Volume 18 , Issue 34

1893, Scenes At Guthrie

The McPherson Daily Republican, out of McPherson, Kansas, 13 September 1893, Wednesday, on page 1, the headlines read: "Scenes At Guthrie." Swarms of wagons, hundreds of men on every train, children die from exposure, and water scarce.

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Guthrie, Ok., Sept. 13 (1893) -- Trains of wagons a mile in length and in squads of forty and fifty were passing through Guthrie on that day bound for the strip, and hundreds were coming in on every train. Inspector swineherd stand that all arrangements for the opening were now completed and there would be no hitch anywhere.

The scarcity of water was causing, much suffering everywhere. Near Stillwater several children had died from exposure and for want of proper care. Henry A. Pract, of New York City, died there last night from exposure while camping on the line.

The crush at the Orlando booths that day was greater than yesterday, and the people who had been in line day and night were suffering greatly. The sheriff brought in ten gamblers who had been working the shell game here, and officers were after two men who knocked down and robbed a stranger of $250. Horse thieves raided several camps and pastures near there the night before and secured a number of valuable animals.
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