The Fair Play from Fort Scott, Kansas • 3

mi. imt-a-jw-k -wrejnne iw wb.wkj iiiif) mmm mi.mm aana a ri eif r- LITTL12 JIJIJMY. 1,1 I MB Bl We are taerey authorized to announce N. MANNING, a candidate for the office of city clerk subject to the approval of the Republican party. TOWN TALK.

I 1 unit MONARCH BICYCLES J. C. Scrymser, President of the Pacific Cable Company, Talks JUST RETURNED FROM ORIENT. f. I 4 BertPigeon made our office a substantial call one day last week.

Enoch Witherspoon went to Pittsburg- Sunday oil business. encouragement of every citizen. It will materially help our city, financially and otherwise. Our business men are wide-awake to the intersts of the city and no Mrs. M.

A. Brown is auite ill one should'Iag in doing: everthing- Once there was a little Jimmy As gay as they go And in Fort Scott he used to frolic Lougf time ago. Two sparkling eyes had ljttle Jimmy That Jumped to aud fro; And they spied a great big woman A short time ago. when those eyes spied the woman Jimmy cried out Oh! But she caught the little fellow A few days ago. When she caught little Jimmy How she pipped and tore And she gave him hallelujah A few days ago.

How all these things happened Jimmy dose n't know But he caught the very devil A few days ago. Oh how the neighbors listened As the woman swore, And all but paddled little Jimmy A few davs asjo. at her home in the west part of possible to help in this laudable 1 Private Capital Wilt Not Take the RUk, and No American Cable Can Land In the Philippines or Upon the Astatle Coast Without Ilrltlth Consent. town. undertaking.

Prof. D-M. Bowen, after hav Miss Gertrude Hawkins return -The steam- ed from a visit to. Nevada, this inS attended the National Super San Francisco, Feb. er Coptic arrived from Hong- Kong- and I week.

Yokohama, bv wav of Honolulu, to day, bringing-a large number of army 'HarriSOO Thomason left for and navy officers from the Philippines Pittsburg-, Sunday on a five-days' intenaents convention at uolum-bus, Ohio, and also having- visited the adjacent schools, including those of Chicago, returned Sunday much pleased with his visit. Prof. Bowen is one among- the formost educators in the state. 1 Scrymser, president of the Tacific "USinesS trip Cable company. In an interview he The essence of this little poem is brought out when the story is told by expressed himself as encouraged to MlSS Joanna Allen left last eye-witnesses of the little traeedv in hope that the cable wo aid be main- Monday to visit her sister tained and operated by the United He reports having seen several that happened out in the west end States government.

He was of the Normal classes in the mixed when two parties, whose initials are Alfred Thomason were among- schools conducted by Negro stud- Jim Finney and Belle Bird were at outs. There lived in the same build I m.nm those who went to Pittsburg, ents. This serves as somewhat opinion that private capital would not take the risk of such government control. Mr. Scrymser thought that no American cable can land in the Philippines' or upon the Asiatic coast without the ing one Mrs.

Epps, who is a great spiritualist and clairvoyant and Jim the first of the week. of a stimulus as to the possibili ties cf the future then my wanted to oust her and trouble began. eTftll i consent of English companies, which Shelly Brown left for Joplin, Lumber is being delivered at! have controlling contracts with the Mo tW, aiffercnt governments, some of which the Little street M. E. church run until 1040.

These are vested yia 11Uu ciuptuyineni. rights and Mr. Scrymser thought the preparatory to doing more toward III PEDI FOR CLERKS Are recognized the world over as representing the highest type of excellenc in bicycle construction. Arc now within reach of all. Monarch Roadster, $50.

Defiance Roadster, $35 King and Queen, $25. Why look further when machines of established reputation can be had at these prices. Monarch Cfiainless, $75. Send for Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory.

Monarch Cycle Mfg. Halsted and Fulton Chicago. Church and Raade Naw York. Ride a Monarch and ct in Front United States government cannot ab Rev. C.

A. walker made us a completing this handsome little Dusiness can last Saturday and structure. We are hooeful of rogate the contracts without paying heavy compensation and that the only way for the American cable to gain remembered us substantially, nu Salaries for Retired Treasury Em- mf I ovviuc A vviu itv bvvt I UVI II VA I ployes Wiped Out. access to Asiatic territory would be through the liberal backing of the the sterling- qualities of Rev. Anderson we are sure we will Mrs, Nathan Black who went to Kansas City, last week on busi United States government.

Such a PROTESTS FROM CONGRESS. soon have our feeling gratified. cable, he said, is a military necessity and the United States should have ex ness, returned Saturday night. Rev. Anderson and his little flock are deserving- of much praise and clusive control and be entirely independent of foreign companies.

Mrs. Mary Duncan of Pueblo, The Japanese govern m2nt, Mr. mm wvm ")' i I arrived in the city on Mon- we cat say tha there are only Assistant Secretary Vanderllp'a Plan Balked in the Legislative Approprhv tlon Bill A Mutual Insurance Their Only Hope. Scrymser says, is willing to go into 'uS. the proposition under certain condi day on a visit to Mr.

and Mrs, few men who would have under-Wade Duncan. She left Tuesday ffonewhat Rev. Anderson has in tions, llcgarding the cost of such a cable, Mr. Scrymser said that pimfmHinmmmminmimnminmminmmn for her home. Duuaing tnis structure.

Washington, Jan. 30. The so-called 000 would not cover the cost, for the reason that a duplicate The social equihbrum of polite partment inauffurated some tinfe a I Miss Pearl Johnson left for cable must be laid A reserve fund of I I CM $609,000 a year woulJ have to be set ritiritinafi Ohin last Qafnnlav society was disintegrated on last by Assistant Secretary Vanderlip, aside for renewal of the cable, twenty I Tfinrirlav pvpnincr wbfti a which practically retired on pensions years being the average life of such a mShi where sbe wlU sPei some 1 rsaay evenm wnen a rannuated clerk ia wi Qut cable. time with relatives. umHuc 1 a section of the legislative appropria- at the Bachelors Quarters tion bill which prohibits expenditures THEIR LAST OPIUM SMOKE.

Notwithstanding- the roughness in honor of Miss Elenora Thomas Ior ine compensation of any persons of the winter the Fair Pi.ay is of Junction City, Kansas. The otherwise, and declares that "the es- Dragged Chinese Hushed Into still doing high-class job work at Big Three, Curry, Owens, and tablishment of a civil pension roll 01 reasonable prices. Try us. WilkersOn deserve the compli- or Shacks and Wore Lost. Vancouvkh, British Columbia.

Feb. Chinatown, at the big Chcmainuf umber mills ne.r Nana i mo, the coal ments of beau monde for the eX- I nersons in thp. nnhlln nervrp from tha Miss Nora ThomaS left SatUr- ro11n4- matitipr in -nrViirVi 4-Viv existing laws resneetinir emnlovment center, has burned, and two Chinese IVVtiVUfc A4AU.vau.Xv a-a a-a mv 1 I J. i I 1 1 1 1 -t 1 it I Wise flam Can appreciate anything that will 2 5 tend to revive and enlarge his busi- j-S ness. The Pair Play covers a 3 EE field that is not reached by any 3 other newspaper in Bourbon Co.

ES It reaches the homes of the colored 3 people of this community. E3 aay ior ner nome in junction conducted the evening's entertain- "Vh 8ervice "ere Pniwa. i 1 1 lhere are said to be twenty-tw after twentV'two City, having-! spent several weeks the g-uest of her cousin, Miss Jessie Brown. ment. The, grandeur of Alex- clerks in the Treasury department ander Feast falls into compara- who are on this roll of superannuated tive insignificance when compar- Th.

e4 with the ecstacy experienced and the divisions where employed, have been burned to death. Several are missing. After work the Mongolians built a huge lire in the center of the Chinese quarter and smoked opium. All became befuddled and the flames, catching the flimsy cabins of the settlement, gained headway efore the opium-drugged Chinese rializd their predicament. Then several rushed blindly into the flames.

Miss Fidelia Watkins left Sun bv all who attended. Music was nave omitted irom the bill a clerk or clerkships in all such divisions. It has also prohibited the use of time day for her home in Kentucky. She has ben making- her home with Mr. and Mrs.

Warrick furnished by Fort Scott's most famous orchestra to which the recording clocks in the department, a mefry" guests tripped the light feature which has been introduced by 0 1 0 Aasisfant. fsaopotarir Viinllarlin in Vi STRICKEN AT A COURT BALL. Moore, for some time. fantastic. J.

ll COllatlOnS COn- in nnlpr tn nrarent ahcanoa courses which the sisted of six and loss of time on the part of the Misses Belle and Minnie Hog- vle. 1 clerks. 5c hwrupf i nnahlp tn aripntlaTPlv After a Conversation With the Klser Bassliin Ambassador Vhs Paralysed. liERLis, Feb. 2.

Ths Russian ambassador here, Count ron Osten- an remembered our OUlCe id. at I 1 Tha Dfftmn hi nmmitfoa in na. I ADVERTISE IN call. Ascribe, games and other social tlcaliy providing for the dismissal of Monday with a pleasant Miss Belle g-ivin- us some much diversions were indulg-ed in until a number of superannuated employes needed fiaaficiaf assistance. alte nour.

The evening'. enC JSH Sacken, at the cou elusion of a conversation with Emperor William at the court ball yesterday evening-, was stricken witli paralysis When taken home lie was in a critical condition. The emperor anil the mem tertawmcnt was concluded by tives agai nst the retention in office of Quite a number of the 25th toasts. The toast, master Mr. J.

clerks no longer able to perform their 1 1 1 PI regiment colored passed through I. Curry assigned the toast Xent, the city Monday en route to their women to prof. C. H. M.

Collins system has operated to prevent their ay II CULMii ii bers of the diplomatic corps made Inquiries at the embassy to-daj as to the sufferer's condition. homes in Georgia on a furlough, who in a most eloquent and la- rri e-- 4 slssseeeieeeeeitseee ss ss sjs ss se isejesese -f55J 1 ney were in tne dantiacro nsrnt. conic manner responded witn a displacement by younger and more capable men. In consequence, the work which, if physically competent, they would be called upon to perform thrown upon other clerks, many of eulogy upon the fair sex which The dancing school that has ot soon be foro-otten. Dr.

Wsh Announce to been in progress for several Aphtii whom draw less salaries than those a iJrookins made his initial aeDUt ffho practicallv do no work at alL At and responded to the toast yuali- Senator Spoooer'n Kxpanslnn Addreaa. Washington, Feb. i. At the conclusion of the morning business in the Senate Mr. Spooner addressed the Senate upon the Vest anti-expansion resolution.

In beginning', after a brief statement of his reasons for speaking sr. all, he said: "1 find no objections, institutional in nature, to the ratification of the pending treaty. The Senators from Connecticut (Piatt). has of Mrs. Anna Thompson closed until further notice.

a result those employes upon whoa the added clerical labor fails have beet, protesting and insisting that the gov ernment is entitled to full service fof, fications. The Doctor is an orator and a logical reasoner and his remarks elicited favorable the salary which it pays. Wanted Stamps, on the enve commendation. The programme aU he departments there are aged employes retained on the rolls was completed by Fort Scott wt0 endeavor to the best of their most humorous and polished ora- ability to continue in the performance Colorado (Teller), Ohio (Firaker) and Minnesota (Nelson) have fully pre That we are prepared to do 3 Job Printing with as much neat- 3 and dispatch as any office in the city. 3 Call and see us.

We guarantee satisfaction. j3 1 Mail Orders Solicited. I lopes, from Cuba. Those with plain postmarks most wanted. Call or address C.

B. FKgfcBOKOUGH, 1001 Eddy St. sented the views on that point which I entertain." tor Prof. E. J.

Hawkins who Iiv nf reaenn a A rra poH era a nhvatsn1 responded to the toast, Our social hnfirmity. Were a civil pension law Tturt a llld Vgl. Jeffkkson Citt. Feb. 2.

W. D. world. The Professor was at his Un force several hundred would be placed upon a retired list, but in the Williams, a young lawyer of I'attons- burg. died here yesterday.

Mr. loe revival mccuo dV ouuu uwi uu uw 8muw, absence of such a law they are retained Baptist church seems to be grow- and allegories were of such an on the rolls out of pure charity. At- Williams had been ill three or four istant Secretary Vanderlip, however sometime ago relieved a number of days, and in a violent fit of coughing burst a blood vessel, lie was clerk of ing in interest. Rev. Frazief is exalted character that his re-assisting Rev.

Dudley in a sub- marks were constantly disturbed stantial manner aud indications bj applause. Those who held the House committee on criminal lur- burudeuce. are that a good work will be the cards to this reception were: clerks in the treasury department from the performance of routine clerical duty, making what was prectically a roll of superannuated employes. It was against this roll that the section In the pending legislative, executive ard judiciary appropriation bill was aimed. result of their efforts.

Misses E- Thomas, M. Moore, b. B. HUDSON. J.

M. HUMPHREY. K. Maxip. J.

Brown. B. Morton. The Twenty-third Kansas Vol. b.

Guy, J. AUen, J. Reeves, will soon be at home. What Stella Cox and Mrs. F.

Chinn. I Fair Play Publishing I 212 E. Wall Street. I Fort Scott, Kansas, i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Representative Taw ney of Minnesota Humphrey Hudson, demonstrations will await our Tir; J. T.

Currv. A. Owens, has a bill pending providing for super Lawyers boys? Other cities are preparing; H. wiikerson, A. Hawkins, J.

"nuatedand disabled clerks, to be v- wv drawn from a fund made up of en- a grand ovation and why not Hickman, J. Beatty, Dr. M. G. forced contributions from the derki Fort Scott welcome them in some Brooiaas Prof.

E. J. Hawkins of the departments. This measure is UNION BLOCK. FORT SCOTT.

Ks. wav that the ma feel that we -j XT aralted on the lines of laws in opera 1 I duU JT1U1' V. vyviJLo, are proud of their patriotism Read the leading JNegro journal porations through the aggregation of allfnrnm Vin J- H. Smith of Lawrence, one the 1 Kansas The Fair Play. small amounts deducted from weekly wages of such mployes.

A A. A. A 1AA A A A M. m. -ev 1 je a A I ot the leiiow-seivants 01 xne cran No Snow blockade, no was in the city a few days this I jf Sr rnlrl xxntriPr nn vnnr trin.

weeK ano maae us an ajftccuic Charles Turpin, C. A. Pittman W. P. Dye, W.

P. Curtis, O. M. Wood, W. T.

Curtis, Charles Dandrige, Abe Richards, R. A. Hudlin and J. W. Grant.

The parade will start from Nineteenth and and will follow a circuitous route. Winding- up at the church on Elliott- ave. and Wabash-st. call. Mr.

Smith had words or T1J.1. TJ aKeine ooumern rtouie. ise for our office. And emi. prominent Negro citizens of St.

Louis, have arranged to welcome home the Seventh Regiment of Immunes, who are expected to arrive March 2, b- a grand parade. F. F. Scott has been selected as Grand Marshal, and he has chosen the following- assistants: J. Milton Turner, C.

Caraway, C. W. Prentis. Charles Turner, Alex. Parquet, George Baldrew, I ML Round Trip Tickets, now on nating from a man calc late to 1 nytalnr yoa iiiveBt or improve aiso gei They Wear Orleans Battoos.

London, Jan. 30. The Brussels cor-respondent of the London Da ly New says: The Duke of Orleans hoiis daily receptions for the Orleanists in Brussels. A local factory has received an order for thousands of buttons adorned with his portrait and bearing the inscription: "The King lias Returned Long Live-the King." Many royalists are already wearing these buttons Sale Dailv. Call on or write know it made us feel good.

CAYEATJRABE'MARK, COPYRIGHT or DESItiN PS3TECTI0N. fiend model, sketca, or photo, for free examination and advice, tm piTEiJTssiM? to. Some of the leading- citizen of Gilbert ort Sct are pushing- things for a convention hall. This is an KAnsas leading Negro journal is the Fair Play. The Katy's Agt.

enterprise that should receive the Patent Lawyers. WASHINGTON, D.C..