Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-13

THE WHOLE STORY OF ONE sam
TO BE A FAKE.
SEMINOLES INDIGNANT BUT QUIET.
A Few shots Fired at Night by Pre.-
teal Jokers I'm the Neighborhooa
of EnrIboro', the Alleged Centre Of
Disturbance.
Disturbance.

KANSAS CITY, MO, January PA,
noon to-day, the Associated Press cor.
respondent at South McAlcster. l. 7
wired:
"The whole story OF the Indian In
rising Is a fake The. first account Of "a.
alleged affair Was sent out by the aesn,
for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Guif
railway, at Earlboro', /. T., to the trai,.
dispatcher here. To-day all acquaint.l
with the situation give It as their opinion
that the story was a pure fabrication
originating with the railroad agent A.
Earlboro'.
United States Marshal Sonnet. OF the
Northern District, arrived here Thu.
morning, and VIII leave for Earlbor,,
on this afternoons train. He had No.,
been officially informed Of any trouble.
To-day, as far as can be learned. every.
thing Is quiet at Earlboro' and al Ne
lauska, the centre Of the alleged I'd.
rising"
REPORTS UNTRUE.
WASHINGTON. January l2.-Comm.s-
sioner Jones' Of the Indian office. rs.
ceived a dispatch from Wewoka. Semi.
mole Nation. this afternoon. signed b. w.
S. Field. who says that the report OF tho
Seminole troubles are untrue. Tho
whites. he said. burned a couple OF limo.
cent men. and the Indians are Indignant
but Will make no trouble. A few shots
were fired In the darkness by practicf
Jokers I'm the neighborhOod OF Earlboro'
The Commissioner says he knows Field
very We'll and regards this Information
as entirely trustworthy.
REQUEST FOR TROOPS.
Secretary Bliss wrote the War De.
partment, asking for troops He said
he regarded the reports as at least great
~ exaggerated. but. nevertheless. II
might be the part OF prudence 10 have
troops on the scene. The War Depart
ment Will comply with the request and
dispatch troops, unless the request 4,
In case the whole affair."
proves a fake.
This afternoon. General Brooke. AZ
Chicago. reported that he had dispatched
an officer to make an immediate inves-
tigation Of the conditions in the Indian
Territory. The troops az Fort Reno. a.
said, could be placed az the point whore
the trouble was reported by the news
paper dispatches in less than three hours
after they received marching orders
General Brooke was instructed by telo-
graph To use his discretion IN preserving
The peace, and to use the troops In his
command as he saw the necessity FOR
hem. without further orders from the
department.
NO RISING, BUT MUCH EXCITEMENT
SOUTH MALLESTER. ]. T., January
ID. NJ. McCloud. solicitor OF the Choc-
Jaw, Oklahoma and Gulf railroad, has
lust arrived here from Shawnee. Okla.
loma, and states that there Is no truth
n the reported Indian uprising upon the
oklahoma Seminole border. There is.
however, great excitement. and many
PERSONS are leaving their homes near tho
'order and taking refuge in neighbormg
oklahoma towns.
The Indians have been collecting. but
here is no evidence that they have killed
my white persons in retaliation for the
turning Of the two Indians last Saturday
morning near Maude, oklahoma
The United States officials are taking
precautions 10 preserve the
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