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THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. FLOOD-DAMAGED LANDS VOLUME VI. The United States Department of Agriculture Issues an Interesting Document on the Reclamation of Flood-Damaged Lands in the Kansas River Valley by Forest Planting. The flood of 1903 did great damage to much valuable land in the Kansas River Valley. The injured lands may be classed under the four general heads: Lands that were silted but not eroded are not classified as "injured," since it is believed that such lands were benefited rather than injured by the flood. The following recommendations for the treatment of these lands are made with full knowledge of their former great value for agriculture, and with a keen realization of the extent of the damages wrought by the greatest calamity that ever visited this fertile valley. ANDED LANDS. At least 5,000 acres of fertile plowland were buried in coarse sand to such a depth as to be rendered worthless for agriculture for many years to come. This should receive the first attention, for the sands are likely to be shifted by the winds and deposited on land that is now fertile. In order to fix this sand, cottonwood trees should be planted over its entire surface this spring (1904.) The flood of 1903 caused millions of cottonwoods to germinate on fields that were too wet for cultivation. From these natural nurseries may be obtained all the seedlings needed. If the planting is delayed until another year, the seedlings will be too large to plant, and the sand will have blown into ridges, so that the ground will not be in as good condition nor planting as it is now. The cottonwood seedlings on farm lands should be gathered when the ground is plowed for a spring crop. It may be that a boy riding the front of the carriage of a sulky plow can caten and pull out from the loosened soil the best specimens before they are turned under. Otherwise they must be taken from beside or behind the plow. When an armful has been collected, the root of the trees should be buried in the fresh soil for protection until they can be planted. The planting is a very simple process. It may be advantageously performed by a man and a boy working together. The man, drawing a spade into the sand, makes a slit into which, behind the spade, the boy slips a tree the man then withdraws the spade, tramping the soil about the tree as he advances to plant the next one. The trees should be planted about 6 feet apart each way. This distance will require 1,210 trees per acre. The sanded land is already partially stocked in many places with trees from natural seeding, so that a considerable amount of the work of planting will be saved if this growth can be utilized. But to do this planting must begin at once, because the irregular and scattered nature of the stand will cause such naturally planted trees to be branchy if left in their present density, rendering the future growth almost worthless. Close planting will cause the young trees to form clean, straight boles After the plantation has grown six or eight years, it should be thinned by removing about half the stand. A second thinning at the end of 12 to 15 years should remove about half of the remainder of the trees. At the end of 20 years the majority of the trees remaining may be cut out for sawlogs. ERODED LANDS. The eroded lands from which the fertile soil has been partially removed may be profitably planted to black walnut or hardy catalpa. If the plantation is to be made of catalpa alone, the work of planting should begin immediately. For this purpose one-year old seedlings should be purchased from a nursery. The trees sould be planted from 4 by 8 to 4 by 6 feet apart. This rate of planting will require from 1,360 to 1,815 trees per acre. The catalpa after planting will need as good cultivation as is usually given to a corn crop. For the first two or three years the young trees must be kept free from weeds. The catalpa may also be planted on sanded land, provided the sand is not over two feet in depth. This tree requires a rich soil, but its roots which at maturity reach down to a depth of 4 or 5 feet, will quickly penetrate a foot or two of sand. If the walnut is desirable it will probably be more profitable to plant it in mixture rather than in pure plantations. The walnut grows so slowly that the planter would have to wait too long for returns. If planted in mixture with such a rapid growing species of the catalpa, the walnut seeds should be planted in the permanent sites two or three years prior to the introduction of the catalpa. This will give the walnut seedlings time to gain sufficient height to avoid being overtopped by the more rapidly growing catalpa. The catalpa makes its most rapid growth during the first ten years of its life, and matures early, while the walnut persists in its growth for a century or more. The Kansas River Bottoms are exceedingly well adapted to the growth of walnut, and for a permanent forest growth there is no better species. Like the catalpa it requires a fertile soil, and will probably give poor returns on lands covered with more than 2 feet of sand. LANDS ERODED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SILVER Much land in the Kansas River Valley had the surface soil removed for several feet in depth, and was then covered with silt from a few inches to a foot deep. Where this land lies so low that it is likely to be submerged at every future freshet, the best way to manage it is to let it grow up to willows and cottonwoods. The trees will collect the silt at each rise in the river, and will assist in building the soil up to its former level. Where the land is not so low as to be liable to inundation oftener than once in four or five years, such rich silted flats may be profitably planted with hardy catalpa. At many places along the stream the flood has left perpendicular banks of soft soil that are being constantly undermined by the current, causing the land to cave into the river from time to time. It is very important that such places be protected, for every such caving bank is a menace to all the land lying back of it in the valley. In such a valley where the bed of the stream does not come within scores of feet of bed rock, the use of stone structures for protecting the river banks is very expensive, and at the same time ineffective. The most successful method of protecting a soft, alluvial river bank is to make it sloping instead of perpendicular, and to keep it covered with vegetation. The willow is admirably adapted to holding alluvial soil in place. It is far more serviceable for this purpose than walls of masonry and the facility with which it reproduces itself by seed, suckers, sprouts, and cuttings, both natural and artificial, makes its use very simple and inexpensive. The great difficulty with planting any sort of tree on perpendicular banks is that the caving of the soil is so rapid that the planted tree has no opportunity to get a start before it is undermined and precipitated into the river. An excellent scheme has been proposed by Mr. E. Bayles, of Linwood, Kan. The plan is as follows: Green willow poles 18 to 20 feet long are secured in the spring, just after the ice goes out of the stream. These poles are laid on the ground near the bank 2 feet apart with their butts all pointing towards the river. Woven fence wire is then stretched along over the poles and stapled fast to each one. Sections of wire about 100 feet long can be handled to best advantage. After the wire has been securely fastened to the poles, they are all pushed over the bank together, so that the butts TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1904. DR. CRVM SHOULD BE CONFIRMED! The Presidednt Should Call an Extra Session and Bring the Tillmanites to Time. We hope President Roosevelt will call a special session of the Senate to confirm W. D. Crum, collector of the port of Charleston, South Carolina, and show those weak-kneed Tillman Republicans how to do their duty. Had Crum been white he would have been confirmed long ago. There is a class of so-called Republicans that are not worth a tinker. NICK CHILES. of the poles will fall and sink into the soft mud at the water's edge. As the bank caves off some of the falling soil will lodge on the wire, partially burying and weighting down the poles, which will consequently strike root and grow. The wire will serve to hold the mass of willows together until they have become firmly rooted. The ends of the woven wire should be made fast to wire cables running back over the bank some distance, and fastened to posts set firmly in the ground. The caving and erosion of the bank will soon round off its top corners, and the growing willows at the water's edge will catch the soil as it rolls down the declivity, causing a bank to form of just the right slope to resist erosion most effectively. IMPORTANCE OF BEGINNING NOW. It is urgently recommended that landholders begin operations at once for the reclamation of their injured lands. If these lands are planted to forest trees, in twenty years' time the soil will have been restored to its former sate of fertility. During this time the growing trees will be accumulating a valuable product, for which there is every prospect of a good market. Prof. Chas. E. Bessey, of the University of Nebraska, maintains that even for fuel the growth of cottonwood timber is a very remunerative business, since the cottonwood is capable of producing more heat units per acre per annum than any other tree adapted to the Middle West. The cottonwood makes good for dimension stuff, and will attain a size large enough for sawlogs in twenty years. The hardy catalpa on rich soil will produce more fence posts per acre in a shorter time than any other species. Some catalpa plantations in Kansas have paid 6 per cent compound int- DR. CRVM The Presidency Session We hope Pres Senate to confirm ton, South Car Republicans how would have been Republicans that erect on the land and labor invested, and $10 an acre per annum net profit for a period of twenty years. This is a much greater income than the average returns from agriculture. With such prospects in view the owner of Kansas River Valley lands needs not feel discouraged, even though his valuable farm lands have been been rendered temporarily worth- less for agriculture. GEORGE L. CLOTHIER, Field Assistant, Bureau of Forestry. Approved: JAMES WILSON, Secretary. Washington, D. C., March 10, 1904. A GIFT WORTH GIVING. If those who wish a fine lithographs of Pres. Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington dining together, or a group of Abraham Lincoln, Fred'k Douglass and Booker T. Washington or a lithograph of Lincoln, Douglass or Washington will send one dollar to this paper or pay our agents, Mrs. Carrie Hughes. J. B. Bass, Arthur Harris or Percy Lewis, we will mail them their choice of either of the above. This is a standing offer for the next 60 days and anybody can avail themselves of the oppor.unity of getting one of these lithographs which retail for-50 cents. This is a great offer—THE PLAINDEALER and a 50-cent picture for one year's subscript. CHILES HEARS FROM HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS X! Pope Would Have Better Treatment for Negroes. THANKS NEGRO EDITORS. His Holiness Expresses His Views in a Strong Letter Which the "Plain-dealer" Manager Has Just Received. The Pope's plea for justice to the Negroes: "Whilst frankly admitting that crimes may often be committed by members of the Negro race, His Holiness advocates for them the justice granted to other men by the laws of the land and a treatment in keeping with the tenets of Christianity." We are pleased to announce to the members of the Western Negro Press Association that we have received an answer to our resolutions forwarded to His Holiness Pius X at Rome through United States Senator J. R. Burton and His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, representative of the Vatican at Baltimore, Md., who forwarded the answer to your president through the Rev. Father Hayden, of the Church of the Assumption at Topeka. This is one of the greatest docu- M SHOULD BE CONFIDENT Sidednt Should Call a ton and Bring the Till ites to Time. President Roosevelt will call a special from W. D. Crum, collector of the po- carolina, and show those weak- hew to do their duty. Had Crum be in confirmed long ago. There is a cl at are not worth a tinker. ments touching the Negro question that has been received since agitation of the abolition of slavery. The letter is written in a beautiful hand very concise and covers every question that was asked in the resolution. The members of the Western Negro Press Association are under many obligations to Senator J. R. Burton and His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons and R. Card. Merry Del Val, private secretary of the Pope for the manly and Christian manifestation they have taken in this matter in bringing it before His Holiness Pius X at the Vatican in Rome. The sympathy expressed by the Pope shows that he is deeply interested in the outrages that are being perpetrated upon our race in this country and that the Protestants who teach Christianity should use their best efforts to stop these outrages. His reference to Saint Peter Claver who was a colored missionary of the Catholic church and representative of the Pope some years ago shows that he has great faith in all races, and especially the extension of his Christian love for all races without exception. This letter has accomplished much good and we shall furnish each Priest in the United States with a copy of the same, asking them to follow the instruction of the Pope touching the Negro question and the tenets of Christianity. We think the Protestants of this country have much to learn from this letter as the Catholics have always been friendly toward the Negro. Let every Negro in this country send praises to Pope Pius X and ask every Priest to use their good officers in bringing about the desired result as set forth in the Pope's letter. At the meeting of our Association next August, we will pass resolutions returning thanks to His Holiness for his kindly manifestations and Christian expression on the rights of all mankind in this country. We know the expression will have its effect and it is now left to the Negro to follow up this in a Christian, manly and courageous way. While the Pope expresses confidence in the sentiments of a great majority of the American people who have the custody and keeping of the laws as outlined in the Constitution, yet a small minority in the Southern states of this country don't live up to them and they carry out that portion which the Constitution never intended and that is the disfranchising and outraging colored people. We have the confidence and pleasure of one thing in the Pope's letter, that is he will urge all Catholics to be friendly to the Negro. We know he means what he says and we believe the Catholics will carry out what he saves in this matter as all Catholics are devoted to their Christian doctrine. Hypocracy and deceit is unknown, which cannot be said in defense of the Protestants. THE RESOLUTION. Resolved; That we express our profound sorrow upon the death of Pope Leo XIII, who was a friend to common humanity, and who expressed strong sentiments against wholesale lynchings in America before his death and congratulate the Catholics upon the election of Pope Pius X as his successor, since he is a man who has risen from the common walks of life to occupy the most exalted station in the religious world. Since there are so many Catholics among the Negroes of the United States, who in common with others of their race, are subjected to unparalled outrages upon the slightest provocation, involving the innocent as well as the guilty, we urge his holiness to use his good offices among the Catholics of this country to preserve friendly relations between the races and to break down the UNFIRMED! an Extra Tillman- special session of the port of Charles- k-need Tillman been white he class of so-called NICK CHILES. spirit of unfairness so prevalent in labor unions, composed in a great measure of Catholics, which in many instances deprive the Negro of the opportunity to earn an honest living for his family. In view of the fact that the Protestant church in America, excepting in a few rare individual instances, seems to be deaf to our appeals and seems inclined to remain silent if not actually acquiescent in the terrible outrage upon us, we request Senator Burton of Kansas to present this resolution to the representative of the Pope at Washington, for transmission to his holiness at the Vatican. THE POPE'S VIEWS. The reply, in the handwriting of the Pope's secretary reads as follows: To Mr. Nick Chiles, President of the Western Negro Press association: Sir. His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, has transmitted to me for presentation to His Holiness a copy of a resolution passed by your Western Negro Press association (August 6, 1903, at Colorado Springs, Colo., U. S. A.) and which you have forwarded through your senior Senator, J. R. Burton of Kanaas. I have much pleasure in assuring you that His Holiness has read the resolution with interest and sympathy, and I am commissioned to thank you and all your associates very cordially in his name. The Sovereign Pontiff is well aware that that there are many Catholics among the Negroes of the United States, and this knowledge increases his interest in the welfare of your race. His Holiness, as the Vicar of Christ, extends his loving care to every race without exception, and he must necessarily use his good offices to urge all Catholics to befriend the Negroes who are called, no less than other men, to share in all the great benefits of the Redemption. The life and example of Saint Peter Claver and of so many other Catholic missionaries are there to Continued on Page Two. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING The following is from the Saint Joseph (Mo.) News and Press, one of the staugchest Democratic papers in that state. The News says: "Southern representatives in congress continue to empty the vials of their wrath upon the devoted head of President Roosevelt, bezause upon a certain occasion he chanced, in the haste of business, to order a few edibles sent to his office and invited a man a few shades darker than the average to share his repast while they continued to talk of matters of importance. If the President had shot the Negro, or helped pull on a rope to hang him, or lit the pyre that was to cremate him alive, these Southerners might have been willing to forgive and forget, but to eat with him—that is a sin unpardonable. "Now comes Congressman Scott of Kansas who on his word of honor as a congressman deposeth and saith that one Grover Cleveland likewise invited Negroes to the White House, and in divers and sundry other ways, contrary to the code, did, with malice aforethought, pave the way for the tabooed miscegenation that hangs like a funnel shaped cloud over the Southern horizon. While Tom Watson, Populist-Democrat, author and congressman, having found for once where he is at, avows that Cleveland prevaricates when he denies the charges, quoting page and paragraph to show when and where Cleveland did sign a bill merging the white and colored schools of New York. From the files of the Washington Post and from contemporary correspondence, Watson likewise shows that not once or twice but many times Frederick Douglass and other Negroes were invited guests at the White House during Mr. Cleveland's occupancy and that Douglass and his wife were there to lend color to the reception of the President's bride. To all of this and these the ex-President makes most vigorous and strenuous denial. There remains, therefore, a question of veracity. "What is it all about at any rate? Does some deadly microbe lurk in bread and butter, soup and meat, chained fast if the food is cooked by a Negro and eaten by a white man, but released to prey upon humanity when partaken by both? Is the constitution endangered when a white man and a Negro break bread from the same loaf? Judging from the noise made something dire and awful must portend—and it must be something new, too, for our fathers knew nothing of such a danger. Thomas Jefferson, the patron saint of Democrats, knew nothing of any such restriction on his individual liberty, and certainly the white father of Frederick Douglass recognized none such. There once was a time when there was danger of miscegenation in the South. Perhaps it still exists, but its lurking place is not the dinner table. The very large number of mulattoes in the South is proof positive of a crime against nature infinitely worse than breaking bread. Against that crime, of which neither Cleveland nor Roosevelt are guilty, the South may well be on its guard, for it is miscegenation of the vilest possible sort. If that crime is stamped out, the dinner tables of all men may safely be left free to offer hospitality to all who are worthy regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude." Washington's Appeal. To the colored people in the South; The problem of proper school facilities for our children is of gravest importance to us as a race. The thinking people of New York and of Massachusetts feel that a ten month's school session is necessary to fit their children for life, and a generous public school system answers this demand. How much less can we afford to give our children? The object of this appeal is to force from colored fathers and mothers, from colored men and women who feel and think, a prompt and effective answer to this vital question. The great majority of our people must depend upon the public schools for all the education they will receive. Not more than one per cent of the NUMBER 17. A Saint Joseph, Mo. Democratic Paper Hits the Southerners a Solar Plexus Blow Booker T. Washington Writes Commendable Letter to the Negroes of the South. colored children of school age will enter a private or an endowed school, and upon the public school rests the burden of educating the remaining ninety-nine per cent, if indeed, they receive any education. It is evident that our progress in the industries, in business, in college and industrial school, as in morality and religion, will be based upon the foundation work done in the public schools. To fail here, then, to neglect our youth in the most formative period of their lives, is to do them irremediable harm. To speak more definitely, I find that after careful investigation the Negro children in the ex-slave states are in school on an average of 107 days in the year, and that only one-third of the children of school age are in school; that in North Carolina, for example, the average school term is only 68 days, and that only 22.5 per cent of the Negro children attend school at all. I find that in thirteen of the former slave states, 90 per cent of the Negro children of school age did not attend any school for as much as six months during the year 1900, taking that year as an example. It requires no argument, then, to prove that if these conditions control, we shall continue to be classed as an ignorant, illiterate people. With these facts before us, the main question then is, What shall be done? The first answer is that we pay our taxes, and thereby aid the state in supporting the public schools. Because of their poverty, and perhaps, in some cases, their indifference, the states are not supporting an effective school system for our people, especially in the smaller towns and rural districts. The system is but little better for white children outside of the large cities. More fault-finding with public officials will not educate our children. In the present condition of the public schools, I would urge with all the earnestness I can summon, that our ministers, teachers, business men, leaders, parents and newspapers insist that our people shall 1. Go before the public school authorities and ask for better school facilities. 2. See that all taxes, especially the poll taxes, which go directly in most states into the school fund, are promptly paid. 3. Co-operate in every way possible with the public school officials, and raise money by private taxation or other methods to supplement the present school funds until the school terms are extended to at least eight months. Unless the child is kept in school for at least seven or eight months in the year, we can not expect him to be educated. A three months school means practically no school. 4. In connection with the school term of proper length, erect a good, comfortable school house and properly furnish it. Some of the schools to be found in the rural districts are not fit for any child to spend a day in. In conclusion I would repeat that in the present important period in our growth as a people, immediate attention to the public schools is fundamental. If each community will do its full duty, the whole rate will be lifted and strengthened, and a general quickening will be evident everywhere. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Tuskegee, Ala., April 25, 1904. a a Es, — = 88: SU gee Sel CSR as ES - Ses | ES a a = ae . * 2 © * 7 ’ 7 = E 3 * , . < —_—_—_——X—““—_—x&K——_—_—_—_—_—SESES_=>=E~>~>~__E_—_—E—DAA2»_2]] —=—=_£_&_ ——_—_—X_—~x«"_—_—__— ‘ CVopeka Plaindealer. | _stzwzcatuouicemence. |CHILES HEARS FROM||3in. 1s 2. Jorden, $08 Westerm| — OLATHE PICKINGS. _|geeeeesenseneesoonoossesos We attended the confirmation] ES HOLINESS POPE |#’mus: Monday night, May 2. All) tzs, Eliza Clark who has been = services at the Catholic church ofthe members are requested to be| V:-iting her aunt at Holden, Mo. lwhlished at Topeka, Shawnee county, Kas. every PIUS X! 1B 5 ’ /. i " Sunday evening and were much present, has returned home, accompanied Fesdey morning by 4 ae * * oy gratified to find several young 7 . Mrs. Emma Gaines, the Grand by her aunt, THE PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. -o1oreq boys and girls among the Continsed From First Fage. High Priestess, will visit Macedonia J a aioe a . ie Ries Sere Se number confirmed. This church |{ ~~ | Tabernacle, No. 93, the first Thurs-| _N- Locke made a flying tripto One-way—$25, eee ae cas ———— is one of the largest, in membership ow are ise nomen conscpticn day in May. All of the members are| Kansas City last Saturday, pel MICK CLES, - = Bewoass Navacrz|in Topeka, and has a sckool in|of the Apostolate en! to the | requested to be present on that atter-] Rey. W. S, Blake of Emporia, . Tickets on sale Im cumupers, - - - tence] connection to which colored Catho-|Church of Chriet, noon, passed through here Setarday Round Trip—$45, April 23 to May | lic children are admitted. Whilst frankly admitting that! There will be a grand entertain-|en route to his home. I, 1904, inclusive. semscurment are The Rev. Father Hayden who is|crimes may often be committed by| ment given at the U. K. T. hall, 508 Gectente “Ad * Ope yearby mathnsesenessneseeneennen$t.coin cbarge of this church and school| members of the Negro Race, His] w, B street, Saturday night, May 7,| Mts. Gertrude Adams was Diverse Routes, If desired the round-trip Ste monty by bal vvesreonernoeeeoes 78618 one Of the most devout Christian] Holiness advocates for them the/by Macedonia Tabernacle, No. 93. Called to Kansas City last Friday|/$ — si-uets will be issued going and returning via different Haree mows by mahewreeeewrereereevoee-396l centlemen to be found anywhere. justice granted to other men by the| All are cordially invited. Admizsion|om account of the serious illmess|$ routes Liberal sto ovee selvil ded ‘ ————_.__~ |He treasures no prejudice and has/laws of the land and a treatment in}19 cents. of her mother, who underwent|$ P- P 2 leges oe led. ‘ Estered atthe posofice 211 Topeka as second | much sympathy for the colored|keeping with the tenents of Chris- —— a surgical operation. 3 Personally conducted excursions three times a week. Ch mal mane people for the reason that they have|tianity. FT. SCOTT, KANS. A.W. Harris who has been Fast trains, irreproachable meal service. Yourchance | —_ not had the same opportunities that] I am confident that these senti- : » ae Tae th vee to visit California economically and comfortably, and | FRIDAY, APRIL, 29, 1904.}the Anglo Saxon race enjoys, and)ments are shared by the vast| Mrs, Wilson and son, Robert, |Iaboring here for the past week under pleasant conditions. Free descriptive literature | $$ has to contend with strong oppo-|majority of the great American|of Iowa, are visiting in the city, |succecded in setting up a council and full particulars by applying to WHAT WE WANT tion We recommend our people|people and by those who are re-|guests of Mrs. Larue. of the Knights and Ladies of TO KXow.| ® the Catholic charch where nojsponsible for the custody of the} The Beethoven club met last]Protection Tuesday night. He|g T. L. KING, Ticker Acest, ‘ In almost every community in this broad land can be found some of our people who, ina quiet way, are solving the race problem. They are proving to the world that all there is to the race question is the evolution of the individual. Among the thousands of readers of Tue PLAINDEALER will be found many who go through life without noise, but enjoy the full confi- dence and respect of their neighbors. YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. And we want to know the secret of your success. Will you tell it to Tne PLAInDEAaLer’s readers in a short story of a hun- dred words? The world knows that the greatest work is done in a quiet way. The journals of our race are ever and anon tell- ing the story of what some gteat Negro or white man says or achieves. ‘WE WANT NOW TO TELL THE STORY OF THE LOWLY. If you know the story of a Negro who 1s doing something in a quiet way, write about it and send itin. We promise you space on the front page. THE PLAINDEALER'S WORK Of lifting the race's standard higher will not be omitted. This is but the beginning of the new features we shall add from time totime. We are offering some handsome prizes in the way of Pictures of Professor Booker T. Washington, Hon. Frederick ~ «tass and President Roose- Dou, - ~sugwals and uew sub- yelt to ali. 2 eu get one. scribers. See that _ megitte Then read Tue Pray 7” close, and write us where ito." be improved. We WANT IDEAS; and yours are as good as = others. ‘Tue PLAINDEALER COMPANY. THE UPBUILDING OF A RACE Hon. William T. Vernon of the West has written a bor” about the race. Itis 2 - lation of speeches .* COMPH faiverea__ 2 0S termes a ag One vi the most dis- tin’ jaished Negro scholars, edu- ‘cators and orators in the West. In his efforts in a new line, Mr. Vernon ‘has not disappointed his many friends and admirers. We regret inability to present a re- view of Mr. Vernon’s book such as it justifies atthistime. There is much in this collection o! speeches worthy a careful read. ing by a public well supplie: with good literature. ‘The Kink that Won't Come Back, da! You can make your hair justas| straight and smooth as you want to/ins by using the Original Ozonized Ox} Na Marrow, and the kink that was there] before will not come back. The ° Osonized Ox Marrow also keeps the] hair from falling out, cures dandraff| Sa; and makes the hairgrow. It never| cit: fails, One bottledoesit. Sold over] | forty years to ladies of refinement all | sic over the country, giving perfect sat-| En infection, Send us 50 cents and we} be! ‘will chip you « bottle expresspaid.| | Addrest Ozonized Ox Marrow Co, | vis 16 Wadeyh arenes, Chicago, Tl, De Dbsetion Vic... eR enti eihee ea AT THE CATUOLIC CHURCH. We attended the confirmation services at the Catholic church. Sunday evening and were much gratified to find several young colored boys and girls among the number confirmed. This church is one of the largest, in membership in Topeka, and bas a sckool in connection to which colured Catho- lic children are admitted. ‘The Rev. Father Hayden who is in barge of this church and school is one of the most devout Christian gentlemen to be found anywhere. He treasures no prejudice and has much sympathy for the colored people for the reason that they have not had the same opportunities that the Anglo Saxon race enjoys, and has to contend with strong oppo- sition We recommend our people © the Catholic charch where no listinction ismade on the account of color and all membcraare welcome on equal basis, but we do object to colored people having themselves set aside as missions by aristocratic shite churches to be looked upon as subjects of charity. If the colored people are going to join churches other than where the white man predominates, they cught to insist on being with and among them in their devotional caercises,and not be put off in some corner as an object of charity to be supported as inis- sionaries in China or some other foreign country. Rev. Father Hayden says that the qualifications of a person is not the color. Bury a white person and a black person and after several days open the grave and you would not be able to tell one from the other. In father Hayden the people have afair minded Christian gentleman, and humanity a staunch friend. NOTICE. To the citizens of Topeka: ‘We have discontinued our Burial association. as we find it impossible to run it under the present circum- stances. Wehave about500 members 100 of whom are paid up; and to those who are paid up for six months ora year, if they will call at our office their money will be refunded, We appreciate those who have tried to help us make the association a success, but having tried for six months to put the establishment on afirm basis, and having failed, we decide the best movement for us and those concerned is to discontinue the association, It will be impossible to try to run it without the assessment plan and under the present circum stances it will be imposing on the od people who have helped us to Fring the association up to this point to continue otherwise. So many of our people seem to think thst the dime for initiation fee is all they have to pay; we have difficulty in having them understand that it takes money to run any business; this being true, we do not wish to impose upon them, hence discontinue the organization, Very truly, Sroxesrreet & Hawitton. AOTICE, A | The anpual election of the stock] holders of the Topeka and Indian| Territory Land, Coal and Develop-| ment company will be held at their office, 112 E. Seventh street, Thurs- | day, Bisy 26, 1904, at 8 p.m. All 1 eholders are hereby notified to * esers* J persen or send a repre- vertative nus DOMer 10 CASE a Vote for eleven directCts- or elev Nick Cares, Pres, J. H, Cuipeas, Sec’y. ———__ WH, E. 7 0” a Dp nn AGRO, M.D. | AAYSICIXY xp SuRGEON | “Doce 404 Kansas Ave. "* EEL. sis IND. ‘TOPEKA, KANSAS LZL. 916 IND, TOPEKA, KANSAS ———————— ROOM & BOARD. Mrs. Ruth Stewart is now prepared to furnish board and lodging for transients, orbytheweek. Nicely fur- nished rooms. Everything first-class and up-to-date. 1303 Kansas Ave., :: TOPEKA. MUSKOGEE, I. T. Quarterly meeting was held at the A. M. E. church Sunday by Presiding Elder T.H.Tyson, and at the M. E. church by Presiding Elder A. J. McAlester. Both churches were well attended all day and large collections lifted. Dr. J. B. Hill who bas been instractor of the business course, Nashville, Teno., is in the city in the interest of his present pro- fession. Prof. C. A. Biggers addressed the Tallequab high school last Saturday night, returning to the city Sunday evening. Mrs. N. C. Johnson is on the sick list, and her mother, Mrs. Embry, who has been visiting her, has returned to Ft. Smith, Mrs. Burnside, who bas been visiting relatives and friends“:in Deniooe Tanne, fe beaten, CHILES HEARS FROM HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS X! So Continded From First Fage. Le show that this is no new conception of the Apostolate entrusted to the Church of Christ. Whilst frankly admitting that crimes may often be committed by members of the Negro Race, His Holiness advocates for them the justice granted to other men by the laws of the land and a treatment in keeping with the tenents of Chris- tianity. I am confident that these senti. ‘ments are shared by the vast majority of the great Americar people and by those who are re jsponsible for the custoly of the principles underlying the Americar Constitution. R. Carp. Merry Det Var. March 20, 1904. Deaths and Funerals} eciaciaaim esis e acct wucmm tibetan Wm. C. Fisher died at his home East of the city Tuesday evening. His remains were interred in Mount Calvery cemetery, near Tecumseh. Mrs. Mary Wadlington, of 321 Madison street died at Keith’s hos- pital Tuesday evcning of blood poisoning. Horace Clark Thomas, an old soldier died Monday at Keith's hospital. He was a member of Fort Pillow post. Thus one by one our nation's noble defenders are passing. Earl L., son of Wm, Core, died Sunday night, aged one year and six months and was buried in Richey’s cemetery. This is the second son of this family to die in the past month, James Waters, one of the oldest cooks on the Rock Island who died at Davenport, Is., last week from injuries sustained in aa accident, was interred in the Topeka cemetery Monday. His wife Lula Farrer Waters accompanied the remains. WESTERN TUSKEGEE NOTES. The Girls' Declawation Contest at Shiloh Baptist church Friday even- ing was quite a success, About a half dozen contestants participated, and a large, appreciative audience was present. The S. G. Stewart gold medal—the first prize—was won by Miss Birdie Atkinson of Hill City, representing the Western Tuskegee. The John M, Wright medal—second prize—was won by Mise Audrey Mo- tin, representing St. Jobn's A. M. E. church, Miss Pearl Thompson of C. M. E. church deserves special mention. The contest was in charge of the Western Tuskegee, and special musicewas furnished by the cadets and young lady students of the ineti- tute, These contests are growing more popular, as is evidenced by the increasing interest, and are pro» ducing wonderful results and * ing lofty ideals in the™ - orn colored citizens of » tds of th Meee we al depart - Wasson of the musi fe de ~ent of the Western Tuske "eserves much credit for th singing of the institute chorus Frids -\evening. Mrs. Fannie E. Motin, i strastor in Elocution, has the hon ‘lof having five out of six prizes, i i\cluding four gcld medals given both the girls’ and the boys’ declar ation contests this year, won by at S | dents uuder her instruction, =| Miss Mary Jamison, Mr. Willis ), | Crutcher and Dr. 0. A. Taylor we the judges of the contest Friday ¢ ening. Little J.V.Wright is ill with measles and lung fever. Bessie Browp visited friends in Lawrence last Thursday. Edward Taylor was visiting én the city this week. Floyd Polk spent Saturday ‘in the city. : Rufos Albritan died Monday ‘morning at o'clock and wat buried Wednesday afternoon. Hattie Wright spent Sunday with home folks. Dollie Porter ‘feturned ‘from Lawrence this week. Albert Aibritun of Kansas City attended his brother's funeral. Roger Fox atid wife.of Wich- ita are visiting in the city. Wot'Ysa TOPsrs ‘The Twelve Star clab met with Mrs, Ids M. Jordan Monday night! April 2b, and was royally entertained. ‘The visitors wee Rev. M. Williams, a Ella Cornish, Rosa Wil Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western avenue, Monday night, May 2. All of the members are requested to be present, Mrs. Emma Gaines, the Grand High Priestess, will visit Macedonia Tabernacle, No. 93, the first Thurs- day in May. All of the members are requested to be present on that after. noon, There will be a grand entertain. ment given at the U. K. T. hall, 508 W. B street, Saturday night, May 7 by Macedonia Tebernacle, No. 93 Allare cordially invited. Admission 10 cents. fT. SCOTT, KANS. Mrs. Wilson and son, Robert, of Iowa, are visiting in the city, guests of Mrs. Larue. The Beethoven club met last Sunday. The recent flood here did con- siderable damage, heavy losses being reported from all parts ot the city. The water was the highest for many years. The ‘Smart Set’’ held a busi- ness session last Friday. The young girls’ club of the A.M.E. church offer to the pub- lic a series of five entertainments consisting of the best musical and literary talent of the city, proceeds going to the church. Rev. J. W. Wilson has his son, James, as a visitor this week. ANNOUNCEMENTS. - C.E. Holstein is a candidate for county clerk of Bourbon county, subject to the Republican county convention. Henry Drum is a candidate for register of deeds of Bourbon county, subject to the Republican county convention April 30. A. H. Shoemaker is a candidate for county superintendent of public schools, subject to the Republica county convention of Bourbon county April 30. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Kaysas Crry, Kan,, April 25, "04. To THE PLAINDEALER; Please allow me space in ycur pa- per for a short article. Fint, I wish to congratulate the editor for having the best Negro paper with more original news than Isee in any other paper of onr race. The people of Kansas City are cna tothe front. We have fine schools anc hi bs on tethers a wot pane | High sc 1¥ pastors, Tre igh school trouble has been settled fy ie Sante from both sides. | wish to say gomet'*.. iy ..', to our college at 7 y 7d teard the pl stiitdaro. I had pleasure as givenb _-_“ Sending a lecture ce ee the Rt. Rey. Bishop Shaffer « Aftica dt the school a ¢hort time ‘ago, through the kindness of Presi- dent Vernon, who sent a carriage for the good bishop, and had it call for Jus. When we arrived at the college _|we were met by some of the faculty, '|who led the way into the building ; and escorted us into their spacious _|parlor, where we were pleasantly en- ;|tertained until the hour arrived for _|the lecture, At eight o'clock we | Went into Stanley hall, where the _ [meeting was called to order by the “|president, A betatiful selection was rendered by the choir under the man agement of the talented musical in: M\structor, Prof. Jackson, We ther °\had » short prayer by Kev. G,A “| Griffith, P. E. of the Omaha district Prof. Vernon then introduced to th large audience the bishop, who gav one of the finest lectures tit has eve bh) been my pleasure to hear. ‘The goo bishop told of his voyage across th tz |ocean and his arrivalim Africa; of bi travels through our fatherland; < n|the people of the country and espe: ially of Sierra Leone and Laberi _ | We gained more knowledge of Afric Vin ‘the one hour's lecture thin ¥ eduld gain in one month frem inator; ty |I noticed many students with penc ab ]and piper taking down the’ most ir teresting parts for future’ referenc: y| When the lecture ‘was over th choir rendered anotbt? beautiful ch m{ros, after which Rev. Griffith wi asked “to make a hort address o | politics, which he wid to the benet ‘and amusement ofthe school. After handshaking with those pre “Vent we'departéd'for home, feelin that we-hud*epent a very pleasan evenitig. ‘The coloré@people should indee b feel proud &f'Quindaro school, it | | president, ite competent and excellen a [teachers kik" Yee good departmen Efoteetolie. Mee aaa et, OLATHE PICKINGS. Mrs. Eliza Clark who has been visiting her aunt at Holden, Mo., has retumed home, accompanied by her aunt. N. Locke made a flying trip to Kansas City last Saturday. Rev. W. S. Blake of Emporia, passed through here Saturday en route to his home. Mrs. Gertrude Adams was called to Kansas City last Friday on account of the serious illness of her mother, who underwent a surgical operation. A. W. Harris who has been laboring here for the past week succeeded in setting up a council ofthe Knights and Ladies of Protection Tuesday night. He also interested onr people in Tus 'PLAINDEALER. Thomas Ross left Tuesday for Kansas City where he has ac- cepted a position. Rey. Spells of Springfield, O., will fill the pulpit at the Secon¢ Baptist church Sunday. Walter Rollins’ homeis under- going repairs. Geo. Young is able to be ou! again. Jas. Botts is doing quite a nice business in huckstering. The sewing circle met with Mrs, Dicy Levels Thursday eve. Mrs. Anna Johnson visited he1 daughter in K. C. last Saturday land Sunday. GREAT BEND, KAS. Mrs. Sarah Smith died April 21, She was a faithful member the Baptist church, from which the funeral services were con- ducted by Rev. Banks. Farmers are very jubilant over prospects of a good wheat crop since the recent rains. Rev. Banks preached 2 very instructive sermon Sunday morn- ing, also in the evening. John Smith and wife came up from Ellinwood to attend the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Smith. The A.M.E. people are raising money to build a new church this summer, Rev. Banks spent last week in Hatchinson. He will preach his farewell sermon here Sunday. He has been pastor here over two years and has raised $1,000 for the church. May the Lor, be with him wherever he goes, xafice, | To Whom it may Concern: My application for, a permitto*it antoatcating Tiquor, according to law at 106 Last Sunth, Ave , in the Second ward of the cury st Topetp. in new on le inthe obicect tre probate cours Strunee curly, Kansan The hear of the came ss set or Saturday, May 26, roca. ato am. CM AMINES Fut Pubisned Feday, Apo ace In the Dunit Court ef Shawnee Couns Kou, ceorge W. Suatten, Plait, v6, Prscila Sirattn, Pelendact, Cane No, a1. Sut of Kaas, Shanate County, s, pPrsclaSvaten: You areberty euied thal ox have been wed the Datnt Court of Shama Gounty. Kansu, That on the 70h day of Apr vr fhe above named plaintiff led his petsion i sh there named court presiog judgment at be By fimorced from gouy tat wales ou anger ta ‘petition on ot before the ssth day ef June, 1904 Fadgment willbe reodeted agama yu divorcing en lari fom you as prayed fo tid peutvon. GEO. W, STRAITON, Marat. a) pitt Laue PUBLICATION Novica. In, the District Court ‘of Shawnee County, Kansas, MARY BI. HENDRICK*OS, Plaintif, Ve No, 20739 ALBERT P. HENDE:CKSON, Delendant, ‘Tothe above saixtd defendant, AlbertP. Hendrick- rote Nouwit ute oucerbat you ave been wed In the abore waiied court by the sd plata above Samed; te Ge peuben therets was fied oa. the Arse doy of Rpt, syoq: that the easd tat fa for Siveree tor yod aed or alimony; that you. mus Souwer ihe sald petton on or bere the ih day [Jere 1904 or the ane peuton wil be taben 38 tre ted judguicat readered uecordiag to tne prayerthere af drvoreme tala planouf trot Jou nod setlng aude Sn boldvag for saagbt the boods of matninany now ‘cme betreea you aor cnt aod al cer an hasoas : W. 1. JAMISON, Attorney for Plaintdf. Attest: LS. Curtls, Clerk District NOTICE OF AFFOINTMENT. 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LACEY, AaM,-FULLER, |] et Act: . 1 CePVAys a, Nosth Topeka, . | c:Tepebm iim 34 ce fetes gota At 4 bt She dang Retna ee EEE OS Vitae-Ore One of the greatest remedies in existeuce, It cures: Rheumatism, Bright's Disease, La Grippe, Blood Poisoning, Sores and Ulcers, Catarrh of any Part, Female Complaints, Stomache and Bowel Disorders, and General Debility. MRS. M. CHILES, State Agt. NG E, Seventh St., Topeka. ————— The Only Place. 116 N, National Ave. Regular Meals - - - 20c Short orders at all hours. Mrs. S. F. FuNkuouser, Prop. FT.SCOTT, : =: KANSAS. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawnes County, Kansas. Francis Thompson, Plaintif, Vs. James Thowp- son, Defendant. ‘Case No. 2708. State of Kansas, Shawnee County, 8$ to James ‘Thompson: Youare hereby notified that on the th day of April, 1904, the plaint’ herein, Francls Thompsop, fled with the clerk of the District Court of Shawnee Cocnty In the above entitled cause ber petition asking that she be divorced from you and that ahe be given custody of the minor ehild, Edna, and for costs of salt: that unless you suswer sald petition on or be- fore the 24th day of May, 1904, the allegations fn said petition will be taken as true and judgment fendered as prayed for in sald petition. FRANCIS THOMPSON. | Attest: I. 8. Curtis, Clerk. (Seal.) gS ar. 4a ; A Revelation $ Lous Wels Far wil arp say pevions Expalton, Towrclean oil boon ine ; “Katy” Album Views of alt pnacipal bruldngs reprosuedm esra mn the line tis lonely ted esd ag ee Send pete “sty.” Kat Baldor. Boreas. oh Louies Mo. The Katy Flyer, the crack train of the M.K & T. R'y—to and from Okla- homa, Texas and Old Mexico, 0600900060000000000000006. sen ee woe Allpersons interested rill tuke notice that any petition Ison fle inthe ofteevt the Probate Judge of Shawnes county, Kansas, Probate Court, asking for authority to sell the folowtoge descrided real estate, situated In Shawne county, Kansas, belonging to the estate o Archie Grant, deceased, for the purpose ef pay~ ing the debts of said estate aod the expenses of administration, to-wit: Lots numbered tur bundred and seventy-seven (477) and four hun- dred and seventy-fite (475) on Bochansn street, ‘King’s addition to the ity of Topeks, Shawnee County, Kansas. Sald petition (s set for hearing at the office of the Probate Judge, Im the ety of Topeka, sald county, on Yaturday, the seh day of April, 1904, af which time and place yeu can make known any objections you may have to the granting of sueh order, Dated April 11th, 904, ‘R.O, HILLIarD, Administrator of sald estate!- We Do Job Printing: 00000000000000000000000000- $00460046000-00000000600066- NEWS OF THE WEEK. Miss Eulah Ridley is suffering from an attack of erysipelas. E. W. Matley is seriously ill at his home, 1155 Clay street. W. H. H. Roussian of Hanford, Cal. is visiting in the city. Joseph Brown has returned after an absence of over two years. Otto Bennett visited friends in Topeka a few days last week. Mrs. John Patterson is very ill at her home, 1224 Buchanan street. Mrs. Wm. Knott will leave Sunday for a visit with friends in Kansas City. Mrs. Margaret Lang is sick this week at her home, 312 E. First street Turn out and hear Madam Cecil Watts and assist St. John A. M. E. club. R. L. Norman of Denver, Colo. is visiting his brother, R. J. Norman of North Topeka. Master Charles Jones, son of Mrs. J. M. Wright, is suffering from an attack of malaria. The Shamrock club will meet Tuesday, May 3, with Mrs. Sarah Burton, 1916 Harrison. The Good Samaritans will have a Leap Year social at 618 Kansas avenue May 6. Miss M. L. Moore of Memphis, Tenn., is here, the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. E. McCarroll. Frank Chiles will leave Monday for St. Louis, where he will remain during the World's Fair. Miss Minnie Howell, one of the teachers at the Industrial institute, is visiting her parents in Manhattan. Mrs. Cecil Watts' formerly of the Black Patti company, will appear at St. John A. M. E. church May 11. H. Milton of Leavenworth was an agreeable caller at this office Monday evening. He was en route to Newton. Mrs. John D. Page, Sr., returned Sunday from Omaha, after an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. John Pegg. Everybody is invited to attend the annual sermon of the Good Samaritans at Lane's Chapel next Sunday at 8 p.m. Madam Cecil Watts left Monday for Omaha. Mrs. Watts will be the leading soprano in the choir at the Baptist church of that city. The Sewing circle of the C. M. E. church will meet at the residence of the pastor, Rev. Berry, 1330 Van Buren street, this afternoon. The Dumas club met at the residence of Mrs. Frank Hayes. After two hours of work a delicious lunch was served. Adjourned to meet at Mrs. Portee's this afternoon. The ladies of the Cheerful Givers Sewing circle of the C. M. E. church gave an ice cream social at the church in connection with the literary Thursday evening. Rev. J. R. Ransom and W. M. Buckner, delegates to the General Conference, will leave Saturday for Chicago. Conference will convene Monday, May 2. G. A. Bigbee, who has had fifteen years experience in serving banquets and parties, will have charge of the Big 4 banquet. He promises a treat to all who attend. On Tuesday evening the Smart Set will dance at Masonic hall. The Oxford club of Kansas City and a great many of their friends will be present on this occasion. Invitations have been received by the friends of Mr. Wm. McKnight for a musicale given in honor of his many friends, Thursday evening, April 28, 2411 Forest avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. L. H. Slaughter, president of the Willing Worker's club, offers a prize to the one selling the greatest number of tickets for the concert at St John's A. M. E. church Wednesday, May 11. The Ne Plus Ultra Art club met with Miss Mayme Watson Friday afternoon, April 29. A delicious lunch was served. The club will meet with Mrs. Rosa Jackson, 129 Van Buren street, this afternoon, and with Mrs. Thompson, 1033 Grand avenue, May 6. All members are requested to be present. Business of Mme Cecil Watts, who for several seasons has successfully toured with the Black Patti Troubadours, and everywhere gaining for herself and company the admiration of all music lovers, will appear at the Saint. John A. M. E. Church 'WEDNESDAY MAY 11. supported by her sister, Fannie E. Motin, who as instructor and public reader, stands without a peer. To their superb programme will be added some of our best local talent. Given under the auspices of the Willing Workers Club. Come everybody and enjoy a treat. Mesdames Cecil Watts and Fannie E. Moten at St. John A. M. E. church May 11. The Big 4's of the Second C. P. church will give a banquet May 20. Watch THE PLAINDEALER for menu and program. James A. Harris, one of the best trombone players in the business, was in the city Saturday visiting old friends. He signed out with the Sells & Downs circus, and Sunday evening, departed with them. Rev. G. W. Guy has begun the erection of a new,eight-room,modern house at their home,512 Western avenue. Chas. Whitney has the contract for building this beautiful residence. NOTICE. All members of Macedonian lodge No. 9, Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, are hereby notified to be present at Lane Chapel, Fourteenth and Van Buren, to attend the annual sermon Sunday evening, May 1 NOTICE. All delinquent subscribers in Atchison, Kansas, will kindly be prepared to pay their subscriptions in full to Miss Willa Smith, our traveling agent, who will be in Atchison Wednesday, May 4. The J. J. J. society club that was organized last Thursday at Miss Alice Dotson's, met with Miss Eleanor Payne, 1229 Jefferson street, April 24. A dainty lunch was served. The club will meet Monday with the Misses Myrtle and Anna Gay. At the First African Baptist church last Sunday Rev. P. D. Skinner delivered a most excellent sermon. In the evening the congregation listened to an edifying discourse by the pastor, Rev. C. H. Duvall. On Tuesday evening a sermon was preached to the young people by Rev. W. W. Stewart. Wm. Foster and son were in Topeka shipping and visited THE PLAINDEALER, and were very well pleased to see the new press. Mr. Foster has been a reader of THE PLAINDEALER ever since its beginning, and recommends it to be read by every colored family. He considers it one of the strongest Negro defenders in America. Three cheers for THE PLAINDEALER. Services at Shiloh; Sunday school at 10 a.m. Special attention to singing; preaching at 11 a.m., subject, "The Strength of Zion;" 4 p.m., song service; 6 p.m., B. Y. P. U.; 8 p.m.; Special sermon to young men. A special invitation is extended to those who may stop in our city over the Sabbath. Come early and get your seat. C.G. FISHBACK, Pastor. Tuesday night at Brown's Chapel Messra. Ed. Harlan and Frank Chiles gave a comic concert for the benefit of the church. These gentlemen were assisted by Miss Beulah De Shattio, the talented young singer, who rendered a contralto solo; Miss Carrie Price rendered an alto solo which greatly pleased the audience; Also by the quartette, Mr. and Mrs. Huddleson and Mr. Reed. They played to a large and appreciative audience. The recital by Mordecai Allen of his poetical works promises to be an epoch marker in the literary history of the colored people of Topeka. No Negro who has the interest of his race at heart can afford to be absent on this occasion. Mr. Allen is to give us a book in the near future, the publication of which depends largely upon his patronage on Thursday night, May 12, the hall at 618 Kansas avenue. It is to be hoped that such poems as "Shine on, Mr. Sun, you can't fool me," and many other than these will be used to Don't forget the Willing Worker's concert at St. John's A. M. E. church Wednesday, May 11. The Stewardess board of St. John A. M. E. church met last evening with Mrs. J. Bennett. Mrs. H. Alexander returned Tuesday from Horton, where she visited her mother, Mrs. Holloway. Miss Lena Thompson, who has been afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism, was able to be out on the street yesterday for the first time in nine weeks. Mrs. M. J. Cox, who has been suffering at her home, 1316 Van Buren street, from injuries sustained by a fall about five weeks ago, is recovering and hopes to be able to resume her labors on the mission field of Kansas again soon. A very delightful surprise was tendered the Misses Phtebe and Mary Davis at their home, Tenth and Washburn, last evening, generaled by Mesdames Hamilton, Hilbert and Gaines. A very pleasant time was enjoyed by those in attendance. NOTICE. Fort Pillow Post No. 321, G. A. R. will give their regular Quarterly dinner and entertainment at night at their new hall, No. 422 Kansas ave. on Thursday, May 5, 1904. All the delicacies of the season will be served. Everybody is invited to come and enjoy themselves upon this occasion. A. KUYKENDALL, P. C. GEO. R. WATERS, Adjutant. We are glad to know that Dr. O. A. Taylor, one of the leading physicians of this city has purchased three lots in the Douthitt Tract for the sum of $1,050. When this high-toned and beautiful addition was mapped out for city lots, the people was given to understand that no Negro could ever purchase any lots in "Orchard Place," but Dr. Taylor has out-witted them and bought three of the choicest lots in that addition. They are jumping sideways and would make good acrobats for Sells & Downs circus from the way they are performing over the fact that the Doctor has bought with the intention of erecting a beautiful and modern residence at some future time. We need more men like Dr. Taylor in Topeka. A LONG FELT WANT. We are glad to announce to the citizens of Topeka and the public in general that we have at last procured something in the professional line which has been needed in Topeka for years, and that is a first-class colored dentist. Dr. A. C. Briscoe, who was born in Sedalia, Mo., and graduated from Lincoln Institute Jefferson City, Mo., and also the Mahara Medical college of Nashville, Tenn., has been working at this profession actively for two years. He has one of the finest dental chairs in the West excepting no state or city. His parlors are located at 111 East Sixth street. His chair is of the Harvard make and case is a Harvard Cabinet, manufactured at Canton, Ohio. He has the finest of tools and all the paraphernalia that goes to make-up a first-class dental parlor. He has a reception room for the convenience of his patrons and can be found there at all hours. We predict a great business for him in Topeks, and it is the duty of every Negro who has push and ambition about him to see that Dr. Briscoe gets his proper share of their business as well as the whites whom they can influence. He invites the public to visit his parlors and make an inspection. We are indeed proud of this new enterprise and will foster it, until it grows to such large proportions that it will require MRS. HATTIE E. VAN VLECK Hair Dresser and Manufacture1..... HAIR TO MATCH ALL COMPLEXIONS. Doll Wigs—New Pompadoure, Pompadour Combs, and other Toilet Combs, Switches and —Hair Jewelry..... 220 E. 5th St., TOPEKA, KANS AMERICAN Steam Laundry Do your family washing—5c pound. It will save you money. 114 W. SEVENTH ST. PHONE 541. Locations in Kansas Wanted. The Frisco System Land and Immigration association is already turnits share of the southwestern tide of immigration to Kansas. Three hundred and fifty agents of this Association from the East and North have just completed a tour of the Southwest and viewed its resources and interviewed its landowners and local Association agents, for the sole purpose of better presenting Southwest opportunities to the homeseeker and investor in the older states. This Association is the most efficient of its kind in existence, and has agents everywhere in the United States. If you wish to sell your farm, town or other property, or if you desire capital for factories, mercantile establishments, or any of the industries, please address R. S. LEMON, Secretary Immigration Bureau, Dept. A, Frisco Building, St. Louis, Mo. S.A. HUGHES, General Immigration Agent. Nurses in attendance. The fine for the care of Colored People. on or particulars, address, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS THE HOME OF THE MAYOR First-class Physicians and Nurses in attendance. The finest Institution in the West for the care of Colored People. For further information or particulars, address. From Southland to Lakeland Only one night on the road. Leave Kansas City tonight on The Southwest Limited of the icago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Arrive at any one of several hundred lake resorts of Illinois, Wisconsin or Minnesota tomorrow morning or afternoon. Descriptive booklets sent for six cents' (6c) postage. They will assist you in selecting a summer home. northwestern Passenger Agent, KANSAS CITY. SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Miss Ella Smith is having splendid success with the class which she is training for the May-pole drill, which takes place on the evening of May 11. Mrs. B. C. Duke is visiting her mother in Valencia. The C. B. W. club will meet with the Duke girls Saturday afternoon. Elder P. H. Moss will preach for us next Sunday morning and evening. Mr. G. Thompson is on the sick list this week. Parents should see that their boys are in some Sunday school each Sunday. Too many of our boys are loafing the streets and becoming indifferent in regard to Sunday school and church. The effect of such disregard of right is a reproach upon the entire Negro race, and parents should begin to wake up along this line. It is a serious question, and is getting more serious daily. B. C. Duke. Madam Cecil Watts will sing for the Willing Workers' concert at St. John's A. M. E. church. A large crowd will be in attendance. ROOM AND BOARD Nicely Furnished Rooms and Board at 1434 Quincy street-corner 15th street. at 116 N. 8th street, who keeps a first-class ROOMING HOUSE and RESTAURANT. Give him a call. Everything first-class and up-to-date. Jas.Manusis Has Opened a New Ice Cream Parlor At 808 Kansas Avenue. Fruits, Confectionery, and Everything Nice. Cold Drinks. When in Salina, call on the MAN FROM IOWA at the Salina Club Room THOS, SMITH, 501 N. Third St CARL W. SHAFFER, Phar. A Complete line of Drugs, Toilet Articles, Stationery, PRESCRIPTIONS A- SPECIALT 1922 Frederick Avenue. St. Millet Articles, Stationery, Cigars, Etc. PRESCRIPTIONS A- SPECIALTY! Avenue. St. Joseph, Missouri. . Stonestreet. G. W. Hamilton. Monestreet & Hamilton, Successors to J. M. Knight. Lettakers and Funeral Directors Drugs, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Cigars, Etc PRESCRIPTIONS A- SPECIALTY! 022 Frederick Avenue. St. Joseph Missouri Fred M. Stonestreet. Stonestreet & Successors to J. Undertakers and F Stonestreet & Hamilton, Successors to J. M. Knight. Undertakers and Funeral Directors We carry one of the finest lines of Undertaking good Topeka. carry one of the finest lines of Undertaking goods in We carry one of the finest lines of Undertaking goods in Topeka. Corner 7th and.Quincy Sts. Topeka, Kansas. --- Knights and Ladies Society in the U.S. Our society is simi to the KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF MODERN WOODMEN. No intelli INSURANCE. heprotection of our matter of insurance. Good agents want P.C.T. Headquarters: 117 West Fifth street U. S. Our society is similar in character and management RIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY, A. O. U. W., and GOODMEN. No intelligent Negro should be without heprotection of our families warrants no delay in theance. Good agents wanted. For further information write P. C. THOMAS. Natl Sec. : 117 West Fifth street, Topeka, Kansas. Society in the U. S. Our society is similar in character and management to the KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY, A. O. U. W., and MODERN WOODMEN. No intelligent Negro should be without INSURANCE. heprotection of our families warrants no delay in the matter of insurance. Good agents wanted. For further information write P.C. THOMAS, Natl Sec. Headquarters: 117 West Fifth street, Topeka, Kansas. THE WORLD'S FAIR LINE. 7—Daily Trains Between St Lo Leave Kansas City at 6 and 1:10, 9:15 and 12:00 p. ASK for your ticket via this if you miss connection for or have long to wait for another F. E. NIPPS, Ticket Agt., Topeka, - - - Kansas. Daily Trains Between Kansas City and—7 St Louis. Live Kansas City at 6:55, 8:00 and 10:10 a. m. 10:10, 9:15 and 12:00 p. m. and 12:05 midnight. For your ticket via this line from Kansas City; miss connection for one of them you will not long to wait for another. C. E. NIPPS, Ticket Agt., Aa, --- Kansas. C. E. STYI ES., A. G. P. A., Kansas City, --- Mo. 7—Daily Trains Between Kansas City and—7 St Louis.Leave Kansas City at 6:55, 8:00 and 10:10 a.m. and 1:10, 9:15 and 12:00 p. m. and 12:05 midnight.ASK for your ticket via this line from Kansas City; if you miss connection for one of them you will not have long to wait for another. Portraits in Oil from Life. O. J. BF D. J. BROOKS, O. J. BROOKS. ARTYST. Studio-1512 N. 5th St. ONE-WAY RATES. Every day from March 1 to April 30th, 1904, the Union Pacific will sell One-way Colonist tickets at the following rates: $20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City. $20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and Helena. $22.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee, Washington. $25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven, Whatcom, Vancouver and Astoria, via Huntington and Spokane. $25.00 to Portland and Astoria; or to Tacoma and Seattle, via Huntington and Portland or via Huntington and Spokane. $25.00 to Ashland, Rosebud, Eugene, Albany and Salem, via Portland. $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and many other California points. For full information call on or address J. C. FULTON, Depot Agt., or F. A. Lewis, City Tkt. Agt., 525 Kansas Avenue. WILEY JONES, W. D. COX Proprietors. The Jones Hitter Muskegee Indian Territory. First-class accommodations— Phones {New 179 Old 1302 WOODMEN KELSEY PROTECTION MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Night Phone 179% New Night Bel G. W. Hamilton. Topeka, Kansas. of Protection A NAT ONAL FRATERNAL INSURANCE SOCIETY Issues policies the sums of $230, $500, $1,000, also $75. $100, $150 and $200 for children over 6 years of age. This is the only colored Fraternal Insurance Missouri Pacific Route Crayons, Pastels KANSAS GI T, KAS. Headquarters! WAITERS AND PORTERS' Headquarters CHAS. PHELPS''Barber Shop is where you meet them. The leading barber shop in the city..... MRS. V. L. NORTH'S Hotel and Care Nearly Furnished Rooms Phone 2812 Walnut 2 Rings YOUR LAST CHANCE! This will positively be your last opportunity to buy groceries which were slightly damaged by fire in the great Parkhurst-Davis fire. We have bought all that remained of this large stock and will close it out at once AT HALF PRICE AND LESS. SPECIAL: To persons buying one dozen cans or more special prices will be made. New Goods just received; they are the very best, prices the lowest. Penny White Fish—per dozen _____ 10c Pickles, per gallon _____ 25c Table Syrup, per gallon _____ 30c Illinois Corn, # cans _____ 25c Maine Succotash, # cans _____ 25c Campbell's Soup, # cans _____ 25c 1 gal. can Gooseberries _____ 50c 1 gal. can Tomatoes _____ 30c 1 gal. can Peaches _____ 35c 1 gal. can Apricots _____ 35c Special bottles Crown Shoe Dressing, slightly soiled _____ 5c Tea Sifting, put up in telescope baskets _____ 15 THE EXCHANGE GROCERY CO., Phone 310. 122 East Sixth Street. H. OFFEN Mrs. J. T. Black of Atchison, who has visited here with her brother, Wm. Webb, on account of the illness of Miss Lulu Webb, has returned home, leaving her niece much improved. The ladies of the 2nd Baptist church gave a social last week at the parsonage for benefit of the pastor. It was well attended. Rev. H. H. Williamson moved into the parsonage Monday. We wish to thank the many friends who have so ably assisted the ladies of the C. M.E. church in raising money to erect a parsonage, which is now ready for occupancy. The church was established nineteen years ago and has done a good work. We most sincerely hope that the thinking class of our people will not be led to assist in the organization of another church, as we have two churches already that are good enough for any Christian to worship in and there are not enough here to start another church. It will divide the congregations into three parts and we cannot afford to have pastors come and preach for small salaries which, under such circumstances, we would be-compelled to pay. Not one of the three would have a competent pastor. Now, for the love of all that are good and just, friends, let's lay aside this plan and look for the bright side of life, not the dark. Let us look well to the interest of our pastors and to the good of our rising generation. JAMES M. GROSS. WINFIELD, KAN Lulu Morgan is on the sick list. Mrs. Henry Shafers is still very low. John Redmon came down from Lansing this week. Ethel Simpson arrived Sunday from the St.Francis hospital and will for the present make her home with Mrs. J. W.Wood. Mrs. Pettit and daughter, Huse, arrived Sunday from Wellington to make this their home. Rev. Garnett preached at the 2d Baptist church Sunday. Emma Dixon is in the city from Wellington. David Johnson of this city was united in marriage on the 20th inst. to Miss Edna Lutch at the bride's home in Wellington. Grandison Bandy, who was sick only 12 days, departed this life April 18, the funeral taking place from the 2nd Bap. church under auspices of Walnut Valley Lodge No. 55, A. F. & A. M., Rev. Garnett officiating. Three sons and a daughter survive him. Interment in North cemetery. WICHITA Rev. W. H. Tillman has been called to the pastorate of New Hope Baptist church and extensive preparations are being made for a grand installation service for the second Sunday in May. For Friday and Saturday Buyers Rev. G. W. Woodbey of San Diego, Cal., is in the city and will lecture on "Socialism vs. Capitalism." W. A. Bettis is home again from Las Vegas, N. M. Chas. Floyd is on the sick list this week. The G.L.A. club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. A. Fox. A delightful time was spent and an elaborate luncheon was served. Adjourned to meet with Mrs. J. T. Chinneth. An entertainment was given Wednesday eve by the Odd Fellows at their hall and it proved a successful affair. Mrs.Mattie Turner and daughter, Beatrice, have gone to Panhandle, Texas, to reside. ARKANSAS CITY, KAS. Quarterly meeting was held at the A.M.E. church last Saturday night. Presiding Elder Ransom was in his usual good spirits and preached excellent sermons both morning and afternoon Sunday; and Rev. Hall of Perry, Okla., preached in the evening. Reports from the various departments of the church show it to be in a prosperous condition, much to the credit of the pastor, Rev. Johnson. MEXICO, MO. Walter, son of Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Johnson, died Saturday night after a few days illness, aged 16. Funeral Monday from 2d Baptist church, Rev. E. D. Green of Macon, officiating. Dashia Johnson arrived from the southeast part of the state last Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Rose died April 16 at the home of her father, Warren Brown. Prof. Horace Stone of Sturgeon, was in the city a few days last week. Garden Spot The fertile soils of eastern Oregon or Washington yield, in over-flowing abundance and in highest perfection, every grain, grass, vegetable and fruit of the temperate zone. To enable persons to reach these favored localities without unnecessary expenditure of time and money, the Union Pacific has put in effect Round Trip Homesekers' Excursion rates as follows from Missouri River, April 19th: $32.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City. $34.50 to Butte and Helena. $44.50 to Spokane. Also One-Way Colonist rates every day until April 30th, to many points in the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Utah. For full information address J. C. FULTON, Depot agent F.A. Lewis, C. T.A. 525 Krave --- Frank Walker of Blue Rapids, is visiting his sisters here. The relatives of Mrs. Ollie Jones of Tonganoxie, are very proud of her rapid regain of health under an Atchison doctor. Mrs. Henry Jones who underwent a Capitol operation is back home again; the operation being a success. Mrs. Ida Mosley has entered Douglass hospital, Kansas City, Kas., to become a trained nurse. James Wilson has been appointed one of the janitors for Kansas World's Fair building. Chas. Barber is permanently at home now, having quit the road. Lela Glover died Tuesday from consumption. She was a member of the Daughters of Bethel. If all the Negroes would join the Catholic church there would be but few Negroes mobbed. Mrs. Maud Sloss served quite a nice repast Monday eve. We are glad to see an awakening among the people to have clean homes and some taste in the yards. No matter how small your home, keep it clean. Wm. Briggs and wife are now keeping house at the corner of So. 5th and U streets. Fred Shackelford was sick a few days. He is just like any other baby when sick. Dr. G. G. Brown will have no trouble to be elected coroner. The "lily white" Republican element in Atchison will lose many a Negro vote: so will the candidate for sheriff, the reputed Negro hater. ST. JOSEPH. MO. Miss Zelma Endicott has returned from Gallatin after a very successful school year. Deputy Grand Master Edwards of the Odd Fellows came up Sunday from Kansas City and was in consultation with the local lodge. He was met at the depot by Messrs. Harris, Goodhart and Smothers and escorted to the hall. St. Elmo Lodge, No. 2424, G. U. O. of O. F., held their first annual banquet at Masonic hall Thursday evening, music being furnished by Langford's Mandolin club. An elaborate lunch was served and a splendid program was rendered. This community was shocked last Saturday on hearing of the death of Mrs. Mattie Gordon, who was taken sick three days before. She was a woman of high esteem and loved by all. Rev. Caldwell, assisted by Rev. Cohron, conducted the funeral and paid a high tribute to her life and character. Floral offerings were beautiful, two being given by the Francis St. Baptist church. The funeral was under auspices of the Chapter and Ladies Court. The society event of the season was the marriage of Prof. B. T. Perkins to Miss Ida E. Gatewood of Springfield, Mo., at the A. M. E. church in this city last Thursday evening, Rev. Caldwell officiating. The bride wore white with an elaborate veil caught up with orange blossoms, and carried brides' roses. The groom wore the conventional black. The "Old Maids' Convention" at the A. M. E. church Tuesday eve was a decided success. Mrs. Oxley of Kansas City addressed the True Reformers at their hall Monday evening. G. O. Marshall enjoyed a very pleasant visit from his sister last week, who lives in Texas. Mesdames Banks and Gross are on the sick list. Dunbar dramatic club met last Monday with Joe Smothers and wife. Mary Johnson was among the excursionists Sunday to K. C. SPRINGHILL, KANS. The leap year social will take place Saturday eve, the 7th. Frank Nowling was in Olathe last Saturday on business. Clint Johnson, Henry Palmer and Juntus Aldrich were in K.C. a few days this week. Little Alma Cotton is on the sick list this week. The box social by the ladies of the Baptist church was a very successful affair. Mrs. Emma Divers left Sunday for her home in Chicago. Smith Sayers visited in K. C. a few days last week. Ruth Brewer spent Saturday in the city. The Aid Society is piecing a quilt to be sold for the benefit of the society. HUTCHINSON, KANSAS On last Tuesday evening the Masons gave a supper and a fine musical program was rendered. The A.M.E. sewing circle met with Mrs. J. C. Gothard last Tuesday afternoon. Mesdames Allen Brown, H.B. Owens, C. Price, C. Johnson, O. Thompson, Miss Repsy McCaleb, T. W. McCaleb, S. M. Sims and Taylor Brides are on the sick list. Roxie Byser visited here with relatives and friends last week. Mrs. Coleman of Newton was the guest of Mrs. Palmer. Edith Nevels of Gt. Bend is a visitor in the city. Anna Harrison who has been teaching at Cleo, Okla., is home. W. Hicks of Kansas City, is a guest of B. M. Crowe and wife. Mrs. Harry Fife of Pueblo, Colo., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Crooms. Will Jackson has accepted a position with the Rock Island company. Rev. H. Lightfoot, pastor at Larned and Jetmore, is in the city. Rev. T. L. Scott has returned from Springhill where he attended the ministerial institute. Lena Saunders is in Kingman on business. A. J. Minnis of Topeka passed through the city en route to St. John. Mrs. S. Waldon and daughter were called to St. John on account of the illness of a relative. Rev. B. R. Ross was in Wichita on business last week. MANHATTAN, KANS. Born to Frank Pitts and wife a bouncing boy April 21. Elmer Mitchell arrived home Saturday on parole from Kansas Industrial school. Rev. Noyes of Junction City was in town last week. Mrs. Anna Hinton, one of the strong pillars of the 2nd Baptist church, died Sunday morning at 7:40 o'clock. Short funeral service was conducted Monday afternoon by Rev. C. S. Gordon, as the pastor was out of town. She leaves a husband, six children, eleven grand children and a host of friends to mourn her death. The family of the deceased extend their sincerest thanks to the many friends who so kindly assisted them in their bereavement. Johnson, 2010 South Coln, Neb. Jordan, 903 Western Kan. Modern Tabernacle No. 28, meets the first and third Thursday afternoons, at 2 o'clock—Dt. Della Dorsey, C. P., No. 716 South Fifteenth St. Parsons, Kan. C. M.'S ADDRESSES. 2. Sir L. B. Lordus, Welf City, Kan. 3. Sir Geo. W. Taylor, 111 Mound St., Atchison, Kan. 4. Sir Geo. C. Tucker, 904 South Twenty-seventh St., Omaha, Neb. 5. Sir E. H. Walker, 133 Van Buren St., Topeka, Kan. 6. Sir R. M. Bingham, 1727 East Oak St., Ft. Scott, Kan. 7. Sir John H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman St., Leavenworth, Kan. 8. Sir A. H. Morton, Parsons, Kan. 9. Sir W. W. Shobe, 336 North Santa Fe St., Salina, Kan. 10. Sir Richard Clark, 420 North Twenty-fifth St., South Omaha, Neb. 11. Sir Allen Garner, 704 East Twelfth St., Coffeyville, Kan. 11. Sir C. Parris, 918 Pennsylvania St., Lawrence, Kan. 11. Sir Ed Henderson, 1917 North We DO Job Job Printing We DO Job Printing We DO Job Printing A NEGRO LIBRARY FREE! Do you want a negro library of four volumes containing the sum total of negro knowledge, negro literature, negro progress and negro achievement? In fact these four books contain everything that anybody could wish to know about the negro race. 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Form of 105 acre very best. Endorsed by minister. The Fall Term begins Tuesday the opening day. For further info WM. R. CA reasonable. Self help encouraged. Very careful home training of young women. Rigid discipline form of 105 acres. Location and sanitation the dorsed by ministers of every denomination. Term begins Tuesday Oct. 13. Try to be present. For further information address WM. R. CARTER. President. Topeka, Kansas. Expenses reasonable. Self help encouraged. Very careful attention given-home training of young women. Rigid discipline maintained. Form of 105 acres. Location and sanitation the very best. Endorsed by ministers of every denomination. The Fall Term begins Tuesday Oct. 13. Try to be present the opening day. For further information address WM. R. CARTER. President. Topeka, Kansas. C. M.'s ADDRESSES. Bookers Mother Praying St. Marie Tabernacle No. 10, meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, at 2:30 o'clock—Dt. Maggle Fishback, C. 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