Telegram-herald., 1889-04-17
WILL KEEP ORDER.
Uncle Sam Prepared 70 Suppress
Lawlsssness In Oklahoma
TIE suIIlBi GIVEN APPLE POWER.
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lie Jurisdiction a. the Cuise1 States N4rshsl
for Tie In1isn lerrtory lie Will have The
sapposE n the N2r DspArtaaelt III main
tanning order. aa4 for the pm
pose " coming to souae understanding be-
f0f.haad there have been several confer
elces lately between the Secretary II v II
&uA tie Secretary o, the Interior Attorney
General HiAer Las been called Ia 10 this
conference. and y l. Understood that au
agreement 1As been made whereby Gen-
era Merritt IA command u that depart
IAent. vii he gwen carte blanche u bring
many troops ~ tne scene as hay 10
necessary.
IL Il expected here that there will be a
great deal or i2Nlessness Tor months 70
come. and the troops Viii be kept constant
IN busy IA supporting the United states
Marshal ia maintaining order where claims
conflict
Those interested Ia Oklahoma Will take
immediate steps toward securing the or
ganizatiOn OF civil government Of
some form at the earliest possible
moment after the assembling OF
Congress next winter Mr Springer.
who Is tho only one OF tie three
leaders OF the night last winter FOR the ter
Titory, Is confident that thoTe viii be no
trouble now ia securing the passage OF a
biz creating Territorial form OF Govern
inent especially after the Cherokee Conn
missioners shall have made their report
LEAYENwoKTH, Kan. April Ii. General
Merritt has Issued an order 10 the troops 10
allow the boomers 10 cross the Kansas line
into the Cherokee strip beginning Friday,
April ls This viii give them three days in
which 10 drive their teams across the strip
10. a LI..l.- L.. a
teen companies now ia oklahoma the troops
AT Fort Elliott. Tex. have been ordered TO
Oklahoma, and II is thought that by April
% at least twenty -flve companies Will be in
tho territory.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. April i6 w. C.
Jones' United States Marshal for the dis
trict OF Kansas, was in this city Monday Sc
lecting force OF deputies To police the new
cities OF Oklahoma Marshal Jones expects
trouble in every part OF the territory and
has instructed his deputies 10 use their
Ninchesters whenever they think their
personal s1fety is endangered. lie fears
most the old boomers who have been fol-
lowing the frontier for a lifetime, and viii
night for what they consider is their due.
BOOMERS on THE BORDER
WICHITA, Kan, April l6 Over 100 old
soldiers arrived Monday from Pennsylvania,
Maryland and West Virginia TO Join the old
soldiers Oklahoma colony. The colony is
in charge OF Captain Hall, and expects TO
reach the Oklahoma line on Sunday even
ing They Will locate near Kingfisher
KANSAS CITY, Mo, April l6-The gather
ing rush Of people bound for Oklahoma ia
worry Apparent here Trains from all points
are crowded with wouid-be settlers. The
south bound Santa Fe train Monday
night was perilously packed and
the company is rushing forward I'll
its availebie rolling stock for use on
It's Indian Territory branch Arkansas
City is the favored waiting point but
many are going through 10 Purcell Law
less men reckless OF life and eager for the
main chance, will largely enter into every
coionizing group, and disorder viii be un-
ayoidable. The pet joke of the town is upon
the heavily armed condition OF every Okla
homa traveller
The land shark is promptly on hand 70
practice his usual knavcTy. One concern
with flaming banners is elling town lots in
Oklahoma City. Tex, spot on the map Of
the pan-h handle OF Texas touching the
western tip of Oklahoma These so-cailed
lote are sold for two dollars apiece, with an
additional charge Of one dollar for record
is trying 70 dispose Of lots in the promising
city OF New oklahoma, said 10 be twenty
miles south Of the other, and pretending to
be upon n proposed line Of railway. The
touters OF these two Institutions stand at
their doors and roundly denounce each
other as frauds and fmpostors Both man
age 20 ply good trade.
Meanwhile the most rigid rules OF exclu-
sion are being maintained in the territory.
Yet there are rumors rife that certain ia
vored ones have already been permitted 10
enter the tract and are hidden near Guthrie
and other points Of settlement This viii
bear close investigation and II proved true
Will draw out pTodigious howl.
Captain Cooper. who with Captain Couch,
has Inherited the leadership vacated by the
late original boomer PAYNE has arrived
In the city 70 arrange Tor the prompt
movement Of his trains He says that he
has forty cars at EmpOria where his
branch OF the seh-s'yled Payne Oklahoma
colony is rslying He Il inclined 10
be secret about his plans but SAYS
emphatically that he does not propose to
get left Tho EmpOria Oklahoma colony. OF
which Captain Cooper is ~ the head is an
old organization and numbers about - coo
who intend 70 locate around Guthrie sta
tion He saws that his colsuists are indus
tri0us people Of some little means. who are
going to Oklahoma for homes and are op-
posed 70 whisky and riot
wErrr~Grow. Kan. April i6 White Gov
cred wagons bound FOR oklahoma are pass-
ing through al day long Pawnee BIZ was
here Monday morning and said that the sol
diers have ali been withdrawn from the
state line and are now on the Oklahoma
L asf q ..sIt 60. ~frrH
/ the borders % the promised land His col
/ onv = now encsmped around Hunnewell
+ and VIII start from N.uers ranch. Indian
! Territory. on Thur~fav morning Tiers
srs 3 CO people With him
: CA1DwFgE. Kan. April iG -Captsin Wood
sons scouts brought a large number q
boomers Up from Oklahoma Aondsv Re
ports from Purcell sa7 shat the South Can
sdisn t. on the rampage and that ne
+ boomers entering from the south n wagons
may have some difficulty n getting q
T Oklahoma an 80 the aood subsides
Srrfv1FrF1n. III Apri 9 Mr. David T.
Tft-5er. ex member Of the Heprhlicsn Na-
tioua convention and % The Pacific faii-
road Commission and * State Treasurer
John Tanner vtl cad party oi Ten
{ from Springfield 70 Ckishorns this srsrl 2
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IN shaping rh~ roaHcs q the neF eo1n-ry
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