The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-07
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Oklahoma City Gazette is ''agin''
Cleveland.
Governor Steele leaves for the east-for
Indiana today.
Frank Greer publishes rooster over the
Kansas victory.
The Methodist conference is in session in
Oklahoma City.
The citizens of Oklahoma City have is
sued an Information Bureau.
A week ago the farmers in Oklahoma
were sowing wheat in dust.
Even the interest in who the new gov
ernor is to be is dying out.
The first bale of cotton at Hennessey
was marketed there last week.
People who claim to know say the next
governor will be A J. Seay.
Jake Admire says that Abraham Jeffer-
son Seay will be the next governor.
A $4,000 government school building is
is to be erected forty miles west of Minco.
The Republicans and Democrats should
cooperate in congress in opening the
Cherokee strip.
The daily receipts of cotton at Purcell
averages from $50 to 200 bales. The price
is advancing little.
The Oklahoma papers seem to think
that the only way to rid the territory OF
desperadoes is to settle it up.
There is a report abroad to the effect
that three and half foot vein of coal
has been discovered at Keokuk Falls, in
the southeast corner of the Sac and Fox
country.
At Guthrie the negroes have begun suit
in the district court to compel the abolish
ment of separate schools and to allow their
children to attend the same schools as
white children.
Isaac Raymond, living near Mulhall, at
tempted to stop runaway team one day
last week and was thrown down and run
over He is a man well along in years
and his injuries will probably result
fatally.
Governor Steele has notified the presi-
dent that he has everything in shape and
would like TO leave for the east today, SO,
if his successor was not ready to assume
the duties of the office by that time, he
would like to be authorized to turn every
thing over to Secretary Martin and leave,
as business matters demanded his atten-
tion in the east.
Oklahoma Times-Journal: Yesterday
was the first day for the payment of taxes,
but very few aYailed themselves of the
privilege of paying on the first day. AS
taxes do not become delinquent until Feb.
l it is probable there will not be very
large amount in the treasury until after
Jan. l. Oklahoma county is the only one
in the territory which had its tax rolls
ready.
At Ponca in the Cherokee strip, on Mon
day, Captain Woodson arrested R. f.
Dowell, president of the Cherokee Strip
Colony ana Townsite company, and l.. II.
Osborne of Garnett, Kan, secretary of the
same institution, and turned then over to
a United States marshal who took them
to Guthrie. They are charged with at
tempted fraud in selling certificates to lots
in Cherokee City, mythical town which
they proposed to lay out in the Cherokee
strip. Dowell is from Chicago and Is said
to be very wealthy. Osborne is reputa-
BILE citizen of Garrett.
The Beaver county people are very
curious in some of their traits. Here is a
characteristic story from the Beaver Ad-
vocate: On Saturday last three men from
New Mexico or Texas dropped into town,
and in short time two of them had a
racket and one came out with a great
head" on him. The thumper, Ed Don
nelly by name, grew boisterous again at
night, and was arrested, handcuffed and
taken before justice Tracy, who fined him
s. and costs. He refused to pay it, and
was held in custody, while the other two
men, with the team, resumed their west
ward journey Monday. On Tuesday Dom
nelly stepped into Tracy's Office and
paid his fine, and the justice threw of
the costs. Donnelly claimed he wanted to |
catch up with the wagon, but had no
horse, so John McGovern Qrish) loaned |
him one, sending boy along to bring it |
back. When about ten miles from town 4
Donnelly compelled the bog to dismount |
and hoof it back to town. Upon his ar |
rival the boy told his story, and Irish /
struck out on Dounelly's trail with a big 4
gun on his hip and blood in his eye. We /
await DEVELOPMENTS with interest.