The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16
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| NHH disgrace % her sex; Inc l1ea =
avg woman being coid-oloo1ed ard eAi-
cg.atlns enough 10 go 20 q drag store Aaa
bay arsenic: thence 10 a CANDY store ftr
a box % confectionery. then - dry gooas
store % purchase packet han1Asrc2seI,
u o-ie- 70 send sure death ous into az
unknown Geld. OF course Mrs B2iAla
knew fer whom she wanted the poisoned
candy. and sae knew that Mrs Dunnlas,
10 whom sAe directed the box. would e
sure 20 get sene bat. as the facts provs4,
there were others w@om the poison reach
%. as well as Ms. D@nn-rg, o. Dover,
De-.
TIE young girl, Mss Heney. q Haas,
confectionery store, swears that sae sold
Mrs Boikin box 81 candy; Mr. heynaud
| hookkeepar in the City Of Paris knows cf
handkerchief OF the kind ciscoFerca 70
have been n the candy oox natins ssSh
paid for BY money order cashed oy MIS-
Bolkin.
Now. Will Gov. Budd. Of California, send
| Mrs. BoJkin % Delaware = oe tr5sd, er
vii he note Alm3S1 everyone WIG A&s
read CT this case would oeAeFe '.as' Mts.
Botk.n had sent the box Of poisoned cahdy
70 Mrs Duaning. which ki.ied not oh,,Yy
Mrs Duan:Eg but Mrs Dean as We'll.
Then the techn.calit!es Of the aw come H.
Exlradition papers could be served on MRS
Botkln had she run away from DS!A " ate;
where the two poisoned women died ana
| were buried.
Bu, Mrs. gotkin was smiling in San
Francisco when the women lay dead IN
| Dover. Mrs Bo,kin cannot be tried IN
San Francisco. because no murder was
| done there The premed ,ation OF the
| murder. The fact that Mrs. Botk.n net only
lay over the top Of the box 10 make the
| box appear to be the gift Of friend. makes
| her appear 10 be very vindicUVe and
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I do not myself entirely believe in
| capital punishment. but do believe II
woman IS a criminal she should he treated
as a criminal, Place aux danes IS al
| right. and / DO think A woman who be-
HAYES herself a woman who is a good
wife and a good mother. an unmarried wo-
man doing her part 10 fulfill the 0bHga-
tons that the world imposes upon her.
merits the respect and regard Of al good
or great people \ woman who goes
around trampIing down every device tha.
society or religion has erected for the safe
guard Of the strong or the protection of
the weak should be treated just that
sort Of man is and not be excused because
says the difference between a good and
bad man is the difference between heaven
and earth" the difterencs between a good
and bad woman is the difference between
heaven and he'll. A good woman is the
very apex of all good things Fer ages
poets have sung her praises and the wis
her shrine. In the question Of morality
men and women should be equally Judged.
subjeet. to the, same temptation. they
NC yA1SSt AioIA AiAc SAaAAoASaiitS Sk
Because Mrs. B6tkn is a woman fiend
instead of man fend. we should not
cuse even murder OF innocent women Be
cause she Is a woman all these technicali-
ties of the law, where. when and how she
should be tried, need not be giggied over.
IL she did buy the candy and strew pull
verified arsenic over 1t and sent it through
the postoffice of these United States: If
the lawyers Of Dover. Del. cannot sue
cisco, and the lawyers Of San Francisco
cannot try her in that city for the murder
Of the two women who died in Dover, Del
what reason is there that Mrs. Botkln
should not be tried for sending through
| the mails OF the United States a death
Tense?
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An event of great significance 10 the col
| ored Catholics Of the United States exists
in the fact that one of their race is 4 can
| didate for the priesthood al 81. Joaeph's
| seminary, Baltimore. Nd. r. Medard Nell
son was born In New Orleans October 10
| 1879 His father had large private school
| in New Orleans at the time of Mr.. Nell
| sons birth. The school teacher naturally
desired that his son should follow in the
| footsteps Of his father This, Medard Mel
| son declined 20 DO. because even at an ear
| ~ age he felt that his vocation was to be
| priest ard help his race 10 see the
teautItS and comforts OF the Roman Cath
| clio church as he saw them.
At St. Mary's he won the regard Of the
| priests by his zeal. application ami ami
I
| Re mas retained. He became familiar with
| Greek and Latin at an early age. Through
| the efforts OF the archbishop and after
| surrounding innumerabe difficulties he
| obtained admission into Epiphany college.
! Maryland. preparatory 10 entering ST Jo-
| seph's seminary. Baltimore. Graduating
| pursued his studies for two years at ST
| Joseph's seminary and nothing re-
| mains but his admission into the priest
| hood. after which he will be the first col
ored priest TO have been ordained from
| the South.
| To have a coIored man born in New or
| leans as Catholic priest VIII mean much
| TO the colored race in the South. TO have
| one OF their own race who understands
| points and their niirrn!ties. their kindly az
| fectionate nature. and their want of moral
| training will indeed he a blessing TO those
| p - -
| Mr.. F. r. Grove, OF Tacoma. and Miss
| kzthryne Walther. daughter OF Or. and
| Mra Edward Waither of 81. Paul. were
| married ct she brides home Tuesday even
| ing. October H. ar o'clock. Mr. William
| Grove OF New York, acted az best man
and Miss Alice Walther was maid OF honor
| Mr.. and Mrs. Grove viii he at home in Ia
| coma after December first. Mrs T. W
| southworth. Of Tacoma. a sister OF the
bride. went on FOR the wedding. Mr. and
| Mrs. : y Perkins. OF Washington y G.
| also attended the wedding. Mrs. Perkins il
| another sister OF the bride.
~ n -.
Some people assert that half OF the su-
| Gjen4e that goes 70 see the work Of hon
| tanners. goes expecting A tragedy because
| the .3on eameF .naE enter tae I0ns cage
| ninety and une times. bat all too surely
the buu5redth time viii the weaker an
| !nal. man. al the mercy OF the strong K .ng
| - the forest. In Butte the other day
| Water Blanchard thought Re knew enough
| about lions TO lake The place Of the regular
| ION iamsr A. soon as the t0ree lions saw
| Blanchard enter The cage. they aeezu -
| ana SNNurs7 y --tS - tab f,s
| knew their master was nS.srf and ,he,. n
| tended everybody Else 10 know r. too
| Blanchard began cracking h:e WIN - cyl
| dence bis authority. Tn.s was the signal
| FOR defiance. Frs; che then another ara
| 'hen the baby Hon f~l or re unfortunate
| 2iancoara. WHO .h0Ggh t-rn lerr-L.x Ia