Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-19
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Tns IUd ,au Question.
NEW YORK, March 16.-At o
meeting last night for the purpose
OF raising funds for the education
Of young Indians, ex.Secretary o
the Interior Carl Schurz was intro
duced by Rev. DR.. Hitchcock, Pres.
ident of the Union Theological
Seminary. He said that in his ad
ministration 40 Secretary Of the In,
terrier. he could look back with
pleasure to tho interest he had
taken In the Indians. A wise
statesman Of the past thought the
Indian question could be best set.
tied by granting them a reserva.
tion on which they could live in
their own way, unmolested. This
theory was exploded, and he advo.
Gated giving them individual tracts
OF land, the same as the whites,
thus, by degrees, making them
good citizens of Indian decent.
They were capable Of education,
and made good traders aud small
farmers. In educating them, it
was not only necessary. to teach
them how to write, but also how to
live and how to make
a living. When thus taught,
though they returned to their
families, they did not, as m any sup.
posed, return to their former way
of living, but were honored and
looked up.to by others. There were
but $4,000 Of these children, and
although it might require long
time, they could be educated. The
reservations, he thought, would
eventually be taken from them, as
In the march of railroads ami eet
tiers westward quarrels would
arise, and the Government would
decide In favor of progress. Most
OF these were honest and industri.
ous. many being employed by the
Government as freighters. rh-y
should he taught small industries,
~ we'll as being educated. This
was the work of time, and could
not be perfected hastily. He ad.
vocated the support of schools at
Hampton and Carlisle.
General Miles and Bishop Whip
pie also spoke In favor of the oh.
jsct Of the meeting.
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Under lav~lid Dosds.
ST. LOUIS, March. 16 -United
States Special Agent Tyrreil ar.
rested here to-day Robert L Lind
say, well.known lawyer and in.
vestigator of titles, on charge of
conspiracy to defraud the Govern.
ment out of lands by uttering false
deeds uuder fraudulent titles.
These operations appear to have
extended over q long period of
years, commencing prior to 1880,
and 1t is estimated that from three
to four millions of acres of land in
Wayne, Butler, Shannon, Ripley,
Oregon. Garter, Reynolds, Dent,
Iron aud other counties of South.
eastern Missouri are involved. The
frauds were originally perpetrated
under the Graduation Act passed
by Congress In 1854. Under this
Act large amounts Of land in this
State were graduated in price from
. dollar down to twelve and one
half cents per acre, aud any one
could enter his 120 acres for actual
settlement, on application to the
Register of the Land Office, and
paying the price of. the land. On
subsequent proofs Of settle m ent,
Government patents were Issued
and the title perfected. As long
ago as between 1856 and 1850 hun.
drels, perhaps thousands, of ap-
pltcatiODs were made for the cheap.
est grade OF land, the applicants
being chiefly men who were hired
for the purpose by bands of specu.
lators. On the applications and
subsequent proof of settlement, the
latter being, as is now asserted,
composed largely OF false appli.
cants, q great number Of patents
passed into the hands of
these speculators, or as they
are now called swindlers. Some OF
these parties are now dead, but
others were subsequently, engaged
10 the operations even as late as
two years ago, and lived and are
now living in various parts Of the
country. From 1851 to 1855, and
since 1870, large number Of land
warrants disappeared from the land
ofiics at Ironton, apparently with.
out the knowledge Of the Register.
Under these patents, ami the hun.
dreds more issued previously, an
immense amount of land has been
sold and deeds issued by parties In |
nearly oil the large cities of the
country. There seems to be q reg
nlar organized band engaged In the
work. Of whom Special Agent Tyr
ell regards Lindssy as the chief
couspirator. In fact, other and
very Important arrests we're m sde
simultaneously with that Of Lind.
say, and still others will be made,
Those arrested 90 far are
Orland Van Bige and John New.
man, lawyers aud real estate agents
Of Cleveland; George Linn, OF
LinndAlss near Cleveland, and Ad-
Olson Burns. real estate agent, and
II. b. Mcclellan, Of Pittsburgh.
Thero ere selll ethers pltoatod In \
t1lo owLn1lo @ New Yefss Pnlla-
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