The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-15
Outlines of Oklahoma


Sid Clarke and 10. WHISKY have both
been nominated for the legislature.
The Oklahoma decision on school board
levies is being used in controversy IN
EmpOria, Kansas.
The Choctaw IS trying to secure pos
session OF q road which runs from Little
Rock 10 sdemphis-
The editor of the Sunbeam al Cheyenne
has been authorized 10 announce nine
teen men for office.
Nearly all the nominations are made.
and Shoe-string Smith doesn't seem 10
have his feet on bottom yet
Before the campaign ends in Oklahoma
the cry will be free homes and statehood
That is the way 1t is tending
A. c. Scott, of the Agricultural college.
delivered the opening address at the Kan
sas State university the other day.
The Grant County Yidette wants the
boys at FIT. Reno mustered out at once.
II says 90 per cent OF them want to so
home.
DR.. J. W. Norman Of Fayetteville, Ar
kansas has purchased an interest IN the
E. ]. Streeter hardware store at Okla
homa City.
Emmett Collier of Shawnee. who was
wounded four times at Santiago, has
Spanish dollar which Garcia gave him
He is now at home.
Shirley Chapman and Nc OF D were
great friends. Nc never went 10 Ell Reno
that he did not drop In on Chapman and
have talk with him.
Dave Mcclure, Rough Rider. has re-
ceived his discharge On his way home
he will meet his parents at Omaha and
take in the exposition
The last shipment OF last years cotton
from Guthrie was made theother day.
According to the Free Press, Guthrie last
year shipped 23,17S bales. which were
valued at S579.345.
If Keaton loses Woods county and has
only small majorities in Pott and Cleve-
land counties he will be defeated. The
Strip Will give Flynn bigger vote this
year than two years ago.
Keston made fun OF Dennis Flynn at
Pond Creek and man in the audience
got hot and called him down. Keaton
gave him one look. paused a moment and
then went on with his speech.
The best element that time has dem
onstrated in Dennis Flynn is that with
all his popularity he never had the big
head He loves humanity generally He
revels in conversation. He is keen for
good Joke The essence of his life is
companionability. His anger is an cleo
trical spark, the cause OF which he for
gets in about two seconds. His worst
enemy can take him out under tree and
smoke a cigar with him, and in ten min
utes Flynn will believe the man his best
friend on earth. Lasting hate is not in
him. He can't see why everybody is not
his friend. That is his greatest strength.
Charles Scott of lola, Kansas. who
knew Macdonald OF D county well. prints
the Eagles pen-picture of him and says:
I'm the main that Is a pretty fair sum
ming up. II is not true. though, we
think, that Macdonald spent his life on
the frontier for the romantic reasons
above suggested. The mans ruling pas
sion was ambition. He coveted power. He
wanted to be a ruler among men. More
than anything else, he coveted and Gull
tivated the gift Of oratory. II he could
have been q leader in any OF the great
cities he would never have dreamed OF
the frontier. But knowing that he could
not be, he went where men were fewer,
where the competition was not so great.
He would rather be the leader of dozen
Arabs in the desert than to be follow
er in the proudest army OF Christendom.