| Show I CHEYENNE DEVILTRY I Several Murders Already Committed l > y the Government Pets A Gigantic Scare and the Settlers Hunting I Hunt-ing for Safety r Conflicting Rumors ToDay and Dispatch Dis-patch of Arms by the Governor Bloody Work It y Hac Cicyciinc TOPEKA Ks July Sfhe city was considerably consid-erably aroused last evening by the reported reception of telegrams announcing the arrival arri-val of Cheyenne Indians in the counties of Pratt and Comanche and that the marauders maraud-ers were doing great damage to life and property At 7 p in Governor Martin received the following from Colonel Quiff of Santa Fe Day operator at Wichita says that an outbreak out-break was reported in the southern part of Pratt county today Several were killed and the balance of the people driven off Stock are all driven out One man came into Pratt today says he is the only one left in his familybalance killed The operator does not know how many were killed All possible exertions are being made by the Governor to protect citizens of the State from outrage by the Indians THE MURDEROUS RAIDS OF TESTEBDAY WICHITA Ks July SA special dispatch to the Daily Eagle dated Kingman City Kansas 5 pm says J B Wilson living three and onehalf miles east of Lawndale and whose character is vouched for by the president of the bank arrived at that place yesterday afternoon and says a man was killed nine mites west of Lawndale by a band of Indians A 12yearold son of the murdered man escaped and came into Lawndale bringing the news of his fathers death The boy passed four wagon loads of women and children fleeing in the direction of Kingman at which point t THE EXCITEMENT IS VERY GEEAT The men are arming and getting ready to proceed to Lawndale tonight A later dispatch says three families have just arrived from the settlement beyoud They report that riders are passing rapidly through the country arning the settlers that the Indians are moving swiftly north and burning everything before them The Government has been notified by telegraph I THE LATEST THIS AITKKNOON The Indian scare assumed gigantic proportions pro-portions here yesterday and last night hundreds hun-dreds of families flecked into town from I points as far west as forty miles for protection protec-tion Several scouting parties have been outS I out-S far as thirty miles and the farther they go the farther off are the Indians No trace of Indians or evidence of their having been nearer to tho Kiiyjman country than the Territory line and no damage done here is a general scare but its origin cannot can-not be located A party named Jones was down to the Territory line and heard that the Indians were on the move and on his way back to Pratt Couty ho met a neighbor I neigh-bor named Quill who told him that the Indians were coming I Smith saw Brown and Brown saw his friends I and thus the story grew and excitement increased in-creased The settlers have started back to their homes I The Governor has ordered 250 stands of arms to be sent to Kingman Lamed Dodge City and Garden City at once Thence they will be distributed to various points in tho I southwest in danger of an invasion |
