davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
Mr.. HOWELLS HERE.
Distinguished Novelist Visits
Topeka to Lecture.

William Dean HowelIs, the novelist,
is in Topeka. He lectures tonight at
the High School auditorium on Novels
and Novel Writing"
With the addition of small gray
goatee Mr.. HoweIs would be almost
the counterpart in appearance of Henry
WattersOn. He is of the same build,
his hair is gray and scant and his
mustache white.
Mr.. HoWells was engaged in revising
a typewriter copy of his lecture this
afternoon. When typeWriterS get
through with your IDEAS" he said,
smiling, you are compelled to wonder
II you really possess any ideas at all
The great trouble with me- he con-
tinued, is the fact that I am extremely
hard to suit, especially in my own stuff.
L keep revising my lecture continually,
adding something here and cutting out
something there. But this is true of
everything I write. I generally go over
it a number of times and make cor
rections of all kinds.
After my lecture in Omaha the 9TH
er night I was asked by the chancellor
of a university there whether 1 com
pIeted a serial story before giving it to
magazine, or completed it after it
started running. 1 have Incorporated
this answer in my lecture. My prefer
ence IS TO complete story before it's
publication, and this 1 invariably did
when 1 was editor of the Atlantic. But
I find that in dealing with different
range your time satisfactorily, and are
really compelled to finish your story af-
ter it's publication is commenced. How
ever, 1 am sure of the ending of my
stories before allow them to be
started"
This is Mr.. Howells' first lecture tour.
and his first visit to the west. He ex-
plains his failure to visit this section of
the country before by saying that it
is much easier to drive to the wharf
in New York and take a steamer for
i Europe.
You can then count on at least a
week of immunity from daily cares, -
| he said in making this explanation, and
| if the steamer is fortunately delayed
| or slow going you have ten days or
| more. don't mean immunity from
people altogether, but mean that you
! don't have to worry about happenings
| from day to day. But still I believe
| people are largely responsible for their
| own troubles, and while I confess to
/ mine, haven't much sympathy for
| myself because of them
| Mr.. HoWells is lecturing simply be
| cause it offers him a change in his
mode of life. He says it will probably
| be several years again before he will
! make another tour, if at all.
I Mr.. HOWells is a personal friend of
! Eugene Ware, and intends to meet him
! before he leaves Topeka. He will be in
| Emporia tomorrow, and expects to meet
| William Allen White, who he looks upon
/ as a promising young writer
! The novelist has the happy faculty of
! putting one completely at ease and is
| a gentleman of polished manners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
A Winfield Man Loses a Fine
Horse and IL Hogs.
Some Miscreamt Puts Out a Lot
of Poison.
VALUE OF HORSE 1925.
Dogs Chase the POisOner Away
From Stock Pen.
Leaves His OvercOat and Gloves
in Hurried Exit.

Winfield, Nov. S.-The other night
somebody poisoned a fine horse and
twelve head of hogs for Ray Cogswell-
He has a large number of hogs and
other live stock at the home of Mr.
Smith on Silver creek. The other night
Mr.. Smith heard quite a commotion in
the hog pen and thought his dogs, which
are said to be rather vicious were fight
ing a hog. He went out and called the
dogs away and thought no more OF the
matter. The next morning he was
sorry he had interfered for the dogs
evidently had hold of the bastard who
did the poisoning. His overcoat and
gloves, bearing evidence of the fight
with the dogs We're found in the pen.
The horse and five of the hogs are
dead and the other hogs will die. Just
two days previous Mr.. Smith had Of
fered Mr.. COgswell S125 for the horse.
He says he has no enemies whom he
would suspicion of doing a deed like
that and he is at a loss to account for
it but he would be more than pleased
to have the owner call for his over
coat and gloves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
BIG COPPER FIND.
Fort Scott Men Lease Several Thou
sand Acres in Oklahoma

Fort Scott, Nov. SIS. P. Mosher has
just returned from Oklahoma, where he
and J. w Hamilton formerly a con-
tractor of this city have been for two
weeks. getting mineral leases on land
They have discovered an entirely I'M
known subterranean formation in which
is found leaf copper, and which gives
promise of a fortune for the owners.
The gentlemen interested in the
leases are Mr.. MOsher, c. H. Osbun, J.
w. Hamilton, w. c. Perry and Mr..
Swift, brother of Harry Swift, formerly
of this place. The prospect is located
about IS miles south of Enid, Ok, IA
miles from a railroad. The farmers in
that vicinity have known for more than
a year that valuable mineral existed in
the grounds there, but they were of the
impression that if they gave mineral
leases prior to securing their patent, it
would derive them of the right to
homestead. MI. Swift owns a. farm
there and in digging a well on it he
went through a peculiar blue stone re-
sembling cement rock in appearance
which was mixed with sort of a cop
per colored formation. The stone was
soft and full of seams from which
would prOtrude when it was broken,
fine specimens Of leaf copper. The cop
per was also found in the stone where
there were no seams. It was discovered
that when the stone was placed in wa
ter, a gas would eXude from it and it
would dissolve like lime, leaving the
COPPER leaf free,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
HANNA WILL RETIRE.
The Revolt of His Home City and
County a Severe Blow.

Columbus, Nov S.-Senator Hanna
will not again be an issue in Ohio He
may not announce for some time his
withdrawal from the active direction
of party affairs. but his friends here
agree that he will retire from the con-
spicuous position he has held when the
presidential campaign opens if not ear
lier.
Before the close of the present con-
test it was practically settled that the
senator would resign leadership in par
ty rnanag cement. Many Ohio Repubn-
cans who have remained loyal to the
organization and who have labored
zealOusly to prevent the anti-Hanna
sentiment from proving more disas-
tTOus than it has to the party, have eT-
pressed themselves plainly to the eff
feet that a change from Senator Hanna
was desirable. The senator himself
has realized the strength of this antag-
Onism, but he felt that he could not
withdraw under fire and none of his
friends We're willing that he should. But
the word has been passed around qul-
city that this would be the last cam
paign he would try 70 manage and
there was no dissent from the opinion
that harmony and the interest of the
party nationally demanded such
change. But for the dissemination of
this impression that the senator will
cease to dominate the work Of arous-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
NEWS FROM BENNINGTON.
Connected With Other Towns by
'Phone-Other Improvements.

Bennington, NoV.S.-This town is now
connected with the outside world by
telephone. reaching out to Salina and
Minneapolis, the wire having reached
Bennington Tuesday. Another com
pany is headed this way, and will reach
town this week with their wire from
Solomon and thence extend it at once
to Minnea polls and BelOit.
This will give Bennington communf
cation with Kansas City.
The Bennington State bank will COM
mence at once putting in the founda-
ton for a new banking house, and will
erect it of stone and brick.
The Markley grist mill which has
been out Of business for the last ten
years. has been completely Overhauled,
the latest machinery has been put in,
and the mill will start up at once with
a capacity of so barrels of flour daily.
The elevators of Bennington have
been undergoing repairs to facilitate
the work of handling the grain.
F. H. PeeVey & Co., of Minneapolis,
Mimi, who are at the head of the Mid
land Elevator company at Kansas City,
have purchased one of the Bennington
elevators. and the Union Pacific are
putting in 500 feet of sidetrack to con-
meet it with their road. This company
are putting in an elevator at Sum
nerville and have one in Minneapolis. 1t
is said Peevey & Co. are erecting and
have bought this fall no less than 40
elevators on the Union Pacific road. An
the Solomon and BelOit branch of the
Union Pacific says this means event
ually the freezing out Of all the smaller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
ing and unifying Republicans would
have been harder than it was, and it was

ing and unifying Republicans would
hard enough.
Opposition by friends of the president to
Mr.. Hanna's management was never so
strong as in the present campaign Many
of the most earnest Mckinley men in the
state urged early in the fight that they
would be doing the president and the par
ty at large a service by defeating the
state ticket this year in order to empha-
size the unpOpularlty of Mr.. Hanna. They
were brought into line by the counter ar
gument that such a sacrifice would be of
such moral encouragement to Organism
as to be very dangerous They were prom
iSed that Mr.. Hanna would retire from
the position he has held when this cam
pa1gn was over. The fact that his own
6ity and county, Cleveland and CuyahOga
revolted with such irrecOncilable spirit
against him was the seVerest blow which
was given to Mr.. Hanna In 1886 Nc
Kinley carried CuyahOga county by $500
In 1897 BushnelIs plurality in the county
was 300. In 1898, last year. the Repub-
ator Hanna was utterly unable to get
the Republicans into line. There was no
place in the state where John r. Nc
Lean was unpopular with the Demo-
Gratis. But the Republican feeling against
Senator Hanna seemed to eliminate in
his home county and it nullifed condi-
tiOns which should have given an tncreas-
ed Republican plurality.
One of the chief heutenants of Mr.. Nc
Lean said today that the anti-Hanna SEN
timent was almost the entire capital Of
the Democrats in the cOmpatgn. Other
issues he said, We're comparatively trivial
in results. Had it not been for the en-
enlargement received from this source.
there would have been nothing in the
contest for Mr.. Mel Lean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
JAYHAwKER JoTs

A stranger blew into Leavenworth a
few days ago, and was crazy inside of
two hours
The State university basket ball team
wants to play against Yale when the
latter comes west to Chicago.
''Ladysmith,'' observes an experienced
Kansas paragrapher, seems to be get
ting a tight squeeze just now"
Harry Honeywell, a Salina boy who
was with Dewey on May 1, 1898, has
reached home. He was a musician on
the Baltimore.
A Kansas City, Kansas, boy, who was
in the Twentieth, reached home from
the Philippines just as his brother was
starting for them.
Miss Ada Bryant, a Lincoln Center
girl, has been elected leader of the choir
in a big St. Louis church al a salary
of $1,000 per year
An Arkansas City woman of 70 got
her fortune told the other day, and the
Traveller says she was just as eager
about it as a maid of Is.
The Republican candidate for county
surveyor in Ottawa county is at pres
ent living in New York city. where he
is attending Columbia college.
The friends of Judge Lit Crum are
having fun with him because the or
gan" referred to him as a ''pOrtly joint
ist," when it meant "pOrtly jurist."
The oldest officer in the Twentieth
was Captain BOltwOOd of Ottawa, and
the youngest was Lieutenant Charles
L. Sampson, of company NJ, of Salina.
All the time Ed. Little has been over
in the Philippines his barber at Abilene
has kept the shelf on which his shaw
ing mug sat draped in the national col
Ors.
Central Kansas does not propose to
be left behind in developing mineral
resor~ces. Companies are going after
zinc at Junction City, and gas at Solo
mon
A Seventh district man shook hands
with Funston the other day and his
town holds him in such high esteem
that it is preparing to give him a re-
ceptiOn and run him for Office.
The carriage of Mrs. A P. Elder took
first prize in the floral parade at Ottawa
last week. Shortly afterwards a spark
from a bonfire set fire to the decOra-
lions. and the entire vehicle was con
sumed.
Billy Morgan may expect the Atchi-
son Globe to classify him with the
it behind his fan that Ed. Howe's weak
place is a delusion that he is a critic
Of music.
Pap Eckert points out that the an
nOuncement of Admiral DeWey'S en-
gagement to we'd within thirty days az
ter his arrival home is another evidence
of the reckless courage for which he has
| become noted
The company L boys were ''recepted'
| postpone the ''dOin's'' there until they
/ have time to recover from the Topeka
/ and Junction City engagements. Ac-
| cordingly. the Abilene reception viii be
! given Thanksgiving.
/ There is a battleship in Kansas now.
/ At least it would appear so from the
number OF gayels, canes, and Other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08

the community as to who shall get it,"
Drake Watson.
If a woman looks well in a wrapper,
that settles it: she is a perfect lady,
and good looking.
Take quinine at this season. Take
lots of it. 1t is not only good for you,
but it browns out the piano playing
next door,
Considering that tobacco smoke is
good for palms. there is mighty little
charity among women for smoking
around the house.
There are so many life insurance so
licitors lately that the subject Of life
insurance has become as hackneyed as
prohibition, or religion.
The Globe has long admired Wesley
Blair, but it is about to have trouble
with him: he is heading a movement
to establish golf links in the vacant
field north of 7. III. Walkers place
Times are better: there is no doubt
about it. In the composing room OF
the Globe this afternoon, an intel1-
gent compOsitOr sang out: Has airy
gentleman a chew?'' Five gentlemen
had it: two of them had fine cut
When a person goes in for good
education. he thinks it is to fit himself
for a Higher Sphere of Usefulness, buC
he viii finish as a teacher, and dislike
it, To go through a college, and take
all the studies, is to become a teacher.
much that is taught in college is use
full only to teach the same nonsense to
others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
GAS FROM lola
To Be Piped to Fort Scott, Pittsburg
and Galena.

and Galena-
Fort Scott, Nov. S.-There has been a
revival of the talk of piping natural
gas to this city from the Allen county
field by the wealthy Indiana corpora
ton represented by Mr.. Murdoch, the
gentleman who was here last year fig
uring on the proposition. At that time
Mr.. Murdock's company abandoned the
idea because the Kansas field was not
sufficiently developed to warrant the
expenditure of so much money. It is
now proposed to pipe the gas to Fort
Scott. Pittsburg. Joplin, Galena and in
tervening towns.
Mr. Murdoch is again in the west. He
lives at Lafayette, Ind, and draws a
salary of $4,000 per year from big
natural gas company for his knOwl-
edge of natural gas and his advice N
the management of the big pipe lines
there It was through Wertie P Smith,
formerly of this city but now of La
fayette, that the Indiana cOmpany's at
tentiOn was directed to the Kansas
field Mr.. Smith is now here and Mr..
Murdoch is daily expected to arrive in
the Kansas field to take the matter up
again. 1t is figured that the field Will
supply all the towns in this part of
Kansas and Missouri and that it would
be a paying investment to pipe it to
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
SAPP ELECTED.
Entire Fusion Ticket Wins in Chero-
kee by From 100 to 500 Maiorities.

Galena, Kan. Nov. S-The court of
common pleas to be established at Ca
lena and Pittsburg in Cherokee and
Crawford counties was carried by a
good majority. AS accurately as can be
given now the court majority in Chero-
kee county was between 500 and 600
while Crawford carried it by fully 500.
E. E Sapp, Democratic nominee for
judge of common pleas court, and E. F.
Tucker, clerk, were each elected by
about $50 majority. The entire fusion
ticket was elected in Cherokee county
by majority ranging from 100 to 500.
The principal fight in the county was
made on sheriff, both o. W. Sparks, the
present sheriff, Democrat nominee and
c. L. Rains, Republican nominee were
from Galena and We're as strong a
man as either party could place in nom
nation The establishment of a hign
school for Cherokee county was also
carried by good majority The school
is to be located at Columbus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
NEW STAMP COMPANY.
Cooperative Company Opens For Bus
mess Today.

The Topeka cooperative premium
stamp association which the merchants
of the city organized a few weeks ago,
opened up for business this morning.
They have for the present procured
space in the J. b. Mills gentlemen's
furnishing goods store at No. 724 KAN
sas avenue, and the different presents
which the merchants have to give
away are artistically displayed in Mr..
Mills window.
The stamps were given to the mer-
chants this morning and all customers
will be given stamps with their Npur-
chases by these merchants, beginning
tomorrow morning. Cards are being
printed telling where the Topeka stamps
can be procured, and will be hung up
in conspicuous places in the stores.
The presents which the merchants in
tend to give away are above the or
binary and will be an ornament to any
house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
DIVORCE SUITS NUMEROUS.
Leavenworth Docket Shows Fifty-one
For Trial and Twenty
Criminal Cases.

Leavenworth, Nov. s.-The November
term of the district court convened yes
terday, but action was taken in only
one case, the rest of the day being de-
voted to calling the docket and fixing
the trial dates. The case acted upon
was the divorce suit of Bolts against
Bolts, which was dismissed at the cost
of the plaintiff
The criminal cases will be tried first,
of which there are twenty on the
docket. These include the Tonganoxie
and KIOndike joint cases and the charge
against Byron Billings for the murder
of his father The docket numbers 329,
some of which have been standing for
several years.
OF the hfty-one divorce suits on the
docket thirty-fOur have been brought
by women and seventeen by men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
oHAIR ZOE ALRRIGHT.
Popular Captain Successful In a
Church Fair Contest

Leavenworth, Nov. S.-Captain Will
liam S. Albright was last night declared
chair offered by the ladies of the Flat
Iron church as a prize to the most pop
ular candidate during their fair dur
ing the last four days.
The chair is a handsome souvenir and
will be a touching reminder for the
gallant captain of the regard of the
people. There We're several hundred
votes cast altogether by the citizens
who visited the fair and Captain Al
bright was declared victorious by a
majority of As votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08

divorced wife and Hazen were married
at NeWkirk and made this city their
home. After Hines got the child he
placed it in the care of a man and Wo-
man named Ish. Monday Mrs. Hazen
went to the Ish home and asked for the
child saying she wanted to take the lit
tie one for a walk. She was allowed to
do so but did not return and when Ism
found her and the child she refused to
give it up. The husband and Ish then
got Constable Tyler and went after the
child but when the officer found out the
circumstances he refused to have any
thing to do with the case.
The mother kept the child and this
morning was arrested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
The blush of a queen is royal husn'
The scale of justice must be a sort
of trial balance.
Perhaps a woman is unreasonable IN
her reasoning because
It's a poor photograph that is unable
to speak for itself.
When man is making money people
expect him to pay for what ne gets
Two is company-untn they become
one, then it seems more like a crowd
Take a day off occasionally and your
years will accumulate more slowly.
Some peoples ideas of foOling away
their time is to attempt to write poetry
A creduIous woman is one who be-
lieves a dentist when he promises not to
hurt her.
The patient usually has more con-
fidence in his physician than the latter
has in himself.
When a man makes the mistake of
marrying too young it is one OF the mis-
takes he never repeats.
Some men reach the wrong destina-
ton by travelling on the right road;
they travel in the wrong direction.
If at the age of years child doesn't
know whether it pays to cry or not II
will never set the world on fire.
The would-be actor who considers
himself budding genius is apt to
strike a frost the first time he appears
in public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
Death of W. Il. Pottla.

Arkansas City, Nov 8.-W. H Pot
tie. one of the best known business men
in this city. died Tuesday at Has
Death was the result of a stroke of
paralysis about five weeks ago from
which he never recovered. He was
well known over the entire state in po-
l1t1caI circles. He was an old soldier
and quite prominent. Since 1887 he has
been engaged in the dry goods bust
ness here. being the sole owner of
one of the largest stores in southern
Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
CleveIand Ordered to Move o..

Princeton, n. J., Nov. S.-As EXPIRES
ident Grover Cleveland was leaving the
polls on Mercer street yesterday he
stopped a moment to speak to one of
his friends, whereupOn an over OficiOus
policeman from Trenton, detailed at the
polls, not knowing who Mr.. Cleveland
was, ordered the ex-president to move
outside the chalk line. Mr.. Cleveland
smiled, stepped into his carriage and
was driven off to his home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
VanderbiIt,a Will

New York, Nov. 8-The will Of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt was offered
for formal probate today before Pro
bate Clerk Washburn. All the living
witnesses to the will, which was exc
cuted June IS, 1896, and the two CO.
dicils, the first of which was executed
April "A, 1897, and the second April 4.
1899 We're present and testified to their
signatures on the will and codicils.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
olpe Farmer Suicides.

Emporia. Nov. Sword was received
here this afternoon of the suicide of
Peter Bren, at Olpe, u miles south of
here. Bren was Sc years old, single and
wealthy farmer. For some time past
he has been severely i'll. Becoming
respondent he took his shotgun, placed
the muzzle beneath his chin, and with
lath touched the trigger blowing his
head to pices. Coroner Boyland viewed
the remains and a verdict in accord
rendered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
CHARGE OF K1DNAPINa
Placed Against an Arkansas City
Mother For Taking Her Child

Arkansas City. Nov. S.-Constab BILE
Breene has arrested Myrtle Hazen
charged with kidnapping her own child
from her former husband 1t seems
that Myrtle Hazen was formerly the
wife OF Henderson Hines but a little
over a year ago he secured a divorce
and by a decree of the court was given
the care Of their little child. Later the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-08
Oldest Church Burns.

Mount Holley, n. J.. Nov. s.-St.
Marys Episcopal church at Colestown.
the Oldest church in New Jersey. was
destroyed by fire, of supposed incen-
diary origin last night. It W as built in
1876 and was of great historic interest,
because of it's age. The fire is suppos-
ed to have been started by thieves, who
first robbed the edifice.