Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. AFFAIRS AT OKLAHOMA. Confusion Among The Un-
 sheltered Settlers. TERRIBLE RIOTS AT VIENNA. A Suicidal Jump From The
 Brooklyn Bridge. POSTMASTER PEARS0N'S FUNERAL Over 400 Vessels Will Take Part in the Big Parade.
POSTMASTER PEARSON'S FUNERAL
REPORTS FROM eKLAHomA.

REPORTS FROM oKLAHOMA.
 A Good Class of People In Charge of
 ARafrs-An Orderly Public Meetin
 HeId-Kinghsher is Already . Grown
 Up Town-Two Young Ladies Take
 Up a Claim-Late Dispatches Report
 Troubles and Confusion.
 WASHINGTON, April 23.-The Secretary of of the Interior to-day received telegraphic reports from department inspectors stationed at Guthrie, Oh, and Arkansas City, Kan. The former says: Everything quiet here. A good class of people in charge of affairs. Guthrie land office in full operation. King fisher will open Thursday. The people will settle the town-site question quietly and await legislation to perfect their titles. There is absolutely no ground for administrative uneasiness. A public meeting here tonight is as orderly and conservative in character as it would be in New York.
 The inspector at Arkansas City says:
 "Large crowds came on trains. Land of- fee at Guthrie opened at noon. East half of section eight occupied as town site. Everything remarkably quiet and orderly. Have heard of no quarrels or alterations. I understand King Fisher office will not open until next Thursday" It is understood that this delay in opening the King Fisher office is occasioned by the non-arrival of office supplies.
 KANSAS C1rY, April 23.-The following special was received by the Kansas City Times from King6sher, Ok, having been sent to Fort Reno by courier:
 King6sher is grown-up town already, except that titles are somewhat in dispute and no town officers are yet elected. Chi- cago avenue is half mile long: The officers "A. ,.I~ To1o ~afl Ball Stage Line" and other corporations are in one building which is in canvas tent ten feet by twelve. Not the slightest trou- ble of any kind has occurred though in many instances there are several claimants to one town lot. Homesteads are son gave the settlers under his direction fair start on the line at noon. The horseback men dashed across the prarie, the wagons and carriages following in haste. The first ar- rival was W. B. Guthrie from Custer coun- ty, Neb. He rode slim bay mare and cov- cred the 25 miles in one hour and three- quarters. Not 20 feet behind him was W. c. Yocum of Harper, Kan. The two rode side by side the whole way. W. H. Donley of Harper and Jerry Netter of LeoH came just behind. They were after town lots. The greater majority of those to whom Captain Woodson gave the starting signal vent direct to their claims. Almost every king6sher- man wears @ six-shooter, and wears it where he can get it easily, but all are good humor- ed and matters will probably be settled by law.
 The town is spreading over the whole sec tion. Accounts from the line say the start from here was an exciting spectacle. The line was formed at 10 o'clock and was ten miles long. Captain Woodson's management was perfect At the signal the noise that burst forth was terrific, wagons were broken in the rush and others broke down in the gullies and sharp turns in the road and all the way from here to the line the road ir strewn with wrecke. Among the first to arrive was light wagon drawn by a splendid pair of horses. The occupants were George B. Morris and w. R. Brownley, formerly of the Larned Land office, and George Worrsll. They took lots in Kingfsher. Two young la dies named Gillilsnd took a claim just this show and their claim is not disputed. They were in an open buggy with 6 sorrel mule and a tent dangling behind. A man named Hooper has lot here and his sign reads: "Keep off this claim. | have gun." " CHICAGO, April 2a.-The News special from Guthrie says:
 Guthrie is plunged in seemingly inextrica- ble confusion The differences of rival fac tions that seek to control the town have baff1sd the efforts of a half dozen public meetings to settle them. The excitement is at high pitch and confidence is beginning to waver- The suffering of the 15 900 unsheltered and uu- provisionsd people is something dreadful. The scenes of the day and night are unexam- pied. Thousands are fleeing the town and the country but thousands moro have poured in. There is feeling of uncertainty and apprehension that amounts to destruction. There is no food. no water, no cover from the bitterness of the nights and the whitening heat ef the day. The railroad is gorged with business and Is temporarily inactive. The town site Is hour ly changed by the rivals each secures a temporary dominance. Not @ building has been started and few more tents have been reared. Nobody knows where the streets are and everyone is now yielding all to clamor for food.
 GUTHRIE, April 23.-J. T. Varnum says that Martain Colbert, 6 wealthy citizen of the Chicasaw nation was killed in quarrel over 6 claim by @ man named Nolsnd. About IA miles west of Oklahoma a man was found dead on @ claim. Near by was a man named Martin who cooly informed the deputy that he killed the man in self-de- fense About three miles west of Guthrie an invader shot settler in dispute over @ claim and seriously wounded him. On locating the new town of Noble, MT. Varnum says the scenes were the most exciting he ever witnessed. Texas cowboys and Chics- saw half breeds mounted on fleet horses started on @ dead run with Winchesters in their hands. These men were employed by Texas colony, and within a few hours after noon the had their own gov ernment organized. L. L. Stone was elected mayor. The town has a population of ,50O people. Some of the overflow from Guthrie have gone over on to sections in range and I organized town to be called West Guthrie. | The BoodIers Relieved. Thn dnrr nyr&f-