Show TO iiii moans la drori alio llio land april 12 alia anin general of the anil ollice biado public today to day several letters as acin of beneral interest inte iest to ter sous ing na iu reply to a letter froni S il at arkansas Ar kanEas city kabis is aas in pirt 1 liao to beato blat alio lands in aro to be aed ot to rett lers under lie lane only the parly anal sciller under the homestead lane may initiate liis claim by entry at tho district laid ol 01 cco after properly prop eily examining and selecting Belec ting alio land desired in which case lie ii allowed ais months fraai tiie date of the entry within which to establish liis actual residence on ibo land or it ae so elect lio may liis claim by actual settlement on abo land which inest consist of borne act or acts connecting himself with alu tract claimed aid taid t ait or acts to be equivalent to the announcement of such us liis intention und from the pabla generally iray bao nutice of lis luiis therefore lie is allowed three within anale liis claim of record by entry iu iba district dmd office another to senator ingalls fro n Stock Blager is aa tol lofta by reference refe renco from ou and here with return lie letter to you by li T station indian territory aith ultimo in reply I 1 leavo to that the act of to which deiners re fera provides aa lie slates that no ono fidali be permitted to enter or acqulia any right to any of abo oklahoma lands to bo disposed 0 who iu latea ita provisions by entering upon and occupying the same prior to i presidents proclamation of M ircle as for londa to become open to settlement tl abe statutes make no exception to this provision I 1 am inclined to think however that when 1 person was within these lands at the date approval of act by proper liia presence thero should not be as a violation of of alio net to ait ai t upon applications as t entries rests with tho district land and bommera Som mera may present his application for aulry to the land oilive roper proof of his allegations iliou ld they beluso to tha entry ho may appeal from action commissioner today to day the opinion that one hundred thousand ier soni enter oklahoma w ithie a after the of april bior these people there are only about homo the inevitable this tremendous alio commissioner thought mould bo a preat many on usta and personal per A further result lie feared would ba lie birgid in of llila immerso surplus oer llo adjoining adjoin inn india land from it would be difficult to dislodge them without anch and posa ihly some jf the appointed to troit with the cherokees Chero keea for the cession of the cherolio Che rolco cullel could complete their labors alie next low BO alie new tr act be to settlement congress aidin aneeta alus might and pro lubly bould tho pre sure he feared baltera would ie come complicated rc stored april 12 A heavy thunder wind hail storm a portion of western pennsylvania eastern ohio and maryland today to day doing barnaro dar naRO at lk barden aid a flash of lightning instantly billed john farmer and two horbes at lii a large iron barnets barrets of naphtha was etrick aud at aa the roof of a new public school building wag lifted off lie plate glass bricen and alie store fruats were blown iu alie storm was by hail at olibo llego aaen fell brcak ini nany windows in this city there was heavy and a of large hailstones foil but no damages vass done W va april 12 evening a i thunder storm pre i ailed and some good sized liall fell A barn belonick beloni iK to charles adolph acroca aliu river by and its coc tenta including use eatock politics and mine CHICAGO april 12 ale ronald s san francisco is here on hia way home from new york 1 I am pretty well acquainted with arizona and Ariyo niana ho mid and it ahna amused ano lery much in reidunn of to blice on a portion of arizona territory and by tacking it on lo 10 n portion of new mexico makes it a new mate it is ia more nearly ready to become a than any oilier territory and of attaching a pirt of it to new mexico it ia probable that ic will carry new mexico into statehood with it while in new york clr mcdonald visited 0 alic lario 0 wholesale nine dealers viiu edve liani soine facts about california on 0 glieco finns alono ltv bidye disposed of ver callona of wino laaff eliat looka first rato lor cioe it thea ort iway ant april mhd hen morning adopted a lation to tho effect that it would not axi in the interests of canda can da to establish entire reciprocity ot trado with any foreign ni tion apon any conditions eliat would restrict it ati ali to altieri ol entire freedom of liy this country by protecting alb own in ia dealing etli its own of revenue and regulating its jovn foreign trade or that would na tho adoption of duties discriminating against the imports of other nations moro alio mother country at the banie time any measure rocity bihli any foreign country in such of alie products of trade of the country as may bo freely inter shadred with advant afo to hatli would receive alie Liora blo consideration otlee 1 leap april 12 meredith rt lanley of this city alie atell athleta tind bridga jumper who lias challenged li rodio ot new york ves berday niest niost remarkable leap on decord it was from tho hiigli bridge over the kentucky river tho height ia feet ho selected Belec ted a place where tho water was twelve feet deep and attired in bilk and slippers leaped into the air ind doubling up lia body tell to iho water and a moment later bounded face where lie was teizen by an assistant in a boat jie blood a little bin soon recovered and toola the train lie escaped without breaking ins fui and today to day says lie feels aa 03 ever acet ST IGNACE april 12 mailco brothers witti their sawmills on the barge escaped from the bent yesterday to capture them and leave ot into canadian aberg acera returned empty handed to day |