The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-24
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Indians regard all their cash as pin
money.
The water has been turned into the
Oklahoma City canal.
The people around Langston City are
erecting derricks to move the watermelon
crop.
Another plot among the prisoners at
Oklahoma City to break Jail has been dis
covered.
The Ell Reno Eagle and Democrat both
published the city ordinances, each getting
half legal rates.
= A great many men who were dying to
run for Office last year. by the next election
will hang back because they won't know
whether the salary is big enough.
Bill Hackney will be home next Sunday.
when he and Mr.. Speed will go to New
York via Galveston and the ocean, to be
gone two months. Mountain air did not
benefit Mr. Hackney's health and wider
trip for that purpose has been planned.
All parties who are holding U. S. court
scrips of any nature should send them i'm
mediatelv to the u. S. Marshal's office at
Guthrie; so that they may De reported IN
the deficiency bill IL you do not do this
your claim will not be reported and you
may have trouble in getting it. This re
fers only to claims which were incurred
before July 1st, 1892.
Wellington Press: The cattle men are
working new scheme to put their cattle
in the Cherokee strip. They are not
allowed TO unload any stock at the sta
tions, so they will have the train stopped
between stations where the railroad COM
pany happens to have pile of ties. Out
of these they build temporary bridge or
shute and in this way. we are reliably in
formed, 10000 cattle have been dumped
into the strip the last few days.
The Pottawatomie council passed a
resolution to the effect that they will op-
pose the opening of their lands TO white
settlement because the government has
failed to make the required payment upon
the specified date, July 8, and because
some of their lands have been illegally
allotted to persons who are not members OF
the tribe. They will oppose the opening
until a satisfactory settlement Is made
with them by the government The coun-
Gil has adjourned to meet Aug. 6. Judge
Clardv, attorney for the PottowatomieS,
has gone TO Washington to raise the deuce
unless the money for the payment comes
at once.
Oklahoma Times Journal:
There is one at least in this county who
thanks his lucky stars that he committed
a petty theft a year and half ago. Tor 1t
was bLe VI nun Al ~
committing perjury. One day he was do
ing some trading in store IN this city
when the merchant noticed suspicious
bullying out of his vest. He stepped up
near to his customer and looked Dack OF
his vest There he had concealed three
packages of coffee. He begged off and the
merchant let him go unprecedented when
the land cases of his friends came on trial
he intended TO help swear them in from
the line, but one of the opposition went TO
him and informed him that If he went on
10 the stand in behalf of bis friends he
would bring up the coffee scrape. He did
not swear, and now he is the only one OF
the entire crowd of at least dozen, who
is not under indictment for perjury.
"Allotting Agent Porter's work in the
Pottawatomie nation is proving extremely
unsatisfactory both to the members OF the
tribes and 10 the expectant white set
tiers SAYS the Oklahoma Times-JournaL
1.-THE business committee or the Potta-
watomie tribe accuse him of abetting
those who procured Illegal allotments, bis
purpose being to cover up some OF the best
land in the reservation and hold II until
the country was declared open 20 settle
meut, when be would put his friends on
the places ana by agreement with the In
dians claiming the illegal allotments they
are 10 be paid for their share in the scheme
and are to- offer no objection when the
contest is brought. II Is known 70 Ger
tainty that families did actually borrow
ba bies 10 present for sllotnents ana that
others submitted the names OF dead chil-
dren and secured allotments for them i
il also claimed that Shawnee Will who Is
a full blood negro apd has never been
adopted into the tribe. has the finest alIot-
ment il the reservation. Because OF evl-
deuce OF crooked work there has been
protest made BIZ the business COMMITTEES,
and the opening i thus delayed
The State Capital. Of Guthrie, is in re-
CENT Of = telegram from Washington STAT
ing that Acting Secretary Chandler has
issued his orders establishing county lines
in the new territory being opened FOR set
Element adjoining Oklahoma proper Your
correspondent asked for the boundaries,
but thew are not vet ready for detailed
publication. as they have nos yet been
compared The boundaries Of the six
counties of Oklahoma proper have
been materially changed The change
consisted II ads.ns soms Of the lev terri