The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-18
ON TO OKLAHOMA.
Boomers in the Highest State
Of Excitement
Will EsTxE THURSDAY NIGHT.
The Tnnepss Procession ef Land
Seekers 30 be II~aa ed By United
States Troeps


w AsnIsnTox, April i7.-camrisssoner
Ssne kslzxer to-day wrote . pabsEc letter
coneegniDg home stead enfrfrs IN osss-
horna. addressed 10 d. d. Haixseaa Purcell.
II ruus tnnE- in reference 70 she meHor-
anduE Of dye questions received from
yons under date Of tbs issA iEsf. have 70
state thar II 10 not ususl 10 answer hy-
potiesiesl questions. but In view OF anosn-
olurs conditions affecting she pubic lands
ia OklshpEss. viii ssate. via. Fsrst-A
person desiring 20 beconas 40 Gcgral set
tier urder the Homestead iaws. rrav 4utti-
ste his e.aim by an eniry. ansa the district
land Office, after properly seieetlug ard ex-
amsnfug the land 1esiTed, In wEifca case
be Is allowed six mcnfhg from the date AZ
entry within which to est&bflsa his sexual
residence OF ne land, 0x II he 50 ezeers he
rnay in.tiatr 1ss cieizn by aesza ssttlease
on TIE land, which may consist Of some
act o. sets connecting himself with the
particular tract named. said eeE or acts
shall Dc equivalent TO an announcement
that such Is bis intention. aad from which
tfse p1bslc generally E1ay have notice Of
his claim. Thereafter he Is allowed three
months within which 70 make claim Of
record BY eatry at the district land
ciace- Which OF the twt methods
should be chosen Is mater
OF the partyss discretion. aecordin~
% the circumstances and his osn judx.
Hneat as 10 which Is tke NEST cegiraAle.
second aud third. OF two bona fiSss settlers
or claimants, the one whose settlement or
ertry is prior Ia time viii have the super
Tor right. When the inception of the claims
is simultaneous, that IS sf same time Ere.
eIsely the legal right is equal and the ones
tioa can be decided according to the eaus-
ties II any exist. TX there is hone then II
has been the practice To put the land up
between claimants and to award the right
entry 10 the one bidding the hfshess for
the privilege, aud fourth. the act Of March
2, lss2, that until such lands are opened
Tor settlement by proclamation OF the pres
idenf 10 person shall be permitted 10 enter
upon aud occupy The same, and any per
son violating the provision skal. not be
permitted 10 enter any OF said lands or ac-
guirc any right thereto The presidents
proclamation March q, lSS9, calls attention
expressly TO this provision and directs that
1. be strictly enforced. Fifth, an not pre-
pared in advance of case arising to give
an opinion rs 10 what particular act or scts
viii be considered violation of the law In
this respect
BOOMERS aAxKs
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE prospective
opening OF Oklahoma hsS already resulted
in applications for charters fer rational
banks 70 be established tbere These ap-
plications have raised the rerrse king
question with which the attorney general
and comptroller of the currency are now
wrestling. The law provides that sppisca-
tons for authority to open rational banks
shall be on file for one year before the
charters are granted. The territory Of
Oklahoma, however. has not been cpen to
settlement until now, and consequently
there has hitherto been no occasion for
applications for the establishment OF ma
tionai banks with the opening OF these
lands there woald be Immediate need OF
banks, but Ii the law be construed liter
ally no national banks can be established
in Oklahoma for year TO come.
ALLOWED 70 RxERcIsE JCpGMKsT.
BALrsoRE, April IA Washington
special 70 the San SAYS: In anticipation OF
trouble IN the Oklahoma country General
Merritt teiegraphed 10 the war department
for special instructions. Orders have been
tesegraphed to General Merritt. and. while
their nature was not disclosed to the press
Il is believed he is authorized to exercise
his own judgment.
EVERYBODY Foa HIxsEIs.
KANSAS CRY, April IA Tsmes Cald-
well, Kan. special says that the heavy
rains OF last night have made the streams
worse than ever, and unless they subside
great difficulty viii be experienced in
reaching Lisbon formerly Kingi3sher)
from here. The country shout here IS
very beautiful now after the rains Cattle
men are not yet reconciled to the sifna-
ton, aud look upon the settlers with III
coneesled dislike. The boomers will all
start together tomorrow, with the troops in
front of them. II will be sight not often
presented before In America, q thousand
or more settlers marching toward homes,
under the regulations af the war depart
ment- The settlers here ara OF a remark
ably good class. Most ef tisem have COM
Portable outfits. Eveiy yseay seems TO be
for hinself. and is rather jealous and sus-
pieiOus OF others than those united by the
bonds of friendship. Some experienced
frontiersmen say there viii be no trouble
OF any sort at Lisbon, while others say II
cannot be prevented.
WEATHER AGAINST BOOMERS.
KANSAS CITY, April 1.-THE Tfraes' Ar
kansas City, kaa.. special says. Reports
received to-day from Indian Territory
states that heavy rains are falling and the
rivers are rapidly rising. Grave fears are
entertained that the progress to Oklahoma
viii be seriously impeded, and that the
fording Of large streams win be extremely
dangerous.
THE xonESToUs HOUR.
ARaAss&s Cry, April 1.-The announce
raent oy Capt Hayes, who Is commanding
the cavalry detailed to guard the border
here, that settlers viii be allowed 20 cross
she lire into the Cherokee strip irn-
mediately after midnight on Thursday,
cIeaseU great s{lr among the projectors
here, and IL is thought that large major
ity of them will take advantage OF the
opportunity and midnight tomorrow will
witness grand rush into the strip. The
campers realize that all cannot cross the
border NJ the same place ana there viii sc
scattering along the border for miles. A
terrible wind sud rain sterm passed over
here last night. which played havoc with
the boomers tents. Women aud children
were drenched aud badly frightened.
EXCITEMENT AT ITS HRi6Ht
CALDWELL, April i7.-The Oklahoma ex-
eitement is q; its height here today. Il is
almost impossible 10 get along the streets
the crowd Is so densc. FIVE huaSred
wagons was the estimate placed on the ar
rivals to-day, while the reports of those to
come Eumorrow viii donhfc that number.
Capt. woodsun of the Fifth sasssry says be
viii search every outfit te make sure there
is no siqacr of any description taken into
Oklahoma. A bank was oTgaEsEel here TO
day by prumtnent capitalists, which win
op for business on the I'D. 81 tisbon.
BArcH OF BOOMERS.
wELEISGTax. Kan, Apr.l Five hnz
0re1 boomer wagons passed through here
en- route for Oklahoma this morning