The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-08
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

It is estimated that 5000 people visited
the Ponca City reunion.
Judge Bierer insists that attorneys IL
addressing the court shall rise to their
| feet.
An unknown man was murdered in q
dugout ter miles south of Ell Reno Tues
day night.
1t is suggested that the men who haye
killed Bill Dalton in Oklahoma hold a
big reunion.
w. p. Campbell the custodian Of the
Oklahoma Historical society, has made
| his first report.
woman with the beautiful and tender
name of Polly Potts.
The appropriation for caring for the in
sane has been exhausted and the sheriffs
do not know what to do.
The Kickapoo allotment which has been
dragging along for some months will be
flushed, it is now said, about July 1.
The Rock Island railroad could get
some pointers from the Santa Fe on the
beautiful science of keeping out of trouble.
The bridge over the South Canadian has
been rendered unsafe by the floods and the
Rock Island is transferring its passengers
in boats.
A bed of paint, such as is used by the
Indians to daub their faces when there is
blood on the moon, has been discovered
near Perry.
According to the Oklahoma Times
Journal the last report shows that the
Oklahoma banks hold $500. 900 more than
ever betore.
Ham. Sawyer now of FL Reno, has again
retired from the newspaper business But
Sawyer doesn't usually stay retired more
than three weeks,
II is agreed now by the crop experts
that the yield of wheat in Okiaho-
ma will be up to, if it does not exceed the
yield of former years.
John Foster, a member Of Oklahoma's
first legislature. has gone to preaching.
Perhaps there is redemption for some OF
that legislature after all.
The only Indian treaty which ever held
good. it is said, is the one William Penn
made with the Indians. And it was q
spoken, and not written treaty.
General Paine, the Indian lobbyist in
Washington, has written to the leading
men in the Chickasaw nation and told
them plainly that tribal governments are
doomed.
According to the census of 1890 tho total
Indian population of the United States, ex-
elusive of Alaska, is 249, 373. or this
number 133, 562 are directly under control
of the Indian department.. reside on reser
vations aud live on government patri.
mony. The five tribes, exclusive of color
ed Indian citizens and claimants number
81, 065 and are self-supporting.
The supporters of bills for the advance
ment of New Mexico and Oklahoma to
statehood have not lost courage. Bills for
the admission of Utah and Arizona were
passed by the house early in the session,
but have since been hung up in the senate.
An attempt was made at the same time by
the Republicans to secure an agreement
for the consideration of the New Mexico
and Oklahoma bills together, but Speaker
Crisp told Delegate Flynn that a point of
order would be in order against such ap
arrangement, and that being undoubtedly
the case the attempt was abandoned. The
speaker has assured General Wheeler,
chairman of the committee on territories,
that the bill for New Mexico can
secure hearing after the Indian sppropri-
alton bill, which comes in this week. The
Oklahoma bill will follow that for New
Mexico unless unforeseen circumstances
arise to delay one or the other. New Mex
leo is Democratic aud if admitted will add
two to the Democratic majority in the
senate. but Oklahoma is Republican, SO
that the success of the bill for the admis-
sion of the latter territory is doubtful
Moreover, there has been much disagree
ment in Oklahoma over the details OF the
statehood plan which has been complicated
by the opposition of Indian tribes to it.
Republicans have feared that if the New
Mexico biz passed other legislation would
be pressed forward to displace Oklahoma;
therefore it would be to their satisfaction
20 secure consideration of the case of Okla
homa first.