The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-24

TUE uuM MoFBuSlNESS BEGUN THERE.
YESTERDAY a WILDERNESS, TO DAY
ALIVE CITY
Fa President CievelandiNot a Deadhead
\ Ballot BoS stolen in Arkansas
iIungarians and Onicers Fight
in rennsyfVania Town.

GrTHRfE, OKLAHOMA, April23.-Deal
crs I'm real estate began business before
2 o'clock In the afternoon. One enter
prising dealer had as background for
thc safe transaction of business n stock
ol rifles. which had been placed there by
thc government troops on duty at the
land Office. Near hy was the tent OF
United States Marshal Needles. The
tent was sumOmici by a large Ameri-
can hag When The second and third
sections of the train had arrived nearly
everything ip sight had been taken,
and the only recourse left to those
disappointed in securing lots was To- buy
Oui such holders of lois as were willing
tO sell or Iuu the risk outside OF the
legal limit Both courses were adopted
and good number of Guthrie City lots
changed hands. The first sale was made
hv "a man named H. c. Rummels, of
Nnlvan. Kan, who sold fine twenty
Gye foot front lot near the land office
Tor s. 90 an old doctor, resident OF one
0i me Indian reservations. adjoining
oklahoma. The purchaser refused 500
for fhc lot five minutes later Several
transfers were made. and others who
were determined To locate here drove
stakes outside the town limits.
This is preparatory 20 the purchase OF
homestead rights and extension of thc
citv limits. Guthrie already ha, los Main
street ifs Harrison street it's Guthrie
avenue. and ils oklahoma avenue, and
Yesterday morning 10 was wilderness
where fhc antelope spotted and the jack
rabbit Tapped los cars in the sum-
lu thc afternoon at o'clock the FIRST
municipal election occurred The cleo
u0n notice appeared in The Oklahoma
HmH. a daily paper published a. Guih-
r.c0n ihc first day of its existence. a
Council wa. elected at The same time.
Nearly ten thousand votes were pOllcd,
ls There are about that many men in
Guthrie. with the intention of becoming
citizens The leading candidates for
Mayor were Adiulani Reicc of Illinois,
William Constantine of Springfield, o,
and f.. f. Summer. of Arkansas city. 4
strong dark horse Is T. Nolncy llaggalt
oi Huron, Dakota
The Bank OF Oklahoma opened for
business at Guthrie yesterday with "a
capital stock of SJOOOp. y. W. Levy
the Wichita banker, is president, George
- Robinson thc banker. ol Ninucldt
anal Hon Horace Speed of Indianapolis.
directors
The new city is flooded with business
cards of AN descriptions representing
every line of trade and business. every
professor and every occupation
Imaginable
A mass of mail is expected to reach
lhe Guthrie postoiiicc every day. 1t is
now being iun hv postal clerk detailed
for that purpose. but Mr Finn. OF
NioWa. Kansas, lately appointed post
master. viii take charge i'm "a day or so.
The click Oi the hammer could hc
heard ODD all sides last night. As early
a. y o'clock This morning hOme.teaders
began f0 assemble 20 the land Office and
4t > o'clock 300 people were waiting IN
line to make filings for claims. Mr.. j. C..
Narnum deputy marshal, who arrived
here to-day. SAYS that Martin Colbert, a
wealthy citizen of the Chickasaw nation,
Nas killed in quarrel over claim boy "a
man named Noland. About - miles
west of Oklahoma city man was found
lend ON "a claim. Near the body was "a
nan bv the name of Martin. who coOlly
|NINlINfA tll| N' I'NN ~ t"itN --' '''t.t
the iaan i'm self-dciensc About three
miles west of Guthrie an invader shot a
settler iu dispute over q claim and seri-
onsN wounded him. ON locating the
new town of Noble, Mr Narnum says,
the strncs were the most eA-
citing he ever Witnessed. Texas
COWBOYS and Cmckawsaw half
breeds. mounted ON fleet horses,
started on dead run with Winchesiers
i'm their hand. These men were en-
ployed by Texas colony, and within
a few hours after noon they had the
government organized J.. L. Stone was
elected Mayor The town has popu-
lation of 5000 people Some Of the over
low from Guthrie have goue over onlto
sections i'm range two and organized "a
Town 10 be called West Guthrie. II Is "a
question whether this can legally he
done without satisfying the squatters.
There are already four or five contestants
for this claim. and several boomers had
already squatted on different parts of IT,.