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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT 5TH YEAR. YOU CAN WE HAVE UNUSUAL A That enables us to s grade for the lowest possi entire time and attention t business in its various bran take care of all your want If you want to buy, sell, it will pay you to let us fig Our Repair Is in the hands of workmen. All We solicit an McKinney UNUSUAL ADVANTAGES That enables us to sell Pianos of the highest grade for the lowest possible price. We devote our entire time and attention to the Piano and Organ business in its various branches and are prepared to take care of all your wants in our line. If you want to buy, sell, exchange or rent a Piano it will pay you to let us figure with you. Our Repair Department Is in the hands of competent factory workmen. All work guaranteed. We solicit an opportunity to serve you. 411 East Douglas Ave. * SOUTH and NEGRO r-Gov. "Bob" Taylor was Kansas City last week when delivered a lecture on "The life and the Bow". After theure the ex-governor was inweared on the "South and the mo" and he said: Never in the history of the nation of the country from which time has there been such an era prosperity as there is at the present time. The people of the share keeping pace with the enactment of the age. Manufacturing industries and agricultural opening up and developing the entire section in a marvel-manner. Our people are progressive and enterprising, and are now reaping the reward years of honest and intelligent I can truly say they are amongst the times and up to another section in the United States. There have been some unfortunate problems that have inter- faced with our progress in the war, but these we have now used and we are masters of the nation. This excellent condi- tion has not been brought about by Eastern capital exclusively, other. Some of the cunning of social has been interfered with the race problem but tha t this is now a thing of the we were large tracts of land night up by Eastern and North- capital shortly after the war they lay unimproved until of now. They are helping to develop the country and of course materially assisting in the enancement. But the true in- dulness of our success lies in fact that when the war was our good people started to work and have been building up a ruined country ever since. they accepted the inevitable and not grumble. They are no n o t fitting old battles over in the south. We got through with those ago when the war ended. we accepted the verdict and the people have been at work ever since the war. We have the Negro problem, which is the sweet morsel under the tongues of our brethren in the ADVANTAGES well Pianos of the highest tale price. We devote our to the Piano and Organ inches and are prepared to in our line. exchange or rent a Piano ure with you. Department competent factory work guaranteed. opportunity to serve you. Music Co., North. But when I come North I find they, too, are confronted by a similar condition. The problem will be solved in the years to coms. We will manage it until it is solved. There is not one half as much of the problem in reality as there is ie the minds of the people who do not live there and know nything about it. We already have it settled. Every white master has been taxing himself and running into debt to give the Negroes a shelter and to supply them with the tools to permit them to earn a living. They were without either when the war closed. We are kind to them and have always been kind to them. "Outsiders don't understand the relations between the Negro on the old masters. Why, there are lots of them that I love dearly, I would not see a hair of their heads hurt for anything nor would I allow them to suffer if in my power to prevent. So long as the Negro behaves himself he has a friend in the white man of the South. And I can add that the old Negroes always behave themselves. It is only some of the younger men among them that make the trouble. They don't want to work. They don't seem to understand that work is necessary. "A short time ago I was sitting in a barber's chair. The barber was an old Negro. Suddenly he said to me: "'Governor, do you know that an ole Negro never was lynched?'" "I thought for a minute and had never given the matter a thought. "'Well,' he replied, 'I know no niggah over C5 years old was ever lynched. It is all the younger niggahs.'" "When I thought the matter over I could not recall a single instance of a Negro over 45 years old being lynched." "As long as the Negro behaves himself he has a friend in the white man of the South- but when he doesn't behave himself they make him, that's all. He gets the hard end of it then. "We deplore the lynching more than anybody. It prevents capital coming in and keeps immigration away. "I take an interest in politics WICHITA. KANSAS. DEC 12 1903. occasionally now, but have been on -he platform for the past 12 years. I like politics. In fact, it is about all I do know, and I take just enoughe hand in it to keep my hand in." A woman in a Southern town advertised for a lost sheep. Is her name Do Peep or is she an evangelist? Panama has set South America a beautiful example in the way of a quiet and inexpensive revolution. At any rate, Ann wasn't so old as some of the other problems and puzzles that have followed her into print. Some people have no idea of the value of money. A Pennsylvania man was murdered for an insurance of $350. As Daniel Webster might have remarked, Dartmouth may be small, but there are those who say she can play football. New York city is suffering from what the papers vaguely speak of as a pie war. Have the consumers struck for shorter crusts? The next American heiress who marries a duke might make a good thing out of it by hiring a hall and charging admission. John Strange Winter says that 90 per cent of London society women wear wigs, which, of course, keeps them out of the front row. That loss of $3,500,000 in a burning Russian mail car looks like the story might have gathered a few globules of air coming under the ocean. The bank tailer who is accused of embezzling $5,000 and has been locked up should have made it $150,000 and taken a foreign trip for his health. As radium will exhaust itself in 30,000 years, economical persons will be cautious about investing in it until the price falls below $10,000 an ounce. Ex-Postmaster Geoal James is going to marry an English girl. But he can't spite the American heiresses by doing that. There's no title to be won. Patti is to receive over $200,000 for singing about 300 songs during her present farewell tour. Yet some of the critics say her high notes do not come easily. There's one trust we don't want to bust. If it wasn't for the grocer's trust, we should have to go hungry except when we happened to have the ready cash. The Red-Headed Philosopher declares that the difference between the hard worker and the easy-going worker is not more than two cents, but he may be prejudiced. The women's congress at Hamburg resolved that the corsets are barbarous, in the face of the fact that only women who are supposed to be civilized ever wear them. If they were younger, and therefore inclined to indulge in baby talk, one might expect Mrs. Platt to say to her husband as he left the house: "And where will I meet 'oo?" HAMS 7c P $ ^{er} $ pound Buy your Free Packing House and Save Money Remember the pla of Dold's Packing House Buy your Fresh Meat at the Packing House Meat Market and Save Money. Remember the place--Market at the Gate of Dold's Packing House. FOOTBALL AT TUSKEGEE Tuskegee Team Defeats Fisk University Team by a Score of 5 to 0. The Tuskegee institute football team Thanksgiving day by a score of 5 to 0 defeated the Fisk Unixersits eleven on the Tuskegee institute grounds. The Fisk representatives have been regarded as the unbeaten colored team of the country. Not less than 2,000 people were in attendance. Woman Suffrage Spurs Men's Interest. Experience with woman suffrage in New Zealand shows that woman's voting spurs the men to attend to their political duties; when they had the field to themselves it was rare that 60 per cent of those registered went to the polls, but the proportion rose to 69.6 per cent in 1893 and by 1899 ti 79 per cent, and it was 78.44 per cent last year. Says a New Zealand paper: "Our ten years of universal suffrage shows that the women's interest in politics has been well sustained." Land Owning Negroes. Forty years ago the Negroes of the South did not own a square foot of ground nor a roof to cover them. Now, on the other hand, there are 130,000 farms owned by Negroes, valued at $350,000,000; 150,000 homes outside the farm township, valued at $265,000,000 and personal property valued at $165,000,000. So, starting from nothing, here is an accumulation of nearly $800,000,000. When the work began not 1 per cent of the Negro adults of the South could read or write. Today 40 per cent can do so. Miss M. C. Hannibal. MILLINERY We solicit trade on the basis of Quality at the Lowest Prices. 135 N. Main St Wichita, Ks Fish Meat at the Meat Market y. ce--Market at the Gate se. RAND Christm DUNBAR H Christma Guess WHO I AM Friday Night Old Man SANT there, and a hand will be given the guess Santa Claus For fun and a fine ti Grand March Christmas M BAR HALL, 233 W Christmas Night Dunbar Hall Guess WHO I AM y Night, Dec. Man SANTA CLAUS and a handsome PR given the person w Santa Claus' name. and a fine time, this can't Christmas Mask DUNBAR HALL, 233 North Main St. Wichita, Kan. Christmas Night Xmas Night at Dunbar Hall Guess WHO I AM Friday Night, Dec. 25h Old Man SANTA CLAUS will be there, and a handsome PRESENT will be given the person who can guess Santa Claus' name. GUESS!! For fun and a fine time, this can't be beat. Admission 20c. A Fireless Steam From Germany comes news of a locomotive worked by steam and yet independent of fire of its own. The engine has just been completed at the Hohenzollern works at Dusseldorf, and is one of a type designed for shuntinh in explosive factories. Instead of carrying fire in its own boiler, it is filled pith steam from stationboilers, and when so charged is capable of several hour's work. The first warming up occupies half an hour, and subsequent recharging can be done in a quarter of an hour. The apparatus is so simple that an unskilled workman is able tl look after it. The absence of fire in a place where dynamite or gunpowder is being handled is the reason of the invention of this type of engine. ODDS AND LNDS. More than 90 per cent of the vessels using the Suez canal navigate by eight. Toronto got $12,754.25 for its share of the street railway earnings for September. The potato forms nearly 14 per cent of the total food of the people of this --- At 9:30 o'clock, led by Mr. J. B. H. Fray Of an estimated coal about of about 4,650,000 square miles in the world, China is credited with 4,000,000 square miles, the United States has about 280,000 square miles, Great Britain 11900 miles, Germany 1,779 miles, and Belgium 510 square miles. Area is not, however, a true measure of value. The anthracite fields of Pennsylvania include an area of only 468 miles, but these are undoubtedly of more value than any coal area of like extent anywhere in the world. country. A new emigration law in Italy con- nues departures to Naples, Genoa and Ralma- rum. Premier binion cranks coarse is no danger of a war between Russia and Japan. in that case let's hurry and get excited again over the situation in the Balkans. A Cleveland company proposes to insure bank deposits against loss. is not this rather an uncertain way to increase the stability of our finan- cial institutions? Even if the man in Washington wanted to complain to the President that he was being pursued by a- ships is right about it. Prof. Langley can easily prove an alibi. --- SANDAH SCHOOL LESSON LESSON XI. Golden Text."I was glad when they said unto me. Let us go into the house of the Lord."—Psa. 122:1. 1. Preparations for Building the Temple.—First. Preparation of the Kingdom. It was as necessary that the people and the kingdom should be prepared as that building materials should be collected. The whole of David's reign was a preparation. 1. The kingdom firmly established on a basis of peace. 2. The organization of priests and choirs and orchestras for religious services. 3. The new religious awakening of the people. Second. Preparation of Material. David had collected 108,000 talents of gold and 1,017,000 talents of silver. According to the lighter standard a talent of gold weighed 379,000 grains = 54 pounds avoirdupois (a pound avoirdupois = 7,000 grains) = $14,542 of gold, making a total of $1,570,536,000. A talent of silver weighed 336,750 grains = 48 pounds = $70, making a total of $868,490,000. Besides the gold and silver there was gathered brass and iron beyond computation (1 Chron. 22: 14). Huge beams of cedar were sent from Mt. Lebanon, which had a great reputation in the ancient world. Precious stones from every source were gathered together to adorn the interior. Third. The Workmen. The skilled laborers were largely Phenicians, supplied by King Hiram of Tyre. "Overseers were appointed, apparently 550 chiefs and 3,300 subordinates (1 Kings 5: 16; 9: 23), of whom 3,600 were Canaanites and 250 Israelites (2 Chron. 2: 17; 8: 10). There were 30,000 Israelites levied to do the work one month and remain home two months in turn. Besides these there were 150,000 laborers (1 Kings 5: 13-16), probably from foreign subject nations (1 Kings 9: 21, 22). II. Building the Temple.—The site was on Mt. Moriah, overlooking the valley of the Kidron and the Mount of Olives. The platform, according to Josephus, was square, three-quarters of a mile in circuit (Wars, 5: 5, 2), in the time of Herod, but he also says that Herod doubled the original enclosure. "Probably, therefore, the platform constructed by Solomon's engineers was an area of about 12 acres, or a quadrangle of 900 feet by 600."—James Sime. Its Size and Shape. "If a cubit was 18 inches, the temple proper was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. The whole height was 30 cubits, but the rooms into which this space was divided, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies, were finished only 20 cubits, or 30 feet in height (1 Kings 6: 16-20). In all its dimensions,—length, breadth, and height—the sanctuary itself was exactly double those of the tabernacle."—Pulpit Commentary. The entire length of the temple given below includes the porch, 10 cubits; the Holy Place, 40; the Holy of Holies, 20; the chambers and rear wall, 10. The whole was situated according to the points of the compass, the front entrance being toward the east. The Courts. There were two courts (2 Chron. 33: 5). The outer court was surrounded by a wall partly of stone, partly of cedar; on the eastern border was a cloister or colonnade. This court was adorned with trees, and free to all the people. Within this quadrangle was a smaller court, the court of the priests, on the highest ridge of the hill, enclosing the temple, and the great brazen altar, and brazen sea, and the lavers. In the inner court were the great brazen altar of sacrifice, 15 feet high and 30 feet square, in sight of all the worshipers of the outer court, and the molten or brazen sea supported by 12 huge brazen oxen, each $7\frac{1}{2}$ feet high. The outer court was for the worshipers, who were intended to exercise the feelings suggested and symbolized by the ceremonies going on visibly in the court or unseen in the temple proper. II. The Dedication Ceremonies—1 Kings 8. The Assembly. Vs. 1, 2, 62, 63. 1. "Solomon assembled the elders of Israel," etc., the same as in Lessons IX. and X., with the addition of (v. 2) "the men of Israel." "No Israelite who could be present was absent." The meetings lasted a week (v. 66). They were religious meetings with (v. 63) "sacrifice of peace offerings"; that is, offerings of thanksgiving and consecration, and love to God. The "two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep" were used for this purpose in part, and for the feasting of the great numbers gathered in Jerusalem for a whole week. The assembly met (v. 2) "at the feast" of tabernacles, the thanksgiving festival, one of the three great annual festivals of the Jews, "in the month Ethanim," also called Tisri, which covers portions of our September and October. The Services of the Week. The dedication was the grandest ceremony ever performed under the Mosaic dispensation. 1. The Procession.—Vs. 3-5; 2 Chron. 5: 4-6. The object of the procession was to (v. 1) "bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David," built on Mt. Zion, the western of the two principal hills on which Jerusalem was situated. Here David had placed the ark while waiting for the temple to be built. 4. "And the tabernacle of the congregation." Better, as in other places, "the tent of meeting." "And all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle." 5. "Were with him before the ark." Probably in the temple court, where the great altar was. "Sacrificing sheep and oxen," as a religious service signifying gratitude and praise, the forgiveness of past sin, and consecration to the Lord's service as his people. II. Placing the Ark in the Holy of Holies.—Vs. 6:9; 2 Chron. 5: 7-10. 6. "And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant . . . unto his" (i. e., "its." But this word is never found in the A. V. It has come into use since the date of our translation) "place" (comp. 1 Kings 6: 19) "into the oracle of the house." The place where God at times made known his will. "To the most holy place" (Hebrew, hcly of holies), "even under the wings of the cherubims" (1 Kings 6: 27). The symbolic figures "representing the attributes and majesty of God." 7. "The cherubims" (better, cherubim)" "covered the ark," as the most holy repository of God's law covered by the mercy-seat. The law of God and the mercy of God, ever under the shelter of als whigs and guarded by his presence. III. The chorus, accompanied by the orchestra, sang, "For his mercy endureth forever," as the priests came out of the Holy of Holies; and the Sheki nah, the shining cloud, filled the temple (vs. 10, 11: 2 Chron. 5: 11-14). 10. "The cloud filled the house of the Lord." The article before cloud denotes that it was the well-known cloud which betokened the divine presence. "The cloud was the veil that hid (v. 11) "the glory of the Lord," for that glory was too bright to be seen by mortal eyes. This was the same as the pillar of cloud and of fire that guided the people through the wilderness, which had rested on the tabernacle on the day it was dedicated (Ex. 40: 34). It was thus the acknowledged symbol of God's presence, and as such was a visible sign that he now accepted the temple, as he had formerly accepted the tabernacle, as his shrine and dwelling place." Then follows in the order and wording given by Prof. Willis J. Beecher: 4. Sentences, the king facing the sanctuary (vs. 12, 13; 2 Chron. 6: 1, 2). 5. He turns and blesses the congregation (v. 14; 2 Chron. 6: 3), all standing. 6. Address, by Solomon (vs. 15-21; 2 Chron. 6: 411), standing. 7. Dedicatory prayer (vs. 23-53; 2 Chron. 6: 14-40), kneeling (v. 54; 2 Chron. 6: 13). 8. Psalm 132 (2 Chron. 6: 41, 42): "Arise, O God." Fire descended, the glory filled the house, and the people prostrated themselves (2 Chron. 7. 1-3). 9. "For his mercy endureth forever," by the congregation (2 Chron. 7: 3). 10. Closing address (1 Kings 8: 54-61), standing. IV. Lessons for To-day.—The Temple as a Lesson in Church Building: "A true church is an echo of God," says Joseph Cook. And the building should be the fittest instrument for expressing and repeating that echo, that men may know and feel the character and the love of God. Its foundation must be deep, strong, and enduring. It is built (1 Cor. 3: 11) upon Jesus Christ. Its structure should, with the best beauty and costliness at our command, be as perfectly as possible adapted to accomplish the object for which it was built. The Temple is a Type of the Individual Christian (1 Cor. 3: 10-16). (1) Rich and costly preparations have been made by others. We are heirs of all the ages. (2) The foundation is Jesus Christ, the rock that, like the rock under the temple, the same in all ages, never can be moved. (3) He has prophets with messages from God to aid and encourage in the building,—the Bible, the Holy Spirit, with teachers, pastors, and friends to bring the message. (4) It is possible for us to build a poor temple on this foundation, "wood, hay, stubble," or a most beautiful and costly temple, "gold, silver, precious stones." (5) The true Christian character when complete is beautiful and costly. The Quarry for the Temple. This world is a quarry where the living stones of God's beautiful temple in the heavens, the completed and perfect church, are being shaped and polished for their places in the building. The heavenly temple is the solution of the mysteries of Providence in this world. The cares, burdens, sorrows, joys, work of this life are fitting us for our place in that temple where no sound of the tools shall be heard while it is in building. The temple, we are told, was built without the sound of hammer or ax, or any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was in building (1 Kings 6:7). The silent building of the temple from stones prepared in distant quarries is a type of the building of souls and of the church. The greatest works of God are wrought silently. No one sees the process by which the greatest changes are wrought in the spiritual world. There will be wondrous rejoicing in heaven and on earth when God's spiritual temple is completed. It will be a blessing thing to join in the song at that dedication, to have a share in that hour of triumph. Plenty of Clergymen. At a wedding celebrated at Bandon, County Cork, the bride's father and brother were the officiating clergymen, while the bridegroom was also a clergyman. Siberian Traps. Siberian railway trains, under new schedule, cover the distance from Moscow to Port Arthur, 5.388 miles, in thirteen days, the fare, including sleeper, being $134. The globe trotter can have a special train of three cars for $1.03 a mile. Nome Gold. The gold yield of the Nome region has hitherto come from the sea beaches and from gulches and beaches at most ten miles from water transportation. The easiest thing in the world to lose is a reputation. HOLIDAY DECORATIONS Christmas Trees, Holly, Mistletoe and holiday decorations of all kinds, for home, hall or church, can be bad in best quality at low prices from W. H. Cubb & Co., Florists, Withita, Kans. Send for special price ls. Some p ople swallow their pride and others chew the rag. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contains Mercury. mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and complexity damage the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfa es. Such articles would never need except recipients from reputed institutions to be taken to the tenfold to the good to the possible derive from the mucous surfa es. The mucous surfa es, Cheney & Co., Toledo, o can possibly derive mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, in buying Hall's mercury. The mercury is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The reverbs ble cuff realizes that one good turn deserves another. A Valuable Food. Superior to any other vegetable food even the cereals—as sources of protein are dried beans and peas. They rank among the most economical of all foods and compare favorably with most meats in point of nutrition. Indians at School. In Indian Territory there are 13.864 Indian scholars enrolled in the public schools. Of these 5,383 are in the Cherokee nation, 2,754 in the Creek, 4,788 in the Choctaw and 939 in the Chickasaw. Deadly Serpents. Recent statistics show that serpents kill more persons in India than in any other country. During 1901 the number of victims was 22,310, and it estimated that almost, if not quite, as many were killed in 1902. New York's Water Supply. The present plan for increase of the metropolitan water supply provides for an expenditure of about $50,000,000 for bringing to New York 200,000,000 gallons daily from the Wappingers creek and Esopus regions. Drawing An artist draws a picture, an equina draws a dray; the man who marries draws a blank sometimes, we've heard them say; a thirsty man draws water; a blossom draws the bee. If I can only draw my pay that's good enough for me—Chicago News. Bacteria Are Hardy. Prof. Dewar has recently submitted living bacteria to the temperature of liquid hydrogen, about 250 degrees Centigrade, and about as near absolute zero as we can get, and after an immersion for ten hours there was no appreciable effect on the vitality of the organism. Latest Explosive. The latest in explosives, according to Metal Industry, is powdered aluminum mixed with nitrate of ammonia and put upon the market under the name of "ammonal." This explosive is said to be one of the surest and safest known, as it can not be exploded by friction or blow, while otherwise containing all requisites of an explosive. ABOUT FEAR Often Comes From Lack of Right Food. Napoleon said that the best fed soldiers were his best soldiers, for fear and nervousness come quickly when the stomach is not nourished. Nervous fear is a sure sign that the body is not supplied with the right food. A Connecticut lady says: "For many years I had been a sufferer from indigestion and heart trouble and in almost constant fear of sudden death, the most acute suffering possible. Dieting brought on weakness, emaciation and nervous exhaustion and I was a complete wreck physically and almost a wreck mentally. "I tried many foods, but could not avoid the terrible nausea followed by vomiting that came after eating until I tried Grape-Nuts. This food agreed with my palate and stomach from the start. This was about a year ago. Steadily and surely a change from sickness to health came until now I have no symptoms of dyspepsia and can walk 10 miles a day without being greatly fatigued. I have not taken a drop of medicine since I began the use of Grape-Nuts and people say I look many years younger than I really am. "My poor old sick body has been made over and I feel as though my head had been too. Life is worth living now and I expect to enjoy it for many years to come if I can keep away from bad foods and have Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." LETTER BY MRS. FLEMING TO THE MOTHERS' CLUB. Mothers need to improve themselves mentally, morally and physically for the good of their children. This is a broad, deep and sincere subject; it is one that takes thinking and earnest studying before it can be either spoken or written from. First. It says that mothers need to improve themselves mentally. That means that we should be intellectual and should carefully think of everything before we do or say it in presence of our children. We should always have our minds if possible pestaining to some good works and actions, because as a general thing from experience I know the children notice ever move and action by its mother, and if we are careful in our mental actions and sayings we can avoid many difficult things that occur from careless minds sayings and action. Because a child is sure to say and do as it sees and hears its mother do and say. 2nd mothers should improve themselves morally that is we need to try to be more just and virtuous that we should practice our manners of right and wrong more probable. so that we may teach it to our children with clean and moral thought right from the depths of our hearts, because they which are moral, are pure and free from all evil thoughts. I think every mother should try to be more just and probable because if we do not practice morality we cannot expect to teach it if elf though that every mother of our club are good mothers. I know that they are all mothers which have experienced motherly love and they all know what it takes to make good mothers. If we are mothers that take interest in our children and are interested in their future lives I am sure it affords us great pleasure to spend a few minutes of each day in teaching and reading to them of the God who created and teach them that he is their Heavenly Father and besides Him there is no other not only our own children but our neighbors and friends children, all of this is practice of moralism for ourselves and a benefit to our children. We can begin in teaching them while they are young and continue as long as they are under our control and thereafter they have grown up if they depart from our teachings it will not be our fault. We did all in our power so we can feel safe and secure on our side even though we hate to see them depart from the good moral teachings as we had given them in years past. 3d. Mothers need to improve themselves physically for the good of their children. We should keep our souls and bodies in good strength if possible so that we may be able to instruct and attend to our household duties. We should take plenty of exercise and give our children the same. We should also be careful as to wear good apparel so as not to expose our selves to the weather, Got His Just Deserts. Peckem-I understand Meekerton was married last week. Enpeck-I'm glad of it. I never did like that fellow. Mrs. Cannie Dodson, mother of Jas. L. Harper, arrived in the city from Columbus, Ohio- Mrs. Jno. E. Lewis was a welcomed visitor at our office this week. HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS RATES The Rock-Iland will make a rate of One Fare, plus 50c, to all points between 100 and 200 miles distant. And one and one - third fare to points under 100 miles. Tickets sold Dec. 24, 25, and 31 and Jan. 1. Return limit Jan 4 Rock Island System C. E. BASCOME, C. P. A. 115 SC Drunken Russian Merchants. Many of the Russian merchants who attend the annual fair at Nijni Novgorod appear to amuse themselves like drunken cowboys. Last summer there were 1,169 cases of broken limbs. None of these, it is said, were brought before the magistrates, being settled out of court by payment of indemnities. Jews in Damascus. Damascus now contains about the same number of Jews that it had in the time of St. Paul. In the middle of the first century of our era some ten thousand Jews lived in Damascus and were governed by an Ethnarch; the present Jewish community is computed at about eleven thousand. Use More Whisky. In sixty years the annual per capita consumption of whiskey has gradually decreased from two and a half to one and a fourth gallons. In forty years the consumption of beer has increased from less than two to more than seventeen gallons per capita. Cashing Bank Checks A Nebraska court has held that where a man receives a check in payment of a bill, and lives in the same town with the bank on which the check is drawn, his only safeguard is to cash the check by the following day at the latest. State Owns All Railroads All the large railway companies of Switzerland, with the exception of the Gothard railway—which can not be purchased by the government by virtue of the original contract before 1900—are the property of the state. Army Signal Corps The signal corps claims to be the nerve system of the army. Telegraphy, telephony, ballooning and heliography are its specialties. It is also charged by law with gathering and transmitting information. Telenphones in Africa The telephone system of Uganda, in darkest Africa, is, with its branches, 1,034 miles in extent, the poles being living trees. The charge is 32 cents for each conversation over any distance. Rare Relics Six hundred cases of tiles, reliefs and other objects which once decorated the palace of Nebuchadnezzar have been shipped to Germany from Babylon by Dr. Koldeway. Currency: Preferred. "So far as I am concerned," observed Spendahl, "I don't care whether we have an elastic currency or not; but, by George, I'd like to have it a little more adhesive!" "Cats' Well." In the south of Ireland, near Inchgeelah, is the "Cats' Well," the waters of which are supposed to exert marvelous remedial effects upon ailing tabies. The Flight of Pigeons Pigeons, it is said, can upon occasion outstrip the fastest express train, but their average flight is only at the rate of about thirty-four miles an hour. Dense Population. The peninsula of India, which in area is half the size of the United States, has a population of 300,000,000, of whom 200,000,000 are farmers. Squalid Quarters in Gotham. The tenement inspectors of New York city have found over $25,000 occupied rooms, which have neither light nor ventilation. Leads in Postoffices The United States has 78,000 post-offices; Germany is next with 45,023, and Great Britain third with 22,400. How Money Circulates. Six million operatives in the United States annually sign pay rolls aggregating $3,000,000,000,000. Many Women Workers. One-half of all the women in Massachusetts who are able to work are wage earners. Fish Hooks by the Millions. One factory alone in England turns out an average of 7,000,000 fish hooks a week. Resists Electric Current. Artemilev, a Russian electrician, has invented a pliable coat of mail which effectively protects against currents of 150,000 volts. THE ORIGINAL WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING FISH BRAND Made in black or yellow for all kinds of wet work. On sale everywhere Look for the Sign of the Fish and the name TOWER on the buttons. A J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. TOUCH CANADA CO., LIMON, TORONTO, CAN. Bread and Pastries are wholesome and made in the largest and most up-to-date Bakery in the state. Man is given a sense of humor to compensate him as the years rob him of enthusiasm. Time was when on the announcement of a bank failure they used to ask "what's her name?" Parisians ate 23,000 horses last year. Here we have a field where the automobile cannot hope to compete. It is reported that a duke wants to marry Helen Gould. Now comes the supreme test of Helen's good sense. Why doesn't some enterprising medium arrange an interview with De Lesseps on recent events in Panama? The man who stood on the bridge at midnight probably found it cheaper than sitting in at bridge at the same hour. If it is true that the greatest happiness is in having enough, the man with seven daughters should be old so joyful. The Brooklyn Eagle thinks current carpeting at Patti is due to the "acidulous pessimism of the supercritical lew." Good. Thieves have stolen one of the big bronze gates of Central Park, New York, but at last accounts the obelisk had not been taken. When New York society leaders fall out the wondering world learns that being in the smart set doesn't dull the edge of a lady's tongue. A woman strike sympathizer threw a brick at a car in Chicago the other day. It is not related what shop window suffered in consequence. "People are seldom satisfied with small favors," remarked the philosopher. "What fun is there in hiding a girl if you can't muss her hair!" The enthusiasm which Japan and Russia are showing for peace causes a suspicion that there must be a stock of damp powder in the far East. An English mayor has handed out his salary to be divided between the poor and the town bands. The hands, presumably, are to be bribed to quit playing. The Toronto World hopes Uncle Sam will "choke to death on the next bite he takes off Canada." Perhaps he'll try to swallow the pesky thing whole next time. During the last fiscal year the railroads of the country killed 3,553 persons and injured 45,997 more. What are Macedonian outrages compared with this record? The Cuban congress has voted a gift of $50,000 to Gen. Gomez. Evidently the Cuban congress wants Gomez to retire permanently from the revolution business. Somebody will be trying to prove next that Cresceau never trotted a mile in less than three minutes, and then he was tied to an automobile and timed by a sun-dial. There are those who think that our national patriotism is even robust enough to survive the suppression of the dynamite cracker and the toy pistol on the Fourth of July. The banks continue to merge. And nobody rises to protest. In fact, everybody seems to be satisfied. The banks enjoy a monopoly of this sort of feeling when it comes to merging. Hartford Post: We have found that the most lovable women, as a rule, are those who have no more mathematical ability than is required to keep account of the milk tickets. The boy who writes in his copybook, "Reach after the higher things," cannot understand why his backward anatomy should be tattooed because he gathers jam from the top shelf. L. S. NAFTSGER, President W. R. TUCKER, Vice President The Fourth National Bank, Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $25,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY DIRECTORS: W. R. Tucker, J. M. Moore, S. B. Amidon, R. L. Holmes, W. E. Jett, L. S. Naftsger, O. Z. Smith, C. W. Brown, B. F McLean. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Wichita Kansas. KELCHNER'S Is the Place For Christmas Meats The Best of Everything in Meats KELCHNER'S MEAT MARKET. 408 E. Douglas Wichita, Kas. —TRY THE— BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE . The Greatest Variety Best Meats in the City Best Rib Roast 10c lb. Best Plate and Flank Boil 4c lb Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Chickens, Veal, Mutton, and Lamb at Lowest Cash Prices. WHITLOCK BROS. Just the thing you want for the HOLIDAYS. FINE HOME MADE CANDIES low in price but high in quality. MESSERVE'S Bon Ton and Kandy Bakery Kitchen Phone 152 TANN BOOK For Holic ROCK - Book E Has the largest ass and 2nd Hand Boo ANNER'S BOOK STORE Holiday Goods OCK - ISLAND k Exchange guest assortment and Books in th TANNER'S BOOK STORE For Holiday Goods ROCK-ISLAND Book Exchange Has the largest assortment of New and 2nd Hand Books in the City. COPYRIGHT Stylish If you want Stylish Shoes wrong if you let us fit your heels. For street and pa- can't be beat in Wichita. Yours For N SCHUYLER Strictly cash 15 Pnone J. W. M Lumber ( Successors to GENERAL LUM 421 North Main Street Holiday Now is the time to buy a pers for Xmas gift. We c Shoes and Slippers. BRAIT Mish Shoes It Stylish Shoes you will need you let us fit you out in our sw street and party and for sch at in Wichita. For Nobby G CHUYLER JONES in 150 N. Main Phone 196 W. METZ Lumber Compa successors to Deal & Trent ) CIRAL LUMBER DEALER in Street Wichita Sunday Footw come to buy a nice pair of Sho s gift. We carry a large stock iippers. WAITSCH If you want Stylish Shoes you will never go wrong if you let us fit you out in our swell high heels. For street and party and for school we can't be beat in Wichita. Yours For Nobby Goods Now is the time to buy a nice pair of Shoes or Slippers for Xmas gift. We carry a large stock of Felt Shoes and Slippers. 120 East Douglas Ave. --- --- 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 --- B NER'S STORE day Goods ISLAND exchange assortment of New books in the City. FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS MEATS Call at JOE STEWART'S Meat Market All Kinds of Fresh and Salted Meats, Fish, Oysters and Game in Season. 241 N. Main Wichita, Kan. Shoes shoes you will never go you out in our swell high party and for school we a. Nobby Goods B JONES 50 N. Main New Phone 1835 196 METZ Company (Deal & Trent ) BER DEALERS Wichita, Kansas Footwear nice pair of Shoes or Slip- arry a large stock of Felt SCH'S MOSBACHER JEWELER Diamonds, Watches, Clocks. Jewelery. 120 North Main St Full Line of Xmas Presents. ```markdown ``` 146 N. Main New Phone 1835 Is the central great plains region underlain with oil and gas? underlain with oil and gas? There are geologic indications that conditions within an area 250 miles in length and from two to six miles wide, comprised within Kansas, Ne- WYOMIN Cheyenne NEB North Platte River Greenvy Squam Plate Denver COLORADO SOUTH DAKOTA Edgemont Chadron Crawford Mobrara River NEBRASKA Hyainie North Platte River North Platte Cheyenne North Platte Greely South Platte River Republican River McCook Cambridge Denver Norton KANSAS Location of the Great Plains Anticline braska and South Dakota, are similar to those in which oil and gas have been found. Should future developments in the central great plains area prove the soundness of the anticinal theory it would result in great benefit to that region. The country in which the anticline puts out is to-day thinly populated, and, for the most part, given over to stock grazing. It lies just west of the one hundredth meridian and is properly classed as belonging The surface waters and for this reason not developed with as others favored great part of the g is known to be one bearing gravels at m the surface, which wells, furnish an in By utilizing the cl would be provided i covering oil and gas region could be irr obtained by pump THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. The senate passed quietly from the extraordinary session to the first regular session of the Fifty-eighth congress. At noon Senator Fry announced the hour for convening the extraordinary session the special session expiring by constitutional provision. The Cuban reciprocity bill remained as unfinished business, and, according to previous action of the senate, will remain in that position until the date fixed during the special session, December 13. The house convened in regular session at the constitutional hour of noon on the first Monday in December. It is believed that the work required by the session will take two weeks by action taken in the special session, as ordinarily that much time and more is required to organize the house and to know the details of the work that was finished on the last day of the special session. Also the appropriation bills are in a shape to go to work upon by the house, a condition not usually reached before the adjournment for the holidays. 2ND DAY. Senator Cullom began a speech on the Cuban reciprocity bill. Spain, he said, had lost her trade with Cuba, which had gone to Great Britain, Germany, instead of coming to the United States. The senate discussed the resolution calling on the postmaster general to send to the senate a list of thirty officers bearing on the investigation of the police department. The president, considering the lapsed appointments as being recess appointments, requested that Wood be a major general, and the nominations of 167 other army officers whose promotions depend on that of General Wood; also about 25 civilian appointments. The president submitted to congress with his approval, rules and regulations for the sale, lease or other disposition of the public lands owned by the police or mineral or timber lands. The house transacted a considerable amount of routine work. Mr. Dalzell introduced a bill to incorporate the Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal. Mr. Prince (ILL) has a bill before the house providing that $100,000,000 of public money now in the banks be invested at the rate of $5,000,000 a month in state, county and mutual banks which pay interest of not less than 2 per cent. 3RD DAY. Senator German spoke, favoring the resolution for a committee to investigate the post office frauds. Senator Lodge contended that this was improper while the cases were pended. The resolution went over and Senator Teller spoke in opposition to the Cuban measure. Senator Nelson would by his bill authorize national banks to make real estate loans. The bill has stringent protective conditions. The bank would be by law that commerce between the United States and the Philippines shall be exclusively carried by American vessels. The house postoffice committee is unanimous in recommending the asking of the postmaster in connection with the connection with the postoffice investigation. The house instructed the judiciary committee to examine and report whether the Isle of Pines could be given to Cuba without the concurrent action of the house and senate. Gross Mass introduced a bill to protect anti-gambling law: from nullification by interstate gambling by telegraph. Attack is Expected. Trinidad, Colo., Dec. 10. —Word has been received from Cegundo that an attack on that settlement is expected from the Italian strikers in the old town and that a bloody fight may be looked for. Heaviest Sugar Cargo. Boston, Dec. 6. -The big British tramp steamer Knight Errant arrived here from Java, having on board 11,000 tons of Java sugar, said to be the largest cargo of sugar ever brought to any port in the world. Grain Rates Reduced. Chicago, Dec. 8. — The General Freight association roads have decided to reduce the rate on export grain products to the basis of 16½ cents per 100 pounds from Chicago to New York. Sold Another Man's Horses. San Francisco, Dec. 8.—A. L. Wilcox was arrested in this city on a warrant from Hiawatha. Kansas, charging enebzlement. It is charged that Wilcox sold a bunch of horses for another man, pocketed the proceeds and came to California. 2ND DAY. 3RD DAY. to the arid region. With the discovery of oil and gas a great impetus would be given to agricultural development, as the soil is fertile, of great depth, and as productive as that of any section of the country when irrigated. SOUTH AKOTA Nobrara River RASKA Hye inle North Platte River Republican River McCook Cambridge Norton KANSAS The surface waters are inadequate, and for this reason this section has not developed with the same rapidity as others favored with streams. A great part of the great plains region is known to be underlain with water bearing gravels at no great depth from the surface, which, when tapped by wells, furnish an inexhaustible supply. By utilizing the cheap fuel which would be provided in the event of discovering oil and gas, vast areas of this region could be irrigated from waters obtained by pumping plants. Fraudulent Naturalization. Washington, Dec. 9. The annual report of the attorney general of the United States calls to attention to the naturalization frauds disclosed during the last year in every section of the country and says that every honest citizen is deeply concerned in repelling and preventing dishonest claims to that high right. He therefore recommends for the consideration of congress the enactment of a drastic new law. Guard and Strikers Battle Trinidad, Colo. Dec. 9. — Word reached here at midnight that a pitched battle occurred at Segun do, a C. F. & I. camp, between about thirty striving Italian miners on one side and seven of the company's guard on the other. Three of the strikers were shot and two of them will probably die. As Recess Appointments. Washington, Dec. 9. - The lapsed appointments by the president of General Wood and 167 other army officers are regarded by President Roosevelt, and his advisers as access appointments and the appointees in lawful occupancy many of their positions, in both pay and rank. Russia Kills 200 Chinese. St. Petersburg, Dec. 9.—The Russian troops have defeated a band of Cunan Chuza (Chinese robbers) on the Liai river, Manchuria, killing 200 of them and wounding a similar number. Clara Barton Elected for Life. Washington, Dec. 10.—The American Red Cross Society in annual session here elected Miss Clara Barton president of the Society for life. Boys From The Farm Fort Riley, Nov. 9- Officers from this post are commencing an effort to fill up the army organizations with young men from the farms, in order to get desirable recruits. Heterofore the army has been filling up its ranks from the big cities, and has been unable to get enough men that are up to the requirements of the service. The officers expect to get more desirable recruits from the rural districts. A Generous Publisher. Reading, Pa., Dec. 7.—The late Jesse G. Hawley, owner of the Reading Eagle, by writing directed that $10,000 be set apart each year to those who had been in his employ three years, to be distributed according to salary and length of service. The announcement is made that the employees have unanimously agreed to to accept a lump sum of $50,000 in settlement of all claims; so the full amount of $50,000 has been deposited by the administrators, to be paid to the employees. Another Exodus to Europe. Boston, Dec. 8.—The steamer Romanic, which sailed from the Dominion line docks for Mediterranean ports, carried 1,588 steerage passengers, so to be the greatest number ever taken on an outwardbound steamer from Boston. Buehauan's Secretary. New York, Dec. 8.—William Henry Welsh, once private secretary to President James Buchanan, is dead at his home here, aged 77 years. Christmas Suits, Overcoats, Underwear, Ties, and Mufflers at The Golden Eagle For less money than elsewhere Headquarters for Holiday Goods H. T. Kramer Dealer China, Glasswa let Sets, Fish G and Rich Fanc New Phone 1318 MYRON Groceries, Fru and I 815 N. TELEPHONE 469 McIntin Dealer Groceries and a and salted Mea Oysters. 358 North Main Street, Kramer Dealer in Ala, Glassware, Lamps, Meats, Fish Globes, Jardins, Rich Fancy Goods. Phone 1318 222 N. Main, Wichita MYRON A. DEATH Voceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. 315 N. MAIN ST. 101-Both Phone EPHONE 469 McIntire Brothers Dealers in Voceries and all kinds of salted Meats, Poultry, Meats. North Main Street, Wichita, Kansas China, Glassware, Lamps, Toilet Sets, Fish Globes, Jardiniers and Rich Fancy Goods. Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. Groceries and all kinds of fresh and salted Meats, Poultry and Oysters. W. C. Norcross, Pres. J. N Richardson. Cashier M. J. Loyd, Vice Pres. Biram Norcross, Attorne CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 (Organized Dec. 4th, 1900.) AMERICAN STATE BANK WICHITA, Directors: W. C. Norcross, M. N. Richardson, R. E Lawrence J. W. Clendenin TRAVELER'S FRI SYS THROUGH Between St. Louis, Kansas City, Mem- Fort Smith, Wichita And Points in Missouri, Kansas, Ar- klahoma and Indian Territory Information as to train service and rates, also illu- plication to B. F. I. DIV. PASSE Wichita Good Thin Live well while you live, e. WEINs A fine Line of Xmas C Cigars and the better class A. M. We Spot Cash F WICHITA, KANSAS. W. C. Norcross, M. J. Loyd, H. W. D. Johnson, R. E. Lawrence, A. W. Wise, J. S. J. W. Clendenin, Hiram Norcross. THE FAVELER'S FAVORITE FRISCO SYSTEM THROUGH SERVICE S. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, Birmingham, Paris, Fort Fort Smith, Wichita, Oklahoma City points in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Indiana and Illinois. as to train series and rates, also illustrated descriptive matter, promptly furnish application to B.F. DUNN DIV. PASS. AGENT Wichita, Ks. d Things to well while you live, eat the best Groceries. WEINsCHENK's Xmas Candies In package and the better class of things found in a A. M. Weinschenk, Spot Cash Fancy Grocer Directors: W. C. Norcross, M. J. Loyd, H. W. Darling, J. N. Richardson, R. E Lawrence, A. W. Wise, J. S. Wallace, J. W. Clendenin, Hiram Norcross. THE TRAVELER'S FAVORITE FRISCO SYSTEM THROUGH SERVICE Between St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, Birmingham, Paris, Fort Worth, Fort Smith, Wichita, Oklahoma City And Points in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Indiana and Illinois. Information as to train service and rates, also illustrated, descriptive matter, promptly furnished upon application to B.F. DUNN DIV. PASS. AGENT Wichita, Ks. Really Antique. An excellent plaster of Paris cast may now be seen in one of the Egyptian galleries of the British museum of the famous sycamore statuette known as the "Sheikh-el-Beled," or "Village Sheikh." says the London Daily News. The original dates from 3,000 B. C., and is still in perfect condition, although it is the oldest known specimen of wood carving. It represents an overseer of the workmen ennured in building the Pyramids close to Sakkarao, where it was discovered. --- in re, Lamps, Toi- obes, Jardiniers y Goods. 222 N. Main, Wichita, A. DEAN uts, Vegetables Feed. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 e Bros. ins in all kinds of fresh uts, Poultry and Wichita, Kansas. J. N Richardson. Cashier. Biram Norcross, Attorney. KANSAS J. Loyd, H. W. Darling, J. A. W. Wise, J. S. Wallace, Hiram Norcross. THE S FAVORITE CO STEM SERVICE Philis, Birmingham, Paris, Fort Worth, Ala., Oklahoma City Nanaas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Norries, Indiana and Illinois. register descriptive matter, promptly furnished upon BUNN AGENT Ks. ings to Eat. At the best Groceries get them at CHENK's andies In packages of things found in a grocery. inschenk, fancy Grocer A True Fish Story. Freddie L.——, known to all his friends as an enthusiastic angler, took a day off this week for the purpose of enjoying his favorite sport. He invested $2 in bait, tackle, biniment, etc., rose at 3 a. m., sloshed around with a party of friends in the down river district, until 5 p. m., returning to his home at 11:30 the same night. Next morning he found the net results were: An empty bottle, a swelled head and a small fish 4½ inches long. —Detroit Tribune. THE SEARCHLIGHT, Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 150. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appli cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for publication must be signed by the part or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. Agents take notice. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will appear in the week. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one office or one address to another always give both, the old and new. 4th Send Us all the news from your section of the City, County, State or Counts We publish it FREE OF CHARGE. Write it plain and on one side of the paper only. 5th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live." is CUR Motto. THE CRUM CASE. The case of Dr. W. M. Crum, the colored man whom President Roosevelt has three times named for Collector of Customs at Charleston, W. Va., is now up to the Senate. President Roosevelt has done his part in full. He appointed Dr. Crum during the recess of Con$^2$ress and when that body met in special session he sent the name of Dr. Crum to that body for confirmation. The special session failed of confirmation and the President has now renewed the appointment since the regular session has begun. The case of Dr. Crum will be watched with deep interest by the Negroes of America, as the senate has a large Republican majority. Dr. Crum was select by the President from a large list of applicants, Dr. Crum being the only Negro applicant. Dr. Crum was not selected for appointment solely because he is a Negro, but because of all the other applicants he was the better fitted for the place. Thus he was appointed from the standpoint of merit and fitness. A most malicious, unjust and discriminating figot has been made on Dr. Crum in the senate simply because he is a Negro. This fight has been led by the Democratic minority and the large Republican majority in the senate has up till now yielded to the wishes of the Democratic minority led by Ben Tillman, Arthur Gorman, John Morgan and other Democratic senators. Does this mean that the large Republican majority in the senate wish to let it be known that they take issue with the Democrats against the confirmation of Negroes to so high an office as the one to which Dr. Crum has been named by the President? Should Dr. Crum fail of confirmation it will simply be because he is a Negro. and no one can be blamed but the Republican majority in the senate. Certain it is, that had President Roosevelt not been satisfied that Dr. Crum was the man for the place, he would not have repeatedly sent his name to the senate. We trust that Dr. Crum will be firmed. t FOR HOLIDAY BARGAINS. The management of the Searchlight submits to its many readers a large list of reliable and strictly up-to-date business houses who carry in their collective lines every known article. We submit them to you ane from this large and varied list our readers can buy anything from a toothpick to a farm at the very lowest possible prices. In the five years which the Searchlight has been before the people the people it has been our aim to represent only true facts to both our readers and advertisers; our readers will confer a special favor on us this year if they will confine their purchases to the firms whose advertisements they may see in our columns. When you make your purchases inform the merchant that you read his "ad" in the Searchlight. Unfortunately the colored people of our city have no business houses among us and we ask them to patronize the firms in our city who appreciate the trade of the colored people by advertising in the Wichita Searchlight the organ of the colored people Wichita. Our very pleasant past and present association and dealings with our people in this city has convinced us that they are the grandest people on earth and we have the utmost confidence in them that they will do all in their power, as they have in the past, to support the Searchlight. We, therefore, say to them that by trading with the merchants whose "ad" appears in our columns they will do much to help the Searchlight. We will keep an account of every colored person who will carry out our request in this regard. In buying your holiday goods patronize our advertisers. Mrs. Freeman has finished her class in the north part of the city whom she was teaching to make artificial flowers. Mr. Anthony Hawkins made a very pleasant call at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller Thursday. Mrs. Stewart of Topeka, who has been in the city several days visiting her daugter Mrs. L. C. Hilbert will leave Monday for her home. The officers of Princess Chapter No. 12, O. E. S. were install d Tuesday night by Past Royal Matron Mrs. J. G. Gaines and assisted by Mrs. Martha Phelps. The Searchlight collector will be at your house between now and Jan 1st, 1904. Please have something to pay. Ms. Gso. W. Weymes has returned from Oklahoma where she visited with relatives. Joe Bowman who has been paralyzed for several months is able to be out again. Joe is meuding slowly but is not able to use his hands to much advantage. CHURCH DIRECTORY St. Paul A. M. E. 521 N. Water St. 11 am preaching. 4 pm Sunday school. 7 pm Song Service, 8 pm Preaching. Rev. P. D. Yochn, Pastor, Residence 521 N. Water. New Hope Baptist, North Mead ave. 11 am Preaching. 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev H. F. Frazier, Pastor 239 New York ave. Second Baptist, 521 N. Wichita. 11 am Preaching, 3 pm Sunday School, 8 pm Preaching. Rev. S. M. Hall, Pastor Tabernacle Baptist. 684 N. Water. 11 am Preaching. 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev. A. H. Mayo, Pastor A SUCCESS. Raised $117.65 In The Rally at A. M, E. Church. The rally of the Gilt Edge and the Silver Leaf Clubs at the A. M. E. church last Sunday was a grand success. The Gilt Edge club realized $70.25 while the Silver Leaf club realized $49.40 making a total of $117.65. The officers of the Gilt Edge club were J, W. Thompson, Capt, S, S. Washington, Sec., and W. M. Dancy, Treas. The officers of the Silver club were: Ed Landrum, Capt; Mrs. Ella Landrum. Sec., Thos. Glover, Treas. The officers and members of each club made a grand effort and did well. WILL MOVE THEIR CHURCH The officers and members of the 2nd Baptist church have decided to move their church off the rail road to a more appropriale location. The work of removing the church will not be commenced till Spring. The members of that church have a judicial committee appointed with full power to act. J. E. ALLEN, Successor to A. M. Richards, MONEY TO LOAN ON CHATTELS 151 N. MAIN WICHITA WE THANK ALL. We wish to thank all who donated and labored so earnestly to make our rally a success. Gilt Edge Club J. W. Thompson, Capt. Silver Leaf Club Ed Landrum, Capt. We are authorized to announce that the rally at the 2nd Baptist church on Nov. 29-30-Dec. 1-2 was a grand success. A fuller statement will be made by the church officials later. Mrs. J. H. Branson returned Menday morning from her trip to Kansas City and St. Joe, Mo. She had a very fine time in both cities and returned home much refreshed. Do not forget about the rally at New Hope Baptist church Sunday next. Go out and help. Joe Beil is in Oklahoma visiting with his brother. A MOCK WEDDING. The Hornet club of the New Hope Baptist church will give a big entertainment at the church next Friday night, Dec. 18th. The principal attraction will be a 'Mock Wedding.' Mrs. Jno. E. Lewis captain of this club guarantees everyone a fine time. Admission 10c The Busy Bee club of the New Hope Baptist church gave an entertainment at the church Thursday night Dec. 10th. The B. T. W. club met at the residence of Mrs. Wm Browers last Wednesday. The ladies had a very enjoyable time. After the rendition of the program a very appetizing luncheon was served by the hostess. Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mrs. R. Heck, Prop. 244 North Water St. --- Mr. J. E. Allen has succeeded Mr. A. M. Richards as a Chattel Money Loaner at 151 N. Main. Mr. Allen is a fine gentleman and will treat all well who may have occasion to call to see him at 151 N. Main. Notwithstanding having just so sed a big rally, which was a record breaker, on Dec. 2nd, Rev. Hall raised $28.00 as a collection last Sunday. Consult our advert iso before making your holiday purchases. The Salman Drug Co. is prepared at 228 N. Main, to give you anything you may wish in drugs. Prescriptions promptly fillen your patronage cordially solicited at 228 N Main. Rev. J. J. Jefferson, of K. C., Mo., is a new addition to the colored population of our city. Rev. Jefferson comes highly recommended, The residence of Mrs. Maria Lane, 731 N. Main st., was almost destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Much damage was done to the fire. Rev. J. H. Vanlue, state m sionary, returned Wednesday from a trip over the state. He reports everything in fine shape. Princess Chapter No. 12, O. E. S held the installation of their officers Wednesday night at their hall. Mrs. Geo. Weyms returned Tuesday morning from Pawnee, Okla, where she spent the past ten days visiting relatives. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Our advertisers offer any and every thing that the mind can think of at the lowest prices. The grandest affair of the holidays will be at Dunbar hall 233 N. Main st. on Christmas night. You can save money by trading with the merchants whose "d" appears in our paper. Mr. John Hockett and Miss Lillian Oversstreet were quietly married last Tuesday eve. Mr. Hockett is a member of Hose Company No. 3. The Searchlight wishes Mr. and Mrs. Hockett a long, happy married life. Ed Miller made a trip home Monday from Lyons and remained till Thursday when he was called back to Lyons on business. He will be home again today. Mrs. W. E. Whitted. Hair Goods, Braids, Switches, etc., etc All Orders Promptly Delivered. 509 North Water St. OUR SICK LIST. Mrs. V. Covington has been sick for the past two weeks at her home 501 N. Water. Ben Ross is on the sick list this week. Louis Jackson is seriously ill at the Wichita Hospital and the hos- pital doctors hold out little hope for his recovery. Mrs. W. R. Whitted is on the sick list. Bad colds are affecting many these days. Mrs. W. E. Whitted will leave Saturday for Mexico in hopes of regaining her health. " UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. " FULTON Buy your Suits and Your Christmas p Hats or Shoes, Y Furnishings of THE Where E is treated ONE PRIC our Suits and Overcoats Christmas presents, your Shoes, Your ings of THE FULTON ere Everybody eated alike and NE PRICE TO ALL Buy your Suits and Overcoats Your Christmas presents, your Hats or Shoes, Your Furnishings of THE FULTON Where Everybody is treated alike and ONE PRICETOAL MAKE YOUR SELECTION NOW Se'ect your FALL and WINTER SUIT, OVERCOATS and TROUSERS at the PEERLESS TAILOR'S. Our stock comprises the latest novelties in FOREIGN and DOMESTIC Woolens See me before placing your order. The Peerless Tailor. 508 E. Douglas Ave. USE IMBODEN IMPE BREAKFAST and you will Love AT YOUR GROCERY IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND BREAKFAST FOOD and you will Love good eating.— IMBODEN MILLING CO. USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND BREAKFAST FOOD and you will Love good eating.— AT YOUR GROCER IMBODEN MILLING CO. B. F. McLEAN. NUMBER = DEALER AT Phone 134 water, Peck, Kansas. 408 W. Douglas I. H. & M. Christmas Stuff? Lots of it in Staple and Goods for presents OUTLINE YARDS AT Wichita, Clearwater, Peck, and Cheney, Kansas. H. & M. Christma Yes. Lots of it Fancy Goods for and FURNISHINGS A fine line of All Wool Dress Goods, Prints, Madrusx. Percals, Muslins, Dress Trimmings, American Beauty Corsets. FURNISHING GOODS Shirts, Pants, Hosiery, Collars, Neckwear, Suspenders, etc., etc. Dolls,china sets H.& M. Barg 240 N. M. Bargain Store, 240 N. Main H. & M. WORK IS OUR HOBBY. H. & M. Bargain Store, 240 N. Main JOB WORK IS JOB WORK IS OUR HOBBY. Dry Goods. H. & M C H. & M. --- Hardware & Shoes Nickle Tea Pots, Nickle Coffee Pots Nickle Baking Dishes Nickleware of all Kinds Enameled Knives and Forks, Nut Picks, Silver Spoons, etc. etc. SHOES Ladies' Fine Shoes from $1. to $2.50 Gents' Shoes $1.25 to $3.50 Children's Shoes, Boys' and Girl's Shoes. Lamps Laces Lamps, Laces, H. & M. will thin Toy A large line of Men's Slippers, plain and fancy—all prices Our prices are lowest on Footwear, and we guarantee our Shoes. Try Our 'Good for Bad Boys' Shoes" $1.50, $1.75, and $2.00 SHOES ONE PRICE SHOES STRICKLY CASH COOMBS. MOORE & CO. 100 N. MAIN STREET WICHITA, KANSAS ARCHLIGHT $1. Per Year ed in your subscription today. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as showoff above. It now allows you to break out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over the counter, it was the first preparation ever made. It is the best hair pomade for all situations. Get the Original Ozonized or Marrow as the genuine never fails to do it. It is the best hair pomade it is that healthy, life-like appearance so desired. A toilless necessity for ladies. It is the best and most economical. It is not the best to the superior and lasting quantities it is and equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by drugstores or by 8.10 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express orders. We mention one of our prices when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to ONIZED OX MARROW CO., Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. freeHoliday Games to different games—all new —one in each package of Lion Coffee at your Grocer's. Ladies' Wa Shoes and From $1. U A large line of Macy's Shirts "MEETMETHERE" In person, on and after December 14th. The children especially will like to greet me, and visit Toyland on the Second Floor, where things are wonderful to see; delight even the older folks. Toyland Is Now Open Everybody Welcome To Come Not a thing will be missing; there is something for everybody. "Tell Your Friends We'll meet You at the Boston" The Kink That You can make your hair just as straight and smooth as you want to by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, and the kink that was there before will not come back. The Ozonized Ox Marrow also keeps hair from falling out, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow. It never fails. One bottle does it. Sold over forty years to ladies of refinement all over the country, giving perfect satisfaction. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle express paid. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. ILLINOIS MEAT MARKET Fresh : Salt Meats J. T. FITZSIMONS. Prop. Phone 1091 612 E. Douglas AS USUAL I WILL MAKE MY Headquarters AT THE Boston store 103.105.107.109 E. DOUGLAS AVE. WALLENSTEIN & COMM. Over 117 N. Market—Phone 773. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER, PATRON IZE TUTTE. Glauberg, the popular priced milliner, 407 East Douglas, does both wholesale and retail. He has one, of the largest and most complete stock of millinery goods, at lowest prices. Read the Searchlight every week. ABOUT SOME PEOPLE. Dr, J. E. Farmer has about as large a practice as any Negro physician in Kansas. He is a graduate from the Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Teun., and is a sample of the competent professional men being graduated from Negro Institution, Recently Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Games presented Mr. and M.s. W. N. Miller two very nine peach tress which the latter planted on their homestead, 15 h. Rochester. Both trees are looking fine. One was name "Julius" and the other "Mary" in honor of the donors. Those are the first trees planted by the Millers and they are very proud of them. Messers J. W. Thompson and Edward Landrum made an heroic effort in the rally at the A. M. E. church Sunday. SECOND TO NONE Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. TRY IT OTTO WEIFS Rev. Hall said to his people's last Sunday at the 2nd Baptist Church that the Lord wanted to come in on his church; that he was peeping in at the windows, knocking at the doors, hiding behind the organ, venturing in on the seats, and only waited a chance for them to permit Him to remain. Tee pader read by Mrs. Lawson Fines at the Song Service Sunday was fine in every way. She handled her subject well. Geo. P. Sylvers has been barbering in Wichita longer than than any other colored barber in our city. He has been almost constantly at the trade in this city for thirty years. He next to the oldest barber, white or colored, in our city. A white barber by the name of Thompson has been in business here longer than has George. But George is the oldest colored. Rev. S. M. Hall is on the sick list. Red Front Racket The People's Economy Store. Sample Shoes We have just received a large in voice of Men's Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxford and Slippers all styles and all kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES You'll find an excellent line of "Colonials" the proper thing and latest fad, in our regular stock, at $2 TAPP BROTHERS & HANSHAW Phone 257. 255-257 N. Main W. M. Dunson Painter All Kinds of Fine ARTISTIC PAINTING The Only Colored Painter the City. Work Guaranteed—Price Reasonable Office 703 N. Main Phone 936 OTTO WEIFS, Agent. That we can savs you quite a little change on trimmed Hats, Skirts and Furs? The best way for you to do is to compare our prices. Warm Holiday The finest line you ever, Father, Sister, B, a pair of Slippers not present. Learn our pro Phone 144 SPE Good We trade Ranches, Farms J. F. Belle Real Estate & Homes & Installment P Western Lands and Ranges Oklahoma and Colorado Patronage Office 110 N. N. EVERY THING Prescriptions Call and see us, C A CU Salman 228 North Special CHRIST Candies, N Sturgeon 258 N. Main. Old Ph Warm Goods AND Holiday Slippers finest line you ever laid your eyes on father, Sister, Brother and Sweethearts of Slippers nothing nicer for a t. Learn our prices; we will save you SPEER'S Good Shoes F. Bellew & Co. Estate & Immigration Homes Sold On Installment Plan. Easy Term Funds and Ranges A Specialty. Dealer oma and Colorado Farms and Ranch Stronage Solicits Since 110 N. Main, wichita ERY THING IN DRY Prescriptions Filled With C all and see us. Once a customer alw A CUSTOMER Salman Drug Co 18 North Main St Special Price ON CHRISTMAS Fruits, Nuts Sturgeon's Cash Grocery Main. Old Phone 132. New P d Things to 407 East Douglas The finest line you ever laid your eyes on. Mother, Father, Sister, Brother and Sweetheart wants a pair of Slippers nothing nicer for a Christmas present. Learn our prices; we will save you money. Real Estate & Imigration Agts Homes Sold On Installment Plan. Easy Terms. Western Lands and Ranges A Specialty. Dealers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado Farms and Ranch Lands. Patronage Solicited- EVERY THING IN DRUGS Prescriptions Filled With Care Call and see us. Once a customer always A CUSTOMER Salman Drug Co. 228 North Main Street. Special Prices ON CHRISTMAS FRUITS AND DELICACIES Candies, Nuts Sturgeon's Cash Grocery 258 N. Main. Old Phone 132. New Phone 1044. Good Things to Eat Bread 3) 6 East Douglass East Douglas I In Goods AND Slippers Never laid your eyes on. Moth- rother and Sweetheart wants thing nicer for a Christmas prices; we will save you money. EER'S 144 N. Main Shoes City Property and Merchandise lew & Co., Imigration Agts Sold On Man. Easy Terms. A Specialty. Dealers in Kansas, to Farms and Ranch Lands. Solicited- Main, wichita, Kansas. ING IN DRUGS Filled With Care Since a customer always CUSTOMER Drug Co. Main Street. 1 Prices ON STMAS FRUITS AND DELICACIES 's Cash Grocery Phone 132. New Phone 1044. ings to Eat Homemade Bread, Pies, Cakes and all kinds of Pastries. Our Home made Candies cannot be equalled anywhere. They are made fresh every day. Bissants WICHTA KANSAS Phone 98 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS Chief Executive Recommends Passage of Important Legislation-Causes Leading to the Formation of the New Republic of Panama-No Obstruction Now to the Building of the Isthmian Canal-Venezuelan Dispute a Triumph for International Arbitration Extension of Purposes of Appropriation for Enforcing Trust and Interstate Commerce Laws Favored Public Land and Postal Frauds-Need for Treaties Making Dribery Extraditable-Relations of the Government to Capital and Labor. The President Charges the Colombian Government with Acting in Bad Faith in Repudiating the Treaty Between That Country and the United States—Precedents Brought Forward to Explain the Attitude of the State Department in the Recent Crisis—Country Has Been in an Almost Constant State of Turmoil for Many Years—The Importance of Preserving Peace in the Isthmus Declared of Paramount Importance. President Rosevelt's message to the second session of the Fifty-eighth Congress is substantially as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: With a nation as with a man the most important things are those of the household, and therefore the country is especially to be congratulated on what has been accomplished in the direction of providing for the exercise of supervision over the great corporations and combinations of corporations engaged in interstate commerce. The Congress has created the Department of Commerce and Labor, including the Bureau of Corporations, with for the first time authority to secure proper publicity of such proceedings of these great corporations as the first that the Commission has provided for the expediting of suits for the enforcement of the Federal anti-trust law; and by another law it has secured equal treatment to all producers in the transportation of their goods, thus taking a long stride forward in making effective the work of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Department of Commerce and Labor. The establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor, with the Bureau of Corporations thereunder, marks a real advance in the direction of doing all that is possible for the solution of the questions vitally affecting capitalists and wage-workers. Functions of New Department. Functions or New Department. The preliminary work of the Bureau of Corporations in the department has shown the wisdom of its creation. Publicity with ignorance, and will afford facts upon which intelligent action may be taken. Systematic, intelligent investigation is already developing facts the knowledge of which is essential to a right understanding of the needs and duties of the business world. The corporation which is honestly and fairly organized, whose managers in the conduct of its business recognize their obligation to deal with competitors, and the public, has nothing to fear from such supervision. The purpose of this bureau is not to embarrass or assail legitimate business, but to aid in bringing about a better industrial condition—a condition under which there shall be obedience to law and recognition of public obligation by all corporations, great or small. The Department of Commerce and Labor has information regarding the business transactions of the nation but the executive arm of the government to aid in strengthening our domestic and foreign markets, in perfecting our transportation facilities, in building up our merchant marine, in preventing the entrance of undesirable immigrants, in improving commercial and industrial conditions, and in bringing together on commerce the different industrial progress—capital and labor. Commerce between the nations is steadily growing in volume, and the tendency of the times is toward closer trade relations. Constant watchfulness is needed to secure to Americans the chance to participate to the best advantage in foreign trade; and we may confidently expect that the new department will justify the exercise of this watchfulness, as well as by the businesslike administration of such laws relating to our internal affairs as are intrusted to our care. In enacting the laws above enumerated the Congress proceeded on sane and conservative lines. Nothing revolutionary was attempted; but a common-sense and successful effort was made in the direction of seeing that corporations are so handled as to subserve the public good, and that they are characterized throughout by the idea that we were not attacking corporations, but endeavoring to provide for doing away with any evil in them; that we drew the line against misconduct, not against wealth; gladly recognizing the great good done by capitalists' who alone, or in conjunction with his fellows, does his work along, from the beginning of the legislation, which purpose will undoubtedly be fulfilled, was to favor such a man when he does well, and to supervise his action only to prevent him from doing ill Publicity can do no harm to the honest corporation. This only corporation that has cause to dread it is the corporation which should from time to time be aware of the corporations we need not be oversensitive. The work of the Department of Commerce and Labor has been conditioned upon this theory, of securing fair treatment alike for labor and for capital. Capital and Labor. The consistent policy of the national government, so far as it has the power, is to hold in check the unscrupulous man, whether employer or employee; but to refuse to weaken individual initiative or to hamper or cramp the industrial development of the country. We recognize that this is an era of freedom and com- porations and labor unions have become factors of tremendous importance in all industrial centers. Hearty recognition is given the far-reaching, beneficent work which has been accomplished through both corporations and unions, and the line as between different corporations, between different labor unions, that it is between different individuals; that is, it is drawn on conduct, the effort be- ing to treat both organized capital and organized labor alike; asking nothing save the interest of each shall be brought into harmony with the interest of the general public, and that the conduct of each shall conform to the fundamental rules of obedience to law, of individual rights, of respect to others towards all. Whenever either corporation labor union or individual dis- garfs the law or acts in a spirit of arbitrary and tyrannous interference with the rights of others, whether corporations or individuals, then where the Federal Government has jurisdiction, it will see to it that the misconduct is stopped, paying not the slightest heed to the position or power of the corporation, the right of the individual, or the one vital fact—that is, the question whether or not the conduct of the individual or aggregate of individuals is in accordance with the law of the land. Every man must be guaranteed his liberty and his right to do as he likes with his property or his labor, so long as he does not infringe the rights of others. No man is in danger and no man is below it; nor do we ask can we obey when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor. Receipts and Expenditures. Receipts and Expenditures. From all sources, exclusive of the postal service, the receipts of the government for the last fiscal year aggregated $500,258,674. The expenditures for the same period were $500,089,007. The surplus or deficit will be below $2,677,007. Indications are that the surplus for the present fiscal year will be very small, if indeed there be any surplus. From July to November the receipts from customs were, approximately, nine million dollars less than the receipts from the same source for a corresponding portion of last year. Should this decrease continue at the same ratio throughout the fiscal year, the surplus would be reduced by, for example, $100 million. Should the revenue from customs suffer much further decrease during the fiscal year, the surplus would vanish. A large surplus is certainly undesirable. Two years ago the war taxes were taken off with the express intention of equalizing the government receipts and expenditures, and though the first year thereafter still remained, the second year showed that a substantial equality of revenue and expenditure will be attained. Such being the case it is of great moment both to exercise care and economy in appropriations, and to scan sharply any change in our fiscal revenue system which may reduce our income. The need of strict economy in our expenditures is emphasized by the fact that we can not afford to be parsimonious in providing for what is essential to our national well-being, and to be able to maintain a alone prevent our income from falling below the point required in order to meet our genuine needs. Needs of Financial Situation. The integrity of our currency is beyond question, and under present conditions it would be unwise and unnecessary to attempt a reconstruction of our entire monetary system. The same liberty should be granted the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit customs receipts as is granted him in the deposit of receipts from other sources. In my message of Dec. 2, 1902, I call attention to certain needs of the special situation, and I again ask the consideration of the Congress for these questions. Gold and Silver Standard During the last session of the Congress, at the suggestion of a joint note from the Republic of Mexico and the Imperial Government of China, and in harmony with an act of the Congress appropriating $25,000 to pay the expenses thereof, a commission was appointed to confer with the principal European countries the honorary position he so devised whereby a fixed rate of exchange could be assured between the gold-standard countries and the silver-standard countries. This commission has filed its preliminary report, which has been made public. I deem it important that the Commission be appointed sufficient to pay the expenses of its further labors. With regards to the improvement of the American merchant marine the President recommends that the Congress direct the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, associated with such a representation from the Senate and House of Representatives as the Congress in its wisdom may designate, to serve as a commission for the purpose of investigating and reporting to the Congress at its next session what legislation is desirable or necessary for the development of the American merchant marine and American commerce, and incidentally of a national ocean mail service of adequate auxiliary naval cruisers and naval reserves. On the subject of immigration the message calls attention to the report of a committee of New York citizens of high standing, Messrs. Arthur v. Vriesen, Lee K. Frankel, Eugene A. Philbin, Thomas W. Hynes, and Ralph Trautman, which deals with the whole situation at length, and concludes with certain recommendations for administrative and legislative action. It is now receiving the attention of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Anti-Trust Laws. On the subject of the anti-trust measures which have been dealt with by the Congress the President says: In my last annual message, in connection with the subject of the due regulation of combinations of capital which are or may become injurious to the public, I recommended a special appropriation for the better enforcement of the anti-trust law as it now stands, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General. Accordingly, by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act of February 25, 1902, 32 filed, 54, 84, 80, the Congress, appropriated, for the purpose of the opening of Federal trust and interstate-commerce laws, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General in the employment of special counsel and agents in the Department of Justice to conduct proceedings in the execution of rules and laws in the courts of the United States. I now recommend, as a matter of the utmost importance and urgency, the extension of the purposes of this appropriation, so that it may be available, under the direction of the Attorney-General, and until used for the due enforcement of the law of the United States and especially of the civil and criminal laws relating to public lands and the laws relating to postal crimes and offenses and the subject of naturalization. Recent investigations have shown a deplorable state of affairs in these three matters of the time of the status of the forgeries and perjuries, thousands of acres of the public domain, embracing lands of different character and extending through various sections of the country, have been dishonestly acquired. It is hardly necessary to urge the importance of recovering these dishonest acquisitions, stolen from the people, and of promptly and duly punishing the offenders. Postal Frauds. I speak in another part of this message of the widespread crimes by which the sacred right of citizenship is falsely asserted and that "inestimable heritage" perverted to base ends. By similar means—that is, through frauds, forgerys, and perjury by shameless briberies—law relations with the public service in general and to the due administration of the Postoffice department have been notoriously violated, and many indictments have been found, and the consequent prosecutions are in course of hearing or on the thereof. For the reasons thus illustrated, the court is prepared to enforce promptly and with the greatest effect the due penalties for such violations of law, and to this end may be furnished with sufficient instrumentalities and competent legal assistance for the investigations and trials which will be necessary at many different points of the country. I urge upon the Congress to provide a pristine provision available for immediate use for all such purposes, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General. Needs for Treaties Making Bribery Extraditable. Steps have been taken by the State Department looking to the making of bribery an extraditable offense with foreign powers. The need of more effective treaties covering this crime is manifest. The exposures and prosecutions of official corruption in St. Louis, Mo., and other cities and states have resulted in becoming fugitives in foreign lands. Bribery has not been included in extradition treaties heretofore, as the necessity for it has not arisen. While there may have been as much official corruption in former years, there has been more developed and brought to light in the immediate past than in the preceding century of our country's history. It should be the policy of the United States to leave no place or earth where a corrupt official remains, from this point on best in peace. There is no reason why bribery should not be included in all treaties as extraditable. The recent amended treaty with Mexico, whereby this crime was put in the list of extraditable offenses, has established a salutary precedent in this regard. Under this treaty the State Department has asked, and Mexico has agreed, the inclusion of one of the St. Louis bribe elvers. There can be no crime more serious than bribery. Other offenses violate one law, while corruption strikes at the foundation of all law. Under our form of government all authority is vested in the people and by them delegated to those who represent them in official capacity. The exposure and punishment of public corruption is an honor to a nation, not a disgrace. The shame lies in toleration of corruption. No older style still lifes the nation, can be injured by the enforcement of law. As long as public plunderers when detected can find a haven of refuge in any foreign land and avoid punishment, just so long encouragement is given them to continue their practices. If we fail to do all that in us lies to stomp out corruption we can not prevent it from happening guilt. The first requisite of successful self-government is unlinching enforcement of the law and the cutting out of corruption. Alaskan Boundary. The message gives in detail the causes which led to the appointment of the Alaskan boundary commission, and congratulates both countries on the satisfactory termination of the sessions of the tribunal. It continues: The result is satisfactory in every way. It is of great material advantage to our people in the far Northwest. It has received considerable and possible danger a question liable to become more acutely accentuated with each passing year. Finally, it has furnished a signal proof of the fairness and good will with which two friendly nations can approach and determine issues involving the submission and by their mature incapable of submission to a third power for adjudication. Claims Against Venezuela. Referring to the success which crowned the efforts of the United States to have the Venezuelan dispute submitted to impartial arbitrators the President says: There seems good ground for the belief that there has been a real growth among the civilized nations of a sentient nation, with all the necessary institution of other methods than the method of war in the settlement of disputes. It is not pretended that as yet we are near a position in which it will be possible wholly to prevent war, or that a just regard for national interest and honor will in all cases permit of the violation of other rights by arbitration; but by a mixture of prudence and firmness with wisdom we think it is possible to do away with much of the provocation and excuse for war, and at least in many cases to substitute some other and more rational method for the settlement of disputes. The Hague court has said that it should be done in the direction of such settlement that it should be encouraged in every way. President McKinley, in his message of Dec. 5, 1898, urged that the Executive be authorized to correspond with the governments of the principal maritime powers with a view of incorporating into the permanent law of civilized nations the principle of the exemption of all private property at sea, not contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belligerent powers. President Roosevelt says he cordially renews this recommendation, as a matter of humanity and morals. Consular Service. I call your attention to the reduced cost in maintaining the consular service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, as shown in the annual report of the Auditor for the State and other departments, as compared with the year previous. For the year under consideration the excess of expenditures over receipts on account of the consular service amounted to $25.12,13, as against $69.57,50 for the year ending June 30, 1902, and $147,040,15 for the year ending June 30, 1901. This is the showing in the respect for the consular service for the year ending June 30, and the reduction in the cost of the service to the Government has been made in spite of the fact that the expenditures for the year in question were more than $20,000 greater than for the previous year. Rural Free-Delivery Service The rural free-Delivery Service. The rural free-delivery service has been steadily extended. The attention of the Congress is asked to the question of the clerks engaged in the postal service, especially on the new rural free-delivery routes. More routes have been installed since the first of July last than in any like period in the department's history. While a due regard to economy must be kept in mind in the establishment of new routes, yet the extension of the rural free-delivery system must be continued. No governmental movement of recent years has resulted in greater immediate benefit to the people of the country districts. Rural free delivery, taken in connection with the telephone, the bicycle, and the trolley, accomplishes much toward lessening the isolation of farm life and making it brighter and more attractive. In the immediate past the lack of just such facilities as these has driven many of the more active and restless young men and women to work in the countryside they rebelled at loneliness and lack of mental companionship. It is unhealthy and undesirable for the cities to grow at the expense of the country; and rural free delivery is not only a good thing in itself, but is good because it is one of the causes which check this unwhole some tendency towards the urban concentration of our population at the expense of the country district, with the same reason that we approve of the policy of building good roads. The movement for good roads is one fraught with the greatest benefit to the country districts. In the Philippines and Porto Rico, it is declared, steady progress is being made and the condition of the islanders already has been materially advanced. Receipts of General Land Office. of the country the message says: The cash receipts of the General Land Office for the last fiscal year were $11,247,486.66, an increase of $4,762,616.47 over the year, a yearlong year of this approach. $4,401,463 will go to the credit of the fund for the reclamation of arid land, making the total of this fund, up to the 30th of June, 1963, approximately. $16,191,836. A gratifying disposition has been evinced by those having unlawful inclosures of public land to remove their fences. Nearly two million acres so inclosed have been thrown open on deed, and the land has been necessary to go into court to accomplish this purpose. This work will be vigorously prosecuted until all unlawful inclosures have been removed. Irrigation. The work of reclamation of the arid lands of the West is progressing steadily and satisfactorily under the terms of the law setting aside the proceeds from the disposal of public lands. The corps of engineers known as the Reclamation Service, which is conducting the surveys and examinations, has been thoroughly reviewed and secure under the civil-service rules a body of skilled, experienced, and efficient men. Surveys and examinations are progressing throughout the arid states and territories, plans for reclamating works being prepared and passed upon by boards of engineers before approval by the Secretary of the Interior. In Arizona and Nevada, in localities where such works have already been begun. In other parts of the arid West various projects are well advanced toward the drawing up of contracts, these being delayed in part by necessities of reaching agreements or understanding as regards rights of way or acquisition of real estate. Most of the works contemplated for construction are of national importance, involving the creation of stable, self-supporting communities in the midst of vast tracts of vacant land. The Nation as a whole is of course the gainer by the creation of these homes, adding as they do to the wealth and stability of the country, and furnishing a home market for the products of the East and South. The reclamation law, while not a law, answers the larger needs for which it is designed. Further legislation is not recommended until the necessities of change are more apparent. Preservation of Forests The President points out the necessity of taking steps for the preservation of our forests, especially at the headwaters of streams. Of the cotton-wevil he says: The cotton-growing States have recently been invaded by a weevil that has done much damage and threatens the entire cotton industry. I suggest to the Congress the prompt enactment of such remedial legislation as its judgment may approve. Isthmian Canal. The causes leading up to the establishment of the new republic of Panama, and its recognition by the United States are given in much detail, as follows: By the act of June 28, 1902, the Congress authorized the President to enter into treaty with Colombia for the building of the canal across the Isthmus of Panama, but began the event of failure to secure such treaty after the lapse of a reasonable time, recourse should be had to building a canal through Nicaragua. It has not been necessary to consider this alternative, as I am enabled to lay before the Senate a treaty providing for the building of the canal, and we can now acquire by treaty the right to construct the canal over this route. The question now, therefore, is not by which route the isthman canal shall be built, for that question has been resolved, and I am deceived. The question is simply whether or not we shall have an isthman canal. In the year 1846 this Government entered into a treaty with New Granada, the predecessor upon the Isthmus of the Republic of Colombia and of the present Republic of Panama, by which treaty it was provided that the Government and citizens of the United States be allowed to travel in the form of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama by any modes of communication that might be constructed, while in return our Government guaranteed the perfect neutrality of the above-mentioned Isthmus with the view that the free transit from the United States may be interrupted or embarrassed. The treaty vested in the United States a substantial property right carved out of the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada then had and possessed over the said territory. The name of New Granada has passed away and its territory has been divided. Its successor, the Government of Colombia, has ceased to own any property in the new Republic of Panama, which was under the same sovereign state, and at another time a mere department of the successive confederations known as New Granada and Colombia, has now succeeded to the rights which first one and then the other formerly exercised over the isthmus. But as long as the isthmus endures, the mere geographical fact of its existence, and the peculiar interest there in which is required by our position in the affairs of the country corrected, blinds the holders of the territory to respect our right to freedom of transacross it and binds us in return to safeguard for the isthmus and the world the exercise of that innestable privilege. The true interpretation of the obligations upon which the United States entered in this treaty of 1846 has been given especially to the Secretary of State, and Secretaries of State, Secretary Cass in 1858 officially stated the position of this Government as follows: The progress of events has rendered the interoceanic route across the maritime portion of Central America vastly important to the commercial world, and especially to the United States, whose possessions extend along the Atlantic and pacific coasts, and demand the spatial and economic resources of communication. While the rights of sovereignty of the states occupying this region should always be respected, we shall expect that these rights be exercised in a spirit befitting the occasion and the wants and circumstances that have arisen. Sovereignty has its duties as well as its rights, and none of these local governments, even if administered with more regard to the needs of other nations, they have been, would permit, a spirit of eastern isolation, to close the gates of intercourse on the great highways of the world, and justify the act by the pretension that these avenues of trade and travel belong to them and that they choose to shut them, or, what is almost equivalent, to encumber them with such unjust relations as would preclude them from being involved. Seven years later, in 1865, Mr. Seward in different communications took the following position: "The United States have taken and will take no interest in any question of internal revolution in the State of Panama, or any State of the United States of Colombia, but will maintain a perfect neutrality in connection with such domestic alterations. The United States will nevertheless, hold themselves ready to protect the trade interests of the Isthmus against invasion of either domestic or foreign disturbers of the peace of the State of Panama. * * * Neither the text nor the spirit of the stipulation in that article by which the United States engages to preserve the neutrality of the Isthmus of Panama, imposes an obligation on this Government to comply with the requisition [of the President of the United States of Colombia for a force to protect the Isthmus of Panama from a body of enemy in the country]. The purpose of the stipulation is to guarantee the Isthmus against seizure or invasion by a foreign power only." For four hundred years, ever since shortly after the discovery of this hemisphere, the canal across the isthmus has been planned. For two score years it had been flooded, then made it is to last for the ages. The geography of a continent and the trade routes of the world. We have shown by every treaty we have negotiated or attempted to negotiate with the peoples in control of the isthmus and with foreign consent our consistent good faith in observing the constitutions; on the one hand to the peoples of the isthmus, and on the other hand to the civilized world whose commercial rights we are safeguarding and guaranteeing by our action. We have done our work and found in spirit, and we have shown the utmost forbearance in exacting our own rights. Last spring, under the act above referred to, a treaty concluded between the representatives of the Republic of Colombia and of our Government was ratified by the Senate. This treaty was endorsed by the people of Colombia and after a body of experts appointed by our Government especially to go into the matter of the routes across the isthmus had pronounced unantimously in favor of the Panama route. In drawing up this treaty every concession was made to the people and to the Government of Colombia. We were not in just dealing with them. Our generosity such as to make it a serious question was had not gone too far in their interest at the pay of our own; for in our scrupulous desire we pay all possible heed, not merely to the real but even to the fancied rights of our weaker neighbor, who already owed so much to our protection and forbearance, we yielded in all possible ways to her lying up the government. Nevertheless the Government of Colombia merely repudiated the treaty, but repudiated it in such manner as to make it evident by the time the Colombian Congress adjourned that not the scantiest hope remained of ever getting a satisfactory treaty from them. The Government of Colombia made the treaty, and yet the Government of Colombia was called to ratify the vote againstification was unanimous. It does not appear that the Government made any real effort to secure ratification. Revolution in Panama. Immediately after the adjournment of the Congress a revolution was out in Panama. The people of Panama had long been discontented with the Republic of Colombia, and they had been kept quiet only by the prospect of the conclusion of the treaty, which was to them a matter of vital concern. When it became evident that the treaty was hopelessly as one man, not a shot was taken by a single man on the isthmus in the interest of the Colombian Government. Not a life was lost in the accomplishment of the revolution. The Colombian troops stationed on the isthmus, who had long been unpaid, made common cause with the people of Panama, and with astonishing unanimity the new republic was in the premises was clean. The United States in accordance with the principles laid down by Secretaries Cass and Seward in the official documents above quoted, the United States gave notice that it would permit the landing of no expeditionary force the arrival of which would mean chaos and destruction along the line of the railroad and of the proposed canal, and an interruption of the pursuit as an inevitable government of Panama was recognized in the following telegram to Mr. Ehrman: "The people of Panama have, by apparently unanimous movement, dissolved their political connection with the Republic of Colombia and resumed their independence. When you are satisfied that a de facto government, republican in form with unstable opposition from its own people, has been established in the State of Panama, you will enter into relations with it as the responsible government of the territory and look to it for all due action to protect the persons and property of citizens of the United States and to keep open the isthmian transit. In accordance with the existing treaties governing the relations of the United States to that territory." Disturbances on isthmus Since 1844 When these events happened, fifty-seven years had elapsed since the United States and entered into its treaty with New Granada. During that time the Governments of New Granada and of its successor, Colombia, have been in a constant state of flux. A long list of the disturbances and revolutions which have convulsed the isthmus is given, and the report concludes: The above is only a partial list of the revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, riots, and other outbreaks that have occurred during the period in question: yet 2000 years to 1970s for qualified in short century my incanus, the U preserving in the U the U over into amus, and again from U the end property, and the 1982 in the 1980s and in the 1990s. Governing based that would forge to protect its interests and the order on the isthmus terrapage and extorming my request is that we have been received and which Knowing that revolution has already commenced in Panama (in communion with Colombia) says that if the Government of the United States will land troops to serve Colombia sovereignty, and transit, if requested by Colombian chief marshal law and virtue of vested constitutional authority, then public is resided will approve a decree satisfaction of the canal treaty as usurp, or if the Government of the United States prefers, will call extradition to the Congress—with new and then members—next May to approve treaty. [An eminent Colombian] has perfect confidence of vice-president says, and if it became necessary to to the Republic send representatives adjust mutual relations above to the satisfaction of the people that This dispatch is noteworth from handpoints. Its offer of immortal guaranteeing the treaty to us is in contrast with the positive and continuous retusal of the Congress which must closed its sessions to consider morally such a treaty: it shows that Government which made the treaty and absolute control over the situation but did not choose to exercise this power did not restore order and secure its supremacy in the latham from which Colombian Government this just action decided to bar us by present the construction of the canal. Importance or Peace in isthmica The control, in the interest of the commerce and traffic of the whole civil world, of the means of undisputed attack across the isthmica of Panama, become of transcendent importance to the United States. We have repeated exercised this control by intervening in the invasion by protecting the territory in invasion. In 1858 Mr. Evervent and the Peruvian minister that we do not hesitate to maintain the neutrality of the isthmica in the case of between Peru and Colombia. In 1854 Colombia, which has always been vigilant to avail itself of its privileges confederate to the treaty, expressed its importance that in the event of an invasion Spain the United States would come into effect the guaranty of neutral there have been few administrations the State Department in which the treaty has not, either by the outstretched or the other, been used as a basis more or less important demands. It is said by Mr. Fish in 1871 that the Department of State had reason to believe in the isthmica had, on several occasions, been averted by warning from the Government. In 1886, when Colombia under the menace of hostilities fled Italy in the Cerruti case, Mr. Bayard pressed the serious concern that United States could not but feel, that European power should resort to the United States to protect itself, as to the sovereign and unilateral use of a part of whose territory we are guarantors under the solemn fief of a treaty. Treaty With Republic of Panama Every effort has been made by the Government of the United States to persuade Colombia to follow a course which is essentially not only to our interests as to the interests of the world, but to the interests of Colombia itself. These efforts have failed; and Colombia, by persistence in repulsing the advances that have been made, has forced us for the sake of our own honor, and of our own people, of our people, of our people, of the people of the lathing countries of the world, to take decisive steps to bring to an end a condition affairs which had become intolerable. The new Republic of Panama immediately offered to negotiate a treaty with this treaty I herewith submit. By its interests are better safeguarded with Colombia which was made by the Senate at its last session. Better in its terms than the treaties referred to us by the Republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. At last the time to begin this great undertaking is more available. Panama has done her part that remains is for the American Congress to do its part and forthwith to the Republic will enter upon its size and well-placed incalculable possibilities for good of this country and the nations Provisions of Treaty By the provisions of the treaty the United States guarantees and will maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama. There is granted to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a strip ten miles wide and extending three nautical miles into the sea at either terminal, with all land outside of the zone necessary for the construction of the cannel for its and the lairings in the city of Panama. The cities of Panama and Colon are not embraced in the cannel, but the United States assume her sanitation and, in case of need, the maintenance of order therein; the United States enjoys within the granted territory the rights, power, and authority which would possess were it the so-called territory to the exclusion of the territory of sovereignty of the Republic of Panama and cannel property rights belonging to Panama and needed for the canal pass to the United States. Including any property of the respective companies in the cities of Panama and on the canal.za, property, and persons of the canal and railways are exempt from taxation as well in the cities of Panama and Colon as in the canal zone and its dependence on the immigrations and importation of supplies for the construction and operation of the canal are granted. Provision made for the use of military forces, the building of fortifications by the United States for the protection of the transit. In other details, particularly as the acquisition of the interests of the New Panama Canal Contract, the canal railway and the construction of private property of the canal, the stipulations of the Hay-Herran treaty are closely followed, while the compensation given for these enlarged grants remains the same, being ten million dollars on exchange of retirements; and beginning nine years from that date, an annual payment of $250,000 during the le of the CORVES THEODORE ROOSEVELT. White House, Dec. 7, 1903. The venerable William Jackson, one of the oldest of Wesleyan ministers and for twenty-four years governor of Didsbury college, is dead. Constipation Leads to Typhoid and Malaria. Jl's Grape Tonic Cures Constipation. A constipated man is an easy victim for typhoid and malarial fevers. One whose bowels are open and free will not likely take either. The typhoid germs are harmless until they get into the alimentary canal. Then they do their dirt if allowed to remain very long. 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The grand jury in Honolulu has indicted some members of the Hawaiian legislature for grafting. The total income of American farmers for last year was about five billion five hundred million dollars. Six hundred glass workers who have been idle since last winter, are again working at New Castle, Pa. Colorado coal operators declare that no concessions involving recognition of the Miners' Union will be considered. Ferdinand Morton, a colored boy of Washington, D. C., will represent Harvard college in annual debate against Yale. 3In his annual report Secretary of the Treasury Shaw shows a surplus for the last fiscal year in round figures of 54 million dollars. The accumulation of orders received by manufacturers of Western Pennsylvania is the cause of bright prospects for them all to get at work again. The Supreme court of Minnesota declares that the State is under no moral obligation to pay sugar bounty under the law enacted in 1895 and declares the law unconstitutional. The Park Pen company of Jamesville, Wis., offers abunty to women and girls in its employ to remain single. After the females have been in their employ three years each will be given $15, and $35 after five years service. Forest fires have swept over 30 miles of the coast and in and out of canyons from the coast to Santa Monica, Cal., and are still raging in the mountains. The extremes of the fire are six miles apart and spreading in both directions. The weather is intensely cold. Manufacturers in the Fox river valley in Illinois gave notice of a return to a ten hour day. There are 1,000 wage earners affected. At Batavia 350 machinists quit work. France denies the report circulated in the United States that the French colony of St. Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland, was to be sold by France to that country. The brief sessions of the senate last week were confined to routine business. The sessions averaged less than half an hour. 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