Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-09
BOOXERS' CLAIMS.
Indians Pleased at tho Action OF thC
Government.
[By teIegr,ph to ID Dlspatch.


CHICAGO. III, April "a dispE'ch from
Kansas City. hgn., says. Ine officials Of ths
santa te railroad were Busy yesterday inVes.i'
gazing the Story that the boomers concealed IN
the woods Oi Oklahoma hal handed together Tor
the purpose OF destroying the railroad bridges On
the night of April 2ist IN order % cbatTuc, ne
Influx OF homesteaders until no men cohceaied
IN the country could make perfcct thelr Claims.
IL appears that tho boomers iu hiding arc deape-
rate They have selected and watched th9irclaims
for years. anu they now fear the newcomers
with the assistance Of rapid tran-it may get tfs
best OF thom. There MIS- me5ink 'l tht7e
boomers held In the timber near Ozianoma OiLy
last Thursday, and they canVas5ed ne sil"At.Oh.
Alter tho meeting adjourned the SANTA te agent
received notice lhat the bridges "oulb % Dufn-
od aud the trains stopped on April ~. as lhe
old boomers dia not propose 20 isopariilo iher
chances by allowing . hOcd Ot ienderieet 70 crop
In on he lana aley nad pbEed out. Detecuft5
have been sent aloEg as line through tho coln-
try, and every precauuon Will DO taGen 70 pro
vent railway obstruction.
There are twice as ma1y people now on the
borders as caa DO accomcodalod unger the
homestead act in Oklahoma. Many OF them
represent coioniSs. ana are here a. the advance
AGENTS. There viii 10 IaeD here repre.enung
the colonies from washington, Can ornia
Utah Colorado, Nebraska. Iowa, Illinois, In
diana, Wisconsin. ana Alabama me colonies
nulnoe from twenty ~ nyc hundred persons
Last evening tTtnty empty paSs0nsc
were pulled into this city on The santa re Al
tached 70 the regular freight train and we're run
into tho yards 70 await The gid A rslros1er
said ihe Santa Fe road ha1 four hundred cars
already engaged by persons VINO Desired theH
household goods removed 10 thn point 0eiOre
the 2lst The crowd has increased mere 70 sdch
proportions that she persons who get their mail
az tho frec-delycry WindOSs az the pOsi-Odlce
are compelled 70 form into PROCESSION, ald
then II - frequently i've or SIX hours prtoi7 tHrs
can got TO the window for their mail. As aconse-
lence OF this large Influx Of people here real
estae has commenced changing hands The
sales Of Saturday amounted to Sh2OO.
A dispatch nom Bismarck. Dak., says; Inc
report that com mission Would soon BE- appoint
ed by tho President 70 confer with tho lndisns
for tn opening Of tho great Sioux reservation Is
received with much interest among tn8 inoians
81 Standing Rock, who are headed ny Siiting
Bull John Grsss, and other notorious chiefs
The Indians are piessed wish the action oil ths
Government In increasing tie price 70 Ds palI
them from 90 ceOis per acre TO ~ .. ana many
OF them have expressed their Willingness 10 nc
cept the terms 81 the teaty. Even sitting Bun
aad Gall, Who Hero 20 bisSorly opposed 10 the
treaty submitted last year, have given utterance
20 friendly expressions, and there Is litLe douDI
OF success among tbs whites who U-it the reaer-
yGti0n. new arrival from the standing hock
agency says he Is positive that sitting bull aud
eau will accept the treaty.
dispatch from Fort Dodge, Iowa. says: Ine
situation Ia The overland country grows more
serious frotn day TO day. and every day Of delay
on the part of the marshals make the WORK they
have % perform the more sen0uA All hopes OF
peaceful enforcement OF ne eviction have
been abandonca. Marshal Holbrook, who or
ganized 4 posse In the city % commence the eSic-
tons nlay, hes sworn ia dfteen insts al OF six.
as no had iast year. and nsteai OF Deng
armed with sh0tgfns, they arc being Iur-
riehsd with Winchester rides. Bradshaw,
whose ptse Of ak men were tOfcl-
bly, elected from the lands Thursday, i9zecruit
ing men ia Dubuque armed with WiDchesteB
sad reyolYerA Yesterday when tho settlers VINO
hare purchased their lands Of tho railroad com
pany and Who arc prosecuting the settlers Tor
conspiracy, aBoke they l0uRd warnings poated on
ihsh doors. sgraugars going into the r1Fer-lano
country arc stopped by armed men Snd com
peilsd 20 state IAsir business before being aloH-
OF 10 proceed ON gheir way. Among those stopped
TODAY was United States Oflil3r forsey,
and IL wes dificut for him 70 cOavince ths SET
tiers thag he was not on rivsr-iana Dusino=A