The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-15
HELP FOR TIRED BOOMERS.
,r F.c1LI7IEs ron REGIsTERLNG
1"" 1RE PROVIDED.

.,orced clerks, However, Can't
Ihs n, with the Procession-A Despatch
q st to President Cleveland Denounc'nE
~ s.,.,r,tIon n- a Enrce--women In Lilac.
v,su,SGToS, SEPT. 13.--Advices received by
,..,a,ary ioke Smith from the Cherokee out
=, Indicate that the number OF persons VINO
Nv 81 10 ss.tle on tho Outlet has been greatly
1 oesn i..s,innted. and that the facilities for
uNi.ts,ine are not adequate. The Secretary
~. morning, in view OF these representa-
., ditec,ed Commissioner Lamoreux to
IN. nersons in charge OF the booths to
N VIZ any numbc of assistants that may be
sa.a,v 10 register every man In line BY to-
-, night No expense is to be spared.
~ additional booths will be established at
- At Arkansas City. where the greatest
",.h appcnrs - be- number OF additional
i,,a will be located and any number OF
I,...s that lnny be necessary to do the work
u, h. smploycd. The Secretary and Com
i..oner lamoreuX arc determined that
~ man who desires to register shall have
AZ, onportunity OF doing so before sunset to-
..o,rpw night II money can procure the facili-
ties for doiaG II.
Apx,ys,s CRY. Kan. Sept. 1.-THE news OF
o.,,atarr smiths order was received by the
snmsseekers here with great rejoicing and
Az. landed to allay the bitter feeling that has
80 aroused against the registration system.
a, hooth No. o moro than 1000 women to-
A., b.d their names recorded. They were
s.in.In.llv school teachers, typowriters. clerks.
and servants
mn. crowds are steadily on tho increase. and
,od.v's trains are even heavier than those Of
...,srday. lftwenty booths should be opened
H. Ills city to morrow and a force OF eighty
aorrs employed it would still be I'm possible
~ rceistor all the homeseek ers. The cattle,
men held meeting here this afternoon and
,ssolyed to send the following telegram to
efHoWNs a the Undersigned cattlem en-. thoroughly
cos,sd upon the condition OF affairs here. re-
snecttully protest against the registration sys-
,sw as carried on at booth No. g. seven thou
ssnd people are now in line. and thousands
arrive each train son COM nd G ss Par
minsnt unless the system is abandoned. The
honor Of your Administration is being }eopar-
d;raJ Common humanity demands relief FOR
Snnast settlers desiring to enter the strip who
cannot register. Immediate action is neces-
ARK *. eonduct Of the soldiers at booth No. 9
"a despisable. They appear to be in collision
with the clerks, and for a consideration OF 81
vii conduct a homeseeker to the back door
oithe booth and secure his registration out OF
turn. It is freely charged that clerks are max
Ing business OF registering passing &C.
'e Al Caldwell to-day there were between
L(NlO and 5000 persons In line before the
booths waiting for registration.
Al Hunnewell the registration omoers are
every effort to Css shs1 Shs ra wTTs
yided with many more clerks tomorrow they
will not succeed.
incy hot but the thermometer did not regis
tar as high as yesterday. The suffering has
not been as great today as tTTrmi . ana
colony OF 200 Scandinay!ans arrived here
under the management OF Oscar johnson OF
Nv the State OF Kansas and expects to ostab-
fish community in the new country.
IT. added se tbe
crowds on the line OF the Cherokee strip. The
force OF clerks at the registration booths is
viii. the line grows larger instead Of smaller.
Supplies are running low and prices are
hot wind has blown all day from the south.
burning everything up and hurting clouds Of
dust into the face and eyes Of everybody.
women. tainted in line during the day and
several are dangerously Ill from the effects OF
colony Of several hundred negroes arrived
yesterday. every one having printed certif-
cate granting him farm Of land upon his ar:
hass OF 'RS
scoundrel who travelled through Louisiana
and sold them those certificates for $40 each.
Other parties have arrived with tickets en-
titling them to a draw in the Cherokee strip
land drawing. for which they have paid sew
It is estimated by conservative men that by
Saturday there will be on the line to take part
In the race about five persons for every claim
on the strp At Orlando over 500 women
have been In line for two days. and a special
registering booth was opened for them yester-
day afternoon. large force OF extra clerks
are being hired. and from four to ten moro
booths will be opened at every registering
point to-day.
A man coming In from Payne county states
that q prairie fire has been raging In the Paw
nee Reservation for "A hours. burning all be-
fore 1t. Scores OF horses and cattle belonging
to the Indians have persisted. and the grass
and tree foliage Is all destroyed. which will
cause additional hardship to the settlers who
Goin there on Saturday. A fire also started on
the line northeast Of here last night burning
OF a large tract. No lives were lost, but o
number Of boomers had their tents and outfits
destroyed.
= The Indian Land Adjustment League. of
which William Lloyd Garrison Is President,
Issued an address to-day to the Am erican peo-
PIE regarding the impending opening OF the
Cherokee strip 1t says the opening will prove
70 be simply G igantic real estate speculation
In which the rights OF the genuine home seek
ers will be lost sight OF. BY means Of bicycles.
last horses. and balloons every effort is being
made TO shut out those who actually need the
q Oklahoma is now held by. speculators. and
MAT the Same result Is inevitable In the
cherokee strip. The League says 1t has facts
70 prove that the m ajority Of the boomers now
on the strip border are not genuine home
seekers. but SPECTATORS. The address calls
On tie people to stamp with their disapproval
me laws that permit such q rush for land. and
% agitate for the application OF the lease prin-
ep!e to Indian land openings.