The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-02
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Enid Is stin after the Frisco road and
will get ii sure as the sun rises.
The Enid Wave says that there is not
a slow town in Garfield county.
N B. Kiblinger of the Colorado hotel
at Shawnee, died Sunday, of pneumonia
The snow storm at Ponca City Monday
night was preceded by thunder and light
ming.
While trying to board a train. Blaine
Hathaway at Oklahoma City fell and had
his foot crushed
Captain De Ford hasn't been in New
kirk long, but he has already pulled his
-coat OF politically.
Tuesday morning the store of P. VIII
lams & Co, at Tonkawa, was burned.
The loss is about 5000.
Fire Chief hartman OF Oklahoma City
wants all buildings over three stories
high equipped with fire escapes. They
will rust down.
Ivan Conkling having divided up the
territory into 22S enumerator districts, il
now trying to divide those Is districts
among about 5.o00 applicants.
The peanut raisers of Payne county de-
clare that their crop this year, while not
as good as formerly, still beats the wheat
crop all hollow in value received.
The case of County Clerk Caffrey OF
Oklahoma county, which goes on forever,
will be up in the supreme Gcourt soon and
Mr. Keaton has gone to Washington TO
attend 20 it.
oil. Lasher was acquitted OF selling
liquor without q license in an Oklahoma
City court Lasher was charged with
taking some whisky to a country dance
and selling it.
The Democratic convention for Potta-
watomie county has been called for July
g. AS most of the Democrats viii not be
back from Kansas City at that time, the
date viii probably be changed.
An Oklahoma City preacher went to an
other preachers church last Sunday
night and in the middle Of the sermon
arose and disputed the speakers argu-
ment A policeman took him out.
As a general sanitary principle the Ok
lahoma City Times-Journal lays it down
as a rule that when the public highway
gets so foul that cats drop dead while
crossing it, it is time for a general kick.
H. Overholser has made a new propo-
sition TO the Oklahoma City council Of
fering TO loan the city the money to
| build a city building at per cent. The
city council accepted the proposition by a
unanimous vote.
Stinnett, the Oklahoma man who was
convicted of shooting his step-daughter,
even when she testified in his behalf,
realizes now that the territory has a few
rights in the premises when it comes to
too great versatility with firearms
Frank Greer says: "Only since the
opening has Kansas waned. About ali
the best men of Kansas having icome 10
Oklahoma it is not surprising that Kan
sas has not been so much on the map OF
the Union since then. And Indiana suf-
fered from the same kind of an exodus.
Ben Harrison well-nigh ruined Indiana
by sending most of its ablest citizens 10
assist in the building of Oklahoma"
A Washington dispatch says: 'One of
the most persistent opponents 10 state
hood for the territories of Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory has been Represen-
tative Little, of Arkansas. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Titles opposition is
based upon special reasons growing out
of a plan of his own, which he desires 10
see adopted toward the territories. In
stead of allowing the Indian territory 10
come in as part of Oklahoma, he wants
it divided and a part of it annexed 10
Arkansas and a part made over TO Okla
hona to come in when that territory Is
admitted to the Union. He has not
made his scheme generally known, but
il is expected that he will propose it for
mally to the committee on territories, as
the most feasible plan that could be
adopted.