The morning news., 1889-04-26

every side. Two banks are doing a geod
business, and at the post office things are
running more smoothly, Congressman
Weauer of Iowa was here to-day and
addressed large crowd, advising the
settlers to organize and provide
Tor local government at once
rms afternoon a committee on
public order, consisting of twentey-eight
settIers representing as many different
states and territories, held a meeting and
appointed corps of official surveyors who
are to survey and plot the town. SilaS
Anderson was appointed city official with
six assistants. The laws of Kansas and the
municipal regulations Of Wichita were Sc
lected to prevail untn charter can be OBJ
tanned. Judge E. NJ. Clark was
appointed provisional police Judge
10 supply water it was ordered
that public well be dug on each
half section of the town plat. The citizens
OF West Guthrie held an election yesterday.
Games Dooley of Iowa was elected mayor,
and full ticket, including councilmen was
chosen. At few minutes past 8 o'clock
this morning, by actual count there were
425 men in line at the land office, and at
9:l5 o'clock there were 223 men in line at
the postottice, 500 having already been
waited ON
NORTH BOUND TRAVEL.
WICHITA, KAN, April 25.-A special to
the Eagle from Pond Creek says: North
bound travellers are increasing and travel
ers from King Fisher report that the settlers
are being crowded into the Cherokee strip,
where they are squatting, declaring their
intention to remain on the land until it is
declared open for settlement by the Presi-
dent. The facilities for handling both pas
sengers and freight from Reno creek to
King Fisher are still inadequate for all the
demands
AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
WASHINGTON, April 25 5-Immediately
upon receipt of the press reports that gov
ernment officials and others temporarily in
the government employ in Oklahoma
had used their authority as such off
cials to secure prior rights in lands
IN the territory in disregard of
the rights of others, the Pres
ident and Secretary Noble teleg raphed
special agents of the department, now in
the territory, to make a thorough and
prompt investigation of the facts in the
case, and upon it's completion to imme-
diately notify the Secretary of their find
ings. The report is expected during this
week. In speaking of the matter
to-day, Secretary Noble said that not the
least shadow of injustice to settlers in
Oklahoma would be tolerated for a MON ent,
and as soon as the facts in the case could be
ascetalned, if officials were found to have
been implicated in any attempted injustice
or wrong-doing, the action of the govern
ment in the matter would be very prompt
and decisive
SPEEDY HEARINGS ON THE CONTESTS.
Commissioner Stockslager of the general
land office to-day said that from present in
dlcations the contest over land claims in
Oklahoma wo uld ultimately involve nearly
every quarter section of land in that terri
tory. This being the case, he thought it
probable that the department would make
the Oklahoma contest cases a separate class,
and dispose of them at once,
Otherwise, in the ordinary course of
business it would likely be eighteen months
or two years before they could be reached.
Contests in which abandonment is charged
could not be passed upon until after the ex-
piration of six months, as the law does not
recognize separation of claim for a shorter
period than six months as an abandonment,
but cases in which fraud or violation of the
law or Presidents proclamation in going
into the territory prior to April % figure
could be tried and disposed of at once.