| The Morning Call. February 03, 1892 San Francisco, Calif. 1878-1895 |
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Oklahoma Land Titles. Guthrie (O. T.), Feb. 2. – The Supreme Court has rendered a decision upholding the clause of the law opening Oklahoma, know as the "sooner" clause, providing that any person who entered land before the hour of opening should lose all rights to obtain title to any land whatever. |
| The Record-Union. February 27, 1892 Sacramento, Calif. 1891-1903 |
| Prairie Fire Near Guthrie. Guthrie (O. T.), Feb. 26. –A prairie fire has been burning in the northern part of this county for some days, doing a large amount of damage. The little daughter of J. B. Nida was caught in the lire and burned to death. |
| The Morning Call. April 02, 1892 (San Francisco, Calif. 1878-1895 |
| The Senate to-day made the following conformations: Registers of Land Office, S. L. Overstreet, at Guthrie O. T.; D. D. Leech, at Oklahoma. |
| The Morning Call. April 11, 1892 San Francisco Calif. 1878-1895 |
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The Rush of Boomers.
Guthrie. O. T., April 10. –The rush of boomers continues at this place. Settlers are procuring outfits and advancing rapidly to the line of the reservation. A large number of negroes are among the throng of intending settlers. Many are almost entirely destitute. |
| St. Paul Daily Globe. May 09, 1892 Saint Paul, Minn. 1884-1896 |
| ........................The Wabash bridge here has been strained out of line, so that no trains can pass over. In Oklahoma territory a steady pouring rain has been falling for twenty four hours, and half the streams in the territory are out of their banks. Many bridges have been washed away. Nearly all the overland mails have been abandoned. The Santa Fe has suffered several washouts and trains are badly delayed. A small cyclone accompanied the rain north of Guthrie and did considerable damage. The houses ot John Davis, Henry Smith and John Crockett were carried some distance by the cyclone and badly damaged. Many barns and other buildings were destroyed. There was no loss of life so far as is known. |
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MANY CATTLE DROWNED By a Cloud-Burst in the Oklahoma Country. Guthrie, O. T., May 8. – The heaviest rainfall for years has fallen steadily for twenty-eight hours. East of Orlando a cloud-burst caused the streams to rise six feet in a few minutes, drowning many cattle. At Oklahoma City the lower part of the city is flooded and much damage is done. There are several bad washouts on the railway, and in the country so many bridges are washed away that the mail routes were abandoned. Near Stillwater three houses and many barns were destroyed. John Crokett was fatally injured and some stock killed. |
| The Record-Union. May 12, 1892 Sacramento, Calif. 1891-1903 |
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Settlers Want Troops Kansas City, May 11. –A special to the Journal from Guthrie, Ok., says the Governor received dispatches to-day from the reservation stating that 100 Cheyennes went off the allotments and are driving white settlers off their claims. The Indians assert that they never signed the treaty for the sale of the lands, and if the white settlers don't leave in ten days they will be driven out. The Indians are all armed, and the settlers want troops. |
| San Saba County News. May 13, 1892 San Saba, Tex. 1874-19?? |
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Beheaded by a Train Guthrie Ok., May 6. – Mrs. S. H. Bradley a prominent lady of this city attempted to alight from a moving passenger train yesterday afternoon and was thrown under the wheels and horribly mangled. Her head was cut off and her body crushed. Her son and daughter stood on the depot platform and witnessed the awful sight Deceased's mother was on the train. |
TROUBLE BREWINGTreacherous Cheyennes Anxious
to Scalp The Settlers Guthrie, O. T., May 4 –There is still considerable excitement over tho ugly attitude of the Cheyenne Indians in the reservation opened to settlement two weeks ago. White Shield is the chief who is leading the disturbers and he is a blanket Indian of the worst sort. He has many times been on the warpath and bears across his face a huge scar caused by a cut from the saber of Gen. Custer in 1868. The scene of Custers terrible battle with the Cheyennes and Kiowas in the fall of that year is now the site of the town of Cheyenne and as hundreds of Indians were buried there at that time the Indians object to a town being built on the battle ground. Just north of tho town is a monument erected after the battle by the soldiers who lost quite a number of their comrades. The number of Indians killed at the time was 212. Among the bands now making trouble are a score or more of the survivors of that fight and the spirit of revenge that has rankled in their breasts all these years seems now about to break forth. The number of while people in the town is small and but few are armed and they would fall an easy prey to the Indians should they carry out their threats. White Shield was compelled to take his allotments by force and he says he will not work but that the white people must feed and clothe him and his band or leave the country. |
| The Morning Call. June 03, 1892 San Francisco, Calif. 1878-1895 |
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THE SANTA FE ROBBERY. Brave Resistance of the Express Messengers—Over 200 Shots Fired. Guthrie, O. T., June 2. –The details of the robbery last night of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express car on the Santa Fe train make a story of unexampled outlawry on the part of the bandits and of brave resistance on the part of the custodians of the company's property. The robbers were at work nearly an hour attempting to Intimidate the messengers into submission, and during the battle between the messengers and the bandits over 200 shots were fired though not a man was wounded. The robbery was doubtless committed by the notorious Dalton Gang, for whom large rewards are still outstanding. Two masked robbers jumped into the en- gine's cab from the tender, and covering the engineer and fireman commanded them to run the train to the stock yards and stop there at a given signal. The engineer and fireman obeyed, as to have resisted would have meant death. When the train stopped the two robbers were joined by five masked companions and the leader commanded the engineer and fireman to walk back to the espress-car and there told the fireman to break open the car. E. G. Whittlesey, the messenger, and J. A. Riehl, the guard, anticipating what was going on. had blown out the lights and refused to allow any one to enter the car. The bandits then opened fire upon the car from all sides, but the two men within responded promptly, aiming all their shots at the doors. The highwaymen shot into the car from all quarters, firing, however, to no effect, for the messengers stood their ground. In the meantime the robbers had chopped a hole in tho door large enough to admit a man's body, and the fireman was told to crawl into the car. This placed him between the two fires, and Engineer Mack seeing that it meant death to his companion, explained the situation to the messengers and told them to cease fire. The robbers then entered the express-car, covered the inmates with their guns and with a sledge and chisel broke open the two safes and robbed them of everything of value they contained. The robbers are described by the messengers as being well dressed and of gentlemanly bearing, and the leader apologized to the engineer for a rough remark made by one of his men. The amount secured by the robbers is unknown, as the express company has made no statement. |
| St. Paul Daily Globe. June 13, 1892 Saint Paul, Minn. 1884-1896 |
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ASSAULTED A WOMAN And an Armed Posse Shot Him to Death a Few Hours Later. A Reign of Terror in the Village of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Guthrie, O. T., June 12. –There was great excitement in this city tonight occasioned by two criminal assaults by negroes today upon white women. A negro lad named Holley assaulted Mrs. Charles Moore, the wife of a freighter who was away from home at the time. He was arrested and a mob surrounded the jail, threatening to lynch him. The negroes of the town claimed that Holly was innocent, although he had confessed his guilt to the sheriff, and a race war seemed imminent for a time. There was much angry talk, "Judge" Perkins, a negro lawyer, being spokesman for the colored men. During the excitement he said: "Let the whites harm that man and this town will be in ashes before morning." The sheriff smuggled the prisoner from jail and took him to Wichita, Kan., for safe keeping. The second outrage was that made upon the wife of James Genken, who is the engineer of the electric plant, by an unknown negro, who escaped. A posse, headed by Genken, got on his trail immediately, and at midnight word reached the sheriff that he had been overtaken at 9 o'clock tonight, six miles south of town, and shot to death. This news has greatly intensified the excitement, and the negroes are Threatening Violence. The officers began the disarming of the negroes before it became generally known, anticipating that the news would drive the negroes into a frenzy. At midnight there seems to be considerable doubt as to the removal of Holley from the jail. The negroes say that the statement was circulated by the whites so that the negroes would disperse and give them (the whites) a free field for a lynching. A great mob of negroes now surrounds the jail, and more are arriving every minute. The negroes have sent couriers to Laugston City, the negro colony, ten miles distant, with the report that the whites are about to lynch an innocent negro, and many negroes are flocking here, determined to protect the object of the white men's vengeance. Many of the negroes are armed, and hundreds of whites are carrying Winchesters and revolvers. The police have been reinforced by the appointment of a large number of city marshals. Intense excitement prevails, and any insignificant encounter between a black and a white may lead to a race war. Sheriff Hixson and Chief of Police Kelley are disarming the negroes. As many as fifty old shot guns and rifles have been taken, also a number of small firearms. The guns are now stacked at police headquarters. A shotgun, a squirrel rifle and a scythe-blade are stacked together. These three weapons were taken from three colored men who have just arrived from Tehee, seventeen miles distant. Col. H. P. Clark, commander of the territorial militia, is in the city. He reported to Acting Gov. Martin for duty, but the situation does not seem serious enough to warrant the calling out of troops. Gangs of excited people are on the street corners. All congregations of negroes are being ordered to disperse. The police and deputies are kept busy moving negroes. At 1 O'clock tonight Police Officers Lester and Kitchen, with one or two nervy citizens, ordered a lot of negroes who were stationed on the corner next to the jail, to move on. Several attempted resistance, but the officers used their clubs. Several decent negroes jumped on dry goods boxes and made speeches to the excited crowd. Officers Rhinehar. Kitchen, Kelly and Gheke were there. Two or three shots were fired. A big. burly negro named Perkins yelled "Hang the editor of the News!" No sooner were these words uttered when Bill Tilghman, Jack Tearney, Doc Roberts, Dick Reaves. Walters, the tailor, and others yelled: "Try it if you dare." Sheriff Dixon and his deputies rushed in and quelled the disturbance and the excited people were quickly dispersed. Men, women and children at this moment are on the streets (1 o'clock a. m. ) but it seems that the impending danger will be averted. The editor of the News walked down Oklahoma avenue between two officers at 12 o'clock seemingly secure. A company to patrol the city has been organized and is under the leadership of good men. Groups of negroes stand On Every Corner,
and manifest their intention to take the
city If necessary. Reavest Bros.' place,
on Second street, is the rendezvous of
the company, and the place is crowded
with fathers, husbands, sons, Republicans and Democrats. This city is
actually alive with armed men.
who are ready to fight to the death if
needs be. E. P. McCabe, the negro
ex-auditor of Kansas, is held responsible for the crimes being committed and
violence is feared. He cannot be found
tonight, and is evidently in no way desirous of showing up. Whistles are
blowing, and shouts and yells resound from every quarter of the
city. This beautiful city of 10,000
people is a pandemonium and one
cannot sleep tonight. The electric
lights have been extinguished, and it
seems now that the worst may happen.
Capt. Cooper, one of Payne's original
Oklahoma boomers, reached here at 11
o"clock with seventeen men. They are
determined that nothing short of a
hanging will satisfy them.
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| The Morning Call. June 13, 1892 San Francisco, Calif. 1878-1895 |
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FEAR OF A RACE WAR. Serious Trouble at the Capital of Oklahoma Territory. THREATENING AN EDITOR'S LIFE. The City of Guthrie Swarms With Armed Men and Fighting Likely to Commence at Any Moment. Special to The Morning Call. Guthrie, O. T., June 12. –There Is great excitement in this city to-night, occasioned by two criminal assaults by negroes upon white women. A negro lad named Holly assaulted Mrs. Charles Moore, the wife of a prominent freighter, He was arrested and a mob surrounded the jail threat- ening to lynch him. The negroes claimed that Holly was innocent, although he confessed his guilt to the Sheriff, and a race war seemed imminent for a time. "Judge" Perkins, a negro lawyer, was the spokesman for the colored men, and during the excite ment he said: "Let the whites harm that man and the town will be In ashes before morning." While the excitement was at its height the Sheriff smuggled the prisoner from the jail and. It is said, took him to Wichita, Kans. There seems to be considerable doubt, however, as to the removal of Holly. The negroes say that the report was circulated so they would disperse and give the whites a free field for lynching the man. A great mob of negroes now surrounds the jail and is increasing every minute. They have sent to Langston City, a negro colony ten miles away, for re-enforcements, and are determined to protect Holly from the white man's vengeance. The negroes are all well armed and the whites are carrying Winchesters. The most intense excitement prevails. Sheriff Hixon and Chief of Police Kelly are busy disarming negroes. The second outrage was committed upon the wife of James Genkin by an unknown negro, who escaped. A posse is on his trail and will lynch him if he is found. At midnight information was received that this negro had been overtaken by the posse six miles south of town and shot dead. This news has greatly Intensified the excitement and the negroes are threatening violence. An Editor's Life Threatened. As the night wore on the excitement grew more intense, and the demonstration of the colored men more threatening. At 1 o'clock this (Monday) morning one or two nervy citizens ordered a lot of negroes who were stationed on the corner next to the jail to move on. Several offered resistance, but the officers used clubs effectually, and the little group was dispersed. Then several decent negroes jumped on drygoods boxes and made speeches to the excited crowds, trying to quiet them. Officers Rhinehardt, Kitchen, Kelly and Wehl were present also and did all they could to preserve the peace. Despite their efforts, however, two or three shots were fired, but so far as could be learned, no body was hurt. At this juncture a big, burly negro named Perkins yelled "Hang the editor of the News." No sooner had these words been uttered than Bill Dilghmnan, Jack Tearney, Doc Roberts, Dick Reaves, Walter Taylor and others said. "Try It on if you dare." Sheriff Hixon and deputies rushed in and quelled the disturbance, and the excited people quickly dispersed. There are many men, women and children at this moment on the streets (1 o'clock A M) but it seems the impending danger may be averted. The editor of the News walked down Oklahoma avenue between two officers at 12 o'clock, seemingly secure. A company to patrol the city has been organized, and is under the leadership of good men. Groups of negroes, stand on every corner and manifest their intention to take the city if necessary. Nothing Short of Lynching. Reeves Brothers' place on Second street is the rendezvous of the vigilance committee and the place is crowded with fathers and husbands. Republicans and Democrats alike take the stand that the negroes' reign is at an end in Oklahoma. The city is actually alive with armed men who are ready to fight to the death if needs be. E. P. McCabe, a negro and the ex-State Auditor of Kansas, is held responsible for the crimes being committed and for the violence feared. He cannot be found to-night an is evidently in no way desirous of showing up. At 2 this (Monday) morning a large number of men is parading the streets, and there is no telling what may happen. The Sheriff and police are resolute, and the excitement is intense. Bands of negroes are congregated on every corner, and trouble at the jail seems certain, as another mob has assembled in that vicinity. All the whistles in town are blowing, and there are shouts and yells from every quarter of the city. The town of 10.000 people is a pandemonium, and the yell of a determined mob is momentarily expected. No power on earth seems able now to save the imprisoned man's life. The electric lights have been extinguished, and it seems now that the worst may happen. Captain Cooper, one of Payne's original Oklahoma boomers, reached here to-night at 11 o'clock with 17 men, and they are determined that nothing short of lynching will satisfy them. |
| The Morning Call. June 14, 1892 San Francisco, Calif. 1878-1895 |
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The Oklahoma Trouble Over. Guthrie, O. T., June 13. –The threatened race war is over. The dangerous whites and blacks have been disarmed, and no more trouble is anticipated. Holley, the negro arrested for assault on a white woman on Saturday night, has been removed to the Wichita (Kans.) jail. The story of the assault on Mrs. Guykon by Anthony Lawson and the latter's killing by a mob is untrue. Lawson tried to break into Guyken's house, but was driven away. Committees to keep the peace have been formed. |
| The Morning Call. June 15, 1892 San Francisco, Calif. 1878-1895 |
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THE OKLAHOMA RIOTERS. A Mob Still Determined to Have Holly's Blood. Guthrie, O. T., June 14. –The excitement here is unabated, and two attempts have been made within the last 24 hours to lynch Holly, the colored man in jail for assault. The mob seems as determined as ever to accomplish its purpose. The negro was lodged in jail after his preliminary examination this afternoon and a guard of 20 men stationed around the jail to order to resist any attempt on the part of the people to lynch the prisoner. To-night at 6 o'clock Holly was taken by the Sheriff's wife in a carriage and driven away. Later an attempt was made by the crowd to enter the jail, but the mob was dispersed by a strong guard. At 10:30 o'clock to-night 500 men marched to the jail and demanded the prisoner. They were told Holly had been taken away, but were not satisfied until the jail had been searched by a committee appointed by themselves. |
| Fort Worth gazette. November 08, 1892 Fort Worth, Tex. 1891-1898 |
| Guthrie, Ok., Aug. 5. –Miss Kate Patterson, living northwest of Crescent City, committed suicide this morning about 2 o'clock, on account of disappointment in live. She took a double barreled shotgun and in the middle of the night walked into her lover's house and calling him out shot at him. Thinking she had killed him she went home, placed the muzzle of the gun in her mouth and stepping with her bare foot upon the trigger blew her brains out. |
| The Record-Union. September 01, 1892 Sacramento, Calif. 1891-1903 |
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The Messiah Dances. Guthrie (O. T.), Aug. 31. –A number of deputy United States Marshals in this city report the Indians in all parts of tho Territory dancing the "Messiah Dances." One states that the Apache Indians have joined the Cheyennes, Comanches, Kiowas and Arapahoe tribes, and the five tribes are traveling from one reservation to another, dancing at each. Many old scalps have been resurrected, and the performances look much like war dances. |
| The Record-Union. September 14, 1892 Sacramento, Calif. 1891-1903 |
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A Balcony Filled With People Collapses. Guthrie (O. T.), September 13. –The Republican Convention of Logan County was just called to order in the McKinnon Opera-house this afternoon, when one of the girders of the balcony gave way, letting one end of the structure fall. W. T. Ray was fatally injured, Judge Mahary, C. H. Murray and Judge Markland very badly hurt, and a number of others painfully cut and bruised. |
| The Record-Union. October 24, 1892 Sacramento, Calif. 1891-1903 |
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Strange Phenomenon Near the Town of Guthrie. Oklahoma Territory. Guthrie (O. T.), October 23.-The people of Stillwater are greatly mystified over a remarkable natural phenomenon near that town. In the field of Robert Copper, south of that place, stands a large cottonwood tree, its branches leaning out over the bed of a little creek. A few weeks ago a party of picnickers stopped under the tree and were startled by finding there was a continual shower of water falling from its leaves and branches. It is in the shape of a fine mist or drizzle, but it can be plainly felt and seen at all times. Although it has not rained in that part of the Territory for weeks, the fall of water from this tree has kept up continually, and crowds of people come from a distance every day to view it. Those scientifically inclined speculate, theorize and give it up. The superstitious ones shake their heads ominously, but the tree keeps right on sending down I its shower, and whenever the sun is shining a beautiful rainbow can be seen under its branches. |
| Fort Worth Gazette. November 08, 1892 Fort Worth, Tex. 1891-1898 |
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A Fizzle Guthrie, Ok., Nov. 7 –(Special) –The grand Republican rally to-night was a fizzle. The Negoes took possession of things and the white people left in dis- gust. |
| The Record-Union. November 10, 1892 Sacramento, Calif. 1891-1903 |
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Train Robbery. Kansas City. Nov. 9. –A special reports a train robbery on the Santa Fe road in Oklahoma, near Guthrie. The express car was opened with dynamite. |
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TRAIN HELD UP. But Little Booty of Value Secured By The Robbers. Guthrie (O. T.), Nov. 9. –The south bound Santa Fe train, due here at 11:25 last night, was held up and robbed by five masked men at Wharton Station, in the Cherokee strip, where the train had been robbed before. When the train stopped the bandits at once took possesion. The express car was cut loose and the engineer compellied to pull out 1 mile. Tho robbers then blew the door off with dynamite, badly shattering the car and after exchanging a few shots with Messenger Wagner and Guard Reihe they entered and attempted to blow open the safe, but after working an hour gave it up as a bad job and departed. The only booty secured was the arms of the train men and a few small packages of express matter. |
| St. Paul Daily Globe. November 23, 1892 Saint Paul, Minn. 1884-1896 |
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Town Property Can Be Pre-Empted by Anybody. Guthrie, O. T.. Nov. 22. –The government town site board has rendered a decision which will be of the greatest importance when more government lands are thrown open to settlement in Oklahoma, it has all along been held that a minor or a married woman could not take up land. The board holds that this is true in the case of homesteads, but there is no provision in the town site laws to prevent any one from taking up and securing title to town prop- erty. Provided they occupy it and make the requisite improvements, neither minors, married women, nor aliens are barred out. |
| St. Paul Daily Globe. December 03, 1892 Saint Paul, Minn. 1884-1896 |
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Both Houses a Tie Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 2. –The Official count of the vote in Oklahoma has been completed by the secretary, and it shows both houses of the legislature to be a tie politically. |
| St. Paul Daily Globe. December 29, 1892 Saint Paul, Minn. 1884-1896 |
| School Factions Fight. Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 28. –At the town of Mulhall Christmas evening twenty country people, representing the two factions in a school district quarrel, met and fought on the streets. A pitched battle raged for some time, stones, clubs, knives and pistols being freely used. At least ten of the participants were seriously injured, and a late report says that four or five of them may die. |