The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-13
SALTWATER, OKLAHOMA.

SALTWATER, o. T., Oct. 12.-[Special. j
Saltwater is again on the boom, after 6
! slight depression caused by threatened ad
verse orders over county lines. But oul
town came out triumphant in that, as il
has in all other matters, and today there
is not a town in the territory upon a more
solid and substantial basis. The county
seat is now anchored here beyond the
possibility of change, and from the invest
ments being made here investors are
rapidly taking advantages offered for
quick returns in our real estate.
District court for Payne county con-
vened here last Wednesday with a fair
| work this week but no cases OF import
ance have been disposed of. The case
against |. n. and David Terrill for the
| killing of Embrer has been set for Nov. a.
Our new grist mill is being rapidly
pushed to completion and will be ready
for service in the next few weeks.
| Arrangements are about completed
| whereby the bonds voted for the agri-
cultural college will be sold in few days
and work on the buildings of that great
institution commenced at once. The fed
eral appropriation is already available
and work will commence just as soon as
the towns bonds are sold.
Another killing occurred in our county
last Thursday afternoon. Ira Z. Miller
(
was the step-father of Miller, and family
disturbances led to the homicide. Miller,
who is a young man about 10 years of age,
was forced to leave home by bis step-father,
who also threatened to kill him in case he
ever came on the place again. Last Thurs
day during Galpin's absence Miller went
to see his mother, and when leaving met
Galpin in the road hauling load of corn.
Galpin, according to MilleT's statement,
made an attempt to draw weapon, when
Miller drew his revolver and fired, shoot
ing Galpin six times and killing him in
stantly. Miller came to town Thursday
night and gave himself up. An inquest
over Galpin's remains was held Friday
and finding made in accordance with the
above facts.
Hon. Z. B. Green, district Judge, made
decisions ever made in the territory, in
the district court here last Friday. In the
case of the Territory of Oklahoma VS.. Levi
Stowe, which was q case appealed from a
justice of the peace and in which the
defendant was fined ten dollars, n motion
was made b. King g. Miller. defendants
attorneys, 10 dismiss the case on the
ground that the justice of the peace had no
jurisdiction in the case. Judge Green
rendered an exhaustive opinion, in which
he holds that justices of the peace through
out the territory have no final Jurisdiction
in criminal cases; that all such justices
can do is to examine into such cases and
bind defendants over to the district court.
The ground of the decision is that the
statute gives justices criminal jurisdiction
only in such cases rs are mot indictable"
and as all criminal offenses are indictable
under another statute, they can have no
jurisdiction whatever. The effect of this
decision is to throw every offense however
trivial, into the district court for trial.
This condition of the law is another proof
of the late legislatures impenetrable i'm
beclity.
Saclahoma. the new town started in
Payne county south of the Cimarron river,
is moving forward aud making healthy
and most unexpected growth.