Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-15
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BOUND TO BOOM
Another Attempt to Settle okla
homa.

Another Attempt to Settle okla
homa.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Eagle
CHEYESNE AGENCY, /. T., May 13.-Dur-
ing the past ten DAYS there have arrived from
Arkansas City twenty-seven boomer wagons,
each bringing small loads of Indian sup
plies. In this way the boomers IRE gaining
entrance into the Oklahoma country. To
the EAGLES reporter the boomers asserted
that they had q mission other than deliver
ing freight to the Indian agency; that they
had with them the necessary implements
and purposed locating their claims and to at
once begin farming. A report reached here
to-day to the effect that they have kept good
their assertion; that they are now in Okla
homa and are defying the military. The re-
port is also that they have already sent a
courier to the Kansas line telling their fol-
lowers that the way is open. On de-
livering their loads of freight at
the agency the boomers were re-
marking in much glee how sleek they had
played their cards in lodging the military
stationed nearArkansas City. Whether they
intend remaining it is not positively known
here, but it is evident that the twenty-seyen
wagons, with from two to three men to each
train, went directly down the Cimarron river
to Camp Russell, thus taking advantage of
the absence from that place of the troops
who were ordered north. The Fifth cav
airy, under command of Gen. Wesley Mer-
rift, is now under marching orders to this
department. They are TO take the place of
the Ninth in Oklahoma.
Kansas Editorial Association.
KANSAS Cry, May ia Wyandotte,
Kas., special says: The annual convention
of the Kansas Editorial association opened
at the court house at o'clock this alter
noon. The afternoon session was occupied
with the transaction of regular business. In
the evening an address of welcome was de-
ivered by Mayor Martin, to which Hon. +.
z. Baker, president of the association, re-
sponded. Then followed a poem by Gen.
ID. Z. Cornell, the annual address by
Governor A. P. Riddle, paper on the
local press by f. ID. Coburn, a
poem by Noble L. Prentiss and music by
the orchestra from the state blind asylum.
The evening session was closed with adj
iournment till 9 a. m. tomorrow. The fol-
lowing we're elected as officers for the ensu
ing year: President, J. ii. Downing; vice.
presidents, J. Lane, Noble L. Prentiss, A.
b. Brown and Albert Griffin; secretary and
treasurer, Frank w. Faye, statistical sec
retary. Hon. F. G. Adams. A resolution of
thanks was voted Mr.. Baker, president
for the past three years, and
Major Downing, secretary and treasurer.
In an interesting statistical report Judge
Adams, OF the State Historical society, made
comparative statement of newspaper sta
tistics for six years past, showing that the
increase in the number of papers last year
was greater than that of the preceding six.
In March, 1885, there were 502 news
newspapers, % daily, 446 weekly, 20 month
ly, AZ quarterly and occasional. In politics
they are distributed as follows: Republic
can, 254; Democrat, rs; Greenback, IL; In
dependent, So; neutral, 20; religious, IL; lib
eral, 81; society organs, 3; educational, 10;
agricultural, 8: prohibition, a; real estate, Z:
Oklahoma movement, 3. The greatest gain
has been in Southwestern Kansas, where. in
Commanche county, for instance,
there was newspaper published
in February 1884 while now there are 6.