Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-20
twenty Thousand Men Rush Into the
Cheyenne and Arapahoc
Country.
CHARLES PIERCE urATs TIE ROCK
ISLAND TRAIN.
s,,en New cities Already booming Ia
tho Wildtrness.-Thc indians
Dissatisfied.
the RUSH ron LAND.
rv,p,, Thousand scu Participate IN
tho Race.

tho Race.
IL Rryo, Okla, April l0.-Pre-
c,selv al noon, hs provided by the
pr..iioups proclamation, cannon
,hunderrd forth tho signal; carbincs
'arerted n. aud 10000 men on horse.
IL, In wagon and on foot rushed in-
49, sn,venne ana ArapahOc country,
wsGer yhip aud spur, everybody rutli-
,,,o, over dan and hollOws, nladly
,asinr over qua<ier sections for Town
loi,. The s,ldiers guarded tho line as
we'll ms possiblo, aud were assisted by
the boouiers Themselves, vino cav 10 1t
that no ono should secure IN ndNan.
iage. The greatest crowds was ~
noints near Watonga and RossmOre,
Inc seats OF counties @ and II. MgtOn-
On 4, twenty-five miles from the llne,
and Rosamotp forty. Every man
seemed 10 know Just where hc WIS
po,IR, and headed for his longCd'for
land without bestowlng glance At the
other rushers. A few wheels were
lost near tho line. Many more will bc
let IN the gulllea this afternoon, but
there were no seriOus accidents. a
spoclal train over tho Chortaw road
from Oklahoma dumped , load nt tlo
Rock leland crOssinv few moments
after noon. \ crowd from III Reno,
which has town organization com-
plcto. reached tho land At tue same
time. The night was black with men
within half an hour after the opening.
a NEBRASKA BOOMER BEATS THE
TRAIN.
EiNGPisitIE, q. T., April l0.-rhc
opening Of ths Cheyenne and Afapa'
NNasa aaHAl HHa ~
here, was comparatively tame. The
scene about the Land Office, where
t!ouble was expected, was especially
quitt. Tho race from ;hu border was
exciting, and was attended by all tbs
Incidents seen Mt the former opening
Oi iaUd IN the Territory. Charles y.
Pierce, boomer from Nahra Ia, raced
the Rock Island train for the townalto
OF Osarche and beat the train, having
only two miles to go 10 the train three.
Pierce located the whole tOWlsile n
u Homestead. The uassengcrs and
railway officials wero chagrined but
located towus.te adjoining Pierco'a
claim, and says they VIII build
Oknrcho there. Last night PARTY
Of boOmerH were ordered - quit tho
reservation were firud upon Aud ono
OF their horses killed. No one wag
injured and all escaped 10 tho hills.
Several minor accidents occurred dur
Ing tl.o day, bat no fatalities are re-
ported.
sEyES NEW CITIES ~ THE WILDER.
MES.
The Associated Press correspondent
was kicked by an Indian pony, break.
ing Que arm and iniiioting severe
wound over the loft eye. Reports u
the activity OF the boomers are coming
IN. OAarche has been built In day,
and covers territory nearly two miles
square, ia population tonight exceed.
Ing that OF lNingiishor and III Re o.
The indicationn are that the Indians
are dissatisfied with the outlook aud
surprised At tho vast number OF pale
faces invading the territory. Hun
dreda Of wagons laden with supplies
lett for tho new county seats tonight
and tonight no less than seven now
rl.iUs are booming In the WILDERNESS.
The quiet and order prevailing IA phe-
nOmenal, nni indicates that tho Get.
tiers are lgw.abldlng and desirable citi-
zsns.
GUTHRIE, o, r., April l0.--It IL 70.
p1Eteu rom OKLAHOMA that riot took
place among the claim iliors at tue
land olilce today, and that several PEG.
pie were injured.
Miss Csnnle Aorenson Of this place,
who went 10 Oklahoma CITY thi.
morning and died o6clatory notice,
has returned. She was among the
very first admitted 10 the land office.
She says that, while ding her notice,
TIE opponents Of the "seat warmers"
made nn attack ON the limo and riot
Resulted, Several people were knocked
down aud trampled upon, among them
being woman, tho most OF whose
clothes were torn Oh, Ono man, un.
known, was atruok on the head aud
MS skull fractured aud fatally injured.
A number OF others were seflously
huTt.
TENAs BOOMERS.
HlGuNs, Tex, ApnllO.-Ono thou
s1na boomers made the race into the
cheyenne and Arapahoo reservation
rom tho border opposite this place.
From tue northern and western Dor.
ucrs lully four times tNat number en-
Tered the lands. The only claims
Aken up aie near the borders.