Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-09
MOVE TO OPEN INDIAN LAND
Major Mclaughlin TO Be Sent Out to
Negotiate with the Sioux.
DAKOTA NOMINATIONS REPORTED
BfII to BE FavorabIy Reported Restor-
ing Homestead Rights to Men who
Have Lost Them Through No
Fault Of Their own.
lFrom a staff Correspondent)

WAEHINCTTON. =. c. Jan. A-tSpecial
Telegram. senator Gamble today had
consultation with the secretary Of the in
terror and commissioner general OF the
land office In regard to his bill providing
for the opening OF the western part OF
the Cheyenne river and Standing Rock
reservations in south Dakota Instructions
have been prepared and Major McLaugh-
lin, special Inspector. will start west about
January Is to confer with these Indians
looking to securing their consent to the
provisions Of the bill. II is believed here
that satisfactory agreement can be
reached with the two Indian tribes.
Dakota Appointments Reported.
Al request Of Senator Gamble the com
mittee on public lands today authorized
him 10 report favorably the following nom
nations for federal position in South
Dakota. c. B. Afford for surveyor gen
eraI. Paul D. Kribs, register Of the land
office at Aberdeen: ". Halls Irons. reg
istar and Lemuel B. Laughlin, receiver at
Chamberlain; Myron willsie. receiver and
John l. Burke. register Rapid CITY;
Thomas c. Burns. register and John c.
Bryan. receiver at Mitchell.
Bill for Relief of settlers.
The committee on public lands today au-
ble's bill for the relief OF certain classes Of
homestead settlers on public lands This
bill provides that any person who has
heretofore lost or forfeited his homestead
entry through no fault or neglect OF his
own or who was unable % perfect his
entry because OF an honest mistake as 10
the character or location Of the land en-
tered shall be entitled 70 the benefits Of
the homestead laws as though such former
entry had not been made.
Congressman Hall today introduced a bill
providing an appropriation OF N00.c9 10
purchase a site and erect a. public building
at Madison. S. D.
Nebraskan Talks Home Politics,
Judge II. N Sinclair of Kearney was
today. upon motion Of Senator Brown. ad-
mirted to practice before the supreme
court. Judge Sinclair is stopping at the
St James and comes to Washington upon
legal business which relates to series of
Utigations growing out Of homestead en-
tries in Nebraska and he said that there
was q possibility that he might have %
carry these cases IN TO the supreme court
and he therefore. desired to be registered
50 as 70 practice before the highest court
Of the land should il be necessary. Talk
ing Of the political situation in Nebraska.
Mr. Sinclair said:
Sentiment in Nebraska Is for Taft. as
far as I can discern.
Has La Toilette ~ny support in Ne
braska7''
NO. la Toilette has no substantial sup
port as far as I can learn. II the Ohin
fight gets 80 warm as 10 disuualify both
Taft and Foraker. Hughes may be the
man. He has many friends i'm Nebraska
Minor Matters at Capital.
Carl .. williams Of WOodbine Nsliie
c. Stewart OF Ames and Joseph @. Sim
coke Of Davenport Ia s r. Ingram Of
South Omaha, Neb.. and A. r. Byron Of
Bristol. : D. have been appointed veter-
mary inspectors in connection with the
bureau of animal industry
T-Don the recommendation Of congress
man Kinkaid. Drs W. F. Talbot and g.
J Christensen have been appointed pen
sion examining surgeons AZ Broken Bow,
Neb. vice Drs cyrus Pickett and A IA
Mathews, resigned
Congressman Einkaid has recommended
the reappointment Of Leander H. Jewett
as postmaster at Broken Bow, Neb
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Guthrie Center route Z, William Bates car
rier. HARRIET L Bates substitute Maple
ton. route g. Irving Kisling carrier. Rich
ard KisllnE substitute, Marble Rock, route
/. Justine H. Haynes carrier, ]. : H tynes
substitute: West Branch. route !. Everett
@ Norris carrier. Russell Armstrong sub
stitute.