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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
POLITICAL WARMTH IN ENID
Arises Over the Matter Of Scratching
Names on Per inns

Guthrie. o. T.. March 3.-The only IN
usual political excitement over the spring
election comes from Enid. where the
election board found that one man noml-
mated for the council was not qualified
because after all the names on his pc
htion Duplicated on an7Jhsr petition were
scratched OF, ne did not have a sufficient
number 10 nominate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
FIGHT ON PERCY GLAZE
Made Because Of an Alleged Rema rIS
About Free Homes

Guthrie. o. T. March IA fight Is be-
ing made on Percy Glaze. chairman Of
the Democratic central COMMITTEES OF
Garfield county. who IS seeking 70 be
Democratic national committeeman from
Oklahoma The charge Is made that 1Ir
Glaze when asked to sign a free homes
petition, declined. declaring that home
steaders had agreed 70 pay for the land
and they ought 20 DO So
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
MADE HIS OWN CANNON
Oklahoma Boys Play Loses Him the
sight of am Fye

Guthrie . T, March 3i--The Pond
Greek Vidette says. Tire lZ-ysar-sId son
OF J. @ Hurbert, living sDout SIX rnes
southeast. met with a terrible accifssst
last week. which will cause ne Ioss 81
one ~ his eyes Re and one ~ his play
mates manufactured a gun ous O. piece
% gas pipe and loaded 81 with IRON T.
exploded tearing M ieft hand IN lrorr1-
bic manner and filling hts face fau %
rsnzder
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
RESIGN, THOUGH NOT ELECTED
Unusual Proceed SIre Taken by the
Oklahoma ~ .-iaIi-t Members

Guthrie. O T. NiiTeh 5l----At oslahoraa
City the Socialist Dsmocrsfsc psrfy has
nominated men s3r the eouarii ard
school board In three wards Esoh man
nominated has already resigned. although
he Is not pet eIee -. For TIE SoclaAs,
psTty n anscsnt 81 g rasir candidates
says: Each ard ssII tha candidates have
signed in blank y IT rssig-atsoRs AZ suF
and al times ast the community IN
charge OF same win call az shsm =
step down and q II. wiser they have szIs-
Cd to comply With tAsesE d-tT"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
NEW USE FOR TELEPHONE
Its Deadly Effect i'm County Seat
Fights sure to Meaterialize

Guthrie, 0. T.. March BIN the days
of county seat fights in. western Kansas
the telephone was unknown. But in Ok
fahoma the telephone is now an estab-
lished institution and has figured in a
county seat rivalry. When the news
reached Medford this week that the su-
preme court had held that county seats
could be changed, Medfurd hired band
an held jubilation. Ntedford also call
ed up Pond Creek, the present county
seat, which Medford wants to be. and
had Pond Greek listen to a selection by
the band. In case of future contests, no
doubt one Of the first acts of hostility
between rival towns VIII be to cut the
telephone wires.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
HAVE ARRANGED The DIVISION
Lincoln County PopaiIsts and Demo
Gratis Dole Out Ven nations

Guthrie o. r March E.-Tas Ue-ro-
Gratis aEd Popuilsts = Ilacsin esBrfg
have aErses O. she following eTassa %,
oaloerE - - elected TBS 81 Demo
Gratis Pressse Judge cssz-y cen. er51-
y ast9r-e1, oesssy ss4se~fusers17a con-
E7isz'1rser. surveyor. esr9s.T asf tws
rss.ressrfatlyes Pebssflsts- saeFlE - -
ere. register o. sesss ssgsssr. ws4zass.
tS0 co1nnrslonere az5 apaa1l5lar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
RAILROAD MADE SETTLEMENT
Right-of- Way Litigation on Hutehin-
son Southern Is Avoided.

Blackwell, O T, March IL he Santa
Fe Railroad company has secured settle
meut through the law firm Of Tetrick &
Rose Of right-of-way OF the Hutchinson
and southern on three farms southeast
OF town Mr. Turvey was allowed S7oA
Foudray $3.50 and the Wm kort estate
Ss25. These settlements are mueh higher
than was allowed ey the cendemnlng
beard
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
SHOT BY HIS S0N-IN-LAw
=. y. Cornell OF Lincoln Coaaty
Wounded IN a Quarrel

Guthrie. o. T MsTgh 1-Iu Paw1es
township "a Lincoln couafy ,se- Wefnes-
day evening > 2. Cern-1 snf - son
MAS. man named L.ynch. gssa-selea
and Mr Cornell var shot Tbs asst re-
ports Eay that Cornell e. stu alive
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
CH0CTAw TO 60 WEST QUICK
President GswAn says ARaFlifs Ia
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
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ness ard most permanent value to their
owners'''
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In Society.

Mrs Harry Jones is the guest of Mrs. Iloy Bennett in Memphis.
 
 Mrs l.. A. Ladd, who has been visiting Mrs Nelson Earle Barker, returned to Chattanooga yesterday
 Miss Lilly Slocum, who has been the guest of the Misses Smith left last night for Arkansas. She will return to Bir- mingham later in the season.
 
 Mrs Lomax Erttman, of New York, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. James Webb.
 sss
 Mr and Mrs Boston, of Atlanta, are the guests of Mrs. George M. Morrow. Mrs. Nathan l.. Miller was expected to return last night from Memphis.
 
 MT J. B. Richardson left yesterday for New York
 The Little Jokers will meet on Thursday with Miss Emma Leedy. The members of the Whist club will be The guests on Tuesday of Mrs. H. K. White.
 Mrs. Heron. of Cincinnati, will visit her another, Mrs. Truman II. Aldrleh. later tn the season.
 Mrs. w. ". Crawford will give a lunch- con on Tuesday in honor of Mrs Lewis A. May.
 Miss Willie Moon. Ia pretty and fascinat- ing Chattanooga girl, is visiting friends in the city. She is en route to Washington D. C., where srle was great belle last winter. to spend the remainder of the sea- son with her brother Congressman John A. Moon, of Tennessee.
 Mrs. Freemans dancing class will give a cotillon Monday evening at Gler residence 2224 Seventh avenue : Miss Sadie Chauncey after a delightful visit with friends in this city, left yester- cay for her home in Chattanooga.
 
 Miss Louise Dansby, who has been visit ing friends and reiatives at Dayton and UniontoWn, has returned, accompanied by her cousin, Miss Annie Pou, of Uniontown Mss Dacsby will be at home with her sis ter, Mrs. J. o. Darby, at Parker's Station Woodlawn.
 Mss Jimmie Byrd tas returned to At lanta She will sing in the Choir eff the First Presbyterian Church of that city this year as contrato.
 The members of the Amaranth c1,,b n,,,, meet Friday afternoon at 3:SO O'clock wi, ,h Mrs. M. J. Smollen, at her residence at Twefth avenue and Fourteenth street.
 
 An interesting occasion in society at Ala bama's capital was the twelfth night tea which was given last night by the Tintagil club that exclusive and delightful organ
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MONTGOMERY


 On Monday New Years evening, the Jole de Vie club opened its 1900 career with the brilliant ball pondre, at which the members entertained.
 The ladies were gowned in rich colon4al gowns, with powdered hair, paint and beauty spots. l. was like gorgeous, bril- liantly colored picture stepped out from q frame of Eye olden tlme' as they and tnelr partners in rich costumes Of eolohlA or court days, in satin and velvet, were led through the intrieacies of a beautifuul march led by MT. Edwin Howell Lewis and Miss Caroline Beale. Miss Beale's costume was black satin, vita paniers and court train of crimson satin. Her flowers were red carnations. Miss Beale Is one of the recognized beauties and belles of the state, and was at iaer best on this occasion, Two lovely debutantes made naeir first appear ance at this oall Misses Annie Biard, niece of Afr. C. G. Aioercrombic and Miss Julia Ashurst
 On Monday evening the Athelstons enter itainod at a german at the residence of Judge and Mrs. John R. Tyson. on Catome street when the german was led by Mir. Merrill Moore and Miss Ruby Northrop. Miss Nor1arcp is the guest of Miss Patse Tyson, ard is from Pass Christian, Miss
 Mrs C. A F. F1agler received on New Years day from until o'clock, assisted Toy etght young ladies, Misses Josephine Lakey, Caroline and Lucy Randolph, Frances Patterson, Juliet Craik, Knoxie Walker. Lily Pelzer ard Caroline Beals
 On Monday evening the Standard club entertained at q grand New Years oall. The march was led by Mir and Mrs. Alex Rice. The dance WIS led by MT. Never Grell with Miss Theresa Steiner.t
 On Monday evening Mir. and Mrs $. Ro- man entertained at q german in compli- ment to Miss Schram, of Chicago. who is the guest of tae,r daughter, Miss E .Glel Ro- man.
 Mir and Mrs. Romans home on Perry street is of the grand old colonial style, and is surrounded by spacious grounds. It was built years ago, and has been, until a few years ago, wfTen Mir. Roman pur- chased it, known as the Knox place. On this occasion the elegant apartments were elaborately decorated in cut flowers and greens. The three rooms thrown into ball rom were one in violets, one in roses, and the third in palms. ferns and smilax. The march ard dance was led i5y MT. Meyer CreH and the guest of honor, Miss Schram. Mrs. Roman wore white organdie and black lace; Miss Roman wore pink silk rrenadine; Miss Schran wore white organ de with voiets. The guests from ouE of town who attended this elegant affair were Mrs. Henry Merely. of New York; Misses Schwciler, of Atlanta; Benjimin, of Att lanta; Kchn. of New York; Forche4mer, of Mobile; Missing, of Chicago and Hirsch, of Columbus.
 On Monday afternoon Miss Lucy Coibos
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entertained the members of the Tintagil at a delightful social meeting, when questions were answered to contest for a prize offered Tor the greatest number of correct an- swers
 On Tuesday Mrs. Ben Sitrassburser en- tertained iahe- Ladies Euchre cluo Her decorations were pink hearts, which shape and color was artistically in evidence in every detail The first prize, a gland-paint- ed salad bowl, was won by Mrs. Jacoby. The second prize, a vase, was won by Mrs E. Caddon. line booby prize was won ioy Mrs E. Meyer.
 Mrs. C.. G. Zerkle entertained at a guess ing party on Tuesday in honor of her guest. Miss Handley, of Birmingham. Her dec orSHons were palms, smiaX and oarna- tons. Miss Handley wore a to.ldiI.e of pale yellow organdie, with violets. Mrs Zerkle was gowned in white taffeta, with pink carnations.
 On Tuesday evening from until 10 o clock MT. and Mrs. R. P. Dexter enter tanned at kitchen party. The guests were ushered lrJto a wellHappointed kitchen, and at small tables were served to roasted oy;- ters, coffee, ale, pickles and crackers
 On Wednesday morning Mrs w J. Drum entertained the members of the Tuesday card club and large number of other friends at her lovely home on Monroe street. There were twenty tables, at which euehre was played. Her decorations were plnk and green roses and carnations, with palms, ferns and smilax, With white linens
 Do
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and will they have the complaisance to at tend at Mistress John G. Winters house, situated in the South Goldthwaite street, on the afternoon and evening of Saturday 6, January present, to drink dish of Twelfth Night tea and haply if they be so pleased to give of their bounty a shilling so in behalf of ye Montgomery library.
 A charming coterie of young matrons in the immediate neighborhood of Eleventh avenue and Cullom Place, who year ago, organized a Neighborhood club" are pursu- ing course of study which includes for the New Year, German literature, art and music The first meeting of the new year was held on Friday, when the members were entertained by Mrs. Haskell Williams The next meeting will be with Mrs. H. H. Clapp. The officers of the club are as fol- lows: Mrs. John Wheeler, president Mrs Coshir yece-president: Mrs. Hiden, secre- tary; Mrs. stapleton, treasurer; Mrs. Har- rison, oretheopist.
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WHAT,IS
 THE REASON?

Why is it that you are not equal to the task Nature sets for you to do?
 Why do you find weakness stealing over you and growing day by day?
 Why that ashy, chalky complexion?
 Why that inability to hold your urine?
 Why those distressing pains across your back?
 All these symptoms are unmistakable evil dences of kidney trouble. -,s@
 The kidneys. that make the human en- zine of life move as Nature intended. are not working properly and should have prompt attention.
 If you need medicine for kidney, bladder or uric acid trouble. you can make no mis- take by using the famous new discovery, pr. Kimer's Swamp-Root. It gives quick relief, and cures the most distressing cases.
 Hospitalseuse 1t in all kinds of cases. es- pecially seUere and urgent ones. Doctors prescribe it freely in their practice and In their families, and use it when they need a kidney and bladder tonic themselves. s
 Tens of thousands of grateful patients have written to pr. Kilmer & Co.,, and these leaders have been fashioned into al handy volume of ready reference, which should be in every household. This volume and a sample bottle of Swamp-Root will be mailed to any reader of this paper who will send name and address to Dr. Kilmer & Co, and state that he saw lthis offer in the Sunday Age-Herald.
 If there is any doubt in your mind ar to your condition, take from your urine on arising about two ounces, place it in glass or bottle and let it stand twentv-four hours. If, on examina ton. it is milky or cloudy. if there is brick-dust settling. or if small particles float about in it, your kidneys are in need of immediate atten- ton.
 Swamp-Root is for sale everywhere in bottles of two sizes and two prices, fifty lrlf.. ID- Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamp. ton. N, Y. r;
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men who are members. It is not at all dancing club although Miss Lewis, at it's initial meeting, will give cotillon. The form of entertainment will be left entirely with the hostess and there usiu be card parties, musicales, throughout the winter.
 THE LARGE NUMBER of southern girls who arc at school in New York enjoyed particularly gay holiday.
 The charming eoterle at Mrs. Daring ton Semple's school. near Riverside Drive, attended a number of smart affairs. among them being a reception and ball .. the Ma jestic hotel, that superb Dlace with it's mag nificent frontage on Central -ark During the holidays they were the guests at a series of exclusive dances at Delmonico's, and Mir. and Mrs. Darlington Semple ale of course continuing their usual receptions at their private residence. Mrs. Semple, in
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! nNls FoH AsrnM,

Asthma sufferers need no longer leave home a.ld business in ord-r to be cured. Nature has produced vegetable remedy that VII permanently cure Asthma and all diseases Of the lungs and bronchial tubes
 Having tested It's wondel frl curative now CTS in thousands of cases twith a record of 50 per cent. permanently culeD, and dasir- ing to relieve human suffesing, I will send free of charge to al sufferers from Asthma. Ccnsu uupt'on, Catarrh, Bronchitis anj nervous diseases. this recipe in German French or English. with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail Ad dress With stamp. naming this paper, w A. Moves, s20 Powers Block Rochester, N. Y,
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quiste parts were brought out in such per feetion that a thousand people hung upon the sweet sounds with breathless interest and delight That is what happened last night. It was wonderful. 5 = MT. Far land closed his efforts with great rendi- tien of the overture to William Tell The audience went wild with delight and recall ed him again and again.
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before Lent, although the arrangements would probably be somewhat hurried, as Ash Wednesday will dawn on Februafya IA. Such an event would be distinctly beautiful function. The proceeds of the ball would be devoted to the fund that the Daughters of the American Revolution are raising for the erection of a Continental hall at the national capital All the nota- bles in society would be interested in colonial ball. in what Mr. Edgar Saltus calls
 'the delights of trying to be somebody else" The colonial ball. in other words. a ball that admits of paint and patches,
 is according to MT Saltus but z bit of Bristol. a formula engraved, a bidding a request, the receipt of that bidding; then patch the chatter of hoofs on the avenue, the costumer, the dab of rouge, the little stair the murmur of the temporary name, the reverkeration of the title and the tenn porary relnquishment of ones identity. the delight of trying to be other than ourselves. It is an inspiration, an escape into the ideal. a flight from the common place, everyday existence, the dressing of self in pages of history and spangles of verse, the merging of an identity into the gracious and debonair''
 THE FIRST CoTILLON to be given by a number of society folks who have re- gently organized themselves into a club will be danced Wednesday evening Miss Daisy followed by similar affairs the remainder of the season. the club gatherings to oc- cur weekly at the homes of the young wo-
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Alfred Farard to s7p7af
 Under fusp CTS of CNcha

Of the wonderful playing of Alfred A. Farland. who will be heard here on the evening of the 18th. an eastern crigc says;
 His playing was the very apotheosis of the instrument. Just imagine Bcethoven's Sonata, Opp. 30. with allegro assai, moderate and allegro v.vace moysments. played upon the banjo, and so played that all their ex-
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whom 50 many Alabamiars are greatly in- terested, Is one of the most admired wo- men in the southern colony in New York and both, she and Mir. Semple have num- hers of frienCs among New Workers. Mrs Senple will probably go abroad this sum- mer. A party of girls will go over with her.
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mer periods. This season the club cotil- lons. the dining parties, the dinners the gatherings at the Country Club have had an added brilliancy by the presence of numbers of notable belles from other cit les, and Birmingham, with all of it's won derfm progress commercially Is at the same time full of all the social charm that char acterizes the famous centers of the south that continue in their fashionable life the brilliant pace established indeed "in the old days"
 AMONG THE CHARMING young women who are being fefed a good deal is Miss Fletcher of Detroit, who $ spending q part of the season with Miss Elizabeth Shelley. Miss Fletcher Is unusually strlk- ing looking and possesses a delightfully high-bred air to a marked degree. Sine is a brilliant converse tionalist, and at all the club cotillons. the dinner parties and tlle series of gaities, she Is q conspicuous and notable figure. Miss Fletcher was one of
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The members of the music department of the Woman's club will meet Tuesday af- ternoon at o'clock.
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There will be a meeting of the home de- psrtment of the Woman's club Wednes- day morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. S. D. Thompson, the director, urges a large and prompt attendance.
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ization of Montgomery young women. The invitations to the tea wsre as follows:
 Ye Tintag.l maldeas' compliments to -
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There will be a meeting of Pelham chap ter, Daughters of the Confederacy, Thurs day morning at 9:3O o'clock al the residence of the president, Mrs. Addison G. Smith.
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Meetinqs for This Week.

The regular meeting of the board of man. agers of the Mercy Home and the advisory board will be held at the home next Tues day at 10 o'clock. Mrs. G. L. Thomas, see- Tetary.
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the bridesmaids at the deFuniak Quimoy ruptfals in Detroit last Easter as was Miss Shelley also. Miss Leary was also a member of the bridal party. and with Miss Evelyn Quinby who was here earlier in the season. the bridal party was complete. as MT. deFuniak's groomsmen were all Birmingham men Miss Fletcher will go down to Mobile this week, and will later visit Louisville before she returns to De- trot.
 A NOTABLE EVENT of the week was the open meeting of the Daughters of the American revolution, which was held on Wednesday with Mrs. John Davis Dabney. It was the largest and most enthusiastic meeting of the season. A particularly de- hghtful part of the programme was the vocal solo by Mrs solon Jacobs and the recitation by Mrs. William P. Taylor, both of whom were enthusiastically encored. Mrs Jacobs Beautiful voice was never heard to better advantage. Mrs. Taylor recited 70 Italiens," and completely charmed every one present.
 1t may not be generally known that Mrs. Taylor has appeared before Boston and New York audiences. where her remarkable talents as an elocutionist were talked of a great deal in literary circles. There were many who heard her on "Wednesday who were surprised al the wonderful gift which she has cultivated to such an extent that she easily ranks with many of the profess sional elocutionists of the day.
 A NUMBER OF WOMEN who are mem- bers of General Sumpter Chapter D. A. R.'s, are in favor of giving q colonial ball
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The members of the department of phil anthropy will meet Thursday morning at Il o'clock at the Woman's club.
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THE LARGE NUMBER of beautiful vis-
 iting women who have graced the social functions of the winter mas peen a matter of universal comment. The older beauX in society have declared that the beauties of the season have far outnumbered any past winter. "In the old days,' as they fondly say, the balls and parties were graeed by hundreds of visiting women every season, but there followed a time when Brming- ham was not as much in vogue in for
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The open meeting next Saturday at the Woman's club will be under the auspices or the department of education. Miss Wllle Allen. the director, is arranging a me pro- gramme. which will include a symposium of views on "The happy Child The usual club tea will follow the exercises
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