The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-18
COUNTING UP THE DEAD.
,,eHr Bo0MnRs SuCcUMB TO PRAIRIE
FIRES and CITALRT BULLETS.

r,,.t Of { asuaities In the Cherokee strip
pr,h VIII lie Longer When All Reports
INA wife and Husband Race with
r,r.-The wife Hurned-i Others Burned
nodies Found with Bullet Ifoles-A
49,. .I.r.ey Man Shoi-Sunday Sufferers.
Ipr,Ss,s CRY. Kan. Sept 1I-Thero was
.,Sorinr Yesterday afternoon and last night
=, the Cherokee Strip. Many casualties are
s.n,rted from exposure and prairie fires.
,ss,senger galloped into the city this morning
s..n Duck Creek, eighteen miles south OF
NV. and reports that Elizabeth Osborne. 20
lars old. OF Saginaw. Newton county Mo-.
'.as burned to death. She and hor husband
,n,ae the race for q claim in a buggy In the
-.u.vs Of Duck Creek. whore they Intended to
attic the prairie fire came sweeping after
cham Every ono was racing with the fire to
..,.no Some ono collided with Osborne's
v,von aud broke II. Osborne jumped out.
turned his team loose. and ran for the creek
Mrs osborne started to follow. but became
.ntangled In the tall grass, and before she
.ould get out was burned. The body was
huried close 10 o tree on tho bank oil Duck
Creek.
Bstveen the Chickasha River and the town
o,Kirk a distance OF but few miles. there are
,lx bodies Two Of them have bullet holes In
the head and four Of the bodies are burned.
The prairie fires are stu raging to-day. The
wind has been blowing n small tornado, and the
dnst has been rolling in clouds. The people
IN tho towns can procure food and water. and
ava not suffering SO much as those in the
courtry.
Last night 1000 settlers gathered at a big
snrnr on tho Cheekasha River and spent the
night where water was plonty. From the
State lines south OF this city several houses
ara already upon claims. All day provisions
have been going into tho Strip to help out
tho settlers. The crowd returning to the
city and the one going keep the highways
lined with a double procession.
Z, RENO, o. t. Sept. 1.-THE Strppers from
Fl Reno arc nearly all back tonight. and
pretty generally dsgusted with their luck and
the country. Tho scenes OF the opening were
exciting and great numbers OF perious Incl
dents occurred. Your correspondent started
IN with n motley crowd of 1000 people. and
got out alive.
Hoko Smiths registration scheme kept none
OF the "Sooners" out. and the brakes and
woods were filled with them. They got every
The race for Enid was the principal race Of
tho west side. aud about l2.OOo people got on
the town site before dark. All kinds OF BUSH
ness started up with rush
Tho Rock Island road started rival town
about three miles from the Government town
site. and sold tickets to Enid. Forty cars
started. closely packed with people. who .ex
pected the train to stop at tho town Site, Tho
train ran by at speed Of twenty miles an
hour. and hundreds OF persons were pushed
from the cars by thoSo ihSt w wanted TED to LUMP
saTried to ne land office. which was turned
The Government wells Of which so much
has been said. we're carefully locked and
guarded by armed soldiers. . VINO have ~; already
people. They are for the use Of Government
The list Of Killed and injured is boine con-
stantiy increased as news from the remote
points come In; one n g man rode from GaifErnia
5 s at a IKE ne p pnd found his claim
Tho heat TO-DAY on, the praIries, was greatly
Increased by the heat from tho fires that are
III Iot. Il New E9id are selling for 500 and at
r passed 9TH hr SP Kansas 9 t5DS
route to their homes in all parts OF tho country
from the Cherokee Strip. more tired and
They had gone to tho open ing unprepared
Tor such tremendous rush as occurred.
qy had saen Hn
trains were outdistanced by the horsemen and
wheemen., and they got to the heart OF the
empted
The first great contingent Of these dlsap-
puiHteu men arrived on n special santa F6
train at . 4. NJ too late for eastern connec.
ton
They at once took possession Of the waiting
rooms at the Union Depot and turned them
into barracks: where they slept on the hard
aoors until late in the afternoon. Several
which was desperately NJ, but all seemed too
tred to note anything that went on about them.
Giany OF the men were from Illinois. Iowa, and
.hd ts but there seemed sprinkling from
az the states. They told ptlful stories OF
waiting in line for days for q certificate and
thing gobbled
Enoch Hooker Of Green county. Ill. says that
3 utn PEI noon at Orlando man broke away
!,nt0 the Strip and was brought down by a shot
rom soldier The mans partner immedi-
@e,y sent bullet through the soldiers head.
.Atthat instant the signal gun sounded and
ms rush began: Most OF the ex-boomers had
ihgtrains,
They had not understood the pluck and
d dsrye AMI quick action necessary in Satur-
way mad rush to get anything OF a show, and
S;ohad been completely left when they reached
desirable points by train.