The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-01
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Judge Rainer has new young man al
his house WIN, the newspapers declare,
weighs fourteen pounds.
The Insurance on the mill at Newkirk
which burned down. was $4,000, enough
it is said, TO cover the loss.
The Oklahoma City council has de-
eided not 10 order all the awnings in
front of business buildings down
Today the Arkansas Valley Telephone
company viii give a free tax. over their
Enid, CARRIER, Billings and Perry lines.
Judge McAtee. who is down in Wash
ington trying TO get the salaries of the
territorial judges raised, has big JOB
on his hands.
homa City his wife and step-daughter,
whom he was on trial for attacking. were
witnesses in his behalf.
In the Waukomis Hornet George Chap
man says: Il don't know how long Eve
lived. but guess she lived long enough
TO wish she had kept away from that
fool snake"
The political situation in Oklahoma has
so far cleared up that the RAILROADS hnd
it no longer necessary TO maintain a line
of fast trains between Guthrie ard
Washington.
It is declared that the Osages. Otoes.
Poncas, Pawnees and the others viii hold
a convention at Guthrie some day and
form an association for the purpose Of
keeping the Indian separate race.
Frank Lorry of Kay county proposes
that Oklahoma send two men TO repre-
sent Oklahoma at the Paris exposition
Congress ought to be asked to make the
appropria ton. Lorry can speak French.
Henry OyerhoIser has made a PROPOSE
ton TO the council OF Oklahoma City to
furnish the city enough money 10 build
a city building at per cent. The city
council at its next meeting viii accept
OYerholser's offer.
E. c. Lighter, farmer near Luther,
was chased by wolves and his clothes
torn to shreds Charles Dickens was 3
good hand at fiction. but there lives a
man today who could have given him
cards and spades.
There is a freshly laid rumor at Nor
man that the Frisco has bought the
Santa Fe line from Oklahoma City TO
Purcell and also the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe south from Purcell. The idea
that the Santa Fe would give up its
Gulf road is a startling one.
Governor Barnes has appointed Dennis
Flynn and Amos Ewing delegates at
large to the National Pure Food con-
gress. Amos will read a paper on:
Grub I Have Bit" and Dennis will
make a speech on: What it Does 10
the Bread TO Cast 1t on the Water
The Oklahoma Chandeliers association
at Oklahoma City elected the following
officers: Henry Larsen, FL Reno, presi-
dent: F. d. Stevens, Purcell, vice presi-
dent; c. 7. Prouty, Kingfisher, secretary
and treasurer w X. Binkley. f. ID.
Stevens and E. L. Donoho members of
the executive committee.
Shawnee Quill: Resolutions were pass
ed by the city council last week con-
demning the action of the health officers
in closing the public schools and other
gatherings on account of smallpox. The
council took the ground that the infec-
ton now spread over the country IL not
smallpox, and that conditions did not
warrant the measures resorted to, and
demanded that the order be rescinded.
Eight deaths have been reported in the
south part of the county. owing proba-
bly, to improper treatment, while in the
city no deaths have occurred and the
great majority of cases have been very
lightbut by whatever name the disease
may be called, the fact remains that it Is
spreading and unless soon checked its
effects may be far reaching and not
measured by dollars and cents. Several
new cases were discovered the first of the
week in the stone building on east Main
street, used as a boarding house. Seven
cases in all stages o development, but
unreported by the proprietor, while the
inmates were going at will, was first
given attention Monday morning A rigid
quarantine about the place was estab-
lished, and since then three other per-
sons within its walls have been at
tackled.