The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-10

ate citizenship and ownership of land is
the best and greatest good for the Indians,
don't You think?
The Oklahoma National bank of Okla
homa City is now transacting a regular
banking business as the successor of the
Citizens bank. The Times Journal says
the names OF those who are behind the in
stitution give it an excellent commercial
standing and insures the new institution
its full share of the banking business of
the city.
The Hennessey Clipper is of the opinion
that there will be no fusion in Oklahoma
between the Peoples party and the Demo-
Gratis. They have had some experience in
the fusion business, and the masses of the
Peoples party who are honest citizens
have enough of that kind of medicine.
The main advocates of fusion are men who
are ready to join any or all parties for the
sake of Office.
The desire to outshine their neighbors is
as fully developed among the Indians AS it
Is among their white neighbors. Follow
ing the big payment good many of the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians bought
carriages. In order to Guido his neighbors
an Old Indian purchased hearse at King
fisher, into which he loaded his family,
driving back to his teepee i'll great state,
envied by all his neighhors.
From expressions found in the territory
papers there seems to be a lack of facilities
in Oklahoma for handling and disposing
of this seasons immense crops. The
farmers should not suffer on account of
lack of warehouses. era neries, elevators
and easy markets for selling their pro-
ducts. There should be an advance step
taken by the business men OF the Cities
they are behind the farmers this year of
bountifulness.
Edmond Sun: Now is the time TO visit
Oklahoma. The fields of wheat aud oats
are harvested and the shocks show won
derful production of these cereals. The
corn fields are as green aud the stalks as
large as ever were seen in the famous corn
belt of Illinois and Iowa. The mossbacks
who stayed at home in 80 and foretold
destruction and ruin for Oklahoma should
come here now and see the bounJeous
crops and magnificent improvements that
are to be seen Oh every hand. Verify Ok
lahoma seems to be the land of magic.
The murdere,s of Constable Balfrey al
Pryor's Grove. Edwards county, on the
Fourth-Ebersole Wyatt and Charles
Balley-immediately after the killing
started for the strip They were pursued
twelve hours later by posse of deputy
| sheriffs from Greensburg, where the muir
dered officer lived, and it was thought the
| fugitives would be overtaken. One of the
murderers, Wyatt, is said to have two
homicide charges up against him in tn:
| territory, and the reward of 500 offered
for the apprehension of the two ought tc
| facilitate their capture.
Judge Shackelford of the federal court
at Moskogee declared as the law for al
contracts for the occupancy of the land:
OF the Cherokees between citizens of tn.
i United States and citizens of the Chero-
kee nation, unless made in the laws of the
Cherokee nation, were void, and
| that any occupance of or work
upon Cherokee lands under sucl
an agreement was unlawful, but that
the officers or judicial authorities of the
nation were not sufficient authority to de
uermine the question. The case on tria
| was that of Porce VS. Exendine, the latter
citizen, and the jury brought in a YER
dict for 800 damages sustained by the
plaintiff by reason of loss of sixty -fvt
| acres of wheat.