State Ledger

We have no trouble to get ads. No trouble with subscribers We have the experience, and you the money — pass the mash this way. By F. L. JELTZ, FOR CONGRESSMAN 1ST DIST: 1900. Hon. Chas, Curtis, ANNOUNCEMENTS, FOR REPRESENTATIVE, Thereby announce to the many readers of the STATE LEDGER that I am a candidate for the Leg slature from the 38th Dist, Sub- teto the Republican Primaries April 14th 2000, Avin J, Dodge. I am a candidate for REPRESENTA- VE from the 37th District, subject to the republican primaries. April 14th. FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE County Attorney of Shawnee county , subject to the Republican primary election to held April 14 1900. Chas. F, Speneer. FOR STATE SENATOR, AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATOR at the coming Republican Primaries prii. 14th 1900. T. W. Harrison. AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE senator subject to Republican primaries to held April 14, 1900. Jno. T, Chaney, FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AM A CANDIDATE FOR SUPERIN- dent of Public Instruction, subject to the Republican primary election to be held on day, April 14, 1900. S. F. Wright. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Probate Judge subject to the Republican Primaries held this spring. W. E. Fagan. J. Bevelle has authorized us to announce that he is a candidate for Probate Judge of Lawrence County subject to the primary election his spring. W. C. Stephenson hereby announcer his indicacy for County Commissioner for the strict containing the 2nd, 3d and 4th wards subject to the Republican primaries. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER subject to the Republi- can Primaries, April 14th 1900. Josiah Ross, am a candidate for County Commissioner subject to the Republican Primaries held as spring, J. M. Miller. The cowards are those who stab the back. Take care of yourselves don't orry about us. We are well aware that oppo- ton means good times for us. Men who seek to gain favr rh Negro hitting white men, are titting very scarce now-a-days. The man who blows his norm e loudest evidently has struck wn. The Glass Blowers have left wn. But the gas blowers have starrived. Men whom we a dress copies ay watch with interest during a "ensuing" campaign. There is no reason for alarm: we are here to stay whether you see it or not we don't care. The PLAINDEALER has advertised the STATE LEDGER now it could be fair for them to pay a poll tax. The usages of a great command words is at present like a Boer battle without ammunition: State strictly and positively that you mean and the public will be kept in doubt. Only covards belong to the cringing and owning class. Thunder and music is in the air but it takes good conscious and a ontrife heart to impress an anx- ious public. The old adage--"A fool to make money---a sensible man to keep ". And chats just what we have one for the last nine years. We have kept our money, and heres to our damnable cowardly enemies we are going to stand put The State Ledger. DO RIGHT--KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT; FEAR NOMAN; BUT RENDER JUSTICE TO ALL. COL. HARRISON. IS CERTAINLY GAINING SUPPORT. Since the announcement of Col Harrison for State Senator from this county, there has been coming a great wave of sentiment in his favor. As a matter of fact no one can speak other than in words of praise for him for the good he has done this city when he was Mayor. Those kinds acts of this goodman are not forgotten: he stands well with all classes and if nominated and elected no one need feel afraid of Shawnee County not being treated fairly. There is a good deal more to be considered than many people suppose, first of all some one should represents the people who can do something, get a few things for the benefit their of constituents. These necessary matters will not be overlooked by Col. Harrison in case he is elected. He is a man so thoroughly acquainted with every one till his demands in the interest of Shawnee County will be granted merely by the asking. His war record is a very remarkable one. The senate will be made up largely of men of the Col's calibre and standing, hence he will be no stranger in the State Senate of Kansas. This position was ably represented and looked after by an ex-union veteran Major Anderson and now following in his steps, Col. Harrison has been asked to succeed him. The Col did not desire to make the race but was urged to do so on the grounds that he was the right man for the place, and that the people had confidence in him to represent all classes alike. The primaries are not held till the 14th of next month which will be on Saturday and it is the duty of all laborers as others to take an active party in the selection of their choice for State Senator. Col Harrison's opponent in this fight is the present State Senator Jno, T. Chaney, Mr. Chney has a following especially among the young crowd. CGL, HARRISON ACCEPTS. George H. Elliott, George A. Edge, Willis Edson, G. Huron and others. Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your petition requesting that I be a candidate for the State Senate at the Republican primaries in this county on April 14th, 1900. I thank you most heartily for confidence shown by these numerous signed petitions. If I can be of any assistance to the old soldiers he laboring classes and the business interests of this county my time and best energies are at their service. Two years ago I was asked to be a candidate for this same position, but then declined in favor of an older and more deserving Union Veteran. Believing that this request is made in good faith I do not feel at liberty to decline it and therefore accept the invitation and consent to be a candidate for the position named. And if chosen for that position I pledge my best service to the interests of the Republican party and the masses of the people. I, W, HARKISON, Topeka, Kansas, Feb, 14th, 1900 Ex. Abusing candidates will not influence voters. The STATE LEDGER's fight on Will Vanorsdol and Judge Dolman is due to their refusal to be "milked." These men have good sense and will find that the sensible, intelligent colored voters are not influenced by such disreputable methods. Ex. iminated and elected he the right man in the right It is only a question of his success. No candidate a third term can defeat a able citizen like Mr. J. H The time has come that terial is demanded, and ole are not slow in this The disreputable methods of the State Ledger shall continue to be practised—if such is the case. As far as being "milked," if possible no better coterie could have been selected to have gone through this performance than you. As for Dolman, he is a third-fermer and must go; and we would have opposed him anyway and would not have published his card under no circumstances; and for Vanorsdal who wants to fool the "niggers," he does not care a fig for them, and has openly abused them as politicians to 'serverals' on the streets. The news butcher on this sheet. War of conquest has entuely misstated the facts, and if he hadn't it would have been no surprise to the writer, for his and their records are well known in all lines but honorable success. As far as having no influence among colored voters—we don't know about that hence we s'all see. There are things of more importance than the colored voters when we state facts. We are honored enough by all classes to ask their judgement during this political war for 'pets and favorites," hence this paper appeals to all classes alike, and we are partially correct when we state that some of them are with us to the letter—ere long we shall see. As the time is quite limited, it will be wise for the PLAIN-DEALER to always be on the hump—for we are coming 'Blessed Savior, for we hear thy gentle voice." J. B. SIMS FOR REPRESENTATIVE The Man Whom A. L. Brooke The Third-Termer Must Beat April 14th. A very interesting Legislature fight is now on in the 37th Dist- trict of Shawnee County between J. B. Sims, and A. L. Brooke who wants to go back to the Legislature for the third term which is rather surprising-yet he is in the race. It the citizens of Rossville, Silver Lake, Menoken, Williamsport, Monmouth, Auburn, and other townships serve Mr. Brooke rightly he will receive an everlasting defeat at their hands on April 14. This will have a tendency to show the third-terms that every time they dip, nuff the public don't have to sneeze. Mr. Sims is a well known stock feeder and grower, living eight miles southwest of Topeka where he has lived since 1872. He came to Kansas that year with his parent and with his father Major William Sims engaged in farming and stock raising. He has made a success. He graduated from the Clinton, Ill., High school before coming to Kansas, and his large interest in this county is due to his judicious management and his superior qualifications. Mr. Sims has never asked for any office in the past, but being urged by his many friends he has decided to enter the race. Mr J. B. Sims is the son of Major William Sims of the First National Bank of this city: if nom imated and elected he will make the right man in the right place. It is only a question of time as to his success. No candidate for a third term can defeat an honorable citizen like Mr. J. B. Sims. The time has come that new material is demanded, and the people are not slow in this age to urge such claims. We predict an overwhemling success for Mr. Sims and a down right defeat of his opponent-Brooke, who has had his say, and seen his day, and now is now cawning in a New Era HOLTON KANS. CANDIDATES. Thomas Quackenbush one of the old resident of the city of Holton is a candidate for the office of Street Commissioner of the city of Holton. Mr. Quackenbush came to Ind., with his parents, and when Ft Sumpter was bombarded he was on his way to Kansas. He has never held any office in the past, but when landing in Holton he went about creating a great business as that of the leading meat dealer in the city, which business now is in the control of his son Harry. Mr. Quuckenbush, has been endorsed by a large number of leading citizens of Holton, and I is long residence in Holton as a good citizen will add greatly to his support in his efforts to succeed. He stands well with the entire colored population of Holton. If elected in April next they may rest assured that he will not be deterred from his usual way of serving them as he has in the past. I hereby announce to my friends of Holton that I am a Candidate for the office of Street Commissioner at April election- Thomas Quuckenbush. CITY ATTORNEY. M. A. Bender is a candidate for the office of City Attorney. Mr. Bender was born in Brown County, in Jn, 1892 he went to Akron, Ohio, entered the Hammel Business College; finishing book-keeping and actual business practice. He pursued a course in short-hand and type writing. When completed he studied law in the office of Andrew J. Wilhelm for a while, after he went to Cincinnati and taken a law course, graduating from the law school of that city. In 97 he went to Washington, D. C., with the National Republican Committee. When the war broke out with Spain he was appointed one of the chief clerks in the war department in Sept. 1898. He attended the Law Department of the National University of Washington, graduating June 8th'99. The faculty selected four of the students who had made the best showing during the year and a prize of $50 was awarded, and Mr. Bender was one of the contestants and stood 2nd best. With such competency in the part of Mr. Bender, it is safe to say that he will easily be elected city attorney of Holton. CITY CLEKK Mrs. Mary E. Walker has been the City Clerk of Holton 3 years, and she stands a good show to succeed herself. Mrs. Walker, has given such eminent satisfaction until there is no candidate against her for the place. We urge all our colored ladies and male voters to get out and register and give her a good vote as she has no opposition and if she has any later on; give her a large majority. WE ARE FISHING FOR A SHARE OF YOUR TRADE. State Ledger Office 431 Kansas Ave. The time is short and it behooves persons who has failed to register to act at once else they can't vote. Do not be disturbed. You can easily locate us-nearly nine years in business and we will not listen to e treaties of the nothing sheet that claim to control the colored vote and can only show their share of it-as we only claim. It is very foolish to believe that we have no friends If Will Vanorsdol was on the square our people would vote for him. But his loud and irritable talk on the streets has convinced us that he is unfit for the place. Aside from thi there is a dignity about his opponent that ranks above his ability entirely. S F. Wright must not be turned down for him. There is no use in trying to run the old bluff racket. Just place on a level with you, which position we are going to retain, and you might as well place your bets that way. A controversy is only amusement for the editor of this paper because we have seen fools come and go. L. S. Dolman will be defeated. He should be, he is not conscientious in his employment of a Negro in his office, and aside from that there are others, so mote it be that Mr. Dolman don't have to remain in office for the satisfaction of the only white man who will employ a Negro, hence Dolman must go. He has had four years and thats enough. As the devil would do would cut quite a figure around the little print shop operated by all the colored people. Read our paper, so mote it b. The villifying skunks who claims that we are holding up any deceitful class of candidates or politicians are damnable liars and they know they are lieing when they deceitfully make such statements. Have you heard the latest? For instance a skunk exchange is quoted as charging newspaper men who don't fall down and worship their good for nothing friends as Lord as volit cal blackmailers, to—ll with such damnable nonsense. Go and learn sense. We don't have to praise candidates who are back biting us, it is very unwise to believe any thing of the kind. Just to show you our heats are in the right place we are going to show a certain number of them up later on who will be defeated by these truths and next time they'll do better. When ever we have to go around and hunt up you fellows, please take a gun and lay us to rest. You need not listen to lies told by the gang, if you see us you see us at the office. If we are We guarantee the people who avail tise,quick returns most reliable news taier a mong all classes. VOL. 8, NO 26 accused of holding you up, but beware of the one who make such charges. When speaking of this Journal always speak your sentiments We are duly capable and equa to any emergency that may acrise from a few self coeited Negroes who, on the day of Primaries are liable to be so drunk till they cannot control their own vote: All newspapers should be served rightly. There has been two colored papers in this city for at least ten years and we were always on neutral terms with them, hence very little is obtained by the slight hand performance of the PLAINDEALER of this city. In fact the sheet has been published in this city for more than one year and we'll be hanged if we have ever read its columns as yet. But long may she "wave." Our enemies have found that they was daubed with the same dose they had in store for us. We are on top and can view with eager the fun FRANK R. STROWIG. For Councilman 1st Ward. HOLTON KANS. Mr. Frank R. Strowig who is a candidate for Councilman from the first ward city of Holton has lived in that city for 35 years. in fact Mr. Strowig was one of the founders of Holton. He is deserving of the office of City Council and as he has no opposition he will be elected in April. HOLTON Thel Headquarte.s for the Independent Telephone Co. D. K, Rhinehart Mgr. The Independent Telephone Co under the management of Mr. D. K. Rhinehard is certainly meeting with success. During the year 1899 Mr. Rhinehard placed a general line of his independent Phone throughout the entire of Osage county its greatest lines at Osage City to Lyndon. This system is being highly favored and quite satisfactory Mr. D. K. Rhinehard has headquarters in the city of Holton and the business of the city is all transmitted over his great independent lines. During the coming, season it might be fair to predict that a good deal of Territory will be used in many cities of Kans. He placed in the Telephone at Horton a few years ago and up to this day the Citizens are much pleased with their investment. It is rumored that this business may come to Lopeka: Mr. Rhinehard is a highly cultured electrician and knows just how to assist in modern improvements for all Kans. cities and towns. Will Vanorsdol shou'd be defeated. His conversation on the streets about the colored people means defeat is written on his face. He is not a square man. he belongs to a ring, clique, a gang--or at least he is trying to connect himself. He is a sec. ond class Negro-hater and it will react on April 14th. A. T. WAGGONER. DRUGGIST. Rubber Goods Especialty. YOUR TRADE SOLICITED THE STATE LEDGER. BY F. L. JELTZ. The 222 state banks and 64 private banks of Kansas had on deposit on February 13 $27,229,517.47. There is talk of calling a grand jury in Sumner county, where there has not been one for thirteen years. The State Normal Mandolin club is negotiating for five months' service at Manitou Springs this summer. The largest cow in Kansas is owned by Dick Clack, of Gaylord. She weighs 2,000 pounds and is six feet high. A ten pound shell filled with grape shot was found in W. R. Fisher's field in Jackson county a few days ago. At the instigation of the W. C. T. U., the sheriff of McPherson county recently went clear to Illinois after a jointist. Congressman Long has accepted an invitation to deliver a Fourth of July address at the National cemetery at Gettysburg. He was selected by Pennsylvania's delegation in congress. The county commissioners of Atchison county advertised for bids from banks wishing the county deposits. Only one bid was received. The Exchange National offered 2 per cent for the first $50,000. The judges for the annual debate between representatives of Kansas University and the University of Missouri, on April 13, are to be Colonel W. R. Nelson, of Kansas City, and J. W. Gleed, of Topeka. Aunt Polly Locke, aged 87, died at the poor house near La Crosse, last week. She had saved for old age and placed her money in a bank. This went up during the hard times, and she died at last in the poor house. The Chanute Prospecting and Brick Manufacturing company have struck both gas and oil in their first well southwest of town. The strike is considered unusually important as the field is an entirely new one and heretofore thought to be several miles away from both the oil and gas belt. Chanute now has good, paying wells on both sides of her. Several other companies that have been waiting for results now intend to commence prospecting at once. J. W. Robison, president of the Kansas Cattlemen's association, has informed Attorney General Godard that the cattlemen of the state expect the suit now pending in the supreme court to test the validity of the court of visitation law to go on to a finish, notwithstanding the recent readjustment of the rates by the railroads. Attorney General Godard had heard that the attorney for the cattlemen, T. F. Garver, had said that the readjustment carried with it a dismissal of the case, and he wrote to President Robison for direct information. Frank Montgomery gives these figures: Alaska is 1,131 miles from north to south, 3,981 from east to west. Kansas is 200 miles from north to south 400 miles from east to west. Alaska cost $7,000,000. Kansas cost practically nothing. Alaska has yielded in thirty-two years a total of $162,050,000 in furs, gold, fish, whalebone, and oil and walrus ivory. Kansas in the one year of 1890 yielded in farm products, livestock not included, $169,747,037. Alaska's total gold product since its purchase from Russia has been $45,000,000. Kansas' Helpful Hen has in the same length of time produced more than double that sum. Frank Cooper, of Jewell county, recently bought 8,000 head of sheep in New Mexico. He drove them to Kansas, fed them a few months and disposed of them the other day at a profit of $3,000. Building associations are thinning out somewhat, but there are 52 doing an active business in the state, with more organizing. A quarantine on dairy and breeding cattle has been established by Kansas against most of the eastern states. The idea is to keep tuberculosis out. Money orders from the Philippines reach Kansas post offices quite often. The helpful hen nets Lincoln county an income of $75,000 a year. The output of eggs aggregates two carloads a week or 104 carloads a year. Each carload contains 400 cases, which means the laying, shipment and ultimately the consumption of 41,600 cases, or 1,248,000 dozen eggs. The average price of eggs the year round is about 6 cents a dozen, which means an annual income from Lincoln county hens of $75,000. Butler county produced corn alone, last year, amounting to nearly $6,000,000. Its lands are in great demand this spring. A reward of $10 has been offered for evidence which will convict the parties who defaced monuments in the Norton-ville cemetery. Next January, the second Tuesday comes before the second Monday in the month and the legislature will convene one week before the new governor is inaugurated. One of the botches of the constitution. Howard's one case of smallpox has recovered. Seneca is about to institute a reading room. Rich zinc deposits are reported in Greenwood county. J. B. Baden, the well known Winfield miller, is dead. F. D. Coburn, secretary of agriculture, came to Kansas on foot. Kincaid has a fund of $1,000 which will be spent in prospecting for gas. Phillips county is to have a fair, capitalized at $1,000; all of which is subscribed. The ladies of Downs have taken the initiative in organizing an improvement society. Smith Center boys are subject to a fine of $25 if found on the streets after 9 p. m. Miami county has its fourth free rural delivery route instituted this week. Pleasanton may have a salting station for one of the great pickling companies. Public libraries are increasing. Sterling is greatly interested in the matter just now. Western Kansas farmers are shipping baled alfalfa to Texas at the net price of $6 per ton. Fire destroyed six store buildings in Waverly. The Waverly Gazette was located in one of them. The men of the Santa Fe at Emporia are enjoying their cozy reading room, prepared by the company. Lumber dealers have been stocking up their yards everywhere; evidently expecting a big trade. Howard offers $300 reward for the capture of the parties who fired the Metropolitan hotel there. Dr. A. S. Chouteau, an old practitioner of Dodge City, dropped dead while attending one of his patients. The management of the Hutchinson free library has received one hundred volumes from Miss Helen Gould. The penitentiary officials have fixed the price of binding twine at 10 cents a pound; sold direct to the farmers. Marion county claims to have had but one case of smallpox this year. Last year the disease cost the county $4,000. The transcript of the Hillmon case, taken by appeal from the federal district court, contains over one million words. Sewerage is gaining considerable attention in Kansas towns. Concordia is preparing to do considerable work in that line this year. Frank Harvey, one of the gang that robbed the Citizens' bank at Altoona has been placed in the penitentiary on a ten years' sentence. J. L. Meconey dropped dead in the audience at Lewis academy. Heart disease was the cause, the immediate cause was laughing at a joke. Horses are still being shipped from Dickinson county. Buyers are paying 25 per cent more for horses than a year ago, and find it hard to find them. Fred Mow, living near Emporia, held a piece of iron to a track to see the passing train cut it in two. The wheels also appropriated two of his fingers. The state bank commissioner went to Edgerton, Kas., to superintend the opening of a new bank, the State Bank of Edgerton, with a capital of $5,000. George Thompson, of Atchison, who has been planting wheat in Kansas for forty-five years, thinks a crop is certain this year. He says that wheat was killed after March 1 but once in this state, in 1878. The Jensen Creamery company captured honors at the National Buttermakers' convention. It produced the best tub of butter out of 60 from Kansas and received a $50 cup. Only nine better tubs appeared in an exhibit of 824 tubs. Jimmy Connor, the Lawrence and Hays City boy who got rich through speculating in Cripple Creek mines, is off with his wife for a tour of the world. Mr. Connor is the man who purchased Robert Louis Stevenson's villa on one of the Samoan islands. A number of Linn county farmers are about to bring suits against the Pittsburg and Gulf railroad for damages to their farms from overflow upon them of the waters of the Maris Des Cynes river, caused by damming in the grading of the road. Colonel Ed Little and Mayor Hulleck were appointed a committee by the Abilene city council to receive the soldier dead of company L. soon to be returned from the Philippines. Suitable ceremonies will take place when the bodies arrive. Warden Tomlinson will begin to receive orders for binding twine on March 20. He has about 300,000 pounds of twine on hand and expects to sell 1,250,000 for sale during the season. Insurance Superintendent Church collected $70,195 in fees from the various insurance companies doing business in Kansas during the month of February. This money was turned into the general revenue fund of the state. Over $10,000 of it came from companies which had been barred out of the state and again reinstated. WATERING THE LAND HOW IRRIGATION IS PROGRESS- ING IN IDAHO. Heretofore Arid Regions Being Rapidly Transformed Into Gardens—Farmers' Societies In Many Instances Own the Irrigating Works. (Bolse, Idaho, Letter.) Most of the people who farm in the rainfall regions suppose that the irrigation of land is a complicated process and that the art of doing it can only be acquired after years of experience, whereas, as a matter of fact, it is about the easiest and most simple work the western farmer has to do. In most cases the children attend to it under the direction of their parents, and any boy of 10 or 12 can do a man's work when it comes to irrigation. The western farmer is wholly indifferent as to rainfall. He doesn't depend upon it in the least. The water that interests him is that which flows down into the valley from the melting snows in the mountain ranges. These waters he diverts into great canals which run along the rim of the valley about the irrigable lands and are tapped at stated intervals by what are called "laterals" or sub-ditches which flow from farm to farm and out of which the farmer takes the water for his fields. In some cases the waters of these mountain streams are acquired by the community of farmers along their course, each one holding as many shares of stock in the co-operative canal scheme as he owns acres of land, and being entitled to so many inches of water for every acre of his ownership. This is the usual plan. But when the construction of the main canal, owing to engineering difficulties, is too expensive a piece of business for the farmer to afford, Irrigation companies undertake the work and build the canal into portions of the country where large areas of land are to be reclaimed. These Irrigation companies are "common carriers" of water and furnish it for a nominal price per acre per annum to the farmer. Sometimes these Irrigation companies own large tracts under their ditch which they sell in small farms with the water right, to settlers at a nominal prices per acre. In other instances they do not own land at all, leaving that to be acquired by the settler under the various acts of congress. Perhaps no portion of the Union is now making such active progress in irrigation development, or is receiving so large a quota of immigrants as southern Idaho. There are millions of unoccupied acres in that state which only await settlement to become an productive as the lands upon the Nile Efforts are being put forth by the state authorities to bring the advantages of these lands to the notice of the eastern farmer, and the several railroads of the state are engaged in the work. Perhaps the easiest and the best way to acquire information is from the General Passenger Agent of the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake City, from whence conservatively prepared pamphlets descriptive of irrigation methods and containing reliable information about the various localities now open for settlement, are being mailed free. The time is certainly not far distan when the unoccupied public domain of Idaho will be entirely taken up, a condition which will be most unfortunate to those who delay taking advantage of the rare opportunities now offered. British Feelings Considered. A troop of Boer horsemen who perform nightly in a German circus have been forbidden that part of their program which represents a victory over British redcoats. AMERICAN TRANSVAAL FUND. To Aid Widows and Orphans of the Boer. A pathetic appeal of the committee of Africander and Bond members of parliament was issued at Cape Town, Oct. 10, 1899, signed by Messrs. N. F. DeWaal, Joseph N. Hoffman, J. H. Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Theron and D. J. A. Van Zyl, which says among other things: "What may, what can, we colonial Africanders do in this sorrowful time? Join in the work of warfare with the weapons? The law and our duty as British subjects forbid this, even should other circumstances not oppose such a course of action. "But what neither the law nor the duty of the subject forbids, and what, moreover, agrees in every respect with all principles of religion and humanity, is the offering of help to the wounded, to the widows and the orphans." In the name of the Africanander bond, on behalf of the citizens of the South African republic and their noble ally, the Orange Free State, I appeal to all Americans to show their sympathy with the brave people who are now, in the words of John Hancock, literally offering all that they have, all that they are, and all that they hope to be, upon the altar of their country, fighting to the death the arrogance and imposition of the great British empire, in order to remain free and independent, as did our American forefathers in 1776 and 1812. THERE WILL BE NO BOER WOUNDED ON THE BRITISH-AMERICAN HOSPITAL SHIP. Send to me your subscriptions, small and large, and I will send the amount to Mr. C. C. de Villiers, Cape Town, the honorable treasurer of the committee of the Africander bond, to be expended under that appeal. I sent $2,000 on Feb. 23, 1900. GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN, American Treasurer. No. 141 Broadway, New York City. Feb. 24, 1900. DID THEY SHOOT GOEBEL? State Officers And Clerks Are Under Arrest For It. HUNTING PROMINENT MEN Frankfort, Ky., March 12.—W. H. Coulton, a clerk in the office of State Auditor Sweeney, was arrested and placed in jail charged with complicity in the murder of the late Governor William E. Goebel. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Williams. Warrants have also been issued for the arrest of Secretary of the State Caleb Powers and Captain John W. Davis, policeman of the state capital square, but they have not been served. The warrants also charge them with being accessory to the Goebel assassination, and warrants against ex-Secretary of State Charles Finley and John T. Powers, brother of Secretary of State Powers have been sworn out and have been sent to Whitley county for service. Davis is in the city but was not at his residence, and up to a late hour the police had not found him. It is not known whether Secretary Powers is in the city. Several witnesses who testified at the trial of Harlan Whitaker sore that the shots at the time of the Goebel assassination were fired from the direction of Powers' office and he and all of the parties for whom the warrants were issued have been under the strictest surveillance ever since the assassination. Public admission to the state house grounds was denied. Conditions in Puerto Rico. Washington, March 10.—General Davis who is at the head of affairs in Puerto Rico reports to the war department to the effect that it is absolutely necessary to continue to feed the starving people there. The coffee planters are making strenuous efforts to clear up their fields, but having no money for the payment of their hands, the laborers have been laid off and are drifting into the towns, thereby becoming public charges. Unless fed at the public expense, starvation will result, and the military governor therefore has requested a shipment of 500 tons of rice, codfish and bacon, in addition to the 500 tons asked for about three weeks ago. General Davis states that if he could put about 25,000 men at work for period of three months on the roads involving expenditures for labor, tools and supervision of some $223,000 a month, the period of acute distress could be tided over. The acting commissary general of subsistence was directed to secure the food asked for, for immediate shipment. Early Adjournment Desired. Washington, March 9.—The Republican committee on order of business of the senate discussed the program of legislation during the remainder of the session. No conclusion was reached on any subject. The committee is unanimous in its desire for a final adjournment prior to the meeting of the Republican convention in June and efforts will be directed to that end. The Plague at Cape Town. Cape Town, March 10.—The steamer which has arrived here from Rosario, Argentine republic, with bubonic plague on board is the British steamer Kilburn. She is in strict quarantine. It turns out that there are three cases of the plague on the Kilburn. The captain died during the voyage, preamably of the disease. Money to Fight Plague. Washington, March 10.—At the cabinet meeting the recommendation of the Hawaiian council that they be authorized to expend $300,000 in the suppression of the bubonic plague and in the relief of natives, was formally approved. Some doubt was expressed as to the authority of the Hawaiian council to make this expenditure, but the opinion was unanimous that the gravity of the situation justified that course and the necessary directions will be forwarded at once. Will Gravitate Somewhere. Atchison, Kan., March 9.—Fred Miller, of Atchison, who died recently at Mobile, Ala., had no heirs to an estate of $1,200 which he left. He was the adopted son of the late Julius Miller, who owned a cigar factory in Atchison from whom he inherited $1,700. It is a question as to what disposition will be made of the money, as there is no will. Julius Miller left children now grown, through a former marriage, and some hold that they will inherit it, while others hold that they cannot. Water And Light Companies Topeka, March 12.—Legal machinery will soon be placed in motion to put the public utility law passed by the legislature of 1897 in operation. The first suit will probably be directed against the Dodge City Water and Light Company, and, if the state wins that, then the attorney general will strike right and left in his efforts to compel corporations to comply with the act. The law requires semi-annual statements and the payment to city of all over 6 per cent profit. WEALTHIEST PEOPLE ON EARTH Yet They are Retrogressing and Degenerating. Washington, March 10.—The subcommittee of the senate committee on Indian affairs has decided to report adversely on the Thurston proposition to appropriate $700 per capita out of the funds to the credit of the Osage Indians to enable them to discharge their indebtedness to the traders. There is considerable talk of starting an investigation by a senate committee to look into the affairs of the Osages, as their status is represented as tending toward retrogression rather than advancement. They are said to be among the most backward Indians under the government's guardianship, although their per capita wealth is the greatest in the world. What this commission will especially look into if appointed is the feasibility of breaking up the tribal government of the Osages, which is believed to be largely responsible for their degeneracy, and also to determine in what manner their debts to the traders shall be settled. Franchises Not Taxable Austin, Tex., March 12.—The corporations of Texas won a big fight in the district court here in securing from Judge Morris an opinion throwing out of court the hundreds of franchise tax suits pending against all quasi-public corporations for taxes claimed to be due on their franchises. The contention was that such franchises were taxable the same as personal or real property, and under such contention hundreds of suits have been brought all over the state to recover taxes, in some instances as far back as 1880, and representing thousands upon thousands of dollars. Judge Morris, the presiding judge, held that such franchises were in no wise taxable under the law, thus scoring a big victory for the corporations. Cape Colony Free of Boers. London, March 10.—The Boers while in retreat twice repulsed General French's cavalry with rifle fire. As no report has been made of the capture of prisoners, the enemy probably got away with their entire force. General French is still following them and keeping between them and Bloemfontein. The evacuation of the northern districts of Cape Colony is now nearly complete. The British are in possession of the railroad crossings. At Mafeking Colonel Baden-Powell seems to be in grave need of outside help. Otherwise he would not allow the correspondents to send out information respecting the distress of the garrison. Secretary Root in Havana. Havana, March 9.—Secretary Root has arrived here on board the United States transport Sedgwick. He was received with a salute from Cabanas fortress. General Ludlow was also on board the Sedgwick. Governor General Wood and all of the division staff and the department of Havana staff were conveyed to the transport by the quartermaster's tug and escorted the party ashore. The prominent Cuban visitors to the Sedgwick were the chief justice, the secretaries, the mayor, civil governor and the chief of police. Another Advance In Wages. Pittsburg, Pa., March 12.—Four thousand employees of the National Tube company at McKeesport, Pa., were notified of a 10 per cent advance in wages. The increase includes all day laborers in the tube mills. This is the second increase of 10 per cent that the day men of the National Tube company have received within six months. Kansas Flour for England Topeka, March 8.—L. Von Schulze representing the big flour importing house of Morris & Co., of London, England, is making a tour of Kansas renewing the acquaintance of the millers of the state. Mr. Von Schultze says that his firm expects to import to England at least 100,000 bags or 14,000,000 pounds of Kansas flour during the present year. Church In Chicago Burns Down. Chicago, March 10.—The Second Presbyterian church, at Twentieth street and Michigan avenue, is destroyed by fire. The building was the home of one of the most aristocratic congregations in the city. A reception was being given in the church parlors by the Young People's Christian Endeavor of the church and the assemblage was in the midst of the festivities when the blaze was discovered in the organ, in the main auditorium. There was a wild rush for the exits, but all escaped safely. The loss on the building and furnishings is estimated at $200,000. More Artillery Not Needed. London, March 12.—Lord Roberts having reported that no more artillery from home is necessary. This is the first pause in reinforcements since the war began. Sir Redvers Buller, second in command in the field, and Lord Wolseley are understood to also consider that no more artillery is needed. It is quite clear that General Buller will not try anything large in the future, as he is to lose Sir Charles Warren, and the latter's 10,000 men, who have been ordered to join Lord Roberts. The Grenadiers, the senior of British regiments which compose the brigade of guards, got its name from the fact that toward the end of the last century the men were armed with hand grenades to throw among the enemy. They had to be in the front of the fighting line, hence they gained a reputation for bravery and the name of the Grenadiers. The badge of the regiment is still a hand grenade spouting flame, though that deadly engine of war has long since been superseded. Scottish American. Low Points in Central America The lowest point of land between the two oceans on the American continent is the grand divide in Nicaragua where the elevation is only 146 feet. The lowest point of land on the Isthmus of Panama, according to the report of the canal commission, is Culebra, which is 333 feet above tide water and is now the scene of active work by the Panama Canal company. Talking Machine in a Clock Quite the newest thing in timepieces is the clock which announces the hour in a somewhat metallic, but clear and distinct voice. It is, of course, an ingenious combination of the clock and the talking machine, the latter acting by means of a simple connection with the works above. 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ALL VOTED FOR IT BUT MORGAN Washington, March 12.—The senate committee on foreign relations agreed to report the Hay-Paucefote treaty amending the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, with an amendment granting authority for the defense of the canal by this country when constructed. The foliowing is the text of the amendment: "Insert at the end of Section 5, of Article 2, the following: "It is agreed, however, that none of the immediately foregoing conditions and stipulations in sections number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of this act shall apply to measures which the United States may find it necessary to take for securing by its own forces the defense of the United States and the maintenance of public order." Senator Morgan was the only member of the committee who cast his vote against the amendment, Senators Bacon and Daniel, the only other Democrats present, voting with the Republicans. They also voted with the Republicans to have the treaty reported as amended. Senator Morgan talked at length during the sitting of the committee in opposition to the amendment, practically consuming the entire time of the session. He contended for the utmost liberality toward other powers in the use of the proposed canal and held that American interests were fully safeguarded by the treaty as it stands. Hot Senatorial Fight in Boone County. Sturgeon, Mo., March 8.—The senatorial primary in Boone occurs March 15, and that the race will be interesting between Senator Anderson, of Columbia, and the present congressman, James Cooney, is assured, since Mr. Cooney has telegraphed his friends here that he will allow his name to appear on the ticket, thus contesting Anderson in his own county. Cooney stated, however, that duties of the highest importance in Washington will prevent him from making a personal anvass. Barber Suddenly Insane Independence, Kas., March 8.—Albert Waller, 19 years old, became violently insane while at work in a barber shop in Claremore, I. T., and has been brought here to his father's home. He left a man half shaved in the chair and went up and down the street preaching the Gospel. He refuses to eat or drink and it is feared he will starve. He will be sent to an asylum as soon as possible. Secretary Hay Contradicts Washington, March 10.—The secretary of state authorized a contradiction of the printed statement that the state department has secured the assent of other powers to the provisions of the impending canal convention. No propositions in relation to the subject-matter of this convention, he says, have been laid before any other country. Calls It Blackmail. Lima, O., March 12.—H. L. Michael, vice president of the defunct American bank, which was mysteriously robbed of $18,000 over a year ago, was arrested charged with the robbery. Michael was taken before a justice, where bonds is being arranged. He calls it blackmail. The Kingsford Boiler works, at Oswego, N. Y., are destroyed by fire. Asking For Reinforcements. Manila, March 12.—Generals Young and Hood are asking for reinforcements, and a battalion of the Forty-eighth regiment has been sent to Aparri. Other troops will follow. The rebels recently persistently attacked Aparri for several hours, but were finally driven away. Details of the affair are lacking. The Spanish prisoners report that the enemy has divided into small bands in the mountains, and are under the leadership of General Tegaspi. Boers Dissatisfied. London, March 10.—Mr. Hillawell, the Daily News correspondent at Mafeking, who passed two months in prison in Pretoria, escaped and was recaptured sixty miles from Pretoria, sends a dispatch dated Pretoria Jail, describing the misleading news given the Boers by their officers regarding the course of the war. He said: "Great dissatisfaction exists among the Boers as their supplies of food, especially meat, coffee and sugar, are very irregular and many threaten to return to their farms." Twenty Thousand Men Affected. Youngstown, O., March 12. -At the bi-monthly wage conference here between representatives of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Manufacturers, an advance of 25 cents a ton in the rate for puddling was agreed upon. The rate will now be $6 a ton, the highest paid since 1880. The rate for puddling is now 50 per cent higher than in 1895 and for finishing the advance has been 37 per cent since that time. About 20,000 men are effected by the advance. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. What is Being Done in The Fifty-Sixth General Assembly. MARY FIFTH The Senate committee on Philippines decided today to report the bill introduced by Speaker Espinoza to control of the Philippine Senate. The bill is as follows: "That when all insurrection against the sovereignty and authority of the United States is suppressed by the treaty concluded at Paris on the 10th day of December, 1888, shall have been complied with, and the forces of the United States all military, civil and judicial powers necessary to govern the said islands, until otherwise provided, by concession, and shall be exercised in such manner as the president of the United States shall direct for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of the Philippines in the management of their liberty, property and religion." MARCH EIGHT. The Senate committee on Cuba will send a sub-committee of three to vote if it be approved. The committee will abso A favorable report was made in the Senate on the bill passed by the house to expend revenues collected from Puerto Rico in that year. Senator Culberson offered a resolution to provide for estimates of cost of improving the ship canal at Sabine pass. The house committee in charge of the shipping bill has nearly completed that measure to satisfy a majority. During釆釋 tests had a hearing in the asking for釁 cent tax per pound on imitation butter, and giving states authority over butter when it passes from one state to another. MARCH NINE. After an executive session the Senate took up the Puerto Rican question which resulted in a resolution to confirm the Senate confirmed the nomination of William Noble to be postmaster at South McAlester. I. T., which had been held up by the Mason introduced a joint resolution for medals for the men of the North Atlantic squadron. Under a new rule which changes the special order for pension bills from Friday night to the second and fourth Friidays in each month prior to the next Monday, the house was required to secure a quorum. The house passed upon the contested seat of Alabama by turning out G. A. Rollins and seated himself there has been three times given a seat on contests. Senator Baker has a bill in the Senate to appropiate $10,000 for a public building in Washington. Senator Lodge has a bill giving to the senior major general the rank and pay of lieutenant general. The house made a special order for the bill for the government of Hawaii for April 30, 2013. Senator Ray N. (Y.) introduced a bill to provide for the trial in Oklahoma of causes wherein the United States is a party and the plaintiff is an Indian. Mr. Levy (N. Y.) has a resolution providing that one-fourth of the monthly receipt of revenues in Cuba shall be turned over to the United States until the total sum expended in Cuba is refunded. Against Publishing Prize Fights. Washington. March 12.—Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, introduced a bill providing that no picture or description of any prize fight or pugilistic encounter, or any proposal of betting on a fight shall be transmitted in the mails or by any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, whether in a newspaper or periodical or in any other form. Any person sending or knowingly receiving such matter for transmission is made liable to imprisonment not exceeding one year or fine not exceeding $1,000. To Guard the Malls. Kansas City, Mo., March 10—Postmaster Scott received an order from Washington authorizing him to appoint a mounted guard to accompany the registered mail to and from the Union depot. Colonel Scott will appoint the new man within a few days. This step has been rendered necessary by the tremendous increase in the registered mail. A guard has been needed for some time, and we have really been taking serious chances by not having this protection. Will Mine Cape Nome Sands. Abilene Kas, March 8.—M. P. Herington, founder of the town of Herington, is here completing arrangements for going to Cape Nome. He will take a party of Kansans with him and will go equipped with machinery for mining the sea shore sands about Cape Nome. Rev. Mr. P. H. Anderson, of this county, who cleared up about $100,000 last year, made his fortune that way and expects to return this summer to work more claims. Ninety-Seven Pension Bills. Washington, March 12.—The first day pension session of the house provided for under the new rule proved a great success. There was comparatively little friction and ninety-seven bills were favorably acted upon in committee of the whole and passed by the house. The only incident of the session was a brisk exchange between Mr. Loud of California and Mr. Sulloway of New Hampshire on the general policy of pension legislation, in which the former attacked and the latter defended the system. Gift of An Englishman. Washington, March 9.—The president has received through Ambassador Chatea a beautiful copy in Wedgewood ware of the bust of Houdin's "Washington," the gift of Merton Russel Cotes, ex-mayor of Bournemouth, England. The bust bears this inscription: "This bust of the great Washington, founder of the United States of America, is presented to the nation through President McKinley, February 22, 1900, by Merton Russel Cotes." Price of Binding Twine. Topeka, March 12.—The board of directors of the Kansas penitentiary decided that the price of the product of the binding twine plant at the state penitentiary at Lansing will be 10 cents a pound, or as near that figure as the cost of production will permit. W. A. Thompson, deputy warden of the prison, is now in Central America making contracts for sisal. Last year the farmers paid $12\frac{1}{2}$ to 15 cents for twine. The binding twine will be sold direct to the consumer. The suspension bridge that is to connect New York with Hoboken will be the longest of its kind, having a span of 2,730 feet. It is estimated that the bridge with its approaches will cost $60,000,000. Probable the bridge will be double decked and provided with a carriage road, a footpath, a bicycle path and four trolley car tracks on the upper deck, beside the six tracks for regular steam railroad, freight and passenger trains on the main deck. Jewelry Marked by Tiny Numbers On every piece of worthy jewelry there will be found a series of numbers so fine that a glass is needed to correctly read them. These numbers are there to protect the owner in event of loss. It is unkind to say it, but pawnbrokers have also adopted the numbering scheme to protect themselves from thieves. Every pawnbroker knows where to look for these significant numbers and in the case of a rare bit of jewelry its travels from the factory to store and from store to pawnbroker and from shop to shop can be traced with aggravating accuracy. 6,434 Letters a Day. The John A. Salzer Seed Company, LaCrosse, Wis., received 6,434 orders last Monday, which is a monster day, but they expect to double this number by the middle of March. The firm is having a great trade in its specialties— potatoes, spelt, Bromus Inermis, rape, Big Four oats, Three-Eared corn and earliest vegetables. There is a wonderful demand for onions, cabbage, peas and bean seed this year. Early Bird radish and Lightning cabbage, the earliest of this kind in the wide, wide world, are having a trem- dulous sale. The successful man knows how to tisk his capital at the right time. Luxuriant hair with its youthful color assured by using PARKER's HAIR BALSAM. HINDERCOENS, the best cure for corns. Icots. 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The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of GROVE's TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price, 50c. Verdict of a rural jury: "We find the man who stole the horse not guilty." A Varying Population. New Jersey has a sliding population. Of the 2,000,000 (estimated) souls there are that many within the borders at night; at noon there are 1,800,000. The other 200,000 are at work or are engaged in shopping in New York and Philadelphia. First Recognition of the Delty. The word "God" never appeared in any government act until the year 1864, when, at the suggestion of the director of the mint, ex-Governor Pollock of Pennsylvania, "In God we trust" was stamped on the copper two-cent piece. Before that time "E Pluribus Unum" had been the motto. Strange to relate, "E Pluribus Unum" on coins never was authorized by law. SMALLPOX DISTRIBUTORS How the Germs Are Nurtured and the Disease Is Spread. It would seem that people will never learn to be careful. The recent alarming spread of that dire epidemic, smallpox, throughout different sections of the country has been traced by physicians and sanitarians in many instances directly to the moldy and rotting layers of paper and paste which cover the walls of many houses. The practice of laying layer after layer of paper on a wall, using common flour paste, is especially calculated to create homes for disease germs. People could not do more to effect such a result if they tried. The rotting vegetable matter affords caves from which are ready to dart forth the infection at every opportunity. There is no excuse for this practice, as walls and ceilings can be coated with a pure, cleanly and sanitary material like Alabastine, for instance, at no greater expense. Alabastine is a rock-base cement, which incorporates itself with the wall or ceiling. It is easily applied, comes ready to mix with cold water, requires no washing or scraping before renewing or retinting, is beautiful, long-lasting and safe. For walls that have been infected, nothing is equal to Alabastine as a disinfectant to render them pure and clean and the rooms once more habitable. Months of Medness Contrary to the general opinion more people go mad during the summer months than in the usually gloomy and dull months of November, December and January, when times are bad and the general conditions appear more conducive to insanity. Not only in this country, but also in many others, it is found that more people go mad during May, June and July than during any other portion of the year, and that suicide—which is due to some form of insanity—is also more prevalent during the summer. 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