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The Wichita Searchlight. SUCCESSOR TO PITTSBURG PLAINDEALER. HARMONY A MINUS QUANTITY Japan Holds Back on Question of Who Shall Command. RUSSIANS HOLD RAILWAY. London, July 20.—While evidence accumulates daily that China has been preparing a formidable military organization in anticipation of the present conflict, and that the area of the rebellion is continually extending, harmony among the allies, which is necessary to meet such a grave situation, is still deplorably lacking. The Russians have refused Admiral Seymour's request to hand over the restored Taku-Tien Tsin railway to the English company, and it is rumored that Germany purposes taking a serious step, namely, to patrol the Yangtse Kiang with German men of war. Such a step would be greatly resented by England. Still more alarming news has been conveyed to the Daily Express from Tokio, to the effect that the apparent reluctance of Germany and Russia to consent to a Japanese commander for the army corps has led the Japanese government to delay the forwarding of of the division already mobilized. Li Hung Chang to Govern Pekin. Washington, July 19.—The appointment of Earl Li as vicecyor of Chi Li is considered by Minister Wu as one of the most important developments in the entire situation. Chi Li is the great province in which Pekin is located and is the very heart of the Boxer movement, so that the great vicecyor now assumes supreme power at the point of the greatest danger. Minister Wu is satisfied that if Li Hung Chang had been at Pekin there would have been no such outbreak as has occurred, as the vicecyor is a stern military man, who believes in nipping such movements in the bud. Li Hung Chang will replace as vicecyor of the province of Chi Li a man who has been notoriously anti-foreign in his sentiments and actions. The summons to Li is regarded as a hopeful sign. May Alter the Situation Washington, July 17.—The Russian embassy here has received no information of the killing of the Russian minister at Pekin. The officials do not discredit, but say that the Russians are under the same disadvantage as the other powers in getting telegraphic information from Pekin. They think that if this proves true, it will entirely and very seriously alter the whole sitation. Transit Company Will Not Arbitrate. St. Louis, Mo., July 19.—Frederick W. Lehman, attorney for the St. Louis Transit company, has made a statement that the Transit company will not submit to arbitration the differences between it and its employees, as requested by John T. Wilson, chairman, and Louis Steber, attorney, representing the citizens' arbitration committee, which had a conference with Mr. Lehman. Guild Won't Have Heath's Gail Wont Have Heath's Place. Washington, July 18.—Curtis Guild of Boston, Mass., who was tendered the appointment of first assistant post- master general, to succeed Perry S. Heath, has declined to accept the office. The reason for his action is the pressure of private business interests. Indiana Offers Soldiers. Indianapolis, Ind., July 19.—Gov- ernor Mount has telegraphed President McKinley, offering the services in China of three regiments and three batteries of Indiana for protection of Americans in China. Excessive Heat in New York. New York. July 20.—The hot weather caused or contributed toward the death of more than 70 persons in this city and vicinity. As many more chicken ones are in the hospitals, more than half the fatalities were among babies and little children, and there are now about forty bodies of the little ones lying at the morgue at Bellevue. This was the third day of intense heat. Wednesday was the worst. To Accommodate Veterans Topeka, July 18.—The directors of the soldiers' home at Dodge City called a Governor Stanley and requested him to correspond with the managers of the national military homes to assemble if a change of inmates can not be effected. In the national home there are some Kansas men who have lives and they desire to effect an exchange by which they can be taken into the state home on a transfer. The Kansas home contains a number of single men who desire to get into the national home. EXECUTIVE TO THE CAPITAL. No Extra Session of Congress has Been Decided Upon. Canton, Ohio, July 18.—It can be stated with certainty that no extra session of congress has yet been determined upon, and that it has not been decided to issue a call for troops for service in China. The past eighteen hours has brought the first tangible news from China for some time, and it is the desire of the president to go over these reports with his official family. What will be the outcome of this review is a matter for the future. It had not been determined when the president left here. No effort was made to conceal the fact that the president was much exercised over the reports which came to him during the day. It is not to put into execution any pre-arranged plans that he returned to Washington. for the arrangements in his Canton home are such that these could have been executed with equal facility here. From the very hour of his arrival he has been constantly in touch with the situation and in a position to put into immediate execution any order he might deem it wise to issue. Even when he filled an engagement to take lunch with an old friend, J. W. McClymonds, in Massillon, he first made arrangements for direct connection with the executive offices in Washington, and his social conversation was constantly interrupted by long distance telephone communication with the seat of government. No Extra Session Yet. Washington, July 19.—The president and his cabinet met less than two hours after the president reached the White House. Over 100 newspaper men were in the corridors. The scene resembled the hottest days of the Spanish war. At the conclusion of the session Secretary Root gave out this: "The president has determined that the facts known to us do not require or justify calling an extra session of congress. Should future developments indicate that he is unable to do what is required with the means now at his command, and the action of congress is necessary to furnish either men or money or authority, he will not hesitate to call it together." U. S. Forces in China. Washington, July 19.—The adjutant general's office has made public a detailed statement showing the provision made by the war department in the equipment of the expeditionary force sent by the United States to China. The strength of this force in all the arms of the service aggregates 10,665. It is possible that this force may be further augmented to the extent of 2,000 or 3,000 men. Boxers Near Corca. Washington, July 20.—Minister Allen at Seoul, Corea, telegraphs the state department that Boxers and Chinese are in force within a few miles of the Corean frontier. The natives of Ping Yan (the most northern province of Corea) are much alarmed and are fleeing. The foreigners remain in safety. The government is very anxious. Wichita's Strike Settled. Wichita, Kas., July 20.—The strike on the new Missouri Pacific depot in this city has been settled. The contractor has agreed to adopt the union scale of wages, union hours ane to employ none but members of the union. Massacre at Tal Yuen Fu. London, July 20.—According to a dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily Mail, a massacre occurred on July 9. at Tai Yuen Fu. capital of the province Shan Si, forty foreigners and a hundred native converts being killed. Prospectors all Out. Washington, July 20.—Agent Randlett, of the Kiowa and Comanche Indians in Oklahoma, telegraphed the Indian bureau that Frank B. Farwell, chief of police had just reported that all of the intruders on the reservation were leaving peaceably and that there is no necessity for the employment of troops. Colonel Randlett reported some time ago that about 1,500 intruders were prospecting for minerals in the mountains of the reservation and that it probably would be necessary to use troops to eject them. Activity in Preparing Transports. Valejo, Cal., July 20.—Commander Francis J. Drake, of Mare Island, who has been in charge of the ordinance department at that post for some time, has been ordered to China. Secret orders received at the station have been the cause of the greatest activity in the work on various ships now there and also in other warlike preparations. It is believed they are destined for immediate service. WICHITA, KANSAS, JULY 21, 1900. AS THE WORLD MOVES ROUND NEWS PUBLIC RIGHTS GOOD WILL INDUSTRY A King Is Dying Albert, king of Saxony, be dying from cancer of He is over seventy years, a person appealing str sympathies of his fellow trade is that of kingship, lived up to the noblest this historic profession. She May Be Dead. In the anxiety felt by the Methodist Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions regarding the fate of missionaries in China the names of many of the self-sacrificing workers there have been under frequent discussion, and some of them are becoming familiar to the public. Of Mrs. Charlotte M. Jewell, missionary in charge of the Girls' High School in Pekin, whose picture appears herewith, the question many times has been asked: "Why does not Mrs. Jewell escape from the danger that surrounds her?" And those knowing her personally have as many times replied: "Mrs. Jewell would never leave all those children that are in her care. If she could MRS. CHARLOTTE M. JEWELL. not save them as well as herself she would perish with them. We know her character well enough to be sure of that." Death of Philip. Rear Admiral John W. Philip, who died at the Brooklyn navy yard a few days since, was a brave, considerate and capable officer; he had served and commanded ships in all quarters of the globe; he had fought in the civil war and the war with Spain, and with the Texas at Santiago he made a record of which his countrymen are proud. But in the years to come he will be identified with the words, "Don't cheer, boys; the poor devils are dying," rather than with any valorous deed of his active naval career. The character of the man was shown in this as in nothing Capt. Philip. A. M. B. Capt. Philip, this as in nothing else. He had been in the thick of the Santiago naval battle, his boat had been struck two or three times and victory had finally come to the Stars and Stripes, but even in the enthusiasm of that moment his first thought was for his vanquished foes. Not only did he, in conjunction with the other commanders, give them all the assistance in his power, but he even held in check the rising cheers of his men. Rear Admiral Phillip had an honorable career in the navy, achieved well-merited success, and died regretted by all who knew him. Burdett-Coutts Exposures William Ashmead-Bartlett Burdett-Coutts has stirred the Tory tanks of England with his letters from South Africa, in which he describes the neglect of soldier patients in the hospitals. He writes that they have been allowed BURDETT-COUTTS to die in heaps. Mr. Burdett-Coutts was Ashmead-Bartlett until his marriage in 1881 to the aged Baroness Burdett-Coutts. State Historical Society A King Is Dying. Albert, king of Saxony, is said to be dying from cancer of the stomach. He is over seventy years of age, and a person appealing strongly to the sympathies of his fellow men, "His trade is that of kingship," and he has lived up to the noblest conception of this historic profession. He returned from the siege of Paris in 1870 almost as popular a man as unser Fritz. When King John died in 1873 he was called to the throne of Saxony. The kingdom at that time was sorely taxed with a war debt of 10,000,000 thalers. The new king's wisdom gradually removed this debt, and his many noble qualities endeared him to the people. The king is childless and will be succeeded by his brother, Prince George, King Albert, according to American notions, is not a wealthy man. He has a civil list of $780,000 a year. His queen, Caroline of Vasa, The king is childless and will be succeeded by his brother, Prince George, King Albert, according to American notions, is not a wealthy man. He has a civil list of $780,000 a year, His queen, Caroline of Vasa, King Albert. is a much beloved princess. The king is said to be the only man from whom the old Emperor of Germany would ever accept advice or rebuke. He has often been called the "safety valve," because when the emperor had too much steam on King Albert was always sent for to cool him off. He has lived a cleanly, honorable life, and his death would cause widespread regret. "Chinese" Gordon. The present trouble in China suggests the need of another "Chinese" Gordon, who immortalized himself by the suppression of the famous Tai Ping rebellion and in other memorable campaigns. In China, whither he was sent after the rebellion had been shaking the foundation of the empire for several years, Gordon accomplished a task which restored tranquility to an empire whose population outnumbers that of Europe, repaired her desolate cities and gave her tolling millions of peasantry the longed-for peace, wapling for which in vain they had ceased to till their paternal lands lest they should be but offering fresh temptations to the spoiler. Before Gordon's rule the soldiers paid themselves out of the "loot." Regular pay was now given, and plun- M. B. CHINESE GORDON der absolutely forbidden. The officers of the force were not always ready to face their antagonists. Gordon, in his mild way, would take one or the other of them by the arm and lead him into the thick of the fight. He carried no weapon, only a little cane to direct his troops. This cane, which was called his "magic wand of victory," was an object of superstition among the Yai Pings, who regarded Gordon as a being capable of winning battles through witchery. When the troops were under fire he would appear suddenly in his quiet, undress uniform, usually unattended, and always standing in the hottest part of the fire. This picturesque and heroic character was absolutely fearless. He would frequently ride into the enemy's camp alone and unarmed. Maes' Great Find. Sig. Constantino Maes, the Italian archaeologist, has just submitted to his government a memorial in which he affirms that 3,000 bronze tablets, constituting the records of ancient Rome from its foundation to the time of Vespasian, are buried in the marsch at Ostia near Rome. He government a memorial in which he affirms that 3,000 bronze tablets, constituting the records of ancient Rome from its foundation to the time of Vespasian, are buried in the marsh at Ostia near Rome. He Sig. Maes, says that the tables were carried to Ostia after having been rescued from the fire which destroyed the capital in the year 69 A. D. Sig. Maes wants the Italian government to drain the marsh in order to recover these invaluable records, and a commission will be appointed to investigate the matter. Explorer Returns: Explorer Returns. Andrew J. Stone, the great Arctic explorer, has just returned to New York from a 3,000-mile sled journey over the ice and snow of the great Northwest, the most remarkable journey in the annals of Arctic travels. On this journey Mr. Stone made many important discoveries in animal life, as well as in the geography of the country. One of the results of his work has been the changing of the Arctic coast line of North America. Few men, if any, have so perfect a knowledge of the larger wild animals of the west, north and north-west as Mr. Stone. country. One of the results of his work has been the changing of the Arctic coast line of North America. Few men, if any, have so perfect a knowledge of the larger wild animals of the west, north and northwest as Mr. Stone. He has studied the animals of these vast and inaccessible regions for years; he has traveled more of their country, and visited more of them in their own native homes than any living man. He has had the courage to penetrate the most forbidding regions and suffer the deprivations one must experience in order to study these animals from life. The result of this work is found in many and important forms of animal life never before known. During Mr. Stone's travel in the north he was alone thirty-three days among the murderous Hell Gate Indians of the Liard river, where his experiences were most thrilling. He has penetrated and crossed the most northerly reaches of the Rockies both summer and winter, and for forty-five days lived on nothing but fresh meat and tea. To Aid Turkey. Professor D. A. Kent, who has recently been appointed chief adviser of the Turkish government on all matters relating to the development of agriculture and forestry in the sultan's domain, is a resident of Jewell, Iowa. Professor Kent has received notification from the Turkish minister at Washington that his term of service will commence at an early date and that he will be expected to remain in Turkey five years. The appointment PROF. D. A. KENT. came to the professor through the good offices of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. The sultan wrote Secretary of State Hay asking him to advise him where to find the best man for the position. Secretary Hay referred the matter Secretary Wilson and he selected Professor Kent. The latter has served many years in the Iowa Agricultural College at Ames. Submarine Torpedo Boats Submarine Torpedo Boats. Rear Admiral Hirchborn, chief constructor, U. S. N., has contributed a paper of the highest importance from a naval point of view to the Engineering Magazine, in which he demonstrates the success of the New Holland submarine boat. It may surprise the general reader to learn that the idea of the submarine boat is nothig new, for Cornellus Van Drebbel, a Hollander, in 1624 took twelve persons for an under water run, carrying compressed air for them to breathe. Admiral Hirchborn reviews the development of the submarine boat from that time to this much in detail, and brings out the interesting fact that Robert Fulton was turning out twin-screw, handworked boats of this kind before he devoted his attention to steam navigation. Woodruff's Wife. Among the many ladies who accompanied their distinguished husbands to Philadelphia to witness the nominating by the Republicans of candidates for the presidency and vice. presidency, none attracted more attention than did Mrs. Timothy L. Woodruff, wife of the lieutenant governor of New York state. 1920 and himself a can- Mrs. Woodrunt didate for the vice presidency. Mrs. Woodruff is a handsome and vivacious lady and takes as much interest in politics as does her husband. VOL.11. NO.8 COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. Kansas City. CATTLE—Heavy. 3 60 @ 4 50 HOGS—Choice to heavy. 4 90 @ 5 00 WHEAT—No. 2 hard. 60 @ 69% CORN—No. 2. 60 @ 30% OATS—No. 2. 25% @ 26 RYE—No. 2. 54 HAY—Choice timothy. 10 00 @ 7 50 Choice prairie. 15 @ 18 BUTTER. 84% @ 23% EGGS. Chicago. WHEAT—No. 2 hard. 73% @ 73% CORN—No. 2. 40 OATS—No. 2. 23% St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES. 3 65 @ 5 65 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 3 00 @ 4 70 SOUTHERN STEERS. 3 50 @ 4 70 Cotton. Uplands. Gulf. Liverpool. 5 23-320 New York. 97%c 10%c Galveston. 97%c Wichita Grain. Close. Close. Open. High. Low. Today Yday WHEAT— August. 78% 76% 75% 75% 76% 76% 76% Sept. 77% 77% 7876% 76% 77% 76% CORN— August. 39% 39% 39% 38% 39% 39% OATS. 39% 40 39% 39% 39% Sept. 23% 23% 23 23 23% Sept. 23% 23% 23% 23% Calls. Puts. Wheat: September. 77% 75% Corn: September. 40 37% Wichita Live Stock. HOGS. 908 head sold. 4 70 @ 4 75 CATTLE. @ Chicago Live Stock. BEEVES. @ 4 50 @ 5 70 COWS & HEIFERS. 3 35 @ 4 65 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 3 35 @ 4 65 TEXAS GRASS BEEVES. 3 75 @ 4 15 HOGS. @ 5 17% THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. While European crops are backward wheat seems likely to make an average crop. Annexation to the United States is being seriously discussed in Switzerland. Silver dollars are scarcely ever seen in New York in circulation from hand to hand. Sioux City has had a six inch rain with streams out of banks and crops damaged. Several thousand more horses and mules have been ordered sent to the Philippines. Prisoners taken as Boers and sent to Cape Town included 38 Englishmen and Irishmen. United States Consul Adelbert S. Hay, of Pretoria, is about to return to the United States. A cable from Cape Town says that 10,000 Boers of the Transvaal, will emigrate to America. Spanish-American war veterans are to hold a national meeting at Chattanooga October 8-13. The Washington state grain inspector still thinks that state has produced 30,000,000 bushels of wheat. Clear water in the Chicago river is lessening the city revenue from water. factory owners drawing their supply from the river. The government has decided to have built six submarine boats, to be placed in the principal harbors, two of them on the Pacific coast. The Paris municipal council annulled its former action to aid an American art institute in that city because French artists objected. Counterfeiters in Manila are doubting the value of Mexican silver coins by melting them and giving them the stamp of American money. Arrests have been made. The Minnesota supreme court sustains the law requiring all baking powders to bear labels showing the names and amounts of the substances they are composed of. St. Paul, Minn., lost by fire five buildings which had been formerly used by a railroad company. There were 300 carloads of shingles stored in the building and they were also burned. The death of United States Senator Gear, which occurred very suddenly in Washington on July 14, gives the governor of Iowa the honor of making two senatorial appointments, one for the term ending next March, and then for that portion of the next term until the Iowa legislature elects a senator in 1902. An international council of war held at Tien Tsin, decided to confine immediate efforts to fortifying Tien Tsin and establishing communication with the Taku forts and arsenal. War indemnity paid to Chili by Peru and Bolivia since 1897 will reach three billions of dollars; a greater sum than France paid to Germany. The St. Joseph Daily Herald company offers the Herald property for sale. This is decided upon to facilitate the settlement of the Major T. J. Chew estate who owned one-half of the property. Spain sends no war vessels to China, to co-operate with the other powers having no interests to defend in that part of the world. WICHITA, KANSAS. ‘W. N. MILLER, Editor. JON E. LEWIS, Manager. MILLER & LEWIS, Pablishers, Entercd at the Post Office at Wichita Kan- sas,as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday ‘at No. 140 North Main Street, up stairs. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: 7 IN ADVANCE. Qne sear, Dy malls ccesssssessessesccseeses O1 90 Sir dhonthes by mali. ‘Three months, by mail ‘Advertising ratea made Known on 9 sifercion e TH Address all communications to “The searchlight,” Box 1017, Wichita, Hansus. “fellate fo be published mast each hs ee not later than Tuesday, to reach publica- {lon in the current issue) Pamela orvan of the Walghts of Pythian at Corresgondents an agents. wanted every. where, Write us for terms. Ail matters sent to “The Searchlight” for publication must bo sigued by the party oF ewig It is high tim2 the Colored voter was op:ning his eye and looking a- round a little. Did you ever think that every year, you are electing white men to fat public offices? Some of us go beside ourselves in our eagernesé to elect some white fellow to office. No matter what party nominatee, you work and vote for they are invaribly wh ite. He secures the office and draws a good fat selary, what does he do next? He stops his wife from doing her own work, stops his daughter from working asaclerk in some store, and sends her away to some college there to read and study mu- sic, art, ete bying himself a “bike” to ride to the office on, buys a family carriage to take the family out in the evening, gets a fine box of cigars each week, a fine smoking jacket whereas before he used a cub pipe strong enough to go war. He pays for a cosy little home, but what about the Colored brother? he is thrown out of work through the influence of this friend, fora white relative, his daughter is em ployed at the residence of the white brother as cook, and his wite takes in washing for pastime, while the Colored voter himself has to clean yards in summer, rake off leaves in the fall and carry up coal in the winter. ' Yet he isa politician; he is first last,and all the time for Mr so and 80. I ask the question is it not time hat he should be for himself? ‘The old saying is that “ a rule that won't work both ways is no good’, Why not call on the white brother to help the Colored brother a little apply the rule of reciprocity. If these things are eternally good for them, surely the same dose would do no more than kill us. We have as fine, as fair, as competent, and accomplished young ladies as ever lived in any clime or country toe fair and accomplished to burn in any mans kitchen. We have young men thoroughly competent and capable, why give them a chance? I would to God that “Etheopia would stretch forth her hand to God” and learn to help each other. Subscribe for ‘The Searchlight’ and help support a good Negro Journal in your city. Mass Meeting, —A MASS MEETING of the Col- ored voters of Wichita has been called for MONDAY NIGHT July 23rd.1900, At th: Centropolie hotel 605 N. Main st. The Colored voters are requssted to be present. Mat ters of much importance. Br Order Of, Rey.M.L. Copeland, PARIS LETTER. needs is condensation by elimia- tion, I shall continue to call it the Paris Exposition and not as it calls itself L Expossion Universal et In tervatiorale. The Nations have been “taken in” , squeezed and ab sorbed, but considering the bloat ing bigness of France in this great advertising scheme and the com. parative petiness ofall others there is no reason why we should hely the deception by calling it Univer eal or International. France needed money, Paris needed money, and they said: Lo, let us invite all the people of the earth to board with and buy from us for a searon. And they built great structures and towers and wheels and assembled their merchandize and madea great fair and establihed within it, and around it, booths for dancing girls and dives and joints and fakes and plaques and loud was the roar and great was the villany and humbug thereof. Unless these abomnible fakes and side shows can be abated and unless an Exposition of what is genuine and meritorious can be condenced and put in reasonable space, they ought to be discontinu ed. Here in mid summer it is yet impossible to see what worth see- ing, either because it is not ready or because you have to welk around acres of baldest of fakes and hum- bugs, ravenous to “take you in” or to sell you something. Lime and dust fill the air and make sight seeing uncomfotable if not unsanitary. There are many guide books and they are no doubt in a way helpful’ but in buildings covering many acres and filled with miles of show cases and machinery of great height, a compas is of con- yenience and many have them. I find the United States exibi- tors situated here and there, appar- ently without system in the main Champ de Mars building. Their lot cation is always indicated by the Stars and stripes, and these are seen over the U. §. pavilion; in many places in Champ de Mars; in a number of anexed; and at Vin- cennes, which is about two hours out of Paris, a most inaccessable lo cality, but here most of the United States machinery is to be found. It was way out on this frontier that I found an American pionier He told me that his exhibit, The Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co of Quincy Illinois, was the first ex hibit that had been set up at the great exhibition. He has a hand. some independent pavillion and is turning out machinechickens right along. Asan additional ad- vertisment the Ititle chicks are of all the colors of the easter egg with some tints of the rainbow thrown in Medals from many fairs in plished on such a seale. Twelve men worked constantly on this map 1 yr. bsfore it was completed It lies on the floor surounded by a brass balustrade. Every hill, house, and elevation and dep-eesion of the city and sur ounding country and water in the minutest detail is shown. In order that it may bo eeen at greatest ad vantage a platform have been built giving about 4 feet elevation this platform is supplied with o pers glasses. The platform is, as it were off Sandy Hook, and the visitor who will study the map for 5 min. from this vantage will get a broad er and minuter impression of the future greatness of New York, and its desirable location for business, and residence. Last night there was a special illumination of the Champ de Mar The fountain, cascades Etfel tower, and other architectural attractions the price of four tickets was charged for entrance,which made the crow¢ seleot.It was, never the- less, very largeand eeated in chairs rented for two sous each, thirty or forty thousand people, many of them in evening dross sat for an hur or twe enjoying the brilliant illumnation. The scenetwas one of rare splea dor and for a time the fake shows around the Expossition ceased to attract. I attended a tea yesterday given in the Palace of Congresses by an organization of French, American and English educators all holding profossorship in colledges and Uni versalties of their countries an d have formed an educational band or organization the object of which is to make the Expossion more helpful to the visitor. The plan is to him see with minimum expenee of time and money, what is best worth seeing, and protect them frem what is worthless. This is done by a guide who will conduct you to the best specialties explaining each exhibit in a famil iar and untechnical way. In the Race. Jacob McAfee one Wicita’s most respected Colored men has at last consented to be acandidate for the nomination for County Commis- eioner from the 2nd Commissioner district. Mr. McAfee is the only Colored man in Sedwick County that is seeking any place at the hands of the republican party. He has been a loyal worker in in the party, and for the party, for more than twenty years; and ifhis support does not merit this office at the hands of the party it is high time that a halt be made in the ranks of the Colored voter,and they should “right about face” and take quarteras where 20 yrs. work will intitle them to something,even greater than this. Mc. has always been astaunch republican, and the Colored voters of this County, and district in particular, should stand by him and not only see that he gets nominated, but that he is elected in Nov. Now is a golden op portunity for the Colored man to prove their boast of “‘rac> men” If the Colored voters stand “pat” on Mr Mac’s nomination and elec- tion, the party will not dare turn him down. Live up men, let your colors be shown. gplagiea ac gecko So focias ale giah gaara sage leat iGUILTYS Ve INNOCENT? : By AMY BRAZIER. j BES SHES SISSIES SIE SESS SSSR CHAPTER VII—(Continued.) | d 1 ee Se ee ee George whispers hoarsely, looking grey and haggard. “Yes, they've got a warrant! George, you are innocent, aren't you?” “Yes, I am innocent,” he returns, in & dull sort of way. “My poor mother, you'll stand to her, doctor?” “George! oh, my son!” His mother’s arms are round him, She has heard every word. Her voice is full of agony—an agony that is like a sword inher heart. “Mother, my poor mother!” The man's face works as he holds her to bim tight. “God bless my soul!” shouts the doctor, “what are we coming to when @ man like Saville can act on a trumped-up pack of rubbish? My dear Mrs. Bouverle, don't let this worry you, it is all a wretched mistake! George, man, say you can set it right!” ‘There was no shame in the eyes of George Bouverie. A kind of proud light leaps into them for a moment; then he puts his mother gently into the doctor's arms, saying softly: “Whatever happens, believe I am in- nocent.” ‘Then he turns to the ser- geant. “Now, then, I am ready to go with you.” Mrs. Bouverie does not see the crowning act of disgrace as her son ‘walks out of his own home a prisoner into the goodly light of the setting sun. She has fainted, and lies back with closed eyes, unconscious of the young golden head, that, for the first time in his life, George bows with suame. He gets wp on the car, with white lips and a stony face. His eyes are fixed and show no wavering. And, be- fore night falls, all Portraven stands at its doors discussing the bank robbery and the arrest of Mr. Bouverie; while the cashier lies in his lodgings, and turns his face to the wall, a limp heap of shuddering humanity. His landlady hurries to tell him that Mr. Bouverle has been taken. Mr. Grey only shivers end buries his chat- tering teeth and leaden face in the bed- slothes. It is Doctor Carter who, with tears in his eyes, breaks to Mrs. Bouverle the terrible intelligence that her son has been brought before the magis- trates and committed for trial on the charge of robbery and murderous as- sault, “He never did it,” sobs the old man; “put it looks very black against him. Poor lad! He wouldn’t say where he got the money he was wiring off to that scoundrel, the bookmaker, and that went dead against him; and that fellow Grey stuck to his story. He swore it was George who attacked him —he swore it through thick and thin, On the face of evidence like that the magistrates had nothing to do but send the case for trial; but I can't believe it of George—I can't indeed!” Yet the doctor is wavering. Facts are stubborn «ngs and honorable men have become thieves and crimi- nals before now. Mrs. Bouverle lies worn out with griet and anxiety. “Would I had died for thee, my son!” she moans, as David did, and can take no comfort. Her boy, her idol, sent to prison, condemned already in the eyes of the world. Yet her faith has never wavered. George said he was innocent, and God in His own good time will make that innocence clear. “Then there was that awkward bit of evidence about the chloroform,” the doctor goes on, examining and sifting every bit of evidence. “Dale, that chemist, swore that George’ had bought that chloroform for the de- struction of a diseased cat.” “That was true.” Mrs. Bouverie lifts her heavy, tear-wet eyes for a second. “Yes; but George couldn't say he had used the chloroform, and that told against him, Saville jumped at that point.” “My poor cat dled. She was a pet, and she was caught in a trap. To spare my feelings, George said he would give her chloroform. She was dead before he got back from Port- raven, and afterwards he said he had thrown the bottle away. Oh, Doctor Carter, you know my boy is innocent! These hideous doubts must be dis- solved! I feel so weak, so heartbroken, go friendless!” sobs the poor lady; “and my poor George was so happy just before this happened—engaed to Barbara Saville, and looking forward ‘o going out to Tasmania.” ‘The doctor draws a long whistle. “That accounts for the milk in the cocoanut—that sour-visaged Saville means to marry the girl himself. It fs as plain as daylight now. That is why he is so dead against George!” Mrs, Bouverie clasps her trenibling hands and bows her grief-stained face, “George in prison! Doctor Carter, God on!y knows my agony! My poor, poor boy, weak as he may have been, but criminal never!” Doctor Carter tries to comfort and console her. Bae re Bae ce es eee dead in Tasmania? He was killed— Kicked by a horse; and that poor gir Barbara will only have to turn round and come home again. I met Sebas tian on his way to send her a tele- gram.” “Poor child, poor Barbara! and she was to have married George!” sight Mrs, Bouverie. “So she will, so she will,” Doctor Carter says abruptly. In his heart he thinks: “That poor lad will get his five years as sure as God made little ap- ples; and Barbara isn’t likely to stick ‘to a man with the taint of prison on him!” CHAPTER VIII. The assizes are going on, and the county town 1s full of barristers and attorneys; and all interest. is centered on the Portraven bank robbery case, for the man to be tried is a gentleman, ‘ member of one of the oldest families im the county, Mrs, Bouverle is staying in the same hotel as the judge who 4s to try her son. Sho will stay near George to the last; and Doctor Carter, fuming and fussy, has taken up his quarters at the Royal Arms too, He is beginning to lose heart. The evidence fs so dead against George, and the great counsel engaged can wring nothing from the silent lips of the prisoner. With a sad, stern face of George confronts him, but refuses to speak—refuses to account for the money that had been in his possession that day. He will make no defense whatever, beyond declaring his innocence, His counsel is in despair. Without doubt the jury will bring in a verdict of guilty. ‘Worn out with great anxiety, Mrs. Bouverie lies on a sofa in a private room of the hotel. In the garden be- low the windows great bunches of 1I- jaes scent the air, and the light breeze rustles the golden sprays of laburnum; Dut the mother’s eyes see them not. She can only think of her boy within the cold, gray walls of the jail waiting for hig trial. Mr, Saville is in the town too, with a look of satisfaction on his face; also Mr. Grey, the cashier, who, they say, haa never recovered from the shock of the assault on him. He starts at every shadow, and looks a miser- able, haunted individual. Im vain Dr, Carter tries to persuade Mrs. Bouverie not to attend the trial. It will only be needlessly distressing, he urges. And his inmost conviction is that George will be found guilty. Mrs, Bouverie is firm. “My place is beside my son,” she says, struggling for calmness. So the warm spring days go by, with the world flooded with sunshine, and every field and tree in its new dress of vivid green, everything bright and beautiful; only the stern, unhappy face of the man awaiting trial, while moth- er prays to Him who pities this sor- rowful sighing of the prisoners, tak- ing her trouble to the foot of the cross and laying it there, Oh, the shame, the misery, and the pity of it all! ‘And the day dawns for the trial of the bank robbery. Dr. Carter makes ‘one more desperate effort. Mrs. Bouverie, you are not strong enough to stand this. I promise to send you word every half-hour as the case goes on. Besides, it would only diy tress poor George to see you.” “Dr. Carter, you mean well, but I must go. I will be very brave,” Mrs. Bouverie says, looking at the doctor’s Kindly face with eyes that are dim with tears and want of sleep. “It will kill her, poor soul!” Dr. Carter says, half aloud. Crowds are flocking to the court- house. It 1s an exciting case. The counsel retained for George is in the depths of despair. He cannot see the chance of an acquittal unless some wonderful evidence turns up, which is not likely, at the eleventh hour. Mr. Grey, the cashier, 1s prepared to fdentify George Bouverie as the man who attacked and drugged him. ‘The case is not very exciting after all. In vain Mr. Jarvis cross-examines Mr. Grey; he sticks to his statement without wavering. Limp and ghastly looking he is, but firm; and yet he never once looks at the pale, set face of the man In the dock, who holds his golden head up bravely. Once once, when the judge says: “Edward Grey, look at the prisoner in the dock. Do you swear that is the man who attacked you in the Portray- en bank? | “Then only the witness looks for a second into the steady eyes of George Bouverie—eyes that look true as steel. “That is the man,” he says,with such conviction that George Bouverie’s counsel groans, Mrs. Bouverie sits immovable, her hands in her lap, a small, pitiful figure crushed to the earth with a sorrow that is 6o terrible and so strange. Mr. Saville, with an assumed air of reluctance, steps into the witness box, but every word he utters tells dead Ggainst the prisoner. It is he who brings to light George Bouverie’s financial difficulties and racing pro- clivities, and the jury prick their ears, and into their twelve intelligent faces comes a look that shows they have found out the resson why. There is | not one of the 12 cood men and true | Who has the vote of their Verdict when Mr. Sebastian sayin still with the manner of one ter done an unpleasant duty, step, iy from the witness table - George gives him one look. eee tee ner otc Mr, Dale, the chemist, adds his to the mass of evidence, and the ae oform is accounted for. ae ‘The crowd of persons listens , the ease come to the coxclsion ty George Bouverie must be a very yin ed young man indeed, in spite ot noble figure and Kinsiy head. th nothing better than a common thy And public sympathy goes with Dank clerk, whose nervous system g een shattered, Truly it had been a bold robbery deed, and an example shoud be nag To walk boldly into the bank, oto ing a moment when there was no present but the cashier, and to ime, Giately chleroform him and make with a hundred pounds was the arty a villain! Dr. Carter's face grew longer ay longer as the case proceeds, Mr jy vis makes but a lame defense. yy Bouverle turns an agonizod face the doctor, and whispers, with my Lips: “It fs going against him, and yay is innocent.” Dr. Carter is trembling visibly, “Let me take you away, Mrs. Bn, verie. My dear lady, be suited 4 me. I'll let you know the instant ity “over.” But she shakes her head, her pi sad eyes seeing only the figure in dock, the man with the banda miserable face, that gets paler ax more desperate as the case goes He glances at his mother ons, wit world of sorrowful pity in his and his self-control deserts bim for moment. ‘The judge is summing up, and en sentence, every clear,cutting word ti against the prisoner. It 1s a scath speech, in which the jury are entr to lay aside any thoughts of the pi oner’s position, of lils youth, only remember that a hideous crime deen committed; and he begs them do their duty feariessly, consi tlously defore God, and faithfully tween the Crown and the prisoner the bar. Sebastian Seville draws a | breath as the judge sits down. G Bouverie is as good as condemne there 1s not a chance of an acquit now. ‘The jury file out of the bor (To'be continued.) ANAGRAMS ON NOTED NAMES Bome Transpositions Expressing in Men's History. Anagrams that transmute the nem of well-known men and women x often startlingly appropriate. could be better in this way than t! announcements, evolved from 1 great statemen's names when the rel of power changed hands: Gladst G leads not!” Disraelf, “I lead, st Quite as happy is the comment on devoted nursing of Florence Nis ingale, whose name yields “Fit cheering angel.” Among those that most often quoted we may enti Horatio Nelson, “Honor est a Nil Charles James Stuart, “Claims thur’s Seat;” Pilate’s question, “ est veritas?” “What is truth?”), 1 swered by “Est Vir qui adest” ("It the man here present”); Swed Nightingale, “Sing high, sweet Li da;” David Livingstone, “D. V., £0 visit Nile;” the marquess of Ri (who, resigned the grand maste of Freemasons when he became a manist), “R. I. P., quoth Freemasons Charles Prince of Wales, “All Fr calls: © help;” Sir Roger Chat Doughty ‘Tichborne, baronet, “! horrid buteher Orton, Digzest 1 here,” and many shorter speclm such as telegraph, “great holp;” tronomers, “‘no more stars,"and “t! starers;” one hug, “enough;” edit “go tired;” tournament, “to run men;” penitentiary, “nay, I repent Old England, “golden land;” revol tion, “to love ruin;” fashionstlt “one-half bias; lawyers, “sly ware! midshipman, “mind his map; poor house, “O sour hope;” Presbyterian “pest in prayer;” sweetheart, “ther we sat;” matrimony, “into my #m —Chambers’ Journal. ‘Breaking Horses in South Africe ‘The way in which horses are brok to saddle in South Africa s one bi T have never seen practiced in other country, say a writer. It! charmingly simple, and has its 60! potnts as well as its bad ones. It om sists of tying the head of the neopt close up to that of a steady horse means of a cord connecting the res tive headstalls worn by these an ‘After they have both been saddled dridled, the ‘schoolmaster” is 1% mounted, and then another man on the young one, who 1s powerles® buck, rear, or run away, on 2° of his head being fixed. Besides the fact of his being alongside anol! horse gives him confidence, and. % Mutter how wild he may be, be earn ‘in a short time to carry bis 0 den and regulate his pace accordiné| ‘that of his ~mpanion. As be st down quietty to work, the connest cora may be gradualiy loosened until at Sast it can be taken off gether. | ae Fanny Man's Wite “Here's the clockmaker come 19 our sitting room clock,” said the fi man's wife: “won't you go up sn 8 it for him?” “Why, it isn’t vost fs 1¢7" replied he lazily. “Ot om {¢ is. Where did you think it ¥# “oh, I thought |! had run 4owe Philadelphia Pre Us eh ee Eee give LE Cotton a trial when in gesota bair cut, shave or sham yo 344 N, Main St.’ gore your hand bills printed at The searchlight office 140 N Main the Wichita Carnival and Fall Festival will be bigger this year amu ever. Wichita is the place and ifyou miss this opportunity, you an bet that you have missed half ofyour life's pleasure. The date is october. 12345 and 6th, 1900. feduced rateson all Rail Roads - For any in formation in regar wotve Wichita Carnival and Fall Festival, adress Mr- H-C, Lock wood the Secretary, who will give you the desired information need ed bov'r otter Tae PoLternan?! Bur, Tell your troubles to W.N.Miller Ajvorsey Ar Law. No.l40North Main strret. Generally the less we have,the easier it istoshare at with others. Wowen delight in having very near ever ying tight,eNcept their husbands, After allsome men don’t have to travel far to go to the bad, Read The Searchlight Mrs Lillie Webb of K C will re- tum home about the 1st Mrs Lottie Wilkina will leave for Chicago, the 1st where she will spend the summez with her hus- band. Sam Moore left for Hennesey O T. Saturday. G20 Genkins the boss of the str car gang will leave for his home in Cincinnati Ohio on the ist Mrs Pondexter of Hennesey 0. T. is visiting her sister Mrs Helm 237 N Mosley ave- Ir you wantany legal business done for you,remember we havea Colored lawyer in town now in the person of Hon. W.N. Miller. You can tind him at No.140 North Main st., upstairs.Call to see him any time Mrs Bessie Jones retuned home Sunday trom K C Mrs S. Vanof K. C. is viniting in the city, Mrs Greenway is up again, Dizo— John Hill at Valley Center Sunday morning, funeral Wednes- day Jnly 18th 1900 Every Colored persons sho ul d contribute something to the main- tenance of the Helen Gould Child- ten’s Home. The officers are J.C. Parrish Pres: W. C. Neeley Sec HLH. Neeley ‘ | Bert Thomas and wife left wed; for Chicago where they spend the summer. Mr Jas Jackson and wife spent Friday at valley Center with Mr Hill and wife. Mrs M. A. Hodges left for Laad Ville Col, Wednesday. Dr Chas Rawles has lots of girls fooled but they are getting to his Bate every day. Keep your eyes opened for the big event that will take place Aug the 4th at So. Riverside Park, and at the Peerless Hall at night. Searchlight only sLperyr- Mrs, Ella Harper, who has been TYisiting here retnrned 40 her home Atk. City Monday 5 ' Aleak in Mrs- Holmes gasoline Stove created quitea sensation Tues ‘ve, which caused the Fire depart- ent to makea lively run. Miss Panse Jacksonof 603 N. Main had a birth-day party on the 18th.25 boys and girls present, Henry Robinson wes made a K- of P, Tuesday night. Mrg Bettis and Miss Bessie Jones has charge of the Restaurant at 346 N Main, Give them a call. Read EVERY ‘ad’ in this paper —tben patronizethe places. Mr Hill and wife of Denver, was in the city Thursday. The trolly ride would have been much nicer if there had been more gentlemen in the crowd. Mrs Taylor left for Denver Thur, Luvine Alexander is still very sick. ‘Tae SEARCHLIGHT Only 10 Cents per month. Subscribe now A bright little boy was to Frank Jones and wife July 18th. Census men estimate the population of ‘New York at 3,850,000. The official an- nouncament is expected Aug.15. The board of health estimate made the population 3, 550,088 for the greater city July 1.Manhat tan’s population waf 1,953,589, Bronx 103 887,Brooklyn 1,281,548, Queews 134,139, and Richmond 67,260. JW Hall took a fishing spell Monoay and decided to go, about 2 p.m, accompanied by W N Miller and brohter R H Miller, went out. The fishing place was finally reached and the party succeeded in landing about 25 or 30. Ed Cotton chairman of the U C CU has called a meeting at Loves barber shop for Sat. 21st all are re quested to be present. Mr Cox and son tuok dinner with Mr and Mrs Underwood Tuerday. The Kansa; Star gave its em- ployees acar ride Tuesday. Ifyou fail to getourpa- per notifyus at once 140 N Mainst Get ready for the Wichita Stree Carnival bigger and grander than ever. Read the Search Light and trade with those who advetise with us. READ! — We sincerely ask our readers to patronize the individu- als and firms whose advertisements appear in these columus; by doing so,youhelp us to give youa better paper each week, Tell them you read their ‘ad? in ‘Tne Wuicnira SEARCHLIGHT. OJ.E.Lewis and W,N. Miller were im Stet- ling, Kansas, Saturday hight completing the initiation of the K of P lodge at that place. ‘The boys met them at the depot,and during their stay there,gave them a royal time, ‘A fine luncheon was served. Those initiat- ed were—Walte Rollins,John Allen, Wal- ler Kiowa, Gilbert Saulter, Rey, Erwin Green Frank Saulter,W-Stand James, Levi Kern, Urel Stewart, James Nichols. This lodge promises to beone of the brightest im th state. We wish them much success, Raised $650.00 Rey. AC Terrel pastor of the A M.E. church raised over $650. 0( from his cengregation during the last quarter. Grand Chancelor J. E. Lewis, S W Fleming, and Lee Anderson, Mesdames Alexander, Phelps, Fleming, and Anderson will leave Sunday to attend the Grand s.odge of the K of P; and the ladies Court of Calanthe which convenes in K. c. Ladies Sewing Guild. The Ladies Sewing Guild oftha A M I Leste fed ance es caest and Mrs J.C.Coffee 1540 %.Mosley Ave. ‘Afine lunch was spread. Those present Mesdames,L. Roberson,Carrie Thomas. M.C Abernathy,M EBanks,M S Webb, M Lask, WN Miller,L Gardner,$ Rawles, F Baker, LOwens,L Coleman,P Jones,C Barker,L C Terrill, ML Adams, J Phillips, V. Covington, J Abernathy,N Howard.F Garrett,E E Jone FGraig,L Cranham,E Landrum, M Miller’ C Honter, M Fleming, M Glover, Dozier, L Thompson,J W Hall,T Glover,M Holme Misses,M Jackson,B Jones,G Shitds,C Smith J Jones,M Andrews. Messers,W H Jones, A Glover,Rey Dr AC Terrill,E Hathman, A T Glover,E Lash,W N Miller. ‘An enjoyadle evening was spent. Fleming Dots. Saturday nightthe K of P lodge hei their installation cf officers.alse gave an en sertainment, They had a good success, ‘The church gave aneatertainment Mon day night, Every body hada fine time. We had a fine rain Monday morn Mr and Mrs Thos. Mullens left Flemin; Mcnday for Arkansas. Hon. Gid Lee‘s horse got loose last night Gid went out o find him.He finally foun ‘him about 7 miles distance. Henry Thaxston‘s wheel was shipped him, The dust will fly now. Sainue] Holmes for his first ride in his life, did well He went to Weirand returaed- Rev H_ H Goodwin stopped over Sunday night,on his return frem Cherokee where he attended the Rally,Reported a niee time. Mrs Chas Preston is as lively as ever. ‘The girls of Flemiug are having fun ge- ing.ED Harris bates their hook, K W Jones is the champion fish grabber. Work ir. Fleming is good, Mrs Gid Lee’s, sister took sick Sunday and was sent to her home in Ft Scott Monday. Mrs Dan Thompson who has been ill was out to church Sunday. The band has just got a lot of new music. Mr. Beasley is taking picture of the hall and the frightened peaple he will send to pressas soon as finished. J. Graham took a flying trip to jail last week he was charged with cutting Shortee the fastest runner n town he is still running. Miss Mammie Harris is the cut- est girl in town she is managing a concert, her first attempt being grand. Mt. Olive Sunday School will givea pic-nic in the ncar future. G Bwaiks late at night look out the boys are on your trail. Johnson Dickson bought a new wheel, he rides day and night. Beyond the Bashee River. A visitor from Umtata informs us that not a bi.de of gress is to be seen beyond the Bashee river. Prior to his departure for the port no rain had fallen fcr a long time, and what grass there was had been cleared off by lo- custs.—East London (South Africa) Dispatch. Rail R0ad Time Table. Missourr Paciric Rat.way. Leave Wiehita For St.Louis 2,25 p.m Daily. a» Kansas City & St.Loms 10.06 pm +» Hntchinson, Lyons & Geneseo 7.15 a.m +, Local Freight Hutchinson, Lyons and Geneseo 8.55 a m Ex. Sundy +, Geneseo,Pueblo and Denver 5,20 p.m +, Anthony and Kiowa 7.25 am »» Anthony and Kiowa 6.30 pm Arrive Wichita From gt.Louis 1.05 p m Kansas Cty and StsLouis 6.30pm Denver,Pueblo and Geneseo 14.10 p m Hutchinson 6.10 pm Ex.Sunday. 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CONSUMPTION If the Ministers Still Live Matters Can be Arranged. DEPENDS UPON THE POWERS. London, July 19.—The following has been two days coming from Canton: In an interview with the foreign consuls, Li Hung Chang said that his mission to Pekin was twofold—to save the lives of the foreign ministers and to arrange the best possible terms of peace with the allied powers. He added that he had received important cables from Lord Salisbury and M. Delcasse, demanding protection for the foreign ministers in Pekin and threatening to take life for life from the high officials responsible if the ministers were murdered. He told the consuls that he was the only man in China who dared to transmit such messages to the empress, but that he had sent them verbatim and that he did not doubt that they had exerted a powerful influence in saving the ministers' lives. He said that he had induced all the other viceroyes except two to join in a memorial to the throne, asking protection for the foreigners, suppression of the Boxers and full reparation for the damage done and the lives lost. He said that he had received nothing from Pekin for a week, but that if the ministers were alive, he was almost certain matters could be satisfactorily arranged with the allied powers. "If they are dead, it is hard to tell what may happen. My heart is sore about them. I know them all personally; and I am on the best of good terms with them." He added that he realized his government had done wrong and that it was to show his grave displeasure that he sent the cablegrams from Lord Salisbury and M. Delcasse to the empress word for word as he received them. He concluded by asking the co-operation of the allied powers in furthering the success of his mission and said emphatically that he depended upon them. Kansans Want to Go to China. Topeka, July 20.—Colonel Wilder S. Metcalf, of the Twentieth Kansas, has given it out that, in the event of war with China, he would like to head another Kansas regiment as good as the Twentieth Kansas was. He says there would be no trouble to raise Kansas' quota in a week, no matter how large it may be. Brigadier General Funston is said to want to get into China, and his friends in Kansas may soon urge the war department to assign him to duty there in case the situation becomes more critical. The general has written that he would rather be at the front fighting than at work re-constructing a province. He says that the re-construction business is too monotonous, and that he wants to get where there is excitement. Recruiting in Wichita Wichita, July 20.—Twenty-one recruits who enlisted at the station here since its establishment, for foreign service in the regular army, left for San Francisco over the Santa Fe road. The recruits were secured for infantry and light and heavy artillery service. The detachment was in charge of William Croddy, one of the recruits, who will take the party through to the Pacific ocean. A Large Attendance: Cincinnati, July 17. -The attendance at the third day's session of the international assembly of the Baptist Young People's union was estimated at 10,000. The Boxer Proclamation. London, July 20.—A correspondent at Tien Tsin contrasts the "splendid work and splendid equipment" of the Japanese with the "inadequate supplies of the British." German and American contingents, which are terribly lacking in the most obvious necessaries." The first Boxer proclamation has made its appearance in Shanghai. It declares that Kwan, the war god, desires the blood of foreigners and threatens ten plagues if the Boxer tenets are not followed and spread. Chartering Transports New York, July 20.—The chartering of transports to carry troops to China is causing a stir in shipping circles. Fifteen German steamships now operating in the Atlantic trade, have been requisitioned as war transports and supply ships by the German empire. The United States government is actively in the market chartering steamers of all nationalities on the Pacific, to act as war transports and supply ships for this country. A Texas Cloudburst Coleman, Tex. July 19.-Fifteen lives are known to have been lost in a cloudburst here. Ten bodies have been recovered, but only two were identified. They are: Joseph Spath and John Fuleisstine. It is feared that many more lives were lost in the valley below Coleman. The cloudburst, which followed three days' unprecedented rainfall, caused Ford's creek to burst its banks and run through Coleman, a village of less than 1,000 inhabitants. "La Creole" Will Restore those Gray Hairs "La Creole Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dressing and Restorer Price $1.00 ABSENT-MINDEDNESS. A Conductor Collected Four Fares from An Absent-Minded Passenger. There is one street car conductor on the Madison avenue line who is either an absent-minded man or else he is a most zealous worker in the interests of the company and deserves a higher position. But in his eyes was a far-away look, like a man in love. He collected four fares from the same individual on a trip from City Hall to Fourteenth street a few nights ago and rang up every one of them. The individual who paid the fares seemed equally absent-minded, or, rather, his mind seemed steeped in spirits. When he got on the open car at the bridge he sought one of the rear seats, and as he anchored himself in the corner he fished a five-cent piece out of his pocket and handed it to the conductor. Then he began to read a newspaper. As the car reached the Criminal Courts building nine passengers got on board. "Fare," called the conductor as he passed along the running board. The man with the newspaper solemnly reached into his pocket, fished out another nickel, and handed it to the conductor. As the car turned into the Bowyery the conductor called out: "Fare, please." Again the man went through the same operation. At Eighth street transfer station, on Fourth avenue, once more came the cry: "Fare, please," as the conductor carried along collecting the transfers. The absent-minded man with the newspaper, not to be behind-hand, reached into his pocket. He did not withdraw his hand as quickly as before, but continued to search. Finally he brought out a coin, looked at it in surprise—it was a quarter—and handed it to the conductor, who calmly rang up the fare and returned the change. The man with the paper got off the car at Fourteenth street and made his way to the nearest saloon. A Bishop's Predicament Dr. Thornton, who has just resigned the bishopric of Ballarat, once told to a temperance meeting a curious experience which befell him during a visitation tour. He was landed on a tempestuous night in a remote bush township. Not a light was to be seen save that which proceeded from the office of a local newspaper. The bishop knocked, and a voice from an upstairs window cried: "Who's there?" "I am the bishop of Ballarat. Could you kindly direct me to a hotel?" "I say, boys, guess who's the cove down below—the bishop of Ballarat." Then there was a burst of ribald laughter from the composing-room. Presently the head reappeared at the window, and the voice gave this piece of friendly counsel: "Look here, old man, you've had quite enough hotel for one night. Go home and go to bed. O'Rafferty's on the beat, and if you don't make tracks you'll be run in as sure as eggs."—Household Words. Deafness His Gain. Old Gen. Ketcham of New York has just achieved the remarkable distinction of having been renominated by acclamation for the sixteenth time to congress. He has thought of retiring several times, but from such unanimous action by the republicans of his district there is hardly any appeal. The general listened to so many cannon in the civil war that he has heard little since. He is quite deaf, and conversation is carried on with him only by considerable effort. The other day a newspaper correspondent said to him: "General, how do you manage to get along so well in the house? I should think it would be a great back-but to you not to be able to hear better." Young man, replied the general, sententiously, "I hear a good deal more of what is going on here than I want to." -St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Great Wagnerian Conductor. German newspapers report the death of Herman Levi, the great conductor, in Glessen, on May 13. He was considered one of the greatest Wagnerian conductors of Germany. 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The average woman doesn't look as well in a garment that is "clinging" as she imagines. Red Cross Ball Blue is the best in the world. Large 2-oz. package 5c. It isn't the prodigal son who gets the fatted calf. Just look at the average ballet dancer. Hall's Catarrh Cure A woman may be sensitive about her age, and yet boast that she comes of a very old family. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swolien, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. A superstitious individual says it is a bad sign to write another man's name on a note. The London Chronicle states that Queen Victoria's eyesight is becoming a matter of grave concern to those about her. Even the blue spectacles, with which Dublin and London are alike familiar, are failing of their old effect. All dispatches and all letters, except the most private, are read to her majesty, who now writes little more than her signature with her own hand. A famous foreign eye doctor has been lately consulted, but without any encouraging result. Selling American Frogs Abroad. One man connected with the Philadelphia zoo has crossed the Atlantic fifty times in charge of animals. He has sold many huge American frogs at $2.50 each to owners of German estates to be used for "decorative purposes" in the ponds and lakes. The basso profundo of our bulfrogs is highly valued abroad. He thinks he lives, but he's a dead one. No person is really alive whose liver is dead. During the winter most people spend nearly all their time in warm, stuffy houses or offices or workshops. Many don't get as much exercise as they ought, and everybody knows that people gain weight in winter. As a rule it is not sound weight, but means a lot of flabby fat and useless, rotting matter staying in the body when it ought to have been driven out. But the liver was overburdened, deadened—stopped work. There you are, with a dead liver, and spring is the time for resurrection. Wake up the dead! Get all the filth out of your system, and get