The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-17
Outlines of Oklahoma,

| Farmers out In Custer county are De-
! ting on Is bushels of corn TO the acre
Some of the very finest bass in the
west are caught n the streams near
| Woodward.
/ Indian Agent Wisdom, OF the five civil
lied tribes. is after the men with sxcessivs
land-hoIdings.
Dennis Flynn was at Shawnee Saturday
night having conferences with the boys
Something is in the wind
| One of the greatest towns N America
| will be Arapahoe when IL becomes rail-
road terminus Mark the prediction.
Charles Hunter. Rough Rider, is sx-
pected home on furiough in few days.
Enid should give him g rous.ng welcome
The Deweys are looking up all over the
country. William Dewey Is running for
county surveyor out IN Roger Nils
county.
If Judge PitZer's long. patrician fingers
are to be in this congressional round rob-
in pie it is about time some sign OF them
was appearing.
Tom Doyle has announced himself a.
the straight Democratic candidate for the
legislature In Noble county. The moon
is bloodying up.
Temple Houston In for expansion He
says that the three greatest steps in our
country's history were taken in violation
of the constitution.
Oklahoma should never forget that an
August rain is an impossibili,y. Many
western Oklahoma farmers have had 10
take their wheat down, dry it and re-
stack 1t.
When some Populist arises and asks
Keaton: What is your opinion OF Gro
yer ClevelandT' there is going 10 be fun
floating in the air. To roast Cleveland
Keaton would be an migrate
w. F. Hendricks, who represented Gus
ter county in the legislature in 1885, is
said to have disappeared Her brother
came from Texas the other day and took
Mrs, Hendricks homo with him
Bill Bolton is getting poetic. Listen:
Indian summer imparts a purple haze 10
our horizon and sweetens the ambient
air with oZone!' That's right. but what
has become of your ambient soap miner
No one need have any fear about the
Republicans getting together at Ell Reno.
man will be nominated for congress
who will demand that they get together.
A Rough Rider could demand 1t with more
grace and effectiveness than anybody eIss.
If the most influential man in Okla
homa can be found he should be sent
to headquarters by the people to persuade
politics. The railroads will rue the day
the railroads to keep out of Oklahoma
politics. The railroads will rue the day,
if they do not keep out.
Oklahoma City TiHes-Journal: The po-
tato crop of Oklahoma while not large
this year, is of extra quality. This is
especially true where the potatoes were
grown upon the rich sandy loan of the
valleys. Col CoIcord has a large field
which Is yielding a very fine quality Of
potatoes. The ground is especially adapt
ed to the growing of the best quality of
potatoes and therefore the potatoes are
extraordinary in size and quality.
Francis Byrne, Rough Rider, gives this
picture of just before the battle" in The
Guthrie Free Press: On the last day of
June, at about p. m, the order came
down the line to break camp, draw three
days rations and fill our cartridge belts.
By p. m. the regiment was moving to-
ward Santiago. OF course, we all knew
what was coming, but we laughed and
joshed each other as If we were going to
a picnic instead of funeral. 1t was rain
ing and the roads were very slippery. At
about D. m, the column was halted and
we were OIutIeu ~ 20 INTO ulduS
a cup of coffee and we had hard tack,
bacon and coffee for supper. After sup
per we rolled up in our blankets and slept
as soundly as if we were at home. Re-
Veille was sounded at a. m. When / got
up and looked around 1 saw a battery
which had been planted in the night. i
went up on the hill where they were and
l could see the town of San Juan and
Caney. They were covered with Red
Cross flags. After breakfast We were sit
ting around waiting for something 10 hap
pen when suddenly one OF the guns to
the right opened on Caney. In mo-
ment our battery in front of us opened
up and we could see our shells strike, !
and those who had glasses could see the |
Spaniards running. This kind of work was |
very amusing to US and we were enjoying |
1t very much until the Spanish battery |
opened up. The first shell that came |
burst right over our regiment. After that |
we were moved around behind hill. and |
In few moments the order came to move. |
We were started down the road towards |
where the firing was. When we got pretty |
close we were ordered TO pile our packs !
and everything, except our gun and cam
teen, were left behind. We were then /
moved carefully forward. Very soon the 4
order came down the line to load maya
zine and chamber. Everybody had become
quiet and there was a different look. Al
Ter moving a short distance we heard
The advance guard fire a few shots and
he regiment was swung across a little
,reek and into an opening where the
Spaniards could get a peep at US. The
bullets came in a moment and we were
advanced to our position on the double
iuick. After that l scarcely know what
~ Lak
light l found myself with the rest OF the
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