The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-21
OF B[[F
BARONS POISON
EDITORS
TRAIN TURNED INTO HOSPITAL
AFTER A HAM AND CHICKEN
LUNCH.
NARROW ESCAPE DEATH
Number Of Ptomaine Victims Are St1
In Grave Danger Of Gravc--Brcak-
fast Planned For farcs
is Declared of.

! Warsaw Ind, June 90 Nearly 100
members of the National Editorial Al.
sociation, due in Chicago for break
fast tomorrow, We're poisoned yester-
day by eating ham and chicken sand
Wiches served at Marion, Ind. Some
narrowly escaped death The sick ara
not all out of danger tonight. Many
VIII be unable to accompany the OK
cursion farther They are In bed AT
Wlnona Lake, two miles from here.
The meats which contained
ptomaines were from packing houses.
So frightened are the editors that To
night they cancelled an invitations -
had accepted to take breakfast
the Chicago packers on their
early tomorrow Instead they vii
at the Press Club. Nor viii thd
near the stock yeards. They mol
gard them as pestilencaT.
Care Become Hospitals.
II was pretty little lnnche, n
we'd the travelling editors late I'd
day at Marion. There wera sa7fi
es of all descriptions Rnt tr,d
their cultivated astes. they elm
ham and chicken Al ate bod
and then began ee' ng Marion hv
ley Within two hours Mrs WI
Aiken Of Franklin Ind had II ~
sisted from the cars and placed in
hands Of a physician.
The special train left Marion
winona with d half dozen pers
Before half Of the distance had
.raveled over 100 editors or
wives had been ATTACHED Tho 81
ing cars became living hosnitals
speedy run was made here Meant
two nhysicians who were gpests of
narty were working hero'caiy All
thrse who had not been attacked he
came nurses Some Of the i'll suffered
convusion after convulsiea On ar
rival here this morning medical assiri-
snce was had from both Wiona and
Warsaw.
The itinerarv cf the editors. made
no at IndianaDolis last week. while
hey were IN session included an n
sDtttiuu ~ NUF > btN NdIHS
" upon their arrival in Chicago. The
writer's were 10 be hown those nlants
1lleged by the packers to be tho
,leanest In the world given steaks.
chickens, egss. etc. fresh from their
storage room a9d then asked tn g.
press their oHiDicns beth al Chicago
md when they hall have returned to
heir own trlnods.
No 6anuuets for Packers.
Indeed. narv of tho editors. nrev'ors
o last nights experience. were in.
lined TO believe ha; the hackers had
'een somewhat abused: that some y
he Indictments against them were
verdrawn and that tho country was
and foolishly alarmed
vcr the renors that have ~nna ort
I both Chicago ard Washington rnr-
erning tho integrity of the p1cker7
nd the clea1 illness of their food pr
ucts.
The edicrs are not linking an
hing of he sort tonight MANY arc
eady To ioin in the crusade for the
punishment OF the members
{ the beef trust Some NAV h'e suits
Dr damage NJ one is 70 throw \
ouqnet of anv character If tho parF-
r.. either uro, his arrival or whe1
e retrrns TO bis home.
There were eyciting scenes on the
snecial" aftar leaving Marion. Mrs
iken had improved and was being
,ngratulated when Suddenly. editor
fter editor began to1ling over pr.
w Lucas = Monrehead. Miss. for
iratelv had his me1'ci1e case Quick
he diag~o a he ailmen Of the d's-
essed Tho mains were severe. ex-
All manifested symptoms
ntoma ne no'soning. Rerihs we've
ade and the ill undressed Between
-inona srd Nar'o7 Dr I.ucas treated
~ ca - and by the five this s'atso7
as reached he was exhausted R~t
$ medical skin hai defeated TIE
cf frrief's cnrus