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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER What Shall The Negro Do To Be Saved? Bishop Walters Discusses Several Phases of the Question. NINETH YEAR. What Shall T Negro Do Bishop Walters Phases of th If the Negroes are to be saved, they must fight disfranchisement to the bitter end. We must ever plead for our constitutional rights on the ground that the right of suffrage, which is the basis of the individual sovereignty of the whole body politic is not indeed a natural or a inherited but a conferred right, the outcome of authoritative law,—but when it has been conferred by the Federal government, it becomes what is, or should be, the inviolable right of every citizen of whatever color, race or rank in social life, and therefore it is not a privilege to be conferred or withheld by the State. The powers of the Federal government were not conferred by a single state, but by all the states, therefore the General government through congress can enforce the provisions of the constitution. Since the Federal Government has the power to protect its citizens and refuse to do so because of their color or race it is guilty of gross neglect of duty, and methods should be adopted to create sufficient public sentiment to enforce the General Government to action. Again, there are other reasons why the Negro should be allowed to retain the Franchise: First. The Negro believes he should be allowed to retain the franchise, because the nation in good faith has guaranteed it to him by the passage of the Fifteenth Aemndment, which reads as follows: The right of citizens to the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Section II. The Congress shall have power to force this article by appropriate legislation. 2nd. The Negro believes he should be allowed to retain the franchise in all parts of this land, because of the military service he has rendered the nation, side by side with his white brother, the Negro has fought bravely in every war of the nation to save the honor of the flag. No one has been more loyal to its colors than he, and he sees no reason why it should not protect him in his political rights. 3rd. The Negro believes he ought to be allowed to retain his political rights because he is becoming educated and thereby is being made a strong man; and it is unwise to deny an educated people their civil and political rights. 4th. The Negro believes he should be allowed to retain the ballot because he is a considerable tax-payer and his wealth is increasing every day. He knows the cardinal doctrines of the nation is "No taxation without representations." Material Advancement If the Negroes are to be saved, the leaders must insist upon the accumulation of wealth. One of the greatest needs today is wealth; by it we could open avenues of employment for our sons and daughters, who are annually being graduated from our schools and colleges. We are in hearty accord with the National Negro Business League in the work of stimulating our people to go into business. Our course to safety, influence and power is by the way of the schoolroom, church, farm and factory. We congratulate ourselves on the progress we have already made and urge this progress as a stimulus to further action. In 1863 we possessed comparatively nothing; today our real estate is valued at more than a billion dollars. Total number of farms operated by Negroes, 746,715; he owns 156,370 farms and is a part owner of 29,966. He owns 227,450 homes; free from debt, 255,156. School property valued at about $15,000,000 and church property about $50,000,000. The following are the occupations, in which they are engaged: Agricultural laborers... 1,344,125 Farmers, planters & overseers 757,822 Laborers (not specified)... 545,935 Servants and waiters... 465,734 Launders and laundresses... 220,104 Draymen, hackmen, teamsters, etc.... 87,585 Steam Railroad employees... 55,327 Miners and quarrymen... 36,266 Saw and planning mill employees... 33,266 Porters and helpers (in stores) etc. 28,977 Teachers and professors in Colleges 21,267 Carpenters and joiners 21,113 Turpentine farmers and labor- ers 20,744 Barbers and hairdressers 19,942 Nurses and midwives 19,431 Clergymen 15,528 Tobacco & Cigar Factory operatives 15,349 Hostlers 14,496 Masons (brick and stone) 14,386 Dressmakers 12,569 Iron and steel workers 12,327 Seamstresses 11,527 Janitors and sextons 11,536 Housekeepers and stewards 10,596 Fishermen and oystermen 10,427 Engineers and Firemen (not locomotives) 10,224 Blacksmiths 10,100 Other occupations 183,329 The figures which I have submitted are from the United States census of 1900, and make a splendid showing in material matters for the Afro-Amer- ican. No people can have too much enlightenment. Thought controls the world, and all must admit that learning is conducive to thought. The more learning a man has, provided it is balanced by common sense, the better prepared is he to adopt means to accomplish ends. Intelligence has made discoveries, built cities, founded governments, lighted the world with electricity and given us 10,000 useful inventions. It is the main lever in the uplift of nations. It was learning that made Greece and Rome of the past great and famous. It is the force that is enabling the Anglo-Saxon to make such headway. It is hard to distinguish where Industrial education ends and the higher learning begins. Separation of the two has done the race incalculable injury. Our enemies have taken advantage of this unfortunate circumstance to retard our political progress. In the future, we must see to it, that one is not used to the detriment of the other, but they must be kept inseparable. Who among us, with any amount of intelligence, doubts the necessity of industrial training? For years the demand has been for skilled laborers, and the race that does not produce them is compelled to deteriorate. We see evidences of this all around us. Wherever there is a college erected for higher training on the same campus, or nearby, there should be a department for industrial training. Palsied be the hand that would destroy either. Long live men and wo- --- If the Negroes are to be saved, the leaders must continue to encourage morality. We are aware that we have a criminal class among us, and we would be different from any other people in this world if we did not have such a class. It is augmented in many ways by voluntary idleness and by involuntary idleness, the result of race prejudice, and also by systematic efforts on the part of our enemies to make us criminals in order to secure cheap convict labor. Notwithstanding all of this, the time has come when we should put forth greater efforts than heretofore to reform our criminals, and as far as possible prevent the coming generations from becoming criminals. This can be done by diligent home training, moral instruction in public schools, establishment of kindergartens, Industrial and reform schools and the encouragement of religious societies for our young people. It is evident to all, and especially the thoughtful that our greatest bane at this time is the criminal class. Something radical must be done to .5thelini doent n$c\...lvt\...,sr cmfw cheg the inflowing tide of criminals. I am of the opinion that the Negro church should place greater emphasis upon the ethical part of religion and put forth more strenuous efforts to reach the masses. My people like all others need the Christian religion to save them. The greatest saving force in the world is the regenerating force of Christianity. I are a firm believer in the agencies of education and wealth; in the uplift of the Black Man. Still I verily believe that the words of the Almighty God, uttered by the prophet Hosea to backsliding Israel, "thou hast destroyed thyself but in me thy help." We must have education and wealth, but along with them, we need Christ, a rugged religious character and behind it Almighty God, guiding and sustaining us. I think that we should appeal to our people on the farms and plantations of the South, or wherever they may be found to so conduct themselves in their relations among one another, and towards the other race, that they may avoid even the apearance of evil doing, and having done everything to merit justice and fair treatment; we appeal unto the American people, North and South, and to the God of Nations to protect us in the exercise of our rights as citizens and members of this society. Above all things we need the hearty co-operation and substantial aid of leaders and rank and file of the race. I appeal to one and all to unite with us in our struggle toobtain for Black Men everywhere "Equal Rights." Our Women. One of the greatest needs of the hour, is the proper respect for our women, and nothing is more detrimental to the women of the race than a lack of chivalrous regard on the part of the men. The only redeeming thing about the Southern white man, is the high and tender regard which he has for the women of his race! and the white man's respect for our women in that section of the country will depend largely upon our attitude toward our own women. As far as I am concerned I have very little regard for the white man who does not have the proper respect for womenkind, regardless of color. Self-Respect. If the Negroes are to be saved, race pride must be instilled into the boys and girls. We must tell them to lift up their heads and remember that they are made in the image of God, though that image be in ebony. Without self-esteem, it is utterly impossible to command the respect of others; this cultivation of self-esteem and self-respect should be so ingrained into the youth of our race that it will reveal itself in their every action. There is nothing wrong in self assertion, when there is character and intelligence back of it, and a little money will greatly enhance its effect. Of course if you attenempt to set up an empty sack, it will fall down. Commercial Opportunities Abroad. More suggestions to American manufacturers and dealers that if they will get busy there is a chance to extend their trade abroad. They are to be found, where many similar hints have been given, in the consular reports. A sample is the statement by Consul Dunlap of Cologne, Germany, who has been to the farmers' fair at Dusseldorf and evidently kept his eyes open while there. Consul Dunlap took particular note of the agricultural machinery on exhibition and which was put to test at the fair. He noted that the only American machines on exhibition were of minor importance, and adds: "An American-made harvester with self-binding attachment sells here for about $200. There was an endless variety of plows, but no American-made ones were noticed. The plows took heavy, awkward and poorly made. If American manufacturers want German trade, they will have to make plows to conform to German ideas of size, shape and style." Here is much the same advice that has come from other consuls, all given with earnest desire to help American Interests. American farming implements and machinery are justly famed for superiority in the qualities needed for effective and economical work, and when properly pushed they invariably find customers abroad. At the same time, remarks the Troy Times, due attention must be given to local tastes and preferences, a matter which is too much neglected by American manufacturers. Old-world manufacturers succeed in such markets very largely because they are careful to ascertain what is wanted and then to cater to the demand. Divorce Statistics. The census office is busy gathering divorce statistics, and when they are compiled and tabulated, and printed, some very interesting conclusions can be figured out from them. We have always admired the type of mind which attempts to tabulate human emotions, there is such a fine audacity about an effort like that, such a splendid refusal to recognize the limitations of mathematics. And we admire that kind of statistics for their own sake; they are so accommodating, so willing, so good-natured; they let you work out of them any conclusion which you are minded to put into them; they exist for the convenience of the man who has a case to prove, and they are so liberal and catholic that they would just as soon help him prove one case as another. There are few other things on earth that have so lovely a disposition as a scuttleful of statistics, says Uncle Remus' Magazine. These particular statistics will probably enumerate the number of cases of infidelity, the number of cases of cruelty, and the instances where desertion, drunkenness, and so forth, led to divorce; and the optimists will take them and be optimistic, the pessimists will take them and be pessimistic; the advocates of laxer divorce laws will prove their case, and the advocates of stiffer divorce laws will prove theirs, and everybody will be happy. An appeal is being made in England for funds to undertake the great task of excavating the ruins of Memphis, the work to be done under the auspices of the British school of archaeology. It is strange that the exploration of the ancient Egyptian capital has been deferred so long, and it is expected that England will now do for Memphis what the French government has done for Delphi and the Germans for Olympia. The sites of the four great temples are plainly marked, so that exploration can begin at once. This mass of ruins covers 100 acres, as much as the whole site of Karnak, and it is estimated that $15,000 will be needed annually for 15 years to accomplish the work. Important material is believed to lie within a few yards of the surface, so that results should be reached promptly. Speaking about the navy jack tar's uniform, the New York Sun says: "Jack cannot wear his pancake cap when he is squinting through the tolescopic sight of a six-inch rapid-fire gun." WHITE MAN SEEKS A DUSKY Sane, Upright Citizen Victim of Mis cegenation. Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 13.—Geo. T. Wells, a well known resident of this city, who is held in much esteem by his acquaintances because of his moral integrity, mental attainment and strong religious belief, is advertising for a coal black wife. Well's wish for a negro wife is inspired by the loftiest motives, both religious and physical. He is sincere in the belief that the physical condition of the human race has vastly deteriorated since the days of Christ through lack of inter-marriage between races, and that unless the principle of miscegenation is universally accepted ane practiced, the end of man and woman is practically in sight. Wells, who is a deep student of the Bible, declares that Adam was a red and not a white man, and gives his authority for making his assertion. The statements mae by Wells have caused a sensation here, and those who are opposed to his views declare that if he lived south of the Mason and Dixon line and had the temerity to express them there and follow them out, he would be forthwith waited upon by a body of vigilantes, who would hang him to the nearest telegraph pole or tree. Wells frequently admits that he is advertising for a black wife, and when asked for an expression of his views on the subject, gave out the following signed statement: "I am entirely sincere in my wise for a black wife, as I believe I could make a woman of that color happier than one of my own, and furthermore, I would be happier myself. I wish to marry and be happy, and I also wish to have children, and healthy ones. I believe that if I marry a colored woman as dark as possible, and a calm, pleasant temperament, the children of such a union would most likely be strong and healthy. Those who doubt this should real Luther Burbank's "The Training of the Human Plant." He arrives at the same conclusion that I do. "The human race has, as a whole, declined in strength and vigor, and has degenerated more and more the last few centuries. The reason for this is that teh members of each race have been marrying among themselves, and since no fresh blood has been brought into each race, they have lost their primal vigor. Everyone knows that the reason why the Americans are such hardy people is the great amount of immigration we have. Does that not prove that when new blood is introduced into a race, the people as a whole are benefited by it? "The people in the early history of the world lived to be hundreds of years old. Adam, Noah and Methuselah all lived to be over eight hundred years of age. Now, one who lives to be a hundred years old is a curiosity. Why? "In those days there were no geographical barriers or race prejudices to keep the different people from intermarrying. That is why they were such powerful people. The same thing can still be done. The facilities for it are better in the United States than anywhere on earth, as there are so many different races. In those parts of the country where there is the greatest amalgamation we see the greatest progress. Luther Burbank, the noted scientist, says that the amalgamation of the races in the United States will produce the finest people the world has ever known. "The ill feeling between the white and colored people is simply a matter of prejudice, and has no physiological or psychological basis. What difference is there between the white and colored races? The first human pair were perfect specimens of their kind. The organs and elements composing their make-up were in such well bal- --- anced condition that they were able to survive 900 years of life. "From the meaning of the word 'Adam' which in Hebrew means 'red earth,' we san see that Adam was a red man. Color in the human race is simply a matter of color pigments. Adam had just the proper amount of color pigments. "Now, let us see how the color came to change. If Adam and Eve had remained in the Garden of Eden, where the environments were perfectly adapted to their growth and development, each succeeding generation would have been as perfect as they were. Btu Adam sinned, and was cast out of Eden. The succeeding generations grew up where the environments were not perfect, and consequently the children had some abnormal features which made them different from their ancestors. Environment always modifies the organs in such a way as to weaken the whole system. When this is done, the law of heredity carries on the unbalanced condition, and the race grows weaker and weaker, and unless wise crossing is resorted to to correct this by introducing new blood, the race becomes degenerate. This can be done by having the normal, perfect descendants inter-marry, and thus producing normal children, or by having the differently abnormal ones marry which will also result in normal children. The union of the white and black is the latter method of solving the question. "By using these methods the human race for the first 1,600 years of the world's history kept its primal vigor. Then different branches of the race sprang up and they separated. The tower of Babel was built, and God confused the different tongues, so that another barrier sprang up. Different branches then went different ways. People who were abnormal in respect to their slanding eyes went in one direction. These were the founders of the Chinese race. Those who were deficient in not having enough color pigments also became separated from the others—this is the white race. Now we come to the family which had too many color pigments—those are now the negroes. Then geographical barriers arose, and the earth became broken up. For it is a fact that the different parts of the earth which are now separated by mountains and seas were once united. There are plenty of evidences of this, such as the line of shoals from Cuba across to Florida, and also the different ranges of mountains, such as the Rockies. "Then the different families became entirely separated from each other. The place where those with the slant eyes had settled became China. The man with the abnormally large amount of color pigments was hemmed in in Africa. The children of each of these races had to breed in line and each generation retained the abnormal features. So, when there is no attempt made to do away with these imperfections they become so emphasized that the race is destroyed. The race in Africa, then, had its defects emphasized and gradually became darker and darker, finally developing into the negro race of the present time, and the family with the small amount of color pigments went towards Europe and became the Caucasians. "I believe as the nations have advanced in civilization, the tendency towards amalgamation has gradually increased. The United States has made the most progress and I think the best is yet to come. I think the amalgamation of the white and black races is not far off, and then all the different families of the world will finally be united. And when that time comes universal peace will prevail." 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. THE SEARCHLIGHT. 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Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. "To Live and Let Live" Is Our Motto. GIVE CREDIT WHEN DUE. The Searchlight has no hesitancy in complimenting Rev. J. F. C. Taylor, pastor of the A. M. E. church of this city for the splendid showing which he has made during his present pastorate year soon to close. It is not often that the Searchlight volunteers such a compliment—but in this instance we are satisfied that our compliment is well placed and well founded. Rev. Taylor has proven a master financier and church manager as well as a spiritual and God-fearing minister and the church may well look upon his pastorate here with pride. His shrewd management which permitted the church to acquire the corner property atElm and Water streets was a gigantic, well laid and successfully executed one, and in long years to come the future St. Paul A. M. E. church will call him "blessed" for this acquisition. The present year has demonstrated to all that Rev. Taylor is a scholar of whom any people may well feel proud, and it matters not whether he be returned to Wichita or not, he made an indelible mark in our city as a Christian gentleman, a God-fearing man, a scholar, a financier, a church manager and a thorough business man. The church to whom he may be sent for the next year, whether in Wichita or elsewhere, may consider themselves much complimented in securing so able a churchman and gentleman. THE MAYOR HELPS. There is so much whiskey and beer being sold in Wichita during these days of "closed saloons" (?) that Wichita's mayor had to come off his throne and assist in confiscating "some of it." All this talk about a "dry town" is hog-wash, shallow, a sham and rotten to the core—and everybody is awakening to that fact. Just as well talk about the water in the Arkansas river running up hill. It's rotten—so rotten. PAY UP! PAY UP! Why not pay what you owe to the Searchlight? Our collector will call to see you in the near future. Have some money for him. Mrs. Bertha Sellers, of Great Bend, was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. H. I. Jones Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Gertrude Wells, of Great Bend, spent Sunday and Monday with Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Turner. Miss Maggie Johnson, of Garden City, is spending the week with Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Van Leu. Miss Lucinda Murrant called on Mrs. H. I. Jones Wednesday. Rev. J. H. Jones made a business trip to Hutchinson last Thursday. Misses Marie and Lucinda Murrant spent a few days last week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. Parker. A Good Chance Miss Mamie Richardson, of Kansas City, Kan, has located in our city as a MUSIC TEACHER. Sho comes well recommended from some of the best instructors in the west. Had several years experience in teaching. She solicits your patronage and will be glad to meet you at 630 NORTH WATER ST., Phone 1041 EUREKA FLAT 634 North Water St WICHITA, KAN. Now Open to the Public. Nice and Clean FURNISHED ROOMS FOR MEN. New and elegantly furnished. Newly painted and papered. Located in the residence portion of the city one block from Main street car line and in easy access to restaurants and business portion of the city. Furnished and Fitted for comfortable sleeping. When in Wichita come to the comfortable Eureka Flats, 634 N. Water street, for rest. Rooms by the Night, Week, or Month. Open Day and Night. Rates Reasonable. MRS. W. N. MILLER, Mangr. WEDDING BELLS. Invitations are out announcing the forthcoming marriage of Miss Ada Oliver to Mr. William C. Neely on Wednesday night, Sept. 18th. Rev. Wm. Turger missed his train to Pratt Saturday and in consequence filled the pulpit at the Tabernacle Baptist church Sunday. MARRIED Willie Willis and Miss Sallie Dunaway were united in marriage last Friday by Rev. J. F. C. Taylor, pastor of the A. M. E. church. BOY WANTED—A good, industrious boy, who wants to learn a trade. Apply to W. M. Dunson, 903 N. Water street. WANTED—A good dining room girl at Centropolis hotel, 605 N. Main St. Mrs. J. G. Gaines spent Sunday in the city with her family. WHERE IS BEN F. BELL? The many friends and associates of Hon. Ben F. Bell are mystified at his sudden decamping from our beautiful city. The last heard of him was that someone saw him with his bird-dog chained to the hind-end of the "Santa Flyer" going south. What do ye think?—some people are mean enough to say that Mr. B. F. Bell has gone southward to seek a bride. STORAGE CHEAP at the Miller Storage Co., 634 N. Water. TRY A COLD SODA At the Olden Drug Store, 615 North Main. S. W. Jones entertained at luncheon Thursday evening, W. H. Hubbel and J. Evans, of Kansas City, Kan. EMANCIPATION DAY. Exercises This Year Will Be Held on Tuesday Night, Sept. 24. We are authorized and requested to make the statement that on account of Sept. 22nd coming on Sunday this year and the inability to secure a suitable hall for Monday nihtg, the 44th year of the issuing of the Emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln will be observed at Redman Hall on Tuesday night, Sept. 24. An unusually interesting program will be rendered and the occasion noted in a most appropriate manner. Several good speakers will be present. Remember, Sept. 24th. adv. Miss Beatrice Miller and Luna Fauver left Saturday for Quindaro where they will attend Western University. 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. LOCALS BUY THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK LUM Sens your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. 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. IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? Mrs. Rosa Brown and granddaughter, Miss Marie Covington returned Monday evening from Salt Lake City, Utah, where they spent three months visiting. They report having had a royal time among their friends and catching the bracing western sea breezes. Miss Covington began in school Tuesday morning. Theo. Kennedy and wife have returned from Colorado where they went early in the summer. Theo. says he has come back to Wichita to die—and his many friends hope he will not make up his mind to die soon. Earl Dunn and Ollie Jackson are back from Colorado and shaking hands with their friends. Prof. M. W. Freeman was in the city this week representing the Topeka Industrial Institute. His school will open in October and his mission here is to collect students for the forthcoming scholastic year. Mayor Graham last Saturday discharged Wm. Bates, who was janitor at the city building. Mrs. Thos. Ivry and children returned this week from a three weeks' visit in Oklahoma where Mrs. Ivry went to look after her property. Geo. W. Miller, the popular drayman will leave Saturday for a week's business trip to Chicago, Ill. Rev. J. H. Van Leu, State Missionary and Rev. S. M. Hall, left Monday afternoon for Washington, D. C., to attend the National Baptist convention. Mrs. H. F. Frazier left Sunday morning for Washington, D. C., where she will attend the National Baptist convention. Henry Dilbert, of Topeka, is in the city this week in his usual capacity as Deputy Marshal in the United States court. John E. Lewis is bailiff in the United States court during the session of that court in Wichita this term. This is quite an honor for Mr. Lewis and he is filling the position with credit. ST. PAUL'S A. M. E. CHURCH NEWS The services on Sabbath were only fairly well attended. Many new faces were noticeable at the song service. On Sabbath (15) the pastor will preach morning and evening. After morning service several persons will be received into full membership. The building fund roll will be called Sunday and all members are asked to respond. The pastor requests each member and friend to pay their dollar not later than the 20th inst. The Sunflower Concert Co., will give a concert on Monday evening, Sept. 16th, at the A. M. E. church. The features will be new, novel and highly entertaining. Don't fail to come out and see the Tot Artists and hear the Sunflower Quartette. Admission 10c. Miss Ethel Patton who has been visiting in Kansas City, Kan., for the past three weeks as the guest of the Misses Mamie and Nellie Richardson, returned to the city Saturday reporting a fine time. Johnstons Restaurant, 339 N. Main, is the place to get good meals. Ice cream and soda water always on hand. BUY LUMBER AT METZ'S Corner Of 3rd & Main Miss Mamle Richardson is in the city the guest of Mrs. J. H. Van Leu and sister, Ethel Patton. Miss Richardson is an accomplished and talented musician. She is highly recommended by some of the best music instructors of the west and is here to give lessons to all those who desire to be taught the art of music. Call or address, £30 N. Water street. Phone 1041. Mrs. Myrtle Jones returned Saturday from Coffeyville, Kan., and Nowater, Okla., where she spent a few weeks visiting relatives. PAINFUL INJURY. Mrs. Rosa Brown who returned Monday sustained quite painful injuries from a jolt of train No. 410 on the Mr. Pac., which was backed too hard against the bumpers at the depot, throwing people every direction. Mrs. Brown is under the care of a doctor. Mrs. Thos. Glover returned Wednesday from a three months trip visiting in Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Pueble and Denver. She reports a splendid trip and returns feeling much refreshed. While in Salt Lake City she witnessed the laying of the corner stone of the first colored church in the state of Utah. Miss Sallie Rawles returned from Denver Wednesday. Joe Bell is in the city from Coffeyville shaking hands with friends. THE GIRLS WON: In the apron contest at the A. M. E. church Thursday night company No. 1 won the prize. This company was composed of Misses Myrtle Flemming, Betty Mae Hall, Ila Webster, Fern Phelps, Lona Yochum, Mary Butler, Ellen Roach, Lucle Huffman, Grace Price, Mary Yochum, Alma Fauver. Company No. 2 was composed of the following married ladies: Mrs. J. T. Chineth, Theo, Kennedy, M. Butler, S. W. Fleming, A. Price, J. C. Coffee, P. W. Harris, E. Landrum, A. Glover, S. W. Jones, H. W. Marshall, Mollie Miller. Both companies were drilled by Mrs. Thos. Fine. The following were the judges: S. W. Fleming, Thos. Anderson, Miss Alice Thompson, Mrs. G. H. Young, Mrs. C. Barker, Geo. W. White and Thos. Glover. Music was furnished by Messrs Clark, Landrum, Chineth and Miss Mary Foster, at organ. The judge's decision was popular. Mrs. Stewart Waters has returned from Colorado where she had been for the past two months. Mrs. Myrtle Glover is quite ill at her home 702 N. Market street. Mrs. Sam C. Collins is quite seriously ill at the country club. She is in a serious condition. All hope for a turn for the better soon. Miss Maggie Johnson of Garden City, Kan., is visiting Mrs. J. H. an Leu, for a few days. SET GOOD EXAMPLES. Parents should live exemplary lives before their children. The destruction of many young people is justly charged to the wreckless lives of their parents. Some have indulged in all forms of vice and have even persuaded their children to participate. Having led such debauched lives, what more could be expected of their progeny? There are many vicious habits inherited which formulate the criminal propensities. These have contributed in a large degree to the criminality of the Negro race. Parents should exert a healthy moral sentiment and inculcate the cardinal principles of virtue, honesty and truthfulness. If these essentials are wanting then the flood gates of vice will be lifted up and moral stamina will be a thing of the past.—Christian Index. Fred Madison returned Thursday morning from Topeka. ```markdown ``` WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnies, Soclals and Churches. Orders delivered to any part of the city. --- ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco ... Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. 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Commercial Opportunities Abroad. More suggestions to American manufacturers and dealers that if they will get busy there is a chance to extend their trade abroad. They are to be found, where many similar hints have been given, in the consular reports. A sample is the statement by Consul Dunlap of Cologne, Germany, who has been to the farmers' fair at Dusseldorf and evidently kept his eyes open while there. Consul Dunlap took particular note of the agricultural machinery on exhibition and which was put to test at the fair. He noted that the only American machines on exhibition were of minor importance, and adds: "An American-made harvester with self-binding attachment sells here for about $200. There was an endless variety of plows, but no American-made ones were noticed. The plows look heavy, awkward and poorly made. If American manufacturers want German trade, they will have to make plows to conform to German ideas of size, shape and style." Here is much the same advice that has come from other consuls, all given with earnest desire to help American interests. American farming implements and machinery are justly famed for superiority in the qualities needed for effective and economical work, and when properly pushed they invariably find customers abroad. At the same time, remarks the Troy Times, due attention must be given to local tastes and preferences, a matter which is too much neglected by American manufacturers. Old-world manufacturers succeed in such markets very largely because they are careful to ascertain what is wanted and then to cater to the demand. Divorce Statistics. The census office is busy gathering divorce statistics, and when they are compiled and tabulated, and printed, some very interesting conclusions can be figured out from them. We have always admired the type of mind which attempts to tabulate human emotions, there is such a fine audacity about an effort like that, such a splendid refusal to recognize the limitations of mathematics. And we admit that kind of statistics for their own sake; they are so accommodating, so willing, so good-natured; they let you work out of them any conclusion which you are minded to put into them; they exist for the convenience of the man who has a case to prove, and they are so liberal and catholic that they would just as soon help him prove one case as another. There are few other things on earth that have so lovely a disposition as a scuttleful of statistics, says Uncle Remus' Magazine. These particular statistics will probably enumerate the number of cases of infidelity, the number of cases of cruelty, and the instances where desertion, drunkenness, and so forth, led to divorce; and the optimists will take them and be optimistic, the pessimists will take them and be pessimistic; the advocates of laxer divorce laws will prove their case, and the advocates of stiffer divorce laws will prove theirs, and everybody will be happy. --- An appeal is being made in England for funds to undertake the great task of excavating the ruins of Memphis, the work to be done under the auspices of the British school of archaeology. It is strange that the exploration of the ancient Egyptian capital has been deferred so long, and it is expected that England will now do for Memphis what the French government has done for Delphi and the Germans for Olympia. The sites of the four great temples are plainly marked, so that exploration can begin at once. This mass of ruins covers 100 acres, as much as the whole site of Karnak, and it is estimated that $15,000 will be needed annually for 15 years to accomplish the work. Important material is believed to lie within a few yards of the surface, so that results should be reached promptly. Speaking about the navy jack tar's uniform, the New York Sun says: "Jack cannot wear his pancake cap when he is squinting through the telescopic sight of a six-inch rapid-fire gun." Those who have had experience on the warships know that when Jack is engaged in fighting, or even in target practice, he doesn't as a rule wear much of anything. A Pennsylvania woman declares that during a recent trance she had a gilpse of heaven. If so she is the only Pennsylvanian on record as having enjoyed such a privilege. Most of her fellow citizens, at least those who get into the papers, seem headed straight for the other place. The works of the late Augustus St Gaudens have increased in value since his death. We've noticed that it is harder to get hold of one of his most famous designs—the $20 gold piece. AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION. THE COUNTRY'S CROPS IT'S BEING TO WORK TO WORK TO WORK YOU START MILWAUKEE SMITH Contrary to the former practice of waiting until a stringency is felt, Secretary Cortelyou will place government funds with banks throughout the country in advance of the coming crop moving season—News item. Contrary to the former practice of waiting until a stringency is felt, Secretary Cortelyou will place government funds with banks throughout the country in advance of the coming crop moving season—News item. RAIDED JAPS ALSO The Mikado's Subjects Were Roughly Haudled in Vancouver, and Property Was Destroyed. ARE PURCHASING FIRE ARMS Japanese, Chinese and Hindus Have Crowded Into Northwest Until There Is Imminent Danger of Serious Clash. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 10.—As a result of the disorders Saturday and Sunday evening the situation here with regard to the Asiatics is increasing in menace. The Japanese have notified Chief of Police Chamberlain that police protection is inadequate and they will take steps to protect themselves. The Chinese and Japanese employed in hotels and restaurants have withdrawn from work. It is said that the leaders have instructed them that they must not work, under penalty of $100. The Japanese are purchasing firearms and the aspect of affairs is threatening. The steamer Monteagle, due to arrive Wednesday or Thursday with many Orientals on board, will be met by a hostile demonstration. It is freely declared that the Orientals will not be allowed to land. There is growing uneasiness in the city. The feeling is increasing, that in view of the number of Japanese, Chinese and Hindus in Vancouver, the minister of militia should take steps to protect them. Several restaurant keepers Monday morning met and resolved to employ nothing but white labor. The early reports of the disorders Saturday night were exaggerated. The crowd amounted to about 10,000, but the temper manifested was merely bolsterous. The crowd surged through the streets in Oriental quarters cheering everything white and hooting and denouncing everything colored. At intervals from an indistinguishable point in the crowd, brick bats would hurtle over the intervening heads and crash through the windows. Chief of Police Chamberlain recognizing inadequacy of the force at his disposal, relied on diplomacy, and fearful of arousing the passions of the mob, he directed his men to lay aside truncheons and exercise moderation. Later, the order regarding the truncheons was revoked, but at no stage did the police and populace come to blows. Personal encounters were limited to the Japanese quarters. The Japanese resisted, arming with knives, daggers, clubs and bottles. They charged the crowd with shouts of "Banzal," "Banzal." The crowd carried no arms and scattered after large amounts of damage had been done. One white man was badly stabbed in Powell street, another cut by a stiltetter and another had his head laid open with a broken bottle. The man stabbed is in a hospital. The report that disorders started by a number of Bellingham men is not credited. All the arrests were local, they show that the rioting was not confined to any particular class. Bookkeepers, loggers, laborers, etc., were among those arrested. Nineteen arrests in all were made. The arming of the Orientals becomes more alarming. Down town dealers including second-hand stores have been cleared of their stocks of fire-arms. The Oriental labor is suspended entirely and restaurants are hard put to carry on their business. Lumber mills report that Oriental laborers going to work Monday morning were met by pickets of fellow countrymen and were induced to return to their homes. Firemen Select Chicago. Premen's Association Chicago Oklahoma City, Sept. 9.—National Premen's Association of America has selected Chicago for its 1908 convention. SMOOTHED WRINKLES OUT Administration Policies Endorsed by Irrigation Congress. The Antagonism Expressed in Debate Finds No Echo in the Resolutions As Passed. Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 7.—The national irrigation congress Friday adopted the report of the committee on resolutions as presented by its chairman, Ex-Governor Pardee. There is an endorsement of the policy of President Roosevelt and his administration in connection with the policy of reclamation, irrigation, forest preservation and conservation of resources. The departments having the big work in hand are endorsed. There is a recommendation that the government only charge enough for timber cut from forest reserves to pay for maintenance of the forest service. Congress is asked to pass a law providing for the preservation of the Calaveras big trees by the exchange of her timber land for them. The irrigation congress is asked to make every effort to have the seventeenth session of the congress held in Washington, at the same time the National congress is in session, and provides for a committee of five to promote the matter. Protection is also asked for the beet sugar industry and aid for the work of irrigation, reclamation, preservation and conservation. The report was adopted as a whole after a spirited discussion on an amendment which Judge Baker of Modoc county, Cal., sought to have added. This was made a special order for Saturday morning. Judge Baker's amendment asked for the removing of the duty on timber coming into this country. No speaker who has addressed the irrigation congress has aroused so much enthusiasm as did Hon. P. A. Behannes, of Damascus, Syria. His glowing tribute Friday to this country and President Roosevelt brought forth tumultuous applause. Mr. Behannes is president of the Syria Library association and head of the agricultural college of his native city. Saturday's session, which is to mark the close of the congress promises lively developments. In addition to the fight over the matter of free lumber as embodied in Judge Baker's resolution there may also be a fight when it comes to the election of officers. Famous Cliff House Burned San Francisco, Sept. 10.—The famous Cliff house was totally destroyed by fire Saturday evening. The big resort, resting on the high rocks almost at the entrance of the Golden Gate, had been closed for some time, undergoing elaborate alterations, and was to have been reopened October 1 under a new management as one of the finest restaurants in the world. The alterations had been completed and the building stood ready to receive the new furniture. Charles M. Sheldon Returning New York, Sept. 9—The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kan., who has been abroad for several months looking into sociological questions and doing mission work in England and Wales, returned here Saturday on board the steamer St. Louis. Dr. Sheldon said that he found intemperance more prevalent abroad than in America. Unidentified Bodies in River. Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 7.—Bodies of a young man and a girl, clasped in each other's arms were found in the Mississippi river Thursday. There is nothing on the bodies to establish their identity. Fire and No Water at Sedalia. Sedalia, Mo., Sept. 8.—The city was without water Friday afternoon, owing to a break at the pumping station. A fire broke out and property worth $10,000 was destroyed. IN THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE. Little Son's Explanation Seemed to Cover the Case. Little son, aged seven, whose training has been of the most painstaking and conscientious, rather took away his mother's breath in describing the dog's game of ball. He ended with: "And, mother, Topsy caught the ball in her mouth, and then just ran like h—!" "Like what?" cried the startled mother. "W'y, like h—, don't you know, mother?" innocently. "No, I don't believe I do. Just how is that, dear?" she asked faintly. "Well, I don't know jus' what it means, myself," he confessed, "but it's a whole lot faster than 'lickety-split!'" CASE OF ECZEMA IN SOUTH. Suffered Three Years—Hands and Eye Most Affected—Now Well and Is Grateful to Cuticura. "My wife was taken badly with eczema for three years, and she employed a doctor with no effect at all until she employed Cuticura Soap and Ointment. One of her hands and her left eye were badly affected, and when she would stop using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the eczema came back, but very slightly, but it did her a sight of good. Then we used the entire set of Cuticura Remedies and my wife is entirely recovered. She thanks Cuticura very much and will recommend it highly in our locality and in every nook and corner of our parish. I. M. Robert, Hydropolis, La., Jan. 5 and Sept. 1, 1906." A Horse's Good Fortune. A spiritualist came to our house some time ago and claimed to be able to locate our lost friends if we desired. We had an old horse which we had sold, years ago and my mother wanted to know where he was. Mother began: "We had a very good friend who always did all our work. He passed from us several years ago and the last we heard of him was that he was in Los Angeles. I would like to know if he is still living." The spiritualist made certain motions and knocked on the table and then said: "Your friend is in Los Angeles and is married to a rich young woman."—Judge. Of Little Faith. At the Pine Grove camp ground in Canaan, Conn., a little girl was removed by her mother for disobedience and being naughty to her playmates. The child was told that when she said her prayers at night she should seek forgiveness and ask the Lord to help her be a better girl. Here is the prayer which the youngster made under protest: "Oh, Lord, I want you to help me to mind my mamma, to help me to be a better girl, to help me to be good to my playmates, to—but, pshaw, Lord, what's the use? I 'spect you don't believe half I'm saying." A Pardonable Fault. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, discussing a rather finicky attack that had been made on certain recent statements, smiled and said: "But who or what is blameless? It is like the case of the Scottish hen. An old Scottish woman wished to sell a hen to a neighbor. "But tell me,' the neighbor said, 'is she a'thegither a gud bird? Has she got nae fauts, nae fauts at all?' "Awell, Margot,' the other old woman admitted, 'she has got one fault. She will lay on the Lord's day." After a Raise. "What makes him look so solemn? He gets his month's salary to-morrow." "That's just the trouble. His wife and his mother-in-law allow him 50 cents a week out of it, and he's trying to make up his mind to strike for a dollar." FAMILY FOOD. Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No Cooking. A little boy down in N. C. asked his mother to write an account of how Grape-Nuts food had helped their family. She says Grape-Nuts was first brought to her attention on a visit to Charlotte, where she visited the Mayor of that city who was using the food by the advice of his physician. She says: "They derive so much good from it that they never pass a day without using it. While I was there I used the Food regularly. I gained about 15 pounds and felt so well that when I returned home I began using Grape-Nuts in our family regularly. "My little 18 months old baby shortly after being weaned was very ill with dyspepsia and teething. She was sick nine weeks and we tried everything. She became so emaciated that it was painful to handle her and we thought we were going to lose her. One day a happy thought urged me to try Grape-Nuts soaked in a little warm milk. "Well, it worked like a charm and she began taking it regularly and improvement set in at once. She is now getting well and round and fat as fast as possible on Grape-Nuts. "Sometime ago several of the family were stricken with LaGripe at the same time, and during the worst stages we could not relish anything in the shape of food but Grape-Nuts and oranges, everything else nauseated us. "We all appreciate what your famous food has done for our family." "There's a Reason," Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. MAY CLEAR A WAY The Vancouver Incident Helps to Negotiate an Exclusion Treaty With Japan. IT SHOWS THE CONDITIONS It is Now Believed Orientals Will Realize That Exclusion of Coolies Alone Will Preserve Washington. Sept. 11.—That a stringen. exclusion treaty between America and Japan is measurably nearer realization than the most optimistic administration official could have believe. 48 hours ago, is the judgment of the members of the diplomatic corps here. This long sought object is expected to be atta ted perhaps as an indirect result of the mobbing of the Japanese at Vancouver in British Columbia last Saturday night. Officials here deplore what they view as an unfortunate and unwarranted infraction of the treaty rights of the Japanese, but they do not fall to perceive at once the important bearing that this incident will probably have upon the negotiations between the state department and the Japanese ambassador looking to the drafting of a treaty that small limit the incoming of Japanese coolies, instead of allowing the subject to be dealt with in the present loose fashion by what amounts to semi-official undertakings on the part of the Japanese government to withhold passports to coolies in coming directly to the United States. The belief that a atreety is now within sight is based on the conviction of officials that the Japanese government will now be brought face to face with the fact that as it cannot discriminate between Great Britain and America in the matter of demands for fair treatment for its subjects, and must by this time be convinced that the problem presented is really a racial one, the only solution will lie in the formal recognition by Japan of the right to restrict cookie immigratic, not only in America, but in British Columbia, Australia and other British colonies. To take any other view, it is pointed out here, would mean a breach of the alliance with England of which the Japanese have been so proud, and which they regard as so necessary to the development of their ambitious schemes for the exploitation of the East. For though the British government may and doubtless will apologize for the Vancouver affair, and even pay an indemnity, a repetition of the incident is believed to be almost certain unless the British government yields to the demands of the British Columbians in the matter of restricting Japanese immigration. As a matter of fact, negotiations are already afoot between the British and . . . Japanese governments to regulate the influx of coole labor into the British colonies. The Vancouver incident will, it is believed here, hasten these negotiations to a conclusion and if Japan enters into treaty relations of that kind with Great Britain, it cannot refuse to do so with America. So that there is, after all, a prospect that Secretary Root and Ambassador Aoki will soon again be in conference on this subject. Muskogae Bond Issue Defeated. Muskgoose, I. T., Sept. 11.—On the ground that it would be better to wait until statehood was secured before issuing bonds, a proposed $300,000 bond issue for water works, sewer and high school purposes was voted down by a large majority at a special city election held aeer Tuesday. Only a very light vote was cast. Enjoined Nebraska Commission. Enjoined Nebraska Commission. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 11.—The Burlington, the Northwestern and the Union Pacific railways Tuesday afternoon secured an injunction in the federal court to prevent the state railway commission from reducing the freight rates on grain and will contest the authority of the commission in the matter. Fire at a Soldier's Home. St. James, Mo., Sept. 8.—Fire Friday destroyed at the power house of the Soldiers' home here and threatened the lives of the 300 occupants asleep in the six buildings belonging to the institution. Almost one-half of the persons living at the home are women, wives and widows of veterans. No one was injured. Two-Gent Fares Illegal. Philadelphia, Sept. 11. — Judges Vilson and Audenried, in common pleas court, Tuesday foronoon declared unconstitutional the 2-cent railroad fare law passed by the last legislature. The case upon which the decision was made will be at once taken to the state supreme court. Girl Strangled by Swing. Woodward, Ok., Sept. 10.—The 11-year-old daughter of James Reynolds was caught in an improvised swing Sunday and strangled to death. The parents of the child found her hanging with her neck entangled in the rope. Santa Fe Wreck in Texas. Wichita, Kan., Sept. 11—Train No. 201 west bound on the Panhandle branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway, was wrecked near Panhandle, Texas. Tuesday morning. Three persons were slightly injured. WORN TO A SKELETON. A Wonderful Restoration Caused a Sensation in a Pennsylvania Town. Mrs. Charles N. Preston, of Elkland, Pa., says: "Three years ago I found that my housework was becoming a burden. I tired easily, had no ambition and was falling fast. My complexion got yellow, and I lost over 50 pounds. My thirst was terrible, and there was sugar in the kidney secretions. that my housework was becoming a burden. I tired easily, had no ambition and was falling fast. My complexion got yellow, and I lost over 50 pounds. My thirst was terrible, and there was sugar in the kidney secretions. My doctor kept me on a strict diet, but as his medicine was not helping me, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me at once, and soon all traces of sugar disappeared. I have regained my former weight and am perfectly well." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Tom Ochiltree's Moon. After Tom Ochiltree, that able congress raconteur and laugh generator for the afflicted rich, settled in New York as the amuser of the John W. Mackay family, he effervesced in a thousand different directions, and was as good in some ways as Sam Ward. One night he escorted John Mackay's friend, the Count de Biscout, down to the Battery to show the sight of New York. The moon was grand, and the count went into raptures as "her maiden reflection rippled over the pearly waters." He cried: "Eet is grand! Eet is grand! Dair iss no such moon in ail Italy!" "Count," said Ochiltree, solemnly, as befitted the occasion, "you just ought to see the moon in Texas!" Statue Finally Completed. When Alfred Stevens designed the noble monument to the duke of Wellington in St. Paul's cathedral, London, he intended that his work should be crowned by an equestrian statue. But Stevens died before his design was carried out. Now, 32 years after his death, the equestrian statue has been completed and before long will be placed in position. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Curate. F. J. CHENNEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. 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NO TWO-CENT FARES THERE They Declare Action of Railroad Commission a Political Move and Chicago, Sept. 11.—At a conference held in CSHicago Tuesday the Kansas railroads decided to ignore the railroad commission of that state and refuse to obey its order requiring a two-cent passenger rate. The roads were represented by their general counseland their executive officers in charge of traffic. The refusal was based upon the alleged unfairness of the situation brought about by the action of the commission which requires two-cent fares beginning October 5. The railroads insist that the action of the commission is a political move in the interest of the commission and not of the people. They declared that they had appealed to the ser e of justice of the commission without avail and that if a two-cent rate is to come in Kansas it must come by compulsion of law. Under the Kansas law it is not necessary for the roads to take out an injunction. The filing of their complaint as set forth in the resolutions adopted has the same effect as an injunction temporarily. The resolutions adopted set forth the confiscatory nature of the order complained against. It is set forth that while, owing to the phenomenal prosperity now prevailing in the West, passenger earnings are larger than usual, should depression set in, a two-cent rate would be disastrous to the roads, as it would not be sufficient under normal conditions to meet the cost of the passenger service maintained by the roads. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 11—Governor Hoch stated Tuesday night, on being informed of the action of the railroads in Chicago in deciding to ignore the Kansas two-cent fare order, that he would go to the limit of his executive power to enforce the order. He would not say flatly whether or not he would call a special session of the legislature. LAKES TO THE GULF. The Project of a Deep Waterway is One of International Importance. Chicago, Sept. 10.—The great middle west will control the trade of the entir west coast of South America when the Panama canal is completed, providing the deep waterways from the lakes to the gulf is constructed. Otherwise it will be Japan, Germany and England which will exercise commercial sway over this vast empire to be opened up." This statement was made Sunday by John Barrett, director of the International Bureau of American Republics, who has been in Chicago for several days conferring with men interested in the deep waterway proposition. It is his contention that the federal government should lend all the aid necessary for the construction of this ship canal to make the great advantages of the Panama canal available to the Mississippi valley. Mr. Barrett said: "It is not excessive to estimate the value of products which these republics will then be purchasing from foreign countries at $500,000,000. "The major portion of these supplies will come from America if the great manufacturing centers of the middle west are provided with water transportation. It requires no stretch of imagination to conceive boats or barges loaded in Chicago, Joliet or other points in this manufacturing district: making the entire trip. America has been slow to improve its water ways, much more so than any other of the great powers, and it is time we awoke to the advantages to be obtained." Kills Germs in Three Minutes. Columbus, O., Sept. 10.—Announcement of the discovery of an anti-toxin that will kill diphtheria germs in the living human organism within three minutes has been made at the Ohio state university by Prof. Blydle, physiological chemist, as the result of an exhaustive technical and intricate series of tests. The discovery is accredited to Theodore Wolfram, a German chemist now living in this city. It is applied by infusion and can be administered in any quantity to the youngest patient. Killed by a Trap Gun. Topeka, Sept. 10.—Marshall Tuttle, aged 9 years, was killed Saturday night at Sibley, a small station south of here in a pitiful manner. G. Karnes, a merchant, had set a revolver fastened by wire to the door of a henhouse to catch a thief and the boy did not know the trap had been loaded and opened the door. Will Not Help Burton. Oyster Bay, Sept. 11.—President Roosevelt will take no part in the mayoralty contest at Cleveland, Ohio. This was made plain by Secretary Loab Monday. Secretary Loab said that the President, if he spoke at Cleveland, would have nothing to say regarding Congressman Burton's candidacy. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. A Vegetable Preparation for Asimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. 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I left El Reno on the 2nd of ing over Southwest Texas, and especial ing in Texas, if suited. spent two nights and a day on the Mistgrove, Brown, Turkey Creek, tures, and made as complete an exan within the limited time that I had to a body of land that I have seen in South considerable lands in Texas. I was agreeably surprised at the q was much better than I expected to o able opportunity for a poor man to get. The soil is what I would call dainally a little sand, which I consider than a hindrance. I have ever engaged in farming a have had much experience in raising a my mind there is no question but tha especially adapted to the successful g the most valuable farm crop that an Antonio, I saw fresh alfalfa hay on the per ton, loose hay. With the long se irrigation, you should get at least se off this land, and there ought to be a y I saw the large artesian well at the it has the finest artesian well I ever saw tions in every respect. If the land is underlaid with artes do not see why alfalfa and all other cmade a success. I consider that you are giving the cheap homes. As far as I have seen, I am perfect sented your property fairly, and that the literature is not overdrawn. If you desire it, you have my perm about laid to you, and I will be ve of me with reference to it. I appreciate the kindness extended With best wishes, I remain. Write for literature and views of the DR. C. F. S El Reno San Antonio, Texas: I am just returned from a visit to you on the 2nd of this month, for texas, and especially your land, and a day on your ranch, and Turkey Creek, Muley cow complete an examination of the that I had to spare. I consist have seen in Southwest Texas, a texas, surprised at the quality of the that I expected to see, and I con poor man to get a good home. would call dark and red choc which I consider a benefit in aged in farming and ranching aence in raising alfalfa in Kan question but that the black the successful growing of alfalfa am crop that any farmer can alfalfa hay on the wagon, and it With the long seasons you have get at least seven or eight cight ought to be a yield of at least esm well at the headquarters well I ever saw, and is fully aerial with artesian water, as and all other crops grown upon you are giving the people a great seen. I am perfectly free to say fairly, and that the description avail have my permission to refer and I will be very glad to answer to it. mindness extended to me while c I remain. Yours very true views of the Ranch, and R. C. F. SIMMONS SAN A I saw the large artesian well at the Headquarters ranch, and I must say it is the finest artesian well I ever saw, and is fully up to your representations in every respect. If the land is underlaid with artesian water, as I am satisfied it is, I do not see why alfalfa and all other crops grown upon that land cannot be made a success. I consider that you are giving the people a great opportunity to secure cheap homes. As far as I have seen, I am perfectly free to say that you have represented your property fairly, and that the description you give of it in your literature is not overdrawn. If you desire it, you have my permission to refer any persons inquiring about this land to me, and I will be very glad to answer any inquiries made of me with reference to it. I appreciate the interest extended to me while on the ranch. With best wishes, I remain, Yours very truly, C. E. HULIT. Write for literature and views of the Ranch, and name of nearest agent. 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CHAMPLAIN INTRAL OSWEGO BUFFALO FRILE CANADA TROY NEW YORK ATLANTIC OCEAN GEORGIAN BAY ROUTE (BLACK LINE) COMPARED WITH THE ROUTE VIA THE ERIE CANAL (DOTTED LINE). Many thousands of years ago the Great Lakes are supposed to have discharged their waters through the French river, Lake Nipissing and the Mattawa, Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers into the Atlantic This is the very route that Champlain followed when he reached the inland seas and gazed over their vast expanse. Over this route for centuries passed all the traffic between the Canada of the early days and the western outposts of the Hudson's Bay company, and this is to be the route of the Georgian Bay canal, which Canada now proposes to build and which will be by far the shortest waterway between the lakes and the ocean. When the Georgian Bay can completed, he predicted that he would be carried between Chicha Duluth and deep water at Monttrie $2\frac{1}{2}$ cents a bushel, and refrig ships drawing 19 or 20 feet of could load direct from the parks at Chicago and sal to an in the world during the season of water of about 200 days. The Lawrence is open when the lake open. It is thought that the plans posed by the Canadian comm will enable powerful whaleback kers, 280 to 300 feet long, to carry their holds and in towed barges 12,000 tons of cargo at an a The project has been in the air for years, but not till now has it taken definite shape. Many questions have been involved and among them the form the canal should take. Should it be a 14-foot canal for canalboats of large size, or a 20-foot ship canal or a 30-foot ocean steamer proposition, so that great ocean freighters might load at lake ports and unload in Europe? All the questions have now been answered. For two years the Georgian Bay Canal Commission of Canada has been studying every phase of the enterprise and it is now preparing the plans for the building of the canal. It is to be a ship canal, providing a continuous and easily navigable waterway, with a minimum depth of 21 feet, from Georgian Bay to tidewater. The cost is estimated at about $105,000,000. The fact is, there is very little canal to build. Some long stretches in the rivers must be canalized at large expenses and about thirty miles of rocky barrier and a few mud and sawdust banks must be removed, but the whole cost of connecting the lake ports with the ocean will scarcely exceed the appropriation of New York state for the improvement of the Erie canal. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is reported as saying that as soon as the first instalment of money is provided he will have the work begun at once. This will be the nearest approach to an air line water route between the lakes and the Atlantic for which nature has provided facilities. It will make a water channel between the Soo canal and Montreal 350 miles shorter than by way of the Welland canal, the line of least resistance between the lakes and the ocean. Not a dallor will have to be spent on the route from the Soo canal, the great gateway into Lake Superior, to the mouth of the French river, on the shore of Georgian bay. The route will hug the Canadian coast, passing through the North Channel, landlocked because the long island of Great Manitoulin is a bulwark against the waves of Lake Huron. Thus a deep and protected channel from one to fifteen miles wide is provided from the Soo to the French river, a distance of 160 miles. This river drains the waters of Lake Nipissing to Georgian Bay, the lake forming the summit, level 70 feet above the bay. At low water the French river carries some 10,000 cubic feet of water a second out of Lake Nipissing and there will be 46 miles of canalization on this river, with three short rock cuts through the rapids. East of the lake is the divide, which is only about two miles wide and a few feet above Nipissing. Then the descent begins through two small lakes and the Mattawa river, which drops 150 feet into the broad bosom of the stately Ottawa. This river, obstructed by some stretches of rapids and banks of sawdust, is otherwise broad and deep and will carry the lake fleet to the St. Lawrence a little above Montreal. Producers and shippers in states of the union bordering the lakes have taken a great interest in this project because it promises to give them the shortest and cheapest water route to the Atlantic. Not a few western railroad men are also in hearty sympathy with the enterprise. J. J. Hill of the Great Northern railroad said a while ago that the Georgian Bay canal would be the most popular enterprise that the Canadian government would have to carry out in many years. When it is completed, he said, we shall see the grain business from north of St. Louis and as far west as grain grows in the Platte valley taking this route to the sea. Only 32 miles of actual canal would have to be dug, and for the remainder of the distance existing water channels could be used, with considerable dredging here and there. He said that the distance from Chicago or Duluth to Montreal by this route would be a little shorter than the lake routes now in use between these ports and Bufalo. When the Georgian Bay canal is completed, he predicted that grain would be carried between Chicago or Duluth and deep water at Montreal for $2 \frac{1}{2}$ cents a bushel, and refrigerator ships drawing 19 or 20 feet of water could load direct from the packing houses at Chicago and sail to any port in the world during the season of open water of about 200 days. The St. Lawrence is open when the lakes are open. It is thought that the plans proposed by the Canadian commission will enable powerful whaleback steamers, 280 to 300 feet long, to carry in their holds and in towed barges about 12,000 tons of cargo at an average speed of about 12 miles an hour, and that the time between Chicago and Montreal will be about 103 hours. The time between Chicago and New York by the lakes and improved Erie canal route is estimated at 193 hours. The distance between Montreal and London is 2,820 miles and between New York and London, 3,130 miles. It is expected that the new canal will have a wonderful influence upon the development of the Ottawa river. It is estimated that with the completion of the canal the water power available along the river will be almost as great as that of Niagara, and for electrical purposes it will be far superior to Niagara, because the power at those falls is confined to a radius of about 50 miles, while the Ottawa river affords water power along 400 miles at convenient distances. With so much cheap power available and with its great resources of iron ore and timber the Ottawa valley is expected to develop into one of the great manufacturing centers of the continent. The map printed here shows at a glance how much shorter the proposed new route from Chicago and Duluth to the Atlantic is than the present routes through the lakes and the Erie canal to New York. TOUCHING THE AGE LIMIT. Rear Admiral Goodrich Makes Some Pertinent Remarks. In the remarks of Rear Admiral Goodrich, U. S. N., at the alumni dinner, he said: "As I look over the body of officers I perceive no change from the general attitude which prevailed when I was young. I remember very well the time when I thought every officer over 45 years of age should be retired as too old for active service. In short, gentlemen, youth is radical now as it was radical then; and age is always conservative. But in a sense, I was right when I drew the dead-line at 45. Let us free our minds of cant and boldly assert that it is not so much a question of age of body as it is age of brain. "In the lower grades I recognize an enthusiasm for efficiency which causes turret officers to spend 12 hours out of the 24 with their guns and mounts and connections, not reluctantly but cheerfully. Each aspires to win the blue ribbon of the 'service and write his name first on the competitive list. 'Do their captains share this spirit and strive to excel their colleagues in the happiness of their ships' companies, the efficiency of their commands, and in their own ability to manage their vessels with as much freedom and certainty as Tom Shea in Newport handles his catboat? "We whose remnant of active life can readily be counted by months are not necessarily too old. But too old we certainly are if we fail to perceive that what the Nation demands of us is the trained faculty to direct the movements of our ships and squadrons in line of battle. I pray most reverently that such a supreme test may never come to us—but if it does come and if we have wasted our precious days in the nonessentials, such as undue idolatry of the stadimeter, then we shall go down before a more skillful foe just as the formal movements of Frederick the Great vanished into thin air before the battle tactics of Napoleon.—Army and Navy Journal. She withdrew it hastily and gazed reproachfully at him. "I didn't think it of you!" she said, almost tearfully. "I had always considered you a young man with ideals and—" "I—I am sorry if I have offended," h-stammered. "I—" "Well," she said bitterly, "I certainly expected you to aim higher." So he took heart, and made new revolutions and things. WIGHIT SEARCHLIGHT HUNTER AT BY CA HUNTER ATTACKED BY CATAMOUNTS MOUNTAINEER RECEIVES 67 CUTS IN BATTLE WITH FIERCE FELINES. CLOTHES TORN TO RIEBONS Jim Hoxie Finds Two Kittens and Is About to Take Them Home to Wife When Animals Start Panther Knob, W. Va—Jim Hoxle, one of the oldest and best hunters in the state, was on his way home from Dixon's Crossroads a few days ago following the farther side of Panther mountain. When he arrived at the crossing of Peach run, a small creek which meanders down the mountain about three miles from his home, he noticed two little bobtail kittens playing in a grassy opening on the bank. Jim decided to catch them and take them home to his wife. One he quickly caught and chucked into his saddle bags, but not before the kitten had bitten and scratched his hands severely. The other was not so easily captured, but it was cornered at last and put away to keep company with the first. By this time Jim's hands were scratched so badly that he had to tie them up; it was getting late, too, for the sun was going down before Jim had remounted and urged his horse onward. He had hardly started before he heard, a long distance away, the screech of a wild cat. "Jerusalem!" he muttered. ""Spose that should be the old one!" Another screech sounded, off to the right and nearer. "That's her, burn her! Get up, old gal!" But he was not to get away so easily. In less time almost than it takes to tell it, something sprang out of the bush into the narrow road in front, while still another yell, following closely on the left, proved that there was not one, but two catamounts getting ready to attack. "Durn my cats, if there ain't two of 'em—the old she and her mate!" and, old hunter as he was, Jim slipped off his horse and cut himself a good, strong, hickory club, about three feet long. The short hesitation of the catamounts gave Hoxie time to look around and select his battle ground, for he knew that he would have to fight. He found a big oak close by and backed up against it. He didn't have long to wait. Jim hardly got straightened up when one of the varnints gave a fierce yell and sprang for his face. Whack! The club struck her and knocked her ever, but, almost before the man could WOMAN FLAGS TRAIN; SAVE HUNDRED LIVES RAILROAD CAMP COOK HEARS CRASH OF BRIDGE ABUTMENT AND WARNS ENGINEER. St. Louis.—Through the quick wit and prompt action of a woman in flagging the Santa Fe's "California Limited" early the other morning at Hart, Mo., as the heavy train was about to plunge through a damaged trestle, the lives of over a hundred passengers were saved, and what might have A A Lantern Light Was Seen Waving Down the Track. proved one of the most disastrous railroad catastrophes of a number of years averted. The woman to whom so many owe their lives is Mrs. Minnie Hartushel of Ethel, Mo., a cook for a railroad camp near Hart. According to passengers who were awakened soon after 3 o'clock in the morning to make the transfer across the creek at Hart the "California Limited" had left Kansas City in the evening nearly two hours late and was running at a high rate of speed to make up time into Chicago. At Hart a trestle of considerable length spans a small river at a height of about seventy feet. The tracks approach the trestle on a curve, thus obstructing the view of the engine men. As the heavy train consisting of eight or nine "pullman cars with their 0 recover, the other cat sprang and caught his shoulder in its teeth. Before it could tear him with its claws Jim shortened his club and jammed it against the cat's jaws, knocking it flat. Jim is a very strong man, quick and active, but the first cat caught his right leg in its jaws and sank its teeth into the flesh before Hoxie could defend himself. One blow, however, delivered with all Jim's power, put the old cat out of business before it could spring again. By this time the old male had gathered himself again, and before the DULSON Jim Backed Up Against a Big Oak. man could strike the cat was upon him. Jim missed, and for a minute—he says it seemed like lightning—20 long, sharp claws riddled and tore his shirt into strips and rags. With his stick clutched in his hands, Jim struck fiercely with his fists, hitting the catamount in the face and head, and as it fell backward, driven by the man's desperate blows, his heavy boots played a tattoo on the cat's ribs. One of the savage kicks proved effective. The cat fell with a final screech of pain and rage. Both catamounts were now down and out. As for Hoxie, he was a sight. His shirt and pants were nothing but ribbons and strings, while from his face down to his knees blood was running from his wounds. There were 67 cuts altogether; some were an inch some three inches, the longest and most painful being three sets of four each, not less than 18 inches long. sleeping occupants approached the bridge and was less than half a mile from it a lantern light was seen waving down the track by the engineer. The first intimation that passengers had that all was not right was the grinding shock of the airbrakes. Thus aroused they hurried out of the coaches and found the engineer and trainmen conferring with a woman. She explained that the abutment which supported the trestle on the western side had fallen in and that the tracks and trestle work were merely hanging. Train officials and passengers who went ahead to the bridge found her statement true and shuddered at the thought of their near escape from a death plunge to the creek bottom. Passengers saved by the woman formulated a set of resolutions, which were sent to the president of the road, asking for a proper reward for Mrs. Hartushell. A collection was taken up and presented to her. GIRL RIDES WITH DEAD LOVER Discovers Corpse, Gets in Buggy with Body and Drives Aimlessly. Detroit, Mich.—Crazed at finding her fiance, George Ott, sitting dead in his buggy, a quarter of a mile from the depot where he was to have met her, Miss Rose Hogan was found driving amlessly In the buggy beside the corpse a short distance from the Ott home at Indian Town. She is threatened with a complete nervous collapse. Miss Hogan had gone to visit her sweetheart's parents. Ott had written that he would meet her at the depot with a carriage and drive her to his parents' home—several miles out. When she alighted at the station there was no carriage in sight, and after waiting a few minutes, the girl started to walk in the direction of the Ott farm, hoping to meet him on the way. Some distance down the road she found the carriage motionless, the horse quietly standing and the young man sitting back in the seat with the lines in his hands. She called to him, and receiving no answer, came close to the buggy. Then she discovered that he was dead and that blood had streamed down his face from a bullet wound in his head. The girl climbed into the buggy beside the dead man, took the lines and started to drive to the Ott home with the lifeless form. On the way the situation temporarily unbalanced her mind and when found by a farmer near her journey's end she was nearly out of her mind. OF TABOR KANSAS-NEBRASKA JURISDICTION 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 TABERNACLES. Explanation—"A" means meets in afternoon—all other meeting at night. Chief Preceptresses. Number. 1 Mrs. Lottie Williams, 1309 N. 10th, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 So. Chestnut, Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 Mrs. Mary Goss, Station 1, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 4 Mrs. Anna Fallings, 325 E. 6tfr, Cherryvale, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 5 Mrs. Mallie Spencer, 502 "V." 6 Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mulberry, Ottawa, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Mrs. Lillie Shobe, 336 N. Santa Fe, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, 823 Freeman, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. (A) 12 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 14 Mrs. Martha James, 313 W. 11th, Pittsburg, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 405, Weir City, Kan. 16 Miss M. E. Cavanaugh, 1715 Clark, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 17 Mrs. A. Masler, 615 So. Barber, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2601 So. 11th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. S. Montague, 403 Klickapoo, Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Miss Angie Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 28 Mrs. Anna Ray, 1412 Clark, Par- sons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 30 Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd and South, Leavenworth, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 32. Mrs. Adda Birthright, 114 West Broadwav. Butte, Montana. 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 W. 15th, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1608 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Matilda Waters, 1300 N. 6th, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 38 Mrs. Ella Young, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan. 52 Mrs. Ada King, 808 Vermont, Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 89 Mrs. B. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Mena, 1-3, Wed. (A) 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Lincoln, Neb., 2-4 Fri. (A) 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) TEMPLES. Chief Mentors. 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 2 J. G. Burdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 4 A. M. Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Mon. 5 Robt. M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 7 J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mosley, Wich- lta, Kan., Frldays. 8 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 10 Jno H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays. 11 C. Swan, 1058 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., 1-3-4 Thur. 12 Lee Holiday, 723 So. 20th, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 15 Ed Finch, 514 N. 4th, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 19 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. 25 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas City, Kansas, Fridays. 19 U. A. Graham, 1160 West, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Thur. 60 W. Osteen, 1214 Lane, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. 72 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th, Lincoln, Nebr. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th, South Omaha, Nebr. 17 Rev. Allen Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. 1st, Salt Lake City, Utah. TEMPLES. 8 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 9 Flora Patterson, 311 W. 27th ha, Neb., 1-3 Sat. (A) 10 Maggie Robinson, 911 B. Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. 11 Mary Brown, 325 Miss, La- kan, 2-4 Sat. (A) 18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 19 Lizzie Herrod, Sherman Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susie Willis, 2103 Grand, Pa Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 21 Charlott Dalton, 1228 Barnett sas City, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 21 Ella McKinnis, 217 Sae Leavenworth, Kan., 3 Sat. 23 Louise Verder, 813 N. J., Law (A) ton, Kansas City, Kan. 14 NEXT PLACE OF MEETING The Grand Temple and Taber will next meet in Atchison, Kan. the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1908. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or is not in this Directory, or if any error, please notify me at W. N. MILLER, E. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING District Grand Lodge No. 1 meet in Kansas City, Kansas, #1 1908. In The Grocery Line Your wants need caref tention and our store is place to get it. We b the best of Fancy and S Groceries and our price right. Orders given p attention. Kernan & Co 4102 E. Douglas Pon Johnston's Restauran 339 North Main Street Meals 15c to 25cts. Hot or Cold Lunch —At All Hours— ICE CREAM SODA POP always SUNDAY DINNERS 20c and CUSTOM GRINDING A Specialty ALL KINDS OF COAL & FROBERTCH BROS. PROF. M. Main St. Photo