Wichita Searchlight

A Phonograph, One of the most modern phonographs made Will reproduce some of the latest selections in Comic Sentimental and Sacred Songs, Bands and Orchstrast music, Duetts, Solos, etc. As plain and distinct as the original. Sure Cure For The Blues. Hear Them 1= Opening 2= Paper.....Mr. G. M. Smith 3= Vocal Solo.....Miss Minnie Madison 4= Selection.....Manhattan Quartett F. Buford, S. Griggs, J. Edgerton, R. Floyd 5= Paper.....Mrs. Lawson Fines 6= Baritone Solo.....Mr. Jno. Edgerton 7= Duett.....Mrs. Joe Bell and Miss D. Bradford 8= Vocal Solo.....Mrs. Robt Braden Admission - - - 25c WANTS EVEYY MAN TO VOTE. ongressman Keifer Will Work to Prevent Disfranchisement. COLUMBUS O., General J. Warren Keifer, former speaker of the national house of representatives, who has been re-elected to congress from the Seventh Ohio nistrict, has issued a statement in which he announces that his mission is to secure legislation to prevent the disfranchise of voters in the south, General Keifer has made an exhaustive study of the subject and in his statement he gives an outline of what he expects to accomplish. He says: "All I contend for is equal voting power in all the states in electing members of the house of representatives aud in eleeting President of the United States This equality of right should be conceded and no principle oferosity to the South requires any such surrender of a funda- mentalprinciple of our form of government. With election laws in substatial accord in all states and with the natnral tendency to resiriction to elective franchise, population, without regard to race, is a fair rule fair rule for determining equal representation. "A just rule of representation should be found, and great care should be taken to avoid the possibility of doing injustice to any state, and what ever rule is adopted must be applied North as well as South. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Still, the action of the czar in issuing the manifesto providing that in case of his death before the czarevitch attains his majority, the Grand Duke Michael shall become regent, does not prove conclusively that the emperor is going to the front. WICH1TA, KANSAS DEC 101904 NEWPORT, — The heirs of Geo. T. Downing, owner of the Downing block on the corner of. Bellevue avenue and Downing street, said to be the best paying property in the city, have through Rufus L. Perry, v New York lawver, instituted proceedings to recover thousands of acres of and in St. Lawrence, Clinton Jefferson, Louis, Essex and Hamilton counties in the state of New York, which are now held by Ttmothy L. Woodruff, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, J. Morgan and millionaires. It is claimed that the Adirondack holdings which the heirs seek ta recover were origonally purchased from the natives by Gerret Smith, the American abolitionist. Mr. Perry says he is in possession of oaiginal deeds, dated 1846, transferring for a consideration of $1 various Adirondack tracks to different Negroes and finally to Geo.T. Downing, who was for many years the keeper of the resturant of Houso of Representatives in Washington. His heirs reside in Boston, Washington, Brooklin and Newport, two of his sons holding prominent places in the postal service in Boston. FALSE REPORT. To whom it may concern I wish to make it known to the public that I Sallie Hall is not getting any person or persons white or black to sign a petition for seperate schools neither have I asked any member or members of the school board for a seperate school for Lu'u Parks or Sallie Rawles who ever it is that has circulated the report has told an untruth darker than tar. While I have always liked seperate schoo s I am not the whole Wichita neither er have I sent a letter to the legis lature and would not be so simple to do so. Signed Sallie Hall A skull would make a good figurehead for the modern railroad locomotive. By all means, let the scientists "isolate" the penumonia germ. If possible, give it a life sentence. Santo Domingo cannot expect to attract public attention at this time with a little 2x1 revolution. Prof. Metchnikoff's new microbe which prolongs life indefinitely is found in abundance in the Balkan states. It was always suspected that some day those Balkan statés would be discovered to have some good reason for existing. Will The Negro Be Abs0rbcd? The "Pathfinder" Gives A View Some time ago I was talking to a group of intelligent Southerners and the question came up, how the race problem is going to be solved. The concensus finally was that, in the light of history and natural tendencies, there is just one possible solution, and that—disagreeable and unwelcome as it may seem—is that the I should never have dared suggest to a Southerner the possibility of such a solution of this vexed question, but advanced as it was by Southerners themselves the theory became convincing. There are certain physical laws of course against which argument is in vain. A drop of ink put into a barrel of water will eventually mix in spite of all you can do. It may not be desirable for the ink so to mix; the tinge of color may hurt the water for some purposes, but once in the water that drop of ink will diffuse itself, simply under theoperation of natural laws. We know that the two races have been mixing inthis country to a certain extent ever since slavery was first introduced, 285 years ago. The number of mulattoes is very large, while the coal black African color is now seldom seen. As a scientific proposition, it is improbable that there is now in this country a single native negro who has not some white blood in his veins. the two races could be kept from amalgamating. We repeat, it is by no means desirable that this amalgamation should take place, and we must not be charged with defending it; we are only noting what seems to be a scientific fact. The race that has been most successful in resisting absorption is the Hebrew race, and even in that highly individualistic race we can see inevitably the results of this amalgamation principle. Compare a Russian Jew and a German Jew and you will see that they are very different. Each branch has, by reason of a few hundred years of contact with an alien race, absorbed some alien blood. Even the Spanish Jews though expelled from Spain over 400 years ago, still distinctly show their Spanish blood. Blacks from Africa were held as slaves in ancient Rome and there is no question that they were eventually absorbed by the lighter race.Some ethnologists attribute the dark color of all he people of southernmost Europe o this gradual admixture of African blood; and the hot-blooded and more or less degenerate character of those border peoples might be accounted for in the same way. The people of southern Italy are today dark and indolent while those of the north are fair and thrifty. In Spain the Morrs mixed more or less with the natives, and the Moors themselves are a mixture of Numidians, Arabs Romans, etc. It is a fact that the races of men cannot be defined as occupying distinct portions of the earth, but the various races graduate one into another wherever they come in contact. Senator Quay boasted a tinge of Indian blood, and it may be supposed that the solution of the Indian problem will be the absorption in time of whatever is left of the race. In this country we have every race on the globe represented and the amalgamation of these numerous elements into a more or less homogeneous mass is constantly going on. No human law could prevent this. About one-eighth of the people in this country in 1860 were black, and the proportion of people listed by the census as colored is still nearly as much; but the percentage shows a gradual decrease, while the number of part-bloods in proportion to blacks is always increasing. We may say that the white race in this country is doomed to absorb the negro. This may be he penalty imposed by Providence for the sin of slavery. Every sin carries with it the seeds of retribution, and we have not yet by any means repaid the debt of justice which was incurred when our ancestors for the lust of gain, transplanted the engro race on our shores. grind exceedingly fine. We can busy ourselves thinking up "solutions" of the race problem, none of which seem to be practicable, but meantime that steady process of diffusion is going on. What this will do to the race is too remote a question to worry over. Who knows that the happy-go-lucky element which is so strong in the negro character is not just what the tense and strenuous Anglo-Saxon character will need to save it from wearing itself out. God works in ways we cannot understand and do not need to understand. A 3-year-old boy of Machias, Me., walked eight miles over rough country roads the other day. That boy will grow up to be a great actor. The vivacious Savannah Press tells us that "all industrious men are laborers." Especially that large class which labors under a delusion. The reason women can't believe men have souls is that they don't get any more excited over baby's new tooth than over a stock market panic. The editor of the New York Herald is doing Jerusalem. If the Jerusalemites find him out they will make his sojourn there one grand, sweet song of backsheesh. Pictures of John D. Rockefeller's new strong box now going the rounds make plain at least one of the reasons why it is so difficult to get any of John D.'s money. Japan has floated another loan of $60,000,000 at 6 per cent, and put another mortgage on her import duties, all of which shows that war is expensive as well as hell. A Boston bucket shop has failed, having lost $1,000,000 on the recent boom in securities. This is the first time on record that a bucket shop really had something to lose. The fact that most of the great men of history were of lowly birth may be encouraging to the average man, but it is no less a fact that most of the small men of history were, too. Word comes over seas that Sir Thomas will not challenge for the America cup again next year. Well, then, we suppose we shall have to keep the cup, just as we have been doing. That Chicago professor who says pain reduces strength has evidently never seen the way a man hicks a rocking chair after he has cracked his ankle against it in the dark.—Cincinnati Post. The djibboh is a picturesque garment which is to supplant the kimono. It comes from Egypt and Cleopatra wore one. It recommends itself to American women because no one can wear it and wash dishes. A Chicago poet's wife wants a divorce from him because he has an abhorrence of soap and is otherwise objectionable. That he is not altogether an abandoned character, however, is clear from the fact that he does not insist on reading his poems to her. As a precaution against a sudden drop in the temperature, says an authority, it is well to be provided with a copy of a reputable newspaper, which should be folded to the proper size and thrust up under the vest as a back warmer. Now is the time to subscribe. The Japanese now admit that they lost a battleship several months ago when the war correspondents reported the matter and were officially proclaimed by the Japanese government to be liars. It is pretty safe, after all, to take it for granted that the war correspondents know a good deal about what is going on. Much as all might wish it otherwise, Russia's inclination to remain away from The Hague so long as she has a war on her hands has the merit of consistency. The cause of peace will make no great strides, more's the pity, so long as nations talk peace and make war. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita 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 ] ..... $1.0C Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ... 50c ONE M.ONTH ..... 15c. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appl lation. 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So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Winnie Searchlight" Wichita, Kanana. 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 OUR Motto. LEGAL NOTICE in Nov 26th '04 Publication Notice. In the District Court Within and for Sedgwick county in the Eighteenth Judicial District of the State of Kansas. S. A. BETTS. Plaintiff. vs. C. W. WINSLOW and ANGIE ALLEN, Defendants. The above named defendants are hereby notified that they have been sued in the district court in and for Sedgwick county, Kansas, to quiet title in the said plaintiff to the following lands, to wit: Lots 94 and 96 on Munnell Avenue; and Reserve E. All in Glendale addition to the city of Wlchita, Sedgwick county, Kansas. Shown by the recorded plat thereof, and that unless the said defendants shall be and appear in said court on or before the sixth day of January, A. D. 1905 and then and there plead answer or demur to plaintiff's petition therein filed a decree pro confesso will be entered in said action against each of said defendants quieting the title in said above described land in the plaintiff and forever barring and perpetually enjoining said defendant and each of them from setting up or attempting to set up any claim to or interest in said land or any part thereof and further decreeing the plaintiff's title to be paramount to all other titles and perfect in law and equity. J. C. MILTON, Attorney for Plaintiff. ABOUT NEWS. For the past six years the Searchlight has made an effort to furnish its readers the news as it is—without favoritism, without fear, and without malice or revengeful feeling. In the publication of our paper we have never used our columns as a special medium to pour out any personal leeling we may have had in any wise in any matter which has come to us for publication, but the columns of the Searchlight have always have been open to the people. In the weekly gathering of news it has always been the special effort of this paper to get all the hapenings and any item that may not have appeared in our columns was not omitted on purpose by us but in most every case because we were not With fifteen persons who each week assist us in gathering the items in this city oftentimes many items miss the attention of this big array of scribes simply because the parties interested fail to make them known. In this connection we wish to call attention to the respective clubs, lodges and churches in regard to items of news which they desire to publish. It is our desire that these local matters be in our office not later than Thursday morning as the large amount of matter which we have to deal with each week makes this necessary. Please do not guess at that me will publish for you but kindly bring or send it to our office, 110 N. Main St. and see. The Searchlight is published in the interest of the whole race and when it comes to news items we have no enemies to punish. All news items read alike to us. So send your news to the Searchlight office and let your friends see and read what cou are doing. INTERSTATE LITERARY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION In view of the fact that the Intetstale Literary Association convenes in Topeka, Kan. during the Christmas Holidays, the Chairman of the Executive Committee is desirous of a meeting of the Executive Committee early in November. All societies desiring representation on the program are requested to select their delegates early and forward their names to the corresponding secretary that the executive committee may have them in time to place their names on program. Membership fee for societies before represented $1. For new societies $1.50 For further information write e'ther of the following: Miss Sallie Rawles, Cor Secretary 519 N Wichita st Wichita, Kan Jas H Guy, Chrm Ex Com 429 Kansas ave Topeka, Kansas E J Hawkins, President I L S 12 Hendricks st Fort Scott, Kansas. HAS RESIGNED. Mr. S. B. Kernan, senior councilman from the first ward, tendered his resignation to Mayor McLean at the council meeting Monday night to take effect Dec. 31, 1904. On Jan. 9th, 1905, Mr. Kernan becomes one of the county commissioners, having been elected at the last general election. During the tice Mr. Kernan has been in the city council he has proven himself a worthy and painstaking public official and his absence will be sorely felt by his colleagues in that assembly. We predict that as county commissioner Mr. Kernan will exhibit the same business tact which has made him successful both in his own business and also as a member of the city council. Geo. F. Whitlock was appointed to bill the unexpired term of Mr. Kernan. The talk of the town is the Christmas carnival at Odd Fellows hall Dec. 21st. GO TO GRANT'S CIGAR and SHINE PAROR 384 North Main Street For Cigars, Tobacco and Shines W. H. H. GRANT, Prop Mrs. Mary Carr has been quite ill for several dayn. Locals and Personals The Race's standard Bearer The Arcade 337 N. Main St. The Finest Equal Rights Shop In Kansas High Class Barber Work In Every Detail Baths 15c For the next 30 Days Wichita Eibernacle No 34 will turn their goat loose next Thursday night. Daughters will take due notice and govern themselves according By order Mrs G M Smith spent Tuesday afternoon wfth Mrs W N Miller We call the attention of our readers to the big fourteen days sale at the New York Clbak and Suit Co store 147 N Main These are bargans unpredecent See their an on page 3 and visit their store Sale opens to day Saturday Dec 10th Mr and Mrs J B H Fray gave a birthday party at their residence 518 N Wichita Thursday eve in honor of the 9th birthday of their daughter Miss Alberta and at the proper time Ight refreshments were eved. Theae were quite a few youngfelks were out and all left at a reasonable hour wishing Miss Alberta many more happy birthday. Miss Mary Parks ia able to be out again after a week's illness. Mrs J G Gaines who has been sick for the past few days is out among her friends again Miss Thomas Cox is still on the sick list. Mrs. Jane Hobson os Columbus Kans, who has been in the city visiting her children returned tha home Thursday. Chief F. S. Burt was away from the city a few days this week on business. Mrs. Jerry Jackson of Temple Texas is in the city the guest of her brother Mr. L. W. Wells the premin. chief of the Manhattan hotel. She will be in the city for a month or so. Wichita and vicinity was given a very nice and much appreciated snow Sunday night. It is fine on the wheat especially. Remember Odd Fellows hall Wednesday night, Dec. 21st. Mr and Mrs. Leonard Biggers formerly of Geary Okla. but new residing in Clearwater Kan. and their son-in-law Ms. C. R. Willley also of Clearwater were in Wichita Saturdy and caled at the Search-high office. They are well pleased with their new home in Clearwater and are doing nicely there. VERY POPULVR NOW. The Sewing Guild of the A. M. E. church has become one of the popular social events each week. The Guild is a migratory body and meets over week at the house of its respective member on Tuesday night and is now the popular social function among young and old e ch week. It is quite a compliment to the president of the Guild, Mrs Addie Adams, to say that through her eergetic and untering efforts—aided and assisted by the spendid officiary of the Guild and its members—that such a widespied and popular interist is now being manifested. The Searchlight wishes the ladies much success in their noblwork. Palace Restaurant, Meals Filled Best the Market Can Afford Mrs. L Freeman, Prop. 903 East Douglas Ave Miss Daisy Bradford went to Wifield Saturday an a pleasure trip and returned Thursday. She reports having had an enjoyable time. They say that the Big Christmas Carnival at Odd Fellows hall Wednesday night Dec. 21st will be the grandest ever seen. Be there with the crowd. NEEDS A BAND We have often said that Wichita needs 0 good colored band and there has been several attempts to organize a 'band'—but some way the efforts heretofore put forth were unsuccessful. It would be a splendid idea for some good musician to put a colored band in the field here. The town needs one—and would support one nicely—we believe. Mrs. Henry Branson and her mother Mrs. M. C, McBride will leave Dec. 22nd for Hantsville Tex where they will spend the holiday visiting Mrs. McBride's son Ed McBride whom they have not have not seen for 25 years. It is useess to say they will have a fine time. DOING NICELY. We made a trip on the West side Thursday morning and visited the new home of Mr, M. E. McKelly 840, South Martinson ave. Mr. M. Kelly has an ideal place on one of the principle streets on the West side and in front of the large stool school house. He is coming to the front and is making speedy progress. The B. T. W. clud met at the residence of Mrs. B. Morris. The meeting was very interesting and a good deal of buiness was transacted as quite a few of thh members were present. A delicious lunch on having been served the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Phelp N. Waters. The J. O. S. club will give a con er Monday light Dec. 12th at Oud Fc halls hall. Admission 15 and 25c O. J. Brooks of Kansas City spent several days this week in the city on business. A Colombion house party was given Thursday eve at the home of Mrs. W. H. Jones 521 N. Watteo. The ladies sewing circle of the Second Babistie orchie me Monday after noon with Mrs. J. H. Massey. Misdames J. Phillips, A. Anderson and L. Henderson entertained the ladder Sewing Guild Tues. eve at the home of Mrs. Phillips 336 N. Watee st. A bont ous launcion mas served and highly enjoyed by the large number present The G. L. A. club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J, T. Cainneth nhoff & M. Clees WHITE FRONT. HARDWARE. ERY THING IN DRUGS Descriptions Filled With Care and see us, Once a customer always A CUSTOMER Salman Drug Co. 3 North Main Street. SECOND TO NONE Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. TRY IT Warnhoff EVERY TH Prescription Call and see us, A CU Salman 228 North SECOND Plea GOOD BRE It Is W Phon Columbia, Warnhoff & M.Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE. 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. honographs umbia, Victor Edison --- PUPPY Columbia X P Records 250 Songs, Band, Almost Anything You Sold On B Eberhart —Corner Douglas MYRON Groceries, Fr and 815 N. Wichita Paint Manufacturers Peerless White Lead. Jobber We solicit your patron 130 North Santa Fe Ave. SOLD ALSO BY J. H. P Records 25c Edison Gold Mold 35c Songs, Band, Orchestra, Talking. Anything You Would Care To Listen To— D On Easy Payments Berhardt & Hays Corner Douglas and Emporia Avenues— BYRON A. DEAN ries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. 15 N. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 Paint and Varnish Co acturers Of House Paints, Wagon, Buggy and Carriage Paints. Lead. Jobbers in Oils, Varnishes and Dry Colo t your patronage. Every Article Guaranteed. a Fe Ave, ... Wiehita, Kansas O BY J. H. TURNER, 541 West Douglas Ave In The Clothes Grocery Line Columbia X P Records 25c Edison Gold Mold 35c Songs, Band, Orchestra, Talking. Almost Anything You Would Care To Listen To Sold On Easy Payments Eberhardt & Hays Corner Douglas and Emporia Avenues- MYRON A. DEAN Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. 815 N. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 Wichita Paint and Varnish Co Manufacturers Of House Paints, Wagon, Buggy and Carriage Paints. Peerless White Lead. Jobbers in Oils, Varnishes and Dry Colors. We solicit your patronage. Every Article Guaranteed. 130 North Santa Fe Ave, ..... Wichita, Kansas SOLD ALSO BY J. H. TURNER, 541 West Douglas Ave When you can have your old clothes cleaned, dyed and pressed and made just like new and very cheap too, at the Oak Street Dye wor 740 North Main St. Main St. Kernan & Co. 1102 E. Douglas Pone 357 COOKING OVEN Why Buy STOVES AT WHOLESALE You pay us the same price dealers pay the manufacturers for RELIABLE STOVES We are Distributing Agents for the Cribben - Sexton Stove Co. Chicago. Investigate this. OTTO WEISS. Agent. In The Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. . Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. SCHOOL SHOES For Boys, Girls and Misses All Kinds of Good Shoes BUY YOUR SHOES AT BRAITSCH,S 120 E. Douglas Ave. more than the unapeakable pleas are comfortable home. The best homes in Wichita were not con- tented of inferior building material. you are about to build write, call or tele- nec us. We can supply you with the best Building Material on short notice. Both Phones 496 J. H. TURNER, 35-537 West Douglas Ave. 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 Shoes, Ladies and Misses Fine Shoes, Oxford and Slippers, styles and all kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES You'll find an excellent line of Colonials" the proper thing and best fad, in our regular stock, at $2 APP BROTHERS & HANSHAW zone 257. 255-257 N. Main Banner Mills + CUSTOM GKINDING + A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENIX BROS, PROPS. N. Main St. Phone 580 PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245-247 North Market St HOUCK Hardware store Insurance Gasoline Stoves Lawn Mowers Rubber Hose, etc. 116 East Douglas Ave. Nice Furnished .ROOMS- By the night or week Translat a Specialty Mrs. R. Heck, Prop. 245 North Water St. UNTITLED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL A man riding a horse. 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XMAS Is the time to give Photos to your friends- HAVE THEM MADE NOW We make all styles at the lowest possible price ..... Our late and newest style ART DECKLE Cabinet on 7x11 Folder $3.50 PER Dozen Full sized cabinets on 7x9 mounts $2.00 PER Dozen Princess Panels 75c PER Dozen STUDEBAKER 142 North Main St. Over Ozane's Drug Store A GIGANTIC SALE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN We find ourselves with an enormous stock of High Grade Tailor—Made Suits, Skirts, Waists, Furs, Petticoats and Millinery on hand with the greater part of the season gone. We concluded to sell our entire $20,000 stock, which will be distributed into the homes of the people for less than the actual cost of the raw material for 14 days, in our building, 147 North Main street, between First and Douglas. Our building is now closed to remark and rearrange the stock and will remain closed until Saturday, December 10th, 9 a.m., when the world's greatest sale begins at the New York Cloak & Suit Co., stand, 147 North Main Street NOTICE Every Article in our store will be placed on sale and every garment, every statement herein made is Positively Guaranteed or Your Money Back for the asking. $20,000 WORTH OF HIGH-GRADE MERCHANDISE To be distributed into the komes of the people for less than the actual tost of material by N. Y. Clork & Suit Co, Entire Stock Wichita's Greatest Outfit Owing to the Back We find ourselves with an end on hand with the greater part of homes of the people for less than First and Douglas. Our buildi cember 10th, 9 a m., when the wo NOTICE Every Posit Suits and Sk Every Coat and Suit in this g elegant Christmas Gift, and the be for fourteen days only. Heavy Silk Waists made of fin some with silk braid trimmin worth $10.50, your choice..... Fine Kersey Coats, French squir and castor, all tizes, hand tax shoulders, worth $2.50, sale Every Coat and Suit in this gigantic stock will make an elegant Christmas Gift, and the prices we quote below will be for fourteen days only. Heavy Silk Waists made of fine Taffetta Silk, come plain some with silk braid trimming, positively and actually worth $10.50, your choice..... $4.98 Fine Kersey Coats, French squirrel trimmed, black, brown and castor, all tizes, hand taiored, wide sleeves, high shoulders, worth $z2.50, sale price..... $7.98 Mark the Date and Mark It Well SATURDAY, Dec 10th with stocks larger, more complete and better in every way than on previous year, is NOW READY Every section of this vast store is filled with new and interesting things for Christm as gifts. "Toy- land" on the second floor is a sight worth seeing. We invite you to visit it. The treasures it holds will please the older folks as well as the children. Santa Claus will be Here as usual, arriving ten days before Christmas and remaining until Christmas Eve. He wants to shake hands with all the little ones. Boston Store 103.105.107 109 E. DOUGLAS AVE WALLENSTEIN & CONN. We want you to come down to the Singer Sewing Machine store at 220 North Main st and get one of those new 20th Century Machines that can be had for $3.00 a month. They will save you $2.00 a month. Women's Skirts, made of melton cloth mixtures, walking length, material is heavy, worth $7.75, on sale.....$1.98 Tourists Coats, made of the very fine quality of Royal Standard Kersey cloth; black, blue, brown and castor, all sizes, worth $28 and $30. During sale.....$9.98 Tourist Coats, made of manish rough mixtures with wide sleeves, turned up cuffs, loose, roomy and silk lined, worth $30. .....$8.98 Tweed Walking Skirts, heavy material, good for cold winter weather wear, especially adapted for shopping, worth $6.00; choice while they last .....$1.98 Silk and Satin Lined Dress Suits, in plain checks and stripes .....$7.48 Cafe in connection. Stricily first-cla ss in every respect RATES $1.00 Per Day At 9 o'Clock, A. M. $20,000 Worth of Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Furs, Jackets, Millinery and Silk Petticoats to be sold at less than the actual cost af manufacture SALE POSITIVELY OPENS SATURDAY, DEC. 10 And Closes In 14 Days NEW YORK CLOAK & SUIT CO. 147 North Main Street Alterations Free During this Sale A BIG TIME On Wednesday Dec. 21 the Eueka Club will give one of their music and literary specialties in the nature of a grand Christmas Carnival. This Christmas Carnival will be given at Odd Fellows hail 517 N. Main st. and no pauls will be spared that every one old and young who attends may feel that they have been well entertained. Those in charge of this grand affair will add a new novelty in presenting to the audience many extra phonographic selections. It is worth the while to be present and hear some of the latest pieces on the big phonograph in sacramental, comic, instrumental and Prices will reach the lowest limit in this gigantic sale of Cloaks, Suits, and skirts For Women and Children at N Y cloak & suit co 147 North Main St Wichita Kansas Company Large Building weather conditions s, Furs, Petticoats and Millinery which will be distributed into th ing, 147 North Main street, between main closed until Saturday, De— und, 147 North Main Street every statement herein made is on cloth mixtures, walking orth $7.75, on sale..... $1.98 very fine quality of Royal k, blue, brown and castor, During sale..... $9.98 rough mixtures with wide use, roomy and silk lined, ..... $8.98 material, good for cold win- ly adapted for shopping, key last ..... $1.98 bits, in plain checks and ..... $7.48 Let nothing keep you away The Hour Is set the date you Know L WADE Water Street Hita, Kansas family first-class in every respect $1.00 Per Day on and board by the week and heat. Transient a Specialty. T. S. WADE, Manager on this occasion will be specially selected to please and appropriate for the occasion. At 8.30 sharp the rendition of a superbly fine literary programe will be begun and it is so personeled as two ap appeal to the approval of all. The programe numbers will be composed of Wichita,s best talent. Taking into consideration that "Christmas comes but once a year" the committee is making special preparations for this grandest of all grand holiday events—so they have announced that they will serve refreshments of the season also will have soft drinks. Do not be mean, bring your family out and spend one evening of the year with your friends and neighbors—come out don't be so selfish. This event is being gotten up to please-- and you can laugh and have a fine, jolly, good time. LEAP YEAR PARLOR. As this is the last month in the present leap year, the committee is arranging to have a LEAP YEAR PARLOR specially flitted up for the pleasure of the pleasure of the young folks-- the parlor will be in charge of three ladies-- who will welcome you into the parlor, Refreshments will be served in the parlor annex-by waiter for that purpose. This parlor annex is apart and seperate from the main reception table-and each table will seat two couples only After the rendition of the grand phonographic forepart and the excellent programe the floor will be given over to those who delight in the innocent light fantastic touch. Everybody and everything in the latest up-to-date style and nothing but the best of order and behavior will be tolerated under any circumstances. Ladies and Gents cloak room specially provided free of all and any charge; a competent and reliable person will have charge of the wraps. The Eureka Club has a state reputation for fine, up-to-date, moral and high-grade affairs and if you miss this even you will always regret it. as this will be the grandest ever attempted come out. When you hear those grand phonoprapic series you will laugh cry and smile all at once too funny to think of too solem to laugh at and too true to disbelieve hear it you will be pleased. For this grand extravagantly arrainged function and all the fun and amusement the admission is only 25c for adults and 10c for children. Bring your whole family out and have the time of your life. Remember this big event will take place on Wednesday night December 21st 1904. Buy your tickets early as there will be a big crowd and you will avoid the usal rush at the door. Come early—and stay late. THE REV. IRL R. HICKS 1905 ALMANAC. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for 1905 is now ready, being the finest edition ever issued. This splendid and costly book of 200 pages is a complete study of astronomy and storm and weather for 1905. It is too well known to need comment. See it and you will so decide. The price postpaid to any address is 30 cents per copy. The Rev. Irl Hicks' scientific, religious and family journal, "Word and Works," now abreast with the best magazines, is 75c a year. Both "Word and Works" and the Almanac $1.00 per year. No better investment possible for any person or family. Try it and see. Send to WORD AND WORKS PUB. CO. 2201 Locust St. St. St. Mo. Talk about weather—this present Kansas Weather is from Weath erville—and fills any old bill even the coal bill. Don't far get to attend the contest between the Red aun the Blues Dec. 18th at the A. M. E. church at 3 oclock p. m. Miss Zella Ratley captain of the Blues and Clarence King caption of the Red's. Go-sip has it that Thomas Ander son and Ned Starns are to be the popular gents in the "Leap Year Parler" at Odd Fellow hall Wednesday night, December 21t-- during the big Christmas Carnival, The other boys say "We'll see." Charles H. Luling put in an appearance on the streets of Wichita Monday. It had been so long since he had been in town—his old time friends did not hardly know him. However, he seemed to be the same C. H. L. Miss Clandine Heald is assisting Mrs. F. P. Bateman and Rev. W.H. Wilson in conducting their meeting at the Holiness Mission 119 E. Murdock. The meetings being held at this Mission are very interesting and are being well attended. Every one is invited to come out and take part. Mayor McLean was in Salina Tuesday on business. NEWTON NEWS. The N. U. G. club met with Mrs. W.-C. Mallory Monday Dec 5th of which the members. all had a lovely time. Mr. Cass Wilson who has been away from our city for sometime has returned all were very glad to have him return. Mrs. C. R Raimey who has been vary ill is some better. Mr.Malone and family and Mrs. John Anderson and daughter Gallie were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gross Thursday Dec. 1st at dinner. Mrs. Gross had a lovely dinner and the guest spent a lovely afternoon. Three Jolly Girls will give a ball at Odd Fellows hall Monday night Dec. 12th. Go out and patronize them. Miss Bea rite Turner left Wednesday afternoon for her home in Groom Texas, Miss spent several weeks visiting among friends and was ighly pleased with her trip Mrs. W Harding is out, again after a seige of sickness. Lee Anderson passed through the city Monday going South on the Santa Fe. He is looking fine. Tickets are now *on sale* for the big Xmas Carnival--buy early. The next chapter of the story about the automobile wedding should describe the cooking of the wedding breakfast over a gasoline fire. John L. Sullivan should be more cautious in signing total abstinence pledges. One of them may turn up as a promissory note some day. Joaquin Miller, the 'Frisco poet, has struck a spouting oil well on his Texas property. If there's enough oil to last, of course Joaquin, will quit spouting poetry. Major Delmar has broken another trotting record. There are so many kinds of trotting records that it is a poor horse which can't break one now and then. King Oscar of Sweden dances at 75 and enjoys it. The kings of Sweden used to make their subjects dance, but they didn't live to such a happy old age. By eating matches a Pittsburg parrot set her owner's house afire and was herself badly scorched. This seems to have been an all-around case of poetic justice. The wife of the successful man is always said to have been his inspiration and help; but the unsuccessful man is happier if he has a wife who is a consolation and a help. The Dutch have captured Batoebatoe, killing 196 Achinese and losing three of their own men. One or two ```markdown ``` Dreel Multi-millionaire Anson Phelps Stokes has consented to give additional details concerning his latest plans for an impregnable floating naval battery for harbor and coast defense. Naval officers, shipbuilders and naval architects are giving the closest attention to Mr. Stokes' novel scheme, which is a departure from existing designs as radical as was the monitor. The machine described by Mr. Stokes is an improvement of his first invention. The first plan was for a circular battery; the modified form is semi-globular. Mr. Stokes has named his island of steel, with its equipment of guns of awful destructive power, the "Cerberus," and has protected himself with patents at Washington and in Europe. Mr. Stokes has long been known as a philanthropist. Three of his sons have been prominent for years in charity work, one of them, Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., being a clergyman. Mr. Stokes said of his invention: "The late naval battles make it evident that for a leading position in sea power and for the proper protection of our coasts and our officers and crews in battle, there is need for something more powerful than the present 16,000-ton battleship, with its 12-inch guns and insufficient armor, and that only the very foremost nations will be able to maintain really effective fleets. "With the increase in size and power of new types of battleships and naval batteries may come the naval supremacy of America alone. "Nations weak in battleships may hug the idea of commerce destroyers, but that barbarous system of waging war must be destroyed as were privateering and piracy. Commercial vessels are now built more larger than the largest battleships. But more powerful battleships are sure to be built and more powerful guns. Land fortifications cannot now be made sufficient to protect our ports. Banks Bencfited by Advertising. Does it pay for banks to advertise? Five years ago some banks in Pittsburgh, Pa., began to advertise, and recently they measured the results by comparing their business with that of banks that did not advertise. In the five years the banks that sought new business through printer's ink gained 38 per cent in assets and 55 per cent in deposits. The other banks gained 27 per cent in assets and 11 per cent in deposits. During the last year the former gained 22 per cent and the latter lost 7 per cent in deposits. The question whether it pays to advertise may not be entirely answered by such figures, but they are calculated to provoke thought.—Springfield, Mass., Republican. Still Young at 90 Years. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, now over 90 years old, is still in excellent health and maintains the wonderful poise which has always been one of her leading characteristics. Like Gladstone, she is able to sleep almost, at will, and declares that in all her long life she has never lost even part of a night's sleep. She is looking wonderfully well, and even yet her soft, satinlike brown hair has no white. Dressed in pretty modern clothes, with a black silk apron and lace mittens, when she receives visitors in the afternoon she is a wonderful example of the present and the past. Woman in Toledo School Board. Mrs. Pauline Steinem, described as the most prominent Jewess of Toledo, Ohio, and a great favorite with the late Mayor Sam Jones, has been elected to the city's school board. She ran 700 votes ahead of her ticket, and her plurality was about 8,000. The total number of Toledo women registered as voters this year was 3,302, but they electioneered zealously for Mrs. Steinem and contributed $110 for her campaign expenses. Judge Parker Begins Well. One day after hanging out his shingle as a lawyer in New York city former Judge Alton B. Parker received two commissionership appointments in the supreme court. Justice O'Gorman named him, with others, to assess the value of property to be acquired by the city in connection with certain piers on the East river, two separate commissions being named and each paying from $5,000 to $7,000. "How dangerous will be the position of New York and other large cities when attacked by naval guns having a range of twenty miles or more if we do not provide adequate coast defense ships. What would the capture of all our foreign merchant vessels benefit an enemy or injure us as compared with the capture of one of our great cities by a hostile fleet!" Mr. Stokes then described his invention in detail. "One such semi-globular battery," said Mr. Stokes, "could defend or blockade an important strait, could protect the mouth of a transcontinental canal, or dominate almost any large seaport, and could safely resist more than a dozen of the largest bat tierships, which cost $7,500,000 apice, "As the purpose of the Cerberus is defence rather than aggression, it is not necessary that it be able to move rapidly from one place to another. Should the Cerberus need to move quickly to a distance, an armored cruiser might find useful and safe employment in towing her. The two vessels might sometimes be used together as a small squadron. The roll of the Cerbus in a gale would be very slight. The naval powers know the exact position of the large guns in our coast fortifications, but the Cerberus could change its position. "When the great struggle comes for the control of the Windward Passage, that key to the Caribbean and to the Panama canal, which we may be called upon to defend, the existing type of battleship may be found insufficient, and land fortifications and mines will not suffice, for the Windward Passage is wide and deep, as are also the other entrances to the Caribbean sea." Mr. Stokes concluded by saying he was planning a still larger battery with less draught and a larger number of guns. Quiet Life of Famous Actress. Eleanora Duse, the famous Italian actress, is peculiarly sensitive and highly strung. When she is not playing or rehearsing she spends her time in perfect rest and lives in almost nunlike seclusion. She has a companion who arranges her journeys and engages rooms for her at hotels. This woman sees that Duse's apartments are at the back of the hotel and, if possible, overlooking a garden, for she cannot bear street sounds and sights. The furnishing of her room is important. Everything must be scrupulously clean, severe and quiet, for her highly wrought sensibilities cannot tolerate the distraction of pictures and ornaments. Connubial Bliss. Congressman Fitzgerald's latest story is of an Irish couple in Boston whose connubial bliss was occasionally disturbed by violent misunderstandings. They were devoted in their own way, however, and when the husband died he left a temporarily inconsolable widow. A friend dropped in to see how she was getting along, and in the course of a chat remarked: "I'm glad to hear that poor Mike died happy, anyway." "Indeed he did, Mrs. Lafferty," was the reasonably cheerful reply. "Sure the lasht thing he done was to crack me over the head wid a medicine bottle, the darlin." Youth of Governor-Elect Douglas. Out in Colorado they still remember Governor-elect Douglas of Massachusetts, who, when a young man, conducted a cobbler shop in Golden. His shop was a little wooden shack which stood about where the Crawford house is now located, and his fellow-townsmen little dreamed that "Will" Douglas would one day be among the leading shoe manufacturers of the world, to say nothing of becoming chief executive of the old bay state. Increase in Railroad Milage. Increase in Railroad Mileage. Railroad mileage in this country is increasing at the rate of about 5,000 miles a year. With this increase in railroad mileage the demand for steel and iron will be correspondingly greater. The last great building constructed in New York with iron beams and iron girders was the Waldorf hotel and yet this building is only eleven years old. Every large building that has gone up since that has been constructed with steel. 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 Fancy, 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 Our Prices ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST OUR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST IF NOT, WHY NOT? HAMS 7c Per pound 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. SUPPLEMENT ‘TO THE SEARCHLIGHT Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Dec.10, ‘04 ——— Evidently if Japan wants peace it wili have to fight for it. By common consent the new battle ship New Jersey will be assigned to the Mosquito fleet. ‘An Iowa bank cashier loses $20, 000 and fiees.” Can this be consid- ered a double loss? Another matrimonial agency is in the toils. What is the use of an agen- cy of that sort during leap year? The lambs are bleating in Wall street again, and the sound is a joy- ful one to the shearers.—Baltimore sun Alexieff has arrived at St. Peters jurg without a scratch. But it must be remembered that he started to run early Now that flour is up and still rising, the beef trust is perhaps justified in making a few sarcastic observations to the vegetarian, ‘The czar says he has no fear of the outcome. Wait til he wakes up some night to find that the czare- vitch has the croup, ‘The cook problem may be met in various ways. For instance, there is Mr. McDougall of Brooklyn, who never eats cooked food, France ought to make an end of this brutal duet fighting. ‘There is ak ways danger that the implacable con- testants may die of fright. A New York Dogberry nas ruled that no man can be “disorderly” in a saloon. Perhaps not, but what a spec- tacular imitation he can put up! A Brooklyn man who had lost his memory had it suddenly restored by the sight of his wife. This has hap- pened before, on various occasions, Israel Zangwill thinks the world pines for a great dramatist. Mean- while “MeFadden’s Flats” will resume an unbroken career of phenomenal propane, ‘The public concern over how mitch money Miss Nesbit will get from the ‘Thaws is umwarranted. Being a cory- phee, she will get everything that is coming to her. Earl Grey, now governor general of Canada, predicts a population of 50, 000,000 for the dominion in 1950. ‘Thai’s the way we grow over here, and why not Canada? ‘The expenditure of $25,000 upon the summer home of Tnomas Nel- son Page at York Harbor does not indicate that he is in the class of poor and straggling authors. A University of Wisconsin freshman shot a@ sophomore who atterapted to haze him because he derided the foot ball team. Even this, however, does wot decide the merits of the team. ‘The king of Spain has consented to act as. arbitrator between Honduras and Nicaragua. Who can deny that Progress is progressing when children may settle disputes between great na. ‘oka Gen, Andre's friend, Capt. De Gail, fought a duel with Deputy Syveton with pistols at twenty-five paces. Neither man was hurt, and they are nominated for delegates to the peace ngress, A dispatch from ‘Rio™Janeiro says ‘he police have stopped a revolution own there by catching the\ revolu- tionist and putting him in jail. There nist be an Anglo-Saxon on the Rio Janeiro police force. A California man has a cow which he prizes so highly that he hires a Pullman car in which to take her from one fair to auother. She may, indeed, be a noble beast, but since she can’t “tip” the porter it isn’t like- ly that they have a very high opinion of her. Mr. Carnegie says universal peace will come in the year 3000 A.D. Ap- varently Andrew is convinced that it will be slow, hard work getting peo- ple to understand-that it is foolish to so to war when it is just as easy and muck cheaper td get killed at grade crouse Young Mr. Rockefeller continues to talk to his Bible class about money, nd hie latest dictum is that wealth cannot tuke one to heaven and is a relatively unimportant matter to the truly happy life. And the wistful Bi bie class listens respectfully, as com- mon people always do when money talks. It fs disclosed that a Boston man who recently failed owed $1,670 to a sressmaker. ‘The Boston Globe feels hat he will have the sympathy of most women for the goodness. he showed to his wife, But the dress- wnaker--what shall she base her sym- pathy upon? With a German ‘physician suing an American for $2,000 for one consulta tion and a French physician suing an- other American for $100,000 for failing to cure his wife, our citizens will do Well to come home to get sick. Grilection of Forks, A London jeweler has made a col ection of ancient forks used in Eng: jJand which show some little known facts about the table manners of a few ce..turies ago. ‘The forks, which are of solid silver, date from the six- eenth century. Jn many cases the designs in all this time have scarcely varied in any detail and the forks look like these which might be bought today The old forks were a great luxury in their time agd were only used by the aristocracy. No chromos Or cheap premiums, but a ‘better quality and one-third. more of Deflance Starch for the same price of other starches. ‘The iceman and the coalman both swear by the thermometer. Tam sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved my lite three years ago.—-Mus. THOS. RomBLNs, Maple Street, Norwich, N. ¥., Feb. 17,1900 Schemers get into office when hon- est men fail to do their duty, “X had Loflawnatory Rheamatism, but Tam raiiad Lataunasory ee eee gpahenena ee ee Extremes meet; that’s why art is long and the artist short. Mra. Winslow's Soott . For cbiidren teething, softens the yened, rebcen tw demas tetris Cen ee No oculist can remedy the short- sightedness of a selfish person. Those Who Have Tried It fil use no other. Defiance Cold Wa- ter Starch has no equal in Quantity or Qualliy'—18- 02 forsi0 center Stuer brands contain only 12 os, The fashions change in everything except babies. stars or ong, 74 97 TORO gicaEee Ae «rman J GUESEY men oma ate. sain PERESCeeiea ome ao ret eat a be Sade Cnn sad Sat Seer ete cat tote Sp aa goa SSAA ORLAED el Bz a vey OP HUNDRED LQLLLES alet hy the ance SET ABR got e cre eS tors to beter, mo and fib aay Pe SITAR SUT ERASE te a rt Bios, jemae! Norasy Pentic. Hails @atarrh Cure {s taken internally and acte sae "Bead or amen co, Taleo, 0 soya Drees St SESE SS worconntpattn . Disturbs Uncle Allen. “The only time I ever feel alarmed about our future,” averred Uncle Al len Sparks, “is when I hear a husband wrangling with a strong-minded wife who differs with him as to what ought to be done to save the country from going to ruin.” What Coin Loses By Abrasion. It is well known ‘that coin in cireu- lation loses weight by abrasion, but an additional loss results from the same cause in shipment to Europe. An in- stanee has been cited in Wall street circles where as much as one thirty- second per cent has been lost through abrasion alone in shipping gold coin, which would be at the rate of more than $200 in a shipment of $1,000,000. “Qutgrowing Defects.” It is a very common saying that a child will “outgrow” physical defects, ‘and this appears in many cases to be true. As children approach the age of 12 or 14 a wonderful reconstruction begins both physically and mentally, nd many times small defects disap- pear and-habits change. The girl ap- proaches womanhood, the boy man- hood, and they are’ filled with new ambitions and aspirations, usually to accomplish some great and wonderful deed. It is the time for careful train- ing, for syinpathy from the parents, and for help to “outgrow” any defects of mind or body.—Exchange. HAPPY CHILDHOOD. Right Food Makes Happy Children Because They are Healthy. Sometimes milk does not agree with children or adults. The same thing is true of other articles of food. What agrees with one sometimes does not agree with others, But food can be so prepared that it will agree with the weakest stomach. ‘As an illustration—anyone, no matter how weak the stomach, can eat, relish and digest a nice hot cup of Postum coffee with a spoonful or two of Grape-Nuts poured in, and such a com- bination contains nourishment to car- ry one a number of hours, for almost every particle of it will be digested and taken up by the system and be made use of. ‘A lady writes from the land of the Magnolia and the mocking bird way down in Alabama and says: “I was Jed to drink Postum because coffee gave me sonr stomach and made me nervous, Again Postum was recom- mended by two well known physicians for my children, and I feel especially grateful for the benefit derived. “Milk does not agree with either child, so to the eldest, aged four and one-half years, I give Postum with plenty of sweet cream. It agrees with her splendidly, regulating her bowels perfectly although she is of a consti- peted habit. “For the youngest, aged two and one-half years, I use one-half Postum and one-half skimmed milk. I have not given any medicine since the children began using Postum, and they enjoy every drop of it. “A neighbor if mine is giving Pos- tum to her baby lately weaned, with splendid’ results. The little fellow is thriving famously.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Postum agrees perfectly with child- ren and supplies adults with the hot. invigorating beverage in place of cof- fee. Literally thousands of Americans have been helped out of stomach and nervous diseases by leaving off com fee and using Postum Food Coffee. ‘Look in pkg. for the little book, “The Road to Wellville.” LM 3 NEWS OF KANSAS ‘THE KANSAS VOTE BY COUNTIES. | KANSAS HORTICULTURISTS. Where Rooseveit Got 124,682 and Hoch| Program for Annual Meeting N 63,815 Plurality. Month Is Anncunced. 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TAB seers Stafford cscs. SB AM See Btanton [002 Bae asta Stevens Lillis 82 Bb as ie Bumner sicscccce Mas WORD seas Ghomas ii ANB Trego cecccccsss (BBE seas Wataunsce sc: DRS TM Ll Wallace . a aS es Washington 200) 4B SIT sees Wiehtta.....: Ui PAN oases Wilson ll HS 128 ee Woodson 2: Be ee Weandotte 2000) 5S RSM See Se Scie ay See oaks TO INVESTIGATE THE KAW. J, S. Dean, United States Attorney for Kansas, Receives Instructions. TOPEKA. — J. S. Dean, United States attorney for the district of ‘Kansas, received his instinctions from the United States Attorney General in regard to an investigation of the conditon of the Kaw river, ‘The pur- pose of his investigation will be to ascertain whether the Kaw river is a highway of commerce or whether, if it were cleared of artificial obstruc tions and returned ta its natural state it would be a highway of commerce If it can he established that the stream would be a highway of com merce then Mr. Dean is instructed tc pring suits to compel the removal o the obstructions in the bed of the stream. ESCAPED FROM JAIL. Second Emporia Prisoner to Get Away Within the Month. EMPORIA.—James Flannigan, who was brought here from Chanute and placed in the county jail, sawed his way out and escaped. Flanmgn was wanted here on suspicion of being one ‘of the two men who attemtped to rob the Hinshaw grocery a few days ago. He is the second man to break jail in the last month, Frank Moore, held on a charge of robbery, sawed his way out just before his case was to be tried, and was mever caught. There were several other prisoners in the jail, but they did not try to leave. Another Wichita Scandal. WICHITA—J.- A, Ostrander filed suit in the district court against John Roy for $10,000. damages. Os. trander alleges that Roy, who is 58 years old, is guilty of alienating the affections of his wife. Roy was mar- ried about a month ago.’ He is a money lender. Truth isn’t stranger than the. twen- tieth century brand of fiction. Stumbled and Slew His Wife. STRONG CITY.—D. W. Roberts, a farmer living three miles east of town, accidentally shot and killed his wife Saturday. Mr, Roberts had been raby bit hunting. On his return home, he started to hang his sun up and stum, bled. In an attempt to prevent him- seif from falling he dropped the gun. The hammer struck the corner of a cupboard and the gun was discharged. The conients‘efitercd Mrs. Robert’s Back, between the shoulders. She Jived cnly a short time. ~ KANSAS HORTICULTURISTS. Precram for Annual Meeting Nex: Month fe Adaosnbend: | TOPEKA—Secretary Barnes Tues- éay issued the program for the annual meeting of the State Horticultural so- clety, te be held at Topeka December 27.29. Addresses will he delivered as Hollows: “Fruit Packages,” T. EB, Armstrons, Topeka; “Cold Storage,” W. F. Jensen, Goapele; “The ralt Commas Haat ness,” Frank Cope, Topeka; “The Mis- sion of Our State Agricultural Col- Be Prof. J. T. Willard of the fac- uity; “Fenit’ Express,” by a leading representative of the Wells-Fargo Express company from Chicago, Il!.; “Fruit Freight,” Captain James M. Steele of the A, T. & S.P, railway, Chicago; “Land,” Edwin ‘Taylor, Ed- wardsville; “Commercial Peach Grow- ing,” J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.; “Apples, the June Drop,” Prof. J.C. Witten, Columbia, Mo.; “Growing Fruit in Idaho,” Robert Milliken, Nam- ee Idaho; “How to Know the Com- moner Insect Pests,” Prof. E. A. Pop- enoe, Manhattan; “How to Succeed With Dablias,” Dr. George P. Lux; “Growing Dablias for Cutting,” Mrs. Harriet E. Chandler, Argentine; “The Flower Store and Making Fioral De- signs,” a Topeka lady florist; “Market Gardening as Proprietor or Wife,” Mrs. 0. F. Whitney, Shorey; “The House- Hisebere Winter “drtionitnre | eu plies,” Mrs. J. W. Stout; “The Most | Prolific Tree,” Rev. Dr. Edwin Locke; “Fruit Exhibitions, as Seen by Super- intendents: and Judges, 1. A, Good: man, secretary of the Missouri State Horticultural society; “The Nursery: man’s Side of the Frait Tree Busi ness," E. J. Holman, Leavenworth: ‘“Apples—Picking and Sorting,” Presi- ‘dent F, Wellhouse: “Report of Hort ‘culture at Louisiana Purehase exposi- ‘iion,” W. F. Schell, superintendent; “Mission of the American Promolog- ‘ieal Society,” J. H. Hale, South Glas- tonbury, Conn. . One hundred dollars has been set apart fer awards on exhibits of fruit. ‘The exhibition is not competitive, and every exhibit of merit will receive an award. Uniformity will require that five (no more, no less) specimens shall constitute a plate of apples, pears, peaches or quinces; nine spect mens of crabs and plims; grapes, one pound. f New varieties will be specially classed and distinctively and separate- ly reported upon. New fruits of value, noted varieties, or those of peculiar excellence, from anywhere, will receive awards of “spe: cial merit” or “honorary mention.” ‘The exhibit will be made in the ro- tunda of the state house and only Kan- ‘sas grown specimens, exhibited by the ‘grower or his representatives, will re- ‘ceive premiums. Dam at Lawrence Dangerous. KANSAS CIT¥.—Major 1, M. Chit tenden of Sioux City, Lowa, the govern meat engineer in charge of Missouri river work has been insiructed to 0 operate with John S. Dean, United States District Attorney for Kansas, in investigating Kaw river obstructions and providing a remedy. Major Chit tenden was in Kansas City for a few hours, He had been to Lawrence Kan., where he inspected the Bower sock dam across the Kaw and other river ohstrnetions. He said he hac fovnd the conditions dangerous and would so state in his report to the government. Missouri Girl Tried Suicide. LEAVENWORTH. — Matilda Phit lips, 20 years old, from St. Joseph Mo,, tried to commit suicide late Sun day night. She was in the Chicago Great Western depot with a soldie: who gave his name as Clinton Shanks ad took morphine. Physicians wer¢ summoned quickly and sayed her life after working with her five hours When she recovered she said she took the poison to stop pain. There is nc soldier on the rolls at Fort Leaven worth named Clinton Shanks. The girl Jeft this morning for her home in girl left this morning for St. Joseph. Killed in the Philippines. LEAVENWORTH.— Official letters from army officers to relatives have been received here telling of the death of Sergeant Arthur Menicke, hospital corps, in. Samar, Philippine islands. Sergeant Menicke was born in Prussia, but Hved in Leavenworth nearly all his life previous to joining the army. He was killed ina skirmish near Camp Connell, Calbayog, Samar, Sep- tember 1, Killed by a Threshing Machine. MANHATTAN.—Arthur Foltz was killed by the explosion of a threshing machine engine, the power of which was being used for sawing lumber on Mayor George T. Fielding’s farm. He was a member of a Woodman lodge. He whs 45 years old and leaves 2 widow and grown daughter. le After Wichita’s Plants. ARKANSAS CiTY.—Arkansas_ City sees an opportunity to get some of Wichita’s packing houses, since that city has refused to give the packers protection against floods. The Com- mercial club of this city held a meet ing Saturday and commitiees were ap: pointed to make propositions to the dissatisfied Wichita men. They will guarantee them every protection. ‘The Aiscovery of natural gas here is ex pected to help. LATEST KANSAS ITEMS MOR A See, ye en ore hy 2} Thanksgiving day—not a foot ball gamo, but base all. Pred Clarke, the | captainananazer of the Pittsburg Na- tional league team, ran it, Ea Howe's theory is that ‘Topeka's latest. murd@ was committed by. a! “syndicate.” So far yellow hairs, brown hairs, black hairs and red hairs have been found on the door knobs, axes and furniture. An Atchison man is so loyal to the coal shaft that he refuses to split any wood. This year will be chiefly remem- dered in Ottawa as the oye when the people wore their straw hats on ‘Thanksgiving day. ‘The Indignant Denial is unaecount- ably tardy in the case of the yarn that 200 university students voted illegally in Lawrence. When Mrs. Nation alighted from a train in Wichita a few days ago, the Eagle says, one of the spielers called out: “Hotel Carey.” Mrs, Nation shook her fist in the man’s face and shonted: “You needn't get pert, young man; I'm going to Mrs. Wilhoit’s.” Up in Horton the young women are hot too proud to make their “raglans” do for another winter. Abilene came near. haying no ‘Thanksgiving. Mayor Cowan did not Issue his proclamation until Wednes: day. There is more truth than poetry in the name of Frank Ode, the Potter banker, who is owed by hundreds of people thereabout. Here is @ funny item from the To peka Capital: “The birth of a white mal echild to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boyde is reported.” A grocer in Perry, in the very cen- ter of the rich Kaw valley potato dis- trict, advertises “Early Ohio potatoes direct from Dakota.” ip oie ape uat ke wona-aniorcobite was stolen this week is aware that he can get, no comfort from the Anti- Horsethiet Associations. According to the Salina Jaurna! Con- gressman Bowersock “owns every: thing in Lawrence except the state university.” It this estimtae is cor rect he owns almost half the town. Another gas well was “brought in” at Ottawa yesterday, but it wasn't laid on the editor’s table. Topeka believes that its latest: mur~ der was the deed of a maniac. It is known that the murderer wore long, black whiskers. The State Temperance union can hardly help deploring the tynd of af- fairs in the Russian empire, where the “Liberals” are becoming alarmingly active. ‘A side-splitting theatrical attraction in Hutchinson this week advertises: “A gleeful commingling of joviality;” also, “A coalition of mirth, vivacity and gaiety.” A Topeka man has a “motto.” It is tacked on the twall of his office and reads: “Live every day so that you can look any damn man in the face and tell him to go to hades.” “Billy” Deford of Ottawa, who has been engaged all summer at the Demo: cratic national headquarters in New York, has returned home, He is pleased to find that his townsmen do not blame him for Judge Parker's de feat. ‘Three-fourths of all the applicants to Governor-elect Hoch for jobs want to serve on the state board of charities. “The benevolent spirit,” said Congress- man Scott, “seems to have developed with remarkable rapidity in Kansas lately.” ‘The only silent thing so far discov- ered in Grant county is the “” in the pronunciation of the town of Cognac. 1 ‘The Emporia woman who assaulted William Allen White was strictly “reg- ular,” anyhow. She carried the horse- whip “concealed in the folds of her skirt.” Correction from the Atchison Globe: “Owing. to the fact that we have not as yet become familiar with the work- ings of our new typesetting machines, we had a typdgraphical error yester- day. The item referring pxysteAhTDT Frges should have said we could not get A ghstentfhsofThTD Gh sNffl. Heavens, what's the matter? We'll have to give it up. ‘A merry pastor in Marion breaks the monotony of church notices with the following: “Hello, Central!” “Hello.” “Give us the people. please.” “Al- right.” “Hello, peovie. The pastor and congregation of the Christian church extend to all a cordial invita. tion to be present at our services next Lord's day morning and evening. Sub- ject of morning service, ‘The messaga to the church at Sardis;’ services be- gin at 10:45. In the evening we will give a lecture on ‘Adam (he first man,’ or ‘The Bible a true history of erea- | Baking : | Health— | Economy SEE EEEEEREEEEe |, [Had Her Horoscope Read. It is said that Napoleon while court ing Josephine insisted that her horo- ‘scope be read, And that having as- certained that she would be steadfast in love, he proposed to her. He had /a great horror of a woman who wouié | be ficle or unfaithful. ‘Dhidinain: thak om Staaten. In cleaning the front of a Londor bank a few days ago a pigeon’s nest was discovered, constructed entirely of hairpins, of which there were many hundreds, plaited and raatted together into a solid whole. ‘The nest was oval in shape, about eight inches across ix its widest part, and six inches and a half in its narrowest. Every descrip» tion of hairpin, it is said, had’ been used in building it, How a Russian Soldier Died. In a retreat during the Crimean war a wounded soldier was dragging him- self along in great pain, says the World's Work. 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HOGS. $ 4 35 @ $ 4 40 OWN. 2 35 @ $ 2 50 STOCKERS. — — @ $ 2 50 HEFERS. 2 00 @ $ 2 25 STEERS. 2 00 @ $ 3 00 CALVES. — — @ $ 4 00 LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. The first armistic between the combatants at Port Arthur was declared December 2 for the purpose of burying the dead. It lasted for a period of six hours. The United States Atlantic squadron arrived at Bahia, Brazil, from Rio Janciro. The gunboat Castine will leave Bahia shortly to investigate the reported shoal off Pernambuco. Dispatches from Kiel aver that Emperor William will cruise in the Mediterranean in the spring. The Hohenzollern has been refitted and is ordered to be ready for sea February 28. An international conference concerning the status of hospital ships in war time will be held at The Hague December 13. A majority of the powers will be represented by their respective ministers. The appointment of Rear Admiral Davis to represent the United States on the international commission on the North Sea incident is favorably commented upon by government officials and naval officers at Paris. At Lima, Ohio, R. E. Woods, secretary of the Home and Savings bank, who was found guilty of embezzling over $25,000, and who forbade his attorneys for asking for a new trial, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. According to the secretary of the bureau, who managed all conventions and congresses at the World's Fair, 220,000 persons attended the 245 national and international gatherings held in St. Louis, as a result of the exposition. The Canadian Pacific Railroad company has just acquired by purchase Laurel Point, Victoria harbor, a rocky promontory, the existence of which has restricted shipping in this harbor, and will blast it out at a cost, it is said, of $100,000, thus greatly enlarging and improving the harbor on the site which the company has chosen for its wharves. The company will apply immediately to the Dominion government for a substantial subsidy to aid them in this undertaking. Mirza Riza Khan and the deputation from the Shah of Persia arrived at Moscow on their way to St. Petersburg. In addition to an autograph letter to the emperor, Mirza Riza Khan is bringing the Shah's portrait in a frame set with diamonds. A special panel of 260 talesmen from among whom a jury will be chosen for the second trial of Nan Patterson, charged with the murder of Caesar Young, has been summoned to appear in the supreme court in New York. Herr Gludestadt, a well known banker, and other prominent Jews have formed an organization to assist the Russian Jews in emigrating to America through Danish ports. Funds are being collected to facilitate their passage and give the emigrants a start in life on their arrival at their destination. It is estimated that fully 10,000 of these emigrants left Denmark during the present year. Lieutenant General Grippenberg, commander of the second Manchurian army, has arrived at Harbin. At Milan, Italy, following the defeat of the lawless element as a result of the municipal elections Sunday, all the radical members of the municipal council have resigned. A royal commission will conduct the administration of Milan until the general administrative election. Negotiations are reported to have been nearly completed whereby the steamship J. L. Luckenbach may eventually become the property of the Russian government. She formerly was in the trans-Atlantic service under the name Saale. A. A. 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Enough is as good as a feast, but few of us know when we have enough. AN INVITING PROSPECT. AN INVITING PROSPECT. Will Canada in the next quarter on a century take the place of the United States as the great wheat exporting section of the western hemisphere? Everything points that way. In the opinion of experts the United States has reached high water mark as a wheat exporting country. The increasing population over there has reached the point when home consumption is becoming annually greater in proportion than the increase in wheat production. As a matter of fact wheat production is decreasing over there as the land becomes more valuable and by reason of the demand for other forms of produce for home consumption. It is said that the wheat crop this year is not more than 70 per cent. of the crop of 1901 and much below the crops of 1902 and 1903. It is estimated that this year the United States surplus for export will not be over 100,000,000, which is less than any year since 1878 with two exceptions. Not only is this the case, but a considerable quantity of the best Canadian wheat is being imported into Minnesota and also Chicago. All this tends to keep the price of wheat near the dollar mark, and "dollar wheat" is the loadstone that will attract farmers to the Canadian Northwest, where land is cheap and can be farmed on a wholesale basis, particulars of which may be had from any Canadian Government Agent. The reduction of American exports will have the double influence of increasing Canadian production and keeping up the price. It constitutes a roseate prospect for this country, and needs no exercise of optimistic enthusiasm to foresee the near expansion of the Dominion into the actual position of the "granary of the empire." The Manayunk Philosopher rises to remark that spoiled children are usually very fresh. RUSSIANS CONFIDENT Expect Port Arthur to Hold Out Until Relieved. MANY MISLEADING REPORTS. The Report That the Russians Lost Heavily in Their Attempt to Recapture 203-Meter Hill is Declared to Be Absurd. Tokio, Dec. 8.—As a result of the continuous bombardment by the Japanese of Port Arthur, the besiegers, by using 203-Meter hill as an observation point, have discovered that one of the Russian battleships in the harbor has a heavy list. Owing to the fog the vessel is not clearly discernable but it could be seen that it was a damaged battleship. St. Petersburg. Although the war office and the admiralty are still without direct news from Port Arthur, confidence in the ability of the fortress to hold out continues. The reports from Tokio of the shelling of the battleships and of heavy losses by the Russians in an ineffective attempt to recapture 203-Meter hill are considered misleading. According to a high officer of the general staff, the warships would be able to seek shelter from the fire from 203-Meter hill by anchoring behind the Tiger's Tail peninsula. Reports that the Russians are clearing the mine folds outside the harbor are regarded as the best indication that the squadron is preparing to move out to this anchorage, where it will be secure under the protection of the shore batteries. An artillery officer who knows Port Arthur thoroughly expresses the belief that the Japanese will be unable to hold the summit of 203-Meter hill on account of the fire of the Antze and Etze forts, which are less than two miles distant. This officer declares that it will be impossible for the Japanese to mount guns at the top of 203-Meter hill until the ammunition of the Antze and Etze forts is exhausted. The Tokio estimate that the Russians lost 3,000 men in the attempt to recapture of 203-Meter hill is decared to be absurd, and it is pointed out that such a loss would imply the virtual crippling of the resistance yet the reports from Tokio admit that General Stoessel continues to make counter attacks. Emperor Nicholas will start on December 14 on a ten days trip to Minsk, the Caucasus, and the Don to bid farewell to troops ordered to the far east. INJURED BY EXPLOSION. New York, Dec. 7.—Ten persons were injured and $250,000 worth of property destroyed as the result of explosions caused by a spark leaking from a gasoline machine on which a chauffeur was working in an automobile storage. Forty automobiles were destroyed or badly damaged, and so rapid was the progress of the fire that men working in the second story of the building had no opportunity of escape by way of the stairways and were forced to leap from the windows. The sparks which started the fire communicated with a tank holding 160 gallons of gasoline. There were 45 automobiles in the building and the dense smoke prevented the rescue of the majority of them. The 100.gallon tank exploded soon after the fire started and spread the flames to other tanks, and in a short time there were distinct explosions filling the entire building with fire and smoke. The garage is in the heart of the theater and hotel district of Broadway, and rumor spread that the Metropolitan opera house and several of the big hotels were doomed. An immense crowd gathered and a police reserve were summoned to keep the people out of danger. RUSSIAN FLEET FIRED. Russians Are Being Outdone In the Siege at Port Arthur. Tokio, Dec. 7. It is reported that the Japanese bombardment against the fleet at Port Arthur is proceeding to the satisfaction of the attacking forces. On the evening of the 4th instant (Sunday) two or three Russian ships were fired and burned in a half hour. Their names and the extent of the damage done are not known. It is generally believed that the Russian fleet must either make an early sortie or suffer irreparable damage. Final Installment Paid In New York. Dec. 3.—The final 50 per cent installment on the $40,000 of new preferred stock of the Southern Pacific company was paid in today. French Bark Lost Calles, France, Dec. 8.—The French bark Madeleine from Iquique, Chile. September 17, for Dunkirk, has been lost in the channel. Her crew of 15 men took to the boats from which they were rescued and landed at Grantville, department of the Manche. The 120,000 farmers from the United States, who during the past seven years have gone to Canada participate in this property. The United States will soon become an importer of wheat. Get a free homebuyer or purchase a farm in Western Canada, and become one of those who will help produce it. 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