Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
DISAPPOINTED BOOMERS.

Crackers Selling At q Dollar and Half Fer Pound-A Bad Rrilroas 1 Wreck Invasion of the Cheroke' l Strip-Ex-Congressm Weaver Ad dresses a Mass Meeting-An IndIaH Outbreak Probable.
 KANSAS CITY, April 25.-A Star specia from Guthrie, via raii to Arkansas City, says The facilities for getting news here are nc better than two days ago. All matter has to be sent by messenger to Arkansas City, and as the best time from here to there is eight hours, news is necessarily that much late, There is little outside of incidents. Provisions continue scarce. One man yes- terday sold thirty barrels of bread, five cent Ioaves, selling at 15 cents, or two for a quar- ter. The supply ran out and while people are willing to pay the exorbitant prics, it could not be had. Crackers found ready sale at dollar and half per pound. A grocer announced that he had given $50 for the privilege of breaking open the car which contained his stock. He soon made 1t up. The inconvenience caused by the blockade of freight here is beyond computation. It gets worse instead of better. The freight, express and baggage increase with each train and lack of help prevents prompt dlstrlbu- tion. The water question continues seri- ous one. Before the end of the week wells will be sunk Despite the fact that every train takes out large numbers of dissatisfied settlers, every train brings in as many more, so there is little change in the actual number here. The lot question continues the all-im- portant one. The class of men who were on the ground before the hour of opening, and who are standing together, will be hard to oust from their lots, but the people are determined. The order here is phenom- inal. No whisky is to be bought A gentleman who is now speculating on lots has the promise of the agency of one eastern brewery for the entire territory and he is banking on great profits. The sun is very hot and where the soil has been spaded or ploughed up the soil is mealy and blows in every direction. The prominent citizens are dirty and scarcity of water prevents cleanli- ness. Citizens meetings are held tbree times & day. The collision north of Stewart caused by an operators carelessness has made the Santa Fe very cautious. The wreck from accounts of eye-witnesses is much worse than was reported. Both engines are terribly smashed up and two full cars of cattle got away and were lost in the timber, land. The half mile of track built around the wreck is still used. The posted number of settlers on the Cherokee strip is exagger- ated. Only few are camping more than two days in a place. It will take Captain Hayes but a short time to clear the strip. The demand for its opening, however, is pressing and it is the belief that this year will witness it's settlement.
 GUTHRIE, April 25.-A mass meeting of settlers composed largely of disappointed boomers was addressed by ex Congressman Weaver this afternoon. He advised them to move into the Cherokee strip, prepare land and begin other permanent improvements. "The soldiers" he said, F'will come to drive ont and fhou do 1au your shovels and ploughs and say, I bow to the majesty of the law but you must also say before you resign the land of your choice, T will leave the Cherokee strip when the cattle men go.' They have no rights there. "
 Gen. Weaver added that President Cleve- land encouraged all their improvements, and if the United States military had not been swayed by political forces the strip would have been free of cattle.
 ST. LOUIS, April 25.-The Rspublican's B Arkansas City, Kan, special says:
 The refugees who left Oklahoma and have taken up quarters in the Cherokee outlet are to be driven from their present stopping issued by General Merritt, and Captain Hayes expects to carry them out in day or two. They ars now fully two hundred families camped in wagons and tents along the line which divides the outlet from the territory of Oklahoma and stretched along for several miles this side of it. Nearly all of them are in condition of poverty and have no means, much less the disposition to move on. Another danger which threat ems is the probable rising of the Ponca Indians on whose reservation most of the settlers are located. It is understood here that the Poncas held 8 war-dance night before last and resolved to dig up the hatohet in case their lands are encroaehed upon. The Ponca braves are numerous and well armed.