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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT VOL. III A COLORED GIRL'S TRIUMPH. a colored girl carried off the highest honors of the Manual training high school of Denver, Colo.' Joseph is only carrying out the traditions of her family in this respect. Three older sisters were valedictorians of their classes. They were graduated at the Southern university, an institution for the colored race, supported by the state of Louisiana and located at New Orleans. Each took the highest honor in her class, each captured the George Peabody medal given for excellence in studies, and each became a teacher in the institution. Two are now married and married. Alice Alice Joseph, is still one of the faculty. But it was left for Joseph to show that this talent family could win first place in a class of white pupils as well as in one of their own race. When it became evident that Joseph would necessarily be one of the ten to occupy a place on the platform at the graduating exercises, there was intense dissatisfaction among a certain element of the class. Lead by Miss Ora Rowe, petition was circulated asking that the usual commencement program be dispensed with, and that one prominent lecturer be asked all the time instead. The faculty had this under consideration when the matter became public such General indignation was worse that the idea of alteing the real arrangements was resigned. Joseph was therefore accorded the honor for which she had labored faithfully and which she so unquestionably earned. This is the first time that an Afro-American Jesse valedictorian of a high school class in Denver or taken in a commencement program. Peter Joseph, the father of the most talented girls has had one those arrests, which among a few of the age of his race have been alm of magic in their strenuousness. Born in slavery he could not read or write at the close of the war. He educated himself after his marriage and while supporting a family, and did it so well that he twice used the civil service examination in New Orleans. In that city was a police captain for five years and a United States custom house inspector for eight. It was the ambition of his life to give his family the best advantages possible and he moved to Denver for the purpose of raising them where they would have less prejudice to combat than in the South. With the exception of the two persons mentioned he has brought a family of six girls and one boy of the humble calline of a brick-worker and has given all of them a good education. There will be a great comedy drama in four acts presented at the Garfield hall July 17, by some of Wichita's best talent and it promises to be one of the most successful affairs of the year. The Iron Hand belongs to a class of plays that are clean elevating, and yet exciting: full of quick, snappy action, thrilling situation and containing much bright comedy. The story of the play is simple, plain, and easily understood, and yet wonderfully interesting; for it rivets the attention of the audience from the rise of the first curtain to the final fall. The play is under the personal direction and management of Mr. Marton Vernon who has selected the best talent that Wichita can produce. The leading roll of the play, that of Oliver Montford, as the "Iron Hand," will be played by Mr. Vernon; Harmond Vandorka a wealthy young artist, Edward Landrum; Jack Minton (afterwards known as percv Plantagenet) Montford's ward, Fred Williams; "O Ikey, der mos honestes ole man, J. L. Harper; Hawkins, a servant(two or three me) Arthur Webster, Bella, the leading lady, Jack's sister, (afterward Mrs. Van Dorn) will be played by Mrs. Mary E. Carr; Lizzie, Jack's wife, a popular actress, Miss Nancy Phelps; "Mrs. Dibble, positively a positive widow," Miss Lillie Holbert; Hannah," a servant, Miss Addie Williams. This is one of the most difficult plays that has ever been attempted by any amateur company of the city and the good people of Wichita should show their appreciation of the same by giving them a crowded house. MISSION CIRCLE. The entertainment given by the Ladies Home Mission Circle of the Second Baptist church at Gaafield hall Thursday night, July 4th was something grand. The participants on their splendidly rendered program was worthy the name excellent. Each number was a star number within itself and all did themselves much credit, and reaffirmed the declaration that Wichita has talented young ladies and gents that can not be excelled and seldom are they equalled. The closing and most interesting feature, was a drill by the boys under the direct supervision of Hon. C. I. Burnes, as Captain and Mrs. L. Aadams, this drill was something many times grand and reflects credit upon Mr. Burnsand Mrs. Adams for the work which they did in dilling the boys. The drill of Thursday night showed the fine drill qualities of Mr. Burnes. The whole entertainment was grand, and they were treated to a crowded house. The Committees, Mrs. L. Anderson, Chrm; Mrs. H. W. James Sec., J. L. Harper, Mrs E. J. Alexander and Mrs. L. Adams did much good. WICHITA, KANSAS, JULY 6, 1901. GRAND CHAPTER SESSION. The Session of the Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, which convened in the city of Leavenworth on June 29th and 27th was ideed a grand affair. The session was a most notable one, and its attendance proved that the Chapter of Kansas is destined to reach a most gratifying proportion. The session was interesting from beginning to end, and to have fully realized its magnity, one should have been present. After having transacted the routine of business the following officers were elected: Mrs. M. E. Saugston, Topeka, Grand Matron; J. M. Wilson, Emporia, Patron; Belle Smothers, Arkansas City, A. G. Matron; W. E. Jackson, S. A. Patron; J. M. Fitchue, Lawrence, Treas; Alice M. Browne, Kansas City. Secret rv Emma Mitchell, Leavenworth, G. Conductress; Patsy Gregg, Lawrence, G. A. Con; S. A. Owens, Topeka, G. Truth; M. E. Banks, Wichita, G. Charity; M. Simms, Ottawa, G. Faith; Eliza Morton, Atchison, G. Wisdom; Susie Rollins, Olathe, G. Herald; D. Weeks, Emooria, G. Marshall: W. E. Stewart, Topeka, G. Sentinel; Margret Claridy, Chetopa, G. Chapain; M. D. Jones, Topeka, G. Lecturer; E. J. Harris, Leavenworth, C. W. and O. T. Presented to Mrs. M. E. Langston, golp watch and chain and EasternStar Emblem. Presented to W. E. Stewart, a gold-headed umbrella Kan. City, Kan. The friends of Mrs. W. N. Miller of Wichita, Kansas, who has been visiting in this city for the past four weeks gave a grand reseption in her honor at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jenning 1147, Armstrong Ave. Those present were:Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller Mrs. Lotta Williams, Mrs. Lou Mrs. Ida Jackson, Mrs. Thos. Waldron, Mrs. R. A. Lee, of California, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cooper, Mrs. Jane Dudley, Mrs. Alex Langford, Mrs. T. Jackson, Mrs. E. S. Shawbree, Mrs. J. F. Holmes, Mr. Jas. P. Maynand, Mr. John Butler, Misses Lelia Graham, of K. C. Mo., Jessie Waldron, Blanche Ophelia Miller, Stella Graham. John Hudtpeth left Sunday to visit in Memphis, and other Southern cities. Opposes Negro Disfranchise- ment. Representative Livingstone; of Georgia, is out-spoken against the movement in the Southern States to ex lude the Negro from participating in the franchise. He sees danger in such amendments to State constitutions as those recently adopted by the Carolinas, Louisiana, Mississippi and perhaps one or two other Southern States and fears the amendments may result in a movement in Congress to reduce the representation from those States. Mr. Livingston believes the good people of Georgia are open to such an amendment to the constitution. In an interview with a reporter of he Evening stas Mr. Livingstone said: "As long as Georgia is doing well we do not care to run a risk of having our representation cut down in the United States Congress and Electoral College. I was opposed to giving the Republicans the advantages we gave them last session in increasing their membership in the House. We gave them an increase of nine members when there was no necessity of it, but we had Democrats who were so anxious to get their own representation increased that they were willing to let them do as they pleased. The House was large enough. Now if they claim that their margin is not sufficient and claim their right to increase it by cutting down the representation of such States as Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina it would bring turmoil and strife and re-open the issues of the civil war. For this one reason, I do not think best for for the Southern Stats to adopt such Constitutional amendment. K. C., Kas. cont, Mrs. W. N. Miller, of Wiohita, left Saturday morning for her home after spending a few weeks in this city visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. R. N. Countee has gone to Lemphis, Tenn., to spend a Few weeks visiting. Miss Ida Williams left Tuesday for Paola, Kansas. Misses Lela Graham and Ida Mc Donald will leave Sunday for St. Joe, Mo. CITIZENS MEET. There will be a big meeting of the colloed citizens at the Search light office Snnday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This is a very important meeting and all are requested to be present who can come. Shall We Deport The Negro? We observe a recrudescence of the controversy looking to a deportation of the Negroes. Following ex-Seuator Matthew C. Butler, of South Carolina, Mr. Hinton Rowan Helper pho had advocated the expedient nearly forty yeers ago, now renews his former argument claiming that the free Negro is as great an obstacle to Southern civilization and material development as the enslaved Negro was before the Civil War. A number of Southern newspapers have discussed the Helper thecooy—some with approval and some with disapproval—and journals farther north such as the Washington Post and New York Sun, have dismissed it as chimerical and impracticable. For our part, we have seen no reason to amend the opinion which we expressed when exSenator M. C. Butler suggested the idea about three or four years ago. We antagonize the deportation of the Negroes, not only because it is a mere dream of cruelty to them, but because of our convictions that it would operate untold injury th the South. That slavery as an institution was a curse to the section in which it prevailed, we do not for a moment doubt. Mr. Helper, however, was not the only member of the slave holding class at the South who realized its disastrous influence and still more disastrous promise. We venture to say that 70 per cent of the great landed proprietors of the South, owning any where from 100 to 2,000 or 3,000 slaves were quite as opposed to the system as Mr. Helper was. No man of travel cultured and enlightenment in those days—and the Southern slave tolder was in the front rank of that element—believed that slavery was a righteous or a useful initiation. There never was a question as to that. The question was: "How shall we get rid of it?" Between the slayes and their masters there was a subtle but mysterious potens tie. During the dark days of 1861—65 this indiscribabond was illustrated by the affectionate fidelity exhibited by emancipate slaves. Nothing in history furnishes a chapter so fraught with pathos as that incident of instinctive loyalty on the part of the Negroes. We are sorry for the Southern of the class refreshed to who can forget the claim of those simple minded loving servants. But quote a part from the sentimental aspect of the case—though Southerns, we hope, have not yet abandoned duty, tradition, love and self-respect in the greed for cash—quite apart from emotional considerations we say let us look at the purely material effect upon the South of a a complete elimination of the Negro. Does any one really acquainted with conditions there imagine that the great agricultural interests of the section will be promoted by the replacing of the Negro with the European or Asiatic immigrant? Go to the mining districts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana Illinois and Michigan and compare the Sicillan, Tartar, Greek, Czech, Slav barbarians gathered there with the pastoral Negro who tills the soil and garners the harvest of the South. Would any rational planter willingly make the exchange? Does Alabama or Lohisiana or Arkansas or Mississippi wish to import the faithful laborer with a black skin and install in his place the yellow copper-colored dusky stranger of Asiatic or Polynesian extraction, as to whose ideas, customs and methods he is absolutely ignorant? We think not. Of course the new generation of Negroes, half-educated, discontented and offensive, have become a nuisance in all our cities especially this side of the Potomac. As a rule, they are both impudent and worthless, but this is a matter for the police. There are white criminals and rowdies also. The South has its "crackers" "dirt eaters" 'sand-hillers," just as it has its Negro rapists, murderers and barn burners. These are not race issues, they are social issues. The great mass of the Negroes who raise crops, acquire property and add to the taxable wealth of the communities in which teey live are far the best laboring and serving class the South has ever known, or ever will know. To deport them—If such a thing were possible, which thank Heaven is not—would be a blunder and crime.—Washington Post. FORT SCOTT, KANSAS Miss Madge Yochum returned Thursday from Marshall, Mc. where she has been attending a teacher's institute. Rev. P. D. Yochum returned Saturday from Independence, Mo., after a short visit with his family. Dr. M. G. Brookens has purchaed the property corner of 4th and Judson Sts. The many friends of Rev. and Mrs. Terrell here, congratulate them on their success in the study of Pantherapy and wish them much success in the study thereof Rev. Yochum went to Fulton, Mo. Tuesday to unite in marriage Mr. Bud Neal of Ft. Scott, and Miss Webb of that city. = — fs | Qoage Dirosterg Knights of Pythias. Toas LodgeNo.10 KnightsofPythias WICHITA, KAN. cate Hail 338 North Main street. else Meetings Second and Fourth Ae oaday Nightin Each Month, \ssing Knights in good standing Weleonwed Ly. Fleming, Chan. Com. W.N. Miller, K. of R.& S. ERIACOURT No.7. Order of Calanthe, agp. 3.11.Pbelps, WC. tise Blency Alexander, R.of D. ‘Mrs,Ida Martin, W.of R. of D. ques Ist. and Sed, Monday each month Masonic Lodges. “ARKANSAS VALLEY Lodge No2l. AE & AM, john T. Chinneth, W. M. W.H.A.Clark,Seeretary. Meets Ist.and 3rd. Tuesday each month. {i Master Masons in good standing are Cordialiy Invited, PALESTINE COMMANDEY No.12. J.7.Chinneth, Emminent Commonder JA. Roberson, 4 Generalissimo, | Phil Hyde, Captain Genera! Joseph Fine Secretary. sylvester Anderson, Treas Meris the 2nd Monday night exch month MT.ZION CHAPTER No, 17. W.H.A.Clark, High Priest 4S.Fauver, King, Ken Wilson, Scribe, J.T Chinneth,Seeretary Grant Ewing,Treas. acs the Ath Monday might each snonth PRINCESS CH APTERN 0.12 O.of £8. Mos MLE, Banks,Royall Matron, Miss Lizzie M.Burnham,Seerty Meets Ist.and 3rd. Wednesday each menth. MtOlive Court No.9,H. of J. Mis J. E. Lewis,M. A. M. Mes, $8 dons Seceeaary Mrs L Adame, Treasurer Nice 1. 3 Wed-esday afternoon at = pam. The Biggest Lot of Sample Shoe we ever had. six ing shipments just unloaded Iuy them now aad at wholesale yrices, and save the retailer's profit. Get n your work as s90n as you cn and get the best selection. Groceries cheaper than most and as cheap as the cheapest. 4 bs faney evaporated peaches 5c. 9 Ibs good prunes asc) gal New York apples Be is Imperial flowr 15 anned corn o7e up Siars Diamond € soap 2e > Coarsuteed Baking Powder, per 1b Loc | Val can salmon toc S bars Clairett soap 250 Stars White Russia soap 5c 3 cans Lewis lye sc Coliforvia apricots, can loc _Tapp Bros. & Hanshaw, Odd Fellow Lodges. -State Officers...... ‘rand United Order of Odd Fellows. lalarysr, D.G.M, —, Wichita W.M Jackson, DDG M, Topeka Nobeson, DGS, Emporia MW Jackson DGD Kans City Hows Or Taz We~r No.2906. 6.U 0.0.F, Chas. 1. Gordon, N,@, - Major Davis, V.G. JA Mertin,Secretary Ncets st, 2nd and Srd Tresday night, bames & Newcomb Popular Music House. “ts. Organs.Eyery thing known “tasic, Largest stock to select “om and Lowest Priees. Latest Sheet Muaie and Books ———S— WANTED, 10,001 men, woten, ‘ul children to read The Wichita SarchlightOnly $1.00 per year. DPOishita - Business - Direstory ———_————————_— ee FM : ¢ M.Jaques & Co., , Special Prices made on Furniture, Stoves,Carpets,andMatting xx-> Either cash or easy payments, Gall in whether you buy or not.we take pleasure in shor- ing goods and giving you prices. F.MJaques & Co, 243 N.Main St. Gus A. MILLER & Co. DEALERS IN Wall Paper, Window Shades and Picture Mouldings. foncoou: 119 south Main St: Trade at FULTON’s-It pays. Clothin g,Hats&Furnishing Goods For Men,BoysandChildren. Largast stock, Best selections, Latest styles, Finest assortments, Greatest Values, SEASONABLE GOODS,AT OUT OF SEASON PRICES, .pDT C.R.Fulton sseco-cesseeserseeese » Wichita’s Greatest Clothing Store. ..........sssceees SCHROEDER & MaTTHEWS 256 North Main Street. Deine ns GAarpatiat....-- co: <ssesectsencsneseseesereeeens 280 Tngrain carpet at.....s.essse sessssesssesssesseeese 808 All Woo! filled carpet ....c:eseseseeseeeeseee BVO Matting ..........s:ssseeeee 15, 18, 20 and 25e Six-foot extension tables ........ ...... 0 $4.75, Six cane seat diging GAMBRD sists shevexssesecore GUND Six wood seat dining chairs ................ $3.50 Screen wire, per square fo0t see vee de Tron beds ......... $2.95, $3.75, $4.25 and $5.50 Rubber hose, per foot .....ess0e+-+ 74 10 and 12¢ Steel ranges .. .. ......-.. $24.00, $32.00, $37.00 SCHROEDER & MATTHEWS 256 NORTH MAIN, ee ee PATRONIZE | m K,C, Embalming & Cabinet Co! | 1014 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, Kan. = Owsep Anp Controitep By Necnors. = OFFICERS: D. W. White, Pres., K. C., Kan. J. G. Groves, Vice Pres. Edwardville, Ks. M. P. Ewing, See. and Mangr., Loring, Ks. } W. M. Gamble, Treas., Kansas City, Kan. Boanv or Directors D. W. White, J.G. Groves, M. P. Ewing. § W. M. Gamble, Frank Wilson, I. F. Bradley,, 8. A. Rutherford, P. W. Cormagers, M. W.Grigsby, Boarpv or Avprrors. S. A. Ratherford, Miss E. U. James, Frank Wilson. Staple and Fancy Groceries Fine Candies, ° Cigars AXP Tobacco C. S. Truex’s 246 N, Main St. Phone 746 Houck Hardware Store Sereon Door, Screen wire, Ice Crem Freezers, Rubber Hose, Lawn Mowers, ete. : 116 East Dougias ave. H.C. DUNBAR, PIONEER UNDERTAKER, 285 North Main Street THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY JULY, 6th, 1901 Vienna Bakery, 250 N. Main The Only Bakery in the City mak ing Bread by Improved Machinery. J. H, Wildins HOMESMADE CAN. DIES ICE CREAM... ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, 320 Eas Dovcias Ave. Lessons by Mail acd... Bookkeeping, COMPLETE IN TWENTY LESSONS. Write for information to G. H. CRAIN, Principal. OTTAWA UNIVERSITY BUSINESS COLLEGE. Trade. At af: ea ~ x Pi = SNYDER BROS., ab | MERCHANT TAILORS | As wé have alarge stock of [A Aleem i s aaenes i | beers Will aa FOREIGN and DOMESTIC Ve ie. 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CONSUMPTION 25CTS --- Fifty-one Deaths in New York, 18 in Pittsburg, 5 in Chicago. 108 DEGREES ON THE STREETS. New York, July 3.—The theremometer reached 98 degrees at 3:10 p. m. The record shows that in thirty years preceding only two days in all that period has a higher temperature been reached. These were July 9, 1876, and July 3, 1808. From morning to midnight there were reported fifty-seven deaths and 14 prostrations in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. From midnight to 9 o'clock at night twenty-one deaths and thirty-six prostrations had been reported in Brooklyn. There were so many ambulance calls that the police were called out to supply patrol wagons, and every ambulance did double duty in responding to calls. Many patients were carried to the hospitals in cabs and carriages, and several went to Bellevue and the Harlem hospital in moving vans. The prevalence of grip among the horses of the city also tended to militate against effective work. In many cases horses had to be obtained from contractors to draw patrol wagons and ambulances. Although the weather bureau shows that the maximum was 98, this does not indicate the heat on the streets. Many thermometers registered 108 at 3:10 and all of them over 100 on the street. If the heat was killing on mankind, it was worse on the horses. They dropped right and left. Pittsburg—Between the houses of 7 a. m. and midnight eighteen deaths from heat in Pittsburg and Allegheny were recorded and forty prosthensions. Chicago. - Five persons dropped dead on the streets in Chicago from the excessive heat and fifteen others were so badly overcome that they had to be removed to hospitals. A number of the prostrated are in a serious condition and may die. Morgan Gives a Million. Cambridge, Mass., June 20.—President Eliot announces that J. P. Morgan has given more than one million dollars for the erection of the buildings planned for the Harvard Medical School in Boston. The gift is for the prosecution of "applied biological research." Mr. Morgan's cable reads: "Referring to our conversation and plans submitted I am prepared to erect the central building and two side pavilions as a memorial to Justus Spencer Morgan, a native of Massachusetts and for many years a merchant of Boston. You can announce this." Military Force in Cuba. Washington, July 2.—There is no intention on the part of the war department to reduce the military force in Cuba at the present time or in the immediate future. The present force of nearly 5,000 men is held in Cuba on the recommendation of Governor General Wood, and the secretary will depend on General Wood's advice as to the reduction of the force. Hall and Rain in Prussia. Berlin, July 1.—News received here today from Rominten, Prussia, shows that the whole of the Rominten district has been devastated by hailstorms and cloudbursts. Emperor William's estate at Rominten has been greatly damaged. His majesty, on receipt of the news, ordered that speedy relief be sent and he himself forwarded a large sum of money to be distributed among the sufferers. Open Coast Trade. Washington, June 29.—General MacArthur, military governor of the Philippines, recently issued an order declaring the ports of Boac, Santa Cruz, Torrilos and Gazan, Island of Murinque, open to the coasting trade, and allowing clearances to and from said ports to all coasting vessels applying for the same. This action was taken as the military condition which required the closing up of these ports no longer exists. Insurance to Cost More. Topeka, July 3.—Insurance Commissioner Church estimates the loss of insurance companies in Kansas at about 25 per cent. One company has lost 81. He expects an advance in rates. Asked if the insurance trust would probably raise the rates, Mr. Church said: "I do not know that there is an insurance trust. The companies all use inspection bureaus in common. It is cheaper than for each to inspect every risk that comes to them to write. Competition is strong, and rates are regulated by it." Alfalfa's Year. Topeka, July 2. -The crop of alfalfa, and in some localities two crops have already been harvested. and two more will be cut before fall. Alfalfa is averaging about one and a half tons to the acre per cutting. The crop is selling at from $3 to $3 per ton. This will give the farmer from $18 to $30 per acre for his alfalfa crop. The timothy and clover raisers will not get much, if anything, for their crop; the majority of them will not get enough hay to pay for the cutting. INSPECTOR NESSLER SAYS Indians Will Lease All But 20 Acres of Their Allotments. CHANCES AFTER THE OPENING. Kansas City, July 3.—Inspector of Surveys C. N. Nessler, who has had charge of the Indian land allotments in the Kiowa and Comanche and Apache and Wichita reservations and who is probably the best posted single individual in the United States on the actual conditions surrounding the lands which are due to be allotted August 6, is accompanied by his private secretary, H. R. Herndon, and is on his way to Washington, D. C. The following statements are all made with his concurrence and authority, and, coming from such an authentic source, are absolutely reliable: There are upward of 15,000 people on the Kiowa and Comanche border. Many of them are in dire straits for daily means of subsistence. They are mostly law-abiding citizens although a few desperate characters are sprinkled among them. Those he came in contact with are small farmers who came from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. He says 1,500,000 acres will be thrown open for settlement after deducting the territorial lands, such as government reserves, school lands and lands allotted to the Indians. In most instances the Indians will only retain twenty acres and will rent the balance. Over 3,500 home-seekers who fail to draw land for themselves can lease the choice Indian lands, the only stipulation the first two years being that the land must be cultivated and a house erected. The lessees will have no trouble, says Inspector Nessler, in getting a continuance at $1.50 an acre annual rental. Regarding the quality of the land he says that seven out of every ten claims are equal to first-class farming land in Missouri and Kansas. Wheat, corn, cotton and sweet potatoes are already raised in abundance and he says that cotton is going to be an important factor in the country. Applies to All the States. Denver, July 3.—Judge Hallet denied the writ of habeas corpus to the cattle shipper who refused to pay for state inspection on cattle from Texas, after having his cattle inspected by federal inspectors, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for so refusing. An appeal was taken to the United States supreme court by the National Live Stoek Association to secure a decision on the question involved that will apply to all the states. Injunctions From District Court. Abilene, Kan., July 1.—Applications for injunctions against seven joints of Junction City have been sent to Judge Moore, of the district court, as the result of a movement by the Prohibitionists of Junction City. They will ask to have the property and persons of the jointists permanently enjoined and all material on hand destroyed by order of the court. Rulings Concerning Banks. Topeka, July 3.—The attorney general rules that directors of savings banks have the authority to declare a stock dividend without consulting the stockholders. A ruling is also made which denies the right of state banks to operate branches, where at stated times deposits are received and checks cashed. Bank Commissioner Albaugh says this will be the rule for the guidance of his department and no banks will be permitted to cash checks or receipt for deposits outside their banks. Railroad Commissioners Enjoined Little Rock, Ark., July 3.—Federal Judge Trieber made perpetual an interlocutory decree against the Arkansas railroad commission, restraining it from making and enforcing joint through ratings provided for on the standard freight distance tariff adopted by the commission in April, 1900. It is announced that the commission will appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals. Quindaro University. Topeka, July 3.—The Quindaro University, the state colored school, will be managed by a mixed board after this. In the past the board of regents have been composed wholly of colored men. The colored members will be Green Keith, of Lawrence, and J. R. Ransom, of Argentine. The white members will be Dr. Little, of Manhattan, and L. W. Keplinger, of Kansas City, Kas., providing they will serve. A Santa Fe Extension. Guthrie, Okla., June 29.-The Santa Fe railroad company has ordered a survey to be made for an extension from Ripley to Shawnee, by way of Chandler, Stroud or Winchester. It has not been decided at what point the line will cross the Trisco, but it probably will be at Chandler. U. G. Guss and William H. Coyle have returned from Chicago, where they had been to consult with President Ripley, and where they secured a contract for getting the right of way. Hearts Woman on Suffrage. The Connecticut house of representatives took a recess recently in order to give Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker an opportunity to address the members on woman suffrage. She was given a respectful hearing and was heartily applauded, but the measure was defeated as usual. Peace in the Philippines. Peace in the Philippines is bound to prove profitable to all concerned. Warring conditions, whether they be in the Philippines, the human stomach, or equally disastrous. If your stomach has rebelled, there is one authority that will quickly subdue it. It is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and it cures constipation, indigestion, billiousness, nervousness and dyspepsia. See that a private revenue stamp covers the neck of the bottle. A small man in a large place is like a gimlet in an anger hole. The Bluest Blue makes the whitest white, that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Physical labor wouldn't be so bad if the mind would let a person alone. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olnsted, Letroy, N. Y. One sign of the imperfection of man is his inability to wash his back. Getting mad does some people as much good as a dose of medicine. Flah 159 Years Old There are some goldfish in Washington which have belonged to the same family for the last fifty years, and they seem no bigger and no less vivacious today than they did when they first came into the owner's possession. A few of the fish in the Royal Aquarium at St. Petersburg are known to be 150 years old and the age of the sacred fish in some of the ponds attached to the Buddhist temples in China is to be counted by centuries, if we are to believe the priests. Admiral Dewey's Ancestors Admiral Dewey's ancestors lived in the town of Lebanon, Conn., so well known as the home of Jonathan Trumbull and his gifted son, the painter. A paper was read before the New England Catholic Historical society, in Boston, by Miss Ella A. Fanning, city editor of the Norwich, Conn., Bulletin, in which the following statement was made: "Josiah Dewey in 1700 bought from Oneica, son of the great Mohegan chief Uncas, what is yet known as the five-mile purchase." Men's Shirtwaists at Functions There are signs already that shirtwaists for men are to be tolerated, if not encouraged, at informal functions in and near New York in the coming summer. Members of yacht clubs and other out-of-door amusement associations which give evening entertainments at their club-houses welcome the shirtwaist as a happy solution of a troublesome problem in dress for these occasions, and the shirtwaist is therefore sure of meeting at least some measure of popularity. Cultivating Bed of Lake Lake Copais, the largest sheet of water in Greece, and one of the natural features of that country, has recently been nearly all drained off by an English company, and its former bed is now being cultivated with gratifying results, the soil being very fertile and well suited for cotton, melons, colza, beets, and other vegetables. The lake formerly covered about 60 square miles at low water in the center of Boeotia, and near it was one of the ancient oracles of Apollo. Better Than "Christian Science." Jetmore, Kans, July 1st.-Mrs. Auna Jones Freeman, daughter of Mr. G. G. Jones of Burdett, and one of the most popular ladies in Hodgeman County has been a martyr to headache for years. It has made her life a continual misery to her. She suffered pains in the small of the back, and had every symptom of Kidney and Urinary Trouble. Today she is as well as any lady in the state. This remarkable change was due entirely to a remedy recently introduced here. It is called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and many people claim it to be an infallible cure for Kidney Diseases, Rheumatism and Heart Trouble. Mrs. Freeman heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and almost with the first dose, she grew better. In a week, her headaches and other pains had gone, and she had left behind her all her illness and days of misery. A medicine that can do for any one what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for this lady, is very sure soon to be universally used, and already the demand for these pills has increased wonderfully in Pawnee and Hodgegeman Counties, where the particulars of Mrs. Freeman's case and its cure are known. A person can keep up a semblance of honesty by promising to pay once in a while. EXCURSION TO YELLOWSTONE PARK. American Tourist Association Will Travel in the West This Year. An extended tour to the Yellowstone Park has been arranged by the American Tourist Association of which Rean Campbell is general manager. Many people of this vicinity are interested in the long stops at all points of interest that the travelers will be able to make extended explorations of such places as Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs and Jerary airport, four includes to unique Salt Lake City and long ride in sight of the Rocky Mountains. The same features that have hitherto made these tours so popular will be included in the annual private for small parties in the Pulman sleeping and dining cars, and all the coaches used on the drives will be for the exclusive use of tourists. American Tourist Association arranges an annual trip for individual members of the Yellowstone party desire to continue further north, the trip will be incorporated in the itinerary. The cost of the trip is included everywhere. Full particulars will be furnished upon application to E. B. EBLECKLEY. WANTED, SALESMEN. 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For the West: highest standard; national reputation. NASSAS WASHS BUSINESS COLLEGE, Sullivan; Kansas DEFIANCE TRADE MARK DEFIANCE INDUSTRY CORPORATION STARCH 1600L REQUIRES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR LAUNDRY PURPOSES ON MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG.CO. OMAHA, NEB. W. N. U. WICHITA-NO.-27-190 When Answering Advertisements Mention Tats Papert. THE SEARCHLIGHT. Northern Kansas had good rains on the night of July 1. Electric lights have been turned on in Cherokee, the plant being completed. Senator J. R. Burton went to Des Moines to make a Fourth of July oration. Kansas' wheat harvest covers 200,000 more acres than all the state of Delaware. An empty elevator at Wichita is burned. Several box cars were badly burned. The cost to Butler county in the second trial of Miss Morrison will be about 82,000. In 1823 Labette county offered a reward for the Benders and has just unwrapped that offer after 28 years. J. J. Houston, formerly register of roots of Anderson county, has been appointed commissioner of public lands in Oklahoma. Topaike jointists, having lost the backing of Kansas City men who supply them and generally own their outfits have quit business. Soybean county farmers will get about $50 an acre for their alfalfa crop. The second crop is mostly cut and more will be two more to cut. Twin boys, 18 months old, were playing on the railroad track near Woodon, Rooks county, and both were instantly killed by a train. They were children of C. C. Cook, whose home is near the track. The city ordinance of Wellington which places an occupation tax of 1000 a year on druggists who hold permits to sell liquor went into effect in July 1. The tax is payable semiannually in advance. The legislature provided for a parole agent to keep track of the prisoners arrested from the state reformatory, and J. W. Lebengood, of Hlawatha, has been appointed to that office. The salary is 81,000 a year. The weavers in the Topeka woolen mill struck for more pay. An offer was made to them but it did not satisfy them. The manager then put a few men from other departments at the booth as they knew something about the work. New men will probably take the booms. There were not enough harvesters in the wheat belt of Kansas despite the state and railroad labor bureaus. Town people, clerks and mechanics and railroad section hands all dropped their employment to work in the harvest. The lines of the Topeka women who were with Mrs. Nation in her hatchettings were cut down to $1 each by governor Stanley. When asked if he would do the same thing with the one of the leader he said "Why should It is asserted that the board of commissioners of Shawnee county has contracted with lawyers to prosecute the insurance companies doing business in the county, under the law which puts a penalty upon the use of rate books by their agents. A hobo entered the house of Frank Kestler in Barton county, while the family were all in the harvest field. He found $90 and left, but was followed when he fired upon his pursuers without effect, but received a shot from these, which may be fatal. The money may be recovered. The Kansas Sunday School association has opened a headquarters in Abilene with F. A. Smith, formerly of Lycee in charge. The State Sunday school paper will hereafter be published in Abilene. The contract for the new infirmary of the atwatonite insane asylum is let to Petty, of Olathe, for $30,500. Plans for the reception of Jessie Morrison at bansing and to let her learn the patron's trade may prove premature as they are made before it is settled whether she will get another trial. The long established program for one weather in Kansas was cut and pasted to end up this year. Eastern Kansas was dry while the western portion had copious rains. John T. Stewart, of Sumner county, has about 145 quarter sections of land which he rents. His grain rentals in Sumner county where are 145 quarter sections of his land, will amount this year to nearly 100,000 bushels of wheat. Mr. Stewart bagan his business life as a bookkeeper in a Wichita abstract office. J. B. Cull, who was secretary of the treasury in John Brown's provisional government, now does business in Milton, Sumner county. long lines on branch lines are distinguished from those doing heavy service on the main line by the placing of a spyher before the number on each one. Things continue to round up harvesters in Wellington, pretending to be policemen. They look up their victims in cars after robbing them. Topeka is paving 52 blocks this year. Chanute is to vote upon the erection of another school building. Peter T. Foley has been appointed postmaster at Parsons. Captain Ralph Ingalls has received his discharge from the army. Kansas cornfields include more acres than the state of New Jersey. Railroad men say it takes a carload of beer a week to supply Iola. Much loss from fires in wheat fields is reported from Central Kansas. A new laundry building and outfit at Eureka is burned at a loss of $600. The pasture lands of Kansas are greater in extent than Pennsylvania. The U. S. weather bureau reports that wheat in Western Kansas ripened too fast. The last semi-monthly pay roll of the Wichita street car company footed up $1,793. Twenty Winfield men have put up $250 each and propose to find out what is under their town. Near Alton a harvest hand dropped a cigarette and burned up 50 acres of wheat and a header. L. P. Lester, of Newton, has started with his family to go to Walla Walla, Wash., in an automobile. Contracts have been let for the construction of a railroad from Fort Scott to Gas City, a suburb of Iola. Highland lost by fire its Methodist church, a shoe shop, a barber's shop and one residence and a restaurant. S. C. Sovereign was run over by a train, at Hutchinson, and it was some hours before he was found. His leg was crushed. The files of the Atchison Champion show that on June 26, in the years, 1881, 1891 and 1901, the thermometer registered 102 in the shade. Miami county has just paid $212,000 to take up its bonds voted to the M. K. & T. 30 years ago. The county has not another dollar of debt. The farmers generally expressed their preference for college students for work in the harvest, as they turn out to be the best workers. W. C. Morgan, professor of physics and chemistry at Washburn college, has resigned to take a professorship in the California state university. E. C. Shedd, professor of Latin and Greek of Lewis academy in Wichita, has resigned to take a place in a private school at Harrison. N. Y. Wellington folks raised $2,000 for a celebration of the biggest wheat crop ever raised in Sumner county. It will be something like a street carnival. It is believed that labor unions of Wichita caused the arrest of a contractor for work on school buildings, who permitted and required a painter to work more than 8 hours upon a certain day. The school buildings must be made ready for the opening of seools on September 1. Henry, G. Stahl, of Rice county, enlisted in the regular army in 1892. He climbed up to the place of first sergeant, and in the recent examination at Manila for promotion to a lieutenancy he stood fourth in a class of forty applicants. His captain was asked if Stahl was fit to command a company and he said, "Yes! a regiment." Fire started in the Cottage hotel in Augusta and guests had to leap from windows, leaving their clothing. One of the guests, Ora Woolworth, was hurt when he jumped out. The fire was carried to and destroyed the Augusta Roller Mills and warehouse. A number of other buildings took fire, including the M. E. church and some residences but they were saved. A ton of Trego county shale has yielded $15 worth of silver and $20 worth of gold. State Labor Commissioner Johnson is harvesting his 210 acres of wheat in Sumner county. Pittsburg has 12,676 people and, with the mining camps surrounding the city the number is 16,562. Elmer Mott, a Topeka mail driver, is in jail charged with robbing mail packages of jewelry. A New York alderman has a scheme to send 5,000 unemployed men and women to Kansas and Kansas will not stand it and has told the New Yorker so. Governor Stanley sent this message: "Kansas always welcomes thrifty, helpful people, but doesn't intend to become the poor house of the nation." Josiah Mooso lives in Winfield. He is probably the oldest living guide, scout and Indian hunter. His record shows that he was born on November 9, 1801. His nerve is still steady when he handles a rifle. S. P. Gahm, one of the jurors in the Jessic Morrison case, lost his big hay barn on his farm by fire. President and Mrs. Taylor of the State normal closed their 19 years' service in the school buried in flowers. After the regular chapel assembly the students, dressed in their best, filed past the stage, each throwing a bon, quet which left the recipients of them "knee deep in June." A Winfield beer seller was convicted of dispensing 17 glasses of beer among 17 men and was fined $1,700. Hollow Ash... Hall BY MARGARET BLOUNT. CHAPTER XVI—(Continued.) We returned late, and very tired; and as there were two beds in my room, Lee consented to occupy one of them, in the place of going home to his own lodgings, which were at the other end of the town. It might have been three hours later, when I was roused from a deep sleep by the consciousness that something was in the room, and bending over my bed. I had heard the words, "Are you coming?" in a deep, low tone close at my very ear; but when I started up, I saw nothing. The moon shone in at the window, broad and full. I could discover nothing more than the familiar furniture, and my little terrier, sleeping quietly on his cushion in the corner. That voice, so deep and full, was still ringing in my ear. A vague terror was at my heart. I turned upon my pillow. As I did so I saw—I swear I saw—through the curtains—that face! And the cold and gloomy black eyes were bent full upon me; and the clenched hand, with its signt ring, was raised to draw the curtains further away. The vision faded. I looked over at the opposite bed. Lee slept quietly with a smile upon his ilps. I was glad that he did so, even in the midst of my horror. I did not dare to raise my head again; but as I lay counting the slow ticking of the clock upon the mantelpiece and expecting every instant to feel that clenched hand upon my own, a sudden drowsily seized me, and, in spite of my terror I fell into a second slumber, as deep and dreamless as the first. I awoke again and quite as suddenly. I drew back the curtain and looked out into the room. "Are you there, Lee?" I asked. No answer come. His bed was empty. I rose at once and began to dress. Far up the lonely, moonlit road I could see a figure hurrying toward the college. I knew that it was Lee. I knocked at the door of the next room, where the janitor of our college slept. He came and opened it. "For heaven's sake, dress quickly and come to the college with me," I said. "You have the keys?" "They are in the hall," he said, looking bewildered. I went to the nail—they were not there. "Lee has them—h—e has gone!" I exclaimed wringing my hands. The janitor seemed to comprehend everything instantly and hurried on his clothes in an instant. Going cautiously down the stairs, we closed the hall door behind us. We leaped the hedge, for the gate was still locked, and ran swiftly up the road. But the lonely figure I had seen, vanished before we reached the college grounds. I paused a moment under the portico and leaned against one of the pillars to recover my breath. The great hall door was open; we entered and stole up the stairs without a word. The moon lighted us. We tracked him through the first and second hall, the lecture-room and the library. Then we found the door of the second staircase unlocked, and knew by the faint, slickening smell that came up that he had found his way to the dissecting room. We paused in the hall outside its door to watch his movements. His eyes were open, but it was evident that he was still asleep, and my companion held me back, whispering. "Don't make any noise that will wake him suddenly. If he finds himself here with that corpse he will die of fear. We must get him into the open air before we speak to' him." The body lay as they had left if that night—a headless trunk—carved and cut in many directions by the scalpel. Lee bent over it with an absorbed air. One hand held the keys he had taken; the other grasped the cold clenched fingers, seeking for the signet ring. He found it—then he raised himself up with an anxious, thoughtful air. He walked slow toward the window and seemed to look out, though the heavy wooden shutters were closed with bars of iron, and the only light the entered came through the open door. I sat down upon the stairs and leaned my head upon my hand, for the fetid air sickened me. An exclamation of horror from my companion's lips roused me before many moments had passed and following his out-stretched fingers with my eyes I saw Lee in the act of unlocking a closet door. "The head is there!" whispered the janitor. I sprang forward—he followed me. The headless corpse was in our path. Our sudden entrance jarred the slight boards and the body fell to the ground with a dull, heavy sound, that woke Lee from his sleep just as the key turned in the closet door. "Don't look there!" I cried wildly. "Look at me, Lee only at me, and you are safe!" It was too late. That head, with the dark and haughty face (which at that moment seemed lighted up with a flendish smile) was the first object that met his bewildered gaze He started back—the sudden movement shook the shelves and the head fell, striking him full upon the breast, and then bounding like a ball upon the floor. He gazed at it a moment, with such a look as I pray I may never see in human eyes again. A sudden spasm distorted his face. He threw up his arms with a wild cry, and fell heavily upon the floor beside the corpse. I sprang to his side and raised his head. But it drooped again, till the dark brown locks mingled with the black hair of that head. "Lee, speak to me!" He was dead. "Oh, how horrible!" said Marjorie shuddering. 'Rose, if you read any more such tales I cannot stay in this house!" "Very well,' said Rose, good-temperedly, "I only wanted to amuse you and myself. I think it have done neither." She shut the book and going to the window looked out. Presently she stole down stairs, wrapped herself warmly in her cloak and went out to walk in the grounds. CHAPTER XVII By the five o'clock train and coach of the evening a strange gentleman arrived at a little roadside inn about two miles from Hollow Ash Hall, and four from Banley. He was a handsome, foreign-looking man, apparently about thirty-four years of age—"A perfect gentleman!" as the landlady rapturously called him because he drank her weak tea without complaining and afterwards sat quietly in his parlor over the wine and cigars, without giving any human being in the house the least trouble. Secured from all intrusion, he watched the cold moonlight falling on the distant fields, and listened idly to the "Last Rose of Summer," played on a cracked piano, without much regard to tune or time, by his landlady's daughter, in the room below. He sat still and pensive "in golden quietes of the moon," and thought of his early, long-lost love, now so near him once again. Would any secret instinct tell her that he was coming? Would she feel his presence—his love—even before he had assured her of them? Who shall say? His thoughts grew dim and more indistinct. The song below, and the voices of the people at the bar beyond, seemed to blend in one low, continuous murmur, but faintly heard, yet soothing from its very indistinctness. His eyes closed—he slept—but in his dream, Rose was still with him. He awoke some time after with a sudden start. The moon, now high in the heavens, shone full in his face, and showed the deserted street beneath. A clock struck upon the stairs. It was just eight. He uttered an exclamation of surprise, took his hat and cloak and going out at the open front door, took his way alone toward Hollow Ash Hall. And, as he walked, he thought of the quiet and beautiful English home where most of his boyhood had been spent, and where, in after years, the Rose of his life had bloomed for him—bloomed, but never faded! Among those trees and flowers his heart got rooted in so deeply that to the day of his death the fibres could never be wrenched away. He had gone far from the place; possibly he could never look upon it again; yet ever and anon, as he wandered through the world a violet springing at his feet, a bird singing in the air, a little of blue sky beyond the distant hills made him young again, and brought the old house so vividly before him, that he could almost see the faces and hear the voices, nay, catch the very words of those who were living there, and who had doubtless forgotten him entirely. He thought of those old times within a smile and a sigh as he walked quickly along the village road. He thought of Rose as he had seen her there, evening after evening, laughing, singing and flirting—yes, certainly flirting, like a princess of love among her worshipers. He thought of a night when they had quarreled, and when he had left the house in anger only to return and hide within the grounds, watching her jealously, as the curtains waving in the breeze gave him glimpses now and then of the lighted rooms. Oh, what sighs he breathed against the rough bark of the tree which supported him, as he saw her beautiful face, sparkling with delight and laughter, turned toward the window! How, later on, he envied the partner who held her hand, or clasped her waist! How he longed to be the flower in her bouquet, the spangle in her slipper, the very ground beneath her feet, so that he might be touched or looked upon again by her. She had never known of this passionate devotion, and even, he, going to seek her again, was half inclined to smile at the remembrance as a folly of the past. It was dead, that feeling: his affection was more rational now, he said to himself. But was he right? Do such loves—does any love ever die? I think not. What has once been a part of us can scarcely fade into utter nothingness again. In another and more perfect state of existence, these elements of happiness, disturbed here, but peaceful forever there, will be our own again. Their parting had been very much like all others, to all outward seeming. The tearful eyes, the half-choked farewell, were all there; and careless eyes looked on and careless laughter arose around them. But I doubt if ever there was a sorer heart than Stanley Vere took with him as the train moved slowly away, as he caught the last glance from those eyes, the last wave of that snowy hail. In such separations pity is wasted on the one who goes; it should be given to the one who is left behind, to follow each daily occupation, yet forever miss the voice and eye that once lightened and illumined them. But the breaking up of such an attachment is no light thing, and to him the world seemed suddenly dark and cold. Missing Rose, he groped blindly on his way, as if the light of his existence had gone out. In fact, she was the only one who had stood between him and the world. Others might have a mother, a father, a brother, or a sister, to stand between them and that harsh and cruel judge. He had but her, and when she was taken from him, all those sweet ties were rent in the one that bound them together, and he stood face to face with all the antagonists, unarmed and unshielded. He tried to supply her place—not because he was inconstant, but because he loathed loneliness. In every instance he failed. Those whom he sought had other ties and friends; at least, he could only occupy a secondary place within their hearts. What was more important to him than this—they were of the common order of women. Their souls were narrow—brains capable of supporting but one set of ideas. Probably he weared them, but it is certain that they weared him most unbearable. Now Rose, with all her girlish fun and gaiety, had a noble soul, that fed upon high thoughts, and intimate association with such a fresh, pure spirit as hers had unfitted him for any lower companionship. So it came to pass that he still went on his way alone; and in the valley of humillation, or on the mountains of peace, his cry had ever been, "Will she ever come back to me? Shall I find and win her once again?" He asked that question standing in the public road and looking up at the white walls and lighted windows of her present home. As he gazed, he saw a figure—a female figure—pacing up and down the lawn. His heart told him who it must be. In a moment he was by her side. "Rose! Rose! Will you welcome me back?" he cried in a voice that trembled with eagerness. And she, pale and startled, but smiling all the while, put both her hands in his. "Dear Stanley, welcome!" And so the question was answered. (To be continued.) A PRINCE OF INDIA Says Something About Life and Education in His Country. The Maharajah of Bavoda, in India—maharajah means "sovereign prince," you know—talks very well in the Nineteenth Century Magazine about the difference between life in his country and in England. He says, among other things: I can hardly compare life in England, where I am a private gentleman, with my life in India, where I am a ruling prince, but the high level of intelligence usual in England, and my coming into contact with men of different culture, pursuits and interests, makes life, and especially a holiday, more enjoyable and more instructive. I also find the climate produces bodily and intellectual activity. I am much struck with the time and pains devoted to public affairs and to helping the poor by private citizens in Europe, but I do not intend hereby to establish any comparison to the disadvantage of the people of India, as they do not possess so large a rich, educated and leisured class. In India, in order to live happily and to prosper, one must not attempt to be above the common herd. Prominence of intellect or originality of thought is disliked and looked upon with suspicion. There can be no statesmen or generals where there is no scope for the exercise of those qualities. The great majority of the people, on account of long thraldom, ignorance and poverty, are incapable of right discernment. The absence of intelligent, independent and effective criticism renders difficult any high standard of indigenous growth. The government of the day, whose favorable criticism is valued as a hallmark, has set before them models of foreign origin—a fact which makes individuality of thought still more rare and difficult. I would myself preserve the village as the unit of administration, and would not centralize more than is avoidable. I would endow the village with schools, sanitary establishments, public offices, courts of justice, and drinking water for men and animals. I should introduce many commercial and technical institutions, and places of education where a higher training would be given to the young men of the country. There will be between 50,000 and 100,000 additional acres of land devoted to rice culture in the south this year. Difficulty is a nurse of greatness—a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them into strength and athletic propo- tions. THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, died at Aberdeen July 1, from malaria. Persia has suffered a severe drouth and can spare none of her crops. Sedalia claims that its carnegie library building is the best of its cost in the United States. Seven hundred more Porto Rican emigrants have sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu. The total number of insurgents captured or surrendered in the Philippines up to May 15 is 37,948. Stories are told one day that the Pope is sick and denials always follow the stories the next day. Officials at Cripple Creek have been inflicted for soliciting bribes and for getting money on false pretence. The Kansas State Fair association has leased the fair grounds belonging to Shawnee county for ten years. Producers of hemp and sugar in the Philippines ask for the establishment of American National and savings banks there. The Santa Fe railroad now has 23 reading rooms along its system. Woodward, O. T., gets one of the latest decided upon. Andrew Carnegie has told Detroit that he will contribute $750,000 toward the erection of a new public library building there. The American Federation of Labor has levied an assessment to use in assisting the machinists in their strike, which is expected to raise $50,000. The Dun Commercial agency has gathered data and is convinced that this year's wheat crop in the United States will reach 700,000,000 bushels. The betting ring at Overland park near Denver was crowded with people when the wind lifted the roof and dropped it back upon the crowd. About a dozen people were seriously hurt. The mints of the United States, in the year ending June 29, 1901, coined money to the amount of $136,340,781; of which there were of gold over $99,000,000; of silver over $25,250,000 and of minor coins over $2,000,000. An M. E. church in Albany, N. Y. burned and a Jewish temple was offered for the use of the M. E. congregation. Both congregations assembled together at an evening service and the Jewish rabbi conducted the service taking for his text from Jeremiah 29. "Seek and pray for the peace of the city." The town of Bosco Bell, Wis., has experienced a destructive tornado. President Samuel Gompers of the Federation of Labor, is in a serious condition from a hurt received while leaving a street car in Washington. Lightning struck the animal tent of a show at Euclaire, Wis., killed an elephant and stunned the entire menagerie. Many persons were shocked. Col. W. M. Mills owns 500 acres in peaches pears, apples, plums and nectarines in a denile of the Grand canon. He owns five other ranches and farms, one of them near Garfield, Kansas. St. James palace cellar had a surplus of royal wines, bottled from 1880 to 1894. It was disposed of at a sale and brought about $100,000, much of it being purchased by American dealers. The second trial of Jack Roberts in London for killing Billy Smith in the prize ring is explained by the public prosecutor with the view of stopping future fights rather than for punishing Roberts. Eighty-five Cuban teachers will attend the summer school at Harvard college. It is said that John W. Hillmon is in Los Angeles, California, and a detective in the employ of life insurance companies has gone there taking with him some of Hillmon's relatives and old neighbors in Jefferson county, Ks., where he lived before the Barber county tragedy which resulted in so much litigation over claims for insurance upon his life.