The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-04-26

The HONE Run OF EAGER SETTLERS,
Which Is a Wild Rush Of People Into the
sev Land OF canaan.

=" The aci of Congress opening I'M (
entry 10000 homestead. III a rcce,
ST Indian purchase has throngcd South
" crn karsrs with 10000 Land s,arve,
applicants trpmall ctrHrrs nftle conn
try. Already a number of bloody con
4 hirts have enSned and the settlement
OF claims Promises "a he intcrmnabla
ST. EoCIs, April 22.-The Republic,
special from Arkansas City, Kan.
saws:
Oklahoma is open. The trials, sfruo.
0 giles aud sacrifices OF wears are parti.
. ally rewarded, but the events of In.
day and those OF the DAYS, weeks and
months to follow VIII prove how far
supply is below demand. and nccessi.
tate further coucrssirns to avert dis.
orders, blootlslIc,l aud other conditions
put Etlle short OF anarcy. The histo-
rY ottliis onoday viii forever he MEM
ofaDie IN frontier annals, and will
leave behind a heritage ot liliratiuu
which will be fr~uitIulfo land sharks
and claim attorneys, but he de,lruc-
tive to The claims Uf l.mr and homes,
settlers. The AtchIson, Tnpeka and
SANTA re began running its sections Of
trains on! of Kansas Ci'y last night
and picking up ears at almost every
station along the route. Hundreds of
people were waiting at every depot,
ana II the ears, all of which were full
before the border line was reached. |
ana could they have been coupled.
they would have made n tram MANI
miles ia length.
The farming element was not large
~ represented as all the homestead.
crs have gone on before. There were
men ~ the cars from every great CITY
aud important point in the country,
ana there was no a State or Terrific
rv IN the country which did moi have
us representatives.. They filed all the
seals, occupied all OF the standing
room IN The aislrs and filed up The
space between tho coaches, hanging
OIL the iron banistcrs and %.irt.crS with ,
a grip born of despair aud determin- {
[
The newspaper coach was The first
out OF Arkansas Civ. 1t contained =
representatives of all the leading news /!
IN The country, who were COM T
lellcd TO yield room and comfort for +
he gooG of the cause. The conduct s
,rs were vigilant in the collection of a
ares, bur 1t is certain that a great b
many deadheads went through to the a
land in the rush and hurry Z
nd roar of the boomer campaign. II
There was little sightseeing INDUCED -
u, as the crowd did not care to look ~
! anything until 1t got 10 Oklahoma,
Ike the e%nligramt at Castle Garden m
rho refused To pick up a silver dollar d;
ccause he expected to find gold IN dc
street In The next block. dr.
At Arkansas CITY there were seven nc
coaches tracked m the wards
waiting The rush. All of these were ~
into the yards ON distance th
Glow the depot. The crowd began In,
altering on The platform two hours AR
nforc daylight, and long before ttc Ell
rst rant streak of the laWn of the arr
icful day the city was awaking and VI
lrr1ng. The streets presented a live. ppnui
ctnresqfic appearance. After the ~
n rose crowds were rushing toward at,
c centre of attraction from all parts sue
the city. The hotels cmplied their Col
Indrcd into the street +; the cothnuses at
hundreds more out OF the por
'SplfaDlc homes of the city, nearly
OF which have entertained guests .
ring the past week. Some long
'lngs of men carrying grips, bum
-, Snapsacks and parcels Of every is''
aud impossible description. nee
lndrcds of boomers and rustlers, in pan
'ir lmpaiience to 60 aboard, rushed ma
Wn on lnassc To the yards and at hay
npted 10 force an entrance ihtO the cas-
y, al OF which were securely lock ,ha
The excitement may be Judged an,
M the fact thai a large number of 80
Ich windows were broken ont by res
'plc who were anxious to secure III
Is. A strong guard of railroad men ten
3 detailed TO protect the company's put
and they had a contract of TO
lsual dimensions on their hands. Ter
crowd was panic stricken. Iinu
lher waiting many evemful days tbo,
nights for this hour of action 10 49,.
ne. mca were seized with a sudden sly
poll
IN THE LURcH, old
that fear seemed to make them like a trIci
70 OF stamPeded cattle There was a tina
wbicL rou az ~ ~ III naunGr IN the strng- perl
and there VAS no 6nartar sbbown IN who
$50 Aa1A WI 1AS " "a ~
rush for place. IL was a wild West land
headed toward a new field of GU with
and development, and no Quo who ,or.
never seen such a thing in action can -
the remotest conception of it. tee
amusing and, at the same time. pa pred
&c incident of the early morning war a hano
. train lying on = sidetrack loaded 5oG.
a boomer, his horse, wagon and a ue"'
wife and children and all his little the r
ehold effects. He was a merry fellow setll
guyed the crowd numerically Tor not of m
9 through, rs he expressed it, without
&c of cars to avoid the rush. Sh'Il
travel In my own special coach y sa;d have
like Jay Gould or Vanderbilt ms
pull get there two late" yelled some Stale
T MIND renI,.d ,ho ann lands
here ali the same : ' 80 we
leaked out duripe ,hs w.tosu, the S
OF the night that the press special tests
would be = part of the first train TO ced {,
out. The railroad bad succeeded tar n
% Keeping this fact a secret. No one -
representatives of the press were in. eO"te
d of the fact or knew the location
: coach or the time of its departure Tn
Is impossible to keep such informar
rom people who sit up all night IN agree
he shortest and easiest way Of get the pI