The morning call., 1893-09-15
ALL WANT HOMES
On the Border of the
Promised Land.
BUT A FEW DAYS To WAIT.
Thousands of Certificates Are Being
Issued Daily for Claims in the
Cherokee Strip.

ARKANSAS CITY, Sept. Il The hot
weather, which is causing homeseekers so
much suffering, continues. A blazing
sun, hot winds, lack of water and shelter,
are producing increased sickness and
prostratlon. Six more registration clerks
were engaged this morning, and the work
is proceeding sUmewhat faster. The
men in line have been there since
Monday evening and are literally
exhausted. Hundreds are afflicted
with throat and lung disorder caused by
breathing the .dusl-laden air. Many are
obliged TO drop out and secure the services
Of physicians. Several strippers We're
prOstrated during the night and this morn
ing.
The Santa Fe trains arrived late last
night In five Gro wded sections. This morn
ing crowded trains came in over all the
lines. Fully 10000 strangers are in aud
about town. AS the day progresses the
wind gets hotter.
The thermometer registered 81 deg. at
noon, but the hot wind died down and in its
place came a breeze from the northwest
which was comparatively refreshing. No
deaths from sunStrOke were reported to-
day.
The action of the Interior Department in
providing means TO facilitate registration
is heartily commended. and it is now be-
iieved that all can be provided with certl-
icates before Saturday noon.
A rumOr that the owners of fast horses
had plotted to burn the railway bridges
in the strip to handicap those who propose
to make the race in excursion trains
L., h.; a
that the patrol of troops established along
the border is sufficient to prevent the en-
trance of all Unauthorized persons, and
that the plot, if one exists, can be frus-
trated.
Cattlemen having ranges in the south
western country telegra phed the following
protest TO President Cleveland this after
noon: THE undersigned cattlemen, thor
ougny posted upon the conditions of
affairs here, respectfully protest against
the registration system as carried on at the
booths. Ten thousand people are now in
line and thousands arrive on each train.
"a conflict between the parties not regis
tered and the troops is imminent unless
this system is abandoned. The honor of
your administration is being jeOpardiZed,
and common humanity demands relief for
the honest settlers desiring to enter the
strip, but who cam Ut reg ster."
AT Orlando to-day over 5000 certificates
were issued ard the number IF people de-
mandiug an opportunity 20 register was
fully 10000 The force OF clerks at the
b oothS there was increased again to-day
and night force was put TO work.
At Caldwell a plentiful water supply
near the booths relieved the suffering of
men in the line. A brisk northwest wind
came up this afternoon and somewhat
tempered the heat.
Fully 10000 people are still waiting there
AN opportunity to secure the precious GER
tificates. and hundreds are coming in o.
every Rock Island train. The number of
certificates being Issued every ten hours
reaches about 5000, and it is believed all
will be accommodated.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.-Land Commits
siOner LamareauX has been notified that
the force employed at the Cherokee Strip
is insufficient, and he delegated Chief
Clerk Jacobs, Inspector Wineford and
Special Agent Womack with unrestricted
orders TO employ all the help necessary,
with carte blanche instructions to estab-
lish booths wherever necessary. Each
booth will hereafter, it is stated at the
land Office, be kept open twenty-four hours.