davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

With William Allen White out of
the race for governor. by his positive,
even eloquent, refusal to get into it, 1t
begins to look as though Fred Jackson
is about the next best available man.
Jackson is making good as attorney
general in way that indicates the
need of promotion at the end of this
term. What better place for him than
the governors office Lawrence
World ..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
no SHARE Our BLESSINGS.

Some one has discovered that the
president is bound by the terms of tn e
Nobel fund. of which he IS a bene-
ficiary, to deliver a lecture in Norway.
Well, no one is objecting- We would
like the Norwegians to understand how
it feels mselveS.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Although Mr.. Bryan weighs pa
pounds, he is still a hundred weight
under Taft. Still a race between
Bryan and Taft would not be so badly
matched as some.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Is there anything in the attitude Of
Attorney General Jackson towards law
breakers to encourage the bucket shops
in Kansas City, Mo-, to move over into
Kansas?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

1--WE want a new party" says Har-
per's Weekly. Well, what is to hinder
it from getting one uD and inviting
whoever it pleases-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Governor Hoch's warrant to pay for
the bonds of the brewery receivers was
held up by Auditor Nation-which is an
entirely different matter from it's be-
ing upheld.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Is it possible that Wisconsin will
match Rhode Island and have only one
United States senator hereafter? The
Interests probably hope so, If the other
one would be like La Toilette
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Senator LaFollette says Roosevelt
will be nominated by reclamation next
year. LaFollette must have a tip from
John Temple Graves that Bryan is go
Ing to say that word"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
A TRULY GLOOMY view.

Each party appears to have per
petuaI candidate. 1t can hardly be
doubted that If the president should
get another term, the tide of ''Roose-
Welt talk would rise about as high
four years hence as it has risen now.
The minds of the people appear to be
shut, also their eyes and ears. They
are thinking about nobody but Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Bryan. They will
listen to the mention of no other names,
they see no other possible candidates.
A man from Mars would conclude there
were but two great living Americans.
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Now, Mr.. Weather Man, kindly give
us some good growing weather, and
we will try to forget the past If not
forgive 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Ruef has asked for a change of
venue. AS long as he can not pick
the entire jury he wants to be tried
where they don't know him quite so
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

The trouble with smashing these
political machines is that repairs are
always handy and soon they are run
ming as smoothly as ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

That record-breaking crop Of canned
fruit that was produced last season
will come in quite handy after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

La Toilette says the wealth of this
country is controlled by 76 men We
all know about Hartman and Rookie
Teller. but who are the other IA?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

There is this comforting thought
If Roosevelt is not elected president
for another term he will quite likely
be sent to the senate and there will be
something doing in that body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

1t takes a great deal of trouble t
satisfy San Francisco. Not conten
with graft and earthquakes it is nov
having strikes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

If the Fairbanks presidential boon
As working much nowadays 1t is keep
ing extremely quiet about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

zone E. H. Hartman seems to be
keeping very quiet these spring days.
says the Baltimore American zone %
nxclaJrns the Washington Post In ter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

ror. Eye gods and little fishes, have
we got to keep our eyes peeled for
another ?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
KANSAS COMMETT

La w AND LIQUOR IN KANSAS.
A1e intensified anti-liquor movement
~ Kansas IS full of significance. Kan
sas Is prohibition state; has been a
prohibition state The liquor interests
meanwhile have in practice taken small
account of this fact and have gone on
uoIng business That is, the liquor in
terests nave been defying the law here
az seems to be their inherent nature
everywhere to DO Now the supreme
court OF Kansas has held that brew
eTles nave no legal standing in the
state, and hence can do no business
tuere- (Strange, considering that there
was merely a law prohibiting them).
Inc erect is that the nine breweries
uoing business in this state are held
up py three receivers appointed by
the court to take charge of the beer
ana bar fixtures that they own. This
IL Is admitted by the interests them
serves is a death blow to them, and
mat they must leave the state. Leav-
ehWorth, the anti-prohibition strong
hold, mas surrendered and will close it's
saloons. Much of the property of the
easily got at-such as beer in cold
storage, bar fixtures, horses and
wagons, and real estate. The only sug
gestlon of embarrassment is as to
What the receivers shall do with the
liquor 1t cannot be sold and must
elther be restored to the owners or
destroyed. We hope that it will be de-
slroyed and this hope springs from no
from a sense of legal right. For one
we nave never believed in prohibition,
put the people of Kansas do believe
IN II, enacted it years ago and have
since reaft1rmed it in different ways.
So prohibition is and long has been the
law OF Kansas, yet We have these Ii
quor interests deliberately defying the
law and doing that which done by
some other interests or elements of So
clety would be called anarchy and
would provoke a cry for forcible sup
preston. So We hope that this final
enforcement of the law will not be
marred by what nearly always does
mar our enforcement of the law
namely, nonenforcement.-I
News.
HASTY.
Another act of southern chivalry
wrong is discovered to be premature.
Judge Loveing of Virginia shot
young man Friday in cold blood for
the supposed violation Of his daughter;
1t is now disclosed that there was no
foundation for the judges conclusions.
Like the fine old southern gentleman
that he is, the judge has expressed the
most courteous regrets. We have
thought for a good many years that
they are entirely too quick on the
trigger in Observation-Disclosures Beacon.
EASY.
The ease with which Attorney Cen
eral Jackson has driven the breweries
out of Kansas and closed the saloons
in the whisky towns must make for
mer officers feel like 80 cents. 1t is
easy enough to enforce law when the
officers want to enforce it. The job
was so easy for Jackson that he prob
ably will not draw his salary for April,
on the theory that he didn't earn it
Holton Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

It is pretty hard for the public to
get excited over that debate between
Bryan and Beveridge in the Reader
MAGAZINE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
FAIR SKIES,

The season of marvellous prosperity
so long enjoyed by the United States
seems to be as far from it's close as it
was last spring. The little cloud con-
jured up by the railroad managers was
no bigger than a mans hand, and even
that seems to have evaporated.-Wash-
ington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
EXPLOITATION.

That bitter and relentless enemy of
imperialism, Mr. Charley Towne, is
going to the Philippines to engage in
business. This is the most startling
reversal of form recorded in recent
annals.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thus far Topeka still has the pen
nant won, although it may be a trif1e
early to talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
DANGER OF PLUTOcRACY.

This great republic of ours shall
never become the government of a
plutocracy and it shall never become
the government of a mob" said tn e
president He might have added that
there is no surer way of making it the
government of a mob than by first per-
hitting it to become the government
of a plutocracy--New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
Tunneling Under the Hudson.

In fifteen years New York City will
be drawn it's water from the great Asho-
kan reservoir in the heart of the Cats
kills. The water will be brought to the
city by huge concrete and steel aQue-
duct, one hundred miles long, and the
largest in the world. The most unique
feature of this aqueduct will be the stu
pendous siphon under the Hudson at
Storm King, according to Charles H.
Cochrane's article in the New Broadway
Magazine. This is a feat of tunnelling
that puts to blush all the tunnels around
New York City. The subways under
the Hudson river now constructing go
down about ninety feet below the wa
ter; but the Storm King siphon will be
sunk 639 feet below the surface of the
water, and LOO feet below the aque-
duct gradient. If this were built on the
air-pressure principle. used in the East
River tunnels, all the workmen would
perish from the pressure as soon as the
work had gone a little below 100 feet
under the water. AS the engineers
found 1t would be necessary to go be-
low the fatal limit at Storm King, they
decided to build a tunnel or siphon so
far down below the river bottom that
it would be in solid rock and not allow
water to leak in. Going down over 600
feet, they calculated that little or no
water will come in, and therefore they
will not have to do the work Or dig
under pressure from compressed air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
He Hadn't Changed a Bit.

The Smiths had invited the minister
to dinner. AS the last course was
reached, little Willie, who had been
closely watching the guest almost con-
tinually through the meal, looked over
at him once more and said:
''You haven't changed a bit since
you started eating, have you, Mr.. Cur
tbs %
why, no." laughed the minister.
''Why do you ask that question:"
Because blurted Willie. confused
by the pairs of eyes focused on him,
because I heard pa tell ma you'd
make a big hog of yourself as soon as
you got your eye on the corned beef
and cabba ee.'-The Bohemian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
HUMoR OF THE DAY

How much did that machine cost?" ask
ed the Billville farmer after the automo-
bile had knocked him from the highway.
Three thousand" was the reply.
my! My! He exclaimed. An to think
that all these years I've been runnin' a
risk o. bein run over by a mule hitched to
a SC wagonr'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Lady-Why, James, I'm surprised to see
that you let your little brother smoke that
vile cigar
James-Aw, we'll, you don't need ter tell
him dat it's a bum cigar; he thinks it's
good One.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

BE sure you're right, and then go
ahead said the man who likes to quote.
Yes" answered the energetic citizen.
But try not to waste too much time MAX
ing sure, or you're liable to be like the
that he missed his rain."-Was hlngton
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Mrs. Knicker-Does your husband go out
between the acts?
Mrs. Bocker-No;he comes in the theater
between drinks.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Miss Backbay-You are familiar, I pre-
sumo, with "Sartor Resartus"2
Mr.. -E,r-only slightly In our
part of the country we don't take much
stock in him They say he sneaks out of
paying his election bets.-Chicago Tri-
b-ne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Yeast-Our boarding house lady has been
taking cooking lessons and she says next
week she is going to try her hand in he.
own kitchen.
Crimsonbeak-Is that a threat or a prom
i-1o tot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

1T thought you told me you were playing
the heavy part in this spectacular FRA
map"
$50 I am"
Why. you don't even appear on the
stage"
''Oh, yes I do. I'm the hind legs of the
elephant. "-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Visitor Ito prisoner)-Poor mani What
brought you to this?
CONFECTIONERY, mum. I didn't hev
money enough ter hire corporation law
yer ter tell me how ter steal legally
Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

of something else.
They were opening the box in the
sitting room at West Holden when
Alice Brent came in, breathless. She
was a slender girl, with soft eyes.
HAS 1t Gomez" she cried. ''TiDN'
glad I am I got here in time
Yes. but we weren't going to I'M
pack it until you came" said Stella.
I'VE just wanted to have it all ready.
gether"
Jessie's pasteboard box came out
first, as it was on top.
Something especially for me-" cried
ALICE %Hlow lovely! But 1 won't
open it until the last. Take out The
other things, mother dear"
The other things were taken out. One
by one Mrs Brent unfolded them and
laid them in a pile on the floor. Not
one of the girls ventured to make
remark of any sort, and Alice did not
dare glance at Stella.
THAT is all. think, my dears," said
the mother, as she placed on the pile the
''I will put all the things in my closet
and examine them at my leisure"
Blessed are they who expect nothing
for they shall not be disappointed" re-
marked Stella.
Stellar Mrs. Brent's voice was one of
rebuke. Little Ruth began to weep.
Here, let's look at my box, Ruthie,"
said Alice. I'VE mustn't forget that"
Probably filled with soiled ribbons
tered Stella, in whose black eyes angry
tears burned holly.
With fingers that trembled a little,
Alice united the pink ribbon and re-
moved the cover Of the box.
''Ohi Oh!' she said. Mother. look
The Colorado statesman., 1907-12-28
Bow Murdered at Trinidad.

Trinidad.-With a white silk muffler
tied around his neck in hard knot,
and lying face downward in a trench
excavated for water pipe, the body
of Willie Leary, aged sixteen, was
found shortly before midnight, he hav-
ing been strangled to death. The silk
muffler was a Christmas present from
the boys father.
The body was found by E. T. Fergu-
son, railroad car cleaner, while in
the discharge of his duties, at a point
directly opposite and across the track
from the lunch room of the Harvey
eating house. The boy was identified
by letter of recommendation found
in his pocket from c. l.. Copeland,
manager of the Advertiser, for whom
the boy had worked for a year and a
half, having resigned November 18th,
the date of the resignation.
The boy had for the last two
months been working at a drug store
and telephoned his mother at $3.50 in
the evening that he would be home
for supper. This was the last heard
from him until notified by the coroner
that he was dead.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-12-28
Decreased Flour Shipments.

inneapolis.-Flour shipments from
Minneapolis for 1907 will fall short of
the total shipped during 1906 by nearly
100000 barrels. This decrease ap-
parently has not been entirely due to
the financial furry, as the figures for
each month show that only in three
months for the entire year have the
shipments for 1907 exceeded those for
The same months in 1906.
The number of barrels of flour sent
out from Minneapolis by the various
mills so far this year have been 49,
S25,375, while for the corresponding
period in 1906 there were 14,573,123
barrels shipped, a difference of 747,'
74S barrels.
Despite the recent financial strin-
gency the sales of -four for use in the
country or for export did not suffer
so much as was generally expected.
The shipments for October this year
were 1,499,0S2 barrels, against 1888
097 last year. In November this year
the greatest falling off is shown with
shipments of 1,067,970 barrels against
1,31S,64S a year ago. For the trading
days in December up to the present
679,271 barrels have been sent out as
against 1894 for the corresponding
DAYS !; i year.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-12-28
OLD PEOPLE MURDERED.
Fearful Crime Committed On Ranch
Near Lamar.
vera Republican special from

Denver-A Republican special from
Lama, Colorado, Thursday, says:
One of the most fiendish crimes in
the history of this part of the state
which must have occurred some time
Saturday night or early Sunday morn
ing, was revealed today by the autopsy
held by Coroner Kellogg over the
bodies of A. H. Maxwell and wife, well
known people who resided on a claim
eight miles southeast of here.
Both of the aged pair had evidently
been strangled to death while they
slept and there was little indication of
struggle. The post mortem revealed
that the trachea in each of their
throats had been broken and the
bruises on Mrs. Maxwells body and
broken bones in her chest were evil
IDENTIFY the result of the weight of the
assassins knee while he choked her
to death.
Ed Maxwell, nineteen years of age.
who was adopted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Maxwell when he was seven years old.
was placed under arrest and is being
held in Jail here pending further in
vestigation.
Young Maxwell is reticent, but says
he knows nothing of the affair and
that he will be able to prove an alibi,
The last seen of the Maxwells alive
was Saturday. Yesterday being Christ
mas day Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt, neigh
bors sent their son to the Maxwell
ranch to take some Christmas pres
ents. On reaching the barn lot the
youth heard the cattle believing and
the horses neighing as though they
had not had food or drink for several
days.
On going to the house he saw no
signs of life about the place, and being
frightened hurried home and notified
his father, who returned with his son.
On entering the house and going TO
the bed room of the aged couple Mer
ritt was greeted with the horrifying
spectacle of seeing them both dead in
bed. They were dressed in their night
clothes and at first it looked as though
| the couple had met death peacefully
and it was supposed by Mr.. Merritt
| that death had been due to natural
| causes.
| Word was sent to Coroner Kellogg
at this place, and he, with the sheriff
and other authorities. drove to the
/ Maxwell home, and an investigation at
once suggested that death was due to
/ foul play.
The bodies were brought to Lamar
and were placed in charge of local
undertaken and this afternoon the
autopsy was held, revealing the cause
of death The inquest was postponed
until next Saturday afternoon in order
to give the authorities more time tc
investigate the murder.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-12-28
Yuma County Murder.

Denver-A News special from Wray
Thursday says: A drunken brawl that
started on the farm occupied by Ora
Allen, south Of Laird, a small village
eight miles east of here last night,
ended with tragedy in the village in
which j. p. Barrett, over seventy years
of age, was shot dead By gun al
legged to have been fired by Hickory
Allen, over sixty.
The brawl started at the farm over
an alleged slight to one of the Bar
rett boys, who, it is said, had not been
invited to the dinner, and was carried
to the village by the younger ones.
In this clash clubs and knives took a
prominent part. Returning from his
house, which he had entered but a
few moments before, apparently i'll an
endeavor to quiet the trouble, Barrett
was met by Allen, who in the mean
time had gone into his own home and
secured a revolver.
Allen. it is said, fired upon the old
man, killing him instantly with bull
let through the heart As the shot
was fred someone struck Allen with
club or rock on the side OF the head,
cutting a fearful cash.
Allen and the Barrett boys and the
Allen boys were taken into custody
and brought to the county Jail in
Wray, where they are confined pend
ing the preliminary hearing
The Colorado statesman., 1907-12-28
Senator Patterson Assaulted.

Denver.-Senator Thomas M. Patter-
son was assaulted on the street Thurs
day morning by one of the proprietors
of the Denver Post. The Republican
Friday morning gives the following ac,
count of the affray:
AS a direct result of the ceaseless
warfare of personal journalism which
has for years been Haunted in the face
of the Denver reading public, there
yesterday morning occurred an en-.
counter between Senator T. M. Patter-
son, editor and publisher of the Den
yer News and Times and F. G. Bon
fills, partner with H. II. Tammen in
the publication of the Denver Post.
Patterson, the older man of the two
by twenty years, was knocked down
and considerably bruised about the
face and body. Bonfils escaped with
out injury. 1t is said that harsh words
were used before and after the en-
counter, although the version of the
affair given by both parties is as di
vergent as their newspaper articles
have been. All Denver buzzed with
the news yesterday.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-12-28
Wool Mems Convention.

Helena, Mont.-All arrangements
have been made for the forty-fourth
annual meeting of the National Wool
Growers association in this city jan
uary 14th, 18th and 10th. Advices have
been received indicating that upward
of 1000 persons will represent. Sim
ultaneously a sheep show will be held,
at which the leading wool and sheep
interests of the country will make ex-
hibits. The questions to be considered
at the Wool Growers meeting will be
the public land questions, and the at
titude of the national administration
thereon. The twenty-eight hour law,
relative to live stock shipments, will
also be discussed.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-12-28
Lost Bullion Promoters Sentenced

Denver.-Leniency in the full sense
of the term was used by Judge Lewis
when, after refusing to grant a new
trial, he imposed sentences upon the
defendants connected with the Lost
Bullion mine frauds Thursday in the
Federal Court. The convicted men
got off with Jail sentences ranging
from thirty to fifteen days and fines
ranging from 81 900 to $50. George S.
Dubois, his son Lee Dubois, and G. l..
Blackman, who are credited with hav-
ing first conceived the scheme of
palming an ordinary cave off as a Won
derful mine of Golconda-like riches, re-
ceived the heaviest punishment-each
a 81 900 fine and thirty days in jail.
DR.. r. c. Hunt and Danton Pinkus,
whom the jury recommended to the
mercy of the court and who are gener-
ally thought to have been dupes rather
than factors in the conspiracy shown
by the government, received $50 fine
each The rest were disposed of as
follows: Arthur Levan, 500 and
costs; e. w. Sebben, 500 and costs
William H. Wilson, fifteen days in the
county Jail and $500 fine; w. B. Cam
eron, fifteen days in the county jail
and $500 fine; A. e. Keables, fifteen
days in Jail and $500 fine, and Arthur
Lawrence, fifteen days in Jail and 5000
fine.
"Intercession of friends unknown to
the defendants" Judge Lewis stated,
made him temper mercy with justice
and reach the conclusion not to in
tiict the punishment that the facts
warranted"