The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-10-25
Public Lands In Minnesota.

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the general land Office is printed. OF surveys
| in Minnesota he says:
| Three contracts and one set of special in
structions were awarded and approved for
small fragmentary subdivlsional surveys
during the year; total liability, 1926. In
addition to the said fragments a contract
was awarded and approved in June, 1887,
for surveys within the White Earth reserva-
| ton. This contract was authorized by the
| department on the recommendation of
the commissioner OF Indian affairs.
The demand for public survey
| is clearly stated by the United States sur
veyor general in his annual report The de-
| mand for public surveys by actual settlers
| had greatly increased during the past year.
A large number of settlers are reported to
have located upon the unsurveyed lands ly-
ing northwest of the Red Lake Indian reser-
vation, and a petition signed by thirty of
said settlers representing improvements
valued at SIS 900, has been received by me
asking for the survey of said lands. large
| number of the residents of the countries in
| which these lands are located have also
| petitioned for the survey of the same. A
| large proportion of these lands are reported
| tn be suitable for agricultural purposes and
| If they we're surveyed would soon be settled
upon and improved. In the northwestern
portion of the state, in the vicinity oi Eer-
million lake. in consequence of the rapid de-
velopement of the iron interests and the large
growth of such towns as Tower and Fly, there
| is an increasing demand for lands for settle
ment, and applications from persons claiming
| to be bona fde settlers have been received dur
| ing the year past asking for the survey of
| about twenty townships. Some of these
| settlers state that they have been living on
| their claims for more then four years. In
| some of these towns it il stated that there
are over forty settlers. consider it very
| desirable that these surveys should be made
| as early as practical, and would request that
may be authorized to survey during the
| fiscal years such townships as are occupied
| by any considerable number of settlers.
| Small space Is devoted to the surveys in
| Dakota. The commissioner says:
The sum of $11 900 was apportioned to
| Dakota for surveys during the fiscal year,
under which six contracts for public land sur
veys were awarded and approved. In addi-
| tiOn thereto two contracts for Indian reser
walton surveys Zone of the allotments within
| the DEVILS Lake reservation, and one for the
| western boundary of the Sioux reservation).
Total liabilities Of 80, $50 were awarded and
approved.
Remarkable Suicide.
C. s. Redfeld, for number of years con-
| nected with McVicker's theater, Chicago,
holding an excursion ticket from Portland
to st. Paul, was put off at the Atlantic eI-
press at Bogeman, Montana, on Thursday
morning Oct. 18, under the influence of some
powerful drug and was Immediately taken
charge of by the officers. A physician was
summoned and everything possible done to
arouse him. About o'clock they brought
him around, and for two hours he was
quite rational but seemed to be
in great distress about something which
he wished to communicate, but on gaining
his senses he found Aimsalt sur
rounded by total strangers, and naturally.
had the lack of confidence to do so. About
l o'clock the physician in charge advised
them that he should go to bed. He un-
dressed himself without assistance and re-
tired. In a few moments he relapsed into Y
stupor again from which he never recovered.
He died at the Laclede hotel at a:45, A
Chicago man, who got an the train at CARR.
sou, knew him and suspected that he had
taken poison aud had him aroused. While
partly conscious he said that he was ruined
man; that he had intended to commit suicide;
that he had worked at McVicker's theater
for twenty-five years; and saved money. had
taken q large amount West, and asked for a
man named Gannan and Tor his diamonds.
Among his possessions were a draft on Chica-
90 for 81, 900, $65 in money, diamond sleeve
buttons and pin and q 81 silver watch, with.
out q chain. The inference 10 that he was
drugged and robbed IN Portland, and after
ward took morphine with suicidal intent.
The passengers on the train saw him take
morphine and when they took 1T away he
said If what he had taken did not kill him he
would take more when he could get it.