The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
SEMINOLES ON A SLAUGHTER.
AN ARMY or THEM ON & RAID OF
REV ENGE.

Hearing Down Upon EGribor0 ana
killing All whom they Aseet-oGl-
cfaIs Receive Only BrIef Details
of the Affair. and Preparations Are
Made for the Immediate DisDateHa
of "a Train of Omcers 10 the scene4
Information That Twenty-Fivs
Men HAD Been 9lassacred in tho
Raid.
Kansas city. Mo. Jan. 11.-eeneraA
alarm exists throughout the southwest to-
night owing to the persistent rumors Of a
Seminole Indian outbreak which hays
poured in from various parts OF the eoun~
try since nightfai
The stories vary from the threatening
war dances to massacres in which score
or more OF settlers are said to have loss
their lives ana Il is probable the real State
of affairs viii not be known until to-mor~
row Since the burning Of two Indian males
near Maud, oklahoma, last Friday tha
Seminoles have become greatly excited, and
trouble has been feared fer several days.
Specials from the various stations of th9
Indian country follow:
South McAlester, T. H., Jan. n.--A tele~
gram received here at GAO this evening bY
the train dispatcher of the Choctaw, Gulf
and Oklahoma reports a band of 80 Sem
mole Indians is ON the warpath and 10
leaving behind lt q tran OF blood a.
telegram was sent by the railroad agens
al Earlboro Brief Information convey
ed was that the seuinoles were avengins
the work OF the mob Of white men thaE
burned two Seminole Indians at the staks
on Friday last and that the infuriated
seminoles had already massacred twenty
five men. women and children.
The station agent gave the additional
information that the band started from
point six miles south Of Earlboro witp
the avowed intention OF setting fire TO
Tecumseh and killing ali whom they meta
that the Indians We're reported to hay0
changed their course. and We're al the
time of the sending OF the message head
ed toward Eariboro.
The receipt OF This startling information
has created intense excitement in South
McAlester. Federal Judges Townsend and
Springer. who are in the city, are anX-
iously awaiting further news. Scores OF
people here, who have relatives and
friends at Earlboro and other points In
that section are besieging the telegraph
Office for news, but the agent has either
left the Earlboro station 60 gather further
Information, or perhaps was slain or
driven to seek refuge If the Earlhoro Of
fee cannot be reached soon by wire, -
train viii be dispatched from here at mid
night, bound for the scene OF the reported
massacre, under orders from judge Spring.
cr, and having on board all the available
deputy marshas under command of Capt.
Brady, while the Secretary Of War viii be
wired TO order troops from fort Reno.
The general officers Of the Choctaw, Okla
homa and Gulf Railroad have ordered Que
a special train from Shawnee, bearing vol
unteers armed with Winohesters to inter-
cept the Indians at Earboro and prevent
further bloodshed
Guthrie O. r., Jan t1-Deputy mar
shals arrived here from Maud report =
reign of terror in that section. following
the recent lynchng Of two Seminole IN
dams which has provoked the Seminolea
to threaten vengeance one deputy brings
q report that two white men were cap
tured by Seminole bucks yesterday and
put TO the thumb torture. United states
Marshal Thompson received Instructions
to-day 10 send force Of deputies 60 the
line marking the border of Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory 70 cooperate with
the Indian Territory officials in quelinS
the threatened outbreak.
Dallas. Tex, Jan. ia special to tho
News from Oklauoiha lily, -, T., hdys7
There is an uprising in the Seminole ma
ton and 100 armed indians have killed
twenty-five citizens Of Pottawotamio
county, this territory The Indians ars
seeking to avenge the recent burning OF
Lincoln McGeisey and Palmer Simpson.
two Indians of the Seminole tribe, who
were accused Of numbering ana outraging
Mrs. Ieard Of Maud postofice. A special
train load OF armed citizens have gone
20 Earlboro, ten miles from Maud, and
excitement Is higher than ever before
known in the Indian territory"
st. Louis Jan. liza special from We-s
waka, l. T., quotes United States Marshal
Bennett as stating that the SeminoIes are
greatly excited ana the situation very
threatening. No massacres have yet oc-
Cured