Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-05-02
oRA0s IN OKLAHOMA.

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C"iinpsc of the Great Oklahoma
Boom.
Arkansas CRY, KAN, April 25.--Ohaos
roigns MOI only In Oklahoma, but In the
entire tributary country. The railroad
70 Frustrated, oommuuisations are en-.
tlrely cut OF The Western Union, with
I've crush of train diHpAtching, wonld not
touch message OF any other character
IN the territory, though the earth avail
lowed town site. Guthris's back seems
broken, and there Is 4 furious STAMPEDE
to get out People there are wild from
tho deprtvations that lack OF shelter, water
aud food impose upon them. To these
disiresses arc added the misfortuues OF
tempost heat and the absence OF means
OF flight.
When your correspondent reached vii.
low Syringe from the Diamond Bar ranch
he lesrnad FROM tho dispatches that
neither the north or s1uth-bound passsn
ger trains, shortly due, bad bsen near d
from. An hour of waiting passed when
Train OF 70 waffle cars crept up from tho
south. The cars were locked, but upon
the ROOFS, the buffers, amid the coal on
me lender, on the pilot aud gan ywsy OF
the LOCOMOTIVES and packed ia aud upon the
cahouso was dense aud miserable throup
OF men. The train from Guthrie had
started with its strange load OF O'Clock
In the evening. 1t was useless TO attempt
to enforce tue laws restrictive OF railroad
travel. The people we're fleeing prscti.
oAlly for their llvea. They had aided to
long periods Of privation the suffering Of
IL hours without food or protection from
| the NnI M frai,, kaA Al
none was 10 sight behind Thav had left
bowling mob in Guthrie bsfiad In its
Efforts to join in the a ght. The useless
ness OF prosecuting TO Guthrie was bp.
parent and the correspondent seoured n
footing for one foot and returned to this
point With the ,aRgsrd train.
Since dark Other freight trains have
followed, having made their Sc mites
from Guthrie In from 0 to IA hours. The
cars are piled with tugitives, thirsty and
famine-siricken, and Arkansas City is
crowded as 1t was before the descent.
Some experiences are pitiful. A terrible
storm last night raised the miseries OF
Guthrie to almost horror. A violent
wind arose as the sun sunk and filled the
air with the stfling red aikali dust that
Attews the plain. A deluee Of rain sue
ceeded and through the night IL boat
upon the thousands OF shelterless.
Tue railroad Is utterly incompetent In
the emergency and is delivering baggage
and eIpress too slowly to be OF use to ,he
unprotected. The iugitives cheer with
Joy as they aliaht here and rush to tho
bydrants and eating houses. Curses are
hesped upon the region and the govern
ment msrshsls, Needles and Jonos, are
erecrsted without stint for the theft OF
the land and the railroad Is denounced
for its feeble service.
Guthrie ia without form. The origi.
nal streets have disappeared and new
sections are being plowed every hour
Values have fallen to practically nothing
aud confidence is at low ebb. Those
who are not goiog homo announce their
intentions OF moving upon the Cherokee
strip and report that hundreds of
boomers in wagons have already done So
scores of men surrendered their claims
to lots In Guthrie without an effort TO
preserve or dispose OF them. The south
bound passenger train arrived after q
time crowded with pilgrims for Guthrie
aud few c0uld be dissuaded by the lamen-
tations Of the iugitives. 1t is impossible
to predict what the next few days will
develop in Guthrie.
GUTHGIE, oKLAsoaA, April ~. - A
simeon swept the desert yesterday and
| Guthrie, 10 buried In red dust. The wind
rose at dawn swcoping down from the
oloudless sky and the red sand OF the
plain was driven before it all day In
stinging sitting masses. Tents collapsed,
roofs were yaised and everything light
aud loose was blown away.
There are now I've cities included in
tbia camp North, South, East and West
Guthrie and Guthrie proper. The latter
covers the 800 acres supposed TO have
bsen set apart for town Purposes and in-
cludss the depot, post cffios and land
office, about which the heart o. the city
may be said to pulsste. Tho others DIR
cumscrbe the suburbs with tents and
blankets.
The railroad Is slowly Issuing from the
gnarl In which the glut OF local trait in.
wolves it, hut though baggage. provisions
and other supplies are being delivered in
I quaBtiti-s sufficient to relieve desti,ution,
| the service is far behind the requisites Of
comfort. Water ia still being sold and it
/ IL txecfable water at that. Gambling
! Hourishes openly. 1t has been the saliva
tion of Guthrie that whisky was not ad-
| mitiad aud 1t is to this wise exclusion
| that the littio violence lis due.
Needles and Jonee, the mRrshAlB who
hold authority, have left Guthrie. Com.
missioner Stockslaget'd declaration that
| he would forfeit the claims OF oil United
States employees is regarded With sus'
| picion as II Is now generally understood
| that the deputies were not sworn and the
other hired gobblera are not technically
| ia the Federal service. IL ia demanded
that the government declare forfeiture
OF the claims OF all persons, irrespective
of employment, who were in the Okla
homa tract before Monday noon.
Settling upon The Cherokee strip pro-
crosses in increasing volume. Many
camps are Visible froIn tho railroad and
honuers at the station declare that IL is
their purpose to fqnat there. Flowing
and planIing is we'll 1nder way at numer-
GUS points. The troops have not yet
| moved. Captain Hayes has sent ont
oouriers 10 give the squatters three days'
! notice to quit the strip. He is much be-
| loved by the settlers for the ine1haustible
kindness he mas shown them 10 the march
down and the practical help he gave
them.
ABKkNsls CRY, BAN.,, April GA
small pox epidemic now threatens
| Guthrie and other towns In Oklahoma.
| Il seems that man, Joseph Ellsworth of
Kansas City, more recently from Lead
vile was taken on Wednesday on his re.
turn from Guthrie and Oklahoma City
and Is now quarantinsd ut the house near
the Santa Fe railroad shops. Il ia re-,
ported that he stood in line at the land
offise at Guthrie for four hours on Tues.
| hau thns az noHing TO an attack all thoae