Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-15
STRIP is ALL AFIRE
TYPHOID FEVER sRoKt OUT
Llks Ms>s> Nany VIA Nsser Hnser
The Prams>ed I.na-- -noenrs<
Nonai,.4le on.oes- n,r kloua

CrrHKss. o. T. sspt. "A Ihaasanaz
upon thousands u ieople are stln afris-
iDg daily - s1inE the I,ro,1lscd ia1l.
and the situation IL lnaeo4 etfii1z
sefious al along the line. VITA ifon
i.ouo 70 l2ooO pcopie lned ~ II cath
rtEisir booth 4nd the CLERKS AZ tired
out bat little Lsadxsy pes nlssie. aud
tonigAt the lines are lonecs thai ever.
1so nsn dlsd today neaf iionnsssss
Of pfostration and one peor old nrzru.
who came AL the way frota Georgls 70
get home. peri<hed from hunger and
thirst. AT Saltwater the crowd i gol.
ting nnrnly again. snd trouble Is en-
pected toright A sooro of people are
dangerously sick and one dlnd. The
fires which started IN the psppee rnsnr.
Walton yesterday have s~ept over
large section q country. burning "a tie
grass aud destroying the Improvements
the Indians have made on tilolf 4iioi-
mcnls
A number o. people are missing a.
Paxnee and II Is feered some of lholn
have periahed In the Urea AZ ArknnssGs
City l3.oo0 people are M line aud roeis.
tering proceeds slow. Last nlghi and
today four persons died from ne effects
of exposure and taonty fainiea In line
today. Al Orlando 500 pe,pie srs Ia
line tonight and eight tfain loads q
people are en- route from Kansas City
and other points. People are sl4oppirg
over the scores and hundred leaving "a
disgust.
strip All Anaase.
The whole eastern half q the strip q
on fire tonight and hundreds - thou.
sands 81 tons of hay bcifg consalncd
with all the grass burned "a the laId
and no water in the streams. The 81.
tiers will suffer terribly. Telegraph
poles are Oh fire AZ several rlaoeh- hall.
way ties are burning out ana u h feared
the bridges will 40 before morning. One
train lsmmed with excurHioristf mar.
rowly escaped terrible wreck Reports
from Hennesses are that 300 people are
now IN line. Typhoid fever has broken
cut among 81 the town because Il I'M
pure water and forty persons are already
dangerously sick. There VAL he not
less than 30.0o0 people to claim tie
thousand lots al Perry and All Tie ao-
joining claims will le staked ouf for
town lots The town boomers are hoid-
ing meetings tonight and putting up
candidates FOR the various city ofilcos az
kiowA Cameron and Hunocxoil, Kan
sas. have not az large crowds az at other
places. but the water supply has given
out and the suffering j. even worse than
on this SIDE.
More Clerks Employed
WksHsSoToS. sept. H.-Aoviccs re
ceived by Secretary Hcke Saith from
the Cherokee outlet iDdicstc that the
number of pcrrons who desire %
settle on the outlet has been great
~ underestimated and that the facili-
ties for registering are not adequntn.
The secretary this morning. In view -
these representations. directed Com
missioner Lamorenx o. wire the
persons in charge of tho booths 90
employ any number ~ assistants
that may 10 nrceesary 10 reg.
lister every man in line by totnor1ow
night Al Arkansas City. where the
greatest rush appears % be. 4 number
of additional booths will be locatra and
any number of tlc;ks that lnay he nee
eaeary 90 do the work vii be
employed