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NO. 181
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RRY K. THAW IS DECLARED INSANE BY THE SUPREME COURT
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EPT IN
ASYLUM
IE AT LARGE
kek furious at su-
ME JUSTICE'S DECISION
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li.ll.VlVI'i .1IUXIUa 1U Ill.W3-
FROM MATTEAWAN.
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tikeopsle, N, Y.. Mny 25.
(endnll Thaw Is lnsnnc nnd if
from tho nsylum would bo
pee to tho public Bnfety, no
to -tlio decision filed todn
Kco Joseph Morsohnuaer In the
court In the hnbens corpu-
brought In hope of gaining
jntlnucd on pago five.)
TRYING TO
BOOM FOR
GORTELYOU
FOR SECOND PLACE
FRIENDS WANT HIM FOR VICE
PRESIDENT CLAIM HE
WOULD HELP NEW YORK
STATE TICKET.
(United Pre I.enied Wire.)
Washington, Mny 25, With vc
nowed vigor tho frlendB of Secretary
Cortelyou nro booming him for vice
president on the Republican ticket,
one of tho best arguments being
urged in his favor Is that ho would
heln tho ticket In Now York Btntc.
Tho ndmlsslon is mado in Wash
ington that Fairbanks seems to b
tho fctrongest candidate for second
LIFE AND
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ARE LOST
BY TERRIBLE WIND
ANNA IS '
TO 1ARRY
OE SAGAN
SEVEN THOUSAND HOMELESS AS
RESULT OP FLOORS SCORE
REPORTER DROWNED THE
MENDOUS DAMAGE DONE.
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PEOPLES
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BARGAIN HOUSE .
RAIN OR SHINE
Vm rl ..1. .. l.wl ,.. fitl nt lw fKf ; trtt Qftri Ymi rilll
fool (tic Intelligent iooplc. They nlwnyH know the Ixvt place to do
t frmlliiir w. tiIuv. wtinrn fhev L'ff (lie U(M)1h foP tile llNt 111011-
fSeo the little prlcew wo nsk.
lies' Suits
k jilnco on mlo for a tow days
todies Suits. This Benson's
crentioiiR, These annents
hnndboniely trimmed, tailor.
p, fcllk lliu'd, pony ami efet
M, coat full gored nd plent-
lilrts. They come In oil tho
fhhades. They nro tli pro.
Dis of tho best innnufnctur.
Jit houses of the east. They
rW"t arriving nnd nro Iought
Nry close figures. We give
bonellt to our customers.
), $10.50, $12.50, $14.90
Millinery
1 Trimmed HutH noiv on sa'o
see that will Hiinrlse you.
iss Goods
Silks
an, slaRghterlng the prices
departraentH. Come and
or youref. Dress Goods,
f25c, 33c, 49c, 5c ad up.
ard, 23c, 33c, 48c, 63c, 7So
P.
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Dallas, TexnB, May 25 The most
violent storm of tho year brolce .over
North Toxas last night. It was' ex
ceptionally sovoro at Fort Worth,
Dallas Wichita Fulls, Denton nnd Ab
ilene. Andrew Welch, n snloon keeper of
North Fort Worth, whose placo was
Inundated, was drowned In trying
to escape A 16-year-old boy who
was working for Welch was also
drowned.
Four men were seen to be swept
Into Mnplo creek in tho suburbs of
Fort Worth and drowned. Effort
to learn their identity have failed.
Tho proporty Iosb at Fort Worth
nnd vicinity exceeds $100,000.
Wado OwenB nnd Ernest Stateler
wore drowned at Mineral Wells. Six
SAYS HER LAWYER
ATTORNEY
PREPARES COX-
TRACT WHEREUY NEITHER
"GETS HOLD OF THE OTHERS
FINANCES.
(United Pre Lemed Wire.)
Pjirls, t May 25. Madam Anna
Gould will bo 'married to Prlnco
Hello le 8agnn here June 14, accord
ing -to tho announcement mado ly
Majltre Cachard, Madam Gould's at
torney, who is at work on tho wed
diiK contract today.
1'he wedding will bo solemnized by
a yll ceremony and tho coremony
of-ie ProtestanUcAnrch.Thelcon
tru'et is to bo known as the "separa
tion of- proporty rulo" under which
the prlnco will not get hold' of tho
money which his coucln and prede
cessor Count I3onl expended so freo-
There i llttlo doubt, however, thai
..seh.
CHILDREN
VISIT THE
WARSHIPS
HUNDREDS ABOARD
TO PROVE
FIEND IS
NOT DEAD
FLAN Of MAYOR
VISITORS FLOCK TO SEATTLE TO IN ORDER TO INDICTrLAMPHERI!,
WITNESS PARADE IX HARROR
OHIO GOES TO SAN FRAN-CISCO.
(United Press I.eiued Wire.)
Seattle, May 25. With tho
sun
PROSECUTOR HOPES TO SHOW
THAT MRS. GUNNESS IS STILT
ALIVE.
(United Prrti Leaned Wire.)
Ln Porto, Ind May 25.. -In mak-
shlnning brightly In direct contrast lug his jlft"s to assist in the defease
to yesterday's drizzle, tho bnitlcfthlps of Ray Lamphefe, under IndkttMen.
of tho Aitlnntto licet nro today being for tho murder of Mrs HeHe G-hk-vlslted
by hundred? of school chit- nosg, in whoso private burying
dron nnd others. Tho city Is again ' grounds 14 of hor alleged viotlBM
filling up with visitors coming to wit
no7s tho great parado tomorrow,
which will bo the culminating ted-
tMt'o of the local celebration.
woro burled, Mayor Darrow of, L
rorte, today docjared that he would;
provo that tho charred body of th
tsoBian fcind in the aaliea of t
Tod'ay'a sports', barbecuen a.d free GnnncM home was not that of the al
cutortnlnrnonts aj tho thentors were iCKedjnurdora,.but k remains eC
the features. ' ' ' a young" woman who dtoppearea a
Tonight tho ball to the enlisted year ago.
men will bo given nt Loiclil park.
Scores of prjvato functions are be
ing given this afternoon nnd nro on
Anna haB arranged to provide woll tonght for the offlcora of the fieot.
for hor prlnco. Tho contract pro-
persons aro reported drowned nenrvldes that neither party to tho wed
ding is to inherit from tho other ex
cept by specific testamentary provls
ion.
Cachard announced that all ftbjoc
tlon on tho part .of tho Gould fam
ily had been withdrawn and that tho
wedding would bo sntslfactory to a'l
concerned. The couple will reside- I"
France. Tho bans, it is nnnounced,
will be published next Sunday,
Sachard denies positively tho story
published Sunday that Mmo, Gou'rt
and tho prlnco were mnrricd In Ho
boken, N. J., tho midnight be-foro
they Balled for Europe
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Wichita FnllB and Childress, nnd n;
Denton an unknown man lost his llf
in tho llo'od. Railroads and crop
hnvo suffered largoly.
Two thousand more persons were
drJven from their homes todny os
tho result of the rl:o of the Trinity
river, making approximately 7000
that aro now practically without
sholter. Houses aro being swont
down nnd carried nwny by tho rag
ing stream, big factories are flooded
and bridges hnvo been torn down
Thousands of heads of livestock have
perished.
Dallas, Tex., May 25. Caught oa
n railroad bridge that was swept, Lrr)r( P
away by the -lslug wnter of the Trln- ,JJM(jLod
ity river, i persons wero wasneu in
to the raging stream and eight of
them are thought to have been
drowned.
Aftor struggling for life for set'
eral minutes bIx of thorn were res
cued, but so fnr no traco of the re
maining olght has been discovered.
Uuloss they reach land come distance
away, out of sight of tho rescuing
party thoy perished.
Duith List Near Two. Hundred.
Dallas, Tox, May 25
Ledbottor, who has
ADJOURNS
SATURDAYS
Tho battleship Ohio salloil
morning for San Francisco.
this
JaekieN Hurled,
Puget Sound Navy Ynry, Wash ,
May 25. With full nnvnl ceremon-
Jev, tho' bodies of Fred Lullnsklnut (LfiV RP
J. J. Staub, of tho battleship Now, (Tin I DL
Jorsoy, killed at Delllngham Inst Fri
day by bolng run ovor by n trolley
car, wero laid to rest this afternoon
in tho naval cemetery hero.
BELIEVE
SHE SHOT
HUSBAND
Further than this Mayor parron-
would mnko no etatfliseut. . Im,I4
that In spite of the (act that'.th
teeth found In tho rulnu have ba
noRltlvnlv Idonlllled an. ihniA nlfiMra.
I GuanesB he would offtm proof that
the woman did not perUh in 4k
flames.
.'Is
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FOUL
PLAY
Non it. your time to buy Swell
Suits fur smull money.
1000 Yards of CaIlcoen and
fancy Lawns at, yard 5J
(United Pre" Lewed Wire.)
Washington, Mny 25. Final ad
journment of congross, It Is now
thought, will occur next Thursday.
The nreient nlnn of both branches
Shorlff (, oongress has been mado with .1
been engage.: vltrW to aoin no moro work tnnn
since early morning In reioulng po- th, competing of that a'rendy 'inder
p!o who woro driven to house tops' wuy wjjj requlr-. In fact, the 'nftafra
and 4reea by the flood caused by tho ut tnu Mjnnjo nn,i )0WCr j10U80 nr0
rising of tho Trinity river, declared bojnK EO 8rmpad that it is not at all
lato this afternopn that nt least 100,,mDrolmhje thnr adjournment may
persons have porished In the vicinity l)0 ian a Juy oarllor than Thurs
of Dallas and hnt 50 moro have ,iuyt It Ju UKrmi that most of the
diowiwl op mot death In some other i remaining tlm will be derotod to
form in West Dallas. tj)0 work of stralghtonlng out the
Tho great majority of thoso who tnnglo ln which tho roports of con
perlshed were woram and children forenco committee and Involvod,
Late reports arriving hero tell of , wlth the appropriation bills getting
iruch suffering in tho outlying dla-j most of tho attention.
trlcU. Notwithstanding protests of Not until thoso disputed points aro
officers in charge, Sheriff Lcdbetter BOtt!cd can congret' adjourn,
'today took command of a big go . ,
ornment steamer and directed tho 'lIEXEY'S CHAUFFEUR
crew to pick persons off of hopne' ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING
The Store That Saves You
Moiey j
tops and tree1, whoro they were ma.
rooned.
(Unite I're Lwd Wlr.)
Oakland. Cal , May 25.H.
Crampton, chauffeur for Franchi 3
place, but at tho eamo time it is llency, was fined HO for violating
pointed out that there la a strong ua-1 tho speed law, having been arrested
der current of Cortelyou sentiment Sunday while trying to cajcb a ferry
It. U the purpose of the treasury ec- boat at Oakland pier with Mr. and
retnry's 'friends to develop tbfa ait. Mrs. Henoy. Orumptoa atarted to
ment undtr tho surface and make Jt protest vigorously at the arrest, b jt
appear )n tbo open eo strongly that Jt was slleacei by Hency's command-
will Inoure his nomination in the He- "Quit cojaplising These mea as
publican national convention.
doing their duty."
Snn Frnnolsco, Mny 25.- Detec
tive) are eearchlng the city for Mrs
Zena Pollard, who was to como to
trial today on a charge of attempt
ing to kill her husband, Harry Pol
lard, the actor.
Severul weeks' ago Mrs. Pollard,
through Jealously, Is alleged to havi
fired live shots at her husband. Two
of them took ffoct. Both deny an
attempt to murdor, the actor claim
ing that while ho was fooling with
his revolver he accident!)- shot him
solf.
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LITTLE PROSPECT FOR
SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE
Olovoland, O., May 25. Arbitra
tion us a means of settling tho dllH
ouKles betweon ofllclah of tho Mu
nicipal Traot'on company nnd the
ivtrcatoar mon's union received a set
back today when it was lonrued thnt
an Incomplete count of the votes cast
on tho proposition to arbitrate the
lenorlty rights of the non-union men
showM that tho question hni un
doubtedly been auowed under.
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SUE FOR JiAND
ILLEGALLY SECURED
Portland, Or. May 25. Three suit
for tho recovery of 0380 acres of
land in Linn county, Oregon, were
filed by United States District Attor
ney McCourt today. Charles A.
Smith of Minneapolis Is tho principal
dafondant in the suits. The land In
volved is valued at 1, 000,000. The
statute of llmltatiOBs prevented crim
inal proceedings,
(United PrN I.ennfd Wire.)
Snn FrnnclticOj May 35. Two
diaths thnt suggest inurtcr nrev toe
ing invcstlgntod by tho pollne. An
I unknown woman fdund lying nlona-
sido tno Btreetcar track near IIIlN
crest was removed to n. hospital,
where ho died nnd John Grace, sal
to bo a plumber, was found dying in
a snloon In the Misalou.
On the back of 'tho woninn'H hcail
was an abrasion, indicating that bIio
had been atruuk liy a car, Anuthur
theory Is that sho wna murdered and
her body takon to th? iput wheru it
was found.
The unknown woman was 60 years
old. She has not lieon Identified,
John Grncj died without regaining;
consciousness. Chief Dupnity Ken
nedy Is having an examination initflo
of tho man's utomach in an effort to
leurn if an overdose of "knockout
drops" had been ad,mlnUterod.
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MAE WOOD IS LET
OUT U.VIHJR IIONDS!
United l'nk .enved Wire i
Now Vork, May 26 Mao WoodH,
who U under arrest on a ohargo of
porjury In connection with t hor re
cent suit against Senator Thomas C.
Piatt, in which sho clnlmod to bo
Piatt's wife, was released from tha
Tombs today on bond of 15000 fur
nished by tho American Surety com-
,iiany.
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AccldentaRy Sfit Son,
I United I'm Leased Wire.)
St. Helens, Or., May 26. While
crane huuMns yejtordoy afternooB
George Urger acrldently shot awJ
killed bU l-year-ojd son. Tho fcy
bad accompanied his father on tho
hunt but bad become separated fro
him Darger saw a good chance Ja
bag a crane and ftrf,
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