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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT 4TH YEAR. Yankees And Southern Schools. The New York World says: "Book-r T. Washington is a man of fine enthusiasm. He is determined to elevate his race even though he acquires the Yankees." There are many sides to this statement of the case. As a matter of fact, if it had not been for the benefactions of the Yankees there would be no effective system of public education in the Southern States today any more than there was before the War of the Rebellion; there would be no Hampton Institute where Booker Washington got his education, and there would be no Muskeegee Institute, built up by the regins of Booker Washington and sustained by the liberality of the Yankees, who have spent voluntarily more than $150,000,000 for the education of Afro-Americans since the War—over than $50,000,000 more than the South has spent in the same period and for the same cause out of the public taxation; in fact, if the freeman had been left to the tender mercies of the southern whites in the matter of education, public and other, the situation would be horrible to contemplate; and those who have contributed least to keep black illiteracy are those who complain most of the prevalence of it, and of the alleged burden of the taxation to which they subject the common citizenship to keep alive such public system as they maintain. The voluntary contributions of Southern white men to such schools as Hampton and Muskeegee, compared to that of the Yankees, are so small that they are lost in the comparison. And yet they never weary of prating about their responsibility and burdens in this matter. If they would talk less and do more, the world would be better satisfied with the happy outcome of the issues involved in the race question. Public taxation funds are common property, to which all contribute alike and equally, and the South deserves no special credit for what it has done in that direction; what the Yankees have done voluntarily is entirely to their credit and a tribute to their Christian professions and their love of country, for while making enormous contributions to the cause of Southern education, they at the same time maintained a system of public common schools which is the admiration of the whole Republic and a model for the educators of the world. But the wealth of the people of New England, the Yankees, has its nest egg, first, in the slave trade, and second, in the cotton production of the Southern States; and no body of people, not even the Southern planters, profitted as much by the Yankee Whitney's invention of the cotton gin as the Yankees themselves, in the extensive textile manufacturing industry which they built up on that invention and the production of cotton. John F. Slater and Daniel Hand, both Connecticut Yankees, recognized this fact when they set apart a million dollars apiece for the education of Southern Afro-Americans, out of whose enforced toll they had in a large measure made their large wealth in the textile industry. They magnanimously gave back to the blacks of the South a percentage of the earnings in which they were not allowed directly to share. We have no doubt that many of the Yankees who have been steady and munificent benefactors of Southern education have been actuated by the high Christian motives which actuated Mr. Slater and Mr. Hand, and even Mr. Peabody, the pioneer in such manificence. It is well that Booker Washington, a noble man of his race, is made one of the instruments through which the benefactions of the generous Yankees seek to keep down the volume of illiteracy and to strengthen the moral and intellectual character of Afro-American citizenship. THE STATE FAIR. Will be Held this Year at Hutchinson, September 15--19. A half-fare rate has been made from all points in Kansas, and from Kansas City and St. Joe, Mo., by all railroads in Kansas to the State Fair to be held in Hutchinson, September 15-19. Over $10,000 will be given in premiums. Of this amount $2,000 is given in the cattle department free of all entrance money. Drop a card to Ed. M. Moore, secretary, Hutchinson, Kans., giving him your address, and he will mail you a premium list. BRANCH OFFICES. The Searchlight can be found at the following places on sale:— Jackson House, 343 N. Main; People's Restaurant, 346 N. Main; Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main; Lewis' Barber Shop, 608 $ \frac{1}{2} $ E. Doug. News items left at any of these places will reach this office. A POWER Advertising is just as much a power as steam, electricity or compressed air. It's a business power, the same as steam and electricity are mechanical powers. To keep the business constantly moving the power must be on constantly, just the same as steam or electrcity—it must be always on to keep the machinery moving. If this business power is carefully watched,it will pull your business to the top of the hill. There is great power in advertising in the SEARCHLIGHT. It goes to the right people at the right time. It is a power when constantly applied, produces good results. The Wilmington Morning Star says: "the Negroes of North Carolina are taking mora interest in their schools, and that is terious for whites, for whose benefit the educational test for voters was adopted. So glad. And it says that N. Carolina supports two schools, where only one is supported in the several states in the North. Well, if a man wants to be a fool and spend twice as much as is necessary for a given object, why should he complain and expect sympathy? It says, also, that the whites have to pay for their own schools and most of those of the Negroes. That is an absurdity, which every reputable political economist has exploded. When men live by falshood they come after awhile to look upon it as a truth. There is much for the Wilmington Star to learn, and life is so short WICHITA, KANSAS, AUG. 2, 1902. A NEW LODGE. Grand Chancellor John E. Lewis and Grand Keeper of Records and Seals W. N. Miller initiated a new K. of P. Lodge in this city to-night. The lodge is a large one and has 27 members; it is composed of some the most prominent colored men in Iola and Allen county. The lodge was gotten up by Mr, Jas. Allen one of Iola's most prominent colored men, assisted by E. G Green and T. W. Green, Jr. The initiation was held in the G. A, R. hall. The following were initiated:—Henry Gerner, G. C. Coker, Rev. T. W. Greene Sr., A. J. Findlay, J. E. Manuel, Brooks Lane, Joe Poole, C. E. Walton, Geo. Clayton, A. Woodard, A. Jackson, W. Woodard, B F. Allen, L. W. Harold, R. Johnson, J. Potts, D. Bryant, E. Limons, C. Young. The following Kuights were admitted from other lodges:—Jas Allen, Friendly Aid No. 7, Parsons; A. C. Coates, Fidelity No. 7, Springfield, Mo.; S. J. Wright, Iowa No. 7, Des Moines, Ia. The officers elected for the ensuing term are: Jas. Allen, C. C. E. G. Green, V. C. Rev. T. W. Greene Sr., Prelate G. C. Coker, M. of Ex. J. W. Woodard, K. of R & S. Brooks Lane, M. at A. A. Woodard, Inner Guard. A. C. Coates, Outer Guard. Jas. Allen, Grand Rep. R. H. Johnson, J. E. Manuel, C. E. Walton, Trustees. The lodge selected the name of Sprig of Myrtle No. 22 of Iola Ks. G. C. Lewis, G. K. of R. & S. W. N. Miller and Ja. Allen left Tuesday morning at 2:05 via Santa Fe for Pittsburg. A Joke That Cost a Senatorship. There are quite a number of senators with bald heads. Senator tewart is among the number. Mr. Stewart says that it does not pay to make fun of a man who hasn't any hair on the top of his head, in the place where the hair ought to grow, as the old song says. In proof of which, he tells an interesting story of how Hannibal Hamlin was defeated for the senate. "Up in Maine," says Mr. Stewart, "there was a man who was very bald. One day Mr. Hamlin came along and tapped the man's smo th skull. "I just want to tell you that one of your two hairs is crossed, with the other" "The remark was made in fun but the bald headed man never-forgot it. Long afterward he was a member of the upper branch of the Maine legislature and Hamlin was a candidate for the United States senate. Hamlin was defeated by one vote and that one vote was cast by the man who was bald." Ice Cream and lunch served at the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main, every evening—stop by when wanting either. MARKETS CORRECTED DAILY. Kansas City. NATIVE STEERS $ 4 75 @ $ 8 25 HOGS—Choice to heavy. 7 50 @ $ 7 50 WHEAT—No. 2 hard old. 60% @ $ 67 CORN—No. 2 White. — @ $ 51% OATS—No. 2 White old. — @ $ 80 HAY—Choice Timothy. 10 00 @ $ 11 Choice Prairie. 7 00 @ $ 12 BUTTER. — @ $ 19 EGGS. 14% @ $ 12 Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO DRAW. $ 7 85 @ $ 8 75 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 2 50 @ $ 5 25 TEXAS FED STEERS. 8 25 @ $ 5 75 HOGS. 7 20 @ $ 7 80 Chicago Grain. WHEAT—No. 2 Hard. $ 63% @ $ 70 CORN—No. 2. 61% @ $ 61 OATS—No. 2. 42 @ $ 43 St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES. $ 4 35 @ $ 7 50 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 2 75 @ $ 5 25 TEXAS STEERS. 3 00 @ $ 6 75 Cotton. Upland. Gulf. LIVERPOOL. 4 23-321 NEW YORK. 94% GALVESTON. 8 3-162 Wichita Grain. WHEAT— July. 73 73% 72% 73% 73% Sept. 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% Dec. 71% 70% 61% 69% 69% CORN— July. 59 59% 57 57 61% Sept. 57% 57% 55% 56 58% Dec. 44% 44% 42% 48% 44% OATS— July. 40 41 40 40 41% Sept. 28% 28% 28% 28% 29% New. 32% 32% 31% 32 32% Sep. — — — — 32% Wichita Live Stock. HOGS. $ 7 00 @ $ 7 42% CATTLE—STOCKERS. 3 00 @ $ 7 42% SHEEP. — @ $ 8 25 LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. Costa Rican volcanoes show unusual activity. Isaac Lehman, head of the Lehman department store at St. Joseph, Mo., is dead. Cholera is again increasing in Manila; possibly from freer use of fruits and vegetables. A mob lynched two negroes and shot another one at Womeldorff, Va., for murdering a policeman. John P. Reese, president of the Iowa Mine Workers, is nominated for representative in congress. Governor Taft, Judge Smith and Secretary Carpenter sailed from Naples for Manila last week. The national treasury has gold in hand equivalent to all the gold certificates and half the silver certificates. Many of the natives are attacked with cholera in the streets of Cairo and die in a few minutes. The epidemic is virulent. The increase of typhoid fever around Colorado Springs and Manitou has caused a scattering of both tourists and residents. General Frederick Funston is on the list of those to receive medals of honor and certificates of merit, under a general order. The latest statistics show that the Socialist press of Germany numbers 140 publications, of which fifty-two are dailies. Mrs. Eliza Chase Ingalls, mother of John J. Ingalls, died at her home in Haverhill, Mass., on July 22. She was 90 years old. The Scandinavian emigrants leaving Copenhagen during nine months ending with March, 1902, were: From Denmark, 3,383; Sweden, 15,600; Norway, 8,049. All of the Filiptno prisoners held in the island of Guam who take the oath of allegiance to the United States will be returned on transports to the Philippine islands. Grasshoppers are stripping everything green at La Junta, Colorado. They eat peaches on the trees, leaving the stones on the stems. Alfalfa was cut when two-thirds grown to save it. The trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, have decided to raise a $5,000,000 endowment fund the interest of which is to go to superannuated ministers, widows, and orphans. The Missouri editors, after their convention meeting at Kansas City, passed over the Santa Fe to Colorado. The largest fire Albany, N. Y., has had for years destroyed the Columbian hotel and a dozen manufacturing buildings Wichita Searchlight Garfield Hall This JUBILEE will eclipse anything which has ever been offered to the people of this city. The management will spare no pains to make this an event long to be remembered. All are invited to come and join with us in one evening of pleasant, friendly and sociable enjoyment. There'll be room for All. . GOODMUSIC. Fine program will be rendered Look for further and fuller announcement in next Issue. ADMISSION 25cts CLOUDCROFT is a splendid summer resort, high up in the Sacramento Mountains, in NewMexico, on the El Paso Short Line Great Rock Island Route ]. If you are looking for rest and recreation, you can find the n at the Cloudcroft. The mountain breezes fresh with the fragrance of the great pine forests, bring health and cool nights. Cloudcroft gives all the pleasures and benifits of a sojourn in the mountains. Its history is best told in a handsome booklet just finished by the Great Rock Island Route and which can be had free on application to E. W. Thompson, A.G. A., Topeka, Kansas. Ice Cream and lunch served at Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main every evening-stop by when wanting either. Get a Searchlight, if you want the news. NO 10 L. S. NAFTSGER, E. R. POWELL, President. Vice Presiden J. M. MOORE, Cashier. THE Fourth National Bank Capital $100,000.00 Surplus $87,000.00 Deposits $1,700,000.00 UNITED STATES' DEPOSITORY. DIRECTORS W. R. Tucker, J. M. Moore, E. R. Powell, R. L. Holmes, W. E. Jett, L. S. Naftger, B. F. McLean. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Value of Antitoxin. Recent experiences at Colchester, England, have once more demonstrated the value of antitoxin as a remedy for diphtheria. In a total of 286 patients only 5.6 per cent of the antitoxin cases died, while of those treated by other methods 28.9 per cent succumbed. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE M.ONTH ..... 15c. Advertising Rates Made Known On Application. 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So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any per son which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. ' To Live and Let Live, " is OUR Motto. 'Tis an adage as ancient as Adam— But not as old as the sun— That the earliest birds Don't gather in herds, They get there one by one. Now the motive of that is certain And the moral of this is true— If you want to succeed You must take the lead, And the crowd will follow you. —The Saboolmaster Business men that have goods for sale will advertise in papers published by colored men, if there is a disposition on the part of the patrons of the paper to patronize the advertisers. Write the business men. It will build up the papers. The people will be able to employ more colored women and men and thus help along the race problem. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONIZE THEM. Sept. 10th,1902. On Sept. 10th the Wichita Searchlight will offer to the public an original Oriental Jubilee at Garfield hall. This will be replete with new and fashionable features which are entirely new in this section. Plenty of notice will be given in each issue up to that time. All who attend will testify that it was one of the most novel entertainments ever witnessed. [Remember Wednesday July 10th at Garfield Hall. Something New A GOOD REPAIR AND NOVELTY WORKS Operated by Expert Mechanies We make or fix anything Matthews & Setteis, 318 E. Douglas Miss Lula Bradford is on the sick list. Mr. Clifford Bell is in the city. Mr. Orange Thompson is still on the sick list. Miss Julia Young returned Wednesday from Conway Springs. The entertainment given by Mrs. Wm. Kelley at the 2nd Baptist hnrch Wednesday night, was gra d. The members of the 2nd Baptist Sunday school are preparing for a grand picnic at Finland's grove on the 4th of Aug. Snnday, Aug. 10, is Endowment day at the A. M. E. church. Grand programs will be rendered throughout the day.] Every one invited. Several of the K. of P. boys and ladies of the Court of Calanthe are in Pittsburg attending the Grand Session held in that city this week, The colored people, of Wichita are preparing to celebrate Emancipation day, Sept. 22, in grand style. Ice Cream and lunch served at the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main, every evening—stop by when wanting either. The performances of Wallace,s Show Saturday was grand. A large crowd went both evening and night. Mr. John Diggs, of Lawrence, is in the city and, accompanied by Mr. J. L. Harper, made the Searchlight office a very pleasant call Tuesday. Miss Lucy Neely is in Newton visiting her sister, Mrs. Brockway. Miss Lela Crouch is very sick this week Mrs. James Jackson is still on the sick list. Thero will be a sacred concert at the 2nd Baptist church Sunday night. Mr. John Diggs, of Lawrence, will secite Richard III. Mrs. Maria Whitted was the guest of Mrs. W. N. Miller this week. The wedding bells are ringing. Look hut boys. Miss Mattie Turner left Monday for St. Louis. Mrs. R. E. Kelley, of Omaha, is a correspondent of the Searchlight. We had the extreme pleasure of attending the Sunday[School of the A. M. E, church last Sunday and were very much impressed with the exercises. Ice Cream and lunch served at the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main, every evening—stop by when wanting either. CAMPING IN COLORADO is one of the most delightful and inexpensive ways of spending vacation. A book with the above title containing full details of whereto go, necessary camp equipment, and its cost, either purchased or rented, with full and accurate information for the inexperienced, is being prepared by the Great Rock Island Route, and will be sent free, with their Colorado literature, on application to E. W. Thompson, A.G. A Tepeka, Kas. You will be astonished to find how cheaply the outing can be made. THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION AT IOLA KANSAS. The 29th Annual Session of the Baptist Central Association will convene in Iola on Monday, Aug: 4, at the Presbyterion church. Among those who will be present are some of the most noted influential and amd prominent Baptist divines of the state; in this list will be Rev. A. Fairfax, of Parsons; Rev. W. L. Cudley, of Ft. Scott; Rev. Skinner, of Ottawa; Rev. Gorey, of Lawrence; Rev. E. A. Wilsvn, the Ass. Sec. of K. C. Ks.; Rev. R. Cox, of Russell; Rev. Thomas, of Salina; Gen'l Missionary Rev. J. H. Vanlue, of Wichita and others. This promises to be one of the most interesting Associations ever held. Deputy Grand P. S., Mrs. Miller met with the Msids and Pages of the Teat Tuesday and reports them doing nicely. On Friday night, Aug. 8, there will be a grand concert at the 2nd Bapiist church. Mr. John Diggs will recite a number of pieces; also a number of local talent will appear. The choir will render special music for the occasion. Don't miss this grand treat. See hand [bill 11s Admission 10 cts. Did you ask the merchant with whom you trade, whether he "ads" in our paper? If not, why not? Insist upon it that he "ads" with us. The lawn social, given by ladies of the 2nd Baptist church at the residence of Mrs. Thos. Cox last Friday night, was we attended and quite a success. Dr. E. Harrison made a flying trip to St. Louis this week, returning Tuesday with his little son. Don't forget the grand Oriental Jubilee at Garfield hall 'Wednesday night, Sept. 10th. It Always Pays to let people know what you have to sell and how much they may save by trading at your store, and the only way to inform the greater number of people of this fact is through the columns of their paper. An advertisement in this paper doesnt cost much, and it pays.— W. E. Bon Durant REAL ESTATE - and - PENTALS 801 North Main Street Fletcher Block Phone 911 Ice Cream and lunch served at the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main, every evening—stop by when want- ing either. CHURCH DIRECTORY Second Baptist Church, Wichita, Kansas, LORD' #DAY. 10:39 a. m. Prayer and Praise Meeting 11:00 a. m. Preaching. 2:20 p. m. Sabbath School. 4:00 p. m. Mission Circle. 7:00 p. $^1$ m. B. Y. P. U. Service. 8:00 p. m. Regular Divine Service. WEEK DAYS Tuesday, 4 p. m. Junior Choir practice, Thursday night, Prayer and Praise. Friday night, Senior Choir practice and Teacher's meeting. You are cordially invited to attend each of these services. H. V. Plummer, pastor] THE Twenty-third Kansas Reunion Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. 2, 3, 4, 1902. --- All Flavors..... That have earned popularity and some novelties that will delight you..... Ice Cream in any quantity from a quart up to a freezer full, and always the purest, smoothest and most wholesome. ... USE THE TELEPHONE BON TON BAKERY and KANDY KITCHEN Phone 152 146 North Main St. Cool Colorado THE PLACE TO GO. Think of a round-trip rate of only $15.00 To Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou and Pueblo On certain dates in June, July, August and September. RockIsland System Write for books entitled "Camping In Colorado" "Fishing In Colorado" AND "Under the Torquise Sky" The Camping book tells how, where an at what cost parties of two, four and six can enjoy an inexpensive vacation in that de. lightful climate. E. W. THOMPSON, A. G. P. A., Topeka, K JNO. SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago, C. E. Bagcome, D. P. A., Wichita. NAMED A TICKET. The democrats and populist held their conventions on July 24th and nominated the following ticket: For District Clerk—Fred Williams, Greeley. For County Attorney—D. A. McCandless, city. For Probate Judge—Fred K. Hammers, city. For County 'Superintendent— William Sence, Salem. For County Clerk—P. L. Arnett, Keehi. For County Surveyor—R. H. Brown, city. For Sheriff—John Milhaubt, city. For County Treasurer—W. H. Bosten, Clearwater. For Register of Deeds—J. C. Robb, city. For Coroner—Geo. W. Peters, city. For Commissioner, East District —Robert Ballentine, Valley Center. For Representative, Seventy-first District—W. J, Babb, Wichita. For Representative, Seventy-second District—Chas. Schnitzler, city. For Representative, Seventy-third District—Theodore Osweiler, Aleppo. The democrats held forth in the Peerless hall while the populists held forth in Garfield hall. Neither convention was largely attended. Very small conventions at both. There was only one colored man in the whole conventions, Dr. E. Harrison. A GRAND AFF THE Twenty TO BE HELD Leavenwor FORFURTHER P LIEUT. S. T. JON Ice Cream and lunch served at the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main, every eveninw—stop by when want- ingeither. ALL RIDERS ARE ADVERTISERS. Whoever rides a Cleveland wheel will gladly tell of its merits. The riders like its graceful shape and easy action. They say it permits riding with a little exertion and that means greater pleasure. Our Wheels at Low Cost are The Best Cycles Made. Hess & DeLong. 209 N MAIN. 'PHONE 444 Peoples' Hat Works, Old Hats Cleaned, Blocked, and Trimmed Like New. 121 South Lawrence Ave. Centropolis Hotel, 605 North Main Street, First Class Ledging, Nice, Clean Beds. Rooms $1.00 per week; 25c per night. Mrs. Maggie Smith, Prop. Wichita. Kan. Every Negro should have a winchester and a good revolver in his home for self protection. He should know how and have the nerve to use it. It will solve the "race problem" quicker than all else. HOUCK Hardware Store Building Hardware, Garland and Quick Meal Steel Ranges Garland Cook Stoves at the very low est prices. 116 East Douglas Ave. When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S 1102 E. Douglas Ave. 'Phone 357 Lewis' shop Successor to B. A. Fisher First Class Shave and Hair Cut 608½ East Douglas Ave., John E. Lewis, Prop. ' UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. ' FAIR.. y-third Kansas IN THE CITY OF th, Kas., Aug. ARTICULARS ADDRESS ES MR. MA RICHARD NICHOLS. Emperor William has taken a particular liking to buckwheat cakes, but wait until brother Henry tells him about baked beans, codfish, Mulligan stew, tertapin and escalloped oysters BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART KnightsofPythia WICHITA, KAN. Castle Hall 338 North Main street Regular Meetings Second and Fourth Monday Night in Each Month. Visting Knights in good standing Welcome W. N. Miller, Chan. Com. HERCULEAN LODGE NO. 20, K. OIP. W, M. Hallum, Chan. Com. Ed D. Grayson, K. of R. & S. Meets 1st and 3 Friday night each month ARRIA COURT No. 7. Order of Calanthe. Mrs. Lucy Anderson, W. C. Miss Blanch Alexander, R.of D. Mrs. Lee Anderson, W. R.of D Meets 1st. and 3rd. Monday each month Masonic Lodges. ARKANSAS VALLEY Lodge No.21. A.F. & A.M. John T. Chinneth, W. M. W.H. A. Clark, Secretary. Meets 1st.and 3rd.Tuesday each month All Master Masons in good standing at Cordially Invited. HOME OF THE WEST LODGE No. 2006. G. U. O. O. F. Jas. L. Harper, N. G. Willis Bartlett, V. G. Chas. H. Gordon, P. S. Meets 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesday night. WICHITA TABERNAGLE No. 34, Mrs. Lee A. Anderson, C. P. Miss Lula Covington, C. R. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday afternoon, 2 J. Call On Me For the Best Piano, Organ, Sew ing Machine, Bicycle, Graphone Guitar, Mandolin — or any thing you want - As cheap as any place in the United States. Thos. Shaw. Wichita, Kansas PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry in the City 155-159.N. Market St. Phone 255 SELOVER & SONS, Props. B.F. McLean. Lumber Dealer Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita, Kas., Clearwater, Kas., Peck Kas., Chency, Kas, s Reunion 2,3,4,1902. SS ATTHEW:BURNS, LEAVENWORTH, KAS. Ice Cream and lunch served a the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main, every evening—step by step when want- ing either. FRISCO SYSTEM Its rails penetrate the fertile States of MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, TEXAS and the SOUTHWEST, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA and the SOUTHEAST It reaches the rich farming lands of Kansas and Oklahoma, the mineral fields of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, the cotton fields of the South and Southwest, the oil fields of Kansas and the Indian Territory, and hundreds of other industrial places of interest and profit to the home-seeker and investor. And last, but not least, it will carry you to the famed health resorts of the Ozarks. Eureka Springs AND Monte Ne' TIME OF TRAINS AT WICHITA EAST-BOUND Louis Mail and Express — Leaves Wichita 1:30 pm Arrives St. Louis 7:20 am Arrives at Memphis 8:00 am Louis and Fort Smith Express — Leaves Wichita 10:15 pm Arrives St. Louis 7:00 pm Arrives Fort Smith 2:00 pm Kansas City and Colorado Mail and Exp. Leaves St. Louis $ .35 pm Leaves Memphis $ .25 pm Arrives Wichita $ .10 pm Through Parler Coaches and Recclining Chair Cars, also Pullman Pallace Sleepers between Wichita and St. Louis without change. For reliable information as to rates, notes, time, etc. apply to any Frisee agent or the undersigned. It is a pleasure for us to answer questions. B. F. DUNN, District Passenger Agent, WICHITA. A. Hilton, Bryan Snyder, Gnell Pass. Agt. Pass. Traffic Mgr. 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LOUIS and CHICAGO VIA THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY ON ACCOUNT OF THE SUMMER SEASON and EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE The Missouri Pacific Railway will have on sale Jnne 16, 17, 21, and 22 tickets at one fare, plus $2.00 for the round trip to above named points, which will make rates as follows: St Louis and return ... $15.05 Chicago and return .... $20.65 All tickets limited for return to September 15th 1902. I. B. SHERWIN, P. & I. A. RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE Leaves Daily Conway Springs and Coffeyville 11.10 am For St. Louis 3.00 pm For Kans, City and St. Louis 9.50 pm Hutchinson, Lyons and Geneseo 7.35 am Geneseo, Salima, Puablo, Denver 5.00 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.00 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.40 am Arrives Daily Little Rock, Conway Springs, Coffeyville 4.50 pm From St. Louis 2.35 pm From Kan, City and St. Louis 7.05 pm From Denver, Pneble, Salina, and Geneseo 11.25 am From Hutchinson 4.00 pm From Hutchinson and Geneseo 9.25 pm From Anthony, Conway Springs 4.40 pm From Kiowa, Anthony and Con- way Springs 9.05 pm WICHITA and WESTERN] No. 472, Pratt and Kingman Passenger, except Sunday 11.00 am No. 474, Pratt and Kingman accommodation, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 1.20 am No. 471, Kingman and Pratt Passenger, except Sunday 5.15 pm No. 478, Kingman and Pratt accommodation, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.15 am WEST BOUND Leave Daily No. 1 Texas Vestibulated Ex. 7.00 am No. 8, Texas Fast Express 6.35 am No. 35, Daily, Except Sunday, 3.10 pm EAST BOUND No. 2, Chicago Vestibulated Ex. 9.45 am No. 4, K. C. and Eastern Ex. 9.05 am No. 86, Daily, Except Sunday 1.35 pm St. Louis Mail and South-west- ern Limited 1.30 pm St. Louis and Ft. Smith Ex. 10.15 pm WEST BOUND Kansas and Colorado Mail Ex. 3.10 pm Meteor 8.25 am ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE R. R. Leaves Daily Kansas City, Chicago Express 11.20 am K. C., Colorado, California Ex. 2.55 pm Wellington Accommodation 5.15 pm Arrives Daily Panhandle Express 10.00 am Englewood Branch, Except Sun. 3.00 pm Leaves Daily Panhandle Express 6.25 pm Oklahoma and Texas Express 6.35 pm Oklahoma Daily Express 8.30 am Wellington Accommodation 8.45 am Oaldwell Acc. Except Sun. 8.45 am Texas Express 5.10 pm Englewood Branch, Ex. Sun. 7.45 am Searchlight $1.00 .NEIGHBORINGTOWNS. CHEBRYVALE, KANSAS Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Hutton Tuesday July 22 a 12 pound baby boy. Mrs. D. Richardson, of Oswego, visited her sister, Mrs. Sneed, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Mary Kemp left for K. C. Saturday where she may make her home. The leading be the night of of the "Flower City. Who was young lady of and who was that was very hard best looking for beautiful, but I tell Miss Boss have taken the Mrs. S. Harvey Mr. W. M. Knox arrived home Sunday from Wichita. Dr. E. Harrison passed through Sunday enroute to St. Louis. Mrs. I. Walker was baptised Sunday by Rev. C. Teal. W. M. Knox made a flying trip to Chanute Sunday. ABILENE, KANSAS. Mrs. Cox of Salina was here Sunday visiting Mrs. I. Thompson. Rev. W. Hampton went to Junction City Sunday. Mr. N. A. Warder and son, Virgil, from Gypsum, were here Sunday. Rev. C R. Cox and son were here Sunday The Sunday-school of Mt. Zion is preparing or a lawn social Thursday evening. Bring us your job work, We are here to please you and we "deliver the goods," on all job work. It Is Time For you to change that heavy Suit for a light Summer Suit. Our Stock is complete in Summer Suitings and Trousers of fancy new elties. It will pay you to call and see me before placing your order. The Peerless Tailor 508 East Douglas ave. EYES Examined and Glasses Fitted F. W. REED, Ophalmologist Over 118 East Douglas. EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM is the FAMOUS HEALTH & PLEAS URE RESORT. Take a trip and spend your vaca tion in the rugged, pine clad OZARK MOUNTAINS $1.00 for the round trip, tickets on sale every day, good to return any time within three months from date of sale. City Ticket Office Corner Main and Douglas Ave. J. H. Grother, B. F. Dunn, City Ticket Agent, Div. Pass, Agen Wichita, Kansas. Ice Cream and lunch served at the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main every evening—stop by when wanting either The leading quettion seems to be the night of the entertainment of the "Flower sisters" in Gypsum City. Who was the best looking young lady of the Flower Sisters; and who was the best singer? It was very hard to tell who was the best looking for they all seemed most beautiful, but as near as we could tell Miss Bossie Allen seemed to have taken the eyes of many and Miss, S. Hampton, as her clear sweet voice full of melody and harmony fell on the ears of the audience was said to have won the day in singing. Mrs. Lula Green, wife of John Greene, died Sunday night very sudden between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock. The cause of death was heart failure. The K. of Ps. gave a picnic Tues day evening at Hibler's park which terminated in a sight between two young men ending by each taking a shot down town; no blood shed. The Golden Sheaf Tabernacle No. 91 is billed for a luncheon at Hiblers park Aug. 11. All are invited to attend. Ice cream and ices will be served under the auspices of Dts. Lottie Barnum and Othella Roundtree. A Portrait of John Brown An entertainment planned for a Tacoma (Wash.) theater recently, the proceeds of which were to be used to buy a portrait of John Brown for the city's art museum, had to be given up on account of a lack of patronage. The portrait, which is said to be a genuine work of art, belonged to the collection of James Sutton, the New York publisher, and was offered by his son at a low figure. It was painted by J. Boling a short time before the tradgedy of Harper's Ferry. Hope is still entertained at Tacoma, in spite of the present disappointment, that a way may be found to procure the portrait. House Concurrent Resolution No. 21. For the submission of a proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to each house thereof concurring therein SECTION 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection: That section 8 of article 2 be amended to read as follows; Sec. 3. The member of the legislature shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of five hundred dollars for a regular session, and five dollars per day for any special session, and three cents for each mile traveled by the usual route in going to and returning from the place of meeting; but such compensation shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for any special session. SEC. 2. This proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this state at the general election of representatives to the legislature in the year A. D. 1902, for their approval or rejection. The amendment hereby proposed shall be designated on the official ballot by the following title: "The amendment to the constitution relating to the compensation of members of the legislature," and shall be voted for or against as provided by law under such title. SEC. 3. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute-book. Approved February 28, 1901. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled resolution now on file in my office, and that the same took effect by publication in the statute-book May 1, 1901. GEO. A. CLARK, SEAL. Secretary of State Dr. Claude G. Baker, DENTIST DENTAL PARLORS Up Stain Montico Zagio Off FLO BREAK and you will B AT YOUR GROCERS. 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Pearson, owner of the London Express, Pearson Magazine and two score of other publications, who wished to have a representative make the trip by land from Paris to New York, a feat which had not before been accomplished. Mr. De Windt asserts that the overland journey was much more hazardous and difficult than he expected and that he would decline the trip again. The country traversed was covered to a depth of several feet with snow, the road was untraveled and rough and dangers lurked at almost every turn. The members of the expedition were treated with kindness in many places, but the natives were suffering from famine and disease and could do little if anything for their visitors. Many prosperous cities exist on the map, along the route which the leader of the party had selected. The people of all the northern part of the continent have been attracted to the coast nearest America, as they can trade with the American whalers and subsist more easily than in their inland towns and villages. For several hundred miles directly east of Behring straits Mr. De Windt found many settlements of the natives, and here he found food and assistance. Had he not met the Americans here he believes he could never have reached Behring straits, and so his rescue is due to American traders. Discussing the trip, he said regarding his personal experiences: "Because of the famine the reindeer were thin and hardly able to travel, but they were far superior in bodily condition to the dogs which we procured later. We traveled by post stations located at intervals, and usually long intervals, along the road. We passed penal colonies and little villages of destitute natives whose condition was indeed pitiable. I once thought the treatment of the Siberians by the Russian government was not severe, but now that I have seen, I change my opinion. Along the shores of the Arctic, we ate frozen fish and walrus meat. Our joy was great at getting a little flour and molasses near the end of the journey. The cold was terrific. The Viscount's feet were frozen. "I should say that the railway project is feasible, though no railway will follow the route we took. It would go several hundred miles to the southward and through a rich mineral country." Work Delayed—Men Wanted Parsons, Kans., July 31.—Work on the new state insane asylum hospital is progressing slowly, on account of the scarcity of labor. Not an idle man is to be found, and the brick work on the building is almost completely tied up, as no brick masons can be found. There are two physicians' residences, laundry, power house, administration building and numerous cottages for the patients to be erected, and the contract calls for them to be completed by the first of March. Unless more labor is found this will be an impossibility. Cattiemen Appeal to President. Oyster Bay, R. L., July 28.—W. B. Sleeper, of Wyoming, presented to the paresident resolutions of the stock raisers of the Big Horn country, Wyoming, concerning the exclusion of cattle and sheep from the additional Yellowstone timber reservation. They ask the president to suspend any action with reference to the exclusion of stock from the reservation during the present season, which will last scarcely 90 days longer. It is said that the president has practically granted the request. Work on Manila Post. Washington, July 28.—Reports have reached the war department that excellent progress is making on the Manila post. Congress appropriated $50,000 early in the year and 1,800 acres of land on the Pasig river has been acquired for the post. The lumber for these quarters is sent from the Columbian river and Puget Sound. It is said that the white ant, which is so destructive to woodwork in the Philippines, does not injure the yellow pine of the Pacific coast. Buying Mules for Florida. Kansas City, July 30.—W. A. Cramer, of Jacksonville, Fla., is here buying mules which he will ship south for use on the cotton plantations. He expects to get about two carloads of the big Missouri variety. Rain has not been as plentiful in certain parts of the south as it has been here and as a consequence there will be a shortage of cotton in some sections, but at that the crop will be a good one. The orange and fruit crops, he says, were never better and there will be a big supply. EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA. Great Damage to an Oil Company's Wells. Lompoc, Calif., July 30.—Lompoc valley experienced a severe earthquake shock at 10:55 p. m. A violent shock was felt, which lasted fully thirty seconds, and was so severe that dishes, clocks, house plants, etc., were thrown from shelves, upsetting furniture and other articles. The people were stricken with terror and ran from their houses, some fearing to return, as other lighter shocks continued for several hours afterward. Another heavy shock was felt at 5 a. m. and one at 11 a. m. A large water tank was knocked over, the earth cracked at many different places and the Santa Ynez river bed was slightly changed at places. The disturbances seemed to be of a local nature. Santa Barbara.—Advices received from Los Alamoso, California, forty-five miles north of this place, report an unusually severe shock of earthquake at about 1 p. m., doing great damage to the property of the Western Union Oil company at the Carreaga wells. The damage is estimated at from $12,000 to $15,000. At Harris station a fissure is reported to have opened and from it a stream of water two feet deep and eighteen feet wide is now flowing. A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Santa Barbara shortly before 11 o'clock, but no damage was done. The disturbance was more plainly felt at the latter place than at any other point which has thus far reported. In this city the shake was barely discernible, and few people knew of such a thing until the weather bureau reported. Grain Rates Advanced. Kansas City, July 31.—Grain rates from Kansas City will advance August 15 to 12 cents on wheat and 11 on other grain to Chicago; 7 cents on wheat and 6 cents on other grain to the Mississippi river, and 15 cents on wheat and 14 cents on other grain to the Gulf ports. The present rates are 7 cents on both wheat and corn to Chicago, 6 cents to the Mississippi and 12 cents to the Gulf. The roads will endeavor to maintain the higher tariffs. Son of Governor Tom Carney. Leavenworth, Kans., July 31.—E. L. Carney, a lawyer of this city, was stricken with apoplexy and died without regaining consciousness. He was the son of ex-Governor Tom Carney, of Kansas and a graduate of Harvard. Mr. Carney was stricken while sitting in a chair reading. He was born in Cincinnati fifty years ago and had lived in Leavenworth forty years. He was seemingly in perfect health up to within ten minutes of his death. After Anarchists. Washington, July 31.—Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent has sent to immigration officials throughout the country photographs of anarchists who have been expelled from Turkey and who are believed to be on their way to this country. Accompanying the photographs from Turkey were the instructions to investigate the charges against the anarchists, and if they were correct to return the men Scandinavians Coming. Copenhagen, July 29.—The transport lines here are coping with the greatest boom in Scandanavian emigration to the United States since the eighties. Every out-going vessel is crowded. The Oscar II is taking 1,000 emigrants on each trip. Here two sister ships will now be hurried toward completion in order to handle the traffic. The cause of this rush is the unprecedented hard times throughout Scandinavia, as well as more stringent conscription laws. Rear Coach Fell Forty Feet McConnellsville, Ohio, July 26.—A wreck occurred two miles below here on the Ohio & Little Kapawaha. The rear coach jumped the track on a trestle and fell forty feet, turning completely over. Out of about thirty passengers, Miss Gertrude Sherwood is dead and W. F. Light瑟他 is dying. Six or more others are probably fatally hurt and about a dozen others are suffering serious injuries. The train was going 30 miles an hour and the coach was completely wrecked. Methodist Central Headquarters. Methodist Central Headquarters. London, July 28.—Robert William Perks, M. P., treasurer of the Methodist Million Guineas fund announces that Methodists had secured the royal Aquarium theatre property, on which they would build a great hall, which is to be called the Central Headquarters of Universal Methodism. The price paid was £330,000. The ground comprises $2\%$ acres and on it also stands Mrs. Langtry's imperial theatre, which will be transformed into an annex. Earthquake Up North. Omaha, Neb., July 30.—An earthquake shock, which was general over portions of Nebraska, western Iowa and South Dakota, occurred shortly before 1 p.m. The seismic disturbances were felt at a large number of towns in the three states and lasted from ten to fifteen seconds. No damage has been reported thus far, although the shock was sufficient to rattle dishes and affect bell towers in some places. Battle Creek, Nebraska, was shaken for twenty seconds. 250,000,000 BUSHELS GROP For 20 Years The Corn Crop Has Doubled Value of Wheat. ONE YEAR HAS BEATEN THIS. Topeka, July 29.—Kansas is good for a 250,000,000 bushel corn crop this year. This estimate is considered extremely conservative by grain men. The present condition of the growing crop is excellent in all parts of the state. In nearly all the valleys the corn is "made." The crop on the uplands is a week or two behind the valley corn. It is now in the roasting ear stage. The ground, however, is full of moisture sufficient to carry the crop through, although, of course, another general rain would help some. The valley corn, however, does not need another drop of rain to mature it. Secretary Coburn is now getting reports from the various county clerks, containing agricultural statistics, which the law makes it the duty of the clerks to furnish him. But the clerks have until August 1 to forward their reports. Some of them are slow, as usual, and for this reason the exact acreage of corn cannot be given. Secretary Coburn never guesses at a thing, or gives out any figures that he cannot substantiate. From other sources, however, it is carefully estimated that the acreage this year will be between 7,500,000 and 8,000,000 acres. Thus it will only take an average yield of a little over thirty bushels to the acre to bring the total yield up to 250,000,000 bushels. This has been exceeded only once. In 1889 the corn crop of the entire state was 273,000,000 bushels. Nineteen crops in the past forty years have averaged more than thirty bushels to the acre. Never were conditions more favorable than now, and some enthusiasts claim the yield this year will average more than forty bushels to the acre. This would make over a 300,000,000 bushel crop. This is not an unreasonable estimate, for ten crops in the past forty years have averaged that much. *The aggregate value of the Kansas corn crop for the past twenty years was $774,055,865. The aggregate value of the wheat crop in that same period was $451,993,394. People generally think of Kansas only as a wheat state. Yet the fact remains that the corn crop for the past twenty years has been double the value of the wheat crop. Liquor Seller Liable. St. Louis, July 31.—According to a decision of the United States circuit court of appeals which affirmed the judgment for plaintiffs of the federal court of Nebraska, a saloonkeeper may be held responsible for the death of a patron of his place in the event that death occurs from an accident resulting from the inebrated condition of the patron. The suit was filed by the widow and daughter of Charles Walker against John Moser and others, who were engaged in the saloon business at Ashland, Neb. Plaintiff's charged that Charles Walker on February 7, 1900, drank intoxicants to excess at Moser's saloon, and in consequence was thrown from a buggy and killed. A verdict giving the plaintiffs damages was appealed. Fire in Treasury Basement. Washington, July 31.—A series of fires occurred at the treasury department. The flames were all in one place—the sub-basement at the northeast end of the building—and were occasioned by the burning out of a buried electric cable. The flames crept along the cable to the woodwork of a door. A gang of men dug out the cable and replaced it with a new one. Like a Banking House. Indianapolis, July 30.—Mineworkers' headquarters in this city has been turned into a banking room, and every inch of space is required to accommodate the extra force that has been put to work to handle the contributions since the voting of the assessment on the miners and the appeal for funds. The usual amount of contributions was received at the headquarters each day, but no account was kept of the total amount owing to the changes being made in the arrangement of the headquarters. Attacked by Strikers. Shenandoah, Pa., July 31.—Thomas Tosh of this city, a lieutenant of the coal and iron police, in charge of a camp of special guards, was attacked by strikers yesterday and compelled to seek shelter in his home. The strikers say Tosh has been active in attempting to induce mine workers to return to the collieries. Late at night a workman, name unknown, was severely beaten by a mob. He was rescued and taken to the station house for safety. Cattle Men Kill Goats. Grand Junction, Colo., July 30. Fourteen masked men appeared on the grazing ground of the Angora Range association on Pinon mesa, where 1,000 goats were ranging. Three herders, who were in charge of the goats, were bound while the masked men slaughtered more than 600 of the flock by shooting and stabbing them. The loss is estimated at $8,000. Mrs. M. B. Irving, the manager of the association, is a widow, 38 years of age and an author of note. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. 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