The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-17
Outlines OF Oklahoma

Kingasher is going to try that court
house bond proposition over again
The negroes Of Guthrie VIII start To-
cal paper for the colored Republicans.
How Oklahoma has been filing up
This year 1881 more people voted than
in 1s9S-
What has become OF the nan who used
TO paint watermelons TO keep them for
Christmas dinner2
Vashita county has only three little
towns in its borders and yet II contains
nearly 1890 people.
a bin wiz be passed by congress this
winter creating an extra land district
for the Kiowa country.
The alioting agents in The Kiowa couu-
try are greatly Handicapped By the want
of a competent surveying corps.
1t is expected that the Orient railroad
which viii go through Washita county
win open up the county seat hght again
The South Carolina pan Of handiag
the liquor question was not a success
and Oklahoma can not AFFORD to adopt IT,
The new city building at Oklahoma
City Will be three stories high and viii
be-topped with ornamental eagles On he
eornice.
Joe Kennels. the ex-polieeman OF Guth-
RE who killed Jap Salisbury assistant
chief. has been indicted for murder N ths
first degree
Washita county. which gave % for Men.
did not poll its ful vote. Many Of the
Democrats remained in the fields picking
cotton election day.
Oklahoma now has a total vote Of 70 r
362. which IS a bigger voting population
than some southern states show. al
though they have more.
C. A Galbraith. Democratic office
holder in Oklahoma and republican
office-holder in Hawaii, Is visiting the
main part of the United States.
Some of the Democrats OF Oklahoma
make no bones about their intentions,
when the constitution Of Oklahoma state
Is formed, 10 Keep negroes from voting.
A new building is being put Up in
Guthrie for the use OF the legislature.
it should be sufficiently removed from
the thump of a hOnk-a-tonk bass drum.
The formerly OF Nebraska Republicans
In oklahoma are getting as much salts
faction out of the result up in the cd
state as they are from that in the new
territory.
with the council in the hands Of the
Democrats and the house in the hands
Of the Republicans, the chances for Pc
litical legislation in Oklahoma this win
ter are mighty slim.
The Ponca City Courier explains the
big majority for Flynn in Woods county
by crediting It TO absolute and perfect
harmony" A good deal of il was due
to Populists who were determined 70 re-
ward a public servant whether ne hap
pened to be of their party or not
FL Reno Democrat: Mr.. c. Ladd was
stricken with paralysis al his feed store
on Choctaw avenue, Tuesday evening.
He was alone at the time, and when
discovered was sitting in a chair unable
to move or speak Medical aid was sllm-
moned Immediately and everything possi-
BILE is being done to restore the patient,
but at last reports there was no i'm
provement il his condition.
Ever since the construction OF the NJ,
X & T. railway through the Indian Ter
ritory its local passenger rate between
stations in the Indian territory has been
on the basis Of cents a mile. The Gus
tornary rates of passenger fares on rail-
roads, except in sparsely settled coun-
try is cents a mile. The population
of the Indian territory during the past
few years has grown rapidly; there has
been a large increase IA PASSENGER
traffic on this account and the Katy
officials, recognizing the wants Of the
people and the justice Of so doing, have
voluntarily arranged to reduce the local
passenger rate TO a basis of 3 cents
mile. This reduction viii take place on
or about November 1st. There win be
great rejoicing among the residents along
the line of the M, K e. T