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REFORM THE FULTON Facts and Figures Drink Bill for Wichita in 1902. THE WICHITA OBSERVER An Independent Weekly. i firs. Isabel G. Browne 6c Jt Publishers.

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WlCHITAS Greatest Clothing Store FOR MEN Sc BOYS Hats, Shoes Furnishings TERMS: WICHITA BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES. President Morrison of Fair-mount was a business caller Wednesday. F. T. Campbell and F.

L.Cline-smith have completed the final examinations in the actual business department with satisfactory records and have been awarded diplomas. A. W. Cummings, a recent student of the shorthand department, and his father, who is an employe of the Mo. Pac.R.R.Co., were callers Thursday.

The order of things seems to be reversed this season. Instead of the attendance falling off we have fifteen more students now than at the beginning of the month. 08-318 E. DOUGLAS AVE. One Year $1.00 Six Months 50c.

Single Copies 5c. Drink Bill for 1902 Offical Our National Drink Bill for 1902 shows fulness, bigness as an increase: Consumption of Distilled Spirits (whiskey) 107,452,151 Consumption Malt Liquors (beer) 1,381.875,437 Consumption of Wines 49,754,403 Total Gals. 1,539,081,991 Distilled Liquors per capita 1.36 Malt 17.49 Wines 63 Total Gals. 19-48 field where she will attend the Chautauqua. Aliss Frankie Hill of the shorthand department departed Tuesday for her home in Mulvane for a short stay.

Frank Greenlee of the bookkeeping department returned to school Monday after a short visit to his home in Sterling. New students this week are Edmund Adams, Ernest McCormick, Hugh McCormick and Miss Horner. F. C. Rigg, F.T.Campbell,Ross Armstrong and E.

R. Smith are doing special work forMr.Burch who is getting out the new directory. The final examination in spelling was held Monday evening. The bookkeeping class made an average grade of 80 31-39 on the test which consisted of one hundred of the hardest words in the book. Rose Gunther of the shorthand department is spending a short vacation at her home in Douglas.

A. E. Branham has accepted a position with the Pecos Valley R. R. Co.

at Amarillo, Texas, and departed for the scene of his future work Monday. OPIUM IN THE PHILIPPINES The war department is about to sell a monopoly of the opium joint business in the Phillipines to the highest bidder, under pretense of raising a revenue to educate young Phillipinos. The bill was drafted in the war department, to be made law by the Phiilipine Commission. Dr. Homer C.Stuntz of Manilla has recently sent the following cablegram to Wilber F.

Crafts of the Reform Bureau at Washington: CABLE MESSAGE. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Manilla, 47. Crafts, Reform, Washington: Highest bidder opium monopoly bill pending, patterned after India legislation. Opposed by Evangelical Union, Chinese chamber of commerce.

Will greatly stimulate consumption. Focus public sentiment on president, secretary war. Bill and better reach you within week. Bill bad morals, and worse politics. Urgent.

Stuntz. Dr. Stuntz vigorous protest cost him something like one hundred dollars. Mr. Craits advises sending protests to President Roosevelt instead of to Secretary Root.

Let our people act promptly. Harvey D. Rice one of the founders of Washburn College, died at his home near Topeka June 11. President oose velt has arrived safely at home from his 14,000 mile trip. The Christian Herald has sent to Assistant Secretary of State Loomis, $10,000 for a relief fund for famine sufferers in Kwangsi, a Chinese province.

F. W. Emerson has been making a series of rousing temperance addresses in Kansns. It is hoped that he will come to Wichita soon. This applied to Wichita on the averages is taking whisky, eight to the pint, at lOcts a drink, 64 drinks to the gallon, and the population at 30, 000-S6.

40x30, 000 $261,120.00 Beer at 17-50 gals per capita 8 drinks, or glasses to the a glass, or drink 40cts a gallon at retail, $7.00 per capita, 30,000.... 210,000.00 Wines. 63 per capita people 30,000 18900 gals (a) $2 per gal, low estimate 7. 37,800.00 Total $508,920.00 Whether these averages are correct for our city or a another of its population is a question, but they are approximately so being based on population. If they are too high 20 they are still enormous.

They amount to $16.96 per capita for the whole population. Without thinking about what the people could purchase for comfort and better living with a half million dollars a year, this great sum in the aggregate is worse than thrown away every year, for it entails an expense on the people in some form, before the winding up, of as much more in someway to take care of and punish the people who drink it, Arkansas river water would serve a better purpose and can be had in endless quantity at one cent a gallon. Can we have real prosperity wif a drink bill of $17.00 per head, counting everybody, men, women and children, half of whom do not taste liquor in any form, save patent medicine? These figures are from the Statistical Bureau of the Treasury, at Washington. Half a million dollars squandered annually that should be spent for dry goods, groceries, shoes, hardware, furniture, meat, etc. What sort of a financial policy is this? Harry Mann and Ida Healy of the actual business department are taking shorthand during' the first period.

Cleve Combs, a recent student of the shorthand department, made us a business call one evening this week. Truman Blake of the actual business department has withdrawn from school for the present owing to pressure of work. The Misses Sylvia Rhinehart, Mae Wilson and Bessie Young called Friday noon and chatted for a short time. Ross Armstrong is taking the final examinations in the actual business department. Harry Alatthews and Earle Smith are absent for a few days owing to work.

Miss Lelia Bank has accepted a position with Coler Simm, the real estate man of this city. Miss Florence Putnam has accepted a position with Air. Anawalt of the R. I. R.

R. in this city. Aliss Florence Alexander has accepted a position as stenographer for the Rorabaugh Dry Goods and went to work Alonday. Faye Winn has accepted a position as stenographer for Assistant Superintendent Price of the Alissouri Pacific. Harley Hughett has been doing special stenographic work for The Southern Kansas Millers Club.

Miss Inez Barkalow is doing special work for Architect Crist. Aliss Ona Cox, stenographer for the Cox-Johnson Diamond Dry Goods has returned from her vacation, and Miss Mae Wilson who has been filling her position will take the place of Miss Edith Johnson, stenographer for the Arkansas Valley Lumber Co. during the latters vacation. Ira Behimer, a former student of the actual business department, was a caller Saturday while in the city. Aliss Francis Lovett of the shorthand department is doing special work for Architect Dumont.

Miss Emma Bennett of the shorthand department left Wednesday for her home in Win- THEIR FIRST USE- Postage stamps were first issued in 1840, yet since that time many stamps have advanced in value until today some of the rater ones are valued by their owners at thousands of dollars for single specimens. Y. M. C. A.

meeting for men 4 p. m. Sunday, 215 N. Main St. Free reading rooms, bath rooms, gymnasium.

Bible class Tuesday evening, 134 N. Main led by Rev. Phelps. Subscribe for the Observer, $1 a year. Granville Lowther will preach next Sunday, the fourth in his series of sermons on the influences which affect each life.

His subject is Socialism in Its Relation to the Supernatural. The place is Garfield Hall, the time 3 p. m. Sunday. Everyone invited.

The Peerless Tailor Willi show you a Large Line of the Latest Novelties in Suitings Trousers of Foreign and Domestic Woolens Orr Prices Defy Competition. Our Workmanship Fit and Style Guaranteed Perfect. 508 Douglas Aye KNOE 589 Miss Floy Gilmore, a graduate of the law department of the University of Michigan, has been appointed Assistant Attorney General for the government in the Phillipines. There will be a Gospel Temperance Meeting held in the Union Mission 210 South Alain Street Sunday, June 21,3 p.m. A "good meeting is expected.

All are welcome. King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia were assassinated June 11. Prince Bodijar Kar-georgevitch has been proclaimed king..