Wichita Searchlight

YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. Colored Men For Offices TO THE Colored People of Wichita DR. ALEXANDER Has Bought Out The New System Dental Co., Located At 134 North Main St. and desires to inform you that Your Patronage Will Be Appreciated I intend giving you HIGH - CLASS WORK AND A MODERATE PRICE and above all it will be absolutely painless ELEVENTH YEAR Colored The time is not now far distant when all eyes will be turned to select men to fill the various County offices. In order not to be charged with improper motives the Searchlight takes this advance opportunity to call the attention of the Colored men of this Counto to a few things and leave them to think. We make this suggestion that the colored men get to gather in some way and put colored men in the field for at least two county offices & then thick and thin. The colored men have toated fair with the men who have aspired for political preference and today they have nothing to show. They have been promised, promised & promised and after every election some excuse has been found of sufficient weight(?) to shut the colored men out. It seems to us that politically, these is an understanding to boycott all colored men from office of any kind no mater what party wius. With that spin it paaamount—as it seems now to be what can they lose? Padle your own canoe once and see how it goes. There are certain men whom we are informed will be aspiriant for office who neuer have and whom we believe never would help get a colored man TO Colored into office- yet during campaign they are loud in telling their love for the Colored race. Give such men as these an opportunity to prove their love(?) by having at least two good, strong colored men in the field for some offices and see how loud this class of office seekers will yell and whoop it-up-for the colored men. Turn about is but fair play. The colored men have been whooping-it up for the other fellow-now give the other fellow a chance whoop it-uy for the colored men. The colored men- we are sure-would not and does not ask for the world wieh a wire fence around it all they ask now-and all they would ask then- and all they have ever asked-is simply chance standing room only-just standing room-that's all. The colored people of this county have among them-men-and good men too-capable or filling ady office in the county-and it by the process of political elimination on a count of their color that shuts them out. The day that the colored men will cease to let themselves be the "stock-in-trade" or in other and possible more proper words-the "stock--to-trade" of some bunch of smooth, scheming, double-dealing, and office NOVEMBER 27th 1909. seeking politician and will dare to go to the people on his merit and not on his color—that day and not till that day—will the colored men fully realize how fair a treatment they will reciev at the hands of the people. When it comes right down to the people—unbraised by the influence of political intrigue, device or deception—in nine cases out ten the people will be fair. The greatest curse to the colored men and political advancement here and every where else has been and is now the political bass and political manipulator. There is no better time than now—to make an effort to stand alone. If the colored men lose- it would be no more than they have done before with the consciousness of knowing that thep were fighting this time on self merit and not the adulterated and patched up supposed merit of some other. Roll up your sleeves-go into the froy with the last words of Custer as your motto. "We can but die once bays—we'll sell our lives dear" We dropt these few words as we pass and leaue it with our folks to think the matter oue. Now is the "accepted time." Be up to the occasion. NOTHING TO REGREAT If it was permitted to go over our life anew, we doubt seriously, if we could find much to improve upon. We have nothing in our worldly career of which we now have any regrets. We give full cogizance to the fact that we are but human and as such are heir and subjected to all the human weaknesses and human frailties which belong to mankind. We futher am aware that we have made mistakes and errors—but who is there who has not made them? and could we avoid them in another life? We do not give to ourselves the impossible of living a life perfect—this we absolute have not done but could we or would we do better to try a new? Disappointments, false friends, taulse accusers, and envious acquanitances have all had their day with us—but should we begin anew could we keep these off? While we had to begin at the ground and strive against many odds filled with disgust, discouragements and hard-work, and while we have never yet been able to recline on a flowery bed of ease or basque ourselves in the soft light of luxury and been sur rounded by the pomp of extravagance—yet in beginning a new world ours be different? We doubt! We are therefore content with our lot thus far and have no reason to regret our present or our past. A Retrospective View It is, indeed a sad picture which presents itself to our mind when we take a retrospective view of the many changes which has been wrought in Wichita by Father Time since the Searchlight began publican publication in this city several years ago. It seems like a mid-summer night's dream, a trance and a night mare when our memory runs back count and recount the many homes which has been made sadden and the many familial faces that have become victims by that dreaded monster, death. Many of those who have passed to the great beyond wher the acme of the picture of health and were the central figures of popularity in our midst. To name the long list of those who have gone would be only opening saddened, rounded hearts, which have been healed by time when we whould have no soothing oil to administer. Men and women robust and seemingly the very picture of health and compared with the tailness of the writter would seem to live maury years—even hence. There has been no demise amongst us during this space of time that the columns of the Searchlig'ht has not been open and the writter has always found time and space to offer some word of consolation to the bereaved loved ones left behind. New families of our people in this city who in some way has not been the recipient of space in the columns of Searchlight in marked respect of some departed one. Coming down through the space of time it is as we said, like a dream, to see the many absentes—gone never to return. Surely, then, there ought be warm feeling a kind word for the Searchlight and a remembrance of the words of consolation in that dreaded hour when death had visired the home. Time tells many tales and is the leveler of mankind. Mr. and Mrs. John Metchell and Mrs. Josephine Carroll spent Thanksgiving in Newton with their parents. Mrs Carroll will remain in Newton till Dec. 4th, when she will leave for the west visiting Denver, Colo. where she will be joined by her husband and they will go to Cheyene, Wyo. where they will make their future home. Wanted: A city solicitor Searchlight, 634 N Water. In order that you may go visit your friends during the Holidays without keeping your handkerchief up to your mouth to hide those missing and ugly teeth. A DISCOUNT OF 25 PER CENT ON THE DOLLAR .. - .. ON ALL DENTAL WORK .. - .. BEST OF MATERIAL USED — ALL WORK GUAR ANTEED Dr. H. T. Bolden. Dentist Young Building — Elm & Main — Bell Phone 2467 FEW NEGROES DESOrT According to the Annual Report of officers of the United Sts. Army a fraction more than 15 white men desert the United States Army to every 1 Negro, It is also shown that Negro barracks are better kept and better decorum maintained. This speaks more than well for the Negro as a soldier, especially in view of the tact that Aamy promotions for Negro soldiers are extremely limited and with the other embrassing circumstances which a Negro soldier must endure over those of a white soldier. Gradually the truth comes out. The Negro—as such has many hopes of a better day. "Just -keep -a pushing- and a showing- and a showing and a pushing." Woman's Tongue Ever Busy Paris, Nov. 17-An amusing case was before the ninth correctional court when a miller named Edmond Terrier appealed against the sentence four months hard labor passed on him by the Versailles court for having fired a rexolver shot into his wife's nose. His wife has been afflicted ever since with snuffling and she speaks in a most curious manner as though she had a very bad cold. Mme. Terrier appeared in the witness box and said: "My husband only did his duty by firing the revolver at me, I had abandoned him without any reason. He was, therefore, quite within his rights, and his conduct under the circumstances was quite natural. And I may add that I asked the court to ap point a barrister to defend my husband, but none has been appointed." Oh, said the judge, It seems to not want a barrister. You are defending your husband very well yourself. "Well sir" contined the woman, I now ask that my husband be acquited. But he wounded you badly. Oh, no not at all but it is easy to see from your speech that your nose has been affected by the shot. Oh, no I was born that way. Besides, a shot in a woman's nose has nevec yet prevented her from making use of her tongue. Terrier's sentence was reduced to two months imprisonment. COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS Golden Gate Temple No. 17 and Charity Rose Tabernacle No. 24 are getting along nicely All are well- our treasurers are on the increase with all debts paid. There will be a grahd time by the Tabors of Coffeyville on Thanksgiving day; Nov. 25th. Read our circular bill. Look Here! Have you herd about it? There will be one of the Grandest Drill Exhibitions ever given at the Salvation Army Hall on 7th St. between Walnut and Maple Sts on Thanksgiving night, Thursday, Nov. 25th. Coffeyville Kas. By the Palastine Guards of Parsons, Kansas. The noted drill master A. H. Morton will have charge of Guards. There will be all of the fanoy Drills of the Taborian Track Tricks executed by the Guards. SUPPER Roast Turkey Cranbery Sauce Bake Chicken with Dressing Vanilla & Carmel Nut Cake & Pie You will miss a treat if you don't come and enjoy a pleasant eve. Admission 25cts Children under 12yrs. 10cts. Sir EdMolow, Pres Sir, Wm Shakespear, Secy. Escape Exciting Whirl of Business Life By JOSEPHINE MULLONEY S HOUSEWORK desirable as a career? Yes, if for no other reason than that it does not wreck the nervous system. In the home—even if it does belong to another woman—a girl escapes the whirl of business life that too early makes inroads on the vitality of so many women. She is saved the worry that always comes into the life of those who enter into competition with other people. If she has less liberty she certainly has fewer cares, fewer responsibilities. And yet, when a girl who seeks employment is asked to take housework she refuses nine times out of ten and almost invariably answers either "I don't want to be bossed by another woman," or "The hours are too long." She does not seem to realize that nobody is entirely independent; that everybody is being "bossed," if not by people then by circumstances or environment. Moreover, she forgets that a domestic seldom has to take orders from more than one, whereas a business woman may have to take orders from a dozen. Could the demands of a mistress be more imperious than those of many exacting customers? The demands on a housework girl's wages are also not so great as upon those of office, store or factory girls. A competent housework girl can earn $5 and upward a week. With this amount, taking into consideration that she gets her room and board paid and has no laundry bills—a considerable item—she has a chance to save. If a penny saved is a penny earned, then she earns much. She certainly has a chance to save more than the girl who earns the same wages in business. I S HOUSEWORK desirable as a career? Yes, if for no other reason than that it does not wreck the nervous system. In the home—even if it does belong to another woman—a girl escapes the whirl of business life that too early makes inroads on the vitality of so many women. She is saved the worry that always comes into the life of those who enter into competition with other people. If she has less liberty she certainly has fewer cares, fewer responsibilities. And yet, when a girl who seeks employment is asked to take housework she refuses nine times out of ten and almost invariably answers either "I don't want to be bossed by another woman," or "The hours are too long." She does not seem to realize that nobody is entirely independent; that everybody is being "bossed," if not by people then by circumstances or environment. Moreover, she forgets that a domestic seldom has to take orders from more than one, whereas a business woman may have to take orders from a dozen. Could the demands of a mistress be more imperious than those of many exacting customers? The demands on a housework girl's wages are also not so great as upon those of office, store or factory girls. A competent housework girl can earn $5 and upward a week. With this amount, taking into consideration that she gets her room and board paid and has no laundry bills—a considerable item—she has a chance to save. If a penny saved is a penny earned, then she earns much. She certainly has a chance to save more than the girl who earns the same wages in business. What, then, is the stumbling block in this career that should be so desirable for many people? Some medical authorities advocate an open-air life for sufferers from asthma. This would be of benefit in some dry climates, but might prove fatal in other places, where the air powerfully aggravates this disease. Asthma is indeed a nervous disorder and too little understood. I have learned by close observation that asthmatics do not suffer so much by reason of inability to inhale as by lack of power to exhale. In an acute attack of asthma the patient shows every indication of dying from lack of breath, but it is not because the air will not enter the lungs: How to Help Asthmatics Breathe By ISAAC J. FRISCH, M. D. it is because he cannot expel the dead air to make room for a fresh supply. Once empty the lungs and the air will rush in almost without effort on the part of the pateint, as he could not keep it out if he would. To put this theory to the test, put one hand on the back of the patient between the shoulder blades and the other hand on his chest and as he exhales aid him by a strong pressure on both hands, quickly releasing when he begins to inhale. Keep up this rhythmic motion for two or three moments, taking care to press in unison with the patient's breathing. You will soon find yourself thoroughly tired out with the effort, but will have taken just that much labor from the patient and in a few minutes he will be breathing naturally and will fall asleep in a half-reclining posture. The asthmatic suffers from lack of nervous strength to expel the dead air from the lungs. His blood is poisoned and his whole system cries out for more oxygen. Squeeze the dead air out as you would from a bellows and the life-giving fresh air will rush in and restore health and strength. it is because he cannot expel the dead air to make room for a fresh supply. Once empty the lungs and the air will rush in almost without effort on the part of the pateint, as he could not keep it out if he would. To put this theory to the test, put one hand on the back of the patient between the shoulder blades and the other hand on his chest and as he exhales aid him by a strong pressure on both hands, quickly releasing when he begins to inhale. Keep up this rhythmic motion for two or three moments, taking care to press in unison with the patient's breathing. You will soon find yourself thoroughly tired out with the effort, but will have taken just that much labor from the patient and in a few minutes he will be breathing naturally and will fall asleep in a half-reclining posture. The asthmatic suffers from lack of nervous strength to expel the dead air from the lungs. His blood is poisoned and his whole system cries out for more oxygen. Squeeze the dead air out as you would from a bellows and the life-giving fresh air will rush in and restore health and strength. How to Care for Infants By DR. WELLS ANDREWS In infantile life all the vital functions go on rapidly. The pulse at birth ranges from 130 to 140 per minute and to the end of the first year is from 115 to 120. The rate of breathing is from 25 to 30. The food taken by infants is in proportion to the weight of the body from three to six times greater than taken by adults. The perils from without to infant life are mainly derived from cold; those from within result chiefly from improper or defective feeding. It is not easy to overfeed young infants. The tendencies of this period are toward the intestinal and mucous tracts, diarrhea and bronchitis, throat and stomach disorders. The hygienic rules have reference to feeding, cleanliness, clothing and open-air exercise. Experience proves that nature will not be contraindicated—that no food is so appropriate as the milk of the mother. Next best comes the milk of healthy cows, diluted according to age of the child with barley or rice water. toward the intestinal and mucous tracts, diarrhea and bronchitis, throat and stomach disorders. The hygienic rules have reference to feeding, cleanliness, clothing and open-air exercise. Experience proves that nature will not be contraindicated—that no food is so appropriate as the milk of the mother. Next best comes the milk of healthy cows, diluted according to age of the child with barley or rice water. The infant requires washing all over from the top of the head to the sole of the foot night and morning every day. The water should be the softest procurable. The temperature of the room during the bath should be about 70 and that of the water between 80 and 90, according to the season of the year. Little or no soap should be employed. The drying should be done with soft, dry cloths. No infant ought to be smothered like a mummy; it requires keeping warm, but should not be overweighted with clothes. Its chest must be left free to expand, its limbs at liberty to move. The infant requires washing all over from the top of the head to the sole of the foot night and morning every day. The water should be the softest procurable. The temperature of the room during the bath should be about 70 and that of the water between 80 and 90, according to the season of the year. Little or no soap should be employed. The drying should be done with soft, dry cloths. No infant ought to be smothered like a mummy; it requires keeping warm, but should not be overweighted with clothes. Its chest must be left free to expand, its limbs at liberty to move. The more lightly its head is covered the better. China Waking Up to American Inventions By EDWARD B. HOUSTON China is waking up for fair. The Celestials are just crazy over certain yankee inventions that have only of late been seen to any extent in the far east, especially ice-cream freezers, sewing machines and breech-loading shotguns. I saw in the streets of Canton and Shanghai dense crowds surrounding the peddlers of ice cream, who could not operate their machines fast enough to supply the hordes that were eager to buy. The popularity of the sewing machine is just as great. I heard that they were bought in large quantities by sweatshop proprietors, who paid their operators $5 a month for toiling nine hours a day, including Sundays. I heard that they were bought in large quantities by sweatshop proprietors, who paid their operators $5 a month for toiling nine hours a day, including Sundays. Special Master E. V. McKeever filed START OF FALL, BY MERCERAL KIPPLE, FROM LIN- AM WEST, CALIFORNIA AND MISSISSIPPIA SOUTH UP IN CALIFORNIA ON MAY 18TH, 1914 PEMMICAN CHRISTIAN MESSER LAST AT MARINE MUSEUM, CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON PEMMICAN PHONOGRAPHIC RECORD OF EMERGING STORY. (UNIT GROUP PROP.) Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. STANDARD OIL ILLEGAL TRUST UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT SAYS IT MUST QUIT BUSINESS. With its Subsidiary companies it is a Combination in Restraint of Trade —Can Appeal. St. Paul, Minnesota.—In an opinion written by Judge Walter H. Sanborn of St. Paul, and concurred in by Judges Vandeverenter, Hook and Adams, with a special concurring opinion by Judge Hook, the United States circuit court for the Eastern district of Missouri has declared the Standard Oil company of New Jersey an illegal combination operating in restraint of trade and ordered its dissolution. The opinion of the court was filed simultaneously in St. Louis and in St. Paul. In this decision the government of the United States wins a sweeping victory, and according to Frank B. Kellogg of this city, who was the government's special prosecuting officer, the government has won every point for which it contended. The case will be appealed direct to the United States supreme court, as the judges who signed the decree are in effect the judges of the United States circuit court of appeals, although they were sitting for the purpose of trying this case as the circuit court for the Eastern district of Missouri. When the decree takes effect, unless a stay is granted, an injunction will be issued restraining the Standard Oil company from a further continuance of its business under its present formation. AN ICE TRUST MUST DISSOLVE St. Louis Corporation With $1,800,000 Capital Declared Combination in Restraint of Trade. St. Louis, Mo.—The Polar Wave Ice and Fuel company, a $1,800,000 corporation was declared an illegal combination in restraint of trade and ordered dissolved in a decision of Judge George ... Shields, in the court court. If this opinion is sustained by the supreme court of Missouri, to which the case will be appealed, it will mean that the Polar Wave company will have to distribute its stock among the seven original competing companies in proportion to their original holdings. While the opinion was written before the Standard Oil decision was handed down, it follows the same principle of law, though the suit against the Polar Wave company was brought under the state law, while the Standard suit was brought under the Sherman anti-trust act. Missouri Pacific Must Get Busy Topeka, Kansas.—Unless the Missouri Pacific gets busy right away to improve the Central Branch official action will be taken in the name of Kansas to have a receiver appointed for that line. Gov. Stubbs has his dander up and he doesn't intend longer to permit the road to remain in a condition which he terms "a shame and a disgrace." The governor has given the Missouri Pacific ample time to act, no action has been taken, and he is tired of the delay. A "Black Hand" Convict Dead. Leavenworth, Kansas. — Guisepee A. Aiello, a member of a "Black Hand" society which operated in Cincinnati, died in the hospital at the United States penitentiary of inanition, brought on by acute melancholy. He had been violently insane for the last two weeks. Boy Must Stand Trial. Joplin, Missouri. — Glenn Smith, aged 12 years, who shot and killed Henry Sanders, aged 35, about ten days ago, on the Newton road, was bound over to the circuit court for trial on January 10 by Justice Jones. A Train Wreck at Tulsa, Ok. Tulsa, Oklahoma.—An eastbound passenger train on the A. V. & W. railroad was derailed on a high grade in West Tulsa and several passengers were injured. Mrs. Lena Hudson of this city severely. State Temperance Union is Sending Out Petitions for a Federal Law for Signatures. Topeka, Kansas.—Within a short time Senator Curtis will be receiving hundreds of petitions asking him to aid in the enactment of a law regulating interstate commerce in intoxicating liquors. The petitions are being prepared by the State Temperance Union and will be sent over the state for signatures. Considering the attitude of Kansas on the question of prohibition there is no question that there will be thousands of signers. The petitions ask for a passage of a federal law prohibiting any person in any state or territory from selling or shipping intoxicating liquor to any person in any other state or territory except to those authorized to sell intoxicants or those permitted to buy it for medicinal or scientific purposes. The last clause of the petition asks that express companies or common carriers be prohibited from receiving for shipment intoxicants into prohibition states. SUGAR WEIGHERS DISCHARGED One Hundred Employees of the Customs Service in New York Will Go. New York, N. Y.—Official charges of misconduct against nearly 100 employees of the customs service, all located at New York, have been filed with Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of the treasurw, following close upon Collector Loeb's suspension of 22 delinquent weighers, assistant weighers and at least one official of rank. With few exceptions it is semi-officially announced that the accused ones are to be decapitated by Secretary MacVeagh. The wholesale dismissals are the result of the revelations in the great frauds prepetrated on behalf of the sugar trust against the federal government in which the trust profited by millions and fortunes were distributed among scores of government employees for aiding in the frauds. Reclamation Funds Squandered. Washington, D. C. — Reports of gross extravagance; not to say corruption, in the administration of the reclamation fund; have reached Washington. It is reported that the senate committee on irrigation, which is inspecting the projects, has found highly unsatisfactory condition in connection with the enterprise at Klamath Falls, Ore. The settlers are represented as gravelly dissatisfied because the cost of water has suddenly been increased from $10 and $20 to $30 an acre. Employers' Liability Upheld. Washington. D. C.—The Employers' Liability law of .006 has been declared to be constitutional in territories of the United States and the District of Columbia by the supreme court of the United States, despite the fact that more than a year ago this law was declared to be unconstitutional when applied to the states. Labor Officers Re-Elected Toronto, Canada.—After unanimously re-electing President Samuel Gompers, Vice-President John Mitchell Secretary Frank Morrison and other executive officers, and selecting St. Louis as the place for holding the next meeting, the convention of the American Federation of Labor adjourned. Astor's Yacht Safe at San Juan, Washington, D. C. — A wireless message reached the United States revenue cutter service saying the John Jacob Astor's yacht, the Nourmahal, had been seen riding in safety inside the harbor of San Juan, P. R. For a Hookworm Conference. Atlanta, Georgia—The Rookefeller commission for the eradication of the hookworm disease is expected to attend in a body the first national conference for the study of this disease. to be held in Atlanta. FIRST ARMED FORCE LEAVES FOR SOUTH 400 MARINES ARE MAKING READY TO DEPART. TROOP SHIP PRAIRIE IS TO SAIL Naval Men Galore Are Seen at Department—Many Boats Are Being Rapidly Overhauled. Washington, D. C.—Preparations for four hundred marines to sail from Philadelphia either for the canal zone or Nicaragua are being made. This will constitute the first armed force to land in Nicaragua, if developments in the situation there within the next few days require such a course to be pursued. All will depend upon the action to be taken by the state department, which is marking time pending the receipt of additional details of the killing of the two Americans, Grace and Cannon. The marines' departure followed rush orders sent to the League Island navy yard after the state department received the preliminary report of the slaying by President Zelaya's order of the two men. It has been intended to send the marines to Panama to relieve marines now on duty there. The date of departure from Philadelphia was set for December 3, by which time the troop ship Prairie, undergoing repairs at the yard, would have been ready to sail. Working night and day, the League Island force will be able to finish the repairs by November 27 and that date has now been set for the sailing of the marines. Meyer to Review Men. Secretary of the Navy Meyer will go to Philadelphia to review the men, as he intended before the war clouds appeared in Central America. In event of necessity the 380 marines now on the canal zone could be utilized in Nicaragua in addition to the 400 to be taken south by the Prairie. With the troop ship Buffalo on the Pacific coast and the Prairie on the Atlantic the marines could be transferred from one coast to Nicaragua to the other via the Panama railroad in a comparatively short time. Rear admirals galore were at the navy department but in no instance was it admitted that their presence there had to do with the trouble in Nicaragua. Rear Admiral Schroeder, commander of the Atlantic battleship fleet, had a talk with Assistant Secretary Winthin. It was settled that the shallow waters along Nicaragua on the Atlantic coast made the sending of a battleship there useless and such action is not contemplated. Preparations are being made by the navy for an emergency but it was denied that rush orders had been given for the completion of repairs on such vessels as the Paducah and the Dubuque. It was admitted, however, that the Albana and the Yorktown would remain for the present in Magdalena Bay. It had been generally felt that they were about to be ordered north. Bad Storm on Lake. Chicago, Ill—Rain and sleet driven by a wind which at times registered 48 miles an hour, marked the storm which has raged all day on Lake Michigan and throughout the regions of the Great Lakes. Only a few vessels braved the gigantic waves which thundered outside the break-water and dashed in tons of spray many feet over the government pier. The storm was one of the hardest blows on the lake this season. Reports Astor's Ship Safe. Tampa, Fla.—Brief wireless communication between Key West and San Juan, Porto Rico, served to complicate rather than to clear the situation surrounding Colonel John Jacob Astor's yacht Nourmahal. But after sifting matters down there is nothing to indicate that the yacht is not safe at San Juan, or was at least there Nov. 15, as reported by the steamer Caracas and confirmed by that vessel's captain again later. The fact that the wireless operator at San Juan could not state off hand that the yacht was in the harbor gave rise to the report that the vessel was still missing. But this interpretation is unfounded. Because of interrupted communication of late the operator at San Juan knew nothing of the anxiety for the Nourmahal, and when asked specifically if the yacht was there, replied simply that he did not know. Soon thereafter communication was interrupted, leaving the situation open, but in no wise, according to all appearances questioning the reliability of the reports of the Nourmahal's safety. Thinks Map a Deer Marquette, Mich.—Sheriff Albert Robbins of Iron Mountain, Dickinson county, shot and fatally wounded Charles Keck of Greenville, Ohio, whom he mistook for a deer. The shooting took place in the wildest part of this county, at Whitbeck, and Keck was dead when he reached the village. The penalty for shooting a man by mistake for a deer is not less than ten years in this state. The sheriff carried his victim ten miles on his back in order to save him. — "Well, no-er—to tell the truth, my mother won't allow me to." WANTS HER LETTER PUBLISHED For Benefit of Women who Suffer from Female Ills Minneapolis, Minn.—"I was a great sufferer from female troubles which caused a weakness and broken down condition of the system. I read so much of what Lydia E. 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All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Thursday noon to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE: First. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. Second. Communications received after Thursday noon will not be published in the current 'issue. Third. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to another, give both the new and the cld. Sixth. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. Juvinile Court The people at large, and especially the colored people of this community do not really know the good effect which the Juvenile Court of this county is having on the boys of this communitymre especihlly the boys. The Juvenile Court is a part of the Probate Court. Judge O. D. Kirk is the Judge, Judge D. A. McCauless, Deputy and Mr. A. E Jaques Marshall or Juvenile officer. The kind hearted-yet firm manner in which each of these gentleman conduct the business of the Juvenile Court at once gains the confidence and respect of every boy and girl that comes into their Court. More than one boy has been saved from a felons call by the kigd-pathway sympathetic yet firm and positive advice, instruction and quidance these Juvenile officers. In the Juvenile Court no boy or girl is treated as a criminal and positively there is no difference made as to the white boy or girl or the black boy or girl. Of this court it can truthfully said all are treated on equal footing. The editor has watched the proceedings in the Juvenile Court on more than one occasion and it is a God-send to the public-as long as such a men as are now in control manages it. The people at large have not come to a full realization of the beneficial effects of this part of the county offices. The present condition of the Juvenile Court under Judge O. D. Kirk, Special Master E. V. McKeever IIen Judge D A. McCauless and Mr. A. E. Jaques aside from proving their firtness for this most peculiar position is a personal compliment to each of shem as men. Being more conversant than ever before with the technical duties devolving on a Probate Judge his deputy and the Juvenile officer in Kansas—we believe that in the future men should be chosen for their parsicular fitness for thif teuder duty as much as for tdeir fieness for the other duties of the Probate Court. The fact that the colored people in this County have very little bueiness that carries them into the court is a reason which speaks well for them and explains why they are not more familiar with the workings of the Juvenile Court—yee we are sure there is no class of citizens who appreciate this more than they. It does not take a specialist who has been in this city any considerable length of a time to compare notes on the boys—both white and black--to secure sufficient evidence to substantiate our every claim made here for the Juvenile Court. We say frankly that the Juvenile Court as now conducted is a credit to all the people of this County. LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local connections to 601 North Main Street. Mrs. Prudie Johnson left Tuesday for Okla. on an extended visit with friends. Mrs. M. Barton of Millerton was a visitor in the city during the week. The ladies Bazaar at the A. M. E. church was quite a success this week. The Gold.State Saving Bank, 1st and Market, are making very beautiful additions to their office The Searchlight office force took a full day off Thanksgiving day. Any news items left out this week will appear next week. Princess Chapter No. 12, O. E. S. met in regular session Tues-afternoon. The members of the W. T. Veroon Club enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the home of Mrs. E. Roach. A bounous repast was served and highly enjoyed by those present. All the members of the house hold of Ruth are urgently requested to be present at the meeting to be held Wednesday afternoon Dec. 1st. J. W. Thompson, Thirty-third Illustrious Commander-in-Chief of Western Star Consistency No. 18, Scottish Rite Masons, has prepared his proclamation setting the dates as December 9 and 10, 1909, for the fall reunion of that branch of Masonry. Great preparations will be made for the reception of those who will attend this grand function. Programmes, etc., etc., will be given later. A Wonderful Woman Madame Jane, Spirit Medium, who is in our city at 837 N. Water street is said by those who have called to see her, to be the most remarkable and wonderful women who has ever visited our city gifted with the inspiration of spiritulism. Her reading and consultations eelipses any ever witnessed. Besides her spirit medium work she is also a spirit healer and is said to have among oer patients some of Wichita's best people. Any desiring to see her can call at 837 N. Water St. DATE NOW SET. The Imperial Art Club was entertained at Lyons Kansas by Mrs. Taylor and her daughter Miss. Grace. They were met at the depot by the hostess & were taken to the beautiful home and where everything that would make one happy was prepared for them. The dining room and the reception room were bouquet of cut flowers everp where. The guests were seated at, and along the table were an eight course dinner was served after which a lovely program was rendered. The program as follows: A Solo Mrs. M. P. Johnson, Recitation Mrs. Butler, Recitation Mrs. Collins Song Mrs. L. Gothard Paper Mrs. Butler. The guests departed declaring that they had one of the best times of their lives. The C. M. E. church held their quarterly meeting Sunday. Presi diWarfield preached three interesting sermons which was enjoyed by all who heard him. The meeting was a success financilly and spiritually. Rev, Morgan of this city who has charge of A. M E. church of Salina Kansas preached there Sunday. We wish Rev. Morgan a grand success in his years work Mrs. Anna Owens is on the sick list this week. Wanted: A good, lively city solicitor for the Searchlight. Liberal commission paid. W. N. Miller 634 N. Water Peerless Steam Laundry Wichita's Oldest, Most B Hable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SELOVER & BONS, Prep. Phone 232 245 N. Market Hygienic 513 N. Main Street Meals-Short-Orders-Lunch. Everytaing Strictly First Class Cousar & Washington, Prop. F. O. Miller M.D. Physici'n & Surgeon All calls answered promptly Day or Night. Obstetrics and Diseases of women A Specialty J. W. Thompson, Commander-in-Chief of Western Star Consisto 18. Scottish Rite Masons made a very pleasant and profitable trip to Hutheiuson and Newton last week in the interest of the Scottish Rite work. In both places he found the Masons alive to the advantages of this department of Masonry. For good wholesome meats call at Culp's Meat Market 241 Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty Office 703,N. Main St. Send your news in earlier Ketzler Hardwre 354 North Main Street —DEALERS IN— Hardware, Hot Air Furnaces, Tin Work, Roofing, Guttering, Copper and Galvanized Iron Work. Repairing and Painting Tin Roofs A Specialty. For Everything in Building Material SEE PHONE: 496 J.H. TURNER WICHTA, KANS J33 TO 349 WEST DOUGLAS 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. Ford's Hair Pomade Fifty years of success have proved the merits of this preparation. What is more attractive than a beautiful head of hair? It has been the ambition of women in all ages. The use of Ford's Hair Pomade makes stubborn, harsh, klimy or curly hair softer, more pliable and glossy, and it makes hair more resistant in many style desired consistent with its length, as long as the Pomade remains in the hair. This result may be obtained by one thorough application according to directions. Two to four applications a month will keep the hair in satisfactory condition, and two to four bottles, regular size, are usual in manufacture for a year. Directions with every bottle. Ford's Hair Pomade Mr. and Mrs Olden has opened first class flats 9 N. Wichita St. where they will be pleased to receive your patronage. GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita our products are the best that can be produced. Made from best selected grain only and putup in Special Packages, Ask Your Groce See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING Co. WICHITA, KANSAS Your Money Is Safe only when it is safely invested. Burglars can you; bad loans may cripple you; speculation you. The Gold State Savings BANK is safe because it is governed on a conservation. It holds your money where you can get it quiet without danger or loss. All deposits in this bank are fully guaranteed. An account be opened in any amount from one dollar up. 4% Interest paid upon Savings Accounts, compounded January 1st and July 1st. Certificates of Deposits issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND 4 per cent interest per annum for each full month of issue. Commercial checking accounts do not duly open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 to receive deferred. Gold State Savings BANK FIRST AND MARKET H. W. Lewis, President P. K. Lewis G.C. Paid Up Capital $25,000.00 "Second to No PLEASES ALL Good Bread Market It is White As Snow—TRY IT The Otto Welss Alfalfa Stock and Powder are all guaranteed under the United States Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Register No. 1. It is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD CULP'S MEAT MARKET only when it is safely invested. Burglar can annoy you; bad loans may cripple you; speculation may ruin you. The Gold State Savings BANK is safe because it is governed on a conservative basis. It holds your money where you can get it quickly, and without danger or loss All deposits in this bank are fully guaranteed. An account may be opened in any amount from one dollar up. 4% Interest paid upon Savings Accounts, compounded every January 1st and July 1st. Certificates of Deposits issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND, bearing 4 per cent interest per annum for each full month from date 0f issue. Commercial checking accounts do not draw interest Open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 to receive deposits Gold State Savings Bank FIRST AND MARKET H. W. Lewis, President P. K. Lewis Cashier, Paid Up Capital $25,000.00 PLEASES ALL Good Bread Makers It Is White As Snow--TRY IT The Otto Welss 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. CULP'S MEAT MARKET 241 N. MAIN ST. The best Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutton, Veal, Pigs Bones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterl Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmo Sealship Oysters. Heinz Pickles, Baked F.T. CULP, Prop. 241 N. Main St. B COULTER'S C ton, Veal, Pig Tails, Chim t and Chitterlings. ut and Salmon. Fresh ckles, Baked Beans and P, Prop. Both Phone I'S CAFE The best Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutton, Veal, Pig Tails, Chim Bones. Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterlings. Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fresh Sealship Oysters. Heinz Pickles, Baked Beans and F.T. CULP, Prop. 241 N. Main St. Both Phone COULTER'S CAFE COULTER'S CAFE 354 North Main St. THE FINEST AND BEST IN THE Short Orders — Meals — Fish and A much needed business in Wichita. N that you have a place that is a credit us let all join in and help push to suc Soft Drinks— Ice Cream— Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprie Special Furniture Ba FISH and Game in Season in Wichita. Now that is a credit to help push to success Melons on Ice Poulter, Proprietor Fure Bargains are an unusually large assort- test New and Second Hand Fur- mita which we are able to sell at prices for either CASH or on- rents. Make some lucky, low. good pur- tate this season stock in both New Hand Goods and we are giving the advantage of our low prices amples of our low prices 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 Special Furniture Bargains We have an unusually large assortment of the best New and Second Hand Furniture in Wichita which we are able to sell at Money Saving prices for either cash or on EASY PAYMENTS. We made some lucky, low. good purchases for our this season stock in both New and Second Hand Goods and we are giving our customers the advantage of our low prices below a few samples of our low prices from $2 up 10 to $27 Chiffeneers — from $7 to $20 Tables from — $4.50 up DF MARSHA 236 N. MAIN STREET SHALL STREET 236 N. MAIN STREET We h ment of the niture in W Money Saved EASY PAYME We n chases for o and Second ourcustom We quote below a few s Heaters — W — from $2 up Dressers from $6.50 to $27 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 Musical, Normal, Snh. Material, embracing co- mmercial, Mechanical Dra- tailorlng, Business, Cooking, Launderer, discipline, Christian supervision Military Band and C regulars write to Shelton F. ACTING of Western University INDARO, No. 15 Counts.... THEN USE NEAD- COLOUR respect,—color, fla- made BY Jon Mill CHITA, KANSAS ABSTRACT -WEST CORNER JURT HOUSE ed Abstract Special Attn. Can emptly Answered—D R. W. Physician & Equipped Hospital In- Office and 236 N. Market S BROTHERS SUCCESS ISSERVE US AND CELEBRATE CREA SALE AND R Picnics, Socials and served to any part of TON & KANDY ITCH OTT BROS. PROP. Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, Musical, State Industrial, embracing courses in Architecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, Book-binding, Tailorling, Business Courses, Dress making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. Prof. Shelton French, ACTING PRESIDENT Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 DEAM ABSTRACT NOBTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors High Class Surgery Special Attention Given to a Specialty Canine Practice All Calls Promptly Answered—Day or Night SCOTT BROTHERS SUCCESSORS TO MESSERVE FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED ICE CREAM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches Order delivered to any part of the city BON-TON & KANDY AKERY ITCHEN SCOTT BROS. PROP. HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue --- Normal, Snb-Normal, Musi-racing courses in Archi-chemical Drawing, Printing, Business Courses, Dressmaking, Laundering and Farming. Christian influence and Orchestra Welcome to Boston French, ACTING PRESIDENT University ARO, KS Office Phone 1423 ENTS.... HOUSE "AD-IT" UR color, flavor, and pounds of BY Mill Co. KANSAS TRACT CO. CORNER OF THE HOUSE Structors Special Attention Given to Canine Practice Powered—Day or Night Wildes, Medician & Surgeon Hospital In the City Office and Hospital Market St., Wichita, Ks. SUCCESSORS TO CRVE CELEBRATED REAM AND RETAIL Socials and Churches Part of the city KANDY ITCHEN PROP. W. S. MENRION DRUGGIST 601 A. Main St. Wichita, Kans. CHAS. B. PATTON Merchant Tailor 513 North Main street First-Class Making of Men's Garments Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing A Specialty Prompt Service Courteous Attention Your Trade Solicited Bell Phone, 3581 Wichita, Kansas. Grocery Department RD MEAT POTATOES kept in a First-Class WE SELL TO YOU? e Drug Co. , Kan — Bell Phone 239 In fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class Grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. Main St. - Wichita, Kan - Bell Phone 239 W. N. Miller Attorny -at-Law NOTARY PUBLIC. Office C34 North Water Street Practices in all the Courts Of Kansas and Missouri Residence Phone - Bell 1641 Send your news in earlier 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 Child- ren's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery. Tapp & Hanshaw 255-257 N. Main St Phone 257 Satisfaction IN EVERY POUND OF "wichita's Best "Four POENISCH BROS., Agents 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 530 -- Both Phones -- 530 J. Ed Allen HARNESS MAKER 426 North Main St. New and 2nd Hand Harness Harness bought, sold, repaired and exchanged 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. Subscribe and pay for the Wichita Searchlight. It is only $1. for a whole year. Try it. "You ran into this man at 30 miles an hour and knocked him 40 feet," said the court. "That, or a little better, I suppose," answered the chauffeur. "Why didn't you slow down?" "Mere precaution, your honor. Once I shut off speed and hit a man so gently that he was able to climb into the machine and give me a loosening." NG specialty - Try Us H WATER JOB PRINTING Is Our Specialty - Try Us 634 NORTH WATER WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAL WE SELL LARD L. S. Naftager, President, W. R. Tucker, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice President, G. W. Brown. Vice President, V. H. Branch, Gashier. Capital $200,000 Surplus $125,000 Dirrctors: R. W. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftsger, H. W. Darling, A. C. Houston, E. C. Sheldon, C. W. Brown, J. W. Metz, E. T. Battin, Henry Lassen, V. H. Branch. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Epual They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 803 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita - - Kansas Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Frices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 829 East Center SALINA, KANSAS TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. Its the man who "sticks-to-it" who wins. J. Ed Allen Took Precautions. Mr. Hunter & Mr Trapshooter come in and see THE Remington IDEA SHOT GUNS THE PUMP GUN HAMMERLESS, GOLD BRIZZON, BOTTOM EJECTION AUTOLOADING HAMMERLESS, GOLD BRIZZON, BOTTOM EJECTION SHOT GUN HAMMERLESS, GOLD BRIZZON, BOTTOM EJECTION Loaded Shells — all kinds and every one a load. Hunting Coats fine quality $1.50 each, Special Sale of the " Gem Junior " Safety Razor all this week — Fine Shaving Brush with each razor. Dilworth Hardware Co., — Wichita's Finest Hardware Store — Get one of our Kitchen Match Safes - IT'S FREE!! ILL-ENGSTRONG LUMBER COMPANY Good grades of Lumber at Low Prices. An a ck of Bungalow Doors carried in stock. At Douglas Ave., Both Pho HILL-ENGSTROM HILL-ENGSTROM LUMBER COMPANY For good grades of Lumber at Low Prices. An assort ed stock of Bungalow Doors carried in stock. 318 West Douglas Ave., Both Phones 889 R. The Peoples Clean 131 North La Ind. Phone 178 'The Biggest and Best OLDEN'S 527 - 9 N. Wichita St First-Class in every res Board and Lodging $3.75 Lodging 50c and Transient a Specialty. Spec Only Regular Well Heated — Well Light Best Accommodation James J. OL The Peoples Cleaning and Dye Works 131 North Lawrence Avenue 178 Bel- 'The Biggest and Best in the Southwest OLDEN'S FLAT ST 9 N. Wichita St Wichita First-Class in every respect. Newly Furnished and Lodging $3.75 and $4.00 per week Lodging 50c and $1.00 per night ent a Specialty. Special Rates to Opera Tr Only Regular Meals Served. Heated — Well Lighted — Well Ventilated Best Accommodations — Prompt Service James J. OLDEN, Prop. The Peoples Cleaning and Dye Works 527-9 N. Wichita St Wichita, Kan First-Class in every respect. Newly Furnished Board and Lodging $3.75 and $4.00 per week Lodging 50c and $1.00 per night Transient a Specialty. Special Rates to Opera Troupes Only Regular Meals Served. Well Heated — Well Lighted — Well Ventilated Best Accommodations — Prompt Service James J. OLDEN, Prop. Subscribe For The Sea Published for 11 Only $1.00 P BOY ROSE TO THE SITUATION. Searchlig published Every Week for 11 Years $1.00 PER YEAR Quick Wit and Intelligence Displayed by Youngster. His parents are convinced that Clarence will be a great man; the only doubt is whether it will be as a statesman or scientist. He is only four years old, and their confidence is based largely on one incident. The boy never told of it, and it would have been lost to history if a neighbor had not been a chance witness. Clarence lives in the suburbs, and has a cat and kittens. One day he went into the yard next door with one of the little ones to play. There was a big pile of brushwood here, and he shoved his pet into a hole in this. She crawled so far back that all his efforts to get her out were vain. Had he been a man he would have pulled the pile of brush apart, but lacking strength for this he resorted to cunning. Running home, he soon returned with the mother cat. He shoved her into the hole after her offspring, and she soon came out with the little one between her teeth. Clarence bore them both home in triumph. grown 139 N. Main Wichita, Kan GSTROM COMPANY at Low Prices. An assort s carried in stock. Both Phones 889 There Is NO Need 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 Evrence Avenue Bell Phone 175 st in the Southwest FLATS. Wichita, Kan pect. Newly Furnished and $4.00 per week $1.00 per night Real Rates to Opera Troupes Meals Served. ated — Well Ventilated s — Prompt Service DEN, Prop. rchlight Every Week Years ER YEAR Only "If I have anything to do that I par ticularly dislike. I start to work on if the first thing after breakfast, subordinating all routine work to that task," said a successful housekeeper recently. "One can expand aough nervous energy thinking about and worrying over an unpleasant duty to accomplish it. When it is finished and off one's mind early in the day, one gets ahead of one's self, so to speak." Pecullar African Race. There is a peculiar sort of people living in northwest Rhodesia. These natives are small of stature, with large horns on their heads. The horn springs from the scalp, consists of the native's hair mixed with fat and filth, and is sometimes as much as 18 inches long. For the most part these Kaffirs live on the great open flats to be found on both sides of the Kafue river. They build their huts on the great ant heaps which appear like hills scattered over the flats. When the Kafue is in flood and the flats are changed into great lakes these people are safe in their huts on the ant heaps. Their cattle also take refuge on the ant heaps on which corn and mealies are likewise grown. UNCLE SAM'S AEROPLANE SQUAD emort being made to pick men who by reason of training or temperament may be expected to develop into genuine specialists in the work. Much of the work which the men of the aeroplane detachment are doing at College Park represents brand new experience to them. Several of the members of the detachment have been working around this same airship for more than a year past, or throughout all the trial and test flights at Fort Myer, but their participation then was very different from their present responsibilities. So long as the aeroplane was the property of the Wright brothers all the United States signal corps men were permitted to do was to wheel the machine from the shed to the starting point of a flight and to wheel it back to the shelter after a flight. The starting of the motor, all adjustments of the mechanism and such repairs as were necessary from time to time were attended to by the Wrights in person or by Charles Taylor, their mechanic. Now, however, that the flying machine has been turned over to the government, all this devolves upon the men of the aeroplane detachment. They look after the weight tower, haul up the weight and arrange the starting rail with due reference to the direction of the wind. In addition to moving the machine from the shed when a flight is ordered they make the preliminary inspection and tests of the working parts and start the motor. Finally it falls to the lot of this group of young men to procure the needed material and make all necessary repairs. There is no doubt that they will get plenty of practice in tinkering with the sky scout for it is expected that once the army officers have the new vehicle to themselves they will inaugurate a series of experiments and introduce new attachments designed specially to adapt the aeroplane to the exigencies of military service. The members of the aeroplane detachment are decidedly alert and take a real interest in their noval occupation. Corporal H. Marcus, who is in command, hails from Detroit and has been in the military service of the country for 12 or 13 years, although he has only been in the signal corps about a year and a half. Another man who has had considerable experience in the army is B. T. Hyde of Washington, D. C., whereas E. O. Eldred of Denver, a member of the old balloon squad, has now had two and a half years of practically continuous aeronautical work. Other members of the aeroplane detachment are Bert Brown of Brooklyn, Roy J. Hart of Washington, D. C., Eulie P. Gomeringer of Brooklyn, K. L. Kintzel of Tamaqua, Pa., Bruce Pierce of Atlanta, Ga., F. G. Clark of Gloster, Mo., and S. J. Idorek of New York City. The boys have their own cook in the person of William A. Abolin, who enlisted in the army from Jersey City, and while the quarters which have been provided at the new aviation field are not perhaps quite as comfortable as the barracks at a military post, they serve the purpose very acceptably and are a big improvement over a camp with canvas tents. The frame building which houses the aeroplane at College Park is about twice as large as the aeroplane shed which was constructed at Fort Myer, Va., when the Wrights first brought their machine there. The rear portion of the College Park structure is given over for sleeping quarters for the men. Just back of the building is a double tent, which serves as kitchen and mess or eating tent. A good well has been provided close at hand. The aeroplane shed is perhaps a third of a mile across the aviation field from the railroad station at College Park and is several hundred yards farther distant from the trolley line to Washington. However, horses and automobiles A. ITH the establishment of a United States government aviation field at College Park, Md., a brand new branch of the regular army has come into its own. This latest innovation in Uncle Sam's military establishment is an aeroplane squad, or, as it is designated officially, the aeroplane detachment of the United States signal W corps. The signal corps has had for more than a year past a balloon squad or balloon detachment made up of enlisted men of the signal corps, who devote their entire time to aeronautical work, but the new organization is separate and quite apart from this. Indeed, it is generally considered to represent a higher development of military specialization, in the same proportion that the aeroplane marks an advance over the balloon as an instrument for use in warfare. The new aeroplane detachment, which at the outset numbers only 11 men, or rather a corporal and 10 privates, is further notable from the fact that it is the first organization of the kind in the world. The American war department has been severely criticised for being behind the military departments of certain foreign governments, particularly France and Germany, in aeronautical investigation and experiment, but it has now, in some degree, made up for lost prestige by inaugurating the first full-fledged aeroplane corps. The federal government's new aviation field is, for the time being, as much a school of instruction for the men of the aeroplane squad as it is for the two lieutenants who are to qualify as the army's pioneer aviators. There is this difference, however, that the men, in effect, have to work out their own salvation as aeroplane mechanicians and aerodrome keepers, while Lieut. Lahm and Lieut. Humphries had a competent instructor in the person of Wilbur Wright to teach them the alphabet of aeroplanning. Army officers are already congratulating themselves that the new aeroplane squad was organized at the very outset of the army's experiments in this most important branch of aeronautics. The outcome is sure to be in contrast to the history of American military ballooning, wherein there were innumerable disappointments. Particularly was this the case during the Spanish-American war, when the war department sought to get results with war balloons in the hands of men who had had no opportunity to specialize in this unusual line of work. The newly-organized aeroplane detachment, on the other hand, will grow up in our military aeroplane work from its inception. What is more, these caretakers of the sky sentries have acquired experience of the most valuable kind in establishing Uncle Sam's first aviation field. It is not meant, of course, that the soldiers had much hand in clearing the field, blasting out stumps or erecting the unpretentious shed that sheltered the $30,000 craft, but they did almost everything else connected with setting things in order, not forgetting the transportation of army aeroplane No. 1 by wagon from its previous resting place at Fort Myer, Va., a dozen miles away. The insight thus gained into the how of such things will be well nigh invaluable, since it will make it possible to send this squad around the country to lay out aviation fields wherever needed by the army. While, as has been explained, the new aeroplane detachment is entirely separate and distinct from the balloon squad, its brief history is linked at many points with that of the older branch of the aeronautical division. Some of the star members of the original balloon squad have latterly been transferred to the aeroplane detachment and indeed the new organization will have a sort of a dual existence as a regular aeroplane corps and emergency balloon squad, since the members will have charge of any flights that may be made from the capital in signal corps balloons, the regular balloon squad having been transferred meanwhile to Fort Omaha and Fort Leavenworth. The present membership of the aeroplane detachment, alike to that of the balloon squad, is expected to be merely the nucleus for a much more numerous body later on—when Uncle Sam shall have gone in more extensively for military aeronautics. The aeronautical division of the signal corps, of which both the new aeroplane detachment and the balloon squad are branches, was established as a result of the pride and interest aroused by Lieut. Lahm's victory in the first great international balloon race, held in Europe in 1896. The young American army officer, then barely 28 years of age, who, unknown and unheralded, defeated the most experienced aeronauts of Europe, is the self-same Lahm who is now qualifying at College Park as our premier army aeroplantist and who is in general command of the aeroplane detachment. He had made about 40 balloon flights ere he ascended for the first time in an aeroplane and he has the complete confidence of his men—an important requisite in a new and untried realm such as military aeronautics. The order formally creating the aeronautical division of the signal corps was issued on August 1, 1907, and the new organization was launched with a membership of a sole individual, Sergiant Edward Ward, who has since graduated to the position of head chauffeur for the chief of the general staff. Gradually the membership grew to a dozen or more. At first the work of the new organization was merely with the old balloons of foreign make which had been purchased by the United States during the Spanish war and had been in storage ever since. Then came army dirigible No. 1, which the war department purchased from Capt. Thomas Baldwin, and finally the initial Wright aeroplane, which is now at College Park. At the outset the headquarters of the aeronautical division were at Fort Myer, Va., and the noncommissioned officers and enlisted men of the aeronautical division displayed their versatility by handling indiscriminately spherical balloons, dirigible and aeroplane. When the signal corps completed its fine, new plant for generating hydrogen gas at Fort Omaha it was decided to make the western post the headquarters for all army balloon work and the dirigible was transferred thither. With it went the balloon squad. Consequently, when the Wright aeroplane was accepted by the government and preparations were undertaken for establishing a government school for aeroplanists, it was necessary to organize an aeroplane detachment as a new adjunct. As has been explained, some of the most capable men were transferred from the balloon squad and others were selected from the ranks of the signal corps, every Special Master E. V. McKeever nen report in this effect in the supreme WILBUR WRIGHT MAKING AIRMAIL INSPECTION OF THE AEROPLANE The sure thing men of to-day (incorporated) know this and build upon it. One of the biggest of them claimed not long ago that if he were given time he could sell worthless stock to three Americans out of every five, provided the gullible three had the money or could raise it. He actually counts upon one victim for every 50 circulars sent out through the mails. The common average, as the postal officials tell you, is one dupe for every hundred circulars. Not bad, considering the cheapness of printing and postage. There is a firm in New York that collects and sells addresses of people who buy things through the mails or who have at some time evinced a desire to do so. These addresses are sold at $8 a thousand. They are assorted under various headings. If, for example, 12,000 men have sent in applications for wives to a New York matrimonial bureau that list is worth $6 to a $3 diamond ring concern that is setting up a circular mill. AIRPORT THE AEROPLANE SHED AT THE NEW AVIATION FIELD. distance from the company's office. After you have gone at your own expense to Milwaukee, Dubuque or Kansas City, there to await telegraphic orders as to what to do next, you take it out in waiting. The orders never come, and when you get back to the company's office you find that the company has floated away on the magic carpet, nobody knows where. But it was soon found by the swindlers that these devices, like the green goods game, were rather crude and almost equally unsafe. So to the education of the man who ran the half interest or employment scheme was added a post-graduate course in high finance. It came, to be recognized by the swindling gentry that there was nothing like a corporation when one wanted to do a really safe and prosperous business. Then, too, the corporation must have something somewhere. If it is a mining company it must have a hole in the ground. If it is a rubber or coffee company it must have some sort of concession from the Mexican or a South American government, which it is always very easy to get. If it is a cotton concern it must have a fence corner somewhere down south. These things are actually necessary in order to show in court when the time comes that the men who have taken your money have endeavored to carry out their part of the contract and that they have failed is merely their misfortune. For to fail in business is not necessarily a crime. "James was always kind of morose," said Mrs. Page to her caller, "but now he's married again, seems as if he couldn't bear to have anybody smile. "There you go, he says to Almiry, the other day, 'always singing them secular songs in this vale of woe. What if you was took sudden,' says he, 'and called to your last account with the 'Soldier's Tear' in your mouth?'—Exchange. Since its introduction from America the chigger has spread far and wide along the west coast of Africa and is now a greatly dreaded pest. It is pretty hard to become enthusiastic over a woman who has ceased to care what other women are wearing. are employed by the army officers to cover the distance quickly and the enlisted men have the use of a motor cycle, a type of vehicle which is fast coming to have an important place in the activities of the signal corps. By reason of weather conditions and other circumstances there will be many days when aeroplane flights at College Park will be few and far between, but the men of the aeroplane detachment will have something to occupy their leisure time on such occasions. Foremost among the occupations planned is practice in telegraphy. All of the men of the signal corps are expected to know something of the practical side of telegraphy and this accomplishment will be especially essential to the members of the aeroplane detachment because of the important work in wireless and other telegraphy which the United States army officers propose to carry on by means of airships and war balloons. In order to qualify the men for this work, short telegraph lines have been constructed at the College Park field, with sending and receiving stations at opposite ends of the building and at almost any hour of the day members of the detachment can be found at the keys at these stations. How late in the autumn the aeronautical activities will continue at College Park will be dependent of course largely upon the weather. The government has leased its aviation field until next March, with privilege of renewal and in the event that the coming winter is an open one it would not be surprising if work continues off and on all through the winter. The men of the aeroplane detachment can be made comfortable in their present quarters, and the machine is well housed. The experience which the members of the aeroplane detachment are gaining will undoubtedly prove valuable in enabling them to take charge of the field when the next international aviation meet is held in this country next year as the result of the victory of Glenn Curtiss in France a few months ago. It will be remembered that the United States army balloon squad did efficient work in connection with aeronautics at the Jamestown exposition and at the start of the great international balloon race at St. Louis. The same proficiency could be expected of the army aeroplanists in handling the machines at the meet next year. Especially would they be qualified to render such aid to the avaliators if the meet is held at the College Park ground. Washington and Baltimore are now cooperating energetically for the selection of this territory as the scene of the aerial free-for-all of 1910, and it is expected that one of the strongest claims for its selection will be found in the fact that Uncle Sam has ready to hand at College Park an acceptable aviation field manned by soldiers who are thoroughly familiar not only with local conditions but also with the technical side of aeronautics. NEW GOLD BRICK GAMES Americans are the cream of the credulous, declares a writer in Pearson's Magazine. We sometimes harbor the idea that the Britlisher is the most ready and willing of all men to part with his money to a sure thing gamester, but when it comes to competition against all comers the average American hits the bullseye. operator has passed through various The now unsafe shell game, gold brick and green goods swindles which he operated with such profitable results in the eighties and the early nineties made way for the half-interest game, which flourished 10 years ago, and the employment game, which is still going on, though not to its former extent. The sure thing operator has passed through various stages of progress. The now unsafe shell game, gold The half-interest advertiser sold you a partnership in anything from a peanut stand to a piano factory. When you had bought it the next thing was to find it, or if you found it you discovered that it belonged to somebody else who knew nothing about the men who sold it to you. The employment game consists of an opportunity to sell on high salary the goods or the stock of a company in which you must first buy shares. Then when you have paid over your money you are assigned a territory, generally a long WHAT. INDEED? CHIGGER HAS MULTIPLIED NEVERTHTLESS. MEN FOUND ALIVE IN THE MINE TWENTY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM LIVING TOMB. Had Been Imprisoned Seven Days—Anxious Search Being Made for Others. Cherry, Illinois.—Twenty men alive and comparatively well have arisen from their grave and it is hoped that others will follow them in arising from the fiery sepulchre in which they have been entombed here for seven days. In these six days the rescued men have passed through a horror the like of which never has been described, even in fiction. Without food, heat or even air, the men gnawed at bark from logs used for support in the mines, erected an earth wall to protect themselves from the deadly white damp of the mine, successfully fighting off the deaths that appeared so imminent. A fight for the lives of more than 100 miners who were entombed more than a week ago in the St. Paul mine is being made. Fifty men are working desperately to dig through a cavein in the second vein of the mine. Behind this barricade it is believed the entombed miners are struggling for life, battling against the awful ravages of hunger and thirst. HASKELL PLEADS NOT GUILTY Defense Asked Three Weeks in Which to Prepare for Trial Which Was Granted. Chickasha, Oklahoma—Gov. Haskell, W. T. Hutchins, C. W. Turner and W. R. Eaton appeared in the United States court and pleaded not guilty to fraud in the Muskogee town lot case, Henry Asp, attorney for the defendants, asked the judge to order that free access be given to the defendants to all correspondence, all telegrams and decisions of the department of the interior in reference to the cases, Judge Marshall said the order asked was too sweeping, but he ordered the United States attorney to withhold no records or evidence from the defense which might be of use to them. The defense asked three weeks in which to prepare for trial, which was granted. It is expected that the case will come up early in January at Muskogee OFFERS COLLEGE MAIL COURSE University of Kansas Pupils Can Do Half Work Required at Their Own Home. Lawrence, Kansas.—Under the new plan of correspondence instruction in the department of university extension of the University of Kansas it is now possible for students to do half of the work required for a degree in his own home. The work of the correspondence department will be handled by the instructors of the regular class and the standards will be exactly as are required of all students regularly in attendance. The only limitation made is that the correspondence students must do half of the work for a degree in residence at Lawrence. The work has been organized under the direction of Prof. R. R. Price, and he has just completed the first catalogue of the department. Younger Officers Needed. Washington, D. C.-Osterization of army officers to a radical degree was recommended to the war department by Gen. Leonard Wood, in command of the department of the East. He recommends an elimination law enacted so that officers above the grade of captain will attain grades on an average of at least 10 years younger than at present. A River Congress at Omaha. Omaha, Nebraska. — The Missouri River Navigation congress, headed by John Burke, governor of North Dakota, will meet in Omaha December 14, 15 and 16. The program includes addresses by men of national reputation on the subject of inland waterways. Large delegations are expected from all the cities along the river. Hurley May Quit the Santa Fe. Topeka, Kansas.—There is a persistent rumor which evidently emanated from the general offices of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway that James E. Hurley, general manager, will, about the first of the year, sever his connection with the great system. A Veteran St. Louis Journalist Dead. St. Louis, Missouri.—Thomas Dimmock, a veteran journalist and critic, is dead of complications due to old age. He was born 79 years ago. His last regular editorial connection was with the St. Louis Republic from 1889 to 1882. Farmers Sow More Wheat. Wichita, Kansas.—There is a 10 per cent increase in the acreage of wheat sown this fall over that of last fall in Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Publisher New York Sun Dead. New York, N. Y.—William M. Laffan, successor of the late Charles A. Dana in the management of the New York Sun and publisher of that newspaper for the last 25 years, died at his home in Lawrence, L. I. Would Arbitrate Alson Claim. Santiago, Chile.—The Chilean government has opened negotiations with Washington with a view to submitting the Alsop claim of the United States against Chile to a specially constituted court of arbitration at The Hague. St. Louis, Missouri—The Shallowest water in the Missouri river between Kansas City and St. Louis is nine feet. This was determined by the members of the National Waterways commission, who went down the river last week. All the way down the river a leadman stood at the bow taking soundings. D. S. Alexander, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of congress, sat at a table in the pilot house marking the soundings upon a map of the river. The commission was surprised at the depth of water at this time, when the river is not at all high and they were surprised at the freedom of the river from any obstruction to navigation. They declared the Missorul was in better condition to be navigated now than the Rhine or the Danube in Europe. DECLINE OF THE BIRTH RATE Native American Population Loses More by Deaths Than it Gains by Births. Ithaca, New York—If the present decline in the birth rate should continue for 150 years there would be no more births at that time, according to Prof. Walter F. Wilcox, the statistician of Cornell University. "It is not the decrease in the birth rate that is disturbing," Prof. Wilcox said, "but rather the fact that decrease is greater among the classes whose children would probably inherit most social worth and capacity for leadership. Thus figures from Harvard college indicate that each 100 graduates produce in the next generation only 73 sons. The native Americans population in New England and New York loses more by death than in gains by births." HOG CHOLERA IN KANSAS HERDS With 75,000 Cases in the State Federal Government is Called Upon for Assistance. Topeka, Kansas.—Live Stock Commissioner Mercer, assisted by Dr. Herman Greeder, a government expert, aas completed experiments with hog cholera serum in Kansas. They treated 500 head in three herds. Only three ailed. "The experiments have proven a great success," said Mr. Mercer, "and have demonstrated that hog cholera can be mastered. At the present time there are from 50,000 to 75,000 cases, and the governor has asked the government to furnish us some serum until our plant at Manhattan begins turning it out about January 1. Unless the government comes to the aid of the state no serum can be supplied the farmers until the first of the year." ENDEAVORERS GATHER AT AGRA The Fourth World's Convention is Being Held in the Indian City. Agra, India.—The fourth Christian Endeavor world's convention opened here, and perhaps never before has there been seen such a picturesque body of workers in the cause of religion. For the delegates have come from all parts of the earth, and the strange and often brilliant garb of the orientals is set forth by the more sober garments of those from western lands. Near Drummond road a great camp has been made for the convention, with two auditoriums, dining halls and innumerable living tents. Already it is swarming with people, for this is declared to be the largest Christian convention ever held in a mission land. Bryan Attacks the Saloon. Lincoln, Nebraska.—William J. Bryan's expected broadside against the saloon and the doctrine of personal liberty will appear in the forthcoming issue of the Commoner. Mr. Bryan declares the drunken man is a menace to those about him and the saloon akin to disorderly house and gambling hall, the rendezvous of the criminal element and the willing tool of the corrupt politician. Asks Big Life Insurance. Kansas City, Missouri.—Insurance of $1,500,000 has been applied for on the life of George E. Nienolson, 49 years old, a cement manufacturer of Kansas City, by two of the companies of which he is the head. Insurance men say this is the largest amount of life insurance ever sought at one time upon the life of one person in the history of insurance. A Historic Guillotine for Sale. Paris, France.—A guillotine which was used during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution will be sold at auction here soon. The instrument was constructed in the second year of the republic and was used in the work of decapitation at Feurs, Department of the Loire. Treasure in a Moorish Palace. Madrid, Spain.—Lawrence Perin of Baltimore has brought an ancient Moorish palace in Ronda Spain. Excavations have been going on there for the last few days and valuable Roman archeological remains and much treasure have been found. Improvement for Mr. Carlisle. New York, N. Y.—Continued improvement in the condition of John G. Carlisle was noted at St. Vincent's hospital, where the ex-secretary of the treasury has been ill for some time. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE. $1.00. retail. THANKSGIVING DAY Canada's Day of Thanks a Month Earlier Than in the United States. For some reason better known to the Canadians themselves than to the people on this side of the line, our Canadian cousins celebrated their Thanksgiving a month or more earlier than we do. It may be that the Canadian turkey had become impatient, and sounded a note of warning, or it may be that the frost on the pumpkin" declared itself. But whatever the reason, their Thanksgiving day is past. It may have been that the reasons for giving thanks so much earlier than we do were pushing themselves so hard and so fast that the Canadians were ashamed to postpone the event. They have had reasons, and good ones, too, for giving thanks. Their great broad areas of prairie land have yielded in abundance, and here, by the way, it is not uninteresting to the friends of the millions of Americans who have made their home in Canada during the past few years to know that they have participated most generously in the "cutting of the melon." Probably the western portion of Canada, comprising the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, have the greatest reason of any of the provinces to express in the most enthusiastic manner their gratitude. The results in the line of production give ample reason for devout thanksgiving to Providence. This year has surpassed all others in so far as the total increase in the country's wealth is concerned. There is no question that Providence was especially generous. The weather conditions were perfect, and during the ripening and harvesting period, there was nothing to interfere. And now it was well it was so, for with a demand for labor that could not be supplied, there was the greatest danger, but with suitable weather the garnering of the grain has been successfully accomplished. There have been low general averages, but these are accounted for by the fact that farmers were indifferent, relying altogether upon what a good soil would do. There will be no more low averages though, for this year has shown what good, careful farming will do. It will produce 130 million bushels of wheat from seven million acres, and it will produce a splendid lot of oats, yielding anywhere from 50 to 100 bushels per acre. 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City ways were not altogether new to him, but, as he waited at the elevator shaft, in one of Omaha's large office buildings, he said to his companions. "Well, I'll be hanged if that isn't a beater." "Why, what?" "Just look at that confounded railroad advertising on an Omaha elevator—UP! What won't they do next?" His companion replied, "Sh—, Sh—, those letters mean 'up.'" When I see that word, this jingle always comes to my mind: "Whenever the little word 'up' you see, Think of Safety, Speed, Service via U. P.' You will see that word at almost every passenger elevator in the country, but before you leave for the West, be sure to buy your ticket via "The Safe Road to Travel." Good Work Goes On. During the year that has passed since the international congress on tuberculosis met at Washington, one institution or organization for the treatment or prevention of tuberculosis has been established every day, Sundays and holidays included, according to a bulletin of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Fifteen new beds in hospitals or sanitaria have been provided also for every day of the year. Ready for the End. The rector and a farmer were dis cussing the subject of pork one day and the rector displayed considerable interest in a pen of good-sized Berkshires. "Those pigs of yours are in fine condition, Tomkinson," he remarked. "Yes, sur; they be," replied the matter-of-fact farmer. "Ah, sur, if we was all of us only as fit to die as they be, sur, we'd do."—London News. Fighting the Slave Trade. 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GOOD MONEY can be realized by the right persons as Agents and Correspondents of the Searchlight. JOB PRINTING In this Department we make a specialty of High - Grade Commercial Job Printing... Mail Orders We give prompt attention all Orders sent us by mail Job Printing. No Job Too Small—No Job Too La Good Work Guaranteed—First-Class Workmen Address all communications to THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT W. N. MILLEER, Editor 634 N. Water St., Wichita, ATTACKS BALLINGER BIG PARADES ENDED SENATOR LA FOLLETTE'S MAGAZINE DEMANDS REMOVAL OF SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. Charge Made That Department Head Makes War on Reclamation Projects While President is Making Promises to Support Them. Madison, Wis., Oct. 3.—"Secretary Ballinger must go" That is the burden of Senator La Follett's leading article in this week's issue of La Follette's Magazine. He says: The reclamation of the arid lands of the west was surely one of the greatest of the Roosevelt policies. Not reclamation by "big business," but reclamation by the people and for the people. In seven years the reclamation service of the national government has reclaimed and opened up to homestead settlement more than 1,000,000 acres of heretofore arid lands. These lands have been sold to settlers in small tracts, together with water rights, at practically the cost to the government of their reclamation. There was no graft, no "rakeoff" for "big business." Just the people redeeming the deserts for themselves, with their own capital. In August came the Irrigation Congress at Spokane. The secretary of the interior was there. The burden of his message was that the Roosevelt policy of government irrigation was practically at an end. Meanwhile the president proclaims loyalty to the Roosevelt policies. To the Irrigation Congress he sent a telegram pledging loyalty to irrigation. We do not question the sincerity of the president's repeated pledges. But we condemn most heartily those whose official conduct places the president under the constant necessity of reassuring the people of his loyalty to these policies. Chief of these official malefactors is Secretary Ballinger. While the president is pledging loyalty to the Roosevelt policies Ballinger is overturning those policies wherever he has power. While the president is making promises Ballinger is making war. Let the conflict cease. Let us have a secretary of the interior whose administration will comport with the public declarations of the president. If Ballinger will serve the "interests" let him do it in private employment. SHOT AND THEN TIED TO A TREE Storkeeper at Bean Lake, Mo., Has Rough Experience With Three Robbers. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 3.—Michael Baker, a storekeeper at Bean Lake, about 20 miles south of here on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, was held up in his store by three men, two white and one negro, who robbed him of $40. Baker was then forced to walk with the men to a point near Armour Station, at Sugar Lake, where the robbers began to strip the clothes from him. He believed they intended to murder him and throw his body into the lake and in resisting he was shot in the forehead by the negro. The robbers then tore his shirt into strips and tied him to a tree near the railroad track, warning him that he would be killed if he attempted to free himself. The robbers walked up the track toward Armour and half an hour later Baker managed to free himself. He walked back to Bean Lake, arriving about 3 o'clock this morning. His wound 'said to be dangerous. Travelers Paid More Duties Travelers Paid More Duties. New York, Oct. 3—Duties paid by trans-Atlantic travelers at the port of New York, reached a new high water mark during the month of September according to a statement issued by Collector Loeb. The total for the month is almost double the monthly average and is $100,000 greater than ever before collected in a single month. The duties collected in Sept- ember last amounted to $265,106, while the previous high record for September 1901 was $163,547. Immigration Commissioner Out. Washington, Oct. 3.—As a result of charges filed against him, Daniel .. Davies, commissioner of immigration at Chicago has been suspended from duty. The immigration authorities here refuse to disclose the nature of the charges. Mr. Davies has been furnished with a copy of them and it is expected he will make a reply. Teachers at Topeka in November. Topeka, Oct. 3.—The annual meeting of the Kansas Teachers' association will be held November 4 and 5 this year, instead of during the Christmas holidays. A larger crowd than usual is expected and the committee in charge has prepared an elaborate program. The Week's Business Failures. New York, Oct. 3.—Business failures in the United States for the week ended September 30 were 195 as against 171 last week and 225 in the like week of 1908. A Nebraskan Killed in Emporia. Emporia, Kan., Oct. 3.—Arthur Barrons, a stockman of Jensen, Neb., was hit by a freight engine and killed in the Santa Fe yards here. HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION AT NEW YORK CLOSES WITH SECOND NAVAL PARADE. A PILGRIMAGE TO NEWBURGH Peary's Arctic Vessel, the Roosevelt, Was a Feature of the Display—Clermont and Half Moon Led the Ships Up the Hudson. Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 3.—With the Half Moon and Clermont swinging at anchor off shore against a back ground of illuminated warships and fire works, Newburgh rounded out one of the greatest days in her history. The vessels which have played so prominent a part in Hudson-Fulton week were formally turned over to the keeping of the celebration's "Upper Hudson Commission," by General Stewart L. Woodford, president of the Lower Hudson Commission. Mayor Benjamin McClung welcomed the distinguished guests to Newburgh, and Gov. Hughes paid his tribute in a brief address. Lleut. Lam, impersonator of Henry Hudson; Charles S. Bullock, the Robert Fulton of the present Clermont; and Representatives from The Netherlands were also introduced during the brief ceremony at the pier. Beside the Clermont, when she came to anchor, in Newburgh Bay, lay the Norwich of Rondout, N. Y., the "oldest steamer in the world," which for 76 years has been in active service. With her low hull no higher above the water than a shingle and her "sawpit" engine, she presented a figure but little less curious than her prototype It was not until after the second division of the parade had passed the reviewing stand that the Roosevelt, Commander Peary's Arctic exploration ship, put in an appearance far down the river with a tug alongside. She had been delayed by a mishap but finally reached an anchorage unostentatiously not far from where the Clermont and Half Moon were lying. Commander Peary came ashore and returned quietly to New York by train. Thousands later thronged the shore to look at h... famous ship. New York, Oct. 3.—Henry Hudson has sailed north again, and the waters of Manhattan Harbor, crowded with the navies of eight nations, to do him honor, will mirror no more the crescent stern, the spreading spars and broad orange ensign of his caravel, the Half Moon. With her and her companion, the Clermont, have departed the symbolism and the life of the Hudson-Fulton celebration. They left New York as types and impersonations; they will return after a space, as museum curiosities. Promptly at 9 o'clock the vessels of the escort squadron carrying 500,000 passengers, fell into line in the North river, noses up-stream. The Dutch cruiser Utrecht, the United States scout cruisers Salem and Birmingham, the submarines and their parent ship, the Castine together with the gunboats and naval auxiliaries, had preceded them, and the only ships of war in the line were the destroyer Worden and the six torpedo boats which followed her at 100 yards intervals. Behind them came a 15 mile string of Hudson river and Long Sound liners, among the largest inland-water passenger ships in the world, converted for the day into excursion steamers. They were as crowded as on the day of the first naval parade and all the way up the river they passed between long files of sight seers ashore. LIPTON WOULD RACE AGAIN Willing to Make Another Attempt For America's Cup Under Universal Rules. London, Oct. 3.—Sir Thomas Lipton, who will sail this month for New York said in an interview that his position in regard to a further attempt to lift the American cup had not changed. The exact date of his departure for New York has not been fixed. "I am always ready," said Sir Thomas, "to challenge who any size boat they like and under the so-called universal rules now existing in the New York Yacht club and all the other clubs in America; but I am unwilling to challenge under the rule of 56 years ago which now is not used in any races in America. "I am most anxious to arrange a contest and hope that the New York Yacht club will realize that the Universal rules if good enough for all other races, ought to be good enough for this." German Americans in Convention. Cincinnati, Oct. 3.—The biennial convention of the National German-American alliance opened here to-day, with Dr. C. J. Hexamer of Philadelphia, the president, in the chair. The alliance has a membership of 2,500,000 in 34 states, and the delegates to the convention number more than 200. To-morrow the National German day will be celebrated in Music hall and Gov. Harmon will formally welcome the delegates to the city. Grand jury宣判 Graffitte Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct. 3.—The grand jury has convened for the pur- pose of investigating 'alleged graft cases in which mayor Scales has charged Chief of Police Hubatka and others with incompetency and graft in bootlegging liquors. Knights & Daughter OF TABOR KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborian Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1270 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kaa A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M., 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans. C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P., 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 416 E. 3rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kan. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent is not in this Directory, or if there is .ny error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. 1 A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kar M. Burns, Box 21. 2 R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Wm. Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 3 Evening Star, Omaha, Neb., S. R. Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store. 4 St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan., J. Walker, 1220 W. Norris. 5 Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Rev. S. S. Washington, 1524 N. Wash- H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 6 Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J. 7 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., A. J. NOTICE TABORS. TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptresses TEMPLES. Chief Mentors 11 Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Wm Frazier, 708 N. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan Wm. Shakespear, 1112 Main. 15 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., J. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips. 17 Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan., Rev. A. Garner, 704 E 12th. 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. E. Hughes, 1220 N. J. 22 Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson. 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan., Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th. 25 Washington, K. C. Kan., J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell. 59 Sunny Side, Topeka, Kan., U. A. Graham, 1160 West. 60 Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., U. S. Grant, 1813 W. 6th. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 3 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. C. Lewis. 9 J. Bruce, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. M. Scott, 1516 Jones. 11 Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. E. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 15 Louisa May, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 W. Main. 16 Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. A. Jones, 631 N. Wichita. 17 Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. H. Adkins. 17 Star of West, Salina, Kan., Mrs. A. G Murrell, 411 So. 4th. 20 John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett. 21 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. E. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 22 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. I. Porter, 2017 Morton. 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 36—Pride of Topeka, Nanle Marshall, 900 N. Topeka avenue. 45 Orange Rose, K. C., Kan., Mrs. G. Henderson, 312 Washington. 46 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrold, Sherman Flats. NEXT PLACE OF METTING—The Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold its next Session (the 19th annual in Omaha, Neb., on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1910. LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH. Night Lights of New York Are a Vision of Magnificence. The sky line of New York is always changing. So, too, the night lights shift and grow in wonderful magnificence, creeping continually further upward toward the stars, until the lower city, grouped around the Singer tower, has become a veritable Chimborazo of glitter and glow. The little lamps that mark the dark wharves barely show. Above them the scant candles of the older city twinkle here and there, but not enough to mar the dark foreground beyond which come the palaces more goregous than any ever coaxed from genil land by slaves of Aladdin's lamp. From the platform towers of the great bridge the picture sets to the best advantage. It begins with the sinking sun. The murky view beyond the bay betcomes dull and dark. The torch in Liberty's hand suddenly gleams starlike in the night and then, like the twinkling in a kaleidoscope, the palaces begin to glitter in the gloom. There is no vision like it elsewhere in the world, yet only now and then does a bridge pedestrian pause in his hurried walk to spectacle a momentus usual New Yorker splendor of his consider the amount of ear to which a bank note is made, we ought to be able to realize its physical strength. In a recent experiment sheets were drawn at random from piles of paper weighing 34 pounds to the ream. Each sheet was halved and weighed, and each half was folded double when tested. One, offering 61 square inches, stood a strain of 100 pounds. The same-sized sheet, 16 pounds to the ream, stood a strain of over 300 pounds. The average results of Crane paper, 14 pounds to the ream, sizing, were a perpendicular strain of 3 1-3 pounds to the square inch, and a transverse strain of 4% pounds. Pretty nearly as toughas shoe leather. ```markdown ``` TENTS. Queen Mothers. length of Money.