Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-20
CHEROKEE INVADERS
fastening Away from the TrOaps-ro-r..,
'Has 1t In" for the BOomers-St.r.
for No Mans Land

ARKANSAS CITY, KAN, March In.
vaders of the Cherokee strip who c-a..s,
/ theline from this point are coming Is,.
1 with almost as much haste as they wen.
IN. They are afraid they will be Is-sr,
| regarded as boomers and disposses.af 30
/ their homestead rights. Those KE,
! have returned report q general -y.fr.
| from the Strip. The settlers are any-,r.
| to get out of the STRIP before thav az
caught by the troops. so that ~,
1 government can have no evidence ~
| their ever having been IN there. =
Sanders, q ''boomer'' leader. has 20
ceived letters from Congressman Ngr.,-
advising him and friends to keep out M
the Strip until it shall be fornany
opened, because, says Mr.. Mansur +bs
| Fiftieth congress Hhas il m fl- ,E,
/ boomers. >. Mr.. Mansur also saws tha-af,
no doubt but that the present Cherokee
commission will purchase it from the
Indians, aud that the present coucrss,
will open it TO settlement.
EN- ROUTE TO NO. MANS LAND.
LIBERAL, KAN, March Ig.-Des7i-a
the president s notice to the settlers and
the presence of troops in the Cheroks.
Strip, twenty-five or thirty boomer,
started from this place this morning for
the Neutral Strip, or No Man : Land
They say. the presidents proclamation
does not apply to No 1an s Land and
they are determined to enter there end
found a town at Hardesty. They have
arranged to meet with the boomers II
various points between here and M
Man s Land and by the time they cross
the line it is expected their force will
number 200 or 300 men.
Will OBEY ORDERS.
ARKANSAS CITY, KAN. March 10 This
proclamation issued by the boomers set
ting April % next as the day for invading
the Cherokee strip, referred 70 in TO-
days Washington dispatches, was pro
mulgated among the prospective settlers
about ten days ago and published at that
time. The plan outlined in it was SUI
prised by the unexpected rush into the
Strip on Friday last, and the boomers
have no intention whatever Of entering
again until the land is legally opened to
settlement. The moving of troops into
the Strip to evIct boomers is regarded as
positive proof that the boomers were
mistaken in thinking the president would
allow them to remain, and 10 attemp.
will be made to disobey his order.
CATTLEMEN IN CAUCUS.
CALDWELL, KAN, March I9.-The
Cherokee Strip livestock association is in
session here at its annual meeting. The
attendance is large, the situation in the
Outlet being of unusual interest to men,
bers. Yesterday an election of directors
occurred, and the new board reelected
the old officers. A resolution was adopt
ed providing for the removal of the COM
pany's cattle from the Cherokee Strip,
as ordered by the presidents pTOCIama-
ton, on or before October / next.
The invasion of the Strip by the
"boomers and destruction by them Of
grass on the range was discussed, and
memorial to President ParrisOn was
adopted asking for protection against O
repetition of these unlawful acts By the
citizens of the United States.
Authority was given to the treasurer TO
pay the Cherokee Nation the amount Of
rent due from July l 1890, TO October ],
1890.
When to-day's session opened those
who had not paid their regular dues Wers
excluded from the meeting.