The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country POLITICAL WHIFFS The Usual Interest and Many Office Seekers Oldest and Co-operation, Combina POLITICA HOW WE STA NO NEGRO I A HOT The Usual Interest am Notwithstanding the gloomy days of the passing summer, the political sky is clouded and expectation, speculation and conglomeration seems in order. The Republican will bring to the front not less than three, nor more than six for every office to be filled in the county, have a few. In looking over the field we find some excellent material and some very good men who could fill the offices for which they aspire with credit to dissected. One of the warmest and more or less strictly partisan elections will take place in Wyandotte county, that has claimed attention since the spring of 2011. The days of big republican majorities being over, makes betting good and makes the old wheel horses a little nervous as they place their money on supposed winners. It is said that an effort will be made by the republicans to get a Negro to run for an office this fall so that the black brothers who have been driven from home, will return. The game of politics is becoming so well understood by the Negro that he is hard to locate. It is putting it to the public as it is, the Negro is an unknown quantity there was a time when you could bet on him and be safe, but that time has gone glimmering we are proud of the political intelligence of the Negro, for too long have we been led to the water and made drink and the water is always clear we feel pleased in announcing that no Negro will make the black sheep in the fold this year-Its now a white mans fight. The black boys are putting on their equipment for battle and when the bumble blows they will rally in support of individual men and not parties. We would respectfully tell the colored brother to sit down on, these people who helped to free you and all the old time not "Now and the future" is what concerns us. It has been argued that a convention should be held by the republicans but a majority of would be office holders want primaries and the Crawford county ballot. The usual little row is on and somebody has a knife up his sieve for somebody else. The Democracy that has guided the affairs of our city, the past year is smiling for they are conscious of the fact that they have done the right thing, and right must win. We can be counted on by the public and the Negro to sacredly stand up for what is right and just. In all the years gone by we have stood for the Negro and his best interest, we are there to day. In the fall campaign we will hew to the line let the chips fall where they may and hit any one in the way One of the real interesting fights will Miss Espanola Tillimon left Tuesday for Love Kansas to spend a week the guest of Miss Minnie Branch. Mrs Ida Mosley of Atchison who has spent several days in our City the guest of Mrs Lena B Downs has returned home. Miss Mary Gilmore of Lesvenworth spent a few days in this city the past week the guest of Mrs Ales Bailey of 411 Neb ave. The grand ledge Knights of Pythias of the Eastern and Western hemisphere will give a public installation at the Mand H. Hall on Thursday evening July the 10th the memorial service will hold at the Metropolitan Church July the 9th at 7 30 P.M. conducted by Rev F. W Horse churches and societies and all well wishers of the order are cordially invited. Mrs. Mary Gilmore of Leavenworth spent a few days in the city last week the guest of Mrs Alice Baily of 411 Neb Mrs John Taylor of 116 Parallel ave will leave next week for Omaha Nebras ka to attend the Grand session of the Knights and Daughters. Mrs. Martha Harris of 517 State ave fell Wednesday night and broke her arm. Mrs. Gracie Harris of the Stovall and Harris dress-making establishing co. is seriously ill. All diseases start [in the bowels keep them open or you will be sick, cascarets et like nature Keep liver and bowels activewithout a sickening gripping feeling. six million people take and recommend cascarets. Try a 10c. box. All druggists. L WHIFFS ND THIS FALL IN THE RACE TIME d Many Office Seekers. FFS GRACE E kers. be in the race for County attorney, this fall. E. A. Enright the present attorney time expires, and as he is filling out his second term will not be a candidate for re-electionhe will possibly be one of the top shelf men if Bailey wins out for Governor. Among the favorite Republicans mentioned in the race for County attorney is Jas. Gibson and S. C. Miller and a couple of youngsters, one out of six will be pitted against Jno.E. McFadder the second word white, now fli ling the 2nd year of his first term as councilman. This race will prove interesting from the fact that the two favorite candidate of the republican have both held that office in the past and a peculiar thing about politics in Kansas City, Kan. is that "has been" seldom succeed in making a two record in the same office. The people seem to demand new blood or in fact you must be born again. It has been an established precedent by two men who have held the office of County attorney in the past eight years, to accord the Negroes the deputy in consideration for their support. This will be the argument used in order to get the support of the Negro, for the nominee of the republican party this fall, since the men who established this precedent were both republicans. We are not here to shape any mans policy in office, but in view of what has been done we believe that the Negro has no grounds to be alarmed should a democrat land in this office, our aim is to be fair and give every man "all that is coming to him and at the same time be honest and sincere in our advice to the Negroes of Wyandotte county. We are here to praise every man for what he has done for the Negro and sit down as hard as possible on all who have had the opportunity and did not do anything, whether he be a Democrat or Republican THIS MEANS YOU Every Negro voter through out the State of Kansas ought to open his eyes to facts and look at things as they really exist and not be stuffed up with hot air that will be given him by various men who want offices this fall. Every Negro should realize that he is aman next a citizen and thirdly that the affairs of State, County, City or National, effect him—equally with all other citizens. WHAT FOOLS YE BE The Negroes of Kansas City, Kansas should take the scales from their eyes and see that the Negro school children of this city are provided with equally as good facilities as the whites. They should know whose going to teach their boys and girls—whether the same or good for something or good for nothing. They should demand the removal of the Lincoln school. If the present school board don't pay any attention get together quit work, organize and when the time for election comes try to put in men that will hear your pleas. The Negroes in Kansas City Kans have been satisfied with any old thing both in politician school and every thing else. Its about halting time all alkg the line. TO BE EXPECTED: Mr. U. S. Sartin the Post master has seen fit to remove our well known little friend and late luger of the 23rd volunteers Mr. Jas. Harrison, who was special delivery boy in the Kansas City, Kansas post office. It is needless to say that a white boy succeeded h m. Those that are familiar with the political training of the leader of republican politics here are not surprised. NOT DEAD The M. R. T. remnants still live in Wyandotte County. If you don't believe it-watch our columns—later on. THE STATE FAIR WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR AT HUTCHINSON SEPT. 15 19. A half-fare has been made from all points in Kansas, and from Kansas City and St Joe Mo, by all railroad in Kansas to the State Faie to be held in Hutchson September 15-19. Over $10.000 will be given in premiums. Of this amount $2,000 is given in the cattle department free of a entrance money. Drop a card to Ed. M. More', secretary, Hutchinson. Kansas, giving him your address, and he will mail you a premium list. --- 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 Spend your pleasure evenings down at the Douglass Hospital where you can find all the Ice Cream, Soda Pops and other Refreshments for sale. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. To the above named defender you are merely notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff, and unless you appear and answer, or on 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. 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. 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. I hereby announce myself a candidate for County Attorney of Wyandotte County subject to the republican primaries. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Register of Deeds of Wyandotte County subject to republican primaries. A. C. (BERT) COOKE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Tresurer of Wyandotte County subject to the republican primaries. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. To the above named defendant, you are here-by notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer, on or before the 31st day of July, the petition filed against you, will be taken as true, and a judgement rendered thereon, the nature of which will be decree, dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and forever divorcing plaintiff from said defendant; and for costs of this suit. When you want cesspool work done you can always find Patterson and Gayden at the old stand. 543 Minn. ave. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING, EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. State of Kansas, ) ss. Wyandotto County ) In the Probate Court of Said County. In the matter of the Estate of Ellen Buchanan deceased. NOTICE Mrs. Ashton Woods, Matron. Publication Notice. Mary Smith, Plaintiff. vs. ANNOUNCEMENTS CHARLES. S. WITWEI S. C. WHINERY. JAS. L. SMALLEY. D. E. CORNELL. Publication Notice Eli Porter, Plaintiff. Pearly Porter, Defendant Hot weather is on just keep going. When you want water. When you want Coal. The Sunday Forum will have a special meeting Sunday at Mt. Pleasant Baptist church it is hoped that there will be a good attendance as the programme will be interesting. THE DYING TESTIMONY The following is from a little Christian boy is publish- Th is a history of my life. when I was sick. It was Dec. 11, 1901 and on that day my mother was washed and I had been sick about six weeks. and to Doctor came to see me that day And my mother was weary about me and I went to the Douglass School. and I was in the 4th grade and my teacher name was J. M. Day and I was 10 years old. ard born in Leavenworth on Apr. 17 1891 and a very few of my friends came to see me. it was very cold that winter and my mother was poor very poor that winter and Christmas was approaching and my mother was weary about my Santa Claus and my Doctor bill but she always tried to pray three times a day, and the Lord would help us. But our doctor was a very nice man but he would ask for the money when she did not have it and one time he ask me what I was going to get and thats was. This is the history of Earnest Taylor when he was sick year 1902 my mother was washing and I was in bed. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kans. William Banks, Plaintiff. vs. Lizzie Bank, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above Court by the above plainiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 3rd day of August, 1902, the petition filed therein, will be taken as, and a judgement 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 said defendant, and awarding to him the care and custody of two of the minor children, . Pearly Banks, and Corinne Banks, and for cost of this suit. FOR SALE Two Acres of land adjourning the city can be purchased at a price that will surprise you. Call at this offices for further information. The Chicago Cafe one of the finest and located establishment of its kind at 70 E 12 S. for sale Parties desiring a barring will go well to see the proprietor Mr H. Compton at the bove address. BARGAIN! BARGAIN! Now is a chance for those who want a Bargain in lots we have on hand a few lots that can be bought now at a bargain Any one who wishes to provide himself with a home now is the time to buy. Call at this office and get location and price. AFTERTHOUGHTS The Alpha Art Club displayed some are work. O.J. Brooks the artist will place his picture "caught in the act" on exhibition at the national exposition in chicago go next month. Why were those receptions. The American citizen printed the programme and they passed inspection. Judge I.F.Bradley is the only Adam in the Garden of Eden. Rogues were present at the exhibit. The comentable feature was the absence of club names over all the booths. A large portion of the Art exhibition will be shown in chicago in August by special request. The A. C. L. Grocery Company of 455 Minn ave., are making special prices in good groceries.Call and see them. Its your advantage. Don't forget that Henry Stine the bar ber at 349 Minn avenue is the Laboring men, Musicians and Expressmen headquarters also the place for a good shave WANTED. Womtn as cook, and Laundress add Mrs A. W Solomon Employment agt. Office 115 E. 5th St. Leadville Colorad Down Trodden TOPEKA Miss Daneva W. Donnell of Indianapolis Ind. is visiting Mrs. J. H. Guy all of her old friends welcome her home. The Colored people will celebrate 4th of July at Garfield Park Sat. visitors from all the neighboring towns are expected. Mrs. Bell Sportsman entertained the Ladies Sewing circle Wednesday. Mistress I. A. Shielan and G. Solomon spent the 4th in Eskridge Kansas the guest of Mrs. Wm. Sharp. Misses Lntie Bowen and Willa Scales former of Oklahoma city are the guest of Mr and Mrs. A. J. Jordan & daughter, this week. Mr. & Mrs. Smith of Chicago who have been visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. Grandpre for the past 2 weeks returned home Sat. Invite a few Topekans to attend the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star last week at Emporia. Mrs. Dillard of K. C. Mo. who has been visiting Mr.and Mrs. Henry Dillard returned home Tuesday afternoon. They Say Let's have a Quardrille. Now was he really asleep. Oh! the big push and the little push. No I haven't been to Armourdale lately. Have you ever heard the Rareback band. Wonder which way is he drifting now. They were killing it so they wore no hats. Somebody on N. 5. th.st keeps us guessing. My castle on an Isle we are living in excellent style. There is a new doctor in town who can afford to go out after taking a bath. It was a cool night but they wore no wraps. They looked so good to hubby, he failed to leave them. We nearly forgotten it but what a time we had at the Masonic Banquet. But it would have made you laugh for a week to see him skip across the floor. Now swing the lady from the popular Block. Have you ever been to that good time shack in the sea foam block. They live between the two block but are in it just the same. Wonder which one of the two buttons she will wear on Sunday. "Boozee" is a shoe shiner at the Rare back shop. He lives on N 5th St., She is in one of the two bocks and how they promena ded. W. K. seems delighted on Ann avenue-whats the matter with State ave. It is now a choice between an American beauty Tube rose and a daly What will his choice be? She is from St. Joe; and trots a merry gait, but Queen Bess goes a winning gait. There was a Hot time in the Poplar blocks last Sunday—but the Sea Foam block threw the fat in the fire. The Sea Foam block certainly holds some attraction for somebody and they don't wear a dress—watch Harvy. Mr. Geo. Fitzhue died very suddenly at his home 608 Campbell on last Sabbath morning of heart failure. He was rather well known and was an earnest hard working gentleman. His wife is a daughter of Mrs. Jennie Lacompt of 3151 Minneapolis this City. Women as Lapidaries. Women in the Philippines, at least in the island of Luzon, are showing wonderful skill as lapidaries and gem-setters. Their taste and workmanship are far in advance of the powers of men. In the Probate Court in and for said County. 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 said Estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersign-for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they 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. 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 hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 6th day of June A. D. 1902. K. P. Snyder Probate Judge PUBLICATION NOTICE Number 5199. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. L. J. Johnson, Plaintiff. vs. N. N. McFarson, Annie D. McFarson, T. P. Vaughn, Nannie A. Dail, Defendants. The above named defendants will take notice that they have been sued by the above named plaintiff whose petition n-gainst them has been filed in the above entitled court; and that they are required to answer the same on or before the 29th day of July 1902, or judgement will be rendered accordingly of the following nature to-wit: A personal judgement against said defendants, N. N. McFarson, and Annie D. McFarson for the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) and the interest thereon at the rate of ten percent per annum from the first day of June, 1896, and all of the taxes paid by plaintiff on said real estate since the excution and delivery of the mortgage deed, acting to the term of a note for the amount executed June first, 1896 by said defendants; also for the foreclosure of a mortgage to secure the sum given by the said makers of said note on lot number thirteen (13) in b10 four (4) in Cobb Heights according to the recorded plat now on file in the office of the Register of Deeds of the county of Wyaadte, Kansas. Said Cobb Heights now being a part of Kansas City, Kansas, and an order for the sale of said premises, without appraisement, free and clear of all claims of the defendants and an appropriation of the proceeds to the payment of said personal judgement. C. D. Sharp, Attorney June 20.] for Plaintiff. 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To know how many doctors this city affores who are afraid to c me out after taking a bath To know who really holds the winning hand with Ms. Sea Foam block. Asphalt Pavements About twenty-five years ago government engineers decided to pave Pennsylvania avenue in Washington with asphalt. That was the beginning of the general use of the scientific mystery for street pavements. To-day over 234,000,000 square feet of street pavements in the United States and Canada are covered with asphalt. This asphalt pavement would make a boulevard twenty-six feet wide over 1,750 miles long and would reach from New York to New Orleans, and then have several miles for side streets. "Chair-House" Lodging. Known as "the chair house," a New York institution's title is derived from the fact that human beings so poor they can not buy a lodging at the cheapest Bowery resorts put up five cents for a chance to occupy a chair for the night. By 11 o'clock the night's contingent is fast asleep in the chairs, the usual number being twenty-five or thirty men, of all kinds and degrees of decrepit poverty. Bezant's Autobiography. Sir Walter Besant's autobiography was announced for publication in February, and excited more widespread interest than any recent volume of the sort. Sir Walter was not a man of great genius, but he had hosts of admiring readers, and he knew everybody. However, his personality was of an exceptionally amiable and agreeable sort. Altogether his life should be excellent reading. Relatives Meet for First Time. Archibald Bard Darragh is a congressman from Michigan and Thomas Robert Bard is a senator from California. They never met until they were introduced to each other recently in Washington. Yet the two men had the same great grandfather, Richard Bard, whose experience during the French and English war of 1756-1760 was as thrilling as any romance. 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In digging the foundation hundreds of skulls and bones were discovered, all of which were carefully collected and interred in the new cemetery. The hotel possesses a room in which service is conducted by a local preacher every Sunday. Last year the Battersea Vetery voted a sum of £400 for the purpose of erecting a refreshment klosel in the Battersea Parish Cemetery, better known as "Modern Cemetery." Russian Dinners. The etiquette of a Russian dinner is decidedly formal. When the guests are seated, the host and hostess of the feast remain standing, it being their pleasure to attend the company and to see that the servants do their duty. Nothing can escape their observation; the plate of no guest remains empty for a moment, nor is a wine glass ever without contents. French wines are mostly drunk at Russian dinners. Madrina is also a favorite, and a bottle of port is always served to an English guest. At her own time the hostess gives the signal, and all rise from the table. Old Hudson Bay Receipts Among some curious records of the Hudson Bay company are receipts which read as follows. "Received per Lapwing, Jane Goody, as per invoice, in good condition." "Received per Oaprey, Matilda Timbus. Returned per Lapwing, as not being in accordance with description contained in invoice." These belong to pioneer times, when white men who settled in new parts of the country were either obliged to remain bachelors, marry squaws or send for wives, trusting to the judgment of the company to select them and send them out. Not the Right Name A salesman in a "thinware establishment is responsible for the following: "A day or two ago," said he, a lady came in the store and began to examine some fine cups and saucers. Nothing suited her. At last, however, she found some that pleased her, and, smiling innocently, said: "Now, these are very nice, and I like the way they are made, with different names on them. If I could find some with the names I want, I would take them, but all I see read "Tom and Jerry."" Children as Toy Makers. The official report of the government inspector of factories for Coburg-Gotha gives the details as to the labor of children under 14 years engaged in their homes making buttons, toys, etc. It appears that in this district 5,455 such children employed. They work from four and one-quarter to six hours per day, and earn in button-making from 2 to 6 cents. In making dolls they earn from 2 to 18 cents, while on toy work they earn from 2 to 14 cents per day—Baltimore American. Duplicated Change of Name A Paterson, N. J., jeweler named Rabinwitz made application to the court to have his name changed to Robinson because an insurance company refused to do business with him. The company informed him that its invariable rule was to decline to insure the property of persons whose names ended with "itz." The lower court did not think this a good reason for changing the name and the state supreme court has been appealed to. A Versatile Cook Cooks in Ceylon must apparently be versaile persons, judging from the appended advertisement cut from a Cingalese journal: "Wanted—A billier as Cook and Appu, or either, by a married man, who holds Excellent Testimonials in Shuffling Animals. Can Stuh Elephant's Legs. Moderate Salary expected. Please apply to Fonseka, Ragala, Walaapana." Value of Cornstalks. Cornstalks continue to increase in value. They yield cellulose, worth $400 a ton, for stopping holes in battleships for fine cardboard and paper, the best foundation for dynamite, a patent cattle food and a superior glue. But it is said that 250,000,000 tons of cornstalks will go to waste every year in England. BICYCLES. BELOW COST 5000 high grade guaranteed 1902 MODELS, the overstock of one of the best known factories of the country, secured by us at one-half cost. 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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. (Feb.211902.) just before I pet or Europe swimmer, a great box same 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 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 as if 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 turn—and with a doll there were a number litle 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 are just enough dails for each so have one. Bolt: Brought Happiness to the Dying Margaret Bottome, in "Heart to Heart Talks" in the Ladies' Home Journal, relates this pathetic incident of her ministrations to the sick: Sheriff Sale. State of Kansas, Court of Common Pleas, County of Wyandotte, Alice L. Hopkins as executrix of the estate of Theodore A. Hopkins, deceased, Plaintiff vs. F. L. Martin, F. D. Martin, Catherine B. Martin, Edith J. Martin, Edgar C. Ellis, Trustee J. E. Williams and W. R. Cromwell Produce Commission Company, Defendants 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, number: 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 Wyan-City* according to the recorded pl 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. 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Only persons under thirty years of age were ready to accept promptly Harvey's great discovery of the circulation of the blood; and just as youth is most apt to respond to the touch of genius so men rare abilities seldom fail of the spirit of perpetual youth. Keeping young is simply keeping abreast with the times we are in. At the recent anniversary in New York City of the founding of Stevens Institute, ex-Mayor Hewitt related this incident: "When I was a student at Columbia, base ball was our only game, and not such a detachment to a college as it is to-day. We lost most of our balls by knocking them over into a yard of a house in Barclay street. One day when we were short and could not get any base balls, I was appointed a committee of one 'to visit the house and ask for some. A gentleman appeared in answer to my question, and producing a basket containing twenty-five or thirty balls, asked if they were ours. I said that I supposed they were. 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Full Directions with every treatment*. LORD KELVIN AS DAMOCLES The Great Scotch Scientist's Absolute Faith in Pictures Lord Kelvin, so his friends say, used to make of himself a sort of Damocles, but it was a cannon ball instead of a sharp sword which was suspended over his head. Few living scientists have as high a reputation as Lord Kelvin, and few have to their credit more useful inventions or valuable discoveries. Though now in his seventy-eighth year the old professor, who for more than half a century occupied the chair of natural philosophy at Glasgow university, still maintains his reputation for being one of the most energetic men in Scotland. Those who know him are fond of telling of the boyish eagerness and almost incredible energy with which he attacks his work. When lecturing he used to become so absorbed and wrapped up in the experiments he was conducting that he scarcely wait for the results. Disdainting the services of an assistant, he scurried about his lecture room like a youth of 16. Indeed the students liked to say that they never saw him cross his laboratory except at a run. The ruling passion of Lord Kelvin, who is a member of half the leained societies of Europe, and who has been decorated by the emperor of Germany, the president of France and the king of Damocles, is his absolute faith in figures, and it is this ruling passion which led to his experiment as a Damocles. When he has once solved a problem in mathematics he is willing to stake upon its correctness not only his reputation, but, if necessary, his life. Taking an immensely heavy cannon ball, he calculated with the utmost accuracy the size of the smallest wire which would bear the weight of the load of iron. He then procured a length of wire of just the requisite strength, and, to prove the truth of his figuring, had the cannon ball suspended over his lecturing platform at the very spot where it would be most likely to strike and crush him should the wire give way and it remained there for weeks.—London Mail. MORGAN'S ONE "INTERVIEW." The Story of It, as Told by the Mult- millionaire Himself. The interviewer disturbs J. Pierpont Morgan. He makes his boast that he never has been interviewed, and declares that in the last seven years but one interviewer ever has been able to approach him. The story of this one exception he yesterday told to Bishops Trip Potter and Doane. On a recent trip to Europe a representative of the London Times would not take no for his answer. "Tell the Times man my time is worth £10 a minute," at last said Morgan. "The Times man says he'll take two minutes at that," came back the reply. "He handed me £20," said Mr. Morgan, "talked just two minutes by both our watches, did all the talking himself, and rose to go on the instant. 'Why do you want to see me?' I asked in curiosity. 'Oh, I wagered £100 that I would interview you personally, that's all,' was his reply. I congratulated him on his enterprise and dismissed him within the third minute of his call." "Did you keep his £20?" dryly asked Bishop Potter, as Mr. Morgan ended. "Yes, and I haven't earned money in a long time that gave me the satisfaction that £20 did." San Francisco Examiner. 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." Part of the Brain That Keeps Nama An Austrian savant has declared the human brain contains a "nama center." He says that it is the office of this cell to retain names. A striking case which would seem to confirm this theory occurred at Cleveland. A brakeman was shot by a conductor, and the former could not remember the names of persons and things, although he could perfectly well describe the functions of all articles exhibited to him. A surgeon probed for the bullet and found it to the exact spot necessary to affect the remembrance of names, according to the Austrian's theory. When the pressure of the brain had been relieved the patient remembered names as well as he had done before his injury, and told the name of his assailant.—Scientific American The clock on the Philadelphia city hall is the highest in the world. If has the largest dials. If the dials were out of the way and tracks were laid, two trains could pass each other running through the holes. The glass is the four faces is fastened there by a ton of cement. The glass, if laid on the ground, would make a walk square long and ten feet wide. The minute hand will flush its year's journey by completing a 110-mile trip on New Year's day. It is expected that this minute hand will travel 110 miles annually for many years to come. The clock is strong, and the minute hand is phospher bronze, and weighs 200 pounds. ```markdown ``` Wind was so brisk in the vicinity of Liberal one day recently that workmen on the Rock Island extension complained that they couldn't hit the spikes with their sledge hammers. A crying baby interrupted one of the speakers at the alumni banquet in Lawrence. The speaker paused and then added: "I will suspend my remarks while the class of 1916 gives it fell." Workmen repairing the roof of the court house at Climarron found a basket of cartridges concealed in the garret. They had been hidden there by sharp shooters during the county seat war in Gray county fifteen years ago. James Jenkins of Grant township advertises in the Pratt County Union that he will pay twenty-five cents each for all bull snakes three feet or over in length. He domesticates them and they keep the premises free from rats and mice. Thirty-one railway conductors have made reports to the state labor commissioner of work and pay for the year. An average run of 3,353 miles per month was made. Their average annual income was $1,071 and their expenses $778. No drafted Kansas soldier ever served in the army of his country February 15, 1865, a draft actually commenced in Kansas and was continued until March 16, when a peremptory order came from Washington to suspend the draft and release the men who had been conscripted. This order came in response to official protests from Kansas in which the fact was set forth that the state had furnished more troops in proportion to her population than any other state in the United. Under all the calls from 1801 to 1822 the Kansas quota was 12.822. The actual number of volunteers furnished was 21,806, or 8,875 in excess of her just proportion. On the theory that the Kaw river is navigable it is under the supervision of the federal government and the state fish warden has no jurisdiction along its banks. It is, therefore, permissible to catch any kind of fish in any way at any time—if you can. At the twenty-ninth commencement of the University of Canes degrees were granted to 197. The graduates from the School of numbered 112. --- The Cool Northern Route to the Mountains Lakes and Sea APPLY TO NEAREST TICKET AGENT, OR ADDRESS L. S. McClellan. Western Passenger Agent, Wabash Railroad, City Tickets Office Cor. 9th and Delaware St., Kansas City, Mo. 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The members pledged themselves to kill between September and May as many sparrows as they had farm acres. This year only one member had failed to keep this pledge, and he, being seventy short, has paid the customary forfeit of a penny a head on seventy unslain sparrows. Veteran Politician Reappears. An interesting incident of the Oregon election was the success of the venerable George H. Williams in the race for mayor of Portland. This is the "Laundalet" Williams whose purchase of a costly carriage at government expense, though for private use, contributed to the scandals which agitated Grant's second term as President. He has been lost to sight in national affairs for twenty-five years. Languages of Animals. The dog can emit four or five different tones, each indicative of a special mental condition, and each fully understood by its companions. The fowl is credited with from nine to 12 distinct vocal sounds, each capable of a special interpretation by its fellows. 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The average person who picks up a railroad time folder does not realize the enormous amount of work which the preparation of such a publication involves. The big Burlington System, for instance, has a general time folder made up from sixteen different division operating time tables. The folder contains 2,000 names of towns, gives the schedules of over 500 trains, and whenever there is a change in time, sixty thousand figures have to be carefully checked and corrected. Some people would rather chew the rag than swallow their pride. Alarm Clock as Memorandum Like all other United States Senators, Mr. Dietrich of Nebraska has a great many engagements, but being a trifle forgetful about such things he has adopted an emphatic method of reminding himself. He carries with him a small alarm clock. If he has an engagement, say at 3 o'clock, the alarm goes off ten minutes before that time. Then he sets it for his next appointment, and sets on through the day. The First Steamboat. A memorial erected by Edward Longstreth of Philadelphia to John Fitch, who was the first to apply steam to the running of a boat, has been turned over to Warminster, Pa. It bears the inscription: "John Fitch here conceived the idea of the first steamboat. He ran a boat with sidewheels by steam on a pond below Davisville in 1785. Bucks County Historical Society." How a Town's Name Was Made Few persons know how the new town Donora was given its name. It is simple enough. The first syllable is part of the name of W. H. Donner, president of the Union Steel Company, which started the town, and the last syllable is the first name of Mrs. A. W. Mellon, the wife of one of those heavily interested in the town and steel company. No More the Calla Lily Hereafter it must be called simply the "calla," and not the "calla illy." The very careful and accurate Philadelphia Leder gives this luminous explanation of the difference: "The calla lily," it may be remarked, in correction of a report from California, is not a lily at all; it is a calla, and none of its beauty is lost in giving it its correct name." Peach-Growing in Connecticut Connecticut is getting to be a great peach-growing state, according to J. H. Hale of South Glastonbury. The state this year will probably market 1,000,000 bushels, which is doing pretty well for rocky and bleaky New England. King Alfonso Not a Bigot. By order of King Alfonso a Santiago court-martial has acquitted a young soldier who refused to kneel at mass because he was a Protestant. The sentence asked for by the prosecution was three years' penal servitude. Why Two Political Parties There are always two political parties; not so much because there are two sides to every public question as because there are two sides to every office, viz., the inside and the out side—Life. Indian Drum Made of Wood. The Indian Pukhway, or drum, is made of a log of wood hollowed. it is usually about twenty inches long, eight or ten inches in diameter, and is beaten en at either or both ends. Why He Believed In Fairies W. B. Yeats, the poet, tells how once he argued with a Galway peasant who, a rare thing in Ireland, boasted he was an atheist. "But," said Mr. Yeats, "you believe in fairies?" "Fairies?" said the atheist "Sure, fairies stand to rayson!" Queen's Tender Heart Queen Alexandra has had posted in many omnibuses placards requesting passengers not to require the stoppage of the vehicle more often than is absolutely necessary and thus relieve the horses as much as possible of the tremendous strain of restarting. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures wollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing hairs, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. 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BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE Telegraphy, Searthand, Bookkeeping. 22th St., Kansas City, Ks. Knifed with (with sore eyes, use) Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 27, 1902 PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE YANKS. Restore your eyes. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION HOME AND FASHIONS BEAUTIFUL COWNS FROM PARIS. Modes of Trimming. A favorite trimming is a broad, double fold put on as a tuck, or, when slightly gathered, a flounce. From one to five of these, according to their width, frequently adorn skirts, where they are arranged in a zig-zag movement in preference to a straight line. Sometimes they are of the same color and material as the costume, at others contrasting both in color and textile, in which case either silk or velvet is employed. Another effective trimming consists of a very heavy description of lace of extremely large design, through which black velvet of the very narrowest width is passed so as to follow the frame and contours of the design. The same idea is also carried out with colored velvet of two or three different colors, and is very decorative. This is more an adornment for cloaks and bodices than skirts, on account of the weight. A Graceful Visiting Gown. A particularly graceful visiting gown is of a soft shade of blue cloth. The yoke and the lower part of the sleeves are of buff embroidered chiffon fabric the panel front of the skirt, the berthe and the extensions from the yoke to the belt are applipped with graceful scrolls for which Corticelli silk is employed. The lower part of the skirt is ornamented with several wide tucks. This model fully emphasizes the fact that the tablier front is to be well represented among the new gowns, not alone those intended for afternoon but for evening wear as well. It will perhaps interest our readers to know of a recently imported skirt in which the tablier front was pre-eminent. It BEAUTIFUL COV The skirt of the first gown is of white guipure over almond green taffeta. The Louis XV. coat is of almond green satin, the points in front appliqued with lace, of which the jabot, forming a sort of collar and revers, and the sleeve ruffles are also made. These ruffles are headed by a band of guipure, like the skirt. The is cut in four divisions, each one bias and shaped to give the necessary flare. Each section is shirred to the other with tiny up-standing frills and the lower one spreads out into a very full flounce. The skirt joins the tablier at either side and the edges are finished with rosette bows of narrow black velvet ribbon, three or four strands carried from one to the other all the way down. Fashion's Mermaid Costumes. "Coats of mail made of mother-of-pearl sequins are mightily affected by fashionable women," writes kiff from Paris, "but they are rather suggestive of a mermaid, even when they are liberally trimmed with lace, and the length of the skirt is not unlike the fishy tail. These sequins are shaded in the most charming manner. Paillettes are certainly a power in the land of dress. Every fabric is scattered over with them to give a sparkle for evening wear. There is a new sort of lace with tiny jeweled studs all over, which seem to hold together the very light est make of dentelle possible." A Serviceable Jacket A 'jaunty and serviceable garment is made of black broadcloth of an exquisitely fine texture stitched with white Corticelli silk. It is cut with a long turn-down collar and has white moire revers. Fancy stitching, in which the favorite diamond records again and again, as well as stitched straps are features of trimming for which Corticelli stitching silk, size D, is almost always employed. Other modes of garniture are cording, perforated straps and strands of neap, dee VNS FROM PARIS. blouse is of white moussine de sole, and the girdle is of the material, fastened with a handsome gold buckle. The second gown is of velling, trimmed with venise insertion and black velvet ribbon. The little plastron is of white linen, shirred and puffed. The sleeves are on a new and elaborate design.—Weiner Chic. sole or ratin, as well as moire, followed by a varied assortment of braids. Perforations following some dainty pattern or design and showing the foundation of some special lining are very handsome, also the appliqued trimmings of cloth, taffeta or moire. A. Nealigee Gown. Every woman wants a negilege gown. There are many pretty ones in the shops, but here is a home-made one: Use flowered muslin over silk—pink or blue. Lay a deep yoke in moderate width tucks, set close together, running straight across the back, but diagonally in front. From the edge of the yoke let the muslin fall in accordian plaits. Finish the neck according to fancy. A pretty yoke and stock for a light silk gown is of ruffled tulle, the ruffles being so tiny as to look almost like simple shirring. Over both are set small pearl beads, as close together as desired. A fold or twist of satin may be used at the top of the stock and at the lower edge of the yoke. All White. White gowns without a touch of color are immensely popular. They are gorgeously voluminous. Indeed, they appear to be a mass of feathery flutters in their lacy and transparent billows of fabric. Some of these white gowns seem to be an artistic combination of entire doux of lace and embroidery. A conspicuous future is the ribbon bow made of many loops, and ingeniously tied in the center. A chic white gown of white mull is flounced three-quarters up the skirt, each flounce being finished with a lace edge. The waist is of lace and mull, very poultry in front. A Ping-Pong Souvenir. The very latest thing in novelty souvenirs is the ping-pong bon-bon box. It is a vellum paper racquet, full size, and with a rubber ball fastened in the side which forms the cover. 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Manufactured by Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co. Omaha, Neb. WANTED FOR SPOT CASH WALNUT LUMBER and LOGS ADDRESS C. C. MENGEL, JR. & BRO. CO., Inc. LOUISVILLE, KY. POSSES STILL SEARCHING IN VAIN FOR TRACEY. HE WAS IN SEATTLE OVER NIGHT Slept in a Park There, After Killing a Policeman—Scores of Men Arm. D With Winchesterers Are Patrolling the Country Around Seattle—Another of Tracey's Victims Is Dead. SEATTLE, WASH.—(Special.) On roads ambushed and patrolled by guards armed with new Winchester rifles, convict Tracey has escaped. His whereabouts in a district of twenty miles radius is absolutely unknown. Sheriff Cudihie's office has been de-duged with reports of his appearances. Each was traced down in its source by posses. All were groundless. Neil Rawley, shot by Tracey when the convict killed Policeman Breese at Fremont is dead. Deputy Sheriff Williams is not dead yet, and has a good chance to live. Up to this time, Tracey has killed three men since his first appearance near Seattle Thursday morning. All three were well known and popular here. This has incited hundreds to join the hunters. One hardware store named to supply arms for the posses, has given out its complete stock in this line. Specials are leaving on the railway leading into the adjacent country every few hours with reinforcements. Parties are dropped off all along the route between here and Bothell. At about 1 o'clock Saturday morning, Tracey was first seen after his encounter at Fremont at a house on the outskirts of Ballard. He shouted his name defiantly to the occupants and coolly proceeded to hitch up a horse and buggy. He drove away south to the town of Ballard in the direction of Seattle. The next authentic reports, brought to the sheriff contained the information that the man had evidently slept in Woodland park, within the Seattle city limits. He left the park shortly before sunrise. Though suburban residents in every quarter have notified the sheriff of strange men supposed to be Tracey in their neighborhood, the most reliable report received after that of Tracey's departure from Woodland park is that of his appearance near Bothell, where a desperate encounter was fought. The finding of a 33-caliber bullet in the body of Neil Rawley leads Coroner Hope to believe that he was shot to death by someone other than the desperado Tracey. While the coroner will wait until Tracey is either captured or killed before going into an investigation, he is certain the unfortunate man was hit with a bullet from a gun in the hands of one of the party chasing the convict. If Tracey is captured and it is found that he had firearms in his possession besides the 30-30 rifle, it will then be an established fact that, being close pressed by the officers of the law, he took a desperate chance with his revolver. Then there is a possibility that Rawley might have been accidentally by J. 1. Knight, who was a member of the posse. Mr. Knight, carried a 38-caliber revolver and was near Officer Breese when shot and killed by Tracey. He states he distinctly saw Tracey fire and kill the patrolman. Almost at the same time he raised his gun and sent a shot in the direction of the man who had leveled his gun at Breese. He does not remember seeing Rawley in the party. Carlisle Graduate Stain GUTHRIE, O. T.—(Special.) Wednesday at the home of Judge W. S. Petitt, in Pawhuis, George Dickie, an Osage Indian graduate of Carlisle, was shot four times and killed by Judge Petitt, whom Dickie had attempted to kill by shooting. There was a dance at the Petitt home and Dickie was drinking. Becoming quarrelsome, he was called down by Petitt, and immediately pulled a gun and shot Petitt through the groin. Two sons of Petitt caught Dickie, held and disarmed him. Judge Petitt became conscious and shot Dickie four times, killing him instantly. Petitt is a high Indian official and is considered the finest attorney in the tribe. CHICAGO Cuban Superstar CHICAGO—(Special) Slegman A. Guthmann, vice president of the wholesale firm of Guthmann, Carpenter & wholesale, and a well known club meeted shot and killed himself at his home Thursday. The other members of the firm could not explain the cause. Fetally Shot by a Burglar Fatally Shot NEW YORK—(Special.) Albert C. Latimer, a wealthy stationer of this city, who lives in Brooklyn, was fatal shot early Thursday at his home in a struggle with a burglar. The burglar escaped, leaving his shoes and cap be- hind. North Dakota Village Burned. LAMAR, N. D.—(Special.) The busi- ness portion of Conway, a village of about 600 population, thirty-eight miles north of here, was completely wiped out by fire Tuesday afternoon, causing a loss of about $70,000. The fire started in Rushhiska & Vandra- check's hardware store and spreading to the adjoining places, destroyed three general stores, one durg store, two hardware stores, one meat market, two hotels, one taller shop, one dwelling and a millinery store. The insurance is about $30,000. Found Dead on a Train. PEORIA. ILL.—(Special.) Peter Schnur, of Owens county, Mo. was found dead in his seat in a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy chair car at Galesburg Tuesday morning. He was en route to this city to visit relatives and the corpse was brought to this city and delivered to his brother's residence. He had been dead about three hours when discovered by the conductor. It takes a man who has just come out of the woods to see the beauty in every woman he meets. 15 KILLED; 29 HURT. Two Electric Cars Collide New Gloucester, N.Y. UTICA. N. Y.—(Special.) On an electric railroad near Gloversville Friday night, there was a collision between two cars crowded with passengers, by which fifteen persons were killed and twenty-nine injured. For a distance of four miles north of Gloversville the Mountain Lake railway an electric road, connects Gloversville with a popular place of resort or picnic ground. As it was the Fourth of July the place was crowded with pleas are seekers. The cars were filled with people coming home from the grounds. A 10:30 p. m., about two and a half miles north of Gloversville, there was a collision between two cars, one bound north and one bound south. They came together with terrific velocity As a result, the fifteen persons were killed outright and twenty-nine injured, more or less seriously. As it was a holiday there were many business men among those or the car. It is impossible to get the names of all at present. City Recorder Frank C. Wood, of Gloversville, had his back broken and is in a very critical condition. At 2:30 o'clock ten bodies, mangled beyond recognition, were brought into Gloversville, where the injured were also being taken. The latter are being cared for at the Littner hospital. It will be impossible for several hours to complete a list of the dead and injured. Of the former it is thought there are about fifteen and of the latter about twenty-five or thirty. Among the victims there are more we men than men. TWO OFFICERS SLAIN. Sheriff Bullard and Deputy Coburn Killed, by Horse Thieves. GUTHRIE, OKLA. —(Special.) Sheriff a. J. Bullard and Undersheriff Coiburn, of Roger Mills county, Okla. were killed Monday in a battle with horsetieves while the officers were attempting to arrest members of the band of outlaws. The fight occurred in the northeast portion of the county and continued for about thirty minutes, the outlaws finally surrounding the two officers and riddling them with bullets. The entire gang made their escape, supposedly uninjured, all though the sheriffs put up a plucky fight. Bullard has served two years as sheriff of that county and was recently nominated by the Democrats for re-election. While it is not positively known who composed the gang of outlaws, yet suspicion points to the Bert Casey band, as they have been operating in that portion of the ter ritory. PLUNGED THROUGH BRIDGE. Interurban Trolley Car Wrecked at St. Charles, Ill. ELGIN, ILL.—(Special.) One of the large interurban trolley cars running between Elgin and Aurora plunged through the bridge crossing the Fox river at St. Charles Wednesday, carrying its load of thirty passengers into the river. The bridge collapsed from the weight of the car. No one was killed, but all were more or less hurt or suffered from shock. Seriously injured: Mrs. William Hench, Dundee, head bruised and injured internally. Mrs. Charles J. Smith, Chicago, injured internally. Mrs. Hopkins, Muscatine, la., bruised and stunned. Mrs. Jacobson, St. Charles, back hurt. Mrs. Granger, Geneva, bruised and severely shocked. The bridge has been considered unsafe for a month, and the authorities were contemplating soon replacing it. 3 DECIDED NOT TO KILL HIMSELF Paying Teller of Salt Lake Bank Returns to Face Charge. SALT LAKE, UTAH.—(Special.) Alexander A. Robertson, paying teller of the Wells-Fargo bank and a member of the city council, who disappeared Sunday morning, returned home Tuesday, after abandoning his determination to commit suicide. He is now in charge of Chief of Police Paul and is being kept closely hidden. The bank's shortage is estimated at $80,000. Cashier Dootey said Tues day: "I am not able yet to state the exact amount of the shortage, but I do not know that it will not ap proach the amount reported." Robertson's friends announce that Robertson will make a statement of his version of the case. It is said Robertson has neither confessed nor implicated anyone. Farm Hand Turns Bandit MADISON, NEB.—(Special.) A farm hand named Alexander, Saturday evening walked into Smith's saloon and shot and killed Carl Hall, a barber of Omaha, and robbed the body of $65 Alexander entered the saloon and ordered Hall to hand over his money. The latter refused and started to run, whereupon Alexander drew a revolver and shot him dead. He then rifted the dead man's pockets and made his escape. There was no other person in the place at the time, the bartender having stepped out. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The postoffice at Guelph, Sumner county, Kas., has been discontinued. Mail to Ashton. I A dispatch from Marseilles, France says that Generals Botha, DeWet and Delarey have started on their journey from South Africa to Europe. The comptroller of currency has approved the American national bank of Kansas City, as a reserve agent for the Tulia National bank, of Tulis Tex. Honore·Palmer reached Cleveland on his trip from Chicago to New York in an automobile. The machine foundered in the mud and Palmer took a train back to Chicago. The Bank of England is offering a reward of $6,000 for the discovery and conviction of the persons who recently forged notes of the bank. It is forty years since such a reward was previously offered by the bank. The Odd Fellows Orphans' Home at Checotah, I. T., will be ready for occupancy about September 20. Checotah secured the home by donating 160 acres of land BUT 18,000 MEN ARMY IN PHILIPPINES TO BE GREATLY REDUCED. THE CENSUS TO BE TAKEN AT ONCE Work to Be Doe by Filipinos as Far as Possible — Philippine Government Act to Be Put in Operation as Rapidly as Possible — Friar Lands Negotiations Satisfactory. WASHINGTON.—(Special.) Chairman Cooper of the House committee on insular affairs, says step will be taken at once to put the Philippine government act in operation. "The first step," said Mr. Cooper Thursday, "will be the complete transfer of authority from the military to the civil officials, except in the Moro country, where there is some lingering disorder. The transfer will be accompanied by a proclamation from the president, which it is understood will be issued on the Fourth of July. Besides turning over the authority to the civil officials, the change will permit a considerable reduction in the military force in the islands, although orders already given contemplate a reduction down to 18,000 men. In 1900 we had 70,000 men in the Philippines, so that we soon will have reduced the force by 52,000 officers and men, and the transfer of authority and the act doubtless will lead to a further reduction before long. "The next step will be to take the census as provided by the act. Governor Taft told me this work would begin as soon as he reached Manila. His plan is to have the work done as far as possible by Filipinos, and the commission will get up their own census system, instead of having it done by the census office at Washington, although they are empowered to get census experts from here by making application to the President. The purpose, however, is to make the work thoroughly a local one, so that it will serve the Filipinos as an object lesson. The census will take about a year. "As to the general effect of the act we have just enacted," added Mr. Cooper, "I share the view of Governor Taft, who said that if this bill became a law, we would hear no more of the Philippines than we do of Porto Rico, and that the Philippines problem would gradually disappear." Mr. Cooper has received the following telegram from President L. G. Schurman, of Cornell, who was head of the first Phillipine commission: "Cordial congratulations in your splendid victory in securing a legislative assembly for the Filipinos. Our commission recommended it. Your bill shows constructive statesmanship of the highest order. Filipinos will bless you forever." The news from Rome received at the war department in the shape of daily cablegrams from Governor Taft is generally encouraging. It is said that, while no details can be given out for publication in this incomplete state of the negotiations, it is evident that they are proceeding with the greatest activity, principally in the shape of verbal exchanges, though, for the sake of the record, these are generously supplemented by written notes, showing in condensed form the substance of what has been said. It is stated that the notes fail to show that any insuperable obstacle has been encountered. Secretary Root has taken the first action of the executive branch under the Philippine act by designating Captain Clarence R. Edwards, Tenth infantry, to be chief of the insular but rean of the war department with the rank, pay and allowances of colonel. Colonel Edwards has held the same position by special detail under the existing law for the past two years and in that time has practically erected the bureau into the important instrument of administration that it has become. SERIOUS VERMONT WRECK. Express Train Detailed and Twenty five Persons Injured. BENNINGTON, VT.—(Special.) As a result of the derrailing of the Troy-Montreal express on the Rutland road, at a switch at Hoosick, N. Y., near this city, Thursday, about twenty-five people were injured, five seriously and one probably fatally. Seriously injured: Allen Huckensius, Philadelphia, 14 years of age, injuries to back; will probably die. John Brovenche, baggagemaster, Rutland; back and side injured. Daniel O'Brien, North Adams, Mass. William Doyle, New York. J. R. Hutchinson, Sheldon, Vt. R. B. Parsons, conductor, of Rutland. Chief of Police on Trial MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—(Special). The trial of Colonel Fred W. Ames, chief of police, for alleged bribery, began in earnest Thursday, Assistant County Attorney Al J. Smith, making the opening address for the state Frank M. Nye, a brother of "Bill Nye," is one of the counsel for the defense. Bad Fire at Watonga, O. T. WATONGA, O. T.—(Special.) Fire destroyed most of the business portion of this town early Thursday morning. It started in the mistletoe saloon, which was completely destroyed and spread to several brick blocks, destroying the Koch hardware stock and building, valued at $20,000; the Tyler & Cronkite department store and building, valued at $20,000, together with a number of office and smaller frame buildings. The total loss is estimated beyond $50,000. May Protect Themselves PAWTUCKET, R. I.—(Special.) By a decision in the district court Thursday, street railway men during a strike have a right not only to protect themselves, but also the passengers and property of their employers by the use of firearms against the violence of mobs. Five motormen and conductors of the Pawtucket Street Railway Company, arrested on the charge of carrying concealed weapons, were ordered discharged. A whistling girl sometimes develops into a crowing hen. FUNERAL WAS DELAYED. Mourners Stopped to Tar and Feather Husband and Sister of Dead. STERLING ILL.—(Special.) The funeral of Mrs. John Seibert, of Mount Morris, near here, was delayed Thursday until the mourners could adjourn to a cornfield and administer a coat of tar and feathers to the husband and sister of the dead woman. Then the funeral proceeded, but the two who were to have been chief mourners were absent. The house was filled with sorrowing neighbors, when some of them discovered Seibert in another room, hugging and kissing Mrs. Theodore Wolfe. The crowd quickly dragged the couple to the cornfield. A plentiful supply of tar was poured over the victims and the feathers from a pillow were emptied on each. Then the two were driven from the village and ordered never to return. Mrs. Seibert died of consumption, and during the two years of her sickness it is alleged that her husband was continually making love to his wife's sister. "HUMAN BOMB" FATALLY HURT. Fell 100 Feet at a Performance, Break in His Neck LOUISVILLE, KY.—(Special.) In the presence of 5,000 spectators witnessing an open air performance of the "Last Days of Pompeii" on the common opposite Churchill Downs Thursday night, James Dull, known as the "human bomb," received injuries which will probably result in his death. It is Dull's part of the performance to be hurried in the air in a bomb which explodes, releasing a parachute by which the performer returns to earth. On this occasion the bomb was shot into the air as usual, but when it reached its greatest height it failed to explode and started to the earth with the victim unable to release himself. As the missile was within 100 feet of the ground it suddenly exploded and, to the horror of the spectators, Dull was dashed to the earth and the performance brought to a close. When the victim was picked up, it was found that his back was broken. He was taken to the city hospital. OLD COUNTERFEITERS' DEN. It Was Discovered in Remodeling a Chicago Building CHICAGO.—(Special.) In a long abandoned counterfeiter's den at West Van Buren and Halsted streets, $15,000 in bogus coin and currency, and a complete counterfeiter's outfit, including plates for making $1,000 bills, have been found in a secret vault. The discovery was made by workmen engaged in tearing out the interior of a building, and caused a sensation in the neighborhood. A detail of police was called to prevent a mob of hundreds of people from looting the chamber of its spurious wealth. According to Captain Porter, of the United States secret service, the money was cleverly coined and printed, and would defy detection by most experts. CONGRESS QUITS. Both Houses Adjourned at 5:30 Tues day Afternoon. WASHINGTON.—(Special.) Amid a scene of enthusiasm that has not been paralleled since the exciting and stirring days of the Spanish war, Speaker Henderson, at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon declared the house of representatives adjourned without day. In doing so he said that no house of representatives since the adoption of the constitution had done as much work as this one. The audience to which he made his brief address was a brilliant one. The galleries were banked to the doors and almost two-thirds of the members were in their seats on the floor. The speaker's appreciative words to the members in thanking them for their co-operation during the session had touched a responsive chord and they gave him a remarkable demonstration of their friendship and good will. Train Strikes a Buggy. SIOUX CITY, IA.—(Spectr.) A Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger train struck a buggy containing a party of picnickers Friday at Riverside park. Mrs. R. J. Seney, 38 years old, and Miss Alpha Seney, 14 years old, were killed and Mrs. P. E Banta, of Hampton, Ia., was possibly fatally injured. One of her feet was cut off and she sustained internal injuries. Robert Seney, 5 years old, har a leg broken. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The Berlin consulate report show- that the exports to the United States for the past quarter were $1,952 559, an increase of $2,424, 124. For the fiscal year the exports were $8,234,607, an increase of $1,613,015. The Paris Figaro Wednesday morning intimates that coming changes in the French diplomatic service may possibly include the transfer of Jules Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, to Berlin. A cut of Dr. Henry Hopkins, formerly of Kansas City, appears in the New York Mail and Express labeled "Dr. John Haskell, former acting president of Williams' college." At a meeting held at the Mansion house in London Wednesday under the presidency of the lord mayor it was decided to erect in London a national memorial to the late Cecil Rhodes. Cook county's real estate, including all the reality in Chicago, is valued at $252,784,830 for taxation purposes. This is the assessed valuation, or one-fifth of the full value. The steam yacht Yacona, purchased recently from the King of Portugal by Henry Clay Pierce, of St. Louis, has arrived at Boston to await its new owner, who will cruise along the coast and later in the summer visit Labrador. The annual coinage statement issued by the director of the mints shows that during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, the total coinage executed at the mints of the United States was $44,526,678, as follows: Gold, $61,980,572; silver, $30,116,369; minor coins, $2,429,736. AFTER 14 YEARS ESCAPED ARKANSAS CONVICT RETURNED TO PRISON. HE WAS FOUND IN INDIAN TERRITORY He Had Been Living Under Assumed Name at Atoka—His Identity Discovered At His Arrest for a Recent Burglary—Old Arkansas Reward for His Arrest Still Standing. SOUTH MALESTER, IND. TER.—(Special.) Robert Hamlet, who escaped from the Arkansas State penitentiary fourteen years ago after having served two months on a four years term for larceny was sent back Tuesday to complete his term. His arrest was something unusual in the history of Indian Territory crime. Hamlet had been at Atoka, living under the name of Robert Anderson. He and Ches Hamlet were recently arrested for burglary of some outbuilding around Atoka. The government was somewhat fearful of its ability to make a strong case against them and was surprised at an offer by Ches Hamlet to plead guilty. An investigation revealed the true name of Anderson and brought out the fact that the two prisoners were brothers. Further in inquiry light on Hamlet's history and the reason for the sacrifice the brother was making became clear Without revealing what he had covered District Attorney Wilkins accepted Ches Hamlet's plea of guilty and he was given two years and a half. A faithful description of his brother was sent to the warden of the Arkansas penitentiary and the latter wired that the man was wanted, a $50 reward still standing for his recapture. Hamlet at first denied his iden tity, but finally gave in and with curses of his "usual luck" accompanied the officer back to Arkansas to begin on the term he had cut short fourteen years ago. CHINAMAN IS ACCUSED. Arrested at Buffalo for Outraging and Murdering a Little Girl Murdering a Little Girl. BUFALFO, N. Y.—(Special.) Charley Wee, a Chinese laundryman was arrested Wednesday and held on an open charge in connection with the murder of Mary Murphy, a 6-year-old girl who mysteriously disappeared on June 17, and whose body, bound with ropes and wrapped in newspapers and coarse cotton cloth, was found floating in a small pond in Forest Lawn cemetery. The autopsy showed that the child had been outraged and strangled. Public feeling runs high and all the Chinest laundries in the city have been closed and policemen stationed in front of them. Wee's place was thoroughly searched and the police say they found ample evidence on which to hold the Chinaman. Pieces of rope similar to that on the body were found in the shop. The coarse cotton goods used in the laundry for the purpose of covering ironing boards corresponds exactly in texture with the piece of cloth in which the body was wrapped. In a room used by Wee as a bedchamber the police found bloodstained bed clothing. The wall behind the bed was bespattered with blood. A second Chinaman who was visiting Wee at the time the arrest was made was also taken into custody. HE WAS A DEFAULTER Government Clerk Who Died Last Anil, Was $18,000 Short APRIL 11 WASHINGTON.—(Special.) United States District Attorney Gould Wednes- day announced in the probate court that William S. Yateman, formerly disbursing clerk of the war department, was, at the time of his death, April 20, 1901, a defaulter. So far as known, the alleged defaulction amounts to about $18,000. The government will take steps to recover the full amount the defaulction. Mr. Gould announced was only recently discovered, and was effected through the manipulation o. vouchers. Mr. Gould's announcement was made when the attorneys for the administrator of the Yeatman estate presented their accounts and asked distributor of the estate. The court suspended action on the account. The alleged defaulcations cover a long per od and an increase amount exceed the assets of the Yeatman estate. Under the law the govern- ment claim has priority. ong Flight Before Then PUEBLO, COL.—(Special). Twelve of the fastest homing pigeons in the country left Pueblo Wednesday morning to make the longest official race against time ever attempted. The race will be from Pueblo to Cleveland. O. a distance, as the crow files, of 1,562 miles. The longest official distance heretofore made was by birds belonging to Fred Bowers, of Fall River Mass., which covered 1,253 miles in thirteen days and five and one-half hours. The birds released here belong to Al Fox, secretary of the Cleveland Homing Pigeon Association, and they were started by I. T. Wilson, sporting editor of the State Journal. Murder and Suicide. STERLING. ILL.—(Special.) Henry Canfield, of Morrison, killed his wife of whom he was jealous Sunday night, and then took his own life. The bodies were not found until Monday. The discovery was made by a daughter of the dead couple, who entered their bedroom and found her parents lying dead on the floor, side by side. The shock produced nervous prostration, and her condition is now critical. The murderer and suicide was 75 years of age and his wife 70. They had been married fifty years. Sues for $1,500,000 NEW YORK.—(Special.) W. Wickham Smith, the special attorney general appointed to investigate the alleged silk import frauds at this port, Thursday issued a summons against A. S. Rosenthal and Samuel Fried, of Rosenthal & Fried, to answer to an action commenced against them by the government to recover the sum of $1,500,000. This sum the government claims is due because or alleged undervaluation of imports, together with forfeitures allowed by NO DANCES IN SCHOOLHOUSES. State Superintendent to Put a Stop to a. Common Practice. TOPEKA.—(Special.) State Superintendent Frank Nelson has rendered an opinion that district school houses cannot legally be used for dances. It has been the custom in many rural districts for the people to hold their country dances in school houses. No complaint was ever made about it until recently. The young people in Logan county community gave a dance in the school house one Saturday night. A big colony of Seventh Day Adventists live in that district. Saturday is Sunday with them and they felt out raged that the other people should so desecrate the Sabbath as to give a dance, especially in a public building. They didn't know exactly what the law was in regard to school houses being used for dancing purposes, but decided to find out. After a thorough examination of the statutes, Superintendent Nelson holds that a school board has no authority to permit the use of its school house for the holding of dances. The county superintendents have been advised of his decision and will see that no more dances are held in school houses. WYLIE WOODRUFF WEDS. Married to Mrs. Edith Moyer, With Whom He Elimined PORTLAND, ORE.—(Special.) Dr. Wylie Woodruff and Mrs. Edith Moyer were married on Wednesday. Mrs. Moyer is the Lawrence, Kan., woman with whom Dr. Woodruff eloped a year ago, coming here. They were arrested, but Mr. Moyer refused to prosecute them after he had secured possession of his daughter, whom Dr. Woodruff and Mrs. Moyer took with them when they fled from Lawrence. Mr. Moyer has since secured a divorce from his wife, as has Mrs. Woodruff from her husband, so that there was no legal obstacle to the marriage. Dr. Woodruff is practicing medicine here. He was coach for the Kansas university football team for a time, and later practiced medicine in Lawrence. He was a famous member of the Pennsylvania football team, while he was in college. The marriage of Mr. Woodruff and Mrs. Moyer has been expected for some time. ROBBED ON THE CARS. Highwaymen Ply Their Occupation Amonn Harvest Hands. HUTCHINSON—(Special.) A gang of harvest hands was held up on a Santa Fe freight train here Tuesday night by two men, who made their acquaintance and claimed to be hard vest hands like themselves. The party consisted of the father, Edwin Searles, and his two sons and another young man, all from Kansas City, Mo. The two robbers were bumming together. One of the two desperadoes went through the pockets of the harvesters, while the other kept them covered with a gun. They got $3.45, which they returned, saying they had been in the habit of robbing harvest hands and never took less than $50. They were arrested. HIS OWN LAWYER. Convict Conducts Argument Before Supreme Court. TOPEKA.—(Special.) Ira N. Terrell, an Oklahoma convict, serving a sentence in the Lansing penitentiary for murder, pleaded his own case in the supreme court Wednesday for his release from custody. It was an argument on an application for his release on a writ of habeas corpus. He prepared the petition, the evidence to support it, the brief and the oral argument in his prison cell. He was brought here by Warden Jewett to make his plea. It took him an hour and a half to do it, and those who heard him were surprised at the able manner in which he presented the case. COYOTES KILLING SHEEP. Flockmasters Northeast of Emporia House Survived. Serious losses. EMPORIA—(Special.) William Benedict, living eighteen miles northeast of here, reports serious ravages by coyotes among sheep in that vicinity. He said sometimes six to a do a sheep would be killed in one flock in a single night. Ex-County Superintendent Spiker is a prominent sheep raiser in that section, and his loss is reported to be considerable. A hunt for the animals has been instituted and several scalps for which there is a county bounty, have been turned over to the clerk of the court. Pittsburg Miner Killed PITTSBURG—(Special). A miner named Joe Viggo, employed in mine No. 15 of the Central Coal Company, was killed and his body horribly crushed while at work in the mine Tuesday afternoon. A coroner's inquest was held and the verdict was in accordance with the above facts. Kansas Boy Back From South Africa. SALINA—(Special). Charles Polley, a boy of this place, has just returned from a trip to South Africa. He sailed from New Orleans and visited at Cape Town and Cape Verde coming home by the way of England. He made the entire trip as a waiter in the officer's quarters of the transport Montezuma. He said that most of the war reports sent out from Africa were "doctored" before being given to the outside world. Defiance Starch, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Atchison Girl's Good Luck. ATCHISON.—(Special.) Miss Eva Crahan, a bundle wrapper employed at Lake's Cash store, won the capital prize of $500 in the Elk's guessing contest. Her guess was $5,375.75, which was within 40 cents of the net proceeds of the fair, the exact amount being $5,375.35. Miss Crahan's father has been paralyzed for a number of years, and, as the family is particularly deserving, there is general rejoicing at the young lady's good luck. 4 What has become of the 17-year-old KANSAS SOCIALIST TICKET. EMPORIA—(Special). The state convention of the Socialist party in Kansas met here Friday and nominated a full state ticket. About 100 delegates were present, who voted ballots, the extra 370 being presented held by those present for absentee. The only woman present at the convention was nominated for state perintendent of public instruction. The following was the ticket nominated: Congressman-at-large, L. Matignon. Scranton; associate justice two years. Charles Gorsuch. Olmsted associate four years, H. H. Bettel. Greenfield; associate justice six years, F. L. Dermott. Fort Scott; associate justice six years, C. R. Mitchell, Gueda Springs; associate justice six years, F. J. Arnold, Wichita; A. S. McAllister, Hertington ileutenant governor, J. M. Farr. Tepa; secretary of state, J. T. Barbelt. Belolt; treasurer, J. E. Taylor, L. Fountaine; auditor, W. J. McIlmaine. Osage City; attorney general, G. C. Clemens, Topeka; superintendent of public instruction, Mrs. Luella R. Kraybill, Winfield; insurance missioner, C. G. Warrington, Kansas City, Kas. TWO HOURS OF LIBERTY. Three Convicts Escape at Leaver worth but Are Soon Retaken. LEAENVORTH—(Special) Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock, three convicts, Taylor Burns, Lish West and J. C. Pierce, made a daring break. They were members of the stone quay gang and had just been started back to the federal prison. Eleven armed guards were in charge. The men were in the rear ranks and their dash was so sudden that they had secured the cover of the brush before any effectual shooting could be done. Four shots were fired, but did not touch the desperadoes. Leaving fireguards in charge, three set out after the fugitives, and two others a few minutes later mounted horses and headed the convicts off. After two hours' chase, the convicts were brought to bay and captured. MORE THAN HE FIGURED ON. Did Murder Expecting Five Years JUNCTION CITY.—(Special.) N. S. Roark, county attorney of Geary county, returned from Wallace, Kas. Monday. He went to Wallace to assist in the prosecution of a negro named James Anderson, who shot and killed Benjamin Brassfield, on June 1. Anderson was convicted of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to be hung. Anderson made a full confession of the murder. He said that in committing the crime he expected to be sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, the same as Black Diamond. a negro who shot and killed a white man in Manhattan last winter, was He said he was willing to serve a term of five years to be avenged on Brassfield for a trivial matter, over which they fell out while working on the Union Pacific ballast gang. Young Woman a Suicide GIRARD.—(Special.) Monday afternoon about 1 o'clock, Miss Anna Horn, 23 years of age, committed suicide by shooting herself through the heart while visiting at the home of Warren Ellison, about three miles southeast of Girard. No cause is assigned except that she had been the chum of two other girls, Mattie Stone and Jennie J. Jones, who committed suicide in February, 1899. He Is Wanted in Illinois MOUND CITY.—(Special.) Under Sheriff J. H. Helm, of Carthage, Ill. arrived here Friday night with requisition papers for Arthur Baker, wanted in Hancock county, Ill., for burglary and larceny. Baker has successfully eluded arrest for three years and was captured by Under Sheriff Ray of this county near Lacygne last Sunday. Sheriff Helm left for Illinois with his prisoner. Kansas Jointist Shot. WELLINGTON. — (Special.) Jake Augustine, who has been running a joint at Peck, in this county, was shot by Bert Sumner Monday night and is expected to die from his wounds. The two men have long been enemies and Augustine was after Sumner with a shotgun when the latter turned and fired two shots from his revolver, one striking Augustine in the abdomen. Sumner was arrested. Kansas Banker's Son Drowned Kansas Banker's Son Drowned. ESKRIDGE.—(Special.) E J. Bowden, son of a prominent banker in this place, was drowned here Friday afternoon in a pond. He was in the water bathing and was overcome by cramps. TOPEKA. — (Special.) Governor Stanley says the penitentiary coal mine should be abandoned and some other kind of employment found for the 200 or more convicts who work in the mine. "The prison coal mine borders closely on a nuisance," said he Friday. "It is the greatest obstacle the warden encounters in trying to enforce discipline and order at the institution. It is impossible to keep a close watch on the convicts who dig coal, which makes it next to impossible to enforce rigid discipline." For Deserting His Wife. OTTWA.—(Special.) Charles Poland, a man about 30 years of age, was brought here Tuesday from Centropolis on a complaint from Mercer county, Ill., charging Poland with deserting his wife and daughter. Poland declares that he has not deserted his wife and will fight extradition proceedings and demand a hearing here. The case is set for July 14. Attorney Costigan will visit Topeka to prevent the issuance of requisition papers if possible.