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EIGTHTH YEAR. Is Easy Seen the Cause Of The Tables In The N scheme Of the D nd their Anti-N the Entire Will The Them B Wi The Cause Of The Racial Troubles In The North Simply A scheme Of the Democrats to Extend their Anti-Negro Policy Over the Entire Country Will The Negro Aid Them BY VOTING With Them? does not take the thinking colored long to see the cause of the pres- supheaval in America against the ro race. Ever since the issuing of memorable proclamation of Abra- lincoln, the surrender of Lee at omatox, and the enactment of the fifteenth and Fifteenth Amendments the Federal Constitution the Democ- party has made a ceaseless and ing effort to reduce the American to below the level of the ante- nium slave. iving spent forty years in laying and successfully disfranchising Southern Negro by the invention the Southern Democratic mind of "grandfather clause" the "educational list" and other Democratic ideas, having succeeded in the "Jim Crow Car" laws until all the Southernes have the Negro politically unite the Democratic foot—the Democratic party now tursn its attention and as a beginner they have so ersed themselves through the that they are being able to make ideas fet by the Negroes of Kansas well as other Northern states. is simply a case where history re- uses itself, and as the Democratic re- holders before the Civil War lagged to extend slavery, so are the next day Democrats struggling to and Southern Democratic ideas of so hating, disfranchisements, dis- sent and the Southern Democratic of separation for the Negro. Democrats of the South have years had a longing to get their on a footing in Kansas and they been years working to find some time by which they could win in state and so well have they worked Plan that in this year, 1906, we the Democratic branch in Kansas alive and active this year than before in the history of our state. are trying to hoodwink the Negro into believing them their friend at heart they are as rank as one of the heart of the South. Will the Racial Trouorth Simply A Democrats to Exe-gro Policy Over Country Negro Aid BY VOTING with Them? the Negroes of Kansas bite at this seeming inviting bait? Have the Negroes of Kansas stopped to think from whence came their present trouble? Let's see!!! Before the Democrats brought Ben Tillman into Kansas with his fire-spitting, race hatred, there was no talk of separate this and separate that, but after this first visit of Tillman the press and the people began to tald. The Democrats saw that Tillman did so much good for the anti-Negro "cause" he was brought into the state again and then it was that the troubles of the Kansas Negro began. Will the Negroes of Kansas be caught in this net and help put in power the very men who have made t possible for this condition to obtain? In this matter as in many others, should the colored men of Kansas vote to put a rebel in the Governor's chair—a man who fought four years to keep the Negro race in slavery—what can they expect? Does it seem possible that a man who hated the Negro so bad that he stood on the rebel breastworks four years to keep the Negro a slave—does it seem, we say, that such a man would have too kindly and warm a heart for the Negro now? Hardly!! It is true, the conditions in Kansas are perplexing, yet they are like paradise for the Negro to what the Democrats would have them and are like heaven to what the Democrats would make them if once they should get in power in this state. OUR COUNTY TREASURER. Mr. E. Webb, republican candidate for County Treasurer, and the present very capable incumbent of that office, needs barely and introduction to the people of Sedgwick county, among whom he has labored so honestly and earnestly for many years. Mr. Webb is a gentleman of the first type and during the past two years has made a most exemplary official. Suffice it to say that Mr. Webb will appreciate the support of every man on November 6th, and he is worthy, capable and a man of the right type. Vote for Mr. E. Webb. WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, OCT. 20, 1906. TIONS CAN BE BETTERED. Opposes Exodus to the North—Bulk of Race Must Lve in South, He Says—Warns Against Incendiary Acts and Utterances. New York—Booker T. Washington, speaking before the Afro-American council, October 11th, urged the negroes to obey the law, refrain from incendiary utterances and weed out the debased and criminal elements of the race, as the better way to correct conditions in the south, which he said must remain the home of the negro. He said in part: "In the season of disturbance and excitement if others yield to the temptation of losing control of their judgment and give way to their passions and prejudice, let us as a race teach the world that we have learned the great lesson of calmness and self control, that we are determined to be governed by reason rather than by feeling. Our victories in the past have come to us through our ability to be calm and patient, often while enduring great wrong. Too Much Intemperate Talk. "If others would greak the law and trample it under foot let us keep and respect it and teac hour children to follow our example. In this connection I repeat what I have uttered on a recent occasion, every iota of influence that we possess should be to get rid of the criminal and loafing element of our people and to make decent, law abiding citizens. "To the members of my race who reside in the Northern states let me utter the caution that in your enthusiastic desire to be of further service to your grethern in the South you do not make their path fore thorny and difficult by rash an dintemperate utterances. Before giving advice to the negro in the South the negro in the north should be very careful that what he advises is that which he himself would be willing to take into the heart of the south and put into practice. Be careful not to assist in lighting a fire which you have no ability to put out. Vicious Class Disgraces Negro. "Some may think that the problems with which we are grappling will be better solved by inducing millions of people to leave the south for residence in the North, but I warn you that instead of this being a solution of it will but add to the complications of the problem. "The indiscriminate condemnation of all white people on the part of any member of our race is a suicidal and dangerous policy. We must learn to discriminate. We have strong friends both in the south and in the north, and we should emphasize and magnify the efforts of our friends more than the nthose who wish us evil. The country must learn to differentiate between black people. It is a sad mistake to place all in the same class when referring to labor, morality or general conduct. There is a vicious class that disgraces Prof. W.T. Vernon, Register of the United States Treasury WILL SPEAK AT Redman Hall Monday Night October 22nd. Be There And Hear Him us, there is also a worthy class which should always receive commendation. Further, we must frankly face the fact that the great body of our people are to dwell in the south, and any policy that does not seek to harmonize the two races and cement them is uwise and dangerous." OLIVER M. PITTINGER. Republican Candidate for County The Republican party of Sedgwick county probably never selected a more capable man for the office of county clerk than Oliver M. Pittinger, its nominee this year. Fifteen years of continuous clerical work has given him an experience that is equalled only by his capacity to accomplish a great deal of work in a short time. Strictly speaking, Mr. Pittinger is not a politician, although his loyalty to the Republican party is unquestioned. His time has been too much taken up with business to dabble in politics as much as same, and it is this that in the minds of many makes him better fitted to fill this very exacting position. Mr. Pittinger is 38 years of age, having been born in Jerseyville, Ill., April 7, 1868, his father being a veteran of the Civil War. When 11 years old, he came with his parents to Kansas and satie on a claim in Attica township. He worked on the farm until 1887, when he began teaching school. He followed this vacation four years, during which time he made a good record. In 1891 Mr. Pittinger took charge of a lumber yard at Goddard for W. M. Pond & Co., in whose employ he has been continuously since. After fourteen years in charge of the company's yards at Goddard, he was chosen auditor for the company, and moved to this city. Some idea of his business ability, and the confidence reposed in him by W. M. Pond & Co., may be gathered from the fact that he is now auditor over fifteen lumber yards in Kansas and Oklahoma. His home is on the West Side and his family consists of a wife and five children. Mr. Pittinger has never held office aside from a local office at Goddard. He is making a good impression wherever he goes, and his genial manner, couple with his excellent reputation, is getting votes not only for himself but for the entire ticket. FOR COMMISSIONER. Levi Roach, Republican candidate for Commissioner of the First district, has lived in Sedgwick county for a number of years and is capable of filling the office for which he has been nominated. Do not forget to vote for Mr. Roach. REPRESENTATIVE 71ST DISTRICT. As a fair-thinking, conservative, impartial man no man in Kansas surpasses Charles L. Davidson, Republican candidate for representative from the 71st district. Reared in Sedgwick county, principally, Mr. Davidson has from boyhood established a reputation for fairness and sound judgment. He measures every man by the rule of merit. The people of Sedgwick county will find that he is a safe man to tie and can, in safety, trust him to do the right. A vote for Charles L. Davidson is a vote for a most excellent, capable gentleman. M. Rev. J. W. Hurse, pastor of St. Stephen's Baptist Church, which is located on Charotte street near Independence Avenue, arrived in Kansas City from Memphis, Tennessee in 1896. The first five years of Mr. Hurse's career, he was engaged at hard labor in the packing houses and other general lines of employment. Finally becoming convinced that his mission was in the ministry, he started to preaching on the streets. In 1901, the Pleasant Valley Baptist church at Rosedale, Kansas, ordained and licensed Rev. Hurse as a fullpledged minister and he began his ministerial work in a large tent in Belvidere Hollow where he preached to an average of 1000 people for several weeks. After baptizing several hundred people he received a call from Pilgrim Baptist church at 6th and Charlotte streets, which he accepted carrying with him some 300 new members. After the expiration of 18 broke on the site of his present church. On August 20th, 1905, the cornerstone was laid by the Master Masons and the Grand Master. On December 17, 1906, the church was dedicated by the Baptist Ministerial Alliance, assisted by Knights of Pythias of the E. and W. H. On March 25, 1906, Rev. J. W. Hurse was installed as pastor of St. Stephen Baptist church under the auspices of the Willing Workers' Club. Rev. J. W. Hurse is a race man, a firm believer in Negro enterprises, ever ready to help the struggling Negro business man to the top round of the ladder of fame. He is one of those energetic unrelenting and enthusiastic sin fighters, whose physical and spiritual energy knows no bounds, nor recognizes any class as immunes from attack. Truly it must be admitted that Rev. Hurse has seen fit to invade the enemy's camp and take charge of him. He seems happily adapted for work among the masses of his people. months he decided he needed a larger church and immediately started a movement which resulted in the building of his present large church at 604 and 606 Charlotte street. He perfected the organization of St. Stephen church on March 23, 1903, and was given a life's call as its pastor. In the spring of 1905 the ground was It is with deep regret that eleven million Negroes will learn of the purported order of President Roosevelt to dishonorably discharge the three companies of colored soldiers who were so cruelly attacked by the whites at Brownsville, Texas, and all hope the President will reconsider his order and let this bad state of affairs die out. From newspaper reports of the Brownsville matter at the time it happened, it seems that the colored soldiers were given ample reason to resent this unprovocated southern insult. And now to dishonorably discharge the three companies just to please these Negro-haters is, to say little, making the matter no better, but on the other hand, is playing the life of every Negro in Texas and other Southern States in extreme danger. We sorely regret this and trust that the President will see fit to rescind his order. Should Say Nothing. While we do not encourage wrongdoing in the colored soldiers any more than in any other, yet we hope the colored soldiers of these three companies will "stand pat" and be true to each other as it will be more honorable for them to be "dishonorably discharged" than to turn up one of their number to be ultimately inhumanly butchered by the Texans. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. NO.31 was dedicated by the Baptist Ministerial Alliance, assisted by Knights of Pythias of the E. and W. H.. On March 25, 1906, Rev. J. W. Hurse was installed as pastor of St. Stephen Baptist church under the auspices of the Willing Workers' Club. Rev. J. W. Hurse is a race man, a firm believer in Negro enterprises, ever ready to help the surruggling Negro business man to the top round of the ladder of fame. He is one of those energetic unrelenting and enthusiastic sin fighters, whose physical and spiritual energy knows no bounds, nor recognizes any class as immunes from attack. Truly it must be admitted that Rev. Hurse has seen fit to invade the enemy's camp and take charge of him. He seems happily adapted for work among the masses of his people. months he decided he needed a larger church and immediately started a movement which resulted in the building of his present large church at 604 and 606 Charlotte street. He perfected the organization of St. Stephen church on March 23, 1903, and was given a life's call as its pastor. In the spring of 1905 the ground was C. DENTON. The Republican State Convention made a good selection when it named C. E. Denton, of Attica, for the office of Secretary of State. Mr. Denton is an Illinoisan, and came to Kansas in 1884 and settled in Harper county where he has snee resided. He is engaged in mercantile, banking and farming. He has always been a loyal Republican and has always taken an active part in his party's welfare. He is very capably fitted to fill the office to which he aspires. FOR CORONER. Every man, regardless to party, concedes the election, and rightly too, of E. Phillips, as coroner. Mr. Phillips has made a painstaking, kind and obliging friend and should be given the unanimous vote of the people this fall. KANSAS CITY. KAN. Rev. Miller, of Indianapolis, Ind., is visiting in the city, and preached from Rev. Bowen's pulpit at the First Baptist church Sunday evening. Rev. Lee, of Richmond, Va., is visiting relatives and friends in the city. The citizens' Forum, which meets at the Metropolitan church every Sunday is growing rapidly. Interesting programs every Sunday. All are welcome PAGE 2 THE SEARCHLIGHT. THE SEARCHLIGHT. KANS. W. N. MULLER.....Editor Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. 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Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Justices of the supreme court. (For six-year term)—W. A. Johnston, Ottawa county; R. A. Burch, Saline county. Four four-year term)—Sillas Porter, Wyandotte county; C. B. Graves, Lyon county. Governor—E. W. Hoch, Marion county. Lieutenant-Governor—W. J. Fitzgerald, Pord county. Secretary of State—C. E. Denton, Harper county. State Treasurer—Mark Tully, Montgomery county. State Auditor—J. M. Nation, Neosho county. Superintendent of Public Instruction—E. T. Fairchild, Ellsworth county. Attorney General—Fred T. Jackson, Greenwood county. State Superintendent of Insurance—Chas, W. Barnes, Osage county. State Printer—T. A. McNeal, Shawnee county. Railroad Commissioners—C. A. Ryker, Reno county; Geo. W. Kanavel, Harvey county; Frank Ryan, Leavenworth county. Congressman from the Eighth District—Victor Murdock, of Wichita. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. County Attorney.....J. A. Brubacher Cerk of District Court.....W. C. Höover County Clerk.....O. M. Pittinginger County Treasurer.....E. Webb County Superintendent.....J. W. Swaney Register of Deeds.....J. M. Balderson Sheriff.....Charles Horner Probate Judge.....E. E. Enoch County Surveyor.....J. K. Brown County Coroner.....E. Phillips Commissioner of First District..... Levi Roach Seventy-first District Charles Davidson Seventy-second District.....A. C. Husey Seventy-third District.....A. S. Heusel Judge City Court.....J. L. Dyer Clerk City Court.....S. L. Barrett Marshal City Court.....W. S. Hawk THE FINEST ON THE ROAD. Manager Mel Raymond, or to give his full name, Melville B. Raymond, our greatest producer of stage novelties, will this season control the destinies of the colored performers, Cole and Johnson. This combination of Manager and Artists is worthy of especial note as it cannot fail to have an important bearing on the future stage position of the Afro-American, as the prominence and reputation of Manager Raymond will not only secure better bookings, but also attract to the Theatre a higher grade of audience than usually patronize this style of entertainment. The vehicle, "The Shoo-Fly Regiment," is perhaps the most ambitious effort yet attempted by a colored company. In the past the Negro offering has been simply a reflex of plantation life—with more or less singing and dancing, at the best rough and uncouth burlesque of black eccentricities, but In "The Regiment" Cole and Johnson have invaded the field of genuine musical farce-comedy. The theme is the industrial education of the Negro and Afro-American milli- tary life. The author—thoroughly familiar with his subject—has humorously satirized the peculiarities of his race—their exaggerated pride, their social ambitions, their jealousies and their emulation of the fads of the White "400"—all in a thoroughly humorous way. The scenes are laid in the South and in the Philippines, giving great scope for both scenic effect and costuming, which has been taken every advantage of by the Management. The Company includes nearly every artist of reputation in the Afro-American theatrical circle and the chorus of 40 will be a revelation in colored entertainments. At the Crawford, Tuesday, October 23d. Hear Prof. Vernon at Redman Hall, Monday night, October 22nd. REGISTER! REGISTER!! No matter how you expect to vote this fall if you are not registered you cannot vote. If you did vote at the last spring election, if you have moved, if you have recently arrived in the city or if this is your first election, you must be registered before you can vote. Go to the City Clerk's office in the city building and register. Do not wait for some one to send a hack or buggy for you to take you down. Go down yourself and register and be a man. NEW RESTAURANT. Mrs. Lizzie Stewart has opened a restaurant at 613 N. Main where she will be pleased to have hungry people call and get filled on good eatings. $50. To California And Return Via FRISCO SYSTEM The "Frisco" beginning Sept 3rd and continuing daily till Sept 14th will sell round trip tickets to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal. with return limit Oct. 31st at the low rate of $50 00 Liberal Stop Overs For full particulars see the Frisco agent or address F. E. Clark, D. P. A., Wichita Let the colored people get together and stay together for their own material good. W M Dunson Music Teacher Mandolin and Guitar Lessons At Reasonable Prices 302 West Murdock Ave Send the children - Hours 6 to 9 p. m. ASSIGNS ITS MINISTERS. Bishop Grant Announces African M. E. Appointments for Year. The Missouri annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church, which was in session at Allen chapel, Tenth and Charlotte streets, Kansas City, Mo., closed Monday night. The following appointments were made for the year by Bishop A. Grant, who was in charge: Kansas City district—Rev. M. Collins, presiding elder, Lebanon and Ash Grove, R. Bartelson; Springfield, C. Williams; Joplin, to be supplied; Nevada, Henry Green; Neosho and Carthage, J. E. Reed; Butler, J. B. Wallace; Pleasant Hill and Lee's Summit, J. E. Christopher; Wellington and Dove, Henry Mitchell; Malta Bend and Mount Leonard, P. W. Chester; Waverly, J. Y. Meadows; Allen chapel, Kansas City, F. Jesse Peck; Ebenezer, Kansas City, J. P. Howard; Independence, J. H. Allen; Odessa and Mayview, J. H. Randall; St. John, Kansas City, Tony Perry; Westport, S. S. Pitcher; St. Paul mission, Kansas City, Walter Lee; Ward chapel, Kansas City, William Hawkins. St. Louis district—Rev. J. D. Barksdale, presiding elder. St. Paul, St. Louis, W. D. Cook; Lexington, A. A. Gilbert; Higginsville, T. L. Watson; Boonville, W. B. Brooks; Sedalia, William Alexander; Jefferson City, J. T. Smith; Miami, P. W. Weaver; Washington, S. L. Bean; Union, H. McTascal; Chamois, J. W. Wiley; Pleasant Green, L. S. Watson; Speed, W. F. Hamilton; Marshall, E. Thomas; Holden, H. Cummins; Warrensburg, L. Harris; Pacific, W. B. Long; Allen mission, O. W. Harris; Wayman mission, B. W. Stewart. Cape Girardeau district—Rev. N. C. Buren, presiding elder. Cape Girardeau, Rev. C. N. Douglas; St. James, St. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Louis, W. C. Williams; Poplar Bluff, W. H. Spurlock; Quin chapel, St. Louis, L. P. Duke; St. Peters, St. Louis, P. P. Duke; St. Peters, St. Louis, P. Thurman; Kirkwood, R. L. Phillips; Jackson and Allinville, J. R. Hopkins; Fredericktown, J. C. Rice; Bonne Terre, J. W. Edwards; Farmington, G. H. Smith; Caruthersville, M. McFerris; Commerce, G. E. Pettigrew; Claryville circuit, R. E. Eulenburg; Festus circuit, J. B. Holmes; Belmont, W. P. McAllister; Oak Ridge, A. J. Jackson; St. John mission, St. Louis, J. W. Abram; Bethel mission, Robert Everett; Charleston, J. A. Chandley; Henson mission, C. P. Cumming. Evangelists—Sarah V. Bean, R. L. Binkley, Lulah Johnson, L. L. McDonald, Lulah Cheatham. Kansas, President; Vice-President; W. Vice-President; W. Vice-President; W. Vice-President; Geo Vice-President; M. I President; John E. Recording Secretary; Topeka, Correspon Robert Cox, Salina, Bowen, Auditor; J. Statistician. The next place of Kansas. Much credit is du Jones, the very brilliator of Shiloh Bapti Scott, for the very in which the d LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Sens your news notes and local happenings to GDI North Main Street. What do you think? Jim Jackson was in town, looking as young and acting as spry as a youngster. Jim was up from Anthony, his present home, and was kept busy shaking hands with his many friends. Everyone was glad to see the od warrior again, well and hearty. G. W. Boynton of Sterling was in Wichita Thursday on a short visit. Mrs. Samuel Duncan and daughter, Miss Beatrice Young, of Peabody, Kan., were in Wichita Thursday, the guests of Mrs. W. N. Miller, Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Miller were former school- girls together in Missouri and their meeting was a very pleasant one. WICHITA TABERNACLE No. 34, Order of Twelve Meets First and Third Thursday Of Each Month All Daughters in Good Standing Invited Mrs. Morse Miller, P. P. Bearings Miller, Dec. N. Hodge is in Crescent City, Okla, and may decide to locate there. Mrs. J. G. Gaines was on the sick list this week. Johnnie Floyd visited from Kingman Monday. J. Hughes, of Oklahoma City, arrived in the city Thursday. Thomas G. Banks was in the city during the week visiting his family. Mrs. Edward Drain and son left Saturday for Binger, Okla., to visit a week with her husband and sons. Mrs. one Welch received a telegram Saturday stating the death of her aunt, Mrs. Sallie Saunders, in Kansas City, Mo. The body was taken to Olathe for Burial Tuesday. The following Wichitans attended the Kansas Baptist State Convention in Ft. Scott last week: Jno. E. Lewis, Ms. H. F. Frazier, Rev. J. H. Van Lew, State Missionary; Rev. Joseph Wilson, Rev. W. H. Tillman, Rev. S. M. Hall, Rev. R. N. Countee, Rev. R. W. Williams, Rev. W. H Burrill, Rev, Josh Walker. BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION. The Kansas Baptists had the most successful session in the history of the state, in Ft. Scott last week. Every nook and corner of the Sunflower state was well represented and a most pleasant session was held. One of the features of the meeting was the large amount of money raised in every department. The report of the State Missionary, Rev. J. H. Van Lew, of Wichita, was one of the pleasing reports of the session. After Rev. Van Lew had read his report so encouraging was it that the rules were suspended then and there and Rev. Van Lew reelected by acclamation. The report of each officer was grand and the convention showed its appreciation by reelecting each officer by acclamation. We would not close without mentioning the splendid annual address of the President of the State Convention, Rev E. Arlington Wilson, of Kansas City, Kansas, which was loudly applauded. The officers for the ensuing year: E. Arlington Wilson, Kansas City, Kansas, President; T. E. Pierce, 1st Vice-President; W. P. Banks, 2nd Vice-President; W. H. Denton, 3d Vice-President; Wm. Smother, 4th Vice-President; Geo. A. McNeal, 5th Vice-President; M. L. Clay, 6th Vice-President; John E. Lewis, Wichita, Recording Secretary; C. G. Fishback, Topeka, Corresponding Secretary; Robert Cox, Salina, Treasurer; W. A. Bowen, Auditor; J. W. Gordon, Iola, Statistician. The next place of meeting—Salina, Kansas. Much credit is dut Rev. Matt S. Jones, the very brilliant and able pastor of Shiloh Baptist church, of Ft. Scott, for the very comfortable manner in which the delegates and visitors were cared for during the convention and everyone sing praise to Rev. Jones and his splendid members. W. M. Dunson, Painter and Paper Hanger, All Work Guaranteed 302 W. Murdock Ave., Wichita PROF W. T. VERNON Will Speak in Wichita Monday Night, October 22nd Arrangements have been completed and Prof. W. T. Vernon, Registrar of the United States Treasury, and President of Western University, will deliver an address in Wichita at Redman hall, Monday night, October 22. Prof. Vernon is recognized as one of the leading colored orators before the American people today, and the people of Wichita are to be congratulated on having a chance to hear him. Let every person in Wichita be on hand, Monday night, October 22. Grand Reception. After the speaking a grand reception will be tendered Prof. Vernon. All those who are present during the speaking will be admitted to the reception. JOINT SESSION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS. There will be a joint session of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 and Taborian Temple No. 11, on Thursday night, October 25th. Every Knight and every Daughter is requested to be present at this joint session. Let nothing keep you away. Some colored men men of Wichita are so very inconsistent and unreasonable as to think no man has a right to an opinion which may differ from their own. Such men not only show their short-sightedness but also their lack of true manhood. A true man allows to eery other man the right to think and act as he may deem best so long as he does not infringe on the right of his neighbor to do the same. G. J. Jones, REAL ESTATE INSURANCE and LOANS CHATTLE : MORTGAGES 429 Kansas Avenue TOPEKA, KANSAS GRANDEST EVER. The opening of the Geo. T. Nolley Furniture Co., Store this week was one, of the important events of the week. This new store of this firm is by far a climax on any store of the kind in the west. Mr. Notley has selected well, and not only has an entirely new and up to date stock of furniture but one which is sold at moderate and reasonable prices. He is now open for business and will be pleased to have every one call at his store and make their purchases in the furniture line. See their ad elsewhere. J. W. Owens, WORK DONE WHILE YOU WEST 2nd Floor Shoes Bought and Sold 332 H. Main Street Wichita, Kan. A GOOD HAIR GROWER. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Walker, of Denver, Colo., are in the city and will place Mrs. Walker's own preparation for growing hair, on the market. The preparation which Mrs. Walker has climaxes any remedy for growing hair ever offered to the people and is meeting with success wherever it is used. The editor of the Searchlight has been acquainted with Mr. Walker for a number of years and has no hesitation in recommending him to the people of Wichita. Thos. Glover, Pres. 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That rich New York girl who is going to marry a poor man never studied the game of love as played under Newport rules. With a blare of trumpets a German professor announces his discovery that coal is edible. The American baby learned that long ago. King Edward has a detective from Scotland Yard for a chauffeur. Some automobilists in this country are driven by policemen, too. A trade union congress in England wants pensions for everybody over 60 years of age. Is not that unjust discrimination against the women? Descendants of the pilgrim father have passed a vote of confidence in their ancestors, which goes to prove that the latter did not live in vain. King Edward has been restored to health and is going back home to look after the chores. This will give the hired man a chance to take a vacation. It has been discovered that mer make most of the fashions for women. As men also pay for most of them, the ladies may now be acquitted of the charge of extravagance. The north pole ought to be tired of waiting for that discoverer. By and by it will pull up its stake in disgust and be off to some place that is more accessible than the arctic circle. The total value of diamonds imported this year is $29,000,000. Of that amount $3,000,000 is credited to August. This indicates that the theatrical season must have been quite profitable. In Ithaca, N. Y., four cripples recently engaged in a hand-to-hand combat over an argument as to which one of them was really the most unfortunate. The incident illustrates the pride that human nature takes in any kind of a distinction. The cussedness in a boy is now being removed by an operation on the brain. The old fashioned way was to take it out of his hide.—Washington Post. But when it is bred in the bone you have to go deeper, says the Chicago Tribune. It is reported that an American college which has just built a new swimming tank will require all students to take the course in swimming. This sort of prescribed course will be popular. Almost any person may be put in a place where his own life and the lives of others depend on his ability to swim, and everybody should know how. A report from Christiania is to the effect that the Norwegian polar expedition commanded by Capt. Amundsen has discovered the long-sought for northwest passage. And if so, what of it? That marine route is not likely to be popular or much traversed even in the hottest of good old summer times. Industry waits closely upon legislation. Already western farmers are considering the planting of crops from which they can manufacture alcohol, to be denatured and used as a source of power. There is a great desire for some cheap and effective substitute for gasoline, the supply of which is limited and the price of which has steadily advanced for several years. Hope of curing cancer, so generally recorded as incurable, springs eternal in the medical breast. A physician in Cologne, Germany, claims to have discovered a serum which is an effective remedy for the dread disease. The statements of the Cologne doctor are received with reservation by his German colleagues, although there is no apparent intention to discredit him if he has really found what may prove a great boon to suffering humanity. American trade with Egypt has grown remarkably in the last 16 years. In 1889 our imports from that country had a value of $35,104,805. Our exports in the same year aggregated $35,102,195. In 1905 we bought of the Egyptians $107,820,380 worth of goods and sold them to the amount of $101,814,425. This increase was accomplished under adverse conditions, due to hardships put on our importers and exports by the English authorities. The monks of St. Bernard, in the Alps of Switzerland, are now substituting automobiles for dogs in rescues and transporting travelers. The automobile is about to do with some traditional what it does with pedestrians—knock 'em out. A man in New Jersey has lost control of his body as the result of occultations from a kissing bug. If he had lost control of his mind after being kissed by one of New Jersey's fair ones, the case would be wholly understandable. VALUE OF GOOD SEED WHEAT KANSAS FARMIERS PROFIT BY SANTE FE'S WHEAT TRAIN. Excellent Results from State Agricultural College Lectures in Southwest Kansas—Great Demand for Better Seed. Manhattan, Kan., Oct. 16——The state and federal experiment station, located on the farm of the Kansas State Agricultural college, has sent a great deal of seed wheat into the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe country of southwest Kansas this fall. This distribution means better wheat in quality and quantity in that section next year, and is the direct result of the "wheat train" which the Santa Fe sent over its southwest lines in August, carrying lecturers on wheat culture from the state agricultural college. It was an expedition that cost the company a sum of money and was not in the immediate line of a railroad company's business, but if it adds to the crop production of the territory covered, which undoubtedly it will, the reward of the enterprise will be increased freight receipts and added population later on, which mean improved traffic for the company, and traffic is what all well conducted railways seek. "We have sent from the experiment station here a great deal of seed wheat into that country," said Prof. John H. Miller, superintendent of farmers' institutes and extension work of the college, who had charge of the train, to a reporter to day. "Requests for seed came so quickly, following the expedition, that we know our words fell upon thoughtful minds, and naturally we are pleased. Added to this, these requests continue to come in, which also is gratifying, although I am sorry to say our supply of seed is limited. Next year we expect to be better provided. "I use the pronoun 'we,' because, you know, there were four of us on the train. The lecturers were Prof. A. M. Ten Eyek, professor of agronomy and superintendent of the farm, and his assistant, Prof. V. M. Shoemith, and Prof. J. T. Williams, professor of agricultural chemistry. My duties chiefly were to start the meetings and introduce the lecturers. We had two cars, and in each a professor spoke, while a third addressed the overflow outside. Afterward, we distributed our literature and the train moved on. We went over the Englewood branch and over all the other Santa Fe lines south of the Arkansas river. We also went over the Scott City branch and over other lines farther east, concluding the week's work at Florence. Our meetings uniformly were large. At Little River we had 480 people and at McPherson the crowd was so large that we adjourned to the city park. In all, we had nearly 40 meetings. "We found a great wheat country—that is, a great country for wheat, if the farmers will take advantage of it. The country is better than the wheat it produces. What all wheat countries need is good seed, a good seed bed, and fertile soil. The farmer cannot maintain soil fertility, no matter how new his land may be. What a crop extracts from soil must be restored. This is no less important than good seed and a good seed bed. "Good seed means more than seed that will sprout and grow. It means well-bred wheat adapted to the climatic and soil conditions of the locality. Crops must be grown and bred in the regions where they are intended to be grown. Drought-resistant crops cannot be produced or bred in humid regions. Very little has been done in the way of breeding or adapting crops to western farming conditions. "It is the business of the several Kansas experiment stations to advance seed selection and propagation, and distribute the production. In 1905 we sold to the farmers 600 bushels of seed wheat, and this year we will do better." "Perhaps breeding and improving seed and establishing new varieties may better be left to the experiment stations, but every farmer, by setting aside a 'seed patch,' may at least keep his wheat from deteriorating and even improve it by a little care. The first step is to get seed adapted to his soil and climate, and after that to select for the 'seed patch' only the longest, heaviest and plumpest grains. 'How to prepare the 'seed patch' we told the farmers when we were on our expedition, and we also told them of the value of conserving soil moisture, and of the great necessity of maintaining soil fertility. An object lesson of the great value of these things is a measured acre of wheat grown in 1906 by the agronomy department of the Kansas State Agricultural college. This one yielded 3.516 pounds of grain, or 58.6 bushels. Twelve acres of the same field yielded more than 50 bushels per acre. "A farmer, with his large acreage and multitude of duties, cannot do so well as this, but he can do much better than an average of a fraction more than 13 bushels, which has been the average in Kansas; and I am sure if the Santa Fe perseveres in the good work it has undertaken, southwest Kansas soon will increase its average of wheat production. Certainly it will have the aid of the experiment stations of this institution, and if I may judge from requests for seed wheat since our lecture expedition out there, the first returns will come in 1907." A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Amputation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., says: "I had been showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was mustered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, dizziness and sleeplessness, first, and then dropy. I was weak and helm J. B. B. less, having run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural, and all my pains and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan's Kidney Pills. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. KING OF SAFE-BREAKERS. Marvelous Delicacy of Hearing Possessed by Milner James. "Whoher James was the most artistic safe-breaker in the business," said Lecocq the detective. "He is dead now. He opened in his time over 700 safes without tools or gunpowder solely by working out the combination with his delicate and patient fingers. "It took me a year," he once said, 'to learn the trick of picking combinations. I studied all the locks there were and I had three safes of different makes to practice on. The ear is the most important factor in my method and it must be held tight against the safe door on a line with the tumblers. When the knob of the lock is turned slowly and one of the tumblers reaches the notch corresponding to the first number of the combination the tumbler will fall with a little click. Care must be taken not to displace this tumbler. You keep on trying the knob back and forth gently till each of the tumblers drops. Then the door open. Hardly one man in a thousand has an ear delicate enough for this work and to be a success at it you've got to give up tobacco and alcohol." Microbe of Gray Hair. They have discovered a new microbe in New York and it is quite popular among actors and society women. It is called the chromophage, its special function being to turn the hair gray at a comparatively early age. The handsome actor who has those white hairs on his temple that the women admire so is full of the chromophages. Baldheaded men are immune from the microbes. He only attacks the hair, and a man without hair need not worry about the chromophage. For years it was thought that a process of the blood killed the coloring matter of the hair cells, but scaphologists in New York combat that theory. They say it is the chromophage. The microbe does not like heat and for that reason the woman who uses the curling tongs is less likely to have gray hair than the one who puts her hair up in papers. Treasures for the Louvre. Attention is called by the Travelers' Gazette to recent acquisitions by the Louvre, notably of a life size bust in chalk, primitively colored, of the hermit king of the eighteenth dynasty, Akhoumalon, or Amenophis IV, one of the strangest figures in the long line of the Pharaohs. The bust is a remarkably fine specimen of the art of the period, and is well preserved. Besides this, there are four sepulchral urns in blue porcelain from the tomb of Rameses II. In these urns was found, besides funeral linen, certain organic matter, which is being chemically examined. NO DAWDLING. A Man of 70. After Finding Coffee Hurt Him, Stopped Short. When a man has lived to be 70 years old with a 40-year-old habit grown to him like a knot on a tree, chances are he'll stick to the habit till he dies. But occasionally the spirit of youth and determination remains in some men to the last day of their lives. When such men do find any habit of life has been doing them harm, they surprise the Osierites by a degree of will power that is supposed to belong to men under 40 only. "I had been a user of coffee until three years ago—a period of 40 years—and am now 70," writes a N. Dak. man. "I was extremely nervous and debilitated, and saw plainly that I must make a change. "I am thankful to say I had the nerve to quit coffee at once and take on Postum without any dawdling, and experienced no ill effects. On the contrary, I commenced to gain, losing my nervousness within two months, also gaining strength and health otherwise. "For a man of my age, I am very well and hearty. I sometimes meet persons who have not made their Postum right and don't like it. But I tell them to boil it long enough, and call their attention to my looks now, and before I used it, that seems convincing. "Now, when I have writing to do, or long columns of figures to cast up, I feel equal to it and can get through my work without the fagged out feeling of old." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." THEY HAVE NO HOPE CREW OF FRENCH SUBMARINE MUST HAVE PERISHED. BY THE FUMES OF THE ACIDS Vessel Believed to Have Overturned — is Not Located Yet—Fourteen Salvage Ships Are Awaiting Calmer Seas. Bizerta, Tunis, Oct. 18. — Preparations for an attempt to raise the submarine boat Lutin, sunk near this port yesterday with Lieutenant Fepoux and four crew, were begun at dawn. Although the bottom is sandy three miles off the coast, where the Lutin is supposed to have sunk, the chances of raising the Lutin to the surface in time to save the lives of the crew are regarded as slim. The officers engaged in the salvage work express the certainty that the crew of the Lutin have perished. Members of the crew of the tug Ismul which conveyed the Lutin on her last voyage, declare that the submarine plunged twice successfully, and after she had gone down for the third time her bow showed twice above the surface of the water before she finally disappeared. This leads to the belief that the catastrophe resulted from a sudden leak at the stern. The water probably rushed in very rapidly and overturned the accumulators. This would cause death, giving fumes to emulate from the acids and the crew would have no chance for life. Admiral Bellue is tonight uncertain whether the salvageurs have really located the Lutin or not. Divers have reached the bottom, but owing to the roughness of the sea they were unable to make a thorough investigation. Fourteen salvage vessels now form a cordon around the spot where the Lutin went down. The divers descend in relays and are displaying nutring energy. All their endeavors, however, are unavailing. The British admiralty has sent a battleship, a cruiser and a torpedo boat destroyer, as well as several tugs, to assist in the search. Tonight' the sea is moderating and the work tomorrow will be continued under better conditions. ROLAND P. MURDOCK DEAD. News Received at a Late Hour L at Night. Wichita, Oct. 18. — A telegram received at the Eagle office at a late hour last night announced the death, in Chicago, of Roland P. Murdock, former business manager and one of the proprietors of the Eagle. Mr. Murdock has been very ill for several days, and while this news was sudden, it was not altogether unexpected. R. P. Murdock, was 62 years old. He was born in West Virginia, and when a child moved with his parents to Ohio, where his father, Thomas Murdock, was an iron worker. In 1857 the family came to Kansas, locating first at Toneka, but soon there after removing to Emporia. It was in Emporia that Mr. Murdock obtained his business training that enabled him to assume charge of the Eagle, when he came to Wichita in 1873. From that time until failing health made it necessary to retire from the business a short time ago, Mr. Murdock was business manager of the paper, having lived to see it grow from a small country weekly to one of the big dalles of the state. In his capacity as manager of this paper he had a wide acquaintance, not only in this state, but elsewhere, and the news of his death will be received with regret. SECRETARY TAFT IS BACK. Quite Satisfied to Leave Cuba to Governor Magoon. Washington, Oct. 18. — Secretary and Mrs. Taft, Assistant Secretary of State Bacon and Mrs. Bacon, General Funston and others composing Secretary Taft's party arrived in Washington tonight from Cuba. Secretary Taft said there was little to say regarding the situation in Cuba that had not already been told. He said he was pleased with the conditions as he left them and felt confident that Governor Magoon would bring about satisfactory results, although he remarked it would be with some difficulty that things could be straightened out after a revolution such as had occurred. It will take time, he added, but just how long he could not say, to reedit matters in Cuba. Arriving at Washington the members of the party drove to their respective homes. BROUWER WAS NOT GUILTY Tom's River, N. J., Oct. 18.—After a trial lasting about ten days, Dr. Frank L. Brouwer, indicted for the murder of his wife by poison, was acquitted today. The evidence was all in yesterday and today the arguments were made, followed by the judge's charges. The jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty" inside of an hour. SHANFELT IS ELECTED. New Orleans, Oct. 17. — Seven states are represented in the competitive drills which began today at the Pythian biennial encampment and continue through the week to determine which is the best drilled company in camp. Among the contestants are Pike's Peak company No. 1, of Denver, and the Seattle company of Seattle, Wash. The National Pythian Editorial association elected A. E. Shanfelt, of Oklahoma, president, and J. P. Boner, of Texas, vice-president. For Emergencies at Home For the Stock on the Farm Sloan's Liniment Is a whole medicine chest Price 25c 50c & $1.00 Sand For Free Booklet on Horses, Cattle, Hogs & Poultry. Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. COPPER SAFE FROM LIGHTNING. Belief Firmly Held in Many Parts of the Country. "This matter of superstitions is a queer thing," said the man as he carefully avoided walking under a ladder, "for even those of us who are skeptics have at least one superstitions falling, and mine is walking under ladders. "In the country this summer I met a new one, which was firmly believed in by several farmers, and that was that a thunder storm never passed over a copper mine or copper vein. The old fellow who told me about it pointed out again and again that although black clouds might roll up and lightning flash, the storm always went around a certain spot in his farm. "Such actions on the part of a thunder storm could mean but one thing, he said—that there was a copper vein there. So sure was he of it, that he was putting by a little each year to have the spot investigated to see if there was copper enough in it to work." Advancement in Afghanistan The aeeer of Afghanistan has engaged an electrical engineer to install electrical machinery in the factories in the new town' which he is building, 30 miles north of Cabul. The arms and ammunition factories will probably be moved there, and manufacturing industries started. Snakes Roasted and Eaten. In Australia several kinds of snakes are eaten roasted. They are said to be equal in delicacy and flavor to the finest stewed eels. A traveler declares the steam from the roasting reptiles is by no means unsavory. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE SEVERE DIABETES BACKGONE This discontinued use of our medicine is not covered by our warranty. The public may immitations, sold only in doctors' SIGK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Palls. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. 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It cures Cata- rth and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Forges or by mail; Tr Dly Brothers. 55 W RUN DOWN FROM GRIP Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Have Cured This Form of Debility in Hundreds of Cases. "Four years ago," says Mrs. F. Morrison, of No. 1922 Carson street, South Side, Pittsburg, Pa., "I took a cold which turned into the grip. This trouble left me all run down. I was thin, had backache much of the time, had no appetite, my stomach was out of order and I felt nervous and unstrung. "While I had the grip I had a doctor, but I really suffered more from the condition in which the influenza left me than I did from the disease itself. I felt generally wretched and miserable and the least exposure to cold would make me worse. I couldn't seem to get any better until I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I very quickly noticed a benefit after I began taking them and they restored me to good health and strength. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a wonderfully good medicine. Thanks to them I am now in fine health and have had no return of my former trouble. I recommend the pills to everyone who is ailing and take every opportunity to let people know how good they are." Dr. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs. Morrison because they actually make good, red blood. When the blood is red and healthy there can be no debility. The relation between the blood and nervous system is such that the pills have a very decided action upon the nerves and they have cured many severe nervous disorders, such as partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia and St. Vitna' dance, that have not yielded to ordinary treatment. Their double action, on the blood and on the nerves, makes them an ideal tonic. All drugists sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, or they will be sent by mail postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schematyack, N.Y. 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To such a man we will give exclusive sales right and guarantee to refund money if goods not sold in 6 days. Further complying with insurance rules. Glint Light Co. 930 N. Haisted St., Chicago, IL. W. N. W. UICHITA, NO. 42, 1906. NOLLEY'S Grand Rapids Furniture New Store, New Goods, Largest Display .. Prices Less .. come in and get FREE chance on the Brass Bed to be given way Saturday night and see the largest line of fine and medium price Furniture shown in the west. [Image of a woman with long hair, wearing a light-colored dress with a high collar.] If you want long and beautiful Hair Use MME. C. J. WALKER'S Wonderful Hair Grower positively excels all others. It not only grows the hair but uses the scalp of all disease, and leaves the hair in a soft, soft and natural condition. This wonderful preparatiod was covered by Mme. Walker after years of research and has been beyond question to be the most beneficial scalp and hair preparation ever used. It has given perfect satisfaction to the hundreds who have used it, without a single exception. While placing her wonderful preparation on the market she is spending a couple of weeks in Wichita. No one whose hair is short, breaking off or pulling out can afford to mis give this wonderful preparation a trial. Guaranseed to stop drying hair at once and start the hair at once to growing. While in the city she will stop with Mrs. W. H. Jones, N. Water Street. Call and consult her. Free Brass Bed—Free PARSONS. KAN., NEWS. s. Gertrude Tayor, who has been best for a week or more, on accountness, is recovering. s. Salina Lindsey, wife of James Sey, died very suddenly a few ago and will be greatly missed as shower of friends who extend heartfelt sympathy to the grieving husband and daughter. s. E. Cavanaugh has been visitat of town friends for quite a land is reported to be having anable time. s. W. Welch, who is conducting first-class restaurant in this city, thereafter be ready to accommodate travelers with boarding and ing. Cail and see her. iss Emma Harris is in the city visiher sister, Mrs. A. F. Morton.iss Bessie Burnett is in the cityurg her aunt, Mrs. Mary Harwell,on in Parsons remember the ninee Drug Co. can furnish youany amount of drugs, perfumes,ift forget to call at the Welch Cafe Booming House, when in Parsons,man rates.ory Nestfauld has returned fromstended visit in Arkansas. ALLIANCE (NEB.) NEWS. J. L. Cobb is able to be out after a week's illness. C. H. Murphy is much Im- In Coffeyville Stop At white Front Class Accomodations Prices Reasonable BROOKS & WILLIAMS, Props. So. Walnut St. Coffeyville. Kansas We are glad to see Mrs. L. Bowlen, of Deadwood, S. D., in our city. Mrs. Bowlen is Past H. P. of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Mallory have taken rooms at the Charles Hotel for the winter. Rev. C. H. Brown and Mrs. Oliva Elliot, the evangelist, passed through our city this week, and while here were the guests of W. M. Corneal and family. Evangelist Mrs. L. Beck and daughter stopped over between trains. They will hold meetings in Hemeford and Marshall. P. Steney has improved his barber shop by putting in a bath tub. Star of the West Tabernacle No. 33 is out of doors at present as the hall where they have been meeting has been leased by the Church of Christ for a year, but we hope to soon be again housed. Our young daughters, Miss Emma Robinson and Miss Beulah Corneal, have returned to school. The first to Quindaro, Kansas, and the other to Jefferson City, Mo. Mrs. A. Wowell has a first-class restaurant. For a good meal, that is the place to go. FREE ADMISSION For the benefit of those who wish to know, we state that there will be absolutely no admission charged ta Redman hall, Monday night, October 22nd. to hear the splendid speech of Prof. Vernon who will speak at that hall on that date. Let every one come out and assist in giving Prof. Vernon a good house. HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price NOTICE.—Send your news in the early part of the week, which will insure its publication. The earlier the better.—Editor. THE WICH TA SEARCHLIGHT Alway Hocka ```markdown ``` Kockaday Paint KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. Tabernacies. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. Miss Jennie Alexander, G. Q. M. 918 Penn. St., Lawrence, Kansas Number. 1 Mrs. S. Williams, 1309 N 10th St., Kansas City, Kansas. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 South Chestnut St., Iola, Kan. 3. Mrs. Carrie Douglass, 1722 Sixth avenue, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 4 Mrs. Laura Williams, 625 4th St., Cherryvale, Kansas. 5. Mrs. Mary Burdett, 819 N. 1st. street, Atchison, Kansas. 7. Mrs. Lillian Shobe, 336 Santa Fe street, Salina, Kansas. 8. Mrs. Nancy Fax, 505 N. Santa Fe St., Foffeyville, Kansas. 9. Mrs. Sarah H. Harrison, 1321 Van Buren, st., Topeka, Kansas. 10. Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas. 11. Mrs. Paulina Woodfork, 823 Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 12. Mrs. C. March, 515 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 14. Mrs. May R. Freeman, 105 S. Locust St., Pittsburg, Kansas. 15. Mrs. S. S. Furlough, box 405, Weir City, Kansas. 16. Mrs. Hattle Collins, 1001 S. Forest, avenue, Parsons, Kansas. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20. Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kansas. 20 Mrs. S. Montaque, 403 Kickapoo St., Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Mrs. Cherry Briley, E. 12th St., Coffeyville, Kansas. 29 Mrs. Percilia Lee, 720 Cheyenne St. Leavenworth, Kansas. 30. Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd ave. south, Leavenworth, Kansas. 32. Mrs. Adda Birthright, 114 West Broadway, Dutte, Montana. 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 24 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 West 15th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 104 South 2nd street, Atchison, Kansas. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 52 Mrs. Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Lawrence, Kansan. 63 Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1147 Ann ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 77 Mrs. A. Pickens, 250 E. 15th, Topeka, Kan. 85 Mrs. Francis Hardeman, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans. 89 Mrs. Blanche E. Alston, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 310 North 12th St., Omaha, Nebraska. 92 Mrs. Alice Grant, 401 South 8th street, Lincoln, Nebraska. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., N. Topeka, Kan. 777 C. M'S ADDRESSES 333. TEMPLES. Number. 1 William M. Watkins, box 2062, Weir City, Kansas. 2 Thomas Henry, Coffeyville, Kans. 3 Mr. William H. Barnes, 819 L. St., Atchison, Kan. 4 Andrew Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb. 6 M. E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Everett, Kansas City, Kan. 8. Rev. M. Wooten, 416 W. Third st., Ft. Scott, Kansas. 10 Frank Smith, 420 3rd Ave., Leavenworth, Kansas. 15. E. W. Garvice, North 1st street, Salina, Kansas. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St. S. Omaha, Nev. Tabernacles. Coffeyville, Kansas. 17. Rev. Allen Garner, 704 E. 12th st. 18 James Thomas, 218 W 1st, South St. Salt Lake City, Utah. 19. C. Paris, 948 Penn. street, Lawrence, Kansas. 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kan. 59 S. W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanan Trepeka, Kan. 60 James Scott, 1404 Van Buren Trepeka, Kan. 71 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th St. Lincoln, Neb. 636 Albert Graves, 90 Charles St., Deadwood, South Dakota. 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ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllmate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered, write to QUINDARO, KANS. Phones Office—Bell "White" 4302 Residence—Bell "West' 15 QUEEN MOTHERS OF TENTS IN KANSAS. Miss Jannie Alexander, G. Q. M., 948 Penn., Lawrence, Kansas. Lillie Hardin, 006 South Fifth avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Hester Cornish, 911 Western avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Jennie Sellers, 1438 N. Eighteenth street, Omaha, Neb. Eliza Robinson, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Mollie Spencer, 502 V street, Atchlson, Kansas. Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Verder, 813 Jersey, Lawrence, Kansas. Mary Bison, 325 Miss., Lawrence, Kansas. Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kansas City, Kansas. A. O. Murrell, 451 S. Fourth street, Salina, Kansas. Mary Hopkins, 903 West B, North Topeka, Kansas. H. H. Adkins, Weir City, Kansas. Annie Edwards, 944 Everett, Kansas City, Kansas. Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Coffeville, Kansas. PAGE 3 HOCKADAY PAINT CO. Laura Smith, 308 E. Eleventh, Coffeyville, Kansas. There was a pleasant time spent at Miss Della Johnson's Wednesday night in honor of her new home. Those who were present were: Miss Mabel King, Mr. Robert Floyd, Miss Anna Dunson and Mr. Poter Perrie, Miss Louis Wilson and Mr. Chas. Price, Miss Lizzie Underwood and Mr. Clarence Patton, and Mr. Ottis Ruth. Late in the evening ice cream and cake were served and then selections of music by different ones. PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 282 BOMBARDED THEM. Quite a number of friends whooped down on Mr. and Mrs. John Mitcham, the newly married couple, at their residence, 1617 Sherwood, Wednesday night, and with beans, tin cans, frog horns and any old thing made the air ring for a short time. After a short fusilade they left and all became quiet again. PAGE 4 REDUCTIONS PLEDGED REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM PROMISES RAILROAD REGULATION. Establishment of Equitable Maximum Schedules is Assured—Party Record Gives the Platform Standing. The Democrats are making their campaign in Kansas this year on an anti-railroad issue. Their platform is so framed as to persuade the easily influenced voter that the Democratic candidates for office can be absolutely depended upon to do things to the railroad companies that the representatives of no other party will try to do. Col. Harris started early in his campaign to characterize railroad managers as "pirates, thieves and robbers." When his own inconsistency on railroad questions was exposed he switched and is now pleading conservatism. His platform pledges him to a maximum passenger fare of two cents a mile. "I am not the foe of the railroads," he is now saying. "I do not want to do them injustice. I do not want them to carry passengers for two cents a mile unless that is a fair compensation and we can determine whether it is." Then Col. Harris attempts to create the impression that the Republican platform promises nothing in the way of railroad regulation. The Republican platform speaks for itself. Following is the plank bearing on reduction in freight and passenger schedule: "Thelegislaturehaving conferred upon the Board of railroad commissioners a full power to regulate freight and passenger rates we pledge the nominees of this convention upon that board to a speedy and conscientious examination and determination of all these questions, and the establishment of such maximum rates for passenger and freight traffic as shall be just to the people and the railroads, and we hereby place ourselves in harmony with the policy of President Roosevelt on railroad questions, which policy we heartily indorse." And then the Republican party and Governor Hoch have an advantage aside from their platform which compends them to the voters. In 1897 the Democrats and Populists through fusion controlled the government of Kansas in all its branches. They went into power on a platform pledging immediate and sweeping railroad legislation. Col. Harris was chairman of the senate committee on railroads. Through the instrumentality of Harris, H. P. Farrelly, W. H. Ryan and Belle Waggener, the legislation they had promised the people was defeated. Two years ago Governor Hoch and the Republican party were voted into power on a platform in which eleven distinct pledges were made to the people. The pledges were all redeemed. One pledge was for a stronger railroad law. Governor Hoch's administration has given the state what is pronounced to be the best state railroad law in the Union. Harris has a record of broken promises while Hoch has a record of redeemed pledges. The Republican platform means something, Harris' utterances mean nothing. DEMOGRATIC INSINGERITY HAS HAMPERED PROGRESS OF THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. Voters in all parts of Kansas are keeping pretty close track of the campaign in the state this year and are well informed as to the issues. The days when political sharp practice and smooth talk fool the people are past. Kansas voters read the daily newspapers and know what is going on. For that reason Col. Harris of Chicago and his Democratic backers are making little progress in their crusade against Governor Hoch. The people know what has been going on and some of the best expositions of the hypocrisy and insincerity of the Democratic leaders have come from lay members of the Republican party who ordinarily do little save vote. E. J. Crego of Burlington, a well known Republican locally recently penned the following clear analysis of the situation giving in plain, common-sense terms the reason for the failure of the Democratic campaign: "There are two things the Democratic machine in Kansas has from the first been sadly in need of in their proselytizing campaign for Republican votes. "The first is sincerity." Directors: W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L Holmes, S. B. Amidon, B. F. Me Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S. Nafzger, E H. Middiewauff, O. Z. Smith. General Banking Business Transected CHITA NSAS "When Harris wins Republican applause by praising Roosevelt, his hearers are not forgetting that if Colonel Harris hod his way, a certain gentleman by the name of Parker would now be occupying the presidential chair. When he prates about enforcing the prohibitory law they do not forget that never before in office or out has he entered a word of protest against the open saloons of Leavenworth county which was his former home, and there is as yet no indication that Leavenworth with its 118 joints is any less loyal in his support than when he ran for senator and when his party was attempting to overthrow the prohibitory law of this state. Neither are the people forgetting Overmyer's former eloquent denunciations of that law. When the colenel talks against the railroads and against passes, Republicans are hopeful that he may yet sign the 'Square Deal Questions' but somehow they can't help remembering how close he stands to the heart of Balie Waggener; of the railroad bill which his brother-in-law,Mr. Robinson, Missouri Pacific attorney, helped him frame, and which Governor Leedy vetoed, and they wonder if he, like other men of common clay, hasn't used passes quite as much as Republican officials. When he jollies the old soldiers for their votes they are not going to take this as proof that he is more devoted to their welfare than the party that saved the Union, while he was fighting to destroy it. Finally, the very pretension that he is a bonafide resident of Kansas after all that the people know of what he has said and where he has lived is in keeping with all the other pretensions he and his supporters are making. "The peele of Kansas are not to be fooled by this kind of humbug, even though it is labeled 'Eternal Democracy' and 'Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson' Immortality. ARE AGAINST OVERMYER. The action of David Overmyer in betraying the Populist party in 1894 is reacting. He thought when he became the Democratic candidate for governor against Governor Lewelling at that time that he would never again enter politics and that he would put the Populist party out of business as he dropped out of the game. After the Populist convention had renominated Governor Lewelling, Mr. Overmyer and some of his friends thought they saw an opportunity to put the Populist organization out of business and Mr. Overmyer consequently took the Democratic nomination for governor. He accomplished the purpose of defeating the Populist ticket at the polls that fall, but he failed to put the "Pop." party to sleep. The members of that organization vowed that they would have revenge on David and the latter so well knew the temper of the voters that he did not again become a candidate for office until this year. He believed that the Populists had forgotten the course he pursued twelve years ago. The letters which the Populist campaign managers are now receiving indicate that the voters of the party not only have not forgotten Mr. Overmyer's part in the campaign of twelve years ago, but that they have been waiting for an opportunity of this sort to even up the score with the Topeka Democrat. The Populist, George Bailey, who was nominated for the office of attorney general this year withdrew from his ticket and his place will not be filled. This will give the Populists who desire to do so a chance to express their preference between the Republican candidate for this office and the man Overmyer, candidate for the office on the Democratic ticket, who defeated their party and kept it out of power twelve years ago. It does not require a superior intellect to decide what will be the result. DEMOCRATS DISAPPOINTED. The Democratic state committee is greatly disappointed because the cattlemen of Kansas are not contributing to the Harris campaign fund. Colonel Harris having formerly been a stockman, it was believed by the politicians who are managing his campaign that the cattlemen would fall over another in their efforts to pay the expenses of the Democratic campaign. But Colonel Ryan, Billy Peperill, James Morphy and Frank Jerrell, the Kansas end of the campaign, have not been able to show the cattlemen that the Chicago candidate will ever lie in position to aid them in their business. The cattlemen, therefore, are not digging up, and there is much grief at the Hotel Throop. -SMOKE- BLUE SEAL CIGARS SOLD EVERYWHERE Notify your merchant that he can- oot expect you to patronize him un- less he helps you by patronizing the Searchlight. Assist him to help us in order that we might help you. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT O.K.Dye Works Dry Cleaning Process Known Newest and Latest Machinery KID GLOVES CLANED FREE when accompanied by other work. Second Hand Clothing for sale. Bed Quilts Cleaned Our New Steam Process leaving cotton soft and fluff. WE CLEAN and DYE Silks, Flannels, Kid Gloves, Plums, Gents' Clothing, Felt, Panama Hats, etc., etc. Goods Called For and Delivered Dr.J.E. 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HE IS A MEDIUM He tells everything you ever did in your life, who you favor, mother or father, or ever did do. On September 5th, 1905, he brought Ira Burrell, of Green-Texas, back to life. Try Me and Be Blessed. --- 12:30 to 5 p. m. 1613 Cottage St Kansas City, Mo. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 7. Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein: Section 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of said state for their approval or rejection, to-wit: The constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby amended by striking out the whole of section 17 of article 2 of said constitution, and inserting in lieu of said section the following, which shall constitute section 17 of article 2 of the constitution: Sec. 17. All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation throughout the state; and in all cases where a general law can be made applicable no special law shall be enacted; and whether or not a law enacted is repugnant to this provision of the constitution shall be construed and determined by the courts of the state. Sec. 2. This proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this state at the general election to be held in the year 1906 for their approval or rejection. The amendment hereby proposed shall be designated on the official ballot by the following title, viz.: "Amendment to the constitution relating to laws and their construction by the courts," and shall be voted for or against as provided by law under such title. Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute-book. Passed the House January 17, 1905. Passed the Senate January 19, 1805. Approved January 20, 1905. I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true and correct coy of original house concurrent resolution No. 7, now on file in my office. J. R. BURROW, Secretary of State. Hear Prof. Vernon at Redman Hall. Monday night, October 22nd. 1 A FOOL W. N. MILLER. Editor. 13TH B. M. C. MEETING Held in Richmand, Va., October 2nd to 6th, 1906. The 13th Annual: Session of the B. M. C., G. U. O. O. F., which was held in Richmond, Va., Oct. 2nd to 6th was one of the most successful in the history of the Odd Fellow fraternity. Delegates were present from all parts of the world. Many wise and needed laws were made and much business done to promote the interest of the order generally. The following officers were chosen: W. L. Houston, Grand Master, District of Columbia; I. N. Porter, Dep. Grand Master, Arkansas; Jas F. Needham, Grand Secretary, Pennsylvania; B. J. Davis, Grand Treasurer, Gegor- Grand Directors. Geo. H. Hays, Florida; A. T. Shirley, Virginia; T. P. Woodland, Louisiana; Jullus C. Johnson, Maryland; W. W. Lawrence, North Carolina. Grand Auditors. J. C. Desverney, New York; H. C. Bell, Texas. WOMAN'S CONVENTION. OFFICIAL ROSTER. President—Mrs. Emma Gaines, Topeka. First Vice-President—Mrs. T. E. Pierce, Girard. Recording Secretary—Mrs. E. A. Wilson, Kansas City. Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. H. F. Frazier, Wichita. Historian—Mrs. Alice Myers, Lawrence. Statistician—Mrs. J. W. Gordon, Iola. Treasurer—Mrs. Anna McDonald, Parsons. Ft. Scott Meeting. Wichita, Kansas, October 16, 1906. Dear Co-laborers:—The Woman's Convention Auxiliary to the Baptist State Convention, has just closed its Fifteenth Annual Session at Ft. Scott, Kansas. Of course each annual meeting of an organization is always "the best in the history of an organization." A large and enthusiastic delegation of Christian women were present with a determination to contribute their very best to our meeting. President Mrs. E. Gaines' Annual Address was well received. The report of the Corresponding Secretary showed $84.15 raised during the year, and the receipts at the Convention and the report of the Finance Committee amounted to $266.80. Total raised this year. $250.95. Total raise this year, $90,000. An appropriation of $75.00 was given for the "Home" to be established in Topeka, Kansas. The Missionary Society of the Mt. Erie Circle, Cherokee, Kansas, is the banner organization of the year. Prof. Clark, of Denver, added much to our Convention by his touching solos rendered so pleasing to us; also Prof. Charles Steward, of the Associated Press, and Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, author of the "Hindered Hand," were our guests, and addressed the Convention as to the condition of our people in the Southland. A musical under the direction of Prof. Clarke was given Saturday evening for the Woman's Convention. At the close of which, to the surprise of President Galnes, delegates headed by Mrs. J. W. Gordon, Iola., Mrs. Lula McAdo, Carbondale, and others, had solicited a neat sum of money from the delegates and purchased a handsome solid silver pin, representing the "Kansas Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Convention. This was presented ers and at the close of the musicale. Mrs. E. A. Wilson forced her to come forward to be introduced by the Corresponding Secretary as President of this Convention. Mrs. H. F. Frazier made a most touching presentation speech. Her appreciation of this gift meant more to her than we can tel, but she assured us she would wear this for Purity and the highest development of Womanhood. This closes our Fifteenth Annual Session, to meet in Salina, Kansas, October, 1907. Yours for Christ and Humanity, Mrs. H, F. Frazier, of Wichita, is appointed by the National Woman's Convention as General Superintendent of Kansas for Foreign Missions. There will be four other women appointed as District Superintendents. WESTERN UNIVERSITY. The Western University Forum was highly entertained Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Prof. J. D. Bowser, principal of the Attucks School of Kansas City, Missouri. He spoke upon the Ways of Influence and explained to the student-body as well as others present how a whole life can be changed by a single individual either for good or evil. This influence will have an effect upon one's life forever. "A pebble in the stream that dropped, Has turned the course of many a river. A clod upon an infant oak, Has warped a giant oak forever." The University choir sang at Independence, Missouri, Saturday evening. An appreciative audience listened to the splendid music rendered by members under the auspices of the director, Prof. Jackson. Educational Day for Western University will be held Friday evening which time the choral club will re- various selections. Western University registered a week six students from Poplar Blvd. Mo. The enrollment now registers the largest in the history of the school for this season. On next Sunday Mrs. Wallace lecture on "The Star of Hope Is Dancing." FT. SCOTT NEWS Baptist State Convention. The fifteenth annual session of the Baptist State Convention convened Ft. Scott, October 9, and cusinel Ft. Scott, October 9, and continue until Sunday, October 14, 1966, brought into our city many delicate representing different portions of state, all of whom seem to be very interested in the work. The first two days of the convene the Woman's Home and Foreign missionary Society carried on their which was indeed quite interesting. The reports from the different tricts showed that the Woman's H and Foreign Mission did greater in the past year than they ever before. Mrs. E. Gaines, who is well known throughout the state on account of ability as one of our greatest leas was reected President. This will her eleventh year to serve in this fice. Thursday morning, October 11th state convention proper began when that the were farther advan in every respect than ever before. E. A. Wilson, another one of our leaders, was reected as President. Among the visitors present, is Clark, of Denver, Colorado, must mentioned because his ability as singer will long be remembered everyone who heard him. If you Prof. Clark sing once you will to hear him again. Rev. Eb Griggs of Nashville, Tenn. must also be mentioned, who deline an address to the convention and auditors, which, if we would take he would be very beneficial to us. Saturday evening at 8 o'clock, Woman's Home and Foreign Man rendered a program which was best that Ft. Scott had realised long time. Mrs. Frazier of Wich had the star selection of the event Her ability as an elocutionist will be remembered by everyone who her. The convention buried in our he many good things, and we sace hope that their future prosperity be still greater than the past been. The W. T. Vernon Club will Wednesday afternoon, October 24 the residence of Mr. J. W. Thom 1402 North Mosley. Rev. J. H. Van Lew, state mary, arrived in the city from Te Thursday night. Rev. Van Lew tended the session of the Kansas tist State Convention (white) in city, of which he is one of the mbers. Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a la invoice of Men's, Work Shoe Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxford at Slippers all styles and kinds. AT WHOLESALE PRICES MRS. JEFF DAVIS DEAD Mrs. Jeff Davis, widow of the president of the Southern Confederated died in New York City, Wednesday pneumonia. IS DOING WELL. While in Hutchinson last year we met Eph Williams a former Witan and found that he is now in Mead Kansas, where he has farm of 160 acres and he is now gaged in farming, hog and child raising and is doing well. He has five place and has several times fused $1,200 for it. Aside from it he has four cows, and fifteen lots. We congratulate Mr. Willin on his success. Hear Prof. Vernon at Redman Monday night, October 22nd.