Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. TENTH YEAR From the New York Sun. The smile of Mr. Taft when he learned that Walter Roscoe Stubbs had been nominated for governor in the republican primaries of Kansas must have been as wide and luminous as the smile that makes a sunburst of the ample face of Stubbs himself—out in the sunflower state he is not mister Stubbs of W. Roscoe Stubbs, but plain, unadorned Stubbs for short. The next governor of Kansas is an optimist run by a high powerdynamo. He can be in a dozen places at once when he is actually in Topeka, for he campaigns by telephone, maintaining that while the farmer—every voter in Kansas is a farmer—will throw a political document into the waste basket or allow an unopened letter from a candidate to fray in his pocket he succumbs in the run to a long distance telephone call from the capital, the Paris of Kansas. So Stubbs, than whom no brewer judge of human nature exists in Kansas, does all his proselyting over the telephone, and owing to constant practice and superior skill in voice reading he generally gets his man—always if the voter uses the vansmitter faithfully. In a word, Walter Roscoe Snubbs has reduced campaign by telephone to a science. Stubbs is the original Taft man in Kansas, the introducer in the legislature as long ago as last January of that resolution which was carried with whoop: "Whereas he is the friend, he choice and the logical successor of Bedore Roosevelt, and whereas he believes in the pristine virtues and lofty ideals of the early days of the republic. Resolved, That the choice and the only choice of Kansas, the greatest state in the west, is William Howard Gaft, formerly of Ohio, now of the United States of America." The smile of Stubbs on the stump and his bolsterous, jolly laugh rumbling at the telephone receiver will be worth thousands of votes to Mr. Taft. Of the Stubbs smile it has been happily said that it "can light up an auditorium to a topmost gallery," and his voice is that large, full, rebounding quality that makes an echo on a prairie. In Indiana it is accepted that Stubbs is irresistible. He will simply not be dejected and we expect to see his auree of anburn hair radiating shafts of radling light in the thickest of the skin, while his pealing organ voice does the most reluctant voters to repolls. Mr. Bryan will get few $100 weeks from the farmers of Kansas. The state was hopelessly lost to him in stalwart Stubbs emerge with infectious laugh from the prim- It is simply the plot to prevent the Negro from proving his real worth as a man. No one realizes the real objects and significance of this American prejudice more than does the Negro himself, and no one is more determined to continue the fight than does the Negro, and the Negro will yet chain this lion in his own den. The Negro has nothing of which to be ashamed in the part which he has played in the history of this country and nothing of which to be ashamed of the part which he is playing today. His history stands forth as a proud record in his existence as a race. Noble, loyal and faithful to every trust. tI is not favoritism, social equality or intermarriage which the Negro is fighting for; not any of these, but purely and simply his rights as a God-made man. He asks for no more, and will take no less, and will continue to fight along this line if it takes all creation. Right must and will prevail. TAFT AND BROWNSVILLE. The assumption by the president of all responsibility in the Brownsville incident is obviously an act of simple justice toward Mr. Taft. The general public has always been well informed in the matter, but there are always a great many thousands of voters who are tenacious of first impressions, and in presidential elections might not clearly differentiate the legatee from the testator. Mr. Roosevelt apparently has the courage of his occurrences, and it was not an act of moral courage on his part to shoulder the burden which was in some degree weighing down his favorite in the race. Whether he would have relieved another candidate, under similar circumstances, of this onus may be an interesting but it is a profitless speculation. It is to the credit of the Negroes, who are most directly concerned in this matter, that the more intelligent representatives of their race have long ago absolved Mr. Taft from all blame. They know not only that the act was the act of his superior officer, for which he could in no wise be held accountable even if he approved it, but that the injustice of it was so palpable that the secretary of war went further in protest than any other member of the cabinet would have dared go, under the circumstances. The president's declaration may be a piece of "slick" politics, as a blow to Senator Foraker. At any rate the wind has been taken out of the sails of those who are venting their dislike of President Roosevelt upon Mr. Taft. The Negro anti-Taft movement has fallen flat and the final blow has been struck by the president himself, who cannot be made an issue in the campaign in the Brownsville affair, though he cannot be dissociated from the policies to which Mr. Taft has committed himself. The Negroes are sensibly refusing to lend themselves to the schemes of demagogues who are cultivating them for patently selfish purposes. IT'S KANSAS' WAY Te defeat of Senator Chester L. Long for re-election for United States Senator from Kansas, and the defeat of Hon. Cyrus Leland for the nomination for governor proves again that the people of Kansas in politics are as independent as a "hog on ice." It matters not how long, how persevering, and trust-worthy an officer a Kansas official may have been—once get the people to think or believe he has slighted Kansas—that setles the matter, no argumentscan change the tide. Kansans believe implicit in Kansas, and to get along with Kansas people you must make them believe you think so too. Both Long and Leland have long served the state in various capacities, and well too, but some how the wrong impression got the upper stair resulting in their defeat. No man, however can complain of the successful men. Hon. Jos. L. Bristow for senator, and Hon. Walter Roscoe Stubbs for governor, both are capable to fill any position within the gift of the people of Kansas or the nation and we believe will prove satisfactory. The point is, it's Kansas' way. Delicious Salad Boil one cup red kidney beans in salted water until soft. Drain, add one cup English walnuts or peanuts, slightly broken, one cup chopped celery, and about six olives cut fine. Mix all together and serve on bed of lettuce with mayonnaise dressing. Remove Grease from Carnet Sprinkle the grease spot thickly with corn starch and cover with a newspaper. Leave for a day or two, then sweep it off and the spot will be clean. THE GREEN GAMP By F. E. CHASE (Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Co.) In 58 years the establishment of J. Hicks, licensed pawnbroker, had suffered many changes, generally for the worse. In 58 years many things had come into the little shop and gone again. Love and joy and death and bitterness, and pledges innumerable, waning with the years from the dignity of watches and wedding rings to the degradation of flat-irons and the bed blankets. Commercially regarded, pledge No. 831 was a green silk umbrella with a heavy metal handle of considerable intrinsic value; sentimentally, it stood for Hicks' oldest and dearest friend; psychologically, it supplied him, other motives being lacking, with something to live for. Its history was a simple one, but of exceptional interest. It had been pawned one morning in the early years of his business life by a respectable elderly gentleman, who, after some haggling, accepted for it the sum of four dollars. With this sum and the customary ticket, he went out of Hicks' establishment, and was never again seen there or elsewhere. Nearly a year from the date of this transaction, and just before the expiration of the term of the loan, a young man had turned up, and had inquired with evident anxiety regarding the pledged umbrella. "It is most important," said the young man, "for—for family reasons, that this article be redeemed. There is no objection, I presume, to my paying the loan and interest, on behalf of my—my relative, and taking the property out of your hands." "None whatever," said Hicks, "provided you have the ticket." "Surely that is unimportant," urged the stranger, "so that you get your money. Suppose we say double the amount, by way of penalty for my carelessness in having lost the ticket." "That won't do," said the broker. "Supposing it turned up?" "But it can't turn up," said the young man, earnestly. "It is at the bottom of the sea with the man to whom you gave it." "How can you prove that to me?" said Hicks. "No, no, my friend, I must have my ticket." "But the thing is worthless—I will pay you ten times the loan to safeguard you against any claim—20 times! Good God!" he cried, excitedly. "I must have it, man; more depends upon it than you know." When he had gone, the broker took down the umbrella from its shelf and examined it with a new interest. It was an excellent umbrella, solidly respectable as to handle and stoutly serviceable as to fabric, yet scarcely deserving the valuation the young man had put upon it. Doubtless its value was sentimental merely; and yet—the claimant had been strangely eager. There was some mystery about it. Well, in 30 days it might be solved, for if, as the young man had said, its owner and the ticket were both at the bottom of the sea, the umbrella would become his when the loan matured. But the matter turned out by no means so simply. Two days before the loan matured, the young man returned, clearly fortified with a better knowledge of the business and of his powers and privileges, paid the interest on the loan for another year, and thus renewed the matter for that period. In 12 months more, just as Hicks' imagination was beginning to hover in close circles about his mysterious pledge, the young man again returned and renewed the loan as before, after again trying vainly to negotiate its surrender. In another 12-month the Buchanan and the Cowbell Rev. Dr. Frederick Gast, professor emeritus of Hebrew in the Reformed Theological seminary at Lancaster, Pa., is one of the very few persons living who were intimately acquainted with President Buchanan, and he has a large stock of stories about the Pennsylvania that have never appeared in print. Buchanan was born in a sparsely settled part of Bedford county, and in his same performance took place, and again at the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the transaction. Each year Hicks' visitor looked thinner and more careworn, and his argument grew more languid and perfunctory; but if his pursuit was less eager it was not less persistent, and each annual recurrence of the date found him promptly on hand to protect his mysterious interests. Between whiles the pawnbroker never saw him or heard from him, but there was scarcely a day that he did not think of him and of his pursuit, and scarcely a week that, in an ecstasy of baffled curiosity and greed—for to his inflamed imagination the simple gamp had become the key to treasures untold—he did not take down the article and re-examine it, rap it, sound it, rattle it, feel its fabric inch by inch, and, upon occasion, curse its silent secretiveness in good set terms. Its metal head was large and heavy, solid, apparently, to all tests that he dared make. Thus time went on, the young man still coming doggedly year after year, every season older and grayer, soon a middle-aged man, by and by an old man, older than his years, shabbier than once and feebler, but still unfailing in patience. Thus more than half a century went by, and as the fifty-eighth anniversary of what had now come to be the chief event of his life approached. Hicks felt a livelier hope than usual stir within him. His annual visitor had seemed unusually feeble at the time of his last visit, and the chance that he could have survived appeared comfortingly remote. A conviction that at length the mystery of so many years would be somehow revealed to him penetrated the old pawnbroker's mind, and as the critical date approached, he felt an almost youthful eagerness of anticipation. As a rule his visitor had turned up a day or two earlier than was necessary, but this year he had not appeared on the morning of the final day. By the terms of the loan the owner's rights expired at noon, and as that hour approached, Hicks took down the umbrella with an unsteady hand and deliberated upon a plan of investigation. He had amply provided himself with tools, and only awaited liberty to use them. One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten! Eleven! Twelve! Hicks had selected a cold chisel from his lay-out, and was posing a hammer to strike, when a shadow fell upon his desk, and a familiar voice said: "Yes, you've beaten. I haven't the price. I've tried hard, but when one hasn't money to pay for food, even bigger things must go." Hicks paused in his work and looked at his visitor. "Let me show you," he said. "There is an easier way." He took the umbrella from Hicks' and, inserting an awl in one eye of the carved face on the umbrella head, with this leverage easily unscrewed the top, to the pawnbroker's amazement and disgust. The cavity thus discovered contained only a piece of folded paper, yellow with age. Upon this Hicks pounced with a kind of whine of animal greed and satisfaction. But the stranger's hand fell upon his with an energy of which his feeble body scarcely seemed capable. "Don't touch it!" he cried. "For God's sake don't. It is nothing—nothing to you; to it is so much. No," he urged, as Hicks strove to withdraw youth his mother was accustomed to place around his neck a cow bell so that its tinkling announced his whereabouts whenever he wandered into the woods surrounding the family cabin. Neighbors' children, nearly all of whom were of German parentage, invariably thereafter called him "Chimmy mit de bells on," a nickname which later in life led him into one of the fiercest political feuds that ever existed in the Keystone state. his prize. "Not yet, at any rate. Not until you have heard my story." He sank into a chair, his hand still grasping Hicks' wrist, and went on passionately: "It belonged to her father—this umbrella. He was my employer, and a rich man; and I loved his daughter, and she loved me. But he found it out, and forbade me his house—forbade me to think of her. But I wouldn't give her up and, she wouldn't give me up, and so we used to write one another every day, and send the letters back and forth in this umbrella handle. The old man always carried it, wet or dry, and I used to watch my chance during the day and unscrew the top while he was out of the office, and put in my letter, and she did the same at home. It seemed a great joke then to make him our postman." Hicks slowly withdrew his hand, leaving the yellow paper between them on the desk. "Business went wrong," continued the stranger after a pause. "The old man got involved worse and worse, tried the wrong way out of it, and had to skip. He realized on everything he had—even this, as it turned out—and left between two days, taking her with him. They sailed for South America on the Gineva—you remember—she was never heard from—never even spoken. And never a word from her—it was all so sudden—I knew that—but something might have been done—I couldn't understand. I guess I went pretty near out of my mind. My body just went round without me, somehow, for months, doing the old things without my knowing anything about it, when all at once I thought of the old 'umbrella route,' as we used to call it. It was a chance. Perhaps she didn't have any other. All their things had been scattered by sale, but I hunted and hunted. There were a hundred chances that he had taken it with him, but I took the one that he hadn't. By and by I thought of the pawn shops, and went the rounds. I guess yours was about the last, and when I got my eyes on the old thing, it was like coming home. But the ticket stuck me, and I couldn't tell my story to such a man as you were then. You've changed a good deal in 58 years." He paused, and looked longingly at the letter. "That's what I wanted. I knew it was there. Her last letter to me. The last one she ever wrote. It made me wild at first to think that if I could only get my hands on the thing for a minute, I could have it out. But you never let me touch it. What'd you think it was—money?" Hicks nodded. "Money!" cried the other. "I've wanted money pretty bad, but never the way I wanted that letter. But I couldn't seem to tell at first, and by and by, when I got to know it was there waitin' for me, it didn't seem to matter much, so that I could keep it safe. And I have!" he cried. "And here it is." "Fifty-eight years," exclaimed Hicks. "You old fool! Why didn't you tell me this 58 years ago?" And pushing the letter toward his companion, he turned away. With a little, weak moan of satisfaction the stranger seized the paper and carefully opened it. It may have been five minutes before the old pawnbroker ventured to turn and look at him. He sat just as he had left him, huddled together in his chair, the letter in his hand, his chin on his breast—dead. Sacrificed Life for Horse. It was testified at an inquest at Bryn (Wales) on a young man named Owen Richards, who was killed by a fall of rock at a local colliery, that he had liberated his horse, which was attached to a tram, and in doing so delayed his own escape and was killed. Voice of the Vegetarian. Meat is a bad thing for the stomach financially and physically. — Dayton Herald. Thaddeus Stevens and Buchanan were practicing lawyers in Lancaster, and were intimate friends until one day, opposed to each other in the trial of a suit, Stevens banteringly referred to his friend as "Chimmy mit de bells on." Buchanan made no reply in court, but as soon as the trial was ended he lured his insulator into an alleyway and gave him a drubbing which Stevens had reason to never forget. Thereafter the two were implacable enemies. - - ——————— Bit SEARCHLIGHT, ‘Of yams, . Kame 0) 8 pr ner memeecarcRRe ar OY. MILLE. ...--....0.51-0 Mir Batered at the Post Office at Wichits, ‘Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Puplianed Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. KATLS OF SUBSCRIPTION ‘Strictly in Advance, @ue Your (By Mail)..............$1.06 Six Months (By Mail)............ 25 ‘Three Months (By Mail).......... os Advertising Rates “fade Knowa on Apviication, | + “AM la ters addressed to. he Searcoughe for publication must ve sigueu oy the party or parties, arin, 4 snatters for publication must each this office not later than Wee- Meséay to reach publication in the cur- rent Iseue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 4st. All subscriptions must be paid f advance. Agents take notice. nd. 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Praiualle tuece \eaiensth dealt ren areunieasion aetna cai ate ei omen or ina aur wn ae eae ing their money, time and labor in Business for the race, substantiai Bienes eiilcome (o/aic ays ee Paeoe ena enstieiotiee (rials ‘we hope to see in the very near future Bache cary seapat ans atapatane is traction ava ea opcatamtaoasiee el sn pe gree ven as ane in this city will neglect to take part. Rid lua bred es re ofa eavtng fs habeas a) is aia ga Joost ness, surely it can and will do the col- Bet asd oa asec wi dewalt ea apart from a business point of view. ‘We need a more closer union. Let us Sse sta’ at onc tae abe aac and organize for business interests— not for politics, or for some club of- ieee itu ne beet mpseenreries? iy oui guy (ouatdens amas card foe ececleat sen an wanes ce ficers and let’s get down to real busi- aioe Ue eur et AbeUioettha wikom Xalersl Wily. Vote for S. B, Kernan for County Commissioner from the First, Second and Third wards. ALL THINGS ARE WELL. ‘That ends well—so pay your subscrip- tion to the Searchlight and get _ good night’s sleep. iene gs a LOCALS —THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK— Tae" Send your news notes and local o ppenicgs to GOf Worth Main Street IF 1T EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? ROOMS TO RENT—Elegantly un- furnished rooms to rent: over 250 N. Main. Enquire at Retreat Pool ball, 350 N. Main. Mrs. 1 J. Porter and children, Mrs. Stella Patton and Mr. and Mrs, J. ‘T. Chinneth are basking in Colorado. Mr. Chinneth will be home soon, but the jadies and children will spend the summer there. Mrs: W. M. Frazier has returned to the city aftera very pleasant visit with relatives in Missouri A SAD ACCIDENT. ‘The people of this city regret very much the sad accident last Sunday which resulted in the death of Mr. Chas. Coleman one of the most highly respected citizens of this city. While out staking his cow Sunday the cow bebecame, frightened suddenly at something and ran away. In some way Mr. Coleman became tangled in the rope and the cow threw him. In fall- ing and stumbling a revolver which was in Mr. Coleman’s pocket fell out to the ground and was discharged the ball entering Mr. Coleman’s body, re- sulting in his death. Mr, Coleman had been in the employ of the Santa Fe Railway and for the past several years was flagman at the Second street crossing. a position awarded him by the company for life for the loss of an arm. Mr, Coleman had lived in Wichita for a number of years and had a large circle of friends who join with us In extending to the bereaved family the most profound sympathies. The deceased leaves a wife and three chil- Gren. Mrs. Martha Owens sister-in-law of Mrs. Ike Patton and Mrs. Sallie Lang- ston, sister of Mr. Ike Patton, both of Memphis, Tenn,, are spending a very agreeable visit in the city the guest of their brother and sister-in-law, and of Rev. and Mre. J. H. Van Leu. They will remain in the city something like two weeks, Rev. J. H. Van Leu was in the city ‘Thursday, Remember Johnston's Hotel, 507 N. Main. Clean beds, good meals, reas- onable rates, Bud Hickeison has opened a restau- rant and lunch counter at 339 N. Main street where he is prepared to serve first class meals and short order. He will appreciate your patronage at 339 N. Main St. New Hope Baptist Sunday school gave @ picnic at Linwood park Thurs- day. er Mra, Ellen Thompson, ts visiting the [relatives of Mx. Washington in Dover ‘Oxia. ‘Mrs, Nettle Fox formerly of this city, whose home is now Colorado Srings, is back again among old friends and visiting her parents in Valley Center. Miss Zephyr Turner of Enid, Okla, Is visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. Carrie E, Jackson, the Evangel- ist whose headquarters is at Hot Springs, Ark., was in the city Tuesday enroute for Colorado. ‘Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Helm has return- ed from a trip to Geuda Springs. At the Steward’s rally at the A.M. E. chureh last Sunday $53.36 was rais- ed which was very good with no extra special effort. ‘The primaries Aug. 4, brought out many real surprises. Kiner's European Hotel and Restaur- ant, 352 N. Main, serves everything in first class style. THE WICHITA STARCHLIGNG a TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH.) WOMEN’S CLUB | Rev. H. I. Jones who has been pas- toring the above named church for a year or more resigned and preached his farewell sermon on Sunday night, Aug. 2nd. On Monday, Aug. 3r4, Mrs. Bliza In- gram departed this life at her late residence, Payne street between 17 ‘and 18 streets of this city. It was insher house that the Tab:mnacle Baptist chureh was organized in 1893. Rev. R. N. Countee, D. D., was summoned by telegram from Pueblo, Col, to attend the funeral services which took place from said church on Thursday, Aug, 6 at 2 p.m. Revs. J. Cs Taylor of the A. M. EL church; Fishback of New Hope Baptist church; J. Mitchem of the 2nd Baptist church: Rev. R. N. Countee organizer, and Pastor Emeri- tus and Revs. J. H. Van Leu and H. I. Jones, ex-pastors of the Tabernacle Baptist were present. Sister Eliza In- graham was held in high esteem by all who knew her, and had been a consist- ent member of the Baptist church for many years, Rev, Countee who hal served the church in Tennessee and was instrumental in bringing them to this city has been with them off and on for over 40 years, and has endeared himself to the people. He spoke fee! inly from Psalm 127:2. For so he giv- eth His beloved sleep.” Bro. Countee the chureh and all the family tender thanks to those who contributed floral offerings and other kindnesses tendered them. ‘Three of the members of the Taber- nacle Baptist church has been laid to rest this year Sister Tempie Parker, Ann Mayo and Eliza Ingraham. Rev, Countee referred to them as Faith, Hope, Charity, for during his associa. tion with them for over 40 years they had in no way brought reproach on the cause of the Master or on their own lives as Christians. ‘They sleep. ‘The western district asscelation of Kansas Baptist will assemble with the Tabernacle Baptist chureh cor. 8th and Water street, on Sept. 8, 1908. Citizers of Wichita generally are asked to help us make the stay of the messengers among us a pleasant one. + REV. R. N, COUNTEE, 'D. D. Pastor Emeritus A NEW HOTEL. R. Johnston has leased the build ing at 507N. Main street and has open- ed a first class hotel. He has had it fitted up with electric lights. electric fans and all modern improvements. His rooms and beds are neat, clean and fresh, and he is prepared to ac- comodate all comers, He serves regu- lar meals in tasteful style. He wishes to invite all to call and give his hotel a trial at 507 N. Main street. A COLORED DENTIST. ‘A long felt want in Wichita has beon supplied by the locating of Dr. H. T. Balden, a colored dentist, in this city. Dr. Ralden is a graduate of Meharry Dental college, of Nashville, Tenn., one of the best in this country. He haz opened oifices over 507 N. Main street, Where he will be pleased to weat your teeth in first class style. Willis J. Johnson returned Mondas from a visit with relatives in Okla- homa. He reports having had a splen- did time. ‘The Knights and Daughters of Ta- bor commemorated the Anniversary of the order with a social at Younz’s hail Wednesday night, Aug. 12th Bring us your Job Printing—634 N. ‘Water Street. W. L. Herman returned Tuesday from Hutchinson where he completed a large plastering contract. Mr. Herman is do- ing good work and has some splendi¢ contracts already on hand. A MOTHER'S UNION. ‘The mother's of colored children of this city should get together, form a union where they could meet at con- venient times, say some Sunday atfer- necns, and discuss such matters as wi'l tend to the up-lift of the boys and girls of our city. While the colored boys ana girls of Wichita will average up erel- itably with the boys and girls of any ovher city in morals, intellect and re- finement, yet there is always room for improvement and a “mother's union” can do much to this end. Such a union would do much to bring a more sociable and racial feeling among the metters and they will be able to keep abreast of the issues which most con- cern them in the home and aid them in rearing their children, No harm * + much good can be accomplised by 4 “Mother's Union. LET THME WORK. Parents make a serious mistake in letting their children run idly up and down the street and think them “too god to work.” It is just of such good(?) children that the jails, work-houses and penitentiary are being filled today. Find some employment for your boy or your girl. It matters not how small | WOMEN’S CLUB DIRE7CTORY. | A concise statement of the Clubs ‘among the colored women of Wichita. THE BOOKER WASHINGTON CLUB WICHITA, KS. i Hour of meeting 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. | Engaged in needle, charity and lit- crary work. Special 1908 course in typewriting. Meets every ‘Thursday | afternoon. Mrs, ‘Thos, Glover, . presi- , dent; Miss Sallie Rawles, Sec. | THE HOME COOKING on WICHITA, KAN. Engaged in the culinary art. Pro- gressive ideas in fancy and home cook- ing. Meets 2nd and 4th Friday atter- | noons of each month, Mrs, Will H. Jones, President; Miss Jennie Wheeler, Secretary. THE W. T. VERNON CLUB, WICHITA, KAN. Hour of meeting 2:30 p.m, Engaged in needle, charity and literary work. Meets every Thursday afternoon, Mrs. B. Hocket?, president, Mrs. S. Griggs, secretary. Sundays by Appointment Dr. H. T. Bolden DENTIST 507 N. Main St Wichita, Kan EE ARE SOREL NEGLECTED. The colored men of Sedgwick county and the Eighth Congressional District have been sore ly and most shameful- ly neglected in the distribution of Fed- eral and state patronage by the re- publican party in the past. Although Sedgwick county yas a large ‘colored voting population that has at all times been Joyal to the republican party and although this colored vote of Sedgwick county has bee a factor in the elec- tion of a republican Congressman and “state officers, yet not a colored man from this county has been remembered. "There are plenty colored men in this county amply capable to fill any of- ‘fice within the gift of the party, either federal or state, and the colored men ‘here justly feel that while these places must be filled they should be given jsome recognition. It is, indeed, unfair for the republican candidate for office | to ask the suport of the colored men of this county for federal and state of- fices and then when the party is suc- cessful dish out the pie and leave the Sedgwick county man to hold the pan. ‘The colored men of this county are fast realizing that they have ben used as tools and have rightly made up their minds that they are entitled to some- ‘thing. While they do not ask nor ex- ‘pect “the world with a wire fence | around it” the ydo wish to Impress up- on the republican leaders their sincer- ity when they say they must be as- sured some recognition in federal and state appointments in the event the re- publican party should win this year. | Out of all the Congressional districts "in Kansas—the Eighth—to which Sedg- wick county belongs—is the only one [with as large a colored voting popula~ tion as has this county, that has not some colored man in a federal position. We are at a loss to here place the blame, but one thing certain this can be remedied and should be remedied. [The ntake the state appointments. Every other colored votingdistrict is cei except Sedgwick county. It is high time the colored men of this | the hour and getting down to real busi- ness and finding out a few things. We ‘trust this matter willreceive the prop- | er attention due tt. Clean Burned Kettle. After burning food in a kettle you often find that in spite of all scouring it will not all come off. This may be remedied by placing the kettle over a fire and filling it with water, after which add some baking soda. Let ‘his boil a few minutes and then re- move the fire and wash the kettle. It “VU be as good as new. Ss ga aes ec ; Oeoen's Davo Srogg | Prescriptions Filled with Care ; +. Dengs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco , ba ; Your patronage solicited. + Onee a customer, alwayay 2 — @astumer. 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Second thoughts are often best, even in a case of love at first sight. How can you expect everything in a summer resort circular to be on the square? As a high flyer Count Zep-lin shows remarkable ability to keep a cool head. To be wholly up to date, New York's new 600-foot office building ought to have an abship platform on the cupola. The Mexican revolutionists have at least demonstrated their ability to make as much noise as their neighbors to the south. Commander Peary has begun his dash for the north pole, but interest in several dashes for the pennant pole will not diminish. One would think at first blush that 5000 policemen could whip all the women in the British empire, but sufrafettees are different. Seven of the sons and daughters of the Merstham (England) centenarian, Mrs. Maynard, married seven brothers and sisters named King. One hundred and three men were killed and about 200 badly injured by the explosion aboard the French battleship Jena, March 12, 1907. A few orders marked "banished" would help the kaiser a lot in getting rid of that court scandal which has too many of the evidences of longevity. There is such a great demand for farm hands out in Kansas now that the farmers are willing to take college boys, if nothing better can be had. The outrage of being compelled to have a peaceful election, exclaims the Buffalo Courier, is enough to drive the people of Panama to riot and revolution. Two new electrical journals appeared recently about the same time bearing the same name. One comes from New York, and the other from Chicago. The soldiers out in Colorado are experimenting with condensed meat capsules. With the prevailing meat prices it won't be long before we'll all have to do the same thing. Album Schaefer, who resides near Elizabethtown, Pa., made a vow in 1856 that if James Buchanan should be elected president he would never part with his mustache. Alfred G. Vanderbilt complains that his income has been reduced to but a little more than $800,000 a year. And the courts want him to pay alimony out of that! Poor Alf! Four times a St. Louis man approached the altar before he had the nerve to go through the ceremony of marriage. That is the kind of husband many girls would fight to get. The water in Lake Erie is higher than it has previously been within the memory of the oldest inhabitants. For some reason nobody has seen fit to blame it on the Chicago drainage canal. Toxicabs in London, as in New York, are a marked success, and the hansom is being crowded out. There are 758 toxicabs on the streets, 2,600 toxicabs on order and 1,700 licensed drivers. The use of the gas engine on the car is growing more popular every year. In the last two years 50,000 of these motors were purchased by farmers and the demand this year has every indication of being greater. According to the figures for the last year available Americans used the telephone 3,680,000,000 times, as against 3,114,541,691 times abroad. In Europe, with its five times greater population, there were 1,726,880 subscribers, as compared to 2,241,367 in the United States. Twelve members of one family suffer from what doctors call "lazy disease" are quarantined on the lawn of a New York hospital. One form of any disease is almost an epidemic these hot days, but its victims would perk up" before they would be quarantined. The other name of the paricular malady first mentioned, it may be worth while to say, is uncinariasis. Pemmican, originally a North American Indian preparation and to-day the chief food of the "farther north" explorers, is made of the lean portions of beef, thoroughly dried and then ground into a paste and tightly pressed into cakes. Raisins are generally mixed into the beef to add to the flavor. Pemmican will keep for a very long time, and is for that reason used on the long arctic expeditions. A duplicate of the national flag of 1914 was raised over the old Key entrance in Georgetown, District of Columbia, on June 13, after exercises conducted by the association which was planned to preserve the house as a memorial of the author of "The Star-spangled Banner." The Marine band marched the song, and a salute of 21 guns was fired by a detachment of fire from the navy. The national flag waves over a much wider kind of the free and over more homes of the more than came within its shadow in JOHN HENRY ON THE BAY STORM BY GEO. V. HOBART, ("HUGH M'HUGH.") Dear Bunch: Still in the ring at the Spoonsbury Commercial house, and here's some of the dope the near-actors of the "Bandit's Bride Company" handed out last night. "I tell you, Mike," the Juvenile said, "I'm too delicate for this one-night stand gag. I'm going to New York and build a theater." They'll shout while dures: Show a tearful lamp. And you'll see them t And it's back to the There's always a bunch While at your money But you'll find them a On that cold, gray da When the fringe arrl "What with?" sneered Low Comedy. "With a reporter I know on one of the papers," the Juvenile chuckled. "Say, what was the name of that town we played night before last?" "Murphy's Landing, wasn't it?" Mike answered. "I guess that's right, because Murphy landed on me good and hard," the Juvenile said. "Remember those nice white door-knobs we ate for breakfast next morning? The waitress "Not a Cookie in the Lunch Basket." said they were hot biscuits, but I had to eat mine with a nut-cracker. I've got it in my pantry yet, and every time I walk around the knob turns, and I can hear a door open somewhere." Mike's double chin showed signs of agitation. "Stranded, here in this jay town!" The Juvenile grabbed the black bottle and upset it again. "Say, Mike, what we need is a guardian. And while we're at it let's pick out one with money so we can wire him for a little price to help us out on occasions like this. The next manager that wins me away from the stockyards will have to wear a gold-plated overcoat and stand in the wings every night where he can throw ten-dollar bills at when I make my exit. No more slob impressarios for mine, with nothing in their inside pockets but a datebook and a hearty appetite." "Same here!" Low Comedy nodded. "The next manager that picks me out will have to drag me down to his bank and let me pick his coupons off the shelf* before I'll sign." "Bumped, good and hard, here in the tall grass," the Juvenile complained again, "and not a cookie in the lunch-basket. Say! It has me winging, all right, and that's no idle hoot! This is the third troupe that blew out its mainspring for us this season, and I'm beginning to believe we ought to get vaccinated. How am I going to do Hamlet in New York this winter, I'd like to know? Eight weeks since we left Chicago, three shows to the bad, and still a thousand miles from the Great White Way. Say. Mike, at this rate it'll take about 629 shows to get us to Jersey City; are you hip?" M'e laughed. "It's the old story." "Jabe Guffawed Loudly." my boy; we're a sad bunch of plow- boys on this old farm of a world when we haven't a little mazuma in the vest pocket. I've got a new bit of a recitation spel I cooked up last night when I couldn't sleep. It's called Knock, and the World Knocks with You,' and I'll put you jerry to it right now before it gets cold!" "Well, I'm from Texas, so you'll have to steer me," said the Juvenile, "Pipe the everlasting truth contained herein," said Mike, whereupon he proceeded as follows: Knock, and the world knocks with you, Boost, and you boost alone! When you roast good and loud You will find that the crowd Has a hammer as big as your own! Buy, and the gang is with you; Renig, and the game's all off, For the lad with the thirst Be rich and the push will praise you, Be poor, and they'll pass the ice, You're a warm young guy When you start, to buy— You're a slob when you lose the price! Be flush, and your friends are many, Go broke, and they'll say Ta ta! While your bank account burns You will get returns. When it's out you will get the Ha! Be gay and the mob will cheet you ON THE BARN STORMERS. They'll shout while your wealth endures: Show a tearful lamp And you'll see them tramp— And it's back to the woods for yours! There's always a bunch to boost you While at your money they glance; But you'll find them all gone On that cold, gray dawn When the fringe arrives on your pants! "You've got the game of life sized to a show-down," was the Juvenile's comment. At this point Jabe, the Reub bartender, pointed a freckled finger at Mike and butted in with: "Say, you be the fat cuss that cut up with that thar troupe at the op'ry house last night, been't ye?" "No, I'm the skeleton man with a circus," Mike answered, and the bartender roared with delight. "You don't look as how you took much exercise," snickered Jabe. "But I do take exercise. Oh me, for that exercise thing, good and strong!" protested Mike. "What kind of exercise do you take?" Jabe inquired. "Well," Mike answered, "every morning I swing clubs for 15 minutes, then the dumb-bells for ten minutes, then I run about three miles—and then I get up and eat my breakfast." Jabe guffawed loudly over this bit of facetiousness. "I was at the op'ry house last night," Jabe informed them, "and I 'most laughed myself sick to the stomach at this yer fat cuss takin' off that Dutch policeman—ha, ha, ha, ha!" Jabe looked at the Juvenile. "You was putty good, too," he admitted, "takin' off that newspaper reporter and rescuin' the girl from the burnin' structure, but you didn't do no funny fall and bust your gallusses like this yer fat cuss—ha, ha, ha!" "Get him to unhook the laugh; he's a good steady listener," whispered the Juvenile, and Mike started in. "Fine town, this," Mike began. "All the modern improvements, eh? Cows wear nickel-plated bells, streets paved "The Proprietor of That Hotel." with grass and the river has running water." "Ha ha ha ha!" Jabe roared Ha, ha, ha, ha. Jabe roared. "Reminds me of a place we struck out in Missouri last winter," Mike went on. "Same style of public architecture, especially the town pump. But the hotel there was the hit with us. It was called the Declaration of Independence, because the proprietor had married an English woman, and wanted to be revenged. At supper time I ordered a steak, and they brought me a leather hinge covered with gravy, so I got up to add an amendment to the Declaration of Independence. The head waiter was an ex-pugilist, so he put the boots to me and covered my amendment with brushes. Then he made me eat the leather hinge, and for two weeks I felt like a garden gate and I used to slam every time the wind blew." "The proprietor of that hotel was so patricioe." Mike continued, "that he wouldn't number the rooms like any ordinary hotel. Every room was named in honor of a president of the United States. That evening there happened to be a rush while I was standing near the desk, and I heard the clerk say: 'Front, show these gentlemen up to John Quincy Adams, and tell the porter to take that trunk out of the alcove in Thomas Jefferson. Front, go and put down that window in Rutherford B. Hayes, and, here, take this whisky up to Abraham Lincoln. Front, what's all that racket in James Buchanan? Here, take these cigars to U. S. Grant, and turn off the gas in Grover Cleveland. But I nearly fainted when he said: 'Front, run a sofa into James A. Garfield, and take these two ladies up to George Washington.'" "Mortal Caesar! Ha, ha, ha, ha!" roared Jabe. "Doggone, if that ain't funny, you fat cuss!" When I quit them Mike had worn finger-marks on the side of the black-bottle, and Jabe had signed a verbal contract to go on the stage as the Juvenile's dresser. I'm for the Reub hotel, strong. (Copyright, 1908, by G. W. Dillingham Cc The True Man. Who is a true man? He who does the truth, and never holds a principle on which he is not prepared in any hour to act, and in any hour to risk the consequences of holding the act of hanging out some clothes Thomas Carlyle. THE NEBRASKA CITY GAILY DE ORATED FOR BRYAN NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. CROWDS ALREADY ON HAND Buildings Covered With Flags and Pictures of the Candidate—Mr. Bryan Banqueted by Printers. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—Lincoln was the mecca for Democrats Tuesday, thousands already have reached the city and many more are expected Wednesday. Workmen were busy most of the day and night decorating the business houses and homes of the city in honor of the notification of Mr. Bryan. The larger stores save hun dreds of flags draped along each story while banners droop from the windows. The Elks' club house was conspicuously draped in red, white and blue while pictures of Mr. Bryan were on display in the windows. At the Lincoln hotel where the Democratic headquarters are located hundreds of yards of bunting have been used. Above the portico was suspended a mammoth pictures of William J. Bryan and in the lobby of the hotel was another. The city hall also was appropriately decorated with flags and bunting. Pictures of Mr. Bryan were conspicuously displayed from the windows. At the state house the platform where the notification ceremonies occur has been completed. It is located directly in front of the north door of the capitol and has been made large enough to accommodate the candidates, the members of the notification committee, the local committee on arrangements and the newspaper men William J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for president, was the principal speaker Tuesday at a banquet given by the Lincoln Typographical union in honor of G. Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell, Mass. Before entering into the more serious subject of his discussion, which was in reference to the part which labor organizations play in the world work, Mr. Bryan thanked the union for the opportunity given him to be present, and made a humorous reference to Candidate John W. Kern, who also was a guest. "He is naturally somewhat embarrassed at the approaching notification," said Mr. Bryan amid laughter. "I realize how it is with a beginner, but I am sure that if he will persevere the time will come when he will feel as I do about it—so accustomed to being notified that it seems scarcely an extraordinary occasion." Democrats Discuss Finances Chicago, Aug. 11.—Ways and means of financing the Democratic national campaign were discussed at length Sunday at a meeting of Chairman Mack of the national committee; Gov. Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer of committee; Col. Moses C. Wetmore of St. Louis, chairman of the finance committee, and Millard F. Dunlef of Illinois, former treasurer of the national committee. Preparing for G. A. R. Encampment. Toledo, O., Aug. 11.—With the location of the department of Oregon Sunday the entire 44 departments of the Grand Army of the Republic now have headquarters in this city for the forty-second annual encampment to be held here August 31 to September 5. The representatives from departments show that about 30,000 men who average 67 years of age will be in the line of parade. After a Kansas Bank Robber Coffeyville, Kan., Aug. 12.—Sheriff M. D. Ricketts of Chautauqua county was here Monday night on his way to the state of Washington where he has had officers arrest Harry Coleman on a charge of being implicated in the robbery of the Citizens State bank at Chautauqua, April 17. Elia a Drowned Joplin Boy. Joplin, Mo., Aug. 11.—Following a search of 96 hours the body of Richard A. Smith, the seven-year-old son of Councilman Stephen A. Smith, who was drowned last Tuesday, was recovered Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Thomas Campbell, a widely known hotel man of Mexico, Mo., is dead of apoplexy. South Africa's output of gold for July was 590,000 ounces, values at $12,500,000. The National Association of Fire Underwriters began its annual meeting at St. Paul Tuesday. At Mandan, N. D., a tornado unroofed the two hotels, causing damage estimated at $50,000. There were no fatalities. Thirteen men were killed and eight others badly injured as the result of an explosion in a mine at Saarbrueck en, Germany. The supreme order of the Knights of St. Joseph Tuesday voted to hold their next meeting at Rock Island, Ill., in 1910. A fatal case of cholera occurred Tuesday at Nizhni Novgorod. Thirty cases and 15 deaths were registered Monday at Saratov, and 18 new cases and 13 deaths at Baratsin. One case of the plague is reported at Khirzig. FOREST FIRES CAUSE DESTRUCTION OF KOOTANAL A Gale Blowing and Sand Point, With 10,000 Population, Seriously Threatened. Sand Point, Ida., Aug. 12.—With the wind blowing a gale and the adjacent town of Kootenai wiped out, it seems that no power can save Sand Point. At six o'clock Tuesday evening a small forest fire north of Kootenai was blown into the town and the town of 300 inhabitants was burned to the ground. The Humbird Lumber company had a $200,000 mill at Kootenai which burned to the ground and was only partly insured. At present the fire is within 2,000 feet of the Pan-Handle smelter, which seems domed. The homeless people of the little hamlet of Kootenai have been brought here and are being cared for by citizens. All of them lost their belongings. Over 500 volunteers are fighting the approaching flames. Sand Point has a population of about 10,000. Au appeal has just been sent to the Spokane fire department for aid. MISSOURI NEARLY COMPLETE. Only Two Counties Missing on Vote for Governor. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 11. With all except two of the 114 counties heard from all doubt of the election of William S. Cowherd as the Democratic nominee for governor is removed. The exact plurality of the Kansas City man over David A. Ball, his most dangerous competitor, cannot be given accurately. The 112 counties heard from and the city of St. Louis give Cowherd approximately a plurality of 14,281. The official returns may increase or decrease the figures slightly, but certainly not enough to change the result. Corrected figures from St. Louis county show that Mr. Ball, and not Mr. Cowherd, was successful there. The vote in the county was Ball 644, Cowherd 516, Wallace 335, Stapel 256. Taney county was also carried by Mr. Ball by a plurality of 57. He carried Ripley by a plurality of 124, Dent by 865, Sunivan by 227, Reynolds by 270, Scott b 54 and Oregon by 96. in all of these counties Cowherd was the runner up. It now seems from the returns so far received that Ball carried 66 of the 114 counties of the state, Cowherd 39 and the city of St. Louis, Wallace five and Stapel one. Shannon and Texas counties are the only ones from which returns on the governorship have not been received. The Bryan Notification Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—It has been decided by the arrangement committee for the notification exercises that National Chairman Norman E. Mack will preside at the notification exercises. Rev. Father F. J. Nugent will deliver the invocation. Mr. Bryan has asked Mr. Kern to make a speech and it is probable that he will accept. Set Herself a Hard Task. Set Hersen a Hard Task. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 12—With a wait of nearly five weeks ahead of her, Miss Anna Rowe, an 18-year-old Dutch girl, Monday took her place before the door of the United States land office and will camp there night and day until the Fond du Lac Indian reservation lands are opened for settlement. A. Contest of Endurance. Montreal, Aug. 12—The Canadian Pacific strike seems to be settling down to a contest of endurance between the company and the unions. The strike leaders are imitating the policy of the Canadian Pacific railway officials, and maintaining a good deal of reserve as to the progress of the strike. They're Used to It. Tifton, Ga., Aug. 11.—Charlie Lokie, a negro boy about 18 years of age, was lynched here early Sunday for making insulting remarks to a prominent young white woman of this place. No excitement was caused by the lynching. MARKET REPORTS. Live Stock. Kansas City, Aug. 12—Cattle—Common steers, $3.50@4.50; heifers, $5.25@6.50; western stockers and feeders, $3.40@4.60; Hog—Bulk of sales, $6.40@7.75; Sheep—Lambs, $5.50@6.00; good to choice wethers, $4.00@4.30; ewes, $3.75@4.10. Chicago, Aug. 12—Beef—Steers, $4.00@7.99; cows and heifers, $6.40@7.99; stockers and feeders, $2.40@4.50; Hogs—Bulk of sales, $6.55@4.55; Sheep—Natives, $4.00@4.30; ewes, $3.75@4.10. St. Louis, Aug. 12—Beef—Steers, $3.00@6.75; stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.15; cows and anti heifers, $2.75@6.50; Texas steers, $2.75@4.50; Hogs—Fins and lights, $3.50@6.50; Sheep—Natives, $4.00@4.25; lambs, $5.50@5.55. Grain. Kansas City, Aug. 12—Close; Wheat—Sept., 83c; Dec., 81%c; May, 81%c; Corn—Sept., 74%c; May, 59%c. St. Louis, Aug. 12—Close; Wheat—Sept., 84%c; Dec., 95%c; May, 1.01%c; Corn—Sept., 78%c; Dec., 65%c; May, 65%c; Oats—Wept, 48c; Dec, 48%c; May, 50%c. St. Louis, Aug. 12. -Wheat-Higher; track No. 2 red cash, 96%@16%; No. 2 hard, 95%@9; Futures-September, 94%@9; December, 96%@16%; Corn-Firm; track No. 2 cash, 78%@78%; No. 2 white, 78%@78%; Futures-September, 77%@77%; December, 61%@c; Oats-Firm; track No. 2 cash, 48%c; No. 2 white, 31c; Futures-September, 47%c; May, 49%c. Produces Kansas City, Aug. 12. -Eggs, 19%c per doz. Foultry-Hens, 9c; sorings, 12%c; turkeys, 12c; Butter-Cremery, extra, 21c; packing stock, 16c. Potatoes, new, 60%@75c. GOOD CAUSE FOR WRATH. Art Collector and Irritated Walter Had the Same Feelings. A Chicago art dealer was talking about the wrath of William T. Evans, the New York collector upon whom so many bogus paintings have been imposed. "He's awfully angry," said the art dealer, repressing a smile. "Some of his costliest pictures, you know, have turned out fakes. His blood boils when he thinks of the way he has been duped. "He told me the other day that he could hardly understand the rage that possessed him against every petty little insignificant dealer that had cheated him. He said it was like the rage of a waiter that he had noted one afternoon at luncheon. "At luncheon, Mr. Evans said, he called his waiter's attention to a dead fly in some dish or other. "The waiter, as he took the dish away, muttered with a malevolent look at the limp insect: "I'd give a two-dollar bill if I knew for certain that this was the fly that's been buzzing about my nose all the morning." SHE COULD NOT WALK For Months--Burning Humor on Ankles —Opiates Alone Brought Sleep —Eczema Yielded to Cuticura. "I had eczema for over two years. I had two physicians, but they only gave me relief for a short time and I cannot enumerate the ointments and lotions I used to no purpose. My ankles were one mass of sores. The itching and burning were so intense that I could not sleep. I could not walk for nearly four months. One day my husband said I had better try the Cuticura Remedies. After using them three times I had the best night's rest in months unless I took an opiate. I used one set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, and my ankles healed in a short time. It is now a year since I used Cuticura, and there has been no return of the eczema. Mrs. David Brown, Locke, Ark., May 18 and July 13, 1907." An Eye on the Future. Tommy's maiden aunt had called attention to some of that young man's misdemeanors, thereby causing him to be punished. Tommy pondered a while, then asked, "Papa, will little sister Gladys be an aunt to my children when I am a man?" "Yes, Tommy," answered his father, much interested. "Why do you ask?" "Cause she might as well get married and have a home of her own, for I don't intend to 'low any aunts to stay around my house, making trouble for my children."—Woman's Home Companion. An Applied Text "The wind bloweth where it listeth," remarked the spectator at the filling of a balloon on a breeze day. "I know it does," responded the aeronaut gloomily, "and it generally bloweth where it listeth my balloon." THE COME AND SEE SIGN PUBLIC INSPECTION INVITED FROM 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M. SATURDAYS EXCEPTED LYDAE F. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. This sign is permanently attached to the front of the main building of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicing Company, Lynn, Mass. What Does This Sign Mean? What Does This Same Mean? It means that public inspection of the Laboratory and methods of doing business is honestly desired. It means that there is nothing about the business which is not "open and aboveboard." It means that a permanent invitation is extended to anyone to come and verify any and all statements made in the advertisements of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Is it a purely vegetable compound made from roots and herbs—without drugs? Come and See. Do the women of America continually use as much of it as we are told? Come and See. Was there ever such a person as Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick woman are asked to write? Is the vast private correspondence with sick women conducted by women only, and are the letters kept strictly confidential? Come and See. Have they really got letters from over one million, one hundred thousand women correspondents? Come and See. Have they proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured thousands of these women? Come and See. This advertisement is only for doubters. The great army of women who know from their own personal experience that no medicine in the world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ills will still go on using and being benefited by it; but the poor doubling, suffering woman must, for her own sake, be taught confidence, for she also might just as well regain her health. OBLIND A Moving Picture Uncle Sam, and the Whole Sam Family Would Like to See TEXAS COMPLAINS ATTACKS INCREASED FREIGHT RATES BEFORE THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. A CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED Sixty-Seven Railroad and Other Common Carriers in the State Are Made Defendants—Railroads Notified. Washington, Aug. 12.—The railroad commission of Texas Monday filed a formal complaint with the Interstate Commerce commission against 67 railroads and other common carriers, alleging a conspiracy on the part of the defendants through the Southwestern Traffic association for the suppression of competition and restraint of trade in the recent action increasing freight rates to common points in Texas. The commission will forward notice of this complaint to all the carriers involved and will give them 15 days to reply, the usual period allowed for answering a complaint being 20 days. The commission will expedite this case as much as possible on account of its widespread importance. The complaint is signed by Allison Mayfield, chairman of the Texas commission with R. V. Davidson, attorney general. Claude Pollard, assistant attorney general of the state of Texas countersigning the paper. The complaint undertakes to compare the alleged cost of maintenance and operation of the railroads with the actual cost, and the claimed indebtedness, which is supposed to justify the increase, with the actual indebtedness. The railroad commission of Texas, it appears, has appraised the cost of construction and operation of the roads as well as the actual indebtedness upon which the rates may be fairly based. Eight freight schedules which have recently been filed with the commission are made the basis of the complaint, and all are claimed to have been brought about by an unlawful agreement between the defendant carriers and the Southwestern Traffic association of which they are members, or whose members represent, through power of attorney, those who are not. It declares that the increased rates will fall primarily upon the commodities of prime utility and daily necessity, that they will seriously disturb trade relations causing loss to shippers and the consuming public; and that the increased tax, so far as Texas alone is concerned, will amount to $2,653,000. Heavy Storm at Chicago Chicago, Aug. 12.—Chicago was half flooded Tuesday night by a heavy electrical and rain storm, the first good soaking which this vicinity has received in weeks. Lightning struck in many places within the city limits, in some cases destroying electric feed cables and cutting off light and power. In the downtown district practically every basement within the loop was flooded, the sewers being inadequate for the rush of water. New York's Unemployed to Parade. New York, Aug. 12.—Ten thousand unemployed men on the east side of this city are preparing to parade next Friday when the interstate prosperity congress begins its deliberations here under the auspices of the United Commercial Travelers' Protective association. The program is for the unemployed to break in upon the deliberations of the congress at one of its sessions on Friday. The Alpine Death Toll. Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 12.—The death toll by Alpine climbers this year is a record one. In the month of July alone 14 persons were killed and two seriously injured. THAW'S LAWYERS' BIG FEES STANFORD WHITE'S SLAYER HAS PAID OUT $417,590. One Firm Got $105,000—Attorney Delmas Was Paid $50,000 for His Services. Paughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 11—From his cell in the county jail here Harry K. Thaw Sunday night gave out the following statement concerning the claims filed against him by various lawyers which, he asserts, forced him into bankruptcy: "In Sunday morning's papers I read that Mr. O'Reilly makes a claim for more money. That is a matter for Former Gov. Stone, my counsel in Pittsburg, to take charge of. There seems no reason for me to discuss the different claims and therefore I have nothing more to say except regarding one fact. "The sums already expended and the names of the lawyers and others to whom I paid the money were clearly stated in the newspapers. There is only this much to add: Besides the heavy total of about $17,500 that I paid out myself, my mother paid our family physician and gave about $47,500 additional to Mr. Hartridge, making $105,000 received by his firm prior to April 16, 1907. "My mother also made a present of $25,000 to Mr. Delmas. This made, with his actual fee paid by me, $50,000 in all that he received for his able services. Mr. Delmas' bill for expenses was less than $1,000, and is included in the $20,150 item for detectives and sundries." New Zealand Press Welcomes Fleet. Christ's Church, New Zealand, Aug. 10.—The newspapers here cordially welcome the arrival in New Zealand waters of the American Atlantic fleet. The Christ Church Press, in an article on the subject of the visit of the fleet, declares that the conclusion of the Anglo-Japanese alliance was only "a temporary expedient" to secure peace, and professes to see in the future a struggle for mastery in the Pacific in which the United States and Great Britain will be natural allies against the far eastern forces. Activity at Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 12.—The unusual activity at the government executive offices here which has been apparent for almost a week both during the day and at night, has become the subject of considerable curiosity. Acting Secretary to the President Rudolph Forster and the force of clerks under him recently have been the hardest worked men in the village. Circulating Bad Currency. Washington, Aug. 12.—That bad currency of remarkably clever execution is being circulated in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi was the general warnings sent out Tuesday by Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service. "National bank bills of the denomination of $5," said Chief Wilkie, "have been raised to $20 and are being circulated freely." Deport 85 Chinese. San Francisco, Aug. 12.—Eighty-five Chinese for deportation arrived here Monday and were put aboard the Siberia, which sails Tuesday for the Orient. The Chinese entered Mexico through the port of Salina Cruz direct from the Orient. There are 30 more Chinese and some Japanese at El Paso awaiting the formation of the next deportation party. California Highwayman Busy. Redding, Cal., Aug. 12.—Fifteen men were held up and robbed in relays Monday night by two highwaymen near Sterling City, on the road from that place to the camp of the Diamond Match company, located on the west bank of the Feather river. The robbers are said to have secured over $400 in money and almost as much in valuables. Discharged Because Doctors Could Not Cure. Levi P. Brockway, S. Second Ave., Anoka, Minn., says: "After lying for five months in a hospital I was discharged as incurable, and given only six months to live. My heart was affected, I had smothering spells and sometimes fell unconscious. I got so I couldn't use my arms, my eyesight was impaired and nive months in a hospital I was discharged as incurable, and given only six months to live. My heart was affected, I had smothering spells and sometimes fell unconscious. I got so I couldn't use my arms, my eyesight was impaired and the kidney secretions were badly disordered. I was completely worn out and discouraged when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went right to the cause of the trouble and did their work well. I have been feeling well ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. NO CHANCE TO BUNKO HIM. City Youngster Too Well Aware of the Wiles of Grafters. The baseball evangelist, the eloquent Billy Sunday, said during the revival services at Sharon, Pa.: "Keep good company. Nothing does the young more harm than bad society. Only yesterday a farmer told me about a youngster of six or seven, a little country weaker, who had as suspicious and mistrustful a heart as some old miser or crook. "This boy was sent by a charity society to spend a week at the farmer's. The farmer set out to meet him, but was late. He ran into him half-way to the farm, trudging along the white road, a big burglap bag of luggage on his little bony shoulder. "The farmer held out his hands for the burlap bag. "I'll carry it, he," said. 'It's too heavy for you.' "Go on!" said the little boy fiercely. 'Clear out now, or I'll call a cop.' Strictly Fresh Eggs. There are summer resorts, remote from any agricultural communities, where fresh farm products are even harder to obtain than in the city. It was at such a place that the new boarder, who had eaten four or five breakfasts there, began to wonder why the eggs were invariably served fried. "See here?" he inquired one morning of the genial colored man who waited upon him, "why do you always fry eggs here? Don't you ever boil them?" "Oh oh, yes, sah!" responded the waiter, pleasantly. "Of co se, yo' kin have 'em boiled, if yo' wants 'em. But you know, sah, yo' takes risk!" He'd Pull Hard. "Senator Folker, who journeyed to Albany at the risk of his life to cast the vote that doomed racing in New York, had collected a number of instances of race-track trickery," said an Albany legislator. "Discussing, one day, the way jockeys so often sold races, he said that there was a Gloucester jockey once, the rider of a favorite, who was overheard to say in a saloon, the night before the favorite ran: "I shan't win unless the reins break." There's a Reason. Mrs. Jingle—I don't see why those gowns look so much nicer on *the figures* in the dry goods windows than they do on women. Mr. Jingle—I do. Mrs. Jingle—Why? Mr. Jingle—The figures keep still.— Toledo Blade. ALMOST A SHADOW. Gained 15 lbs. on Grape- nuts. There's a wonderful difference between a food which merely tastes good and one which builds up strength and good healthy flesh. It makes no difference how much we eat unless we can digest it. It is not really food to the system until it is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman says: "I had been a sufferer for ten years with stomach and liver trouble, and had got so bad that the least bit of food such as I then knew, would give me untold misery for hours after eating. "I lost flesh until I was almost a shadow of my original self and my friends were quite alarmed about me. "First I dropped coffee and used Postum, then began to use Grape-Nuts although I had little faith it would do me any good. "But I continued to use the food and have gained twenty pounds in weight and feel like another person in every way. I feel as if life had truly begun anew for me. "I can eat anything I like now in moderation, suffer no ill effects, be on my feet from morning until night. Whereas a year ago they had to send me away from home for rest while others cleaned house for me, this spring I have been able to do my itself all alone. "My breakfast is simply Grape-Nuts with cream and a cup of Postum, with sometimes an egg and a piece of toast, but generally only Grape-Nuts and Postum. And I can work until noon and not feel as tired as one hour's work would have made me a year ago." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville." in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. MANY WHO FORMERLY SMOKED IO¢ CIGARS NOW SMOKE LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5¢ CIGAR HARD TIMES, INDEED. "Poor man! so you are a victim of the late financial panic?" "Yes, lady. You see, folks along de route is too poor now ter hand out free grub!" Astonished Great Pianist. A collection of anecdotes of musical celebrities just published at Leipseic contains this one under the head of Anton Rubinstein. When the great pianist was making his tour of the United States he sat one day in a railroad train looking out upon the scenery. Suddenly a man sitting across the aisle spat over Rubinstein's head out of the open window. The master drew back and gazed in astonishment and anger at the vulgar American, who smiled and said, soothingly: "Don't worry; I know my distance." Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Monotony of Home Life. So many wives complain of the monotony of marriage. They envy women who write, paint or act, because they imagine all these callings spell infinite variety. But any life can become monotonous if people allow it to be so. Wives who grumble at the dreary sameness of home routine forget that their husbands have to face the same tiresome monotony at the office. The only way to get out of the "rut" for wife or bachelor maid alike is to cultivate interests and hobbies. Marriage is monotonous only for those who make it so. Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery—Defiance Starch—all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. Few Horses Used in China. The only places in China where horses are used to any great extent are Shanghai, Esing-Tau and Tien-Tsin. Australian "walers," so called because they originate in New South Wales, are the most popular. These horses are imported into Shanghai in batches of from 20 to 50, are well taken care of on the voyage, and, arriving in excellent condition, are put into use within a couple of weeks after arrival. Important to Mothers: Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Chat H Mitchell In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The Manner of an Expert. "I guess my father must have been a pretty bad boy," said one youngster. "Why?" inquired the other. "Because he knows exactly what questions to ask when he wants to know what I have been doing." TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM. Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS CHILDREN. You know what we are taking the formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quintine and Iron in a austere form, and the most ectual form. For grown people and children do. About all you have to do to make a boy hate any particular kind of food is to tell him that it is healthful. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS. Use the best. That's why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers 5 cents. Back pay is usually slow about coming to the front. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR PHILIUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKKING 1375 "Guaranteed" Campaign "Tall Vote Getters" an approved vol. of repub. songs. $6.5 for $1. SongBooks "Brian Electors' new hit" Banks cd. Lee Wabesh' and other dem. songs. $6.0 book 's for $1. rb. s. MKs. fea. of Mills. USE FAULTLESS THE BEST STARCH FOR LAUNDRY WORK FOR SHIRTS COLLARS CUFFS AND FINE LINEN Nothing pleases the eye so much as a well made, dainty Shirt Waist Suit if properly laundered. To get the best results it is necessary to use the best laundry starch. Defiance Starch gives that finish to the clothes that all ladies desire and should obtain. It is the delight of the experienced laudress. Once tried they will use no other. It is pure and is guaranteed not to injure the most delicate fabric. It is sold by the best grocers at 100 a package. Each package contains 16 ounces. Other starches, not nearly so good, sell at the same price per package, but they contain only 12 ounces of starch. Consult your own interests. Ask for DEFIANCE STARCH, get it, and we know you will never use any other. Defiance Starch Company, Omaha, Neb. PILES- NO MONEY TILL CURED - SEND FOR FREE ILLUSION TO CREATIVE OR FREELANCE DESIGNER - DRS. THROTTON & MINOR-1000 ST. KYANSA, KY. NO. 1000 MET ON HIS OWN GROUND. Dishonest Politician Gets Little Satisfaction from Promise. Congressman Longworth, at a dinner during the Republican convention in Chicago, talked about honest politics "Honest politics alone pays in the end," said he. "Your dishonest politician comes out like Lurgan of Cincinnati. Lurgan was canvassing for votes. He dropped in at a grocer's. "‘Good morning,’ he said. 'I may count on your support, I hope?' "Why, no, Mr. Lurgan,' said the grocer. 'I've promised my support to your rival.' "Lurgan laughed easily. Lurgan laughed easily. "Ah, but, in politics," said he, promising and performing are two different matters. "In that case," said the grocer, heartily, "I shall be most happy to give you my promise, Mr. Lurgan." Your Druggist Will Tell You That Murine Eye Remedy Cures Eyes, Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye Pain and Sells for 50c. So therefore shalt thou flee envy if thou makest no show, if thou boast not of thy fortunes, if thou knowest how to enjoy thyself.—Seneca. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Each man has his special duty to perform, his special work to do.—Smiles. DONT SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers, 5c a package. The most important of all is the education of the will.—F. W. Farrar. FITS, St. Vitus' Dance and Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE £2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ld., 611 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. It is one thing to see your road; another to cut it.—George Eliot. It Gives While You Walk Allen's Food-Ease for corn and buns, hot, sweaty callous aching feet. 2c all Druggists. Nothing can atone for want of truth. —Ruskin. USE FAUL THE BEST STA FOR SHIRTS COLLARS SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. THE OLD MARK LITTLE IVER PILLS. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Sides, FORDUP LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS LITTLE IVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its component parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its excellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remarkable success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-Informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine—manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. Pantine TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body antiseptically clean and free from unhealthy germ-life and disagreeable odors, which water, soap and tooth preparations alone cannot do. A germicidal, disinfecting and deodorizing toilet requisite of exceptional excellence and economy. Invaluable for inflamed eyes, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. alone cannot do. A germicidal, disinfecting and deodorizing toilet requisite of exceptional excellence and economy. Invaluable for inflamed eyes, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. Large Trial Sample WITH "HEALTH AND BEAUTY" BOOK BENT FREE THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston, Mass. DEFIANCE STARCH content to work with and matches clues pleas. TLESS RCH FOR LAUNDRY WORK CUFFS AND FINE LINEN A DAISY FLY KILLER DAISY FY MILLS LASTS THE ENTIRE TREASURE SEASON. It leads every day to a collection of films. Is marked by mental sold by dealers or sent to museum. Contains 20 conts. Haul Somers. 119 Dekal Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS ELEGTROTYPES In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION. Kansas City, Missouri. WIDOWS' under NEW LAW obtained PENSIONS by JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D. C. Nothing pleases the eye so much as a well made, dainty Shirt Waist THE WIGM-"" SEARCHLIANT - | e2veceoooooccoes: A Smoke Talk At Home Westr With din the ns ; stove or fire place isn’t The leac what its cracked up to be ; . We have lots o¢ nice stitute for dry Wood cut in 16 inch 3 and 2-ioot lengths. By Also plenty of GOOD “Ze 5 COAL alwayson hand.. Zz Laer ZZ 3 = ZZ, ez re | a eT SANS = fi Sf Please Your Wife If you want to please your wife you must buy ichita’ ” “Wichita’s Best” Flour Ask YourGrecer For It Have No Other PEONISCH BROS , Agents 622 N. Main St., Phone 530 We also handle Feed and Coal It Is Right To Economize, Even In Small Matters. If You Trade At The Economy . Grocery Store you can always get fresh goods at reasonable prices. To trade with uswill convince you. ‘‘ Once our customer, al- ways our customer ” We are at the corner of Pine and Water st Call to see us D. K. Mickleberry, Proprietor . 2 Hickerson’s Restaurant 839 N. Main St, Meals 20c and 25¢ Cigars, Tobacco, Lunch Fish Game and Oysters in Season Your Trade Wanted oe LRAT FORT SCOTT, KANS., NEWS. Miriam Tabernacle No, 2 is pro- gressing nicely and the sick lst is greatly improved. Our Chief Precep- tress returned home from the Grand Session well pleased and gave her daughters good instructions which were very encouraging. On account of rain Friday after- noon meeting postponed until next meeting day Mrs. Annie eWatherspoon left for Chicago for a few months stay. Very truly yours, MRS, LOLA CULVERHOUSE, Dt. of Miriam ‘Tabernacle. HUTCHINSON, KANS. Bern Crouch and two sisters of Wichita, are the guests of Miss Bessie Du Val. Mrs. Broils of Newton was the guest of Mrs. D, M. Bellover Sunday and will return to her home Monday morn- Ing. Miss Ona Perkerson, one of Huteh- inson’s leading ladies, royally enter- tained a crowd in honor of Miss Mas- syyn and Goldie Crouch and Bern Crouch of Wichita, Friday evening the crowd dispersed at a reasonable hour, declaring Miss Perkerson an ideal en- tertainer, Harrison Wickoff, taken out a crowd of ladies and gentlemen at his ex- pense Wednesday and gave them a royal outing among the large number were: Miss Mallsynn and Goldie Crouch and Mr, Uina oJhnson and Berne Croueh of Wichita. They ail went home declaring Mr. Wickiiff a prince and a royal entertainer. Miss Mable Plummer has a cousin visiting her this week from Kansas City. Mrs. I, E, Duke made a quick trip to Wichita Friday evening on account of her sick mother (Mrs. BE. Young- blood, who is slowly improving. There was a nice crowd came over from Wichita with the Dunson Kid Band to attend the barbecue. Every- ‘@ favorable one. There was no trou- ble as all who attended were good people. NORTH TOPEKA, KANS. ‘The Knights and Daughters, Maids and Pages of Honor will celebrate the nineteenth anniversary the 10th of Aug- ust next Wednesday, Picnic at the city park during the day and a program arranged for the evening. Macadonia Tabernacle has a nice hall, 508 West B yavt dE UST EUV TSE LVS ST VUTTVITEC EUS SSSVTVTTITTTD Ye Counts... z ~~. THEN USE__ s + ” ¢ F<U-KNEAD-IT" | PE OUR i {texcels In every respect,—color. flavor, and pounds et § ee meer MADE BY. i Watson Mill Co. srssesca OUTTA, EABSAS. ss scannsnananl PEAM ABSTRACT Co. UN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors o os weovenss IMPERIAL prover GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD \ith thity-five years milling experience in Wichitaour products-are the best that can be produced. Made frofti vest selected grain only and put up in Special Packages, Ask Your Grocer See that youget IMPERIAL THE TMBODEN MILLING Co. WICHITA. KANSAS vr. VERTICAL MILL - $14 NORTH MAIN HAY, FEED, GRAIN and COAL CUSTOM GRINDING A SPECIALTY We sell Corn Chops, Bran, Hay, Oats, Alfalfa, Sceen- ed Wheat, Kaffir Corn, Stock Foods, Meal and Flour ORDERS TAKEN FOR COAL. We solicit your trade C. 0. VARNER, Proprietor KINER’'S a European Hotel Newly Furnished. Nice, Clean Beds 25¢ and 50c per night Rooms $1.50 and2,£0 per week 352 North Main Street and RESTAURANT 346 North Main Street Lied Home Cooking, Prompt Service — Meals — Short Order Chas. L. Kiner, Proprietor Princess Lingerie Dresses | Straight Lingerie Dresses have been a featured ! ipecialty with us this season’ Lines now are broken and must go. Mostly white, though some are pink, blue | and fancy figured; quite a number with very fine sec- tions of embroidery and lace sleeves are elaborately trimmed, Many beautifully dresses at less than whole- | sale cost. , $15.00 Prineess Lingerie Dresses, now 88.00 $10.00 Princess Lingerie Dresses, now ....... $5.50 $8.00 Princess Lingerie Dresses, now ....-.. $5.00 $5.00 Prineees Lingerie Dresses, now... $ 2.98 Wool Suits - - Half Price Ali wool broken line Women’s Tailored Suit, must go. Quantities are small, but the values are ex edingly good. Going to the mountains? Then, of tourse, you’ll want one. Come today. $35.00 Tailored Suits....$17.50 | $30.00 Tailored Suit $15. $30 00 Tailored Suits $16.50 | $20.00 Tailored Suits $10 Silk Pongee Coats Natural Color Pongee Silk Coats, three quarter ind full lengths models, beautifully trimmed. You can ‘ot appreciate these values witnout seeing them. Do Ut delay. $25.00 Silk Pongee Coats, now-.....$12.25 $20.00 Silk Pungee Coats, now.. -..$11.00 $12.50 Silk Pongee Coats, now.... $ 8.00 a Vd Onis. B o HOM» (pve = WALENSTEIN &000™” Ree Seay GOUeY Tin kt MRE TCR raga eo ek ane ee ee ee a : f : at 3 aes. | Westrn University ; The leading educational in- 3 : uae 3 stitute for Negroes in the west 3 3 ray pe ZZ ZZ ZOOS ee en ime i 2 NZ Zz (aBccommmay ea Cz eae | Ty SSS 2 4 AOS: en at a cI al & SSSISSS or 1 te ih i881 eS, es ro: A ASS 3 Ba CLC; Y CO 0.9) Ae aiaal |. ae Se EDT Leatee Tt Se=(iet Rawas Zh. AM Ey ad ae iif aT CR er Cee) , ; A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS Steam Heated and Electric Lighted ——DEPARTMENTS —— » Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb- Normal, Musi- ; cal, State Industrial, embracing courses in Archi- tecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, ; Book-binding, Tailorlng, Business Courses, Dress . making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. Thorough discipline, Christian influence 3 : careful supervision 2 : Fine Military Band and Orchestra é : For full particulars write to 3 Prof. Shelton French, : ; ACTING PRESIDENT ; Of Western University 3 QUINDARO, KS 3 : Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 ; a FEE EE OF OE OE OF OE OF OE IE FE EE SE OE Et OF 8 OF ot OF : ’ MESSERVES FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED WHOLESALEAND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches Orders delivered tc any part of the city ON-TON ANDY BaRERY & Krenn E. B. MESSERVE, Prop, 146 N. Main St. Phone 152 EEE EEK EEK EEE EOE OK EE EEE EE EK: PROCLAMATION FROM THE GRAND EAST of the M. W. PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE. Senn, eee er Reef l atin <tc a Rinaat Rh ke To the Master Wardens and Brethren A. F. & A. M., Greeting— Pursuant to a resolution adopted at the close of the Thirty- First Annual Grand Communication of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, held in the city of Parsons, Kansas, the Thirty-second Annual Grand Communication will convene in Masonic ‘Temple in the city of Topeka, on the Fourth Wednesday in August, 1908, being the 26th day thereof, for the transaction of such business as may come before it for the good of the Cratt. ‘The Grand Session will be continued on the 27th and 28th. Fach Lodge is required to fill out the enclosed returns and forward one copy to the Grand Secretary. These returns should be carefully filled and show the names of ali members in good standing up to June 24th, 1908, and @ report of all work done up to that date. We enclose you blank forms upon which ALL claims for charity must be made, ‘his is a very important item and the officers of Subordinate Lodges are earnestly requested tv carefully investigate all claims made before certifying, and BEAR IN MIND that all claims mustbe under the Seal of the Lodge aad properly signed, Look carefully at the New Laws goverwing charity. Remember, the Pension Law was repealed at th tect session, Delegates are requested to be on hand promp’ty, orf 7 ed to do work. Amount delinquent Grand Revenue... ...-.+.060 500000 ‘The Grand Lodge will open promptly at 10 o'clock a. m. This Proclamation must be read in open Lodge. Hereot tail not. Done by order of PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE. ©. H. M, COLLINS, Grand Master. FRED M, STONE, Grand Secretary. “ Johnston's Hotel wicntta 907 N. Main St. kansas Everything first-class. Electric Lighti, Electric Fans Transient Trade — Restaurant in Connection | R. Johnston, Proprietor —————— street for the evening. The evening Daughters. Will there be any Stars program will begin at 8:20 p.m. my crown. Everybody is invited at night. Admis- Closing remarks by Sir Knight Re sion 10 cents. Mirghall. K 1. The opening, all of the Knights Everything strictly up-to-date in and Daughters together. ‘This morn- religious way. Dinner and supper w ing we meet in our Taborian hall. be served, Everybodys come out at 2. ‘The welcome address, Rev. Mirg- refresh yourselves. All kinds of hall, freshments will be served. All of t 3. Response, Daughter Emma Daughters wear white dresses, sail Gaines, C. G. P. hats and your badges. Maid a1 4. A history of the order—a paper, Pages of Honor, white dresses, ph Mrs. S. Mackaroy sash and your badges. 5. Come to Me, a song, by McKinl:y Chairman of the committee Mrs. I and Sadie Warfield. M. Jordon, H. P. of No. 93; Mrs. Sar: 6. String instrumental music by Weedington, N. 77; Daughter Franc | Perey Lee. Hardanor; Sir Knight V. A. Grahar | 7.” A declamation by Mrs. J. Walker. Sir Robt. M. Johdon; all of the Hit 8. A song py all of the Knights and P., Queen Mother and Chief M. are | Daughters. Will there be any ‘Stars in cereal Closing remarks by Sir Knight Rev. Mirghall. s Ree “pen ly we win eat verre freshments will be served. All of the imi ee te ir re em, Ma, me Pe ee, sia ert M. Jordon, H. P. of No. 93; Mrs. Sarah ‘Weedington, N. 77; Daughter Francis Hardanor; Sir Knight Vv. A. 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So we have made arrange- ‘ments with a National Newspaper Collecting Agency, and after giving 2 who are in arrears ample time to pay what they owe we will give their ‘name to this agency to collect the amount due and we will then be forced to publish the names of ail those who ‘still owe us on the “newspaper dead beat” list. We do not wish to turn anyone's name over to this Agency or to publish anyone's name in the “dead beat” list—but we must have ‘our money and that at once. Be hones with yourself and fair wit! “ec and pay what you owe—if not, take you. medicine. If you do not know how much you owe, come to our office or write us and we will gladly tell you. ‘W. N. MILLER. Editor. wome + LABOR VOTE POLITICS’ BOGEY Lures Macyescananis to Success or Defeat. WY quite a lit | Most sought by tle boy on | the Schemer— my grandfather's | Expert Calls It farm in Ohio 1] | Menkey-Moon- was startled one \ ine’ night by a fear- some apparition. The cows had de Jayed coming home until after dark and I had been sent for them. Coming kome through the lane with them I was confronted with & grewsome appearance in the shape of a large round head star ing at me. with wide-open mouth and shining eyes, silent, menacing, and awe-inspiring. I left the cows to their fate and ran home terror-strick- en. And afterward, I was told that what I had seen was only a hollowed. out pumpkin, with holes cut for eyes and mouth, and a lighted candle set in ft to give the impression of a fla ming hobgoblin. The name given to this “scare-head” was “monkey-moon- shine.” ‘Well, that's what the labor vote is in politics. I am with the labor end of it, be- cause from the days of the pyramids to now, the men whe work mainly ‘with their hands have had to hold up “the heaviest end of the log.” As a boy J worked at a factory bench with fac- tory boys; and my playmates and companions for years in baseball, foot: ball, hunting, fishing, fighting, skating, and other sports were boys who were very poor. Boys who are my friends to-day. I learned what poverty really meant by my association with them, and my welcome in their homes. The poverty of the middle classes ia often extremely mortifying to pride and comfort, but the poverty of the very poor is hell. + And yet I say seriously, and without any possible prejudice, that the labor vote in politics, with rare exceptions, 4s nothing more not less than “mon- key-moonshine.” True, this vote oc- casionally elects a mayor in some of ‘the cities, but these exceptions only Prove the rule. And I will show you by the logic and reason of the situ- ation, in America, that this is a fact. Politicians who will attempt to “demonstrate” that a candidate is eith- er “strong” or “weak” by reason of the support or antagonism of this ele- ment in politics are either knaves, or men who cannot see further than their own noses. It is idle to call atten- ‘tion to what has been done in Europe by the leverage of the labor vote, for the conditions there are vitally dif- ferent. The question of what “is” the Tabor vote, how it will be cast, and how far it can be depended on, has been a willothe-wisp which has lured many an aspiring politician into the quagmire of disappointment and de- feat. It is, in its last analysis, a negligible quantity in the voting strength; that is, a quantity to be disregarded, as it stands at present, | During the period of my active par- ‘ticipation in politics I lived in a “la- SSS one IT Sa he | HAC B58) l este Vy, en pg oe rg N G4 i y : BUN He Ro, 3 Pl y= Se er a IN Ie 1 Met the Labor Element at Every Meeting. jbor ward, and, although drawing a gocd salary as a city official, was not credited with being one of the “pred- ators capital” class. During my term fon the board of local improvements, when « dispute arose between — the city and a branch of the labor union, and the dispute was referred to arbi- tration, my name as a third arbitrator was chosen by the labor men them: selves, after the city had picked: out one man. and the union another; al- thongh the dispute was directly one fn which the board was concerned. What is this labor vote of which so much is current in the newspapers, and in the speeches of the politicians? Very well, then! The labor vote, you will grant, is largely a vote of the cities and towns, particularly the man. utacturing towns; and the votes of the miners. Here you have a voting strength which imeludes the well-in- formed and the ignorant; the high and the low in the ranks of manual labor: the native-born American whose fore fathers fought at Bunker Hill, and the newly-arrived immigrant with his first papers taken out, and who does not yet know the language. Now then, are you going to solidify all these con: filcting elements into a harmonious pean emigrants date back further than the times of Romulus and Remus. Racial and religious differences, strengthened and cemented by wars of conquest and subjugation, have been drunk in with their mother's milk. Slay, Celt, Frank, Teuton, the Latin and Saxon, how sheer the wall which divides, how deadly bitter the old grudges which still exist. De you think to bring such conflicting opposite nat: ures into a “happy family” of unified voters without taking into account all the ancient jealousies and racial and spiritual prejudices? As well attempt to ‘swim with fins of lead, or hew down oaks with rushes.” My experience regarding the labor vote began early in the game. I met the labor element at every meeting I attended in my city. They attended political meetings where the “busi- hess” men regularly “side-stepped” such affairs. They naturally looked on a speaker who addressed such meet- ings, if a salaried politician, as a man who was there for the purpose of “holding his job; and they took very little, if any, stock in his protesta. tions. If the man whom he was talk- ing for was one who had “made good” in their estimation, so far as fairness to labor was concerned, they agreed with the speaker in his commenda- tions of such a man. But they did not believe that a well-dressed profes- sional man could really have any in- timate knowledge of their lives or their ambitions, nor entertain any genuine sympathy with them in their struggles; so that any views of the speaker in that line generally fell on barren ground. And that suggests, as a corollary, the proposition that the “uplift” of the labor element must come from the ranks of the laboring man himself. Men like Ruskin and Edward Morris in England, men like Phelps-Stokes and Ernest Crosby in America—have endeavored honestly to better condi- tions for the laboring man, and have failed because of a chasm-like differ- ence in environment which precluded the possibility of an intelligent and sympathetic joining of forces. The labor vote in the cities 1s in- dustriously angled for, and is not sel- dom made the means of an advance- ment to office, as far as the labor vote happens to apply, of some demagogue whose sympathy for labor is wholly fictitious. The labor element is also preyed upon by treacherous members of its own class, who use their official positions in the union for their own selfish personal aims. And yet at last this element, and whatever political cohesion it can ultimately command, must depend on {ts own people for ad- vancement. Labor's chief hope must He in national enactments of laws, and yet labor cuts the least figure in the election of the men who go to Wash- ington. Concerted opposition of labor to men who have been against it, has almost always resulted disastrous: ly, The men who seek congressional honors are not yet afraid of the labor vote, except in possible instances in some large city where the district is largely a labor district. But ordl- narily, as has been shown in several late instances, the labor fights on members of congress have been fail- ures. And right here I wish to call at- tention to a subtle undercurrent of politics which comes in when these “labor” fights are inaugurated. The timid and conservative voters of a party which may have the support of labor against an opposition candidate are very apt to shift their votes and “plump” them for the opposition can- didate just because they fear the ef- feet of a possible labor victory, or a victory where labor might claim to have been the means of winning. Curi- ons, isn't it? But this has been proved so often that it is almost axiomatic. Labor has not yet gained the confi- dence of the conservative or the timid business element, and they would rather have its enmity than its sup- port. The future of the labor vote would seem to be most advantageous where it attached itself to the “right party,” where it stood no show of electing Its own representative. Which party? Either of the two dominant parties that puts up a candidate who represents honestly a “square deal" to all men, Sometimes this may be one party, sometimes another. “Prin- ciples, not men,” used to be the old war-whoop. It isn't worth its salt as a maxim. The best set of principles in the world can be ignored by any man who wishes to disregard them. ‘The worst platform a political party ever wrote can be shelved by a man who has the nerve to do it. Men, not principles, should be the bugle-call, ‘And things “are trending that way. ‘The labor vote in the cities is popu larly supposed to favor the Demo- cratic party. Well, at a recent presi- groove, cannot be brought to see its own interests against its prejudices. Ignorance is a force which cannot be intelligently applied. ‘The leverage of the labor vote will not be a vital force in this country until the bulk of its forces get nearer together in the way of a dismissal of racial, religious and social differences. An engineer getting a salary of $200 or $250 a month— does he consider the “section-hand” or “track-walker” who gets out of his way as his equal? A man who gets maybe $30 or $40 a month, and handles a pick or shovel! I don't say that he doesn’t, but does he? Is that average human nature? Another thing that helps suppress the strength of the labor vote as to a free expression is the bread-and-but- ter question, the “full-dinner pail” ar- gument. Can you blame men for giv- ing in to this ery? I don't! Suppose the head of a factory or plant says he will have to “shut down” if a cer- tain man isn’t elected. The employe may reason to himself: “It doesn’t Zgyg SINS Sa FS) = i 1 2 ——SS— ui = = ay i Z oe Ran Home Terror-Stricken. make any difference to me who's elected, but {f this plant shuts down T lose my job. If I lose my Job I'm on the street.” To expect him to “as- sert the God-given right of the fran- chise,” as some orators put it, is to expect him to ignore the rule that “self-preservation is the first law of nature.” You can’t hand that “poppy- cock" to a man with a wife and fam- ily depending on him for their exist- ence. I don’t mean for their comfort, I mean literally for their existence. A certain judge in our city was up for re-election. He had hit labor's head every time it appeared before him. He had earned the title of the “Injunction Judge.” He was a re- spected and reputable citizen, a man of blameless private life. Rut he did not decide in favor of labor unions. am not impugning his motives nor his integrity. And the supreme court af firmed his decisions. Our party made extraordinary ef- forts to beat this man. Circulars call- ing attention to his decisions were eir- culated among the laboring element. The labor unions had representatives among every class and race calling attention to these decisions, and his attitude toward the labor unions, Good speakers, without in any way stooping to abuse or unfairness, showed the la- bor element that this particular jur- ist, if reelected, could reasonably be expected to drive a nail into labor’s coffin every time he had an opportu- nity. There was no difficulty in the way of labor “pumping” its solid vote against this particular candidate, for all that was necessary was to put a cross in the ring in front of the oppo sition candidate. Day in and day out, week in and week out the campaign ‘was steadily waged against this man. It was not simply because of his party; nor be- cause his decisions had sent men to cells for what they belleved was exer- cising the right to privileges guaran- teed them by the state constitution and the constitution of the United States. These men may have ex- ceeded their rights. The supreme court of the state said they did. Let it go at that! But he was a candidate we wanted to beat, and his adversary was an entirely reputable lawyer, standing as high in the estimation of the com munity as our antagonist. The day of election came and the judge we were trying to defeat, with the aid of the labor vote in addition to our own strength, was triumphant- ly elected. The “labor” vote did not materialize. It was voted, all right, for the registration did not disclose any great array of “stay-at-homes.” But the labor vote did not throw its strength against the man who had so often decided against it in his court- room. If labor had gone solidly against him, no possible defection from our sirict party ranks would have saved him, for the labor vote, so far as numbers was concerned, would haye overwhelmed him. There are two sides to this granting of injunctions, you know. Both great parties are now getting out state plat- forms protesting against the abuse of this power. But suppose we say, for the sake of argument purely, that this judge was absolutely right in every de- cision that he made. Even if this were admitted (which I deny) he was a judge whom labor had every reason ‘in the world to wish to retire to pri- vate life. "Take it from me, with my sympathy always with the labor element as an ‘entirety (because it has the hardest row to hoe), that the “labor vote” and all this piffle about the “labor vote” is the merest “monkey-moon- oy ERNEST M'GAFFEY. (Copyright, 198, by Joseph B, Bowles.) 83¢é K 383 eS 717 Official Directory Knights & Daughters OF TABOR KANSAS—NERRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS oF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C, G. M. 1718 Clark Ave., Parsons, Kan, MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. @. M., 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans A.W. HOPKINS, C.G.S. 821 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 “C” St, Linco, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. REV. M. WOOTEN, ©. G. 0. 416 B. ard, Ft. Seott, Kans. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichits Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St, Wichita, Kan. NEXT PLACE MEETING — he Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas. 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C., Aug. 6.—The Can; Pacific railroad estimates its | here as a result of the fire at f | $500,000. ‘The Great Northera is close to $700,000. The Crows \ Coal compapy estimates its loss $150,000. There are no lights at night ex forest tires. No liquor is here no disorder has arisen. Many of foreign element spend their time the bush in an unsuccessful sear whisky. Several safes and vail haye been opened and their conte found intact. The banks vaults still too hot to open. A vast quantity of supplies been received snd more are cou into the stricken region by es train. Tents, blankets and clotti are most needed. Considerable j thievery has been attempted bit corps of special and British Cols bia police is doing effective works malefactors are punished as soon) captured. ‘There is no jail and so officers chastise the culprits. ' camp containing 60 men and women in the devastated ae still silent, and it is feared all perished, Up to a late hour Tuesiday nish Bodies’ Gai beenarecovered tron ruins. Rough estimates of the | financial losses follow: | Crows Nest Pass Coal company! Trites Wood company, $150.00)! Elk Lumber company, 314 |Crows Nest Trading company. 3M ey Fort Steele Brewing com $75,000; Fernie Lumber compan’ 4 the MacDougall Lumber compa $50,000 each. ‘The situation at Mickel snd Hosmer is still unchanged. The ! of both towns hangs in the Waits Should the wind start, the uw of Michel is certain to go. The town is safe as the fire cannot 4 reach it, Many blankets and pr jons are being received. JACKSON THE NOMINEE AGA Williams Was Swamped in the Ke" Attorney General Race. Topeka, Aug. 6—It is generally ceded that Fred s, Jackson | swamped A. F. Williams for alto" general. Henry F. Mason, A. W.! son and Clark A. Smith, cantii for justice of the supreme cout probably nominated, as West did! seem to get very far. W. C. 4 and Thomas MeNeal are having race for state printer, with (1 vantage with Austin, ‘The state er list came far down on the t! and Austin’s name was the firs! ™ on the ticket, and it apprars (0 ™ helped him a great deal. (alles Miller aud Reeder, the const Rees gave Calderhead a bard & but Tucker seems to have cal only two counties in the Fourth | trict, Galena, Ill, Aug. 6.—Four of a Chicago family were dro8 here Tuesday afternoon. ‘The “6 were Mr. and Mrs. Architald Me ter and Mr, and Mrs. Alert Me ter. A fifth member of \° I iss Laura Huehner, a siste! Albert McMaster, had 4 810% cape from suffering the fir of others when she attempted 19 8" their rescue, She and Arcibsll Master were the only meters of party who could swim. am Kanane Candidate injure? Olathe, Kan, Aue i Keys, the Democratic ee sheriff of Johnson ¢« - yerely injured Tuesday 10"! * a motor car occupied | ls City men struck his buss! FY Fe avenue, throwing Keys 0 2° ment. Keys fell on bis bead fered a severe scalp wound 2 gibly dangerous injurigs t9 >