Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-02
CHAOS RgIons.


rhs appt~. ss G~ts - the Ls.s -
FEsmhs~ rurn 10 a.h~. 81 the Ap-
r~sseh sf the sag xasse Bs~zH-r sal Ia
stead sf rs<as 80 Praise. L.m~utasiss-
ssss car.~- F7n ta~ ssr r-Sh.n- R-sxa.
sad Multis1.s-s are Rstaruiax - clvtll-
nat1sm-
ARKANSAS CrrT. Ark. APRIL es-ChaoS
resgus Eot oniF IN Okiah8saA baf in the
satire tributary cozafrY. The railroad
Is Prostraied, Aai oouz1aaicafi,lss are en-
tirvty cut a The Western Cnfaa- With
ia erush x train dispascainS. woal4 nSt
touch message ~ anv ether cAarart-r
N the Terrf.orT. thoagh ths earth sxAi-
to~rd . towa site. Gzrhrie's back seems
erOken-and therr j. sarisas stAup~sse u
get out People there are wild trazu tAs
deprtvAtioas tAat Lack y shelter. water
.n4 food Impose upsz theu- To the.-
distresses are a4ie4 IT, uissorsunes %
tempest. h~a: and the absence et neans
% ft<hG when yeur csrresPsszsi~nt
reached Willow Spria<s fron fh@ Dia-
uoad Bar razeA he learned sroza the dis
patches that neither the north nor ths
south-hound passenger trai1s shortly due
had hecn heard srora- A hour of waiting
passed. whea . train of twenty cattle
ears crept Hp from th~ south The ears
we're iock@1. bat upon the regss. tks
buS-rs. amid the coal en the tender. 81
the PtlOs .1d <angway u The locomotive.
and packed IN aRd gpaa the caboos~ vas
n dess. aad rais~rable tAroug of m~n-
The train from Guthrie haa started with
It's strange load At stx o'cIock IN the even
ing II vas useless 70 attempt 10 enforc-
the laws restrictive ot railroad travel
The people yer. fleeing practically sor
thsir lives They bal nj lei - Ion< D.
r1ods q prfvafioa th- s1--ria< % seven
teen hours without food or protection
from the enIsL No traia hal passed them.
aai none In sight b-hind- Th~y hal I~ss
\ bowling mob IN Guthrie. bass-si in its
eforts 70 Join IN the fight The useless
z-ss Of Prorsesiiny q Guthrie wzs aP-
parent snd the correspondsat secured \
footing Tor Gne loot a1d returned 70 this
point With the la--aTA train
Some erperf-nces ars pirisaL A terri
be storm Tuesday Riyht raised the
missries % Guthrie almost % a horror
A violent wind aros@ rs the sun sank. and
alled the air -ith sitting red aIkaH d1ss
that strews the plains A delags % rain
followed. aud throughout the night beat
upo1 the thousands ot sheltertess- Ths
railroad . utterly incompetent in tbs
emergency. and is delivering baggage
ard express too slowly 30 be % Use To ths
unprotected The fEgitives cheer with
[ 10y Ns they alight here, aud rush to the
I hyd-ants and eatinS-houses- Curses are
heaped gpon the region ani the Govern
r1snt MArshals Needles and Jones are
exscrated without sfint for the thsft %
The land and the railroad II denounced
/ Tor its feeble service Guthrie i without
I form The original streets have disap-
scared, and new sections are be-
lng Flowed every hour Vaiaes
have fallen - practically nothing.
and confidence i at low sbb-
I Those who are nos going home Announce
their inteutions 0s moving upon tbs
Cherokee Strip. aad report that hunirets
u boomers in wagons have already doas
80 Scores % men surrounded their
F claims 10 lots in Guthrie without an e.
+ fort 10 preserve Cr dhspOs. % them The
s9urh-bound passenger train arrived
after n time crowded with pilgrims for
F Guthrie. and few eoGli BE- dissual-d By
E the lamentations % the fz<itives- Tt Is
/ impossible 10 predict what the next few
+ lays wiIl develop AZ Guthrie.
f General MerrItr's report q the Numbers
I II Oklahoma II tncomprsh~1stbl%- The
f estimate here = that fully = 90 people
are rO~ in Guthrie and more tha1 5afs0
/ IN the Territory Nearly twice ex many
~ he allows FOR the whole Territory leer
[ shis place alone and ars still pouring IL