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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER Vote For The Bonds On Tuesday TWELTH YEAR Vote For Bonds O The Bond Election Much To Wichita' Each Bond Issu Vote For Ea Three of the most important bond propositions ever presented to the qualified voters of this city is the proposition to vote bonds to build a safe and modern bridge at Eleventh street, where that street enters Riverside park to vote bonds for the Orient shop and to vote Inter-urban bonds, all three of which propositions are to be voted on at the election next Tuesday, May 3rd. Many improvements, necessita ting the employment of many laborers and the placing of many thousands of dollars in circulation in this city hinges and is depending upon the success of each these propositions at next Tuesday's election. It is to the interest of every laboring man to do all he can to make and keep up a brisk and lively open labor market and the success of each of these bonds will mean this. To no class of people does work for the laboring man mean more than to the colored men and that should arouse themselves and get out next Tuesday and vote for each of these bonds. J. W. Thompson, Commander in Chief Western Star Consistency No 18 Vote For The Eleventh Street Bridge Bonds Vote For The Eleventh Street Bridge Bonds The old eleventh street wooden bridge that crosses into beautiful Riverside park, has long been an eye-sore to Wichitans and in sad contrast with the care and attractiveness of the park. This bridge has served its day and is now one of the relies of a former Wichita and is not by any means [Name not visible] in keeping with the present day Wichita—its model homes -- fine streets and pleasant parks. This bridge is not only out of keeping with the present city but its long use make it a constant menace to the city and especially to the hundreds of citizens in that part of the city who are forced to use this antiquated and unsafe structure. Seeing the tast delapidating of condition of this bridge and for the safety of those who must cross the little River at this point several enterprising citizens petitioned the Mayor and City Commissioners to replace this dangerous bridgr with a new, modern up-to-date concrete bridge. After due consideration and investigation the petition was allowed and on next Tuesday, May 3rd. the people will vote upon the bonds to build this much needed bridge. Besides being a much needed improvement — if the bonds carry —which they surely will — it will mean additional work for the laboring man — which will benefit no people any more than the colored men. It is therefore to the interest of every colored man and every laboring man to vote for these bonds on Tuesday. Keep the date set next Tuesday, May 3rd. Vote early for the Eleventh Street Bridge Bonds—it is to your interest to do so. THE INTERUNBAN BOND The Inter-Urban bond proposition which will be voted on next Tuesday is a purely local af fair and is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, thing ever offered to the people of Wichita for their own good in many years. Every one in Wichita realizes the great benefit and good that the Interurban road will bring to our growing city and every one feels, and justly too, somewhat of a "personal pride" in the success of the Interurban. All necessary now is to point out and remind the voters, both colored and white, that next Tuesday, May 3rd, is election day and ask them to vote for the bonds in order to roll up a big, bumping majority to show out-siders what the "Wichita way" of doing big things, such as this interurban, in a big way No argument are needed to convince any Wichitan of the great benefits to come to our city through an interuban road as is now offered. THE MEANING OF THE ORIENT BOND ELECTION The Orient Railway is at last in position to build its main shops. Bonds have been voted by the city before for that purpose but on account of the Railway not being ready to build [Name] within the time stated in the proposition, though the city voted the bonds, yet the Railway did not get them. They are now merely asking us to re-vote the bonds that were voted before but lost, and they are now ready to give us more than they could have given us before, because it is a longer railway and they need larger shops. It is a big thing for Wichita. Be sure to for them on next Tuesday, May 3rd. Urge your friends to vote. Twenty(20) ladies of the Home Mission of the Second Baptist Church, will enter a competition May-Pole Drill against 20 gentleman on the evening of May 9, at the 2nd. Baptist Church. A prize will be awarded the drill team, best performing the feature of winding and unwinding the May-Pole. All are cordially invited. Admission 10¢. APRIL 30 1910. The Negro and the "Solid South" By Booker T. Washington A few weeks ago I made an extended trip thru the different state of Virginia, spending seven of days in visiting the different cities and towns along the line of the new Virginia Railway which runs from Deepwater, W. Va. to Norfolk Va. During the course of that visit I had an opportunity to observe for myself the condition of the colored people in the places thru which we passed and also to talk with a number of prominent and influential white people in regard to the progress of the Negroes living in that section of the country. One of the things shat imprest me most upon this journey was the number and the character of the young white men I met who seemed to have, not only a very definite knowledge of, but a very sympathetic interest in the success and the progress of the colored people about them. One of these men, for example told me that, after finishing his studies in a Virginia college, he had traveled all over the North and West, hoping to find a place where he could settle down and go to work. After looking the whole country over he had decided to return to Virginia wher he was born and reared. He had settled in one of the little towns that have sprung up along the line of the new railway, and is now seeking, as he told me, to lay the foundation for his own fortune by doing what he is able to build up both races. He was one of many Southern men I have met recently who have discovered that their own success and that the South lies, not in the direction of holding the black man down, but in building him up, making him strong, mentally morally and economically, A few days after my return from Virginia there came into my hands a book, written by one of this same younger generation of Southern white men to which I have referred. In this book I found all that I had heard upon my trip thur Virginia and much that I had heard elsewhere written out and expounded in a systematic way, making of the casual statements I heard a sort of philosophy, in no book which has ever come into my hands have I ever found the policy ad- vocate by some, which seeks to solve the problem of the Southern States by keeping the Negro ignorant, so clearly analyzed and described, and nowhere, I may add, have I found this policy so thoroly discredited and condemned as in this latest volume of Mr. Edgar Gardner Murphy, of Montgomery, Ala., to which he has given the title, "The Basis of Ascendancy." The thing that makes the book significant, however, is not so much the fact that it condemns and dircredits the policy which would deny to the Negro the opportunity to share in the upholding of the new South. As the title of this book suggests, it is addressed particularly to the white people of the Southern States and seeks to defiae the terms upon which the Southern people can maintain the ascendancy of the white man in the South and regain for the Southern people that large influence in the affairs of the country and of the world that they once held. In the course of his argument the author points out that the Negro question is not, in its widest significence, a local nor a national question, but is one of the problems that in one way or another touches every people in the world. In the larger sense it is the problem of so adjusting the relations of the differn people and races of the world that all can live side by side in peace and prosper. In such a world, however, the only chance for a superior race is that it should lift the races and peoples that are down In no other way, says Mr Murphy in effect, can the superior of race prove its superiority and maintain its ascendancy. In order to show that this is a stubborn practical fact and not a mere sentimental idea, Mr. Murphy begins his book by showing how closely interwoven are the moral and material interests of both races in the South. Whether the white man desires it or not, every element of the white man's civilization has, to some extent and in some way or other become the heritage of the black man. In some way or other, and to much greater degree than is generally supposed, the character of the white man's civilization is determined by the uses he makes of it in his relations with the other race. The author says: "Just as the black man has the NO.4 use of every well-constructed country road, of every railway, of every public utility of every sort — facilities chiefly demanded and supported by the commerce and intercourse of stronger race—so he enters, also how ever hymbly or indirectly, into the heritage of every intellectual and moral asset of the country. If there be freedom of the press; if there be a press fit or unfit to be free; if there be a vital and spiritual relioion; if there be any books, artists, poets; if there be an historic and responsive language; if there be stable banks, equitable markets, courts accessible and for the most part just physicians, hospitals, and by no means leatt—the kindly interest of the widest and kindliest of a more highly developed population—these are the Negroe's." An then he continues, and these words suggest the central theme of all the succeeding pages: "In so far as they are ours, they his; in so far as they are not his they tend, in subtle, inexorable fashion, not to be our own. In the fundamental sense we can no more make a biracial division of these things than we can of the sunshine, the rain, the returning seasons. It is the face of the land. It is the tragedy of those long ago, North and South who tried at its birth to divide their labors without dividing their liberties. We but comfort the fiat of reversal. Labor and freedom are indivisible." Much has been said in recent years of a growing bitterness between the races. Mr. Murphy has describrd in detail the orgin and development of his reattionary movement. Many people in the North and the South have been inclined to look upon this antagonism between the races as something mysterious and inevitable, which must continue to grow and increase until it is endeed in some frightful disaster Mr. Murphy does not share this pessimistic view. He says: "And yet this movement is among us. I have already dwelt upon the significant intolerance of its logic as it has viewed the interest of our Negro masses. Its mere radical spokesmen have proceeded by easy stages from an undiscriminating attact upon the Negroe's ballot to a like attact upon his schools, his labor, his life from the contention that no Negro shall vote to the contention Continue Next Week APTAIN BILL boarded a train one day in Fort Worth just as it was pulling out of the station. He noticed two disreputable-looking characters crowding against a well-dressed old gentleman and an instant later heard the latter exclaim: C "I have been robbed!" At the same moment the two toughs started to leap from the car steps. Capt. Bill setzed one of the men and called to the other to halt. The man detained made an attempt to strike his captor, who promptly "bent" his gun over his head—mildly at first, then with force, bringing the offender to his knees. The Ranger captain now pulled the bell cord, brought the train to a standstill, turned his prisoner over to a policeman who had appeared on the scene, and set out in pursuit of the other thief, who by this time had obtained a healthy start. Capt. Bill is built like a greyhound, with long hind legs, and a prow designed for splitting the wind. The thief was active, and making good time, but he was no match for a Ranger of that architecture. The distance between them closed up rapidly, and presently the fugitive, having reached what is known as "Niggertown," dived into one of the houses, causing a regular stampede among the inhabitants. Men, women, and a rabble of little pickannies fell out in every direction. Capt. Bill, now close behind, added to the excitement as he plunged in, only to find the room vacant. A quilt, however, hung across a second doorway, and stepping over to it, his six-shoer ready for emergency, he drew the hanging quickly aside. As he did so, he was confronted by a man standing on a chair, holding in his hand a bottle filled with some transparent liquid, which he was in the act of throwing. The crack of McDonald's revolver was followed by a sudden collapse of the would-be vitriol thrower, that the Ranger captain thought he had wounded him seriously, though his intention had been merely to disable the arm in action. Investigation showed, however, that the thief was only frightened; that the ball had grazed his arm, also his ear, cutting a hole through the rim of his hat. Securing the vitriol as evidence, Capt. Bill marched his man back to where he had left thief Number One, only to find that the inexperienced policeman had allowed him to escape. He did not trust him with his second capture, but personally saw him safely locked up, and then set out for home by the next train. Not long after, a package arrived one day in Amarillo, and upon being opened, it was found to contain a handsome gold medal, contributed by a prominent jeweler and others of Fort Worth. This decoration was engraved with Capt. McDonald's name and official title; and an accompanying letter stated that it was awarded as a token of appreciation of his efforts in bringing criminals to justice, and as a premium for his superior swiftness of foot. It was during the Panhandle period that Charles A. Culberson—son of the Dave Culberson who nearly 30 years before had cleared the boy, Bill Jess McDonald, from a charge of treason—was attorney general for the state of Texas, Capt Bill was at Quanah, one day, when he received notice from Culberson that the latter was anxious to locate the 100th meridian, preliminary to begin a suit against the United States to test the claim made by Texas for Greer county—now a portion of Oklahoma. The attorney general invited Capt. Bill to accompany him as guide and bodyguard, knowing him to be familiar with the district and capable of talkng care of such an expedition. They left the railroad at Vernon, Willbarger county, proceeded in a buckboard to Doan's Store on the Red river, and crossed over into Greer county. It was a pleasant drive across the prairies and Capt. Bill, who felt in good practice, beguiled the time by bringing down prairie-dogs, running rabbits, sailing hawks and the like, using his six-shooter with one hand and his Winchester with the other, riding along as they were, without stopping. To Culberson, this performance was amazing enough. "Captain," he said, "that beats anything I ever saw. Why, I believe you could throw a nickel up in the air and hit it before it touched the ground." McDonald smiled in his quiet way. "Do you think so?" he said. "Well, I reckon I might, but I wouldn't want to waste a nickel that way." Capt. Bill then gave a few exhibitions of what he really could do in the way of shooting, and Culberson declared without hesitation that there was not such another markman in the state of Texas. The attorney general was enjoying himself immensely. They camped that night, and next morning were continuing their journey toward Mangum, the county seat of Greer, when they began to meet men and women on horseback, evidently getting out of that section of the country without much waste of time. Capt. Bill Inquired the reason of this exodus and was told a cowboy had killed an Indian over on the North Fork of the Red, and that the Indians were getting on their war-paint, preparatory to making a raid—Comanches and Kiowas. "General," said Capt. Bill, "I'll have to look into this thing. You can go on to Mangum with the team and I'll get me a horse and go over and take a hand in this trouble." "Not at all," said Culberson. "You've undertaken to see me through this trip and I'm not going to let you desert, indians or no Indians." "But I've got to, general. This here's a pleasure trip, and that's business. Them devils are gain' to start something over there and it's my duty as Ranger to investigate it." Culberson laughed. "Now, captain," he said, "you know very well that all you want is to get over there where there's a chance to give a shooting exhibition. You've got tired of hawks and prairie-dogs and want to try your hand on Indians." A new arrival just then furnished the information that the offending cowboy had been jalled at Mangum, and that the Indians were likely to storm the jail. This settled the matter, for Ranger duty and inclination now lay A CHAPTER MEMOIRS OF "BILL" MCDONALD COPYRIGHT BY PEARSON PUB CO. SEIZING ONE HE CALLED TO THE OTHERS TO HALT in the same direction. Mc Donald d and Culberson drove as rapidly as possible toward Mangum, then about 50 miles away, changing horses once on the hard journey. The town was well-nigh deserted, as nearly everyone who could get a gun had gone to the scene of the killing. Capt Bill therefore established himself as guard of the jail where the cowboy was confined, and waited results. Nothing of consequence happened. The country quiteted down. Culberson and Capt. Bill presently returned to Quanah. But a few days later when the attorney general had arrived in Austin, Capt. Bill received a package by express, prepaid. On opening it he was stupefied to find that it contained a "plug" hat of very fine quality. It was the first silk hat in the Panhandle, where the soft wide-rimmed cowboy Stetson predominated, and it took more courage to wear it than to face an assault with intent to kill. But Capt. Bill was game. He was a "brother-in-law to the church," as he said—his wife being a member—and the following Sunday he put on the silk hat and accompanied her to meeting. Their seat was up near the front, only a step from the pulpit—a good thing for the minister, otherwise nobody would have looked in his direction. As it was, all eyes were aimed toward Capt. Bill and his hat. The congregation had seen him come in with it in his hand, and they could still observe the wonder, for it would not do to put so fine a piece of property on the floor, while to set it toppling on his lap would be to court disaster. It seemed necessary therefore to hold it in his hand, raised a little, and at a distance from his body, in order that by no chance movement the marvelous gloss of it should be marred. The people of Quanah who attended church that day were glad to be there. They are still glad. They do not remember the sermon they heard, but they do remember that hat. Even the minister wandered from his text in his contemplation of the splendid exhibition. Those of Quanah who remained away from service on that memorable Sunday have never entirely recovered from their regret. For it was their only opportunity ever to see Capt. Bill in a plug hat. When services were over, the congregation crowded about for a nearer view. Cowboys stood up on the backs of the pews to look over the shoulders of those in front of them. Homesick women who remembered such things back east, shed tears. Many wanted to touch the precious thing—to stroke its silken surface, and among these were little children who insisted on rubbing the fur the wrong way. Capt. Bill got out at last and headed for home. Once there, the gift of the attorney general was reverently damned and laid away. Somewhere in a secret stronghold, deep buried from mortal eye, it exists to this hour. Culberson became governor in the course of time, and, remembering Capt. Bill's peculiar talents, was wont to rely upon him for special work in any portion of the state where nerve, determination and prompt, accurate marksmanship were likely to be of value. During February, 1896, a national sporting event—a ring contest between Bob Fitzsimons and Pete Maher—was advertised to take place at El Paso, a busy city dropped down on the extreme western point of the Texas desert, on the banks of the Rio Grande. Gov. Culberson, speaking for himself as well as for the better class of citizens in his state, announced that, so long as he was in office, Texas would not go on record as a prize-fighting commonwealth, and that the fight would not take place. Whereupon there came a crisis. Certain interested citizens of El Paso had made up a purse of $10,000 to bring this event to the "Paris of Texas," and these and their friends were filled with indignation. Dan Stuart, prominent in Texas sporting matters and promoter of this particular event, issued a proclamation which bore not only the announcement that the fight would take place as advertised, but a picture of Dan himself. Also, it was declared that there was no law in Texas which would prevent prize-fighting, and the preparations for this particular event continued. Thereupon Gov. Culberson promptly called a special session of the legislature to pass a law which would be effective, and Adjt. Gen. Jubry ordered the State Ranger Service to assemble at El Paso to see that this law was enforced—it having been widely reported that Bat Masterson with a hundred fighting men would be present to see that fight come off. Then, when it was rumored that the contest A CHAPTER FROM THE MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN "BILL" MCDONALD,OF TEXAS would take place in either old or New Mexico—the boundaries of both being near El Paso—President Cleveland ordered the United States marshal of New Mexico to proceed to the vicinity of El Paso and guard the isolated districts of that territory, while the governor of Chihuahua took measures to discourage the enterprise in that state. Things began to look pretty squally for the sporting fgraternity, both in El Paso and at large, and they were mad clear through. The city council assembled and passed a denunciatory measure, condemning the governor for asking for Rangers, the adjutant general for sending them and the Rangers for being present. It was no use. The Rangers went quietly about the streets, paying no attention to unfriendly looks and open threats as they passed along. They were quiet, but they were ready for business and the fighters knew it. Efforts were made by the principals and their friends to elude the Rangers, but with no other result than that a Ranger was appointed as a special body-guard to each of the pugilists, while a third, Capt. McDonald, took charge of Dan Stuart. They had nothing particular to do—the Rangers—except to be companionable and pleasant, and to stay with their men. Wherever Stuart and Maher and Fitzsimmons went their official attendants went with them, and even if not always welcome they were entertained with sufficient courtesy, for the person of a Ranger is sacred—besides, he is reputed to be quick and fatal. Such sport became monotonous. The pugilists and their friends gave up the El Paso idea, and, still accompanied by the Rangers, took the train for Langtry, a point where the Southern Pacific railway touches the Rio Grande. Arriving at Langtry, Stuart, Fitzsimmons and Maher were escorted to the Rio Grande, where, with all their fraternity, they crossed over to Mexican soil and the fight was pulled off in good order. It was a good fight, as lights go, and Fitzsimmons won with a knock-out landed on Maher's jaw; but it did not take place on Texas soil. The absence of Capt. Bill and his Rangers from the Panhandle was construed by Kid Lewis as an invitation to rob a bank. He selected the City National of Wichita Falls for his purpose and with a partner named Crawford rode up to that institution one day about noon, and entering, demanded the bank funds. Cashier Frank Dorsey failing to comply with that demand, was shot dead; H. H. Langford, bookkeeper, was wounded, and the vice-president of the bank escaped by having in his left breast-pocket a small case of surgical instruments. This deflected the ball which otherwise would have entered his heart. The robbers then secured whatever money was in sight—about $600 in gold and silver—then ran out the back door, mounted their waiting horses and galloped away. The citizens were by this time alarmed and a number set out in pursuit, full speed. There was a running fight, during which Lewis' horse was shot, but an instant later he was clear of it, and leaping behind Crawford the two went plunging away double, until they met an old man driving into town with a single horse, which they appropriated forthwith, leaving their pursuers a good way behind. Still farther on, they crossed Holiday creek and came to a field where a man was plovling. They now abandoned their blown horses and at the point of a gun took his heavy Clydesdale team and once more dashed away, making for the Wichita river. Their pursuers gained on the clumsy animals and fired several more shots at the fugitives, then decided to return and organize a posse, which they raised in short order. This posse followed the track of Lewis and Crawford beyond the Wichita river, to a place where the robbers had taken to the thick brush overgrowing the river bottom. Here the trail was lost. Capt. McDonald, returning from the Fitzsimmons-Maher contest, via Fort Worth, had got as far as Bellevue in the adjoining county when he was met by a telegram, containing the news of what had happened that morning at Wichita Falls. He immediately wired the authorities at the Falls to have horses in readiness for himself and men. The Rangers reached the city about two in the afternoon and mounting the horses, already waiting, dashed away in the direction the robbers had taken. Presently they met the local posse coming back. The posse had given up the chase but was able to furnish information. Capt. Bill and his Rangers learned where the robbers had disappeared, and pressed on in that direction; the posse followed, a respectful distance behind. It was now getting toward evening and would soon be dusk. It was desirable to make an end of matters by daylight, if possible, and the Rangers wasted no time. They picked their way as rapidly as possible, into the thick undergrowth of the bottoms, and suddenly in a bend of the river discovered the Clydesdale horses tied close to the bank. Their riders were believed to be close by, and the Rangers expected to be fired upon at any moment. Without waiting for any such reception, they charged in the direction of the horses, with no other result than that Ranger Sullivan broke a stirrup, fell, and with a fractured rib, retired from action. Lewis and Crawford had abandoned the horses, and their trail led down the river bank. Finally the tracks led to the river where it was evident the bandits had crossed. It was February and the water was very cold. Capt. Bill had not entirely recovered from the bullet wounds received in the fight with Matthews two months before, and was bent and debilitated, but he did not falter. With Queen and Harwell he plunged in and waded the ice water, chin deep, to the other side. Twice more the trail led to the river and crossed, and twice more McDonald and his men waded that bitter current. McDonald now made up his mind that the robbers would be likely to cross a road that had been cut through the bottoms, and head for the Territory. He called to one of his men—Ranger McClure, who appeared just then, a little distance away—to get all the force he could and guard that road, while he, McDonald and Queen and Harwell, would continue to beat the brush and search carefully through the bottoms. At that moment Lewis and Crawford were near enough to hear this order, and the realization that it was Bill McDonald and his Rangers who were on the trail gave them a sudden and more severe chill than the icy water they had waded. They had been heading for the Territory as McDonald suspected, but decided to change their course toward a creek that ran parallel with the river. On their way to it they were obliged to cross an open field, and though by this time it was night—between nine and ten o'clock—a full moon had risen and they were discovered by the men guarding the road, and fired upon. They returned the fire as they ran, but no damage was done on either side. Meantime, McDonald and his two companions, nearly perishing with wet and cold, having come upon a house in their search, had stopped to try for a cup of hot coffee. At the sound of the shots they rushed out. A horse was hitched at the door and Capt. Bill leaped into the saddle and hurried in the direction of the alarm. As he rode up, he saw in the moonlight a crowd, the local posse, gathered on the little hill overlooking the wheatfield where the robbers had crossed. The Ranger captain fully expected to find the captured or dead bandits in that crowd, and called out as he came up: "Boys, where are they? Where are the robbers?" "Right over there, Cap. They ran in the brush, over by yonder big tree." "Well, boys, we've got them. We'll charge in there." They pushed rapidly into the bushes without further parley—McDonald aiming for the tree, McCauley and McClure spreading out to the right. Suddenly the captain found himself confronted by a creek, and looking across saw two armed men squatting in the weeds. They appeared to be on the point of raising their guns to fire, but with McDonald's appearance and his sharp command: "Hold up, there!" made from behind his own leveled Winchester, they were unable to complete the action. Their guns dropped into their laps—they seemed stupefied. "Throw up your hands!" was the next order. The hands went.up. Capt. Bill stepped into the creek, about three feet deep, and, waded across. He noticed a bag, doubtless containing the stolen money, and observed that the outlaws had laid their cartridges out on a log for convenient use. McCauley and McClure waded across and assisted in searching the prisoners. A purse of gold was found in one of the men's pockets. The bag on the ground contained the silver. A reward of $2,000 for the capture of Lewis and Crawford was paid by the two banks of Wichita Falls. The local posse divided it into 32 equal parts, in which they shared pro rats with the Rangers. BACKACHE! Suffered Over Nine Months, Nothing Relieved Me Until I Took PE-RU-NA. MRS. JOSEPH LACELLE. Mrs. Joseph Lacelle, 124 Bronson St. Ottawa, East, Ontario, Canada, writes: "I suffered with backache and headache for over nine months and nothing relieved me until I took Peruna. 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THE RAT BISCUIT 44 Quincy St. Syracuse, Ohio Unreasonable Attitude of His Friend Naturally Disgusted Man of Business. Solomon and Moses, while walking by the canal, saw a notice board which stated that five shillings would be paid to whoever rescued another man from drowning. It didn't take them more than a minute to arrange that one should fall in and be saved by the other, and the "stakes" divided. In went Sol, and found it rather deeper than he expected. However, he splashed about, crying: "Come on, Moses! Save me!" Moses hesitated. "Sol," he said, "I've been reading that notice board again, and it says, 'Ten shillings for a dead body.' Now, do be reasonable."—London Tit-Bits. Good Illustration Mrs. Bridgewhist—What is the subject of Mrs. Suffragette's lecture this afternoon? Mrs. Clubwoman—The disasters of married life. Mrs. Bridgewhist—I suppose she will have her husband on the platform as an exhibit?—Stray Stories. Why She Permitted It. 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Y. — In an address before the Council congress on Friday night President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell commended the scheme for the Rockefeller foundation for which congress has been asked for a national charter. President Schurman devoted his entire speech of several thousand words to this subject and in summing up he said: "I recognize that section No. 2 of the bill, which defines the object of the Rockefeller foundation, authorizes and empowers that foundation to do anything and everything which may promote and advance human civilization, that is to say, morals and religion, art and science, manners and social intercourse, and all that concerns the political, economic, and material well being of individuals and communities. This is a vast field for the exercise of philanthropy. "But Mr. Rockefeller has conceived a vast scheme of philanthropy, for the benefit of his fellow citizens and mankind. His character, ability and organizing skill are adequate guarantees that he will carry out his scheme wisely and successfully, with incalculable benefit and blessing to mankind. It is in the interest of the nation that he be given a free hand in the exercise of his colossal benefience. So long as he is active or his influence remains it would be wise and safe to give the foundation the sort of organization he desires. Neither now nor hereafter does it seem necessary to limit the scope of his benefience, which is coextensive with the efforts of mankind to attain a higher civilization. "The only change I would desire to see in the proposed bill is the total or partial elimination of the method of selecting trustees by co-operation. The organization might well be left a close corporation, if Mr. Rockefeller so desires, for a generation. But after that time I am confident that it would inure both to the efficiency of the foundation and to the public welfare—to say nothing of the satisfaction of the sentiment of a democracy—if the majority of the trustees were appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the senate, or selected by some other high abiding, governmental agencies that may fairly be regarded as representing the people of the United States, whose welfare is the primary object of the immense and glorious benefaction." AIRSHIP RUNS AWAY TO DOOM Zeppelin II., Belonging to German Army Post, Is Wrecked in Gale. Limburg-an-der-Lahn.—The Zeppelin II., one of the three dirigible balloons of the German government's aerial fleet, ran away and was destroyed. The airship, which was forced to descend here, owing to a storm, encountered while attempting a return trip from Homburg to Cologne, broke its moorings and without a crew drifted in a northeasterly direction. A half hour after its escape the dirigible dropped at Wellburg and was smashed to pieces. Saves Train From Disaster Spokane, Wash. — Because the engineer put on brakes after his engine struck a defective switch near North Yakima a Burlington passenger train over the Northern Pacific railroad was saved from disaster. Engineer Gordon of Ellensburg and Fireman Meyers of Pasco were killed. GIRL IS HELD AS DYNAMITER Suspected of Wrecking Residence Occupied by Her Former Fliance and His Bride. Pralrie City, Ia. — Suspected of having exploded dynamite which tore almost to atoms the magnificent $12,000 residence of Jesse A. Quick, wealthy farmer, three miles east, Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage, Il., has been arrested. Occupants of the house escaped injury. In the home were Dr. Alexander Hall of Colfax, a former suitor of Miss Guthrie, and his bride, formerly Miss Myrtle Quick. At one time Miss Guthrie and Dr. Hall were engaged to be married. Runs for Ball: Drowns. New York, April 25.—Louis Rose, a ten-year-old boy of Jersey City, running valiantly to catch a foul tip in a baseball game, fell head foremost into a shallow pond and stuck in the mud bottom. He was dead when pulled out. AUTOS TO CROSS CASCADES State of Washington to Complete Link in Highway Through Snoqualmie Pass. Seattle, Wash. — Orders will be given immediately by the state highway commission for the construction of Snoqualmie pass road across the Cascade mountains, connecting the eastern and western sections of the state and completing a transcontinental automobile road. A gap of 15 miles is all that needs to be covered WONDER IF THIS FROST WAS A SLAP AT ME WASHINGTON STAR THE STORM PASSING AWAY THE STORM PASSING AWAY IT LASTED FOUR DAYS AND CAUSED MUCH DAMAGE. The, Cotton Crop in Some Sections Must Be Replanted—Other Crops Also Suffered. Chicago, Illinois.—According to the weather bureau, Chicago has seen the worst of the peculiar storm that has swept the city for four days, and unless it develops another freak the temperature will slowly rise. The cotton crop in northern and eastern Texas will to a great extent have to be replanted. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000. Replanting will mean a later ripened crop with a corresponding effect upon the cotton market. Fruit and garden truck throughout Iowa were virtually all killed, according to a report made by Dr. George M. Chappel, section director for Des Moines. Small grain has been damaged and the violent wind caused trouble for the winter wheat growers. More rain and snow are forecasted for some parts of Missouri, though in spite of the severely of the storm a good portion of the crops there are declared to have withstood its fury. Twenty-five per cent of the Arkansas rice crop is declared killed and apples in that state and southwest Missouri are declared to have suffered to the extent of about 30 per cent. Much of the fruit, however, is said to have been saved by the use of smudge pots. Another heavy frost struck the region southwest of the Mississippi river below St. Louis and the cotton crop as far south as Louisiana suffered severely, though the weather had moderated considerably. CAMPBELL COMPLAINS OF RATES He Alleges That Kansas City and Missouri River Points are Discriminated Against. Washington, D. C.—Representative Campbell, of Kansas, has filed a complaint with the interstate commerce commission alleging that the railways are discriminating against the Missouri river points in favor of Duluth and Minneapolis on flour rates. It is set forth by Mr. Campbell that the rates from Duluth and Minneapolis are just enough lower than those from the Missouri river points to make it almost impossible for the flour mills in Kansas City and other Missouri points to compete with the Northwestern mills on eastern business. The rates on flour Mr. Campbell claims, not only are discriminatory against Kansas City but against the entire Southwest. MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURNED Husband of Nebraska Woman Saved One Baby by Throwing It Out of a Window. Ponca, Nebraska.—Mrs. Jerry Miner and five children were burned to death when their cottage three miles north of here caught fire. Mr. Miner saved his two-year-old baby by throwing it out of the window. The father made a desperate effort to rescue the other members of the family. He was terribly burned and is not expected to live. The fire was caused by the explosion of a kettle of tar and gasoline. Wants State and Federal Control. Denver, Colardo.—Declaring that all the elements which go to make up a water trust are in existence. James R. Garfield made a strong plea before the Colorado conservation commission for co-operation between the federal and state governments in the conservation of water power resources. Praise for Andrew Carnegie Washington, D. C.—President Taft and Andrew Carnegie were the principal speakers at the dedication of the Carnegie library of Howard university. The president spoke of the great and good work Mr. Carnegie has done with the wealth he has made. German Airship Destroyed. Limburg-an-del-Lahn, Prussia.—The Zeppelin II, one of the three dirigible balloons on the German government's aerial fleet, ran away and was destroyed. THE OKLAHOMA ASSESSMENTS Valuations of the Corporations Generally Accepted by State Board of Equalization. Guthrie, Ok., April 27.—The state board of equalization has completed the assessments on most of the minor public service corporations of the state, accepting in a majority of cases the valuations returned by the companies themselves, but making a number of raises of from 150 to 200 per cent. The largest concern included in the list was the Choctaw Railway and Lighting company of McAlester, which was assessed at $254,194, a raise of 150 per cent. The raised made by the board were as follows: Bellevue Gas company, 160 per cent; Choctaw Cotton and Light company, 180; Guthrie Light and Power company, 110; Grand River Power company, 200; Hennessey E. L. & P. company, 125. LAST SERVICE FOR MARK TWAIN In Woodlawn Cemetery at Elmira, N. Y., Body of Samuel L. Clemens Was Laid to Rest. Elmira, New York.—Under a tent on the grassy slope of the Langdon plot in Woodlawn cemetery, with rain beating fiercely against the canvas top, a little group of mourning silently watched as the body of Samuel L. Clemens was lowered into an evergreen-lined grave beside the bodies of his wife and children. He sleeps under sod piled high with flowers. From early morning the body had lain in the Langdon home, in the parlor where 40 years ago he claimed his bride. Some of those who were at the wedding attended the funeral. It was an assembly of the family and of intimates, devoid wholly of intrusion of the curious. As Mr. Clemens would have wished the service was simple. THE OKLAHOMA CAPITAL FIGHT Shawnee and Guthrie Have Filed Arguments Against Bill With Secretary of State. Guthrie, Oklahoma—Shawnee and Guthrie have filed with Secretary of State Cross their arguments against the initiative bill framed by Oklahoma City for the location of the state capital, upon which an election has been called by the governor for June 11. Both arguments will appear upon the ballot title, together with the rebuttal argument of Oklahoma City. Both Shawnee and Guthrie declare in the argument that the citizens of each of these cities are opposed to the bill, that it opens up unlimited opportunity for graft, and that it repudiates the enabling act and the Oklahoma constitution unless that document is first amended. THIRTY SQUARES SWEPT CLEAN Fire Practically Destroyed Lake Charles, La.—All of Business Section Gone—Loss $4,000,000. Lake Charles Louisiana.—Fire practically has destroyed this city of 15,000 inhabitants. The property loss is estimated by insurance unerwriters at $4,000,000. While temporary camps have been erected beyond the fife area, yet there is much suffering among the hundreds of homeless. The town is burned bare. Special trains carrying provisions are on their way here from nearby cities. Ten Million in Gold on Board. New York, N. Y.—A shipment of $10,000,000 in gold coin was sent to London. The Kronprinzessin Cecilia is the treasure ship and its cargo of coin alone makes the old galleons of the Spanish Main look insignificant Washington, D. C.—Senator Smith of South Carolina has gained a sobriquet. He is called "Cyclone Smith." This is because of his furious delivery in debate. He can speak faster than any man in the senate. Battle in a Penitentiary Canon City, Colorado.—As a result of a mutiny in the Colorado state penitentiary two convicts were shot dead and three others were fatally injured, and a guard was seriously hurt in the battle following the outbreak. THEY CRUCIFIED A MINE BOSS Foreign Laborers Dragged a Man From Bed in Pennsylvania and Nailed Him to a Cross. Avella, Pennsylvania.—George Rabish, a mine official of the Pittsburg and Washington Coal company, was dragged from his bed and crucified. He was in a dying condition when taken down from the cross by a detail of police from Washington, Pa. Death came in a little while after the man was taken to a hospital. Just before daylight the foreigners acted. Rabish was dragged from his bed and taken to the scene of the assault of the day before. A crown of thorns was brought and placed upon his head, the wreath being forced down till the thorns entered the flesh. A large hole was then dug in the ground and an improvised cross of mine timbers was made. Securing ropes, the mob hauled the man up on the cross and bound him, after which huge spikes were driven through his palms. The crowd then sang and danced about the body more than two hours. Stones were thrown at the body, cuts were made across the legs with knives. SCARCITY OF HOGS THE CAUSE Testimony Before Senate Food Investigation Throws Light on Price of Pork. Washington, D. C.—Why pork chops and pork roasts cost more now than two, three or four years ago was the subject of expert testimony given in the senate food investigation by Peter W. Peterson of Clay county, S. D. Mr. Peterson said he sold hogs at prices ranging from $4.50 a hundred pounds in 1900 to $6.53 in 1909. The price then jumped to $9.30 as the average from January 1 to this week. Corn the product on which hogs chiefly are fattened, averaged 54% cents a bushel in 1908 and 56% cents in 1909, in comparison with from 33 to 40 cents several years ago. "Now," said Mr. Peterson, "pork is high because there are not enough hogs to supply the demand, and corn is low because there are not enough hogs to eat the supply." NATIVE CHRISTIANS TORTURED The Chinese Trouble Has Settled Into a Determination to Exterminate Native Christians. Hankow, China.—Many thousands of Chinese are daily joining the "Holy War" being waged against the foreigners and native christians. Rioting in the province of Hunan continues and has spread throughout many districts of Hupeh. Pillage and slaughter were kept up. Fugitives are pouring into various districts with tales of horror. While the safety of many Caucasians for the most part missionaries, is in doubt, the trouble has generally settled into a war of extermination of native christians, hundreds of whom have been tortured and slain. Every hour brings news of fresh atrocities. THINK PRICE PROBE USELESS Much Opposition Has Developed in the Senate to Any Further Expenditure of Money. Washington, D. C.—Opposition to the Lodge resolution providing for the appropriation of $65,000 for extension of the cost of living inquiry was still manifest when it was called up in the senate. Mr. Hughes of Colorado continued the speech begun the day before. He contended that the agents of the committee would not be able to supply any better data than that which is available. DROPPED ANOTHER LAND CASE Attorney General Wickersham Dismisses Suits Against Three Milwaukee Men. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.—Suits for alleged conspiracy to defraud the government against J. M. Pereles, T. J. Pereless and H. M. Benjamin, prominent Milwaukee men, in connection with the incorporation of the Wisconsin Coal company to operate coal lands in Colorado, have been dismissed by order of Attorney General Wickersham, according to advices received by the United States district attorney. HAYES DIES FROM HIS WOUNDS Oklaahoma Ranchman's Murder Trial at Kansas City Will Never be Held. Kansas City, Missouri. — Eugene Hayes, who slew Edward Hays, formerly his partner in the cattle business, in the buffet of the Sexton hotel September 24, 1909, is dead at Pawhuska, Ok., from the effects of a gunshot wound, inflicted April 10 by Amos Hays, a half-brother of Edward Hays. Defends Payne Tariff Law. St. Louis, Missouri.—A striking defense of the Payne tariff law as a great blessing to American industries was presented by Vice-President Sherman in an address before the Sitizens' Industrial association. Gov. Folk Candidate for President. New York, N. N.-Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Missouri left New York City after openly announcing what has long been tacitly understood that he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1912. As Usual. "Mrs. Parker is back in town." "Has she any servants yet?" "No! She's screaming for help."→ Harper's Bazar. 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The change of sentiment in favor of the foreign missionary in a single generation has been remarkable. Old Argus was boasting about his hundred eyes. "A useful man for an office," cried the populace. "Yes," added Argus, "and I can keep half of them closed when I want to." Here the populace clapped their hands wildly. "We'll make him custom-house inspector," they declared. Put the wrong foot out of bed first when you get up in the morning and you will be cross all day. Always get up with the right foot foremost. Day After D Day After Day One will find "The Memory L Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle C "The Memory Lingers" Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich., U. S. A. THE GREATER HONOR. First Kid—My old man's locked up fer shooting a dog. Second Kid—Dat's nothin'. My old man's locked up fer shootin' a copper. Don't Risk Your Life By neglecting Constipation. It leads to aemia. There is just one right remedy for the aemia. It is the Remedy REMEDY (NR tablets). 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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 old. Fourth. No new name will be placed on our books unless the money accompanies the name. Write plain. Fifth. Address all matter for publication to The Wichita Searchlight, 634 N. Water street, Wichita, Kansas. 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. SEND YOUR NEWS IN EARLIER. The ladies of the W. T. Vernon Club was delightfully entertained on Thursday afternoon of last week at the home of Mrs. Brizil. The decorations and the dainty menu served was carried out in the club colors. They held their meeting Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Grace Perrv,s and will meet next week with Mrs. Ford Neely. The ladies of the G. L. A. Club the B. T, W, Club, the W. T. Vernon Club and the Mother's Aid Club all met at the A. M. E. church Tuesday afternoon an listened to an able address by Mrs. H. V. Haley of St. Louis Mo. Deputy National organization of the National Federation of colored womens club. The address of Mrs. Haley was sholarly, logical learned and well delivered. After the lecture each club joined the National Feberation. On Tuesday at nighs a splendid program was rendered at the A. M. E. Church where among other pleasing numbers oh the program Mrs. Haly appeared in some characteristic recitals which were both classical and refined. On Wednesday night the ladies of Wichita gave a splendid banquet at New Hope Baptist church in honor of Mrs. Haley. This banquet was worthy in Taborian Temple No. 11 is getting up a big class for initiation on May 15th. This promises to be the largest single class ever initiated in Wichita. Join this class. Dr. F. O.'Hara Miller one of our man were initiated in Taborian Temple No. 11 Thursday night, May 28th. prominent physicians and A. B. Cole- LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. Pay up! — Pay up!! — Pay up!!! Miss. Katherine Price of Kans. City is visiting with friends. Jack Robinson has returned from a trip to ElReno, Okla. Wm. Mitchell who has been confined in the hospital for several days is slowly improving. J. D. Jones made a trip to Vally Center Monday. L. Ford of Kansas City spent several days in the city during the week. Mrs. Mollie Miller will leave on Saturday on a trip to Kingman. J. E. Scott of Boley, Okla. arrived in the city Saturday. Mr. Scott is the brother of Messers, G. L. and Eugene Scott. An excellent entertainment has been arranged to be given on the 5th Thursday evening at the A. M. E. Church at which all invited to come out. Mrs, J. T. Sanford and Mrs Estella Patton will entertain the ladies of the G. L. A, Club on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. T. Sanford. The Mother's Aid Club met at Mrs. Lizzie Madison last Friday. They Mill meet next Sunday with Mrs. A. L, Case, 12th and Wichita Streets, STIRLING CLOTHES MADE IN WICHITA Material Fit Style Workmanship GUARANTEED we only tailored for a few dozen men, we would have to charge each an exorbitant price. We would have to take large profits from the few, instead of a very small one from each of our mang customers. This is why we can put into a suit for you at $15.00 to $35, what the other fellows charges you from $25.00 to $60.00 for. Stirling Woolen Mills Co TAILORS 215 N. Main St Wichita, Kas Melonie Palmer, of Missouri and Miss Agnes Radford of Topeka were united in marriage at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Major Davis, Monday night. Rev E. T. Fishback officiated and the wedding march was played by Dunson's Orchestra. The happy couple received many useful and valuable presents. A fine four course wedding supper was served in their honor. --- Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless Steam Laundry Wichita's Oldest, Most Re Mable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SHELOVER'S BONS, Prep. Phone 222 245 N. Market W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 201 N. Main St Wichita, KS Subscribe and pay for the Wichita Searchlight. It is only $1. for a whole year. Try it. Vote for all three of the bonds on next Tuesday. Their success means much commercially and financially to Wichita. Wichita should take no backward steps—the voters should carry the bonds Tuesday and let our present splendid prespprity continue. This concerns every colored voter equally as it does all others as the colored men will receive propotionate benefits. Carry the bonds by a big majorisy. Let every voter vote for cach of them. BOX MUSICAL The young people of the A. M. E. Church, under the direction of Mrs. T. L. Hackley, will give a box social at A M. E. Church on Thursday night, May 5, 1910. A nice progaam will be rendered at the church. The boxes will be auctioned off. A fine quartett of boys and girls will furnish songs. Oscar Wesson and Mrs. Mabel Ross were united in marriage last Monday. Rev. Jas. T. Smith officiating. Mrs. Ada Coulter is able to be out after quite a seige of sickness during which she went through an operation. Our Agents Make $50.00 A Week. Selling new process water color portrait and Young man in Ohio made $22.00 in one day. We are the largest picture and frame house in the world. One general agent wanted in each county. Give us reference and we will extend you thirty days' credit with steady, honorable employment at a big income. Our business is established twenty-five years. We are not in the picture and frame trust. We want thonorable, trustworthy representatives only. You need no capital to work for us. We teach you how to make a success. Address at once. WILLIAMS ART COMPANY 2515 W. TAYLOR STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. IOLA, KANSAS. Golden Tabernacle No. 2 met Saturday, April 23rd. They held the regular election of their officers as follows: Dtr. Sarah Crisp, C. P. Dtr. Ella Western, V. P. Dtr. Lula E. Smith, C. R. Dtr. Anna Banks, C. T. Dtr. E. Kellogg, C. Pr. Dtr. Mary Sreppard, I. S. Dtr. M. England, O. S. The Tabernacle is doing fine and getting ready for the Grand Session. --- Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty Bell Phone 2186 Office 703 N. Main St. Dr. A. K. Lawreuce PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office Phones 517 Bell1537 N. Main St. Ind. 1557 DISEASES OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN A SPECIALTY F. O. Miller M.D. Physici'n & Surgeon Office Hours Bell Phone 9 to 11 2999 2 to 5 Wichita 7 to 8 Kansas. 513 N. Main St. All calls answered promptly Day or Night. Obstetrics and Diseases of women A Specialty 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 n Building Material SEE BOTH PICTURES 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 533 TO 547 WEST DOUGLAS METZ'S LUMBER IS IT? 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. A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER BOTH PHONES 325 WICHITA KANS 142-144 N. MARKET Vote for all the bonds on next Tuesday, May 5th. Dr. Brown, residence phone 1664, 2 rings. God erected "all men equal" -- all "inequality" is the creat- ion of man. IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR GRAHAM - CORN MEAL - BREAKFAST FOOD : With thirty-five years MILLING EXPE- : RIENCE in Wichita, our products are : : the best that can be produced, : Made from the best selected grain : : only, put up in Special Packages. ASK YOUR GROCER : See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING CO. Wichita, Kansas CULP'S MEAT MARKET 241 N.MAIN ST. But Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig Tails, Chin Bones, Fresh Pigs Feet and Chitterlings, B Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fresh Fishy Oysters, Heinz Pickles, and Baked Beans F. T. CULP, Prop. N. Main St. Both Phone Thebest Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutson, Veal Pig Tails, Chin Bones, Fresh Pige Feet and Chitterlings. Fresh Fish, Cat Fish, Halibut and Salmon. Fresh Sealship Oysters. Heinz Pickles, and Baked Beans F. T. CULP, Prop. Both Phone ```markdown ``` Grocery Department WE SELL FLOUR WE SELL MEAL WE SELL LARD WE SELL POTATOES in fact, we sell everything kept in a First-Class grocery. WHY CAN'T WE SELL TO YOU? Makin Eye Drug Co. N. Main St. — Wichita, Kan — Bell Phone 239 "SECOND TO NONE" PLEASES ALL GOOD BREAD MAKERS — AND WILL PLEASE YOU — IT IS AS WHITE AS SNOW — TRY IT THE OTTO WEISS ALFALFA STOCK and POULTRY FOOD are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law, Register No. 1. Is The Cheapest and Best Food on the Market A BIG EVENT will be the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Taborian Temple No. 11, GARFIELD HALL MONDAY NIGHT MAY 23RD Splendid Literary and Musi- Program. Best of Order. Refreshments of All Kinds You Are Cordially Invited mission - - 25cts E FOR THE BONDS 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 "SECOND TO NONE" THE OTTO WEISS ALFALFA STOCK and POULTRY FOOD are all guaranteed under the United States Law,Serial No.13415 and under the Kansas State Law, Register No.1. t Is The Cheapest and Best Food on the Market A BIG EVENT Fifth Anniversary Celebration of Taborian Temple No.11, GARFIELD HALL MONDAY NIGHT MAY 23RD A splendid Literary and Musi- cal Program. Best of Order. Refreshments of All Kinds You Are Cordially Invited Admission 25cts VOTE FOR THE BONDS Next Tuesday, May 3rd sO OOO OO 0000000 O° 50000090000 a = § Kansas Greaners ' » > AND: FT arrers q D Bell Phone 2805 Ind. Phone 638 © ® @ > Summer will socn be here and you want é » your summer clothing put in first-class @ 5 shape; so they will be ready to put on e > when the summer days come, Come! we e S will put that old Suit. Dtess, or Hat in @ > the best of shape at a Price that will @ S Surprise you, @ S THE KANSAS WILL KLEAN IT @ ® Special Attention To Ladies’ Work @ 5 The Only Automobile Delivery in Wichita @ 9 1108. Emporia Ave. C. C. Guyer Prop. @ DO OOGSHOS0TOH90HHOSHHOHGOOO OS: Palmet's Cafe 507 North Maln Street REGULAR Meats) :—: SHORT ORDERS Rooms by the night or week Openat all hours of the Day and Night Your Patronage Solicited MHhAM #41 DST RAUL WO. Oi NOZTH-WEST OORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors Westean University The Leading Educational Institute For Negroes In The West 9 “Ag pe LZR Zs tere LFSC Gane i I Awe see ae Mites eae a a | tet fet — a ry be hh Ch fey | Sag a aos rae pe Bl arma (NOD o> Rae aan & “ize an U9 [Pi Nay rn ve! li BS 5) = Boat, voi 3 mal] ml ee ER eer Sit —— It es Pad yr Pal. 1! Heeb: i tbs ee Lg aH a i eg tt ee ET Ags ate ERED eyes T A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. 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Wildes, s Veterinary Physician & Surgeon x ‘The Finest Equipped Hospital In the Olty Both Phones Office and Hospital ‘ , isso 280 X, Market St, Wichita, Ke, | vererrrererssecre rere rnrr cs acenteces Central Market © Corner MAIN and CENTRAL FRESH AND CURED MEATS : Full Line of Groceries — Bell Phone 4163 FRED C. LOVE, Proprietor ; EE LUMBER COMPANY For good grades of Lumber at Low Prices. An assort ed stock of Bungalow Doose earried in stock. 818 West Douglas Ave., Both Phones 354 North Main St. THE FINESTAND BEST IN THESTATE Short Orders — — Meals — Fish and Game in Season A much needed business in Wichita, Now that you have a place thatisa credit to us let alljoin in and help push _ success Soft Drinks— —Ice Cream Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietor ; NettEOESESSSSSIESESSTESEMESRSRESRE RAND ESS OU SEER TES ; > : | O©FPENS Eleomipr = } 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 60c and $1.00 per night 3 Transient a Specialty. Special Rates to Opera Troupes : Only Regular Meals Served. } —-s Well Heated — Well Lighted — Well Ventilated : ; Best Accommodations — Prompt Service : ; James J. OLDEN, Prop. : ; s snbseabeusuwncucmenecaccie canoe aa ee ee FF ; Cin Mother and child wy will both be the stronger and healthier Y Baie for the use of PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR S | Bread baked from it supplies the best kind of nutrition. It not merely sustains life, it strengthens and energizes it. PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR is guaranteed pure. It contains nothing but the kernels of selected wheat ground under conditions of perfect cleanliness. Try a sack. Howard Mills Groceries, Meats GENERAL MERCHANDISE Wecurry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groeeries and Choicest Fresh and Salt Meats Our Stoek of Dry Goods Men, Women and Chil- dren’s Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price- Free Delivery. Tapp & Hanshaw 255-257 N. MainSt Phone257 tiers in AL of svete PHONES ons ¥&Y, GRAIN, FEED * INDEPENDENT 60 POULIRY SUPPLIES BELL. 2135 Vertical Mill ertica LIS M. O. RUTHRAUFF, Proprietor ., Som Grinding and Corn Shelling eur Specialty — Prompt Delivery 814 North Main Wichita, Kansas Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Carter a nne gir] baby Thursday Aprif 28th at their home 312 W. Central. Mother and daughter both doing fine. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Marray’s Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray’s Reliable Perfumes Marray’s Reliable Pure Bpices These Goods Have No Epual They are pleasing hundreds of peeopte and will please you. Ses J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 868 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wiehita — — — Kansas The Searchlight is the “‘grow- ingness” enterprise in town, It keeps place with progress. Sub seribe for it — Read it — Pay for it. L 8. Naftsger, President, W. R. T-ck er, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice President, 0. W. Brown. Vice Presi- dent, V. H. Branch, Gashier. WICHITA, KANSAS United States Depository Capital $200,000 Surplus $125,008 Dirrctors: W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Holmes, 8: B. Amidon, J. M. Moore, L. S. Nafisger, H. W. Darling, A. G. Houston, E. C. Sheldon, ©. ¥, Brown, J. W. Metz, BE. T. Battin, Hen ry Lassen, V. H. Braneh. A Genoral Banking Business Transacted G (ARs A Leer THE ‘OLD RELIABLE DRESSING FOR KINKY OR CURLY HAIR.IT'S USE MAKES ‘STUBBORN, HARSH HAIR SOFTER, MORE. PLIABLE AND GLOSSY, EASY TO COMB AND | PUT UPIN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT. WRITE FOR TESTIMONIES, TELLING HOW THIS REMARKABLE REMEDY MAKES. ‘SHORT, KINKY HAIR GROW LONG AND WAVY. BEST POMADE ON THE MARKET FOR DANDRUFF, ITCHING OF THE SCALP AND FALLING OUT OF THE HAIR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENUINE, PUT UP IN 25+AND 50¢ BOTTLES: witt CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE.) SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOULWE WILL SEND IT To YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES, SMALL SIZED BOTTLE,25¢ LARGE SIZED BOTTLE.SO+ THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO, 216 LAKE ST,DEPT! HICAGO,ILL. AGENTS WANTED. if Ma nd cae 5 feet Soe Wee Ne Te a Bo eee | a pe es a ZF a ws ‘ Vai si Ae Tee ce ed OE aie [oA ese een @ e = Sir B. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach efall. Send your order to-day 829 East Senter BALINA, hANS4S NOTICE If you need anything in New or Second Hand Household Goods we have the best goods and lowest prices in the city. Cash] paid for, Second Hand Goods. LAFE CARTER, — Bell Phone 4088 — 537 N. Main St Wichita, Ks JOINT SESSION. ‘There will be a joint session of the Temples and Tabernacles at Young's hall Thursday night, May 12th at 8:30 p.m. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. Taborian Temple No. 11 will cele- brate their Fifth Anniversary in an elaborate style at Garfield hall on Mon- day night, May 23rd. Extensive pre- parations are being made to make this! a grand occasion. | Dr. Brown, residence phone 1664, 2 rings. bohe a il {ae [Ey SS | = SS | S — SS SW cece a \Veszedl ii = eld = Vi yy v The above is the cut out of tventy-five different patterns of refrigorators carried in my stock. I bought acarload ofthem at right prices and will sell them cheap. ¥S" Before you buy a Refrigorator Come and see my stock and get my low prices, Alo have a complete line of New and Second Hand Furniture, Rugs,|Carpets Mattings,‘;Stoves, etc, and carry a general line Household Goods. CASH =: OR: EASY PAYMENTS E. D. SQUIRE Bell Phone 1837 Ind. 1837 Green 245-247 N. Main Wichita, Ks iia POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY. Thereby announce myself as a can- didate for County Attorney, subject to the Republican primary, August 2nd 1910. I will appreciate your aid, AUSTIN J. ADAMS. T desire to announce that I am a cam didate for tie office of clerk of the District Court of Sedgwick county, Kansas, subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the primary im August. CHAS. D. FAZEL. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS. I hereby announce myself as a can- didate for re-e-lection to the office of Register of Deeds of Sedgwick Coun- ty subject to the approval of the Re- publican primaries. JOSEPH BOWMAN. I wish to annvunce to the public that: I will be a candidate for county com. missioner in the First district, subject to the decision of the Ropublican pri- mary election. E. M. BEAR euiane : Satisfaction — INEVERY POUND OF — ‘ow ? ” wichita’s Best ”Four POENISCH BROS., Agents 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 580 — Both Phones — 530 CENTRAL SEED Co. WRITE, PHONE OR CALL for our new 1910 Garden, Flower, Field and Seed Catalogue. We handle seeds GROWN ONLY BY RELIABLE GROWERS. We are manufacturers’ agents for Mandy Lee, Petaluma, Old Trusty and Clyde Hatch Incu- bators. We pay freight to your sta- tion and sell at factory prices, See us for Poultry Remedies. Both Phones. 243 North Main St, Wich- ita, Kansas. Western Star Consistory No. 18, Scottish Rite Masons, will hold their Spring Reunion in this city on May. 45-69-10, A large class of Master Masons will take the Scottish Rite de- grees at this session and everything looks forward to quite a big time. Deputy Allen P. Smith of Topeka, and W. G. Curtis of Abilene, will both be present. Western Star Consistory is making rapid progress and every pros- pect is bright for a more successful fu- ture. Ad PUBLIC INSTALLATION. Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 will hold a public installation of their officers at Young’s Hall on Wednesday night, May 4th. Plenty of refreshments con- sisting of fried chicken, fried fish, sandwiches, ice cream and soda. Everyone has a cordial invitation to attend and enjoy themselves. Come out early. _ 14 MILLION DOLLAR PALACE OF PEACE FORMALLY OPENED Dedication of New Building of International Bureau of the American Republics Addresses by President Taft, the Mexican Ambassador and Andrew Carnegie, Who Donated $750,000 for the Erection of the Beautiful Structure—Brilliant Reception Washington.—The dedication and formal opening on Tuesday of the new building of the International Bureau of the American republics was an event of interest and importance to all countries of the western heml- JOHN H. HARRIS Andrew Carnegie. sphere. The building is really a palace of peace and progress for the bureau stands for friendly political relations between the countries of America and for close social and trade intercourse between their peoples. The erection of the building was made possible by Andrew Carnegie, who gave $750,000 of the million which it and its site have cost, and the ironmaster was one of the chief guests and speakers at the dedicatory ceremony. President Taft delivered a fine address, and speeches were made by Senor de la Barra, the Mexican ambassador; Secretary of State Knox and John Barrett, director of the bureau, who was in charge of the ceremonies. Prayers were delivered by Cardinal Gibbons and by a clergyman of the Protestant faith. Of course all the members of the diplomatic corps who were in the city were present, and these brilliantly uniformed gentlemen, together with scores of ladies in their beautiful spring costumes, made the scene most picturesque. Brilliant Evening Reception. Nearly everyone in Washington wanted to attend the dedication ceremony, but the "hall of ambassadors" seats only 800 people. So Mr. Barrett arraigned for a reception in the evening in honor of President and Mrs. THE LIBRARY New Home of the Pan-American Bureau. Taft, and Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie. Invitations were sent to members of the diplomatic corps and to official and resident society, and the reception proved to be one of the most brilliant affairs Ambassador de la Barra. of the season. The Marine band was there, playing a repertoire of Latin American anthems, a fountain outside the building was illuminated with electric designs of the South and Central American countries, and elaborate refreshments were served. The affair was a great credit to Director Barrett and to Francisco J. Yanes, the able secretary of the bureau. These gentlemen and their fellow workers in the bureau have given a vast amount of time and labor to the task of preparing for the event of Tuesday, and it was indeed their red letter day, and a fitting culmination of the two years' work on the new building. Meant for Palace of Peace. The opening of the new home of the International Bureau of the American Republic not only adds a most important and surpassingly beautiful structure to the public buildings at Uncle Sam's seat of government, but gives added dignity and prominence to an institution of significance throughout the world and specially in the new world. The new building is notable, primarily, as the home of that rapidly developing institution, the Pan-American bureau, but of yet deeper meaning in its avowed function as a center of arbitration on this continent. It is because of the hope that this new Pan-American palace would serve as such an agency of peace for the the various independent nations of North, Central and South America that Andrew Carnegie was induced to make the donation of the sum of $750,000 which has been expended in the erec M. B. Director John Barrett. tion of this monumental structure. Indeed, the famous philanthropist has designated the new building as a "peace palace," and a feature of its in- THE LIBRARY terior, specially provided with a view to this phrase of the matter, is a great auditorium or "hall of American ambassadors," designed as a meeting place for all sorts of international conferences having as their purpose harmony and co-operation on the part of the republics of the western hemisphere. Growth of the Bureau. As most people are aware, the institution known as the International Bureau of American Republics, or Pan-American bureau, as it is usually called, is a sort of common headquarters and clearing house for information, maintained jointly by all the American nations from the great lakes to Cape Horn. It was the outgrowth of the first Pan-American conference, which was held in Washington in 1889, and it is maintained by a common fund to which all of the independent nations of the three Americas "chip in" in proportion to their population. Inasmuch as the United States by this plan pays more than half of the expenses of the bureau, its headquarters have from the outset been located in Washington. Some years ago when the rented quarters of the bureau in Washington became manifestly inadequate for its expanding activities, a project was set afoot to erect a permanent home for it. It was to cost $125,000, and the different republics were to contribute in proportion to population as they do for the annual expenses of the institution. Several of the South American countries proceeded on this basis and there was something like $50,000 on hand when the congress of the United States declared for a more pretentious building and appropriated $200,000 instead of merely its share of the $125,000. Soon after Andrew Carnegie came forward and offered to donate the whole sum needed for building—and a much finer building that had previously been thought of. He had previously donated millions of dollars for the famous "peace palace" at The Hague, and it was his idea to have the new edifice in Washington 120 Old Quarters of the Bureau. occupy the same relation to the cause of international peace on this continent that The Hague palace does to the cause of international arbitration throughout the world. Beauties of the Marble Building. With three-quarters of a million dollars provided by Mr. Carnegie for a building, the Pan-American bureau was enabled to devote the $250,000 on hand to the purchase of a site, and a most admirable tract of several acres was secured in an ideal location south of the White House and overlooking the Potomac river. Here a surpassingly beautiful marble palace has been reared from the prize designs submitted in the competition which was entered by architects in all parts of the country—and, indeed, of the continent. There is a distinct touch of the Spanish in the architecture, markedly in the introduction of a tile roof and the provision of a "patio" or inner court such as constitutes the most distinctive feature of the typical Latin-American mansion. The whole architectural policy in the case of this building has been to provide a structure more suggestive of a palatial private residence than a public office structure. The "patio" or picturesque court yard, is protected from the sun by an overhanging roof and cooled by waters falling from a beautiful marble fountain. On all hands are tropical plants, while the quaint pavement, white stucco walls and low doors suggest the Spanish atmosphere. Much space in the rooms which open from this "patio" is given over to the Columbus Memorial library, the great collection of books on Pan-American subjects which is one of the principal features of the bureau. There are stack rooms for 120,000 volumes; a fireproof vault for valuable documents and a reading room 40 by 100 feet in size. Offices occupy most of the second floor of the new building, the principal apartments being designed for the use of the director of the bureau, the secretary and the governing board. On this floor also is the beautiful assembly hall or hall of American ambassadors, of which mention has already been made. This imposing auditorium is more than 100 feet in length and 65 feet in width. A total of two dozen ornamental columns support the ceiling which rises 45 feet above the floor. Five large bay windows with balconies overlook the garden in the patio. It may be added in conclusion that this patio has been so arranged that in winter it will be transformed into a winter garden M. B. Secretary F. J. Yanes. through the aid of a novel sliding roof. This roof is entirely hidden from view during the spring and summer. THE AMERICAN HOME W. A. RADFORD EDITOR THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. There are a great many reasons why a double house should appear favorably to any one building this season. It is a recognized fact that the cost of such a building is not so very much greater than that of an ordinary single house; certainly not nearly so great as for two ordinary houses affording the same accommodations. Nevertheless, if a double house is properly planned every room may be light and attractive and the arrangement convenient and homelike. Also, if a double house is properly designed its exterior may be very pleasing. A great many people living in our smaller towns and cities, while appreciating the advantages of the ordinary city two-flat building—that is, as far as economy and a good paying investment are concerned—nevertheless are restrained from putting up such a building because of perfectly valid considerations. In the first place, there is a prejudice in the smaller towns against city flat buildings. Their outward appearance is thought to damage a residence street, and the people have to be educated up to them to a certain extent before their good points are appreciated and their doubtful points overlooked. A double house, on the other hand, such as illustrated herewith, combines in itself all the advantages of the ordinary detached residence with the THE HOME OF THE MAYOR economical and desirable investment features of the city flat building added. At a cost of $5,000 this house is estimated to be able to be built complete. When it is considered that this cost is for two well-built, well-arranged and attractive six-room houses—and large rooms, too—the desirability of this design becomes evident. The owner can live in one half of the house and rent the other half for enough to pay the entire cost of the building in 15 years. A single heating plant, either steam, hot water or high-grade furnace, could be installed to heat the entire building. This would make the second apartment more easily rented and at a better price. Some First Floor Plan. people, of course, like to have the care and management of their own heating plant, but a great many do not like to be bothered with it and are willing to pay a great deal more for a heated house than for one that is unheated. There is one point in connection with the construction of a double house that should be given careful attention. This is the proper construction of the party or dividing way, so that it will be as nearly sound proof as possible. A double brick wall with air space is the best for this, since it not only makes a sound-proof wall, but also is an effectual barrier in case of fire. And, while more expensive than an insulated studding wall, it is to be strongly recommended because of this fire-resisting feature. A good frame party wall of sound-proof construction consists of 2 by 6 studding set with a two-inch stagger in such a way that the studding occupies a space eight inches wide. Good heavy building paper or insulating quilt is then threaded back and forth through them, being nailed to the inside edge of each 2 by 6 stud. With lath and plaster then applied to each side a ten-inch wall is formed which is fairly sound proof. The accompanying design illustrates a double house 44 feet 6 inches in width and 40 feet in length. Both sides are the same, the arrangement being as follows: On the first floor there are four large well-lighted rooms, reception and Second Floor Plan. stair hall, 7 by 14 feet; living room 11 by 14 feet; dining room, 17 feet 6 inches by 13 feet, and kitchen, 9 feet 6 inches by 11 feet. Besides these there are on this floor lavatory, pantry, kitchen, vestibule, etc. On the second floor three large bedrooms are provided. They are 18 feet 6 inches by 11 feet, 9 feet 6 inches by 11 feet and 14 by 13 feet, respectively. Each bedroom has a good-sized clothes THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM closet; bathroom is on this floor and is of good size and conveniently located. The third floor is finished off as an attic and provides good storage space. This house is planned for very thorough construction and the interior should be finished in hardwood, plain sawed red oak for the first floor and birch for the second. UNIQUE SCHOOL IN BOSTON Institution of Modern Athens Fits Girls for Duties Devolving on Them in Years to Come. A school of matrimony has lately been established in Boston. For the Athens of America this is indeed quite an innovation. Some good, easygoing people have deluded themselves into thinking that matrimony belonged to no school, and it needed no school. As to this let Reno answer! In this Boston school a group of girls, including the younger members of some of the best and oldest of Boston families, are being trained five days each week in the useful and household arts. The idea, in brief, is to furnish a highly practical equipment and to enable the girl students to become ideal as wives, mothers and home makers. The course includes instruction by some of the best Boston educators in literature, ethics, child study, household arts, house building, textiles and sewing, hand work and design, music in the home, literature for children, home economics, chemistry, biology, social economics, hygiene, dental hygiene, home nursing and the care of delinquent children. Such a school is far more in keeping with the prevailing spirit of modernity than is the recent crusade on the part of the mayor of Indianapolis against "spooning" in the nickelodeons, which if successful, would tend toward the discouragement of matrimony even more than does the New York Marriage License bureau. The mayor of Indianapolis proposes to turn on the lights in the local moving picture shows at frequent and unexpected intervals, so as to cover with confusion'young persons engaged in "spooning" and to hold them up to ridicule and scorn. 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EXPOSURE TO COLD and wet is the first step to Pneumonia. Take Perry Darie's Painkiller and the danger is averted. Unequaled for coats, sore throat, quinny, 25, 25 and so. Many a man has to be scared into being good. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKUP NUMBER 375 "Guaranteed FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA States) in another generation or two who are the progenitors of the people and producing sufficient for them. The fact that a wheat exporting country is to be the great ada is to be the great. This great railroad message is taking advantage of the extensive railway building to the wheat fields were harvested in 1909. Average acres harvested in 1909. Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be upwards of 23 bushels per acre. Free homesteads of 160 acres and approximately 100 of 160 acres (at $3 per acre), are to be rented. Schools convenient, climate excellent, soil the very best, housing number cheap, fuel easy to get and reasonable in price. 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In the house the body of the "insurgents" joining the Democrats practically took charge of the measure. They succeeded in having adopted numerous amendments, one of which would remove from the president to the supreme court of the United States the authority for the organization for the court of commerce provided in the bill. The entire day was devoted to discussing and voting on the commerce court paragraph. A motion by Mr. Hubbard of Iowa to strike out the entire commerce court provision was defeated by a tie vote. The defeat of the motion was accomplished only after the greatest activity on the part of the majority to summon Regular Republicans. The first vote was 131 for and 130 against, but Mr. Bennett of New York, who was in the chair, cast his vote in the negative, making it a tie. A demand for a vote by tellers was then made and the house organization leaders as well as their opponents scurried about to secure votes. Cannot Caught Napping. Speaker Cannon, who was sleeping in his private room, was awakened, and rushed into the house without a collar, to cast his vote. He had no time to make a toilet. Mr. Shepherd of Texas was practically taken bodily by his Democratic colleagues from the house barber shop and came into the house chamber, collar in hand. The vote by tellers was 140 and 139, Mr. Bennett again voting in the negative, making another tie and defeating the provision. Carried Russell In. One Democrat, Mr. Russell of Texas, voted with the regular Republicans on every motion. The insurgents varied in their voting, at times as many as 25 voting with the Democrats, while on other motions their numbers were reduced to a dozen. The amendment of Mr. Macon of Arkansas to reduce the number of judges on the commerce court from five to three and that of Mr. Wagoner of Pennsylvania to increase their terms of service on the court from five to ten years, were defeated. Mr. Madison of Kansas, an "insurgent," offered an amendment reducing from sixty to seven days the period during which an order of the interstate commerce commission might be suspended by the commerce court pending application of the court for its injunction in certain cases. The "insurgents" very generally voted for the amendment, which was carried, 138 to 124. In the senate Mr. Clapp delivered defiance to the administration and the regular party leaders in congress in connection with the supposed effort to read "insurgent" senators out of the party. Mr. Clapp indicated that the mass of the people were not following the leaders, who, he said, were merely reading themselves out of the party by the course they were adopting. He took especial exception to the recent speech of Attorney General Wickersham. ROOSEVELT TO BE AT OSAWATOMIE Topeka, Kan.—Theodore Roosevelt will speak at the dedication of the John Brown battlefield at Osawatomie, Kansas, the day before his speech at Chevonne, Woming. Governor Stubbs today received a letter from him dated Porto Maurizio, April 11, in which he says: "My dear Governor:—I have cabled you accepting. This is an occasion on which I shall be really glad to speak in Kansas. Will you, however, arrange it so I can speak in connection with my visit to Wyoming at the end of August, that is, make it the day before that speech. The governor of Wyoming can tell you the exact date. I look forward to visiting Kansas and especially to sseeing you and my old friends there. I hope I shall see White. "Faithfully yours, (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." Leavenworth, Kan.—It is reported that the Third battalion of engineers, stationed at Fort Leavenworth, will raise the wreck of the Maine from Havana harbor. There is no official confirmation of this rumor, but an order to transfer twenty men from the Thirteenth infantry to the engineer battalion to bring it up to its full strength, connected with the fact that the Thirteenth battalion is entitled to the next change of station, gives rise to the report. HUGHES TO SUPREME COURT HUGHES TO SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT TAFT HAS NAMED THE NEW YORK MAN. Will Not Take His Seat Until October —Senate Will Probably Confirm Promptly. Washington, D. C. —Gov. Charles E. Hughes has been nominated by President Taft to succeed the late Justice Brewer on the bench of the supreme court of the United States. The nomination was received with favor on all sides in the senate and prompt confirmation is expected. The new justice will take his seat on the second Monday in October. Until that time by consent, of the presi- dent Mr. Hughes will continue to exercise the functions of governor of New York. Though the appointment was not unexpected the acceptance of Gov. Hughes created a sensation in legal and political circles here. Politically and it was from this angle that the appointment was first considered, it removed Hughes absolutely from politics. In the broader view the effect that the appointment will have on the decisions of the supreme court in the Standard Oil and tobacco trust cases and it may be, later on an income tax proposition, opinion is divided. There is a well grounded fear that Hughes is one of those lawyers who are congenially predisposed in favor of the vested interested. On the other hand eminent lawyers, such as Borah of Idaho, take the view that opinions formed when one is serving in a political office are frequently subject to change when one is completely surrounded by the atmosphere of the bench. SEIZURE OF LIQUOR ILLEGAL An Oklahoma Jury Awards Damages Against Officers for Entering a Home. Tulsa, Oklahoma.—To enter a home without a search warrant and ransack it for liquor, is without sanction of law in Oklahoma, according to the opinion of a district court jury. C. S. Turley, a Broken Arrow real estate dealer, was awarded $2,000 damages in a suit against R. C. Rhyne and others in Broken Arrow, for an alleged illegal seizure of 12 quarts of whiskey, bought for private use. The verdict further ordered that the liquor be restored to Turley. This case attracted considerable attention, and it is predicted it will have a tendency to curb the ardor of overzealous prohibition enforcement officers. CROP LOSSFS ARE ENORMOUS Frost Has Done Great Damage Over Practically the Whole Country Especially the South. Chicago, Illinois.—Half the south's billion dollar cotton crop devastated; destruction of the fruit crop in the middle west completed; spring wheat, corn and vegetables frozen to the ground in Northwestern states; markets in all staples mounting by leaps and bounds; continued blockade of shipping on the great lakes—is the toll of the almost country-wide storm which passed its third day. The damage, not only to cotton, but to vegetables and the staple grains, grown hourly and $500,000,000, spread over 19 states may prove to be a conservative estimate. GOLD IS GOING TO EUROPE The Balance of Trade is Setting in Against us and $38,000,000 Has Been Engaged. New York, N. Y.—Exceptionally heavy gold engagements for export were announced, amounting to $11,000,000, making a total of $38,000,000 since the movement started, of which $30,000,000 were for London. The flow is due to the state of foreign trade, and the large excess of imports over exports of merchandise, leaving a balance to be settled. Another cause is the effort of the Bank of England to build up its reserves owing to the disturbed state of government finances, and the inflated speculation in Rubber stocks. Bigamist Pleads Guilty Winfield, Kansas.—Charles Cox, the bigamist who was charged with marrying four women, pleaded guilty in the district court here and was given an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary. Argentine Exposition Opens. Buenos Aires.—The centenary of the Argentine Republic was marked by the opening in this city of two big international expositions. The Fifth Convict Caught Leavenworth, Kansas. — Theodore Murdock, the counterfeiter who was one of the six men who escaped from the federal penitentiary was recaptured in Salt Creek Valley, two miles from Hund's Station. Overtime for Letter Carriers Allowed. Washington, D. C. — The house passed a bill allowing the claim of thousands of letter carriers for pay for overtime. It appropriates $4,772 for letter carriers in Kansas towns and 119,078 for Missouri letter carriers. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. LAYMAN FINDS STOMACH CURE LAYMAN FINDS STOMACH CURE --- Good Christian and Family Man, But Had Poor Digestive Organs—What Cured Him You Can Get Free. It is a generally admitted fact that among ministers and their families Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is the favorite laxative. It is not often that the layman has a chance to "speak up in meeting," and hence these words from Mr. Joseph Murphy of Indiana Ind., whose picture we present herewith; BENNETT "All my life I had nature to care for, cure my constipation trouble, I couldn't be my life I couldn't get what I did eat out of my everything, because my work, engineer on a railroad train, Mr. Joseph Murphy makes it necessary that I feel strong and it was my good fortune to meet up with him at my cabin on sin, through the recommendation of a friend. I took it and was cured. That is some time ago, but I am still cured." It can be bought of any drugsist for 50 cents or $1 a bottle. Send your address and your home. If there is some mystery about your case that you want explained write the doctor. For the advice or free copy, Dr. D. McCarthy, 201 Caldwell Ridge, Montclair, NJ. A HOT ONE. Askit—Are you building a new house? Collin Down—I hope you didn't think I was building an old one. REST AND PEACE Fall Upon Distracted Household When Cuticle Enters. Sleep for skin tortured babies and rest for tired, fretted mothers is found in a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and a gentle anointing with Cuticura Ointment. This treatment, in the majority of cases, affords immediate relief in the most distressing forms of itching, burning, scaly, and crusted humors, eczemas, rashes, inflammations, irritations, and chafings, of infancy and childhood, permits rest and sleep to both parent and child, and points to a speedy cure, when other remedies fail. Worn-out and worried parents will find this pure, sweet and economical treatment realizes their highest expectations, and may be applied to the youngest infants as well as children of all ages. The Cuticura Remedies are sold by druggists everywhere. Send to Potter Drug & Chem Corp., sole proprietors, Boston, Mass., for their free 32-page Cuticura Book on the care and treatment of skin and scalp of infants, children and adults. Single Blessedness Emerson—There's nothing like single blessedness! Waters—What? This sounds strange from a happily married man. Emerson—I know. But I was very much afraid that the doctor was going to say "twins" last night. The Circle. Everybody in This Town Is sick or will be some time with some of the diseases that NATURE'S REMEDY (NR tables) will cure or prevent. The person knew as much about Nature's REMEDY as nature's weight would be prevented. I want you to know about Nature's Remedy. I want to send you free at my expense a 10 day course. I know just how good Nature's Remedy is. In conclusion, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Liver and Kidney Complaint, and why Nature's All Drugists, Written for Pills for Liver Illness days' treatment. A H, Lewis, St. Louis. Getting Old. "Was your wife pleased with that birthday gift you took home last night?" "Dee-lighted! She said that I didn't seem to have a thing to do but to sit around and remember her birthdays." What Did He Mean? Bill—What will he do when all the fools are dead? Jill—He'll never live to see that day.—Yonkers Statesman. Strength of Legs Differ. In 54 cases out of every hundred the left leg is stronger than the right. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. Men are more or less afraid of a woman who is flattery proof. There are imitations, don't be fooled. Ask for Lewis' Single Binder cigar for $c. No man should play practical jokes unless he is a good loser. WESTEN CANADA AS A GRAIN PRODUCER WESTEN CANADA AS A GRAIN PRODUCER NEVER SAW SUCH FINE WHEAT ANYWHERE. Gust. Anderson of Maidstone, Sask, was formerly of Minnesota and has been in Central Canada three years. On January 16, 1910, he writes: "Arriving fifteen miles from Maidstone, I bought a couple of steers from a rancher, as my capital was not large, and with the two oxen I brought with me, I broke 25 acres which I put in crop in 1908 and had to clear some brush. I earned $45.00 by breaking fifteen acres for a neighbor and during the summer I put up hay and hauled timber and put up houses for other settlers. Notwithstanding a heavy frost on August 12th, I had 22½ bushels of wheat per acre and 60 bushels of oats. Off 35 acres of wheat in 1909, I got 27 bushels of wheat per acre and 1,300 bushels of oats off 20 acres. I never saw such fine wheat anywhere. We have plenty of rain between May and August and after August seldom any but dry warm days. Water can be had at from 20 to 40 feet and plenty of grass for cattle." The evidence of Mr. Anderson is given because it is encouraging to the man of small means who is desirous of bettering his condition. It shows what can be done, and there is really but small limit to the man with push and energy to become wealthy on Canadian lands. And the grain that he raises is good. A press dispatch says: The quality of the wheat continues to be the feature of the deliveries. In the total of 3,378 cars in the February inspections there were 2,847 of high grade stuff, a percentage of 84.28. For January the percentage was 82.21, and for the six months it was 88.6. This is an unusually high average, and it demonstrates beyond the shadow of a doubt that the farmers in this part of the Dominion still know how to grow first-class wheat. The crop of 1908 was considered good enough, and its average of contract wheat was only 70 per cent. Good weather throughout the season was an important factor, of course, in insuring the high quality of the grain, and it is not likely that atmospheric influences of so favorable a character will be encountered for a long time to come. The best that can be expected is that a fair average for a term of years will be maintained. Not Quite. "Young man," inquired her father, sternly, "will you give her a home like the one she has been used to?" "No," replied the truthful suitor, "for there will be no grumpy father to come home and make every one miserable by his kicking over trifles and swearing at matters in general. There will be no mother to scold her from morning to night for wasting time merely because she wants to be neat. There will be no big brother to abuse her for not doing half his work, and no little brother to make enough noise to drive her crazy when her head aches. There won't be any younger sister to insist on reading some trashy novel while she does all the work. She will not have with me a home like she has been used to, not if I can help it."—Puck Took Them at Their Word. "Any article removed from the window," was the notice prominently displayed at an outfitter's shop. Attracted by it, a supercilious person entered the shop and asked to be allowed to inspect a particularly vivid tie in the front row. The salesman having disarranged the window and brought out the desired object, the supercilious person remarked: "Rather loud, isn't it?" "Well, somewhat striking," agreed the shopman. "I thought so," replied the visitor, as he turned to leave the shop. "It offends my taste. You needn't put it back. Good day!" The Worst of It. "Oh, she's awful. Whenever she tries to sing a song she simply murders it." Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it The Kind You Have Always Bought. Physical Messengers. He (gushingly)—Your eyes tell me much. She (icily)—Your breath tells me more—Cornell Widow. We don't mind seeing other people get up in the world so long as they refrain from using us as stepping stones. Dr. Pierce's pleasant Pellets cure constipation. Constipation is the cause of many diseases. Cure the cause and cure the disease. Easy to take. Those who are addicted to white lies soon become color blind. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums. Reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wounds colic. See bottle. All the disagreeable people don't live on cross streets. Stop Women And Consider This Fact that in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are confiding your private ills to a woman—a woman whose experience with women's diseases covers twenty-five years. The present Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, was for years under her direction, and has ever since her decease continued to advise women. Many women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, knowing well that they ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural modesty causes them to shrink from exposing themselves to the questions and probable examinations of even their family physician. Such questioning and examination is unnecessary. Without cost you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experience is great. MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING INVITATION: Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established this confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Never has she published a testimonial or used a letter without the written consent of the writer, and never has the company allowed these confidential letters to get out of their possession, as the hundreds of thousands of them in their files will attest. Out of the vast volume of experience which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge needed in your case. She asks nothing in return except your good will, and her advice has helped thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, should be glad to take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. Address Mrs. Pinkham, care of Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. HE WAS WISE. Cityman — Say, Hayseed, you're losing something! Hayseed—Go on, man; yer can't fool yer Uncle Dudley. Another Instance The Fiji cannibal reluctantly produced a quarter in response to the Lightning Calculator's pathetic plea at the psychological moment. "If you would only cut out the booze," he growled, "and pass up the crap and dice and the handbook thing, you wouldn't have to be touching your friends for a grub-stake so regularly." "Ah! You're like so many others, my Philistine friend," sighed the Lightning Calculator; "it seems impossible for you to understand the eccentricities of genius!"—Los Angeles Herald How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney of Hall's Catarrh Cure, and amenable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WARDING Wholesale Drugs; Toledo. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on mucous surfaces of the system. Toothmails sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drugs. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. In almost every country the howling of a dog is regarded as a bad omen, generally predicting death to some person of the household. Lewis' Single Binder gives a man what he wants, a rich, mellow-tasting cigar. There is danger in delay; also in haste. Stop Women And Co This Fact—that in addressing fiding your private ills to a perience with women's disease. The present Mrs. Pinkham Pinkham, was for years und since her decease continued to Many women suffer in sile to worse, knowing well that her assistance, but a natural move from exposing themselves to examinations of even their f tioning and examination is you can consult a woman w experience is great. MRS. PINKHAM'S STA Women suffering from any vited to promptly communicated Mass. All letters are received women. A woman can free to a woman; thus has been between Mrs. Pinkham and has never been broken. New monial or used a letter without writer, and never has the co dential letters to get out of dreds of thousands of them. Out of the vast volume of ham has to draw from, it is has gained the very know She asks nothing in return e advice has helped thousands poor, should be glad to take offer of assistance. Address E. Pinkham Medicine Co., L ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE "In a pinch, use Alien's Foot-Ease" Alen's Foe—Ease, the antiseptic powder for the, feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet, and instantly aids, slings out of comfort. It can cure comfort discovery of the age. Alen's Foe—Ease makes tightness certain cures for ingrowing feet, sweating, callous and tired, aching feet. IT TO-DAY. Sold everywhere. $20. Do not accept any substitute. Sent by mail for $3. in stamps. FREE TRIAL PACKAGE MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS, the best medicine for overish, sickly Childen. Sold by Drugstore everywhere. Trial Package FREE. Address. ALLEN S. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N. Y. A CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRIC Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the specific remedy for that tired feeling, because this great medicine purifies, enriches and revitalizes the blood. Be sure to take it this spring. Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quickly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable —act surely and gently on the liver. Cure Biliousness, Headache, Dizziness, and Indigestion. They do their duty. Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Price. GENUINE must bear signature: A. CARTER GENERAL OFFICES TO CANADA Nasty young man has paid for his farm in Canada from for the crew. You can do the same. The opportunity is yours if you will only grasp it. We want to sell acres of rich prairie and in southeastern Saskatchewan, close to market, for sale at 620 per acre and up. CAPITAL $ 1,000,000 REINBECK, LOS ANGELES, CA. road are being built REINBECK, LOS ANGELES, CA. all eyes are turned Manor district. Write for our free book, "A Call to the West," telling all about this wonderful wheat-growing PORTER LAND CO., Box 1, Reinbeck, IA. THE ELECTROPOISE PRODUCES Thermal Electricity. When the body is charged with electricity disease disappears. Write for booklets 210 KEITH & PERRY BLDG., KANSAS CITY, MO. W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 18-1910. ing Mrs. Pinkham you are con- woman—a woman whose ex- ces covers twenty-five years. , daughter-in-law of Lydia E. her direction, and has ever to advise women. once and drift along from bad they ought to have immediate desty causes them to shrink to the questions and probable family physician. Such ques- unnecessary. Without cost those knowledge from actual ANDING INVITATION: Form of female weakness are in- e with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. opened, read and answered by only talk of her private illness established this confidence the women of America which her has she published a testi- but the written consent of the company allowed these confi- their possession, as the hun- in their files will attest. experience which Mrs. Pink- more than possible that she ledge needed in your case. except your good will, and her . Surely any woman, rich or advantage of this generous Mrs. Pinkham, care of Lydia lynn, Mass. Nothing Like them in the world. 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P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. A. W. HOPKINS. C. G. 8 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. RS 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; Kany ~ M. JONHSON, G. P. P, 4932 N 25rd, Omaha, Neb. mRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. zs Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. 0. 210 W West, Hutchison, Kan TABERNACLES. Chief Preseptresses. 1 Queen of the West, K. C., Kan. Mrs. M. Wilson, 945 Everett. 2 Golden, Iola, Kan. Mrs. 8. Crisp, 615 So. Walnut. % Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. © ‘Tillman, 802 E. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan, ‘Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. ist. 5 Cresent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. G Brown, 920 N. 10th. 6 Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mra Eva Clayborne, 716 Cypress. ——$—<——_—_—_——— For a Good Job of Lead ana Ou TRY US SUTTON PAINT CO. Mrs. Geo. A. Wallace returned Wed- nesday morning from Winfield, where she went last Sunday to serve a wed- ding. > /8 Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan, Mrs. L, Smith, 308 B, 11th, 9 Western Sup, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Luly Delley, 190 Kansas 10 St. Maria, Lawrence, Kan.. Mrs. I Wallace, R. R. No. 5. i1 Saba Meroe, K. C., Kan., P. Wood. ford, 823 Freeman. 2 Golden Rule, K. C., Kan., Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stewart. 4 Candace, Pittsburg, Kan., Mrs. M. | Beasley, 109 W. Washington. 5 America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs ®. Lee, Box 25. 76 Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs 1. Morton, 1208 Washington. 17 Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan. ‘Mrs. A. Masir, 1817 Wan. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 2) Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan, Mrs, P Johnson, 501 Hyman. 24 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan, Mrs. A. Garner, 704 EB. 12th. 28 Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. & Ray, 1412 B. Clark, 29 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mra 1. Woods, 935 Cherokee, 30 Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs ao “14 Fifth, ) 2 Emma Gaines, B_‘te, Mont, Mrs. Saline Easter, 384 Dakota & & Wichita. Wichita. Kan.. Mrs. Sally Dall. 1024 Obio. J. Ed Allen HARNESS MAKER 426 North Main St. ‘New and 2nd Hand Harness Harness bought, sold, repaired and exchanged S Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs 3. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 7 Butevator. Atcbison, Kan., Mrs. % ausby, 108 N. 3rd. 8 Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. 5 Paylor, Box 1174, weborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs. A tatbson, 411 S, Ist. 2 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. 3 Ware, 807 N. ¥. 3 Fair West, K. C., Kan. Mrs. K saunders, 734 N. J. 7 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. § *Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 5 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. ¥ Hardiman, 1801 Kansas. 1. Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mr L, Rountree, 1125 N, 19th. 2 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. B. E, Alton, 2215 Pacific. 2, St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb, Mrs. Lue Davis, 1029 Ross 3 Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs Sylvia Brown, 803 E. 11th St. TEMPLES. Chief Mentore 1 A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kar M, Burns, Box 31, 3 RH, Cane, Atchison, Kan, Wm Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 4 Evening Star, Omahe, Neb., S. R Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store. 5 St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan. J Walker, 1220 W. Norris. 7 Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Rev. 8 8. Washington, 1524 N. Wash ington. 8 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan,, A. J Bean, 307 Lowman 0 Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J ‘H, Mesinnis, 21. Shermaa. 11 Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Wm. Fra zier, 708 M. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan, Wir Shakespear, 1112 Main 15 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan. J. © Brown, 246 S, Phillips. (7 Golden Gate, Coffeyvive, Kan Rev. A. Garner, 704 E 12th, 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. E. Hughes, 1220 N. 3. 22 Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson, 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan. Rey. 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. 50 Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., v. 8. Grant, 1813 W. 6th. 72 Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb, J. @ Wright, First National Bank OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 03s N. Water St, Wichita, Kan, TENTS. Queen Mothers umber. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan, Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mry F. Goodall, 619 Barbee. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mra B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yale, Kan, Mre. © 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&M. 11 Alice Tucker, So, Omaha, Neb. Mrs, 1. M. Faulkner, 169 So. 31st E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mra. A Stone, 823 Main. 15 Louisa Siay, Cherryvale, Kau. Mrs. m. E. Holt, 517 W. Maw 16 Pearf, Wichita, Kan. Mrs, Jones, 631 N. Wicnita. 17 Star of West, Salina, Kan. Mrs A. © “iurrell, 451 So. 4mm. 17 Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. Aawns. 20 John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mrs. & PD, Dalton, 1228 Barnett. 21 Crystai, Leavenworth, Kan., Nis B. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 23 Climging Kose, Lawrence, Kas Mrs. A. King, 722 N. ¥. 25 Stiver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mre. 2 Porter, 2017 Morton. 2s 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mr ws. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. su—Pride of Topeka, Nanie Marsha... yoo N, Topeka avenue. 37 Pansy Blossom, Atchison, Kansas | Jennie McAdoo, 1501 Logan 49 Orange Rose, K. C., Kan, Mrs. *- ienderson, 312 Washington. 48 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Herrold, Sherman Flazs. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tem 5 not in this Directory, or if there 1. ny error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. NEXT PLACE OF METTING—The ‘vrand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold ft uext Session (the 19th annual Omaha, Neb. on the 2nd Tuesday fo na WHY NOT PAY what you owe to the Searchlight? It is only a small sum, Cull at our office 634 N Waterand save us from bothering you with a col- lector. _ Be" Patronize the Merchants jand Business Houses that solicit your trade through “ads” in the columns of your race paper. Why trade with any other? [ecramaas ace CN W.N. Mill » oN. NETL Attorny -at-Law NOTARY PUBLIC. Office 634 North Water Street Practices in all the Gourts Of Kansas and Missouri Rasidencs Phoos - Bell 1641 If you are going to Build or Remodel = Wuy not let me develope your plans? .-. Now Is The Time te have your Electric and Gas fix— tures put in Soe BYNUM Hie is tha man 811 N. Wichita St. Wichita, K: | A merchants “add” in a Negro newspaper is-a sign that the merchant will appreciate the trade of the members of that race. Go there and trade. The Mothers’ Aid Club will meet next Sunday afternoon with Mrs. L. Lattimore, 2415 Shelton avenue. FIFTY BOOKS, SIX MONTHS, TWO DOLLARS The Kansas Traveling Librar- ies Commission, and adjunct of the State Library, is prepared to furnish small libraries for the use of schools, study clubs, library societies, or other responsible or ganizations, upon proper appli- cation being made. Phe libraries contain fifty books each, aud may be kept six monts, absolutely free of expense, except the trans. portation fee of $2, tocover ship ping charges to and from desti- nation, For blank applications and other information, address Mrs, Adrian Greene, Secretary, Topeka, Kansas. CRUSADERS NO. 5 There will be three night’s en- tertaimment at the A¢ M. E. church in May given by Crusad- ers No. 5 Mrs. Will H. Jones the Capt. Hand-bills out later - big coming event, To The People Of Wichita The Federal census of this city will be completed this weed: some ee the districts are now almost ‘completed. Ifthe enumerator has passed through your neighbor- hood and has not enumerated you, or has failed to enumerate some one that you know of,will you please fill out the enclosed coupon and mail to this ofiice. It means something to Wichita to have every person enumerated whom we are entitled $to. The enumerators have worked faith- fully and are trying to do con- scientious work, but they may have overlooked you or some one that you know of and we should have this name by the last ot next week. Thanking you for your co-op- eration, Iam Yours truely, J. W. Bload, Special Agent, In charge of Wichita District Patronize your own race en- terprises — jt is good sense and good judgement to do so. — By sending your — Clothes, Hats. Plumes and Gloves To Be DRY CLEANED, PRESSED and REPAIRED at the ; ; People’s Cleaning and Dye Works Largest and best equipped plant in Kansas. A $50,000.00 investment devoted to this one specialty. Ind Phone 178 Bell Phone 175 Present Location 131 N. Lawrence After May 1st located at 211 S. Lawrence 1G OSD OS OS SHOPS SSSHOOSKESHEOND - : IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ‘ EY Decorating your house, we are prepared to fur- g @ nish you to best quality of goods at right prices a 2 We handle Wall Paper, Burlap, and Lenoleum. & © = ts Sees 8 3 ‘or the next 30 days we will give a 10 per ct. G @ discount on all orders taken by us. We furnish 8 2 the latest patterns and best quality. 6 @ Call Bell Phone 2246 —— or at 1537 Wabash g So g ® a a j ‘ : House Decorator a @ @ 1537 Wabash Bell Phone 2246 ¢ = 2 ©2860 9989H90900900H2829909%' Qe hebede hehehehe wffe fof PEP P EEE 7 % * COURT HOUSE GROCERY { ; J. C. LUDES, PROP. * 539 North Main Street Ry oe ie The following are a few of our regular prices - ie 3 Bars of LenoxSoap — — _ 10c * be 3 Bars of White Russian Soap — —-10e * 4 6 Bars Crystal White Soap = — 25 ; Eggs — — ‘per dozen 18¢ 4 6 Bars Flake White Soap —- 25¢ i. ie 2 Cans Standard Tomatoes — 15¢ 7 Corn Meal — —_ persaek — 20c z : 3 Cans Apples = = 25 : 1 Can Pie Peaches — — 10c - i * HeMoeoPaiostecterke ReMecbesh PorfoPoatoeRoFacfecpoposfosResto Potato fost SALINA KANSAS ‘The Salina Sunbeam Tabernac le heid their annual eleetion, on April 1st. Priestis Lillian Shobe was elected H. P. for the ensur- ing year, Dtrs. Georgia Williams V, P, Eva Brumme!l C. R, Mar- tha Taylor C. T. Lizzie Hayes, Hyrego Alice Perry I. S. Sarah Goodwin 0. C. The Tabernacle is progressing nicely. The Tent is getting along fine. Priestes A. 0. Merrill was elected Q. M. Sallie Shobe V. P, M. Sallie Wigley T. FE On Monday evening April 25, Preistist N. E. Wigley, A. O. Merrill, Lizzie Hayes Lillian Sho be, gave a Linen Shower at the home of Mrs. Lillian Shobe’s at 437 S, 12th, Street. For Miss. Ella Merrell who will be married to Mr. Ora Gaston of Ellsworth Kansas, April 28th. Silver Leaf Temple No. 15 is progressing nicely under the lead ership of Sir Knight J. Brown. LAWRENCE KANSAS The Brown’s cash grocery Co. si is located in the lower part of our building, and only Negro Grocery Store in the city is certainly doing good business and if nothing happens, it will complete with any grocery store in the city soon. There is a great deal of sicknes and many deaths in the town. Among the dead are Mrs, Car- rie Hines, Mrs, Carrie Smith and Mr. Jack Figgins, Iam proud to say in conclus- ion that Rev, J. M. Brown and his faith fulmembers have hopes to began work on their c¥ church on the corner of Warren and New York St, Some time 10 May. f Dt. Ida Wallace, C. P. Dt, L. B. Adcox V.R. The Board of the Helen Goulds Children’s home held a meeting Tuesday afternoon at the A. ¥ M, Parsonage.