The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-10-01
THE RUSH Is NOW OVER
LOoA IONS ALL TAKEN AND EVERY,
H0DY rs NOW FILING CLAIMS
Some Little Trouble HAY BE Precipitated .
Chandler, the Northern County Seat On
Account OF Us Eot Being PROMPT
Openes- 1veryth4re tIet

Guthrie, 0. r., Sept. 23.-lhe eA-
element here is subsiding. In 1roht
OF the land office there is large crown
waiting to file their claims. FUZZY ooo
peoD1a were in line when the oiiice
was opened this morning, ana Wien
the doors were opened the crowd
made d rush and for a while II looked
ne irthere would be Il riot. several
men az ere showed off the small porch
Ieaot,, TO the door and instantly
,oon, revolvcrs flashed in the air.
The Yolice, however, took hand IN
rbe a.rair and prevented further
disturbance. This evening Mayor
SAMPLER will station an officer at the
door Of the land Office who will issue
,,r-ohered tickets to those who desire
ro G,e and in the morning the num-
Tar. Of these tickets will be called out,
and in this way further camping ouI
all night in front of the ofiice Will DE
avoided. -.
ON a train which came in here last
night about $50 more people arrived.
me conductors said that all OF the
roads leading to this city were filled
with wagons, hOrsemen and pedestrl-
ans, all heading this way. The report
circnlated last night that several
Tersons had been killed yesterday
cannot be verified today. There was
5nme trouble at Iowa village over
valuable claim, known as Pecan grove.
An Old negro ran his team nine miles
in43 minutes, and arrived ahead OF a
man who attempted to drive him OIL.
fVhe negro showed fight and doWned
The man with Ratchet. The man re-
ceiyetl a very severe wound ON the
head but will recover. Governor
steele started from Tecumseh for
Chandler this morning to open
tho new town site at noon
tomorrow. Soldiers have Chandler
under military rule and will not al
low any one to approach nearer than
thirty feet of the line. The first per-
son to- arrive Yesterday who started
at noon from the border was Elmer
Mcclure who rode through ON TIL
cycle, making the run in three hours:
A large crowd of lot boomers arrived
al Cb2ndler last night and camped
out about the town site. They are
very indignant because the town has
not been opened to settlement, and
swearthey will take out rival town
on an adjoining quarter section
and shift the site Of the town to that
quarter. They had intended to begin
work ibis morning, but as yet they
have done nothing about it,. Special
A cent Wright says that the south
comfy seat was opened yesterday at
noon. \ number of Iowa Indians
came here this morning. They made
a great deal of money yesterday by
choosing boomers desirable locations.
One Iowa boy, thirteen years old,
made SS5 in this way. The Indians
covered the ground pretty thoroughly,
and say they saw no disturbance OF
any kind. 1t is the general impress
sion that the lands were occupied
without any great disturbance.
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Secretaf
NohIc has received the following teie-
nrann rom Col. S. G. Davis, special
Ian" nv" inspector sent by the secretary
to- act with Mai. A. f. Wright IN
sunerintending the opening Oh uhe
new purchases in Oklahoma
PoTrAwoTToMIE RESERVAIlo,N,
1880 .. M, Sept. 22.-'rhe opening
COMPLETED without trouble. me town
Site Is thoroughly guarded against m
~osion, The survey of the county
seat viii not be completed before TO-
Toorrow. About 5000 people surround
inc it. but it is we'll protected. me
people are good humored ana no no
tronbIe is anticipated. | will remain
here until the survey is completed ana
the town site opened. | send this by
courier to Oklahoma City.