The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-02
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
GUTHRIE, Ok, July Especial THE
supreme court ad jOurns today. The docket
will be clean The last cases are being
argued. There will be no opinions an
nounced until they are filed. There have
been sixteen cases argued and submitted
The celebrated sooner case of Smith vs.
Townsend and the case of the Register oil
Deeds Backfnger ct al. vs. Cora a. deb
are among them. The cnse of the register
of deeds can be appealed to the circuit
appellate court at St. Louis. The sooner
case also may be appealed to the appellate
court at st. Louis, but in this case there is
an appeal to the supreme court at Wash
| ington.
Judge Green will at once devote two
weeks to the consideration Of the Cherokee
strip case, and will leave tomorrow for
| Mt. Vernon, H., where there is a magnifi-
cent law library that will furnish the
missing books of reference. The judge
will spend the remainder of his vacation
with his family.
The work of the supreme court has been
well done, and Oklahoma may congratu-
late herself upon her judiciary. 1t may
not be ill-timed to suggest to those attor-
neys who have had their field of practice
| bounded by police court that there is
such thing as the eternal fitness of
things, and that the dignity of a supreme
|
| hands. The clemency of the court to-
wards such the last session has been
marked.
The docket of the First judicial district
| Judge +. B. Greer) shows 825 suits filed
I at Guthrie, and $50 at Saltwater, making
1,075 in all. About one-half were disposed
of
The docket of the Second judicial dis
trict (Judge Seay) shows 250 cases entered
aud $50 disposed of,
The Third judicial district Judge Clark
had $50 cases dOcketed, aud the court dis
posed of over 800 Cases. Judge Green
after concluding work on the Cherokee
strip matter, will spend the vacation with
his family. Judge Seay may possibly
spend a short time in July at his home in
Missouri. Judge Clark will remain in
Oklahoma hard at work.
Marshal Grimes is in Ohio and will re-
turn Saturday The fiscal year ended
June 80, and the marshal had only def
cheney of S6, coo to report. The marshal
has paid out S93, 600 the last quarter
About 600 arrests have been made and
sentence passed en- about 800, twenty-five
of whom were sent to the penitentiary in
Ohio. Eleven were sent to Leayenworth,
and the balance were sent TO the Wichita
Jail There are fifty three deputy United
States marshals in this department and
three clerks in the Office.
alloting agents in the Sac and Fox Indian
reservation, reached this city today. He
was surprised that the sensational reports
of the Dalton robbery had been seut out
Mr.. Hoffman says that the Dalton gang
are undoubtedly in the neighbOrhood of
the agency, and that he would not be sur
prised should the United States marshals
and the boys meet any day. Mr.. Hoffman
says the agents will finish alloting land
to the Indians this month
Information has been received here of
the killing of Running Eagle, 4 Pawnee
Indian policeman, last Monday on the
Pawnee reservation. 1t is reported that
his slayer was suspicious character
whom Running Eagle was trying to dis
arm.
The soldiers have been warning the cat
tlemen to remove their herds from the
strip. They also requested the owners of
cattle and other stock to refuse to pay Col
lector Crutchfield, of the Cherokee nation,
any money whatever for an alleged priv
Ilege to Craze upon the strip.
Messrs. w. H. Merten, J. NJ. Stovall and
W. II. Campbell, the committee appointed
TO locate the agricultural college in Payne
county, returned Tuesday. They looked
over the different sites and received the
propositions of the different towns and
will take definite action in the near future.
1t will probably lie between Saltwater and
eThlHS. OIllWdJeF, Win lIS larger pOpu-
lation and with its bonds for coo depOs-
tied, has rather the inside. The sites offer
ed varied from 100 to 320 acres. The com
mittee will, however, consider the best
interests of the territory in the location of
the college. The commission meets to-
morrow to consider the propositions.
GUTHRIE NOTES
The water works bonds carried yester-
day. The vote was 2S3 for to 81 against.
y camping party left to. lay for an outing
of a few weeks. 1t was composed of Mr.
and Mrs. Cellars. Mrs. Quick and her
daughter May and Mr. !. 7. Burton.
Chief Justice Green leaves tomorrow for !
Illinois. His hosts of friends wish him a
pleasant vacation. He will bring back his /
family with him in September
District Clerk T. q. Riley, the silver /
tongUed orator of Guthrie, and Attorney
General Charles Brown will speak in J
saltwater July 4th at the opening OF the /
new court house.
The district court has been in session /
since January 1tb, l34 days.
The Lo an county report Of the district !
court will be finished today, and the |
United States report will be cut by the |
10th
Frank O'Ncil, the efficient deputy post
master of Guthrie, has resigned his /
position, TO accept the chief clerkshjp /
under Mr.. DeLOng, agent of the AtchisOn. /
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad We have |
been acquainted with Frank from his /
childhood and know him 70 be a young |
man of strict integrity and of excellent |
business habits. His future is very bright. |