The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-27
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Alfalfa BnI,' is the latest. and he is
just going Ito retire from politics.
Caddo county is standing by ST. Louis
Its recent action in regard TO a fair asso-
citation was commendable.
Kansas and Oklahoma are so closely
linked in interests that even the cyclones
show no favoritism TO either.
Capitol Hill, at Oklahoma City. is
| served by two rural routes. Uncle Sam
is due card of thanks from that crowd,
surely.
It's a bitter pin. but the western Dem
ocrats viii have TO swallow the dose fixed
up by the fasteners: Grover Cleveland
| AMI 1904.
The BARRIERS at Perry have agreed on
standard price for shave. Timothy
won't compare with the crop OF Perry
whiskers now.
The situation is becoming strenuous. No
one as yet has provided for harvest hands
| TO gather in the sugar beet crop in Kansas
and Oklahoma.
Grimes says that he viii not bring. suit
to test the validity of the law cutting
down his compensation. Does he mean
to throw up the job?
Some of the papers over the territory are
swiping stuff out Of the governors paper.
The chief executive likes credit as well
as any one and should he given il.
John Golobie is out with the truth of
the matter again. How ii must please
the Almighty to run across in all His
! rounds just one such fullsummed man.
Guthrie is the only city that has yet
| laid her desire TO have the next encamp-
ment of the Oklahoma guard before ad-
jutant eneral Burliname- Isn't Guthrie
going TO have TO fight for it?
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winged Rumor. should be punished Mon
day one man in Wichita stated that 100
persons had been drowned in wash-out
at the Canadian river, on the Rock Island
This road has enough of the real things.
The Times says: This is Taloga, the
county seat of Dewey county, Oklahoma
territory" This sounds strange. but it
would be a great advantage 10 the dis
tant readers of all Oklahoma papers If
they would put, somewhere about the pa
per, the name of the county.
]. Hunter Williams, the Oklahoman to
whom President Roosevelt apologized. de-
clares that he failed to call another re
markable fact to the attention Of the
voters concerning Roosevelt. 1t Will be
remembered that the day was very cold
at St Louis Therefor the drinks, such
as champagne and wines, were passed
around. All the dgnitaries took some
lHlQS TO WdTIn lIeIn Up hul 4NobScNt4t
and possibly (?) the Oklahoman. He
won't swear 10 the latter statement.
Laborin under difficulties from Perry
Republican: Little Miss Luella Wenner
met with little accident yesterday which
gave her a greater scare than harm, al
though it was just a little painful for
short time. While walking down the
street with her father. she tripped on the
walk struck her face on a board and
h. rawaCr
She was taken TO a dentist, where the
wound was patched up. and this morning
she is about as happy as ever.
Guthrie Leader: The wedding Of Miss
Viola Zingarri and Mr.. Willard Beeman
occurred at the home Of Probate Judge
Goodrich last evening. The ceremony was
witnessed by only few persons. The
young couple will continue their resi-
dence in the city and will be at home to
their friends in a few days. Miss lin
garri has been conducting a clairvoyant
parlor in the city the past few weeks.
while Mr.. Beeman has been in charge Of
the news stand at the Santa Fe depot.
The bride examined her own palm about
four weeks ago and read her own fortune.
Her fate read. "Beeman."
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: COM
bination Of circumstances brought about
a most distressing condition in the city
yesterday. A precipitation of four inches
in that number of hours Is unusual and
beyond the capacity of ordinary sewerage
systems to handle. but to make matters
worse, the natural water courses had been
filed up to make room for new houses or
clogged With lumber and bricks, while the
new system of drainage was hut partially
completed. The result was that as the
water gathered where the old outlets used
TO be and where the new outlets are in
complete it simply accumulated great
body of water 100 acres or more in ex-
tent was formed. which was drained
slowly through the incomplete storm
sewer 1t was a distressing condition.
but it is due partly to the unprecedented
precipitation and partly TO the unprec-
edented building operations.