The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-22
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Tom Doyle is still the leading candidat
for speaker Of the house
The Alva Republican has Joined tn
Dennis Flynn gubernatorial boom red hot
The Rock Island railroad whacked dow
$1,000 in taxes TO Grant county the othe
day.
The Alva Republican says that cotton
is talked almost exclusively in Wood
| county.
Sreriff Worcester Of Grant county 4
| also a candidate for the United State
msrshalship.
J.P. Renshaw Of Medford and Lew Sar
gent of Manchester are after the receiver
ship of the Enid land ONCE.
The Chickasha Gazette refutes ATTORNEY
General Harmons charge that the jails o.
the Indian Territory are inadequate.
Editor Miller of the Hennessey Clipper
who is visiting in Indiana, writes bacl
that the Hoosier farmers complain tina
they are making no money.
As a result of the fire in the court house
at Pond Creek the time for payment o.
taxes in Grant county before the penalty
| attaches is extended to January 1.
i
| Dennis Flynn has written letter to the
Indian Territory. telling its citizens that
| If they want a good lobbyist in Washing
| ton they should secure Sidney Clark.
Oklahoma City for the sake OF getting
| the next legislature offers to furnish the
| best facilities free of charge to the terri
| tory. And to the national government?
Miss Mary McCray of Blackwell. who
drives a mail stage. will represent the
Blackwell High School in the Evolutionary
contest at Guthrie the last Of this month.
"Fare-ye-welr' is an Oklahoma express
sion which probably came from Texas.
For instance a fellow says he chased a
COW or Rugged girl to "fare-ye-well."
Jake Admire goes so far as to say that
Flynn should not be candidate for gov
ernor and should not accept 1t if II were
offered to him! The last provision is a
trifle heavy.
The greatest heroes OF the decade are
the settlers out in the Cheyenne and Arap-
ahoe country. Times are very hard out
there, but no one hears complaint or a
begging voice.
The FL Reno Star explains that there is
no North McAlester. There is a McAles-
ter just north of the prominent town of
South McAlester. The original McAlester
is very rarely heard from.
Perry Enterprise: A lady from Arnett
was overheard yesterday asking If any
mail had been received at the postofiice
here for George Simpson. which was
thought would lead TO the whereabouts of
the young man who was in Jail here.
charged with horse stealing. and who es-
capped something over a month ago Last
night Constable Joe Younger and Deputy
Ed Stagg went TO Arnett and watched the
house where they thought the man whose
mail had been called for might be. They
began their silent watch and did not have
long to wait. A man came out and start
ed I'D the railroad track. and they pulled
down on him and told him to stop, which
he did at the first command. He was ask
ed his name and said II was George Simp-
son, and the boys thought sure they had
their man, but when he turned his face TO
the moonlight they discovered that he was
not the George Simpson they were looking
for but another George. whom they had
never seen before Joe and Ed returned
to Perry through the frosty night in ST.
lence.
The FL Reno Democrat fears II has
caught Judge Pitzer in plagiarism. Here
IS the story: At the first Sohn murder
trial in FL Reno a colored witness testified
against the defendant in the most POSI-
tive ard direct manner. He was so apt
and self contained in his department upon
the witness stand that all the efforts OF
Temple Houston, the defendants sttor-
ney, TO cross OF confuse him proved futile.
and Mr.. Houston soon found that & was
impossible to break the force OF his tesu-
mony by cross examination hence he
wisely concluded 70 drop him from the
case. with few well directed questions
put in such a way as to furnish him with
a cue or point OF attack In his argument
before the jury In reviewing the evidence
in the case Afr Houston approached the
testimony OF the colorc5 man In most
sxi;lful and mastery way. not by charg-
ing that he had led or that Re had
s.crn falsely. but in beautiful figures.
Clothed in mellifuent words which tricklsd
from his lips in measured eadences as
musical as the ripping waters Of a noun
tain brook Why. gentlemen Of ;he
Jury" said he. that witness sat there
before you unnoved by any Quzlr1s OF
conscience and reeisd OF perjury with a.
much ease as a nocking-oi-d triiAnx liz
morning laws" The court the jury ard
the bar were trznSHKe1 Ize a charmed
bird by this spontaneous outb8rst Of for
eus:c eloqaeree. This was SIX months ago
AMI ali forgotten until last Friday. when
sx-ProHzte Judge Pifzer was making
speech 70 a jury IN the LeF0rce czss. and
having witness IN hand Il whom he fsif
1: his duty 60 excorizSe. as Pl,zer slxsys
does for fasss swearing. He therefore
very naturally fell TITO s5ssils- train %
tSoa: h, a. all be se~a from the follow
ing figure of speech. which a Democrat
reporter caught verbatim: Way. seasie- |
men o. TIE jury that ~it-sss SAL there IN /
the jury eox az Tippisd OF perjury win |
as great rsssSsty ard az zaacn ease a. I
nsockIng bird ;r1sfnS rs norz.ng avs
The Perry Enferprsse-Tissss Gays: n z /
Eaa... prs.sceut Of TIE Czttzers BART OF
s.iEss4sez. ~as here tsdzy en- Its re-1za /
from Chscz<o. WIRE he Rad S<en & tks I
intSre4t OF ise Perry and Saltwater shorf /,
lsn> rza-Szd he says tie c-t.zezs have 7.
rass.I ~ as cf -. - DC sskss by ~ 1
eoasysnx AID have scared the --xhf o. i
.zy thissxa tne rro tosn<siss- n. bal /