The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-02
Outlines of Oklahoma,

Some fellow at Guthrie robbed a blind
mans tin cup OF twenty cents.
The contract has been let for the build
ing of the Art building at Saltwater. II
VIII cost $500.
On the first OF July before Santiago the
Rough Riders from Oklahoma averaged
4S5 shots apiece
The Enid Wave enjoys just one thing
more than fighting street takers, and that
is whaling into the Board OF Health
Mr.. Mitsoher OF Oklahoma City. who
is back from the Klondike, when asked
what he got. answered: 81 got home
The supervision over Indian agencies by
the department at Washington is said TO
be now stricter than it ever was be-
fore.
The Democrats and Populists Of Payne
county are having a hard time agreeing
on the preliminary distribution of nOmina-
tons.
One of the Rough Riders. writing from
Cuba, complains that some of the dead
are buried with their feet sticking out of
the ground.
A strange animal which shoots across
the country near Eden. Payne county. IS
exciting the people. It Jocks and acts
like kangaroo.
The Kingasher Free Press says that
Bill Grimes is not for Captain Houston
as the nominee for congress. The Free
Press ought to know.
Dick Morgan is said TO be growing more
enthusiastic IN his canvass for congress
every day His friends think he is far In
the lead in the race today.
Every Populist editor at Oklahoma City
- - Cof hoD Nd
they are not giving a very hot support
of Keaton just now, either. But keaton
will bring them around.
Roy Cashion, the only Oklahoma man
killed so far in Cuba, was graduated at
Hennessey this spring His graduating
essay was entitled, "Cubra Lbre." He
was eighteen years Of age.
On July l. Colonel Wood, after first
telling the Rough Riders ito shoot. not
swear" said himself: Storm EN-, boys,
Give EN- hell, and shoot low. boys. Hit
'em in the legsl That's right Give EN-
hellr'
Glare Stewart tells his folks at Pawnee
not to get excited If they see q Stewart
among the killed near Santiago. as there
are about twenty Stewards in the army
down there. and it may turn out not 10
In a small town funny things happen.
Reverend Sherwood was preaching TO a
large congregation at Geary a week ago
Sunday when a fire alarm was sounded.
Everybody left the church to help put out
the fire. including the minister
Chandler News: funny story Of Kea-
ton Is TO the effect that while he was
making speech denouncing Cleveland
he received a telegram announcing that
Cleveland had lust appointed him Judge.
Keaton went on with the speech, but so
modified il with praise OF Grover that he
struck his hearers dumb with amaze.
The funny part of this story is that it is
true.
In Logan county Friday evening Judge
Keaton opened his ca mpaign. On the sub
ject of the board of equalization Judge
Keaton said II was the duty of the legis-
Iature to be elected this fall to so limit
and define the powers of the board that
Il could no longer rob the people by put
ting q false. fictitious and fraudulent
value upon their homesteads and other
property in order to feed the greed of
SPECTATORS He pledged himself that If
the legislature failed to take away from
the governor and his appointee, the aud
itor. the power to do this wrong. or failed
in amending the statutes so as TO clearly
define their duties and limit their scope,
If elected TO congress he would see that
that body gave to the people absolute
and certain relief