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/ example of this marriage failure
Their strife and pickering often near
" led to blows, and have been told
that just before / was born, in mad
dispute about trifle, my father made
lunge with a knife at my mother,
and that 1t was only by the merest
Paccident that he had not killed her.
Is II any wonder then that | inherited
their viciousness; that on occasions
| could not permit anyone to contra
dict me. to thwart me, to interfere
with me, to rebuke me?
One day was in a motor car which
overturned. ] was nearly killed. I
was taken to a hospital where | was
kindly treated and tended, and it was
here that | met the one whose love
might have driven the devil out of me.
had never known before what the
spell of woman's beauty and sweet
ness meant. 1t is impossible for me
to dilate upon my passionate love for
her
The thought arouses a surge of emo
tion to madden me. tried-oh, how
tried!-to awaken her pity, to In
spire her devotion. She would not
listen to me or give me the slightest
encouragement in fact, l could win
neither her confidence nor her favor,
and | only aroused her repulsion.
Then my madness came again. Her
repulsion stirred my hate and felt
1t would be joy to strangle her But
when my saner moments came, alb
horred myself for my thought, and
common sense urged me to forget her,
so / tried to Danish her memory.
Soon l lost sight of her.
One morning, at my club, read
glowing accounts about Canada-its
resources. its climate, its scenery, its
life, and resolved to go there.
After I had taken my berth on this
steamer, to my surprise l recognized
the stewardess. 1t seemed caprice
old feelings, but my common sense
was in the ascendant. l did not want
to talk to one who spurned and hated
me, and sought relief in study and
books to ward off that dread of being
with her. However, l noticed that
every night when not engaged in her
duties she used to sit on the deck,
and though l could control myself
when awake, had always a dread
that my passion might incite me when
asleep to seek her. I was afraid OF
myself, and thus l asked you to bind
me to- the berth with ropes. You
kindly did so, and Millicent Harworth
was safe. One day l noticed that she
spoke to you, and it was only by a
supreme effort of will that / refrained
from accosting her, but the desire to
do so must have so affected my mad
brain that I must in my sleep have
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tor the last three or four years, on his
return from school, he has been taken
10 a stockade in the rear of his home
and there locked up. Once in the
Btockade, the little fellow has been at
tached by the waist to heavy chain,
at the end of which is 60-pound ball,
and from early in the afternoon until
sundown he has been compelled to
remain in captivity.
Once he ran away from his parents
but was recaptured and given extra
Imprisonment and several severe
thrashings as result of his disobe-
dience.
The stockade in the rear of the
Boesrup home is surrounded by a
fence about 16 feet in height. It is
barren of any movable object. and the
ground is covered with gravel. In one
corner is small clubhouse, rooted with
tar and gravel. 1t is so arranged that
the afternoon sun may blaze down
upon it.
In addition to the natural difficulties
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TOTTERING BRIDE OF 20 LED TO THE
ALTAR BY PROUD BRIDEGROOM OF
White-Haired Woman Wears Same Black Sill
Dress in Which She Was Married Long
Before the Civil War.

ST Joseph, Mich.-Frank Kreigh.
aged 10, and Mrs. Sara Eliza Jane
Lemon, aged 70, have been married
here by justice Cyrus B. Groat.
Or all the strange matrimonial al.
Hances, causing more or less happi.
ness and sorrow, which have been
made here, this is the strangest
The bridegroom walked erect into
the office OF the justice. On his
flushed, happy face, was a smile. and
on his arm was his bride.
The bride was happy, too. though
she was bowed by three score and
ten, and her hair was snow white
She wore the black silk in which she
was married years before the civil
war. 0-'ii
hreigh Is farmer residing near
Niles. He is just out of school He
was engaged to a girl of his school
days when he met Mrs. Lemon At a
church social and became ipfatuated
with her. 'a'eu
III motherly way she invited him
10 call on her. He called again and
soon neighborhood gossip had it that
tne LAD was in love with the woman
ola enough to be his grandmotber
hreigh admitted it, and all tho
persuasion of his friends conId ~
induce him to give up his suit He
Jiltea ms maiden sweetheart and nro.
posed TO Sara Eliza Jane Lemon Ho
was accepted in the same motberiv
way and the wedding ceremonv was
Immediately performed. ""'
am happy" declared voung
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cut the ropes in the frantic desire to
be near her. rushed up the stairs
she was seated as usual on deck,
The fresh air awoke me, but / could
not retreat Madness overpowere6
me. guided my steps. melted nv ac.
ton, urged me to pronounce wild. pas.
sionate words. ! clasped her waist
strove to snatch her kisses. She re-.
PEELED me. She maddened me. re-.
solved to destroy her life. My wicked
desires gave me unnatural strength
held her in my arms In spite of her
Wild cries for help, and l tried to cast
her overheard. Then you appeared
and vented my anger and vengeance
on you. | struck you. You fell but
was soon overpswered by those who
came to her rescue. They bound me
tightly, but | had the very knife 60.
creted with which l had cut your
ropes, and after writing these words
l shall seek eternal peace. | must
not any longer blight the world with
my madness. / am unfit 10 live The
cold mass of waters shall embrace me
stiiie me in oblivion. Good.by.
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SON CONFINED TO VERITABLE i
FURNACE BY SUN WORSHIprp
Inhuman Parents Keep Son a Prisone,
Yard, Every Afternoon for Three Year,
Weighted with Ball and Chain.

OF scaling a wall 16 feet in ho,.,.
boy has never been allowed -
at liberty within the stockada
waist has been fastened ,ba =.
OF a chain, made of heavy ca,s
the ends of which are fastoros
ball weighing So or 60 pounds
The attention of the polIco
called to the treatment OF tbo y,
those living in the neighborhood :,
told Capt. Clancy that the cries =,
child could be heard in the ad,oi,
houses, although, on account :.
high wall, it was Impossible r
what was heing done with him
Mamie Ryan, a nextdoor ne,,,.
told the officers that on ono =, l.
hottest days +his summer her an.
ity prompted her to look thropsl|
chink in the wall.
She saw the little boy lying an,
emily overcome by the heat on ths /
of the clubhouse. The ball and n
were attached to his waist, ana
more than half an hour he Law vii,
shifting his position.
Then his father came from
house with pail of water in his h,
He threw the contents over the HI
trate boy and, without waiting n !
whether he recovered or not retn,rI
to the house.
The police have learned that
addition to using the stockade for \
purpose of inflicting punishment
his son, Boesrup each week couducI
services within it's walls. On Sind
mornings and at other times the n
lily would be brought out. and Boesr|
mounting a soap box, would explI
the tenets of his faith.
During these dissertations his a
gregation consisted of his son
daughter and his wife, all Of Wild
were compelled to kneel on the grou
while the service was in progress
Mrs. Boesrup and the daughI
Helen, II years old, would not tell
police the nature of these services
The boy is too young to understs
the full import of the incantations
tered by his father, but stated to Ca
Clancy that frequent reference \
made to the sun, and that his fatS
on many occasions talked with
greatest reverence of the power
the sun.
I'VE would all go out in the ba
yard on Sunday mornings" said |
boy to Capt. Clancy, "and faith
would get up on soap box. The r,
of us would kneel on the gravel.
was very hot, but not so bad as in
afternoons, when ] would be in the
alone.
Father would talk lot about
sun and how it gave us light and
and a lot Of other things, but could
understand it all. He always look
at the sun when he was praying"
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Chicago.--Charged with confining
his ten.year-old son at the end OF a
nine-foot ball and chain in a sun
beaten courtyard in order that the boy
might eventually prove an acceptable
sacrifice to the sun god he worships,
James Boesrup, of West Forty-seventh
street, was arrested by Capt. Clancy,
of the Stock Yards station.
According to the story told Capt.
Clancy by the boy, every afternoon
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BABY CHARMED BY SNAKE
Mother Hears 1t Stop Crying. Then
Finds 1t In Reptiles Coils

Nlncennes' lnd.-Mrs. c. M. Wolfe
was IN her garden picking beans when
she heard her two,year-old SON Earl
,oao "no was amusing himself about 20
t teet away begin to cry. Soon the
os. ospy stopped and the mother paid no
attention to him until she had fin.
ished her task. u in'
When she turned to find her hov
sue .. saw MIN standing like a statue
a. a., ene same spot where he had been
when crying. She spoke to him but
ne would not move. On closer investi.
ea''on she was Mortified to see the
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boy charmed by huge black sna1
that had wrapped itself around pVI
arms Of the child and was waving
head to and fro before the lads e'e1
which We're fixed staringly on Y
snakes.
With a stick the mother uncon1
the snake, and 1t crawled away
spell broken, the boys muscles y
laxed and he began crying anew ply
Wolfe carried him to the house
dropped in faint. The babys WI,sl
are badly swollen where the snaKs y
wrapped itself around them.
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\ Narrative of Milicent Harworth, Stew
ardess.

ardess.
am the youngest of six sisters
all favored by nature with good
looks, and in consequence, all encour-
aged by our parents to bid advan-
tageously in the market for respect
ably rich husbands. Three of my sis.
ters mated themselves to uneXception-
able types of golden propriety; two of
them welded worthy but necessitous
young men.
Somehow or other, did not follow
the excellent example of my elder
sisters | had never hankered after
a monotonous life of responsibility.
] did not think that the crown of
womanhood consisted in being a
nurse of squalling infancy or a slave
to manly brutality. My views of life
were cast in another mold. II | pos
sessed the kindly, gentle attributes
of womanhood, my ambition was to
strive and follow the steps of those
women who live to cure suffering, to
Danish pain; to tend, to alleviate, to
soothe. | therefore resolved to be-
come a nurse.
After a few years became one of
the principal nurses in - hospital.
| need not detail here the nlmberless
cases l nursed, but l must mention
the particular one which concerns
this narrative,
He had met with an accident, and
his injuries necessitated careful nurs-
ing. He was not a restless. complain
ing sufferer. He gave little trouble,
and his sturdy constitution soon con-
Quered his injuries.
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Narrative Of John caleeps..

On the 9th day of September, in
the year 1900, ] was passenger on
one of the famous Canadian ocean
liners. Had | foreseen. however, the
strange happenings during the voy
age, / should have postponed my
trip.
l always like a berth to myself, but
MS the steamer had more than the
usual complement of passengers,
had TO share one with another person
The exigencies of the situation gave
me the companionship of Mr.. German
Grating.
was just getting into my berth
and for various reasons | chose the
top one-when, to my surprise, / saw
my companion take a coil of rope
from his pocket, which he placed on a
seat.
II want you; Mr.. Caleeps, to do me
q favor-to take this rope and firmly
secure me to the berth with It, so that
by no possibility whatever l can es-
cape"
Don't be surprised at my request"
he continued "The truth is, l am a
somnambulist, and | don't want to
walk into the sea-"
His words having treasured me, l
fastened him as securely as possible.
I continued this every evening. al
ways releasing him in the morning.
One morning he complained of in
disposition, and asked me to send the
doctor to him.
could not find the doctor, but
happening to meet the stewardess, /
requested her to do so.
What did you say his name was?"
she asked, looking at me with as
tonished eyes. And does he occupy
your berth?"
Having gratified her curiosity, she
continued, in low voice:
you must not repeat what l tell
you, but If were you I'd change my
berth?"
AS l could not conceive any prac-
teal reason for ber advice,I did not
see the necessity of acting on it. At
all events, that night l tied the ropes
more firmly than ever.
/ am one of those fortunate individ-
uals who always sleep soundly, but
on this night tumble of unpleasant
dreams now and again startled my
slumbers. Suddenly my dreams grew
30 insufferable as to completely over
power sleep. ] awoke. All was still.
The light of the portfolio seemed to
glare luridly, and my glance reach
Ing the berth where / had fastened
my companion, found 1t empty. He
had broken loose from his meshes
Just then my ears were assailed by
distant muffled sounds of Murder!
murder! Help help!" proceeding
from the deck above me.
In an instant | ascended the gang
way stairs. / rushed to the deck
The night was dark and silent In the
gloom l proceeded to where the voice
had issued, and to my horror ] saw
my companion dragging the steward
ess bv main force along the deck,
striving evidently to cast her into
the sea | caught hold of the arm
of the wretch and strove to wrest it
from the clasp of the woman, but |
did not succeed, l attempted again
and with all the resolute force possl-
BILE, At that moment l saw flash
of light. l felt maddening blow,
and then ! must have grown insensi-
BILE to everything.
On recovering consciousness,
found myself in my berth, attended
by the doctor and the stewardess.
soon recovered from my injuries,
which were slight, and afterward,
naturally, l asked her to give me
some particulars of the mysterious
occurrence.
Read what will explain what seems
she replied, handing
me the following MS.
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In Bavaria there is law WIZ
prohibits kisses, passionate emor~.
pressing her to his breast ana sD'
like amorous actions on the stage
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Narrative of Homicldal Madman.
/ am madman. | own ii. At GER
tain times my senses are not under
the control of my mind. Wickedness
usurps reason. In my mad moments
! am an abnormal being. In my sane
moments | know what an insane mon
ster / am; but when you read on you
will pity me instead of hating me.
| am the victim of heredity.
There are married couples in this
world of sin and sorrow who ought to
have died before linking themselves
into matrimonial bonds-husbands
and wives who repel and hate one
another; unsympethetic, callous be-
ings, who don't possess any of the at,
tributes to knit them in loving bonds
of matrimony.
My parents, unfortunately, were an
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Kreigh after the marriage ceremOi
was performed. Il have found
ideal in wife and / propose thaI y
life shall be one continual none
moon"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
BOMBS THROWN
AT RUSSIAN GENERAL
Alikhanoff, Dangerously Injuring Him
and Members Of Escort-cossacks
Fire on Crowd.

Borjon, Trans -Caucausia, May 30
An attempt on the life of General
Alikhanoff, the governor general of
Kutais, was made last night as he
was taking the train for Riffs. The
general arrived at the station sur
rounded by an escort of Cossacks
when two bombs were thrown at him
and exploded in the midst of the party
seriously injuring the governor, a
member of his staff and several Co.'S
sacks. The remainder of the Cos
sacks fred into the crowd killing many
persons. They also burned to the
ground the buildings in the vicinity
into which the people fed. General
Alikhanoff, the "pacifier" of the Ku-
lais province, is the most hated man
in the Caucasus. He laid waste to
fifty villages, absolutely wiping them
out, and committed atrocities that at.
tracted the attention Of the whole
country.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
DECORATION DAY
FITTINCLY OBSERVED
Santa Fe Veterans of Several Wars,
Local Military, Citizens and
Children Participate.

Decoration Day was tittingly OBJ
served in the Capital City today. Bus
mess houses and public offices In the
court house, federal building and in
the Capitol closed and suspended bus.
iness in honor of the occasion. The
streets of the city were lined with pine
trees, bunting, flags and red, white and
blue streamers, while patriotic pic
lures and designs were prominent In
many windows, even In the residence
portions. The flags on the federal
and territorial buildings and over the
headquarters of the Grand Army of
the Republic post were at half mast
In memory of those whose names are
now inscribed upon the roll OF honor.
From all sides came children ami
grown persons, their arms ladened
with flowers which were received by
the members Of the Women's Relief
Corps. The morning was spent in
weaving the flowers into wreaths, .bo-
quets and other designs, thousands of
flowers being used for the purpose.
The floral offerings were placed in car
riages and taken to the National and
other cemeteries for the decoration o
the departed soldiers graves. The
day was quiet, as it should have been
until at 3 O'Clock, when, preceded bs
Professor Perez Band, the ever-thin4
ming ranks Of the veterans of several
wars, passed through the streets and
to the nations burying ground for her
defenders. Beside the veterans,
marching under the command of the
officers of Carlton Post No. 9, there
were in line, Company F, First Infant
ry, New Mexico National Guard, Cap
tain E. G. Abbott commanding.
Hon. Herbert ]. Hagerman, Cover
nor of New Mexico and staff. DR.. w.
E. Garrison, orator of the day. Citi-
zens on foot Floral wagon. The
Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of
the American r volution, and other pa
triotic ladies of the floral committee
Santa Fe fire department, Frank Ow-
en-, chief. Teachers and pupils of the
U. S. Indian School, under charge of
Superintendent C. ]. Crandall. Public
and private schools and colleges under
charge of their teachers. Federal, ter
ritorial and city officials and citizens
In carriages.
Marshal of the day W. E. Griffin and
aides.
AS the New Mexican went to press,
the ceremonies announced in Tues
days paper were being held. A de-
tailed account of these fitting tributes
to the country's dead, will be given to.
morrow.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
ANARCHISTS MARRY.
Emma Goldman, Foremost Woman Of
LaWless Band. Weds Alexander
Berkr1an.

Detroit, Mich, May 30.-Miss Emma
Goldman, Americas foremost woman
anarchist, Is married and the groom is
Alexander Berkman, who has just
been released from the Allegheny, Pa,
penltentiary, after serving fourteen
years for his attempt to assassinate
Henry G. Frick.
When Berkman was released he mel
Miss Goldman at Detroit. The greet
ing was affectionate, the pair kissing
several times.
AS the idea of marriage by form OF
law Is repugnant to all anarchists,
these two called In no minister, but
were united according to the tenets OF
their belief at the home OF Carl Mold,
an anarchist, and their friend, who
himself, served five years In prison for
completely in the plot to assassinate
Mr.. Frick.
Repudiating Emma Goldman's rad
ical tenets which advocated the mur
der Of all "kings Of state" President
Christ Johnson Of the Woodworkers'
Union, made reply to the utterances
of the woman anarchist at Schim-
bergh's Hall, 235 Milwaukee Avenue,
last night.
The speech regarding the so-called
Idaho mine outrage was so violent
that someone called the police and
forty bluecoats took possession of the
hall. President johnson in reply said
that If the principles enunciated by
the woman speaker were true social
ism, the Chicago woodworkers would
have naught to do with them. The
sentiment was loudly applauded.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
AGED MAN DIES
in OLD HOUSE
Built BY Himself Fifty Years Ago
Death Sewers Long Friend.
ship. ,,

San Jose, May Bob. T.. Stinson, a
pioneer, died this morning in the house
which, with M. L. Gruwell, he had oc-
cupied for fifty-three years. For over
half century the two men had lived
in the little cottage on the Saratoga
road, which they built with their own
hands in 1853. Arriving here from
the east in that year, the couple be-
came fast friends and purchased a
ranch jointly. They built a single
house. Neither has ever made any
attempt to dissolve the partnership
until death came. Both men were
formerly prominent in county affairs.
Stinson, who was a Virginian, was n
years old Paralysis was the cause
Of his death.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
BLUE JACKET REESE
DROWNED IN HUDSON
Was Seaman Aboard Admiral Evans
Flagship-Sank as Rescuers
Arrived.

New York, May 30.-Details of the
drowning of Arthur Reese, Of Trini.
dad, Colorado, a seaman of Admiral
Evans flagship, in the Hudson River,
Monday, has just been made public.
Reese fell into the river as he was 60
ing aboard the vessel. When first
seen ne was about eighty yards from
the Maine. A launch at once steamed
to rescue him, but owing to the swift
tide, the man rapidly drifted down
the stream. Just as one of the men
on the launch reached Tor him with
a boat hook, Reese sank and was not
seen again. He was an expert swim
mer and would have been easily saved
had the tide not been so strong.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
ANNUAL LAKE
MOHONK CONFERENCE

Lake Mohonk, N. Y, May 30.-The
twelfth annual Lake Mohonk confer
ence of international arbitration op-
ened today with an attendance of 300
diplomatic jurists, Congressman, cler-
gymen, educators and philanthropists.
The opening address was made by
Albert X. Smiley who was followed
by ex-Secretary of State John w. F'os-
ter. president Of the conference,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
WOMAN FIGHTS WITH
ARMED BURGLAR

Kansas City, Mo-, May 30.-At Inde.
pendence, Missouri, near here, early
today, Mrs. W. T. Campbell, the wife
Of a prominent Baptist minister, awoke
to find white man standing over her
bed, razor in hand. Although he
threatened to cut her throat If she
made an outcry, the woman grappled
with the burglar. In the struggle both
were seriously cut. The man escaped,
leaving a trail OF blood.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
FIRE DESTROYS
GOVERNMENT STORES
At Colon-Fiames Start In Stock Of
Kerosene and Spread With Great
Rapidly.

Colon, May 30-Fire started at $3.50
o'clock this morning in a stock of
kerosene belonging to the United
States commissary department fifty
yards back Of the commlssary building
where over half million dollars
worth of goods are stored. The origin
Of the fire is unknown. Efforts are
being made to prevent the flames from
reaching the main commissary build.
ing, but the water is lacking and there
Is possibility of an extensive conflag-
ration
Later Report.
Colon, May 30-Fire extinguished
the building containing stores of oil
paper and other combustibles were
destroyed. The main commissary
building was saved.