Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-24
Pistols Flashed.

GUTHRIE. .. T.. sept. ENLIGHTENMENT
here is subsiding. Ia front of The land
office there Is Il large crowd waiting 10 file
on claims. Fully $500 people were in line
when the Office was opened this morning,
and when the doors We're opened the crowd
made Il rush ami for awhile il looked us If
there would be Il riot. Several men were
showed of of the small porch leading to tine
G0Or,and instantly many reyolvers flashed in.
the air. The police. however. took Il hand
i'll the affair ana prevented further. disturb
ance.
This evening Mayor Spanglcr viii station
an officer at the door of the land office
who will issue numbered tickets TO
those who desire 10 file and
in the morning. the numbers of these
tickets will be called out and in this way
further canning out all night III front OF
the office viii be avoided.
On the train which came in here last
night about $50 more people arrived. The
conductor said that all the roads leading 10
this city were filled with wa"c.:s. hOrsemen
and pedestrians headed this WAY
The report circulated last night that sew
eral persons had been killed yesterday can
not he verified to-day There was some
trouble ut Iowa village over Il valuable
claim known as Pecan Grove. An old
negro ran his team nine miles III fOrty-eight
minutes and arrived ahead of Il man
who attempted 70 drive him OF.
The negro showed fight and
downed the man with Ratchet The man
received very severe wound on the head
but will recover.
Gov. Steele started from Terumseh tor
Chandler this morning to open the new
town site at noon tomorrow. Soldiers have
Chandler under military RUE and
will not allow any one to approach
nearer than within thirty feet of the line
The first person 10 arrive yesterday VINO
started at noon from the border, was Elmer
Mcclure, who rode through on tricycle.,
making the run in three hours
\ large crowd Of lot boomers arrived at
Chandler last night and canped out about
the town site. They are very indignant BE-
cause the town has no. been opened to SET
Element and swear they will stake out :.
rival town on an adjoining quarter section
and shift the site of the town TO that quar-
Ter. They had intended to begin work this
morning, but as yet they have done nothing
about il.
Special Agent Wright says that the south
county seat was opened yesterday noon. \
number of Iowa indians came here this
morning. They made Il great deal OF money
yesterday showing boomers desirable loc;i-
tons. One Iowa boy. thirteen years Old.
made 50 in this way. Indians covered the
ground pretty thoroughly and say they saw
no disturbance OF any kind. y Is tine gen
eral impression that the lands were occ2-
pied without any great disturbance.
Inc DlOOdSNcO mai was looked Tor In
connection with the opening Of the lands to
settlement yesterday did rot come. A cou-
pie of cowboys told negro that he had bet
ter move on, as he had killed two negroes
already, and frightened Carhey fresh
from Texas, who spread the story and aS it
rent down the line il was that
two men had been killed 4 dozen
other stories OF the same nature
occupied the tongues OF everybody. Only a
few ,tenderfeet believed them. The rush
was not accompanied By single killing.
The negro colonstS were not very sue
cessful in their rush. \ few OF them got
good claims, but in the majority of cases
white men will contest the claims Three
and prove up forty acres each. but the
white man wants 100 acres. Last night
was beautiful. Nature was kind to tho
thousands lying out of doors, but-it was not
sweet sleep and quiet dreams" for many
OF them. Water was scarce and many had
neglected 10 carry even drink. The great
est interest, however, was a prairie fire
all over the new lands They were burning
brightly, filling the air with smoke of pc
culiar odor. Some of the fires were started
to drive men off of claims, While others
were started by men hunting for section
stones and the stones were hard to find
Maj. Weigel, special agent of the interior
department, says that many of the stones
have been dug up by the Indians. Tho
country was surveyed seventeen years ago
against the wishes of the Indians. aud the
noble red men followed the surveyors about