The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-08-20
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OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| The motion for new trial for l. y. Ter
ril was denied by the court Ia Guthrie
Thursday. This leaves Terrill in the hole
| for life.
Governor Renfrow has appointed ]. L.
Mitscb OF Edmond rs executive commits
sioner to the worlds fair, vice Charlie
Carsweil resigned.
There will be some 900 homes on the
Kickapoo lands which will be taken by
| those disappointed in getting claims in
the strip. The Kick lands will come in a
little later.
The Cheyenne Sunbeam gives an &C.
count of the capture of a gang of cattle
thieves by Sheriff johnson and others.
The cattle had been run into Oklahoma
from Texas.
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe part of the
leased district was opened to settlement
long before it was paid for, and the Minco
Minstrel wants TO know why not the same
with the Wichita reservation. Well, why
not?
Judge ". D. Lindsay, who succeeds
Judge Lowe as register of the Guthrie
land office, has been Il resident of Guthrie
since its early days. The home rule
advocates note the circumstances with
mingled feelings of satisfaction aud sur
prise.
City Clerk Miiiiken Of Guthrie having
defaulted i'll his account with the city in
the sum of $4,000, the city council has
taken the precaution to require the new
clerk to give bond. and accordingly fixed
the sum of the security at Sl.00 according
to the News statement.
Oklahoma has big crops this year aud
some Kansas mills are using Oklahoma
wheat for their fine grades OF -four A
great empire will exist some day south of
Kansas. Ia it is some of the finest land in
the nation. IL has streams, woodland
aud rain. Keep your eye on the Indian
Territory aud see it grow
The secretary of the interior has decided
the Hurt-Griffin contest. affirming the de-
cision OF the local Office and of the COM
missioner. This case has been pending
since the first settlement of Oklahoma,
and Involves the southeast quarter OF Is.
l6-7, adjoining the city of Kngfis sher on
the east. and is a valuable tract of land
For meanness and laziness, says the
Purcell Topic, a Chickasaw farmer takes
the whole hake-shop He has contrived
machine by which he can utilize the
motion OF his cows jaw. when she chews
the cud, for the purpose of churning but
ter. This will knock the Yanks out with
their wooden nutmegs.
The Minco Minstrel gives the following
brief historical data as to the ''leased dis.
trict," about which there is so much talk
l. &
the 9Sth meridian to the Panhandle OF
Texas and south of the Canadian river to
Red river. 1t WAS ceded 20 the United
States government in 1866 by the Choc-
taws and Chickasaws. the only Indians
who ever held patent 10 the land. After
wards 1t was divided into different reser-
vations for d lfferent wild tribes of In
dIaus, under treaty rights. agreements
and executive orders. The payment now
going on Is the first money ever paid the
Choctaws and Chickassws for any part OF
that cessIon, and they hold an unadlusted
claim for the rest of the land. The Wich-
ita reservation is a portion Of that leased
district, with all In dian title e8finguisBed,
save that the government has noE Yet set
tied the original Indebtedness with The
Choctaws and Chickasaws.
The Minco Minstrel is one of the strong
est advocates OF single statehood Of all the |
Indian Territory press. In speaking Of !
the recent statehood convention it uses a |
great deal OF vigorous language, Of which /,
the following is the most striking:
New it is time for decided action, for a l
battle between the opposing forces and a 1
victory for the one sentiment or the other. /
Tie desUltory skirmishiug all along the /
line, and frequent dueis between those on /
picket duty, las warned the population OF |
both iauds that struggle was at hand 1
Now the time and place is set for the en-
counter between right aud wrong: between
progress and petrifaction: between liberty 4
aud slavery; between order and confusion;
between light and darkness: between the
worn past and the vigorous present. 4 /
constitutional convention viii boldly |
formulate plan and method Of state
government, 90 to congress with 1t snd
ASK or demand admittaEce into the union |
of states. As Oklahoma has already spoken
IN favor or one state, and as the coming
convention will be held on Indian Terri
.o-g soil. the purpose Is plain TO carry tie
sentiment OF single statehood 20 success
Iui accompl plishmsut.
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