The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-04
Outlines of Oklahoma

Professor Murdaugh of Edmond has q
new lecture. entitled War"
The United States Senate paused In the
war and confirmed Bill Walker.
1t is said that at Pawnee men are offer
ing SIS for the chance to enlist
The Perry Enterprise fearlessly advises
the government to raze Fort MORO
Phil Rosenbaum would like to be cap
tain of Oklahona's cavalry. He win not
get to be-
Burglars at Oklahoma City recently
made away with a gunnysack flied with
plug tobacco.
The Alva papers are lining up hard
against the attacks OF Old Oklahoma on
the Alva Normal.
The Perry Enterprise. which IS keeping
track OF the war news, predicted the bat
tie at Manila exactly,
Callahan has reached the zenith of
fame His picture appears In patent
medicine advertisement
An old man at Perry says he doesn't
know which Is the most terrible in this
war. the suspense or the expense
The Guthrie Leader claims that sixteen
members of the militia company recently
made a rush for caves during storm.
In Noble county Antoine Civish and wife
missed their baby boy. After q long
search they found him a. the bottom OF
well. dead.
The only war news which made Amos
Ewing prick up his ears was the report
that Dewey was throwing petroleum
bombs at Manila
The Chandler News ought to have Us
telephone war messages repeated. It had
MORO Castle wiped out the other day In
eighteen minutes.
While the government troops are alb
sent now is the time for General Hews'
fierce army af II. 00o0 boomers to rush into
the Wichita mountains and grab gold.
The Guthrie Leader is Inundated. II
rebuked Dewey for not being aotive
enough Sunday morning. At that very
hour Dewey was pasting 1t to the Span
iards.
II wonder" said the Oklahoma man
watching a thunder storm. as a blast of
thunder knocked him of his chair and
skined a cottonwood tree ten feet in front
Of him, II wonder If 3 naval battle Is
anything like this
Bill Walker finally induced the Indian
4N45 no GGoOSI6AASA W O440OASO LlAl AOA al
Indian agency. and after that he had no
trouble. The Indian Rights association is
a company OF silly people IN New York
who think the Indian needs protection
from the white man.
Oklahoma City Times-J Journal General
Hews left for Guthrie today to await or
ders. He is first on the second detail, and
in case any one fails to pass examination
he will take the place made vacant. In
case he fails to get into the Oklahoma
company he will leave tomorrow to join
the insurgents.
Enid Wave;-The Republican press Of
the territory is setting up quite howl IN
regards to Mr.. Callahan appointing the
son Of an Ohio millionaire as cadet TO
West Point from Oklahoma The Wave
has not had time to investigate the truth
Of this charge, but IL II is true. Mr.. Cal
lahan deserves the severest censure re-
CARELESS of political lines. There are hun
dreds of boys in the territory whose par
ents are closely identified with the terri
tory who would have been glad to have
received the appointment, and many of
them are Populist boys too. If this
charge is true there is only one construc-
ton to be put upon the affair. and that
is simply that an Ohio millionaire bought
a cadetship at West Point for his SON.