The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-18
AFTER 0KLAHOMA'SLAND
WHEN THE SETTLERS CAN CROSS
THE CHEROKEE LINE.

ernment's Arrangeme for Postal
Service - Tents of the Boomers
Wrecked by Storm.
ARKANSAS CITY, KAN, April 1.-THE
announcement of Capt. Hays, who is COM
handing the cavalry detailed to guard the
border here, that settlers would be allowed
to cross the line into the Cherokee strip inn
mediately after midnight, Thursday, has
created great stir among the prospectors
here, and it is thought that a large ma
jority of them win take advantage of
the opportunity and that at midnight
tomorrow will commence the grand rush
into the strip. The campers realize that all
cannot cross the border at the same time,
and there will DO scampering along the
border for miles A terrible wind and rain
storm passed over here last night, which
played havoc with the boomers tents.
Women and children were drenohed and
badly frightened
EXCITEMENT RUNNING HIGH.
CALDWELL, KAN, April 17-The Okla
homa excitement is at its hight here to-day
1t is almost impossible to get along the
streets, the crowd is so dense. Five hundred
wagons was the estimate placed on the
arrivals to-day, while the reports of those
to come tomorrow will double the amount
One town site company will leave here
Friday morning for Lisbon, which will con-
sist of at least 500 men. The Rock Island
stage line outfit, consisting of 1860 horses
with forty-five stages, left yesterday for
Pond Creek to get in readiness for the rush
Capt Woodson of the Fifth cavalry says
he will search every outfit to
make sure that there is no
Oklahoma. If he does he will prevent no
less than dozen men who are camped here
with all the way from a n-gallon keg to
ten barrels of whisky, who intend opening
| saloons in Oklahoma. A bank was organ
lied here to-day by prominent capitalists,
which will open for business on April % at
Lisbon.
THE FIRST PAPER.
TOPEKA, KAN, April 17.-The first num-
Der OF the Oklahoma Times will be issued
at Oklahoma City on April % by A. G.. 81
G. W. Scott, formerly of the Register, of
| this place. The Times will be republican
in politics, and will be printed from COM
plete steam plant.
FORDING DANGEROUS.
KANSAS CITY, April ia Times special
| from Arkansas City. Kan, says: Reports
| received to-day from the Indian territory
| state that heavy rains had fallen and that
| the rivers were rapidly rising. Grave fears
are entertained that the progress of TIE
| home-seekers in their march to Oklahoma
will be seriously impeded, and that the ford
| ing Of the large streams will be extremely
dangerous"
THE CRUSH AT KANSAS CITY.
| As the day for the opening of the Okla
homa lands draws nigh, tho capacity of the
union depot in this city is taxed more and
| more every day. The settlers come from
all over the cofatry. To-day thirty ItaI-
ians, fresh from Castle Garden, were among
| the motley crowd.
THE CROWDS DIFFERENTIATED.
In his telegram from Caldwell, Kan, to-
| night a staff correspondent of the Kansas
| City Times SAYS: "The town is not espa-
cially full Of strangers. Probably the fact
that the creeks and the Cimarron river ara
very high has had some effect in keeping
| them to the Arkansas City route, but the
| truth is that the number Of the pc pie at all
border points have been very much over
| estimated. There are plenty of town lot
schemes Matching Colonies of OLD soldiers
are forming at several points to get home-
steads and use the shorter time of their res
| idepce to secure title, and then turn part
Of the land into towns. The heavy rains
| of last night have made the streams worse
than ever, and unless they subside, there
| will be great difficulty in reaching Lisbon
| formerly King Fisher from here. A stage
company has just ordered nearly 1000 feet
Of heavy rope to be used in fording il nee
essary.
AN OUTFIT FOR HOTEL.
can outfit for hotel at King Fisher ar
rived here to-day. The managers have
sleeping and eating tents, ranges and a huge
lot Of eatables Of all sorts. The managers
have permit from the military to go on in
| advance and erect their tents. They prom
| Use not to use their advantage to get claims,
and think the chances of profits in the
| hotel business are better than those of
Al IL
railroad is expected here tonight. The
company is doing everything in its power to
handle its business, out il is working against
many difficulties.
BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY.
"The country here is very beautiful now
| after the rains. and the Cherokee strip
south Of Cald well is as good as any 1t is
fertile, rolling prairie. The cattle men
are not yet reconciled to the stu
with ill-concealed dislike. This is the
headquarters Of the Live Stock Association,
and many business men are connected with
the cattle companies. The boomers all tart
together tomorrow with the troops in front
| OF them.
| A RARE SIGHT.
| IL will be a sight not often presented
| before In America, a thousand or more set
| tiers marching toward homes under the
1
| The settlers here are Of remarkably good
| class. The most Of them have comfortable
| outfits. Sounds Of the violin and the banjo
| proceed from many OF the tents and the
| tenants have newspapers at Oklahoma
literature in sight reading all tue tine.
| Everybody seems TO be for himself, rather
| jealous and suspicious of others
than united by the bonds OF
friendship. Some experienced frontiersmeu
say there will be no trouble Of any sort at
Lisbon, while others say it cannot be pre-
vented. After Monday the soldiers cannot
act, except on the request Of the civil
authorities, so the deputy marshals will
| have to do pretty much all Of the work Of
| preserving order.
RUDpY AND STRONG.
WELLINGTON. KAN, April 17--This
morning fully 500 boomer outfits passed
through via Hunnewell. As a general RUE
the wagons and teams were OF the best
class and the boomers rudy and strong
TWO NEW posToFFIcEs.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Tne postofice
| department officials are making active prep
| arations for the immediate opening Of two
| postofices In Oklahoma, one at Kingfsher
| stage station. and the other at Guthrie,
| where the United States land offices are
| 20 be established. Several postoffics
inspectors are nov on the
ground examining the proposed mail
routes into the country and between all inn