The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-25
Outlines of Oklahoma

1 OulnfiSS VI 0NtdfiOtu1
The printing cyclone is growing larger
! and has double centrifugal twist TO II.
| The people of wellston say there is no
smallpox there. Dr.. Buxton says there
| is.
The Oklahoma legislature is inclined &c
| put the Oklahoma doctor on the h0G
| train.
The assessors have scheduled the vslu-
alton OF bicycles in the territory from $;
| to $50.
| The vanguard Of returning volunteers
| from Georgia viii strike Oklahoma Feb
ruary 9
The managing agent Of the wells-Fsrgc
| express office at FL Reno IS a woman
! Miss Kate HOlbrook.
| The present legislature will validate the
election wherein the name of D county
was changed to Dewey.
| Woods county is working itself into a
county seat fight excitement which il
will regret for the next ten years.
! Red Bird and War Path. two Cheyenne
| Indians were married at FL Reno the
| other day. War Path, ot course, is a
| woman.
In an interview the other day Callahan
| expressed his belief that the free homes
bill would pass before congress ad-
journed.
There is danger Of a female suffrage
act from the present legislature. l. IS
nobody's business TO lobby against it,
and it may slip through.
Frank Worcester has been appointed
Indian farmer at Anadarko agency
Frank is from Grant county, which is
at last getting next the plum-tree.
The Republicans of the legislature will
do well to caucus in the council as well
as the house. and proceed to get down 20
business and quit politics for q little
while
The taxpayers at Fl Reno. or rather
mass meeting, wept the other night
because Tom Reid voted against house
bill No. l, purporting to ladel out relief
to the taxpayers of Oklahoma.
Hutto represents part of Lincoln coun-
ty and the Chandler News says he has
made grave mistake. Tom Ferguson
of the Watonga Republican also con-
dennis Candy for his action in breaking
the slate.
The call for statehood convention des-
ignated that those opposed TO statehood
should not be delegates or rather only
those in favor OF statehood should be
delegates. But there will be lots of anti
Stockholders in convention at Guthrie to-
day.
It is not the privilege of riding on
freight trains that IS the railroad oues-
ton in Oklahoma. 1t is tyrannous to
force freights to carry passengers. The
legislature should look 70 remedial freight
rate legislation, not freight passenger leg
islation.
J. W. Draper, who killed Charles Davis
at Yukon, is serving his four years SEN
tence out in the penitentiary. He is SO
old that it is virtually life sentence for
him. but he expects no pardon, saying
the four years is an obligation he will
pay in full.
Across the street from the legislature in
Guthrie is a shooting gallery. When a
man hits the bulls eye some sort OF a
calllope starts up and means for fifteen
minutes. In the evening. a band for a
variety theatre gets out and blows holes
in the atmosphere. The legislature is talk
ing of having the militia called out.
Calvin Suggs. who has good part Of
the Kiowa and Comanche country leas-
ed for cattle pasture. has made his mill
ion and a half since 1891 in the cattle bus
mess in Oklahoma. In 1891 Suggs. like
nearly all of the cattle men. was down.
HeShad owned thousands of cattle and
was counted a rich man, but every turn
from 1885 took a big slice of his fortune
but he concluded to stick to cattle. In
1891 the tide changed and the cattle
business began TO improve and has been
improving ever since.
Ponca City Courier: A man named Da-
Wis in the kaw reservation is very sick
with smallpox. so it is reported. Some
one went to investigate the rumor yes
terday. and reports that It is the real
thing. Chas. Lessert of this city with
his family visited at the house some
days ago. where the case is reported 10
be located. and associated with the man
who now has the disease. The conse-
Guence is that there is some excitement
here over the possibility that hte Les
sert family may have contracted the
dread disease. The family has consented
to remain isolated until all danger IL
contagion shall have passed away. All
precaution should be exercised in the
matter. An ounce Of prevention is worth
a pound OF cure