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Show LOT JUMPaRS'GEjrfTL fe&Rr' A Decision Invalidating the Townsite Ke-sulfs Ke-sulfs in Anarchy. Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 10. The past forty-eight forty-eight hours have witnessed scores of wild excitement at El Reno, which out rivals anything any-thing ever seen in the territory. That town is built upon the claim of Major Freeman, all the residents of the place haviug bought lots of him so, when Secretary Noble decided' last Saturday that Freeman's title to the claim was void, it left every piece of prop, erty in town at the mercy of. the vandals. When the news of the decision reached E Reno the town wont wild. First the loafers began jumping lots, theu others followed, uud soon all business busi-ness was suspended. Tho court officers offi-cers joined the mob, which by nightfall und become unruly. Governor Soay telegraphed tele-graphed tbe sheriff and other officers to disperse dis-perse the crowd, but they did nothing. Yesterday affairs took a more serious tarn. Houses were broken into, people were driven from their homes, and everything possible was done by the excited mob to drive the orderly element out nnd give the jumpers possession of all the property iu the town. Many citiz.ees telegraphed to Governor Seay. I ii it til Stales Marshal lirimes has ordered all his deputies to the scene to protect pro-tect the people, and Secretary Noble has been also warned as to the condition of affairs, and will doubtless have the troops ordered from Ft. Reno, to proceed to the scene of disorder. The feeling at El Rene is running very high and trouble is likely to occur at any moment, as ihe lot-jumpers have been joined by the worst elements from all over the country. |