The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-10

The Santa Fe is now hauling thousands
| OF cattle from Texas TO the Usage, Ponca
| and Pawnee reservations.
The 10Th will come on Tuesday. Every
| thing OF Importance in Oklahoma always
comes on the first of the week.
| All the employees of the Carlyle Indian
training school took the oath of allegiance
to the United States last week.
When people speak of new country
now they mean the Cheyenne country;
after the opening they VIII mean the strip.
| T. r Cannon of Guthrie, has gone to
Chicago to attend meeting of the nation
al board of Worlds Fair commissioners
of which he is member.
| The smart man in Oklahoma is the man
who spends mighty little time in drawing
comparisons between Kansas and Texas.
! Kansas and Texas will take care of them
selves.
| The spring term of the Agricultural and
! Mechanical college opened last Monday.
After devotional exercises conducted by
Rev Delaplain, President Barker deliver
ed q short address to the students. Pro-
| fessor Clark read the rules which are to
govern the students, after which thirty
| six students matriculated.
| A young man named Cox, who lived
with his father four and half miles
southwest of Thurston went to a dance on
! Thursday night. He slept late the next
morning, then got up to feed the stock
Presently he locked himself up in room
and his parents were startled to hear a
pistol shot. Going into the room they
found him dead. Leaving a note, he
stated that he was tired of life.
Edmond News: The question is often
| asked about the marriage license in this
territory. There is no law requiring any
marriage license nor any law in the stat
ute authorizing any officer to issue any.
While the Nebraska statute was In force
that statute provided for issuing marriage
license, but there was question whether
it was in force in this territory or not 1t
was, however, generally followed by what
is known as the Edmonds bill covering all
territories, and no license is required. The
United States statutes makes and regu-
lates marriages in all the territories. Ter
ritory laws conflicting with il are void.
See United States statutes at large, vol
ume XIV, page 636. set 9.
United States Marshal r. T.. Walker:
"Yes, | have heard about the petition to
have Clyde Mattox admitted to bail, in
order that he can be taken to some hospi-
tai for treatment. 1 hate to see the boy
die in Jail, but do not know what to do.
In fact there is nothing / can do. AS you
know, he is convicted of murder in the
first degree by the United States authori-
ties. Pending the hearing OF his case by
the supreme court, there is no way to re-
lieve him. Mattox is gentlemanly young
man, and I believe he committed his crime
while under the influence of liquor.
mean to go up to the Jail to see him in a
few days, and see if can do anything for
him.
Purcell Topic: One of the old timers
who knows the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
country like book, is preparing to make
a small fortune out of the opening. North
of the Washita river near the eastern Dor
der of county H lies as pretty scope of
country as was ever seen. This" he says,
sis sure to catch the innocent boomers
eve, and little will he think of the gyp
which permeates every drop of water in
those crystal streams; but it is there just
the same. Now every western man who
has travelled this country TO any extent
knows what gyp water ID as soon as he
sees it, and also knows enough to let it
alone, it matters not how thirsty he may
be. This old timer has rugged up tank,
filled it with wholesome rainwater, got
barrel or two of blackberry brandy and
keg of Jamaica ginger. Thusly equipped,
he proposes to take chances OF being
sooner" and will proceed to the vicinity
of gypsum lakes and await the coming of
the unsophisticated boomers. who will
bring with them his fortune Smart man.
Governor Seay says no saloons can be
opened in the new counties. He says:
II want to say that / am opposed to the
selling of whisky IN the new country at
the time OF the opening, and don't propose
to permit it If can avoid it. The liquor
law of this territory is very plain and pro-
vides that before any person can sell liquor
he must make an application to the board
of county commissioners, and that his ap
plication must be signed by thirty resi-
dent taxpayers of the town or vicinity
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take place, and that notice Of such appli-
cation shall be published for two weeks IN
two newspapers or by posting notices, as
provided in the act. 1t is impossible for
ANYBODY, under the existing condition Of
things, to sell liquor legally in the new
country until lac obtains license in the
manner prescribed by law, and l do not
propose that there shall be any violation
of the law in the new country 10 this
respect, if l can help it. | intend to ap-
point full compliment Of county officers,
a probate judge. sheriff and county at
torney and do not intend to appoint any
man to Office, If I know it. who will not
do his duty and preserve the laws Of the
territory"
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