The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-16
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OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

! The News says the strip convention to
! be held in Guthrie on the 18TH OF January
| promises to be largely attended.
The Shawnee Town company received
word from their attorneys at Washington
few days ago, that the patent TO the
townsite had been signed by the president
| and would be received in a few days.
The annual conference Of the N. Z.
church for the Oklahoma City district is
in session in that city this week. The
Times-JOurnal says the session promises
TO be one of great interest, especially to
that city, on account of the location of d
Methodist university.
The Santa Fe has had signs put up along
its line through the Cherokee outlet TO
designate every reservation for switch
purposes where no depots have been built
| The company evidently intends to hold on
TO all the additional land allowed for
switch purposes.
The first annual reception of Guthrie
| Commandery No. /, will be given on the
evening of Thursday, the 22d, for the pur
pose of the institution of Guthrie Com
mandery and installation of officers and
reception to the Oklahoma City Com
mandery.
The heaviest snow that has visited the
country for years. according to the ranch
men and old timers fell Tuesday night in
the vicinity Of Taloga. The Accident says
1t was accompanied by strong wind,
causing It to drift in some places to the
depth of a foot or more,
". E. Drew of FL Reno, who was ap-
pointed by Governor Seay as delegate from
Oklahoma TO the Nicaragua convention
at New Orleans. has been selected by that
body as one of the commissioners to visit
Nicaragua for the purpose of preparing
report on the feasibility OF the canal pro-
ject.
The Oklahoma Midland railway, to run
from Cherokee county, Kan, southwest
across through Oklahoma and into Texas,
has been chartered at Guthrie. Oklaho
ma men are the incorporators, but it IS
believed that the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas road is back of the movement.
alligator Ard, well known galvan-
lied citizen, was assassinated by an un-
known party or parties at his home near
Paurs Valley. Monday, the victim being
seated in a chair at his freside when shot
through the head, the ball being fired
through a window. The Ardmore Chief
tain says this is thought to be the bloody
sequel of land contest.
The seventeen-year- old-son of Henry
Blackburn, a farmer living between Brit
ton and Edmond; while out hunting last
Thursday, accidentally shot himself, the
entire charge passing through the upper
portion of his right arm He died the fol-
lowing day from the effects of the loss of
blood.
The Oklahoma Gazette, Democratic,
pays Governor Seay this very handsome
compliment: Fairly judged he is the
greatest man of his party in the territory.
With that party IN or out OF power he
will be the most dangerous man the |
Democracy can meet and will always give /
them a battle royal on any ground or in !
any fight for supremacy"
The jury in the Cramer murder trial at
Oklahoma City, Tuesday, failed to agree !
on verdict and were discharged. The |
Gazette says il was rGmored about the /
court room after the jury had been dis |
charged that Prosecutor McMechan would /
not press Mrs. Cramer into q second trial !
but would move TO dismiss the case |
against her, as he was satisfied that /
second hearing would only result in an
other hung jury.
Guthrie Capital: A strange story of |
sorcery comes up from the Comanche /
country. 1t is nothing less than the bleed /
ing TO death OF man by means of an evil /
enchantmeut. The victim is Rev. Joshua |
Given, full blood KIowa, but educated, /
and a Presbyterian preacher at AnGarko. !
Given was the interpreter for the Cherokee /
commission in its late negotiations with /
the kiowa aud Comanche Indians for the !
purchase of their lands. The Indians are
the impression that he has in some way or 1
another taken advantage OF them and got
them TO agree TO things they did not wish
TO in the treaty In their revenge they are
killing him by inches, without ever laying
hands on him.
The medicine men Of the kiowa people
got together ANA cuucocfed and brew ed, as
best they knew, {, bad medicine" They
then painted a life-slze picture of Given
on deerskin. Hanging the picture I'D
they took an arrow aud dipping tae point
of it in the bad medicine. shot It straight
into the breast. They sent word to GIvea
that in nine days be would begin 20 bleed
at the breast from a hemorrnage of the
lungs. and would finally bleed 10 death
In nine days Ii happened Just as the medI-
cine men had predicted, aud Given Is now
said TO be suffering from a hem0rrhsge. Il
IS said THAI the Cugnmancae Indians sent
word 20 Given that if he would come 20
them they would cure hira, but the gov
eruu1eut agent at Audgrk0 wen I let hin I
20. tearing that their intention = 10 kiil
him