Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-21

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way and terminal grounds Of the Chicago
Milwaukee & St Paul Railway company,
which were declared forfeited by proc.
lamaton of President Cleveland. issued the
9TH OF last December, will be thrown upon
the market for settlement the 18th of April.
The tSrminal grounds especially are very
valuable. or these forfeited grounds iSS
acres lies within the limits OF this city ad-
Joining the main street of the town on the
north. This land is coveted by many per-
sons, and the struggle FOR its possession
will be exceedingly bitter and long-tr
out. In 1850 the land embraced in the 1SS-
acre tract was thrown open for homestead
afterward Withdrawn by President Cleve-
land. During the time the land was sub
Captain William Sims and others settled
upon The land now embraced in the for
atS 5SltS' of SI March re Ssl II congress RS9rs
Sioux reservation to settlement-gave this
land, and $40 acres ON the west side of the
Missouri river, to the Milwaukee company
for terminal grounds of their proposed line
to the Black Hills. The fact that the land
was declared forfeited for the reason that
the railroad company failed to comply with
any part of the conditions of the grant is
claimed by the original homesteaders TO
ton as though it had never been given TO
thC railway company. 1t is principally upon
ms point that the original homesteaders
VII fight to retain possession OF the land.
The land claimed by the homestcaders CON
fiicts or overlaps that claimed by each. and
It will be difficult matter to determine to
whom 1t rightruly belongs in the event
that homestead filings are placed on the
town site company has been organized in
this city, and an attempt will be made to
secure the lSS-acre tract under the town
,ownsiters, in furtherance of their plan.
have divided most of the land up into 2-acrc
upon the lots claimed by them The town
sters maintain that as the coveted land is
mSded ,own within the limits i'm of an nGo
stead without conflicting with the provl-
sons Of the land LAYS. The small army of
bers, and houses are constantly being
placed upon the land. At this time the
pFp S and IS aky yeE Gots
oyer with the dwellings, Of the numerous
claimants New buildings are underway,
an unnhabited strip of land has now
grown into fair-sized village. There are
tract of forfeited land % lying west Vest VoG' Of the
Missouri river. The town of Oacoma adj
loins the railroad land, and efforts will be
As in the case of the land east Of the Mis-
souri, river there are also large number
Of homesteaders who will attempt TO place
homestead filings on the 6i0-acre tract The
feeling existing among the various claim
ants is very bitter. It is practically Ger;
townsiters will station themselves at the
doors of the United States land office sew
until that date in the hope Of each being
able to be the first to enter the office and
present their Fl linE papers Immediately mn ss;n upon
a. m: of that day The claimants under
stand that the nersons who are the first
to present their filings. and have them ac-
cepted. will have IA decided advantage over
the others coveting the same land. and
therefore standing room next the doors OF
before 9 o'clock on the morning of April 10.
Philadelphia German Thcater Closed.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2o.-The Ger
mania theater. this city, has been suddenly
closed, as a result. II is given out of tnan-
cial trouble and the elopement of the lead
s map asd Of the nans
The theater opened the season last Septem-
Der under the management of Joseph Metz
ger, but did not prosper, Its creditors were
Sunday last, when neither Scholftsky nor
vestigation disclosed the fact that neither
had been at their respective homes the night
rp as ana the ee y
ing that her husband had gone with the
lady and would not return"
harged with submitting False Invoices.
ST. LOUIS, March 20-AfHdavts were
filed with United States District Attorney
Clopton today charging A. G. Gale and w.
o. Scudder of the Scudder-G Gale Grocery
custom laws. According to the afiidavits
the firm had goods shipped from France TO
invoice upon which the duties We're paid
was not the original one made at Havre
was made whereby the government was de-
frauded out of certain duties. Messrs. Gale
and Seudder FOR whose arrests warrants
claiming that If anything was wrong it was
the fault of the shippers in France.
Coal interests Consolidated.
COLUMBUS, o., March 20.-Fnal papers
consolidating the entire coal interests of all
the Ohio operators and coal carrying roads
We're finally completed and signed late this
! afternoon, thereby accomplishing what will
prove one of the greatest factors looking to-
ward the return of prosperity of the
perfect harmony covering the, traffic Of
900 or 100000 tons of coal shipped over
eta meags Of men and
every operator to the, number of $50, the
latter interests employing force of miners
to the number of 20C0) men.
Sioux Falls Gets the State Fair.
HURON. S. D., March 2O.-The South Da-
kota Board of Agriculture met here to To-
cate the state fair for six years. Sioux
Falls bid to furnish grounds and erect all
necessary buildings. to pay for advertising,
| travelling expenses of state board, besides
L cash bonus of Sl5OO the first year and
1000 for each next five years was accepted.
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