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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-08

justice and after swearing in a fellow
passenger. Sam Sorreis prepared TO
arrest the men.
At Coal Greek Junction the empty box
car was side-tracked The suspeets from
the ear came out and started for the tim
Der. The two deputies acted quickly cut
ting off escape and forcing the despers-
does to return to the train.
ScaFgiH was the quicker OF the two dep
uties. and before the other passengers
realized what was happening he had his
revolver against the head Of the biggest
Of the outlaws. Throw up your hands. -
he said. Instead the man reached for
his revolver. Understanding the deSper-
ate character of the man and knowing
that he would pull 10 shoot scargiil
pulled the snapper of HIS revolver him
self. Tne trigger Strapped. The rerol-
yer failed him. Then began fuiisade
Passengers say il is impossible 10 de-
scribe the scene that followed IN quick
succession four revolvers were emntied
The shots rang out simulta neousyl
when the shooting hogan the four men
were close together but as the shots were
fired the circle grew larrer ~ the men
tackled away from each other II is be-
lievcd that the dead desDorado was .h@
first 70 fslI. ellie was shot throurh the
right lung and the fact that RS clothes
we're powder burned would confirm the
belief that he was Killed when tn two
men were close together. Sorreis feIl ~
his knees with shot through HE breast
but raised hi- arm aud fred fhc two re-
naming shots IN his revolver bafors he
received another shot through the heart.
His death is especially a sad one Only
a week ago be was married Yeaterday
he was on his wsy 20 Ft Smith 20 vfsi;
his sick mother. He was Young man
After Gcargill had emptied his revol-
YER he threw II down az a token % de-
feat. The remaining desperate then gave
him his entire attention re frCd 20 erir-
rle The deputy and fnany shot him
through both legs Just below thc thighs
The desperate then walked cody up %
the bodies took al the rcyoiyers and
started for the timber IN a sou'hsasteriy
direction scarstiI SAYS he is sure that 20
hit hi-r ~ least once As fhc dc-rersao
started 20 leave the scene a number or
Young feiio~s on ths train started n stop
him Upon seeing that be was - - soi-
lowed h faced the crowd Tiih revoiyer
In each hand. Lsveisng then a. the Iead-
ers and swearing Iusfily. hc eommauted
them 10 zst hack II the train ard stay
there ~ his Fne1aclnx sTrryboAy hast
en>d 10 get ont % range and ;hey stayed
there unsH hs has disappeared IN fhe
direction q the Potesu riTFrs
AZ scoa ss fhe Bevs Il thT hattir
Feache4 sipro Dsp1;y Faznin orgsuied
q rossa and wlfh hioo0houras -tzries 81
the trsa of tins escaped hznsi; IL - b~-
Hevea that hs AL - captured
Conrisstoner Tom Latham. ~ T'otess. 4
70 The rsarxnsi's esrcs Yesterday
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COMMISSIONERS TAKE HAND.
County Seat Fight in Grant County
Becoming Complicated.

Guthrie. .. T, Jan. The board of
county commissioners have taken "a hand
IN the county seat fiSht in Grant county
and have issued the following order:
Resolved. That in the matter of the
county seat election the following order
b made by the board.
Now. on this 5th day OF January. 1903
comes on for hearing before the board
Of county commissioners the. matter of
the county seat election Under the peti-
tioEs NED before this board en- the 4th
day OF April. 1929, under which one cleo
uon was held on the 18th day of May.
1929. and the result on the 18th day Of
May 1899. declared indecisive or account
of no town in said county having received
a majority of all the votes cast and this
board having declared said result ordered
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GUS SAUR-G. VAN WEaDEN

a second election 10 be held on the 9Th
day of July, 1882. aid election having been
delayed by injunction proceedings for
considerable period and since said iajunc
tion proceedings were terminated and dis
missed the town of Medford, one of the
places To be voted FOR ut said election and
having taken no further steps for more
than three years looking TO hold second
election to vote for q county seat in
Grant county, and the said petition there
fore having become unreasonable until
said petitions can no longer be accepted
a representing the present wishes of the
tax paying voters of Grant county; it is
therefore, by the board, ordered that the
previous call of said election be, and the
same is hereby recinded and that the
said petition be disregarded and held, for
naught. and that no further election be
held under and in pursuance to said petit
fion
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PRACTICE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Indian Medicine Men Healing Sick by
Mears of Belief.

Guthrie. T, Jan. The Saltwater
Advance declares that the medicine men
of the Navajo Indian tribe. of Western
Colorado. treat their patients by means
Of which is nothing more or less than
Christian science They heal their sick
by means of a belief They say ali sick
ness is the evil spirit and the remedy
they prescribe Is only TO get rid of the
devil The Christian Scientists claim that
the mortal mind is the enemy of man,
overcome a belief in material things. ana
there will be no sickness. The Indians
know nothing about medical remedies.
they rely on inoantators and commands
10 heal their sick. When 4 brave is sick
the medicine man will begin a wild invis
Grating chant, while dancing in 3 circle
around the patient until he is properly
eathuscd and he is commanded TO arise
and join in the heroic exercises This
command is invariably obeyed and almost
as invariable the evil spirit is conquered
and driven out and the patient healed.
The practice Of the Indians may be more
crude. not so scientific, but the principle
is the same as thst employed by Chris
tan Scientists everywhere.
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Guthrie. -. T.. Jan. s--FaGsata % fss
Freiesiek teTaslte b. t3faasehs county,
have been received Tals hs iees sK,
fectea Tor uesf1y year. eays tie Eas
tsrDriSe. ans rur0Fs had bssn constantly
asost e the srres th-t 'ha pstsngs had
ben isxase When Postmaster oses3siI
quStiy feid his friends fhs good nsSa
there wsS 70 ss1ryTfse fhe iaforfnat3oB
seemed - have = 1aKie.l EJECT "a Rabsft
GeareH. who sr1Ae inst Day fross s~V-
cfal aeys sleEe q siekasss
Since thsn Rob-rz aaa = X esoszsiI
have bees - Busy iagkfrx effef .Sssr
.nfererts as Egsffs ls sns4sriuz qsssfszrs
bout hia ssaf that neFsr cone cRas.
= Iisafsr. saereErr - fh~ Texnssfe con-.
pany Nss ciosete1 lu fias assfefssee Han
GozEelin al 1ay ard alEhs wsdsssSzy
sad vusA bate TsEFrsaT rsorn.nz nazk.
inE oisirlhsssios ~ ne lefs.
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nate inmates of the sanitarium, and to
protect the interests of the territory l
know | did the best could. and / belize
| did as well as anyone has done since
OF course. j did not hae time 10 carry
out the Improvements | had determined
on. If l had been let alone. am sure
the sanitarium is no better today than it
would have been under my administra-
ton. When the trouble came that re-
suited in Governor Jenkins removal
from office. it was further necessary to
do something to prevent the ebrogation
of the sanitarium contract. Something
great show of virtue. With this end in
view, another victim must be slaughtered
and / was selected. The conspiracy or
gained against me had for its purpose
my disgrace personally. professionally
and politically. II was the intention, in
short. 70 kill me off at one biow-to rob
me of my ymoney and my character at
the same moment. | was robbed of my
money; | think 7 have some character
left l do not find fault with anything
Governor Ferguson did in connection
with this matter. l think he was misled
to some extent, but DO not believe he was
wilfully unjust. / was not removed; / re-
signed. ] admit. / was given to under
stand that my resignation would be &C.
ceptable, and this information was coup
led with the suggestion. that II / did not
do so. the sanitarium contract would be
annulled. 1t was also necessary 10 use
nna1, ont f~4nf ~
allow myself Va be robbed out Of sew
eral thousand dollars.
do you consider the report Of the in
vestigat!ng committee fair"
mo. I do not There was no inve.ti-
cation ! was 70 he snirched-that was
all there was to Il. and that was done.
hut the mud did not stick very tight
did demand an investigation. though. but
ii was rot granted. / wrote 70 Mr. Speed
United States attorney and Invited some
sort of an investiga ton. under court
methods. In which witnesses might he ex-
amined under oath Az stated before
the more light that could be cast upon
this whole sanitaTiun matter. The bet
ter it would he for ne. I presume that
il is known that The sanitarium contract.
as first made. under Governor jenkins
administration. is stiH Intact and that the
territory Is paving j@st IS much TOW
for the care OF the insane IS they did be
fore
Would you care Doctor. TO name the
original sanitarium stoekhol3ers2~
oh. no. they are generally known
there was nothing wrong about ths;
anyway. Thu sanitsrium began - z bus
ines senterpr4se. and II continued on the
same llns= The territory could no; PRO
vide for its i-Eane. ard men would M;
advance money for this purpose without
2 show 20 Sc; = back -
Are yoa stu Q candidate for presiseui
of the conBcH.s
wen. / guss $50. TIE Republican
rernb4-s q the council may settle thar
matter, and VII stand ~ anything
they DO n this connection
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BUILDING is
BURNED DOWN
Many important Papers Lost
in Fire.
ORiGlNOF BLAZE UNKNOWN
Valuable Collections Destroy
ed Last Night.

Norman. O. T, Jan. THE science
building of the University of Oklahoma,
was totally destroyed by fire here last
night Fire broke out between II and L
o'clock and before anything could be done
the building was wreck. The loss is
estimated at about SS0,000. The building
itself was worth about s400o9 and the
property list shows about the same
amount. There was insurance to cover
about $55 .00o.
Nothing definite is known about the
origin Of the fire. 1t seems that it caught
In the southeast corner in one of the
Iooms used as a laboratory by the de-
partment Of geology; whether from the
heating pipes or otherwise is not known
Some one, presumably the night watch at
The new university building gave the
alarm as he ran toward the city TO get
out tie fire department, bat as the uni
versity is away from the city water and
the pumps at the power house could not
be got into operation at once. practically
nothing could be done.
The students and citizens worked hard
10 save the property but the wind was
blowing strong from the north and the
inside was soon an oven, too dangerous
20 attempt to rescue much. The offices
were broken into at once and the student
records and many of the valuable papers
Were thrown out 10 he scattered by the
wind The most of them We're collected
however. Some of the correspondence
9th in
the library and this u loss that can
scarcely be estimated or replaced. The
collection of books though small. con-
sisting Of 5000 volumes f-choice and rare
and even the accession book was saved.
30 lives were lost and no injuries are re-
Ported though the daring spirits among
The students were constantly in great
danger from falling walls.
The buiIding WAS the one which all the
school work Of the present year was be-
inG done. No injury was done 20 the new
building. but it can not be got ready fer
some time for use as a main hall. II is
announced that seAool will go right on as
buildings in the city can be used for the
purpose. By rushing the work the new
building can perhaps be made ready in a
short tine for occupancy.
1T is hard to estimate the real loss
There Were collections that have been
saved up untIt room was provided for
s-them;.a large collection of fossils, natural
fisrory specimens ard complete files Of
nearly all of the Oklahoma newspapers
which formed valuable material relating
70 the early history Of oklahoma. Many
Of the papers relating to the business
management can be replaced from drli-
Gates. but the loss is serious in way
that cannot be estimated in hard dollars
The school was never in so prosperous
condition; the enrolment was about 425
and was increasing daily because OF the
nearness of the opening of the second
semester February > The authorities are
at work reconstructing plans for carrying
On the work and 10 the students the loss
viii amount to nothing.
The building was Of brick and was
erected in 1882
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MANY DELEGATES PRESENT.
Conventions Have Much Larger At
tendance

OKLAHOMA City, O. T., Jan. 7.-On all
Eood convention. There was more than
/, 900 delegates present yesterday. There
have been greater statehood conventions
ia Oklahoma. statements TO the contrary
notwithstanding 1t is estimated by the
hest judges that the number of Okla
hcma delegates did not exceed an hun
cred.
The Oklahoman, on the other hand.
says: History was made in Oklahoma
City yesterday. Five thousand represen-
tative citizens of Oklahoma and Indian
territory assembled in this city TO formu-
late a memorial 10 the United States con-
gress advising the national legislature
that an overwhelming majority OF the
citizens Of the TWO great territories desire
that at the present session OF congress
Oklahoma and Indian territory be ad-
rT5itted to the union as single great
state The very elements seemed in har-
1Jonv with the momentous impulse agitat-
ing the souls of righteous and mighty
reople. and, while there was no command
from modern Joshua for the luminous
the heavens. the day dawned bright and
clear and d sharp rise in the tempera-
tire resulted in weather as baimy and
reIiehtful as that Of a May day. Hun
0reds of visitors had arrived the previous
day and the morning arrivals swelled the
numbers to thousands before noon-time-
Early in the day the business men of the
city. with accustomed enterprise and cor
Ciality. manifested welcome TO the Wis
itors and hearty concord with the purpose
of their coming by adorning their stores
snd nlaces of business with flags anc
hunting. and the heart of the city ap-
reared in gala attire in honor of the oc-
casion. The report being received by the
committee that late trains would BRING
in large delegations. caused a postpone
r5ent OF the hour for opening the days
exercises from 10 o'clock in the morning
10 o'clock in the afternoon. The streets
filed with people early in the day. and
the hotels were crowded. The special
train from Muskogee carrying fine, uni
formed ban, arrived over the Frisco AT
about . o'clock in the morning. The noon
train over the Santa Fe from the south
brought in the Duncan, l. t. delegation
and others, with the Duncan band, timely
uniformed. The delegation from Chick
asha and the Chic&asaw nation came in
ever the Oklahoma City and Western IL
two trains They also brought 4 uniform
ed band which discoursed some very fine
music and attracted much attention.
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WHO is THE JUDGE?
Two Men Trying to Hold One Office
in kirufisher.

Kingfishsr, q. T. Jan. The sensation
Of the day il Kingfsher is the Probate
Judge trouble James ". Graham is the
duly elected Officer over spencer Z. san
ders. PoRullst. who VAS candidate for
reelection on the FasioR ticket. Ora
hams majority was aboat I7e on the
DAY Exed b. law for the county efiiees -
be turned over to the persons ertitieo
thereto Sanders refused to surrender his
Office 70 his mere fortunate opponent,
claiming that Graham was not qualified
under the law 10 discharge the duties of
probate judge.
The next day Graham got possession Il
the room. byS Sanders had the key 10 the
vault containing the records. Both nov
cccupy seats ard claim - he the real
5udsc. Yesterday q couple had Sanders
marry them. but after they had been gone
some time. they returned and rad era
ksm perform tbs ceremony for fear that
the acts OF Ssnders were Illegal As
yet neither party has taken any steps
in the courts 10 test the right TO The Office
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NEW ROAD ELECTS OFFICERS
Stockholders fieId Meeting Mt s.ush-
rae Yesterday Afternoon.

Guthrie. o. T.. Jan. THE ssoekhoideFs
OF tbs 81. Louis. II Reno ara Western
Railroad company TO-DAY elected G. G.
Nelson Of Fort Scott. kan president;
AlessFs. ToOn and l-n Ripper " - L.ouis
NJ. \. Libby and 3. a. Masters u I'll
Reno. directors. The promoter o. ghs ea.
terprise y Manager Henderson of th..
Middle States Construction company q
St L0uis Hs with the chief engineer,
Is nos going over ths ilne. The road 1sg
recently Chartered - run 20 miles acrosr
oklahoma from northeast 70 southwest.
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WAS DESPERATE BATTLE.
Story Of Fight Between Outlaws and
ner.rs Cfr-f rrnHn

soath Hcsissss-. I 7. Jar 7.--oz1etal
eoufrnztS naf the ssory II the desperate
hzitse betzeea Drp.ty Azrshsi seaTszi
ars Pczstrlan san sorreis s-5 t-c cli-
laws al Cozl Creek Js.cti7r- n-zr sDsTo
sras receives, az TIE uzsTskaIs ofsce y~s-
ierdzt
Ire ktorT Il THE aEht tr ~fss>h sssz>-
r-zr sorress VS. sfs~5. 09csr scargl'i
zTohahlr fatally ~osrS<8 sEsa oas q fhs
outsazs Esi;sd = - folio~s.
FRIDAY Hizas Csrsosr SczrEll xzx ~ ~
81 ths Ft smith { westsTn ss-~.~r
Garrett ana - s-nlih Hs gas intorr-e9
- member % fh~ s-zfn crsw skst s~o
...sre-z;e ss.oksrsx s<1sxs zs-s ss<zssx
r1de n 81 e-apfy eoz car scasstI seE-
fectea thai .He -se- were <arV3Fss frera
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MRS. MI. BRINK
FIRST STAOE OF CATARRH.
A Serious Mistake Which Thous.
ands Are Making.

The first stage of catarrh is what is
commonly known as Catching cold" IL
may be in the head, nose. throat, or
lungs. Its beginning is sometimes SO
severe as to cause a chill and consider
able, fever. or il may be so slight as not
To hinder a person from his usual busi-
ness. In perhaps a majority of cases
little or no attention IS paid to the first
stage of catarrh. and hence 1t is that
nearly one-half of the people have chronic
oatarrh in some form.
To neglect a cold is to invite chronic
catarrh. AS soon as anyone discovers
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HOBART'S DISASTROUS FIRE
fewa Sustained Loss " hieh VIII
.asxrs2ase 8. ~. Ihnn 40. .lsslN

Guthrie o. r., Jan. "a terrific expio.
sion followed a disistrious IRE al Hobart,
wherein the total dsmsRe will exceed
Se.eeo. The FIRE started ga the hardware
store. whore dynamite was kept This
exploded. the force shocking towns ilkv
an earthquake. thirty miles from Hobart.
Cordell. Mountain Park. Maugum ana
HarTiso urepoTtcd earthquake.
The town Of Vista. in soutbeastcrn oss
Ishoma. was destroyed by hre. ioss E5.-
0oe
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dies naussated me. Reading an adver-
tisement of what PERJNA could DO,
decided 20 try a bottle. and you can I'M
sgine how glad ] felt whea Il began 10
relieve ne In very short time. In less
than two weeks l was completely cured.
-S.byl \ Hadley.
Miss Sarah McGahan. Ne. i91 Third
street. Albany y, Y. writes.
~ few months ago I suffered With a Sc
we're attack ~ influenza. which noihing
seemed 20 relieve. Ny hearing hecaFns
bad. nay eyes became irriiased and fe-
Versh. Nothing seemed right snd roth
ing | ate tasted Eeod. took PERt'<A
and within Two weeks / Was perfectly
Wei sarah Ncfsshsn.
II YOU do not derive prompt and sstis-
factory results from the use 81 Pefuna
write at once TO Or. Hartman. giving
full statement of your ease. ana Ne VIII
be glad to give you his valuable advice
srath
Address Dr. Hartman. President %
The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus o.
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The Erst symptoms OF catching cold
he should ~ once begin the use OF
Peruna according to directions M,
the hottie. aud the GELD is sure to
pass away without leaving any bad
effects.
Unless this is done The cold Is
almost SURE to end in the second
stage of catarrh. which is making
so many lives miserable II Peruna
was taken every time one has cold
or cough. chronic catarrh would be
practically an unknown disease.
Miss Elizabeth Uber. No. 81 Bassett
street. Albany. y. " writes:
Il have always dreaded unsettled
weather because OF my extreme
liability to catch cold. when ca
tarrhal trouble would quickly de-
vefop through my entire system.
which Il would take weeks To drive
away. | am thankful 10 say that
since | have taken PERUNA | do
not have anv reason To- dread this
any more. if | have been at all ex-
posed 10 the damp. wet or cold
weather, | take a desc or two OF
hint Of sickness from my system. Mis-
Elizabeth Uber.
Mrs. NJ. :. Brink. No. sep Michigan ave
nue.: st. Joseph. Mich. writes
This past winter during the wet an
cold weather I caught sudden and :,
we're cold. which developed catarrhs
condition through my entire system. an
so affected my general health that | wa
ccmpletely broken fown. and becam
nervous and hyster'tel and unfit 10 81
pervise my home. NV physician prs
scribed for me. bur somehow his med
cine did NE no goiI Reading Of Pc
RUNA. | decided z try H. After | hs
in fine health Mis-. NJ. j. Brink
Sibyl A. Hadley. % Main street. Hun,
nGton. Ind. writes: last winter .fte
getting my fee; wet ! began 10 cougf
= hich gradually grew worse until N
throat was sore and raw Ordinary rem
sdies did not help me and cough rene
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this change OF sea-
son and prepare for
it. In this way the
discorforts an d
disasters suffered
by many women at
the period of
c harge can be
avoided or over
conle.
Dr.. Pierce's Fa-
voTlte Prescription,
a m e dicine for
every Sc a son CT
woulan's life. will
entirely meet the
needs of women at
this period of
change. 1t cures
the physical ills
an d relieves the
NE ntal anxiety and
,1,,,-ase,or ,r,,f,-
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that he feared scarsilis WOUNDS w.oalA
prove fatal The wounded officer has
been on Marshal Hiackotts stsn tat
few mon,hs. having been appointed 20
succeed Asa Wade
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A Secret Disease

OF all human diseases, that known as
contagious blood poison, or the Bad
Disease, has caused more misery and suf-
fering and ruined more lives than all
others combined. 1t not only wrecks the
hopes and aspirations of the one who
contracts it, but often the innocent are
made to share the humiliation and dis
grace OF this most loathsome and hateful
form of blood poison. Children inherit
it from parents, and thousands OF the
purest men and women have been con-
tanlinated and ruined simply through
handling the clothing OF one infected
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Eugene
+ Head's
Views ca Ambition and cy5.
ECpsia.

Dyspepsia, wrote Eugene Field,
'soften incapacitates man for endeavo.
and sometimes extineuishes the fire of
ambition" Though great despite MS
complaint Field suffered from indiges-
tion all his life. A weak, tired stomach
can't digest your food. 1t needs
rest. You can only rest it by the use
of a preparation like kodol, which re-
lieves it of work by digesting your food.
Rest soon restores it 20 its normal tone.
Strengthening,
Satisfying,
EnsigoratinJ.