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MOORE III COURT BESEECHES WIFE to hue i TRUCE After Woman Had Deluged Him With Vile Allegations He Stepped from Stand and Pleads With Her. SHE ASKED ALLOWANCE BUT COURT DENIED IT

After Ruling Had Been Made Moore Again Approached Wife Who Will Consider Petitions He Made. Successful In the fight waged by bit wife for support, Jacob S. Moore, after being deluged with a flood of vile, licentious allegations, stepped from tbe witness stand yesterday afternoon and said: "Cora, Cora, won't you come back if not for me Just for tbe children ?M With an upturned twitch of ber features, a sarcastic laugh. Mrs. Moore flounced from the chair beside ber counsel aad walked into the corridor. Through her attorney. Will Reller, Mrs. Moore petitioned for a weekly allowance of $12 and a certain portion of tbe $265 which her husband bad In bank. Judge Fox hold for the defendant. The decision no more bad been pronounced than Moore accompanied by Attorney John F. Robbins started to leave the court room after his appeal to bis wife. Seeks Out Hie Wife. "Walt a minute, lawyer," said Moore. "I'm going to talk to my wife." "Better not, laconically advised Mr. Robbins. Moore sought out his wife and after she had secured permission from Attorney Reller to talk, the husband and wife with their lawyers went into consultation. "If you will come back, Cora," pleaded Moore, "111 pay all the costs of this case. Everything I have on Ood's earth Is the team of horses and that $265 in bank. Come back and we will start anew. Come tor the children's sake." Tbe woman after some time of persistent argument told him she would take a week to arrive at ber decision. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are tbe parents of Jslx children; the oldest 19 years and tbe youngest 4 years of age. Hurling sensational charges against her husband- Mrs. Moore reveled In their relation while on the stand. With compressed lips and a deter mined- vengeful look on ber face sbe recited alleged Ill-use after Ill-use. Would Do Hla Best. Moore when placed on the stand re peatedly averred that If bis wife would come back be would do the best be could to make ber life pleas ant. "Judge, IH do what God will allow me to. Why after my wife left me this last May. Nellie, our little eight year old daughter stayed there with me. She cooked, she swept, she watched the younger children while I was out teaming. And the little girl took 111; I had to work, we bad an wful time." Tbe testimony of both sides, was spotted with the name of John Moon. brother-in-law of Mrs; Moore. Although no direct evidence was offered which closely Implicated this man with the matrimonial difficulties of the two. bis Influence seemed to have been the point on which the difference gained its birth. HE LOST BET: DIES (American News Service) Chicago, July 23 Harry Michaels. secretary of the Michaels Furniture company, killed himself because of the loss of a $10,000 bet on Jim Jeffries in the Jeffries-Johnson Reno tight of July 4. This developed today at a meeting of Michael's creditors. He ahot himself at his desk after receiving a telegram telling of his loss. while his brother from New York was watting to sec him. At the time of the suicide, ill health was given as the reason. 5,969

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Ira G. Rawn, president of tbe Chi cago, Indianapolis and Louisville rail way, the Monon system,, who was found shot through the heart In his summer home at Wlnnetka, a suburb of Chicago. The police scout the fam ily story that a burglar did the shoot ing. The coroner stated that the bullet was fired at close range. In fact so close that powder marks were found on the night clothes and also imbe.l ded in the flesh. Friends and busi ness associates of the dead man say that be bad been looking badly for several weeks and believe that be was much worried over the investiga tion of the conspiracy by which th Illinois Central railroad claims it was mulctetd out of hundreds of thou sands of dollars. The case is now go ing on in court. CITY WAS IIIVITEO St. Paul Wants Richmond to Attend National Munici-v pal Meeting. GREAT TIME IS ASSURED An invitation to the fourteenth con ventlon of the League of American Municipal itles at St. Paul, has been received by . the city t administration. The meeting takes place August 23 to 26. St Paul intends to have tbe big gest convention in the history of tin league and is making elaborate prepar ations for tbe event. An auto excur sion will be the feature of the first day; the second will be spent in Min neapolis; a municipal parade will be held on the fourth, and an excursion on the Mississippi river will be held on the final day. Among the best authorities in Am erlcan will discuss many subjects of municipal importance among which are home rule for cities, govern ment by commission, simplified city government, city art museums. Btreet paving problem, what other cities are doing, and lines In which some cities excel. Tbe Invitation will be read at the next meeting of council and it is prob able several men from here will at tend. SHERIFF Hi FLOOD Just because Sheriff Meredith bad to wade through three feet of water yesterday morning to arrive at his work laden desk, an indignation meeting of the several county officials was held. A night watchman Is to be had that si, of course, providing the afore mentioned rolled officials can in flu ence the county commissioners. Some time during Friday night a safety water cock broke just above tha sheriff's office and allowed a dribbling stream of water to penetrate Into tbe Wayne county secret service headquarters. "If there bad been a sucker any place in that pond, I would not have minded the flood," boiled Meredith of Williamsburg. Not since tbe court bouse has been In public use has there been a watch man or other person to guard tbe place at night time. It is rumored that tbe open doors offer hidden and safe trysting places where the youth and other exuberant individuals of tbe city congregate during tbe darken ed hours. 5,969

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per and Announced Last Evening Show Leaders Are Roosevelt Backers. GARFIELD IS FAVORED OVER ALL CANDIDATES Poll Also Shows That Conven tion Delegates, Opposed to Garfield, Will Control All the Delegates. (American News Service) Cleveland, July 23.In a newspaper poll taken among prominent republicans of Ohio and of delegates to the republican state convention the rank and file of Qhio republicans of Ohio are shown as progressives in full sym pathy with Roosevelt policies and fa vor James R. Garfield for governor. Tbe poll further shows that a major ity of delegates will be voted by the bosses for anybody to beat Garfield and the nominee to be picked -by Sen ator Burton, Wade Ellis and George B. Cox. KINKADE IS OUT. Toledo, July 23. Judge Reynolds R. Kinkade of Toledo, who is said to have been President Taft's and Theodore Roosevelt's choice for the republican nomination for governor, today Issued a statement declining to be a candidate under any circumstances, Nicholas Longworth' now is to lead tbe opposition to Judge Brown. Political savants think they see a possibility of Mr. Roosevelt swinging his influence to Longworth for the gubernatorial nomination in Ohio as a dark horse candidate. "He came out for Robinson, bis nephew, in New York state," they ar gue. "Why not for Longworth in Ohio?" In view of the mixed up situation in Ohio, the visit of Longworth is anti cipated with eager Interest. . , CASHIER IS THIEF (American News Service) New York, July 23. The theft of $80,000 in securities from the RussoJapanese bank was committed by the cashier, Erwln Wider, according to an announcement by tbe bank officials today. It is added that be bad confessed. His present whereabouts are unknown. a Attorney Goldman of the law firm of Steinhardt and Goldman, representing the bank, said: "I can not say whether a warrant for Wlder's arrest has been issued. It is sufficient to say that the man has - confessed. The matter is being thoroughly prosecuted." HEW YORK TASTES REAL WILD WEST Five Bandits Last Evening Hold Up a Train and Rob Passengers. ONE ROBBER WAS CAUGHT AFTER HALF PEOPLE IN ONE COACH HAD BEEN RELIEVED OF VALUABLES THE BRAKEMAN STOPPED TRAIN. (American News Service) Weehawken, N. J., July 23- Five masked men tonight held up the New York, Ontario and Western passenger train outside the city limits. Four robbers entered the cars and forced the passengers to disgorge valuables at the pistol point. Tbe man left outside on guard was arrested, but the others escaped. Tbe four robbers entered one of the coaches from both ends. Two stood In the forward end of the car and covered a score or more passengers with revolvers ' while the other two advanced from tbe rear and proceeded to go through the pockets of the pasengers. Tbe robbers bad gone about half through the car when tbe brakeman entered. In an instant be saw , what was happening and pulled tbe bell rope, stopping tbe train. Tbe four robbers sprang, from the steps before tbe train stopped and dashed off In the darkness. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Unsettled weather; thunder storm Sunday. '

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ROOSEVELT CALLS LOUDLY FOR HELP Ex-president Is Swamped with Letters and He Wants Halt Called. REQUIRES TOO MUCH TIME TO ANSWER ALL OF HIS CORRESPONDENCE AND BESIDES HE REALLY HAS . SOME OTHER WORK TO TRANSACT. (American News Service) Oyster Bay, July 23. "Help" was the cry that went up from Sagamore Hill, the home of Theodore Roosevelt today. ' He requested that less letters be sent to him, in order that he may havie time for conducting bis other affairs. ' t "I am simply swamped with correspondence," he said. "It would take all the time of my secretary for the next month to begin to answer the letters I have been getting daily. I can reply to only a very few of them and as It is, I must work on Sunday to do this." Average of 180 per Day. Since his return Mr. Roosevelt has received no less than 5.000 letters and telegrams, an average of ISO a day. This batch includes nearly 2.000 invitations to make speeches. Thus far be has arranged for nearly fifty addresses, including those he is to make on his western and southern trips, beginning with August 22. Among theisitors expected at Sagamore Hill next week is Congressman Nicholas Longworth, , the ex-president's son-in-law. His proposed trip is said to bear in the fight in Ohio. Mr. Roosevelt desires, for one thing, to talk with tbe congressman concerning the platform to be presented by Longworth in the state . convention in which the Taft administration is to be endorsed. .. REBELS ARE ACTIVE Washington. July' 23. Revolutionists under Estrada are waging an aggressive campaign against Madriz in Nicaragua, carrying the war into Madriz's territory, according to reports received at, tbe state department today. Consul Olivares states that in an engagement between revolutionists and government troops at Comatolape, about 400 revolutionists and as many government troops were engaged. Tbe casualties on both sides were heavy before tbe revolutionists were routed. Gen Yaldez, a Madriz follower, was killed. . A series of sharp conflicts is reported between the two factions in Grenada and Mandino . within fifty miles of Managua, the capital.

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But a Paymaster's Clerk Was Killed in the Fight Which Resulted. CONSTABULARY ON TRAIL (American News Service) Kittanning. Pa., July 23 Frustrated in an attempt to secure $5,000, masked bandits today shot Horton' Craig, a paymaster's guard. Fleeing, they were cornered in an abandoned mine by state constabulary. The robbers threw up a barricade, it lis believed that the same criminals this morning chloroformed ' the family of John Lockhardt at Moose Grove, four miles from here, and .ransacked the whole house. Lockhart, his wife and three children were found in a critical condition. The attempt to get the $5,000 was made in an attack on the paymaster of the Widnoon Coal Mining company who had two weeks' wages of the miners. A pitched battle followed the holdup. BRIDGES INSPECTED H. M. Hammond, president of the board of works, made an inspection of bridges of the city yesterday and finds new floors will o be placed on both the North Tenth street and Doran bridges and that the' North Twelfth street and Main street bridges needed repairing. At present, be said, tbe floors of the Doran and Tenth street bridges "will be merely turned over and new ones not placed untJl next spring. The repairs will cost about $200. Palkdinin's Daily Average Circulation For "Week Ending - July 23, . 1910.' (Except Saturday) This includes all our Regular Complimentary-Lists AVERAGE CITY CIRCULATION 3,330 TOTAL DAILY AVERAGE For the Same Week, Including Rur: al Routes, Small Towns, City Circulation, Etc, Six Day - 5.0G9 THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SAMPLE COPIES

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TO MAKE CHOICE City Executives of New York Are to Help Name Man for Governor. , THIS DECIDED SATURDAY NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE HELD A LONG CONFERENCE YESTERDAY REGARDING THE CAMPAIGN. (American News Service! Saratoga, N. Y., July 23. A conferference of the democratic mayors of New York state will be called to help choose a candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomination in September. This announcement was made by Chairman John A. Dix of the democratic state committee, at the close of. the new executive committee this morning. The conference lasted until 2 a. m. and at its conclusion Chairman Dix said: - . 'The conference is merely for the purpose' of getting together and get ting acquainted. The political situation was gone over and each one pres ent expressed his views. "No reference was made to candi dates or - tbe place and time of the state convention. Another conference will be ' held - early In , August, either In New York or Albany. "It is also planned to have a con ference of tbe thirty democratic mayors. In September a general conference of all democratas - will probably be held in New York." Other members expressed them selves as well pleased - with the con ference. - They said that the whole situation had been - discussed In a full and free manner. While , tbe discussion of candidates was tabooed, there were plenty of booms around tbe hotel. - Congressman Sulzer was there championed by Col. Alex S. Bacon. John F. : Dailey of Rochester advocated James S, Havens of Rochester, the man who beat Aldrige for gover nor. The name of Martin S. Glynn, former controller, was mentioned and his friends say If they want a man with a record Glynn is the one to be chosen. DENIAL BY HARAHA1I American Kews ' Service) Chicago, July 23. President Harahan denied today the rumor that be or any official of the Illinois Central railroad had received a letter from Rawn a few days .before the tatter's death which had to do with the revelations of graft in the Illinois Central railroad and contained an intimation that the writer contemplated suicide.

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Kind Ever Seen in British Capitaf Promoted by Sutfragettes. FIFTY MASS MEETINGS HELD AT HYDE PARK Many American Women, In eluding Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont, Took Part in Parade Had a Jiu Jitsu Corps. I (American Xewa Service) London. July 23.-Half a million: women marched through the streets this afternoon to urge the woman's suffrage bill recently passed by Parlia ment but laid over for an opportunity to be heard. Never before in history had there been such a demonstration of women. Police lined the streets and at many points tbe spectators gave trouble. The inarch of suffragettes terminated at Hyde Parkj where nearly 200 speakers addressed fifty mass meetings, attended by the half million marchers and the crowds. There were, many American women present, including Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. The parade resembled the great demonstrations of the uniformed men. and a , prominent feature was the suffragette" band, neatly attired in a distinctive dress. : . . .. The Place of Honor. ' The place of honor was held by the 617 women who have been imprison ed as the result of the agitation. Actresses were there too, more than 200 strong, and women in the professions. Doctors, lawyers, nurses, newspaper women and others from many divers walks of life went singing along the line of march. It was an international demonstration, every country of Europe and all the colonies heinr represented. V ' -f' Banners in every , language were r ..xi nA lfnnk .L 1 - vain, i'lusi ui iucui, uuwever, were in English and there number was be yond counting. ' Some were carefully guarded. These were ' the "battle flags,". the banners and transparen cies carried in previous . demonstra tions In which the police took a hand. Scotch women had their share In the procesipn as did the- Irish. The latter were clad in green. , The suffragette Jiu Pitsu corps, which has been recently organised for the preservation of order at public meetings, marched as special guard Of honor to Mrs. Pankburst and ber two daughters, leaders of the cause here. Tbe rear guard was composed of tbe suffragette cavalry, uniformed and well mounted. ' The marchers were apparently well received for the most part. The parade is believed to be of great significance as giving she political leaders a line on tbe public's attitude toward the recent bill ' which led to tbe demonstration that of giving the franchise to 1,000,000 women property holders. . Aerre nauie, Juiy Z3. catcner Ed Goes ot Trrt Haute -s knocked down Norval Harris, sporting editor of tbe ' Star . tonight, because the latter had been , holding him up to ridiculeas a player. Goes paid a fine of on dollar. : CHARGES BAD FAITH. New York. July 23. Counsel for Erwln, cashier . r of . the , Russo-Chinese bank said tiij evening the bank had broken faith with Wider In the matter of missing $80,000 bonds. He says he knows where tbe bonds are. Wider Is in the city... He and his wife are suffering from nervous prostration. - A BATTLE REPORTED. Bluefields, NIc. July 23. It is reported that after ten hours of hot firing the insurgent force won n important battle . at Couerolarv Valuable supplies were captors isany prisoners taken yesterday A BIG CLOUD BURST. r Bisbee, Ariz., Jply 23. A ckMsS&BMt sent a great -wall of. water down the narrow canyon in - which this city - is situated. Three persons, Daniel Murphy, Mrs. Jobn Baker, and ' Prank Walsh were drowned." Six are missing. Many houses were demolished. Damage is estimated at $150,000. Lowell, Arii., also reports heavy damage as result of clondbursL Five hundred feet of railroad track is washed out at Bisbee. - - - - COAST TO COAST. CAmerlcau News Service) ' - San . Francisco. July 22 SUss Blanche Scott arrived today finishing trnicMHiHnMtll Mlt Kmt Vwh M San Francisco. Che traveled SS miles, in forty-one ayaL .

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