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Show THEY CANNOT MAIUIY. UniDE TO Ult STRUCK DUMB, PBOPLB SAY. Wanted la Marry a llltorctd Man A Wry 1-arulUr l' Hill la Agllitlng lli IMMlal and thurcli rolk of pn lnrl.ro In a Tranca fur III Monlhi. Vv rjllrxp ',l18 ,leP hloii VV5S (l (f ha baffled the ef- Vav'JlP' " 'oru ' PBr';ln, ysfffJ. -j bypnotlets, oto- -i. W J path and ppal- J" ,-A leta of orry cIasa, jGjj ,,M l"d,, Wllbar. JRVVaX-, on of tbe beaiitln '$& of lD" toaat, has fjjLS spent the last tire i-r monlha hovering at tho gate of death. Since Feb 17 "ho baa not moved or spoken or shown any sign of conselnusne. Her eyes. open at time, stnre Into nothingness. and aro utterly devoid of expreaelon. When food Is forced Into her mouth iho swallows It mechanically, but gives no expression of a mental acttou. l)ir after day, week after week, for six monlha alio has been lying thus, aur- rounded by her friends and nurst and ph)slclana striving to bring her back lo tho land of tho living. What ha caused thla Btrnngo and unprecedented condition? Her family physician enya It waa brought nbout by monoxide gaa poisoning, but ho ran not aay why tho removal of the poison by tho uvi.nl methods and tho lapse of time does not restore her normal nor-mal functions. Her friends, and sho ha many, for h moved in tho moit xclusho circle ot Son Francisco society, so-ciety, declare that her trancellko con- MISS UI.1DA WILIIKIt. dltlon was brnufht about by n menial shock rceuitant upon a quarrel with her fiance, and this theory, being; the moro romantic, has by far the most upportcrs. Mil Wllber Is ono of tbe beauties ot tbo slope, famed for Its lovely women. Not only tho regularity regular-ity of her features nnd the grace of her flguro wero remarkable, but her coloring color-ing waa perfect, and abe was everywhere every-where regarded as a typo ot American beauty. Some months ago ber engagement to J, C. Dunphy was announced, and It created a great ro.lal flutter, for Dunphy Dun-phy la ono of tho rlcheat young men In th city. Tbero waa nuuther fentura to the prospective marriage which added add-ed to it Interest in tho eye ot San Francleco'a exclutlro set, and that Ii that Dunphy Is a Catholic, but had divorced di-vorced a former wife, wbo I still living. liv-ing. Under tbo regulations of tho church ho cannot remarry during Ibo lifetime of' his wife, tho church not recognizing divorce. Strong proiaure has for sorao llnio been brought to bear on the popo to Induce htm to grant n special dispensation for tho wedding, and much Interest wan manifested In tbe outcome. In case tho popo refuted tbe contracting parties agreed to marry outside th church. Such was tbo condition ot affaire on Feb. 17, when young Dunphy called at tbo homo ot his fiancee. Ho was lo leave town In a day or ao, and called on tbat crenlng aa usual. A quarrel aroie orer aome trivial matter, howevcr.and when be departed It waa with heartburnings heart-burnings on both sides. Mils Wllber feeling offended and Dunphy regretting regret-ting tbo whole dcplorablo Incident. Like the arcrago lover lu such a situation, situ-ation, however, bo thought that thu affair af-fair would appear In a dlfTerint light to Mil Wllber In tho morning, ntler tho heat of her dlspleasuro bad poised, and the next day ho called upon her to say good.by before leaving the city. Mlsa Wllber had not arisen, It being a rather early hour that his trip was to beglu, aud a servant was acnt to awaken her. She found the door locked lock-ed and a strong odor of gas In tho apartment. Tho door was hurriedly broken open and Ml Wllber was found lying on the led uticoniclous Dr. Fuller, tbo family physician, was called at onco by tho panlc-atrlcken family, and ho declared tho young woman was suffering from monoxide gsa poisoning, and began treatment. Ilut, though her llfo waa saved nnd her respiration returned undor tho treat-meut, treat-meut, she never regained conooua-neaa. conooua-neaa. Tbero she lies, her lips slightly apart, her eyea open at times, but uo traco of recognition of nuvono or any. thing In them. Moro physlclnna wero summoned, but to no nvall. lllectrlc shock hid not tho slightest effect upon her, nud every ev-ery romedy known to science was tried In vain. This Is tho statemeut of the physician, Dr Fuller, who baa baa charge ot the can from the first da) "Thl 1 th most Interesting caso that ha over come under my profej- lonal obMrratlOR. Mlaa Wllber has i been uneonecloua since Feb. 17 ot thl i year. To tbe present tine nothing 5 that selene can suggest seem to liave Any other effect than lo sustain phytt cal life; mentally tho pAtlenr mind Is r A blank. On the morning ot Feb. 17 'j I waa called to the residence of the J young lady and found her aulTerlng from monoxide polaonlng. . "Tho patient wo In n precarious , condition nnd I Immediately applied Ihe tiatntl remedies for turn en, Iteiplratlon wa slow and labored, not more than five per inlnuto; tho face wa discolored, In feet, quit black, with pulee scarcely perceptible. Ilia patient waa bled 'and leeched, annuitant annui-tant sdmlnlitered bypoderailcally, and finally tba Action uf Ibo heart mil respiration wero reatorcd, and although there wa no sign ot returning con-eclousnea con-eclousnea I continued the patient ou a fair way to recovery. Month hava elapaed alnc thnt time but my patient ha never recovered what you might call anything np-pronchlng np-pronchlng reason. I say It Is n most remarkable can, for the reason that all th organs teem to perform their function In n most normnl nnd matter-of-fact manner; her color Is good, and she ha lext no more flesh thin would n healthy person under similar circumstance 1 mean being bcdrlddtn for such n long time. Here t with lo ay that, although tamo ot the younii lady' friend seem tu think It poHlbl that thero never wna any foundation for tho story thnt tho patient was asphsxlattd and that It waa purely a caso ot mental shock, It Is u mistake. Ml Wllber wa certainly A rlttlm of tho doadly gas, and ber life wa saved sav-ed only by prompt nnd vigorous medical medi-cal treatment. All tho prominent medical men ol Iho city hat a been called call-ed In consultation on tlw peculiar case, and a jot tbo advice ot each and alt bis been unavailing. What wo Intend to do next I wuuld rather not state until Iho treatment I definitely decided decid-ed on. As to tho final result, that Is a question I can not answer; wo muit auilt development. Tho patient rats, steep and breathe n doe an ordinarily healthy person, oxeept that she 1 nt time n bit erratic er-ratic about swallowing. Ut coun It I necessary that she should hato nourishing nour-ishing food, nnd when alio refuse to wallow, aa sho doe nt times, wo are obliged In feed her through a tube, Thla reluctance sometime last one day, and tbe day following she will take a Ilttly lea cream from a spoon and swallow It with paw and without objection of course I mean muscular objection, for iho shows no mental signs ot either pleasuie or resentment. "Tho condltlun Is not absolutely cat- alcptlc. for Iho faco plainly ludlcatci f pain If a ncedlo Is uicd to puncture the kin, Thcro la very llttlo muscular movement, but on raro occasions thera is a slight chsneo ot Iho position of th band or lower limbs. Specialist of all degree bare been called to try their skill In thl cnte. Wo haro tried y hypnotism, otteopathy and electricity, all with Iho samo disappointing re-suits. re-suits. "I believe I am safe In saying that Iho trouble In purely n mental ono as It stands today, Tho cauio la still a matter of doubt." Nothing known to science, nothing suggested from nny source, ha been omitted by Mr. Dunphy and tho Wllber Wll-ber family lu their effort to bring tbe sleeping beauty back to life. Duuphy I at her bcdilde most ot tho tlmi eagerly watching for n sign of return-Inr, return-Inr, rontclouin, but In vain, Alt day long she lies atsrlng Into tat empty air, and If her eyelids aro pressed press-ed down Ihey Instantly fly open again when tho pretiuto Is removed. She doe not apeak, and only at rare Inter, tals are there movements of the limbs. If an arm Is moved It remains In the position In which It Is placed. At n short Interval during the night tho eyes clos aa though Mil Wllber wero sleeping and after an hour or two they will suddenly fly open again without any ot the premonitions ot awakening, such aa sighing, yawning, or tho llko exhibited by persona In n normal stale. TIIBIIC BUR SI.EEP3. What Is tho csui7 Neither aclence f nor experience has been ablo to decide. For llto mouths thl atrango conditio) baa prevailed nnd no ono can aay whether It will end In life or death. I Tho church peoplo are snylng tbat It la only Cod "a way of chaatlslng tnoso who would contract a marriage under ? such ctrcumttnnce. |