The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-13
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Geronimo is in mourning. One of his
wives died last week and he has only two
left
The Oklahoma Rough Riders complain
that the horses Selected for them IN Texas
are understood.
So far in Kansas only one active news
paper man has volunteered for war. In
Oklahoma none has.
If the Rough Riders are to lead the van
in Cuba they might better get astride
and move of at once.
The insurgents in the Philippines are
probably already kicking on the carpet
baggers from Washington
Temple Houston offered to raise a troop
of Rough Riders for the government, but
Uncle Sam had made other arrange
ments.
The ladies of the Christian church at
Enid are working on a silk flag which
they will present to the local military
company.
The Oklahoman of Oklahoma City says
it was the first paper in the United States
to insist on. the propriety of taking the
Philippine Islands.
Mr.. EyIer of Saltwater is advertising ex-
tensively just now and catching a whole
lot Of attention by the resemblance of
that name to Weyler.
While congress repealed the old divorce
law separations are still numerous in Ok
lahoma, among aliens who have remained
the full legal length of time in the ter
ritory.
Miss Sewall of Guthrie writes piece Of
poetry on Bella; Horrida Bella" She
probably has heard that we are fighting
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to read her rhymes.
All the colonels, majors and captains
in Oklahoma at present, within year will
have TO drop the titles. Real officers will
be home spreading around receiving all
the military glory the public has toot-
fer.
The police judge at Saltwater has or
dered out all gambling devices and the
Saltwater State remarks that no longer
will the festive farmer drop his cotton
crop into a slot and pull out big COB
OF nothing. >
Both the Guthrie Leader and the Guth-
RE Capital have sold their city circula-
tions to individuals who will take full
charge of them. The editors personal
friends can no longer receive the papers
dead-head, but must whack up just like
the common voter.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman: Lieutenant
Capron, who recruited Oklahoma Rough
Riders, has been closely associated with
the Apaches during the last three or four
years. After they were brought from
Florida he slept in their camps. with no
other white man near him except his
sergeant and was never molested He
has been adopted as a member of the
tribe and is engaged in making study
of their traditions. He is preparing num-
Der of articles for the bureau of ethnol-
ogy of the Smithsonian Institute and the
American Folklore society. The Apaches.
while warlike and cruel, are honest.
Lieutenant Capron said that numerop
chances were offered daily for them to
take articles of value from his tent, and
during his entire stay with them he had
never missed a thing. The government
is preparing to make a quick pursuit of
the Apaches should they ever attempt
to return to their old haunts in the fast
ness of Arizona and New Mexico. Lieu
tenant Capron has a map of the route
they would probably take 1t was out
lined by an Apache Indian and covering
a distance of about 800 miles. The troops
at Fort Sill are prepared TO be In the
saddle with fifteen days rations, as soon
as it shall become known that the In
dams have gone.