The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country The Inter-State An Institution Worthy The Consideration And Patronage of The Race. Among the notable Negro Institutions of Kansas City, Kansas, that should appeal to every negro - stands a most exalted example of the determined unification of a few the Masonic and Odd fellows hall, more familiarly known as the M. & O. Hall. A magnificent two story structure, 100 feet long, over 40 feet wide near the corner of 8th and Washington ave. We have long contended that cooperation among the race was the greatest lever towards lifting it to a higher plain. When the race can be educated up to the realization of the untold benefits to be accrued by coming 40-gether like men, in building business institut ion an the conducting of the same. Above business principles then we can indeed remark there is right structure was built in 1886, and immediately filled a long felt want and enjoyed immense popularity, as a place where in the social functions of the race could be held with the assurance that you would be treated right. This institution like the major portion of nego enterprises has been sufficiently "knocked" by that class of individuals who never undertake the building of any landable enterprise, but stand ready to discourage all other in the successful consummation of any thing undertaken. It can be truthfully said there is no where in the two cities a more commendable institution one of which not alone members should be proud but the race in general. In this establishment is held the grand Lodge session of various secret fraternities. The auditorium on the first floor is used for public affair while the 2nd, floor is divided in two Lodge Halls. The hall is under the supervision of the M. & O. Association of which Mr. Hugh Dwiggins, president. H. G.Dwiggins, see't, Wm. Gamble, treasurer. W. A. Butler, gen'l mgr. Squire Lee as't, see'y en board of trastees. I. F. Bradley, R. C. Clark. R. Sandmers, J. W. Smith. TRUE. The colored people need unity. They need more faith in each other. They need more race pride. They need to stand up for the cause of each other more. Stop! Do you not see the danger signal? You are going to far from the road that leads to race unity and race elevation. Searchlight. BE YOUR OWN BOSS. "There is no fun in working for others when you are able to set up in business on your own account," said Andrew Carnegie in a recent interview. Always try to become your own master; that is my advice to every young man starting in life. Don't remain a servant all your days if you can help it." DO SOMETHING. If you want to get along in this world and have a reasonable show for the other, do something. Talk is cheap. Precept is good in its place, but even a cold biscuit an a slice of ham is much better for a disheated and hungry man than a moral lecture an hour long. The good book does not say "talk unto others, as you would have them talk unto you," but "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Hopkins County Echo. WHO WILL DO IT? It has been said that no roe can rise higher than its women. If this be true, the women of our race have much to do in making this race of ours just what it would be. There lies before them - no small tasks, first to improve themselves and then to do all it power to improve those who are to come after them. In proportion as the women of the race are respected by the men of the race in the same proportion will the men of the other race respect them. It is asking a great deal of an opposite race to respect our women when the men of four race do not respect them. Let us insist that every man shall accord to respect that is due us. And then let us respect ourselves. This we should say is the first and greatest command in. let each and every woman that reads these pages start out this year, first by respecting herself, and second by demanding respect from every other person. By doing this one of the first steps to greatness in the race will have been taken. Teach the boys in the home proper respect for the female in that house, and then when they meet others on the outside that respect will be shown in no unmistakable manner. * Jennie June in AfroAmerican. Booker T. Washington was recently offered $1000 per week for as many weeks as he would accept to lecture under turau. Owig to the abso birg character of the work at Tuskegee he has b en compiled to decline the offer. Have you seen little gnat. The gold watch craze is still on in the Sea Foam block. A good many wives would like to know a little prenology. He is the leader of the Wyandotte Black Strutters. I thought of returning to Omaha, but I believe I will stay. She certainly wants to be the leading lady. There is much speculation where she now is. Have you seen Williams and Walkers well the whole town has. She still eats her chile, but he never smiles as she passes by. And he is certainly sporting high-poor boy wonder how long he has to live. There is too much realism in "Out on the world" it will not be produced again. "Out on the world" really did put out some for true—poor humanity—what fools ye mortals be. The They Say man was sick last week and a few thought he would croak—but he still lives. But if they didn't kill it Sunday at Williams & Walkers you can come to us and get your money. We passed on the thoroughfare recently, two public school teachers and they were singing "Every coon had a Ragland on"—quite complimentary we thought to the calling of the two for in Kansas City, Kansas, colored society, "teachers" hold the banner. She lives in the popular block and $ \theta $ course are popular people, naturally they must have pop'ar w'as—so the cangues sometime—and they say—its nobody business.—Ha! Ha! If everybody had the same mind about everything else well—ha! ha! ha!—what a funny old world anyhow. Do we all look brought the same mirror. He was handling the lines like a sure winner at the Horse show as he passed, she smiled—is it he'ye—the driver at No. 5 the reply he's married further talk was cut out. PA SAYS: It is easy to be good—for nothing. Adversity is the emery wheel of the soul. "The devil always pays his dues." Do you? A little Christianity is a dangerous thing—for others. If you do not fear yourself, you need not be afraid of others. Adam should have been a happy man. He had no mother-in-law. "Truth is stranger than fiction" because it doesn't happen so often. It is better to know everything about something than something about everything. Count no man your friend until he has been tempered in the fire of your adversity. If we saw ourselves as others see us, the demand for looking-glasses would fall off considerably. He who clears the path of education even if it be only by removing a pelle, is greater than a king. A man's success in life depends as much upon knowing what he does not know upon knowing what he does know. Be natural. Even an ass does not prete d to be a horse. Neither does a dude prete d to be an ass—he don't have to. We holler "free speech" when we want to talk or selves, but when it's the other fellow—well, that's a differ-ferent matter. A loater will spend a day trying to invent some way to churn in a rocking chair, but he won't work the dasher for fifteen minutes. "All things come to him who waits" on himself—E. K. S. in Metropolitan Magazine. An advertisement of a society very aptly fits Humanity in the following: Into each life, There comes a day A time in life, When the Doctor appears, The time when money, Is needed not tears. The time when the drug-store, Is your daily resort, And your dollars and dimes Are the needed support. When this time comes, If you have not in store, In some bank an account, Of a hundred or more. You will suffer the headache, The grief and despair. The Teachers of Dnuglass school pres-sented their janitor M. Moton Graves a nice teacher in New Yorks present. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, Our Third Anniversary Sale Three years ago to-morrow we started in business at 435 Minnesota. You all know what a forsaken part of the street 435 was, and how small a stock we had. But you also know that we sold goods down there, too. Prices are what did it. From a room full of empty boxes (to fill the shelves) we have built up to our present size—and we have just started. To celebrate our rapid growth we are going to have a two weeks' sale and start it going with prices like this. For Tuesday only we will sell in limited quantities: BENNETT & CO 609 MINNESOTA AVE. From 8 till 12 a. m. Big lot fancy Calice, worth the world over 5cts. yd..... Ladies' Cream or Gray Vest or Pants, 25 c ones.... 3 tables Ladies' Trimmed Hats, worth 98c and $1. 50, choice of lot 29c 4 tables 25c Belts, choice of lot for..... 7c Big lot Quilt pieces, samples of calico on cards. 151c BENNET 609 MINNE TALES OF TWO CITIES Ruth Griffith of 110 Lefayette St made our office a pleasant call last Monday. Miss Minnie Hines of Lawrence, Kas. is the guest of Mrs. Sylvia Robinson of the popular block. Half of the colored population in the two cities have and are attending Williams and Waler. Prof. Tom Collins of the popular block is teaching in Argentine, Prof. Bufkins the former teacher in that city is filling a vacancy in Leavenworth school. Mrs. Eliza Hall of 208 Troup is up again after a serious illness. Mrs. Lula Johson of N. 3rd st. is seriously ill. Miss Mamie Holland of Lawrence, Kas. who spent the holidays in the city, the guest of Mrs. S. Robinson of the popular block, returned home this week. The Orphans Home were the recipient of a car load of coal from a Democratic mayor and partially democratic council, this week. Mr. D. Fields of K. C. Mo. spent last Tuesday in this city, the guest of Mrs. S. Jacob of 250 Troope ave. Mrs. M. D Marshall of K. C. was in the city on last Wednesday and made our office a pleasant call: Mr. Wm. McDonold one of our efficient police officers who has been sick for several days is improving. Not To Be Forgotten The Alpha Court No. 15 met in their lodge room on Jan. Ist. and theirs was a glorious meeting and a memorial occasion. Peace and harmony spreaded forth their wings and under the protecting shadows of the same all went well, Venerable Father Organ Davis was given a handsome suit of clothes, and Mrs. Molie Williams, M. A. M. a beautiful set of dishes. NOTICE. An informal meeting of the Fred Douglass Memorial Association, will be held Sunday afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock at the Metropolitan church, all lovers of the name of that grand hero should take part in this meeting. A most enjoyable reception was given New Year's evening at the residence of Mrs. Cora Phenix, by the Alpha Art Club. The ladies of the club had their art work on exhibition, a pleasant time was had by about seventy guest until a late hour. D. B. Mobiley,Cor. See't. The Free Will Baptist will give a supper at their church between 10 and 11th on Jan. 11 1902. Come one come all and have a nice time, the Blue Cap Club is giving it. C. R. Smith, Pastor Form 1 till 6 p. m. Men's heavy 50c flicece lined Undershirts, any size.... 25c Men's 25c Cotton Underwear, heavy 15c blue stripe, each.. Ladies' Shoes assorted lot of 98c ones, at, pair..... 69c Big lot Beauty Rings each with heart, 10c ring for..... 1c 5c Cotton plaids, assorted colors, your choice, yard..... 3c T & CO. SOTA AVE. Good New Year Resolutions. Resolve not to spend all you make. Resolve to embark in business. Resolve to learn to read and write. —Guide. Fifty-seventh Congress has not a single negro member, and the prospects of any negro being elected to Congress in the next future seem darker than they have been at any time in the last third of a century. With the exception of a brief period, from 1887 to 1889, this is the first session of Congress in 32 years without one or more colored men as members. HERE YOU ARE The best place in town to have your boots and shoes repaired. Mr. D. A. Wynne the old reliable boot and shoe maker, has re-opened at 1110 N. 5th St. where he invites all his old customers and new ones as well. His reputation is so well established that he needs no elaborate introduction. When wanting anything done in his line don't fail to give him a call. Agent Wanted. WANTED Traveling and resident Salesmen to sell our Roasted Package Coffee exclusive or as a side line on big, Commission this is a good opportunity for good Salesmen. Address, Thos. M. McBee &, Co., Mansfield, Ohio. Publication Notice. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County Kansas. Elizabeth Hendricks, plaintiff, vs. H. D. Simmons Defendant. To the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, and that un- less you appear and answer on or before the 20th day of February 1902, the petition will be taken as true and a Judgment rendered the nature of which will be judgment for the sum of fifty dollars, on an account, and for costs of suit. I. F. Bradley, Attorney for Plaintiff. But though there can be no emancipation from marriage, this is not saying that there be emancipation in marriage says William M. Slater in the January Atlantic. Marriage is not necessary a one-sided contract, in which the wo man agrees to obey and to serve. To consent to make one's self another's subject or servant is unworthy of a human being, even if done freely. In law we do not allow one person to sell himself into a swerve to another; the contract is null and void. There is no reasons in morals why a woman should put herself at the beck and call of a man. Any true marriage is a relation of equals—it is a relation in which the freedom of each is respected by the other: it is a relation of muta service, in which force is never used in which command is never heard. If the wife is obliged to submit to her husband, that is barbarism, no matter who, what it, what bible, what law sanctions it. Authority may be excused over children, it may be justified in the sage, but to the exent it is exercised between partners in the marriage relation, the beauty, the sacredness of the relation is gone. New Years Maxims Don't worry. Don't hurry. "Too swift arrives as tardily as too slow." Sleep and rest abundantly. Spend less nervous energy each day than you make. Be cheerful. "A light heart lives long." Think only healthful thoughts. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is." Seek peace and persuite. "Work like a man but don't be worked to death." Avoid passion and excitement; a moment's anger may be fatal. Don't carry the whole world on your shoulders, for less the universe. "Never despair; lost hope in a fatal disease."—Christian work. TOPEKA. Mrs. Simpson the mother of Mrs. Maggie Brown died Saturday at four fifteen and was buried Monday afternoon from Lane Chaple C. M. E. Church. Mrs. Louissa Matheney a prominent past grand officer of the F. G. I. B. Society of Kans. was turned from the Slohob Baptist church, New Years day. Miss Dora P. Cresgar of Chicago is home visiting her sister Mrs. B. Pope, Mrs. J. Wright entertained quite a few young friends Tuesday eve, in honor of Miss. Eliza Hunter of Pomono Kansas, the evening was spent very pleasant at, games and dancing. Mrs. A. M. Wad entertained the Golden Rod Club Friday eve. Ms. L. M. Jamison entered at a Thimble Party last Tuesday afternoon. Imperial Art Club recieved New Year's day at Guys Hall on Kans. Are, Hours from two o, clock to eleven Pu, Mr. and Mrs H. G. Comer are the parents of a fine boy who came Dec. 29 1911. 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TRADE-MARK.1 BUTTON LIFE HARTONA AFTER USING A race riot or something very like it raged for nearly an hour yesterday afternoon in "Carmelsville," as West 130th street between Broadway and Manhattan street is called, and as a result four white men went to the hospital instead of having their Christmas fun and 21 negroes were arrested. One of the white men is to be mortally injured. For half an hour at the scene of the riot the air was full of stones, bricks and other missiles. The police say that the Negroes fired thirty shots. Only one white man was hit. For several years the Carmelsville tenements have been occupied principally by Negroes, but this was the first serious trouble of the sort that has occurred there. Like the race riots in Hell's Kitchen of two years ago it prew out of a small beginning. The police had been expecting it, they say, and the celerity with which the row was stopped made Inspector Kane praise with some warmth the bluecoat of Capt. Hogan's West 125th street station. According to what the police could learn some small white boys were amusing themselves in 130th st. near Broadway at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon by following and annoying an old Negro whose Christmas cheer had made his gait unsteady. Three Irish, according to the police version of the trouble, were walking through the street. They were John Garraty of 2340 Old Broadway, John McHale of 1464 Amsterdam ave, and Nicholas Mahar of 3290 Broadway. These three men did something to the Negro—just what the police didn't learn. Garraty, McHale,and Mahar say they took the Negro's side and tried to stop the boys from annoying him. The Negroes who live in the neighborhood say that the three not only egged the boys on, but took a hand in badgering the old man. At any rate, there was trouble immediately. A crowd of Negroes swarmed out of the low and high tenements and with a roar closed in on the whites. A brick hit Garr; t on the back of his head and he went down like a log and lay senescent until the police got there. McHale and Maher stood their ground, probably because they couldn't very well get away and call for help. Twenty white men answered their call, but these were a hundred Negroes against them. Then the missiles began to fly. Next some of the Negroes who had revolvers began firing. Most of the shooting, according to the police, was done by Burley May, Wallace Bird and Jacob Davis, all Negroes. One bullet hit Maher in the back, piercing his kidneys. He fell and then a Negro shashed McHale's face with a razor until the skin hung in ribbons. Meanwhile somebody had gone to the West 125th st. police station and bad told Sergent Crowley what was going on. Luckily, a reserve section of twelve men was in the back room and these were sent to the riot on a double quick, under command of Roundns McGloin. But several policemen from posts nearby had got there before the reserves and at the first sight of the bluecoats and brass buttons, the Negroes scurried to cover. Most of them fled to the roofs of the houses, and from these points sailed down bricks which they ripped from the chimneys. The police brought down under arrest every Negro they could find on the roofs. They took 18 prisoners in all then. A AFTER OLDSING MARTONA AFTER USING HARTONA TRADE-MARK. BEFORE USING HARTONA JANUARY 10 1902 dozen of them were started to the station with policeman Collins and another blue coat. On the way one big Negro seized a balesstick and aimed a blow at Collins which would have mashed his skull as easily as a ripe pumpkin if it had landed where he aimed it. It didn't hit Collins' head because John Whalen, a stableman 70 years old, grabbed at the stick. Collins' arm was badly bruised as it was, and a second later somebody hit old Whalen on the head with a brick. Other policemen came to the aid of Collins and his partner and stopped the disturbance. Two ambulances were called and Maher, Gerraty and Whalen were taken to the J. Hood Wright Hospital. The Negroes, Burley May and Wallace Bird, were captured. Both had revolvers with the chamber empty. Davis the Neho is supposed to have done some of the shooting with them, got away for the time. The police say that May ann Bird are pretty tough citizens.Late last night Detectives Connelly and Nell arrested Davis, John P. Perry and John Bolden, all Negroes. Either Davis or May, they said then, fired the shot that wounded Maher. A feature of the work of the police was the fact that none of the 18 Negro prisoners who were locked up bore any signs of having been clubbed. What happened to other Negroes who got away is not known. It is said that several of them had been injured before the police got to the riot. Several white men who were hurt were taken away by friends. One Negro who fled at the arrival of the police ran into P. B. Mayer's drug store 130th st. and Amsterdam ave. with a crowd of white men at his heels. Mayes closed his front door in the faces of the persuaders and smuggled the Negro out by a back door. At 9 o'clock last night Maher's condition was so serious that a coroner was called to take his ante-mortem statement. A GENFROUS GIFT. Mr. Schwab hands out $1,500 for the poor a request for money to purchase Christmas present Mr. M. Schwab President of the stee trust, is a buisy man these days, but he took enough to pay Santa Clause. When comming out of the industrial conference with a friend he was met by a representative of the Evening Journal Christmas tree fund, who asked him for something to buy presents for the poor. without pausing in his conversation with his friend, Mr. enwab pulled out his pocket bill and thrust a $1,000 bill into the newspaper man's hands. Then he added to it a $500 bill and passed along with little more then a word. "I am very glad to do this," said Mr. Schwao with a smile. "I am glad to this contribution. It is worthy cause, indeed. I would like to see every child in the world happy on Christmas day, and I want to do what little I can do to make them so." The mat er was brought to Mr. Schwaab's attention as he was descending to the street in the elevator at 203 Broadway, where the big laber conference has been in session. Mr. Schwaab took a bulging yellow pocket book from the inside pocket of his coat. Taking out a package of his bible, he removed two. The first was a yellow $1,000 bill and the second a $500 bill of the same kind. Hauling two bills to the Evening Journal reporter, Mr. Schwaab repeated: "Yes, I'm glad to do it—very glad." Mr Schwab took up the thread of his conversation with Mr. Moore and proceeded to lunch with as much nonchance as though he had given a paucer to a street urchin. Sixteen reporters who were waiting to get the result of the industrial conference nearly fainted at the sight of the money. schools in Same There are 200 private schools on the islands. The twenty buildings on the 300 acres of the Malua Training institution, which is twenty miles from Apla, were all erected by the students, under the direction of their teachers. Fifty acres of the property has been cultivated, and 900 cocoanut and 1,200 bread-fruit trees have been set out. The food supply for the institution is obtained from the neighboring waters, which abound in fish. Each student cultivates a garden and raises sugar tane, yums, bananas and taro. 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. "What is the chief food of the people of India?" asked a teacher in a London school the other day. "Famine" promptly answered a little girl, who had apparently been reading the papers. ARE YOU DEAF? ANY HEAD NOISES? **Gentlemen:**—Being entirely cured of deafness, thanks to your treatment, I will now give you about five years ago my right ear ear to sing, and this kept on getting worse, until I lost my hearing in this car entirely. I will be in catarh, for three months, without any success, consulted a number of physicians, among others, the most eminent ear specialist of this city, who told me that only an operation could help me, and even that only temporarily, that the head noises would take place. Then I saw your advertisement accidently in a New York paper, and ordered your treatment. After I had used it only a few days according to your directive the noises ceased, and I then saw your advertisement clearly describing your heartily and beg to remain. Very truly yours. Our treatment does not interfere with your usual occupation. Examination and YOU CAN CURE YOURSELF AT HOME at a nominal advice free. INTERNATIONAL AURAL CLINIC, 596 LA SALLE AVE., CHICAGO—ILL. American Citizen Publishing and Printing Co. VERY WEEK at 417 MINNESOTA AVE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Telephone "375 Blue" wily ono year..... $1 00 entered at the post office at Kansas City Kansas and second class matter. Read The Citizen. Pattil has two wonderful parrots, one of whom talks all day long, and imitates its mistress' trills and staccati in an amazing fashion, and who (believe me, for I have heard him) can even compose the most elaborate melodies, says a correspondent. The other parrot—Jumbo by name—is an oddity. Pattil bought him for $200 in New York, where he was reputed to be the finest talking parrot alive. Once in her possession he became dumb. In vain they tried to coax him to converse. Months went by until one morning the prima donna woke with a bad sore throat. "Send for the doctor," she cried, "for I have to sing tonight!" The doctor duly arrived. As he entered the room the parrot uttered his first and last words. "Oh! doctor," he exclaimed, in a strong Yankee accent. "I'm so sick!" And since that day, now several years ago, he has not uttered a word—Baltimore News. Favorite Perfumes A great many well-known men and women have been fond of different scents, as is historically known, but it is hard to say how far their characters fit in with this new idea. For instance, Nero loved the scent of roses, whether distilled or from the freshly cut flowers; Louis XIV, delighted in the perfume of orange flowers; while Richeleu liked a different scent in each of the rooms; the Empress Josephine soaked her things in musk; and Napoleon is said to have emptied a whole bottle of eau-de-Cologne over his clothes when he was dressed; Victor Hugo rejoiced in wild flowers; Alexander Dumas loved the flowering myrtle, and Charles Dickens adored white jasmine. ARE YOU DEAF? ALL CAN DEAFNESS OR I ARE NOW by our new invention. Only I HEAD NOISES CEAN F. WERMAN, F. A. Gentlemen: — Being entirely cured of deafness a full history of my case, to be used at your discretion. About five years ago my right ear began to my hearing in this ear entirely. Underwent a treatment for catarrh, for three ber of physicians, among others, the most eminent one could help me, and then the second, the hearing in the affected ear was then. After I had used it only a few days acco- to-day, after five weeks, my hearing in the diseased heartily and begged to remain F. A. Our treatment does not interfere with advice free. INTERNATIONAL AURAL CLINIC, 5 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 gell." Workmen repairing the roof of the court house at Cimarron found a bushes of cartridges concealed in the garrow. They had been hidden there by sharp shooters during the county seat war in Gray county fifteen years ago. James Jenkins of Grant township advertises 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 3,353 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 ash 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. At the twenty-ninth commencement of the University of Kansas degrees were granted to 167. The graduates from the School of Arts numbered 1132. TIME KILLING IN $OOIETY. Typical Modern House Party on a Scottish Estate. I am sure our house party must be a success. The royalty, it is true, is an obscure scion of a German family, and his name looks more imposing in print than the owner does at breakfast. However, that is a detail. The fact remaining that we are a typical modern house party, sumptuously lodged and fed by a typical modern millionaire. Everything in the house is luxurious. The morning tea is served up on priceless Sevres; we awake to the strains of the baggies; the breakfast table is laden with every delicacy; at lunch, when we join the shooters, a hot meal appears miraculously on the heather; the finest moor, the best deer forest, and a magnificent salmon river all appear to be at hand. Carlton has brought down seven stags to his own rife in four days, and landed, according to the gillee's account, the biggest fish of the century, and I am the proudest of wives. In the evening, between tea and dinner, our host touches a bell and an organist appears, who plays in the twilight on the beautiful organ in the hall; and after dinner a violinist (also kept on the premises) makes the most divine music in the drawing room. For our host is a patron of the arts, and to what more delightful use can money be put than that of encouraging talent and being able to gratify one's taste for it in one's own house? The Grand Duke snores throughout the performance; the cabinet minister keeps time with his foot, and at the close of the "Kreutzer Sonata" asks for Scottish alts. The celebrated beauties make hero onlaysons on the eligible parts, who show distinct signs of following the Grand Duke's example. Mr. Veynor announces that the music is "too clear," and the generality of escape upstairs to each other's sitting-room for a final game of bridge. Such is life.-London Outlook. ```markdown ``` LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL has gone to Chicago to get rid of the morphine habit. Philadelphia might have been a better place, but if Lord Randolph will frequent the Chicago stock yards he may be able to go to sleep without narcotics. It is understood that most of the scientists in New York are now struggling with the problem involved in constructing a thermometer which will be able to register the local temperature adequate and still be of portable size. Boer Horses Well Trained. The Boer horses are remarkably well-trained animals, and when the Transvalers desire to form an ambush or firing line, their horses are taught to remain stationary as soon as they feel the reins dropped over their necks ANY HEAD NOISES? USES OF HARD HEARING CURABLE those born deaf are incurable. USE IMMEDIATELY. BALTIMORE, SAYS: BALTIMORE, Md. March 30, 1907. ss, thanks to your treatment, I will now give you action. sing, and this kept on getting worse, until I lost se months, without any success, consulted a num- ment ear specialist of this city, who told me that at only temporarily, that the head noises would would be lost forever. in New York paper, and ordered your treat- ording to your directions, the noises ceased, and used ear has been entirely restored. I thank you very much. WERMAN, 730 S. Broadway, Baltimore, Md. live with your usual occupation. MURSELF AT HOME at a nominal 696 LA SALLE AVE., CHICAGO-ILL. Gounod's lost Opera Few people are aware that Goundon once, in a moment of anger, tore up the manuscript of an opera he had composed, and, though he afterwards repented of his action, he was quite unable to recall its melodies. Goundon's opera "Faust" was nearly lost to the world by the religious scrunches of the great composer. About the time he wrote it he determined henceforth only to write sacred music, but, happily for posterity, he thought better of his resolution. Rare Old Bible Found A wonderful old Bible has just been discovered in Venice, the fortunate finder being Leo S. Olschki, a well-known antiquarian of Florence. It is in five large volumes, and was printeed in Rome in the printing house of Don Pietro Massimo in 1471 and 1472. Soon after it came from the press it was purchased by a patrician family of Venice, and it was in the archives of this family that Olschki discove it A Crag's Novel Visiting Card A Carry Card Writing Card A from the Ladies' Home Journal: The Russians tell a story of the late Czar Alexander III. that upon the rare occasions when it was incumbent upon him to pay a call he would take a gold coin bearing his "image and superscription" and twisting it between thumb and finger leave it in lieu of card—the only man in Russia who had strength for the feat. American Bottles the Best American bottles are preferred to all others for the export trade, and especially in warm climates where American and English goods come into close competition. American glass is said to stand tropical climates better than the English, the reason being that it is better annealed. Transvaal Minerals. The Transvaal is the richest country in the world so far as minerals are concerned. In 1877 England annexed the Transvaal, but evacuated it in 1881. In 1848 England conquered and annexed the Orange Free State, but evacuated it six years later. The Kansas City Stock Yard Cover 100 acres of ground and are the most modern and convenient of any in the world. They are located near the wholesale district of the city, easily accessible to the business and residence portion housing a variety of within sight, blocks of, the Union, closest Kansas city is the largest stocker and eeder Marke t in the world, while it is the chief packing center of the middle west, INCLUDING HOUSES OF Armour packing company, swift and company, schwarzschild and sulzberger co, Jacob bold packing company, george fowler, son & company, limited, cudahy packing company, ruddy bros, packing company, etc. And a full line of buyers for both domestic and export trade. All railroads centering at Kansas City have direct rail connection with the Kansas City Stock Yards. The Kansas city stock Yards Offers more advantages as a market than any like institution in the country. C. F. MORSE, E. E. RICHARDSON, H. P. CHILD, EUGENZ RUST, V. P. & G. MGR, sec. & treas, asst. G. Mgr, traffic mgr. DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc., PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. The Citizen is in the Push. Better keep your Eyes open. 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 PATRONIZE The Wyandotte Drug Store And the best of every thing in Paints, Glass and Wall Paper Prescriptions carefully compounded. Prices always the LOWEST at our store. Open day and night. Ring night bell. Phone W. 171. Medicines Delivered. W. B. RAYMOND UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLIES HARTONA makes the hair grow long, straight, beautiful, soft, and glossy. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, Itching, Eczema, and all Scalp Diseases. 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Send us One Dollar and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER, two large bottles of HARTONA FACE BLEACH, and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMELL, which removes all disagreeable odors caused by Perspiration of the Feet, Arm-Pits, &c. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express office address very plainly. Money can be sent in Stamps or by Post-Office Money Order, or enclosed in Registered Letter or by Express. BEFORE USING HARTONA HARTON, and glossey. Scalp Disease ture Baldness. KINKIEST H receipt of purchase HARTON black or dark skin of a m BLEACH rem heads, and 4 harmless, S. per bottle. Hartona is positively us, and we w one hundred using Hartona SPECIAL we will send AND STRAIN BLEACH, and removes all d Arm-Pits, &. Goods wi your name a Money can h enclosed in B Address TRADE-MARK. AFTER USING NARTONA INCLUDING HOUSES OF bringing company, swift and company, sulzberger co, Jacob bold packing er, son & company, Limited, cud, uddy Bros, packing company, ete- line of buyers for both domestic and export trad- ing at Kansas City have direct rail connect- ing at Yankees City have direct rail connect- ing at Yankees City stock Yards Offers more ad- van any like institution in the con- tinent. E. E. RICHARDSON. H. P. CHILD. sec. & Treas. Asst. G. Mgr. EAGERS in Drug St. MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMIC at Soaps, Brushes, Combs, B BREY AND FANCY TOILET ART Citizen is in the keep your Eyes op WE IT YOUR PATRO ES, MARTIN & —DEALERS IN— and Staple Gro SEED AND SALT MEAT Cigars. All kinds of Country Produce in Part of the city. and Oakland Ave, Kansas PATRONIZE Vyandotte Drug 1512 North Fifth Street, PUREST DKUGS AND CH every thing in Paints, Glass and Wall Paper ended. Prices always the LOWEST at our st night bell. Phone W. 171. Medicin B. RAYMO Manufacturer of and Wholesale dealer in HARTAKERS * SURPRISES CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SICK AVE. Homes, 431 Minnesota ave. Telephone W Factory Cor st St. and Riverview Ave. HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS —ALL— Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, Harsh, Curly Hair. HARTONA makes the hair grow long, straight, beard, Cures Dandruff, Baldness, Itching, Eczema. Prevents Falling Out of the Hair and HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS HAIR. Guaranteed harmless. Sent and price—25c. and 50c. per box. HARTONA FACE BLEACH will gradually turn the dark person five or six shades lighter, and will mulatto person almost white. HARTONA moves Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, Freckles all Blemishes of the Skin. Guaranteed to any address on receipt of price—25c. A Remedies are absolutely guaranteed, and you are refunded if you are not perfectly satisfied. You will send you a free book of testimonials of people in your own State who have used HARTONA Remedies. MAL GRAND OFFER. Send us One mention this and you three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR RIGHTENER, two large bottles of HARTON and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMELT disagreeable odors caused by Perspiration or &c. will be sent securely sealed from observation and post-office and express office address you be sent in Stamps or by Post-Office Money Registered Letter or by Express. all orders to— HARTONA REMEDY CO. 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. AGENTS WANTED in Every Town and City. Liberal Salary Paid. KANSAS AFTER USING HARTONA beautiful, soft, emma, and a and Prema- tHTENS THE anywhere on the skin of a will turn the NATIONA FACE beckles, Black- ed absolutely 25c. and 50c. and your money written of more than used and are On Dollar and is paper, and AIR GROWER NATIONA FACE MELL, which on of the Feet, ation. Write very plainly. money Order, or TRADE-MARK BEFORE USING HARTONA OUR GREAT OFFER Louise to pop in a door, but more to do with her LUSTORONE No. 1.—To be used at bed-time every night. Straightens Knotty, Nappy, Kinky, Curly Hair. It acts quickly, taking only one box to thoroughly straighten hair. It is also used to waltz weeks for the results. Lustorone is recognized as the only True Hair Straightener. No hot irons are used. Lustorone straightens without any outside assistance. LUSTORONE No. 2.—Must be used in connection with Lustorone No. 1. It is also used to waltz weeks for the results. Lustorone straightens without any outside assistance. Ezema & Ceka. Causes the hair to grow long, silky and beautiful. Strokes the hair from falling out, and causes the hair to grow on the badhead head. Restore Grey hair to its Natural Color. LUSTORONE FACE BLEACH. Whitens the darkest skin, making it several shades harder. Will bring the skin to an desired shade of color. Cures all facial Blisters, Pimples, Black Heads, &, also cares all skin Diseases and removes Small Pox Pits. LUSTORONE SCALP SOAP. Is absolutely pure. It should be used with Lustorone No. 1. It causes the hair from falling out. The regular price for the treatment is £5.00. OUR GREAT OFFER! Cut out this advertisement and mail to us with $1.00 and we will send you all of the goods as named above, in plain wrapper, so no one can know contents. This offer made to introduce Honest Goods. We can send to any place in the world. Full Directions with every treatment. Send Your Sons And Daughters To Western University, A great school for our youth; now a part of our State's interests. Negroes should here train their children for the Work of life and its duties. Theological Department to prepare for the ministry, desiring to fulfil the demands in our pulpits today. Normal Department PreParing for the work of teaching in the public schools and giving a higher training to those desiring the same. Fitting students for the Normal department and giving an opportunity for education to those deprived of such in childhood. For Furnishing an opportunity for Proficiency, in that Finest of fine arts—music. It is the intention of this department to give our youth training, fitting them for the work of life in the industrial world. We are opinionated that in this day of competition and labor unions and stern demands nothing will so aid the Negro as to prepare his child to compete with any in the world of skilled labor. With such training no man need fear for the future of his children or the future of his race. Courses. Architectural or Mechanical drawing Carpentry, Printing, both job and newspaper, Tailoring, Bookkeeping, Business Course and Stenography, Dressmaking and plain sewing. The faculty is composed of graduates from Lincoln, Wilberforce, Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best schools of the country maintained by our people. Following is the faculty. Rev. William Teumschen Vernon, B. S. D. A. M., Pres., Lecturer in Hhlosophy and Logic. Charles S. Bowman, Tuskegee. instructor in Mechanical drawing and Carpentry; John Charles-Wood, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelson Garret of Wilberforce. instructor in business's course and stenography; James T. Edwards of Hampton; teacher of tailoring; E. J. Vernon, B. S., of Wilberforce professor mathematics; A. F. Moore of Fiske, professor of language and literature; S. L. Gross, teacher of dressmaking; Mrs. Luka Cunningham, piano music; Mrs. L. H. Moore, teacher of science. In addition, lecturers of various topics have been secured. constant y labor for the betternment of the young people under their care and gladly lend a helping hand to the same. No student is made to feel the sting of poverty, but merit alone tells. The most deserving are given credit for the same. Expenses—Board per month, $5.50; tuition per month, $1; room rent per month, $1; incidental fee on entrance, $1. encouraged here; students are adved o bring strong substantial clothing, but expensive apparel is not needed by one struggling for an education. School opened Sept. 9, 1903. All arrangements for entrance can be made by writing Pres. W. T. Vernon, Quindaro, Kas. will send one of the latest complete catalogues given full information regarding the same. 1000 New Subscribers, Wanted by Jan. 1st. 1902. NOW IS YOUR TIME TO GET IN LINE. Quindaro, Kansas, Department at this department to give our youth training, special world. We are opioned that in this day commands nothing will so aid the Negro as the world of skilled labor. With such training not for the future of his race. Natural or Mechanical drawing Carpentry, Printmaking, Business Course and Stenography. of graduates from Lincoln, Willy bington; the best schools of the country maintain. Rev. William Tecumsch Vernon. B. S. D. A. Charles S. Bownan, Tuskegee, instructor in classes-Wood, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelsons course and stenography; James T. P. Vernon. B. S. of Wilberforce professor of language and literature; S. L. Gross, teacher of piano music; Mrs. L. H. Moore, teacher of all have been secured. SUPPORTUNITIES These teachers are betterment of the young people under their care. No student is made to feel the sting or poverty given credit for the same. hard per month, $5.50; tuition per month, $1; our youth training, fitting them for the need that in this day of competition, and the Negro as to prepare his child to with such training no man need fear for Carpentry, Printing, both job and Steenography, Dressmaking and Lincoln, Wilberforce, the country maintained by our people. Vernon, B. S. D. A. M., Press, Lecturer, degree, instructor in Mechanical drawing; Joseph Nelson Garret of Wilberforce; James T. Edwards of Hampton; Wilberforce professor mathematics; A. F. Foe, S. L. Gross, teacher of dressmaking; Moore, teacher of science. In addition NITIES teachers and officers people under their care and gladly lend a set the sting of poverty, but merit alone same. $5.50; tuition per month, $1; room rent per month, $1; incidental fee on en- Extravagant habits be are adv sed o bring strong substantial clio one struggling for an education. School open can be made by writing Pres. W. T. Verno complete catalogues given full information tion or catalogue to substantial clothing, but expensive information. School opened Sept. 9, 1901. All Pres. W. T. Vernon, Quindaro, Kas. He en full information regarding the same. William T. Vernon. New Subs Subscrib- MRS. F. BUSH'S RESTAURANT And short order house. No 347 Minn., Ave. Meals served all hours, cooked to suit the taste of all. Cleanliness made especially. number ASK YOURGROCER FOR PREMIUMLIST. PREMIUMS GIVEN FOR DIAMOND "C" SOAP WRAPPERS ASK HIM FOR DIAMOND "C" SOAP THE BEST LAUNDRY SOAP. Complete catalogue showing over 300 premiums that may be secured by saving the wrappers, furnished free upon request. Send your name on a postal card, and we will mail you the catalogue. Address. PREMIUM DEPT., The Gudahy Packing Co., SOUTH OMAHA, NEB. Diamond "C" Soap for sale by all Grocers. All diseases start in the bowels keep them open on you will be sick. Cascarets act like nature. Keep liver and bowels active without a sickening gripping feeling. Six million people take and recommend Cascarets. Try a 10c. box. All druggists. UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND ROUTE WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE. The Union Pacific The Original Overland Route always was, and is today, the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kansas City daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibulated and fully equipped with latest improved Recycling sleeping cars. Meals served in Pullman Palace dining cars on the restaurant pan at prices most reasonable. All cars lighted with the celebrated Pintch Lift. Only line running two trains with out charge from Kansas City to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado Utah Idaho, Oregon Washington and California. Don't complete your arangements for a trip west until you have learned all about special idruments and attractions offered by the Union Pacific. For full information in regard to low rates, time, etc., call or address Gen. Agen' Union Pacific. 1000 Main street. Kansas City, Mo Oxcaret CANDY CATHARTIC THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP. Genuine stamped C C C C. Never sold in hulk Beware of the stamped card so sell “something just as good.” Chicago & Alton, R. R The best and most popular line from Kansas City to Chicago and St. Louis is the Chicago and Alten Ry. "The Only Way." Elegant up to date equipment fast time courses employer, etc. to make journey via tlf anenjoyab le outing. Wife of President Jakeman of Elders of the Mormon Church, Salt Lake City, Utah, Recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound For Women's Periodic Palms. "DEAR MISS, PINKHAM:—Before I knew of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I dreaded the approach of the time for my menstrual as it would mean a couple of MRS. HULDA JAKEMAN. days in bed with intense pain and suffering. I was under the physicians care for over a year without any relief, when my attention was called to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound by several of our Mormon women who had been cured through its use. I began its systematic use and improved gradually in health, and after the use of six bottles of health was completely cured, and for over two years had neither ache or pain. You have a truly wonderful remedy for women. Very sincerely yours, Mrs. HELEN JARMAN, Salt Lake City, Utah." "$4000 forfeit if about textualism is not genuine." Just as surely as Mrs. Jakeman was cured just so surely will Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure every woman suffering from any form of female ills. Mrs. Pinkham advises sick woman free. Address, Lynn, Mass. The Home Laundry There is no reason why the clothes cleaned at home cannot be ironed up to the same standard of excellence that comes from sending them to the laundry. All that is necessary to attain the desired object is the purchase of a package of Defiance starch at any grocery. Use it once and you will understand why clothes ironed at the laundries have that mild, glossy appearance. All first-class laundries use Defiance starch. If there is no grocery in your neighborhood that keeps it they will send for it on request. Made by the Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb. The man who scatters ashes on an ey sidewalk is never remembered in the small boy's prayers. DONT FORGET Alarge 8 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 8 cents. The Rass Company, South Bend, Ind. Some men think twice before marrying—then regret that they didn't get a third think. WHEN YOUR GROCER SAYS he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 15 oz. packages are sold. You may prefer better than other Cold Water Starch, but contains 15 oz to the package and reels for same money as it oz. brands. Few people know more than they think they know. TRADE PARK A Disabled Man is certainly not in it, and Sprains and Bruises disable, but this is where St.Jacobs Oil comes in for a prompt, sure cure. It Conquers Pain Price, 25c. and 50c. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS IN MEDICINE. the farmer in Western Canada- Promise of the nation and districts of Assin- fiore, Saskatchewan and Alberta are now settled there. Reduced rates on the farm are homekeepers and set rates on the work districts. The top office at Western Canada sent free the applicants. F. Pedley, representative of the independent of the Canadian Government Agent, W. N. Nith St., was city, Mo. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY, grisex book. Book of discovers and cares warm. DR. H. H. GREENS SONS, s. s. BAYS treatment warm. DR. H. H. GREENS SONS, s. s. BAYS treatment OKLAHOMA 500 HOMESTEAD CLAIMS DICK T. MOGAN, EAGLE, Qale. DICK T. MOGAN, EAGLE, Qale. Latest Kansas News Frank Ray, Who Says He is From Kentucky, in Trouble at Kingsley. KINSLEY. — (Special.) About 2 o'clock in the morning the night operator at Offerle, eight miles west of Kinsley, was held up in the depot by a man who poked a gun through the ticket office window, breaking the glass, and demanded the cash. Three dollars and a quarter was turned over. In the morning the officers here arrested a young man about 22 years old who says his name is Frank Ray and that he is from Paducah, Ky. He claims that he had been in the army and was mustered out at San Francisco last October. The night operator identified Ray's voice and pistol at his preliminary trial and Ray was held for trial in the district court. 1 FIGHT TELEPHONE MONOPOLY Wichita Will Arrest Officers and Linemen of the Missouri and Kansas Co. WICHITA—(Special.)—Warrants have been issued for the local officers and linemen of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company. They are charged with violating city ordinances by improving their lines when the company has no right to do business here, their franchise having expired several months ago. The company claims the right to operate without a franchise. Another telephone company were recently granted a franchise here and the city officers are trying to oust the old company. General Superintendent Daniels of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company, has arrived and will fight the city, he says. OSBORNE COUNTY EXCITED. Residents Believe They Will Find Oil and Gas and Will Prospect. SALINA.—(Special.) The oil craze has scruck Osborne county in this part of the state and there is considerable excitement at that place over recent mineral discoveries made near Natoma. It is claimed that at a depth of 418 feet, a considerable quantity of extremely hard iridius was discovered, the find not apparently belonging to the commoner minerals. Further developments will be made and many persons of the place believe that oil and gas underlie part of the county. A company has been organized to bore for oil and it is expected that the work will begin inside of six weeks. BUFFALO LOTTERY SWINDLE A Barber Ran a Game in Which Ticket Holders Never Won. BUFFALO, N. Y.—(Special.) What is regarded by the federal authorities as a well developed lottery swindle has just been brought to light. Andrew Gifford, a barber, was arrested, charged with having used the mails for fraudulent purposes. It is stated by the federal officers that no drawings were held by the "lottery," purchasers of tickets never had a chance to win. Postoffice Inspector Cochrane, assisted by two United States marshals, raided Gifford's place. They found plies of unused lottery tickets, circulars and a large number of envelopes bearing postmarks of places in New York, Canada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Gifford was taken before a United States commissioner and held in $3,000 bail. Man and Wife Fired Upon. Man and Wife Fired Upon. OLATHE. (Special.) A man by the name of Wallace, in company with his wife, upon reaching South Park in a wagon going towards Kansas City, were overtaken by Carl Fisher, of South Park, in company with another man, and was accused of stealing corn. Wallace and his wife denied the charge an an altercation took place and Fisher, claiming that Wallace was trying to get a revolver concealed in his wife's clothes, fired at them, striking Wallace on the arm, but most of the charge struck his wife, inflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. A physician spent the day taking shot from her body. Fisher was arrested, charged wita assault with intent to kill and his trial set for next Friday before Justice Walters, of South Park. Nothing as to the history of Wallace and his wife has as yet been learned. Arrested for Smuggling ST. ALBANS, VT.—(Special.) H. Staitvski, of Providence, R. L., is under arrest, charged by customs officials with having brought diamonds into this country without entering them through the customs houses. Diamonds valued at $10,000 were found secreted in his clothing, it is alleged. Egg Famine in Ottawa OTTAWA.—(Special.) There is an egg famine on in Ottawa. Eggs are quoted at 22 cents per dozen, but it is all a lake, as there are none on the market. Up to within a few days ago there were plenty of eggs. Grand Jury to Indict Jointists. FORT SCOTT.—(Special.) A grand jury composed principally of farmers and well known temperance advocates was convened here by Judge Simons, of the district court. The jury is sitting by reason of a petition having been filed by over 400 believers in the prohibitory law, residents of this county. It is rumored that not only will saloonkeepers be indicted, but that bills will be returned against the county and city officials if it is found that any here failed to do their duty. - Mound City Uses Natural Gas. MOUND CITY—(Special.) W. O. Dudley, a gas expert, has been at work here the past week and has successfully separated the water from the gas in a well dug here years ago. The gas is being piped into the business houses. Already the Bacon block, the largest in town, has been lighted by it. The expert says the flow is strong enough to supply the town. There is much excitement here, and other wells will probably be sunk at once. Robert Fleming, a stockman here, is at the back of the movement. United States Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere in His Case. WASHINGTON. — (Special.) The United States supreme court has refused to interfere in the case of Captain Oberlin M. Carter. The decision was rendered in the proceedings instituted by Captain Carter for the purpose of securing a writ of habeas corpus that would release him from prison at Leavenworth, Kas. The case originated in the United States circuit court for the district of Kansas, by which the petition for a writ was denied. Today's opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Fuller and affirmed the opinion of the circuit court. LEAVENWORTH.—(Special.) When Captain Carter received the news at the federal prison that his writ of habeas corpus had been denied in the supreme court he said nothing. There was a slight look of disappointment upon his face, but other than that there were no outward marks of emotion. The captain has received so many unfavorable decisions from the courts that he takes them all with little or no comment. This decision of the supreme court shuts out all hope of Captain Carter ever being liberated before the expiration of his sentence. His sentence expires, on good behavior, November 23, 1903. SMALL POX IN KANSAS. Secretary of State Board issues Warning That the Disease is Quite Prevalent. TOPEKA.—(Special.) Dr. W. B. Swan, secretary of the state board of health, has issued circulars warning the people that smallpox is prevalent in many parts of the state. These notices have been posted in nearly every depot in the state. Railroad men are warned against selling tickets or furnishing transportation to persons who have been exposed to the disease. There is trouble between the Mitchell county towns of Beloit and Glen Elder over an epidemic of smallpox in Glen Elder. The officers of Beloit have issued a quarantine against Glen Elder. Dr. Swan says that the disease is making its appearance in many places in the state and that it will require the utmost vigilance on the part of the county health officers to prevent the epidemic becoming more severe than it was last winter. WOMAN ACTS PROMPTLY. Mrs. Mary Lobdale, Mitchell County, Has Established a Shotgun Quarantine. TOPEKA.—(Special.) A smallpox quarantine something after the shotgun order has been established in Mitchell county and the peculiar thing about it is that it is being run by a woman who has no legal authority whatever. Stranger still is the fact that she is making a success of it. Smallpox broke out at Beloit, Glen Elder and other towns in the county recently and the county health officer didn't take any steps to prevent the disease from spreading. After waiting a reasonable time on him to act, Mrs. Mary Lobdale took charge of the matter and established a quarantine. She placarded the county from one end to the other, ordered all meetings billed to take place in the immediate future called off and dismissed school in several of the districts. Although she had no legal authority to act, the people out there are obeying her orders and the disease is abating. SHE DIED FOR LOVE. Young Coffeville, Kas., Woman Saw no Other Way Out of Her Troubles. COFFEVILLE—(Special.) Miss Mattie Anderson, the 19-year-old daughter of M. N. Anderson, of this city, took carbolic acid with suicidal intent and died. Miss Anderson's death is the result of an unhappy love affair. Her parents objected to her going with the young man of her choice because they did not consider him suitable. Miss Anderson left a note saying: "I will bid you all adieu this evening. I have stood it as long as I possibly can and will take this and put a stop to all this foolishness. I hope this will be a warning for girls from this on. Tell everybody I did this for the one I love." Abilene's Revival is Successful ABILENE.—(Special.) The revival services being conducted by Engineer R. R. McClure in the various churches close this week. About forty conversions are reported already and a good interest has been aroused among the men by the Y. M. C. A. workers. "Mike" Sutton has lived on the income from his law practice since he became revenue collector over four years ago, and his salary—$17,000 is all in the bank. Topsk Laborers Want More Pay TOPEKA—(Special.) The Building Laborers' Union, composed of hod carriers and common helpers, has asked for a raise of wages in Topeka. The hodcarriers now get $1.50. They want $2. The common helpers now receive $1.25 and they have demanded $1.75. The contractors have made no reply yet to the demands. The laborers claim that the advanced prices of the necessities of life makes it necessary for them to have an advance in wages. Capitol Elevator on a Tear TOPEKA. — (Special.) The state house elevator, which was recently reconstructed, went on a tear the other day. It jumped the groove and came down a couple of flights, tearing the doors and casing up in bad shape. No one was injured. It will be put out of commission now for some time. Most people feel they are generous when they only do their duty to others. Slot-Machines Sell Tickets. In all of the railway depots in Berlin suburban passengers can buy tickets by dropping their money in a 'o.t. Rows of machines are placed in convenient locations with the names of the stations and the price of the ticket inscribed in pla'n letters. A passenger need only drop the proper coin in the slot, pick up his ticket and pass on to his train. Adjacent to these automatic ticket offices is another slot machine for making change. Premier of Western Australia. Alfred Edward Morgans, the new premier of western Australia, is a Welshman by birth and close upon 60 years of age. He spent many years mining in Mexico, where he was a personal friend of President Diaz. When the gold discoveries in western Australia began to attract the attention of the mining world he went there and settled at Coolgardle, for which constituency he was returned to the legislative assembly in 1897. Many Uses of Petroleum. Petroleum and its products are applied in surgery and medicine; in the making of ice and the production of light; in paint manufacture and the preparation of oilcloths; in the manipulation of rubber and in washing wool. Where it is cheap, it replaces coal; in almost all modern plants some one of the petroleum derivatives is used for the enrichment of gas. For general lubrication the paraffin oils are the most serviceable. Convicts Enjoy Reveal Convicts in Sing Sing prison enjoyed a sweet morsel of revenge the other day, when George Bissert, the New York policeman sentenced for extortion, arrived there to serve his time. As he was led to his cell the other prisoners jeered lustily, for they all had learned of his coming. Some particularly jubilant yells were uttered by the fellows whom Bissert had helped to strip suits. Jameson Bald. The Jameson raid into the Transvaal ended in defeat and failure in January, 1896. Accounts of the casualties on both sides vary greatly, but it appears that Jameson's men lost about 65 killed and 40 wounded, while the Boers are said to have suffered a loss of only five killed and three wounded, though the estimates of their opponents range from 50 to 283 killed and wounded. Botfiles Klil Rabbits Rabbits are dying by the score in the woods and fields of Long Island. Hunters daily come upon their carcasses in all stages of decay. The whole rabbit population, that furnishes so much sport, is seemingly in danger of being wiped out. The trouble is caused by a botfly, which stings the animals, and the resulting larvae work the destruction.—Indianaapolis News. A Grateful Man. Cox, Wls., Jan. 6.—With Kidney disease so bad that he could hardly walk across the room for pain, Frank M. Russell of this place was a man greatly to be pitted. He tired out with the slightest exertion and in spite of all the doctors could do for him he was growing gradually worse. He had tried many medicines and treatments without benefit, but recently he read in a newspaper about Dodd's Kidney Pills, and these helped him from the very first dose. He took several boxes before he was completely cured, but now he is well and strong as ever he was, and feels very grateful to Dodd's Kidney Pills for his restoration to good health. Life Averages. In 300 years the average length of human life has been doubled. In the rtxteenth century it was between eighteen and twenty years; at the close of the eighteenth century it was a little over thirty years, and to-day it is over forty years. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. DEFIANCE STARCH should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. No, Maule, dear; by floating population we do not mean the people who are in the swim. FITS Permanently tared, no dots or no yellows after first day's use of dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restore. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. H. H. Kline, LLL, 914 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. When you break a good resolution don't try to patch it up. It is easier to make a new one. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color more goods, per package, than any other, bold by druggists, 10c. per package. When beggars cease asking you when it is time for you to change your toil. INSIST ON GETTING IT. Some grocers say they don't keep De- fiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of oz. brass, a culprit who can be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Delliance Starch for same money. Nell—"She says her husband is very s easily pleased." 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To assist nature, when nature needs assistance, it is all important that the medicinal agents used should be of the best quality and of known value and Syrup of Figs possesses this great advantage over all other remedies, that it does not weaken the organs on which it acts and therefore it promotes a healthful condition of the bowels and assists one in forming regular habits. Among its many excellent qualities may be mentioned its perfect safety, in all cases requiring a laxative, even for the babe, or its mother, the maiden, or the wife, the invalid, or the robust man. Syrup of Figs is well known to be a combination of the laxative principles of plants, which act most beneficially, with pleasant aromatic liquids and the juice of figs, agreeable and refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system, when its gentle cleansing is desired. The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellence of the combination, but also to the original method of manufacture which ensures perfect purity and uniformity of product and it is therefore all important, in buying, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. San Francisco, Cal. Louisville, Ky. New York, N. Y. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE. Health and Happiness depend on the Kidneys and Liver. If you have pains everywhere and at all times in your back, and in your head, a dull, heavy, tired sensation, you are a tired and miserable-cross and unhappy. Your pain indicates trouble-growing trouble. They may be the fore-runner of Rheumatism, or Lum-ago, or Diabetes, Jaudice, or Bright's Disease or the Kidney's disease, so you may have from a disordered Liver or diseased Kidneys, or both. These much abused organs are unable to perform the work imposed upon them until they have regained their normal condition or a knee. In the effort to obtain relief, don't use illumina or lotions. Rubbing the muscles and joints may temporarily ease the pain or drive it into some other part of the body. You are not curing the disease by external applications. Constitutional treatment is necessary. Take a vegetable remedy only. Mineral remedies, that are almost universally prescribed, fall to cure because they weaken the digestion, thus impairing instead of building up. DR. McLEAN'S LIVER AND KIDNEY BALM cures Kidneys and Liver, and tones the stomach. During the one-half century of use it has curated hepatitis cases. If you are one of the many who have become disubjected by repeated failures with other remedies, do not despair. A bottle ($1.00) will convince you that Health and Happiness can still be yours. It's purely vegetable. It's absolutely safe. At your druggist's. 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SALZER's Sage gives kids great seeds in a ton BINKNORTHERN GROWN SEEDS FARM SEEDS BALZER'S SEEDS NEVER FAIL! 1,000,000 Customers Produst record of any seedman on earth, and yet we are reaching on for more than we can hope to obtain and hence this unprecedented offer. SIO WORTH FOR 10c We will mail upon receipt of 10c in stamp our great catalogue, world wide, to gardener, together with many farm seed samples, to farmer for stock. start upon receipt of but 10c in stamp. 30 pigeon. wish to garden. $1.00. BALZER'S SEED CO. LACROSSE WIS Please adv. with to Salzer $1.00. BALZER'S SEED CO. LACROSSE WIS PISO'S CURE FOR GUESS WHERE ALL ELSE AILS. Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use in time. Sold by drugstores. CONSUMPTION BLACKMAILNOW MAYOR LOW BEGINS THE WORK OF REFORMING NEW YORK. HE CIVES PLAIN NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE If They Pay for Protection They Will Do If From Choice—Mayer Urges City Employes to Report to Him Any Attempt to Muilt Them of Part of Their Saiaries— Grand Jury to Act. NEW YORK.—(Special.) Mayor Low has sent his first message to the board of aldermen. It was brief, and the only subject treated of was blackmail in the civil administration, in the stamping out of which he said he desi- cree the co-operation of the people of the city. "If, during the next two years," the message says, "any citizen or any employee of the city pays money illegitimately, either to avoid injury or inconvenience, or to secure his rights, he will do it because he wants to, and not because he must...one from the largest corporation to the poorest boot-black, need pay one dime for protection from Larm or to secure just treatment at the hands of the city government. No laborer or other employee need part with one cent of his salary to anyone, either in or out of the city government. Anyone asked to make proper payment for any purpose has only to report the fact to the mayor to be sure of protection and redress. With the co-operation of the citizens and of the city employees the whole foul system can be broken up." In charging the January grand jury, Judge Foster took notice of the statement put forth by officers of the city government, last week that attempts had been made to bribe fusion members of the board of aldermen to vote with the Democratic members in the organization of the board. "I do not know," the judge said, "whether these charges, publicly ma.e. are founded on truth, history or fiction. The public are entitled to know. If, after investigation you find them true, the guilty one ought. .5 be indicted and to receive severe punishment, and the merited disgrace which our law provides for such crimes. If, on the other hand, you, after investigation, shall find them wholly unsupported in fact, then those who gave currency to such baseless, yet serious, charges should we held up to the community as alarmists, if unfounded, serve only to bring our government and our institutions and our public officers into groundless suspicion and disdor. The board of aldermen, after organizing by electing Mc-Innes vice chairman of the board, adopted by acclamation a resolution asking the mayor to furnish the board with whatever information he may have regarding the alleged attempt at bribery, in order that, if such an attempt has been made, prosecution of the offenders may be instituted. BRIGANDS ARE AT OUTS Those Holding Miss Stone Captive are Be- hasted, Husted by the Turks. CONSTANTINOPLE. — (Special.) The news that the brigands are holding Miss Stone captive are being hustled by the inhabitants of the Turkish territory, where they are in hiding, has created considerable sensation here. A deadly feud is said to exist between the leaders of the hostile bands, some of whom are reported to have deserted and are attempting to re-enter Bulgaria. Much anxiety is felt here with regard to the outcome of these developments. The American legation here has not yet received news from M. Gargiulio, the dragoman of the legation, who left Salonika for the interior the latter part of last month for the purpose of meeting Miss Stone's captors. Members of the legation say the rumors of Miss Stone's release are quite unfounded. No direct news has been received from the American captive since November 13, the date of the last letter from Miss Stone to Mr. Dickinson, consul general at Constantinople, who was acting as diplomatic agent of the United States at Sofia. Freight Engine Explodes MACON, GA.—(Special.)—A freight engine just out of the repair shop and fired up in the roundhouse of the Central Railroad of Georgia, exploded without warning, killing three men, injuring a number of others and shaking the entire city. The report was heard seven miles and houses three miles distant felt the shock. The news instantly spread that many were killed and in a few minutes there had gathered at the gates aundreds of people, including wives and children of shop employees, weeping and clamoring for information. The dead are: E. W. Hodges, machinist; J. M. McDonald machin'st, and Uriah Cornelius, colored helper. COLUMBUS, NEB—(Special.) The Blue Lake bank at Bellwood, Butler county, was robbed of $2,000. The vanit was blown open with dynamite and the robbers escaped. It is supposed they were three in number, as a trio of strangers were seen loafing about the town the day before. One carried a heavy grip on his shoulder and the presumption is that it carried the tools and dynamite used to wreck the vanit. The officers have a very incomplete description of the men and extraordinary officers are being made to comprehend the fugitives. GUTHRER, O. T—(Special) Wiley and William a Littlehead, brothers, and fullblood Euchee Indians, have been arrested by members of their own tribe, after a two weeks' search, and are now in the federal jail at Claremore, I. T. They are charged with the murder of Candy Squire on Christmas, near Mounds oy beating him to death with clubs, then skinning the body and hanging it over a fence. All were intoxicated, and there was no apparent cause for the crime so far as known. MINERS ENTOMBED. Story of the One Man Who Was Rescued Ave. NEGAUNEE, MICH.-(Special.) The most distressing accident in this county for years occurred at the Negaune mine, when, by a cave-in, the lives of thirteen to seventeen miners are thought to have been lost. The cave-in was at the bottom of the old shaft. Had it occurred half an hour sooner, about 150 men would have been killed. The names of the dead so far as known are: William Williams, married. John Sullivan, single. John Pacee, single. Jacob Hunalla, married. Thus far but one body has been taken out, that of Hunalla, and one man was rescued alive. Hundreds of men are at the mine eager to help in the work of rescue, but it is thought the other bodies cannot be reached within twenty-four hours. The miner rescued is Dominico Basso, an Italian. Basso describes the disaster in the mine as follows: "We were seated around the pump at the bottom of the shaft, when, without any warning, thousands of tons of ore came down. I remembered no more until I heard the sounds of picks and shovels in the hands of rescuers and heard their shouts. "was in total darkness and my feelings cannot be described. What seemed ages to me was but minutes. When rescuers found me I was seventy-five feet from the place where I was sitting and found myself in a drift. How I got there is a mystery, but can only be accounted for by the concussion of the wind." The Negaune mine is one of the most unlucky properties in the Lake Superior district. Much trouble in sinking and drifting has resulted from surplus water and quicksands. It was at this mine that $1,000,000 was recently expended to sink a shaft to the ledge. DISCHARGED EMPLOYE DID IT. Superintendent and General Manager of a Sussexfield, O. Ferguson, Filled SPRINGFIELD, O. Foundry Killed. SPRINGFIELD, O.—(Special) John G. Sadler, superintendent and general manager of the Springfield Foundry Company and the Indianapolis Frog and Switch Company, was shot and killed by John W. Kenney, a molder, who had recently been discharged. Kenney is now in the hands of the police. Sadler was waylaid and shot in the hallway leading to his office. Five bullets took effect in his body. There was no eyewitness to the murder. Mr. Sadlier's private secretary heard five shots fired, and Mr. Sadler dashed the door open and said: "I am done for; Kenney did it!" He fell to the floor and died before anybody could reach his side. Kenney was caught as he ran from the building and turned over to the police. HEATING BOILER EXPLODES Washington Residence Wrecked and Negro Butter Way Die of His Injuries gather May die of his injuries. WASHINGTON—(Special). The explosion of a boiler connected with the heating apparatus in the basement of the handsome five-story residence of Mr. Beal R. Howard in Sixteenth street, seriously damaged the house and may result in loss of life. The shock of the explosion, was felt throughout the immediate neighborhood and the house was so badly wrecked as to be unfit for occupancy. William Foegus, the colored butier, who was attending the fires under the boiler at the time of the explosion, was frightfully scalded and badly cut about the hands and face. His condition is critical. A rough estimate of the damage places it at $10,000 or more. DYNAMITE FOR NON-UNION MEN Street Car Conveying 35 Employees at Springfield, IL. Shown Up. SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—(Special.) A street car which was conveying thirty-five employes of the Sattley Manufacturing company from the plow works was wrecked by dynamite at Ninth street and South Grand avenue, near the plow works. Though the passengers were thrown into a panic no one was seriously injured. The police officers who were guarding the car and who had just escorted the non-union men from the plow works, made a vigorous but unsuccessful search for the perpetrators of the outrage. The Sattley company has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of the dynamiters. BEIVER.—(Special.) Noah Jones, colored, aged 25 years, while lying across the railroad track, was run over and killed by the Burlington switch engine near mine 61. Jones was a coal miner and unmarried. BRIEF RITS OF NEWS It is reported that $16,000,000 has been subscribed in Paris for building and equiping a new system of electric street railways in the City of Mexico and introducing low fares. The London Standard hears that Emperor William will attend the coronation of King Edward. It is announced that W. K. Vanderbilt expects his daughter, the Duchess of Mariborough, to pay a visit to Idle Hour, at Oakdale, L. L., shortly after the coronation of the King of England. Dwight Tuttle, chairman of the Creek Townsite commission, has decided to enter the Episcopal ministry, and will be ordained by Bishop Brook, of Guthrie, Thursday. Mr. Tuttle is from Connecticut. Ablene, Kas., recently won a damage suit for $10,000 brought by J. D. Beighley for injuries in falling down a stairway from the sidewalk. The case was thrown out of court on a demurrier based on contributory negligence. The engagement of Miss Abbie Campbell of San Jose, Cal., to Prince David Kanawakao of Hawaii, has been formally announced. Miss Campbell is a native of the Hawaiian Islands, where her father, James Campbell, who died a few years ago, amassed a fortune. FIFTEEN KILLED REAR END COLLISION IN A NEW YORK CITY TUNNEL. SOME MORE OF THE INJURED MAY DIE One Local Train Crashes Into Rear End of Another - Nearly All of the Killed NEW YORK.—(Special.) In the New York Central railroad tunnel that burrows under Park avenue, this city, two local trains collided. Fifteen passengers were killed and twice that number were injured. A dozen of the latter were seriously hurt, and the roster of the dead may be extended. The dead: Albert M. Perrin, 43 years old, recently from Chicago, secretary and second vice president of the Union Bag and Paper Company, residence New Rochelle, N. Y. B. D. C. Foskett, 40, New Rochelle. A. E. H. Mills, 25, New Rochelle. E. O. Hinsdale, 35, New Rochelle. Mrs. A. F. Howard, 35, New Rochelle. Frank Washburn, formerly of Chicago, president of the Union Bag and Paper company, residence New Rochelle. William Leys 35, New Rochelle; general manager B. Altman & Co., New York. Theodore Forgardo, 30, New Rochelle. William Fisher, of Forbes, 25, New Rochelle. William Howard, 48, New Rochelle. Oscar Meyrowitz, 30, New Rochelle, optician in New York and secretary of the New Rochelle Yacht Club. Franklin Crosby, 35, New Rochelle. Ernest F. Walton, 30, New Rochelle; broker in New York. H. G. Diamond, New Rochelle; assistant general manager of the American Bridge Company, this city. Charles B. Mars, New Rochelle; employed in the New York custom house. A list of the seriously injured is as follows: Ernest Coffin, aged 15. New Rochelle; serious wound on head. Unknown man, taken unconscious to a hospital. Alfred Wadloy, florist, New York city; fracture of both legs, shock and scalp wounds. Albert W. Adams, carriage builder, New York city; left leg cut off below knee. George M. Carter, New York; leg fractured. George M. Fisher, East Port Chester, severely injured. Mabel N-wman, New Rochelle; contusions of body and hip fractures. Mamie J. Rice, New Rochelle; fractured nose, lacerated ear and sprained ankle. Sadie Scott, New Rochelle; left hand and left foot fractured. Richard Millineaux, New Rochelle; compound fracture of thigh. Thomas T. Murphy, New Rochelle; both legs broken and internal injuries; condition critical. Winfield Schultze, New Rochelle; fractured legs and burns. A. M. McRae, New Rochelle; leg fractured. Henry Keene, general manager of the Siegel-Cooper company, this city; fractured ribs and internal injuries. George Winter, New Rochelle; compound fracture of left leg; the leg was amputated. William Brooks, Erie, Pa.; lacerated face and possible fracture of skull; taken to Roosevelt hospital. It was a rear-end collision between a South Norwalk local that ran in over the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, and was halted by block signals at the southern entrance of the tunnel, and a White Plains local, that came by the Harlem branch of the New York Central. The wreck occurred at 8:17 a. m., at which hour the trains were crowded with suburbanites. Most of the deaths, injury and damage were wrought by the engine of the White Plains train, which plunged into the rear car of the motionless train and was driven through to the middle of the car, smashing the seats and splitting the sides as it moved forward. The victims either were mangled in the mass of wreckage carried by the pilot, crushed in the space between the boiler and car sides or scalded by steam, which come hissing from broken pipes and cylinders. The engine, in its final plunge of forty feet, carried the rear car forward and sent twisted iron, broken timbers and splinters crashing into the coach ahead. Measles on a Warship WASHINGTON. — (Special.) Surgeon General Van Reykan has been informed of a slight epidemic of measles aboard the Wisconsin, while she was out in the Pacific, but does not regard it as at all serious, as he had no further report since the vessel arrived in American waters. Slew Hls Two Babes. FOREST HILL, LA.—(Special.) Two children of G. B. Keener, one aged 18 months and the other an infant, were found dead in bed with their skulls crushed. Keener sent his wife about 120 yards from the house to a water hole for water. On her return he told her he had put the two children to sleep and left the house. Shortly afterward Mrs. Keener found her children dead. A coroner's jury held Keener for murder, and he was arrested. An Anti-Filtring Bill ALBANY, N. Y.--(Special.) Among the bills introduced in the lower house of the legislature was one by Assemblyman William S. Bennett, of New York, making it a misdeemer to first on a public thoroughfare. Stockman Shot and Killed. ANTLERS, I. T.—(Special). Lee James, a prominent stockman, was shot and instantly killed at an early hour in the morning at Nelson, I. T. S. K. Graham has been arrested, charged with the killing. BUT SHE DIDNT WHIP HIM. A Dentist Stood off Revengeful Young Woman With a Brace of Pistols. PAOLI, IND.—(Special.) Paoli is the scene of intense excitement. It was announced that Dr. C. D. Driscoll, a dentist, would be publicly horse-whipped by Miss Eva Miller, a young woman who formerly resided here, but who at present is a clerk at Saltillo, a small town northeast of this city. She charged that the dentist wrote her an insulting letter. Driscoll was arrested on a charge of alleged illtreatment of his family. He was taken to his office. Then the fire alarm was sounded and the larger part of the town's population gathered to see the whipping. He said he would not be taken alive, and until late in the evening he remained behind barricaded doors. Finally, however, Driscoll was persuaded to come out on the street, after being assured that Miss Miller would be satisfied with a public apology, and, surrounded by an angry mob of incensed citizens, he apologized to the young lady for writing the letter. The object of the mob's decision was then given twenty days in which to close up his business and leave the community. THREE TRAINS PILED UP. Two Wrecks on Pennsylvania R. R. Neal Johnstown, Pa. JOHNSTOWN, PA.—(Special. Three trains were piled up in a wreck just west of "sq" tower on the Pennsylvania railroad about seven miles west of this city. According to the best reports obtainable one man was killed and four badly injured, several others sustaining slight injuries. The killed and injured were railroaders. There were two wrecks. The first was caused by an eastbound mail and express train that carried through passengers from Pittsburgh to New York running into a side track on which was standing an east bound freight train. The wreckage was piled up high over the tracks and before flagmen could be sent out one of the fastest westbound freights on the Pittsburgh division ran into the wreckage and, according to reports received here, much of the debris was tumbled down into the Conemaugh river. Strenuous efforts were made to learn the names of the killed and wounded, but without avail. It was at first arranged to bring the wounded men to the Cambria hospital in this city, but later word was sent that they had been taken to a Pittsburgh institution. WRECK AT A DEPOT Two Men Lose Their Leks in a Mos Pounding Acidst SOUTH MALESTER, I. T.—(Special.)—A peculiar accident, which will probably result in the death of Conductor J. C. Jackson of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad, and Walter Beavers, a youth from Dent, O. T., occurred at the Union depot here at 8:30 o'clock in the evening. A Katy freight train backed into a running Choctaw train, and the impact hurled a car against the Union depot. Jackson and Beavers were standing on the depot platform and were caught by the car and pinned to the window of the telegraph office. The legs of both men were shattered, and the victims hung till they were cut out. Conductor Jackson lives at Denison, Tex., and has a family. Young Beavers is a son of John Beavers of Dent, O. T. BIG FIRE AT DURANT, I. T. Six Buildings Burned Involving a Loss of More than $30,000. SOUTH M'ALESTER, L. T.—(Special.)—A fire occurred at Durant, destroying Elser & Anderson's brick building, loss $3,000; W. G. Clark's building, loss $3,000; Phillips-Lawrence building, loss $3,000; A. G. Meyer's two buildings, $3,000; R. E. Jewell's building, $3,000; Robinson, Ress & Co., furniture, $3,500; Luney & Tucker, stock, $500; Hightower & Sons, stock, $5,000; Wells & Co., groceries, $2,500; Judge Stanford Dry $2,500; other losses $3,000. Last night's fire was on the opposite side of the street from the last big fire. A majority of the losses were insured for three-fourths of valuation. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. BIG SEIZURE OF JEWELS Treasury Department Thinks Duty Hus Not Been Paid on $25,000 Worth. NEW YORK.—(Special.) A special agent of the treasury department has sized jewelry valued at $25,000 in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. Constant Lejune, who live in this city. The agent suspects that when the jewelry was brought into this country no customs duty was paid on it. This is positively denied by Mr. Lejune. The agent intimated that the treasury department had kept track of their jewels since their purchase in London and Paris. BRIEF NEWS. Mrs. James A. D. Earl, known in the dramatic world as Hope Booth, filled a petition in bankruptcy in New York yesterday. She places her liabilities at $57,260 and her assets at nothing. Dr. Royal B. Prescott, who died at Nashua, N. H., last night, always claimed that he was the first Union soldier to enter Richmond after its surrender. He was then a skirmisher in Company C, Thirteenth New Hampshire volunteers. El Pais has been suspended by the police of Madrid on account of his persistent attacks upon the queen regent. King Edward has conferred the Order of Knight, Grand Cross of the Bath, upon Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman. The presidents of the Central American States expect to meet at Corinto, Nicaragua, January 15, to confer on the subject of establishing more cordial relations between their respective republic and to devise means for assuring peace among them. LOOT THE BANK SIX MASKED MEN OVERPOWER EAST ST. LOUIS GUARD. THEY SECURED $5,000 IN CURRENCY For Nine Hours They Worked on the Safe —Robbins Made Successful Escape on Horseback, It is Believed—Former Discharged Cashier Had Been Accused of Emberzleing $12,000. ST. LOUIS.—(Special). Slix masked men entered the National Stock Yards bank, north of East St. Louis, Ill., and after capturing and gagging the two night watchmen and firemen at the steam plant and blowing open the vaults with dynamite, secured $5,000 in coin and currency, with which they decamped. For nine hours, from 7 o'clock at night until 4 a. m., they were at work on the vault without being interfered with. The entire East St. Louis police force, aided by the St. Louis police, are guarding all the avenues of escape, but as yet have obtained no clue as to the whereabouts of the robbers, who, it is believed, escaped on horseback. About midnight one of the robbers was left to guard the three captives, while the other five went to the bank, which is located on the first floor of the exchange building, near the center. With nitro-glycerine the robbers blew open the steel doors of the vault. These doors, of a double thickness of steel, were shattered and the bank's books and papers blown into shreds. Entering the vault, the big steel safe, with quadruple plate doors, was next encountered. These doors were drilled and a charge of the explosive inserted, which blew them off. The explosion destroyed more books and papers, and scattered about $600 in gold and silver upon the floor. This money was not taken by the robbers. They took all the currency and other coin, amounting to about $5,000, as nearly as the bank's officials can estimate. The five men left the bank and signaled to the one who was guarding the captive watchman and fireman. This man joined his companions. In addition to the $5,000, the robbers secured $550 left with the bank by Assistant Postmaster Bushnell, of the stock yards. This is the bank whose officers recently swore out a warrant charging Theodore Duddleston, the assistant cashier, with embezzling $12,000. Claims it Was Self-Defense. Claims it Was Self-Defense. PAWNEE CITY, NEB.—(Special.) Frank Fritch, the farmer who shot and killed Will Hunseker, his neighbor, is in custody and in care of physicians himself shot and dangerously wounded. After the tragedy he escaped from the dead man's friends, firing at random to keep them away. He claims he shot Hunseker in self-defense after several had attacked him with clubs Hunseker's friends say Fritch was not assaulted, but that he shot his victim twice and the dying man while on the ground shot him once in return. Fritch's relatives brought him to town. Robbed by a Negro Woman OMAHA. NEB.—(Special.)—Anne Johnson, a colored woman, held up and robbed T. J. Graham, a stockman, of $280 in the east end of town. Graham was accosted by the woman, who asked to be directed to an address in North Omaha. Graham was explaining that he was a stranger in the city, when the woman, who was very powerful, grasped him and forced the money from his pocket. He attempted to hold her until the police arrived, but she made her escape by sinking her teeth into and lacerating his hand. She was arrested a few minutes later and the missing money found on her person. Freight Trains Collide: ATLANTA, GA. - (Special). As a result of a head-on collision between two freight trains of the Southern railway, near Rex, Ga., fourteen miles from here, three of the trains' crews were killed and a number of freight cars destroyed by fire. The dead: Engineer C. C. Wallace. Flagman Z. N. Harris. Fireman Prather. Engineer Whatleigh and Fireman Hicks were slightly injured. The two trains met on a sharp curve the derailed cars catching fire. The collision, it is said, was caused by a disregard of signals. WILSONVILLE, NEB.—(Special.)—Relatives of Paul Egger, who has conducted a large general store in this town, and who left home December 15 for McCook, fear he has been murdered and robbed. When Egger left he took with him a draft for $1.423 and stated that he was going to McCook to pay his taxes and order new stock. It has been learned that he did not visit the county treasurer's office and the taxes have not been paid. The draft was paid by a bank of McCook, since which time nothing has been heard of the missing man. Three Dead in a Hotel Fire. SEARCHLIGHT, NEV.—(Special.) At 8 o'clock in the evening the Searchlight hotel took fire, and before any assistance could be rendered the place was a mass of flames. Mrs. Bullock, the lessee of the property, and her two adopted children, a boy and a girl, were burned to death. Elsie Wheatley, 12 years of age, daughter of Justice of the Peace Whitley, was sleeping in the hotel, and before she could be rescued she was so badly burned about the body that her life is despaired of. A-Wells-Fargo Cashier Missing. CINCINNATI, OHIO. — (Special). John G. Thomas, cashier of the Wells-Fargo express company of this city, has been reported to the police as mysteriously missing. Since Monday night, when last seen, no trace of him has been found. An examination of his books and accounts shows everything correct and there is no clue to the cause of his absence. He came here twelve years ago from St. Louis, where his parents live. THE MARKETS. Kansas City—Cattle—Choice export and dressed beef steers, $5.85@6.60 fair to food, $4.75@5.75; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.85; western fed steers, $4.75@5.85; western range steers, $3.50@4.95; Texas and Indian steers, $3.75@4.75; Texas cows, $2.50@4.25; native cows, $2.75@5; heifers, $3.50@5.25; canners, $2.10@6.50; bulls, $2.50@4.25; calves, $3.50@6. Hogs—Top, $6.70; heavy, $6.55@6.70; mixed packers, $6.15@6.60; light, $5.15@6.30; pigs, $4.50@5.10. Sheep—Fed lambs, $5.85; fed wethers, $3.75@4.50; yearlings, $4@4.75; ewes, $3.25@3.85; culls and feeders, $2.25@3.75. St. Louis—Cattle—Texans, top, $5 natives, top, $6.20 Hogs—Top, $6.80 South St. Joseph—Hogs—Top, $6.65 Sheep—Steady. South Omaha—Cattle—Top, $6.25 Hogs—Top, $6.45. Chicago-Cattle-Good to prime nominal, $@6:30; poor to medium, $@6; stockers and feeders, $@2:4.25; cows, $1.25@4.75; heifers, $@2:5.25; canners, $1.25@4.30; bulls, $2.25@4.75; calves, $@7.65; Texas fed steers, $@4.90. Hogs—Mixed and butchers', $5.95@6.05; good to choice heavy, $6.40@6.85; rough heavy, $6.10@6.35; light, $@6.35. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $4.25@; fair to choice mixed, $3.50@4.25; Western sheep, fed, $4.25@4.65; native lambs, $3.50@6.25; Western lambs, fed, $5.20. GRAIN Kansas City — Wheat — May, 81@ 81%; July, 80%; cash No. 2 hard, 79@81; No. 3, 78; No. 2 red, 90; No. 3, 87%@89; Corn — January, 67%; May, 68%; cash No. 2 mixed, 67%; No. 2 white, 67%@81; No. 3, 67%; Oats—No. 2 white, 47%; 48%; Rye—No. 2, 66@67. St. Louis — Wheat—No. 2 red, cash, elevator 87%; c track, 89%; May, 87%; 87%; July, 81; No. 2 hard, 81%; Corn—No, 2 cash, 66%; track, 66%; 68%; May, 68%; July, 84%; 68%; Oats—No. 2 cash, 48; track, 49; May, 48%; July, 39%; c No. 2 white, 49½@ 50c. Chicago — Wheat—No. 2 red, 85%; 87%; No. 3 red, 81%@85; No. 2 hard, 79%@81%; No. 3 hard, 78%; 80%; Corn—Cash—No. 3 mixed, 62%; Oats—Cash—No. 2 mixed, 46%; 46½; No. 2 white, 48%@48%. HAY. Prairie hay, choice, $13@13.50; No. 1, $12@12.50; No. 2, $10@11; No. 3, $4@10; No. 4, $7@8; Packing hay, $6@7; Timothy, choice, $14@14.50; No. 1, $13.50@14; No. 2, $12@13; No. 3, $4@11; Clover, choice, $13; No. 1, $12.50; No. 2, $12; Clover mixed, No. 1, $12.50@12; No. 2, $12@12.50; No. 3, $5.0; Alfalfa, $11@13; Straw, $5.50@6.00 HIDES AND PELTS Green salted hides. No. 1, 8c; Nos. 1 and 2, all around. 7½c; branded. 7c; bulls and stags. 7c; green uncured. 1c per pound less, and part curled 1c per pound less than cured; branded or bady grubby kips or glue stock. 4c; horse hides, large. $3; medium. $2.50; small. $1.25@1.50; ponies. $1@1.25; dry first butcher hides. 16 pounds and up. 14c, under 16 pounds. 11c; dry salt; 11c; dry glue. 7c; very badly grubby green or dry hides are classed as glue stock. Sheep pelts, green. 40@75c; dry flint. 7@8c per pound. Tallow. No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 4½c. HORSES AND MULES. Horses—Drafts, good, $70 to $110; drafts, 1,500 to 1,700 pounds, $115 to $150; chunks, good to choice, $80 to $120; chunks, common to fair, $40 to $75; drivers, medium, $45 to $75; drivers, good to fancy, from $80 up; Southerners, common to fair, $20 to $40; Southerners, good to choice, $45 to $65; plugs, $5 to $15. Mules — $13%@14 hands, fat and broken, $20 to $40; $14@14½ hands, fat, good hair, $25 to $50; $14@15½ hands, fat, $40 to $65; $15@15½ hands, fat, $65@75; $15@15½ hands, fat, $75 to $100; $16@16½ hands, extra fat, $110 to $130; war mules, $55 to $60. MILITARY TRAIN WRECKED. Special With Recruits for Philippines Jumped the switch in Chicago. CHICAGO.—(Special.) A Rock Island special bearing 300 recruits bound for the Philippines from Columbus barracks, Ohio, was partially wrecked in the Twenty-second street yards. Three men were injured as follows: Henry Lewis, crushed between the cars and internally injured, taken to hospital; condition serious. C. C. Murphy, thrown from train and foot crushed; continued journey, Lawrence Schaefer, thrown out of window and clothing torn from body; escaped with slight bruises. The other passengers were merely jolted although a tourist car containing fifty soldiers lost its rear truck and was dragged half a block before the engine stopped, and the car was badly damaged. A sleeper occupied by eight officers and wife of one of them was thrown to an adjacent track but maintained its upright position. After several hours' delay the train was re-made and journey continued. The accident is said to have been due to the failure of a switch to work properly. NEWS IN BRIEF The Portuguese house of peers adopted a resolution of condolence on the death of the late President McKinley. The Courier du Soir, of Paris, has published another report to the effect that the United States is preparing the way for intervention by the powers in South Africa. James W. Bapple, a harness dealer of Sedalia, Mo., filed an application in bankruptcy, and Elliott McVey was appointed receiver. Bapple's liabilities are $3,997 and his assets $3,625. Governor Dockery has appointed the following coal oil inspectors: B. F. Brown, for the city of Hannibal, to succeed C. E. Thompson, removed from the city; A. J. Thrower, for city of Dexter, and Charles S. Sinnard, for Carrollton and Carroll county, vice Samuel E. Brookover, resigned, al for a term of two years from January 1, 1901. Julia Arthur, of Boston, recently prominent as an actress, is ill in New York, and the physicians who have been called to attend her fear she he appendicitis. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is buying horses in Lawrence for his West show. Officers at Fort Leavenworth gave a "bal pouredre" New Year's eve. The pouredre was smokeless. A vein of coal twenty inches thick has been discovered near the surface at Aurora, in Cloud county. Salina refers to that portion of the town most of the police court cases come from as the "Bad Lands." Notwithstanding the drought and the price of fodder and the cinder beetles, 308 marriage licenses were issued in Reno county last year. Since Iowa has become so conspicuous in national affairs Iola points out that there is a difference of only one letter in their names. Rabbits are so cheap on the Wichita market that Fred Collier estimates that if the huntsman misses one shot in twelve he forfeits his day's profits. Oats are selling for seventy-five cents a bushel in Wichita, and the Eagle predicts that they will be selling for five cents a apiece before spring. A Clay Center man, seized with an ambition to lead a better life, has sworn off wearing photographic buttons of his "friends" on the lapel of his coat. Baldwin, which has always been the "amen corner" of Eastern Kansas, is almost the only town this side of the 9th meridian that has escaped the revival fad. In an effort to flatter the quality of the butter produced by one of his subscribers a Western Kansas Editor guarantees that it "always stands hitched." The Osborne county Fair association has planned a racing circuit to include Osborne, Beloit, Kawer City, Stockton, Smith Center and Phillipsburg. A petition addressed to President Roosevelt is being circulated in Leavenworth asking for a pardon for the solitary federal convict who has plotted to escape. Two Leavenworth girls are advertised to sing before King Edward, but the papers do not say whether they will sing in English or their native tongue. The Oskaloosa wife murderer was sentenced to fifty years in the penitentiary. It is estimated that he will be too old when his term has expired t. kill any more women. A Kansas editor says it's needless to go far to see a football game. He says "just to stop a bunch of pigs in a trough that only two can get their noses into at once." The papers are "talking about" a stingy young man in Howard who saves money every year by having a quarrel with his steady girl just before Christmas and effects a reconciliation each spring. "Tom" Leftwich, who sold the Larned Eagle-Optic a week ago, denies the story that he expects to start a paper in Honolulu. He says the cinder beetles are worse in Hawaii than are in Western Kansas. 4 A merchant in Jewell City prepared an advertisement for the Jewell Republican, in which he said: "We are here to share with you in your adversity as well as your prosperity." It came out in the paper; "We are here to starve with you." An Emporia newspaper offered a piano in a voting contest for the prettiest girl in Lyon county. On the last day it looked as though a certain girl would win, but at the last moment the next girl behind her walked into the office with 15,000 votes for herself and won. In Olathe the Herald and Mirror have been fighting to see which could be issued the earlier each week. The day of publication was changed from Friday to Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday and now they are back just where they started. The Herald is going to try the semi-weekly plan now. A farmer in Doniphan county heard a noise late the other night in the lane in front of his house, and, going out, found a wagon overturned and a man struggling to right it. He assisted him in straightening matters out, as the stranger drove away, he said that two chickens escaped from him in the overturning of the wagon, and that the Doniphan man could have them to pay for the trouble he had caused him. The next morning the farmer went to his hen house and found only two chickens there. The stranger he had helped had stolen all the rest. The Rev. C. M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps," is also a talented writer of verse. On New Year's day he passed cards among his Topoka friends on which were two stanzas entitled "1902." A portion of it: Dear friend of mine, the year is new; I wish a happy year for you! Whatever lies within its hand, Easy or hard to understand, Whether it brings you smiles or tears, Filling your heart with hopes or fears, May He who marks the sparrow's fall Protect and guide you through it all. A man up in Holton, who puts the accent on the first syllable, can't understand what the American government wants to build a lot of canals for, since everybody uses lamps or electric lights. The Minneapolis Messenger tells of a girl who sent $15.58 to a Chicago house for a sewing machine. After a long wait she received a reply to her letter of inquiry stating that the firm was bankrupt and that her claim is No. 18,488. All the merchants in her town have crepe on the door; they are sorry for her. Chetopa has an Ananias club, just to show that Oswego and Parsons have no monopoly on the genuine Labette county product. So much of the mail addressed to Marvin postoffice is forwarded to Marion that the only safe way is to address it "Marvin, not Marion." In Wichita the Missouri Pacific has bought ten blocks of land between Water street and the Arkansas river for increased switching facilities. And the side tracks will not have to be built on a trestle to avoid the moisture, either.