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. SHALL OUR CHILDREN WORK? TALES OF TWO CITIES. VOL. 14, NO.19 Oldest and HONESTY, INDUSTRY SHALL OUR CH How many times we hear the mothers and fathers of today, declare and bewil their fate, and altho that is the only way by which they have been able to exist in the same breath they declare their children shall never be placed in a like position. Some people absolutely refuse to teach their children how do any real practical work or anything that may be turned into money. The education of boys and girls, in schools in which there should be to be had the academic training will avail but little unless it goes the training in things pertaining to this practical hard working life. No person is aware off by knowing the little things. The schools have little time to give to the training of things, then why not have them at home. Why is it large landries are depriving so many of our people of employment? Simple because the people who did the work 10 and 15 yers ago, are no longer able to keep up, and their children did not observe the details of the work close enough to make any improvement on tue farmer methods of that lowly but amenable occupation. Other people, on being driven by tinsts and other things among them improved machinery from factories and mills, must make a living some how. Most of them turn their attention to other occauses usually doing things mostly in demand. Instead of being discouraged by our having to work, and depriving the children of their right, their right to work, we should teach them to observe the work and learn to do it. They should not have to drudge as did his father and mother, certainly not. If the mother has been washing all the time, the boys or girls should be able to manage a large undry there are but few things more profitable. If a men has been a bond carrier, the boy might be able to be a brickwork architect or builder. If the mother is a dressmaker, why should, at the girl be able to open a dress-making academy. If the father is a cobber, why can't the boys own and manage and cultivate larger ones. A little learning mixed with judgement and good sense goes a long ways toward making a success in life. It is every parents duty to help the child to use the knowledge he gains in the school room. "When land is gone and money spent, learning is most excellent." But why wait until then. Why not try to use it at all times and to the best advantage. On looking around it will be discovered, that in most cases, the poorer the family, the less the children know about doing things. This is a very dep orable condi Tae Kansas City, Kansas Embalming and Cabinet Co., will bury your dead. Miss Rosa Murphy of Neb. Ave., leave this week for an ex e dived visit to Jackson Sloe among relatives and friends. The Prince Hall Grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the Kansas and Colorado jurisdiction convened in Annual Session at Leavenworth this week. Miss Adora Young of this city, who is now enjoying the breezes on the Pacific Slope, surprised her many friends this week by a box of assorted fruit picked by her hands from the orange and fruit groves of California. Mrs. Mary Sanders is confined at Douglas Hospital undergoing an operation. Miss Lula Anderson, Ella Dale, Eva Williams. D.B. Thomas wore the guest of Miss Phyis Tucker across the raging Eaw lest Sabbath. The Olympiamb Club met with Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Douglass of Layfayett Ave., the past week. The annual Sermon of the A. F. and A.M. was held last Sabbath at the A.M.E church and well attended. Rev Oscar J. W. Scott preached a most excellent Sermon. The Grand Rally at the Rose Hill Baptist church last Sabbath was a complete success! Mrs. Martin, mother of Mr. Rlehard Martin of Ann Ave., is quite ill. Bert J.E. Kuykendall formerly pastor of CW E church this city but now of New. Bon Ka is in the city. Mrs. Alice. Dugged Carey of Atlanta Ga. is in the city on an extended visit. Mr. Jao. Glass our oldest and most trusted type is now confined at St Margaretts Hospital undergoing an operation. Mr. A Hunn of 1236 Ann Ave., is quite ill. Mrs. C W. South and master Arloe. of Omaha Neb., and Mrs. K.A. Johnson of Denver Colo.; are in the City visiting their aunt Mrs. Thomas of 933 Everett St. Mrs. Lula Bird of 829 Washington Ave., and sister left for Sedalia Mo., this week, where they will spend sometime among relatives and friends. Mrs. Jane Holvay of Ann Ave., is visiting her daughters in Omaha a. THE KA d Best Weekly TRY AND ECONOMY SHOUL CHILDREN WORK? tion of affa rs. Every child has a right to know how to do some one thing well, and every parent should see that his child does not enter the struggle of life weighted down with ignorance and false pride. Give the boys and girls at least one oar to help paddle his canoe, and for their axs, do not send them adrift in to the wort, without having done all in your power to see that he has a large mind with which to begin his life. capital with white to go ahead. Teach the children to be practical, because at least three fourths of us will be compelled to supply the material wants of the other fourth. So at the very start interest children in things that will bring in solid cess. The powers of concentration, energy, perseverance and determination may all be developed by teaching the child how to do well, the things of every day life. Great men have found no royal road to their triumphs. It is always the road, by way of industry and perseverance. A constant struggle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings has ever been the price of great achievements. The man who has not fought his way up to his own loft, and does not bear the scar of a desperate stuggle does not know the meaning of success." We clip the above from the Afro-American Ledger by its correspondent Jennie June in the hope that some parents somewhere might prof it by reading. AIM HIGH In these days of advance in education and progress, the Negro boy must aim higher than to be a dead game sport. It calls for something more than finery to make men. The young Negro learn that his social financial and political success is in his own hands. What he would have it be is what he will be. Make your aim high in life and battle to reach the summit. Will you the future of the racebe? is question in which every young Negro should be concerned. Stop frittering away golden moments on street corners, in the dives and other places of like ruin. Go to the farm. Go now The harvest is ripe and the laborers are few. Young man you will some day long for the hours which you now sound in idleness. That you attain no success, is a fault of your own — Searchlight Hon. Paul Jones of the State Auditors office has removed his family from our city to Topeka. The Grand Raily of Willing Workers cub at the Mount Pleasant Baptistchurch last sabbath was a complete financial success Rev J.R. Richardson former pas- tor of the First Baptist church but now of Lexington Mo., prescheduled a sermon and made Home howl. He was given a grand ovation by the members and a host of friends. The collection for the day was $24.54. Little Miss Cornelia Mids and Miss Gertrude Jaaswe were the guest of Miss Gertrude Langaton of 1150 Armstrong Ave., they were pleasant earlers at our sanctum this week. The Twin City Business Mens Assoi- tion are making an extensive prepara- tion for a grang picnic and excursion soon. There will be a grand entertain- ment at Mand O Hall Tuesday July 2nd Admission 10 cents. NOTICE Miss L. Hook requests all the members of the B. Y. P. U. of the Metropolitan Bapist church to meet Sunday eve at 7:0'clock sharp. THE KANSAS CITY EMBALMING AND CABINET COMPANY Open for business July 1st at No 1014 N Fiftn Street see "ad" next week. All kind of undertaking work 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. 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 Wyandotte County October term 1898, charged with Assault and attempt to kill. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1901. There is always something doing Down in Kansas: Trouble on and trouble be wing, Down in Kansas. All the world in wonder gazes At the everlasting crazes That are rasing hell and blazes Down in Kansas Now a Mrs. Lee is yelling, Down in Kansas: Now Gove of Lewal n Down in Kansas. Now it is Carrie Nation. With some starting innovation. Who is causing tribulation, Down in Kansas. Down in Kansas Now the whiskers of a Peer-r. Down in Kansas. Moukey with the gentle zippyr. Down in Kansas. Now it is an Ingalls spouting. Or a J. Ralph Burton shouting some new freak is always sprouting. Down in Kansas. If the folks by chance are quiet, Down in Kansas. Then the weather starts a riot, Down in Kansas: O, the wind it is a wonder. When it gets to raising thunder, It rips everything asunder. Down in Kansas They have cyclones in the summers, Down in Kansas. And I tell you they are hummers, Down in Kansas. When it comes to things climatic, They's a little bit emphatic; And are also quite erratic, Down in Kansas. Still there's much for admiration, Down in Kansas: All the folks are on their muscle; All the state is dled with bustle; And they rustle and they hustle. Down in Kansas WHAT IS COMING. The Nations Afr-Americaan Council will hold its Fourth annual session at Pai adelphia, Pa. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday August 7, 8 and 9th. The Industrial Union of America, West Indies and Canada will hold a convention at Corcerc N. C., July 4th t. 7th. The Sixth Annual Western Press Association holds forth this year at Colorado Springs August 5, 6 and 7th. The Grand Session of the International Order of Twelve of the Kansas Nebraska jurisdiction will convene at Leaenwort Kans. on July 9, 10, 11 and 12th. The Kansas City, Kansas Embalming company a Negro undertaking e t b h ment July 1st. 4 FEW PERSONALS Rumor has it that Rev. Jao. R. Richardson formerly pastor of the First Baptist church in this city, but now of Lexington Mo. will shortly be called to the pastorage of Mount Pleasant Baptist church on North Third street. Hon. Samuel McEwlee of Nashville Tenn., will shortly locate in Chicago Ill. The South loses a very forable lawyer and a brilliant Negro. We learn with pleasure that Hon. Ioman E. Page formerly President of Lincoln University, Jefferson City, but now President of a college in Langston Oklahoma will shortly be re-instated to his o d samping ground at $12,000 a year. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK Mrs. Hudgen, a Negro woman in Chi esogo is awaiting trial for the murder of a Jewish peddler who attempted to rape her. The trial will be hotly contested on both sides, the Jews of that city putting up monei for the prosecution while the Colored people are collecting money for the defense. The young men of Bethel church are formest in the latter move ment. SLAVERY IN KANSAS Slaver v was once an institution on Kansas soil, and of this the Nortonville News reminds us by printing the bill of sale of a negro who was bought in Missouri in 1855 and brought to Kansas. The purchaser was Joseph Henderson, whose daughter, Mrs. John Ryan n a resident of Nortonville, still posses es the original bill, which reads as follows: "Know all men by these presents that I, Miles Harrington, of the county of Platt, M., has, this fifteenth day of June, A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty-five, bargained and sold and do by these presents bargain and sell and convey unto Joseph Henderson of Kansas Territory, a certain negro woman slave for life, named Zille, of a bright complexion, about twenty-four years old, for the sum of eight hundred dollars. The right whereas of it is hereby acknowledged in consideration of above named sum of monev, I do by these presents warrant and will forever defend it this title to her, the said slave to be sound both in body and mind. Witness my hand and seal this, the day and year above written. MILES HARRINGTON. John B. By water (witness) HELP FOR KANSAS New York Council Discusses Sending 5,900 Unemployd Wen. Alderman Gorman, of New York city, wants to send at least 5,000 of the unemployed men and women of New York city to the fields of Kansas and other Western states to help harvest the crops. This matter was discussed seriously by the board of aldermen. It was decided to hold conferences with the officials of the department of charities to see if the plan could not be carried out at once. Alderman Gorman's resolution, which was adopted, recites the dispatches from Kansas and other Western states telling of an extraordinary demand for labor; that there are thousands of unemployed in New York who would gladly work if they could get to the places where the demand exists, and instructs the council charities committee to confer with the department of charities to ascertain how many are needed in the West and report ways and means. Suitable legislation is promised, so that the scheme may be successfully carried out. BARBER WORM IN KANSAS It Shaves Beards off Hard Wheat to the Joy of Harvesters. A very peculiar worm has made its appearance in the wheat field of Mattis Olson, a farmer living near Assaria, Kan. Mr. Olson has on exhibition at the Farmers National bank there two samples of his wheat from the same field and raised from the same seed. One sample, which he took from a corner of the field, was filled hard and ripe and had the beards intact. The other sample is still green. The peculiar feature of the green wheat is that the beards have been neatly cut off by a worm. This is the case with the greater part of his field, the ripe grain constituting only a small portion of his acreage. One of the drawbacks to hard wheat is the beard, which is more or less a nuisance to harvesters and threshers, but this worm has almost entirely shaved the beards from this field of wheat without any damage to the grain. Kansas farmers would do well to raise these worms. THROUGH A. TRESTLE. Wabash Train Wrecked Near Peru, Ind.—Fifteen Said to be killed. Westbound passenger train No. 3, on the Wabash railroad ran into a washout at Cass, fifteen miles west of Peru, Ind., wrecking the engine and five cars. It is reported fifteen persons were killed. The train is due at Peru at 10:55, but was one hour late. The train was running at high speed to make up lost time and when near Cass, a switch five miles east of Logansport, plunged through a trestle that had been swept away by a wash-out. The engine was totally demolished and the three passenger coaches and two baggage cars were derailed and overturned. Every surgeon in Peru was summoned and the relief party left for the scene. Details are meager, but it is rumored Engineer Butler and Freeman Adams and at least a dozen passengers were killed and many more injured. WARRNT FOR A POSTMASTER. Dodson Farmer Had Trouble in Getting Hall Mell. Alleges A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Ulysses Flancy, postmaster at Dodson, Mo., on a charge of felonious assault upon David N. Hyre, a farmer living one and one-half miles north of the station". Hyre says that he went into Flancy's store and called for his mail, but Flancy paid no attention to him. When Hyre asked a second time for the mail, he says Flancy told him to get out. "I am after the United States mail, and will stay till I get it," he replied. He says that Flancy came at him with a knife and then with a revolver. Hyre started to defend himself with a pop bottle, when the postmaster's wife came in and stopped the trouble. Hyre went out without the mail, but his wife, who was waiting outside, went in and got it. FIRE AT NEBRASKA PRISON. Second Attempt is Made to Destroy the Penitentiary. The remaining wing of the Nebraska penitentiary buildings, one of which was burned last March, narrowly escaped destruction the other day from a fire started maliciously. Governor Savage and Warden Davis say, by convicts employed in the broom factory. Prompt discovery allowed the flames to be quenched in their incipiency, and the damage is nominal. An investigation in the broom building showed that a candle had been lighted and so placed that, after burning itself about half, it would communicate itself to a mass of broom corn. The nozzle of the hose had been plugged, but the pressure was so stong that the water removed the obstruction and the fire was quenched. Evelyn B. Baldwin in London. Evelyn B. Baldwin and four members of the Baldwin-Zeigler. Polar expedition have arrived in London. The expedition will leave Franz Josef Laad about July 12 on its voyage North. The three vessels of the expedition, the America, the Belgica and the Fritjof, will rendezvous there before that date. William Zeigler, the financial backer of the expedition, has gone to the Coni- CITIZEN CAILLES SURRENDERS. Turned Over 650 Men and 500 Rifles to the Americans General Cailles has surrendered at Santa Cruz, Province of Laguna, Luzon island, with 650 men and 500 rifles. Oaths of allegiance to the United States were administered to the former insurgents. Colonel Caballes, who fled to the mountains with a portion of his command, has likewise surrendered. Cailles did not sufficiently control the populace to bring in all the insurgents in his district. The proceedings of surrender were orderly. Colonel Caballes, whc, with 120 of General Cailles' command, fleed to the mountains in fear of being hagged by the Americans, has been overtaken by messengers from Cailles, conveying the general's orders to surrender. When Cailles' messengers caught up with and explained the situation to the fleeing colonel, the latter apologized to his general and returned to Pagsangan with still another 120 men whom he persuaded to come in and surrender. Caballes brings at least 500 rifles from the outlying posts beyond Pagsangan. It is reported that a large number of Cailles' followers have approached him with the proposition that he issue a strongly worded proclamation declaring all Filipino insurgents who refuse to surrender immediately to be considered as bandits, and that this proclamation be published by the insurgent presidente of every town in Laguna province. TRAGEDY NEAR PARSONS, KAN. W. H. Tramberger is Killed and His Son Shot by h. M. Reed. W. M. Reed, about 23 years of age, son of D. M. Reed, a prominent farmer living northeast of Parsons, Kan., shot and killed W. A. Tramberger, a neighbor, and severely wounded his son Frank. Reed and his father were driving home from Parsons when they met Tramberger and his son as they were emerging from a cornfield, where they had been cutting corn. The Reeds claim that they were about to attack them with the corn knives which they had been using when young Reed shot and killed the elder Tramberger and seriously wounded his son, with a Winchester rifle which they had in the wagon. Trouble had been brewing between the Reeds and the Trambergers for several years. Reed had Tramberger arrested for assault and battery, from which charge he was acquitted. Reed came to Parsons at a late hour last night and surrendered. He was held without bail until his preliminary hearing. BANDIT IS IDENTIFIED Texas Officers Have the Murderous Mexi Joseph Harold Doubt Sheriffs Avant of Atascosa county, Kinsel of Trio and Deputy Sheriff Chote of Karnes county, Texas with several members of their various posses, have arrived at Laredo, Texas, to identify the man captured by Captain Rogers and J. P. Marriam about forty miles above Laredo. Among the men who arrived were two who knew the prisoner. One of them, William Lourey, of Bastrop county, has known Cortez since 1892, and Deputy Sheriff Chote of Karnes county has known him for several years. They both positively identified the prisoner, and said there is absolutely no doubt that he is the man whom they have known all these years as Gregorio Cortez, and who killed Sheriff Morris of Kansas county and Sheriff Glover of Gonzales county. The identification is complete and the alleged murderer will be surrendered to the officers from the interior. WOMAN LEAPS INTO LAKE. Sulide of Excursion Boat Passenger Near Wilmington According to a story told by Richard Silver, a passenger on the Goodrich line steamer Virginia, a woman, supposed to be Mrs. Rosa Richter of Chicago, committed suicide by jumping overboard from the Virginia when the steamer was about a mile from Milwaukee, Wis. It is said Mrs. Richter became violent shortly after the steamer left Chicago and attempted to end her life by leaping overboard, but was prevented. After the first attempt it is said she was placed in one of the state rooms and a guard placed over her. On the steamer nearing Milwaukee the guard ceased vigilance, with the result that the woman is reported to have carried out her threat. The woman is reported to have had considerable money in her possession. The life-saving crew are searching for the body. Was Determined to Die. Lafayette Miller, an old settler and prosperous farmer near Clay Center, Kan., committed suicide at his home by shooting himself. He placed a revolver to his nostrils and fired. He had the gun still in his hand when found. Coroner Stewart and Sheriff Need were at once sent for, but an inquest was unnecessary. He had acted strangely for the last three weeks. He had over $300 on his person when found. An Insane Chinaman With an Ax. A Chinese, who is regarded as insane, broke into a cabin occupied by Interesting and Other Very News Bits Gathered by our Correspondents at Topeka, Kansas. EDITORIAL PICKINGS Two three room houses down Watch for the Citizens surprise most bet 8th and 9th st. on Ellis Av old time. $750.00 or one hundred dollars down After the smoke has cleared away from the battlefield of our recent republican primaries it is found that there are many wounded but we hope not seriously unless it trumps that they were struck by the lydilite shels. In political campaigns it is best that the workers get their p y before the election they say, as it is very embarrassing to approach a man who goes down to defeat afterwards and then, sometimes he in case of defeat repudiates his debts. But in our last primaries a prominent candidate who won on the promises of himself and emmissaries has repudiated all his debts and says he will help the boys when he gets in "the forgets he has to win the second heat yet." The migration of harvest hands to the wheat bels has taken place and there are now thousands following the resper through out the State, for some reason or other the colored brother is not very well represented in this large arm of harvest, the apparent reason is It is well now while the sun shines on both sides of the street to make hay. Winter is coming and the chances are, it will be just as cold as it is now hot. Much of the suffering in winter among Negroes could be avoided if they would make the prop preparation, instead of having what is known on the street as a "rattling good time" all Summer. Lay by something, for old Crimp is coming and its a hard time some of ye will have. --- There is to be a public Bath House in Kansas City Mo, and the question that confronted the Park Commissioners under whose management comes the same, this week, was "whether Negroes shall be admitted to bathe or not." This is a bath house, and a public one—yet the question arises—shall Negroes be allowed to bathe in it. Some suggest ed that special days be allotted for Negroes and first one thing, then another, finally the board concluded to let the matter rest indefinitely. Now this might be a hull before the storm and the final conclusions, that will be reached is that the Negro is not entitled to enjoy the privileges accorded other citizens at public institutions. We sincerely hope that the broad, true and upright manhood of these Commissioners will predominate and that they will not allow the question of "color" to prevent them from according—Equal rights and Justice to all mankind. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, if this bath house is for the benefit of the public, why discriminate against against the Negro they must bathe as well as anybody else, they are a part of the public and contribute directly and indirectly for the support of most if not all public institutions. We sometimes wonder what is there so awful odious about Negro that he is to be considered in such a different light, to other races. Negro mothers have nursed white child ren from their breast, Negro women have and still cook for white people Negroes wait on them and wash their clothes, white men marry Negro women, Negro men marry white women. In the face of all this mixupition, the Negro is looked upon with the utmost contempt and gets less respect than any other nationality upon the globe. Why this is, and how long it will be thus, the Lord above knows. While no one is more favored than we to the education of the young Negroes band as well as his head, we would go even further had he power and teach the young Negro the practical knowledge of how to apply his education. The majority of Negroparents are wolfly neglected of the practical teaching of their children along the line of how to learn to do. The boys and girls of the recare allowed to do just what they feel like coing and nothing more. No entempt is made to get them into employment which will develop the mind as well as the land and keep them there — Recorder that he is busily employed at home without journeying from place to place for a livelihood. J B Bass returned Wednesday night of last week from Strong City where he has been arranging for the program for the joint celebration of Strong City and Cotton Woods Fall July 4th it is estimated that there will be the largest crowd ever handed at this place before Mr Bass will furnish the talent f r the committee on entertainment. The appointments will soon be made at the State capital for the next fiscal year to take effect the first of July. There were many visitors from this city for Kansas City last Saturday on the occasion of the Santa Fee excursion. This being their annual excursion out of the city a rate of 75 cents round trip for Santa Fee men and their families was secured. Misses Katherine Harris, Lilian Phillips Gertrude Solomon, Mavie B Jordan and Mrs. M. Matty of Topesa who attended the art Federation leaventown Kan spent Friday i. K. C. K. the guest of U.S. F. Sasles The future of the colored race is in the upholding as to business, morals education and most of all in their economy. Save your pennie, your dimes, and you will have your dollars, then you can become a independent citizen, with money with education your independence grow in you, pride is established, which brings good behavior, for it is issue to follow. Then your department becomes better in the public estimation, and respect flow. For an instance, take the fellow, who has increased his fortunes, who has built up a business, who can live on his own merits, who has plenty at home, and a goodly income, so soon will he begin to see how perfect his behavior will be, soon will he commence courting the good wishes of every passer-by; so soon will he leave the evil company of his by gone days and commence developing a soft ambition; this is true with every man—true with every white man—true with every white man, true with every black man, true with all humanity on God's green earth.—Republican Guide. We take pleasure in calling your attention to an entirely new Negro enterprise in this city, that opens up for business on July 1st. It is the Kansas City Kansas Embalming and Cabinet Co., owned and controlled by full fledged Negroes. Knowing that the Negro as well as every body else must die and cannot live, they have resolved to profit by the Death of them, as well as the white man. They start upon firm basis and enter the business world not to antagonize but to share a part of the patronage of the public. The share holders officers and promoters are all well known Negro business men who have achieved rather exceptional success a long their different lines of business. The office and business will be located at 1014 N.5th st.. The following well know gentlemen are in the concern with other D.W.White Pres., J. G. Groves of Edwardeville Vice Pres. H P kwing of Loring Secretary and Manager, Wm Gamble Treas, I F Bradley, Rev Frank Wilson and others KEEP UP WITH THE TIME. One should be familiar with the current news of the day and the topics occupying public attention, with the names and authors of new books, and be able to say something worth hearing about what someone has read and heard. Many get no further in speaking of a book than it is dull or interesting. Others give it few words—that seem to be its central idea, its charactetics, and the scene of its action quoting, perhaps, some sentiment that has impressed or witticism that has pleased. True culture carries with it an atmo-phere of breadth—the world and not the village. A woman, having it, was said to betray by her conversation a mind of narrow compass bounded on the north by her servants, on the east by her children, on the south by her all儿女 and on the west by her clothes! The mind grows shallow when occupied per petally with trivialities. A course of solid reading is a good tonic. When ignorant of our ignorance we don't know when we betray ourselves.— Re: Press DEATH INSTEAD KILLS HIMSELF ON HOUR SET FOR MARRIAGE. WEDDING PARTY WAITS IN VAIN He Had Run Through a $12,000 Estate in Three Years—Had Only $85 Left to Begin Wedded Life With—Shot Himself in Parlor of His Sister's Home—Born and Raised in Missouri. Thomas J. Rogers, who was to have married Miss Einez C. Plank, a highly respected young lady of Clarinda, Ia., shot himself through the head at that hour instead of going to the home of the bride, where the ceremony was to have performed. He died an hour later. During the day Rogers had arranged for the minister to perform the marriage ceremony. About twenty invited guests were assembled at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McKinnon, when word was brought that Rogers had committed suicide. Mr. Rogers was 27 years of age. Three years ago he inherited $12,000 from his father and had spent all of this amount, but $85. However, he had never shown signs of being depressed. He said only one thing to indicate that he contemplated suicide, and that was only an hour before the act was committed. He asked his sister, Mrs. C. J. Hilfin, with whom he was living, to go to his wedding, but she was ill and told him that she was not able to do so. He then remarked that she would be sorry. At 6 o'clock in the evening this sister, who was in an adjoining room, heard the report of a revolver and went into the room to find her brother lying in front of the piano, clutching the revolver in his hand. Rogers was born and raised at Clermont, Mo. PRAIRIE FIRE IN KANSAS Sparks From Locomotive Igneit Wheat Fields Near Ellis. A bad prairie fire visited western Kansas, destroying many acres of wheat along the Union Pacific line between Ellis and Wakeeney. The fire started in a wheat field near Ellis, caused by a spark from a passing freight engine, and in a very short time had gained such headway as to frighten the residents for miles around. Farmers went to work fighting the flames, and the section hands near by, and men from the railroad shops at Ellis were sent to assist in battling with the fire, which raged rapidly along the system for a distance of fifteen miles. The extent of the burned territory south of the track can not be learned, but it is thought that between 400 and 500 acres of wheat were destroyed before the fire was gotten under control. For the past two weeks freight trains have been running on slow time in this part of the state in order to avoid working the engine emitting sparks. A traveling man who came in from Ellis stated that one or two thrashing outfits were caught in the fire. In Lincoln county another fire caused by a spark from an engine burned fifty acres of grain. These fires occur frequently during the harvest season. BURNED BY MOLTEN IRON Dynamite Shell Put in Foundry Cupola With Scrap Iron. Caught in streams of molten metal which poured into the cupola room of the "soft foundry" department of the American Car and Foundry company at Chicago, several workmen were frightfully burned, three of them fatally. The explosion of a dynamite shell, which had been placed in the cupola with scrap iron caused the accident. When the shell had been heated it burst, breaking the walls of the cupola, the molten metal streaming forth in all directions. Not one of the men in the room escaped the white hot metal. The victims: Thomas Cusack, foreman of the cupola room, died on way to hospital. Frank Baleen, skull fractured and entire body burned. Michael Smentak, entire body burned by metal, both legs broken. Charles Brown, scalp wounds and burned about body. Frank Diedo, arm broken, burned about face and head. William-Burke, body burned. John Sefelk, body burned and leg broken. "DEAD" MAN TURNS UP. Former Wichitan Return From California to Find his Wife Missing. Pat McCabe, a former resident of Wichita, Kan., who a short time ago was reported to the Modern Woodmen, in which he was insured, as being dead, suddenly made his appearance upon the streets of Wichita the other day and stated that the report of his death was started by parties who had designs upon his insurance money. He said that he had been in California all of the time and returned here to get his wife and family. Returning, he found his homestead deserted and his wife gone. He claims that she was induced to leave with two men, who are responsible for the report as to his demise. Not a Soul Lost. The Orient Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lusitania, Captain McNay, from Liverpool, June 18, for Montreal, having 300 passengers on board, was wrecked off Cape Ballard on the coast of Newfoundland. All the passengers are believed to have been saved. Overbrook, Kas., Merchant Killed. T. A. Smith, a merchant at Overbrook, in Osage county, Kan., was killed by a Missouri Pacific train. He was knocked down by the engine and fell under the wheels of the first car. He left one child. It is not known whether his wife is living. He went to Overbrook eighteen months ago from Kansas City. Electric Lights in Peking A German firm has secured the contract for the electric lighting of Peking, China. KANSAS CITYAN IN TROUBLE Chicago Police Have Warren W. Stoner Under Arrest. Word has just been received of the arrest in Chicago of Warren W. Stoner, formerly the owner of a livery stable at 929 Broadway, Kansas City, and Conklin Jones, a gambler well known in Kansas City. Stoner was arrested at the Washington Park race track while in the act of passing an alleged worthless draft. Jones was arrested at the Auditorium Annex hotel, he putting in an appearance there while officers were searching Stoner's and his apartments. Detectives have been on Stoner's and Jones' trail for some time. It is charged that Stoner had 100 drafts printed by a local printer and that Jones called for them some days later. The officers were informed of the transaction and have been waiting for an attempt to be made to pass the drafts. When the officers searched Stoner's room after the arrest they found ninety-seven blank dafts. Stoner was known as a "high roller" in Kansas City. He is a Kentuckian and his father left him a fortune of $200,000, it is said. He came to Kansas City about two years ago just after receiving his inheritance and bought the Broadway stable for $40,000. He sold it a year later for a fourth of that sum, and after having spent a great deal of money on it. Horses and dogs were his passion, and much of his money was spent in indulging his fad. His fortune melted away rapidly and it is said to have been entirely dissipated. His wife and two children live at 2409½ Troost avenue, Kansas City. Later—Warren Stoner of Kansas City, who was arrested in Chicago on a charge of attempting to obtain money on credit on alleged worthless drafts, was discharged in police court to-day. In Stoner's possession were found blank drafts on a Kansas bank which proved to be fictitious, but no wrong-doing could be proved against the defendant. JEALOUSY CAUSES A MURDER After Killing Mistress, Man Plunges Knife Into His Own Heart. A frightful tragedy has been enacted at Popular Bluff, Mo. Stephen Clark, a gambler, in a jealous rage attacked his mistress, Pearl Clark, and after stabbing her in the back with a butcher knife, beat out her brains with a hatchet. When death had ensued the murderer plunged the knife into his own breast, making a fatal wound. The murdered woman had been a resident of Popular Bluff for several years. Her parents reside near Bertrand, Mo. Clark, jealous of the attentions the woman was paying to a railroad man, attacked the latter and narrowly escaped being shot. He then called upon the woman at her home and after a few words attacked her with the above result. The murdered woman was about 28 years of age, was considered handsome and Clark was several years her senior. At a late hour Clark was still alive, but no hopes are entertained for his recovery. BOSTON YOUNG MAN'S CRIME Killed Sister, Treled to Kill Another, Then Commits Suicide. Richard Friedman shot and killed his sister Helen, aged 17, and then shot and killed himself, on a crowded West end thoroughfare in Boston. Miss Helen was not hit by the bullet intended for her, but just as the pistol was discharged she fell painting to the sidewalk. It was at first thought that a second sister, too, had been killed, and the brother apparently believed that his bullet had found the mark, for it was not until both sisters were prostrated that he turned the pistol toward his own body. He aimed at his heart, but the first shot missed a vital spot. The second, however, reached the heart and caused death. Friedman was 25 years old and had just finished a course at Harvard dental college. Insanity caused by overstudy and illness is declared to have caused his action. ILL FARES ISLE OF GAUM. Starvation Faces the People—Tariff Restricts Trade. The schooner Esmerelda, which has just arrived at Manila from Guam, brings confirmation of the distressing reports in circulation regarding the conditions prevailing in that island. The new tariff stops trade and it is asserted that the people will starve unless they receive government support. Because of the theft of a barrel of whisky from the hospital stores and owing to his inability to discover the offenders, Commander Schroeder, the governor of Guam, issued a proclamation lamenting the prevalence of hoodloomism, and, on account of the punitive and disciplinary measures adopted, seventy-five marines fed from the barracks and hid in the interior of the island. Seventy-two of these men were recaptured and were awaiting trial by court-martial when the Esmerelda left. Three Small Boys Drowned. Three small boys were drowned below the dam of the Porter-Ward Lumber company near Grand Rapids, Mich. They were Sidney Larson, Arthur Calm and Clarence Rouce. The boys went in for a swim and were swept off their feet and into the deep water. The captain of the Anchor line steamer Fornessia, from New York, June 15, which has arrived at Glasgow, reports that Richard Walker, a lawyer of West Virginia, jumped overboard from the steamer June 20 and was drowned. Miss Stoner Goes to Ohio. Miss Minnie A. Stoner has resigned her chair of professor of domestic science in the agricultural college at Manhattan, Kan. Miss Stoner will go to Columbus, Ohio, where she has accepted a similar place in the Ohio state agricultural college. The case against Mayor William Busby, of Parsons, Kan., who was alleged to have violated the quarantine law, was dismissed by the county attorney after the examination of four witnesses. ENDS IN MURDER CLIMAX OF SEATTLE GAMBLING FEUD. FORMER POLICE CHIEF KILLED --- At Seattle, Wash., John W. Considine, one of the proprietors of the Standard gambling house and the People's theater, shot and killed ex-Chief of Police W. L. Meredith. The shooting occurred in Guy's drug store on the corner of Second avenue and Yester Way, in the heart of the city. Considine was also wounded slightly in the head by a ball from a double-barreled shotgun in Meredith's hands. The stories of the shooting are conflicting and it cannot be said who was the aggressor. The men had threatened to shoot one another on sight, and both were prepared for trouble. The drug store at the time of the shooting was crowded with people and one bystander was shot through the arm by a stray bullet. Meredith was killed while struggling with John Considine and Tom Considine, who had come to his brother's aid. Three bullets from Considine's revolver fired at short range pierced Meredith's body, one in the head, another in the chest and another in the abdomen. Considine was at once arrested by Sheriff Cudahee and two police officers, who were in the drug store when the fatal shots were fired. He was taken to the police headquarters and from there transferred to the county jail in a closed carriage to avert a lynching, of which there was some talk in the great crowd which gathered about the scene of the shooting. Considine and Meredith had been mortal enemies for about three years, although they were prior to that time warm personal friends and associated together in the theatrical business in Spokane. Meredith, who had just resigned his office on account of pressure brought to bear upon him by Mayor Humes, was a city detective before being made chief. While in the subordinate position he and Considine never spoke, but avoided open battle. After Meredith was made chief, however, he served notice on Considine that the latter could not remain in the city and do business and followed up the threat by making several police orders which affected Considine's business SALINA'S BIG STORAGE PLANT. Citizens Interested in Rebuilding of Burned Structure. The officers of the Kansas Ice and Storage company at Salina, Kan., have not yet decided whether the plant will be rebuilt. The stockholders are mostly non-residents and a meeting must be held before anything definite can be given out. It seems to be the opinion that if the present company does not rebuild another company of local capitalists will be organized to erect a plant. The railroad facilities make Salina a central point for the farmers of Kansas to sell and store their eggs and produce. During the last year the company received and shipped 70,000 cases of eggs to points between New York and San Francisco. A half million pounds, or 250 tons, of butter was handled, and during the storage season 70 carloads of produce was carried. The ice plant proper turned out 6,000 tons of ice annually, which supplied Salina and vicinity. An average of fifty men were employed throughout the year, most of whom have families. From the above figures it will be seen what a loss the plant will be to Salina. STORMED THE RAILROAD YARDS A Mob 100 Strong Attacked Non-Union Workman in Columbia & Workmen in Columbia, S. C. A mob of 100 men attacked the Southern railway's shops in Columbia, S. C., for the purpose of reaching the non-union workmen. After breaking down the high fence surrounding the premises the mob made for a car in which twenty non-union men were sleeping. None of the non-unionists was wounded, but after they had been dragged out of the car they were roughly handled. They were marched up the railroad track several miles and ordered to travel on north. Later in the day all except one of these men were brought back to the city by an expedition sent out from the shops. The wounds of four men are dangerous. Kansas Hermit Found Dead. Charles Glass, an aged recluse, who for years has made his home in a tent on the banks of the Arkansas river, near Wichita, Kan, was found dead in bed. Glass is said to have been well connected and has a brother who is a district court judge at Rushville, Ill. ANOTHER DENVER ASSAULT. Thug Who Attacks Women Adds Another to His List. Miss Coleline Coleman, aged 17 years, was assaulted by an unknown man near the corner of Thirty-ninth avenue and Goss street, Denver. The man struck her with a club on the right side of the head, rendering her unconscious. He then ran. The attack was similar to that of the "Capitol Hill thug," who formerly terrorized the city, though the locality was not the same. Drilling test hole The drilling plant of the Chillicothe, Mo., Mineral Mining company has been put in operation on the farm of Representative Charles A. Adams, just east of Chillicothe, and the sugar was sunk a distance of 100 feet. The company expects to find oil and gas at several points in Livingston county and options have been secured on 10,000 acres of land. When a man feels in his pockets for a letter to show you, ever notice how many useless things he carries? HELP FOR KANSAS. New York Council Discusses Sending 5,000 Unemployed d Men. Alderman Gorman, of New York city, wants to send at least 5,000 of the unemployed men and women of New York city to the fields of Kansas and other Western states to help harvest the crops. This matter was discussed seriously by the board of aldermen. It was decided to hold conferences with the officials of the department of charities to see if the plan could not be carried out at once. Alderman Gorman's resolution, which was adopted, recites the dispatches from Kansas and other Western states telling of an extraordinary demand for labor; that there are thousands of unemployed in New York who would gladly work if they could get to the places where the demand exists, and instructs the council charities committee to confer with the department of charities to ascertain how many are needed in the West and report ways and means. Suitable legislation is promised, so that the scheme may be successfully carried out. BARBER WORM IN KANSAS It Shaves Beards off Hard Wheat to the Joy of Harvesters. A very peculiar worm has made its appearance in the wheat field of Mattis Olson, a farmer living near Assaria, Kan. Mr. Olson has on exhibition at the Farmers' National bank there two samples of his wheat from the same field and raised from the same seed. One sample, which he took from a corner of the field, was filled hard and ripe and had the beards intact. The other sample is still green. The peculiar feature of the green wheat is that the beards have been neatly cut off by a worm. This is the case with the greater part of his field, the ripe grain constituting only a small portion of his acreage. One of the drawbacks to hard wheat is the beard, which is more or less a nuisance to harvesters and threshers, but this worm has almost entirely shaved the beards from this field of wheat without any damage to the grain. Kansas farmers would do well to raise these worms. THROUGH A TRESTLE. Wabash Train Wrected Near Peru, Ind.—Fifteen Said to be killed. Westbound passenger train No. 2, on the Wabash railroad ran into a washout at Cass, fifteen miles west of Peru, Ind., wrecking the engine and five cars. It is reported fifteen persons were killed. The train is due at Peru at 10:55, but was one hour late. The train was running at high speed to make up lost time and when near Cass, a switch five miles east of Logansport, plunged through a trestle that had been swept away by a wash-out. The engine was totally demolished and the three passenger coaches and two baggage cars were derailed and overturned. Every surgeon in Peru was summoned and the relief party left for the scene. Details are meager, but it is rumored Engineer Butler and Freeman Adams and at least a dozen passengers were killed and many more injured. WARRANT FOR A POSTMASTER. Dodson Farmer Had Trouble in Getting His Mail, He Alleges. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Ulysses Flancy, postmaster at Dodson, Mo., on a charge of felonious assault upon David N. Hyre, a farmer living one and one-half miles north of the station. Hyre says that he went into Flancy's store and called for his mail, but Flancy paid no attention to him. When Hyre asked a second time for the mail, he says Flancy told him to get out. "I am after the United States mail, and will stay till I get it," he replied. He says that Flancy came at him with a knife and then with a revolver. Hyre started to defend himself with a pop bottle, when the postmaster's wife came in and stopped the trouble. Hyre went out without the mail, but his wife, who was waiting outside, went in and got it. FIRE AT NEBRASKA PRISON. Second Attempt is Made to Destroy the Penitentiary. The remaining wing of the Nebraska penitentiary buildings, one of which was burned last March, narrowly escaped destruction the other day from a fire started maliciously. Governor Savage and Warden Davis say, by convicts employed in the broom factory. Prompt discovery allowed the flames to be quenched in their incipiency, and the damage is nominal. An investigation in the broom building showed that a candle had been lighted and so placed that, after burning itself about half, it would communicate itself to a mass of broom corn. The nozzle of the hose had been plugged, but the pressure was so stong that the water removed the obstruction and the fire was quenched. Evelyn R. Baldwin In London. Evelyn B. Baldwin and four members of the Baldwin-Zeigler Polar expedition have arrived in London. The expedition will leave Franz Josef Land about July 12 on its voyage North. The three vessels of the expedition, the America, the Belgica and the Fritjof will rendezvous there before that date. William Zeigler, the financial backer of the expedition, has gone to the Continent. Women as a rule are ready to shut up when money gets ready to talk. Forged Notes Aggregating $29,000. Forged notes, altogether aggregating $20,000, have been discovered by the Akron (Ohio) Varnish Company. J. H. McCrum, treasurer of the company, has been missing for a week, and is supposed to be en route to South America. It was supposed that his accounts were straight, the only shortage discovered being an overdraft of $4,500. A woman never knows how old she is getting until she goes to a milliner's and tricks on hats. OPENING ORDER PRESIDENT HAS IT READY FOR PUBLICATION. THE OLD DATE STILL IN FAVOR Although Judge Springer has taken an appeal in the injunction proceedings against Secretary Hitcheck to restrain the latter from carrying out the provisions of the act of congress of June 6, 1900, opening the lands of the Kliowa, Comanche and Apache indians in Indian territory, the government is proceeding with the work preparatory to the opening as though a final decision had been handed down. Judge Van Devanter looks upon the disposition of the case by Judge Bradley of the Supreme court as practically final, believing that the otter courts will follow a similar line of action. The presidential proclamation opening the country has been practically completed. The document is now in the hands of the secretary of the interior, who is going over it carefully with Judge Van Devanter, so as to correct any defects which may exist. It will be signed and promulgated by the President some time between June 28 and June 30. The department is practically deluged with applications from every section of the country for positions in the new land offices to be established at El Reno and Fort Sill. BIG DEALS IN MINING. Eastern Capital to Invest $16,000,000 in Missouri Lead and Zinc. Four deals in the lead country, three in the desseminated district of Southeast Missouri and the fourth in the Joplin-Galena district in Southwest Missouri, have been closed the past week, which mean the influx of the enormous amount of $16,000,000 of Eastern capital, mostly from New York, into the lead industries of the state. The three deals in Southeast Missouri are the most important, intrinsically as well as from the standpoint of general business, especially with relation to future development. These three mean one investment of actual capital in the development of the lands purchased. The Joplin deal is but the filing of the preliminary blanket mortgage on some ninety properties, only sixty of which are in Missouri, and this mortgage is only on options, extended from June 19 to July 1, and which must be met by July 1 or the entire deal falls. In the Southeastern deals actual cash is involved. There the properties purchased are, first, 941 acres in St. Francois county, owned by the Columbia Lead company, bought at $14 for each $10 share, the capitalization being 60,000 shares, or a total of $480,000; second, 33,000 acres near Potosi, Washington county, which will be capitalized at not less than $5,000,000; third, about 5,000 acres in St. Francois county, formerly owned by the Missouri Lead Fields company, capitalized at $2,000,000. While all three deals are nominally by different parties, whose agents will not publish names, it develops that they are all really in the same Eastern interest and will ultimately come under a single ownership. DEATH IN HIGH WATER. Deluge of Rain Causes Destructive Flood in West Virginia. A dispatch from Bluefield, W. Va., says: This entire section has just been visited by a flood, the extent of which, in all probability, will rival that of Johnstown, in 1889, so far as the loss of property is concerned. A heavy downpour of rain began, accompanied by a severe electric storm, which violently increased in volume, and continued for several hours. Many miles of the Norfolk & Western railroad tracks, bridges and telegraph lines are entirely destroyed and communication is entirely cut off west of Elkhorn, so that it is impossible to learn the full extent of the loss of life and property, but officials of the coal operations located in the stricken district have sent out messengers to Elkhorn, the terminus of both telegraph and railroad communication, and have received a report that a conservative estimate as to the loss of life is 200. Some of the drowned are among the most prominent citizens of the coal field. The little town of Keystone, with a population of about 2,000, seems to be the greatest sufferer, practically the entire town being washed away. This town is the principal one in the Pocahontas coal fields and is located near its center. The steamship Victoria brings news from Hong Kong that bank notes to the value of $270,000 have been stolen from the strong room of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking corporation in Singapore. An inquiry is being conducted to ascertain how the bills could have been stolen from the inner vault to which only two or three trusted employees have access. When a courtship ends in marriage romance ceases and history commences. Senator Kyle is Ill. Senator James M. Kyle, of Aberdeen, S. D., who has been ill for several days is in a very serious condition and fears are entertained that he may not recover. Heart trouble is the cause of his illness and the attack is similar to the one that prostrated the senator at Cleveland two years ago. A man is naturally at his worst when his own temper get the better of him. CAILLES SURRENDERS. Turned Over 650 Men, and 500 Rifles to the Americans. General Cailles has surrendered at Santa Cruz, Province of Laguna, Luzon island, with 650 men and 500 rifles. Oaths of allegiance to the United States were administered to the former insurgents. Colonel Caballes, who fled to the mountains with a portion of his command, has likewise surrendered. Cailles did not sufficiently control the populace to bring in all the insurgents in his district. The proceedings of surrender were orderly. Colonel Caballes, who, with 120 of General Cailles' command, fled to the mountains in fear of being hanged by the Americans, has been overtaken by messengers from Cailles, conveying the general's orders to surrender. When Cailles' messengers caught up with and explained the situation to the fleeing colonel, the latter apologized to his general and returned to Pagsangan with still another 120 men whom he persuaded to come in and surrender. Caballes brings at least 500 rifles from the outlying posts beyond Pagsangan. It is reported that a large number of Cailles' followers have approached him with the proposition that he issue a strongly worded proclamation declaring all Filipino insurgents, who refuse to surrender immediately to be considered as bandits, and that this proclamation be published by the insurgent presidente of every town in Laguna province. TRAGEDY NEAR PARSONS, KAN. W. H. Tramberger is Killed and His Son Shot by W. M. Reed. W. M. Reed, about 23 years of age, son of D. M. Reed, a prominent farmor living northeast of Parsons, Kan, shot and killed W. A. Tramberger, a neighbor, and severely wounded his son Frank. Reed and his father were driving home from Parsons when they met Tramberger and his son as they were emerging from a cornfield, where they had been cutting corn. The Reeds claim that they were about to attack them with the corn knives which they had been using when young Reed shot and killed the elder Tramberger and seriously wounded his son, with a Winchester rifle which they had in the wagon. Trouble had been brewing between the Reeds and the Trambergers for several years. Reed had Tramberger arrested for assault and battery, from which charge he was acquitted. Reed came to Parsons at a late hour last night and surrendered. He was held without bail until his preliminary hearing. BANDIT IS IDENTIFIED. Texas Officers Have the Murderous Mexican Behind Doubt. Sheriffs Avant of Atascosa county, Kinsel of Trio and Deputy Sheriff Choate of Karnes county, Texas, with several members of their various posses, have arrived at Laredo, Texas, to identify the man captured by Captain Rogers and J. P. Marriam about forty miles above Laredo. Among the men who arrived were two who knew the prisoner. One of them, William Loueyre, of Bastrop county, has known Cortez since 1892, and Deputy Sheriff Choate of Karnes county has known him for several years. They both positively identified the prisoner, and said there is absolutely no doubt that he is the man whom they have known all these years as Gregorio Cortez, and who killed Sheriff Morris of Kansas county and Sheriff Glover of Gonzales county. The identification is complete and the alleged murderer will be surrendered to the officers from the interior. WOMAN LEAPS INTO LAKE. Suicide of Excursion Boat Passenger Neat Milwaukee. According to a story told by Richard Silver, a passenger on the Goodrich line steamer Virginia, a woman, supposed to be Mrs. Rosa Richter of Chicago, committed suicide by jumping overboard from the Virginia when the steamer was about a mile from Milwaukee, Wis. It is said Mrs. Richter became violent shortly after the steamer left Chicago and attempted to end her life by leaping overboard, but was prevented. After the first attempt it is said she was placed in one of the state rooms and a guard placed over her. On the steamer nearing Milwaukee the guard ceased vigilance, with the result that the woman is reported to have carried out her threat. The woman is reported to have had considerable money in her possession. The life-saving crew are searching for the body. A Chinese, who is regarded as insane, broke into a cabin occupied by five of his countrymen at Ladner, British Columbia, and attacked them with an ax. One was killed and the others dangerously injured. Was Determined to Die. Lafayette Miller, an old settler and prosperous farmer near Clay Center, Kan., committed suicide at his home by shooting himself. He placed a revolver to his nostrils and fired. He had the gun still in his hand when found. Coroner Stewart and Sheriff Need were at once sent for, but an inquest was unnecessary. He had acted strangely for the last three weeks. He had over $300 on his person when found. Used Canceled Postage Stamps. Chief Postoffice Inspector Cochran has received a cablegram announcing that Thomas C. Vera, assistant postmaster at Mayaguez, Porto Rico, has been arrested for making use of canceled postage stamps. No details are given. Mayaguez is the third largest postoffice in Porto Rico. A signboard near Potter reads: "For fresh meat go to the barber shop." Even the meanest of men are liberal with advice. Thomas Sidney Cooper is the oldest painter actively engaged in the 8 year suit of his art. He is now 80 years old and as early as 1820 was a painter, a living as the theatrical scene. Since then he has exhibited 20 pictures at the English Royal Academy. "A Hot Literary Dinner" A Georgia paper has an an "A hot literary dinner, after there was a wrestling match who was the best literary man Mart Tempkins threw Lukie five times, and was afterward head writer and literary president." A Lady Lieutenant-Colonel appointed Miss Morris has just been hired of lieutenant-colonel on the Gov. Candler of Georgia. Mrs Gov. is secretary of the Georgia coons of Chattanooga. She is an plished horsewoman, linguist, sician. Hospitals Are Not So Bla A German professor declare poor man in a hospital is best be than a rich patient in his own and he hopes that this fact wi to overcome the prejudice hospitals. Ambrose McKay's Case Rockbridge, Mo., June 24 neighborhood and particular members of Rockbridge Lod 435, A. F. & A. M., are feeli much pleased over the recovery Ambrose McKay, a prominent and an honored member of the Ic Fraternity. Mr. McKay had been suffer- years with Diabetes and Rheu which recently threatened to days. His limbs were so pain't that he could not sleep. Io very bad. Just then, someone suggested I new which remedy—Dodda Kidney Pills has been has been much advertised recently a cure for Bright's Disease Dis Dropsy, Rheumatism and S Trouble. 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On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Wave of the deep is in great As it infinitely blows, now conceals, now now it catches the gleam of the morn- ing's first beam. In future reflected now shines on the stream. Ts the star-spangled banner; O long may it wave. i wave Over the land of the free and the home of the brave! A home and a country should leave us no more? From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner in triumph dot the land of the free and the home of the brave. O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand. Between their loved walls and the war's desolation! Bless with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Frains the power that hath made and preserve us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause is just, And this be our motto—"In God is our trust!" And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave. Over the land of the free and the home of the brave _____-Key. Captain Nathan Hale, A Martyr of the Revolution on. General Washington wanted a man. It was in September, 1776, at the City of New York, a few days after the battle of Long Island. The swift and deep East River flowed between the two hostile armies, and General Washington had as yet no system established for getting information of the enemy's movements and intentions. He never needed such information so much as at that crisis. What would General Howe do next? If he cross at Hell Gate, the American army, too small in numbers, and dedicated the week before might he caught A DUTCH SCHOOLMASTER. on Manhattan island as in a trap, and the issue of the contest might be made to depend upon a single battle; for in such circumstances defeat would involve the capture of the whole army. And yet General Washington was compelled to confess: "We cannot learn, nor have we been able to possess, the least information of late." Therefore he wanted a man. He wanted an intelligent man, cool-headed, skillful, brave, to cross the East River to Long Island, enter the enemy's camp and get information as to his strength and intentions. He went to Colonel Knowlton, commanding a remarkably efficient regiment from Connecticut, and requested him to ascertain if this man so sorely needed could be found in his command. Colonel Knowlton called his officers together, stated the wishes of General Washington, and, without urging the enterprise upon any individual, left the matter to their reflections. Captain Nathan Hale, a brilliant youth of 21, recently graduated from Yale college, was one of those who reflected upon the subject. He soon reached a conclusion. He was of the very flower of the young men of New England, and one of the best of the younger soldiers of the patriot army. He had been educated for the ministry, and his motive in adopting for a time the profession of arms was purely patriotic. This we know from the familiar records of his life at the time when the call to arms was first heard. In addition to his other gifts and graces, he was handsome, vigorous and athletic, all in an extraordinary degree. If he had lived in our day he might have pulled the stroke oar at New London or pitched for the college nine. The officers were conversing in a group. No one had as yet spoken the decisive word. Colonel Knowlton appealed to a French sergeant, an old soldier of former wars, and asked him to volunteer. "No, no," said he. "I am ready to fight the British at any place and time, but I do not feel willing to go among them to be hung up like a dog." Captain Hale joined the group of officers. He said to Colonel Knowlton: "I will undertake it." Some of his best friends remonstrated. One of them, afterwards the famous Gen. William Hull, then a captain in Washington's army, has recorded Hale's reply to his own attempt to dissuade him. "I think," said Hale, "I owe to my country the accomplishment of an object so important. I am fully sensible of the consequences of discovery and capture in such a situation. But for a year I have been attached to the army, and have not rendered any material service, while receiving a compensation for which I make no return. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good becomes honorable by being necessary." He spoke, as General Hull remembered, with earnestness and decision, as one who had considered the matter well, and had made up his mind. Having received his instructions, he traveled fifty miles along the Sound and far as Norwalk, in Connecticut. One who saw him there made a very wise remark upon him, to the effect that he was "too good looking" to go as a spy. He could not deceive. "Some scrubby fellow ought to have gone." At Norwalk he assumed the disguise of a Dutch schoolmaster, putting on a suit of plain brown clothes and a round, broad-brimmed hat. He had no difficulty in crossing the Sound, since he hore an order from General Washington which placed at his disposal all the vessels belonging to Congress. For several days everything appears to have gone well with him, and there is reason to believe that he passed through the entire British army without detection or even exciting suspicion. Finding the British had crossed to New York, he followed them. He made his way back to Long Island, and nearly reached the point opposite Norwalk where he hand originally landed. Rendered, perhaps, too bold by success, he went into a well-known and popular tavern, entered into conversation with the guests and made himself very agreeable. The tradition is that he made himself too agreeable. A man present, suspecting or knowing that he was not the character he had assumed, quietly left the room, communicated his suspicions to the captain of a British ship anchored near, who dis- patched a boat's crew to capture and bring on board the agreeable stranger. His true character was immediately revealed. Drawings of some of the British works, with notes in Latin, were found hidden in the soles of his shoes, Nor did he attempt to deceive his captors, and the English captain, lamenting, as he said, that "so fine a fellow had fallen into his power," sent him to New York in one of his boats, and with him the fatal proofs that he was a spy. September 21st was the day on which he reached New York—the day of the great fire which laid one-third of the little city in ashes. From the time of his departure from General Washington's camp to that of his return to New York was about fourteen days. He was taken to General Howe's headquarters at the Beekman mansion, on the East river, near the corner of the present Fifty-first street and First avenue. It is a strange coincidence that the house to which he was brought to be tried as a spy was the very one from which Major Andre departed when he went to West Point. Tradi- THE FIRST CONFEDERATE STATES tion says that Captain Hale was examined in a greenhouse which then stood in the garden of the Beekman mansion. Short was his trial, for he avowed at once his true character. The British general signed an order to his provost-marshal directing him to receive into his custody the prisoner convicted as a spy, and to see him hanged by the neck "tomorrow morning at daybreak." Terrible things are reported of the manner in which this noble prisoner, this admirable gentleman and hero, was treated by his jailer and executioner. There are savages in every large army, and it is possible that this provost-marshal was one of them. It is said that he refused him writing materials, and afterward, when Captain Hale had been furnished them by others, destroyed before his face his last letters to his mother and to the young lady to whom he was engaged to be married. As those letters were never received, this statement may be true. The other alleged horrors of the execution it is safe to disregard, because we know it was conducted in the usual form and in the presence of many spectators and a considerable body of troops. One fact shines out from the distracting confusion of that morning, which will be cherished to the latest posterity as a precious ingot of the moral treasures of the American people. When asked if he had anything to say, Captain Hale replied: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The scene of his execution was probably an old graveyard in Chambers street, which was then called Barrack street. General Howe formally notified General Washington of his execution. In recent years, through the industry of investigators, the pathos and sublimity of these events have been in part revealed. A few years ago a bronze statue of the young hero was unveiled in the New York City Hall Park. It is greatly to be regretted that our knowledge of this noble martyr is so slight; but we know enough to be sure that he merits the veneration of his countrymen. The man who marries for money merely trades his liberty for a meal ticket. ```markdown ``` Clarion is talking about a new $20,000 hotel. The new Catholic church at Orient has been dedicated. Rural free delivery will be established at West Point the first of July. A heel fly alighted on the tire of D. W. Blaine's automobile in Pratt and punctured it. Of the 106 teachers attending the institute in Neosho county, twenty-seven have red hair. Woodbury county has contracted with tax ferrets to investigate its delinquent taxes. The Chanute band found that it had sufficient surplus breath to blow itself for new uniforms. New machinery is being installed in the canning factory at Waverly and the plant is being enlarged. Convicts in the penitentiary appear to have concluded to let the warden and his deputy run the place. A man in Coolidge advertises that he has fitted up an ice cream parlor in one corner of his blacksmith shop. An Atchison committee is trying to arrange for the presence of the duke of Cornwall at the next corn carnival. Because he purchased a ready made coat instead of having a tailor make it, a Dubuque policewoman was arrested. Things have been at fever heat in Lawrence ever since the University of Kansas conferred those 182 degrees. There are 13,772 Congregationalists in Kansas, and yet New England wonders where all the Yankees have gone. A little boy in Herrington who couldn't wait until July 4, killed his sister a few days ago with a toy pistol. Two horses recently sold by Cyrus Leland were shipped to New York and then sent to Denmark for the royal stables. Blue Rapids has a woman who makes $3 per day as a paper hanger. She can hang twelve double rolls, with border, in eight hours. A Kansas man offers to exchange a mule for a wife, which causes an exchange to remark that some men never know when they are well off. Ex-Mayor S. F. Neeley of Leavenworth has given the contract for the erection of his new $65,000 hotel to ex-Mayor C. A. Fellows of Topeka. A McPherson man is sueing his wife a dressmaker, for divorce, which shows, among other things, that stresses are not always what they seem. The State Agricultural college has issued a booklet devoted to "pruns domestica." Probably it explains how to tell them from the wild or razorback prunes. Mrs. R. A. Baker of Concordia had two husbands and three sons killed in the civil war. Her first husband was killed early in the war and her second served toward the close. Farmer Hales of Jackson county gave a rat killing bee at which 300 rodents and fifteen gallons of ice cream were disposed of. Evidently the guests found it appetizing work. Dogs are not taxable under the Topeka ordinance until they are six weeks old, and the number of large, shaggy, overgrown pups in town is the marvel of the dog catcher. Wind was so brisk in the vicinity of Liberal one day recently that workmen on the Rock Island extension complained that they couldn't hit the spikes with their sledge hammers. A crying baby interrupted one of the speakers at the alumni banquet in Lawrence. The speaker paused and then added: "I will suspend my remarks while the class of 1916 gives its yell." Workmen repairing the roof of the court house at Cimarron found a bushel of cartridges concealed in the garret. They had been hidden there by sharpshooters during the county seat war in Gray county fifteen years ago. James Jenkins of Grant township advertisises in the Pratt County Union that he will pay twenty-five cents each for all bull snakes three feet or over in length. He domesticates them and they keep the premises free from rats and mice. Thirty-one railway conductors have made reports to the state labor commissioner of work and pay for the year. An average run of $3,352 miles per month was made. Their average annual income was $1,071 and their expenses $778. No drafted Kansas soldier ever served in the army of his country. February 15, 1865, a draft actually commenced in Kansas and was continued until March 16, when a peremptory order came from Washington to suspend the draft and release the men who had been conscripted. This order came in response to official protests from Kansas in which the fact was set forth that the state had furnished more troops in proportion to her population than any other state in the Union. Under all the calls from 1861 to 1865 the Kansas quota was 12,832. The actual number of volunteers furnished was 21,806, or 8,875 in excess of her just proportion. On the theory that the Kaw river is navigable it is under the supervision of the federal government and the state fish warden has no jurisdiction along its banks. It is, therefore, permissible to catch any kind of fish in any way at any time—if you can. Accept No Substitute. IT WILL CURE YOU! PE-RU-NA CURES CATARRH OF THE HEAD, THROAT, LUNGS, STOMACH, KIDNEYS, BLADDER, AND FEMALE ORGANS. Levi Morton Seeks Retirement Levi P. Morton is seeking gradual release from business cares. The former governor and vice-president is now 77 years old and he is laying aside business because of his age and because he expects to spend considerab time abroad. He is trustee of several large New York estates and has made application to the surrogate to be relieved from those trusts. An Active Proximate: The Indiana preacher who allowed his boy to fight another urchin to settle a quarrel, was delighted when his boy thrashed the other boy, but when the licked boy's father licked the preacher the good man appealed to a court. Alas for the inconsistencies of human nature!—St. Louis Post Dispatch. Ple Crust for Project Filling In making pie crust for boiled filling, such as for cream pie, thin peach filling, or apple meringue, fill the paste shell, before baking, with flour, to keep the lining in good shape. When baked the flour can be dusted cleanly from the shell, and can be used as browned flour for gravies. Aged Residents of Barra. The Island of Barra is becoming famous for the longevity of its inhabitants. A correspondent gives a list of aged persons who have died quite recently, including Peter Macintosh of Gangston, who was 113 years of age, and Mrs. Murdoch Cameron of Borva, who was 111. Tom L. Johnsons at Home Tom L. 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If you'll kiss me a little bit more, And if I know I can listen, and hear where you are. If you only won't—shut the door. For if I can hear you talking, I think It will make me so sleepy, maybe. That I go to sleep just as quick as a wink. And forget to—to cry like baby. You needn't be laughing, my mamme Whilst 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, mamma; I could surely my promise keep, if you only stay with me just as you are, And kiss me till—I go to sleep. ONE HAPPY DAMS She Got Into Society Through a Chance Hassar. 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-covered recognition by the set to which she for many years had aspired to belong, but into which she had Mithero failed to effect an entree, although she was pretty and attractive, and rich and of a parenage 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 ice that seemed always to keep her at such 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 tide wave of her success little Mrs. S-sailed into the haven where she would be. CENTENARIANS' COMPETITION. A Subscription in Their Bohalf Has 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, 1900, 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 Kall 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, Theirabifibatus" and "De Longiaeus" records that from a census taken at the time of the Emperor Vespasian it resulted that there were in Italy sixive centenarians, but it is enough to open the medical encyclopedia of Oechambre 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. 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 865 tons. Be not deceived by loud advertisements that promise much and accomplish little. 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Oddities in New York Name 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 bustacious 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; windel, teas and spices; Sickman, sh and clams; Wood, building materials—New York Herald. Speed of Ocean Liners In an article in Cassier's Magazine in steam speeds at sea, Mr. Oldham says twenty-five years ago the Atlantic had never been crossed by a screw teamer 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 if the speed, yet, before a third of the next century expires, another increase if 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 East-ern 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 er 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 testimentary 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 foresaid, 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 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. State of Kansas, County of wyandot e, se. In the Probate Court, in and for said County, in the matter of the Estate of Mabala Williams, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Mabala Williams, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorate e, the Probate Court of the County and State afterdates, 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 procured 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 Mabala Williams, deceased. May 28th, 1901. First published May 31, 1901. WESTERN 2012 WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE SHORTFST LINE CROSS THE CONTINENT The Union Pacific 'The Original Overland Route' always was, and is 10-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 restedbed and tully equipped with latest improved Recycling Chair Cars free and Pullman Palace sleeping cars. 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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 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. 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Prices always the LOWEST at our store. Open day and night. Ring night bell. Phone W. 171. Medicines Delivere 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 Cor st St. and Riverview Ave. MARTAKERS * SUPPLIES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL TIMES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AVE. Rooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Cor st St. and Riverview Ave. NITY. WE LET YOUR PATROLLES, MARTIN & DEALERS IN- and Staple Grocery SEED AND SALT MEAT Cigars. All kinds of Country Produce in any part of the city. and Oakland Ave., Kansas UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLIES FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDER Undertaking Knooms, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone West 32. 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 Line, 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 curves Cancers and Tumors. Used with perfect safety; harmless, soothing, non-irritating. We prefer to have patients come to the Sanitarium for a course of treatment. We treat them on our Sanitarium need. Page still curred. Write to-day for our 36 page book. We provide much praise. Interviews with hundreds of testimonials from patients we have cured of cancer. Sent free. Consultation by mail or in person, free. Address. DR. H. MCCLEARY, MANAGER, A. B. MCCLEARY, MANAGER, Rooms 6 to 11, N. E. Cor. roth & Tain Sts., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. --- KANSAS CITY TRUST MONEY SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, Glass and Wall Paper Prescription the LOWEST at our store. Open day Phone W. 171. Medicines Delivere YMOND. SUPPLEIS ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HOURS ANCE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDER ave. Telephone West 32. and Riverview Ave. Telephone 28 KANSAS. E R PATRONAGE. RTIN&CO. RS IN- ple Groceries, SALT MEATS. Country Produce in season. Goods Kansas City, Kas Secure Tickets VIA THE.... Chicago, Milwaukaa & St. Paul Ry AND YOU GET. Sleepers: & Ghair Cars ...TO... CH1CAGO and all intermedate points The shortest quickest and bes tine to Chilocothe, Otumwa, Cedar Rapids, Dubnue, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freeport: ...Pessenger Station at.... 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable City Ticket Office, 915 Main street, Ridge Building A. B. ERIL GFS Gen'l. Southweste Agent F. J. LERCHPassenger Agent. Office 915Main St., Kansas Cit Wonder why some people kick so rd when the ball is told. ..HARTONA.. Preparations for the Hair! atchless and Positively ening all Kinky, Matchless and Positively Unequaled for Straightening all Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, Misful. Makes the hair grow on bare ing out of the hair, itching, and a life and lustre, and the hair stays the hair down with grease. Children's hair just the same as we have placed it on sale in 25c. At the Hartona remedies. Remember otherwise. All our remedies are years 1892 and 1900. We refer years 1892 and to the editor of this paper. City and town in the United States did living, with easy and please hundred genuine testimonials in y ough? FACE • WAKE on five or six shades lighter, and w ual use of the face wash. One b blackheads, freckles, and all blen Full directions with each bottle of the United States on receipt . Thousands of delighted patr are not perfectly satisfied and deli no matter if you are employed or NO-SMEL body; cures sore and aching feet, o disagreeable odors caused by pers Address all orders to ANA REMEDY CO., 909 E. AND OFFER. three large boxes of Hartona Smell. Good will be sent secure plainly. Money can be sent by p 9 E. Main St., A. C. L. C IS HEADQ THE CHEAP The Best Goods, the Quickest and the pro GET THE COAL, WOOD, FEED, Wholesale and Retail. Offiee 433 Yard and Storage 917 and 919 N EAG Gem Dru MINNESOTA DRUGS, MEDIC Fine Toilet Soaps, Brus PERFUMERY AND FAN MERRIAM, EL Fire Insurance WYANDOTT Northeast Corner Fifth KANSAS CITY. DR. HEN 101 & 103 West 9th St., Kau The Old Reliable Doctor, Old A Regular Graduate in Med Practice.--22 Yea Authorized by the state to Cures guaranteed or injured me no mercury or injurious me ments at a distance treated by free from gaze or breakage. Charges low, Over 60,000 case Consultation free and confide THE CHEAPEST PRICES COAL, WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, AND BUILDIN 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 WYANDOTTE BUILDING. Northeast Corner Fifth and Minnesota Ave., KANSAS CITY. KANSAS Authorized by the state to state guaranteed or money reimbursed—no mercury or injurious mea- cures or treatment by free from gase or breakage Charges low. Over 60,000 case Consultation free and confide Seminal Weakness and Sexual Debtiness, the results folly and excesses—causing losses by painful or with urine, pimples and biotches on the cures of burns to the head, pains in back, pain in the throat, baskiness, aversion to society, loss of sexual power, loss of manhood, etc., cured for life, compulsive behavior, lost sexual power, nerve and brain power, large and strengthen weak parts and make you fit for marriage. It terrible disease, in Syphilis, its forms and stages, cured for life. Blood Poisoning, Skin Diseases, Disease of corneohea and Gleet, and all forms of FPN diseases, positively cured or money refunded. Stricture radically cured without the use of instruments. A New and Infallible Home Treatment. No The Citizen Better keep you PILES! All diseases of the rectum treated on a patient is cured. Send for free 104 page book, estimonial letters, valuable to anyone affect The Citizen is in the Push. Better keep your Eyes open... PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. All diseases of the rottum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no money accepted until patient is cured. Send for free 100 page book, a treaties on rectal diseases, and hundreds of testimonial letters, valuable to anyone affected. Also our 40 page book for women, both sent free. Address, Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, 10th & Calh. Sts. Kansas City, Mo. The Original and Only Hartona. and Positively Unequaled for g all Kinky, Knotty, Stub Harsh, Curly Hair. The Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits and the promptest deliveries. MERRIAM, ELLIS &BENTON 101 & 103 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. (Opposite New York Life Bldg.) The Old Reliable Doctor. Oldest in Age and Longest Located. A Regular Graduate in Medicine. Over 27 Years Special Practice.--22 Years in Kansas City. Authorized by the state to treat Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Cured with the latest medicines. No medicines furnished ready for use. —no mercury or injurious medicines used. No patients at a distance treated by mail and express. Medicines sent every week. —No medicines sent. No medicines sent. No D., only by agreement. Charges free. Over 60,000. State and City send for terms. Consultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. Citizen is in the or keep your Eyes open LES NO MORE TILL CUR of the rectum treated on a positive Guarantee, and no mon- bend for free 104 page book: a treaties on rectal diseases, or valuable to anyone affected. Also our 48 page book for Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kanz Unequaled for Straigh Knotty, Stubborn, and thin places. Restores GRAY scalp diseases. Hartona does not need and grows naturally beautiful and your Hartona is positively harmless—one adult. To meet the popular and 50c. sizes, in our special round ear, we handle no fake goods, and your trade-marked, registered and copy you, as to our responsibility, to the sales. Write to us to-day, no matter what work, and no risk of losing your own State of people who have SH. will burn the skin of a mulatto per little does the work. ishes of the skin. You can regu of price, 50c. per bottle; secure us send us testimonials every year. Righted with the Hartona remedies not, and we will show you how to LL. cafed limbs, etc. orientation of the feet, arm-pits, etc. Main St., Richmond, Va. Hair-Grower and Straightener, two yea sealed from observation. post-office money order, or enclose Richmond, Va. COA CO. STARTERS FOR— BEST PRICES at Sales, the Smallest Profits mptest deliveries. OUR PRICES ON FLOUR, AND BUILDING STONE, Minnesota Ave. Tel. 152 West 3rd St. E F HENDERSON Manager ERS Bug Store AVENUE CALLER IN LINES, CHEMICALS. ches, Combs, Etc. Y TOILET ARTICLES. LIS & BENTON e, Real Estate BUILDING, th and Minnesota Ave., KANSA DERSON. Kansas City, Mo. (Opposite New York Life Bldg) in Age and Longest Located. Since, Over 27 Years Special in Kansas City. Great Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Funded. All medicines furnished ready for use. No detention from business. Mail and express Medicines sent every where medicines sen. 9. D. only be agreement. Stake your seas and send for terms. pain and no exposure. No castsies, cutting bouches or seams of wound. Deduction from blood, wound, or surgery. Cure guaranteed or money refunded. Send stamp for book, which may explain this disease. Varicocelle — serotum — causing peri- vous debility, weakness of the sexual system, etc. permanently cured without pain. Hydrocele — cured without pain. Phimosis — days without pain. Book for both sexes, 66 pages, 27 prescriptions true to life, with fur description of true diseases, cure, sent, cure seals in plain paper for six cents in stamps. Free Museum of Anatomy for men. A serum without words. as in the Push. or Eyes open.. NO MONEY TILL CURED. active Guarantee, and no money accepted until treaties on rectal diseases, and hundreds of DR, 10th & Oak Sts., Kansas City, Mo.