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CHARGED
WITH KILLING CHILD
Mrs. Henrietta De Witt, in Delaware
County Jail, Accused OF Giving Ar
senic to Seventeen Year-Old Girl, Now
Says Victim Was Her Own Daughter.
Especial to The Evening WORLDLY

SIDNEY, N. Y, April discharged with the terrible crime of
numbering her seventeen-year-od daughter Florence by a system Of
arsenic poisoning, which began in January last and which caused the
girls death on April II, Mrs. Henrietta DE Witt awoke in the Delaware
County Jail, at Delhi, to-day and met the ganceS of her piSonkeepers
with TO more concern than if size hG been among them all her life.
That she is to be taken before the Grand Jury on May 9, to be
indicted for a trial wherein the State shall demand through the law
a life for a life seems not to matter to this woman.
And that she is accused of killing her own daughter, with
the sordh motive of benettng by an insurance of $1,000 which was
on her vrtim's life, is but a seemingly irrelevant incident TO her.
"Do vCu thinS that would murder my own chld?" IS Inc
Interrogation, spoken calmly, with which she meets all who ask
her concerning the awful crime with which she is charged. She might
be asking a grocer to sell her a dozen eggs, so lacking of all emotion
is her voice.
When a deputy sheriff touched the woman on the shoulder late
Yesterday afternoon in Music Hall here, where Coroner White had held
his inquest into her daughters death, and told her that he held a warrant
charging her with iloence's murder, she looked at him with UNCHANGED
countenance.
DO O think ! would murder my own flesh and blood?" she asked?
Then for the first time it was learned that Florence. or Flossie Nc
Intosh, had been her own daughter, and that Mrs De Witt was not her
stepmother, which she had posed as being eve since she cam to Sidney
in the fall of last year. A shudder went through the village crowd, which
had been listening for two days TO the testimony which has placed Mrs. De
Witt in Jeopardy OF her life, The people had accounted Tor the placid
manner of the woman throughout the inquest by the thought that there
were NJ blood ties between Mrs. De Witt and the dead girl.
Mrs. De Witt heard without a tremor Burton Fairbanks swear o n the
witness stand that she hd purchased $50 grains offs arsenic from him in
February last for the purpose of killing rats.
II didn't" she said aloud. Il haven't bought any arsenic from him
since September" and then she turned again to the newspaper which she
had been reading.
which will be completed by the time Mrs. De Wits case comes I'D for
consideration before the Delaware County Grand Jury on May O.
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BULLDOG CLUB
IS INCORPORATED
Justice MacLean and Richard
Croker, Jr., Among Those
Who Seek to Encourage Pro-
pagation of the Breed.

Justice Charles F. MacLean. Of the
Supreme Court bench. has Joined hands
with Richard Croker. jr,. and others in
the Incorporation of The Bulldog Club
OF America with the purpose of
fostering the just claims OF the bull
dog to a greater public favor"
At least. that is one OF the announced
purposes Of the petitioners for the in
corporation Of the club. and Justice
Glegerich granted a certificate of in
corporation TO the Bulldog Club OF
America to-day.
The purposes OF the club as set forth
in the petition are:
ITO encourage the propagation of
thoroughbred bulldogs, especially In
the United States OF America.
ITO promulgate a standard TO secure
uniformity of type for the excellence
In the breed and for the guidance OF
breeders II bench show Judges.
ITO further the interest of the breed
by fostering the just claims OF the bull
dog to a greater public favor
The incorporators are William =.
Earle. Robert r. McCreery. Richard
Croker. jr., Charles F. MacLean. w. g.
Goldman OF Providence, and r. j.
Tyler Morse, of Boston.
Justice MacLean owns just one bull
dog. of the French brindle variety, and
she Is the pet OF every member OF his
family at their mansion. Fifth ven
and one Hundred n Thirtieth street.
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DAVE ROTHSCH|LD
INDICTED At LAST
Head of the Looted Federal
National Bank Will Have to
Stand Trial for His Alleged
Crooked Deals.

The Grand Jury returned indict.
merits to-day AGAR st David Rothschild.
Organizer Of the looted Federal Bank
lie will he arrn'Enei before Judge Cow
ing for pleading tomorrow.
Tho charge contained In the indict.
ments Is grand larceny in tho first de-
gree. The first indictment is based on
the larceny Of n 10000 note on Sept. Is.
1t contains six cunts.
The witnesses heard before the Grand
Jury m that indictment were Isaac
Frank and Thomas j. Astlund. Joint
makers Of the note, Miss Mar +.
Hunkcl and State Bank Examiner AL
fred c. JUdson.
Tho second indictment charges thu
larceny OF a 1888 note whose maker.
Benjamin F. Wise. the One Hundred
and rwenty-ffth street a%,tctioneer. was
the principal witness in the Grand Jury
room This note was stolen on Jan. 10
and Miss Huckel and Mr., Judson tes-
tilted in corroboration OF Mr.. wise's
evidence.
Rothschild is now in the TomSs
whore he has been since his %arraign-
ment before Jusice Wyeth. OF Special
Sessions.
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" H.B.HORNBLOWER
ENTERS PROTEST
Objects to Bill to Legisiate Out
of Office Present Municipal
Court Justices and Redistrict-
ina City.

william " r H~ornblower made an
Indignant protest to-day at the hear
ing before the MAYOR on the Legislative
bill which contcmplatcs the l~eEislating
out OF office the present Municipal
Court justices n tho redistrictinE OF
the city according to tho Municipal
Court districts
1t is proposed by the bill TO increase
the districts In Manhattan and the
Bronx from thirteen to fifteen and in
BROOKLYN from i've to eight. In cleo
tion times the Republicans have been
able to control only n small fraction OF
these districts. Under the proposed
rcdtstrict!ng the new districts VIII take
In Republican strongholds. thus in
creasinG Republican patronage and
prestige,
Mr.. lIornblower declared that the bill
was a fragrant violation OF the spirit OF
the Constitution.
He added, 1T is n most dangerous
precedent TO attempt to establish with
regard to local tribunals. II Is also a
violation OF section ?, article 3. OF the
Constitution. which provides that the
election OF judicial officers shall be held
in odd-numhered years"
Mayor Mcclellan listened very at
teptiVely to Mr.. HornbioweT's arKu-
ment, which wa garnishsd with ire
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ERIE BOATS HAVE
TWO ENGINEERS
Craft of Railroad Com
pany Have Carried for Two
Years an Extra Man in the
Engine Room.

The sudden death of the engineer NJ
tho Grand street ferry-boat American
on Tuesday night when tho boat was
entering tho slip AT Williamsburg and
the resultant accident in which more
than a score of people were hurt have
filled thousands and thousands Of com
muters with alarm. Both on the East
River and tho Hudson the ferry service
IL by the nature NJ things dangerous,
and at all times the utmost care must
he maintained for the safety OF passen-
gers.
According tn the law W nilots must
be placed in the pilot house of each
ferry-boat. This statutory action was
the result of an accident. when the
pilot OF a Union ferry-boat dropped
dead some years ago. The legislation
which followed almost Immediately
was of the preventive order. That the
statutes will he augmented by some
such preventive legislation in the case
Of engineers is a likelihood at present.
The accident to the American has done
more than to stir the emotions OF the
travellers on ferry-boats.
The Erie Railroad wishes 1t under
STOOD ina lot tne last TWO years TWO
men a been placed in the engine
room of their line. one an expert en-
gineer and the other thoroughly compe-
tcnt to handle the boat in case OF ac-
cident OF emergency. The general man
ager Of the Erie said to-day:
Two wears & we put an extra man
in the enginc-roum. At that time VIC
realized the possible danger to our pas
soHg,rs sHgild anything serious happen
to the engineer 10 iuCapdCitate him iof
his immediate" duties. We thought of
the possibility of sudden death. In or
der to make any such accident impos-
siblo we ordered each ferry-boat to be
equipped with an extra man in the en-
gine-room. This second nan is not an
expert engineer, but he Is thoroughly
competent to take charge In case of
n ~incapacity on the part of tho enEi-
ncer proper. He has no other duties to
perform than those that keep him con
stantlN In the engine-room He is In
every particular an assistant of tn"
engineer
That the Eric had foreseen the danger
TO passengers crossing the river was
not generally known. nor the fact that
two men were employed i'm tho engine
room. Other companies operating boats
on the North and East rivers have had
tho matter forced upon their attention,
and wen II tho law does not demand
tho employment of two engineers in
every engine-room some provision is
likely to bc made at once to insure a
comparative safety OF the travelling
nublir.
The evening world., 1904-04-28
CONGRESS WHO'S UP
WITH A NOTIFICATION
Especial to The Evening World.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The second
session OF the Fifty-eighth Congress
was declared adjourned at 2 o'clock
this afternoon by President pro TEN
Frye in the Senate and Speaker Can
non in the House
President Roosevelt went to the Cant
toi at Il.2O 4. NJ. and proceeded lmme-
diately to his room In the Senate wing.
He was accompanied by Attorncv-Gen-
eral Knox II several other members
Of his cabinet. He insisted that all bills
should be carefully examined by these
'mcials before he signed them.
Many of the measures brought IN for
lis signature related only TO minor
n%utters, such rs the building OF bridges
ivross naNiEnblc streams, rights OF Way
through government reservations and
granting pensions.
Az the hOur tor adjournment drew
aeir Representative Tawncy led the
Congressional Gee Gu IN Suug rne
club. augmented by members tom both
sides, sIrScd forward into the pit" in
front OF the Speakers desk and sang
"Americn.' ''rhc Star Spangled Ban.
String and "a new o dedicated IL
speaker Cannon with a refrain OF
"tncle Joe. he's tho man to know"
Mfs. Roosevelt. accompanied by 'rheo.
dors. jr.. and Kermit Roosevelt and
Miss Keen. were I'm the Presidents gal.
sery Of the Senate at the time OF ad'
3oErnment.
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this city. Thousands gathered IN and
down Fifth avenue and on roofs in the
nelghborhood saw him work on a mar
row ledge high in tho air, a position
that could have hocu maintained only
by a man NJ tremendous strength and
absolute lack of nerves For his SER
vices there 10 was maize an assistant
foreman. II his rise since has been
rapid
DAYS before he took his ch'uCe with the
maniac and death last sunday morning,
but his consideration did not haik him
for a second He is NJ tho breed of men
who arc So supremacy confident OF
themselves that they never think OF
consequences.
IT was q strange Job for a fireman.
said clarke. speaking of his feat at
the Eve and Ear Hospital. ~ lLen the
alarm anne At las SUNDAY morning we
thought it was q small fire boc1uE" II
was , 'still When we got down there
and saw that fellow out on the ledge
six floors from the ground it was kind
Of creepy.
You know there is excitement about
a fire and YOU never think OF what
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afternoon through the subway under
the guidance Of Andrew Freedman and
John B. Mcdonald. The party started
from the City Hall station in a single
big car rugged 10 carry twenty-four
passengers n drawn by the specially
constructed oil engine used for the
transport Of material ny special dis
p]ensation of tho Rapid Transit Com
missloners.
Among those WHO made tho Journey
were: Henry II. Hall. President Ma
tional Board OF Fire Underwriters;
Benonl Lockwood, the presidents and
managers OF prominent insurance COM
panies, and Marshall s. briggs, presi-
dent New York Board OF Fire Under
writer's.
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Name of Brave Fire Capt, Will
lam W. Clarke to Be Sub
mitted for Consideration of
the Trustees.
RESCUED MANIAC FROM
HOSPITAL WINDOW LEDGE.
On the Force EIGHT Years and
Often Risked His Life Saving
Others -" All in the Bust
ness" He Says.

,,-c,. ''l'
'' '""N''" ''r' '" IN"
i'"' department. hof'"r known ~
"Rnl> Clarke of Hook and lie ddor M
NO .. ,,,,.,r
no r,s ho.r r,,rri,, ,,- 60.
eou. William Wash ngton clarke. tr
Acc d,,.- o,d 40, ~
.
".'"'"' ma art mrE" ~ mo hr7'
nam" ""h.Ti'."h FOR co1side'ation IN the
trustees NJ the Carnegie Fund foe
medals for horo~a.
Tllz yinl roman. whose name has
boon On c,ery ,ogrio T., New yo-l no.
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Dice

CLAnsON.-on April 81, EDWARD j.
CLARSCS.
Funeral from his late residence. le4 East
SD ct. a. Gao A. n. on Saturday, Aprli 20.
thence TO Church Of o.. John the EvanEel-
list, 55th st. and LIST ave-, where there will
be a solemn requiem mass for the rsposs OF
his soul
The evening world., 1904-04-28
HA Fine ~OpsnIuE.n

Contractor M~cFinnegan Yesterday or
dered ono OF his men to put up n sigl
over e dangerous hole in the street.
The <pployee Labelled it: Fine Open
INV fe= 4 loung Man. Drop In The
auast preninss for both Young and old
mel are found in Business OpportunI-
slftii IN Sunday World WantS-ovsr W
Eai1liaa EeadesA
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WOMAN TRIED SUICIDE.
Her escue Badly Burned oil
Hands by Acid

Mrs. Kate Helm attempted to commit
suicide to-day at the clearinghouse OF
Mrs. r. j. Kelly. No. 500 East One Hun
dred and Eighteenth street Mrs. Kelly
saw Mrs. Helm raise the bottle to her
lips. seized 1t. and, in frustrating the
act of self-destruction. was badly
burned about the hands.
Mrs. Kelly SAYS she knew little about
the Helm woman. who had lived at her
house orly a short time. but thinks she
Is a widow. Last night she quarrelled
with n man who called to see her.
Policeman Hnnlon, Of the East One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth street sta
ton, called IN ambulance and Mrs. Helm
was sent to Harlem Hospital. She was
hur7ed slightly on the face and hands.
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A Necessary Precaution.
(From the Chicago Posi-

Il want my back fence painted, and
I'd like 10 be sure OF having the Job
done in a year." he remarked to his
clerk. i wish you would see the
Painters Union and all the unions di-
rectly or Indirectly allied to It and get
a permit from ach and evcrv one of
them TO allow the work to be done with
out delays a~ggrcgating more than six
for sympathetic strikes and ali
hat sort OF thing"
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quent quotations from law and prece-
Judge Irllus Henry Cohen, following
Mr., Hornhlowcr. said II seemcd n de-
libcrtte a--empt TO remove Judges from
He claimed that the bill Is de-
fcctive and intimated that 1t was a
"bargaiu measure" between Rcpubli-
cans and Democrats by which a certain
number of Judges are to go TO party
and a Cer,ain number TO another.
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Appropriations During His Ad-
ministration $2,640,0 600, 900,
821 100000 Greater than
MaKinIey's Four Years.
AMAZING REPORT MARKS
END OF CONGRESS SESSION,
German Warns Senate that
Country Canrot Stand the
Grain and Extra Taxation
Only Can Meet High Rate.


WASH1NE1cN. .Nnril IS -rofrre Cow
grsss a~d'ouracl f'1tr n~ctcrruor ITO sen
Mo 4 ,,,sscd ,ro ,,, ~.
sssr''n M" ''h'""''lH hsH'e' N'r' pro
sented showing tho Roosevelt Admins
traitor the most nota oh for ryprrdi.
,,,,s, ~ .o.a-1
9e"'''' r"'o'Fs'h presented a r'''e"
oil" appropriations or -" past we've
,rirs, ..yor,,- ,,c ,-s, ,Iut,trtr,r,,
''' '''''''"' ''' III" W. N''e>
md Roosevelt sin ,n'stra;iDrs. lie said
;,s total expcnif.nr.s uIIor the Roose-
- ~ ,,.m
,.. u,Et,,o. ,,,,r,,..r,-
ton ana NJ'r"r" greater 'h'n IN th'
...
NIh2se increases u" sph-4.vii'd - to'-
lows:
... Hcrts All Othcrp.
-,., $500.
~" ""1"'''' '''''""' "'''
t@"l'"W'Wo: military. SNi."o'""
lie also sa.I ;no' for 100 to total
approuriat'on on ,ccount or the mill
tary. Including pensions, would hc s3s7.-
OO1,on and SAID that excluding the eN.
pcnses Of the Bocr war tho military
expenditures Of tie United Sues tor
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STEAMSHIPS.

SAILE TO-DAY.
La Savoie. Havre. e. Sud, Galveston.
Butcher, Hamburg. Arapahoe, Charleston.
Rhein, Bremen. cts Of Augusta.
Havana. Savannah.
Fontabeile. 81. Thomas jamestown. Norfolk.
Natanzas, Tampico. 1roduois. Jacksonville.
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you are doing. with the shouts OF the
men and the noise Of the flames M the
footing Of the whistles. There wasn't
any excitement about this Job. There
was the madman UP there and every
thinE was quiet.
Nnninc Had Muscles Of steel.
Battalion chief Gray decided that
we'd have tn got the man somehow.
Nobody is ever ordered on n Job like
that whore there Is a risk Of life. hut
there Is never any aCk of volunteers.
or course | couldn't send a man whore
] wouldn't go myself. 80 / went
NJ tho extension ladder first. close
~ followed bv two Of my mon. Scanlou
ard ki"mlc. .thicf Gray, ran up through
tho Inside Of the hospital to distract
tho madman's attention IL possible
''It was lucky for me that Scanlon
and kiemlo followed mo up. am
prctty strong myself. hut that poor fell
low had muscles Of steel We would
both have gone over sure If SCanlon
Kiemle IHdn't arrived in time to
the half Nelson ! had on him We threw
him. Then chief Gray md tho police
men ggnd him I'm the window and
bound him with ~hCdClothes.'
Clarke refused TO discuss the Windsor
Hotel incident or thu" many acts Of
hcrolsm If himself and his companions
at fires,
are expected to take chances. and, after
they are over. we don't think any more
about them. Everybody takes chances.
for that matter. It's only that life-sav-
ing comes more in n fireman's line Of
work thai falls to the lot OF most peo-
rlo. It's all In the days work-.h"n we
forget IT."
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SHIPPING NEWS.

ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY.
sun rises. 5o4lsun sets. ISL Moon sets. 4et
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THIRTY SEE SUBWAY.

Party of nsurRnc Men Make rour
of Inspection.
The Fire Insurance interests OF New
York made q tour OF inspection this
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INCOMING STEAMSHIPS

DUE TO-DAY.
Brooklyn City. Prins wiilem Ill,
Martello. HUI Eastern Prince.
CittA al Genoa. Barbados
Gibraltar. Comanche.-
Italia. Naples. Jacksonville.
Pallanza. Hamburg.
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OLD SHOEMAKER
BURNED TO DEATH
Found l.ifciess in His Apart.
ment, Gas lets Turned On and
Still Not Ignited, Which Is
Unexplained.

The bodv If santo GlbhlA. an old
italian shoemaker. was found. burned
TO a crisp, in the soualid basement room
which he occupied at No. 7ls Washing.
tor street. to.doy.
How thu man set fire TO himself with
out burning anything else in the rom
Is a mvsterv the police are irving to
clear up. They are also puzzled by the
fact that wher the body was found the
gas was turned on full, Why a confia-
grafton enough to burn a man so did not
ig lite tn" gas they cannot understand
There was nothing about tho room to
indicat" mat any person but the dead
man had been there during the night.
Gibbia had his little shop in the room,
and behind A curtain he had his bed
and a small chest in which he kept his
clothing. When he failed to open UP as
usual this morning the %neighbors no.
tiled the police. and Policeman Wesley
Hall, who used to be one of Ca t.
Chapman's sleuths, was sent to inves-
tiEate. When he broke open the door
the gas that poured out almost knocked
him down.
Lying Dead on Floor.
Gibbia was lying dead on the floor,
his body horribly burned. Right over
his head a gas jet was turned on full.
near nv on the fioor was a box of
matches. but all had been ignited. There
were no signs of violence in the place.
Tho policeman finally came TO the con-
ciusion that Gibbia had got up during
the night to light the gas. had turned
it on and had then stumbled or acct
dentally ignited his own clothing in
stead Of the gas. After he was ablaze
the gas must have kept right on iow-
ing. and 1t is dificult to figure out why
1t did not ignite.
Gib5ia had nc relatives in the city so
far as is known. He had no money
and no v%aluables. The Coroner's office
was notified of his death. and unless
the body Is claimed it will be taken 10
the Morgue.
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HURLED ON ROCKS
N A BRIDGE GAP
Horse and Wagon in Which
Father and Son Were Riding
Plunged Thirty Feet Through
FIimsy Fencing.

The nImsy fencing NJ the great. gap
Of the Scdgwick avenue approach Of
the Naromb'S Dam Bridge. from tho
Bronx side. was responsible to-day for
the serious injury OF Charles Riley.
foity-hve years old. OF No. 3l East
ON" Hundred and T~wenty-third street.
II his fftccn-yenr-old son. Peter. the
kilIing OF n horse and the destruction
or n wagon belonging 10 the Niaduct
BottlinS Company, OF No. 1851 Park
avenue.
Wagon, Horse and occupants plunged
through the hole n fell thirty feet,
through the iron framework below the
bridge. landing upon a pile OF rocks.
The catching OF their clothing upon
iron girders was all that saved the
father and son from instant death.
Since the city granted the Bronx
trolley company the privilege Of lay
ing its tracks across Macomb's Dam
BrIdg" the PENNSYLVANIA Bridge Com
pany has had n force OF men at work
on the structure for the purpose Of
strengthening 1t for its extra burden.
on the Bronx side there are two APP
proachCs to the main roadway OF the
bridge. The work on the Jerome ave-
nue. approach has been finished, but
the sedgwick venue approach has just
come under repair.
Frnn Fence Protection.
About fifty feet down the incline OF
this approach the workmen have ripped
I'm nftpen feat pf n|yh foot ,IapLs tau,..
ing a clean aperture in the entire OF
the roadway. The only protection put
about this hole Is a fran fence OF hall
inch scantllng
Riley was driving across the bridge
from the Manhattan side, and when he
reached the centre of the draw the
blast of a locomotive whistle terrified
his horsS. A tugbcat whistle increased
the animals fright and Selling the bi,
in his teeth he holtcd. Bending all his
weight OF the reins the driver was uu.
able &c check hi" night or guide his
course.
Reaching the Sedgwick avenue nm.
rroach the horse dashed down the in.
cline at a mad gallop. But a narrow
pathway or either side OF the fenced.
In hole afforded passage to Sedgwick
''luS' ne morse was running blind
wagon could jump TO save themselves
dashed through the frail fence and
plunged into the hole.
Policeman Sullivan and a number OF
bridge workers who had witnessed me
accident hurried to tho assistance of
the rather ana son and carried them
To n trolley car. An ambulance was
sent FOR and they were taken to tTe
F'ordham Hospital. Riley has severaI
broken ribs and n severely wrcnched
back. The hospital surgeons, however,
think they Will both live.
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Escaped All Awful Fate

Mr.. II. Haggin; Of Melbourne, Fla.
writes, "My doctor told me I had Con.
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for me. l was given up to die. The
offer of free bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, in
duced me to try it. Results we're start.
ling. I am now on tie road to recov.
cry and owe all to DR.. Kings New
Discovery. 1t surely saved my life. u
This great cure is guaranteed for all
throat and lung diseases by w. R.
Barton, druggist. Price SOC and $1.O0.
Trial bottles free.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1904-02-06
Tie Saw Ills Shadow.

There is no longer any doubt now
much longer this weather is to last.
Just six weeks from last Tuasday.
On that day the sun shone bright and
the ground hog saw his shadow. At
least if he was looking, and it is to be
presumed he was. 1t is not to be be-
lieved that he would miss it. Pascal
Knight, our local weather prophet
says there is no doubt about it. We
are to have six weeks more of beastly
winter weather. The ground hog has
seen his shadow and we are in for it.
No matter what Uncle Sans paid
forcasters may say about it, it will be
cold, windy and wet with an occasion
ally balmy spring day thrown in just
I: hAW As What We ere y.li&%iI r cnd
cause us to catch cold, take grip and
come down with pneumonia because
we think it too warm for an overcoat.
Disagreeable as these things may be,
the people have been forewarned and
there is no use to complain, but settle
down for six weeks more winter.