The herald., 1893-09-12
VERY UNLIKE THE CHINESE,
Cherokee Strip Boomers Eager
to Register.
Thousands of Them on the Border
of the Promised Land.
All scrambling for Certificates to En-
title Them TO Rntcr-The sIen In
Line Suffering for Bread
and Water.

By the Associated Press.l
ARKANSAS Cry, Kan, Sept. 11.-Nine
clerks from Washington began today
registering 10000 homeseekers who are
In this vicinity. During the first hour
less than 100 certificates were issued,
but as the clerks became more familiar
with their duties, they worked more
rapidly. The record for the day was
1889. At this rate it is impossible for
all to register before Saturday, when
the strip will be opened, unless the force
OF clerks is increased.
Owing to the dust that fills the air,
and lack of water, those in line expert
ence much discomfort and suffering.
Water sells at 10 cents. o cupful and 20
cents for canteen. The interior de.
partment is bitterly condemned fol
locating the booths on strip away from
water and shelter.
John B. Cameron, q Kansas City real
estate man who had been waiting since
O'Clock Saturday, received the first
certificate. Then q lot of women who
had not stood in line. but to whom the
men gallantly gave way, were registered.
Nora Wiley, IA years old, got through
the crowd with two cups of coffee which
she gave to the clerks, saying: II am
an orphan and therefore the head of a
family, and l want to register for town
lot"
The men displaced at first looked
blankly at her and then cheered. A
clerk gave her certificate, which she
triumnhautlv wavad aloft
The last two days have seen q great
influx of boomers. Every road leading
here is filled with an anbroken process
sion of wagons, and every train comes
crowded. The crowd now present ex-
ceeds that at the Oklahoma rush.
Saturday and Sunday there was se-
rious bread famine. 1t is almost impos-
sible to get anything to eat at the hotels
and restaurants.
About 80 wheelmen came in from
Kansas City and st. Joseph today. The
bicycle organization numbers over 100
men who will make the run.
The county attorney sent out deputy
sheriffs to drive away the three-card
monte men and other sharperH who are
swindling the boomers.
CALDWELL, KAN, Sept. 11.--Twelve
thousand people are here awaiting the
opening OF the Cherokee outlet. About
1900 succeeded in getting certificates to-
day, and as fully 10000 more are yet
to be registered, Officer Ketchum has
telegraphed to Washington for permis-
sion to open two more booths. The
crowd is patient and good-humored,
and give up their places in the line to
women without grumbling. The ''strap-
rers" are numbered as they fall in line,
go that they can leave without losing
their places. The poorer farmers, who
navo Al~~11 n ---:.la
make the run, have become excited and
many will probably try to enter the
strip before the opening hour. One
man will make the race with mule
and common bob sled, claiming the
runners will glide over the grass with
greater ease than wheels.
Z WASHINGTON, Sept. IL. - Secretary
Smith issued an order this afternoon
that no railroad train shall be permit
ted to enter the Cherokee strip for six
hours before the opening next Satur-
day. For three hours after the opening
trains will be allowed to enter under
regulations, the chief of which are that
they shall be for general use and not
chartered to favored passengers. and
shall stop every five minutes, and not
run faster than 10 miles per hour.