Kansas City, April 27 – A Star special from Guthrie via rail to Arkansas City, says facilities for getting news here are no better than two days ago. All matter has to be sent by messenger to Arkansas City, and the best time from there is eight hours, and news is necessarily that much late.  Provisions continue scarce.  One man yesterday sold thirty barrels of bread, 5 cents loaves selling at 15 cents or two for a quarter. The supply ran out and while the people were willing to pay an exorbitant price, it could not be bad at all.

                Crackers found ready sale at one dollar and fifty cents a pound.  A grocer announced that he had given $50 for the privilege of braking open a car which contained his stock, but he soon made it back. The inconvenience caused by the blockage of freight here is beyond computation.  It gets worse instead of better Freight, express and baggage increase with each train, and the lack of help prevents prompt distribution.  The water question continues a serious one, before the end of the week wells will be sunk.  Despite the fact hat every train takes out a large number of dissatisfied settlers, every train brings as many more

                The lot question continues to be the all important one. The class of men who were on the ground before the hour of opening, and were standing together, will be hard to oust from their lots; but the people are determined. Filing continues slow.  It has not reached one hundred nay day.  Order here is phenomenal; no whiskey is to be bought.  A gentleman who is now speculating in lots have the promise of a agency of one eastern brewery for the entire territory, and he is banking on great profits.  The sun is very hot, and where the sod has been spaded or plowed up, the soil is mealy and blows in every direction.

                Prominent citizens are dirty and the scarcity of water prevents cleanliness. Citizens meetings are held 3 times a day. Chairman Constantine is so hoarse he can hardly talk. The demands of people in Guthrie for railroad service to get out are accumulating and are becoming so urgent that trouble is feared.  A collision north at Stewart, caused by an operator’s carelessness, has made the Santa Fe road very careful. The wreck, from accounts of an eye witness, is much worse than was reported. Both engines were terribly smashed up, and two full cars of cattle go away and were lost in the timber.  Half a mile of track built around the wreck is still used.

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