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ed her to taste the water in the bottle
| from which she had just drank. That
Mrs. Stanford told her she had drank a
glass of the water. but her stomach
had rebelled. and she had vomited. The
Richmond woman says she tasted the
water. and found it bitter. Mis- Ber-
tina Berner. Mrs Stanford's secretary,
was then called, and, dipping her finger
in the water, had tasted two or three
drops, and also detected bitter taste.
She says the bottle had been takeI. to
a chemist by herself, and that later ne
reported having found strychnine in ii.
Miss Richmond also relates how she
saved the life of Mrs. Stanford by at
once admin tering four or five glasses
of warm salt water, after the mineral
water had been taken. After the chem
lists report. Miss Richmond goes on to
tell of a housemaid being put in her
room and until Mrs Stanford went to
SaE Jose, and about the time she was
TO return from there she Miss Rich
mond) was discharged. Miss Richmond
says further that her every movement
for two weeks was logged by, detec-
tives.
Any. person of ordinary intelligence
knows that a Sudden death under such
conditio ions as strychnine would cause
would be followed by an autopsy, and
the certain detection of strychnine in
the stomach. There are many incredu-
lous persons. however. who express the
opinion that the nausea was due to a
stale or fiat mineral water. which the
stomach of a woman advanced in years
refused to retain. Others say that if
there was any foreign substance in the
mineral water it was not poison, and
was not put in it for the purpose of
taking the life of Mrs. Stanford nor to
cause her any serious inconvenience.
Mrs. Stanford is an extremely wealthy
woman, comparatively alone in the
world and is likely to be very favor
ably impressed toward any one who
guards her interest and welfare
LACKS CORROBORATION
So far there has been no corrobora-
ton of the statement of Miss Richmond
that there was poison in the bottle of
mineral water she carried to the chem
list. The analyst will say nothing,
neither will Mountford Wilson, Mrs
StanforC,'s attorney, who is in charge
of the investigation. He Will not even
admit there was any mineral water in
the house and viii not talk of the mat
ter at all. So far the only confederation
of the presence of a foreign substance
in the mineral water is from Professor
David Starr Jordan of Stanford Univer-
sity. who, when questioned as to the
fact, said:
Mrs. Stanford's present trip to Ho-
nolulu was taken for the purpose of re-
cuperating from a severe cold and at
tack of tonsilitis, caused by the late
rainy weather. About a month ago
Mrs. Stanford told me that she had been
served in her home with a bottle of
mineral water that tasted peculiarly.
Further than a mere sip she did not
drink any from the tainted bottle. The
explanation offered at the time was that
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THE MoANA HOTEL WAKIKTIIE ROOM IN WHICH STANFORD


mystery lay great stress upon the fact
tFat Mrs. Stanford drank a full glass
of the water and yet did not show the
slightest symptoms OF strychnine poi
soning.
From all the facts that 1 have in
hand from over two weeks investiga-
ton of the case said Captain Jules
j. Callundan of the Morse Detective
Agency yesterday afternoon L would
stake MY good right eye against 81
that no attempt was made to poison
Mrs. Stanford. Moreover, 1 do not
believe that there was any intention
to poison any one
Both Harry N Morse. head of the
Morse Detective Agency, which is in
vestiga ting the case, and Captain
Callundan, the chief detective of the
agency, throw out intimations that
the bottle of water from which Mrs.
Stanford drank and the water an
alyzed at the chemists We're not the
same. 1t is limited that Mrs Stanford
may have been given an emetic in a
glass of water to arouse her suspi-
cions, and that later some one
''plantedr' the poison in the same bot
tie of water or in another one.
The bottle of Poland water was an
alyzed by Louis Falkenau of the
Falkenau Assaying Company, 53S Sac
ramento street, Falkenau receiving
the bottle from Wakelee's pharmacy.
The detectives. who have been at
work on the case for a little over two
weeks, are not yet positive whether
anyone other than Miss Richmond
touched the bottle after it left Mrs.
Stanford's room and before it reached
Wakelee's. Neither do they hide the
fact that they have been trying to
find out whether the bottle that was
taken to Wakelee's was the same that
Mrs. Stanford drank from on the
night of January IA. There were a
number of servants in the house, and
as there was case of Poland water
in the pantry it is argued that there
might easily have been an exchange
of bottles that no one but the person
who made the exchange would know
about
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ing incident is confirmed by good au-
thority. Beverley came TO san Fran
cisco a few years ago with Lily Lang
try, the famous actress, and later be-
came Mrs. Stanford's butler.
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resented his own name being dragged
into the matter.
Miss RichmCnG's story that she had
given Mrs. Stanford notice that she
was going TO leave before the poison
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NO@TTEMPT ON LIFE.

All the investigation of the detec-
tives along these lines is made with
the belief that no attempt was made
on the life of Mrs. Stanford. Mrs.
| Stanford was liberal with her help
and treated everyone around her weil,
from her private secretary, Miss
Bertha Berner down to the Chinese
helpers. 1t is denied that any servant
in the house at the time of the at
tempted poisoning had been given
notice of their dismissal.
On the other hand, there is said to
| have existed jealousies among those
in Mrs Stanfords employ. 1t is said
that there was a clique among the ser
wants that worked against Miss Ber-
ner, the private secretary. Miss Ber-
ner was very close to Mrs. Stanford,
having been in her employ for a long
while. It is said by good authority
that some of the servants were jealous
of Miss Berner's influence. which made
her the practical mistress of the others
OF Mrs Stanford's menage. In their
Investigation the detectives Were soon
acquainted with these jealousies, and
it was this, as we'll as the absence of
any motive for the poisoning of Mrs.
Stanford, that led to their present
theory.
y Morse detective has been at work
for over two weeks trying to find if
any servant of Mrs. Stanford has
bought strychnine during the past
three months The statement was
made yesterday that every drug store
in San Francisco and in the cities
around the bay had been visited and
the poison registers of all of them
carefully scanned. Strychnine IS a
drug rarely purchased in the crystal
form. and the detectives were able to
trace nearly every purchase to le-
climate purchaser An investigation
IN the drug stores of san Jose and PaIo'
Alto was also made, but without find
ing any clew. 1t is, of course, possible
that the drug was bought at some
store which does not obey the law
occurring that the purchaser Of poison
-egister his name and address
Miss Richmond was questioned by
Iountford s Wilson of Wilson &
wilson. counsel for Mrs. Stanford
md Captain Callundan. She gave
hem ha~ theory Of the poison n1ys-
cry. and it is said that they told her
nat she was not suspected. Captain
'auundan next hunted UP Beverley
ne fo -Iuer butler. but on his trst
sit got no satisfaction whatever. on
ms following day Callurdan returned
0 Beverley's home and questioned
i'm rno~e fully and then learned
what Miss Richmond had told the 7
utter. Beverley was indignant and l
threatened to give the story 70 the
ewspa pers' He did not like the way
Hiss Richmond was being treated ana
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
Better Protection of Highways.

! The Reformer has been requested
by one of the selectmen of Brattleboro
| to call public attention to law passed
by the last legislature, entitled An
Act for the Better Protection OF High
ways, No 50 in the supplement issued
by the Reformer some time since con-
| tanning all the acts of the legislature
of 1904 of public interest Inc text
of the law follows:
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section 1. Whoever shall injure a
public highway that is maintained at
public expense by obstructing or al
verting any stream, water course or
sluice; by dragging logs or timber on
the road surface: by using wagons
with less width of tires than is re-
quired by law or by using wagons with
wheels held fast by chain or other
wise, shall be subject to fine of ten
dollars for each such offense.
Sec, .. Whoever shall obstruct or
encroach upon any highway by fence,
building. piles of wood, lumber or
logs waste stone from quarries or ma
terial of any kind, to the detriment of
the highway, or whoever shall fill up
or place any obstruction in any ditch
or gutter that is for drawing water
from any highway; or any person
who shall deposit in or upon any high
way within its boundary limits, rub
Dish. such as stones, brush, garbage
or any noxious thing shall be subject
to fine of five dollars for each such
offense.
Sec. 8. Actions may be brought in
the name of the town where such
offense is committed against any per-
son or corporation for violations of
this act.
Sec 4. Town road commissioners
are hereby authorized and empowered
10 act as informing officers in carrying
out the provisions of this act and shall
be entitled to compensation for such
police work the same as for other
official duties and paid in the same
manner.
Sec. .. All acts or parts of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby |
repealed.
Approved December I, 1904.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
Strikes Hidden Rocks.

When your ship of health strikes
the hidden rocks of Consumption
Pneumonia, etc, you are lost, if you
don't get help from DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. ]. w.
McKinnon. of Talladega Springs, Ala.
writes: Il had been very i'll with
under the care of two
doctors. but was getting no better
when 1 began to take DR.. Kings New
The first dose gave relief,
and one bottle cured me-" Sure cure
for sore throat. bronchitis. coughs
and colds. Guaranteed at F. H. Hol-
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s1.O0 Trial bottle free.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
Death of Byron A. Stone.

Brattleboro relatives received tele'-
gram Saturday announcing the sudden
death in Mohawk, n. Y, of Byron A
Stone, second son of Ashley and Har-
riett Lamb Stone, formerly of Will
mington, where Byron was born, June
Is, 1S4S. He was educated in the
public schools of Wilmington, Wes-
leyan academy at Wilbraham, Mass,
and Eastman's business college of
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, where he gradu-
ated in 1868. In September of that
year he began his business career in a
store in South Deerfield, Mass, where
a little later he was employed as tray
cling salesman for Pease a. Ruddock,
manufacturers of pocket books. Sub
sequently, on the death of Mr.. Rud-
dock, Mr.. Stone became member of
the firm. and the business continued
under the name of Pease & Stone I'M
til bought by the Charles Arms manu-
featuring company of South Deerfield.
For 25 years past and until January
| last Mr.. Stone had been a travel
ing salesman for Langfield Bros. &
Co. of Philadelphia. In March, 1887,
Mr.. Stone assisted in the organization
of the Mohawk Valley knitting mills,
of which he had since held the office
of vice. president, and that of presi
dent of the Paragon knitting mills of
He was also a director of
the Mohawk Valley national bank, an
elder i'm the Mohawk Reform church
for is years, trustee of the board of
education of the graded schools there.
Mr.. Stone was an active member and
officer of the Forest and Stream club
Of Wilmington. where he spent his
summers with his family.
He married Ella Elizabeth, daugh
ter of Justus and Harriet Talcott Grim
If Mohawk, i'm 1872 OF their four
children three survive-Louis Talcott. |
Marjorie. wife of Arthur Hebbard of |
Brooklyn. and Bertha Douglass Stone |
besides his widow and aged mother. |
hrs. Ashley Stone of West Brattle- /
,oro His father. a former state sem
tor. died at Hinsdale. n. H.. in 1893. /
Ir Stones funeral was held in Mo-
awk Monday afternoon.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
WON FROM HOME CULTURE.
Local Independents Closed Home
Season With Brilliant Victory.

The home season of the lndepend -
ent basketball team was Brought to
a close Wednesday evening by a vic
tory over the Home Culture club OF
Northampton, Mass, in one of the
fastest games that has ever been
seen on a local floor The final score
stood 40 to % in favor of the Brat
tleboro team, which finished the game
in burst of speed that kept the
crowd in an uproar. The second half
was played under professional rules
and while exceedingly rough was
also marked with much brilliant
work. The local team was handi-
capped by the absence of Howe at
center or the victory would have
/ been won by a much wider margin.
| The visitors were extremely I'M
lucky in throwing baskets during
the first half, trimming the goal re-
peatedly without counting. Just be-
fore the whistle blew, however, they
seemed to find their eyes, making
seven points to Brattleboro's one
within the last five minutes and
leaving the score at the end of the
half 16 to II. In the first of the sec
ond period the Northampton lads
likewise had the better of the argu-
ment but when the Independents be-
gan their final rush they were irwin
chile.
Stafford was easily the star of the
local five. He followed the ball un-
ceasingly, took advantage of every
opportunity to shoot and blocked
beautifully. Ellis kept pegging away
at the basket from every conceivable
position and succeeded in scoring six
times. Doran did excellent work on
the defense but had more difficulty in
shooting. March, made some star
shots but left his opponent uncov- /
cred too often. Riley worked like
mailer although too light to be effec-
tive in the rougher portion of the |
second half. For Home Culture the |
best work was done by Edwards and |
Spring. Boutwell,, who formerly |
coached the Independents and at |
that time was called by Manager Al
len one of the best men in New Eng
land, seemed to be a mark for his
old mates and was banged around
He stood the gruelling |
and was game to the end,
but his showing proved that Man
ager Aliens praise was bestowed
without taking men like Doran and
Stafford into consideration. The
summary:
Home Culture.
Ellis, |. f., r G., Boutwell,
March, r. f., !. G.. Edwards
stafford, c., c., Tichey Spring
Doran, l. g. r. f. Spring. MoakIer
Riley, r. g. |. f.. Barnes
Score: Independents 49, Home
Culture %; goals from floor, Ed
wards 7, Ellis 6, March A. Stafford
, Doran 4, Riley, Spring, Boutwell,; ,
;oals from fouls, Spring 4, March 2;
eferee, stolte; time, Commute {
lalves.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
Rexall Medical News.
Coughs,
4 ~
Colds

Lots of people look at a cough or
&cold as if it were inevitable, and refer
TO it as some ailment, which they
NATURALLY expect during the stormy
winter months. No person need
have the slightest attack of cold or
Ia grippe, nor even pneumonia, if
their system is properly fortified.
RExALL MUcU-ToNE will fortify your
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Since we make this strong statement
we will tell you how Mucu-Tone
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|need never fear coughs, colds and
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because Mucu-Tone clears the sys-
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Increases the appetite and makes
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We want you to Try, on our personal
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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
4 FROST BITTEN EXHIBITION.
University of Vermont Appears With
Three Regular Men Missing.

The state championship contest be-
tween the independents and Universe
ty of Vermont Monday evening proved
a decided fizzle. Defeated last Friday
evening by Company ID and again Sat
urday evening by Norwich the visitors
arrived in Brattleboro minus three
of their regular players and without
substitutes to take their places. Under
these circumstances and considering
the fact that Howe was unable to play
Manager Allen would have been just
flied in canceling the game but he
decided to patch matters up as best
he could and pull off the event accord
ing to schedule Evidently news of
the situation spread for there was
small crowd in attendance in spite of
the attraction in the form of a band
concert.
Before the game began Referee
Stolte announced that the University
of Vermont was one man short and
that Ferriter would take his place,
adding that anyone who wished their
money back on this account would
have five minutes to get 1t at the box
office. Apparently the crowd thought
the substitution of Ferriter would not
affect the value Of the game, for ev-
erybody sat still.
With the aid of Ferriter, the man
who had come to umpire the game and
one other student the visitors We're
able to put five men on the floor--it
would be hardly truthful to say five
players. Brattleboro started slowly
enough but at length found itself and
showed considerable speed The fin
al score was 46 to 6. The summary:
University of Vermont
Riley r z f. Appleton
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
Is X Right?

Is it right that a property owner
should lose $4,20 to let a dealer make
so cents? A dealer makes 80 cents
more on IA gallons of ready for-use
paint, at $3.50 per gallon, than our
agent does on eight gallons of L. G.
NJ. paint and six gallons of linseed
oil, which make fourteen gallons of
the best paint in the world, at $1.20
per gallon; the property owner loses
just S420 Is it right?
1t only requires 4 gallons of L. &
NJ. and gallons linseed oil to paint
moderate sized house
Ten Thousand Churches painted
with Longman & Martinez l.. & NJ
Paint.
Liberal quantity given TO churches
when bought from ROBBINS &
COWLES.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
EXCELLENT RECORD
lEsUME OF INDEPENDENTS
SEASON JUST CLOSED.
IL Out of 10 Games and Scored
Points to Their Opponents 457
, to Wednesday Evening-WiIl
tile State Championship.

he local Independent basketball
a closed its home season Wednes-
evening with record of IL vic
Is and seven defeats, as will be
from the appended table. The
"a will play two games with Com
n ID next week to settle the ques-
| of the state championship and
bably bring the season to a close
a return game with the Home
ture club of Northampton, Mass.
Independents have been up
INST some of the fastest teams in
y England and their percentage
Victories speaks volumes for their
1ity. Shelburne Falls defeated the
ependents two out of a series of
ee games and the Delphi Athletic
b of Hartford, Conn.,, sent a team
IBrattleboro which won ON two oc-
Hons The Independents also lost
'the All Troy professionals and
ke even in a series of two games
b with Company d Of st. Johns
and the Holyoke mterscholas-
!. Up to Wednesday the team
played 10 games, 16 of which |
re played in this town, the three
-of- town games having taken
&c at Shelburne Falls. Turner's |
Is and st. Johnsbury.
ince about the middle of the sea-
the Independent team has been |
nposed of the following men: |
We, center; March and Ellis, for
Ids: Doran and Stafford, guards; |
~, substitute. OF these Doran,
!, has acted as coach, is without
bit the strongest player and on
defense has been tower of
myth. Stafford has proved him
perhaps the next best man on
squad when his work throughout
season is considered. He is not
howy player but is always a fac
in the team work and an extreme
difficult man to get away with.
We has not been in the game the
re season but his work in those
les in which he did play demon
ted that as center he is I'M
allied in town. Ellis's work on the {
lie has been brilliant and he leads /
mates in the total number of {
lets. but in some of the more diff ,
It games his size has counted {
INST him. Marchs team work has &
excellent and as a rule his shoot '
has been very accurate but on c
sions he has been a trife weak c
docking. /
blowing are the scores for the
season L
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
The CoIonePs Waterloo.

Colonel John NJ. Fuller. of Honey
Grove, Texas, nearly met his Water
loo, from Liver and Kidney trouble.
In a recent letter, he says: Il was
nearly dead, of these complaints, and
| tried my family doctor
he did me no good; so | got soc
bottle of your great Electric Bitters.
which cured me. | consider them
the best medicine on earth, and thank
God who gave you the knowledge to
make them" Sold, and guaranteed
to cure, Dyspepsia, Biliousness and
Kidney Disease, by f. II. Holden &
Co, druggist, at soc. bottle.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17

i The strike of employees of the
Vew York street railways has COL
hpsed and the marlborough COM
pany is running trains on reduced
{ime on both elevated and subway
mes The local leaders of the un-
|pns involved We're repudiated by
Zheir national officers and the strik-
prs were ordered back to work. Some
n the men applied for their old places
Rnd about 800 We're reinstated. Many
}trike- breakers are employed. 1t is
probable that many of the former en-
pioyes will never be re-employed. The
company has announced that all sem
prity rights have been forfeited; that
10 more men over 40 years of age will
2e taken on; and that the rule against
Erinking men will be rigidly enforced.
Che strikers are discouraged and dis
Pontented and bitterly upbraid their
eaders.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
Second District o. {. S. Meeting.

The annual convocation of the sec
ond district. O. e. s, was held with
Alpha chapter of Bellows Falls
Thursday afternoon and evening
March 8. Bingham chapter exem-
plified the initiatory work in the
evening. Alpha chapter. of which
Mrs. Abbie C, Gorham is worthy
matron, served a banquet at 6 O'clock
The meeting was in charge of Col
r. E, Hathorn of Ludlow and Mrs
Mary Leland of Chester, the district
IDENTITIES
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
Cured Hemorrhases of the Lungs.

Several years since my lungs were
so badly affected that 1 had many
hemorrhages," writes A. NJ AXE of
Wood, Ind. Il took treatment with
several physicians without any bene-
fit I then started to take Foley's
Honey and Tar, and my lungs are
now as sound as a bullet. / recon-
mend it in advanced stages of lung
trouble" Foley's Honey and Tar
stops the cough and heals the lungs,
and prevents serious results from a
cod. Refuse substitutes. Sold by
All Druggists.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17

The senate at Washington Tues
day, March IA, confirmed the nominal
ton of Charles w. Anderson, the
negro whom President Roosevelt Sc
lected to be collector of internal rev.
enue for the second district of New
York.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17
)eath Rate in New York and Chicago

During November and December
Boz, one-fifth of the deaths in New
fork and Chicago were from pneu-
nonia. Foleys Honey and Tar not
nly stops the cough but heals and
the lungs and prevents
neumOnia. so do not take chances on
cold wearing away when Foley's
Ioney and Tar will cure you quickly
nd prevent serious results. Sold by
Lll Druggists.