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THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1899.
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MAKE HIM A MAN
BOOKER T. WASHISGTOX'S SOLUTION
OF TUB NEGRO PROBLEM.
HAND MUST BE EDUCATED
BRAINS OF XO USE IF OPPORTUNITY'
IS WITHHELD.
Slstincolabecl Colored Orator and Ed
ucator Addressed at Large Audi
en re- at tlie Central High
School Last Nlstnt An
Honor to His Race.
Booker T. WnEblnston, president of the
Tuskegce, Ala., colored normal school, ad
drepspd an audience last night that almost
completely filled the large assembly room
of the Central high school. He was Intro
duced by Mrs. Jackson, president of the
Colored Women's League.
Mr. Washington, advanced some sound,
practical Ideas for the solution of the col
ored problem. While a. belierer In educa
tion, he believes It Is simply a means to
Attain an end, and that end la to teach
the colored race to bring Intelligence ana
brains to bear In their daily work.
"I was in a town recently," said he, "and
I noticed a well dressed negro standing
around doing nothing. And he did nothing
ell the time I was there. "Finally I asked
some one who he wag, and the Informa
tion was thit he was an educated man,
one of the smartest In town. 'But what
does he do?' I asked. 'Oh, nothing, he's
Just smart.' Another class of educated ne
irroes I frequently come across are the
'leading- colored politicians' of .a town. They
don't do anything; they are simply 'leading
colored politicians.' And unless we take
eteps to utilize what we learn we ore all
in danger of becoming 'just smart,' or
leading colored politicians.' "
"I will tell you what will at least help
the solution of this difficulty. Treat the
negro as a Christian and as a gentleman,
both in the North and In the South. In
view of the present discussion as to who
chall live In certain parts of the American
continent, it Is a great satisfaction to know
that the negro Is the only race that ever
came to America by Invitation. The white
Than came against the strong protest of the
original Inhabitants in M32. We did not
come until we were forcibly Invited lo
come, and. In view of this fact, it would
not be polite to leave, and I gues3 we will
stay. The solution or the negro problem
does not lie In driving us out of the coun
try. "We are going; to stay and help the white
man work out some of the great problems
that now confront him. It Is in the black
5fU tSat..th? - Problem Is the most
difficult of solution. Slavery worked almost
s much permanent injury -to the white
man in that section as it did .to the black
and the effect Is perceptible to-day. Just
eo long as the negro is uneducated In the
Scutb, Just so long will the white man have
on excuse for dragging the black man
down. We must study the needs of the
peoPle- ,7s? often we are tempted to treat
each Individual under a separate code, when
all need the same system. What we have
to do Is to prepare a way for the black
graduate from school and college to create
n. business for himself. The white boy has
that business already created. The black
boy wants manual training: he also wonts
a trade so ho can earn a living and turn
to practical ccount the education he has
received.
Nes;ro Should Hare a Trade.
"Ho should have a special trade, a spe
cial employment, and he should be taught
the best way In which to turn his gifts to
advantage. The greatest problem of alt
Is to find something for the educated
?? iru,d " ,s cy-to Eet,the, educa
b hTm'' J5 a.PMieal world: it cares
-.ery little about what you and I know,
but It cares a whole lot about what you
and I can do.
"If there Is no use for the talents of the
black man, he had better remain Ignorant.
We must bring brains and skill into the
class of work that is at our doors. We
nave farming, washing and bartering. It
is ur legitimate work, and no labor that
Is honest Is degrading, either to an cflu
ai?.1 or an uneducated negro. But the
ii .t.3? ,s aPP'y'n" skill and brains to
all this class of labor and is taking the
work away from us. As a farmer, he uses
modern machinery and raises corn cheap
er enlmwlt? Ie8S ,flbor than the black
ra?.n'T?,ei ba.rber trade was at one time
left entirely to the black man. but the
"Jte man saw there was money In it
and he Introduced modern Ideas, called It
the tonsorial business and the black man's
work was gone. I want to see the colored
boy get a good education, graduate, and
then go and start a brick yard, a steam
laundry or something else of that class
that he can make a living at. we must
be producers as well as consumers, and
put dignity and brains Into these occupa
tions. Industrial training will Improve the
moral and religious life of the black man
One great difference between the black
man and the white man It that the former
It always preparing for death and the
latter Is always preparing to go lhto some
SENT FREET0 MEN.
is. Most Remarkable Remedy That
Quickly Restores Lost Vi6r
. to Hen.
'A Free Trial Package Sent by 3Iall to
All Who Write.
Free trial packages of a most remarkable
remedy are being mailed to all who will
write the State Medical Institute. They
cured so many men who had buttled for
years acainst the mental and physical
tufferlng of lost manhood that the Insti-
(THE WORLD RENOWNED SPECIALIST
tute has decided to distribute free trial
packages to all who write. It is a home
treatment and all men who suffer with
any form of sexual weakness resulting
from youthful folly, premature loss of
strength and memory, weak back, vari
cocele or emaciation of parts can now
cure themselves at home.
The remedy has a peculiarly grateful ef
fect of warmth and seems to act direct to
the desired location giving strength and
development Just where it is csied It
cures all the ills and troubles that com
from years of misuse of the natural func
tions and has been an absolute rucceVs in
.all cases. A request to the State Menlrii
Institute. CX First National Bank buHdlm?
Fort Wayne. Ind.. stating that you SS
one of their free trial packages will it
compiled with promptly The" institute is
desirous of reaching that great class of.
men who are unable to leave home to h
treated and the free sample will enable
tnam to see how easy it Is to be cured of
exual weakness when the proper remediM
are employed. The Institute makes T no re?
k'.rlctlons. Any man who writes will be
sent a free sample, carefully sealed In a
Plain package, so that Its recipient need
ftX no c?r r embarrassment or nub
teutclayf3 m ",1Uested t0 S
' y,-:-l9iarl
UsKvlH5f JsT
new business. The country Is full of negro
societies and when I ask what the object
of these eocletels is I am told 'to bury the
people.' Let these societies exist, but let
them give up the burying Idea and teach
the people how to live."
Sketch of the Man.
Booker T. Washington is an example of
what a strong will, combined with intelli
gence, can accomplish. Born a slave. In
1859, he Is to-day the head of one of the
finest colored normal schools in the United
States, and possesses an education that
would fit him for any profession. When a
boy he was freed by his master, a Vir
ginian, who at the same time liberated all
the rest of his slaves. Going with his
mother to the coal mines of Virginia he be
gan to earn his living with the pick. While
there" employed he learned that somewhere
In the country was an Institution where
colored boys could be educated, even if
poor, and from that time he had but cne
object In life, to find that place and enter
ns a student. When he did find it, at
Hampton. Va., he was possessed of but 60
cents. He iinally graduated with great
honor, and then determined to go to the
black belt of Alabama and do for his race
what had been done for him. His normal.
tralnlng,chool Is the first of that resolve.
"We try to give the boys and girls tn
education that will lit them to make a
living," said Mr. Washington. "We start
ed our school In a cabin with thirty schol
ars. To-day we have hundreds of thou
sands of dollars Invested in it, own 1,200
acres of land, and manufacture scares of
useful things, including wagons, buggies
and bricks, and we also have a job printing1
outfit and have six Job presses constantly
at work. When we first began the work
the white people looked the other way when
I passed them on the street. To-day they
say that the town of Tuskegoo has been
inestimably benefited by the institute."
OPPOSING NINES. '
Eighteen Cousins Are Parties to Par
tition Salt Brought In the Cir
cuit Court Yesterday.
Eighteen cousins are the parties to a
partition suit brought in the circuit court
to parcel out ten acres of ground near
Brush creek and the Waldo park dummy
line. The property is worth about 110,000
and the suit, which is brought by Attorney
A. W. Farrar, is merely a friendly one to
divide the estate of the late George W.
Shaw among- his heirs.
Half the cousins are plaintiffs and half
defendants. The plaintiffs, all of whom
live in Kentucky, are: William R. Shaw,
H. R. Shaw, Thomas A. Davis. Flora Wal
lam, Susan E. Brown, Isabella C. Davis.
The defendants are: H. S. and A. J. Davis,
Louise Musgrove, Isabella, John, Thomas
and Christopher Seitz; George, Alexander,
John and Edward Warner, and unknown
heirs. These all live in Pittsburg, Pa., and
in Rising Sun, Ind.
George W. Shaw, who died three years
Eo. was the last of a family of seven
brothers and sisters. At his death his
heirs consisted of the five sets of children
belonglnK to five of his dead brothers and
sisters. The children of one sister had be
come scattered and their addresses un
known to the others, hence the clause "un
known heirs."
Alller Holds the Bag.
Harry W. Miller, bet $500 on William
Jennings Bryan against J1.000 on McKinley
i1 by CV.C' Cnrlstie, of the Michaels Com-
Miller wanted his money back and went to
JkYi ?lier' ashIer of the Missouri Na
tional bank, who was stakeholder, and de
m?ndi that u e returned. Mr. Rleser
l?id Ait mon?? ha? been turned over to
Mr. Christie, the winner.
Miller next brought suit against Christie,
the commission company and Rieger. to re
cover the $300. It was decided yesterday,
2 Judet S,'7er,V a Democrat, that Miller
was entitled to the return of his money at
lot.havd? of !&e Michael Commission Com
pany, but as that firm has failed, the judg
ment is worthless. Christie and Riegpr
both escaped by the Judgment
America Ross' Will.
The will of America Ross was filed in
the probate court yesterday. She left a
J?uSf-BSii toTeach f three daughters.
Marietta Felix, Laura Ross ana Arinda
Stewart; one acre and a half to her son
Edgar: half an acre to her step-son, Dor
sey Ross and U to Luther Ross. All the
rest of the property was left to the daugh
ters. After each bequest of an acre lot to the
daughters, the specification was added
sa d acre to be as nearly square as may
"Old Shack' Is Silent.
from Judge Dorsey W. Shackleford, who
has been called in by Judge John W. Wof
ford to-try the Dr. J. D.- Goddard murder
case. He was notified by telegram over a
week ago.
juuge anackierord Is expected to be here
to-mnrrftw. hnvlnir )um nDii.j ... .- .
TWlliam H. Reed, the second-hand dealr
charged with killing John Falk in his store
on Eighteenth street. This case has been
flat fTt. haa.ln . ...
- ivi utrcu lug LU-UJUI r(J W.
Nucelo's Trial To-morrow.
Mike Nuccio. who, shot and killed Will
lam Ewing in the tatter's home, near Fifth
and Main streets, one evening last summer.
-will nmhnlilv ha trlcul , tu ..- -.
murder In the first degree this week.
Conrt Briefs.
Both the Rolllns-McKlnney and Jame-son-Sithrow
election contest cases are
how before Judge E. P. Gates.
Condemnation proceedings were begun In
the circuit court yesterday for the open
ing nf Thlrtv-fM- .fftuif ..a m--. .
-"" . .u..u d.... ,iwm J.IUU9L lo
Lydia.
A verdict for $523 was awarded to Daniel
Hester in Judge Gates' court yesterday In
his suit for $2,000 damages against the Ja
cob Dold Packing Company.
The trial of Ellwood Holllngsworth for
the murder of Alex Schwab was on In the
criminal court yesterday and will probably
be concluded to-morrow.
Howard M. Holden, assignee of the Kan
sas City Safe Deposit and Savings bank,
has announced that the second dividend
of 5 per cent will .be paid to depositors
probably within thlrtydays.
A constitutional jury of twelve men was
demanded In Judge Henry's court yester
day , In the opening 'proceedings to open
Franklin avenue. Such proceedings are
usually had before a special jury of six
men. "
Judge Gates yesterday refused to iet
aside the decree of divorce to C. W. Wey
mouth. Mrs. Weymouth claimed she did
Tint Irnnnr cult veta liw.i.1.. V... .1 .
did not sustain her objection and the di
vorce stands.
Charley Oldham Wins a Trap.
...., ........v..., .w uuwiuMii, jo ute own
er or a new trap. He won It at a raffle,
and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, the
Uvered to him to-morrow. The trap was
cf-w. w .tw uiai-.n mj ir oiuueuaKer com-
and held the winning: number. His re-
V. .Vi, V - . "V"s BOOa '"CK was
his check for $D0, made payable to the
Sisters.
Saved the Cook Stove.
TVhllft r-rP-ntitrtr1 tlio tisu.-.l.n,i -
ThnmflS T.n1v fr.rr, l. , E. SiY J
3211 Jefferson street, at 8 o'clock yesterday
cook stovo with its fire still burning. The
KJ?" 5.' family
Vi t Vi. "" ma eiove as it
fJEll3?,! ftrtnjf J?, slowness in
.... ...., ... jui ami in uia nouse was almost
Small Fire in Contea House.
One of the back curtains caught fire t
the Coates opera house at 5:15 p?ffl yes-
tii.uU?5Jh matlnee Performance of
the Alice Melsen company. It was aulekiv
extinguished by Fireman Daniel Fttiger
ald. of station No. 4, who was stationed
there by the fire department. The fire was
caused by crossed electric wires. No alarni
o??he Incident. aualence kn nothing
Small Fires Yesterday.
8:07 a. m.-At 3211 Jefferson street, one
and one-half story frame; owned by Thom
as Daly; loss on building. $500; on contents
$50; cause, sparks from flue. '-"'"".
8:53 r. m. At 1305 Union avenue twn
Mory frame dwelling house; owner, Will
lam Harvey; occupant. Mrs. Askef; loss,
none; cause, thawing water pipe
. 4:K.pinVAL 101 East Twelfth street;
two-story frame shoe store, occupant. M
of dumber nne: CaUSe' carelessness
5:b p. m.' Northwest corner Tenth and
Broadway; Coates opera house; loss none"
cause, electric -hires crossed
7:25 p. m. At 910 Cedar street, one-story
frame dwelling; owner. Albert Thornton;
loss on building, $25; on contents, $15; cause
defective flue. "uo,
S:10 p m At 1015 Charlotte street, two
story brick dwelling; occupant Mildred
Taylor; loss on contents, $15; cause un
known. '
8:20 p. m. At 100S Locust street two
story brick dwelling; occupant, S. C
Hutchinson; loss, none; cause, flue burning
RACED WITH FIRE
GREAT RISK TAKEJf BY RAILWAY
MAIL CLERKS.
RODE IN A BURNING CAR
EXDURED SUFFERING RATHER THAN
DELAY THE MAILS.
Fast Mail on the Missouri Pacific for
St. Louis Ran From Jefferson
City With Flames Eating
Into the Woodwork of
the Mall Car.
"On Time" is the watch word that causes
trainmen to take long risks on life and
property almost every day in the year.
To be able to write the "O. T." on the big
record book when the end of the division
is reached is the overshadowing motive
which controls' every conductor from the
tlmo he starts on a run until It is fin
ished, and it is Instilled Into the minds of
every man who works under him. A strik
ing instance of the risks sometimes taken
occurred yesterday on the fast mail from
St. Louis, which ran with the mail "stor
age car" on fire all morning.
A fire In the mall car was stubbornly
eating its way through fho heavy flooring
for four and a half hours while the train
was flying across the state at its schedule
speed of forty miles an hour. The clerks
In the mall car continued at their work aft
er the discovery of the Are, as they could
not extinguish it without stopping the
train, and rather than cause a delay they
took the risk, hoping to reach Kansas City
before the fire might endanger the mail In
the car. They reckoned on the slowness
with which several Inches of heavy oak
burns, but they reckoned with a treacher
ous element, which was encouraged in its
work by the current of air created by the
rushing train.
They endured the smoke that issued from
the cracks In the floor for over three'hours,
during which the engineer and conductor
of the train knew nothing of what was
transpiring.
Braved Terrible Dangers.
Not until the flames were licking through
Into the car floor and threatening the tanks
and pipes containing explosive Flntsch gas,
did they "pull air on tho engine." The car
at that time was so full of smoke the clerks
could not see the length of the car. They
ran all the way from Jefferson City to
within twenty-four miles of Kansas City,
but further progress was out of the ques
tion. The fire was fought from inside and be
low the car for fifteen minutes at the first
stop, near Lee's Summit. The train pro
ceeded on its way but the flro made head
way to such an extent the train had to be
stopped at Independence, and at the Little
Blue. When the train entered the Union
depot the car was still smoking from the
fire concealed in its timbers.
H. W. Wray was the mail clerk in
charge. He was employed in the second
baggage car, having detailed Mail Clerks
Simpson and Whetton to the forward rar.
It is supposed sparks from the engine
started the fire. Smoke was first detected
by Clerk Simpson shortly after leaving
Jefferson City. It was Issuing from tlio
Openings around the steam pipes which
pass through the floor.
The clerks agreed to let the flre burn
rathet- than delay the train, and they were
npt changed in their resolution even when
the car became filled with smoke to the
stifling point, and they realized the danger
of the gas retorts exploding should the
pipes of the tank become overheated. Only
the appearance of flames near the center
of the car moved them to stop the train
by the air brake appliance.
Then It was the train crew first learned
of the danger. The train came to a-stand-
Stlll OUt 1n HlA flllla pnnt nf Tnrl.ndtii)..
Mail Clerks whetton and Simpson were
assisted by all the employes in fighting the
fire, which by this time had burned through
the floor near the center of the car and
was threatening- the valuable cargo of mall.
Water was thrown on the flames, but it
was found the flre had crept between the
sections of flooring and was Insidiously
eating Its way along at several other
places. Axes were brought and the floor
ing cut open.
The train resumed its journey and had
reached Independence when the flro again
broke out. and some time was spent in
subduing it. The train had not proceeded
five minutes fiom this stop until the
draught of tho running train caused the
flre to break out again, more fiercely than
before. The mail agents fought it from in
side the train for awhile, chopping Into
the floor and throwing out the burning
boards, while the train flew on in an ef
fort to make up part of the lost time.
The openings, however, only gave the
smoldering flre oxygen and caused It to
break forth worse than before. A third
time the train was brought to a standstill,
near tho Little Blue, only a few miles out
side the city, nnd nearly twenty minutes
more were lost In fighting It.
The burned car was brought Into the
depot at Kansas City and cut out as soon
as unloaded. It was taken across the
river to the Missouri Pacific yards and
flooded. Flro was still burning in the
flooring when it was taken in charge by
the yardmen. The mail clerks all belong to
the St. Louis division and tho matter will
be reported to the department this morn
ing. FLYERSJTO STOP.
The Time War Threatened Between
the Chicago Lines Will Be
Settled.
The Chicago-Omaha lines have concluded
that the twelve hour trains between the,
two citlos are not a paying proposition and
it is probable that they will be discon
tinued March 1, and it is more than likely
that the present fast trains will be taken
off before that time. Already there is talk
of returning to the old fourteen hour
schedule, and It may be safely assumed
that the "flyers" - will soon bo things of
'the past.
me interesting question has not yet
reached the dignity of a called meeting of
the interested lines, but It is asserted that
something Is being done to reach an un
derstanding, and that the lines will meet
to discuss the affair within a few days.
In the meantime the Burlington is sup
posed to be going ahead arranging a sched
ule that will cut oft .two hours from its
present running time, and which is to be
come effective 'next Sunday. If this is
done, tho time war will be on and the fight
will Involve the trains between Chicago
and St. Paul, Denver and Kansas City.
For this reason it is thought the North
western nnd the Rock Island will agree
to take off their fast trains on that day.
Such a change would have the effect of
preventing tho Burlington from making
changes and the old amicable understand
ing between railroads would be restored.
The abandonment of the Rock Island
fast passenger train will possibly necessi
tate the running of a fast mail train. In
spite of the frequent assertions that the
Northwestern fast mall train and the Rock
Island fast mall and passenger train were
put on with the view of securing the trans
continental mall carrying contract, it is
generally understood that It was done to
prevent the Burlington from getting the
mail contracts those roads had already se
cured. The shortening of Burlington fast
mall made It possible for that company to
deliver mail at Rock Island and North
western points sooner than these road could
do It. Hence it was necessity that brought
out the fast trains of the competitors of the
Burlington.
SJIOO Reward $100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the foundai
tlon of the disease, and 'giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura
tive powers that they offer On Hundred
Dotlars for any case that it -falls to cure
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
CONSUMPTION
THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE."
a
Because of the striking: resemblance- in
many respects to a heavy, destructive
snowstorm, CONSUMPTION has been
aptly called "The GREAT WHITE
PLAGUE." It may be said, also, of CON
SUMPTION that as a rule it comes on so
gently and softly that its step its earliest
symptoms Is rarely heard. Indeed, Its first
presence or near approach is seldom sus
pected. There is perhaps a slight cough, but little
attention is paid to it. "Oh. It'll soon pass
off," says the victim; "it doesn't amount
to anything." But It perhaps does amount
to a great deal. It may be the first danger
signal that has been sounded. There has
also been more or less "wasting away," a
gradual loss of flesh and strength, that per
haps has attracted little or no attention.
As the disease progresses there may be
slight raising of blood from the throat or
chest, or there may be a more or less per
sistent tickling in the throat, or there may
be a shortness of breath, with or without
pain in the chest; or there may be an in
creased tendency to "take cold," with a
correspondingly diminished power to throw
it off.
Or again, the slow, quiet beginning may
be Indicated by a gradually Increasing pal
lor or loss of color in the face, excepting,
perhaps, a small bright red spot on each
cheek, and in the female by diminution or
cessation of the menstrual discharge.
All of these conditions, especially when
they show themselves prior to or during
early adult life, are to be viewed with sus
"CUBA," A DRAMA OF FREEDOM
Well Known Society People Will
Shortly Produce It Old Ladles'
Home the Beneficiary.
"Cuba," a drama of freedom, is to be pre.
sented at the Coates opera house on the
evenings of February 2& and March 1, for
the benefit of the Old Ladles' Home.
"Cuba" Is a story of the incidents lead
ing up to the war in Cuba and terminates
with a celebration in 1900 In honor of the
new republic of Cuba. It will be inter
spersed throughout with a number of ex
cellent specialties, and a bevy of promi
nent society people will appear In costume,
In a cakewalH, for Which many ludicrous
features are now being rehearsed. Among
the cakewalkers will be Harry Latshaw,
Jr., and Miss Nettie Camp; John Lumpkin
and Miss Florence Huntoon, George Beek
man and Miss Shorter Vivian, Port Mc
cormick and Miss Corinne Palmer, R. S.
Ingle and Miss Adabel Vivian, Harry Kel
ler 'and Miss Zoe Blackert, T. Alexander
and Miss Lucille Blackert, Donald N. Ir
win and Miss Sarah Swain.
In the drama and tableaux the Misses
Florence Huntoon, Nettle Camp, Ruth
Peebles, Edna Darnell, Sarah Swain. Juliet
Bass, Almee Bennett, Ruth Munroe,
Corinne Palmer, Lettle Barnes, Ethel Ru
bottom, Lucille Blanchard, Bessie Good
hue, Mary H. Arnold, Myrtle Shultz, Na
omi Shultz, Onida Cundiff. Juta Lee Cun
diff, Lyie Wells, Adelt Sparks, Harriet
.Turner, Edna Jackson, Virginia Isbell,
Marguerite Harris, Maud Keebler, Zoe
Blackert, Daisy Dowdcn, Ella Devine, Es
sie Sparrow, Shcffer -Vivian, Adabell Viv
ian, Essie Sparrow, Georgia Patton, Sallle
D ratio and Mesdames E, H. Edson and J.
C. Whittier will take,-part. All will be
beautifully costumed, 'and singing and
dancing will be" Interesting features.
" The story of the drama is patriotic and
a mbst dramatic scene is that in .which thn
colored Cuban, General Antonlo'Maceo, re
counts the wrongs-of his country and calls
unon his followers.. to avenge them. The
surrender. of. GeneraTToral and his army
to General Shatter,, is1"' another inspiring
scene. Shatter will be. impersonated by
Cap tain Kennard. andToral by Captain
Cu.sU Lechtman. Companies K and I. of the
Third regiment, will represent the Spanish
and American soldiers:
A. unique and Interesting performance 13
promised. There will be hundreds of peo
ple on the stage, beautiful tableaux, ex
cellent music and singing and. aside from
the worthy institution for whose benefit
the entertainments are given, will be well
worthy of patronage.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI.
Programme of Field Day Events to
Be Held in May at Co
lumbia. COLUMBIA, MO., Feb. 4. (Special.) The
physical culture department of the Uni
versity of Missouri will hold a field day
early In May, open to students of all col
leges and academies In the state. In the
Interest of field day the financial manage
ment presented on January 31 a lecture in
the university auditorium by Frederick
Virglnius Loos on "the Man Behind the
Gun."
The events will be aS" follows:
Track events 100-yard dash, 220-yard
dash. 440-yard dash, SSO-yard dash. 120-yard
hurdle, 220-yard hurdle, 1 mile walk, two
bicycle events.
Field sports Put 16-pound shot, 16-pound
hammer throw, running high jump, run
ning broad jump, pole vault.
Relay race by teams of four men, each
running 220 yards.
Contest for Individual all-round cham
pionship of the state, scored by the largest
number of points in the 100-yard dash,
high jump, shot put, 220-yard hurdle, ham
mer throw, broad jump and pole vault.
NEWSBOYS OUT IN FORCE.
Meeting Last Night Was One of the
Largest Since the Organisation
of the Union.
The Newsboys' Union had the largest
meeting since its organization at its build
ing, 807 AVyandotte street, last evening. Ow
ing to the sickness and absence of Presi
dent Barney Harvey, Vice President Lou
Fonnessy presided, and did so with great
firmness and vigor. Dues to the amount
of $19, all in nickels, come in during the
evening.
The union is proving a source of excellent
discipline for the boys. They nearly ail
take pride in orderly behavior and as they
nre rather upon their honorln the matter
respond to the trust imposed with flatter
ing success.
Concerned.
From CatseU's Journal.
A certain barrister noted for his 'wit was
engaged in a case at the Old Bailey on
behalf of the prosecutor, when the iudce
asked him the usual question:
"For whom are you concerned. Mr
"For the prisoner, my lord."
9? r.lmI to open the case, the Judge
said: "I thought you were concerned for
the prisoner?" .
"So I am, but I am employed bv the
prosecutor, my lord," was the witty bar
rister's reply. '
Musical Competition.
From the New York Sun.
The Italian organ grinder and street
singer in the upper part of Manhattan have
competition this winter. The colored miiJi
clan and mendicant have appeared Thp
former lsa man with an accordion. While
he plays and sings the woman watches the
windows and picks up anything that in
thrown down. A plantation melody, though
its rendition may not be faultless, in strt,
of a city like New York will catch the Pen
nies, ""
Tietr Appliance for Corks.
Corks are being made for medicine bot
tles which will drop the medicine instead
of pouring it, an air Inlet being cut
on the opposite side of the cork with
a bulb over the air inlet to control the
air vacuum Inside the bottle.
Bogus Tea In London.
Tea drinkers in London are swindled sys
tematically.. A number of old women go
about and buy up from servants tea leaves
.k ,ay.e ben used- The leaves are then
artificially colored, dried, and sold as good
picion and regarded as sure indications
that tho unfortunate Victim is nearing
death's crater.
And it is at this stage that scientific
medical treatment should begin. Cough,
expectoration of a more or less thick
opaque substance of varying color, from
whitish gray to green, sometimes of blood;
increased shortness of breath, dull pains
in the chest, advancing emaciation, with
corresponding loss of weight and strength;
profuse night sweats, feverishness and
diarrhoea, are prominent symptoms. Of
course, not all of these symptoms are
necessarily present In any one case, but
some of them are, and any one should be a
signal to be acted upon at once.
If CONSUMPTION be recognized In its
early stages, the difficulty of curing it is
greatly lessened, but that it can be cured
oven when its victim is on the brink of
death's crater is an Indisputable fact. It
is a germ disease, and a system of treat
ment that will destroy these germs and
restore such waste as has resulted from
their presence will certainly and surely ef
fect a permanent cure.
No ONE medicine combines in itself all
the properties requisite for successfully
curing consumption.
The Dr. Slocum Treatment embodies In
its Four Preparations the most logical, ad
vanced, scientific and successful methods
of cure.
When Dr. Slocum first published his the
ory, about twenty-five years ago, and as
serted that CONSUMPTION was a con
tagious and curable disease, he was laughed
at by his fellow physicians. But he was
not discouraged. He wont on perfecting
his System of Treatment, curing thousands
FAIR DREAMS IN DRESS
WHAT WILL BE WORX AT THE BIO
SOUSA BALL.
Creations That Oat-Worth Worth
"Will Be Evolved at the Dress
making Department of Em
ery, Bird, Thayer A Co.
For come time past through the spa
clous Interior of Convention hall there
has resounded the noise of hammer and
baw and the lifting of lumber. It has re
quired the effort of men, both of the day
laborer who has handled the tools and the
committee who decided upon the plans, to
bring the great building .to a successful
finish. But the crowning of the success
is yet to come at the time of the Sousa
ball February 22, and the work of women
has .begun. The Convention hall Idea was
a brilliant one and the celebration of its
realization must not lack in splendor.
This Dame Fashion has decreed and the
seamstress has taken up her thread and
needle and settled herself with a sigh of
satisfaction in tho midst of a pile of cloud
like materials. The dressmaking depart
ment at Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co.'s es
tablishment presents a scene to delight the
eye of ull womankind.
Mrs. Dexter, head dressmaker of the de
partment, says it is yet too early to tell
what and how many gowns are to be made
for the Sousa ball. But even to-day the
ye 01 me visitor to tne aressmaKing de
partment Is greeted with gowns of all de
grees of perfectedness. The materials for
others have been sent in and laid away
until some one finds time to cut them out.
And still others, which have not yet been
sent in, have been ordered. On the whole,
the prospects are that the ballroom of
Convention hail on Washington's birthday
will be filled with gowns of softness, deli
cate hue and the brilliancy that comes
with spangled trimmings.
Gowns something like these have been
ordered and are being made for the Sousa
ball. A black embroidered net made up
over white satin. In the skirt the net will
be draped over the satin to give the tunic
like effect and will have a demitrain. The
bodice Will be low cut and trimmed with
ruchlngs and Duchess lace. Another beau
tiful creation is of pale green Brussels
net over taffeta satin. The skirt Is draped
and trimmed with a wide ruffle embroidered
in spangles. The bodice Is decollete and
decorated with the spangled ruffling.
A pile of folded materials lies as yet
upon the shelves, but after they have been
spread out upon the long work table, queer
shaped patterns laid upon them, cut and
basted, the process of transformation will
have been begun. The garment must be
tried on the owner and future wearer, and
pulled and pinned and pinched and snipped
until to all eyes except the initiated it
ptesents the appearance of a needle book
and pincushion. And in. this queer state,
strange as it may seem, it is taken off
and the owner of it does not see it again
Until It has been metamorphosed into a
soft, silky gown that will vibrate with the
air and lend a glow to the ballroom it
graces with its presence.
A white tullo embroidered in chenille and
sequins will be one of the gowns made up
In the dressmaking department. It will bo
made over green taffeta nnd have pearl
trimmings. A-dainty pink taffeta gown was
completed yesterday. The decollete bodice
has sleeves that reach only to the elbow,
and Its daintiness of hue Is brought ut
still further by contrast to the deep black
of the shoulder knot of velvet.
Black birds figure in tho decorations of
many of the gowns. They will perch upon
the shoulder In place of the bow or
shoulder knot. Black nets over black and
colored satins, white tulle over taffetas of
different hue and many an other combina
tion of chiffon laco and silk will bo worked
into beautiful gowns by the skillful hand
of the seamstress. There will be less pre
tentious gown as well as of the simple taf
feta silks. The dressmakers claim that
more elaborate gowns have been mado and
worn this winter thnn for some
time before. Judging from what i
on order at this early date, also the Sousa
ball, which will probably be the last big
affair of the season, will not be outdone
In splendor by former ones. It will be the
brilliant afflair of the season.
Regnlntlng the Oven.
When particular baking is receiving at
tention, and several unfamiliar dishes are
being manufactured, it is of special Im
portance to have the oven In perfect con
dition, and as far as possible under the
onnirnl nf the cook. The best of stoves.
says an experienced housewife, are tricky
sometimes, and bear watching. Nearly each
one has its pet peculiarity a tendency to
burn at the bottom, or a habit of scorch
ing at the top. while the lower part remains
raw and sodden. Famlliarltv will enable
the cook to correct these difficulties. She
will overcome the first fault by plncing the
gmting or a pan under the bakins? dish,
and the other by covering the cake or loaf
with a pan or paper until the bottom is
done. A plain piece of manilla paper placed
over the top of a cake will Insure thorough,
even baking, when 'without this arrange
ment the top would become scorched long
before the cake was baked through.
Death Through a Doll.
In London the other evening Violet Fran
ces Martin, the G-year-old dauchter of a
watchmaker, was left alone in the kitchen
at plav with her doll. For the time being
the child was a mother, and the doll her
baby, and she seems to have been pretend
ing to dry the doll's tiny clothes before
the flre when they became Ignited. The
flames caught her pinafore and she was
dreadfully burnt, dying in the Great North
ern hospital.
Wanted Him Herself.
From tho Chicago Ncwr.
"They say she married a man -who is old
enough to be her father." .
"Then perhaps that Is why her mother,
who -Is still a pretty lively widow, was so
strongly opposed to the match."
Demoralised.
From the WaiMnston star.
"I can't see what could have caused
some of that canned goods to turn out so
badly," said an army contractor.
"Neither do I," answered his partner,
"unless It was the language some of those
officers may have used In its presence."
of patients each year, and waiting patient
ly for the indorsement and approval of the
medical world.
And he did not wait In vain. Strange to
relate, the first open indorsement came
from abroad across the ocean. Dr. Sir
William Broadbent, physician to Royal
Family, at a recent meeting held In Marl
borough House, presided over by the Prince
of Wales, Indorsed the principles upon which
tho Slocum System Is founded. Now It is
indorsed and approved by progressive, liberal-minded
physicians everywhere.
The Dr. Slocum System of Treatment
embodies the healing powers of medicine
combined with the rebuilding and rejuve
nating powers of food. It promptly allays
the cough, relieves pain and other distress
ing symptoms, insures rest and sleep, and
suspends or destroys the energies of the
disease germs, while its food elements re
store the waste tissues, increase the red
corpuscles of the blood, steady the nerves
and so invigorate and strengthen the whole
body of the sufferer that It throws off
and eliminates every element of the dis
ease. 'Elixirs, bitters, cordials and opium mix
tures afford temporary relief In many cases,
but they do not cure; they merely mask
the symptoms and waste valuable time;
,they should be avoided studiously.
The Dr. Slocum System of Treatment
not only removes tho cause in CONSUMP
TION, but it also prevents a recurrence of
the disease by so enriching and purifying
the blood that Its powers of resistance be
come so great that the germs of the dis
ease cannot again enter the lungs or find
lodgment in the vital parts of the body.
This proves Its value as a preventive as
Big ills, as well as little Ills of the kidneys,
cannot resist the curative power of Dr.
Sawyer's Ukatine.
Dr. Sawyer's Little Wldo Awake Pills
give purity of body and vigor of thought
by perfectly regulating the bowels and
cure biliousness. Inactive liver and consti
pation. There Is nothing mysterious in the won
derful cures effected by Dr. Sawyer's Wild
Cherry and Tar. You get the benefit of en
eminent physician's prescription for all
throat and lung diseases.
Coollrg and grateful in its effects, you
will find Dr. Sawyer's Arnica and Witch
Hazel Salve for eczema, piles, hives, burns
and cuts.
FOR SALE IK KANSAS OTT, Mill
Fcdtrmana Hallir. 104 Main it.
Zjore'a Drug Store. Walnut and loth.
II. C Arnold, cor. Eth and Main ats,
R. C. Arnold A Co.. 1107 Main at.
J. Grimths. cor. Kth anj Main rta.
W. P. Hucke. cor. llln and Walnut.
flonaventure Drug Store, Indep. nnd lark.
J. George Wlrtnman, cor. Mth and Grand.
Paul L. Hess, cor. Jndep. and Forest.
C. B. Zlnn, cor. Indep. and Locust.
Jones Bros., cor. Indep. and Prospect.
Dr J. J. E?mond. 3613 Indep. are.
Johnson L Gelstelr, Indep. and Elmwcod.
J. R. Hutchison, cor. ISth and Chestnut.
P. A. Stanton, cor. ISth and Brooklro.
Mlers Pharmacy, cor. Indep. and Cherrr.
Kotel Pharmacr. cor. 15th and Campbell.
Joseph C. Wlrtnman. cor. ISth and TroosL
John Reule. cor. ISth and Locust ats.
Stratford Pharmacr, cor. Sth and Holmes.
D. V. Whitney, cor. 12th and Forter.
rr. A. A. Dunton, 12th and BellefosUUM.
T. J. Radford. Sth and Locust its.
Boyd Keith, 12th and Tracy.
Hardin's Pharmacr. ISth and Mrrtlt,
Lee's Drug Store. Sth and Brooklyn,
nllbm's Pharmacr, 8th and Woodland.
O II. Richardson. 15th and Park.
Ellis Pharmacy. 3t3 Maln.lt.
Llnwoad Fharmary, 2249 Troost.
J. C. Loch. 19th and Troost.
, O. R. Cooper k Co., 15th and Brooklyn.
West Kansas Drug Store. 1201 Union.
Young's Pharmicy. Slh and Waahlcgton.
Rex Pharmacy. 1105 W. Slth it
Western Pharmacy Co.. 5th and Lydla.
C. F. Larey. Sth and Main its.
Johnson's Drug store. 2W0 Vine it.
Lawson's Drug store. 1710 Holly it.
DiTid Walker. Doulernnl and Fran.
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Marsh's Drug Store, James and Central.
Marsh's Drug Store. 7th and Central sU.
The Plnegir Pharmacy. Sth and Minnesota Its,
Colin Cable. 5th aiid Washington.
C 13. Seaman. 7th and Carfteld. .
AckenMusen Bros.. Tlh and Ohl its.
T. H. Wood, Ml Kansar arc.. South sMs.
Hasslg BroK., 7th and Colorado aft.
J. F. McMahon. Argentine. Kas.
William McCeorge. Argentine. Kaa.
DEAL G0ESJHR0UGH.
Hanlon Says the Brooklyn-Baltimore
Compart Has Been Consummated,
-With Himself as Manager.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Ned Hanlon, man
ager of the Baltimore club, announced to
night that the deal whereby the cream of
the Baltimore baseball talent -was to be
transferred to Brooklyn had been as good
as consummated. As things now are the
understanding is that Ebbetts is to remain
fresldent of the Brooklyn club. Hanlon
s to be manager. As for the division ot
tho stock, the conditions all along have
been that the Baltimore people were to
have GO per cent and the Brooklyn people
60. It was in the division of the Brooklyn
part of the stock that a hitch arose. Of
this stock Abell will hold the lion's share,
Ebbetts liavine; agreed to Dart 'with some
of his holdings.' When' Byrne gets his
aiu.tAAi mis weeK ne win turn nis stock over
to Abell and the papers closing the deal
will be signed. Hanlon left here for Balti
more to-night. He expects to be back on
Tuesday. Tho manager said that he would
take both the Brooklyn nnd Baltimore)
teams South about March 20 for practice.
The Brooklyns are to be made up as fol
lows: Kelley, first base: Daly, second; Jennings,
shortstop; Dahien. third; outfielders. Grif
fin, Jones and Keeler: pitchers, Dunn. Ken
nedy. Maul. MoJames. Nona nnri Hn.w
The catching department K In doubt. Han-
iuii 1 ujiiiB iu iiihkc a aeai mat will in
crease the strength behind the bat. Ho
also will get Corbett ir ha can. McGraw
will remain in Baltimore and manage the
team.
Mr. Bartholdt Mnch Better.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 4. Richard C. Bnrthnlrtt
member of congress from tho Tenth Mis
souri district, who has been ill for several
weeki past as the result of a severe attuck
of the grip, has sufficiently recovered to
resume his duties at .Washlnelon anil rein
leave hero next week for the capital.
Tension Attorney Disbarred.
WASHINGTON, Feb. .-Frederick W.
Fout. Sr.. a pension attorney of St. Louis,
has been disbarred from practice before
the Interior department or any of Its bu
reaus for "Improper and unprofessional
conduct."
Births Itcported.
Tho following" births had been reported to the board
of health up to noon yesterday:
Bosirell. Clyde and Meldana; 21S East Twelfth;
February 1: girl.
Norton. Charles E. and Ella II.; 2128 Broadway;
Februarys; girl.
Hickman, Edward and Monica; 220 East Sixth;
February 1; boy.
Barber, William T. and Fannie; 1315 Monroe; Feb
ruarys; boy.
Miller, Alfred and M. B.: 1712'Fark; February 2;
boy.
Johnson, Fred and Louisa; 2003 Jefferson; February
1; girl.
Tanner. Patrick and Katie; Forty-third and Jackson-;
February 1; girl.
Uagtnan. Edward and Francis; ISM Terrace; Feb
ruary 2; boy.
Unknown and Pearl McBlroy; 537 Grand; February
2; boy.
Vogl. Frank and Tilly; 3109 Ent Nineteenth; Feb
ruarys; boy.
Deaths Reported.
The following deaths had been reported to the board
ot health up to noon yesterday:
Robinson. Mary Ellen; 1023 Virginia; February 1;
27 years; pneumonia. l
Jackson, William; 401 Charlotte; January 21; 2s
years; nephritis.
Boone. Ada. II:; 2201 Monroe; February 2; 25 years;
consumption.
Yanllzy, Elizabeth: 11 Eirt Fourteenth; February
2: S3 years: pneumonitis.
Talton, Emmet; 29JI JetTerron; February 1; 20
jMii. mcoeies.
Tully. Ellen; Caauil, la.; January 21; 3 years
heart disease.
Anderson. Daisy; city hospital; February 2; 13
years; tuberculosis.
New Warneke'a 1776 Bread. Try It.
Waflrllrii T?!rn-w -iiaa-itm- t .
Jaccard's. 1032 Main attest. "
well as a cure.
Dr. Slocum has devoted more than twenty
five years to the study of Consumption In
all Its phases. He Is familiar with every
stage and symptom; By means of the mi
croscope he has studied its germs until he
is perfectly familiar with their shape and
form, their habits and the surest method
of destroying them. You may therefore
readily understand why the Dr. Slocum
System of Treatment is an infallible cure
for Consumption.
If you. oranyone near and dear" to you.
or in whom you feel an' interest, have any
of the symptoms here described, do not
delay and thus waste valuable time, but
begin tho Dr. Slocum System of Treatment
NOW. Every day of delay adds to the se
riousness of your condition.
Consumption is on aggressive, merci
less disease: It never relaxes Its hold on
its victim. On the contrary, both day and
night, it fights for the supremacy, and will
always win if not checked by proper treat
ment. The Dr. Slocum System of Treatment
is not an experiment; it has cured thou
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of all sufferers.
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