The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country HONESTY, INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY SHOULD BE OUR TRINITY FOR THE FUTURE, OUR RACE, THEIR ENTERPRISES GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOLLOWING CLOSELY Extract From an Able Address From the Hon. H. P. Green. It is also said that that, "in his love for children, he exhibited a kindness of heart which made him much beloved by all who knew him." And once, who VOL 14, NO.16 Let us investigate briefly the charge which has so often, been made on the part of the enemies of John Brown, that he was a 'ruffian and fanatic,' and in making this investigation, let us be governed by the following order: First, we will consider briefly, the plausibility of the scheme, as viewed in the light of other transactions on the part of men, to whom history has, long conceded the victor's palm. Nor must we forget that many of those who have gone down to prematur graves, 'unhonored and unsung,' by reason of the failure of their political and revolutionary semenes, would be to day, filling niches in the Temple of Fame, had they succeeded. If it be urged against John Brown that, by reason of the paucity of his numbers and the overwhelming forces opposed to him his plan was impracticable and characteristic of a mod man—it may be answered that it finds its counterpart in many historical instances when the flower success was plucked from the nette danger. As nearly as we have seen able to ascertain, Capt. Brown's plan was to seize Herry's Ferry, arm the slaves and, fleeing to the neighboring mountains, defend themselves until an insurrectionary movement throughout the whole slave area could be consumed. It was thought by some, at that time, that his familiarity with the mountain passes and rugged fastnesses, was such that he could have kept up a guerrilla war fore long enough to test the will and strength of the 'aggressive anti-slavery party', as well as that of the slaves themselves throughout the land. However, 'the best laid schemes o' mite and men', as the old adage teaches us, do at times, 'Gang aft a glev', and prematurely precipitated into the fight, and disappointed as to the support which he had reason, ably expected to receive from the slaves, he found himself and his adherents 'cabined, cribbed, conded, cut, a abbed and shot down before his friends could make his escape as suggested. In the history of Greece we find that on the field of Marathon there was an almost literal fulfillment of the Levitic can prophecy: 'And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put in thousand to flight, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword' And every school boy can tell how the three hundred immortal Greeks, led by Leonidas, defied the countless myths of Persia, and died to a man at Thermopylae. Switzerland, like the eagle's eyrie (sry) resided in the midst of Alpine fastnesses is today, a living witness of what Nature will do for daint est patriots, when led by *m*. Tell or Winktried. Toussaint L'Overture, the wise and courageous Negro, amongst the mountains and mores of Hayti, with his grubbing hues, see thes and bludgeons, successfully resisted more than thirty thousand of Napoleon's 'Veterans of the Rhine', who had conquered all Europe. Cromwell, with his common 'Rowd Head and Faith, ruled England for sixteen years and seated his son on his temporary throne.' Washington, with the not numerous Continents, aided by a few French troops and ships of war, won our independence from the most powerful nation on earth. While Gomez, Maceo and the ragged half faunished black and white mountains of Cuba struggled in the mountains, so long and so valiant, that the United States came to their rescue and crowned their efforts with success. The foregoing names which now find their proper place on 'Fame's eternal scroll', because success attended their efforts would, in all probability, had their cause failed, have been branded by the average man as fanatics and impracticables. So significant is the difference between success and failure! Now let us view the enterprise of our old hero in the light of the contemporaneous declarations of himself, his subordinates and others—others, not only of our own country, but of foreign lands as well. In the meantime let us not forget that They never fail who nobly die for the right God's faithful martyrs can not suffer loss— Their blazing fagots sow the world with light, And neaven's gate looks on their bloody cross. The intelligence and humanity of John Brown is abundantly shown by his own declarations with others in and out of official station: 'Whenever he killed a sheep, or any other animal, for his own use, we are told, 'he invariably sent a portion to some of his neighbors, many of whom were very poor and sorely in need of such attentions.' THE he attended divine worship in a rude log house, and listened to a sermon by an illiterate preacher, on being asked by one of the congregation, if he had ever 'heard such trash,' he answered 'Sir when I come to hear the word of God. I do not propose to criticise the preacher. I recognize the Master, humble may the servant be; and I respect his word though coming from the mouth of an obscure and illiterate man.' In a letter written by Captain Brown to the late Judge Daniel R. Tilden, of Cleveland, Ohio, who, by the way, was truly one of Nature's noblemen, and a true and tried friend of the colored people of the United States, Brown said, "It is a great comfort to feel assured that I am permitted to die-for a cause not merely to pay the debt of nature, as all must. I feel myself to be unworthy of so great a distinction. I wish I had the time and ability to give you some little idea of what is daily passing with in my prison walls, and could my friends but witness only a few of those scenes, just as they occur, I think they would feel very well reconciled to my being here, just what I am and just as I am. My whole life before had not afforded me one-half the opportunity to plead for the right." To his wife and children he wrote, among other expressions, as follows: 'I can trust God with both the time and the manner of my death; believing as I do, that for me, at this time, to seal my testimony (for God and humanity) with my blooc, will do vastly more toward advancing the cause I have earnestly endeavored to promote, than all I have done in my life. I beg of you a meekly and quietly to submit to this—not feeling yourself in the least degraded on this account.' "After his conviction," says one of his biographers, "unmy preachers, of various denominations, offered him the consolations of religion, according to the rites of each man's belief. Brown's first question to these gentlemen was: 'Do you approve of slavery?' As the answer at that time was sure to be in the affirmative, he refused to receive their consolations, preferring to go before his God, unshriven, to accepting the ministration of slavy loving preachers. One minister remarked to him that St. Paul himself, had sent back a fugitive slave to his master—when Brown, with a kindling eye, said: 'Then Saint Paul was no better than you are!' From the foregoing expressions given by our hero at a time when death was literally 'staring him in the face,' the assumption must be far fetched indeed, which would place him on a level with an insane persons, fanatics, adventurers and ruffians. That flower of Virginia chivalry, during the days of Brown's cross and martyrdom the lte Governor Henry A. Wise, made deliberate use of the following language, after having enjoyed a conversation with him occupying more than two hours while our hero was sick, wounded and in prison. 'They are mistaken,' said the Governor, in an address to the people of Richmond, 'who take him to be a mad man He is a bundle of the best nerves I ever saw-cut and thrust and bleeding in bonds. He is a man of a clear head, of courage, of fortitude and simple ingenuousness. He is cool collected and indomitable, and it is but, just to him to say that he was humane to his prisoners, and he inspired me with great trust in his integrity, as a man of truth. Col. Washington, says 'he was the coolest and finest man he ever saw in defying danger and death.' The late Geo. L. Steves, of Boston, himself a promoter of every enterprise looking to the amelioration and freedom of the slaves, said of Brown, that he believed him to be the representative man of the century, as Washington was of the preceding one. The London Star said: 'We have to do to-day with a stern and single-minded man, who died for an idea, and that a disinterested and generous one. Brown was a man moulded in hardships and the Bible. He feared God, but evidently from his youth upwards, feared nobody else. The Manchester Examiner and Times used the following language: Old Brown has died the death of murderers, but no man ever died in a more nobler cause, or died more nobly. It is a hugh misfortune for any State when its laws condemn men to death for crimes which one-half of its own citizens and the bulk of mankind generally will extolse virtues. If the United States can afford to hang such men they are unfortunate people.' Victor Hugo, that renowned Frenchman and cosmopolitan say, I have been sadly deceived in that paternality of races, the Southern States of the American Union. In killing Brown they have committed a crime which takes its place amongst the calamities of history. The rupture of the Union will fatally follow the assassination of Brown. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1901. As to John Brown, he was an apostle and a hero. The gibbet has only increased his glory and made him a martyr' Such were a few of the utterances on the part of our hero himself, and those up to whom the world was accustomed to look for counsel and inspiration, in the most important affairs of life—positively and socially. That they all point to the proposition advanced and sought to be mainained by this writer, that John Brown was the legitimate and logical evolution of the times in which he lived, that the brazen assumptions of the slave power having overleaped the last threshold, the hour callled for a man and John Brown, by the grace of God, said 'Here I am.' That he was no fanatic, in the common acceptance of the term, nor was he a ruffian but a consistent Christian hero, who having read his Bible with the spirit and understanding, had formed settled convictions as to the wickedness of human slavery, and possessing the courage of his convictions, was armed not only to suffer, but to—die. LITTLE COLORED BOOTBLACK'S START. From the New York Tribune. Twenty years ago Chas. Winter Wood colored, was a friendless, uneducated bootlead in Chicago, being then about ten years old. One day a lawyer in the Unity building offered him a dollar to learn and recite the ghost scene from 'Hamlet', and his rendering of the scene was so spirited that it roused the interest of Prof. Lyman, a teacher of elocution, who not only employed the negro as an office boy, but gave him lessons in oratory. For a time Wood had theatrical aspirations, and he even went so far as to organize a company of negro tragi-dians, giving a number of performances that were, surprisingly successful. But Wood was fortunate in gaining the patronage of a wealthy manufacturer, who sent him to college at Beloit. There he remained eight years, winning many honors and graduating with distinction. In the intercollegiate contest at Galesburg he took the second honor, barely missing the first. Leaving Beloit, he entered the Chicago Theological seminary and was graduated three years later. In 1898 he was made the pastor of a church at Warren, Ill., but was speedily called to the head of the English department at Tuskegee, a place he now holds. THE YOUNG NEGRO The Negro children of Farron school Chicago, have been learning some history, and among other old historic relations they, too have carefully studied and clearly understood the rebel song, "Dixie", and when at the Memorial Day exercises the whole school was ordered to sing the southern melody not a negro child opened his mouth. The teacher, filled with surprise at the superior patriotism of the young Negro, stopped the white children from singing, and began to lecture and expain to the colored children that "there was no North and no South", and that is now a united country, and the Negroes are American Citizens. Then she ordered all to sing. But the black urechin could not see his way clear to celebrate the memory of the fallen soldier and patriot" who died on the battlefield fighting for liberty, by singing a song which means the mingling of the praises of those who fired upon the flag with that of the heroes who gave their lives for their country, and they refused to sing. By way of an apology to the teacher for the apparent insubordination of the colored children, a sweet-faced little colored girl said to the teacher, "We colored children can't sing 'Dixie.' I can't right for us to sing that song today." The teacher was struck with the patriotism and force of character of the young Negro and ceased to insist on the song being sung. Robbed of all that was likely to do credit to the colored children at true Americans, the press of Chicago has sent the story of these children refusal to sing "Dixie" at the national Me m a Day exercises to all parts of the civilized world. Who loves the nation is not proud of the young Negro?—Chicago Conservator. AN INSTRUCTIVE NEGRO STUDY AN INSTRUCTIVE NEGRO STUDY. People are continually trying to solve the negro problem off hand, by intuition. There has been a general tendency to assume the existence of certain conditions and then to theorize elaborately. The futility of this method of procedure has become more and more evident. Of late years some careful study has been devoted to the subject. A brief but valuable contribution to the subject. A brief but valuable contribution to the literature on the negro is made by Prof. W.E.B. Dubus in the current issue of the World's Work. The author, himself a negro, took a doctor's degree at Harvard He is now professor of history and economics in Atlanta university and his writings on the race question have attracted much attention. In his latest article, Prof. Dubois continues his observations to Dougherty. county, Georgia, 100 miles north of the Gulf, in the heart of the "Black Belt." The most striking thing about the study is the emphasis which allows on rack renting and debt as the underlying cause of the misery that exists among the negroes of Georgia. Conditions in Ireland have hardly been worse—except in years of famine than those in Dougherty county. About 94 per cent of the families live on rented land. The credit system in vogue has resulted in an all cotton scheme of agriculture and the continued bankruptcy of the tenant. The method of conducting business, according to Prof. Duoix is about as follows: The tenant, who has contracted with some absent landlord's agent for forty acres of land, applies to the village merchant—a local autocrat to advance him necessary supplies for a year until his crop is sold. The merchant furnishes seed and a weeks ration on chattle mortgage on the tenant's mue and wagons. As soon as the cotton is above ground another mortgage is executed on the crop. Every Saturday the tenant calls at the store for rations. A family of five usually gets about thirty pounds of tat side pork and a couple of bushels corn meal a month, besides clothes and shoes. If the tenant is a hard worker and the crop promises well, he is often encouraged to buy more sugar and other luxuries. When cotton went up to 10 cents last autumn shrew merchants sold 1,000 buggies, mostly to black men. As soon as the crop is ready for market the merchant takes possession, sells it, pays the landowner his rent transits his bill for supplies and if anything is left he hands it over to the tenant for his Christmas celebration. The necro who buys on credit pays high for his goods. Prof Dubois tells of meeting a man driving home with pork and meal. He has paid 10 cents a pound for the meat, which could have been had for 6 or 7, and $2.00 for the meal that sold for cash for $1.10. Goods that he could have obtained for $3.00 for ready money cost him $5.00 on credit. The merchant of the Black Belt is the most prosperous person in it, notwithstanding the shiftlessness and dishonesty of many tenants. He takes his pay in cotton because it is always salable, is not subject to wide fluctuations in value, and the negroes know how to raise it. This is the only crop on which mortgages will be accepted. It is the currency of the Black Belt. Consequently it is the only thing grown on two-thirds of the land. The soil is fertile and a thrifty, man, unburdened by debt, might raise several crops a season. Garden vegetables might be grown in April, grain in May, melons in June and July, hay in August, sweet potatoes in September and then cotton until Christmas. But the tenant under the present system can not diversify his crops. He is rarely out of debt. The causes of this condition are apparent. The negro, unused to taking care of himself, was started on his career as a freedman without land or the means to earn a living. He has had little incentive to be thrifty and saving, because practically everything he makes above his living expenses is taken from him for rent. The white landlord is convinced that the black tenant is incorrigibly shiftless and can be kept at work only through the slavery of debt. The conditions aggravate each other and so tend to prevent a change for the better. It is encouraging to note that in spite of all the difficulties in the way of the negro's advancement in the Black Belt, 6 per cent of the black population in Dougherty county have become landowners. In 1870 not an acre of the county's land was held by negroes. Now they own 15,000 acres, and their property is valued at $200,000. Such studies as this by Prof. Dubois are in themselves a hopeful anguery. The negro problem will be much nearer solution when it is clearly understood—K. C. Star. GETTING TO BE A HABIT Third Pair of Twins Born to a Popular Bluff Woman in Three Years. Popular Bluff, Mo, June 3.—Mrs. L. D. Miller, living west of this city, gave birth last night to her third pair of twins within four years. All of the children are doing well. FOR SALE. On easy payments, two lots on Rowland avenue, three lots on Cleveland avenue, four lots on Haskell avenue, one farm of sixty acres one mile and a half from Bonner Springs. KEEP THIS IN MIND The AMERICAN CITIZEN takes the stand that one good turn deserves another Where we fail to receive the journalistic courtesies extended to others, we refuse to do any puffing unless its a "cash" transaction. Bear this in mind, for we are not in business for our health. Only money talks. Good health is as neetar for the gods, but like friendship, few appreciate it until lost. CITIZEN TALES OF TWO CITIES. The Forum meets Su day afternoon at 4 o'clock sharp, at the Metropolitan Baptist church. If you have, the future of the race at heart meet with the Forum. Miss Kitty Wilson, of Cameron, Mo., is visiting her friend, Miss Bertha Cole, of 117 Lafayette avenue. Miss I. Hook, of the Western Baptist College of Macon City, Mo., is in the city the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A. Hurter, or 1041 Walker. Mrs. Rabel Anderson of Leavenworth, is the guest of Mrs. I. Lawrence, of 116 Paralel avenue. Mrs. S. Lewis of Leavenworth, is the guest of Mrs. Carrie March 2030 Water street. A number of young men who it was claimed were rolling the "Ivories" endeavoring to make 7 or 11, finished in police court last Monday morning. Saventen in number with an assessed fine of ten dollars spice. Mis. Dinah Bennett of Reno, Kas., is in the city the guest of Mrs. Sarah Robinson, 409 Walker. Miss Annie Buckner, of Topeka, Ks., was the guest of Mrs. Ida M. Gayden of the Popular Block. The Kindergarten Association met with Mrs. Ewing of North 6th. street Thursday afternoon. The school picnic at Budu's Park, on the Northeast Electric line last Saturday, was a "warm member" and the little ones with a few older ones, enjoy a most delightful afternoon beneath the shade of towering trees. The Missouri public schools gave their picnic this year at Merriam's Park, and as usual, being from Missouri, who have a ways to be shown, they report a good time. Mrs. C. Govington and Mrs. B. E. Harrison, of 710 and 712 New Jersey avenue, were delightfully entertained last Sabbath afternoon by the K.C. Quartette. Mr. Rufus Barnes, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Edwards of Chicago. Those present were Miss Elise Ross, Pansie Rudd, E. Millegan, Miss Allen Taier and Mrs. O. Glenn. Mr. Austin, of 402 Nebraska avenue, who recently had his limb broken at Armour's packing plant, is able to be out on crutches. Mrs. I. F. Bradley entertained Miss Cordella Jones, of Alten, Ill., and Mrs. McBrown and Afelia Hawkins, of Lawrence, Kas. Thursday. Mrs. H. D. Simmons, of 1911 Water street, is anticipating a trip west in search of health early in July. Mrs. M. E. Huse, of Kansas City, will leave July 5th, for Brunswick, Mo., to attend the marriage of her sister, Mrs. Dorcus Robertson Mrs. 8. A. Barton is on the sick list. Mrs. J. E. Estes, of Atchison, Kas- who was recently located to Mr. U. M Kidd, is comfortably located in a cosy little home at 2025 Water street. Mrs. E. Walker of 1959 Water street, is on the sick list. Miss Adora Young left on Thursday morning for California. She will stop at San Francisco, Bakersfield, and other California points, in search of health. Miss Lilly Caldwell, of Ann avenue, is on the sick list. Mr. Samuel Crowder of Monroe, Louisiana, brother of Mr. Tom Crowder of the Mount Transfer Co., has located in the city. Miss Syble Donald who made flying trip eas; last week returned this week. The Kauas City Embalming and Burial Association are getting in shape soon to launch out upon the deep. The A. C. L. Coal and Feed Co. of 409 Minnesota avenue, will locate at No. 435 Minnesota avenue, in a more commanding building next week. New goods will be on their shelves. It is the intention of adding a nice clean up-to-date stock of groceries to their already established business. We are told everything will be first class. No changes were made by the Board of Education of teachers for the next school term in this city except that Mrs. Carrie L. Thomas succeeds Miss Carrie Davis at Stowe school, and Miss Mary Calloway goes elsewhere. Misses Cordie Roberts and Jackson substitutes. Mrs. Caroline Jackson and daughter, Miss Maggie Dale, of Paola, Ks., are the guests of Mrs. L. Thomas and relatives of 1233 Arustrong avenue. Mrs. R. Wright of Mexico, Mo., has located in this city at No. 718 New Jersey ave. Mrs. Fannie B. Dillard, of Lawrence, Kas., who spent some time in the city the guest of Mrs. I, F. Bradley, of 400 Haskell avenue, will return home this week. Mrs. Jack Williams, of Salina, Kas., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Buferd, of North 6th street, Kansas City, Kas. Miss Opale Bell, of Omaha, Neb., is the guest of Mrs. Reedman, of 215 Garfield avenue, this week. Mr. W. S. Harris well known to the community, is now engaged in Real Estate business with office, Room 206 Portsmouth building. Telephone W. 38. He has on hand hundreds of vacant lots and houses to be sold on small cash payments the balance in easy payments to suit the customer. You should give him a call when prospecting for a home. J. J. Thomas, President of the A. C L. Coal Co. has been invited by the Executive Committee of the Business Union of the United States, West Indies and Canada, to deliver an address before the next annual convention of the Union at Concord, N. C., July 5th. He is also invited to be present at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Coleman Cotton Manufacturing Co., Concord, July 3rd. As these are both progressive and thrifty negro enterprises Mr Thomas may accept both invitations. MARRIAGES Mr. Geo. Warren and Annie Faulkner were married at the First Baptist church last Wednesday night. Mr. Fred K. Douglass and Miss Pearl M. Tullman were married Wednesday evening by Rev. J. C. C. Owens at the St. James A. M. E. church (Particulars Next week) Miss Lucy Stevenson and Mr. George Hardy of Chicago Ill. were quietly married last Sabbath afternoon at the brides home by Rev. Bacote. Mr. Wm. Ackins of Kansas City, Mo. and Miss Augusta Hale of Kansas City, Kass., were quietly married May 30th., at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Jane Ford, 1125 Armstrong avenue, Rev Nere, of Kansas City, Mo performed, the ceremony. Only relatives of each family and close friends were present After a neat luncheon they left for their future home in Kansas City, Mo. AMONG THE CHURCHES The financial rally at the C. M. E. church on the 26th. of May realized $110.00. Rev. Berry seems to be a hustler. Rev. M. L. Copeland, of Wichita, Ks., left for Excelsior Springs this week. During his stay here he was the guest Mrs. P. Thomas. The Willing Workers Club, of the Mount Pleasant Baptist church, has been teororganized and are zealously at work toward bettering the financial condition of their church. Although this church and flock are without a Shepherd it is nevertheless—hustling. Mr. James Thatatcher is president of the club, while Mr. Chas. Ferguson is Clerk. Arrangements are being perfected for an entertainment in the near future. Rev. A, Berry of the C. M. E. church, preached a very interesting sermon at his church last Sabbath evening from the theme—"As an Eagle Stirs up her Nest." Deut. 32-11. The Rally of Rev. Wm. Hancock Mission last Sunday in Kansas City, Mo., was a grand success both spiritually and financially. Rev. M. Hancock of this city officiated. Preaching from John 3-6. The choir of the Second Baptist church furnished music. A rather large crowd of members and friends came from across the Kaw. The collection from the K. C. K, Mission was $36.3c. Missouri Mission $3.10s. On next Sabbath, June 9th, Rev. Wm. Hancock of Kansas City, Mo., will occupy the pulpit of Rev. M. Hancock at his Mission pulpit on Everett, between 9th and 10th. Services will begin at 2 o'clock sharp. The public are invited to participate in this rally—everybody welcome. THE THANKSGIVING SERMON OF THE U. B. F's. and S. M. T.'s, Kansas City, Kansas The Annual Thanksgiving Sermon of the U. B. F's. and S. M. T's. of this city was preached at the St. James A. M. E. Church last Sabbath by Rev. J. L. Harris, who delivered the same in a high class, logical and sensible manner, free from the usual shouting, religious frenzy negro lodge annual sermons provoke. He is to be commended for his masterly efforts which, viewed from the stand point of intelligence was well done. He made some timely points and imparted some useful knowledge and advice that undoubtedly went home to many of the hundreds of members under the sound of his voice, the same if practiced would make this one of the greatest of its time. The showing made by the members this beautiful Sabbath day was one long to be remembered, and the extraordrion appearance of the Sisters was cause for many favorable comments. The principal streets of the city were paraded. The collection raised at the church was $19.00, which was divided with the pastor who preached the sermon and the church wherein it was preached. The Annual Thankgiving sermon of the International Order of Twelve will be preached by Rev. W. L. Grant, of the First Baptist church, at Mt. Pleasant baptist church, on North Third st., Sunday, June 16th. CAPITALCITY RESUME The recount in the Parker Hughes may contest is proceeding very slowly the public at large it seems to have lost all interest in the matter the Parker partisans it seems have taken it as a furgone conclusion that Col. Hughes will fill out the term for which he was sworn in. G.W. Holllins of Fort Scott one of the fireman at the State House was dis-missed from service by the executive counsel last week to take effect July 1st but Holllins raised them and quit at once, he is the man who knocked down state treasurer Grimes last fall for calling him a lair. Mr. Holllins has made a good record since his stay in this city and ever chance to meet a man of his calibre for honesty and grit and we only wish that we had more of the same stripe around. It is rumored that there will be many more changes in and around the State House at the next meeting of the executive council which meets the latter part of next month. The wedding beils continue to ring, three more weddings was the record for this week. The primaries were held on last Saturday and a light vote was cast. The following is the ticket which was selected with majorities ranging from 1,000 down to 300: Sheriff, Bert Lucas; Clerk, Doc, Newman; Register of Deeds, Marshall; Treasurer, Frank Bowen; Coroner, H. E. Hogeboom; Surveyor, John Rodgers. Of course a Republican nomination is equivalent to an election in this county and these are the men who will fill these offices for probably the next four years from January next. Some of the defeated candidates have an inclination to be sore over the result of the election when in right they have no right to be that way. They started out on a hot air campaign and lost out and should how to the inevitable which is always he case when an attempt is made along these lines. They Say. The newspaper man from across the Kaw says his poor heart is sad with its dreaming—since she has winged her flight to the Golden gate of the west. She is going East again and it might be possible for her return as Mrs.—— And they do have some real social times in the Sea Foam block. The great event has happened and all eyes are looking forward to the next. He appeared in the regulation blue and brass buttons and he looks several years younger. All the marriages a nong the school marms will be declared for one year yet. Rather sensible in view of the recent events with the School Board. WESTERN UNIVERSITY The Fifth Annual Commencement Execises. The Fifth Annual Commencement of the Western University was held on Thursday evening at St. James A. M. E. church, and the most densely packed crowd that ever filled this edifice were in attendance. There were five young lady graduates and as has now become natural to the people, not a single boy in the midst. The young ladies presented a very excellent appearance and acquired themselves in a manner that evoked much praise: Miss Nellie Evelyn Schumache, the Salutarian, delivered a very telling oration on "Woman's Worth and Work." Miss Etta Biss Buford on "Uses of Authority," Miss Essie Jean Vernon, "The Force of Industrialism." In her oration she touched the leading issues of to-day and with unusual force for a young lady handled her subject with all the case of a modern statesman; Miss Eva Lee Jackson, "Concentration," Miss Nora Aberenia Douglass, "The Labor of a Beautiful Life," she was the Valedictarian, and doubled won the greatest applause of the evening. In connection with the orations there were several chorus, trios, solos and duets in which some very sweet voices were displayed. Bishop C. T. Shaffer, D. D., made some very fitting remarks in the presentation of the diplomas. The crowning feature of the evening was the address to the graduates by that widely known, intellectual being of Kansas City, Mo.. Mrs. J. Silone Yates. It has become only necessary to mention her name in connection with anything and the world knows what to expect. No introduction is necessary. Prof. W. T. Vernon the tireless President and the faculty deserve the highest praise. At a future date we will give much space to our Fuskegee of the West. American Citizen “ar AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING +Nn PRINTING CO. oS Every Week at 417 Minnewta Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS i ae W. C. MARTIN, EDITOR. ee TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Weekly one year...:..... . ..+ 8150 Zntered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kans , as second class matter. &T. JOHN'S CHAPEL, REY. L. H, HARRIS. PA&TOR. for the following. On the 17th. of April 1900, Rev, L. fl. Harris wes ap Printed to our church to serve out the unexpired term of Dr.€.Harrison, who resigned. Havingserved the ebureh successfully during the remainder of that eo ference’ he.was reappointed to our church on Oetober, 7th. 1900. For many years our chtreb has boen in a financial strait causing many of the members to leave, discouraging the friends, and baring the visits from strangers. This condition of affairs bad gone on so long until cur congregation for Sunday morning services (the lar- gest daring the duy)did not exceed 24 persons. We had ho Sunday Schoo) at ail,and every department of the ehureh was ina suffering condition. We are glad to say that our church now is in a fine condition. Through bis untiring efforts,his zealous endeavors and earns «st appeal Rev. Harris hss sueceeded in srousing a new interest in the members And frierds of the church He has built ‘upovg cngregation until all rerviees and meviinge are largely attended, many members have been added to the caurch, acd many debts, like low gath» ering clouds that have hung over the church for years have been swept away. Our Sunday School is one of the most active in the city, and it is rapidly growing in interest ana numbers. Dur ing this pust winter we have bad a re- vival service resulting in many con- versions and additions to the church We buye organized a number of aux- ilarios which have proven to" be very heipful to the church. Through the valuable information givea to ty churen end world at large concorning themissionary work by Rev.L J. Cop. pin one of the bishops ofthe A. M. E Chureb who Jacely went to South Afri« ea to further the work of tne mig sionary cause, sd through the able acd elcquent le.ters of Dr. B. 3, Parks in the “Voice of Mission” we hare been mspired to do more for the missionary cause than ever before, We Lope to make our Mutual Aid and Missionary Soeiety a great suecess. We fre very mueh interesthd in the Home and Foreiga Missionary Work. On Euster Sunday the Sunday Schoo! wasinspited to do more than eve before toward helping the wissionary work. We raised and sent to Dr. Parks ton dulters ( $10.) Our ablo P-E J C.C. Owevs has done much to encourage the Members of eur ehureh to greater effor along all lines. At our last quarterly meeting be preached wo able sermon: and the spiritual fever ran high. An¢ the finance of the quarterly meeting service amounted to seventy dollar: (876.) the largest amount collected o quarterly meeting occasion for som time. P.E, Owens is an able preache and an excellent P, E, Un Sunda: April 2lst. "01 we were agreeably snr. prised by Rt. Rey.C.T.Shaffer D.D. M. D. bishop of the Fifth Episcopal dis trict Paying uss flying visit. He nd dressed the Sunday Sehool wich con: vones at 9:30. awakening in th schoot an enthustams and in‘eres that knows no abatement, and at 1 o'closk preached an able sermon fron I John 88, using Christ as a standar of purity and urging us to emu'ate bi example. His sermon made a strikin impression upon us und endeared bia i out memories. On Sunday, May 5th. we opened ou rprirg rally which will close the fir Sunday in June, On that day our effor re-ulted in one hundred and fifteen dot lars, ($115,00) This being the lsrges ainount raised at any one time since th days of Elder Beckly, and we feel just fea in saying that we will realize at leas iwo hundred and fifty dollars ($250) a the close of the rally. We feel that Rev. Harris, officers meibers and friends deserve great cred for ihe success they bave thus fur mad Yours Respectfully. VIOLEITA 8B. PERRY. EDU 2ATION HAS AN ALL»ROUND VALUE. A good college education also stands for the investment of power, The ste~ dont invests power, and power he tak s ‘ont; for edueation ereates and incross- es power. Two forms it spectsily pro inotes, which modern life demnds; tho power to think,ind the power to will. the power to thiak.is the gres’- est intellectnal power. ‘The power of knowledge is the power of the harvest ot many a field; the power of thougbt is the power of the mill which grinds ths» harvests into flour for the use of of man. The power of thought is the power to see, foresee, to reason, to judge, to infer. It is the power which every stndy of the college helps to train. Lacguage gives discrimination, science, observation analysis; synthe- sis; matkeruatics, also acalysis and synth six-the tasing apart avd the: prt ** torather elements of thought, te a TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: ————eE————eE—EES — ee Be not deceived by loud advertisements that promise much and accomplish little. Do not send your money away until you kiow what you are going to get for it. We do not ask you to send us your money until we have proved to your own satisfaction that IS NATURE'S GREATEST HAIR TONIC. STRAIGHTENS KINKY HAIR. Sees Zoe \)\ Tree as aon i Se )) bf Fe ¥ @ 3. — ISS = a SS Zo ME RAK oe , CERIN Fae OY Wyte FONT COT LA! “CRA ' a \Y Nt vl SSN”. ay : fall 102 _ BEFORE USING aE AFTER USING LUSTORONE Straightens Kinky, Nappy, curly Hair. Nohst irons are tobewse ctall: Lusto- Rone straightens without any outside assistance, Lusronowt is por ep in two forms. No. 1 causes the hair to grow jong, silky, straight and beautiful. No. 2 cures all forms of dandruff, tetter, eczema and all scalp diseases, and feeds the roots of the hair. The two are used in connection. No, 1 is used at night, No. 2 in the morning, They must both be used in the treatment. LUsToRONE is fully guaranteed to straighten kinky hair, stop the hair from falling, restore grey hair to its natural color, and cre- Ste-a new growth of lisit ou bald spots It is not possible for aay one to Sake a nett tonie to equal Lustonons. ‘We have thousands of testimoniais like the following we have not space to publish: Mrs. Mary Young Fowler, California, writes, Lusto~ Ronn isa God-send to eutcring meuaulty,” Seud me $5.00 worth at once. I know what it did for me. TO SECURE A FREE SAMPLE OF LUSTORONE send us your name and address and enclose 12c. to pay postage and we will mail to you a sample of Lustonons No. Land" Nors (package) same day money is received, This sample will convince you of the truth of our assertions, DOMINION MANUFACTURING CO., ‘Stamps accepted. 2220 E. Marshall St., RICHMOND, Va. THE AMERIVAN CITIZEN $1.00 PER YEAR. histery,comprehension and philosophy, Sself-repletion and self diteovery. In some ways,and the exaet way is still un. known, theman who pursues these and the o'her stadies of th» college tour years becomes a thinker. When he es ters college,he know littie,and could think less; still limited enough; but he has gained a distiner power to think. BUY A HOME. Notwithstanding the great how! about vaxes upon real estate in this city, it is something that should ap- peal to every citizen and especially the megro—“A Home.” Buy a Homa. The time has arrived in the history of this city that negroes really eannot get respectable nouses to live in, and those that are rent- ing—get very little returns for their money. Grasp old time by the fore~ lock—cu: off a little of your pleas- ure and get a home that you ean call your own, Opportunities never were greater. Why delay? The rent you are paying for an old tum- bled down “schack"”, would, mn the course of ashort time, buy you a comfortable little home. It don’t take afortuae .o aesumulate a for- tane if youhavethe foresigat “Por there is a tide in affairs of ma‘ which taken at the flood leads on to fortune,” Last week we told yon what amoun, you could save iu five years at 25 cents a day. ‘This week we call your atten- tion 10.80 cents per dey for five years saved will amount to $459 50 interest ut 4 per cent, $4452, making the totel amount for five years $514.02. Buppose you commenee at once to save 30 cents per day for five years. —Guide. ‘Whon you pay for a thing get your money out of it, therefore if yon take this paper read it. PROSPERITY:3 TEST. me Prosperity is tho touchstove of virtue; it is less difficult to bear misfortune than} to remain uncortupted by piessure- We, the Negro raee are our own stumbling blocks. OUR DAILY PROURASTINATILN Max Muiler. How mankind defere from day to day the best it cando and the most beautiful things it ean enjoy wi hout thinking that every day may be the last one and that lost tume is lost eternity. A Hard Bet to Win, ‘In 1893 three Irishmen agreed to un- Gertake a journey around the earth on foot for a jackpot of $150,000. Each one of the party deposited one-third of this sum in the Bank of Dublin, and it was agreed that whoever survived the trip and returned should receive the whole amount. In case all died 8 Dublin hospital was to become the beneficiary. On Dec. 24, 1895, they | started east across Hurope and Asia Minor to Egypt, where they took pas- sage for Australia. Their wanderings through the inner wastes of Australia proved the hardest trials of the our- ney, and the severity of this trip re- sulted in the death of two of the tray- elers. The third, Capt. Trevelyan, com- pleted the voyage and won the money. —New York Press. Executor’s Notice. State of Kansas, Wyandotte Co, =) Tn the Probate Court of said County_ To the watter of the estate of Sophis Hamilton decevsed. Notiee is hereby given that let'ers testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the Jast wi!l »nd testa- ment of Sopbia Hamilton, late of said County, deeeased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State atoresaid, dated the 16th. day of May 1901. Now all persons baving claims against said estate sre hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within ove year from the date of sald letters or they may be precluded from sny benefit of said estate, and that if such claims be nut exhibited within three years after the date of said letters they shull be forever barred. 1. W. JOHNSON, Executor of the last will and testa- ment of Sophia clamilton, Deceased ‘Dated May 16, 1901, ee een ee te eee ee State of Kansas, County of Wyan- dotte, ss. In the Probate Court, in and for said County, in the matter of the Estate of Mabals Williams, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Adminstration. have. been granted to the undersigned oa the estate-of Matala Williams, late of ssid County, deceased, by tne Honorabie, the Probate Court of the County. and Bate aforesaid, dated the 261h, day of May, 1001: Now, all persone having claims aguinst nid eatate vre hereby notified that they must present the same lo the undersign- ed farallowance ‘within one year from the date of sald letters, or they inay be preciuded trom any benefit of euch en: fate, and that if sucb claiats be not ex hibited within three years after the dste of said Letters, they shill be forever barr- ed. ELIZABETI OWENS, ‘Admintstratrix of the estate of Mahala Willian 8, deceased, May 28ta 1901 First published May 81, 1901. , UNION Ha eee & ES A ANA | \ ) Peas Ub esie.. aN i Se ei oyu pee Lor er $ picroR" SHORTFST LINE CROSS ™ CONTINENT ‘The Union Pacific “The Original Over- land Route’ always was, and in to-day. the shortest and best Line to the west. 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Hartona Face Wash is perfectly harmless, and is sent to any part of the Uniited States on receipt of price, 50¢. per bottle; securely sealed from observation. 1t is your duty to look as beautiful as possible. Thousands of delighted patrons send us testimonials every year, Please remember that your money is positively refunded .f you are not perfectly satisfied and delighted with the Hartona remedies We want agents in every city in the United States. Write fo us, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make money without risking any of your own money. Hartona No-Smell will remove all smells and bad odors of the body; cures sore and aching feet, chafed limbs, ete. Hartona No-Smell is a God-send to all persons suffering from disagreeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, te Sent anywhere on receipt of price, 10 cents and 25 cents a peckuge. ‘Address all orders to HARTONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. 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Send at once to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn. ES na ¢ SOZODONT for the Teeth ana Breath 25 Mall Stores, or by Mail for the price. HALL & RUCKEL, New York. —_———_— eae (wane Kansas City, No. 23,1091 PRIESMEYER SH°5 | Sees cRe aoe On | Pe tims Wee A ETE Bd im SHOE! pa in time. Bal 2 Si wen ce Vous Oona WEAR... | pihurororsictnl ina TON uemmMUNITY OF INTEREST.” zoad Changes Which Are Cosumringy ‘Community Of Interest” seems to be tye watchword among the great rail- te corporations, nowadays, and cer- Rin persons who are apt to decide {hon topics of general interest, especi- diy new ones, without thinking upon the facts, have supposed that this feant ani arrangement of interest only fp the railway companies participating jn the deals, traffic arrangements, eases, ete,, Which show In the stock transactions and engage’ the thought fn ability of trafic and passcnger Seeu's. It {8 undoubtedly the financial jnerest_ of the corporations which moves their offleers to enter into con- tmcts, but the consideration of this topic necessarily includes that of the fonvenience, comfort and attractions fvhich they can offer to thelr patrons. competition be less intense, and rate wars be relegated to the dead past, it means that more attention will be yaid to those inducements which will fring Dusiness to up-to-date lines of transportation. ‘n instance of the early profit of the ublic 48 most worthy of mention. Un- ter the plan of arrangements known ss "Community of Interest” very close lations have been established by the Missouri Pacific System with the Den- terand Rio Grande railway, the Rio Grande Western Railway and the Southern Pacific’ Railway and. other Ines diverging from junetion points. 0 that now, for the first time in the railway history of the country, a pas- Conger may take train at St. Louls and renin therein until he has reached San Francisco. ‘The route Is one of the most popular because of its great Scenic beauty, and because it gives the traveler the benefit of variety of al- titude and climate, taking him across the smiling plains of Kansas into the wonlerfal canyons of Colorado, and through her most noted mining locali- ties, and by the great inland salt sea, where a great religions organization yas builded a elty of magnificence in sn oasis of the desert, and whose po- Iiteal power has been maintained in site of the objections of the concen- trated power of the United States und in the face of all the obstacles which have ever, from the dawn of Christi- anity, contended against its establish- ment by any sect oF creed. These places are of great interest to the traveler of today, and since they ray be visited with such ease in the rnagnificent trains of this monster sys- tem of railway, the tide of tourist traf fic is being turned to them by natural selection, ‘The Missouri Pacific and the Rio Grande reach all points in Colorado, Utah and the West, and thus “Community of Interest” among the railroads already benefits the public in hich an everyday way ag to eonvince the thoughtless person that he must revise his hasty judgment. San Franclvco, 1901, On account of the Fifth Interna- tional Convention of the Epworth League at San Francisco in July, the Southern Pacifie Company and its con- nections will sell Exceedingly Low Rate Round-Trip Tickets. In fact, tickets will be sold fromfthe Hast fot ‘the round trip to San Francisco at utes much less than the normal one- way fare, and further, they can be purebased to read westward via any of the Southern Pacific's three routes Sunset, Ogden or Shasta—returning via the same or elther of the others. These Low Rate Round-Trip Tickets will be on sale daily July 6th to 13th, inclusive, and will be good for return wntil August 31st, permitting stop- overs at all points of interest en route, both going and returning. The South- em Pacific Company and its connec- tions operate through sleeping car lines from various eastern poiats. In- formation relative to the rates, routes and through service will be cheerfully furnished by W. G. Netmyer, G. W. A, 8. P, Co,, 288 Clark St., Chicago, ill. ‘The wisdom of a fool is always con- sicuous by its absence. Piso's Cure for Consumption Js an Infalttble Relicine for coughs and colds. —N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. woman's silence seldom spoils any- thing, letaten internally. Pig, Te ‘The rooster makes two-thirds of the toe, but the Rem dees all the Work te ross is the best Bail Blue the evil kiows," Large, package Ge Z a ‘i 9 Go Mit S NO, Ys au S92 FROM ALLY | POINTS °F VIEW The tire buyer should Fook wel Raptr or (sere leat foe et crea © 8] Tes Ge, ut nd alte tie. hey ero cues cee le See cane G&J TIRE COMPANY, eee SPORT IN WESTERN CANADA: and His Stock Growing Fut He May Hare Plenty of Shooting. ‘There is probably no country on the American Continent where the life of the farmer carries with it that assur Janee of comfort and success as does Western Canada. Nor is there to be found anywhere else such a pleasant combination. Game abounds every- Where and nowhere does it afford such Perfect amusement. A noted sports- man writing of the favorite pastime says: “There is one particular spot where I saw a man drop seventy mal- lards one morning and bring them all to bag, too, for they dropped in open Water or on flat prairie. At the right season of the year you can see black ines and triangles cut sharply out agaiust the sky all round you, moving very swiftly, and you begin to wonder whether you have enough cartridges to hold out. You can hear the prairie chicken crowing Itke barn-door fowls, and a little to the northeast is a bit of marshy ground, eattle-poached and dappled with gleaming pools, where the snipe are nearly as thick as mos- uitoes. A thin column of blue smoke curling up in the distance shiows you where a few wandering Indians have pitched their camp, but there is no other indication of civilization in sight. Still, the neighborhood is. well- settled, and a short drive will bring you to a farmhouse, where you can buy the finest butter and the freshest ges for uncivilized prices. ‘A very short railway journey will bring you to a country full of deer and the lordly wapiti, the king of the deer tribe the world over, and down on the flat, hoggy land by the lake shores the moose will stand knee deep in water on the summer evenings ready to lie down when the flies get bothering. All day you breathe the wild free air of the prairie, and at night you are lulled to sleep by the surge and ripple and splash of the waves on the beach, broken now and then by the wierd Danshee-cry of strange water-fowl.” Particulars regarding settlement of the lands of Western Canada can be had from any agent of the Canadian gov- ernment, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in your columns. OLD READER. Game of “Ping Poog.” “Ping pong,” a society amusement started in England, has found its way to this side and is increasingly popu- lar. It is a table version of lawn ten- nis, with celluloid balls, parchment racquets and a six-inch net. NEW FAST TRAIN TO COLORADO ‘Via Misyourl Pacifle Ratlway- The Missouri Pacific Railway is now operating double daily service from St. Louis and Kansas City to points in Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast. Trains leave St. Louis 9 a. m., and 10:10 p, m., Kansas City 6 p. m, and 10 a. m., carrying through sleeping cars between St. Louis and San Francisco without change. Excursion tickets aow on sale. For further information address Company’s agents. H, C. TOWNSEND, GP. & T. Agent, St, Louis, Mo. King Edward Parcheses Ploture, An interesting picture has just been purchased by King Edward VIL. It was painted by the Empress Frederic, then princess royal, in 1855, to be sold for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who fell in the Crimea. 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Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Impressions of Archbishop Ireland. ‘The solidly built figure of Arch bishop Ireland was recently conspicu- ‘ous in Washington for a few days. A local paper says that “people turn about to look at him as he passes along with a short but rapid step, his right hand swinging industriously.” Hamlin’s Wizard OW Co, send song book free. Your druggist sells the olf and it stops pain, Nothing is more to be dreaded than aged infancy. Pe ree et ae eee ‘we crowd into it. “Make {ts work eas chewing Becmaa's Pepsin Gum. ead Never shed tears over spilt mili. ‘There is enough water lost as it is. ‘Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, Fedvces tm {emnination,aliays pais, cures windeoller ea bottle Society worships success, but seldop forgives a failure. thansas Tews Hotes. eo >4 $00060-00009000000000000000 Helen Gould has sent 500 volumes to the library in’ Stockton. ‘Onaga is to have a chemical fre engine and a ‘phone system. ‘One Rush county farmer dug up $3.06 while plowing in nis fleld. ‘An Emporia waitress awoke the other day to find herself an heiress. Farm values have increased over 50 per cent in Kansas in the past year. MePherson has strong hopes of get- ting the new Swedish Lutheran col- rege. On the Blackshere ranch in Chase county, 1,150 acres of alfalfa are ready for harvest. Seventy per cent of the farms in Kansas are owned by the men who live on them. An atrocious Central Kansas poet makes “Abilene” rhyme with “thin,” ‘and “fell in.” Auditor Cole reports 38,000 acres of vacant school land to be available for wheat raising. ‘At Leavenworth the Missouri river has averaged lower this epring than any year since 1855. An Indian girl, a pupil at the Has- kell institute, is running ahead in the most-beautiful-lady contest. Salina is getting ready to buy med- als for the boys of Company M, ‘Twentieth Kansas regiment. : A Caldwell man who had two ribs broken in a humiliating manner is feeling very sore about it. ‘The new catalogue of the State Ag- ricultural college shows an enrollment of 1,321, an increase of 227. The hackberry trees around Burr Oak are being destroyed by a creature resembling the alfalfa worm. Trouble over class colors in Win- field resulted in five black eyes and two cases in the police court, ‘A little sod house up in Smith county contains a piano worth five times as much as the residence. ‘Ness county comes to the front with a story of a bunch of rye thirty-eight inches high with five inch heads. One of the wheat kings of Western Kansas is J. A. Franz, who has 1,100 ‘acres which promise a full crop. ‘An ex-warden says there are 1,000 convicts in the Kansas penitentiary, of whom about fifteen are guilty. A man died in Leavenworth a few days ago at the age of 99 years, and he used both tobacco and liquor. The state agricultural college is booming the Soy bean, said to be val uable food for all stock raised on the farm, While two men in Winfield were attending a meeting of the Anti-Horse Thief astociation their bieycles were stolen. Peabody is working up sentiment in favor of a Fourth of July demonstra- tion that will “interest, elevate an¢ instruct.” Barton county is already complain. ing of a shortage of harvest hands and a surplus of hands that are snow shovelers and ice cutters by profes sion, Pleasanton people are in mourning over the death of two of its populat boys, Harry Norman and Todd Blakey, who were drowned in tke river east o| town. A 10 cent admission fee is being charged all visitors to the Lansing penitentiary. Considerable _revenus from this source is being made for the state. A Paola man has sold two black wolves to the Zoological garden in New York for $100. ‘The commission- ers of Miami county only offered $: for the beasts. Senator Wulfekuhler of Leaven- worth owns 2 66,000-acre ranch in Wallace and Sherman counties, in- closed in seventy-nine mites of fence ‘There are over 5,000 head of cattle on the raneh. Since it has been discovered in New York that a geranium plant will die when sprayed with alcohol, the bibul- ‘ous men in Great Bend have resolved to quit using alcohol as an external application. Luey Leidigh, a Hutchinson high school graduate, has been neither ab- sent nor tardy during her twelve years’ course. ‘The young lady was presented with a gold medal by the school board. ‘This class yell comes from Kansas: “and a beevo, and a bivo, and a beevo, bivo, bum. Bum kill a'rat trap bigger than a cat trap, bum kill a rat trap bigger than a eat trap, cannibal cannibal, zip boom bum, Newton high school, 1901.” A Kansas man who had been away from home on a spree for a week re- turned the other day expecting to find his wife in tears, but found her with her skirts half mast, cleaning house and softly singing to herself, “I Don't Care if He Never Comes Back.” A story is being told of a Wilson county farmer who caught a chinch bug. He fed him poison, cracked him in the doors and froze him in {ce. ‘The bug always came up smiling a fiendish smile and looking at the man with a sardonic eye. Finally he car- ried the bug to a foundry and dropped it into a ladle of melted iron, Then he went off chuckling. Fifteen years afterwards his wife broke a skillet she had been using for some years PaaS area east then eRenzac eae rune ae NC Nca ne nee er ee a | spepsia } Most people eat more than ts good for them. The stomach tries to digest all that’s put into it, but ff repeatedly overloaded, It goes on | astrike. That's indigestion. Rich, over-sweet, indigestible food weakens the stomach and makes it unable to take care of the material put | Into it, More food taken into a weakened stomach than the stomach can digest, stays there, forms gases and rots, bringing on all the horrors of | dyspepsia. The only way to cure dyspepsia is to clean out the digestive canal with CASCARETS. Keep it clean with Cascareis, eat light | food sparingly, and give the stomach a chance to rest up and get strong again. Be sure you get the genuine CARCAREBTS!, S| whey peeing too try de vat | rt (oa esos sere i Oy) cpeeicecsh eaten |= Sireciinm ccnempeate Se i wwet-] Satoh Tbogua taiing CASCARETS and since ser] Heels eS Ine | Fi] Te Meter nono. at ——— te | The discovery by the ~~'zhbors ‘at a] 7 BEST FOR BOWELS AND LIVER.. J | THIS Is ik , 10. : 4 h iz 3 } us a 2 . adr aaa You 8 NEVER SOLD IN BULK. | THE TABLET DRUGGISTS cuamaenee rocupnattenet reign apmepseieMivamegr | carSSARATERER, 22, CORE: Pie feors 20, te tert tr a a a EE Woraae ie aerartated pecs fees, pation, ils Teore peopl vail other ser, | guarseeers teomeyci Pond. ‘bay today, owe Se: beer, ) Bee eee eae gate ee oe eee Girieress Soa wilt never eet,wall una be. TEth Sati ren pete te mits ar as Doktor what siks youvinrs foaey, : Races ee — a Rei Soiatiacrss carabus eee . LE erste ail come ELE NE Chicago's Police Chief. Chicago's new chief of police was not appointed because of any rare “executive ability” accumulated in lit- erary work. He has been on the force for twenty-eight years, and’ was never reported for inefliciency or neglect of duty. It is an appointment Mayor Harrison was not compelled to apol- ogize for when he made it, and it is fone to which he will be quite likely to point with pride at the end of his administration.—Washington Post. ‘Walter az Member of Parliament ‘The Austrian Parliament has a mera- ber who is a waiter. Carl Mittermay- er was elected to the Reichsrath four years ago, at a time when he was serving as a waiter in a small subur- ban restaurant. And there is a butch- er in the British House of Commons. At least two M. P.’s are grocers, and there are a dozen who were once la- borers. The Parliament of Vancouver has as its Speaker a man who was once a coal miner in Northumberland, Karly Copy of “Pilgrim's Vrogresx* A perfect copy of the rare first edi- tion of the “Pilgrim's Progress” is to be sold in London, The history of this book is interesting. It was at one time in the possession of the Fleet- wood family, and was given to Ann Palmer, the great-grandmother of the late owner, John Nash. The appear- ance of the unique copy of the first edi- tion of this remarkable little volume is an event of great interest in book-col- lecting circles. Long and Short Speeches. An eminent Scotch divine was once asked how long he would require to prepare a speech. “That depends,” said he, “upon how much time I am to oc- cupy in its delivery. If I am to speak for a quarter of an hour I should like ‘& week to prepare; if I am to go on as long as I like I am ready now.” Home for Destitate Children, ‘The will of the late Matiida Goddara of Boston contains bequests to public charities amounting to $30,000. Of that amount $20,000 is given to the Gynne Home for Destitute Children, eee a ee Goodland, Kan., June 3.—N, E. Al- bertson, our leading blacksmith has been a great sufferer from rheumatism. He was so bad that he could not sleep for the great pain in his arms and shoulders. He had been afflicted for years, but lately he was so muea worse, that he thought he would have to give up his shop altogether. ‘Then a strange thing happened. A friend of his recommended a new medicine called Dodd’s Kidney Pills, said to be a cure for Rheumatism. He commenced to use them, and at once began to recover. His pain has all lett him, and he is a well man today, and entirely free from any symptom of Rheumatism. To say that he is thankful, is putting It very mildly. He is detighted. Dodd’s Kidney Pills deserve credit for having cured this very severe and almost hopeless case. From recent reports, there does not seem to be anything that they will not cure, as very bad cases of Bright's Dis- ease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Ikheumatism, and Heart Trouble, have been cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills, even after having deen given up by our best doctors. A drowning man will catch at a straw—and so will a man who ts thirsty. a Don't Give emt drink called GRAIN-OT tried the new food drink called GRALN-Ot Weis delicious and nourishing, and takes the Piacg of nde ‘The sore Graa-0 rou giv dhildgen the more health you distrib through tein span “Grain fs mado re grains, aid when properly prepa Taek, ‘yp cle ru ot co bt fosts about 34 a mn ‘grocers Sbetand 20. ‘There is always room at the top— of boiling pots for the scum to rise, AN few landssoontoopen. Heready! Morgan's Manual, liieiitement cinnamon atte Boe. 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Several of my friends are using Peruna with bene- ficial results, especially in cases of por eae we el nesses peculiar to women.” Peruna is a specific for the catarrhal een ee isfactory results from the use of Pe- Bee at ae De areal Address Dr. Hartman, President of OKLAHOMA fis hsm, AND Steel ectment INDIAN TERRITORY Sic ie cA AMiehS Enc PARMER AR ERMA ote toe Ach creo eee ge eer Dee e eens = erate eee ee STARE ay Soak ES PAV Sas ed ‘Ttamicted with! Thompson's Eye Water RAILROAD MAN KILLS WIFE DAUGHTER AND HIMSELF. Pumped Water For Thirty-Six Hours Out or Forty-Eight—Struck His Wife and Daughter With a Heavy Clock Weight Causing Instant Death —Shot Himself—Young Son's Narrow Escape. Brain worn by working thirty-six hours out of forty-eight pumping water for the Hannibal and St. Joseph railways at Clarence, Mo., for a pittance of $38 a month, James Stacey, tankman, killed his sleeping wife and 18-year-old daughter, and then killed himself. Signs and verbal evidence showed that Stacey arose at an early hour and partly dressed himself. He took a heavy clock weight and struck his sleeping wife just above the left temple, killing her instantly. She made no struggle, there was not the rustle of a coverlet even. On her face there was the shadow of a smile. Stacey then mounted the stair and entered the east room of his two story cottage, where his 18-year-old daughter Alma, and his 8-year-old son, Jimmy, were sleeping. The little fellow was awakened by the entrance of the father and raised himself on his elbow. The father reached over, tenderly took him in his arms and carried him into the other room, where he laid him on a cot. The boy lay quietly, wondering but not alarmed. Stacey re-entered the room and killed his daughter by a blow in the temple with the same weight with which he had murdered his wife. She also made no struggle. What would have been his next step is a matter for conjecture, as he was interrupted by hearing his married daughter, Mrs. Calvin Spinell, calling to him from below. She had run in for an early morning call, living to a few rods from her father's home. He went down stairs and with great deliberation said: "I just got through killing mother and Alma." The wild look in his eye frightened the daughter and she ran to call her husband, without waiting for explanations: Before the husband could arrive there was the sound of a shot, and when he reached the house he found Stacey lying on the floor, the whole top of his head torn off. He had placed the muzzle of an old-fashioned, single-barreled shotgun in his mouth, had cocked the gun and pulled the trigger with his toe. He lay dead, with his head on the door sill. Stacey was 51 years old. He had run the pump for the Burlington at Clarence for twenty-six years. No man of his conditions bore a better reputation, and he had not a single bad habit. His affection for his family was occasion for comment among the neighbors. Many think that he aimed to kill all three of the family, but interruption by Mrs. Spittler caused him to forget or forsake his purpose. TURNED WHEN HE WAS SHOT. An Illinois Hotelkeeper Killed by the Man He Tried to Assassinate. Marshal W. E. Oakes was shot in the back, just below the heart, by A. M. Covington, a hotel and saloon keeper at Metropolis, Ill. He is probably mortally wounded. Covington, in turn, was shot three times and killed by Marshal Oakes. The marshal came to the hotel and demanded that a certain woman, whom Covington had been harboring, be sent away. Marshal Oakes, having delivered his order, turned to go. As soon as his back was turned, however, Covington shot him. Wheeling about, Marshal Oakes returned the fire and sent three bullets into the body of Covington. Painters' Scaffold Broke: F. T. Ellet, a painter, was instantly killed in Springfield, Mo., and his fellow workman, Frank Miller, probably fatally injured by falling from a building to the ground, a distance of thirty-five feet. The scaffold upon which they swung from the building became loose and they fell. Miller fell on top of Ellet, which broke the fall and prevented him from being killed instantly. Kansas Farmer Loses His Eyes Leo Kern, son of Frank Kern, a prosperous farmer living six miles west of Great Bend, Kan., had a narrow escape from death. While pouring hot babbitt, into a box it exploded, and the contents entered his eyes and put them out. He was also hurt otherwise, but his recovery is expected. Galena, Ks' , Has a Fire Fire in the residence of Leo Palmesano, of Galena, Kan., spread to the adjoining residence on the north, causing a total loss of both buildings and contents. Joplin Miner Shot Albert Wheaton, a zinc mine operator at Joplin, Mo., was fatally shot by J. Lee Hazelwood, proprietor of a Main street fruit stand. Wheaton owed Hazelwood $3. The latter is in jail. Allow No Married Women Teachers. The board of education at Abilene, Kan., have elected teachers and adopted a resolution that no married women shall teach in the schools. Two of the old teachers were let out on this account. Jail Delivery at Oklahoma City. Four prisoners escaped from the county jail at Oklahoma City, Okla., by cutting a hole in the cement floor and tunneling under the wall to liberty. One of the men, James Sayler, was held awaiting trial on the charge of murder. Because Dinner Wasn't Ready. Mariano Quintana, the 10-year-old son of Reyes Quintana, shot and killed his 5-year-old sister at San Gonimo, San Miguel County, N. M., because she did not have his dinner ready for him when he wanted it. DESERTED HIS BRIDE. Widow of Colonel A. C. Dawes Grossly Imposed Upon. Mrs. Louise G. Dawes, the first wife of the late Colonel A. C. Dawes, at one time general passenger and ticket agent of the Burlington lines in Missouri, who was married in the St. Joseph cathedral April 9 last, to Col. Henry Giltsch, of Yellville, Ark., has been deserted by her husband. Mrs. Dawes-Giltsch says that she has discovered that her husband is an imposter, that all of his representations to her concerning his position, influence and wealth were false, that he has four divorced wives living and one dead, and at the time of his marriage to Mrs. Dawes was corresponding with a woman in New York city whom he is said to be anxious to marry. Mrs. Dawes became acquainted with Glitsch about ten months ago in St. Louis, and they came to St. Joseph in April to be married. Glitsch gave out the impression that he was wealthy, but was temporarily hard up. He claimed that every available cent he had was tied up in Arkansas mines. Immediately after the wedding the couple started for Yellville, Ark., where Glitsch said his mines were. He left his wife at West Plains. She is there yet. Through her acquaintance she secured him a job in a railroad office in St. Louis and pawned her gold watch to send him there. He stayed three days and went to Rolla, where he wrote her advising a divorce suit. He told her he hoped she would pursue this course, as he is desirous of again entering the matrimonial race. RUMOR OF DOUBLE LYNCHING. Mob at Galena, Mo., Said to Hanged Two. Mrs. Stallion and her stepson was arrested and placed in jail at Galena, Mo., on the confession of the woman's 7-year-old son, who said they killed Alice Stallion, aged 16. A rumor it has that the mother and son have been taken from jail and lynched, but, owing to the prostration of telephone wires to Galena, it cannot be confirmed. The Stallions lived near Cape Fair and the girl's body was found in the river by fishermen. The supposition was that she had committed suicide on account of a love affair which her mother opposed. A 7-year-old son of Mrs. Stallion confessed, however, claiming that while Mrs. Stallion held the girl her stepson broke her neck with a poker. Afterward they wrapped the body in a comforter and threw it in the river. JUMPED TO HIS DEATH. Robert G. Bidwell Took a Fatal Leap From Brooklyn Bridge. Robert G. Bidwell, a young man who recently went to New York from Jacksonville, Fla., leaped to death from the Brooklyn bridge. Many people saw him jump. He had an American flag in each hand. His body was recovered. He had evidently prepared for the jump, for he wore a life preserver, and his body was swathed with towels, which were evidently intended to lessen the impact when he struck the water. A number of newspapers were stuffed between his body and the life preserver. It was learned later that Bidwell, who was 30 years of age, had shown signs of mental derangement for some time past. His mother lives in Washington, D. C. Another Gasoline Stove Vletim. Mrs. Ellen Stewart, wife of C. M. Stewart, 1201 East Douglass avenue, Wichita, Kan., died as a result of burns received while lighting a gasoline stove preparatory to cooking dinner. The stove exploded and ignited the woman's clothing. The most dangerous of the burns were about the breast and lower part of the body. The woman's arms and hands were also frightfully scorched. They Tried to Die Together. J. Albert Brink, a young society man who is city solicitor for a wholesale grocery house in Lincoln, Neb., and a Mrs. Walker, of whom little is known, took poison at Brink's room at the Lindell hotel in an effort to commit suicide. When found the woman was dead. Brink has a fighting chance for life. Child Parking in Rare Fire A large barn belonging to Dr. J. F. Chandler, at Forest City, twenty-five miles north of St. Joseph, burned and a 4-year-old son of Mr. Chandler perished. It was not known that the child was in the barn until after the fire, when the charred body was found. The origin of the fire is unknown. Work Trains Collide The second section of a work train on the Pittsburg, Ohio Valley & Cincinnati railway crashed into the first section near Powhattan, W. Va. killing two and injuring over twenty persons. There were twenty-eight Italians in the caboose of the first section when it was telescoped. Kansas to Make Automobiles. Kansas proposes to enter into competition with the East in the manufacture of automobiles. A company has been granted a charter for that purpose. It is known as the Cloustey Automobile Manufacturing company, of Cherryvale, Kan. It has a capital of $25,000. Cloudburst in Kapsan. At Paul station, Kansas, a cloudburst occurred and there are eighteen inches of water in the station there. Robbers Safe on HorseBack Robbies blew open two safes at the new town of Mill Creek, I. T., on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, securing $400. A few nights before two safes were robbed in Ada, a new town on the same road. The robbers are believed to be travelling horseback. At Hewitt, the store of Fulton and Hughes was robbed and goods to the amount of $150 taken. The postoffice was in the same building, but the money and stamps were not touched. AT IT AGAIN KRITZSINGER'S COMMAND TAKES A TOWN. HOT FIGHT AT VLAKFONTEIN. British Lost. 57 Men Killed and 111 Wounded. General French Has Been Placed in Charge of Operations in Cape Colony—London Demands the Sending of More Troops. The war office at London has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, June 4: "Jamestown (Cape Colony) surrendered to Kritzsinger's command on the morning of June 2, after four hours' fighting. The town guard and the local volunteers were overpowered before our pursuing columns could come up. "Our casualties were three killed and two wounded. The Boer loss is said to have been greater. "The stores were looted but the garrison was released. "Have placed General French in charge of the operations in Cape Colony." Details received regarding the fighting at Vlakfontein show that it was one of the most desperate engagements of the war. General Dixon's column was traversing the district and establishing posts, when it was attacked by 1,200 Boers under Commandant Kemp. The Boers were so close that fifty of the British fell at the first volley. The recrudecence of such fighting brings further demands for the sending out of re-inforcements. The surrender of Jamestown is regarded as a disagreeable incident, because it has provided Commandant Kritzinger with a fresh supply of the sinews of war. The appointment of General French, who has been recruiting his health in Cape Town, to command the operations in Cape Colony indicates that Lord Kitchener attaches considerable importance to the invasion. The British. casualties were six officers and fifty-one men killed, six officers and 115 men wounded and one officer and seven men missing. INDIANS IN WYOMING ARMING Government Troops May be Needed to Put Down the Angry Arapahoes. A telegram from Fort Washakie, Wyo., says that the Arapahoe Indians, who recently defied the Indian agent, are arming. It is feared the threatened outbreak cannot be averted without bloodshed and the use of government troops. A sheep herder employed by William Madden of Lost Cabin was shot down by Indians, forty miles north of Fort Washakie. The name of the herder and the details of the killing have not been learned. It is feared serious trouble will follow any attempt upon the part of the authorities to arrest the murderers of the herder. Settlers in the Lander valley are arming, and many are moving to the towns for protection. CALLED FOR THE POPE'S CROWN Up to the Very Door of Leo's Room a Maniac Made His Way. A dispatch from Rome says: "While the pope was at work in his private room a maniac made his way to the ante-room and shouted: 'The pope is dead. I am his successor; give me the crown.'" "The noble guards on duty seized the intruder and prevented him from penetrating the pope's chamber. But the pope had heard the shout and he ordered that the man be arrested. "He turned out to Valentino Paterno, a religious fanatic. He was taken to a lunatic asylum. "How he passed the gatekeepers, guards and ushers all the way from the outer gate of the Vatican to the very door of the pope's room is a mystery as yet unexplained." ALLIES FOUGHT IN TIEN TSIN Thieving Frenchmen, Attacked by Britons, Were Reinforced by Germans. A dispatch from Tien Tsin dated June 3, says: A fight occurred yesterday between international troops. British fusilieres who were acting as police sought to prevent French soldiers from house- breaking, when they were attacked with bayonets and bricks. The fusilieres fired into the air and this brought a number of Germans to the aid of the Frenchmen. They numbered together 200 men. Five fusilieres fired again, killing one Frenchman and wounding three others. In subsequent fighting four fusiliers, five Germans and one Japanese wounded. The arrival of a German officer and a strong guard ended the fray. A. Wild, Kansas Convict When Frank Clark, a convict of the Kansas penitentiary, was placed on trial for murder, in the Leavenworth county district court, he caused a commotion in the court room by trying to attack Judge Gillipatrick and several lawyers. Some legal points in connection with Clark's trial were under argument. Clark became dissatisfied with the rulings of Judge Gillipatrick and the talk of the prosecuting attorneys. He jumped up and started for the judge's bench. The sheriff, his deputies and a number of penitentiary guards overpowered Clark. This Girl Could Swim. Irving institute, a literary society of the Iowa State university, has conferred on Miss Caroline Jarvis a medal for bravery in saving the life of R. M. Fagan, a student of the university. Young Fagan and Miss Jarvis were boating, when wind capsized the boat throwing both into the water. Fagan was unable to swim and Miss Jarvis assisted him to secure a hold on the boat and then swam to shore, pushing the boat ahead of her. Miss Jarvis is a freshman at the university and has won considerable fame in literary circles. AN ALFALFA YEAR IN KANSAS. Mr. Coburn says the First Cutting is a Record Breaker. F. D. Coburn, secretary of the Kansas state board of agriculture, is beginning to receive reports from his correspondents of the first cutting of alfalfa in Kansas this year. The harvest was mostly done last week, he says, and the crop has been put away out of any danger of rain. "From reports now coming to this office," Mr. Cuburn said, "the first cutting of alfalfa this year is a record-breaker in Kansas. While the dry weather has been injurious to other growing crops, perhaps, it has been good for alfalfa. It is a deep-rooted plant and has grown famously all spring, and so when the sickle was put in last week, it was ripe and ready, and without doubt is the biggest crop ever known in the state. It has gone into the stack or mow clean, and without a drop of rain getting upon it." AGRICULTURE IN THE SCHOOLS Plans to Teach the Subject in Rural Districts of Missouri Prof. W. T. Carrington, Missouri state superintendent of schools, has been in Columbia in conference with George B. Ellis, secretary of the state board of agriculture, and M. J. Waters, dean of the Agricultural college, in reference to plans for the instruction of teaching elements of agriculture in the rural schools of Missouri. It was agreed that Dr. Charles Thom, professor of botany, prepare a laboratory and teacher's guide for plant study, Prof. J. H. Stedman, teacher of entomology, will prepare a similar guide for the study of animals and insects, which will be followed immediately with outlines for agriculture and horticulture by Prof. M. R. Smith and Prof. J. C. Whitten. The state board of agriculture will publish and distribute this literature among the teachers who desire the work. MOYER GETS HIS CHILD Proceedings Against Dr. Woodruff and Mrs. Moyer Dropped. Ray Moyer, of Lawrence, Kas, husband of Mrs. Edith Moyer, who was arrested at Portland, Ore., along with Dr. Wylie G. Woodruff, on a charge of kidnaping 4-year-old Myrtle Moyer, has arrived at Portland. A conference was held upon his arrival between counsel for Mrs. Moyer and Dr. Woodruff and District Attorney Chamberlain, at which Moyer was present, and it is understood that Moyer made overtures to settle the case and drop proceedings against defendants provided that the child is delivered into his custody. Later it was announced that proceedings against Mrs. Moyer and Dr. Woodruff will be dropped. The husband was given the custody of the child and left immediately for Lawrence, Kas. CHANCE FOR DAIRYMEN. Ought to Send More Butter and Cheese to Cuba and Puerto Rico. R. A. Pearson, assistant chief of the dairy division of the department of agriculture, in Washington, who has just returned from a three month's tour of inspection in Cuba and Porto Rico, believes that American dairymen can as well supply the markets of those islands as can foreigners. He calls special attention to the demand for cheese in those countries, saying that at present most of this supply comes from Holland, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland, and he believes that Americans can deliver just as good quality of dairy products as can foreign countries, and that it will not be many years before American dairymen have established a good trade in Cuba and Porto Rico. GAVE BATTLE TO A BURGLAR. Mayor of Blackwell, O. T., Uses a shotgun on Thief. A desperate encounter occurred between Mayor Prettyman, of Blackwell, Okla., and a burglar. While the burglar was riling the house Mayor Prettyman was awakened but remained still until the burglar departed with valuable booty. The mayor then grabbed his shotgun and ran after the burglar, pouring a load of buckshot into his body. The other barrel being empty, the burglar closed in on the mayor, the latter beating him with the stock of the gun. The burglar finally escaped, leaving his blood all over the mayor's clothes. Wichita Boy Drowned. Cales Holmes, 18 years of age, was drowned in the Little Arkansas river, near Wichita, Kas. In company with Bert Reeves and Roy Waltermire, he had gone bathing and was seized with cramps. His companions attempted to save him, but in his frantic efforts to save himself he almost dragged Roy Waltermire to the same watery grave. The accident happened during a family picnic given in honor of the young man's mother, Mrs. Mollie Whiteside, of Denver, Col., who came to Wichita to visit her son. Almost a Lynching. Benjamin Setty, alias Watson, aged 28 years, narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an infurred mob of 500 citizens of McKeesport, Pa. Setty is alleged to have assaulted a 4-year-old daughter of Thomas Sullivan. The police were forced to use their maces to keep back the crowd, while Setty was taken to the police station. The child is in an unconscious condition and may not recover. Great excitement still prevails in McKeesport and the prison is strongly guarded. Arkansas Man Cuts Throats. In an altercation at Eureka Springs, Ark., Jack Bryant, who is notorious as a scraper with a knife, cut Charles Crabaugh, aged 20, almost severing the carol artery. Twenty stitches were required to close the wound, which extended from ear to ear. The condition of Crabaugh, who is the son of a prominent citizen, is precarious, as fatal hemorrhage is likely to ensue. Bryant, who is in jail, was recently released after serving time for attempting to cut another man's throat. ACTRESS SLAIN E. FORSHAY A KANSAS CITY ACTOR DOES MURDER. HIS VICTIM WAS A SEDALIA GIRL Miss Edna Stokes, Who Was Playing With Forshay—Latter Was Desperately in Love With Miss Stokes—He Intended to Kill Himself, Also, But His Nerve Failed Him. Edward Forshay, of Kansas City, an actor and assistant manager of theatrical companies, shot and killed Miss Edna Stokes, in Chicago, an actress whose home is at Sedalia, Mo., with whom he was deeply in love. Forshay claims to have met Miss Stokes in St. Louis six years ago, when they were both playing an engagement. The couple played in different cities of the country until last fall, when they came to Chicago and became members of the stock company playing at the Victoria theater. Forshay evidently intended to take his life after killing the woman, for upon his person when arrested were letters bidding farewell to his mother, Mrs. J. M. Forshay, 1323 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo., and another to Chief of Police O'Neil of Chicago. The couple had engaged in a desperate quarrel three days ago and Forshay is said to have beaten the actress badly, cutting her head in two places. Miss Stokes gave orders to the proprietor of the Vernon hotel, at which she was stopping, that Forshay should not be admitted to her presence, and, although he called there twice during the early part of the evening, he was compelled to leave by the attendants. Later he called and the proprietor told him he could wait in the parlor, where Miss Stokes would see him. She came down from her room, and the couple talked for about ten minutes, when Forshay suddenly drew a revolver and fired two shots, one passing through the right lung and the other close to the heart. She died almost instantly. After killing the woman, Forshay ran from the building and was closely followed by James Heim and William Kennedy, the porter of the hotel. After pursuing Forshay a short distance, Heim overtook him and, throwing him to the sidewalk, held him until the arrival of the police. When taken to the police station, Forshay said that he intended to kill himself, as he could not live without Miss Stokes' love, but that his nerve failed him at the last moment. In a letter addressed to his mother, Forshay claims that he has been crazy for a year. COLLISION INJURES NINE. One May Die as Result of Accident at McKeesport, Pa. By a collision between a car on the United Traction company's line and a train on the McKeesport and Beil Vernon branch of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad at McKeesport, Pa., nine people were more or less seriously injured, one perhaps fatally. The injured are: A 3-months-old child of James Montville of McKeesport, contusion of the right temple. Edna Fey, aged 15, of DuQuesne, badly cut about head. Tony Jordan, of McKeesport, contusion of right leg. James Smith of McKeesport, badly bruised about body. Conductor Irwin Montgomery, spine injured, bruised and cut about head and body, contusion of right arm and left leg cut; may die. James McQuaid of McKeesport, bruised about body. SAYS HE HID WIFF'S BODY To Cover the Fact that She Committed Suicide. W. H. Klusmier, who is charged with killing his wife at Holton, Kan., on Sunday night, May 12, and burying her near his home, was arrested in Kansas City, Kan., by Sergeant Kinnan of the local police force at the Northwestern depot. Klusmier, who had been in town since May 20, was preparing to leave for his home. Klusmier was thoroughly questioned and says his wife committed suicide; and, rather than let the public know of this disgraceful act, he buried her body and spread the report that she died in Texas while on a visit to friends. He was taken to Topeka, where he will remain until his preliminary hearing. A Kanye West Mini Mum A colored miner, Judd Queener, who worked for the Kansas and Texas Coal company at mine No. 64, at Pittsburg, Kan., has been murdered. His body was found in the road between mines No. 54 and 64. He had been shot through the heart with a 32-caliber bullet, but the murderer is unknown. A Vicious Thug's Work. While sitting rocking a baby in her home at Second street and Woodland avenue, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Mary Schuler, 70 years old, was struck down by a negro who appeared suddenly before her. Mrs. Schuler's scull was fractured and she cannot live. The negro escaped and is being searched for by a large number of neighbors and policemen. Robbery was the motive. We never need rain as bad as we say we do. He Was Too Slow to Drown Himself. Andrew Tapper, a bartender, killed Rosa Mix by cutting her throat. She was 20 years old. Both were employed in a hotel at Carver, Minn. Tapper attempted to drown himself, but was caught and placed in jail at Chaska. Steel Trust Shores Up Wages Again. A National Tube company of the United States Steel corporation voluntarily advanced the wages of all the workers in the Youngstown, Ohio, plant, averaging $17\frac{1}{2}$ cents a day. The increase affects 425 men. DOWIE CLAIMS TO BE ELIJAM. Makes Startling Statement at Chicago Auditorium. "I am Elijah, the prophet, who appeared first as Elijah himself, second as John the Baptist and now comes in me, the restorer of all things. Elijah was a prophet, John was a preacher, but I combine inmyself the attributes of prophet, priest and ruler over men. Gaze on me, then; I say it fearlessly. Make the most of it, you wrestles in ecclesiastical garb. I am he that is the living physical and spiritual embodiment of Elijah, and my commission on earth a third time has been prophesied by Malachi, by God himself, by His Son Jesus, by Peter, and three thousand years ago by Moses. All who believe me to be in very truth all of these will stand up." And over 3,000 people rose to their feet and greeted the declaration with cheers and handclapping. John Alexander Dowie, true to his promises, made this statement from the platform of the Auditorium in Chicago, in the presence of 5,000 people. It was the culmination of a frenzied speech, in which he denounced everybody and everything not in Zion, cursed the pope and the Roman Catholic church, spat literally at Masonry, the newspapers and the bankers of Chicago, and raged and tore up and down the stage like a madman. BUTTE STILL CRACKING. Great Crevices Have Appeared in Differ ent Parts of Town. The strange sliding movement of the city of Butte, Mont, which has been noticeable at intervals for several years, has again manifested itself by five large cracks in the earth in different sections of the city. The largest crevice occurs in West Galena street, where a crack twelve inches wide and of considerable length and depth has appeared. Three of the openings occur on the west side of the town and two on the east side. There is no caving, but a distinct parting of the earth and the granite walls can easily be seen in them. The gas and water companies have much trouble on account of the strange movement, which frequently break their underground pipes. City Engineer Rickenbach says the engineering department of the city encounters the same trouble, as elevations and bench marks in certain parts of the city are constantly changing. This is particularly true of the section west of Main street and north of Broadway, where the marks have been known to shift to the extent of a foot in a very short space of time. The continuance of the strange phenomenon is beginning to cause some alarm among the citizens of Butte. TERRIFIC STORM. Wind, Rain and Hall Do Much Damage h Pennsylvania. One of the heaviest spring storms known to the government weather bureau passed over Pittsburgh, Pa., and vicinity. Much damage was done to property, and four people were badly hurt during the storm. The storm lasted only fifteen minutes, but in that time rain fell, hail ruined crops and the wind blew down many houses. At Whittaker, near Hometead, a partly finished store and dwelling was wrecked, burying in the ruins three boys and a man, all of whom were badly hurt. The man, Daniel Martin, may die from the effects of his injuries. The boys, George Marley, aged 15 years, Frank Sturgis, 13 and Daniel Ashton, aged 16, when dug out of the ruins, were in bad shape, Marley remaining unconscious for some time afterward, but all will recover. The boys had been playing ball and took refuge from the storm in the building. AN EXTRA SESSION It is Believed in Washington That One Will be Heid. There is more serious talk in Washington of an extra session of Congress, in high official circles, than there has been at any other time since March 4. A member of the cabinet stated that, in his judgment, an extra session of congress might be precipitated any day and that he believed the President would find it necessary in any event to call it not later than October 1. "If possible" he said, "no extra session of congress will be called during the heated term, unless it should become absolutely necessary." AN ENGLISH SENSATION Bodies of Thirty-one Infants Found in a Cellar. A sensation has been caused at Birmingham, England, by the discovery of the bodies of thirty-one infants in a cellar beneath an undertaker's establishment. The bodies were in various stages of decomposition and huddled together in soap boxes. The establishment was conducted by a widow who was charged with causing the infants deaths. The prisoner was remanded. ROBBERS FIRE A TOWN. Jasper, Tex., Destroyed in a $100,000 Conflagration. The little town of Jasper, capital of Jasper county, Texas, has been entirely wiped out by fire. Seventeen houses, including every business house in the place and a number of resides, were destroyed. The town has no fire department. Previous to the fire the postoffice safe and the safe of the county treasurer had been blown open and robbed. The conclusion is that burglars blew open these safes and then set fire to the town to cover up their crime and create an excitement which would afford them an opportunity to escape. The loss by fire is estimated at $100,000. It could not be learned what the thieves secured from the safes. The robbers escaped. Jealousy Causes a Woman's Suicide. Mrs. John O'Brien, of Wichita, Kan. committed suicide by taking an ounce of carbolic acid. She gave jealousy as the cause. She was about 50 years old. GRAVE FEARS FOR MRS M:KINLEY'S RECOVERY Physiclans, However, Still Hope for Im provement—News Given out is not Be assuring—President McKinley Mrs. McKinley continues very weak. Her condition is not greatly changed, but each day that elapses without a gain of strength lessens her powers of recuperation. The complaint which came near ending her life in San Francisco is still present. It is in a slightly less agravated form, but gives the physicians and the President much concern. Mrs. McKinley has shown remarkable vitality, but her illness has so reduced her strength as to leave her very feeble indeed. It is feared that unless a change for the better soon manifests itself her strength may become so near exhausted as to leave her without rallying power. News given out by the physicians in attendance is not reassuring, though hope of better things still continues. After a consultation between Drs. Rixey, Sternberg and Johnston, the following bulletin was issued: "Mrs. McKinley passed a comfortable night, but her condition has not materially changed since the last report." There were no further consultations of the physicians during Sunday bus Dr. Rixey called during the evening and spent some time with the patient. In response to inquiries from time to time the statement was made that there had been no change in the condition of the distinguished sufferer President McKinley spends most of his time at the bedside of his wife. There are many callers at the White house, making anxious inquiries regarding Mrs. McKinley. With few exceptions they simply leave their cards after being assured by the doorkeepers that there was no change in Mrs McKinley's condition. HEAVY SURPLUS IN MAY. Receipts Were $23,29,440, and Expenditures $42,136,560. The comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures just issued, shows that during the month of May the total receipts were $52,629,440 and the expenditures $12,136,560, leaving a surplus for the month of $10,402,880 and a surplus for the eleven months of the present fiscal year of $58,587,135. The receipts for May are given as follows: Customs, $21,021,428, increase as compared with May, 1900, about $62,500. Internal revenue, $27,668,762 increase $3,807,007. Miscellaneous $3,933,308, increase $30,000. The disbursements on account of the war department were $9,897,555, increase $1,200,000. On account of the navy department, $5,650,508, increase $100,000. 70 BURNED TO DEATH. Fire Ragged on the 1sthmus of Tehuatepec Several Days. A dispatch from Oaxaca, Mexico, says: Further details of the great fire which raged on the 1sthmus of Tehuatepec for several days have just been received here. Over seventy people were unable to escape the rapid progress of the flames and were burned to death. The fire started on a coffee plantation, and, owing to the dryness of the vegetation, it was soon beyond control and wrought great destruction to growing crops. Many thousands of acres of coffee trees, bananas, orange trees and other tropical products were destroyed. Those who met death in the flames were all families of plantation laborers who, being unable to escape the fire, perished in their huts. The fire burned for ten days and was finally quenched by a heavy tropical rain. Hessla Fly in Rice County The Hessian fly has made its appearance in Rice county, Kan. Some fields of wheat are showing its effects. Its operations, however, are not widespread, but apparently confined to a field here and there in the northern part of the county. The fields in which it appears are generally those in which volunteer wheat is plentiful or where the stubble was not burned off last fall. Murder Followed a Kansas Dance Quarrel William Morgan, whose home is in Scammon, Kan., and Robert Johnson, of Pittsburg, Kan., quarreled at a dance in Scammon. Johnson struck Morgan several times. Morgan borrowed a revolver and shot Johnson three times as he was on his way to work next morning. Johnson died in a few minutes. Morgan escaped. Both young men came of good families. Gas Lands in Demand Representatives of a big oil company said to be located in Philadelphia, but supposed to be the Standard Oli company, have put men to work in the northwest part of Bourbon county, Kan. securing gas and oil leases on all farm lands. Forestland, New Guinea Brigadier General Frederick Funston has been assigned to the command of the Fourth district of the department of Northern Luzon, with headquarters at San Isidro. Workman on State House Hurt Charles Porter, a workman at the state house in Topeka, Kan, fell three stories and received dangerous, if not fatal, injuries. He was laying a tile floor on the third floor and ventured out on it while it was "green." It gave way and he fell to the basement. When you shake hands with some people you feel as though you had a load in your hand.