The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-15
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.


Judge Burwen is not favorable TO the
death sentence of Queenan for the muir
der OF his wife. successful defender
Oh criminals never wants any eX-sherifIs
or policemen on the jury. II is = strange
fact that the mere people learn OF the
criminal classes the less sympathy they
have for them
Rev John A. Stevens. down at Chick
asha- last Sunday preached on what
the Greeks understood by the word hap
tho With the thermometer dancing
around the one hundred mark II ought
not TO be difficult 10 convince people
that it meant 10 take them down 10 the
creek and stick them under the water
When Dell Smith. OF Guthrie. left his
wife and two Children and ran away with
big hulk of a woman from Indiana,
Mrs Smith did not drop dead. but secured
a position with the Guthrie Telephone
company and went TO work 10 earn a liv
ing for herself and children The fellow
who stakes his money that Smith VIII
come Sneaking back 10 a woman like that
viii win.
John A Newman. a prominent farmer
of Payne county. living near Yost. fell
from a load OF lumber and was killed.
Cause: Poor quality OF saltwater whis-
key.
Hobart is going to have a street fair
She viii select a queen for the occasion
and some Of the surrounding towns are
going TO select the maids of honor. OF
course. all of the towns VIII claim their
maid was prettier than the queen.
Perry had a water fund of $21,000 on
hand after getting her waterworks. and
the city council voted TO use the surplus
TO buy another railroad for the town.
Pearl Jones. a thirteen-year-old girl
in Pottawatomie county, was beaten by
her stepmother, after which her father
sent her TO the field TO plow cotton. She
plowed twenty rows of cotton and then
threw the harness from the mule and
rode into Shawnee and stated her case to
County Attorney Hood
Miss Josie Shelton, who elopcd with
Rev. o. K Posey a short time ago.
from near Shawnee, has returned home.
She claims TO have been under the infiu-
ence Of drugs when she left home. POsey
himself had probably taken big dose Of
total depravity.
Senator Burton, of Kansas. said Okla
homa is now ready for statehood and a
bill admitting that territory should be
passed by the next session OF congress
Then the Oklahoma State Capital ex-
claimed. loud and long: Amen"
The people of Fairview, Woods county,
are happy. The Orient will be there by
the 10th of this month.
Somehow the idea seems to prevail in
western Oklahoma that the Orien; road
is big thing on wheels
From away over in the Indian territory
at Purcell comes the word: Plenty of
peaches or the market"
Jet News: NJ. A ShackIey. southea st
farNr1t ira .s.NII
bushels of wheat to q Pond Creek buver
at 80 cents. The Rock leland refused TO
take wheat to Kansas City on account OF
the poor condition of its road bed and as
result the price dropped to 80 cents at
Pond Creek Mr. Shackley commenced
delivering the wheat this week and he
was offered $50 TO hold it until Septem-
Der. and upon refusing that he was Of
fered $50 to call the deal of.
Speaking of a roping contest in connec-
ton with the carnival September 18th. the
Perry Republican says that the real
facts are, some of the wild west roping
contests are conducted much mere cruelty
than many of the Mexican bull fights
And Americans have always stood aghast
at the horrible cruelty exhibited in the
Mexican bull ring. II is time that our
advanced civilization put a stop to these
things and call S halt on all cruelty to
animals. Let the semi civilized countries
indulge in the awful practice If they will.
but America is above it, at least should
be.
Cherokee Orient: Owing to better
freight rates Cherokee buyers are able
to pay four cents a bushel more for
wheat than they are paying at Choctaw
towns. The Orient road has been a boom
to the farmers in this part of the county.
as before II arrived they were hIed by
the Choctaw. Now they get more for
their wheat and have to pay si.50 ton
less for coal than they did before the
Orient was built. With good crops and
good railroad facilities cur people are
certainly fortunate.