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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Can the Solve Negro P An Able Discuss important Su Can the South Solve the Negro Problem? An Able Discussion Of This Important Subject By Hon. Carl Schurz À Recognized Authority PART 2 A Recognized Authority PART 2 from McClure's Magazine. This discussion of the Negro Question by Hon. Carl Schurz is the highest permanent value. Mr. Schurz has had an active care in settling each successive phase of this great question, since he repeal of the Missouri Compromise. He was one of the founders of the Republican party; he helped elect Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States; he fought through the Civil War; studied the condition of the South on the ground after hostilities had ceased, and was influencial in ending military rule in 1872 here is probably no man living who has a more intimate knowledge the Negro Question than Mr. Schurz. This discussien of the Negro of the highest permanent value. Pre in settling each successive time the repeal of the Missouri Compromise of the Republican party; he hase Presidency of the United States; studied the condition of the les had ceased, and was influenere is probably no man living with the Negro Question than Mr. but the shortcomings of the general management of the Freeden's Bureau, and the ill-suited qualities of some of its agents and representatives, greatly imitied that moral authority which as especially required for so comprehensive and delicate a task. The second great difficulty, and worse effect even than the partial failure of the Freedmen's bureau, was the percipitate curse of President Johnson with regard to the reconstruction of the Southern State governments. During the civil war, and immediately after his election to the pre-precedency, Mr. Johnson was one of the fiercest "rebel-haters." Is loyalty to the union was of the most unforgiving, most unpromising and merciless kind. The burden of his daily talk was that "rebellion was treason and that treason was a crime which must be made odious," that this as to be accomplished by meting out the severest punishment the instigators and leaders of the rebellion, and that hanging is not too good for them." Here seemed to be reason for prehending that, if Mr. Johnson should come into power, the story of the Union armies might be tarnished by relentless severity in the treatment of the unquished. But no sooner had actually been raised to power the assassination of Lincoln, can he begin to initiate a policy which, if carried through, would have subjected the "states lately rebellion" almost instantly and solutely to the control of the union whom but recently he had announced as fit for the gallows. In June, 1865, he issued a proclamation concerning the reorganization of the state government North Carolina, some provisions of which were judged by any friends of the administration as somewhat hasty. Letters pressing that opinion were re- ```markdown ``` 5TH YEAR. Question by Hon. Carl Schurz is Mr. Schurz has had an active phase of this great question, since promise. He was one of the foundelped elect Abraham Lincoln to ces; he fought through the Civil South on the ground after hostilial in ending military rule in 1872 who has a more intimate knowledge Schurz. ceived by the President, and similar criticism appeared in several of the most important newspapers. It was at that time that the President surprised me with the request that I should investigate the conditions prevailing in the Gulf States for him. In the conversations preceding my departure for the South, he designated his North Carolina proclamation, not as the expression of a fixed plan definitely determined upon, but as an 'experiment'. Before going farther, he "would wait and see" how the proposed method of reconstruction might work practically. But he did not wait and see. He caused it to be generally understood that the "States lately in rebellion" would speedily be reconstructed, people, meaning the white people, to elect their legislators and executive as well as judicial officers the same as before the war. When asked by the provisional governor of Mississippi, and other Southern men for permission to organize the local miljia he readily gave his consent; whereupon the provisional governor of Mississippi forthwith called upon "the young men of the state who had distinguished themselves for gallantry" meaning of course Confederate soldiers—to respond promptly to this call. The result was that efforts were made to reorganize county patrols which "had already been in existence, and had to be disbanded on account of their hostility to Northern people and freedmen." The known attitude of President Johnson concerning the speedy reconstruction of the "States lately in rebellion" produced an effect that might easily have been foreseen. The white people of the south might have accommodated themselves in good faith to the introduction of free labor in the place of slavery in spite of their prejudices and WICHITA. KANSAS.JAN. 23.1904. their traditional habits of life, had that introduction been presented to them as a stern and inexorable necessity. A good many of the difficulties standing in its way would have been overcome had the white people become convinced that there was absolutely nothing else to do. But when they heard that the President was willing, and even eager, without delay to put the entire management of their internal affairs into their hands again, they saw the way open for a sweeping reaotion against the emancipation policy. The temptation was irresistable. The conviction that the negro would not work without physical compulsion, grew stronger among them than ever. A little ovyr two months after the close of the war, one of the provisional governors admitted that the people in his state still indulged in the lingering hope that slavery might yet be preserved. That lingering hope now spread visibly. In public argument the emancipation proclamation was by hot-headed extremists denounced as unconstitution al and of no force, and this denunciation was frantically applauded by large multitudes. Although the necessity of accepting the 13th amendment of the constitution was generally recognized, it was hoped that it would effectively be neutralized by state and municipal action. Various parishes in Louisiana and municipal bodies in other states adopted'ordinances of which provisious like the following constantly recurring were characteristic: No negro or freedman shall be allowed to come within the limits of the town without special permission from his employer, specifying the object of his visit and the time necessary for the accomplishment of the same. Whoever shall violate this provision shall suffer imprisonment and two days work in the public streets or pay a fine of $2.50. Every negro is required to be in the regular service of some white person or former owner, who shall be responsible for the conduct of said negro. But said employer or former owner may permit said negro to hire his own time by special permission in writing, which permit shall not extend over seven days at any one time. Any negro violating the provisions of this section shall be fined $5 for each offense 7c Per pound Buy your Fresh Meat at the Packing House Meat Market and Save Money. or in default of the payment thereof shall be forced to work five days on the public road or suffer corporal punishment as hereinafter provided. No public meetings or congregations of negroes shall be allowed after sunset, but public meetings and congregations may be held between the hours of sunrise and sunset, by the special permission in writing of the captain of patrol within whose beat such meetings should take place. This prohibition, however, is not intended to prevent negroes from the usual church services conducted by white ministers and priests. Fine for violating this provision $5, or for five days' work on the public road or copor-punishment. No negro shall be permitted to preach, exhort or otherwise declaim to congregations of colored people without special permission in writing from the president of the police jury. (Fine $10, or ten days work or corporal punishment.) No negro shall soll, barter or exchange any article of merchandise without the special written permission of his employer, specifying the articles of sale, barter or traffic, (Fine $1 for each offense, forfeiture of said articles or work on the public road or corporal punishment.) All the foregoing provisions shall apply to negroes of both sexes. It shall be the duty of every citizen to act as a police officer for the detection of offenses and the apprehension of offenders who shall immediately be handed over to the proper captain or chief of patrol. The aforesaid penalties shall be summarily enforced, and it shall be the duty of the captains and chief of patrol to see that the aforesaid ordinances are properly executed. Evidently the condition of the person laboring under such ordinances would be, if not slavery in terms, something closely akin to it. Under such a regime the negro, if Only temporarily the slave of an individual owner, would always have been the slave of the white people at large. When, as provided in some of the ordinances "every citizen," meaning, of course, every white man, was authorized and commanded to act as a special officer for the detection of such offenses and the apprehension of such offenders, and when such "penalties were to be summarily enforced." and it was put in the power and made the duty of chiefs of patrol to see that the aforesaid ordinances were promptly executed, the freedman in name was little, if at all, better than a slave in fact. TRY THE BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE BEST SERVICE to Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury, Salina, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Houston, Rock Island, Kansas City and Chicago. Through cars to all above points Direct connection at El Reno for Little Rock and Hot Springs. Three Routes to California Send for new book about Texas Rock Island System C. E. BASCOME, C. P. A. PUEBLO ITEMS There was a surprise party given to Miss F. J. E. liott at the residence of Mrs. Grigsbys last Monday night a nice time was enjoyed by all. The Leap Year social given at St. Johns A. M. E. church last Thursday 15th. The ladies predominated. A grand lecture was delivered at St. John A. M. E. church last Wednesday by Dr. J. C. Wright to the members of the Mothers Club His subject was consumption. Visiting teachers present from Hinsdale school were Misses Chery and Crowe and Muller and Mrs. Louise Shepard. Mr. Chas Meyers of Denver spent a few hours in the city last Friday afternoon. Mrs. North is taking care of the infant daughter of Mrs. Culpepper. The little child is in a critical condition. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fife 1485 Van Buren is ill at this writing. Mrs. James Lowe is somewhat better. Mr. O. W. Baker has returned from Chandler. The Atheman literary club met at Mrs Hargrove last Monday night at which time the officers for the new quarter were elected. Frank Franklin pres., Mrs. Fife vice pres. Auer Summers secy, M. J. A. Jones chaplain, Mrs. Lincoln treas, Mr. C. H. Holmes critic. ' UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE FALL. ' --- NO 35 CHAS. H. LULING. All the colored people of the 2nd Ward are of right interested in the candidacy of Hon. C. PETER H. Councilman, 2nd Ward. H. Luling as a member of the city council this spring. They are interested in Mr. Luling because at all times he has proven to be their friend. The friendship of Chas. H. Luling to the colored people of Wichita and especially those of the 2nd Ward during his official term as councilman is too well known to need a repetition here of the many instances in which he has proven his friendship. The day was never too hot or too cold, the night never too dark or stormy or the occasion never too complicated when Chas Luling would not speak out in the interest of the colored man. The colored people of the 2nd Ward owe it to themselves to see to it that Mr. Luling is retained as a member of the city council of Wichita, and they will. "Little boy," said the wise philosopher upon the bank, watching the lads disporting themselves in the limpid water of the old swimmin' hole, "little boy, come here!" "Whatjerwant?" queried Nicky Fassbinder, ceasing in his mad endeavor to pick a clam-shell from the bottom of the river with his toes, "what's eatin' ye?" "Come, come, little boy," repeated the observer; "come to me. I see on your body the sign of destiny! Look, playmates! See-right there between his shoulders is a mark regarded by the Arabs as the omen of a great destiny!" Little Nicky looked where the wise philosopher indicated on his gleaming, dripping skin, and blurted: "Aw, go on, old whiskers! Whas'se matter wid you? Dat's where m' little brudder Bill hit me wid a ax! See!" And the wise philosopher, sighing, held his peace. A bumble-bee sat on a rock— "Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!" A maiden came in filmy rock— "Frou! Frou! Frou!" And down upon the rock she sat Before the bee could bumble "Scatt!" Right down upon the little bee And then—got up again! D'ye see? "Te-he! Te-he! Te-he!" "COME AGAIN, MARY ANN!" The small boy that minds his manners and talks only when his elders are not talking has plenty of time for pulling the cat's tail. The way to the stars is upward. The man makes no mistake whose ambitions lead him the same way. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kausae, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. 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So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any per son which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. " To Live and Let Live, " is OUR Motto. Announcements. W. R. Kessler, County Surveyor. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re nomination for the office of County Surveyor subject to the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27th, 1904. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination as Coroner of Sedgwick county subject to the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27th, 1904. E. Phillip. Fr nk J. Ford, County Clerk. I hereby announce myself as candidate for the nomination as County Clerk of Sedgwick county subject to the Republican convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. Frank J. Ford. E. E. Enoch, Probate Ju ge. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination as Probate Judge, subject to to the Republican convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. Bert R chards, County Clerk. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination of County Clerk, subject to the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. Bert Richards. M. M. McCollieter, Coroner. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-nomination for the office of Coroner, subject to the decision of my friends and the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. WHAT OF THE FUTURE? What will be the Negroes future in politics in Sedgwick county? This is a question which, of course time alone can properly solve, but the Negro will and must have much to do with the solution. There is m ch for the Negro to do that this question may reach a proper solution. During the past few months there has been much ado about the negro in politics. But these are of no avail unless the negro himself takes a hand for right. Political pilfering, political bumming and grafting must be laid aside, in order to right solve this question. The negro in the future must demand honestly as the first principle. The policy of grafting and political "leg puling" must be scorned at. The man who will debauch hls right to vote by accepting graft or soliciting graft should be shnned. The political trickster, the man who --- has deceived the race should be cast aside as a dangerous character, and he is. What the race needs in order to reach a proper proper solution of this question is not who can obtain the most money by the the "sale" of colored votes, qut what a recognition will the race receive. We are opposed unutterably and forever of the process of one or two holding up to the highest bidder the colored voter's rights. When the truth is known these salemen have barely their own vote to barter, then how dare them attempt to barter others? We say plainly that in many instances the colored voter has opened his eyes too late, and his sorrow has found that their great leaders(?) have left them out in the cold, holding the bag while the leaders have the swag. For a proper solution of this question, what will be the negros future in politics we say that the political tricksters must be cast aside. Let every colored voter demand that in the future they shall hgve only honest and upright leaders and the political future is bright. Some people are so very unwise and indiscreet as to think that if they should happen to drop off his terrestrial globe that their personal magnetism would be so strong that it would be so strong that it would cause the whole machinicry of the world's operations to come to a standstill. They have never stopped to think that the sun rose in the east and spreads her splendor over a busy and prosperous world centuries upon top of centuries before their untimely debut, and no doubt, the sun will continue to rise in the east and light the pathway of progressive men years upon top of years after they are dead and rotted to mother earth. Any man or woman who thus look upon themselves in this large and busy world is, indeed, more than unwise and indiscreet, they are in fact foolish. There are some people in this world who are your friend so long as they may need your services and as soon as you are of no further service to them they do not know you. Such men are not worthy of friendship and should be shunned. SENATOR J. W. TAPP WI H. DRA S. State tor James W. Tapp has withdrawn from the race as a candidate for renomination. We had a short interview with Senator Tapp on this subject and he sasd, "Yes, I have withdrawn. It takes a lot of money to make a successful ace d I fe hat I can ill afford to spend the necessary money at this time. I leave the senate of Kansas feeling in my own conscience that I have done my whole duty. I have been the steadfast friend of the old soldiers and the laboring men, and I am still their friend. I am a Rosevelt republican and will be for Roosevelt first, last and all the time." When asked who was his choice for the position which he holds, Senator Tapp said; "I withdrew from the race of my own accord and not in the interest of any candidate but personally I am for L. S. Naftiger, and think him entitled to the nomination. I do not say this as against any other aspirant for the nomination, as each of the other gentlemen are my friends, but I favor Mr. Naftiger. J. E. ALLEN, Successor to A. M. Richards, MONEY TO LOAN ON CHATTELS 151 N. MAIN WICHITA Locals and Personals A GRAND SURPRISE. The friends of Mrs. Jno. W. Hall made up a grand surprise party last Menday night and brought flour, meal, meats, canned goods, vegetables, coffee, sugar, tea and money. The surprise party was gotten up by Mrs. Thomas Glover and met at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Jones, 522 N. Water st.. just north of the Hall residence. Everything was kept a profound secret from Mrs. Hall and as revival was in progress at the A. M. E. church just across the street Mrs. Hall, as usual, went over to the church; after all was ineadiness Mr. Hall was sent for and taken to the home of Mrs. Jones where she was shown the piles of catables and was presented with $12 collected by Mrs. Glover. It is useless to say that Mrs. Hall was surprised and she could not find ods sufficient all expression. Among the donors were Mesdames: D. Yocum, Grant Ewing, J. T. Chinneth, S. E Patton, J. L. Harper, H. Hackley, Dudley Johnson, W. H. A. Clark, W. N. Miller, C. Ralston, Thos. Glover, J. E Fletcher, E. Landren, S. W. Fleming, Fannie Baker, H. Buford, Josie Grayson, P. Clements, V. J. Foster, C. Rawies, H. W. Hareing, B. Beazale, L. Davis, J. J. Wright, J. H. Bronson; Messrs. Rev. P. D. Yocum Dunn; Misses Madge Yocum and Sallie Rawles. The $12 in money was the gift of the employees of the Missouri Pacific Ry. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRON IZE TEEN. HAD A FINE TIME. E. T. Summytt returned Mounday morning from his vacation trip. Mr. Summytt left Dec. 31st and went to Topeka where he spent a few days, leaving there he went to Kansas City spending about one week in that city, he then returned to Topeka where he remained till returning home Monday. He says he ha royal good time. Arkansas Valley lodge No.21, A. F. & A. M. held a very pleasant meeting Tuesday night with Worshipful Master Joseph Fines presiding. Rev. W. S. Blake, of Emporia and Rev. J. L. Dudley, of Ft. Scott are conducting a revival at New Hope Baptist church. They are meeting with much success and invite all to come down and take part in the services. Mr. Phillip Payne has bought an interest in the People's restaurant at 346 N. Main with E. D. Miller. The firm will be known as Miller & Payne. Success to them. What in the world is the matter with Cipid? It has been quite a spell since Cupid has lead any blushing pair to the altar a mong Wichita colored society. Wake up Cupid! Ike J. Porter took four large, fat hogs to the stock yards and sold them. Ike is an expert hog raiser and understands his business. The Tabernacle Baptist church has elected the following officers:—Mrs. A. McBride clerk; M. Mayo, treasurer; Miss Blanch Givens, Pres B. Y. P. U; Miss Susie Price, Vice Pres. B. Y. P. U; Mrs. A. McBride Supt. S. S; Miles Parker, Usher. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Mrs. Jeff Sanford is able to be out again after a short sickness. We are proud to acknowled a vey welcomed visit at our office of Rev. W. S. Blake, of Emporia and ev. J L. Dudley of Ft. Scott. Both placed their name among the large and growing list of Search-light readers. WON A HORSE. I a raffle contest which took place Monday night fireman W. H. Jones bele the lucky number an won a fine buggy horse. Number 26 was the lucky number which Mr. Jones held. He was off Tuesday and was busy at home 522 N. Water making stable quarter for his recent—the horse. POCKETBOOK LOST. I lost my pocketbook se Monday containing $1.75 in money and four postal money orders. The ender can have the $1.75 if the money orders are returned to use. Henry T. Baker, 428 N. Water st. Wichita. Presiding Elder J. W. Braxton conducted quarterly meeting at the Metodist church all day Sunday. Quite an appreciative audience was out to hear him. On Monday night he held the quarterly conference. Homer Thompson, son of officer Jeff Thompson, has been quite sick but is much better at this writing. Rev. Topp of Osawatamie, was in the city Sunday and preached at the Tabernacle Baptist church. Mr. Aaron Wharton and Mrs. T. Fines became members of the A. M. E. church last Sunday. Mrs. Anna Ribbon has accepted a position in the office of Dr. Bowers in the Bitting block. Miss Maud Pettit went to Arkansas.City, last week. W. A. Harris of Topeka spent this week in our city. Rev. Jas. W. Wilson, of Ft. Scott arrived in the city Tuesday morning to resist in the revival which Rev. Vocum is conducting at the A.M. E. church. The B. T. W. club met at the residence of Mrs. H. W. Harding last Wednesday afternoon. Quite a dum ber of were present. An interesting program was rendered. The hostess served dainty refreshments; after- which the club adjourned to meet next Wednesday with Mrs. James at 1210 N. Main. Mrs. Lawson Flues is on sick list The revival which Rev. S. M. Hall has been conducting at the Second Baptist church for the past few weeks came to a very successful close Wednesday night. We are proud to announce th a t G. L. Scott who has been quite sick is again out and among his friends. He is feeling nicely. Rev. Ross, of Hutchinson was in the citi this week assisting in the revival at the Methodist church. The entertainment given by the "Jolly Plngers" at Dunbar hall, Tuesday night was a grand success Rey. Wood of Arkansas City av erived Friday to assist in revival. Braitsch's 120 E. Douglas Avenue. FOOTWEAR Is Up-to-the-Minute FREE TRIP WORLD'S FAIR ST. LOUIS. MO. Beginning with this issue of SEARCHLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a description Contest and to the Winner in Contest we will furnish FREE TRANSITION to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FADMISSION to the Big World's Fair and (2) days Board and Lodging—ABSOLUTELY -The Chance Of A Lifetime Easy Conditions The conditions of the test are easy and great and small can enter this Contest. 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J. W. Gordon, last Sunday night. This was the first sermon which Re v. Gordon has been able to preach in five weeks. The ladies of the Second Baptist dhurch gave a Box Social last Friday night at the Sunflower restaurant hall. Mrs V. C. Malone was chairman of the committee. The Social was a grand success clear g $10 60 above expenses. The ladies of the N. U. G. club met with Mrs. Jno. Anderson Monday afternoon. A very pleasant evening was spent. The club will meet next Monday with Mrs. H. Reevly Mr. Milton Roach, the only colored drayman in Newton, has sold his team of mules and is now the owner of a fine span of black horses R. L. Malone is the only colored man in our city who conducts a 2u hand furniture and hardware store. He does a good business. KINGMAN ITEMS. Mrs. M. E. Woods is on sick list. The sad news has reached our city of the death of Mrs. Mary Jacobs of Nowkirk. Okla. after an illness of several months. Miss Etta Foyd went over to Wichita Saturday morning to remain in that city for awhile. Robt. Biggs the head cook at the the Hotel Royal took a three days layoff the first of the month. M. E. Weeds went to Coffeyville last week when he is now engaged in business. His wife and children will soon follow. Mrs Sy Porter and daughter Aura and two little sons who have been visiting in Paris, Mo., for fourteen months returned home Monday. Pearl Banks has been quite ill for the past week with la grippe. WINFIELD, KANS, Green Walker returned from Pratt Saturday where he went to see his sister who heen quite sick. Will Rogers of Gurtzzie, is in the city shaking hands with friends. Mrs. Della Wilkins has filed a suit for divorce in district court. Mr. add Mrs. Jas. Ashins are the proud parents of an sib baby boy. Mother and son are both doing well Brothers Thos. Campbell was appointed Marshall and Allen Brown. Chaplin by Worshipful Master J. W. Wood at the regular communication of Wainut Valley lodge No. 55. BLACK. PATTI Songs of the Southland by the sweetest singers from Dixie, fascinating fun by curious funsters, swell specialties by the smartest vaudevillists under the sun, and the most graceful dancers and cake walkers that ever appeared before before the footlights will be in evidence when the Black Patti Troubadours appear at the Crawford Opera House, Tuesday, Jan. 26. This season's company excels all former ones. New features and new people are the suite. Bob Kelly, "The Real Coon," Alie Gillam "The Sininin' Light." the Troubadour Com dy Four, Ward and Dobbs, "champion Specialty Artists." Mack Alln, "The Eripoise Marvel," Emma Ghacon, "The Black Lily," Ida Forcen, "The Honolulu Dancing Wonder" Sisters Turner, "The Tennessee Thrushes" Ada E. Robison, "The Louisiana Lassie," Ed Greene "The Chesterfield Comique" Nettie Lewis "The Unbleached Soubrette." Sarah Green "The Indi na Nightingale," Leslie Triplett, "The Funny Police- --- man," William Nichols "The Eongated Comedian" Will Cook "The Comic Monk," Anthony Byrd, "The Black Eduard de Reszek," James P. Reed the "Uninvalled Basso," Black Patti (Mme. Sissieretta Jone.) "The Greatest Singer of her Rave," and two score other highly accomplished singers, dancers, audevillists and funsters, making this season's tronbadours absolutely uninvalled by any varied stage organization irrespective of race, creed or former conditions. The big new acts include a hilarious, stunning and laugh-provoking Weber and Field skit called "Dark-town's Circus Day" second edition, the biggest first part hit ever scored by this company. "The Troubadour Comedy Four" an act that made the smart set in New York, Newport, Saratoga and all points on route rave with enthusiasm and laughter; Bob Kelly "The Real Coon" in songs and monologue; William Nichols a mimic second to none; Ward and Dobbs in singing and dancing specialty. Soldiers, Camp Greas, a happy revival of the sweetest melodies of the camp, battlefield and plantations. Ten new specialty acts. A festival of operatic melody with Back Patti and the entire company. A spendid rendition of excerpts selected from the standard grand and comic operas. EDUCATION A CURSE. Governor of M sissippi Declares it Makes Negroes Worse. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 20.—In his inaugural address delivered today before a joint session of the Mississippi ppi legislature. Gov. James K. Vardaman declared that the growing tendency of the negro to commit criminal assault on white women is nothing more or less than the manifestation of the racial desire for social equality. In strong terms he declared that education is the curse of the negro race and urged an amendment to the stat constitution that will place the distribution of the common school fund solely within the power of the legislature. Continuing his discussion of the negro question Gov. Vardaman said: "As a race he is deteriorating morally every day. Time has demonstrated that he is more criminal as a tree man than as a slave, that he is increasing in criminality with frightful rapidity being one-third more criminal in 1890 than in 1880. The Public Debt. The Atlanta News prints an interview with Whiting Allen, the well-known circus press agent, that contains some very truthful and timely reflections on the relations existing between the average n newspaper and community in which it is published. He said:--- "Fair weather or foul, the newspaper in coming out every day or every week is devoted to the welfare of the community add its people. No matter how the public responds with support, much or little the newspaper is unflagging in its zeal for the betterment of its environment. It is always quick to grasp and make available every opportunity that will benefit the town and its people. As a visitor to nearly every daily and weekly newspaper office in the United States during the past quarter of a century, it has been my observation that the columns of the average newspaper is an index to the community and especially to its character. It is a somewhat singular thing to me that in view of the fact that the heaviest advertisers in all towns are the most prosperous, that there is not a greater ambition among business men to be come the heaviest advertisers. But aside from advertising, I still maintain that every man, woman and child owes to the newspapers of their town, city or community a greater debt than is ever paid." Read our World's Far. Conte enter. You will have till J ne 15th. 1904. Greatest Ever. We trade Ranches, Farms, City Property and Merchandise 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 Lakes. Patronage Solicited- Office 110 N. Main, wichita, Kansas. Bread 306East Douglas J. W. M Lumber ( Successors to GENERAL LUM 421 North Main Street Phone 196 J. W. METZ Lumber Company ( Successors to Deal & Trent ) GENERAL LUMBER DEALERS North Main Street Wichita, K ALL KIND ALL KINDS Low Prices Good Weights J. H. TURNER H. TURNER J. H. TURNER, 533-543 W. Douglas Phon --- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibbs are contemplating making some very substantial improvements on their valuable pieces of property in the near future. CHURCH DIRECTORY St. Paul A. M. E. 521 N. Water St. 17 am preaching. 4 pm Sunday school, 7 pm Song Service, 8 pm Preaching. Rev, P. D. Yochnm, Pastor, Residence 521 N. Water. New Hope Baptist, North Mead ave. COLORED MESSENGER BOYS Jim Woolard, manager of the big Me chants Quick Messenger Co. at 120 E. First street, has been experience much trouble for the past with the white messenger boys in his employ. Growing weary at the constant complaints sent in by his patrons complaining about inefficient service, ifst Monday Mr. Woolard discharged all the white messenger boys and employed colored boys in their places. The change meets with general approval among Rev. A. H. Mayo, Pastor, Homemade Bread, Pies, Cakes and all kinds of Pastries. Our Home made Candies cannot be equalled anywhere. They are made fresh every day. Bissant WICHITA KANSAS Phone 98 one 196 METZ Company to Deal & Trent ) MBER DEALERS Wichita, Kansas KINDS JRNER, Phone 496 COLORED MESSENGER BOYS Jim Woolard, manager of the big Me chants Quick Messenger Co. at 120 E. First street. has been experience much trouble for the past with the white messenger boys in his employ. Growing weary at the constant complaints sent in by his patrons complaining about inefficient service, 15f Monday Mr. Woolard discharged all the white messenger boys and employed colored boys in their places. The change meets with general approval among the patrons of the Company as the colored boys are giving perfect satisfaction. The boys employed are: Geo. Starnes, Bethel Gibson and Clarence Harvy. Farming in Mexico. About 20 per cent of the agricultural implements and tools used in Mexico are modern; the other 80 per cent are of the crudest and most primitive type. Only the large farmers or haciendados employ modern agricultural implements, and those only within comparatively recent years. AGRICULTURE Pearl Millet. Pearl millet has been grown in this country for about thirty years, and in that time has not excited very much interest. It has a few things in favor of it, principally its size and rapid growth. From time to time different seedsmills have taken hold of it and have pushed it before the people under new names, and in various ways a great deal of seed has been sold, sometimes at extravagant prices. It thus happens that this plant has now come to be known by numerous names, and in the same seed catalogue it will sometimes appear under more than one name and the seed quoted at different prices. Of these the 3 One Pearl Millet Plant Ten Feet High. United States Department of Agriculture has collected a list as follows: African cane, African millet, Bayeje millet, Black millet, Brazilian millet, Bulrush millet, Cat-tail millet, East Indian millet, East Indian pearl millet, Indian millet, Egyptian millet, Horse millet, Japan millet, Mand's wonder forage plant, and Pencilaria. In Germany, Spain, Africa and India numerous other names are in use. Its origin is not known, but is supposed to have been Africa, from which locality it was brought to this continent by the Spaniards at a very early date. It was described by writers more than 200 years ago. It has certainly been grown in our Southern states since about 1875, but how much longer than that is not known. In 1878 the United States Department of Agriculture sent seeds of this plant to various parts of the country for trial. The plant was found valuable principally for green forage. Within the last few years different firms have advertised it under new names, charging as high as $1.50 per pound for its seed. At the same time other firms were selling the same kind of seed under the name of pearl millet at as low as 12 cents per pound. A German firm did even better than any American firm and sold the seed at the rate of ten for a cent under the b c a *earl Millet Heads; a, before blossomming; b in blossom; c in seed.* *name of "Peruilaria." This brought in about $69 per pound. It is, however, to the credit of American seed houses that only a few of them have sold this seed for anything else than pearl millet.* Pearl millet has considerable value as a soiling crop, and for this purpose our farmers can afford to grow it quite extensively, especially those that have dairy cows to carry through the summer drought. It grows best in rich moist alluvial soils, and on such soils very large yields are sometimes obtained. It is, however, a gross feeder and takes a good deal of substance from the soil. The ground should be deeply plowed and well pulverized, to give the roots an abundance of room for feeding. Pearl millet is by nature a tropical and semi-tropical plant. but has been gradually acclimated further north. The seed must therefore be planted in the ground after it becomes warm, else it will never sprout. The principal use of the millet in the north is for soiling, and for this purpose it may be sown in drills 30 inches apart. It should be repeatedly cut for the cattle when it is three or four feet high. The cutting should not be closer to the ground than five or six inches, so that the plant will start up again. The plant will grow to a height of ten feet or more if allowed to do so, but at that size it becomes woody and is of little value for soiling purposes. On poor soils six to eight pounds are used per acre, but on rich soils the amount need not exceed four pounds. Some follow the practice of sowing it broadcast for the purpose of making millet hay, in which case about half a bushel of seed is needed. But little can be said in favor of this as a hay crop, for two reasons: If it is allowed to become mature it is too large and coarse and woody for good hay; if cut for hay when only three or four feet high it contains about 80 per cent of water and is extremely hard to cure. It is probable that if it were made into silage at this point of growth the resultant silage would be entirely too acid, as is the case with corn when cut too green. If hay is to be made of it, it should be cut just as the heads are appearing. We believe, however, that it will best serve the purposes of our farmers as a summer soiling crop. Experience Is Necessary No advocate of agricultural education has ever maintained that mere study, even of books on agriculture, will fit a young man for farming. Far from it. We are well aware that nothing can take the place of apprenticeship in every department of farm work, and that no amount of theoretical, or even practical knowledge of the minutest details can attain success without good management and constant exercise of industry, prudence and economy. What we do maintain is that neither theory nor practice should stand alone, but that they should go hand in hand, and the farm apprentice receive instruction in both; in fact, we are unable to see how any one can doubt the statement that the young man who has chosen agriculture as his occupation will be benefited by acquainting himself with the experience of the most successful farmers, by studying their practice and discussing the principles and maxims which guide them on their way to success.—Dr. James Mills, President Ontario Agricultural College. Ontario Crops Ontario is coming rapidly to the front as a producer of agricultural wealth. The reports for the current year have been compiled and show the following yields: Fall wheat, 17,242,763 bushels; an average of 25.9 bushels per acre. Spring wheat, 4,949,235 bushels, an average of 19.9 bushels per acre. Barley, 24,378,817 bushels, an average of 34.3 bushels per acre. Oats, 110,228,103 bushels, an average of 41.7 bushels per acre. Rye, 2,970,768 bushels, an average of 16.6 bushels per acre. of 106 bushels per acre. Peas, 8,924,650 bushels, an average of 21.9 bushels per acre. Buckwheat, 2,049,169 bushels, an average of 21.5 bushels per acre. Potatoes, 16,676,447 bushels, an average of 120 bushels per acre. Corn, 29,287,888 bushels, an average of 77.3 bushels per acre. Apples, 43,659,413 bushels, an average of 6.15 bu. per tree of bearing age. Cut Bedding Straw. To my mind, the proper care of manure commences with the cutting of all the straw, which can be done at the time of thrashing at a very moderate expense, says James McFadyean. It may require the exercising of a little patience while the grain is still in the shock, that it may become thoroughly dry, and cost us the battening of our barns that it may be kept so. Then we have all the straw in less bulk than that occupied by the sheaves, and in a position and under the most favorable circumstances to be used either as a feed or bedding to the best possible advantage. There is no better bedding than cut straw, from the fact that a greater body of it lies close to the floor to soak up the liquid manure, and if we could be impressed with the value of liquid manure, we would as far as possible have all stable floors water-tight, that the liquid might be preserved and mixed with the solids. Intelligent Buying of Feed. Most dairymen must buy considerable quantities of feed, even though they raise all they can on the farm. Generally these feeds purchased are in the form of concentrates. A dealer in feeds says that he has become tired trying to teach users of feeds to buy intelligently. He finds that to sell feed he must put cheap brands on the market and push their sale; that he cannot dispose of the high-priced feeds, which are really cheaper than are the brands of goods that sell for least money. Many men continue to reckon their purchases by the ton rather than by the real feeding value contained in them. The higher-priced feeds yield less profit to the dealer than do the low-priced brands, so most feed men try to sell all they can of this kind. The dairyman that buys foods rich in protein, is buying closer to the wholesale cost than is the man who buys the low-priced feeds. There is money in knowing how to buy to the best of advantage, even in feeds to be used in the dairy. THE DAIRY Milk Supply Statistics. The United States Department of Agriculture has recently made a most exhaustive investigation as to the milk supply of some of our largest cities. The daily milk supply for each of these averages in gallons about as follows: New York, 268,800; Chicago, 161,000; Philadelphia, 75,300; St. Louis, 29,400; Boston, 82,200; Baltimore, 25,000; Cleveland, 23,000; Buffalo, 31,000; San Francisco, 27,000; Cincinnati 25,000; Pittsburg, 30,000; New Orleans, 9,900; Detroit, 25,000; Milwaukee, 24,700; Washington, 12,000. According to the reports of per capita consumption, Boston uses far more milk than any other city, it being 1.17 pints per person per day. The people of New York city use on an average about two-thirds of a pint of milk per person per day. The Chicago people use three-fourths of a pint. The least milk is used in New Orleans, where the people consume on an average only about one-fourth of a pint per day. There is a great difference in the way in which this milk is brought to the cities. Chicago brings more of her milk by rail than any other city in the country, only three per cent coming in on wagons. The percentage of milk brought in on trains for the different cities is as follows: New York, 88; Chicago, 97; Philadelphia, 90; St. Louis, 18; Boston, 80; Baltimore, 78; Cleveland, 84; Buffalo, 85; San Francisco, 55; Cincinnati, 25; Pittsburg, 90; New Orleans, 14; Detroit, 50; Milwaukee, 25; Washington, 57. It will thus be seen that in New Orleans 86 per cent of all the milk is brought into the city by means of wagons, and that in Milwaukee and Cincinnati 75 per cent is brought in in that way. Dairy Customs Abroad. Danish stables are generally kept clean—probably cleaner than in America—but at the cost of a vast amount of very cheap labor. In other countries as well as Denmark much attention is paid to cleaning the cow stables, but the conclusion has been forced upon us that this is done more from an appreciation of the value of all farm manurial matter and the fixed habit of saving it than from any knowledge or intention of cleanliness as of prime importance in dalyying. This is especially shown by the fact that cows are milked in just about as careless and uncleanly a manner in Great Britain and all over Europe as, it must unfortunately be confessed, is the common practice in the United States. The very general use of women as milkers in all foreign dairy districts is a decided advantage; they are gentler and cleaner than men, and vastly better than the average farm laborer, who does all sorts of work during the day. Much attention is being given, especially in England, to perpetuate the custom of employing women instead of men for milkers, and to maintain the efficiency of milkmaids; the popular public milking contests at the dairy shows are useful and commendable. Many parts of Europe have the additional advantage of keeping the cows in the fields continuously the greater part of the year and milking them in the open air. This practice does much to insure clean milk and pure products.—Henry E. Alvord. Ayershire Breeders' Meeting. The 29th annual meeting of the Ayrshire Breeders' Association was held December 2d in Albany, N. Y., with twenty-five members present and some ten visitors. The report of the secretary showed nineteen new members added during the past year and seven lost by death. The report of the treasurer showed a balance of $5,469. It was voted to continue the Home Dairy test for the next year. It was voted to appropriate $1,000 in aid of approved exhibitors at the World's Fair at St. Louis in 1904, and a committee was elected to look after the selection of animals for the show. C. M. Winslow, Brandon, Vt.; Charles C. Doe, South Newbury, Vt., and Geo. E. Pike, Gouverneur, N. Y., comprise the committee. The scale of points was revised to give a more decided dairy conformation to the Ayrshire cow. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. Thomas Turnbull, Jr., Casanova, Va.; vice-presidents, Obediah Brown, Providence, R. I.; Charles C. Doe, South Newbury, Vt.; J. Fletcher, South Lyndeboro, N. H.; S. M. Wells, Newington, Conn; secretary and editor, Charles M. Winslow, Brandon, Vt.; treasurer, N. S. Winsor, Greenville, R. I.; executive committee in place of J. O. Magie, deceased; Andy Holt, South Lyndeboro, N. H.; executive committee for three years, J. Andrew Casterline, Dover, N. J.; J. F. Converse, Woodville, N. Y. Black and White Jutland Cattle. Black and White Jutland Cattle. What is known as the Jutland breed of cattle is used for both milk and beef making purposes. The animals are spotted black and white. The cows when mature weigh in the neighborhood of 1,000 pounds each. Animals of this breed are fattened in large numbers and exported to the English market. Within the last generation the Jutland breed has been greatly improved both as to its milking and its maturing qualities. The bulls attain a weight of 1,300 to 1,400 pounds at two and a half years of age. The Danes are trying to develop the milking qualities of these animals rather than the beef making powers. We don't care whether or not Bacon wrote Shakespeare. Breakfast bacon is all we care for down this way. The place to buy Good Cook Stoves and Heat ing Stoves at the Lowest Cash Prices PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245-247 North Market St Banner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISOH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 530 When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S 1102 E.Douglas Ave. Phone 857. ROWLEE 823 N. Main St. Cheapest Hardware and Stove house in Wichita; because we pay no rent and have light expenses SEE!! CALL AT The ELITE Restaurant When You Want AGOOD MEAL Always The Best, and Cooked Well — MEALS 15cts — C. L. KINER, Prop. 408 N. Main St. Wichita, Kas. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. GO TO ISRAEL BROS. For Real Estate. F.I.D. Israel. Market. Hitchhikers. Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mrs. P. Heck, Prop. 244 North Water St. C. P. Johnsou. W. R. Johnson Pres. Sec. & Treas. C P. Johnson Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants Money Always On Hand To Loan To Responsible Parties Your Business Solicited Wichita Stock Yards Phone 466 Get a Searchlight, if you want the news. --- YOUR JOB PRINTING We Print ANYTHING LETTER HEADS NOTE HEADS ENVELOPES BUSINESS CARDS CALLING CARDS STATEMENTS BILL HEADS HAND BILLS POSTERS MINUTES CIRCULARS TRY US FINE WORK OUR JOB ROOM. If Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Now Prepared To Do All Kinds Of Foney, Up to Date Job Work. We Invite A Trial. We Guarantee To Please You, Both In Work And Price. You Will Find Us At The Old Reliable Stand At 110 North Main St. Bring Us Your Next Job. WE INVITE YOU TO CALL The PRINTERS who Can PRINT Our Prices ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST OUR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST IF NOT, WHY NOT? W. G. McKee, ( Successor to A. N. West ) Pumps, Pipe, Hose, Windmill When you need a new Pump, or your old one need pairing, don't forget to give me a call 118 South Main St. Phone 643 JOB WORK IS OUR HOBBY. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT. Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Jan. 23, '04 Never meddle with people who don't meddle with you. When a man celebrates his birthday he takes a day off; a woman, a year—Life. Reckless railroading "makes time" for the trains, but it makes eternity for the passengers. As yet no college president has announced a $2,000,000 Christmas gift from uncle Russell Sage. If the Harvard professor who has found the scarlet fever germ could only lose it permanently! They are christening the babies Parsital in New York. What a fine Wagnerian rocket they'll make! A floating paragraph says "rats eat $60,000,000 worth of food in this country in one year." Rats? Rats! Mr. Carnegie has now given away 1,000 libraries—enough to take up quite a sizable edition of his book. The Sanford Tribune is giving up space generously to the discussion by correspondents of the exact location at hell. Just 5,152 locomotives have been built in the United States' this year, including—alas!—only 88 electric locomotives. The health of Mrs. Clemens is improving in the soft air of Italy, so that Mark Twain surely had a merry Christmas. It is now reported that two portraits of Dante have been found in Bologna. Almost everything else has been found in it. Now that the Dreyfus case is coming up again, better refresh your memory as to the exact meaning of dossier and borderau. Italy says she doesn't need any help in her little affair in Somaliland, but just wait until she has killed the Mad Mullah a few times. The general opinion of the neighbors is that the girl who had her winter hat trimmed with sprays of mistletoe went a step too far. Seeing that Uncle Sam would have to do most of the fighting, Panama stands resolute and undaunted before the grim specter of war. If you are troubled with insomnia, slice two big red apples and eat them just before you go to bed and see how much better you will sleep. It is claimed that there is a woman in Philadelphia who is 136 years old. Evidently she is one of those Philadelphia people who are never in a hurry. A Russian statesman is reported as saying that Japan is afraid to fight. Still we should advise the czar to tie that chip a little more firmly on his shoulder. Of course, the real responsibility for the Pere Marquette horror is placed upon the blizzard which blew out the little red kerosene lamp used for a danger signal. Sir William Ramsay doubts "whether the study of science makes the world better." Certainly the study of the properties of dynamite seems to make some men worse. People who have been disapproving the deception of children with the Santa Claus fib will be pained to learn that a Chicago boy shot his aunt because she didn't give him a Christmas present. Naturally the report that cigarettes are playing havoc with the British army arouses great indignation in England, where it is felt that the British war office needs no such assistance. A Chicago professor tells the young ladies of his classes not to wear white gloves, because white makes an object look larger than it really is. This explains why white slippers are out of style in Chicago. Representative Baker declares that if Mr. Rockefeller were to throw away a dollar a second, never stopping day or night through out the year, he could not dispose of all his income. But does he want to? The long lost high school algebra written by the late Mohammed Ben Musa al Khowarizmi, has been found among some old manuscripts at Columbia university. We shall expect now to learn the age of Ann. If England, France and Germany get mixed up in the Asiatic war the sultan will hardly neglect the opportunity to dispose of the rest of the Christians that he happens to have available for massacreing purposes. About the time that New York shepherd dog was sheltering a crippled squirrel a little messenger boy was refused the cheap privilege of warming himself in one of Chicago's palatial residences. Sometimes the most careful classifications of the naturalists seem to be faulty. LATEST KANSAS NEWS INSTRUCTING SOLDIERS. In Peace, Learning What May Be Useful in War. JUNCTION CITY.—(Special.) The schaal of application for the cavalry and field artillery, at Fort Riley, Tuesday began the course of instruction for the first four months of the current year. The cavalry and artillery officers of less than ten years' service will have a course of instruction in hippology, equitations and horse training, minor tactics, drill regulations and topography. For the non-comissioned officers of the post there will be a similar school held under the commanding officer in each organization. Last week the school for farriers and horseshoers at the post commenced its first term for this year, and will close on April 30. This class is composed of farriers, blacksmiths, wagoners, privates and recruits from every post in the United States. There are seventy-seven members of the class, and they represent ten regiments of cavalry and sixteen batteries of field artillery. Captain Walter C. Short is the director of the school. LEFT WITH HIS BOOKKEEPER. Manhattan Business Man Takes Hia Child. When He Elopes. MANHATTAN. — (Special.) What appears to be an elopement developed here Monday. W. T. Schlosser, a married man, owner of the Manhattan steam laundry here, and his bookkeeper, Miss Ethel Priest, have suddenly disappeared, taking with them Mr. and Mrs. Schlosser's 2-year-old child. Schlosser disposed of his half interest in the laundry, but left his wife her half interest. This was done without the knowledge of Mrs. Schlosser. The laundry was "in a prosperous condition and both Mr. and Mrs. Schlosser were well thought of in Manhattan. The whereabouts of the couple who disappeared is not known. Kept Check Too Long. TOPEKA—(Special.) R. H. Lazelle, treasurer of Doniphan county, was a loser in the bank failure at Highland. He appointed an agent at Highland to collect taxes. On December 19 the agent sent him a check on the Highland bank for $7,900, representing taxes which he had collected. Lazelle kept it for two weeks. He then sent it to St. Joseph for collection. Before it reached Highland the bank failed, and he will lose the money. They Want Kansas Flour. ATCHISON. — (Special.) Millers here have received communications from Japanese merchants asking for prices on flour and saying that flour in large quantities may be wanted by Japan soon. The millers have answered, refusing to ship flour unless they are paid in United States money and unless the insurance companies will grant them war insurance. Kansas Man Won It. OTTAWA.—(Special.) J. E. Elwell, of Ottawa, traveling salesman of the Ottawa Wholesale Grocery Company, has received notice that he drew the $5,000 capital prize in the annual guessing contest of the American Tobacco company. Mr. Elwell guessed within sixty-three of the total number of cigars paying revenue in the United States for November. Will Reduct Coal Rates TOPEKA.—(Special.) The railroads will obey the order of the railroad board to decrease coal rates into Wichita 10 cents a ton. This decrease was ordered two weeks ago after an investigation. At first the roads threatened to appeal, but they have changed their minds. They have notified the board that they will comply with the order. Fell Eighty Feet and Lives Fell Lighty feet and Lives. GALENA—(Special.) George Dobson, a miner, fell eighty feet, from the top of the shaft where he was working to the bottom into three feet of water. Two ribs were broken, a thumb torn from the hand and an ankle broken, and serious internal injuries were sustained. Dobson is still alive and it is hoped his injuries will not prove fatal. State Gets $12,289. TOPEKA. — (Special.) One New York life insurance company Monday paid into the state treasury $12,289 as fees on its business written in Kansas last year. The state gets 2 per cent of the premiums of insurance companies. This New York company was the first to file its annual report and pay its taxes this year. Blobbs—Why was their engagement broken off? Slobbs—He was continually telling her how unworthy he was of her. Slobbs—Oh, every fellow does that. Slobbs—Yes, but she eventually came to believe it. Fund Is Nearly Completed. LAWRENCE.—(Special.) Mayor Selig announced Monday that $800 of the $1,000 asked from the city of Lawrence for the strengthening of the banks of the Kaw in Grant township and in North Lawrence has been raised, and that the remainder will no doubt be in in a short time. The amount has been raised by donations from the business men of the city. It is thought that the banks of the river can be placed in very good condition with no great expense. A General Court-Martial Convened at Fort Leavenworth. LEAVENWORTH.—(Special.) A general court-martial, with Lieutenant Colonel R. H. R. Loughborough as president, convened at Fort Leavenworth Wednesday morning to try First Lieutenant Louis P. Schindel, Sixth infantry, and First Lieutenant F. W. Mills, Jr., Seventh infantry, Lieutenant Schindel was placed on trial first on the charge of neglect of duty, refusing to obey orders and of conduct to the prejudice of good discipline in violation of the sixy-second article of war. The specifications mentioned three instances wherein Lieutenant Schindel is alleged to have neglected to attend to duty. He is accused of being absent from his place in the post adjutant's office without leave. Lieutenant Schindel pleaded guilty to all three specifications and submitted a written statement that he did not comprehend fully the seriousness of the offense he was committing, promising to do better in the future and throwing himself on the mercy of the court. There was no evidence offered on either side. The findings of the court will not be made public until after it is passed on by the department commander. Lieutenant Mills was not tried. It is said that he is accused with failing to pay his debts and duplicating his pay account. Lieutenant Mills was one of the student officers of the staff college last year. A G E D M A N KILLED A B A B E. Peter Wimex on Trial for Murder at Burlington, Kan. BURLINGTON.—(Special.) Peter Wimer, 72 years old, is on trial in the district court here for the murder of Lowell Slagel, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slagel, on the Wimer farm in Spring Creek township, occupied by the Slagels. I. E. Lambert of Emporia and G. N. McConneil are defending and E. N. Connal is assisting County Attorney Ganse in prosecuting. The prosecution charges that Wimer tried to shoot Mrs. Slagel, who was tryin to prevent his entering the kitchen, and that, missing her, he shot the babe Mrs. Slagel held in her arms. The defense will be that the shooting was accidental, that Wimer did not try to shoot Mrs. Slagel or the baby, and that he carried the revolver to protect himself from Slagel. It required most of the day to impanel a jury. The regular panel was exhausted and a special venire called. It is expected the case will last three days. POWDER HOUSE BLOWN UP. William Hill Tried to Open Powder Can With a File. PITTSBURG—(Special.) Wm. Hill, powder man at Fleming mine No. 5, undertook the very dangerous task of opening a powder can with a steel file, while in the powder storage house of the mine Monday. A spark from the file ignited the powder and an explosion followed, which blew the powder house and contents to atoms. The explosion was heard for a distance of several miles. Hill was so badly burned that he died in a short time. A Kansan Convicted at 72. BURLINGTON.—(Special.) The jury in the case of Peter Wimer brought in a verdict Wednesday morning of guilty of manslaughter in the third degree for the killing of Lowell N. Slagel, 2-year-old son of Frank Slagel. It is believed that Judge Madden will impose a light sentence owing to the age of Wimer, who is 72 years old. The punishment is from six months in the county jail to three years in the penitentiary. A Kansas Old Settler Has Paralysis. JUNCTION CITY.—(Special.) Captain John K. Wright, one of the early settlers of this state, several times a representative to the legislature from this county and state senator from this district, was stricken with paralysis here Sunday and since that time has not regained consciousness. Betrayed by a Woman. CARTHAGE.—(Special.) William Click, under a fifteen-year penitentiary sentence for the killing of Officer Ledbetter in Joplin, and who was one of the six prisoners who escaped from the Jasped county jail last week, has been recaptured at Chitwood. One Trouble. "Hit makes no diffusee de worl' is flat, or roun'," says Brother Dickey. "De thing dat troubles me is how ter keep my feet on it steady!"—Atlanta Constitution. Two Attorneys Accused GALENA.—(Special.) C. A. McNiel, member of the state board of charities, and Charles Stevens, excounty attorney, prominent members of the Cherokee county bar, will be brought before that body on Friday to answer charges preferred against them by the grand jury. The jury charges them with working on a stipulated salary for unlawful purposes. Both lawyers are young men, and their friends hope the charges may be disproved. Derivation of Tumblers. Drinking glasses called tumblers derive their peculiar name from the fact that they are the successors of little round silver bowls, so perfectly balanced that, which ever way they were tipped about on the table, they tumbled into position again, and there remained with the rim upward. Japanese Idea of Beauty. In Japan a lady who has a huge proboscis is always a great beauty and a reigning belle. There are a few large noses among the natives, and lucky is he or she upon whom nature lavishes one. In all Japanese pictures representing the supposedly beautiful woman the artist invariably improves on nature by depicting this feature as abnormally developed. English Rich in Words. The English language, according to a German statistician who has made a study of the comparative wealth of languages, heads the list with the enormous vocabulary of 260,000 words, German comes next with 80,000, then Italian with 75,000, French with 30,000, Turkish with 22,500 and Spanish with 20,00. Dr. Williamson Swears. Yorktown, Ark., Jan. 18.—Last week a statement was published from Leland Williamson, M. D., of this place, to the effect that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best medicine for all Kidney Diseases and that he uses them with uniform success in his daily practice. No one who knows Dr. Williamson will doubt for a moment the complete truth of his fearless declaration, but to completely clinch the matter in the minds of those who may not: have the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with this celebrated physician, Dr. Williamson has appeared before Mr. H. E. Greene, J. P. for Montgomery County, and made a sworn statement. In this sworn statement the doctor has cited a number of cases which have been completely cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Here is case No. 1: "Henry Hall, Sr., age 48, an American, attacked with Malaria Haematuria, or Swamp Fever; temperature ranged from 101 to 105, highly coated tongue, constituted bowels, hemorrhage or passage of blood from Kidneys; used febrifuge and Dodd's Kidney Pills to relieve the inflammation and congested condition of Kidneys and to render the urine bland and nonirritating. Recovery complete after two months' treatment of the Pills." Men are pretty much inclined to accept a pretty woman at her face value. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. When a pessimist loses his mind it's a fortunate man who doesn't find it. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS Use the best. That's why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers, 5 cents. One way to avoid being robbed is not to have anything worth stealing. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in fammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. Zoe a bottle. The man who laughs last fails to see the joke first. Don't you know that Defiance Starch, besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in packages and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? Ignorance of the law should excuse a lot more lawyers from practicing it. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mr. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Beware of the silent man he may be a reformed prize fighter. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. It's all right to speak well of the dead, but don't slur the living. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to heal it by inflamed condition of the Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the tube is inflamed you have a rambling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be made up and this tube restored to normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by (a) sternum, which is nothing to make up, and that is not the cause. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by surgery. F. J. CHENXY & CO., Toldeo, O. Sole by Dr. Duggan's Family Pills for constipation. Some lies are not as white as they are bleached. Salzer's Home Builder Corn. So named because 50 acres produced so heavily that its proceeds built a lovely home. See Salzer's catalog. Yielded in 1903 in Ind., 157 bu., Ohio 160 bu., Tenn., 98 bu., and in Mich. 220 bu. per acre. You can beat this record in 1904. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE YIELDS PER ACRE? 120 bu. Beardless Earley per acre. 310 bu. Salzer's New Nat. Oats-per A. 80 bu. Salzer Speltz & Macaroni Wheat. 1,000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre. 14 tons of rich Billion Dol. Grass Hay. 60,000 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep-acre. 160,000 lbs. Teosinthe, the fodder wonder. 54,000 lbs. Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn—rich, juicy fodder, per A. Now such yields you can have. Mr. Farmer in 1904, if you will plant Salzer's seeds. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE and 10c in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse, Wis., and receive their great catalog and lots of farm seed samples. (W. N. U.) To Cure SnEEzing. A medical paper says a sneeze is instantaneously dispelled by pressing the finger upward against the division of the nose at the point where the upper lip inside joins the gum. Another plan is to exhale all the air possible from the lungs the moment you perceive indications of a sneeze. LABOR FIGHTS BATTLE. Union Disputed The Right of The Union Pacific to Have its Own Gang. Kansas City, Ks., Jan. 20.—As a culmination of recent labor troubles, a pitched battle was fought at the west end of the Union Pacific Railway Company's new bridge across the Kaw river between fifty bridge workers employed by the company and about twice that number of members of the Structural Iron Workers' union lasting about five minutes. During the fight thirty revolver shots were fired, hundreds of brickbats thrown, and some of the men fought hand to hand with any weapon obtainable. Several men on both sides were injured, although so far as is known only four were seriously hurt. Two of the disabled men were of the iron workers' union and two employes of the Union Pacific. With their foreman, H. D. Baldwin, the workmen had started for the commissary at the Armstrong shops, when they were confronted by twice their number of union men, Mr. Baldwin says he knew that trouble was brewing, and ordered his men to get upon a construction car as quickly as possible. Before they could reach the car the enemy began firing and throwing bricks and stones. Bowers, who was late reaching the car, was overtaken by three men, knocked down, kicked and finally shot. The bullet wound was only through the flesh, however, and the bruises on his body are considered much more serious. Ayers was pulled from the car after he had almost reached the top, knocked down and struck on the head with a brick bat. This all happened in a very short time, before the bridge could organize. However, as soon as they got together they also began to shoot and it was not long until the others began to retreat. Mr. Baldwin says that two of the union men fell, and he thinks they were shot, but whether serious or not he cannot tell. They were picked up, he says, and hurried away by their retreating companions. The trouble resulted directly from the fact that the Union Pacific has its own bridge builders, who are sent from place by the company. When the work was first begun on the bridge here the local unions demanded that their members be employed. On the other hand the company insisted on its rights to use its own men, and trouble began to brew at once. Trial of Machen. Washington, Jan. 21.—The trial of August W. Machen and the others indicted with him for conspiracy to defraud the government proceeded rapidly. The fact was brought out by two witnesses representing firms which manufactured the Groff fasteners that the price to the Groffs of the completed fastener was 25 cents, with a rebate of 5 cents on each fastener, conditioned on prompt settlement of bills. The price at which the fasteners were furnished to the government at first was fixed at $1.50 each, but later it was reduced to $1.25 each. Rob The Dead. Chicago, Jan. 21.—Charged with robbing the dead and dying at the Iroquois theater fire, three men have been placed under arrest by the Chicago police. The first of the alleged ghouls to be captured was Louis Wilz, keeper of the saloon located at Dearborn and Randolph, a few doors from the main entrance of the theater. All Records Broken. Fonda, N. Y., Jan. 21.—All records for cold weather have been broken in the Mohawk Valley, the official thermometer registered thirty-eight degrees below zero here. Trains on the New York Central were from two to three hours late. Telegraph and telephone companies badly crippled. Suffering In New York New York, Jan. 21.—Intensely cold weather caused suffering all over the city among the homeless and poor with the temperature below zero. The police were kept busy caring for unfortunates, several of whom were found unconscious, one in a dying condition. Katy Train Ditched. Pilot Grove, Mo., Jan. 21.—The Flyer, a fast train on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas was ditched near Booneville because of a misplaced switch. The fireman was badly scalded and the engineer and one passenger injured. Officers Holders Not Barred. Washington, Jan. 21. — Postmaster General Payne says there is nothing to bar postmasters or other federal officeholders from serving as delegates to political conventions, national, state or county. For Semi-Monthly Pay Bloomington, Ill., Jan. 19. All of the 700 miners at the McLean county mines in this city struck because the company refused to pay them on the 15th instant as provided in their contracts. Kalamitzoo School Burns. Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 20. — The Vine street school building is burned. Five hundred pupils, trained by the fire drill, left the building inside of a minute without accident to one of them Veteran Joshua Heller of 796 S. Walnut street, Urbana, Ill., says: "In the fall of 1899 after taking Doan's Kidney Pills I told the readers of this paper that they had relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed of a lame back with pain across my loins and beneath the shoulder 1 blades. During the interval which has elapsed I have had occasion to resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings of an attack. On each and every occasion the results obtained were just as satisfactory as when the pills were first brought to my notice. I just as emphatically endorse the preparation to-day as I did over two years ago." 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A traveler in central Africa tells of a native hunter of the Wanderob tribe who was the possessor of a most accomplished donkey, which, with an antelope's horns strapped to its head, its body covered with a skin or painted to resemble the animal its master intended to stalk that day, was the means of deluding many an unwary creature into falling a victim to the poisoned arrows of the hunter crouching behind his four-footed assistant. German Universities. An extraordinary increase in the number of students is noted at those of the German universities which are situated in large cities, notably Berlin, Munich and Leipzig, while the smaller universities (Erlangen, Göttingen, etc.) are losing ground. The Berlin Tageblatt suggests that in order to re-establish some sort of a balance the increasingly numerous students from other countries should be allowed to study only at the smaller universities. A Sure Starter for III Health. 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I am willing to go before a notary public and testify that it was all due to my having used Postum in place of coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason for quitting the drug-drink coffee, and there's a reason for drinking Postum. Trial 10 days proves them all. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Mia Rose H. Miss Rose Hennessy, well known as a poetess and elocutionist, of Lexington, Ky., tells how she was cured of uterine inflammation and ovaritis by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—I have been so blessedly helped through the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that I feel it but just to acknowledge it, hoping that it may help some other woman suffering as I did. "For years I enjoyed the best of health and thought that I would always do so. I attended parties and receptions thinly clad, and would be suddenly chilled, but I did not think of the results. 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No other brand is so good, yet all others cost 10c. for 12 ounces. Ours is a business proposition. DEFIANCE STARCH is the best and cheapest. We guarantee it satisfactory. Ask your grocer. The DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Neb. BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. THREE CARDINAL POINTS BLOOD HEALTH HAPPINESS It is a fact that, with impoverished or unhealthy condition of the blood, suffering, ill health and unhappiness must result. Rich, Red, Radiant Blood means to the possessor splendid health, and health means happiness to the vast extent physical condition may exert its influence. Do you suffer from nervousness, weakness, brain fag, loss of energy, a sluggish, tired body, with little, if any, ambition and vitality? Do you feel that you must have rest and are unequal to your daily tasks and responsibilities? Does your body ache and pain all over from lack of circulation and proper nutrition? Does your system need to be built up and held there? 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The evidence which the detectives think so conclusive consists of fifteen bottles of sulphuric acid, which were found at the scene of the conflict. Several of the Union Pacific men told Chief of Detectives Wilson that they saw the bottles thrown by the union army but did not realize the danger at the time. One man, S. B. Wilson, says he caught one of the bottles in his arms, but that it did not break. The bottles were quart size and each, according to physicians, containing enough acid to kill six men, had the bottles burst on their clothing. Chief of Police Murray says that he will use every effort to secure the arrest of the guilty persons. Foreman Baldwin, of the bridge woak, has had his men commissioned as special officers and armed them with revolvers. He also had the construction cars upon which they are conveyed from the bridge to the boarding cars at Armstrong station well barricaded on both sides in order to give the men a defense should they be fired upon. The entire force of city detectives were at the bridge at quitting time with instructions to prevent a repetition of the battle though they were compelled to use their revolvers. None of the Union Pacific's men injured is considered in a serious condition. The union men, who are thought to have been shot, have not been located. The detectives say they are confident that they have found at least four of the men who were responsible for the riot, and it is probable that several arrests will be made in a short time. The Kansas City, Kas., officers believe that the majority of the union men who led in the riot live in Kansas City, Mo. Shareholders Control. Washington, Jan. 21.—The United States supreme court rendered an opinion to the effect that the shareholders and not the directors of a bank shall decide whether an assessment on stock shall be made when the comptroller of the currency gives notice that the capital stock is impaired. Cab Men At St. Louis. St. Louis, Jan. 21.—Five coal wagon drivers, temporarily placed by Chris Schwacker, on five carriages ordered for a funeral, were waylaid, beaten and routed by 15 men, said to be members of the cab men's union. One carriage was driven into a ditch and left there. The Fowler Wreck. La Junta, Col., Jan. 21.—John Devine was convicted in the district court of wrecking the Santa Fe passenger train near Fowler, last summer, at which time Engineer John Walker was fatally injured. Judge Voorhees sentenced Devine to life imprisonment. May Wheat 90 Cents. Chicago, Jan. 21.—Many bets were decided between brokers on the board of trade, when May wheat sold at 90 cents. This is not only the top price for the season, but the highest price since September, 1902, when Armour "cornered" the market. A King Ablicates Vienna, Jan. 21.—King Peter of Servia, according to a report from Cettinje, Monte Negro which is published is reported to voluntary renounce the throne and allow the powers to nominate his successor. Italian Emigration Rome, Jan. 19.—The United States continues to be the chief objective point of Italian emigration, the number of emigrants going there in 1903 reaching a total of nearly 250,000. Gen. Bates in Command. St. Louis, Jan. 19.—Major General John C. Bates formally assumed command of the northern division of the United States army with headquarters at St. Louis. Harris With The Orient Kansas City, Jan. 19.—Former Senator W. A. Harris, of Kansas, has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railroad. Mr. Harris will also be at the head of the land and immigration department of the company. Canal Across Scotland. The only heavy cut necessary in making the ship canal across Scotland from the German sea to the Atlantic, near Glasgow, will be one at Loch Lomond, averaging 200 feet deep for one and three-quarter miles. In the remainder of the route the average will be fifty feet. Postry In Puritans. Poetry in the old Puritans? Why not? They were men of like passions with ourselves. They loved, they married, they brought up children, they feared, they sinned, they sorrowed, they fought—they conquered. There was poetry enough in them, be sure, though they acted it like men, instead of singing it like birds.—Exchange. Wanted No Mourning Airs. It was a German Boniface, Herr Holz, who left a sum of two thousand marks to provide a band to play his favorite alrs once a year over his grave on the anniversary of his death; but as the members of the band refreshed themselves not wisely, and much too well, at the testator's expense, and as the airs were by no means in keeping with the solemnity of a churchyard, it was found necessary to forbid the performance. Life in Solar System. A supply of energy, particular elements, change of temperature, and abundance of water are necessary to life, as it is known. Scientific scrutiny has not discovered the equivalent of these necessities in any one of the members of the solar system. Therefore F. J. Allen claims that there can be no sure life as ours on any of the heavenly bodies but life may exist under their conditions for aught that is known. Mongolia. Although Mongolia, in which Russia is now intrenched, has been a part of the Chinese empire for the greater part of the last two centuries, China has not exercised much authority over it, and the Mongol has been largely at liberty to follow his own desires in method of government and conduct. The only tribute which has heretofore been required from the country has been a certain number of men to serve in the Chinese army. The General's Tribute. Sir John Pennyfather, an old-time "swearing general" of the British army, is the subject of this story: "His regiment was his home and all ranks in it were to him his children. It had lost heavily in the battle Meeanee and as he looked upon its thinned ranks that evening he fairly broke down. Intensely proud of what they had done that day and with tears coursing down his cheeks, he said to them: 'I can't make you a speech, my lads, but, by —, you are all gentlemen.'" JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top of the market butter. 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