New-York tribune., 1891-09-24
THE RUSH FOR THE NEW LANDS
EXCITEMENT IN OKLAHOMA sUBsIDING.
REPORTS OF MURDERS NOT vERIFrED-MILITARy
RULE AT THE CHANDLER TOWN SITE.

REPORTS OF MURDERS NOT vERLFIED-MILITARY
RULE AT THE CHANDLER TOWN SITE.
Guthrie, o. T., Sept. o3.-The excitement here is
subsidng In front Of the land 'oce there Is large
crowd waiting to nle claims. Fully 1000 people we're
in line when the Office was opened this morning
and when the door opened the crowd made rush
For a while It looked II there would be riot.
Several men were showed off the small porch leading
to the door and instantly many revovers were flashed
I'm the air. The police, however, prevented any fr-
ther disturbance. This evening Mayor spansler will
station an officer at the door Of the land oice who
will issue numbered tickets TO those who desire
to file, and in the morning the numbers OF these
tickets will be called out, and in this way further
camping out all night in front Of the office Will be
avoided On the train which came In last night about
$50 more people arrived The conductor said that all
Of the roads leading TO this city were hled WIN
wagons, horsemen and pedestrians headed this way.
The report circulated last night that several per-
sons had been killed yesterday cannot be verified to-
day. There some trouble at tho Iowa village over
q valuabe claim known MS the Pecan Grove. An OLD
negro ran his team nine miles in forty eight minutes
and arrived ahead OF man who attempted 10 drive
him Off The negro showed fight and struck the man
down with hatchet. lie received severe wound
on the head but will Governor steele started
from ecumseh for Chandler this morning to open tho
town site at noon tomorrow. The soldiers have
Chandler under military rule and will not allow any
one TO approach than thirty feet OF the line
The first person TO arrive yesterday who started from
the border was Elmer MCGUIRE who rode through on
a tricycle., making the run in three hours.
large crowd of lot boomers arrived at Chandler
last night and camped out about the town site. They
are indignant because the town site has not been
opened settlement and swear they Will stake out
n rival town on the adi Joining quarter section and shit
the site of the town 10 that quarter They intended
TO beadn the work this morning, but as yet they have
done nothing but talk about II. Special Agent Weigel
saws that the south county seat opened yester-
dov al noon number VI the Iowa Indians came
here this morning They made great deal OF money
Yesterday by showing boomers desirable locations
one Iowa boy thirteen years Old made 800 In this
way The Indians covered the ground pretty thor
oughly and say that they saw no disturbance OF any
kind 1t IS the general impression that the lands were
occupied without any great disturbance.
The negro colonlsts not highly successful In
the rnsh A few Of them got good claims, but In
the majority Of cases q white man Will contest tle
claim. Three or four negroes would settle on claim
and will prove ND forty acres each, but the white men
all want 1GO acres Last night was beautiful Nature
was kind to the thousands lying out OF DOORS but IL
was not sweet sleep and quiet dreams for many Oh
them Water was scarce and many had neglected 10
carrv even a drink The great nuisance was prairie
fires burning all over the new lands. some Oh the
ares were started to drive the men of the claims, while
Others we're started by hunting for section stones
The stones were hard TO find. Mayor Weigel, the
special agent of the Interior department. says uhaU
many of The stones have been dug up by the Indians
The county was surveyed seventeen years ago against
A courier from Tecumseh the town site OF the lower
comfy seat states that the site was proclaimed open
10 settlement at to-day by Governor steele
Thousands OF people rushed in aud claimed lots There
had been no disturbance when the courier left'