Wichita Searchlight

YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. EXERCISES OF THE BEGINNING OF THE Wichita SEARCHLIGHT IN KANSAS Redman Hall Thursday Night 4th. JULY 4th. Each Anniversary Exercise of the Searchlight has been looked forward to by the people with great enthusiasm—which has been annually shown by the large crowds of good people who each year attend our anniversary.. WE APPRECIATE their presence and every effort will be put forth this year for the full comfort and intellectual entertainment of the many who will attend this year's exercise. A Grand Program The Season's Latest MORE PARTICULARS LATER WE APPRECIATE their presence and every effort will be put forth this year for the full comfort and intellectual entertainment of the many who will attend this year's exercise..... A Grand Program 4th July 4th—Thursday Night—4th July 4th ARE OTHERS. THE NEW YORY AGE ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Few Clippings Show The political fortunes of the Afro-American people are at zero. They began to run down in 186, after the Republican party, by a treacherous makeshift to save the Presidency, gave that office to Rutherford B. Hayes, a spineless Ohio politician, and turned over to the bloodthirsty and red-handed Democracy of the Southern States the State governments of South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, although the Democrats had not carried those States in the popular voting, any more than they had elected their electors, who were counted for Hayes. Such success as the Democrats had had in the South, in the election of 1876, was got by murder and terrorization, and was therefore illegal and inadmissible because revolutionary in character and purpose. When the crime was once committed and condoned by the action of the electoral commission, and accepted by the people of the country, the whole body of Reconstruction Laws, so laboriously framed by the Congress under the guidance of the wise men who hoped to make effective in every respect the War Amendments to the Federal Constitution, was undone and made abortive for future effectiveness and the Afro-American electors of the Southern States were left naked and helpless in the hands of their late slave-masters. The Republican party had betrayed them for NINETH YEAR. THERE ARE OTHERS. Following Few Clippings Show That The Negro Is Not The Only Rapist. May 27. 1907—William Helm of leigh assaulted Miss Florence Pierce. white girl. May 27, 1907.—At White Sulphur ings, West Virginia, two white men . Miss Mary Bird from her intend- ousband tied him to a tree and as- ted her in his presence. May 30, 1907.—A mob of 2,000 per- s attempted to lynch a white man urged with criminal assa't upon a -year-old white infant at Corona. . Another assault and murder of white woman, Amella Staffeldt, at same place a few days prior to the t. he above shows that all of the times against women are not committed by black men. Moreover, it is a durable index to the difference of the treatment of criminals of the same age by the daily newspapers. It is a white criminal that is treated with the mercies due an unfortunate erubim just strayed from paradise, like the black is by nature a "brute" "friend incarnate" and other things rarely less appropriate to the devil his imps who are by nature despoil of that which is pure. WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1907. a mess of Presidential pottage, and it has not since through the Congress done one thing to protect them: from the envenomed wrath of their enemies. What has been the result? The South has been left free to enact a body of proscribing laws which is in many respects as odious and oppressive as the slave code. The political and civil rights guaranteed to them by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments have been denied and abridged by State laws; involuntary servitude has been legalized in spite of the prohibitions of the Thirteenth Amendment; the law of contract has been nullified in the restrictions incorporated in the body of separation laws; the criminal law has been suspended and lynch law substituted; in short, a condition has been brought about which violates every guaranty of the three War Amendments without producing one remedial measure by the Congress, and with small action on the part of the President to prevent it,—the enforcement of the peonage laws under the Roosevelt administration being the most effective, the Ku-Klux prosecutions under President Grant having been made absurd and farcical because the villans convicted by the courts were pardoned by the President, instead of being hung by the marshal. This is the situation. The Republican party is responsible for it, by the findings of the electoral commission and the acquiescence of the masses of the party, and because the party in the Congress has done nothing to remedy the original wrong or to check the hundreds and one wrongs which have grown out of it, and because the Federal Courts have evaded a square-toed decision on any of the laws enacted by the several Southern States bearing upon involuntary servitude, the suffrage and the civil rights of the Afro-American people, while making haste to repeal the Sumner Civil Rights Bill as far as it applies to the states, as well as the conspiracy laws under which the Ku-Klux Slaughter House cases were brought. The question of human rights was dropped from the policy of the Republican party when Rutherford B. Hayes was declared President, and in its national capacity it has done nothing since but dodge the issue whenever it has come up for consideration. But during all the years of dodging, evading and lying by the Republican party, the Afro-American people have stuck to the party, voting for its candidates and policies with the blind faith of a dog in his brutal and ungrateful master, living upon "the substance of things hoped for," and get- ting deeper and deeper in the mire of citizenship nonage at every stage of the game. The writer has protested and bolted for thirty years, but few Afro-Americans have sympathized with his policy. If they had, and had followed his advice, they would not now have their political and civil fourtunes so low that a cur will not sniff at them. What are we going to do about it? THAT MIGHTY PROBLEM. Dr. Frank Loveland of the First Methodist church at Omaha, spoke of the race problem and Senator Tillman in his sermon. In part he said: "The problem of the black man is the hardest which the church and state of today has to solve. It is no longer a sectional question; it concerns the whole nation, and we are called on to deal with it here in Omaha. "The other evening you saw Senator Tillman fold his arms, grit his teeth and say that the Yankee was responsible for the slave trade, but I tell you that if the Southerners had not furnished a market for the slaves there would have been no slave trade. Senator Tillman spoke the other evening of the treason of the senate, but I tell you that a man who confesses to the crimes to which he confessed is the one who is guilty of treason to his country. Men like Senator Tillman and Thomas Dixon are a menace to this question. To settle this question we need men like Dr. M. C. B. Mason. He is a Negro as black as the ace of spades. To settle the race problem we peed to give our black brother education, Christianity and a trained hand. In the discussion of the problem it is not necessary for me to say whether a Negro is as good as a white man. Senator Tillman asked if you would want your daughter to marry a Negro. No; neither would I want her to marry a Tillman." IF IT EVER HAPPENED THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? THAT COMMISSION PLAN. In answer to many inquiries of us concerning the proposed "commission plan" of government we are frank to admit that as we have not fully read the commission bill passed by the recent legislature since it became a law and have not fully looked into the question we are not in a position to give our opinion. As to our people we believe the wise thing to do is not to be too hasty either one way or the other for as a people we should be very careful not to side with any new proposition until we are fully aware of its far-fetched nature. Let us not rush to jump at a conclusion in this matter, but take our time as there is no need for immediate hurrying on our part. The commission plan may be alright—in that event of course we should be for it—and it may not be alright, and in that event we should all be against it. Let's wait and see. We will take pleasure in the future after we have fully digested this law to point out what in our opinion is the good and bad features and will unhesitatingly give our opinion thereon. Until that time we have no opinion to express one way or the other. MANY GOING WEST. There are hundreds of colored people from Kansas, Missouri and other states who are going to Colorado, Montana, Washington. New Mexico, the Dakotas and other western states to locate. The exodus is more pronounced and noticeable this year than ever before. While their friends in the states where they leave regret very much to see them go -yet, it is by no means a bad idea for them to go out west -take advantage of the opportunities and grow up with the country. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered from ALL parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Record of Ora Readers J. George Wright has been appointed commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian territory to succeed Tams Bixby, resigned. It is announced that when Secretary Root goes to Mexico it will be as the guest of the Mexican government. Rev. John H. Swift, a minister of the Christian church at Winterset, Ia., has been sent to the federal prison at Leavenworth for using the mails to defraud. Upon invitation of President Diaz, Secretary of State Root will visit Mexico the later part of the summer. A. E. Stilwell and a party of 90 capitalists who took a trip over the lines of the Orient railroad in Mexico, have returned. Judge Thomas Ryan, of Kansas, assistant secretary of the interior, has had a relapse and is again confined to his home in Washington. B. H. Fulton, of Marysville, has been elected grand commander of the Kansas Knights Templar. Henri Martin, an American painter, has been awarded the medal of honor in the Paris salon. President Castro, of Venezuela, had recovered sufficiently to read his message at the recent opening of congress. Former District Judge L. B. France, pioneer and noted lawyer, is dead in Denver. Miss Julia Magruder, the novelist is dead after a protracted illness. G. Otto Elterich, a business man of New York, and a woman companion were recently drowned in the Thames river near London. Dr. Valle Burgee, the young dentist, who was thought to have been murdered in a cab in Coffeville, Kan., has been discovered in the Twenty-sixth infantry regiment now on its way to the Philippines. Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain delivered the convocation oration at the Chicago university. The degree of doctor of laws was later conferred upon him. Miscellaneous. The cornerstone of the new agricultural hall at Ames, Iowa, was recently laid by Gov. Cummins. The interstate commerce commission has decided that the reconsignment charge of two dollars a car at Kansas City on grain and flour shipments is not excessive, unjust or discriminatory. On June 1 there were 37,741 rural mail routes in operation in the country. Eight thousand tons of ice, the property of the Swift Packing company, were recently destroyed by fire at Omaha, Neb. Blood poisoning caused by the prick of a brass pin recently resulted in the death of Augustus C. Halsey, of St. Louis. The army transport, Sherman, from Manila has arrived at San Francisco bringing the nineteenth infantry from the Philippines. The viceroy of Canton, China has reported to the Pekin government that the disorders at Lienchow and Pakhoi have been suppressed and that all missionaries are safe. Attorneys for H. H. Tucker, head of the Uncle Sam Oil company, who was sent to jail for contempt of court by Federal Judge Hook, have gone to Washington to institute habeas corpus proceedings in the supreme court of the United States. Gov. Hughes, of New York, has vetoed the bill instituting a flat passenger rate of two cents a mile on all the railroads of the state. Secretary of War Taft, in an interview at Milwaukee, Wis., emphatically declared that there is no prospect of war with Japan. Western railroad presidents at a conference held in Chicago, decided to contest the two-cent passenger fare laws in Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and Arkansas. The latest report of Secretary Coburn, of the Kansas state board of agriculture, shows that 21 per cent of the wheat in that state has been plowed up or is worthless and that the conditions of the remaining area is 56.7 per cent or 27.3 per cent less than six weeks ago. In the course of his cross examination in the Haywood trial, Harry Orchard confessed that in addition to killing 18 persons he was also a bigamist. The Missouri attorney general has given an opinion to the state insurance department that the law prohibiting an insurance company, which pays any officer a greater salary than $50,000 a year, from doing business in the state, is valid. It has been definitely decided by the president that he will embark at Keokuk, Ia., on October 2, for his trip down the Mississippi river. The exceptions of the Standard Oil company to the bill of complaint of the United States have been overruled by the federal court at St. Paul. The board of directors of the rivers and harbors congress have decided to hold the annual congress in Washington next December. Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, announces that his state will vigorously fight the suits of the railroads attempting to set aside the new laws reducing freight and passenger rates. Allentown, Pa., is investigating a concerted attempt by incendiaries to destroy the town. After having weathered storms for nearly 75 years, the old oop of war St. Louis was recently sold at Philadelphia as junk for $4,210. The Wabash railroad has been convicted in the federal court at Springfield, Ill., of violating the law regarding safety appliances on freight cars. The railroads of Missouri have decided to comply with the two cent fare law, but will abolish all low rate excusions. The saloon element at Frontenac, Kansas, recently caused the arrest of two preachers on a charge of "boot-legging," and when they were released from jail they were badly beaten by a crowd of saloon sympathizers. The Kansas City Transportation company has purchased two boats to carry freight between St. Louis and that city on the Missouri river. A notable conference on the subject of trust prosecutions was held at the White house recently, participated in by the president, members of the cabinet and several officials from the department of justice. The Harriman-Alton deal was the principal topic of discussion. A cloudiest nearly destroyed the village of Gradville, Ky. Nearly all of the houses were washed away and 21 people are missing. An explosion of powder in a railroad camp at the foot of Lookout mountain in Tennessee, killed three traiumen, injured several others and caused considerable damage to surrounding property. The railroads of Nebraska have served written notice on the state authorities that they intend to attack the constitutionality of the two cent fare law. The Santa Fe railroad, which has been doing business in Missouri without license, has at last compiled with the law. The fee for the license cost the road more than $3,000. The report coming from Mexico that President Cabrear of Guatemala had been assassinated, proves to have been a canard. In the federal court at Leavenworth, Kan. Judge Amidon, of North Dakota, denied the motion of H. H. Tucker for a postponement in the Uncle Sam Oil company receivership case. The Catholic church of the Sacred Heart, one of the finest edifices in Ottawa, Ont., was recently destroyed by fire. The second tornado in four days recently visited Duquoin, Ill., causing heavy damage. A launch from the battleship Minnesota, containing six midshipmen a young officer and 5 members of the crew recently disappeared while going from the Jamescown expoition to the vessel. The supposition is that the launch was run down by a passing steamer and all on board were drowned. 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 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 Wednes- day to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will not be published in the current issue. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to an- other give both the ned and the old. 4th. No new name will be placed on our books unless the money accompa- nies the name. Write plain. 6th. Address all matter for publication to The Wichita Searchlight, 601 N. Main Street, Wichita, Kansas. 6th. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. For the past three or four weeks we have had much difficulty in securing a prompt delivery of The Searchlight. The post office department has promised to give their assistance in seeing that our papers are promptly delivered to subscribers and we ask our subscribers to report to us promptly any delay. 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. OUR NINTH ANNIVERSARY EXERCISE. The Annual Anniversary Exercises of the Searchlight has always been looked forward to as one of the crowning events of each year. For the ninth anniversary the management of the Searchlight is making extensive, and gigantic arrangements and the exercises this year will present many specialties and will by far surpass any previous effort. Time nor money will not be spared to give those who attend out Ninth Anniversary Exercises the most enjoyable, intellectual and rare treat of their lives. This year, as last year, the exercises will be held at Redman hall, 211 West Douglas, and will be held on Thursday night, July 4th. We are now engaging several hundred extra chairs that there may be seating capacity for all and thus do away with the crowded condition of last year. This will be an exercise you will always remember for its grandeur, pomp and splendor, intellectually, musically and every other wise. Tell your friends about it. Editing a Negro paper is a thankless job—some people will cuss you if you do—and some will cuss you if you don't. It tickles us to hear both sides cussing—and after all there is fun in the job if very little money. That helps some. 4TH JULY 4TH Redman Hall Thursday Night 4TH JULY 4TH GIVE US YOUR EAR. We ask our readers that in all fairness to us and the merchants who advertise in the Searchlight to trade with the business men whose place of business is advertised in the columns of the Searchlight. Do this won't you. It costs you nothing more. FLOYDS ENTERTAIN. Mrs. C. E. Floyd and son, Chas. H., gave a reception in Kingman, in honor of Mrs. M. E. Wood and Mrs. W. N. Miller, who were in that city last week. Why don't you pay that little account which you owe the Searchlight? Be manly! You pay for the white man's paper—why not pay for the black man's paper? Are you just really too men to pay—we think not. You have done all right in the past—keep it up and help maintain a good, live, race paper by paying what you owe. Do so today. Mrs. G. M. Smith has returned from Topeka where she spent a week visiting. She reports a splendid time. The ladies of the G. L. A. Club met at the home of Miss Ida Gardon on Tuesday afternoon. After the transaction of business an elegant four-course luncheon was served. The guest of honor wa sMiss Bessie Evans of Ind., and her aunt, Mrs. W. E. Whitted. Mrs. Lizzie Green is quite ill at her home on Wichita Street. Invitations are out for a swell party to be given Monday evening by Mr Joe Whitted in honor of his cousin Miss Bessie eEvnas. NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH. Joseph Wilson, Jr., Pastor. The minister will occupy the pulpit both morning and eveninggg. Theme at 11 a. m., "The First Christian Martyr." At 8 p. m., "Gideons Army." Mr. Frank Jones will address the Young People's Society at 7 p. m., on the subject "Mote-Finders." A CALL .OLORED MEN OF EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ARE CALLED TO MEET IN WICHITA, KANSAS, JULY 4TH, 1907, TO DISCUSS POLITICAL AND OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE WELFARE OF THE NEGRO RACE IN THIS DISTRICT. .ET EVERY COLORED MAN WHO CAN BE ON HAND PROMPTLY. Wichita, Kan., June 1st, 1907. o the Colored Men of the Eighth Congressional District: Dear Brothers: As the population of our congressional district is steadily growing and with the growth of the general population can be seen the constant increase in the colored population it is wise that the colored people of this district should meet and gree on such matters touching our political and other interests which may be conducive to the best welfare of our district in general and of the clored people in particular. A general meeting of the colored men of the Eighth congressional district is hereby called to meet in the city of Wichita, Sedgwick county, on Thursday, July 4th, at 10 a. m., at Young's hall, 601 North Main street. Every colored man residing in the Eighth congressional district is cordially invited to be present. Let us get closer together for our own good. Such matters will be taken up and discussed as those present may deem best. There will be low rates on all railroads running into Wichita and every colored man should take advantage of this and come. Yours for the Race. COMMITTEE OF SEVEN. For further particulars write W. N. Miller, Editor Wichita Searchlight, 601 North Main, Wichita, Kansas. ANOTHER LODGE HALL. Carpenters, plumbers and workmen are busy preparing the third floor at 517 Main street for the Covington lodge hall. A new "dead floor" is being laid, the hall re-wired with electricity, a water closet and wash basin and improved regalia lockers are being put in place and everything getting in readiness for an up-to-date lodge room. In speaking of his hall Al Covington the proprietor, said, "I am putting in a new floor, new electric lights, water closet on the lodge room floor, a wash basin and lockers all the latest. I will have comb and brush and towels—and in fact everything to give comfort, pleasure and convenience to lodges who rent my hall. In fitting my hall, while I am preparing for the convenience of all—yet, I am making special efforts to have every thing comfortable for the lady lodges. The hall will be kept dust proof, neat and clean all the time. If it is comfort, cleanliness and convenience the lodges want they will find it in my hall when it is completed. I expect everything to be in readiness by July 1st and all lodges desiring to engage nights or afternoons should speak for them at once—the books are now open." LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. 4TH JULY 4TH Ninth Year Exercises WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT REDMAN HALL A NEW LOCAL Squire & Marshall have new and secondhand from 320 North Main Main, where they will have all their custom them. As heretofore the line of goods. In The Mrs. J. G. Gaines and daughter, Miss Winnie Ray left Monday morning for Kansas City, where they will attend the session of the Grand Court, Heroines of Jericho, which convened there Tuesday. Miss Ray is the Girard secretary. Mrs. J. W. Thompson has been very fl at her home, 1402 N. Mosley. The W. T. Vernon club met with Mrs. Walker. The meeting was opened with prayer by Mrs. Tasco. Scripture reading by Mrs. Richard Love. An hour was spent in needlework after which a dainty lunch was served. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Chatman, 1459 Wabash avenue. Burton, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton McClellan, who has been so very sick for nearly two weeks is improving slowly. Miss Bessie Evans, of Indianapolis, Ind., arrived in the city Saturday to spend the summer visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Whitted and family. Misses Vesta and Hazel Cook of Atchison, Kan., arrived in the city Tuesday to visit their aunt, Mrs. S. Sneed, proprietress of the Centropolis hotel. TABOR ANNUAL SERMON. The Knights and Dahghters of Tabor of Wichita will hold their annual sermon on the third Saturday in June (June 16th) at New Hope Baptist church. The sermon will be preached by Rev. W. H. Tillman at. 3 p. m. Mrs. L. H. White, who is visiting in Tonganoxie and Paola, is expected home in about ten days. Mrs. White was the guest of Mrs. Libb Allen in Tonganoxie, and Mrs. Henry Fristo in Paola. Mrs. C. J. Evans left Tuesday for Galveston, Texas, where she will spend the summer with relatives and friends. A. A. Fox and Theo. Kennedy left Monday night for Colorado Springs. Colo., where they will remain for a time. They may go to Seattle, Wash., where they will make their future home. Mrs. I. J. Porter and Mrs. J. T. Chineth and their children left Monday night to spend the summer in Colorado Springs, Colo. Patrick Durfrey is very ill at his home, 811 North Wichita street. Joe Owens is suffering from a swelling in his limbs, which has caused him to leave his place of work. MEET AT NOON SUNDAY. All the Knights and Daughters are requested to meet at the hall Sunday, June 16th, at 12 o'clock in full regalia to attend the annual sermon Sunday afternoon. ENDOWMENT RECEIVED. Mt. Hope Tabernacle No. 3 has received the endowment of Dtr. Mary Burbridge to be turned over to her heir as soon as the proper guardian can be appointed, which will probably be an aunt living in Arkansas. Miss Laura Gulliford of Sterling, Kansas, is visiting with her cousins, Misses Leota and Chany Goss. Recent additions to Mt. Hope Tabernacle No. 3 are: Mrs. Pearl Neely, Mrs. Irene Chatman, Mrs. Grant Ewing, Mrs. J. E. Emery and Miss Luna Fauver. Grand Master Thos. Glover returned Saturday from an extended trip visiting the Odd $ ^{b} $Fellow lodges in Kansas. He reports all the lodges in a flourishing and prosperous condition. A NEW LOCATION. Squire & Marshall have moved their new and secondhand furniture store from 320 North Main to 236 North Main, where they will be pleased to have/all their customers call to see them. As heretofore they carry a full line of goods. In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 102 E. Douglas Pone 35' Lieut. W. A. Bettls left Friday for the west where he expects to locate permanently and engage in business. He has not as yet fully decided at what point he will locate and his family will remain in Wichita until such a time. He carries with him the good vill of his host of friends who wish for him unbounded success wherever he locates. Miss Chany Goss has returned home from St. John, Kan., not much improved in health. ST. JHON'S DAY. The Masons of Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21 will celebrate St. John's day with a grand entertainment at Garfield hall, Monday night, June 24th. This will be something swell and the general public is cordially invited to come out. Remember June 24th. Joe Fipe and family have moved to Denver, Colo., and Joe is train porter between Denver, Colo., and Ellsworth, Kan. Gwendolin Brown, the six months old Laby of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brown, is much improved from its recent illness. Miss Mabel A. Taylor is now on a visiting trip back east. Rev. J. F. C. Taylor, pastor of the A. M. E. church, left Monday for Weir City and Leavenworth where he attended District Conference. He reports a splendid trip. Rev. H. I. Jones, of Hutchinson, has been called to the pastorate of the Tabernacle Baptist church. May he have success. Mrs. Frank Childs, Mrs. T. L. Hockley, and Miss Peary Hockley attended the N. U. G. banquet in Newton Tuesday from 2 to 6 p. m. They report a swell time. Mrs. Fred Madison left Wednesday for Topeka where she will visit for thirty days. She stopped over in Newton Wednesday night with her husband. Mrs. Lillian MaCison left Thursday for Topeka where she will visit for a month. Geo. Lude arrived Monday from Quindaro where he has been attending Western University. E. A. Lude and sons, Irwin and Geo. Lude will leave in about sixty days for Los Angeles, Calif., where they will make their future home. 4TH JULY 4TH When coming to Wichita and wanting a good place to stop, go to the Victoria hotel, 343 N. Main. Everything first-class. Mrs. Ada Coulter, proprietor. DON'T FORGET. The Dancing Academy at Redman hall every Tuesday night. Come one, come all and enjoy yourselves. Fun! Fun!! Fun!!! Lee Anderson, of Topeka, is reported to have been seen in Wichita Wednesday on business. GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As SNOW-TRY IT- OTTO WEISS, Agent DEAM ABSTRACT IN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors --- Court House Grocery EVERYTHING CLEAN AND UP-TO-DATE The following are a few of our prices 1 Dozen Clothes pins for ..... 1 cent 8 Bars W. Russian Soap ..... 25 cents 8 Bars Lenox Soap ..... 25cts 3 Bars W. Russian Soap ..... 10 cts. Good Pears, Per Can ..... 10 cts. Large Bottle of Blue ..... 5 cents Nice Prunes ..... 5c per lb. Ginger Snaps ..... 6c per lb. 2 Pkgs Cream of Wheat ..... 25cts 2 Pkgs Grape Nuts ..... 25cts 2 Large Pkgs Elija's Manna ..... 25cts 2 Pkgs Egg O' See ..... 15 2 Packages Crescent Corn Flakes ..... 15 Large Package Gold Dust ..... 20 25 oz. Can, K, C. Baking Powder ..... 18 J. W. Owens, 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. 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. "Vote For Queen O' May." USE Carpenter and Pain All Work Guarantee 1241 Blaine Avenue Some certain of the colored tion borrowing their ne SEARCHLIGHT to read the mstead of subscribing and paying SEARCHLIGHT themselves. long will ye thus continue to off of other folks? HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price 116 East Douglas Avenue Dr. J. E. Farm Physician and Surge —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Mah Sentiment Would Block Progress. When the project of building a railway to the top of the Matterhorn was first announced, a few months ago, there was considerable opposition to it. Zermatt and the district of Visp protested, and the Swiss Alpine club was antagonistic. The "Verein fur Helmatschutz," the aim of which is to protect the Alps against vandalism, refused, on the other hand, to vote against the railway, but left the matter to the judgment of individual members. The Alpine club finally withdrew its objections when attention was called to the fact that it had not withstood the Jungfrau railway (about two-thirds of which is now completed). The originator of the Matterhorn project, the eminent engineer, H. Imfeld, has written for the Alpina an article in which he reviews the objections. The chief ones are that the railway would disfigure the mountain, would desecrate it, and injure the guides at Zermatt. His answer is that, in the first place, the aspect of the mountain will not be changed in the least, as the railway will be subterranean all the way up. The station will not impede the view on top, and will hardly be visible to the naked eye from Zermatt. The charge of desecration was also brought at first against the Jungfrau project, and even against the Rigi railway, nearly 40 years ago; it was soon found to be foolish. As for the guides, they will probably have as much employment as ever. There are now four routes for ascending the Matterhorn, and they will be used as before by those whose main object is the sport of climbing. The railway will be a blessing to the thousands who cannot climb. Wing Shooting. Wing shooting can no more be theoretically taught than can riding, skating, sailing a boat, milking a cow or playing the violin. Practice and perseverance in this, as in all field sports, can alone make perfect, while the most persistent effort, even then, often falls to make a "crack shot." Certain rules, however, must govern the beginner, which, if observed, will materially aid him in becoming an expert. When a novice takes the field for game, says James W. Dixon in Recreation, he is very apt to become frustrated, or "rattled," at critical moment when the bird is flushed, and then he will stare, open-mouthed, and wonder how it happened. This often occurs in the field, and the tyro invariably has some plausible excuse to offer. His "gun was not cocked," he "stubbed his toe just as the bird rose," or some equally weak explanation is made; or else he lays all the blame on his dogs, whose thoughts, could they but express them, it would be interesting to interpret. The best wing-shooters do not close one eye in aiming, nor do they follow the bird in its flights with the muzzle of the gun; but closing one eye is admittedly better than tightly shutting both, as many young would-be sportsmen have been known to do. A Wholesome Philosophy. Absolute honesty and a definite will often produce better results without unusual intellectual gifts or opportunity than the keenest intellect can attain without these moral qualities. It would be an easy thing, says Laura Drake Gill in Delineator, to quote cases of noted men and women in whom 'defects of character have practically nullified the most conspicuous intellectual gifts. A philosophy of life is not what we think about life, but the convictions which govern our actions. It has well been called the "working hypothesis of life." Since well-directed power is the measure of success, it is within the reach of every human being. Play your part well—be it great or small—and despair will disappear, like the morning mist before the sun. Your part is not to expend your nervous force in cynical criticism, but in the high obligation to build on whatever foundation of conviction you may possess. Rev. Frederick T. Gates, at one time pastor of a Baptist church which John D. Rockefeller attended, is now almoner for the Standard Oil magnate, and has reduced that gentleman's charities to a system. Always attired in an up-to-date business suit, of manner brisk and incisive, Mr. Gates is close-mouthed regarding such of his employer's benefactions as do not appear in the newspapers. Again the Osler theory is put to flight by the accomplishment of the Rev. Dr. Abbott, of Shurtleff college, at Upper Alton, who, with 80 years to his credit, outdistanced five athletic young men in a four-mile walk. Centenarians and others, take notice. A scheme is on foot to link up, by means of an automobile service, the capital of the state of Goyaz with Uruguay, the present terminus of the Mogyana railway, in the state of Minas, Brazil. It Happened KANSAS .....in..... Gain a Million a Month. — The total bank deposits in Kansas increased $6,066,458.76 between January 26 and May 6, according to the report made public by John Q. Royce, state bank commissioner. There are 724 banks in the state, an increase of twenty-six since January 26. Depositors Will Not Lose. — Territorial Bank Commissioner H. H. Smock announces that depositors in the Farmers' State Bank at Berlin and the Bank of Hamburg, which failed May 20, will be paid in full through assessment of stockholders. More Business for Caney. — The commercial club of Caney has closed a deal with the Baker Bros., of Indianapolis, for the removal of their glass plant from Arcadia, Ind., to Caney. The factory is a thirty-six blower plant and will employ 200 men. Fell Between Cars and Killed. — Ralph Garfield, son of Conductor H. E. Garfield, of Wellington, was run over and killed at Klowa. His train was dropping some box cars on a sidetrack, and it is thought he lost his balance when the cars struck and was thrown upon the track. He was 22 years of age and unmarried. Had $500,000 Insurance. — Luclus H. Perkins, secretary of the state board of bar examiners and former president of the Kansas Bar Association, who died as the result of a fall from the roof of his $60,000 home, "Upton Court," at Lawrence, carried more than half a million dollars' worth of life insurance, and was one of the heaviest policy holders in Kansas. Crushed to Death in a Car. — Roy and Harold Noel, sons of J. E. Noel, a blacksmith of Tonganoxie, Kan. and John McEnulty, a farmer living near that place, were killed in a Union Pacific freight car at Junction City. The young men were bound for Western Kansas, where they have been going each year to work in the wheat fields as harvest hands and threshers. At Lawrence they boarded a west-bound freight train and got into a large furniture car that was loaded with lumber. In one end of the car there was a couple feet of space between the pile of lumber and the end of the car, and in this space they were sated on the floor, out of sight of the train men. The car in which they were riding received a jolt, which caused the lumber to slide and catch them against the end of the car, where they were crushed to death. Acquitted After 27 Years. — Bud McCracken, sheriff of Barber county, Kan., was tried at Chickasha before United States Judge Dickerson, charged with murdering Adam Ward on July 6, 1880, and was acquitted McCracken and Ward were cowboys serving different owners. A dispute arose over a brand on a cow. Many shots were fired and Ward was finally killed by McCracken. The shooting occurred on the C. B. Johnson ranch, 16 miles from Chickasha. The indictment was returned twelve years ago and A. Cruce, then prosecuting attorney, of Indian Territory, ordered no warrants issued. Last fall when McCracken ran for sheriff the old charge against him was revived and another indictment was found. The testimony given proved self-defense. Wheat Report Discouraging. Secretary Coburn's wheat report today is discouraging. Crop conditions on the 5,305,000 acres which now seem likely to be harvested average for the state 56.7 per cent, or 27.3 per cent less than the condition reported by the same correspondents on April 24, when it summed 84 per cent. Schools Get $40,000 Less. — By a decision rendered by the attorney general upon the request of the state treasurer and the state superintendent the Kansas schools will be deprived annually hereafter of about $40,000 charter fees which now go into the general fund. A law passed in 1901, amending a law passed in 1898, directing that the fees received for charters granted in Kansas should go into the permanent school fund, was repealed by the last legislature by a new act relating to private corporations, which absolutely fails to mention what disposition shall be made of the fees received for the granting of charters under its provisions. It says nothing at all about them. Kansas Brick to Mexico. — The brick plant at Buff City, whose headquarters are at Neodesha, has just received an order for several carloads of buff brick to be shipped to Cananea, Mexico, to build a bank. 1 Two Killed in Wreck. — Fireman Guy Kennedy, of Horton, and head Brakeman Kershaw, of Herlington, were killed, and Engineer Dan P. Smith was badly scalded in a freight wreck five miles south of Horton. The engine of the train No. 1608, one of the largest used on the road, jumped the track and took fifteen cars with it into the ditch. More Convicts Paroled. — Governor Frantz issued paroles to these Oklahoma prisoners in the Kansas penitentiary: George St. Clair, Woodward county, convicted November, 1906, grand larceny, two years; Bert Burns, sentenced from Kay county, five years for burglary second degree; Sabin Tucker, Woods county, sentenced two years for forgery. Old Settler Shoots Self.—John McKnight, an old soldier, of Clay Center, shot himself just above the heart with a revolver. The act was due to despondency caused by illness. He is an old soldier of the southern side and about 65 years old. He was once marshal of Clay Center and known by everybody in the county. The doctors say he can live only a short time. Sanitation For Teachers. — School teachers will be taught the new pure food, drug and sanitation laws. Every county in Kansas will have a normal institute this summer. The board of health has prepared a small pamphlet which summarizes the salient features of the new laws, and these pamphlets will be the text book for the teachers. Especially will an effort be made to instruct teachers how to cope with the sanitary problems in schools. Through the drinking water, the ventilation, the heating and a good many other avenues, disease is carried into school rooms. More than that, the teacher should know what to do in a community in which an epidemic of a contagious disease has started. Campbell's Official Staff. — R. A. Campbell, commander, department of Kansas, G. A. R., makes the following announcements of appointments for his official staff: Assistant adjutant general, J. M. Miller, post No. 1, Topeka; assistant quartermaster-general, H. X. Devoroff, post No. 1, Topeka; judge advocate, O. L. Moore, post No. 63, Abilene; department inspector, Joseph A. Walters, post No. 52, Great Bend; chief mustering officer, A. M. Cray, post No. 424, Herington; patriotic instructor, William Leonard, post No. 25, Wichita; assistant patriotic instructor, J. M. Burt, post No. 81, Parsons; chief of staff, A. M. Fuller, Topeka; chief of recruiting aides, Daniel E. Reid, Hutchinson; chief of aldes-de-camp, J. H. Rickle, Chanute; chief bugler, C. H. Hoyt, Lawrence. Beat Up Reformatory Guard. — John Simpson and Blair Riley saw out of their cells at Hutchinson and attacked Officer Sherman Monroe, night cell guard, and after beating him nearly to death, were frightened away by his cries for help. George Goodman, an inmate and a cell house trusty, went to Monroe's assistance with a broom, but was driven away by Riley with the bar of iron torn from his bed. Officer Monroe was terribly beaten. The bones in the back of each hand were broken, one finger was cut off and there are nine cuts in his scalp. He will recover. Riley was sent up from Sedgwick county for burglary in September, 1905. He had previously served a term in the Iowa reformatory. He is 24 years old. Simpson, sent up from Labette county in 1904 for burglary and larceny, is 21. He had been a trusty until recently. Both were eligible to parole and might have been released next month, but will probably be transferred to the penitentiary. Fatal Runaway Accident—Claude Buchner, of Concordia, a youth of 19 years, met with an accident that will prove fatal, he having sustained a fracture of the skull and vertebra. He was driving a high spirited horse that ran away and pulled it to one side to keep from running down a woman with a child in her arms. The wagon was dashed against a tree and Buchner was thrown out with the result stated. Giving Them a Chance.—An effort will be made to transfer about fifty prisoners from the state penitentiary to the Industrial reformatory at Hutchinson. The prisoners are all less than 25 years old, and most of them were sentenced for minor crimes. Gov. Hoch found there were ninety-five Kansas prisoners and seventy-one Oklahoma prisoners in the Kansas penitentiary less than 23 years old and there are more than 100 Kansas prisoners less than 25 years old. The Kansas law permits a trial judge to send men under 25 either to the reformatory or the penitentiary. Boy Killed by Cars. — Harry Williams, the eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Williams, of Wichita, was run over in the Santa Fe yards by a switch train, losing an arm and one leg. He died in the Wichita Hospital two hours later. Farmer Killed by Cars. — While crossing the track in the rear of a switching freight engine in the Missouri Pacific yards at Ottawa, Allen Hall, a retired farmer and an early settler in the county, was run over and mangled so badly that he died in a short time. A JAP CONSPIRACY Those on the Pacific Coast and a Faction in Japan Scheming to Cause Trouble. TO OVERTNROW MINISTRY Seek to Have Coolies Admitted and May Ask Apology and Indemnity For San Francisco Washington, June 11.—That the Japanese of the Pacific coast, and the progressives, a political party of Japan, have entered into an alliance which has the earmarks of an international conspiracy with the overthrow of the present ministry in Japan and the annulment of the clause in the immigration bill excluding Japanese coolie labor from continental United States as the ultimate objects, was learned authoritatively here Sunday. The preliminary steps in this scheme, it is said, will be to induce the Tokio government to recall Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and to demand an apology and perhaps an indemnity from this government for the alleged acts of violence against Japanese subjects residing in San Francisco. With this end in view, representatives of the faction hostile to the Saonji ministry have been in Washington to consult with the Japanese ambassador and the state department officials regarding the objectionable clause in the immigration bill, the California school question and the recent riots in San Francisco. The report which they have sent to Tokio, it is alleged, will from the basis of a systematic attempt to bring about anti-American demonstrations in Japan and to force Minister Hayashi if possible to demand idemity and an apology on account of the Japanese disturbances in San Francisco. Tokio, June 11.—Viscont Tani, leader of the opposition in the house of peers and hero of the defense of Kumamoto, in the Satsuma rebellion, is reported to have said anent the American question: "The persecution of the Japanese in San Francisco is a most wicked act. Should diplomacy fail to bring about a satisfactory solution, the only way open to us is an appeal to arms. Our mind is firmly made up. It is certain that America will yield for its people are radically commercial in their sentiment." How much Viscount Tani represents public sentiment there is? Accurately estimate at the present time. Hail, Wind and Rain. Skiddy, Kan., June 9.—Four heavy electric, rain, wind and hail storms passed over this vicinity Thursday night from 7 to 10:30 p. m. The hail made it impossible to tell exactly the amount of water fall but one guege showed over three inches. The creeks are all high. Crops were damaged by washing out and hail. Three miles southwest the hail was larged than walnuts and knocked out the window lights, on the west and did more damage to the crops there than here. The ran will benefit pastures. Three Kansas Boys Killed. Three Kansas Boys Killed. Junction City, Kan., June 9. Roy and Harold Noel, sons of J. C. Noel, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, and John McNulty, son of James McNulty, a wealthy farmer of Leavenworth county, Kansas, on their way to work in the western Kansas wheat fields, were killed here Saturday morning. They were riding on a freight car filled with lumber when the train collided with an engine and they were crushed to death under the lumber. No New Trial for Waters-Pierce. Austin, Tex., June 9.-Judge Brooks of the 26th district court Friday heard and overruled the motion of the defense to grant a new trial to the Waters-Pierce Oi company convicted last week of having violated the antitrust laws of the state and a judgment of ouster from the state with payment of heavy penalties rendered against it. Notice of appeal to the civil court of appeals of the third supreme judicial district was given. Editors at Jamestown. Norfolk, Va., June 11.—Editors from all sections of the United States assembled in the Auditorium building at the Jamestown exposition Monday. They are members of the National Editorial association which is holding its annual convention here. The chief feature Monday was the address of President Roosevelt at the afternoon session, followed by a reception. First Tornado in that Section. Ottumwa, Iowa, June 11. The first tornado ever known in southeastern Iowa devastated a path a hundred feet wide and two miles long through a farming section. There were no buildings in the storm's path and no persons were injured, but orchards were torn up and livestock killed. The Week's Business Failures New York, June 9.—Business failures in the United States for the week ended June 6 number 155 against 142 last week and 162 in the like week of 1906. Records show that it has cured more cases of Female Ills than any other one remedy known. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound dissolves and expels Tumors at an early stage of development. Dragging Sensations causing pain, weight, and headache are relieved and permanently cured by its use. 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Minlater's Methods Likely to Attract Large Congregation. A resident of Hudson, Wis., was deploring the resignation of Senator Spooner. "The senate can't afford to lose a mind like that," he said. "I know the man well. He practiced law in this town for 15 years or thereabouts. He won every case he set his hand to. "It was no surprise to us Hudsonites to find that John C. Spooner was the finest legal mind in the senate. When he had a case on, we used to go in droves to hear him plead. "I remember to this day a story that he once told in court in a case where he was showing how, with a good motive, one might still do a lot of harm. "He said that two aged Scotch ministers sat talking one day over their church warden pines. "Last Sawbath,' said the younger of the two old men, 'only three folk cam' to my kirk, and, since it was an awfu' cauld, snawy, stormy mornin', I juist took them over to the manse, read a chapter, gied them a prayer, and then, to ward off the rheumatism, a guild stiff glass of the best whisky.' "The other minister smiled. "'Aweel,' he said, 'ye will hae a fine congregation, my brither, the next stormy day.'" ECZEMA COVERED BABY. Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw—Suffered Untold Misery—Perfect Cure by Cuticura Remedies. "My son, who is now twenty-two years of age, when four months old began to have eczema on his face, spreading quite rapidly until he was nearly covered. The eczema was something terrible, and the doctors said it was the worst case they ever saw. At times his whole body and face were covered, all but his feet. I used many kinds of patent medicines, to no avail. A friend teased me to try Cuticura. At last I decided to try Cuticura when my boy was three years and four months old, having had eczema all that time and suffering untold misery. I began to use all three of the Cuticura Remedies. He was better in two months; in six months he was well. Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont, N. H., Oct. 24, 1905." Memento for President Diaz. With a simple but impressive ceremony President Diaz was presented with the military painting portraying the action of his command in the battle of Puebla against the French forces in the war of the invasion. The painting, which was the work of the artist Francisco de P. Mendoza, a professor in the national school of fine arts and of the military college, was executed at the governors of . Mexican army, and was presented as a personal gift to the chief magistrate. The painting represents Gen. Diaz in action in the glorious battle which won fame for the Mexican forces, and at the moment when the forces under the direct command of Gen. Diaz saved the day. Mexican Herald. Senator Morgan a Model. Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, occasionally writes magazine articles which involve a great deal of research, but he uniformly refuses to accept pay for them. In the course of his career many railroad passes have been offered him, but he never accepted any either for himself or any member of his family. Though over 80 years old, he thinks nothing of working half the night. The senator never haunts the departments looking for jobs for constituents. Of moderate means when he entered the senate, he is now a poor man, having little or nothing but his salary. What He Would Have Done. Wilhelm—Well, old man, I haven't seen you for an age. And how do you find matrimony suits you? Johann (sighing)—It's an expensive joy; if I had only known what I had to pay in milliners' bills— Wilhelm—You would have remained single, eh? Johann—No, I would have married the milliner—Lustige Blatter. LYDIA E. 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This Irishman is something of a hard drinker, and, as his income is limited, he is more particular as regards the quantity than the quality of his liquids. The other day the employer, who had been awaiting a good opportunity, remarked in a kind tone, as the closing sentence of a friendly lecture: "Now, Pat, how long do you think you can keep on drinking this cheap whiskey?" To which Pat instantly replied: "All my life, if it doesn't kill me." Corporations Oust Miners. The Klondike proper—that is, that portion of the Yukon territory in the vicinity of Dawson—as far as the individual miner is concerned, is on a rapid decline owing to the immense area of ground being acquired by dredging companies. One company alone has purchased nearly all the placer ground on the three principal creeks, namely: Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker, and has bonded considerably more on Dominion and other creeks for various reasons. Where formerly hundreds of miners were working for wages or working their own ground, thus creating a demand for provisions, clothing, machinery, hardware, etc., and the transportation from Dawson to the different mining operations, now dredges are either operating or in course of construction.—Consular Reports. Made for Eat Men. One of the narrow arches in the gallery of the chapel at Columbia university is not exactly symmetrical, although the defect is not noticeable to the casual observer, says the New York Globe. The reason for the widening of the arch after its original construction had rise in a somewhat humorous occurrence. One of the early visitors was a remarkably fat man, who found himself wedged into the arch when he tried to squeeze through and was extricated with difficulty. The builders, recognizing the possibility of other fat people being numbered among the future visitors, decided to widen the arch, sacrificing symmetry and harmony to practical need, as the pier was so constructed as to bear no loss of width on one of its sides. Our Queer Sense of Humor. "Americans have a strange sense of humor, don't you know," began the Englishman. "The othah day, for example, I went into a restaurant with a friend and he awksed for sinkahs. I was surprised to see them bring him three biscuit of some sort or othah. Again at anothah time I dined with him at a table d'hote cafe. He said to the waiter, 'Bring us a couple of bottles of pink ink.' What the waiter brought him, don't you know, was two bottles of red wine. "Really, it is very strange, the American sense of humor. You catch onto my meaning?"—N. Y. Press. No. More Worry. "It used to worry me when the barber informed me that my hair was getting a little thin on top." "But you got used to it, eh?" "No. Now it worries me because he doesn't mention it. I must be getting old." AN OLD EDITOR Found $2000 Worth of Food. The editor of a paper out in Okla. said: "Yes, it is true when I got hold of Grape-Nuts food, it was worth more than a $2000 doctor bill to me, for it made me a well man. I have gained 25 pounds in weight, my strength has returned tenfold, my brain power has been given back to me, and that is an absolute essential, for I am an editor and have been for 35 years. "My pen shall always be ready to speak a good word for this powerful nutritive food. I had of course often read the advertisements regarding Grape-Nuts, but never thought to apply the food to my own use, until, in my extremity and sickness the thought came to me that it might fit my case. The statements in regard to the food are absolutely correct, as I have proven in my own case. One very fortunate thing about the food is that while it is the most scientifically made and highly nourishing, concentrated food I have ever known, it has so delicious a taste that it wins and holds friends." "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Head of Uncle Sam Oil Company Declared in Contempt of Federal Court. BECAUSE OF AN AFFIDAVIT It Intimated that Judges Pollock Phillips and McPherson Were in Conspiracy With Standard Oil Company. Leavenworth, Kan., June 7.—Judge W. C. Hook, of the United States circuit court, late Wednesday afternoon sentenced H. H. Tucker, Jr., the indicted secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil company to serve three month in the Leavenworth county jail for contempt of court. The act of contempt being a sensational affidavit filed by Tucker alleging conspiracy between Federal Judges Pollock, McPherson and Phillips and the Standard Oil company to drive the Uncle Sam company out of business. Judge Hook delivered a terrific arraignment of attorney Albert L. Wilson, of Kansas City, Mo., who prepared the affidavit. The judge said the only hope of filling the affidavit was to create a sensation in newspapers and create public sentiment. Judge Hook declared there was no precedent for such an affidavit and the clerk of the court was criticised for placing it on file. The affidavit was stricken from the files by order of Judge Hook. Tucker commenced serving his sentence Wednesday night. The bankruptcy proceedings were continued until a Judge can be found who can sit in the case. Judge Pollock will not preside. The affidavits alleged that Judges Pollock, Phillips and McPherson went on a fishing trip to Tampico Mexico, on January 26, 1906 in the private car of Gardiner Lathrop, head of the legal deputy of the Santa Fe railroad, and strongly intimated that during the trip a conspiracy was entered into between the judges and the Standard Oil company. The claim being made that the Standard and the Santa Fe road were controlled by the same persons. The affidavit further alleged that Judge Pollock had made a statement against Tucker and the Uncle Sam company, out of court. Tucker was on the stand two hours and was subjected to a severe gruelling examination by N. H. Loomis, general attorney for the Union Pacific, who was named by the court to conduct the examination. He attempted to corroborate the charges in the affidavit, but became badly mixed, and admitted the affidavit was prepared on hear-say. Attorneys for the Uncle Sam Oil company, asked the court to dismiss the bankruptty proceedings, stating that Tucker would pay every outstanding debt in five days. Judge Hook refused to dismiss the suit. Tucker will be taken from jail to testify. The present term of court will be continued until a judge can be secured. Judge Hook returned to St. Paul Wednesday night. --- Leavenworth, Kan., June 7. — Ex-Attorney General Monette of Ohio, and Albert L. Wilson, of Kansas City, attorneys for H. H. Tucker, Jr., former secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil Co., who Wednesday was sent to jail here for three months by Circuit Judge Hook, for contempt, stated Thursday that they would leave immediately for Washington to institute habeas corpus proceedings in the United States supreme court to secure Tucker's release. It is said that they may also lay the case before President Roosevelt. Wanted a Wichita Fair Receiver. Leavenworth, Kan., June 9.—The case of the Rock Island Lumber company to have a receiver appointed to take charge of the Wichita & Southwestern Fair association was argued before Judge Pollock in the federal court Friday. Ex-Gov. W. E. Stanley appeared for the Fair association and Samuel Amidon represented the lumber company. Judge Pollock took the application under advisement. Small Tornado in Iowa. Des Molines, June 11.—A dozen families are homeless, several persons are injured and property is damaged to the extent of $25,000 as a result of a tornado which passed through Pleasant Valley, late Sunday afternoon. No loss of life is reported. A Kansan Chosen. Wolfville, N. S., June 9—Rev. Dr. B. Hutching, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lawrence, Kan., and formerly of Topeka, Kan., was elected president of Acadia university to succeed Rev. Dr. Thomas Trotter, resigned. Co-eds Adopted a Baby. Des Moines, Ia., June 9.—Twelve girl students of Drake university have adopted a motherless baby girl and have sworn to care for her until she reaches an age where she will be able to look out for herself. Kansas Boy Drowned in a Well. Emporia, Kan., June 9.—Frederick Lewis, the eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis, of Bush, 15 miles north of here, fell in a well and was drowned Friday. Wants the Red Restored. The Shanghai Times editor says: The jail has been well administered, but is fuller than it should be, due, I fear, to the abolition of the cague and bamboo. The ordinary criminal has no great objection to repeated short visits to the jail, but shrinks from a repetition of corporal punishment. Punishment with the bamboo is in vogue throughout China, and here only has it by special edict been abolished. We deprecate the Chinese authorities making this settlement a field for experiment, and will press for the reintroduction of this salutary method of punishment. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. His Usual Nightly Stunt "I must not listen to you, Mr. Pennaline," protested the blushing girl, with eyes downcast. "You are only trifling and—and, besides, it is getting late." "Please hear me out, Miss Helen," pleaded the infatuated young reporter; "Till cut it down to 250 words."—Roseleaf. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, ill. The problem of life is to make the ideal real and convert the divine at the summit of the mountain into the human at its base—Charles H. Parkhurst. 5 reasons Qua Wheat 5 reasons for eating Quaker Wheat Berries The newest thing in cereal foods Whole grains of wheat puffed and baked 1 Flavor—in it, not sprayed on it 2 Takes less cream, tastes better with 3 All the strength of whole wheat 4 Economy—10¢ for 2 quarts, 1¢ a 5 Wholesome, the more the better for cl 1 Flavor—in it, not sprayed on it 2 Takes less cream, tastes better with less 3 All the strength of whole wheat 4 Economy—10¢ for 2 quarts, 1¢ a dish 5 Wholesome, the more the better for children Large package 10 cents The Quaker Remember, when you bu packages of Quaker Oats assortment of dishes for you Remember, when you buy oatmeal that the family packages of Quaker Oats contain the largest and best assortment of dishes for your table—fine American china The Business Instinct A party of tourists were visiting the ancient landmarks of England, according to a writer in the New Orleans Times-Democrat, and their guide was supplying them with valuable historic facts. "This tower," he remarked, "goes back to William the Conqueror." "Why, what's the matter?" inquired one of his listeners. "Isn't it satisfactory?" How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Curse. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney a business transaction and financially able to in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALKER HALL & CO., Toledo. Whooping Drugglets, Toledo. Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the system. Testimonial sent free. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drugglets. Whole Outfit in Harmony. "You've seen that new dress of mine," said Miss Dowdey, "now that I want to get a hat to match what would you suggest?" "Why not get a slouch?" remarked Miss Knox. The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great importance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. No great excellence in any department of life is achieved without effort and training; attainment comes not by accident—Bremner. You L Because of t You Look Prematurely Old 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVegetable Preparation for As- similating the Food and Regula- ting the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS - CHILDREN Promotes Digestion. Cheerful- ness and Rest. Contains neither Opium. Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SWALLETTER Pumpkin Seed - Alc. Soma + Bachelor Salts - Anise Seed + Poppyment + Hibiscus Salts + Worm Seed - Certified Sugar - Wintergreen Pine. Aperfect Remedy for Constipa- tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverish- ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Hutton NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food or Exact Copy of Wrapper. for eating ker Berries not sprayed on it tastes better with less of whole wheat or 2 quarts, 1¢ a dish more the better for children Dals Company y oatmeal that the family contain the largest and best r table—fine American china Corroborative Evidence. "Are you engaged?" asked the young man, thinking he had noted a lack of welcome. "Yes," replied the girl, "but for this evening only. There's my engagement ring now," she added, as the electric doorbell sounded That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. The Same Species. "Did you ship that load of elephants' ears to the florist on the suburban express?" "No; I thought it would be more in order to send them on the trunk line." It Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot, sweet, callous, and swollen, aching feet. It works by accepting any substitute. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olsted, Roe L, Roy N. A Good Charger. Client—Didn't you make a mistake in going into law instead of the army? Lawyer—Why? Client—By the way you charge, there would be little left of the enemy. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. Many smokers prefer them to 10c cigars. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Most men like to be jolled and are willing to pay for it. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. The worst thing about common sense is that it is so unfashionable. Look Prey rose ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signatnre of and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. BAD BLOOD THE SOURCE OF ALL DISEASE Every part of the body is dependent on the blood for nourishment and strength. When this life stream is flowing through the system in a state of purity and richness we are assured of perfect and uninterrupted health; because pure blood is nature's safe-guard against disease. When, however, the body is fed on weak, impure or polluted blood, the system is deprived of its strength, disease germs collect, and the trouble is manifested in various ways. Pustular eruptions, pimples, rashes and the different skin affections show that the blood is in a feverish and diseased condition as a result of too much acid or the presence of some irritating humor. Sores and Ulcers are the result of morbid, unhealthy matter in the blood, and Rheumatism, Cartarrh, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison, etc., are all deep-seated blood disorders that will continue to grow worse as long as the poison remains. These impurities and poisons find their way into the blood in various ways. Often a sluggish, inactive condition of the system, and torpid state of the avenues of bodily waste, leaves the refuse and waste matters to sour and form uric and other acids, which are taken up by the blood and distributed throughout the circulation. Coming in contact with contagious diseases is another cause for the poisoning of the blood; we also breathe the germs and microbes of Malaria into our lungs, and when these get into the blood in sufficient quantity it becomes a carrier of disease instead of health. Some are so unfortunate as to inherit bad blood, perhaps the dregs of some old constitutional disease of ancestors is handed down to them and they are constantly annoyed and troubled with it. Bad blood is the source of all disease, and until this vital fluid is cleansed and purified the body is sure to suffer in some way. For blood troubles of any character S. S. S. is the best remedy ever discovered. It goes down into the circulation and removes any and all poisons, supplies the healthful properties it needs, and completely slightest trace of the trouble for future outbreaks. The whole volume of blood is renewed and cleansed after a course of S. S. S. It is also nature's greatest tonic, made entirely of roots, herbs and bark, and is absolutely harmless to any part of the system. S. S. S. is for sale at all first class drug stores. Book on the blood and any medical advice free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. S.S.S. Rev. Andrew Murray Honored. At its graduation ceremony in March the University of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, conferred the degree of LL. D. upon Rev. Andrew Murray. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE Discontinued the use of our products because discontinued the use of our products in the public may rely on our advice of imitations. Sold only in baxterst SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. and permanently cures blood diseases of every kind. The action of S. S. S. is so thorough that hereditary taints are removed and weak, diseased blood made strong and healthy so that disease cannot remain. It cures Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofa, Sores and Ulcers, Skin Diseases, Contagious Blood Poison, etc., and does not leave the or future outbreaks. The whole volume of ter a course of S. S. S. It is also nature's roots, herbs and barks, and is absolutely em. S. S. S. is for sale at all first class and any medical advice free to all who write. FARMS THAT GROW "NO. I HARD" WHEAT (Sixty-three Pounds to the bushel). Are site West where Home steads of 160 acres can be obtained free by and able to comply with the Homestead Regulations. During FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE New Wheat Growing Territory HAS BEEN MADE ACCESSIBLE TO MARKETS BY THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION that has been pushed forward so vigorously by the three great railway companies. For location and particular address SUPER INTENDENT AND IMAGINATION, Ontario Canada, or the following authorized Canada Government Agent : J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 12 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Note this paper. READERS of this paper de- sign its columns should imitate thing advertised in its columns should imitate upon having substitutes or imitations, by retaining all substitutes or imitations. DAISY FU KILLE of and desire it leads every the entire season is neat and and essential. Sold by all coars or by mail or HAROLD SCHER 140 KING AVE. BROOKLYN. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water DEFIANCE STARCH easiest to work with and starches clothes nicely. W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 24, 1907. Let us try your next order It excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. Our Cream is Guaranteed Under National and State Pure Food Laws Serial No. 4430 SPECIAL PRICES to Picnics and Socials 154 N. EMPORIA AVE, New Phone 1893 Bell Phone 3 High-Grade Teas, Coffees, Spices, Extracts and Baking Powder Wm. C. Norcross, Owner 134 North Main St., New Phone 2057 Bell Phone 617 Bissant WICHITA KANSAS Our Cream is Under National and Sta Serial No. SPECIAL PRICES to 154 N. EMPO New Phone 1893 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 634 North Wabash Ave., For Full Particulars FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" So STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY HAIR POMADE was formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" and is now a style desired consistent with its length. Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" and is now a style desired consistent with its length. Makes kinky or curly hair straight, as shown above. It makes most stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly hair soft, and prevents dandruff, relieves itching, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair from failing, nourishes the roots, gives it new life and goes. Being elegant and polished, it makes gentlemen and children. Ford's Hair Pomade is since about 1888, and label "OZONIZED OX MARROW" was registered in the United States. Located in New York. Ford's hair pomade is used in 50 cts. and is made only in Chicago and by us. The genuine has the highest quality and most durability. Refuse all others. Full directions with drugstores and dealers. If your hair is dealer can not supply you, he can get it by or send us 50 cts. for one bottle postpaid, or $1.40 for three bottles or $2.50 for six bottles and express money order, and send postal or express money order, and write your name and address plainly to The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Post 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. 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. Mahe Kansas Tea and DEALE High-Grade Teas, Coffees, Spices, Wm. C. Norcro 134 North Main St., New 15 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. Watch for the Searchlight collector. Be prepared to pay who you owe us Office, 601 N. Main St. No Hard Times Not when the agricu- culture 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. HOTEL PHONE 496 J.H.TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 333 70 347 WEST DOUGLAS Centropolis First-Class In Everyway Clean Beds, Wholesome Meals, Cigars, Ice Cream and Cake at all times..... Terms Reasonable Mrs. S. Sneed, Prop. L.S. NAFTGER, W.R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier Fourth National Bank United States Depository Directors—W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L Holmes, S. B. Amidon, B. F. Me Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftagor, E H. Middlekauff, O. Z. Smith. A General Banking Business Transacted CHITA NSAS Coffee House, MERS IN Extracts and Baking Powder Cross, Owner New Phone 2057 Bell Phone 617 4TH JULY 4TH Ninth Year Exercises WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT REDMAN HALL Gorgeous Annual Treat 4TH JULY 4TH QUEEN MOTHERS TAKE NOTICE. To the Queen Mothers of the Kansas- Nebraska Jurisdiction. Dear Daughters:—As our present Taborian year is fast drawing to a close please send in your quarterly re- ports on time, the 1st of June, as I desire to make up my yearly report preparatory for the Grand Session. Trusting your prompt compliance, I remain, yours in the work. MISS JENNIE ALEXANDER. Grand Queen Mother, Lawrence, Kansas. HER ANNUAL VISITS. District Most Noble Governness, Mrs. Cora Yeager will make her annual visits to the Household Ruths of Kansas in the following order of dates and places. Independence, Kan., June 15th. Coffeyville, Kan., June 17th. Chetopa, Kan., June 18th. Pittsburg and Yale, Kan., June 19th. Weir City, Kan., June 20th. Parsons, Kan., June 21st. Fort Scott, Kan., June 22nd. Iola, Kan., June 24th. Kansas City, Kan., June 25th. Atchison, Kan., June 26th. Respectfully yours, CORA YEAGER, Lawrence, Kan. NEWS OF GREAT BEND. Rev. Rainey preached two noble sermons Sunday. The A. M. E. Sunday school observed Childrens day. A well prepared program was rendered under the direction of Miss Ollie Michshaux, the superintendent. A neat little sum was realized. Mrs. Smith McCone, of Newton, is visiting relatives and friends in our city. Rev. Rainey, Mesdames Johnson and Wells have returned from their trip to Wellington. All reported a fine session. Queen Esther's circle is preparing a program for their Rally Day, the fifth Sunday in June. The district president, Mrs. H. T. Frazier, will be present. Mr. Looming, of Hutchinson, has moved to Great Bend. Messrs. Johnnie Sellers and Eddie Rucker have returned from Western University: Will Sellers came in from Oklahoma. Miss Nida Baugh is home from college. Mrs. Jack Johnson and daughter, Miss Nettie, left for the Lincoln Institute commencement. The Searchlight is now prepared to do your job work in better and more up-to-date style than ever before. Give your race people a chance. HUTCHINSON ITEMS. Rev. H. I. Jones, of this city, as we are informed, has been called to the pastorate of the Tabernacle Baptist church in Wichita. If such be true we have only to say that Hutchinson's loss is Wichita's gain. Rev. Jones is worthy of the kindest consideration of any Baptist church. He is a scholar, a gentleman, and a converted Baptist preacher. He is uncompromising when once convinced that he is right. His motto is "to please God rather than man." His resignation is always ready to hand to the church he pastors who don't want to obey the gospel. Miss Ethel Webb, of Eldon, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rev. H. I. Jones, for the summer. Rev. J. H. Raimey of Great Bend, passed through the city last Saturday enroute home. We are always glad to meet the Reverend. Rev. C. O. Smith has now the seal of his office as notary public and is doing notary business in connection with his realty. Miss Ona Parkerson, a very brilliant young lady, raised in Hutchinson, is now typewriter and abstractor for the Kansas Realty Co., and any one desiring work done in her line would do well to call on or write her at her office, 25 Sherman Avenue East. The following young men of our city have placed their names upon the property-owners' list: W. C. Madison, Jasper Williams, Harry and Plummer, and Shirley, Lucas and H. Purkerson. NORTH TOPEKA ITEMS. The Twelve Star Club No. 1 met with Mrs. Ida Jordan 903 Western Ave, Monday evening, June 10th. Song and prayer by J. L. Woodson. President announced the club opened for business. After routine of business quite an encouraging lecture was given by the president, Ida M. Jordan in the interest of the church welfare. With 18 members present. Next meeting will be at Mrs. R. J. Williams on North Madison on June 17th. MESSER FAMOUS AND CERT ICE CR WHOLESALE A For Parties, Picnics, Soc Orders delivered to any BON-TON & BAKERY E. B. MESSERV 146 North Main St. Why Don't You Call and See? Iron Beds $1.75 Cotton Top Mattress $1.95 Springs $1.50 Dining Table $4.50 Nolley's Grand Rapids GREAT VA Of Straw Hats, Two-Piece GREAT VARIETY Of Straw Hats, Shirts and Two-Piece Suits Two-piece suit Straw Hats from Great Reduction in Shirts this 48c. Call and inspect our st Two-piece suits $6.75 up. Straw Hats from 25c up. Great Reduction in Shirts this week. 75c. Shirts for 48c. Call and inspect our stock of summer goods. "The Swell Dresser's Chas: Youngheim, Prop., "The Swell Dresser's Headquarters " Chas: Youngheim, Prop., 114 N. Main MRS. IDA M. JORDAN, President. MRS. R. J. WILLIAMS, Secretary. ABE ODOM, Treasurer. At Rest. Rev. S. M. Drain was laid to rest by the First Sons and Daughters of Jacobs No. 1, last Sunday, June 9th. He was a faithful and devoted Christian a member of Bst Missionary Baptist Church. Had been a devoted christian for forty-five years and a minister of the gospel. He died on June 6, at his home, 800 N. Clay street. Leaves two sisters, one brother and a host of relative sand friends to mourn his death. Throngs of people were out to witness his funeral. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93, is progressing fine and all the daughters are in a healthy condition. IDA M. JORDAN, H. P. St. Luke Temple No. 5 is progressing nicely. Pride of Topeka Tent is doing exceedingly well. ARKANSAS CITY. Sunday was quarterly meeting at the Methodist church. Elder Brooks preached two excellent sermons, afternoon and evening. G. A. Jackson left Saturday night for Pueblo, Colorado, where he expects to spend the summer. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches. Orders delivered to any part of the city. Our assortment of seasonable and up-to-date Summer wear for Men and Boys cannot be excelled. We have selected the Season's Best and at such prices that places them within the reach of all..... THE HUB At Rest. Furniture You buy for less than any other place in the city AND GET BETTER TREATMENT Kitchen Safe $7.50 Good Oak Desk $7.98 Kitchen Cabinet $5.75 6 Diners $4.50 Furniture VARIETY s, Shirts and ce Suits uits $6.75 up. from 25c up. this week. 75c. Shirts for r stock of summer goods. Mr's Headquarters" 114 N. Main Mrs. P. F. Alston left Monday morning for Enid, where she will spend a few weeks visiting her husband. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Red Preston, a daughter. George Smethers, who resides west of the city, is very sick. Mrs. Patterson and daughter, Miss Gladys, were in the city Sunday on their way home to Florence from Marion. James Hall and son were on the market Friday with ogs. Mrs. James Hall entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Powell and Mrs Geo. Dell with an elegant two-course supper Saturday evening. Ira Patterson of Florence is in the city. Willie Hall was on the sick list last week. Several Peabodians spent a day of outing at Potter's Creek eight miles east of town Tuesday. They carried wit hitem a sumptuous dinner and refreshing drinks. They returned home late in the evening, reporting a most delightful time. Mrs. Mall, Seattle Bush, Mabel Hall and Willie Hall fished and ah they failed to catch many fish lead a number PEABODY, KANSAS.... PAGE 3 BUY Corner Of 3rd & Main Banner Mills CUSTOM GRINDING A Specialty ALL KINDE OF COAL & FEED BORNEBOR BROAD, PROPS. 822 N. Main St. Phone 666 PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 289 Pnph W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Epua They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 303 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita — — — Kansas 4TH JULY 4TH Ninth Year Exercises WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT REDMAN HALL 4TH JULY 4TH of crawfish and turtles to the bank with their poles. Mrs. W. G. Pinkard and son Herman sas City, are expected to arrive in the city soon to visit relatives friends. W. T. Vernon Club met at Mrs. Chatman's 1459, 14th and Wabash. Club was called to order, roll called and the club was dismissed. A dainty two-course luncheon was served. Club meets with Mrs. Hockett, 1904 North Washington. The following are recent addition to Wichita, Tabernacle No. 34: Mrs. Sam C. Collins, Mrs. Willis Bartlett, Mrs. Hickerson, Mrs. Dora, Bright, Miss. Carrie, Bright, Mrs. Able. The ninth anniversary exercises of the Searchlight will be held at Redman hall, Thursday night 4th July 4th. It, will eclipse all others. Wait for it. Johnstons Restaurant, 339 N. Main, is the place to get good meals. Ice cream and soda, water always on hand. Call at the Searchlight office and have your job work done. Prices to suit all. All our work is fully guar- anteed. 'Phone 2046. "THE PLAY'S THE THING" "The public," John Kennedy, of the Independent Theatrical Company, Limited, announced pompously to the newspaper men, "is growing tired of poor shows by people who have nothing but a reputation—gotten almost any old way. What they want is a good show, a good play with good actors, and the name of the actor or actress doesn't have the value of a last year's door-check." It was in following out this plan, therefore, that Kennedy picked out Marshall Madden as his leading man for "The Cottage and the Studio," a simple little tale of struggle and heartache, of strength and the performance of hard duty. let you see. But you? It was his cue "The Cottage and she had unknown the stress of his notice it. Unce he took it up. "It is real! He sweetheart?" he the hand he held you see, feel, he for you, how gre sweetheart, I love you not marry his arms were drew her gently "If I could but "But say, I don't know a thing about this artistic atmosphere of Paris, and all that, you know." Madden objected when his selection was announced to him. His strong point was "atmosphere" and "local color," and he had been playing for years in dramas of the west. "I have been fooling with guns and spurs so long," he continued, "that I am pretty near a real cow-puncher. Hot art student, I'll make." "That's all right," Kennedy said, soothingly. "You'll make good, all right. As to the atmosphere, I'm going to have you run over to Paris and acquire it. You'll start at once, and when you get there, you fix up a studio and join some class—just live the thing, you know." "All right," Madden agreed. "How about the leading lady? She is supposed to be an art student also, you know." "Haven't decided on one just yet, though I have one in mind," Kennedy replied. The result of all of which was that some four weeks later Marshall Madden was established, humbly, as befitted his purse and the part he was to play in the next winter's production, as a full-fledged art student in Paris, under the name of Weldon Hampton. It was just a month after his arrival in Paris that Madden met Elsie Proctor at a little students' gathering, and from that instant the days to Madden were golden. In the frank, easy air of the studios they soon became far more intimate in a short time than, would have been the case under any other circumstances, but at all times there was about the girl a certain shy reserve that checked too rapid an advance. To Madden she appeared as the one girl of his life, and she was evidently not indifferent to the big, handsome chap, though she could not resist the temptation to tease. That was one of her most charming crafts, although at times it drove him to the brink of despair. "Why won't you be direct with me, girl?" he pleaded. "You must see how much I care—don't play with me," but the girl would only smile inscrutably. "You are very large for a plaything, are you not?" she would say, laughingly, and he would go away raging inwardly, and occasionally boiling over, to the hurt of his studio furniture. By and by she grew more gentle, and confided to him some of the details of her life—how, as a child in her poor, cramped and bare New England home she had longed for some of the beautiful things of life: how in that hard soil her artistic talent had struggled toward blossom, and how at last she had succeeded in obtaining a position in New York which enabled her by the closest economy to finally come to Paris and take the course for which she had longed. It would have to be short, however, she told him: she would have to go home early in the coming fall, to again secure her position. A widowed mother and two smaller children required her support. "Why, that might have been Jessie's story!" he exclaimed aloud. "Then she has my sympathy, though I do not know her," Elsie said. "Who is she?" He flushed a little, thinking how near he had come to giving away his secret. "Oh, just a character in a play," he said. "And 'the play's the thing,' isn't it?" she murmured, her eyes fixed upon a distant point. Madden was startled. Had she penetrated his make-believe? Almost at once, however, she changed the subject, and he gradually grew reassured. As the time for his return to New York drew nearer, Madden pressed his suit with more and more ardour, only to be kept gently at a safe distance. At last the night before the day on which he was to leave arrived. He had called to see her, and found her with suspiciously bright eyes. Her handkorchief was crumpled into a little damp ball in her hand, and her slender form drooped wearily. Madden seated himself upon the couch beside her, and took her hands in his. "I am going to-morrow, dear," he whispered. "Will you not say you care a little for me—that you might, some day" "I—I do care, Weldon," the girl said, slowly: "care more than I have 2E4 let you see. But you—is it real to you?" It was his cue in the last act of "The Cottage and the Studio" that she had unknowingly spoken, but in the stress of his emotion he did not notice it. Unconsciously, however, he took it up. "Is it real? How can you ask that, sweetheart?" he cried, and pressed the hand he held to his lips. "Can't you see, feel, how great is my love for you, how great my need? Oh, sweetheart, I love you, love you! Will you not marry me, darling?" His arms were about her, and he drew her gently toward him. "If I could but know—only know—" she whispered, and they were the lines that "Jessie" should speak. "Prome me as you will, my darling," he urged, and tried to draw her closer, but the girl wrenched herself free and sorang to her feet. There is no need to prove you further; you are a good actor," she said, bitterly. For a moment he gazed at her uncomprehendingly, then the truth burst upon him that he had been going through the scene, word for word, of the parting in "The Cottage and the Studio." "But, how—how did you—" he began, bewildered, but the girl walked to the other end of the room. "Please go away," she said, coldly, and he rose unsteadily to his feet. "I hope your rehersal has been of benefit," she added, mockingly, as, with downcast eyes he stumbled from her presence. What could it mean? He asked himself the question a thousand times, and arrived at no answer. Only one thing stood out clearly, and that was that he had lost her, the only girl he had ever loved—that she regarded him as one who would take advantage of a pretended love to use a girl as a lay-figure on which to hang the tinsel rags of the stage. Upon his arrival in New York he found a call for a meeting of the new company, to take place in a week. He threw the sheet from him with a groan. "I can't do it!" he cried, but the instinct of the actor was strong in Madden, and promptly, at the hour named in the call he entered the theater. Kennedy, coastless, hot, and beaming, seized upon him. "Hello, old man!" he exclaimed, joyously. "Come on and meet the bunch. Say, I've got the greatest ever, and no paper-house in that, either. If we don't make 'em sit up—come on—here's our leading lady." Madden turned, and looked into the eyes of Elsie Proctor. "Miss Bates, this is Mr. Marshall Madden—excuse me, please!" he said, and rushed away. The girl held out her hand, and smiled. "How are you, Mr. Hampton," she said, and laughed an uncertain little laugh. "You—you knew all the time?" he gasped. "Kennedy sent you to Paris, too—why, Oh, why didn't you tell me, girl?" She could not but see the pain in his eyes, and her own softened. "It—did it matter, much?" she asked. "No, not to you. But to me—it has taken all the gladness out of life for me. Of course I will resign my part in this company—I know what your feelings must be at the bare sight of me, but I despise myself much more than you can possibly," he said, slowly, and turned away. She came nearer to him, and laid a hand gently upon his arm. "Please don't," she said, softly. "You—you want me to stay?" he stammered, while a light of joy flamed in his eyes. "Yes," she answered, so softly that he could hardly catch the words. "I think we could act that parting so well on the stage, dearest." And inasmuch as they happened to be standing behind an opportune piece of scenery, and the other members of the company were gathered about Kennedy at the other side of the stage, no one saw what happened then except the old janitor, and he will never tell. To Make Study of Indians. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Harvard is making arrangements to send a party this summer to study the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho. The effort will be to learn something of the language and customs of the tribe, about which little is known, as they are a secretive people. H. J. Spinden, an instructor in the department of anthropology, will be in charge of the work, and will have as his assistant R. R. Helman, a student in the medical school. They will leave Cambridge immediately after the close of the college year, and will spend about six weeks in the work, after which Mr. Spinden will go to Washington. Raphael H. Theodore, of Worcester, Ransford D. Buckman, of Worcester, Mass., recently appolated naval adviser to the sultan of Turkey, is now in command of the fleet which guards the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, with the rank of admiral. His first experience as a sailor was gained on the great lakes, where he was a cabin boy. Now, at 40, he is an admiral. FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR NEW IDEAS ABOUND MANY NOVELTIES SEEN IN THE SEASON'S MODES. One-Piece Frock in Black and White Striped Silk as an Example— Changeable Effects Shown in Pongees. Even though the season is well advanced there is a multitude of ideas to be found in the modes as they are studied from day to day. Nothing is more fashionable than the princess or one-piece frock; one sees many novelties along this line. A delicious model in black and white striped silk is a worthy example of this style. It is simply arranged on the bodice with a fichu of white chiffon, having a vest of fine white lace and short pretty sleeves, while on the hem of the skirt is a Greek key carried out in a plait of the striped silk. Owing to the reentry of the small waist, tight-fitting princess, gowns, calculated to set, off to advantage all the curves of the figure in the region of the waist, are Cosy That Will Keep Contents from Chilling During Wait. A cosy of a comfortable size roomy enough to hold a fairly large hot water can may be seen in the accompanying illustration, and will prove a Hot WATER real boon when hot water has to be left unused for any length of time as, for instance, outside a bedroom door early in the morning. Such a cosy as the one shown in our picture does not need any lining, but would be warmer with one. It is made in blanketing, the thicker the better, with the two sides simply stitched together. The inscription "hot water" should be carried out in scarlet or navy-blue cloth, cut out like an applique trimming, and then sewn on to the blanketing with a buttonhole stitch, which CURE FOR RED ARMS. Poor Circulation Has Much to Do With This Defect. Poor circulation is responsible for more beauty defects than anything else. Particularly is it to blame for red arms. Of course, one's arms may be reddened by untimely exposure to the weather, but if the circulation be good the first warm week or two will work a cure. It's the redness that comes from sluggish blood movement that's hardest to remedy. A beauty doctor says the best way to improve the general circulation is to keep the extremities warm, take abundant exercise, eat only nourishing food and avoid tight as well as damp garments. In that he is at one with the family physician. A capital cure for redness of the arms is to work up a creamy lather of first-class soap and massage the members night and morning. The lather, of course, should be removed with warm water and the arms dried thoroughly. Next take half a lime and rub the skin with it vigorously until all the juice is out. The beauty doctor asserts that this is a sure cure in most instances. An alternative method which can be recommended is that of applying a paste of oatmeal and water. The finest Scotch meal should be used, a handful being stirred with a wooden stick, a teaspoonful of borax* and a little ammonia added, and the whole well mixed. This should be allowed to cool, then applied to the arms with a complexion brush, and the paste allowed to dry on. It should then be wiped off with a damp sponge and the arms dried with a soft towel. Foundation Skirts It is still preferred by many that the foundation skirt shall be of the same color as the frock, but of a shade perhaps two or three darker than it, but, on the other hand, the contrasting foundations are wonderfully effective. A soft gray chiffon voile formed one of the pretty acquisitions to a recently arrived trousseau. It was embroidered all around the bottom of the full plain skirt in a scattered flower design that employed several shades and tints, ranging from cloudy blue to soft rose pink, and it was worn over a foundation of old rose taffeta, which somehow had the effect of melting the colors into one another in a ravishing manner. ONS FOR FAIR features of reception frocks for both afternoon and evening wear. The striped silks which fulfill so many fashionable demands do their share of service in the field of dressy as well as of practical toilettes, looking quite as charming swathed in fur-belows and frills as with simple trimmings of self-stitchings or applications of fancy silk braids. Among the new ponges the changeable effects are strikingly beautiful. The surface of the goods is highly mercerized and the interwoven tints worked in so skilfully that they seem almost like vellings of chiffon. One of the ponges in apple green, mixed with golden brown, is made with a fascinating little coat cut low and square in the neck and delicately embroidered on the fronts and back with fine gold braid, with green and brown silk. The sleeves are finished very smartly at the elbows with bands of pale green moire, and above the neck of the coat peeps a band of similar moire that finishes, apparently, beneath the coat fronts and then reappears, as if threaded through them, the mitered ends having fringe of green and brown. The skirt is plain about the hips and finished at the bottom with folds of brown. will save the cloth from raveling out at the edges. Line the cosy with another layer of blanketing, turn in the outer edge and lining all round and slip-stitch together, then trim with cord to match the lettering; sew it on over the joining of two slides, and arrange in three loops and two fringed ends at the top. POLKA DOTS TO RIVAL CHECKS. One of the Characteristic Decorations of the Summer. Polka dots are rivaling stripes and checks as the characteristic decoration of the summer. They are to be seen on every sort of material and on all sorts of accessories to the toilet. There are among the new materials a great variety of polka dot chiffon in all the colors, the design being formed of all sizes of polka dot. Some of the chiffons are white with colored polka dots and some are in the pale tints with darker polka dots. There are also many patterns showing dark grounds with lighter dots, and nothing is more fashionable than the black grounds with white polka dots, unless it be the white grounds with black polka dots. In fact, in the polka dot effects, as in the checks and stripes, the black and white combination seems to be the most satisfactory. Most of the chiffons which have a colored design on a white ground have a plain band of color around the foot, the gown being made of bordered chiffon, which is used for this purpose. — Little girl's frock of navy blue alpaca. Both blouse and skirt are plaited and trimmed with edges of white alpaca strapped with the blue. The blouse is trimmed around the neck with flet lace, which also forms the cuffs. The gimp and under cuffs are of the white alpaca, trimmed with bands of the blue. The belt is if white patent leather. Shirt Waist Hint In making a simple shirt waist, with a kimono sleeve attached, try making the silk underneath take the place of a lining. The silk of a waist that is buttoned behind, for instance, is made as usual, unfitted except on the shoulders, and the usual sleeve put in. The kimono sleeve is then set around on the silk, attaching it under the arm and using the waist itself for its foundation. This is easier and simpler than cutting the goods out under here and using a separate lining, or half lining to attach the sleeve to. The strip which forms the kimono sleeve should be held in narrower the bottom to ease the arm. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. Miss Jennie Alexander, G. Q. M. 918 Penn, St., Lawrence, Kansas Number. 1 Mrs. S. Williams, 1309 N 10th St., Kansas City, Kansas. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 South Chestnut St. Iola, Kan. 3. Mrs. Carrie Douglass, 1722 Sixth avenue, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 4 Mrs. Laura Williams, 625 4th St., Cherryvale, Kansas. 5. Mrs. Mary Burdett, 819 N. 1st. street, Atchison, Kansas. 6. Mrs. Addle Glaspe, 128 Mulberry street, Ottowa, Kansas. 8 Mrs. Nancy Fax, 505 N. Santa Fe St., Foffeyville, Kansas. 9. Mrs. Sarah H. Harrison, 1321 Van Buren, st., Topeka, Kansas. 10. Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas. 11. Mrs. Paulina Woodfork, 823 Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 12. Mrs. C. March, 515 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 14. Mrs. May R. Freeman, 105 S. Locust St., Pittsburg, Kansas. 15. Mrs. S. S. Furlough, box 405, Weir City, Kansas. 16. Mrs. Hattie Collins, 1001 S. Forest, avenue, Parsons, Kansas. 17. Mrs. A. Masle, 615 Barbee, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20. Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kansas. 28 Mrs. Della Dorsey, 716 S. 15th St. Parsons, Kansas. 29 Mrs. Percilia Lee, 720 Cheyenne St., Leavenworth, Kansas. 23. Mrs. Adda Birthright, 114 West Broadway. Butte, Montana. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 104 South 2nd street, Aichison, Kansas. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 42 Mrs. Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Lawrence, Kansas. 63 Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1147 Ann ave, Kansas City, Kansas. 77 Mrs. A. Pickenc, 259 E. 15th, Topeka, Kan. 85 Mrs. Francis Hardeman, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 310 North 12th St., Omaha, Nebraska. 92. Mrs. Alice Grant, 401 South 8th street, Lincoln, Nebraska. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave. N, Topeka, Kan. TEMPLES. Num 1 William M. Watkins, box 2062, Weir City, Kansas. 4 Andrew Herrood, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb. 6 M. E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Everett, Kansas City, Kan. 8. Rev. M. Wooten, 416 W. Third st. Ft. Scott, Kansas. 10 Frank Smith, 420 3rd Ave., Leavenworth, Kansas. 13 Lee Holiday, 728 S. 20th St. Par- 15. B. W. Garvice, North 1st street, Salina, Kansas. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St. S. Omaha, Nep. 17. Rev. Allen Garner, 704 B. 12th st. 18 James Thomas, 218 W 1st, South St, Salt Lake City, Utah. 19. C. Paris, 948 Penn. street, Law- rence, Kansas. 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 3rd St, Kansas City, Kan. 59 S. W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanas Topeka, Kan. 60 James Scott, 1404 Van Buren Topeka, Kan. 71 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th St. Lincoln, Neb. 836 Allert Graves, 90 Charles St. Deadwood, South Dakota. QUEEN MOTHERS OF TENTS IN KANSAS. KANSAS. Miss Jannie Alexander, G. Q. M., 948 Penn., Lawrence, Kansas. Lillie Hardin, 006 South Fifth avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Hester Cornish, 911 Western avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Jennie Sellers, 1438 N. Eighteenth street, Omaha, Neb. Eliza Robinson, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Mollie Spencer, 502 V street, Atchison, Kansas. Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Mary Bison, 325 Miss., Lawrence Kansas. Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, K sas City, Kansas. A. O. Murrell, 451 S. Fourth street Salina, Kansas. Mary Hopkins, 903 West B. North Topeka, Kansas. H. H. Adkins, Weir City, Kansas. Lettie Hill, 429 N. Wichita street Wichita, Kansas. Amy Lane, 1422 E. Appleton street City, Kansas. Laura Smith, 308 E. Eleventh, Col feyville, Kansas. enworth, Kansas. Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Col Ella McKinnie, 217 Sherman, Lea The Storrs agricultural experiment station of Connecticut gives in bulletin 43 the following conclusions on pig feeding rations: The pig among farm animals is noted for his great capacity for assimilation. But with the animal the economy of gain is greatly affected by the character of the ration. One lot of three pigs required 2.729 pounds of skim milk containing 230 digestible nutrients for 100 pounds of gain. Eight lots, of 28 pigs required 1.086 pounds of skim milk and 253 of shorts, containing 258 pounds of digestible nutrients, for 100 pounds of gain. And one lot of three pigs required 445 pounds of shorts containing 294 pounds of digestible nutrients for 100 pounds of gain. Milk is an easily digestible food. When fed alone in the above trials, 100 pounds of gain were made from the least amount (230 pounds) of digestible nutrients. When shorts were substituted for a portion of skim milk, more nutrients (258 pounds) were required for 100 pounds gain in weight. When shorts were fed alone the most nutrients (294 pounds) were required for the same gain. The reader should bear in mind that the financial problem is not here considered. It is admitted that while skim milk is easily digested, it is too bulky in character. The capacity of the pig to digest and assimilate is greater than its capacity to consume this watery fluid. At ordinary market prices, a pound of digestible nutrients would cost twice as much in skim milk as in shorts. Experience shows that from a financial standpoint, the most economical gains are made when skim milk and grain are fed in the proportion of three-fourths to one. But the trials show, from a physiological standpoint, that less nutrients are required for a given gain when the ration consists of easily digested foods. The conclusion seems warranted that the food requirements for maintenance and for production (milk or growth) depends not only upon the composition and digestibility of a ration but also upon the facility with which it is digested and assimilated. BOX FOR RINGING HOGS Device Which Will Hold Them Securely Down During Operation. Herewith I submit a sketch of a hog ringing box which I have found to be very successful, writes a correspondent of Prairie Farmer. ACA represents 10 F 20 K C E A D C81 The Box Complete. the end of the box, four feet long, 28 inches wide and 36 inches high with the boards nailed on the inside. Two by-fours make the frame, being bolted together, EE are pieces 1x8 bolted to B, which has several holes so that EE can be changed to suit the size of the hog when necessary. F is a rod 18 inches long and attached by a bolt to the upper end of D and E.G. is a rod bolted to each side of the lower end of D and the upper portion of E. H is a piece of iron eight inches long, made to work in the notches at I which are protected by properly made iron attached to the right end of CC and K are two pieces with a space between for EE to work in as illustrated in the cut. L is a brace to hold the upper works firm to the box. The cut shows the box ready for the hog to enter from the rear and be held by EE. As soon as the rings have been inserted the clamp may be released and the hog allowed to go. The operator is then ready for the next one. This box should have guide fences at the rear, so the hogs can be driven in with as little exertment as possible. Don't Crowd the Sheep Those who keep sheep, and especially beginners, should be careful not to house them too closely. The chief protection that the mature sheep wants is from winds and falling storms. Give them such protection and a dry bed and from choice they will usually prefer to lie in the yard, unless they have been accustomed to lie within by shutting them in at night.