St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-16
STRIP OPENS TODAY.
SEVERTY-FiYE THOUSAND PEOPLE
READY 10 ENTER.
RUSH OF CHEROKEE BOOMERS

OOO fecp!e-SalirOaOS boSUett
Down With People - Home
seekers and Town Letters All
Gratified With Certificates -
Exciting Scenes on the Border.
ARKANSAS CITY, Sept. 15.-Saturday,
Sept. 10, IL O'clock noon, the hour long
anticipated by the Cherokee boomers, Is
almost at hand. At noon tomorrow the
Cherokee strip passes from the govern
merit to the h0me-seeker. At that hour
the strip will be without single white
inhabltant. Two minutes afterwards it
will have population of at least 10000,
and BIZ nightfaIl fully an equal number,
members OF the families of those who
actually make the race for homes, will
be within its borders.
Thanks to the relief afforded by the
interior departmental little too late. it
is true, but not too late to BIZ of avail
there is now every prospect that all the
hOme-SeekerS and town lotterS gathered
at the various registration booths will
be made happy in the possession of
certificates. without which they will not
be permitted TO enter the land, and if
lElC Vi IDC SuctuS
will not be allowed 10 file on a claim at
the land offices. Yesterday the demand
for certificates became so urgent at
Arkansas City, Caldwell, Orlando and
Hennessey as TO convince the officers
In charge that thousands of appli-
cantS could not be supplied with
the facilities then afforded. A state
ment of the facts i'll the case in
urgent kilograms to Secretary H0ke
Smith, of the interior department.
brought quick replies authorizing the
officers on the ground TO meet the de-
mand at whatever cost. When it be-
came known at the various booths that
additional facilities were To be provided
the dependency of the hOmeSeekrrs
was transformed into utmost JOY. New
booths were opened at Arkansas City
and Orlando. and the forces of clerks
were increased at Caldwell and Hen
neSSpy. All the booths Will be kept
open all night, if necessary, and up to
neon tomorrow. when the strip will be
opened to settlement.
There has been steady exodus today
and tonight of the certIiicate-holding
homesetkerS from the towns and camps
to convenient places along the border
whence an advantageous start can be-
made in tomOrrUw's great race. The
farmers have about all secured certif-
Gates, and they have loaded their prairie
BchOOners and sailed away with their
families. Tho spectators, tOwnSiters
and gamblers still remain in the towns.
and Will 20 to their chosen county seats
or toWnstes on toTorrow's railway
trains. The Santa Ire will run six
trains for boomers on the Arkansas City
line. Three will start from this side OF
the line and three from the Oklahoma
al fI..a L
be run in each direction. The Rock
Island will run six boomer trains,
three south from Caldwell, Kan,
and three north from Henuessey,
D. T. These trains will be run under
the superv sion of the interior depart
ment, and will be allowed to make a
speed of not exceeding twelve miles an
hour. These trains VIII be used mostly
by The townsiters. The farmers and
men seeking homestead claims will
make the race on horses. while some
Will even go OH loot. A few will go on
bicycles.
The crowd that participates in tomor-
rows race far Outnumbers that which
raced into Oklahoma. The entries for
t0norrOW's races are now eSti-
mated at 7e,OO0 twenty-five thou
Sand will 20 in from Arkansas City. and
vicinity, 1900 from Caldwell, 5000
tr"m kluwa, 5000 from HunnewelI.
l1.UU0 from Orlando, 5000 from Still
water and 5,0U9 from other places. Half
of the home-sepkerS, 1t is estimated,
have families, and the total population
Of the strip tomorrow night Will doubt
less be ut least l5O,000.
Oklahoma territory, according to the
cehsuS of 1890. had population of only
1884. Last year an enumeration made
Inv Sn2Plnl act nf SpnyrnA n
population of 133. leo. In one day, there
tore. the people who settle upon the
Cherokee strip, which has been at
tached To Oklahoma territory, will more
than double the territory's population
Railroad officials, tranmen and office
employees will come from the Atlantic
and Pacific tomorrow to make Railroad
day great success. A unique attrac-
ton will be provided in the afternoon
OIL the tracks at the terminal sta
lion. 1t will be tug of war
from the Baltimore IL OHIO railroad, and
all electric locomotive of similar horse
power just built by the General Electric
company. The two engines will be
CONNECTED by a specially made cable.
1he engine which pulls the other twice
over The line out of three trials will be
The winner. The judges will be Chief
Barrett, department of electricity {;
Chief Smith. department of trans
purIation. and General Manager
Merrill, of the Chicago, Burning
ton x Quincy. This Will be the first
test OF the kind ever held. Among the
railroad men who have sent word they
Will be here tomorrow are President
Ingalls,, of the big Four" General
Manager Haimes, of the Plant system,
and X. Brocklebank, director of the
London u Northwestern railway, who
will be their principal speaker at the
morning exercises IN Festival hall
Presidents Mayer. of the Baltimore &
Ohio; Roberts, OF the Pennsylvania
Pan@Dorn, OF the Baltimore IL Ohio. be-