The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-29

Ill. 1t is said that the novelist's death
was accidental.
Zola was asphyxiated by fumes from
q stove. the pipes of which are said to
have been out of order At the same
time 1t is stated that there are indica-
tions of suicide. -e~s-s szAr ssft
Zola and his wife returned to Paris
yesterday after spending three months
in the country 1T is hoped that Mime.
Zola will survive.
Zola returned to his Paris home from
his country home at Medan and owing
to sudden spell Of cold weather here
he ordered the heating stove in his bed
room to be lighted. The stove burned
10 o'clock last night, and the servants
not hearing any movement in the apart
ment this morning, entered the bedroom
at $3.50 and found Nine. Zoia lying ola
out of bed, with his head and shoulders
on the floor and his legs on the bed.
Doctors were summoned, but they failed
to restore ZOla to life. After prolonged
efforts they resuscitated Nine Zola.
The rumor circulated regarding Zola' 8
supposed suicide from poison was based
on the fact that elections supposed to
have come from his stomach We're founo
on the floor but the doctors say they
came from Zola's dog, which was also
in the bedroom and which did not suffer
from asphyxiation. Zola dined with a
good appetite yesterday evening and the
nOuSeQOIQ
same dishes. Nothing unusual was
heard in the bedroom during the night.
Some workmen arrived at the Zola
residence at half past 8 this morning in
order to make certain repairs in Zola S
bedroom, but the servants had already
become alarmed at hearing no sound
from the room, decided to enter 1t, and
burst the door open- A slight odor of
carbonic gas was at once noticed and
the bodies of the novelist and his wife
were found in the positions already de-
scribed. Zola had evidently been awak-
ened by a choking sensation, tried to
rise but was overcome by the fumes.
which apparently escaped from the de-
fective stove. The windows were inn
mediately opened, doctors and COM
missary of police were summoned, and
the utmost efforts were made to revive
the novelist and his wife, but the for
mer had already succumbed. Nine.
Zola regained consciousness about noon
She now lies in a state of complete
condition is anxiously awaited in order
to obtain further light on the occur
renee.
A druggist who was the first to ar
rive at the house in order to attend
Zola and his wife. said:
when l entered the bedroom M. Zola
was partly lying on the floor amid mat
ter thrown up from his stomach: Nc
special odor likely to cause asphyxiation
was tnen distinguishable. The two vic
tins, moveover. did not present exclu
sive symptoms of asphyxiation. Their
faces were contorted and their lips were
bloodless. but not violet Color
The commissary of police, in his re-
port to the prefect of Paris, said:
The heating stove was not lighted
and there was no odor of gas. 1t is be-
lieved that his death was due to accI-
dental poisoning by drugs. Two little
dogs found in the bedroom are alive.
DR.. Leyrmand who attended the vic
tins, is quoted as saying in an inter
view, published this afternoon, that the
plate of the stove was still warm and
that the elections came from a dog.
SKETCH ZOLA'S CAREER.
Emile Zola was born in Paris. April
2. 1S40- He received a liberal education
and was for several years in the en-
ploy of the publishing firm of Hackette &
Co., but left it in 1865 to devote himself
exclusively to authorship. He has writ
ten voluminously for newspapers. and
has published the following novels
Contes Nenon 1859: La Confession de
Claude QS65): LIE Voeu dune Morte
Q866): Les MYSTERIES de Marseille
Therese Raquin, and Manet QS6); Ma
deleine Ferat QS60: Les Rougon-M Mac
quart, historic natureIle ct sociale dune
familesous lie Second Empire called his
Human Comedy') which consists OF
several volumes, entitled La Fortune des
Rougon, La Curee LIE Venture de Par
is, La Conquete de Plassans, La Faute
de rAbbe Nouret. Son Excellence Eu-
gene Rougon, and L'Assommoir QS74-'O
Une Page glamour qS7S); and Mana
0sS0). He also produced a comedy. en-