The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-24

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fus1on- The differences OF rival fac
tons as the seat to control the town
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conscience y begin nans 70 warer- The
saheFsng o. l0sttu unsneifered ard IN
proslsionea people : something that
could Ia endured only amid such
fgEore. The scenes 0f the night and
day are unexampled, thousands Ree-
ing from the town and country. and
thousands more pouring In.
There y = feelzrgo of Wild uncertainty
and apprehension that amounts to els
traction There i no foo.' no Tnttrs
no cover tor the bitter cold OF night
and the w1thering heat Of day. The
railroad IS gurge5 with busirtss and Is
temporarily snaperafsre The town
site is changed every hour BY rival
parties as each secures temporary
power Not building has
been started. and but Q few
more tents have been reared.
Nobody knows where the streets are,
and every one Is just now yielding all
things else Tor clzraor for food. drink
and shelter or means Of light.
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sLsErIxe orrpaoss - THE eoLD.
The sight at Guthrie upon which
the sun rose this morning was proba-
bly, never before witnessed Ia the his
tory OF the world A majority of the
1900 people lay in blankess upon the
ground. either guarding their claims
or slumbering where they had
lai.ea oa IaIssue- FROM tue de-
POI pIa.I9rm iney lay a. ciose
as co.asu Nood, ana IN the
.euss tnes cIoWoea "a huddisc
IhIsses. a. many as could TOOK the
ll'sasEs snsi'e1 anorued. put there
iasy iy was silnit y sne eapasiiy
usu peyv,.u ., nns.n hs..neI tears nuf ofipss
eouiu prevail among he thousands
s.tetcneu npon the ground were many
~ 'ssl'sesauls 49, iuall'y. Ihesc couid
.s nov s.eep. anu ney were ieglons III
sne stingins coiu cfoueneu IN groups
sMealiAs e:s W "eepihs' a. suited tneir
sp''i1ss
BLAZING HEAT or THE nAy.
The sun fairly leaped out of the
prairie, and within two hours the cold
bad been supplanted with a sahara
heat. A wind rose, but without q
cooling effect. 1t blew hot sirroco
that scorched the flesh and filed the
air with binding aikali dust. To com
psete the general misfortune, the only
large tent, wnlcn was accommodating
auo people, ieiI under the stress OF
the furnace blast II could not be re-
paired. and other tents could scarcely
De mounted
FRANTIC rRox T-i.l-sT.
The climate provoked an fnsatiabie
thirst. and water was the first supplv
TO fail. There Is quite q stream hard
by. bat the water IS too alkaline 4,
supply by a gravity nine from distant
and elevated sprinc afforded the onlv
possible drinkable eater. and II is
brackish. 1t was attacked bv thousands
Of people nntil the railway offieials
called for military protection. under
pretense that they needed the water to
operate the road. The tank men
however, sold water at S cents mint
thereafter, as did the locomotive en-
gineers from the tanks Of their en-
gines The railroad seems TO be COM
pieteiy Frustrated, and does not de-
iiyer the baggage OF the suffering
tnrong-
HUNGER AND DISEASE.
Pneumonia and sunstrokc are be-
ginning to claim their victims, bnt the
sick have neither refuge or sympathy.
The whole scene, in its countless
varied and painful details, is simply in
describable. Here stands big city
out OF doors and without supplies
Onf oiE tfHitt ittt QtGI the cflHnG0
road, and Ii was crowded beyond ad-
ditionaI space for a mouse on the floor
or a sparrow ON the roof. Those who
could not get on cheered defiantly as
the train pulled out and another just
as CROWDED pulled IN from the north
Inc Dasy Nems correspondent Sc
enred Ioouhg on Tue plios Oh tns To-
ao.nIeiss JIM ;~ ~ icaIn ss AZ aIkahsas 1. 1i.y,
neariy elRnsy niles nofth, win tbs
aispatcn. along tne route, curing the
iohS noslIs ~ the Iasgaiu rue, scores
ot eooHeIs wagons couid pe seen
iorgihg nor.hWaru across the CneToKee
s'fiP Ie.raeing tne haru journey tney
had lust coMp'etea-
sEizfxG THE cHERoKEE STRIP.
Hundreds and probably thousands
OF them viii halt on the strip and try
to force settlement. They are strap
ped and desperate, and the govern
ment must yield this fine region. now
useiessiy sequesfered. az cause great
tronoie: GOOD hsImor Is splendidiy
maintained III the face OF