The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-09
Outlines of Oklahoma.

!
The checks of the grain dealers of Enid
average. it is said. s4.0ee a day.
| The trial of Treasurer Thompson viii
come of in the district court this month.
In the fusion deal in Kay county
! good many of the fellows are rocking
the boat.
/ bought the iron OF the burned mill at
| Newkirk.
! The first number of the Woodward Dis
| patch has been issued. Its motto is:
| The F1at-footed Truth-teIier.'
Apparently the only living contest
| booked in Oklahoma this year is for the
| fusion nomination for congress.
| W. D. Osmun who, while sitting aon the
J grand jury at Oklahoma City, was Ia
ken with a congestive chill. is very i'll.
| The Newkirk Democrat announces that
| there is more politics to the square inch
| in Uewkirk than in any town in the
world.
| De Witt Miller. the lecturer who is in
| Oklahoma, has a valet, it is reported.
The marine laws of Oklahoma do not
| prohibit il.
Isenberg, of Enid, calls the road south
from Augusta, the Denver, Kiowa, Au-
| gusta, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Enid, Guth-
/ RE and Elsewhere railroad.
| Oklahoma City will have twelve dele
! gates to the ns-Mississippi congress
at Houston. They will attempt TO get the
next meeting of the congress at Okla
homa City.
The men of Woodward have organized
| a Commercial club. with the following
officers: President. J. NJ. DehsIe; vice
president, ]. W. Harrod; secretary, L. w
| Hart; treasurer, J. J. Gerlach
One of the latest arguments in favor Of
free homes is that in the states east
Of the Mississippi river the lands were
costly to the government through long
Indian wars, while the government was
| to no war expense in getting possession
! of the lands of Oklahoma.
| Speaking Of McKinley's greatest trou-
| Bile, the Woodward Dispatch, which IS
| independent thus testifes: While a sue
cessful war has given the president pres
| tige, the distribution of patronage has
put knife In the sleeve of every disap-
| pointed applicant, and of course every
last one of them has cousins, uncles and
| some crossroads store where they reign
! with an absoluteness in political matters
| that would put to blush the King Of Da-
! honey
Arkansas City Traveller: There was a
very small passenger on the northbound
| Santa Fe train this morning. This pas
| senger was a little girl, aged years,
and she was enroute from Nswkirk, Ok,
to Baltimore, Md. She was travelling all
! alone and pinned to her dress was a card
| directed TO all conductors and depot
masters. This card told where sle little
| lady was going and asked that the Off
| Gals see that she gets on the right
| trains She made the trip from Virginia
| to Newkirk alone, about two years ago.
South McAlester Capital: Look in your
tills and see if you have any dollars that
feel like a bar of soap and ring like a
| piece of glass. If you have, break them
| in two as you can easily do with your
| fingers. A number Of such coins were
! passed last night by a slick Individual
| wearing a light felt hat. The party
whoever he is, entered Mr. c. A. Mich
| OILS grocery store about O'Clock, and
! asking for a package of Dukes mixture,
| laid a dollar on the counter, received the
change and walked out. Mr. Nichols had
! gone out to supper and Dick Mclaughlin
was in at the time waiting on the GUS
| toners. Pretty soon after Mr.. Nichols
came in he had occasion 10 get some
| change, and picking up the dollar, rec
| ognized by it's slick feeling that it was
counterfeit.
| Oklahoma City Times Journal: The
sentiment of the Indians is fast assum-
ing the form of open expression regard
| ing conditions here. and it is a signifi-
cant fact that those expressions are in
line with the demands made by non-citi-
zens for some time The South Meal
! ester convention developed the fact that
the Indians are not only becoming dis
satisfied, but are ready and willing to
join the white men in demanding a
change. There were Indian citizens
there as delegates and Indians held Of
fee in the convention. Teh cry of the
foreign-rule advocates that the whites
were alone in their agitation is discoun-
tenanced by the facts of the convention
and BY the individual expression of en-
dorsement since. II congress does not
| heed the protest when presented in the
form of a great popular memorial II VIII
be because politics and party override
justice and right.