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DOUBLE POISONING.
Young Woman and Her Daughter
Victims Of the Tragedy.
THE MOTHER ADMINISTERED THE
FATAL DRUG.
Arrangements Completed for the Right
of Way to Construct a Canal as a
Cutoff at the Mouth of Yuba River
to Turn the Current Into Feather
River, the Work to be Done Under
Authority of the Government.
Special to the RECoRD-UN1ox.


SPOKANE (Wash.) June ia double
poisoning, for which no motive can be dis
covered, is exciting the farmers on Para
disc Prairie, fourteen miles south of Spo-
kane. Mrs. James Kirkendall, a young
German woman, wife of an industrious
young farmer, and her little daughter,
are the victims of the tragedy.
klrkendall left home yesterday after
noon to attend school board meeting.
On his return about o'clock, he found
his Oldest child, boy years of age,
alone IN the house. sobbing with fright.
Mamma has fallen down and hurt her
SELF" was the only explanation the little
fellow could give.
Guided by the child, Mr.. Kirkendall
fastened through the WOODS, about
quarter of mile from the house. Here
he found his wife lying face downward
upon the ground dead. Near her lay
their four-year-old daughter, who was
unconscious and in spasms. Taking the
child up Kirkendall rushed to the house,
but in few minutes she, too, was dead.
On the kitchen table was found glass
still containing few drops of bitter
AiIuAN' ANOdA IL Was d DOLLlo OF SLrYcl-
nine, one of those sent out by the county
officials for squirrel poison. The little
boy said his mother mixed some of the
stuff found in the bottle with sugar and
water, and gave it to his sister and him
self to drink, taking some of it hersef. 1t
tasted bitter, so he spit out what
she had given him, but his sister swal-
lowed it. Then they went out in the
woods to pick flowers. After they had
gone little way his sister fell down. He
picked her up and carried her to his
mother, but she had fallen to and would
not answer him. Becoming frightened,
he ran back to the house where his father
found him.
No note of explanation was left by
Mrs. Kirkendall. Her husband states
that they had no recent quarrel and that
he cannot imagine any real motive for
the deed. Evidence pointed so plainly
to suicide and poisoning as a result Of
temporary melancholy that no inquests
were deemed necessary,
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LIZZIE BORDEN TRIAL.
Nothing of Special Interest Brought
Ont in the Testimony.

Nothing of Special Interest Brought
Out in the Testimony.
NEW BEDFORD (Mass.), June l3.--On
resumption of the Lizzie Borden trial
this morning the cross-examination of
DIR. Dolan was continued. Nothing of
special interest was brought out, and he
gave way to DIR. +. S. Wood of Harvard
Medical College. He testified that there
was no evidence in the stomachs of Mr..
and Mrs. Borden that they had been
poisoned. He found no blood on any,
thing connected with the case, either in
struments or clothing, except a small
spot of blood on white skirt, which was
human blood and probably came from
the outside. The handless Ratchet might
have been cleaned.
DIR. Draper also testified as an expert
touching wounds, the condition of the
stomachs and the blood, and declared.
from an examination of the skulls. that
the instrument which produced the
wounds was three and half inches long.
the exact length Of the handless Ratchet.
The testimony of the day closed the ex-
animation by surgical report by DIR.
Cheever,
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THE GREAT NORTHERN.

Inc Western Roads Want Its TwentyA
Five Dollar Rate WITHDRAWN
CHICAGO, June 13.-The Western roads
are making desperate efforts to have the
Great Northern withdraw its $50 rate O.
tween Seattle and st. Paul, but that line
refuses, unless other roads withdraw
their tourist service by June 18th, de-
mand which is practically impossible to
grant, and so the situation looks suuaIly.
The revised agreement of the Western
Passenger Association was adopted to-
cay and efforts are being made to get the
Northern Pacific in, which will probably
succeed if boycott is inaugurated against
the Great Northern.
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WHO WILL GET THE REwARDs
Lively Feature in the Final Scene in
the Evans-Sontag Affair.

Lively Feature In the Final Scene in
the Evans-Sontag Affair.
VIsALIA, June 13.-What promises to
be lively feature in the final scene in
the Evans-Sontag affair will be the dis
tribution of the reward of ST., 800 offered
by the State. railroad company and
Wells, Fargo Il Co. Already speculation
Is rife as to who will receive it. Some
doubt If any of the pursuers will get
more than half the full amount.
In his proclamation the Governor pro-
vlded that the bandits, dead or alive,
should be delivered to the Sheriff, and
that in the event of either Evans or Son
tag being captured alone the captors
should be entitled to half the amount
offered.
In the case of Sontag there appears
little doubt but that his captors will get
what is due them. Already a dispute has
arisen between Sontag's captors as to
which was entitled to the credit of his
capture. or, more properly speaking, who
shot him.
Marshal Gard has said that he fired the
shot. but Sontag insists that Burns, who
represented Captain Morse Of San Fran
cisco III the pursuit of the men, was the
man. He has insisted upon this state
ment ever since he was captured, and he
says every bullet he received came from
Burns.
Several sensational stories are now be-
ing circulated, all to the effect that young
Perkins visit to Sheriff Hays office last
night was a prearranged plan between
Perkins and Evans intimate friends by
which Perkins was to turn informer, and
by turning over the bandit, who was con-
lined in his house, afterward claim the
reward on behalf of Mrs. Evans.
When Perkins left his home it was not
thought that Evans would live long, and
1t was thought that if there was posi-
bility of rendering his wife future tinan-
cial aid by this plan there was no reason
why it should not be done.
Being in Perkins house, Evans was in
legal sense Perkins captor, and that be
was such Is substantiated by the fact
that he led Under Sheriff Hall and his
posse back to the place and turned Evans
over.
About town it is generally conceded
that credit of finally rounding up the two
bandits falls exclusively upon the
shoulders of Burns, Jackson, Gard and
Rapelje.
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A CHURCH TROUBLE.

SplC threatened in a Rich Jewish
congregation at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, June ia split is threat
ened In the Mound-street Temple, this
city, one of the richest and most promi-
nent Jewish congregations In the coun-
try. The matter at issue is Sunday serv-
ices. The rabbi, DR.. Philipson, leads the
Liberals, who favor the innovation, and
julius Freiberg, President of the Union
OF American Hebrew Congregations, OPP
poses him.
The rabbi wishes to hold supplenent-
airy Sunday services, and will work TO
accomplish his wish this summer. He
was defeated in the attempt some years
ago, and the excitement runs equally
high in the church now.
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INTERESTING ROMANCE
Brought to the Notice of the Courts In
a VIII Contest.

Brought to the Notice of the Courts In
VIII Contest.
SAN BERNARDINo, June I3.-An inter-
esting romance has been brought to the
notice of the courts here by the filing of a
petition by Mrs. Maggie Boyd of River
side in the matter of the estate of John
Boyd, in which she asks to have large
portion of Boyd's fortune set apart to her
as the lawful wife of deceased.
About seventeen years ago John Boyd
appeared in Riverside, and engaging in
the saloon business he amassed quite a
fortune, and for some years prior to his
death he was one of the largest packers of
oranges in the southern country. About
Boyd, the petitioner, and lived with her
to the time of his death.
The value of his estate was estimated at
$75, 900. The administrator was prepar-
ing to turn the entire property over to
his widow. Meantime, when one Mrs.
Eliza Ann Boyd OF Invernay, Upper
Canada, put in an appearance, she estab-
lished the fact that she had been lawfully
welded to John Boyd in 1858, and there
being no other heirs the court awarded
the entire fortune to her.
Boydis fortune was made almost en-
tirely after his marriage to Maggie, and
the latter now asks the court to grant
her an allowance of $3.50 per month to
support her in her old age. 1t is also
said that the petition is but the initial
step to long contest as to the disposition
Of the property.
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Carver came to town about IL o'clock last
night and surrendered himself to the
Sheriff. He said Byrd L. Gurnett had
abused him very severely during the day
and threatened to kill him. Carver says
he got shotgun and shot him dead.
The tragedy took place at Glenville,
thirty-flve miles north of this place, yes
terday afternoon. officers and the Coro-
ner have gone to investigate. There has
been an old feud existing between them
for some time about stealing cattle.
Gurnett was drinking yesterday and it
was brought I'D.
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train, but just to see my family and get
clothes. Needed them, didn't 1? People
living in Visalia cannot believe, knowing
me nearly twenty years, that I would
rob train. l have always lived an up
right life, and never thought once of rob-
bling railroad trains. Sontag and 1 have
done our own cooking all the time, be-
cause it was cheaper that way, and we
had to husband what little we had. We
killed deer and other wild animals for
food, and generally had supply. Veni-
son, flour and coffee constituted our
larder. Yes, sometimes we were a little
short.
The story about us being seen in
Fresno on snowshoes is a huge joke.
How would we subsist in such a coun-
try? Nonsense"
Evans answered questions freely, and
his manner indicated frankness. He was
as cheerful as could be under the circum-
stances.
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CHICAGO, June 13.-Officials of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
way, who are responsible for the inaugu-
ration of the twenty-hour service between
New York and Chicago via their line and
the New York Central, and have been
running what is known as the 'Exposi-
ton Flyer" repudiate the statement that
the train has been discontinued. on the
contrary, they claim that it is gaining in
popularity and running in either direc-
ton to its fullest capacity.
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Behring Sea Arbitration.

PARIS, June bat to-day's session of
the Behring Sea tribunal of ar bitration
Sir Charles Russell of British counsel
finished his address. Sir Charles closed
his remarks by submitting to the tribunal
a proposition that vessels engaged in
pelagaic sealing be not permitted to leave
their ports before May 1st. and that the
close season be declared in Behring Sea
until July lst Of each year. Sir Richard
Webster followed Sir Charles Russell in
behalf of Great Britain's side of the case.
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THE COWBOY RACE.
Riders Start on Their Long Journey
to Chicago.


to Chicago.
CHADRON (Neb.), June 13.-The last
doubts as to the cowboy race having been
removed by an agreement, that repre-
sentatives Of the Humane Society accom-
pany Secretary Wier on the trip, final
arrangements were made this afternoon.
Popular interest conferred in the branding
OF horses, of which twenty were marked
with the small figure on the neck,
under the name. The races include some
splendid specimens Of Western horses,
all Of which are geldings. The horsemen
say the race will demonstrate the su-
perior speed and endurance of range
horses, and they regard it as an evidence
of much importance to the industry. The
number of starters was increased to ten
by the entries to-day.
The names Of the riders are as follows:
Emmett Albright, James II. Stephens,
George A. Jones, Doc Middleton, S. w.
Smith, Dave Douglas, Joe Gillespie, Joe
Campbell.
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WHOLE NO. 1919.

Der, Andrew D. Bishop. In overruiing.
the demurrer by the association Judge
Mcconnell said in part: mo court of
record should lend its legal operations to
further interests and carry out purposes
OF trust; to my mind the corporation
known as the American Fruit Preserv-
ers' Association is but an agent of the
trust, and as such the same illegality att
taches to it as to the principal"
Inc association now has three days in
which to reply to Bishop.
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DEFAULTER FLOOD.
His Case VIII Probably Go to the
Jury To-day.


Jury To-day.
SAN Francisco, June 13.-The case of
the State versus John w. Flood, charged
with the defalcation of $l64,O0O from the
Donohoe-Kelly Bank, was continued in
the Superior Court to-day, and will prob
ably go to the jury tomorrow. The
prosecution introduced testimony show
ing that the money disappeared while
Flood was cashier, and that he admitted
that he was an embezzler. Flood had
heretofore maintained silence as to the
line of defense, but his attorneys gave
ample indication to-day that he will
plead the statute of limitation, which
prevents prosecution for enlightenment
three years after the commission of the
crime. They claim that the prosecution
must show that the money was taken
within three years, and this they think
cannot be done.
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PUYALLUP RESERVATION,
The Government Has No Control Ov,
the Lands Therein.

Inc GoVernment Has No Control Over
the Lands Therein.
SEATTLE (Wash.), June 13. The United
States Government has no control over
the lands of the Indians Oh the Puyallup
reservation is the decision of Judge Han
ford in the United States Circuit Court in
the injunction case of Frank c. Ross
against Indian Agent Z. ELS and three
United States army officers to prevent
interference by defendants with the
building Of a railroad across land within
the Puyallup Reservation, which has
been allotted to individual Indians in
severalty. Judge Hanford rendered his
opinion in the case to-day, granting the
injunction pending review of the case.
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Fatal Railway Collision.

LITTLE Rock Ark, June l3.-A pas
senger train and stock train collided near
Butler, 1. 7. Both engines and the bag
gage and mail cars were telescoped and
the stock cars ditched. Amos Frame, en-
gineer OF the stock train, and one fireman
were killed. The other fireman, named
Stevenson, is missing, and Engineer
Gates of the passenger train is fatally in
jured. More than a score of persons
were injured, some of whom may die.
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Illicit Hydraulic Mining.

MARYSVILLE, June l3.-In the con-
tempt proceedings against S. NJ. Boyce
and A. Westhall for illicit hydraulic min
ing, Judge Gray to-day dismissed the
case against the former and found the
latter guilty, fining him 5000, which he
will probably pay, though he said he
felt much like going to jail and paying in
that
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Hot weather in the East.

OTTUMwA Iowa, June 13.-The ther-
mometer registered 90 at A. NJ. to-day,
which is unprecedented for June.
ST. PAUL, June l3.-The temperature
was So in the shade at noon. Hot
weather prevails all over the North
west.
Tammany Meets With An Accident.
NEW YORK, June 13.-Marcus Daiy's
four-year-old colt Tammany yesterday
burst the hoof of his right foreleg while
under training for the Suburban. The
accident will necessitate his retirement
from the track for some time.
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Kowalsky Exonerated.

SAN Francisco, June 13.-A report
was filed in the Supreme Court this after
noon by the commission appointed to
take testimony in the proceedings to dis
bar Attorney Henry Kowalsky. The
case was one of the side issues of the Nc
Donald estate. The report completely
exonerated Mr.. Kowalsky.
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YUBA RIVER,
Canal to be Constructed to Change the
Current.

YUBA CITY, June Heterogeneous
were completed here to-day for the right
of way to construct canal as cutoff at
the mouth of Yuba River. This cutoff,
as accepted by the Government, on the
recommendation of the engineers, is to
be 400 feet long and 400 feet wide, with
levees on each side. 1t is to turn the cur
rent of the Yuba River into the Feather
River at point some distance below the
present mouth of the Yuba, the object
being to relieve the river during high
water and make more of a direct chan
mel. The Government will make the
canal. Work on the same is expected to
begin soon.
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Death From the Kick of a Horse.

FRESNO, June 13. = Floyd Densmoro,
the fourteen-year-ol son Of w. II. Dens-
moro of this city, was killed by the kick
of horse last evening. When riding on
Mariposa street dog frightened the horse
and the boy was thrown to the ground,
the horse kicking him fatally as he fell.
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THE SPANISH BUILDING OPENED.
Eulalie Regrets Her Departure From
the Exposition.


CHICAGO, June 13.-The unioue and
attractive Spanish building, at the
Worlds Fair, fashioned after a Spanish
castle, was formally opened to-day, in the
presence of Princess Eulalie. In defer
ence to her dislike for formalities. there
were no set speeches.
The thirty-sixth annual meeting of
the Worlds Lodge of Good Templars
convened here this morning with dele
gates present from Europe, Asia, Africa.
Australia and the islands of the sea. be-
side Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay and
every State in the United States, in all
about five hundred, representing 100000
members. The session lasts ten days.
The Princess last day at the fair was
beautiful one, with not cloud in the sl1v.
After the formalities were over in the
Spanish building the Princess spent the
remainder of the day in wandering about
the grounds, and when finally she
boarded the little steam yacht to return
to the city, she turned, and after long
look of farewell at the White City, said
to Commander Davis that she was 10th to
bid farewell to the exposition. Her visits
there during the last week had been like
visits to fairy land and would be ren1em-
bered as among the most pleasant events
of her life. The Princess tonight gave a
reception to about forty invited guests at
the Palmer House, as her farewell to
Chicago.
There was an immense crowd at the
fair to-day. and the additional crowds
which came out this evening to see the
illumination brought the paid admissions
for the day up to 100000.
The Javanese village was opened this
afternoon with characteristic ceremonies.
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Good TempIars.

DIES MONIES Qa.), June 13.-At the
meeting of the Good Templars' Interna-
tional Convention to-day Grand Worthy
Chief Oronhyatekkaha presided. The
morning session was devoted to the ap-
pointment of committees. The follow
ing officers were elected: Juvenile Tenn
plars, Mrs. A. Brook Bank of Indiana,
President; Cora p. Taylor of Ohio, Sec
rotary; Mrs. L. NJ. Remington Of Iowa,
Treasurer.
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Bank wreckers Sentenced to Prison,

ROME, June 13.-Guginiello, manager
of the branch of the Bank of Naples,
charged with the embezzlement of z, OOO,-
600 lire of the banks funds, has been
convicted and sentenced to ten years. i'm
prisonment. Alesandro, Cashier of the
Bank of Naples, indicted for completely
in frauds, was found guilty and sentenced
to six years and eight months.
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The Monterey.

NALLEJo, June 13.-Captain H. L.
Howison, Commandant OF the Mare
Island navy yard, who was President of
the Board of Inspectors which conducted
the final trial trip Of the coast defense
vessel Monterey, has received word from
Washington that the report rendered by
the board is highly satisfactory in every
particular to the department, and that
an official announcement of the final ac-
ceptance of the Monterey by the Navy
Department is but a matter of few DAYS,
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Held prisoner by Indians.

ST. PAUL, June 13.-General Merritt
received information that DR.. J. r.
Walker, physician and overseer at the
Leech Lake Reservation, accidentally
shot an Indian and is held prisoner by
the Indians and in danger of his life. A
company of United States troops has
been ordered in readiness to proceed to
the reservation as quickly as possible.
The situation looks serious, as the Indians
were recently paid off and are doubtless
drinking
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China VIII Retaliate,

VICTORIA (B. c., June 13.-The steam
ship Empress of Japan arrived from
Hongkong and Yokohama to-day. Mail
advices state that the Chinese Govern
ment will retaliate against the United
States for the Geary Act by prohibiting
the importation of kerosene, and the pa
pers predict that other prohibitions will
follow.
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Salinas Chinatown Burned.

SALINAS, June ia fire started in
Chinatown this evening and swept the
entire quarter. Nearly all the goods
owned by the Cinnamon were saved. The
buildings were owned by the Salinas
City Bank and J. NJ. Soto, and were
totally destroyed. The fire was caused
by the explosion of lamp.
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New Levee District.

YUBA City, June 13.-A new protection
or levee district was formed in this
county yesterday, the same to be known
as Levee District No. 10, and to comprise
about 5000 acres of land along the Sacra-
mento River near the town of Meridian.
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Irish Home-Rule Bill.

LONDON, June 1S.-The Commons to-
day passed the third clause of Section l
of the Irish home-rule bill. Debate on
the clause commenced on May 3Oth, and
has continued ever since. When the re-
suit OF the vote was announced the Irish
members cheered loudly.
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Visible supply of Grain.

NEW YORK, June 13.-The visible sup
ply of grain is as follows: Wheat, 6S,-
$4,000 bushels, a decrease OF 2,419,OOO;
corn, $4,000 bushels, a decrease of 29,-
600; oats, 3,O31, 900 bushels, a decrease Of
100000; rye, $4,000 bushels. an increase
Of 1900; barley, $4,000 bushels, a de-
crease OF loo
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Accidental Shooting.

RIVERSIDE, June 13.-Edgar Hadden.
who just returned from Fresno, was ac-
cidentally shot on the Santa Fe train
here this afternoon by J. A. Mellen of
Yuma, Captain of the steamboat ella, on
the Colorado River. The bullet entered
his left side, and ranged upward, and the
wound will probably be fatal. Mellen
was arrested, but he states he can prove
the affair wholly accidental. Mellen was
on his way to San Francisco.
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Wife of General Merritt Dead.

ST. PAUL, June 13.-Mrs. Carolin
Warren Merritt, wife of General Wesley
Merritt, commanding the department Of
Dakota, died last evening.
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Deportation to Siberia to be Abolished.

VIENNA, June 13.-The newspapers re-
port that the Car intends to promulgate
an ukase on January 1st abolishing de-
portation to Siberia, and extending the
same judicial procedure which obtains in
Russia proper to Siberia, with the excep-
ton of trial by jury.
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Fatal Shooting In MendocIno,

MENDocINo, June 13.-J. Moore shot
and killed George Evans yesterday
morning in the Navarro woods. A dis
pute over some ties was the cause. Both
have bad regulations.
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Mystic shrIuers.

CINcINNATI, June 13.-The Imperial
Council of Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
met here to-day. Delegates were present
from all over the country
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supreme Grand Orange Lodge.

MINNEAPoLIs, June l3.-The Supreme
Grand Orange Lodge Of the United
States opener its twenty fourth annual
session here to-day.
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Tammanv NTeets With An Ac
Congress of Charities.

CHICAGO, June 13.-The Congress of
Charities, Corrections and Philanthro-
pies worked in sections to-day, their
time being devoted to reading papers and
discussions thereon.
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HIT THE TRUSTS HARD.

Judge Mcconnell says the Courts
Should Not Aid Them
CHICAGO, June 13.-Judge Mcconnell
this afternoon hit the trusts hard ran.
particularly the preservers' trust. 1t was
in suit against it by recalcitrant MEM
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CHRIS EVANS IN JAIL.
Captured at the Home of Widow
Perkins in Wilcox Canyon.
FAD BEEN WOUNDED IN THE
BATTLE ON SUNDAY.

And Was Too Weak to Offer Resist
ance to the Ohicers-His Wounds
Not MortaI-rhe Bandit Recounts
the Adventures of Himself and
Sontag Since Their Flight to the
Mountains - Sontag's Condition
Critical.
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Souvenir CONTEMPORARIES.

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-The coinage
of souvenir quarter-dollars was begun
this afternoon.