The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-23

tie rnefsef=alsx TIERS VIA aoth inS 10 d
eaaRSxsT. As eSerr A1e wxS prtsfsatexs 81
r1zses and revcsverss and II seasossag segzu
there wss no telling where Il wuald stass
.a .as only se<onsse isss % ffe ssFfsss fss.l
men H4s - bar Car szch hossssrs af sess
es we're willing 10 sell, 81 ran ere risk ci
- Aksng ozEside the legal lnait Beth courses
Hs-e ktopssG ard good numher Of SsafAras
cfis soss ens1sgec hREstsN TAG first saf.,
wxs uz1e ay = man a8Eses Ramuae1s of
s Aalsan. Asn. who sold twenrs-Eye-foos
sr1uf lot near TIE land afsee for g. 10 a.
e's sssesn-. resident al the Indian rsser~
ykfiosss adjoining okisAovns The pnr
snhssr rssfsssed so for the los Eve minutes
iafer sesersl transfers were made fo-S1sy
siad ~ Esrs who were determined 20 locate
Anssr are preparatory 10 the purchase IL
homestead rights and extension OF the
city llmsts
No one Who hsd never seen Western
town f&ke fcrTn and share tan camp-e
neslu acw quickly fuiI rsggeG cssy with a
naafien, with its Gathrse avenue .nd IL
oklsaona sseHua- This morning IL was
wilderness. and this afternoon fAe ri
municipal election occurred. TIE election
nessce appeared te-dsy Ia the oklano,ns
heFass. daily paper published ~
is ezisieuee. 4 s,nnsI. s NJ MI,
etected ~ the sxsne time. Nearly LOCO
votes were poiieG. as there are about that
many men IN 6ashrie with the Intention
q tsecouslng citizens. The leading esnSai.
dates for Gaxor were A6iutaaz-sseuera
ke4ee, of Illinois. wslllnra Coasfantine. 81
springfield. o., aad r L. sumner. OF Ark
asfSAs CITY, A strong dark h0zse Is T. Vol
ney Hasgstf. OF usson. TAX.
Iae hslk OF Oklahoma opened for
en~ltess 81 Guthrie ta-sssy with a capital
stoek Of see.Ue0. u. ". Lazy, a wschsts
bar ser. Is president Thg NV eisv +
nooded with business cards OF all siescrir-
TONS representing every prof ssion and
every occupation tuasginshla. Mail
ls expe tied 70 reach Guthrie post.
einee Every day. IL is now
seing run by postal clerk detailed ioF
lsoiuted postmaster, viii take charge ia =
cay or two.
hoR THE tots &EnE coENERErs.
The scheme Which resulted in the prae-
izeal eornsFfng Of town lots to-day origi.
nafei. IS has been frequently indicated ia
ibis cores sondenee, with the Atchisoa
Topeka q santa Fe railroad. probably IN
been hard at work in Arkansas for week
or more past. As stated before,
number OF men haya been
Ia the territory as deputy marshals
and others Hndcr permits as railroad en-
Rioyes- Tie inarshais were simply ccn-
t~~S<0@~ts HttA : " WA 5ksNA tffst fAftA&t
'sten were not hardened with official
Orders. They all did their work 10 siay.
asd Gtn II wel. The officials Ia the Gnsh
lie land Office say thai they seemed 10
spring out os the earth az noon approached.
aud thar it did rot take fifteen minutes 10
oseupy half the townsife.
Toe land officials have not been greasy
rushed to Gay, as a great mstority Of the
hofsesteadeFs are making title by actual
ocs apsiion. and il will be perfected ~
later date. the first homes iead entry at
the Guthrie Office wss an old soldier
claimant named Johnson, of Kansas The
land offsce AT Kingfishes was not opened
To day. but sdyices from there hy stage 10
Guthrie reported order py cusopixing OF
the town. which is to be the riyaIsof Gath
re in the territory. Everything Is reported
Quiet along the Canadian.
Purcell is deserted village. aud now
little Town of the Atehisou road about
eight miles north OF IL was laid oat as
townsite.
II Is evident Oklahoma is 10 be opened
peGeeably and without bloedshed. The
crisis Was passed to-day great number
of her citizens are law abiding, and those
who are not will be suppressed by the
strong hand Of frontier Justice. aided by
military authority under scommapd OF
General Merritt. who has established his
headquarters at oklahoma City. There
are BOW abeut 500 troops in the territory,
end they will be kept here until order Is
assured