The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-31
Outlines Of Oklahoma


Oklahoma's exhibit at Omaha viii be
at ats best during the Month OF Septem-
/ be.
Captain Houston. OF the Rough Riders.
was overcome by heat during the battle
/ If II isn't a Rough Rider, Jerre John
son of kildare is liable to be in ina, race
/ for congress
/ If Oklahoma had poet who was up
/ to snuf. La Quasina would be as well
/ known as Balaklava-
/ The Indian Territory company at Fort
Reno has fer mascot pig. They picked
| il up at South McAlester.
Temple Houston IS an expander. Kea-
/ ton IS not keauon wouldn't even COM
/ pliment Jefferson for anRexing louisiana
/ On August l6. washita county Will settle
Z a county seat light by an election COrdeli
/ is trying 10 take the seat away from
/ Cloud Chief.
! The Guthrie Leader suggests that the
/ people Of Oklahoma erect a shaft 70 Roy
I Cashion. the first Oklahoma man TO give
/ his life for his country.
I The middle-of- the-road Populists may
nominate Lieutenant McGlnnis OF the
Rough Riders for congress. II they do,
he Will poll more votes than Keaton.
What paraIyzed ths Spaniards at Santi-
ago was that the Oklahoma fellows kept
coming just ike there was 100 acres right
over on The other side OF the trenches.
When an Oklahoma politician is going
somewhere and wants 10 keep his desti-
nation secret he has IL announced in the
newspapers that he Is visiting In Beaver
county.
one boy Al Fort Reno writes home that
ne supposed war meant fighting SPAN
iards in 4 uniform. when in his case IL
has turned out 10 be washing dishes in
an apron
An FL Reno man last Friday saw q
horse which had been stolen from him
when a colt. He had no way OF identity
ing the animal. except that he remeH-
bered the name.
\ farmer who comes into Perry regu-
larry IS curiosity. He IS always bare
headed, as are an the other members
Of his family. He boasts that he has
nor worn a hat In eighteen years.
Judge C. J. Montgomery Of Kildare has
a gasoline stove IN his cyc8ve. Tie failed
10 turn Il or the other night and closed
the cave up, tae next morning he went
into the place and III match. There
was a terrific explosion and he was badly
burned.
Mr.. Laverty. late chairman Of the Pop
ulist central committee. has a son. When
Laverty was helping the Union labor men
in their fight against the Capital Young
Laverty went Into the Capital office 10
take a strikers place. The old man haul
ed him out and sent him 10 war
volunteer named May. at Fort Reno.
was acting sentry the other night. His
own captain and three ueutenants tried
10 pass him. but no stree; he stopped
them and demanded the counter-slgn.
They had forgotten it. and he wouldn't
let them pass. They hunted up another
sentry and got back 10 camp.
George RoRan. the colored boy. went
back 10 Norman and finished that job
unmolested. some weeks ago J. J. Wal
lace took Rogan to Norman 10 roof
building. The citizens Of Norman DO not
like negroes to live there. and some men
mobbed Rogan and Wallace. badly iniur-
ing Wallace. The men who were putting on
the roof got the negro 20 come back and
go on with the job. lie Aas just finished
II. The mob kept away.
Kingfisher Free Press: SpllInan and Ma
gle. who seem to have lead the King
fisher delegation at Oklahoma City. are
being bitterly denounced as party traitors
by the East side Democratic preSs-ezpe-
cially the Guthrle Leader. Politically. she
delegation had the Vignt SOW
by the ear. Their plan was to re-uoml-
nate Callahan. which was the only sensi-
bic thing 20 do. Then. IN two years from
now. To nominate a real Democrat 20
stand or fail with the national ticket.
It really makes little difference.
as the Republicans viii carry the Terri
tory this year and n 1900 also.