The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-05-23
TlH RUSH FOR FARMS.
Thousands Ready to Gobblo Up
the Kiokapoo Country.
TROUBLE IN STORE FOR "sOONERs"'

individuals who Have Invaded the Res
ervation in Advance of the Time Named
in the Presidents Proclamation.
OKLAHOMA CITY, o. T., May 23.-All |
night long the roads leading to the Kick |
apoo country were crowded with men on |
horseback going TO the Kickapoo border |
in anticipation of the opening of the reser' |
walton to settlement at noon today. The |
crowd is much larger than was antici |
pated here. There is hardly an able bodied
man in this town this morning. The
banks have closed for the day, and the re
port was started that raid by outlaws
was feared
Plenty of queor outfits are going out.
This morning a bus drawn by four horses
took out a townsite party. 1t carried big
tents and wet and dry supplies and inside
were the town projectors and the men
who will open the first hotel and restau
rant. One body OF horsemen, over 100
strong, started out yesterday. They pre-
seuted a fine appearance as they went
through the streets four abreast with Win
| chesters and canteens strapped to their
saddles.
The railroad put cheap fares into effect
on Tuesday, and the trains at midnight
came in with people standing in the aisles
of the cars and on the platforms. Many OF.
them were compelled to walk the streets
all night, as every bed in town had been
engaged. There is not a horse in town for
| hire and very few for sale at an enormous
price. Horses that week ago were not
worth $40 are selling for $50
| Hyatt the Kansas boy who was first in
line at the land office, sold his place on
Tuesday night for $500 to a lady who
wants to mc 'Se use of a claim. He has
been engaged to hold the place for her
and will make the race on the land for
her.
United States Marshal Nix sent dozen
deputies into the Kickapoo county to ar
rest "sooners " and take them before
United States Commissioner Wilkinson,
who is stationed at Kickapoo Falls. The
"sooners" are liable to fine of $1,000
each. 1t is said that some of the soon
ers " are desperate men from all parts of
the country, and that the deputies are
likely to have trouble in getting them. A
man who came in from Shawnee says
that the country has already filled up
with sooners," so there will be more of
that class than honest home seekers.
1t was reported here yesterday that Bill
James band of Kickapoos had been in
council on the Deep Fork since Sunday
night talking about the coming of the
white men, which they had learned from
man carrying the news to Chandler. The
man who brought the report in said that
they were all armed and had plenty of am
munition and numbered about 150 braves
and squaws. This band had been sullen
ever since United States Agent Neal went
among them for their names. The story
is laughed at, but Marshal Nix said they
J might be troublesome, and he has wired
for instructions.
1t is estimated that at least 10, 600 men
will make the run from that line, run two
miles across the Kickapoo allottments
and meet runners from the south. When
the two bodies get together trouble is pre-
dicted. The men from the south have a
little the better of it in distance, but have
an uphill run through timber, while the
r others run further, but straight away
number of members of New York colony
will make the run more for amusement
4 than anything else
The streets of Oklahoma City resemble
those of Arkansas City Just prior to the
opening of the Cherokee strip. Men on
horseback and covered wagons filed
through town on their way to the border
of the Kickapoo country. From the coun
try around Oklahoma at least 300 will run
- for claims.
A number Of Iowa Indians will run
claiming that as they are now citizens
they have homestead right. Others art
selling their ponies to boomers, and will
. spend the money and then ask the gov
!, ernment to furnish more horses to them