The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-16
GUN WILLBOON TODAY
Seventy-Eight Thousand People
in the Race.
FELL DEAD IN THE LINE.
Charges OF CrOOkedness Made Against
the Booth Clerks.
Half the Seekers for Homes in tke Chero-
kee Strip Have Families, and the
Promised Land VIII Have &c.,
600 Population Tonight.

| ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. Sept. 15.-At
noon tomorrow the Cherokee strip passes
from the government ito the homes seek
ers. Thanks to the relief afforded by the
interior department, there is now every
prospect that all will obtain certificates.
There has been a steady exodus today and
tonight of certificate holding home seek
ers from the towns and camps to conven-
lent places along the border, whence an
advantageous start can be made.
This farmers have about all secured Icsr-
ti6cates and have loaded their prairie
schooners and moved on with their fami-
lies. The spectators, townsiters and
gamblers still remain in the towns and
will go on tomorrow's railway trains.
The Santa Fe will run six trains for the
boomers. Three will start from this
side of the line and three from the
| Oklahoma side. On the kiowa line
one train will be run in each direction.
| The Rock Island will run six trains, three
south from CALDWELL and three north
from Hennessey, 0. L. These trains viii
! be run under the supervision of the in
terror department. at q speed not to ex-
coed twelve miles an hour. Most men
seeking homestead claims will make the
| race on horses, some go on foot and a few
on bicycles. The entries for the race are
estimated at $4,000. Twenty-Five thou
sand Will go from Arkansas City and
vicinity. Is, 600 from Caldwell, 8, coo from
Kiowa, 8, GOO from Hunneweu, IL 600 from
Orlando, 5000 from Saltwater and 5000
from other points. Half the homeseekers,
it is estimated, have families, and the
population of the strip tomorrow night
will be at least $50, COO.
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day. Double lines were formed, each
containing at least 5000 people. At 6
O'Clock this evening about 5000 certifi-
Gates had been issued, but the lines still
contained fully an equal number OF peo-
pie The booth will be kept open all
night. The establishment of this booth
in town has undou btedly been the means
of saving many lives today, as it was
comparatively sheltered and the people
had an opportunity of getting water and
food, which they could not do out at the
other booths. One consequence OF its
establishment was that the largest por-
tion of the people OF the outside booths
abandoned them and made g grand rush
for town, leaving only about 5, Geo at the
booths on the border. People applied
for registration during the day, and at 6
O'Clock only about 1900 were in line
there.
A booth was opened at Guthrie yester-
day, and about / 900 certificates had been
| issued, when word came from Washing
| ton that the booth most be moved to Or
! lando. at the latter point ABOUT 1850
certificates were issued today.
AT Caldwell practically all have been
supplied with certificates.
At Hennessy, today, a man named Nib
lock, said to have been liquor dealer
from Kansas City, fell dead in the line.
He had paid $25 during the day in s. in
gtallments to get ahead in the line.
At Saltwater this afternoon j. II. Card
well of Gainesville, Tex, was buncoed
out of $3.50. AS soon as he realized what
had been done he started for the conf
dence man with a gun. The gambler
ran, but the Texan brought him TO the
ground with q bulletin the shoulder, and
not only recovered his own money but
500 in addition. The commentator was
so general that the gambler made no eff
fort to recover his money.
At Guthrie the contrab band business in
certificates has been going on since Tues
day, and it is estimated that there and at
Oklahoma City from 1900 to 100 persons
have given up So for certificates. If they
are genuine, trouble is in store for the
booth clerks. The plan OF operation was
for man to sign an official declaration,
which was taken to Orlando on the after
noon train and certificate returned the
next morning. The persons in the sche=ze
at this end say they divided the profits
with the clerks.
Tonight thousands are camped along
the line, their fires making an almost TN
broken chain along the border.
Today was cool in comparison to the
last few days, the thermometer standing
at so, with the wind from the north. In
dications for tomorrow Eare for a clear,
warm day, with northerly winds.