The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-30
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA

Ihessenate goes at the statehood qCes-
ton next Monday afternoon
The man behind the hammer" says
the Arapshoe Clarion, has the floor this
year in Arapahoe-"
Bird Mcclure. who has gone 10 Wash
ington. says that he will work for the
omnibus bin. and no other.
The Indian territory single statehood
convention to be held al Eufaula. VIII be
held December - instead OF January >
Edwin Fox, a ChicSssaw Indian. met
ar Nevada. Missouri. the other day. Miss
Jessie Cook After iIree days aeqcaini-
arce they were married.
The quail. the prairie chicken and the
plover are mastering lots OF friends In
Oklahoma, but the poor jack-raboit and
the red-head duck are still without any
a Guthrie woman was accosted by
thug on the street Friday night. and
tainted. But she creamed before she
tainted and the thug got away at a mile
a minute
Special Land Agent George Orner has
teen attached TO the kinSfsher. Lawton,
e. Reno land districts. and Agent Lutte
Axline has been given the Alva and
Woodward districts.
The Norman Transcript. which. after
offering gold watch in prize contest.
lad thief break in ard make away
With the prize. has the sympathy OF the
entire press of tie southwest
Henry Edwards. a farmer living near
Irgalls, bought a carving knife for a
Christmas gift TO his wife. While tax
ing il home. his horse threw him. the
Knife severed an artery and he bled 10
death.
Some of the territorial citizens down
in Washington are talking of pulling out
of the omnibus bill and having Oklahoma
&c il alone. Such . thing might come
later but right now is = poor time TO
talk about il.
The forces behind Senator Quay in the
statehood fight represent good many
| interests and good many fights Even
the perpetual political struggle in Ohio
seems 10 be tangled up in il. Hanna is
against the omnibus bill; Foraker is Tor
it.
John Seger says that the worst set
| back the Indians III his neishborhood have
received in fifteen years was caused by
| the revival of religious dancing last year.
| And John Seger isn't guessing. He
knows what he is talking about when
| the subject is the Indian.
John Golobie said the other day: Let
| the person who kills another and after
wards turns forty-five against his own
| lIedcHtEOuS ttIfplc, vi mus a SittiA-A5
blade to dash it into his own murderous
| heart, or who take a finely powdered
| poison to pour it down his God-forsaken
| gullet, do 1t. Don't stop him.
The cshool land department will try
| to put a stop to timber cutting on leased
school land by burning all walnut trees
| found cut A knowledge OF walnut lum-
I Der is necessary in Inuying IL. as IL Is
| or different grades. The inspectors would
| find tree down and then sell ii, and of
| course wouldn't get for il what Ii was
| worth. Perhaps the man who cut IL down
| bid the tree in. The department thinks
F! that by burning the trees down. they
can stop the tir1ber-cutting business.
Guthrie Capital: William D. Fossett.
the United States marshal for Oklahoma,
returned yesterday from Washington, ID.
| c., where he went several days ago with
| a prisoner TO the government reform
school there. He has been absent over a
! week Regarding the matters of interest
| to Oklahoma Mr.. Fossett says state
! hood is the main theme on all sides AT
| the national capital and IL is discussed
| BIZ all, as the outcome seems still to be
| in doubt to even those who are general
| ~ on the outside. Flynn. he says, is
| all indefatigable worker. never giving up,
| ard ever working for the success OF the
! omnibus measure. He is rendering great
assistance TO Senator Quay. who is lead
| ing the fight for the territories In the
| senate. Both Quay and Flynn believe
| the omnibus bill will win. if they can
| get II to vote. and Quay says he viii
| get il to a vote and win.