Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-22

| The railroad officials are greatly worried
j over the prospects of moving so many
| people tomorrow. Side tracks are filled
| with hat cars. cattle cars and gravel trains
are also in collection, none of which will
| be below demand. Everything on wheels
| will be utilized if necessary.
Thieves are busy at work on the trains
and many Door boomer has been fieeced
| OF his all. The Crescent Town Site Conn.,
| pany with most of its members from Iowa
had representative on each train this
| morning, in the interest of the scheme.
About 10000 boomers listened TO SER
| mon this morning delivered BY preacher
| from Kansas. Tonight the people are pre-
pared to enter the promised land along the
hne.
John Murphy, member of the I'M
proyement Company, met John Horton, a
| member of the League, at two o'clock this
| morning. and quarrel ensued. 1t was
stopped by party of friends of each. but
revolvers and Winchesters were called
! into requsltion, and firing was kept up in
the streets of Purcell until daylight. The
contending parties being under cover the
firing did not result as seriously as il was
feared it might.
Three OF the town-site men were injured.
Tom Myers being shot in the head, George
Martin in the arm. and one Simpkins, (col-
oredl struck in the leg. At daylight the
| fighting ceased.
Thrifty United States Marshals.
PURCELL II. IT,. April 21st-News from
Oklahoma says that the troops are scour-
ing the entire valley north of the Canadian
river tonight for intruders. Fifty United
States Marshals are busy making arrests
| II is reported that the United States Mar
shals will all resign their positions at noon
tomorrow and jump the best claims in
| sight, and will also take charge of the town
| site. A crowd from Purcell will contest
this point with them at Oklahoma City.
Seventeen town-site companies are selling
| lots in Oklahoma City. Nearly 800 were
| disposed of to-day at 81 to S15 each. Six
| hundred tickets for Oklahoma were dis
| posed of to-day. The great crowds about
| the city have not yet come to the station.
The first train leaves ct 3 A. NJ. tomorrow,
| with fourteen coaches. Others will follow
| rapidly. A big sale of accident insurance
| tickets was made to-day. All the cavalry
| from the Department of Missouri will be
| on the field.
The Last Day.
KANSAS CRY, April 21st.-To-night be-
| ing the last chance for persons bound for
| Oklahoma to leave in time to reach the
( country by noon tomorrow. the depot was
| thronged with as motley a crowd as was
| ever assembled in it. The Santa Fe, in ad-
dition to its two regular trains, sent out a
| special of eleven coaches. The Rock
| Island also sent out an immense train. In
Vulnerable cases of pocket picking have
| occurred during the past week in the depot
| and on trains. No arrests nave been made
| yet.
The Streams are Falling.
KANSAS CITY, April 21st.-Dispatches to
to rtr~tzf - IL. ~
situation as to Oklahoma affairs The ex-
| element is intense, but no trouble has oc-
| Cured. The streams are now falling. and
indications point to fine weather tomorrow.
| The Emperor colony, 500 strong, left this
afternoon for the promised land under
the command of Captain George Cooper.
The report that settlers are to be disarmed
is only rumor telegraphed from Arkansas
City and has not yet been confirmed.
| Disarming the Boomers.
| KANSAS CITY, April 21st--A Times Ar
kansas City special says: 1t is reported
there that General Merritt has issued orders
to the troops to take possession of ali the
guns and pistols carried by the boomers
| They are not TO be confscated, but the idea
is to hold them until the excitement is
over, as precautionary measure against
| bloodshed.
| dWutc hepOrtSu hllIeus
ARKANSAS CRY ARK, April 21st.-Cap-
tain Hayes arrived at the West Fork of the
Arkansas river with q portion of the bridge
| Saturday, and by 5 P. NJ. the entire party of
| 400 bad crossed. Two teams attempted to
| ford the river before the bridge was COM
pleted, but the quicksand shifted and both
teams and drivers were lost.
Pawnee Bills reported killed by Deputy
Marshal Rank while trying TO get whisky
into the Territory.
A Wisconsin Town Destroyed by Fire.
MILWAUKEE, April 21st.-West Depere,
| Wis, was almost swept out of existence by
| fire yesterday. The conhagration began in
MeiswinkePs wooden ware factory, and
| thence spread rapidly until fifty houses
were in flames. About the same time an
incendiary fire was started in another part
OF the town. and Fort Howard and Green
Bay were telegraphed to for aid. They
| responded with engines, and the men
worked all night to subdue the flames.
Later dispatches from West Depere saws
fifteen buildings were destroyed. Total
loss, SIS, 900; insurance, 10000.
Murder and Suicide.
LEBANON (O.), April 21st.-Frank Lynn.
| young man boarding at Wilborn Noah S,
shot and killed Mrs. Noah tonight, and
then committed suicide.
The Missouri in Port.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER (Del0 April
22d-2A. M.-The steamship Missouri, from
London, has just arrived. 1t is supposed
she has large number of the passengers
| of the ill-fated Danmark. The see is too
| rough to admit of boarding the steamer be-
| fore daylight with small boat.
A Fatal Wreck.
BERWICK Ull.), April 21st.-Two men
were killed and three injured in the wreck
of the mixed train on the Central Iowa
| Railroad last night near here. The wreck
was caused by the breaking of wheel as
the train was going over the bridge at
Adar Creek. Two cars were hurled into
the creek and took fire, burning the
bridge. Conductor Collins was instantly
| killed by the fall. Mr.. Savage, the only
passenger, was drowned. Express agent
Rogers, brakeman Reed and the mail clerk
were badly mangled, probably fatally.
The British Minister.
New YORK, April 21st.-Sir Julian
Paunceforte, the newly-appointed British
Minister to Washington, arrived to-day.
Three Men Suffocated With Smoke.
DETROIT, April 21st.-In a small fire
which occurred in cheap lodging house
this afternoon, three men, named E. J.
Gibson, bartender; William Whitaker. a
sailor, and F. T. Boilio, were suffocated
from the dense smoke which filled the
building. Malaki Powell, a porter, was
badly burned, but will probably recover.
Murat HaIstead Ill.
CINCINNATI, April 21st-Murat Halstead
is dangerously ill with rheumatism of tine
heart. His wife, who is in Europe. has
been cabled to return.
A Fine Building Burned.
ATLANTA (Ga J. April 2lst.-The Jackson
building, in which is the Wellhouse Paper
Company, Dion & Co.'s agency, Aaron
Haas, merchandise broker, and offices of
different kinds. was burned this afternoon.
Loss about S15000O.
A Wreck Identified.
NORFOLK (Val, April 21st.-The wreck
which occurred on the the 18th inst. has
been identified as the schooner John c.
Hay of New York. The entire crew per-
ished.
A Horrible Deed
CHARLOTTE On. CO., April 21st-W. H.
Wood, u farmer of Marion county. left
home Monday on business. He returned
yesterday and found his home in ashes and
the bones of his wife and five children in
the ruins. A trunk containing $500 was
ritied. A bowie knife and bloody axe were
found. There is no clue to the murderers.
Intense excitement prevails in the commu-