The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-28
Outlines of oklahoma

Charley Hunter OF Enid thinks Roose-
velt viii be president some day.
Captain Houston, who led the Rough
Riders OF Oklahoma. now lives In Georgia.
Oklahoma City is thinking OF requiring
gates at prominent crossings Of rail-
roads.
That interview against Flynn seems to
have left Judge SCOTS steam chest
empty.
A. C. Towne, the Alva editor. last week
tackled binder. It bucked him on and
broke his arm.
A colored orator at Guthrie speaks of
the free silver issue as one that ceased
more sudden than 1t came"
Ty]er's livery barn at Edmond burned
the other night He had no Insurance.
and his loss Is close to 500.
As soon as you pass out OF Oklahoma
into the Chickasaw nation you begin TO
run across Alamo restaurants.
Mitscher Of Oklahoma City thinks that II
Grimes can not get the supervisorship.
Flynn and Grimes will indorse him for
the place.
The town in Oklahoma which Is to have
the next Rough Riders Reunion has not
yet been determined. II cost Las Vegas
$4,000 to entertain her guests.
Bill Grimes is not worrying about the
supervisorshtp OF census. Bill Is work
ing in his wheat fields and when the time
comes will get the appointment.
There is a story doEn in the Chicka-
saw nation that a man there once got
so drunk he went to the polls on election
day and voted for a Republican.
It Is reported that one OF the yellow
journals OF New York will soon take
a hand in the Fiynn-Barnes fight with a
big write-up Of the whole matter.
Upon arriving home Governor Barnes
was no doubt surprised TO find that about
eighteen different men had been appoint
ed governor in his place during his abb
sence.
Postmaster Glenn White Of Tecumseh
has been arrested, charged with perjury.
The controversy Is over evidence White
gave in a trial some months ago. as a
witness.
The word honkatonk applied in Okla
homa alone TO dance halls, is said TO be
in imitation of the cry Of wild geese.
But the geese OF the air are wiser than
the men who frequent the resorts.
Judge ]. II. King. formerly a land Of
flee official at Perry. who Is accused of
bribery In connection with the Lynch
case Of Ponca City. says the charges are
false and he will ask an investigation.
The government at Washington some Of
these days will break Up the trading at
Indian posts. This is sure to come prob
ably soon. The authorities at Washing
ton think the credit system among the
Usage Indians is bad, and may before
long insist on the red man entering Into
cash transactions only.
The truth about the Jester matter at
Shawnee Is this: Jester killed a boy NAM
ed Gates twenty-eight years ago, and
changed his name to Hiil. The other day
he decided to get married His sister.
Cornella Street, didn't want him to marry
and told the authorities who Hill really
was. Gates, a brother OF the person muir
dered, now one of the richest men in the
nation, insists on Jester being prosecut-
ed.
Enid Wave: Sly Oberlander says he
loves TO raise sugar cane. He has raised
considerable cane in his time. but he loves
sugar cane the best on account OF the
sacorine matter It contains; making fine
taffy for his large herd of Hereford jack
rabbits. II also makes him a sort OF a
hereditary relative Of the great American
sugar trust. In driving around the coun-
try the other day we noticed Oberlander's
sugar cane field: It was doing real well
doing all its own farming. An Old hen,
with a brood OF quite small chicks. was
scratching around on top OF It; 1. is plant
ed as thick as the yellow hair on a
saffron-colored dogs back.