The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-26
Outlines of Oklahoma

James Kirkwood. president OF the terri
torial free homes league, is IN Nasning-
ton helping Callahan.
As an indication of its plutocratic con-
troll, the Alva land Office has just been
adorned by a brick chimney
Reverend S. G. Fisher OF Purcell drove
twenty miles in the face OF snow storm
the other night TO marry a couple
Harry Gilstrap of Chandler has one
consolation. No office-holder in Oklahoma
has such a record for quick service
J. n Monroe, missionary ar Honolulu.
| is in FL Reno, preaching and incidentally
favoring the annexation Of Hawaii
| Jerre johnson, of Kildare, says that the
! demand for statehood and free homes in
/ the same set of resolutions is inconsist-
] ent.
| A dispatch is floating about the coun-
| try that Bill Grimes has announced him
! self as a candidate for delegate TO con-
/ gress.
The Hennessey Clipper thinks that the
Kingfisher convention was as much
too partisan convention" as "Inter-2ar-
/ tisan."
The publishers of the Purcell Register
make a column address TO their deiln-
/ quent subscribers in way which Is a
caution
I N~%N-N
| the calling in of the 800 bills Will serious
ly curtail the circulating medium of Ok
lahoma.
Perry Enterprise: The fire department
is in splendid condition under the present
management. Il we only had fire alarm
! But when?
There is as much sense in moving the
Perry land Office to Guthrie as there
| would be in moving the Enid land ONCE
to Kingfsher.
If Perry knows what It is about II will
send a delegation to Washington at once.
Noble copunty made a big mistake when
it didne give Flynn more votes.
Johnny Hinkle, of the Perkins Journal,
explains to people who want 70 get thelr
| names in papers how to do it: Drop in
and chat with the editor occasionally
lake Sweizer of FL Reno says that he
cares not who makes the laws of Okla
homa, if he will be granted the privi-
lege of writing the farmers insurance.
Miss Nora Coblentz. while visiting
friends in Guthrie was assaulted the oth'
er night by a man with a club, who
knocked her down
If the Jennings boys went into the out
law business with the idea of being In
terviewed by the papers after capture
they are being woefully fooled.
When an Oklahoma man wants to be
particularly blue he tells himself that the
| wheat crop this year viii not be as big
as the wheat crop last year. OF course
| IL wont"
Some of the newspaper boys who are
| inclined to be humorous at the expense
! Of Freeman Miller, show heartlessness
They don't know what it means to write
poetry for living.
Guthrie Leader: The fact of the matter
is Hon Sidney Clarke. of Oklahoma City
has done more for the statehood move
ment than any twenty men. He should
be continued at the head of the statehood
committee.
In speaking of the Indian rape and thu
burning the Purcell Register says: III
this carnival of crime Indian Territor!
and Oklahoma are partners, with the for
mer senior member of the firm yes,
long way the senior. Put some kind o
government over the Indian Territor,
other than Indian government and affair
would take change mighty quick.
Enid Wave: Rev. ]. s. Riley, pastor o
the Christian church, preached a very in
teresting sermon on liars Sunday even
ing. Under his theory the habit of lyins
, is worse than any other habit and Il
practiced to wonderful extent in thi
, world. We were much pleased 10 heai
him warn his congregation against th'
, wholesale lying of travelling fakirs. Tit
pulpit and the press should be able Z
wean the people away from those travel
, ing thieves and humbugs.