Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-20

vine for three days, and that the party wa.
only an advance guard of body of more
than four hundred, who, through agents
sent ahead, had selected their claims, and
proposed to hold them with Winchester
against all comers.
Mcintosh and the other prisoners were
taken to the prison pen, five miles south OF
Purcell and placed under strong guard.
! As but one of the MarShals was wounded
and his injury is tritling, charge of murder
cannot be brought against the men. They
may be tried for resisting arrest, but the
belief is that they will be released after
| Oklahoma is opened.
A detachment of the Fifth Cavalry is
| expected here tomorrow, and q scout viii
probably result in the discovery of many
other outfits which are still across the
/ river. Late tonight it is reported that a
| large number of Texans, who are camped
| of Wichita river. ere on their way to Pur-
| cell. This causes a fear that they will at
tempt to rescue the prisoners.
All Liquors to BE Confiscated.
ARKANSAS CRY, April 19.h-Marshal
Jones, of Kansas, and Needles, of Indian
Territory, who are in authority over the
! Indian Territory and Oklahoma, announce
that they have instructed their deputies to
confiscate all liquors brought into the Ter
ritory. These instructions are based on
the ruling of the Attorney General that
Oklahoma is within the limits of Indian
Territory, and the laws pertaining to the
sale of intoxicating liquors within the Ter
ritory apply to this section. as ii is i'm
possible to get liquor into Oklahoma with
out passing through the Territory, and as
laws against bringing liquor into any part
OF Indian Territory are very strict, those
thinking of going into the Territory will
save themselves much expense and trouble
by abandoning their purpose.
Eight companies of infantry and four of
cavalry are in the territory to assist in en-
forcing the laws.
a monster meeting was held here to-day
and memorial addressed to the President
and the Secretary of the Interior, setting
forth that the reservation of 800 acres for
townsite for Guthrie is totally inadequate,
and petitioning that the Secretary may per-
init the entry of contiguous site of 320
acres.
A Stampede of Cattle.
ARKANSAS CRY, April 19th.-The Arkan-
sas and Walnut rivers are rising rapidly.
The Walnut has gone up ten feet alone
since morning.
Congressman Weaver, of Iowa, will ar
rive tonight He says he will take up
claim near Guthrie.
This morning, at Chillicoco Station, five
hundred Texas cattle were let loose on the
prairie A train of boomers were passing
at the time. The cattle stampeded the
cattle hitched to the wagons and the latter
were mixed up with the Texas cattle and
lost to their owners. A man named Wat
son, from Sterling, Nebraska, in trying to
preserve his outfit from the enraged cattle,
was trampled under foot and badly injured
LEAvENwoRTH (Kan.), April 19th-Col-
lector of Internal Revenue Acers to-day re-
ceived a telegram from Commissioner of
internal Revenue Mason saying arrange
ments had been made to give Collectors
sufficient force for any work necessary to
prevent the sale of liquors in Oklahoma,
instructing him to issue no special tax
stamps for that district, and saying the
Government will not permit the sale of
liquors there Collector Acres has Started
eleven Deputy Collectors 10 Guthries
The intention is to have them on the
ground in advance of the boomers and ar
range to prevent the sale of liquors.
There VIII Be a Grand Rush.
ARKANSAS CITY, April 19th.-When the
signal flag drops at noon sharp on Monday
there will be desperate land race on the
opposite bank of the river. Gamblers and
tOuSnS declare tney Will lei no one pass
certain distance who is not one of them.
The town is full of special correspondents
who are writing from imagination and
against space. A cowboy from Caldwell,
who arrived late last night, says the Cim-
arron is very high, and that up to the time
he left eighteen persons had been drowned
trying to ford the stream. No definite in
formation can be learned of the drowning.
At one time this morning there were over
100 wagons on the streets.
Scores of Robbers and Gamblers.
WICHITA (Kan.), April 19th-F. R. Al
bright returned to-day from the Oklahoma
country. He says people are fiocking in by
thousands. Purcell is nothing but den
of robbers and gamblers. Twenty-one
joints, with full supply of whisky, left
here on the train this morning for Okla
homa. A special says the soldiers expect
to Gear the whole of Oklahoma by Sunday.
Passengers are not to be allowed to alight
from trains in Oklahoma. Scouts are
leaving for the country. Several bodies
have been found along the banks of the
Cimmaron and Canadian rivers.
A Bloody Fight.
WELLINGTON (Kan.), April 9th.-Boom-
ers are still passing through. A colony of
over 400 wagons from Utah and Colorado
passed to-day bound for Oklahoma There
was bloody fight on the strip yesterday in
which four men were killed, and the fight
is still going on. The cutting of wires in
crossing is supposed to have precipitated
the fight.
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