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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
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MUMMIFIED BY POISON.
Unique Effect of Anthony on Body
Revealed I'm n London Trial.
from Tho Yooaon Nail

ANCNCAAtO N LOn0On TRIAL
From the London Mail.
Expert analysis turned the light Of
science strongly upon the Southwark
poison case at the Police Court in Lon
don the other day. when George Chap
man or Severino Klowsld, the borough
publican, was placed in the dock for
the fourteenth time on the triple muir
der charge. The little black books
which have figured in so many trials
were again produced by DIR. Stevenson,
the home office expert, who gave the
results of his searching analysis in con-
nection with the first of the three wom-
en- whom the prisoner is accused Of
poisoning Chapman, with his hair
carefully brushed, a new tie neatly adj
justed, and wearing his frock coat, was
seated for the first time between
police constable and prison warder,
the court Jailer, as usual standing by
the dock and giving him fresh sup
plies of foolscap for his ever-increas-
ing mass of notes.
For the first time, too, Mr.. Arthur
Hutton appeared as counsel for the
prisoner and exposed some of the wit
nesses to a raking fire of cross-exam-
ination. DR.. Stevenson told how he su-
perintended the elimination of the
body of Mary Isabella Sphinx, and took
some of the earth surrounding the cof-
fin, analysed it for poison, and found
none. and then dwelt upon the amazing
preservation of the body. After five
years in the grave the head and fea-
lures were so well preserved by the
anthony with which the body had
been saturated" before death that
they were as little altered as though
only buried that day.
1t will be remembered that witnesses
had sworn that Chapman told them
that this particular MRS. Chapman"
was a hard drinker. DR.. Stevenson
stated that he could discover no trace
of this. "Antimony," said the expert,
lis a metallic irritant poison, the ef-
feet Of which is to cause great pain
and gastro-enteritis, of which there
were marked traces in the body"
The fact that he had found 242 grains
in the liver showed that a large dose
must have been taken shortly before
death. 1t would take FROM two or five
hours for a dose of this poison to be-
come absorbed by the body, but some
of 1t would be absorbed within an
hour.
WAS the immediate cause of the
death of Mrs. Sphinx gastro-enteritls? p
he was asked.
Yes, caused by anthony" he re-
Piled.
What is the cause OF this remarkable
preservation Of the bOdy2 Anthony
preserves a body; II mummifies n.
This particular case is unique. / can
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

democratic conditions in the Western
city would have thrown open to them.
Their designations had been simple
enough, an occasional meeting of their
card club and the less frequent hops
given by the Hoagland Rifles. On the
latter occasions, the dance card of Ser
geant Lawrences wife had always
been in great demand. And if this was
all she asked, why should it be taken
from her? Why, after years of work.
ing and waiting, was her none too
sparkling cup of happiness to be struck
from her lips?
Suddenly, BERTHE, who had exhaust
ed the pleasures of investigating his
fathers discarded business suit APP
peared on the porch, and demanded in
shrill, positive tones, his "muVver."
Margaret wheeled round at sound of
her boys voice. He was standing in
the doorway, digging his bare toes into
the soft rug. Again her soul rose in
bitter rebellion against her husbands
enlistment. Just a few days previous
they had been considing the purchase
of the place. 1t seemed like their own
already, for the owner had made them
a liberal proposition. Around the
house hung all the memories of their
honeymoon. In that bedroom to the
right, under the jutting caves, BERTHE
had been born. Down the concrete
walk, leading to the spot where she
stood, their boy had taken his first un-
certain steps, and under the cherry
tree was his sand pile. She noted that
a fort he had been building that very
morning still stood, and she frowned
at sight of it. Then there was the
bride rose which her husband had
planted, and just beyond, a slip from
the bridal-wreath bush sent by her
mother from the old homestead in the
East.
And now If Harry enlisted, all this
must be given UP. Their savings
would go for her support during his
absence. The change from his liberal
salary with Dodge, Meyer & Co. to the
paltry pay of a first sergeant seemed
appalling The expression of her face
grew harder and harder. Bitter tears
rose in her eyes. Were there not men
in plenty to make up this army of
emancipation? Yes, plenty and to
spare?
"Muvverl"
She held out her hand mechanically,
without looking down at the child.
Suddenly she felt the little hand in
hers culver A burst of Fobs shook
the boys frame.
"Bertie lonely. Berthe wants fad
der"
MarRa ret picked him up ana huBged
him close.
IT Is sign, an 0rnen." she muir
INJURED. Harry belongs 10 us-tO as
and no one else"
But the sun sank into the twilight,
and twilight into darkness and still
Harry did not come. Berthe WAS %
bed, and their little maid ~ 81 work
sal % the back afO0p, hunnning war
songs in happy Anticipation Of watch
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
AT THE DAYS BREAK
By CICELY ALLEN.
Copyright. 1903, by Anna S. Richardson

"Orders at last! Thank heavens, the
suspense is over! Come upstairs and
we'll talk it over while I get into my
Uniform"
And Harry Lawrence, head book
keeper for dodge, Meyers & Co., whole
sale grocers, cleared the porch steps at
A bound, and dashed into the house.
His wife folded her sewing with me-
chanical exactness before she rose to
follow him. Then she walked, a trifle
unsteadily, through the dim, square
hall and up the stairs.
So it had come at last-this war to-
ward which she had looked with min
gled feelings of hope and dread-hope
for the women and children of that
tropical island lying so close to a land
of freedom-dread of what the war
and its consequences might hold for
her.
AS she entered her bedroom, her
husband, with his hat pushed far back
on his head, was whiStling while he
dragged his uniform from the closet
BERTHE reused by the unWonted pres
ence Of his father in the midst of his
afternoon nap, hung sleepily over the
foot of the iron crib.
something in his wife's face made
Lawrence suspend his preparations. He
dropped the clean collar he had just
taken from it's leather case, and clasp
ed her in his arms. An exclamation
of dismay fell. from the lips that had
just been whistling Marching Through
Georgia"
why, Madge, you look as if you
had a mind to cry. You're not going
back on me like this, and you, the
daughter of soldier, too. In all these
days of waiting you've never said a
word against my going, and now"
Margaret's hand stole tenderly
around his neck and nestled there.
1T was so easy to pity the poor
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

down-trodden Cuban, and to talk about
what Uncle Sam ought to do for them,
but when ones very own husband is
called out by the President to fight
for them, that is quite another thing
If l were near mother, it would be
different. But away out here, without
a member of your family or mine with
in thousand miles-Oh, don't believe
] can bear it."
All the boyish enthusiastically the
exalted patriotism-died out of his face,
as he replied slowly and soothingly:
1T shall be just as you say, Madge.
AS a member of the Hoagland Rifles,
I must respond to this call for the
National Guard, but it is to be vol
unteer enlistment, and whether the
company enlists as a body or as indl-
viduals, l will be free to refuse 10
sign the muster roll So, if you say so,
it will be a separation for a few weeks
at the most
His wife loosened her clinging en-
brace 1t might not be so bad after
all and she smiled as she brushed the
dust from his fatigue cap. Lawrence
kept up a running fire of talk as he
gathered up his military belongings.
Hammer gets my place in the office
while I'm gone. Mr.. Dodge said for me
to tell you that you must feel free to
come to him for help or advice at any
time while / am gone. The whole push,
from old Mr.. Meyers down to the
warehouse porters came into the or
flee to shake hands and wish me good
luck. think it really pleased the t1rm
to think it had a representative in the
front. Here, BERTHE, drop that cartridge
belt. 1t wasn't made for a plaything.
The boys are talking about how we
will enlist Well hang out for our
present officers. from colonel to nom
commissioned men, because-look at
that boy in my cap, BERTHE, you're a
born soldiers boy Now for one more
kiss, Madge, and I'm off. We've got
lots to do before morning, and II m
not home for supper, bring me a lnuch
to the armory, that's a good girl
snatching the blue cap off the yell
low curls of his baby boy, Sergt. Law
renee planted II firmly on his own
fair head. pressed an excited. hasty
Kiss on his wife's cheek, and went
down the stairs like a slxteen-year-old
boy In the hall. he paused for a glance
through the parlor into the dining
room where the table was laid for sup
per. Just for a moment he caught him
SELF wondering whether he would ever
slt at the head OF that table again.
Then he felt the touch OF his wife's
hand on his arm. He caught her I'm
gers tightly IN his and together they
walked 10 the gate.
A. with head erect and martial step,
He swung down the street. ana long
hftef he turned the corner, she stood
q the yine-c0yered fence, gazing with
ehseeing eyes through the vista 81
budding trees and weii-kept lawns. a
guar feite Of private swung around the
corner with military precision, their
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

: yellow leggins strapped very tight,
their soft field hats pulled over to
shade their eyes. They were talking
boisterously but at sight of their
sergeants pretty wife, silence fell up
on them, and four hands went up stiff
ny to the tapping edges of their hats.
Mrs. Lawrence sighed as they tramped
away.
Yes, it's all very well for them to
enlist. They have no responsibilities.
No one is dependent upon them for
protection or support. But with Har-
~, 1t is different. He is all BERTHE and
l have, and any of those boys would
be only too glad to get his post as
first sergeant.
Margaret Lawrence was not a weak
woman. She had babe farewell, with
CHEEKY smile, to her Eastern home and
kindred to join her young husband in
his search for a new opening in the
| West. She had endured privations not
few while they waited for that OPEN
ing, never once losing courage on her
| grasp on domestic happiness. To her
unfailing sympathy and encourage
| ment, Harry Lawrence owed much of
| the persiStency with which he had
worked himself through various clerk
ships to his present position. And now
| he was acknowledged not only by his
employers, but throughout the mid
| West, as an expert accountant On
| these grounds alone, there was talk
about political appointment for him
the following winter at the state CAPT
tai.
Neither was Margaret an ambitious
woman. With their increasing income
had come no desire to remove to more
fashionable neighborhood. The same
two-story cottage into which they had
moved on their arrival still seemed
| like a small paradise to them, for
| through the alchemy of an advanced
rental, their landlord lad been indu ed
| to modernize the property. Neither
did they care to enter the social circles
| which their present income and the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

not find one like it on record.
Then the distinguished expert men-
toned a number of interesting facts
about anthony. 1t could be easily
dissolved in water, but not in really
good brandy. In ordinary public-house
brandy a small quantity of it in the
form of tartar emetic could not be seen.
If the brandy were 25 degrees proof an
ounce would absorb two grains and still
look quite clear. An ounce of water
would absorb twenty grains. If tartar
emetic were put into ordinary brandy
and water it would be quite clear. This
was the first charge of antimonial pois-
oning since the Bravo case in 1876.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
ASIA AS THE HOPE OF
AMERICAS FARMERS

Suppose" Says j. j. Hill. THAT Our Wheat Trade With
China Alone Amounts to One Per Cent Per Capita for
Each Day in the Year. That Would Amount to 81 ooo;-
900. Nearly S. SOC, ooo. 900 Year"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Patrick Hennessy, Of Nanticoke, who
is in the county jail awaiting trial on a
charge of killing Daniel Doris, who
refused to renstate him in his position
as pumpman at one OF the collieries,
has been officially declared insane,
after an investigation covering several
weeks.
The annual report Of the Eastern
peniten tiary for the prison year of 1902
has been issued. Luzerne county has
81 prisoners in the institution, ranking
third in the state. The two leading
counties are Philadelphia, with 305, and
Lackawanna, with 62 prisoners.
Carbon county jures have awarded
damages for injuries sustained on
dilapidated pavements against the
boroughs Of Weatherly and Weissport.
Weatherly will have to pay $685., while
Weissports portion is So, 3Oo.25.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
Temperance Convention.

At Harleigh yesterday afternoon the
quarterly convention OF the Fourth Dis
trict T. A. B. societies was held. Bis.
hop Hoban, of Scranton, made a brief
address to the delegates, dwelling on the
Importance of leading life of sobriety.
To the lady delegates he spoke encour-
agingly and advised them to continue in
their noble cause and to gather to the
fold all who strayed from it.
Father Hussie gave one of his char
acterstic talks on the subject of in
temperance, in which he expressed his
disapprobation of the treating habit.
Father Burke and Father O'Hara also
made brief addresses.
The proposed amendments to the con.
stitution were taken up and but few OF
the many proposed were endorsed
President Mccullough was elected as
delegate to represent the district at the
annual convention of Scranton C. T. A,
Union, which will be held at Jermyp
May 90
1t was decided to hold the next con.
vention at McAdoo and it will be under
the auspices of the Ladies' T. A. b.
Society, OF that place.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
~ LUTHER q. SMITH, Superintendent.
NTILKESBARRE AND HAILEION
Wv RAILROAD. April ID. 10O3

Cars leave and arrive at corner of Broad
and Wyoming Streets, Ha7leton. as follows:
rWilkcsbarre and intermediate points, 600,
s 90. 10 00 M, 12 90 noon; co. 90, q 0O, 8 90 p
nj, daily, including Sunday. Arrive at Ashley
junction at Z 06, O5, II 05 m, 05, 3 05, 3 05,
05 and 10 05 IN.
At Ashley Junction passengers will be
transferred to the cars of the Wilkesbarre and
Wyoming Valley Traction Company for
WilkesbarTe, their cars passing that point
every fifteen minutes.
The run from Ashley junction to Wilkes
ley Traction Company, to Court House Square,
consumes about twenty minutes.
Returning from Wilkesbarre, leave Ashley
Junction for Hazleton and intermediate points
49, 845. II 45 III, 45, 3 49, 8 As, Z 45 and
10 As y III. dnily, including Sunday. Arrive at
Hazlcton at So, IL 30 M, IL 90, SO, 80, 90,
s 80 and Ii 80 pm.
For the information of travellers, to connect
with the cars OF this company at Ashley juno
tion passengers should leave Wilkesbarre
Court House square, Mt Is, Is, IL 10 IN,
Ii, Is, 5 l5, Z 10 and 10 Ii pm.
BY applying to this Office special arrange
ments for parties may be made to hold the
last car from Ashley Junction.
1000 mileage tickets for sale at this office,
and trip and excurs on tickets can be pur-
chased from conductors on cars
Excursion rate, tickets good until used,
HazletOn to Ashley Junction, Sl.40. One way,
tickets good until used S5c.
ALVAN MARKLE, General M"nager.
G. w. THOMPSON, Superintendent.
A. F. HARGER, General Passenger Agent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
whipped Cream Receptacles.

Whipped cream looks especially
tempting and foamy served in special
dish which ceramic designers have got
out for the purpose. This is shaped
like broad, shallow bowl with two
slender, twisted handles, which have
their part in the decorative scheme.
The design is maple leaves of rich
scarlet tone, some marked with brown
and some with a tinge of gold. An oc-
casional golden brown leaf with an
edge of gold is seen In the group. The
leaves are massed as II arranged
around the dish, and they overlap each
other here and there. The slender
twisted handle is either gilded or paint
ed brown, to suggest the stems Of the
leaves.
Another suggestion for decorating a
whipped cream dish is to paint in a sea
green background and have the figures
of sea nymphs rising, with arms out
stretched, from the foam tipped waves,
as if supporting the mass Of whipped
cream in the dish.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
Systematic Housekeeping.

Any woman in charge of house, her
own or another's, is incompetent who
cannot instantly tell not where every
article is, but where she has written its
place down against the time of inquiry
or need. After all, why should law
yer's set of tin boxes be more orderly
and their contents more accessible than
our set Of trunks? Begin this system
at once, and you will save yourself
many an unnecessary expenditure and
many weary hour ordinarily spent
in looking for things carefully put
away and heretofore only to be as
carefully sought for.-Household.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27

Countless stories are told of Israel
zangwilPs wit, particularly when exer-
cised on the subject of the drama.
Some one had quoted the saying that
the ancient Greeks could make drama
out of 1.-TWO boards and passion"
Zangwill retorted that all we now need
Is two sticks and a wardrobe" and
that "every actors motto appeared to
be that the part is greater than the
whole"
Zangwill has many personal pecul-
iarities, according to writer in the
Critic. One of them is his Indifference
to convention as regards dress. At a
garden party given by well known
literary agent his attire consisted of a
black frock coat, tightly buttoned; a
pair of mealy colored flannel trousers
which had evidently seen better days,
black felt Homburg hat and a Grim
son tie.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27

All great men were boys once, and
the world likes to believe that they
were dull boys. Marconi, although a
young man, Is old enough for legend
of his youth to make its appearance
Some one has found that he went to
school In Florence. Indeed the teacher
who guided his infant footsteps In
learning has been discovered. Signora
Luisa Cavallero is u fine old lady Of
seventy-four years, who says the chief
recollection of her younger days Is
teaching Marconi, "Who would have
thought" she says, "that the Inglesino
Qittle Englishman), as we used to call
him because of his slight figure and
sedate manner, would have turned out
a genius! He was always a model Of
good behavior, that | will say for him;
but as to brain-well, the least said the
soonest mended. l am afraid he got
many severe punishments, poor little
man, but he took them like an angel.
Since he has become so great" she
added ingenuously, my conscience has
reproached me thousand times. Fan
cy furnishing genius" holding up hor-
rified hands. "At that time" she added
deprecatingly, "he could never manage
to learn anything by heart; it was i'm
possible. l used to think that l had
memory. He will not remember me-,
but think of him constantly and hope
some time to see him again"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
A Sweet Breath

is never falling sign of healthy
stomach. When the breath is bad the
stomach is out of order. There is no
remedy in the world equal to Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure for curing indigestion, dys-
pepsia and all stomach disorders. Mrs.
Mary S. Crick, of White Plains, KY,
writes: Il have been a dyspeptic for
years-tried all kind of remedies but
but continued to grow worse. BY the
use of Kodol l began to improve at once,
and after taking a few bottles am fully
restored in weight, health and strength
and can eat whatever like" Kodol
digests what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet. Growers City drug store.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27

claring that the American people did
Kaiser Wilhelm great wrong when
they attributed ulterior motives to the
German emperors demand that Vene-
zuela pay her debts.
The new minister stated that he had
no doubt of cordial reception at Ca
racas, saying that his object was to
promote good feeling between his
country and Venezuela as well as
further to assist the good will between
the United States and Germany. Dr..
Pelldram is bachelor, but his secre-
tary, who is OH the way, has charm
ing wife.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
Senator Vests Colleagues.

Ex-senator Vest hasS been drawing
some conclusions about the fleeting
tenure of office. He reaches these con-
illusions through compilation of
names of men who have been his col
leagues in public life at Washington.
He has the number of these senators
and representatives arranged by states,
One of the most interesting points
Mr.. Vest develops is that in the twenty
four years of his service in the senate
Missouri is the only state which during
that period has not made some change
In her senators.