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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
AN EXCITING RUSH.
The start Of the Boomers for the Prom
faed Land.

The start Of the Boomers for the Prom
ised Land.
ARKANSAS CITY, KAN, September II.
AT five minutes before noon yesterday
rs, 900 men were gathered upon the
north aud south boundaries Of the
Cherokee Strip awaiting breathlessIy
the signal which would announce to
them the arrival OF the hour when the
land should pass from the ownership Of
the United States Government into the
possession Of its Individual citizens.
All we're ready for the race which
would bring fortune aud happiness to
some, disappointment and suffering 70
others. All ex pected the fortunes, and
All were ready for the race for lands.
Some were mounted on thoroughbred
racers, some on less fleet but Surer
footed COW ponies, and some on bicycles.
Others we're 20 make the race in bug
gies and wagons. An air OF strained
expectancy pervaded the throngs and
each was eager for the signal
Bang, bang, the reyOvers OF the
United States army officers who have
the affair in charge gave the signal 70
start aud the race for homes was on.
Seventy-dye thousand men and women
rushed over the boundaries aud into the
coveted land as il their very lives, than
the mere possession of farm Of two, de-
pended on their going.
After the line was crossed and the
races spread out over the strip, hund-
dreds OF exciting contests took place.
Here was a neck ana neck race be-
tween hOrsemen who had all selected
certain lot in a certain town site as the
only thing worth having In the whole
country. The stake is alluring
and each horseman puts forth
every effort to snatch the prke
There a choice is the stake and thef ce
js equally exciting. There is 20 cF 81
~ now. This race Is 3 business r.
and no sentiment ihterieres VI e
tranaacti0n OF the batter 10 b a.
business basis. TIE women
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
RAILROAD MEN
In Convention at Harrisburg DeplOre Un-
friendly Legislation.


friendly Legislation.
HARRISBURG, PA, September H.
A secret convention of the steam rail-
road mems union, was held to-day in
the ball Of the House of Representa-
tlves. Supreme President BeDja-
min H. Chaplin, Of Newark, N.
j., presided. There were pres
ent lS2 delegates representing
so, 600 railroad men. Resolutions were
adopted deporing the defeat of the
railway commission and telegraphers
bills by the last State Legislature, and
the veto of the mechanics lein
law, calling upon all classes 10
elect legislators friendly to its
interests and extending sympathy
to the unemployed. A letter from T.
V. Powderly endorsing governmental
control OF railroads and telegraph lines,
and a letter from the Citizens Indus
ulal Alliance, Of Pittsburg, recommend
ing the consolidation Of all labor organ
izations were received and filed. The
next convention will be held in Pitts
burg,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18

MApRID, September Trains con-
tinue to pour down In New Castle, the
floods growing more severe, much more
damage being done, and many more
lives have been lost
In addition 10 Villa Canas, the vii
lages Of Tenbleque, Lilo, Romeral and
other places were flooded. As in the
case OF the people OF villa Csnas, the
inhabitants fed TO the heights. Some
of them escaped, but q number were
drowned.
The number Of people drowned In
the caves OF Villa Canes will reach more
than fifty, which was the number al
first reported 10 have been LOST The
exact number OF people who met with
death like rats in holes will not De
known until the caves have been
pumped.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18

their chances. Their sex availed them
nothing in this contest.
Along the railways tracks the boomer
trains, loaded 70 the guards with town
siters we're seen TO be creeping along at
a snail's pace, it seemed 10 the anxious
passengers, while thousands of fleet
animals with their mounts were out
stripping the mighty iron horses, handl-
capped by being forbidden to exceed
twelve miles an hour. The horsemen
shouted derisivsly as they passed the
trains, and some Of the more hot head
ed passengers piled of OF the cars forth
with scampered some distance into the
parsrie and squatted upon the first va
cant patch of 100 acres which came In
their way.
As the train pulled into town site
or county seat. il disgorged its load and
the town siters sWarmed over the land
like an army OF ants.
Innumerable disputes, many altercsS
tions and some fights took place. There
were no officers Of the law TO interfere,
aud the lot seekers were too busy with
their own affairs to mix in other peo-
pies business, so the nghters IOughb IL
out until one is incapacitated, while his
victor captures the prize.
Meantime, out on the prairies, the
farmers continued their great free for
all race for homestead preemptlons.
The man OF the family and his sons OF
legal age made the run on horses or on
foot, II the horses were not numerous
enough to 90 around, while the women
followed more leisurely in the prairie
schooners which pitched and rolled
about on the broken prairie like a sure
enough schooner In a rough sea,
To the south Of Arkansas City mum
Der OF young men made the race in
safety bicycles. They needed safetes.
They had practiced for days riding over
the rough prairies in preparation for
the race.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18

LONDON. september 1.-THE distress
IN the mining districts and there 10 no
appearance at present OF the strike
coming to an end. Between Leeds and
Bradford, bali the mills have stopped
or will shortly stop. Ia the Wakefield
districts four thousand children are be-
ing fed by charitable organizations 10
Derbyshire, where there are $4,000 peo-
ole Idle, the strike fund is exhausted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
Freight Robbers Caught.
;nseiaL Ts[sOr ssn 20 thS RsJister

PARKERsBURG, VIVA, September II.
"A great many freight cars on the
Ohio River Railroad have been broken
open and robbed within the past few
weeks and last night the thieves made
another raid, relieving a car of large
amount Of stuff. This morning early
Capt. Red Petty, Of the Ohio River Rail-
road, caught two strange colored men
hiding In an empty car with lot Of the
stolen property in their possession.
They are believed to be professional car
thieves. Both men were jailed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
MEAT TO BE INSPECTED.
An Important order Issued by the Agri-
cultural Department..

WASHINGTON, d. c., September H.
An important order has just been is
sued by Secretary Morton, respecting
the meat inspection service OF the
agricultural department. After Octo-
ber l, all hogs slaughtered for the
interstate and foreign trade will be
inspected before slaughter and again at
the time the carcass is being dressed.
Secretary Morton has determined that
our own people shall have the benefit
Of this inspection, as well as the iorelgl
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18

ARKANSAS CITY, KAN, September It.
The mystery which through so many
long years Of anxious waiting shrouded
the real character Of the Cherokee
Strip, the gauzey veil through which
expectant homessekers thought they
saw Canaan, has been swept away.
The Cherokee Strip is now reality,
and q very grim reality at that.
There Is DO Canaan about it, either.
It was promised land, but it has not
kept its promise. 1t may do so year
from now, but at present the strip is
about the most uninvitinE quarter on
the face Of the earth. Water is obtain
able in only a few places. Food is 80
scarce that loaf OF bread costs fifty
cents and a pound OF smoked ham is a
dollar.
The weather is suffocsting and an
,ther hot wind is blowing from the
south that will scorch all vegetation If
tlhsre Is any to parch. The drouth Of
ishe last month has left the country
bufned dry. A smothering dust COM
posed Of a combination Of fine sand and
ashes from the prairie fires fills the air
aud adds to the thirst and general dis
comfort Of
THE UNHAPPY BOOMERS.
The rareIess building OF camp fires
has set the prairie ablaze in many
pJ es, and boomers arc out fighting of
FLAMES. In other places unscrupu-
/, 4 men have started the fires in the
hope OF driving some Of the timorous
claimants of a valuable tract.
To-day was generally given sverto an
effort 70 bring order out Of chaos. The
farmers families have put up tents, ar
ranged their primitive houses as COM
Portable as possible and have begun
the search for water, either in creeks,
springs or IN driving wells. While the
head Of the family has hustled OF 20
the nearest land Office TO file his pre-
liminary papers, this work Is done by
the remainder OF the family. The
county seats and town sites have be-
come burg communities.
Those reached by the railways have
been fairly well supplied with pro-
visions. Ia those of the lines of travel,
the cOmmouest commodities COM
maud fancy prices, 50 greatly
does the demand exceed the sup
ply. At Willow Springs, water
sells at ten cents a glass, bread az fifty
cents a loaf, aud other supplies at pro-
portionate amounts. Restaurants, shops
of all kinds, drinking places and gam
bling houses have been established 10
tents and are doing thriving business.
The centres Of interest have now been
transferred TO the government land
Offices.
At Kingfsher to-day six hundred
sired, weary boomers lined up in front
OF the office and will keep their places
until the Office opens up tomorrow. AT
Guthrie no less than 1000 meu and
women are in line. At Perry, the new
town site on the Santa Fe, a line OF men
mile lORg stretches away from the
land office, and at Wharton l,2OO people
are in line.
At Pond Creek on the Rock Island
the crowd OF people deSirous OF doing
business with the land Office Is enOr-
nous. The crowds at the land offices
must have suffered intensity to-day.
The sun was hidden behind the clouds,
but one Of the famous hot winds was
blowing a gale from the south, carrying
dust in clouds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18

NEW YORK, september lf.-1he
Herdld's Buenos Ayres dispatch says;
News which has been received from the
Brazilian revolution to-day is unfavor-
able to President Peixoto. 1t Is report
ed that the naval squadron sent TO Quell
the revolutionary uprising in Rio Grande
has rebelled. The officers refuse to
take orders from any one except Ad-
mlral Mello, who is in command Of the
rebel feet.
The bombardment Of Nichteroy has
been concluded. The ships Of the re-
voting squadron attacked and sIlenced
the fort. President Peixoto threw
many officers OF the army into jail 10
prevent them from joining the revolu-
tionists.
Dispatches over private wires state
that the revolters hold Nictheroy.
They have complete control Of the ar
senal aud custom house.
The report OF the secession OF the
States OF Bahia and Pernambuco has
been confirmed.
Admiral Mello now has squadron Of
thirty war ships and merchant steam
ers, which are all well supplied
President Peixoto, IL is reported. has
returned TO Santa Ana with troops still
true to him. IL is expected that he will
Join the Casuilhistas In Porto Alegfe,
where he will make final stand for the
retention Of power.
Passengers on the British steamer
Magadeena. which left Rio JanieIro on
September 18th, report that all steam
launches and lighters IN the harbor OF
Rio Janeiro are 10 the power OF Admira
Mello. To prevent suppl hin
| the shore, q vessel from XII
containing q load OF cattle
| by the rebels. The
| thrown overheard.
The British gunboS
bay Of Rio, and give
| not 10 enter.
Ruy Parbosa and b,
refuge IN the Chilean sql
Poixoto. When the Magk-
about to leave Rio three days a.
were smuggled on board, and are n,
safe Ia Montevdeo.
The general opinion here Is that
THE REVOLUTION WILL TRIUMPH.
The passengers on all ships are quar-
antlned and cannot be interviewed.
Government papers received oy the
ships show, however, that the situation
is more serious than Peixoto's agents
would admit or as represented In the
official reports which they have put 10
circulation. There are fourteen hun
dred officers and men attached 10 tho
vessels which have reyolted. Several
revolutionary beauties are aboard them.
| The rebels have seized and now hold
thirty small ships
All communication between Nlchthe-
roy and Rio has boen cut OF. The
damage resulting from the lombard
ment was much more serious than has
been heretofore reported. Many per-
sons were killed, including an Italian
sailor for whom the government paid
$50. 600 indemnity. One German Il also
reported 20 have been killed. In re-
! pulslng the attempted landing at Nicthe-
roy twenty policemen were killed. Ad.
mlral Mello proposes TO blockade Rio
and starye the capital into submission
By cutting OF all Of her supplies.
The forts answered the IRE from the
vessels vigorously and many OF tho rebel
officers and men we're killed. The attl-
tude OF the foreign warshIps cannot be
understood. The Tirandentes Sill re-
mains outside OF Montevidso, but no
one aboard her Is able 70 manipulate
her guns. :
The United States cruiser Charleston
will sail from MonteyIdeo for BIO on
Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
Confedernts Reunion Postponed.

NEW ORLEANS, La, September To-
John B. Gordon, the General command
ing of the United Confederate Veterans,
has issued an order postpe inde6-
piteIy the reunion Of that Eation
which was 10 have been q Bir-
mingham. Ala, the frst Of u. month.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
BRAZIL'S REVOLUTION.
More Dsserters from the Governments
Forces.
A NAVAL SQUADRON THE LATEST

To Join the Rebels-Sent Out to
Quen the Uprising, 1t Refuses
to Obey any Orders Except
from the Rebel Admiral-Peix-
OTTO Puts Army Officers Into
Jail to Prevent Them Joining
the Rebels, Who Have Cap
tured Nictheroy = Two More
States Secede-The Revolution
will Probably Triumph.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
NO CANAAN ABOUT IT.
Most of the Cherokee Strip Boomers
Are Sorry Now.
THE LAND BAD, AND NO WATER,

The Grim Reality Greets Those
Who Had Rose e-Colored Dreams
Of the Promised Land - The
Strip is About the Most Unin-
viting Quarter Of the Earth.
Prairie Fires and General Dis
comfort-A Loaf Of Bread Costs
Fifty Cents-The Story Of the
Several Killed by Acct
dent, Others Murdered.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
CONGRESS- PROGRAMME
The Repeal Bill Will Still Occupy the
Senate.
SILVER MEN TO Do THE TALKING.

Mr.. Mills the Only Advocate OF
Repeal Who Will Take Up the
Time Of the Senate-The Pro
gramme of the Administration
Forces-It is Their Policy to Al
low the Anti-Repeal Men to
Talk Themselves to Death
Without Interruption-The Sit
uation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
What Do You Take

Medicine for? Because you are sick
aud want to get well, OF because you
wish to prevent illness. Then remem-
Der that Hoods Safsaparilla CURES all
diseases caused by impure blood.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
An anoeal for AID.

ArLHSTA, GA. September 16.-Gov-
ernor Northen has issued an appeal TO
the people ef his State 70 furnish money
and provisions for the destitute and
suffering OF Brunswick. The appeal
saws that be ia 'JUst in receipt Of tele-
gram from Hoo. Thomas w. Lamb,
MAYOR. Informing him Of the continued
spread OF the yellow fever al Bruns-
wick. II ls now plainly eyider that
the fever will become epidemic
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-18

Purely vegetabIe-HOoD's PmLs-
csc.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
AROUND THE FARM HOUSE.

WATER house plants with cold tea.
 IT never injures an orchard to ma nure it.
 PLAIN whitewasn is said to be a remedy for the woolly apis.
 FoR mildew, which is not an uncom- mon plant foe, dust with sulphur or sprinkle with sulphur water Also dig little soot into the soil
 TUMBLEDowS fences are forerunners of unruly cattle, sign that .'farrnin' don't pay" Cracks in and boards and door of the barn are sign of the same thing.
 To BRIGHTEN carpets wipe them with warm water in which has been poured a few drops of ammonia
 A GOOD liniment for inflammation, rheumatism. swellings, etc, is olive oil well saturated with camphor.
 WHEN onions are being cooked the strong disagrecabie odor may be les sened by placing vinegar on the stove
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE.

LAPLASDERs often skate distance of one hundred and fifty miles day.
 OUT of the thirty-two ducal and princely families established by Ma poleon l.. fourteen are extinct.
 PARIS has already in circulation new word to describe something particularly outrageous or horrible. It is ''Rava- cholesque."
 BLACK snow fell in the canton of Geneva. Switzerland-a phenomenon which was once thought to presage black plague and other calamities, but is now known to be due to fungus in the snow.
 IS the kingdom of Poland there was formerly law according to which any person found guilty of islander was compelled to walk on all fours through the streets of the town where he lived, accompanied by the beadle, as sign that he was unworthy of the name of man
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
Hayti at the Fair.

Hayu, next in point of time to the United States in declaring its inde- pendence of European rule, will make a notable exhibit at the worlds fair It has never participated in any inter- national exhibition and is ambitious to make its showing at Chicago a very creditable one. Agricultural, forestry, minerals and historical display will constitute the main features of its ex- hibit- C. A. Preston, the Haytian com missioner, visited Chicago recently to secure space and information and ar range for erecting twenty thousand dollar pavilion.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
Weaver on Ar Znna.

|. Gen. ]. B. Weaver passed through Albuquerque en route from Arizona home. In an interview with repre- sentative of the Democrat he said he had d-livered five speeches in south ern Anzona on silver, and transports ton problem. He said: "I have found wonderful weakening in party lines in that territory, and the people seem to have concluded to stand for Arizona. I consider New Mex:co and Arizona hold the key to the political situation of America, and they have it in their power to solve great problems now pressing for solution. This pow CT asises from the peculiar political situation which characterized this epoch.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
A Handy Way to Send mon.x.


 There is one detail in connection with the German post office that forces itself on the admiration of the foreigners If you desire to send money. you hand in the sum at the post office, with a post card costing five cents, which you ad- dress to your correspondent with de- tails of the sum sent, and receive a re- ceipt in exchange. But you need write no letter, send no postal order or re- ceipt, nor trouble your correspondent to go to the post office; the postman de- hvers Co your correspondent at his house or office your postcard, and in re- turn for half of it hands him at once in cash the sum of money sent.
 A Map in Neediework.
 Mir. Samuel Owens, of Hartman Tenn, has rare curiosity in his DOS. session-an heirloom that he could no, be induced to part with It is A white SIX quilt on which a map of North Car. olina was worked with needle an, thread by Mir. Owens grandmother when she was a pupil at school at Raleigh academy, and but fourteen years old The map is perfect, having - ec"hs- rlNtrs. sounds, etc. displayed This wonderful production was made in 1919, so that it is seventy. three years old. The little miss who wrought so deftly with her needle afterwards became Mrs Harriet R Harden. The quilt will be taken to the worlds fair
 English Song Birds for Oreg m.
 The climate of Oregon and Washing ton is so much lil-e that of England in its mildness and moisture that the plan of importing song birds of the latter country bids fair to be a success. In consignment of birds received the other day were skylarks, nightingales, thrushes, finches and the English robin. They are to be kept in an aviary until the spring. when they will be released in the Willamette and other sheltered valleys near the coast. A story went the rounds recently that the song of a nightingale had been heard in Oregon, and many persons who read it were in- credulous, believing that the nightin- gale was never seen or heard out of Eu- rope. The only explanation possible was that this nightingale was a new conner. that was being acclimated.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
A CHOICE COLLECTION.

PLATING upon the typewriter is said to produce an ailment known as the ''typewriter's stub finger"
 ONE bullet in its passage from pistol bored through the knee of one man, the calf of the leg of another and cut of the toe of third
 SUPPOSE that each baby born this year weighed eight pounds, 1t would take half dozen cradles of the size. capacity and strength of our new steel war cruisers to hold the infants
 IF you put cream into your cup before the sugar, it will cross your love-" so be very careful If. while the tea is being made, the lid, removed to pour in water, is forgotten, it is a sure sign Of a new arrival.
 A STRANGE man knocked at the door of John G. Blue. at Sedalia, with the in- quiry: Want to buy some sauerkraut?" The visitor proved to be Henry Glazier. a relative. who had been supposed dead for twenty-five years.
 TAKING advantage of the circum- stance that this is leap year, the Phila- delphia Record has embellished one of its pages with a acomplete and authentic list of the bachelors of that town, to- gcther with description of their quali- fications and possessions.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
Too Tn ucisoG D Ri,k.

It Is not unusual for colds contract ed in the fall to hang on ali winter. In such cases catarrh or chronic bronchitis are almost su to reslt A fifty cent bottle of Chamberlai s Cough Remedy will cure any cold Can you afford to risk so much for SD small an amount This remedy is in- tended especially for bad colds and croup and can always be depended upon. For sale by H. ! fEro.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01

THE onyx industry is getting to be one of the best paying in Arizona Large consignments are being shipped weekly from Phoenix and the demand is growing greater. In quality tbi- stone is better than that taken out in Mexico, and several carloads have been shipped to England for vsriou ornamental pnrpose-.-Metals.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
E.per,enc,nr A New Sensation.

Dan Burns tells story of an Ameri- can journalist who was confined for some offense of language directed against the Mexican government.
 He and l." said Dan, occupied the same room. asked him one day if he didn't long for liberty.
 Not bit he answered. The mo- ment that brought me here was the proudest one of my life
 "'The prcDrnst ope.' ss:d. amazed Yes he replied I started a paper here lately and the first thing I did was to publish an article that was entirely true. There wasn't bit of fake in it. and demme if I wasn't arrested for it It is the first time I was ever arrested for telling the truth, and m be hanged if the sensation isn't delightful one"
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01
CATTLE BRANDS

All subscribers to the DAILY PRosPECToR or WEEK LY EPITAPH who have a cattle brand will have the same run in the EPITAPH without com- pensation There will also be devoted to the cattle inter- est one page of latest news regarding local affairs. Re- member that years subscrip- tiOn to the EPITAPH enti- ties you to a One-inch brand advertisement in the WEEKLY EPITAPH.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01

TEE Mexican government has ex- tended the dates in nearly every sec ton Of its contract with the Mexican Central roilroad, to run line from Guadalsj.rs to the Pacific coast and the date of its comple ion 10 1908.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-02-01

Tx Arizona there are now some 4,0O0 Indians. distributed among the various tribes as follows: Nsvsjos, 16.4S6; Moquis, ], ,976; Apsches, 4 4,2Sy i; Pimss and Pap goes, s,72l; smaller tribes, s9ll.