The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-03
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

There are four Indian schools in the In
dian Territory, and twenty-nine in Okla
homa.
Oklahoma has commenced shipping hegs
to the northern markets. Edmond and
Guthrie each shipped car load last week.
Marshal Gordon arrested George john
son, colored, in Edmund last Friday,
accused of attempting to kill John Holins-
worth some three weeks ago near Arcadia.
The Ell Reno Eagle says that no one in
the territory seems particularly in love
with the Australian ballot. Wait until
latter the election aud one party or tine
other will like it, sure.
Notice has been received that the house
of Episcopal bishops has consented to the
conservation of Rev. f. x. Brooke rector
of Trinity church, Atchison, and bishop
elect of Oklahoma.
At Oklahoma City the jury in the trial
of Eugene Williams. for the killing of
Brakeman Stafford, after being out thirty
six hours, returned verdict of a life sem
tence in the penitentiary.
John Fields died at Tahlequah, l. T.,
Wednesday night last. Fields is young
man and was one of the party which at
tackled Ned Christie's fort last week.
During the fight which followed Fields
was shot through the neck.
What with the full form of the ballot to
be used at the election next week. the law
governing the election, the boundaries of
the voting precints, polling places and
other election data, the territory papers
are two full for utterancs thess days
Hence the pancity of Outline happenings.
Guthrie news: A lot of broom corn
grown by Mr. Everett ten miles south of
this city, and sold by him to Cole & Smith
was Shipped by that firm to New York yes
terday. This is encouraging to broom corn
producers. To raise crops here and ship
direct to the New York market is saying
considerable for Oklahoma.
Purcell Topic: Bill Dalton. brother of
the exterminated outlaws, says he is GO
ing to bring suit against the city of Coffsy-
vile for $4,000 damages because the pock
cts of the dead bandits were rihed after
they were shot down. He claims they had
1900 of their own money, and that he knows
who got it. 1t is believed that Attorney
Luther Perkins of that place has put this
will take the case On a contingent fee.
The Atoka Citizen says: The Chickasaw
legislature adjourned on the 18th. So far
as we can learn very little legislation was
accomplished during the Session. The re-
port that the permit law had been done
away with entirely was a mistake. The
council only repealed the legislation OF the
last session on that subject and enacted a
new law in its stead. AS the law now
stands it makes the citizen responsible.
Guthrie Capital; 1t is said that an IN
dian named Jones. of the Pettowatomie
country. who had been advising his tribe
to vote the Peoples party, heard Hon.
Dennis T. Finn speak at Teeumseb, and
was so convinced that he mad been wrong
tina. he has siucs gone before his people
and told them of his mistake. he has
made speeches since at Shawnee, Choctaw
and Kingston advising them to vote for
Dennis I. Flynn. Jones is known by his
large family of children, and by saying
that it was more profitable to raise them
than anything else.
Ell Reno Eagle: The Wichita mountains,
contrary to the statement OF The ailwlse
Minco Minstrel, were included in the pur-
chase of the kiowa, CoInaDchs aud apache
Indian reservation hy t:ie Indian commits
sion. This viii give miners ard prospect
ors an opportunity 10 test the resources of
the much talked OF mineral lands OF west
err Oklahoma. as soon as the country Is
opened for settlement. TIE commission
received 456 signatures 70 the treaty cat of
a total of J53. Zach Indian Will get m
allotment OF lSb stres and the tl4res tsib@s
will receive s., So. o<s9 for their land. wlen
tie treaty is ratified by congress. They !
will be paid s4oo, 600 Within one year and /
sie0. go within two years This viii leave I
81 800. 60 on which thery viii draw 5 per
cent per xnDGm This gives about =. 90 80 !
acres of laad for sstsieEseas.