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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
NO LONGER DOUBTED.
Shawnee Feels Sure of Being That
Division Point

Shawnee, O. T. Nov. The fact that
Shawnee is to be the most important d.
vision point on the Santa Re railway sys-
tenn between Topeka. Kan. and Cleburne,
Tex, is now fully and satisfactorily as
sured. says the Express.
It has never been questioned since this
important line via Shawnee TO Pauls Val
ley was decided upon and the building OF
ii commenced that this city would be
division point. but not until yesterday.
when it was officially announced that the
division point at Purcell. on the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe would be removed
from that place to Shawnee. was the
full significance of the city's benefits in
that way understood.
on learning that IN order 20 that effect
had been issued by the company. the
Democrat man called on Hon. r. z.
Wood the local attorney Tor the road.
and asked that gentleman If be was able
TO confirm The report
YES" said Mr. wood. The report IS
true. I know that the order has been
issued and that TIRE passenger and freight
service now operated oat u Purcell VIII
h. conducted out Of Shawnee over the
Gulf. Colorado ard Santa Re railroad
Il understood also. continued Sir.
Wood that the change vii De made
between now and the hrst x January.
1895 or less than two months. and there
IS not particle Of doubt as &c The con-
summation OF this important NATTER.
This means the removal q an THE d.
vision point officials. all the train crew.
both passenger ana freight. ard the vari-
CTS yard employees there. who number
aaout go rlsn. who with their famiiies
VIII increase thu city's p0palafioB some
or or 7o5 souls and add 50 sha~nee-s
business corresrondluEly. and adde9 "a
these win be the large army - men that
viii be engaged IN the uext few months
in putting IN The SEQ feet q terminal
tracks b. TIE soath end - The ysrfs.
where the SHOPS are % - bait
This imprint move MEANS much foT
TIE c.iy. ana when II IS kHown p then
xu pc q qualification 70 esery one Z
tie cstlzen1-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08

as it puts on lis line a new fast schedule.
desires to give the train name that will
be pleasing to the public and also have
some significance. In this territory the
Katy Flyer and the frisco Meteor
are household words, for the trains are
known to the people not by numbers but
everybody knows them by their names.
The Fort Smith and Western will soon
be completed and not long thereafter
will put on a fast train. and as suggest
tions are in order. we are going to pro-
pose Indian Arrow"
To the people of the towns through
which the train will run, the name viii
be pleasing and significant, for the en-
tire run would be through the Indian
country, and as the bed of the road is
straight. and excellenuy constructed,
the train could go with the speed and
directness OF an Indian arrow. The
name would also illustrate the marked
chance that has taken place in this coun-
try, for instead of the feather tipped ar
row of the Indian. an implement of war
carrying death as it flies through the air,
there would be the electric lighted IN
dian Arrow dashing across the beauti-
ful Indian territory, carrying with it de-
velopment, prosperity and happiness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08

Indians do not yet understand this feature
of civilization and only force eempels
them TO accept the situation. Now, as
most of the Indian tribes are receiving
their lands in severaity they will be like
children, not knowing their rights, or the
value of their lands, and should be treated
as children until such time as they are
educated to a comprehensive knowledge
of the new conditions. If this is done
the Indian wiz thrive and prosper, not
withstanding the new order of things; If
not then the race will surely pass away
forever"
Keokuk leaves a widow. Mary. nearly
eighty years old, ard ore son. Charles
Sumner Keokuk, a well-educated ana
progressive member of the tribe. He was
buried with great honors in the agency
cemetery, over 400 members of the tribe
attending the funeral, also many white
people who esteemed the old chief for his
Virfuas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
EDUCATIONAL I
EXHIBIT FINFl
Oklahoma Is Youngest Child
of Louisiana Purchase
INTO THREE SECTIONS
Several Prizes offered TO Slim
ulate Public Interest.
INTO THREE SECTIONS

Guthrie. 0. T. Nov. when Oklahoma
opens the doors Of her ane building AZ
the Louisiana Purchase Centenniadl ex-
position az 81. Louis, on May I. 1904.
among The grand exhibits from the terri
tory. the youngest child Of the Purchase.
win be the educational one that is now
being arranged for under the direction
OF Superintendent OF Public Instruction
L. ". Baxter and the territorial board
OF education
The work OF preparing this exhibit has
been divided into three sections. The
first section embraces the teL-itoriaI and
higher institutions Of learning. the sec
ond. schools OF cities Of the FIRST class.
the third. rural and village schools.
The preliminary steps necessary 70 Sc
cure uniformity and the best results con-
template an exhibit Of school work. at
Oklahoma City. at the Territorial Teach
eys' association, which holds It's annual
session at that city on December =. -
and 50 OF this year 4 his exhibit will
be conducted under rules laid down by
the ST. Louis worlds fair educational
commission and 10 stimulate interest IN
the enterprise. the Oklahoma commission
follows: A 80 library 20 the best exhibit
from town or village school u three or
more teachers: "A s. library 70 the second
best; also a so library 90 the best exhibit
from country school of not more Than
two teachers; also a s. library TO the Sec
and best: also a s. prize 70 the best indi-
vidual exhibit in each OF the above
classes of schools other prizes viii -
offered for work in the schools % cities
of the first class and the higher eiuca-
tional institutions. &c be announced later
the awards To be made by the worlds
fair commission.
From the exhibit at Oklahoma city the
county superintendent association viii
elect a comlnittee Of three dlsluterested
school persons no select sufficient work
TO make the exhibit az st. Louis County
superinteudcnts and teachers VIII bc ask
81 10 hold a meeting Of the various coun-
" teachers associations some time IN
December not hter than December T..
1870. and prepare a county exhihit 10 bs
forwarded 10 the territorial associa tion.
This exhibit will consist II schoei work
that can be shown In any way. rawlings
illustrations. maps charts' bound vol
umcs Of written work well graded. al
specified and catalogued. will form sci
entnc and invaluable part ~ the exhibit
Persons interested viii Ind adequats
means Of showing unique methods -
work. material and product. and hlustra-
tious
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
LARGE CATTLE SHiPM ENTS..
Fourteen Hundred Carloads Have Left
kaW City This Season.

Kaw City, o. T, Nov. Fourteen hun
dred car loads of cattle have been already
shipped out of our city this fall and there
are at least 200 more cars to be shipped.
Cattle men are confident that they will
get leases in the Usage nation for another
year. If they should not they would be
compelled to retire before March !, 1904.
as their leases expire at that time. Al
though the market has been exceedingly
poor for all kinds of cattle. with the
possible exception of calves, there will
be but few cattle Wintered in the reser-
vations. 1t costs on an average So per
head to winter stock, and the cattle men
can not afford to play this. The big
shippers, who are mostly, if not all, from
Texas, bring only such stock here in the
spring as will be ready for the market in
the fall.
]. A Word. prominent cattle man and
a big shipper from this point, says that
scarcely any of them have made money
in the business this year. Mr. Word
will have sold all his stuff by the first
of the week and will leave for his home
at Sonona. The low price that is being
paid for cattle, Mr. Word thinks, is
caused alone by the combine of the pack
ers, who are in shape to set the price.
He believes it will continue SO until the
cattlemen get together and whip them
out by strong competition.
Kaw City, however, will be a good cat
tie shipping point for number of years.
whether or not the cattlemen get leases.
The Santa Fe has remodeled the old
stock yards and mace them much larger,
as well as putting in side tracks. This
Of course would not be done IF the Santa
Fe people did not think there would be
considerable business at this point, as
the rush for the season is practically
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
PULLED from UNDER.
Woman Jumped From ire Train bgs
Har Ps.ruec

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
BIG VEIN or COAL.
Found az > Depth Of 1000 Feet While
Seeking Gas.

Guthrie. p r.. Sov. - * ~"sn -
coal haa been struck - Tgiss Creek "a
sion ~ warzuaen drilling f9- ~ ard Tns
The coef Wa found e; re depth - esr
feet and fhe vein So nine seet thick The
r~-f fs si-srft-arge n good rflaHtr
TIE fms = vitaf1 two blocks - thf -
Louis srd san Franrisce derrf. bsi.li-z
uas being acns fer Ess - a. Over
f1r tfie rufr0ss - r7fT1iyi-r fsffi ~ RS
brick rianf D~lilr- 49, t.- rortlaesa
r-tn rss ~ Oh sa-f r ~rcosftrrs5 Gel
han been sncousfe-sd s. Terioss rsarrs
ir itis cltv. bgf ~ - saes dspfh -
fhr Tas n-f has herst7fors tere aisee'
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
NEW NAME ADOPTED.
Fort Smith and Western Hits Upon
the Indian Arrcw.-

Guthrie. o. T, Nov The railroad
systems IN Oklahoma have adopted the
plan - uSins peculiar and distinguishing
names 20 designate sTecial fast trains.
ana thc Katy Flyer. the Frisco Ne
tcor. and the -Sauta Fe Lirli5ai. ar
household WORDS IN the terr'tory- The
Fort Smith x Western has j-sl put CT
a fast train between this city and Fort
Smith. AK ana has christeaod Z she
indian arrow j rece-vet SIS baptism
from the Weietka American II al article
published IN that paper - follows
n this DAY OF fast trains cash rad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
WORK IS PUSHED.
Trackisyers Are Approaching shaw
nee From Cosiostz

Shawnee. o. r. Nov. -Orciais + 10
Missouri. Kansas and Texas raiua y are
uusily Engaged 20 present arTanginEt TIE
equipment Tor the y and o aad ~ p.
ard o. railways in Oklahoma ard tths
Indian Territory. The " x aad ".
line. which r4na from Oklahoma city II
Parsons kan. waI - fuahea my
forty aayr The onig track - - ssif y
between Agra ard ozaxs Juuefiec ~
- pushed on the Caaizata Hire az rap,e' \
aH possible Tire Katy has plenty - ma
teriaI o. hand buf BE- e. un4srfteofi thar
qrife "a ruubfr ~ istorers arr ure'ie'L
The tTarkizrera are eera'ag fais TaY
from coalrats TIE grading - sfagf fn-
isfeG aaa e. j. sad thaf ere 'fscs iaflag
viii ~ anished ~ Dsrefaber =. 80
porter was informed today fhst fas Kaiz
officials szrecfss - rsa trslas ffafa Pas
som. Kan. g. reaizase ~ shavase. ~
fhe crsg - fhs year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
AT THE COLLEGE.
Notes of Interest Gathered at Still
water

saltwater. O. T.. Nov. THE following
notes were gathered from the Agricultur-
al and Mechanical college IN this city:
The school OF agriculture and domestic
economy has organized a literary society
to meet every other Saturday evening.
Meetings will be in the old Auditorium.
DR.. Lewis will leave next Monday TO
attend a series OF farmers Institutes in
the western counties of the territory. Mr..
Nicholson will take his class work.
Director Fields and the other members
of the station staff will give a consider
able portion of their time from now IN
til The first of March attending and ad-
dressing farmers institutes Miss Car
diner will also visit a number Of insti-
tutes. speaking on the subject Of house
hold science.
over eighty students are now enrolled
in the new school of agriculture and do
nestle economy. This surpasses the most
sang,line expectations % its promoters.
who didno dare 20 hope for more than
fifty students the first year. Work IS be-
ing given in sewing. horticulture and
Horticulture. dairying. poultry. and stock
Judging. besides the common school
branches.
Every member OF the faculty reports
the attendance upon classes this fan IS
the most regular In the history e The
Institution.
The annual faculty reception vas =
great success. The faculty found ont that
it was no small task % serve ice cream.
cake and punch 70 80 people
Mrs. \. {. Scott went n ATdm0re 70
attend the annual netting q the Fedora
ticr % Wouan-s Clubs for indian Terri
tory she read a PAPER on The Lyrics
OF Tennyson-
Special addresses are given either b.
students members q the faculty. oT
invited guests. every Tuesday and Friday
at chapel services The result j. yeTy
--.,-- -.ss-s, s~fn-as. & ~H-s.zf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
HALF AN AVERAGE.
Late Season. Pocr Stand. Boil WeeVii
and Wcrm tire roUSie-

Gzthrle. o. T Nov IL . Lynn CON-
vleted his October canvass u IRE cotton
gins of the Chccs2E natisn i1st saturday.
IN MS opinion the yield - ;he CHoc1aE
nation this year zfn b less rhan hair
- an average Yield per acre late ga
son. poor stand. boil WeeV2 aad bell
VoFTn. ~ sorle parts lzte Kiss ard fros-
are some OF th~ causes q Ire partial fail
ure- TIE larger price IN measure cam
pensales 1or tie short yieli-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
SECRET CIGARETTE SMOKING.
Boy Saw His Father Approaching and
Threw Away the Burning Weed.

Guthrie. O. T. Nov. Cigarette Smok-
ins. which is supposed 70 be entirely
barred in Oklahoma. was the cause .
The destruction by FIRE. Of barn and con
tents. belonging 70 Caleb Brown. a farm
ar residing near Texawa. His boy was
secretly p-acticiHg the deadly hisi1. when
be saw his father approaching. The roy
threw the lighted cigarette IN PIE Of
hay. and the fire resulted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
BIG INDIAN DANCE.
crow-H orping and Po"-Wowing Are
the Order of the Day.

Guthrie. o. T.. Nov. AT Cache reSr
the biz pastures in the southern Part
Of Comanche county. a BIS Indian dance
Is in progress. and hundreds -of Kiowas,
Conan hes. Apaches ard Caddoes ara
orov-hoppinE end pow-wowins TO the saul
inspiring battle hymns produced by beat
a barrel. Just how Ions the danci- z
will last IS predetermined. bat il win un-
doub,e@ly contiaae all TIE present week.
Chiefs and bucks from al the tribes IA
the southwest are arriving daily.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
ASKS NEW TRIAL.
Attorneys Base Their Motion on Tech
meal Grounds.

Lawton, o. T., Nov. liking & Son.
attorneys for Smiley and Dixon, the
slayers of Ed Wynn, appeared in the
district court Saturday morning. praying
that the court allow their clients a new
trial on the ground of having newly ac-
quired evidence and also on the ground
of false return having been made on
the back of the subpoena for witnesses
by either the sheriff or a deputy. On the
back of the subpoena an affidavit appear
ed showing that each person named there
in had been served. King & Son pro-
duced an affidavit showing that at least
two of the witnesses had never been
served. Affidavits were also introduced
in which it appeared that the battle was
not started by Smiley and Dixon, but
that the first two shots were fired by a
brother of the deceased.
Smiley and Dixon were tried at the
April term of court and convicted. They
were sentenced to two years in the peni-
Tertiary An appeal bond was granted
which was allowed to elapse before the
appeal was taken, and the defendants
were again incarcerated. King & Son
were then employed and instituted pro
ceedings as stated. The court overruled
the motion for 4 new trial, however and
the case will be taken before the supreme
court.
Smiley and Dixon were miners in the
Wichitas and the Wynn boys were home
steaders. The former men were pros
pectors on the claim of Wynn and the
latter objected TO the prospecting. Bad
feeling naturally resulted and when the
Wynns went to the camp of the miners
the battle which followed resulted in the
death of Ed Wynn and the wounding of
one or two others.
There were five affidavits of witnesses
filed who did not testify at their first
trial, and on their testimony the attor-
neys for the defense rely for the acquit-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
MARRIAGES ARE Many.
cupld Gets Active in All Parts e OK
izrcT7

Guthrie. O T. Sov- with The corr
frx OF cold weathe- marriage ln Okla
l1orna are OF the increase. The territorial
press coa;asss the following VICTIMS nc
,i-ss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08

Al Afsa. saasay. slr Eia Herror vas
married - sgiss EaTsoa s1s..zaa- Pro
bate Judge BsEers ue4 rs G4stA@i k1st-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08

Al Granite. Tses3ay. NJ 7 Laws
ard Mlss A1sle Ta1rrps1= Ners 1aifed
81 r-asr.aEc. gsF Wits Saith otfs stl-s
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-03-14
Greatest Printing
office i, tie le,o,ld

IN KEEPING with the national policy
of world-d ide expalision, Uncle Sam
is now, building at the capital of the
nation the most Gigantic printing
establishment on the globe. Work
upon this huge structure commenced in
the summer of 1899 ana to-day it is
about tWo-thirds completed. The build
ing is located at the northwest corner OF
North. Capitol and G streets, and it's mas
sive frame of steel, which is filled in with
granite and brick as high as the fifth
story. NJ 49, a. - l-E
The edifice is 4O8 feet long by It's feet 3
inches wide, and is seven stories high, in
addition to the basement and an attic.
There is also a storage vault extending
under the sidewalk along the entire
length and width of the. Building.
In the erection of hfsSstructure II, 700,-
900 pounds of structural steel have been
used, and, when completed, there will
have been utilized in %construction be-
tween 100000 and {12,OO0OO0 bricks.
There will also have been employed 4,00O,-
600 pounds of iron, and brass fittings and
over 100000 feet Of hardwood flooring.
The structural steel in this establish
ment If wrought into rails, would lay
railway track a distance of forty-three
miles, It would build three gigantic
bridges across the Potomac river at
Washington. From it and from other
iron and brass fittings could be con-
structed seventy-four locomotives. Of the
most powerful type. ~5.&@.~
The building is to be equipped with its
own heating and lighting plants, en-
bracing within it's walls "a power house
from which could be generated sufficient
heat, illumination and general CONNER
cial power for a city Of 1000 Inhabitants.
There will be in this structure 5000 in
candescent lights, while IN the neighbour
hood of 100 arc lamps willS be used in and
around the building. Some idea of what
this number of electric lights means will
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-03-14
POLLS. MINI. SATURDAY. MARCH Il. 1908.

contract Tor excavation was awarded.
Work began at once. Probably no g!gan-
tic structure ever went up with such ra-
pidity. The great and growing increase in
the volume of printed matter necessary in
the conduct, of the affairs of the govern
1ment had been augmented by the taking
into the territory of the United States of
its insular possessions and the extension
of its authority over the Island of Cuba,
and it was necessary to push to its speed
lest possible conclusion the completion of
the building. ~
last of November, 1900 that all the struc-
tural@ and architectural plans had been
completed except as to some details Of in
terror finish; plans for the mechanical
equipment. plumbing, wiring, elevators.
etc, were well advanced; the steel frame
as high as the third story was nearly all
in place; the masonry of the basement
story and underground sewerage work
were nearly finished, and. the fireproof
construction had been satisfactorily be-
gun. 49,
To-day the foundations, the under
ground drains and the huge steel frame
are complete. And the massive granite
and brick walls have been built as high
as the fifth floor. About So per, cent of
all plans and drawings have been done,
and considerable progress has been made
upon such parts of the mechanical equip
ment as could be commenced before the
building is closed in.
1t can be said of the new government
printing office that it is being constructed
almost entirely of steel, stone, bricks and
cement. The only woodwork will be the
flooring and the doors. All door and
window frames will be Of castiron, and,
In the event Of fire. a door could burn to
the frame, but the flames could go no
further. The whole interior Of the build
Ing is to be finished with glazed pressed
brick.
The most remarkable feature of this
edifice is that it is so substantially con-
structed as to be capable of bearing live
load of 10000, 600 pounds. In other words.
If the entire population of the city OF
Philadelphia could be packed within it's
walls at one time it would not cause the
huilding to COLLAPSE This includes every