The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-02
Outlines Of Oklahoma.

The opposition of Joe Cannon OF ILL.,
nois to free homes was unexpected
There is a fight on free homes. II may
have trouble tomorrow in the house
The Saltwater promoters claim straight
out that they have the Augusta grade
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians
viii have a big dance near Arapahoe
this week.
Mr.. Mitscher as agent for the osages
has been confirmed by the senate. He
was to have taken charge yesterday.
Woodward county will soon vote on
free range or herd law. The western
cattlemen fear a herd law like small
Dox.
II free homes passes tomorrow the
next happiest man TO Dennis Flynn IN
the country viii be old man Galusha, the
father Of all homestaads.
Frequently names of Missouri. Iowa and
Kansas towns are the same, but in Ok
lahom the names Of towns and cities are
for the most part distinct.
General G. P. II. Turner OF Muskogee
died last week. During the last national
campaign he made thirty Democrats
speeches in the city Of Chicago.
Natural gas was struck in a well right
in the heart of Bartiesvile the other
OdS- 4iCAS are ScNCIdl NNllS near IA4eAN
city which are fully developed.
A lot OF money disappeared from the
county treasury in Beaver county and
no one seems able to tell what became OF
it. a grand jury will investigate.
Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois threatens
to fight free homes tomorrow. The for
meraly of Illinois contingent in Okla
homa should send some kilograms.
Work on the sewerage system of FL
Reno will be completed in about two
weeks. In the business part of the city
the pipes are laid from nine 10 twelve feet
deep.
1t is reported that the Anti-Anti-Saloon
League people of Pawnee have put out
a ticket for the city election; that Is the
people opposed to the Anti-Saloon League
people.
In private letter to friend at Arap-
ahoe Dennis Flynn says Of the free
homes bill: 1T will be law, signed
by the president, before this session ad-
journs.''
Hardesty Herald: "a western poet re-
fers to a mole on a womans neck as "a
tear drop petrifed by its own audacity.'
Amy man with an imagination like that
ought to give up poetry and peddle ice"
While A. j. Ross of Alva announces
himself oIkT lot the place OF alternate
TO Philadelphia convention, his
friends WFNinsist on making him a dele
gate. A-xnan as modest as this aspirart
should be made a delegate just as an
example.
State Health Officer Blout of Texas,
says the disease that is scattered through
out the state is undoubtedly smallpox,
and if the people do not use every means
to stamp it out before fail it will bank
rupt every county that has it. He says
if smallpox is allowed to prevail until
contemplating time it will very much in
terfere with the sale of cotton, as Euro
pean buyers have traced smallpox to
their mills by cotton brought from Texas.
Ardmore Citizen: Mr.. c. B. Ladd was
out west of town about five miles, with
buggy and team, last Friday. Arriving
at Hickory creek he noticed the stream
was very high. but he wanted to cross
and thought he could make ii all right.
so he made the attempt The water
proved to be deeper than he anticipated.
and his horse was soon swimming. He
saw that the horse could not pull the
buggy out and unhitched him. and while
he saved the horse, the buggy went I'M
der. At last accounts it had not been
recovered.