The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-20
them. Hundreds Of miles of fences will be

Out no saloon wagons nave YET started.
! They would do little business for awhile
anyway, for 1000 or 5000 men who have
started from Caldwell have taken 1000 or
| 5000 quarts of whisky with them. The
business done by drug stores in this line is
enormous. The second bank for King
Fisher was organized here yesterday after
| noon.
The stream of wagons continued un-
abated all through to-day, and fully as
many wagons passed over the Bluff Greek
bridge as yesterday. One man who lives
close to this bridge line kept the count of
the teams passing up TO o'clock this
afternoon. Eleven hundred and fifty
| three had gone over the road to Oklahoma.
Four hundred teams torded Salt Fork river,
| a few miles south of the terminus of the
Rock Island road in the Indian territory.
Tomorrow morning the Rock Island will
| commence running trains to Pond Greek,
where it makes connections with stages
through to King Fisher and Fort Reno.
A REVENUE AGENTS ORDERS.
ST. LOUIS, April 19-George B. Clark of
this city, revenue agent in charge of the
districts of Missouri and Illinois, received
| instructions yesterday from Commissioner
| Mason to proceed to Oklahoma territory
and take charge of the governments in-
terest there as far as internal revenue re-
striction and collections were concerned.
|
will cooperate with the internal
revenue agent in enforcing the law.
1t is anticipated that a large amount
! of liquor will be carried in the new country,
and an attempt will be made to sell it with
| out license. 1t is also thought that the new
corners will not obey the law prohibiting
the sale of whisky to Indians. This law
will be rigidly enforced. Trouble is expected
from this quarter.
EFFEcTs OF THE CHANGE IN THE DATE.
ARKANSAS CITY, KAN, April 19.-The
change of date for crossing the Cher okee
| strip line by the Oklahoma settlers from
the 10Th Today TO yesterday. the 18th,
made the number of wagons in the first
batch to cross the line smaller than it other
wise would have been. Succeeding events
| show the change to have been a wise
one. Despite the solid five miles OF
wagons which went into the strip yes
terday morning, the influx during to-day
| was enormous Word that the movement
would occur to-day had become widespread
to the north, and many settlers who other
wise would have been here for the start,
| remained in their camps until after noon
! yesterday. So, late in the day there con-
| tinued to be an almost continuous
string of wagons on Summit street.
Most of the afternoon arrivals
| camped here last night, and proceeded this
| for there is but one stream between here
and Salt Fork fit to camp on, and that is
only five miles from the north line of the
strip.
OLD SOLDIERS COLONIES.
Last night the Old Soldiers Union Colony,
Of this city, held it's last meeting before
going to Oklahoma. A. L. Mowrey is
| president The colony consists of $50 old
soldiers. OF these 120 will leave Monday
10
the soldiers clause. The location
has been selected, but they will
not reveal it, The members will
| will 20 by train. They have started
wagon train with supplies of tents and pro-
visions, and raft sufficiently large to ferry
all accoutrements across any stream be-
tween here and Oklahoma. The Old
Soldiers Colony of Wichita started ten
wagons yesterday. They will enter at
| Caldwell
Land Register John /. Dillie returned last
| night from Guthrie He says that the roof
is on his land office, and it will be ready for
occupancy by tonight.
The King Fisher land officers will leave
for King Fisher Saturday. The others will
90 to Guthrie Sunday. Two hundred
laud filings per day will be the limit of
each Office.
LAwLEsSNEsS AT PURCELL.
Word was brought here last night from
Purcell by a man who was there yesterday
that a great deal OF lawIessness exists along
the southern border of Oklahoma. He said
a man was held up" in the streets of Pur-
cell in broad daylight and robbed of $500.
The boomers defy the law. They have
purchased every available horse in the
neghborhood and will mount and wade
| through the Canadian river just before
noon Monday. When the signal flag drops
| at noon, sharp, there will be a desperate
| land race on the opposite bank. The gam
blers and toughs declare that they will
| let no one pass a certain distance who is
not one of them. TIE towns full of special
| correspondents A glaring miSstatement
was made yesterday in St. Louis paper.
The Arkansas river was said to be out of
| its banks threatening the town. The
Arkansas has not been out of its banks for
more than sixteen years.
A cowboy from Caldwell, who arrived
last night, says the Cimarron is very high,
ana that up to the time he left eighteen
persons had been drowned trying to ford
| the stream. He can give no names, as he
| said he did not inquire. No definite lnfor-
nation can be learned Of the drowning.
At one time this morning there were over
100 wagons on the stream.
TROOPS IN READINESS.
LEAvENwoRTH, KAN, April 19-Au the
troops at this garrison, including part OF the
hospital CORES, with the exception OF one
company of infantry, are under arms and
ready to follow Gen Merritt and his aide,
Lieut.. Dodge into Oklahoma at an hours
notice. Gen Merritt and his aide are now
on their way to the territory. The &c neral
is vested with discretionary power The
troops detailed for this service from this
point consist of four companies of
infantry; only a small garrison guard and
a company of Gardeners being left The
infantry company mentioned as excepted is
under orders to leave for Newport barracks,
Kentucky. The order 10 move was received
at noon to-day. Reinforcements will reach
tho territory and be ready for service be-
fore Oklahoma is opened to the settlers.
ONLY oNE-THIRD TILLABLE.
KANSAS CITY, April 19.-Prof. Frank A.
Fitzpatrick, superintendent OF the Leaven-
worth public schools, has returned from
Oklahoma. He was over much Of the ter
ritory and believes not more than one-third
Of II is tillable. He thinks there arc already
too many colonist for the new country.
BATTLE REPORTED.
WICHITA, KAN, April ia special to
tho Ddtty Edgie. from Purcell, says that
the chief deputy marshal at that place,
with posse, has all the afternoon been en-
gagged in b uniting boomers in Oklahoma,
opposite that city. They returned at
O'Clock with one party. and have now cor
raled in the woods and ravlnes
party of 800. Intelligence has been received
there that an engagement took place be-
tween party Of boomers and the depusies