The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.


| Cleveland county, was defeated for re-
| nomination by Colonel Ross.
| The Times Journal says Oklahoma City
| is full of thugs and thieves. Clean 'em
out before they clean out the city.
| An OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at John King
stou's hotel, set fire TO the building and
| fed. He has not been Appreciated as yet
| The Oklahoma fair is receiving the at
tention Of the territorial press That
right; keep it up, aud make grand sue
cess of the undertaking.
| In the house. on the 10Th, on motion OF
| Mr.. Culberson Dem.l of Texas. bill was
passed forbidding the sale OF beer ard
other malt liquors in the Indian Territory
Times Journal: Oklahoma county un-
der the new apportionment will probably
be entitled to six and maybe seven mem
| bers of the legislature, for it undoubtedly
has one fifth the population of the terri
tory.
Oklahoma is pushing ahead vigorouly
in population, intelligence and enterprise,
and the Fifty-third congress, which will
be controlled by the Republicans in both
branches. will admit her TO statehood
Globe Democrat
The Oklahoma knights Templars meet
| tonight friday to confer degrees upon
six new members. The Timss-Journal
says that at the close of the exercises q
banquet will be spread in honor of the WIS.,
iting brethren from Guthrie. The spread
| will be at the Grand Avenue.
j. L. Vanderwerker, lawyer, prominent
politician, real estate agent, leading soci-
ETY. man, masher and general all round
rounder, of Oklahoma City, has gone
glimmering. The scenes of Oklahoma
which once knew him will know him no
more forever, and he viii only be remen-
bered by those he deceived ard disgraced,
The Journal thinks he has gone to Mexico
or South America.
Oklahoma City Gazette: Major Leach,
register of the land office, said this morn
ing that he would endeavor to reach a de-
cision in the West Oklahoma TOWNSHIP case
before the first of August, otherwise no
decision Will be made until September.
The register will leave for Colorado in
August for months vacation among the
mountains.
Colonel Wyatt, territorial commander of
ferring with the local Grand Army men
relative to holding Reunion OF the
soldiers of the territory this fail. Colonel
Wyatt estimates that there are fully 1000
old soldiers in Oklahoma, nearly all OF
whom would gladly embrace the oppor-
tunity to get together again aud recall the
stirring scenes of the war. 1t has been de-
termined to hold the re- union III Edmond.
that enterprsing little town having agreed
to raise the necessary amount of money
to provide for the ENTERTAINMENT OF the
visitors.
Gas there is no law authorizing me to
advertise the fact, wish you would say
in your paper that after this month there
will be penalty of five per cent put on all
delinquent taxes / would like this fact
to be generally known, that those really
want to pay can save themselves. Hereto
fore there has been penalty of only one
and two per cent attached, but five per
cent is pretty high and most people had
rather pay taxes than such penalty"
said County Treasurer Lsverty yesterday
in conversation with State Capital re-
porter.
Sunday morning eleven prisoners con-
fined in the federal jail ut Ardmore made Il
dash for liberty. The prisoners had been
in the yard for an airing and the Jailor
was in the act OF returning
them to their cells when big
burly prisoner. Red Nixon, charged with
larceny, sprang upon the jailor and with
the aid Of two other prisoners soon had
the jailor in cell, gagged and securely
tied After they had secured the keys
and pistol from the helpless jailor they
unlocked the doors and four of them
dashed in every direction. The Jailor, as
soon as had united his rudely tied limbs,
gave The alarm and she citizens responded
hastily and secured the whole country and
succeeded in recapIuriug five OF them. The
prisoners In the upper part OF the jail
made no attempt to escape. The marshals
have heard that three of The escaped men
had been seen in a cornfeld near by and
hopes are expressed OF their ultimate re-
Capture