The Oskaloosa herald., 1892-04-21
FOUGHT FOR LOTS.
One Man Killed and Two Wounded
in New Oklahoma.
A City With Population Larger Than
That of kingfsher or EI Reno
Springs Up Within Day.
TROUBLE IN THE PROMISED LAND


reaching here from the newly opened
Indian lands show that there were
several fatalities during the grand rush
Of the home-seekers and boomers. In
a fight over lots in the county seat of
IF" county one man is reported as shot
dead, while two others were severely
wounded. Ell Reno reports that child
was thrown out of a wagon and killed
by the following crowd just after the
people left the line at that place.
HIeeINs, Tex, April A report
has reached here that III an alteration
between Cheyenne Indian and a man
who tried to settle on the Indians
claim the white man was shot dead.
The Army of Home-Seekers.
KINeFIsHER, o. t., April 21. - The
great race is over and the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservations exist no longer.
About 5000 people made the race
from west of El Reno, as many from
Kingfsher, 1000 from the line of the
Wichita reservation west of Minco,
5000 from Rover as many from Hen
nessey, and about as many as all these
went in small squads all along the line
from the Cherokee strip on the north,
the panhandle of Texas on the west
and the Kiowa Indian reservation on
the south.
A City Built in a Day.
The city of Okaarche, 10 miles south
of Kingfsher, on the Rock Island, sup
posed by many to be the future capital
Of Oklahoma, has been built in a day.
1t is nearly miles square and is the
scene of exciting activity. On one claim
forty men are swearing they are first
in the order of preference. The popu-
lation exceeds that of Krngfsher or Ell
Reno. W. J. Ray, special agent of the |
Rock Island, says that at 1908 al
double-header ran into the new city, |
and 1,SOO people had occupied the |
future great" on Cooper creek,
northwest of Kingfsher, 1t is as
serted by those who made the
race from this city that
crowds of boomers overran all the |
lands, starting from the Cimarron
river at 11:35. The defeated runners are |
disguised, but declare that contests |
will not pay, as the land is not worth |
contending for at the price charged by |
the government. Those who have been |
successful are jubilant, and declare this !
is the best country on earth.
Order Prevails.
The quiet and order that prevails is !
phenomenal, and indicates that the set |
tiers are law-abiding and desirable cit |
liens A few dead horses, few bruised |
and few broken limbs constitute all |
the casualties that have occurred up to
hn - hY1T, nj
life, which is most wonderful and |
miraculous when it is known that not
less than 10000 people have been con-
tending for homes.
Riot at the Land Office.
GUTHRIE, o. T., April 21.-Miss Con-
ME Sorensen, of this place, who went |
to Oklahoma City Tuesday morning to
file a declaratory notice covering a |
claim in the Cheyenne and Ar
apahoe country, has just returned |
from that place. She was among
the first who were admitted to |
the land Office. She says that while |
she was filing her notice the opponents
of the seat-warmers made an at
a riot resulted. People swarmed |
into the land Office, where the
rioting continued. Several persons
were knocked down and trampled upon,
among them being a woman, whose |
clothes were torn from her. One man,
name unknown, was struck on the head |
and had his skull fractured and was
fatally injured. Many,others were less
seriously hurt.
Likely to Be BIoodshed.
Browns VALLEY, Mimi, April 21.-l
There is serious trouble among Sisseton
squatters and filers, and more than one |
fist fight is reported. Many quarter
sections now contain two shanties and |
two residing claimants. In numerous |
cases squatters, after stalking their |
claims and going to town for |
material to build shanties have re-
turned to fad the land occupied by |
another, who claims to be the original |
squatter, and the man who filed at the |
land Office makes third claimant. Re-
ports from this place to the effect that |
two boomers had been killed is wholly |
unfounded, but that there may be some
bloodshed now seems probable.
Plenty of Coin in Circulation.
WASHINGTON, April 81. Director
Leech, of the United States mint, says |
that there is now stored in the vaults of |
the treasury department upwards of |
$500, 900, 900 in silver and the coinage of |
$50, 900 ounces monthly for circulation |
is still going on. In gold and silver |
there is billion and half dollars in |
circulation in this country, so that |
resources at this time
Secured $40, 600 Damages.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 21.-M. J.
Tierney, a freight conductor on the |
Louisville & Nashville railroad, has |
been given $40, 900 damages against the |
Standard Oil Company. He was mutt
lated for life by burning from the ex-
plosion of a barrel of naphtha not prop |
srly labeled. shipped on his train.
DAIn IN al O0D