The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-24
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Mayor Hensley shelIed Judge Peery and
others this week with double-leaded
twenty-liners.
The farmers OF Custer county have
voted on the matter and decided emphat-
ically for free grass.
After concluding that the Star wants a
scrap the Medford Patriot squares off
this week for a right upper-cut.
Governor Barnes took time enough IN
appointing Judge Strang attorney general
to know just what he was doing.
Marshals Ledbeter and Talbert OF Vim
tia have received $1,000 each as reward
for the capture OF the Jennings gang.
Guthrie's claim of a gain in population
Of 2,090 in the last year is yIot over
drawn. 1t is probably a thousand short
The Newkirs Touring mills were de-
stroyed by fire yesterday morning. The
loss is about $500, and is unusually dis
tressing to Newkirk.
It was at least appropriate that Mr.
Hammer should be selected as chairman
of the convention of protesters at South
MeAlester yesterday.
The South McAlester convention was a
rousing demonstration that congress
should do something for the Indian terri
tory. and do it at once.
Former United States Commissioner
Morphis, who has been practicing law
in Oklahoma City for several years, died
Thursday Of pneumonia fever.
Flynn, in his hustle for free homes in
congress. has succeeded in making
such good friends among the congress-
men that they have commenced 10 write
personal letters OF congratulation TO
Flynns Oklahoma friends.
AS proof of the complete harmony in
the South AcAlester convention IL is an
nounced that the twenty-nine men COM
posing the committee on resolutions were
able to report a unanimous recommends
ton within eight hours.
a fake doctor, representing himself TO
be a famous Cincinnati physician went TO
Lexington a few days ago and cleaned
the town for several hundred dollars.
Most of it was in cold cash, but good
deal of the promise to pay for value re-
ceived kind was taken.
The Frisco Railroad company has de-
termined upon a route from Blackwell
to Nardin. From there the road viii
either so to Dayton or Lamont, presum-
ably Lamont; fro4l there TO Highland,
which is six miles due north of CARRIER.
From Highland CARRIER will pull the road
to that town.
The Enid Sun-Eagle is opposed to Bill
Crimes plan for anly one territorial con-
vention, which shall select delegates to
the national Republican convention and
nominate a man for congress. The Sun
Eagles objection is that the congress
sional campaign will be too long and
that congressman should not be nomi-
mated before the national convention.
At Medford a burly young man OF
eighteen summers got too gay at school
and when the teacher called him down he
showed fight Then the principal came
in and, assisted by the teacher, they laid
the youngster across the bench and wore
out so many pointers on him that he
can't be induced to stand with his back
to anybody or sit down to eat.
That was a pretty sentiment and well
expressed in Freeman Miller's poem at
the reunion Of Indianians at Guthrie.
This:
Avaunt. all We trappings Of pride with
your pomp!
We're just a few children turned loose
for a romDi
Whether loyal or not it's part Of the
play
Oklahoma go hangl We are Hoosiers to-
day.
For our souls keep the joys of the bios
SONS that blow
In the mornings of May in the dear Long
Ago
And the cheeks that were rosy and lips
that were red
Have followed us fondly wherever we