The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

for a member TO wear his hat unless he rises
to address the speaker; probably you. have
got this custom confused with some story
of tne Liberator.
Are regular soldiers allowed to vote at a
state election? =. Are they allowed to vote
at presidential electiOn2 3. How do they
voter. q. J.
Yes, If they are stationed so near the
places where they voted or had homes be-
fore they enlisted that they can vote after
complying with any state laws about regis
tering, etc. 2. Yes, under the same condi-
tons. There is no law against their voting;
the law merely says that they cannot gain
a residence by serving at a place; but they
do not lose their old residence either, so il
they are at their old voting places they
may vote. 3. They vote just as any one else
votes
Where can 1 find biography of Eugene
Field?-G. G.
Here is a brief one He was born at st.
Louis, Mo-, Sept. 2, 1859, and died in Chicago
Nov. 4. 1885, His mother died when ne was
very young and his childhood was spent at
Amherst Mass, under the care of Mary
French, relative. He studied at Williams
College, Knox College and the University of
Missouri, spent some time in Europe and
on his return to this country took up jour
nalism. His work on the Denver Tribune
attracted attention, and his later work on
the Chicago News made him famous. He
was a great traveller, and his fondness for
old books is shown by the statement made
of him that he was known in every anti
quarian book store in Europe and the United
States.
What are the five railroads crossing Iowa
from east to west and what are the last
cities in Iowa they pass before entering
bordering States? 2 Name the Pacific rail-
roads and the terminals of ach?-Teacher.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul from
North McGregor on the east to Inwood on
the west; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
from Burlington to Pacific Junction; Chi
cage, Milwaukee & st. Paul, from Dubuque
to Sioux City; Chicago, Rock Island g. Pa
cifc, from Muscatine to Council Bluffs, and
the Chicago & Northwestern, from Clinton
TO California Junction. 2. Northern Pacific,
Ashland Mimi, to Tacoma and Portland;
Central Pacific, Ogden, Utah, to Oakland,
Cal: Union Pacific, Omaha to Ogden;
Southern Pacific, Houston, Tex, to San
Francisco. This last named has so many
branches and has acquired many lines
that it is hard to say what its terminals
really are. One branch of the road ends at
New Orleans, much farther east than
Houston.
How many tribes are included in the al
lotment of lands of the Indian Territory?
2. How much land per Indian? B. Is there
more land than is required for the Indians
If so, what disposition will be made of it :?
4. On what terms will the Indians be al
lowed to dispose of it?-No Name.
The tribes originally included in the allot-
ment were: Absentee, Shawnee, Pottawa
tonne, Quapaw Modoc, Ottawa, Seneca,
Wyandotte, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Wichita,
Kiowa and Comanche, in the Indian Terri
tory. Other tribes have been included since
the law went into effect, among them the
Chickasaws and Choctaws 2. One hundred
and sixty acres for each head of a family,
eighty for every unmarried persons over
eighteen, and unmarried persons under
eighteen, born before the law was pro-
claimed, forty acres. 8. Yes; much more.
That is one reason for the allotment The
surplus land is bought from the Indians by
the government, which disposes of it to set
tiers on regular land-law terms. a. The
land allotted to the Indians is inalienable
for twenty-five years; only the surplus land
is to be sold or homeSteaded.