The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-31
Outlines Of Oklahoma

Mrs johnson was acquitted. but she
VIII not have many proposals hereafter.
There VIII be a warm old time in Fl
Reno II Mr.. Hansley gets elected mayor.
The other day it showed at Enid. was
dry at Arkansas City on the north and
dry at E Reno on the south.
The farmers in Noble county say the
average Of the entire county in wheat pro-
duetion wiz be 70 per cent of full crop
The Oklahoman Of Oklahoma City Is
busily engaged in getting q faetiouai
street fight mixed up in the local cam
paign-
Next Wednesday the territorial board OF
education win meet at Edmond either 70
reject or accept the Northwestern Normal
at Alva.
The poll books of Oklahoma City show
that there ade 800 non-voters there because
htey have not resided in town the re-
quired six months
c. G. Jones and D. c. Lewis Of Okla
arranging for the Wichita Falls and Okla
homa City railroad.
The man who is exhibiting the fat girl in
Kansas has another curiosity In his tent.
He calls him THE only Oklahoma man
not yet investigated"
1t would be joke IL neither Oklahoma
nor Kansas had a tornado this year. So
many people are predicting them that
none viii probably occur.
Secretary Wilson at Washington has
some muskmelon seeds from Afghanistan,
to experiment with in this country, and
Oklahoma should get few.
Elmo Blaylock of the Mangum Sun Is
dead. He was bright boy. child of
the prairies, who wondered much of the
outside world and dreamed Of il, but never
came to see it.
The codifying committee will complete
its business this week and move home
ward. All that is now left of the last
legislature is that which is forcibly de-
tanned by the grand jury.
r. @. Blakeney and e z. Brown, the
rival editors at Oklahoma City. have been
appointed election commissioners 10 make
up the tickets for election. Both will at
tend the first meeting with clubs.
A member tried TO introduce bill in
congress granting right Of way through
Oklahoma Territory. 1T seems 10 me"
said Speaker Reed, that unless it is an
elevated road there will be no room for
it."
A number of colored people from Okla
hma, the Indian Territory and Kansas,
are stranded in New York. An emigra-
ton company proposed TO take them 10
Liberia, making conditions which it was
| impossible to fulfill, and the coloreo people
are sWamped.
c. o. Blake of Ell Reno has beben elect
ed president of the Board of Regents of
the University at Norman. and C. l..
Botsford OF Norman, secretary. The re-
gents will test the validity of the law
under which the territorial treasurer re-
fuses to pay warrants for the institu-
ton.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Charlie
Randall received a letter this morning
from kid" Hammel. in Manila. He
writes that he took part In the fight with
the army, though he IS a citizen. He says
50 Americans were killed and 500 wound
ed, while thousands of Fflipinos were
slain. He is keeping house and has three
servants which cost him only $50 per
month. He says he is making money.
There is another chapter TO the Glaze
KinbaIl- Mccoy story. Miss Mccoy mar
ried rich man named kimball at Guth-
RE. She got a divorce from him and con-
siderable property. A man named Glaze
came along, being IN a conspiracy with
KimbaIl, married Mrs. Kimball, got her
property all away from her and then he
and KfmbaIl 1t is said, fed Now wo-
man appears at Boise City. Idaho. who
says she is Mrs. Glaze No. 1.
Purcell Register: A residence lot'' IN
the meaning Of the Curtis law and as in
terpreted by the secretary Of the tnte-
rior, means the amount of land enclosed
and used as a homestead and improved
accordingly. The instructions to the town
site appraisers settle this point. So, if a
resident Is occupying a quarter Of a
block, or even more, or less. he will be
/ permitted to retain II as his homestead
and be required to pay but 50 per cent of
| its advertised value. This matter has
been the source OF great deal of guess
| ing" and the instructions seem to meet
| with general APPRECIATION.