Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-19
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Arkansas City, Kan., April I6-Tht
hundred and forty eight prairie sehoou
era went into camp here to-day and fully
900 persons arrived by the three ra,i-
roads centering at this place. making
an estimated crowd of ne.sly. if no,
quite, 10000 temporary soloptnere
State colonies are being orcaolzed in
the camps, the Illinois colony now nav.
Ing 200 members and ONO en- Mis-
souri, following in the order named witt
from 500 members down TO nbout 3OD
Permission was recsived BY Unit, d
States Commissioners Boneell from tht
department for ell persons gong b,
wagon to break camp ON the morning OF
the 18th and take up their line of marct
throuRhthe Cherokee "trip to the north
line OF the lands to be opened to settle-
ment, United States Marshal Needles,
OF the Indian territory. and the receivers
and registers OF land of1ices at Guthrie
and LIS bon. will arrive to- morrow morn.
ing end hold conference in the hoard
OF trade rooms. The officers of The
Santa Fe railroad Issued time scbeduie
to-day which will 60 into effect on the
morning OF the 22nd. At O'CLOCK a. m.
the first passenger train for that day will
put out for the south. II will be fol
lowed by other passenger trains eyery
10 minutes until ell settlers are provided
Tor. These trains will be followed by
several freight trains conveying osm
equipaGe, stock, store buildings. ready
to be fastened afser the fashion OF Kin Q
Solomon's temple. Three hundred cerE
as now loaded waiting for the word '.eo u
Every assurance is given by the COMPANY
| that there will be no d appointment OF
delays to settlers. All is quiet along the
| whole line, and commander OF the
| troops here to-day said that he eppre-
hended no trouble or strife among the
people.
The head OF one psrty OF Miseouriant
| ut the depot to-day was man who
would have been considered insane hae
1t not been for the trust end obediepc,
he exacted from his rather hardy follow
ers. He was tall, lank, dressed in rough
worn clothing end had thin. shreWd
face and Scrubby chin whisker. Owe,
HIS pantalocas and stuffed in at the tor
OF hls big jack boota he wore pair o
Sensational overalls made of bunting
stamped with small American flags. H,
carried long brown riiis of the ancient
but accurate ball-end patch pattern, ans
around his waist were strapped brace
OF eannon-calibered pavIes and lara,
knife. The leaders name was DAME
CENTS and bis little company had bee,
organized in Davis county. Missouri
CENTS had visited Oklahoma sbor
time ago, and returned last week Z,
escort his friends. The company wa
most thoroughly armed, end will certain
ly frighten the timid and provoke th
bold.
The most rigid rules OF exclusion or
being maintained in the territory, Ye
there are rumors rife that certain fevore
4 ones have already been permitted to er
ter the tract and are hidden near Guthri
and other points of settlement. Gap,
Cooper, who, With Capt. Couch, has in
herited the Leadership vacated by th
late original Boomer Payne, arrived i
the city last night to arrange for th
prompt movement OF his trains, FL
saye that he has 40 cass al Emporie
where his branch OF the seIf-style,
Payne Oklahoma colony is ralIyipe
The Emposis- Oklabomn colony, O
which Capt. Cooper is at the head, ia ar
old organization, and numbers abon
20 600, who intend to locate arounc
Guthrie station.
Washington, April II -Oklahoma il
occupying the attention very largely o.
| at least two departments OF the govern
ment, and is giving the president iar
more c6uoern than the general public
really know anything of. The prospect
OF violence in the newly opened territory
has been impressed upon the presiden,
end the secretary of war with great force
end they have issued orders which will
place strong force of soldiers through b
this country. BY orders from the presi.
dent the orders to the military forcee
have been kept and will be kept secret
Confronted by the Law forbidding the
use of the military forces as posse
comitatns, and yet forbidden to declare
after some overt act has been committed
the president is met by problem diff
cult 20 solve. The riot IN the country
will probably be over with the fret overt
acs and before martial law could be de-
clared, hence the military would be use :
less. The United States marshsls
therefore have been given control
of the country, to rely upon the
acquisition OF q sufficient force of Law
abiding citizens il necessary to make o
strong posse. Then the orders which
have been given army officers are such
that If they find il necessary 10 act at
once they will be amply justified in
placing the country under martial law.
Tho liquor question is another serious
thing to be met. Advices received here
indicate that the prohibition state of
Kansas is prepared to food Oklahoma
with liquor enough to drown every set
tier. The war department hes issued
orders regarding this also, and, while
some liquor will go into the newly opep-
ed country in some way or other, o rood
mang jugs will be broken, and good
many casks will be broken as soon as
they cross the border. Whether this
will be done by the United States troops
is question, but for once at least the
army will be on the side OF temperance
and no liquor that can be spilled will
get into Oklahoma.
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