New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-12
BOOMERS SHORT or BREAD
SCENES ALONG THE BORDER OF IhL
CHEROkEE STRIP.
r1cycLE RIDERS. INCLUDING THIRTY WOMEN
TO MAKE THE RACE on wHEELS-HoRsE

BICYCLE RIDERS, INCLUDING THIRTY WOMEN
TO MAKE THE RACE on wHEELS-hoRsE
THIEVES DOING \ RUSHING BUSINESS.
Arkansas city. Kan Sept. LIT is six days untii
the opening OF the Cherokee Strip. ana YET there
is already "A bread famine in Arkansas 'ny' Last
NIGHT q loaf Of bread could not he purchased al any
, !, rras not here There was hasty visit
% rrocaries -four purchased. and families hereto
fore denendent upon the bakers made their own
bread The bakeries of Wichita ana Nlhheiu were
called upon. and will hereafter aid IN meetihs 'n'
demand that will increase during the COMING -"
davs The trains arriving AT this point yesterday
morning consisted OF ten coaches. loaded not "hiy
inside but on the platforms and steps untll they
rcsenled huge street cars at the close Of business
hours Teams that passed through Topeka ten days
ago made their appearance yesterday nl'rh'nE' pN
ing the advance of an army that VIII s"c" 'ne
numbers here many thousands
For some unaccountable reason the great rnSh
apnoars 10 BE- for the cast ond OF tho strip where
while tho lands good. there are already present
q dozen men to each quarter section
A novel feature of the race Will Ice inc p'yc''
riders from the line south OF TINS point r"S
four persons thirty OF whom arc women nave S's
ni6ed their intention to enter the race ana ar" sr.
ting iheir pneirms tics In order. They VIII eh'n
carry a canteen OF water small lunch ana
blanket and will roll oyer the lines alreHiy 50
lecteI in order to escape tho sani ana r"'h"
.,i.coa T'hev arc all here and practising uhlN
!, order 10 harden themselves for the race IN
addition TO these = number of whHelmen are As
semblinc al Orlando. from which poih' unrF P'"-
,,o... 10 make the welVenile run to Perry Soine
of the Kansas city and Topeka wheemen came III
M ~. train Yesterday morning They were com
,eued 10 abandon the ROAD at Wichita and ship
IN their wheels because OF the constantly hl'r'"S
inc number Of wagons blocking the way
t,our men were overcome ny exposure to IN"
sun.. ravs This afternoon and had 10 b" hauled
b.ck IN the cit. where they are now under u"a'
,nent Two of them will recover. "liile honh'o "i'
expressed as TO the other W." ,,t,
I'm thrir work during tho Cherokee strip eNcitT'h'
Saturday night number of valla3. animal ,Tr 49,
stolen here, and vigilance 'oiliur' @ - "'' re
the thieves. At saltwater thie" Iir hois"T W. WI,
e,olcn vesicrd1v and one o; the thi"v"s was shot
/, crowd OF excited boomers are AFTER thr DINERS
and VIII hang Them II caught 49,,
This morning booth 80 70 for the registration ot
eettlers was opened. This booth IS composed Cf
three tents with two clerks IN "ich N,u'ir @ - "a, ~,
trance and at each gate ~ stationed a guari !"
keep order but this appears I" b. uln,SesSi . y, -
the settlers are qulrl anu b1lu-H"."i ,.. ~, -,
trnt there is u line Of people from ono 10 TWO nlirS
:, ieneth and since morning II has grown larger
Th. lines began forming last 'venns' ana i, 1pli -
..nernu Of Kansas city. wa the hrst 10 r'sls'"i
;.i," hnnih oprned at hfteeu minutes or O'Clock
ana the registration started sinooihlN. ,r IT,
began 10 Eet tedious. ana man Whs i,tlN',',i -
I.rr cannot get registered ~ this rate. colonel
c.,tlarher who has charge Of the booth. pf)nIs.s
iant f,rrc TO register seU people tomorrow
should ne register that number each DAY from no"
until september 1G he would PrIbaby Srl N, ~"
crowd registered. 1t Is cstimhei th'd ''V, Poop''
.',,,,o II, fn-dav and 1900 Yesterday. Tn" highway
leading to the booth for miles Is ploShru WIN WIN
wagons and yet the crowd cannot pI mHs"u I'u,. ,
80. re booths closed this evening, ana n"htY
2lar people had iesIat"f'u