New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-11
BOOMERS FALL IN LINE.
er1RRING TINES AROUND THE CHEROKEE
STRIP.
rur REGISTRATION BOOTHS TO OPEN TO-DAY
GETTING READY TO MAKE THE
LAST GRAND RUSH FOR TOWN
IOIS AND FARMS,
LOIS AND FARMS.

Guthrie. o. T. Sept IO.-This has been a strange
Sunday to the 10000 people gathered on the
border of the Cherokee Strip. Here ana there along
,ho line religious services We're held. but the
homblers and horse-traders had the biggest crowd,
ond the majority of the people were far from
.randjn: their time III religious meditatobs The
.,rany.n,ents at all the booths were complete,
and they will open at clock tomorrow morn
s,c Several thousand people are gathered around
.hs Arkansas City booth, while at Cameron and
Kiova the line is half a mile long. AT Orlando
400 men have been in line for two days ana
nights. and the number was more than douoied
,odav At Canadian Texas, in the extreme
southwestern border of the land, 500 cowboys
e,e in camp They will rile from there to the
,own Of Woodward and take possession OF the
town site.
snecial AGENT Swinford annOGnced officially to-
Sav that no person can take more than on" lou III
a townsite lie also states that trains VIII uh-
louhtedv be run on the several roa's 70 ACCOM-
modate the great crowds starting from hle hhe az
~ o'clock and running twelve miies"h hour.
dispatch from Iunnewell. on the north line,
,.vs that a number of fine horses died to-day
These animals have been dying for several DAYS and
have undoubtedly been poisoned, probably by boom
Or, who have poor horses and want the fast animals
ont Of the way Horse thieves have been at work
in this city and vicinity and have stolen a num-
her Of fine horses. 4 large number of people came
in today, among them being several regularly or
osnized colonies Guy Helm, OF Springfield, MO,
arrived last night with balloon which he VIII
initiate at Orlando and enter that way. SOLDIERS
arrived on the Strip to-day, and the whole border
line is now thoroughly patrollcd.
Arkansas City, Kan, Sept lO.-To the regis'ra-
zion booths four and half miles south oil TINS
city great tide of dust-covered humanity turned
ho-day The United Press correspondent TINS
afternoon drove out through highway niled
with white-topped prairie schooners and gallop-
ing horsemen. Dust plastered the perspfihg
travellers so thoroughly that the whites could
not be distinguished from the negroes. Strip
pers' camps lined the road on either side
Bordering the Strip is a section line ROAD, eighty
feet wide, which for distance of three miles is
literally crowded with people awaiting their turns
At the registration booths. The corps OF clerks de-
tailed for service at this place has been divided
into three equal parts of two each Zach PAIR mas
a tent. and leading to each tent line has been
formed The largest Of these extends along the
south side of the road for two and half miles
Men and women are seated and lying beside the
barbed wire fence skirting the entrance to the
Strip, patiently awaiting to-morrows dawninS'
Another line extends nearly two miles east OF tlc
booths and another has been started parallel wItl
the first. and at o'clock this evening was nearly
q mile long. ,o. 30
Clustered about the booths are number OF
tents At some coffee and SANDWICHES are
sold at others--fhose bost patronized-Dcer ana
whskey is dispensed All about them men men are are
hacked like sardincs strong breeze fiom the
north blew clouds OF dust over them. Some wore
handkeIchiefs over their faces to protect eyes
and lnngs Others had built temporary sheNer5
~ canvas and others used umbrellas 10 keep oil
the suns RAYS II was remarkable scene Bunco
men and cara sharks scattered through the
picturesque camp and did a big business fonI
she'll games were in progress and all drew great
crowds , ,h.
Standing on box between two oi thes'' Ian'I nan, !
fingered gentlemen a gray-iiaired minister preacni
tile Gospe 10 an Interested congregation ms
earnest word, mineling oddly with the m'ckinS
cries of the confidence men -
To tho eouth of this camp lie th" rolling, honse-
less prairie, soon % he opened 10 settlement H.,
ian]scapc is not inviting foi th" ground l. parch"i
and dry The boomers ar getting TASTE ol wilt'
they must suffer. Water is sci ling at :. cents
q bucket or dollar a barrel Ihls water Is
mostly hauled from Arkansas City.