Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-28
HAYWARD At THE CAPITAL
Nebraskan to Attend Banquet to Be
Given By Frank Hitchcock.
FITTING wMDUP OF CAMPAIGN
All Connected with Management from
Eastern and Western Headquarters
Invited and Most of Them
VIII BE Present.
trrom a staff Correspondent.l

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-(special Tele-
gram. )--William Hayward of Nebraska
City. secretary OF the national republican
committee, is in Washington to attend the
banquet to be given Chairman Frank
Hitchcock tomorrow night at the New
willard by men connected with the New
York and Chicago headquarters. Many OF
these men are strangers to one another.
The campaign over end the republican
party triumphant, IL was suggested that
the men who had direct charge of running
the campaign for the republican ticket get
together and out 81 this suggestion to-
morrow nights banquet was planned.
In addition to the banquet a testimonial
will be given Mr.. Hitchcock by his associ-
ates OF both headquarters.
Mr.. Hayward arrived in Washington to-
day from Pittsburg, where on Thanks
giving night he delivered an address at
the annual convention of the Phi Delta
Theta fraternity
Mr. Victor Rosewater, chief Of the pub
liclty department for the western section
Of the country and member of the national
republican committee from Nebraska, will
arrive in Washington tomorrow to attend
the Hitchcock banquet.
CrawfOrd's Body at Capital.
Brigadier General Charles Morton. COM
manding the Department of the Missouri.
and Joseph s. Molyneux of Broken Bow,
Neb. master Of Emmet Crawford lodg =
of Masons, arrived in Washington today
with the body of Captain Emmet Craw-
ford, late of the Third United States
cavalry, who was killed by Mexican troops
while following the Apache chief, Geronimo,
and his band across the Mexican border
in 1866. Captain Crawford was buried at
Kearney, from which place he was taken
for burial at Arlington next Sunday.
Mr. Moyneux accompanied the body %
Captain Crawford as representative OF the
Masonic lodge at Broken Bow. the lodge
being named after the captain.
DeIeEates TO Rive Congress.
Mayor Dahlman has appointed a number
of the leading citizens of Omaha as dele
gates to the National Rivers and Hsrbors
congress. which meets in this city on De-
cember 9. Governor Sheldon has not yet
forwarded to the secretary of the congress
the list of delegates from Nebraska but
It Is thought the list will arrive early next
week
Order tn Grain Case.
The Interstate Commerce commission to-
day formally promulgated announcement OF
ise ANSShA e1oaOh pootpOhhib ohNh StiS
1909 the effective date Of its order In what
arc known as5the Peavey elevator allow
ance cases. The order prohibited the pay
ment OF elevator allowances by railways
The commission believes that a decision OF
the United States supreme court can be
obtained by July l.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Ainsworth. Route 1. r. J. kirkpatrick, car
rier; John r. kirkpatrick. substitute. lowe
Carson. Route 8. L. II. Flood, carrier; J.
r. Robertson, substitute. owassa, Route J.
John F. Cronk, carrier; Frank Sanders
substitute. South Dakota-Humboldt, Route
1. c. F. Webster, carrier; Leonard A. Web
ster, substitute.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska,-Quick
Frontier county, Fred F. Garlick, vice r
p. Nelms resigned. South Dakota. Ray
mond, Clarke county. Edgar T. Ortberg
vice d. T. Danforth. resigned.
On the recommendation OF Congressman
Connors. DIR. C. II. Gretsmeyer has beer
appointed pension examining surgeon at Al
gona, Ia, vice DR.. w, e. H. Morse. re
signed.