The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-29
Outlines of Oklahoma.

There are lot Of people out at Taloga
who think Mahafra viii be granted new
trial
The Cleveland Triangle is for Bird Nc
CURE for the Republican nomination for
congress.
1t would be. interesting TO know why
Governor Barnes annual report is not
published.
1t is strange how certain the boomers
are that there is gold in the Wichita
mountains.
Nearly every lawyers Office in oklaho-
ma is becoming "the proper place 10
make final proof"
Judge Hainer. at Pawnee, last week,
had n-Kah-Hoppy thrown in jail FOR
contempt of court.
Dennis Flynn seems TO be getting along
with Speaker Henderson fully as well
as ne did with Thomas Reed.
Dr. Ballard Of Leavenworth declares
positively that the Democrats will not
fuse with the Populists next year.
Ransom Payne is still down in Wash
ington turning the milestone END getting
his knife in shape for Agent Pollock's
scalp.
Ponca City Courier: Taxes for the year
1899 are not due until December 10. and
are not delinquent until Monday, January
Is. 1900.
There will be a sudden break in that
direction by the railroads If 1t should de-
velop that petroleum underlies the Cush-
ing country.
Flynn has managed to get on the public
lands committee, where he can have
something TO say about free homes when
the bill is referred"
The Pennsylvania crowd are getting
ready to spring some one for the United
States attorneyship. There will probably
be a fight over the place.
Richard c. Adams, very bright mem
Der Of the Delaware tribe, has lately
issued book under the title: "A Della
ware Indian Legend" 1t is prose and
poem.
Jerre johnson, by the way OF aesthetic
criticism, holds that an EDITOR beneath
a printed picture of President McKin-
ley, can not decorously roast Mckinley
appointees in his columns.
A whole lot Of Indians with names Ike
John Old Wart and Bill Flap Ears, were
up before court at Pawnee last week
for "disposing," and had their cases con-
tinued until next term.
Every claim-holder in the Strip and
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country
should pick out a congressman and
United States senator and write them
letters asking help for free homes.
A balloon at Ponca City, Saturday az
ternoon got skittish and yanked the bal
loonist all over d four-acre lot. scratch
ing him up considerably, and finally get
ting loose and soaring 800 feet in the
air.
Near the Haskell Institute in Lawrence,
the other day. a party of Indians were
overtaken by rain and at once put up
their umbrellas. How their parents
would have wept to have seen this evil
dence of effeminacy.
H. D. Mcknight Of Greer county will try
to take the Republican nomination for
congress away from Dennis Flynn on the
theory that the Republicans should have
in congress a man in sympathy with
President Mckinley.
Here is a school predicament as re-
lated by country correspondent in the
Arapahoe Clarion: District "a Is without
a school, without a school board without
a levy and almost without q district as
part of their territory has been trans
ferred to new district, the chances are
1t will never be recognized as the ma
iority are of the opinion that no mixed
schoo lis preferable; while It may be law
it is no go in "a or IN independence dis
trfct. While both Of said districts are
as much in favor of educating the dar-
kies and will do as much towards It as
any one, they positively refuse mixing,
consequently a public school is out Of the
question. Possibly we are wading out
into deep water. but we have long since
learned to SWIM