Evening journal., 1893-09-15
-MORROW'S INRUSH.
In Spite of Adversities and Un-
precedented Weather,
TWILL BBATTHE OKLAHOMA CHASE

Were it Not for Bountiful Supply of
Luscious watermelons which Cannot
BE Cornered, the Cherokee Boomers,
who Are stnI Enduring the Heat,
Would Have Starved.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Sept. 15.-Yes.
terday, the seventeenth day since rain
fell, was like the breath of the simeon.
How the miserable throngs exist is asur-
prise to the physicians The figures
reached 10 in the shade at 8 a. m. and
held on persistently with an occasional
jump higher, until sundown. Painting
gasping hordes groveled on every inch Of
available shade, though shade does not
mean coolness in this extraordinary
climate, for the fierce vigor of the winds
only adds torture to the flesh, surcharged
as the air is with heat so sustained and
intense that only the mouth of steam.
ship furnace is comparable to it.
The dust hangs in clouds so dense that
the sweltering throngs are seen only
vaguely, as in a mirage. Still with an
endurance indescribably pathetic, the
thousands hold on doggedly to the chain
gang of fortune, at once their torture
and their hope. Yesterday citizens Of
the town proffered the officials staff Of
clerks to expedite the work, but the red
tapist in authority declined the benevo-
B lent proffer.
The conduct of soldiers at booth No. 0
i is despicable. They appear to be in col
q lusion with the clerks, and for a con
sideration of 50 will conduct home
seeker TO a back door of the booth and
secure his registration out Of turn. 1t is
s freely charged that clerks are making a
business Of registering passing &C
E quaintsnces at their hotels after the
booth has been closed.
The long ranks still stretch out wearlly
3 over the shifting dome of sand, far from
the town, fan from we ter, far from any
convenience or necessity of life, and they
seem hardly diminished as compared
with the opening dag. Many, worn out
aud disheartened, have quit the hideous
contest, leaving the field to the enduring,
who are still able to sustain the conflict.
Provisions transported along the line in
crease in price every hour. Water costs
: more than beer or wine in New York on
the greatest gala day. Bread is at siege
prices Were It not for an abundant
supply of watermelons, immense in size,
and so plentiful that they cannot be cor
nered, II would be even worse than it is
The immense throngs have given,the
city boomers renewed vitality. The
most eagerly doomed here is the Willow
Springs project, whose lots on the main
avenues have all been sold at $50 each.
Advances up to $3.50 were refused to.
day.
Before Saturday holders expect to
command 1000 and even more. The
proj base sll their calculations on
the result achieved in Oklahoma, where
Guthrie, between the rising Of the sun
and sunset, found itself transformed d
from IN g soo naked prairie to a thriving city
Willow Springs, as the name implies,
has an abundant supply of wholesome
water, and is In the center of the richest
tract of all the fabulously rich territory.
By G o'clock Saturday night the town'site
will be In full blast as a city.
Administrative officers have been
elected, and a force of marshals and
soldiers secured to preserve order until the
Territorial authorities give over author
ty o.the local administration.
The thrush, In spite of all the adversi.
ties piled up by the unprecedented
weather and the Incomprehensible
bungling Of the authorities, already
promises to exceed the oklahoma won
der