The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-29

over 9oe0 cattle are being fed at the
oil mil in Purcell.
Dover in Kingasher county, had a
holiday ire in which nine places were
burned
The Cklahoman has discovered new
degree of intoxican0n, screaming
drunk"
In Mangum. IN the last four months.
2lS houses residences and stores. have
been built
Oklahoma might as well Join the pro-
cession and enact new law against
Kidnapping.
Governor and airs. Barnes gave 8 re-
ception to the teachers Of the territory
last evening.
A man in Guthrie is advertising h S
hard coal stove Tor sale. he may be q
little previous.
Many Of the cattlemen in Oklahoma
knew Shanghai Pierce. who died this
week in Texas.
1t is a safe bet that the Kiowa and
Comanche country viii be opened with
a proclamation setting an hour
The district court sitting st Tecumseh
disposed Of AGO cases IN five weeks.
which is SAID 20 be me record
IN the Indian territory Christmas day,
within a radius Of 70 miles of Chocot b,
a small town, five men were killed
If q county seat fght develops In Kay
county. all kinds o. hair win be found
flying in the air. It starts that way.
The Dawes commission asked for an
appropriation of SS24 coo. bat the con
gressionaI committee arranged for only
saa0oo
Since running for congress Probate
Judge Bob Nef's marriage license bust
ness has greatly increased. 1t pays TO
advertise.
The court has ordered that the selling
of green wood be prohibited in the
Cherokee nation and a wood famine is
threatened.
AT Pawnee a Mexican tamale man in
suited lady; her father smashed the
Mexican. and the city marshal took him
to the limits and told him TO scoot
Mrs. Nestle Mitchell, Of Seneca, Ais
souri,, died of scarlet fever this week.
She was The daughter of AR. and Mrs.
d. A. Harvey. and had been married but
three months. She was eighteen years
Old.
Ben Cameron, a cattleman Of Greer
county, recently became religious. Soon
after an infectious disease carried or
most Of mis- cattle. His mind became de
ranged and he has been taken 10 the
Norman asylum.
Reverend william G[etcham, who has
long been Catholic pastor at Muskogee .
has been placed in charge Of all Catho-
lie Indian missions in the United State
with headquarters at Washington. He
was formerly q Protestant.
The Ava Review has this account OF
the attempt to blow Up mo hotel there.
Monday evening about nine o'clock,
when most Of the people of Ava were
assembled in the various churches al
tending the Christmas exercises. an ex-
piosion that startled the entire town was
heard, 1t was not long until il was
learned that the explosion occurred at
the southeast corner of the Farmers
hotel, which IS run by the Rev. p J.
Pinkston Several of the eight-foot
boards were torn of the porch. one Of
them being hurled into the middle Of the
street and piece Of a board six feet
long was thrown almost to Pete Fred
erickson's barn, almost 50 yards away
Every pane of glass in the front Of the
hotel was shattered Of broken, but fur
Their than that no damage was done
Fragments Of wagon skein were found
and il was plain that # had been filled
with powder and the charge wadded
with rags torn from a pair Of old over
ais and pug Of wood driven in and
filed with nails to make It tight. The
rags and wood were found near the
scene Of the explosion. Mr. Pinkston
caused the arrest OF Joe Elliot. who has
been boarding at mis- hotel for a month
past, on suspicion and yesterday after
noon the case came up before Judge
Bower he prisoner waived preliminary
examination and IN default of s500 bail
was remanded to jail to await the action
Of the district court No cause Is as
signed for the attempted deviltry"