State Ledger

have no trouble ad ads. Ne tron- with subscribers have the exper- ence, and you the way----pass the this way. By F. L. JELTZ. OSTER OF YOUNG MEN'S POLITICAL CLUB res. Captain Reynolds, Vice s. Wm. Gough, Secty. A. W. arris. I. H. North, Ass't, Sect'y. Lacey, Sgt. at arms. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: P. Patteron, B. F. Adan.s, C Baunders, F. L. Leltz, John y, W. M. Hall. Geo. W. Jackson Chairman. CONGRESSMAN 1ST DIST 1900. BON, Chas, Curtis, ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR LEGISLATURE CITY DISTRICT, from a Candidate for member of the Leg- ature from the city District consisting of third fourth and 5th wards. Subject to Republican primaries April 14th 1900, A, K, Wilson, FOR REPRESENTATIVE, rely announce to the many readers o- STATE LEDGER that I am a candidate for Leg slature from the 38th Dist. Sub- the Republic Primaries April 14th Alvin J. Dodge. from a candidate for REPRESENTA- tion from the 37th Dist. subject to the public primaries, April 14th. FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY. fas F. Doran is a car didte for the office county Attorney. Subject to the Repub- primaries April 14th 1900, A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE, county Attorney of Shawnee county, sub- the repulican primary election to April 14 1900. Chas F. Speneer. FOR STATE SENATOR, MACANIDATE FOR STATE SEN- tate coming Republican Primaries lath 1990. T. W. Harrison. AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE tutor subject to Republican primaries to hold April 14, 1900, Jno, T, Chaney, FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT we are authorized to announce Will Van- cola candidate for the office of County prentendent of Public Instruction subject the Republican Primary Election held 14th 1900. AM A CANDIDATE FOR SUPERIN- dent of Public Instruction, subject to the upper primary election to be held on day, April 14, 1900, S. F. Wright. FOR PROBATE JUDGE, thereby announce my candidacy for the ee of Probate Judge subject to the Repub- priaries held this spring. Bevelle has authorized us to announce he is a candidate for Probate Judge of wwee County subject to the primaryion this spring. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, T.C. Stepkenson hereby announces his biday for County Commissioner for the first containing he 2nd, 3rd and 4 h wards to the Republican primaries. If you would be free, strike theit blow tomorrow. The voice of the press is to be ard—gentleman vote for A. K. lison. In fact Charley Fellows is not the fight—its lonsense. Vote for A. J. Dodge for Representative. Now is the time to sent and assert your independence. It has been reported that Col. Harrison will not receive a large soldier vote. Well he is eniled to a great many of them at last. Of course the people will not forget the fight that V. C. Stephenson is running in County Commissioner from the 2nd 3rd and 4th wards of his city. He you know is the right man for the place. It has been stated that McKeer will be renominated. We will all you more after the primaries. men who favor third term policy could not have voted against it then other men were candidates or office, now they must take their own medicine. The State Ledger. DO RIGHT--KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT; FEAR NOMAN; BUT RENDER JUSTICE TO ALL: We have not resided in your fair city as long as some persons who talk more and do less. But we have resided here long enough to claim our residence with you. We were reared among the cotton staks, "the sweet potatoe rows and big yellow cribs of corn. As far as a collegiate education, we have none, don't care very much about it because we believe our colleges have released and discharged many bigger tools than we. But there is a natural ingenuity about us that tells us that no man is greater than we. "Strive to compete with him, stand up for your rights but do not resort to brute force. There is going to be no doubt a warn contest for judicial honors in the Douglas County district between Judge Sam Riggs and Judge Smart of Ottawa. Judge Riggs and Smart were the opposing candidates in 1896, and the race was notly contested so close till an official count was demanded, and the upheavel resulted in a contest before the Supreme Court after a long deliberation, and the result stated Judge Riggs was declared Judge. Of course the people will not forget to vote for Col. Harrison at the coming primaries April 14th. Next week we are going to "raise Cain," and the next week it will be "Abel." THE FRIEND OF THE LABORING MEN. Colonel Harrison has always been the friend of the laboring men. He was raised on a farm and is no stranger to hard work. He has been a hard working man himself all his life and whether in the field or in the office he has never seen any idle hours. Hence he knows the hardships, the desires and wishes of the laboring men and knows how to assist them to the best advantage. When he was mayor of the city he distributed the city work so as to give the greatest number of laboring men possible the benefit of that work without cutting down or lowering the price of the wages. That was during some of the hardest times in this city when there was but very little work outside of the city work and many a poor laboring man was enabled to furnish his family with the necessaries of life from the work on the city given him by Mayor Harrison. If he is elected to the State Senate, as he surely will be, he will be in a position to again help the laboring men and they will always find him to be their true friend. Laboring men of Topeka and Shawnee county, you must stand by your old friend Col. Hairison and when you have elected him you may be sure that he will always give you a helping hand when you need it and make your wants known to him. He has influence. He has ability. And he has a wide acquaintance not only in Shawness County but all over the state of Kansas. He will not be lost in the State Senate but will command respect there and when he asks for anything for his Shawnee county friends he will be listened to and get what he asks for. Vote for him for State Senator and you will make no mistake and he will not forget you when he gets into a position where he can do you some good. The people speaks in tones of thunder, vote for W. C. Stephenson, You may never have a better chance than now—vote for Col. riarrison. We know we voice your sentiments, vote against the man who had his share, that man is Fd. McKeever, Charley Fellows has always been regarded as a good racer but like John L. Sullivan, he will get knocked out some day, and the consolation is that day is not for hence when he will get licked so everlastingly, till like the "bark that held a price went down, the sweeping waves rolled on, and it was England's glorious Crown to him that wept—a son.' The time is short for our county primaries those persons who have not made up their minds will take in consideration the time is near at hand, do not wait till the day comes and then decide. Now is the time to decide. C. V. Wolf, the man who says his nomination is assured, will be a much wise victim of political influence when the fight is over. It is amusing the hear of such blowhardism. It takes the intelligent people all their time to attend to their own business. A waste of words to accomplish some wrong, through spite, is like a flower that has lost its sweetness on the desert air. WILL VANORSDOL FOR COUNTY SUPT OF SCHOOLS-SHAWNEE COUNTY-BEFORF YOU ON SATURDAY NEXT. There has been more interest in the county Sup't. fight than any similar fight. In recent years, the manner and way the friends of Will Vanorsdol has managed his campaign is very remarkable, he has made a clean fight, he has attended all meetings of the clubs colored or white regardless of the weather. Will likes to talk the boys in a plain social way, he does not use too many adjectives or other long phrases, or a great string of words because he is educated. He is a graduate of Campbell University, Holton, Kausas. He has taught 16 years in his immediate district. He married a few years ago and has a bright boy, to bless his home. He is at present member of the County Central committee and as affiliated with all its deliberations he is a our repub/cn, if you nominate him on Saturday next, he will be elected in Nov. during which time he will add strength to the Republican ticket. Of course he people will support Albert K. Wilson for Representative from this district for he is an old resident and is running for a first term, while his opponent, McKeever is out for a third term. COL. HARRISON. JOHN H. BURKE FOR STATE SENATOR--BEFORE YOU ON SATURDAY. Col T. Harrison, candidate for state senator, was raised on a farm; has practiced law continually for thirty years; been interested in newspaper work, as owner or educator, for over thirty years; has improved farms aggregating 5,000 acres in Iowa and Kansas; enlisted in Terth Wisconsin Infantry in 1861 at the age of nineteen, and was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, escaped from Andersonville and was given a lieutenant colonel's commission to efficient services during the war. Colonel Harrison came to Kansas in 1879 and to Topeka in 1887 and has served a term as mayor of Topeka. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and takes an active part in agricultural work in Kansas. He received his higher education at the Michigan University, and graduated from the law department of that institution 1860. C. H. Harrison lived in Iowa before coming to Kansas. He has a good deal of legislative experience. He was a member of the Iowa legislature and served as Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary. He is well equipped for the position of State senator and fully understand the tax-payers, laborers, farmers and business men of shawnee county. His experience would make him a valuable legislator and the interest of the people would be safe in his hands and his friends predict that he will be surey nominated at the primaries on April 14, 1900. Vote for W. E. Fagan for Probate Judge, against the man who seeks the office a third time. There is a growing feeling it seems in the campaign for different candidates for county offices yet there will be nothing definite until a few more meetings are held. Whose interest is Councilman Morgan running in(?) What does he hope for(?) We ask that you read up on the issues, and always call for your papers as well as letters when at the Post-office. There are some good colored people in the ranks of the colored population. But there are a string of deceitful ones, who, like a cow that has given a bucket of milk and kicks it over. So you see that many good colored people are to be blamed for what the cheap class of them do. Neither dead while many has dammed us, yet through all those sleepless nights, the editor loses none. This shows on its face that we must have a few friendly advisors Col. Harrison, who asks the nomination of State Senator, was a Union Veteran, many of them will vote for him. He was ex-mayor of this city and we deny any statement of dissatisfaction. He is not a man who always wants a political office. he is not against the interest of the laboring people, he stands up for squareness. At the polls on April 14th will you nominate him? Cowardice is one of the worst things we have to deal with among colored people. This way of selling out to merely reach the point is of little force the people are always on to such stuff and will support nothing but a pure and undivided principle. Since the organization of colored clubs few are able to state correctly their political faith. Hence a great change has taken place. Charley Follows, well you all know him. One paper says he has employed thousands of laborers—well you all know him, who would believe that he is not a candidate of the Leland gang. Is he? Find out please. The colored people should vote for a man who will accept the endorsements of a Negro for a political office which he is able to fill "Our flag is still there." is the title of a patriotic song. But too stick shows that we are still here. REPEATERS BEWARE. I have been warned that repeating and illegal voting will be attempted at the primary election on Saturday April 14th. I shall employ detectives for every precinct in the city and will pay a reward often dollars for every repeater who is convicted of voting more than once for state senator at this election it is the duty of the county central committee to that no repeating or illegal voting is allowed at this primary and I am assured that this duty will be most rigidly performed. Any voter can challenge any vote offered and the judges must then administer the oath and interrogate the person offering to vote as to his qualifications. If he refuses to be sworn or to answer any question his vote must be rejected and if he swears falsely he is guilty of perjury, and any person who is in any way connected with any scheme for repeating or illegal voting is subject to fine and imprisonment and disqualified from holding any office. The safety of our government both local and general depends upon the honesty of our elections and I earnestly urge all good citizens who believe in fair elections and the purity of the ballot to assist me in persecuting repeaters and illegal voters to the severest extremity. I have already been given a list of suspected repeater and promotors and they will be watched with vigilance that will defy escape from the penalty for illegal voting. The kodack has made it an easy matter to identify them by snap shots and if any repeating or illegal voting attempted at this election I shall prosecute all violators to the fullest penalty or the law and their photographs will be published for future recognition. T.W. Harrison The neatly appointed residence of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Maux of this city, located on Madison st. near 5th, is a model edifice and speaks in very praise worthy terms for the colored race. It is only a quest on of not how much, but how well, We quarrantee the people who advertise,quick returns most reliable newspaper a mong all classes. VOL. 8. NO 30. We have never lost any support on account of what son e say of us, Do not be discouraged for the Republican party is your friend. Not withstanding what is said. Since our experience has taught us that the less said is the easily mended, but we have said many things that may never be mended. The facts in the case are thus; we must either sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, go down or up—we are there with the big limit. Notwithstanding the whims and notions of some candidates for office they have become convinced that we are a little disfigured but still in the ring and above all, here to stay. The importance of a man's record is always up to date when he is a candidate for office. Some men who aspire fot office in the meantime get uneasy and know they will be defeated and hence they talk doubtful. There is a certain man telling that all the colored people are in favor of him except the editor of this paper. Of converse any fool can see that we must be it from the simple fact that we have several thousand readers. The "Smokey Row" individuals will find no space in the newspapers for notoriety this is election time. To tell it about town that this and that paper has no influence that man had better not been born for the good they now are doing. There is a certain official tying to predominate the politics in this county. He is greatly in favor of Charley Fellows for County Commissioner. To show him we are dead on, will he tell us a secret al out the withdrawel of a certain man? There will be a grand entertainment at St. John's A. M. F. Church, April 11-12-13th, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Admission 10c for all This is for the benefit of the church, and something grand and new, it will not pay to miss it. Mrs. Jarley will display her beautiful "wax work" on the 12-13th. J. W. Mergan whose candidacy meets with little or no approval for Probate Judge. Why will he not get out of the way and leave the race to some one who may be elected(?) We are laying down boys, the gig is about up-that shows that we are men. We have received a fine supply of new type from Kansas City, and that is an indication of prosperity. We are sure an omen of good times is not far herce. JACKSON COUNTY COUNTY ANNOUNCEMTS I am a candidate for Clerk of the District Court of Jackson County, subject to the de cision of the Repnblican Convention. A. T. WAGGONER. DRUGGIST. Rubber Goods Especialty. YOUR TRADE SOLICITED. THE STATE LEDGER. KANSAS KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. El Dorado voted to build a $25,000 school building, by a vote of 891 to 384. It now seems possible that the rumors of the purchase of the Midland railroad by the Frisco line are true. Private Trembley, who swam the Bag Bag river, led his ticket and was elected city clerk of Kansas City. What is thought to be a vein of mica was found on Francis Johnson's farm, near Lindsborg, while drilling a well. The four ice plants in Topeka have agreed to make a uniform price for ice this season to all consumers, great and small. L. Carter, of Burlingame, now 95 years old, has touched neither tobacco, coffee, tea nor liquor for more than fifty years. 'A prairie fire in Saline county the other day burned off a couple of sections of pasture land and destroyed about twenty tons of hay. A tramp saved a Rock Island passenger train by discovering a broken journal and stopping the train. This occurred in Doniphan county. An Osage county farmer took tobacco he had raised to a cigar maker to be tested. It proved to be a satisfactory filler, first class in every way. The new elevator between the Santa Fe and Rock Island tracks in Wichita is approaching completion. Its capacity will be 25,000 bushels of grain. The Winfield Chautaqua will be held June 21 to July 2. Low rates of fare, probably one fare for the round trip, will be made by the railroads. There is a gang of boy robbers in Wichita. Their last job was taking tools from the new elevator, which were found at the homes of the boys. J. B. Bartholomew, of Topeka, died April 1, of pneumonia. He was one of the first to start the sheep industry in Kansas by importing fine merino sheep. He was a townbuilder for his home city. J. H. Jones, of Smith Center, who was chief electrician on the oregon during its famous voyage around Cape Horn, has left Kansas to represent a Chicago electric firm at the Paris exposition. Joab Mulvane, of Topeka, has been selected as a member of the board of trustees of the Baker University. He will take the place on the board made vacant by the death of Dr. Joseph Denison. Bulletin No. 93 of Kansas experiment station, Manhattan, Kan., gives the results of eleven years' experiments in raising and feeding Kafr corn. It will be sent free to any citizen of Kansas who writes for it. A. F. Niederlander, who played an important part in booming Wichita, visited that town recently. He now has extensive interests in zinc mines and is president of the Westinghouse Air Brake company. Mayor Ross named the following delegates from Wichita to the Trans-Mississippi congress to be held at Houston, Texas, April 17 to 21. O. H. Bently, R. P. Murdock, O. Z. Smith, A. C. Jobes and J. B. Blazer. Gueda Springs people are busy in putting their town in better condition by the building of additions, repairing and painting. Lake Juniata is again full of water and a better place for bathing and boating than before. The receipts of the Wichita post office for the year closing March 31 were over $61,000; an increase of over 20,000 over four years ago. There will probably be a sub-station put in for the convenience of the people of west of the river. A. J. Hoenschell, of Hiawatha, met the son of E. S. Brown coming from school smoking a cigarette. He ordered the boy to stop smoking. The boy refused and Hoenschell whipped him. The boy's father made complaint and Hoenschell paid a fine and costs in justice court of $47. Martin Gordon, of Galena, a miner, was killed by an accident in the mine, and was buried on the day which had been set for his marriage. For twenty years the Bethany college at Lindsborg has sung the Messiah on Easter week. In the early years the leaders came from Illinois, but now there are so many in that Swedish colony who have grown up there, and in that school, there will be none but home talent in the caste. The Ladies Home Journal gives a full page to this year's event in this Kansas village. The life insurance companies are preparing an appeal of the Hillmon case. At the last term Mrs. Hillmon got a verdict against two of the companies. W. L. Brown, of Kingman county, set out 135,000 forest trees fifteen years ago. He commenced to cut for fuel five years later. He has cut 2,500 fence posts and could take out 10,000 of them now, he says. Besides the profit from the timber he thinks he is repaid for the expense by saving of feed and flesh, his stock and hogs always thriving and contented in the grove. Burlingame is talking of putting in water works. The Frisco depot at Augusta was robbed the other night. The city library tax was voted on in Hutchinson and it carried. Valley Falls election went "dry" and at Hutchinson the "wets" won. A Franklin county woman is acting as official examiner of mortgages. A great deal of farm machinery is carried by the railroads just now. Hillsboro pays its city marshal $5 a month and its street commissioner $3. W. M. Ferguson, of Wellington paid $30 a head for 1,600 3 and 4 year old steers. A child was burned to death in a tent at the flagstone quarries at Fort Scott. A party of Topeka and northwest Kansas men will go to Yellville this month. Topeka voted against the park bonds by a tie vote. A two-thirds vote was required. There are 407 steps to climb from the ground to the top of the Kansas state house dome. The tola postoffice has reached figures in the business that entitle the town to free delivery. Balzar Geotz, of Victoria, was found dead on his own doorstep. He had been murdered. The Congregational Sunday school in Eureka raised $100 for the famine sufferers in India. James Crooks was the first Wilson county farmer to order binding twine from the penitentiary. Eddie Haire, 11 years old, lost his life near Woodbine, while burning stalks. He was alone. The Wamego Agriculturist tells about several wealthy farmers who are looking for residences. Scribners have issued a book named "Enoch Willoughby," written by James A. Wickersham who graduated from Kansas University in 1876. Senior classes of high schools are visiting each other. That of Junction City went up to visit the senior class at Clay Center the other day. Eugene Mills, a Western Union messenger boy of Abilene, is an artist, and his friends think he will be famous some day. He is eleven years old. Aitchison collected $25,108, mostly from joints, during the year ending with March. It is said that this was more than $15,000 above all expenses of the police department. Governor Stanley has appointed John J. Hannan, of Leavenworth, as the Democratic member of the state board of charities to succeed P. H. Dolan, of Salina, whose term has expired. Outside of Douglas county the Kansas county having the largest number of attendants at Kansas University is Shawnee, with 40; Wyandotte has 33; Marshall, 33; Johnson, 29; Harvey, 27; Brown, 25; Sedgwick, 23, and Montgomery, 23. About a hundred township officers and road overseers perfected an organization in Dickinson county. They were all entertained by business men of Abllene. The farmers are taking active interest in getting value for the time and money expended on the roads. Parties from Oklahoma have been figuring on the value of the waterworks plant at Springfield, Seward county. At one time Springfield had an assessed valuation of $340,000, but the townpeople have moved away and cattiemen have covered the county with their herds. The Santa Fe has purchased ground for the enlargement of its terminals in Kansas City. This property extends from Hickory street 166 feet on Liberty street, 110 feet on Fourteenth street and 402 feet on Fifteenth street, a total of 1,098 feet. From the Mississippi river to the Pacific there is only one Presbyterian church besides the "First" of Wichita that has over 1,000 members. This church also stands third in the list, on this continent in contributions for charities and missions. Alva Holly, aged 14, was riding on an engine pilot in the Frisco yards at Neodesha. He fell under the wheels and was killed. John McDonald, a Wichita mail carrier, was surprised by a visit from his brother, M. A. McDonald, of California, whom he had not seen in 18 years. He did not recognize his brother. Ottawa elected the Republican city ticket except its candidate for city clerk, who is a woman. The candidate elected was Corporal Hanson of the Twenteth Kansas. Dr. Mary A. Chamberlain, a direct descendant of the Puritan, John Rogers; died last week at Alma at the age of 81. The railroads brought to the Wichita stockyards on April 3 as follows: The Santa Fe brought 10 cars, the Missouri Pacific 6, the Rock Island 5, and the Frisco 2. Frank Weinschenk, of Kingman county, has organized a Kingman county Colonization Society and is preparing an illustrated pamphlet describing the county and many farm homes. Their Newspaper Organ is Suppressed---Editors Jailed. READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY. Santiago de Cuba, April 9. The first important action of the new mayor, Senor Grinan, in suppressing El Cubano Libre and placing under arrest the editorial staff of five men, created intense excitement when it became known. El Cubano Libre has always been intensely radical in its utterances against the Americans, Spaniards and white Cubans. It published an editorial, both offensive and indecent, in criticism of the civil government, particularly the municipal branch. The editorial characterized the place as "an official sewer and a cesspool of moral corruption" and used other language not fit for publication. It charged officials with stealing. The new mayor, who proposes an aggressive and progressive administration, acting under General Woods' order of March 24, giving mayors the control of public order, confiscated the printing plant and landed the editorial staff in jail. He justifies this step on the grounds of public decency. The Americans, foreigners and best class of Cubans applaud his action. Two hundred prominent Cubans signed a telegram to General Wood endorsing Senor Grinan's course. The colored party objects and says the time has arrived for decisive action. The colored general Rabi and other leaders were telegraphed to come immediately to Santiago to head a "popular movement against the Americans and the Cuban traitors." There is considerable excitement in the city and it is expected that the release of the editors will be followed by riots. All of the police of the city and the rural guards are under arms and ready for an emergency. Dewey Headquarters. Kansas City, Mo., April 9.—John R. McLean, brother-in-law of Admiral Dewey, has engaged elaborate quarters at one of the leading hotels for the Democratic convention in July. The rooms are very choice, and it is hinted that they are to be shared by Admiral Dewey. When the selection was made Mr. McLain, it is said, announced that the rooms would be occupied by himself and a friend. Russ and Jap Preparing. Shanghai, April 7.—The ominous preparations of the Russian and Japanese war departments continue. The Russians are making strenuous efforts to fill Port Arthur with grain, even at panic prices and are importing quantities of wheat from North China. Japan has called out her naval reserves for service during the approaching maneuvers when the entire Japanese fleet will be engaged. Turkish Professorship for Women. Oskosh, Wis., April 9.—Miss Hester D. Jenkins, daughter of J. H. Jenkins, president of the German National bank of this city, has been appointed professor of English in the American college at Constantinople. Turkey. Miss Gwen Griffiths, of the University of Chicago, has been appointed to the chair of science at the same college. Soldiers' Home Managers. Washington, April 7.—The board of managers of the national soldiers' home for disabled volunteer soldiers, in session in this city, elected the following officers: General Martin T. McMahon, New York, president; General W. J. Sewall, New Jersey, first vice president; Colonel J. L. Mitchell, Wisconsin, second vice president; Major George W. Steele, Indiana, secretary. Kentucky and Indiana Governors. Frankfort, Ky., April 5.—Governor Beckham received a requisition from Governor Mount. of Indiana, for a party wanted for trial. Governor Beckham wrote to the Indiana governor that he would honor his requisition, if Mount would honor his. Governor Mount replied that he could not enter into such a contract but must determine each requisition on its merits. Ex-Secretary of State Charles Finley and others who are wanted in the Goebel assassination case, are in Indiana and Governor Mount's telegram is generally interpreted to mean that he will not honor any requisition of this character unless signed by Taylor. The Warrant Killed Him. St. Louis, April 5—Julius Uhlenruth, cashier of the Hyde Park Brewing company, dropped dead at his home as a deputy sheriff was reading a warrant charging him with embezzling $9,000. Uhlenruth, who was an old man, had been in the employ of the brewery company a long time. Smelters Charge Too Much. Cripple Creek, Col., April 9.—Two hundred miners have been laid off at the Portland mine on account of the high rates demanded by the smelters for the treatment of gold ores. A few men will be kept at work in the drifts and shafts, but production will cease until such time as the directors are able to secure better rates from smelters, mills and railways. Nearly all the big mines will curtail their output which means the throwing out of employment of many hundreds of miners. APRIL THIRD In discussing the Puerto Rican measure Senator Mason Mason (ill.) repeated his standard argument that the Constitution forbids any difference in duties in different portions of the States territory. The discussion was lengthy. The house passed the bill to permit home-steaders who have served in recent wars, to dedicate a bill of such service from the five years to perfect title in a homestead by continuous residence. The house, under special order, took up the Hawaiian government bill: Mr. Knox (Mass.) opened the debate with an extended speech. This debate is to last until Thursday. APRIL FOURTH Senator Stewart presented a petition from civil rights organizations, representing $180,000,000 of capital payout to the military the landing of a competing cable from the United States. The United States voted to the Puerto Rican tariff measure, the final vote being 40 to 31. None but committee amendments were adopted. This being the day set for hearing of the Quay (Pa.) contest case a mix up occurred in which the case was let go over indefinitely. In the house Mr. Mclewell (Ohio) was the first speaker of the day in the prolonged debate on the Hawaiian government bill. Mr. Gilbert of Kentucky by resolution asked for a report from the Secretary of Agriculture whether, and if so, where, horse-fish is being canned in this country for human food. APRIL FIFTH. Senator Pittus (Ala.) kept the Senate laughing during a half hour of ridicule of other Senators who was the victim of the winds and Senators laughing at them they cried, those who were the subject of Senator Pittus' jokes enjoying the sieve with the rest. Pettus is 70 years old and seldom speaks. He presented a memorial of the Osage nation protesting against action of officials and asking for an investigation of the use of their pasture lands and the money that has been paid for the same. It seems probable that the house will concur in the Senate amendments to the Puerto Rican Constitution. Although the revenues are piling up quite a surplus it does not appear to be likely that the Senate will pass a bill that reason for non-action is in the certainty that should the subject of amendments to the Dingley tariff once start this session of congress would be stretched out through the sum APRIL SIXTH. The Senate did no business of interest to this section of the country, other than continuation of debates. Senator Thurston (Neb.) made a request for the Senate to take up the Hay-Paunce-fote treaty. He remarked that he had not heard of any pronounced opposition to the treaty and did not anticipate a prolonged discussion of it. Mr. Jett (III) introduced a bill in the house providing for an additional commissioner for the Indian Territory, to be located at Sapulpa. The house concluded action on amendments to the Indian government and passed it. It practically directed the commissioners of Hawaii, with a delegate in congress. APRIL SEVEN. The Senate adopted house joint resolution appointing Sidney B. Cooke of Kansas, Chas. of Pennsylvania, of Ohio, and Alfred L. Pearson, of Pennsylvania, members of the board of managers of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers of the United States. To the army appropriation bill giving the commanding officer of the army the rank of lieutenant general and the adjutant general the rank of major general. The house milia committee bill providing for the issue of Krag-Jorgensen to all organized militia, known as the national militia. The military affairs committee reported a bill to establish four permanent camp grounds to be used by the regular army and the national army. Mr. Curtls (Kans.) has a bill before the house granting the William Tweddle company aauuition toiam the Kansas river within Shawnee county. The Battle of Shiloh Corinth, Miss., April 9.—The thirty-eighth anniversary of the battle of Shiloh, when the men commanded by Grant and Buell met the forces of Albert Sydney Johnston and Beauregard, was celebrated by a grand reunion of both the federal and confederate veterans on the field where they once fought. The celebration lasted two days. Smith McPherson for Judge. Washington, April 6.—The president has nominated Representative Smith McPherson, of Iowa, to be United States district judge for the southern district of Iowa. Mr. McPherson was serving his first term in the house and had already made an impression there as a forceful debater. He was born at Mooresville, Ind., February 14, 1848. Woman Nominated for Congress. Boise City, Idaho, April 7.—The state Prohibition convention held here nominated a full state ticket and chose delegates to the national convention. The ticket is headed by Rev. W. J. Boone, of Caldwell, for governor, and Miss Amanda Way, of Boise, for representative in congress. The Colnage For March. Washington, April 5.—The monthly statement of the director of the mint shows the total coinage at the mints of the United States during March to have been $17,075,688 as follows: Gold, $12,566,240; silver, $4,341,375; minor coins, $138,072. Asks Land for Negroes. Halifax, N. S., April 6.—Dr. A. B. Walker, who was the first colored man in Canada to take the degree of bachelor of laws, will leave for England in a month to urge the British government to set aside a tract of territory in South Africa for the settlement thereon of negro emigrants from Canada, the United States and the West India islands. Smallpox Among the Nez Perces. Washington, April 6.—Telegrams received by the secretary of the interior indicate that smallpox has appeared on the Nez Perce reservation in Idaho. The exposed Indians are scattering, and no one has yet been found to bury the dead. There are about 1,600 Indians on the reservation. Kansas' Semi-Centennial. Topeka, April 9. The state executive council has issued an address calling a meeting to be held at Topeka on June 5 to discuss the proposition of holding a semi-centennial exposition in 1904 celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the territory of Kansas. Copies of the address will be sent at once to the board of county commissioners of each county and the mayor and councilmen of each first and second class city in the state of Kansas. WHAT WEBSTER DAVIS SAYS Was Received and Treated Kindly ---Pretoria Impregnable. STOREHOUSE OF FOODSTUFFS. New York, April 7.—After Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock sent to Webster Davis a brief note in which he said the president had asked him to announce that Mr. Davis' resignation has been accepted to take effect April 4. Mr. Davis felt at liberty then to talk freely upon the South African situation, and to a friend he related the history of his trip. "My journey was uneventful until we crossed the Transvaal border and stopped at Koomatipoort," he said. "There the whole neighborhood turned out and welcomed me. "Yet the English told me with great positiveness that the savage Boers would shoot me as soon as they learned I spoke English. They tell this lie so much at Cape Town that they even got Colonel Stowe, our consul there, to believe it. At Pretoria I was given a cordial greeting. Marvelous to state, during all the time I was there, not one man asked me whether I favored the British or the Boers. I viewed the defenses of Pretoria and I consider them impregnable. I do not believe the English troops will ever pass the line of hills surrounding the town, bristling as they are with high power Krupp and Creusot guns. "When I describe the city as impregnable, I speak from the judgment of a man of common sense. Pretoria lies in a basin surrounded by rugged hills, affording most admirable opportunities for defense. While there I learned enough to know that the city is one vast storehouse of foodstuffs and ammunition. "I visited the lines along the Tugela, where Buller and his 40,000 men were held at bay, and I speak from the most positive knowledge when I say that all the Boer troops in that region numbered but 7,000. With this force, Joubert and Botha held Buller back and kept White and his 15,000 men corralled in the town. "At Pretoria I met President Steyn. I also learned that there is no truth in the report coming from English sources concerning dissensions between the two presidents. They are in perfect accord. "As I said before, I do not believe the British will ever enter Pretoria. Even the women of the town are supplied with rifles and are daily practicing in markmanship. Some of them are very expert, and their average shooting is good. Un'on-Made Goods. Omaha, Neb., April 9. - Judge Keyser handed down an important decision on a question of law in a case that has been watched with interest by labor organizations in nearly every locality. It established that the resolutions of public officials to use only union-made goods have no legal validity. Among the bids submitted in response to the commissioners' advertisement about the first of the year, that of Mrs. Getschman was the lowest, but the commissioners refused to accept it because provisions were not made to have the work done by union labor. The United Irishman Selzed. Dublin, April 9.—The Dublin police, by order of the government, seized the issue of the United Irishman as a print "calculated to produce discontent, disaffection and disloyalty." The immediate cause of the seizure was an article entitled "The Famine Queen." It was signed by Maud Gonne. Senator Proctor is Surprised. Washington, April 9.—Senator Proctor, of Vermont, speaking of Admiral Dewey's presidential announcement, said: "The statement in regard to the presidency purporting to come from Admiral Dewey is as much of a surprise to me as it can be to anyone. The subject of politics has not been referred to between us in the slightest manner, directly or indirectly, since his statement soon after his return last fall." The Admiral indicates his platform to be to obey the will of the people. A Cape Town Mass Meeting. Cape Town, April 5.—At a mass meeting held here at which 20,000 persons were present, a resolution was passed, amid scenes of great enthusiasm, declaring the solemn conviction of those assembled that the incorporation of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State into the queen's dominions, alone, would secure peace, prosperity and public freedom in South Africa. The national anthem was then sung and much enthusiasm manifested. State Taxes Compiled. Topeka, April 9.—Auditor George E. Cole has compiled the tax reports received from county clerks and finds that the taxes for all purposes in Kansas for 1699 amounted to $15,432,307.80, divided as follows: State tax, $1,811, -114.75; school district, $4,147,538; township, $1,601,660.68; county, $3,718,222.64; city, $2,014,793.95; railroad, $2,203, -977.84. Wyandotte county leads with a tax roll of $774,598.65. Shawnee comes second with $713,059.86. Sedgwick is third with $28,557.79. Your Blood The thing most desired of a Spring Medicine is thorough purification of the blood. With this work of cleansing going on there is complete renovation of every part of your system. Not only is the corrupt blood made fresh, bright and lively, but the stomach also responds in better digestion, its readiness for food at proper times gives sharp appetite, the kidneys and liver properly perform their allotted functions, and there is, in short, new brain, nerve, mental and digestive strength. 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"So you studied the Russian language?" "Yes. I make it a rule to learn something of the language of every country I visit." "Did you make any progress?" "Yes. I got so I could tell whether the brakeman on a railway train was calling out the name of a station or catching cold." -Washington Star. Generous Soul "Pardon me, sir," began the visitor. "I called in the interest of the city poor children. I thought you might like to contribute to our fresh air fund for them." "Certainly," replied the benevolent suburbanite, "you may take as much as you please from my place, but how on earth are you going to carry it?" Philadelphia Press. Pooled Them. Mrs. Walldoff—Which of these ancestors are yours and which are your husband's? Mrs. Justin—Oh, it's a funny thing about their ancestors. The decorator got 'em mixed while fixing the gallery and we couldn't tell 'tother from which, so we bunched the whole loo and called them our ancestors.—Judge Happy Thought, Hostess—Play your favorite. 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William Steinitz, the famous chess ent, who was the greatest player at game since Paul Morphy's day, is an inmate of Manhattan State bank for the Insane in New York. He was admitted to the institution this year, and his wife is left penniless. He lost the world's championship manuel Lasker in 1894 and never received from the blow. His friends back on him when his marvelous gave way and he is now obliged to a charitable institution. Could Time to the Orient from London to Bombay in eleven is the remarkable program laid by the Peninsular and Oriental ship company. The journey will be the Bristol route and in faster time than is usual on Italianways. 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The growing of the peanut in this country is gradually increasing, but much of the product consumed is still brought from abroad, notably from Spain, Egypt and Japan. Yet the South Atlantic seaboard and the lower Mississippi valley, as well as other parts of the United States have been shown to be abundantly responsive to the cultivation of this ground nut, the average yield being about sixty bushels per acre. Read the Advertisements. You will enjoy this publication much better if you will get in the habit of reading the advertisements; they will afford a most interesting study and some excellent bargains. Our advertisers are reliable and send what they advertise. An Old Insurance Policy. The late Dr. Martineau insured his life for £1,000 as far back as the year 1828. 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The son of the king of Abyssinia married a few years ago the daughter of the Ethiopian King of Shoa, who wore at her wedding a curious crown, made centuries before Christ, and said to be the famous diadem that King Solomon gave to the Queen of Sheba when she visited him at Jerusalem. It is of gold, glittering with precious stones, and has been preserved through all the centuries by the kings of Shoa. Barbadoes Laborers in a Sad Condition. The condition of the laboring population in Barbadoes, Jamaica, is so bad that arrangements are on foot to send 20,000 people to Saint Lucia. Starvation is driving the black population of the island to desperation, and the troops, who, under the scheme of imperial defense, should have left Barbadoes for Saint Lucia, have been ordered to remain in Barbadoes. Incendiarism continues rampant there. The Gentler Fox. To some among the gentler sex the words "equal rights" have been, it is feared, synonymous with "similar rights." It is no doubt owing to this misapprehension of terms that the attempt was made, not so very long ago, to introduce the glories of the bloomer costume. But though the attempt proved a failure the spirit that impelled it still survives, as may be seen by the various masculine modifications that have crept into female dress during the past few years. Where is the flowing and graceful drapery of former days that jealously shielded the modest wearer from gaze, sadness creeps over one that such things should be?—Cardinal Gibbons in New York Journal. Illiteracy in Russia. The illiteracy of Russia exceeds that of any other country claiming to have a civilized government. The Humanitarian states that in 10,000 villages of the vast empire there is not a school, and it is estimated that not twenty per cent of the population of the empire has acquired even the rudiments of a common school education. It has been figured out that if the czar would disband 100,000 men of the vast army he would thereby save money enough to provide a school for each of the villages. It is not surprising that the czar should desire to reach some arrangement with the other nations which would permit him to partially disarm. Swedes Tallest of Europeans. The Swedes are probably the tallest people in Europe, and have, on the whole, erect, handsome figures. To some extent this advantage is due to physical exercise, for gymnastics are compulsory in the elementary schools, and much used in other schools and colleges. in the bushes of Aus- that braces British and and Turk, — ER'S of doctors' indorsements, own disease which arises to cure, — ER'S ugs, the best and purest le of a sarsaparilla root ers into the composition ER'S volved from half a cen- that every bottle is put rose laboratory any phy- and welcomed, — ER'S d body and hope to all all impurities from the and cause countless aches that has been trusted for ER'S For a Washington birthday story, this, from an exchange, will do: It's a pity Luke Short, who was "Bat" Masterson's old partner, isn't living to go to Paris and take part in that revolver contest. Some years ago Short was stopping at the Leland hotel, in Chicago. At breakfast a fly lit in his glass of milk, whereupon he tossed the milk in the air, shot the fly out of it with his .44, caught the fluid again in the glass, drank it, and then quietly resumed his conversation with a reporter to whom he was relating how his eyesight had failed. "La Creole "La Creole" Ha KENTUCKY COURT DECIDES. KENTUCKY COURT DECIDES. Six of the Seven Judges Sign the Verdict. WILL GO TO SUPREME COURT. Frankfort, Ky., April 9.—The court of appeals handed down a decision in the governorship case in favor of the Democrats. The opinion is by six of the judges, four Democrats and two Republicans. One Republican, Durelle, dissented. The other two Republican judges, Burnam and Guffy, gave a separate opinion from the Democratic judges, but which agreed with the Democratic members in its conclusion. The opinion holds that the action of the legislature in seating Governor Beckham was final and that the courts have no right to review it; that Governor Taylor exceeded his authority in adjourning the legislature to London, and that the journals of the two houses of the legislature being regular cannot be impeached. The Republicans will now try to get a hearing before the United States supreme court. Thirty days must elapse before the mandate of the court of appeals, in accordance with the decision, is issued. Meanwhile, no radical change in the relative positions of the state governments is expected. Judges Burnam and Guffy, Republicans, while concurring in the decision of the court, dissented from the reasoning. Judge Burnam's separate opinion says: "I have been led, with some reluctance, to the conclusion, and not without some misgivings as to its correctness, that there is no power in the courts of the state to review the findings of the general assembly in a contested election for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor as shown by its only authenticated representatives." Ex-Governor Bradley said: "We will not take advantage of any technicality to delay the progress of the case. The decision of the court of appeals is not disheartening to us. We shall ask for a writ of error to the supreme court at once and these contests will now be at an end in a very short time." Rallroads Help the Parks. Wichita, April 7.—The Rock Island has ordered the shipment of five cars of crushed rock for the park drives and Division Superintendent Webb of the Missouri Pacific says he is going to donate three car loads more of rock for the same purpose. The Missouri Pacific alone has donated 15 carloads of crushed rock for the parks, all brought from Missouri. The freight charges alone would be $20 on each car. That would make the value of the freight rates alone donated by the Missouri Pacific $300. Rev. Sheldon's Substitute. Albuquerque, N. M., April 5.—The Rev. Frank H. Allen, who for five years has been pastor of the Congregational church of this city, has resigned. He has decided to accept the call made by the Second Congregational church of Topeka, Kan., to fill the pulpit during the eight months' absence of the pastor, the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon., in Europe. Want Stamp Taxes Abolished. New York. April 9.—The New York chamber of commerce adopted resolutions declaring that the stamp taxes should be abolished as soon as the revenue of the government will permit. and if it is impossible to abolish them all in the beginning those upon telegrams, express and freight receipts, proprietary articles and sales made upon exchanges should be first abolished. Great Britain's Demands. Libson, April 7.—In the chamber of deputies the minister of foreign affairs, Senor Veiga Baira, announced that Great Britain had demanded of Portugal to transport British troops through Beira, via Delagao Bay ports, in accordance with existing treaties. Portugal has notified the Transvaal government of its decision. The minister asserted that the relations between Great Britain and Portugal were "most cordial." This, if accomplished, would prove of vital advantage to the British army. Dredge Digs Up Valuable Relics Dredge Digs Up Valuable Refills. Savannah, Ga., April 5.—A dredge at work in the river for the terminal of the Georgia & Alabama railway, picked up two old type English cannon, in a man-of-war wreck. The vessel is supposed to have been sunk at the time of the British occupation of this city, when the French allies sailed up the river to attack them. A number of cannon balls and several silver coins of a date of more than 100 years ago have also been taken out. Luck seldom comes when you expect it. Adam was the only man who ever held an undisputed claim to the title of "oldest inhabitant." Life and Health of Gems. When we see a diamond sparkling on the finger or an opal apparently smoldering in its setting, we think of the beautiful objects as being lifeless stones. As a matter of fact, scientists now assure us that jewels have a sort of life. Opals and pearls, rubies and turquoise lose color and grow dull when worn by the sick.and pearls must receive careful handling or they lose color and brilliancy and finally die. Gems, like books, are said to breathe—that is, the air penetrates them, carrying with it emanations from the body. If the hand on which the jewel is worn gives off an unhealthy vapor, then the jewel will receive its proportion and be injured thereby. For this reason it is wise to occasionally put your jeweled ring or pin away for a rest, and in order that it may have a chance to purify. It has often been demonstrated that a gem gains in brilliancy by being put away in a case for awhile. The Universities. The latest catalogues of the ten leading American universities show their respective registration figures as follows: Harvard, 5,250; Columbia, 3,729; Michigan, 3,346; Yale, 2,688; Pennsylvania, 2,651; Cornell, 2,645; Wisconsin, 2,025; Chicago, 1,680; Princeton, 1,194; and John Hopkins, 632. Harvard also has the largest academic department, with 1,897 men. Cornell leads in scientific students, with 795. 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Send a final order to this office and be convinced. WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION, WICHITA, KANSAS. W. N. U. WICHITA-NO.-15-1900 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. State Ledger. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN .. BY . F. L. JELTZ. SUBSCRIPTION six months 500 One Year 1.00 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS CASH IN AD- ANCE. entired at post office at Topeka, Kansas, at sec udelclass-rates. Published every Saturday at 431 Kan. av- $1.00 in advance. PHYSICIANS. I. A. SHIELDS M.D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office and Residence 1331 VanBuren St all promptly attended. DR.AGNES McKEE WAL. LACE. Office 724 Kan. Ave. Phone 250 H. B. HOGEBCOM PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, 30 Kans Ave. All calls promptly attended. DR: C. A. TAYLOR. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office Hours, 9 to 11 a. m. From 2 to 5 p. m. OFFICE 226½ KAS, AVE. (Cver Kohl's Drug Store,) Wm. B. Swan, M. D 725 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. office hours, 11:00 to 12 m., 2:00 to 4:30 pm. Residence 624 Buchanan St. Bell Telephone, 660 GEORGE DICK, M. D, Homoeopathist Residence 626 Filimo St. Telephone 360. Office 807 Kansas Avenus. S. G. STEWART, M. D. FITCH 621 KANSAS AVE. TELEPHONE 5414 RSIDENCE 51 W. 5TH ST TELEPHONE 447. a14 Wm. E. JACKSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. FREE HOURS; 9 TO 11 A. M. TO 5, and 7 TO 9 P. M TELEPHONE 558. OFFICE 117 West 5th st. DR J. C. ISERMAN, Office 112 East 6th street Calls Promptly Attended To DR, R. O. RHODES, OFFICE 600 Kansas ave. Topeka, Kansas (Over Hub Clothing Co.) OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 11 A. M. 2 to 5 P. M. Residence, 900 West Sixth street Paon 6:66. W. P. BROCKETT. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RESIDENCE IN CONNECTION WITH OFFICE AND STORE. calls answered day or night ALSO - lesler in Drugs, Medicines, an la articles kept in a Drug store, Mayette, Kansas. 929 The American School of Magnetic Healing. WELTMER METHOD. Every known disease cared without medi DOCTOR M. M. PENDROY, 614 Mark Street, Imporia, Kansas. GIBRALTAR DRUG CO: 823 KANSAS AVENUE. Topeka, Kansas* HOMEPATHIC CREMIES. A.T.M.A TERIALS. Attorney at Law, Practices n all courts, Office 116 W. 611 FRED C. SLATER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Lectures in 40 Courts. Office 600 Kansas. ISENHAKT and LEXANDER Attorneys at Law. 517 Kansas Ave. P. HITTLE VEHICLES & UNDERTAKING ROODS 326 North Main Street. HUTCHINSON KANSAS Our people should remember mr. Hird When in need of Funeral S pplic. G. O. KINGU LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE E. Ladies saddle horses. Good turn out—100 E. 2nd street. BOOK EXCHANGE Stationery and all kinds of writing material----832 Kansas avenue ROHRING SHCE SHOP, 527 Quincy Street repairs BO ITS and SHOES. Nearly done while you wait Rubber Heels 40 and 50 cents The Best On The Market ROHRING THE SHOE MAKER GILCHRIST BROTHERS PROPRIETORS NATIONAL STABLES Good Turnouts delivered to any part of the city. Boarding a spe- cialty. tel. 46 706 Jackson st H A. KLAUER. For the best Gold-Bug, Silk Edge, and a fine line of Tobbaccos, and Smoking Articles, 526 Kans. ave. a22 I. N. PETERSON, LIVERY, FEED and BOARDING STABLE Prices Reasonable. Give us a trial 522 Jackson Street JNO, CHELANDR RANDOLPH KANS. THE LANDIS HOME BAKERY, Many years experience. French home Bakery 316 E. 41n St. Pure Tea and Spices etc. TOPEKA SPICE MILLS 109 E. Sixth Street. W. D. Wood, J. Macon, and Cistein, butler also well. Parties needlng service leave ord is LEDGER office. $ F. A. BECKSTROM FINE WALL PAPEE, and VARNISHES Paints and Painters' Supplies. 18 Jackson St. Topeka, Kansas GO TO Emerson's fine meat market at Haveng, ville is the place to patrouz . If you want good medicine to do the work quick all kibis diseases it will pay you to consult Mr. Chas Han ilton office main st. Sterling Kans. Mrs M. E. Fair gives meals 15cts you trade obtained Abelene Kans Martin and Hutchison 15 East Sierman at Hutchison Kans. New and second han goods bought and sold. Give him a call. E. W. Griggs for pastor, free pictures. Car-901 Kas. ave. CHILLI SOUP, he makes the best. His parlors are: UP-TO-DATE. Give him a call 504 Fast 4th street. When in Lawrence stop at Bush's Restaurant 611½ Mass. St. will serve you right. Don't forget the Candy Kitchen 115 south main st, Ottawa Kan Mr. H. L. Hendrix Projure Candles Home md.e. Don't forget that S. H. & Trowbridge everything n the line of groceries e store 5 3505 W, toth st. Go to J. P. Johnsons for anything you want, in the line of fine cigar's tobacco and confectionery, 409 Kas Ave. A. L. Wilson the painter and Decorator 701 Vermont st. is the one to see if you want good work done in his line. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District In and for Shawnee County Kansas. The above named defendant will take notice that he has been sued by plaintiff in the District Court of Shawnee County Kansas or divorce and that unless he answers the petition filed by said plaintiff on or before the 26 of January 1900 the same will be taken as true and judgement rendered as prayed for in said petition. (Attest) A.M. Callaham, Clerk of Dist. Court First pub. Dec. 16. '99. PUBLICATION NOTICE, In the District Court of Shawne County Kansas, John Wood, Pltff. vs. Minnie Wood, Deft: To Minnie Wood, you are hereby notified that you have been sued by the plaintiff, John Wood, in thedistrict Court of Shawnee County Kansas, and that you must answer the petition filed therin against you by her plaintiff, or on or before the 22nd day of December 1899, or the petition will be taken as rue and judgment divorcing said plaintiff from you will be rendered accordingly. (Attest) John Wood, SUMMONS of PUBLICATION In The District Court In and Fou Shawnee County Kans s. The above named defendant is hereby notified that he has been sued in the District Court of Shawnee County Kansas by the above name plaintiff for divorce and that unless he answers the petition filed by said plaintiff on or before the 24th day Nov. 1899 the same will be taken as true and judgement rendered as prayed for said petition. GOTO LOUIS VANDORP. FCR HARDWARE and STOVES Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks and Garden-Tools. These are the things you need Give him a call. 828 Kansas Ave LOUIS VANDORP. PCR Hardwires and STOVES Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks no Garden-Tools. These are the things you need Give him a call. 828 Kansas Ave WHERE TO GET YOUR HATS And CLOTHES CLEANED. if you have a first rate looking suit of clothes that you would like to have cleaned and put in shape take them to L. S. Harding's as you go to the State 108 W. 9th street. If you have straw goods or silks, don't forget that he does this kind of work. Try him. For Sale--By John L. Howard 415 Kansas Avenue. Houses on W. 51th St. ranging from $80 $120 centally located at reasonable prices on easy payments. Give him a call. CURRENT MAGA- ZINE AT 1-4 OFF. ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT or ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC and: CLASS A. LADIES KOME JOURNAL McCLURES, POPULAR MONTHLY MUNSEY'S AINSLEE, and SELF CUI- TURE. All For 40 cents per. Month. CLASS B. SCRIBNELS, HAITIE MAG IZINE, COSMOPOLITAN, McCLURES, LIPPINCOTT, and LADIES HOME JOURNAL. All for 50 cents per. Month. THE CENTURY, FORUM, NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, ATLANTIC MONTHLY, CURRENT LITERATURE and SCRIBNER'S, AHAT GROUND pe Month, M. Hogan. Undertaker And Reliable in His Dealings--Open day and Night.--314 Kan. Avenue. U.S. CYCLE CC. NATIONAL N227. 118 East 8th Street. Difficult Bicycle Reparing a Specialty Lock and Key Work, Umbrellas Repaired, Valcanizing. Good WHEELS to rent-and for Sale Second Hand, We Are Experts CALL AND SEE OUR '99 NEW MODELS U. S. CYCLE CO, 118 East 8th Street Kansas Packing House Market SCHMIDT TROV'S, PROPS', 306 E. B. AND STREET4 Deliers In FRESH AND CURED MEATS, Wholesale and Retail. Give Them Your Trads. --- John Kinnen. Merchant Tailor. I keep afull line of goods and samples constantly on hand and guarantee to please uscus omers. (south of State Bank.) HOL. ON, KANS. PALACE HOTEL. E C. THRALL PROP. Serves first class meals and Lodging Meals and Lodging open day and night 118 W. 6th St. CAFE T, J CARSON PROP, Short order Merchan s lunch Oysters, lunch, Chili and game in season open day and ight, 100 E. 7 h St Sells Watches, Clocks and Fi e Jewelry. Patches cleaned, $1,100, mainsprings $1,00 All work first class, and warranted one year Money to loan at 8 per cent on valuable Miller's Pharma- 6th & TOPEKA AVL. Drug's Medicines, Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Give Us a Trial. FOR SALE - Will you buy Will you sell Will you rent Real Estate Try us. Barnes Real Estate Co.Tel. 262. 113 West 5th st. DRY GOODS DEPT, FRIDAY & SATURDAY. L. L, Unbleached Muslin £6 in. w. 15c number Ladies Seamless Fasten and Saturday, price "The Elite Bustle," 25c is the price day and Saturday each, New Pulley Belts, Blacks and T 22 cents. GRAND FREE CALKIN'S O 8 t010 SATUR Passons de DEAKEN Crockery, chinə, glassə and all kinds of 739 Mass. St. GO B W.M. H For all kinds of Feed; Flour, H 120 East WARREN M & CO. 613 & 615 K DRESS Good servicable Dress Goods, Pretty Mixtures and Checks. Stylish SU TINGS 40 in. wide, Elegant Cloths, all kinds, Finest SU TING, lots of styles, 54 Venetian, Cheviots, Camel Hair Black Crepeons, Black Cheviot and Homespuns for SILK The new Lace stripes, 24 in. Foulards, All Overs in Silks, Lace and Embroidery TAILOR Ladies Camel Hair cheviots, navy box-plait skirt, Hemespun Eton suits, in Oxford double breasted jacket, silk facing chatted Muslin £6 in. wide, Friday and Satu ladies Seamless Fast Black Ribbeb top price Bustle," 25c is the price, Black, White a saturday each, Belts, Blacks and Tans, Friday and Satu GRAND FREE CONCERTS CALKIN'S ORCHESTRA TO 10 SATURDAY NIGHT lessons dep't stor L. L, Unbleached Muslin £6 in. wide, Friday and Saturday. yd 5c. 15c number Ladies Seamless Fast Black Ribbeb top hose, Friday and Saturday, price "The Elite Bustle," 25c is the price, Black, White and Drab, Friday and Saturday each, New Pulley Belts, Blacks and Tans, Friday and Saturday, choice 22 cents. GRAND FREE CONCERT. CALKIN'S ORCHESTRA. 8 t010 SATURDAY NIGHT. Passons dep't store, Passons dep't store, DEAKER IN , china, glassware, tinware all kinds of household good 9 Mass. St. Lawrence K GO TO W. M. H. HEBB. of Feed; Flour, Hay Straw and Poultr 120 East 8 Ave. RREN M. CRO & CO. TOPE B & 615 KANSAS AV Crockery, china, glassware, tinware, notions and all kinds of household goods. 739 Mass. St. Lawrence Kan. GO TO W. M. H. HEBB. For all kinds of Feed; Flour, Hay Straw and Poultry Supplies. 120 East 8 Ave. WARREN M. CROSBY & CO. TOPEKA 613 & 615 KANSAS AVE. DRESS GOODS the Dress Goods, ties and Checks. is 40 in. wide, is, all kinds, lots of styles, cheviots, Camel Hairs, 75c $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, and Homespuns for suits, SILKS. stripes, 75 cheviots, Lace and Embroidery for yokes, TAILOR SUITS. Hair cheviots, navy or black, short jack on suits, in Oxfords, Tans New Brown and jacket, silk facings, Good servicable Dress Goods, Pretty Mixtures and Checks. Stylish SU TINGS 40 in. wide, Elegant Cloths, all kinds, Finest SU TING, lots of styles, 54 Venetian, Cheviots, Camel Hairs, Black Crepeous, Black Cheviot and Homes puns for suits, 25c yd. 39c yd. 50c yd. 75c yd. $1.00 yd. 75c and $1.00 yd. $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, and, 2.00, yd. $1.00 yd. The new Lace stripes, 24 in. Foulards, All Overs in Silks, Lace and Embroidery for yokes, $1.00 yd 75 and $1.00 yd 50c to $5 yd TAILOR SUITS. Ladies Camel Hair cheviots, navy or black, short jacket, fly front, box-plait skirt, Hemespun Eton suits, in Oxfords, Tans New Browns &c., mate double breasted jacket, silk facings, $15.00 SHIRT WAISTS Good serviceable Waists, good clo uffs, at Fine Waists made of fine Percale, other with or without yoke, box p urs Helio, Pinks, Pastels &c. Finer ones in pretty dainty cloths 150, 175, 198. Whit Waists SILK W Black Tafetta in the new corded Silk or satin Waists, colors Rose, new tucked and hemstitched box table Waists, good cloth, good styles with side of fine Percales Madras finish, new without yoke, box plait back and tucked kicks, Pastels &c. pretty dainty cloths or chambers, Madras $1.00, 125.1. Good serviceable Waists, good cloth, good styles with collar and cuffs, at Fine Waits made of fine Percales Madras finish, new plain sleev ather with or without yoke, box plait back and tucked effect. Col ors Helio, Pinks, Pastels &c. Finer ones in pretty dainty cloths or chambrays, Madras &c at $13. 1.50, 1.75, 1.98. Whit Waists $1.02, 1.25, 1.52, 2.00, 2.50 SILK WAISTS. Black Tafetta in the new corded styles, special Silk or satin Waistts, colors Rose, Pastels, Helios and Blacks, with new tufted and hemstitched box, plaited trouss, specia. $4.99 KID GLOVES FOR EASTER "Pamp" 2 clasp dress , I the p "Dorus', 2 clap medium heavy for "Trefousse Suedes 3 clasp, mode a for "Dorthy" 3 clasp, real kid, new en much for this glove at the price asp dress e , the p u r hides medium heavy for street wear needes 3 clasp, mode and tans to close out asp, real kid, new embroidery. We can give at the price "Lamp" 2 clasp dress, 1 the purr hides "Dorus", 2 clap medium heavy for street wear "Trefousse Suedes 3 clasp, mode and tans to close out a $2.00 glow for "Dorthy" 3 clasp, real kid, new embroidery. We cannot say much for this glave at the price NEW NECK—WEAR FOR LADIES. For Easter and all spring—Satin and Velvet stocks, Jabots, Lawn & Net Ties, Chiffon Fischus, Barbs, Land Bows, Sink Scarf, Sunties & Elegant line, you must see them. New W sh Goods, New Underwear, New Hoisery, Corsets, Ribbon arasols. We sell Standard Patterns. 5. 10, 15, 200 WE DO MAIL and EXPRESS ORDER BUSINESS. and all spring—Satin and Velvet stocks, J Shiffon Fischus, Barbs, Land Bows, Silk int line, you must see them. Foods, New Uderwear, New Hoisery, Corr Standard Patterns. 5. 10, 11 MAIL and EXPRESS ORDER BUSINESS For Easter and all spring—Satin ano V. lvet stocks, Jabots, Law & Net Tijs, Chiffon Fischus, Barbs, Land Bows, Suk Scaft, Sun ties &c. Elegant line, you must see them. We sell Standard Patterns. 5,10,15,200 WE DO MAIL and EXPRESS ORDER BUSINESS Dr. Dutton's Botanic Blood and St0mach Cues INDEGESTION, KIDNEY and LIVER trouble and KIHEUMATISM. Sold by W. A. Travis, Shorey, P O., Adjoining Capital of Kansas Mtr. 27. E. M. Eletcher. CARPENTER & BUILDER FURNITUE AND JOB WORK SOLICI- TED 119 F, 7th St. --- IDE, Friday and Saturday. yd 5c. Black Ribbeb top hose, Friday 9c. Price, Black, White and Drab, Friday 14c. Tans, Friday and Saturday, choice. E CONCERT. ORCHESTRA. SATDAY NIGHT. Keep't store, IN ware. tinware. notions household goods. Lawrence Kan. O HEBB. Day Straw and Poultry Supplies. 28 Ave. M. CROSBY TOPEKA. KANSAS AVE. GOODS 25c yd. 39s yd. 50c yd. 75c yd. $1.00 yd. 75c and $1.00 yd. 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, and, 2.00, yd r suits, $1.00 yd. KS. $1.00 yd. 75 and $1.00 yd. Oidery for yokes, 50c to $5 yd. R SUITS. For black, short jacket, fly front, Tans New Browns &c., made s, $1500 AISTS. With, good styles with collar and Madras finish, new plain sleeve lait back and tucked effect. Col for cham'rays, Madras &c at $1.00 $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 AISTS. Styles, special Castels, Helios and Blacks, with olaited trouts, special, $4.00 $5.00 u r hides $1.00 street wear $1.20 and tans to close out a $2.00 glov broidery. We cannot say to $1.50 AR FOR LADIES. no Velvet stocks, Jabots, Law s, Land Bows, Suk Scarf, Sui them. r, New Hoisery, Corsets, Ribbon terns. 5, 10, 15, 200 ESS ORDER BUSINESS. Henderson paint works J. A. HENDERSON, PROP. Manufacturers of all kinds of PAINT Strictly Pure. 69 Mass St LAWRENCE, KA'S SAS I. T. OWENS Short order and meals. Lodging 25 c Solicits your trade. Get you for less on sallery goods Geo, Kieins and Co, 7 18 Kins. Ave. pairing a specily, all work guaranteed. SIXTH & QJINCY