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sims and

The seven men accused of jury-brlo-
ing in Chicago were found guilty anu
will paw fines Of from 5000 to $1,000, ana
serve various terms in the penltentlarV.
Mrs. Emma Carmichael Powell. bet
ter known as Blanche Moulton, shot
and instantly killed her husband, john
P. Powell, at their home at Cleveland.
It is said jealousy was The cause.
T. T. Menninger, said to have been
prominent some years ago as a sculp-
tor. has been found dead in his little
ehanty near Acto. N. j. investigation
showed that he had committed SUICIDE
by setting the building on fire and then
firing a bullet into his brain.
George Elliott. a prominent farmer
sixty-ive years old. hanged himself IN
a barn near Harrodsburg. KY, a short
time after his wife had been found ~
ing in the road dying from the effects
of wounds on her head. Elliott SAID
his wife was kicked by a horse.
Burglars entered the postoffice at
Leon, Kan, and attempted to blow the
safe. but were frightened away. Next
morning. when the postmaster went 10
open the safe. a charge of dynamite
left in it, exploded and seriously IN
jured him. 1t is said that two others
were injured. also.
Into the oven of a hot stove, Daniel
Culnane of Marlboro, Mass, thrust his
~seven-year-old son. While the father
vas gathering fuel to make a hotter
fire the lad was liberated by an older
brother, who heard his screams. the
child was terribly burned, but Will re-
cover. The father said that the devil
had told him to burn the child.
A strangely determined suicide TOOK
place at st. Basile, Quebec. Jean Els
EFT, eighty-seven years old. loaded an
old, rusty musket. put the muzzle tc
his head and pulled the trigger WIZ
his toe. When it did not explode ne
built a fire, placed h gun In tne
flames with the muzzle against MS
breast and waited until 1t exploded.
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Notes.

Gen. Cronje and many less noteo
prisonersr have taken the oath or aiie-
glance to King Edward.
The last Of the bandits operating IN
the island Of Leyte, p. L., have surren-
dered, and the port will soon be opened.
Gen. Gomez will accept the post OF
superintendent Of armed forces. anu
promises to give the negroes an equai
show with the whites.
The pope will send to President
Roosevelt, through Bishop O'Gorman'
a view Of the city Of Rome. from the
Vatican. done In Mosaic.
Gen. j. H. Smith, recently courtmar.
tailed for cruelty, received eulogles ol
both people and press on HIS departure
from Manila to San Francisco.
No representative Of the Russian
court or ministry called at the BRUSH
embassy at st. Petersburg to oHer the
sympathy of Russia during the illness
OF King Edward.
The rumor current in Rome last week
to the effect that Bishop O'Gornan VI
Sioux Falls would be appointed apos-
tolic delegate to the Philippines, Is
without foundation.
A march called the Parade March oi
the Marine Division, composed by Ao-
miral Prince Henry of Prussia mas
been brought out by a publlsnee oi
publisher Of Leippsig.
Terrific electrical storms have peeh
sweeping over parts Of Germany. -Four
persons were killed by lightning al
Crossen. Prussia. and various fatallues
have been reported elsewhere.
Gen. Wilson, of the American speclai
embassy to the coronation, n MS
suite, III behalf Of the American gov
eminent, placed a wreath OF lilies anu
orchids on Queen victoria's TOMB AZ
Frogmore.
Leoncavallo, the composer, has neo
in despair from Paris to a remote par'
of Italy, leaving no address, to escape
the many kilograms sent by Emperor
William. The emperor has written two
acts Of a nbrettQ which the
was finishing. and the kilograms wnicn
caused the to flee were nu-
nerous suggestions Of changer.
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che neW$
Washington Notes.

Warrington Notes.
president Roosevelt has signed the
canal bill.
Among the bills passed by the senate
,,os one granting to Rear
coh,av retired, the pay and allowances
- rear admiral or the active list.
r,o abolition of eighth and sixth-size
.ar kegs, which is advocated by large
Sravine concerns, will be opposed by
Senator Nelson in the interests OF small
rewers.
Tho Eastern Extension Telegraph
u,n,nanv desires access to the govern
Soont surveys of the Pacific, in order to
a~,ne,1ite the laying of it's cable, and Of
fers reduced rates as compensation
therefor when completed.
The secretary of the treasury has
noon authorized to pay remaining ex-
no,ses attending illness n death OF
president Mckinley, including $4,000
doctors' bills. But government en-
gloves are to receive none of this.
The navy department received a
cablegram announcing the arrival at
panama of the gunboat Ranger, which
will keep a watch on events on the
pacific side of the isthmus and allow
the Philadelphia to come north.
Senator Perkins has introduced a
hill directing the secretary of the
treasury to impose an additional coun-
tervailing duty on foreign sugars I'M
norted into the United States to meet
tbe cartel duties imposed in European
countries.
The navy department has been in
formed that the cruiser Philadelphla
ba wing been relieved Of her watch on
isthmian affairs at Panama by the
Ranger. left that point for San fran
cisco, going by way of Bichinlinqui
where she will coal.
Tn the readjustment of salaries OF
postmasters of presidential offices, Z,o"o
nostmasters receive increased salaries
aggregating 1882, 200. The number OF
increases this year is 259 in excess OF
last year. and is the largest in the MS
tory of the postal service.
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Mysterious Case in Iowa May BE a
Murder.

" AouS us y" WV my % -
Murder.
Prairie du Chen, Wis. July 6.-Con-
siderable excitement prevails in Nc
Oregon, just across the river from here,
over the finding of the unconscious
form of a man named Wilson. The
find was made by a train crew on he
Milwaukee road. The crew saw the
body Of a man lying alongside the
track. Over the body stood a woman
who, when being asked about the affair
refused to ak Three Wound were
found in the mans head. They evil
IDENTIFY We're inflicted with some pointed
instrument. The body and the woman
were put aboard the train but the
woman jumped and fled to the woods.
where she was found late at night. she
was placed in Jail and held for trial.
Wilson vas taken to the hospital at
McGregor and given medical treat
ment. His death occurred a few hours
later. The superstition is that he had
been foully dealt with.
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Timber.

IT think a good deal Of that cane" re-
marked Senator Lotsmun, exhibiting
he walking stick with pardonable
pride. !"
What are you giving me-" asked
Senator Sweetner.
IT'S a fact. Their was $50, 900 appro-
priated for the improvement of one OF
the rivers In my state last year. One
snag was pulled out of the river. and
this cane was made from that snag."-
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TWO SKELETONS UNEARTHED.
COkatO Has a Sensation That May
Unearth n Murder.

Cokato, Mimi, July 6. - While men
were at work ~excavating a cellar yes
terday on the farm Of j. N. Nelson,
three miles southeast of this place. they
uncovered the skeletons Of two men.
The appearance of the skeletons would
Indicate that they had been in the
ground for many years. None OF the
old settlers here Know or can give any
idea Of the identity Of the remains.
about twenty-five years ago a dlsrep-
liable family lived in the neighbor-
hood. They suddenly moved to parts
unknown and it is supposed ina
strangers in the vicinity were murdered
in the house and their bodies burled
under the floor. The skeletons appear
to have been laid one on the other. One
was that Of a tall man and one OF a
short man.
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Girls who have no diamonds say It 10
vulgar to wear them.

Watertown is arranging for a big
carnival week July 1923. The plan is
to bar the entrance to the main bust
ness streets with high beard fences,
making a sort of enclosure Of the bust
ness portion of the city, within which
many attractions will be open from 4
y. m. until midnight. The ENCLOSURES
will be brilliantly illuminated. Among
the attractions will be a high dive from
a ladder 100 feet high into a net or tank
of water: a slide for life, an acroDatic
feat on a slack wire: trapeze perform
ances. a~crobatic feats. a Ferris wheel
mrrry-go-round. miniature railway a
German village, moving pictures and
snake eating.
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INVESTIGATE PANAMA TITLE.

Assistant Attorney General Wants
senator to Go to Paris
With Him.
Washington, July 8. - Assistant At
torney General Charles w. Russell Is
completing his preparations and with
in a week will start for Paris to in
vestigate the ability Of the new Pan
anna Canal company to give the United
States a satisfactory title to conces-
sions and property on the isthmus.
When this preliminary work shall have
proceeded to q certain point, the at
torney general, according to the presi-
dents expressed wish, probably will go
over and personally look n the mat
ter. He has invited Senator Spooner
to go along and assist him, in view Of
the senator's we'll known familiarity
with the matter and the attorney gen.
erals opinion Of his ability, and hopes
that he will go.
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No ADEQUATE Return.

Prof. George w. Kirchwey, dean OF
the Columbia Law school, was recently
delivering a lecture on property
II hold" said a student who was. be-
ing questioned, that you cannot take
a mans property without making ade-
quate return for it."
Il differ with you" Prof. Kirchwey
returned, gravely. Il came up here to
a reception last night. When l entered
I had my hat; when I left someone else
had it: there was no return.-New
York Times.
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TANKES GET A
Sentence Of One and Trial of Second
Put Of TIL the 18th.

Henderson, Mimi, July s.-The Tanke
murder trial was resumed here Satur-
day morning. County Attorney DAVIS
of Nicollet county moved the court for
sentence to be passed on the defendant,
Frank Tanke, upon the verdict rem
dered in the action. The defense then
made a motion for a new trial on all
statutory grounds, n also moved the
court for a stay of proceedings for the
purpose Of preparing a bill Of excep-
ions. The matter was taken under ad-
visement by the court until the l2th
inst. In the case Of Amelia Tanke the
state made a motion to have the case
brought to immediate trial. The de-
Tense stated that they would be pre-
pared to proceed with the trial on the
18th Inst. Judge Caldwell ordered a
special venire for eighty persons to
serve as petit jurors, -~eturnable at ID
o clock on the above date.
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FOND DREAM Is COMING TRUE.
National Natural Park Mt
ers of Missiaaippi.

Washington, July GA natural park
at the headwaters of the Mississippi, a
project upon which Col. Cooper OF
Chicago and others have been working
for years, is at last a certainty. OnF
der the bill which passed congress at
the last session, and which the presi-
len has signed, a large part OF the
lands of the coded Chippewa reserva-
tons will be made a forest reserve, un-
der the control of the secretary OF ag-
riculture. The act permits h sale OF
a percentage of the pine timber upon
sealed bids, but guards against the
lands being denuded and guarantees
the beginning of what Col. "copper" ana
others hope will become a great ma
ticnal reservation that will conserve
the water supply Of the great Mlssls-
sippi.
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Xalue nj Wolf Scalna.

A hunter n trapper who has been
operating in North Park this winter.
has brought in the pelts of four gray
wolves. The stockmen of North Park
are paying a bounty OF $50 for each
wolf scalp. The necessity for exter-
mlnating the animals is growing great
err every year, as the loss to owners Of
cattle by their 1epredations is a seri-
Gus matter, as 1t is generally estimated
that each wolf destroys $500 worth Of
Range.
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MINNEAPOLIS MEN DROWN.
Three Mar the National
Holiday.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 6. - The national
olid here was saddened by four
drownings in and about the city. -.
w. Emerson was the victim of his own
reckless conduct. The young man was
in a owboa on Lake Calhoun when
one of the oars was lost. Emerson
tumped from the little craft to secure
the oar. He suddenly sank as II selzeo
by cramps. and did not come to the
surface again. Young Thompson was
Engaged in a swimming contest WIN
friends at Cedar lake, when he sank
and went to the bottom before nelp
could arrive. William Rebar n otnsr
companions were in a rowboat at FISH
I; Ike. Rebar o. from n n or ING
craft and never came to the surrace.
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CONVICT IS
E.capes on a Road Ambushed ana
PatrOIled by Guards.

Seattle, Wash, July 6. On
ambushed and patrolled by guards
armed with Winchester rifles, convict
Harry Tracy has escaped. His where
about in a district Of twenty miles
radius is absolutely unknown. SherllI
Cudihee's office has been deluged with
reports Of his appearance. Each was
traced down to It's source by posses
All were groundless. Neil Rawley,
shot by Tracy when the convict killed.
Policeman Breeze at Fremont Ihurs-
day night, Oiled yesterday deputy
sheriff Williams is not dead yet, ana
has a good chance to live. Up to MS
time Tracy has killed three men since
his first appearance near Seattle OH
Thursday morning.
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He Never Worked and Never Will.

There is a New York farmer who has
lived seventy years and is sound as a
dollar, and yet he has never done a
stroke of work since he reached years
of discretion.
What a shocking example for tho
hired man!
It does seem, however, as If he ought
to be willing to let them put a ragged
coat and a bad hat on him. and then
seat him on a high stool in the middle
Of the cornfield.-Cleveland Plain Deal
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Homeseekers can buy excursion tick
cts via The Great Northern Railway, to
points in Manitoba, Montana, Wash
irgton and the West, at about n fare
for the round trip, on first and third
Tuesdays Of July, August, September
and October. Tickets and Information
from all Railway Ticket Agents, or +.
I. Whitney, G. p. & T. A., st. Paul.
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FATAL MISTAKE.
south Dakota Man Swallows a GUAM
tity of Acid.

Aberdeen, IS. D., July 8. - Otto
Anderson took carbolic acid by mistake
and was found dead when the family
returned home from Tacoma Park the
evening of July 4. He had suffered from
stomach trouble and the medicine used to
relieve the pain was unfortunately kept
close by a bottle of carbolic acid and in
the arkness the fatal mistake was made.
He was fifty-four years of age and leaves
five children. His wife died some time
ago.
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Pussy,s Queer Family.

In the barn of w. H. Bunch a MALI
csc cat is raising a family of three II
her own kittens, two black kittens, w
fox squirrels and a wild rabbit. n
r.other Of the family is impartial IN
her devotion to the young ones. The
two squire els are the "black sheep OK
the family, and they give the old cat
considerable trouble by their friski-
ness.-Flainview CInd.) Dispatch to the
Indiarap polls News.
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ON TRAIN.
p~assenger Loses Money ana Dratts
Drawn by Audubon Bank.

Helena, Mont. July 6. Charles "A.
rkstedt wired Chic of Police Travis
from Garrison yesterday marning that
he had been robbed Of over $1,000 by a
man and woman on the w~est-oouno
Northern Pacific last night, who lett
the train here. No arrests have been
made as vet. owing to the vague de-
scription furnished. Among the artl-
cles alleged to have been stolen We're
three drafts, drawn by the Cltlzens
Bank. Audubon, Mimi, for $1,000.
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browns in a Creek.

Huron, S. D., July 6. - Charles F.
Brown of Iroqucis was drowned yes
terday afternoon in Pearl creek, on the
Campbell ranch, south Of here. He was
thirty fly years old and leaves a wife
and family.
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KEEP A BOX N

Rev. A. L. Tull, Pastor M. E. Church, Ashland,
Wis. says: For severe burns there is nothing
like Coles Carbolisalve. 1t acts like magic, re.
leiving the pain almost Instantly and cures NTH
out scars. It is invaluable for skin irritations
and sores OF all kinds Be sure and get Cole'A
70 and SO cents, by all good druggists.
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FIRED THROUGH A WINDOW.
Prominent Young Lady Is FATAL!
Shot While in Her BEDROOM.

Mcpherson, Kan, July 8.-Miss Maud
Holmes, living e here, was shot in
the neck, head and breast, and fatally
injured late last night by some I'M
known person, who fired a load of shot
at her through the window of her bed
chamber. Miss Holmes belongs to one
Of the most prominent families in the
county. No arrests have been made
and a motive is lacking.
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Sioux City, Iowa, July 6.-Cnlcago
Milwaukee & st. Paul passenger traih
mo. 80 struck a buggy containing d
party. of picknickers at RIVERSIDE farh'
Two were killed.
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Roy browns IN ST. CROIx.
south Minneapolis High School Lad
Falls From

MILLS From SteAmeT.
Hastings, Mimi, July 6.-john. son
NJ Conductor John Buckley of South
Minneapolis, was drowned in lake ST.
Croix. above Prescott, yesterday AFTER
roon by falling from the steamer ely
clone. which carried a large excursion.
He was nineteen years old and a mem
>her of the senior class of the South
MINNEAPOLIS high school.
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MANY HOUSES WASHED AWAY.
ClOudburst in Idaho Does Consider
able DAMAGE.

Hope. Idaho, jay 8. IA cloudburst
at, Ellisport, east Of Hope, swept away
twelve or more HOUSES and washed out
two miles Of track on the Northern
Pacific. There was no loss of life. For
q considerable distance around Ellis
port the country is flooded. The creek
Is wide and swift and all the ~trestles
nre gone from Clark's Forks to Hope.
Fl om Hope to Sand Point there are
several landslides along the road each
way.
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She Doesn't Approve His Taste.
Does Mrs. Gr1gsby allow her hus-
bands friends to smoke in the house,"
mot II Grigsby furnishes the cigars"
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Woman Hacked to Pieces.

Des Moines. July 6.-Martha Whtei
colored, was almost literally hacked to
pieces by her lover, Sam Whitley, col
ored, last night. She Is alive but in q
precarioCs condition.
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A sitting hen constantly broods over
the probable outcome of her mission.
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OF the Week


M'tScagni, the composer, will begin
MS american tour Oct. 6, with a Euro
Pean orchestra and soloists.
John u. Blood, a prominent manu-
1acturer of Amsterdam, n, Y. is dead.
aged seVenty-One. For many wears hs
owned the largest broom factory in
the United States.
}. 7. Wilson, president of the Broth
efhoo OF Railway Trainmen, it is said,
was offered a salary of $50, 900 and a
honus of $25, 900 by the Canadian Pacific
railway and declined.
Magistrate John H.. House, famous
as the marrying squire" died at JEFF.
~fefsonVille, Ind, of Bright's diesase
AFTER an illness of seven days. He Is
SAID to have married 5000 couples.
The late Charles Gassiot, who was a
director Of Martinez Gassiot & Co, OF
London, wine shippers. ~bequeathed tc
st. Thomas hospital, London. $3.50, 900
ana $4,000 to various other charities,
ACCIDENTAL happenings.
The steam barge G. H. Dunbar, Capt
Little, sank at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, and
seven sailors We're drowned.
Passenger Train No. 5, on the st
Louis 4 San Francisco, was derailed &
Mlnckle, Mo. and two tramps killed.
Three children. aged about nine years
Alonzo Wells. Lena Greger and Jamel
Greger. were struck by a freight train
near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Alonzo ant
Lena will Gfe.
Frances Curran, a ffteen-year-ol'
girl, was burned at Everett, Wash, b,
the explosion of an oil lamp. and die
the next day. Her sister, Mrs. c.. A
Belts, injured in the same explosion.
Giso dead.
Mrs. Mary Levan. seventy years ole
was burned to death while fighting tn
flames of a forest fire in the mountain
neal South Pittsburg, Tenn. The fir
destroyed a large number Of residence
and barns, and is still raging.
A fractured skull caused the deaf
Of MAY Heindl, a famous orchestr
leader at Boston. MI. Heindl fell dow
stairs at the Castle Square theater al
ter the performance Saturday evenins
He was a member of a family Of fam
Gus musicians.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-24
MRS. KATIE ARNAUF INSANE
She is Subject 70 All KINDS % lllu-
sicrs

= jury IN the probate court yesterday
adjrdged Mrs. Katie Aruauf insane This
woman lives al 165s North Market street
and for some time has shown indication
OF insanity. she seemed only temp rily
insane but her case vas considered q
sufficient importance u send her "a the
asylum.
Dr.. Clark % the 81 Francis vas the
complaining witness. Tbs woman was
brought 20 the hospital several weeks
ago. her husband thinking that she uiiEht
b treated snd become sane aEsin. bit
the hospital authorities foune her sl-
manageable ~ times. 50 they sent for
the sheriff - come and yaks her
Her husband got o. TIE STAND and told
how she acted Re was asked By The
judge what made him think she was IT,
sane Wen Judge said ths old gray
haired man. as II sheok his had sor-
rowfuily. y dou't knew JEST what = the
matter With her Shs had these spells
ant then she would Do the ross autIsnd-
ish things. and 81 other tuses sn- seemed
@ b All right. One tine Hhs took rws
cd settin' hens ard bumped them up
aEaizsz TIE val q TIE house u1tI Sd
killed them Then a few DAYS sEo zsze
ted ne 7 must not leave ts- hossSe WITH
out taking h~r along. ard rhez tod
her would not she said tat ! zust zos
50 70 the Decoration day exsrcsses With
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-24
MURDER
SUPPOSED WICHiTAN FOUND
DEAD AT HENNESSEY.
MIR. Schell Thinks His Name Was Cole,
Who Worked for Him.

Chief OF Police Frank S. Burt received
the following message over the Iong-dis-
lance telephone from Hennessey. 0. T.,
yesterday:
'Hennessey. o. T. May 3.-Dead man
found in freight car this morning about
10 o'clock; had railroad check in his hat
for FL Reno; about IS TO 50 years old,
feet Z inches in height; gray mustache
and beard; beard about four inches long:
dressed in black coat and vest. brown
pants, Congress shoes. size 81: had on a
ladies' gold watch and chain, letters NJ
E. on outside of case; Elgin make: has
two or three long gray hairs on top OF
nose; striped shirt. without any collar;
light brown broad-brimmed hat. Found
about 10 O'Clock Friday, May %: was
seen on the streets al Hernessey the
night before with two men; they cannot
De found at the present time. Watch
was found lying alongside him in car;
also $3.50 in silver. Supposed he was
drusged, as no signs OF violence are WISH
bic"
A subsequent message 70 Mr.. Burt indi-
Gated that the dead man came from
Wichita and was representing a fruit
tree firm. 1t is the supposition at Hen
Messy that the man was murdered. His
photograph will arrive in the city today
for Identification.
w. +. Schel, the nurseryman. was in
formed of the matter last night He said
a man OF that description was with him.
but left his service a month ago with the
intention of going TO III Reno and into
the new country. The mans name was
Cole, and some of his personal effects are
still at Mr.. Schells nursery house, on
Twenty-first street