The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-12
Outlines OF Oklahoma

W S. Search has disposed OF his in
terest in the Shawnee Lumber company.
Everybody seems agreed thar there
VIII be no statehood al rlis session Of
congress.
The brick and asphalt paving disput-
ants are now tearing the welkin at ok
lah9ma CRY.
Since his cuban trip Dennis Flynn SAYS
that Cuoans are our enemies, The span
iards our friends.
There appears 10 be an epidemic Of
designations In the territory which Is
wonderful 70 beho d.
Il is said taat the Greek society fell
lows are arranging for banquet III Ok
lahoma City Ih.s month.
The editor II the Shawnee Democrat
thinks that it is only fear which keeps
the Indian in subjection.
Eight bills FOR the d.st day was pref
~ good for a legislature that was able
TO organize without q row.
The census department VIII permit Ok
lahoma city TO come in under the 1000
wire. Guthrie VIII probably follow suit
The prisoners in the county jail at Ok
lahoma city got togerher the other day.
resolved 70 clean the place up. and do
A r. Jacobs has sued the city OF Paw
nee Tor big damages from injuries re-
ceived while wa king on a defective side
walk
BY this time next year the Klowa
country viii be settled and the candI-
dates for Office win begin eibowing one
another.
The story IS out again that the Rock
Island VIII build from Anadarko 10 TT
Sln. The Paurs valley road will De
first built
The Shawnee Democrat says a close
observer can see johnnyiump-ups in
bloom there he viii probably have to
be a mighty close observer.
The company which pot mp a forfeit
Of $1,000 for a street railway franchise at
Oklahoma City win forfeit the money
today unless they show up.
Frank Greer counts that day lost whose
low descending sun hasn't seen aim jol-
lying some member Of the legislature 10
De good on the printing question.
Harry Thurston Of Guthrie IS suing
an accident insurance company for a
couple OF hundred dollars BE fell and
hurt and the company did not
whack uD.
The contest cases should be disposed
of in short order When a man Is be L
en- he ought to stay thar way for a
while as "a rule. Contests don't benefit
the individual. and they hurt his party
A Democratic editor in Oklahoma in
sists that any Popullst who does not now
become a Democrat is simply playing in
10 the hands of the Republicans You
will hear a good deal Of this kind Of
talk in the next two years
The legislature should pass a law COW
ering the way towns are held up by peo-
pie who are injured on sidewalks. Dam
age suits cannot be prevented but the
time for filing the suit can be restricted,
so that the offending corporation can Sc
cure evidence about the accuses wax.
A dispatch from Oklahoma City tells
this story: Mrs. ~ Smith, Of Ottawa.
Kan, and her four small children were
passengers on a Santa Fe train asst
night, en- route to Chandler to visit rel
atives One of the children became very
sick on the train and the mother was
very much worried in attending % its
wants She felt the need Of some fresh
air and in attempting to raise the win
dow let her pocketbOok containing $3.50
and her ticket. fall ont Of the window
when the train was near Perry, O IT,
She began TO moan and cry and attract
cd the attention Of two travelling men
who sat across the ais.e. They started
through the train taking up a collec-
tion for The woman, and in a few mo-
ments they had told the womans story
with such good effect that they save
the woman $3.50. The poor woman was
overjcyed TO get such prompt help. She
learned before leaving this place that
her Docketbo0k had been found and
would be forwarded to her