The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-25
ROCK ISLAND
IS NEARING
FORT SILL
Next Week First Train Nil
Run Toward Lawtoh.
RUSH Is NEARLY OVER
But People Are Rapidly Pre-
pairing for Business.
RUSH is NEARLY OVER

4-dN bOui u L. aug -A-Ane ROCK IS
/ land track is within a mile Of TT. sill,
fand yet one more bridge TO put n. The
depot viii De located about a half mile
south Of the post and the freight car now
being used as a depot in Richards viii
be run down the track and the men in
charge expect 70 be in Fl. sin and open
for business by next week.
Sunday cuts small figure as far as bust
ness is concerned. True. the day is OBJ
served by an appreciate number. but a
large majority. finding no legal restraint
under the existing pressure, works
on through the day.
The rush il the main, is over; yet the
trains coming into Richards carry a SUI
ficient number OF passengers 10 enable
the numerous hacks and miscellaneous
wagons 10 be wen filled coming toward
Lawton, and a large number return
empty. The word hack" here does not
mean cab. but the word hack" in the
Texas language means a spring wagon
with canopy or top OF any kind.
There are about 200 job wagons and pas
senger vehicles here now. and this line
is overdone. Not over a dozen of them
now run TO NARROW or Duncan on the
main line of the Rock Island. all others
going 10 Richards.
The Indians are making a record for
themselves that may or may not be en-
yiable. Four Indian police captured two
horsethieves; came riding into town with
them. and turned them over TO Sheriff
Painter. and they, in al likelihood, viii
be convicted Several have. suffered at
the hands OF hOrsethieves. one. a yauag
woman. Miss Dolly Yassett OF Coalsate.
Chickasaw nation, losing her team upon
which she. Ter mother auc Younger
brother depended Ter supper, ghere le
ing no other members OF the family. She
was compelled TO sell the wagon and a
gold watch ia order TO get back home.
A white man. George Tracy, tried
gambling with a lot Of Indians down on
the creek last night and in some manner
a shooting scrape ended the game. and
Tracy's funeral VIII end the episode.
Tracy has no acquaintances more than
those who have seen him here.
Eighty-two saloons complete the list OF
those in Tawton. bar none of them are
doing q rushing business. Business OF
most an lines is now overdone. vet many
large stocks are being put into buildings
erected hastily To receive them. AS vet.
not piece Of glass has entered The town
and windows and glass doors must await
the arrival of the railroad. which is un-
likely TO occur for week or two as
vet. or until the trains Of lumber can
get in. Lumbermen are camped here as
well as I'm Richards. awaiting the arrival
of shipments, but il is Impossible %
get i'm even a small percentage OF the
lumber for az least two weeks yet
Nearly ali Of the lumber now here has
been freighted across from Duncan and
NARROW. In the line Of feed. there has
been a halt in the shipping. Loads ~
corn and other feed as well as some pro-
duce. have been brought IN from the sur
rounding country. and this. With incom-
ing feed shipped in. has made the trade
dull Dry goods and notion stores have
scarcely opened as vet. bat from appear
ances there will be many.
The sale OF business lots ended this
evening The bidding has been exceeding
~ lively. lots selling high, much higher
than any Of them viii be worth on the
market within six months. This seems 20
generally understood among the buyers
who intend 10 hold them until after the
country can raise a crop or two. when
they calculate they VIII be much more
valuable.
The restaurants are stiu doing a lively
business. one house feeding 100 people
daily
As 10 gold. oil and other causes Of ex-
element. there IS much speculation Mr..
Thomas A. Vedder OF Richards has
Travelled over large area and IS conf
dent there VIII De some strikes IN the
near future. Another man. James Meers I
who has taken several mining claims in .
the mountains. claims 70 have sent specl- (
mems TO Omaha. from which high per-
contage OF gold was reported 90 him hy
the asssyers. United States Commis- (
ssoner Ganett ~ Duncan. j. T.. IS 70
ported io have two men in Tho mountains. +
whom be is paying big wages. ana who .
have already found pay dirt
Asphaltum has been found in certain (
Quantities. bot whether 81 VII lever pay .
or rot IS doubtfal JIG seems ~ "a good .
7uaii.r but whether or rot the quautlt5
Il sugI1sens remains Co be sren. a COM
rarv Is putting down a prospect hoie Tor
CID sast of 1T slii but 80 yet have struck
nothing krother arH is at work west
n Richards. several miles. aad 81 "a Te-
ported a eroa osalit1 of erode petrol eflrn
found Dat - ret the quantity 81 mc gre
ShaalI Oh La sir1rE ~ roit far-4 thr
crowds q people afro wn rlsh IN here
rlu ~ appalling. hat a. far as arF E
strike 81 c>rrs willis u s possible