The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-03
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Harvey and Perkins are said to be good
friends.
The ladies of Oklahoma City received
calls on new years day.
Maybe President Harrison will make the
new governor valentine.
A beautiful Presbyterian church was
dedicated at FL Reno last Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Redmond, young bride of
Chandler was murdered Tuesday.
The cock fight came off at Oklahoma
City, Thursday night, without the knoWl-
edge of the police.
Senator Perkins will be good friend of
Oklahoma's. although Bill Hackney did
make fight on him.
McMasters of the Oklahoma Gazette ac-
cuses Texas of retarding statehood for
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory.
According to the Oklahoma City Gazette,
the political complexion of the new coun-
ties is neither flesh, fish, fowl or butter
milk
President Harrison will have another
grievance against Oklahoma, when he
finds that it has called upon one of his ap-
pointees to resign,
It. is said that an Oklahoma teacher
asked girl pupil to explain humidity"
and received the reply that it was that
which took the curl out of bangs.
Oklahoma may lose Bill Hackney. He
told Governor Humphrey that if he APP
pointed Perkins he would move back to
Kansas and defeat him for congress.
The Oklahoma City bar have asked
Judge Clark to resign and have adopted
long set of resolutions to that effect. They
complain that Judge Clark is too old and
too weak to conduct the voluminouS bust
ness of the court.
\ dispatch from Ardmore says: Joe
Paul, who assassinated his father, Sam
Paul, at Paul's Valley On the 10th inst,
was brought here today and given a pre-
liminary herring before United States Com
missioner Fiemming He was committed
to the Paris Jail without bail. Paul does
not deny the killing and will make fight
on the question of jurisdiction. Both the
parties being Indians, it is claimed by
some of the best legal talent that the
United States court Will not have juris-
diction to try the case. On the other hand
as Sam Paul had taken the oath OF
allegiance and become n citizen OF the
United States, it is claimed by others that
the United States court will have juris-
tion and will try the case. He viii 20 be-
fore Judge Bryant on writ of habeas
corpus and settle the question of jurisdic-
ton. If be is discharged by the Federal
authorities, it is not possible that the
Chickasaw government will ever try him
for the crime
In regard to the Cheyenne allotments,
Delegate Harvey SAYS in a letter to Jacob
Admire: There is no hope OF getting an
appropriation to continue the work Of al
lotting the Cheyenne and Arapahce
lands until the committees are formed
The bill will be Immediately reported by
the Indian committee, at least / have that
promise from Mr.. Peel, who Will certainly
be its chairman, and il can be among the
first bills passed. In the meantime,
have obtained an order from Secretary
Noble 70 the Indian bureau 10 have
checked up all the work heretofore done,
and the order to Rllotting agents. when
appointed, will be 10 report weekly and
the work here that means can be kept mp
almost abreast of the allotment This
viii expedite matters great deal as
about three weeks were consumed ia /
Office work after the completion OF the
allotment of the eastern lands. II 5
estimated thss IL viii take about txo
months to complete the work OF allotment
1t was estimated that 10 would take about /
two months 10 complete the allotment az
the rate that the allotment agents were
make last fail when work CEASED. With
two surveying corps 70 each agent the
work ought 10 be FASTENED except for tas
shorsness of the wiSFer days. believe X
can De arranged yef 80 settlers eau 90 into
these lands sarly IN April I have hill 4
prepared ia gelatloa 10 sac strip which wili /
be introduced after tie committees are i