Desired by the Better Class of Indians in the Territory
A brisk, humorous item notes the social aim of appealing to the better class of Indians in the territory with selective attitudes and cultural snapshots.
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1894
Page
4
A brisk, humorous item notes the social aim of appealing to the better class of Indians in the territory with selective attitudes and cultural snapshots.
Senator Teller chairs a select committee visit to Indian Territory to study conditions and push for new legislation. The expected report may urge immediate action to restructure governance, with proposals ranging from ending tribal relations to establishing a territorial government.
Representative Jerry Simpson of Kansas remains in his room with no change in condition. He receives about 100 letters daily from strangers praising his populist stance and hoping for recovery while merchants send circulars touting their nostrums.
Bills opposing thistle eradication advance while farmers and authorities must act to destroy weeds before maturation. Canadian authorities seize two Cincinnati Fishing Club boats for trespass. passengers released. Breckinridge case mail passage confirmed. Chinese population figures updated. Colliery attack kills one, wounds twenty. Tourists freed from Austrian cave prison. Kiptandery incident yields one corporal dead and a bystander. Public notices on fair admissions and city governance. Several transport, labor, and legal items outline widespread events across regions.
Buck Tong fatally shoots Lee Sing aboard a Pacific steamer in a contested incident. Investigators quote witnesses as the ship docks, with police moving to detain Tong for questioning and review of aboard passenger safety procedures.
Reports from Yokohama detail a Chinatown linked murder on the steamer City of Pekin. Buck Tong killed Lee Sing after a knife attack on another passenger and crew, with an affidavit claiming a highbinder conspiracy from San Francisco.
Report from Atoka May 7 says Ben Foremag was murdered by Bertris a Choctaw candidate for sheriff with help from six others. Bahannon a former Indian policeman faced alleged murder in McAlester last September and a federal inquiry is expected as no arrests have yet been made. In other news the grand jury indicted directors of People's Home Savings Bank for grand larceny and a family was found murdered in Beowerts Missouri.
Near Corvallis Oregon a shooting occurred as Charles Kenyon and his wife were returning from a drive. Dr J Applewhite fired from behind a tree injuring Kenyon while Mrs Kenyon fled with Applewhite protecting her. About twenty shots exchanged as the sheriff was sought.
In Le s morn Ay May 14 an Owens speech is planned this week to rally women in Central Kentucky. Women will fill eight operhouse boxes with prominent female supporters joining a strong protest against Breckinridge's candidacy. Many leading women have signaled participation.
Ward Cameron the Harvard graduate secretly helps Nina Leighton during a dramatic river rescue after a broken bridge endangers her. He reveals his deception, then declares love and asks for her hand, promising a shared future.
Officials report warrants were issued for the prisoner Meyer now on trial in New York. One charge involves horse thefts and another a related crime, with the arrest connected to a Beléche farm incident. A young woman linked to Meyer is involved, and authorities seek to bring him to Bow Yeek for further action.
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