The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-16
Outlines OF Oklahoma

The wichita reservation Is not included
in the free homes bill
Oklahoma dropped Dennis Flynn in the
slot and took out free homes.
Flynn had simply camped in the senate
on the tail of that free homes bill
1t would be just like Flynn now TO an
nounce that he is not a candidate for
congress.
The editors who less than a month ago
said free homes was fake should hide
their hles.
There wasn't whisper against free
homes N the senate. Maybe these let
tiers didn't count.
A whole lot of people have promised
not TO breathe until the president has
actually signed it
The men who made final proof and
paid up on their claims should hire some
one 10 help 'em weep
When sam Peters appointed Dennis
Flynn postmaster a Guthrie he did Ok
lahoma q mighty big service.
You bet Dennis Flynn viii get the pen
with which President Mckinley signs the
free homes bill, and he viii frame it
There is going to be mighty little poll
ties in the congressional campaign in Ok
lahoma this fall. II viii be a Sunday
school picn.c.
Flynn is probably sitting ouu on the
front porch of the White House waiting
TO see that the bill, having passed both
branches, doesn't take wings and ny
away.
All those senators. incI1ding Mark
Hanna, who wrote Jake Admire that
they would take the request o vote for
free homes under considera ion" con-
sidered all right.
Mr.. Nelson OF Minnesota, wh1 moved
the passage Of the free homes bill
through the senate, has a nice. fine, fat
reception waiting him in Oklahoma any
time he wishes TO come down.
Bud Patterson. in township 1s. range Is.
Dewey county, found a Mastodon bone
that is a wonder. II is thigh bone and
weighs l95 pounds. Il IS in a good pres
ervation, but was accidentally broken
in three pieces. This is one of the finest
specimens ever found.
a dispatch from Oklahoma City says:
"A railroad graders outfit which has
just completed a contract on the Denver,
Oklahoma and Gulf, between Kingfsher
and Okeene arrived here yesterday and
was shipped TO Deadwood, South Da-
kota. The manager of the grading outfit
says that the entire distance from
Okeene 10 Kingfsher will be graded and
ready for the laying Of track within
thirty days"
Edmund Sun: Leland, the ten-year-old
son OF w. R. Corbett, living south of
town, was bitten on the jaw by a snake
yesterday evening. The little fellow was
playing in a log stable when he spied
a snake lying on one of the logs. OBJ
tanning a pole the lad began to-spunch
The reptile, which tried 10 get out of the
way. The snake was finally dislodged
and fell across the boys shoulder. bury
ing its fangs in his jaw. The wound be-
gan TO swell, but medicine was applied
and the effect of the bite was killed As
the snake succeeded in making its es-
cape, it is not known what kind IL was.
FL Reno Supper Bell: Yesterday a
large bunch Of horses. some AS. were
brought from the Half Moon ranch, and
are now on the Ross allotment south
ton of the recent purchases made by
Wright and O'Rourke and c. w. Beers.
from ". G. Williams, owner of the cele-
brated Half Moon ranch on the Wsshita.
The stock will be for sale in a few days.
Ar expert trainer, G.. w Zimmerman,
who was formerly with Gleson, the great
horse tanner, and who adopts the Gleason
method, has been engaged TO ira n the
animals and fit them for the saddle and
delivery. The herd has already attracted
a good deal Of attention. which viii in
crease when the trainer gets in full
swing with his training.