The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20

! will cou,e back and meet them at that
place He has sent the Iowa Indians word
to meet him up there and have another
| ghost dance.
A lawyer by the name of Cole dropped
| dead in the State bank at Norman Mon
| day evening, supposed causs, congestion
of the entire system. He had been drink
| ing heavily for several DAYS and seemed
| delirious all that day and IL was first sup
! posed he had committed suicide. He was
partner of B. 3. Blakeny, and late from
| Albany, Tex. He leaves a wife and one
child.
Gov. Byrd and United States Indian
Agent Leo Bennett are at Paul Valley
| with two companies of the Chickasaw
militia, consisting of about sixty men.
They will go west from there 60 Parr,
where they will meet United States troops
and the work of removing the intruders
will commence. Agent Bennett viii as
sumo command Of the militia and troops,
and direct their movements There seems
to. be an opinion that Mr.. Bennett will be
lenient with the larger portion. If the
order of removal is carried out to the let
ter, it win work great hardships to the
farmers, and cause great loss tor the coun-
try generally on account of the growing
of the crops, which will not be gathered.
The Indian commissioners, in treating
with the Wichita Indians, could not agree
upon the price the Indians should receive
for their land. The commissioners offered
so cents per acre and the Indians wanted
S1-25. 1t WIS finally agreed that the price
per acre to be paid should be left blank, to
be inserted by congress This was the adj
vice given them by Luther Pike, their at
torney, who is son of old Gen. Albert
Pike. Attorney Pike doubtless had the
actions of the late congress treasured up
In his mind and concluded it would be an
easy matter to get good price inserted.
Oklahoma City Journal: Through the
kindness of Corporal Griffeths and Hos
pital Rudisil, the writer, in company with
a party of ladies and gentlemen, was
shown Through the barracks, the hospital
and culinary department of Camp Okla
homa on Sunday. To those who have
never seen these institutions it is plea>s
ant and interesting sight. The barracks,
containing the hunks of forty-nine SOL
dierS, Is a large airy room, as clean as
hands can make it and as neat as new
pin. Each soldiers bunk is his own pri-
vate property as long as he continues IN
vie with each other in keep
ing them clean and neat. AT
the head of each bed is the soldiers march
ing accoutrements, ready to be put on at
moments notice, and SO thoroughly train
ed is the company that within three min
upeS AFTER the Dugle SOUNDS an alarm
every member of it will be ready for SER
vice. Their guns, clean and bright and
eucaSed in covers, are stacked IN the cen
ter of the room where they can be secured
in a moment. and thus not a moment is
lost. The dining room is pleasant apart
ment, with long tables, a floor you could
eat off of and everything nice. The kitchen
is on a par with the rest-pans and kettles
bright and shining and oven and range
which would do credit to anyone kitchen.
the dishes shinin., wan cleanliness and
the whole a surprise to the Indies or the
party who could not understand how
things could be kept so housewifery with
out women around The hospital too is a
pleasant room, the cots very inviting with
their snow white covers, pillows and mos
quito bar, and one might almost wish TO
be sick to enjoy them. Mr.. Rudisil, the
stewart, is a young man, but seems to
thoroughly understand his profession, and
is certainly a handsome, genial gentleman
whom it Is pleasure TO meet. The boys
have very pleasant quarters and are get
ting them in better condition every day
giving one the impression that there are
worse things in this world than soldering