The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-11
Ontlinas OF Oklahoma

There Is a doctor In Oklahoma who
claims TO correct eross-eyes IN one min
| ute
The Apache Indians recently made
visit to the Poncas and exchanged po-
mics.
The Republicans Of Saltwater have
nominated George Hall for the legisla-
ture,
William Slack brought in the first load
of cotton to Glencoe. It weighed SO
pounds.
The Cushing Herald sizes the campaign
up this way: Flynn, Farmers Friend;
Nef, Noise. Nothing"
The season for typhoid fever is now
passing It's run in Oklahoma during the
| last two months has been heavy.
Before little Robert Drake of Perkins
died last week he told his mother not 10
weep as he was only going home.
Why don't the opposition to Flynn in
| Oklahoma spring something from Sena-
tor Pettigrew derogdIory to Flynn?
| Harry Gilstrap has put a new dress on
the Chandler News which makes IL q
thing of beauty and a joy forever.
The Democrats are kicking on Nef's
| candidacy. Neff may have as many Dsm-
ocrat.c votes against him as Populist
votes.
| All the Populists acknowledge that Cal
Iahan is an ADLER man than Nef. While
/ Callahan was in congress he passed just
| one bill.
The way the campaign opened in Wa
! tonga last Saturday makes it look as
though Flynn's majority would be 5000,
sure enough.
| William H. Thayer, living near Glen
coe, completed q, fine sorghum mill last
Tuesday afternoon. and Tuesday night It
burned 10 the ground.
Rev. James Of Mcpherson, Kansas, has
gone back TO his pulpit. He has given
up hope of the reliability Of the report
of his fortune in England.
Editor Allison OF Chandler who is a
friend of Governor Barnes, thinks that
the governor will vote for Flynn, but he
| doesn't think the governor Will put up
an assessment.
The same man who now says that
Flynn only did his duty once said that
the old soldier when he went out and
fought for his country only did his
duty" and was not deserving of a PEN
sion.
At Kiowa still hangs an old sign,
| FLYNN & Homes" Homes was a law
partner of Flynn's in an early day. The
Oklahoma delegate doesn't seem TO be
able TO get away from that word
'thomes.''
The Democratic chairman down in
Greer county compares the PopulIsts 70
Digger Indians" 1t is a fact that the
Republicans have always been more
kindly disposed to the Populists than
| have the Democrats. The Democrats
always go on the assumption that they
are working the Populists.
One of the papers in the Indian terri-
| tory thinks that the government should
repeal its law against the introduction
| of liquor into the territory and substi-
tute high license. The government would
not do it, Of course. The whisky law in
the Indian territory is the most violated
enactment in the country, however.
Atoka Citizen: Tuesday morning En-
gineer z. a. Finley. on the Katy freight
north from Denison, was taken off his
| engine at Atoka on account of his con-
dition of mind He was taken sick as
! he got into Durant, and by the time his
train reached Atoka. the fireman and con-
ductor discovered that he was in an in
| sane conditiOn-running without orders
and they succeeded in stopping the train
none too soon to prevent a collision
with No. passenger. which happened
TO be one and a half hours behind time.
! Otherwise there would have been a
dreadful wreck. The company physician
and surgeon, DR.. ]. 8. Fulton, was call
| ed to determine the cause of the engi-
neer's condition and dictate the dsposi-
| ton OF him. His trouble was blood clot
on the brain, his condition serious. and
/ he was sent to the hospital. 1t Is ap-
palling to think what might have
been" but for the timely discovery and
| action taken by the fireman and conduc-
/ tor