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The eighth annual society ball which has
fssen eagerly looked forward to for weeks
: the haute voleo of the social element
this city. win take place ON Wednesday
rening. December tho goth. at the Capitol
,btel, and promiees to eclipse in elegance
nything ever before attempted by the
bciety people of Houston.
Tho various committees have been nc
tyely preparing the details of this bril-
INIT social event for weeks and 1t is saso
i say that those who have attended any OF
lese series Of balls will not be dlsapnoint-
h with the success OF the eighth annual
hciety ball.
The magnificent rooms OF the Capitol
iii BIO especially decorated and arranged
sser tho occasion and il can be safely pro-
feted that a more brilliant scene than
III be presented to those fortunate enough
attend on Wednesday evening he's sell
pm been witnessed.
The following decoration committee has
,,en appointed and Will have full charge
this feature of the entertainment:
srs. o. t. Holt. Chairman;
rs ~, : ZONES Mrs n. w. kncx.
Ls' ?, ~, sieyer' Mirs. II, 5. Lovett.
sis. III !, nins. MIS- w. q. Crane.
US ss 81 'n.i.n, MISS Nei'ie cochran.
sls s Maiy =. iayior, MISS Marian Roberts
Ass Ellie Jones. Miss Estella Cardwell
Mss Annie Mckeevar. Miss Frankie Hite.
slIhe presidents reception. which viii
~ p'aoe on thursday morning. Deeem-
ar 80 from IL until ! { o'clock, at the Hotel
,'istol. is something Of a new feature and
n,ite an innovat,on in soo,a, o,an,s =
& III aha..a,a~ ..tS-
oeihs 'he nrst anair OF 'ht
ma ever given by a social organization
the State. The AFFAIR will be arranged
!. Mrs. Philbp Carson Tho cba rm,ng viz
tha nr.s,aan, :, NJ 49, va
H. sss' VI '0 Siup'
4 ne Invitations are enclosed with the reg
ar invitations being issued for the so
N SSty BAH. The reception win unaonh,aa,,
Owe ! .,a,,ah,n,,
,-.s,,,na sas,s' toaa,n.u ons .
u ,saaing social functions OF the Stat
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The Post acknowledges the receipt II
very handsome card to a New Years Vi
to be given by the young men Of Liytp
ton on the night of December d.
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%assemblagc included Governor Culberson
and many other high officials of the State.
tcsidCa numerous friends OF the groom
from distant cities.
The key. briggs. pastor of the church.
otficiated, while Miss Nellie Donnan. Il i
girl friend of the bride. drew from the
tno organ the inspiring notes OF the we'd
ding march from Lohengrin.
The bridal procession passed up 10 the
altar In the following order:
Mr.. Harrison Finley and Miss MaVln
Brcmond. Victor Morse and Miss Finley OF
Dallus, Mr.. w. II. Richardson and Miss
Athalie North. Mr.. Watson Finley and Miss
Ida Seley of Waco. Mr.. Asher Sm0ot and
Miss Rosine Maillot.
The mald OF honor was Miss Hansel Fin
ley. sister OF the bride, Colonel Finley
conducted his sweet young daughter TO the
altar where the groom. attended by hts
best mau, Mr.. Burton OF st. Louis. stood in
waiting.
Tho bride wore a handsome tailor made
dress of brown cloth, carrying In her hand
n garland bouquet OF bride roses. The
fair attendants wore stylish dresses of
cloth In distinct shades of brown. Yales
blue and hunters green. wearing pictures
que Lady Gainsborough hats. Each carried
a loose bunch of break-o'-day carnations
the groom's offering. The BRIDES souvenir
to her attendants was a unique pin COM
posed of two hearts with a pendant four
lcayed clover. incascd in crystal.
MI and MRS, steaman took tho ia.4o
a ~ ~, " . o", ,,hu w at a.
Houston at the Bristol hotel, where a
pretty suite of rooms are being prepared
ior Nom, several nei,ghuui social az
a. ~ IL, nnr,ar, ,an No, thn inast ",
which wa a nha,,nin, ra,nion 90 enc
wasd,,, nartv IN WnSno,dav ova,,nc OF
Ca,nnn, E,w,aS,. nno AZ go .,
s,roa, " SA
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Tho ,a,a,ia, ros,aoroo 80 ,,r ors Me- n
49, W." y
a. Mistrot' ioVs Gay avenue presented q
scene of unusual hrillianey last Thursday
evening. when they paye n recention and
german in honor Of Miss Daunis Of Maya.
-. a,a Ma p,n,a..u, ~, on,oa..
wa an" "iss oroussa'u VI Nv" orieans'
Probably mover before In the history OF
Houston society has as elaborate an affair
n, thu kind haen given As ono cama from,
OUT oil 'he wei anu s'oomy uarkuess Oh I'M
night into the brilliantly lighted and beau
tiful home the change was almost magical
h hors. a. moaern ,n arch,tac,rra an,
no.se . WY :" N'u'' "'
IN ats Design ana construction al the con
veniences and beauties that wealth and ar
chitectural skin could devise are apparent
rha ronns /. ,,n,.haa n ~ $50
I" iVo"s "e "'s"0u :" NV '".'
woods, and the frescoings are superb; IN
tout ensemble made, as in the case of mos
moaern honsss n vary cbaerf,, rn,hs
,nan ~ n Sare "a s,o,n,v 'As annsar.n m !
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Coming Even,

The following ladies ,,,n
Years day at the resid..s
MIS-. ~, s. Meidruin. Sms
Mesdames r.. ~. Parker wv II
John Shearn. r. Dupres 1eot1
Frank Lumm, Grosecicsa
Henry Brashear, @. H. 50
gan, P. X. Ewing. Hcnrv < xuats
Cora Root. Belle Dicksor S,cH,c7
NE nehecver, Rosa Hite. aat
h'''n Meldrum' Maud Keunsrs ~
Captain and Mrs. WillIa,n 81.
receive on New Years !, upas
ladies. oy about
Among those who VIII rs.,;,.
friends on New Years day Win /. u
lowing young ladies, who ~,
Perry Harrison and Miss s,s's.
at 'Wt Pierce avenue: Misses p..s
iams' Jeanne C~ushman, Marv 81 81.
Lizzie stephens, Estellc Colin. nssal
seharpe, Martha Shelby, Gibsos =
MIS-. Gallery. y id
The George B. Mcclellan Won..s
lief Corps will keep open hou,. !, !
hall in the Mason building an NJ.
day from 3 to Z p. m. MEMBER ! n
sons of veterans, ex-Union sn,a, Y
their gentlemen friends are inv,,ss
There was no meeting Of ths A.
reare club last Thursday, hut 4. !.
meeting will take place Thursdss v !
week. v
The Ladies' Reading club viii Il.
business meeting the first Tus.a,,
January at the Lyceum han. Esss !
Der is requested to bring a lst ~ "
TO be bought for the library.
Mrs. Katie Q. oliphint has announs,
marriage Of her daughter. Eva y,.'
Allen, to Mr.. Willis West Chm
Wednesday forenoon, December 3 4
at 1880 O'Clock, at the Fifst H.
church, Waco, Texas. Mr.. Chambe,a,
one OF Houston's prominent and K
young business men, and many =,
friends viii wish him and the chan
young lady whom he will wed i N,
unalloyed happiness.
The Post acknowledges the recejpt /,
very handsome card to a New Years i
to be given by the young men Of LS1
ton on the night of December o..
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive
glneers of Colorado Valley division NJ
have sent out over the State YER pa
invitations to their first annual fol
bali, to be given at Nancy opera houe
Smithville, Texas, December %, 1881.
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Death,s Saddle'bsh

When a man ~
worked hiinseit III.
neglected his ,sslis
until he finally
too tt,o' frequently s'ds|
some obscure riih
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O'Clock. WINNER
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The George B. Mcclellan won.,,
lief Corps will keep open house !, !
hall in the Mason building On NJ,
day from 3 to p. m. Member 4 X. 4
sons of veterans, ex-Union sa,s' s''
their gentlemen friends are inv,,ss \
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captain and Mrs. william csr,s..
receive on New Years at tbel, 90
ladies. ~ about
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The Ladies' Reading club will MI
business meeting the first Tue,d,,
January at the Lyceum hall. E,rs /.
Der Is requested to bring a list q v
TO be bought for the library.
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There was no meeting Of the a..
reare club last Thursday, hut H. I.
meeting will take place THURSDAY y /
week. =
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
A TICKLE WOMAN.


She Is Under Arrest Charged with De-
frauding = Liberal Husband
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec 29.-Mrs- Mary
Wicks and L S. WaddeH were arrested
here yesterday for living together
without due process of law, and both
are in jail The complaining witness
is John Wicks, the lawful husband of
the woman Wicks does not care so
much for Mrs. Wiclzs as he does for $50
acres of land in Oklahoma, and some
other property, which he decided to her
recently. Wicks and Mrs. Mary Inman
were for years friends in Topeka, and
afterward lovers. Last Septemb Der
| they We're married. They started to
housekeeping. and last Friday Wicks
fell down stairs and nearly
killed himself. He thought he was
going to die, SO he decided his wife his
ranch in Oklahoma and some town lots
in Council Bluffs The next day the
deeds were recorded. That night Mrs
WicAs again took her departure. In
stead of dying Wicks sent for the sher-
if, and the faithless wife was found
yesterday at the home of her bachelor
friend, Mr.. Waddell. Wicks will prose-
cute the woman and Waddell criminal
ly, and also bring suit for divorce
and to have the deeds set aside.
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CONFER WITH LEEDY.

Santa Fee Railroad OmciaIs Oppose Maxi
mum Freight Rate Bill.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec 29.-By appoint
ment, President E. P. Ripley, Third
Vice President Paul Morton, General
Solicitor E. ID. Kenna and G eneral
Auditor 81. c. Whitehead, of the Santa
Fe Railway Co., held a conference with
Gov.-elect Leedy yesterday at his Of
fee in this city. The officials. it is said,
argued against maximum freight rate
bill, claiming that it is impractical BILE
and that similar bill to the one pro-
posed in Nebraska was declared uncon-
stitutionaL- They cited that the
roads were the heaviest taxpayers
in Kansas and gave more en-
ployment to skilled labor than all
other industries com bined; that the
roads were not making any money
under the present rate; and that a
maximum freight bill would not only
work a hardship in this important
business in terest but would also neces-
sarily affect the employees. The Of
6cials intimated that the roads would
have no objection to the passage of a
stringent anti-pass law.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

THE steamer Peru brought the news
to San Francisco that, in addition to
the smallpox epidemic at japan csc
ports, cholera had broken out and the
plague had made much Roadway in
Chinese cities and in Formosa.
A SEVERE famine was reported in
Szechuen province, China, owing to
prolonged rains and floods destroying
almost the entire rice and vegeta bic
crops, and the Inhabitants were dying
by scores from starvation. In the city
of Chuan Tung, in the same province,
flood carried away a portion of hill
and about 5000 starving Chinese were
drowned.
THE state department at Washing
ton denied the report that Premier
Canovas, of Spain, had sent Secretary
Olney a communication accepting the
mediation of the United States in the
carrying out of the autonomy for Cuba
THE Columbia national bank, of
Minneapolis, Mimi, closed its doors
on the goth. The Washington bank,
of the same city, also suspended.
FAMILY of ten persons and a num-
Der of cattle have been engulfed by
the subsiding of a bog of 100 acres near
Castle Island, county Kerry, Ireland.
1t was stated that other persons were
| "a Wv hCo ~ buC SauC tlIuS anu pidCC.
THE Commercial national bank of
Roanoke, Va, has suspended.
The Italian newspapers have an
nounced the impending elevation of
Mgr. Corrigan, the Catholic archbishop
of New York, to the ca-dinalate.
WILLIAM E GLADSTONE celebrated
his s7th birthday on the e9th- The
venerable statesman was reported as
enjoying excellent health.
The Spanish steamer Carranza foun-
dered in the Bay of Biscay. She
carried a crew of % men and 90 were
drowned.
WILLIAM rWHALEY and wife were
shot to death in SEWER county, Tenn
on the Goth by masked men, Whale y
was "a professional prosecuting wit
ness
Two radical changes in the procedure
of the pension office have been made
All claims for increase will be sent di-
rect to the medical division without
being passed on by the board of review
and cases before the board of review
will not be passed on by examiners
CoMPTRoLLER OF THE CURRENCY
EcKEI.s said that he felt NO apprehen-
sion over the recent bank failures, as
they were due largely to local causes,
the condition of the national banks
throughout the country being gem
rally excellent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec 29--In his re-
port to the governor. which was given
to the pu olic to-day, Attorney-General
Dawes concludes with a recommends
ton that the method of appointing
deputy grain inspectors be changed SO
as to make the state grain inspector
independent of boards of trade or other
private corporations This is of great
interest to shippers of grain throughout
the state. and especially to elevator
and commission men at Kansas City,
Argentine, Leaven worth and Atchison.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

Iowa Methodists have determined to
try the experiment of cooperative or
mutual insurance company for the pur-
pose of insuring church property
against loss by fire. water or floods or
damage by lightning. They have also
concluded to take the clergy of the
church in on the experiment, and will
insure property belonging to them,
both personal and real The articles
of the company say that the associa-
ton may insure churches, parsonages,
and the property of the Methodist
Episcopal ministers, but places re-
strictions as to the amount of insur-
Rnce to be carried.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
KANSAS COUNTY INsoLvENE.
Lane County Overloaded with Debt and Nd
More Interest VIII BE Paid Bonds.

Lane County Overloaded with Debt and Nd
More Interest Will BE Paid on Bonds.
DIGHTON, Kan, Dec. 29.-The board
of county commissioners of this QIane)
county, in meeting yesterday, formally
declared the county insolvent. and is
sued instructions to Treasurer SHE
recl< to refrain from further payment
of interest on the bonded indie bted-
ness of the county. The county has,
heretofore. always made its interest
payments promptly, its warrants
have circulated at a very slight
discount, and consequently its credit
has been high. The funded debt of
the county is S125, OOO The bonds are
held by about 40 different corporations
and individuals in New York and New
England, and when last heard from
they were quoted at par. There seems
to be no prospect that payment will
ever be resumed upon the debt as it
81 he
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HUTCHINSON, Kan, Dec. 29.-Inspect-
or Cochran, of the post Office depart
ment, yesterday discovered a shortage
of So, 600 in the accounts of Postmaster
Mead, of this city. The shortage oc-
ours in the money order and stamp de-
partments, 81, 800 in the former and
500 in the latter. Miss Eva BEEN is
the clerk of these departments. She
has been suspended pending an investi-
CATION, but no one believes her guilty.
Her books are correct, and it was by
them that the shortage became known.
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are afterwards surprised to see him geSE
strong and well again.
Mrs W. B. Duncan, of Arlington. Phelps Co..
No. writes. " My husband took four bottles Of
DR. Picrcc's Golden Medical Discovery when he.
las he thought almost into consumption. and
we very thankful thar such medicine could
be found wish an persons troubled with cough
would take it Long may the Golden Medical
Discovery and FavOrife Prescription be-
made shall always recoznnaend and praise
these mediciucs."
Azf7nnx and bronchial diseases s-e culn7
BY DR. Pierc>'s Golden Medical Discove
because it supplies the system with heal
blood. 1t puts the vital forces into acG
and fills the circulation with the life-giv
red corpuscles which builds up solid, n
cu1ar flesh and healthy nerve force.
As medical author, DIR. Pierce holds
eminent place in his profession. His gro
thousand-page illustrated book, The Pc
pies Common Sense Medical Advises"
one of the standard medical works of u
English language. Nearly 10000 copid
were sold at $3.50 each. A paper boun
copy will be sent absolutely free for the Co
of mailing only, II one-ceut stamps; q
cloth-bound for 81 stamps Worid's Di
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
HIS LAST CHARACT
As q Hero the Actor Sunk
Shin at Sea.

Ship at Sea.
''As brave as the hero he SO
personated, Brooke met his
that stormy January of 1850
''Shakespeare's Heroes of the
sUnder the terrible strain of the
ton the actors sister, who had
panied him, died on board and
brother would not leave the ship.
"Day after day he had labored
sanity with the crew at the pumps
last, when the men made ready on j
uary to put off from the steamer,
whose eek remained only the capita
and the solitary passenger. they criS
Come with us, MIR. Brooke!' But
stood composedly, yet sadly, lean
against the b Llf-door of the companiS
way, resting his chin on his hands, u
on the top of the door. and made al
by. Give my last farewell to the peol
Pile of Melbourne A few minutes later
and the London had passed out of
their sight
''At Brighton, weeks afterwards, a
bottle was picked up bearing the fol-
lowing MESSAGE:
18th of January on board the Lon
don.-We are just going down. No
chance for safety. Please give this to
Avonia Jones. Surry theater.-Gusta-
vus Vaughan Brooke
Accompanying this was another
note, addressed to Warden, Belfast
theater, and reading:
IS DO what you can for poor Avonia-'
Poor Avonia, the actress who had
accom- panied him on II is last tour and
had become his wife. died year after
wards in New York. IN. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

SMOKE contains many valuable gases
which only pass off to poison the air
and the SCOT flakes that escape in it
are a source of much discomfort if not
Of some actual disease; but experiments
are now being made in England and
Germany that look to the utilization
of these products of combustion and
the doing away with the high Chin
neys entirely. The fires are made
to burn properly by means of forced
draft The gases and products of COM
bustion are sucked into a tight reser-
voir, where they are converted into
substances that have commercial
Ealue.
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rected in an adequate manner, the Chi
cago Tribune says, to the dangers
which exists in the careless handling
of money. Owing to its rapidly circu-
lating nature and to the many un-
clearly places in which it is constantly
being concealed and carried, the coin
of the realm possesses advantages in
the dissemination of infectious diseases
not inherent in any other object of
public utility. For this reason it
should be regarded as possible source
of contagion at all times, and should
be handled with the most serious con-
alteration
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

Upon favorable opportunity it is
proposed to make run of 200 miles
over the Santa Fe road in an endeavor
to beat the worlds record of 72 miles
an hour, made in the fOO-mile run over
the Lake Shore. While the run on the
Santa Fe will not be as long as the
Lake shore run, the Santa Fe people
think they have stretch of 200 miles
Vt track over which they can make a
aew record by averaging more than ~
miles per hour.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

ONLY 900 persons in 1000, 900, accord
ing to medical authority, die from old
age. while /. 200 succumb to govt, 49,
900 to measles, .. 700 to apoplexy. 1000
to erysipelas, $500 to consumption, A.,
900 to scarlet fever, $4,000 to whooping
cough. So 900 to typhoid and typhus,
and 600 to rheumatism. The averages
vary according to locality, but these
are considered accurate as regards the
population of the globe as whole.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

THE Salvation army proposes to in
froduce in Chicago what is called in
London the Salvage scheme" which
consists in the collection by poor peo-
pie of Junk" of all sorts-bottles, old
brass and iron, bones, rags and the
1ike-and the purchase of the same at
the Salvation junkshop for the direct
benefit of the poor, the Salvation army
disposing of the stock to the manu-
factories or using it in its work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

THE Woman's Christian Temperance
union of St. Louis has begun a crusade
against the cigarette evil by distribut-
ing to n large mum Der of Sunday schools
copies of a letter on the cigarette
habit, with a view of disseminating in
formation among children of the evils
Of smoking ''coffin-tacks." The MEM
bers claim that the practice is growing
and that it is a disgrace to civilization.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

ACCORDING to the fish commission,
the American sponge is threatened with
the fate which overhangs the seal and
the bison; but legislation could prohibit
the taking of sponges under certain
size and in this way the baby sponge
could be protected. 1t is probable that
congress will make an application for a
new experiment station on the Florida
coast to ascertain how sponges can be
plan ted and cultivated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

NJ. incline, the premier of France
recommends international bimetallism
as probable benefit for the Industrial
world, but says that bimetallism is an
international question, as far as French
effort in it's behalf is concerned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
WILL FIGHT LAND JUMPERS
Railroad Land Settlers Around Manhattan,
Kan, Form Association.

Railroad Land Settlers Around Manhattan,
Kan, Form Association.
MANHATTAN, Kan, Dec 2S.-Since it
has become known that the railroad
land held by the residents of the
county has never been patented, the
farmers of the eastern and western
portions of the county have formed
societies for the prevention of IL
legal homesteading. 1t is stated
that farmers are going about armed
and threaten to shoot anyone who
may undertake to jump their land
hereafter. Some of the jumpers are
already being elected as fast as they
jump a claim A United States law
gives the prior settler the exclusive
right, but he may have to buy his land
at So. so an acre, and the farmers say
they do not intend to be imposed upon
and will fight the matter to the end.