Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-26
1t DIES AWAY In AN ECHO.
Tho Oklahoma Boom Now Causes
But Faint Reverberations.
SETTLERS SEE THEIR MISTAKE.
Hundreds Daily Leaving the Terri
tory m Profound Disgust-h Rude
,l Awakening From Dream
of Wealth.
The Bubble Bursts.

The Bubble Bursts.
GUTHRIE, Oklahoma (via. Arkansas City,
Ka1.), April 25.-lSpccial Telegram to THE
BEF The process OF magic city building
still goes on here, and the excitement and
confusion continues. Two banks have al
ready started. One of them has its building
up, but the other is doing business over
counter in front of the building being
erected. The number of restaurants has in
creased to nineteen, with about as many
more lunch stands. Two butcher shops,
four barber shops, twenty. eight land and
law Offices, three livery stables, twenty
stores, and other business enterprises have
been estat tlishcd In tents. House building
goes on as rapidly as carpenters and lumber
can be procured. Twentysix houses have
been built within the past two days.
The greatest jam is in front Of the land
Office, where fully five hundred men stand
and sit in line outside, awaiting their turn to
fle on their claims, and people are hurrying
here from all over Oklahoma to file
on claims located at various. points. The
rush at the post0tfce is so great, and such
state of confusion prevails that it is hard to
get mail or send it off. There is only one de.
livery for about ten thousand people, and in
order to get near the postoffice tent, it is
necessary to stand in the line in the hot sun
.for an hour or two, and then perhaps no
mails have been received for two DAYS, or, If
received, the postmaster has been unable to
get them distributed. Postage stamps are
very scarce and have, been sold as high as 10
cents apiece to persons who were anxious to
get letters off. The postoflice supply was
exhausted on the first day.
The depot and express Office are the scenes
of the greatest confusion. People are rush
ng hither and thither, hunting baggage, ex-
press and freight, while others are anxiously
Waiting the arrival of trains to leave for
her parts. All trains are be-
Snd time and no confidence can
be placed in the railroads schedule. and the
agent seems unable to keep track of the
trains.
1t is strange that more accidents are not
occurring. Two freight trains collided yes
terday morning four miles south of here and
were pretty badly wrecked, but no other ac-
cident is reported. The passenger train for
the north last evening pulled out with ten
coaches loaded with dlsgasted and disap-
pointed people leaving Oklahoma The cars
were literally packed, and also the platforms
and steps were crowded.
Nearly everybody here is armed, but peace
and quiet prevail and the reports sent put
from here of the killing of some claim jump
ers are all manufactured. The only danger
from firearms is that someone will be killed
by tho reckless shooting that Is done all over
the. camps by tenderfeet who are not ia.
mlliar with the use of weapons, and shoot off
their pistols and Wlnchesters every night
simply because there is no law against it,
Guthrie is full of huckstcr shops of all
kinds, and nresents the appearance of the
outside of u .ountry fair, where peanut, LEM
onade and sandwich venders are shouting in
every direction and selling their stuff. A
number of fakirs have been plying their vo-
cation here, and a few shell games were
broken up by the military to-day. The games
are similar 10 three-card monte, only q little
worse, and several hundred dollars were
won from unsuspecing 'greenies."
There is considerable speculation in town
lnfo md nyp nrin nffa Fn.
choice ones. One man is said to have refused
All offer OF 81 800 for a corner lot Real es-
tate agents are busily engaged in selling
claims although most of the lots have sew
eral claimants Part of the land has been
homesteaded and part entered as town sites,
and all has been squattea upon by
settlers; hence endless litigation ia
sure to follow. The whole camp is
plats have been made and accepted by the
land office at Washington, no man can tell
what lot he owns or occupies. Trouble and
strife are likely TO result from this unsettled
state of affairs. All here recognize the inn
portance of having some sort of law for
Guthrie, ana ex-Mayor Constantine, OF
Springfield, o., has been made temporary
police Judge, and has appointed several po
licemen to preserve the peace, for the United
States marshal's force was not to be de-
pended upon.
The thousands of people here have to put
up with many hardships and incop veniences,
nre loud in their Recommendation of the news
papers that published such glowing accounts
OF Oklahoma to induce them to desert homes
elsewhere 10 come mere. mere , Is every rea t,u.
ci,u for n ,vhile ~ at Least hnt the nresent
hoomn Ia not Iii,eiy tn continue very long fo,
there 10 nothinS now hnt the rush and eY.
c'tanent and confns;o, IN snstoin N
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han), Apru Go-lSpeciai Ielcgran 10 lHr
BEE. I-Consderable claim jumping has been
done here. and this town and the land around
30 e'''e y? 80" -, p". ',es' ~, ~, ~"
pe' sous ".e .a'u " a"" s oe" ap',, n,.la.','
.onh '.to'o sno s,n,. ~, n ID ona
unue, vno ' ple9oS ~, ~, .i.',tn ~ a ,, a.,
"u ~, $50 .t =, -,
.no sa ves .ooa Nv. 80. IT.
Srvon az NV tho Ehicaco o"n Wissouri colo
MES would have held Il. Three town site.
have been located there, and there will pt
some trouble over the organization of pro
visional government, owing to the fact thai
several factions are trying to control the af
fairs of the town. All OF the land has heen
arts