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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24

revive him: but il was no 60. The old
man died within ten or fifteen min
Utes-"
And what led Carney TO think that
IL was morphine poisoning 90
He says that he knew il for NOR
phine poisoning on the instant To ali
appearances the old man bad risen
from bed and tried 20 cross the room:
but he must have fallen and carried
down the medicine able with him.
Plates, glasses - everything were
smashed 10 bits. with the single ex-
ception OF that bottle beside you. Car
ney asked one Of the maids about IL.
She had been helping the niece with
her nursing, and she recognized II at
once. Here's where the clues begin TO
bristle. Gunnison.
The maid told Carney that the fam
{ lily doctor-his names Macgruder-had
been in during the evening. The old
man had suffered considerable pain all
day and Nacgruder wished to leave
some morphine for him. He asked for
a bottle in which to dissolve some tab
lets, and, according TO the maid. the
niece gave him that one. Later on,
while the maid was in the room. the
sick man called his niece for some
thing or other, and that prepossess-
ing young woman very clamly gave
him a tablespoonful of the stuff. Mac
gTuder had instructed her to admins
ter it by Tablespoonful doses"
DO you-do you suppose a young
girl could commit a cold-blooded muir
der like that?"
The old man was pain-racked and
peevish and very frequently swore
point-blank at the girl. Maybe she's
one OF these hysterical mortals who go
irresponsible after a prolonged strain,
such as this nursing must have been.
Then, too the old fellow had w-illed
all his money TO her. and Carney says
there's a stack Of it. She may have
needed some"
heavily. DR.. Merriweather arose and
yawned. He turned to leave the labor
atory. The assistant chemist slid from
his stool and started after him.
DIR. Merriweather."
"Eh?"
"what-what did you say the dead
mans name was?
"Golden-Philip Golden, believe.
He was retired broker. or something
Of the sort-lived up on Madison ave-
nue."
The door closed behind Merriwea Their.
Gunnison gripped the table for support
and choked back the sharp cry that
had almost escaped him.
Editha Golden, the niece in the case,
happened to be Gunnison's dearly be-
loved fianceei
Shades were drawn at the Golden
home. A silent maid escorted Gunni-
son to the library and there he waited,
awed at the uncanny stiffness of the
big house.
Very shortly the curtains parted
and a slim girl entered, beautiful but
haggard and pathetically weary Of
mien.
1T is all over" she said.
Yes. little girl, it's all over"
Gunnison gathered her into his arms
and for little time she sobbed on his
shoulder. Presently she allowed her
self to be drawn down beside him on
the couch.
Bobby. dear. it's so good to have
you here" she sighed.
But why didn't you send for me
during the day."
'I-don't know. II think I was
afraid"
"Afraid7-' Gunnison smiled with ten
der increduIitY.
Yes. WANTED to see no one. not
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even you. Bobby. II was afraid.
and"
Her voice died away and the girl
stared across the room at the fire.
place.
what is it. chnd?" Gunnison asked
gently.
Bobby" Edithas eyes were wide
with terror as she faced him sudden
ly. Her voice dropped TO a whisper. Il
never meant to tell a soul-never till
the very day I died, But I can't-I
can't help it. I can't bear IL alone
any longer. All day I have felt some
how that the servants knew-that-'
Knew what?"
And that doctor last night. too-he
said nothing. but when he left he stared
at me so strangely. He must have
seen the must have found il out.
He'd be sure 10 know-a doctor would
know at once-wouldn't he?'
She clutched his hands and he felt
that she was trembling violently.
Bobby II killed Uncle Philip"
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEws SUNDAY. APRIL "a 1904

"Editha" Gunnison's heart seemed
70 cease beating.
4 did. I know il! I killed him"
she moaned, clinging to him like
frightened child.
Hush, You don't know what you're
saying, Editha. Some Of this Internal
pack Of servants will hear you, and
"Oh, I'll be quiet" Editha hurried
on, the words tumbling forth excitedly,
but I must tell you, Bobby. I must
I'll 20 mad If I don't. Last night DR..
Macgruder came in for a few minutes
he was leaving the city. Uncle Philip
begged him for something 10 ease
his pain. and the doctor took some
morphine tablets from his hyperdermic
case and asked me for a bottle TO dis
solve than. I gave him one Of those
bromide bottles-poor Uncle Philip
needed so much of the stuff to quiet
him that We have empty bottles all
over the house. There was a half
empty bottle Of bromide on the table,
too, and after he had fixed the NOR
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phine, DR.. Macgruder handed il to me
and cautioned me TO label it at once,
before I confused it with the bromide.
Then he hurried away, for he had
barely time TO make his train.
"Yes?" Gunnison forced from dry
lips.
Il put the morphine bottle at the
edge Of the table and apart from the
others, and went 10 my desk in the
next room to write the label. Oh,
Bobby, I was up all the night beforel'
she pleaded suddenly.
Go on, Editha."
Il suppose it was simply criminal,
but I was so utterly tagged that while
I was writing my head began to nod,
and when 1 had finished / fell fast
asleep at the desk. 1 must have been
there more than an hour before uncle
called me. / was sleep and COM
pletely confused for a while. Ellen
was in the room-the second waitress,
you know-and she had been trying to
quiet him; but he insisted upon having
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-24

The hour had come wherein lower
New Lork draws down the cover Of
ats roll-top and bustIes away toward
the elevated road and uptown
dinner
In the laboratory, Gunnison, assist
ant chemist to that eminent analyst
DIR. Merriweather, had concluded the
process of cleaning up for the night.
ae had slipped out OF his apron and
into his oyercoat. and was about 10
switch of the lights. when Dr. Merr-
weather came from his tiny private
office.
"AI done. eh?"
Gunnison eyed with yelled distrust
Ehe bottle in the doctors hand.
IT there is anything you wish
me to do" he began, perfuntorily.
NO! Not tonight! Let me see!
you're going over to Jersey City in
khe morning, aren't you?"
ITO report to those Graydon Min
Gng people-yes, sir"
All right. Go straight over there
From home. That will bring you back
here 10 the laboratory by noon?'
Easily. I should think"
''Well-that's time enough"
Merriweather placed the bottle on
the table and seated himself upon the
distilled water carbOy.
Very like / shall have left when
you get back-Johnson's acid works,
over in GreenpOint, have managed to
get into some sort Of muddle again.
Go TO work on this stun as soon as
you come in. I want TO report it to-
morrow night.
Gunnison reached for the bottle and
examined il.
Solution Bromide Of Soda" he
read. Brand Brothers, Manufactur-
ing Pharmacists. What about it, doc
tor? Someone getting suspicious Of
Brand Brothers preparations"
Not quite. 1t just came in from
the coroner's Office for analysis"
THE Coroner's ofioe?" Gunnison
opened his eyes.
Nothing less. There's a thrilling
mystery in that bottle. The label. as
You see, informs US that II contains
bromide OF Soda harmless sedative,
of course The last man who took a
dose Of il died within six hours"
And they think"
That the stuff's morphine. instead
Of bromide, and that the old fellow
was dosed to death with It,"
''Purposely?"
Merriweather shrugged his should
ers.
mat young saWbones, Carney, who
Abrought IN the thing. spent a solid
( HEour spinning the yarn TO me. The
date lamented was an old chap up
town. He'd been confined to his bed
1 for months. / understand but they
Sflardly expected him to go of like this.
sTHe had all sorts of money and no
LSTelatives, save a niece-an orphan
sghO went to take care Of him and his
house, something like a year back"
And they suspect the niece?"
Carney does, and I imagine that he
ehas implanted that belief pretty firm
BY In the coroner's Office. 1t seems
that about o'clock this morning
someone routed Carney out Of bed,
sand he found the old mans butler on
yGhe steps, with hurry call for medi-
! cal aid The family physician is out
I OF town.
WELL before long he was examining
EeRhe poor old chap. None OF the wom-
en- had had sufficient strength to move
hin-he lay stretched on the floor, Just
as they had found him. He was just
Breathing and Carney went to work TO
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ling with his problem; now maddened
with the uncertainty; now cursing
himself for not undertaking the analy-
sis.
The closing Of a door caught his ca
In an instant his brain had cleared
The emergency was upon him. Merri-
weather had returned. And, on the
luton of the difficulty appeared to
Gunnison.
He gilded across the laboratory, un-
corked the bottle once more, quickly
inverted it over the sink and watched
the liquid disappear down the drain
He hurried back to his desk. drew
forth a notebook and hurriedly set
down spurious record Of the analysis
He produced a report blank, the report
for the coroner. and inscribed in a
neat hand the information that a bot
tie submitted for analysis by one DR.
Carney had been found to contain
solution of bromide of soda, free from
adulterants.
The chemist mopped the Precipitation
from his forehead, bathed his burning
face in cold water, smoothed his rum
I pied hair and, picking up the report
walked to the door of Merriweather's
Office.
The doctor was at his own desk
writing away under the incandescent
bulb.
I'm through with that stun from
the coroner's Office" Gunnison said
rather hoarsely.
Eth ?" Merriweather whjrIed aho,,.
in his chair.
That bromide Of soda bottle"
Pshaw! Have you been working
on that. Gunnison?"
Yes. u
81 meant TO tell you-rather ~
leave note for you, about that" said
Merriweather. 81 went at it myself
this morning-made an anlysis orr
of sheer curiosity"
The report crumpled audiblv in
Gunnison's hand. Merriweather' had
analysed it-yes. and reported it as
Well
"What-what did you-hnd?" the
assistant chemist managed TO ask.
"Ei-yah!" Merriweather yawned
and stretched, and to Gunnison the
operation consumed hours. Why
ah-there was nothing under the sun
in that bottle but a dilute solution
of bromide of soda" Merriweather
turned back to his desk and hunted
for cigar, as he talked. 81 tell you.
Gunnison-nothing personal in this.
Of course-if there is one thing worse
than young chemist, it's a young
doctor. This Carney chap must have
a head full of dinne-novel romance
that he's trying to At into everyday
life. Positively from what he himself
told me yesterday-eh?"
Merriweather realized with consid-
cradle establishment that he was alone
IF the Office.
Below, in the street, Gunnison
was pushing frantically through the
crowd. An echo of the night before
dinned In his ears-'But if only
knew" And he sacrificed the toes
and the ribs and ignored the anathe-
mas of the pcpulace, in the speed Of
his transit; for she could know-now.
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st. Louis Worlds Fair, April 3O-De-
cember L, 1904.

Low rates and superior service from
Savannah via Southern Railway.
Round trip tickets, with season limit.
1885: sixty-day limit, s32, or fifteen
day limit, s26.05. We will run through
Pullman sleeping cars from Savannah
to st. Louis during the exposition.
Southern Railway is the Worlds Fair
Short Line" Call on me for any de-
sired information, E. G. Thomson, C. P,
and T. A., 141 Bull street.-ad.
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Worlds Fair, st. Louis. Low round
trip rates via Atlantic Coast Line. Sea-
son tickets on sale April Is, and daily
thereafter 1885. Sixty day tickets on
sale April Is and daily thereafter, $32.
Fifteen day tickets on sale April rs and
daily thereafter $26.05. Coach excur-
sion tickets on sale May 16 and 81,
limited ten days, including date of sale,
s201O Ticket agents will furnish full
information.-ad.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
TERRIBLE CRIME SHOCKS ROANOKE.
Colored Man Tries 10 XIII a Mother aud Fer
Child

Roanoke, Va. (SpeciaD The wife
and three year-old daughter OF George
P. Shields are i'll dying condition as a
result of murdcrous assault made upon
them by all unknown negro. 1t was one
of the most fearful crimes Ger COM
mitted i'll this city.
When Mr.. Shields. WHO is we'll
known young business man, reached his
residence i'll the center Of the town at
noon for luncheon, he discovered his
three-year old daughter Mildred lying
on the floor Of the reception hall i'll a
pool of blood.
The child was still alive, and the father
placed her on a lounge and began a
search for his wife In the dining room
he found stains OF blood, which led to
the second floor Upstairs Mr. Shields
found his wife lying iii clothes closet.
with her throat cut from car to car and
and several ghastly wou,idS i'll the head.
She was unconscious
Physicians were summoned and. after
injections of powerful stlmulantS, Mrs.
Shields managed to gasp that she had
been knocked down in the dining room
by negro, who made his entrance
through the kitchen door. Further tnan
this, Mrs. Shields has not been able to
throw light on the crime There was
every evidence in the dining room of a
terrible struggle.
The physicians have but sim hopes for
the recovery OF either mother or child.
, The strange negro made a criminal as
sault on Mrs. Shields, after which he
dealt her several blows on the head with
a hatchet, fracturing the skull in two
places. He then dragged her upstairs
to the second floor, where he took a
razor from bureau drawer. Vita this
he cut her throat and threw her
into closet, placing chair against the
outside knob. He then ransacked the
house, carrying away Suit of clothes
and two watches
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
COLUMBIA WILL FIGHT PANAMA,
Reported That the Formsr Government Is
About to Organize Expedition

Panama Especial News has reached
here from Bogota that insomuch as
Generals Reyes and Cavcrilo have as
sured Colombia that the United States
will only object to her landing forces i'll
the canal zone, the Colombian govern
ment intends to organize and send all
expedition against Panama.
The only explanation OF this news
from Bogota is that the government of
Colombia is compelled to take
steps to prevent its downfall. This IS
said to he imminent as President Mar
roauin has lost all the prestige he ever
had There is mitch speculation in Bo-
gotta as to the outcome of this move,
should it be put through
Colombian newspapers are complain
ing that it cost more than SI5,OoO,Coo i'll
paper money Ga Colombian dollar IS
worth about seven-tenths OF an Amcri-
can dolar) to move the troops Colombia
has at Titumati, on the Gulf of Daricn,
from Cartcgena to that point. hese
men are estimated at from 2,oCO to4yoOo.
and at one time they were well supplied
with provisions
Joaquin Nelez, Perez Soto and other
enemies OF Marroqum have been I'M
prisoned for alleged conspiracy,
People arriving here from Colombia
declare the situation in that country to
be growing worse every day,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Significant Action of DR.. Herran Colon,
bian Charge.
To Kill Germs on Money.

Dr.. Thomas Darlington, president OF
the New York Board OF Health, ap
pcarcd before the House Committee on
Banking and CurrSncy and heartily in
dorscd pending legislation for clean
money"
DR.. Darlington had begun an invcs-
tigation to ascertain scientifically that
old bills transmit disease germs. Should
these experiments show money i'll use
in New York city is loaded with dis
case germs, Dr. Darlington said, he will
formulate plan for its daily or weekly
sterilization. He believes that good
will result to the health OF the city by
getting the money from the great ar
tericS OF trade, such as the street-car
companies and the great retail stores,
and putting it through germ killing
process In this plan it is contcm-
plated to treat not only the paper mon
cy, but also the metal COINS.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest Happenings Condensed for
Rapid Reading.
Domestic.

Stockholders OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company amended the ar
ticleS of incorporation to permit an
increase in the companyi funded IN
dcbtedncSS, it being proposed to Issue
$45. GOO, coo bonds.
Minister Squiers made representa-
tons to President Palma on account
OF the political rioting at CenfNegoS,
during which mud was thrown at the
United States consulate
President Francis. OF the St louis
Exposition Company, explained - the
House Committee the purpose OF the
loan asked Tor.
Clarence F. Walton. captain oi the
schooner Wilson and Hunting, COM
ritted suicide aboard his vessel, lying
at Philadelphia.
The Montana Supreme Court tevcrS-
cd the decision OF Judge Clancy which
tied up the Boston and Montana Cop
per dividends.
Joseph Mcnnicr. who stabbed Mrs.
J. +. Seville to death in Detroit. Mich,
was sentenced to prison Tor liIc,
Business rcverscs led Abraham VI.
Bank, New York cotton merchant,
to commit suicide.
Carriage and wagon workers to the
number OF 1000 were locked out i'll Chi
cago.
Henry W. Miller president of the
Morris County Savings Bank, died in
Morrstown. n J.. aged 65 years. lie
was graduate OF the Naval Academy
and served through the Civil War
A county Judge and officials OF the
federal court were arrested on TIC charge
of conspiring with Charles Cunningham,
the sheep king. OF umatilla county, to
dcfraud the government.
Mrs. Mamie Bryan, sister of William
J. Bryan, died in Lincoln. Ncb., before
the arrival of her brother. who lad tried
hard to reach her bedside before death
interviewed.
Anna Renders, New York school
girl. who was sent ,iomc for writing
note to a boy. died from the effects OF
carbolic acid size drank.
A party OF 20 students from the N,i-
vcrSity OF Chicago sailed from Boston
on tho steamer CanopIc Oh pilgrimage
to the Holy Land.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
TWO KILLED AND SIX HURT.
Terrible Result OF a Natural Gas Exp'osion-
Caused Bv a Leak.

Pttsburg, Pa. Especially An cNplo-
sion of natural gas in tho cellar OF the
home of Henry Magcl. i'll West Liberty,
was the cause OF the deaths OF two per
sons and the severe injury OF SIN others
The dead are:
Henry Magel aged $ years; burned to
death i'll the cellar,
Charles Maqcl his son, aged 20; both
legs burned off and caught under falling
walls.
Mrs Henry Magel fell Through to the
cellar and was seriously injured, Her
children, William. aged -; Annie, IS,
and Otto. G8, and Charles Almasy, a son
in-law. and his wife were all badly
bruised and cut,
The explosion is supposed to have
been caused by a leak from the gas nam
into the cellar, and when Mr.: Magel went
70 the cellar for bucket of coal, carry
ing lighted candle terrific explosion
followed, completely wrecking the house.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
in Poics-Dsvoted to Literature, Local and General News
EDERICK COUNTY. MD, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1904.
- - -
MRS. MAVERICK REPORTED FREE.
Powerful Influences Exer!ed for Her Release
Widespread Sympathy.

London (By Cable .--Lloyd's Weekly
Newspaper says that Mrs. Florence May
brick, the American woman who was
serving life sentence on the cnarge Of
having poisoned her husband. was re
leased from the Aylesbury female con-
vict prison at 6.45 o'clock on the morn
ing of January IS on special license. Her
mother, the paper says, had visited her
Saturday, January 23, and evidently was
the bearer Of important news, The gov
ernor of the prison on Sunday conferred
with the prison officials with a view to
arranging for the departure Of the pris-
oner, which was carried out very quietly.
Mrs Maybrlck, the paper concludes,
during the last few months i'll pr son,
was employed in the lightcst work as
reward for good conduct
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
VAST SHIPMENTS OF ARMY SUPPLIES.
Millions Of Pounds Of Meat Bought In this
Country By Russia and Japan.

San Francisco, Gal (SpeciaD Rail
road freight officials have additional
advices relative to Russian and Japa-
nesc mess and canned beef shipments
from the East by way OF this port to
their respective dcpots in the Orient.
Japan is ordering for shipment from
Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago p
100000 pounds of corned beef
She has already contracted i'll Gin
cinnati for $4,000 cases OF mess beef.
By February IS next Japan Will have
taken from this country as food tor
her war forces about 100000 pounds
OF mess and corned beef. Russian ship
mcnts OF mess beef, TIP to February IS
next, from Chicago. Kansas City and
Omaha, will have amounted to an ag-
gregate of about 6,ooo,ooo pounds, III,
elusive of 100000 pounds now loaded
on board ship in this harbor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
WRECKED BY HURRICANE
Three Cars Lifted Bodily From Track
Near Georgetown, Colorado.
FIVE PERSONS WERE BADLY HURT.
Express Messenger Injured Internally and
May Dle-Cold Wave Causes the Temper.
AZURE to Drop From 5 Degrees Above Zero
to II Below Ia St. Paula Farmer Frozen
to Death Ia Snow Drift Near His Home.

Idaho Springs, Col. (SpcciaD.-A
passenger train on the Colorado and
Southern Railroad, which left Denver
for Georgetown, was partly wrecked
by gale. Two coaches and a COM
bination baggage and express car we're
blown over and damaged. The loco
motive remained on the track.
Four trainmen and one passenger
were injured. J. X. Robinson, all ex-
press messenger, was internally injur-
ed and may die. w. Straight, banker
OF Dunlap, Kan, was injured about
the hip. The other three trainmcn were
slightly hurt
The train had stopped near the sta
tion in Georgetown on account of the
wind While waiting for the gale to
subside three cars were lifted from
the rails by the wind and forced over
OIL their sides. The passengers and the
crew were thrown against the sides OF
the cars. but were able to escape
through doors and windows.
1t was several hours before news
OF the accident could be sent to Den
yer, as telephone and telegraph wires
were torn down by the wind. A reliet
train from Denver encountered trees
and wires strewn over the track i'll
many places and with difficulty reached
its destination.
The wind i'll Idaho Springs and in
Georgetown did much damage. In
Georgetown the roof OF the Catholic
church was torn off and numerous ont
buildings were damaged
Traffic on this branch of the Colo
rado and Southern was interrupted tOr
several hours
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
No Gold in the Vaults.

For the first time i'll many years the
Treasury finds itself without any gold
COIN i'll its vaults. 1t is explained that
this condition is the result OF an un-
prcccntcd demand ior gold certificates
during the time when the mints have
have been fully employed in coming
Philippine silver and Subsidiary silver
ior the United States. The increased
demand for gold certificates, which
could only be issued for gold coin III
the Treasury. came about through the
needs OF the larger banking institutions
in the great commercial ccntcrs, which
had large amounts oi notes OF small
denominations on hand which they
wished to exchange for gold ccrtjti-
Gates Of larger denominations The
Secretary has givcn instructions for the
mints at Philadelphia and San, Fran
cisco to begin the coinage oEsdoubc
eagles on February 1, and to work
overtime until sufficient supply has
been coined to meet all demands,