The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-09
OKL a HOMA OUTLINEa
Gov Renfrow is expected in Guthrie t,

According to the latest general lane
Office ruling from Commissioner Lamor
eaux, filings made before the probat.
| judge aud sent to the local land Office BY
mail must be received and will date from
time of receipt by receiver.
ID. N. Lawrence & Co., general mer
chants, of Wynnewood, l. T., filed a deed
of assignment at Ardmore, Monday, pre-
ferring home aud Texas creditors to the
amount of 81, 1874. Assets of the firm are
about $50, 600, liabilities $50, 900
Millgan. the negro who murdered three
mem beers of family named Clark, near
Oklahoma City. was captured, Monday
night in East St. Louis. He confessed the
, crime, saying his intention was robbery,
but murder became necessary to make the
robbery successful.
On Wednesday the work of attending to
the mail filings at the Enid land office be-
gan aud will be completed as rapidly as
possible. There are several hundred of
these filings which, by the recent ruling
OF the commissioner of the general land
office, are 10 date from the time of their
reception through the'postoffice.
After being summoned to Washington
by direction of the president for a private
conference. Gov. Renfrow was instruct ed
by Cleveland's private secretary to answer
in writing a lot of questions submitted in
writing. Owing 20 previous engage
ments" the presiden. excused himself
from seeing the governor. who Immediate
~ headed for the west.
Ia ha,. 10 Ca L. -
the matter or not it seems. from the glow
ing descriptions of the Indian Territory
lands yet to be opened. that the best have
been saved TO the last. Even the kaws
have joined in the rush to dispose of their
surplus acres and have caught the white
mans trick Of booming them away up.
Guthrie Leader: Letters have been re-
c.ived in this city from Hon. John L.
Mitch, worlds fair representative, tender
ing to Guthrie the Oklahoma pavilion now
at the worlds fair. The pavilion has also
been rendered to Oklahoma City. and one
of these two cities will secure the prize
The pavilion is filed with Oklahoma pro-
ducts and possesses great historic value.
A free homesteader's convention has
been called to meet in Watonga on Nov
"a, 1893, at 2 o'clock p. M, to take such
steps as is deemed advisable to secure the
application of the free homestead laws to
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country.
Each of the following counties are entitled
To representation of fifteen delegates,
viz: Washita. Mills, Day, q, D, Blaine,
Canadian, Kiugfisher, Lincoln and Potta-
watomie counties,
H.. la,
tive of the territory at Guthrie warning
parties in interest that no transfer of any
school land lease in Oklahoma territory
will be recognized unless the same is made
of record III the Office of the governor, ami
that no person to whom pretended trans
fer has been made will be entitled to any
preference In releasing the lands unless
the transfer is made of record in the gov
ernor's office.
Judge Scott, learning that certain par
ties in interest had attempted to monkey
with the grand jury of his court at OAla-
homa City, yanked the jury up TO the bar
of the court and roundly reprimanded
them for permitting anyone TO talk abeut
any matter before that body or likely TO
come before it, aud ordered the arres, of
parties found 10 be guilty of the offsuse
There seems TO be considerable white
Gaping in the central part OF the strip
The seven men arrested Thursday near
Pond Creek and taken before United
States Commissioner at Enid, charged
with white Gaping II settler and ordering
him OF bis claim, We're each placed under
bonds OF 50, 900. IN default OF which they
were sent to Jail The action is brought
under the old kuk.ux law ana is Causing
excitement, rs il is Under
stood there are many protective associa-
tons in the strip.
In the United States court a. Ardmore.
Judge Stuart decided the oues-
ton raised in tns applications of the Two
Cherokees, Williams aud Christie. now
uu,ier sentence OF death. in the courts OF
that nation. TO be released under writ OF
habeas corpus. He held that the co7siiru-
ton OF the United States IS operative upon
/ he courts of the five civilized tribes: that
the applicants were not tried by due pro-
cess OF law and that tue grand jary which
Indicted them was not lawful BODY
under the Cherokee law, and conssquen
ly tie indictments OF this boiy were nulii-
ties.
IL is announced from Washington that
xaile there Gov. Repfrow ::recommen led
To the secretary OF the interior that the
hlcAspoo country be not opened to set
Element until the kiowa, Apache and
Wichita reservations are opened He
10 az The oninion that il Is not the