The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-10
Outlines OF Oklahoma.

The Barnes and ant-Barnes fight may
die al last of old age.
The C. AR posts in Oklahoma are
preparing for Memorial Day.
A Ponca City dairyman advertises that
his cows run on alfalfa pastures.
II is said that the promoters of the
Nevada concert ar Guthrie lost money
The. settlers are continuing te creep
westward in Oklahoma, il spite OF the
cattlemen.
The photographers of Oklahoma will
hold a photograph fair at Oklahoma City
next September.
The ground in Beaver county IS said
70 be as thoroughly soaked as it ever
was in the county's history.
Mr.. Streeter has been elected president
Of the school board az Oklahoma City
and Doc Monroney secretary.
The Custer county Republicans are
"agir" the Usage and Ponca agency del
egates. That is a new scrap.
A half-breed Indian eloped with q
young girl who was visiting relatives in
an Arkansas City hotel the other day.
Norman might better have that title
of Athens Of oklahoma" copyrighted at
once. Oklahoma City has her eye On it
If Indian territory is changed to Jeffer-
son territory some new town by the
name Of Thomas will get to be the CAPT
tai.
Whenever an Oklahoma bail club loses
a game its members charge that the
other de hired a professional 10
pitch
Oklahoma is becoming a great college
section. saltwater, NOrmA4. Edmond,
AIva, Kingfsher, Blackwell and now Ok
lahoma City.
No one has fears that President Nc
Kinley will veto the free homes bin.
Every body had that fear of Grover Cleye-
land in the former years.
That Republican chairman in Roger
Mills county who bolted the chair be-
cause of a certain nomination, WASH I
exactly cut out for a presiding officer.
The ether day at Norman woman
was discharged from the asylum as cured
and her husband. who lived in Wash at
county. was on hand 10 take her home.
Some mediums used Nose Weinberger
OF Guthrie as a means TO communicate
with the spirit world the other night, a.
a public performance. and the Bell peo-
Pile will prosecute Nose for infringing on
their telephone patents.
In Oklahoma the editor who denies that
there is prosperity in the land must feel
ashamed Of himself Think OF the news
papers in Oklahoma which suspended
publication during Cleveand's admins
tration. Think how few have quit during
McKinley's administration.
The Republicans took everything in
sight at the city election at Billings Mon
day. The following are the new officials:
Treasurer, Dr. Bradford; clerk. James
Bradford; marshal, w. B. Stanley; police
judge, Mr.. Weaver; council. Messrs.
Wineman, Lonsdale and Renfro.
A dispatch from Washington TO the
Guthrie Capital says: Senator Allison,
the father OF the senate, vigorously de-
MED today the report that he was not
favorable to the free homes bill. He
denounced such reports as false, and in
Dictated very clearly that he was in IA
Vor of granting the blessings of the
homestead law TO all alike. Congressman
Lacey, Of Iowa, thought there would be
some opposition in the senate, coming
mainly from the East and South, but
that it would develop into nothing. Sem
ators Nelson, Carter, Shoup, Hans
brough. Elkins and Kyle are working
hard in conjunction with Thurston OF
Nebraska. chairman of the committee on
Indian affairs in the senate, for the pas
sage of the bill, and there is no doubt
about its ultimate success when it i
called up in the senate. The advocates
Of free homes confd ntly expect the bill
to become law within ten days