The age-herald., 1901-05-29
FAITHFUL WIFE IN
 4 FIT OF DESPAIR
Tries to End Her Life With a
 Dose of Laudanum
QUANTITY WAS TOO SMALL
And She Recovers-she Was WarrIed About Her Husband, Who Is In Jail Charged With Murder.
 News of Meridian.

Meridian, Miss, May 2S.-(Special)- The brave and faithful wife of w. C.. Schamber, who has stood by him and never wavered, in her confidence in her wayward husband, undertook to end her troubles yesterday afternoon by taking her own Afe.
 At o'clock last night neighbors were summoned to the Schamber home on the South Side and informed that Mrs Schamber had been sleeping soundly since 3 o'clock in the afternoon and that all attempts to waken her had failed.
 A brief search of her bed chamber dis closed the presence of an empty bottle labelled poison" It quickly dawned upon those present that the good woman had given up her fight, and was would-be suicide.
 Physicians were telephoned for and Drs. Flint and Harrison responded. Meanwhile neighbors worked with the unfortunate woman and when Dr. Flint, the first phy- sician to reach the home, Mrs. Schamber was awake.
 She expressed determined purpose to end her life, and was manifestly dis pleased at the efforts to save her, protest ing vigorously against the doctor coming into the house.
 Investigation showed that Mrs. Scham- Der, at about 3 o'clock yesterday after noon swallowed the contents of a laud- anum bottle, after which she retired and fell into deep sleep. Just how much of the drug was in the bottle cannot be learned, but certain it is that there was not a sufficient quantity to produce death and even had assistance not been ob- tained it is probable that the woman would have survived the effects of the self-administered poison.
 The physicians pronounced her out of danger last night, having administered to her the custimary antidotes.
 Sympathizing friends of Mrs. Schamber (and it may be said in this connection that they embrace the entire acquaint- ance of the family) are doing everything in their power to console and comfort her in her great distress and 1t is confidently hoped that she will not again attempt the rash act of yesterday
 Mrs Schamber is a woman of refinement and is deeply sensitive to the humiliation brought upon her by the trouble in which her husband Is involved. It Is said of her that she has never faltered in her faith in her husband to whom she is so de- voted and by whom she has always stood in times of trouble with loyalty that can be shown only by loving and con- fiding wife.
 While her previous sorrows, more than an ordinary woman could stand, have been borne bravely, on yesterday she sur rendered to her grief and attempted to end her existence, as above stated.
 Charge Against schamber.
 fa in ba ty jail awaiting hearing on the charge of murder. He has been In many diff culties but until his recent trouble has led an upright and honest life, managing with splendid ability the city convicts. He Is a member of one of this city's best families, and his apparent reformation has been a source of much pleasure to the friends of his family connections in Meridian.
 Schamber was to have had his prexmin- ary hearing yesterday morning, when his wife confidently expected his return to the bosom of his family, but when the news of the postponement of the case reached her she grew Respondent
 Meridian Is well represented at the Memphis reunion.
 Mir Fitch, The e-Heralds hustling travelling representative is in Meridian, and is doing good work for Alabamas S greatest daily paper.
 Mrs. A. H. Smith, one of Meridians oldest residents, died this morning after a protracted illness.
 Demoralized by oil Find.
 The oil discoveries at Beaumont and in Southwest Louisiana have demoralized the Butler railroad project The men who were behind the movement and who were three days before the Beaumont strike to put up the coin, cannot now be located and 1t Is supposed they have sunk their spare cash In an oil hole.
 A large party of men were sent to Choctaw county early in the year to pur- chase all the timber land available, and they succeeded in getting options on about 4o.000 acres of the best pine lands in that and eastern Lauderdale county. Last week the options began to fall due, and the farmers who had made no ar engagements for their years supplies on the belief that they were to get gold coin for their timber began to get clamorous.
 The packers were due with the money, but as they did not show up after several days of waiting. the buyers came out of the woods to see about matters
 Letters were forwarded to New Orleans where the money was supposed to be in bank, but thus far no replies have been received The timber owners are waiting for their money, and the men who talked