The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-07

/ the readers OF the Eagle as the man who
wrote such interesting stories from Gu
ba when he was a rough rider and later
in another regiment stationed at Ma
! tanzas.
Clerk Of the District Court John Rem
shaw came down Sunday and was in his
1 tent yesterday The Kiowa-Comanche
country has been divided into three dif-
I ferent judicial districts. This. Comanche,
county is attached 10 Judge McAtees dis
/ trict; Caddo county to Judge Twins dis
/ trict and Kiowa count yon the west TO
/ Judge Burfords.
County Treasurer Eclzels, formerly Of
| Harper county, Kansas. opened his head
quarters Monday.
REGISTER Of Deeds H. E. Julian, former
! " of Kiowa county, Kansas, and brother
in-law to Dennis Flynn, began business
this morning He was delayed by the fact
that his supplies did not arrive here IN
til today.
Warren H. Brown. probate judge pitch
ed his tent Monday and was ready for
! business by afternoon.
Samuel Strauss. a Fort Sill trader and
storekeeper, is chairma nof the board OF
county commissioners, and has been on
the ground several days. T. II. Crosby
is the other commissioner.
The murders and hold-ups continue.
Robberies are so frequent that they are
not noticed with near the interest they
were n few days ago. The United States
marshal and his force OF deputies, with
the sheriff and his force. expect to clear
up the situation Immediately. II is justly
held by them that the condition that has
existed the past ten days cannot continue
It is a menace to the respectable people
OF the community and a disgrace as we'll
If necessary. some efforts will be made
for assistance by the United States
troops at the fort.
IT is stated on good authority that not
less than 13 0persons are expecting TO
ope-. saloons and gambling houses to-
Ght and top1orrow-morning. Up to
this date, when there is no tangible To-
cal or territorial organization it was i'm
possible to sell liquor on or adjacent to
the townsite. It is useless to run UP
against the government regulations. the
saloon men recognized. Since today. how
ever there exists an altogether differ
ent situation. 1t is not possible to eb-
tions. and the saloon men are happy.
The marshals and sherifs viii keep strict
observance of the saloon mems conduct,
however, for such fear is entertained
Of dangers when ali the accumulated
liquor is put inside q few hundred mem
bers of this community who care for
nothing. much less law and human life
and property
The Lawton land Office, by an order re-
ceived from the secretary Of tho interior
and commissioner of the general land Of
fee, has rescended the order that every
entryr1an shall make the non-mineraI afi
davit when fling The order has been
so amended that the affidavit must be
made however. when Communication or
final proof is made.
There seemed to be a manifest injustice
in the fact that a man on entering his
land should make oath, without knowl-
edge of his claim, that there was no min
eral of any description on it. Of course
the original intention of the required
affidavit was to have a man declare an
oath that his intentions toward the land
We're homestead and not mineral. But
included in It was his sworn declaration
that ne knew as a fact that there was
no mineral on his land. The result would
nave been to make a man perjurer in
declaring something he did not know,
or put him to great effort to discover the
properties Of his claim prior 10 entry
The objection and injustice TO the origi-
nal order were so great that it was
changed
There was a good deal OF excitement
here Yesterday when a CRATER swiped
a hundred dollars from fellow-grafter
and took of down Goo-Goo avenue
one OF the principal thoroughfares Of
this embryo tovn-and was pursued by
howlirs. heterogeneous mass OF humanity
The CRATER was force dto disgorge. once /
caught. and Everything soon resumed it, /
customary condition
Another funny thing was another set
Of men numbering hundreds as it ran. /
pursuing a scared jacxrahbit which set
of down one of the long tent-lined +
streets. The rabbit was swifter than the /.
CRATER. however. and took 70 the tan /.
grass at a convenient opportunity.
The Hotel Lavton" sounds more pre-
tentious than it really IS II consists OF /
an immense long tent. filed with cost. |
and arrange das wen as circumstances /
win permit
water from the Cache. hauled n bar |
rels. sells az two bucketsfUl FOR eve,
cents. u is in great demand. Water on I
townsitcs is found with great dialcultv
ar not nearer to the surface than 10 4
feet !
A good raiu Monday morning laid the 4
dust-whlch had accumulated O. a depth +
of six inches in many places and cocl- f
Cd the torrid atmosphere 2lany who 4
were die1leted sglth Lawton and them 4
selves on Sunday night had ne wlise i1- 4
fecteI int3 tham Monday morning and
became happy Tie rain was very heavy.
ard its effects are stil apparent
The following deputy Unitet States j
uar -trcorsso-E rabbi -ETAOINU IN 3
1narshals are assisting Chief Deputy ~
. Tossett. warren Bennett. Z. ? Foe
sett W ~ Graves. J. Tacohson- 2
Grimes ard w Dszner- All are Efficient
oHcers. ard every o1e q them ever
worked
II an admission isnaes hT an entrg-nsa
q IRE eEect tn4t De- has cnee rale home
stead entry ara eer azr reason 81 msv
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