The Chandler News.
NINTH YEAR.
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900.
.Dumber 45
Dennis Flynn, the Free Homes Champion, Speaks at Strouc^Yomorrow
PERJONdL ITEH-f.
Rooney is visiting
Mrs. L. H.
in Missouri.
Prof. Greenlee, of Carney, was
a county seat visitor Saturday.
VV. B. Prank left for St. Louis
Tuesday to buy goods.
Geo. Wray had a relapse last
week but is again i in proving.
W. C. Hoover and ti. E. Kanaga
made a trip to Sac and Fox Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hall were
visiting in Chandler the first of
the week.
Edward Nixon, of Osage town-
ship, was a county seat visitor
yesterday.
B. L. Lay ton, a prominent
business man at Ripley, was in
town Wednesday.
Miss Mabel McRay returned
Monday from a visit iti the west-
ern part of the territory.
A sidewalk has been laid on
the north side of Ninth street
street froin Manvel avenue east
to the bridge.
Mrs. Will Kennedy and little
sons, who had been visiting in
town, returned last Friday to
their home at Oklahoma City.
• Mr. and Mrs. Walter Olds, who
have been living in Guthrie since
the last of January, expect to
move back to Chandler next
week.
'Supt. and Mrs. H. J. Johnson,
of the Sac and Fox Indian school,
accompanied by Mrs. Dawson,
matron of the school, were in
Chandler yesterday.
Dr. J. B. Rolater, of Oklahoma
City, was here Monday in consul-
tation with Dr. Marshall in re-
gard to Mrs. Geo. Busha, who is
very ill with typhoid-malarial
fever.
D. W. Wolf showed us a branch
from one of his pear trees Mon-
day on which had grown over 30
pears within a distance, of two j
feet. The weight of the pears j
had broken the branch.
Messrs. .T. B. Underwood, F. 1
B. Hoyt, F. A. Wagoner, J. C. I
Pringey, John Embry, and J. P.
Ayars went to Wellston last night
to attend the meeting that was
held there to organize a republi-
can club.
The democrats are trying to
catch the votes of the unions by
declaring against "government
by injunction." In every demo
cratic state they, use the in
Phil Schier, of Kansas City,
was here .yesterday.
Dr. Davis, of Parkland, was in
Chandler Wednesday.
J. B. Charles and E. L. Conk-
lin were in Chandler Sunday.
Ed Johnson is clerking in i
Hoffman, Charles, and Conklin's i
bank.
Yellow fever has broken out in
the American military camp at
Havana.
Elder Tabor's meetings at the
Christian church are growing in
interest.
Lon Poling was here the first
of the week advertising the Bris-
tow reunion.
Fred Harvey, who has been
seriously ill for several weeks is
slowly convalescing.
The county commissioners
were iu town Friday and Satur-
day attending to business of the
board.
L. H. Myers and C. W. Lewis
were up from the south part of
the county Monday, scanning
the political horizon.
The committee soliciting for
the India famine relief fund
raised the sum of twenty-live
dollars, which was forwarded
this week.
Mrs. W. Burgess left Monday
for a visit at her former home in
Shreveport, La. Mr. Burgess
accompanied her as far as Okla-
homa City.
C. Gaddis and wife were called
to Ponca City Monday where
their little daughter, Isabel, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Dwyer, is very sick.
Miss Lucy Benson, of Chicago,
who has been visiting her aunt,
Mrs. N B. Gilstrap, left Friday
for Galveston, Texas, where she
will spend the remainder of her
vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Patrick
and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Patrick
and children left last Sunday for
Pistakee Bay, near McHenry,
Illinois, where they will spend a
portion of the hot weather.
The followng are the new
officers of the Knights of Pythias
recently installed: D. R. Owens,
0. C.;R. V. Temming, V. C.; W.
H. French, M. of W.; H. E.
Kanaga, prelate; C. A. Horr, M.
at A.; George Bullard, I. G.; A.
Jacobs, O. G.
The third week of the trial of
       Alex Jester is passing and the
junction against, the workers and prospects of the old man for ac-
back it up with troops, as in quittal are not bright. 1 he evi-
Idaho. Yes, democrats are j dence that he murdered Gilbert
against injunction! — Appeal to iGates is circumstantial but for
Reason. ^hat ^ convincing to many.
L. H. Wray left for Enid Mon-
day on a business trip.
C. O. Finch returned last
Thursday from a trip to Illinois.
Misses Lena Stubblefield and
Katy McCoy visited Stroud last
week1.
D. R. Owens left Sunday for
El Reno to attend the A. O. U.
W. grand lodge.
G. A. Smith and family are
visiting in Kansas. They made
the trip overland.
Attorney Fred King, of Tecum-
seh, was in Chandler Monday on
professional business.
R. G. McCoy and J. W. Knotts,
of Kosciusko, Miss., were here
last week, the guests of H. M.
J ohnson.
J. B. Drake has accepted a
position with the Standard 'Oil
Co., and will leave for Minnesota
in about two weeks.
Frank Pentland was down from
Tryon exchanging congratula-
tions with the editor. Mr. Pent-
land's daughter was born July it.
J. C. Pringey was in town
Monday shaking hands witli
friends. He is rapidly recover-
ing from the injuries received at
Philadelphia.
MrsG. W. Ford, Mrs Geo. San-
born and daughter, Emily arrive
today from Newkirk and will
visit the family of R. E Fitzpat-
rick and Mrs. D. N. Frazier.
Revival services are being
held at the Christain church.
They are conducted by licv.
Tabor, of Oklahoma City and will
continue over Sunday and prob-
ably longer.
Chas. Filson, school land com-
missioner, and John Holt, chief
clerk in the school land office,
wore attending to political inter-
ests in the county last week.
They visited Chandler Friday.
L. P. King, of Wellston, was in
Chandler Tuesday. Mr. King is
a candidate for territorial com-
mitteeman, and his long experi-
ence in the republican ranks and
his extensive acquaintance
throughout the territory tit him
admirably for the position.
S. 13. Dennis, at present chair-
man of the republican county
central committee, andacandi j
dale for territorial commit,tee-
man, wa- in town yesterday. Hel
is one of the best republican,
j workers in the territory and
easily merits the honor to which
i he aspires. No man in the
| county has done more to harmo-
nize the factions in this county,
' and extremly few have done as
much - Stroud Star.
Free Silver Primaries.
The free silver primaries were
held on Wednesday of this week
for the purpose of placing in
nomination a fusion ticket for
county officers. The primaries
were conducted on the plan of
the Australian ballot system, the
' voters expressing their prefer-
once for candidates by their bal-
j lots instead of through their
i delegates. Up to six o'clock last
night all the precincts but five
had been heard from, and the in-
dications were that about 1500
votes were cast. The unofficial
returns as received up to six
o'clock last night showed that
the strength of the several can-
didates was as follows:
Probate judge:
Clark 547
Cordell  792
Cordell's majority 245
Sheriff:
Tilghman 902
Tull  346
Tilghman's majority. ...550
County clerk:
Straughen 729
Billingslea. 4H5
Straughen's majority .... 244
County treasurer:
McKeown 514
McLaughlin 048
Stutesman  135
McLaughlin's plurality.. 134
Register of deeds:
Cadwalader 490
Pool 147
Bower   . 50
Crouch  371
Mewmaw  54
Provplt 205
Cadwalader's plurality... 125
County superintendent:
Shotwell: 1004
County assessor:
Littleton 551
Riner  47S
McElhaney 243
Littleton's plurality  73
County attorney:
Robertson 871
Jarrett 453
Robertson's majority .. . .4 1M
County weigher:
Sexton 727
Bunger   413
Sexton's majority 314
County surveyor:
McKimmey 1124
Coroner:
McElHinney 942
A cipher dispatch recieved by
the Chinese minister at Washing-
ton .July 21, bears the welcome
news that minister Conger and
all the legations were safe on
.July 1H but were in great peril.
Authentic news is hard to obtain.
There is a theory that the
Chinese are holding the legations
as hostages.
Millinery at cost Star Store.