The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-05
Outlines Of Oklahoma

The Western Union has decided 70 put n
an uptown Office at Guthrie
Al Jennings. the educated outlaw. has
been found guilty. de is educated and
win appeal
The threshers in the different counties
in Oklahoma are forming trusts 10 keep
up the price Of ;hreshing.
Christopher Johnson. living two miles
north OF Guthrie. cut the drst wheat or
the season last Wednesday.
Frank Greer thanks the advertising
merchants for staying by him during his
/ fight with the Typographical union.
/ Dennis Flynn IS said TO be writing
( friends in the territory that he will post
lively not accept nomination for con-
E gresS.
Z II ever a man crswled into a job and
/ pulled It in after him. Jim Kelly did. He
sticks 70 Greer county closer than =
brother.
/ The waters-Pierce oil company Is IN
! loading big of tank at Ponca City that
looks Ike the thirteen-inch gun-turret on
+ the battleship Iowa
/ sam Overstreet dismissed the conspiracy
case against those citizens OF Ponca Cily
who were accused OF regulating a negro
QN DRIVING MIN out OF town
. It IS being told in Blackwell that Colo
mel Blackwell is not an Indian az all. but
a pure Castilllan. The old man VIII have
10 hire the Pinkertons TO protect him
yet.
Il is said that the postmaster at Okla
homa City viii not DC confirmed. and
that the president viii not appoint new
man. That leaves II In statu quo. and
that satisfies the postmaster.
Mr. knight OF Greer county. who wants
10 be nominated for delegate 20 congress
by the Republicans. already has a job.
There viii be a deep. sonorous groan II
he comes before the convention.
Newkirk Republican: The Ightning-rod
dispenser is abroad IN the county. Two
farmers IN North Vernon have been
+ touched" one for 500. and one for $50.
on deceptive fraudulent contract. Be-
warei
/ The other night between Oklahoma Cir.
and Guthrie. a rail was left across the
track and train went clear over. every
wheel but those on the last car. striking
the rail on the far side OF the obstruc-
ton.
The biggest change in Oklahoma IS in
the substitution OF brick chimneys for ths
tickle and dangerous old stove pipe. There
was a time In Oklahoma when a brick
chimney was an evidence OF unlicensed
plutocracy.
The Wichita mountain boomers have
been SO busy reading the war bulletins
that for a whole month not single as
say from the Denver officials has been
received showing a heavy run OF gold In
Wichita mountain quartz.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Tauer OF Ponca
City are SO lonesome since their boy
went to war that they gave a party 10
the young people the other night just to
see the bright. cheerful faces OF youth
about them once more. Il Was a petty
sentiment. and more people should do Il.
Last Monday night. at Duncan. soms
parties ran up a Spanish flag on the tail
pole erected by the people OF that patri-
otto town. In the morning. when the par
- whose duty It was to run up the stars
and stripes went u execute that duty.
be found the hated emblem flying. In the
language Of the street, they didn't DO a
thing 10 that flag, but shoot Il all 20
pieces. then hunted up the parties who
perpetrated the Joke. and ducked them
in the horse pond.
Here IS another view OF the arrest Of
Harto. II is from the Shawnee Gum: II
seems some half-witted boy over In tbs
Seminole country has Confessed 70 the
Laird murder and a few papers on the
outside have again taken up the howl
about burning innocent Indians. This
bears rhe ear-marks OF the old. familiar
jObbery Of deputy United States msrshals
and will find small credence whore people
are familiar with the facts Whatever
else may be said Of the Indian burnsrs.
there Is 30 question as % their Eullt.