The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19
THE GREAT DAY.


The Santa Fe Issues an Important Cir
cular-Oklahoma Land Omcers Receiving
Instructions.
TOPEKA, Kan, April ia circular
signed by Manager A. A. Robinson and
General Superintendent George l. Sands,
Of the Santa Fe, was issued yesterday
morning and has caused considerable COM
mont. 1t reads as follows:
To all Concerned.
First-In order that persons visiting the Ok
lahoma country with . view Of locating land on
! and after April 3! may have no grounds of COM
plant against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
| Railroad Company or its employees. all persons
In the employ OF the company are hereby abso-
tutsly prohibited entering or attempting to en-
ter any lands IN Oklahoma and If there are now
any persons in the employ Of the company -
templating the entry oflands in Oklahoma By
! sre hereby requested TO hand in their resigna-
tons at once.
Second-For the information of those wha
are unaware OF the existence Of penal laws in
the Indian Territory, the following information
is given: An act Of Congress entitled 'an act
to establish q necessary court In the Indian
Territory" approved March ], 1889. provides for
the establishments of court with full jurisSNo-
tion, and the following is copy OF sections 20 nd
81 Of said act: Section 30-That every person
who shall in the Indian Territory. willfully ard
maliciously place any obstruction, by stones.
logs, or any other thing. on the track Of
any railroad, or shall tear up or remove,
burn or destroy any part OF any such railroad or
the works thereof with the in tent to obstruct
the passage Of any engine, oar or cars thereon,
or to throw them OF the track. shall be deemed
guilty Of malicious mischief, and, on conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment at
hard labor for any time not more than twenty
years. Provided. that IL any passenger en-
ploye or other person shall be killed. either Dr.
rectly or indirectly, because Of said obstruc-
ton. tearing up, removing or destroying,
the person causing same shall be deemed guilty
Of murder and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished accordingly. Section II. That IL any
person aforesaid SHALL in the Indian Territory,
wilfully and Intentionally destroy, iojure or OBJ
struct any telegraph or telephone line, or any
OF the property or materials thereof, snail be
deemed guilty OF malicious mischief, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not
more than 800 and imprisoned for any time not
more than one year.
Third-As an extra precaution to insure
safety Of trains in the Indian Territory between
Arkansas City and Purcell the proper authori-
ties have been consulted and detachments of
troops will DO furnished to patrol the line be-
tween above mentioned points, and deputy
United States marshas will be appointed to
accompany each train passing through the Ter
ritory, and guard the bridges and track Of the
no longer required, and every person guilty of
violation of either Of said sections % or 81 will
be prosecuted to the full extent OF the law.
The officials o. the road are arranging
for concentrating a large number of loco
motives and passenger and freight cars at
Arkansas City prior to the opening day,
30 that all passenger and freight traffic
that offers may be accommodated. Regu.
lar rates will be charged on all trains, and
the probabilities are that dozen or more
trains will go south from Arkansas City
on the afternoon of April %.
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
WASHINGTON, April 1L-Jacob c. Rob-
erts, register at kingfisher station, and
John 7. Ollie, register at Guthrie. Okla
homa, are in the city and were at the
Land-office, were they received verbal an d
written instructions in regard to the
duties of their office. They also received
large supplies of official stationery and
papers to be used by settlers making entry
on Oklahoma lands. They will leave the
city in a few days for their respective
posts to be in readiness for business at
noon on April %. the day on which the
Territory is open for ettlement by the
terms of the Presidents proclamation.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
is drawing up regulations to apply to
Oklahoma, and will probably have them
ready to give to the public Tomorrow.
1t is proposed at first to send down a dep
uty collector, either from Kansas CITY Or
from the district of Kansas, so thai paof n
who want to sell tobacco and spirits caS
get their license when they commence to
do business in Oklahoma.
Instructions will be issued by thetSec.
rotary of War to the troops to permit the
settlers who are going into Oklahoma to
pass through the Cherokee outlet on and
after the 22d.
The Commissioners recently appointed
by President Harrison to treat with the
Cherokee Indians for the cession of the
outlet will meet in this city next Monday
for the purpose of organizing and to re-
ceive their instructions from Secretary