Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-10
MEN AT CAPITAL
ON BRYAN'S PLANS
/
Politicians There Think He is Lay
ing Foundation for Race for
Senator.
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'SHERMAN's PAPERS DEFECTIVE
Nebraska Executive Officer Makes
Mistake and Delay Results.
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P1ATTSMoUTH AFTER CARRIERS
iCass County City Makes Appeal for
- Free Delivery.
DEMAND FOR FARM BULLETINS
Western Senators Have Many Calls
for Agricultural Pamphlets
President signs Indian
~ Taxation Bill,
Nebraska Executive Officer Makes
Mistake and Delay Results.
PLATTsMoUTH AFTER CARRIERS
DEMAND FOR FARM BULLETINS
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CFrom y Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May Especial Tele-
gram More and more politicians here are
convinced that William Jennings Bryan is
preparing to run for the senate this year.
and that an ingenious scheme is being
manipulated by his friends in the prairie
state to present monster petition for him
while he is absent on the continent
Every indication seems TO point to the
fact that Bryan is setting his stakes to
run for senator, and " he does, according
10 a man close to the representative in
congress from the Second congressional
district Mr. Hitchcock will not only have
TO get out OF Bryan's way. but will make
n fight for senator to finish kilograms
and letters are appearing in eastern
4 newspapers from correspondents and citi-
zens OF Nebraska setting forth Mr.
Bryan's growing unpopularty in that
state and indicating that the forum to
which he has appealed for nearly twenty
years is growing mkewarm Bryan's fol-
lowers, however, here In the position
taken by him on prohibition and the initia-
tive and referendum determination to at
tain place in the halls of legislation.
Plattsmoutb After CARRIERS.
Senator Burkett today made application
10 the Postoffice department for the in
and asked that an Inspector be sent to
Nebraska City to investigate the claims of
authorities that they are ready for free
delivery. having attained the $4,000 mark
In postoffice receipts, their streets being
named and the houses numbered. lie was
informed that inspector would be sent
to Plattsmouth shortly
Engineers $. F.. Shafer j. r. Haswell and
T.. @. Hall. connected with the drainage
investigation division of the Agricultural
department. have been ordered to report
at Sioux City TO make a survey Of the
Big siouk river for the purpose of devils
ing plal,- ir land owners want to carry
IT out to prevent the flooding of that river
by strengthening 1t and holding 1t within
bounds. Congressman Hubbard Of the
Sioux City district has been greatly inter
ested in this project for some time past
and 1t was through his efforts that the
giner officers of the Agricultural depart
ment were ordered to make an investiga-
tion of the river looking to its control
senator Brown last saturday presented
TO the state department on request of
Governor shallenberger papers for the ex-
tradition of Thomas F. Shireman, fugi-
tive in Canada from justice in the United
states Today the State department in
formed Senator Brown that 1t was COM
PEELED to return the papers to Governor
Shallenberger because they were not in
duplicate. which Is required by the regua-
tions OF the department and that just as
soon as the governor had complied with
the regulations OF the department, so far
as the papers were concerned, the depart
ment would Immediately forward them TO
the consul at Calgary, Canada, where the
agent OF Nebraska would find them on
presentation. shireman, who is a fugitive
from justice and in Calgary jail, pretended
20 own a lot of cattle i'm Keith county.
He borrowed money to the amount of $500
and gave chattel mortgage on these cat
tie that in fact belonged to somebody else.
HaNing obtained his $500 he went to Hli-
nXls' got married and went to Canada,
where he was apprehended.
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton E. c. Bishop OF Nebraska, who has
been advised by the Department of Agri-
culture that bulletins of that department
h6ntaining index Of documents for agrl-
Cultural schools and a document for the
Boys and Girls Agricultural club were
exhausted, has asked Senator Burkett to
secure reprint Of these two bulletins
which the senator did today. 1t is interest
Ing In this connection to know that the
Department Of Agriculture has organized
requests OF schools and colleges in which
agriculture is taught for finding bulletins
rotating To the science OF farming and
ytock raising and in many cases il has been
ascertained that the bulletins are being
used in graded and high schools for the
study Of agriculture The request for the
bulletins to senator BurSett alone runs into
the thousands each year
The president today signed the bill pro-
viding for the taxation of the lands Of the
Omaha Indian In Nebraska,
The fun text OF the bill follows:
That all OF the lands in the state Of
Nebraska. belonging TO the members of
the tribe otOmaha Indians now held under
trust patents of allotments issued prior to
1855 be and the same are hereby made
subject To apprsisement and assessment
FOR purposes OF taxation and subject to
taxation FOR local, school district, road
district, county and state purposes as pro-
vided blythe laws Of the state of Nebraska
now IN force OF 20 be hereafter enacted;
provided, that such lands SO long as held
laander trust patent shall not be subject
10 levy and tax provided under the laws
Of the state OF Nebraska for collection of
stAS StaNes. but II such tax shall not be
pam within one year after the same shall
become due ana payable, as I-Nvided BY
the laws OF the state OF Nebraska. Then
list OF all such unpaid and delinquent
taxes on such land Of Omaha Indians shall
be certified by the county treasurer of
the county in which such lands are situated
10 the secretary OF the interior who shall
be authorised TO pay the same from any
funds belonging TO Indian allotees owning
such lands so taxed and arising from
rentals thereof or under his control and
Az event no such funds shall be In posses
MON or under the control OF the seoretar nv
~ the interior, he shall certify that fac,
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