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ite Man's rejudice Unfounded American White Man Has No reasonable Foundation For His Relentless Prejudice Against The Black Man 256 Years of Devoted Loyalty and Labor The Whites Repay in Hatred and Abuse of Blacks ENTH YEAR. ite Ma rejudice American W seasonable Fo His Relentle Against Th 256 Years of ty and Labor Repay in Abuse o Vill It Stan ERICAN PREJUDICE srowth of race prejudice in is the most wonderful and ole thing. one looks at the two races in black and white—as they own and as they are today, no reason can be found or did -sroetaolishrdtaoinshrdlut why the American white and in the very least be pre-old malice or hatred in his insist the black race. To be the black race did not first this country of his own ac- was in Africa content and caning in the extensive jun- is native land—but the white be there, unsolicited and kid- the African, bound him in by force of numbers and the black man to American standing his unwilling captive from all else was easy and for the black man tilled the soil, trees, built the houses, built its, mined the coal, and did all and received not one penny short the black race by their bravery, their over-loyed by their muscle have made for the American white down the soil, have banks and accounts, build railroads, rear and rule the nation. Up to ago the American Negro fur- 82% per cent of the manual operate the gin, the cotton factory and other businesses white man and while the Negro "money earning force" the man received the money. The made by the Negro for the man during Negro servitude has --- been handed down by the white man to the white man's children from age to age, and yet the power which produced the money has not been considered or rewarded. After having 265 years advance of the Negro, and being the owner of all, why should the white man be so very ungrateful as to hold maliec in his heart against the black race, who are trying with might and main to improve the small opportunities given him? In the 42 years in which the American Negro has been permitted to accumulate for himself he has tried with unflinching fidelity to prove his efforts to make a good citizen, and then in consideration of the 256 years of toll for the white man, why not the white man show his gratitude by, if nothing more, an encouraging word? Surely the suggestion occasionally advanced that the American white man is jealous of the black man is not true? Of what has the white man to be jealous? True, enough since freedom 42 years ago the black man has made wonderful strides in all directions and have out stripped the record of any other race in any country, but should the white man be prejudiced and jealous of the Negro for this? Is he? In a nation of eight million souls, there are less than twelve million blacks, so in point of number the white man has no need of alarm. It will be a long time before the Negro race can ever hope to even half equal the white race in this country. Then why hate the black man and hold prejudice against him? Is the American white man afraid to give the black man an equal opportunity with him for fear that the black WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1906. man will surpass him or is the hatred which the white man holds toward the black man simply an exposition of the inward inhuman nature of the white man? We trust that neither is the case. For first, there is no excuse for the one and no reason for the other. The white race is in America to stay and the black race is in America to stay, and ere long the two races must settle with blood the enmity daily brewing. It is far better for the stronger race to consider the frailties of the weaker race than it is for the stronger race to continue to add insult to injury, for the one breeds respect and love while the other breeds contempt and a thirst for revenge. History hath shown that no one race can kick, knock and abuse another smaller and weaker race continuously without ever meeting a day of reckoning. Though the white race in America today is in the saddle, they are the law-makers, the law executors; they are the owners of the land, and the makers and owners of the money, but who can pull back the dark curtain of time and see and tell what the future has in store for them? Though the black race is the dispised, abused ostricised, discriminated, refused race of this nation, who can doubt that some day they may be the chief corner stone in the building. No black man envy the white man when he boasts of his power, but deep in the heart of every black man is a fond hope to one day see the power which is exclusively controlled by the white man distributed on a more even basis. Races, like individuals, have their day; races, like individuals, have a pre-ordained mission; when that day is passed, that mission performed, they must make room for another. Everything and every race must reach their topmost point, how near is the white race to that point? Only father time and the obscure future can tell, and both refuse to reveal. It is, however, self evident that something must be done—the lot of the Negro in this country is becoming more hard to bear with every day and ere long "patience will cease to be a virtue," and the inevitable must come. No people, in no nation, among no people, have been more submissive and loyal than have the Negro to white man and it seems that the more loyal the Negro remains the tighter the bands are drawn about him. Ye gods, where will the end be. The Negro desires peace with his neighbor, and has sacrificed, almost his very soul to obtain it, but if after so sincere a sacrifice and loyal effort to obtain it, he is still refused, he must then and there demand it regardless of cost, whether in blood or life. All trust, however, that the day is not far distant when every man on American soil will be granted those rights which have always been held sacred by the nations of this earth, of the enjoyment of "life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness" untrammeled and unintimidated, regardless to color. The proposition for separate schools for Wichita presents a condition unlike that in any other city in the west. The colored people of this city are scattered in all directions and there is no "colored district" in Wichita, as is found in almost very other city. Whether the location of Wichita's colored population was accidental or not is not a matter of present discussion, but the fact stands otu bodly as here stated. There is not enough colored people in any one settlement to supply a school and thus the hardship incident in this matter is easily apparent. Should a school be situated at any one point in our city it would work a hardship on colored scholars. It is not from the view point of social association or the desire of the colored parents to push their children or themselves into the company of their white neighbors or their children that the colored people of Wichita take such a decisive stand against the action of our board of education, but it is purely and simply their desire that their children be given all the school facilities and accommodations which belong to modern educational equipments. And under the present conditions it is evident that with a scattered colored population such as is in Wichita, the board of education nor the taxpayers would be justified in making the additional costs incident on equipping in each ward separate schools for white and colored children, and for the board of education to even entertain the thought of centralizing the colored children in one building to the great inconvenience of two-thirds of the colored people, is a proposition too absurd to consider. So far as has been learned ther has been no complaint of the present school arrangements from either white or colored parents, and thus the action of the board seems out of place. The colored people of Wichita have made no complaint, the whites have made none; then why the act? (By Gertie Fisher, Parsons, Kan.) Who is the great man of today Who is the leader of the race? Who is the man that can stand And look a thousand in the face? Who is the man that's aspiring; Aspiring each day of his life. To see his race—hold Who is the man that has stood; Stood well and played his part? Progression is his aim in life, He works with an earnest heart. Who is the man that said. By his philanthropic deed That he would build the Negro up From every want and need? Who is this man—this noble man— I'll ask you once again. That making his way step by step Until he reaches the zenith of fame. This man is noble and young in years And greater he will be For he is striving day by day To be like Booker T. This man is of the Western University. And greater things he has done. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! I say— For William T. Vernon. IS NOW READY. NOTICE TABORS.—The new Taborian Constitution is now ready. It is fine and every Knight and every Daughter should have a copy. Every Temple and Tabernacle should have two copies. Send your order to REV. SIR FRANK WILSON, C. G. M., 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kan. Sir William Bates is on the sick list. LAID TO REST The body of Miss Amelia Thompson who died in Santa Fe, N. Mex. arrived in our city over the Santa Fe. Sunday morning accompanied by her sister Miss Alice Thompson. Sunday afternoon in the midst of a thronging congregation of friends and former acquaintances the last tribute of respect was paid to her memory at the A. M. E. church. The services were impressive and all who were present felt deep the Soleminty of the accession. The funeral was conducted and preached by Rev. H. W. King pastor assisted by Revs. S. S. Washington, W. H. Burrill, W. H. Tillman, J. Mitchem and D. K Mickleberry, all of whom took part. The pall bearers were six girls friends of the beccased young lady, dressed in white and who were members of the young ladies club. The floral offering were tasteful, beautiful and expensive and bespoke the high esteem in which Miss Thompson was held. On the part of the song service of which she was an ardent worker, a beautiful floral wreath was laid. After the funeral was preached by Rev. King and the body was viewed by the friends a large number follows to the Cemetery where the enterment was had. The worries of baking day turn to delight when you use HOWARD'S PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR No other as good It is none of our business, of course, but almost any outsider is forced to the conclusion that Sir Alfred Austin is not earning his salary as poet laureate of England. At the Nelson celebrations it is Ruddy Kipling's poetry and not Sir Alfred's that's being recited. WINFIELD, KAN. Thos. Bizer of Hutchiuson returned to his home. Frank Banks has returned to his home in Hiawatha. Mrs. Pete Clements of Wichite is in the city visiting her husband. Mrs. J. W. Wood entertained the Booker T. Washington Club last Friday at 3pm. Mrs. Durcan McNeal is on the sick list this week. Last Saturday evening at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Alleu Brown a pleasant surprize party was given in honor of Misses May Colwell Bernice Rodinson and Cora Carpenter of Arkansas City by the young colored people of this city The evenig was spent in playing games and taffy pulling. These present were: Misses Pearl Amder Lavena Franklin Ada Coving ton Belle Saunders Nora Campbell, Janni North Viaginia Singleton, Willie Brown Omega Nichols Lillian Franklin Leona Brown Rena Flemings Messrs. Roy Nichols Wilmer Nichols Oscar Berl and Cland Brown Van Singleton Ralph Franklin Earl Saunders Ernst Saunders Frank Mc Donald Ernest Campbell Jame North Geo. Ambler Harry Nichols, Elmer Martin Stanley Brown Hanson Mitchell. Grand prize balls at the Redman hall every Tuesday night — Mozart Club. Every ticket is numbered. Save your number it may draw the prize. The B. T. W. club met at the home of Mrs. Massey all members will pleas meet promptly at 3pm. with Mrs. Ambrose Morris 1447. Barwise Ave. Thursday Jan. 18th. 1906. Business of importance. Even disagreeable people serve a good purpose, for they teach us how not to be. Queen Alexandra has written a book. She won't have to look long for a publisher. Unfortunately the change in the British cabinet doesn't give England a new poet laureate. Sir Alfred Charles Harmsworth's peerage entitles him to rank as Lord of Thirty-one Newspapers. Ever since the pencil sharpener was invented women have felt that they could get along without men. Any one can muster courage to meet great trials, but it takes a genius of patience to endure the little ones. The most effective argument a charming woman can use to a man is an appealing "Don't you think so?" Some man has just "thrown a rock at Gen. Shafter." The extraordinary thing about it is that he missed him. Getting up in the middle of a winter night to run ninety miles might not seem such great sport to some people. John Bartlett, compiler of the well-known "Familiar Quotations," is dead. "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well." The Kansas City judge who decided that silk skirts are not a necessary of life should have consulted some married man. Cato learned Greek at 80, and now a Chicago man 80 years old has secured a marriage license. Another slap at Osler! THE SEARCHLIGHT. 7. N. MILLER, Editor. Mattered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas on Second-Class Mail Matter. Foil-lined Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 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So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Witness Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any per which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if bought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live." is OUR Motte: FOR 1906 The Searchlight has entered in to its work for the New Year, 1906, with a renewed vigor, determination and ambition to push forward in the interest of the great race of which it is a proud member. During the year 1905 we have had many reasons to feel thankful and we highly enjoyed the unstinted confidence bestowed on us by our people d ur ing the old and for their beneficient support and we trust to so conduct ourselves in the present year that we may hold the confidence of our present list of friends and be able to add legions more. Realizing early in our journalistic work the utter impossibility of publishing a paper that would please everybody we years ago ceased our effort in that direction and have devoted ourselves to the publication of facts as we found them. In making our debut for 1906 we will endeavor during the present year to adhere to the same rule. It has been one of our aims not to open our year's work with vain and scaae-crow promises or made senseless or unwarranted boasts—therefore we go forth in our work for 1906 with the same even temperment for good with nas characterized our work from the beginning and in our effort we solicit the cooperation of all. In 1906, as in the past we will endeavor to give the people a clean, wholesome paper, as a guarantee of our good intentions and sincerity, we have only to offer our past record of sever years of constant, regular and uninterrupted publication. We can ```markdown ``` not close these few words without speaking a word of thanks and appreciation to the business men and merchants of our city for the very liberal patronage shown us in 1905, and we trust that the same friendly and cordial relation may exist in the future as in the past. We also wish to thank our many white and colored friends for their patronage in 1905 and we sincerely solicit their friendship and patronage during 1906. With these few line plunge forth in the new year with renewed energy and determination to battle for the right. SEARCHLIGHT only $1. Per Year. Are You A Subscriber? A RECEPTION. Mrs. W. N. Miller tendered a swell reception at her home, 335 West 15th street, Wednesday night, January 10th, 1906, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ellis, of St. Charles, Mo., who are here visiting his sister, Mrs. Thos. Glover, Mrs. Miller was very ably assisted in the arrangement and decorations by Mrs. H. W. King and Mrs. Lizzie Modeson. The house was profusely decorated and the guests were entertained with choice selections on the family phonograph. The dining room was decorated in natural greens and white, and at each plate was a souvenir card in honor of the guests of honor. The reception opened at 6 p. m., and the guests sat down to dinner at 7 p. m. The following seven course menu was served: MENU FRUIT Soup, a la Boullion DINNER Chicken Peas Potatoes, French Fried Hutter Beans Pickles Celery Slaw Fruit Salad Cheese and Crackers Snow Pudding, English Style Ice Cream Assorted Cake Kansas Beverage—Water Coffee MENU The guests' were: Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Glover, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. King, Mrs. C. A. Glover, Rev. W. H. Tillman, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller. Mr. Oliver Ellis is an old friend of the family of Mrs. Miller and has known Mrs. Miller since she was a wee little girl and it afforded her much pleasure to meet him and have him present at her home on his visit here. At a reasonable hour the guests departed for their homes. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Glover tendered a reception to Mr. Glover's uncle Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ellis Tuesday night at their home 702 North Market street. PROVED FATAL. Howard Murdock, age 70 years died at Martha Washington hospital Thursday night, January 11, from the effects of a pistol shot from a pistol which was accidentally discharged while in his hand Sunday night. The accident occurred at Williams and Tremont Sunday night and the ball struck his leg just above the knee. None thought the accident was serious and he was taken to the hospital. Mr. Murdock was Odd Fellows of more than 35 years' experience. He had been a resident of Wichita for more than 20 years. Mr. Murdock has two sons, a daughter, and many other relatives who live in Texas. All arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. THE SQUARE DEAL (From the President's Message.) It is the man's moral quality, his attitude towards the great questions which concern all humanity, his cleanliness of life, his power to do his duty towards himself and toward others, which really count; and if we substitute for the standard of personal judgment which treats each man according to his merits, another standard in accordance with which all men of another class discriminated against, we shall do irreparable damage to the body politic. Mistletoe Fast came the flecks of feather white Among the laurel trees Over the mountain; through the night, Stirred by, the Winter's breeze. The winds a wedding anthem sing, With cold lips all aglow. The Snow Queen kissed her Forest King So came the mistletoe! —Kate Masterson. THE WICH TASEARCH LIGHT Fresh Meats are sold at the Court House grocery as well as all kinbs of fancy and staple groceries. Miss Mary Esners of Guthrie arrived in the city Sunday to spend a few days visiting. There is much sickness in Wichita this year. Joe. Bell is in town again after a short sojourn in Kansas City. Fred Madison contempts a trip to New M xico for his health. Searchlight office 428 N. Main- Call any time. Chas, Floyd left Tuesday morning for his home in Kingman. He will remain in Kingman a f w days and from there he will go to Prtt to cook at the Brigge hotel. He reports a fine time while in the city. Alex Jones who has been quite sick for some time is much improved. PAY what you owe to the S.arel right. Call at our office 428 N Main. Attend the MASK BALL at Redman hall, 211 west Douglas, Tuesday night, January 16th Save your numbered tickets and try for the aluable prize. TO GIVE PRIZE The Mozart Social Club has decided on a series of prize balls to be given at Redman hall every Tuesday night. The club plan is to issue numbered duplicate tickets—and the purcha ser retains the stub number—on the last Tuesday night in January the club will give away a fine valuable prize to the person who holds his lucky number. BRICK BUILDING Mr. G. H. Young, one of Wichita's form color men has taken out a permit to erect a one story brick building at the corner main and Elm streets. The building will be fitted with aql modern improvements and will cost $1200 00 when completed. Geo. A. Hutchinson of this city anb Miss. Lusie Wilcox of Kansas City were married here Monday. NOTICE KNIGHTS Taborian Temple No.11 will meet u regular session Thursday nig January 18th All Knights are urged to be present. Business of importance. Why take your JOB PRINTING to others when a member of your own race can do the work as cheap and as good? Bring your job work to the Searchlight office, Second and Main streets, and we will do the work right. "Promptness and Quality" is our WATERMELON IN JANUARY By Sewing Them in Air-Tight Bags, Farmer Keeps Them Fresh Easton Md. Jan.7.—A fifteen pound watermelon, grown last summer by M. W. Royer, a farmer living near Cordova, was by him presented to William S. Shannahan, a local meachant, today Royer has several more melons at his home which he has succeeded in keeping in good condition by sewing them up in gir-tight bags and hanging them in a dark room in his barn, away from light or currents os air. 135 YERS OLD A Colored Lady Claim to Have Seen Washington at Valley Forge. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7. Mary McDonald a colored woman who claimed to be 135 years old, is dead at the home for aged and infirm colored persons in this city. According to Mrs. McDonald and her surviving relatives, she was born November 14, 1770, in a settlement known as Frogtown near Valley Forge, Pa. She often told of the scenes in and about the camp of Washington's soldiers at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. Mrs. McDonald was of robust physique and was a inverteate smoker up to a short time ago. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends for their kindness during the sickness and death of our beloved daughter and sister. Emelia Thompson. We also thank the A. M. E. church, the song services and club of which she was a member. Mrs. Ellen Thompson and family NEW CONSTITUTION The New Taborian Constitution is now ready every Tabernacle and every Temple should have a copy. Send your order to Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M. 943 Evelett Kansas City Kansas. A NEW THING The Mozart Social club offers the young people and those who delight in the innocent light fantastic touch—a novelty in the series of Grand Prize Ball which the club presents at the Redman hall every Tuesday Night. At these balls the club issues duplicate check tickets and every ticket is numbered and at the ball the last Tuesday night in January the club will give to the person holding the lucky number will recieve a valuable prize. The ball given by the club last Tuesday night was well attended and the club has billed a Masked Ball for next Tuesday night January 16th at which time a large crowd is expected to be present. The best of music is furnished and every thing works in perfect peace. For a sociable and highly enjoyable time be at Redman hall 211 west Doug, next Tuesday night January 16th. MRS. GLOVER RECEIVES. Mrs. Thos Glover tendered an open reception at her plaital home. 704 N. Market street, Thursday, in honor of her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ellis, of St. Charles, Mo. The afternoon reception began at 1 o'clock and closed at 5 p. m. and the evening reception began at 7:30 and closed at 11 p. m. Many were the prominent people who called at the Glover home to pay their respects to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis and the host and hostess Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Glover and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Glover. --- WESTERN UNIVERS The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... ATS: Theiological. College, Normal, Su- Industrial. 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Y. id French Campaigner. .: saussier, recently numbered ft Steal soldiers of Fridtce, ‘wenty-four campaigns, great i, including the Algerian, ‘and German wars. He was Faine at the surrender of Metz pine of forty-two. regimental ‘eho signed @ protest against situlation. ceopers report that the extra Kectegether with the. superior c'befiance Stren makes it , impossible to sell any, other eacahalt in Dee. iw! has found a foothold in K\Mexico, and is to be given interest by the opening of devoted to this sport in Cha- Y There, as is well known, is mois castle, where President fat home, as well as the mill ealemy of Mexico. FUL ITCHING ON SCALP. jnally Had to Be Cut to Save calp Now In Good Condition by Cuticura. fod the Cuticura Soap and Oint- for a diseased scalp, dandruff, Jonstantly falling of hair, Fin- had to cut my hair to save any Just at that time I read about jiicura Remedies. . Once every | shampooed my hair with the fa Soap, and I used the Oint- fwice a week, In two months’ yy hair was long enough to do French twist. That is now five go, and | have a,lovely head of rhe length is six inches below jst line, my scalp is in very ondition, and no more dandrutt ing of ihe sealp. I used other Jes that were recommended to good, but with no results. Mrs. Griess, Clay Center, Neb., Oct. Lanquaces Taiieeeeiae are towns in Russia where Ice is diverse—Revel on the for example, one of the ear f the mutineering centers dur e present uprising. A writer london Chronicle says he has Hi aloxg the eab rank in the of the little town and found \y drivers who spoke as theit Nongues Russian, Finnish, Ger svedish, Lithnanian and Yid fAnd there werebnt ten drosh- the stand, ANCIENT WISBEC:1. Sige Sevan. ch, commercial capital cf the sngalian Fenlends, once stain: skin with woad, and went te | with Roman coins in hand purses and pockets were in h. She was weather-beaten, hovically and literally, in 1266, vhe sea rose continually in i for the space of two diys amt Ii, without ebbing, by reason uichty winds, and the town Hierly destroyed; even the solid ‘owers of William’s castle were ew vesist the rush of waters.” od King John had reason to wr this castle, for he made unipingof place for that dis- efor to cross the Washes in |v los! his army, his treasure, ‘eespeet and his desire to live ‘CIPIENT CONSUMPTION. , eaced OFF the insidious : Disease. Ninny wife of a good old fash Michisan farmer says: he spring of 1902 I. was. taken “keneral breaking down, as it \ was excessively. nervous, Dot sleep well at night, my food “I t0 do me no good, and T was “kL could seareely walk across om, deetor said my condition was overwork and ¢lose confine Sad thar he very much feared “ssumption would set In. For }! tonths I took one kind of ie after another, but with ne fecc—in fact, 1 segmed to grow *® | determined to quit all medi <\* up coffee and see what Sus food would do for me. 1 ‘0 eat Grape-Nuts with sugat win snd bread and butter three ‘tect was surprising! 1 be prilt’ flesh and strength forth- ¥Y nerves quieted down and Fe cially steady and sound, Vic? came back to me. In six ay. | discharged the hired sa} commenced to do my own fs for a family of six. This eat #80, and Tam doing it enfoy it” Name given. by fo. Battle Creek, Mich. The Fe880R. Read the ttle The Road to Wellville,” tn LATE MARKET REPORT. Beebe ee NATIVESTEERS..........8400 @ $590 Waeergans (2 BES ee BB gorse ties: BS ie Sea Bee ag uk a ne pom 48 Beh Hac Ne ie chiens Lit ten GOOD TO PRIMESTZERS $535 @ 625 STOCKERS & FEEDER}... 250 @ 460 HEIFERS, ..,..,..0c¢005 21) @ 45) ies bet ne wana setae gw Siti Ba By CORN-NO. 20 cee OS 4M SOE 28 3 tien chices Hace nies tor EE, 85 symnan fom Fe pase May....6 STMH B34 87% STG STM meee EAE RE ESURR Soni Syoc: BEOA RN Be LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF, Mrs. Stella Brennan, coavieted at Minneapolis, Minn,, for murdering her three stepchildren, haz been sentenced to life imprisonment. ‘The resignation of Captain R. 0. Richard of the signal corps of the United States army has been accept- ‘ed by the president. It is understood in London that China will shortly follow the example of Japan and propose raising her le- gations at Washington, London, Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg to the rank of embassies. A Chilian syndicate made the low. est bid for the building of a railroad from Arica, Chile, to Lapaz, Bolivia. The tender of the syndicate was $11,- 250,000. An American syndicate with- drew its tender, W. Morgan Shuster, collector of customs for the Phili:pine archipe- lago, will accompany William J. Bry- an on his visit to the southern islands of the group as the represcatative of the civil government. Rodin, the great sculptor of France, if not of the age, now is at work on a white marble bust of Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago. He declares Mrs. Palmer's head a fine Roman type, and “has grown quite enthusiastic over it: |B, ;, Harriman, the railroad mag- ‘nate, is behind an independent. com- pany which will operate a factory to build gasoline motor cars. There is a report that the factory may be built in Kansas City and negotiations to that end are said to be under way. Orders have been prepared at the navy department reconvening the court martial at Mares Island navy yard which tried Lns:cn Wace, engi- neer officer, of the Bennington at the time of the explosion, the findings in that case having been disapproved by the secretary of the navy. The find- ings will be sent back to California for revision. ‘The Supreme Court of the United Staios granted the petition of the state of Oregon for leave to file a bill for an injunction against Secretary Hitchcock in the matt:: of the own- ership of « large area of land in the Kiamath Indian reservation. The state claims the lands under the swamp law and asks the court to ad- judicate the claim. ‘The Slovo, the conservative organ “which recently turned upon Count “Witte, delivers a broadside not only impugning the motives of the premier in the present war <cgainst the Reds, pnt openly attacking the records of members of the cabinet, A serious blow has struck the ‘American export trade by Brazil, ac- cording to advices received by ca- ble from Petropolis, the diplomatic suburb of Rio. This is to the effect, that an order has just been issued putting in force the new tariff, which bears with great severity upon im- ports of American flour grains and many other important commodities. ‘The postmaster general has re- moved D. P. McKean as postmaster at Hsbon, Jewell county, Kan. John H. McCammon was appointed to fill the vacancy. McCammon’s appoint- ment was made on recommendation oft Congressman Reeder. Walter N. Lyngar was selected for the office at Opolis, Crawford county, Kap... to succeed I, A. Hopkins, resigned. Jesse H, Crites and John A, McGrath were appointed rural mail carviers at Car bondale. A grand jury drawn especially to considcr about 1,(10 cases of alleged election frauds was sworn in in the supreme court in New York. This jury was impaneled at the request of State's Attorney Mayer, who says he has about 1,000 election cases in which no arrests Jaye yet been made and which he will prevent to this jury. ‘Three Chinese implicated in the assination of American missionaries at Lienchau were executed in the pzem- ises of the joint comm’ssion and many others were punished, ©@PEN PUBLIGITY THE BEST Ne ee ae ‘When the maker of medicine, sold ‘through Srogeiste for family use, takes hls petionts Fully Into his eoniidence by frankly and fearlessly publishing bro cast a8 well as on Its bottle wrappers, & full list of all its ingredients in plain eae, this action on his part & ‘the best ee evidence that he is not atraid to have the search light of inves- tigation turged full upon his formula ane gpet. it will bear the fullest scrutiny and“the most thorough sneer eset Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for the cure: ofthe weaknesses, periodical pains and functional derangements of the or gans distinctly feminine. is the amie medi- ‘ine put up for sale through drugg! ists for Sroman’s special use, the maker of which is not afraid to take his patients into his full confidence by such open and honest publicity. A glance at the published ingredients oneach bottle wrapper, will show that it is made wholly from native, American, medicinal roots, that it contains no poi- sonous or habit-forming an no nar coties and no alcohol—pure. triple-refined peers, of proper strength poling used Instead of the commonly employed alco- hol, both for extracting and preserving the active medicinal properties found In the roots of the American forest plants employed. It is the only medicine for women's pecular diseases. sold by drug- gists, that does not contain a large per- centage of alcohol, which is in the long run so harmful to woman's delicate, nery- ous system. Now, glycerine is perfectly fo 88, and serves @ Valuable poroe ponerse intrinsic value all its own, and besides. it enhances the curative effect of the other ingredients entering into the "Favorite Prescription.” ‘Some of the ablest medical writers and teachers endorse these views and praise all the several ingredients of which "Fa- yorite Prescription” is pamsporee commending them for the ae of the Yer same distases for which this world- famaa{ megicive is cavised. No, otber medicine for women has ay Such po. fessional endorsement—worth more than any number of ordinary testimonials, If interested, send name and address to Dy. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for his little book of exuiscts from the works of eminent medical writers and teachers, endorsing the several ingredients and Selling 06) what Dr. Pjerce’s medicines ‘are made of. It's. free for the asking. | Many a man’ has lost his teeth from biting off more than he could chew. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY axe PAKATIVE ROMY Quins Tables Drug. Eis feta money tee fall Mo cure ae We IMOVIE signutnre tem cack ox 2c. Wings of riches are used mostly for outward flights. Lewis’ Single Binder costs, moze than other 5¢ cigars. Smokers “know | why. Your denier or Lewis" Muctory. Peoria, lil Many a man’s better half has sepa- rated him from his last quarier, Ask Your Druggist for Allen's Foot-Ease. “Ltried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recent: fy and have jast bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and itching sensation in my feet which was Alimost unbearable, and I would not be with out it now.” —Mrs, W. J. Walker, Camden, N. J.” Sold by ali Druggists, 25. A model husband isn’t always a satisfactory model. Hundreds of dealers say) the extra quantity, and superior quality of De- flance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands, Others say they can- hot sell any other starch. After running to weeds the pretty widow reaches for orange blossoms. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SUFFER From Constipation, Bowel and Stomach ‘Trouble. Q raat Js the berinntng of sisheuesst Gonstipaticn. @ What is Constipation: Failure of the bowels to carry off the waste matter whieh lies in the alimentary canal where it decays and poisons the et tire system. Eventually the results are death under the name Of some other dis- ease, Note the deaths from typhoid fever aud. appendicitis. stomach and bowel trouble at the present time, Q. What causes Constipation? A. Neglect. respond to the call of na- ture promptly, Lack of exercise, Exces sive brain work. Mental emotion aud im- proper diet. Q. What are the results of neglected Coustipation! ‘A. Constipation causes more suffering thal any other disease. It canses rhett matism, colds, fevers, stomach, wel, Kidney, lang and heart troubles, ete. It is the one disease that starts all others. Indigestion, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, loss of sleep and strength are its symptoms—piles, appendicitis and fistula, are caused by Constipation, - Its consequences are known toall physicians, but. few sufferers realize their condition until it is too late. Women become confirmed invalids as a result of Constipation, Q. Do physicians recosnize this? A. Yes. "The first question your doctor asks you is “are you constipated?” That is the secret. 'Q. Can it be cured? AL Yes, with proper treatment. ‘The “common error is to powort to physics, such -as pills, salts, mined water, eastor oil, in- _jections, ete., eve one of which is! ine jurious.” They wahkea anid increase tite malady. You knot this by your own ex- perience. Q. What then should bo done to cure it? A, Get a bottle of Muil's Grape ‘Tonic at ance. “Mulls rape Tonie will positively cure Constipation und Stomach ‘frouble in the shortest space of time, No other Remedy as before been Inuown to. cure Constipation positively and permanently. g What is Mull’s Grape'Tonie? It is a Compound with 40 per cent. of the juice of Coucor Grapes. It exerts a peculiar strengthening. healing influence Upon the intestines, so that they can do thelr work unaided. ‘The process iseradual, but sure. It is nota pysic, but it cures Constipation, Dysentery, Stomach and Bowel, Trouble. Having a rich, fraity grape flavor, it is pleasant to take. As a tonic it is unequalled, insuring the system against disease. Jt strengthens and builds up waste tissue. Where cin Mulls Grape Tonio be had? "A. Your druzgist sells It. The dollar pottle contains nearly three times the 50- cent size, Good for ailing children and nursing mothers. ‘A free bottle to all who have never used it because we know it will cure you. 140 FEER BOTTLE 1136 "FREE, Send this coupon with xozr name aud_ odIREE: jour druggint’s dara and foe. 00 Day fntage ahd wo will wappiy you Anampl from * pouenge Sever used Mulls Grape Font, and Jou Mare Bend you a certinente ood for $1.00 Tl eitheCparthive of more Toate frou your Shalt. ‘ Se mare ‘toxic Co., 18 Taire‘Ave. | ‘Rock Island, 11. Give Futt Address ant Write Prainiy. ¢ scnont-to cont avdet.ooottienatail drugs, | ee Sabie boatalns abouc etx times ae much The eter octle aud about thres time as 2 tte ceatap cea bottle. There iss great raving i buying Ugg. tes, ‘Tho genuine has & dats and number st ou the Iybel-=take'no other from your druggist. COMES OF DIPLOMATIC FAMILY. Peruvian Minister Has Line of States men Behind Him. Felipe Pardo, the new, Peruvian minister to the United States, be- longs to one of the oldest ami most distinguished families in, the South American republic, a family of states- men and politictyps. He is a near relative Of Dr. Jqse,Pardo, the newly elected president’ of Peru, and is a \= > N rs) « Wa ys 1 AA 4 i HN Zy \ se? H A . if, EZ, fi Th VG AINe Sp AH eC i) i Whe, HNN OL | eC Aa AN PELLE 222DO leader in the civil party, which was founded by Don Manuel Pardo, for- mer president, POWER PLANTS FOR NIAGARA. Scheme Now on Foot to Utilize the ‘Lewar River: powers Sere ey, Always room for one more power plant at Nlagarg. The latest looks to the lower Niagara river, which falls eighty feet in a length of two and a half miles, with the whirlpool nearly at the center of this length. This is about half the descent of the great cataract above and is made by the en- tire volume of water that passes over both the American and Horseshoe falls. Alton D, Adams calculates that the unused power of these rapids Just above and below the whirlpool could develop half as much power as could be developed by diverting the entire flow of Niagara river at the falls. If the American falls are to be saved further concessions must be limited to the gorge and lower rap- ids. His idea is to build pipe lines between the upper and lower points of the rapids, Niagara river has a normal discharge of 222,000 cubic feet of water a second, and this water falling eighty feet develops 2,000,000 gross horse power. Making due allow. ance for losses in the pipe line, water wheels, tailrace and generators, it may fairly be said that 60 per cent of the gross energy could be delivered as electric current if the entire dis. charge of the river were utilized. This net power is twice as great as that of all the electric plants now complet: 9 and under construetfon at Niagara Seta. WILL MAKE PERILOUS VOYAGE, =e F g: \\ = => ¥¢ Weed Y we Z J GRX Wa YDS, pe Vi Wipe) \\ Me”) I a f 7 Nf We (ALi WELLL Walter Wellman, who will start in airship on trip to the North Pole. Mme. Loubet Is Popular. Mme. Loubet, the wife of the presi: dent of the French republic, is a typh cal Frenchwoman, and has become, since her arrival at the Elysee, ex ceedingly popniar. Mme. Loubet has the strong maternal instinct which always distinguishes a southern Frenchwomar; she is a fond and vigilant mother and is often met walking about in the neighborhood of the palace with her youngest son. From the first she has taken special interest in all those charitable insti. tutions designed to benefit the chil- dren of the poor and the orphans of Paris. New Yorkers Living in Hotels. Wealthy New Yorkers manifest an increasing tendency to live out of the city. Social. observers go so far as to say there are indications that ere long the families who have logges been identified with New York’ will choose to make their homes in a sub- urb and will be satisfied with an oc- casional visit to town. What is more, most of these persons, even to the richest, will prefer to put up at a hotel or to live In an apartment hotel ‘when they do come to town instead of maintaining an establishment of their own. ister ty gee pasastes | Bench: Richard O'Flynn, the most pron nent Irish antiquarian in New Eng land, is dead in Worcester, Mass. aged 76 years. He came to this coun uy in 1851. He was a molder by trade, but for the last thirty years kept a store, doing an extensive bust ness. in all kinds of antiques. He represented several steamship com: panies and financial institutions in G-cat Britain and Ireland. (PILES HO Tt CURED Sneha tera ea DRS. THORKION & MIHOR-102t OAK St. KAKSAS CITY, MO. (sean orract st 5* Lows, See PRICE, Er. 25 Cts. 10 CURE THE GRIP (A) A - E _ on 4 1S GUARANTEED TO CURE ANTFGRIPINE 222) enue, Bab coLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGLA Saran BOO ETANLANTSOREY GAGs bv x bonee Sous — FW. Dierner, M. £., Manufacturer, Springfield, Me. Dealers ay, ~~ as soon as a cus- tomer fries Starch it is im- possible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or Bollea. ‘A good many things come to the man who is so busy hustling that he has no time to wait. iso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections ofthe throat and lungs—W ©. Expsxey, Vanburen, ind , Feb. 10, 1900 Never judge a woman’s aim in life by her inability to hit the things she throws at. aifhuige Bing Bleeding, Provadior len Dra Bice, auatorzed ‘Wo refund, money if PAZO [NTMENT fall to cure in 6to 14 Gaye. 506. A man who ts content with his lot isn't always satisfied with his con- dition. Robbed In Church. Just think what an. “piege it is to be robbed of all the bengfits of the services by continuous coughing eager ‘the con- gregation, when Anti-sripine is guaranveed to cure. Sold everywhere. 2% cents. Half the fun of being married is telling what a lot of fun you really, had when you were a bachelor. Don't you know that Deflance Starch desides ‘being absolutely superior to bay other, is put up 16 ounces in pack- fge and sells at same price as. 12 ee ee ckaren of other kinds? A woman would rather be clubbed to death by a man she loves than caressed by one she doesn’t. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children’s Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, ‘Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms.Over 80,000 tes- timonials. At all Druggists, 250. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy,N.¥. Mitylene’s Wine Cellars. Mitylene’s cellars are stored with the best red wine in Levant, and she still keeps the finest of her old red earthenware jugs to drink the wine from. When this has been said, however, we have said nearly all that can be said of the rocky island as it exists today. Homer said a good deal about it, under the name It still re- tains, and Troy has reason to re- member it. “Est in conspectu Tene- fos,” writes Virgil, describing the ‘feinted retirement of the Greeks that led to the capture of the city with the wooden horse. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills the One ‘Remedy Particularly Suited For Feminine Ills. ‘To women who suffer Dr. Williams’ Pivk Pills are worth their weight in gold. At special periods a woman needs medicine to regulate her blood supply or her life will be a round of pain and suf- fering. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are absolutely the finest medicine that ever a woman took. They actually make new blood. They are good for men too —but they are good in a special way for women. “Tt was three years ago Inst spring that my health failed me,” says Mrs Arthur Conklin, of No. 5 Coldwater street, Battle Creek, Mich. “I suffered from ‘Jeucorrheea and other troubles that, I presume, were caused by: the weakness it produced. I had sinking spells, nervous headaches, was weak and exhausted all the time and looked like a walking skeleton. “My back and limbs would ache al- most continually aud there were days when I was absolutely helpless from sick headache. I tried one doctor after another but cannot say that they helped meat all. My liver was sluggish and I was troubled some with constipation “One day a physician who bas ow retired from practice met my husband on the street and inquired bont my health. He advised my husband to get some of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for me, said they were a good medicine, better for my trouble than he conld put up. 1 tried them, improved steadily and soon was entirely cured. As soon as the Tencorrhoea was cured the headaches and other pains stopped. Iam entirely well now bat intend to continue to use Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills as a spring tonic.” ‘The genuine Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by all draggists aud by the Dr. ‘Williams Medicine Company, Schenec: tady, N. Y. Generally a girl isn’t interested if she acts as if she were. Srare ov Ono, Crry oF TOLEDO, Levens Cours: fo. Freee ease are). Cuesey & Coy Sone Parinete fat tke' City of Taledor County snd Stal sforenetd and ‘that ald frm will poy the. sum of SMEMENDIED DOLLAHS, for cach nnd ever GOs of Carenun that eataot be cured by the axe o iats's Catanau Come FRANK J, CHENEY. wom to before mo and wibscribed in iy Dre cence: tis ech day of December, A. D-188t, lo ATW: GulbASON, 1 tt Notary Prarie. Haile Catarrh Cure te taken internally and act arreeUy ont the Diovd: and. mucous surfaces of tbe Syaten, ‘Send ior teetmonsaie tro. etree Dead gRETET OO. Toledo, ©, Falke Fetaty Bis for constipation. Many a man has been made by his enemies and unmade by his friends. Important to Mothers. ‘Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, ‘aafe and eure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the "Signature of y {fm Use For Over 30 Years. ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought. ‘The more money you have the easier it is to practice economy. aso) Nia ie @ ce ng ee H/ at CG) 5 Ve | y Z 2 a ~ a WB eal n j 2 IK oN (V, A 7 Bo ~ ou teal Can Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is a positive cure for all those. painful ailments of women. It will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Com- laints. Inflammation snd Ulceration, Falling and Displacements and conse- quent Spinal Weakness, and is lie arly adapted to the Change f Life. It will surely cure. Backache. It has cured more cases of Female Weakness than any other remedy the. world hasever known. It is almost in- fallible in such cases. It dissolves and expels Tumors in an early stage of development. That Bearing-down Feeling, causing pain, weight and headache, is instantly relieved and. permanently cured by its use. Under all cireum- stances it acts in harmony with the female system. It corrects Irregularity, Suppressed or Painful Periods, Weak- ness of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloat- ing, Nervous Prostration, Headache, General Debility. Also Dizziness, Faintness, Extreme Lassitnde, ‘don’t-eare” and ““want-to-be-left-alone” feeling, exeit- ability, irritability, nervousness, sleep- lessness. flatulency, melanchely or the “blues,” and backache. These are sure indications of Female Weakness, some derangement of the organs. For Kidney Complaints snd Backache of either sex the Vegetar tle Compound is unequalled. ‘You can write Mrs. Pinkham about yourself in strictest confidence. LIDIA E, PINKUAM MED, 00., Lymn, Mass, See TEED Osler's Inconsistency. | Dr. Osler promptly joined the Cham- ean in English politics, out of admiration for Mr. Chamberlain's co- lonial preference ideas. How does Dr. Osler reconcile his over-40 theory |with Mr, Chamberlain, who did all of ‘his memorable deeds in polities after Ihe was 50, and who now leads the | protectionist-imperialist-crusade at 70? ee Sete meen eee pay 10¢ for cigars not so good. Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, Ili, i An Accomplished Bishop. ~'”? Dr. William Dudley, bishop of New- Caledonia, told recently some of the joys of a missionary bishop: “EI trav- el about my diocese with a tent, a bundle of blankets and a Gladstone bag. I do my own cooking, washing and mending, though I take care not to have too many things to mend. I even know how to make yeast.” _ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syra; i Toe eg eter ase ate Witte certainly has nerve if he goes- up and draws his salary regularly these days, No young man can succeed if he is afraid to do a little more than be» is paid for. very houecksepes/enaaltt Waler if they will buy jance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package containg 16 oz.—one full pound—while all ofiarsCold| Water Starches, are put up i %-pound packages, and the price mm the same, 10 cents. Then again ‘because Defiance Starch {s free from ‘all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-02. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before ‘he puts in Deflance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every ‘package in large letters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoy- ance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. A widow should be satisfied with a consolation prize in the matri- ‘monial lottery. / Atamictea ~1t0! Thompson's Eye Water | NEW LAWS PENSIONS: «cx. ence: ria Rehan Bln 4B, Washing, | FREE TO YOU Megha pe BMP oor ae Ee Bre ome teri fire eae nese tumreeee he ep ea FI ever iSirete Advertintte Depts John Brod Chemical Co., a bed Caria Wh sess eee ice W. N. U—WICHITA—No, 2—1906 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Menticn This Paper. Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Jan 13, 06 KANSAS COMMENT Combined Plow and Harrow. — An ingenious mechanic in Wellington has invented a disc which is to be attached to the riding or breaking plow and which harrows the ground as it is plowed and puts it in shape for planting. The remarkable statement is made in connection with the disc that it does not add to the draft of the plow. Oil and Gas Assessments. — Attorney General Coleman has rendered an opinion to the effect that all oil and gas leases must be assessed by the local assessors, except those on land used for pipeline purposes, tank farms and other business incidental to the pipeline concerns. Pipelines and appurtenances are assessed by the state board. Sane Epileptics in Asylum.—There are twenty-five sane epileptic children of school age at the Parsons asylum. The legislature made no provision for their education. The state board of control took the bit in its own teeth and authorized the superintendent to fit up one room at the institution with school furniture and employ an additional attendant to teach the school. Highland Gets Railroad.—The city of Highlandd, in Doniphan county, which has 800 people, a good college and no railroad, is offered a branch line from a point on the Grand Island hear Severance, provided the right of way of six miles and terminal facilities are donated to that road. The proposition will be accepted and the city, one of the oldest in the state, will have rail ad connection in the early spring. Jackson Succeeds West. — F. S. Jackson, a prominent attorney of Eureka, has been appointed as assistant attorney general by Mr. Coleman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge J. S. West, who quit that job to become assistant United States district attorney. Mr. Jackson is one of the best known lawyers in the Fourth district. He has served two terms as county attorney of Greenwood county. Crimmisoner Walker Unlucky. — A. D. Walker, railroad commissioner, is having more than his share of trouble. His little daughter was operated on for appendicitis a few days ago. His wife is now quarantined with scarlet fever. While driving out to his farm near Holton he was thrown out of the buggy and had a rib broken. He will be unable to attend any meetings of the railroad commission for some time. Hutchinson Elects Delegates. — At the meeting of the Commercial club the club voted that representatives be sent to the State Freight Rate Convention at Wichita on January 10. This is to be a meeting of great importance. Hutchinson will send a man to respond to the address of welcome. This will probably be Mr. W. Y. Morgan. A number of delegates will go. There are several club members who will attend and they will be given credentials. Witness Charged With Contempt —Assistant Attorney General Garver, of Shawnee county, will test the question as to whether a special assistant appointed to enforce the prohibitory law can compel a witness to attend an inquisition. He summoned C. F. Shaffer to appear before him to tell what he knew about the existence of joints in Topeka. Shaffer refused to appear. Garver filed contempt proceedings in the district court to punish Shaffer. Potato Lore. — W. S. Williamson, the champion potato raiser of Lyon county, says that invariably potato raisers harvest their crop early and in this way not only injure the quality of the potatoes, but diminish the size of the crop. The prevalent idea he says, is that the potatoes are ripe when the vine dies, but the facts in the case are much to the contrary; that the potatoes are only half grown when the vines die. That they increase in size and flavor after frost. Wichita Wants Its Artillery.—Citizens of Wichita will contest the action of the state military board on its order that all the equipment of local Battery A. Kansas national guard, be sent to Topcha. A petition has been sent to Gov. E. W. Hoch, asking him to issue an injunction against the carrying out of the military board's order. The petition cites the bill passed by the legislature last winter which says that companies, batteries, regimental bands and battalions shall be continued as the present organization and muster provides. The Swine Industry.—The western counties of Kansas produce but a small percentage of the annual hog crop. It is probable that the growing of the new Durum wheats in these counties, helped along with the sorghums, Kaffirs and alfalfa, will greatly increase the swine business in the short grass region. Progress in Barton.—Two years ago there was not a rural free delivery route in Barton county and no rural telephones. Now there are sixteen routes and telephone lines are run all over the county. Held Farmer's Institute.—A farmers' institute was held at Burlington with an attendance of about 150. A permanent county organization was formed providing for annual meetings at Waverly, Lebo, Leroy and Gridley. 1 Growing Seed Corn.—Experience of farmers near Huron shows that imported seed corn from Iowa was almost a failure. Iowa seed raised 45 bushels per acre while Kansas seed corn went as high as 75 bushels per acre. Instructions on seed corn alone would save Kansas thousands of dollars. 2 Not Ready for Electricity.—General Manager Hurley, of the Santa Fe, said in reply to a query that his company is not yet satisfied with the practical character of the electric motors —that they want something that will carry two cars all right, and that they will wait awhile before putting on motors. 2 Sues Blank for $5,000. — At Emporia John Blank has been sued in the district court for $5,000 damages by Malinda Nichols, who claims that Blank slandered her. She states that while living in one of Blank's houses as a tenant the barn on the place burned, and that Blank, in the presence of others, accused her of burning it. 2 G. A. R. to Meet in June.—The local members of the G. A. R. met at Salina and set the dates for the next state meeting for June 5, 6 and 7. On the same days there will also meet the four auxiliaries to the G. A. R. The Woman's Relief Corps, the ladies of the G. A. R., the Ladies' Aid Society and the Sons of Veterans. The grand officers of these societies will be here. 2 Drowned in Shallow Water.—Ralph Morris, a 10-year-old boy of Junction City, broke through the ice while skating on the Republic in river near Junction City, and was drowned in water less than four feet deep. His companions could not get him out and he was standing in water up to his neck when they left him to get assistance. When they returned he had gone under. 5 Useful Invention. — A Lindsborg man comes to the front with an invention that will clean stovepipes and chimneys. If it will also do away with the language which has heretofore usually accompanied the job of cleaning stovepipes. sys Clarence Matsin, the Lindsborg man will have made the work of the recording angel much lighter. 5 Peach Tree Suit Appealed.—A fruit tree suit was appealed to the supreme court from the Riley county district court. S. B. Moore, a nursery agent, sold H. Strong 600 peach trees for $150. Strong refused to pay for them, claiming they were not what he ordered. Moore got judgment for the amount in the district court, and Strong appealed to the supreme court. 1 Slight Inaccuracy. — A story was sent out from Iola recently that the Kansas Natural Gas Company was pumping sixty parts air and forty parts gas into its pipe line there and selling the mixtures at Topeka, Lawrence, Kansas City, Kas, and other towns at 25 cents per thousand feet. The Kansas Natural hasn't yet started any of the pumps on its pipe line. Otherwise the Iola story is correct. 1 New Version. of Mary's Land. — A large buck sheep entered the school house at Moray and started a rough house by jumping over the seats and butting the children, who quickly ran out doors, laughing with delight. The teacher, Miss Larzalere, took the sheep by the horns and threw it out. Now there is a movement to give her a life certificate to teach in any sheep district in Kansas. 5 Trees for Western Kansas. — The state forestry commissioner has distributed about 600,000 trees to Western Kansas farmers during the past year, which is a larger number than has been distributed for some years. The trees that have been found best adapted for Western Kansas conditions are catalpa, black locust, elm, and Osage orange. Forestry stations are located at Dodge City, and Ogallah. 2 Have Tons of Beets.—Persons who question the practicability of growing sugar beets in the Arkansas valley should inspect the figures in regard to the business in Kearney county alone. Already the industry has become one of the most profitable in the country, and it is yet in its infancy. The shipping of sugar beets for this season has just been finished and here are the figures, which will stagger the uninitiated: Deerfield farmers shipped 165 cars, being 4,447 tons. Lakin 48 cars, being 1,115 tons, making a total of 5,562 tons, bringing in the neat little sum of $33,372, including the bounty, to Kearney county farmers, besides the tons of beet tops saved for feed.2 John Doe to go Dry.—Assistant Attorney General Mikesell, having cleaned out all the joints and saloon drug stores in Wilson county, has started in on bootleggers and express companies. He has filed suits against all the express company agents in the county. 6 Marquette's New Church. — The Metropolitan church at Marquette, which was demolished by the cyclone last spring, has been rebuilt and was dedicated by Dr. B. T. Stuber. The new church has been erected at a cost of about $4,000. Library Fund Increases.—The Carnegie donation for the building of a library at Chanute has been increased $2,000. The original donation was $12,000. Diphtheric Convict Escapes.—Alexander Empte, a guard house prisoner, sufferi-g with diphtheria in the post hospital, escaped at Leavenworth by securing keys to the warl door. He left a dummy in his bed. Passed Counterfeit Bills.—Several more counterfeit $10 bills have appeared in Wichita again. The bills are of the same series as those discovered last week. Those that appeared last were passed on saloons. The imitation is a good one. Buried Under Coal.—John Dunlap, a coal heaver at Oakley, was killed by falling from the top of the chutes into the tender while coaling an extra freight east-bound. His neck was broken by striking the gate in the tender. He was buried under seven tons of coal. New Mortgage Business.—Foreclosure use of real estate mortgages used to keep the lawyers of Kansas busy. That vein has been worked out completely. But the lawyers have another field opening up — foreclosure of mortgages on automobiles. The first case of that kind was started at Ottawa a few days ago. First Sedgwick Homestead.—"Buffalo Bill' Mathewson sold to Eastern capitalists the last tract of 40 acres of what was the first homestead taken in Sedgwick county. "Buffalo Bill' still held the original patent issued in 1869 and signed by U. S. Grant. The tract lies in the heart of the residence district of Wichita. Two Boys Were Shot.—Fred Tipton and Harry Hollingshead were shot by the accidental discharge of a gun loaded with buckshot during a wolf hunt near Garnett. Most of the load took effect in Tipton's back and several of the shot struck Hollingshead in the forearm, inflicting a severe wound. Tipton may die. Uncle Sam Refinery Statement. — The Uncle Sam refinery filed its monthly report with the state auditor showing the amount of oil it is selling. The report shows that Uncle Sam is selling oil in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado. Its r.finery was started in August. Since then its business has been increasing monthly. Convicts to Build Driveway. — Franklin Bell has made the statement that a new driveway connecting the fort will be established. It will be along the high bank skirting the river and will connect with either Third or Fourth street. The work of making the driveway will be performed by prisoners confined in the new military prison at Leavenworth. Rebuilding Kansas Road. — The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company has begun the work of rebuilding its line between Junction City and Parsons. The road is being ballasted and the old rails that were laid about 35 years ago will be taken up and replaced with 60-pound steel rails. The line is 157 miles long. The work of rebuilding the line will be finished by summer. Wichita Postoffice Receipts. — Total receipts at the Wichita postoffice for the past year will amount to $130,000, and these figures will easily put this city's office third in the list of Kansas offices. The year's expenses for clerk hire will be $18,300 and the money paid out for rural free delivery service will amount to $22,500. The year's showing puts Wichita's postoffice far in the lead of other towns of 35,000 population, and population considered its showing is better than many of the largest western cities. To Reduce Cement Rate. A letter has been addressed to the state board of railroad commissioners by the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad commissioners by the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad company asking permission to lower the rate on domestic cement from Fort Scott to Wichita. The rate at the present time is 12 cents. The railroad company proposes to reduce it to 11 cents, to correspond with the rate now in effect between Iola and Wichita. It is understood that the other railroad companies will make similar reductions. For an Interurban Line. — R. C. Rawlings of Chanute is asking for a franchise for an electric street railway in Chanute. The company he represents has secured a franchise from the Chanute council, to also be a part of the proposed interurban system, which, when completed, will consist of 214 miles of track and connect all the towns in southeastern Kansas and also Joplin, Carthage and other towns in southwest Missouri. Engineers have gone over the proposed route, and Mr. Rawlings says that the company has the money already secured with which to build and equip the road. A New Oil Magnate.-Representative C. A. Stannard, of Emporia, owner of Suny Slope farm, has within the past year built up a bigger business than raising Herefords on his Sunny Slope ranch. He is now supplying crude oil for fuel to the manufacturing interests of the state. He owns twenty oil wells in the southern part of the state, but has considerably more business than can be supplied from his wells, and aside from the Standard Oil Company he is one of the biggest oil buyers in the oil district. RAILROADS IN A FIGHT FOR TERMINAL PRIVILEGES LAND OWNERS TALE OF WOE; GERMANS ABANDON ESTATES STATEHOOD MEASURE HAS OPPOSITION IN DEVELOPING THE REBATE QUESTION AND ALL IT CONCERNS Moscow, Jan. 10—The relaxation of the curfew regulations has been marked by the renewal of isolated attacks on the police and the troops. A sergeant major of the Moscow dragoons who had several decades of service, was caught alone at midnight and cut down with his own sword. RAILROADS IN A FOR TERMIN San Francisco, Jan. 11. — Colonel Heuer, the United States engineer in charge of harbor improvements 'on this coast, received from the war department the maps of reflected improvements in Oakland harbor, filed by the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad companies. They are alleged to show considerable variation from the claims heetofore attributed to the contending companies. The Western Pacific made an important move in the contest for supremacy in West Oakland. Vice-President Bogue of the Western Pacific, through his attorney, filed with the LAND OWNERS TAL GERMANS Riga, Livonia, Jan. 11. — Although the troops are operating energetically in all directions, the revolutionary peasants are continuing their work of devestation, wandering in groups through the provinces, cutting the railway wherever an opportunity is offered, and attacking trains and passengers. Of the many historic castles crested in the days of the Teutonic knights of the Hanseatic league, which were rich in memories of the wars between the Russians and the Swedes, and Germans and Letts, only a few remain. Among those destroyed was the magnificent castle of Neunberg, the oldest in Courtland, which was built in 1214 and contained historical documents and priceless pictures and antiquities. It belonged to Baron Von Lerecke. Another baron, formerly a prosperous land owner, but now impoverished bitterly assigns responsibility for the era of jacquiere to the Russian government, which, he says, coquetted with the Lettish peasantry, promising in land and cattle, all inciting it against the estate owners with whom it formerly was on good terms. He added that he and his fellows of STATEHOOD ME OPPOSITION Washington, Jan. 10.—Republicans in the house who oppose the proposed joint statehood bill have developed such strength that the date of the favorable report of the committee on territories on the measure is uncertain, and many members do not expect to have the bill brought before the house early this week, as was originally planned. Insurgent Republicans allege they have seventy-five Republican votes against the proposed rule preventing the amendment of the joint statehood measure. As the Democrats would vote solidly against such a rule, it has been reported that the rules committee will not attempt to prevent the amendment of the statehood bill. However, the friends of joint statehood do not admit that seventy-five Republicans will join in the attempt to amend the bill, and insist that the committee on rules will have no hesitation in submitting a rule preventing amendments. Speaker Cannon and his associates in support of the administration policy are exerting every effort to enforce party discipline. The indorsement of joint statehood by the Repub- THE REBATE QUE AND ALL Washington, Jan. 10.—Senator Long introduced in the senate a resolution calling on the attorney general for all correspondence between him and the president, the secretary of the navy and with Messrs. Harmon and Judson, special counsel, and also for the decision of Judge Philips, in regard to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rebate cases at Kansas City. This resolution is intended to supplement the motion of Senator Tillman requiring that the senate be furnished with all evidence and correspondence in the case in the hands of the interstate commerce commit- In Hands of a Mdb. Shepherd, Tcx, Jan. 11.—Ben Harris, a negro, who shot and killed A. Polk, a white man, at Behring Mill, near here, is now in the hands of a mob which is hurrying to the scene of the crime, where it is the avowed intention of the mob to hang him. Endowed Chair With $50,000. Endowed Chair with Professor Omaha, Jan. 11.—John A. Converse of Philadelphia has endowed the chair of homolitics and pastoral theology of the Presbyterian Seminary of Omaha with $50,000. Manila, Jan. 11.—William J. Bryan was given a banquet at Iloilo. In a speech he said that the officials and other citizens of the islands were representative Americans who had the best interests of the Philippines and the natives at heart. The Bryan party are crossing the heart of the island of Mindanao. city council, two applications for franchises in this disputed territory. The first application is for a franchise to construct a railroad beginning at First and Union streets, thence running southwesterly across the property of the South-Pacific company near the Peralta street slip, and running thence along the north retaining wall of the Oakland harbor, to the lighthouse. The second application is for a franchise to erect a passenger depot at the end of the wall, also wharves and four docks. It is proposed to make this the terminal station of the Western Pacific. LE OF WOE; ABANDON ESTATES the Baltic nobility are forced to renounce their Russian citizenship and leave estates their, forefathers had held for several centuries and migrate to Germany. "Bismarck, years ago, declared that the Baltic Germans were the best material for the Germanizing of the Polish provinces," the buron adds, "and the Russian government is now helping make good the Bismarckian proposal." The German newspapers are appealing to the land owners to heed the call of duty and return to their estates, but this is impossible. The land owners are mostly without funds with which to restore the devastated estates and must abandon them. On account of the continual anarchy the summer crops were meager, and the revolutionary peasants, who are living in the woods of destroyed estates, are forced by famine to attack and plunder villages where military protection is slight, and are perpetrating inhuman outrages. A number of the chief agitators at Windau and Galdingin, which places were occupied by troops after they had been for several weeks in the hands of the insurgents, were tried by court martial and shot. EASURE HAS IN DEVELOPING lican caucus and the position of the president in favor of the proposition as it will be presented in the Hamilton bill are being urged as imperative reasons for presenting a solid party front on the question. The most ardent supporters of the joint statehood bill admit that the movement to amend the Hamilton bill, and thus get a separate consideration of the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory and the admission of Arizona and New Mexico is stronger than was expected, but refuse to concede more than forty Republican votes against the rule preventing the amendment of the Hamilton bill. If the advice of the conservative friends of the joint statehood proposition as approved by the Republican caucus of the house is followed, according to late developments, the statehood bill will not be brought into the house for action until some time after the Philippine tariff measure has been disposed of. An effort undoubtedly is being put forth to unite the opposition on both the statehood and Philippine measures. This effort has succeeded to a limited extent. QUESTION L IT CONCERNS tee and to collect all the proceeding in the case. When reported in this form all records will thus be compiled and can be printed for circulation in the form of a public document. Many public men are receiving inquiries about the case, requesting information. The question arises over what shall be included. The letters of comment on the Philips decision given out by the president and the attorney general form important features of the case from a public standpoint; if these are included it will be insisted by some that the reply of Mr. Harman should also be given. Charged With Land Frauds Omaha Jan. 11.—No progress was made in the trial of Rev. George G. Ware, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands, in the federal court. After various delays the case was again postponed. Helena, Mont., Jan. 12. — N. B. Smith, W. W. Slatt and F. J. Walsh, indicted on a charge of having unlawfully fenced public domain were arraigned. Smith and Slatt are members of the biggest sheep company in central Montana. CALUME AKING POWDER NOT MADE BY THE TRUST The wonderful growth Calumet Baking Powde is due to its moderate p and the fact that food prep from it is free from Rock Salts, Alum or any injur substance. All grocers are authorized to guarantee this. Here the Royal Tourists Had After the glittering whiteness the marble palaces of Udaipur, would strain the eye were it not the cool setting of green in wi they are imbedded, it must have a welcome relief to enter the ishing modern city of Jaipur, w houses are decorated with an ningly beautiful tint of pink ma Here, says Modern Society (London the royal tourists had their first experience of ancient Rajput patry, and the parade of thirty phants, gally carapisoned in cloq—one of them the most gic creature in all Asia—was matched by the camel corps w the maharaja keeps up as a pa his spectacular grandeur. Themals were present at the Delhi bar and were there seen by Duke and Duchess of Connaught vision of this glittering reception remain among the most spi memories that their royal highne the Prince and Princess of W will bring away with them. A New Being. Shepard, Ill., Jan. 8th (Speak Mrs. Sarah E. Rowe, who is res here, says she feels like "A Neing," although she is in her fifty enth year. Why? because she taken Dodd's Kidney Pills, that known medicine that has put us into old bodies, and has come God-send into homes of sorrow suffering. She says:— "No one knows what awful to I suffered with Rheumatism and ney Trouble, until I got cured Dodd's Kidney Pills. This grand edy drove the Rheumatism out of body, nothing else ever did me good. Dodd's Kidney Pills are one hundred times their price, for have made me, though I am seven years old, a new being. I in better shape now than I have for many years and I owe it a Dodd's Kidney Pills." A girl is never too old not to at some one older who hasn't a husband yet. If you don't get the biggest and it's your own fault. Defiance is for sale everywhere and the positively nothing to equal it in ity or quantity. The woman who values a friendship never asks him to her age. The more we know of our lills, the easier and sooner relief will come. 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The Fords' Hair Pomade was formerly known as 'OZONIZED OX MARROW' and is made by making kinky or curly hair straight, as shown above. Its use makes the most stubborn and easy to comb. These results are pliable and easy to comb. These results make bottles are usually sufficient for a year. The use of Fords' Hair Pomade ('OZONIZED OX Druff, relieves itching, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair from falling out or breaking off, gives it new life and vigor. Being elegantly necessary for ladies, gentlemen and children. Ford's Hair Pomade ('OZONIZED OX usually about 15%, and label. 'OZONIZED States. Fords Office was registered in the United period of time there has never been a bottle have sold. FORDS HAIR POMADE remains sweet and effective, no matter how long you wear it. FORDS HAIR POMADE makes the hair STRAIGHT, SOFT, and Fords Ford's Hair Pomade ('OZONIZED OX MARROW' is put up only in 50 ct. size. A genuine has the signature, Charles Ford. Presst. on each package. Refuse all others. Full size or smaller. Sold by druggists and dealers. If your drugist or dealer is his jobber or wholesale dealer or send us 50 cts. for one bottle postpaid, or send us 100 cts. for one bottle postpaid, or express paid. We pay postage and express charges to all points in U.S. A. When order is placed, we will mention this paper. Write your name and address plainly to The Ozonized UX mar-row Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Press 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted everywhere. "Who is the formost man in the world?" asks an esteemed contemporary. The foremost man in the newspaper world, as any fair minded person will concede, is the man with the longest nose for news. The country's postoffice business for the year ending June 30, last shows an increase of $10,000,000, over the preceding year. And yet the average man probably did not notice any increase in his correspondence. --- How homelike and familiar that closing sentence of Capt. Amundsen's message to Nansen: "Wire me $500 as soon as possible." Yes, Gentle Annie, it is safe to marry on $1,000 a year; that is, it is just as safe as it is to marry on any other amount per annum. Mr. Ryan acted like a bachelor. A bachelor, you know, is a man who does not have to answer questions he doesn't want to answer. Personally, we wish Henry Sienkewicz would devote less attention to Russian politics and hurry up with his Napoleon triology instead. In the studios they are betting that Artist Charles Dana Gibson will come back within two years and resume black and white. Why not? Girls, when he tells you your eyes are stars in the night in his life, remember that there are estimated to be something like 3,567,822 stars on view. The rich farmer who is using his automobile "to pump water and run his corn sheller," may not have a poetic soul, but isn't he intensely practical! "More money is lost on the race tracks of the country in one season than there is in circulation," says a writer of sporting gossip. This is also true of Wall street. "One can buy a modest little evening hat for $50," says a fashion writer. Maybe so, but if it's the one who sends her bills to us she is electioneering for a jolt—Chicago Journal. New Jersey comes to the front with a muley cow that barks like a dog. But she will have to do better than that to beat the Massachusetts rabbit that attacked a man and bit off his nose. After reading that eight titled English hunters killed 3,300 pheasants in three days, the American live-pigeon shooter must feel that an apology is due for some of the things said about him. Boston spends $6,500,000 yearly for baked beans, and if some statistician will give the amount expended on eyeglasses it will be an easy matter to compute how much is left for luxuries. Uncle Russell Sage may not be so great a financier as J. Pierpont Morgan, but he would like it noticed that nobody ever sold him an imposing collection of liabilities in the guise of a railroad system. If English reporters were as enterprising as their American confesses they would have informed the world before now whether the Princess Ena has given any orders to her dressmaker for a wedding gown. One bold young reporter in New York had the audacity to ask Sarah Bernhardt if it were really true that she is of German birth instead of French. And the goddess was so overcome that M. Meyer had to answer for her. A New York savings bank is to erect a new $275,000 building, and furnish homes for its unmarried employees under his own roof. Excuses for not being on hand at the opening of business will be hard to find under this arrangement. A Chicago woman demands a divorce because her husband wanted her to keep boarders. That's right. If a man can't support his wife in the luxury to which she has been accustomed by reading the newspapers, he has no business to have a wife. The overfussy people may profitably ponder on this bit of philosophy from the Christian Register: "What is worth doing is worth doing well, but it is not worth while to build a stone bridge when a single stick of timber would serve the purpose." Three and a half bushels of spectacles and eyeglasses have been sent to the Alaska Indians. Old Chief Painton-hs-Nose needs only a pug dog and a hard boiled collar to be one of us. A Buffalo man is accused of having been drunk 1,063 times in eight years. That leaves 1,857 days on which he was sober, or absent from Buffalo. The new steamship Amerika is ten stories high and has an elevator, a gymnasium and the highest priced restaurant in the world. If it only had crowded, dirty street cars its patrons might cross the ocean without notice that they had relinquished any of the advantages of city life. Prosperity, the national treasurer thinks, is what caused the demand for Lills of small denomination. We do not know how it works with others, but the more we prosper the bigger the bank notes we demand. It may be that our German friends did it unconsciously, but, all the same, when they built the biggest boat that ever sailed any sea and named her "America," they made acknowledgment of our superior greatness. It was a fine compliment and we should duly appreciate it. The crusade against peek-a-boo waists and other openwork features of feminine costume will begin to be successful when men no longer find them fascinating and women no longer think that they are pretty. DODGE CITY NEWS Mrs. Reedly's little girl is very sick this week. Geo. Johnson of Chicago is here working. Will Legget preved up a claim two years ago and this week he sold it for $2250.00. Young colored men who want to be up onght to come west. Five years in this country means much to you in your old days. CLEARWATER NEWS. Mrs. Sarah Wilfrey and little son Clarence have rerurned home from Wichita and reports a fine time. Geo. Barton and family were in Clearwater this week. C. R. Wilfrey was in Wichita last week. CHERRYVALE NEWS Miss Lillie Walker came down from Iola Kans. Thursday to visit her sister Mrs. Willie Smith. E. J. Killeough has gone to Tulsia I. T. for a while. Mrs. Odia Fields is contemplating of moving here soon. Helping hand Tabernacle No. 4. meets every first Thursday and 3rd Saturday in the month. Mrs. Madline Ward ..... C. P. Mrs. Annie Fallings ..... C. R. Tomie Teal came in from Joplin Mo. where he has been for the last week. James Garth is here from Wichita he expect to move his family here soon. NEWTON NEWS. J. Hait is reported no better. Elemer Kannepy of Hutchinson is visiting in the city this week. Miss Lulu Slaughter and sister Mrs. Irene Knowles were in the city this week. R vival meeing has started at second Baptist church all members and friends are cordialy invited to attend the meetings. Miss Willie Slaughter who has been in Chicago for a while is at home visiting with her parents and friends. Heber Parkerson who has been visiting in the city for the past week left Thursday for his home in Hutchinson Kansas. Mrs. 9. Dickerson is reported quite ill. Mrs. M. Reevely mother of Henry Reevely and little grand son of Carrolton Mo. arrived in the city Thursday where they will makh their future home for a while. The N. U. G. club gave a party at the home of Mrs. Reevely on Mennay afternoon of this week many guest were present many games were played. The members of the club rendered a program which was something grand. After most of the afternoon was spent in pleasure. The club served an elaborate luncheon. Shippers Over Kansas Make Permanent Organization Business Men and Farmers Throughout the State Attended the Convention and Expressed Themselves as Satisfied With the Work. Wichita, Jan. 12. — In this city, as a result of the big freight rate convention held at the Auditorium there can remain no doubt that the business men and farmers of Kansas are determined to take hold of the railroad question and carry it through until they have secured their demands for equitable freight rates and laws that will give the state and national commissions more power in dealing with the railroad corporations. The meeting was a success from every standpoint. The attendance in the afternoon was considerably larger than that in the morning, as many of the delegates could not get in until the arrival of the noon trains. The business men and farmers, who came from all parts of the state to attend the convention, expressed themselves as satisfied with the work, and also expressed their determination to carry on the movement until the fight is finally won. As a result of the meeting a permanent state organization was formed, an executive committee consisting of two representatives from each congressional district selected, and strong resolutions unanimously passed. The features of the convention were the addresses of Gov. Van Zant of Minnesota and Speaker I. L. Penroot, of Wisconsin. The latter especially carried the house by storm. Even if the railroads had succeeded in packing the convention it would have been useless after such a speech as the right-hand man of Senator La Follette delivered. The plan of the permanent organization on which the state association to be known as the Kansas Civic League, is formed, was outlined in the report of J. S. George, which was adopted by the convention and is as follows: "A permanent organization to be made by this convention to continue and carry into effect the objects of the convention as set forth by the resolution. "A state executive committee to be composed of two members from each congressional district, and five at large. Those from each congressional district to be selected by the delegates to this convention from such districts and the five at large to be chosen by those selected and thus elected at a meeting to be held immediately after the adjournment of the convention. This executive committee shall have power to appoint subcommittees to carry out this plan of organization. "County organizations to be formed under the direction of the state executive committee, organizers for each county represented here to be selected by the delegates from said county and for counties not represented here to be appointed by the executive committee." "Township and ward organizations to be formed in each county on the same plan. "The state executive committee shall hold until its successors are elected at a state convention to be called by the executive committee not later than in March, 1907. "In order to carry out the work of this association, money will be required and it is recommended that a membership fee of 50 cents be charged, 15 cents of which is to go to the state executive committee. "Each delegate to this convention on his return home shall immediately join with the county organizer in organizing his county. "All associations of farmers, merchants, shippers and laborers approving the objects of this association are invited and urged to cooperate in carrying these principles into effect." PREACHER FOR THE CANTEEN. Chicago, Jan. 10—Rev, George D. Rogers, pastor of the First Baptist church of Highland Park, near Fort Sheridan, declared himself without reserve in favor of the re-establishment of the army canteen. In a letter published he says he has made a study of conditions surrounding the army post at Fort Sheridan and has come to the conclusion that the existence of the canteen is the best solution of a difficult problem. New York, Jan. 12.—The Standard inquiry was adjourned this morning until 2 o'clock, to permit Attorney General Hadley and the other attorneys to attend the proceedings instituted against H. H. Rogers in the Supreme Court of New York. House Talks Tariff. Washington, Jan. 12. — The house gave immediate consideration, as a committee of the whole, to the Philippine tariff bill. Representative Lorell of Pennsylvania, made a speech favoring the passage of the measure. Victim of Assassin ROYER GOV. SITUNENBERG Russian Peasants Are Beginning to Think of Conditions. In describing a Russian village in his article on "Russian Peasant Riots," in *Everybody's Magazine, Ernest Poole* says: "For an hour we wandered through the hummocky, slushy, steaming streets; watching crowds of peasant men and women who had come into town to market. The faces of these peasants were broad and dull and coarse. They were clothed in rags; the handkerchiefs on the women's heads were old and spattered with mud; the sheep-skin coats were torn and foul. We saw hunger—always hunger—in the weak, shuffling steps of men, in the weary faces of women, in hollow, anemic cheeks of little children. They stood about by hundreds and by thousands in the mud. Scowls and gloomy silence." Only here and there groups would suddenly collect. In an instant hands would wave and voices rise in wild anger. Then the soldiers with their bayonets, or the Cossacks with their whips, would rush in shouting abuse, scowling, shivering—thinking. Such thinking is the Russian revolution." Londis' Entry Into Public Landis' Entry Into Public Life. When Fred Landis, now a congressman, was practicing law in Logansport, Ind., he experienced an unusually long briefness spell and had about concluded to give, up his profession and accept an offer to go on a Texas ranch. Some girls of his acquaintance induced him to stay and take part in a theatrical performance. While rehearsals were in progress it was proposed to him that he run for congress. Landis thought the matter over for a few days and then consented to make the race. So it was that a theatrical performance indirectly made a congressman of him. —Chicago Chronicle. Long Time in Literary Harness: John Bigelow, LL.D., who was our civil war consul and minister in Paris, passed his eighty-eighth birthday recently. He wrote a great Franklin biography, a life of Samuel J. Tilden and a life of William Cullen Bryant. He was Tilden's executor and trustee and president of the library foundation and he helped to found the Century club. He tried a hand at journalism for twelve years on the Evening Post. He has written books about Haytil in English and about the United States in French and he has just published a pamphlet on Gladstone's attitude during the civil war. It is a sort of challenge to Morley. Expert Women Mathematicians. It has been said that women are not mathematicians. That assertion is disproven by the fact that three women are engaged in the work of making computations for the nautical almanac bureau, under the direct control of the navy department. These women are Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Davis, who is responsible for many of the important tables giving the declinations of the sun, etc., by which mariners steer their courses, and Miss Janet McWilliams and Mrs. H. F. H. Hedrick, who have done much important work for the almanac. New U. S. Senator a Poor Man. John M. Gearin, recently appointed United States senator from Oregon, will be the poorest man in that body. He owns no property and has no money in bank. It is true he has a lucrative law business. He owes nothing and does not lack at all for the comforts of life, but he has saved nothing. He is a democrat, is considered the best speaker in the state and is the fourth man to go to the United States senate from the law office from which he comes—Dolph, Simon and Mitchell, republicans, having preceded him. Brave Mother of Brave Sailor. Among the clerks in the land office in Washington is Mrs. Anna Gridley, mother of the captain to whom Dewey sald at Manila: "You may fire when ready." She is also the widow of a gallant naval officer who was killed in the fight between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Mrs. Gridley has just celebrated her eightieth birthday, and for forty years has worked faithfully at her desk. She scorns the idea of old age pensions and says she will keep on working until! she reaches the century mark. Frank Steunenberg, former Governor of Idaho, was killed Dec. 30, by a bomb at his nome, in Caldwell. A dynamite bomb had been placed at his front gate with a contrivance that exploded the bomb as he entered. He lived twenty minutes. There is no known reason for the outrage, but it is charged to some members of the famous inner circle of the Coeur d'Alene rioters, whom he prosecuted relentlessly in 1899, while he was governor. Mr. Steunenberg was governor of Idaho from 1897 to 1901, having been twice elected. He was born in Iowa forty-four years ago, and had been in Idaho since 1887. He leaves a widow and three children. Gov. Steunenberg was a picturesque character, standing seven feet in his stockings. He never wore a necktie, and his appearance created something of a sensation on Broadway during his first visit to the East, made in 1899. At Present Rates of Consumption Forty Years Is the Limit. The woodmen spared not the trees whose ghosts now return to threaten us with a timber famine. Whereas ten years ago only the soundest ties were used by the railroads, seconds and thirds are now accepted by the purchasing agents. Red oak, black oak, beech, gums, pines and other soft woods, which once were considered worthless, are now treated with cresosate and other preservatives for ties, crossarms and poles. This treatment quadruples the life of a soft wood tie and will meet the demand for some years. But shortage is in sight and must be met by plantations. Maude Adams is said to have planted on her Long Island property 100,000 locust trees, which will make the best and most lasting telegraph poles and railroad ties. A catalpa plantation in Kansas owned by a railroad shows an annual net profit of $12.65 per acre. The annual te consumption of a single railroad is about 120,000,000, or fully one-sixth of the total cut of timber. Besides this are the vast drains upon the forest for telegraph and telephone poles, crossarms and other uses. At the present rate of consumption the United States will be bare of marketable timber in forty years. The government forest service offers substantial help to planters.—Chicago Tribune. SOUTH SHARES IN PROSPERITY Enormous .Rise in the Value of Farm Property. In the race for wealth the southern farmer is abreast of the western granger and the northern manufacturer. He is no longer hampered by poverty and tradition. From all over the south come reports of expanding industries. It is computed that farm properties in the eleven states that once seceded from the union have risen in value more than $1,000,000,000 in two years. The average yield of these lands since this century began is $200,000,000 a year greater than it was in the preceding six years. The south now not only grows cotton for the world, but manages the marketing of it. The speculator who once got all the cream, gets it no longer. The planter is strong enough to fight his own battle, which means that he can defend his own property.—Philadelphia Press. Justin McCarthy a Hard Worker. The most remarkable thing about the career of Justin McCarthy, who has been brought prominently to the front again, both in literature and in politics, is the tremendous amount of work he has been able to accomplish. Novelist, journalist, historian, politician and party leader, he has found time to travel widely and to cultivate delightful social relations with most of the leading literary, artistic and political people of his time. And in spite of the energy and thought devoted to political causes he has been continually pushing on some special and important literary undertaking of engrossing interest, involving an enormous amount of labor. How he has accomplished it all it is said that no one except perhaps his wife has ever found out. How the Kaiser "Hunts." The kaiser in his sports employs "all the modern improvements." The imperial deer-stalking forest is twenty-six miles square and is intersected with a network of telephone wires forming a connection with the gamekeepers' boxes, which are scattered all over the preserves and the royal hunting box. Thus the appearance of a stag worthy of the imperial gun is reported by telephone, particulars being given of where the animal was last seen. Within three minutes the imperial motor car starts for the spot. Inventor Holland's Prophecies Inventor Holland's Prophecies. When John P. Holland prophesied the submarine boat people looked at him askance and said to one another: "Isn't it a pity? And he looks so intelligent, too!" Now Mr. Holland says that he expects to fly from his home in Newark to his New York office within a few months and that before the year is out any man who has one of the machines he has invented can easily go through the air at a speed of forty miles an hour with no more exertion than is required for walking three miles an hour on land. LIEUTENANT REDUCED IN RANK Army Officer Punished for Discourse to Sergeant. For requesting a sergeant of artillery to change his seat at a theater, First Liuet. Roy I. Taylor of the Coast artillery is reduced in rank twelve numbers. He was tried by court martial. The offense was committed at a theater in New London, Conn., where a sergeant of Taylor's own company, who was in uniform, vacated a seat at the request of Taylor. "It is hoped," states the decision, which is signed by Brig. Gen. Grant, "that the sentence of the court will leave no doubt in the mind of any US US LIMIT ROY I. TAYLOR one that the uniform of a soldier is a mark of honor which must be respected in the United States." It is also stated that a sentence more severe than the one given is warranted. The theater incident took place last October. Sergeant Patrick-F. Butler of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth company, Coast artillery, which was Taylor's company, was seated in front of his superior officer at the performance. Lieut. Taylor was not in uniform. Nearby were a party of friends whom he knew, but who were not members of his party. It was in order to make a vacancy for one of them that he told the sergeant to move. His words to the under officer, according to the printed verdict of the court martial, were: "Sergeant, you had better get your ticket changed and get you seat somewhere in the rear,' or words to that effect." Lieut. Taylor pleaded not guilty to the charge of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. The court's sentence is that the "lieutenant be reduced in rank twelve files on the lineal lists of first lieutenants of artillery." SCANDAL BEHIND A ROMANCE. Social Circles of St. Louis, Mo. Stirred by Reports It is said that the "elopement" of Lieut. Scharrer and Miss Wilhelmina Busch of St. Louis to Belleville, Ill., where they were unable to get married, was not an elopement, but an attempted kldnapting. Scharrer having, it is said, forced Miss Busch to accompany him and threatened to kill himself and perhaps her with a revolver which he showed her. Scharrer is accused of attempting to compro- LIEUT. EDWARD SCHMAL mise Miss Busch in order to secure a club to hold over her father with a demand for $1,000,000.—Chicago Tribune. New York Has Oldest Pugilist. James Kelly, 90 years old, a resident of Old Bridge, N. J., is probably the oldest living pugilist. Kelly became famous in 1855, when he defeated Jonathan Smith with bare knuckles in a fight that took place at Melbourne, Australia. It took 104 rounds to decide the question of supremacy, the men standing in the ring under a broiling sun for six hours and fifteen minutes. Kelly was so severely sunburned that he spent several weeks in the hospital before he was able to move. He was born in Ireland, and in his time traveled with old gladiators like Heenan, Sayers, Yankee Sullivan, John Morrissey and Tom Hyers. The old fellow is still in good health and attributes his long life to his early athletic training. Secretary Taft Has Traveled Far. Secretary Taft has traveled 100,000 miles since May 24, 1904, when he became governor general of the Philippines. In the five and a half years since his call from the federal bench he has spent 360 days on the ocean. Ontario Sugar Beet Crop. Ontario Sugar Beet Crop There has been a modest revival of the beet sugar industry in Ontario, and farmers have raised more beets than the factories can take care of. The present crop is taken from about 15,000 acres and is valued at $600,000. Nebraska Official Removed From Office by the President. Irving Baxter, United States district attorney for Nebraska, has been removed from office by President Roosevelt. District Attorney Baxter, who was appointed to office last spring, prosecuted on behalf of the government the case against Richards & Comstock, cattle raisers, who were charged with fencing illegally the public lands in Nebraska and whose prosecution was brought about by investigations into land frauds made under the direction of Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock. The men were convicted and sentenced to six hours in the custody of the United States marshal. Practically no defense was made in the trial. In carrying out the sentence the United States marshals deputized the IRVING BAXTER attorneys of Richards & Comstock to take charge of the defendants for the six hours of their sentence. For exercising this leniency the marshal was removed from office. TRIUMPH OF MODERN HYGIENE Largely. Shown In Constantly increasing Longevity. There can be no question that the prevalence of certain diseases has increased during the last half century. Conspicuous among these are diabetes and insomnia, both of which are largely due to the mental stress of a harder struggle for existence. The increased consumption of alcohol and the free use of narcotics are also responsible for many morbid conditions unknown to our hardier forbears. But, in comparing the present prevalence of diseases with that of the past there are several factors for which due allowance is often not made. One of these is that our forefathers died, as a rule, at a considerably younger age than their descendants; if they did not perish by the sword they were moved down from time to time by the plague and other devastating epidemics. In this way they escaped many of the diseases not only of old age, but of advanced middle generation represented to a much larger extent than is now the case the survival of the fittest. Most of the weaklings is, that it has preserved a large proportion of these lives.—Practitioner. Storms on Mars Terrific. Weather wise prophets are issuing bulletins of the rain and shine in Mars. The most tumultuous tempests that the elements offer the earth dweller are holidays compared with the storms of two weeks and again of forty-one days in length which Prof. Pickering of Harvard has found raging around Martians. The clouds of Mars are always light yellow. The desert regions are a darker shade of yellow. Long duration of storms and long clear intervals between are characteristics of Martian weather. One possible reason for the great meteorological changes is the greater tenuity of atmosphere there. Mars presents vast and conspicuous changes in appearance, whereas a Martian astronomer, looking towards earth, would find that the annual changes which he could perceive over the surface of our planet present considerable sameness and lack of variety. Great West Coming To Its Own. The mighty west is coming into its own. The present growth of the country is authoritatively stated to center west of a line drawn from Chicago to New Orleans. The secret of the growth is found not in any fever for sudden wealth but is the secret of a working race. The wheat fields of the Dakotas and Montana, the timber lands of Washington and Oregon, the salmon fisheries of the north coast, the coal mines of British Columbia are stubborn resources to be developed slowly by coaxing and humoring with a risk of long years and all the fortunes of the pioneers. Through labor, self-sacrifice, patience, and courage these great states are being built with golden destinies. The capitalists of the mighty west, whose "mightier place in the politics, commerce, and affairs of the union is almost axiomatic." Beauties of London Old masters" are being pressed into service for the embellishment of men's fancy waistcoats. A London tailoring firm is selling sets of six miniature reproductions of portraits of beautiful women by Gafnsborough, Greuze and Lawrence just as big as a sixpence. These are considered appropriate when posed on tartan plaids, fancy checks or knitted vests. The buttons are said to be much sought after by ladies as gifts for men friends.—Dondon Daily Mall. TANTALUM A HARD SUBSTANCE. Diamond Drill Has No Effect On This Metal Tantalum cuts tantalum. Diamonds cannot cut it. The only effect produced by a diamond drill, worked day and night for three days on a sheet of pure metallic tantalum one twenty-fifth of an inch thick, with a speed of 5,000 revolutions per minute, was a slight dint in the sheet and the wearing out of the diamond. Tantalum differs from all other known substances in combining extreme hardness with extreme ductility. When red hot it is easily rolled into wires and sheets or drawn into wire. It is scarcely affected by the oxygen of the air even at a red heat, and not at all at ordinary temperatures, and it is not dissolved by the strongest acids, nor does it amalgamate with mercury. It melts only at the highest attainable temperatures, and is therefore well fitted for filaments in incandescent lamps, being much stronger than carbon. If it can be obtained in sufficient quantity it should prove most useful. It will furnish better boring tools than the diamond drill, cheaper electric lights than carbon, and as a plate or a wire harder than diamond, yet strong and tough, it suggests almost limitless uses. Every other hard substance is brittle, a fact which has hampered the engineer for centuries. CHOSEN MINISTER TO NORWAY. Herbert H. D. Peirce First American Representative at New Court. Herbert H. D. Peirce, who has been selected by the president to be the first United States minister to Norway, has for several years been third assistant secretary of state at Washington. His most recent work that came to the notice of the public was as representative of the state department of the Portsmouth peace conference. As third secretary, the consular service has been under his immediate charge, and in 1904 he made a trip around the world inspecting United States consulates. The results of this trip, which are found in the recommendation for the improvement of the consular service, are regarded as of great value. Mr. Peirce has held secretaryships in the diplomatic service, including that of first secretary HEPPERT H. D. PIERCE at St. Petersburg, where he was charge d'affaires. In the absence of the secretary of state he has frequently been in charge of the state department. Hens Now Rival of Cow. The farmer's hen is becoming a worthy companion to his cow, says Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The annual production of eggs is now a score of billions. Poultry products have climbed to a place of more than half a billion dollars in value. During the last sixteen years the domestic exports of farm products have amounted to $12,000,000,000, more than enough to buy all of the railroads of the country at their commercial value, and this was a mere surplus for which there was no demand at home. Wealth production on the farms of the United States in 1905 reached the highest amount ever atained in this or any other country—$6,415,000,000. Should there be no release from his present position, as a wealth producer three years hence the farmer will find that the farming element, about 35 percent of the population, has produced an amount of wealth within ten years equal to one-half of the entire national wealth produced in three-centuries. Brazil Woods Beautiful. Beautiful Brazil woods are recommended to capitalists. Cabinet woods of many kinds abound, are easy to reach, and fairly easy to get. Because of the lack of enterprise among the Brazilians only small quantities have been exported. Communication with the woods is bad, freights and wages are high. An American company with $5,000,000 is beginning to exploit some of the best regions. It hopes to overcome obstacles by the application of modern milling and transportation methods. An elevated swinging railroad will carry the logs from the woods to the mills, which are to be located near or on good roads. Evangelist's Quick Wit. Dr. Torrey, the English evangelist, is a man of ready wit, which he uses with effect when interrupted while speaking. On one occasion in London a bibulous fellow arose and announced waveringly that he did not believe everything in the bible. "I don't see how anybody can walk on water," he declared. "Can you do it, Dr. Torrey?" The preacher looked grimly at the man for a moment and then answered: "Well, I can walk on water better than I can on ru Knights and Daughters, if you changed High Priestess or Chieftains since this list was put kindly notify me at once, that I make the correction. W. N. MILLER. Ed.