The morning news., 1889-04-24

dust To complete the general misfortunes
the oply large tent accommodating
$50 people fell under the ftresS of the fur
mace blast. 1t could not be repaired and
other tents could scarcely be mounted. The
climate provoked an Unsuitable thirst and
water was the first supply to fail. There is
little stream nearby. but the water is too
strongly alkaline to drink. The railroad
tank takes its supply by a gravity pipe
from distance and an elevated
| spring afforded the only possible
drinkable water, and even 1t is bracksh. 1t
was attacked by thousands of people until
the railroad officials called the military to
protect it under the preteuse that they
needed the water to operate the road. The
tank men, however, sold the water at
cents a pint, thereafter, as did also the
locomotive engineers from the tanks of
their engines. The railroad seems to be
completely Frustrated. and does not de-
liver the baggage of the suffering throng.
PNEUMONIA AND sUNsTRoKE.
Pneumonia and sunstroke are beginning
to claim their victims. But the sick have
neither refuge nor sympathy. The whole
scene in its countless varied and painful
details is simply indescribable. Here stands
big city out of doors and without
supplies. Only one train left over
the crippled road, and 1t was crowded be-
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| floor or a sparrow on the roof Those who
could not get on jeered defiantly as the
train pulled out, and another just as
| crowded pulled in from the north. The
Daily NelCS correspondent secured foot
| ing on the pilot of the locomo-
tive to reach Arkansas City, nearly
| eighty miles north, with this
dispatch. Along the route during the long
hours of the laggard ride scores of boomer
| oOnIA ha fnPtniuCr yxa rd
across the Cherokee strip, retracing the
hard journey they had just completed.
| Hundreds and probably thousands of them
| will halt on the strip aud try t. force set
| tlement. They are strapped and desper-
ate, and the government must yield this
fine region now uselessly sequestered or
cause great trouble.
GOOD HUNDRED BUT DISAPPOINTED.
Good humor IS splern1id]y maintained in
the face OF these hardships. One boomer
hailed from the train as TO whother he was
rorthward bound, shouted, L am going
| back to my wife's people, Everybody of
whom inquiries were made on the train de-
clared that he was disappointed in the
country and would not put up with the
suffering for the scant chance of gain.
Guthrie is filing up with gamblers, thin
| bic riggers and thieves
THE ONLY MURDER.
"The rep rts last night that three men
| had been killed settled down to- day to one
man killed, and the name and location
were given. The Daily NelUS representa-
| tive rode over to the scene, about
three miles west of Guthrie, and
| found the facts to be that two
men had divided equally disputed claim
and were sleeping In the same tent. Pistols
were drawn twice last night and to-day in
| town, but in each case one party retired be
| fore forcing trouble. The man who killed
the settler on the other side of Cottonwood
creek last night was caught by posse Of
thirty men from Guthrie abou twelve miles
north to-day. He refused TO surrender
and was killed by volley. Reference to
| the entry books shows that his name was
probably c. V. Land.
| BOOMERS WHO ARE LIFT.
"A meeting of Oklahoma boomers de-
| spairing Of securing claims in the territory
| was held in the opera house at Arkansas
| City, Kan, tonight. There was a very
large and enthusiastic attendance Speeches
were made denouncing the manner
| in which Oklahoma was settled.
1t was freely declared that
| large bodies Of men posed Jas United
| States marshals in order to get into the
country and selected the best claims, and
| that this was unfair to law abiding settlers.
WILL INVADE THE STRIP.
"They came to secure homes and as they
could not get them in Oklahoma they were
| going TO have them in the Cherokee
| strip. AbouS 500 men In Arkansas
! City tonight have pledged themselves
to go over tomorrow to the Cherokee strip
and stake claims, and let the consequences
be what they may. The beauty and fer
tility of this strip, SO useless to the
Indians and of profit only to the
Texas cattle kings, have been
remarked upon heretofore by Daily NetOS
| correspondents. There seems nothing un-
reasonable in opening it at once, and to do so
will avert the great trouble that now seems
inevitable. There is a pressure of surplus
| people driven back here from Oklahoma,
and waiting in the territory the first chance
to get out that must be relieved. The baf-
| fled settlers here are earnest and undis-
| mayed. They will execute their purpose.
The troops in this region fortunately are in
command of Capt. Jack Hayes, an old
frontiersman and cool and discreet officer.
There is, nevertheless, going TO be great
turmoil in the Cherokees trip unless the
government at Washington at once inter
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