The American Citizen

ldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of theCoutrny Mr. O. B. JOHNSON. Mr. O. B. Johnson one of our staid, habitually respected citizens who is one our oldest Letter Carriers in point ofrice, is being pushed by his many friends for the position of Superintend- of Carriers, a new position soon to creat. In view of the fact that Mr. Johnson is both capable and represente- and enjoys a record of which every gro in Kansas City, Kans., is proud, believe that his appointment would get with general approval. Mr. Sartin is present most efficient Postmaster indeed do a wise thing in making a selection of him as well as appoint- and exacting and popular gentleman that will reflect unlimited credit. Trismen on the Santa Fe. a southbound passenger train this morning is discovered that they had a 6 weeks-old baby on their hands. The police of city are looking for a woman to answer the description furnished by the trismen. A woman dressed in black and heavily veiled bought a ticket at Arkansas City. In her arms she carried a baby. the tie was presented to the conductor on the train and when Arkansas City was reheated passengers sitting near the baby and baby saw her lean over, kiss, and then leave the train. they supposed she was going into the much room and would soon return. when the conductor made his way through train after leaving Arkansas City, he discovered that the woman was not aboard but the little one was lying on a seat all alone. The baby was taken to Newick and brought back on a train. Mrs. Emma Hook, of Arkansas, Kan. volunteered to give it a one until other arrangements could be made. The woman who abandoned the child is described as being young and pretty. The little one is a girl and is supposed to be about 6 or 7 weeks old. There was nothing about it to reel its identity. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotti county Kansas. Eli Porter, Plaintiff. vs. Pearly Porter, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are here by notified that you have been used in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer, on or before the 1st day of July, the petition filed against you, will be taken as true, and a judgment rendered thereon, the nature of which will be decree, dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and and defendant and forever divorcing plaintiff from said defendant; and for costs of this suit. Eli Porter, Plaintiff by, I. F. Bradley, his attorney. Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas. } ss. County of Wyandotte. } In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of Sam Jordan, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of administration have been granted to the under signed, on the Estate of Sam Jordan late of Jackson County Missouri deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid dated the 6th day of June 1902. Now, all persons having claims against the sale Estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersig- for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they be preclu- ded 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. I. F. BRADLEY, Administrator of the Estate of Sam Jordan, 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 Court this 6th day of June A. D. 1902. All diseases start in the bowels keep them open or you will be sick, cascarets et like nature Keep liver and bowels act ivewithout a sickening gripping feeling. six million people take and recommend cascarets. Try a 10c. box. All druggists. J.N. Soames M. D. a graduate in medicine and Surgery from Howard n university Medical College, of Washington D.C. has come here to practice his profession in our city. He comes well recompensed with Hospital experience from that reputable College, and we wish him much success. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. They Say So Delightful. Where was he oh! where was he? Of course she will wear a button. Its manners in K. C. K. next week. Did you ever hear so much Federation Next week the women will run the city We are never pleased and yet we are. What have you new for the Federation And it all happened at the Rareback shop. Now really did you go on the trolley party. The Rareback shop is still popular on Minnesota avenue. We don't care if we never go down to Armourdale any more. Wonder if its possible to get a doctor after he has taken a bath. Some day he will wonder back—the other fellow will he doesn't. We told you there would soon be a newspaper in the Sea foam block. Which one of the receptions are you going to attend—Oh! I don't know. Now you would laugh a big long week to hear him sing "papas baby boy." What's the matter with Mr. Johnson the Letter Carrier—everybody says he's alright. Tales of Two Cities The installing of officers of Washington Temple No. 25 of the Order of Twelve takes place to night at the lodgeroom of the Order The Sons of Protection Hall. Sir Edward Henderson C. M. Sir Milton Washington, W. S. Sir Jas. Downs, V. M., Sir W. C. Martin A. S., Sir Jno. Wilson, C. T., Rev. Peter Young C. O. Miss Dora Wyatte formerly employed in our office if still ill at their residence. Quite a number will take advantage of the cheap rates next Sunday and take in Jefferson City, Mo. The Annual Thanksgiving Sermon of the Knights of Tabor and Daughters of Tabernacle of the Order of Twelve will be preached at the A. M. E. Church now being held at the M. and O. Hall on next Sunday at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. W. B. Brooks the pastor in charge. Holvay and Reed do all kinds of Real Estate work call on them in bargains 440 Min, Aro. The Corner stone of its New A.M.E Church will be laid Sunday on their new side 8 St. between Neb. and State avenue The service of our editor Mr. W C Mar in will be missed for sometimes on our paper as he is undergoing a tre me nt of his eyes at the hand of the celebra Special D. F. Geo. Curtz of Kansas City Mo. we regret the very serious condition of his brilliant peepers. The funeral of D. Tobatte who fell dead on the Street last Friday was held at the 8th St. Christain Church Sunday The deceased d was 59 years old and re sided at 1034 Jersey ave he leaves three girls and three boys and a large circle of relative and friends to mourn his los William Homes of 1318 N.10th Street went to Montana last week where he will spend some time in search of health. Invitation are out Announcing the Marriage of Mr. William Patrici to Mrs. Thressa Marr June the 17. Stop Whining Pining Sighing and Lying and go to Work and get Some thing and do Somebody, Mrs Bell Lewies of St Joe. Mo spents few days in the City last week the guest of her sister Miss Julia Homes of 1318 N 10th Street Miss Nora B. Clemons of 208 Troop ave. be quite ill this but is improving slowly. Miss Myrtle M. Clemons who has been at our cases for a few week is learning very fast and will soon be an excellent compositor. When you want water. When you want Coal. When you want cesspool work done you can always find Patterson and Gay- den at the old stand. 543 Minn. ave. There will be a Baptizing next Sunday at King Solomon Baptist church all are invited. The funeral services of Mr. Henry Vaughn and old respected Citizen who died last week in the North end will be held Sunday from the 8th St. Christian church under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity. The A. C. L. Grocery Company of 435 Minn ave., are making special prices in good groceries. Call and see them. Its your advantage. WANTED. Woman as cook, and Laundress add. Mrs. A. W Solomon Employment agt. Office 115 E. 5th St. Leadville Colorado. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING, In the Probate Court of Said County. In the matter of the Estate of Ellen Buchanan deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Ellen Buchanan, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 16th day of May, 1902. Now, all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estates; and that claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. WM. PRICE. Executor of the last will and testament of Ellen Buchanan, deceased. Dated May 16 1902. TOPEKA Miss M. K. Benning rayally entertained the Golden Rod Art Club last. week. Rev. David Over formerly of Topeka filled the pulpit at Shiloh Baptist church Sunday. Mrs Lillian Winbush of Chicago returned home last week after one month visit with her parents. Miss Mita Beck of Wasnego went home Monday eve. Rev. and Mrs. M. Ward are attending the District Conference and Sunday School Convention this week at Hutchison. The Oak Leaf Club entertained their husbands as the residence of Mrs. Fred Waves, Saturday eve, in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Jordan who left Sunday noon for Alberquerque, New Mexico. Miss Martha Joyce is quite ill at her residence on Lane St. The various churches of this city picniced at Garfield Saturday. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Mary Smith, Plaintiff. vs. Allen Smith, Defendant. To the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff, and unless you appear and answer, on or before the 1st day of July 1902 the petition will be taken as true and a judgment rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and for cost of suit. I. F. Bradley, Attorney Mary Smith. ANNOUNCEMENTS I hereby announce myself as Candidate, for Representative of the Tenth District, First, Second and Third Wards of Kansas City, Kas.,—Subject to the Republican Primary. CHARLES. S. WITWER I hereby announce my self as candidate for Clerk of the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas.—Subject to the Republican primaries. William Needles. I hereby announce myself as a Candidate for the office of Coroner of Wyandotte County Subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. S. C. WHINERY. I hereby announce myself as a Candidate for relection to Second term to the office of Sheriff of Wyandotte County Subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. HARRY A. MENDENHALL. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the tenth annual meeting of the A. C. L. Grocery Coal and Feed Co., will be held at the office, 435 Minn. ave. Kansas City, Kas. Wednesday June 18 at 8:00 p. m. Don't forget that Henry Stine the barber at 349 Minn avenue is the Laboring men, Musicians and Expressmen headquarters also the place for a good shave Among the late musical organizations in our city is the Wyan dotte Select Brass band Mr. H. R. Stines is general manager and gives out that this band will excel any previous organizations of its kind. It is the intention to have an orchestra in connection. Band music now furnished on short notice and open for summer engagement, Head quarters at the Tonsorial Parlor of H. R. Stines 349 Minn. ave., where you can also obtain one of the best Shaves and Hair cuts in the Twin cities. TO THE M. AND O. HALL MONDAY EVE JUNE 16 1902 I'll Be There The Tickets will be numbered and there are Three Prizes to be given away and who ever gets the Lucky number will receive the prize. The Ladies will be Admitted for 10 cents if they present an Envelope with their Names Enclosed and the Gent who gets your name will be your company. THE ENVELOPES will be GIVEN the GENTLEMAN when they BUY their TICKET REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. Good Music Will be Furnished For This Occasion COME OUT & ENJOY YOURSELF Mrs. Katie Smith, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Ashton Wood. DOOR KEEPERS: Mrs. Mary Lewis and Sylvia E. Robinson. ADMISSION 15 CTS. Ladies who with names enclosed in Envelopes 10 Cents- Spend your pleasure evenings down at the Douglass Hospital where you can find all the Ice Creams, Soda Pops and other Refreshments for sale. Practical infidelity may go with professed Fidelity. No man is free until he has himself under control Honesty will succeed as a principle where it fails as a policy. The moral machinery moves aright when Christ is the motive force. Don't mix the cream of your elarry with the pickles of your pessimism Miss Dora Young, and Mr. Geo. R. Smith of Chicago Ill. were married in this city Wed eve, and left immediately for chicago their future home. Miss Young is quite formally known in the two cities and was a teacher in the public schools of Kun City Mo. and a graduate of the Lincoln High Scol in this city. Our editorial Column and general new- make up has been some what limited. Oweing to great pressure in our job de- partment and the defect in our editor books. sold. Brendan Happiness to the Dymp Margaret Bottone, in "Heart to Heart Talks" in the Ladies' Home Journal, relates this pathetic incident of her ministrations to the sick: "Just before I left for Europe last summer, a great box came to me filled with dolls, all dressed, and the request came with it that I should have them sent to a children's hospital. There is a hospital in New York for consumptive children, as well as for older people with the same disease, and I gave the dolls to a physician who is connected with that hospital. He said afterward he wished I could have seen the children trooping toward him, each carrying a doll. But the most touching thing to me was what the nurse told the doctor, that after every child was turned, with a doll there were a number left, and the poor women dying with consumption asked if each might have a doll. They all wanted them, and to each the dolls were given, and the nurse said she could not have dreamed of their being such a comfort to those poor sick women. There were just enough dolls for each to have one. Ah COMMITTEE h, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Mary Lewis and Sylvia E MISSION 15 namesenclosed in Envelopes 10 Campbell, Mrs. Ashton W s and Sylvia E. Robinson. ON 15 CTS Envelopes 10 Cents. Atmospheric Waves. The atmospheric ocean surrounding the earth is frequently disturbed by gigantic waves, which are invisible except when they carry parts of the air charged with moisture up into a colder atmospheric stratum, where sudden condensation occurs. In this manner long, parallel lines of clouds sometimes make their appearance at a great height, marking the crests of a ripple of air waves running miles above our heads.—Chicago Chronicle. squall and ugly. Is that the reason wuy Boston people like to visit the metropolis? 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BEFORE USING. HARTONA The Maine Dead Remembered. Secretary Long recently received by express from Chicago a box containing a beautiful wreath of red roses and lilies of the valley, on which was placed a small card, with the following unsigned message: "Kindly take this to the Arlington cemetery and place it on the mound of the Maine dead." Secretary Long directed that the flowers be turned over to the quartermaster's department of the army, so that the wishes of the unknown donor might be complied with. Becoming Americanized. a western girl who attended a reception given by the wife of Minister Wu at the Chinese legation in Washington, writes to a friend saying: "The house is very much like an American home and the Wus are becoming more like us every year. Formerly the minister received and his wife was poked back in a corner. Now she receives and he wanders about looking lonesome, allee samee like Melican man when his wife gives a party." Shah Collects Cats. The Shah of Persia has many hobbies, among these being the collecting of cats of all countries. He has, perhaps, the most magnificent assortment in the world, and when he travels the cats always accompany him. They have special attendants, who are paid large salaries for looking after them. To neglect one of the Shah's cats is practically the same as committing suicide. Heard Her Lover Die A cheerful telephone story is reported from Vienna. A young woman of Magyar-Czernya in Hungary was called upon the long-distance telephone by her sweetheart in the town of Taba. He said: "Would you like to hear how I shoot myself?" Then she heard the sound of a shot. It was found afterward that the man had really killed himself. House Built of Buttons A house built of buttons is the latest thing in architecture, and a certain French musical celebrity is building it. The walls, the ceilings, the doors, exterior and the interior are all ornamented with buttons of every description. Every country has been ransacked and some very curious specimens are reported to have been brought to light. Bible for the Coronation The king has already ordered the coronation Bible from the British and Foreign Bible Society, to be used in Westminster Abbey in June. It will be a large quarto volume, bound in red morocco, with gold clasps and stamped with the royal arms. It will become the property of the bishop who administers the oaths. London's Catholic Cathedral The Roman Catholic cathedral in London, now in course of erection, is 360 feet long and 156 feet wide. Apart from the site, it has already co- $^{2}$ 750.-000. The material used is red brick, with Portland stone courses, and its Oriental decorative features, it is said, suggest a mosque rather than a cathedral. Small Navy of Uruguay. Three gunboats of twelve-knot speed constitute the invincible navy of Uruguay, a force which would have a hard time with the mobilized fleet of Siam, which has two 800-ton corvettes, six gunboats, a 5500-ton deck-protected cruiser armed with fourteen guns, and a 650-ton cruiser. 400.000 Jews in Africa: A writer in the Jewish World gives the total number of Jews in Africa at 400,000, of whom 20,000 have located in South Africa, where, says the writer, the most solid and tangible results have been attained by Jewish pioneers in all branches of development. Ex-Soldiers for Clerks. Ex-soldiers will in future be employed as clerks in all departments of the British war office. Preference will be given to such as possess first-class certificates of education, or have been invalided from active service by wounds or sickness. Steady Vote of Nevada. The vote of Nevada fluctuates very little. In 1892 it was 10,878; in 1894, 10,508; in 1896, 10,305; in 1898, 10,011; and in 1900, 10,196. No other state in the Union has such a record of an undeviating vote as has Nevada. Lucky to Be in dail The believers in the thirteen idoocy are now citing cases of the man with thirteen wives who was sent to jail the other day, as if a man with thirteen wives were not in good luck to get safely inside a jail. Convicts Ask Clemency The white convicts employed on the breakwater at Capetown are sending a loyal address to King Edward, praying his clemency on the occasion of the approaching coronation. There are now more than 1,100 pulp and paper mills in the United States. They use about 1,000,000,000 feet of jumber a year. The sawmills consume twenty times as much. VERY WEEK AT 417 MINNESOTA AVE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Telephone "375 Blue" W. C. Martin Editor Weekly ono year..... $1 00 Entered at the post office at Kansas City Kansas, as seccd' class matt er. Read The Citizen. THE MARKETS. GRAIN. Kansas City —Wheat—July, 66%;c% Sept. 66%@City. 6c%, Cash. No 2, hard. 70c. No 3 red, 69c. No 2, red. 71@ 71%c; No 3 red, 70@70%c; No 2 spring. 70c. Corn—July, 57%c; Sept. 51%c. Cash. No 2 mixed. 59%@60; No 2, white, 62c. No 3, white, 61c. Oats—No 2 white, 44%@45c. Rye— No 2, 57@83c. Chicago—Wheat, cash. No 2, red. 79@80c; No 3, red. 77%@80c; No 2 hard. 74@75c; No 3 hard. 73%@7 47c. Corn—Cash. No 2, mixed. 62%@ 62%c. Oats—Cash. No 2, mixed. 43@ 43%c; No 2, white. 46@46%c. St. Louis—Wheat—No 2, red, cash, elevator. 77c; on track. 77%@77%c; July. 69%@93%c; September. 69%c; No 2, hard. 72%@74c. Corn—No 2 cash. 62c; on track. 63c; July, 60%c; September. 55%c. Oats—No 2, cash. 42c; October. 43c; Oats—34%c; September. 28%c. LIVE STOCK Kansas City—Cattle—Native steers, $5.25@7.50; Texas and Indian steers, $3.15@5.25; Texas cows, $3.05@4.25; native cows and heifers, $2.6@4.0; stockers and feeders, $3.5@8.0; bulls, $3@5.25; calves, $3@5.60. Hogs— Heavy, $7.20@7.45; packers' $7.15@ 7.40; medium $7.05@7.30; light, $6.50 @7.10; yorkers, $7.10; tigs, $6.20@ 6.75. Sheep—Muttons, $4.45@5.90; lambs, $5.75@7.20; western wethers, $4.15@6; ewes, $4.60@5.80. Chicago—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $7.25@7.50; poor to medium, $ 6@9.0; stockers and feeders, $2.50@ 5.25; cows, $1.50@7.57; heifers, $2.50@ 6; canners, $1.50@2.50; bulls, $2.50@ 5.50; calves, $2@5.00; Texas fed steers, $4@6.40. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.95@7.35; good to choice heavy, $7.35@7.45; rough heavy, $7@ 7.25; light, $6.85@7.15. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $2.55@6.15; Western sheep, $5.25@6.15; native lams, clipped, $5.25@7; Western lams, $5.40@7; spring lams $7.50. St. Louis—Cattle—Texas dull. Hors St. Louis -Cattle -Texans dull. Hogs %Top, $7.45. South St. Joseph-Hogs -Top, $7.40. Sheep -Top spring lambs, $7.50. HORSES AND MULES. Horses -Draft, good, $30 to $140; draft, 1,500 to 1,700 pounds, $155 to $175; chunks, good to choice, $80 to $130; chunks, common to fair, $50 to $70; drivers, good to fancy, $80 up; drivers, medium, $50 to $65; Southerners, good to choice, $45 to $65; plugs, $10 to $15. Mules -13½@14 hands, fat and broken, $25 to $45; 14@14½ hands, fat, good hair, $45 to $65; 14½@15 hands, fat, $65 to $55; 15@15½ hands, fat $90 to $120; 15½@16 hands, fat, $120 to $140. HAY. Prairie Hay, choice, nominally $10.50; No. 1, $#10; No. 2, $7.50@ ; No. 3, $#6.50; No. 4, $#4.50; Pack- ing hay. $#4.50; Timothy, choice, nominally $11.50@12; No. 1, $10.50@ ; No. 2, $8@10; No. 3, $6.50; Clover mixed, No. 1, $9@9.50; No. 2, $7@8. Alfalfa. $5.50@10.50; Straw, $3.50@ 1.75. Green salted hides, Nos. 1 and 2, all around, 7cm; bc ults and stags, 7cm; green, encured, 1cm per pound less, and park cured, ½cm per pound less than cured; grubby kips, or glue stock, 4cm; horse nides, $2.75; 3.00; dry butchers' hides, 16 pounds and up, 14$15c; fallen, 16 pounds and up, 12$13c; under 16 pounds, 11c; dry salt, 11c; dry glue, 7c; very-badly grubby green or dry hides are classed as glue stock. Sheep pelts, green, 40$70c; dry flint, 8$9c per pound. Tallow, No. 1, 6c; No. 2, 5c. NEGRO RIOTING QUELLED. Whites New Meriden, Miss., Arm Themselves for Protection. MERIDIAN, MISS.—(Special.) The threatened uprising of the negroes which so alarmed the people north of Meridian, has been frustrated by the determined stand of the whites who armed themselves and placed the leaders of the gang, Green Johnson and Nate Moore, under arrest. A call for the negroes to band themselves against the whites was addressed to Nate Moore, and was signed by a negro Baptist preacher named Ruffin. The latter said that a mob of fifty negroes would form in Rio, Kemper county, twenty-five miles northeast of Meridian, and march to Green Johnson's house and from there start through the county and kill all the whites, destroy their farms and burn their houses. As soon as the whites learned of the purpose of the negroes who outnumbered the whites two to one, they armed themselves with Winchesters and in a short time had so intimidated the negroes that it is now thought the uprising is at an end. The people of threatened districts, however, are very much alarmed and will be on the alert until all danger is passed. The people of Marion, from which news of the uprising and threats first reached this city, are much wrought up and prepared for emergencies at a moment's notice. Robbed the Hangman of a Job. OTTUMWA, IOWA—(Special.) Edward Hale, who shot and killed Miss Zora Donohue in the streets of Cantril, Decoration day, hung himself in the fall at Keosauqua Wednesday. 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WE WANT a reliable person in each town to distribute catalogues for us in exchange for a bicycle. Write today for free catalogue and our special offer J.L. MEAD CYCLE CO., Chicago, III. Beauties of Warwick Castle. Warwick castle is held by many to be the most beautiful seat in England. The large baronial hall is a magnificent room. It is decorated with the most perfect specimens of armor, furnished in a luxurious manner, and masses of flowers and large palms abound on every side. M of 308 S. Sth St., left for Topka this week to attend the sick bed-side of relatives. Baptizing at King Soliemons Baptist Church Sunday. HER YOU ARE The best place in town to have your boots and shoes repaired. Mr. D. A. Wynne the old reliable boot and shoe maker, has re-opened at 1110 N. 5th St. where he invites all his old customers and new ones as well. His reputation is so well established that he needs no elaborate introduction. When wanting anything done in his line don't fail to give him a call. Publication Notice. To Isaac Hatton, Jr. You are hereby notified that the will of Isaac Hatton Sr. has been filled in the Probate Court of Wyandotte County Kansas, for the purpose of probating the same, and that the hearing on the same will be had on the 6th day of May 1902, at 9 o'clock a.m., you will take due notice thereof and govern yourself accordingly and be present to represent and protect any interest you may claim under the said will. Respt. Yours Iretta Hatton Baker. A Hard Set to Wine In 1893 three Irishmen agreed to undertake a journey around the earth on foot for a jackpot of $150,000. Each one of the party deposited one-third of this sum in the Bank of Dublin, and it was agreed that whoever survived the trip and returned should receive the whole amount. In case all died Dublin hospital was to become the beneficiary. On Dec. 24, 1895, they started east across Europe and Asia Minor to Egypt, where they took passage for Australia. Their wanderings through the inner wastes of Australia proved the hardest trials of the journey, and the severity of this trip resulted in the death of two of the travelers. The third, Capt. Trevelyan, completed the voyage and won the money. —New York Press. Tetris arg on Metals Gold, silver, steel, aluminium and lead, when immersed in tauric acid, a new chemical discovery, becomes as pliable and ductile as putty. Tons of Gold in Use The amount of gold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated to be about 265 tons. Candarets CANDY CATNARIC THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP 10a 50c 50c 10b Drugs Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold in bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." State of Kansas. } ss. Wyandotte County. } In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurge, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurge 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. PETER YOUNG, Administrator of the Estate of Clara Williams, Alias Clara Slurge. Deceased. (Feb. 21 1902.) Soldiers' Appetites Good. It does not appear that the transference of the American soldier to a tropical climate has injured his appetite. He eats no less than he did at home, he needs as hearty a diet, and he is teaching the Filipino to eat more. Gen. Weston says of the latter: "He is learning to eat and is doing first rate and he has improved physically. We have the assurance from the doctors over there that by our feeding they have less disease and are heartier men." GO TO MRS. F. BUSH'S RESTAURT nd short crier rouse. No. 347 Minn., Ave. Meals Ivela all hours, cooked to suit the tastes of all. Cleanliness made aspectual. Regular Meals 1 cents 1 cent budget number The best and most popular line from Kansas City to Chicago and St. Louis is the Chicago and Alton Ry. 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UNDER and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Wyandotte, in a certain cause in said Court, numberd 4857 wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendants, and to me, the undersigned, Sheriff of said County directed, I will offer for sale, at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, at the front door of the Court House in the City of Kansas City, in said County, on MONDAY THE 12TH DAY OF MAY, A. D. 1902. at 10 o'clock a.m. of said day, the following described Real Estate situate in the County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas,'to-wit: Lot number eight (8), in Block one hundred and thirty-two (132), in WyanCity according to the recorded plat thereof, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas. H. A. MENDENHALL, Sheriff of Wyandotte County, Kansas. [March 11] MONEY To PATENT Good Ideas may be secured by our aid. Address, THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md. 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Full Directions with every treatment. DOMINION' MANUFACTURING CO., Stamps accepted. 2220 E. Marshall St., RICHMOND, Va. Send Your Sons And Daughters To Western University. A great school for our youth; now a part of our State's best in their children for the Work of life and its duties. DEPARTMENTS ment to prepare for the ministry, desiring to fulfill it. Pre Paring for the work of teaching in the public school, whose desiring the same. Caterery Department department and giving an opportunity for education and good. DEPARMNT opportunity for Proficiency, in that Fine of fine arts—music. INDUSTRAL Department department to give our youth training, fitting them for the field. We are opinioned that in this day of competition and nothing will so aid the Negro as to prepare his child of skilled labor. With such training no man need fear for future of his race. For Mechanical drawing Carpentry, Printing, both job and training, Business Course and Stenography, Dressmaking and ITY educates from Lincoln, Wilberforce, the best schools of the country maintained by our people. William Tecumsch Vernon, B. S. D., A. M., Pres., Lecturer. Les S. Bowman, Tuskegee, instructor in Mechanical drawing, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelson Garret of Willer course and stenography; James T. Edwards of Hampton, B. S., of Wilberforce professor mathematics; A. L. language and literature; S. L. Gross, teacher of dressmaking; music; Mrs. L. H. Moore, teacher of science. In addition been secured. ORTUNITIES These teachers and officers ment of the young people under their care and gladly lend student is made to feel the sting of poverty, but merit also given credit for the same. per month, $5.50; tuition per month $1; room rent per month, $1; incidental fee on every necessary that extravagant habits be advised to bring strong substantial clothing, but expensive agging for an education. School opened Sept. 9, 1601. Made by writing Pres. W. T. Vernon, Quindam, Kass. Catalogue given full information regarding the same. Send Your Sons And Daughters To Western University A great school terests, Negroes should here train their child DEPART Theological Department to pro- demans in our pulpits today Normal Department PreParing and giving a higher training to those desir- ing Preparatory Fitting students for the Normal department those deprived of such in childhood. MUSICAL For Furnishing an opportunity for of fine art STAT INDUSTRY It is the intention of this department to work of life in the industrial world. We are abor unions and stern demands nothing will compete with any in the world of skilled labo- the future of his children or the future of his Courses.—Architectural or Mechanical newspaper, Tailoring, Bookkeeping, Business ain sewing. FACULTY The faculty is composed of graduates from Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best scho- Following is the faculty. Rev. William Tecur- In Philosophy and Logic. Charles S. Bownn and Carpentry; John Charles-Wood, instruct- force, instructor in business course and s- teacher of tailoring; E. J. Vernon, B. S. c. Moore of Fiske, professor of language and lit- mrs. Lula Cunningham, piano music; Mrs. L lecturers of various topics have been secured. OPPORTUNITY The constantly labor for the betterment of the yea- helping hand to the scribe. No student is ma- tells. The most deserving is given credit for Expenses—Board per mo- trance, $1. It is not necessary to encouraged here; students are advised to bring apparel is not needed by one struggling for a 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 A great school for our youth; now a part of our States terests. Negroes should here train their children for the Work of life and its duties. Theological Department to prepare for the ministry, desiring to fulfill demands in our pulpits today Normal Department PreParing for the work of teaching in the public school and giving a higher training to those desiring the same. Preparatory Department Fitting students for the Normal; department and giving an opportunity for education those deprived of such in childhood. MUSICAL DEPARMNT For Furnishing an opportunity for Proficiency, in that Fine 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 opinioned that in this day of competition and labor unions and stern demands nothing will so aid the Negro as to prepare his child to compete with any in the world of skilled labor. With such training no man need fear for the future of his children or the future of his race. Courses.—Architectural or Mechanical drawing Carpentry, Printing, both job and newspaper, Tailoring, Bookkeeping, Business Course and Stenography, Dressmaking and ain sewing. FACULTY. The faculty is composed of graduates from Lincoln, Wilberforce, Fiske, Tuskegee and Hampton; the best schools of the country maintained by our people. Following is the faculty. Rev. William Tecumseh Vernon, B. S. D. A. M., Pres. Lecturer in Hillsophy and Logic, Charles S. Bowman, Tuskegee, instructor in Mechanical drawing and Carpentry; John Charles-Wood, instructor in printing; Joseph Nelson Garreau 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. M. Moore of Fiske, professor of language and literature; S. L. Gross, teacher of dressmaking; Mrs. Lulu Cunningham, piano music; Mrs. L. H. Moore, teacher of science. In addition lecturers of various topics have been secured. OPPORTUNITIES constantly labor for the betterment 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 rent per month, $1; incidental fee on e- trance, $1. encouraged here; students are advised to bring strong substantial -clothing, but expensive apparel is not needed by one struggling for an education. School opened Sept. 9, 1901. All arrangements for entrance can be made by writing Pres. W.T. Vernon, Quincoln, Kas. He will send one of the latest complete catalogues given full information regarding the same. Write at once for information-or-catalogue to William T. Vernon. 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 misgiving. "Then take them off," responded Tante, "and come to bed in your velldshoe (shoes)." Can it be Mr. Kruger's habit to go to bed in his boots? --- --- Stamps accepted. Quindaro, Kansas, Oom Paul's Pajamas Armored Glass A recent German invention is armored glass, or glass cast with wedge incised in their substance, so it can increase the resistance to pressure shock, and the effects of heat. The of the new material have been made at the Chennitz 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 cracks caused by changes of temperature did not allow either damp or flame to pass. ISTOBESETTLED GERMANY SENDS WARSHPIS TO VEN ERUELA TO COLLECT HER CLAIM. MAY SEE FIT TO BLOCKADE SOME PORTS The Trouble Has Been Hanging Fire for Months—United States Will not Interpose Any Objection so Long as Germany Does not Make Any Attempt at Acquire WASHINGTON.—(Special.) In the absence of any official advises on the subject, the officials here are in the dark as to the reasons for the hurried departure of German warships for Venezuela as reprinted in a St. Thomas dispatch. Germany has a big claim against Venezuela—that of the Berlin company of discount for the non-performance of engagements which the Venezuelan government has undertaken in connection with the great Venezuelan railroad built by the government. The claim approximates 6,000,000 bolivars. One inference, and it is merely that, as there is no official information upon which to base the statement, is that Germany has sent her vessels to La Guaira to enforce the payment of the claim, as Venezuela has not attempted to meet the obligation. The diplomatic correspondence of the state department shows that Germany has considered the question of coercion in connection with the payment of the claim. A communication from the German embassy on December 20, test has this to say on the subject: "In case the German government should be obliged to use coercion against Venezuela in connection with the pending claims it will have to be considered what kind of measures should be adopted. The most important measure of coercion—that is, the blockade of Venezuelan harbors—would have to be carried through without a declaration of war preceding it. A blockade, therefore, would be a peace blockade. Such a blockade would touch likewise the ships of neutral powers, inasmuch as such ships, although a confiscation of them would not have to be considered, would have to be turned away and prohibited until the blockade should be raised. In the same manner, European states have proceeded on such occasions, especially England and France." It is not believed that the United States government would raise any objection should Germany undertake the blockade of Venezuela ports to collect the claim of the Berlin company, as the president in his last message to congress made the following observation in connection with the attitude of the American government on the Monroe doctrine: "We do not guarantee any state against punishment if misconducts itself, provided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-American power." SENATE PASSES NAVAL BILL House Building Programme Approved Present in One Particular. WASHINGTON. — (Special. Another of the big supply bills of the government was disposed of by the senate Wednesday, the naval bill, carrying more than $78,000,000, being two first class battleships, two first class armored cruisers and two gunboats, but strikes out the provision that one of each shall be built at government yards. When consideration was resumed of the Isthmian canal question, Mr. Turner delivered an extended argument in support of the Nicaragua route. He maintained that the new Panama company could not pass a clear title to the Panama Canal Company's rights, franchises and property to the United States, and that, if this government purchased it, it would be with all its incumbrances. Five Persons Lose Life in a Fire. SARATOGA—(Special.) Fire Tuesday destroyed the Arcade and the Citizens' National Bank block and the Shackleford building, and caused the loss of five lives. The dead are: Mrs. Elizabeth M. Mabee, suffocated; Mrs. Sarah Owens, burned to death; David Howland, burned to death; Mrs. David Howland, burned to death; Miss Farrington, burned to death, body still in ruins. Chief Engineer E. J. Shadwick was seriously injured while rescuing people from the building, and his condition is critical. The property loss is estimated at $300,000. Arkansas Wants Him for Murder GUTHIRNE, OKLA. — (Special). Sheriff Ford, of Marion, Ark., was in the city Wednesday to take possession of Gilbert Duncan, colored, wanted there for the murder of a white man several years ago. Duncan has been at large since the alleged committal of the crime and a big reward has been offered for his capture. Tallyho Struck by a Train. NASHVILLE. TENN.—(Special.) A plenic car returning to the city in a tallyc car and four persons were seriously injured while the other members of the party were bruised and shaken in Those seriously hurt were: Miss Helen, injured in chest and back and possibly internally. Miss Lillian Rosenswig and Goldie Ingendill, collarbones broken and otherwise bruised. Silney Jones, collarbones broken. DENVER COLO.—(Special.) The American (formerly Western) Labor union convention being held in Denver, has made an important move in the war which is to be waged against the American Federation of Labor by the adoption of a resolution inviting the National Brewery Workers' Association to join the American Labor Union. Efforts will be made to organize the farmers and farm hands of the West and to have them co-operate with the American Labor Union in political contests. PARIS TAKES TO HORSE FLESH Over Two Hundred Shops Where Cheap Meat Is Sold. The taste for horseflesh in Paris, which is demonstrated by the recent banquet, does not date back many years. It was under the second empire, during the expedition to Morocco, that it came into the dietary of the French soldier. The expeditionary column had nothing to live upon, so it slew and ate the horses, and everyone was agreeably surprised at the quality of the meat. Emile Decroix, a veterinary surgeon with the troops, resolved to profit by the experience. Arrived in Paris, he set about popularizing the horse as food. He distributed meat gratuitously to the poor population. In his propaganda he interviewed the prefect and ministers and even had audience of the emperor. He opened the first hippophagous butchery, in the Place d'Italie, in 1866. It was the siege of Paris that caused the flesh of horses to be regarded as a positive delicacy. That was thirty-two years ago. How has the notion progressed since? Paris has now 250 shops where they sell the meat; all are prospering. Last year 30,000 horses were slaughtered and eaten. Rouen, Toulouse, Lille, Orleans, have all taken to horse eating. The meat is cheaper than beef. Whereas one pays 3 francs the livre for good fillet of beef, it only costs a franc if you take horse. The animal that was eaten the other day with such eelat had a singular history. It won several steeplechases at Auteuil and Bois-Colombes. It was an English mare and its name was Nell Gwyn. In November, 1893, the crowd on the course was very irritated at the defeat of the favorite in the preceding race. It evenged itself by throwing stones. One of the stones struck the left eye of Nell Gwyn and ruined the sight. Nevertheless, the noble beast won the race.—Pall Mall Gazette. DEFENDS WOMEN'S USE OF CORSETS French Scientist Tells Why They Are Needed by Women. In an article on "Women's Clothing and Hygiene," contributed to the Revue Scientifique by M. Frantz Glenard, the author controvers popular ideas on the subject of the corset. He lays down the following propositions: "1. The corset has its raison d'etre from the esthetic point of view. 2. Esthetics and hygiene may be reconciled in women's clothing, even in the corset. 3. The corset may be of use in certain maladies." These statements, which he acc knowledgees are somewhat andaucides on the part of a hygienist, he attemts to justify in the course of his article. As to the first, he remarks that the adoption of clothing by man is the result neither of modesty nor of a desire to protest the body against the weather; it is a result, he asserts wholly of a desire for adornment—the same that leads the savage to tat too himself. Men's costume has tended more and more to straight lines signifying action, women's to curved lines, signifying, according to the au thor, that they are "made to please." "Rigidity and strength for man," he says, "suppleness and fascination for woman." The corset, then, is an at tempt to preserve and accentuate the curved outline of the waist. A Geological Fallacy. Probably the most wild and unjustifiable of all the crude beliefs respecting geological resources is that which holds to the conviction that by going deep enough the drill is sure to find something of value, no matter at what point the work of boring is commenced. There are numerous wise persons in every community, estimable, influential and in the highest degree public spirited, who are convinced that the question, for example, of finding coal in their special locality is simply a matter of the depth to which the explorations are carried. Rock oil and natural gas are recognized as desirable products in every progressive community, and every such community contains persons, in other respects intelligent, who are ready to stake their own fortune and that of their nearest friends on the belief that oil and gas are everywhere under that surface, and that their sources can be tapped with the drill, providing only there is sufficient capital to keep up the process of drilling long enough. His Saying Grace. Economy is the order of the day among the reigning families of Europe. Whereas in times gone by the very word "royal" implied a reckless disregard for money and extravagance, it now stands for something perilously approaching close-fistedness. Extravagance is -left to the new-rich. To begin with King Edward. It is no hearsay that as soon as he came to the throne he appointed his friend, Lord Farqhar, to be master of his household, and Lord Farqhar immediately set to work to do away with all unnecessary expenses, to dismiss all superfluous officials and servants, to get the largest possible returns for the smallest reasona ble outlay, and to exact usual discounts for all cash payments. The savings thus effected are understood to amount already to close upon $125, 000 a year. Alcoholism Hereditary Dr. T. D. Crothers has made experiments which justify a refusal to regard alcoholism as being without his reditary effect. He investigated the histories of 1,744 cases in inebriety with the result that he concludes that the effects produced by excess of alcohol on the cells and nerve tissues are transmitted to the next generation with absolute certainty in one form or another. For Ex-Confederate Home On June 3 next, the anniversary of Jefferson Davis' birth, collections will be made in every town in Mississippi in aid of the fund for the purchase of Davis' Beauvoir house, near Biloxi Miss., for an ex-confederate home. More than one-half of the required amount, $10,000, has already been raised. There is a remedy for everything but death. Kansas Notes The idea of the Bachelor' girls' club of Sterling, it is explained, to reduce the membership as much as possible. They begin early in Burlington. A youth thereabouts who saw to particular chance to become rich by the usual processes has been arrested for counterfeiting. The Concordia Kansan expresses sympathy and sorrow for a young man in that town who shows very plainly his regret that his father is not as smart as he is. Citizens in Fort Scott are being arrested for the non-payment of the poll tax. When the high water first became pronounced around Emporia The Star told of a woman who tied a cork to each chicken to keep it from floating away. Now, it is alleged, the temperance workers in Emporia have started an investigation to find out where all the corks come from. An Olathe family became possessed of religion and the habit of regular attendance at prayer meeting. One evening it rained and the children could not go, so they remained at home with their mamma and held a meeting of their own. The first girl prayed, "God, please make John good and make him make it to us." The youngest sister uttered the same prayer. John, a lad of 8, was then called upon. He said, "O Lord, give these girls some sense and me a steam engine." The town of Doniphan, which, in the early days, was an important trading post on the Missouri river, is now three miles from the river, and this year the thousands of acres of bottm land is sown in wheat. A man who has attained the venerable age of 71 generally has something to "boast" about. Such a patriarch in Pratt boasts that he has never owned a dog, cow or a horse. The Arkansas river, the "Kansas Nile," now looks like a meadow brook in comparison with the Neosho river, the "Amazon of Kansas." A girl in Abilene wrote to a paper there for advice. She said: "I am desperately in love with a young man whose only fault is his love for red soda pop. Do you advise me to marry him?" The editor answered: "No, tender maiden, you would not be happy with a pop fiend. A man who has no more strength of character, than to drink pop, will not be able to make a living for you. If he drank beer or straight rye you would have the fun of reforming him. But a pop fiend would starve you. The oatmeal box would grow ache with void and the bacon board become a greasy memory. Never marry a man with a weak vice. The worst husband I ever had was a deacon who smoked cubes to keep from smoking tobacco. The happiest wife I've ever been was when living with a husband who drank a bottle of beer before each meal and ate seven meals a day. My most devolved husband was a fierce flirt before we were married. No, dear, be sure to marry a man with character enough to be the real thing when he does take a flyer. He will love you better." In boring for gas at Ablene the drill went through a slate formation at a depth of $85 feet. Paul Morton is expected to give orders immediately for a fleet of three-masted barkentines, several schooners and a seagoule whaleback for use on the Santa Fe "cut off." There are 160 "milch" cows in Kingman county, and the creameries last year produced 245,145 pounds of butter and 1,020 pounds of cheese. It will be seen at a glance that the cows did not yield their milch and creamin in vain. A man bought two good farms of 640 acres each in Labette county last week, but it took $46,000 in gold, silver, greenbacks, national bank notes and fractional currency in hand to persuade the former owner to let go. Although a dozen or more prophets have said Kansas would be afflicted this year with the plague of seventeen year locusts, the locusts are still so scarce they are entitled to the protection of the game laws. There is one organization in Southeastern Kansas which has all the other secret societies and insurance orders distanced in the number and length of flattering newspaper notices. It is the A. H. T. A., which being interpreted, means the "Anti-Horse Thief Association." Salina takes considerable pride in one concern that spends $50,000 a year in advertising, even if the Salin apapers do get only a small share of it. A man in Marquette has been sued for $600, the value placed on sheep alleged to have been killed by his dog. The dog is described as having an appetite like a tape worm. Lightning struck the railroad track near Assaria last week and knocked down a Swede who was walking along the ties. He got up and shook himself, and with the prudence of his race walked the rest of the way in the wagon road. A man in Great Bend, according to a paper there, has contracted to "pull up five wells" for the Missouri Pacific. The transplanting of wells is something, ne win railroading. Anna Carlson of Lindsborg tells of a woman of her acquaintance who tried for years to have her stories accepted by the leading magazines. She never succeeded until once she went to England. While crossing the ocean she became a liberal contributor to the Atlantic. Too much sympathy does more harm than good. Miami county doesn't owe the state treasury a cent and has no bonded indebtedness. A change has come over the real estate men of Central Kansas. Instead of advertising choice bottom lands for sale they are describing desirable farms that are "high and dry." Robinson Crusoe's Island. Robinson Crusoe's island, Juan Fernandez, lying 600 miles west of Valparaiso, is to be given a civil government account of its job duties in industry. Old Lefaire as Othello ```markdown ``` Every one in the reception room smiled as Burney passed through. She carried one of the letters on which the conversation had been turning. Behind trotted the mountainous figure of dear old Letaire, whose rosy, brown, expansive visage, was conspicuously written with a consciousness of his lowly position as her satellite. Miss Lozenby of third floor, back, had been recounting the story of her little seance the evening before when happening upon him alone by the firelight. She took the ottoman by his side, explained she wanted to go over, confidentially, with him, some curious facts which had been noted in connection with Burney's recent correspondence, pointing out the number of envelopes addressed to her in a certain fine, vertical handwriting which had been observed on the hall stand, and recalling the stranger of the afternoon Maude Hughes went away. From behind the palm tree between the two front windows Miss Lozenby spied a tall, graceful, blonde walking at Burney's side as she returned from her farewell to Maude. And he had prattled on like a schoolboy until the early autumn nightfall. With the next morning the daily letters began to appear, one by the early eight o'clock mail, another every evening, although once she had seen a note when coming up from luncheon, which must have been an extra third, since Burney always took the morning arrival with her, as she left the house after breakfast. "I told him to be a man," cried Miss Lozenby with martial spirit, "and quoted that from Othello about rather loving as a toad in a dungeon than keeping a corner of the thing one loves for others' use. He ought not let a giddy young woman that's ready to work upon any creature in trousers play with his man's affections—all for another fickle flirtation." As the lady went on a pair of lively eyes representing third floor hall, front, agitated her audience by flashing the dispatch that the characters of her narrative were present realities. In unobservant ignorance Burney, with Lefaire, ran the gossipers' gauntlet, but the little hall-boy, always prying into affairs on the other side of the portieres, found his countenance all too narrow for his smiles, as the pair stepped out of the vestibule for their twilight stroll. "Why, Peter, Peter," exclaimed the girl, softly laying hold of the large arm by her side, "how amusing that all of a sudden you should care to know all about my respondents! Aren't you getting too inquisitive?" Burney was gently and very seductively sportive. "You don't want to become effeminate, do you? Do you think it's your style, dear, a burly thing like you? Oh, well, an Amazon, perhaps you could do that. Only personally, I would find you quite charming, I believe, if in your native role of wise-ace bachelor you would go on with that very enlivening dissertation of a few moments ago on the Nature and Destiny of Flirting; a Plea for Eternal Affinities. That is what you were talking about, isn't it?" "Do you know, Peter, it convinced me that you're a born orator—on that topic, I mean, of course; a most worthy cause to champion! I fairly thrilled at your exordium on the high calling of adorable woman. One's whole body feels different (as, of course, you understand) when one is thrilled by an orator's impassioned use of the queen's English. The blood runs rancily and travels such unbeaten tracks of one's anatomy. Well, that's the way I felt, Peter, when you were descanting upon 'Nature's angelic of loveliness'—"glorious eyes"—cheeks like pearls and rubies—'hearts and sympathies divine, etectera, etectera." "And you said the attraction between people was like the chemical affinities of atom to atom, didn't you? Which was an exceedingly apt figure. Some of us, for instance, are so like nitrogen, aren't we? We can combine with so many different atoms and can break away from them again so lightly. Now, do go on, Peter, and tell me J. W. Burney was gently and very seductively sportive. all about it. You would not have considered that an exhaustive treatment of the subject." But unhappy Lefaire was silent. In the light of Miss Lozenby's words Burney's jocularity looked ominous. He sighed at the scattered leaves along the avenue as at his own radiant hopes fading at his feet. This little pet of his had been child, girl and woman, bud and blossom, all in one fair miracle of winning femininity. In his holy of holies he had ensconced her, regaling his dry old hermits' mental palate with the artful expressions of her busy young mind, and feeding a fathomless yearning upon the warm girl affections which had seemed too blithe and simple to be experienced with lowers. Such satisfied trust had been his that no past or present of the precious sweetheart had ever been arraigned for a trial. Burney's face and ways seemed to tell him all he needed to know of her family or outside inter- ests, while the only incident out of his own troubulous chronicles which had been given her was the chapter on the fascinating lady who had turned him away, but was always still remembered. Everything else had been sublimely personal and immediate. They had disdained practical things. Yet, rash the wooding certainly appeared. Several tripping weeks with a tiny stranger girl and his marriage day was already set. What if she were, after all, a gay little deceiver and he everybody's laughing stock, her Simple Simon and both? Those letters for these many weeks without a word to her true love nor any whisper of the elegant blonde beau. Maybe her charms were the finished flowers of much practice—on others—his predecessors—or, contemporaries? Probably he was the innocent and not she. It was folly, anyway, to expect a queer old THE MEN "His rival and a veritable Apollo, hat" original like himself to engage the heart of such a darling siren as Burney. Ah, but he must not make a toy of him. He must show himself a person of mettle—a man, as Miss Lozenby had advised. Burney's chatter purled on, now and then arresting its frolicsome flow just long enough to invite a remark from her companion as her eyes glanced upward in quest of a reason for his tac-turnity. Finally she exclaimed: "Peter, you are so unsociable!" He was too sad and distressed to be able to explain himself, so evaded her with badinage very unusual for his open simplicity, and, born of the moments' exigencies. "I see an elf in each of your eyes, Cherie," he remarked. "Perhaps he is an imp. And on the corner of your mouth is perched a microscopic clown." Burney looked amused. They were rounding a corner and homeward bound and discerned some one at the house ringing the bell. "Oh, Peter!" cried the girl, only instantly to dart away. "That's a man, I know." Drawing nearer, Lefaire recognized in the refined, stately figure which she was effusively hailing, the hero of Miss Lozeny's doorstep episode; his rival, and a veritable Apollo. Ha! Every suspicion became incarnate before him. The denouement, bubbles bursted, treachery laid bare. The dallying displeasure which had been unsettling his placid mind of mind now rose in tempests. Wilder and wilder within, he slowly stepped along, reaching the battlefield at the door in a beetling passion, determined to measure swords. Cheerly graceful, Burney turned to acknowledge his presence. "Mr. Merrill, this is my friend, Mr. Lefaire," she began. "Maude Hughes' fance, Peter. And think of it, he says she's coming back to night. Maude left town, you know, the very day Mr. Merrill came, but neither can stand it, so she's to be here again. And a good joke it is, too. You see, it has been kept a secret from me. Two letters a day from her, imagine, and not a hint of it. But now it will be tit for tat, as Mr. Merrill wishes us to go down to the station with him to meet her. So come, Peter, only ten minutes until train time." The result of Lefaire's first appearance as Othello did not warrant a second engagement. Just Plain Flower Pot. They were making copies of inventory lists when a doubt arose as to the accuracy of the spearing of the word jardiniere in the original copy. "Miss Brown," called the typewriter, "please spell 'jardiniere.'" "Certainly," returned Miss Brown, blithely, "j-a-r-d-a-i-e-e-e." "Oh, I don't think than second syllable is spelled 'd-a-n' Mr. Wyeth, will you spell jardiniere?" "j-a-r-d-a-n-e-e-e" returned Mr. Wyeth. The typewriter blushed. Mr. Wyeth was a partner, and it's hard to tell a partner he can't spell. "I don't think that's quite right," she faltered. "Let's look in the dictionary." The dictionary was an old edition and didn't contain the word. Suddenly hope loomed large in the person of the senior partner's son. He was fresh from Harvard and the entire office appealed to him through Mr. Wyeth's "Say, Ransome, spell jardiniere." "Search me," replied Ransome. "Put the thing down as a flower pot." Which they did.—New York Evening Sun. Two Afflictions A worthy man, who was very sensitive and retiring, having lost his wife, privately requested that he might be remembered in the minister's morning prayer from the pulpit, but asked that his name might not be mentioned. On Sunday morning the good minister prayed most eloquently for "our aged brother upon whom the heavy hand of sore affliction has so lately fallen." At this point an elderly man, whom the minister had married to a very young wife during the week, rose with a bounce, and stamped down the aisle, muttering loud enough to be heard all over the chapel: "It may be an affliction, but I'm blest if I want to be prayed for in that fashion." Marriages are written in heaven. M. MRS. JUDOE M. ALLISTER We would caution all people against accepting substitutes for Peruna. Insist upon having Peruna. There is no other internal remedy for catarrh that will take the place of Peruna. Allow no one to persuade you to the contrary. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Patience is a woman's long suit when her children are annoying the neighbors. ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP. Via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Boston, Mass. Selling dates, June 12, 13, 14. Chicago to Portland, Me., selling dates, July 5 to 9, inclusive ONE FARE PLUS ONE DOLLAR FOR ROUND TRIP.-Via Grand Trunk System, Chicago to Providence, R. L, selling dates, July 7, 8, 9. For limits, time tables and further information apply to Geo. W. Vaux, A, G, P. & T. A., 135 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. A smile may hide a man's thoughts, just as paint may hide a woman's complexion. "UNDER THE TURQUOISE S This most fascinating, clearest and interesting description of Colorado will be free by John H. Rouse, Chicago. Also "Camping in Colorado" free, if you want to get with full details for the inexperienced. Information about Colorado Hotels and Boarding houses gladly furnished. If you want to work with the details of the cheap rates to Colorado effective this summer by the Rock Ace. A card will secure much of this information and literature as you wish. The fellow who rushes out of the theater between the acts seldom comes back breathless. If Dr. W. B. Caldwell of Montclair, Ill., and the directors of the company which manufactures his wonderful remedy did not stand so high in the community in which they live, their statements as to the merit of that remedy would not be accorded the weight which they now receive. Their statements as to the dreds of voluntary testimonials which prove that Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepins is a most satisfactory cure for Constipation, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Liver and Stomach troubles. Drugges sell it. "Our sins," says a society woman. "are like undesirable callers. They always find us out." INSIST ON GETTING IT. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing less than 16 oz. of the same money, won't be able to sell first, because Defiance weighs 16 oz. for the same money, you won't be able to buy for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. It can scarecely be said of people who wear squeaky shoes that they have music in their shoes. A woman jumps at a conclusion and wins; a man hesitates and loses. **A 20 WEEK AND EXPENSES** to men with rig to introduce our Poultry goods. Send stp. Javelle Mt Co. Dept. D, Parsons, Kan. It doesn't take dynamite to blast apes. **DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW?** Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. People who are invited to a poker party must expect pot luck. **FITS Permanently Curved, wotr or nonwrasses after** the arm tattoo. Hint: great New York. Send for FREE **$2.00 trial bottle and treatie.** Dr. R. H. Kins, Lei, 319 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. The hardest work in connection with a political job is getting it. Some fellows don't have to be loaded to shoot off their mouths. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens tine cums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curves wrist cuff. See a bottle. When you go visiting, don't stay too long. Domesticity is largely made possible by a slim pocketbook. 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 and will not stick to the iron. One thing a prudent bride is sure of is her marriage certificate. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds. JOHN F BOVEN, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 16, 1900. Some women aren't as sway-back as they are laced. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. First you down the drinks and then the drinks down you. --- She Suffered for Years and Felt Her Case Was Hope- less—Cured by Peruna. Mrs. Judge McAllister writes from 1217 West 33rd St., Minneapolis, Minn., as follows: "I suffered for years with a pain in the small of my back and right side. I was men with my domestic and social duties and was supposed that I would be cured, as the doctor medicine did not seem to help me any. "Fortunately a member of our Order advised me to try Peruna and gave it such high praise that I decided to try it. Although I started in with little faith, I felt so much better in a week that I felt encouraged. "I took it faithfully for seven weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I am entirely cured. Words fail to express my attitude. Perfect health once more is the best thing I could wish for, and thanks to Peruna I enjoy that now,"--Minnie E. McAllister. The great popularity of Peruna as a catrarch remedy has tempted many people to imitate Peruna. A great many so-called catrarch remedies and catrarchal remedies have been sold in stores. These remedies can be procured by the drugist much cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can only be obtained at a uniform price, and no drugist can get it a cent cheaper. Thus it is that drugists are tempted to use cheap imitations of Peruna for Peruna. It is done every day without a doubt. RECORDS UTTER USING OUTTOURA SOAP. Pimples, Blackheads, Red, Rough, Oily Skin Prevented by MILLIONS OF PEOPLE USE CUTICURA SOAP, assisted by CUTICURA OINTMENT, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the skin of crusts of scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings, and chafings, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP in the form of baths for annoying irritations, intollerations, and excorrations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sensitive purposes. Complete Treatment for Humours. $1. Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (25c.), it cleanses the skin of crusts and scales, and softens the thickened culture. CUTICURA OYMENT (60c.), to instantly allay itching, inflammation, and irritation, and soothe and heal; and CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (25c.), to cool and calm the blood. A number of 25c. is often sufficient to cure the feverer case. CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (Chocolate Custard) are a new Lactose, polysaccharide nominal substitute for the celebrated liquid CUTICURA RESOLVENT, 60 doses, price, 25c. Sold throughout the world. British Deposit 25c. Corporate Store. Fresh. Prest. Free of tax. Park. Iris Park. POTTER DEG and CREE. CORP. Boe Props. Bedden, U.S.A. knows how important it is to use a good starch. Defiance Starch is the best starch made. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives a beautiful soft glossy stiffness to the clothes. It will not blister or crack the goods. It sells for less, goes farther, does more. Ask the lady who irons. Defiance Starch at all grocers. 16 oz. for 10 cents. Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co. OMAHA - - - NEB. MADE ENTIRELY OF HARDWOD00... and Painted Two Coats. Very Durable. Delivered at your rail- road station for ...$1.00... ```markdown ``` DARING ESCAPE TWO OREGON CONVICTS KILL THREE PRISON GUARDS. It Is Not Expected That They Can be Taken Alive—Someone Threw Rifles and Revoivers Over the Stockade for Prisoners—Life Couvlet Who Tried to Assist the Guards is Wounded. SALEM, ORE.—(Special.) Two desperate prisoners, Harry Tracy, sentenced to twenty years, and David Merrell, a thirteen-year man, both serving sentences for assault and robbery from Multonomah county, escaped from the penitentiary Tuesday morning after killing three guards, Frank Farrell, shop guard, S. R. Jones and Ben Tiffany, fencemen, and badly wounded a life prisoner named Ingram, who tried to assist the guards. Prisoners employed in the foundry were marched to work at 7 o'clock and had entered the molding room with Shop Guard Ferrell inside and Guard Stapleton in an adjoining room. Suddenly, without warning, Tracy and Merrell appeared with rifles. Tracy almed at Ferrell, when Ingram, a life prisoner, attempted to reach and disarm Tracy. Instantly Merrill shot Ingram and Tracy shot Ferrell, the latter dying almost instantly. Tracy and Merrell sealed the wall near the northeast corner of the stockade by means of a ladder. When outside the wall, Guard Jones was shot twice and killed. Tiffany was also shot and he dropped off the fence, engaging the fugitives in a fight. His gun was soon empty and he was taken by the convicts and used as a shield while they made for the timber. When out of range of the prison they stopped and deliberately killed Tiffany, escaping into the timber immediately. They had taken Tiffany's gun, but finding it was empty, threw it away. Duncan Ross, a new guard, was on the fence near Tiffany, having been ordered to relieve the latter at his post. Ross was unarmed and the convicts shot at him, one bullet striking him in the forehead, inflicting a slight scalp wound. A large force of men is now out searching for the fugitives, who are known to be in the timber between the prison and the reform school, and, as they are desperate, a battle is expected before they are secured. The prison authorities offer $1,000 reward for the capture of the prisoners. The three guards killed have families. Great excitement prevails in this city and scores of men are leaving for the woods, armed and determined to run the murderers down. A farmer has just reported that he saw the fugitives in the woods near the reform school, four miles west of the city. The prisoners are armed with two rifles and two revolvers. The arms are believed to have been thrown over the stockade by friends among the excursionists who came from Portland. Ingram, the wounded prisoner, was sentenced from Linn county for killing his brother in 1891. PORTLAND, ORE.—(Special.) Harry Tracy was arrested in Portland on February 6, 1899, after an exciting battle with Detective David Weiner. Tracy, who was wanted for burglary, was walking along the street when the detective met him. Tracy fired two shots at the detective and then jumped into the engine of a south bound Northern Pacific train with his revolver to the head of the engineer. He ordered the engineer to go ahead at full speed. The conductor stopped the train, however, and seeing that his plan had been frustrated, Tracy jumped from the engine and started to run. Half a' dozen shots were fired at the fugitive, one of which took effect behind his ear. He was captured and lodged in jail. A month afterward, while being taken from jail to the court room, he exchanged several shots with the jailer, but was overpowered. Dave Merrell was arrested on Sunday, February 5, 1899, in a house where he had a large quantity of plunder. Merrell, who had committed numerous robberies with Tracy, gave information which led to the location of the latter. Nine GirlS Burned to Death. LONDON.—(Special.) Nine girls perished and about fifteen others were injured in a fire which occurred Tuesday in the upper portion of a five story building adjoining the Mansion house station, in the busiest portion of London. The first extension ladders to arrive at the scene could not be elevated to the height of the fourth story, and inmates of the upper floors were compelled to jump down into a tarpaulin which had been hastily commandeered by the firemen from a passing fruit van. Several of those who jumped were badly injured and others who refused to take the risk disappeared within the smoking windows. Militia Stopped a Mob. HATTIESBURG. MISS.—(Special). An attempt was made by a mob Monday night to attack a county jail here in which was confined Walter Blankhead, a negro charged with having attempted to assault Mrs. Garner, a white woman living near Hattiesburg. A company of militia ordered out by Governor Longino, however, repulsed the mob, which afterward dispersed. Further trouble is feared and additional troops have been dispatched to relieve the military on duty. Cattleman 'Kills a Sheepman. SUNNYSIDE U.-(Special.) Tom Dilly, a cattleman, shot and instantly killed Steve Chipman, a prominent sheepman, and shot Chipman's Mexican herder through the left hip, eight miles north of Sunnyside, Saturday afternoon. The herde bleeding profusely, managed to ride his horse to town and notify the authorities. It is reported that the men quarreled over range rights. The golf player should be lynx-eyed. TO ESCAPE BATTLESNAKES. Residents of Seneca, Wis., Driven From Home by Handicaps of Routled Home by Headress or Repetition. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WIS.—Special.) Terrified and discouraged by the presence of rattlesnakes, Muns Helgerson, who lived with his family in the town of Seneca, tore down his residence, built two years ago, and moved back into his old home, half a mile away. The rattlesnakes were so numerous the household was terrified. One evening as the family were retiring for the night, the mother found a large snake lying on the bed. Another time, in midday, while rocking the baby to sleep, the house cat gave an alarm, and a rattler, coiled and ready to strike, lay under the woman's chair. A rattlesnake den was found this spring in a small cave close by, and although hundreds of the reptiles had been killed around the dooryard they seemed to be just as numerous as ever and Mr. Helgerson decided to tear down the building. TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING Heavy Wind and Thunder Storm Bees Much Damage at Columbus, Ga. COLUMBUS, GA. — (Special.) A heavy wind and thunder storm which passed over this city Sunday afternoon caused the death of two people, perhaps fatally injured a third and did considerable damage to property. The dead: J. J. Willis, a carpenter. Louis M'Lain. The injured: M. C. Cochran. Willis was killed by lightning while standing near a large oak tree on upper First avenue. He was conversing with Cochran, who was also struck at the same time. Louis McLain was standing in his back yard in Phoenix City, just across the river from where Willis was killed. The lightning struck a clothes wire he was holding. Cochran's condition is reported as serious. Several dwellings in the residence portion of the city were struck by lightning and unroofed by the storm. 2 Beanmont Sawmill Burned. BEAUMONT, SAWMONT BURNET. BEAUMONT, TEX. — (Special.) The Beaumont Lumber Company's mill, the oldest in this section, burned Wednesday, resulting in a loss of $250,000, well insured. In addition to the mill a large amount of lumber and several freight cars were destroyed. The fire started in the shavings and sawdust under the saw and spread rapidly, burning over five acres of yards and buildings in a remarkably short time. The mill was the property of the Kiriy Lumber Company. Can't Mak. Both Ends Meet LONDON. — (Special.) A parliamentary paper issued Wednesday presents the revised financial statement for 1902-3. It is estimated that the expenditure will total $800,795,000 and that the revenue will amount to $762,175,000. The deficit will be met out of the proceeds of a consuls loan of $149,600,000, leaving $29,980,000 available for contingencies and the redemption of part of the national debt. In Interest of Pawhuska GUTHRIE, OKLA.—(Special.) At a meeting of both the white and Indian citizens of the Osage nation, a petition to the secretary of the Interior was drawn and signed, asking that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad company be not granted a franchise to build through the reservation unless the company constructs the road through the Osage capital city of Pawhuska. The survey of the Katy misses Pawhuska six miles. Arkansas Man Confesses Murder. PINE BLUFF—(Special). D. Newton, a prominent merchant of Montrose, has been arrested an) has confessed to the killing of a journeyman painter. Persons near Montrose discovered a newly made grave in the woods and an investigation showed that the remains of the painter were buried within. Officers took the case up and arrested Newton, who claims he killed the man in self-defense. Woman's Body Horribly Mutilated. LONDON—(Special). The remains of a young woman, sawed and chopped up into a dozen pieces, have been found in an alley in the Lambeth district. The body had apparently been baked and boiled. The scalp had been torn off and the hands, feet and intestines were missing. It has been impossible to identify the remains, as the man's face was practically destroyed. Rupaway Victim Dies DENVER, COLO. — (Spectal.) Malzle Mumphrey, who was injured in the runaway accident at Morrison Sunday night, died without recovering consciousness. Her skull was fractured and her jaw broken in two places. All the other injured are doing well except Claude Hannum, who was injured internally, as well as being badly bruised. He may die. WATERLOO, 10WA. — (Spectal.) What entitles an auctioneer to the prefix "Colonel," before his name was the principal question of discussion in the convention of the State Auctioneer's Association here Thursday. There has been much looseness in the application of the title of late, and the association decided to place a definite limit on colonels. The motion that an auctioneer must cry 1,000 sales before he is entitled to be called colonel was at once adopted. This, it was argued, would restrict the title to the better class of auctioneers. CAPE TOWN.—(Special). An extraordinary issue of the Official Gazette published Thursday fixes July 10 as the limit in which the Boers or rebels who surrender will receive the benefit of the peace terms. All rebels surrendering before that date will be merely disfranchised for life and will not be subject to trial or punishment. Exception is made in the case of field coronets and justicees of the peace, who may be tried and fined or imprisoned, but they will not be executed. Rebels who hold out after July 10 will be subject to the extreme penalty for high treason. MASSACRE 200 MEXICAN TROOPS KILL MANY YAQUI INDIANS. WERE MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN Frapped Them in Canyon and Slew With out Mercy—Of Guard of Yaqui Bucks Not One Survived—Mexican Government Seems Bent on the Complete Extermination of the Tribe. TUCSON, A. T.—(Special.) Colonel William Christy, president of the Valley Bank of Phoenix, arrived here Thursday from Prietas, Sonora, with details of a massacre of Yaqui Indians, men, women and children, Wednesday in the Santa Rosa canon, thirty-five miles from the Minas Prietas mines, by a detachment of General Torres' troops. It appears that the Yaqui forces that were operating in that section had moved further into the mountains, leaving their women and children in the Santa Rosa canyon under a guard of eighty men. The Mexican troops came upon this camp, and, without any warning, opened a terrible fire, sparing neither women nor children. After the first volley, the troops charged upon their panic stricken victims and massacred all within their reach. Of the guard of eighty Yaquls, not a single one survived, and over a hundred women and children fell victims to the Mexican bullets and bayonets. The bodies of the dead were left in the canyon, and the remaining women and children were driven to Minas Prietas by the soldiers, and from that point will be taken to Hermosillo. The Mexican soldiers and rurales have explicit orders to take no Yaqui men prisoners, but to kill in all cases. This order was illustrated Wednesday when a friendly Yaqui miner came down to Prietas for supplies and was killed by the rurales on the outskirts of the town. Colonel Christy says the massacre occurred at daybreak. The troops were of Torres' command, but not under him personally, and numbered 600. The Yaquis, including men, women and children, were over 300. The canyon in which the Yaquis were camped was a long and narrow one, known as the Santa Rosa canyon. Word was brought to Torres at Minas Priestas that the main body of the Yaquis had left the Santa Rosa canyon and gone further into the mountains, leaving their women and children in the canyon with a small guard of men. Torres dispatched 600 troops to block the mouth of the canyon and surround the Yaquis. His instructions were to kill all men and boys capable of bearing arms. The Mexicans secreted themselves along the sides of the canyon, having blockaded the entrance. At daylight they poured a terrible and deadly fire on the unsuspecting Yaquis, killing men, women and children indiscriminately. Many of the killed were mere infants. The slaughter, Christy says, was fearful. The Mexican troops only stopped their fearful work of shooting and bayoneting their victims when exhausted from their labors. The Yaquis say they do not care to fight, that they are peaceably inclined, but are driven to desperation by the Mexicans, and, as a last resort, have taken up arms to protect their rights. The Mexican government appears to be bent on exterminating the Yaqui people. Christy says, and all men and boys falling into their hands are shot. TORNADO UP NORTH. Fifteen Lives Reported Lost in Northern Minnesota. ST. PAUL, MINN.—(Special.) A tornado of marked severity prevailed Tuesday evening over sections of Clay and Becker counties and across the southern portions of the White Earth Indian reservation. It is reported that fifteen lives were lost, many people injured and great damage done to the farm property, many dwellings, barns and outbuildings being destroyed. The region throughout which the storm prevailed is comparatively sparsely settled and remote from telegraphic communication and details of the storm are, therefore, meager. The list of dead includes the following: Mrs. O. A. Berg, wife of a farmer living near Voss, killed by falling timbers. Four children of Andrew Hoin, living north of Ulen, killed by collapse of their home. The storm seems to have first struck northwest of the town of Ulen, in Clay county, whence it traveled south-easterly across the northern part of Becker county, striking the towns of Foss, Atlanta and Walworth, along the lower edge of the White Earth reservation. At Atlanta, a large Norwegian Lutheran church was completely demolished and a number of other buildings practically wrecked. The path of the storm was about a mile and a half wide and from thirty to fifty miles in length. NEW HAVEN, CONN.—(Special.) Three members of the graduating class of the Sheffield Scientific school of Yale university. C. L. Watson and his brother, G. A. Watson, both of Indianapolis, and H. H. Bartlett, of Worcester, Mass., have been missing since last Sunday, when they chartered a small sloop and sailed down the harbor. Owing to the high winds that have prevailed, anxiety is felt concerning them and classmates have instituted inquiries, thus far without a result, along the coast of Long Island sound. DENVER. COLO.—(Special) Considerable anxiety is felt by federal and state land officials over the danger of forest fires in the mountains. At present there are three fires raging in Colorado, and it should the dry weather continue, and it is feared a vast amount of damage will be done. For four days a fierce fire has been devastating the heavy woods near Red Cliff, in Eagle county. Near Rendl fifty miles west, of Leadville, another fire is raging while the third is reported southwest of Morrison. It is declared that the fires were all maliciously started. IN A FIRE TRAP. Ten Persons Perish and Thirty Others Are Injured. CHICAGO.—(Special.) Nine men and one woman were killed and about thirty persons were injured in a fire Tuesday which destroyed the sanitarium conducted by the St. Luke's Society, at Wabash avenue and Twenty-first street. The society occupied the building which was long known as the Hotel Woodruff, and for a brief period as the Hotel Lancaster. By far the greater portion of the patients received in the institution were those seeking cure from the drink habit and those who were addicted to the use of drugs. When the fire broke out there were on the fifth floor a number of patients suffering from delirium tremens and some who were deranged by drugs. Several of these were strapped to their beds and it was found impossible to save them, so rapidly did the fire spread through the building. The fire originated in the basement of the building and spread rapidly to the upper stories through the elevator shaft. The blaze was discovered by James Newell, a grocer, who was driving through the alley in the rear of the building. He noticed smoke coming from one of the basement windows and ran into the engine rooms to discover its cause. Behind the boilers, in the center of the cellar, and within a few feet of the elevator shaft, he saw a small flame. The next instant the flames were caught by the draught in the elevator shafts and carried up with a roar. Newell shouted to several men in the alley to give the alarm and to alarm the inmates of the building. Several hurried to do this, but by the time they reached the first floor of the building the flames had been carried to the roof, had eaten through it, and were leaping high in the air. IT COST A DOZEN LIVES. The Worst Storm in the History of Central Illinois. BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — (Special). Sweeping over a stretch of country 100 miles in width and devastating territory fully 200 miles long, extending from Livingston county on the north and McCupin county on the south, and leaving its mark clear across the face of Central Illinois, a tornado Wednesday night inflicted property loss which will aggregate $1,000,000 and cost a dozen lives. The brunt of the storm fell upon McLean and adjoining counties. Lightning was incessant for two hours, but was marked by an absence of thunder claps. The wind reached a velocity of 100 miles an hour, and the visitation was the worst ever recorded in the history of Central Illinois. Almost complete idleness of telegraph and telephone lines makes it impossible to secure the full details of the disaster. It is now known that, while the fatalities in McLean county were but three in number, scores of persons were seriously injured, and hundreds of narrow escapes from death were reported. Not a village or city of McLean county escaped, and from every district comes the same report of destroyed buildings, injury to growing crops, and razed fruit and shade trees. Three lives were lost in McLean county, at Merna. The aggregate property loss in the country, not including thousands upon thousands of fruit and shade trees that were leveled, will be between $300,000 and $400,000 by rough estimates. GARDNER IS GUILTY. Has Been Convicted of Accepting Pay for Police Protection. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—(Special.) Irwin A. Gardner was found guilty Wednesday of having accepted a bribe as special officer to procure police protection for shark gambling establishments. The specific charge was that Gardner had accepted $25 from "Billy" Edwards, who has since been convicted of swindling. Gardner, however, is lost sight of in the scandal that his conviction unfolds. He was the amanuensis of Mayor Ames, and the prosecution sought to show that such bribes as he accepted were taken with at least the connivance of executive members of the city administration. Police Chief Ames, brother of the mayor, is now under indictment and will be placed on trial within a few days. Criminals Break Jail ARDMORE, L. T.—(Special). Government officers were notified Thursday that five desperate criminals broke jail at Chickasha Tuesday evening, Two of the men were captured. The method of escape was daring. When Jailer Simpson brought supper to the prisoners they made a concerted attack on him, bound and gagged him and locked him in jail, then threw the key into the yard. It was some time before the escape was discovered and the fugitives had a long start of the officers, who are now on their trail. All three of those who made their final escape are known as tough characters. Davis Witton Hold Fun March D. Miller Held for Manslaughter. CHICAGO—(Special.) O. E. Miller, president of St. Luke Society hospital, in the burning of which ten lives were lost, was held for manslaughter by a magnistate. Judge Chelton refused him a writ of habeas corpus, but he was allowed his freedom under bond. Miller's assistants were held for disorderly conduct. Whenever a man gets hurt, "conso- ling" friends gather to relate how at one time they were hurt worse than he. BRIEFBITS OF NEWS. President Palma has signed the bill fixing the salaries of members of the Cuban senate and house of representatives at $3,000 a year. The German Atlantic Cable Company has decided to lay another cable from Germany to the United States. The French battleship Gaulois, with some of the members of the French mission which came to the United States to attend the unveiling in Washington of the statute of the count de Rochambeau, has arrived at Lisbon. --- FRANCE HONORS BRAVE WOMAN. Miss Sickels of Chicago Rewarded for Exceptional Courage. The French Society Le Sevateur has just conferred its medal—for a display of exceptional courage—upon Miss Emma Sickels of Chicago. When the outbreak among the Sioux Indians came during the winter of 1889-90 Miss Sickels was principal of a schoc. near the Pine Ridge agency. At the critical moment, however, one happened to be absent on a visit in an eastern state. At the urgent request of the war department, whose desire was voiced by a personal letter of the secretary, Miss Sickels brought her visit to a close and came home. After a consultation she went at once to the camp of two of the leading chiefs of the hostiles determined to see for herself what the exact situation was. It was an undertaking which required the highest courage, but Miss Sickels was successful. She explained to the Indians the mistake which had led up to the Wounded Knee fight. Within an hour the chiefs were coming into the post to declare their peaceable intentions and the great danger was over. their peaceable intentions and the great danger was over. MISS ETHEL SIGSBEE WEDS. Ceremony a Notable Event of Washington Social Season. Miss Ethel Sigsbee, niece of Capt. Charles Dwight Sigsbee, was married to Robert Toombs Small recently in the Church of the New Jerusalem at Washington, and the ceremony was one of the notable events of the social season. The bride is noted for her beauty, and is the granddaughter of Gen. H. H. Lockwood, a graduate of West Point, who was appointed the first superintendent of the Annapolis Naval Academy, with rank of Commodore. The young woman has a fine voice and at one time contemplated an operatic career. Mr. Small, to whom she has been engaged for a year, is the son of A Evangelist Small, and is engaged in newspaper work in the capital. Citizens of Greek Nation Of the 14,000 citizens of the Creek Nation who are entitled to a quota of the tribal lands, 5,000 are negroes. The Creeks, like the other civilized tribes, owned negro slaves. After the war they admitted their ex-slaves to all the rights of citizenship. There has also been a considerable mingling of the races, and people of half-Indian and half-negro blood are numerous. Civilizing Negroes in Africa Great changes have been made among the negroes of German east Africa. They now use plates, cups, glasses, saucers, looking-glasses, spoons, knives, umbrellas and occasionally clocks; they call for soap and for kerosene. In their market places they are seen drinking tea with sugar at table. The women have adopted European clothes and make use of sewing machines, even in the interior districts. The House of the Stormets The marshy ground of the Ganges delta, with its vast masses of vegetation decaying under a tropical sun, is the native home of the cholera. In that pestilential region the cholera and the plague are found every year and all the year round. New President of Brazil. Dr. Francisco Do Paula Rodríguez Alves, recently elected president of Brazil, is a lawyer and has occupied a leading pince at the bar. He will be inaugurated Nov. 15, the anniversary of the proclamation of Brazil's independence. ACCIDENT ENDS LONG LIFE. Dr. Palmer, Well-Known Presbyterian Minister. Dies at New Orleans. Rev. Dr. Benjamin Morgan Palmer, one of the oldest and most widely known Presbyterian ministers in this country, died at his home in New Or- A. H. leans last week. Paralysis, following upon an accident in which the aged preacher was struck by a street car, was the immediate cause of death. Dr. Palmer's injuries, while not serious in themselves, were aided in their destructive effects by his extreme age. He was unusually strong despite his years, and his physicians say that but for his deplorable accident he might have continued in life for a long time to come. He was 84 years old on Jan. 25 last. No British Banners Wave in Battle. No British Banners Wave in Battle. Some people may not know that the colors are not now taken into action. Before a corps proceeds on service they are placed in safe custody as suits such honorable insignia, and "when Johnny comes marching home again" they will be all the fresher for not being carried through dusty lands and trying rivers. The men whose duty it would have been to carry them and stand by them to the last are nowadays employed in less sentimental if more useful duties. LIEUTENANT O. H. RASK DIES. Officer of Marine Corps Succumbs to Cholera in Philippines. Secretary Moody has received a cable message from Rear Admiral Wildes at Cavite saying that Lieut Olaf H. Rask of the marine corps died at Bacoor of choiera on the 29th inst., and was buried at that place. Lieut. Rask was a native of Minnesota and entered the marine corps in October, 1889. He had been on the Asiatic station only since last December. Got Rid of Loaded Shell. A week or so ago a farmer whose farm is near Stevensville, Va., plowed up an old shell. His discovery made him nervous. He piled a head of combustibles around and over it, scratched and applied a match and then made off with his mules to a safe distance. The explosion was rather slow in coming, but a local newspaper man reports that when it came it was heard for five miles around. Queen's Valuable Opera Glasses One of the most costly pair of opera glasses in the world is owned by Queen Alexandra, for whom they were specially made in Vienna. The barrise are of platinum and set with diamonds, sapphires and rubies. Various estimates have been made as to its probable worth. An expert in such matters fixes the value of the lorg nette at $25,000. Spiritualism Barred. The authorities at Prague, Austria have condemned a man to pay a fine, in addition to undergoing week's imprisonment, for practical spiritualism. The Governor-General has issued an order that in future persons, taking part in spiritualistic seances will be sent to prison without the option of a fine. Dranguel. A net fastened to two boats and called a dranguel is used by fishermen off the coast of Brittany. Inconsistent. After a strenuous and masculine cruisade to evolve the hatless woman, an authority comes just at its triumphant close to attack the woman who wears no hat in public. It is thought by the best informed, however, that this heaviest arraignment of the obliging hatless woman will be simply a fruitless blast. At the Grave of Bret Harte Two large laurel wreaths placed on the grave of the late Bret Harte at Frimley bear the inscriptions, "In Loving Remembrance. From the Bohemian Club, San Francisco," and "In Remembrance From Sir Henry Irving." Three Ages of Man The first age of man is when he thinks about all the wicked things which he is going to do. This is called "Innocence." The second age is when he does all the wicked things he has thought of in childhood. This is called "The Prime of Life." The third age is when he repents all the wicked things he has done. This is called "Dotars." Women In Business The last census report gives the number of women wage earners in the United States as 4,000,000, the number having more than doubled in ten years. Bookkeepers, stenographers, cashiers and telephone operators made up a large proportion, while the women engaged in trade increased from 20,000 to 228,000. Made Wealthy by Speculation The celebrated M. Arton, who was one of the central figures in the great Panama scandal, and who, it will be remembered, was arrested in London and extradited at the request of the French government, is now a rich man. Last year he made between $200,000 and $250,000 by speculating on the bourse. Riche Take Wings A department official in Washington says that a few days ago he gave a paying $2 a day to an old man who was a millionaire, but a few years ago. The old gentleman attended the national Republican convention at Napoliaps in his special car. Sonatars who were his guests on that trip seured the humble place for him. After Twenty Years Lusks Springs, Ind., June 9th—I would be hard to find a happier man than Mr. William Catterson of this place has been for the last few weeks. For twenty years his wife has been an invalid with a complication of diseases. Neuralgia, Rheumatism and generally broken down constitution. 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