The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-15
Outlines of Oklahoma

The Choctaw surveyors Of the north
branch have reached saltwater.
The Kildare Journal would be IN favor
OF bombarding Havana II Weyler Were
there.
]. c. Mcknight OF Custer county. has
his eyes set on the Republican nomination.
TO congress
Jerry johnson says that every old soa-
der in Oklahoma has been made ten years
younger by the war.
The father OF William Grimes died st
Sterling Neb.. May 10 Mr.. Grimes Tas at
his fathers bedside
Burglars entered Kinghshsr house this
week and kindly removed a dangerous re-
volver from the household.
The postoffiee az vinot has been taken
away and given TO The new town OF Mar
din on the Hutchinson Southern
Mr.. Block of wa,onga. in the days OF
long ago. used TO have headquarters esr
his ranch where Kingfsher now stands.
Mr.. Allen OF Medford says that new
wheat viii sell At least for S eents q
busheL Wheat 2ow brings Sis in Med
ford
VIII Little is up in Kansas bidding good
bye 10 Lieutenant Colonel Ed Little. his
brother. who leads the Kansans into the
tight.
\ grain commission house has started
Up al Kinghsher. and Jake Admire warns
his readers that chuck-a-iuck Is a safer
game
Ir the registers ONCE az Pswnee the
other day a ehat,el mortgage for t2Ss.eoo
was fled. II covers a herd OF l0eo3 cat
tie in the Usage country.
The Nineteenth Century club OF Walton
ga recently held a meeting. part OF TIA
time Of which was taken up with discus
sion OF the latest war news
OTIS Cakes. the young man selected as
q West Point cadet b. Callahan. after the
desertlon from Dicus. is the son OF Pop
ulist. not a millionaire. That Is good
What is better. Cakes is an Oklahoma
boy.
The Indians may yet appeal 20 the gov
eminent TO send the troops hack 20 the
forts 10 protect them from a Caucasian
outbreak. And It would probably scare
the government into sending some troops
back 10 the forts.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal says
IL can prove that Callahan was not I'm
posed upon when he recommended the ap-
pointment of Dicus as Callahan claims.
But Callahan rectified his mistake. or sin.
or whatever It was. and the incident 10
closed so far as the Popuusts are con-
cerned.
Medford and Pond Creek now claim they
are the only towns in the county seat
fight. Jefferson having been eliminated
from the race. they allege, because II lad
a food recently. SO has Cincinnati regu-
larry.
Ava Courier:-Quite an excitement has
prevailed IN Alva for the last week over
the law providing for reservoirs. and
about l.500 application have been fled up
10 date. No one knows when or where the
end will be: the officers receive the sp-
pIicadons. but the mere Ming Of an appli-
cation does not take the land out % the
operation OF the homestead law and con
sequentIy Is no bar 10 a homestead en-
try by a settler. Almost every vSsfnt
tract In Woods county is now covered b.
a reservoir fling.
Duncan Banner: The brave. big hearted
little city OF NARROW stands at the head Of
the list Of contributors 20 the unfortunate
cyclone sufferers at Duncan. having con-
tributed $lsi-25 cash Chiekasha comes
next with the handsome sum OF U6z q.
Then comes Ryan with her generosity
and planks down tlAll0 Comanche. God
bless her good people. ls as big hearted az
they make them; they send Us SO. Ard
more. Rush Springs. Ninekah. Bowie. FL
Reno. St 10. Nocona. and other Texas and
Indian Territory towns. have aone nobly,
for which We wish 70 assure them that
they have the prayers and well wishes
Of the people OF Duncan. and should the
future bring misfortune upon any 81 them
our people will too gladly return the Ia
vor with an unstinted hand May God IN
His mercies bless and protect our friends
q. II, ,..ra fria,nAs In nd