Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-04-21
IN A SHORT WHILE
And the Deserted Indian Reserva-
ton Was Alive With BoomerR
FIRING OF CANNON The SIGNAL.
Reported to Have Been n Tame Anair Com
pared with the Openings of Oklahoma
and of the Sac and Fox Reserva-
tIon-InoIdents Of the Day.

ELRENo, Ok, Apri. 2o.-Just at noon
yesterday, as provided by the presidents
proclamation, the cannon Numbered
forth the signal, carbines repeated IT
and %, 900 men on horse back, In wagons
and on foot rushed into the country of the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes and this after
noon horsehesh is suffering. Animals
drawn from the Cherokee strip TO the
country of the Wichita, from Oklahoma
TO No Mans Land, are rushing over fiat
and hollow under whip and spur, madly
racing for quarter sections and town
lots.
A field-piece had been hauled from
the fort and stationed on rising knoll
and as the hour for the dash drew near
the word went down the line. Horse
men twisted TO see that their saddles
were tight and drivers looked TO their
harness.
just at noon the sharp report Of the
cannon followed by the cracks of car
bines sounded and the next second the
horses went off. The horsemen sprang
away as though they were riding II
whip to their beasts. There was cloud
of dust and the flood of pale faces swept
into the country Of the red man. The
soldiers at the signal put spurs to their
horses and flew to get away from the
rush behind them. After ride of a
mile or SO they formed a line.
Every man seemed to know just
where he was going and headed for his
longed-for land without even bestowing
glance of attention to his brother
rushers. A few wheels were lost near
the line and many more will be left in
the gullies this afternoon, but there
were no serious accidents.
A large number of Elreno people
made the run for the quarter sections u
few miles out of the town which were
left unallotted right on the Rock Island
road.
A special train over the Choctaw road
from Oklahoma City dumped its load at
the Rock Island crossing II few moments
after IL o'clock A crowd from Elreno
City, which had n town organization all
complete, also reached the land at the
same time and the site was black with
men within half an hour after the open
ing.
FRoA KINGFrsuER.
KINGFIsHER, Ok, April 2O.--The open
ing of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe res
ervation was n tame affair besides the
Oklahoma and Sac and Fox openings.
Everything is quiet at the land office.
Marshal Grimes lined up the boys at
HAS o'clock, and after giving those in
line talk went to the head of the line,
I where he stood with head uncovered
while three cheers were given for him.
Secretary Noble and Captain Woodson
were also cheered.
Capt. Woodson, with but forty-two
men, successfully guarded forty-hve
miles of frontier. The soldiers were
continuously on duty for seventy-two
hours.
Three sooners were arrested on the
Cimarron and brought back guarded AT
a point one mile from their horses and
were forced 10 run that mile after the
signal was given as penalty. Another
drunken sooner was arrested and forced
TO run half mile after the signal.
At o'clock yesterday morning in the
Black back hills seven miles west OF
Reno, the soldiers ordered some sooners
to stop Refusing they were shot al
and one horse was killed. All the soon
ers escaped TO the hills. Fourteen
sooners on foot returned at 10 O'Clock
yesterday.
Nelson Church associated press agent
was kicked in the face by pony while
watching fight between whit,
woman and n negro for claim. Hi
nose was broken and his left eye badly
injured.
Mrs. Hubbard, wife of hotel keeper
at Kingfisher, had her wrist broken by
the overturning of wagon containing
other ladies.
There was runaway in town result
ing from broken tongue. One hors'
was killed.
Charles ID. Pierce, of Nebraska, rode
the race horse Fossette against the Rocl
Island special train, pulled by two en-
gines for oIarche, beating oil competi
tors and took the proposed townsite a
n homestead. The palace car boomers
were much Disguised. 1t was very
pretty race, however, and was cleverly
managed by the Rock Island. The dis
lance is less than two miles and the
bride rein beat the throttle In tina
race. The claim will be contested BY
the TOWNSHIP boomers.
SiNty-six entries were made yesterday
thirty-nine of which were soldiers de
claratories. A conservative estimat'
gives 5000 people along the border un
der Capt. Woodson's control and owe
half that number near Kingfisher.