The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-29
Outlines OF Oklahoma

The Pawhuska Journal comes out Ter
single statehood with the Indian terri
tory.
In the watcher case at Kingdsher ne
Jury stood nine for acquittal. three for
conviction.
The Orient gra6s from Antony. kan
sas, TO Augusta. oklahoma, viii be com
ple5ed by December L.
The Guthrie Leader notes that the lat
est reports Of Aguinaldo's death haven
been officially canvasse6 set
The Enid Wave says that it Is not
bowling for any kind Of statehood yer,
as il fears the increased taxes.
judge McAtee warmed Up tae other
morning al Enid because the attorneys
did not appear on time and begin Their
cases.
A Norman girl received from her
sweetheart. soldier in the Philippines,
box OF cigars. That boy is figuring
on standing in with the old man.
Today the Woodman lodge, Of Glencoe.
viii hold a big hunt There VIII Be tWo
parties and the contest VIII be between
them. A quail counts only l. WOLF
counts 80.
The Guthrie Leader tells of Tom
Wnistlilg Eye. Four years ago he went
10 Carlisle Indian school so savage that
ne would shy at lawn mower. me
other day he returned, dressed mp MT TO
Kill. and announces that he viii practice
law.
What is probably worrying the Indian
territory in the statehood matter is the
fear that Oklahoma VII set all The state
institutions if Oklahoma gels into he
Union first and the indian territory is
added piecemeal Eastern kansas has
all the state institutions.
The saltwater Gazette says that at the
last city election there The church peo-
pie, resolving that there was 100 much
gambling, practically elected their entire
city ticket; that since that ticket wss
elected gambling has been more ram
pant than ever and more nOtori us
Lately. however, according TO the Ga
zette. the officials have felt the impulse
of reform and are making things Ay.
This is the story Of a belt that be
came a strop and then a strap. It Is To-
Gated at saltwater young boy pur-
chased a razor and tried TO shave. He
believed the razor needed sharpening, So
when his mother was at church he took
her nice. new novelty bella tied one end
10 the wall and strOpp away A sud-
den turn of the razor and he slashed
that belt squarely in two. Just then
his mother appeared and one end of than
str0p became a strap. fer she laid him
over her knee and used Il on him good
and hard.
Tecumseh Republican: The time has
arrived when the summer campaign must
close with the young man and IS hes
girl. and the question of paramount i'm
pOrtance to be dec.d q is whether the
will merge themselves into two sou g
with but a single thought, two her res
that beat as one or carry the cam
paign into the next season. As far as
we know there viii be but few thar
merge" and from this the inference is
that Tecumseh's summer girl has mar Q
failure this campaign.
Shawnee Democrat: Much excitement
and indignation was occas.oned in Wl-
burton, T. r., a town about thirty miles
east Of South McAlester. yesterday, by
I the attempt of the Choctaw. Oklahoma
and Gulf railroad to eject from It's
/ right-of-way through the town a large
number of residents. many of whom had
/ substantial dwellings and other buildings
on the railroad property, but which were
built there years ago, before the exact
location and extent Of the right-of-way
were known to anyone, 1t was found
that any attempt to put these peop,e Of
without formal legal process would ce
violently resisted, hence the railroad yes
terday afternoon fled suits IN the United
states court here for the purpose of Ell
/ fecting their removal