Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-04
OKLAHOMA SENSATION.
Wife of Governor Barnes Son Leave
Her nrre ma nd r.

Her Husband. 0
\ Guthrie. Ok, May 3.--It was not
Very warm welcome from his wife
whieh met Capt Harry Barnes when he
l1eaehed his home in this city after an
| absence of two wears in the Philippines.
The interested parties preserve a dis
Greet silence regarding the details, but
the main facts of the matter are that
Mrs Barnes refuses to live witt her
husband 1t is claimed that she frankly
declared thar she no longer loved her
husband, and il is fact that the two
have separated Capt. Barnes is a son
OF Cas'sius NJ Barnes, governor of the
territory for the last four years, and
Mrs Barnes IS the beautiful step
daughter OF Horace Speed, United
States district attorney.
The promineilee Of the parties in
vowed in the affair has made tbs: sep-
aiaiion sensation ard no attempt is.
made 10 conceal lire main facts! Gov
efnor Barnes met his san at Arkansas
City ka, on Mig return. ard told him
of the impending ttpuble. When young
! Barnes reached home. his wife sent
word that she no longer loved him and
DID not care 10 see him There was an
affecting scene between the husband
and Wife. Mrs. Barnes removed her be-
iiopginas from Governor Barnes home
Thursday and sent her husband his per-
93na. Effects GoNeinor Barnes aud his
sen refuse to discuss Il ne matter III any
way, and the same reticence is main.
tanned by Mrs. Speed and Mrs Barnes
An Interesting story Of palitirs is In
sniVeG In the family mlx-up, Governor
Earnes and District Attorney Speed are
rival republican le,Idera in Oklahoma.
and Speed made bitter fight on the;
governor doing d great deal to encom-
pass his recent defeat. /; is; said by
friends of the families concerned that
this political enni:y is Il the bottom of
the enlargement, that Governor Barnes
has iieseely resented Speed 3 opposition
TO mis- political ambitions. and that be-
tween tbs. giiEs.ones the younger
slsarnea domestic happiness has BEEN
ground tc pieces,
I Unclaimed that young Barnes knew
nothing OF his wifes feeling toward
him. and that he was utterly dunfound-
Cd when he Mas me, with the decIara-
tion that she no longer loved him 1t is
claimed. on the other hand. that the
present separation is merely the culmi-
nation Of troubie which has been Brew
: - q i'fit y iitt tfitlS DfsdYillt OUT G
-'ipsy OF political rivalry between the
heads Of the houses of Barnes and.
Speed 1t is fact that young Mrs
Barnes did not live With her father-in-
laws family during her husbands alb
sence in the Philippines. but resided
With a friend
B II is said by friends of Mrs. Barnes
that she will MOI oppose her husbands
efforts TO secure possession of their s.
year-old son, who has been living with
her during the fathers absence. Mrs.
Barnes is beautiful young woman.
and her marriage six or seven years ago
VAS a surprise. She Went to California
on a visit and was followed by young
iSaInes who Was desperately in love
With her They We're married in Cali
tofnia Their domestic life is said 10
nave been pleasant until the present
trouble On the other hand, it is claimed,
ny barnes, friends that loves Young
dream had met with the Usual aws ken
ing. and that separation was the inev-s
liable result