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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
LAHM WILL FLY
IN IOWA AIR
officer Who Rode With Wright VIII
be in Charge Of the Airship
Features.

DES MONIES. July ae.-Lieut.
Frank P. Lahm, U. S. A.. who was
the passenger with Orville Wright In
his record breaking flight at Fort
Myer on Tuesday. S to be In command
of the balloon corps that will partici-
pate in the military tournament that
is to be held in Des Moines September
20 to %. He viii have at his COM
mand one of the Wright type aero
planes. two dirigihle balloons Of the
Baldwin type and one captive balloon.
Advice was received at Des Moines
Yesterday that the signal and balloon
corps will report there for preliminary
| practice on September l, Several trial
laights are TO be made at the post in
preparation for the daily trips that
will be made at the fair grounds each
1 day Of the tournament The signal
and balloon corps will act in con-
junction with each other in the tests
with wireless telegraphy and during
/ the tournament Lieutenant Lahm will
demonstrate the effectiveness OF dIri-
gible craft in camps and fortitications.
The balloon tests at Toledo were
among the most interesting features
of the program and those at Des
i Moines are expected to eclipse the
| Toledo flights in many ways.
Ii ltenant Lahm is rapidly coming
| to the front as an aviator. He has
been associated with the Wright
brothers for some time and has been
detailed by the government to study
the intricacies of fight in the Wright
aeroplane.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
1y Thaw.

4sAA 49, = = - = = = :,
am confident can withstand the
cFpss examination of Jerome. Yes
4 terday proved that, 1 think. don't
care how long he keeps me as ! am
confident 1 can prove am absolute
y sane. This Is my first opportunity
70 do something for myself in my bat
tie for life and liberty which has last
ed for three years and | am glad to
get It..
The court room was packed despite
tie heat. Before calling Thaw, Attor-
ney Morscnauser called Attorney Hart
+ ridge to produce the books which Mrs.
Merrill claims she gave him to show
she passed the hush money" for the
900 girls. Hartridge said he had
searched for the books but was un-
& able to find them. Hartridge was
questioned about the $125,000 suit
against Mrs. Thaw for counsel fee.
Hartridge admitted as the result OF
Jeromes question that the Merrill
books might have been destroyed.
Jerome asked Hartridge for certain
writings OF Thaw given by the pris-
@er to Hartridgc when acting as
laws counsel. Morschauser object
g and the court allowed one ad-
Gtted. These writings of jerome 1t
= hinted, concern the charges Mrs.
Merrill makes about ais use OF dog
xnip on the girls by Thaw. The one
admitted read Mrs. S. Merrill: Mr..
Reid says. Say nothing. {" Hartridge
said Thaw told him to see the woman
ana tell her to keep quiet about his
living at her house and his actions
there.
susan Merrill took the stand at the
H openine Of this afternoons session and
soia more under the guidance of Je-
rome OF the flogging OF girls by Thaw,
one said that when Thaw left after
sne discovered him flogging q girl, he
'slt money for the girl She said she
tsmembered three girls whom he
whipped. Morschauser asked II she
+ so'c ietlers TO White. She admit
7'so reluctantly YES but denied they
Nsle regarding procuring girls. She
sa'a White had replied and called to
sse her She said White didn't know
nav and said White wished to secure
room to give dinner.
NAV took the stand. Were you
way when you killed White?' q
,llnk was legally crazy, not medical
I replied Thaw. Jerome attempted
I" upset Thaw on the question. Eve
~ entered and took her usual seat
sau watched her husband. jerome
&c &c unable to get around the conten
W., wy mat when he killed White he was
s.sflng from braInstorm.' =
afternoon. 4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
NoRDIcA is
HAPPY BRIDE
Famous sonsstress Gets a Millionaire
and VIII Honeymoon on a
Naeb&

LONDON. July 2a,-- Lillian Nordica
was married here today to George w.
Young, n multi millionaire New York.
er and formerly president of the Uni.
ted States mortgage and trust com.
pan:'.
The wedding was in the Kingsweigh
House church at Grosvenor Square
and Rev. DR.. Henderson officiated.
Nordica's sister. Mrs. Deicastro accom-,
panied her 10 the altar Ridgeley Car.
ter. secretary of the United States EN-
bassy gave the bride away Freder.
ick Townsend Martin was best man.
Following the wedding was a recep.
ton at Claridges They VIII spend
their honeymoon on the groom's
Yacht Both have been married be.
fore.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
Rainfall Record Was Broken at Dc.
troit this Morning During
tho Unexpected
Storm
LIGHTNING WAS FIERCE
Intense Hot Day Produced tho Storm
Which Tied up the Street
Car Traffic En-
tlreIy.

DETROIT. July 2s.--An electrical
storm, with the heaviest rain in the
history of the weather bureau came
here. early today. Street car traffic
was practically stopped and the
streets In places were flooded from
three 10 seven feet where the street
car tracks passed under the rail
road tracks, The village OF
Fairview on the Detroit river was par
TALLY flooded The heat today is In
tense. Considerable damage by light.
ming was done In the suburbs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
Wind Was too Strong Last Evening
and the Engines also Refused
to Work Properly for
the Final Test /.
THE A1RsH1P NEWS
What is Going on Today Among the
Men Who are Attempting to
Invade the Territory Of
the Birds.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-At 1856
D. m. last night the official flight Of the
Wright aeroplane from Fort Meyer to
Alexandria, Va, and return, was de,
clared off. The high wind continued
throughout the afternoon and abated
only when it was too dark to attempt
the distance test. 1t was decided that
short flight should be made about
the drill grounds, but this also was
declared off. the engines failing to
work properly.
Three days extension of time has
been granted to the Wrights.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
klnq to the Front7

PARIS. July 2e.-According to the
Madrid correspondent OF n Paris jour
nal, Alfonso will leave shortly for Ma
laga where the soldiers wounded In
the Morocco fighting are being cared
for. It is hinted that Il Is q prelim>
mary step to the Kings going TO the
front in desperate effort TO stem, the
anti.government movement,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
HE WILL FIGHT
EXTRADITION
Man Charged With an Illinois Muir
der Last Year is Arrested
in Denver.

DENVER, Julp 2s.-The mother Of
Roy H. Griswold, arrested and
charged with numbering Peter Waeltz,
at Bellevilie, H.. in November. de-
clared today she would fight against
the extradition of her son to Elliner-
Griswold dec.ares he is innocent, and
declines to give positive statement
as to his whereabouts when Waeltz
was killed. He admits he worked for
an Elliner photographer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
Terrible Butchery.

The officers led the men with the
most desperate courage which ac-
counts for the death list Ignorant OF
the methods OF Morrish warfare, they
threw away their lives, II Is believed
the Moors lost Ave thousand They
were moved down by tho Spanish ar
tillery. BY yesterdays fighting. the
Spanish loss was increased 4t0 The
appalling proportion of dead Is due to
the Moors hutchering the wounded
when captured. The sides of th4
neighboring hills are stacked WIN
hodies. among which are num-
helplessly Injured ,JackAls ~
rion birds are making them
tiniasa fhA snAniAh Il MANN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
one at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July pa terrific thun-
derstorm lasting for hours when tor
rents Of rain fell this afternoon broke
the heat wave. A dozen houses were
struck by lightning and destroyed by
fires. Up to o'clock four had been
killed by the heat in thirty-six hours.
There were fifty prostrations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29

tie more than half the sime for regis
iEation passed. Superintendent wi,san
mas received 1885 applications. II
IS figured that there are about {. 400
nomesteads available 90 the Kalispei,
Spokane anc Coner dsAlene reserves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
,.rome says that He Will Keep Harry
81 the stand for Whele Week
il Necessary n Order 70
Finish the Trial
THAW IS CONFIDENT
u Believes that He Can Withstan,
he Torture and vviIi be Released
ina Few Days
Time.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. July 2s.-Ie-
fome entered the court room today
xlth three bags Of documents prepar
ID 70 keep up the battle Of brains in
lie Thaw case. Thaw faced his an
eent enemy Jerome and was eager
d continue the ordeal Relatives and
bis counsel are certain that his re-
Iease viii result in few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
~ jerome.

sAAAA = = = = = . . .
''My examination OF Thaw has Just
begun propose to question him
closely on every detail OF the trail
Killing White and If necessary on ev-
err detail of his life. | shall once
for all settle the question of his san
III, If forced to keep him on the stand
for i week :
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
JOHN r. TAFT
WAS FOUND DEAD
well KNOWN Artist and Author Had
Lived to Beyond Eighty
Years.

BALTIMORE. Md. John R. TAFT,
aged 81, a widely known artist and au.
thor was found dead early today
at his home In this city Whether
death was due to ialI or apoplexy is
unknown. He was q son OF Geo TAFT.
and cousin OF Archbishop TAFT of
Canterbury. England.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
GREAT NUMBER
HAVE REGISTERED
'ss''y One Hundred and FIFTY Thous.
and Have Applied for One Of
6,4co Homesteads.

- srokANE, Wash. July 49, So
s'. s,sa' Is the rusa of applicants for In
ars reservation lands to be drawn
sas' ss,s' . that land department Of
mas sa's nave placed an order for $4,000
80 registration blanks. With lit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29

III conference were present a. the
meeting today for the mrs, time s:nca
the opening of the committee, This n,
dscates that the work of the commit
tee is about completed,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
JUDGE BETHEA
GROWING WEAKER
Condition is About the Same as Yes.
terday and the End is Not
Far Off.

STERLING. H., July Judge
Bethea slept soundly last night. His
condition is about the same as on
Wednesday, but be is slowly growing
weaker.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
THESE NATIONS
not CIVILIZED
Msors ana spaniards sosh Using Am
manition Which Has Been Dis
carded by The Other Great
Countries
BRUTAL CONFLICT
soft Bullets and Nicked Ones Which
Create Great Damage When
They are Lodged In =
human Body.

GIBRALTAR. July ss,-offscial
news from Melilla received today
shows that the hesieged garrison is
In serious strait. being compelled to
50 into the forts at Melilla under the
guns of the Spanish warships In the
harbor. The Spaniards are relying on
the warship shells to save them from
surrender or annihilaton. Unless re.
Inducements are rushed TO the city
the warship's heavy guns will be inef.
feciive to save the remaining troops.
A Spanish gunhoat captured block.
ade runner manned by $50 Moors. The
shin was packed with thousands Of
improved rifles and ammunition and
WAS being rushed to the Moors around
Melilla, The Moors are using dumdum
bullets which all civilized nations have
barred. The Spanish are retaliating
with nicked steel jacketed bullets max
Ing them Just as brutal Four rifle regi-
ments of season troops embarked to.
day from Algeria and ordered 10 rush
with all speed to Melilla.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
THE WEATHER.
lndlcstlcns For Iowa, illinois and Mis.,
souri,. Wired From chicaao.

For kecknk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Friday. Cooler Friday.
For Illinois: Partly cloudy and cool.
er tonight. Friday fair and slightly
cooler,
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Friday.
Much cooler tonight. Cooler east por-
tion FRIDAY.
For Missouri: Generally fair tonight
and riday. Cooler tonight and east
portion Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29

successful sortie II win he impossible
To reinforce the outrosts as TIE Moors
have torn ur the track connecting,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
Report Of Great Iosa.

GIBRALTAR, Julp ga semi,of-
ficial message Just received, from
Melilla declares the Spaniards lost
1000 killed and $500 wounded In the
terrible lighting around Melilla when
they we're driven from the outposts
and compelled TO retreat to the very
fertilization OF Meilla.
In dispatch Gen. Marina says: "On
July % the Moors destroyed our rail-
road communication with the outposts.
We shelled the Moors with battery
but abandoned our advance post and
the situation is grave. The wounded
numbered $500 men in Tuesdays en-
gagement. Gen. Pintos. colonel. two
lieutenants, five captains. many Off
GERS and subalterns and 1000 men
were killed Two generals we're NOR.
tally wounded
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
Weather Conditions.

large area of high pressure over
the southeastern states. combined with,
the movement of the western area OF
low pressure to the upper lake region.
has caused very high temperature in
the Mississippi valley and there have
been rains from the Missouri valley To
the western lakes, the raiafailj being
excessive at Detroit
The barometer has risen rapidly in
the northern plateau region, where
fair, cooler weather prevails.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Friday be.
coming much cooler Friday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
READY To HEAR
SUITS AGAINST CITY
JOE WEISS AND ]. T. ORR BOTH
CLAIM DAMAGEs-JURY HAS
BEEN SECURED.

In the district court today the
morning wa devoted to getting
ready tho cnscs asains, the city. of
which there are several. Jos. Wciss
aud j. T. orr being the plaintiffs
ia bo,h, and in which they ask dam
age, resulting from sewerage water
being ompticd ou land, belonging
20 them and for other reasons.
In the ease of j r. orr the hurry
was secured and the hearing OF tcs.
tmony Vas begun when word was
received by city Attorney Moore
that his wife had been taken sui.
denly ILL., and the trial was stopped
wndl ne might be- able 10 return
10 the court room In the other
eases domurrcrs were filed and VIII
ID. heard later
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
ANOTHER HUNG JURY
IN THE DECKER CASE
THIRD TRIAL OF SUIT FOR DAM.
AGES-MAY NOT BE ANOTHER
TRIAL.

Having been ont for over twenty
four hourss the jury in the case o.
Claude Decker against the Frisco rail.
way. in which the plaintiff asked for
$4,000 for the loss of a foot having
been run over by train at Pertlc
two year ago, was unable to agree and
were discharged by the court.
This is the third trial of this now
noted case, each jury before having
been unable 10 agree. II was undcr.
stood that the present jury stood two
for the plaintiff and ten for the defcn-
dant.
On account of the expense attached
to the case II is believed that a settle.
ment may be made and that another
trial may be avoided.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
EQUIPMENT FOR
DEAF SCHOOLS
NOW BEING INSTAllED-STU-
DENTS TAKING GREAT INTER.
EST IN SURRoUNOiNoS.

sulphur Okla, oct u Equipment
tor the Industrial department of the
Oklahoma school for the deaf bought
by the state purchasing board, is be
ginning to arrive and is being install.
I'd This department of the school
viii have shoe, harness. carpenter anu
other shops. Also printing shop,
and the students will print their col
lcge paper, The Deaf Oklahoman,
which is az present being printed ~
the Ncws-DcmoCrat.
The school has also a commercial
department In which methods OF mod.
cm business are taught.
The deaf students take much inter
est in games of exercise and amus,-
mcnt. and the school has its ball park,
tennis courts. and gymnasium for
both boys and girls.
Tac Saturday afternoon foot Da,
game between the Deaf School and the
city high school are played with as
much energy as games between the
Carlisle Indian School and Yale. and
is Sulphur's most popular Weekend
event.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
MEN AND WOMEN WANTED.
rhe United States Government Gives
Railway Mail Clerks $500
Year to Start and In.
creases TO $1,000.

Uncle Sam will hold an examina.
tion for Postal Clerks and Letter
Carriers in Oklahoma in November;
for other positions on different dates.
II is estimated that 10000 appoint
mcnts will be made this year. Tue
Government wants people over Is
years TO take the examination: will
pay them well and give them an
annual vacation with full pay. The
Bureau OF Instructions, Rochester y.
Y. with its thorough knowledge Of
all the requirements can fit anyone
in few weeks 10 pass. \ Govern
mcnt Position means employment for
life, Prepare now for the examination.
Any reader of the Ardmoreite can ret
full information by writing the Bu-
reau OF Instructions. 1910 Hamlin
Building. Rochester. y. Y.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
ARDMOREISMS A

------------------ -
Many shall run To- and fro ana
il
ruqI. l.u,nf and ,pi,,m,ni. every ,iI.
tu. and o,rry prudent act D. founded
or ,.wr..m,... and batter" Edmond
Burke.
-
..... n...,.n,,.,.,.. r,.. .,.p.
.,, ....,.....3 ,.,,.. mann, p,,r,.
,,s ,y,,l,... ubI.n. .id.. r.....Y
s, r,r and up to now uu Murray
.....m d, b, OBJ, only Uau vino know,
.... .t..i..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
MEXICAN FLOOD
SWEEPS STATE
THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS AND
PROPERTY LOSS REACHES INTO
-CLoUDBURs

city Of Mexico oct. 27...An cs,ima..
I'd loss OF 100000 pesos. including
crops Of corn, beans and other grain,
fruit a1d fine hardwoods. two lives
known to Dee lost and many others, Il
is feared, sacrificed i'm the floods.
hundreds OF homes boz country and
town washed away aud thousand. OF
heads of cattle drowned, are th"
huoWu results of the disastrous Clouu.
burs, and storm that broke over the
Stat" of Tabasoo yesterday following
JVouty.ouc day of iuyc--ut rau. ri
over this region
Rivers are our of tn'ir banks towos
are inundated. thousands are home
j., and no relic. is yet in sight.
From north to south, cxtendus
uc.o-s the stat, from the Mescalapr
and tine Grijal,a rivers. which take
the two names after forNng near
IIuinanguillo TO the banks Of the Usu.
maciu'a, which tor short distance
marks the boundary between Chiapa
and Guatemala. the entire country is
70 to.al waste. only the high noun
tain villages aud plateau farms os-
capped from the terrific onslaught o.
the waters.
Five hundred families ar, homclcs.
ia the city of Atasta alone. Othor
cities and towns inundated are HUN.
auguillo, Tomosiuuc, ialapa. Tlaco.
apam, Tlapa. Santa Rosa and a mum
bor of smaller villages along the Mes.
calapa river, while ON the southern
border of the state. Jonuta, Balancan.
Carmen, Palizada and Santa Rita. IN
the valley of the Usumacinta river. are
badly damaged as the result Of the
flood
\ total of thirty-two and a half in
chcs of water has fallen in the state in
three weeks, which is the record To-
waterfall in thirtyJwo years. \ larg,
part of the lower section of san Juan
Bautista is under water. The barrio
of Santa Cruz has been totally depop.
ulated and the water IS three and -four
feet deep in many houses. Temporary
lodging houses have been fitted mp by
the authorities of San Juan BautDst,
and NOR" than thousand people are
being fed and lodged at the city's cX.
p"ns". So complete Is the inundaion
OF the town of Santa Rosa that it re.
S"mhl"s an arm of the sea. Streets.
parks and gardens ar" inundated ~
three feet OF water ana the population
Is living ON roofs. shiv,ring and star,-
lhs' praying for IN" waters To rcc"dr.
Jalapa suffered heavy losses ON ac-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

Tie board OF dracons, assisted by
W ~. Sandlord and G. Lauford
"i 'l" Broadway baptist churrn
have been instructed by tho church
'o have plans made a. once and %
% ','cd v-h ,hu building ofa parsou.
1-" ou .u, ,hun'h property.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
QUICK COMFORT HEATERS.

Those who have used Quick Com
fort gas heaters say they give bet.
ter service and use less gas We make
the price reasonable. Sold only n,
Bvens. Corhn & Frensley elm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

Mrs H. F. Kolb, who has been WIS.,
iring friends and relatives in Missis
sippi for the past two months return.
I'd home this afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28
II 81 81 II II 81 q II su ::

G. D.. Evans w,ll known yit2r
of Newport is in tho city ON business
today,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

FOR SALE New opcntop, cut under.
auto seal, black rubber tire mnabout
buggy. Cheap. Moss Brady. s>.3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

TIE GERMhN FLOUR is the best
in Ardmorc. Ask your grocer. 2i.6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

"Many-Usc" Oil at Stevens. Kenncr.
ly 4 Spragins Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

A furnished room 10 rent? A want
ad. will change IL to q furnished
room. RENTED.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

Many Use oil prevents rust on
guns and metals ? OF spout oier,
l0c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

"Many-Us"" on, fine talking ma.
chine oil in > o. long spout ollcr Toe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

"Many.Use' oil Lubricates. Never
gums.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-28

Many shall run To- and fro and
WoV',deu shall b., increased Dan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-24
STRIKE NOW
IS BROKEN
PIaceS Left Vacant by the
Dissatisfied Men Have
Been Filled by
Idle Hands.

H'Iloers of the Greek and Italian
S'e" oI hborers who walked out on
"7lIa Walla Valley Traction COM
.'''2 several days ago are still stick
80 Hlelr resolution to hold out un-
'-efed their fifty cent raise, but
'Ie result of it. their places have
'e7A supplied by other men. AS soon
- Tie strike was declared and reso-
adopted TO the effect that the
s would refuse to work unless
9''i-'ed raise, Manager George o.
Immediately wired to various
'S IN the state and now has crew
% men employed. who are doing the
Ior the usual wages-S20O per
Men We're obtained in Portland,
>""e and this city, and owing to
large number of idle hands, it
'''eu TO be very easy matter to get
NO trouble is expected from the
strikers as most of them have left the
''iE and the new men are rapidly
broken into their jobs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-24

PORTLAND, July 24.-Dr. r. A.
Miles Collins, prominent Portland
physician was shot and instantly
killed early today in the basement of
rest and is beirg closely questioned
concerning the death of her husband
With a bullet through the heart, the
body was found by Dr.. Frisby, who
was called in BY Mrs. Collins. The re-
volver with which the physician was
killed was found on the basement
floor
Il may have killsd him. / have been
taking medicine that made my head
reel" she declared to the police.
Collins was "a years old and she is
13 years older They married year
ago and spent thel- honeymoon in
Honolulu. After they returned they
ouarrelled frequently on account OF
another woman whom Mrs. Collins
imagined was trying to steal the af-
fections of her husband. They agreed
to part today. All the household goods
were packed when Collins was killed.