The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country WEEKLY MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISERS WITH A RECORD OF THIRTEEN YEARS, NEVER MISSING AN ISSUE, REACHING THOUSANDS OF HOMES OF OUR READERS VOL 13, NO.24 Oldest and WEEKLY MEDIUM FO FORCING O At One-Fourth a Quick Work and Everybody knows this is the time Stores make a strong effort to close o It's the same old cry: DON'T WANT TO CARRY We need the room for our Fad daily, and shall make prices as follo Men's $4.50 and $4.00 sewed shoes, t at $2.85. Men's $3.50 and $3.00 sewed shoes, t Men's $2.50 shoe, tan and black, $2.0 Ladies $3.50 and $3.00 shoe, turn so This is a rare opportunity to bu FORCING OUT SHOES At One-Fourth and One-Haff Off. Quick Work and no Foolishness. Everybody knows this is the time of the year when up to-date Shoe Stores make a strong effort to close out all that's left of Summer Shoes. It's the same old cry: DON'T WANT TO CARRY ANY SHOES OVER. We need the room for our Fall and Winter Shoes, now arriving daily, and shall make prices as follows: Men's $4.50 and $4.00 sewed shoes, tan and black, heavy and single soles, at $2.85. Ladies' $3.50 and $3.00 shoe, turn sole and good welt, $2.50. This is a race opportunity to buy good shees CHEAP. NELSON'S. No. 515 Minnesota Ave., RACE NEWS. The little town of Brookhaven, Miss., has twelve business houses run by negroes. A few days ago a 17-year-old white girl of Columbia, S. C., lost her life in rescuing a colored child from in front of a moving train. The total enrollment in the public schools of the South for the year 1897 and '98, including the District of Columbia, was 5,620,811, and the number of colored children 1,506,742. "Parson" Sam Atkins, a St. Louis colored preacher, is serving out a 45 day sentence and $20 fine in the bloued City prison, for asking the mayor for money with which to build a church. A movement is on foot by the plantation owners of the Hiawaiian islands to secure several hundred negroes from the Southern states to go to Hiawai to work on the plantations. Mrs. Theresa M. Roles, a colored woman, has received a permit from the board of health to conduct business as an undertaker in Cambridge, Mass. Her husband is in the same business in Boston. At Luling, Texas, July 16, as a result of a pistol duel between Frank Lindsey and Joe Shannon, both men are dead. The men fired simultaneously, killing each other instantly. Both were colored. The Christian party of Illinois has named among its candidates for state offices, the Rev. C. H. Thomas, for lieutenant governor. Rev. Thomas is a well known and popuar negro minister of the Methodist church. Mrs. Ruffi, who was denied admission to the National Federation of Women's Clubs at the Milwaukee biennial, has entered suit against the officers of the federation for refusing to recognize her club, whose dues, Mrs. Ruffia alleges, the association has accepted. Miss Wilye Ethel Mollison, a colored high school girl of Vicksburg, Miss., was an attractive feature at the Philadelphia convention. She sat with the Mississippi delegation, and was alternate for in C. Turley, of Natchitocz Mr. Turley was proud of his alterate, and said he was even tempted to suppress himself so as to give this ambitions girl a chance to vote in the delegation. Ernest Hogan has just signed a contract with Messrs. Rosco and Holland for a number of years to back all of his productions. He is to venture into a new field, be believing that the day of the cake walk craze has seen its usefulness, and that there can be gotten together enough negro performers to give a first class musical comedy. He has therefore taken the initial steps to put together a company of that class of performers and exp's liberal support. An Ohio white man named John Real, came to his death recently in a most remarkable manner. Not long ago, says the Chiesgo Conservator, he had a light with a naked named Haley Ravelle. Just what the tr uble started about is not known, but the two men appear to have had a most vicious encounter in which Ravelle bit Real severely, almost severing his thumb. In some unaccountable way Ravelle also bit of a part of his own tongue. He was arrested at once and at the trial was surrendered to thirty days in the work house. The white man went his way, and he seemed at first to get better. Later, however, dangerous symptoms appeared, which finally resulted in lock jaw, causing his death. It is now said Ravelle will be taken from the work house and tried for murder. --- Shoemaker and Shoedealer Kansas City, Kas. I's singla' and I's losfin' And I dreams de hours away. De white folks keeps a talkin' And a voting day by day. Dey has to keep a-movin' F'um mawning until late. 's feeling kin' er thankful Dat I'ain' no candidate. I has my own excitement In my own particular way— Sometimes it's good and lucky And sometimes I has to pay. But I specks dat you'll di-cover Long befo' de game is done Dat 7 11"s' a fer Dan dishere "16 to 1." De white man pick de winner And he bet his Sunday hat, De black man pick de banjo And he let it go at dat. But when I goes a votin', I doesn't speckle-late. I gits de cash or nothing When I helps a candidate. —Washington Evening Star. LIFE'S PROBLEMS. Live, think, act, do the best you can, as each day passes you, we are planning to make the future better if you can. If you have a past that fills the present full of regrets, a past that dims the hope for the future, let it be buried, for the present stands on its grave. Let it rest If death should bring eternal sleep instead of eternal life, if this life should end all, instead of being the dawn of life without end. it is still worth your best efforts to get the most you can out of it for yourself—and for others. Do you think that dreams of the past, or regrets for it; that dreams of the future or dread of it, will help the living present or the unborn future. Do the best thing you can to day, last when this day becomes the buried yesterday, it may have its regrets, as ghosts, to rise from the grave and haunt you. You should fear such spectres from the past far more than the shadows of the future. Do the best that you can to-day, less when this day becomes the buried yesterday, it may leave the buried regrets, as ghosts, to rise from the grave, and haunt you. You should fear such spectres from the past far more than the shadows of the future. Then think that to-day you are working for a past and a future for a yesterday and a to morrow. Let no day past that has not seen your best effort, let no day dawn but that you resolve to do your best for that day. Such work cannot fail to bring success. Such resolves cannot fail to bear good fruit. WOMEN'S UNEQUAL RIGHTS WOMEN'S SEQUENCE RIGHTS In thirty-seven of these United States a married mother has no legal right to her children. In sixteen states a wife has no legal right to her own earnings outside of the home. In eight states a woman has no right to her own property after marriage. In seven states there is no law compelling a man to support his own family.—Hopkirksville Major. A RECORD BREAKING COMMERCE. From the N. Y. World (Dem) The official figures printed to-day of the foreign commerce of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, are impressive. For the first time the total rises above the $2,000,000,000 mark—the record breaking figures being $2,244,993 543. This exceeds the total trade of last year by 16% per cent, or $320,000.00 You'll never know it happened if you don't read the Citiz EN. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1900. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. House Joint Resolution No. 4, Relating to Justices of the Supreme Court. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein: Approved March 4, 1899. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enclosed resolution now on file in my office, and that the same took effect by publication in the statute book May 15, 1899. GEO. A. CLARK. TILLMAN'S CONSISTENCY. THEILMAN'S CONSISTENCY. Benj. Tillman, of South Carolina, not only read the Declaration of Independence at the Kansas City monstrosity, but made a pathetic plea for oolio ed people of the Phillippines. In his plea he said the people of the islands were struggling for their independence, as the people of America fought for their independence, no race of people should be given the right to franisece, etc. Now Benj. Tillman, of South Carolina, is a fine specimen to talk about a people being governed and taxed without their consent, after the speech which stand-recorded against him in the halls of congress made less than a year ago, in which he said: "We do not shoot the niggers in South Carolina to keep them away from the polls, and when they vote we do not throw out and refuse to count their votes. This is a white man's government, and the white people of South America have made up their minds to maintain it at any cost." The census shows that the colored people of South Carolina are in the majority in point of population; yet they are denied the right of franisece and representation, but are taxed to the utmost limit. How consistent are modern demoposs, anyway.—Denver Statesman. A BURNING TRUTH The e is no class of people among us, who can do more for the race than those who are in different kinds of business. What business has done for the white man upon a large scale, can be accomplished for the black man, if not upon such an extended scale, upon a scale which will tend to yield wonderful results, for the advancement and betterment of our condition in this country. When our people get so they can meet the people of another race upon an equal footing, much of the narrowness and prejudicial feeing now existing against us will be dispelled. -Daily Recorder, Newport. THE TWIN CITIES AT THE KAWSMOUTH KANSAS. Rev. J. R. Fox, of Junction City, Ks., was in the city this week. Mrs. D. Henry, of 215 Garfield avenue, made our office a pleasant call Tuesday of this week. In the recent marriage whirlwind Miss Mary George, of State avenue, was in its midst, having been won by a young genteman of Leavenworth. Kas Rev. J. W. Gordon left Wednesday for Fort Scott to attend the Baptist Association in th city. The funeral services of Miss Addie Graves, of 1000 New Jersey avenue, was he'd Wednesday afternoon from the 8th, street Christian church, Miss Graves having died early in the week. Elder B. C. Duke, pastor of the 2nd, Christian Church, of Topeks, will presch at the First Christian church, 8th, street and Everett avenue, Sunday evening at 8 p.m. Asa Graves, an old and respected colored citizen of this city, died at his residence, 1050 Walker avenue, Tuesday evening last. He was an Elder of the First Christian church, at which his funeral will be held under the aupices of the Knights of Tabor, Sunday at 11 a.m. The funeral of Mrs. — Robinson, of Old Kansas City, Kas., was held at Mr. Pleasant Baptist church Tuesday evening. Rev. Jamison and Green officiating. We respectfully call the attention of our readers to the "ad" of the Nelson Shoe Co. They are reliable in every sense of the word, their goods are the best, and you need never have any hesitation about buying from them. The name of Nelson is a sufficient guarantee and if you don't believe we speak the truth buy a pair of shoes there and see for yourself The three days barbecue is in full bloom on the lawn of Douglass Hospital—to tomorrow will be the last day. All kinds of meats can be found cooked in all their natural sweetness. It's a good place to be, better drop in and get a good square meal. We are sorry to learn that little Ellen May Ford, of 12th and Armstrong, who accidently shot herself on the 5th. Of July, improves so very slowly. The United Sons of Protection and the Ladies Grand Covenant, of Kansas and Missouri, held their 29th. Annual Grand session in this city at their hall, (happy to say they own it, too.) corner 6th, and State, the past week. A grand street parade and monster celebration marked the close at Kerr's Park, in which two companies of the late 23rd. Kansas volunteers and Sumner Post of G. A. R.'s, took part. Orations and a soam battle were the features at the Park. Installation was held Wednesday right at M. and O. hall where a large crowd gathered. Mrs Francis Harris, of Armourdale, was one of our most pleasant callers this week, and was so well pleased with our efforts to establish a newspaper worthy in every respect, she became a cash sub scriber. The Masonic Fraternity of this city have a grand affair at the M. & O Hall on the 10th. Davis' Military Band will furnish music Admission 10c. Better take it in. Mr. F. K. Douglass, our celebrated local soloist, sang the past week with the Fisk Jubilee Trio, under the management of Madame Porter Cole, at Fairmount Park. Rev. E. W. Moore's lecture last Monday night at the M B. church was a number one article. All enjoyed it. Upon this occasion a collection of $7.01 was raised and presented Dr. Moore. METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH The services of the Metropolitan Baptist church last Sunday were indeed beautiful, in that peace and harmony prevailed the entire day. Excellent sermons were delivered both morning and afternoon by the Rev. Dr E. M. oore of Philadelphia. At the 8 o'clock service the First Baptist church was present with her most charming choir, and Rev W. L. Grant preached and took an active part in the financial rally. Pastor Wilson was indeed a happy man, when at the close of the evening services he could announce that every auxiliary had done well in assuring in collecting the six hundred and forty seven and lars a seventy five cents. The Willing workers . . . $76 93 The Girl's Club . . . 27 17 Sewing Club . . . 65 33 Alfe Club . . . 62 20 Gamma Club . . . 55 06 E. A. Wilson, Omega . . . 76 10 Young People's Club . . . 26 30 Boys Club . . . 17 70 C. Patterson Club Delta. . . 100 00 The Batta Club, lss, but not least, with the fewest members and a most old people, raise $90,00, with its noble Captain, Mr. E. L. Oliv r, tressar, miss D. B. Thomas, received a number of compliments, and Mrs E P. Lee Secretary. The grand total receive, $647.5 in cash. CITIZEN MISSOURI. We are in receipt of an invitation to attend a reception in honor of delegates to the District Grand Lodge of G. U. O. O. F., to be held at the 2nd. Baptist church Tuesday evening, Aug. 7th, 1900. Mrs. Sallie Scott and Mr. Homer Scottot of 558 Troot avenue, left Tuesday evening for Urmego, Kas., where they will be the guest of their brother, Mr. C. Lee J. Carter, 554 Grand avenue, has succeeded the business of J. W. Gordon & Wife, 552 and 554 Grand avenue, and would be glad to serve the old friends and patrons with good meals and refreshments, and all the delicacies of the season. Good first class meals at 10c. NEGRO FRUIT GROWER TO MEET. An interstate industrial convention will be held in this city by the negro fruit, produce and live stock raisers of Kansas and Missouri, Thursday, September 20. Many delegates and fruit growers from the two states are expected. Prominent men of this city are vice presidents of the convention, and some of them are on the programme for addresses. The address of welcome will be delivered by Major Wm. Warner, of this city. The response will be by Prot. W, R. Vernon, principal of the Western University of Quindaro, Kas. Rev, Mr. W. L Grant, of Topka, will also be one of the speakers. TOPEKA. KAS. Wednesday, August 1st, was celebrated by the famous 23rd. Kansas band, at Garfield Park. Programme for the afternoon: March, Sousa, . . . Stars and Stripes, Selection, Angres, . . . Segris, Negro Melody, Beeeb, . . . P. Jubilee Serenade, Spanish, . . . Maronilla, March, Sousa, . . . Yankee Doodle. The programme was continued during the evening at Hamilton Hall. Capt. Beck, of California, -spent last week in our city. Miss Hattie Lemons and Cora Bee left this week for their future home at Galveston, Texas. Miss Lizzie Drinkley is visiting Mr. Wm. Cooper and family, in Highland Park. Messrs. W. A. Robinson and W. Frey of Kansas City, Mo., spent Sunday and Monday in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. Frazer, East 6th avenue. The Golden Rod Club meets this afternoon with Miss Minnie Page. The following ladies and gentlemen attended the Benevolent Grand Lodge at Lawrence, Kas., Monday and Tuesday; Mrs. A. Williams, E. Marien, T. Daniels, A J. Smith, M. Bradshaw, Bulah Talbert, Messrs. R. Minus, W. D Woodall and T. Bell. AN OLD FRIEND. It is a source of much pleasure to look over the lis of old friends and note with a marked degree of satisfaction on the success many have attained in battling for an existence in this great commonwealth of ours. It is not given that all humanity can succeed, but occasionally through worthy efforts, unswerving energy and push, one surmounts the top, or sufficiently far, to give assurance that at no distant day—the last round at the top will be reached. We were recently honored by a visit from our old, warm and dear friend, Henry W. Dillard, of Topeka. It seems to us but yesterday when we told our lives story over to each other yet, time, much time, even years, have elapsed since then, and we meet again through the kindness of Providence. Mr. Dillard is a Federal Court officer under Judge Wm C Hook. For twenty-three years he served under Judge C G Foster as Deputy Field Marshal, and was promoted by him to the position he now holds. Almost a quarter of a century—these years are sufficient proof that he is a capable, painstaking, exacting officer Mr. D. Dillard was en route West on a pleasure trip we hope him a pleasant jour ey. THE BEST AGE FOR MEN TO GET MARRIED. Edward Bok, writing in The Ladies' Home Journal on "A Boy For a Husband," contends that 'no young man under 25 years of age, is in any sense competent to take onto himself a wife.' Before that age he is simply a boy who has absolutely nothing which he can offer to a girl as a safe foundation for life happiness. He is unified in his character, unsettled in his idea, and absolutely ignorant of the first essentials of what consideration or love for a woman means. He does know himself, let alone knowing a woman. He is full of fancies, and it is his boyish nature to dit from one fancy to another. DID YOU GET ONE OF OUR SUN FLOWER BILLS? They ARE Full of Cash Bargains. IT will pay you to get one and I read it. Saturday you can buy at these prices: B boys' Overalls, 4 to 11 years, 19c A ny of our best Calicoes, 5c Mens' 25 cent Sus- penders, 15c A pronCheck Grugham, 5c L ladies' Vests, 4c M men's 25 cents Underwears, I9c M men's Socks, 15 cents kind, heavy ones, 8c G old Wire B auty Pins, two for 1c Fline Large Bottle of Perfume, 10c S stone Set Belt. Buckles, 25c. Ones, I0c Bennett & Co. The Sunflower Store, 435 Minnesota Avenue. COMING EVENTS. The Western Negro Press Association meets at Salt Lake City on the 6th. and 7th. The first meeting of what is to be known in the future as the National Negro Business Association Convanes in. Boston, Mass., on the 23rd. and 24th., under the wise council of Hon. Booker T. Washington The National Afro-American council convenes in Indianapolis, Ind., on the 28th. All of the above are important meetings and should be attended by every negro that can make it convenient. THE NEGRO SOLDIER IN CHINA By the daily Press we learn that the gallant fighting Ninth Cavalry is soon to go to China to assist in bringing order to that much disturbed empire, and protect and defend the interest of this country in common with the allied forces of the other nations. It will be quite commentary upon some of our home practices toward the negro, for Russia, England, France, Germany and others to see that the United States can so freely trust the defence, dignity and power of her national greatness in a foreign land, in face of and in connection with the leading powers of the world, to the hands of her black soldiers. Of all the different regiments that will go to China, none will have a more renowned military record, and none from whom the country has expected for exp's greater services, than from these black heroes. Now, is it not time that these men had some more recognition than they have received? So cold and indifferent was the recognition their bravery had in the late Spanish-American war, that Harper's Weekly published a picture of the Ninth Cavalry, in one of their issues, and printed upon it: "Fo gotten Heroes." A man once said of these United States, "I tremble for my country when I know God is just," and we need to. It seems strange to see how a great nation can call upon faithful soldiers like these in times of great emergency, and they come and do duty to death and then receive none of that recognition that all the military regulation demand that they should. In China the United States government stands with the world's civilization for the redress of wrongs and the protection of the true in erests of humanity and with him and by him stands that faithful man upon whom he has always relied in hours of distress—the Negro—Christian Recorder. JOHN BROWN IN BRONZE Much pleasure is expressed by the colored people of Chicago over the fact that a fine statue of John Brown, the hero of Harper's Ferry, is to be erected in Lincoln park. The matter has been settled by the action of the Lincoln park commissioners in formally accepting the tender of the sate by the John Brown Monument Association, and it is expected that the status will be ready for unveiling within a year. The statue will be a work of such artistic merit as to form a fitting memorial of the gratitude felt by the colored race toward the martyr abolitionist. It will be of bronze, six feet in They Say. We wonder who those four were who stood on the corner of 6th and Oakland the night of the Pound party. Somebody from the Sea Foam block was in the quartette, PR CE TWO CENTS the Country HOMES OF OUR READERS AT ONE OF OUR WER BILLS? Cash Bargains. I read it. Saturday you can Any of our best Calicoes, 5c A pronCheck Gingham, 5c Men's 25 cents Underwears, I9c Gold Wire Beauty Pins, two for 1c Stone Set Belt. Buckles, 25c. Ones, I0c & Co... power Store, KANSAS CITY, KAS. height, and will show John Brown holding a negro child protestingly in his bosom, while in his right hand he holds a drawn sword. The pedestal of the statue is to be of Vermont granite. The movement to erect the statue originated with T. H. Lyles, of St. Paul, Minn., who is president of the Monument Association, and of which the Rev. G. W. Gaines, of Chicago, is first vice president. "SOCIETY" A WRITER in the Omaha Enterprise justly scores "society." Never in our lives were we more disgusted with what is termed "society," it is doing more to hinder the progress of the race than any one thing we know. That tendency among negroes that makes them turn up their nose at a fellow bother is nauseating, it is fostered by society. If a negro has a job wherein he can look respectable, he forthwith sallies out into society and together with his clan, frowns upon the honest negro toiler who earns his little existence by the sweat of his brow. It is true there are some negroes so degraded in their living that even a dog would refuse to be classed with them. If the line in society was drawn here, it would be alright, but it goes further, and a negro man and woman guilty of the worst kind of dirt—under the eloak of society h is fair railing. All humanity should be accorded their rights, for from one common source we all sprang and eath is but the end. True, too true, six feet of earth puts us all on an equality. HE SAYS. Considering their income and the labors they are compelled to adopt to earn a dollar, the colored people really overdo what they are pleased to term "Society." The pimp they affect and the dress-parade receptions they inaugurate are not sufficient remuneration for the labors expended, and are not, by any means, an evidence of either superior rearing or good citizenship. "Society," as it is now affected by the colored people almost generally, necessarily means emotional excitement, debt and worry. Particularly is this the case as it regards the colored people in the West. We have never been farther East than Chicago, and do not know what the social condition is in the Middle Atlantic and New England states, but we judge it is not so very far removed from that which obtains in Chicago and throughout Illinois and the West generally. The writer of this is personally acquainted with many a girl that has for years been paying on a three hundred dollar piano and neglecting her house rent of three dollars a month. The monthly installments placed to the credit of the piano could very appropriately be placed to the credit of her room rent. In a few years she could own the house for the monthly installments she planks down on the piano. The idea of a three hundred dollar piano in a house for which one needs pay three dollars a month as a rental consideration! The girl who orders a piano and pays cash for it is rare, so much so that she is regarded as a necessary a junct to the menagerie of a circus. Many a piano has been taken back by the seller because the purchaser has gone so far on her installments and couldn't go farther. Still a piano gives a girl an exalted position in "Society"—a sort of premium stamp notice. --- American Citizen. a AMERICAN UITIZEN PUBLISHING a™D PRINTING CO. (eal dees Daily and Weekly 417 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS eee TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION Oully delivered by carrierper week. 10c. ‘Weekly one year......... ... 8150 Es ‘Smtered at the postoffice at Kansas City Gans , as second class matter. WILLIAM McKINLEY, For President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Vice President. STATE TICKET. For Governor, W. E. STANLEY. For Lieutenant Governor, H. E. RICHER. Fer Associate Justice, W. A. JOBNSTON. For Secretary of State, GEO. A. CLARK. For Treasury, FRANK GRIMES. For Auditor, GEORGE E, COLE. For Attorney Geveral, A. A. GODARD. For Supt. of Public Ins'ructions. FRANK NELSON. For Insurance Commissioner, W. V. CHURCH. 5 For Congressman at Large, CHARLES F. SCOTT. For Congressman First District, CHARLES CURTIS. For Congressman Second District, J D. BOWERSOCK For Congreseman Third District, GEO. W. WHEATLY. For Congressman Fifth District, W. A. CALDERHEAD, For Congressman Sixth District, W. A. REEDER. For Coxgressman Seveuth District, CBESTER I. LONG COUNTY TICKET. Senator, 4th. District. JAMES K. CUBBISON. Representa ive 9h District, H. A. BAILEY. 10th. District, G. L. COATES Wath. District, DAVID D. HUAG, County Attorney, E. A. ENRIGHT, Clerk District Court, ALEX. GUNNING. Probate Judge, K. P. BNYDER. Superintendent Public Instruction, SENRY MEADE. County Commissioner, First Dietriet—J. 8. PERKINS. Gov. Stanley's admintstration wil! go down in bistory as the most economical im the history of Karsas. There was money left in the contingent fund, — ‘Topeka Pisi dealer Ix the recent New Orleans trage- Cies we regret ihe fact tbat the black Imp who tuned informer was not the firet man killed, It would have Deen a blessing to have rid the com- muvity of such anegto. While we do not countensnce the disregard of Jaws aad the uncalled for taking of butaan lives—yet we would be glad to see a few of these loose mouth— white folks negroes mebbed or done anything else 10. There has been no undertaking schemed and getten on foot by the negro or negroes from time memorable but what some Db ack Imp—who conld justly be call. ed a “migyer”—in an effort to be amare and gain favor in the eye of s white man (when nine tenths of them all don’t like a negro no how) Jets the cat out of the water and glabs the whole details to some white man. It seems to be a heredi- tary disease of the negro, for he seems a patural horn informer and a caterer toward» the white maa, THE RACE OVESTION. Asa matter of fct, when Jefferson wroie the Declaration, ae Was prob | ably thinking -f his own raee. ‘The question of tbe African was net then as pressing as it afterward became, and thy Asatics did not enter inte consid~ eration Even now the conception of upiver-al equality depends mueb upeo distavee. Downs Sowh ‘bey draw the Tine at the biacks; out West, they draw it at the Indian; on the Pacific, at the Morgolian, and so on. Pecple gen- erally being willing to concede equality where it involves no inconrcieuce to themselver.—Philadelphia ‘limes. IT MEANS YOU, TOV. The greaiest amd most to be deplor ed draw back tothe negro advanee- ment and success, is the utter disre- gard for reading the current heppen- ing and thoughts of the day ‘Thous. ands of ariicles are writtes each week for the purpose of reaching, teaching ‘and directing a certain class of our peu: ple, and it ix rarely tbat one ia # thou: sand see them, and if they see them, ‘tak=the time to read them, and afte reading them apply tbem to them aime The American Citizen Directory OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, AND KANSAS CITY, MO. Church Directury, ‘BAPTIST CHURCHES. African 3914 East 15th. street. Greenwood, 2005 Msderson Avenue. Highland Avenue, 1119 Highiand Ave Macedonian t Mission 216 East 2ist. street. Missionary, 2605 Madison Avenue, Mt. Calvary, 15 northeast cor. Norton Avenue. ‘Mount Gay, 2100 Wyoming Avenue. Mount Soriah, 983 Bluff Street. Mount Olive, Villa. s ¢. eor. Gernett, Mount Zion, 908 Hickory Avenue. Mouat Zion. Primitive, 2815 Garnett street. Pilgrim, 705 Charlott. street. Pilgrim, Charlott between 6th and 7th Pleasant Green, Exst Forest. Round Top, Norton near 28th street. Bt James, 1411 East 18th street. St James Chapel, 518 High street. Bt, Marke, 1019 East 4th street. St. Pauls, 510 East 4th street. Second Baptist, Charlott, cor. 10th. Vine Street, 1825 Vine,street. CHRISTIAN CHURCH ist between Summit and Madison, su Augus ine Mission, 1025 Troost ave. METHODIST &PISCOPAL. Asbury Chapel, 1620 Cherry street. Burns, 11th S W. Cor, Highland ave Clark's Chapel, 8198. W. Boulevard ‘Westport W, Prospect Place Cor, 23rd- King Solomon Mission 4th and Locust Colored Schools. Attucks 2108 East 18th street. Bruce 3914 East 15th street. Douglass 27th N. E. Cor. N. Prospect Place. Garrison Forest 8. W Cor. 4th street. Lincoln School 11th NW. Cor Camp- bell ctreet. Lincoln High Sebool 816 East 11th st. Page Rochester N.E. Cor. Prospect Avenue. Pevn 4241 Shav ne. Phillips 1917 Cherry street, Round Top 2817 Norton Avenue, Business Directory. J. A. Wilson Jeweller 1616 W. 9th st. Chandler's Berber shep,Semuel Chand- ler Prop. 8 LClemens Mgr 112 East 6th stre't. Restaurant Mrs Amus Prop, 114 East 6th street, Fields Barber Shop 102 East 6th stree Miller's Barber Ehop 113East 6th Midland Baiber Shop Harsy Parsov Proprietor 115 East 6in street, Parsee Barber Shop Oarth & Warfleld Proprietors 550 Grand Avenue. 9 Bannon’ Barber Shop W.T. © Ban on Proprietor 560 Grand Avenue. Manila Barber Shop Madison Bros. Proprietors 709 Independence avenue. McRay's Barber obop Ben MeRay Proprietor 819 Independence avenue, Maupin’s Barber Shop 1832 E 18th st Brown's Barber Shop 1329 £ 18th st. Berry's Barber Shop 1482} E. 18th st Grocer, George Grear, Prop. 1211 E. 18th st, D. M. Mitctell, Barber Shop, 576 Grand ave. Langston’ Barber Shop 718 East 8th st Walker's Parber Shop 806 Kast 12th s H. J. George, barber shop, 1307 w 9th, st. ‘Cowden s Barber fhop 704 East 12thst Restaurant J. W, Gordon Prop, 354 Grand avenue. Restaurant H Powel Proprietor 572 Grand avevue. Restaurant Andiew Clark Proprietor 783 Independence ave. Saratoga Cafe L. Mason I coprietor ‘805 Independence ave. Chicego Cafe H Compton Proprietor 706 erst 12th street Physicians end Gurgeoue. Drs. Shannon and Lambiight 1215 E. 18th st. Dr. J.N. Birch 1389 E. 18th st. Dr.T. ©. Unthank 1283 Independence Ave. Dr. L.J.Holly 1112 “empbell at. Se ee ee eee ey Woo. avs ger 117 W. 6th st. Grocery, A. Wetb, Pro, ‘th and olmer.. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. The State of Kansas, Cyunty of Wy- andoite, ss, In the matter of the estate of Taylor McD nald, deceased. In the Probate Court 1m and for said County. Notice 1s hereby given that letters of ‘admnnistration have been granted to the undersigned, on the estate of Taylor WeDonald, Iste of said county, decess- ed, by the Honorable, the Probate Coert of the County #nd State aforesaid, dated the 8rd. day of March,s. p.. 1900, Now, all persons having elaims against the on d estate, are bereby notified that they saust present the same tothe undersigo ct for allowance wi bin ove yeer from the date of ssid or they may be precluded from any benefit of such es- Nate, and that if such claims be not ex- hbited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. 1 ¥. BRADLEY, Administrator of the estate of Taylor ‘MeDonaid, deceased. aneas City, Kas., March 20th., 1900, To witness whereof the undersigned, Probate Judge in acd for the County of Wyandoite, State of Kansas,bave hereto set mr hand, and affixed the seal of the sxid Probste Court, this 18th. dag of AM-reb, a. p., 1900," K.P, SNYDER, Probate Judes KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Ente:prises. A.C.L.-Coal Co. Main Office 492 Mina. Ave. E.F. Henderson, Mgr. D.W White Furniturestore, 420 Mion. Ave. J. W Jones Grocery 400. Oakland Ave. M. Gordon Department store 1605. N on Clark & Lee, junk store, 1104 nerth 8rd, st. Kansas City Kansas Soap Works, 4th. st., between Outland and Freeman. J. R. McClain, Grocer,1700 0 5th, st. J-R, Rucker, Buteher. 1609 n 16th, st Douglass Hospitsl, 812 Washington ave., Miss L. V. Ashton, Matron, CHURCHES, ‘METHODIST. St. James A. M. E., cor. 7th. and Ann St. James M.E., Freeman ave., be tween 9th snd 10th, ©. M. E. Oakland ave., bet, 4th. anc 5th. CHRISTIAN, Stb. St. Christian, cor. Everett an¢ sth. 9th. St. Christian, cor. 9th. and Ne brasks, Baptist. Ist. Buptist, corner 5 h. and Nebraska avenue, Metropolitan Baptist, cor. 9th. and Washington. Mt. Zion Baptist, Virginia ave, be tween 4h. and 5b. Mt. Pleasant, 8rd. st., between Oak land and Jersey. Rose Hill, Jersey ave. bet 9b. anc ror, Pleasant Green, Wood St. and Split- log ave. King Solomon Baptist, 8rd. avd State avenue, HOTELS. Dyson House 440 Minnesota Ave. Restaurants, J. W. Jobnson’s 6th and State. ‘Mrs. Hall 507 Minn, Ave. ‘Mrs. Sarsh Thurston 1414 Sth st. ‘Mo Gees 448 Minn. Ave. E. Stoakes 1510 N. 8rd st, BARGERS J.T. Roberts Tucker, 507 Minres sota avenre, J, Gross, 412 Minnesota avenue. G. McClellan. 613 Minnesota ave. M.T. Comer, 608 Minnesota ave. Robt. Keith, 315 Minpesota ave. M. Pattison, 1603 north 3rd. st. SHOEMAKER:, Lon McAdams, 348 Minnesota ave, D. W. Wynne, 309 Minnesota ave. Lewis Blenchard, North 6th., State Line. Wilson, 5th, st. between Nebraska and State, J. W, Ready, No. 1609} n 10th. st. MALLS. -- M. & 0.,1306 north 8th. street. Sons ot Protection, State and 6th. pRvas. Wyandotte Drag Store, 1512 north 5th. street. poctora. ‘S. H. fhompson, 1512 north 5th, st. G. H. Brown, 1010 Freeman ave. Jordan, 610 Miaonesota ave. ARTISTS. 0. J, Brooks, 70, New York Life Building. ‘TEACHERS OF FRENCH AND ELOCUTION, Arthur A. Anderson, 541 State Ave. A hit) LL) - f PSs { mse (BY. “oe pero SHORTFST LINE ACRUSS ™™ CONTINENT ‘The Union Pacific “The Original Over- land Route’ always was, and is to-day. the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kannas City daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibuled and tuily equipped with latest improved Reclining Chair Cars free and Pullman Palace sleeping cars. Meals served in Pullman Palace dining cars on the restaurant pian ‘at prices most reasonable. All cars light- ed with the celebrated Pintsch Light Only line ruaning two trains with- out change from HareasCity ‘to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado- Utah Idaho, Oregon. Washington aod California. Don't complete your ars rangements for a trip west until you hav. learned all about special inducements ‘and attractions offered by the Union Pa- cific. For full informa‘ion in sages to low .rates time. etc., call on or address J. B. FRAWLEY. Gen. Agt., Union Pacific. 1000 Main street, Kausas City. Mo Publication Notice. Fyandotte County, Ke. § ** Wyandotte County, Ke, { ** [n the District Court of said County, Joseph Law, Plaintiff, va. Maria Law, Defendant. ‘The above named defendant, Maria Law, will take notice that sbe bas heen sued by the above named plaintiff, Jos. Law, in the above named court, where the petition of the sald plaintif s now on file, praying for « divorce against you, the above named defendant, for causes set out in ald petition, ‘and that woless yeu suswer said petition on or be- fore the 7th. day of August, A .. 1900, the same willbe taken a8 true and Jadg- ment thereon rendered sccorningly. di- vorclag you from said plaintiff, and dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between you B.S. SMITH Attorney for Pisintiff. Bete! in = Graveyara, One of the largest hotels in Centrat America and by far the largest in Be- Uze, Honduras, is surrounded by tomb- stones. As this old and ahandoned cemetery was located in the center of the town, and afforded an excellent site for an hotel, the necessary permis- sion was obtained from the proper au- thorities, and in less than a year a Jarge and handsome hotel was erected In digging the foundation hundreds of skulls and bones were discovered, all of which were carefully collected and interred in the new cemetery. The ho- tel possesses a room in which service 4s conducted by a local preacher every Sunday. Last year the Battersea Ves- try voted a sum of £400 for the pur- ose of erecting a refreshment kiosk in the Battersea Parish Cemetery, better known as “Modern Cemetery.” seealiae tia ‘The etiquette of a Russian dinner is decidedly formal. When the guests are seated, the host and hostess of the feast remain standing, it being their pleasure to attend upon the company and to see that the servants do their duty. Nothing can escape their ob- servation; the plate of no guest re- mains empty for a moment, nor is wine glass ever without contents, French wines are mostly drunk at Russian dinners. Madeira is also a favorite, and a bottle of port is always served to an English guest. At her ‘own time the hostess gives the signal, and all rise from the table. O14 Hudson Bay Receipts. Among some curious records of the Hudson Bay company are receipts which read as follows. “Received per Lapwing, Jane Goody, as per invoice, 4m good condition.” “Received per Os- prey, Matilda Timbix's. Returned per Lapwing, as not being in accordance with description contained in invoice.” ‘These belong to pioneer times, when white men who settled in new parts of the country were either obliged to re- main bachelors, marry squaws or send east for wives, trusting to the judg- ment of the company to select them and send them out. Sles ‘the Teteme Maes, A salesman in a chinaware estab- fishment is responsible for the follow. ing: “A day or two ago,” said he, “a lady came in the store and began to examine some fine cups aud saucers, Nothing suited her. At last, however, she found some that pleased her, and, ‘smiling innocently, sald: ‘Now, these are very nice, and I like the way they are made, with different names on them. If I could find some with tha names I want, I would take them, but all I see read “Tom and Jerry."*™ Ghthten os Sik Mei The official report of the government inspector of factories for Coburg- Gotha gives the details as to the labor of children under 14 years engaged in thelr homes making buttons, toys, ete. It appears that in this district 5,455 Such children employed. They work from four and one-quarter to six hours per day, and earn in button-making from 2 to 6 cents. In making dolls they earn from 3 to 18 cents, while on toy ‘work they earn from 2 to 14 cents per day.—Baltimore American, ented @ Chance of Hama A Paterson, N. J., jeweler named Rabinowitz made application to the court to have his name changed to Robinson because an insurance com- Dany refused to do business with him. ‘The company informed him that its fnvarlable rule was to decline to in- sure the property of persons whose names ended with “itz.” The lower court did not think this a good reason for changing the name and the state supreme court has been appealed to. Wenentias Geet, Cooks in Ceylon must apparently be versatile persons, judging from the appended advertisement cut from a Cingalese journal: “Wanted—A billet as Cook and Appu, or either, by a mar- Hed man, who holds Excellent Testt- monials in Stuffing Animals. Can Stuff Blephant's Legs. Moderate Salary ex- pected. Please apply to Fouseka, Ra- gala, Walapana.” Value of Cornstatte, Cornstalks continue to increase tm value. They yield cellulose, worth $400 a ton, for stopping holes in battleships, for fine cardboard and paper, the best foundation for dynamite, a patent cat- tle food and a superior glue. But tt 4s said that 250,000,000 tons of corn- stalks will go to waste every year in England, eg ‘When cowardice is described as » leading feminine attribute somebody makes a huge mistake. Women do the most daring things on record— take chances whien would appal a man, ‘They may jump at the sight or mere mention of a harmless mouse, but they court death several times a year. It is one of the traits which makes femir ine nature so puzzling. I have known wom- en who were timid to a degree, under ordinary circumstances, come forth as heroines under the pressure of occa- sion. A woman who shudders at the sight of a small cut from which blood oozes will often exhibit a marvelous courage in a shocking accident. It is beautiful to think that dependence can be placed upon that species of reck- lessness which leads us into unneces- sary trouble. Great Honor For German Crown Prince, It ts a great honor which the queen of Spain is paying to the young crown prince of Germany by investing him with the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The order is one of the oldest in Europe.» It was founded in 1426 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to commemorate his good fortune in “cleaning up” a large sum of money in a deal in wool. The uni- form of the order is a cloak of scarlet, lined with ermine, and open at the throat to display the golden fleece and the motto of the order, which orna- ments the collar. The order belongs of right to all the princes of Spain and Austria, RAILROAD NOTICEs. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY,SUM. MER EXCURSIONS. —Weet and North.— To Pueblo, Col rado Springsand Den: ver and returo, special summer excur. sions June 21, July 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, and Angust 2, foal return limit October 31, $19 for the round trip. Summer tourist tickets on sale every day from June 1 to September 15, in elusive, final return limit Oct. 81, round trip 825. Homeceetert> excursions to wertern and southwestern points on June 5 and 19, July 3 and 17, August? and 21. tick- els gocd for twenty-ove di ys, at Fate of ‘ore fare plus £2, for thr round trip, . Tickets to &t. Paul and Minnespulis at $21 for the roupd trip. good yeing any day, returniog any time up to October 1. "Very low rates to other northeru points. Special ixcursione June 2h July 7. 8 9 10 ard 18, and August 2. to St. Paul, Mivneapelis. Round trip at 815.55. Du: luth smu the Superiors at 8.9 85, Water ville, Minn., $14.40. Good to return Oc tober 81, 1900, From Jwiy 1 special reund trip «xcur sions to Ogden’ and Salt Lake City at $50.00. Liberal stop cvers, Goud to re- turn until October 31. June 20 to 25 Winfield and return 26.6¢ duly 7 to 20, Otiswa and return $1 65. For particulars cell or ecdress, ELS. JEWETT, Pate: nger and Ticket Agent. City ticket cffiee No. 901 Main street, Kansas City, Mo. Secure Tickets «++-VIA TRE.... Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Ryo, ....AND YOU GET.... is Sleepers: & Ghair Cars 200070... # CHICAGO and all intermedesate points The shortest, quickest and bes tline to Chilocothe, Ot tumwa, Cedar Rapids, Dubnque, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freeport: ....Pessenger Station at.... 22nd St. and Grand Ave. ‘Take Westport Cable. City Ticket Office, 915 Main stree, Ridge Building. A. B. BRILGES Gin’). ctl weste Agent ¥. J.LERCHPassenger Agent. ‘Office 915Main St.. Kansas Cit FOR OLD'SOLDIERS I WILL BUY The additional Homestead Claims of all Soldiers or Sailors who served in the Union army or oavy, their widows or minor heirs. Who filed a Homestead claim of less than 160 acres of and prior to June 22nd., 1874? Such persons are entitled to enough more latd, including the number of ‘acres embraced in their original entry, without living upon it, to make 160 acres. If ther homesteaded 80 acres, hey are entitled to 80 more, if 40 acres 120 more, if 159 acres, one aere more, or any other number as it may acpear. By late rulings and decisions its not necessary that final proof shonld have been made on their original entry. that is, they are now entitled to such addi- tional rights if their homestead was abardoned, canceled or relirquished, and all transfers can be made at their hemes, Letore a Notary Public. Al} such claims I'am prepared to buy and ill pay the highest market price ia carb, AT ONCE. Will buy fractional claims even if uot more than one acre each. If you did not mske » home- stead filing you have no claim to sell. ‘This Isnd is yours ard den't wait but come to this «flice at once and get full particulars coucernirg this Ind. [vis tu your cwn interest 10 do so. AMERICAN CITIZEN CFFICE, 4d Wibkciels Beene THE Citi 1t1Zen, The oldest, one of the best and mort reliable Weekly papers for the ace in the st.te An anexcelled Advertising Medium, office at 417 Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Job Work, Bills, Programme, and all kinds of printing done Satis faction guaranteed or no go: Correspondence solicited from all parts of the country, AMERICAN CITIZEN PUB CO. 417 Minnesota Avenue, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS pentane ah Se thy Publication Notice. In the District Court of W)andotte County, Kansae, Florence Tolee, Plainttiff, v8. Jubn Toles, Defendant, To the above defendant you are here by notified tbat you have been sued In the above named court by he above named plaintiff, aod that unless you sp- Pear snd newer or or before the 14th #y of September. 1900, the ps tinon will fe taken as true and « judgwent render- a egaivst you, tbe vature of which will he a decree divercing this p'aintiff from seid defendant, and awarding to her bes maiden peme,. Ficrence Foreu, ard 101 conte of this suit, I. F. BR\DLEY, Attorney for Piaintiff. You Are Earnestly Requested to Uall at The C, F. WILLNER i | | t AND °o™ Looated sat 618 and 620 Minnesota Avenue, To inspect the largest and most complete line of H Furnishings In the city, at prices that will convinoe you that your money will go further here than elsewhere. We make it an especial effort to please and ther-by retain your patronage and also your recommeadaiion for your frieads patronage. WESELU ON TIME PAYMENTS and know that OUR TERMS WILL SUIT YOU, and will be glad to show you UUR STOOK. We carry everything in the line of FURNITURE, CARPETS, DRAPERIES, OIL CLOTH, LINOLEUMS,SHADES, LAMPS, DINNER and TOLLE SETS, also.a complete tine of RANGES and GASO- LINE SLOVES. Don’t forget the number and name, THE C. F. WILLNER, We sell the Celebrated Kroeger Piano. Farniture and Carpet ''o., 618, 620 MINNESOTA AVENUE. (Telephone W 130) For an Evening of Recreation VISIT THE MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE, : . Porters and Waiters Musical —— CLUB !— 1009, ST. LOUIS AVENUE, 1009. Kansas City, - - - - ., Missoari. SaF" Itis the swellest place in the city ge A. C. L. COAL CO., —IS HEADQUARTERS FOR— The Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits and the promptest deliveries, ooo GET THEIR PRICES UN COAL, WOOD, fEED, FLOUR, axsv BUILDING STONE, Wholesale and Retail. Office 492, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West. ber-Yard and Storage 917 and 919 No:th 3:d.°St. £ F. HENDERSON Manager. GoTo ; ’ J. W. JOHNSON’S The only Ive Cream Parlors in the two Kansas Cities where you can get the BestIce Ur3 am Soda, and Ice Creams, Fine 1 unch, . . : a Pies, Cakes 2 Confectionaries Special attention paid to Churches, Lodges and parties. Toe Cream, wholesale, 75 to 90 cts, per gallon. Don’t{iail to give us acall. Corner 6th. and State streets, KANSAS CITY _- - KANS etree reer W.B. RAYMOND, Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLIES FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HUURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THESICK AND WOUNDEL Undertaking kome, 431 Minnesota ave. —‘Letepnone West 32. Factory Lor st St., and Riverview Ave. Telepehone 2¢ KANSAS CITr KANSAS. ~ EAGERS Gem Drug Store MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN, DRUGS, MEDICINEs, CHEMICALS, % Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. ——> | PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOIL#T ARTICLES. . lewis Blandehard No. 6, Sta eLine, K.C. K ‘Does all kinds of Boot and Shoe work. He does first class hana work, and also bas one of the very latest _and best Shoemaker’s machine and guarantees the best and the sheapest work in the quickest te Give Lima trialand see for you elf Hf You Didn't Die Eating twelve mince pies between Christmas day and Twelfth day Is sald to insure the eater twelve lucky oF happy months éuring the following venr. Half Rate Excursion. (Plus two dollars) twice a month vis ‘Unmion Pacific to points in Colorad”, "y* oming. Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wash- ingtov. Cali us up “Prone 1109, or cal ‘at office 1,000 Muin street, and let us tell ou all wbout these excursions. Short line tu Salt Lake. The Union Pacific of course; hours quicker time. All the comforts of bome Ticket of ‘Gee 1,000 Main street, Telephone 110% Remember Dining Cars on the Union Pacific that now starts from Kansas Ci'y, daily. Unexcelied service, restaursat plan Ticket office 1,000 Main siree! Kansas City, Mo THE CELEBRATED SACK SOAP Go to C. W. Clodfelters grocery, Ne. 68 Central Ave., and purchsse s bat of his wonderful soap and give it s trial snd you will use no other. No housekeepet shou'd be without it PEKIN RELIEF FORCE ATTACKED BY BOXERS. Eight Hundred Japanese Have a Brush With the Enemy—Forward Movement Began July 25—Wholesale Massacre of Converts Outside of Pekin — The Latest Reports The navy department received the following cablegram from Admiral Remey: "Takn. Aug. 2.—Chaffee reports that 80 Japanese scouting toward Pei Tang (Pei Tsang?) lost three men killed and twenty-five wounded. Enemy in trenches and loop-holed houses.—Remey." The forward movement for the relief of the foreign legations in Pekin began Sunday, July 29. A message from Tien Tsin on that date says that the advance guard of the Russians, occupying the Chinese camps, and the Japanese, pushed up the right bank of the Pei Ho river without opposition. It was the expectation that the whole of the allied expeditionary force, about 20,000 men, would be upon the march by Tuesday. Sixteen hundred Americans and 2,000 British are co-operating. It is purpose to follow the river, using boats to carry food, ammunition and artillery. The telegraph office at Chef Foo appears to be blocked and newspaper and official telegraphs are subject to indefinite delays. Shanghai correspondents learn that the Russians were defeated north of New Chwang and that a body 5,000 strong is endeavoring to relieve the force besieged at Toshi Chow by 40,000 Chinese and numerous guns. Four Russian steamers upon the Amur river are said to have been sunk or damaged by the Chinese fire. A Shanghai dispatch of August 2 says: Liu Kun Yi, viceroy of Nankin, and Sheng, administrator of telegraphs and of railways and ta. tai of Shanghai I, have both declared officially that the foreign ministers are held by the Chinese government as hostages and that if the allies marche to Pekin they will be killed. Another Chinese exodus from Shanghai has commenced. It was caused by disquieting rumors published in the native and some foreign papers. Admiral Remey's dispatch indicates that resistance has already developed in the progress of the Pekin relief column. While the fights already reported near Tien Tsin are nothing more than the result of reconnoissances, still a souting party 800 strong is no inconspicuous force, and the fact that the Japanese suffered severely is regarded as proof positive that the relief column will have some lively fighting ahead. A feeling akin to indignation was excited at Washington by the press report from Tien Tsin of the apparent indifference of the commanders there to the critical state of the legionaries at Pekin. The war department officials are satisfied that Chaffee at least is blameless, for he undoubtedly is exercising all of his influence with the other commanders to get the column in motion. Nearly all the correspondents in Pekin confirm the reports of a wholesale massacre of Christians outside Pekin, a correspondent of the London News giving the number of killed as between 10,000 and 15,000, all defenseless converts. Imperial troops—so it is stated, did the ghastly work. PLOT WELL LAID. Anarchists Had Planned to Strike at All Crown. In the possession of the New York police and of the Italian authorities is evidence which the investigators regard as indisputable proof of the formation in New York and in Paterson, N. J., of a gigantic plot against the lives of the crowned heads of the world. The anarchists suspected of having gone to slay the king of Italy, his queen and others went by various routes as the books of the various steamship companies show. Those who went forth to kill were formed in companies so that one might follow up the other in case any assassin failed to do his work or filmed when the final test came. Dukes Had 800 Majority. The Choctaw election passed off without serious disturbances anywhere. G. W. Dukes, candidate for principal chief on the Tuskahoma ticket, has a majority of 800. Ambition for Beren Li Hung Chang is preparing a proclamation granting virtual amnesty to Boxers on condition that they cease creating disturbances. Margherita in Danger. Too Information from Rome is to the effect that Antonio Luna, arrested as an accomplice of Bresci, has confessed, confirming that a plot existed involving the simultaneous assa-sination of King Humbert and Queen Margherita. Wages Cut in the Steel Treat Wages cut in the steel trade is reported that a straight cut of 15 per cent has been ordered in wages by the American Steel and Wire company. The reduction, it is said, will affect every employee of the company. New York Mall Bobbey One of three leather mail pouches in transit from the general postoffice to substation O, at Fifth avenue and Thirteenth street, New York city, was robbed of more than $28,000 in drafts, checks and cash. Strike on the Canadian Pacific. The shop men on the Canadian Pacific railway are on on a s rike. The strike reaches from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast. The men claim the company is trying to break up their unions. MANY WHO WANTED TO WAIT. Advance in Opposition to Other Allies. A Tien Tsin dispatch of July 25 says: Pending the order to advance for the relief of the legationers at Pekin, the events at the Chinese capital are apparently slightly regarded. High officers are entertaining nightly at elaborate dinners, with military bands playing operatic ais. Foreign residents and friends of the besieged in Pekin who cane to Tien Tsin to await news or to accompany the expedition, are intensely dissatisfied with the progress of preparations. They accuse the army of indifference and of magnifying the difficulties to be encountered in reaching Pekin. President Tenney of the Tien Tsin university and many others who are acquainted with the conditions think there were sufficient troops here to push forward and pursue the Chinese after the fall of the native city of Tien Tsin. That the position of the legations demanded that the army take extraordinary risks by scouring the surrounding country and commanding animals and wagons and that boats sufficient for purposes of transportation might be improvised is the prevailing opinion of civilians, and many officers, notably Japanese and American, confirm this view. The Japanese are giving a splendid exhibition of organization. Their whole machine moves like clockwork. There have been forwarded from Japan small boats or lighters for moving troops and stores, and every regiment is landed quickly and without confusion and started for Tien Tsin within a few hours after the transport has anchored in the harbor. The management of the Japanese army and the bravery, spirit and intelligence of the Japanese troops are a revelation that commands the respect and admiration of all foreign officers. EARL LI EVASIVE. Replies to Secretary Hay's Peremptory Another move has been made in the diplomatic situation by the return of an evasive answer by Li Hung Chang to Secretary Hay's peremptory demand of the 1st to be put in communication with the foreign officials at Pekin. Li's answer is not final, and leaves the matter open to diplomacy, but Li's actions, as reported by Consul General Goodnow, are unquestionably sincere, and will amount to a final rejection of the American proposition, if persisted in. Mr. Goodnow's dispatch contains some further information bearing on the question of the respiibility for Pekin conditions, in the statement that the commander of the Chinese troops, by inference answerable to the Chinese government, ordered the Pao Ting massacre. It is learned, however, that Li Ping Hong, the commander, is well known to all Chinese officials as one of the most rabid anti-foreign leaders in China. He is a close friend of Prince Tuan, and the association of these two in Pekin affairs, with the power behind them to cause the ignominious death of two high official$, is regarded here as a bad sign. Simultaneously with Mr. Goodnow's dispatch came a characteristically diplomatic message from Yuan Shih Kai, the governor of Shantung, repeating the story that the Chinese government was arranging to deliver the ministers safely at Tien Tsin. No attempt is made to reconcile that statement with Earl Li's refusal to allow communication with the ministers. WOULD DESTROY PEKIN. Severe Punishment Urged by the Foreigners in the Chinese Treaty Ports. A Chee Foo dispatch of July 29 says: Public opinion and the foreign press at the treaty ports are alarmed at the possibility that the Chinese would prevail upon the powers to consent to the establishment of peace without inflicting punishment befitting the Chinese government's crime. Officials, persons engaged in commercial pursuits and missionaries of all nationalities are remarkably united. They believe Pekin should be destroyed as an object lesson, and that if the dynasty is continued it should be forced to establish the capital at some accessible city, the Americans suggesting Nankin. There is a strong demand that unusual punishment, like the destruction of the king's tombs. The American and English missionaries advocate a similar program. The destruction of foreign property continues. United States Consul Fowler estimates that the losses of the American missions amount $1,500,000. The losses through the suspension of trade are enormous. Chinese bring many stories of outrages upon native Christians, who have been tortured, or compelled to renounce their religion. Several have been skinned alive. Two French nuns at New Chwang were burned alive. Dr. Ting, a graduate of the American college, refused to renounce Christianity after receiving 2,000 lashes. He Gets $9,000 Pension. Nathan Young, a nephew of Brigham Young, returned from Australia last week, after an absence of fifty years, during which he was mourned for dead. He is a veteran of the Mexican war and a pension of $15 a month has been accruing all this time, making a total of about $9,000. Milwaukee's Big Gain. The population of Milwaukee, Wis. is 285,315. In 1890 the population was 204,468. The increase is 30.54 per cent. In a Shower Bath of Blazihg Oil. Benson Green was burned to death in a shower bath of blazing oil ignited by a torch which he held in his hands while at work at the Madison, Ill., car foundry. Democrats Won by 59,553. The returns show that the Democratic majorities in the North Carolina election aggregate 64,678, and the fusion majorities are 5,125, making the net Democratic majority 59,553. ULTIMATUM TO CHINA ISSUE OF PEACE OR WAR IS CLEARLY DRAWN. Uncle Sam Omnibusly Close to War—Terms of United States Must Be Accepted at Once or Declaration of War May Follow—Ministers Safe July 30. Secretary of State Hay's reply to Li Hung Chang has closed the negotiations with China, unless the old viceroy is able to secure the full acceptance of our terms relative to the foreign ministers, and that at once. No orders, therefore, looking to the relaxation of the preparations for the advance on Pekin have gone out from Washington for, as the situation is described by one of the leading officials, "there will be no bargaining on our part in advance of the concession by the Chinese authorities of full and free communication with the foreign minis ers." There is, moreover, a note ominously close to actual war in Secretary Hay's declaration that the conducer of the Chinese government is "unfriendly." That kind of language is extreme in diplomacy, and it is only a narrow step between it and formal war. A Shanghai special announces the receipt of an official telegram from the Tsung-li yamen asserting that the ministers were all well on July 30, and that vegetables, fruits and other supplies had been sent to the legations on several occasions. "Friendly intercourse," the official telegram says, "is now being carried on between the ministers and the imperial government." Cablegrams from Che Foo announce that the imperial troops, advancing to oppose the relief force, have completely wiped out a Christian town near Pekin, killing five foreign priests and 10,000 native Christians. Mr. Broderick's statement in the British house of commons placing Great Britain on record as unalterably opposed to the partition of China, was well received by all the London papers. STREETS RAN WITH BLOOD. The Story of a Reformer Who Left Pekin June 26. Chi-Ta, a Chinese reformer, who escaped from Pekin June 26, says: "Not counting the 2,000 to 3,000 convers. who have been massacred by the Boxers inside Pekin, it was estimated when I left that over 4,000 peaceable citizens had also been slain in the melee. The streets ran with blood; it was awful. The Tartar and Forbidden cities were filled to overflowing with Boxers and Manchu troops, which caused a panic among the princes, dukes, nobles and members of the imperial clan, and other Banners, who were afraid that they also would be plundered as soon as the Boxers got beyond control, by diplomacy, they managed to clear both cities of their dangerous friends, closed the gates and placed strong guards of Banner men to prevent further ingress of outsiders." THEIR LIVES FOR ANOTHER. Father and Son Killed Near Carthage Trying to Rescue a Well Digger. Two farmers, named William and Ernest Rogers, father and son, died twelve miles north of Carthage, Mo., in a well that was being dug on the farm. A workman, named Edward Gross, was lowered into the well by Rogers, the elder, and called to be taken out on account of foul air. Rogers went down to assist him, but was soon prostrated. The son, Ernest, then went to help Gross, who was drawn up, but young Rogers was soon a victim and both father and son died before help came. NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION Democratic State Ticket Elected—The Negro Disfranchised. After the most bitterly contested campaign ever known in North Carolina, the Democrats and white supremacy triumphed by a majority of about 30,000. The election disfranchised the negro and changed the state legislature from its combination majority of Republicans and Populists to straight democratic, insuring the defeat of Marion Butler for re-election as United States senator. The negroes, as a general thing, remained away from the polls. Toadstools for Mushrooms. Three persons are dead in the home of J. A. Norris, near Harvey, Ill., and four others are seriously ill, the result of eating toadstools which they mistook for mushrooms. For a Russo-American Alliance An alliance between Russia and the United States for the settlement of the Chinese crisis is urged in a lengthy article in the St. Petersburg Novoe Vremya. Consul Dies of Cholera W. I. Shaw of Pennsylvania, United States consul at Barranquilla, Colombia, died recently from cholera. Iron Works at Joplin Burn. The Union iron works of Joplin were destroyed by fire. Loss, $10,000, fully covered by insurance. The works were owned by William Buttram and made a specialty of manufacturing steam mining drills. The works will be rebuilt at once. They Get Foreign Labor. The Kansas and Texas' Coal company operating around South McAlester, Ind. Ter., is now importing Mexican labor to work in the mines. Pennsylvania Anarchists Celebrate At a mine shaft near Yohaghany, Pa., anarchists met and celebrated the killing of King Humbert of Italy. The day was made a holiday for the purpose of jubilation. Kansas Soldier Dead at Manila. Frederick Gleason, of Banner City, Kan., a corporal of the Fortieth infantry, died at Manila July 21 of dysentery. He was aged 22 and enlisted at Fort Riley. HAY PUTS CASE CLEARLY. Freedom of Ministers a Right and Not a Favor. The state department has made public the following correspondence between Li Hung Chang and the department, regarding the abandonment of the campaign in Pekin: "Telegram sent to the United States embassies in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome and St. Petersburg and to the United States minister, Tokio: "Department of State, Washington, D. C. August 1, 1900.—In reply to a suggestion of Li Hung Chang that the ministers might be sent under safe escort to Tien Tsin, provided the powers would engage not to march on Pekin, the secretary of state replied on the 30th of July: "The government will not enter into any arrangement regarding disposition or treatment of legations without first having free communication with Minister Conger. Responsibility for their protection rests upon Chinese government. Power to deliver at Tien Tsin presupposes power to protect and to open communication. This is insisted on." This message was delivered by Mr. Goodnow on the 31st to Viceroy Li, who then inquired whether "if free communication were established between ministers and their governments, it could be arranged that the powers should not advance on Pekin, pending negotiations." To this inquiry the following reply was sent on the first of August: "Goodnow, Consul General, Shanghai: I do not think it expedient to submit the proposition of Earl Li to the other powers. Free communication with our representatives in Pekin is demanded as a matter of absolute right, and not as a favor. Since the Chinese government admits that it possesses the power to give communication, it puts itself in an unfriendly attitude by denying it. No negotiations seem advisable until the Chinese government shall have put the diplomatic representatives of the powers in full and free communication with the respective governments and removed all danger to their lives and liberty. We would urge Earl Li earnestly to advice the imperial authorities of China to place themselves in friendly communication and co-operation with the relief expedition. They are assuming a heavy responsibility in acting otherwise. HAY. "You will communicate this information to the minister of foreign affairs." WOULD KILL THE SHAH. An Attempt Made to Assassinate Persia's Ruler in Paris. An attempt was made to shoot the shah of Persia in Paris August 2, but it resulted in no harm to him. A man broke through a line of policemen as the shah was driving away from his palace and tried to mount the royal carriage step. He held a revolver in his hand, but as soon as his intention was divined the police disarmed him before he was able to fire. At the police station the man, expressed regret that he had been unable to carry out his intentions. He said: "This is an affair between me and my conscience." A crowd of 500 persons, who saw the attempted a sassination made a rush towards the man and tried to attack him. There were many police in the neighborhood acting as guards of the shah, and these saved the mob from doing violence to the prisoner. The prisoner declines to give his name or nationality. He speaks little and that with a Southern accent. The police believe him to be an Italian. He is about 26 years of age. Just before starting from the palace the shah received a letter signed with an Italian an name, and posted in Paris, announcing to him that he would be assassinated. Muzaffer-ed-Din became shah of Persia three attempts have been made upon his life. The father of the present shah was assassinated May 1, 1806. EAT RICE AND HORSEFLESH. Legattouers Consent to Truce, But Fear Treachery. Dr. Robert Coltman, staff correspondent of the Chicago Record at Pekin, under date of July 21, says "There has been no word from the outside world. Food is plentiful, such as it is—rice and horsefish. "We are all exhausted with constant standing on guard, fighting, building barricades and digging trenches both day and night. "All the legations except the British are utterly wrecked by shot and shell. The Austrian, I alian, Belgian and Holland buildings are burned to the ground. The British legation is also much shattered. The United States marines still hold a vital position on the city wall commanding the legations. "We fear that treachery is possible when the defeated Chinese troops enter the city. Meanwhile we are living in intense anxiety and hoping for early relief." A Place for American Chinese It is proposed to offer to the United States a corps of intelligent Americanized Chinese to be attached to the American forces in China. It is said they could be of great aid as scouts, guides, boatmen, interpreters and bosses for the coolies necessary to the transportation of supplies. The Census of Louisville. The census office has announced the population of Louisville, Ky., as 204, 731, an increase of 43,602 over the census of 1890. Eloping Couple Drowned. Martha Hendricks, 17 years of age, and Paul Varner, an eloping couple of Poplar Bluff, Mo., lost their lives by drowning in the Current river while attempting to escape from the ang-y father of the girl. The elopers thought to outwit their pursuer by crossing the river. They embarked in a skiff, which struck a snag and overturned. Kansas City's Census. The census returns give Kansas City, Mo., a population of nearly 170,000 a gain of 35,000 since 1899. BLAGKEST OF INFAMY THE STORY OF PEKIN IS AT LAST TOLD. The Chinese Government Exhorted the Boxers to Massacre All Christians—Startling Story of China's Infamy and Duplicity Told by the Fekin Correspondent of the Loudon Times. The London Times of August 2 prints the following from Dr. George Morrison, its regular Pekin correspondent, under date of July 21: "There has been a cessation of hostilities here (Pekin) since July 16, but, for fear of treachery, there has been no relaxation of vigilance. The Chinese soldiers continue to strengthen the barricades around the besieged area, and also the batteries on top of the imperial city wall, but, in the meantime, they have d.continued firing, probably because they are short of ammunition. "The main bodies of the imperial soldiers have left Pekin in order to meet the relief forces. Supplies are beginning to come in and the condition of the besieged is improving. The wounded are doing well. Our hospital arrangements are admirable and 150 cases have passed through the hospital. "The tsung-li-yamen forwarded to Sir Claude McDonald a copy of a dispatch telegraphed by the emperor to Queen Victoria, attributing all deeds of violence to bandits and requesting her maj sty's assistance to extricate the Chinese government out of the difficulty. The queen's reply is not stated, but the Chinese minister at Washington telegraphs that the United States government would gladly assist the Chinese authorities. "This dispatch to the queen was sent to the tsung-i-yamen by the grand council on July 3, yet the day before an imperial edict had been issued calling on the Boxers to continue to render loyal and patriotic services in exterminating the Christians. The edict also commanded vicious and governors to expel all missionaries from China and to arrest all Christians and compel them to renounce their faith. Other decrees applauding the Boxers speak approvingly of their burning out and slaying converts. Their leaders are stated in a decree to be princes and ministers. "On July 18 another decree made a complete volte face, due to the victories of the foreign troops at Ten Tsin. In this decree, for the first time, and one month after the occurrence, an allusion was made to the death of Baron Von Ketteler, the German minister, which was attributed to the action of local brigands, although there is no doubt that it was premeditated, and that the assassination was committed by an imperial officer, as the survivor, Herr Cordes, can testify. "The force besieging the legation consists of the imperial troops under General Tung Lu and General Tung Fu Sihang, whose gallantry is applauded in imperial decrees, although it has consisted in bombarding for one month defenseless women and children, cooped up in the legation compound, using shell, shrapnel, round shot and expanding bullets. "The Chinese, throughout, with characteristic treachery, posted proclamations assuring us of protection, and on the same night they made a general attack, in the hope of surprising us." "There is still no news of Pei Tang cathedral." "The wounded number 138, including the American surgeon, Lippitt, severely wounded, and Captain Myers, who is doing well. Seven Americans have been killed." "All the ministers and members of the legations and their families are in good health. The general health of the community is excellent and we are contentedly awaiting relief." After enumerating the casualties already reported and giving the total of deaths, including Americans, as fifty-six, Mr. Morrison proceeds as follows: "The Chinese undemined the French legation, which is now a ruin; but the French minister (M. Pichon) was not present, having fled for protection to the British legation on the first day of the siege. "The greatest peril we suffered during the siege was from fire, the Chinese in their determination to destroy the British legation burning the adjoining Han Lin Yuen (national college), one of the most sacred buildings in China, sacrificing the unique library." Ambassador Wolcott. Roger Wolcott, ex-governor of Massachusetts, has accepted the appointment of United States ambassador to Italy. London Forgets South Africa London is losing all interest in the South African war and directing its attention to the Chinese question. Pensioners Still Increase The report of the commissioner of pensions, H. Clay Evans, will show a total of 903,528 pensions on the roll July 1. The report shows that July 1, 1896, there were 901,519 pensions on the rolls. During the year 40,645 original pensions were granted and 4,699 names were restored to the rolls. His Life Heavily Insured. The assassination of King Humbert is a severe blow to the life insurance companies. His policies aggregate 87,000,000. A Cool July for Kansas The monthly weather report of the University of Kansas says that the mean temperature of the month just closed was two degrees below the July average. Only seven times has July in the past thirty-three years been cooler. Lold First Submarine Mines Herr Weiner von Siemens, the electrician, died in Berlin July 30. It was von Siemens who laid the first submarine mines exploded by electricity in 1848. IT IS A POLITICAL CRIME. America Can Do Nothing to Help in Prosecuting Humbert a Murderer. There is little the United States can do in the way of aiding the Italian government in prosecuting those engaged in the conspiracy which resulted in the assassination of King Humbert if it should be proved that the conspiracy was entered into in America. Officials say that all the extradition treaties between the United States and other countries provide that persons charged with political crimes shall not be surrendered for trial. As a general rule of international law the killing of a ruler or an attempt against the life of a ruler is a political crime. It would, therefore, be impossible to grant a demand from the government of Italy for the extradition of any person in the United States who may have conspired with the murderer of King Humbert. PROBABLY AN AMERICAN PLOT Rome Believes That Humbert's Death Was Planned in Paterson, N. J. In the course of his examination Bressi did not deny that he had been designated to assassinate King Humbert. He said, defiantly: "I did not kill Humbert; I killed the king." He angrily protested that what he had done was not a crime, but an act of justice. A man named Salvatoro Quintavalli, who returned from the United States with Bressi and accompanied him to an Anarchist meeting in Paris, has been arrested. Auton Lanner, who accompanied Bressi from the United States, has been arrested at Ivrea. In consequence of these arrests the belief in the existence of a plot of American origin is increasing. HAVE STARTED FOR PEKIN Forward Movement of Allies From Tien Tsin Begun. A Shanghai dispatch of August 1 says: "The allies are marching on Pekin. They are eighteen miles from Tien Tsin and should reach Pekin in eight days. "All the Europeans have taken refuge in the inner enclosure of the imperial city." It is assumed that the Americans, B itish and Japanese are taking part in this forward movement, whether other nationalities are or not. An advance base will probably be established twenty or thirty miles nearer Pekin and supplies will be assembled preparatory to a direct stroke at the capital. JESTER IS FREE. Found Not Gullity of the Murder of Gilbert Gates—Jury Took Three Ballots. Alexander Jester is free. Twelva citizens of Ralls county, Mo., after hearing the evidence in the case and four and a half days of argument, officially declared him innocent of the murder of Gilbert W. Gates. As soon as the words "not guilty" fell on the cars of the audience a yell rent the air that would have done honor to the announcement of the election of a President of the United States. The jury took three ballots. The first was 9 to 3 for acquittal; the second 10 to 2, and the last was unanimous for acquittal. FROM PEKIN JULY 24. Imperial Troops Continuously Firing on the Legations "We are surrounded by imperial troops," he writes, "who are firing on us continuously. The enemy is enterprising, but cowardly. We have provisions for about a fortnight, and are cating our ponies. "The Chinese government, if there be one, has done nothing whatever to help us. If the Chinese do not press the attack, we can hold out for, say, ten days. So no time should be lost if a terrible massacre is to be avoided." END OF THE MARITIME CANAL The Nicaraguan Government Takes Possession of the Company's Property. The government of Nicaragua has taken possession of the property of the Maritime Canal company and removed the company's cars, rails and property to the interior from Greytown, under article fifty-four of the concession. The time granted the company to construct the canal expired August 1. Oklahoma Fusionists The Oklahoma Fusion convention at Oklahoma City nominated Robert A. Neff of Kay for delegate to Congress. It was on the thirty-first ballot, which resulted, Neff 295, Cross 118. It was a Populist victory. Chicago Chinese Celebrated. The Chinese of Chicago celebrated the news of the safety of the ministers a: Pekin with a noisy demonstration which the police were compelled to stop at midnight. A Socialist for Congress in Missouri. The ocial Democrats of the Twelfth Missouri congressional district have nominated Charles Specht for Congress. Mr. Specht is a leading trades unionist. Towne Will Not Talk Towne Will Not Talk. Charles A. Towne says the time for him to talk about his withdrawal from the vice president nomination on the Populist ticket has not come. Troops Sail for China. The transport Meade has left San Francisco with a battalion of infantry, a squadron of cavalry and a company of engineers for China. Home for the Sick and Wounded. The hospital ship Solace has sailed from Taku for San Francisco with sick and wounded American soldiers who fell at Tien Tsin. Not a Cent of Clark's Money. Chairman Jones says he has not seen one cent of Senator Clark's alleged $100,000 contribution to the Democratic campaign fund. Cincinnati Gives Way to Cleveland. The census returns give Cincinnati, Ohio, a population of 325,902 and Cleveland 275,000, making Cleveland Ohio's largest city. Downs celebrated its 21st anniversary July 27. It cost over $27,000 to run Allen county last year. A woman has been appointed coroner of Cowley county. Sumner county places its wheat crop at 6,500,000 bushels. Coffey county is preparing to build a $50,000 court house. Huron is shipping walnut to Europe for antique furniture. Clyde will have a watermelon carnival on August 30 and 31. Stafford county will hold a fair th's year for the first time. Reno county reports the filing of twenty-five divorce suits. The potato crop of the Kaw valley is estimated at 4,003 carloads. McPherson county holds the broom corn belt of the world. Hutchinson complains that it is having more than its share of tramps. An Atchison church is known as the Church of the Rich Widows. Two Mormon elders are endeavoring to secure converts in Peabody. The Hutchison high school quartet is making a tour of Western Kansas. Seward has searched itself and finds there isn't a physician in the town.* A vacation of two months has been given the state by the supreme court. The window glass man is following in the track of the Kansas hailstorms. Labette county will dispose of a large part of its melon crop in Boston. The G. A. R. encampment at Chicago will be visited by nearly 15,000 Kansans. Ten cars of rock salt are now being shipped daily from the Kingman mines. An Ottawa man recently old a bunch of 800 goats to Missouri and New York breeders. The mortgage indebtedness of the state has been reduced $6,000,000 in the last year. The large jewelry firms report a big demand for diamonds among the Kansas farmers. A New York band has already applied for a place at the Kansas exposition in 1904. Every man in Leavenworth believes the coal companies are mining coal on his property. Governor Stanley says he will recommend the abandonment of the live stock commission. A farmer in Ford county had a field of wheat which averaged forty-three bushels to the acre. The state agricultural college has arranged for a series of thirty-four farmers' institutes. The Santa Fe depot at Cherryvale was struck by lightning three times in one night recently. A history of Kansas regiments in the Spanish war will be included in the adjutant general's report. The office of secretary of state has been held continuously for fifteen years by newspaper men. There are 2,000 more pianos in Kansas than there were when the assessor made his rounds the last time. A history of Allen and Woodson counties is to be published by Charlie Scott and L. W. Duncan. Eleven drummers and two joint keepers of Emporia are under arrest for violating the prohibition law. It is said that ex-Governor St. John will remove to Missouri. He is interested in mineral lands there. Miss Jessie Lewelling, daughter of ex-Governor Lewelling, is writing stories for a newspaper syndicate. Barton county will elect a county printer this year. A law was passed by the last legislature authorizing it. "Kansas and Her Resources, by Coburn." is the title of a handsome booklet issued by the Santa Fe com any. Charley Fish, a La Cross boy, is in the Ninth infantry and was in the battle before the walls of Tien Tsin. Three cases of smallpox have developed among the inmates of the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. The managers of the coming street fair at Salina are arranging to have a public wedding on the grounds each day. One of the attractions at the Kingman cattle convention will be a big band of blanket Indians from the Indian territory. The Kansas City and Leavenworth electric line backers propose to make a summer resort of Waleott (still called Conner by the Missouri Pacific). The Santa Fe has paid damages in two of the cases where a number of Hute inson people were killed at a railroad crossing in June last. The cases were settled at $1,500 each. Wichita will be in the dark during the month of August. The council has notified the present company to discontinue its service and it will be September 1 before the new company will be ready to supply the city. Kwantung, one of the provinces of China, has an area less than that of Kansas, being 79,456 square miles to 81,700 in Kansas. Yet the population is nearly 30,000,000 compared with the population of Kansas, 1,430,000. The widow of D. C. Coates, the Santa Fe operator who was murdered in his office in Winfield last April, has received $600 from operators in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma. General J. K. Hudson has removed to Missouri and organized a mining company with a capital stock of $50,000. RUCREATION AND HEALTH. Both Can Be Secured at the Indiana Mineral Springs. Indiana. Like the young man in springtime, whose fancy "lightly turns to thoughts of love," when summertime comes we all turn our thoughts to the consideration of the important question of where we shall go for rest, recreation and health. There are all kinds of health and pleasure resorts throughout this broad land of ours, some of them, unfortunately, anything but what their names imply, and apparently operated for no other purpose than to relieve the invalid and pleasure seeker, financially. So much so is this the case that it is indeed gratifying to the one seeking rest and recuperation from the cares of the business and social world, as well as the pain racked invalid, who is fortunate enough to discover a place where to use a popular expression, he "gets his money's worth." One of the most interesting, picturesque and delightful places in this country is unquestionably the resort known as the Magno Mud and Litha Water Cure, located in Indiana Mineral Springs, Indiana. Here come the overworked business man, the worn out devotee of society and the professional man on the verge of nervous prostration; as well as the sufferer from rheumatism, kidney and skin diseases for which the baths are especially beneficial. The place is also largely patronized by those who only seek pleasure and recreation, its location making it particularly adapted for this purpose. There are many romantic and beautiful spots and places of interest in the vicinity and it would be hard to find a section of country containing so many beautiful drives. The country is very hilly, but the roads are all graveled and kept in good condition. This is one of the things that makes the place especially attractive to those afflicted with rheumatism, as driving is about the only outdoor pleasure one crippled with rheumatism can indulge in. Some of the cures effected are really marvelous and many who have gone to the Magno Mud Cure as a last resort have returned home within a few weeks filled with renewed health and strength. The accommodations, service, table and attendance is all that can be desired and the rates very reasonable indeed. The Springs is under the able management of Major H. L. Kramer and a postal card inquiry addressed to him will bring complete detailed information as well as a copy of the "Mudlavia Magazine," a unique and interesting publication. COACHING THROUGH YELLOW- STONE PARK. To all lovers of outdoor life and to those fagged and worn out dyspeptics who need a bracing tonic in the shape of pure air and healthy exercise, we heartily recommend a trip to the Yellowstone. There you are carried back to the "good old coaching days," so charmingly described by Dickens, with the additional advantage of magnificent scenery, unsurpassed in any other part of the world. There are several so-called coach lines and camping outfits in the park, but the majority of them are a delusion and a snare. If you want to enjoy the trip thoroughly go via the Northern Pacific railway to Cinnabar and then take the splendidly appointed coaches of the Yellowstone National Park Trans. Company for the drive through the park. These famous Concord coaches seat from five to seven persons, are drawn by four line, well-breed horses, and are in charge of thoroughly experienced drivers. They are run on schedule time, and a late arrival on this line is a thing unknown. It is the largest stage line ever organized. At the present time they have 700 head of horses, 75 drivers and seating capacity for over 1,100 persons—representing an investment of over $200,000. The business is carried on with military precision. There is no rush, no hurry, or confusion. To any of our readers contemplating a trip to this "wonderland" we earnestly advise them to assure themselves when purchasing tickets that they read via the Northern Pacific and the Yellowstone National Park Transportation Co. ST. MARY'S ACADEMY, Notre Dame, Indiana. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of St. Mary's Academy which appears in another column of this paper. The 46th year opens September 4th, 1900. We do not need to expatriate upon the scholastic advantages of St. Mary's for the catalogue of the school shows the scope of work included in its curriculum, which is of the same high standard as that of Vassar and Bryn Mawr, and is carried out faithfully in the class rooms. We simply emphasize the spirit of earnest devotion which makes every teacher at St. Mary's loyally strive to develop each young girl attendant there into the truest, noblest, and most intelligent womanhood. Every advantage of equipment in the class rooms, laboratories and study rooms, every care in the matter of food and clothing, and exceptional excellence of climatic conditions—all of these features are found at St. Mary's, in the perfection of development only to be obtained by the consecration of devoted lives to educational Christian work, in a spot favored by the Lord.—The Fine Arts Journal. Kansas City to San Antonio Without Change Via the Santa Fe Route. Through Pulman Palace Sleepers and free Reclining Chai Cars to Ft. Worth. Aus in and San Antonio, daily at 10 p.m. from Kansas City. Absolutely no change of course. Round trip tickets on sale at greatly reduced rates. The A. T. & S. F. Pty. G. W. HAGENBUCH, G. A. P. D. KANSAS CITY, Mo. Or W. J. BLACK, G. P. A. Topeka, Kau. PISO'S CURE FOR CURSES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Notre Dame, Ind. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Notre Dame University, one of the great educational institutions of the West, which appears in another column of this paper. Those of our readers who may have occasion to look up a college for their sons during the coming year would do well to correspond with the president, who will send them a catalogue free of charge, as well as all particulars regarding terms, courses of studies, etc. There is a thorough preparatory school in connection with the university, in which students of all grades will have every opportunity of preparing themselves for higher studies. The Commercial Course, intended for young men preparing for business, may be finished in one or two years according to the ability of the student. St. Edward's Hall, for boys under thirteen, is an unique department of the institution. The higher courses are thorough in every respect, and students will find every opportunity of perfecting themselves in any line of work they may choose to select. Thoroughness in class work, exactness in the care of students, and devotion to the best interests of all, are the distinguishing characteristics of Notre Dame University. Fifty-six years of active work in the cause of education have made this institution famous all over the country. MacDonald's Romantic Makeup Sir Claude Macdonald, whose position in China has brought him to the public eye, has a touch of the romantie in his makeup, which is shown in the way he chose his wife. The story goes that he one day saw through a window Miss Ethel Armstrong, a daughter of Major Cairns Armstrong of the old Fifteenth Regiment. He did not know her, but he then and there resolved to marry her—which he did. For Iced Tea Glasses. Pretty holders for iced tea glasses come in dainty blue and white china. More expensive ones in silver. By-the-bye, that beverage as made by some housewives tastes as if it might have been concocted of hemlock, so bitter is it. First Telegraph in Japan The telegraph was first established in Japan in 1869, when the Japanese government engaged some English engineers to build a line between Yokohama and Tokio, which are only a few miles apart. O-I-C When a preparation has an advertised reputation that is world-wide, it means that preparation is meritorious. If you go into a store to buy an article that has achieved universal popularity like Cascarets Candy Cathartic for example, you feel it has the endorsement of the world. The judgment of the people is infallible because it is impersonal. The retailer who wants to sell you "something else" in place of the article you ask for, has an ax to grind. Don't it stand to reason? He's trying to sell something that is not what he represents it to be. Why? Because he expects to derive an extra profit out of your credulity. Are you easy? Don't you see through his little game? The man who will try and sell you a substitute for CASCARETS is a fraud. Beware of him! He is trying to steal the honestly earned benefits of a reputation which another business man has paid for, and if his conscience will allow him to go so far, he will go farther. If he cheats his customer in one way, he will in another and it is not safe to do business with him. Beware of the CASCARET substitutor. Remember CASCARETS are never sold in bulk but in metal boxes with the long tailed "C" on every box and each tablet stamped C. C. C. Knowing the merits of the preparations of the J. & C. Maguire Medicine Company, we are in stating to the public that they have succeeded in furnishing the Army and the Army Corps, grown in favor with the public, not having one failure to report in fifty-nine words, the highest the Indian durangur, etc., have become household, have they now sold by all druggists. Ask them what they are doing with Diarrhea, Dysentery, or Cholera-Morbus, give Benne Plant a trial, and you will be convinced that the Army made the Medici Company guarantee to do what is claimed for it. Ninety Per Cent killed by Rifle. The rifle is responsible for nearly 90 per cent of the killed and wounded in modern warfare. In the Franco-German war it was estimated that 6,969 Germans were killed by rifle bullets, and only 965 by military fire. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S, Olmsted, RoY. N, Y Queen Planted Trees. In the grounds at Inverary castle, the late Duke of Argyll had an extensive plantation of trees, planted by distinguished visitors, among them being the queen, who was twice—in 1847 and 1875—entertained there, Mr. Gladstone, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Lansdowe and Dr. Livingstone. Each package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton correctly. Blt Her Daughter. Mrs. Maria Malone was arrested in New York, the other day, for biting her ten-year-old daughter so severely that the wounds had to be caterized. The cause of the biting was that the little one, on returning from church, had lost her prayer book. To be always happy, use Red Cross Ball Blue, 5c. Refuse imitations. To Seek Andree Tracey The Italia Militare e Marina states that Captain W. Bade di Wismar has organized an expedition to the east coast of Spitzenbergen and Franz Josef Land to seek for trees of Andree and also to obtain intelligence of the Duke of Abbruzzi, Captain di Wismar will start from Trondheim early in August, and will be accompanied by Cornello Manzi, the Italian writer and traveler. Painful Periods are overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Fifty thousand happy women testify to this in grateful letters to Mrs. Pinkham. Menstruation is a severe strain on a woman's vitality. If it is painful something is wrong which Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will promptly set right; if excessive or irregular write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for advice. Evidence abounds that Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine have for many years been helping women to be strong. No other advice is so unvaryingly accurate, no other medicine has such a record of cure. Two Aged Men Left. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' prophecy about the last survivor at the end of the century of his loved Harvard class of '23—that there would be only one left "when the twentieth century's sunbeams climb the far off eastern hill"—has not been fulfilled. There are two survivors of this class—Charles Storer Storrow, of Boston, fellow of the American Academy, and Dr. Edward Linn Cunzean, of Newport, R. I., both of whom have been unable to attend the commencement exercises. Best for the Bowels No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back to normal. The C. C. genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. Brave Animal Dead Clarence J. Berry's mastiff Julian, the most widely known dog in the faraway gold fields of Alaska, is dead. Exposure to the rigors of the northern climate put an end to the career of a dog which had traveled hundreds of miles on the pathless ice, and had hauled thousands of pounds of freight. Mr. Berry first put him to work on a shed in 1895, when the dog hauled provisions for the season over the Chilkoot pass. Wireless telegraphy still remains a subject more interesting than practical. So far no particular use has been found for it, though numberless experiments have been made. The main difficulty has been to perfect a selector system, whereby one of a number of stations within one another's range of influence might signal to a particular receiving point without affecting the other. So far it seems to have been impossible to do this. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, saccheting feet, ingrowing nails, corns and toes. Cures wounds and scrapes. More 35c. Trial package FREE by mail. Allen Tower S, Olsted, B. Boy, N. Y. CROPS IN NEBRASKA. There is a broad smile on the face of nearly every farmer in Nebraska, because of the satisfactory crop conditions in that remarkable state. In the northwest drought has seriously injured the wheat yield. In the south again there has been more or less damage, but in Nebraska they have had seasonable, heavy rains, and not too much of them. A full crop of oats and wheat will, from present indications, be followed by a bumper crop of corn. During the past week heavy rains all over the state have put this crop in fine condition, and it may break the record. The expectation is that great numbers of people will go to Nebraska this fall, when the cheap harvest excursion rates are in effect, to investigate the country and confirm by actual experience the stories of prosperity so often heard. The tendency is on the part of renters, everywhere in the east, to seek homes beyond the Missouri river, where land is cheap ad so very productive. USE FAULTLESS THE BEST STARCH FOR LAUNDRY WORK FOR SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, AND FINE LINEN PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Engineer U.S. Pension Bureau 3 yrs in civil war. 15 adjudicating claims, atty since If afflicted with: sore eyes, use! Thompson's Eye Water When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U. Kansas City, No. 31, 1909 COLONIAL TRADE. BRITISH COMMERCIAL RETURNS SHOW INCREASE. Afford a Steady Market for Products of the Parent Country—Comparison with the United States—Articles That France Supplies to Her Possessions. French colonies show a rapid increase in the proportion of their importations which they take from the governing country. An elaborate report on the colonies of France, their government, finances, and commerce, has been published by the treasury bureau of statistics. It shows that the total value of imports into French colonies, exclusive of Algeria and Tunis, amounted in 1898 to $47,741,416, the imports from France and French colonies alone being $23,853,921. The following table shows the value of imprints of French colonies during the year 1896, by principal articles: Textiles ..... $10,104,917 Spirits, wines, etc. ..... 4,858,154 Cereals and flour ..... 4,654,325 Colonial products ..... 3,144,032 Machinery, hardware, etc. ..... 2,977,700 Building stone, combusti- bles and etc. 2,477,472 Animal products, hides, etc. 1,262,551 Yarns and threads. 1,812,207 Oils and vegetable essences. 1,536,537 Metals. 1,485,202 Chemical products. 1,268,507 Fish. 917,754 Paper, printed matters, etc. 862,504 Pottery and glassware. 747,621 Timber. 732,041 Live animals. 728,252 Vegetables, fruits and seeds. 644,388 Arms and ammunition. 606,818 Furniture and woodwork. 520,754 Dressed skins and furs. 488,985 Drugs. 322,814 Coloring matters. 184,518 Clothing. 119,638 Matting, wickerwork, etc. 119,594 Dyes. 111,375 Vegetable fibers, etc. 99,174 Musical instruments. 88,110 Sundry products and manu- Total ..... $46,917,236 Another and broader way of looking at it than the mere study of articles imported is to see the total commerce which the various nations have with their colonies, and the relation which their colonial commerce has to that of other parts of the world. A recent London letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer has the following: The world has been very wide-awake lately to the fact that the colonies of the British Empire have been of vast service and importance to England in facing the surprise party which has been substituted for the "picnic to Pretoria" which was expected to take place in South Africa. It will, however, amaze a large number of the mercantile public, even though they be well posted in trade statistics, to learn what an enormously valuable asset in England's trade is the colonial business. Without going into detail, and assuming for the present that the total of their interchanges may be represented by round numbers, say 2,000, the shares of the several holders stand thus: Great Britain and Ireland..... 594 The British colonies..... 407 Germany..... 354 The United States..... 348 France..... 297 Total ..... 2,000 The colonies most certainly are England's best customers, as is shown in Mr. Muhlall's paper on "British Trade" in the March Contemporary. Take some figures for the last decade, 1889-1898. England's aggregate interchanges, export and import, with great industrial communities were as follows: The British colonies ..... £1,788,000,000 The United States ..... 1,399,000,000 Germany ..... 824,000,000 France ..... 682,000,000 Total ..... 4,633,000,000 Thus England's colonial trade shows an excess of £39,000,000 over her United States trade, an excess of £24,000,000 over that with Germany, and an £1,106,000,000 over the French trade in a space of ten years. The contrast is still more striking if one divides the aggregates according to exports and imports. It is well known how England's sales to European nations dwindle year by year under the operation of hostile tariffs and commercial restrictions. Take the United States for the period under review. Her account gives the following results: Purchases from the U. S. f1,019,000,000 Sales to the United States. 380,000,000 Total ..... f1,399,000,000 The reports for the British colonies indicate much more equal conditions of trading and a freer access to their markets: TRADE OF OUR ISLANDS. increased with the United States Last Year to Old Records. Exports from the United States to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Hawaiian, Philippine, and Samoan islands, amounted, in round numbers to $15,000,000 in the fiscal year 1900, and were more than three times as much as in 1896 and more than twice as much as in any year of our commerce with those islands except in the years 1892, 1893, and 1894, when reciprocity greatly increased our exports to Cuba and Porto Rico. To Cuba the total for the fiscal year was, in round figures, $25,000,000 against $7,530,000 in 1896, and $24,157,000 in the great reciprocity year 1893. To Porto Rico the exports of the year were, in round terms, $2,600,000, against an average of $2,750,000 in the reciprocity years of 1892, 1893, and 1894. To the Hawaiian Islands the total for the year was about $15,000,000, or five times as much as in 1893, nearly four times as much as in 1896, and more than double the total for 1898. To the Philippines the total for 1900 was about $2,500,000, or more than in the entire fifteen years since 1855, the date at which the first record of our exports to the Philippines was made by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics. To the Samaoan Islands the exports of the year were about $125,000, or nearly as much as in all the years since 1896, at which date the official records of our exports to those islands began. The total imports into the United States from Cuba for the full year show a total of $21,000,000, against $15,000,000 in 1898 and $18,500,000 in 1897, though they still are less than one half the average for the reciprocity years 1892, 1893, and 1894, when our imports from that island averaged over $75,000,000 per annum. From Porto Rico the imports of the year are but $1,350,000, which is less than the total for any preceding year since 1880, and is due to the destruction by last year's tornado of the crops which supply Porto Rico's chief articles of export. From the Hawaiian islands the imports for the full fiscal year are $21,000,000, or double the average annual importation for the period prior to 1896, and twenty per cent higher than in any preceding year. From the Philippines, despite the war conditions which reduce producing and exporting power, the imports are larger than in any year since 1894. OUR POSITION IN CHINA. Our Claim to Equal Facilities with Other Nations Is Assured. The diplomatic history of the United States affords no better example of successful endeavor to secure by mutual consent an evident right than that offered by the recent correspondence carried on under the President's direction for maintaining the "open door" of trade in China. The establishment of spheres of influence in that ancient Empire by European States, supported by the control of important seaports, has seemed to many to forebode the practical partition of that country among foreign powers and the effective appropriation of commercial privileges in China to the exclusion of all not able or willing to claim a portion for themselves. By a timely series of diplomatic notes Secretary Hay has obtained assurances from the Governments of Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Russia, by which they pledge themselves not to interfere with the perfect freedom of trade in those portions of China where their influence may prevail. The unobstructed enjoyment of the privileges of trade is thus secured to American manufacturers and merchants by the free consent of the powers. Perhaps the most important fruit of this unprecedented negotiation may prove to be that all the powers, feeling the assurance of unrestricted commerce, may be disposed to accentuate to a less degree, or even abandon, that policy of commercial annexation which has apparently been promoted by the absence of such a just and reasonable understanding. The American claim to unrestricted facilities of trade in China is not a special favor asked and granted, or demanding reciprocity. It is based on treaty rights which promise equal rights to Americans with the citizens or subjets of the most favored nations. The recognition of these rights has been obtained at a moment when they were apparently about to be ignored. OMAHA'S LIVE STOCK Prosperity Increases Business at Stock- yards—Better Prices Paid. Omaha's stockyards show the following receipts: May, 1896 May, 1900 Hogs 121,376 244,598 Cattle 37,590 81,902 Sheep 60,450 72,800 This year, in May, there were more than twice as many hogs and more than twice as many cattle received at the Omaha stockyards as in May, 1896. This shows the improvement in the market for farmers' live stock when the people are earning money and can afford to buy meat. The increase in the number of sheep sold was not so great, because sheep are valuable now for their wool, under protection. Equally satisfactory to the farmers were the prices paid this year for their cattle and hogs. The Union Stockyards Company reports values to have been as follows: May, 1896. May, 1900. Hogs, per 100 lbs....$2.93 $4.83 Cattle, per 100 lbs....4.15 5.30 The better demand, and at better prices, was the result of the McKinley policy of opening the mills. Porto Rican Trade. Exports to Porto Rico in May have more than doubled as compared with the preceding May, and imports from the island are nearly doubled. Exports to the island from the United States in May, 1899, were $305,544, and in May, 1900, were $696,479. The imports into the United States from the island in May, 1899, were $647,179, and in May, 1900, $1,103,867. The May commerce with Porto Rico shows a much greater increase than is the case with any of the other islands. With Cuba the commerce of May differed little from that of May, 1899, and this was also the case with the Hawaiian islands; while in the Philippine islands the imports show no increase, though the exports show a remarkable gain. Less Failures Than Ever. "Fewest Failures for Eighteen Years" is the headline on Bradstreet's record for the first half of this year. That non-partisan business journal says: "The number of failures reported for the first six months of the calendar year 1900 is the smallest noted for eighteen years past. Compared with a year ago, the falling off in number is 3.3 per cent, while compared with 1898 the decrease is '25 per cent, and even larger decreases are noted when comparisons are made with the first half of the years 1897 and 1896. This year, in fact, for the first time in eighteen years, the six months' failures have fallen below 5,000 in number. Which Is the Better? Wouldn't you rather sell corn at 43 cents in Chicago than at 28½ cents? The former was last month's price. The latter and the lower figure was the Democratic price in June, 1896. Is always used as a basis for Comparison. Tasteless Chill Tonic Is the standard prescription of America for How often do you hear imitators say "Our medicine is just as good as Grove's" or "It is better than Grove's". Do not be satisfied with the "just as goods". There are no "just as goods"—Grove's is the best as such comparisons admit—Grove's is many times superior both in merit and popularity to any other chill preparation manufactured, and is the only chill cure sold to jobbers in car load lots. Every druggist in the malarial sections of the United States and Cuba sells Grove's on a No cure, No pay, basis. Price 50 cents. Grove's Tonic broke up a 10 days' spell of fever which a physician thought would last several weeks. "During my recent illness your Chill Tonic proved of beneficial effect—it being highly endorsed by my family physician. 3 bottles broke up a 10 days' spell of fever which at first was thought by the doctor would last for several weeks. Your excellent remedy is having a tremendous sale throughout this section, more so than all other Chill Tonics combined, as I am informed by various druggists." Yours truly, A. ROSCOWER. PORT ARTHUR ROUTE "Straight as the Crow Flies" TO Kansas City and the Gulf. Improved Train Service. Two Trains Daily. Shortest Line and Quickest Time to Kansas City,Pittsburg,Joplin, Ft. Smith, Texarkana, Shreveport. Through Sleeper to Houston and Galveston. Australian Army. The present establishment of the military forces of New South Wales consists of 9,774 officers and men; that of Queensland of 7,216; South Australia of 5,217; Victoria of 10,218, and western Australia of 4,220, making the total military force on the Australian continent 36,645 officers and men. The Best Prescription for Chili and Fever is a bottle of GROWN TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price: 50c. A spinister looks upon all single men as cowards. A lamp can't be much good unless it's wick-ed. Stop Your Hair from Falling. Coke Dandruff Cure will positively cure dandruff and keep hair from falling. $1.00. The sea of matrimony is usually navigated by courtships. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 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