, 1889-04-25

ten feet since this morning
Congressman Weaver of Iowa viii
arrive Tonight. H. says he will take vi
"A cl'im near Guthrie.
THIS m prniug at Chillicoco Station 50t
Texrs cattle were let loose on the prairie
A train Of boomers was passing at tht
time. The cattle stampadpd the cattle
hitched 10 the waxons and the latter wer.
mixed with the Texas cattle and lost "a
their owners. A man named Watson
from Sterling, Neb.. in trying to preserve
his outfit from tue enraKrd cattle was
tramprd under foot and badly injured
The cattemen are making no attempt to
prot ect their fences on the strip aud the
boomers are cutting them down. One
| hundred miles of fence will be broken to
pieces.
| WRLLIsaTON. Kas. April 10 "A spec.
| ial to the STANDARD brought by courier to
| South Haven and from there telephoned
to this city. says
PAwNEE BILLS COLONY,
consisting of 800 wagons, left Hunnewell
Yesterday and Is now water bound at the
Salt Fork of the Arkansas, twenty miles
south of that city, In the territory. While
attem ptiDg to ord the swo len and turbu-
lent stream, man named Frelther and
his horses were drowned in full view OF
the frightened colonists, who we're unable
cident demonstrated that tording was out
of the question, and the whole colony is
now engaged in the construction OF Il
huge raft, upon which they hope to float
over to the other side with their teams
and outfits. This afternoon train of 4S5
vehicles containing coionlsts bound tor
Oklahoma from Salt Lake Valley, Utah.
and points in Colorado. passed six miles
west on their southern journey.
KANSAS CITY, April l9 Special dis.
patches to the fimes from Purcell, |. t.,
say: There has been battle between
the United States officers and several
boomers were taken prisoners. Seven of
them were severely wounded and deputy
marshall was slightly hurt. raid was
made by the deputy United States mar
shals this afternoon on the boomers who
had disreuard-d and taken up claims in
Oklahoma For several days men on
horseback and in wagons have been seen
fording the south Canadian north of
Purcell and disappearing in the timber
This morning at sunrise thirteen prairie
schooners. well manned, crossed the Santa
Fe track below the city and forded the
river and were soon out OF sight. They
were'se. n, however. and leading citizens
called a meeting against the trespassers
aud inside of thirty minutes half q dozen
fiery speeches had been made. IL was
finally decided that the chief deputy
marshal should be called upon to expel the
raiders. He said he would do 30 and
sent one of his assistants to
rally his men. This afternoon
chief deputy, accompanied by thirteen
assistants rode down to the river and took
the same ford. There was a fresh trait
leading to the northeast and the party fol.
lowed this at galloP. About four mites
out one of the men noticed 4 thin cloud OF
smoke rising above the the cotton woods
to the right. A halt was called
and three of the party reconoitered.
They discovered four wagons about
800 feet from the trail and hve
men seated around the fire eating their
dinner these were unceremoniously or
dered to bitch up and were sent back
in charge of II deputy. The marshal re-
mained and the posse depoyed as ekir-
mishers and advanced slowly several miles.
Suddenly shot was heard on the left and
q bullet clipped q leaf above the head of
one of the party. A minute later volley
rang out III front and pony ridden 10y
one of the deputies sank to the ground
with bullet In it's head.
The chief of the deputies called out for
his men to charge. Each unslung his
Winchester and surged forward. They
fred into the thickest and shouted like
mad men. There was no response for
several minutes and the men began to
think they had dispersed their assailants
They soon discovered their mistake. a
man popped up from behind log
and fred at them and this
was signal for another
fu ssilade from his friends. He retreated
down a ravine just in time to escape the
fire of the deputies, who continued to ad-
vance and pump their repeaters. Half
way down the ravine the deputies discov-
cred rough barricade of logs and brush
across the entrance, and simultaneously
voice exclaimed, Now give it to them
boys"
A sheet OF flame poured from the face OF
the barracade and another shower of bull
let's sped towards the officers, They had
been sufficiently warned, however, and
but one OF their number was hit, but his
wound is not serious. The chief deputy
ordered a retreat and gathered his men
about him for council of war. 1t was
evident that the barracade was quite
heavily manned and a direct assault would
prove disastrous, therefore ii was decided
to divide the party ana attack the flank
OF the enemy. THIS movement brought
the deputies directly above the barracade,
and at a given signal they began shooting
from on top OF the ravine right into the
midst of the boomers, who were utterly
unable to defend themselves from such an
attack.
Ten minutes of rapid firing ensued and
then a cry for quarter went up from the
barricade. 1--WE surrender" shouted Il
man when the aring had ceased. A hasty
advancato the fort, and the officers we're
in charge of thirty prisoners, seven
of whom were severely wounded, Two
of these, Thomas Mullins and David
Winship will probably die. Mullins has
bullet in his left lung and Winship one
in his abdomen. Martin Fallon of