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 VOL 14, NO.18 Among the events in the metropolis city at the Kaw's mouth that have ceased to be expectations and become firm realizations, and on whose account society took on an extra whirl. The beautiful wedding of Mr. Fred. K. Douglass and Miss Pearl M. Tillman, Wednesday, the night of June 5th, at the St. James A. M. E. church, by the Rev. J. C. C. Owens, P. E. of the fifth Episcopal district, surpasse any recent occurrence that has called from quiet retreats society's fair devotees as well honored nobilemen. Promptly at 8 o'clock are twilight shadows had darkened into night. Miss Id.J. Generals struck up in melodious Ehltan Mendelsohn's beautiful Wedding March, and with that dignified air that has characterized this couple at the head of Kansas City's "400" in many a grand maroon so often in the past, the bridal party entered and took up the space before the altar where Rev. J. C. C. Owees, in tones of deep earnestness and with marked solemnity, joined the two as one, and they retired down the side upon life's journey—for better or for worse. Miss Sadie Davis was Brides maid while Mr. C. B. McAfee was best man. Messrs Elias Tillman, Sylvester Banks, Barold Tillman and S. H. Rutherford, were ushers. The bride was neatly attired in white, the groom wore the conventional blacks. An exceptional reception was tendered their many friends at the home of the bride. No. 205 Garfield avenue, at which beautiful revered was served. At their little domicile, the sweet gladdening strains of music, floated out into the stillness of the night. The silver rays of a full moon shone through the foliage of the t ees giving to each leaf the appearance of a tiny silver bell and as they reverberated to and fro in the breeze, seemed to ring out glad tiddings and great joy to the happy couple. Of the couple we can say Mr. Douglass, the groom, is clerk and book keeper for the A. C. L. Cost, Feed and Grocery Co., is well known in the twin cities and is a true type of the Kansas production, having been born and reared in this city, receiving his education in our public and high schools, growing into esteemed manhood, occupying fro t ranks with our respected, intellectual and social leaders. Wis Tillman, the bride, who has blossomed into beautiful womanhood in our midst, comes from an old and respected family, is loved and esteemed by all for her simplicity and grace of manners as well as womanly qualities. In the selection wr. Douglass has chosen well. The American Citizen extends congratulations hoping that their pathway will always be strewn with roses and that life to them will be one long sweet dream. Among the many useful and cranial gifts from friends were. TABLE CLOTH AND TOWELS. Mrs. Dyson, Ed. Orear, H. Gamble, C. Roberts, L. Gravas, K. Walker, A. Marr, E. Stoval L. Brown, Ed. Smith B. Summer, F. Garner, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith and A. Hubbard; TABLE CLOTH AND NAPKINS. Mr. and Mrs. T. Davis Sr., Mr. and Mrs. T. Davis Jr., and E. Davis and daughters. TABLE CLOTH NAPKIN CENTER PIECE. Lzzie Walker, G. Browne, D. Tillie THE d Best Week TRY AND ECONOMY SHOU F TWO CITIES. RANG MERRILY JUNE 5th. SS--TILLMAN. manand family, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Jenkins, B. Browne, J. Downs, J.B. Butler, B. Chann, M. Miller and Saul Miller, S Thomas, Mr and Mrs H S Mobiley Mrs M Burdette LINEN SET. H Miller, E Sewell, A H Younger, L L Butler, C R Butler, Lon Green, B R Dudley, L Stovall, E Banks, M Blackburn, N Smith, W Miller, R Berry, M J Peebles, A Brown, M Robb, E L Butler, H Green and A Pollard. DINNER SET KITCHEN CABINET. M. Scott, T. Washington, S Noble E Mitehell, G. Jenkins and V. Jones Muslin, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Payne Silver Tablepoon, Mr. and Mrs. Jas Edmunds and Miss Annie Taylor celery dish and bowl: Mr. & Mrs. E Jackson, and daughter, tea set; Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Teeters, cake plates; L. Graves, blue vases; Mary Alexander painted vase; Mrs C. Jackson, granit bread pan, pair cut glass tumblers Mrs Pallam, toilet set; Mr. and Mrs. Waller and sister, granite stew pan jelly tins and funnel; Miss L. V. Aston, berry set; Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin, picture; J A. Gothard, wife and daughter, fruit dishes; C. Garner, a rooster, Messr, Rutherford, Roberts, Murphy White, H. Lewis, lamp; Nat., Maggie and Coarles Gerran, center table and cover; Mrs B. S. Smith, O. B Johnson, I. F. Bradley, G. Davis, S. Chinn, C. McAfee, I. J. General, Dr. and Mr., S. H Thompson and A. K Lawrens. Fruit Plates; Mopps Sisters, berry bowl, A. Brown, berry bowl; L beasley, red vases; Mrs L Payne, celery dish, berry bowl and cake plate; Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, berry set; Miss G. Jackson, hand painted vases; Mrs. J. W. Wilson, fruit dishes; G. Freeman hand painted bread plate; Rev. Wilson and wife, hand painted plate; Stella May, handsome lamp; M. B. Lenah, hand painted powder box; Thad, Taft, hand painted pan tray; T Tatt and wife, fruit plates; J W Wilson, cut glass vases; Annete Scott, leaf su gar bow; torgor holder, Henrietta Scott; cup and saucer, French Bros.; china dresser set, S White, Jr.; rocker Mrs J W Braxton, C Owens and Ella Harrison. Congratulatory telegrams was received from A. Hodges, of Fren h Liek Springs, Ind., and Mrs. Ela Smith, of St Louis; plates, Mrs W son and daughter Mrs Thornton, super plates, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jack- man; chair, Mr and Mrs Lawrence; Mrs Lui Drake, water pitcher; glasses and vase, Misses Dorsy; SILVERWARE— teaspoons, Joseph A Wilson and wife; sugar spoon, Riley Sammers; engraved olive spoon, Tisha Jennings; sugar spoon and butter knife, Willie Shelton, berry spoon; Emma Minor and Hallie Porter, salad fork; Mr. and Mrs. J C Branee, pie knife; Mr and Mrs W Elam, bread plate; Mr and Mrs F Trent, sugar spoon and outer knife; Mr and Mrs Peebles, water pitcher; Mr and Mrs J McAfee and family, salt and pepper shakers; R Barnette butter dna and knife; Mrs Allie Houston, Mr and Mrs Ed Houston, SS Taft, silver berry spoon. Mr. and Mrs E.S Browne, Joe Mo., imported china vase: P. Simpson hand cup and saucer holder; Mrs M. L.French, hand painted tea pot; L.Browney, water sat; Mr. and Mrs. N. B.Word St.Louis, Mo. hand painted cream pitcher; Lizzie Clay, crayon portrait; Emma Fields, oak rocker; Mr. and Mrs. J, L. Wake O, B. Johnson, F. D. Gleed, W. S Harris, S. Banks, I. F. Bradley, B. S. Smith, M. T. Comer, George H. Nicols, Dr. S. H. Thompson, Ed. Jones, L. W. Johnson, Rev. O. Davis, Prof. W. G. Wood, Samuel Gamble, E. F, Henderson, E B. Graves, E D. Robinsine, J. W. Vorhies, Prof. W. T. Vernon, H Runyon, Jas Cross, U F Scales, Prof J J Lewis, B Balance, Geo McClelland Jone Smith, Wm Lueas, Squire Lee Prof A J Neeley, A K Lawrence, R J Thompson, T S Bocker, Tom Crowder, James Freeman, Samuel S Dilbert, W C Martin, Prof J J Bass, W H Edinboro, J J Thomas, Augustus Hinton, Rob Trotter, I S James Will Griffith, J H Anthony, Jake Tillman and F Garnier Notice. The Armourdale Press says the drug stores on Minnesota avenue, have drawn the "color line." There is at least one negro drug store in the city and if you cannot get treated right in the white drug stores simply because you are a coon, you can patronize your own color. They want your trade, so if you are a true raceman, if you live two miles from the negro drug store, it would be acting the part of a man to go there if you only spend a nickle. Don't be fools all your life. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1901. THE HARD TO PLEASE. There ain't no pleasin' people on this bloomin' earth below; In the meltin' days o' summer they 're hollerin' fer snow! An' when the snow comes siftin' through the winders o' the sky. They 're hollerin' fer summer an, weather hot an' dry! It's this way on the hilltop, it's this way on the plain; "The eraps are gettin' dusty; good Lord, send down the rain!" An' when the rain is fallin' an' weather' lookin' rough, It's "wonder if they'll drown us? We done ta' i rain enough!" There ain't no pleasin' people matter what you do— No matter what good fortune they growl a lifetime through; An' when they leave this country to seek the final lot. Heavenon won't be cool enough for them, an' t' other place too hot! Frank L.Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution. Little Miss Cleopatra Robinson of Tauromee Ave., is enjoying the delightful breezes of the country for several weeks. Dr. and Mrs. S.H. Thompson are ejoicing over the arrival of a 11 pound baby girl. All is well. Mr.C.F.Kembrough of 631 Holmes St has removed to his own little domicile at 1606 Garfield Ave. where he is comfortably located. Mrs Mary Atkinson of 633 Neb Ave. has returned from a trip to Leavenworth where she had been called to the bedside of her mother Mrs Viela Holly. Mr Henry Trucheur of Oumha Neb.1. the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S.T. Mitchel of 712 Oakland Ave. Owing to the fact that our supply of extra gave out, by request we reubish the Popular wedding. Mrs J. W. Hawkins of 1216 E. 12th St has returned from a most pleasant trip in St. Joe Mo. among old friends. Mrs Tullman of 914 Campbell has removed to 2421 Flora Av. Miss. Mattie M. Lawrance and Miss.L. Graves left this week for Denver and Leadville Col. respectively. Miss. Minnie Ingram of Oklahoma is in the city the guest to her husband. Miss Della Black of Fort Scott Kan. is in the city visiting her sister Mrs Thos. Black,844 Walker Ave. Mrs. Aliis Blakeman of the Sea Foam block is quite ill. Mrs. O.B. Johnson of N. 8th St., entertained the Alpha Art Club last Monday evening. Mrs. B H Jackson of N.6tht. returned last week from the Grand Session a Leavenworth of Heroines Jerico she reports having an excellent session and was elected Grand Senoir, Matron Mrs Hattie Madison of this city being elected Good Junior Matron and Rev. O. Davis Grand Marshal. The Willing Workers club No.1 will have a grand rally Sunday at Mt.Pleas, ant Baptist church, Rev.J. K.Richardson and others will officially. Mrs R. A. Lee of Cal. is in the city guest of Mrs. E. Snabany of 1045 Armstrong St. There will be a grand opening at Mrs. M. Scotts' Cafe at 1011 N. 4th St. on Saturday evening the 29th. All kinds of cooling temperance drinks, Ice Cream all flavors good music and a good time e. Don't miss it. A NEW DRUG SCORE Kansas City, Mo., having long ago grown jealous of the enterprising ability of Kansas City, Kansas Negroes have a last thrown foggym to the dogs ard opened up a First Class Drug Store known as the Eureka Drug Co., at the N. W. Cor. of Forest avenue and Easy 12 th St. It is in charge of Mr. E.Q Garnes and Mr.J.T. Me Campbell, two well known and experienced Pharmacis Their telphone number is 302 Main. You will find it to your advantage to call when wanting anything in this line. Kansas City Kans. has had a well established Drug Store for over four years. FOR SALE. Two three room houses newly built bst. 8th and 9th st. on Elae Ave $750 00. or one hundred dollars down balance easy Payments. 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. 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 Runner Springs. THE KNIGHTS AND DRAUGHTERS ANNUAL SERMON. The International Order of Twelve of this city, better known as the Knights of Tabor and Daughters of the Tabernacle held their Annual Thanksgiving exercises and sermon at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church on last Sabbath afternoon. A very large number of this secret organization, as well as the public, was in attendance. Rev. W. L. Grant, the orator minister of Kansas, and pastor of the First Baptist church, delivered the sermon which was a boquet of the rares gems, it was well received by the vast congregation and many a point struck home. He give a glowing history of the order, dwelt upon the principles meant to inculcate by its organization, pictured a true Knight and Daughter, scored the "New Woman" but upheld her dignity, touched upon the follies and fogygasm of the race and closed by holding up the grand heroes of the past, as emulations in the future for the race. Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M. of this jurisdiction was in evidence. The collection was $17 00 which was given to the church and minister. The order in this jurisdiction is in excellent condition and ranks as one of the strongest and best that sacredly live up to their obligations. We shall endearment next month to give our readers a sketch of the work accomplished THE BELL DIVORCE CASE Among the racy incidents witnessed in the almost ceaseless grind of court the divorce suit of Chris Bell and Ella Belly of this city was settled week. Since it created such a wonderful amount of interest in this city we publish the decision The -vidence in the case was taken May 10th and was as racy as suits in court get to be while we regret that this old family should thus be rent a saundert, but it seem that fate or the frailties of humanity deemed it thus. The specific charges against the plaintiff Mrs. Bell were that of adultery in Canyon City, Col., 1894, with one Anderson Mitchell. Many very breccy and damaging transactions were aired, covering years, there were charges and counter charges, and the court took the whole and adrivalement, and in summing up the case, observed that the plaintiff Mrs Bell had failed to prove any charge made against the defendant Mr Bell and refused to restore her maiden name, and rendered the following decision. The defendant (Chris Bell) receives a divorce the homestead and household goods. The plaintiff, (Ella Bell) $500,00 alimony to be paid her in monthly installments, she paying all costs. To Whom it May Concern. This is to certify that Rev. G. McNeal of this city will appear before the Governor of the State of Kansas, on the 15th day of August 1901, to ask the pardon of one Robert Manuel now serving a ten year sentence in the State penitentiary, having been sentenced from the District court of Wyndotte County October term 1908, charged with Assault and at tempt to kill. The British America Temple of S. M. T. held their installation exercise Wednesday eve at the Hod Carriers Hall 18th and Flora Ave. and quite a pleasant time was had. Some of Eng. and statute statesmen don't seem to think any country can be regarded as settled until an Englishman gets there and floats the English flag. The duke of Mariborough may have an exceedingly fine ancestry but he can't present his wife with two fathers-in-law, as Consuelo has done for him. Congressmen are now engaged in mailing their constituents copies of speeches that were never delivered, but the "applause" and other trimmings go with them. The worst feature of the fact that Assistant Postmaster General Jones had to write his name 250,000 times last year is that the name he had to write 250,000 times was Jones. Russian Photographer's War. The Russian photographers have a strange way of punishing those who, having received their photographs, do not pay their bills. They hang the pictures of the delinquents upside down at the entrance to their studios. Bathing Saves Them An army surgeon says that the English and American soldiers are so hardy because they, more than any other soldiers in the world, like to bathe, and keep themselves strong and hardy by this means. Making Wood Tarp It is curious to notice that wood tar is prepared just as it was in the fourth century B. C. A bank is chosen and a hole dug, into which the wood is placed, covered with turf. A fire is lighted underneath, and the tar slowly drips into the barrels placed to receive it. Shoesoles Eight Feet Thick We wear away two inches of shoe leather in a year. A pair of shoes that would "last a lifetime" would, consequently, have to be provided with soles from eight to nine feet thick. CITIZEN Gunned's Lost Opera Few people are aware that Gounod once, in a moment of anger, tore up the manuscript of an opera he had composed, and, though he afterwards repented of his action, he was quite unable to recall its melodies. Gounod's opera "Faust" was nearly lost to the world by the religious scrunches of the great composer. About the time he wrote it he determined henceforth only to write sacred music, but, happily for posterity, he thought better of his resolution. Rare Old Bible Found. A wonderful old Bible has just been discovered in Venice, the fortunate finder being Leo S. Olschki, a well-known antiquarian of Florence. It is in five large volumes, and was printed in Rome in the printing house of Don Pietro Massimo in 1471 and 1472. Soon after it came from the press it was purchased by a patrician family of Venice, and it was in the archives of this family that Olschki discovered it. A Crar's Novel Visiting Card A Cairn's Viewing Card. From the Ladies' Home Journal: The Russians tell a story of the late Cairn Alexander III, that upon the rare occasions when it was incumbent upon him to pay a call he would take a gold coin bearing his "image and super-scription" and twisting it between thumb and finger leave it in lieu of card—the only man in Russia who had strength for the feat. American Bottles the Best American bottles are preferred to all others for the export trade, and especially in warm climates where American and English goods come into close competition. American glass is said to stand tropical climates better than the English, the reason being that it is better annealed. Transvaal Minerals The Transvaal is the richest country in the world so far as minerals are concerned. In 1877 England annexed the Transvaal, but evacuated it in 1881. In 1848 England conquered and annexed the Orange Free State, but evacuated it six years later. Beer Horse Well Trained The Boer horses are remarkably well-trained animals, and when the Transvalers desire to form an ambush or firing line, their horses are taught to remain stationary as soon as they feel the retins dropped over their necks. Best Heads of Hair Fair-haired people have the best heads of hair, 140,000 to 160,000 being quite an ordinary crop of hairs on the head of a fair man or woman. Can't Whistle on Sunday. The trains are to be forbidden to whistle within the limits of the city of Toronto on Sunday. Patti's Parrots Patti has two wonderful parrots, one of whom talks all day long, and imitates its mistress' trills and staccati in an amazing fashion, and who (believe me, for I have heard him) can even compose the most elaborate melodies, says a correspondent. The other parrot—Jumbo by name—is an oddity. Patti bought him for $200 in New York, where he was reputed to be the finest talking parrot alive. Once in her possession he became dumb. In vain they tried to coax him to converse. Months went by until one morning the prima donna woke with a bad sore throat. "Send for the doctor," she cried, "for I have to sing tonight!" the doctor arrived. As he entered the room the parrot uttered his first and last words. "Oh! doctor," he exclaimed, in a strong Yankee accent, "I'm so sick!" And since that day, now several years ago, he has not uttered a word—Baltimore News. Favorite Perfumes. A great many well-known men and women have been fond of different scents, as is historically known, but it is hard to say how far their characters fit in with this new idea. For instance, Nero loved the scent of roses, whether distilled or from the freshly cut flowers; Louis XIV, delighted in the perfume of orange flowers; while Rihchellel liked a different scent in each of the rooms; the Empress Josephine soaked her things in musk; and Napoleon is said to have emptied a whole bottle of eau-de-Cologne over his clothes when he was dressed; Victor Hugo rejoiced in wild flowers; Alexander Dumas loved the flowering myrtle, and Charles Dickens adored white lassime. A Bad Reputation. In Bloomsbury, London, was formerly a region known as the Field of Forty Footsteps. It was frequented by rough characters, and it is related that a struggle between two brothers took place there. The footprints of the men were indelibly impressed in the soil and no grass would ever grow there. The place was built upon at the beginning of the century. Sailors Scarce in Maine A acarcity of sailors more general than ever before in the history of Maline shipping prevails at the present time, and the wages of seamen have risen to an unusual point. Our Quote the Smallest In time of war France puts 370 out of every 1,000 of her population in the field: Germany, 310; Russia, 210. EDITORIAL PICKINGS We note with pleasure the change of the Kansas City Kan, News from a weekly to a daily and congratulate the management in the securing as Editor Mr. Jay Carlisle, the bright and brilliant young lawyer who is destined to be one of the foremost men in the ranks of his party in the West as well as the state We have received the first issue and from the tone of Mr. Carlisle's editorials, he will shortly develop into and old usurer. Handling as keen a pen as any of 'em. In the discussion of "Books and Their Makers" in a recent issue of the Kansas City Mo., Journal we find the following: Booker T. Washington grows upon the country. He is known where ever a newspaper is printed, and "Up From Slavey" has reached every village and hamlet that a new autobiographer, publication could penetrate. That he is a celebrity was strikingly shown in Washington D. C., the other day. About a hundred young women from a school in Pennsylvania were taken in to call upon Secretaries Long and Root in the state, war and navy buildings. While Secretary Long was receiving his fair guest, Booker T. Washington was announced. Instantly the honorable secretary was all but forsaken by the young ladies, who flocked about the colored man that entered. We have received Vol. 1. No. 1. of the Southern Citizen of Newport News Va., and note with delight that excellent gentleman Mr. Lewis W, Giles as its Editor. We extend our and hope him success in his weekly undertaking. Negro Journalism is somewhat of a rooky road, but we believe that some where and at some time reward will come. The Southern Citizen is a neat clear and business like sheet and should receive the unlimited support of if every Negro as well as other citizens in Virginia. WHIPPED BY A MQB Arkansas White Men Gets 500 Lashe for Swearing Falsely Against a Negro. Camden, Ark., June 18.—Tom Watson, who, with his wife, swore that the negro Will Bussey had committed an assault on Mrs. Watson, was taken out by a committee of citizens in Camden last night and given 500 lashes. The affidavit of Watson and his wife was the means of Bussey being sentenced to hang the latter part of this month, but about three weeks ago Mrs. Watson made a written statement cuffing that she had sworn falsely against Bussey, and, on learning this Governor Davis suspended the negro's sentence. The confession so incensed the citizens that they decided to punish Watson whose wife swore that she was compelled to testify against the negro. At the conclusion of the lashing Watson was placed on a train going south and given instructions not to stop in Arkansas. Undoubtedly the millennium is coming. We are dumbfounded at the a love. What is really going to happen? a white mob whipping a white man about a Negro and in An Kansas too. Had not the conscience of this white woman failed, next week another Negro would have been launched into eternity, to join the innumerable host of innocent Negroes who were forced to shuffle off this mortal coil because some white man or woman took an exception to their living. This bears out the statement that all Negroes charged with rape in the South and lynched or legally hanged for the same, or not always guilty. It shows that even if the law is allowed to take its course there is still chance for a doubt but the poor Negro seldom gets a benefit of the doubt. On the account of color it is therefore apparent to all, that the black man has a slim chance of Justice, this does not apply altogether to the South, for many Northern Judges and jurors often render decisions as recklessly and with the same color prejudice as any Southern judge God alone will right these things but in the meantime we must walk above suspicion. Sorrow's best antidote is employment Loyalty to truth may be treason among the loyalty. Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny. All cruelly springs from hardhearted is mild and weakness. CHILDHOOD OF GREAT MEN In a statistical investigation of the early life of fifty great men of the present century, it was found that while they are absent mide, generally speaking, their memories are very strong in things they are interested in. In childhood they seem to be more imaginative than average children. It is generally said that a great man owes his success to his mothers influence, but there are many exceptions: They were influenced much by some one person, and the mother's place was often supplied by that of an aunt or relative. The child born of parents in the prime of physical life probably has the better chance of greatness, for the average of the fathers when the great man-child was born was about $8, and that of the mothers $0. The average number of children in the families was six. Eleven of the great men were only sons, an sixteen youngest sons; that is, in all over 50 per cent. If it is important to study the criminal to find the cause of crime and thereby know best how to prevent or lessen it it is perhaps more needful to study great men in order to learn these conditions and characterises which make them great. Peter Paselli, a negro who died recently at Hopkinsvill, Ky., left a estate valued at 1 million dollars. He was rated as the richest negro in the South. While this exceptional case cannot be pointed to as indicating the general possibilities of thrift among the negroes, it is valuable as going to show that African blood is not necessarily a disqualification for the accumulation of property. There are a large number of negroes in the United States whose possessions excel $100,000 each and many of these are freedmen. The aggregate wealth of the Afro-Americans is always a great surprise when it is made known to persons who do not give attention to this subject. It amounts to many millions of dollars and represents comfort and indpendence or thousands of families. Considering the ignorants and helpless condition of the negroes when they were released from slavery and the violent prejudice against which they have been forced to contend their progress has been remarkable, and far beyond the hopes of the country at the time that the blacks of the south were emancipated. -Star Brooklyn, St. Cairn County, Illinois, is a Negro city controled and governed by Negroes. Its mayore, treasurer clerks and members of the City Council are all colored men. No white man is allowed to hold any office of profit or trust. Lovejoy is the, ost office and the city was founded about fifty years ago by colored people. While nearly every voter in town is a republican, yet at the last election there were twoparties in the field a citizen" party" and a people's party." The town is laid off in regular squares has wooden pavements and is kept clean annold repair. There are four saloon and three churches in the town. The town is situated across the river from North St. Louis, and about three miles from East St. Louis. Most of the male inhabitants of the town are employed, in the stock yard, packing houses and factories situated near the town. It is asserted by the defenders of "trusts" that in almost every instance the formation of a trust has been followed by a decrease in the price of the product. This is true; but in most instances trusts have been formed to check the downward tendency of prices by interfering with the operation of the law of supply and demand. Probably there is no conspicuous instance of lower prices following the organization of a trust, in which the prices to the consumer would not have fallen still lower if the trust had not been formed. The greatest objection to trusts is that they are wrong in principle, in that they interfere with a fundamental law of trade. Only persons under thirty years of age were ready to accept prompt Harvey's great discovery of the circulation of the blood; and just as youth is most apt to respond to the touch of genius so men are rare abilities seldom fall of the spirit of perpetual youth. Keeping young is simply keeping abreast with the times we are in. At the recent anniversary in New York City of the founding of Stevens Institute, ex-Mayer Hewitt related this incident: "When I was a student at Columbia, base ball was our only game, and not such a detiment to a college as it is to-day. We lost most of our balls by knocking them over into a yard of a house in Barclay street. One day when we were short and could not get any base balls, I was appointed a committee of one to visit the house and ask for some. A gentleman appeared in answer to my question, and producing a basket containing twenty-five or thirty balls, asked if they were ours. I said that I supposed they were ours. 'Every one of them had broken a window in my house,' he rejoined. 'You may take them, and when you have all the windows in my musketeer to Hoboken.' AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Every Week at 417 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. MARTIN, EDITOR. PER 15 OF SUBSCRIPTION Weekly one year..... $1 50 Entered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kansas as second class matter. CHILDREN'S CORNER GOOD READING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Hulen's "Putter," a Pretty Story of a Little Pet Dog—A Lesson Learned from a Street Car Incident—Story of Five Little Kittens. UST one more kiss for good night, mamma. Just one more kiss for good night; And then you may go to my dear papa. And yes — you may put out the light; For I'll promise you As he told me I ought to be. But the shadows won't seem so dark. If you'll miss me a little bit more, And you know I can listen, and hee where you are. If you only won't—shut the door. You can hear me talking, I think It will make me so sleepy, maybe, That I'll go to sleep just as quick as wink. And forget to—to cry like 'baby. You needn't be laughing, my mammas gear. While you're bugging me up so tight You think I'm trying to keep you here, You, and—I guess the light. Please kiss me good night once more manma; I could surely my promise keep, **tf** you only stay with me just as you ONE HAPPY DAMB. 4hs Get Into Society Through a Chance Hazard. There is one Murray Hill dame, at least, who "returned with Joy" after her summer's campaign, "bringing her sheaves with her" in the shape of a long-coated recognition by the set to which she for many years had aspired to belong, but into which she had altherto failed to act an entree, although she was pretty and attractive, and rich and of a parentage rather better on the whole than many who had passed her on the social ladder for no apparent reason except that they had succeeded and she had not, says the New York Tribune. Last summer, as usual, she took a house at a fashionable watering-place, and as usual, also, she felt rather lonely and "out of it" amid the gay crowds of intimates. One day she said to one of her few friends who belong to the world she seemed so aloof from that she wished that she could break the toe that seemed always to keep her toe a distance, and that she could feel herself more a part of her social surroundings. "Surely there is no trouble about it if you really want to go into society!" exclaimed her friend. "I always thought you didn't care for that sort of thing. There is no possible reason why you should not go where you want to. Of course you must do something for a start. I'll tell you what you must open your house and grounds for a bazaar for some charity that the leaders of society are interested in. There is nothing better for an entering wedge-it always succeeds," and the result proved the truth of this worldly wisdom. The bazaar was given. All society was interested, and on the tidal wave of her success little Mrs. S—sailed into the haven where she would be. CENTENARIANS' COMPETITION. A Subscription In Their Behalf Has Been Opened In Italy. Supported by the newspaper Don Chisciotti, a subscription has been opened, the result of which is to be divided between those who on January 1, 1904, will have seen three centuries—that is to say, those who, having at that time at least 100 years and two days, can boast of having lived in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, says the Pall Mall Gazette. Superficial observers may think that for this purpose comparatively little will be required, or that if a large sum be collected it will be divided among very few people. However, this is a mistake, as according to statistics there pre now in Italy from 200 to 300 people whose age exceeds 100 years. The historian Flegone, in his books, "De Mirabilisus" and "De Longsevia," records that from a census taken at the time of the Emperor Veapasian it resulted that there were in Italy sixty-five centenarians, but it is enough to open the medical encyclopedia of Gechambre to establish that the number of centenarians has proportionately increased considerably since ancient times, even taking into consideration the augmentation in the population, the diminution of epidemics, the lesser frequency of war, the amelioration of hygienic conditions—in a word, the progress of civilization, which has great, lessened mortality. Tauric Acid on Metals. Gold, silver, steel, aluminium and lead, when immersed in tauric acid, a new chemical discovery, becomes as pliable and ductile as putty. Tons of Gold in Use. The amount of gold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated to be about 265 tons. FREE·TO ALL! Be not deceived by loud advertisements that promise much and accomplish little. Do not send your money away until you know what you are going to for it. We do not ask you to send us your money until we have proved to your own satisfaction that BEFORE USING PICTURES TAKEN AFTER USING LUSTORONE Straightens Kinky, Nappy, curly Hair. No hot irons are to be used at all. LUSTORONE straightens without any outside assistance. LUSTORONE is put in two forms. No.1 causes the hair to grow long, silky, straight and beautiful. No.2 cures all forms of dandruff, tettler, 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 create a new growth of hair on bald spots. It is not possible for any one to make a hair tonic to equal LUSTORONE. It is like the following we have not space to publish: Mrs. Mary Young Fowler, California, writes. LUSTORONE is a God-send to suffering humanity. Send 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 LUSTORONE No.1 and No.2 (2 packages) same day money is received. This sample will convince you of the truth of our assertions. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN S1.00 PER YEAR, If you keep your eyes open while riding around the streets of New York on the surface cars you can see many odd combinations of the names of busiest men and their trades, some of which are here given: Ashman, hotel; Burns, coal; Best, groceries; Burnham, real estate; Cook, fish and oysters; coffin, beer and liquors; Coffey, teas and sugar; Forrester, real estate; flood, rubbers, boots; Gutter, pawnbroker; Goodrich, carriages; herd doctor; Katz, butcher; Love, chemist; McClean, shirts, etc.; Noyes, lawyer; Proudman, diamonds; Pitcher, milk; Rich, perfumery; Silk, dress goods; Swindel, teas and spices; Sickman, fish and clams; Wood, building materials.—New York Herald. Speed of Ocean Liners. In an article in Cassell's Magazine on steam speeds at sea, Mr. Oldham says twenty-five years ago the Atlantic had never been crossed by a screw steamer at a greater rate than fifteen miles an hour, that of the fastest liner, Scotia. Today steamers have reached the speed of twenty-five miles an hour, and, although the power required to propel a steamer varies with the cube of the speed, yet, before a third of the next century expires, another increase of at least 50 per cent in ocean speed may be safely predicted. The construction of a steamer of 65,000 tons will probably not trouble the constructors of the future nearly as much as did the building of the Great Eastern those of the past. Peanut Butter. According to a prominent dealer, peanut butter is rapidly becoming an important commercial product. It is made by grinding peanuts very fine and reducing the mass to a paste, from which a large part of the oil is removed. A little salt is then added. Many physicians recognize the nutritious value of this butter. It has all the wholesome qualities of nuts without being so indigestible. Peanut butter is excellent for the poor, too, for it contains quite as much nourishment as ordinary but ar and is much less expensive. A Hard Bet to Win. In 1893 three Irishmen agreed to undertake 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 a Dublin hospital was to become the beneficiary. On Dec. 24, 1895, they started east across Europe and Asia Minor to Egypt, where they took passage for Australia. Their wanderings through the inner wastes of Australia proved the hardest trials of the journey, and the severity of this trip resulted in the death of two of the travelers. The third, Capt. Trevelyan, completed the voyage and won the money. —New York Press. Vegetarian Shoes. Vegetarians who are so strict that they do not care to wear an article of clothing into which any animal properties are introduced are catered for in the boot line by a London boot maker, who is the inventor of a vegetarian shoe. For some years he has been experimenting and as a result he has produced a boot in the construction of which there is absolutely no paper or leather of any description. Not only this, but, according to his assertion, these wear-one fourth longer than leather shoes and the upper material is always soft and never cracks. Executor's Notice. State of Kansas. Wyandotte Co., In the Probate Court of said County.\ In the matter of the estate of Sophia Hamilton deceased. Notice is hereby given that let ers testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Sophia Hamilton, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State storesaid, dated the 16th day of May 1901. Now all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters or they may be precluded from any benefit of said estate, and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters they shall be forever barred. L. W. JOHNSON, Executor of the last will and testament of Sophia Hamilton, Deceased Dated May 16, 1901. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE ADMINISTRATION NOTICE State of Kansas, County of wyandotte, ss. In the Probate Court, in and for said County, in the matter of the Estate of Mahalis Williams, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Mahalis Williams, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorate, the Probate Court of the County and the State statutes, dated the 28th day of May, 1901. Now, all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be procluded from any benefit of such estate, and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters they shall be forever barred. Administratrix of the estate of Mahalis Williams, deceased. May 28th, 1901. First published May 31, 1901. UNION PACIFIC OVERLAND WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE SHORTFST LINE CROSS THE CONTINENT The Union Pacific 'The Original Overland Route' always was, and is to-day, the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kansas City daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibulated and fully equipped with latest improved Recilining Chair Cars free and Pullman Palace sleeping cars. Meals served in Pullman Palace dining cars on the restaurant plan at prices most reasonable. All cars lighted with the celebrated Pintsch Lis t Only line running two trains without charge from Kansas City to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado-Utah Idaho, Oregon. Washington and California. Don't complete your ars angements for a trip west until you have had all about special inducements attractions afforded by the Union Pa- c. For full information in regard to rates time, e. call on or addr J B. FRAWLEY, n. Agt, Union Pacific 1000 Main teet, Kansas City, Mo. TRADE MARK REGISTERED 1892. U.S.PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. BEFORE USING AFTER USING Hartona will make the hair grow long and soft, straight and beautiful. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. Restores GRAN HAIR to its original color. Hartona cures Dandruff, Baldness, falling out of the hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hartona does not have to be used all the time, as it straightens the hair and gives it fresh life and lustre, and the hair stays and grows naturally beautiful and straight after the use of Hartona. No hot irons necessary. No pasting the hair down with grease. Hartona is positively harmless—one box can be used by everyone in the family. Benefits and improves children's hair just the same as adults. To meet the popular and ever-increasing demand for Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, we have placed it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our special round, patent box. See that the word Hartona is on every box. Money positively refunded if you are not absolutely delighted with the Hartona remedies. Remember, we handle no fake goods, and you are positively protected by our $100.00 guarantee to any one proving otherwise. All our remedies are trade-marked, registered and copyrighted at United States Patent Office at Washington, D. C., in the years 1892 and 1900. We refer you, as to our responsibility, to the City Bank of Richmond, Va., Adams and Southern Express Companies, and to the editor of this paper. We want lady and gentlemen agents, white or colored, in every city and town in the United States. Write to us to-day, no matter if you are employed or not, and we will show you how to make a splendid living, with easy and pleasant work, and no risk of losing your good money. Write to us and we will send you a book of over one hundred genuine testimonials in your own State of people who have used and are using Hartona remedies. Is this not fair and honest enough? HARTONA FACE WASH. Hartona Face Wash will gradually turn the skin of a black person five or six shades lighter, and will "tarn the skin of a mulatto person perfectly white. The skin remains soft and bright without continual use of the face wash. One bottle does the work. Hartona Face Wash will remove wrinkles, dark spots, pimples, blackheads, freckles, and all blemishes of the skin. You can regulate the shade of skin on neck, face and hands to any shade you wish. Full directions with each bottle. Hartona Face Wash is perfectly harmless, and is sent to any part of the United States on receipt of price, 50c. per bottle; securely sealed from observation. It 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 if you are not perfectly satisfied and delighted with the Hartona remedies. We want agents in every city in the United States. Write to 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. HARTONA NO-SMELL. Hartona No-Smell will remove all smells and bad odors of the body; cures sore and aching feet, chafed limbs, etc. Hartona No-Smell is a God-send to all persons suffering from disagreeable odors caused by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits; etc. Sent anywhere on receipt of price, 10 cents and 25 cents a package. Address all orders to Send us One Dollar, and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straightener, two large bottles of Hartona Face Wash, and one large box of Hartona No-Smell. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express-office address very plainly. Money can be sent by post-office money order, or enclosed in a registered letter, or by express. Address all Orders to PATRONIZE The Wyandotte Drug Store 1512 North Fifth Street. FOR THE PUREST DE And the best of every thing in Paints carefully compounded. Prices always and light. Ring night bell. W. B. RA PUREST DRUGS AND CH every thing in Paints, Glass and Wall Paper used. Prices always the LOWEST at our store night bell. Phone W. 171. Medicin B. RAYMO FOR THE PUREST DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. And the best of every thing in Paints, Glass and Wall Paper. Prescription carefully compounded. Prices always the LOWEST at our store. Open day and light. Ring night bell. Phone W. 171. Medicines Delivered W. B. RAYMOND W. B. RAYMOND Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SUPP FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT AN AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK A Undertaking Krooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Corst St., and Riverview Ave. MARTAKERS * SUPPLIES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL TIMES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AVE. Loms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W. Factory Corst St., and Riverview Ave. IT! WE LET YOUR PATROLLES, MARTIN & DEALERS IN- and Staple Grocery FEED AND SALT MEAT Cigars. All kinds of Country Produce in part of the city. and Oakland Ave., Kansas UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLEIS FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDER Undertaking Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. Factory Corst St., and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 W SOLICIT YOUR JONES, MA —DEAL Fancy and Sta FEED AND Tobacco and Cigars. All kinds o delivered to any part of the city. Corner of 4th, and Oakland Ave. FEED AND SALT MEATS, Tobacco and Cigars. All kinds of Country Produce in season. Goods delivered to any part of the city. Corner of 4th and Oakland Ave. Kansas City, Kas Lewis Blandchard No. 6, Sta e Lire, K.C. K Does all kinds of Boot and Shoe work. He does first class hand work, and also has one of the very latest and best Shoemaker's machine and guarantee the best and the cheapest work in the quickest time. Give him a trial and see for you self. CANCER Home Treatment that curbs Cancers and Tumors. Used with perfect safety: harmless, soothing, non-irritating. We prefer to have patients come to the Sanitarium for a speedy cure. Cases that are satisfied are not paid until cured. Write today for our 90 page book. It contains much valuable information and hundreds of testimonials from patients we have sured c. cancer. See /fe /consultation by MICHAEL FREED. DR. E. O. SMITH'S SANITARIUM, A. & MCCLELLY MANSION, Rooms 6 to 11, N. E. Cor. 10th & Flain Sts., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. --- KANSAS CITY THYME MONEY RUGS AND CHEMICALS Glass and Wall Paper Prescription the LOWEST at our store. Open day Phone W. 171. Medicines Delivered YMOND. SUPPLEIS ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS ENCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDER ave. Telephone West 32. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 KANSAS. E R PATRONAGE, ARTIN&CO. ERS IN— ple Groceries, SALT MEATS, Country Produce in season. Goods Kansas City, Kas Secure Tickets ...VIA THE... Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry ...AND YOU GET... Sleepers: & Ghair Cars ...TO... Ge Fine To PERF ME Fire North KANSAS C DI 101 & 102 The Old A R Semina Sexual folly and exe- or with urine fee, makes back, contu- bashfulness, usal power lo- life. I am a sexual power large and sin- cult for me. Syphilis for life. Bloo Ulcers. Sweat Gleet, and a positively cur Strictu CH1CAGO and all intermediate points The shortest quickest and bes line to Chilocothe, Otumwa, Cedar Rapids, Dubnque, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freeport: .....Pessenger Station at... 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable F. J. LERCHPassenger Agent. Office 915Main St., Kansas Cit Wonder why sme people kick so d when the ..... told. All diseases easilent is cured gestimolial left free. Address, ..HARTONA.. preparations Preparations for the Hair! atchless and Positively ening all Kinky, Matchless and Positively Unequaled for Straightening all Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, fiful. Makes the hair grow on balm, grows out of the hair, itching, and allows life and lustre, and the hair stays. Gives the hair down with grease. Children's hair just the same as we have placed it on sale in 25c. and is the Hartona remedies. Remember, otherwise. All our remedies are the years 1892 and 1900. We refer you, and to the editor of this paper, city and town in the United States and living, with easy and pleasant ordered genuine testimonials in you high? FACE WASH on five or six shades lighter, and we disagreeable odors caused by perspiration. Full directions with each bottle of the United States on receipt. Thousands of delighted patrons are not perfectly satisfied and do not matter if you are employed or not. NO-SMELLY; cures sore and aching feet, clamps disagreeable odors caused by perspiration. Address all orders to NINA REMEDY CO., 909 E. N. REMEDY AND OFFER. In three large boxes of Hartona Smell. Goods will be sent securely. Money can be sent by p. E. Main St., A. C. L. C. —IS HEADQ THE CHEAP The Best Goods, the Quickest and the cheapest. GET THE COAL, WOOD, FEED, Wholesale and Retail. Office 4383 Yard and Storage 917 and 919 N. EAGLE Gem Drugs MINNESOTA DE DRUGS, MEDICINE Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes PERFUMERY AND FANE MERRIAM, EL Fire Insurance HARTONA REMEDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. THE CHEAPEST PRICES GET THEIR PRICES ON COAL, WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND BUILDING STONE, Wholesale and Retail. Office 435, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West Yard and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. Fire Insurance. Real Estate. Northeast Corner Fifth KANSAS CITY. DR. HEN i01 & i03 West 9th St., K The Old Reliable Doctor, Old A Regular Graduate in Med Practice...22 Yr 101 & 103 West 9th St., Kansas City, MO. (Opens to New York City) The Old Reliable Doctor, Oldest in Area and Longest Located. A Regular Graduate in Medicine. Over 27 Years Special Practice.--22 Years in Kansas City. Authorized by the state to Cures guaranteed or money租 no mercury or injurious race rents in dance treated by Charges low. Over 60,000 case Consultation free and confide Seminal Weakness and Sexual Debtility, the results folly and excesses—causing loss, pain or with urine, pimpsies and blotches on the face, rushes of blood to the head, pains in cheek, pain of forgetfulness, baskfulness, aversion to sooth, and power, loss of manhood, etc., curd for use. I can stop night losses, restore lost wear, and brain power, enlarge and strengthen weak parts and make you fit for marriage. Syphilis, that terrible disease, in all is forms and stages, cured for life. Blood Poisoning, Skin Diseases, Gleits, Swellings, Sorgs, Gonorrhoea and Gleits, and all forms of Private Diseases, positively cured or money invested. Stricture radically cured without the use of instruments. A New and Infallible Home Treatment. No The Citizen Better keep you PHEAS All diseases of the rectum treated on a pos- tion is cured. Send for free 104-page body testimonial letters valuable to anyone affi- ree. Address, Drs. THORNTON & MIN The Citizen is in the Push. Better keep your Eyes open. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. All diseases of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no money accepted until patient is cured. Need for free 104 page book; a treaties on rectal diseases, and hundreds of testimonial letters, valuable to anyone suffering. Also our 48 page book for cancer, both free. Address, Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, 108 N. Oak N. Kansas City, Mo. THE GRANDEST OF ALL arations for the The Original and Only Hartona. and Positively Unequaled for g all Kinky, Knotty, Stub Harsh, Curly Hair. uses the hair grow on bald and thin places. Re- rieve hair, itching, and all scalp diseases. Hair stret, and the hair stays and grows naturally down with grease. Hartona is positively just the same as adults. To meet the need it on sale in 25c. and 50c. sizes, in our ana remedies. Remember, we handle no fake. All our remedies are trade-marked, register- ed and 1900. We refer you, as to our respon- sence, the editor of this paper. Drawn in the United States. Write to us to co- nnect with easy and pleasant work, and no risk in nine testimonials in your own State of pee E. WASH. X shades lighter, and will turn the skin of the face wash. One bottle does the work. Freekles, and all blemishes of the skin. Y lections with each bottle. United States on receipt of price, 50c. per box of delighted patrons send us testimonials satisfied and delighted with the Hartona. If you are employed or not, and we will sho -SMELL. Store and aching feet, chafed limbs, etc. Odors caused by perspiration of the feet, and orders to EDY CO., 909 E. Main St., Richmo- OFFER. Large boxes of Hartona Hair-Grower and Straw goods will be sent securely sealed from observa- tion. Money can be sent by post-office money order. Main St., Richmo- A. C. L. COA C —IS HEADQUARTERS FOR— E CHEAPEST PRICE Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest and the promptest deliveries. GET THEIR PRICES ON WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND B STONE, and Retail. Office 435, Minnesota Ave. To- and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. E F. HENDERSON EAGERS m Drug St MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMIC ilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, E UMERY AND FANCY TOILET ART RRIAM, ELLIS & BEN Insurance, Real E The Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits and the promptest deliveries. MERRIAM, ELLIS & BENTON WYANDOTTE BUILDING, Nheast Corner Fifth and Minnesota CITY. R. HENDERSON 3 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. (Po- r and Reliable Doctor, Oldest in Age and Longest Regular Graduate in Medicine, Over 27 Years Practice,--22 Years in Kansas City. Authorized by the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Congestive or on money refunded. All medicines furni- —no mercury or inhalation medicines need. No detention friends at a distance treated by mail and express. Medicated free from trace or breakage. No medicines sen. "D. ce signed loss. Over 600 cases audited. Bristol and Consultation free and confidential personality or b Northeast Corner Fifth and Minnesota Ave.. Authorized by the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Cures guaranteed or money refunded. All medicines furnished requireyous no mercury or injurious medicines used. No detention from business. Buy medicines and express. Medicines sent every month. Free from graze or breakage. No medication. Charges low. Over 60,000 cases cured. State tax. Cure and send for terms. Consultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. Citizen is in the or keep your Eyes op LES NO MORE TILL CUR of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no mon Send for free 104 page book; a treaties on rectal diseases ers valuable to anyone affected. Also our 48 page book for Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kane for the Hair Only Hartona. Unequaled for Straigh Knotty, Stubborn, and thin places. Restores GRASS, scalp diseases. Hartona does not and grows naturally beautiful and Hartona is positively harmless—or adults. To meet the popular and 50c. sizes, in our special rounder, we handle no fake goods, and you trade-marked, registered and copied, as to our responsibility, to the us. Write to us to-day, no matter at work, and no risk of losing you your own State of people who have SH. I warn the skin of a mulatto perishes the work. Wishes of the skin. You can regain of price, 50c. per bottle; secure us send us testimonials every year, dated with the Hartona remedied not, and we will show you how to LL. safed limbs, etc. Duration of the feet, arm-pits; etc. Main St., Richmond, Va. Hair-Grower and Straightener, two by sealed from observation. Post-office money order, or enclose Richmond, Va. COA CO. ARTERS FOR— BEST PRICE At Sales, the Smallest Profits highest deliveries. HIR PRICES ON FLOUR, AND BUILDING STONE, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West 3rd St. E F. HENDERSON Manager ERS Drug Store AVENUE SAILER IN LINES, CHEMICALS. ches, Combs, Etc., TOILET ARTICLES. LIS & BENTON e, Real Estate Sth and Minnesota Ave., KANSAS DERSON. Tennessee City, Mo. (Deposits to New York Life Bldg. in Acre and Longest Located, Cincinnati, Over 27 Years Special in Kansas City. Great Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Handled. All medicines for serious problems used. No obstruction by business. Personal and express. Medicines sent everywhere medicines sent. "D. only by agreement. Curated. Stationery. And send for terms, personal, or business." pain and no exposure. No incision entries, bougues or sound deeds. Decision from bishop's guarantor or parish guardian guaranteed or money refunded. Send stamp for book, which fully explains the damage to the book. Send a copy of the suture—ensuring the vex debility, weakness, or tess. ecem, permanently cure without pain. Hydrocele—drop y of the suture. Phimosis—see *cure* in days without pain. Book for both incision and pictures true to Helf with a description of alive deceases, the choice of incision in pain wrapper for several incisions in stamps. Free Museum of Anatomy for men Thousands of curiosities A sermon without words WEEKEND HOURS a.m. t. 8 p.m. Sundays, 10 to 12 is in the Push. or Eyes open. NO MONEY TILL CURED. Active Guarantee, and no money accepted until treaties on rental diseases, and hundreds of Also our 46 page book for women; both se R, 10th & Oak Sts., Kansas City, Mo. © WOME GROWN NULSERY STOOK. inv of the oldest and largest Nar eerie and Experimental Grounds in the trate of Kansas 1s located at Lawrence, yr. A. H. Griesa, proprietor, has origin- Nr. Me of the best known, 1€ ot tue very best, Varieties of fruits, In jis grounds are the Superb Apricot; ele Strawberry; Kansas, Lawrence i cardinal Raspberries, Not only aa er he Nad lalas Ge ade arly Melon Apple, Russian Olive, ‘aula Bungel and the New Tamerix: Gaifume of the Kansas 1s widespreaa fhe standard Black-Cup of the U. 8. and the new Cardinal are filling a still eer place among the Reds, Those wanting atock for profitable fratgrowing of those who’ wish to peautify their places with the newest and best in hardy Ornamentals, are yecommended to this Nursery for their ‘atire responsibility and square deal- ings. All stock is guaranteed true to name, and they replace that which The Kansas Home Nursery employs agents, local and otherwise, and bright seen mien out of employment. who Mito canvass at good pay, ahould not fut write to them at once.” eres Prince Eui Wha, the second sor. of the King of Korea, who fs a student of Roanoke college, Salem, Va., is about twenty years old, and fails in naturally with American tnanners and customs, wit which he expressed himself as tory much pleased. He is a young min of pleasant and agreeable man- pers, aad has made many friends. Hoox—"Saphedde has money to yin” Joax—"Well, he has met his patch in Borrowell” A Comprehensive Trip. 1¢ you are gotug to California thie gincier and the Round-Trip Rates in {vet for the Fitth International Con- yevion of the Epworth League, Hhould deeide you to do so, why not jo end volarn the most. interesting ways? The Southern Pacific Com- poy ofr Three Routes—via St, Paul [ni Miuenapotia along the northern joster and Portland, Oregon; via the famous Shasta Route, via Denver, Salt Lake and Ogden, the great Ogden or Overland Route or via New Orleans, throwsh Houston, San Antonfo and 8] Paso, slong the Mexican border, the Sunset Route, The tickets, whieh will eon sale July 6th to 13th inclusive, food for return until August 31st, ean te purchased to read going via any ff thee rontes and returning via ther of the others, For particulars fjdress W. G, Neimyer, General West- ern Agent, 8. P, Co., 298 Clarke street, Chicago, TH. eet ne eee ‘v00K OF 1E-LOWSTONE PARK SCENERY. Many of the beautiful seenes in Yel- lowstoue Notional Park have been photographed and for the first time are presented to the public in a beauti- ful folder published by the Oregon Short Line Railway, In addition to the views, which would adorn any thon, thiere is a great deal of informa- tion concerning the best way to visit the park that should te in the hands of all who contemplate visiting this Storehouse of wonders. Send 4 cents in ctamps to D. E. Burley General Passenger and Tieket Agent Oregon Short Line Railway, Salt Lake City, Vtah, for a copy of this work of art. An awkward boy is a chip off the old stumbling block. YELLOWSTONE PARK. Extended tour, leisurely itinerary ‘with long stops in the Park. Private teaches for exclusive use on the drive. Pullman sleeping and dining cars. Established mit to number going. Escort of the American ‘Tourist Asso- lation, Reau Campbell, General Man- ager, 1423 Marquette Bullding, Chiea- £, Colorado and Alaska tours also. Ticket iad ll Expenes Everyebere Train leaves Chicago via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y, Tuesday, July 4, 10.00 p. m, If you want to polish a fool apply & varnish of flattery. ‘Wiss tic sab bas ee Pont Bin at ae GRATE OT trict the new food drink called GRAIN-OF TA iolclous and nourishing, and takes the Fooeot oft! The more Grata-O you give Vochiiteon the more health you distribute Usnici thetr systems. Grain-O fs made of ry brains, aid when properly prepared hottie the choice grades of colfee, bat eis hbonit 4 as meh. All grocers sell It Weaul a. When the ehaperon’s away the de- Yuantes with play. Tadlos Can Wear Shoes. Qvesizesmallerafter nsing Atien’s Foot- Toss, powder, [tmakes tight or new Hon cay. Cares swollen, hot, sweating, tein feet, injerowing nmafls, eorns and unions. All dru ggists and shoe stores, Sc “Trial package FREE by mail. Ad- Ges Allen S: Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. 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WAY a at) Ni (les x _ ps I an NY rm oy = — Marnen = S= =f % ae Vs asl Vf pai = ——e a a, “y ae — —=- | ee c ee i 7 Y= 1 a= A) ne. \ Yi ee ff ee a Ht Aan ide \y Ly ly aoe Wa Sa pi: tae MA te ayy ul aba Yi Uh rot WA sa hops rk i Hf Wy yf \ it hy a ey MRA MW Ee us 2)» << HN (ge LL We A Children’s Summer House { Se oe = Gf at. t {i Ba, LEB ll rs, i 1) Gesar'g ORT i Lb ape MMS Sr Soe i HY) ee eS ee ee i 4 ui pigs a aier E SSN aPC ae a ante Ene: } ee == Oe ae GRINS wh! Lt ee ae Be ere, a ; Nee Ayan Fee SU ean ee 2 te 2 ER WAS Ree ia, BU, AR oe on (GaP WADE MRR 8 3) A 1) petites: Nell Saas 5 pe ag ee SLE ES NOEL ae Be: ‘ ‘ SAN Cpe) RE eR ae iy ~ i | “LR et ty na i Dae ys gti real ANG 1 i KF, NN eco Hl : eS. Be ke ido ae st | : we Bee a ED Mint a it i Ft aceite ah veces { eC NU NY Sah i aa ii iv | : ae Soe Me Hee VIR yA hy) Many people in the United States know what it is to face a mob of half- crazed men, but few people have had the experience of standing off a mob of roaring hippopotami. Lionel Decle, who journeyed through the, heart of Africa, from Cape Colony to Cairo, for five days fought his way down the upper Nile, opposed at every few yards by great, hulking bippopotaml, who had every disposition to. wreck the traveler's frail boat, but whose clumsiness, together with the unceas- Ing vigilance of the explorers, alone prevented the catastrophe. All the long way from Wadelai to Affudu the young explorer and his men battled with their great lumbering foes. Time and again it would seem that their boat was about to be broken into kindling wood by a furious charge ‘ceed esis ad indceesee op ey oe ortega Bat in the nick of time a volley at | close range from the crew would bring the beast down or else turn him aside, and the explorer and his party would escape. Mr. Decle, in describing this part of his experiences, says: “We had days of incessant danger from the hippos and nights of uninterrupted agony from the mosquitoes. From the mo- ment we started in the morning until we stopped in the afternoon I had to stand ankle-deep in the water at the ‘bottom of the boat, rifle in hand, while my trusted ’ sergeant-major, Wana Omari, kept watch on the other side, Fifteen minutes never elapsed without our coming across troops of hippos, and these became a regular ‘terror. The moment they saw our boat they made a dash for it. At first, see- ing my men afraid, I laughed at them, telling them that the hippos were much more frightened than they, but I soon became more concerned than the men or the hippos. The hippos were so close that } wanted to take a photograph of them. Suddenly a large A summer house is more than a de- light if there is rom for it, It need not be a costly affair. Little folks get even more good out of a rough lath construction, thickly overrun with vines and floored with nothing more costly than clean earth. ‘The baby can sprawl there upon als blanket through OIE eC CEO COCO West Virginia's Biggest Panther. ‘The bigest panther ever seen in the Alleghanies of West Virginia was kill- ed by a party of hunters on Rich mountain recently. For several years ‘an immense panther roamed through the forests near the Dry Fork valley in ‘Tucker and Randolph counties and car- ried off and destroyed sheep, calves and other small stock by the hundred. ‘The panther didn’t confine his depre- dations to stock, but would attack and ‘ill human. beings, and it is known ‘that at least six children were killed ty the beast within two years, The ‘bull got his head clean out of the wa- ter, opened his mouth, and made for straight for us. I did not feel like tak- ing a snapshot, but seized my elght- bore. The beast dived, and three s#2- ond later was only four feet from the Doat. I searce knew what to do. If I fired and shot him. the rate at which he was going would bring him right under the boat, and just one single dying struggle would send us flying in the air. I covered him, and whether the movement frightened him or whether he thought better of it, he dived, and his head just rubbed tite side of the boat, “I had not recovered from my sur- prisewhen crack went a shot behind the men, ‘The men rowed for dear life into a shallow place, and, turning around I saw a huge hippo struggling in the WSLER WIERD ten Tae te OC. ey ee had shot him within five yards of the boat as he was making for it. Luckily there was a large stretch of sitallow water close to us, and we got into it. Behind us the infuriated monster, who had only been wounded, was rear- ing, plunging and trying to get at us. We turned the boat around, and then witnessed a wonderful sight. The hip- po could not swim to us, but got in shallow water and tried to.get at us. Badly wounded, he fell on his knees, Tose out of the water, tried to get on the sand bank, fell back, rolling over, and ultimately forced his way toward us. Bang went my eight-bore at thirty yards, and, ineredible as it may seem, the bullet’ struck on his back and glanced off, cutting a deep furrow in his skin. A second shot hit him, aml, aiter a minute's terrible struggle, he rolled around and died, with one-half of his body standing out of the water. “We had settled one beast, but all around us the river was allve with others. There were at least forty, and there might have been sixty, To get ahead we had to go among them. the hottest suznme* days, or the tod- diers play games, Build it low and broad, with doors upor: four sides and in either square, round or octagon shape. Grape arbors yield as much profit as pleasure, if one is at the pains so to prune the vines as not to waste all their strength-in maintain- ing unfruitful wood. Fruit buds, it panther’s depredations became so great that the authorities were compelled to offer a reward for his scalp, increasing it from time to time until it reached $500. Hunters—and there are many splendid shots in that mountainous country—chased the big panther through the mountains a dozen times or more, but always failed to corner the quarry until a few days ago, when a party from Randolph county deter- mined to run down and Kill the ant- mal. They got on his trail one day and followed it with dogs and after a hot chage they covered and killed tha ‘The river was at least four miles broad, with half a dozen channels run. ning between submerged islands of reeds. You might have got on one o! these islands, but you would never have reached the mainland. To shoot at another hippo meant only to in crease our danger, as if we merely wounded him it would infurlate the beast, and if we killed kim it would not drive the others away. I therefore decided to let all my men fire volleys after which, to our great reilef, the whole herd dived, and we could see them 200 yards or so higher up the stream. For days or co this sort of thing went on. We sometimes found the stream absolutely obstructed with the herds. Twice we shot some of them charging us, and once we were RaieuA Ses Le ente takouihs be i hee bull who, luckily, kept some fifty yardr behind us.” Mrs. Louls Botha, Mrs, Louis Botha, the wife of the Boer general, who has become so prominent in her efforts to bring about peace, is of Irish extraction, being the great-grandniece of Robert Emmet. She has been one of the most beautifu’ women in the Transvaal, and though now the mother of a numerous family. is still a very charming and comely little woman. She is a highly-cul- tured woman, well read, musical, of ar- tistic bent, and, in times of peace, @ Most successful and popular hostess. Mrs. Botha is on her way to visit President Kruger in Europe. Bg Drop tn Melssonters. & big érop in Meissoniers is report- ed from Paris. At the Hotel Drouot lately thirty pictures and sketches brought only $8,800, Among them were “fae Guide,” sold soon after the art: ist’s death for $11,600, which went for $3,400, and “The Hussar” sold for $70( instead of the $1,700 it cost. should not be forgotten, come out o new wood—that Is to say, wood of las! year’s growth. The nearer the root: these new growths come out, the mor richly frnjtful they will prove. A vig. orous shoot will often grow fifteen tc twenty fect long. . Thus cutting awas the old vine need’ not mean spoiling the precious shade. beast. The panther weighed 258 pound: and measured nine feet from tip 0: nose to tip of tail—Chicago Journal Taught Mathematics to Many. Dr. John T. Duffield who has beer connected with Princeton Universits as teacher of mathemiatics for fifty: six years, died recently at his homie in Princeton, N. J., in the seventy: ninth year of his age. ‘There has been but one hand tha’ could save the world because there i ‘but one heart that could embrace it. NONUART THT DEATH ‘al (| Wessels «eginsin the bowels. It's the unclean ail HIG =i places that breed infectious epidemics, Le Age A and it’s the unclean body—unclean in- a ames idee ecat his the disease. A | a, person whose stomach and bowels ian ss > B are kept clean and whose liver is live- iia wee ly, and blood pure, is safe against yel- re ee low fever, or any other of the dread- Rey ieee ful diseases that desolate our beautiful el. a ————— land. Some of the cleanest people a — outside are filthiest inside, and they SSS are the ones who not only “catch” the infections, but endanger the lives of all their friends and relatives. There’s only one certain way of keeping clean inside so as to prevent disease and that is to take CASCARETS. Perfect disinfectant and bowel strengtheners. - All diseases are SF a PREVENTED BY > LIVER TONIC = 40c. ae 25c. 50c, = Ee FORTHE BOW NEVER ALL DRUGGISTS. SOLD IN BULK. Iouaness; bad breath, bud blood, wind Beeceene! 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Railway traveling has increased so much that the deficit has been wipad off, and a handsome increase of revenue—nearly £20,000— is expected ere the financial year is out, Waves of Indian Ocean. Lieutenant Paris of the French navy in making a scientific measurement of waves in the Indian ocean, during ‘@ northwest gale, found that thirty averaged twenty-nine and one-half feet in height. Six of these, following one another with perfect regularity, meas- ured thirty-seven and one-half feet, Fattening Partridgen Partridges feed as soon as they wale in the morning, and an unscrupulous inventor is showing how they can be fattened by putting them in a dark cellar with electric lights. Every time the lights are turned up the birds think. {it is morning, and so eat breakfast five or siz times in the fternoon, sp dio tae RE Velpen, Ind. June 17.—Wm. 0. B. Sullivan, a farmer of this place, and who is a brother of ex-Representative Sullivan of Pike and Dubois counties, has had a remarkable experience re- cently, Mr, Sullivan is 49 years of age, and has been a citizen of Pike County for 30 years. For two years, he has suffer- ed much with kidney trouble and rheu- matism, His shoulders and side were very sore and stiff, and his back was so bad he could hardly straighten up at all. He had palpitation of the heart, and a smothering which was very distressing. He used three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and is as strong and well as ever he was. He pronounces his cure a miracle. Mr, Sullivan’s statement of his case is stattling. i “A month ago I was a eripple. To- day I can do a hard day’s work every day, gnd have not a single ache or pain.” Dodd's Kidney Pills have done soma wonderful cures in Indiana, but none mors miraculous than that In the case of Mr. Sullivan. Jour = Hi, Own Expense. It fs said that Henry Guy Carleton, the playwright, who stammers badly at times, not long ago stopped’ Nat Good- win on the street and said to him: “Nat, will you g-s-give me half an b-hour for .-f-five minutes’ con-ver-s- sa-tion?” igus aun as Cae eoeaae All success(ul business men agree that good advertising pays. Good ad- | Yertising means interesting announce ments placed in newspapers which reach a large proportion of the people. | Probably most experienced advertis- ers would say that to make the merits of a single commodity the feature of an “ad” is the most direct and effect- tive way of getting people's attention fixed on an establishment.—Philadel- phia Record. ‘The early cireus catches the small boy's quarter, Are You Using Allen's Foot Fase? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad- dress, Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y- A wise man never counts his checks before they are cashed. ‘Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Forcchidren teething, softens the gime, reduces fre ‘SGamuution,allayepalb,curet windealle Deu botse ‘The man who indulges in self-praise atts nothin tp bia repatation: } i “LEADER” and “REPEATER” SMOKELESS POWDER SHOTGUN SHELLS are used by the best shots in the country because they are so accurate, uniform and reliable. Allthe world’s championships and records have been won and made by Winchester shells. Shoot them and you'll shoot well. USED BY THE BEST SHOTS, SOLD EVERYWHERE ——~W.L.DOUCLAS 7 Nop, $3: & $3.50 SHOES mace. f SY f RCP p, Heat sporthof W. 1; Dougian $3 and (ER Bs “ZA Poeas Ceci sete cataina [7 a ee) een raat atone the bet Fede ras incase wae ics Qa a hoe otcanin commyrinna.tis, erent ant Ail octane inion abel sw gs \ WE [Acai dena aac ie sae a WONDERFUL GEYSERe OF YELLOWSTONE PARK. No Other Region in the Werld Abounds tm Such: a Varlety of Attractions. ‘The most wondertul scenery in the world Is in Yellowstone National Park, the great natural curiosity shop of the universe. Nowhere else, within equal bounds, are found so many natural wonders grouped, almost as If by de- sign, for the special conveni.ce of sight-seers, The wonders of the Alps and the Himal:yas, could they be gath- ered together and compressed into an equal space, could not hope to rival in grandeur, in variety nor in number, the attractions of the Yellowstone. Were all the attractions except the Reysers removed, the region would still be famed world wide, drawing nature lovers from all countries to witness the exhibitions of unequalled power of these matchless giants, which, with a roar that may be heard long distances, spout huge columns of seething water high into the air, sus- taining them there for varying lens'Ys of time, Old Faithful, with a regular- ity that begot {ts name, at intervals of 65 to 75 minutes, sends up a huge col- umn of water 150 feet into the air, re- maining active for four minutes. Giant, with @ deafening roar, spouts 250 fect every third day for 0 minutes, while Giantess, at longer intervals and with slightly less power, maintains activity for twelve hours at a stretch. Many others, at intervals ranging from five minutes to several days, spout: water to varying heights, remaining active for periods ranging from one second to sn hour or more. In all, there are! thirty-three members of this inter- esting Geyser family of sufficient. importance to deserve special mention, Twenty-eight of these are in Upper basin, and when several of them, with their’ raintow tints, svouting at| once, the scene fs indescrinable. Other scenes of grandeur that abound in fa- vored mountainous regions pass in endless review before the enchanted tourist, all sense of fleeting time being. lost in’ their admiration Travel to the park, following Im- proved transportation facilities, has greatly inereased In recent years. Leaving the Oregon Short Line at Monida, Montana, after a pleasant ride through changing scenes from Salt Lake City, comfortable stage| coaches run to and through the park, making the trip at easy stages in five days, four of which are spent among | nature's wonders, and the other aniong_ delightful scenery. 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Family of Seven Killed in Wreck of one Building—Communications are Broken off by Destruction of Telegraph and Telephone Property and News Does not Reach Outside Points for Hours. Special dispatches from Naper, Neb, coming via Stuart, Neb., because of disruption of communications, tell of the frightful work of a tornado which visited that vicinity. The following series of dispatches have so far been received. One of the most destructive tornadoes to human life that ever occurred in Nebraska has crossed' down the Keya Paha river. Only meager reports are obtainable. One family of seven are all killed, and out of another family of six two are killed and the balance, except the father, are fatally injured. The family extinguished are: living, out not expected to survive. Grace Greening, seriously injured, aged 14. Margaret Greening, aged 7, killed. Maggie Greening, aged 9, killed. John Greening, aged 4, killed. Jacob Greening, aged 2*, killed. Out of the Andersen family of six, two children, Ida and Clara, aged respectively 7 and 8, were killed and the mother and her daughter Bertha and son Theodore, aged respectively 10 and 12, were seriously injured. August Anderson, the father, was away from home at the time. No other casualties are as yet reported. This message is sent via Brockus- burg, as the Keya Paha river is a raging torrent and impassable. Mrs. Anderson took refuge under a bank near her home with three children. She said: "I saw the cloud coming and knew it was bad and I grabbed the youngest child and took two with me. When the storm struck it took it right into the air and that was the last of it. "I hurried to my children, but the storm took two of them away from me and killed them. I laid down and held my baby. The wind also took it away. A timber struck me and broke my shoulder. After the storm all my clothes and shoes and stockings were gone." At this point Mrs. Anderson broke down crying and it was impossible to learn anything further from her. Everything in the track of the storm was destroyed. Trees were blown down and the smaller ones were stripped of leaves and barbed wire fence were carried 600 yards. The furniture that was in the home of the Andersons' and Greenings' cannot be found. A trunk and pieces of the table were picked up a half mile away. The families of Jacob Berg and Metz were injured somewhat when their houses were demolished, but not seriously. All communication with the outside world is cut off and it is impossible to learn what damage the storm did along the Keya Paha river west of where the Greening and Anderson families were found. EXPRESS SAFF FOUND. Several fishermen, while strolling along the river two miles south of Toledo, Ohio, discovered a large iron safe on which was the name of the Pacific Express company. The door apparently had been battered in with a hammer. On the inside were a number of empty money bags and way bills. The police and local officers of the express company were at once notified. The express clerks state that such a safe was sent out of Toledo in a through car for St. Louis and Omaha, but declined to say what it contained. There were six money bags in the safe when found, four marked St. Louis and two marked Omaha. They don't indicate what their contents may have been. It is believed that the safe was stolen the night before, because of the fact that near the place where it was found a horse and buggy which had been stolen the previous evening was also found. It is thought the men hauled the safe in this rig. It is reported that the safe contained $6,000 in gold, but confirmation is lacking. Three Young Men Get Three Years Each. Frank Denversky and Fred Drewski, both young men who have committed numerous forgeries in the northern part of Missouri, have been sentenced at St. Joseph to prison for three years. Herman Davis got three years for burglary. George Ecker, a Philippine volunteer, who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff C. B. Holden and fatally wounded Fred Reardon while resisting arrest at Rock Springs, Wyo., has been captured and placed in jail. Ecker admits the shooting. Ecker narrowly missed lynching at the hands of a mob near Thomas Francis' ranch, and only the vigilance and determination of the officer in charge of the prisoner prevented summary justice being meted out. Ecker was taken to Evanston and placed in jail there. Killed in a Prize Fight. Walter Selph, a young drummer, son of Colonel Dudley Selph, state inspector of rifle practice and former rilee champion, was killed in a prize fight at Audubon park. New Orleans. He and a young man named L. L. Bailley had a quarrel at a military ball and agreed to fight it out with bare fists. They had no seconds and pounded each other until Selph fell from a blow which broke his neck. Bailey was arrested and said he did not know how the fatal result came about. He made no attempt to escape. LIGHTNING'S WORK. Three Persons Killed and Three Injured in an Electric Storm. Three persons were killed and several injured by lightning during a severe electric storm which passed over Indiana. The dead: Bert Hathaway, Idaville, Ind. Grace Larkin, 16-year-old daughter of Harvey Larkin, Ruley, Ind. Ira Smith, Youngstown, Ind. Injured: Mrs. James Langdon, Kokono, Ind., paralyzed by lightning. James Parsons and son, terribly injured by lightning. Henry Goodlove, Idaville, stunned. At Marion the First Presbyterian church was struck by lightning and badly damaged. James Rowan's salon was struck and partially destroyed. Five men who were in the saloon were knocked senseless. At Greentown the loss will probably reach $40,000. At Roachdale, the building occupied by the Roachdale News was entirely destroyed. At Monticello the barn of Bert Hathaway was struck by a boil of lightning and Hathaway, who had taken refuge in the building was instantly killed. The barn and contents, including seven valuable horses, was entirely consumed, causing a loss of $5,000. Hartford City was visited by a terrific wind and hail storm. Fifty oil derricks were blown down, and several buildings were damaged, causing a loss of $25,000. During a severe electrical storm at Toledo, Ohio, a 35,000 barrel oil tank in the Wood county oil field, belonging to the Standard Oil company, was struck by lightning. The oil was ignited and burned for several hours, entailing a loss of $40,000. LOVE DROVE HIM CRAZY. An Illinois Farmband Shoots a Young Farmer and Then Suicides At Brokaw, ill. T. J. Reece, a farm hand who had returned from two years' ranching in the West, shot and seriously wounded John Young, a farmer, and then set a strawstack after shot himself, and was cremated. Reece appeared at the home of Samuel Rhodes and told Rhodes he meant to kill him. Rhodes talked him out of the idea and Reece left and went to the home of Young. He stepped into the house and, without warning, opened fire. Young was shot in the leg and hip and the other members of the family had narrow escapes. Then, shouting that he was going to the home of Frank Kilmer and kill the family, Reece fed. He did not appear at the Kilmer home, however, and a trace of him could be found until the following day, when a strawstack in the vicinity suddenly burst into flames and searchers found Reece's dead body with a bullet hole in the head, half consumed in the flames. Reece was 35 years old and had lived for thirteen years in the vicinity of Brokaw. It is thought he suddenly went insane from brooding over a love affair of several years ago which was connected with the families mentioned. FORMER UDGE GOES TO JAIL Threatened to "smash" an Opposing Lawyer and Was Sent Up. Attorney Charles Ogden, former judge of the district court at Omaha, was fined $25 and costs and sent to jail for contempt of court by Judge Keysor in the criminal branch of the district court the other day. The offense was that of threatening to "smash" ex-Judge Bowman, opposing counsel, in a robbery case. Judge Ogden asked the prisoner a question to which Attorney Bowman objected as unprofessional. The objection angered Ogden and he hissed. "I'll smash you." The court ordered Ogden to sit down, which he refused to do, whereupon Judge Keysor said: "Mr. Ogden, you are fined $25 for contempt of court and you are committed to jail until the fine is paid." Judge Ogden entered an exception to the execution of the court's order until after the trial under way was concluded, and then accompanied a deputy sniffer to jail, declaring that he would fight out the issue with Judge Keyson in the supreme court. He later paid the fine and was released. Both attorneys are prominent members of the bar. NO BESPITE FOR THEM. Governor Jenkins' Attempt to Delay Execution of no Avail. No respite, as ordered by Governor Jenkins, of Oklahoma, from Washington, can be granted James Brummitt and George barclay, who are in the federal jail sentenced to be hanged on June 27 for the murder of J. I. Pool. The United States attorney's office has informed Acting Governor Grimes that he has no jurisdiction in the matter to grant any respite. President McKinley refuses to interfere, and attorneys for defendants will ask for a stay of execution. United States' Attorney McGuire has rendered a decision stating the acting governor has no authority to act in United States cases. Paymaster Marvin M. Martin, of the United States navy, has been placed on trial at the League Island Pa, navy yard, charged with advancing money to himself on account of salary that was due and with having advanced money to Surgeon Marsteller. The otense is admitted by Paymaster Martin. There was no loss nor danger of loss to the government, but it was a violation of a rigid rule in the navy. Two sessions of the court have been held, but no information was given to the public. The decision of the court will be sealed and forwarded to Washington. Six Prisoner Escape A jail delivery of unusual proportions occurred at Carbondale, Ill. The jail is situated in the public square in the center of the city, and Jailer William Creath had gone from the office to the cell department to give the men's supply of water prior to serving the inmates' supper. He entered the corridor where the men air, and was met near the door by two regressors and a white prisoner, who overpowered him and threw him to the floor. ENTER PROTEST WANT KIOWA - COMANCHE OPENING POSTPONED. SAYS A WRONG WILL BE DONE Land Being Wrested From Indians Against Their Protest—Oklahoma Governor Discusses Plans for Opening the New Territory—Land May be Immediately Set Aide For Indian Pastures. Judge Springer called in person at the White house and left with Secretary Cortelyou the following letter addressed to the President in opposition to the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache country. "I presume that Secretary Hitchcock handed to you yesterday the memorial of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians. Please do me the kindness to read it carefully. It shows that 2,000,000 acres of their lands are about to be wrested from them against their consent and in violation of solemn treaty obligations. A great wrong is about to be perpetrated on these 3,000 wards of the nation. You have it in your power to avert it withholding your proclamation opening their lands to settlement by white people, and the law as it stands permits you to withhold your proclamation until the 6th day of February, 1802. In the meantime Congress can act and right the great wrong which now threatens their helpless people. Lone Wolf is a Baptist preacher, and other delegate are Christians. Do not send them back to their reservation to inform their people that a Christian nation will rob the Indians of their lands and violate the solemn pledge given in treaties." Governor Jenkins of Okiahoma saw the President and briefly discussed Okiahoma affairs. He urged particularly that executive clemency be extended to two men, Barley and Brummock, who are under sentence of death at Guthrie. The President will call for a report from the attorney general on the case and pass upon them at an early date. Governor Jenkins spent a considerable portion of the day going over the maps of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache and Wichita countries with the officials of the interior department, for the purpose of agreeing definitely upon reservations for territorial school lands. The department will make no objection to the plan of Delegate Flynn and Governor Jenkins for the setting aside immediately of the territory's full quota of land, taking into consideration the reservation of 480,000 acres for Indian pastures. ACCUSED OF MURDER. Florida Girl Arrested on a Charge of Causing a Woman's Death. Sheriff Leslie has arrested Miss Fannie Kilgore, daughter of W C. G. Kilgore, county commissioner of Sunter county, Florida. She is a young woman of education and good social position. Her arrest was caused by the death of Mrs. Emma Hatfield, wife of Eugene Hatfield, at 409 Whiting street, Tampa, Fla. The proceedings were taken against Miss Kilgore by Jack Bellamy, a brother of Mrs. Hatfield Some time ago Miss Kilgore came to Tampa from Wildwood to accept employment. She went to board at the Hatfield residence. On Saturday morning, June 8, Mrs. Hatfield, who was in a delicate condition, found a note, it is alleged, in Miss Kilgore's room intended for her husband. She accused Miss Kilgore of writing the note and reprimanded her. Words followed, and it is alleged that the young woman made an assault upon Mrs. Hatfield, Mrs. Hatfield became critically ill and died. THE HOSE WAS FULL OF ICE. Nome's Fire Department Was Handcapped The Loss Placed at $126,000. A fire in Nome, on May 28, caused a loss of $126,000. The blaze started in a building at the corner of Stedman avenue and First street and soon leaped across to the old court building. Later the Washington Trading company's building and the Smille-Campbell building caught. The fire department encountered the greatest difficulty in fighting the flames, as the hose was filled with ice. Business has been resumed and the effects of the fire are not expected to result in more than a temporary blow to the prosperity of the town. Young Preschers to Try the Harvest Field A number of the theological students at Midland college, Atchison, Kan., will spend the summer school vacation in the Kansas harvest fields. Among them are the Rev. G. F. Schultz of St. Louis, the Rev. William Livers of Waterville, Kan., and the Rev. Frederick R. Shirck, the proctor of the college. Army Officer Sentenced In the United States court at Mobile, Ala., Captain C. W. King, former construction quartemaster at Fort Morgan, Ala., was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year and a half and to pay a fine of $3,000. He gave notice of appeal and made the required bond of $10,000. King was convicted several weeks ago of receiving a bribe with intent to influence his official conduct Ancestors often resemble potatoes—the best of them are under ground. Judge Myatt of Kansas Dead. A telegram from Colorado Springs says that Judge A. J. Myatt died as the result of injuries sustained in a runaway accident about a week ago. Judge Myatt was formerly probalete Judge at Wichita, Kan., and was solicitor for the state railroad court of visitation until it was abolished. He was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The body will be shipped to Wichita. A wife is either a man's best pos session or his very worst. A MOB AND MURDERER IN IOWA At Union, a Sections Hand Killed a Horse- man and Came Near Loving Near the Next Lyncing. Word has just been received here of a killing and attempted lynching that occurred at Union, just across the line in Hardin county, Iowa. The victim was William Burguff, a young horseman, and his assailant was Melville Clemons, a section hand on the Iowa Central railway. There has been ill feeling between them for some time. It is said Clemons repeatedly has threatened to kill Burguff. The other day Burguff was sitting on a box in the street in Union when Clemons struck him over the head with a steel bar. In the struggle which followed Burguff was killed. A mob formed and threatened to lynch Clemons. The officers put him in the county jail in Eldora with considerable difficulty. Both men were about 30 years old and were residents of Union. The murdered man was single, but Clemons has a wife. TO HAVE WEDDED NEXT DAY. But In the Morning a Pennsylvania Girl's Finance Was Found Murdered. Daniel Richards of Green Ridge, Pa., aged 20 years, was found dead upon the porch of the home of his intendible bride at Mount Carmel, with a bullet hole in his right temple. Young Richards was to have been married to Miss Elizabeth Walters, daughter of Harry Walters, on the following day. The young man called at the Walters house and shortly after 10 o'clock started for his home in Green Ridge, a distance of three miles. His body was found upon the porch next morning. No shot was heard during the night and the weapon has not been found. "The police believe that Richards was murdered and his body carried to the Walters home. Miss Walters said there had been no quarrel between them, and that Richards appeared to be unusually pleasant when last seen alive. KILLED FOR HIS PAINS. Aged German Tries to Quell a Fight and is Struck against the Head A coroner's jury at Macon, Mo., found that Chris Hahn, a venerable German, who died from the effects of a blow on the head with a gun, received while he was trying to separate some belligerents, was killed by Charles Besseneker and Rudolf Bonhoff, and the latter are held without balltill the September term of the circuit court. Besseneker is a dump boss for the Walsh Construction company, at work on Hannibal & St. Joseph improvements at Macon, and both he and Bonhoff live in Davenport, Ia. The inquest lasted for fourteen hours and there was a mass of contradictory evidence. According to varying evidence there are from one to three men connected with the tragedy who have not yet been located. Public spirit is high and Sherif Gilstrap sent the prisoners to Brookfield out of fear of mob violence. POLICEMAN KILLS A MANIAC. Latter Had Taken Possession of a Railway Station. A maniac took possession of the Illinois Central Depot at Rockford, Ill., and opened fire with a revolver upon everybody in sight. Several persons had narrow escapes. Policeman Frank Sullley attempted to arrest the man and was twice shot at. He returned the fire and killed the madman, sending a bullet close to his heart. From papers found on the dead man he appears to have been A. G. Peterson, and his residence Chicago. What seems to be a will was also found. It is written in Swedish and reads: "I give to my daughter, Edith Bollerson, all that I have. My secret I carry to the grave." HE RESISTED CONSTABLES. Jacksonville, Ill., Gambier Shot Dead for Tearing up a Summons. Frank Pfeffemburger, of Jacksonville, Ill., a gambler, was killed at Lane's gambling resort by Constable W. L. Brown. Several constables appeared at the place with search warrants. Constable Brown was reading the papers to a porter when he was accosted by Pfeffemberger, who secured the papers and tore them into bits. Brown instantly shot him through the heart. The constables carried the gambling paraphernalia from the place while the associates of the dead gambier were held at bay with loaded revolvers carried by the constables. A special order from the chief of police has closed all the gambling resorts in the city. The constables involved in the affair are under arrest. Big Fire at Salina, Kansas. The building of the Kansas Ice and Storage company, at Salina, Kan., burned and is almost a total loss. The fire was the largest that has occurred there in years. The institution was the biggest of the kind in the state. The loss will be severely felt by the city, as the institution employed many people. The building was outside the fire limits. Indicted For Attempted Blackmail. William Pflaum, who attempted to secure $12,000 from Thomas Ashton, a wealthy farmer living a short distance southeast of St. Joseph, has been indicted by the grand jury on the charge of attempting to blackmail. He entered a plan of not guilty and his trial was set for June 26. Pflaum is accused of writing a letter to Mr. Ashton, in which he threatened to blow up the place of the latter if he did not leave $12,000 at a certain stake on the premises of Mr. Ashton. Six Millon Eggs Burned in Kansas. A revised estimate of the damage done by the burning of the plant of the Kansas ice and Cold Storage company places the loss at $170,000; insurance $110,000. There were forty-five car loads of eggs in the building and only two carloads were saved. There were burned 17,200 cases, or more than 6,000,000 eggs. At the present local market price these were worth over $60,000. Fine feathres may not make fine birds but they make soft pillows. PINGREEISDEAD "SHOEMAKER STATESMAN" DIES IN LONDON. Governor H. S. Pingree, of Michigan, died in London Tuesday night at 11:35. His son was the only one present at the time. The attending doctor left Mr. Pingree's bedside at about 11:15, promising to return shortly. H. S. Pingree, Jr., who had been watching at his father's side for four days, and who has not removed his clothes during that time noticed a sudden change in his father's condition. He had hardly reached the patient's bedside when his father died peacefully, without warning and without speaking one word. Young Pingree wired his mother and his uncle in the United States not to come to London. The body of the late Mr. Pingree will be embalmed and taken to his home. The diagnosis made by London specialists of the cancerous affection of the intestines from which Mr. Pingree suffered left practically no hope for the patient's recovery. Toward the end of his illness Mr. Pingree suffered great pain and weakened rapidly. He was unable to retain nourishment His mind, however, remained fairly clear. During GOV. PINGREE. OF MICHIGAN. the whole of Tuesday he was practically kept alive by injections of strychnine and drugs administered to lessen his pain. Hazen Senter Pingree was born at Denmark Me., in 1840. In 1862 he enlisted in the First Massachusetts heavy artillery and served until the end of the war, when he located in Detroit, embarking in the manufacturing of shoes. In 1899 the Republican party nominated ex-Governor Pingree for mayor of Detroit, and he was elected by over 2,000 majority. He was re-elected in 1891-93 and 95 by increased majorities each time. In 1896 Mr. Pingree was selected as governor of Michigan by 83,000 plurality, running ahead of the national ticket by 26,000 votes. was re-elected governor in 1898 by about 160,000 plurality and served out his term, which expired in 1900. Last March he started on the trip to South Africa, which resulted in his death in London. THIRTY PASSENGERS HURT. Seaboard Air Line Special Train Turs Broadside Off a Trestle. The northbound Seaboard Airline Atlanta special turned broadside off a trestle into a pond about a mile north of Rockingham, N. C., and thirty passengers were more or less injured, several very seriously, and two, a white man and a negro, probably fatally. On account of rains the pliers of the trestle gave way on the left side. At the first crash all lights wout out and water rushed in waist deep, through the windows. Baggag- master Smith, though seriously hurt, crawled out and, seizing a lantern, hobbled down the track and flagged a following freight, thereby preventing second catastrophe. When the fretlight stopped he was lying on the ground unable to rise, but still waving his lantern. He had to be carried back on a stretcher. A relief train came from Hamlet with surgeons and another from Rockingham. A Kansas Farmer takes His Own Life. Christian Butts, a farmer who lived southwest of Atchison, Kan., killed himself with a shotgun. Butts owned a quarter section of land and had plenty of money. He had been worrying much lately over his inability to get hands to harvest his wheat crop. Huge Cargo of Hawaiian Sugar. The steamship Hawaiian, which arrived at San Francisco from Honolulu, brought the largest cargo of sugar ever sent out of the Hawaiian islands. It consisted of 8,600 tons, valued at $750,000. 1.00) Men and Boys Strike. About 1,000 men and boys employed at the Broderick collieries of the Coal Coal and Iron company, at Wilkesbarre, Pa. have struck because the company refused to discharge three non-union miners. Newport News Plant to Close. The striking machinists in the employ of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company have not returned to work and the big plant will be closed down. This will throw 7,000 employees out of work. Crazed By Religious Excitement. Charles Hoffmire, a prominent farmer of Mahaka county, committed suicide at Union Mills, Ia., by hanging. He was mentally deranged or account of religious excitement. GREAT DAMAGE THREATENED. Break in Walls of Colorado Irrigation Reservoir Endangers 150 Ranches. The break in the walls of the Lärmer and Weld reservoir has placed many lives in danger and may destroy thousands of dollars worth of property. The reservoir is situated on the north bank of the Poudre river about one and a half miles north of Fort Collins, Colo. It has a capacity of many million gallons of water and is now filled to overflowing. A break was discovered in the dam and the water was pouring through it like a small river. The alarm was quickly given and the engineers were sent to examine the dam. They reported that there was great danger of the dam giving way and letting all the water in the reservoir rush down the valley. Ranchmen below the reservoir were notified by mounted couriers to get to places of safety as soon as possible. There are about 150 ranches in the path of the probable flood and all of these are in a high state of cultivation and contain many valuable buildings. It is thought that Fort Collins is not in any danger, for it is on the South side of the Poudre, which will undoubtedly carry off most of the flood. SOONERS MUST GO. Troops Ordered to Expel Them From the Reservation. Orders from the secretary of war have been received by Captain Farrand Sayers, post commandant at Fort Sill, to take sufficient cavalry, with rations for two weeks, and proceed to expel every "sooner" and miner from the Kiowa-Comanche and Wichita reservations and give positive orders for them to stay out of the lands to be opened. This means that there is to be no delay in the opening and that the President's proclamation will issue as soon as the reservations are cleared. This action of the department casts a doubt upon the lottery theory of opening the lands, as sooners could not get any advantage by being in the reservations if a drawing is decided upon. Captain Sayers will make a clean sweep. Governor Richards, assistant commissioner general of the land office, who has had charge of the work in the reservation, has left for Washington. He has completed the allotments and approved the selections of county seat towns, and goes to make his final report. FOUR BROTHERS ACCUSED. Suspected of Killing an Aged Fisherman Whose Body Has Been Found. Charles Wendt, an aged fisherman, residing at Cordova, Rock Island county, Ill., was found dead in a boat floating in the Mississippi river. He had been shot with a shotgun fire at such close range that the gun wads were imbedded in his face Coroner Eckhart placed four brothers, Edward, Harvey, Elmer and Curley Stiles, under arrest. They had a quarrel some time ago with Wendt over a fishing net and made threats against him. They admitted having been up the river in their steam launch and that they had a gun with them. An examination of their ammunition disclosed wads like those picked out of Wendt's face. BIG COAL DEAL. Company With $12,000,000 Formed to Control Fairmont District. The largest coal deal ever consummated in Virginia was closed the other day when the Watson coal operators practically secured control of the entire Fairmount region. A new company with $12,000,000 capital has been organized and is known as the Fairmont Coal Company. The Watsons have associated with them several New York capitalists, but they will retain the controlling interests. The mines absorbed in this deal comprise practically every mine in the district, a total of thirty-seven plants. The annual output will be over 6,000,000 net tons of coal. Over 4,000 men are on the monthly pay roll. Twenty-Eight Horses Burned in Joplin. A livery barn owned by Frank Holcroft, two residences and four private barns burned to the ground at Joplin, Mo. Twenty-eight horses were burned to death. The barn was a frame structure 120x200 feet, with a tar roof. The origin of the fire is unknown. South of the barn was Mr. Holcroft's residence, and then the residence of Mr. I. M. Dennis, both frame. The fire was stopped just before the west and south walls of the latter house fell in. The barn of Mr. Dennis was burned and three across the alley east. The loss will be about $20,000. He Was From Missouri. A man giving the name of J. P. Kelly, from Missouri, was arrested in Meridian, Miss., charged with robbing the postoffice at Marion, Ala., and brought back to that place. He admitted his guilt. He had a full set of burglar's tools in the sachel. Negroes are Riotous. At a negro political meeting in the Sixth ward, Jacksonville, Fla., a mob of 100 or more negroes swore vengeance against the whites, declaring, it is said, that they would kill any white man who came in the district. They seized two street cars that were passing and drove the motormen and conductors from the cars. The mob was dispersed on the arrival of the police in force. In the melee preceding the arrival of the police Willie Cook, a young negro, was seriously wounded by a pistol ball. Found With Her Head Blown Off. Mrs. M. D. Thistler, wife of a well-to-do farmer and old settler living near Chapman, Kan., was found in her room with the top of her head blown off, a shotgun having been used. The gun was in the room and it is supposed that she committed suicide. An inquest will be held. Harvest is in progress all over Kansas, but there is great complaint of a scarcity of hands. The yield is going to prove larger than expected CAP. KISSEE HAS TROUBLE IN KEEPING HIS WIVES. LAST ONE A KANSAS CITY GIRL She Fled Taking Her Baby With Her. Sued Her Aged Husband for Divorce in Kansas City—Their Mar- riage Grow out of Cap. Kissee's Newspaper Notoriously. Captain A. C. Kissee, who owns the whole town of Kissee Mills, situated in Taney county, Mo., and who gained much newspaper notorily by marrying a child wife, who soon deserted him, is again in matrimonial trouble. Mrs. Kissee No. 4, he alleges, borrowed $16 from a neighbor recently took her trunk and baby, and, in company with her sister from Kansas City who has been visiting her for a few weeks, left for parts unknown. The captain had started for St. Louis with a carload of stock and had reached Chadwick when he learned that his wife and baby had fled. He went to Springfield, expecting to intercept them, but failed. Captain Kissee married his last wife about fourteen months ago. She met him for the first time at the depot in Springfield as a result of a correspondence growing out of the captain's newspaper fame. His marriage to little Rosa Garrett, whom he met, wooed and won in less than three hours, brought him before the public eye, and when she left him in three weeks he was the recipient of many letters from women who were looking for a husband with plenty of money and a short life ahead. Miss Emma May Thomas, or Thompson, of Kansas City was among the number who wrote the captain love letters, and he sent her money to come to Springfield. She went with him to his home in the hills of Tanee county, where she remained four weeks on probation, after which a contract was entered into regarding the property, and they were married. About four months ago the twenty-third child was born in Captain Kissee's home and it was this child that wife No. 4 took with her when she left. The old man is now about 70. He wept as he told about his family losses and declared he would search the world over to find them. Emma Kissee has sued Alexander Kissee for divorce and asks for a part of his $25,000 estate. They were married April 4, 1900, and separated June 15, 1901. She says her deserted her and was guilty of various indignities. Besides allmoney she asks for the custody of their 5-months-old daughter. TRY TO PROVE ALIBI. Defense Made Strong Case at Betts Trial —Attempts to Shift Guilt. The defense in the Betts murder case at Winfield, Kan., examined eighteen witnesses for the purpose of proving an alibi. Several persons swore to seeing the boy away from the scene of the murder between 1 and 2 o'clock the afternoon it occurred, and unless the state can overthrow their testimony the alibi will be conclusively established. The defendant, Betts, was then put on the stand and denied everything that Moore had told in his confession. He then called the jury's attention to Moore, that Moore went away and was gone some time, that when he came back he was muddy and excited, and that when he (Moore) gave the gun back to Betts three cartridges were empty. Betts said he then walked to Hackney and boarded the train home. Here W. P. Hackney, attorney for the defense, introduced Moore's coat as evidence and had it put on Moore. He then called the jury' attention to dark stains on the coat sleeve, which were analyzed and found to be human bloodstains. The effect was electrical, as it seems to shift the murder from the defendant, Betts, to his companion, Moore. Betts, throughout his testimony tried to put the blame on Moore, and as things now stand each is accusing the other. TO FIGHT THE HESSIAN FLY. Kansas Farmers in Ottawa County May Unite to Bura Stubble. The farmers of Southeast Ottawa county, Kansas, are organizing for a campaign against the Hessian fly. It is proposed to unite all the wheat rushes in an agreement to burn all the stubble of all wheat fields, thus destroying the eggs of the fly, and then to go over the ground with a lister. It is then to lie late in the fall, as late as October, if possible, when the rows of the lister are to be split and the ground sown to wheat. It is asserted that by this method the chances of injury to next year's crop will be greatly lessened and the yield increased. If all the farmers will join in the movement it is believed that the community will be much benefitted. So far the idea has met with favor. Found Specimens in Missouri A trip to Green and Camden counties, Mo., in search of botanical specimens have been successful. Professor Barber, A. J. Harris and Mr. Johnson, of Kanas University, spent a week in that region collecting among the hills of the Ozarks. A good number of ferns were added to the university collection, besides some fine onyz, stalagmite and stalactite specimens. The man who is lazy never has time to do anything. Fatal Storm Near Memphis A tornado passed across the northwestern part of Hall county, Tenn., and demolished the homes of W. R. Moore and a man named Wickson. Wickson's family escaped to a dugout and was unhurt, while two children of Moore were killed outright. Moore was seriously injured and Tom Martin, a neighbor, who was at Moore's house, was probably fatally injured. Mrs. Moore escaped to the dugout with her infant and was unhurt. A wife either makes or breaks a home.