The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-19
Outlines of Oklahoma.

1t is thought that the Populist terrific
rial convention at Enid will be held about
May l.
The merchants of Little Rock viii visit
the Oklahoma cities along the Choctaw
route January %.
G. B. stone mas been appointed general
nanager of the Oklahoma City end OF
the FL Reno road.
The Rock Island also has its eyes on
a Kiowa road. This may mean the road
west of Kingfsher.
Jerre Botkin of Kansas attended the
Populist territorial central committee
meeting at Oklahoma City
The funniest thing in Okiahoma is the
Populist central committees anxiety that
the Democrats will not fuse
Governor Barnes intends TO remain In
Washington until The removal matter IS
settled one way or the other.
William Kort. living near Blackwell,
died suddenly the other night OF memoir
rhage of the brain, caused by heavy INT
ing.
Henry Overholser has returned to Ok
lahoma City from Washington. lie Is
still confident of Governor Barnes re-
moyal.
The charges against Governor Barnes
have been referred back to the interior
department The matter again rests with
Secretary Hitchcock.
1t undoubtedly looks brighter for free
homes in Washington. If Lacey Of Iowa
win take hold and push the bin, its sue
cess is almost assured.
The finest bit of virgin territory in Ok
lahoma Is that lying between Enid and
Kiowa Kansas. The truth is that all
the railroads are after 1t.
H. H. Hughes is visiting NJ. L. Tur-
expert for the Rothschilds. He ought 70
look at the Wichita mountains.
1t is reported that a prominent citizen
Of Blackwell has received a commission
in the Boer army. Dom Paul, if this is
true, is going little far for recruits.
Dennis Flynn is going to fight the
granting of leases to cattlemen in the
Kiowa country He is right and every
BODY, except the cattlemen, wishes MIN
success.
Bill Bottoms speech at Fort Worth was
a daisy He said the present winter in
oklahoma was a corner Clipped off the
sunny side of the angels summer resort
in Paradise.
The Oklahoma people will never believe
that the wheat crop is dead sure made
until it is threshed. They haven't for
gotten the late spring rains which knock
off the bloom.
At the Oklahoma Experiment Station
the total rainfall in 1899 was 32.S7 inches,
or 2.11 inches less than the average #
the three preceding years. No one would
have thought 1t.
If the Democrats play it right now they
Twin get Democrat nominated for con-
gress and capture a good part of the
Populist party. All the Democrats have
to do is not to appear too anxious for
fusion.
The resolution the Populist territorial
central committee adopted at Oklahoma
City last Tuesday is this: Resolved.
that it is the sense of this meeting that
the committee work to the end of secur-
ing coalition OF all the reformer forces
in the territory" 1t was adopted by a
vote of 10 to 2.
Vision of the Guthrie Capital: Some
day Guthrie will grow so large 1t will
have to use the Cimarron river as a
drainage canal letting its sewer run into
the Arkansas river and down the Missis-
sippi. And New Orleans will be kicking
as St. Louis is now to Chicago that it
is dumping its garbage on it.
Enid Wave: A subscriber dropped us
a postal card this morning inquirng:
Are we in the 18th or 10Th century,"
He is not subscriber now We cut
him off the list. Any man that has at
tanned his full growth and don't know
whether he is living in the 18th or 20th
century, at the present time, shouldn't
be allowed to read the Wave.