The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21

Ponca. Most of the people who went
in on trains carried blankets aud pro
visions and rome small tents. AL
will have to sleep on the ground to-
night as they will not be able to gel
back. All the regular trains have
been laid off. While Kildare and Cross
will make good towns, Wharton,
which is only a few hundred yards
from the county seat at Perry, expert.
enced a great rush today. On the
town site OF old Perry is established
the negro town of Liberty. 1t occu.
pies 100 acres in the heart of Perry
and served to drive white people
down to Wharton.
AT CALDWELL
CALDWELL, Kan Sept 16-Thou-
sands of people were on the streets OF
Caldwell at O'Clock this morning
making final preparations for the run
into the strip. The Rock Island train
which left Kansas City last nighs was
delayed by enormous crowds Ut pas
sengers at stations along The way. At
all stations between Caldwell and
Wichita hundreds of people left. At
Wellington the crowd almost took
possession OF the train, climbing on
top of the cars, on the trucks, in the
Cab and on the tender and pilot. Even
then several hundred were left at
Wellington. 1t became impossible to
handle the crowd and the doors OF the
cars were locked and the people out
side left to take care of themselves.
Thirty cattle cars on the sidetracks
I. tf0I, ,oI 49, L.
dary line two miles away and made
into train. There was an enormous
demand for tickets, and two way cars
and hall dozen clerks were sent
down early this morning to sell tick
cts. With all this provision for SELL
ing tickets people fought for places at
the ticket window at Caldwell station,
and 30 cars did not accommodate half
the people who wanted tickets. There
was the greatest excitement here.
People we're moving to and fro, break
ing camp and getting ready for the
run. AT several places on the streets
ponies and horses of all descriptions
sold at auction at high prices. People
were wild in their efforts to obtain
some sort of cony eyance to the strip
and half of them had to make the run
on foot.
The favorite townsite here seemed
to be Enid, and half the people bought
railway tickets tor that place. 1t is
about Is miles distant. Wild Horse
and Pond Creek got many people
from the Caldwell contingent also.
The Rock Island northbound train
which reached Caldwell at o'clock
ran through the strip at high rate of
speed. 1t then loaded with people
and the conductor said he left 1000
passengers at Kingflsher and hun
dreds at other stations along the line.
He said, also, there were many BOOM
ers In the strip and he had seen scores
of camp fires burning along the rail.
road.
AT ORLANDO.
ORLANDO, o T., Sept. 16.-Twenty-
| five thousand men and women with q
goodly number of boys started into
the strip at the sound of the carbines
| at noon today. Hundreds went in on
the trains which wete jammed, but
the grand rush was by horses and
wagons. ii he boomers got off without
delay or serious accident. Wharton
and Perry each have population OF
| over 5000 souls tonight.
Near Black bear, northeast of here,
the dead body of James Reardon, Of
Milford, Mass, was found on the prai.
rie after the rush. He had been
stabbed to death aud the weapon with
which the crime was CON mitted was
found sticking in his breast. Further
north the dead body of w. d. Balek.
supposed to be from Gainesville, Tex.
as, was found. He was shot through
the heart. 1t Is not known whether
it was murder or accident. The d sad
body of Madelaine Granger, of Terre
Haute, Ind, was also found on the
| prairie. There were no marks of vio-
she died from natural causes.
sooNERs SHOT.
GUTHRIE, o. r., Sept. 16.-Informa.
| tion received here by courier tells OF
four 500 ers being shot and fatally
wounded last night by soldiers
Names unknown.
GUTHRIE ABANDONED.
GUTHRIE, o. r., Sept. 16.-The city
is ernptied of its inhabitants. There
are harnly 100 people in town. Crowds
started on the $3.50 o'clock train fol
the strip. More than 500 women are
with the crowd of homeseekers
A bout 100 men in Guthrie, ermed
with winchesters, are guarding the
city against bandits who threatened
to loot the town. Major McNamars
arrived this morning and reported q
band of men 10 miles from town In
camp. They are supposed to be mem
bers of the Dalton:Starr gang. Major
Mcnamara watched them nearly hal
an hour while they were cleaning
winchesters and cooking coffee.