The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country WE APPEAL TO The Thinking People. To Consider What is To Their Best Interest In Second and Third Wards As Well As Other Wards. VOL. 15. NO.5. Oldest and The Good People of K WE APP The Thinking People. Their Best Interest I Wards As Well We appeal with much sincerity to the voters both men and women in the 2nd and 3rd wards of Kansas City, Kansas, and all other wards of the same city, for that matter to stand up for the reform movement and new Democracy. We make a special appeal to our race that number in a very large proportion in the 2nd and 3rd ward to stand by the two excellent young men Mr. George Gruble Jr. and Thomas J. Barker Jr. You have heard and acted on our advice in the past, we beseech you to hear us now, we ask you to open your eyes to damnable injustices heaped upon you by so called close to the principle republications and close your eyes to recollections of by gone days and the old timed prejudice and live for to-day that tomorrow may find you better then to-day. Remember you don't have to be a democrat to vote for men we endeavor to show you are the proper men. Remember that partylines George Gruble Jr. In Mr. George Gruble Jr. we find a most excellent type of manhood,a bright industrious and aspiring young man who being reared in our city is thoroughly acquainted with all its needs and wants. He is a heavy tax payer,has established a business and is helping to make Kansas City, Kansas a fit place to live in. Will the voters of the 2nd ward turn down such a young man. We believe, yes we know that the good people of the 2nd ward irrespective of parties will line up in one solid phalanx and we fancy we hear the echo from every precinct in the ward. George Gruble first,last and all the time. The last day of grace is to day you who have registered remember that April 1st is the day you must come to the front. Every progressive citizen, every thinking citizen, every tax-payer, every person who has the welfare and best interests of our city and ward at heart, will not only vote for Gruble, but will see that their friends and all their family of voting age, will stand up for him. Could we impress upon every voter the necessity of putting men of ability and men of the people and for the people in the council, we believe not a single voter would do other than vote for George Gruble Jr. There should always be a certain amount of pride in the heart of every citizen, he be black or white - when a home boy, aspires for an office at their hands. There is not a parent who is rearing a family who have lived and struggled in this city to help make it a city, whose heart does not swell with pride when he looks forward to the time, when his off-springs launch out upon the political sea they will need somebody's help lay the foundation now by helping George Grubble. Thomas J. Bärker Jr Mr. Thomas J. Barker Jr. the candidate for councilman of the 3rd ward is one of those highly recommended young men whose interests are centered in this our city. A young man of honor honest and lofty aspiration who will beyond all questions give to the people of the 3rd ward an administration of the highest commendable character. In our knowledge of him and all his family connection, covering a period of twenty-five years we can say with no fear of contradiction and in all truthfulness, that no white family in any community ever proved at all times a more loyal and true friend to the Negro than did the "Barkers," a name familiar and respected by every Negro who has lived any length of time in Wyandotte County. Hundreds of good old honest citizens here, can testify to the broad generous and charitable disposition of this family. All may not be thoroughly acquainted with "young Tom" as he is called—but we are, and when we tell you that he is a "true chip" off the old block, we mean every work of it. Now you that have not registered do so to-day, (its your last chance) and on April lst go to the polls and cast your vote for Thomas J. Barker Jr. and you will never have cause to regret your actions. OLD ABOLITIONIST DEAD. Ezekiel Hunn, who died in Philadelphia a few days ago, at the 91, was one of the veteran managers of the under ground railroad, following the example of his father, who, like himself, was a Quaker. In fact, the Hunn family of Delaware was and is identified with the society Friends. His uncle was indicted in the United States circuit court for feeding fugitive slaves passing through Delaware on their way North; he pleaded guilty before Judge Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision, holding ng court at Dover, and a fine of $5,000. The present governor of Delaware is a son of the man mentioned and a nephew, of the just deceased Zekki. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. are a past issue in Wyandotte and as we have so often told you, men, indepenent, Thinking men having yours and the rest of the races best interest at heart are the ones to vote for. The practice of many weak kneed republicans of this city is, that if a candidate stands well with the Negroes he is not wanted. This is the lilly white element and they are getting to gether. If a Negro is nominated on the republican ticket, before the rank and file of the republican party in Wyandotte County will stand for him, they will vote for a Democrat. Are we not now intelligent enough to resent this? Are we not free American Citizens? If it does not hurt a white republican to do this, will it hurt a black one to do the same thing? No! No! No!!! Let us not be whipped to death with the bloody shirt of 40 years ago. We want material benefits NOW. OLD SAYINGS As poor as a church mouse; as thin as a rail. As fat as a porpoise; as rought as a gale; As brave as a lion; as spry as a cat; As bright as a sixpence; as week as a rat. As proud as a peacock; as sly as a fox; As mad as a March hare; as strong as an ox: As fair as a lily; as empty as air; As rich as Croesus; as cross as a bear. As pure as an angel; as neat as a pin; As smart as a steel trap; as ugly as sin As dead as a door nail; as white as a sheet; As brown as a berry; as blind as a bat As mean as a miser; as full as a tick; As plump as a partrige; as sharp as a stick. As clean as a penny; as dark as a pall; As hard as a millstone at bitter as gall As fine as a fiddle; as clear as a bell; As dry as a herring; as deep as a well. As light as a feather; as hard as a rock As stiff as a poker; as calm as a clock; As green as a gosling; as brish as a bee; And not let me stop. lest you weary of me. If you have registered it is your duty as an Amerieon Citizen to get out early on the 1st day of April and vote for the men who will do you the most good. Past experience and observations warrant us in commending to your consideration men whom we believe beyond all reasonable doubts will prove true to all nationalities alike and represent the highest ideals of American Citizenship, and true manhood and will make efficient public servants. RACE REFLECTION ; After a woman, who is willing to go hungry in order to keep up with fashion, wears a dress three or four times, she hangs it up and says, "I have nothing to wear." Sue is not talking the truth and sae knows it; for in the whole history of the human race, Eve was the only woman who could say so truthfully. Bishop J. B. Small who will sail for Africa in June says in the Zion Missionary Seer of February that he will take with him to the Gold Coast Mr. William Hockman and Rev. J. E. Aggrey; and Rev. John J. Pearce for the Liberian work. Dude loafers, there is no joy in idleness. Go to work if you want to enjoy yourselves and be respected. Many want to go to heaven who are too lazy to even look that way. The frivolity of fashion is the soil in which corruption flourishes. Time will not make the great man, but he cannot be made without it. Some men cannot find God because they look for him with their backs. Not pain but right pleasures is the best cure for the love of wrong ones. CULTIVATE THE MEMORY. Memory is an essential that can be cultivated. There is no acceptable apology possible for a poor memory, and it is one thing a public Wilt not forgive. A great deal of time is not required to cultivate memory, sine, when on a train, in the street, or anywhere else, in fact, one may be memorizing, and every line or bar intelligently committed to memory is an advance. Success. Vote for George Gruble Jr. for councilman of the 2nd ward. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING, They Say Alas! what might have been Poor E. B. G.'s hard to love and lose. We wonder if he has a broken heart Remember your friend Geo. Gruble. How about the Sunday Sun? He has learned the lullaby and you ought to hear him sing. Is it true that I. J. is engaged to a well known lady. Don't tell the candidate you have registered when you haven't—The books will tell. No.5 have some very fair visitors. Its said that. Cap B. is so very entertaining. Miss. B. H. looks lone some and sad some time. If its news drop down in the Popular block. H. R. S. don't always go home when the shop closes. I. D. is the Champion Story teller of course from the Popular block. Is M. R. still a favorite? All night whist parties by any other name would hit it better. Have you seen the New Doctor—On! yes there is another. She wouldn't mind having a little Chile She certainly likes her beans. In my castle on 8'h St., I am going to live in excellent style, who but. the Medicine man. J.W. is a coming literary lion. J.W. is coming literary now. D. M. is a vocalist of no mean ability. "Kitty" was seen on on 4th. St Monday night. He sports a gold watch and is al- ways looking to see what time it be. H. F. J. is somewhat of a long winded speaker. The Lawyer struck the wrong creud Monday Night but he was game. N. S. still visits in the Sea Foam block. Queen Bess is seldom seen or heard. Wonder when Miss. Ann eye. and Mr. Sea Foam block will cut the cake. Its Grubble Grubble in the sir on the Its Grubble! Grubble in the air, on the ground and every where. She is still sick and how faithful he Now really, for true when is that wedding going to napped. Yes you can say I said so-Ha! Ha! Ha! and who am I? Many a person who soars aloft often has to come down in the dust on the level with those they one timed spurned. I can do most anything else but my husband does not allow me to vote, because he says its not becoming to women. Ha! Ha!-poor blind man. MAM-VAIN MAN. He laughs at woman's soda-fountain habit—and keeps the druggist busy handing out cigars to him. He tells funny stories about how a woman drives a horse—and steers his automobile up a telegraph pole. He writes cards to the papers against problem plays—and swears at the tickt window if he can not get a front seat when the ballet comes to town. He loves to tell of the splendid exercise of sawing wood—but he is willing to pay another man to enjoy the exercise. He picks flaws in the lectures of eminent scientists and discovers monumental wisdom in the lispings of his baby. He is not a secker after public honor — but he is always on hand an hour ahead of time when he is one of the 200 vice presidents at a political meeting. Honesty is the best policy, yet, it seems so hard for some people to believe it. The few race men of means have been eucharced so much by dishonest people that it seems there is nothing that is "dead straight." This should be changed and men would be willing to assist, aid and encourage young men who desire to start in business. Boston Advance. Oddities of Women. "Women are contradictions and puzzles to me every day in the year," said the proprietor of a well-known cafeteria downtown. "For instance, three out of five who come in here will go to a chair and lay purse, handkerchief and gloves on the table to reserve a place, while they wander clear out of sight in search of something pleasing to their palates. Yet if one of these women concludes to check her coat or wrap at our cloak room she is as suspicious as a sewer rat, and in nine cases out of ten removes everything from the pockets before leaving it. Frequently, after taking these things from her pockets she will bring them into the restaurant and put them down on a table to reserve her seat. Goodness only knows why there are not a dozen purses stolen here every day. Maybe it is because more people are honest than the cynic believes exist, or for three tables around is interested in a lone purse and gloves laid down to hold a place. Certainly, if a man should come in here and put his purse and gloves down on a table for the purpose of holding a seat, I'd start as I say, three out of five women do it without winking. Why is it?—Chicago Record Herald: Vote for Thomas J. Barker Jr. for councilman of the 3rd ward. TOO many of our young people think when they start out in life they should be able to do a great many things and do them well. What the world is looking for is specialists. Men and women who can do one thing and do that one thing better than can any one else. Persons of this kind can command the largest kind of salaries. Men who have risen to the highest positions in life are as a rule men who can do only one thing, but they can do thing better than can any other man. The present head of the great Steel Company is a man that knows steel through and through, and as a result of this knowledge he receives the largest salary of any one man in the world. Of course every man cannot be a Schwab, nor can every man be a Caraegie, a Booker Washington, nor a Pierrepont Morgan, but striving to reach these ideals men will not degenerate to the lower branches of work in life. If a man starts out to be a school teacher, a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher machinist, or a printer, he ought to try to be the very best in his line. On the other hand he ought net to think that he can be a good carpenter, a good doctor and a lawyer, all at the same time. The old adage goes: "That one thing at a time and that do well, is a very good rule as many can tell." Afro-Americana Ledger Who is Responsible? It is very seldom that I ever say a word through the columns of any paper, but under the circumstances I cannot refrain from saying something, at least. I was in your city a few days ago, and as I was crossing Texas street, my attention was attracted by a chain gang coming in from work. They were two couples deep and driven like so many cattle to a stall at night for keeping. Both colored and white were in this gang. It is natural for men to be found in places of this kind, but when I tell you that among that crowd were two women, and young women too, possibly between the ages of 16 and 25 years. I say, when I saw my women so degraded, it made me start. The women were not chained, however, and the officer was only discharging his duty, yet the scene created in me a feeling that I shall not soon forget. Brother, the success of a race, ours not excepted, depends upon the purity of its women. It is from our young women that we expect the future of the race. Awake, mother, who sleepeth! Arise from your slumbering couch of neglect and give to the world and our race pure and true women. Thank God we have quite a number who would make any sacrifice, however dear, rather than fail to maintain that purity that characterizes true womanhood. Mothers, have a law in your home around the family alter, and fathers, you ought to help mother enforce this law regardless of the cost. Nearly 50 percent of our girls who are gone astray is caused by fathers who stay with their mothers until the flowers of youth begins to fade into old age or until they have been handcuffed by wasting sickness and placed in the prison of despair, then papa sits or lies down and conjures up an excuse to quit. The devil gets in him then and nothing mother can do will please him. She has helped him in every walk of life: she has been tried and true for 10, 12, 15, yes, 20 years, has children nearly grown, and he has just now found out that she is not good enough; she has just gotten too low for a nice man, he is compelled to quit to save his morals-yes his morals -I'll help him to say. Hence, the mother is left with a crowd of children and no one to care for them but a heart-broken woman. You can see that we do not only need mothers, but fathers as well. A man who will walk off from his family for no other cause, save getting one who seems to him to look better than his own, or who is too lazy to work for their support, ought to be stripped and sent to a hot city. Pretty hard, but I mean it. Should the better class of Negroes give him recognition anywhere? I answer no. Let us preach against it, pray against it, sing against it, yes, and organize against it more than ever. Rev. A. B. Williams, in News--Enterprise. We commend the above article to the consideration of our readers--Ed. Promoting Southern Education, The progress of the latest movement to promote education in the South is such as to assure a large measure of success to this commendable effort. The work will be in the hands of an organization to be known as the General Educational Board, which have at its disposal the money contributed for the object in view. About $1,000,000 has already been given and further financial assistance has been promised as it may be needed. But more reassuring even than the generous support, already given is the practical character of the work outlined. The object of the association as stated is to promote education without distinctions as to race, creed or sex, to cooperate with other educational organizations and so avoid duplication, to develop the public school system, especially in rural districts, to aid existing institutions, to further the establishment of training schools for teachers, to develop the principle of self help, to collect information on educational matters to inform the public and make suggestions, to educate public opinion and to promote in all suitable ways every from of valuable educational work. This is an admirable platform, and if adhered to ought to result in the accomplishment of dollars have been contributed by the North to aid education in the South during the past thirty years. Much has been done with the help of this money to keep back the tide of ignorance in that neigborhood. But in the light of present knowledge noone will deny that much more would have been accomplished had there been a better idea of the situation and of the methods best adapted to the South. A larger measure of success would have been reached. It is encouraging to know that the mistakes of the past are recognized and that there is a disposition to avoid them in the future. The promoters of education in the South have been "educated" in this respec- CANDY CATHARTIC THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP Draggs Gennine stamped C.C.C. Never sold in bulk Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." All diseases start in the bowels keep them open or you will be sick, cascarets ct like nature. Keep liver and bowels active without a sickening gripping feeling. six million people take and recommend cascarets. Try a 10c. box. 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Miss.Jennie Griffin of 2409 Woodland ave. who has been quite Ill for three weeks is improving. Miss. Mary Green of 1306 Highland ave. has returned home Moberly Mo. where she spent some time with relatives and friends. Vote for George Gruble. A New Tailor Mr. M. D.Lawrie a prominent looking young man of Independence Mo., was in this city the past week looking for a good locality for to open a fine tailoring establishment. We hope that if he does open here, every reader of this paper and their friends will pay him a visit. One wedding happened this Week and the happy couple will be off for California. A LIE The report circulated by a white winged legged Bum Politician that if George Gruble and others were elected we would have Jim Crow cars is a Lie of the rankest kind, circulated to fool the ignorant of our race A scarcity of sailors more general than ever before in the history of Maine shipping prevails at the present time, and the wages of seamen have risen to an unusual point. 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The Great Scotch Scientists Absolute Faith in Figures. Lord Kelvin, so his friends say, used to make of himself a sort of Damocles, but it was a cannon ball instead of a sharp sword which was suspended over his head. Few living scientists have as high a reputation as Lord Kelvin, and few have to their credit more useful inventions or valuable discoveries. Though now in his seventy-eighth year the old professor, who for more than half a century occupied the chair of natural philosophy at Glasgow university, still maintains his reputation for being one of the most energetic men in Scotland. Those who know him are fond of telling of the boyish eagerness and almost incredible energy with which he attacks his work. When lecturing he used to become so absorbed and wrapped up in the experiments he was conducting that he could scarcely wait for the results. Disdainting the services of an assistant, he scurried about his lecture room like a youth of 16. Indeed the students liked to say that they never saw him cross his laboratory except at a run. The ruling passion of Lord Kelvin, who is a member of halt the learned societies of Europe, and who has been decorated by the emperor of Germany, the president of France and the king of Belgium, is his absolute faith in figures, and it is this ruling passion which led to his experiment as a Damocles. When he has once solved a problem in mathematics he is willing to stake upon its correctness not only his reputation, but, if necessary, his life. Taking an immensely heavy cannon ball, he calculated with the utmost accuracy the size of the smallest wire which would bear the weight of the load of iron. He then procured a length of wire of just the requisite strength, and, to prove the truth of his figuring, had the cannon ball suspended over his lecturing platform at the very spot where it would be most likely to strike and crush him should the wire give way, and it remained there for weeks.—London Mail. MORGAN'S ONE "INTERVIEW." The Story of It, as Told by the Multi- millionaire Himself. The interviewer disturbs J. Pierpont Morgan. He makes his boast that he never has been interviewed, and declares that in the last seven years but one interview ever has been able to approach him. The story of this one exception he yesterday told to Bishops Potter and Doane. On a recent trip to Europe a representative of the London Times would not take no for his answer. "Tell the Times man my time is worth £10 a minute," at last said Morgan. "The Times man says he'll take two minutes at that," came back the reply. "He handed me £20." said Mr. Morgan, "talked just two minutes by both our watches, did all the talking himself, and rose to go on the instant. 'Why do you want to see me?' I asked in curiosity. 'Oh, I wagered £100 that I would interview you personally, that's all,' was his reply. I congratulated him on his enterprise and dismissed him within the third minute of his call." "Did you keep his £20?" dryly asked Bishop Potter, as Mr. Morgan did. "Yes, and I haven't earned money in a long time that gave me the satisfaction that £20 did." San Francisco Examiner. A. Slight Mistake. The prospect of a dinner will generally keep a hungry man awake. But the victim of absent-mindedness seems at times unable to distinguish between what to eat and what to leave. This was the case with the man who went into a London restaurant, called for a newspaper, and, only when roused from his reading by a waiter, ordered coffee and a ham sandwich. The waiter executed the order and deposited with the homely fare a large pasteboard check. The absent-minded one went on reading his paper. Some quarter of an hour after the waiter returned, "Anything more, sir?" he said, "Yes," snapped the man, "get me a fresh sandwich; the one you brought me was as dry as a bone." The waiter looked down and gasped. "Lor!" he exclaimed, "here's the sandwich I brought! You've eaten the check!" French Giants Materialize Every now and then another giant keeps turning up at Rouen, anxious to convince the executors of the Comte de Pierrerecourt that he is the biggest man in France, and therefore entitled to a half-partion of the count's £4,000 legacy. The Pierrerecourt hears have already begun suit to have the "giant couple" clause in the count's will set aside, averring that the testator was not of sound mind when he stipulated that method of improving the breed of Frenchmen. In the meantime the documents in the case are filed at the mayor's office and are accumulating amazingly. They comprise written applications enough to create the impression that there are not more than a handful of citizens in the whole country less than seven feet high. Ruins on Mesa Verda. The Colorado Cliff Dwelling Association is endeavoring to preserve the ruins which lie on the Mea Verda, in the southwestern corner of Colorado. Here are more than three hundred cliff dwellings, including the noted "Cliff Palace." All of them are in the Ute Indian reservation and a ten year' lease has been made with the Indians, since neither the general government nor that of the state can control In Week y on year ..... $1 00 Entered the nos office at Kansas City Kansas secon class nstr- Read The Citizen. With the object of encouraging agriculture in the Soudan the British government has tentatively begun to purchase the crops raised by the fellahs. Special commissions have been appointed for the regulation and establishment of titles to real property in town and country. These commissions settle the questions at issue on the spot. The continuous possession of a piece of ground for five years is regarded as sufficient evidence of title. The prohibition to grow tobacco has been withdrawn. An experiment in colonization has been carried out in the districts along the Blue and White Niles with two disbanded Soudanese battalions, but even so soon as this there is a considerable improvement in the condition of affairs in the Soudan. Fuel Out of Waste. One problem which municipal authorities of all countries have been seeking to solve is how to best dispose of the city's garbage. A process has been discovered in France, by which garbage is converted into briquettes. It consists of mincing the refuse, straw, paper and the like and adding tar and naphthalene. The whole mass is then mixed in a kneading apparatus and dried, and pressed into briquettes. The director of the Paris municipal laboratory says that these briquettes have a slight odor of gas, burn brightly, and an ener heat slowly. With a more highly perfected method of manuure they will engender less ash, and the heat-producing qualities will be about the same as those of common coal. Restoring Frescoes. The castle of Cl s, in Trient, at present held a barracks, contains some very fine frescoes and wall paintings made w en the Cardinal von Cles occupie the palace as bishop of the see. They date from 1530 to 1535. Three famous Italian artists were summone to Cl s to beautify the castle—Doss D s, from Ferrara; Romanino, from Broscia, and Figolino, from Vicenza. Much of Doss's work is visible, but p art has been unfortunately, whitewashed over. These works are now to be resued as far as possible from dest Gonnod's Lost Quere 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 scruples of the great composer. About the time he wrote it he determined henceforth only to write sacred music, but, happily for posterity, he thought better of his resolution. Rare Old Bible Found. A wonderful old Bible has just been discovered in Venice, the fortunate finder being Leo S. Olschki, a well-known antiquarian of Florence. It is in five large volumes, and was printed in Rome in the printing house of Don Pietro Massimo in 1471 and 1472. Soon after it came from the press it was purchased by a patrician family of Venice, and it was in the archives of this family that Olschki discovered it A Czar's Novel Visiting Card. A Czar's Novel Visiting Card. 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. Duty on A Mouse. Uncle Sam is a stern stickler for form, and the amount of red tape employed in the custom house is really remarkable. It was demonstrated the other day that not even a tiny mouse can creep into our domains from foreign shores without paying duty, says the Philadelphia Record. A gentleman returning from Europe brought with him a pet white mouse, of which he had grown very fond. His "mouselets" was assessed at 20 per cent, which so enriched its owner that he vigorously protested. The case was appealed, and the board of classification of the board of general appraisers, after mature deliberation in solemn conclave, handed down a decision in which the protest was overruled. BICYCLES BELOW COST 5000 high grade guaranteed 1902 MODELS the overstock of one of the best known by us at one-half cost. Four Models..... 1900 and 1901 Models High Grade $7 to $11 Catalogues with large photographie engravings and full detailed specifications sent free to any address. 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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. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Richard Early, Plaintiff. vs. Lona Early, Defendant. To the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named Court and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 2nd day of May 1802, the petition filed against you, will be taken as true, and a judgement redered, the nature of which will be a decree, dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between Plaintiff and defendant and divorcing him from said defendant and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley, Attorney for Plaintiff. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte } ss. In the Probate Court in and for said county In the matter of the estate of Pleasant Mathews, deceased, Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned, on the Estate of Pleasant J. Mathews, late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 3rd. day of February, 1902. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the under signed for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. MARAGET J MATHEWS Administratrix of the] Estate of Pleasant J. Mathews, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have here to set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate [ SEAL ] Court this 3, day of February, 1802. (First published February, 7, 1902.) State of Kansas, . . . iss. Wyandotte County, . . . In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurdge, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurdge late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 8th day of February A. D. 1902. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such Estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. Administrator of the Estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurge. Advance in pin machines One hundred years ago it was considered a wonderful achievement for men to manufacture 4,500 pins in a day. Now three men can make 7,*$00,000$ in the same time. If You Don't Die. Eating twelve mince pies between Christmas day and Twelfth day is said to insure the eater twelve lucky to happy months during the following A. Bad Acquisition. In Bloomsbury, London, was formerly a region known as the Field of Forty Footsteps. It was frequented by rough characters, and it is related that a struggle between two brothers 'took place there'. 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Diamond "C" Soap for sale by all Grocers. TIME KILLING IN SOIETY. Typical Modern House Party on a Scottish Kate. I am sure our house party must be a success. The royalty, it is true, is an obscure scon 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 remains 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 bappies; 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 grouse 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 gillie'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 alra. The celebrated beauties make heroic onslaughts on the eligible parties, who show distinct signs of following the Grand Duke's example. Mr. Veynor announces that the music is "too clear," and the generality of us escape upstairs to each other's sitting-room for a final game of bridge. Such is life.-London Outlook. DRUGS, MEDICINE, CHEMIALS. & Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. 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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 traina their children for the Work of life and its duties. heological Department to prepare for the ministry, desiring to fulfill 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. Preparatory Department For Furnishing an opportunity for Proficiency, n that Fines 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 or competition and labor unions and stern demands nothing will so aid the Negro as to prince 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. FACULTY The faculty is composed of graduates from Lincoln, Wilberforce, Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best school of the country maintained by our people Following is the faculty, Rev William Tecumseh Vernon, B. S. D., A. M., Pres., Lecturer in Histology and Logic, S. Bowman, Tuskegee, instructor in Mechanical drawing and Carpentry; John Charles Wood, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelson Garret of Wilberforce, instructor in business 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. Lula Cunningham, pianist; Mrs. L. H. Moore, teacher of science. In addition lecturers of various topics have been secured. constant y labor for the settlement of the young people under their care and gladly lend helping hand to the same. No student is made to feel the sting of poverty, but merit alo tells. The most deserving are given credit for the same. Expenses—Board per month, $5.50; tuition per month, $1; room re trance, $1. encouraged here; students are adv sed o bring strong substantial clothing, but expanual apparel is not needed by one struggling for an education. School opened Sept. 3, 1901. All arrangements for entrance can be made by writing Pres. W. T. Vernon, Quindaro, Ks. B. will send one of the latest complete catalogues given full information regarding the Quindaro, Kansas. A great school terests, Negroes should here train their children. DEPARTMENT theological Department to provide demands in our pulpits today Normal Department—PreParing and giving a higher training to those desiring Preparatory Fitting students for the Normal department, those deprived of such in childhood. MUSICAL DEPARTMENT For Furnishing an opportunity for fine arts STATE INDUSTRY It is the intention of this department to work of life in the industrial world. We are labor unions and stern demands nothing will compete with any in the world of skilled labor, the future of his children or the future of his Courses.—Architectural or Mechanical newspaper, Tailoring, Bookkeeping, Business plain sewing. FACULTY The faculty is composed of graduates; from Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best school following is the faculty. Rev. William Tecum in Hilosophy and Logic—Charles S. Bowman and Carpentry; John Charles Wood, instructor in business, course and teacher of tailoring; E.J. Vernon, B. S. O. Moore of Fiske, professor of language and life; Mrs. Lulu Cunningham, plant music; Mrs. Lecturers of various topics have been secured. OPPORTION The constant y labor for the betterment of the year helping hand to the same! No student is made tells. The most deserving are given credit for Expenses—Board per month, $L. It is not necessary to encouraged here; students are advised a bible apparel is not needed by one struggling for arrangements for entrance can be made by you will send one of the latest complete catalogue. Write at once for information or catalogue to William Com Paul's Pajamas. From the London Globe: An informing story is being told of Mr. Kruger. Returning home from one of his journeys to England, he brought with him a pair of pajamas, and his appearance at night in this clothing nearly frightened the life out of the good Tante, his wife. "What's that?" she demanded. "Sleeping clothes from England," said Mr. Kruger, with misgiven. "Then take them off," responded Tante, "and come to bed in your velidshoe (shoes)." Can it be Mr. Kruger's habit to go to bed in his boots? Armored Glass A recent German invention is armored glass, or glass cast with wavy gauze incised in their substance, so as to increase the resistance to pressure shock, and the effects of heat. Of the new material have been made at the Chemnitz technological museum which show that the armored glass is much stronger, and where the ordinary glass broke under sudden applications of pressure the strengthened material only cracked, and the crack caused by changes of temperature did not allow either damm or flame to pass. Policemen Praise Pe-ru-na. As a Reliable Specific for the Ills Incident to the Vicissitudes of Their Occupation. ASST SUPERINTDT Hon. John E. Ptacek Asst. Supt Police CHICAGO, ILL. John E. 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Her retirement withdraws from the faculty ranks the last member who served in the opening year of 1875. To Head Off Avalanches Avalanches are so common in Switzerland that devices are now being made to control them. The Swiss form earthworks or entrenchments which are pointed in such a fashion that avalanches coming in contact with them are split and so driven aside. Relic Care for Smallpox The Girdle of the Blessed Virgin, which is preserved in the convent at Vatopedi, is now being carried about the province of Salonika by two monks in order to combat the diseases which are prevalent, more especially smallpox—Constantinopolis. Not Much of a Change Siberian miners are to be put to work in Senator Clark's Montana copper mines. It may not be so much of a change for them after all. TRAD MAGIC St. Jacobs Oil ESTABLISHED 50 YEARS Received 12 Gold Medals from different International Expos- tions as being the most效 five Pain Killer ever discovered Cures Promptly All Bodily ACRES AND PAINS. ACTS LIKE MAGIC! 250 and 500c. CONQUERS PAIN! WHERE HE GOT OFF. Ead Omens Were Too Much for the Wildlife Parks Detective George Fall of the city hall force was riding up town in a Thirteenth street trolley car last week when a colored man of his acquaintance came in and sat down in the next seat. After a brief chat the detective said: "Are you superstitious, Sam?" "No, suh," said Sam. "Well, it's a good thing you're not," said Fall. "There's a cross-eyed woman sitting opposite." "Ya-as, suh, dat's right," chuckled Sam. "And up in the corner is a hunchback." "Yas, suh, I see him." "See the number of the car up there? It's 313." "Yas, sah." "And this is Thirteenth street we're on, you know." "You go long, suh." "The cash register, as you may observe, shows the figures 1313." "Ya-as, suh." "And this is Friday." "Ya-as." "Also it is the thirteenth day of the month." "Quit yo foolin', man." "It is now," said the detective, pulling out his watch, "just exactly thirteenth minutes past——" The colored man had risen to his feet. "I ain't suphapitahs, Mistah Fall." he said, "but heah's where I gits off. You do make a man might oncom菲达." "Philadelphia Record. Too Little for Too Much When the late ameer of Afghanistan was troubled with a bad toothache he sent for his European dentist in open court. The dentist examined the tooth, which was nothing more than an old stump, and advised that the ameer should take laughing-gas and have it out. The ameer inquired into the effect of the gas and replied: "I can not risk being a dead man for five seconds, much less five minutes." So, while the whole Afghan court surveyed the operation, the dentist struggled with the tooth, and the stout old ameer never moved a muscle. "The quality of common sense which characterized this ruler once averted a war between England and Russia. A representative of the ameer told him that the Russians had taken Afghan territory, but as England had guaranteed him against aggression he could easily depend on England to go to war if he said the word. The ameer sat quietly for a few minutes, stroking his beard, and then called for a map of Afghanistan. When it was brought he asked the representative to show him the territory that had been seized. Then tracing the little fringe of country, and sweeping with his finger the great space that stood for the rest of his kingdom, he said: "It is so little that it is not worth making a great war about."—Youth's Companion. Wanted His Share. "The treasury department runs across many funny things in the course of a day's business," said an official of that department. "The majors are full of curious epistles, but, as a rule most of them receive polite attention and answers are returned. Just before the close of the year that ended with December 31 Secretary Gage gave an interview, showing the splendid condition of the country in a financial way, and the full purse of Uncle Sam. In his statement he showed that four years ago or a little more the per capita circulation throughout the country was only $23.14, but that although the population has increased the volume of money has more than kept pace, so that the per capita at the first of the year was $28.73. A man named Schmidt in New York saw the statement, and the day after New Year wrote a letter to the treasurer saying that if the per capita was so much he certainly did not have his portion of it. He inclosed a draft on the treasurer for the amount that he considered he was entitled to. The draft was presented to Treasurer Roberts with great solemnity, but he declined to honor it, and directed that no answer be sent to Mr. Scmidt, whose letter was well written and the handwriting good." Solving It. Patrick, a thrifty tradesman in the neighborhood of the Dublin docks, was, the story goes in Tit-Bits, a man who never spent a penny more than he needed to spend; but he was, nevertheless, as good a man at the making of an Irish bull as any who lived between Bantry and Ballycastle. Having one day occasion to send a letter to a place at some distance, Patrick called a messenger and asked him his price for going such a distance. "It'll be a shillin," said the man. "Twice two much!" said Patrick. "Let it be sixpence." "Nivyer," answered the messenger. "The way ist that lonely that I'd nivver go it under a shillin." "Lonely, is it?" said Patrick, scratching his head. "Faith, an' ye're roight. Now, man, I will tell ye we'll do; make it sixpence, and I'll go wid ye to kape ye company!" Millions Live on the Ocean. The population of the ocean is estimated at 3,000,000. That is to say, the number of sailors and others whose business is on the high seas equals the inhabitants of the thirteenth original colonies. Last year more than one-sixth of this ocean population, or to be more exact, 550,000, officers and men, of 4,343 vessels, entered the port of New York. An Absorditv. "Suppose," said the friend who had been reading "Enoch Arden." "that you went away out on a sea voyage and came back to find that your wife had married another man?" "That's an absurd proposition," answered Mr. Meekton. "Henrietta would never be so careless with me as to let me go away on a sea voyage." Population of Rome Under the emperors the population of Rome was more than 2,500,000. During the middle ages it was reduced to 14,000. When Victor Emmanuel made the city his capital it was 184,000; in 1880 it had increased to 312,000; in 1890 to 451,000 and in 1900 to 500,610. The estimated population in 1902 is 550,000. The prattle of children is charming music when the little ones are your own. ALTON RESUMES FAST ST. LOUIS TRAIN SERVICE. Passengers destined to St. Louis and points east should go via the Kansas City gateway, thereby securing the advantage of the Chicago & Alton's fast night train, leaving Kansas City at 9 p.m., arriving in St. Louis at 7:08 a.m. Chair cars free of extra charge. Compartment sleeping cars. The Alton keeps their light a shining just ahead of the rest. Write to L. D. Cooper, Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago & Alton Railway, Kansas City, Mo. for lowest rates. The Kansas City Southern railway has now inaugurated for the season its new through service from Kansas City to Hot Springs via Salisaw and the St. L. I. M. & S. Ry. Through Pullman sleeping cars run direct between Kansas City and the great Health Resort via Little Rock. This is the only company offering its patrons such service, and judging from the liberal patronage given last year, there is every reason to believe that this service is highly appreciated and what the public desires. For rates and other information, write S. G. Warner, G. P. A., Kansas City Southern Railway, Kansas City, Mo. Only a fool would trust a man who says the world owes him a living. SENSIBLE HOUSEKEEPERS will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Children are becoming better, and parents are becoming more sensible. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue, Large 8oz, package 8 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. When a man habitually neglects his business, it only takes him a few months to kelp浮. ALL UP TO DATE HOUSEKEEPERS use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better and 4 oz. more of it for same money. Whom the Princess Meant Sir Arthur Sullivan was once the bearer of a letter from the princess of Wales, now Queen Alexandra, to her mother, the queen of Denmark. The latter read it and said: "She says in her letter. 'He will tell you about the little monkey.'" "I assure your majesty," said Sir Arthur, "I am quite ignorant on the subject of any monkey." The queen, with a laugh, replied: "She means herself." How He Could Disperse Them A street preacher in a city in Scotland called a policeman who was passing and complained about being annoyed by a certain section of his audience and asked him to remove the objectionable ones. "Weel, ye see," replied the cautious officer, "it would be a hard job for me to spot them, but I'll tell ye what I'd dae if I were you." "What would you do?" eagerly inquired the preacher. "Just gang room' wi the hat." For Painless Killing of Horses Thirty-six instruments, known as "Greener the Killer," have been ordered by the British war office for the painless and noiseless killing of incapacitated horses. The Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals in England, a year ago petitioned the authorities to make use of these instruments on the battlefield and elsewhere Seventeen Servants for One Man. In a New York household the domestic corps consists in all of seventeen servants. It happens that the family consists of one person. As this gentleman is likely to be invited out frequently to dinner, and is not of an age to do much entertaining himself, the servants are not often called on to make any extraordinary exertion. —New York Sun. Work of Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris, the author, lives in a little frame cottage in Atlanta, Ga. He writes from six to seven hours a day, turning out from 1,500 to 2,000 words, using a typewriter. Spillivan's Truthful Remark John L. Sullivan has been recognized as a truthful as well as a fighting man. "I've made a monkey of myself again," he said the other day. This is Simply Wonderful. Champion, MIch., March 17th, M's. A. Wellett, wife of a local photographer, has had a remarkable experience recently. Mrs. Wellett tells the story this way: "I could not sleep, my feet were cold, my limbs cramped. I had an awful hard pain across my back. I had to get up three or four times every night. I was very nervous and fearfully despondent, I had very little appetite. "After I had suffered in this way for five years, I began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. When I had taken a few pills you ought to have seen what came from my kidneys. It looked like a spoiled egg only darker. "I kept on using Dodd's Kidney Pills till I was cured. Now I can sleep well and do not have to get up in the night, I have no pain in my back or limbs and I feel better than I have for years." Hundreds of Popes. There have been 258 popes from St. Peter to Leo XIII, inclusive. One of them, Adrian IV, (1154), was an Englishman, Nicholas Breakesbeare, who was born a beggar, but lived to crown the German Emperor Barbarossa, and died the most powerful potentate on earth. Six have been Germans. Nearly all the rest have been Italians. A run of bad luck may not remove the mote, but it takes the beam out of a fellow's eye. THE BEST RESULTS IN STARCHING can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides giving 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. The difference between a job and a position seems to depend on the salary. When it is said of a man that he is "funny," it is usually a polite way of saying he is a fool. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP THE LIVER. EARLIEST RUSSIAN MILLET. Will you be short of hay? If so, plant a plenty of this prodigially profile millet. 5 to 8 Tons of Rich Hay Per Acre. Price $10.50; $100 lbs. $3. Low freight. John A. Skeat Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. W Every drop of the blood that flows through our veins passes through the liver in its formation. Any habit or work that tends to check the circulation of the blood in its passage through the liver materially affects the health. The first symptoms of a disordered liver are flushed cheeks and a darkening of the complexion; other symptoms are dizziness, bad breath, coated tongue, pain above the eyes and in the back of the neck, tired feeling. Dr. Caldwell's (Laxation) Pepsin acts gently on the liver, increasing its activity in its formation of the blood, giving a bright, clear complexion, dispelling cold, headache, fever and all ill caused by a torpid liver. It is for sale by most drugists, in 50c and $1 bottles. Sample bottle and booklet free, PEPSIN SYRUP CO. Monticello, ill. Truth is mighty—mighty inconvenient in a horse trade. TRY ONE PACKAGE If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return to your dealer. If it does, you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction end will not stick to the iron. A man is often lucky when he fails to get what he wants. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c. When the millennium arrives, the quiet, genteel man will be treated as well as the kicker. But not before. The dividing line between smiles and tears is a very narrow one. Pisso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all infections of the throat and lungs—W.M. O. Enfieldy, Vanburen, Feb. 10, 1900. $199. knew $199. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure. Hall's Catarach Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarach being a constitutionally born disease, Hall's Catarach Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the eye, and building a foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting mature in doing its work. The proponents of this cure have powerful that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of All is not gold that shows up in a glittering mining prospectus. FIVE permanently curved, soils of no nervousness after first day in the field, take the beetons. Send for FREE $2.40 bill to Dr. R. H. K. KLEG, 831 Arch 8, Philadelphia, Pa. The stuttering man is not always truthful, but he sticks to his word. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druidess Tye. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Some men manage to keep from being imposed upon by being disagreeable. Buy more pictures and less plab toacco. Get a bottle of Hamilia's Wizard Oil today; it saves trips to the doctor! It cures Headache and Toothache quickly. THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or quality-16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. People don't realize how many loafers there are until there is a fire. A wise man in business may be a fool in love. Don't Raip Your Stomach PUTXAM FADELESS DVES are the brightest, fastest and easiest to use. Sold by druggists. 10.9 per package. When a mother talks of "training" her baby, the men smile. Lots of verse writers actually imag i they were born poets. DON'T FORGET A large Soccer Ball, red Cross Ball Basket, only 6 inches. A black Russie Ball. Men of Affairs One may sail the seas and visit every land and everywhere will find, that men of affairs, who are well informed, have neither the time nor the inclination, whether on pleasure bent or business, to use those medicines which cause excessive purgation and then leave the internal organs in a constipated condition. Syrup of Figs is not built on those lines. It acts naturally, acts effectively, cleanses, sweetens and strengthens the internal organs and leaves them in a healthy condition. If in need of a laxative remedy the most excellent is Syrup of Figs, but when anything more than a laxative is required the safe and scientific plan is to consult a competent physician and not to resort to those medicines which claim to cure all manner of diseases. The California Fig Syrup Co. was the first to manufacture a laxative remedy which would give satisfaction to all; a laxative which physicians could sanction and one friend recommend to another; so that today its sales probably exceed all other laxatives combined. In some places considerable quantities of old-time cathartics and modern imitations are still sold, but with the general diffusion of knowledge, as to the best medicinal agents, Syrup of Figs has come into general use with the well-informed, because it is a remedy of known value and ever beneficial action. The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellent combination of the laxative and carminative principles of plants, known to act most beneficially on the system, with agreeable and refreshing aromatic liquids, but also to the original method of manufacture. In order to get the genuine and its beneficial effects one should always note the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. WHEN YOU BUY STARCH buy Distance and get the best for 10 miles. You'll always use. for 160 now the talk of it is by no means phenom- anitic. Manitoba and districts of Assinibia, Saskat- chaque, the most wonderful grain producing coun- ries in the world. In the past, we hold the highest post- Woodward Wharf the Commercial World 1804 ACRE FARMS WESTERN CANADA FREE It's not only the poor people who can't keep servants. Dollars BUYS DELIVERED, An 800 Lb. GOOD SCALE, On Wheels, PLATFORM 18 X 25 IN Cast Steel planks, equally tangled, Accurate, Damally well made, Other sizes and WAGON SCALES BIND cabin. For circulators, address. JONES HE PAYS THE FREIGHT BINGHAMTON, N. Y. BOX 47 tion. Thousands of Americans are annually making this their home, and they succeed as they do. They are educated and secure a farm and home in Western Canada. Low rates and special privileges to homeescapes. Low rates and special privileges to Western Canada sent free to all applicants. Apply for rates, &c. to F. Pedley, Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to J. S. Cawford, Canadian Government Agent, 24 W. Ninth St., Rancho City, Mo. **DROPSY** NEW DISCOVERY; gives students the book of testimonies and 10 DAYS treatings cases. Book of testimonies and 10 DAYS treatings cases. DE. H. K. GREEN'S KIDS. BOX E. ATLANTA, Ga. JONES HE PAYS THE FREIGHT BINGHAMTON, N. Y. BOX 47 OKLAHOMA 500 HOMESTEAD CLAIMS DICK T. MORGAN, M.E. OREO, T. O. HAS NO EQUAL, DEFIANCE TRADB MARK DEFIANCE IN QUALITY & QUANTITY STARCH 16OZ REQUIRES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR LAUNDRY PURPOSES ONLY MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG CO OMAHA, NEB. (PUT UP IN COLLAPSIS) A wristwatch that can be worn to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain alleviating and curative qualities of the watch will help. It will stop the toothache at one, and relieve headache and scalatica. We recommend it as a counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and stomach and all the urticaria, neuralgia and cough comorbidities. It is the most useful in the house for any people say, is the most useful in your preparation. 15 cents, at all druggists or other dealers, or by sending this amount by mail. No article should be accepted by the public unless the same carries our address: BEVERGHS MFG. CO., 17 State Street, New York City. KIMBALL'S ANTI-RHEUMATIC RING the best endorsed remedy on Rheumatism and Neuritis. Water will cure Obesity. Constipation, Indigestion, Coughness. Send your address: 577, Kansas City, Mo., for descriptive circulars. CALIFORNIA TAXES FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE SALE GRADEMARK CO. & CO. DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D.C. Successful in F. Y. Washington, D.C. Examined by Examiners U. S. Treasury Sigrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, etc. since TO YOUNG LADIES. From the Treasurer of the Young People's Christian Temperance Association, Elizabeth Caine, Fond du Lac, Wis. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: I want to tell you and all the young ladies of the country, how grateful I am to you for all the benefits I have received from using Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I suffered for MISS ELIZABETH CAINE eight months from suppressed menstruation, and it effected my entire system until I became weak and debilitated, and at times felt that I had a hundred aches in as many places. I only used the Compound for a few weeks, but bought a change in me from felt to feel. I have been very regular since, have no pains, and find that my entire body is as if it was renewed. I gladly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to everybody."—Miss ELIZABETTA CAINE, 69 W. Division St., Fond du Lac, Wis.—Wis. $400 forfeit if above testimonial is not genuine. A much greater aid to woman is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance for woman'sills of every nature. Mrs. Pinkham invites all young women who are ill to write her for free advice. Address Lynn, Mass. YRVP 150 Kinds for 16c. N.Y. The following arose a wastehouse and about seeds are found in a wastehouse and on more farms than any other. In an interior. He has used. We own and operate over 6000 acres for the cultivation of our whose seeds, to order to reduce you to try them we make the following impregnate For 15 Cents Postpaid 20 blobs of pasture business radishes, 12 knots of ornamental flowers, 16 knots of tomato flowers, 12 knots of lettuce varieties, 62 gorgeously beautiful flower seeds, in all 180 knots positively furnished, bountiful and lots of choice vegetables, toothed with wild herbs telling all about Tootsie and Pom Pom seeds at 600, a pound, etc. all only for the Day. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis. YOUNG WOMAN has came into possession of 14,000 degrees correspondence with a respectable man who would appreciate good wife. Box $88, Toronto, Can. You can't help being satisfied with Defiance Starch. It has all the qualities you want, there is more of it than you ever got before, and it will do more with less labor. It needs no cooking, simply mix with cold water, 16 ounce package for 10c. Don't forget it-a better quality and one-third more of it. 1 SEVEN LIFE SAVERS AND FIVE OF ‘CREW OF COAL BARGE. ONLY ONE LEFT. TO TELL THE SAD STORY Ltemvors Lind Gone’ to the Meseas of tna Sailors — Lifeboat Was Repentedly Capsned on the-teip ack tothe See ge CHATHAM, MASS.—(Special.) By the capsizing of a lifeboat seven life- savers, practically the entire crew of the Monomy station on the south end at Cape Cod, met death at their post of duty and withpthem into the sea went five men from the stranded barge Wadona, whom they tried to sring in safety te. the shore. One man, Lemuel Ellis, through the heroie work af Captain Elmer, Mayo, of another stranded barge, the John C. Fitzpat- tick, was rescued from the bottom of the upturned lifeboat. Among those lost was William ¥. Mack, of Clevelanu, 0., who was on the ‘barge representing his company, the Boutelle Towing and Transporta- Saptain Marshalletaotshrdiel ed {eo ton Company, of that city, while Captain Marshall N. Eldredge, one of the oldest life-savers on the coast, went down with his men, All the We-savers came from Chatham and Harwich. The names of those lost are ts follows: Lifesavers: Marshall N. Eldredge, keeper, South Chatham. Edgar Small, Harwich. Elijah Kendrick, Harwich, Osborn Chase, Harwich. Arthur Rogers, North Harwich. Isaac Thomas Foye, North Chatham. Valentine Nickerson, Harwich. From the barge: William H. Mack, Cleveland. Captain Christian Olson, Boston. Robert Molanux, Boston, steward of tug Peter Smuh. ‘Walter A. Zeved, Cottage City. Manuel Enes, Cottage City. ‘The scene of the accident was in the well known tide rips off Monomy point, which make down from Chath- am to Nantucket gound. The barges Wadena and John C. Fitzpatrick, on the way to Boston with cargoes of soal, stranded on the Shovelful shoal, about three-quarters of a mile off Monomy point. Since then every ef- fort has been made to float the barges, and men from Vineyard Haven were at work throwing coal overboard from both of them? The tug Peter C. Smith, which has been lying beside the barges, ran alongside the Wadena and told those on board that a storm was coming on. All the wreckers were taken on board the tug, with the exception of the five men who met thelr fate. Mr. Mack, who had come on from Cleveland, refused. to leave and ordered the captain of the Smith iy anchor weary: DARING MAIL ROBBERY. Bn'ock Mall Wagon on Crowded Street and Steal Registered Pouch. CHICAGO.—(Special.) One of the most daring of recent postoffice thefts committed in a crowded downtown street is now engaging the attention pf local postofiice officials. Some one by means of a duplicate key opened @ mail wagon and extracted a regis- tered mail sack. The contents of the pouch are estimated to be of the yalue of $1,700. ‘The robbery was committed in front of the Masonic Temple, in State street, fas hundreds were passing. Driver E. F. Hannum, who was In charge of the wagon, went into the rotunda to the Temple substation to take up a registered mail sack there. He was absent only five minutes, but when he returned he found the lock of his wagon open and the valable sack gone. There is no clue to the robber. Bae “Our Boarding House,” which has “Our oBarding House” wnich has een known to the present generation almost wholly through its association with the early cgreers of Stuart Rob- son and William H. Crane, who made their first appearance together in it, has been revived with much success at the Century Theatre, Kansas City. this week by the Woodward Stock company. The old farce is said to be as funpy as it was some twenty years ago. and that is more than can be said-of a good many of the old favorites. Next week the Woodward people will present Hoyt’s “A MIIKk White Flag,” one of the funniest of the late farceur’s conceits. It comes nearer to being spectacular than any ‘of the other Hoyt plays and special settings and costumes are being pre- pared for the Kansas City production, Two Peiionere Walk Out, * ARKANSAS CITY.—(Special.) Two prisoners unlocked the county jail at Newkirk, 0. T., ard walked out. They were William Haskell and James Mitchell and were awaiting trial on the charge of petty larceny. They were Kept in the corridor of the pail and thelr absence was not discovered un- Vi midnight. The sheriff and posse ate now looking for the men, bu! there/is very little chance of their be- ing captured. The heavy rains which followed soon after their escape ob- literated any tiacks they may have left. < a ie cent. at ce er ec fannonnced that, by agreement with the executive committee of the G. A. WR, the Eastern Passenger Associa- tion ha dagreed on a uniform rate of fone fare for the round trip to Wasb- fngton for the convention to-be held hére in October, This action, it was ‘announced, had been already certified to the Trunk line Association, which controls the rest of the country and almost certainly would be met by a eoncession of 1-cent a mile from all points west of the Obio river. HE STOLE $30,000. Adams Express Messenger Disappear’ With a Package. MATTOON, ILL.—(Special.) Law- rence McKee, a messenger in the em: ploy of the Adams Express service, is missing, and a package containing $30,000 has also disappeared. The packege was sent from Brazil, Ind. to St. Louls, Mo., in MeKee's charge When the train arrived at St. Louis, both the package and McKee were gone. ST.LOUIS, MO.—(Special.) _Jo- seph Temple, general agent of the Adam’s Express company, said that McKee, the missing messenger, had been in the service of the company for several years. He admitted that two weeks ago he disappeared and that at the same time $30,000 in bills, sent from Brazil, tnd., had been lost in transit to St. Louis, ‘The police denied al knowledge of the robbery, but admitted that Mr. Temple had been calling daily on Chief of Detectives Desmond last ace INDIANAPOLIS, —IND.—(Special.) Inquiry of the local Adams Express Company officials reveals the fact that they are exhausting every effort to find a trace of Lawrence M. McKee, a messenger in the employ of the com- pany who disappeared March 3 and has not been heard from since. Me- Kee boarded on Madison avenue, in this city. He has relatives in Colum- bus, 0. G. D. Curtis, the general su- perintendent of the express company at Columbus is investigating the mat- ter. 5 ‘The local officials say they do not know the amount of money missing, if any. TERRE HAUTE, IND—(Special.) It has been learned that an agent of the Adams Express Company ap- peared in Justice Couch’s court re cently at Brazil and swore out a war- rant against Lawrence McKee, the missing express messenger who had a run on the Vandalia between In- dianapolis and St Louis, charging kim with stealing a package containing $1,200 in treasury notes sent to the Riddle National Bank of Brazil. So far no trace of McKee has been found. HE HAS WIVES TO BURN. No. 8, a P’attsburg, Mo., Woman, Fas Him Arrested In San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO, TEX.—(Special.) Upon the complaint of his alleged eighth wife, formerly Mrs, Mary A; Parker, of Plattsburg, Mo., Christian C. Nelson, alias Captain A. N. Free- lend, alias John Anderson, alias Nel- son Porter, was arrested lere at a hotel while in company with his al- leged ninth wife, formerly Mrs. A. E. Milburn, whom he married at Fort Scott, Kas. two weeks ago, Nelson admits that be is wanted in several states, and it is charged that he has undivorced wives in Los Angeles, Cal.; Portland, Ore.; Plattsburg, Mo.; Fort Scott, Kas.; Salt Lake City, U.; St. Paul. Minn., and other points. He is about 45 years old, good logking, well dressed and speaks with a slight Ger- man accent. WIFE BETRAYED HIM. Swarts Lia ath ee Pe Va aes acd ie ete ee eR pathy In High Places. VIFNNA.—(Special.) About sixty arrests haye been made in connection with the condemnaticn to death by a court-martial at Warsaw of a Rus- sian colonel named Grimm for the systematic revelation of military sc- crets to a foreigh power, Among the persons apprehended are a number of Russian officers of high rank. Colonel Grimm has not yet been executed. It is asserted that Colonel Grimm, during ten years, has fevealed to Ger- many every plan prepared by Russia in the eventuality of war between the two countries. ‘The discovery was €ue to Colonel Grimm's wile, who de- nounced her husband in revenge for is haying paid court to another wo- General Puzyrevski, the commender at Warsaw, is suspected of being im- plicated with Colonel Grimm. Americans at the Tull Fight, EL PASO, TEX.—(Special.) Ten thousand people, most of them Ameri- cans, witnessed a bloody bull fight at Juarez, Mex.. just across the river from this city, in which two of Spain's most noted matadors—Fuentes and Mazzantini—took a leading part. Six buls were displaced by the sword and five horses were gored to death. ‘Poentes and Mazzantini, who have heen touring Mexico, go from here to Spain for a series of seventy fights. [one aS ais tne ay eae el at NEW YORK.—(Special.) John T. ‘Stover was shot and killed by his wife, Alice, at their home in this city. When she was arrested she told the police that her husband had threatened to Kill her because she would not give him money and that she shot him to save her own life, ‘They came here from Philadelphia. Gauthier Fells New story. MONTREAL. — (Special.) Frank Gauthier, under arrest here ona charge of murdering Maud Gentile in New York, has told a new story to the police. He declared that the girl ‘attempted to shoot him. When she ‘pointed the revolver at him he sprang and caught it and the muzzle was turned toward her as she pulled the trigger. Gauthier will come_ before Extradition Magistrate La Fontaine and will be remanded awaiting the ar- rival of the necessary proof. Stage money—coach hire. ; saa aan ee Marnie Te HIDALGO, ILI..—(Special.) David Williams, © prominent citizen of this place, shot and kiled Edward Ortman An old grudge had existed between the two men and Ortman, it is al leged, had threatened Williams’ lite ‘a number of times. Oraman went in to Williams’ drug store and placed his hand on bis hip pocket. Will jams then commenced to fire and shot eleven times, eight bullets tak ing effect. Ortman died instantly. 4 ‘The tristing shoemaker is apt to ‘get beaten out of his boots. A $1,000,000 BLAZE AT HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL LIVES LOST Barned—Several Lighters Were De- stroyed Also—Holland-Amertean Liner Mansdam Towed Into Stream to Suve It From ‘Desienktion:: Lapa athasaaay tt anitainr tat comaemibate tee inase que fire edstroyed the pier of the Phoenix steamship line on the Hobo- ken, N, J., river front, with many bales of cotton and hay; burned that com- pany’s vessel, the British Queen, to a hulk, consumed several lighters and their cargoes; damaged a dock be- longing to the Barber Steamship line ‘and for a time threatened the proper- ty of the Holland-American line and the huge Campbell stores. ‘The loss according to the estimates wil approximate $1,000,000. Whether any lives were lost was most difficult to learn. While the con- flagration was at its height and atter it had been reduced by the firemen and fireboats rumors were rife that sev- eral men perished. It was tolerably certain that Chief Engineer Scott, of the British Queen, was burned to death on her, and that @ sailor named Han- sen met the same fate. One of the men who escaped says that he saw several men leap into the water when the steamer became enveloped in fire, and he saw few if any of these rescued. "The quartermaster of the ruined suip said that the crew were in the forecastle and he surmised that if all escaped they did so with difficulty. Nevertheless, some of the British Qiteen's officers said they were quite ‘assured that all were safe save En- gineer Scott, who they simply said was missing, It Is not unlikely that some ‘o. the longshoresmen and stevedores who swarmed about the vessel may still have to be accounted for. ‘The estimated losses in detall are: Piers, $300,000; British Queen, $400,- 00; cotton and lighters, $250,000; sev- en lighters are more or less damaged. ‘The scene of the fire was Seventh and River streets, Hoboken. Together there are the docks and basins of the Phoenix line; the Holland-America line and the Barber line. ‘The Phoenix line pier was a wooden strueture, 300 feet long, covered with a frame shed. On this were many bales of hay and cotton, which burned with the utmost rapidity. How the fire started is not known, Some statements are that it started in the British Queen, which lay in the basin between the Phoenix line dock ‘and the Holland-America dock: others that it had its origin at the end of the pier. At all events, with but the barest warning the flames burst out, quick- ly lighting up the pler and the cotton upon it and driving the stevedores and sailors to the street, for the ves- sel was being unloaded, haying ar- rived here Friday from Antwerp, cot- ton laden, The fire flared up from the steamer with as great suddenness as from the pier, and, since the vessel was made fast to the pier and could not be backed out, lighters and other water craft which lay alongside of her, some of them holding such inflam: mable stuff as oil cake, quickly caught fire, too. ‘The captain of the lighter Tona- wanda saved himself, his wife and his child by pushing a cotton bale into the water, placing himself and family on it and paddling. ‘The stiff wind, which had blown all day, gave Imeptus to the fire, whose glare reddened the North river for a Jong distance. Cattle pens upon the upper decks of the British Queen were the first part of her consumed, but presently her hull was aflame, From the Phoenix line pier the Are spread to the piér of the Barber line, ‘and then to the steamer Heathburn, newly arrive dfrom Hong-Kong, China, | with cargo of tea. ‘The Holland-American docks are below those of the Barber‘line. ‘They ‘caught fire but were only slightly damaged. ‘The company's big steam- er, the Maasdam, was towed out into the river as soon as the danger be- came apparent. When the excitement attending the fire had subsided the Hoboken police reported that five longshoremen were in the hospital there suffering from burns. One of these, Patrick Hussey, is almose sure to die, and the ebild of the captain of the Tonawanda is in a dangerous condition. The eap- tain and his wife also are at the hos- pital. WIN Race for $40,000. NICE, FRANCE.—(Special,) Tyles B. Kennedy, the owner of the yawl, Sybarite, has challenged Kenneth M, Clark, the owner of the cutter Kariad, to a stormy weather race to San Reno for $40,000, The challenge has been accepted. Victory for Proxecation CHICAGO.—(Special.) The prose- cution in the case of Dr. Robert E. Gray, charged with the murder of Miss’ Irma Brown, of Garden City, Kan., won a victory when Judge Ball decided to admit as evidence verbal statements made by the dying girl to Mrs, Imogene Huey and to Captain Wheeler, of the Maxwell street police. ‘The judge refused to admit the writ- ten statement made by the girl, but which was not signed because of in- terference. MINOT, N. D.—(Special.) A family of four, living north of Minot, is known to have perished in the bilz- zard. Many others are believed to be dead, but particulars cannot be ob- tained, as sources of communications are just opening. The stock loss will be heavy. APPLETON, WIS.—(Special.) Plans haye been completed here for a paper mill to be built at Independence, Kas., which will manuracture paper from sorghum cane by an improved pro- cess. oe = Wan ALTGELD IS DEAD. Fell A Victim to Appoplexr At Peoria, Ulinols, JOLIET, ILL.—(Special.) Former Governor John P. Altgeld is dead. Mr. Altgeld was the principal speaker at a pro-Boer mass meeting in the Joliet theater. Just at the close of his speech, a sudden dizziness seized him and he was assisted from the stage. ‘The meeting proceeded, the audience not realizing what had happened, Mr. Altgeld was taken to the door of the tueater, where several vomiting spells seized him. This continued for nearly an hour and was so pronounced that he gould not be removed to the hotel. Physicians were hastily summoned and Mr. Altgeld was carried to the hotel across the street. He retained consciousness and urged the news- Paper men to keep quiet for fear of alarming his wife. Shortly before mid- night h ebecame unconscious. He re- mained in this condition until death. At 3:41 in the morning it was thought ue had died but he revived and from pe ae MO ert es aay © b I} \ B i WR \e TH LATE JOHN PAALTGELD, that time until shortly before the end showed wonderful vitality, although he made no move. ‘The medical men here were holding a banquet at which Dr. J. B. Herrick, ox the Rush Medical College, of Chi- cago, delivered a lecture on heart dis- ease. He and other physicians were called from the banquet to attend the patient. They remained with him the balance of the night. When the end came, they worked his arms vigorous- ly to revive respiration, but all to no purpose, ‘The cause of death is given as cere- bral hemorrhages, there having been an apoplectic seizure or the brain. ‘The vomiting at first was taken to indicate ptomaine poisoning, but it was determined that this was due to different manifestations of brain trou- ble. TRIED TO KILL A MINISTER. Seok Revenge. ELIZABETH, N. J.—(Special.) An attempt was made to kill the Rev. Mr. Houst, pastor of the German Luther- an chureh of this place, recently. The police believe that the would-be as- sassins were Italian anarchists. Af- ter the shooting of President McKin- ley, Mr. Houst preached a sermon in which he denounced the anarchists and declared they should be driven from the country. On November 28, last, his son, Ivan, mysteriously dis- appeared and the minister subsequent ly received threatening letters, in which it was said that the boy was in hell and that the father also would be sent there. Some weeks ago his jittle daughter was met on the street by a young man, who tried to entice her into a house, but she began to ery, attracting the attention of passersby, and the man took fright and hurried away. Recently Mr. Honst heard steps on the porch of his home and he went out to investigate. As he did so he was knocked down by a blow on the head with some kind of a blunt in- strument. While he was prostrate, one of his assailants kneeled on his chest, threw a cloth over his face and shoved it into his mouth as a gag with one hand, while with the other he drove a knife into the minister's chest, inflicting a deep flesh wound. The wounded man was found by his wife and a physician was called. He found that the knife wound was slight, but that the blow on the head had caused serious injury. There is no clue to SL acre ARDMORE I. T.—(Special.) Rufus Binyon, negro murderer of his step- hil, sentenced. to. bang Nateh 2 has heen granted an appeal tothe Civil ‘court ot sppeate. This meats font ‘Binyon's caxe will Ye reviewed nest June QUINCY, ILL,—(Special.) Freder- tok Moecker, a well-known Young tan Shot ny wife twice in the breast ana ten sent two bullets Into his own brain. He is dead, but his wife will live. The couple bad been separated for sone time. He lefts note show: ing that he had intended also to kill their little child. A nia tor speak rete apxico City "(Special)" Advice from Spain state that arrangements are being made to establish two new {ines ot steamers between Spanish an hectean Gull’ porta” The. promoter Of the respective lines say chat Spal can furnish cloths of Catalan manu- facture preserved meats and fish, olive oil, dried fruits and Spanish special- ‘ties cheaper than any other country, ‘and efforts are to be made to secure {tis trade. "the. Sanh colony. i “Mexico is the most numerous of all eee aut BEAUMONT, TEX.—(Special.) In connection with the recent murders and mysterious disappearances the of- ficers are on the lookout for a man named Smith, who fs well known in this section and who Msappeared sev- eral months ago. Smith was formerly a saloonkeeper at Sabine, and later came to this city, when he came into an inheritance of about $10,000. This was about two montns ago. The last seen of him he had nearly $10,000 in eash on his person, and for this rea- son it fs expected that something may have happened to him. FUNSTONISLION “LITTLE MAN FROM KANSAS” AT- TRACTS MUCH ATTENTION. WHILE HE I$ AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT Women Clerks Grow Histerical Over Aguinaldo's Captor—Bid for His Au- tograph and Crane Their Necks to Get a Glimpse of Him— Runs Across Aguinaldo iu Nation's Capital. WASHINGTON. — (Special.) The visit of the General Funston to the war department created a profound flutter of excitement among the “lady clerks.” General Funston had not been at the department since he be- came a hero, and a brigadier general, and so he was quite a curiosity to the hundreds of clerks who have had so much to do with his military ree- ord since he made himself famous in the Philippines. Naturally many of those who have made up his record on the department books, and who have followed his course through pro- motion wanted to see the “little fel- low from Kansas.” General Funston, accompanied by his aide, arrived at about 10:30 clerks, Knowing that he would call ‘at the department to pay his respects, were on the lookout for him. He had hardly entered the building be- fore his presence was known, and as he walked up, the news seemed to spread, for by the time he reached the second floor and made his way along the corridor to Secretary Root's office the hallway suddenly became crowded with female clerks. There was quite an ovation as he came out ot the elevator, the young ladies, while not cheering him, gave utter- ance to those little murmurs of saluta- tion which women are so wont to make when they see anything that pleases them, “There he is," they eried. ‘Isn't he cute?” “I thought he was a larg- er man, but he is just a darling, if he is little.” He reminds me of a plump little partridge,” were some of the comments uttered as the general Passed on to the secretary's office. As Secretary Root was not in the de- partment, being down the river on a little vacation, General Funston went in to see Adjutant General Corbin. Before he got in teh door, however, he was stopped by “Charley,” one of General Corbin's messengers, who, during the Spanish war had been nicknamed “Aguinaldo” by the gen- eral because he was so active In skip- ping about from place to place. Charley held Funston up while he wrote his name on a card, and then, after Funston had gone in to see Gen- eral Corbin, Charley became the cen- ter of attraction, and was surrounded by the female clerks, who wanted to see the autograph. Having seen It, they became possessed of a desire to secure it. and began to offer bids to Charley for the precious autograph. ‘The bids once started, ran up rapidly, Wut Charley refused to auction off the card, and, after the bidding had gone up to #10, quietly put the card in his pocket. This so disgusted the ladies that they called him “real mean,” and slowly but sorrowfully went back to their desks. General Funston did not remain longer at the department. He registered in the visitors’ book. Several attempts were made to cut the name ont of the volume, out Charley was on watch and frustrated All attempts to do so, and thus re- mained the sole possessor of General Funston’s autograph of all the officials in the department. Denver to Care For Orphans, DENVER.—(Special.) The Broad- way theater was packed recently by Catholics and Protestants in response to a call for a mass meeting issued by Bishop Nicholas C. Mats, of the Catholic church, to discuss means of providing for 200 children who were inmates of St. Vincent's orphanage, flestroyed by fire. It was decided to rebuild the orphanage at once and in the meantime provide the sisters with money and quarters for the homeless little ones. A committee of twelve of the wealthiest men of the city was appointed to raise funds, Mother and Daughter Dead. SPRINGFIELD, GTIO—(Special.) Mrs, Joseph Philips and her two daughters, Florence, aged 12, and Margaret, aged 7, were struck by « Big Four train at 7 p. m., while cross- ing a trestle west of this city. All were thrown into Mad river. Mrs, Philips and Florence were Killed, but Margaret was only injured slightly. ‘The father, whom they had gone to meet on his return from work, wit- nessed the accident. Quits Satvation Army. LONDON.—(Special.) The report tnat Herbert Booth, third son of Gen- eral Booth, who was in command of the Salvation Army in Australia, had withdrawn from the army, is con- ficmed,here, Ill health is the cause of Commander Booth’s withdrawal. CHICAGO.—Frank Berry, a private in the Ninth battery, occupies a cell in the guard house at Fort Sheridan and will be court martialed on the charge of aiding a prisoner to escape. The prisoner was Arthur aVuce, a chum of Berry's since boyhood, who was serving a three year sentence in the guard house on various charges. While Berry was on sentry duty Vance escap- ed, and the former is said to have avoided firing until his friend was at a safe distance. Now Berry may have to serve out the time of the escaped prisoner. PITTSBURG, PA—(Special.) Lo- cal union No. 3 of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, have unanimously de- clared to rejeet the proposition of the American Bridge Company looking to the wage scale for the ensuing year. About 1,200 members were present. About 2,000 men are affected. Since ‘the conference at Pencoyd on Janu- ary 17, 18 and 19, the question of the rate of pay for the ensuing year has been in dispute, the men demanding that they be paid 50 cents per hour for a day of eight hours. “a id SBE NRE SS 2 oe ; ‘Latest Kansas News FAI II KE AAAI AAAI ISI III III III II IIIA WHEAT PRIZES AWARDED. | ORIGIN OF RURAL DELIveRy, Contest Conducted by Kansas Commis sloners to World's Fair Decided. TOPEKA.—(Special.) Prizes _ for the twenty best samples of wheat raised in Kansas last year have been awarded by the Kansas commission ers to the St. Louis exposition. Some time ago the commisioners announced that they wanted some fine Kansas wheat to exhibit at the St. Louis fair, and offered prizes for the twenty best samples—ten of hard wheat and ten of soft wheat. About 100 wheat grow: ers participated in the contest. Each sent half a bushel, and all of it ts to be saved and exhibited. It will be placed in hermetically sealed jars and Kept until the exposition opens. Some of the wheat which took low prizes weighed more per bushel than some that got higher prizes. This was because the wheat was off color. H. Imboden, of Wichita, and Thomas Page, of Topeka, two large millers of the state, made the awards, The in: spection took place in the state house. ‘The judges said they never saw finer samples of wheat on a whole than the 100 samples were, and declared that Kansas ought te win first prize at the wheat exhibit at the fair. Prizes were awarded as follows: First prize, $20, hard—Business Men's Club, Wellington, Sumner county, 64% pounds. First prize, $20, soft—J. F. Hobbs. Severance, Doniphan county, 639% rounds. Second prize, $18, hard—John P. Fleming, Hillsboro, Marion county, 63% pounds. Second prize, $18. soft—J. J. Gray. Severance, Doniphan county, 63% rounds. ‘Third prize, $16, hard—P. P. War. kentin, Hillsboro, Marion county, 63% pounds. ‘Third prize, $16, soft—John Pardee, Lawrence, Douglas county, 6314 pounds. Fourth prize, $14, hard—John W. Blaine. Erie, Neosho county, 63 pounds. Fourth prize, $14, soft—Business Mens’ Club, Wellington, Sumner county, 63 pounds. Fifth prize, $12, hard—F. 0. MeKin- ney, Great Bend, Barton county, 61% pounds. Fifth prize, $12, soft—E. 0, New- man, Muncie, Wyandotte county, 63 pounds. Sixth prize, $10, hard—Peter A. Wiebe, Lehigh, Marion county, 62 pounds. Sixth prize, $10, soft—A. M. Piper, Monticello, Johnson county, 62 pounds. Seventh prize. $8, hard—Byron Heatar. Larned, Pawnee county, 62% pounds. s Seventh prize, $8, soft—H. E. Trov- filo, Winfield, Cowley county, 63 pounds. Eighth prize, $6, hard—L. G. Virgin, St. John, Stafford county, 64 pounds. Eighth prize, $6, soft—George L. Copeland, Mt. Hope, Sedgwick coun- ty, 61% pounds. Ninth prize, $4, hard—D. W. Daily, Lexington, Clark county, 63 pounds. Ninth prize, $4, soft—M. H. Gentry, Leroy, Coffey county, 61% pounds. ‘Tenth prize, $2, hard—A. M, Ward, Seward, Stafford county, 63 pounds. ‘Tenth prize, $2, soft—J. G. Exhorn, Leroy, Coffey county, 62 pounds. EXPLOSION IN KANSAS. Iafin-Rand Powder Mil Blows Up— One Death Revulte, COLUMBUS.—(Special.) One of the glaze mills and one of the mixing mills of the Laflin-Rand powder works blew up here, damaging the plant about $6,000, and 500 barrels of powder were destroyed. Walter Reed, the foreman in the glaze mill, was instantly killed, and one or two others narrowly escaped the same fate. ‘The two mills were located about 250 yards apart, connected by large shafting. The west mill, called the glaze mill, was the first fo explode, the mixing mill following in about ten seconds, The latter explosion is supposed to have been caused by con- cussion. Walter Reed, the young man who was killed, was at work in the glaze mill. It is not known what he ‘was doing at the time of the explosion, nor is the cause of the explosion In that mill known, Reed’s head, hands and feet were severed from his body and scattered among the debris. His brother, Bart Reed, was burned to death about one year ago while asleep fn a car in an “Uncle ‘Tom's Cabin” ‘train in Wyoming. See TOPEKA.—(Special.) The state will refund $150,000 of its outstanding tonds on uly 1. Altogether the state ‘owes $632,000 in bonds. Of this sum, $150,000 is due next July. $220,000 in 1903, $159,000 in 1904, $18,000 in 1908 and $85,000 in 1906. ‘The state school fund holds the entire amount. The present bonds all draw 4 per cent in- terest. It is probable that the bonds which fall due next year and the year following will also be refunded. Lights for Wellington. WELLINGTON. — (Special.) The city council has let the contract. for an electric ight plant for the city to the Hodge Welch Electrical Enginder. ing Company. of Kansas City, for $19, 600. It is to be completed and in operation by July 10. ‘The double unit system was adopted, using two sev- enty-five kilowatt dynamos and two 110 horse-power Corliss engines. Six. ty-four are lights for street lighting and about 1.500 incandescent lights ‘@ill be suppiied. WICHITA.—(Special.) The head of ‘a man apparently about 5 years old ‘was found by Levi Hendren in a ma- nure pile on his farm, at Clearwater, this county. The grewsome object was in a good state of preservation. Great excitement prevailed in the village and the county authorities were, notified. Later Dr. Warren, a local physician stated that he had brought the head from St. Louis and had placed it in the manure so that it would the more readily decompose. The people, how- ‘ever, will not accept his statement and think a crime has been committed, | ORIGIN OF RURAL DELIvery. ‘The Postmaster at Pike, Kas, joy Couldn't Loaf. TOPEKA.—(Special.) Although rap. al free delivery service is comparative, ly new to the people of the country 4 is indeed old to the farmers living ig tne vicinity of Pike, Wabaunsce cous. ty, Kansas. The fact is that the fix, idea of rural delivery service origis. ated at Pike, and the credit is di 1g General Ransom W. Dodge, formerly postmaster of that hamlet, but now a resident of Ohio. It was during An thur’s administration that Genera Hodge was postmaster of Pike, Prior to that time he was a star route car. rier, After getting the postotiice te settled down and tended strictly 1 ‘business for awhile. But life in Pike ‘soon grew monotonous. The genera, had been used to moving about an he couldn't get used to sitting in the office or in front of it whittliag with the town loafers. So he decided that he would deliver the mail that came (9 his office. ‘The farmers were busy and only got to town Saturday nights, General Hodge each day after the mail arrive would hitch up to his old buckboani and start out delivering mail. tie aidn't get anything for the work, but he preferred to do it rather thai sit around town. This was against the postal regulations at that time, but the general didn’t mind it. His bonds. men got scared and at a meeting one day they decided to withdraw trom his bond. They wrote a letter to the department about it, but never got a reply. Afterward they found ont thst their letter never got out of Pike. The general on seeing a letter adsdressed to the postmaster general was curious to know what business anybody in that vicinity but him had with the postmaster general, so he opened the letter. When he read its contents hs destroyed the letter. He afterwards resigned as postmaster and moved to Ohio. DYNAMITE IN THE STOVE. ‘Terrible Experience of Campers in an Old Deserted House. HARPER.—(Special.) An old wo- man called “Grandma” Wells, diet here and her daughter, a widow, also sel Wells, is dying as the result of building a fire in an old stove in a deserted house where they had camp: ed for the night. Two sons are also seriously injured. ‘The stove contained giant blasting powder. The Wells family was en route by wagon from Jett, 0. T.. to Wichita, Kas. Night came upon then seven miles west of here. They stop: ped at Mr. Fred Swisher’s house and asked him to accommodate them dur- ing the night. As Mr. Swisher could not take them in he pointed them to the old empty house on the farm be- longing to Frank Melvin, of this place, little thinking that death lurked thor. Some time ago the well near thi: old house was blasted deeper, giant powder being used for the purpose ant the powder not used was placed in ihe old stove in the house to keep in the ary. When the explosion, which was heard for miles, occurred, Grandma Wells and her daughter were bending over the stove. The escape of the wo boys is a miracle, They were blown some forty or fifty feet through the door, but are not seriously injured. BABIES PERISH IN FLAMES. Se a SED Sem ataee Om ee GALENA‘=(Specal) A teri) 30 cident occurred at. Empire City. «0 joining this city on th? north. Tne Smonthsold baby of Aiea ir Sohn Fallen, while sting $3 ts zy, wan burned to death th x rei thé house and all content ira Ala hod. gone to the next door aes tearing ‘her baby. am a. fps faughter stones Wuen the fie as fst dacovered the entire Jose of te house was a mags of flames Tos mmaner the ite gel expel. i ‘raw impouie to get the tay dtter the boy wan completely ear etn occured a tow mines et 10 o'clock and in less than three hows another fre alarm was turned it.I proved to be within four blocks of th former fier and wan owoed an oc pied by the fly of Prank. Wet Bees Miss Weatheriee had gone (1! pontomee, faving. her four hi Wen the house exught fire ant v2 Soom retuced to anes, When ii ered it was only by brave work th? three elder children were resc ee ety aa: STERLING.—(Special.) The per ple of Rockville township, Rice «ii! have taken steps to consolidate alt? schools of that township. One ll ing in the center of the townsiy) ™ be used. The others wii! be sold ‘The various districts will appronriat® money to hanl the children to s:h00l and to pay the expense of main ‘ing the township school. Kawrence Woman Dies of torn LAWRENCE.—(Special.) Mrs. Em, fly MeCurdy died from the effects of burns which she suffered last werk Mra, MeCurdy was burning some rh bish in her back yard one winds ‘7 when a sudden gush blew her (rs into the fire and in an instant she ¥* ‘enshronded in flames, Neighbors 598 put out the fire but Mrs, MeCurty MP inhaled so much smoke and flame! medical treatment could not **'° her. ‘The literary liom always has * ¢°™ Fined for Game Law Violation: ELLSWORTH. — (Special) Hey D. Beck, a big merchant pe, "it fined $25 in the federal court Wichita, last week for violating game law by shipping some #0" 0) of the state out of season. Mr. BO claimed that he had shipped the 2° for another man but rather than sft a lot of time and money in detent the case he simply pleaded sullty * took a $26 fine. ‘Rises to the occasion—yeast