Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-12
SELLING INHERITED LANDS
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Approves
ThurstOn County Transfers
PART OF OMAHA AND wlNNEBAGo RESERVE
Teacher at Pine Ridge Agency Sc
cures a PromOtion-Rural Care
riers Appointed In Several
western States.


WASHINGTON, June 1l-(Speciai Tele-
sram.)-The commissioner of Indian af-
fairs today approved deeds which trans
ferred Indian inherited lands in Thurston
county, Nebraska, as follows James yell
lowbank and Jane Tebo convey to c. J.
.O'Connor for $1,000 northwest quarter of
southeast quarter of section Q, township IS,
range S; Prosper Armell. George Raymond
and wife and Louisa p. johnson convey TO
Gottfried Fuschser for 5000 southwest
quarter Of northwest quarter OF section Is.
township 26. range 6: Little Bird and wife.
Mary White and Oak Woman convey to
Harold W. OConnor for 81, 492 lot g. north
west quarter and southwest quarter OF north
west quarter Of section S5, township q.
range s; Mrs. Robert Lincoln, Robert Lin
coin Mrs. Broken Treetop and Broken
Treetop convey to Swan Olson for S,O2S lot
of northeast quarter of section 2. town
ship IS, range Z; William II. Harris and
Lottie Whittail convey to Cornelius ].
o'Connor for 1904 the southwest quarter of
the southeast quarter of section IL. town
ship 56. range T.
Indian Teacher Promoted.
Claude c. Covey. principal teacher at the
Pine Ridge, S. D., Indian school, has been
promoted and transferred to Neah Bay.
Wash, to become superintendent Of the
tIdUuiIlE SCHOOL at LndI point. MT.
Covey succeeds Samuel G. Morse, who re-
signed The position pays 1900 per annum.
Routine of Departments.
These rural carriers were appointed
today: Nebraska-Ulysses, regular Alden
F. Hllyer; substitute. Justin X. Hillyer.
Iowa-Brooklyn, regular. George L. Rich
ardson: substitute, Viola Richardson. Gil
man, regular, William F. Pence; substi-
tute, Fannie l. Pence. winterset, regular
Harvey L. Gray; substitute, Albert L.
Gray.
Frank 2. Chaplin Of Vista, F. C. Brock Of
Lincoln and Charles c. Gore OF Cheney.
Neh.. were today appointed railway mall
clerks.
Postmasters appointed: Iowa-G. A.
Spieselberg, Rembrandt, Buena Vista
county. South Dakota-Samuel McCabe.
Villas. Miner county. wyoming-Orange A
Roode, Verona, Sheridan county.
The postoffice at Cody, Wyo. will be ad-
vsnced to the presidential class July l..
with salary Of postmaster N,1Oo.
To Investigate Sub-statiOns.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
| Bristow has instituted an investigation of
the circumstances governing the establish
ment and maintenance of all of the branch
stations and sub-stations of postofices
| throughout the country. The recent ac-
knowledgment Of General William M, Dud-
ley, former commissioner of pensions, that
he accepted fee of $500 for securing the
establishment of sub-station in this city
for a drug frm, called the attention of the
| officials to the subject
1 Postmaster Van COtt Must Explain.
Postmaster Van Cott OF New York has
been called upon for a report on the ap-
parently excessive number Of cashiers and
similar employees in the New York office.
| The department officials want information
as to the duties of the incumbents of the
| New York office and other data with a
! view to correcting any abuses that may
! exist.
| Money for Militia.
| The War department today announced
the provisional apportionment to the states
and territories of 80 per cent of the s20OO.-
900 appropriated by the act for arming
and supplying the militia to correspond
| with the regular army, The western states
received the following appropria ations:
California. $3O,S14; Colorado, $S.s42: Idaho
1854; Illinois. $5s,273; Iowa, so, 900; Kan
sas, 81, ,4Ol; Missouri, s2S.O45; Montana. s4,o21
Nebraska. S14,59S; Nevada. s1,13S; Oregon
S11,135; Texas, $25,145: Utah, S3,727; Wash.
ington. 1860; Wyoming, $685. Arizona
s., $50; New Mexico A.l7; Oklahoma, 81, 7SOi
Hawaii. &,569 Ten thousand dollars was
assigned arbitrarily to Porto Rico and de.
Quoted from the appropriation of s., ,OO0, 900
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