Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-08
CRANK SPARKS AND THE SCHOOL
TEACHER.
Correspondence Inter-Ocean.

Correspondence IHter-Ocsan-
Sparks, the general commanding
the land Office, will feel Miss Clevc-
lands fingers in his HAIR pretty soon,
for he has given her direct cause OF
offense. Not long ago Miss Cleveland
received i very pathetic letter from q
Young lady in central Dakota. " h"
has suffered, with fifty or sixty thou
sand other pioneers of civilization
from the order Sparks issued last
April declaring The public land in the
northwest states and territories in a
state OF blockade. The young lad,
stated in This letter tina; she was au
orphan, dependent upon her OWE
energies, and had gone TO Dakota TO
teach school. l. he other settlers she
had located a homestead, which under
the Law, she was entitled 10, mad fled
her claim, paid all of the fees, and
complied with every requirement al
The rules of procedure. She had
made $500 worth of improvements
upon her homestead. ani last spring
-c"rImuied" by paying 10 the re-
ceiver of the land office meme,
hich .he had saved from her >alars
AS school teacher. She made what nit
called her "tinal proof" and the rrei>
ter told her ihar tie patent for hes
land, bearing the presidents sigma
Igre. would be received by certain
date. When he day came she drove
twelve miles through a binding SHOW
Storm to get the ducuin, nj, and was
told at the land office that C"Innis-
>ioIer spark had refused to is-ue The
patent for fear thai somehow %? other
she nd been guilty of fraud.
She wrote Miss Cleveland that
ever, body in the country knew thai
she had complied with every jot and
lille al tie law. and that the money
she had scraped and struggled {" save
was in the treasury of The United
states. Miss Cleveland must know.
she said, how hard poor girl had 10
work and how closely she must have
To ecouCmIse to save $3.50 from =
school ma ANS wages, and every dol
lar Ot Ila; money was invested in the
farm hich general ; i.arks proposed
To defraud her of. Il have read your
book" she said, "and have h, ara
of the goodness aud kindness you
have shown TO girls who were trying
| 10 make the way in the world. know
that YOU are good woman, with
true woman's heart and sympathy and
| shat YOU WILL help me if you can"
Miss Cleveland was quite touched by
The letter, AID if these lines ever meet
the eye OF the Dakota school Ela'am
she will know that The presidents SIS
ter is interested in her case.
Miss Cleveland enclosed the letter
in note 10 Secretary Lamar, SAYING
| that Ia de- the constitutional pictec-
ton this government is supposed to
give the people, even Dakota school
teacher j. to be regarded as innocent
until her guilt is proven; and asked
that unless there was some tangible
evid, nee of fraud in the case, the pat
ent might be issued at once. The Secre-
tarv sent the letter of Miss Cleveland.
| iih lis enclosure. without comment.
TO Con mi- sioner Sparks, but that he
role bulwark of the government, who
stands between The pubic lands and
the &C. 600 thieves aud rascals who are
trying TO build up the great west
stuck it in arigeon hole where it j.
gradually being covered with depart
.Eeut dust.