The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-22
THERUSH FOR HOMESTO.DAY.
OYER 100000 ACRES TO BE OPEN
FOR SETTLEMENT At NOON

OFLth I,fW,WU hthES ~ he OPEN
FOR SETTLEMENT At NOON
A Good Denl or sharp Practice, ana Many
Already Over the Dorder-Fostninst er
Appointed for New County Seat which
10 Yet TO sce Its First House or Setti err.
GUTHRIE. o. r.. Sept. 2l.--The land to DO
opened for settlement tomorrow noon con-
slsts OF the country Of the Sacs aud Foxes.
4I2000 acres: Of the Iowas, 22n.559 acres and
OF the Pottawatomies, 100000 acrcs-ln all.
1.101 $50 ncrcs.
Some Of this IL adapted for raising rs fne
crops as any land and some OF It fertlfized with
tin cans would afford excellent pasturasc for
goats Tho Indians do not lose all their land
Each buck gets u quarter section.
Guthrie Is lively town to-day. The streets
are crowded. the hotels are overrun. the sa-
looms are doing rushing business.
and ut every street corner cowboys are selling
ponies. They are asking big money
FOR them. too. and getting II. The
mon who rushed into Oklahoma are dispos-
Ing OF their horses and the wagons they used
to excellent advantage. Every few minutes an
outfit leaves for the line. The nearest point Of
the new country Is only a little over nine miles
from Guthrie and the greatest crowd will en-
ter from near this point. but the truth Is that
greater part Of the crowd IL not waiting to
enter.
Tho country is already full OF "sooners"
claim and then turn init over sH to nartner Who
starts In after the legal hour. Thus, between
them .c, they at good claim. m
new country viii be divided into two I counties
and tho Government has selected the sites for
even the shallow 81 town in ' either " county at
10th =, towns Ea g., huye been named The one TINT
ID to be the county seat Of the northern
southern town Is ressmss%; ' H. g. S'f Baker t"S
Postmaster d the Coming town of T ssh
This town will be located In the Pottawatomie
country. forty miles from Guthrie. Chandler
are, are not It,. through with their work on the
that the sites snail not be taken a' up Until
paid to this. however. and the force Of soldiers
the beom crS on M' no' DC 'afse en'"s" u Keep
crowd Of Guthrie men has been organized
% have ttfSs Tie SHss Esn ssv rhs
Ths town tow; sits q Chandler is saia to Is poor
The 4 the aH GSs s.s fsf get yunr
the town oyer there. Men enough viii rush to
2 sS and MORE than & h SsSns s place sS4
years. Many are bound t. Be iisaIpointcd
whether they 80 for lots or sections. for there
are at least $1,000 people waiting for noon to-
CIV Ste Steele lie, to-day received telegram from
So cy ssnr Of the na se at
flights of stairs, and the entire building is
fearful that his Office will be taken
Sspuy tned ats nd he ssy1 ,rs
to no had The, Governor I,as mot uir
ayoids p svery base"ss In tIs Terri torn IS Is
call he Will send sufficient force to protect the
ths my a .nf nssr4 s9,
twenty ,,carbdnas and hastenel hack to the
front They report that the entire town site is
are determined to protect themselves from any
Q" tbs ths Il 4 tH white" to Keep
TEsy said tfat they would MAKE the T r"cs Tor
cowboys DO not imbibe too much Of tie
wagon LOAD there viii probabiy be- no troyyb 5
but ON the other hand II they grow reckless
under the influence Of liquor. bloodshed Is GER
After the Indian lands and the lands held for
sc M purlDses have been deducted from the
homestead. and about 20 men for every home
stsSn n1Id ar are S on the GROUND A.. u-
are airealy in the forbidien country. Il is the
IA az Oklahoma a, rush ovor again with some mod
and smaller number Of them are In wagons.
for tho last week. however. there has been an
smSs stream Of Tasons HveT tho
tn" Threatened trouble over the town sitos
at Chandler now overshadows even the expect
RrOeS and the cowboys. Gov. Steele has DETER
mined to suspend the Presidents proclamation
Ss ss Rht and DE- viii no pes to eas
It, the sns s;s 9 ,R pas He sd
morning: By noon h, VII have Inspected the the
proved them. SO that the entry may ben be made
nro.mptly the minute tho Presidents procla-
county. the situation viii be different. Effh ee
h9v9rnor VIII hf unable tI t. reach there from
and Of course cannot Inspect the pIats and saE
yyeys; until that time. Inthe mean time hun
dreds OF people will have gathered around the
They have already threatened to enter the
town I, site tomorrow. no matter what may. be
a conflict will cnspe between tho lot seekers
ana and, ne troops u the former attempt to make
= wlcHIrA, Kan. Sep. ,2l.-The first victim to
territory Is Al GlaZier, a Santa F6 conductor
who was badly cut and otherwise injured this
morning by an onragod mob on his train
some of the boomers had no tickets, and Ola
zier demanded the extra ten cents levied In
such cases. This caused the trouble. A num-
1t Mulvnno ''
ARKANSAS CRY. Sept. 2l.-For tho past three
lays it has looked as II the emigrants to tho
but yesterday and to-day thcy have been lcay.
ng by hundIeds This being the main Ell
rance to tho Territory from the north. aVcry-
body seems to centre hrre-homo seekers.
SPECTATORS gamblers. and tramps
MISS JONES HELD THE RlRY