The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-07
Outlines of Oklahoma,
Governor Barnes is standing by the Als



Governor Barnes is standing by the Alva
Normal school.
William Pollock. one Of Oklahoma's
Rough Riders. is an Indian
This week, in three days 7s4 inches Of
water fell at Oklahoma City.
Miner s. smoot, merchants at Guthrie
are already advertising "A Dewey Sale"
Along with the Santa Fe. the Choctaw
has been having trouble with high water
this week.
A Purcell man. with fne brain. past
ed a paper over hole IN a stove-pipe and
had fire.
Oklahoma has been more business-Iike
in preparing her company than any west
ern state
The people OF Guthrie presented g fine.
Thoroughbred horse to Captain Houston of
the Riders.
Deep Fork Creek. IN the Kickapoo coun-
try, and Bell Cow Greek, in Lincoln coun-
ty are on tears.
The rumor is now out that Flynn is
enormously rich. How people like to tell
fairy tales on Flynn
After three weeks OF profound suspense,
the whereabouts OF Leslie Niblack OF
Guthrie is sui IN oouot.
A Populist paper IN Oklahona chuckies
over the fact that a Spanish spy, named
Hanna, has been captured.
Tom Ferguson says that this govern
ment ought to understand that Europe
will always be hostile. Ferguson is right
there.
Perhaps Callahan has an arrangement
whereby Millionaire Dicus of Ohio will
help him push the free homes bill through
congress
At Yukon, Mr.. Bonsy and Miss Parte
have been married and the Guthrie Lead
er suggests that the first boy be called
Napoleon.
Spanish spies are said to be In Guthrie.
One OF them telegraphed the waist meas
ure of Jake Schweizer to the Spanish gov
eminent last Wednesday.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal is
kicking on extra water hydrants and sug-
gests that the money be put in drains 10
get the surface water away.
Without any exaggeration Oklahoma's
company Is an excellent one. and will dis
tinguish itself. It will have men in COM
mand who viii speedily get 1t to the front
C. c. Bolton. OF Pawnee. who was sent
10 the pen Tor 0uLCQeF1QH stolen C2tLle,
has been pardonsd by Governor Barnes.
His faithful wife worked for his par
don.
When this war rs over the Indian scares
will begin. They will be fabricated for the
express purpose of getting the govern
ment to send troops back to the Oklahoma
posts.
The water at FL Reno Is very high, and
the Associated Press correspondent Is I'M
der quarantine so that he can not tele-
graph out that the town has been washed
off the top of the hill
Oklahoma City Olxlahoman: Last night
Henry Clews, q negro. was arrested by
the police for embezzlement, breach of
trust, or something similar. 4 Texan
named Johnson gave the darkey dollar
to get a ten-csnt can Of beer. The darkey
failed to return with the beer. and also
overlooked the return of the 80 cents In
change
Yesterday a man living east Of Okla
homa City, on account Of neighborhood
quarrel, refused to allow some negroes to
escape from the rising river by going
across his field. all other means of escape
being gone. The fellow stood the negroes
off with a shotgun until their cries
brought help from the city. If the story
is true that fellows funeral should have
an early and large attendance, says the
Oklahoman