The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08
Outlines of Oklahoma
The statehood convention at Kingish
begins next Thursday morning.

The statehood convention at Kingfsher
begins next Thursday morning.
| Callahan is in favor of territoryhood for
| the two territories. before statehood
/ Indian Commissioner Jones SAYS that
Major Woodson shall remain Indian agent
as long as he likes.
There is calm. preceding the meeting of
| the statehood convention, that you can
| cut With Il dull knife.
At the statehood convention a rigorous
rule will be adopted that no speech shall
| last longer than three hours.
| Mcgowan and Mrs. Barnes, the only
| t5Ins left o. the once famous Oklahoma
divorce law. are az il again
Callahan's new territory bill provides
! that the capital shall remain AT Guthrie.
| This Will make Kingfisher blink
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal. the
| Guthrie Leader and the Guthrie Capital
are the Oklahoma papers with new
| dresses.
Captain Woracek, after looking the field
over. says he belongs 10 no party. as he
thinks all parties should be sent 10 the
| laundry.
Isenberg of Enid is staying up all night
| pleasure of knowing that Hanna is in
trouble in Ohio.
Bill Hackney is so busy fighting Mark
Hanna in Ohio that he viii not be able
to return to Oklahoma 10 help the state
hood convention out.
Some one who has been doing whole
lot of rainbow lying about Major Wood
son and he should sharpen telegraph
rcle and take the field.
The rumor is out again once more frisk-
ing in the winter sunlight that the Rock
Island will remove their division from
Caldwell TO North Enid.
1t will not be very long now until Black
well will go down and watch the trains
como in and cringe before the naughty
brakeman and the lordIy conductor.
In Garfield county nearly all the funds
up to the 50 per cent limit are exhausted
ard the county officers Will have TO wait
until the next levy for their salaries.
Callahan may get congress to attach the
Indian nations to Oklahoma, but it is not
likely. Congress will probably make Ok
laohma state and attach the Indian ra-
tions from time TO time.
Guthrie Leader: An Oklahoma avenue
man told the police judge yesterday that
when he bought a pair of boots on time
the merchants only put about half the
real price on the boots so they would not
lose so much.
At Perry the other day one girl found
that her fellow had given a ring which
she had given him, to another girl. She
hunted the girl up. they fought and the
original owner of the ring. by force, Sc
cured possession of her property.
Nearly all the postmasters in Oklahoma
have been appointed. Only a few more
catch latch doors aie TO close hereafter in
the face of the public as the ne~ pOstmas-
ter gides gracefully into the inner SAINT
tum to shake hands with his salary.
Pcnca City Courier: Deputy Sheriff Jen-
nings went to Cooks place in Noble coun-
u, last night. to capture Buster VAIN
scott. He did not find his man and went
To bed. In the night Buster came in and
crawled into bed with Mr.. Jennings. This
morning ne was surprised by being awah-
ened by his bed-fellow TO arrest him. Mar
shall Walton took him 10 Jail at Guthrie
this morning.
Guthrie Leader: Revs. ]. D. NJ. Buck
ner. W. L. Dibble, W. A. Humphrey and
Miles, a committee representing the local
Ministerial union, took in the saloons last
night after prayer meeting. The preach
them asked for drink Their mission
was to prevail upon the saloon men TO
observe the statutes of the territory The
saloonists received the visitors courteously
and ali agreed to observe the laws to the