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THE STATE LEDGER The typhoid microbes are pretty wideake, but they are very easily taken in. However, Mr. and Mrs. Mosquito are still laughing in their sleeves at the eminent scientists. After a man takes more than $5,000 they quit calling it stealing and refer to it as embezzlement. An observer says that the earnings of married women are decreasing. How about their expenditures? The mental anguish of a dry man in a wet district is exceeded only by that of a wet man in a dry district. Now that "Josh Billings" is dead, Prof. Davy Jones of Lancaster claims to be the "greatest English speller" living. This talk about the uselessness of the veriform appendix is very foolish. It's exceedingly useful to the doctors. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough are reported to be living apart. There are only a few happy American duchesses left. The Pennsylvania clergyman who shot at a burglar the other day and hit him has earned the thanks of the entire congregation. Since love alone makes it worth the while to live. Let all be now forgiven and forgive. says Alfred Austin in his latest poem, All right, Alfred, we'll forgive you. A scientist has discovered that loafing is conducive to health and longevity. Come to think of it, who ever saw a tramp suffering from arteriosclerosis? If a person has a legal right to snore should two persons snoring at the same time and in the same room be compelled so to snore as not to make a discord? Even though Mr. J. P. Morgan has just paid $13,570 for a miniature portrait of the duchess of Norfolk, by Holbein, Mrs. Morgan has no reason to be jealous. The Russians are not the first people to float mines. Wall street has been in the business for years. And many an innocent craft has been wrecked thereby. We suggest the following subject of world interest for the sweet girl graduate's essay: Will the Russian blouse ever be entirely superseded by the Japanese kimono? Of course, if one of those floating mines sinks a neutral ship our pro-Jap shooters will insist that it was a mineski or a minevitch, and that the Japs were not responsible. A Youngstown man dropped dead from sheer excitement as the last man went out in the ninth inning the other day. So happy a death does not fall to the lot of every fan. King Edward recently received in private audience Capt. Mahan, U. S. N., (retired)—the man who knows pretty much everything about all kinds of ships excepting lordships. The piano dealers were able to get together only 200 old square pianos for the bonfire at their national convention in Atlantic City. You see, we had a coal strike a year ago last winter. That the emancipation of woman is now complete has been demonstrated in St. Louis. The leader of them all exercised her prerogative of liberty and went from the parlor into the kitchen. Boston's Twentieth Century club has discussed mastication, and was told by one expert of a woman who chews every morsel of food 200 times. Now does this lady eat to live or does she live to eat? Another bank teller has confessed that a large shortage in his accounts is due to speculation. And it is encouraging to note that the newspapers refer to him as a thief instead of an embezzler. A Worcester (Mass.) man, who forged a check for $500, said he did it in his sleep. The size of the check, however, was not convincing. It seemed to indicate that he knew perfectly what he was about. The latest fad among Yale students is going barefooted through the streets of New Haven. It is supposed to have been started by some young gentleman whose father could not be reached by telegraph. A contemporary announces that Cuba raises nearly one-third of the world's cane. For the sake of the young republic's reputation, it should be noted that the last word in the above sentence is spelled correctly. And the bank auditor, after he had stolen the funds of his employers, blamed the actress for his ruin, just as Adam blamed Eve. Of course, the man was not in any way at fault. "The woman tempted me and I did eat," is still the resort of some cowards. The scientists, after having informed us that bacillus have children at the rate of about 9,000 a minute, now come forward with the equally cheerful statement that a reasonably healthy bacillus often lives 2,000 years. Are science and religion really compatible? Dr. Smith overlooked one thing when he said that highly educated women did not make good wives. How is a man to know how to spell the hard words when he has a letter to write if he cannot ask his wife? The Watcher. I am so glad love fell asleep. Before the morning came. Better to keep it in the keep. Than those mad tears too fail to leap. That burned my cheeks like flame. What time he turned to sob and weep And call a certain name. I am so glad that Love is still. Wrote to her. With folded hands and empty will. In this strange loneliness and chill, With the tears she sings. Than soothe and strive and soothe until The grief grew hideous. I am so glad that for a space Comes respite from his pain. While yet the dawn comes on apace For the sake of grace For me who must remain. Afraid to look upon Love's face Lest he must wake again. — Theodore Garrison in New York Herald. The DREAMER and the DREAM BY JULIA TRUTT BISHOP Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Publishing Company. Laurie went for the hundredth time and looked at the "spare room." She knew every smallest detail of its arrangement by heart; the gay rag carpet, the blue-and-white spread, the open-worked pillow shams. Were they not part and parcel of the spare room, always in order and ready for the chance comer? But she herself had gathered the honcy-suckle blooms and the wild grasses for the tall vase in the window, and she herself had arranged the few little books on the stand with the white cloth. Was it chance that the pretty copy of Tennyson was the topmost one of the little heap, and that it lay shyly open at the poem about the king who wooed a beggar maid? When she had looked wistfully at everything once more, then again she read the letter—for he had written the letter to her, and not to her father and mother, as might have been expected. Her cheeks flamed as she read again: "I will be there Thursday, and I am going to have a great surprise for you this time. This will be the fourth summer I have spent at the farm, and it will be like going home again. I have watched yor grow up, little Laurie, and have thought about you a great deal more. I am sure, than you have thought about a stupid, stiff, selfish old fellow like me." Thursday. He was to be here Thursday, and this was the time. She had begun arranging the room for him four days ago, and every day swept and garnished it afresh and gone to the woods for more flowers. Even now she went to the window and twisted the tendrils of honey-suckle so that the flowers would show better, and resolved to go to the woods after prettier ones, after all, and then was in a panic lest he should come while she was gone. If only she might have made this room look as she had dreamed it, over and over again. She stood, seeing it through a golden haze. Filmy laces floated at the window, caught and drifted here and there by the breeze; and soft carpets were on the floor, and tall mirrors stood between the windows, and everything was so beautiful that the golden-banded bumblebee on the honeysuckle blooms seemed to be frightened with idle, wistful dreams. Her eyes fell before the open book, as though he had been there beside the book, looking at her—for had he not given her the book—and had read the poem, and told her that if the king really loved the beggar maid she was the only woman in the world for him, and poverty was a little thing compared with love. "Laurie!" cried her mother from the kitchen; "run here a minute an fetch me in some wood—an" I wish while you're out you'd see if the chickens have got back into the gar Wazed A letter to her—to her! den. The way they're carryin' on we won't have any veg'tables left by the time Mr. Fairlie comes. What was that he wrote 'bout havin' a s'prise for ye?" "He said he'd have a great surprise for me this time,' said Laurie, waiting a moment with her face turned away. "Well, I hope it ain't any more o' them shrimps he brought last time,' said Mrs. Morrell, comfortably. 'I'd jest as soon cat fishbat an' done with it. I jest know it's somethin' to eat. for he knows nothin' else wouldn't prise us. Run on an' get the wood, Laurie-an' there goes one o' them chickens into the garden!" Laurie hurried away, her shy, wildflower face turned from her mother's eyes. But once in the garden she found the row of hollyhocks against the further fence, and walked beside them, touching their petals tenderly. "He likes hollyhocks," she said to herself. "That's why I planted 'em again this year. He says they made him think of his grandmother's garden. It would be nice to have a whole garden planted with hollyhocks and marigolds and pinks, just for him." And then, all in a moment, she had planted just such a garden, and "Well, here she is!" it had grown to its full gloi; and the figure coming down one of the pink-bordered walks was not his grandmother, but was Laurie he self, clad in the short-waisted old brocade, like that pretty picture of his grandmother when she was so fair and young, and was the belle of the whole country round. "Laurie!' called her mother. "Ain't you ever coming with that wood?" The wood was carried in, and Laurie was at once placed in charge of the churn, and began splashing the dasher up and down wearily. "Well, I declare!" exclaimed her mother, with quite justifiable vexation. "You ain't payin' a bit of attention to what you're doin'. Look how you've splashed up this floor. An' your cheeks is that red, a body'd think ye had fever. Jest as like as not you're frettin' because you'll have more work to do now that he's comin', but the money's somethin', I reckin! People can't always consult children, like you, when they want to_take in boarders. Listen! Ain't that the stage comin?' You'll have to go out an' meet 'im, for I've got my hands in the dough." But before she had finished speaking Laurie was off like a flash, and was hidden away in the dining room, drawn back into a corner—holding her heart down to keep it from bursting. There was a rattle of wheels and a cheerful "Hello!" at the gate, and then the sound of dragging trunks down from the roof of the stage, and her father's voice in loud and cheerful greeting. He was down now—he was paying the driver—he was coming along the walk, and up the steps, and into the house. He would be there in another moment. She could hide no longer. She must creep out of her corner and meet blim. He came along the bright hallway, tall, pale from work, but smiling with frank delight. "Ah, here she is!" he cried, catching her brown, rough little hand and drawing her closer. "Didn't I tell you, Laurie, that I had a surprise for you, this time! Well, here she is. This is my wife, Mrs. Olga Fairlie, if you please—and we are both going to spend a whole, long summer with you." The beautiful woman with the blue eyes and the golden rings of hair took the hand he put into hers, and looked at the small, frightened face. Clearly, this country was not so healthful, after all. A look at this girl, with her white cheeks and startled eyes, suggested the thought that they might have belonged to some wild thing out of the woods. Mr. Morrell came staggering in with a trunk, shouting cordially. "Well, if this ain't a suprise!" Mrs. Morrell peeped in from the kitchen, smiling and nodding. "I can't shake hands," she said; "but you've gone and got married, have ye? Well, I'll bet Laurie's glad to hear that. The lady'll be so much company for her. Just go to your room—you know where it is." Mrs. Farlie pulled off her gloves and looked around the room a little disdainfully. "You have talked so much about your little woodland 'nymph that I suppose I expected too much," she said. "She's rather a commonplace little country girl, it seems to me—no powers of conversation—no expression—and not the smallest spark of imagination." Mr. Fairlie did not try to answer. He stood still, looking absently at the heap of books on the table. "Here are her books," he said, fingering them one by one. "See—Longfellow, Whittier—Mrs. Browning—I gave her Tennyson, too, I think. I wonder what she has done with that?" FISHING IS NOT COSTLY. Sportmen Here and in Canada May Angle for Salmon Cheaply. In England salmon fishing is one of the most costly of sports, and even here it is the popular belief that the sport is of necessity one for the rich alone, no man of even moderate means presuming so much as to think of indulging in it. In the British Isles and other parts of northern Europe this is undoubtedly true. Even in this country and in Canada in the last few years the salmon waters have been taken by clubs and individuals, so that now the fishing is restricted to the few; but Labrador and Newfoundland are left free and moderately accessible to the fishing public living in the eastern states, and improved traveling facilities have made the trip to Newfoundland a matter of ease, so that the number of sportmen visiting that island is increasing enormously. Fortunately the island is large—more than 300 miles each way—and the rivers very numerous, so that it will be some time before the country is crowded. Thus far only a very few of the most accessible rivers have been fished in at all. Along the east coast and the northern peninsula are many rivers that have never known a fisherman. At the present time these are rather difficult of access by land, it is true, but by chattering a small vessel fishermen can, at moderate cost, visit the most remote of them and be sure of almost unlimited salmon. Making Sunday Cheerful Making Sunday Clerk. Sunday is often dull for the boys in the families where the parents believe it is proper to keep quiet on this day. The boys grow restless after church and Sunday school are over, and do not know what to do with themselves. Yet the day may be kept quite differently from other days and still not be dull. One little mother of whom a recent writer tells, and who had three little boys, has made Sunday so delightful that all three lads look forward to it with pleasure. She chooses some especially beautiful stories which are read during the quiet afternoon, and keeps for this day favorite walks in woodsy fields. And to close the afternoon comes "candle lighting time," when, at twilight, the boys each light their own candles and the three-branched candelabrum by which to eat their simple supper. And Sunday is thoroughly enjoyed. To Impress Children. One great reason why children often disobey is because they do not understand what is desired of them. They are careless, their minds wander while they are being instructed, and consequently they disobey. A very effective way to secure a child's obedience is to insist upon a direct gaze during the time the mother is talking to him. Have him look the speaker straight in the eyes, and if still inclined to wandering, have him repeat what has been told him. This impresses it on his mind and increases its importance, and there is nothing a child likes better than to know that what he is to do is important, or even that it is important that he refrain from certain acts. And really, what is more important to both child and mother than obedience on the part of the child? Bent Radium by Hour When one reads of the considerable use that is being made medicinally of radium it seems hardly credible that so much can have been made of so little. The amount procurable in London to-day is considerably less than a grain. Consequently, as only a limited number of medical men can have an opportunity of utilizing this weird chemical, it is suggested that chemists should follow the example of one of their number, who has obtained a small tube containing five milligrammes of radium bromide, and hires it out at $2.50 an hour. This is surely the strangest development of modern pharmacy. Petroleum Fields Still Prolific The statistics used to show that the Russian petroleum fields are becoming exhausted are misleading. During last year a strike stopped production for twenty days, and a fire raged about the five "gushers" and sixty-two pump wells of the Bibi-Etab district for five weeks. These fire and strike losses, estimated at 4,200,000 barrels, would bring the production to 75,826,800 barrels for the year, which amount is almost that for 1902, and is slightly in excess of the American production. My Part. Not mine to count the cost of right, Its gain or loss, its boon or bane; But mine to do with fearless might What God through conscience maketh plain. Not mine to judge another's deed In his sewers and harsher thought; But mine with constant care to heed What action by myself is wrought. Not mine by certain sight to walk. In sure success from day to day; But mine, whaler'er my plans may balk. In faith to find or harbor. - Philip B. Strong. Sheep-Sorrel Pie. Bent Murdock pays tribute to the sheep-sorrel pie, which was one of the luxuries of primitive Kansas. it was dried-apple pie from December until grass, or until the squaws came around with wild gooseberries. But, happy thought! With the coming of the Johnny-jump-up came sheep-sorrel and with sorghum sweetening what lovely pies were made! Corn bread and Missouri bacon, sorghum and buttermilk, with a quarter section of sheepsorrel pie to finish up. Kansas people of this day and generation don't know what good living is." CROWDS THERE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENT IN SESSION AT CHICAGO. AN INTERESTING OPENING PROGRAMME An Adjournment Was Then Taken Until Wednesday—Temporary Chairman Root Delivers a Speech, and Then Reads the List of Committees—Fairbanks for Vice President. CHICAGO.—(Special.) Without a disturbing element to impede smooth operation, the first day's programme of the Republican national convention was carried on like clockwork. Not a jarring sound was heard, not a false step taken. It was an assembly of non-combative delegates which carried into effect, without the thunderous demonstration usually attendant upon political conventions, a purpose that had been clearly defined. An organization was perfected preparatory to the adoption of a platform and the making of nominations in the succeeding days of the convention. From the quiet yet unmistakable enthusiasm provoked by Senator Fairbanks' arrival at the college, his nomination for vice president is but little less assured that the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt it for president. The keynote to the campaign of 1904 was sounded by Elihu Root in his speech as temporary chairman. His address was a review of the acco-complishment of the present administration and a defense of Republican policies in general. When that had been delivered and the various working committees dispatched to their labors, the business of the first day's session was completed. Fairbanks for vice president flouresishel unrestricted during the convention proceedings. Its impetus was gained when the Indiana delegation entered the Coliseum and led by the two senators, Mr. Fairbanks and Mr. Beveridge, proceeded down the aisle to their seats near the stage. The ovation given Senator Fairbanks was greater than was received by any of his distinguished colleagues. The applause for the senator appeared to be general. State pride figured strongly in the convention. Each state had its friends in the galleries who showered plaudits upon their great men as they entered the Coliseum. The first "big man" to arrive was Senator Allison. The Iowa contingent cheered its welcome, and this was taken up by surrounding visitors who recognized the Hawkeye statesman. Senator Depew, Senator Cullom, Speaker Cannon, General Grovenor, former Secretary Elihu Root, Senator Penrose, Senator Scott and other early arrivals received their share of applause. The floor filled with delegates so rapidly that many prominent figures slipped in unnoticed. The first speech at the convention was by Senator Scott, who informally presented to Chairman Payne a beautiful gavel. It was the gift of the Chicago citizens' committee which cooperated with the national subcommittee in making arrangements for the convention. Later, Graeme Stewart, member of the national committee from Illinois, on behalf of the Chicago committee, presented a similar gavel to Temporary Chairman Root. It was left to Governor Van Dam of Minnesota, first to place the president's name before the convention. He found the occasion in presenting to the convention a table which had been built by the Manual Training neapolis High School in South Winfield was quite general. Tuesday's programme of the convention was not of a nature to attract more than ordinary interest. The matter of greatest importance was the presenting to the convention of the proposition to admit the delegates from the Philippine islands and Hons. Rico. Mr. Root asked for a rullnorto the question of calling the nangon to the new possessions in the role of the naming of members of the for the committees. The convention varied in the seating and recollection ordered in votes from the deion of six delos, votes, and pines, with two Rico. The interest ligates from Porto Rico of evidenced by the lack of stalentors' seats on the convention was Republican in large number of speeches brought a praetac. Seats at former _____ conventions have usually been in premium. The picture was one of good order, where sergeants-at-arms and police-men were not needed. From a decorative point of view the Coliseum was a success. The architecture of the imposing structure is peculiarly adapted to the interior dress given it. Flags and bunting were used profusely but in good taste. Foliage and palms softened the general color scheme and formed a setting for sixty large engravings of President Roosevelt used in festooning the national colors above the gal An Alaska Bishop's Logging. Rev. W. Bompas, Church of England bishop of Alaska, went to Winnipeg recently to attend a meeting of the synod. This was the first time he had been out of Alaska in thirty years. On his way he stopped a night in Van- couver, but refused to sleep in a hotel, with wrapped himself in a blanket and, with his grip for a pillow, slept on the wharf. During his long absence from civilization it has been his custom to sleep wherever night happened to overtake him. The Tough Boys of New York. The young tough, or half grown street boy, is one of the terrors of life in New York. Gangs of these hoodlums furnish more work for the police, day in and day out, than do he adult males of the rougher sort. The bad boy is rapidly becoming one of the most serious of social problems of the metropolis. He never was so bad as he is to-day, and there seems to be no end to his meanness, his wickedness, and his cruelty. leries and ranging entirely around the hall. The crowning feature of the decorations is a painting of the late Senator Hanna which hangs directly over the platform and occupies the most conspicuous position in the Coliseum. President Roosevelt was prominently shown to the delegates in a heroic painting spectacularly unveiled on the chairman's platform at the conclusion of Mr. Root's speech, a climax that brought a prolonged outburst of enthusiasm. Among the incidents which are destined to live long is Mr. Root's tribute to President McKinley. The temporary chairman spoke of the late president's administration of progress, his gentleness of character and those qualities so beloved by the nation and in that connection said, feelingly: "And with McKinley we remember Hanna." A hush, almost oppressive, spread over the 7,000 or more persons present. The speaker had paused expectantly. As he started to resume, the full force of the tie stretched between two of the greatest of recent political heroes went home to the delegates. The applause started and in a sympathetic wave was carried to every part of the great hall. The demonstration was unlike any that had preceded it or that came after. An indefinable dignity was attached to the demonstration which seemed foreign to a political gathering. MAY REASSEMBLE DIET. Minister Von Plehwe Averse to Harsh Measures in Finland. ST. PETERSBURG.-(Special) M. Linder, vice president of the Finnish senate, in conference Sunday and Monday with Minister of Interior Von Plehwe, discussed the policy of the Russian government in Finland in view of the assassination of Governor General Bobrikoff. Minister Von Plehwe expressed himself as averse to harsh measures in consequence of the act of one man whose views were only held by a small minority of the people, but will recommend that the policy of General Bobrikoff be continued. The question as to whether or not the Finnish diet shall be convened is now under consideration. It has been pointed out that the Swedish party is opposed to the reassembling of the diet because it is certain to diminish their own influence. It is learned that M. Linder earnestly recommended that elections of members to the diet be held. MAN CRAWLS FOURTEEN MILES Lost in Woods and Accidentally Shot Himself in the Thigh. DULUTH, MINN.—(Special). Alexander McMillan, aged 25, is fighting for life in the hospital at Two Harbors, after crawling for two days and nights through the woods with a thigh shattered by an accidental gunshot. McMillan became lost in the woods last Saturday while blazing a trail to Skibo from his claim, fourteen miles north of that settlement. While standing on a rock looking about for the trail hus gun was accidentally discharged, shattering the bone of the thigh. He stanched the blood with bandages torn from his clothing and then began to crawl toward home, having sighted a blaze on one of the trees. For two days, weak from loss of blood, hunger and thirst, he made his way homeward. When he arrived he was nearly dead. Neighbors carried him fourteen miles to Skibo on a stretcher and from there he was taken to Two Harbors. He may recover. BULLET IN HIS BRAIN. President of Bank Commits Suicide In Jail at Dallas, Tex. DALLAS, TEX.—(Special!) J. A. Mays, president of the Elk City bank, of Elk City, O. T., shot himself in the brain Thursday night in the Dallas county jail, and died a short time afterwards. Mays was arrested at Greenville, Tex. four days ago by United States officers. He was charged with being short a large sum of the bank's funds. He was brought to Dallas and United States Commissioner Fink held him in $5,000 bond which he was unable to furnish. Mays was 40 years old and had a family at Elk City. A coroner's inquest is to be held and the body probably will be shipped to Elk City for burial. Two British Warships Sink PARIS.—(Special.) A dispatch to the Temps from Ajacco says the torpedo boat destroyer sunk there on the night of June 16 was t.e. Bat, belonging to the squadron of Rear Admiral Walker. During the night maneuvers the Bat collided wit hte destroyer Stag and sank in deep water. LONDON.—(Special.) The admiralty Sunday received a cable message from the China station announcing that the British torpedo boat destroyer Sparrowhawk struck an uncharted rock off Chessen island, at the mouth of the Yang-Tse-Kiang yesterday and sank. No lives were lost. Gladstone to Young Authors. Mr. Gladstone was much bothered by young, unknown authors, who sent him their unpublished works for his judgment. So his secretary was instructed to use this ingenious formula of acknowledgement: "My Dear Sir: Mr. Gladstone instructs me to say that he is in receipt of your book, for which he returns thanks. Be assured that no will lose no time in perusing it." Actresses like to quarrel for the pleasure it gives them of making up A Woman Gets Naturalized. Miss Millie Holmes, English, has, after twelve years' residence, taken out naturalization, papers in order to be eligible for a position at the Philadelphia mint. Few women apply for naturalization, but it is noted that miss Holmes showed a rare knowledge of the constitution and passed the examination with high credit. Some men escape having the wool pulled over their eyes by sheer good luck. ALL WERE OLD NOT A LIFE BELT ON THE CUM UNDER NINE YEARS OLD. Fire Hose and Standpipes Not Inspected—Thirty-Seven Bodies of Victims Found Wednesday, Raising Total to 883, of Which 778 Have Been Identified—Many Still Missing. NEW YORK—(Special.) That the ill-fated steamer, General Slocum, had no life preservers aboard less than nine years old was admitted by counsel of the Knickerbocker Steamboat at the Inquest Wednesday. Miss Hall the bookkeeper of the company, had testified concerning several bills for preservers, in which had erased the name Grand Republic, the sister ship of the Slocum, and substituted that of the latter. Notwithstanding this counsel for the company said they would make the admission as to the age of the belts, as they were unable to prove to the contrary. Evidence was also brought out that the United States inspectors did not examine the fire hose and standpipes and that the preservers were not in good shape. Rev. George Schultz of Erie, Pa., who was on the steamer, said he attempted to put on a life belt, but that the strap broke and he threw it away as useless. Benjamin F. Conkling, chief engineer of the Slocum, said there had been no fire drills on the steamer this year, and that the United States inspector had not tested the fire hose. Conkling said the equipment of the Slocum compared favorably with that of any excursion boat in the harbor. Although admitting that he had great supervision over the Slocum, Captain John A. Pease, commander of the Grand Republic, denied responsibility for the fire-fighting apparatus and life preservers of the burned vessel. He said Captain Van Schaick should have examined them. He examined some of the preservers, and found them stuffed with good cork, and from personal observation knew that the life boats were in working order. Captain Pease denied having to Miss Hall that 350 new life preserver were needed for the Slocum, although he said he might have misunderstood her question owing to deafness. The captain contradicted former testimony of the assistant pilot of the Slocum who said he purchased fire hose for the steamer for 16 cents a foot. Captain Pease was of the opinion that would be impossible to buy hose a that figure. General Thomas Henry Barrett United States inspector of boilers for the port of New York, testified that steam pipes running into the hold for the purpose of turning steam on a case of fire were not a part of the Slocum's equipment, as exercise steamers do not have holds. His interpretation of a vessel' hold is a place where freight is stored. Although a week has elapsed since the steamer went to destruction of North Brother island, the bodies of its victims continue to be found in the waters adjacent to the scene of the disaster. Wednesday thirty-seven came to the surface, making the total number recovered 883. Of these, have been identified. Despite the fact that the police are bending every energy toward getting a complete list of those who went on the ill-fated cursion, definite figures as the number missing cannot be given. From present indications, however, it is apparent that the death roll will total nearly a thousand. On Thursday nearly 100 policemen who speak German will begin a house-to-house canvass for the purpose of verifying the list of the missing. DEATH IN HOTEL FIRE One Was Killed and Two Fatally jured in Quincy, Ill. QUINCY, ILL.—(Special.) In a fit in the Tremont house Wednesday night, Miss Elizabeth Welch, principal of the Jefferson school, met death suffocation, and her sister, Miss Miss Welch, principal of the Jackson school, was probably fatally burnt Mrs. Theodore Vallant was taken for a fourth floor window of the hotel in conscious, but will live. Edith Slimon a cook in the hotel, was badly burned and may die. The Tremont house is a five-story structure and the oldest hotel in the city. The fire originated from defective electric wiring on the third floor and spread very rapidly. The Welch sisters were caught the flames and smoke while they were in their room preparing to leave the St. Louis exposition. Ladders were raised to the fourth floor to rest them, but Miss Elizabeth Welch dead before the firemen could re- her. The flames were confined to the tell building and the loss is $750 with insurance of $45,000. Tries to Wreck Train LINCOLN, NEB.—(Special.) Both, a laborer, was arrested Monday and is in the county jail charged with attempting to wreck the Denver FO on the Burlington. The attempt made near the town of Denton. Section foreman discovered a rail crosswise on the track and down. He tore the obstruction lie and barely had time to remove it foree the train came by. Suspicion directed toward Both and his cap followed. Cloudburst in Colorado GRANADA, COL. — (Special.) cloudburst on Wolf creek flooded town Wednesday. The screams of men in the houses on the low land the west part of town summoned citizens, who rescued all who were danger. The streets were flooded, least half a mile of the Santa Fe was washed out west of here. It ports from Dry creek are that a river and it is feared that there loss of life among the ranchmen live near the creek. News of Kansas KANSAS BRIDGE GOES OUT. High Water on Cottonwood Gradually Wore Away Abutment. EMPORIA.—(Special.) A bridge over the cottonwood river three miles southeast of Emporia, which cost the county $7,000 twenty years ago, was washed on Monday night by the high water. G. W. Crow, who lives south of the river, was crossing the bridge in a buggy when the structure began to fall and he barely got off before it slid off the abutments into the water. It was twisted badly by the fall and cannot be put back in place without considerable cost to the county. The Cottonwood was not higher last night than it was for some time, but for the past month it has ranged from ten to twenty-five feet above the average stage and the continual rush of the high water undermined the south abutment. The river was lower Monday than it has been for a month. STRUCK WHILE ASLEEP Kansas Man Hurled From Bridge Into River While Asleep. SALINA.—(Special.) A stranger giving his name as W. J. Lovewell, and his home as Arkansas City, fell asleep on the Missouri Pacific bridge, three miles east of Salina Monday and was struck by a switch engine and hurt into the river. His left arm was broken and he was otherwise injured. He managed to swim to teh shore and the train crew picked him up and brought him to town, where his injuries were attended to. He is now in the hospital, but may lose his arm. Lovewell said he was traveling east when he became tired and sat down on the track and fell asleep. He did not hear the engine until it struck him. MEAT SAUCE CAUSES DEATH. Wichita Family Poisoned by It and One Member Dies. WICHTA.—(Special). Poisoned by swallowing some Mexican meat sauce, Miss Mamie Beffel died at the St. Francis hospital Monday morning. She was taken ill one week ago after using some of the sauce, and gradually grew worse until her death. Other members of the family who used the sauce on their meat became ill, but recovered. Not all the sauce was used by the family, and that left in the bottle in the hands of a doctor to be analyzed. It is claimed by those who have seen it and tasted it that the "hot taste" is not caused by pepper, but by an acid that caused the death of Miss Beffel. She was 24 years old and well known here. Crops in Good Condition. STERLING.-(Special). Following the heavy rains and electrical storms of Sunday, light showers fail Monday, but the sun shone out brightly after noon and all indications of more rain have passed. A few head of stock have been reported killed by the electrical storm, but otherwise little damage was done. The wheat harvest will begin Thursday in many sections, if no more rain falls before them. Wheat is in the very best condition and will make a high average. Corn is doing nicely, but the continued rains have prevented the farmers from cultivating it and the weeds are very thick. Killed by Lightning. FREDONIA.—(Special.) Samuel A. Johnson, a farmer living about one mile west of LaFontaine, Kan., was struck by lightning Monday evening and died in a few minutes. He had been cultivating corn and had started to unhitch his team when the deadly bolt struck him. He was about 45 years old, and leaves a widow and several children. His team was uninjured. Kansas Undertakers to Meet JUNCTION CITY.—(Special.) The Undertakers' Association of Kansas will hold its annual meeting in this city on next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There are several hundred members in the association and it is expected that about 200 members will attend this meeting. An interesting programme has been prepared for the occasion, and on one of the days the visitors will be entertained at Fort Riley. Dr. Hull Transferred LEAVENWORTH.—(Special.) Dr. H. G. H. chief surgeon at the soldiers' home, has been ordered to proceed to Hot Springs, S. D., to take charge of the government sanitarium for veterans there. The successor to Dr. Hull has not been named. Dr. Hull is a son-in-law of the late Colonel Abernathy, and is said to be one of the finest surgeons in the West. The ingenuity that some men display in dodging creditors would make a fortune for them in any other industry. Drowned While Swimming LEAVENWORTH.—(Special.) Roger Hunt, 16 years old, was drowned Tuesday afternoon while bathing in Five Mile creek, near the ball park. He was some distance from his companions, when he went under. The water where he sank was not up to his chin, and it is thought he had a cramp. He was the son of Martin Hunt, pot boss at the Carr mines at Richardson. The wise man never talks about a mule behind his back. Thomas Cullinan Buried. JUNCTION CITY—(Special.) Thos. Allen Cullinan, who died in Kansas City Saturday, was buried Monday in this city. The Odd Fellows' lodge conducted the funeral services, which were attended by all the city officials, members of the fire department, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows in separate bodies and by an immense throng of citizens and soldiers from Fort Riley. During the funeral all business houses of the city were closed. UNDERTAKERS ENTERTAINED. Delegates to Kansas Association Convention Visit Fort Riley. JUNCTION CITY.—(Special.) Wednesday's session of the Kansas funeral directors' convention was a very interesting one. The members of the association and their wives spent the forenoon at Fort Riley. They were met at the post by the commanding officer, Colonel E. Z Steever, and were entertained for about two hours at the riding hall with a very clever exhibition of Cossack and Roman riding, hurdle jumping, bucking contests and music by the Fourth Cavalry band. Colonel Steever also escorted the party about the post on a sightseeing trip. The programme at the convention in the afternoon consisted of an address, "Benefits of Organization Among Business Men," by T. B. Kennedy, president of the Junction City Commercial club, and an address, "The Pleasant Side of an Undertaker's Life," by D. L. Krebs. Rev. Dr. Blayney of Abilene also addressed the convention, and a lecture was given by Prof. Williams of Kansas City. WILL GRADUATE MONDAY; Fifteen Student Officers Will Reveice Diplomats at Fort Leavenworth. FORT LEAVENWORTH. — (Special.) The graduating exercises of the General Service and Staff college will take place at Pope hall Monday evening. A class of fifteen student officers will be graduated and it is a matter of pride to the management of the college that every member of the class passed. Captain Malin Craig of the Tenth cavalry graduates at the head of the class, with Captain Romulus F. Walton second. The remaining thirteen graduates are: Lieutenants Robert H. Peck, Twenty-fourth infant; Edward K. Massee, Seventh infant; Morgan Gad, Seventh infant; W. N. Haskell, Ninth cavalry; Fred E. Buchan, Third cavalry; John F. James, Eighth infant; L. A. I. Chapman, First, cavalry; George E. Thorne, Twelfth infant; Raymond Sheldon, Twenty-second infant; William K. Naylor, Ninth infant, and Frederick Mears, Fifth cavalry. All fifteen will attend the college another year to take a higher course. REDUCTION OF WORKING HOURS. Retrenchment Policy Adopted by the K.C. Southern. PITTSBURG. — (Special). A retrenchment policy has taken effect at the Kansas City Southern railroad shops in this city by which the machinists and their helpers and blacksmiths and their helpers are cut down to five hours' work a day. This affects about 150 men. The car repairers are still working ten hours a day, but expect a reduction of time any day. The millroom men and all wood workers are working nine hours a day. It is believed, however, that this reduction will last only a short time, but it is claimed by the company that the retrenchment is necessary for a while at least. A number of the helpers have quit, and considerable dissatisfaction is expressed among the machinists and blacksmiths. From Second-Story Window WICHITA.—(Special.) A 2-year-old child of Rev. J. T. Bivens fell from a second-story window to the sidewalk Wednesday, sustaining injuries which yet may cause its death. The child was playing with other children and ran to a back room, where it climbed out of a window and dropped before any one could reach it. It struck or its head on the cement sidewalk. The child was rendered unconscious by the shock, but no bones were broken. It is feared that there are internal injuries. E. W. Hoch, Fourth of July Orpatr. OTTAWA—(Special.) E. W. Hoch will deliver the Fourth of July address in Ottawa. The celebration is to be managed by the Ottawa Busi- ness Men's association and the funds realized will be applied to repairing the flood damage to Forest park. Mr. Hoch was billed for the Chautauqua assembly's patriotic address, and con- sented to fill the date after the as- sembly programme was annuled on account of the flood. Men for the Kansas Harvest LEAVENWORTH.—(Special.) City Clerk Przybylowicz, as local representative of the state employment agency, will begin sending men to the harvest fields of Kansas Monday. A great many have already made application to go. NEWS NOTES. The Lawrence World aims the problem of the Beef trust squarely on the head by asking, "Can't something be done?" The Hutchinson News recently put out a 32-page 'expansion' edition. It was a clever number and well illustrated. According to the Potter Kansan, the famous "Buffalo Bill" spent his boyhood days on a farm near Potter in the Salt creek valley. Few people are aware that when he married and went to St. Louis he had promised his beautiful young bride to forever renounce his love for the frontier and settle down. In six months city life had palle dupon him and he was again on the trail as a scout. Hiawatha was torn up for several weeks over the question whether to put a porcelain bath tub in a certain parsnage or not. A banker finally settled the question by saying he managed to get along for forty years without a bath tub, and he thought the preacher could, too. Eastern Kansas is troubled with overflows, and Western Kansas has to rely mostly upon the underflow. Mack P. Cretcher has a brilliant scheme to make Dave Blaine of Pratt move farther west, thus tipping up the eastern halt of the state and equalizing the moisture. KILLING OF GEN. BOBRIKOFF. Seems to Be Direct Result of Situation in Finland. Bobrikoff, the governor general of Finland, who was assassinated last week, has been described as "a combination of a French farmer general of taxes in pre-revolutionary days and the chief of a band of modern Turkish brigands." The denunciation of his murder in the Russian official press and his so-called dying declaration prove nothing in his favor. They are evidence rather of the utter incapacity of the Russian bureaucracy to comprehend the true significance of the Finnish agitation. While it may be that Bobrikoff was a proper instrument for the work in hand, that work itself was of the most abhorrent character in the present days of political development. It has been aptly said that he appeared like the spirit of the sixteenth century addressing the twentieth century, for that fairly represents the contrast between Russian tyranny and the Finnish aspiration for liberty. On the one side is a pure despotism bolstered up by all-army and the ignorant loyalty of the lightened people striving for an enlightened people whose painstress oppression, a people whose progress impresses every visitor and those struggles are not those of reckless incendiaries, but of sober patriots seeking to preserve their rights. Since 1899 those rights have been denied one after another with an amazing disregard of sacred pledges. A conscription has been introduced which encroaches on old Finnish privileges, the senate has been made the creature of the governor general, the courts have been made the servants of his will, the press has been suppressed. Bobrikoff's attempt to show that only a factious minority of Swedes and young Finnns was responsible for the opposition is a grotesque perversion of fact. The hostile movement is essentially popular. There has been a very remarkable resistance to the conscription, and as an indication of the general discontent we have only to point to the fact that since the denial of constitutional privileges the emigration has been unprecedented. Hence, although one hesitates to commend even a political murder there GEN. BOBRIKOFF can be no question about the fullness of the provocation, and when all the circumstances are considered it was perhaps an inevitable expedition. It is the curse of Russia that she forces her victims to such acts of desperation by which her whole policy is condemned. The assassination of Bobrikoff is, in fact, eloquent of a misrule which repels the civilized world, and if Russian statesmen would understand why their country is so isolated they may learn much by reflecting on the causes of the tragedy at Helsingfors.-Chicago Record-Herald. LESSON IN BRAVE SPIRIT Also a Good Example of the American Temperament. Men on the shady side of 50 may find profit in considering the spirit of David Lyon, who lost the work of fifty years in a recent fire. He is 71 years old. Now, let's see what this plucky, fine, American citizen did, and let him tell his own story. "I went to the good wife I married forty-eight years ago. She put her arms about my neck and bade me be of good cheer, so here I am again, as if nothing had happened, traveling on the road and selling goods." That man is bigger than his environments, superior to his condition. In his breast there is golden sunshine, and his manhood is of a type that defies fire, toil and even stays the hand of older Father Time and cries: "Wait a moment; for my work is not yet done." The prosperity of this nation lies in the fact that it is a nation of optimists, brave men and women who look up, not down, and who never lose hope. Eloped and Married Twi Eloped and Married Twice. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Henz of Washington have just been married a second time. In 1894 they eloped and were wedded in Rockville, Md. Six years later they disagreed and separated, a divorce following. Subsequently they saw a good deal of each other and just before last Christmas became engaged again. The young woman's father did not look with favor on this proceeding, so they eloped again a few days ago, going to Rockville, where they were reunited by the same preacher. Lecturer Justly Aggrieved When Dr. Eugene Wagner of Germany arrived at one of the St. Louis exposition halls to address the American League for Civic Improvement and the American Park and Outdoor Art association he found just one person there. The rest had forgotten all about the doctor and adjourned for the day. "I do not understand this way of doing business," said that justly grieved German. "I have a written invitation to address the convention at 2 o'clock and I find the hall empty." AS THE WORLD REVOLVES EARL GREY SUCCEEDS. MINTO. New Governor General of Canada Has Had Experience. Earl Grey, who has been selected to succeed Lord Minto as governor general of Canada next fall, has been lord lieutenant of Northumberland since 1899. In 1896-'97 he was administrator of Rhodesia. One of his sisters is Lady Minto, the wife of the present governor general of Canada. He is the fourth of the earls Grey, of whom the fourth was a distinguished EARL GREY English general in the American war of Independence. RECORD OF MR. CORTELYOU. Statesman Has Been in Washington for Thirteen Years. Thirteen years ago Mr. Cortelyon went to Washington as private secretary to Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Rathbone. With the incoming of the second Cleveland administration, in 1893, he tendered his resignation, with the intention of accepting a railroad position in Iowa. He remained in the postoffice department, however, at the solicitation of the new fourth assistant, Mr. Maxwell. Though a republican, Mr. Cortelyon was advanced to the position of acting chief clerk of the postal bureau. In November, 1895, when Mr. Cleveland asked his cabinet advisers if they knew of a good stenographer Postmaster General Bissell suggested Mr. Cortelyon, whose good work had come to his favorable attention. This was the opportunity which led to Mr. Cortelyon's later success. He served in the white house sixteen months under Mr. Cleveland. LAWYER'S SCALE OF FEES. According to This It Would Be Well to Keep Out of Litigation. Judge Goode of Virginia tells of an interview he had with Judah P. Benjamin when the latter was confederate secretary of war. "You are a lawyer, are you not?" asked Mr. Benjamin. Mr. Goode answered in the affirmative, whereupon the secretary asked: "What do you consider a large fee?" "Well, up in the mountains, where I live, if a lawyer gets $500 he thinks he has struck it rich," replied Goode. The secretary reflected a moment and then said: "Now, my practice has been this: If a client comes to my office I charge him a good retainer. If he comes around to bother me I charge him a refresher. If he comes to have some work done on the case I charge him a reminder and when the case is concluded I charge him a finisher." TOLD HE CANNOT RECOVER Ex-Gov. Nash of Ohio is Given Up by His Physicians. Ex-Gov. George K. Nash of Ohio, is at death's door, being kept alive only GEORGE K. NASH by powerful stimulants. He is conscious only at intervals. The physicians have informed Mr. Nash that he cannot recover. Oil Deposits in Trinidad. For many years the oil deposits of Trinidad have attracted attention, but until recently explorations have been confined to the surface. Now three or four borings of considerable depth have been made and an attempt is being made to place the project on a commercial basis. Oil of firstrate quality, has been found, and it is said to contain a much larger portion of naphtha than the oils found exposed on the surface. A Canadian syndicate is now working this property. Candidate "in the Clouds This is how a candidate opened his speech when addressing the free and independent last week: "When the primordial, atomic, chimpanzee-fueled, upcountry globules begin the agitation of the filigreed and bedzilten ornamentation of their bedamitic imaginations, in the belief that they are working out the substratum of cold facts in connection with state politics, they but emphasize the declaration that great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand wisdom." Soldiers not required to pay the $1 an acre on their land until 6 months after their filing. ACT PROMPTLY. Registration begins June 1, 2015. You must pay the $1 and your discharge or certified copy thereof, and I will not be registered the money will be properly returned. I have done business as attorney in Oklahoma for 15 years. If you desire to know my name, I will give you a copy of my resume. During registration offices at Bennett and Yankton. Address: DICK T. MORGAN, Land Attorney, Yankton, G. Dakota. Improvement In Cables A striking fact about copper is that a cable of to-day for submarine telegraphy will transmit twice as many messages as one made in 1858, due to the greater purity of the copper now employed. Many metals are most susceptible to minute additions of various alloying elements—being with out them, and crumbling easily when a slight trace is incorporated. FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES. FREE TO TWENTIETH-FIVE LADIES The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each of the following states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who will send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a ten-cent, 16-ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, anywhere in the above named states. These trade marks must be malled to and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr. before September 1st, 1904. 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Deaths in the Armies According to the statistics gathered by Dr. Lowenthal, a member of the extra parliamentary depopulation commission, relative to the comparative mortality in the French and German armies, the deaths of 1,000 (excluding officers) in the French army due to disease during the year 1901 were 4.47, or 198 per cent more than in the German army, which only had 1.50 per cent. Trees That Explode. A grove of aspens in Manitoba grows in a region of intense frost. The straight, tall trunks have frost cracks in the bark near the ground, where the sap is yet to be found in the time of severest cold. All who have camped in the north during the coldest weather will recall readily the sharp explosions that are heard during the making of these cracks. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. A man's reputation for wisdom depends less on what he really knows than it does on what he doesn't say. 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Quite a number of visitors were in the city this week attending the District conference and SS Conition. The Ladie's Sewing Circle of St. John A. M. E. Church met with Mrs. Belle Sportman, 427 Quincy Street last Wednesday. Quite a number were present and a delicious lunch was served. PICK UPS 724 E. Sauglas Ave, Wichita Kas I treat all chronic diseases and juce affliction specialty of stomach diseases of females and children. MRS MILLER 229N James street Kansas City Kassa serves lunches at all hours chilli and hot coffee Buy your confectionery of K McGee the Little White Wagon, also peanuts and fine popcorn 7th and Kans ave. HIAWATHA KANS: The Hamann Shoe Store t Hia- watha and Sabetta. Fresh goods daily F, Zoudler 86 N. James St. Kae. City Ka. W. M. Waters 504 Kas. Ave. lad ses and gente clothes cleaned pressed and repaired. Atenison Kans. Frisbie and son 118 E, 4th St. serve good to cent meals he treats every one right go there and eat. L. D. Martin has some very ne delivery wagon on hand rt his shop 412 Jackson St. Go to Topeka Seed House 306 Kansas Ave. for garden and all kinds of hardy roses, shrubs and and summer blooming bulbs. S. H. Downs Prop. O. K. Dye Works 330 N. main St. Wichita is the place to get your clothes cleaned and repaired. O, K, Grocery Hadlevend Case Props, 513 N. Main, anything you need. J. J. Carter groceries meat and eggs poultry and country prod, c 1215 kan. Avenue. Wm. Davies the Merchant Tail- or of Atchison has a choice line of Woolens for men's wear, orders promptly and satisfactorily filled H.A.HE3B Fancy and staple groceries, 1023 to 6th street cor. of Clay. Bell phone 19. H. B. HOWARD. GOLDEN RULES MACHINE WORK 503 KANSAS AVEUNE Fire Arms, Barber, Supplies, Sporting Goods eyes examined and spectacles fitted. E D: ROBB Chili Hot-Tomales, Hot Soup. 114 East 4th St. Tea Coffe Baking powder And pices. sugar a specialty every Saturday. George Gladfetter, mgr 513 Kans. Ave. WM. Elliott furnished room or light house keeping. 500 Csage St, "11worth," The Royal Bakery, Best Machine Made Bread, at ..... HENRY KRAUSHAARS. 833 kansas ave Ind. Phone 282 M C McCORMICK, CARPENTER and BUILDER. Estimates Given and Contracts Taken. Job Work Given prompt Attention FURNITURE REPAIRED. 114 E, 8th Street. Topeka TOPEKA PUMP SHOP, F. S. STANTON, Prop. Manufacturer of THE TOPEKA FORCE PUMP, and sells all kinds of Wood and Iron Pumps and Pump Goods Drive Wells and Repairing a specialty. 205 W. 6th Street, Topeka THE CHIEF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT N, Hardar prop, termes with furnished rooms $3.50 per week good lunch counter, 323 Kans Ave. THE SANTA WATCH CO., 509 E-4th St. Phone 138. (South side of Street) Diamonds, Watches. Phonographs High Grade Watch Supplies and Repairing a specialty. MJSS IILLIAN F. ALLEN, TEACHER of PIANO. 16 hours per lesser a week. 50c [Pencil or Music] Two lesson per week 400 each. 1143 Chy St. The U. S..... Agents for National and Ive Johnson Bicycles. Repairing neatly executed. 118 E, 8th Street. Tonel WALTER SHOER Ind, 'Phone 61. 212 W 7th TopekaDrug Co PRESCRIPTION DRUGCIST. 732 Kansas Avenue. DEFORD S HAR-O-LIA A highly perfumed pomade for fres the hair. Price 50 cents, sent by mail on receipt of price. Specially recommended for COLORED PEOPLE. Don't use it if you want curly hair. Put up by J, H ROW Atchison Kans. H S. PRUESSNER & Co Dealers In House Furnishing Goods Both New and Old Extra line of Rugs, Carpets and Fur niture on easy payments. Call and se Me 607 N. Kas ave., CAPITAL BROOM WORK Manufacturer of brooms and Jobber of Brooms corn 1234 Kais Ae * al 701k R Ind, Employes a large number of Men several are married and recieving good wages, Mr Supple deserves great credit for this enterprise. W. B. TUCKER PRACTICAL HORSE SHQER Corne, winthrop and Vermont St. LAWRENCE kAN. Phone 5 58. MISFIT CLOATHING New geuts furnishings and shoes cond hand shoes bought and sold. Moneo loaned on valuables, Abe W fson, 637 St. 8t. C. W Mitckell DEALER IN Homde Bakery Goods Cigars Tobacco Fail Lineof Confection ories Fancy Table Syrup 624 W 6th St MRS FANNY PETERSON Meals And Short Order refreshments. 306 Cherokee St, Leavenworth Kansas. Hides PursWool Ete Write for Prices. Reference First NationalBank, Topeka Benk We will move to 128 N Kansas ave. after Dec Ist. THE VARNEY Heating&ManufacturingCo Wrought Steel I Warm Arr FURNAGES Revolting Reel Bake Ovens and Iron Smoke Stacks. 323 and 25 Cherokee Street ARTHUR BROS & CO. S S Rice, Dealer Choice Groceries and Flour, Fresh Meats and Country Produce Tele 343 332 Tavlor St. C. Lindenschmidt MANUFACTURER OF Iron Railings--Window Gratings----and Jail Work- All kinds of Ornamental Iron wosk- Repairing a specialty- 506 Jackron Street. Choice Groceries and Flour, Fresh Meats and Country Produce Tele 343 332 Taylor St. C. Lindenschmidt MANUFACTURER O? Iron Railings--Window Gratings----and Jail Work- All kinds of Ornamental Iron wosk- Repairing a specialty- 506 Jackron Street. DIXON BROS HINERS and PLUMBERS Monuments, designs and 'Cemetery work of Repairing Gasoline Stoves. BONNER SPRING KANSAS The Olive Dairy Dealer in Milk Cream, Butter and Eggs. Confections and W kery Goods Ice in small quantities. Open, until 1 P.M on Sunday. TOP AV. M. R. SPURRIER Mgr J E CILBERT & CO Dealer in Ladies and Gerts Furnishings. Hats, Caps Boots and Clothing Rossville, Kans. W. L. GRIFFITH, Whole sale and retail dealer in Flour Feed Hay and Gr Tele 943 203 west St. Cut Flowers Funeral Designs Palms and Ferns MRS, M. E HOLLCRAFT, FLOI ST. Tel 176. 807 Kansas Ave Topeka GEO. M. NOBLE & CO. REAL ESTATE FIRE INSURANCE MORTGAGES 435 KANS AVE Telephone 444. Topeka, Kas Deaer in Milk Cream, Butter and Eggs. Confections and W kery Goods Ice i small quantities. Open, until 1 P.M on Sunday TOP AV. Dealer in Ladies and Gerts Furnishings. Hat, CapsBoots and Clothing Rossville, Kans. W. L. RIFFITH. Wnole sale and retail dealer in Flour Feed Hay and Gr Tele 943 203 west St.. GEO. M. NOBLE & CO. REAL ESTATE FIRE INSURANCE: MORTGAGES 435 KANS AVE Telephone 444. Topeka, Kas PAINE BROS Expert Watchmaker and Jewelers Dealers in all kinds of Merchandise, such as Guns, Revolvers, Musical Instruments also Bicycles and Bicycle Reparing. Also Agents for the Best Remedy in existence. take, "Jo-He Magnetic Rock Oii. 325 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans THE IMPERIAL BILLARD Hall and Pool-room Expert Watchmaker and Jewelers Dealers in all kinds of Merchandise, such as Gun Revoivers, Musical Instruments also Bicycles and Bicycle Reparing. Also Agents for the Best Remedy in existence. take "Jo-He Magnetic Rock Oih. 325 Kansas avenue, TOPEKA, Kans ANDERSON Prop. Give him a call. 222 Kano Ave J. E. PEARS RESTAURANT and CONFECTIONERY Cigars, Tobaccos and mild, Drinks. Lunches and I m g n Call'an see me and I will serve you right. GREENFRONTG*0, Hotel superor 620 W 6th. Meals 20 cents. Rooms 25 cents. Heim's Beer on tap, 214 elaware st. N. Leavenworth BIRINGER & HEINZ. Successor to C, R. Harrison TAILORS and DRAPERS We hand e the finest line of Imported Wooleris. Call and ex- amine them. 111r N 5th St D. O. GOE. Whole sale and Retail Dealer In Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain, Garden and Field Seeds (At Alexander & GOODFELLOW stand) Tele 339 119 East 6th St when! In Clay Center stop at the Red Front Restaurant tor a good square Meal, only 20 cents. J. C. REGISTER, PROP. Sailos All work guaranteed, Repairing and Cleaning a specialty, 402 east 4th St, HA. KLAUEK. Carries the FINESSE brand of cigars and also, ALL LINE of Tobacco and smoking articles. His cigars made in Topek C. E. SITT... For Confectionery and Cigars, 400 Locust St. William klee, repairing and all kinds of Shoe work, 418 east 4th street, Tobacco and smoking articles. His cigars made in Topek E. C. STITT...For Confectionery and Cigars, 400 Locust St. I. A. SHIELDS M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office an Residence 1331 VanBever calls promptlyattended. S. G. STEWART, M. D. OFFICE 621 KANSAS AVE. C. F. MFNNINGER, M. D. Office 727 Kansas Ave. Telephone 1 Office Hours: 11-12 A. K 2-5 P. M. Residence 125 Topeka Ave Telephone 86. J. M. JAMISON, M. D. Office 506 East 4th Street Office hours: From 8 to 10 A. M. P. M. to 3 P. M. P. M. to 9 P. M. special attention diseases of women and private diseases. Wm. E. JACKSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. OFFICE HOURS: 9 TO 11 A. M. 2 TO 5, and 7 TO 9 P. M. Sunday Hours: 1 to 3 P. M. OFFICE 404 Kas Ave Over Wall Avenue Drug Store. General Practice, Chronic Dr. C. H. Women and Children a Johnson specialty General Practice Surgery Dr. C. H Johnson a Specialty Hrs 8 am to 9 pm Jachison Kansas Tele At Off res GIBRALTAR DRUG CO. 823 KANSAS AVENUE Topeka, Kansas HOMEPATHIC REMEDIES MA TERIALS. Miller's Pharmac Ath & IOPKA AVH Drugs Medicines, Prescription Carefully Compaired. Give Us a Trial. M. R. MITCHELL, M. D 931 North Van Luren St, Topeka, Kansas Phone 246 Live kidneys, rheumatism and ht 757 out of every ten cases, consult tree. M. FARLAND M, D, Physician and Surgeon For 30 years I have made chronic diseases a special study. Call and see me. Will give you satisfaction female diseases a special. Brannel St. Topeka Kansas. Gibraltar Drug Coj Fred T. Walker, Mgr Camera and Ph to supplies F. W. GORDON, M-D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Calls answered day or night. OFFICE MANN BLOCK,OAK ST. Office Phone 58. Resident Tele 15. BONNER SPRGS, KAS. F. M. DOWNS, M. D. Office in Mann Building. Local Long Dist tance Phones. Office over Enterprise office. Office tele 34. Residance tele 99. Dr. G. w.BEVRL (General practice) Special attention given to diseases of the stomach, Bowels, diseases of women and children. Alma, Kans J. M. Shellarger & Son Funeral supplies. Fine ambulance JOS. CHRISMAN & CO., Up to date Horse Shoeing Shop 500 Jackson St., Tele 592 L. R. DISBROW REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE Grain and Feed Store. 906 E 4th St.. Residence 506 LaFayette St. WM- KLINGER TAILOR. Tailoring at reasonable price. and Workmanship guaran ceed Cleaning and Repairing in 512½ Kansas Avenue. Topeka PINE BROS Dealers In Staple and Fancy Groceries 187 Bridge St. Tel No 29 LAWRENCE, KANS. Goto ULAMPARL'S DEPT STORE.....408-408 E. 4th Street Bell Phone 81 STURG'S H'DW CO., Hardware, Stoves and Tinware Coles Hot Blast Heaters. Bystrom G. Jamps. Mantles and Globe. Ekron Furnaces. $44 N Kas. av J. R. SPETTER Manufactur and Wholesale Retailer of Cream of Roses, M. W. A., 5c FINE CIGARS 816½ North Kansas Ave All Hair and Scalp diseases trea ed successully, Superflous Hair moved by an entirely new and painless method. Maggie Write will give you good meal at 335 Minn. Ave k Try "64" ABRAHAMS Drug Co. 514 Minn Ave. K C., Kans W. B. FINCHEI, JEWELER) Witchmaer, Clocks, and etc Givehma trial ing C. W. Fincke,—Dealer in Wood Coal and FEED 728 S. W. Boulevard. Tele 2. J. T SUIT, Funeral Supplies. First class line of goods to select from. ADVANCE A first cassLaundry send an ex cellent organized company. See them—take your bundles there. ind. Phone 1253 NOT ONE CENT TO PAY! GLOSSINE THE WONDER QUEEN OF ALL HAIR TONICS FOR INHIBITION SELF INSIDE STRAIGHTENS CURRY KINNY KNAPPY HAIR CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO ST. LOUIS, MO. GLOSSINE is Queen of all Hair Tonics to dress them the hair and cause it to grow long and beautiful. We will send you a large sample box FREE of CHARGE, which will prove its value, if you will plainly write your name and address on a postcard, card and mail promptly to CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. R. H. MORHOUSE to East Fourth Street, ORANGE WATER CO. SPRINGFIELD, IL Watch Maker & Adjuster High- Grade Watches and Jewelry oceries- Meats & Fresh Pies and Cakes daily. 1308 est Ninth st. Milk & Bros, Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits, Country Produce, etc. 1301 Union Avenue. First Class Sam le Room, Tino LYNCH, Prop- Fine Lane of Wines, Lipsors and Cisal. Open Day and Night. 1330 St Louis Avenue. Burnett's Restaurant* is the place to take your meals when in Oskaloosa, he carries a full stock of confections and also mild and delicious drinks Give him a call. DUROW & KIRKHAM Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish oysters and Poultry. Canned meats and pickles. Every thing kept in a first class market. 531 Topeka Ave. Deshatto and Young Meals and short orders Good cooking and ever thing first class is our 'motto' give us trai 116 Kans ave. W. B. ГАУ'.OR All kinds of stoves for sale Gasoline stoves and cook stove repaired. Try me. ATCHISON,Kansas,.... Ads P. J. Moore.... ..... General Shoe repairing. Best work at low prices ..... 108 South 6th street. Wholesale & Retail: Mercantile Co., 731-732 Commercial str. Wholesale Dealer in Va. Blatz Milwaukee Beer. mpor 11 Domestic Liquors A, W. TEACHOUT. Moulings, Pictures, Artists' Material Artistie Picture Framer. 520 Commercial street. O. A. LEE & CO. Dealers n HAY, GRAIN and FEED. 8th & Main str., ATCHISON, Ks. Office - City senles. EMIL EBNER. Dealer in Groogeries Nations & Feel 603 North Tenth Street, New Telephone 604. FRANK KOEBRICH Delaware GROCERIES & MEAT Corner tooth and Laimie str. Tele 71 14 South 4th str., Atchison, Kansas good time of Refreshing - drink Courteous and polite, give them a call. OSCAR M. GLSON. --Notary Public-- Money Solely sent to Sweden in exchange Power of Attorney to Sweden, at low rates 1604 North 5th street. B. D ZIMMERMAN. China, Glass and Queensware Lamps and Burners. 614 Comi St Atchison, Kans. J.E KETTERMAN THE STAR RESTAURANT Good Dinner, Lunch and Short order Meals 25 cents First class Temperance Drinks Atchi, Kansas E. J. BLACK, Restaurant & Meals— Short Orders, Board and Lodging day week 21 meals for weeks board. Call and try me. 370 Cherokee st., Leavenworth, Kansas. JOHN J. O'DONNELL Funeral Director and Embalmer, Corner Shawner and Fifth street. Open Day and Night Office Telephone 221, Residence Phone 22. Leavenworth, Kansas. C. BAUMAN NOTICE Dealer In Fresh and salt Meats, etc. Corner 5th and Sensee Street Leavenworth Kan. JULIUS OPTICIAN — 7 AILOR His name is Jeremy, Lacey (and) Rentted, Cleaning. Did repairing 07 S Fittih Leavenworth, Kan. HEFA H W SHAVOR, Proprietor All kinds of mild Drinks— Meris and Short order South of Square— THE ASTORIA— L. E. BUMP Proprietor. Lunches and Short Order first class in every particular. Corner Denxware and Cherokee. LEAVENWORTH Kasa. Try LEO'S Cafe and Lunch Room A Good Place to Eat.