The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-23
Outlines Of Oklahoma


The new secretary of the interior is one
of the closest men to Mckinley in the
country.
not be necessary for everybody TO speak
ar once
Mr.. Hitchcock. now secretary of the in
terror. gave up a s17,eoo job TO accept an
S. 900 one
Some of the Oklahoma Rough Riders.
among them BIZ Bailey OF Norman, have
applied for pension
Charles H Eagin. the Oklahoma City
poet. has turned up as editor OF the
Mangum. Greer county. Monitor.
Nothing definite is yet known OF the
Fulton murder at Enid. The police now
think four men engaged in the plot.
The senate has finally confirmed the
appointment of Receiver Mckinley of the
Guthrie land office. and that settles that
A new building mas been hired at Guth-
RE for the legislature with a special eye
10 the oratory-resisting power OF the
sidewalks.
Thomas p. Clay and Miss Mamie Dod-
son Of Mangum were married the other
day and the local paper refers TO the
groom as ''staid and manly
Webb Davis brilliant eulogies OF Nc
Kinley haven't cashed in yet. He wanted
that interior portfolio bad. but Mckin-
ley looked the other way.
Hitchcock will naturally want TO know
what the wishes of the politicians of Ok
lahoma are. He Will have 10 be shown
naturally, being from Missouri.
Secretary Jenkins recently furnished to
the county officers copies of the session
laws of 1895. as provided by statute. The
Guthrie Capital raked OF $3.50 in the
transaction.
Mr.. Hitchcock. the new secretary Of the
interior. spent twelve years of his life in
business in China. He was born in Mo-
bile. He has manufacturing interests at
st. Louis at present.
The rumOr that Senator Ravens Of
Enid and Jones of Oklahoma City have
formed a combination is interesting. II
will be the first instance OF northwest
southeast eriss-cross reciprocity in the
history of Oklahoma
There appears TO be 10 doubt that small
pox is present in eastern Oklahoma. There
should be no fooiishness. in regard to
quarantine. The quarantine should be IN
relaxing. II is mighty announcement, but
it is the cheapest way out.
A thief entered the home of Reverend
z. c. Harper of FL Reno and stole his
watch and chain. This was in the even
ing. Harper stayed up all night hunting
for 1t. The next morning he found watch
and chain hanging on the front door
knob. The thiefs conscience had made
him return it.
Missouri and Kansas are gradually mo-
nopoizing the interior department. Hitch
cock is from Missouri. Tom Ryan is from
Kansas and Webb Davis from Missouri
Harrison started it with Noble Cleve-
land switched of to Georgia for Hoke
Smith once, but at once saw his mistake
and put in Francis.
a ST. Louis dispatch says: Mr.. Hitch
cock was born in Mobile, Ala, sixty-three
years ago. He IS a great-grandson OF
Colonel Ethan Allen, the hero of Tconde-
roga; a grandson of Samuel Hitchcock
who was prominent in the early history
OF Vermont, and son of Henry Hitch
/ cock, who was chief justice of the su-
preme court OF Alabama. Mr.. Hitchcock
came TO ST. Louis in 1851 and engaged in
business here up to 1850, when, at the ur-
gent request OF his relatives, he left for
China as the representative of important
business interests. Returning TO ST.
Louis in 1874, Mr.. Hitchcock was, up
to the time of his appointment as minis
ter TO Russia, actively engaged in bust
ness in st. Louis as president of several
large manufacturing and railway corpora
lions, which positions he resigned to ac-
cept the portfolio rendered him by Presi-
dent Mckinley. He and the president be-
came close friends when Mr.. Mckinley
was framing his tariff law Mr.. Hitch
cock was at Washington frequently in
connection with the making of the tariff
schedules on glass. and naturally became
intimate with the then chairman OF the
ways and means committee of the house.
For twelve years Mr.. Hitchcock remained
in China, as the representative of the
firm Of ELEPHANT & Co. During that time
he made two visits to this country.