The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-25

drowned trying to ford the stream
he can give no names as he said he die
not inquire. No definite Information
can be learned of the drowning.
at one time this morning there were
over 100 wagons On the street.
NOT AS HIGH AS REPORTED.
CALDWELL, Kan, April I9.-The
rush OF people who will try to take the
Rock Island railway route between to.
day and Monday will be so great that
the Rock Island almost despairs of be-
ing able TO accommodate them. One
colony of 900 will leave Wichita to-
morrow by this route. General Mana
ger Perkins, General Passenger Agent
Sebastian and Kansas City Passenger
Agent Motif, of the Rock Island were
in the city this morning and visited
Pond creek. Mr.. Sebastian as soon as
he heard of the possible trouble at
Pond creek telegraphed to Wichita that
the road would furnish free transpor-
tation to teams and wagons if tickets
were sold to the owners. the travellers
to provide their own transportation
from Pond creek.
Mr.. Parker arrived last night from a
tour over the projected road from Fort
Reno to Pond creek. He crossed the
Cimarron yesterday morning. He says
1t is not as high as represented and can
be crossed, but to provide for emer-
gencies- however, the Rock Island sent
two large boats to Pond creek this
morning. They will be carted to the
river.
Major Green, of the stage line, Can
non Ball" Green as he is known
throughout the southwest, is buying
all the horses to be had here and in the
nRI0h hnFInoF country HQ Chinnnd
twenty-six to Pond creek this morning.
Fourteen stages in addition to those
used by the old Fort Reno line which
are at Pond creek were shipped from
Wellington to-day.
Parker, Sebastian and Moffitt re-
turned from Pond creek this after
noon. They say that the reports of
high waters have been greatly exag-
gerated and that Captain WOodson re-
ports from the frontier that there will
be no trouble with the streams.
In addition 60 the men who have,
during the past twenty-four hours, en-
tered the Cherokee strip there will be a
great rush into the new country Mon
day by the COW boys who have been
working for the Cherokee strip cattle
men. Almost all of those working on
the ranches around Caldwell
have given up their jobs and
will be on the border the 22nd.
They do not intend to become farmers
but will take a good claim and hold it
until they can sell it, and be back for
the roundup. The cattlemen are max
ing no attempt to protect their fences
in the strip and the boomers are cutting
them and hundreds of miles of fences
will be broken to pieces.
To-day word was received here that
whisky could be sold in the strip, but
no saloon wagons have yet started.
They would do little business for awhile
anyway, for the 2 900 or 8 1000 men who
have started from Caldwell have taken
1000 or 5000 quarts of whisky with
them. The business done by the drug
stores in this line is enormous.
a second bank for Kingfisher was
organized here yesterday afternoon.
TROOPS FOR OKLAHOMA.
LEAvENwoRTH, April 19.-All the
troops at this garrison including part
of the hospital corps with the excep-
tiOn of the company of infantry, are
under arms and following Genera,
Merritt and his aide, LieuteAant
Dodge, into Oklahoma at an hours
notice. General Merritt and aide are
now Cd their way to the territory. The
general has unlimited discretionary
powers. The troops detailed for this
acINlCc HUH Gnlo pOlub COnol6b VI 1Oul
companies of infantry and only small
garrison guard and the company Of
grenadiers being left. The infantry
mentioned as excepted, is under order:
to leave for Newport Barracks, Ken
lucky. The order to move was received
at noon to-day. The four companies
| filled four Santa Fe coaches and theil
equipment as many baggage cars
The reinforcements will reach th'
! territory and be ready for service be
fore Oklahoma is opened to the set
tiers.
CONTINUES UNDATED.
| CALDWELL, April 19.-The stream
of wagons continued undated al
through to-day, and fully as man!
wagons passed over the Bluff creel
bridge as yesterday. One man VIII
! lives close to this bridge line kept
count of the teams passing, and up tt
O'Clock this afternoon l ,153 had gOnt
over the road to Oklahoma, Four hun
dred teams forded the Salt Fork rive
few miles south of the terminus o
the Rock Island road in the Indian ter
ritory. Tomorrow morning the Rocl
Island commences running their train
to Pond creek where they make connec
ticns with the stages through to King
fisher and Fort Reno. Two new stage
and two car loads of horses and mule
passed through tonight for the line
This city is filed with a class of sneal
thieves following the boomers. Las
night they visited three residences an
secured 1925 in cash. 1t is impossible
to locate them as the crowd is so thic
and consists of so many disTeputabl
characters.
FIGHT BETWEEN MARsHALS AN
BOOMERS.
| WICHITA, April ia special
the Daily Eagle from Purcell says tina
the chief deputy marshal at that place
with posse, has all the afternoon bee
engaged in hunting boomers in tn
Oklahoma opposite the city. They re
turned at O'Clock with one party an
now have corralled in tn
woods and ravines party c
800. Intelligence has been receive
there that an engagement took plac
between party Of boomers and tn
deputies in which several we're wound
ed. The boomers. who were moSti
J Texans, it is said. were attacked IN
barricade of logs by the deputies an
commenced firing. The vOlleyS weT
returned with spirit for some time, bu
the boomers surrendered after som
had been wounded.
Losr--"I don't know where. | can't te
| when, L don't sec how--sOmething of greS
shall be truly thankful. viz: u good appetite
| FOUND-'Health and strength. biOO