Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-13
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE IN LINE
AT THE REGISTRATION BOOTHS.
Trains bringing in Vast Crowds of
Peoplc-Gamblers Doing a Fhriy-
ing business, Untii Arrested, n,
Orlando, saltwater and Other
Points.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. Sept H.
During the night line Of patient home
seekers, waiting before the registration
booths, increased visibly and was aug
inented this morning by the arrival Of
second harvest excursion over the Sauia
Re. Il came in three sections and con.
tanned over 5000 passengers.
During the night II was found great
many sooners had boon run into the line
ahead of the rightinl boomers When
those rightfnlly in the line discovered this
they resented 1t syurcly aud a number
of fights occurred. 1t would not have
taken much to have started a ficrce light,
bil tile counsel ut cooler heads prevailed
nnd q plan was Immediately set nn fool
70 spoil the sooners' game. The whole
line was divided on into squads Of ten
men WITH a captain aud huOkkccpcf APP
pointed. who made n complete roll
When tho booths upemd this morning.
the general officer Of the line aud the
bookkcepers stood az the gate to the
booth and called ont the name ind nnm.
Der Of eiCh lnat, who stepped through
anu registered. This method grchtlt IA.
olhlalel tho registration and avcrled
truulle.
The first certificate issued this morn.
INK was 10 sick woman who had been
| IN line for two DAYS.
When night fcll yesterday the long line
| OF dusty, thirsly, tircd men and wOmn
| sank YEARLY Town in the dnst TO pass
another miserable night.
An old man dropped lead IN the line
at the booth during the evening. lie
wore the uniform Of an old soldier hut
his name and home could not be- obtain
| ol He was removed In boomer wagon
| lie had been In Hue since the eyVniug be.
fore. Many have been made seriously
| sick through exposure to the sim aill
dust and for want OF proper foll, etc.
| Everything Is dry AZ tiuier and every
one praying for rain. II rain does not
come soon great danger conirUnts the
homeseckers when they ut last gut into
the promised land The prairie Is 70
dry the least spark Will starr prairie
fires which would soon spread and I'M
douhtedly cause loss VI life, aud surely
Of an immense amount OF properly. "
the drouth continues horses must soon
succnmh also.
The sheriff drove the gamblers at the
booths frOm the mad yeeicrday hut they
got. on the strip aud robbed every uiit
who wonld 20 agnint the games. On'
of them robbed a young fnftnl Va nn'
Of $40. A. soon as Il became generally
known among his friends thoy took a.,
gambler amt had It not been for The sol
dicrs who inirricred would have strunl
him MP.
-Four more clerks were added tn III,
working force 10 the booths to-day. aus
the result was that many more cerlh
| Gates were ISSUED than yesterday, III,
| total to-day renshpd over 3JUO, atlll whcl
| The business 81 ihe booths were close,
the line strctti d back from the booth
mile or more The Siege of last nigh
| 4 NluuuN Tho ATull
| ing huincseekers settling down 70 pas
Tie night with the earth for bed nnt
| the heavens for q canopy
Town site sHiemers are increasing
| hourly,
The Cherokee Indians have chosen The
most desirable site for ileir allptmenl
aud several have combined 20 esihblisl
/ string OF towns along the santa Fe
| Their nlnns have been kept secret pnt
| viii moi lie made known 10 thr speculn
| live boomers until the day before lh'
| opening. -. .t...t...
| of obtaining certificates here have y
| parted Tor Orlando. just over the soutl
| boundary Of the strip, ana Tue To"a'
| there are growing rapidly
| Al saltwater twenty miles east Ol
| Orlando. Tho situation IA much the sninc
| Two thnnsand certificates weir iHsl''l
| yesterday and an equal number ionaS
Trains Of wagons mile ~ length nnt
In snnads Of forty and fifty pasA't
Through Guthrie today bound for th'
| strin. and hundreds arrived on uahr
| from the south, having me same drHii
| nation In view Most Of them win -
/ 10 Orlando and saltwater 70 register.
| The siicriff went 10 Orlando last nigh
i and arrested six gamblers who wer'
| swiudiirr Innocent boomers nnd thei
went 10 saltwater and arrested ioui
more.