Western Kansas world., 1893-12-30
News From Ok. a,dL T's.

is burned to the ground. Loss, $4,000
with partial insurance.
Damage suits to the amount of $50, ,00(
are being filed by citizens of ingalls,
against the Uuited States marshal anG
his deputies, for injuries received dur.
ing the late battle between the said mar.
shal and desperadoes at that place.
G. B. Freeman, well-known attorney
was fatally injured by blow with po-
ker, in a Guthrie saloon. Andrew Sea.
holm, the saloon keeper, has been jailed
for the crime, but he claims that q
stranger struck the blow and then fed
President Cusey, of the Chilocco pro-
tective association, saws he has informa-
ton to the effect that those who ran
from the south side of Chilocco were all
right and would hold their claims. Reg
lister Malone is on the side of the Chloe
co runners now.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
recommends that the agency at Quapaw
and the one at Usage, o. T., and the Sac
and Fox and Iowa agencies be abolished.
This is according to the plan of placing
the business of these agencies under the
| Union agency and make that the head
quarters of the agency business in that
| country.
John Williams, John Haberdegrass
and Bert Hamilton were all jailed at
| Guthrie on charges of arson. A ware
house filled with baled hay belonging
to Williams was burned, and as it was
heavily insured he is charged with hiring
Hamilton and Haberdegrass to fire the
structure in order that he might collect
the insurance.
It is stated at the department of JUS
tice that the government will make rad
ical changes in the management of the
jail at Guthrie and at Muskogee. In
stead of letting out by contract the
feeding and caring of the prisoners, that
duty will be placed on the United States
marshal in charge, who will pay all costs
and be reimbursed by the government
for exact expenditures.
The district court at Ell Reno decides
that the giving of mortgages on stocks
by merchants, accom- lled by possession
on the part of the mortgagee, was in the
effect of general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, and all creditors
should share equally. This case estab-
fishes the law in Oklahoma to be that
foreign creditors stand an equal chance
with all to secure their claims against
insolvent merchants.
The Creek Indians believe in giving a
criminal full punishment for his crimes.
A Creek Indian, who was charged with
both murder and theft, was tried in the
court at Eufaula, and convicted of both
offences. Instead of ignoring the minor
charge and sentencing only for the
greater crime, as is customary in white
courts, the Judge first sentenced the
prisoner to receive fifty lashes for the
theft, and six days later to be shot for
the murder.
An army officer at Guthrie states that
the war department will, in the near fu-
ture, order the abandonment of Fort
Reno, in the western part of the terrific
ry. This action has been brought about
by the scarcity of water at the fort. A
we'll has been sunk to depth of 1000
feet without finding an adequate supply
of water, and the supply for the fort is
now hauled distance of five miles, and
is of such inferior quality that it causes
much sickness among the soldiers.
In the case of the State VS.. s. W.
Sawyer, on the charge of receiving money
under false pretenses, the jury re-
burned verdict of guilty. The case
dates back to two years ago, when the |
defendant was in the banking business
in Ell Reno. In July, 1891, he claimed his
was bank robbed of several thousand dol |
lars, the loss of which forced the bank to |
the wall The state held in this case that
the defendant received money on deposit
when he knew his bank was insolvent.
The Choctaws have begun to realize
that change in their government is
bound to come and are preparing to
meet it. Governor Jones has issued proc
lamation calling the people of the Choc-
I'd" udGlou IOSeGueI Ill Couucu Oh Gne |
9th day of January to discuss the
advisability of changing the land tenure
and abolishi ng their tribal government
He will call a special session of the
Choctaw council in short time to take
action, and it is believed they will agree
70 the change
The senate bill, granting right of
way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central &
Southwestern Railway company through
he Indian and Oklahoma territories,
vas called up in the house of represent
ltives by Representative Hudson and
passed. The bill is in the interest Of
Judge Martin, ex-secretary of Oklaho-
ma; J. r. Clarke, of Saltwater, and r.
Porter, of Caney, Kan. They have
ormed company to act for the Mis-
ouri Pacific railway in constructing the
lew road. The line is to begin on the
,order in Montgomery county, Kansas,
nd will extend south through the towns
f Saltwater, Guthrie and Ell Reno. then
trough the Usage, Pawnee, Wichita,
orl A~oobo /