The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-22
Outlines of Oklahoma.


Governor Barnes IS expected in Guthrie
in time to celebrate Christmas at home.
The government will put in two type
writers in all frst-class posto1ices in
Oklahoma
General commentator OF the appoint
ment of Horace Speed is seen In the Ok
lahoma papers
II is not very hard to be appointed an
Indian agent, but it is mighty difficult
TO hold the Job.
A chattel mortgage for N1.soo en- 500
head OF cattle was filed the other day
at Oklahoma City.
Frank Coleman assembled in a balloon
at Ponca City the other day and ''skun
the cat" thousand feet in the air.
It is to be hoped that Mr.. Scothorn viii
remain in the office of United States dis
trict attorney. He is a good official.
1t is said that Horace Speed carried
letter OF recommendation from ex-Presi-
dent Harrison TO President Mckinley.
Fred Jones has appealed from Judge
Twins sentence. and his bond has been
fixed at $1,000, which has not been filed
Some one at Oklahoma City is adver-
Using for lost solitaire diamond ear
ring. That town Of Oklahoma City is a
rich burg.
has been confirmed and from this dis
lance everything seems to be adjusting
itself at Washington in good shape.
Agent Bentley, of the Kickapoo Indians.
seems to have solved the Indian problem
He gets the Indians TO work by promis-
ing them trip. The Indian is child.
At Oklahoma City the wish is general
that the game warden viii soon capture
another consignment of quail and give
them to the poor Of the city for Christ
mas dinner.
The wise school board Of Oklahoma
City has decided TO beautify the school
grounds of that city by planting trees.
The trees should be carefully surrounded
with Harveyized steel.
1t looks very much as If the Republi-
cans in Oklahoma had wiped the slate of
and all feuds were gone. If this is not
done it will have TO be. or the Repubn-
cans will not win next fall.
Down near Ardmore. the other day,
there was little, lone water-spout which
filed a creek to the brim and washed
away a bridge, while all the rest of the
country was dry as a powder horn.
The Oklahoman of Oklahoma City is
still in favor of standing by the United
States in the war in the Philippines, and
has made a mistake by its opposition in
this matter.
Major Stouch Of Colorado, who has been
appointed agent at Darlington, thinks
probably he has struck a great snap. But
sooner or later the department will get
after him and harass and poster him. He
will probably not last longer than two
years.
Colonel Pollock of the Usage Indian ma
ton, expects to have his head cut off al
most any day. evidently. His friends are
defending him, saying that he has al
ways been a true blue Republican, while
beverly, the inspector who gave in an un-
favorable report, is a Missouri Demo- /
crat.
A man named Grimes was some time /
ago convicted Of stealing a pair of shoes /
and put in Jail under a thirty-day SEN /
tence at Oklahoma City. The other night /
he finished his sentence and after being |
gone a little while returned and asked |
that he be permitted to sleep there, as he /
could find no place else. lie was refused. |
The next annual session of the Okla /
homa Agricultural, Horticultural and r. /
rigation association will be held in Ok !
lahoma City December 26. q and D. 1899. 4
The Swine-breeders and Poultry associa- 1
ton of the territory viii also meet there /
during the same week and steps will be /
taken by the combined societies toward /
perfecting plans looking towards the for
nation of State Board of Agriculture.
Wynnewood Republic: The smallpox
situation in the Indian territory is assum-
ng alarming proportions. Ten thousand
dollars, the sum appropriated by the Chloe
law nation and put at the disposal Of
the medical board of that nation, has
more than been spent and the epidemic
spreads. The little town Of Calvin, so
miles west OF South McAlester. has 20
cases, and the entire town has been ex-
posed. From four 10 six cases develop
here daily. The president and secretary
If the board of health, whose offices are
1t South McAlester, view with alarm the
Of the entire territory. The quar-
lntine law is strictly enforced and 10
rains are allowed to stop at Calvin. The
own is completely isolated from the out
side world