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Show BAULKED. hOTfln;; Ilorr the Cronln Contkts Jlate Commonlcated With Their 1'ricnJs. THE CLOSl'NC OF DENVER'S GAMBLING HELLS. Cirll Service Beform. A Coast line ' Kallroad. Klot Arnontf Hospital Hos-pital I'aticuU. Oy Telcitraph to theEttS.I MrM In the lluil. Chicago, Stay 8. Concerning dUcottrlea that Burke, Cougulin and O'iulllvnn, eirvlu,; Ufu Eeuttn-cesin Eeuttn-cesin the ftniUnUary fortbemur-Jcr fortbemur-Jcr of I)r. Croiiln, had tucuntl facilities fur cumiuunicatlou with lieouteMu worl J Vy mall, ailIpatUi from JolietKiysthatan invebtigation ahowed Hint Tom Hills, foreman of tbo outside gani for Ut Cooiier coutract, was the mall carrier, lie took but 'letters from the com lets and rvpllcs vrere sent undtrcover to to his houc. He has betn dls-cbargetl. dls-cbargetl. Xothlng was UJcoyerwI in the letters to far as folmd. except rcstucts for certain luxuries the prisoners anted smuggled In, lut thtre has heeu tnuth wild speculation specula-tion ss to the extent and nature of the comspondenre. Attorney Forrest, For-rest, rho repnaf.t.ts the prisoners, bcous at tbo Uut that tlitrc Is anything any-thing In tho nature of a plot by mcaus of which tho prisoners hoiiul to escape. He declares that theyilo not t L?U to ecaiie, htlug convinced that the Suprtme Court will loon grant them a new trial. Dcutcr'sCauibUnsr Homes. DiavElt, Jlay S. The therifps oflicers last night notified tbo pro-prittors pro-prittors of eviry gambling houc In the city to close tlielr doors and ap. ltr beforu Juetlco ilorris this moruiuor trial. The pruprietoii made no rw-I'Ltnce, but (mittly told Uie men who ere plating to cash In, Uicit rolled up thelrcash, turned out the lights and locked the ilooit, aud,fortbinisttImeiu many years, iUire ujllmllwasaniUliLi houc opin nor a card turned In tho city to-nighL The proprietors appeared before the justice this moriiiiijr, t waived txaminntiou and were j Jxmna ocr hi tho turn of SW. Civil Venire lter.rm. E' Vonif, 3Iay8 Tho Slate Civil JScrvlte Kcfi.nn Abaociatiou held Its annual inciting Jist night. Presldtut George William Curtis I<dthe late reTilatloos regarding the mlsgovernrcent of this city furniah a iron demoutratlou of the necessity fjr civil tervice reform. He credited rresldtnt Harrlw.i with good Intentious, while con-demningFirst con-demningFirst AssL-taut rostmaster-DLiieral rostmaster-DLiieral CInkson for having rnade .W,000 removals for political reason, more than any administration before be-fore over made In tho tame length of time. Hie speaker matio onu or two condtmnatory rtfermces to Senator (Juay He congratulate!! his hearers on the fact that a man horn one of tho great parties will soon lw obliged to make Its candidate can-didate was favorablyUIsposed Coward civil service reform. Curtis was re elected i resident. 1'nrU .Nnis l'Aius, May S. M. Catacazy.who has just died at Stotrmaln of jara Ittis, was an intimate friend and a secret agent of both the late and the preseLt Ciar of lUiwEa, and wa largily instrumental In arranging flual relations between that countrv and Fr.tiict . Both , atlj ,, Uau-tiful Uau-tiful wife were well known In America. 1 ItlNCE JlJioJIK NAltLXU has jut made himself once again the laughing stock of Purls. His latent appearance Is consequent ujon his writing a prnttet against the theatrical a laptatloit of the ttor of the divorce nf the Kinpress Josephine Jose-phine and the first Xnjxslron, which has been made by a compamtiv.l unknown dramatist a lady of small fame as a play wrlghL Coa.tl.lne ltallrond. PrrrsncKo, May S. A j ropotl-tlou ropotl-tlou to build a crtro.t line railruui from IVrUa'nd, Oregon, to Loner California is at res-nt otcupying theatleiillon of asTndicatcof oarl-talists oarl-talists en the Va-Iffc Coast, Albert Hougtitnn of San Francico, n member of the syndicate, was a passenger pas-senger on the limited express thU morning. "I nm going to Ken York,"IieNdd, "In an endeavor to inten-t snstern cdiiltaltsU In the project. It will probably lio called the California Coast iIuu Jt&il road." nefjlnc llio San I rnnrlw. Author-lllc. Author-lllc. Sax Francisco, May 8. A col. lector lit the employ of au outfitting firm today wfttsilard UieOrrman ship TuxLrc.Ta collect a hill from Third" Mate WildoU". The latter thumped the collector. Policeman Mthoney went out In a boat with two boatmen with a warrant for WalutitT's hrrest for asault and lialterv. He went on board theshhi and dcmandal that WaldoO" come lashore. lirst MnteSchulcin, pointing point-ing to the Herman flae, told Malio-ney Malio-ney that he could notlake Waldofl. Tliollceman peM.lcd ondwas sluviiig VarJoQ oer tho side, when the crew uiniM! . him and resemed the m-te. The boetmcii,hearlngthcdlsturl-. boetmcii,hearlngthcdlsturl-. nnce, started up tbe ladder to help Mahohey, when a German sailor threatened to cut the ladder. The boatmen told liim that if he did they would shoot. Finally Ma-honey Ma-honey com luded to gd ashore, for help. Captain Ounlevy of the harbor har-bor fce found CopUin Hawes of the nadutc ashore, laid the facts beforo him, and the captain went back with the nicer, liothnutes were arnaieu, taken ashoru and leiiKl bj the enj fniu. Vrotslhllloii t'oolciiiUu. Wiljiington, De) t jfay S Tho State prolilblliou convention at Dov-r was ntttojidul by ouhj Uiuiy-nine Uiuiy-nine delegates, bdt they iiomiuated a Suto ticket and adoiKed a long platform. 1111am F. Kellum of Dover was iHNiiInated fur guvernor. The platform endorses the phtfurm of the national prohibition (arty, favors the -Auttralhu ballot system an J denounces high license. One hundred dollars was- subscribed for campaign iurares. Ulot Amons lfcrspllssl Fatirnt XEWf Voitir, Mar S. Four patients pati-ents in the'JtrMiy City ho jilta! created a riot tonight. They Vere suffering from alcoholism. They were first placed, in straight-jackets, but tore those to pieces, and theat-tendants theat-tendants in the hospital then" tied them to their beds. Five of. the parents liurat their bonds and n generatriot ensued. Tliey gntbed up portable pic-cos of. furniturtj and when Uie attendants attempted to Suelt the disturbance the pri-oners UHIf tlin mlui1lH nt lliMn nml Inn around the ward like maniacs. They threw tho bed clothes out of the win doars, ti-et tbe beds of other pall, enls, rfnd for a. time were in complete com-plete control of the Institution. The hospital attendants went compelled to send for assistance to subdue the Infurhtcdman and restore order. llturr tnioui- OWvllaN. 8a Fhacisco, . May 8 The f.jiic&aLosAiigclea speciaL A small riot occurred between two factions or Chinese tonight resulting In the killing of one Chinaman and seriously wounding one white man. Therow.aa startedliy an tiicoun-ter tiicoun-ter between two members of tbo Ah ) on and Wong Chtt facUons. Over forty shot -eru fired from win-I dtjws by the Chlnisoon the streets, i The ieadertf of the Wong ThU Society So-ciety say they will kill every prominent prom-inent member of the Ah Wou gang. l |