The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-11
OKLAHOMA NEWS.
Fron n. w.es.ts Daily Eagle.

TIE End wave wants a Law passed IL
stan;s- rnaki7E newspaper faklus penal
. ors-se.
The NsEkl-k Rspub.Iean published a
specszl eI-tiOa % announce the w-ihdEs Sal
o, jenkins
Civil service in TIE Indian schools "a bsing
attacked and the eastern mugEunp papers
are defending L.
Probably the first appointment for the
Z territory under Mckinley viii be sue
oessor to Judge keat0n-
some citizens Of Enid got thousand
I pounds OF ics from little pond there dur
irg the recent cold spell
The county commissioners Of Canadian
county have resolved to build vault TO
keep the county records IN.
Judge W. ". Bush Of EIRsao has appoint
ei Commissioners from Oklahoma to the
Tennessee Centennial celebration.
That rule that no one was to make race
for an appointment until after March 4
seems TO be a Ettle bit frazzled-
Up to last Saturday there had been intro
dIcet IN the Oklahoma legislature 20 bills,
three OF which had become laws.
The engrossing ani enrolling clerks OF
the Oklahoma legislature have been insult
ed. They should -Dob the legislature.
There vii be a Wild rush from Okla
hona IN some direction when Mckinley an
nouncss his secretary OF the interior.
Lee Kilra!n has been brought back TO tn.
federal jail at Guthrie from which he
escaped months ago with BIZ Doolin.
The Oklahoma legislature seems bent on
making 4 as hard 20 get married there as
1t was formerly easy to get divorce.
prominent business man in Oklahoma
City IS threatened with a 500 damage
suit for alleged assault on young woman
The El Reno Star says that Buck XII
gore was In town the other night and Judge
Tarsney and Jimmy Ewing gave him sup
per.
Mr. Becdingheld, a m!iknan OF Oklahoma
City. was dangerously wounded by a tar
get gun in the hands Of boy the other
day.
Tom Doyle the other day moved as an
amendment that the holding Of the office
Of county superintendent be restr.cte' to
women
The gubernatorial fight Is now on. The
boom o. the big guns has begun and many
a postoffice aspirant Is trembling In the
balance
Congress IL liable to ratify the Choctaw
treaty. The Indians are frightened about
It. They had fair warning. 1t Is too late
10 kick now.
The fight for the governorship OF Okla
homa IS going to be an exciting one. Meth
er man has a walkaway. This is the fact
OF the case.
In a poker game at Ardmore the other
night one Of the players got mad and shot
into a big pile of chips, scattering them
all over the room.
A bill has been introduced m the leg:sla-
ture preventing any man who uses opium
or morphine from holding office, practlcing
law or getting married.
The johnson railroad bill is said to be par
t!cularly vicious and viii do nothing espec-
tally. except prevent new lines of road in
Oklahoma from being built.
The northern part OF Texas and the In
dian nations got no ice during the late cold
snap. The people down there viii have to
buy artificial ice next summer
one member of the legislature made the
point the other day that the Oklahoma leg
islature was too far removed from the peo-
pie to meddle with local affairs.
The Republican commissioners of Payne
county have voted to cut down the salaries
list commissioner voted against II.
The five civilized tribes are now beginn-
ing to see that the people who warned them
TO hurry up and agree with the Dawes com
mission two years ago were their friends.
Oklahoma win never hear the last of the
Magowan-Barnes trouble. People who saw
Mrs Barnes when she was at FL Reno say
she was the most beautiful woman who
ever came to the west.
About the funniest thing that ever hap
pened in the history Of legislatures Is the
charge OF lncompetency against the en-
crossing clerks. The public generally be-
lieved that anybody could engross.
There are 1000 heads of families in the
Cherokee nation who claim they are OF In
dian blood but who have been rejected by
the Dawes commission. These. Secretary
Francis has ordered out Of the nation.
The appearance of Temple Houston in
Guthrie the other day brought out the In
formation from one OF the members OF the
legislature that II was Sam Houston's amib-
ton to be president of the United States.
Malcolm Douglass OF Guthrie who had
been drinking heavily and was sent to Nor
man the other day died there. Four weeks
ago he was left 5000 by a relative in Scot
land. IN Guthrie hs was known as Scot
tie"
Captain Woodson should let the Indians
go to Washington to take part IN the In
augural parade. When once there he should
also let them cook dog soup in their own
way and invite the new president to Join
them.
FL Reno Star: The game law expired
Monday, Feb. /. Hereafter Il is unlawful
TO kill quail, prairie chicken or wild turkey.
II Is the intention of true sportmen to see
that the game law is strictly enforced and
II would be well for the hunter who kills
out Of season to have care.
Captain Woodson. agent of the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indians. has received a let
ter from General Porter. asking for a mum.
ber OF Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians to
march in the inaugural parade on March
4. band Of fifty reds will be sent TO the
capital as requested.
The people of Washita county have or
gan!zed a law and order league, the mem-
bers Of which pledge themselves to not sign
the bonds of persons guilty of fellonies. To
join. a test oath of good citizenship must
be taken and the applicant must be recon-
mended by three OF the order.
Newkirk Democrat; Mrs. Johns, the wo-
man suffrag.st. captured the legislature
one day last week. 1t Is unfortunate for
the territory that she did not keep It cap
From present appearances that body win be
of vastly more cost than its efforts will
bring forth.
At Shawnee the other day a creditor took
a blanket away from an Indian and Poor