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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
PT0MAINE POISON IN MEAT.
Mrs. J. E. Neal of st. Louis III at
Kansas City.
REPURL1C SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Kansas City. No.. May 4.-Mrs. ]. E. Neal
of St Louis is critically i'll as result of
ptomaiae poisoning. Doctor King found the
woman suffering violent pains in the stom-
ach. This was followed by fits OF Vomit-
ing and an almost complete collapse.
Doctor King learned that the woman had
partaken Of cold boiled beef which had been
cooked twenty-four hours before. and also
Strawberries with milk. He gave the opin-
ion. however, that the ptomaine germ had
been contracted by eating the meat.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
Indian Territory Bankers.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
South McAlester. l. T.. May 1A-The sec
ond annual session of the Indian Territory
Bankers Association convened here this
morning with $50 bankers present. Keports
of the officers show that the number oil
banks in the Indian Territory has doubled
in the last year. This afternoon a special
train over the Katy conveyed the visltoEs
through the coal and coke district surrouno-
ing this city
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
Hoods Jarsaparlla
and Pills

Make the blood pure, vigorous and roh.
ea'e appeute, give vitality. strength
11,u Gn sn,mation. and cure all erupnonlt
them to-day.
nooos sarsaparilIa promIsse =
cure and keeps the promyae.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
Knight. of pythia. nt Neo.ho.

Neosho. No.. May 1.-THE assembly of the
Sixteenth District knights of Pythias of
Missouri met here to-day. Many prominent
General Lyon. grand chancellor. and Com
mander Mcdowell of Kansas and Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal Holmes OF Mis-
scuri. The prize-winners were: First. Webb
City drill team: second, Monett team: The
Girard Ras) drill team gave an exhibition
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
DISPLAYS LETTER.

Il have some like 1t. / know that k"
she said. as she ran into an adjoining room.
She returned with a box of letters in her
hand and exhibited an envelope addressed
Mrs. Kate Noble No. 3oS Stone street,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
The handwriting appeared to be identical
with that of the tracing. The letter was
written in Poplar Bluff. Mo-, In 1899 and
was signed Lizzie Mccormick" 1t was
nlled with inaccui acieS OF spelnnR.
Four more letters were produced by Mrs.
Mobile. all signed with the name of Lizzie
Mccormick" 1t was in the formation of
the letter * that the most striking re-
semblance was noted. but the letter st"
and the capitals &C" and 20" were similar
in the letters and on the poison package.
Chief Corbin considered the evidence suf
f1cient to warrant his telegram requesting
the arrest of the Mccormick woman in
Memphis.
Mrs. Noble told the police. so they say,
that last Monday she received from Lizzie
Mccormick a package by mail which con-
tanned a small vial of yellow liquid which
she at once remailed to Mrs. Mccormick:
that Mrs. Mccormick in the past wrote her
letters 30 Objectionable that they were
placed in the hands of Police Inspectors;
that valentine" of vulgar tone was sent
her by Mrs. Mccormick. and that the Nc
Cormick woman is jealous Of her. though
without reason. as regards Edwin Pell. who
is n brother-in-law of Mrs. Noble and for
whom Lizzie Mccormick has been for years
a hOusekeeDer
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
Spring Medicine

There Is no other season when sooa
medicine Is 30 much needed as In the
spring.
The blood is impure, weak and IN.
poverished-a condition indicated ~
pimples and other eruptions on the face
ana BODY, BY deficient vitality, loss a
appetite, lack Of strength, and want q
animation.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
Dry Good. Clerks. Ent.r,,,nu.,,

given by the Wholesale dry goods cIerEs AZ Has
haren Auditorium. No. 2525 South Broadway to-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
SPORTING

Kansas University won two games from
Nebraska on the grounds at Lawrence.
Winners at the Fair Grounds yesterday
were: Dorice. Lady Charlotte. Dominis,
Malster. Kunja and Cursus.
Cardinals lost to Boston in the eleventh
inning. to ..
Browns lose last game of series to Sena-
tors b. score of to 8.
Eight school records were broken in the
High School field meet yesterday.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
Accident on scenic Railway.

employed as a ticket taken at Forest Park
Highlands, had his left leg broken yester-
day by being run into by one OF the cars on
City Hospital for treatment.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
FOREIGN

The Reverend r. ]. Campbell. leader of
the non conformists of England. defies Col
onial Secretary Chamberlain.
Sir Charles Dixie proposed in the House of
Commons that Great Britain approach
France with regard to the reduction of the
navies of the Powers If France agreed
they together could approach Russia. 1t
was not necessary. he declared, to build
against the United States. because that
country had always been the defender of
the rights of neutrals.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

]. L. Hill of ST. Louis buys 1900 acres of
marsh land in Louisiana to prospect for
salt.
The Southeast Missouri Drummers' Asso-
citation begins the annual convention at
Pennington.
International Association of Police Chiefs
select ST. Louis for the convention of 1904.
Twenty-first District Federation of wom-
ems Clubs in session at Litchfeld, Ill.
Commander Vreeland expects to proceed
with the monitor Arkansas within the next
ten days.
Joseph Bashaw. 1ii years DID, dies at
Salem. Ore. He served under Napoleon In
the French Revolution.
There was another wild day on the New
York Cotton Exchange. and prices ruled the
highest for twelve or thirteen years. May
was quoted at lice while spot commanded
Lice. !! a Jump of a dollar a bale was re-
ported at Liverpool.
All the police of Omaha were called out
to aueli the strikers at Omaha yesterday
Riots occurred all over the city and many
persons were hurt
William Fink of ST. Louis found near
Mound, H.. with his skull crushed
Illinois Press Association elects officers at
Cairo and adjourns.
Settlement of the Pana. ILL.,. coal strike
regarded as victory for the operators.
Cotton mill at Henderson. KY. closed.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox takes up her literary
cudgel and berates Congress and the
Worlds Fair management for their failure
TO provide at least enough money for the
expenses Of the Board of Lady Managers
Funeral of Miss Anna Ramsey. daughter
OF Joseph Ramsey, Jr. president of the
Wabash Railroad, took place in Pittsburg.
Several express employees are poisoned at
Cincinnati by drinking from bottle which
contained poisoned whisky addressed to a
Cincinnati woman. Another woman. living
at Memphis, Tenn, is arrested on suspicion.
Governor Yates of Illinois. signs thirty
bills and hears arguments on the Chicago
traction bill.
Fannie Sherman, opera star, adjudged in
sane at Springfield, H., sang Carmen in
Sangamon County jail.
YnSianann
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15

slightest resemblance to that on the pack
age.
Then the tracing of the address was
shown TO Mrs. Noble She sprang from her
chair with a cry.
DO you recognize the handwritng?" she
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
WASHINETnN

Washington officials begin 10 understand
shat Colombia proposes 10 play a game of
.hoid-up with the canal treaties in order 10
obtain much larger sum than has been
stipulated.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
To.DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Yesterdays bank clearings were $500 $50:
balances. S9S.s01. Local discount rates were
firm between 5 and 6 per cent. Domestic
exchange was quoted as follows: New
york. l5c premium bid. 2oc premium asked: /:
Chicago. Cincinnati, Louisville and New
Orleans. .loc discount bid. par asked.
Wheat closed higher at ess.c asked ,riiy;
ts+n7 75i-c No. = red. Corn closed lower ut
4sisc bid July: 5S4di6izc No. mixed. Oats
CLOSED at Sl'sc nominal July; 3id35c No. .
mixed.
Schanged.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-15
Taffetas Ribbons, SC and 1Oc

They the Mousselne Taeas Ribbons in large assort
OF colors1 to inches wide-worth from 10c to 5 yard
value is the lot of 5nc ribbons in changeable
blue and green and green and blue only.
ot-1 IA inches wide colors- &
ribbons all
and5 IN.
ribbon yard lUl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
SHELLED WITH MELINITE
FIGUIG PARTLY DESTROYED BY A
FRENCH PUNITIVE EXPEDITION.
Ancient Mosque and Many Houses
Blown Into Fragments-Many
Moors Probably Killed.

BENI-OUNIF, Algeria, June S-The
French artillery opened a preliminary fire
at $50 o'clock this morning on Figuig, the
stronghold of the rebelious Zenaga tribes
men who recently attacked and tried to
ambush Governor General Jonnart and his
escort, OF whom thirteen were seriously in
jured. The bombardment lasted until II
o'clock. when a great destruction Of houses
had been wrought, the mosque destroyed
and 1t is believed a great number of ma
tives killed.
General O'Connor. who commands the
punitive expedition, occupied Juive hill and
another eminence. both strategic positions
by a surprise movement. The ramparts Of
the town were then 100 meters distant
and, like the houses, which were half a
mile behind them, built OF compressed
earth. From these hills the artillery made
excellent practice, the melinite shells maxi
ing a big breach in the ramparts and de-
stroying a multitude of houses, the in
habitants of which had fed at the first
shots Finally the fire was concentrated on
the mosque. which was much venerated
and the edifce was blown to pieces. This
destruction of the mosque is expected TO
have a great moral effect. The Moors
concealed in the palm groves replied with
artillery TO the French bombardment, but
without effect.
All the women and children left the town
before the action. The French fired
few shells at distant parts OF the oasis i'm
and range OF the French guns. Through
out the engagement there was no loss on
the French side. The French artillery
fired coo shells at the town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
BOARD OF TRADE men
REGULAR TICKET SUCCESSFUL AT
ANNUAL ELECTION.
Peculiar Tie Vote Arises in the Se-
lection of the New Gov
erning Committee.

The polls were open all day yesterday at
the Board of Trade building. 1t was the
annual election day of the officers Of the
not as heavy as usual, the falling off was
hardly noticeable. At least Ii did not af-
feet the outcome of the election. There
were three tickets posted-the regular tick
ct, the independent ticket and the citizens
ticket. The regular ticket carried the day,
all of the candidates being elected except
two.
A peculiar tie arose in the election Of the
governing committee, which should consist
of eleven members. Nine of them were
elected by a majority vote but three candi-
date received the next highest vote. Frank
NJ. Murphy, Frank w. Morrison and Albert
E. Metzger received the same number of
votes. The two who are to serve on the
committee will be decided by drawing lots.
The last two are new candidates, who have
never run before.
The two men elected from the independent
ticket-Hugh ]. MCGOWAN and Henry T.
Hearsey-are also new officers. The re-
suit of the election was as follows:
President-Charles c. Perry.
Vice President-Sam B. Sweet
Treasurer-Emer Z. Perry.
Governing Committee-John ]. Appel, Ed
gar III. Evans, George q. Tanner, Sidney NJ.
Dyer, +. b. Martindale, John +. McGetti-
gan. William +. Piel. Hugh j. MCGOWAN
The governing committee will meet in a
week TO reorganiZe the board and elect a
secretary and appoint various committees.
Jacob w. Smith, secretary OF the board
the Board of Trade relief committee to the
flood sufferers of Topeka, Kan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
Every Arrangement Made by the Lo-
cal Committee to Give the yis-
itors n Good Time.
TWELVE HUNDRED DELEGATES
THAT NUMBER WILL ASSEMBLE I'm
THE CITY TODAY.


With the disappointment of the 1000 dele
gates from Missouri. Texas. Nebraska and
Illinois being delayed until this morning by
the flood at st. Louis the members OF the
local commercial travellers organization
last night formally opened the fourteenth
annual convention of the Travellers Pro-
tective Association Of America by giving
a reception at the German House to the $50
delegates who arrived yesterday.
Addresses were delivered by Governor
Durbin, Senator Beveridge, Mayor Book
walter and men prominent in the associa-
ton. Senator Fairbanks was expected 70
deliver an address. but he was unable 10
return from Princeton, where his son grad
uates this week. Howard w. Peak, ma
tional president Of the Travellers Protective
Association. was to have responded TO the
addresses Of welcome OF Governor Dur
bin and Mayor Bookwalter. but he, too,
was not present. He was on the belated
train with the Southern and Western dele
cation.
But Notwithstanding all these disappoint-
ments and disruption of plans the reception
was entirely successful, both as to the pro-
gramme and attendance. Horace II. Eek
house. president of Post B.. called the as
semblage together. and, after prayer by the
Rev. Virgil Tevis. introduced Mayor Book
walter. The mayor very gracefully de-
clined to extend the first welcome 10 the
commercial men and introduced Governor
Durbin, who, he said, should first welcome
the commercial travellers to the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
MINERS MARCH TO JAIL
WE'RE ARRESTED ON THE CHARGE
OF VIOLATING INJUNCTION.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June S-Twenty-
seven miners, members of the United Mine
Workers of America, marched from the
depot to the Jail at Clinton. Tenn, to-day
with miner at their head bearing Amer
lean flag flying at half-mast. Thirty-one
miners had been arrested on the charge OF
having violated an injunction granted by
Judge II. G. Kyle In connection with efforts
made to resume work at the mines of the
Tennessee Coal Company at Bricevilie, Tenn.
Officials of the United Mine Workers ad-
vised the men against giving bond except
in four cases and the twenty-seven men
went to JAIL
In charge of the deputy sheriffs they were
brought from Coal Creek to Clinton, the
county seat, and after alighting from the
train formed procession and marched to
Jail with the flag at their head. 1t is proba-
BILE that 100 arrests will be made in the next
few days. No attempt was made to-day to
resume work at the Tennessee Companys
mines. The United Mine Workers officials
say that the union must be recognized before
work is resumed and that the operators Of
the mine dFline to grant this recognition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
JacksOn's Crime.
Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, June s.-Letters re-
ceived here from Michigan City, Ind, con-
vey the information that William jackson,
coiored, who is condemned to hang on
Friday next, is resigned to his fate. He
killed his friend. Allen Blankenship. also
colored, and robbed him of a few dollars.
Being arrested on suspicion shortly after
jackson admitted his guilt. and when ar
raigned in court pleaded guilty. Later
his counsel contended that their client was
insane and moved for a new trial, but this
was denied by Judge Rasch.
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STABBED BY HUSBAND
JULIA ROBINSON RECEIVES DANGER
Gus WOUND OVER THE HEART.
Robinson, a COlored Man, Wanted His
Wife to Agree to Live with
Him Again.

Julia Robinson, 326 Usage street was
stabbed by her enraged husband at her
home last midnight and her condition is
considered serious. The couple did not
find married life any too harmonious and
separated two weeks ago. agreeing to live
apart.
Last night Robinson decided that the
single existence did not suit him and he
went to the house where his wife was
staying and demanded that she return to
him. She refused and shut the door in his
face. he says. and becoming angered. he
has been making his home, and secured
large dirk knife and went back to the
home of his wife determined to kill her
unless she would agree to live with him.
He went to the back door and Knocked
and when she came to the door and re-
fused to him he stabbed her over the
heart, inf1icting an ugly cash two inches
and thinking he had killed her. he drew
the bloody knife from her seemingly life
less body and disappeared in the darkness.
street. was summoned to the scene and
dressed the woman's wounds. AS soon
as he discovered her condition he notified
the police and a search was begun for the
fleeing negro. District Patrolmen Giles
pie and Christ, quick to grasp the situa-
ton, started at once for Indiana avenue,
as they imagined their man would head
for his usual haunts. They ran on to him
as he was entering one OF the colored clubs
along the canal and placed him under ar
rest after hard fight He fought the
policemen until the arrival of the patrol
wagon, when he seemed to realize that his
chances for escape were gone and quietly
allowed himself to be chained to the seat
of the wagon.
Robinson had little to say at the police
station except that he did stab his wife.
He said she refused to return to live with
him and slammed the door of her house
in his face and he considered that suffi-
cient provocation for his crime
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JACKSON QUIET LAST NIGHT.
Two Suspicious Men, One Disguised as
Woman. Driven Away

JACKSON, KY. June Sit is believed
that the soldiers. guarding the house of
b. L. Even. the principal witness against
Jett and White. prevented assassination
last night. Even keeps a hotel. Persons
claiming TO be man and wife applied last
night for lodging and were taken in. Mrs.
Even was suspicious and asked for addi-
uonal guards. When the new dodgers wers
heard moving about I'm their room. the
soldiers made an examination and found
both were men, They were driven away
No session of court was held to-day.
The first social function TO break the
monotony of camp life took place tonight
when the officers gave a dinner TO the
young women of the town. The town is
quiet tonight, though firing by drunken
men on the outskirts OF the camp is expected
as a nightly occurrence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
DOUBLE HANGIN CON FRIDAY.


py and Not Afraid.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, June SIN the
dark end Of a gloomy corridor. where visit
ors are never permitted. stands the dead
black scaffold of the Indiana State prison,
on which five murderers have already paid
the penalty of death. and where Ora Copen-
haver, Of Indianapolis. and the negro Jack
son. Of Evansville will at an early hour
Friday morning be swung into eternity.
The double execution will be the first of
the kind in the prison here, and on that ac-
count 1t is attracting much attention The
two men since being received in the prison
have been confined in cells adjoining the
hospital, where visitors are not admitted.
and their location has practically been kept
secret except to officers and attendants.
Copenhaver has become very morose and
never speaks to the guards except when
asked questions, when his answers are made
i'm rnonosyllables Occasionally he does not
even answer the guards. He eats his meals
in perfect silence and absolute lack of in
terest. and sleeps but little. 1t appears as
though he eats simply because the food is
brought to him and were he not fed he
would ask for nothing. He sits immovable
.n his cell by the hour and whether the
realization of his sentence is the cause OF
his present condition or whether he is still
feigning insanity, as he was believed to have
done some time ago, the officers are at a
loss to comprehend. He expresses no de-
sire TO read or nave the chaplain visit him,
though the spiritual adviser calls frequently
and talks to him in an effort to draw him
out on his thoughts of the future. Even TO
Chaplain Henderson Copenhaver has not
unburdened himself. That he may break
the fear of the warden. but everything will
be done TO prevent ii.
jackson is entirely different. He became
very religious soon after arriving at the
prison and his Bible is his constant COM
panion. He prays often and sings hymns.
He appears quite happy and has no fear Of
death. He eats well. sleeps naturally and
converses with the chaplain and the guards
To see him and talk with him one would
hardly think that he is about to meet
death. There is no fear of his breaking
down, and he is expected to walk to the
scaffold singing the hymns he has learned
so well during his confinement.
Tomorrow Copenhaver and Jackson will
be removed TO the death chamber adjoin-
ing the corridor to the scafold and the
death watch will be placed over them until
the hanging on Friday morning. Thursday
the trap will be given it's final test and
then everything will be In readiness for the
execution
AS soon after the midnight hour as pos
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Appeals to Governor Durbin I'm Be-
half of the Indianapolis Murder
er Have Been Made in Vain.
MOROSE AND TALKS LITTLE
WARDEN AT MICHIGAN CITY AFRAID
HE MAY BREAK DOWN.
Evansville Negro Praying and Sing
ing-Preparations for the DOu-
BILE Execution In Prison.

The relatives Of Ora Copenhaver, Of In
dianapolis, and the attorneys Of the negro
Jackson, Of Evansville. under sentence to
be hanged at the State Prison at Michigan
City Friday morning are making stren-
uous appeals for executive clemency, en-
deavoring to induce Governor Durbin to
commute the sentences to life imprison-
ment.
Their efforts will prove unavailing, how
ever, as it was understood at the Gov
ernor's office last evening that the Gov
ernor had declined to interfere with the
execution of either sentence.
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sible, Copehaver will be the first to be
executed and will begin his march from the
cell to the scaffold. 1t will take minute
from the time he leaves the cell, supported
by two guards, until he stands on the plat
form and the black cap has been adjusted,
a few more seconds and the signal will be
given. The lever will be pulled and the
body shoot down to death. The under
taker will be ready 10 remove the body as
soon as the physicians pronounce life ex-
tinct, and then Jackson will be brought in.
The same performance will take place and
then. too. his body will be placed in the
the morgue and prepared for burial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
LIKED POLICE STATION.
Little Marguerite Copeland Wandered
Away and Was Taken There.


Little Marguerite Copeland, the three
year-old daughter of Charles o. Copeland.
722 North Meridian street, wandered from
her home yesterday afternoon and her
anxious parents were searching the city
for hours for her while she was calmly
sitting at the police station telling funny
stories to the matron. Tho child and her
little brother, who Is a year or so her
senior. started out for walk, but became
separated
The boy got home in good time but the
little girl toddled UP Meridian street to
1853. where she was noticed by a passerby,
who notified the police station. Bicycle
men Duncan and Askins were sent to get
the child and carried her on their wheels to
the police headquarters. She had been
there about an hour when Paul Griffith, a
boy living next door to the Copeland resi-
dence came after her and took her home.
The little girl said she liked the police
station and was coming there again some
day when she was not lost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
WEARY OF WILEY'S DIET.
Volunteer Subjects Want Something
to Eat Besides Preserved Food.

WASHINGTON, June s.-The expert
ments which DR.. Wiley. chief chemical d.
rector of the Agricultural Department has
been conducting on a number OF volunteers
for the purpose of testing the effects of
borax and other preservatives in food. will
be suspended on June 80. The list of volun-
teers has fallen from twelve TO seven, and
there have been many complaints since
warm weather began from the government
boarders, who want a change of diet. No
statement of the result of the experiments
will be made for some time.