The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-27

Much and They Quit I'm a Body-Two
Papers are Affected Eugene Rail is
Making Hard Fight for Freedom fin
Kansas-Professor Hand Declared Not
Guilty-GeneraI News of Oklahoma
Territory.
Guthrie, o. T., Nov. 26.-As result
Of an attempted cut of 20 per cent in
the scale of wages which were already
20 per cent lower here than in any cap
ltal city in the United States, the entire
force Of printers. pressmen and appren-
tices struck in the two daily newspaper
offices last night, leaving them in
badly crippled condition.
How long the strike will continue. no
one can tell. The Guthrie Capital is
the evening daily here. It is owned by
the Greer brothers, Frank Greer hsv-
Ing always been in active management
Of It. Tt is seven column folio. The
Guthrie Leader is the morning paper,
and is said to be backed by several ter
ritorial officials Financially. 1t IS also a
folio. Both papers print about the
same amount of matter. Leslie Nib
lack is the editor of the Leader. The
strike will not extend through the ter
ritory as all the other papers in the ter
ritory are edited by practical printers
who can seize a stick and get out an
edition themselves.
RAIL- IS FIGHTING.
Guthrie, o. T.. Nov. 26.-(SpeciaD-
A dispatch from Topeka says: The
prosecution of Eugene Rail, the alleged
defaulting treasurer Of Garfield county.
by the county attorney of Finney
county. promises to be a hard fought
legal battle. and il will be inauguarted
IN the supreme court within few days.
Ran was county treasurer of Garfield
county at the time It was made A part
of Finney county by an act of the leg
islature. He is accused of embezzling
county funds to the amount of s12 900.
The information alleges that Rail fail
ed to turn over that amount of money
to the county officers Of Finney county
when the books and other property
Of Garfield county was placed within
the jurisdiction Of Finney county Rail
moved 70 Oklahoma and was returned
to Kansas last Friday by Sheriff Fggan
upon a requisition from Governor Nor
rl, after the supreme coprt Of Okla
homa had refused to issue a writ OF
ha5eas corpus for his release
Rail evinces a determine ton to fight
the case 70 a finish and maintains his
innocence. In making an application
70 the supreme court for a writ OF
habeas CORPUS for Rails release his at
torneys will raise the legal question as
to the right of the legislature to compel
the officers Of Garfield county to turn
over the books and their belongings OF
the county to the officers of Finney
county. The defense will maintain
that Rail did not egnbezzle any money
from Finney county and that since Gar
field county is not in existence he is not
liable to the charge of embezzlement
from that source.
Rail insists that he did not secure
the benefit Of any Of the money as is
charged against him. The county com
fnissioners of Garfield county desig-
mated the Bank Of Cimarron as the
official Depository for the funds OF that
county. The bank failed and the coun-
ty money was swept away. Mr.. Rail
says the $4,000 was lost in the wreck
and that he IS wholly innocent Of the
charge Of emrhezzlement
HAND NOT GUILTY.
Perry. o. T., Nov. 25-The jury in the
Ed T. Hand murder who have been out
since last Thursday at three o'clock. re-
turned a verdict today at 800 of mot
guilty" The court room was crowded
and deathIlflIe stiffness prevailed as
the jury marched in and took their pla-
ces. The suspense and quiet was bro
ken by the announcement by the fore
man, Eve. the i5ry. fin5 the defendant
not guilty. Each Juror was polied
and said this was his verdict.
The defendant, Ed II. Hand and his !
wife shook hands with the jury. a s did !
also the attorneys for the defendant, |
and many others among the audience. |
The defendant thanked the jury and |
said he would show by his life that the |
verdict was meritorious.
This was a hard fought battle. as
eminent counsel appeared on both sides |
The counself or the defendant. 1. r. /
Lambert of Emporia; J. T. Blivens. and |
Y. w. CantTall of Newkirlk. and II. |
Rucker and ]. Oliphant of Perry. are |
to be congratulated for the able man. /
ner In which they conducted the suit |
and FOR the verdict they secured for
their client
Al TO DELEGATES.
Guthrie. o. T.. Nov. 25-All the talk
here is OF statehood. It is predicted
that a full representation Of delegates
taw road offers free fra So, -
5e1ega,tes Tho ,,,,,,Iti. &, -
- ti,e' LuiIo"iis NUMBER OF deiegates:
'Nidffofna $1,000. -.-.. $1,000. 5000. 6
Cleveland ..... &
Canadian 8
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Logan ............ ..... ....
Pottowa tonne ........ ..... .
lincoln ...... .....
Payne 80. -. .. $500.
Washita .....
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