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'f THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1903
Pathetic Story of Marriages
Hurried by Fear of the
Grave.
GBIM SPECTER CHANGES
MANY A LGVER'S PLAN
Looking Into tho Face of Death Two
St. Louis Women Were Married Re
cently—These Remarkable. Incidents
Cause Other Dramatic Marriages of
This Kind to be Recalled—On the
Wave-Swept Deck of the Steamer
Atlantic, Just Before She Foundered
Off Coast of Nova Scotia, Young
' Man and Woman Were Married and
Immediately Were Swept Out to
Sea and Lost.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 12.—Looking Into
the face.of death that hovered near
them, two different women were mar
ried recently in St. Louis. Too weak
to even sit up. each clasped the hand
of the man she loved and became his
bride, each believing that she at the
same time became tho bride of death.
Immediately after she was married
one -of these brides, Mrs. Abbio Mc
Daniels, was etherized and underwent
cm operation that the surgeons de
clared was very likely to be fatal.
In the operating room of the hos
pital the rnan who had come all the
way from Oklahoma to bo with her,
clasped her In his arms and said to
her:
"The doctors say you may not wake
up after tho operation and I wish to
marry you now. I have brought
minister with me.”
She consented, and there, In the
white-walled operating room, while
she lay prone upon the operating
chair, with a table covered with glit
tering knives at her elbow, she feebly
reached out her hand to that of tho
man who loved her so very much,
and In the presence of only the sur
geon who stood waiting In his white
cap and blouse, and of tho nurse who
was to assist In tho operation, the
Rev. -P. C. Fletcher, pastor of the
First Methodist church of fit. Louis,
united them in biarrlage.
Awaiting a Death Summons.
And then Mr. McDaniels leaned
flown over the chair and, taking the
pale face tenderly between his hands,
he kissed her and said:
"This is the first kiss I have ever
given you ns my wife—perhaps it will
be the last. But If you are to go'I
wish to remember you as my wife.’’
Then the husband loft the room,
pace up and down the corridor out-
Bldc while Dr. J. B. Stclnmetx, as
sisted by Miss Tlllle Hawkins, the
purse, performed lh© operation.
Both Mr. and Mrs. McDaniels were
from Prngue. Okla. He is an official
of the United States government there.
, Bhe was a widow* 30 years old. They
wfefe engaged to be married when the
failure of her health caused all their
plans to be unsettled. The dootors
aald the only thing that might save
her life would bo a surgical operation
and she camo to St Louis to consult
with specialists here. They told her
the same thing, and she wired Mr.
McDaniels to come.
After the marriage bo had a long
and anxious wait while sho slowly
recovered consciousness, and when the
Burgeon went out Into the corridor
and told him that she was able to
epoak and that the chances wqro ahe
would recover, ho fell Into a chair and
btiNed his face in his hands, and for
the first time tears came to his relief
and streamed down his cheeks and be
tween bis fingers.
i Married In Surgeon’s Chair..
The other case, which was almost
•Imilar, was that of Mary Werner and
Herman Smith, They lived In « llttln
village near Hannibal, Mo., and thoy
were sweethearts ever since they were
playmates together at the same school.
.When he grew to young manhood ho
went to Hannibal to work m a ma
chine shop, and after he had learned
tils trade he went back to tho village
and asked her to marry him, and she
consented. The wedding day was set,
but a month before that day she
For months she lay to bSd inft (be
doctors said she would probably never
recover. They advised her to go to St.
Louis nnd se* eminent specialists
here. She came, and they told her
that an operation, very dangerous in
Its character, was the only chance sho
had. She sent for Mr. Smith. "
came, and together thoy talked It over
with tho doctors and agreed to tfke
the chance.
"But before you undergo that oper
ation you must become my wife,** he
said to her, and she consented.
They were married as she lay upon
the operating chair. The operation
did not do for her what the surgeons
hoped It would. She will be an invalid
all her life end her husband will be
her nurse.
"But, oh. Isn’t he a hero,” she said,
her face whiter thafr the pillow of the
hospital cot on which it lay. "I do
not think It is right that be should he
burdened with an Invalid wife. He de
serves better than that."
"Hush, darling." he answered, as he
bent over her and kissed her. "You
are my wife, and that is enough for
me."
A Dramatic Incident.
In Maryland recently a very rich
old man lay upon his deathbed. The
doctors told him he had only a short
time to live. He had many relatives
who hoped to share his large estate
after his dcath.v but for some reason
he cared nothing for any of them, nnd
ho was possessed of the Idea that they
would be glad when ho was out of the
way.
In the neighborhood was a beautiful
young girl, of whom ho had been vei\*
fond ever since she. was a baby. It
was said that the mother of the girl
had once refused the hand of the old
man in marriage and had become tho
bride of a poor man Instead.
The old man had made a will cut
ting off his relatives with bequests of
a few dollars each nnd bequeathing the
greater part of his fortune to the little
girl. But ho had read and heard of
many cases In which wills had been
broken and he feared that after he was
gone some of his near relatives might
retain clever lawyers and go into court
nnd break his will, and take from tho
girl the fortune he wished her to have.
So he sent for his lawyer and found
out that under the laws of Maryland
the girl was Just of marriageable age
and If he married her she would In
herit the bulk of his estate
widow, and that no court could take
It away from her.
He sent for the child nnd her par
ents and explained what he wished to
have done, and they consented. The
deathbed marriage’; was performed
and a few days thereafter he died and
his widow Inherited his fortune as ho
wished her to.
Married on Sinking Ship.
One of the most dramatic marriages
of this kind ever performed was upon
the wave-swept deck of the steamer
Atlantic that\was wrecked near Sam-
bro Light, upon the coast of Nova
Scotia. She was bound from Liverpool
to New York with several hundred
passengers aboard. Among them
a young woman of New York and her
mother.
Accompanying them was a young
man, also of New York, who was en
gaged to marry the young woman. Sho.
with her mother, had been traveling
in Europe and he was so much in love
with his betrothed that he just "hap
pened" to be in Liverpool upon the
very day they were to sail for home,
and he Just "happened" to have taken
passage on tho same steamer, tho ill
fated Atlantic.
It was a bitter cold night In win
ter, near Christmas time, when the
Atlantic, having run short of coal,
headed for Halifax harbor to fill her
bunkers. It was night and snowing
heavily, and Capt. Williams was asleep
In his cabin when the great ship struck,
the Iron-bound shore and tho great
waves swept over her.
A life line was gent to tho shore and
was attached to a rock and a few
caped that way. iBut the ship was
fast going to pieces and all knew that
only a very few could bo saved.
Tho survivors told that while the
passengers huddted shivering upon the
wet decks, this young man and woman,
clasped In each other’s arms, and
clinging to a handrail, were united in
marriage by a clergyman with whom
they had become acquainted on the
voydge. . It was related that he re
peated the marriage ritual in a clear
and unshaken voice and that when he
had mado them one he pronounced
God’s blessing upon them.
Washed Out to Sea.
The bride and groom, the clergyman
and the mother were washed out to
death, together with hundreds of oth-
. and their bodies were never Idcn
tided by the relatives that went from
New York to search for them. But
upon the beach, where many of the
bodies were burled, there is today a
small marble monument to the
ory of this couple, ami her name Is
carved upon It as his wife.
Col. John B. Colton, of Kansas City,
le of the four survivors of the "Jay-
hawkers of forty-nine," who started
from Galesburg. III., for the gold fields
of California, and crossed Death Val
ley, almost perishing of thirst and
hunger on the trip, tells a story of a
young man and woman who were
crossing with another party that be
came lost In the desert.
The oxen died 6f thirst and the
party proceeded on foot The young
woman became exhausted and sank
down upon the desert and could go no
further. The young man, her lover,
decided to stay there and share her
fate. The party decided to go on, In
the hope that they would soon find
water and food, and they promised. In
that event, they would send at once a
relief party for the couple.
In a few days the party reached the
ranch of a Spaniard at the edge of the
desert. After they had eaten and
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After* search of several days their
bodice* were found clasped in each
other’s arms, lying in the shadow* of
a roclq and upon its face, scratched
with a pebble Ir. tho white layer of
alkali dust that covered It. was a
message written by the hand of tho
young man as he wns dying.
It stated that, having given up hope
of rescue, nnd knowing that death was
only a little way ahead of then*, they
had recited • together on much of the
marriage ceremony at.thoy could re
member and had declared themselves,
before God to be husband and wife.
Then she had laid down beneath the
rock to dls and he had watched hqr
breathe her last, and then he had
scratched his farewell message upon
the rock, so that, If their bodies were
ever found It would be known that
she bad become hfs bride before she
became the bride of death.
Their bodies were buried In one
grave beside the rock in the desert,
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STATE HEALTH BOARD
DOING GOOD WORK
HELPING TO CURE AND WARD
OFF CONTAGION—TREATMENT
OF HYDROPHOBIA.
ATLANTA, Dec. ” 12.—The annual
report of the state board of health
ithlch win only recently published and
I* now being distributed—t-hn aame be
ing only the fourth of that body—
illustrates the good work that depart
ment of the state government Is doing.
In that the report was prepared
nearly a year ago, it little more than
forecasts • the most Important of tho
duties the board Is now able to per
form. It is doubtful if a single ap
propriation of similar size made by the
legislature Is productive of suoh gen
erally beneficent results aa that made
to the health department.
The board Is saving to the people of
the state hundred! of dollar by dis
tributing free of charge tuberculin, for
tho treatment of consumption; anti
toxin, for the treatment of diphtheria,
and vaccine, for the prevention of hy
drophobia. A greater blessing still I*
the ability Of persons of limited means
to secure treatments that necessitates
these remedies, which are very costly
when purchased In the open market.
fn addition to furnishing supplies
for the treatment of diphtheria and
tuberculosis, the board, treats directly
case* of threatened hydrephobia. A
half do«< n or more persons are here
nearly all the time securing immuni
sation from that complaint at tbs
hands of the state authorities.
Theso practical results are barely
comparable to tho work of investiga
tion constantly being conducted by th*
board under the direction of Dr. H.
V. Harris. His experiments with and
investigations Into tho complaints
known as uncinarius, pellagra, trop
ical aphtha or sprue and other dis
eases Indigenous to this climate are
extensive and promise to be far-reach
ing In results.
In addition to nil this work, the phy
slcians of tho state, particularly those
of tho rural communities, may have
laboratory examinations made free of
charge, a privilege that has aided
many In reaching correct dlagnosoa of
puzzling and unusugl cases of Illness
among thoir patients.
The report eontiIns a discussion of
the work accomplished and contem
plated. A section Is devoted to giving
Information on the subjert of hydro
phobia. on how it may be detected and
prevented. Owing to the growth of
rabies among animals threughout the
state, the Information thus given win
be of great value to the general public.
It Is stated that this disease la con
voyed by the bite of some animal—
the dog being the usual offender—the
germs being Injected Into the wounds
through the saliva of the Infected ani
mat
■As observed In the dog there are
two typo.’* of the disease- one, the fu
rious. the other the paralytic," says the
report.
The furious typo Is shown by th#
restless state of the animal, his search
for dark places and desire for snrlu-
alon. Ho may not bs entirely Insane,
but his response* to calls will ho only
momentary. As th* malady progresses
restlessness Increases, • the tendeney
being to tear things to piece*. The
appetite diminishes and swallowing
Income* difficult If not Impossible. He
attempts to bits everything with
which h« corns* in contocu
"Thsre Is no dread of water os the
name hydrophobia Implies and Is com
monly thought," says the report; "the
animal often attempting to drink, hut
owing to the paralysis of the muscles
of the throat this Is Impossible. Ina
bility, then, to swallow either water or
solid food Is one of the surest and
most reliable signs of rabies. Weak
ness becomes very marked and tho
animal finally lies down and dies. The
entire course of this type may lost
from six to ton days; generally It la
four or flvo."
It Is stated that the paralytic type
occurs in from fifteen to twenty per
cent of tho cases. The first stages
nre the same as In the furious type,
but Instead of the animal beginning
to wander he becomes paralyzed. Tho
paralyslx begins with the Jaw and
tongue and spreads over the body.
The animal Is unable to swallow
liquids or solids, his mouth remains
open and his tongue lolls, dripping
thick saliva, lie makes no attempt to
bite other animate, and dies In about
two days.
The following precautions are given
for observance In cases of real or
threatened rabies:
"When an Individual s bitten by an
animal, either supposed or known to
be rabid, the wound should be Imme
diately cauterised with some caustic,
preferably concentrated nitric odd.
This should be applied without fear,
because It Is safer to use too much
than too little. In caao this Is' not
available, any strong caustic may bo
used. Punctured wound# should bo
laid open with the knife and the sur
faces freely cauterized. It should not
be forgotten that the slightest scratch
from the tooth of a retold animal may
lead to the development of hydropho
bia In man, and It, therefore, behoove*
all parson* bitten by dog* to taka
every possible precaution. Even
though the animal at tha time may
appear to b# healthy, soma strong an
tiseptic should be applied to the wound
and the animal carefully watchod un
til all possibility of his having th'
dlseaaa has passed. Many persons
have died from slight wound Inflicted
by animals appearing to be perfectly
well.*;
It Is stated further that wounds
when Inflicted through clothing
not *q dangerous as when on the bare
flesh, nnd (hat bite* about tho head
and face are moro often followed by
rabies than when on the extremities.
The deeper the w »und, tho moro dan
gerous the contagion; nnd, as It I*
difficult if not Impoxsiblo to safely
cauterize deep wounds, all persons so
Inflicted nro advised to apply tho Pas
teur treatment Immediately In such
cases.
It Is urged that after Injuries are at
tended to the animal should bo caught,
Isolated and allowed to die.
"tinder no condition* should the an
imal be shot unless absolutely neces
sary," It Is set forth. "After death
the head of the dog should be re
moved, packed in a sufficient quantity
of Icq to keep the specimen cold and
expressed at once to the laboratory of
Ohe state bonrd of health. The neces
sary examination can he made and
the presence of rabies determined. A
report wld b« furnished of the find
ings. either by mall or telegraph, as
requested."
pAtlents may be brought to Atlanta,
where treatment will be given free,
or the vaccine will be supplied to be
used at home by tho attending phy
sician. Full Instruction as to how It
Should be. used Is given.
The distance around the world via tha
Transslherlan and our own trunarnntl-
rtental railway line* Is shown to be IT.W7
mile*. Tho sailing distance* around the
world from New York via Huts,
pore. Manila. Guam, the I la
Islands and Panama ransl to
again wotld bo 11,932 miles.
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New York
Schedule effective Sept. 20, 1908.
M.&B.
8. F. PARROTT, Hscslvs'r.
MACON AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.
Trains leave Macon for Llsel-
Ju, Culloden. Yatesvllto, Thotnas-
ton, Woodbury, Columbus, Har
ris, La Grange and Intermediate
points as follows:
No. 41 at 4:25 p. m. dally and
No. 55 at 7:00 a. m. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
No. 41 makes direct connec
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Woodbury for Warm Springs ..
and Columbus, arriving at Warm
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Trains arrive Macon as fol
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Wednesdays and Fridays.
Trains leave from M. and B.
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