The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-17
IN CAMP ON THE BORDER
HIGH WATER THREATENING sOMR
OF THE BOOMERS.

The Soldier Colony Starts for the Sup
posed Land of Milk and Honey in a
Long Wagon Train-Portable Land
Ofhces on the Road to Their Sites.
ST. LOUIS, April 16.-The latest news
from the border is to the effect that troops
are being withdrawn from the neighbor-
hood of Caldwell, and other points on the
Kansas line, and the boomers are rapidly
getting ready to cross the Cherokee outlet to
the northern boundary of Oklahoma proper.
Then they will move along the old cat
tie trails and will reach the border the lat
ter part of this week, and be ready to rush
across the line on April %.
TRAIN OF OLD SOLDIERS.
A special from Wichita, Kas, to the
Post Dispatch says: "The old soldiers
colony left here this morning for Oklahoma.
Over 700 covered wagons were in line, all
showing inscriptions in keeping with the
occasion and the journey. Over 1000 boom
ers were in the wagons. They will en-
deavor to locate together in the country
around Lisbon where the land office for the
Western district of the territory will be
located.
EFFECTS OF THE HIGH WATER.
The high water in the Cherokee strip and
Oklahoma will cause much delay and
who have been IN hiding in the valleys OF
Cinarron and North Canadian have been
washed out and their tents and stock swept
away. It is reported that the damage to the
Topeka and Santa Fe bridge across the
Canadian river at Purcell mas been re-
paired, and that there will be no delay to
trains from the SOUTH Parties with tempo
rary buildings for the land offices at Guthrie
and Lisbon left Arkansas City to-day. and
will erect them as speedily as possible A
stage line has been put on between Guthrie
and Lisbon. Several deputy United States
marshals have started for Oklahoma and
other officers will follow at once.
A BIG SCHOOL OF LAND SHARKS.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 16-The
gathering rush of people bound for Okla
homa was very apparent here last night.
The trains from all points were crowded
with would-be settlers, and the Santa Fe
road is rushing forward all its available
rolling stock for use on its In
dian territory branch. Land sharAs are on
hand. One concern with fami banners
is selling town lots in Oklahoma City, Tex,
a spot on the map of the panhandle of
Texas, touching the western tip of OGla-
homa. These co-called lots are sold for 50
apiece, with an additional charge of 81 for
recording the deed. Next door another
crowd is trying to dispose of lots in the
promising city of New Oklahoma, said to
be twenty miles south of the others, and
pretending to be upo1 a proposed line of
railway The touters of these two institu-
tions stand at their doors and roundly de-
nounce each other as frauds and i'm
postors Both manage to ply a good
trade.
RULES OF EXCLUSION
Meanwhile the most rigid rules Of exclu-
sion are being maintained in the territory.
Yet there are rumors rife that certain
favored ones have already been permitted
to enter the tract and are hidden near
Guthrie and other points of settlement.
This will bear close investigation.
Capt. Cooper, who, with Capt. Couch,
has inherited the leadership vacated by the
late original Boomer" Payne, arrived in
this city last night to arrange for prompt
movement of his trains lie says that he
has forty cars at Emporia. where his branch
Of the sef-styled Payne Oklahoma Colony
is rallying. He is inclined to be secret
about his plans, but says emphaticaIly that
he does not propose to be left.