The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-02
Outlines Of Oklahoma

Horace Speed Is showing symptoms OF
| breaking into the district attorney race.
The e. Reno Star has tip that all army
officers will soon be relieyed as Indian
agents.
Il begins TO look as Il Tom Boyle had
crawled into obscurity and pulled II in
after him.
Mr.. Mckinley Of Guthrie seems 10 have
plenty Of dignity and il VII serve him 10
good purpose IN Oklahoma politics
Editor Buckles OF Enid gets the post
Office. Buckles was formerly OF Ohio and
should hardly have missed fire Z he had
wanted TO.
The FL Reno Star thinks that ''hog-leg
gun was made on a fellow" there. and he
was fined several dollars. Now. ~ha; is a
.'hog-leg gum
II Grimes is appointed marshal. things
politically VII quiet down N Oklahoma.
Some one must have been telling President
Mckinley the truth.
If an outside man is appointed marshal
1t is liable 10 be some California man. Nc
Kenna has had very little personal PIE
out of Oklahoma. so far.
There are still few men In the United
Plunkett for marshal OF the Usage ma
ton. But they are obscure. and don't
count.
The Kingfisher Reformer Is talking
against aristocracy in this country. The
only aristocrats in Oklahoma are the fell
lows with the wheat. and good many of
these are Populists.
Those wild peas which sometimes ap-
pear in Oklahoma and which were first
mentioned by Washington Irving. are pc
culiar. In the last twenty years they have
only appeared four seasons.
A Kingfisher banker. AIr. Warnecke. has
committed suicide. The Populists viii nat
urally have fears that the Republicans
will charge that he killed himself because
he couldn't find men to take his loans.
BIZ Walker must have an inside tip.
While everybody supposed that Newt. Try
of Fort Scott was sure of the Usage nation
appointment, Bill. after giving up the
IDEA once. has sailed in again as il he
intended to get the place.
The country at large does not know that
Oklahoma IS quarant.ning against yellow
fever. But if Oklahoma should have one
case OF yellow fever. the whole country
would know It. DR.. Buxton did well in
stopping ali channels of communication
with the dread rnalady.
Oklahoma City .Tmes-Journal: Sam
Murphy claims that ne has been promised
the honorab bic office of minister 10 the Hoo
Doc Islands, and that Selwyn Douglas Will
be offered the position of inspector OF pork
a; Jerusalem II. II. Howard. II. Overhol-
ser and j. VI. Wilkins will be attaches OF
MIrphys court. Other Oklahoma City
men are expecting similar places.
Ponca City Courier: Major Sharpe has
been instructed by the bureau Of Indian
affairs in Washington TO order the Otoe
white renters or intruders off the reserva-
ton and not to again return thereto under
penalty of the law in such cases provided.
They are given until October 10th at noon
TO remove their houses and cha,tels A
number have all their corn in the field
yet, and il viii be a big job 20 get Their
property off within the time specified. The
men employed by the Indians are not in
cluded N the order OF eJectment.
Ponca City Courier: George Chrisman
has the remainder of the iron clad hotei
at Cross. well on its way to Ponca City.
where IL viii be Joined 10 the part now
street. Il viii be flied up at once for
hotel purposes. for which II was first con-
structed. Porches and other improve
ments will be added. The outside and
inside will be redecorated II Will make
the best hotel building north Oklahoma
possesses when complete.