The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-08
Outlines Of Oklahoma


| The Oklahoma City Times-JourHal Is
making fine page OF local news now.
Dennis Flynn received more votes than
any other man on the door If congress.
The Guthrie Leader predicts that there
4 Wiz De no federal changes il Oklahoma.
Colonel Jamison. Of Guthrie. IS a can
didate for ergeant-at-arus eff the conn
ell
Governor Barnes has handed his an
nual report TO the secretary OF tae IN
terror
a Museum Of Anatomy is trave.ne
over the territory, leaving its trail Of
''e6ueatt ZION.
Warm rains continue TO ran on the
Strip wheat and it IS getting stsonge,
and stronger
tie Usage country 10 settlement They
ali come TO it.
The Ponca City Courier says there VIII
be no contest in Kay county over the
last election results.
The South AIcAiester statehood con-
vention VIII b about he tenth one he
in the two territories.
At any rate, Oklahoma viii get into
the Union without helping cause a war.
That was more than Kansas did.
Ponca City has a few cases CT Mid
smallpox and has done the sensible
thing and vigorously Guaranteed.
The Guthrie Capital believes that either
. a double or a single ssa teh0od enabling
act VIII be passed for Oklahoma within
the next TWO years.
The Oklahoma City Oklahoman says.
oklahoma is clearly entitled TO state
hood nothing could prevent it if the In
clan territory was ready for it,
D. .-H--
Burbank is probably painting the Sacs and
Foxes on the theory that another small
pox epidemic wou.a wipe en- all out
Frank Greer says that Christmas is
now near enough Tor the husband TO
draw a long face and tell his vile ,haJ
50 far as money matters are concerned
things look mighty dubious for him.
A higEWaymsn bold walked into
store at McLoud and trisd to rob the
proprietor The proprietor resisted and
after about six rounds tne highwayman
bold escaped with his life, ana viii ser
his apologies to the store-keeper by ma /.
Three travelling men "hot-footed"
tramp at kildare the other night, Sc
verify burning him. one Of the travelling
men has been arrested; the other two
have skipped. Hot-footing is accom-
plished by finding a man sleeping some
where, pouring gasoline on the solss OF
his shoes and then setting this afire The
agony resulting 20 the victim is excru-
ciating. but usually only painful mo-
mentarliy.
Ponca City Times; Tt will no doubt Be
a surprise TO the readers Of this paper
to know that Ponca City is the present
home of a gentleman whom some thirty
years ago held copy for Charles Dick
ems, the author whose fame as a fiction
writer is worldwide, but such is new
ertheless true. The gentleman in ques-
ton is none other than J. H. King.
Ponca City's Well-known laundryman.
At the time mentioned, Mr. King was
employed as apprentice in the great
book publishing house of Cox &c Wyman,
at Great Queens street, London,
ENGLAND. The house was then printing
Charles Dickens now familiar book
Our Mutual Friend" and Mr. King
used 10 carry what is known in print
shop parlance as revise proofs" to Mr..
Dickens private office in Salisbury
street In the Strand and hold the origi-
nal COPY while the renowned writer of
fiction carefully read over the proof for
topographic and other errors. Having
known the famous Charles Dickens per
sonauy is a distinction Of which millions
OF people throughout the world might
well feel proud.