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HE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. "WE TRAVEL ON OUR MERIT."—LANGE The World Admires This Refined Company Not Through Sympathy, But Merit. 17 MISS JOSEPHINE HUGGARD. --- who have not reached that age as yet. This is one of the most successful concert companies on the road, and is the only company in the world that has been controlled and managed by a colored man. This company has made several thousand dollars and has traveled several thousand miles and visited several hundred cities, and has never had any serious accident or trouble, excepting once in a while a refusal of some cheap, white hotel to accommodate them when they could not get accommodation with first class colored people. They never experience that trouble among first-class white peo MILITARY HOME MOVING HOSPITAL MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL THE JOHN LANGE HOSPITAL. --- ple who recognize the ability and worth of these people. They have accumulated considerable wealth and have invested it in something that stands as bold to the people as a mountain. Had some of our lesser concert people traveled in the footsteps of this company, our race would possibly have several thousand dollars added to their credit. Not a While he was born a slave he became a contractor and builder after being emancipated. He was married to Miss Ruth Jones, one of the most beautiful young ladies of Fayette, Mo., in 1872, while she was attending college. Mr. Lange took charge of Mr. Boone when the latter was quite a boy: having discovered this great musical talent within Boone which lay smouldering, only waiting to be fanned into full flame by some charitable hand, he accordingly took upon himself this work, and indeed his efforts were not in vain. One of Boone's first tendencies toward mu- THE SHOP --- sic was noticed in his fondness for the mouth-organ, upon which he performed with marked ability. This was in 1879, while he was yet quite a child. His first public performance was at a Christmas entertainment, and from that time we see him rapidly rising until today he stands as a master of his profession. Mr. Lange moved to Kansas City in 1895, and TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 25, 1903. THE BLIND BOONE CONCERT COMPANY An Interesting Sketch of the Life of the Most Remarkable Man of the Age How Boone Started, His Marriage, Etc. purchased two fine pressed brick residences, adjoining each other. One of these houses is occupied by the manager himself and the other rented. His property is located at 912 Park avenue in the wealthiest and most noted part of the city. He is said to be worth $75,000 in real estate and personal property, stocks and bonds. Mr. Lange himself is a christian gentleman. He began traveling in 1880 and endured many hardships. At one time he was confronted with the statement that "a white man would have to manage the company if it succeeded." Mr. Lange's quick reply was simply this: "To heaven with such talk, (or you may reverse the object of the preposition "to," I will manage my own affairs, and prove that a Negro can succeed as well as the white man if SECTION FIRST KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING Christmas, But Each W BOONE CONCER In the Life of the Most Remarkable Boone Started, His Marriage, [Picture of a man with a white face and dark hair, wearing a suit and tie. The background is black with a white oval frame around the portrait.] MR. JOHN LANGE, MANAGER. eyesight from the effects of brain fever when six months old. His first instrument was a tin whistle, on which he could play any ordinary air after once hearing. Next he was presented with a mouth organ with which he charmed the whole neighborhood, children coming from far and near to hear him exhort on his mouth organ. He soon became the favorite of all who knew him and visited the best families in Warrensburg, where he at one time made his home. They formed such an attachment for Boone that he was sent to the St. Louis Blind School to learn a trade and educate him. This was a failure however. Once hearing a pupil in the institute practicing on the piano he would leave his work and steal to the piano, as it was impossible to keep his fingers i. i. i. PROF. AND MRS. BOONE. off the keyboard. He soon became able to finger out several pieces and it was simply impossible to keep his mind on anything else. He was dismissed from the school and wandered around St. Louis making his living by playing on a mouth organ and such instruments as he could get his hands on. Conductor A.J. Kerry, seeing the pitiful condition of the boy, put him on the train and sent him to his mother. He soon organized a little company and started on the road, tramping from town to town. His company consisted of a player on each a tamborne, triangle and mouth organ. It was at this time that he fell into the hands of his noble benefactor Mr. Lange, and from that time his path was bright. Mr. Boone was married to Miss Eugenia Lange, October 19, 1885, at Huntsville, Ala. They were children together in Columbia, Mo. He is one of the happiest and most congenial men we ever met. His performances upon the piano are simply marvelous. His memory is not to be excelled anywhere. There are five senses that belong to the human race and of these Mr. Boone has full control of four. Feeling, by which he can recognize old acquaintances by the laying on of the hands. Hearing is anothe.; if he once hears one's voice he never forgets them. Tasting another one by which he can tell, if he is used to the cooking, the person who cooked it. His smelling proclivities, however, we will not vouch for. The people of Topeka hope to claim him as their esteemed citizen at some future day, I where everybody is his friend. He is a great lodge man, and enjoys the distinction of being a thirty-second degree Mason. He wears some of the finest emblems, donated to him by friends of the K. T., Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine. He is an Odd Fellow and has the degree of the Most Venerable Patriot and also a member of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias. Not only these, but he is a prominent member of the Euclid lodge No. 2, A. F. and A. M. of Topeka, Kas., and when he was here a few weeks ago his brothers convened the lodge after the concert to especially entertain him while in the city. They enjoyed his presence as well as he did theirs. This was his first visit TWENTY-THREE YEARS OF SUCCESS Millions Have Been Entertained by America's Pride, Prof. John W. Boone. for some time. Mr. Boone is quite: wealthy and owns one of the finest residences at his home town, Columbia, Missouri. He owns considerable real estate and other valuable property, and his estimate will be something like $85,000. Mr. Boone is one of the Masonic fraternity of Topeka, who are thinking of erecting a Masonic edifice for themselves Miss Josephine Huggard, the assistant treasurer and accompanist is a niece of Mrs. Lange and is now touring with them. She is undoubtedly the most cultured and business like young woman we ever met. She always attends to her business notwithstanding the demands made upon her in the various cities to be Mary Ann MISS EMMA SMITH. and he has agreed to furnish a considerable amount of money for the same. Mrs. Boone is his happiness; she is a thorough business lady and manages the finance of this company and their own to the credit and satisfaction of all concerned. On account of her health, she has retired from the road and is now enjoying the comforts of their beautiful home in Columbia, Missouri. Mrs. Lange enjoys the distinction of being an accomplished society woman and she is the brilliant leader and in fact the life of the Ladies' Art Club of Missouri and Kansas. Her china paintings have been seen RESIDENCE OF JOHN LANGE THE HOME OF THE MUSICIAN RESIDENCE OF JOHN LANGE, 912 PARK AVE., K. C., MO. on exhibition at prominent art galleries and in some of the finest stores in Kansas City. Not only are these paintings done by her but she also owns a kiln in which these paintings are burned. She has traveled for years and managed the correspondence of the company by mail and the long distance telephone. In disposition, Mrs. Lange is generous, kind and charitable and devotes considerable of her time to the needs of the poor in their district. Miss Josephine Huggard, the assistant treasurer and accompanist is a niece of Mrs. Lange and is now coursing with them. She is undoubtedly the most cultured and businesslike young woman we ever met. She always attends to her business notwithstanding the demands made upon her in the various cities to be entertained by her admirers and acquaintances. As we said in a former article, we think she would make an excellent goddess to be placed upon Uncle Sam's silver dollar. We would like to claim her for one of Topeka's citizens at some future day and maybe we may have the pleasure of claiming her. Miss Emma Smith, the soprano, is a young lady of great musical ability and her vocal talent cannot be surpassed anywhere. She sings like a 912 PARK AVE., K. C., MO. nightingale, and is encored from the time she appears on the stage until she has answered several calls of the wild and applauding audience. She is beautiful and graceful with rare culture and refinement. Her home is in Kansas City, Missouri, where she has many very warm friends and admirers, whose best wishes will remain with her wherever she goes. Topaka is always pleased to NUMBER 51. Copeka Plaindealer. published at Topeka, Shawnee county, Ks. every Friday morning by THE PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. 112 EAST SIXTH STREET. Entered at the postoffice at 110 Topeka as second class mail matter. OUR STATE OFFICERS. We give much space this week to a brief sketch of our state officers. Kansas has always been blessed with a substantial corps of men filling its various positions of trust and the present lot are not exceptional to this rule. While there is, or rather has been, much talk backward and forward of irregularities, in some things, and it has been charged further that the state officers have subordinated their positions to the accomplishment of success to political factions within the party, it cannot be charged that they have not given to their duties whil- in office, undivided energy and ability. From the Governor down to the least official, there has been an honest effort to maintain the offices of state to the best interest of all. Right here it may be well to remark, that the Republican party of this state, i. e., if they propose to succeed, and The Plaindealer along with others desire Republican success for years to come, there must and ought to be an absence of so much machine and anti-machine talk. All men who presume to lead a party in a state, and who give to the party's success their time and ability are entitled to the confidence and respect of the rank and file of the party. Kansas is naturally a Republican state, and is today, due to the wise and beneficial legislation of Republican legislators. There is little in all of these things for the black man. His part in the Republican success has been as a general thing the course handwriting. He has received minor and menial appointments. He is denied admission into the party which he served with that patience and fidelity for which he is famous; and if he is raised for anything, it should be for that which in his judgment will perpetuate the party in the future that has done most for the development of the institution and the resources of the commonwealth. KANSAS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS With the growth and spread of the industrial idea, it is but natural that schools of a similar character and nature should spring up in parts of the country, where there are any number of Negroes. Kansas with but a relatively small Negro population, has taken kindly to the idea of industrial training, so much so, that two fairly successful schools are now in active operation. The story of the rise of each school is interestingly told in this issue of our paper. At the head of the Western University is Prof. W. T. Vernon, B.S.D., a gentleman of exceptional ability and of marked influence throughout Kansas and the entire west. Mr. Vernon is a Western Negro, born and educated in the state of Missouri. He has had ample opportunity to thoroughly equip himself with a knowledge of the needs of his people in this section of the country. With the push and energy, so characteristic of the man, he threw himself into the work of constructing and reconstructing a school, that has made itself known to the people of the entire country. With his matchless eloquence he talked himself and his school into the hearts of the Kansas legislature and regardless of his staunch Republican principles they gave him $10,000 from a Demo-Pop senate. He repeated the experiment two years later and they gave him twenty thousand dollars and he has put up a lot of buildings and hired a corps of teachers that would do credit to a larger institution. At the head of the Topeka Industrial Institute for Colored Youths is Prof. W. R. Carter, a graduate of Tuskegee, and a young man of Indomitable energy and hustling proclivities. Coming to Topeka from Harriman, Tenn., he found a school suffering from mismanagement and a host of other evils. By tack and skill he has succeeded in ironing out all the wrinkles and buying a farm worth fifteen thousand dollars, which under the skillful guidance of Prof. Sumner George, another Tuskegee graduate, he rapidly transforming into a thing of beauty. With but a pittance from the state Prof. Carter has succeeded in interesting friends in his work to the extent that his school is increasing in numbers and influence. The total enrollment of both these schools is not what it should be when one thinks of the large Negro population in this western country, as a resource from which to draw. The hundreds of young men and women, without correct institutions in the everyday affairs of life, the work for schools of this nature is enormous and are complete when all know the "how" of things. Hon. Joseph Benson Betts, who is now serving his second term as representative of the Thirty-seventh district in the legislature of the North Side, was born February 22, 1851, in Meredosla, Morgan county, Illinois, and was brought to Kansas City by his parents in 1860. He was reared on a farm in Grantville and is now a successful contractor and builder. He has contracted many prominent buildings within and out of the state, mostly government contracts. He is a thorough business man and stands well not only with the people of Shawnee county but all over the state. Mr. Betts always looks after the interest of his constituents and the people of his city and state. He is an honest Republican and has represented the party in several positions. He is a friend of the laboring men, and always pays them the best wages for their work, as he thinks the "laborer is worthy of his hire." His friends have succeeded in inducing him to be a candidate for senator of this county. It was with much hesitancy that he decided to become a candidate and will be nominated at the next primary election, unless something intervenes of which we have no knowledge. He is a strong secret order man, being a member of several different lodges. As a shrewd politician he has always known how to plan for the success of the campaign. He has never lost a battle in the political campaign since he entered politics. Mr. Betts is also a man who carries no prejudice against a man on account of his color or previous condition. The people of Shawnee county are proud of him and will stand for him at every opportunity. A. C. HALE. Hon. A. C. Hale, a man who is sought after and is seemingly in great demand, is the poor commissioner of Shawnee county. He has to stand and hear the complainings and wants of those who have business with him from morning until night. He also has supervision of the poor farm, which takes considerable of his time. He is a man who must be a christian, because he has great patience and forbearance. He feeds and clothes the people who were worthy and not able to take care of themselves. His service is invaluable to the people of Shawnee county. HE IS STILL HERE S. E. McCarroll, the popular tonsorial artist, wishes his many friends a merry Christmas and a happy prosperous New Year. His out-of- S. E. M' CARROLL. town friends who visit Topeka are epsecially invited to call, and while in the city make his place headquarters. EPP LOVE In our Christmas round-up, we feel that we would not be doing our duty should we overlook our highly esteemed friend, Mr. Epp Love. He is one of the most pleasing and pleasant gentlemen in Topkeka—a good conversationalist and an entertainer of the highest class. Epp Love is known through the country by both colored and white, all of whom are his friends. He stands high with the business men of Topeka, and his word is as good as cash with any merchant in the city. Mr. Love is a bachelor, about thirty years of age, and to visit his quarters is truly a treat. He has everything heart could wish and delights in entertaining his friends. Here's to you Epp, and may your life continue to be one of joy and peace forever. Mrs. G. Tarlet, of Denver, Colo... is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jas. Parks. Miss *Hattie Walter is spending Christmas at her home in Leaven- worth. Terry Williams who has been in Armarillo, Texas, is home visiting his family. Mrs. Sadie Spaulding, of Chicago, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Ellen Slaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McElroy are the happy parents of a bouncing boy, born Tuesday. Dec. 15. Mrs. Jas. A. Page is spending Christmas in Salina with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. DePriest. Mrs. Cowan, of Denver, is visiting her granddaughter, who attends the Topeka Industrial School. THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER, TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 25, 1903. Cupid's Triumph at Atchison. These two young people of Atchison need no introduction to the general public, being known throughout the state generally. Cupid has used his bow with telling effect. Wednesday evening, December 23, Rev. Wm. Smothers performed the marriage ceremony of these two young people be- Mrs. Lutie Bowen-Brown. fore a large audience at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. After which the church tendered them a reception. The bride was Miss Lutie A. Bowen, daughter of Joseph Bowen of the Missouri Pacific System. She is one of the popular young ladies of Atchison, an interstate literary enthusiast, and Miss Lela Ford is visiting relatives in Burlingame. Ned O'Banion will spend Friday in Clay Center. Mr. Trice, of North Topeka, is very ill at his home. John Overr, of Chicago, spent a few days in the city. Mr. Thomas Woods of Chicago, visited in the city last week. Vaughn & Stonestreet's dancing academy will run every Thursday night as usual. Mrs. E: W. Matley and daughter went to Kansas City today to visit for a few days. Mrs. Kate Blackburn are visiting friends in St. Louis, and will visit in Lawrence before returning home. Mrs. E. A. Smith of Chicago is in the city for the holidays, the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Grandpre. Prof. E. L. Scruggs, president of Western college, Macon City, Mo., will preach at the First African Baptist church next Sunday. Miss Susie Buckner, sister of Mrs. Chas. Morton and Mrs. T. L. Phillips, returned to her home in St. Louis after a three weeks' visit. Mr. N. West, of Guthrie, Okla., passed through the city Tuesday. Mr. West is messenger for U. S. Marshall, having taken a prisoner to Lansing. In the list of gentlemen that will receive New Year's calls in last week's PLAINDELER was the name of Mr. Edward Draine and others at his home on Buchanan street. The same is a mistake. Mr. Edgar Williamson, of Kansas City, Kan., formerly of this city, will unite in marriage to Miss Sophia E. Andrews, of De Soto, Kan. It will take place Thursday at the home of the bride. Mr. Gaitha Page was married to Miss Olivia McCampbell, of Kansas City, Tuesday, at high noon, at the home of the bride's parents, 2419 Flora. At home after Jan. 1, at 831 Clay street, Topeka. Mr. S. W. Golden who has been visiting Messrs. Morton and Phillips, returned to his home in Weston, Missouri last week. We would like to have all young men to stay in Topeka. He will be our agent in Missouri or anywhere he may choose. Jake Lacey and wife arrived Tuesday from Nebiaska where they had just closed the circus. Among the menagerie carried by Jake are six large bears, monkeys, Phillipine rats, etc. He also has eight head of good horses. A Negro circus is a novel attraction, and we predict a bright future for such a change. Stonestreet and Hamilton were the undertakers in charge of the funeral of G. W. Brown. The casket, which was made specially to order, was draped with steel gray and his shroud was of the same color. Our people may feel proud that we have undertakers of our own race who will take pains to put away the body of the dead in proper shape. president of the Eastern Star. Dr. Grant G. Brown enjoys a growing practice in Atchison where he "grew up." He commands the respect and confidence of the public and is prominently connected with all of Atchison's race movements. He is examining physician of the K. & D. of Dr. Grant G. Brown. Tabor, G. U. O. ofO. F., of Atchison, Dr. Brown and bride left for Ft. Scott Thursday to attend the interstate literary. After January first they will be at home 932 South Fifth street in a comfortable home prepared by the doctor. Grand Concert. There will be a grand concert given under the auspices of the B. Y. P. U. of the Third Baptist church Tuesday evening December 29, 1903. The following is the program to be rendered: Song, choir; prayer, Rev. W. P. Banks; song, sixteen girls; oration, "The Last Days of Pentecost," F. Buckner; declamation, Miss Ethel Williams, "Xmas Stockings"; recitation, "Christmas Carols," Joseph Banks; declamation, "Xmas Day," Mary Watts; paper, "How to enjoy Xmas, Miss Laura Anderson; song, choir; declamation, "If I were Santa Claus," Mary Banks; oration, "How to be Polite," Theodore Banks; declamation, "The night before Christmas," Georgie Jackson; recitation, Johnny Moss; declamation, "A letter to Santa Claus," Bertha Spradley; song, "The Country Schoolhouse," Walter Malone and others; paper, Miss Minnie Nichols; declamation, Lottie Dunn; debate, "Which is the best, country or town life?" affirmative, John De Frantz and Hattie Mason, negative, Theodore Thomas and Pearlie Mason; the Lily Drill, sixteen girls; tableaux scene, "The Birth of Christ," Mary Johnson and others. Paper, "Temperance," Ralph Scott. Admission, adults, 10 cents, children, 5 cents. President, Mrs. S. F. Malone; Secretary, Pearl Mason. Shiloh's Christmas Week. The entertainment at Shiloh Baptist church began Friday night, and will continue each evening until Thursday when the mortgage will be burned in the presence of a large audience. On Dec. 28. Monday evening, the Sunshine club of Shiloh will render an excellent programme. Dec. 29—special programme. Opening chorus by choir; popular address by Judge W. I. Jamison; solo by Mrs. Elsie Clark; violin and piano duet by Mrs. Dora Wilson, Alexander and Miss Ogeal Wilson; solo by Mrs. Preston Tolbert; recitation by Miss Minnie Page; solo by Mr. Ned O'Banion; paper by Prof. J. L. Harrison; cornet solo by Mr. J. Ferguson; original poem by Mr. J. Mord Allen. Dec. 30—Old Malds' Association, an evening of fun and laughter. Dec. 31—Invocation by Rev.Hays; solo,"The Choir Invisible" by Capt. Wm. Reynold; address by President Carter; solo by Mrs. J. M. Wright;"Practical Business Man" by Mr. Clay Odell; solo by Mrs. Lizzie Brown; remarks by the pastor and officers; burning the mortgage. W W. Fisher was the happy recipient of a check for seventy-five dollars last week, sent by his uncle Robert Fisher, as a Christmas present. Died—At her home at 424 Filmore street last Friday evening, M.s. Ora Belle Raimey. Mrs. Raimey had only been a resident of this city for about four months. Her body was carried to Hutchinson, Kansas, for interment. She leaves a loving husband, sister and mother to mourn her loss. Mr. Warren Alston, formerly a resident of this city, died at Hutchinson, Kansas, last Friday. His remains were brought here on Sunday, and his funeral services held at the St. John's A. M. E. church on Monday afternoon, under the auspices of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 5, of which he was a member. Mr. Alston leaves a wife, mother and child, together with a host of friends to mourn his loss. LET ME PLAN YOUR TRIP WEST Write—or call—and I will tell you what the cost a ticket is to any point east, west, southwest or northwest. I will also let you know the best way to it, when you will arrive, whether or not a car is necessary, and why you should take the ISLAND SYSTEM to Colorado, Utah, California, Mexico, Texas, Gklahoma or Arizona. Southwest Excursion TO: All points in Indian and Oklahoma Territories Many points in Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. ROUTE: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Don't let this chance get by. It will not come again this winter. Visit the Southwest and SEE FOR YOURSELF the much-talked-of progress and development of that section. We have some straightforward literature for the homeseeker and investor which we will gladly send if you wish it. Tell us what section interests you. T. L. KING, TICKET AGENT, ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY, TOPEKA, KANSAS. SANTA FE Western University For the moral, intellectual, and industrial train of our youth. DEPARTMENTS—Theological, Classical, Nor Preparatory, State Industrial, Musical COURSES—Theological, Classical ,Normal, paratory, Carpentry and Architecture, Printing --- GEORGE WESLEY BROWN AT REST. George Wesley Brown died at his home, 1209 Lincoln street last Saturday afternoon at five o'clock from a hemorrhage, having been sick for some time with consumption. He was born in Pulaski, Tenn. in 1850, and came to Kansas in 1876. He was mail-carrier for years, serving up to Cleveland's administration when Frank Thomas was appointed postmaster, which changed the majority of the Republican force in that department. Mr. Brown was for years in the employ of C. J. Devlin, the coal magnate, and for several months he traveled in the South for Mr. Devlin, contracting for coal men for Toluca. He succeeded in inducing many hundreds of men from the South who would be there today had Mr. Brown not had the nerve and courage to risk his life in the hazardous undertaking, for it is dangerous to hire southern laborers and bring them away. Mr. Brown was one who cared for others more than for himself. He was a generous, kind-hearted man and would give his last dollar to one who needed it. Always made fair wages and never liked to see anything with which he was connected behind in its welfare. He assisted in the construction of the Vinewood line and employed several hundred men on the work; was a member of Jackson's Twenty-third Regiment band, which escorted the remains to its final resting place. He was a member of St. John A. M. E. church, where his funeral was held. Rev. J. F. C. Taylor preached a reverend and pathetic sermon. A large concourse of the friends of the deceased were present. He leaves a wife daughter and mother to mourn his departure. The floral offerings were beautiful, especially the designs from the band and C. J. Devlin. Rock Island System The T. O. T. club will dance at Metropolitan Hall, Monday evening, December 28. The dance is under the direction of R. H. Martin, who is president of the club and one among our most popular young men. The floor will be managed by Sylvester Vaughn, who is prominent in Topeka society. Those who hold invitations will miss a rare treat should they not attend. Music will be furnished by Steinberg's orchestra. Christmas will be spent by THE PLAINDBALER force in different ways. Misses Willa Smith and Cora Bennett will attend a party in Kansas City; Miss Agnes Persley will remain in Topeka. J. M. Dorsey will look after his interests with the fair sex. J. H, Childers will eat turkey at home and figure out the course of the paper for next year. Nick Chiles will remain in his private office, figuring out profit and loss and also the advisability of putting in a typesetting machine in 1905, the cylinder press proposition having been settled, we'll have one within a very few weeks. Ira Smith will go to his home in Pleasanton to visit his parents. Mrs. James Brown very delightfully entertained the ladies of the Golden Rod club at her house, Friday afternoon, from 4 until 6 o'clock, The invited guests aside from the club, Mesdames J. M. Wright, L. H. Slaughter, Stafford, Misses Woods and Jamison. After partaking of a dainty two-course lunch, the ladies all departed, declaring Mrs. Brown an ideal hostess. The benevolent societies of this city will hold their annual New Year's entertainment at 616 Kansas avenue, on Friday evening, Jan. rst. A musical programme will be rendered. The committee is sparing no pains to make their entertainment a grand feature of the season. Come out and spend a pleasant evening. Admission ten cents. At the last election, Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 5 elected the following officers: E. Ridley W. M., A. Weatherly S. W., L. Reeves J. W., S. A. Payne Secretary, and T. Bird Treasurer. Installation occurred on last Monday night. Mrs. Ellen Jones, of Junction City, is visiting in the city the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. Jones. Mrs. Jones is enroute to Ft. Smith, Ark. to visit her brother. Miss Evelyn Hickman, clerk and stenographer for the Topeka I. T. Coal Co., is visiting her mother in Frankfort. Mrs. Sue Buekner, of St. Louis, who has been with her sister, Mrs. Chas. Morton, returned home last Saturday. Miss Blanche Preer has returned from Salt Lake City, Utah, where she has been for the past year. Write-or call-and I will tell you what the cost of a ticket is to any point east, west, southwest or northwest. I will also let you know the best way to reach it, when you will arrive, whether or not a change of cars is necessary, and why you should take the Rock ISLAND SYSTEM to Colorado, Utah, California, New Mexico, Texas, Gklahoma or Arizona. A. E. COOPER, D. P. A., Topeka, Kansas. Southwest Excursion DATE: December 8, 1903. TICKET: Round-trip, first-class. LIMIT: Three weeks. RATES: Less than the regular one-way fare. TO: All points in Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Many points in Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. ROUTE: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Don't let this chance get by. It will not come again this winter. Visit the Southwest and SEE FOR YOURSELF the much-talked-of progress and development of that section. We have some straightforward literature for the homeseeker and investor which we will gladly send, if you wish it. Tell us what section interests you. T. L. KING, TICKET AGENT, ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY, TOPEKA, KANSAS. QUINDARO, KANSAS. For the moral, intellectual, and industrial training of our youth. DEPARTMENTS—Theological, Classical, Normal, Preparatory, State Industrial, Musical COURSES—Theological, Classical ,Normal, Preparatory, Carpentry and Architecture, Printing and Book Making, Dressmaking and plain Sewing, Tailoring, Business Course and Stenography, Farming Stock Raising, Truck Gardening, Cooking and Laundering. Piano, Organ, Voice Culture. ADVANTAGES—Good Buildings, Healthy Moral tone, a Faculty of Twelve College-bred and Industrially Trained Teachers. TERMS-$7.50 per month. School opens September 14th. For Illustrated Catalogue just out write to WILLIAM T VERNON, A. M., D. D. Quindaro, Kansas. President. 777 Sy. 333 x ae } 5 aaa = x NteMnatlonalcsrey es Uraert LWwelve A == ET ‘ Knights and Daughters of Tabor. ) A N ORGANIZATION that is purchasing property and teaching its members to solve that ever-perplexing race problem by accumulating a share of this world’s goods. The work of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor will be a proud and living monument to Negro Enter- prise. Too much praise cannot be given to Sir Frank Wilson, Chief Grand Mentor; Sir A. W. Hopkins, Chief Grand Scribe; Sir Wm. Core, Chief Grand Treasurer; Dt. Emma Gaines, Chief Grand Preceptress, and Dt. Ida M. Jordan, Past C. G. Te., for the noble work they are doing. They know no rest, for their labors never cease, and in them the order has servants worthy of their hire. }. WIS AA eg NOOR OR me SESS Sa Stee, Berane : eo} eg ; a “So Bde me oe BEN ee A eS ae Pe See <: e tl” RR Shey oo , Bo a Sir MOSES DICKSON,I.C.G.M., j g (Deceased) Founder of the Order of Twelve Sin FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. PLLA ALA eA SA RIAA ORR WAIeS uf “Ss na J | i MLL SSI 1. Mrs, Lula Buford. 2509 North Sixth, St., Kansas City, Kan. 2 Mrz. Musie Garner, 623 South Main St, Council Bluffs, lowa. 3. Mrs. Flora Thompson, 36 Nort® Chestnut St, Iola, Kan. 5. Mrs, Mollie Spencer, 602 Vine St, Atchison, Kan. 6. Mrs. Mary Curry, Ottawa. Kan. 7. Mrs Sarah Henderson, 815 Wal- aut, St, Salma, Kan, 10. Mie. Magele Fishback, 1/9 Massachusetts St, Lawreace, Kan. 1, Mrs. Jennie Floyd, 408 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 12, Mrs, Bettle Johnaon, 211 Stew- art Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 13, Mrs, Nannle Duntap, Junction City, Kan. 15. Mrs. Ida King, Box 1054, Well City, Kan. 16. Mrs. Nancy Preston, No. 1507 Clarke St, Parsons, Kan. _ 1%. Mrs, Kitty Willis, 722 Jadsor St, Ft, Scott, Kan, 24. Mrs. Emma Maxie, 411 Ransom St. Ft. Scctt, Kan. 24, Mrs, Laura Smith, 308, Kas Eleventh St, Coffeyville, Kan. 27. Mra. A, E. Anderson, Box 71 Lenapah, I. T. |- 28, Mra...Della Dorsey, .716 Soutt Fifteenth St., Parsons, Kan. 2. Mra Annie Coleman,'727 Miam ee be ate Ce teacye Ree eeEe ae rr. | eS. as Bees -— Se Sa es | ng “Soe we * eres, wa ; Py fg ee ee a we g WILLIAM H. BRIGGS of Atchison, Kan. The subject of this sketch is Wm. H. Briggs, over at Atchison. Mr. Briggs was born in Kentucky and came to Atchison three years ago and wert to work as a drug clerk for M. Noll. He is an expert in dispensing soft drinks to the big soda trade at Noll's, Since there he has had three raises of salary and now fs the highest salaried colored man in town. He will go before the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy neat year and take the examination for a registered pharma- cist, Mr, Noil values the services of Mr. Briggs very highly; he does most of the display and design work for the holiday make up. Mr. Briggs has won the respect of the whole people of Atchison and the heart of a beautiful young lady as well, He is president of Knights and Ladies of Protection; 2 prominent Knight of Tabor and is the leading tenor singer In Dr. Smothers’ church, ATCHISON. ‘Though struggling uoder a heavy debt, Atchison Knights and Daughters of Tabor desire to be numbered among the up to date temples and tabernacles and fall in line with the hollday write| ups of the jurisdiction. Atchison has carried off the banner more than once in this jurisdiction and from her pres- ent Strides promises to maintain her Jead over all. They number the bigh- est of any lodge in the city, 241 In good sttnding; raised more than $5 per member during the past year, 2g- gregating $1,240; have taken excellent care of the sick, buried their dead, pald off every endowment within 30 days from date of death, and in one case In less than 20 days. They do things, they lead; they buy property, they contribute to the needy poor and dis- tressed. They have done these things and are continuing to do simply be- cause they always put intelligent peo- ple at the head who know the law and do it. Then these superior officers surround themselves with active work- ers in the lodge, every one of whom works for the success of the order. J. G, Burdette went out of office and left the temple with over a hundred members and a fat bank account. Geo. W. Taylor picked up the gavel and continued the work. Sir Levi Woodson, one of the chiefest pushers, js surely a money getter and the “watch dog” of the treasury. Sir Al- vert Walker, Wm, Barnes, Wm. Por- ter, B. C. Jackson, W. E. Gray, Dr. Brown and others ably assist the Chief Mentor in building up the temple. Daughter Molll2 Spencer snd her cousterie of workers have the best tabernacle in this jurisdiction. Every daughter Is a worker and takes pride In carrying thelr equal part of the purchase debt of the Taborian Hall at 209 Commercial Street. Though not as large in number as the Knights they share equally financially, In the pas six months, Crescent Tabernacle has Initiated 25 new members and now has a bona fide membership of 117, They have not had a death in two years— the health of the organization being excellent. Dr. Grant Brown looks af- ter that part. The present officers are, Mrs. Mollie Spencer, C. P.; Mrs. Sarah Skinner V. P.; Miss Ella Nel- son C. R; Miss Kate Talbatt A. R; Mrs. Mollie Turner C. R.; Miss Mary Hatcher, C. Pr. Taborian Hall ts a three-story brick building with stone front, situated in the business section of town. It has been remodelled and presents a nea: and commodious accommodation. It §s looked after by the following board of trustees: Sirs Levi Woodson, Prot. W. E. Grey, B. C. Jackson, anddaugh- ters Ella Nelson and Mary Glover. The Knights and Daughters of Ta- bor Lodges and is one of the most pro. Bressive. It gives the public many occasions to feel proud. When Sit Jas. Brown announces an exhibition of bis Palatine Guards a big crowd fs always on hard. The secret of success of this organization 1s that evecy member works for the good of the or. der, You'll hear from Atchison again If You Want a Valuable book on the History of Education from the Greeks to the present time by John H. Jackson, ex-president of the Kentucky Norma! and Industrial Institute and the Lincvln Insti- tute, of Jefferson City, Mo, Address Jno. H. Jackson, : oa 720 E. Cimarren St., Colotade Springs, Colo: jase | C. P's ADDRESSES. THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER, TOPEKA, KANSAS DECEMBER 25, 1903. SE a ea Mag a Ni eae RS SECS aes a teal ae ; SANS a Rearey ogre Ee he B sea BEES as ys - : eee 7 » 4 Es Nay aaa mina ; Ee or, eee Benge Se RC GR he eee ‘ pa ee as 5 SNR aS ase aS aie eee, Bae tas Aerie SOM cee Reta agate re Sr ne Se aE Nace HEY oh Ne Seq a ARAN Lacan rated Pan mosses Rae a Ge eee eh Sa ago sas Sema ote PS eet see eee a See See pee eee SE 0 (ft beers Se mur.” a Sgt = Be a ae aed ite ds ee $a 3 Rael ~~ = yey, cS ama—S—t i OE ed a “ PS ge - reek ae: eae ee em Pee ha Ae ae ee on aoe a ET eat i ee . PLR SMES Sent aL OTS FREER te po Beas BES PER tao T= Knights and Daughters of Tabor of the Kansas-Nebraska Jnrisdiction have paid out in the past year $1,385 in’ endowments, which is far in advance of any other Negro organization. If the Negroes of the United States would follow the teachings of this noble order, founded by Moses Dickson, the race problsm would be solved. PRR HR Ay St. Leavenworth, Kan, 30. Mrs. Amanda Lott, 424 Maple St, Leavenworth, Kan. 32, Mrs. Ida B. Willis, 1036 Iowa Ave., Butte, Mont. 33. Mrs, Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb, 34. Mrs. Lee Anderson, 724 St Francis St, Wichita, Kan. 35. Mrs. Gracy Davis, 115 North Twenty-fifth St, South Omaha, Neb. 31, Mrs, Susie Green, Box 460, Atch- Ison, Kan. 38. Mrs, P. B, Gooding, Box 338, Welr City, Kan. 62, Miss Jennie Alexander, 918 Pennaylvania St., Lawrence, Kan, 63. Mrs. Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Bar- nett, Ave, Kansas City, Kan. 7% Mrs. Susie Richardson, 1180 Buchannan St. Topeka, Kan. 85, Mrs. Jennie B. Taylor;-——— —— Topeka, Kan. 91. Mrs. Annie Brown, 1717 8t Mary St, Omaha, Neb. - 89. Mra. Maggie Brown, 1108 Capito! ‘St, Omaha, Neb. 93. Mrs. Laura Johnson, 2010 Soutt Fourteenth St, Lincoln, Neb. 93. Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., North Topeka, Kan. C, M’s ADDRESSES, | 2 Sir D.L Bordus, Walr City, Kan. +3, Bir Geo, W. Taylor,-10” Mound Bt, Atehison, Kan. =f, 1 we oe cwclies: isco: vec Six A. W. HOPKINS, C. G, S. shters of Tabor of the Kansas-Nebr $1,385 in’ endowments, which is f: : Negroes of the United States wo by Moses Dickson, the race probl: 4. Sir Geo. C. Tucker, 904 South Twenty-seventh St, Omaha, Neb. 5. Sir E. H. Walker, 133 Van Buren St, Topeka, Kan. 8 Sir RM, Bingham, 1727 East Oak St, Ft. Scott, Kan. 10. Sir Jobn H. McKianis, 217 Sher- man St, Leavenworth, Kan. | 13, Sir A. H. Morton, Parsons, Kan. 15. Sir W. W. Shobe, 326 North Santa Fe St, Salina, Kan. 16. Sir Richard Clark, 420 North Twenty-fifth St, South Omaha, Neb. 17. Sir Allen Garner, 704 Eat Twelfth St,, Coffeyville, Kan. 19. Sir C, Parris, 918 Pennsylvania St, Lawrence, Kan. 25, Sir Ed Henderson, 1917 Nazth Third St, Kansas City, Kan. 59, Sir S.A. Ewing, 1300 Quincy 8t, ‘Topeke, Kan. 60. Sir Wesley Osteln, 1214 Lane Bt, Topeka, Kan. 72. Sir John L, Wright, Lincols, Neb. - 436. Sir J. W. Barbee, C. M., 660% Mein St, Deadwood, 8. Dak. : | Queen of the West Tabernacle No D1, meets tho first and third Wednes | 08 aiternoone at M. and 0, hall, con ner of Elghth and Washington Sts, | Kansas Clty, Kan—Dt. Lalu Buford, a. C. P2509 North Sixth St,.Kansas a City, Kap Bet | Rebecca Tabernacle No. 11 meets the; tern” ES ead ea por x a \rst and third Monday afternoons at M. and ©. hall, corner Eighth and Washington Sts.—Dt, Jennia Floyd, C. P.. 408 Oakland Ave, Kansas City, Kan. Golden Rule Tabernacle No. 12, meets the first and third Friday after- noons at Sons of Protection kall, cor- ner of Sixth and State Sta, Kansas City, Kao.—Dt. Bettie Johnsen, C, P., No. 311 Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Fair West Tabernacle No. 63, meets the first and third Friday afternoons ‘at M. and O. hall, corner Eighth and Weshington Sts.—Dt. Charlotte Dal- ton, €. P., No. 1228 Barnett, St., Kan- sag City, Kan, ‘Victoria Tabernacle No. 30, meets the first and third Friday afternoons at Taborian hall, corner Third snd Delaware Sta—Dt. Amanda Lott, C. P., No, 424 Maple St., Leavenworth Kan. St Marie Tabernacle No. 10, meet the second and fourth Wednesday o! each month, at 2:30 o’clock.—Dt. Mag: gie Fishback, C. P., No. 1795 Massa chusetts St, Lawrence, Kan. Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, meets the first and third Thursday efter noons of each month, at 2 o’clock.—Dt ‘Willmoth Anderson, C. P., No. 724 St Francis 8, Wichita, Kan. ‘Mt Maria Tabernacle No. 53, mest jthe second and fourth Thursdays o wn henry eg SS Dy 8 a a), er F y : y DTR. IDA M. JORDAN. y each month, at 2 p. m—Dt Jennie Alexander, C. P., 918 Pennsylvania St, Lawrence, Kan. Silver Leaf Tabernacle No. 13, meets the first and third Wednesdays of ‘each month, at 2 o'clock p. m—Dt. Nancy Preston, C. P., 1507 Clark St., Parsons, Kan. Modera Tabernacle No. 28, meets the first and third Thursday after- noons, at 2 o’clock.—Dt. Della Dorsey, ©. P., No. 716 South Fifteenth Bt, Parsons, Kap. SER LES. Moses Dickson Temple No. 13, meets the first and third Thursday nights at ‘their hall, at 7:30 p. m—Sir. A. H. Morton, C. M., Parsons, Kan. Mt. Tabor Temple No. 19, meets the first and third Thursday nights, at 1:30 o'clock.—Sir C. Parris, C. M., No. 918 Pennsylvania St, Lawrence, Kan. Mt. Hoard Temple No. 10, meets every Monday night, at 7:30 at Ta- ‘borian hall, corner Third and Dela- ware Sts—Sir J H. McKina&s, O. M, No, 217 Sherman Ave, Leavenworth, Kan. Washington Temple No. 25, meets each Friday night at Sonus of Protec- tion hall, corner of Sixth and Btate StamSir Edward Henderson, C. M, No. 1917 North Third St, Kanses City, 4 ee ee f = A ci rr x rd Sete SRO - ee en SZ c. A.nicuee. near Springfield, Green county, Mo. in 1869. At theageof eleven years, he was left an orphan, but unlike most boys left upon their own re- sources at that tender age, he always shunned bad company and strove to fit himself fora life of usefulness. In 1884 he came to Kansas with his three brothers. By working at odd times to support himself, he was en- abled to attend the public schools of Springfield, Mo. and Topeka, and to obtain a fair public school educa- tion. In 1888 he entered the service of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Sar- vey and remained there four years. From this position he resigued to be- come headwaiter at the Copeland hotel, thus being the first colored man to fillthat position. He filled this position for five years to the en- tire satisfaction of both proprietor and guests. His position at the Copeland brought him into contact with many of the prominent men of the state, and so favorable was the impression he made upon them by his faithful application to duty, that he was off- ered and accepted & position at the state house. This position he filled for four years, standing very high with and making a host of friends among the state officers and many men prominentin publiclife. Leave ing the state house at the close of the Stanley administration, in 1902, he re-entered the service of Mr. J.C. Gordon of the Copeland hotel, who placed him in the very responsible position of steward of that hotel, and thus he became the first, and up to this time, the only colored steward of any hotelin this city. The new proprietor, Mr. James Cnappelle, on taking posession of the Copeland, was so impressed with the ability of Mr. Bigbee as a hotel man thet be placed the entire management of the store-room, dining-room and kitchen under his charge. This places under his control fitteen positions, all of which are filled by colored help. Mr. Bigbee stands high im the es- timation ot both white and colored people. He enjoys the fall and per- || fect confidence of hisemployer. He Jis a great race man and has the wel- |fare of the race so deeply at heart | that he will never knowingly employ ‘any person who would likely bring | discredit upon the race. In society and church work Mr. Bigbee has a very high stand. He |filled the office of grand master of the U. O. O. I. for two terms; was for two terms chief of Macedonian lodge No.9, G.S. and D. of S. of this city, || and was for two terms grand chief of ’}the Kansas and Missocn jurisdiction of the same order. At its recent JJelection Macedonian lodge again ‘elected him chief, so that he is now filling that chair for the third time. }] Mr. Bigbee is a devout christian -{ gentleman and has for seventeen years been a faithful member and active j| worker in the Second Camberland »| Presbyterian church in this city, _| He has filled all the positions from member to deacon, clerk of the ” |church, elder, superintendent of Sun- -|day school, president C.E society, *| president and leader of the church ‘| choir and secretary of t e Willing Workers’ club. All ofthese positions | he has filled and some of them he is {| now filling with great credit. .| One of Mr. Bigbee’s strong charac- ,| teristics is his promptness and punc- tuality in the attendance upon his jJduties. He has made it a rule of his ,| life never tobe Iute at any engage- mentifit can possibly be avoided. '| He has been employed in many po- "|sitions for 23 years and has never been discharged from any of them. In 1902, with idea im mind of inter- esting the boys of his immediate Sune +) day school class and the betterment | of the condition of our boys in gen- *}eral, Mr. Bigbee organized the Cum- berland Boy band and became its *! leader and instructor. This organ- ‘ization has done and still is doing -] much good among the colored youth - | of Topeka, andis destined to become t}a lasting monument to the energy, -] ability and faithfulness of Mr. Big- -| bee. its orzanizer. WESTERN UNIVERSITY, QUINDARO, KANSAS The Greatest School of the West. A School Whose Purpose is the Fitting of Negro Youth to Successfully Cope With the Vicissitudes of Life 3 Football Team of Western University, Which Defeated All Contestants this Season. THE MUSIC Class in Press Room—Printing Department. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a group of people in a room. Due to the low resolution, no specific details can be discerned about the individuals or the setting. Among the institutions of this country for the education of our youth, and especially of the middle west, none stands out more grandly for work actually accomplished than Western university. There are schools on paper purporting to do great things, but the authorities of this institution have declared that nothing shall be advertised or promised which Western university does not furnish and as a result students are enrolling and remaining satisfied, and are yearly bringing others to become members of the student body. The purpose of this institution is made very plain in the catalogue sent out yearly to students. The school stands for the harmonious development of the faculties of Class in Press Room— our youth. Not along moral lines alone—or even industrial lines only, but intellectually, morally and industrially. Every phase of the student's wellbeing is looked after by teachers especially trained along their several lines. The efforts of abolitionists a half century ago to educate the children of the ex slave to be the equal of any is the purpose actuating President W. T. Vernon, A. M., D. D., now in charge of this work, and a visitor spending a day there will be more than gratified to find the work so thoroughly done in the classics as well as in the industries. The location is a most desirable one. Picture to yourselves one hundred and thirty acres of land a mile north of the two Kansas Cities, with high altitude, fine drainage with a river front of a half mile on the north washed by the great Missouri—the south side dotted with cottages, with president's residence, teachers' resi 1. dences, a chapel for religious services and the local public school and a number of prosperous, reliable people living here—and you have a splendid college community such as inspires and ennobles the lives of our young Negroes. The improvements constantly going on are converting the campus and grounds into a lovely area—a delight to the student body. The buildings are well appointed for the work being done. The upper part of Ward's hall is used for the young ladies' dormitory, and is now crowded with the best young ladies from all over the West. Among these we find high school and ward school graduates here seeking higher education under teachers from institutions of high standing throughout America. These are cared for by a competent matron, Printing Department. Mrs. F. M. Crews, who has a mother's interest in all young girls under her care. The music room, provided with pianos, here furnishes opportunity for practice and amusement for these young ladies. The lower floor has well appointed rooms for recitations. On this floor the department of literature. Latin and English are taught by an able woman, Mrs. F. M. Crews. Also the scientific department is conducted here with skill embracing work from geography through all the sciences to astronomy. This work is done by Mrs. L. M. Edwards. The work in theology, Greek and Hebrew under the direction of Rev. J. S. Johnson, B. D., is here taught, giving opportunity for the thorough training of a number of young ministers now preparing for the future. Misses Mary Jackson and Lena Troutman are assistant teachers in the elementary department. They are doing good work. The university boarding club em 1. M. H. H. WILLIAM TECUMSEH VERNON. A. M., D. D President of Western University. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. ploying four cooks and a number of assistants, thus giving work to worthy but indigent students, is boarding one hundred and three persons every day—this does not include the day students, some of whom at times have their mid-day lunch in the club. A laundry furnishing an opportunity for WILLIA young ladies to do their own work is also provided in this building. Handy hall, the residence of some of the teachers, has a number of young ladies domiciled under the control of a lady teacher of many years' experience. These are well cared for. Stanley hall, the great structure erected by appropriations made by 11 the state legislature of Kansas, is a building well worth $20,000—elegant in its arrangement and commodious in structure. The third floor is used as a boy's dormitory and is filled with noble young men from the entire Mississippi valley. These are under the control of a gentleman teacher, the monitor, Prof. H. R. Graham. He is assisted in this work by other teachers in this building. On the second floor is a spacious auditorium used for chapel services and all public exercises. In this room every morning at 8:30 for chapel services are gathered the one hundred and thirty-five or forty teachers and students; from this service they go to the labors of the day. This is preceded, however, by military drill for young men, directed by Captain T.A. Harvey, a student who was in the Spanish-American war. The calisthenics for young ladies are directed by the matron, Mrs. F. M. Crews. The hours for this work are from 7:45 to 8:20 a. m. All students rise at 6 a. m. and are at breakfast at 7 a. m. The reception room and offices of the president are on the second floor. Here with the assistance of his book- IAM TECUMSEH VERNON, A. N. President of Western University. keeper and a private secretary, Miss Birdie Groves, the executive work of the institution is cared for, and reports are daily filed from all departments showing the condition of the entire school work. On this floor also the dressmaking department is conducted under the supervision of Mrs. S. L. Gross, a dressmaker of long experience and a ```markdown ``` The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a group of people standing in a row. Due to the low resolution, no specific details can be discerned about the individuals or the setting. very competent woman, in whose department our uniforms for young ladies are made. The musical department under the guidance of Prof. R. G. Jackson, a brilliant musician, is here conducted; also classes in piano, voice culture, harmony, the chorus work, a glee M., D. D. club and a splendid college choir are all trained here daily. Two pianos are in this building and one at Handy'hall, making four in all. Mrs. L. M. Edwards renders valuable aid as assistant in teaching vocal music. The printing department with the finest assortment of type, two large presses operated by steam, paper cutter, cabinets and all appurtenances 1. Faculty of Western University—1903-104.9 for printing, is under control of Prof. H. R. Graham, a practical printer of experience, as well as a public school teacher of twenty years standing. The course in mathematics and German is taught on this floor in a splendid recitation room by Prof. G. A. Gregg, A. B., of the University of Kansas. He is a strong teacher. On this first or lower floor is taught tailoring by Prof E.M. Bates, a graduate of Hampton, the finest industrial school in America. He is making uniforms and suits for students with the skill of any first class tailoring establishment in our cities. The business course with desks, typewriters, mimeograph, banking THE MUSEUM OF ART AND SCIENCE 100 Printing Department—Press Room. outfit, is directed here by Prof. J. N. Garrett, of Wilberforce university. Shorthand and typewriting are made special features of the work here with tabulating, manifolding, invoicing, etc. Political economy and German are also made a part of this course. There is another department in this building which has been of great value—the work in mechanical drawing and carpentry, under Prot. C. E. Starr, also of Wilberforce university. In his department are such equipments as drawing tables, drawing in struments, rip-saws, band saws, turning lathes, mortises and tools aggregating hundreds of dollars in cost. This heavy machinery is propelled by a steam engine and boiler operated by Mr. John Brown, a reliable Negro engineer. The carpentry department this year has been busy turning 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 100 out furniture, repairing buildings constructing bridges and doing many things useful while teaching our young men this valuable trade. There are enrolled at present 125 students coming from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas and Washington. Presid't Vernon says that there will be more to enter with the opening of school, January 4, 1904. He also says: "The work of the school has but one object—the complete education of the youth. It offers no fads, no "short cuts" to learning, but stands for old fashioned and sober lines of patient and painstaking industry, which alone can lay the foundation 10 We are teaching Greek, Latin German, French, music, higher mathematics, logic, Philosophy, kindred branches as well as industries. We aim to turn out thorough men and women, the equal of any. The religious side of the school is cared for in our Christian Endeavor, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., chapel and regular church work. We are teaching the boy inclined to the trades to be a thinking artisan, the young lady or young man inclined to the professions to be a scholarly man or woman, well rounded. We would have the workers to think, and the thinkers to work, and add to this an upright character and thus give to Kansas and the West what is so much their need—a school devoted to the moral, intellectual and industrial training of our youth. 1 THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. As the Sun is the Source of Light to the World, So is Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute the Source of Light to the Negro Youth of America. TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA. THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN IS DIVINE, BUT THE LIGHT OF TUSKEGEE ILLUMINES THE PATHWAYS OF THE WORLD. As the Sun is the TUSKEGEE More attention is being given to the subject of scientific agriculture at this time than ever before. Great institutions for teaching agricultural science are being established and developed throughout the country. Magazines and books and newspapers are urging a return to the soil, while vast sums of money are being spent by agricultural colleges for agricultural extension work among farmers. The South has resisted THE WORKSHOP THE WORKSHOP the appeal longer than any other section, and yet it stands more in need of improved agriculture in all its forms than any other section. There is wide awakening now to this fact on the part of its thinking citizens. department and a peru dicates that especially being done and will done by this import agricultural experim chief aim of the de It is especially fitting that the Tuskegee institute should give some attention to this important line of work. Eighty-five per cent of the Negroes of the South are to depend upon agriculture in some of its forms for a living. The especial need heretofore has been for men—and women too, for that matter— 12 17 CANNING FRUIT IN THE CANNERY who could point the way toward the development of the endless resources which are about the doors of the great masses of the Negroes of the South. Tuskegee has recognized the importance of proper agricultural instruction in its highest forms, and is developing a department which is destined to prove incalculable service, not only to the Negro of the South, but to the South itself, as well. Seven hundred acres ```markdown ``` 1. of land comprised in the "Home Farm", and 800 acres comprised in "Marshall Farm", located three miles from the institution, and until recently held by the school, afford splendid opportunity for the working out of theoretical and practical to the department did equipment in things and latest impr the school is able ever, to do the best tical work. Of the man in VOLUME V. --- E TOP Source of Light to the World THE NORMAL AND THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN IS D problems in agriculture. Very recently the school acquired some 800 additional acres of land, and concentrating all of its agricultural interests right at the school. The products raised are used in the boarding department of the school besides an experiment station, supported by the state of Alabama, affords the opportunity for varied scientific experiments. Bulletins are regularly issued from this de W. Carver State agric Iowa, it ca who has w agricultura ed the degr ture from t while Hon. partment and a perusal of them indicates that especially good work is being done and will continue to be done by this important division in agricultural experimentation. The chief aim of the department is to make the instruction practical as well as scientific. From the beginning, special prominence has been given to all forms of work connected with the cultivation of the soil. The young men who are in the department, by actual work on the farm in raising the food supplies, caring for stock, fruit and other pro- 1. ducts, become intelligent and successful farmers. In 1897 a splendid building, costing $10,000, was built and equipped for teaching both practical and scientific agriculture. A $5,000 addition has since been made to this building, and two splendidly equipped barns costing $5,000 each, one for the dairy herd and the other for the horses and mules belonging to the institution, prove valuable helps ially helpfu ucational o ed Tuskegee ert C. Oge selves as splendid w his classes into the f tion, in a practice th arouse in knowledge and, in kee ed and de imparts to tant know As has carried on the field. simple and to the department. With this splendid equipment in the way of buildings and latest improved implements, the school is able now, more than ever, to do the best and most practical work. Of the man in charge of the de TOPEKA SECTION SEC TOPEKA, KA The World, So is Tuskegee AND INDUS EN IS DIVINE, BUT THE A CLA partment of agriculture, Mr. George W. Carver, a graduate of the Iowa State agricultural college, of Amos, Iowa, it can be said that he is a man who has won his spurs as a master agriculturalist. Mr. Carver received the degree of Master of Agriculture from this college of agriculture while Hon. James Wilson, the present secretary of agriculture was dean of the agricultural department. The secretary has the completest confi Prof. Boor dence in Mr. Carver's ability and continues the pleasant relations now that existed when he as teacher, and Mr. Carver as pupil, were at Amos together. As a teacher he is especially helpful and forceful. The educational experts who recently visited Tuskegee as members of the Robert C. Ogden party, expressed themselves as being delighted at the splendid way in which he handled his classes, which are taken directly into the field for practical instruction, in addition to the laboratory practice they receive. He is able to arouse in the students a desire for knowledge of what agriculture means and, in keeping his students interested and delighted, at the same time, imparts to them useful and important knowledge. As has been intimated, work is carried on in the laboratory and in the field. The laboratory work is simple and easily understood by the students. It consists of an analysis of the various soils for the purpose of learning what elements need to be supplied in order to make them more productive. This enables pupils to make a proper selection of fertilizers. Fertilizers are also tested to find their composition. Foods are tasted to find those best adapted to fat. SECTION SECOND PAGES 9 TO 16. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 25, 1903. ```markdown ``` J. B. PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL OF TUSKEGEE. A CLASS IN COOKING—MAY 30.1903 milk or to muscle. There is also practical analysis of all dairy products—milk, butter and cheese, and a comprehensive study of foreign and native forage plants. All the scientific knowledge is carried daily into the fields and into the practical work of the various divisions of the department. Mr. Robert M. Atwell is the superior superintendent of the farm, and personally directs the actual KER T. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL OF work of the department. He has brought the department far forward since his appointment. During Principal and Mrs. Washington's visit to England the summer of 1899, they visited the famous Swanley Agricultural College for Women, and were led on their return to inaugurate the lighter forms of agriculture for young women at Tuskegee. Instruction is now given young women in dairying, poultry raising, horticulture, floriculture, market gardening and live stockraising. The course of study extends over two years, and young women who complete the course have a satisfactory knowledge of how to conduct a small dairy, also how best to care for poultry, how to care for an orchard and raise small fruits of the best quality, etc. They are taught how to lay out and beautify door yards, how to care for the shrubbery and flowers, and what especial treatment to apply; how to manage a home garden and how to raise upon it products which will prove most easily marketable; how to care for live stock, etc. A poultry house has been constructed and well equipped with breeders and incubators. There is no reason why southern colored women should not take advan tage of the splendid opportunities along these lines and become helpful and useful in these outdoor occupations which offer such rich rewards. For young men the course is more extended, and includes a complete and satisfactory course in all the divisions of agriculture. The division of dairying has proved especially successful. Requests have reached the principal of the school from · TUSKEGEE. more than 200 persons during the past year for graduates of this division. One of the largest Southern creameries recently made a request for five graduates of the dairy division to take charge of all its departments. If, instead of the eighty young men and women who have been in the agricultural department during the past year taking the professional course, three times as many were receiving instruction, employment could easily be secured for all of them. In addition to the eighty referred to, 205 students took the theoretical course. The effort at Tuskegee is made to awaken among the students an interest in agricultural life, so that it may not come to be regarded as a drudgery, as something to be shirked. No visitor to the school can fail to be impressed with the great work which is being done along agricultural lines; absolutely nothing is overlooked that will afford the student the best opportunity to make himself most helpful, if he only devotes himself earnestly. The agricultural exhibit at the close of the last school term was impressive as an object lesson. Nearly a hundred beautiful milch cows stood in the neat, clean stalla. Out side were home-raised colts, blooded hogs, sheep, calves, chickens, turkeys and geese. In a large room was arranged in nice order, a great variety of grain, fodder and vegetables. In one corner was a model dairy in full operation. Visitors saw the milk pass to cream and the cream to beautiful cakes of yellow butter, ready for market or table. There were Italian bees in glass 信 A STUDENTS STACKING HAY hives, cakes of new, white honey, and all the implements of bee culture. A large incubator was filled with eggs from which chickens were constantly dropping; other chickens were in brooders. A large room was devoted wholly to an exhibit of improved agricultural implements. Many went away impressed as they never had been before with the practical value of the cow, of chickens, of pigs, the garden and the farm generally. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a building surrounded by trees. THE HISTORY OF THE CITY A CLASS OF GIRLS IN BEE KEEPING Messrs. Carver and Atwell have a full staff of valuable assistants. These a si-tants are from the largest and most important schools of the country, and number eight, a total for the department of ten persons. At this time negotiations are pending with graduates of the agricultural department of Cornell university and the Massachusetts' agricultural A CORNER IN THE MODEL DINING The image provided is too blurry and low-resolution to accurately recognize any text or graphics. It appears to be a grayscale image with a blurry and indistinct pattern. Therefore, no text can be accurately extracted from this image. college at Amherst.. If secured, these men will add much to the value and importance of the work. The instruction at Tuskegee is free. Young men who are anxious to secure an education and who are tant plantation interests is hard supply. That Tuskegee is doing a magnent work is evidenced by the fact that Andrew Carnegie gave one half a million dollars to its suppo outh of America. ALABAMA. willing to support themselves, are afforded every opportunity to work out all of their expenses. No field of labor offers to the young Negro, if properly trained, surer rewards than that of agriculture. White men, north and south, are turning their attention more and more to scientific agriculture, and it well behooves the Negro to be stirring The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a person in a dark setting, possibly outdoors. The focus is on the person's face, but the details are not clear. himself if he would not be excluded from the larger rewards of farming. Some time ago the German government applied for three Tuskegee graduates to go to the west coast of Africa to introduce cotton raising. The school had the men and they were offered and are now receiving $100 a month and all expenses paid, including transportation to Africa and return. An application for a man to fill a $2,500 place was recently received at the school. Young THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON men who have already completed their literary education can find at Tuskegee the opportunity for advanced training along agricultural lines. No graduate from this department is without employment; the demand for them to establish agricultural training at other institutions, and to serve as superintendents of dairies and large and impor- G ROOM—HOUSEKEEPING DIVISION tant plantation interests is hard to supply. That Tuskegee is doing a magnificent work is evidenced by the fact that Andrew Carnegie gave over half a million dollars to its support. NUMBER 51. LINCOLN INSTITUTE! EDUCATIONAL WORK AT COLN INSTITUTE. Lincoln Institute, a State Normal, Collegiate, and Industrial School for Negroes, with ten well equipped departments, is admirably located at Jefferson City, Mo., founded in 1866 by funds contributed by the Sixty-second and Sixty-fifth regiments of United States Colored Infantry when they were discharged from service in the late Civil war. The school in a comparatively short time was taken under the care and patronage of the liberal state of Missouri, and as the oldest, best equipped, and most influential school west of the Mississippi river exclusively for the education of Negroes, affords most excellent opportunity for both higher and industrial training; and through its long line of graduates has furnished Missouri and other states, not only many high grade teachers, but, in addition, many of the leading lawyers, physicians, and other professional, and business men and women of color, who, in a most practical manner, are helping to solve the Negro problem as it presents itself in the great Middle West and Southwest t. The campus, buildings, and surroundings, commodoed, sightly, and modern, are well situated on a height of land that commands a fine view of Jefferson City and its picturesque vicinity for miles around. With such a location, excellent water, good drainage, good well selected, and carefully prepared; with athletic sports in which all are encouraged to take part, the health of students and all connected with the institution is record-breaking in its excellence. Entering now upon the thirty-six The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a monochrome portrait of a man in a suit. M. H. PRESIDENT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. enth year of its career, Lincoln Institute is very fortunate in having as its administrative head a gentleman and scholar of wide experience in educational matters in the person of President Benjamin Franklin Allen A.M., who by eight years spent as a professor in one of the most important departments of the school and for the greater part of that time its vice president, as well as by years spent as student and teacher in various leading schools of similar character in other sections, brings to the work a more than theoretical knowledge of existing conditions and of the general and specific needs of the young people who come under his care and guidance. Earnestly desirous of being helpful to his race, and believing most thoroughly in a happy combination of both higher and industrial training as means of symmetrical race development, President Allen leads out along the most practical lines and is rapidly bringing the Institutul to the front ranks as one of the great schools of the country. "The Lincoln Institute Idea" is "Progress," Progress in the fullest and highest significance of the term. A well prepared and enthusiastic Faculty ably seconds the noble efforts of the President. Among the men and women composing it are graduates of the leading colleges and universities of the country. Presiding over the Department of Latin and Greek one finds Prof. J. H. Garnett, A.M.; Mathematics, Prof. J. S. Moten, A.M.; Science, G. S. Murray, A.B.; English, Prof. J. Sline-Yates, A.M.; Assistant, Prof. O. M. Shackelford; Business Course and Secretary to the President, Mr. R. A. West, B.S.D.; Music, Misses Carney and Pigeon; Sewing, Miss M. E. Grimshaw; Domestic Science, Miss F. Sprague; 'Laundrying and Girls' Matron, Mrs. L. C. Anthony; Industries for Boys, Professors A. L. Reynolds, A. J. Starne, J. P. Sanderson and C. F. Hoskins; Boys' Matron, Mrs. S. H. Dupue; Farm Superintendent, Mr. Charles C. Shockley. The students are a high-minded, energetic set of young people, many of whom are making heroe struggles to 10 of working late and early, in season and out of season, may well be emulated by those who daily are wasting golden opportunities and simply increasing the number of mere "consumers." During an administration of barely one year and a half, President Allen has inaugurated many reforms, and may new features in the work of the institution; but possibly no one fea- A. H. SECRETARY R. A. WEST. ture is destined to be of more practical value to the Negro of this session than the "Farmers Convention," which, pursuant to his call, has now hold two very valuable sessions; it has created much interest among both white and colored educators, and is likely to prove an important and invaluable factor in developing and agrilultural spirit, desire for the owner- THE LIFE OF MARY C. BURTON of agricultural pursuits among Negroes who are living in one of the most fertile areas of the entire United States. Although the buildings are state structures, much of the original work and of the necessary repairs from time to time, is done by the students; and this, with other lines of industrial work done on the grounds, demonstrates its practical value, both from educational and from utilitarian polats of view. Many of the graduates from the Industrial Department, young men and young women, have found its possible with the knowledge acquired in its to set up individual establishments, or secure lucrative positions of trust and honor in their special line of work. The diploma received on graduating from the four years' Normal Course is a life certificate, and is furnished by no other school for Negroes in the state of Missouri. With its one hundred and forty-four counties and its entirely separate system of education for whites and Negroes, Missouri has a large number of Negro schools, and many of the best teachers in the state are those who have received their academic and professional training at Lincoln Institute. One great aim of the institution, and one I which its seems admirably to have succeeded, is to develop in its students the power of independent thought and research, the desire and ability to become continuous searchers after truth throughout life. The moral of religious tone of the institution, which as a state school is entirely non-sectarian in character is of high order. President Allen has inaugurated the plan of holding Sunday afternoon services in the college chapel and at this time well prepared ministers of various denominations are invited to expound the word of God. A lecture course, including some of the best artists of the day in the lecture business or on the musical platforms are employed at stated intervals, and no opportunity is lost to place before the students for their emulation the highest ideals that may be found among the successful men and women of their own and other races. THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER, TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 25, 1903. One of the most prosperous young men of our race in Topeka in the grocery business for himself, is Mr. J. W. Ferguson, 1501 Quincy, who starred in life in Topeka a few years ago without a dollar, and who is now erecting a fine two-story pressed brick building to take the place of the old frame he has occupied for years. He carries about a $15,000 stock of groceries and has a large list of good customers. He has a wife and two boys, and a neat cozy home which are the happiness and the comfort of his life. He is reasonable in his prices, and one can save money by buying groceries from him. He also runs a meat market in connection with the store. From his location, he is able to catch all the good country butter, and fresh eggs that come from the south and east, and these can be had much cheaper her than on the Avenue. He employs all colored help, and is rising rapidly. Mrs. Ruth Stewart at 1303 Kansas avenue has one of the neatest lunch counters, ice cream parlors, and cigar counters of any one in the city. When one is hungry and wants something good and palatable to eat, he or she will do well to call at this place of business. Her beautiful daughter Mrs Chloe Bailey, assists her in managing affairs, also her son, L. Bailey. Mrs. Stewart carries a first-class line of candies, frulus, etc., and always makes it pleasant for her guests. ATCHISON. Mr. Geo. W. Irving, who conducts a first-class restaurant, roaming house, and Gentlemen's club at 112-116 Eight street, is doing a fine business and it is a source of pleasure to call upon him. He is always pleasant and greets his customers cordially. He was born in Buchanan county, Mo., February 8, 1862. He came with his parents to Atchison in 1863 where he has since retired. He is one of the oldest citizens of Atchison and remembers when the town was a mere whistling station for the Missouri Pacific. Mr. Irving worked in a brick yard for years in that city. He was married to Miss Belle Parker of Leavenworth, Kan., some years ago wao assists him in the management of their first-class restaurant and roaming house. He has carried on business in that county since 1892 and has had splendid success. He is a tax-payer of that county, has three brothers and four sisters living; three of whom are in Atchison. When in Atchison and want a first-class meal, call on him at 112-116. KANSAS CITY AND SOME OF ITS RACE MEN. Dr. Solomon Henry Thompson, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Kansas and the West, was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and reared on the farm. He attended the best schools of New York and Virginia and gas graduated in medicine from the Howard University, Washington, D. C., one of the leading medical schools of the country. He came to Kansas during October, 1892. He enjoys a large practice and is the owner of a drug store at 1315 North Fifth street. He is the surgeon of the Douglass hospital, an institution organized by him. The doctor is the Grand Medical Examiner of the Odd Fellows and K. P.'s of Kansas and also local examiner for the Masons and Immaculates of that city. He is lecturer on an anatomy and hygiene at the Western University at Quindaro. He is a member of the N. E. District Medical Association of Kansas; also a member of the A. M. Association and the Wyandotte Medical Society. He is Past Grand Eminent Commander of the Prince Hall Grand Commandery of Kansas and jurisdiction. Has filled several positions in the Odd Fellows. He owns a fine brick residence at the corner of Eighth and Everett; DR. S. H. THOMPSON. has an accomplished wife and child to adorn it. The doctor always makes friends and never an enemy. He is one of the most pleasing and best natured men one would wish to meet. He likes politics and in no distant day we predict something good for him in the political world. He is a great race man and strives to lift his people up with himself. The people of Kansas City, Kan., should feel proud of the Kansas City Embalming and Casket company; a firm operated by colored men. The first of its kind in Kanass, under the management of Mr. John W. Jones, who is an experienced business man, and he is doing much to improve the business of the concern. They are located at 1014 North Fifth street, in the center of the city, and they have the majority of the busi- ness among their people. He and Mr. Fred D. Gleaves, the Deputy Sheriff of Wyandotte county, have established a livery stable in connection with the business. They have purchased teams and hacks and are prepared to do work in their line on short notice. Parties in need of carriages or any conveyances will do well to call upon them. They furnish carriages and hacks for entertainments and operas, and can be had by calling them over their phone, 253 West. Mr. Jones was for a long time, and is now, the owner of a prosperous grocery store. They purchased last week a fine span of black horses for a bearse team, which are said to be among the finest in the country. The success of this firm of colored men only goes to show what others could do by co-operation along business lines. SIMEON OLIVER CLAYTON. Simeon Oliver Clayton, of Parsons, Kansas, subject of the accompanying sketch, is one of the bright literary stars of this state. Mr. Clayton is a pleasing writer, both in prose and poetry. He has been connected with the newspaper fraternity for several years, having been editor of the Parsons Blade, the Weir City Eagle and Wichita M. SIMEON OLIVER CLAYTON. Searchlight. He is also an orator of no mean note, and an accomplished elocutionist, whose equal is hard to find in the Sunflower state. As a bass singer, Mr. Clayton is an exceptionally good one and when one site under the sound of that full deep rotund voice a pleasaner dream of Paradise cannot be desired. K. AND L. OF PROTECTION. Colonel Jas. Beck, president of the Knights and Ladies of Protection and Jas. G. Groves, the treasurer are highly elated over the progress made by the order in the past four months. These gentlemen are bending all their energies and spare time to make this institution (the only one of its kind in the United States managed entirely by colored people and for colored people,) a success. They have risen to high positions in life and earned 1 money, property and reputation by hard work, and through their honest efforts they are trying to uplift their fellow men and place them on a financial footing with the white man by the accumulation of wealth and the saving for the widows and orphans of those who invest their money in this institution by insuring their lives and carrying their own risks, at a much less rate than the old line insurance companies, and placing their money in control of colored people entirely. They will employ many agents and clerks to carry on their business in the near future. We are paying thousands of dollars every year into white institutions who give no returns only in case of death. We want to create institutions that will give employment to our young men and women. While these gentlemen were betrayed by an Esau who sold his birthright to a white man for a job, it did not in the least deter these distinguished promoters who are moving along rapidly, and in fact this little opposition only increased their velocity. Their financial secretary, P. C. Thomas, is a man who understands the fraternal insurance business, and all desire information who should write him at Topeka. The president, Col. Jas. Beck, is the owner of a large laundry in Lawrence, Kansas, and employs several people; his ability cannot be questioned, and he undoubtedly will lead the order to success. The treasurer, J. G. Groves, who from his extensive potato raising, has won for himself the title, "The Potato King," is a director of one of the best banks of Kansas City. When the Negroes of this country learn to follow such men as these and assist in promoting the enterprises which they vouchsafe for, then we will begin to move more rapidly. MRS. IDA . JORDAN. One of our leading secret society ladies is Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, who is well and favorably known throughout this state, Missouri and many other states. She was born in Chicago August 31, 1871, and came to this state when three years of age. Mrs. Jordan is educated, refined and possesses ability rarely found in her sex. At the age of fourteen years she was united in the bonds of holy matrimony to Mr. Robt. Jordan. She professed faith in God when a mere child and since that time she has lived the strict life of a christian. Mrs. Jordan is a member of several secret organizations, holding office in many of them. She has served the Knights and Daughters of Tabor as an office holder during the first eight years; and served two years as Worthy Grand Rabbi of the Sons and Daughters of Jacob. Thus we see that Mrs. Jordan's work in the secret society world has been by no means insignificant. WALTER CALDWELL Mr. Walter Caldwell, who has attracted so much attention in the Washburn college football team, was born in Tennessee and is a graduate of the Topeka High school and also a graduate of the State Normal. Mr. Cald- JOHN H. BURKE MR. WALTER CALDWELL. well is a teacher by profession, but is now attending the Kansas Medical college at Washburn, and is distinguished as being the first colored man to enter that department. He is a young man who is working his way up the ladder of fame, and is a man who commands the respect of all with whom he comes in contact. He was the star player of the football team this season, and played left half back and also kicked the goal. We predict great things for him in the future. He is a son of Mr. Jeff Caldwell, the well known barber, and a chip off the old block. 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RUBBER DOLLS. Our stock of Rubber Dolls and Novelties is extensive, including-Cows, Herses, Swains Sheep, Ducks, etc. Prices 5e up to $9.60. UNDRESSED DOLLS. Such a complete line of U- dressed Dolls was never shown in this city before. We have them with light or dark hair, line in a pattern on a wide awake, joint or string bodies. Prices 50 up to $9.48. RUBBER DOLLS. Our stock of Rubber Dolls and rubberies is extensive in Cowa, Herses, Swaus, Sheep, Ducks, etc. Our basement is a China Store in itself. We handle a full line of Plain and Fancy China the year round. We show a com- Fancy China! plete range of French, Austrian, German, Japanese and Domestic Fancy China for the Holidays, repenting such famous lines as Haviland, Morimero Bros., Lanternier, Bassett, etc. Fancy Vases, 10c to $1.75. Fancy Bowls, 25c to $3.98. Fancy Pitchers, 10c to $7.75. Fancy Flates, 10c to $3.98. Fancy Cups and Sancers, 10c to $8.00. Japanese Vases, 25c to $6.98. Binner Sets-Johnson Bros., White, $4.98. Fancy Decorations, $7.70. White and Gold, $11.98. Haviland Fancy, $33.98. And 15 other styles at prices to suit your purse. The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co. The ROYAL BAKERY, Best Home-made Bread in the City (Union Made) plete range of French, Austrian, German, Japanese and Domestic Fancy China for the Holidays, repenting such famous lines as Haviland, Morimero Bros., Lanternier, Bassett, etc. Fancy Vases, 100 to $1.75. Fancy Bowls, 250 to $3.98. Fancy Pitchers, 100 to $7.55. Fancy Hates, 100 to $3.88. Fancy Cups and Saucers, 100 to $0.00. Fancy Lakes, 100 to $6.88. Dinner Sets—Johnson Bros., White, $4.98. Fancy Decorations, $7.00. White and Gold, $11.98. Haviland Fancy, $33.98. And 15 other styles at prices to suit your purse. The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co. The ROYAL BAKERY. HENRY F. KRAUSHAAR. See Him For Wholesale Rates. 853 Kansas Avenue. - - - Independent Phone 282 The Rock Island Restaurant. 108 Kansas Avenue. Topeka, Kansas. Meals at all Hours. Short Orders a Socialty. Meal Tickets $4.00 Oysters any style, Sandwiches, Fresh Fish, Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts, Pancakes (7 to 12 a.m.), Ice Cream. Furnished Rooms. Open from 6 a.m. to Midnight. R. C. DANFORD, Proprietor. 853 Kansas Avenue. Independent Phone 282 The Rock Island Restaurant. 108 Kansas Avenue. Topeka, Kansas. Meals at all Hours. Short Orders a Socialty. Meal Tickets $4.00 Oysters any style, Sandwiches, Fresh Fish, Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts, Pancakes (7 to 12 a.m.), Ice Cream. Furnished Rooms. Open from 6 a. m. to Midnight. JAMES B. HAYDEN. W.M. E. JACKSON, M. I PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office 404 Kansas Ave. 727 Kansas Ave. TOPEKA, KANS Eyes Examined and Spectacles Property Fitted. WAITERS AND PORTERS Headquar' ers When in Salina, call on the MAN FROM IOWA at the CHAS. PHELPS' Barber Shop is where you meet them. The leading barber shop in the city..... 214-21G Francis St., - ST. JOSEPH, MO Watches. Clocks. Money Loaned on Valuables. Salina Club Room LUNCH AND GROCERIES THOS. SMITH, 501 N. Third St E. E. Carpenter, Freidberg, 19 yca. ' experience as a Jeweler. 512 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kas 512 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kas. OFFICE HOUSES 7 to 10 A.M. 12 M. to 4 P.M. Both Phones 454 7 to 10 P.M. J. M. JAMISON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Examining Physician of the Knights and Ladies of Protection. Special Attention to diseases of women and private diseases. Office and Residence ADISON STREET WILEY JONES, W. D. COX Proprietors. OFFICE HOUSES to 10 A.M. to - - - - - V. A. TAYLOR, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Calls answered day and night Dr. J. E. Porter Physician and Surgeon. Office Hours 10 to 12 a.m. 3 to 5 p.m. 7 to 8 p.m. First-class accommodations— Seventy-five rooms—Newly opened, Europe in plan. Phone 2812 Walnut 2 Rings 1001-1005 E. 18th Street Kansas City. - - Missouri THE LATEST CRAZE Something New GOO GOO, The Winkling Eye. The Goo Goo Winkling eye is the latest made to wear on your coat on vest. A wonderful holiday novelty. Don't fail to order one at once. Will send by mail on receipt of 25 cents. W. M. JONES, Mfg Advertiser. Ladies' and Gents' Clothing Cleaned, Pressed, Repaired and Dyed 923 Kansas Avenae. - - Topeka, Kansas. Eureka Drug Store. CARL W. SHAFFER, Phar. A Complete line of Drugs, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Cigars, Etc. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. 922 Frederick Avenue. St. Joseph, Missouri Jenson's Studio aborate and Best Equipped in the city. They Cater to all Classes INDEPENDENT PHONE 996. Avenue. Near Nat RS. M, E. HOLCRA The Most Elaborate and Best Equipped in the city. They Cater to all Classes of People INDEPENDENT PHONE 996. MRS. M, E. HOLCRAFT. FLORIST. Cut Flowers and Floral Work My Specialty. 807 KANSAS AVENUE. THE GREATEST HAIR DRESSING NELSON'S Straightine Makes Kinky, Curly Hair Straight It is not only the BEST DRESSING made for the Hair, but THE MOST WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE is unlike any of the other Hair preparations on the market. It contains no powerful or dangerous chemicals, and is therefore absolutely HARMLESS. It works directly upon the scalp and roots of the Hair, removes dandruff and other diseases of the scalp and skin, nourishing and stimulating the roots of the Hair, thereby causing it to grow rich, long and luxurious, at the same time stopping it from splitting, breaking off or falling out. STRAIGHTINE keeps the Hair soft and pliable, making it easy to do up in any style. Delightfully perfumed. NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE is sold by druggists and agents everywhere. PRICE, 25 CENTS A CAN. If you cannot get it from your druggist or one of our agents, SEND US 25 CENTS. in stamps, silver or Money Order, and we will send you one large can (one month's treatment) by mail, securely wrapped, together with our great FREE BRUSH OFFER. Address: AGENTS WANTED Write for Terms and Particulars NELSON M'F'G CO., Richmond, Va. THINKING ABOUT A PIANO? If so, don't you want something nice, something fine in quality, and something reasonable in price? Notice the following superb array of Pianos you know about: Weber, Kranich & Bach, Story & Clark, Hardman, Haines Brothers, Jewett, Packard, Schiller, Woodbury. E. B. GUILD MUSIC COMPANY. Night Phone 179% New Night Bell Store. char. y, Cigars, Etc. SCIALTY. St. Joseph, Missouri. udio. the city. to all Classes of Peaple. E 996. Near National Hotel. LCRAFT. PRESSING We have a fine selection to show you, of the latest artistic styles of the above best known makes of Pianos. We think you will Whenever you purchase a Piano like any of the above that will prove eventually to be absolutely satisfactory in all respects, at our guaranteed actual commercial value. Also perhaps save trouble and annoyance in buying on our plain, straight, square business deal, the IMPORTANT QUESTION of how and where settlements for payments to become due, are to be made being often overlooked. We ask your careful examination of our large stock of PIANOS. PHOTO. PHONE 176 NOTICE. The executive committee of the Interstate Literary association will hold its annual meeting soon, to transmit business relative to the session which will be held in Ft. Scott, Kan., during the holidays. All literary societies will please select their delegates and send names of same to E. J. Hawkins, 12 Hendrick street, Ft. Scott, Kan., or E. G. Stafford, 505 Washington avenue, Kansas City, Kan. Enrollment fee for new societies, $1.50; for old ones, $1.00. Please attend to this at once, as all clubs who wish to be represented on the programme must report on or before November 21, 1903. T. W. BELL, President. E. G. STAFFORD, Corresponding Secretary. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Effie M. Lohrman, Plaintiff, vs. Harry W. Lohrman, Defendant. PUBLICATION NOTICE HARRY W. LOHRMAN, the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been Sued in the above named Court, by the plaintiff, Effie M. Lohrman, and that you must answer the petition filed therein on or before the 27th day of December, 1903, or the allegations contained therein will be taken as true and judgment divorcing the plaintiff from you, and for the custody of Minor Child will be rendered accordingly. EFFIE M. LOHRMAN, By J. R. McNay. Lithograph Picture of Booker T. Washington, 22x28 Inches, sent to anyone on receipt of 25 cents. Persons wishing to act as selling agents, send price for picture and terma—T. T. Attwell, General Sales Agent, Tuskegee, Alabama. (P. O. money or express order.) Shampooing and Face Massage. MRS. HATTIE E. VAN VLECK, Hair Dresser and Manufacturer..... HAIR TO MATCH ALL COMPLEXIONS. Doll Wigs—New Pompadours, Pompadour Combs, and other Toilet Combs, Switches and —Hair Jewelry..... 220 E. 5th St, TOPEKA, KANS CORN Harvesters. It cuts and throws it in pile. One man and one horse cuts equal to a corn binder. Price $12. Circulars free. New Process Mfg. Co., Lincoln, Kansas. The Official Tent Houses 100 Of the International Order of Twelve of Knights and Daughters of Tabor can be bought reasonable by sending to the office of D. L. TAYLOR, P. P. V. G. M. 329 East Center St., Salina, Kas. OUT A e, something fine in quality, and g superb array of Pianos you k & Bach, Story PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES. ST. JOSEPH. MO. Mr. Chas. Phelps who operates a barber shop, bath rooms and porters' club together with cigar stand at 214-16 Francis street, was born at Mt. Sterling, Ky., August 19, 1865; came to St. Louis while yet a child; he afterwards moved to St. Joe with his parents (both of whom are dead) in 1870. He attended public school in that city, and unlike many young men of our race do at the present time, mastered three different trades. He is a brick-moulder, a first-class cook, and as fine a barber as ever handled a razor. He was married to Miss Minnie Waggoner of Savannah, Mo., April 23, 1887. She was very beautiful and accomplished lady and one of the leaders of the society of that city. They have two beautiful daughters, Pansy and Corinne which the idols of the household. Miss Pansy is attending the Highland Park College located at Des Molines, Ia., one of the best colleges in the West. She is the only colored girl in the college and from her youth, has been styled "The Baby" of the college. She plays the violin and is the second leader in the chapel orchestra. Her professor considers her one of the brightest students attending the college. This school has one of the most famous football teams in the West and it has won many honors not only for themselves, but for the college also. Miss Corinne is attending the public school and is under the tutorship of Mrs. Ada Crossland one of the best educators of the west, and is progressing rapidly. They have adopted a little boy whom they call Alfred Sherman Phelps who is indeed an interesting and intelligent child. Mr. Phelps owns a fine ten room residence with all the modern conveniences at 1901 Water street. This is ideal home and is worth once while when visiting in the city of St. Joe to call at their home and hear Mrs. Phelps, perform, who is an accomplished pianist and vocalist. She is a member of the A. M. E. church choir which in our opinion is one of the best in the west. Mr Phelps also owns a three story brick building where he conducts his business. This building is located in the business portion of the city just opposite the "Metropole" hotel one of the largest hotels in St. Joe. This building is certainly a monument not only to Mr. Phelps, but to the colored people of St. Joe. It certainly fills one with pride to see a man of our race grow and come into control of such valuable property, where race prejudice crops out in great flakes. This property is valued at $15,000 and is well worth it. He is making extensive repairs to the amount of $800 for the improvement on his basement. Mr. Phelps is a thirty two degree Mason, a member of the Wilkerson Blue Lodge No. 6, also of the "Lone Star" Chapter 18, a member of the N. W. Commandery Crack Drill Team. He is a member of the G. U. O. O. F., of the K. P.'s and several small orders which we at this time will not mention. His friends in St. Joseph are innumerable, and his enemies are very few if he has any at all. He is charitable, kind and never turns away one who is needy and deserving. He always employs a number of his race, and at the present time has a number in employment. He has conducted business for himself for the past twenty years, rising from the place of a poor boy and battling against odds at every turn of the road. The Eureka Drug Store owned by Carl W. Shaffer, one of the lending pharmacists of the West, is the son of Bishop Shaffer of the Fifth Episcopal Diocese of the A. M. E. church, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y.; attended schools of Philadelphia and the Wilberforce University and, a graduate of the Howard University at Washington, D. C., Class 1900, receiving the decree of Doctor of Pharmacy. He was for a time proprietor of the Capital Pharmacy at Topeka, Kan., and had a good business. After selling this establishment he went to Kansas City. Mo., where he established the Eureka Drug Store on East Twelfth street in October, 1901. The colored people of St. Joseph invited him to move his store to that city promising better business for the reason that they had no colored druggists. This he accordingly did, and his removal proved a great success. Most all of the leading colored physicians send their prescriptions to the Eureka Drug Store, and they say for the reason that there is not a better compounder to be found than Mr. Shaffer. He was married to Miss Flosse J. Lerry of Washington, D. C., where she was an accomplished lady, a musician, scholar and writer, and has the distinction of coming from one of the leading families of that city. Her birth place was Edenton, N. C. They are as happy as two peas in a pod and enjoy life and all that is in it. They have a host of friends in Kansas as well as Missouri and at their former home Mr. Shaffer can always be found at his drug store, 922 Frederick, avenue. He carries a full line of drug and toilet articles, stationery, cigars and things usually carried in drug stores. Prescriptions a specialty. He has two phones: New, 179; old, 1302. Night phone, 179½, new; night bell, especially to fill prescriptions. They have an elegant soda fountain and does quite a business in that line. His chairs an dtables are of the finest; and it is a pleasure to know that this colored man has a place where colored ladies can be served to fine drinks, sodas, ice creams, etc., without being told "that colored people are not accommodated here," as has been the case in St. Joseph at white places. The colored people feel proud of this establishment and are getting it their pat- ```markdown ``` CARL SHAFFER. PHAR. D. ronage, and will do more as soon as they are more educated up to it. Mr. Shaffer has filled 7,200 prescriptions since February, 1903. And indeed we would not fail to mention that this grand and distinguished gentleman is a thirty-two degree Mason and a Shriner, member of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor. S. S. Steele, one of the best head-walters in the United States from a business standpoint, is a gentleman who can manage his men and have their respect and confidence, which is something that but a few headwalters can say. While St. Joe claims him, Topeka thinks she has a small claim on him at least, since he was head-walter at the Throop hotel in this city for a while, and when he handed in his resignation it was with some hesitancy that the proprietor received it. They offered all sorts of inducements to keep him but he was bent upon MR. S. S. STEELE MR. S. S. STEELE. going to St. Joseph. We do not know if it was the Metropole, of which he is head-walter, or the beautiful young ladies that enticed him away from the capital city of Kansas, as we thought had a few here who could hold him for a while. He is an ideal society man and stands high wherever he goes. He is a 32-degree Mason, a member of the Keystone chapter No. 24, R. A. M., Emmanual Commandery, Kansas City, Mo., a member of the Scottish Rite and Allah Temple No. 8, A. A. O. He is president of the People's Forum of the A. M. E. Church which is doing much to elevate the young people of that city. He is a man of considerable race pride and only one problem is left for him to solve and that is, "Get a Wife." We hope at some future day we will read an announcement naming the great and grand wedding day. Mr. Raymonnd Cecll Craddock, who is one of the leading young men of St. Joe is now conducting a cafe at 211 South 2nd, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, came to Kansas seventeen years ago. He attended school at Marshall, Missouri. He has followed hotel business and catering for the last ten years and is well experienced in this line of business. He serves first class meals and lunches at his place and is always kind having a cordial greeting for the patrons of his place whom we are glad to say are many. Messrs. Jeffeerson Banks and W. E. Bell who are conducting Gentlemen's Club Rooms at 323 W. Mo. Ave. South St. Joe are young men whose promises for the future are bright. They are accumulating wealth and saving it. The packing houses of South St. Joe employ several hundred men and on pay night large checks are cashed by these young men. It is common for them to cash from $1,000 to $1,500, something that is unusual for colored business man to be able to do. They are proving that young negroes can do business if they try. Mr. Banks was born in St. Joe December 13, 1870. He has always been successful, which proves that the number thirteen was the lucky numbr for him. He has always made St. Joe his home; has a wife and two children which are the happiness of his life. Mr. Bell is a Kansan by birth; born in Wathena. ```markdown ``` November 4, 1866. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States and has a great deal of experience in the world. He is a typical Kansan, has a wife to share his happiness. He resides in the city of St. Joe and has a host of friends in both JOHN H. HARRIS MR. W. E. BELL. Missouri and Kansas. The Plaindealer expect to see these young men on large farms and owning large business property in the near future. Their prospects are bright and they seem to know the worth of a dollar. KANSAS CITY, MO. Mrs. V. L. North, the proprietress of the Occidental Hotel and Cafe, 1101 East Eighteenth is to be commended for the manner and way she conducts this elegant eating house. She has a neatly furnished house with baths, gas and telephone service. She is a thorough business woman and is forcing her way to the front. A few years ago THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK MRS. V. L. NORTH. she was a hard-working woman in service, and by the accumulation of money and the saving of it she has succeeded in furnishing this large and commodious hotel which is now on a paying basis. When in Kansas City and want good accommodations stop at the Occidental Hotel. LEAVENWORTH Strangers in Leavenworth wanting a first-class meal and a place to sleep should call on Mrs. E. Allen, proprietor. She conducts a first-class Cafe, and furnished rooms at 517 Shawnee street. Mrs. Allen is a resident of Leavenworth, was born in Louisville, Ky. Came to Platt county, Mo., in 1860, thence to Leavenworth, in the spring of '65, where she has since resided. She is a highly respected lady and all Leavenworth feel proud of her. In connection with her cafe, she has a fine lot of cigars, fruits and candles. While she was born a slave, but never was sold and deprived of an education, yet she is able to maintain a first-class place for strangers, who are visiting in that city and which is especially for the colored people. While we boast of some of our leading colored people with education and wealth and refinement this lady surpasses all in her business tact and ability to look out for the welfare of her people. Her manager, Mr. John Nesbitt, is a Pennsylvanian by birth. He was born and reared in Mechanicsburg and came to Kansas in 1859 where he has since resided. Mr. Nesbitt is a barber by trade. Mr. Dennis Jones of Leavenworth, Kan., an Attorney-at-Law, and one of the leading politicians of the state, was born in Independence, Mo., Nov. 9, 1856. He came to Leavenworth in 1861, where he has since resided. Mr. Jones has traveled very extensively over several states and territories and is well informed upon matters of importance of the American history. He is a self-made man; having read law in the office of Fenlon & Atwood and afterwards admitted to the bar. He is always counted on all poll- ```markdown ``` tics pertaining to the interest of the Republican party of that county, and usually by delegates attending conventions. Besides these things, he was Grand Master of the state of Kansas for five successive terms and was the father of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund, and through him is due the success Prince Hall Grand Lodge with other Grand Lodges in the United States. He always made friends and never has an enemy, when he retired from the Grand Mastership. We hope to see him occupy some paying position in the Republican party soon. Leavenworth can boast of two young men who were born in that city, viz., Samuel and William Montgomery, brothers and partners of the Walters' Club, located at 122 North Fifth street. This is an old established organization of Leavenworth, and this place is especially patronized by the waiters, porters and laboring men who spend their idle moments in reading and discussing the public matters and participating in gymnastic exercises. These young men have a host of friends. They are both energetic men and money-makers and we only look forward to the time when they will make their mark in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Webb, located at Fifth and Michigan, are conducting a family grocery and market store and are the owners of their property and enjoy the distinction of being good business people. Mr. Webb is a plasterer by trade and applies himself to that most of the time, and has all that he can do while Mrs. Webb operates the store. Miss Laura Anderson, the popular teacher of South Leavenworth schools, is one of the most industrious ladies we know. She is accumulating wealth, and only a few weeks ago staked a claim in Wallace county, Kan, where she expects to put in a crop. If she does not succeed in securing some young man who understands agriculture, she will conduct the farm herself. WALKER'S 209-211 S. 2d St., ONE OF THE SWELLEST IN THE WES Some Kansas Political’ Men Who | BA A Are Prominent in the Public Eye! 3 CAARLES F. SCOTT. ‘Hon. Chas. F. Scott, Congressman- atdarge is serving his second term. Heis thoroughly edacafed, a news- paperman of rare ability, and a strong, consistent Republican who never swerves from the ranks. Mr, Scott is a man of ability and x ~ od i ) CHAS. F,. SCOTT. influence—honest, straightforward and upright, always true to his trust. Mr. Scott was born in Allen county. which has always been his home. He is an ideal Kansan of whom his constituents have a right to be proud. Hon. Phillip Campbell, of the Third district is serving his first term in Congress. He is young and of the Napoleonic style, and is fast making his mark among the great men at Washington. His district and Kansas is proud of oo f oN Lo ; : a io mr She ; ae ee 4 ERS iy go aad ae : | v , | ; " ARS se. ge Se eRe eee. >.> +¢.de pe: - eee os HON, PHILLIP P. CAMPBELL. rr him and no doubt he will represent) can be relied upon the Third district for years to come.| agrees in politics o His home is in Pittsburg, Crawford|;. loyal to his frie county. Mr. Campbell was born on 7 ¢C < «, [ready to take sides ‘ape Breton Island, Novia Scotia, " and came to Kansas from Illinois; Mulvane will succ in 1867, and was a farmer boy|national committee and afterward practiced law. in 1904 at the Chic D, A. BULVANE. ae tne s Hon. D. A. Mulvane, the national | "© Pe OF © . oe committeeman tor Kansas, is a]®tate who will be young Chesterfieldian Rupublican| interest of young De who stands for the advancement of — his party in this state. He suc- ceeded in det.roning Cy Leland, as who had been ingrafted in the] Hon, Chas. Curtis nf ~~) ee C a A ¢ politica of the Repubiican party and has controlled for years. It was aid. that no one could succed in ktiocking out this boss unless be consented. But when young David cast one stone from his sling, it felled the mighty boss, and he is now paying tribute to the new king. Young David is a gentleman who can be relied upon to do just as he agrees in politics or business) He is loyal to his friends and is ever ready to take sides with them Mr. ‘Mulvane will succeed himself as national committeeman for Kansas in 1904 at the Chicago convention at which place the committee will be helped by the delegation from this state who will be made-up in the interest of young David. CHARLES CURTIS, Hon, Chas. Curtis, who represents First district in Congress, has had twelve years experience as a legis- lator, and is well qualified and fitted for the position, and can have it as long ashe keeps his strength of mind and represents the people as he is tuday. While atr. Curtis 1s young in age, he is old in experience thoughtful and considerate, and can always be relied upon by his constituents to do what is right. Mr. Curtis is a Topekan by birth, having been born in North Topeka, January 25, 1860. He is by profession a lawyer, and his friends are an innumerable host. He cares nothing for the “machine” nor the operators. The darts thrown by him put rough edges on the impliments used by : antagonists. a ed a ear of L¢ an W. A, CALDERHEAD. Hon. William A. Calderhead, Congressman from the Fifth district, can always be relied upon to do that which is right for the people of the country as well as those of his HON. CHARLES CURTIS. ee ee ee ee Senator Jo-eph R. Burton is one ofthe best workers weever had in the United Senate from Kansas. He knows the the needs of Kinsas and devotes his time and attention to securing them. He will unduubtedly succeed himsrlf as United States Senator for the mere fact that he is doing something. He is at present i ae ey y hg se | The ; et eavgen rs wer cis cie eal 7 eon cree eal ead En Sat ; Loe |. 7 Fein ast Me, | PEM cece S : wae 4. Bhat! oe . 7 we” f Bye dt ey oa eT, SES pe wae De 1 7, wate 8 Sez | oo TS | 1 ‘he. 4 heel, a 2 pes eit panne] The 7a ros SENATOR J. R. BURTON. erent eres Fred M. Stonestreet. G1 Stonestreet & Ham Succeasora to J. M. Knight. Undertakers and Funeral Di 3 ~~ Agee Fred M. Stonestreet. G. W. Hamilton- Stonestreet & Hamilton, Succeasora to J. M. Knight. Undertakers and Funeral Directors = A =~? , or ‘ aa ac tran Per amma een rs ron ues ye We carry one of the finest lines of Undertaking goods in | Topeks. Join our “Burial Association.” It onty costs ten cents per monrh. 4 ‘ Corner 7th and Quincy Sts. Topeka, Kansas. ‘ ‘ looking after the irrigation of land in Kansas and at no distant day, the Western part of this state will be as profitable as the central and Eastern portions, Senator Burton was born in Lawrence county Indi- ana, November 16, r850t came to Kansas in 1876, locating in Abilene, where he is now residing. The ree i at ~ 4 “4a (4 % am oar Tee my fe <a | 1S ote ee phi Soo, SS ot ae Seca Sopra as TO gg i 2 See fo A Ae : HON. W. A. CALDERHEAD. |Senator is one of the best Jawyers ba the West, BARNUM’S 619 KAN! SAS AVENUE, This is Going to Be Cloak Week * weer OF TNE =6Price ~n~AnAnwns- Have you ever noticed any price cutting on Cloaks or other outer wraps when zero | weather prevailed? Of course you haven't, for then and with the beginning of the season, prices are firmly maintained. Ordinary business knowledge will readily comprehend this. We started out by saying that this will be Cloak Week, and we make the prediction @ that we will have the biggest Cloak business that any establishment ) ever enjoyed. ALL THE PROFIT GOES TO YOU. of most approved fashion, 27,30 32 and 36 | inches in length, tight fitting, semi-tight fitting, loose back with box pleat, Military — and with the various new style sleeves, they are all here, and under Our Cost Sale, (‘‘some even a liftle less than cost’’) are now priced as follows: The $ 7.48 Coats......$ 4.98 The $ 8.50 Coats......$ 6.69 The $10.00 Coats......$ 7.98 The $15.00 Coats......$11.48 The $18.50 Coats......$15.95 The $22.50 Coats......$16.50 Real nice Coats carried over from last season and that sold from $10 to $15 your choice 53.98 . These are finest Kerseys, Meltons and Beavers, some with satin lining, are 22 and 24 inches long. When we offer to sell goods at a ridiculous price like this, we state the character of the goods offered. Some of you perhaps have had different experience when priceing elsewhere. Misses’ and Childrens’ Coats It is needless to suggest, to the most parents, that in such weather as this the child’s clothing should receive first con- sideration, the clothing should not alone be priced properly, but they should be of good quality, should be warm, and prop- erly made. Ours at this time meet every essential point to please, and the price, why that will be just what we paid for them. Reefers charmingly trimmed and made. Ages 4 to 14 years, 1.69, 2.19, 2.48, 2,95, 3.75. Of all things, the price will please you most: Misses’ Coats—made in the same smart styles as the ladies—charming num- bers in the new Zibilenes, all shades. Karseys and beaver cloths in black, blue, castor, red and tan, $3.48, $4.69, $5.48, $6.75 and up. Not a price mentioned but will save you from $1.50 to $2.75, You will also find here a line of plush and cloth Capes. Do you want a shawl? We have them from a breakfast shawl 36x40 in. at 27¢ to a shawl 72x144 in. at 3.39 and up. Baby Coats—ages 1 to 4 years in prettiest effects, strictly new and first-class. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawnee coun- ty, Kanzas. Mao Taylor, Plaintiff, vs. W. Taylor, Defendant. No. 22545. To the above named defendant, W. Taylor: You will take notice that you have been sued in the above entitled court by the said plaintiff above named; that the petition therein was filed on the 20th day of November, 1903; that the said suit is for a divorce from you; that you must answer the said petition on or before the 17th day of January, 1904, or the said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered according to the prayer the-e- of divorcing sald plaintiff from you and setting aside and holding fos naught the bonds of matrimony now existing between you, and for costa and all other and proper relief. W. I, JAMISON, Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest: L 8. Curtis, Clerk of the District Court. {Seal.] SPECIAL LAND BUYERS’ EX- CURSIONS ‘Will run to the new lands of Greer County, Oklahoma, and other sections of the great Southwest in November and December, via the ‘Frisco System. Are you looking for rich and fertile farming lands in the Southwest which you can buy for from one-fourth to one-tenth the cost of lands of the East and North? They produca as much acre for acre, Here is a chance to better your condition and add a Ub- eral amount to your pocket book. For fall particulars and special rail- road rates apply at once to R. 8. Lem- on, Secretary ‘Frisco Syatem Immigza- tion Bureau, St. Louis, Mo. The Fur Section There has been marvelous selling here, fully three times as many asin any pre- vious season, we admit, not altogether be- cause of the pricing, but largely also on account of the collarless eoats so much in vogue now. The fur selling here is easy—the differ- ence between the cost buying and the profit paying opens one’s eyes because these sell usually with a good profit—HERE AT ABTOLUTE cost. You should see our new line of Golf Gloves. They are priced at 19¢ and are as durable as any at 35c. The latest foreign glove is a white ground, with unique and dainty colored designs, real rich, 43¢ and 48c, would cost you else- where 65¢ and 75c. New Prttow Tors—those we are offer- ing at 9c each are cute and you'll wonder how it can be. The 21¢ kind are simply exquisite. Yarns! Yarns! Yarns! Some one in our establishment thought we should advance the price of yarns as per our quotations in the beginning of the cost sale. The suggestion would have been Some one in our establishment thought we should advance the price of yarns as per our quotations in the beginning of the cost sale. The suggestion would have been entirely proper were we to remain in busi- ness, as yarns have advanced, but as we are going out of business we are not on the advancing line; just buy your yarns here or price them here. Everything at cost and less—nothing ABOVE COST. Just remember that every- thing in ourestablishment, from a paper of needles to the costliest garment, or silk dress pattern, is now sold at absolute cost, We carry everything that a thorough Dry Goods and Carpet Establishment carries. If you are skeptical it is because you have never dealt with us. In that event, all we ask of you is the favor of an inspection. Our Grand Holiday Bazaar, with all its attractive features, will alone well repay you for the time given up. We will have plenty of extra help. Come, you will be welcome. = : . SEEN Knights and Ladies JSS Zo» Fi SONY : Gy EA a & of Protection ys aM A NAT ONAL FRATERNAL INSURANCES] ey Sf i ats H SOCIETY a shah liie) ——— \ Dare | Issues policies for the sums of $250, =. Chay $500, $1,000, also $75, $100, $150 and $200 Qe for children over 6 years of age. ‘This is Ge the only colored Fraternal Insurance Society in the U.S. Our society is similar in character and management to the KNIGHTS AND LADIES (OF SECURITY, A. 0.U. W., and MODERN WOODMEN. No intelligent Negro should be without (INSURANCE. The protection of our famijies warrants no delay in the matter of insurance. Good agents wanted. For further information write P.C. THOMAS, Nat! Sec.,t Headquarters: 117 West Fifth street, Topeka, Kansas. | issouri 6a eth pacific ee Route THE GREAT eee SOUTHWEST SYSTEM, Traveling the Statesof Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Lolorado,Cansas, and the Indian Territory. Five (5) Daily Passenger Trains are run on thisline n each direction, between Kansas City and St. Louis The Famous HotSprings Of Arkansas | Are reached ONLY by this LINE === DR. J. R. A. CROSSLAND, MISSOURI'S GREAT NEGRO DIPLOMAT AND LEADER | III PLLA PUR Lo Fo Yon PLUBLALALIA BUG AL AL ee : | CROSBY BROG., -:- The Christmas Store! A Our Fine New Basement Bargain Square is the Center of Excitement. i Everything there for HOLIDAY PRESENTS. All over the Store Great Christmas Bargains! A : Note a Few: , 3 —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—-~—-~-—~<ASsestt Sa rele Adee, BE _—_ . . 7 . " Spates <x. Rocking Chairs|Music Cabinets [Christmas Sale of Silks|1adies’ Desks |Morrist== . SSS; Attractive Styles in con-| _. Thtee Special values in Guaranteed Black - Eee: 3 S ES( F —Anything anyone wants| “” y 7 Silks. A Gown or Wais. pattern makes a| New designs in Golden| Golden and Weath zee ea a ¥ FROM $1.35 TO $25 | Veniently arranged Cabinets) handsome present. Oak, Birds Eye Maple, |¢rel Oak and Ma TRYRGETES - er fp n Golden Oak, Mahogany, |of Golden Oak or Mahoga- sine 27-inch Guaranteed Black 8 9c Weathered Oak, all Ma-|2ogony frames, vel- eee » BN GA BF uch wanted Flag seats, | Martin Cabinets from Peas deSoiesseensesesseseesessseeesesees « 98c oughly well made. $39.50. MORRIS {PaMresisaed) ie } OSI i : ; - $1.50 27-inch Guaranteed Blak Rockers line of fi bi ‘ fio HY Spey conn we. Atal s6 to $25. wii Bathe Mt 1.00|85 to $ay.so. [Meret ee SSA moe Bt 7 ce ee SecA | RS Zee os AAG lockers from SEN: Ss 4 oy F M 1 S l Special Holiday Line of new $12.50 to y ™ eee th ; a] $ to $8 ‘0 ancy eta too Ss ones, in attarctive designs— 5 x Ti . Yi 2 33 . BARGAINS at 39¢—See Window. $16.75. - if EB Gunn Sectional éBook Cases MAMre Proved the Best. 2 & @stermoor Mattresses cannot be Lquallec ~ 3 Gunn Sectional éBook Cases MAMre Proved the Best. 2 & @stermoor Mattresses cannot be “qualled. i A SereeroeneencenooesoeseeresseeneenseneeseeeeseeseeeeieeseesesereereseeerneCHieneEseeneeseeseereesees Peeesseteneeeee sess sereereeneeneLeDHeereTrerHesrereeseeres RIL AA LALA RR LAA LA LPAAAR RRR KrRrAAIYLYHY cas Mm « gee va 2 ep veel Deneate abel lp ce aptte se PRS vec UB Bacgs ctlhaeett eStore swae es a veg eS snl cc BEE » pbb OOO SOO OEE TOVOEL ED 8900-0506 00-6666056000-66060-001956006606000500 690006600009 i RB. J. R.A. CROSSLAND, of St. D Joseph, Mo., was born to lead ‘and influence people for the betterment of their condition. The colored people of St. Joseph ougnt to feel proud of such a man who is capable of standing up and demand- ing what is tair and right between man and man without any dictation or braggadocio. He can always be found defending the rights of the people, and especially that class who have not the equal showing with the white man. The Doctor is a South Carolinian by birth; 2 practicing physician and surgeon. He enjoys the distinction of having one ot the best practices of St. Joseph. His business runs up into the thousands annually. He has one of the best equipped offices to be found any- where. His operating chair is mod- ern and is equipped with all the latest appliances of surgery Hig business requires a stenograph- er and clerk, who is kept busy from morning until night. He has a wife and one son to make life happy for lim. Mrs. Crossland is one of the most cultured and refined ladies to be found anywhere; a graduate of Walden university, at Nashville, Tenn., of which college she was sec- retary for years. She is nowa teach- er in the public schools at St, Joseph, and is a christian lady and church worker; takes much pains in looking after the poor and needy. They own a fine residence worth at least $5,00u, which is handsomely furnished. When the Dr. was trav- eling abroad in London, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Spanish possessions, he brought trom these countries over $1,0co worth of fine souvenirs aud ornaments for his wife to use in beautifying their home. He has been selected to welcome the state Teachers Association which meets iu St. Joseph this year. Dr. Crossland is one of the lead- ing politicians of Missouri and the West, and can always be relied upon to do that which is best tor the party. ever being trueto his friends and THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER, TOPEKA,. KANSAS, DECEMBER 25, “Loos, A s Special 25c Sale—Plain and Fancy Ribbons Christmas Ribbons in ail colors-—Taffeta, Satin ‘Taffeta, ete, ‘Turn Firtn Avexve Bow is the latest for the neck. We tie it without extra charge. repulsive to his enemies. If the Negroes of St. Joseph and Missouri would get uncer the wings of Dr. Crossland, he would waft them over over the rugged paths of Negro hatred into the fold of love and unity. ‘The “Colored American in speak- ing of Dr. Crossland says as follows: Hon, J. R. A. Crossland who is shortly to retire from the office of United States Minister to Liberia, paid a visit to Washington, which was partially of an official nature, but more largely to come once more into social contact with his many friends and admirers at the Capital. The Doctor is still a young man, capable, high-spirited and of elevated ideals’ He was born just thirty- cight years ago in the state uf South Carclina. His early education was obtained in the schools of his native city and it was supnlemented by full courses, both acatemic and pro- fessional, He took high rank at each institution which he attended. After serving fora brief period as assistant postmaster in his native state, he was appointed principal of the Palmetto schoo! at Palatka, Fla. His brilliant attainments and sound scholarship as well as his wonderful organizing ialent almost at once tracted the attention of the school authorities, and within a year of his arrival at Palatka, he was made superintendent of the city schools for colored youth at that place. The role of the village school master was, however, a little to the Doctor's taste as a lifewsk. He knew himself capable of a larger growth, and confident that am‘d the scenes of a more rapid and strenuous civilization, and under more gener- ons skies his ambition would find its fuller fruition, he left the enervating if charming climate of the land of flowers and threw down the gauntlet at the feet of fame and fortune, in the city of St. joseph, Mo, Here his professional career began and slowly but surely his skill, his pro- found knowledge of medicine, his Copyright Books 69c, Regular $1.50 Copyright vol- umes—oniy a few to close— such titles as follows: ‘Temporal Power, Marle Corelll. Christmas Greeting, Mane Corellt Mast-r Christian, Marie Corelli. Resurrection, Tolstol, Aluyn, Wilson Dyntén. Souls of lassare, Barr. Maid of Maiden Vane, Barr. Song ata ingle Note, Barr. Paul Kelver, Jerome. Dream of Empire, Venable. DreDale, Harlad. Juletty, McElroy ‘None Hut the Brave, Sears. Cinderella, Crockett. Jord allingham, Bankrupt, by San- Poo competitors retired from the contest almost without striking a blow when his candidacy was announced. His appointment was the very highest possible certificate of honorable living. During the period of his diplomatic service he enjoyed the the most cord:al relations with the al Fa = pa ™ i. Sens . aw Bt i ; 4 oA, Yipee SN Za —C Gar i aw ee ee UZ EES ZS X\ANi8 = See (AZ \\ CVE SSS NS /7f#@7/-” S LE DR. J. R. A. CROSSLAND, 2 ca OT Bit tesa tnx: Cannes snc AG: President and the other officials of the Liberian government, and was upon terms of the very closest official and personal intimacy with all the diplomatic and consular represent- atives accredited to Liberia by the og: Our Glove Certificate Solves the Difficult Question of Sizes and Colors in Glove Giving Buy a certificate, good for any amount fish to pay, and present it as a gift. The ipient will be given gloves of her own choici te value of the certificate, on presentation o ame at our Glove Department, with no | harge. Certificates are nicely gotten up, on aper, and are in every way suitable to us ifts. Special 25¢ Sale—Visin and Fancy Rit n all colors—Taffeta, Satin Taffeta, etc. for the neck. We tie it without extra charre. Buy a certificate, good for any amount you wish to pay, and present it as a gift. The re- cipient will be given gloves of her own choice, to the value of the certificate, on presentation of the same at our Glove Department, with no extra charge. Certificates are nicely gotten up, on good paper, and are in every way suitable to use as gifts. unfailing courtsy and his probity and high personal character won the favor ef the community and their patronage. It is easy to understand how such a man who had so thoroughly acquired the confidence of his fellow citizens, should with or without his consent soon find him- self prominent in political affairs. The party in Missoun has delighted to honor him in every way. In tunicipal, state and national party councils, he has been an important and potential factor, developing in the various campaigns in which his aid has been freely given. an elo- quence of oratory, and lucidity of style equalled only by the cogency of his argument and the ‘ananswer-| able character of his facts. When President Roosevelt came to corsider who should be sent as Minister to Liberia, Dr. Crossland was at once declared the logical candidate for the position. His ga Beautiful Furs. “ae Illustrative cf our good a low priced furs....... F Pi —The Scarf shown in cut, Y Price.........e ee ee ee ee $6.50, i aN, —Fur is Brook Mink, thick, 7 = dark and glossy. eo i bi Very large line of " ali. SCARFS from te pep $1.25 to $50.00. 4957 eae * ® Mat and Belt Pins, beautifully 23c Oxidized and Silver Pins 10c ieijnei and finished. All new and bright. The values we always sell at 25c—as Holiday Specials, this week at above price. An Interesting Sketch of the Life and History of the Most Remark- able Man-in all Mis- souri He is an Vntir- ing Worker for His Race and is Fearless and Brave. POOPLOOE OOD OER OTLOODEELE OES OO LONE ED ODODE HOPI EEO) HOEOOED SSOP EDOTOD FOFOOOOHOER | other great countries of the world. |justifiable that-it refused point blank { was highly complimented for the ver -| Exceptional courtesies were always|to withdraw his exequator, which, as| efficient eervice'he rendered the cit extended to him at every public and|is well known, is a government ex-| while serving in the capacity of on | private function, not only on account| Pression of its satisfaction with the|of ite Lealth officers by the officials « of his high mission, but as well be-/ Personal acceptability of the repre-| the city of St. Joseph, and surrender cause of his many personal attrac: | S¢ntative of another guvernment sent|ed the position after having serve tions and his wonderful facility in| te it. and whtch is always issued 28a} longer than any of his predecessors making personal friends, and in the Prerequisite to the reception of a for- | with much distinction to himself,cred happier faculty of retaining them.|¢ign minister or consul. His return [it to the city and honor to his people Many distorted and absurd reports] !© this country las been signalized| Dr. Crossland is partial to no ma: e|have reached the United sStates|by the most cordial treatment by the | because of the color of his skin or th at|touching Dr. Crosslaad’s attitude in Staté department, In adiition to his| texture or his hair; he knows meri vn {an un‘ortunate affair in Monrovia| Official reports much valuable inform-|and recognizes worth. To his eter ia[ mien which he was connected. The|#tion has been brought by the doctor |nal credit be it said that he was neve st| Colored American has had access i cane political and social condi-/known to smoke, drink or gamble [all the correspondence touching the} tions in the Liberian republic, and) We hold that he is a man—ever ig'matter. His conduct in the asia officials of the State department inch of him, and we have nothing bu re) Was only such as a gentleman, a dip- have been much impressed by them;| admiration for those aggressive qual {iomat, aad a man of honor should |% much that the Doctor has been in | ities which he so amply possesses an have exhibited. Indeed, the D rctor’s forbearance and spirit of forgiveness excites our surprise and admiration. So convinced was the Liberian government that Dr. Crossland’s con- duct was in self-defense and perfectly a NARMS 000000000 060000000000000000 was highly complimented for the very efficient service'he rendered the city while serving in the capacity ofone of ite Lealth officers by the officials of the city of St. Joseph, and surrender- ed the position after having served: longer than any of his predecessors, ‘with much distinction to himself,cred- it to the city and honor to his people. Dr. Crossland is partial to no man Bastar of the color of his skin or the texture ot his hair; be knows merit and recognizes worth. To his eter- nal credit be it said that he was never known to smoke, drink or gamble. We hold that he is a man—every inch of him, and we have nothing but admiration for those aggressive qual- ities which he so amply possesses and by the assertion ot which he has placed himself in tue position where he is recognized as the political lead- er of the Negroes in St. Joseph and without doubt the shrewdest and most influential Negro politician in Mia- souri. His political career has been marked by barriers and opposition, but Dr. Crossland has gone stead- fastly on until he sces the attainment of his objects in the dawn of 2 not far distant day. He is a brilliant speaker and his work in past cam- paigns, his forcible oratory bristling with facts, logic and unanswerable jargumetite have placed him in the front ranks of ttissouri’s moat honor- fe and most effective political ora- tors. To a marked degree Dr. Crossland possesses the traits of a successful general. He isan uncompromising | party worker, cool and collected when in a political contest, conserv- | ative to that degree that it cannot be said that he is radical, but possesses that tenacity of purpose that renders him a dangerous political foe. He can spare from annihilation his am- bitious inferiors but has yet to show mercy to persistent enemy. Beit never said of ‘him that he hesitates to reward his friends, for that has been one of the great measures of his | remarkable success. | Dr. Crossland is senior warden ot! Wilkerson Lodge, No. 26, of St. Jo- |seph, and is a 33 degree Mason. justifiable that-it refused point blank to withdraw his exequator, which, as is well known, is a government ex- Pression of its satisfaction with the personal acceptability of the repre- sentative of another government sent to it. and which is always issued asa Prerequisite to the reception of a for- eign minister or consul. His return hs this country las beeu signalized by the most cordial treatment by the ‘Staté department. In adiition to his official reports much valuable inform- ation has been brought by the doctor touching political and social condi- tions in the Liberian republic, and the officials of the State department have been much impressed by them; #0 much that the Doctor has been in = exonerated from any blame in his matter, and inform. d that he will be continued as mini-ter and on leave until far into the month of May. Dr. Crossland continues to stand high also both with the President and his admirers, constitutionaland political, and his political future is even now practically a matter for his own decision, This is as it should be. The race can not afford to forego the services of such well equipped lead- ers as Dr. Crossland, and it wil! not permit them to leave its service es- pecially at a time when great priuci- ples are to be maintained and the malevolent forces of the race's ene- mies are in battle array against us. In every position occupied by Dr. Crossland he has done his full duty. No other race leader of his age has received such prominent and flatter: 1ng recognition of capacity aa has he. May good luck attend him, whether he resumes his place in professional tanks or conclude t+ occupy a stil larger space in his country’s service The following from the St. Josepk Radical was written before Dr. Cross land was sent abroad, and is 2 mag nificent compliment to a worthy gen | leman: A greater honor than mere loca success belongs to Dr. Crossland, for without doubt, he is one of the mos successful physicians in the West. Hi served two terms ag aseistant cit; physician, gave general satisfaction ’ SUGGESTIONS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS. PETER H. SHERIFF LUCA8. Hon. W. E. Stern, who succeeded the late Silas Rain on the Board of Commissioners, is one of the best commissioners in Shawnee county. He is a large taxpayer and therefore takes great delight in trying to save money for those who have to support the county and state. While he is filling the unexpired term of Mr. Rain, yet he takes hold as though he had been familiar with the running of the office for years. From the fact of his having been clerk of the district court of this county for years he had the great advantage of being able to take hold of this work rapidly. Mr. Stern is a staunch Republican and will be renominated at the next primary election for the county in 1904. Judge Hazen is serving a 3rd term judge of the district court, will retire in January,1903,after having served as judge of the court for twelve successvie years. He gave the people good service by keeping his docket cleared. By constant work he has always arranged that a case can be reached JUDGE Z. T. HAZEN. within six months at the most. When he entered this office it was with happiness, and his retiring will be remembered with sadness. His devoted wife having recently met death from a gasoline accident. The people of this county are proud of ```markdown ``` W. E. STERN. him and regret to lose this great judge of the courts. J. B. MARHALL. Hon. J. B. Marshall, the famous bandmaster of the "Marshall's Military Band." is now serving his first term as register of deeds of this county. He will be nominated and re-elected in 1904 for the second term. He is a staunch republican and really deserves the position for what he has attained for Topeka through his work. He is honest, upright, and can be relied upon to do what is best for the county. Hon. I. S Curtis, the popular clerk of the district court, will succeed himself at the election in 1904 for his second term in that office which he has filled well and with perfect satisfaction to all who do business in that department. If the present indications keep up he can have that office the third term, as he was almost born in that place. He has served as deputy for a number of years, and is therefore well experienced in that position. He is a staunch friend of the colored people, and is always ready to advance their cause. He is a gentleman who is approachable, kind and obliging. Hon. O.E. Hungate, who is serving the unexpired term of Hon. Galen Nichols, is succeeding in that office to the satisfaction of all concerned and has fully demonstrated his ability as prosecuting attorney in as much as he has never lost a case since he succeeded to that position. He is a young man of legal ability and enjoys a very lucrative practice in civil actions. He will be a candidate for the office of county attorney and will succeed himself at the election in 1904. At the present time it seems that he will have no opposition. He has a man of our race as his prosecuting attorney, who fills that position with dignity and ability, in the person of W. I. Jamison, who stands well at THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER, TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 25, 1903. O. the bar. Captain W. E. McNary, his assistant, is also a man well versed in the law and represents the old soldier element and is filling the position in a satisfactory manner. These two gentlemen will be retained for another term. The people of Shawnee county are proud of their bachelor Probate Judge R. F. Hayden, who is sometimes called Dick. He is a lawyer by profession and one of ability. He is now serving the unexpired PETER H. term of Judge W. Fagan. He was appointed by Governor Bailey who knew the judge from boyhood, having lived in the same county for years He has given the people excellent service, and that department shows that he is worthy of the position he holds. He is fair, honest and just in his deliberations of the property left for distribution among the people for whom it is intended. He will be nominated for first term in 1904 without opposition and will serve the county for two consecutive terms. He is a fine dignified man of strong physical features, and is THE MARTIN MARTIN A. W. DANER. admired by the gentle sex, which we hope will have the desired effect upon him before he serves out this term of office. JUDGE M'CABE. Judge McCabe of the Court of Topeka, is now serving his third term which shows that he is a man of ability along the legal line. He stands well with the people of the county and is impartial in his rulings. His "Temple of Justice" is in the north end on the second floor of the court house where he can always be found measuring out justice. ED GOOD. Ed Good the jovial young clerk of the Court of Topeka is a young man who was elected to that position the first time with many contestants for the same place, but the second and third time he had no opposition; this shows that he gave entire satisfaction, and is well liked by the public who do business with that court. CAPT. J. T. WINTRODE. Capt. Wintrode, the reliable war horse for the Republican party is now serving his first term as marshal of the Court of Topeka and is known by every man, woman and child in Shawnee county. He had filled the position of peace officer before the court was created a number of years. All he has to do is to announce himself as candidate and the people respond to his call. It goes without saying that he gives entire satisfaction to those who do business with him. He will be nominated and elected for second term in 1905. His able deputy Mr. Horace Lamberson is a colored man and fills that office with credit to himself and race. Sheriff Bert Lucas, the present sheriff of Shawnee county, has demonstrated to the public his ability to manage the affairs of his office and cope with the criminal element. He has run down and captured more criminals than any sheriff that has O. E. HUNGATE. preceded him. It will be remembered that he was fought bitterly by an element who said that he would not give satisfaction, and made a bitter fight in the primary and general election. He however succeeded in defeating them at all points in the road. Mr. Lucas has two men of our race, Mr. George Charles and Mr. John Patterson as his assistant deputies. He will be re-nominated in 1904 and re-elected with the other officials. Hon. Frank Bowen, who is now filling his first term of office as county treasurer, has merited that office from the fact that he has been connected with the assessing of taxable property for a number of years. He is well versed in the values of real estate, and knows every piece of property in the county and can describe it when his attention is called to it at any time. Mr. Bowen is a staunch Republican, and has carried out the duties of his position creditably, not only to his party but to the entire population of Shawnee county. He has in his employment two men of the Negro race who are worthy and capable of filling the positions which they are holding, and we commend Mr. Bowen for this recognition of our people. His assistant treasurer, Mr. J. M. Wright, is certainly competent and able to hold this important position. Hon, A. W. Dana of this city is one of the brightest attorneys at the Shawnee bar and is spoken of by his friends as a successor to Hon.Z. T. Hazen for judge of the district court. Mr. Dana is a good lawyer, especially qualified as a judge and would wear that toga with honor and dignity. Mr. Dana is a graduate of Goddard seminary at Barre, Vt., and of Tuft's college, Boston. He spent his early manhood days as a college professor, but he was not satisfied to settle down in that capacity, and turned his attention to law with the same energy and devotion that has THE MASTER characterized him through life, and success crowned his efforts. In 1887 he took Greeley's advice and came West to grow up with the country. He landed in Topeka, and here he has dwelled ever since. Topeka has been good to him and it is not to be wondered at that he likes Topeka. And Topeka will stand by Mr. Dana for judge of the district court of Shawnee county. Shawnee county's three commissioners, S. H. Haines, W. E. Stern and F. W. Harrison are three of the best commissioners Shawnee county ever had. These gentlemen are now taking up some of the outstanding matters pertaining to the interest of the several thousand taxpayers. They are retrenching in every way possible in order to save money for the people who have to support public institutions. They are repairing bridges, etc., notwithstanding the flood damages to F. W. HARRISON. which they contributed several thousand dollars for the maintenance of the distressed, and the furnishing of seeds to farmers to replant their crops, and yet they have saved money. Mr. Haines is serving his second term and is a resident of the North side, and is a retired farmer. He is now devoting his entire time to the upbuilding of the county; is a staunch republican and is gen- THE MISSING MEN OF THE WORLD I. S CURTIS. erous and painstaking. The people of the county are proud of his record. F. W. Harrison, who is serving his first term as county commissioner, resides in the southwestern part of the county. He is one of the first men elected from that section of the county. He is a successful farmer and stock-raiser, a staunch Republican and a man who devotes most of time to the duties of commissioner and is doing much for the advancement of Shawnee's interest. He will be a candidate for re-election in '04, and will succeed himself without opposition. The people are satisfied with his administration and his party will elect him without a struggle. A. NEWMAN. Mr. Newman, commonly known af "Doc," is serving his first term as county clerk and is filling that position to the entire satisfaction of the people of the county. He has succeeded in increasing the funds in the treasury by bringing the rich tax dodgers to time. He is a thorough politician and a very influential Republican in this state. He keeps abreast of the times and always heads the helm in making up the Republican ticket. This honorable sir also furnishes employment for one of our race, in the person of Mr. II. I. Monroe, who is doing his work to the satisfaction of everybody. He knows the office from A to Z. We Do all Kinds of JOB Printing Miss Lena Thompson Miss Lena Thompson of whom Topeka boasts as being one of the most cultured and accomplished young ladies of not only this city, but of the West, was born in Xenia, Ohio. When she was three years of age, she was brought by her parents to Kansas, and has since resided here. She is one of the most industrious young ladies to be found anywhere. Miss Thompson conducts a first-class bakery at her home, which she owns, at 1236 East Fifth street. And we are further convinced of her industry when we remember that this neat home was paid for by the proceeds from her bakery. Her bread, pies and cakes are mostly consumed by the aristocratic people of Topeka. After one tastes of her bread and cakes they will always use her's and no other. Aside from this qual- A MISS LENA THOMPSON. ity, Miss Thompson is one of the finest elocutionists of our race in this state. She has recited several times in private and public gatherings, and once hearing her you are convinced that her rare talent cannot be surpassed taking into consideration the time and opportunity she has had to devote to it. She is tall, graceful and attractive and has all the appearances of a first-class actress. She is pleasant and agreeable and fluent in conversation. The above picture is an exact reproduction of one of her many possings in her eleucutionary recitals. The Plaindealer hopes when the change takes place, she will be a resident of Topeka, still.