The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-26
Outlines OF Oklahoma


Dsnnis Flynn has taken up with golf.
Sow. who'd thought it?
Representative Oliphant seems to be
/ always up and coming in a Eight
The Newkirk Herald thinks that Gov
ernor Barnes viii succeed himself
The Indian has Just so much fight in
him. and 1t has 10 boil over ever so
| often.
It viii probably devolve on Mr.. Lap
tab Mekko to migrate 10 Old Mexico for
his health.
Benjamin Pappan and May Savage, of
the Kaw reservation. were married the
other day.
Congress is now worrying Itself over
/ the question as 10 whether there are any
/ red-headed Indians or not
J. R. Burton says he looks upon Okla
homa as a daughter of Kansas. Okla
homa doesn't. She claims sisterhood.
As a coal. copper and agricultural cen
ter, Enid viii set pretty fast gait for
/ the cities of this part of the country.
1 r. T. Bray has purchased q printing
plant at Enid and VIII start a paper IN
/ der the old name Of Coming Events.
! II the present Indian scare really has
/ something serious behind it, il viii be
/ the first one OF that kind n twenty
wears.
If the Creeks resist United States
I troops the number of Indians to be al
lotted is going to be considerably re-
duced
The Wave. the Democrat and the Echo
are after the county printing at Enid.
which is at the disposal OF two Populist
I commissioners.
The outlaws who attack Stroud or
/ Chandler viii never leave town. And
any band Of iawless Indians who break
/ in VIII never break out.
Indian uprisings, which are taken
most seriously in most Of the United
States, DO nothing towards furthering the
case of early statehood.
The Sisters of the Divine Providence
win have charge of the Catholic school
TO be built at Ponca City. The Sisters
Will come from san Antonio.
As soon as the Creek Indians quit
using the war-path the correspondents at
| Guthrie would ike to borrow il for a
few days to use as a bicycle path.
If the senate keeps up its discussion
about Indians it viii have 10 call in
Dennis Flynn for an expert opinion as 20
whether or not an Indian can really be
freckled
Grant County Vidette: The fact that
one J. Y. Callahan has not, until late
", advertised TO make proof on his
claim, may or may not have been due
to the free homes bin.
Senator Petigrew has attacked the
Dawes commission. Which would be i'm
portant and might hear some fruit, If
Pettigrew had not made it a habit Tor
months to attack everything
The Republican commissioners Of Noble
county gave the county printing TO
paper which opposed their election,
Democratic organ. And yet when the
first commissioner hobs up the poIit-
clans viii tell the editor that he cannot
afford to fight him. But the Republican
editor should He should go after him
before the nominating convention and
beat him to a fare-ye-well.
Oklahoma City Times-JournaI: Yes
terday about forty people from FL Reno
arrived here to file on land in the Caddo
country, which they believed had been
thrown open to settlement by the recent
Strengthening of the meridian line which
runs east Of the country and had there
by brought into Oklahoma about forty
quarter sections which would be open
for settlement. They were much disap-
pointed to learn that no such news had
been received at the land office here.
Speaking of the burned abbey at Sacred
Heart, the Norman Transcript says
THE buildings consisted of a fine church
college, monastery, doTmitory and con-
vent. The church was by far the finest
in the west, especially in the matter Of
furnishings Among other valuables de-
stroyed was a library Of 20001 volumes.
a large number Of them being ancient
books from Italy, France. Spain and
other old countries, in veIlum and manu-
script, which cannot he replaced. The
furnishings in the church were also from
the old countries, the altar furnishings
being OF solid beaten gold and of an
cient workmanship. Not a few of them
dated back to the crusade The fire
caught from a defective hue in the
brothers department, and a high wind
spread II before It could be controlled"
D. 3. Stephens of Guthrie. o. T.. is in
Topeka booming a bin for the considera-
ton Of the legislature which provides
for the reimbursement of the heirs Of
the loyal Kansas forces that participated
in the battle Of the Blue. The battle
of the Blue includes several skrmishes
and pitched battles near Westport, No.
October 22-5, 1864, during Prices memo
rable raid. The rebel forces. recruited
largely from Arkansas and Missouri
numbering 1900. were successfully re-
sisted by about 1870 Kansans The free
state men furnished their own arms.
horses, clothing and equipment There /
were 1SS of the soldiers who lost their |
horses and other equipment They have /
figured UP the value 0f their property at /
- CSC CO. OF this sum. 17722 30 win be 1
distributed in Shawnee county The 4
smallest amount $3.50, goes TO Wahaun- /
see county. The other counties interest
ed are Atchison, Bourbon, Douglas. An
derson, Coffev. Jefferson. ,Eemaha, Leav-
enworth, Linn and Wyandotte