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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-29

Sc cne"
Would ven listen 10 what a sick
uAn SAYS al such a time:' asked the
Z detective. 'Dcn't yCu know that a man
II his ocrGiiicn Is not the best judge OF
sDch things: Do yen want the fellow to
ole On you- bands:"
II tried 20 get his consent" stam-
nsred Montcasfle, "but he wouldn't
/ listen 10 il. He is frightfully upset.
MY friend here, Dr.. Lampkin, is a
regular physician. Don't you think it
would be a good idea for him to see
Mr.. Allen az once!"
al think So" answered Montcastle.
"I'll show you up, doctor, if you wish. {"
Lampkin hesitated. Professional ETH
quette had hitherto prevented him from
appearing unsolicited at the bedside Of
any one.
"Go up and see what ails him." said
Hendricks. pinching Lampkin's arm
significantly. "I'll wait for you outside.
You may save bis life "
Lampkin followed Montcastle up
stairs, and Hendricks joined Kola and
Stanwood on the lawn. Stanwood went
into the house. leaving the two friends
together.
"Well?" said Kola.
"Well?" echoed the detective. He sat
down on rustic bench under the trees,
and, with wrinkled brow, stared at the
rising moon. Kola sat down, lighted a
cigar and fell into Hendricks pensive
mood In about ten minutes Lampkin
came out. Hendricks rose.
"Well," he said as they turned to-
ward the gate. what was the matter
with Allen"
HE is bleeding from the lungs con-
stantly," answered the DOCTOR Looks
like case of consumption badly neg
lected. However, could not tell any
thing definitely. He refused to let me
touch him-even to feel his pulse. He
looks to me like a dying man. / have
just told Ralph Benton that he must
have medical care at once. think they
may send him to hospital
Hendricks made no further remark
till they were half way to the station.
Then he pulled his beard nervously AID
said:
Hang it, can't make Allen out. If
he is really seriously i'll, do rot want
to tackle him. don't want to frighten
him to death unless / know more than
l do. You are sure there is no sham.
ming about the hemorrhage?"
"Sure as l am of being here," an
swered Lampkin.
Hendricks was silent till they reached
the station.
Going in the smokerr' he asked as
the train came up.
Lampkin and the adept nodded.
In the car Hendricks took seat at a
window by himself and sat looking out
at the darkness all the way to the ferry
boat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-29
The North Walk Mystery.
By WILL X. ELEEEy.
tooDyrisAi. lsr. BY VIZ y. zrA<a-l


49, tooSTDUKnl
-
"It's a tempest in a teapot. be said
81 am willing 70 make statement, but
Iwant il distinctly understood that /
am doing il AZ The request CT this lady
and not at the command Of Der brother.
For several months Miss Benton and
have been engaged. / have an aunt liy-
ing in San Francisco who has made me
the heir 70 her fortune. wrote 10 her
Of my intentions, but she had made an
other choice for me and gave me 10 IN
derstand plainly that il Miss Benton
and i were married she would cut me
out Of her will. Notwithstanding this
/ determined to carry out my plans
and formally proposed TO Mr.. Benton
for the hand Of his daughter. be had
never liked me, and when told him
what my aunt had written he fatty re.
fused TO give his consent. Then Miss
Benton and planned an elopement for
the night her father was killed. We
would not have gone at such late
hour. but it was the only time we could
get away without being seen. / hur-
riedly packed my things in valise.
Miss Benton put some of her things in
a travelling bag, and Mary, in whom we
had confided, was 10 forward her trunk
the next day. We were ready TO go
when Alice-Miss Benton-decided to
appeal to her father once more.
You'd better let me tell what hap
pened next" broke in Miss Benton. 81
heard father walking in his room.
think it was about 20 minutes before |
o'clock. / knew ne was in one Of his
sleepless moods and went up and found
him in frightfully nervous condition.
1t was about some business dispute he
had had that afternoon with Mr.. Allen.
Ii seemed that Mr.. Allen had been try
ing to force him TO sign some paper
which would give Mr.. Allen half in.
terest in an invention which had cost
my father ten times as much as Mr..
Allen had said il should. After he had
told me all his troubles and had abused
me soundly on account Of my engage
ment implored him to reconsider his
decision in regard to Mr.. Montcastle.
This threw him into terrible fury. He
not only refused to give his consent to
my marriage, but pushed me from the
room and declared he would disown
me as soon as be could see his lawyer
the next day.
81 am sure he meant it. Invent down
and told Montcastle what had taken
place, and we decided to leave, as we
were ready and the cab was at the
door. When we got to the station, the
train had just gone. There was not an
other till after 3. We sat in the waiting
room for nearly an hour. In the mean
time l became so blue over it all, par
ti.ularly my fathers health, that
changed my mind, and as Mr.. Mont
castle assured me we could get back
home without being detected we re-
turned. AS we were entering the house
we met Mr.. Stanwood and Miss Has |
tings coming dow stairs. ! suspected |
the next morning that my father had |
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-29

she uent 10 the bell and rang.
s,ken his own life, and then brother
confirmed my fears by telling me about
the note and how he had found him.
Ralph advised mel
The speaker paused and glanced at
her brother iDquiringly.
go. ahead" said Ralph. 81 have
told Mr.. Hendricks about that"
He advised me not to let IL be known
chat IL was suicide" continued Miss
Benton. I'VE did not want Aunt Mar
tina to think so. I am glad Il was not.
I don't believe we could have kept her
deceived very long. She has predicted
a hundred times-but that has nothing
70 do with what you wanted to know. {"
Hendricks rose.
~ am deeply indebted 10 al Of you, =
he said. IF you had not explained your
conduct that night, should have been
of the track considerably, and the real
murderer could have been half round
the earth for his health before got to
work on the case"
Lampkin was watching Hendricks
sttentively, wondering il he still sus.
pected Montcastle. The face of the de-
tective was puzzle. At the door Hen
bricks turned to Montcastle: who had
followed him. to-. LIS. -,
"The maid tells me-" he .said, "that
Mr.. Allen has had serious hemor-
rhage. tfsf.t ~. ,a.gr. a..
"Frightfuliv replied Montcastle. FL
wanted to- call in physician, but he
w6xidnt allow it. He Aatly refused to
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-29

Doef forests are expensive Injuries. On
ths Gienquoich and Glcnqarry forest 40
long rented by Lord Burton, tho yearly
outlay for all purposes is a10, 523, and
during the last 81 years no less n ann
than R22l, 902 has been spent upon "a. ON
Guisohan forest, the property of Lord
Tweedmouth, there has been an animal
outlay OF El0, 600, on that rented by Mr.
Winans R13, OF and on tho Duke Of port.
lands forest of Lsnsweli and Braemoro
Flo, 600 ear.-Westminster Gazett~ - :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
COMEDIAN GIRARDOT.
Talks About His Acting in Two CeIe-
brated Farces.

Etenne Girardot, the comedian says
that ''Charley's Aunt might properly be
called a phenomenal comedy and will no t
make the statement that Miss Francis
OF Yale is better piece although he is
financially interested in the latter. Prob
ably not one member of the audience at
the Crawford theater Saturday night who
is familiar with the former comedy but
would follow Mr. Girardot implicitly in
this particular. He believes, however, that
1t is much ahead of My Friend From In
dia." but many who have seen both pieces
will differ with him in this belief. While
Miss Francis of Yale is a success as a
laugh producer, it hardly be said to
be the equal in this regard of either
Charley's Aunt or my Friend From
India
The idea of the farce, that of a man be-
ing mistaken for woman and treated as
such, is an old one, but many of the sit
uations of Miss Francis of Yale are
original and humorously drawn. The fun
drags slightly through the first and sec
ond acts, but in the third act the action
is rapid. Few more grotesque scenes
have been witnessed the local stage
than carried out by Girardot when, during
the supposed storm, enveloped in the folds
of wOman'S night-robe and with a
handkerchief tied tightly over his head,
he drops on his knees and lifts his hands in
appeal to heaven.
The audience in the evening was one of
the largest of the season. Girardot'S
work was clever and he was given uni
formly good support. Miss Fannie Young,
as the man-hating SOverneSS, was eSpe-
cially capable in her part
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
KANSAS NEWS.
Sedgwick County Releasing
Mortgages Rapidly.
Over Twice the Amount Re-
leased This March Than Last.
FEW NEW ONES FILED.
Dickinson County Cattlemen
Are Organizing.
FEW NEW ONES FILED.
Wichita Sues Sedgwick Co. For
$4,000 in Taxes Due.

Wichita, April 4.-Sedgwick county is
getting rid of her mortgages. The total
mortgage releases for March was $780,
563. 20, and this exceeds the amount of
new mortgages filed by more than $780,
900.
This is not spurious liquidation I'M
der the pressure of a receiver, amount
ing to payment by default, but it is
the straight payment of dollar for dol
lar, with interest, upon small tracts OF
real estate. 1t is the farmer realizing
the benefit of his crops.
The releases for last March were only
a little over forty thousand dollars,
while the renewals amounted to nearly
as much. April promises even more
than March. The start is good enough.
Yesterday the amount of releases was
$71 900. Some of this is due to the tram
sactions in the Garfield University ex-
change, and is even more significant
than the ordinary release upon city
property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
CLEMENS ON JOE BOWERS.
Takes Occasion to Be Satirical About
the Celebrated Missourian.

G. c. Clemens who is called the Kan
sas anarchist by the Kansas City pa
noon and Sunday night at meetings in
different parts of Kansas City. He said
at one of these meetings:
THE workingman's only hope is the So
claIst Labor party. 1t stands for all the
the things you are seeking for is to give
the Socialist Labor ticket a good strong
I see how laboring men fritter away their
opportunities. They could elect whom
every laboring man in Kansas City. L
Socialist Labor ticket instead of knitting
right now that before midsummer the In
dustrial council or other labor bodies VIII
be protesting against their treatment at
the hands of the administration to be
1.-THE American citizen is a sovereign on
only one day in the year and for only a
brief second on that day. When he drops
his ballot into the box he is a king. but
after that he is the subject OF the man
he elects. Vote in kingly manner, and
not abjectly and fool1shl " oo,a,;s.., =.
capitals best friend because it teaches la
Dor to right its wrongs at the ballot box
man learns irrevocably that he has no re-
dress at the ballot box. Here are two
The Observation-Disclosures on the verge; it
cannot afford to yield to capitals. de-
brought prices to a point where the mar
gin of profit is so small that capital can
Dor The courts have taken away the
right to boycott and to strike ana at thus
very hour Eugene V. Debs is enJoined
from talking to himself. Where is the
end? Socialism is the only solution TO the
problem Socialism decries violence, and
if trouble ever comes it will not be from
the socialist. The call to duty is sound
ed and you dare not evade it or stop your
ears. .~o, 49,
trine of the survival of the fttest, he
exclaimed. 1.-THE laborer has had every
peaceable weapon taken from him by per-
verted courts and for him the surViVal OF
the fittest will soon come to moan the
survival of the strongest physically Alas
for the capitalist in that day.
Mr. Clemens referred to the meeting OF
Nissourians last week, at which Joe Bow
ers was exploited as typical Mlssourian-
How is it that Joe left Missouri and
Travelled away thousands of miles IN order
to get a home for Sally? Was there no
vacant land which he might tiilE was
there no wood or stone in all missouri u
which he might build him a houseE Wnat
was the matter? The matter was that
someIvhere away off in London, perhaps.
some men had some little pieces OF paper aPs55
which said the land in Missouri-l2no
which they had never seen or wanted 70
see used or wanted to use-was thelrs.
"And all the laws directed that no ole
should go upon that land except thS OWnSr
Of those paper titles permitted IL any
one did then the constable, even the mill
TO If necessary, was to put them on
s"Rut if the people would reIuse y s DSitr
arms refuse to maintain officers and 1s-lls,
then all the paper titles would amount ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
LINCOLN IN KANSAS.
Present Atchison Postof6ce Janitor
Tells About ecAbe's" Visit.

Atchison Globe: w. H. Nesbit, jan
ito- at the postoffice building in Atch-
ison, drove Abraham Lincoln from Dom
iphan to Atchison in 1859, when Lin
coin delivered his celebrated speech
here. Nesbit was then living at Dom
iphan, and, having about the best
buggy in town, was asked to drive him
to AtchiSon, which he did.
A committee met Lincoln on North
Third street, near where F. M. Baker
now lives, and escorted him to the old
Methodist church, which stood on the
site of the present Methodist parson-
age, across the street from the new
court house. Lincoln came here
through the influence of old Mark Del
ahay, who knew Lincoln in Illinois, and
who was related to Lincoln's mother.
Kansas was strongly for Seward for
for president, and Delahay wanted to
influence the delegates for Lincoln in
the convention meeting the following
June. In his Atchison speech, Lincoln
said, referring to the threats of the
south to secede from the union: THAT
would be treason, and if they do it, we
will hang them Shaking his long finger
at the audience) as they hanged old
John Brown to-day at Charleston"
Lincoln was not a man of any par
ticular prominence then, and the next
day, at the old MasSassoit house,
spent the morning in talking to over
land freighters in the bar room, tell
ing his famous stories"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
STANDARD OIL QUITTING.
Abandons Much of Its Holdings in
Kansas Oil Fields.

Neodesha, April 4.-The Forest Oil
company has pulled all the castings, tore
down the rigs, and loaded all it's tools
and paraphernalia on the cars at Sedan
and Peru. It thus abandons all it's
holdings in Chautauqua county. The
company is also surrendering the great
majority of its leases now as fast as
they expire. Its principal holdings are
about Table Mound and Radical in
Montgomery county, and in the vicinity
of Neodesha, Thayer, Guilford, Bene-
dict, Buffalo and Humboldt.
1t has sold it's gas interests in the
Table Mound or Murphy district at Ne
odesha it's interests consist of both oil
and gas; gas is being piped from this
field to Parsons, at Thayer it has large
oil interests, a line conveying the oil
from that district to the refinery at
Neodesha; at Guilfold is a small oil
pool which has never been utilized;
east of Benedict are some good gas
wells with which it supplies Chanute
with fuel and lights; at Buffalo is a
fairly good oil pool from which oil is
shipped occasionally in tank cars; at
Humboldt it has some good gas hold
ings, but not enough oil to pay for
pumping and getting on the market.
This is the Forest Oil company'S hold
ingS an Kansas today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
DID THE CONDUCTOR swEARp
And Still One More Good Railroad
Story for journal" Readers.

:, Conductor John Plunkett, who runs the
little passenger train between Ottawa and
burlington, had an experience the first of
the week which will impel him in the fu-
lure to refrain from extending special ia
Vors to patrons of the Santa Fe.
Going to Burlington old farmer, a
typical 1rishman, whom the conductor
knew very well, was a passenger. The old
gentleman became very much interested
IN the conductor, and after frequently re-
calling himself from black bottle ex-
pressed his approval of the mana cement
of the road.
Upon arriving at Burlington the old
gentleman asked Mr.. Plunkett to look out
for him the following morning as he was
exceedingly anxious to return home.
AS the train pulled out of Burlington the
next day the conductor stood on the rear
platform in answer to the injunction from
his friend. The train was about a quar-
ter of mile from the depot when Mr..
Plunkett caught sight of the old man. He
was running wildly along the PLATFORM
waving his hat and carpet-bag frantically.
Desiring to accommodate the old gem
tleman the conductor pulled the air cord
and the train stopped. The old gentle
man soon reached the rear car, upon the
platform of which stood the conductor.
Hurry up, hurry up said the con-
ductOr, 'tor wen be 1ate.''
oh, Mishter Plunkitty. ct come tell
yez that 1 amt goin' home till tomorry.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
DIR. EMBREE breaches
To Large Congregation at the Kan
sas Avenue Methodist Church.

Dr. A. S. Embree delivered his hrse ser
mon Sunday morning as pastor OF tns
Kansas Avenue Methodist chufcn OF ~
North Topeka Despite the ram tnlt lsiA
the church was well filed with those anx-
IONS TO welcome DR.. Embree ana 70 Near
his first sermon in Topeka since ne i .l
the First Methodist church ana Since I l
return from Bridgeport. But rev $50
in the church were vacant, and Wnlle sun
dav school was yet in progress and iOus
before the time for church the consressl-
ton COMMENCED to gather Se ,t nS1.e
there, among them Mayor C hafles = of ~, ~
lows Charles P. Adams, secretary OF ~
official board of the first churcn' anu
Er. Fmbree took for his subject, 'Think
~, T-besa Things His thought was tnal
sas = Fan thinks, so is he" That II tneiIe
he an good in a report, ponder over -.
ana IL there be no good in it, not TO INNS
Of H. DR. Embree spoke of the eiluIen
work He said that If we would % an
vanced in the church work we hl-5. - 80
in more energy and thought, the siiI1S -
a man in business puts thought anu 20 ~,
e1rpv into his work to find new mems "
advance and so should the ehuEcn Sesn
new ways of advancing the ChiASeisA
'f5efore his sermon DR.. Embree Sald: ~.
b.t%Ee a word TO say to you MT ChAluiSS,ss
1nNTsseif and others did the best we co e,t
70 s,1it myself and family We coulo
w. ma a suitable house, and Tor tnas
IN I must remain on the other slSe . u
tf1e liver I do not want you " e ,,l5ti-
tliS = x.IisI, fo continue my relations Win
III Z .-st church 1 have left them ana
Inc re-, 1royv with you in spirit and IN ruin
I desire to serve you, ana u l - ali IN
sar,1ice TO YOU. do not hesitate TO c car -
- nc shall begin visiting the consIeTT
on+ion and shall commence tomorrow. -
S~;iI begin at Adams street, the IarlneSe
north and visit each one OF YOU ,o,,,,d
After the sermon many croWceu dloA'4e-
- shaI-a hands with the new pastor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04

A. A. GODDARD has not yet decided to
become a candidate for attorney gem
eral on the Republican ticket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
SHOPS FOR WICHITA.
The Southern Kansas Metropolis
Looking for q Good Thing.

The rumor that the Rock Island shops
al Caldwell and the Missouri Pacific shops
at Conway Springs are to be moved has
caused the Board of Trade of Wichita to
look into the matter with a view of hav-
ing both of the roads locate their shops in
Wichita. For some time the Rock Island
officials have been contemplating the
move. 1t has been said that the inten-
ton of the road was to move the shops
further north, in order that the rolling
stock to be repaired would not have to
be sent down on the Fort Worth line, but
could be done nearer the other lines, and
with the intention of making the Cald-
well-Herington division longer by per-
haps moving the Harrington end of the
division to Horton and making the other
end Wellington instead of Caldwell. The
Commercial club of Wichita has been in
communication with the officials of the
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific and has
offered both roads special inducements
to locate at Wichita One of the great
est inducements is that they will be able
to have a first class water supply. Water
at Wellington has been reported scarce
by the Rock Island engineers who have
been there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04

So; John Taylor, Chetopa, Sc to $12; Al
bet Foster, Pawnee Rock, Sc to SO;
Peter M Olesen, New Salem, So to $12;
John W. Wilt, Elmdale, Sc to IS.
Reissue-Edward A. Allen, Winfield,
SIT; Daniel Shannon, Arkansas City,
$40.
Original widow, etc.-Emma Will
man, Sherwin Junction, IS.
Mexican war widow-Catharine How
ard, Neosho Rapids, S.
Original-WilIiam T. Cunningham.
Howard, Sc
Supplemental-Geor T. McClelland,
Winfield, $12
Reissue and increase-John w. Yates,
Chetopa, 81 to ST.
Original widows, etc.-Alexander
Gay, father, Clyde, $12.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
RAILROAD NEWS.
ID. O.. Wilson, Who Defrauded
the Santa Fe at NeWkirk
By Underweighing Wheat En-
Route to Texas, Found Guilty.
MADE SIS ON EACH CAR.
Santa Fe Sends Several Extra
Cars to Prescott
To Transport Troops North to
St. Louis.
MADE So ON EACH CAR.

Purcell, April 4.-Severa1 months ago
d. o. Wilson, grain buyer at New
kirk, J. NJ Rarick, agent of the Santa
F'e railroad at that place, and A S..
Brown, bill clerk at Purcell for the
Santa Fe railroad, were arrested on the
charge of defrauding the railroad COM
pany by underweighing wheat en- route
to the Texas and gulf points. The cars
alleged that in compliance with the
agreement between the conspirators it
was rebilled below the actual weight at
Purcell, Brown receiving $5 on each car
thus doctored.
D. Q. Wilson has just been tried in
the circuit court and Saturday night
round guilty and sentenced to two years
IN the pen1tentiary. RarickS and
BroWn's cases We're continued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
TEACHERS AT LEAvENwoRrH
Northeastern Kansas Association to
Meet April 70.

Leavenworth, April 4.-The eight an
nual meeting of the Northeastern Kan
sas Teachers association will be held
in this city on the Z, 8, 9th of this
month.
Among the entertainments provided
are visits to the fort and home, the
penitentiary and other places of inter-
est.
The following are the officers of the
association: President, w. A. Evans,
Leavenworth; vice president, NJ. E.
Pearson, Kansas City; secretary, Miss
Frances Katner, Leavenworth; treas
urer, O. p NJ. McClintock, Topeka
Executive committee-John W. Stout,
Topeka; L. L. L. Hanks, Kansas City;
E. F. Stanley, Lawrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-04
WICHITA MANS PERIL
Started for K1ondike With $500, Now
Sick and Penniless at Cheyenne

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 4.-George
Hudson of Wichita, Kan, one Of par
tv who started last summer for the
KIondike reached here today on his re-
turn trip, broken down in health and
pennileSs.
Hudson reached Sheep Camp on his
trip and was there taken i'll with the
epidemic from which scores of the Alas
kan pilgrims died. He managed to reach
the coast, but exhausted all of his funds,
$500. in securing medical care and at
tention and passage home. He reports
that the passes from the coast to the
Yukon headwaters are almost impas-
sable from recent rains, and that the
sickness and restitution is almost be-
yond description.