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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Cold Blooded Murder of His Wife The Charge Placed Against Andrew Burbridge Most Revolting Crime - Brutal NINETH YEAR. Cold Blood der of Is The Charge Andrew Most Revolting IT HAPPENED SUNDAY. Woman Was Shot Seven Times; Died Monday Night. Charged with the crime of having disordered his wife, Mary Burbridge, early Sunday morning, at her home, at North Wichita street, Andrew Burbridge, a Negro, is being closely guarded by two officers at the Wichita hospital. His wife, after suffering with a bullet wounds and a stab by a knife, in St. Francis hospital at 10:30 clock Monday night. Burbridge is offering from a gunshot wound in the east. The prisoner is guarded by J. R. Jackson and George Wachob, two officers deputized for that purpose. According to a statement made by Mrs. Burbridge before she died, she was awakened about 3 o'clock Sunday morning by someone prying at the back door, and was suspicious that it was her husband, who had caused her much trouble and annoyance since their separation several months ago. The woman housed her 12-year-old daughter and did her that Burbridge was back again trying to get into the house. She entered him away, but before she was left bed he had entered and made a serious slash at her with a knife, inning a wound in the breast, from which she bled freely. A desperate jiggle ensued and he drew a revolver so she claimed, and began to fire her daughter run and opened the front door, calling to her mother to follow and make her escape. This she did, not until after having several bullets fired into her body. The girl, Rhoda Williams, was pow- burned, and there are indications of a bullet grazed one of her hands. It expresses the opinion that her father meant to kill her as well as mother. When Rhoda saw that her mother reached the street, she ran to the door of Mrs. Railston, just across street, crying for help and for them get her and her mother into the house, but Mrs. Burbridge, from pain loss of blood, had fainted and fall- across the railroad track in the middle of the street. Here, it is claim- Burbridge came up and discharged two or three more shots into her body and then made his escape. Most of the neighbors were awakened by the shooting and the screams of the women, but while people were dreesing and making hurried preparations to go to her assisitance the man had run away. Some of the people of the neighborhood are free to admit that they did not care to hurry out in the dark where so much shooting was going on. Dr. Harrison, one of the physicians who assisted in the surgical operation, showed to a reporter of the Eagle a bullet which seems to be a 28-caliber which the doctor said was extracted from the body. "Any one of the three of the shots would have killed an ordinary sized person," said the doctor, "but she is large and very fleshy, and the bullets could not reach the vital organs as easily as in a smaller and less fleshy person, although I don't think she can possibly recover. "I have been their family physician," he continued, "and know her to be a good woman, and she worked for some of the best white families in the city. Burbridge was mean to his wife and stepdaughter, in fact he was brutal. He led a checkered life; was gone from home a good deal; was a kind of a tramp preacher, sometimes preaching holiness doctrine and sometimes some other doctrine. He was fairly intelligent and at times quiet and agreeable, and at other times otherwise." It is claimed that the man had been drinking heavily and that in order to further nerve himself swallowed the last contents of a bottle before attacking the woman after he had broken into her room. Considerable feeling against the wounded negro results over the affair, and if he should have fallen into the hands of the persons who rushed to his wife's assistance it is thought violence would have resulted. Burbridge and his wife have not lived together lately. It is claimed that he was jealous of her and that rather than see her divorced and the wife of another, he faced a life sentence in state prison. The murdered woman was Chief Preceptress or presiding officer of Mt. Hope Tabernacle, No. 3. Daughters of Labor, a new Tabernacle recently organized here. While her murderous buesband was a member of Temple No. 7. a new Temple recently organized here. COLORED MEN WITH FORAKER IN OHIO CONTEST. to Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. The coming political contest in Ohio will decide the question whether justice and fair, play shall face, or whether ingratitude and treason shall predominate. A man who has give nthe best years of his life to uphold a republic and sacrificed money and property is entitled to the vaults and olympus. Funeral services were held at the A. G. Mueller undertaking parlors at which Mt. Hope Tabernacle, and many of Wichita Tabernacle were present. Ceremonies were in charge of Rev. Joseph Wilson, Jr., pastor of New Hope Baptist church, of which Mrs. Birbridge was a member. The body was shipped Wednesday night to Ft. Smith, Ark., accompanied by Dtr Laura Smith. All of Wichita regret this most brutal and unprovocated murder. TEXAS WHITES BANISH ALL COL ORED CITIZENS. Sieze Upon Deed of One of Race as Pretext to Wreak Hate on All— Confiscate Property of Those Who "Have Thrift" by Compelling Quick Sale—Proof All Colored People's Fort Worth, Tex. A dispatch from Big Springs, Tex., says that while assisting at the arrest of several Negroes a deputy marshal, James Burke was shot and instantly killed. The citizens held a mass meeting and notified all Negroes without property interests to leave the community at once, and those who have property are ordered to dispose of it within fifteen days and leave. HIS ANNUAL VISITS. Grand Master Thos. Glover Goes On His Visits to the Odd Fellow Lodges. Independence, Kan.—May 9th. Coffeyville, Kan.—May 10th. Shetopa, Kan.—May 11th. Pittsburg and Yale, Kan.—May 13th. Weir City, Kan.—May 14th. Parsons, Kan.—May 15th. Ft. Scott, Kan.—May 16th. Iola, Kan., May 17th. Kansas City, Kan. (two days)— May 18th, 20th. Atchison, Kan (two days)—May 21st, 22nd. Abilene. Kan.-May 27th. Salina. Kan.-May 28th. Nifodemus. Kan.-May 30th. Emporia. Kan.-May 31st. Strong City. Kan.-June 1st. Newton. Kan.-June 3rd. Hutchinson. Kan.-June 4th. Great Bend. Kan.-June 5th. INDUSTRIAL FAIR. The G. U. O. O. F. of Memphis, Tenn. are preparing to hold their second Industrial Fair in that city June 16-14, at Klondike park. This was a great event in Memphis last year and will be better this year. If you have any carpenter work to be done or any painting which you want done give W. C. Neeley a chance to figure with yuo. He will do you good wok at right prices. N these days of exclusive clubs it is possible to club that is open for membership to all good male persuasion—the Young Men's Christian. Plenty of people think of the Young association as a religious institution, merely more. The religion is mostly on the inside, be on the outside through its results. What the body, religion is to the Young Men's Christ. It works from the heart toward the surface. So much for the policy of an institution which works of mankind, but does not wear its religion on its coat sleeve. In the Young Men's Christian association everything can be done for a man is done. Positively no questions are what particular church one belongs to, or whether one church. A member may believe anything he pleases; he is a Gentile, a Catholic or a Protestant—yea a Buddhist or—it is all one at the Y. M. C. A. The association's help the man, and it does not concern itself about the man of mere dogma. And the man whom the association influences is he always. Association workers say they try to help him in ways—morally, mentally and physically. The first is the tion and assimilation, the second through education, and means of what possibly might be termed gymnastication training in the gymnasium. When a young man joins the Young Men's Christ he finds good company. In such company it does not to become interested in things which promote the best interest acter. Sometimes he makes friends with people who themselves in a position to help him. Many such values have come out of the fellowship which is engendered C. A. But this reference, of course, is to the merely se question. After a little while the young man gets past to the point where he enjoys helping others. In short, he is at atmosphere which developed his soul life, and which has better young man than he was when he joined the assoo. Some good things to be found in almost any Y. M. country are its baths—shower, plunge and tub; games or in gymnasium practice; reading and writing rooms; library ernoon talks—neither sermons nor lectures, but genuine evening discussions on the pressing problems of the hour; presenting the best lycum talent available; debating con water sport, boxing, fencing, wrestling, musical and our ployment bureaus; night school classes., etc. "Better Manhood!" is the motto of the Young Men's ciation. So much for the policy of an institution which works for the good of mankind, but does not wear its religion on its coat sleeve. In the Young Men's Christian association everything helpful that can be done for a man is done. Positively no questions are asked about what particular church one belongs to, or whether one belongs to any church. A member may believe anything he pleases; he can be a Jew or a Gentile, a Catholic or a Protestant—yea a Buddhist or a Mohammedan—it is all one at the Y. M. C. A. The association's only object is to help the man, and it does not concern itself about the meums and tuums of mere dogma. And the man whom the association influences is helped in many ways. Association workers say they try to help him in three distinct ways—morally, mentally and physically. The first is through association and assimilation, the second through education, and the third by means of what possibly might be termed gymnastication, i.e., physical training in the gymnasium. When a young man joins the Young Men's Christian association he finds good company. In such company it does not take him long to become interested in things which promote the best interests of his character. Sometimes he makes friends with people who afterward find themselves in a position to help him. Many such valuable aids to success have come out of the fellowship which is engendered at the Y. M. C. A. But this reference, of course, is to the merely selfish side of the question. After a little while the young man gets past this, and reaches the point where he enjoys helping others. In short, he has absorbed an atmosphere which developed his soul life, and which has made of him a better young man than he was when he joined the association. Some good things to be found in almost any Y. M. C. A. in the country are its baths—shower, plunge and tub; games of various kinds in gymnasium practice; reading and writing rooms; library; Sunday afternoon talks—neither sermons nor lectures, but genuinely interesting; evening discussions on the pressing problems of the hour; course lectures, presenting the best lyceum talent available; debating congresses; camera, water sport, boxing, fencing, wrestling, musical and outing clubs; employment bureaus; night school classes., etc. "Better Manhood!" is the motto of the Young Men's Christian association. The Two Seals of the Book of Life By REV. THOMAS E. BARR. Milwaukee. with God the same division holds; some things we may ex- specially that we shall be dealt with in accordance with the given us and the conditions under which we are placed; faith and obedience and following, we owe to him. These each other. Our first necessities compel us to seek our rig- of men what we feel is due to us, of opportunity; of sup- tion. Associated life forces us to recognize duty, obliga- tion as we demand; as children we owe obedience to our par- ents. with God the same division holds; some things we may expect from God, specially that we shall be dealt with in accordance with the nature he has given us and the conditions under which we are placed; some things of faith and obedience and following, we owe to him. These two supplement each other. Our first necessities compel us to seek our rights, to demand of men what we feel is due to us, of opportunity, of supply, of consideration. Associated life forces us to recognize duty, obligation to give even as we demand; as children we owe obedience to our parents, as students to teachers, as employees to employers, as citizens to the law, as human souls to God. The chain is complete. Duty is first in importance. It is always at hand. It is a continual seed time. Duty ignored to-day may break a thread in the fabric of life which years hence will spoil our happiness. Duty is the gateway to knowledge and the means of power. To-day's duty educates and strengthens for to-morrow's responsibility and the next day's battle for rights. Duty performed is the protection against our ignorance. Duty performed, honestly and ungrudgingly, holds us in accord with this unseen, unfolding life, and brings us with clean hands to plead for our rights in the court of humanity or heaven. This is the way out of our troubles. It is not only a good road to follow. It is the road we must travel. We shall only heap up sorrow for ourselves until we learn to do the first things first, to do our duty and so find our rights. Thus it was that Jesus, reminding his hearers of the ungrudging love of parents as picturing the love of God for men, said, "Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do we even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets." COLORED MEN WITH FORAKER IN OHIO CONTEST. to Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. The coming political contest in Ohio will decide the question whether justice and fair play shall face, or whether gratitude and treason shall predominate. A man who has give the best years of his life to uphold a republic and sacrificed money and property is entitled to the plaudits and encouragement of the American people. Must a man fall because heights to uphold a principle? Must a man be defended by treachery because he declares that innocent men must be protected? Is this the policy of the American people—to destroy the right-choos? The Searchlight cannot believe that the cause for which Senator Foraker is fighting is to be destroyed to satisfy the selfish and treacherous ambition of anyone, no matter how great and powerful he may be. The Searchlight believes in the justice and fairness of the American people and the principles which actuated Senator Foraker. There is nothing selfish in his great fight to uphold human liberty. He has a just cause and it is believed that the American people will rally around his banner. Right is bound to prevail. I THAT BAIT. The appointment of Ralph W. Tyler as auditor for the Navy Department will deceive nobody and will not affect the situation in Ohio among the colored voters. The president made the appointment as an offset to his unjust and unwarranted discharge of Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth infantry. But the only proper atonement he can make for that monstrous wrong is to acknowledge his error and place the men in the position they were before he issued his order. The colored voters of Ohio and the north will not forgive a gross act of injustice for a single federal appointment in the department in Washington. There are three things which show the president's bad faith in making the appointment. First, his change of mind from the intention to appoint Mr. Tyler to a place in Ohio. Second, the time he has selected to make the appointment, viz: on the eve of the opening of Senator Foraker's campaign in Ohio. Third, the renunciation of his own gospel of purity in politics, or the doctrine that federal patronage should not be used to debauch elections. The president has turned so many sharp corners during his incumbency in office that everybody understands him, even to his sermonizations.—Washington Bee. Rev. O. J. W. Scott, for five years pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. church, Washington, D. C., has been appointed a chaplain in the United States army, to succeed the Rev. T. G. Steward, retired for age. Dr. Scott is a western man, an able financier and ar eloquent preacher, who has made a phenomenal record in the nation's capital and other places where only ministers of the most resourceful caliber could maintain themselves with credit. Dr. Scott is an exegete "mixer," a lover of mankind, and will fit into his new duties as nicely as a hand to a glove. The selection gives eminent satisfaction to the A. M. E. church, and to the country at large. It is said that the influence of Bishop Abraham Grant and Register W. T. Vernon was instrumental in placing the mantle of chaplain upon the broad shoulders of Dr. Scott. A PERSONAL VISIT. The editor of the Searchlight will begin in the next few days a personal visitation for the purpose of collecting among the large list of readers of the Searchlight in Wichita. Look for us at any time. We will make your house a call whether you owe us anything or not and should you owe us anything please be prepared to "pay something. It is our desire to meet as many of our patrons at their homes face to face. Remember this and keep prepared for us at almost any The Club Universal for Young Men The Club Universal for Young Men By GEORGE SUTHERLAND. Executive Secretary, Cleveland, O. Y. M. C. A. N these days of exclusive clubs it is possible to point out one club that is open for membership to all good citizens of the male persuasion—the Young Men's Christian association. Plenty of people think of the Young Men's Christian association as a religious institution, merely. It is that, and more. The religion is mostly on the inside, but can be noticed on the outside through its results. What the blood is to the body, religion is to the Young Men's Christian association. It works from the heart toward the surface. Good blood makes a good body. NO. 8 ung Men possible to point out one to all good citizens of the Christian association. Young Men's Christian am merely. It is that, and inside, but can be noticed. What the blood is to the men's Christian association, is surface. which works for the good coat sleeve. a everything helpful that questions are asked about either one belongs to any cases; he can be a Jew or addist or a Mohammedan association's only object is to out the meums and tuums. ences is helped in many help him in three distinct first is through association, and the third by mastication, i.e., physical men's Christian association does not take him long to best interests of his chr-ople who afterward find valuable aids to sucengendered at the Y. M. am merely selfish side of the pets past this, and reaches short, he has absorbed an which has made of him a the association. many Y. M. C. A. in the; games of various kinds items; library; Sunday aftout genuinely interesting; the hour; course lectures, eating congresses; camera, al and outing clubs; em-ung Men's Christian asso- The book of life is sealed with two words—rights and duties. What is due to us from the world, what is due from us to the world—these two complete the circle of our social relations. Even in the higher sphere in which we deal we may expect from God, with the nature he has be placed; some things of us. These two supplement seek our rights, to demand; of supply, of considera- y, obligation to give even our parents, as students ns to the law, as human W. N. MILLER.....Editor Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street, RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By Mall).....$1.00 Six Months (By Mall).....75 Three Months (By Mall).....50 Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wed- nesday to reach publication in the cur- rent issue. 2nd. 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We publish our paper on Friday, mail them out Friday night and every one ought to receive them Saturday. If you do not receive your paper on Saturday please notify me. W. N. MILLER, Editor, 601 N Main, phone 2046. REV. RICHARDSON COMING. Will Preach at The Tabernacle Baptist Church Monday Night. Rev. John A. Richardson, of Kansas City, Kan., will preach at the Tabernacle Baptist church, 8th and Water streets, Monday night, May 13th and possibly all of next week. Rev Richardson is one of the most able preachers in Kansas and is an eloquent and learned divine. Let Wichitans crowd the Tabernacle Baptist church Monday night and hear Rev. Richardson. HAS VERNON BEEN SELECTED? It is currently reported in Kansas and the west that Prof. W. T. Vernon, Registrar United States Treasury, has been selected by President Roosevelt to get the colored people in line with the president and his man to succeed himself. We are, indeed, sorry to hear this, as Prof. Vernon is too good a man to be sacrificed in such an unholy and losing cause. President Roosevelt has driven the Negro from him and all the eloquent oratory and pleading of Prof. Vernon or anyone else will not be able to line the Negro up for Roosevelt or a Roosevelt man in 1908. They may run their band wagon over the Negro in the primaries, but at the ballot box the Negro will be heard from in substantial style. This nation owes a debt of gratitude would be to refuse to accept this post which will open him to ridicule, censure and abuse, and will at the same time make him the most unpopular Negro in America. Surely Prof. Vernon's job does not depend on his ability to blindfold and hoodwink his own people. We trust not. What do you owe the Searchlight??? Pay up!!! Pay up! Pay up!! Office 601 N. Main street. .."Vote For Queen O' May." John T. Chinneth, delegate-elect to the Electoral college, left Tuesday af- ternoon for Chanute, returning Thursday. He reports a splendid meeting. Clean Clothes? Most people do. We clean, repair, and press clothes. We have a clean shop and oblidging attendants which is the keynote of our success. The Paris City Cleaning Works has done a successful business for the past two years in Wichita and is better prepared to accommodate its customers than ever before. Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention In connection we have a Hat Cleaning Works—the best in the city. Paris City Cleaning Works J. A. Jackson, Prop. 315½ N. Main St. SOMETHING FINE, INDEED. The people of Wichita will have the rare opportunity to hear and witness a musical treat at the A. M. E. church next Thursday night, May 16th, when Prof. J. Jeff Smith will render one of his up-to-date musical specialties. Everyone should take advantage of this treat and be present. Remember it is Thursday night, May 16th. MUSICAL CLUB. Frank Garrett is organizing a Musical club among the children. He has a nice class of young folks now, and after school is out will increase it. At a very small cost he will teach them mandolin and guitar. All parents should take an interest and give their children an opportunity to learn music. For full particulars call to see Frank Garrett, 708 N. Market. Call at the Searchlight office and have your job work done. Prices to suit all. All our work is fully guaranteed. Phone 2046. Mrs. S. Sneed, proprietress of the Centropolis hotel has made many very noticeable improvements at the hotel and is now prepared to serve her trade in the most comfortable manner. Call there 605 N. Main street. NOTICE TABORS. We respectfully ask the Tabernacles and Temples that have not paid their subscription to the Searchlight to do so at once. Send your one dollar in and get a receipt. W. N. MILLER, Editor. POSTPONED. On account of a misunderstanding as to dates the Benefit Musicale, billed for Wednesday night, May 8th, has been postponed till Thursday night, May 23rd, at Redman hall. Stop in at Olden's drug store and patronize him if only for 5 cents worth of goods. Every little bit helps. CAUSED BY OTHERS. Rumor has it that the murder of Mrs. Mary Burbridge Sunday morning was hastened on by meddlesome people interfering in the family troubles of this family. It's a sin and shame that some people insist on "butting in" other people's affairs to such an extent. NEED A COLORED BAND. We again call our people's attention to the great need of a brass band in Wichita among the colored people. There is much room in Wichita for such an organization and some of our enterprising men should see to it that the town gets one. Get busy and organize a brass band. Mrs. B. S. Smith of Kansas City, Kansas, is in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones, 906 N. Water street. She will visit in the city till the middle of next week. ODD FELLOW SERMON The G. U. O. O. F. Will hold their annual Thanksgiving services at the 2nd Baptist church Sunday, May 12th, under the auspices of Home of the West Lodge No. 2966 and Household of Ruth 612. The Thanksgiving sermon will be delivered by Rev. Joseph Wilson jr., the very able and learned pastor of the New Hope Baptist church. The sermon will be at 3 p. m. Dr. E. Harrison has moved his office up stairs over 661 N. Main next door to the Searchlight office where he will be pleased to meet all his patients new and old. LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK RESOLUTIONS ON THE DTR. MARY B We the Knights a Wichita Tabernacle Temple No. 11. Mt. No. 3 and Mt. Hebra Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. Moses Dickson Tent No. 5 had a good meeting Thursday afternoon and will meet again next Thursday at 4:30. Mothers, send your children. Fred Madison returned Monday from Topeka, where he had been for a few days on business. Ollie Madison, after being absent from the city for many moons, returned Monday and is shaking hands with his many friends. It is said now that 1 and 1 is 2—somebody is going to be married soon Well, what do you think o'that? Go to the Grand May Musicale at Redmen's hall, Thursdayl night, the 16th. Judge Thos, C. Wilson is suffering from a severe attack of the grip this week. Sheriff Richard Cogdell was presented with a fine revolver by admiring friends, headed by Mr. Frank S. Burt. It's a dandy and is guaranteed a man getter. Rev, Wm. Turner came in from Pratt, Kan., Tuesday. He reports that he is very well pleased with the people of Pratt and that he is doing nicely in the work there. Chas. H. Floyd of Kingman came up Wednesday morning to spend a few days visiting among friends. Word from Seattle, Wash., states that Wm. Crouch is in that city and quite well. Chas. D. Fazell, court stenographer, is confined to his home with the grip. Henry James is able to be out again after a few days' illness. The ladies of the G. L. A. club were entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mesdames A. Fox and A. T. Glover at the home of Mrs. Glover's. The time was spent in a pleasant manner with needls work and other business, after which an elegant luncheon was served. Vote for the Queen o'May contest will close on the 20th. The rehearsal for the chorus in the Grand May festival will meet Monday evening at the A. M. E. church. The Household Ruth of Newton will visit on next Sunday and attend the annual Thanksgiving sermon. Don't forget the Grand May festival and cantata, the Queen o'May. Mrs. J. G. Gaines has been on the sick list this week, but is improving at this writing. Don't forget the Grand Spring Carnival and Cantata. The crowning of the Queen o' May. Lee Anderson of Topeka was in the city Wednesday shaking hands with his many friends. He is well and reports his family in good health. He returned to Topeka Wednesday night. The Searchlight is thankful to Rev Wm. Turner, pastor of the First Baptist church at Pratt, Kan., for several new subscribers to the Searchlight. We will be proud to receive all who may come. Thank you. JOINT INSTALLATION. The officers of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 and Taborian Temple No. 11 were duly installed by Past Chief Mentor W. N. Miller at the Tabor hall Thursday night. A large number of the Knights and Daughters were present representing the two Tabernacles and two Temples of Wichita. The officers were installed and all are now ready for a new year of work. Rev. J. H. Van Leu left Thursday night for his mission work and will be gone several days. RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF DTR. MARY BURBRIGE. We the Knights and Daughters of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, Taborian Temple No. 11, Mt. Hope Tabernacle No. 3 and Mt. Hebran Temple No. 7, in joint session assembled this 9th day of May, 1907, for the purpose of installing the officers of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, and Taborian Temple No. 11, do with sad hearts bemoan the untimely death of our late Daughter Mary Burbridge, High Priestess of Mt. Hope Tabernacle No. 3, who was cruelly slain by the hand of an assassin on Sunday morning, May 5th, and who died Monday, May 6th. Her death was a shock to the whole Knighthood and though we sorely miss her and regret her death, we hope our loss is Heaven's gain. Dtr. Burbridge was a faithful member and High Priestess of Mt. Hope Tabernacle No. 3 and the Daughters of this Tabernacle have lost a true member and a kind presider. Therefore be it Resolved, By the Wichita Tabernacle No. 34. Taborian Temple No. 11. Mt. Hope Tabernacle No. 3 and Ht. Hebron Temple No. 7 that we condemn the assassin of our beloved member as a cowardly demon whose punishment for his crime cannot be made too severe. Resolved. Further that we extend our Resolved, Further that we extend our sympathies to the bereaved family. Resolved, Further that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, Taborian Temple No. 11, Mt. Hope Tabernacle No. 3, and Mt. Hebron Temple No. 7, a copy sent to the family and a copy published in the Wichita Searchlight. Your committee, Dtr. Anna Martin, No. 34. Dtr. Mattie Miller, H. P. No. 34. Sir C. Swan, C. M. No. 11. Sir W. N. Miller, P. C. M. No. 11. Sir J. C. Coffee, C. M. No. 7. Dtr. S. Brazille, No. 3. Dtr. F. Williams, No. 34. J. W. Owens Shoe Repairing WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. Johnston's Restaurant 339 North Main Street Meals 15c to 25cts. Hot or Cold Lunch —At All Hours— ICE CREAM SODA POP always on ice SUNDAY DINNERS 20c and 25c. SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES. AT THE A. M. E. CHURCH. Sunday, May 12th. The usual services will be held at the A. M. E. church. At 11 a.m. the pastor Rev. J. F. C. Taylor will speak from the subject, "Staying Upon God." At 3 p. m. the Sunday school under the direction of Supt. J. T. Chinneth; at 6:30, song service directed by Miss Sallie Rowels. In the evening Pastor Taylor will speak from the subject, "The Pilgrim's Abiding Friend." Seats free. All are welcome to worship with us. May 12th, 1907. New Hope Baptist Church, Rev. Joseph Wilson, Jr., pastor. By special request the minister will discuss, "Christian Joy," at 11 a. m. In the evening at 8 o'clock memorial services will be held in honor of the late Mary Burbridge. Members and friends of the Tabernacle have a cordial invitation to participate in the exercises. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. H. I. Jones filled the pulpit at the Tabernacle Baptist church last Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Good services were held all day with a splendid Sunday school. Rev. Jones will occupy the pulpit at the church again next Sunday, May 12th. All are cordially invited to attend our services. Mrs. Wm. Bowers entertained the B. T. W. club at her beautiful residence, 1735 N. Emporia avenue, in honor of her niece, Miss Lyerson, of Memphis, Tenn. Visitors attending were Mrs. Tolet of St. Louis, Mrs. Frank Dickerson of Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. Richard Watson, Mrs. Stella Patton, Mrs. H. Harper, Mrs. Louise Thompson, and Mrs. E. Hockett. During the afternoon there were beautiful selections rendered on a large graphaphone by Mrs. Hockett, encouraging remarks by Mrs. Stella Patton and the president of the city federation, Mrs. H. Harper. Every one left declaring Mrs. Bowers a delightful hostess. PLEASES ALL GOOD BREAD MAKERS ∈ It Is White As SNOW-TRY IT— OTTO WEISS, Agent I have a full line of fresh and wholesome Fancy and Staple Groceries, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugar, Flour, Meal, Vegetables, Canned Goods Brooms, Butter, Eggs, Coal Oil, Gasoline, Stationary, and in fact, anything and everything you may want in the Grocery Line. Your Trade Solicited Court House Grocery 601 N. 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The mikado and the crown prince of Japan are each having an album made of photographs of all the military and naval officers killed in the war with Russia. The story about Mr. Fairbanks' "hanging to a strap" in a New York elevated train is an obvious fake. One can't hang to a thing one has to stoop to reach. The unpleasant thing about it is that under recent weather conditions public opinion practically compels you to golf or admit that you are really younger than you look. Romania is rebelling and rioting because Russia did. Which goes again to show that nations are merely aggregations of individuals, and that their foundation is human nature. President Bonilla, who, when last heard from, was fleeing, is to give battle again to his enemy. Evidently he believes in the maxim that he who rights and runs away will live to fight another day. Of course, a college education costs a good deal more now than formerly, but just think how much oftener and for how much less reason the collegians get their pictures in the papers nowadays. Admiral Dewey is preparing to move out of the house that was presented to him by a grateful people. Evidently the admiral has no more presidential ambitions and is sensible enough to do as he pleases. A Minneapolis, man spanked his wife, after she had kicked him out of bed, and was sentenced to five days in the workhouse. How, asks the Buffalo Express can women be given more rights when men have no rights at all? In estimating the probable detriment to the railroad business involved in the hostility of American legislatures, says the Providence Journal, it should be remembered that most of the proposed statutes will never be passed. Whales weighing hundreds of tons sometimes rise slowly and deliberately out of the water until they appear to be dancing on the surface and then sink slowly back. A whale has been seen to dive over a small boat without touching—an estimated leap of 20 feet above the water. Nathaniel W. Voorhees, father of ex-Gov. Foster M. Voorhees of New Jersey, was a delegate to the national convention of 1860, which nominated Lincoln for the presidency. Mr. Voorhees, who is now nearly 80 years old, believes that he and United States Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois are the only surviving members of that historic gathering. President Roosevelt reads a greater number of daily newspapers at present than he was ever known to read before. If anything, he scans their news pages with more avidity than their editorial pages. The old custom of some member of his office force clipping from the daily papers merely such articles as in the judgment of the cliper the president may desire to read has been abolished, at least temporarily, and now every paper whole, is laid before him immediately upon its delivery to the White House. Close elections are not uncommon in any representative government, but it is not often that one constituency is so closely divided for so long a time as the parliamentary division of North Tyrone, in Ireland. In the last five elections, beginning with that in 1892, the total number of votes cast has varied less than 400. The largest majority at any election was 91, says Youths Companion. Once it was 55 and once 49. Nine was the majority of the Liberal candidate in 1906, and seven of his successor at the by-election in March of this year. A society has been been in California to promote ideal marriages. But unfortunately for its success the members will first have to secure perfect husbands and faultless wives, and here again the old, old obstacles to Utopian schemes bob up in the shape of original sin and human nature. The report that John D. Rockefeller Jr. was seen walking through Tarry town with a bundle of stakes under his arm oughtn't to create any excitement. Why, a man of his income could afford to walk through town with a bundle of steaks under his arm INDIANA PEOPLE IN WESTERN CANADA. What Shall We Do? I've Got to Build Granaries. A letter written to a Canadian Government agent from Tipton, Indiana, is but one of many similar that are in the hands of the Canadian government agents whose privilege it is to offer one hundred and sixty acres of land free, and low railway fares. But here is a copy of the letter: "Tipton, Ind., Nov. 28, 1906. "At your earnest solicitation a party of us from Tipton left May 15 for Western Canada. Our interviews with you and a careful study of your literature led us to expect great things of your country when we should arrive there, and we were not disappointed. We went prepared to make a careful examination of the country and its resources, and we did so. At early dawn the second morning out of Tipton we awoke in a new world. As far as the eye could reach was an apparently limitless expanse of new sown wheat and prairie grasses. The vivid green of the wheat just beginning to stool out, and the inky blackness of the soil contrasted in a way beautiful to see. An hour or two later we steamed into Winnipei. Here we found a number of surprises. A hundred thousand souls well housed, with every convenience that goes to make a modern up-to-date city—banks, hotels, newspapers, stores, electric light, street railways, sewerage, waterworks, asphalt pavements, everything. With eyes and ears open we traveled for two thousand miles through Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, going out over the Canadian Pacific railway, via Calgary to Edmonton, and returning to Winnipei over the Canadian Northern railway. In the meantime we made several side trips and stopped off at a number of points where we made drives into the surrounding country. On every hand were evidences of prosperity. The growing wheat, oats, rye, flax, barley, not little patches, but great fields, many of them a square mile in extent, the three, five and sometimes seven-horse teams laying over an inky black ribbon of yellow stubble, generally in furrows straight as gun barrels and at right angles from the roads stretching into the distance, contrasted strangely with our little fields at home. The towns both large and small were doubly conspicuous, made so, first by their newness and second by the towering elevators necessary to hold the immense crops of wheat grown in the immediate neighborhood. The newness, the thrift, the hustle, the sound of saw and hammer, the tents housing owners of buildings in various stages of completion, the piles of household effects and agricultural implements at the railway stations waiting to be hauled out to the "Claims," the occasional steam plow turning its twenty or thirty acres a day, the sod house, the unpainted house of wood, the up-to-date modern residence with large red barn by, all these were seen everywhere we went, an earnest of prosperity and wealth to be. We talked with men and visited their places that four years ago was unbroken prairie. Their houses, barns, implements and live stock were the equal of anything in Tipton County, and why not, when they were raising five, ten and twenty, yes, in one instance, forty thousand bushels of wheat a year. The fact that such large yields of wheat are raised so easily and so surely impressed us very favorably. And when we saw men who four or five years ago commenced there with two or three thousand dollars, and were now as well fixed and making money much easier and many times faster than lots of our acquaintances on Indiana farms fifty years cleared and valued at four times as much, we decided to invest. So we bought in partnership a little over two thousand acres, some of it improved and in wheat. Before leaving Indiana we agreed that if the opportunities were as great as they were represented to be, that we would buy, and own in partnership a body of land, and leave one of our number to look after and operate it. This we accordingly did. Just before time to thresh I received a letter from him. "What shall we do?" said he; "I've got to build granaries. There's so much wheat that the railways are just swamped. We can't get cars and the elevators are all full. I never saw anything like it." In reply we wrote, "Good for you. Go ahead and build; your story sounds better than the letters we used to get from our friends in Kansas when they bewailed the fact that the hard wheat had been destroyed by the chinch bugs and the corn by hot winds, and that they must sell the stock for means to live on. Yes, build by all means." And he did, and our wheat put in by a renter made twenty-seven bushels per acre. Very truly yours, (Sd) A. G. BURKHART. (Sd) J. TRELOAR-TRESIDDER. (Sd) WALTER W. MOUNT. Labor of the Novellist. "The way of the novelist must be hard," said a librarian of an uptown branch. "The other day an immaculately gotten up individual came into the library and announced that he was a writer with a specialty of dialect stories. We got him several books that he asked for, and little by little he took me into his confidence. I want the Scotch dialect for the stern father, he explained; 'then when I've got enough of that I want some dialect for a sea captain, and then I want a duke—or maybe you can tell me, would a duke drop his h's?"—N. Y. Fnn A fruit tree in the back yard is worth two family trees in a glase case. TEN YEARS OF PAIN. Unable to Do Even Housework Because of Kidney Troubles. Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clinton St., Napoleon, O., says: "For fifteen years I was a great sufferer from kidney troubles. My back pained me terribly. Every turn or move caused sharp, shooting pains. My eyesight was poor, dark spots appeared before me, and I had dizzy from kidney troubles. My back pained me terribly. Every turn or move caused sharp, shooting pains. My eyesight was poor, dark spots appeared before me, and I had dizzy spells. For ten years I could not do housework, and for two years did not get out of the house. The kidney secretions were irregular, and doctors were not helping me. 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"Say, how would I get out of this place in case of fire?" he asked the landlord, who had brought up his grip. The other eved him coldly. The other eyed him coldly. "Wall," he drawled, "all yo' would have to do would be to show her right watchman—the one with their shotgun—a receipted bill foh yo' board an' lodgin', an' get him to tie up her bulldog."-Harper's Weekly. Justified. "You are charged with having knocked your wife down, blacking her eyes and loosening two of her teeth. Have you anything to say for yourself?" "She had it comin' to her, yer honor." "What did she do or say that could in any way justify such treatment on your part?" "She said I didn't love her no more."—Houston Post. A man doesn't mind getting the worst of it as much as he dislikes seeing the other fellow get the best of it. MORE BOXES OF GOLD And Many Greenbacks. 325 boxes of Gold and Greenbacks will be sent to persons who write the most interesting and truthful letters of experience on the following topics: 1. 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It is a good, honest competition and in the best kind of a cause, and costs the competitors absolutely nothing. Address your letter to the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich., writing your own name and address clearly. It Happened KANSAS .....in..... OUR WEEKLY GIST OF CONDENSED ITEMS Escaped Prisoners Recaptured. — Tom Bradley and Frank Smith, negro prisoners, who escaped from Fort Riley by overpowering their guards near the post where they had been at work on a road and binding him, were retaken as they were at tempting to get off the reservation by crossing a Republican river bridge. Millers to Answer by May 15. — The millers, defendant in an oustaction for violation of the anti-tru-law, have been given until May 15 file their answer. Fatally Injured in a Runaway. — Mrs. William Linn, aged 60, was fatally injured in a runaway. Mr. and Mrs. Linn had been to Emporia see the circus and were returning Derelict in Duty, Get No Pay.—When Judge George J. Barker began his term as mayor of Lawrence he immediately made requests of all city officials for reports in writing of the business in their charge. The mayor will make the leading theme of his administration the insistence that city officials do the duties required of them if they expect to draw their pay. Killed by a Cave-In.—Pietro Buffangni was instantly killed at No. 8 shaft of the Katy Coal Company, at Pittsburg, by a cave-in of rock. Almost the entire roof of the room in which Buffangni worked caved in. To get at the body it was found necessary to dig underneath the rock, which is thought to be about twenty feet in length. He is supposed to have a brother in Kansas City. Held on a Murder Charge. — Joe Bush, charged with murder and the robbery of the Missouri Pacific passenger train on the night of March 4 near Pittsburgh, was bound over to the district court at the preliminary hearing before Justice Holmes. The court refused him bond on the charge of murder. John Merrifield waived a preliminary and was also bound over to the district court. Kansas Student Crushed by Train. — Oscar Everetsen, a student at Southwestern College, at Winfield, in attempting to board a moving train fell and was dragged under the wheels, losing his right leg just below the knee and his left foot. With other students he was there to welcome the returning debaters who were victorious at Ottawa. His home is in Latham, Butler county. Troops From Fort Sheridan—The barracks, stables, gun sheds and officers' quarters for another battery of field artillery at Fort Riley are just being completed, which brings the announcement that the Twenty-first battery of field artillery, now stationed at Fort Sheridan, Ill., will soon be moved into the new buildings. With its five batteries now, Fort Riley has more artillery than any other post in the United States. When the Twenty-first battery comes, Fort Riley will have one-fifth of all the artillery of this country stationed there regularly. Marking the Santa Fe Trail. — A few days ago a company of men from Garden City began the actual work of marking the Santa Fe trail in Western Kansas. The work has been in progress in the eastern part of the state for some time, and it is thought that the entire trail through Kansas will be marked during the summer. The stones used to designate the course of this famous trail through Kansas are furnished by the State Historical Society, and each bears the following inscription: "The Santa Fe Trail, 1822-1827. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution of the State of Kansas, 1906." Ships Green Bug Bees. — The department of entomology at the University of Kansas shows by its records that it has in eight days, shipped to the various wheat fields of Kansas 771 boxes of parasitic bees, used as a green bug cure. The parasites are sent out in boxes about 6x6x9 inches, each containing several stalks of green wheat, a number of green bugs for lunch a la carte, and a considerable colony of the parasitic bees. Sixty boxes of parasites have been sent out, in dozen box lots, by express. A noteworthy feature of the campaign is that the Bell Telephone Company has placed the free use of its lines at the disposal of Professor Hunter and the farmers of the state for conversations pertaining to green bugs and their cure, while the Welis-Fargo Express Company has given the professor franking privileges for all shipments of parasites. This makes it possible for a farmer anywhere in Kansas, when he discovers the green bugs in his field, to call up the university, give his name and address, and receive, express free, a package of the cure. Off For the Philippines. — The headquarters band and the First squadron of the Ninth cavalry, under the command of Colonel Peter Bomus, which has been stationed at Fort Riley for the past two years and a half, have left the post for the Philippine Islands via San Francisco, from where they will sail next Monday. Their place at Fort Riley will be taken in July by the headquarters band and the First squadron of the Seventh cavalry, which sails from Manila the middle of June. Millers to Answer by May 15. — The millers, defendant in an ouster action for violation of the anti-trust law, have been given until May 15 to file their answer. Fatally Injured in a Runaway. — Mrs. William Linn, aged 60, was fatally injured in a runaway. Mr. and Mrs. Linn had been to Emporia to see the circus and were returning to their home, two miles west of town, when the accident occurred. Mr. Linn was rendered unconscious, but he is out of danger. Destroyed Liquor Packages. — Sheriff Tolman destroyed a wagon load of cases, barrels, kegs and jugs containing liquor which had been confiscated from different places in Miami county last year and stored in the basement of the county jail at Paola. The liquor was poured on the ground, the bottles were broken and the barrels, cases and kegs were burned. About $250 worth of goods was destroyed. Will Not Withdraw. — Pressure is being brought to bear upon Attorney General Jackson for leniency in the case of the state against the International Harvester Company, against which charges have been brought of violating the anti-trust laws of the state. Mr. Jackson is going to be asked to go slowly in the matter so as to give the defendant concern another chance before the next legislature meets. Clyde Jointists Convicted. — The State Temperance Union scored a signal victory at Concordia when in the district court Judge Dillon found four Clyde jointists guilty of contempt in violating an injunction issued against them last December and announced that he would sentence three of them—Jules and Charles Regnier and Fred Landry to pay fines of $500 and costs and $100 attorneys' fees each and to go to jail for four months. Kansas Is Derelict. — Governor Hoch has received a notice from Elihu Root, secretary of state, informing him that the state of Kansas is not complying with the provisions of the treaty between Italy and the United States, which requires local officials in the states to notify the Italian consul of the death of subjects of King Victor Emmanuel within their respective jurisdictions. It means that every time an Italian dies in this state the Italian government will have to be notified. Coldest April in 40 Years.—In his report of the weather for April, 1907, just issued, Dr. F. H. Snow, of the University of Kansas, says that with the exception of April, 1874, this was the coiest April in average temperature in the forty years' record which he has kept. Twelve preceding Aprils have had lower minimum temperatures. The rainfall was 1.14 inches, a little more than one-third of the April average. Only two preceding Aprils have had smaller precipitations, in 1870 and 1895, while in 1905 the amount was precisely the same. The unusual precipitation of January and February, however, make the total rainfall for the first four months of 1907 9.62 inches, which is nearly an inch and a half above the average, while in 1905 for the same period there was a deficiency of nearly two and one-half inches. The cloudiness was much above the average, having been exceeded by only eight previous Aprils. The snowfall on the 29th was the latest date but one on which snow has fallen. Nearly Six Million More. — The board of railroad assessors have issued a statement on the valuation of main tracks, rolling stock and materials of railroads doing business in Kansas, which shows a total increase over the returns made by the companies of $5,835,328. This total does not include the increases made by the board on the valuations of buildings, which will amount to at least $100,000; the increases assessed upon the Pullman Company, whose standard cars were increased from $2,000 to $2,500 per car; nor the raise on the valuation of tank cars of the Standard Oil Company of from $200 to $300 per car. Adding these increases to those already made by the board on the pipe line companies and the telegraph and telephone companies, a grand total increase over last year will show itself amounting to $7,500,000. Last year the total valuation on railroads was $61,580,000. This year it will be about $5,000,000 above that figure. Soldier and Indian Woman Freed. —Charles Mitchelltree, a soldier, and Curley, Owsley, a Creek Indian woman, were acquitted in the district court at Leavenworth of murdering Fremont Payne, a Kansas City negro, in Leavenworth last month. Payne said on his death bed they shot him. Kansas Debaters Win. — At the interstate debate at Emporia between the Kansas state normal and the Iowa state normal schools, Kansas got the decision of two of the three judges, winning the debate. ```markdown ``` In Northeast Australia. Northeast Australia develops very slowly. Farmers grow maize in the old-fashioned way. The maize crop in Queensland this year is a record one. Capping pineapples, is becoming an important industry in Queensland. Opal mining is growing steadily. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science can cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarach. 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Did you ever hear of a woman epicure? No; woman is above the hoglike pleasures of the table. She is above such a tobacco and whiskey seance as is now going on here." The vegetarian put on his cap of medicated flannel, and, despite the warmth of the night, drew the flannel eartabs over his ears. "Give woman her due," he ended. "She is a finer-fibered, a more temperate, a more spiritual creature than coarse, gross, hog-like man."—Cincinnati Enquirer. A Fish Story. "Trout protection! Nonsense!" said a gunner of local eminence. "Trout are amply able to protect themselves. Look at their depredations among ducks, for example, and you will agree with me that it's the birds that need protection. It's a common thing for a trout to jump from the water, seize a duck by the neck, drag the unfortunate fowl into the depths sufficiently to leave its feet sticking in the air, where it can get no purchase upon the universe, and thus drown it. 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Clay Pierce, chairman of the board of the directors of the Waters-Pierce Oil company, surrendered himself Wednesday on the indictment returned against him in Texas, charging perjury in an affidavit he made to the attorney general of the state of Texas, the purpose of the affidavit being to reinstate the Waters-Pierce Oil company in the state of Texas from which it had been ousted from doing business on the grounds that it was a part of the Standard Oil company. The surrender was made shortly after noon. Mr. Pierce and his counsel was closed in conference with the authorities for some time thereafter. While Mr. Pierce was on the way to the Four Courts in his carriage, Jormer Judge Henry S. Priest, another of his attorneys, appeared in the United States circuit court before Judge Adams to ask for a writ of habeas corpus directed against the police department, ordering it to produce Mr. Pierce. The writ was issued by Judge Adams, returnable forthwith, and it was said by the clerk of the court that as soon as it could be served on Chief of Police Creecy Mr. Pierce would be taken into court. Chief of Police Creecy stated that Pierce had voluntarily surrendered, word having been received that Pierce was waiting in the office of his counsel, Attorney . Johnson. Assistant Chief of Detectives McCarty was sent to the attorney's office and when he told Pierce that he was under arrest the latter smiled. The detective, Attorney Johnson and Mr. Pierce entered the latter's carriage and were immediately driven to the Four Courts where they were closed with Chief Creecy. No one was admitted during the conference. The statement was made by Detective McCarty that Pierce was arrested on a warrant issued by Gov. Folk which make extradition papers unnecessary to take Pierce to Texas, Pierce had been out of St. Louis for some time, having returned Tuesday or Wednesday from New York. HAVE THREE SUSPECTS. Authorities at Butte, Mont., Have Three Men In Custody for Connection with Holdup. Butte, Mont, May 9.—With three suspects and a witness in the custody of the sheriff, the posse on the trail of the masked men who held up the North Coast Limited at Welch's Spur early Tuesday morning and murdered Engineer Clow and wounded Fireman Sullivan, are still in the hills. More than 50 men are patrolling the ridge of the divide directly east of Butte, where the dogs lost the trail Tuesday morning. Robert McDonald was arrested at Woodville Tuesday night. He denies any connection with the Clow murder. He is a marine engineer and worked recently in Seattle. William Powers, arrested in Woodville Tuesday, is still in custody, as is William Crawford, the man who says he met the robbers on top of the express car just before they opened fire. ANDERSON MUST WAIT. Attorney General Bonaparte Recommends Commutation and Full Pardon on July 19. Washington, May 9.—Attorney General Bonaparte Wednesday recommended that the sentence of John William January, alias Charles W. Anderson, be commuted. He recommends that the sentence be fixed at three months from the date of his re-arrest and that he be pardoned at the end of that time, namely, July 19, 1907. The president has apporved the attorney general's recommendation. Leavenworth, Kan., May 9.—Maj. R. W. McClaughry, warden of the federal penitentiary here, had not up to 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon received official notice from Washington of the action taken in the case of William January, and said he would not communicate with the prisoner until this was received. He agreed, however, to permit an Associated press correspondent to carry the news to January and to talk with him as to his future plans. The Drug Trust Case. Indianapolis, May 9.—The hearing in the "drug trust" case was postponed again Wednesday until 10 o'clock Thursday morning, at which time it is expected that the decree agreed to between attorneys for the government and the 92 defendants will be entered. Two of the defendants had not yet formally ratified the agreement at the hour set for the hearing Wednesday. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTOPER. Price, $1.00, retail. SEEDING COMMENDED IN WESTERN CANADA. The Prospects for a Large Acreage to Be Sown in Wheat. St. Paul, April 24, 1907.—Word has been received at the office of the Canadian Government in St. Paul that seeding has commenced at various points throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The heavy snowfall during the past winter has left the ground in splendid shape for successful seeding operations. The fine weather of the past few days has taken much of the frost out of the ground and during next week there will scarcely be a district in which the seeder is not being operated. The most optimistic conditions exist and in all districts the farmers are busy getting things in shape. There will be a very large acreage sown in spring wheat, oats and barley. At many points throughout the three provinces the newcomers are busy unloading their stock and effects, working night and day in order to get on their farms and become active agencies in the effort to make the year 1907 the banner year in grain producing in Western Canada. As compared with districts many hundred miles further south than this, it will be seen that Western Canada ranks amongst the first in the line of seeding operations for the present year. It is safe to say that farmers who get in their crop before the 20th or 24th of May, will receive magnificent returns. A number of those coming in this spring, who had not their land prepared last fall, will break up enough land to get in a crop of oats and barley and probably some flax. This, together with the vegetables they will plant, will give them ample food for themselves and stock during the coming summer and winter. These early seeding operations are not confined to one district, but are spread over a country 900 miles long by 400 miles in width. The agents of the Canadian Government, located at different points throughout the United States, are busy giving information regarding the many new districts that are being made available for settlers. Low railway rates, information and literature are given on application to the agent, whose name appears in advertisement elsewhere in this paper. Breaking It to Him Tactfully. "George," she said, when her hubby returned from the office. "I'm afraid baby must have swallowed some money." "Good gracious!" he cried, "don't you know whether he did or not?" 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In the May Queen contest up to date the 2nd Miss Myrtle Hearst and Miss Bess Duval are in the lead. Miss Duval having 148 votes and Miss Hearst 190. --- MITE SOCIETY The Woman's Mite Society met at the A. M. E. church last Wednesday evening and was opened with prayer by the pastor, Rev. J. F. C. Taylor. The Society then proceeded to elect additional officers as follows: Mrs. Thos. Fine, vice-president; Mrs. Geo. W. White, corresponding secretary; Mrs. G. M. Smith, treasurer; Mrs. Thos. Glover, chairman executive board. The Society elected Mrs. G. H. Young and Mrs. Sallie Hall as delegates to the Mite Society meeting to be held in Lawrence, Kan., July 30-31. Do You Want Long Hair? IF SO, SEE Mrs. Geo. McDonald, Sole Agent For MME. C. J. WALKER'S Wonderful Hair Grower Mrs. McDonald is the Sole Agent and uses the same process which Mme. Walker uses in making the hair grow. Office at For Full Particulars CONDOLENCE Offered by Allan's Christian Endeavor society or Song Service of St. Paul's A. M. E. church, in memory of Mrs. Josie Jones, who died in St. Joseph, Mo., April 19. Mrs. Jones was the first vice president of our society and while in our city was quite an active member in both our society and church work in general, whenever an opportunity was permitted her to do so. We extend the sympathy of our society to the mother, husband, sisters, brothers and relatives of the deceased. Mrs. Jones leaves a host of friends to mourn her loss. She also leaves a little daughter in our city who will always receive a kind word from the many friends in our community. A floral offering was sent to St. Joseph, Mo. In loving remembrance of our first vice president of Allen's C. E. society or Song Service of St. Paul's A. M. E. church, Wichita, Kan. THOS. GLOVER, Pres. SALLYE ROWLES, Secy. Committee: Mrs. J. W. Thompson, Miss Irma Clark, Miss Sallye Rowles. Johnstons Restaurant. 339 N. Main. is the place, to get good meds. Ice cream and soda water always on hand. Witch the columns of the Searchlight for an eye opener in the near future. We are hot stuff, you bet. Rev. J. H. Van Lew is having his property remodeled at 518 North Wichita street. HUTCHINSON, KAN A very beautiful affair was that of the wedding of E. W. Austin of Kansas City and Mrs. Emma Green of this city, which took place at the residence of the bride, No. 18 A avenue east, Thursday evening at 9:30, Rev. C. O. Smith of this city officiating. The bride wore a very handsome light tan colored silk, the groom a black Prince Albert of the latest style. All were agreeably surprised at the number of handsome and valuable presents presented by their friends, especially of a handsome silver service received from friends in Lexington, Ky., the bride's former home. They have the best wishes of all. Mr. Austin is fireman at the Hutchinson Packing company. Rev. Dr. W. H. Denton, moderator of the S. W. S. B. A., conducted services for the Second Baptist yesterday. He his laboring prayerfully to bring about union among the Baptists of the city, something much needed. Mr. Wilson Martin of St. John, Kan., who came to this city last Thursday to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Anna Thompson, was taken suddenly ill last Saturday night, May 4, at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Josie Pollard. His sister hastened to call in Dr. Baskett, colored, who after a speedy examination, abandoned all hopes of his recovery, but to satisfy the friends and relatives of Mr. Wilson Martin the doctor called in counsel three white doctors who at once substantiated his diagnosis. Mr. Martin died with cerebral hemorrhage. His brother, Mr. Charles Martin, and relatives accompanied the remains to St. John for burial. NEWTON. NEWS. Miss Willie Slaughter who has been in Chicago for several months returned home last week reporting a lovely time while in Chicago. Miss Cora Stevenson who has been in the city for the past week visit- ing with Miss Callie Anderson returned to her home at Valley Center, Kan. Tuesday afternoon reporting a pleasant visit. Mrs. L. C. House left this city Tuesday afternoon for a short visit at Wichita. Robt. Brown is reported some better. Mrs. G. A. Fray of Wichita was seen in the city this week. Mrs. Clarence Smith who has been in Lawrence for the past two weeks returned home last week reporting a fine time. Miss Beatrice Young of Peabody was in the city Tuesday. NEWS OF GRE Rev. J. H. Rainey pre sermons Sunday. He the Lord's supper, still doing a noble wally and financially. Miss Pearl Worring is visiting in our city Mr. and Mrs. Richard James Rooks was a worth on account of Mr. and Mrs. Green tained Rev. and Mrs. new cottage at dinner. They were also and Mrs. W. M. Gro Dave Watson is v John Anderson left the city Monday afternoon for Wellington, Kan., where he will take the position as cook on a private car. Mrs. Geo. Johnson who has been in Topeka for several weeks has returned home. The N. U. S. club met Monday afternoon with Mrs. S. Dickenson. A pleasant meeting was enjoyed. Several people are planning to go to Wichita next Sunday to attend the thanksgiving sermon of the Odd Fellows and Daughters of the Household of Ruth. Remember the Quarterly meeting on the third Sunday at A. M. E. church. Centropolis Hotel 605 North Main st. First-Class In Everyway Clean Beds, Wholesome Meals, Cigars, Ice Cream and Cake at all times.... Terms Reasonable Mrs. S. Sneed, Prop. W. C. Neeley, Carpenter and Painter All Work Guaranteed 1241 Blaine Avenue. CAUGHT AT LAST. Some certain of the colored population borrowing their neighbor's SEARCHLIGHT to read the news instead of subscribing and paying for the SEARCHLIGHT themselves. How long will ye thus continue to spongue off of other folks? PRETTY PRAIRIE, KAN. NEWS. During this wet weather, the green bugs seem to be leaving the wheat and taking a different course. Joseph Nicklson died at his home in Reno county at 3 o'clock p. m., Friday, 1907, age 52 years, 7 months and 26 days. Death was caused by a continuous attack of epilepsy. He leaves a wife, a stepson and two brothers and sisters. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Blair of the M. E. church. Mr. Nicklson joined the church in 1903 and was earnest and sincere in his profession. The choir furnished very appropriate music: the last song sang was his favorite song, "Rock of Ages." A large course of relatives, neighbors, and friends and acquaintances, followed the remains to their last resting place, where they were laid to await the resurrection morn. The Misses Nellie, Mabel and Fred Banks attended the show at Kingman last week. Quite a pretty wedding took place in Hutchinson last week, being Harry Collingwood and Miss Myers. They are now out in California on a wedding tour. Mrs. Joe Banks and daughters Nelling and Florence, attended the funeral of Mr. Nickelson. Jos Ganks's family mare made them a present of a fine mule colt May 3rd, and he says it is as fine a mule as there is in the country. Will Roberts of Oklahoma can now be seen in Pretty Prairie quite frequently. Will Baker bought two hundred bushels of corn from Joe Banks and sons. Mrs. Baker and children of Hutchinson, visited Fred and Pearl Banks last Sunday. NORTH TOPEKA NEWS. Mrs. Bettie Warfield, . H. P., of Macedonia Tabernacle, No. 93. Topeka, Kan., died at her late home, 918 Western avenue, Tuesday morning; May 7th, of heart failure. The deceased was 49 years of age, having been born in Louisville, Ky., in 1858. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church, Tuesday, interment in Topeka cemetery. Dtr Warfield was a faithful member of Macedonia Tabernacle, No. 93. and all your loss. FREDONIA, KAN. Dtr. May Edding was taken seriously ill Friday and is bedfast under the care of the doctor. We hope for her early recovery. NEWS OF GREAT BEND. Rev. J. H. Rainey preached two noble sermons Sunday. He also administered the Lord's supper. Rev. Rainey is still doing a noble work, both spiritually and financially. Miss Pearl Worring of Hutchinson is visiting in our city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buchanan. James Rooks was called to Leavenworth on account of serious illness. Mr. and Mrs. Green Brown entertained Rev. and Mrs. Rainey in their new cottage at dinner Saturday evening. They were also the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Green, Sunday. Dave Watson is very sick at his home on Kansas avenue. Queen Esther' Circle was royally entertained at the parsonage. Mrs. Rainey acted as hostess. The B. Y. P. U. will give a social Wednesday evening. Rev. J. H. Rainey will spend Sunday in Salina. He has been caled there to preach the annual sermon of the Odd Felows' lodge. Miss Isom returned to Kansas City last week. John Smith has been on the sick list. Miss Irene Sellers spent a few enjoyable days in the country with Miss Elsie Rieley. ARKANSAS CITY NOTES. At the athletic contest at Winfield between ten different high schools we are proud to mention the names of two of our race. Mr. Pyles, of Anthony, who won the highest number of individual points and was awarded seven gold and silver medals. Mr. William Williams of this city awarded a gold medal for the "broad jump." Let the good work go on. Miss Addie Jones has gone on an extensive visit to Lebanon, Mo. Misses Essie and Ethel Saywer have returned from a visit to Michigan. Mr. Jerry Caldwel is here visiting relatives. A large number of people of Winfield were down to attend the funeral of Mr. Banks. Garret L. Banks died May 2nd at 6:30 a. m. at the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. Geo. Smothers, west of the city; was born at La Port, Ind. September 4, 1879, age 27 years, 7 months and 28 days. Was married to Miss Hattie L. Smothers March 7, 1902. He was a faithful husband, possessing the highest traits of character that commanded the respect of all who knew him. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. R. Guy, Sunday at 1:30 p. m. at the home. The casket was covered with flowers of beautiful designs, contributed by the following: Mr. Tice, an employee of the Santa Fe division office; Mr. Wilcox, and employees of the Home National bank; O. E. Unsell, the Twentieth Century club, the Olive Leaf club, the Maple Leaf club, Mrs. McGinnis, Miss Bernice Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mr. Lewis Oldham, Mr. and Mrs. Arnett, Mr. and Mrs. Laura Keller, Mr. Grant De Lauch, Mrs. Laura White, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Bally, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hand, Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Whistler, Mrs. P. F. Alston, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Ralph Lee and Mrs. Guy, Mr. and Mrs. Banks of Denver, Colo., left for their home Monday night. The W. T. Vernon club met with Mrs. M. Greggs Tuesday afternoon. The club was opened with song and prayer. Roll was caled and each member responded with a quotation. The club adjourned to meet next week with Mrs. Mattle Thompson, 1402 North Mosely. A fine two-course luncheon was served after spending one hour in needle work? A special notice we give to you, 'Tis something novel, something new. We are arranging for next month, On a certain date, A festive occasion to celebrate. It will be one of beauty, grace and renown. For a Queen O May we then will crown. And the public shall have A chance, as will be seen, What fair lady shall be the chosen queen. There will be pages, maids, amidst Beautious bowers, to do honor to the queen O flowers. Further notice through the Search- light there will be. Keep watch. The T. B. A. club met Tuesday with Miss Della Gaines. The club had a splendid time and adjourned to meet next week with Miss B. Miller. John M. 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A General Banking Business Tranacted CHITA NSAS Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price 116 East Douglas Avenue FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" ```markdown ``` The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Paint 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. ```markdown ``` GOMS Sir D. L. Taylor 329 East Center SALINA, KANSAS Designer and Builder of Tent Houses. Prices in reach of all. Write for particulars TO-DAY. W. M. Dunson, Painter and Paper Hanger, All Work Guaranteed 302 W. Murdock Ave., Wichita No Hard Times Not when the agriculture products of the country are $6,000,000,000 in one year. You are safe to go ahead and build. I sell the Cement, Plaster Paris, Brick Etc., etc., etc. NOV. PHONE 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, MANS 533 TO 547 WEST DOUGLAS ARKANSAS CITY, KAN. The handsome residence of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Banks, on corner of Maple and Third streets is nearly completed. Paul Jones of Topsko, will lecture at the Second Baptist church Thursday night. Mrs. P. F. Alston is visiting her husband at Enid. Addie Jones has gone on an extensive visit to Lebanon, Missouri. G. W. Smothers, whose residence is three miles west of his city, has been confined to his bed under the doctor's care the past week. Garret Banks is slowly improving. Born to Mr. and Mrs. William West Friday, April 19, a daughter. Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Mate --- Z DS ZANE MB FAS “ << - MATTERS FEMININE. OE 4 WiLi BE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE TO THE INVALID. Good Afso for Those Who Like to Kwit and Read at the Same Time — Directions for + Making. This sketch prescuts an excellent fdea for making a book-rest, aud it would prave 2 very useftil present to thas who like to Knit and read at the same time; or for an invalid to whom the holding of a heavy book is very trying, and offen, in fact, strictly for- bidder. For the grouad-work, take a piees of board about one-half inch thick, 12 inches long, and six Inches Bread; cover it un the upper side with brocade, carrying the material over the edges and gluing it down under- neath, where a shoet of brown paper shonht be pasted over the entire sur- face to make it quite neat. Next ob- fain a strip of tin throe-cighths of an fnch wide and 20% inches tong, Get ft bet in two places to form the rest for the took, so that the two end spaces measure four and one-half inches, and give the uprights, and the PARTY FOR MONTH OF MAY, City Mother Has Evolved a Really Pretty idea. A mother who lives in the city is planning ¢o take a dozen chilldren out inte te country on a search for wild fowers. Staying ont of school this one day fx considered justifiable inasmuch as the Benefit to be derived will be grea. ‘She has provided a smal! basket for cack. child and: will pack 12 dainty Juncheens, (aking xn alcohol lamp for ‘Reating cocoa which ate will carry in @ large bottle. She las planned to reiarn home by tires o'clock, treat the ebildren to ice cream’and cookies, shen tet them trim aud fill their bas- ets io be carried to a sick or crippled child, she having made out the list rom names given herby the bureau ‘of charities. Seems to me this kind of a party would be seasonable all @uring the month of May. wit Ridle MidenaiA Kieeod. ‘On apple-blossomed cards the invita- tions for a May luncheon will be sent weut tomorrow. It is an informal af- fair, bat. very dainty. The hostess 1s fortuaate to live in a suburb where fruit trees are plentiful, and recogniz- fig the fact that nothing is so appro- priate ax what the season and nature provides, sue will make her house into @ dream of beauty by banking man- tels, Hing Greplaces, umbrella jars and other large receptacles with masses. of pink and white blooms. Ox arrival the guests will be re- fresked with grape juice and wafers aad..thee repair ta’ tte” dining-room Lighted by alternate pink and white candies to partake of tits tempting luncheon: Celery soup, crown roast «€ jamb, new peas and potatoes, hot ros, (omatoes .stwifed with sweet- breads, capped by mayonnaise; for dessert, mapie mousse in white boxes witk 4 spray of apple blossoms on-the GOOD IN ANY MATERIAL. Designs for Three Quarter and Half Length Sleeves. Theze two pretty sleeves are suita- lc fec making in almost any dress material. Ne. 2 is three-quarter tength; it has a tight lining. The up- AE “4 KTS) 6 t STA Pr edge te f ef, ‘ ¥ ff fi ¥ WS bee >, eo SR . es Op) > ARO ge ae per part, which is full, is gathered at each edge and fixed to the lining; the lawer part is tight, and at the wrist fs finished with a buttoned strap and a face raffie. The top is cut in tabs that are piped round with velvet and fixed up sver the put by buttons. ‘No. 3 terminates at the elbow; the the long tab that is cut in with the thp- qer part is stiiched round, and is orn- mmecuteéd with three velvet-covered twutfons. A ‘band of galloon, a silk pienting, aad a tace fritl form a finish. eS RE «The difiewX thing about the striped woods that makes them only possible for the woman who goes to an excel: fone taifer $3. the odd way the stripes are made te meet. Down the front ‘of the skirt, that is much gored to fit snexty about the hips and to flare 2 «veal deal around the hem, these stripes meet in a vertical line on the Bias, with the points down. On the caat fs the same arrangement of stripes, all of which ‘serve to form ‘eanch of the trimming of the sult. middle one measures 12 inches, and provides the horizontal portion, which is the same as the length of the board in center of each end, so that when not in use the rest may be bent down and placed compactly on a bookshelf, or elsewhere. The screw fixing the tin should be left loose enough for the support to be turned down. Just behind the screw put a brass nail, which will prevent the De nied =ae= =e fe=F ef | £, gat SS aioe rest falling backwards when the book is in position. The diagram gives the back view, which shows that provision has been made for the support of a very heavy book, as under the board at the back are nailed two strips of tin, thefr points facing towards the front; and these can be turned round and out at the back when required. These should be painted, as if covered they would not lie Hat under the board. ‘top; small pink and white iced cakes. If the day is warm coffee is to be served on the flower trimmed porch, afterwards a walle is to be taken in the near-by woods. This is a gentle hint to suburban people to entertain their city friends during this glorious month, when “Mother Nature” is wait- ing to receive her children in all the radiance of her pristine spring glory. hi ee ge eal ee” ‘Tis can be made a delightful occa- sion. Write the invitations and: place. each one in a tiny basket, with a flow- er and bit of green, Have them deliv- ered by hanging on the doorknob, the messenger ringing the bell to be sure they are received. ‘This revives tho old and pretty custom of tying to the doorknob a May basket filled with flowers and perhaps a tiny gift, then hastening out of sight before the door was opened. Of course the most suit- able centerpiece is a Maypole or a large gilt basket filled with flowers. To choose partners for any entertain- ment scheme the hostess may have in mind, make a “tulip bed.” Fill a shal- low wooden box with sawdust or sand, cover with green crepe paper and place on a tabourette or table. Then make realistic tulips out of crepe tis- sue paper if the real ones are not pro- curable and expense cuts no figure. On the end of each wire stem place the half of some well-known quotation, jor the title of some book. When the quotation is made whole, or the au- thor of a book found, the couples are ‘ready to proceed; the flowers should ‘be pulled first by a lady, then a gen: ‘tleman. , On one. of, the’ tulips. there will be a crown drawn and the person who “gathers” it will be adorned with a chaplet of flowers, representing the May day “Queen;” a man should ex- change with a lady if he draws the crown. Have some one read Tenny- son's “I'm to Be Queen of the May,” or “Call Me Early, Mother Dear.” MADAME MERRL ONE-PIECE GOWN REIGNS. Season's Summer Fabrics to Form Dreams of Beauty. ‘The lingerie robe promises to have an unprecedented success this season. It is almost invariably a one-pieco frock. It may not be what one would call strictly a princess gown, for often the waist line is definitely marked by rows of insertion, sometimes form- ing a corselet effect. The one-piece frock is found in all summer fabrics for anything that is intended to be a little dressier than the tailored silk shirtwaist suit. From comparatively plain designs it ranges into marvels of filmy lace and handiwork. Fine batiste is used ‘exclusively for thin frocks and the manner in which it is worked up with hand embroidery, lace or tucks or sometimes all three together, gives a variety in design worthy of admiration. A few choice models show the clev- er treatment followed in making up these most delectable summer gowns. One of these, for instance, is inset with an openwork surrounded by hand embroidered sprays of flowers. ‘This forms the bib front and runs into long panels in the skirt. The pointed vest und skirt flounce are inset with valeneiennes lace, and the entire frock is laid in narrow tucks. A Word as to Trimmings. ‘Trimmings are at a discount in the spring models. Laces—oh! yes, a lot of them! But, for the rest, the watch- word is simplicity. It is a hand, of genius that knows how properly to trim a skirt. Flounces, plaitings and embroideries should be so harmoni- ously built into the skirt as to seem a part of it. Skirts made of soft ma- terials only will be trimmed. And the basic law of skirt ornamentation de- mands that the trimming be put on at the right place—either very low or very high. In between is fatal. THRE WICHITA SEARCHLIGMY V¥ Rae sen Wee . es jg” Va MING . a a ( QOMING - ae 5 nFa4 ES eC ses 3 e OF Tare TeowR Ae 4 Poy i Bees LL ey ee og SS ee ee Ro oe ee “ \ op ae 2 i i oe ~~ was eS Pe. iN . ater —- “as i : : Ee oe ao : ee ee see HALLEY ® COMET HEADED EARTHWARD What with earthquakes from within and comets threatening from above, surely these are days of uncertainty and anxiety for the inhabitants of this mundane sphere. Astronomical caleu- lation tells us that four big comets are headed for the earth, coming with that awful speed which only those erratic tramps of the heavens can attain. Three are due this year, and the fourth, which is the one which fs causing the greatest speculation, will come into view in 1910. This last is known as Halley's comet. At present it is not far from the orbit of Jupiter, rand:-by the ‘time’the year has waned it will be speeding through the belt of the asteroids—a group of minature planets revolving in orbits just out- side of that of Mars. Assuming that the gigantic star-like nucleus and its mighty nebulous tail succeed in passing without disaster through this maze of little worlds— none of which is more than 100 miles fn diameter—it will cut across the orbit of Mars and touch upon that of the earth. That the comet will not come in contact with one or more of these planetoids is not at all an as- sured fact, but this does not concern us nearly as much as the possibility of {ts coming into collision with the earth. When the brighttalled orb is near- est the sun it will be many millions of miles inside the earth's orbit, and hence there will be two occasions when it and the earth might mieet, namely, when the former passes Into and out of the latter’s path. If such a celestial cqllision should take place, the comet would probably be burned up in the earth's: atmosphere, and the earth be still left intact, though the ‘blinding light and intense heat would destroy all life on that side of the world. Olbers, a German astronomer living in the interval between 1758 and 1840, pointed out that Biela’s comet would, in 1832, pass within 20,000 miles of the earth’s orbit, though the earth would not reach the same point until a month later. While astronomers saw ‘no danger, a great many people who ‘feared the verity of the deductions looked forward to the time with con- siderable apprehension. They were greatly relieved, however, for as pre- jdieted the comet came on the day the mathematicians named, and all danger had. passed. Halley's. comet, which is now ap- proaching, is of extraordinary inter. est. It was the first to be suspected of returning periodically, as well as the first whose period of revolution was calculated, It will be its thirteenth visit which the comet will make three years hence, but who can tell what seene it will took down: upon? Many authori- ties believe it will come very close to the earth, though it may not be as brilliant or as conspicuous as in its earlier returns. Arago suggested that comets in traversing their gigantic orbits might throw off into space nearly all the matter of which they ‘were composed when at a point near. est the sun Under these conditions, then, it is evident that some of the more at tenuated ones may, in the course of time, ‘pass entirely out of existence, though they may, on the other hand, attract particles floatiag in space along their paths and so equalize their losses. This would account for the varying intensity of the same comet, as for instance, Halley's. However this may be, it must be remembered that appearances of comets in’ the early days were much more mysteri ous, and proportionately impressive, than in the more enlightened ages and that the extraordinary brilliancy re corded in some instances was, quite likely, due more to imagination than to the actual state of the comet. When the great comet comes on , the scene in 1910, its nucleus or beard | witt appear like a star of the. first jmagaitude, but having a mighty tal trailing after it and pointing away from the sua. Different from man) less, the one named for Halley is formed of three distinct parts, namely —the nucleus, coma and tail. The nucleus is the concentrated part and shines by the reflected light of the sun, while the tail gives out a light of its own, due chiefly to the glowing carbon vapor which is not unlike that of an ordinary gas jet. Though shining as brightly as Jup- iter, and sometimes visible even in the daytime, the comet is very light in weight, being not more than one one- millionth as heavy as the planet named. That this is true is known from the slight attraction it exerts on the plents, while the latter fre- quently pull the comet out of its course. The tail is so flimsy that should it brush tke earth it would hardly be noticeable. When Halley's comet is first seen by, the comet seekers as it rushes headlong toward the sun, it will ap- pear like a round, dim ball of hazy light. As it comes nearer the earth, its tail will graduallly appear and lengthen. It may increase or decrease from night to night, varying from 25 to 15,000 miles in 24 hours, though should it do this, it would be an ex- ception rather than the rule. As the great celestial messenger swings round the sun, its tail will apparently grow smaller, and finally disappear, the ball of hazy lignt alone being left to tell of its flight to Neptune. After a little this will be gone to be seen no more until the year 1985. The composition of comets inter- estel men even before their periods were culculated, and Halley’s will be examined’ as it never was before, for we have instruments now that were unknown when it was visible in 1835. The spectroscope has shown what other and smaller comets were made of. "The nucleus is a solid mass formed of different substances, and this ‘s an envelope of dense gaseous matter that is in perpetual motion. This portion is called the coma, and to its activity is probably due the tail, attracting and repelling the gaseous particles of waste material, The effect of the sun on the nucleus is to draw it to it, but at the same time it has an evident tendency to repel the tail, and thus it is that the tail always stands out and away from the sun. The terrific velocity of the nucleus when a comet whirls round the sun shows plainly that its tail is not an integral part of the main body, for, it it was, the centrifugal force to which its extreme end is sub- jected would throw it off onto space. The tail of Halley's comet when prexiously observed curved toward the rear something like a sword and indicating that the particles compos- ing it as they pass outward move at the same slow rate at the interior particles and, in conseqnence, are left behind. ‘There are many small periodic com- ets that have been discovered in re- cent years, but Halley's is the only great comet that appears at regular intervals and its periodic visits is al- ways assured of an interested and de- lighted throng of observers for there are few indeed who can say they ever saw it before, In spite of the comforting assur- ance of astronomers that the ap- proaching comet will be harmless, so far as its general effects upon the earth are concerned, and providing, of course, that the comet ever reaches us, Mme. de Thebes, the Mother Shipton of Paris, has predict- ed ‘that the comet is going to make a great deal of trouble for the earth. Mme. de Thebes predicted the Boer war, the great Charity Bazaar fire in Paris, the Servian massacre, the San Francisco and Kingston disasters and the discovery of radium. ‘Though a very small kingdom, Den- mark can boast of thrones and throne rooms unique in some respects. The most noteworthy of the Danish thrones is in the Knights’ hall of the Schioss Rosemborg in Copetihagen, REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. Miss Jennfe 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, Counell Bluffs, Iowa. 3. Mys, Mary Burbridge, S14. Wichita St., Wichita, Kan, 4 Mrs. Laura Williams, 625 4th St. Cherryvale, Kansas. 5, Mrs. Mary Burdett, 819 N. 1st. street, Atchison, Kansas. 6. Mrs, Addie Glaspie, 128 Mulberry street, Ottowa, 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 Wallade, 446 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas. 11 Mr®. Pauling Woodfork, 823 Free- man Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 12 Mrs. C. March, 615 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 14 Mrs, May R. Freeman, 105 S. L0- cust St, Pittsburg, Kangas. 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, box 405, Weir City, Kansas. 16. Mrs. Hattie Collins, 1001 8. For- est, 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. 28° Mrs, Della Dorsey, 716 8, 15th Si, Parsons, Kansas, 29 Mrs, Pereila Lee, 720 Cheyenne St, Leavenworth, Kansas, $0. Mrs, Eliza Scott, 3rd ave. south, Leavenworth, Kansas, 32. Mrs. Adda Birthright, 114 West Broadway. Butte, Montana, 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 84 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 West 15th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av. South Omaha, Nebraska, 37. Mrs, Mary Robinson, 104 South aud s:reet, Aichison, Kansas. 38 Mrs Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 62, Mrs, Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Law- rence, Kansas. 6. Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1147 Ann ave, Kansas City, Kansas, 77 Mra. A. Pickens, 259 E, 15th, ‘Topeka, Kan. 85. Mrs. Francis Hardeman, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans. $9. Mrs, Blanche E. Alston, 2215 Pa- cif_le, Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs, Ella Golden, 310 Norte 12th St, Omaha, Nebraska, 92. Mrs. Alice Grant, 401 South 8th street, Lincoln, Nebraska. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 West- ern Ave,, N. Topeka, Kan, ‘TEMPLES. Number. 1 William M. Watkins, box 2062, Weir City, Kansas. 2 Thomas Henry, Coffeyville, Kens. 3 Mr. William H. Barnes, 819 L St., Atchison, Kan, 4 Andrew Herroi, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb. 6 M.E. Bird, 2014 Hewett, Everett, ‘Kansas City, Kan. 7 J. ©. Coffee, 1453' N. Mostey, Wichita, Kansas. 8. Rev. M. Wooten, 416 W. Third st. Ft, Scott, Kansas, 10 Frank Smith, 420 3rd Ave, Leav- enworth, Kansas. 11, W.N, Miller, 601 N. Main street. Searchlight office, Wichita, 13 Lee Holiday, 728 S. 20th St, Par- 18, H, W. Garvice, North tst street, Salina, Kansas. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St. S. Omahs, Nev. Annie Edwards, 944 Everett, Kansas South Mosely avenue, Wichita, Kan, Coffeyville, Kansas. 17, Rey, Allen Garner, 704 B. 12th ste 18 Jatres Thomas, 218 W ist, South St, Salt Lake City, Utan. 19, C. Parle, 948 Penn, street, Law- rence, Kansas, 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 34 St. Kansas City, Kan. 89 8. W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanan ‘vepeka, Kau. 60 Jimes Scott, 1404 Van Buren ‘Topeka, Kan. 1 J. .W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th St. Lincoln, Neb. bs6 Allert Graves, 99 Charles 8c, Detkwoul: Sosth, Dakor.. QUEEN MOTHERS OF TENTS IN KANSAS. Mixs Junnie Alexander, G. Q. M., $48 Penn, Lawrence, Kansas, Lillie Hardin, 006 South Fitth av- enue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Hester Cornish, 911 Western avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas, ’ Jennie Sellers, 1428 N. Eighteenth street, Omaha, Neb. Eliza Robinson, 1801 Kansas avenue, ‘Topeka, Kansas, _ Mollie Spencer, 502 V street, Atch- ison, Kansas. : Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett av- enue, Kansas City, Kansas, Louise Verder, $13 Jersey, Lawrene pele Mary Bision, 325 Miss, Lawn, Kansas. Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnet, sas City, Kansas, A. O, Murrell, 451 8. Fourth Salina, Kansas. Mary Hopkins, 903 Wem n, x, Topeka, Kansas. HH. Adkins, Welr City, Kans aS ie Wichita, Kansas. Amy Lane, 1422 B. Appleion sing city, Kansas. Laura Smith, 308 E. Eleventh, oy feyville, Kansas, enworth, Kansas. Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Sonta To, 0) Sila MeKinnle, 217 Sherman, Leg The original Mr. Dooley, wow g0q his way, was a character well kno to George Ade, John McCutcte Vance Thompson and many oi Chicago newspaper men lous beta Peter Dunne made him a nati celebrity. It was Vance Thoinps by the way, who swooped down the old gentleman in a sleepy how borrowed two doliars from bin j fore he rightly realized it, and y ished again into the outer ds:kne while he was still rubbing his ey This litle episode he subsequesth referred to as “th’ hurricane touely| Similar anecdotes of the old war wit are cherished as partienlar jus sessions. George Ade has on (ij he entitles “human gratitude.” Lay one night he was surprised to tind th proprietor asleep beliind his own bar On being roused, that worthy shovel & marked disinciination for business and a strong desire to be let lone So Ade pulled down the — blinds stacked i euspidors, locked the cash register aad calied a cab. With some difficulty he elfetted an addres and then for what scemed hours thes jounced over onvottheway — stree's until at last the cabbie drew up betor a ramehackle little box of a fram house with a stairway running up the outside, All this time the passenze had slept sweetly. Out of the cal and up the rickety stairs, puffing an blowing, Ade bundied his charge. ( the top step he lost his footing a the two of them rolled higgledy piggledy to the street. ‘The old gen Heman sat up, regarded Ade with the Utnost indignation, and spoke the first words of the evening: “Jarge,” said he, “ye thripped me” Sentry Neadieselvy Worried Charles Allen, a negro trusty :' No 2 police station in Armourdale, was 4| member of the Twenty-third Kansay regiment which went to Cuba. during the Spanish-American war, says th Kansas City Star. While he serubbel the floor of the police station recently he told how Lem Thompson, anotli negro in the same regiment, killed supposed Spaniard. It happened while the regiment wa doing garrison duty at San Lowis Cuba, ‘Thompson was on guard one night. While he walked past a bam boo brake he heard something moving about in the tall grass. It was in the enemy's country and Lem sup posed that he was about to encounter a Spaniard. “Halt!” cried the gnard as he raised his gun. On came the Spaniard, paying v attention fo the command. “Boom!” ‘Thompson fired, threw down his gun and Siarted toward the garrison. When the soldiers heard the noise and rushed out they met ‘Thompson running toward them. “L killed a Spaniard down there in the grass.” he said. When the soldiers approached the bamboo they heard a rustling sound in the’ grass. “He's still Kicking.” one of them said. ‘They went closer and discovers! ‘Thompson's Spauiard. It was a sina! burro with large ears and a shags; hide. ‘The little animal had a bullet hole in its bead. She Never Existed. Mrs, Gaddie—She tells me she’s got the same servant girl who worked for you last year Mrs. Hiram Offen—tmpossibiet Mrs. Gaddie—But she's positive of it, Mrs. Hiram Offen—Nevertheless { say its impossible, 1 never had a servant girl who worked for me. Feueharte Fasaey: ‘Teacher—Have you any position io view for me? ‘Agent—I know one man who wants a tutor for his empty-headed son ‘Teacher—Well, 1 think I could fil the vacancy.—Harper's Weekly. Origin of the “Dark Horse.” ‘The term “dark horse” is such familiar one, even to persons who do hot frequent horse races, that tev siop to wonder at its origin, and few er still know anything about the cir cumstances to which it owes Its err tion. Its origin is due to Lord tea consfield, who used the phrase i ‘the Young Duke.” in this novel le speaks of a dark horse waieh bal uever been thought of and which few had so much as observed. ‘The dark horse, however, rushed past the grant stand to victory. This dark horse was actually one of dark color, bt today the color is no longer take into acconnt, A dark horse may ° anything, so long as he sweeps [rom the ranks of the mmnoticed to te glory of the winning post A Perfect Cure. Mrs., Haigh—Did that idea of pit ting whisky In your husband's tea (@ eure him of drink succeed? Mrs. Belgh—Oh, well, he basat touched a drop since. Mrs. Haigh—Of whisky? "Mrs, Beigh—No, of tea—Pick Me ee