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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
THE ORIGIN OF ALL RELIGION

How is that we have succeeded in
Persuading reasonable beings that the
thing most impossible to understand
was the most essential to themf fl
IS because they were greatly fright
ened; it is because when men are kent
In fear they cease to reason; il is
because they have been expressly en-
joined to distrust their reason. Wba,
the brain is troubled we believe every.
thing and examine nothing.
Ignorance and fear are the two nv.
OTIS Of all religion. The uneertaint,,
attending mans relation to his God
IS precisely the motive which attaches
hmm to his religion. Man is afraid
when IN darkness-physieal or moral
His fear is habitual to him and he
comes a necessity; he would believe
that he lacked something if he had
nothing to fear.
In the name Of religion eharlatans
take advantage Of the weakness Of
men,
BE whom from his childhood has
had a habit Of trembling every time
ne heard certain words needs these
words, and needs to tremble. In this
way he Is more disposed TO listen 70
the one who encourages his fears than
to the one who would dispel his fears
The suPerstitiOus man wants to be
afraid; his Imagination demands Il
It seems that he fears nothing more
than having no object to fear. Men
are imaginary patients, whom inter.
ested eharlatans take care to eneoar.
age in their weakness, in order "a
have q market for their remedies.
Physicians who order great number
Of remedies are more listened to than
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
CHICAGO PosToFFIcE sUPKRIE
FENDENT DIES.

fENDENT DIES.
Paul o. Huh, Former Newspaper Nan,
succumbs In. Home Of His wife's
Parents in Brtmheld, H., to Illness
That Lasted Two Years
PEORIA, H., July Paul c. Hull,
superintendent Of second class matter
in the Chicago pOstofiee, former news
paper man and for many years a prom
inent figure in the Chicago Press Club,
died at the home Of his wife's parents
at Brimfeld, Ill, today, at p. m. Mr..
Hull was taken i'll two years ago and
his health has been failing gradually
ever since. Though he had been con-
fined to his bed since last September,
his position in the Chicago postofiee
was being held open in the hope of his
return to duty.
The deceased was So years Of age
and leaves a widow and two children.
Mr.. Hull started his journalistic career
as editor Of the Princeton Independent,
from which paper he went to the Chi
eago Daily News, working there ten
years. BE was also connected with
the Chicago Times for several years,
when he again started in business for
himself by purchasing a paper in Ari-
zona- Later he was correspondent for
The Inter Ocean and other Chicago
papers at Springfield.
His political connections gained for
him the position Of private secretary
to Postmaster F. E. Coyne Of Chicago.
Later he was appointed superintend.
emit Of second class matter, which po-
sition he held until his death. Funeral
services viii be held at the home of
h. E. Charles at 81 Fayette street,
Peoria, on Saturday afternoon. Inter
ment viii be in springdale cemetery
by the side Of his parents.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
FROG LIVES IN woMAN's sroM
ACH FOR IL MONTHS.

TadpOle swallowed in wen water grows
and nearly strangIes victim as It
climbs into her thrOat-sxtraetsd at
hospital.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July "A
live frog that erawled and elawed and
erOaked lived for nearly a year in the
stomach of Mrs. L. V. King of Dean
Wood.
After elawing away at the lining
Of the woman's stomach until It was
raw with pain, almost strangling her
As it climbed into her throat and fairly
reducing her 10 a living skeleton. Il
was finally exttieated BY physicians
of the Emergency hospital. they used
q large pump.
The frog is now preserved in alec
hol- Il is q weak, eolorless, wrinkIed,
shaPeless specimen, and bsa1s faint re-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

many who are against me in the pri.
mary fight who are for me now and
declare they could not stand the man.
ner in which the nomination was won
at the Chicago convention.
"The Republicans must get to-
gether," is what the others have to
say. For the most part they are organ
ization men, politicians, who would do
anything in their power for political
reasons to end this fight"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
wAYMAN CHAPEL A n E.

CHURCH, s12 N. Franklin street
Raw. n. E. Stewart has moved to
$50 North Franklin Street, his phone
number is changed to Dearborn gill
The Parsonage is just one square from
the church.
The Fourth and last Quarterly meet
ing for this conference year viii be
held next Sunday, July the 7th. serv-
ices at IL A. N. and 8 P. II. and
6 P. NJ. Rev. T. Reeves viii preside.
All the churches and the Pastors are
expected to assist in the services Of
the afternoon.
The Annual Sunday School Conven-
ton and Allen Endeavor Convention
will meet at wayman, July 9, 10, il
and u.
Wayman Chapel and st. Stephens will
take their annual outing July 10th;
they will 60 to Aurora Ill.
The first Sunday in August win be
held the third Annual Womans Day
at Wayman Chapel. An excellent pro-
gram will be rendered.
The Stewardess are preparing TO
make this a great day in the history
of the Church. A reception to all the
persons who have ever been members
Of the church will be given in the
as wen as a platform meet
ing at which time some of the leading
women of the city and race will partiei-
pate. as"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
Once Of the Secretary,
Washington, D. @.

July 3, 1912.
President Taft has just made con,
siderable changes in National Forests
in Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Utah,
and California through Presidential
prOelamstions modifying the boundary
lines. By these changes nearly $4,000
acres Of land eliminated from the
Forests, about $1,000 acres are added,
and about $1,000 acres are transferred
between two Forests, while a new For
est is created by the division of an
old unit into two.
The net result is to bring down the
total gross area of the National For
ests to about IS7,4OO,OOO acres, of
which nearly 100000 acres are in
Alaska. To a considerable extent,
however, the reductions, so far as land
actually owned by the Government is
concerned, are apparent rather than
real, owing to heavy alterations in the
tracts eliminated. Some $4,000, 900
acres of the National Forest gross
area are not owned by the Govern
ment.
The high water mark of the Ma
tional Forest gross area was reached
in 1909, when the Forest boundaries
included over 194,O0O,oOO acres. 1t
was then realized, however, that in
making the examinations on which the
Presidential proelamstions creating
the Forests were based the work had
been too rapid to insure in all cases
the best boundaries. Sometimes land |
which should have been included was
left out, while at other times land was
taken in which was not best suited to
Forests purposes.
Consequently a complete overhaul
ing and reetifeation of. the Forest
boundaries was planned, and has been
going on ever since. BY successive
prOelamations President Taft has elm
mated nearly 11,ooO, 600 acres, while
he has added about 1900, 900 acres.
In Montana the new proelamations
eliminated a total of 1880 acres
from six Forests-the Custer, AbsaT-
Okla, Blaekfeet, KoOtenai, Lewis and
Clark, and Flathead-while 1880
acres are Transferred from the Black
feet to the Kootenai and 40,64o from
the KoOtenai to the Blaekfeet, to facil-
itate administration. In Arizona
1O6,540 acres are eliminated from the
Coronado National Forest. In Ne
vada 49, $40 acres are eliminated from
the Humboldt and $3.50 acres added,
Of which 1880 acres are included in
the new Ruby National Forest, COM
posed principally Of that part of the
old Humboldt lying south Of the South
ern Pacific Railroad. In Utah $40
acres are eliminated from the Sewer,
while in California $3.50 acres are
added to the Shasta and $50 acres to
the California $3.50 acres are added to
the Shasta and $50 acres to the
klamath.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

The old idea concerning house flies
was that they were seavengers and for
that reason were Of service to any COM
munity. It is true that flies feed on
filth and in that sense they are seav-
engers. They also breed in filth and
thus their presence in any locality
means that there is nearby fifth that
should be removed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
ST. Mary's A. NJ. z. CHI
525l Dearborr c.

Rev. Jas. Higgins, Pastor.
Services 10:45-7:45.
s. s. 300 O'Clock.
c. E. 6:45.
DR.. ]. T. Jenifer will preach =,
10:45.
DR.. W. A Fountain, President o,
Morris Brum College, Atlanta G,
will preach at 7:45.
Monday, July stb, Grand June Ro..
Concert under auspices of J. J. BarE,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

As between the bedbug and the
nasty, dirty fly, give Us the bedbug
every time. The bedbug is bad enough,
but the fly is so much worse there is
no talking about it.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
ne Progress Of the AFRo-A1RRI.
CANS OF ST. LOUIS, no.


The Negroes Of st. Louis are max
ing great progress. They have owned
and managed by Negroes: 10 groceries
drug stores, 5 large coal dealers
5 funeral establishments, ! splendid
bsberdashery, merchant tailOrs, be-
sides 30 or more pressing parlOrs, !
newspapers, 9 insurance companies,
shoe shops, 10 hair dressing parlors,
4 secondhand stores, 2 photographers,
3 landscape gardeners, 2 manufaetur-
ers, steam laundry equipped at $4,000
They have 5 hsIls-the Masonic, q. B.
r, Pythian, Odd Fellows and Dong
lass. lcolored ST. Louisians own and
occupy the finest Negro churches in
America The original cost Of one
was S175,o00. There are - physicians,
4 dentists, 200 coIored teachers, law
yers, scores Of carpenters, brieklayers,
plasterers, paperhangers, plumbers, cleo
trieians, gashtters, etc. II is esti-
mated that st. Louis COlOred people
have $1,000, 900 in real estate.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Air in the city parks, in the sub
urbs or out in the country is better
than that in the industrial and the
eongested districts of the city. Trees
help to keep the air pure; they also
add much to the beauty and attract
iveness Of q neighborhood.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Military Tournament and Sham Bat.
tie, BY the sth RESPONSIBILITIES sox
BAH Painfully 21st. I to 5 Pm.
The annual Field Day exercises, and
military tournament by the crack sth
Regiment, III. N. G., will be held at
Comiskey's white Sox) Ball Park,
Sunday, July 21st.
The program will begin at / P. NJ.
with concert by the famous sth Regi-
ment Band. At $3.50 the Regiment
will appear in battle formation; vividly
depicting war scenes. Wall scaling
shelter-tent pitching, and musical
drill will form features Of the exer-
eises. This win be followed BY the
Regimental dress parade. The eighth
Regiment is included among all other
Regiments who will appear in Field
Day exercise this year.
Reserved seat box tickets are on
sale at Rankin & Whites, seth and
state-Porter and Prentice, 10 W. s1st
St., Stokes Pharmacy, 474O State st..
and Z. Il. FauIkner's, sI0e State st
General admission 25e-Box seats SOC.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Mrs. Hattie E. Miner of Rome. Ga
and Mrs. Florence Mathis of Knox.
vile, Tenn, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
n. Pentieost, 3537 Vernon Ave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

1t is well known that the germs Of
disease are quickly destroyed when ex-
posed to the direct rays Of the sun.
So, if we get plenty of fresh air and
sunshine we shall be stronger and
healthier than We would by spending
all our time indoors.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
SLEEPS NRAR WINDOW; rA11,s

Man VINO Sought Cool Breeze Pound
with Fractured Skull and Broken
Spine.
Frank Carter, cOlOred man, moved
ms bed up to the window Of his third
floor room at sl56 GrOveland avenue.
Wednesday night in order to get every
bit Of cool air stirring. He went to
sleep. The police found him lying un-
conscious on the pavement below his
window. The fan had broken his
spine and fractured his skull he was
taken to the County Hospital, where
the surgeons who examined him said
his injuries probably would result in
his death.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Miss Norman Porter, 1898 State
street, will leave this week for Den.
yer, Colo, to become united in mar.
rage to Mr.. Albert Smith, of that
city.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Jack johnson, was declared the WIN
ner Of the prize fight between him and
Jim Flynn, at Las Vegas, n. NJ, Thurs
day, July 4, in the ninth round. It
is claimed by many experts, who wit
messed it, that it was a very brutal
contest; that no scientific fighting was
INDUCED in, by either johnson or
Flynn. It is high time, that cheek
should be put on prize fighting IN
this country.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
CHIPS.

Mrs. Carrie Warner, 1923 Dearborn
street, viii on August l, start On 4
two weeks vacation trip to New York
City.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Because outdoor air is good we should
spend all the time we can in the open,
under sun and sky. Good air makes
for good health, and sunshine is as
good for human beings as it is for
trees, plants and flowers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

The AppOmattox Club, will give its
annual outing at Glenwood Park. Tues
day, July %. See announcement in
another column of this paper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Mrs. ophelia Walls Jackson, the late
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. y. c. Walls,
1888 Dearborn street, died early Sun
day morning. Funeral services were
held over her remains at st. Paul c.
NJ. E Church, 1914 Dearborn street,
Tuesday morning, Rev. T. L. Scott,
ofieiated.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
YoR PINE.

For rent, an sfOOm fat, $500 pei
month. The American Apartment
building, 27ss wabash avenue. WE,
-. Neishbors and Company. Phone
Calumet 2ois.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Attorney Walter NJ Farmer, ls4 W.
Washington street, on Monday after
noon, before Judge Charles NJ. Walker
secured an absolute divorce from his
former wife, Lulu N. Farmer, of 1870
Langley avenue, on the grounds OF
cruelty and ineompatibility. Mr. and
Mrs. Farmer had been married for "
years, and in separating, he gave her
the deed to their fine home on Langley
avenue. Attorney William L. Martin
represented Mr.. Farmer, and Lawyer
G. ]. waring, appeared in court for
Mrs. Farmer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Col. W. 7. Scott, editor Of The
Leader, Springfield, Ill, is on his way
home from attending the Democratic
National Convention at Baltimore,
called Sunday afternoon on Mr.. ana
Mrs. julie Taylor. Col. Scott, states
that on the opening day Of the eOnven'
tion, 200 Colored men headed oy
band Of music, after parading through
many Of the prominent streets of tna'
city, marched to the convention hall
entered it on tickets furnished them
by prominent Democrats, and tn1'
they were accorded the greatest con
sideration by the leaders Of Dem0'
raey.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Alderman Michael MeInerney, 4s41
Lowe avenue and his daughter, Miss
McInernsy, left Tuesday evening for
Niagara Falls, where they WIN spend
tea Or twelve days IN seeking pleas
urs and health for Miss MeInsrney.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
HEALTH NOTES.

The community with high typhoid
death rate is a community with low
sanitary standards.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Ten Negroes will be ordained as
Catholic priests in Rome next month.
Two are natives of Chicago and led
their class of over 200 members.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

those who recommend a good regimen,
and who leave nature to aet-Ex-
Priest Jean Meslier. In the People .
Press. Chicago, June 29-12-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Mrs. Anna A. Henley, of Jefferson
City, Mo-, is spending the summer
with her sister, Mrs. Stephen Hamlet,
1859 Forest avenue.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
ROOSEVELT TELLS CAMPAIGN
ISSUE.
Promises TO Mako Vigorous Fight to
Redaes the high Cost Of Living in
Amsriea.
DOdsed By Old Parties.

Declares Both Platforms Are Silent on
the Unjust Burdens Placed on Con-
sumsrs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

Entered a. Second Class Natter Aug. 10
1901. At the Post Omce at Chicago, Illinois
under Act Of March 8, 1873.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
WILLIAM JONES' HEAD OF
NEGRO STATE ros- ER
LEAGUE, FINED SIS ron LION
MING A GAMBLING uo1,az Bun

MING n GAMBLING HOUSE,
Tuesday, July 2, William JOna
Of the headlights of the Neg,n no 9. one
Coalition League with headoT,,.e'' 's
SOB Wells st., was fined s25 ana '.' At
at the South Clark street poIia. 'o,''
ton by Judge BETTER, for rnnn M s'a'
gambling house and a dice c,n
the above number; eighteen - :"
associates and members of bis w 1
State Coalition League we,. g. s'O
charged. ~
Uncle Alex. Romen, Rev WIFE;
Gray and L. A. Newly are some Of - :,
head officials in this city. ~
Col. Jones is one of the I..s.
Colored Democrats in the o1s, ~5
for sometime he has held a pOlitis,i
position in the Cook County Jail
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

When community interest supersedes
personal interest then community prob
lens are solved and the things are
done that make for community good.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

The stork, has presented Capt. and
Mrs, John L. Fry, of the Crawford
apartments 5000 Wabash avenue, with
a fine baby, and the captain is treat
ing all Of his friends with the best
wet goods he has in stock, over its
arrival.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

JULIUS =. TAHOE. Edissr ana F.bll.A..
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
THE BROAD AK


WIN prsaulgsts aad at IN tines upheld
TIE trus principles 0e Domocr8ey, but
C11h81lea, Pnotestsnfss RF1egts. KnAdels,
elngle EnE1rs, Republican 81 Glyons else
gnags Il proper s1d fs1DoaSibnlfT d Ard.
Ths Bred Axis . ns&nhaper uhoss
platform ls breea enoagh. Ter 81, ever
claiming TIE e1ltOEial hight 60 sDeak it,
0A4 M4M4s IT,
aSa. WTiss ssiy q o6s sIds q tss Ps1sE.
subseriDslsss nsst b paid IN savunss.
0ne 1eaE .........a..s.s-<....... 80.
~ ASnSn4 ss..ssssssrs......s..... LIZ
Aavsrtislng rates Hads known On spill
eatioa-
ADDRESS an sounusss.sIsas to
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06

PHONE DEExKL Gsss.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-07-06
THE BROAD AK

Sos1 ARAOUR AVENUA CHICAGO. M.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-05

being conducted here through the de-
partment of commerce and labor.
Proceedings are expected to be un-
der the Sherman law, and be distinct
from civil case now pending. Butter
was marked up one cent today
HARVESTER TO BE GOdDf
Washington, April Sit is stated au-
thoritatively the government has sub
stantial hope of reaching an agreement
with the International Harvester COM
pany for disintegration under the Sher-
man law, thus averting a prolonged
fight in the courts. General Counsel
Bancroft, for the corporation, returned
to Chicago to put in writing certain
propositions for the dissolution he
made orally to the attorney general
The government has not yet accepted
the company's plan of two corpora
tions. No definite conclusion was
reached, but friendly spirit gives rise
to q hope the question will be settled
by mutual agreement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-05

The strikers threw bricks and
stones, while the guard used clubs
and revolvers. Some of the depu-
ties fired over the heads of the strik-
ers and dispersed the crowd. There
were six arrests.
ADDRESSES CROWD.
When the strikers were ordered to
disperse Charles Sothfisher, one of the
organizers of the Industrial Workers
of the World, addressed the crowd. He
declared the deputies had no right to
enforce their order. The fight then
became general and a number was in
jured, including dozen women.
OPERATORS STAND PAT.
New York, April 5.-The anthracite
operators took official cognizance to-
day of widespread reports that the
miners are planning to press the de-
mands for recognition of the miners
union BY issuing statement declin.
ing they are willing TO stand upon the
decision of the anthracite strike com
mission, which held it to be unreason'
able to ask the anthracite operators to
enter a contract with a union CONTROL.
ed by workers engaged in bituminous
mining, a rival industry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-05
RECEIVERS HAVE
MARQUETTE LINE

Detroit, April 5.-Federal Judge An
gell signed an order appointing re-
ceivers for the Pere- Marquette rail
road as follows: Frank w. Blair. De-
troit; Duley E. Waters, Grand Rapids;
Newman Erb, New York. The state
yesterday denied an application of the
railroad for a $4,000,000 bond issue.
The action was taken upon a petit
tion filed by the American Brake Shoe
& Foundry company Of New Jersey.
Bonds, mortgages and other liabilities
aggregate $7O0OO,OOO. The receivers
were authorized to take immediate
charge and carry on the business with
as little change as possible. The COM
plant asking receivers blames a recent
document calling attention to the roads
financial condition, drawn up by the
Saginaw board of trade, as partially re-
sponsible for the present trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-05
FARMER is HELD
AS wife SLAYER
Woman He Is Said to Have Sup
ported Figures in Rock
ford Mans Case.
PLANNED A SEPARATION
Victim Had Visited a Lawyer; She
Held Insurance in Favor of
Her Husband.

Rockford, ILL.,, April 5.-Charged
with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Kate
Wheeler, who died suddenly and mys-
teriously last Friday, Fred Wheeler, a
farmer living east os Rockford, was
arrested yesterday.
Concerned in the case, according to
the authorities, are Mrs. Anette Bos-
from, who, 1t is declared, Wheeler has
been supporting, and a life insurance
policy for $500, which Mrs. Wheeler
had taken out in favor of her husband.
Further, on the day before her death,
Mrs. Wheeler consulted a lawyer rela-
tive to suing for separate mainten-
ance.
An autopsy was performed after the
sudden death of Mrs. Wheeler last
week, but it failed to reveal the cause
of death. A further examination was
made, with the result, the authorities
say, that discriminating evidence was
uncovered.
HEAR HE INTENDED To LEAVE.
The authorities worked quietly to
throw Wheeler off his guard, and it
was not until yesterday, when it was
| learned that he intended to leave the
city, that he was arrested.
Mrs. Bostrom's husband died last
August. Soon after Wheeler is said
to have begun to call upon her, and
her relatives declare that Wheeler pro
vided coal and groceries for her and
paid her rent. Wheeler is said to have
been open in his attentions to the
/ young woman, even to the extent Of
reading to his wife letters received
from Mrs. Bostrom.
SAY HE FEARED LOSING MONEY
The authorities declare that Wheel
er, fearing his wife would seek sep
aration, and that he would no longe
be beneficiary in the insurance poll
,cies, killed his wife.
An analysis of Mrs. Wheeler's ston
ach showed sufficient strychnine t
cause death. One of five capsules c
a prescription filled last Fxiday wa
loaded with strychnine. One cal
sule was missing from the box
Wheeler denies that he killed hi
wife, but admits his affection for Mrs
Bostrom.