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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-27
ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE
FROM IN ERRAIIC SAND.
MALLORY bros. - co. GRIT SIX
hundred BtRREI. WELL. IN
PLEAsANTs COUNTY.
NO. A. ON W. J. GoRRELL FARM.
OTHEft NEWS on INTEREST," FROM
THE vARIots OH FIHtaDs,
THE MARINERS.
specia, to tho Register.

Special to tho Register.
PrTSBCRG, Pa, August 26.--The
Keeher sand territory ea Rock Run,
Lafayette district, peasants County. w.
Va, Is the most ernatlc OF any In the
lowsr southwest A hau dozsn effoits
have been made to find an outlet 70 the
pool and extend tho producing terri
totE 3st dry holes have been the 10
suit Then gusher would put In an
appearance when least expected and
hl4ye the talent guessing again
Mallory Brothers Il Co. have made
another such strike at their No. on
the j. W. Gorrell farm. located 500 feet
east Of No. ; on the same farm. This
well WAS drilled In last Saturday ana
when a few feet in the sand 1t started
70 dow at the rate of IS barrels an hour.
In the shallow sand territory. Pleas
ants county, @, NJ. Wilmington has
completed his No. 10 on thu J. Z. Mich
aei farm and has buster.
In thu Calcutta district the Oeto OIL
Company has completed Its No. 81, ON
the Sol Pethkell farm and the Hawkins
Oil Co, BIAS completed No. 3 on the 3.
w. Pratt farm. Both airs light pampers
In tire Cow Run sand.
On Elm Run, Mtchie county, tho
Southern OIL Co. has completed Its No.
2, on tho II. Wanless farm and will hayo
a small pumper in the Salt sand.
Northeast OF the Gunner pool. in Wet
eel county, and across the limo in Mar
shall county, the South Penn has com
pleted its No. l. on the Andrew Yoager
farm and has very small pumper.
The same company's No. /, on the JOS
eph otter farm, is showing for rs bar
rels a day.
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NOTHING But Strong DRINK
HIS EXCUSE FOR SUICIDE.
6ADIZ. ono. MAN KILLED HIMSELF
IN PHILADELPHIA. AFTER
BIG SPREE.
LEFT LETTERS TO HIS WIFE
HIS MOTHER AND HIS SISTER. BUT
GIVES 40 REASON FOR ms
RASH DEED.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa. August &c
\ dying statement was made by Walter
Mccoy, who shot himself. to Captain of
Police Maxwell. IA which the young
man said:
I had been drinking heavily for two
or three weeks. I bought the revolver
on Friday night. / don't know Why.
There vas nothing 10 cause me 10 end
my life. / had had no trouble To drive
me 70 it
In a letter addressed to his wife he
says;
What is in tho house is yours My
dues in the Painters Union are square. .
In letter addressed 20 his mother
and sister in Cadiz. O.. he says;
7 am married man and have the
s9eetest wife you ever met II | pass
away now and anything is left after the
estate is cleared up, give my share 10
my wife"
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GIBBoNs's RECEPTION.

BALTIMORE, August 26.-Cardinal
Gibbons was received with open arms
by friends and parishioners. lie arriv-
ed at 8 o'clock, and was greeted by
10000 people headed by Acting Mayor
williams and Charles ]. Bonaparte,
who made addresses Of welcome, to
which the Cardinal responded. The
Cardinal reviewed a procession Of
thousands from the steps Of the Cath
Ollie club and addressed a congregation
that filed the Cathedral.
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CHANGE OF ENGINEERS.

BALTIMORE, August 26.-Mr. J. f..
Cassett, division engineer with the b. e.
O., twenty years has resigned to De-
come chief engineer Of the Elgin. Joliet
& Eastern, and the Chicago, Lake Shore
G. Eastern. He will be succeeded at
Baltimore by NJ. Il. Z. hc6iey. of Cnm-
berland
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IN THE NICK OF TIME.

CALEDONIA, N. Y. August 26.-Au
unsuccessful attempt was made last
evening to wreck the westbound LIE
high Valley express. Two fsh-plates
were wedged between the guard and
rail and behind these were placed sew
eral heavy ties. A few minutes before
the rain with about 400 passengers
was due a track hand discovered the
obstacles and removed them in the nick
Of time.
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BOARD DEADLocKED

Special to the Register
TORONTO, Ohio, August 26.-The
school board of this place is apparently
hopelessly deadiocked over the election
OF primary teacher to succeed Olive
Cayftt, who resigned recently TO marry.
There are seven applicants and lit bal
lots have been taken at three called
meetings with no result. Since the
last meeting Tye Laughed, one OF the
best teachers here, has died. This will
make the election Of two new teachers
necessary before school resfmes.
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OIL NEWS

The well that Is being drilled for oil
or gas on the Vim. l.. Straight farm,
near Bsrracksyille, " giving the COM
Pany behind 1t considerable trouble. as
the tools have been lost at depth of
SEQ feet. After fishing for them for
some days It has been decided to drill
down by the side OF them. After get
ting below them II Is likely they can
De recovered. West Virgin
ian.
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HELD UP BY BOYS.

Compelled Peddier to Give Up VAi-
uabIeS-Parenfs Chastised Thea
and Then burned Their Libraries
Special to the Register.
KINGWOOD, w. Va, August 10
A few days ago there was bold hold
up near Cheat Haven, Monongaaia
county. Two boys aged respectively
IL and II years Of age. armed with an
old army sabre and a pepper box pis,
toll, held UP peddler at the point q
the revolver and made him give up all
his yaluahles. He demured at first
but when five balls were sent whizzln1
past his head he gave up his watch
and about eleven dollars In cash. Tbs
boys were afterwards discovered and
punished by their parents, who made
them return the stolen goods ana
throw the revolver into the well. Theai
choice library OF ten cent yellow backs
wero found under the hay stack ana
were burned.
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PRISONER COMING BACK.

Special to the Register.
PARKERsBURG, ". Va, August %.
William Dudley, son Of Sheriff Dad-
ley, went to Youngstown, o.. yesterday
to bring Great Williams. the negro
wanted here for grand larceny. lie
escaped after conviction, while on his
way. TO the Jail to await sentence. lie
must have been pretty severely injured
by the officers, who arrested him at
Youngstown. as Mr.. Dudley has wired
that they viii start for here tomorrow
If Great is wei. enough 10 travel 1t Is
understood that be showed fight and
that he had to be considerably beaten
up before he was taken into custody.
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HELD AS A FUGITIVE.

BOSTON, August 26.-on the charge
OF being a fugitive from justice, Ar
thur G. Marshall OF Cleveland, o., was
to-day held in $4,000 on the charge Of
obtaining from w. B. White, general
manager Of the American Chicle Co.,
Of Cleveland, notes for $4,000 in return
for bogus stock certificates Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley Lead Co.
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TURNED HOSE ON HIM.

CLEVELAND, o., August 26.-Be-
cause Thomas Oldecker. a non-union
1orkmen in the Crescent Tin Plate
all, deserted, twenty five Of his nom
Union comrades to-day turned a water
hose on him, drenehing him.
District Vice President Ward, of the
= malgamated, called the attention Of
the mill officials to the action and told
them if there was a repetition the IN
ion men would resent it.
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ILLNESS AN EXCUSE.

ROME. August 2e.-The illness of
Prince Chun, at Basel, Switzerland, on
his way to Berlin to ,apologize for the
assassination Of the German minister
is a pretext for delay. having received
orders from Pekdn not to proceed. as
fresh complications have arisen with
reference to the protocol
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TO RESTRAIN RACES.

PROVIDENCE. r. l., August 20
Judge Wilbur to-day temporarily re-
strained the National Automobile AS
ISOLATION from holding races on Ocean
avenue, Newport The race, to have
been held Friday, was to be the most
notable event ever held. A prime
mover was Vanderbilt, Jr.
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CLOSED BY A STRIKE.

PITTSBURG, Pa. August 26.-The
Marshall. Construction Com
pany, at Braddoek. Is closed. The 700
men demanded reinstatement Of an en-
ploye, a general advance Of ten per
cent. and the abollshment OF the check
ing system at noon. The manager ra-
fused to SEQ the men, and they struck.
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DELAYED BY FLOODS.

PEKIN, August Ell Hung Chang,
to-day, informed the ministers that the
bearer of the edicts signing the settle
ment protocol has been delayed By
foods.
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BANK Of NEW kATARORAS
N HANDS OF IN ASSIGNEE.
FAILURE oF 4 CLEVELAND saw
INGS INSTITUTION Caused
THE TROUBLE.
DEP0SIT0RS STAND TO LOSE
UNLESS THE PRESIDENT or TIE
CLEVELAND CONCERN
KEEPS his WORD.


MARIETTA. @. August 2s.-The
bank os New Maam1ras, this county,
has closed. The deposits arc praetle-
ally lost unless recourse is had on the
private property Of the stockholders.
The bank WIS a partnership owned by
Edward NJ. Gross. G. A. Cline, Jaseb
Gautsehi. aud y. a. Meyers. The Of
hceEs were President G. A. Cline, Wee
President jacob Gautsehi. JutA aN5
months ago the cashier WAS Il. u.
Gross. The latter was replaced BY II.
G. Alderman. sent 20 take charge Of
affairs by Tire Superior Street Savings
q BANKING Co. OF Cleve-and. The
Cleveland hank made a proposition 10
organize a State bank. the Cleveland
bank to take ail tie stock which thu
partners did uUt care to held. The
capital before Cashier Alderman came
amounted 10 $4,000 aud deposits 70
$4,000. The Cleveland cashier trans
ferrel the deposits OF the partnership
bank ta the new bank untR tho<a was
ever $4,000 on deposit there. Last
week the Cleveland concern went 10 the
wall. The New Matamoras people be-
came suspicious and sent Cashier Aeh-
ermaR 60 Cleveland. He demanded the
money The Cleveland officials said
that there were no funds IA the treas
ury and suspension followed. The
stockholders of the New Matamoras
bank were in the city this morning and
applied Cor an assignee. nr. w. Il
West WAS named The president o. the
Cleveland bank teephoned tails morn
sing that his bank would pay every cent
Of the indebtedness and that the sus-
pension of his bank WAS caused by their
demanlE
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CHASING OUT NEGROES.

STROUD, o. T.. August 26.-The de-
sire to run all negroes from Territory
towns, started at 6apuipa, has spread
to Stroud and a mob of gamblers and
toughs has driven all the blacks from
town. They tore down the houses OF
two negroes and burned them. The
officers have not incsrfered.
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BoER LoOSSEs REPORTED.

LONDON, August pa despatch
from Lord Kitchener says:
"Since August 10. thlrty-two Beers
have been killed. 1879 have been made
prisoners and $50 have surrendered, in
GLIDING Kruger a nephew Of the presi-
dent"
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C0I0RED K. OF P.

CHICAGO, August 20. - coiored
knights of Pythias went INTO camp here
to-day for the biennial convention.
Among the officers Is Quarter MASTER
General James A. Hazelgood, OF Char
lesion, W. Va
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~
BELLAIRE MAN DEAD
AZ Philadelphia because Of the Heat
Little known of Him.

AZ Philadelphia because OF the Hee6
Little Known Of Him.
Special to the Register.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August &c.
An inquest was held by Coroner Dugan
to-day into the death Of Charles Frana-
lem, thirey-five years old. of Bellaire,
Ohio, who was overcome by the heak
last Friday and went to the Episcopal
hospital. Letters from the mans em-
ployers, Murray &c Co., Of Trenton
avenue and Westmoreland street. stat
ed that FTanslein had been Of work
there for several months, but that lit
tie was known OF him. Upon returning
to his boarding house after work last
Friday he complained OF being Ill and
went to the hospital, where 1t was dis
covered that he was suffering with
thermic fever. The" coroner shows
death due to heat
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SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, August 26.-
PreDarations for the seysnty-seyenth
annual eouvestion of the Odd Fsllows'
Sovereign Grand Lodge. three weeks
hence are fnished. The cvnrD&teee
count on 100, 900 visitors.
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FOUND IN THE RIVER.

NEW YORK, August 26.-The body
Of Britton H. Tabor, a lawyer. was
found in the North river to-day. He
came from the southwest, was keen
lawyer, a close student of the Bible and
haa written a defence Of Christianity.
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FOUR DROWNED.

IAvRE. August 26.-The Spanish
steamer Amboto coliided last night
with the German steamer Lusitania
The Lusitania sank. -Four Of her crew
were drowned.
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ALL HURT BUT ONE.
special 70 the Register.

Special TO the Register.
BUcKHANNoN, w. Va, August 20.
The log train of Isherwood & Cody
coming over the mountain from Middle
Fork got beyond control OF the en-
gineer. The first car Jumped the
track, causing the other i've to follow.
Every member OF the crew jumped on
but one, ana all were injured except
the men who remained on. None will
die.
The engine ran mlie and half
without leaving the track and stopped
In the yard here.
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DIED FROM INJURIES.

Special to the Register.
FAIRMoNT. W. Va. August ga
telegram from Harry Crane. at King
fisher. Oklahoma, says that Frank
Hartley, injured in a runaway, yester-
day died this evening. He is q son OF
]. NJ. Hartley, of this city. His re-
mains will be brought here.
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CLEVELAND. O. August 2e.-some
time ago the directors Of the Superior
Street Company induced the New Mat
amoras bank to make the former Its
depository. Accordingly $4,000 was
deposited. Rumors concerning the eta
bility OF the Cleveland institution
caused the New Matamoras bank to
ask tho return Of the money. Inabil-
ity to produce It caused the Cleveland
banks suspension.
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OFF FOR LOUISVILLE.

Special 10 tho Register
PARKERsBURG, w. Va. August 20.
Nearly a buudred Knights Templsf,
mem bern OF Calvary Cemmandery, with
their ladies'. left here. this morning on
special train in company with about
a hundred members of Mountain State
Commandery of Sistersvilie. Accom-
panying them vas the Citizens Band,
OF this city.
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STONE A CANDIDATE.

ST. LOUIS, August 26.-Former Gov
erno~ VIM. J. Stone to-day declared
himself a candidate for the Senate to
succeed Vest. He still believes free
silver Is an Issue, that the Democracy
needs no reorganization, and that W. ].
Bryan is the most powerful man TO-
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NASHVILLE. Tenn. August 26.-
Turnpike raiders have broken loose
about Goodlettsville. Two bridges on
the piekerson pike were dynanited.
The raiders destroyed two gate houses.
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H0RSEMEN REINSTATED.

ST. LOUIS. August 26.-All the
horsemen at Kinloch outlawed for rae
ing over Turf Congress tracks, to-day
were reinstated by the Western Jock
ey club.
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VACATION RESUMED.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 90
Secretary Hay left Washington, this af-
ternoon, for his summer home at New
bury, y. H. TO resume the vacation in
terrupted by the calls OF business.
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FOUR BOYS DROWNED.

NEW YORK. August 26.-Two sons
of Professor Biakely, of the Long
Branch High School, son Of Alex.
GaskeI. Of Long Branch and Harold,
son of Harry Sherman, Of Long Branch.
we're drowned to-day.
They were. swept from a raft of
shore.
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OIL Markets.

NEW YORK. August 2s.-standard oil
stock, 7ssQTf0
OIL. CRY, Pa. August 1.-credit bal
ances, tf.7s; eertlgcates, no bid Ship
nnents, 2fS 779 bbls: average, 1884 bbis.
HUNS l7a3&i bbls, average, " I'll bbfa.
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GRANTED A PAROLE.
Indiana Life Prisoner Permitted to
visit HIS Sick Parents.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. August 26-
William Z. Hinshaw, serving life SEN
tence for the murder Of his wife at
Belleville, has been released on a ten
days parole to visit his parents, who
are fatally i'll, at Winchester. Hinshaw
formerly was a preacher and always
has protested his innocence.
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NO CHANGE AT JOLIET.

JOLIET. MI, August 26.-There has
been no material change in the steel
strike here.
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DIVIDEND DECLARED.

SAVANNAH, Ca, August a6.-I e
Central of Georgia to-day declared
dividend Of per cent,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
AN INTERESTING CASE
Peculiar Combination which sends
BOggS TO Jail.

Guthrie, o. T.. March 1.-THE history
Of the case Of George Boggs who was
convicted Of robbing the postofRce at
Shawnee is an interesting one. It seems
that three years ago, November. 1897.
while Boggs was postmaster at shaw
nee he decided to move the Office into
another building. The change was made
on one Saturday night. he and his as
sistants doing the Work. Many OF the
patrons OF the Office did not know Of the
change and during the day letters were
deposited IN the box in The other build
ing to 60 of on the mails Of that day.
That evening Boggs went over 20 the
former location and brought back the
letters and packages 70 have them
stamped and sorted over TO be made up
for the various mails. he threw the
packages on the table and the clerks at
tended 70 the matter During the pro-
cess Of making up the mails Il was dis
covered that one package which was
composed OF On envelope nlada OF ordl-
nary note paper. was rot stamped, but
was addressed to George @. BoEgs. post
master az Shawnee. 81r. BogEs opened
the package and ascertaice6 that it cor
tanned bills This was rather surpris-
ing ard On the iusids ~ the package
written on the note paper YVES sea-
te1ce, Here r. your money, don't be
so careless The next time Pegs aid
rot then thIak much about the matter
ard the following day took the money +
10 the Shawnee National Bank he
skef ~ the bank efce's thaf they
lnforu him II The r0leV was Eood They
tod him that lt ives aN rEht s1rh ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
ghe QQIieha badly gao Sunday gorno gflareh IT. SOL

er event, the colored men who came here
had right to stay here If they stayed
in obedience to the Jaws. Our laws and
their enforcement would Oe in dis
graceful condition if they could not
here and work with honest men in hon
est callings. And while we do not look
with favor upon the colonization of vot-
ers, if it is done within the law, it is a
thing that men have a right to do. If
cOlOred men were brought here and il
was done for Interior motives, for the
purpose Of obtaining Republican su-
premacy in this county, that was a
thing not in violation Of law.
Il was going to revert to the informa-
ton that I had myself from prominent
citizens that the purpose was TO drive
out the colored people of this county.
and they asked me not to call a grand
jury and I said. there has been a viola
ton Of law and my business Is to cal a
grand jury, and 7 am going to do it, and
I am going to instruct them to do their
duty, and from that time on have been
made the object Of a malicious and vim
dictive attack Of journal or journals in
this place and for no other motive than
under took to enforce the law.
Now, say while it is probable that
the offense may not have reached up to
such a measure as the jury may find
hat the defendants were, beyond all
doubt, guilty, we all know
hat this thing originated in a purpose
o afflict these people and say here.
low, that If white juries under our sys-
EN-, in this district. cannot reach these
'nenses ana punish white offenders.
leithershall they punish black prisoners,
md 1 here now, with the resolution to
'rotect these people and to see that
hey have the right of self-defense. and
hat If their women are attacked by citi-
ems without offices or by citizens in VIC
alton Of the law carrying the badges of |
ficial rank and police authority upon
heir persons, to take and attack the |
olored people"
Here Judge McAtee added the para
raph quoted at lie top Of this column. !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
MRS. HULBURT BURNED
Horrible Accident to an Oklahoma
Woman.

Guthrie,O. T., Marcn ia sad acct
dent occurred Tuesday evening in Union
township, one mile north of Ida, Lin
coin county, Mrs. James Hurlbut being
burned perhaps fatally. A fire had been
raging in the neighborhood all after
noon, and a tree standing near where
Mrs. HurIbut was working in her gar
den was burning. A firebrand was car
ried by the strong wind, and Mrs Hurl-
butts dress caught on fire at the back.
ONE one rushed from the house near by
with a comfort and threw it about her,
but it failed to smother the names and
was soon on fire also. The fire was
finally eXtnguished by covering the IN
fortunate woman's body with dirt from
the newly plowed garden, but not until
her clothing had been nearly all burned
from her body. Drs. Hartman and
Marshall were at once called and dress
cd the injuries, but her recovery is
doubtful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
GIRL BURNED TO DEATH
While the Mother Was Away Chill.
dren PIaYed with Mafchea.

Guthrie. O. H., March ia little girl
belonging to Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson.
living between Watonga and Geary was
burned to death. it seems that the
mother was out Of the house for a few
minutes, leaving two children, one about
and the other about years old. alone,
says the Watonga Republican, when the
smaller child came running out to it's
mother crying that his sister was burn
ing. on entering the house the little
girl was found lying on the floor in a
blaze already dead. The accident was
supposed to have occurred from the chill
dren getting matches during the absence
of their mother
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
TRIED TO RIDE A CALF
Plight Of an Oklahoma Boy Who Was
Playing Cowboy.

Guthrie. o. T.. March 16Gilbert Wood
worth of Cashion, while playing cowboy
was thrown to the ground and received
a bad fracture OF the elbow. It seems
that Gilbert had bridled a calf Cplaying
it was a horse and mounted it, but the
animal refused to so. But not to be
outdone the local paper explains. Gil
bert got off and put on a pair of big
sharp spurs and remounted-this time
the calf went (and in our mind we hear
him shouting as did the boy who yoked
himself up with the calf there we come.
damn our fool souls, stop u.s. and
made straight for a nearby herd of cat
tie. where its sudden stop caused the
result as above stated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
SHOT IN A ROW
5ir Collins Appears at Woodward to
Have 20 0und Dressed

Woodward, O. T.. March 16.-W. T.
Collins was up from Selling Wednesday
for the purpose Of having Dr. Workman
dress q wound received from a 3s-calbre
revolver. the bullet entering Just back
of the left ear and coming out on the
back of the neck. Mr. Collins got into
a quarrel with Geo Jesse. and in the
heat Of the argument Jesse pulled the
revolver and shot Collins as above de-
scribed. The revolver was SO close that
it burned q hole in the hat through to
the sweat-haud. No action has yet been
taken