The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-30
Outlines Of Oklahoma


The Sapulpa depot at Oklahoma City
win be built OF pressed brick.
Amos Ewing writes from Washington
that Jake Roberts will be appointed
| Judge.
confirmed IN the United States senate as
lieutenant colonel
Major Niblack OF Guthrie was refused
a war job by Governor Barnes The war
may now continue for years.
\ report that Governor Barnes was ike
iy 20 be appointed brigadier general has
been denied by Grosvenor.
Fred Bea!e. :he Wichita boy who was
wounded at La Quasina, is nephew OF
Dr.. Beale. Of Oklahoma City.
Major Crozier was called upon by SOC
Indians day before yesterday and request
ed 20 go 10 war or surrender his title.
Town-builders say that It Is mighty
hard 70 start new town boom any more.
people had their wings clipped TOO often.
One OF the carrier pigeons released ST
Oklahoma City last week reached home
Sterling-in six hours. having travelled
300 miles.
Frank Greer is giving the preachers az
vice He saysI Let the preachers dwell
less on the great beyond. and more On
the great now"
The London papers are all compliment
ing Oklahoma's Rough Riders. They say
| that had the men not been heroes they
would have fed
Callahan IS not III representative IN
Congress. Had re been he would have
exempted Peruna from the operations OF
the internal revenue tax.
VI.
70 war as a captain. Barnes wouldn't Ap-
point him. The governor still has his
spectacles adjusted for trouble.
Miller, who was wounded al La Quas,nR
was once a printer in the Oklahoman Of
fee at Oklahoma City. He was the tall
est man among Okiahoma's Rough
Riders.
]. j. Curran of Sariboro, who went TO
Alaska. says the whole gold boom up
there is a fake. The Eagle advised Cur
ran to go to the Wichita mountains TO
ahay his gold fever.
W. A. Scott of Shawnee has returned
from Hlondike While sliding down a
glacier the brake of his sled refused TO
work and Scott went down q mile or two
and was thrown against ton of ice, dis
locating his knee.
Ponca City Courier; Some talk
was going on on the streets yesterday
about Al. Chase having fallen
into the river Saturday night. Al. was
interviewed by the Courier and said there
was nothing In the incident worthy OF
mention, as he only got in ankle deep.
Howard Bryant informs US this morn
ing that while AIS statement was true,
it was misleading He says AL. did get in
up TO his ankles, but he was in head first.
1t seems that Al. had taken a lantern and
started in search OF wood to be used in
the preparation of supper for the party.
Owing to the insufficiency of light or
some other cause, he couldn't tell in ad-
vance just where the river crossed his
path and failing to stop in time. he step
ped off the bank and went down about
twenty-five feet, with results above men
toned"
Enid Wave: Last Sunday the Wave
family drove into the country to look at
the bountiful crops. Enroute short calls
were made at the homes Of farmers
DR.. McElrath and Attorney Joe Dodson.
At DR.. McElrath's we were shown a cy
clone cave with q safety valve attach
ment which was a puzzle to US at first
but when the doctor explained that the
underground passageway from the cave
to a trap door in the earth about twenty
feet distant from the cave was q safety
valve for the escape of inmates of the
cave in case the wind blew the house over
on the cave and set fire to it. 1t was the
only cyclone cave we ever met with "a
safety valve attachment. Joe Dodson has
started out to raise big Texas grapes; he
has two vines started about half mile
apart, and he expects them to meet
crawling along on one of Joe Johnson's
wire fences. Joe also showed US a large
herd of cattle he has accumulated, calf
at time. The doctor and Joe are both
successful farmers"