The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-24
Outlines of Oklahoma,


Jthas become fashionable in some parts
of Oklahoma again 20 steal horses
Patriotic remark from the Enid Wave;
..e.sy-s ''eno another thirteen-incher-
Mrs. Dennis Flynn's condition Is much
,-,,orovsd she Is row az Atlantic City.
The fake about clyde Mastox being one
OF the Rough Riders Is SIM traNeNhs
boldly over the country
AL Hughes OF Ponca City Is n twia
brother 10 BaIly Hughes. who was killed
a. Ss4ry the other DAY.
watch the Mics" again John Mead
den has been appointed lieutenant 70
succeed Judge Muscular
Bob I.owery has put on his new uniform
and everywhere he goes in the day time.
the trees east double shadows
The Bachelor Giris OF Pones CRY VII
give a military fete tomorrow night me
money will be sent 70 the Riders IN
Cuba
Keatoa conEratulates the Guthrie Lead
er or It's stand for him and the Typo
graphical union is swearing venEeanes
on keAtOn-
Sinkiiler Griffin. evangelist. preached In
the afternoon al Guthrie on SAFE IN the
Arms OF Jesus" ard at night on To Hell
with Spain"
Keaton the fusion candidate. Is Againss
any annexation That viii also be an
issue. a Rough Rider would be in favor
OF annexation.
r Il. Miller. Rough Rider. writes home:
I often think OF what Governor Barnes
said the night before we left: War Is
hell 1t certainly is"
The first sad incident at Fort Reno was
the case of Sergeant Workman who re-
ceived word from Saltwater this week OF
his daughters death.
Isenberg says Keston is all right. bus
the idea OF Johnson. the unwarred colo
mel OF Oklahoma City. managing the
campaign makes him weak a. the stom-
ach.
The Barber County Index. a Kansas
Popultst paper al Medicine Lodge warns
the PopuIists of Oklahoma that they win
have an awful job In trying 20 deliver the
reform vote 10 ksaton.
l. Is next TO impossible for a man 10
be nominated while ne Is present ~ =
nominating convention. and not have
strings on him. The Republicans should
nominate Rough Rider who is not al
home.
Dick Shanafelt writes from the trenches
al Santiago TO Perry: a number OF tho
officers who served in the late war said
they never saw bullets fy thicker than
they did In this battle. / never felt afraid
once and never got scratch. so am ready
for another fight
Temple Houston. Governor Barnes and
Judge McAtee made speeches at the Nor
NAL dedication in Alya that stretched out
like Dickens novel. Oklahoma states
men should break themselves OF the long
speech habit. This is a democracy and
people have some rights
Tom Isbell. sure enough fighter. who
went with the Rough Riders from Vinita.
!. T. and took part IN the battle Of La
Quasina. where no was wounded seven
times. twice through the left hand. twice
through the neck. twice across the back
OF the head. and once through the right
hip, wrote a letter home which Is filed
with much unconscious humor. lie said:
Every tine move I hurt and every Time
/ hurt / move and hurt again. but this
place Is all right. l was sure there and
helped skin Spauiards when fur was good.
While acting as scout I saw several Span
iards standing up about 200 yards from
me. / was IN timber and they did not see
me, so / crawled up In about nifty or sixty
yards of them and as I could see no
more men, l fired and killed one OF them.
and at the same time the whole army.
1t seemed 70 me. fired on me from the
trench. / was hit twice. but stayed with
them about an hour TN I got so weak
/ could 60 no further. so I had 20 stop.
/ saw my captain get killed and TIL
Dawson. II WAS hot time all right for
about two hours and then those Spaniafds
got out OF that trench and tore away
towards town. Say, by lingo. IL would
pay you 10 see old Sampson fire on a
town with Spaniards In II. They come
out like bees. Those old i3-inch guns
look like a man could crawl in the RI
flcs. and the barrels look Ike COW trnils.'