The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-14
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has a chance to coin another
word Why not cali them ''cycavesg
The three territorial cattle inspectors. one
from each party. VIII be appointed in few
Gays.
Senator Garrison has grown weary aas
resigned his place on the codifying COM
lnittee.
George Orput OF Enid Is IN Washington
putting I'D a heavy fight for United States
marshal.
Judge Tarsney, IN an opinion from the
| bench. holds that il is q wife's duty 10 milk
| the COWS.
Fl Reno has raised SIS for the people CT
Chandler. The town expects TO see the list
grow to 500
A Norman paper recently said that ''tha
patient soon died under the ss1iliful treat
ment of the physician
The change in the governors Office and
.n the United States msrshars Office VII
take place simultaneously.
The KingfiSher Free Press says that any
one should have known that Barnes was
sure TO win out all along.
An old colored prophecies in Kingfsher
predicts that iha, town will be wiped gally-
"SSi ps d lOrDdGO IN july.
Wnen the Eagle said that Mr.. Barnes
would make a stable governor it had 10
idea of punning on his name
The Hennessey Kicker says that the best
cyclone cellar should have an opening
through the cellar of the house.
The New York sub-treasury is short OF
$50 bills. The editor of the FL Reno Globe
finds his till in the same condition
Captain Hassler of Enid has received six
tomb-stones for soldiers graves from the
government supply station in Chicago.
Perry GiIland of Woodward has been ar
| rested for stealing four windows. a door
and lamp belonging TO a country school
house.
Colonel Deane Of the Kinghshsr hotel has
built cyclone cellar u by . feet Il viii
hold fifty people and Is very neat and
handsome.
James Stuart. a farmer living near Enid
has been arrested for wffe-beat.ng The
officers had 70 chase him before he could
be captured.
Rev. Sanford, Episcopal missionary
among the Cheyennes. is having fine resi-
dence built on the South Canadian, thirty
miles west OF El Reno.
II the Barnes slate doesn't give Jake
Admire something Barnes Is. an migrate
Jake has been the principle newspaper sup
Port Of the Barnes dynasty.
Callahan IS working very hard for state
hood for Oklahoma Il he should accom-
rlish IL he could easily become United
| States senator. But he viii not accom-
plish il.
Kinghsher Free Press: Mr.. ASP In his.
| this mornings Eagle interview. refers to a
letter that Powell Clayton wrote 10 Cap
| tain W. H Baker rrior to the election of
| the ST. Louis delegates. This letter was OF
Mckinley lines and was marked ''confiden
tlal," but Captain Baker was authorized
| to show II TO few friends for their infor-
| nation and guidance. How 1t got out.
| how Il went TO Washington, how II was
| shown to MIR. Grosvenor. etc. is an interest
ing story and covers some very bad faith.
The story will not grow stale-the older Il
| gets the more interesting II grows. We
are little surprised that Mr.. Asp referred
| TO II. The Free Press may give the story
| to the public some day-but not yet
| K:ngfsher Free Press: The Wichita
| Eagle strangely enough falls into the com
mon error of saying that Barnes had been
/ promised the office of governor prior 10 the
| election of the delegates TO the 81. Louis
| convention. That is not true. When Barnes
| ;old Mckinley's managers that, although
| 90 per cent of the Republicans were for Nc
| kinley. II was doubtful whether Oklahoma
| could be carried by him in the fac. of the
organization that would bs against him.
and asked what would become of McKin-
| ley's friends IN that event, he was as
/ sured that they would not he kicked oy-sr-
| board 4 second time by Mckinley. That
was the only pledge Mr.. Barnes had
| prior TO the st. Louis convention. or prior
| &c the 3lst day OF March, when Mr.. Nc
J<inley announced his decision In the now
celebrated case OF Flynn VS.. Barnes In
favcr Of the defendant