The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-08
Outlines of Oklahoma

It Is settled that Clyde Mattox IS not
dead, but has escaped.
The soda fountain business has begun to
fzz in southern Oklahoma.
Peaches and plums are now in full bloom
in the region of Oklahoma City.
A grocery store at Perry carries mock
ing birds as a staple article OF sale
The report that the Rock Island is head
ed straight for Mangum is probably cor
rect.
The grand jury has done nothing sensa-
tional The territory demands respite
from sensations.
The United States land Office at Mus
kogee, the first in the Indian Territory,
is open for business.
The Board of Education for the terri
tory has accepted the Northwestern Nor
NAL building at Alva.
Governor Barnes has gone away 10 St
Louis again. The governor does Ike 10
exercise that railroad pass.
While the Republicans won at Guthrie,
the sewerage proposition which the Re
publicans advocated, was defeated.
The Alva Review Is a socialistic paper
and its inside matter Is made Of the most
rabid appeals printed in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma City Times Journal says
the local election proved that Oklahoma
City is Democratic on as straight party
vote.
Only two Republicans were elected in
the Oklahoma City election, Spencer for
city clerk and Warren for street commits
sioner.
Captain DeFord was beaten by 2SS ma
jority for marshal OF Oklahoma City. Cap
tain is liable to regard this as a Barnes
victory.
A change of IS votes would have elected
Overholser at Oklahoma City and Over
hoIser now knows where he could have
changed them
A good many OF the statesmen Of Okla
homa would make more medicine and
better harmony If they would play less
10 the newspapers.
Mrs. Hatch has received a number Of
letters from lawyers offering to defend
her son if he is apprehended. Clyde viii
never be taken alive.
The license Of the White House club
saloon at Ponca City, where Clyde Mat
tox shot his man, has been revoked and
the place closed by the county commits
sioners.
II ne wants TO see Ills party nave SUI
cess in the future every Republican In
Oklahoma should make vow that he will
allow no man, politician or newspaper TO
''rib'' him.
At Perry, one candidate for mayor &C
cused his opponent of being a bum. His
opponent accused him of being intimate
with a woman. The woman. in Kansas
City, hearing of this. came down and
horsewhiped the candidate for mayor who
made the accusation.
Ponca City Courier: F. A Burbank.
brush artist of much merit, who has been
here frequently, has just completed a
pctrre, from life, of the Usage. Ne-kah-
ese-wah. in English II reads Mean Man.
Work of this character is Mr.. Burbank's
speciality, and most of his productions
have been purchased by wealthy people
of Chicago at prices entirely satisfactory
TO Mr.. Burbank. This sketch Of Ne-kah
ese-wah, In the complete psraphernalia
of an Usage full blood, will be reproduced
in Brush and Pencil. the leading art jour
nal Of Chicago.
Ponca City Courier: T. NJ Finney, head
of the dry goods and grocery company
which bears his name, went to the Usage
country as a trader in 1873 He at once
set about to master the Usage Language.
and began a collection of Indian words
and phrases. A popularity Of this Ian
guage is that one word often means a
whole sentence in English. He has pre-
served his collections and now has about
$500 Indian words or sentences. He has
also completed partial dictionary OF
the Pawnee language. but it is not near
ly so complete as his Usage dictionary
Mr. Finney's compilation Of Indian Ian
guages possesses great merit, and is Of
much practical and historical value, as II
is doubtless the only dictionary of the
kind In existence.