Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-03-12

the farmers passed resolution condemn.
ing him as guilty Of q shameful sacrifice
Of MsnitObs's rights, and calling upon
him and his government TO have 3 redis'
tricting Of eeats and an appeal to the
country.
JGGss Il. Cary and William Il. Hurtel
have bssn arrested in Chicago. Cary was
cashier for the commission firm OF Carl.
bRldi & Ounce, and wss entrusted with
buy Ing the FIRMS New York exchange. II
is said he raised checks received by him
got the amount OF the raise in separate
drsft aud forwarded 1t to Hurtel, who
had gone to New York and was living al
shs Hoffman House. uurtel presented
the drafts to the proprietor OF the hotel
in payment Of beard bills, receiving the
ohsuss. In this way 1t ia asserted thai
the two msn secured 49, 800 Hurtel hal
bssn taken 10 New York.
Another large encampmebt Of 0klahoml
boomers is reported pear Arkansas City
Kansas, which ia being oonstantly re-
ipforced by new aryiysls. Captain CouoI
and IL other leaders OF the boomers were
arrested Thursday week Couch assured hi
followers that his arrest WAS mere farce
sad that he would bs sRain .. liberty by
Saturday. He advised them not 70 in
wade the Indian Territory before his re-
turn. The main portion OF Genera
Hs,oh's forces have entered the territory
the general and his staff remaining a
Arkansas city. The arrested boomers
we're Thursday srraigned before the
United States commissioner at Wiohikr
aud released in %, 600 bail each.
In Allegheny City, Thursday, FRANK
KuDkel, teGmsier, placed q mixture o
turpentine, tar and hnseed oil on the
stove / boil he having been told II would
cure his horse OF lameness. The mixture
boiled over, and az explosion followed
scattering the flaming stuff In all direo
lions. There we're in the room with
Kunkel, at the time, his daughter, Annie,
aged 2 years, son, aged 8 years, julia
Walters, 10 years old, and young man
named Depp Young Depp, with great
presence Of mind, grabbed the can with
the burning mixture and started for the
door, while Kunkel ran to the rescue oil
the children, whose clothes were a mass
of flames. One by one he picked them
up and threw them out OF the window
into the yard, aud then jumping after
them, tore their clothes from their bodiels
Annie died in short time, Julia Walter.
was 80 badly burned that she ia not ex
peoted to recover, and the others were
badly, but not fatally, burned.
Captain Couch and General Hatch
have both gone TO the border OF the To-
dian Territory from Wichita, the former
TO confer with oolonisls assembling there,
the latter to prevent them from moving
upon Oklahoma. 1t Ia said the boomers
intend to start for oklahoma on Wednes
day. Captain Couch appeared before the
United States commissioner at Wichita.
Kansas, on Friday, and made an affidavit
declaring that the whole Of the Oklahoma
country, in the Indian Territory, Is doom.
pied by herds Of cattle. Among the
owners Of the ranches, he Gays, are Burke
Brothers & Martin, Fitzgerald Brothers,
McClellaud Cattle Company, Wyeth
Cattle Company, Rwing Compsny, Huens
q Titus, Williams Brothers, Standard
Oil Company, B. H. Campbell, j. II. An.
derson, Belleplaine Cattle Company, and
Butler Company. He also says that each
Of the above rAnohmsn have good perma.
nent Improvements, such as houses.
o riA's a 4 'e' o-s.