Wichita Searchlight

ELEVENTH YEAR AT REsT Written And Published By S W Lea In Memory Of The Late Rev R N Countee Thousands of people all over this broad land are sorry to learn of the death of Rev. R. N. Countee who died in Pasadena, California, April 21st 1909. The pre erve the memory, as well as to perpetuate the worth and worth of a very eminent Baptist preacher of the colored race. He was a gospel preacher and a teacher of divinity, we mention the name of Rev. R. N. Countee, who died in Pasadena, California at 1:45 a. m., Wed- The late Rev. R. N Countee, The late Rev. R. N Countee, nesday April 21st 09, and his remains were carried to Kansas City Mo. where they were placed in a vault for an indefinite peroid of time. Rev. Countee was a man of culture, literary taste and refinement He was in advance in his thought of men who lived in his day. He was a Christian gentleman-possessing all those qualities which go to make a true and noble man. He was honored for his innate ability and his high christian character. In the light of present surroundings it may seem strange and incrulous that in his early manhoodthe should have as one of his pupils white men but such is the case—being an advance school teacher during his early life he had enrolled on his class books many white boys who today all places of prominence all over our land. Rev. Countee was father and founder of the Tabernacle Baptist church of Memphis Tenn. also of the Tabernacle Bapt. church of Wichita Kansas. The Baptist denomination has lost one of its brightest stars and the race a true and noble man. He was known from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the dominion of Canada to the Southern coast of Florida. He made friends all over this country. Rev. Countec was a most remarkable man he was a scholar, a God sent minister a school teacher, an editor and an inventor, a man of business. Rev. Cohntee was quite a anguist and could speak three different languages as fluently as he did his own. Truly a great and noble man has fallen. It would be a blessing on humanity if the world had more true hearted men—such as was Rev. R. N. Countee. His space among mankind will never be filled. When the death angle called him he was nearing his three-score and ten year mark--fifty years of which time he spent faithfully in the service of God ane in the interest of humanity His body laid in the vault till August 1909 when it was buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetary, the new colored cemetary at Kaus. CitA Mo He led us for lo these many years and we reverenced him for his kind and tender lead ership. we oft prayed that God would keep him safe and from harm. His lite was sweet and serene, his acts noble, his decds christian. We all hope yet to meet him around the dazzling thront of God where parting will be no more and where congregations never break up. At his death we realized as we never before that human life is bounded by three score years and ten and that his foot rested on the margin of those bounds. And we pray as he was a shepard he might give ud the sheep into the hands of the Good Shepard who gives his life for them and as a a watchman upon the towers of zion he might be free from the blood of all men; and as a steword he might render an account with joyand as a stewart he might be found faithfull in a few things at least and that God would accept him add all of his services to the glory of His'grace. Written by Spencer W. Lea 919 N. Wichita St Wichita Kansas STEFFEN'S Ice Cream a tstandard for twenty-five years Factories:- Wichita, Okla. City, Hutchinson and McAllister. Let every body read and pay for the wide-awake Searchlight. DAILY AND WEEKLY EDITION OF SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 9th 1909. GRIMES-149 N. Main Before buying your Fall Hat, call and see our styles. Rev C Teal, Independence, Ks A prominent Baptist Minister $5000.00 To the Baptist of Kansas You are hereby notified that the State Missionary Baptist Convention of Kansas will commence with the New Hope Baptist church at Wichita Kansas, Rev. E. T. Fishback, pastor Oct 5th to 11th.09, $5000.00 (five thousand dollars) must be raised at this meeting to carry on the missionary work of this convention. Let us not forget the Old Folks Home but let every church send up a liberal donation for it. A beautiful gold medal will be given to the pastor of the church that send up the largest amount of money for state work and one also to the moderator of the Association that does likewise. Rev. E. A. Wilson Press. J. E. Lewis Rec. Sec't. FIRST ANNIVERSARY SERVICES The First Anniversary Services of the Sunflower Home, at Lawrence, Kansas, will be held on the campus of the Home, Tuesday, Oct. 12th at 2 p. m. The morning will be devoted to visiting and the afternoon to speech making by representatives and senators of Douglas county. The convention will have as guests of honor this year, Drs. Geo. W. Lee, Washington, D. C., and L. G. Jordan, Louisville, Ky. Dr. Lee is the most eloquent Negro of America and Dr. Jordan is styled "King of Missionaries" He is Corresponding Secretary of the National Baptist Convention the largest Negro religious organization in the world. These and other distinguished persons will take part on program. At night a Special Program will be rendered at Warren Street Baptist church. Special Announcement and program will appear later. E. Arlington Wilson, D, D. Rev. Geo. McNeal WHO IS THE NEGROES FRIEND The fortune tellee tells us that for fifty years the poor Negro has been in search of a refuge from discrimination, a strong friend before whom he could think aloud. Wise statesmeu eloquent practical philosopher with tons of instructions have pointed out a thousand different ways to pursue to reach this happy goal, and the simple, unsaspecting negro after trying most of them, still guts himself an Isralite lost in the wilderness. 10:00 a. m.—Devotional theme "King's Business," Rev. Geo. C. Clark, Olathe, Rev. Anderson. 10:30 a. m.—Report of all Committees 11:00 a. m.—Sermon, Rev. H. H. Gordon, Kansas City, Kansas. Alt., Rev. Geo. McAdoo, Topeka. Afternoon Session. Outing. 8:00 p. m.—Musical and Literary Program, under auspices of the W. H. and F. M. Convention. Some of the best talent in Kansas will appear on the program. GRIMES—149 N. Main Before buying your Fall Hat, call and see our styles Rev W F Warder, Winfield, Ks The new cash grocery located at Pine and Water sts. We kindly invite you to call and see us. Everything is new and wholesome Prices right. A. L. Case Proprietor Mrs Elmer Johnson and Mrs Joe Banks of Pretty Prairie Kansas and Mrs Della R. Ruth were the pleasant visitors of Mrs H. C. Underwood for 2 o'clock dinner monday afternoon last The Home Cooking Club meets the second Friday in Oct. with Mrs. Sam Anderson at the residence of Mss. W. H. Jones 901 N. Water St. All members are requested to be present. Mrs. Thos. Glover Pres, Ella R. Ewing Sec. New Hope Baptist church and their members are entitled much credit for the splendid arrangement to look after the State Convention. High Class Surgery Special Attention Given to a Specialty Canine Practice All Calls Promptly Answered-Day or Night The Flnest Equipped Hospital In the City Both Phones Office and Hospital 1730 236 N. Market St., Wichita, Ks. Second to None PLEASES ALL Good Bread Makers It is White As Snow—TRY IT The Otto Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry Food are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law Register No. 1. It is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market. RO Of letting your clothes look ragged or soiled, when you can have them dry cleaned, preressed and repaired to look like new at reasanable prices at ing and Dye Works Lawrence Avenue Bell Phone Best in the Southwest R'S CAFE The Peoples Cleaning and 131 North Lawrence Ave nd. Phone 178 The Biggest and Best in the COULTER'S Peoples Cleaning and Dye 131 North Lawrence Avenue 8 The Biggest and Best in the Southw ULTER'S CA The Peoples Cleaning and Dye Works 131 North Lawrence Avenue Ind. Phone 178 Bell Phone 175 The Biggest and Best in the Southwest COULTER'S CAFE 354 North Maint. THE FINEST AND BEST IN short Orders — Meals — F A much needed business in Wichita that you have a place that is us let all join in and help push soft Drinks— Ice Cream— Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, IMBODEN'S IMPERIA GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BR With thirty-five years milling experienced products are the best that can be produced selected grain only and put up in Ask Your Grocer See that you get IMP THE IMBODEN MILK WICHITA, KANS MINEST AND BEST IN THE — Meals — Fish and much needed business in Wichita, N. that you have a place that is a credit let all join in and help push to succe — Ice Cream— Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietor GEN'S IMPERIAL FOOD BHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST For thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita products are the best that can be produced. M selected grain only and put up in Special Ask Your Groce See that you get IMPERIAL IMBODEN MILLING WICHITA, KANSAS BEST IN THE STATE Fish and Game in Sea ness in Wichita. Now face that is a credit to help push to success Cream—Melons o Coulter, Proprietor MERIAL FLOUR REAL — BREAKFAST FOOD Mining experience in Wichita our can be produced. Made from and put up in Special Packages, our Groce SET IMPERIAL N MILLING Co. A, KANSAS THE FINEST AND BEST IN THE STATE Short Orders — Meals — Fish and Game in Season A much needed business in Wichita. Now that you have a place that is a credit to us let all join in and help push to success Soft Drinks— Ice Cream— Melons on Ice Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietor With thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita our products are the best that can be produced. Made from best selected grain only and put up in Special Packages, Ask Your Groce THE IMBODEN MILLING Co. WICHITA, KANSAS JOB PRINTING Is Our Special 634 NORTH WA Is Our Specialty 634 NORTH WATER Specialty - Try ETH WATER Is Our Specialty - Try Us 634 NORTH WATER There Is NO Need NO.28 Vertical Mills L. H. KAUFMAN, Prop. Dealers in all kinds of Hay, Grain. Feed and Poultry Supplies. PHONES: Independent 690. Bell 2135 Custom Grinding and Corn Shelling Our Specialty. Prompt Delivery. 814 N. Main St. Wichita, Kansas. OAK STREET STABLES Livery, Feed, Boarding and Sale Barn. Give Us a Call. Prices Right. New Phone 137. Bell Phone 3346 W. L. GUNN, Prop. 803 N. Main St. Wlchita, Kans. --- FOR SALE! Pop Corn that will pop. Highest quality chicken feed at medium prices. Kentucky Blue Grass. White and Red Clover Seed. We handle only the best poultry and stock remedies. Lee's Germozone will keep your chickens healthy and Lee's Liquid Lice Killer will kill the lice. Conkey's Roup and Cholera Cure is the best. Central Seed and Feed Co. 243 N. Main. Wichita, Kan. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR MORNING QUEEN COFFEE, 20c. Roasted and Packed right here in Wichita. PEERLESS COFFEE MILLS. J. E. Farmer, M. D. Physician & Surgeon All Calls Promptly Attended. Bell Phone 2186. 703 N. Main St. Wichita, Kan. "Good Things to Eat." STURGEON GROCER CO. SPOT CASH GROCERS. Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries. Fresh and Salt Meats. Phones: Bell 132. New 1044. 258 North Main St. The Harris Meat Market 9th & Main Fresh and Cured MEATS F. O'Hare Miller, M. D. Physician & Surgeon Bell Phone 2999. 513 N. Main St. Office Hours: 9 to 11 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m. Dr. Harrison's Old Stand. TRY OUR. HOME MADE BREAD WARD'S BAKERY. Bell Phone 1127. 446 N. Main Wichita, Kans. 343 N. MAIN. STAR LIVEERY BARN Bell Phone 2934 Ind. Phone 1559 440 N. Main St. Boarding Hack and Baggage. METZ'S LUMBER IS IT? Largest yard under shed in the state. Best grade of lumber to select from. Choicest finishings, posts, shingles and everything in the lumber line. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Low and Easy to Meet. Let us figure next Lumber Bill. Yards and Office 3rd and Main Streets. THE BEST ALWAYS In Pure Drugs, in Confections, in Toilet Articles, in School Supplies and in Sundries—we have the best. FREE DELIVERY. Give us a trial. We will please you. OSCAR R. BISSANTZ. Prescription Druggist. 811 N. Main St. Wichita, Kansas. The Quaint Belluga. Caviare can be made of the roe of any fish; but the principal supply comes from the sturgeon and the belluga. The latter is about the most curious fish in the world. It weighs up to 1,000 pounds and innabits the waters of the swift-flowing Volga. It is so abundant that the natives of Astracan throw away the flesh—which is whiter than veal and very quality—and preserve only the spawn, of which they sometimes take as much as 200 pounds out of one fish. This belluga lies on the bottom of the river at certain seasons and swallows many large pebbles of great weight to ballast itself against the force of the stream; that is, the pebbles act as an anchor. When the flood subsides and the waters are less violent the belluga disgorges itself; that is, it unballasts, hauls in its anchor and swims about for provender. --- SALITA LIVE SPEED THE BIG STICK INLWARNE SENTINEL WRIGHT SAILED UP THE HUDSON FROM GOVERNORS ISLAND TO GRANT'S TOMB AND BACK. As He Sailed Over Masses of War ships whistles of Vessels Mingled With Cheers of Men. New York, N. Y.—An aeroplane flashed past the white dome of Gant's tomb, then turning gracefully in midair, over the waters of the Hudson shot like a falcon back to Governors Island ten miles away, Wibur Wright, of Dayton, O., thus placed his name in the rank with Hudson and Fulton in one of the most spectacular feats in the history. Over the masses of warships, from whose decks the hoarse cheers of the sailors were borne up to him in his elevated seat, he flew for 20 miles—ten miles up and ten miles back—remaining in the air for 33 minutes and 33 seconds and alighting at the aerodrome without mishap. During the flight business was practically at a standstill in all that part of Manhattan from which a view of his remarkable performance was available. Harbor craft shrieked their applause, cheer after cheer swept up from banks of Hudson and the lower bay, for the Dayton aviator had "made good," crowning the aviation program of the Hudson-Fulton ceebration with a record. STOP A TELEPHONE MERGER Minority Stockholders of Des Moines Independent Company Asks Court to Prevent Monopoly. Des Moines, Iowa.—Minority stockholders in the Mutual Telephone company of Des Moines, an independent concern with 8,000 subscribers, secured an injunction stop, ing the Iowa Telephone company, or Bell interests, from taking over the independent line. Recently the Iowa company paid $600,000 for the majority stock in the Independent company, expecting to effect a merger. The injunction was asked on the ground that the proposed merger is for the purpose of creating a monopoly. The case is an important step in the big telephone war waged between the trust and the independent companies. Nebraska's Big Wheat Crop. Lincoln, Nebraska.—Complete reports to state bureau industrial statistics give the total 1909 wheat crop in Nebraska as 50,324,000 bushels, including 46,454,000 bushels of winter wheat, with an average yield per acre of 20.13 bushels, and 3,870,000 bushels of spring wheat, with an average yield of 14.99 bushels. The crop is about 10 per cent larger than last year's. All wheat is reported to be of very good quality. Ex-Shah of Persia to Odessa Odessa, Russia. — Mohammed Ali Mirza, ex-sahah of Persia, who has been exiled to Russia, arrived here by special train. He was met at the station by General Kaulbars, former governor general of Odessa, am. representatives of the local authorities and escorted to the Villa Dashlar, where he will permanently reside. Can Register Their Trade Marks. Can Register Their Trade Marks. Washington, D. C.-Residents of the Philippine Islands are entitled to register trade marks in the United States patent office, under the provisions of the trade mark act of 1905, according to an opinion made public by Acting Attorney General Bowers. No Chile From Mexico. The City of Mexico.—News of the loss of the chile pepper crop of Mexico was received by the Camara Aricola of this city. Not a shoot of chile is left in the big producing states of the republic. Will Manufacture Flying Machines. Albany, New York.—Organized to manufacture airships, balloons, dirigible balloons and aeroplanes, the Schroeder Aerial Navigation company of New York was incorporated with a capital of $75,000. TO PROTECT THE KANSAS HOG The Agricultural College Will Manufacture Choleera Serum and Furnish Farmers at Cost. Topeka, Kan.—W. B. Niles of the United States bureau of animal industry is at the Agricultural college in Manhattan making arrangements for the state to manufacture hog choleera serum and furnish it to the farmers of Kansas. The Agriculture college will manufacture the serum, and it is intended that the school shall furnish the serum to the farmers of the state at cost. It is intended to continue the manufacture all winter and have a large supply on hand when spring opens and hog choleera becomes more prevalent. The live stock sanitary commissioner has charge of all contagious diseases and when he finds a case of hog cholera in the state it is his purpose to order the owner of the hogs to purchase the serum and prevent the spread of the disease. The serum will cost about 25 cents for each hog. HAVE RECORDS EXAMINED HERE Dr. Cook Will Ask University of Copenhagen to Waive Claim to Prior Right. Washington, D. C.—Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, announced shortly after his arrival from New York to deliver his lecture, that he will acquiesce in the proposition that the University of Copenhagen be asked to waive its claim to a prior examination of his records, in order that American geographic societies and other scientific bodies in this country may be enabled to review his data. He said he would be satisfied to have the decisions of all these tribunals announced simultaneously. Must Obey Jim Crow Law. Guthrie, Oklahoma—That a negro interstate passenger who is ejected from a train in Oklahoma for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow law, cannot recover damages from the railroad company is held in an opinion by Judge william M. Bowles in the district court of Newkirk. This is the first court decision on that particular feature of the law and is expected to greatly aid in setting the status of interstate passengers hereafter. To Give a School $1,700,000. New York.—Charles M. Pratt, general secretary of the Standard Oil company and president of the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, announced that he and his sister, Mrs. E. B. Dane, would soon give to the school an endowment fund of $1,700,000. This gift will be the largest made to the institute since the older Pratt gave it $2,000,000. Some time ago his widow gave the school $700,000 and it has received in addition several small gifts. Date for Good Roads Convention. Topeka, Kan.—In conformity with plans of A. C. Jackson of Chicago president of the National Good Roads association, Gov. Stubbs issued a proclamation fixing December 14 and 15 as the dates for the annual National convention to be held in Topeka. Governors of other states and mayors of other cities and all business organizations interested are requested to send delegates. Oppose Corporation Tax. Denver. Colorado—Active opposition to the corporation tax supported by President Taft here less than two weeks ago was launched at the opening business session of the American Street & Interurban Railway Manufacturers' association. New International Railway System. San Antonio; Texas.—The closing of contracts here for the construction of railroads from Brady to San Antonio, Texas, and from San Antonio to Rio Grande, is declared to be the final act in the plans of B. F. Yoakum for a great international system. Minister Crane Re-Called. San Francisco, Cal.-Charles R. Crane, newly appointed minister from the United States to Pekin, was recalled to Washington by a telegram from Secretary Knox. - THE WICHITA - SEARCHLIGHT PER $1.00 YEAR One of the Oldest and Best Negro Newspapers In the west ESTABLSHED IN 1898 Published Every Week Fresh, Reliable Race News Conservative in policy Firm in defense of our race Our policy of "The Higher Grade of News" has built or the Searchlight the reputation of being distinctly a "Family Newspaper". No slang, trashy or questionable items are found in the columns of the Searchlight We make no "grand-stand plays" but maintain one even, sane, reliable and solid course in our work of "race up-lift" in dealing with those vital race issues. IF YOU are in any-wise interested in the Negro race and in aiding in help solving the great questions which to-day confront the American Negro—we solicit your subscription, your patronage, to the Searchlight in our effort for the highest intellectual, christian, moral, financial and physical standard for our race. Your patronage solicited. TO-DAY is the day TO SUBSCRIBE. Our next issue may contain some information or news item of Vital Interest to you. Our subscription rate-one dollar per year-is within the reach of all. You will never have sons to regret it. AGENTS WANTED We want active, wide-awake hustling men, women, boys and girls as Agents for the Searchlight in every city, town village and community. GOOD MONEY can be realized Agents and Correspondents of t JOB PRINTING In this Department a specialty of H Commercial Job Mail Orders We give all Orde Job Printing. No Job Too Small Good Work Guaranteed—Fri MONEY can be realized by the right person and Correspondents of the Searchlight. JOB PRINTING This Department we m specialty of High - Gri commercial Job Printing All Orders We give prompt attem all Orders sent us by r printing. No Job Too Small—No Job Too Good Work Guaranteed—First-Class Work GOOD MONEY can be realized by the right persons as Agents and Correspondents of the Searchlight. In this Department we make a specialty of High - Grade Commercial Job Printing... Mail Orders We give prompt attention to all Orders sent us by mail for Job Printing. No Job Too Small—No Job Too Large. Good Work Guaranteed—First-Class Workmen Address all communications to THE WICHIT SEARCHL THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT W. N. MILLEER,Editor 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kansas The leading educational institute for Negroes in the west MCCOY A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS Steam Heated and Electric Lighted DEPARTMENTS Theological, Classical, Normal, Snk al, State Industrial, embracing cocture, Carpentry, Mechanical Dra Book-binding, Tailorlng, Business making, Millinery, Cooking, Launder Thorough discipline, Christian careful supervision Fine Military Band and Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, Musical, State Industrial, embracing courses in Architecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, Book-binding, Tailorlng, Business Courses, Dress making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. Prof. Shelton F. ACTIN Of Western University QUINDARO, Residence Phone No. 15 Excellence Counts..... THEN USE "U·KNEAD FLOUR It excels in every respect,—color, f bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill WICHITA, KANSAS DEAM ABSTRACT NORTH-WEST CORNER COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstraction Johnston's CHITA 507 N. Main Everything first-class. Electric Light Transient Trade — Restaurant R. Johnston, Propriet Prof. Shelton French, ACTING PRESIDENT Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 Excellence Counts..... It excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. DEAM ABSTRACT NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors CHITA 507 N. Main St. KANSAS Everything first-class. Electric Lighti, Electric Fans Transient Trade - Restaurant in Connection R. Johnston, Proprietor. Its the man who "sticks-to-it" who wins. "I see that a New York professor reforms bad boys with piano music." I hope he beats in mind that some pianos need reforming quits as much as bad boys do." SCOTT BROTHERS SUCCEED MESSERV FAMOUS AND CELEBR ICE CREA WHOLESALE AND R For full particulars write to L. S. Naftager, President, W. R. Tucker, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice President, O. W. Brown, Vice President, V. H. Branch, Cashier. Fourth National Bank WICHITA, KANSAS United States Depository Capital $200,000 Surplus $125,000 Dirretors: W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, J. M. Moore, L. S. Nattsger, H. W. Darling, A. C. Houston, E. C. Sheldon, C. F. Brown, J. W. Metz, E. T. Battin, Henry Lassen, V. H. Branah. A General Banking Business Transacted W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 601 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Straighten Your Hair DEAR SIRS: I have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would not be without it for it makes my hair soft and straight and easy to comb and Mrs. W. F. Walker, Sis. I - Hardman, Tenn. Formerly known as Ozzoized Ox Marrow. Fifty years of success has proved its merit. It is a beautiful, moist, and flavorful dish, and plain, so you can comb it and arrange it in any style you wish consistent with its length. Removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates breakouts from falling out or breaking off and gives it new life. Absolutely harmless—used with splendid result even on the youngest children. Absolutely gentle, less pressure, as ladies of refinement ever where declare. Ford's Hair Pomade has imitators. Don't be afraid to try the allure of the best If you want the best price, buy the best Pomade-it will pay you. Look for this name Charles Ford Press on every package. If your drugstore will not supply you with the genuine send us, express or posal money order 50 cents for regular size or 25 cents for small size bottle and gives your drugstore's name and address We will forward bottle prepaid to any point in U. S.A. by return mail on receipt of price. Address. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 153 East Kenzie St. Chicago, Ill. FORD'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chic- icago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. For Everything in Building Material SEE SEE BOTH PHONE 496 J.H. TURNER 333 to 347 WEST DOUGLAS WICHITA, KANS. DAMS Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 829 East Center SALINA, KANSAS Use Herman's Cement Stone Made from the best material. Lasts longer, wears better and more durable than any other Cement Stone on the market. Prices Reasonable. PRICES 11c each laid in wall 8c each delivere 7c each in the yard Rock Face 8c each Plain Face 7c each Manufactured By W. L. HERMAN, 527 Ohio Ave., New Phone 1127 W. L. Herman CONTRACTING : PLASTERER 856 Eagle St., Wichita, Kan. Job Printing We have installed a new line of JOB TYPE FACES and we would be pleased to use them on a job for you. Good Work--Low Prices to all 634 North Water St. Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Epual They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 803 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wishita - Kansas Groceries, Meats GENERAL MERCHANDISE We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Choicest Fresh and Salt Meats Our Stock of Dry Goods Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery. Tapp & Hanshaw 255-257 N. Main St Phone 257 W. N. Miller Attorney-at-Law NOTARY PUBLIC. Office 634 North Water Street Practices in all the Courts Of Kansas and Missouri Residence Phone · Bell 1641 Send your news in earlier Satisfaction POENISCH BROS., Agents 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 530 - Both Phones - 530 TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. BUTTON PAINT CO. E. D. Squire 245-247 N Main Street Has Some Bargains In New and 2nd Hand Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, Linoleums, Window Shades, Stoves, and Ranges. Repairing Done. Bell phone 1837 Ind 1837 green Fine China Urn One of the finest urns in the west is the China urn on display in the North Window of the E D Squire Furniture Co at 255 North Main It was at the St Louis Worlds Fair and has a value of more than $100 Stop and see it It is a beauty. Read the Wichita Searchlight only $1,00 per year. H. O. Harrison JEWELER & OPTICIAN 437 N. Main St. Watches, Clocks and Jewelery Repairing Work Guaranteed BUY LUMBER AT METZ'S Corner Of 3rd & Main Get a copy of the Daily Search light. Oct. 5, 6, 7' 8, 9, 10. Dunn Merc. Co. 19 lbs Granulated Sugar $1.00 Corn Meal, sack, 20c 2 lbs Whole Rice 15, 4 lbs for 25c Flour, small sack, 75c; Large sack $1.50. 2 lbs good soda crack ers 15c Good Rio Coffee, per pound 15c Dry Goods and Shoe Department: Calico, Mill Remnants 3c yd. White Table Linen, worth 5t c yd —we have them in 2¾ yd lengths at 35c yd. Men's Fancy colored hose, worth 15c—all you want at 10c per pair Hardware Department: See us for a complete line of shelf hardware. Fish ing goods, Builder's hardware, and everything which could be found in a First Class Hardware store. First-Class Making of Men's Garments Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing A Specialty Prompt Service Courteous Attention Your Trade Solicited Guaranteed Deposits All deposits in this bank are full be opened in any amount from o 4% Interest paid upon Saving January 1st and July 1st Certificates of Deposits issued E ing 4 per cent interest per annu issue. Commercial checks Open Saturday nights from Gold State FIRST AN H. W. Lewis, President Paid Up Cap Certificates of Deposits issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND, bearing 4 per cent interest per annum for each full month from date of issue. Commercial checking accounts do not draw interest Open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 to receive deposits H. W. Lewis, President P. K. Lewis, Cashier Paid Up Capital $25,000.00 Our Mentholated Lotion We are the exclusive manufacturous of this preparation. It is a cooling application after shaving. It absolutely relives all cases of sun burn, chapped hands and faces and leaves the cuticle smooth and soft. Works in time will find it a better application than vaseline or cold cream. We sell it for 10 cts an ounce or 3 ounces for 25cand warrant it to please. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST INDEPENDENT PHONE 620 811 N. Main St. Wichita, Kan STIRLING CLOTHES Materal, Fit, Style dnd Workman-shiP Garanteed If we only tailored for a few dozen men, we would have to charge each an exhorbitant price. We would have to take large profits from the few, in stead of very small one from each of our many customers. This is why we can put in to a suit for you at $15.00 to $35.00 what the other fellow charges you from $25.00 to $60.00 for all suits, pants or overcoats are made to your individual measure at our shop 215 N. Main St. Stirling Woolen Mill Co TAILORS 215 N. Main WICHITA KANSAS Ketzler Hardware Hardware, Hot Air Furnaces, Tin Work, Roofing, Guttering, Copper and Galvanized Iron Work. Repairing and Painting Tin Roofs A Specialty. HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price. 116 East Douglas Avenue only guaranteed. An account may one dollar up. Us Accounts, compounded every t. MAYABLE ON DEMAND, bear- n for each full month from date 01 ing accounts do not draw interest in 7 to 9 to receive deposits Savings Bank D MARKET P. K. Lewis, Cashier ital $25,000.00 (First Publication in Searchlight September 4, 1909.) Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss. In the Probate Court, in and for Said County: In the matter of the estate Emanuel Harrison, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of Emanuel Harrison, late of said County, deceased, by the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 26th day of August, A.D., 1909. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after date of such letters, they shall be forever barred. Administrator of the Estate of Dmanuel Harrison, Deceased. August 27th, 1909. A. Wallace and little son Eugene of Lawreer is in the city visiting with his father & mother in-law Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Price he is enroute to Denver Colorado where he will make a trip before returning to his home. GO TO Jones @ Son For Beds, Springs, Mattresses, Comforts, Blankets, Pillows, Dressers, Rugs, Lenoleums, Stoves of all kinds. Tables, Chairs, Rockers, Sanitary Couches, in fact any and all kinds of house furniture usually kept in an up-to-date store. New and 2nd Hand store. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Don't forget the place. 340 North Main Street Bell Phone 3347 Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty Office 703 N. Main St. Send your news in earlier Special Master E. V. McKeever hired report to this effect in the supreme Because of those univ. grizzly. gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" MAIR R3STORER. @ PRIOE, $1.00, retail. When BY JAMES BRISTOL GREEN the Fans Hibernate that is free from ink except that placed on the paper by the printer. He doesn't put in the amount for which Honus is to play, leaving that to the "Big Dutchman." There's nothing surprising about that, for Hans is worth whatever he thinks is right. But when he signed his first contract, a few months after he won his nickname of "Big Dutchman," he signed up for $25 a month. And that was after he had been restrained by violent laying on of hands from wearing his uniform to breakfast. George Moreland, a former player and manager, who now makes a business of supplying averages and other brands of dope to the hungry baseball man, declares that Hans Wagner had no thought of becoming anything butatcher until 1895 when he became a member of the Steubenville club in the old Central association. At that time Al Wagner, Claude Hitchey andrank Bowerman were on the team. During a slump the manager sent out a call for a pitcher and Al asked that his brother Hans be given a chance. The next morning a telegram was sent to the young pitcher, ordering him to report at once. There was no passenger train from his town until noon, but the youngster surprised the manager by appearing at 11 o'clock. He had jumped on a freight train 10 minutes after receiving the wire. The recruit didn't get a uniform until the following evening, and the next morning he came to the breakfast table wearing his spangles. Brother Al, backed up by the rest of the team, convinced Hans that it was not customary to wear the uniform before noon, but they didn't convince him that it was improper—not mooch. Well, that afternoon he had his tryout and lasted two innings. He had nothing but a straight ball that was so swift it went over the fence if hit or through the catcher if it wasn't. Of course, he didn't make good, but Moreland was so short handed he had to keep him around to play in the field, letting him eat and sleep with the brother. Then Hans took a shine to the job of shortstop and began to practice it. Early in the morning and after the games he would get kids to bat him. Finding that he could not start quick enough he dug holes in the eld like sprinters do, but he was chased for spoiling the diamond and had practice when and where he could. Finally he became fairly proficient. He could field all right, but was awkward as a hog on ice. He picked up in batting and soon attracted the attention of rival clubs, but had made such an unfavorable impression with Moreland that he was given to the Paterson club for nothing. There he signed a formal contract to play for $35 a month, his first regular salary as a player. There he made good with a vengeance and the following spring was sold to Louisville for $2,500. He remained with the Colonels until the shift that took him to Pittsburg was made. And that's where he'll stay just as long as Barney Dreyfuss has money enough to cover the figures that Hans writes in the contract. ITH the ending of some of the most exciting races for the championship pennants in the history of the great national pastime in many leagues, the dyed-in-the-wool baseball fans must content themselves with recalling the exciting games of the past season until the ring of the gong next spring starts the race for the season of 1910. W When the rooter who was wont to screech his opinions concerning the integrity of the umpire to the four winds seats himself quietly before the family heartstone, gives vent to a long-drawn sigh and murmurs gently to himself, "Gee, it's all over, but golly it was some hot fight," then it is that memories of some of the men who stood out most prominently during the thick of the fight fit through his mentality. The fallings of the stars at critical moments, the successes of the "dubs," the rising of some new luminary in the baseball firmament and the fall of idols of years past, all tend to sketch a most vivid and interesting picture. The names of two players stand out prominently again this season as a result of their brilliant performances on the green diamond; these names are John Henry Wagner, better known as "Hans" Wagner, and Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the bright and leading stars of the National and American leagues respectively. Wagner is the highest priced player in the game to-day, but his first contract called for only $35 a month. When Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburgh club, sends out his contracts to his ball players every year he mails one to Hans Wagner that is free from ink except that placed on the paper by doesn't put in the amount for which Honus is to play, let "Big Dutchman." There's nothing surprising about that, for Hans is well thinks is right. But when he signed his first contract, a few months after he had been restrained by violent laying on of hand his uniform to breakfast. George Moreland, a former player and manager, who no less of supplying averages and other brands of dope to the team, declares that Hans Wagner had no thought of becoming until 1895 when he became a member of the Steward Central association. At that time Al Wagner, Clausrank Bowerman were on the team. During a slump the call for a pitcher and Al asked that his brother Hans be. The next morning a telegram was sent to the young him to report at once. There was no passenger train from noon, but the youngster surprised the manager by appearing He had jumped on a freight train 10 minutes after receiving The recruit didn't get a uniform until the following next morning he came to the breakfast table wearing his suit Al, backed up by the rest of the team, convinced Hans the tomary to wear the uniform before noon, but they didn't do it was improper—not mooch. Well, that afternoon he had his tryout and lasted two nothing but a straight ball that was so swift it went over through the catcher if it wasn't. Of course, he didn't make good, but Moreland was so had to keep him around to play in the field, letting him ee the brother. Then Hans took a shine to the job of shortstop and it it. Early in the morning and after the games he would him. Finding that he could not start quick enough he field like sprinters do, but he was chased for spoiling it practice when and where he could. Finally he became fairly proficient. He could field a awkward as a hog on ice. He picked up in batting and a attention of rival clubs, but had made such an unfavorable Moreland that he was given to the Paterson club for not signed a formal contract to play for $35 a month, his first as a player. There he made good with a vengeance and the follow sold to Louisville for $2,500. He remained with the Colon that took him to Pittsburgh was made. And that's where he'll stay just as long as Barney Dr enough to cover the figures that Hans writes in the con Tyrus Raymond Cobb was again the bright star of the he stole 39 bases in 1908, but last season he made a new record, nearly doubling his former mark. At the beginning of the season the Georgian said he would be fortunate if he got a total of 50 for this year. There is probably no runner in the history of baseball, and this list includes "King" Kelly and "Bill" Lange and "Billy" Hamilton and "Tom" Brown and George Browne and all the others who could compare with Cobb. Cobb's purpose is to outguess the other fellow. He slides where they are not expecting him to slide. He has nine different methods of reaching a bag and he employs all of them. The Georgian can slide head first or feet first; he can dive or he can go into the bag from any direction. He has reached a bag many times this year where he was not credited with a stolen base. Coob's force when coming into a sack makes him a difficult man to it. He may be touched out, but the hand that holds the ball will be unsteady, and should it linger on any art of the Georgian's body the ball stands little chance remaining in the hand. When Cobb plays baseball he calls forth everything he possesses—strength, energy, speed and mind. He works them all to the limit. Before the beginning of the season "Lou" Criger, veteran catcher, who was then with the Browns in training, made the declaration that "Cobb is a snap and I'll get his goat." Criger may have made the remark in an unguarded moment, as men often do, and he may not have meant it just as it sounded, but Cobb heard about it and began to formulate plans immediately. Cobb's pride was hurt and his reputation insulted. He went in to get revenge and he got it. Criger's arm NAPOLEON LAJOIE PEER OF SECOND SACKERS is a good throwing arm and has caught many good men, but Cobb beat "Lou's" throws several times this year and Cobb made Criger a laughing stock on several occasions. The prime of Cobb's life still remains to be reached. He has sprinted against the fastest throwers in the American league and he has beaten them. In 1907 Johnny King's arm stopped Tyrus, but last year Cobb stole bases on Kling. Cobb is half way to a base before most runners get a start and the pitcher unwinds himself, and he is into a bag before the throw from an average catcher reaches the baseman's hands. Tyrus Raymond Cobb is baseball's marvel. Lajoie is still the king of all second suckers, at least so says a prominent St. Louis baseball critic. Recently a baseball fan of the Mound City wrote Billy Murphy of St. Louis, asking who was the greatest second baseman of the men now playing the bag. Following is the interesting answer: "Lajoie, Johnnie Evers and Jimmy Williams are the three greatest second basemen in the major leagues. "Williams was not at his best last season and Lajole lacked a few points of traveling at his top speed at times, while Evers, coming slowly each year, showed more brilliance than either during the race and lacked but a small margin of reaching the high-water mark of the phenomenal performances by Napoleon Lajole, who, without doubt, to my way of figuring, has a shade on all second basemen and should be given the palm, with Johnnie Evers as a close second. "The most really brilliant player of the three is Johnnie Evers. I believe he can go back into the field Jimmy cago JOHNNY EVERS CUIS STAR SECOND BASEMAN ers; Davis, Castro, Bonner, Murphy, Monte Cross, Lave Cross, infielders; Hartzel, Fultz and Seybold, outfielders. Many of these are now either in the minor leagues or out of the game altoget dell, Plank, Davis, Murphy and Hail. Boston took its turn at winning posed of Young, Dineen, Hughes, Wrell and J. Stahl, catchers; La Charle Dougherty, C. Stahl, Freeman and others. Perhaps that bunch have not Cleveland, Criger and Dineen are in Washington, while Gibson is a member of three other clubs, Jal Ferris is a Bro and Parent is o leagues or out of the game altogether dell, Plank, Davis, Murphy and Hari Boston took its turn at winning posed of Young, Dineen, Hughes. Wrell and J. Stahl, catchers; La Char Dougherty, C. Stahl, Freeman and Perhaps that bunch have not Cleveland, Criger and Dineen are in Washington, while Gibson is a member of three other clubs, Jal leagues or out of the game altogether, the big league survivors being Waddell, Plank, Davis, Murphy and Hartzel. Boston took its turn at winning the pennant in 1903 with a team composed of Young, Dineen, Hughes, Winters and Gibson, pitchers; Criger, Farrell and J. Stahl, catchers; La Chance, Ferris, Parent and Collins, infielders; Dougherty, C. Stahl, Freeman and O'Brien, outfielders. Perhaps that bunch have not scattered. Of the pitchers, Young is in Cleveland, Criger and Dineen are in St. Louis, Winters in Detroit, Hughes in Washington, while Gibson is a coach at Notre Dame. After having been a member of three other clubs, Jake Stahl is back again to play first base. and get balls better than the others, while both Williams and Lajoie can outplay him on fast-ground balls when playing in close. All three men are wonders at holding thrown balls to get a runner at second. Lajoie takes a ball and gets it away a shade quicker than the others. "I believe that Williams can outplay either Lajoie or Evers on a very rough diamond, equalizing old John Burdock in this respect. All are clever one-handed players. "Either Lajoie or Williams can throw off his glove and play just as well as ever, the true test of a ball player. "Oh, tempora! O mores! O mama! "Ze Grande Napoleon La-wah!" He is the greatest second baseman of all time. The brightest jewel in the baseball diadem—zee! that sounds like diamond. "Lajole has the best pair of hands I ever saw in baseball; right or left, high or low, the most difficult ball is taken with ease, making the play look simple and giving the impression of indifference; not a move wasted, and a perfect knowledge of time and distance; never hurried, but ever working into a position to get the ball away; saving wild throws from short; and Lajole continues to make the most difficult plays look so dead easy that one sometimes feels that he has no love for the great game. A ball is hit like a shot out of a gun; with little exertion a hand darts out like the head of a snapping turtle, and the ball is hooked in by the big Frenchman, the king of ball players, Mr. Lajole of Cleveland. "The crowd howls with delight, but Larry smiles and murmurs: 'That's nothing; you should see me at my THE NEW YORKER 11:00 AM best.' Then you feel like opening on the great ball player with a Gatling gun filled with baseballs to see him jump. I fully believe, however, he would beat the gun." But with all the applause paid the brilliant diamond artist, baseball fame is nevertheless fleeting. The hero of to-day may be a dead one to-morrow. It is not what you were yesterday. It's what you are to-day, and the player who is a member of a championship club one year may be back in the minors before a year or so has passed. Of the Chicago White Sox who won the American league pennant in 1900 only one man, Frank Isbell, played with Chicago this year. The other champions of the first year of the league were: Denzer, Katoll, Fisher and Patterson, pitchers; Sugden, Buckley and Wood, catchers; Padden, Hartman, Shugart and Charley O'Leary, infielders; Hoy, Dillard, McFarland, Brodie and Shearon, outfielders. Of these, Charley O'Leary of the Tigers is the only one left in the American league. The following year the White Sox were made up as follows: Piatt, Griffith, Callahan, Patterson and Katoll, pitchers; Sugden and Sullivan, catchers; Isbell, Mertes, Shugart, Burke and Hartman, infielders; Hoy, Fielder Jones, McFarland and Foster, outfielders. Of the list Isbell and Sullivan are the only survivors either on the White Sox roster or in the American league. Clarke Griffith was let out at New York last summer and had charge of the Cincinnati team this season, while "MUGGSY" MEGRAW the pennant with the following players: Waddell, Plank, Hustle ing, Mitchell and Wilk son, pitchers; Schreck and Powers, catcher t of the game altogether, the big league survivors being Wade Davis, Murphy and Hartzel. Look its turn at winning the pennant in 1903 with a team coming, Dineen, Hughes, Winters and Gibson, pitchers; Criger, Farah, catchers; La Chance, Ferris, Parent and Collins, infielders; Stahl, Freeman and O'Brien, outfielders. that bunch have not scattered. Of the pitchers, Young is in Dineen and Dineen are in St. Louis, Winters in Detroit, Hughes up, while Gibson is a coach at Notre Dame. After having been three other clubs, Jake Stahl is back again to play first base. Ferris is a Brown, Jimmy Collins belongs to Minneapolis and Parent is one of the White Sox. Chick Stahl is dead. Dougherty is a Chicagoan and Freeman is in the A. A. The only changes in the make-up of the team that won the pennant for Boston in 1904 were the substitution of Jesse Tannehill for Tom Hughes and "Kip" Selbach for Dougherty in the outfield. Tannehill is now with Washington while Selbach is a minor leaguer. Philadelphia won the pennant again in 1905 with practically its same line-up as in 1902. The new men were: Henley, Coakley and Bender, pitchers; Knight, infielder; Lord and Hoffman, outfielders. Of the six newcomers Bender is the only one who is still one of the Athletics. Coakley has a semi-pro team in New York. Hoffman is with the Browns. Although the White Sox won the pennant as late as 1906, several members of that world's championship team failed to stick. Several have gone back to the minor leagues, while others have been traded. Pitchers Siever and Eubanks, Catcher Payne and Infielders Coughlin and Lowe are the only members of the 1907 Tigers who failed to last the present season. "Dutch" Schaefer is with Washington, Rossman with St. Louis, Archer with the Cubs. A resume of the above shows that of the first two pennant-winning teams there are only three men left in the league, while there are only 22 champions of the first five years still remaining in the circuit. A Chicago judge has decreed that a husband can legally come home drunk and swear at his wife. If we were that wife we would heat the old family poker to a white heat and burn some cute little red stripes on his worthless carcass The season of 1902 saw Philadelphia win HER PHYSICIAN ADVISED Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Columbus. Ohio. “I have taken Iydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound during change of life. My doctor told me it was good, and since taking it I feel so much better that I can do all my work again. I think Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fine remedy for all woman's troubles, and I never forget to tell d if Ping change of life. My doctor told me it was good, and since taking it I feel so much better that I can do all my work again. I think Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fine remedy for all woman's troubles, and I never forget to tell my friends what it has done for me." -Mrs. E. HANSON, 304 East Long St. Columbus, Ohio Another Woman Heiped. Graniteville, Vt. — "I was passing through the Change of Life and suffered from nervousness and other annoying symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored myhealth and strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me. For the sake of other suffering women I am willing you should publish my letter." — Mrs. CHARLES BARCLAY, R.F.D., Graniteville, Vt. Women who are passing through this critical period or who are suffering from any of those distressing ills peculiar to their sex should not lose sight of the fact that for thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills. In almost every community you will find women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Reasons Enough. Father—You seem to look at things in a very different light since your marriage. Mrs Newly-Married Daughter—Well, I ought to after receiving 14 lamps and nine candelabra for wedding presents—Tit-Bits. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. Exercise Recommended Weary Walker—What! Don't look like a sailor? Why, I've been following the sea for 30 years. Farmer Haycrop—Well, you keep following it for 30 years more and perhaps you'll catch up with it.—Life. No matter how long your neck may be or how sore your throat, Hamilina Wizard oil will cure it surely and quickly. It drives out all soreness and inflammation. You can't tell by the size of the gravestone how big the man was who lies in the grave. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKKING E 375 "Guaranteed" They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Digestion and Too Heavy Eating. 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Says His Store of Supplies Was Used for Barter by Peary—Help From Canadian. Ottawa, Ontario.—Captain Bernier of the Canada steamer Arctic made public a letter written to him by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, on May 23 and delivered to Capt. Bernier on September 1, at Upernavik, Greenland. The letter opens: "My Dear Captain: "I have to write you the first letter after having sealed behind ice barriers for two years. It was your supplies, so kindly left in charge of Mr. Whitney, which aided me greatly in getting to Upernavik. All my other property had been taken by Peary under the guise of a relief station for Dr. Cook. Murphy, the man in charge of the station, however, was instructed not to engage in any relief efforts; not to allow Eskimos to cross and search until March of the following year 1909. My large store of supplies and my station was used for barter with natives to satisfy Peary's commercial greed. "Fortunately we were able to work out our problem without relief efforts except as you offered. We .ave pushed into the Boreal centre and picked up the polar prize, but the effort was dangerous beyond conception. "The splendid assistance which you have given and the liberality of the Canadian government in sending the ship is a happy contrast to the hindrance and injustice of one of my own countrymen." MORE RAIN LESS WIND IN KANSAS University Records Show Greatest Rainfall Ever Known in September With 63 Per Cent of Wind. Lawrence, Kan.—There was less wind in this part of Kansas last month than in any preceding September except one since records have been kept at the university. The total run of wind, 5,828 miles, was 63 per cent of the September average. The rainfall, 11.49 inches, was the greatest on record for September and three times the normal amount. The average temperature, 65 degrees, was 4 degrees below normal. The total rainfall since January 1, amounting to 39.29 inches, was 8.71 inches above the forty-one years' average for the corresponding period. Refinery Case Continued. Kansas City, Kan. — Miss Hermana Kaessman, president of the Sunflower Refining company, succeeded in having action on an application for a receiver for the company postponed until October 12. The concern, which operates $500,000 plant at Niotase, Kansas, was forced into involuntary bankruptcy at Fort Scott, last week. A number of creditors asked that a receiver be appointed and the case came up before Judge Pollock in the federal court here. After arguments Judge Pollock agreed to a week's continuance. Broom Corn at $200 Ton. Wichita, Kan. — The Southern Kansas and Oklahoma broom corn crop is the shortest in the history of the country and as the two states are the greatest producers of broom corn the price is soaring skyward in a way heretofore unheard of. Dealers are now paying as high as $200 per ton for good brush and they are glad to get it at that price. The usual price for good brush is from $50 to $50 per ton. A Counterfeit $5 Certificate. Washington, D. C.—A new counterfeit five dollar silver certificate, has appeared in Michigan and other places, and the secret service issued a warning to the public. The counterfeit bears the Indian head and is of the series of 1899, has the signatures of United States Treasurer Treat and Register Vernon, and is described as having check letter "B," face plate number 1242, and back plate number 862. A Busy Kansas Boy. Kansas City, Kan.—John Hem, 11 years old, the son of Thomas Hem of 2211 North Twelfth street, has won the first prize for selling the largest number of copies of the Saturday Evening Post in the United States this summer. The prize is $150. In the last twelve months John has sold 10,000 copies of the paper. Street Car Accident Kills Two. Pittsburg, Pa. — Two men were killed and eight other passengers seriously injured, three of them probably fatally, in a street car accident here. While a car was rounding a corner at a fair rate of speed one of the axles broke. The car swerped around and upset, the dead and injured being caught in the wreckage. High Record Bank Business Kansas City, Mo.—A new high record of bank clearings was made in Kansas City Monday. The exchanges through the clearing house amounted to $11,186,875. They were nearly $3,000,000 larger than a year ago, showing an increase of 36 per cent. Lawrence Man a Suicide in Texas. Lawrence Man a Suicide in Texas. El Paso, Texas — George Roy, a barber of Lawrence, Kas., despondent and away from his relatives, ended his life by drinking carbolic acid at Las Vegas, N. M., yesterday. Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. A NURSE'S EXPERIENCE. Backache, Pains in the Kidneys, Bloating, Etc., Overcome. A nurse is expected to know what to do for common ailments, and women who suffer backache, constant languor, and other common symptoms of kidney complaint, should be grateful to Mrs. Minnie Turner, of E. B. St., Anadarko, Okla., for pointing out the way en who suffer backache, constant languor, and other common symptoms of kidney complaint, should be grateful to Mrs. Minnie Turner, of E. B. St., Anadarko, Okla., for pointing out the way to find quick relief. Mrs. Turner used Doan's Kidsney Pills for a run-down condition, backache, pains in the sides and kidneys, bloated limbs, ete. "The way they have built me up is simply marvelous," says Mrs. Turner, who is a nurse. "My health improved rapidly. Five boxes did so much for me I am telling everybody about it." Remember the name—Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. THE DIAGNOSIS THE DIAGNOSIS "Anything really serious with my eye, Doc?" "No, no—simply a pig-sty." And He Suffered Little Willie, suffering from an attack of toothache, had paid his first visit to the dentist, accompanied by his mother. Father, on his return from the office that evening, was naturally much interested. "Didn't it hurt?" asked father. "Sure, it hurt," replied Willie. "Weren't you scared when the dentist put you in that big chair and started all those zizz-zizz-zizz things?" "Oh, not so much." "That was a brave boy. But, surely, you suffered?" "Of course I suffered. But I just kept repeating over and over the golden text we had in Sunday school last Sunday." "The golden text? What was it?" "Why, 'Suffer little children to come unto me,' replied Willie, glibly. 'I kept saying that over and over to myself, and the first thing I knew it didn't hurt any more." Feeding Farm Hands. Every farmer's wife knows what tremendous appetites farm hands usually have; but while they eat well they work well, too. Here's a good suggestion about feeding farm hands. Give them plenty of Quaker Oats. A big dish of Quaker Oats porridge with sugar and cream or milk is the greatest breakfast in the world for a man who needs vigor and strength for a long day's work. The man that eats Quaker Oats plentifully and often is the man who does good work without excessive fatigue. There is a sustaining quality in Quaker Oats not found in other foods, and for economy it is at the head of the list. To meet all needs, Quaker Oats is packed in regular size packages, large size family packages and hermetically sealed tins (for hot climate). 5 Poker Finance. Mose Coonley (a winner)—Guess I'll cash in, boys. Abe Mokeby (also to the good)—Guess I'll do de same. Jefferson Yallerby—Me too! Bill Bingy (the banker, a big loser) —Well, I guess yo' each done got anuddh guess a-comin', gen'lemen! Ownh' to dis heath attempted an' uncalled'fo' run on de bank, de instertionam now suspended an' won't resume oppyrations till de panicky feelin' hab fully subsided an' de foolish depositahs continues doin' business asfohmahly. And it's youah deal, MoseCoonley!"—Illustrated Sunday Magazine. The Thirst for Gore Unsophisticated Onlooker—I think this is a first rate place. See what a fine view we have of this car coming. Seasoned Spectator—Fine view fiddlesticks! Nothing ever happens on these straight stretches—not even a broken leg. Come on down to the turn and wait for the fun.—Puck. The Grouchy Man. She—There's Mrs. Toozle. She seems quite reconciled to the death of her first husband. He—Yes; but I'm afraid that her second never will be."—Illustrated Bits. DONT SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers, 5c a package. Strange how a girl's ideal can develop into merely her husband. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children, softens soothes the bruises inflammation, always pain, cures wind colic. 28c a bottle. Some men never do anything on time except quit work. Constipation causes and seriously aggravates many diseases. It is thoroughly cursed by Dr. Pierce Folett. Tiny sugar-coated granules. Many a true word has been spoken regardless of grammar. In spite of the reputation for latitudinarianism he gained from his early trial for heresy, the late Prof. Jowett of Oxford was intolerant of pretentiousness and shallow conceit. One self-satisfied undergraduate met the master one day. "Master," he said, "I have searched everywhere in all philosophies, ancient and modern, and nowwhere do I find the evidence of a God." "Mr. ———," replied the master, after a shorter pause than usual, "if you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave this college." 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Though we should examine the whole world we shall not find one man so happy as to have nothing left to wish for.—Oliver Goldsmith. When a woman has occasion to loaf, she calls it either shopping, visiting or entertaining. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS. Use the best. That's why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers 5 cents. Gossip has a thousand tongues—and they all work overtime. Cheerful homes Many things combine to make home cheerful, but no one thing plays so important a part as artistic taste in wall decoration. Beautiful, cleanly and wholesome is Alabastine The Sanitary Wall Coating We have ideas on color harmonies, classic stencils, and much that will interest the discriminating house owner. These ideas have cost us money but are free to you. Ask your dealer or write direct. Alabastine Co., Grand Rapids, Mich PUBLIC LAND DRAWING 22,000 acres of irrigated Government Land in Arkansas Valley, Colorado, will be thrown open for settlement October 21, 1999, under the Carey Act. 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The river counties up and down the Missouri and Mississippi were represented, most of them by complete delegations. It was the most representative gathering to discuss either subject that has assembled in this state. "I have taken it upon myself," Gov. Hadley said, "to call this meeting to order and assume the authority of temporary chairman of this convention. This meeting has been called for the purpose of dealing with the questions that to my mind mean more to the people of Missouri than any other questions that can be discussed by the people. In the six years beginning in 1903 and extending to the present year the losses to the state have been so great that the suggestion came from some counties that by cooperation and in no other way we can do something to prevent this tremendous loss to the people of the state. "Related to this subject and a part of it are the navigation of our rivers and the conservation and development of our water power. There is another subject so closely related to the questions that we decided to include it and make this a 2-ring show. I refer to the question of road improvement. "River navigation and road improvement are parts of the great subject of transportation, the most vital question, as I see it, to the American people. The cost of transportation is involved in the success of every business and the comfort and success of every life. "The cost of the house that shelters you, the clothes you wear, the food you eat and the price of your products are all affected by transportation. I hope this meeting will result in some real action." Curtiss Hill, state highway engineer, told of the work that has been done in the interest of road improvement. He said the best law ever passed by Missouri is the one that provides for a county highway engineer for every county. In nearly every county these men have worked faithfully, and, while there has been little more money than before, a more intelligent use of what the counties can set aside for road purposes has resulted. With more money the counties could easily make great improvements in the roads. Killed When Platform Fell. Springfield, Mo., Oct. 8.—One killed and many persons injured is the result of the collapse of a platform on the grounds of a street fair in progress here. Oliver Murrill, eight years old, was killed by the falling platform, which was overloaded with people who were viewing an amusement attraction. Thousands of persons were on the promenade at the time of the disaster. Pay Streak in a River Bed. Nome, Alaska, Oct. 8.—A rich pay streak ten miles long and hundreds of feet wide has been uncovered in the bed of the upper Kougarok river. The unusually light rainfall last summer permitted the miners to reach the gold. One nugget found is worth $700. The district promises to be the best in the entire Seward peninsula. Durum Bread Day in North Dakota. Fargo, N. D., Oct. 8.—This is "Durum bread Day" in North Dakota, and most of the people in the state are observing the proclamation of Gov. John Burke by eating no bread except that made from durum wheat flour. Durum is a hard wheat grown only in the far north and is a special product of North Dakota. The Burlington Accents Mileage The Burlington Accepts mileage Chicago, Oct. 8.—The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad which discontinued the use of mileage books in Missouri on May 1, coincident in the increase in passenger rates to $2\frac{1}{2}$ cents a mile, has given notice that it will hereafter honor mileage books in that state, both interchangeable and of its own issue. He Was Striken in a Car. Kansas City, Oct. 8.—E. L. Mäler, 50 years old, a retired farmer of Marysville, Kan., suffered a stroke of apoplexy on a street car here and died in the office of Dr. J. W. C. Boone. Mr. Miller had recently bought property in Kansas City, expecting to make his home here. A Lawrence Man a Suicide. A Lawrence Man a Suicide. Lawrence, Kas., Oct. 8.—David A. McClure, for 20 years mailing clerk at the postoffice here, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He left a note saying his health had given out. A Woman Slayer Paroled. Lansing, Kas., Oct. 8.—A governor's parole has been received at the Kansas penitentiary for Mrs. Irene Leonard, one of the oldest women prisoners at Lansing. She is 60 years old. A $1000. Springfield destroyed the Cooperage or aged the Elpany's property at $100. ```markdown ``` Iowa Senator Replies to "Uncle Joe's" Charges of Collusion With Democrats. Knoxville, Ia., Oct. 8.—Taking issue with Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, who from the same platform had accused him of joining hands with Bryan, Sen- ator Albert B. Cummins in a speech attacked the rules of the house of re- presentatives and defended the 'six iowa insurgents who voted against the Payne tariff bill. Senator Cummins declared emphat- tically for a change in the house rules which will take from the Speaker the power to name committees and stated the this one issue is all that is at stake in the fight over the rules. In explaining how the tariff bill was passed he said: "The house had this bill with five thousand or more items making duties that positively concerned the welfare of every man and woman in the state of Iowa, and yet the representatives had a chance to vote for amendments to paragraphs relating only to hides, oil, lumber, barley and barley-malt and to nothing else. "And that bill was adopted in the house of representatives as a whole without the slightest opportunity on the part of the individual men to express an opinion on any one commodity separate from the rest of the bill save on these five things I have mentioned. "It was adopted because they knew that if they did not vote for it their names would be singularly conspicuous by their absence from the list of house committee appointments." "It is a farce to call that tariff bill the deliberate judgment of the house or representatives. It may be the best law in the world, but when you send men down to Washington to represent the people of Iowa, don't you think they ought to have a right to express their opinions and their objections if they have them?" PITTSBURG IS BASEBALL MAD Seats for Championship Games Now at a Premium—Business Practically Suspended. Pittsburg, Oct. 8.—With the world's series games but one day off, Pittsburg has practically abandoned business and turned its attention to baseball. The Detroit American league champions arrived here this morning and will indulge in secret practice during the day on Forbes Field. The Pittsburg team already has put in hours of secret work and will rest until the opening clash on Friday afternoon. Through the courtesy of the officials of greater Pittsburg, Forbes Field is being enlarged to take in a section of schenley park, a city property. Bleachers are being erected on the park slope and this in a great measure will eradicate the application of ground rules during the championship games here. Premiums on seats at Friday's and Saturday's games are being offered on the streets. In a prominent downtown cafe several hundred dollars was placed to purchase seats at the opening games at 50 to 100 per cent over the original cost of the entrance tickets. Coburn Heads Temperance Union. Topeka, Oct. 8—F. D. Coburn, state secretary of agriculture was elected secretary of the State Temperance Union. Resolutions adopted by the convention ask for state legislation prohibiting the giving away of liquor or "treating" and memorialize congress to pass laws prohibiting brewers to ship liquor into prohibition territory and to prohibit the transportation of liquor through prohibition territory and to prohibit the sale of liquors in prohibition territory by parties outside such territory. Would Quash Timber Indictments. Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct. 8. *Attorneys for the defendants alleged to have been engaged in the unlawful cutting of timber on Indian lands of Southeastern Oklahoma, in United States court at Ardmore, filed a motion to quash the indictments, contending that with the advent of statehood federal laws governing these timber lands ceased to be effective and that if offenses had been committed they were against the state law. Greater Punishment for Kidnapers. Washington, Oct. 8.—Kidnaping will be punished by a life term in prison, according to the provisions of a bill drafted by the district commissioners and which they will ask congress at its next session to adopt. Another section of the bill provides also that any one who imprisons another in the district for the purpose of extorting ransom shall suffer life imprisonment. The present law provides for not more than 20 years in prison or a fine of not more than $1,000 for the kidnaper. Achison, Kan., Oct. 8.—Sheffield Ingalls announced his resignation as editor of the Achison Dally Champion. He will become associated with the transportation and traffic department of the Uncle Sam Ol company, which has headquarters here. A $100,000 Springfield Fire Springfield, Mo., Oct. 8.—Fire here destroyed the plant of the Wunderlich Cooperage company and badly damaged the Elsemnayer Milling company's property. The total loss is estimated at $100,000. Ingalls Resigns as Editor TAFT CABINET. BALLINGER O.K. PINCHOT O.K. TAFT CONSERVATION SPEECH. Minneapolis Journal. IN YOSEMITE VALLEY PRESIDENT TAFT TO SPEND THREE DAYS IN VIEWING THE BEAUTIFUL SPOT. The Relief From Strain of Making Speeches to the Vast Throngs Will be Grateful to the Chief Executive—His First Trip There. El Portal, Cal., Oct. 8.—President Taft was safely tucked away last night in this remote little settlement at the foot of the Sierras and near the gateway of the Yosemite Valley—one of the garden spots of the world. Clad in khaki riding breeches, soft shirt, khaki coat, boots and cap President Taft started out of El Portal this morning on a three days trip of sightseeing. by stage and on foot he will visit the giant Sequoias in the Mariposa Big Tree grove, will follow the roads and trails leading into the valley and will walk about the floor or that park to admire its imposing scenic splendor. The visit to the big trees, said to be the oldest and largest of living things, comes first In Mr. Taft's itinerary. Leaving by coach early this morning he and his party will be driven to Wawona at the edge of the grove where real monarchs of the forest grow to an altitude of more than 300 feet and more than 100 feet in circumference at the base. Mr. Taft will be driven through a tunnel cut through the base of one of the old trees which is said to have been standing from 3,000 to 5,000 years. The forenoon of Friday will be given over to the big trees, the president spending Thursday night at the hotel in Wawona. On Friday afternoon the president will enter the park from one of the highest points and after a trip to all the show places of the upper levels will begin a descent to the floor which is enclosed by almost perpendicular cliffs of stone more than 3,000 feet in height. It will be the president's first trip into the Yosemite and he has been looking forward to it for months both as a sight-seeing experience and as affording three days of rest from surging crowds and speech-making. John Mulr, the noted naturalist and geologist who is the recognized authority on all matters of the Yosemite, joined the president's party at San Francisco and will personally explain the wonders of the park and valley to Mr. Taft. The Yosemite recently was receded by the state of California to the United States and now is under the same control as the Yellowstone park. The president visited the Yellowstone several years ago and during his present tour is adding the Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, in Arizona, to the long list of the world's wonders it has been his good fortune to see. Won St. Louis Balloon Race. Won St. Louis Balloon Race. St. Louis, Oct. 8.—Unless the balloon Centennial, H. E. Honeywell, pilot, which was last reported at Livingston, Ala., 400 miles from St. Louis, at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, has exceeded 580 miles, the balloon St. Louis No. 3, L. Von Puhl, pilot, which landed at Wahkon, Minn., 580 miles from St. Louis, has won the race which began here Monday. Von Puhl, if he registered for the Lahm cup, has also the coveted prize. Von Puhl was in the air 41 hours and 35 minutes. Found Stamps and Bank Notes. Denver, Oct. 8.—Five thousand dollars worth of stamps and $5,600 worth of unsigned bank notes consigned to California banks which were part of the booty contained in a mall pouch which mysteriously disappeared from a Union Pacific mail train in Wyoming some months ago have been recovered by "Wild" Anderson, an emigrant on the south fork of Green river and returned with other private papers to the postoffice inspectors in Denver. OKLAHOMA BANKS PAYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENT State Banking Board Has Received $186,000 of the $248,000 Which Was Called for. Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct. 8.—The state banking board has now at its disposal $186,000 of the $248,000 accruing from the special assessment of three-fourths of one per cent made in order that the board might meet a possible emergency in closing up the affairs of the Columbia Bank & Trust company. The board has heard of no overt opposition to the assessment and does not believe there will be any. The committee named by Gov. Haskell to investigate securities offered by W. L. Norton and his associates with which to liquidate other securities pronounced bad, went to Bartlesville in pursuance of their duties. Bartlesville was the scene of Norton's operations in oil and bank stock for a year before he came to Oklahoma City. There is now no longer any doubt that the bank will be delivered into the hands of Norton and his interests, but several days may be required to finish the work of the investigating committee. THE LIFE UNDERWRITERS MEET Annual Convention of National Association Begins Sessions at Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 8.—The largest convention ever held by the National Association of Life Underwriters opened here to-day. When President Charles Jerome Edwards of Brooklyn rapped for order this morning he faced an assemblage that included the leaders in life insurance in America. The association was welcomed by Mayor James F. Grinstead, Commissioner of Insurance Charles W. Bell and James M. Johnson, president of the Louisville association. This afternoon the members listened to addresses by William C. Johnson of New York and John W. Whittington of Los Angeles. More Building in Kansas City. Kansas City, Oct. 8.—The increase in the aggregate cost of buildings erected in Kansas City during the first nine month of 1909, was $2,510,660 over similar periods of 1908. There were 398 more permits. The total cost of buildings for which permits were issued during the nine months of the present year, according to official figures prepared by Cornellius Murphy, jr., chief clerk in the building department, was $10,806,443 against $8,295,983 for the same nine months of a year ago. To Prosecute Liquor Men. Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 8.—As he was leaving for Sedalia Gov. Hadley stated that he had written a letter to Virgil Conkling, prosecuting attorney of Jackson county, requesting that he begin prosecutions against the brewers and wholesale liquor dealers in Jackson county who had not complied with the act of the last legislature requiring manufacturers and wholesalers in intoxicating liquors to take out a license. Loss of Life Was 32 Ladysmith, B. C., Oct. 8.—When darkness fell last night 25 bodies had been removed from the Extension mine of the Wellington Colliery company where 32 men lost their lives following an explosion of fire damp Tuesday morning. Those engaged in the work of rescue are now in sight of the seven victims remaining in the mine. It is expected that the bodies of these will be recovered within a few hours. Arguing the Frisco Charter Case. Topeka, Oct. 8.—The ouster suit against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad was argued in the supreme court. This suit was brought by the attorney general to collect $100,000 in charter fees from the railroad company. The company was incorporated in Missouri and failed to take out a Kansas charter or pay the legal charter fee. HEARST IS DRAFTED NAMED AS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK BY FRIENDS. MEETING HELD IN COOPER UNION Nomination Made Against Expressed Wishes of Mr. Hearst Who Had Declared His Intention to Support the Tammany Candidate. New York, Oct. 8.—William Randolph Hearst, once defeated for mayor of this city by George B. McClellan and later defeated by Charles E. Hughes for governor of the state, was nominated for mayor at a mass meeting of 4,000 of his admirers at Cooper Union. This action was taken despite his authoritative statement last evening that he would not be a candidate. Resolutions were adopted directing that a committee of five be appointed to take steps for the naming of an entire city, county and borough ticket, which will be placed in nomination by petition. The meeting was called, according to its leaders with a view to showing Mr. Hearst that opinion among his followers in the old Independence league was so strongly in favor of his running again as to override even his positive declaration. The hopes of the leaders were more than realized—every seat in the big hall was filled and the name of Mr. Hearst was greeted every time it was mentioned with a salvo of cheers. When after a half dozen "opening" speeches, he was formally nominated for mayor, the meeting rose to its feet after the approved manner of political conventions and the demonstration which followed lasted 20 minutes before the chairman's call for order could be heard. No indications as to what Mr. Hearst's attitude would be toward the action of the meeting was received before adjournment was taken but the leaders and speakers expressed confidence that it would be impossible for him to refuse. The third party which is thus suddenly projected into New York's municipal campaign will not be known as the independence league but will probably bear the title, "Citizens party" or some similar designation. The platform as indicated by the speakers, will express distrust of the intentions of both the Republican and Democratic parties, which have already nominated full local tickets, declaring that a silent alliance exists between Tammany and the local Republican machine which would make good government under either an impossibility. It will declare in strong terms for municipal ownership of subways, economy of administration and adequate school and transit facilities. ITALIANS HONOR VARRAZANO Monument Unveiled in New York to Man Who Is Said to Have Preceded Hudson. New York, Oct. 8.—Contending that in the discovery of the Hudson river as in the case of the North Pole, there is "honor enough for two," thousands of Italians, smothered in flags, bunting and gay uniforms, paraded down Broadway to the Battery when they unveiled a statue of Giovanni De Verrazano, whom historians describe as the first trans-Altantic voyage to arrive in New York harbor. With no intention to belittle the achievements of Henry Hudson, Italians maintain that Verrazano discovered the Hudson in 1524, or 85 years before the Half Moon's arrival. But the Florentine navigator, evidently regarding the stream an ordinary one, left no detailed report of his exploration of the river. On this account he has received but little recognition in the new world for his achievement. The parade comprised 250 Italian societies of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Nearly 20,000 Italian men and women and 300 sailors from the Italian cruisers Etna and Etruria were mustered for the demonstration, and as they marched down Broadway they attracted great crowds of onlookers in spite of the fact that the city has had a surfeit of parades lately. Can Sue Only at Home Office. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 8.—Judge T. J. Maxey in the federal court here ruled that the employers liability act of 1908 was a federal question, carrying with it the provision that the defendant must be sued at the home office. The railroads under this act cannot be sued except at the home office regard less of where the accident occurred or where the plaintiff resides. Would Increase car Fares Denver, Oct. 8.—Advocates of in increase fares held the attention of delegates to the American Street & Interurban Railway association convention and found enthusiastic support among their hearers. Increases of from six to eight per cent were advocated, but the association decided to take no action. 8t. Louis Wants Balloon Race. St. Louis, Oct. 8.—Following the receipt of an Associated Press dispatch telling the winning of the international balloon races by E. W. Mix, an American, the Aero club of St. Louis announced it would try to get the next international balloon race and the international aviation races. BRIEF ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH Commemorating the battle of Point Pleasant, W. Va., which occurred 135 years ago, a celebration will continue during four days. Probabte Judge Coffee has fixed the amount of the inheritance tax to be paid to the state by the widow of this late Clause Spreckels at $97,651. Edward L. Parmelee, division chief of the Western Union Telegraph company, who had been continuously in the employ of the company here for 44 years has died of paralysis at St. Louis. Alda Elsus, 26 years old, was arrested at Chicago as an accessory to the murder of her brother, Alva Elsus, who was shot on the night of June 28 last by her sweetheart, Charles Graves a former convict. The formal decree in favor of Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould, granting her a separation from Howard Gould, has been filed. The decree awards Mrs. Gould $3,000 a month permanent alimony and $3,683 costs. N. O. Borders, aged 55 years, for 32 years a representative of the legal department of the Burlington, died at St. Joseph, Mo., as the result of injuries received some time ago in a street car accident in Kansas City. More Infantile Paralysis Topeka, Oct. 8.—The state of Kansas through the state board of health will make an effort to find out the cause and cure and stamp out an epidemic of infantile paralysis which has appeared with deadly results in several parts of the state. Dr. Crumbine learned of seven new cases. He has secured two monkeys which will be innoculated with the poison and treated at the state university hospital at Rosalde Gov. Stubbs has announced he will allow the use of $5,000 of his contingent fund if necessary to stamp out the disease. Beets are Ready to Harvest. Garden City, Kan., Oct. 8.—Beet harvest began yesterday. The preliminary harvest will be rushed, and the dumps filled with a good supply of beets for beginning of the campaign at the sugar mill, which will start about October 20. The fact that the mill consumes 1,000 tons of beets a day makes it necessary to have a large amount on hand when the machinery starts. Another Yale Man Cute a Bl Another Yale Man Gets a Place Cleveland, O., Oct. 8.—Charles H Morgan, who assumed his duties as deputy United States marshal for the Northern Ohio district was appointed by Marshal Davis at the personal re- quest of President Taft, whose chum in Yale Morgan was. The job payi $75 a month. Teaching the Army to Fly Washington, Oct. 8.—With the removal from Fort Myer, Virginia, of the Wright aeroplane, owned by the government, to the new aerodome at College Park, Maryland, the work of teaching the signal corps officers of the army was begun in earnest. Will bur Wright is the instructor. Oklahoma Drouth Is Serious. Tulsa, Ok., Oct. 8.—According to government records the Arkansas river here has touched the lowest levee record in 25 years. The drought in this vicinity has reached a most serious stage and work in the oil fields is practically at a standstill, there being no water to operate the machinery. Gold Guns for Both Presidents El Paso, Tex., Oct. 8.—The citizen of El Paso will present President Taft and Diaz with loving cups when they meet here on the 16th. The cups will be of solid 18 karat gold and will be duplicates. Each will bear the coat of arms of both Mexico and the United States and inscriptions. An Alderman a Tax Dodger Fort Scott, Kan., Oct. 8.—James Hart, councilman from the second ward, pleaded guilty in the district court to making false returns of personal property for taxation and was fined $50 and costs by Judge Cannon To Consider Tariff Relations To Consider Tariff Relations. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 8. The government has decided that parliament will meet November 11. It is expecte that the principal business of the session will be consideration of Canada's tariff relations with the United States. DAILY MARKET REPORTS Live Stock. Kansas City, Oct. 7. Cattle—Common steers, $5.50@8.55; heifers, $3.25@7.50 western stockers and feeders, $3.30@4.80 Hogs—Bulk of sales, $7.35@7.75. Sheep- lambs, $5.50@7.00; good to choice wethers $4.25@4.60; ewes, $3.30@4.50. Chicago, Oct. 7. Beef-Steers, $5.60@ 3.50; cows and heifers, $3.50@6.00; stock- ers and feeders, $3.75@5.50. Hogs—Bull of sales, $7.75@8.15. Sheep—Natives, $4.00@ 5.50; lambs, $6.00@8.00. Beef-Steers, $5.25@ 6.40; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.75 cows and heifers, $3.00@2.05; Texas steers, $3.50@4.25. Hogs—Pigs and lights $5.50@7.75. Sheep—Natives, $5.50@4.75 lambs, $5.75@7.25. Grain. Kansas City, Oct. 7. Close: Wheat- Dec., $6.1%; May, $1.00%. Corn—Dec. 56%; May, 59%; July, 59%. Chicago, Oct. 7. Close: Wheat-Dec $1.01%; May, $1.08%; July, 89% c. Corn— 57%; May, 60%; July, 59% c. Out St. Louis, Oct. 7—Close: Wheat- Higher; track, No. 2 red. $1.19@1.21% No. 2 hard. $1.06@1.11%; December $1.03%; May, $1.05%. Corn—Higher; track No. 2 cash. $1.06%; December $5.6%; May $5.9%; No. 2 white. $6.1%@62%. Oats— Steady; track, No. 2 cash. $39%@40%. De- cember, $39; May, $41%; No. 2 white, $41% @42%. Rye—Steady, 72c. Produce. Kansas City, May—Eggs. 26 p. don. Poultry, Hare. 12%; springs. 129 turkeys. 12%; Butter. Extraity, extra 28%; packing stock, 20%; Potatoes, 75% $65 per bushel.