.
Major Chase w. Kennedy, adjutant gen
eral, is relieved from duty at Fort Rus
sell, Wyo., and will proceed to Omaha for
duty as adjutant general of the depart
ment of the Missouri.
Mrs. Gray Before Committee.
Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray. a newspaper
woman, who was arrested last summer on
the Crow Indian reservation in Montana
on a charge of collecting money from the
Indians, was given hearing today before
| the senate committee on Indian affairs
She denied that she had collected more
money than was necessary to pay her eX-
| penses to Washington, whittier she came to
make representations relative to injustices
| which she claimed had been done the In
dams She charged Secretary. Garfield and
| Commissioner Leupp with misconduct in
office and declared that Major Reinolds,
! the Crow agent. had been guilty of gross
! favoritism i'm leasing the Indian lands
| She also asserted that Mr.. Leupp had been
| partial to the Lincoln Township company.
Mr.. Leupp was present and denied having
any financial interest in that company.
LIABILITY BILL WILL COME