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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
DANGEROUSLY INJURED BY
CARNIvEROUS RODENTS.
Little Girl Severely Bitten Wht1eein
Bed in Room With Her Father
IND Mother.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco, May 16.-As she lay asleep
in her cot two large rats underworld to NIB
Bile the hands of 3-year-old Annie Lee
Crouch at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Crouch. The little girl awoke
with a startled cry and when her parents
left hand had been frightfully gnawed by a
rat. nine terrible lacerations causing her
acute pain. The other hand had been bitten
the chiId's screams frightened it away.
When Mr.. and Mrs Crouch rose and
lighted the lamps rats could be heard rum
ming in all directions. The childs cot was
within a few feet Of the parents, bed; and
by the time the mother reached her. blood
was squirting from the wounds.
The father started out in search Of a ply
sician. He declared he called at no less than
ten doctors houses, and, although 1t was 3
o'clock in the morning. he was informed that
sician living on Stockton street wal walked
up and when informed Of the case he re-
marked:
"Oh. well, wait until morning. It's dark
now"
Meanwhile the little one was suffering in
tensely, and in desperation Crouch had the
Emergency Hospital. At the hospital it was
found that the rodent had bitten out pieces
of the fingers. the back and the palm of the
left hand. These wounds. besides being
blood poisoning may set In. although there
are 10 symptoms at present.
Inc Cr0ucheS i've In a lower nat, which
they hired a short time ago, having only
recently come here from the East. Mr..
Crouch has been employed along the water
front in different capacities.
1T is the ~strangest case I ever heard Of"
he said yesterday. THE girl was asleep in
the same room with my wife and myself,
but she made no cutlery while the rat was
nibbling at her hand. Finally she awoke
from the pain and screamed. but I thought
nothing of it, Without lighting the lamp I
tried to quiet her. but when I spoke heard
noises. as II something were jumping from
her cot. Mrs. Crouch then Jumped out OF
bed and took the child In her arms. She
was alarmed. to feel blood dripping from
the baby. I tried to get a doctor, and, al
though there are many in the neighbor-
hood. I was informed, when I rang one door
bell after another. that hey were not in.
When I did locate one on Stockton street he
informed me that I had better walt until
daylight 1 offered to pay him then and
there, but he would not come"
Crouch was accompanied in his quest for
a physician by Policeman Naylor, who
finally turned in q call for the ambulance.
The little girl is a pretty, golden-haired
child. and she bears her injuries with re.
markable bravery. severa! days ago. while
sitting in the back yard. she called to her
mother that there were rats running along
the fence.
Mamma, they'll catch the little baby
next door," she lisped. in baby alarm for
one smaller than herself.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
CALIFORNIA HUNTERS
FOUND WILD men
One Youth, Monkey-Like. Leaped
From Limb to Limb of a
Tree.
LIVED IN NEST OF BURLAP.
Parents and Their Offspring Chat
tered in Language That Was
Meaningless to Sports
men.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Angeles Camp. Cal. May H.-Hunters who
returned from the upper end of Calveras re-
port having come upon a family of tree.
jewellers in the wilds of San Antoine River
Cne of the party. while hunting for noun
tain lions. came upon what he thought was
a lion up in a tree. He tried to get closer,
SO that he could get a better shot at it,
when he noticed that the supposed animal
had on a garment Of some kind,
1t was rapidly climbing through the
limbs of trees and escaping from enc tree
to another. The hunter gave chase, and
otter a long race gained on the fugitive un-
til he could make out the features and form
Of a youth, apparently about Is years old.
II was thinly clad, with gunny sacks tied
around the waist. The hunter hailed the
child. but only frightened lin.
The youth Scampered the faster down the
deep and dark ravine. where he was Joined
by a man and woman similarly attired. An
three Of them quickly disappeared BY going
up one OF the largest pine trees. The hum
ter followed. The tree proved to be the
habitation Of an entire family.
Old pieces of burlap had been woven int
The nest was securely fastened 70 ths
!hmbs Of the tree. while a similarly shaped
basket in another tree held a lot of dried
fish, pine nuts, grain. roots and other ar
Efforts Of the hunter to get the tree
jewellers to descend were of no avail. They
appeareo paoIy ILlsntened. but made no at
ed as he advanced. shielding the child from
his gaze: They were smaller than the aver
age adult. having the dark skin of the In
dian race. They were slim and 1.-THE of
build. and talked to each other in a strange
Language: Their hair was unlike that Of
Indians. being rather short and of a tawny
claw.like. especially those Of the child,
which resembled in a great degree the paws
Of a monkey.
The hunter went bacL fo summon his
comrades: When they returned the tree
dwellers had fled.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
400-P0UND WOMAN DIES.
Body of Mrs. Annie Wilt Found
by Companion.
SPECIAL.

ECI
New York. May 1S.-Mrs Annie Wilt.
weighing 400 pounds. died of a complication
Of diseases at her home. No. 30 Willett
street. and her enormous bulk is causing no
end of worry to an undertaken and the
woman's brother. Nicholas Balzer. of No.
422 East Eighth street.
Mrs. Wilt was born in Bavaria ffty-nine
years ago and came to America in 1856.
Her first husband died three years after
their wedding and the second husband died
fifteen years ago.
A few months prior to his death. Mrs.
Wilt began to take on flesh and five years
after Mr.. Wits death she had gained 1&7
pounds, then tipping the scales at $40. Up
to two years ago Mrs. Wilt increased her
weight slowly. but surely. and finally had
to go to the Metropolitan Hospital. Her
feet and limbs grew to such a size she could
not walk. and she left the hospital in a
Once again in her rooms the big woman.
with what money she had. took in an old
woman for COMPREHENSIVE. She never was
seen again on the street.
In fact. she never left her four little
rooms. and Undertaken George Miller of No.
pa Stanton street, is negotiating with tine
Building Department to get the woman out
of the house.
Balzar. her brother. says the only way IS
to cut away a window. Even then he
thinks the alley leading from the house
will have to be widened.
! Mrs. Wilt was found dead in her bed by
her companion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
BOY Fo0TPADs FIND VICTIM.
They Take a Defenseless Youths
Wages From Him.
REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
San Francisco. CAL, May 1s.-salvador
suza' II years of age. was held up and
robbed In regulation style by three boys
employed at the Union Can Works and Lives
with his widowed mother.
he was nearing his home when the three
q club. ordered him to throw up his hands.
az the same time hitting him on the head
boy. with the club and another bow rrsbbed
mold OF him and kept his hands behind his
DaGk, while the third boy went through his
pSskets. taxing So, his weeks wages. The
Ihe police were notified and Policeman
BuIns arrested a boy on suspicion. SuIa
called with him at the City Prison yes
was not one of the trio that robbed him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
Feared He Could Never Realize
His Ambition to Become a
Physician.
HE HAD WON MANY PRIZES.
Rather Than Go to a Farm School
He Swallowed Drug He Had
Collected to Expert
ment With.


New York, May E.-Dissatisned with his
lot in life, and thinking that he might
never realize his ambition to study med
icine. Henry Auperin. a precocious boy OF
1S. committed suicide by swallowing a dos"
of laudanum at his home. He died later in
Gouverneur Hospital.
Under the boys bed was found a collec-
ton of bottles, containing various deadly
poisons, among them one filled with lauda-
mum. with which he had ended his life.
Interested in ,toxcology;, and constantly
subjects, he had bought the drugs from
time to time from various druggists in the
neighborhood.
Henry's parents are very poor. His father
is a cigarmaker, and poverty and his sur
roundings CALLED him. His consuming desire
was TO rise, and when he learned that his
school in Pennsylvania he thought life was
no longer worth living.
While a student of the rammar school
the boy was praised by his teacher for his
where he advanced rapidly. He developed
at school. and changed his name to Daniels,
disliking the family name. He refused to
associate with poorer relatives OF the fam
lily. and it is said. refused to recognize them
in the street.
Henry had two brothers and two sisters.
and when his parents could no longer at
fora 10 StIlu IliIu " III ue went " WOth.
1t almost broke his heart to be obliged to
give up his studies, but he still continued
TO read from his cherished books at night,
which he obtained from a circulating lie
brary.
In this way the boy gained some know1-
edge of chemistry, and was accustomed to
try experiments. He went out regularly
every day to work, and his parents sup
posed that he was in a department store IN
Sixth avenue. They learned, however that
he was not known at that place., and are
now mystified what he did when he was abb
sent from home.
but when the family began to speak of his
approaching departure for Boylestown, Pa,
TO the farm school where he was to study
agriculture, he became silent During the
early morning hours his mother was awak-
ened by hearing groans coming from the
room where the boy slept. 49,
Striking a light. she found Henry wrtthtng
in agony. His father called in Doctor
+ Frankel. who said the boy was suffering
from poison. Ambulance Surgeon Bachelor
OF Gouverneur Hospital. agreed with him,
and took the boy to that institution.
In spite of the pain he suffered while The
kept repeating:
II don't want to live. Life is too hard.
II you make me live I'll take poison another
time" u.
On the boys bed was a volume Of Dickens
BLEAK House." the last book that he had
been reading before he determined to kill
himself. Henry's parents said that he
had been a good boy in every way. :,
Despite his youth. he evidently realized
that his father and mother were doing the
best they could for him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
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DOW WINS STRAUSS OPERAS.
nried Loses Legal Fight Over
Rights in Many Lands.

'UBLIC SPECIAL.
w York, May 16.-The long legal con-
ersy between Mrs. Adele Strauss. widow
,ohann Strauss. the composer. who died
1enna in June, 1899. and Heinrich Con-
grand opera manager. over the rights
he Strauss operas for production in the
ed States. England. Canada and Aus
a.. was decided by Judge Lacombe. by
'ent Of counsel. entering a decree that
Strauss was the owner of the operas
all rights of production.
,ring the lifetime of the composer Mr..
ried was his representative and owned
disputed rights under contracts. After
husbands death Mrs. Strauss appointed
mark & Co.. of New York her agents.
.wsuits between Mrs. Strauss's agents
Mr.. Conried resulted and were first
hit through the Supreme Court of New
&. and then in the Federal courts. Mrs.
uss winning in each case.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

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Well said her sweet child. I'm sorry,
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
FIGHT FOR LIFE THROUGH
ICE FIELD IN A SKIFF.
Launch Who Had Been Stranded
on Reef In niagara River.


Buffalo. N. Y. May 1s.-At the peril of
their lives, and after battling their way
through . sea Of tossing water and float.
ing cakes OF ice. Charles J. Day. employed
as an engineer on the patrol boat Gov
and Nicholas Day. succeeded in rescuine
two Tonawanda yachtsmen from a periIous
position on a small reef in the Niagara
River. just of the foot Of Porter avenue.
where they had been stranded in Their
naphtha launch.
The two men had been fast on the reet
and when rescued were comniete,v ~.
hausted They both refused absolutely to
give their names eyer to the men who
q Its 4 cotts saen oc sn 3 after sr spending some time
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

after 5 o'clock. with the intention Of taking
the naphtha launch to Tonawanda. where 1t
was to be repaired. The harbor and river
at that time were partly free from ice, and
they had but little trouble making their
way to the middle Of the stream. When
they reached a point directly opposite from
the foot of Porter avenue they encountered
a sea of floating ice and were forced to
deviate from their course. Soon after they
struck the reef and stuck fast.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

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Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
RIOTERS ARE FOUND GUILTY
Danville, ILL.,, Jury Returns Verdict
Against II Persons.
One of Them Is a WOman-The Punish
ment Is an Ind ete rm mate Term
in State Prison. ~

Danville, ILL.,, Sept. 7-As result, it
Is believed, Of the unexpected confess
sion OF Richard Roberts, one of the
indicted race rioters, VINO broke down
under cross examination on the witness
stand Saturday, the jury at midnight
Saturday brought in verdicts of guilty
against II men and one woman. Out
OF the IA indicted only two escaped,
one being Roberts. Those against
whom verdicts were returned for en-
gaging in the attack on the county Jail
July Is were the following: Adam
Merry, Thomas Bell, Horace Murphy,
John Robertson, Mrs. Bessie Dodge,
Clement Mobaker, Al Menifee, William
Redwine, John 1sam, Winfield Baker,
Isaac Slade and Jack Walton. John
Kreiss was the second man who es-
capped punishment Mrs. Dodge was the
woman who urged the mob on to vio-
lence in street speech.
The jury was out six hours The
punishment is an indeterminate SEN
tence in the penitentiary. This is said
to be the first case in Illinois where
anyone received penitentiary SEN
tence for attempting to break into a
Jail. 1t is considered wholesome vic
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
on A NOVEL MISSION. @
Delegation of SaIvatiOnists VIII I'm.
dertake Reformation of Ken
tucky Feudists.

Pittsburg, Sept. IA deputation of
Pittsburg Salvationists, under the lead
ership of Staff Captain White, will
leave Wednesday for the feud district
OF Kentucky and undertake the work
OF reforming the feudists The OBJ
jective point will be Breathitt county.
The party will be made up, outside of
a few of the officers in the work in this
city, of members of the local army,
who volunteer to give their time to the
work, and it is likely by the time the
party is ready to start next week there
will be quite formidable array of To-
cal workers in the party. The reoep-
tion which the members of the army
will receive in the counties to be in
vaded is a matter of grave doubt to
many interested in army work, but
those who are going seem to have no
fear Of the manner in which they will
be treated.
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10

tory for the exponents of law and or
der. Two men we're acquitted-Rich-
ard Roberts and John Kreiss-both of
whom turned states evidence. States
Attorney Keeslar will probably not
at present prosecute any of the other
prisoners on the felony charge, but
will give them an opportunity to plead
guilty to rioting and take a Jail SEN
tence
Aside from the verdict, the most
sensational feature of the trial Satur-
day was the testimony of Richard Rob-
erts. Called to the stand in his own
defense, he was taken in hand by the
states attorney and proved the most
valuable witness the prosecution had
found. His testimony positively iden-
titled five of the leading defendants as
taking leading parts in the attack upon
the Jail, and greatly strengthened the
states caSe
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
BUILDING MAY
:. Be ABANDONED
A Cessation of Operations Threat
... ened During 1904.
CAPITALISTS GIVE UP PLANS
Work to Cost $3.50, ,OOO, 900 Already Re
called - Railway Improvement
POstponed - Unrest i'm Labor
Conditions the Cause.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 7.-Railroad cor
porations and large investors in build
ing operations have matured plans for
the withdrawal of $3.50, 900 900 worth OF
improvements which it was intended to
complete tn 1904 because of conditions
in the labor world. This startling
statement Is made upon good authority,
and it is inferred that even more cap
ital, which was intended for such work,
will be withdrawn, creating cessation
of operations which will make the year
memorable to the trades directly in
terested.
The statement of one of the largest
contracting concerns in the country
connected with railroad construction
work is the basis for the assertion that
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Awaits DevelOpm ents.
SEEKS EXPLANATION,
Secretary Hay Wants to Know Why
Colombia Interfered with
State Dispatches.

Washington, Sept. 7-Communica-
tion between the state department and
Minister Beaupre has been 'interfered
with by the Colombian government, and
Secretary Hay has formally requested
an explanation from Senor Herran, the
Colombian minister, of the action of his
government. The department of state
has proof that official dispatches of the
United States have been suppressed.
Secretary Hays note asking an expla-
nation was pointed. 1t was suggested
that regrettable consequences to both
countries would ensue if the suppress
sion of dispatches was persisted in.
Proof of the duplicity of Colombia or
its agents in the suppression of official
communications between the state de-
partment and Minister Beaupre was
obtained by the department through a
dispatch from Minister Beaupre which
accidentally or otherwise found it's way
to the department. Mr.. Beaupre in this
dispatch mentions that of the cable
grams he has received some of them
were OF much later date than those
that were suppressed. The department
then traced its dispatches from the tele-
graph Office in Washington to Buena-
ventura, Colombia, where the cable
ends and telegraph line controlled by
the Colombian government begins.
There all trace Of the dispatches was
lost Inquiry on the part of the COM
pany In the form of a tracer brought no
satisfaction. For some unexplained
reason Dr. Herran is avoiding the state
department.
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Kills NeighbOr in Self-Defense.

Grand Junction, COL, Sept. 7.-Wil-
liam Lafare, cattleman whose range is
on the Dolores river, 40 miles south of
this city, rode into town Friday night
and Informed the sheriff that in a fight
he had shot and killed E. T. Massey, a
neighbor. Lafare said that Massey took
three shots at him, his own child in
front of him to protect himself. Finally
Lafare got an opening to shoot and did
so, killing Massey. He claims that the
killing was in self-defense. a., ..
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Three Men Killed.

Altoona, Pa, Sept. 7.-One of the
worst freight wrecks on the middle
division of the Pennsylvania railroad
in years occurred Saturday night at
Ryde, 81 miles east of here. One east
bound freight train ran into another
and 40 cars and their contents were
scattered over the tracks Three men
were instantly killed. The property
loss will be about 100000.
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Locomotive ExplOdes.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Sept. 7.-While
passing Greenwich at full speed Sun
day a locomotive pulling a Kansas
City fast freight train west-bound on
the Chicago and Alton railway, ,ex-
ploded with fatal effect Engineer
Frank J. Upton, of Bloomington, was
killed. Fireman c.. c. Keltner, of
bloomington, was fatally injured.
Brakeman J. A. Montgomery, of Rood
house, was seriously hurt.
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Trolley Car Wrecked.

Wilkesbarre, Sept. IA trolley car
on the Wilkesbarre & Harvey's Lake
railroad returning from the lake Sun
day afternoon was wrecked in noun
tain gorge, five miles from this city,
and plunged down 30-foet embank-
ment, killing one passenger and in
juring II others. The wreck was
caused by stone believed to have been
maliciously placed on the track at a
sharp curve
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Burned to Death. i.

Scranton, Pa, Sept Two young
sons of M Epstein, living with their
parents over junk shop, were burned
to death Sunday night in a fire which
destroyed the building. The building
was an old Jewish synagogue altered
into store and residence. The fire
is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin.
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Ended His SUFFERING.

Carson, New, Sept. TAT Shurz, a
hamlet on the line Of the Carson &
Colorado railroad, an aged Indian
named George Sam, unable to witness
the sufferings of his young son, who
was sick, killed the lad with shot
gun, and then, placing the muzzle of
the gun at his own head, discharged
the remaining barrel.
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Fatal Explosion, /,

Youngstown, O., Sept As the re-
suit of an explosion at five O'Clock Sun
day evening at the Bessemer plant Of
the Republic Iron & Steel company, two
men were fatally injured and two 9th
ers seriously.
Warren sheaf., 1903-09-10
Kentucky Campaign Opened.

Winchester, KY, Sept. IA crowd
estimated from 1000 to 10000 was pres
ent at the opening of the democratic
state campaign here Saturday. Speeches
were made by Gov. Beckham, Senators
McCreary and Blackburn and Congress
man Ollie James.