The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-11
Outlines OF Oklahoma

The first excursion to Granite was 50
successful that the Rock Island may re-
peat 1t.
Marcus L. Long of Ponca City has a
plum tree twig twelve inches long that
has g plums on it.
The whisper comes from Washington
that The census Of Oklahoma viii prove
surprise, even 10 Oklahoma.
As soon as Big Jim returns from
Mexico the ShaVnees viii have big
dance and receive his report.
Bob Neff is now preparing his speech
for the campaigr. 1t will make the cot
tonwood leaves curl up and drop of
John Blizzard, who has been visiting
at Ponca City, has returned 70 Ms on +
and not to Labrador, as enormously
stated
Granite has caught the fancy of the
boomers and you can hear all over the
western country that Granite is going
10 be city"
The national Democratic committee ex-
poets Flynn 20 be elected in Oklahoma.
So does Bryan. So does everybody, ex-
cept Bob Neff.
]. R. Fearnow Of Ponca City pulled
two twenty-dollar bills out of his pocket
to buy circus tickets. Some one grabbed
the big bills and ran.
It is claimed that the corn crop Of
eastern Oklahoma is perfect and far
surpasses the corn in any other part OF
the territory.
The Newkirk Democrat IS talking of
Neff carrying Kay county by 1000 ma
jority. He IS the more likely to lQse It
by that much.
The Democrats and Populists in the
territory are counting whole lot on the
increased vote ip the western part Of
Oklahoma being anti-Republiean.
1t is said that Bin Grimes could have
Secured an Endorsement of Governor
Barnes administration at the Guthrie
convention If he had so desired
The interior department recently can
celled some leases made on the Ponca
reservation. The cancellation was based
on the report of a special Indian agent
Tom Ferguson, TIE new chairman OF
the territorial Republican central COM
mittee, is red-headed, a rustler, a true
blue partisan and a rafting good man
all around.
Eight whisky peddlers We're captured
by the authorities at an Indian dance
near Shawnee. the other night The
whisky peddler arrest business is becom-
ing something of a chestnut
The man who went down to the At
lantic ocean to drink If dry in four hours
mad the same innocent. trusting faith
that characteriZes Bob Forrest when he
says that Neff will be elected
The press dispatches sent out from
Guthrie 10 the East had the Republican
congressional convention, at the sug-
gestion of Dennis Flynn. refusing to in
dorse whole lot of talk in the east.
A United States army officer has the
gail to come ont and write an ar ic Q
saying that Geronimo is insane The
department is stirred up over the report
and viii investigate. The story is a
fake. which originated in Vinita-
The papers at Oklahoma City Will learn
after years that when a man comes to
that town and talks OF establsh'n a
packing house, not to print his name or
whisper it very loud. Kansas City
watches these things like a hawk. and
when she sees a mention of a proposed
enterprise in an Oklahoma town. tele-
graphs the promoter the offer Of ia
bonus that Oklahoma City could not
raise in a year
The New York World solemnly relates
this story Of Bell starr: THE woman
br'gand Of Texas, Bell S-arr, was al
ways spectacular, always taking the cen
ter of the stage. She once visited and
slept at hotel because the local Judge
lived there. She drew him into CONVEX
sation, led him to boast that he would
know her at sight and would arrest her,
then confessed her identity. struck him
in the face with her riding-whip and
went off,