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Show THE NECROES LEAVINC. A Koih to Oklahoma that Ha Keen Stopped Stop-ped and Turned Hack. Guthrie, Okla., March 18. The attempt at-tempt of threo men named McCabe, Thomas and Robins to flood Oklahoma with negroes from Texas and Arkansas has been brought to a sudden termination. termina-tion. The people of Oklahoma would not permit this, and when the negroes commenced to arrive, indignation meetings were held and the managers mana-gers of the scheme were plainly told to stop. McCabe, it will be remembered, was an applicant to the president for tho appointment as governor of Oklahoma. Okla-homa. The negroes that arrived here are leaving as fast as they can procure tho necessary money to leave on. Large numbers of whites are arriving at this point from the northern states and are waiting for the opening of the Iowa, and Sac and Fox lands. The people as a rule are seemingly seem-ingly of the thrifty class butquitea number num-ber of the gambling element are also noticeable at Toheo. and in tho vicinity of the town several large colonies aro camped.- Governor Steele declared Guthrio to be a city of the first class and has called an election on April 8. The democrats intend to hurry the pauper negro emigration emi-gration element from the city, owing to fears being entertained of their beiug voted at the coining election. |