The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22
SMALLPOX At STROUD
DR.. Hartman of Chandler
Now Has The Disease.
SECOND DEATH REPORltD
In the Weber Family, and
Three Others Will Die.

cu.br;e O. T.. Dec. 21.-(SpeciaL)-A
talenbone message from Chandler TO Dr.
Ruxton. territorial superintendent OF
health. states that DR.. Hartman o. that
Mace has been stricken with smallpox
and is now confined 10 his bed Dr. Harm
ma VINO is health superintendent .or LIN
coin county. was sent TO examine the case
of smallpox at Stroud, and II IS sup
.posed he contracted the disease "hlie
making the examination. Aware OF tne
danger of spreading the disease, Or. Haf-
rirnan had taken every precautloh posst
bic TO prevent it. He has made no cal'S
In his general practice since his WISH 10
Stroud and has avoided mingllng with
the public so il IS thought there u Ho
danger of an epidemic. Another oeath
from smallpox occurred at Stroud yeslSI-
day. the victim being brother OF youIis
1vehher who died last Saturday. Dr.
Buxton received word to that eHecI ~
teIenhone Yesterday; also, that three otn-
ere of the same family who have Inc
disease are not expected TO i've Inc
authorities at Stroud ar taking every pre-
canton to prevent the disease rom
snreading. and so far have succeeded III
combining it to the family first exposed.
Not a single new case has developed ana
as the afflicted are outside the city limits
there is not much danger OF inc oisease
spreading. The local officers keep the
territorial board of health fully posted
as TO each days developments ana the
hoard has not considered 1t necessary 10
enlarge the scope of its original precau-
ton.
Acctinr Adiutant General Orner has is |
oil :.
pamb captain; j. NJ. Grimsley, first lieu |
tenant. and Frank Hudson, second lieu
tenant. all of Company e, Pawnee; En-
r4st ". Tanner, second lieutenant, Com
pany G, kingfsher.
SECRETARY Jenkins issued a charter TO |
the Oklahoma City Live Stock company, |
with principal place or business IN taai /
eItv. The company will buy and sell i've /
stock and has a capital stock OF $00oU'
The directors are Anton II. Classeh, = /
f.. Bennett, F. NJ. Riley and j. L. WllKih'
all Of Oklahoma City.
The action of the United States against
the city of Guthrie by Receiver watts
of the lafe Farmers National bank of /
Arkansas City, who took the electric light +
plant of this city as a part of the assets /
Bank of Guthrie (the DeSteiSuer bank), (
has been compromised. ReceiVer Watts |
had a claim against the city for over /
&. 900 for the use Of the electric lights I
while he had charge of the plant as an /
asset. but the city claimed that the lights /
were not up to the contract. and rel used /
to pay the bill. Various offers in settle
ment had been made and at one time /
the CITY offered one-half of Watts claim /
to settle the matter. Finally, after long /
waiting, an advantageous settlement mas /
been effected by the payment OF S5,OVo-iess
than half the claim-and the city has ms 1
old dead horse lifted in manner mat /
is satisfactory to the city.
The rumored changes on the Santa Fe
referred to in yesterdays dispatches to the
Eagle will greatly relieve the congested
passenger traffic in Oklahoma and 1t Is /
hoped they will include some radical i'm /
provements that viii add to the comfort of
the passengers. It is the boast of he rail- /
way officials that the Oklahoma division is |
the best paying division on its system, in
return for which accommodations are pro- /
vided that an eastern road would be
ashamed to provide for its hog and cattle I
shipments The following from an Okla /
homa City newspaper is an index of the
prevailing condition in every Santa Fe sta /
ton in the territory:
Every depot in the city has separate /
waiting-rooms for men and women, but at
the Santa Fe but one is used. AT night no 4
ire is kept in the mems waiting-room and /
so men and women are crowded in the I.
ladies' waiting-room. About the stove are
gathered negroes, loafers and hotel run I.
ners. The heat from the stove seethes and I
stinks through a phalanx of loafers before
It reaches the women who ill the seats
along the wall. The city is nertainly in
need Of a new depot at the Santa Fe. but
at least the one there should be kept COM
Portable for travellers"
For nine long years the people OF Okla /
hOma have endured patiently the condi- T.
tons above depicted. TWO years ago they I.
elected a legislature pledged to enact rail I