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VOL. V.
FOR DEATH OF BABES
St. Louis Health Department Is
Held Responsible by Ccroaer.
ANTMOXINE SERUM WAS BAD
Contained Tetanus Germs and Seven
Children Treated With It For
Diphtheria Died In Agonies
of Lockjaw.
A St. Louis special says: Coroner
Funkheuf-er has rendered a verdict
finding the St. Louis health depart¬
ment negligent in the preparation of
diphtheria anti-toxine, the administra¬
tion of which recently caused the death
by lockjaw (tetanus) of seven chil¬
dren. The verdict, In part, is as fol¬
lows:
"We find that the deceased came to
their deaths from tetanus following the
administration of diphtheria anti-tox¬
ine containing tetanus toxin, said diph¬
theria anti-toxine having been prepar¬
ed and issued by the health depart
ment of the city of St. Louis, and bear
ing dates on labels of August 24 anc.
September 30, 1901.
"The presence of tetanus toxine in
the diphtheria anti-toxines shows neg¬
ligence on the pact of the health de¬
partment in the preparation of said
dipththeria anti-toxine and in the issu¬
ance thereof.”
For some time the city heaUh de¬
partment has been making anti-toxine
for use in diphtheria cases. This was
distributed among practicing physi
physicians throughout the city free of
clarge and used in the city institu¬
tions quite generally. In many cases It
Is said to have saved lives. The se¬
rum was obtained from horses that are
said to have contracted tetanus.
Bacteriologist*’ Report.
The findings of the committee of
bacteriologists as presented to the cor¬
oner were in part as follows:
“The testimony shows that the
health department ow r ned a horse nam¬
ed Jim, stabled at the poor house farm
and used in the preparation of diph¬
theria anti-toxine. Said horse Jim de
veloped tetanus on October 2, 1901,
and was at once killed. Blood was
drawn from said horse Jim on August
24, 1901, the serum of which was non¬
toxic.
"Blood was again drawn from said
horse Jim September 30 (during the
period of the incubation of tetanus),
the serum of which contained tetanus
toxine.
“The serum drawn September 30,
1901, was issued by the health depart¬
ment in bottles bearing labels, respec¬
tively dated August 24, 1901, and Sep¬
tember 30.
“That the toxic serum drawn Sep¬
tember 30, 1901, was issued, is shown
by the fact that the toxic serum dated
September 30, 190 1 are identical in the
,
following particulars:
“First, unappearance; second, abso¬
lute weight; third, specific gravity;
fourth, freezing poiDt; fifth, chemical
reaction; sixth, spectrum analysis;
seventh, anti-toxic potency, and eighth,
toxic value in producing tetanus in
lower animals.
“The non-toxic serum drawn August
24, 1901, and so labeled, in nowise
agrees with the toxic serum in any of
the above characteristics.
"As a result of our investigations, we
draw the following conclusions:
"The diphttheria and anti-toxine pre¬
pared by the health department of the
city of St. Louis and dated Septem¬
ber 30 and some of the serum dated
August 24 was the cause of the re¬
cent deaths from tetanus in the cases
where this anti-toxine was used.
"This anti-toxine was sterile, but
contained the toxine of tetanus bacil¬
lus in considerable amount.”
Transport Again Floats.
Advices from Nagasaki, Japan, state
that the United States transport Han¬
cock, which was reported ashore on the
south side of the straits of Shimonose
ki, has been floated and sent to Kobe
for repairs.
—Lord Kitchener cables that since
November 7 the British have killed 43
and wounded 16 Boers.
GREETINGS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Delegates of W. C. T. U., at Fort Worth
Send Telegram to Roosevelt.
At Saturday’s session of the Nation¬
al Woman’s Christian Temperance Un
Ion of America at Fort Worth, Texas,
following telegram was ordered
sent to President Roosevelt:
“The National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, in convention as¬
sembled at Fort Worth, Texas, repre¬
senting 300,000 women of the United
States, senas greetings, with an appre¬
ciation of the responsibilities that have
come to you. Be assured of our pray¬
ers to aid you in your work for right¬
eousness.”
News
JRSUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2i. 1001.
BRILLIANT JiHIKNALISf MAD.
Pascal J. Moran, of The Atlanta Con
stitution’s Editorial Staff, Passes
Away Suddenly.
Pascal J. Moran, well known journal¬
ist, died at his home in Atlanta, Ga..,
Friday night, which was the result of
heart trouble, and came with absolute
unexpectedness.
Mr. Moran had been 111 but a few
days, and his sickness—a cold which
he contracted last Saturday—was con¬
sidered but a passing illness. In fact,
up to the day of his death—almost up
to the hour—he continued to do his
work which he sent regularly to The
Constitution office every day from his
house. Shortly before 6 o’clock Friday
night his usual amount of editorial
matter was received by the editor of
The Constitution, who little suspected
that it would be the last from the pen
of this brilliant writer. These edito¬
rials appeared in Saturday morning s
issue, which also bore the announce¬
ment of his sudden demise.
The news of Mr. Moran’s death
spread rapidly. It came as a distinct
shock to his friends, the majority of
whom were not aware that he was
even slightly sick. In half an hour nu¬
merous telephone messages of condo¬
lence were received, and the many
friends of the family and professional
associates called to extend their sym¬
pathy.
Up to within a few days of his death
Mr. Moran had the appearance of a
man in the very best of health, but it
appears that for some years he has
been troubled with a weak heart. This,
in conjunction with congestion of tho
lungs, which set in Friday morning,
was the cause of his death.
In the death of Pacal J. Moran, the
south loses one of its mostbrllliant and
versatile journalists, and the Atlanta
Constitution an editorial writer whose
place will be exceedingly difficult to
fill. He was a man whose store of gen¬
eral information was remarkable, and
whose grasp of all subjects—political,
historical, social, economic, religious,
agricultural, and, in fact, all phases of
thought that a skilled journalist is
called upon to deal with—was firm and
secure.
BANK DISCOVERS DEFALCATIONS.
Former Paying Teller and Receiving
Teller “Swiped” Some $60,000.
Defalcations amounting, it is claim¬
ed, to $60,000, have been discovered
in the accounts of the Williamsburg
Savings bank, an institution conducted
at Williamsburg, in the suburbs of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Genera! J. V. Meserole, the president
of the bank, is authority for the state¬
ment that the parties implicated in
the affair are Harry E. Corbett, a for¬
mer paying teller of the bank, who died
November 2, and George ZollinhQfer, a
receiving teier, who, it is alleged, gave
the first information leading to the dis
covery.
The bank is fully protected, it is
said, by the bonds of both Corbett and
Zollinhofer.
WILL STOP AT CHARLESTON.
Winter Cruise of North Atlantic Squad¬
ron Will Soon Begin,
The winter cruise of the north Atlan¬
tic squadron, which begins on the 25th
of this month, will be a notable one,
for the vessels of the squadron will
stop at Charleston for four days dur¬
ing the exposition, and visit Cuba, Por¬
to Rico, the isthmus of Panama, Co¬
lombia, Trinidad island, on the north¬
east coast of Venezuela, and the Dan¬
ish West Indies.
After the stop at Charleston the
ships will proceed directly to Havana.
The cruise will last until April 21,
when the squadron will sail from San
Juan for New York.
NEW JOB FOR HOBSON.
Will Manage Government Naval Ex¬
hibit at Charleston Exposition.
A Washington dispatch says: Na¬
val Constructor Richmond P. Hobson
has been detached from duty In the bu¬
reau of construction and repair, and
detailed to duty in connection with the
management of the government naval
exhibit at Charleston exposition.
HORROR WAS UNDERESTIMATED.
Fatalities In Virginia Mine Disaster
Greater Than Was Thought.
Latest reports from Baby mines dis¬
aster, at Pocahontas, Va., indicate
that it is much more serious than at
first was supposed. Up to noon Friday
nine bodies had been recovered, and It
is believed that fifteen more are yet in
the burning mine.
Fire departments from the surround¬
ing towns have been called upon to
assist in extinguishing the flames.
That part of the Baby mines where the
explosions occurred is on the Virginia
sida.
STRIKERS USE GUNS
Bloody Battle Occurs at Mines
Near Madisonville, Ky.
NON-UNIONISTS ARE ATTACKED
In Bombardment Two Men Were Kill¬
ed and Four Badly Injured.
Troops Are Hurriedly
Called Out.
Sunday morning before daybreak
one of the most deadly conflicts of the
entire year of mining troubles occur¬
red at the mines of the Providence
Coal Company, 17 miles from Madison¬
ville, Ky. Two men are dead and oth¬
ers are wounded. Following Are the
casualties:
James Smith, negro striker, dead;
George Crouch, striker, fatally woun
ed; John West, guard, shot in both
hands; Nathan Bush, guard, shot in
forearm.
This Is the second time inside of a
week that these mines have been at¬
tacked by roaming mobs, each battle
resulting in the shedding of human
blood.
The latest combat was the bloodiest
of all. At 4:30 o’clock Sunday morning
several shots were fired on the engine
house of the company. It was but a
few minutes until tbe stables of the
company were surrounded by union
men, who commenced the destruction
of animal flesh. A fine saddle horse
and six mules were killed. The attack¬
ing party about eighty strong, then,
from the brow of a neighboring hill,
poured a well-directed Are upon the
homes of non-union employees, where
over half a hundred men were peace¬
fully sleeping with their families. Many
of the miners dropped to their floors,
while others rushed with winchesters
and other guns in hand to small piles
of timber, arranged to be used upon
just such an occasion. Behind these
fortifications the miners knelt and re¬
turned the fire of the strikers, assist¬
ing the guards in holding the property.
Volley after volley of lead was thrown
into the bottoms where the miners
reside. While these homes were cov¬
ered a steady fire was kept up on the
tipple, engine room, stable an., other
buildings.
The guards were heavily armed and
their work was even more effective
than that of the strikers. The battle
raged an hour and a half. The three
guards are not seriously wounded.
County Judge Hall, at Providence,
started an investigation. An inquest
was held, the coroner’s verdict being
that the negro came to his death at
the hands of guards while In the de¬
fense of the life and property and they
were, therefore, justifiable.
The news of the shooting spread like
wildfire. It was not long before the
news reached the ears of Adjutant Gen¬
eral Murray, who at once commenced
an investigation, opening up with com¬
munication with the governor.
Two companies of state troops were
immediately ordered out
GEORGIA WOMAN HONORED.
Daughters of Confederacy Elect Offi¬
cers—Meet Next in New Orleans.
The United Daughters of the Confed¬
eracy closed Its eighth annual conven¬
tion at Wilmington, N. C., Saturday, to
meet next year in New Orleans. An In¬
vitation was also accepted to meet in
1903 in St. Louis, during the Louisiana
Purchase exposition in that city. Offi¬
cers were elected as follows:
President—Mrs. H. A. Rousaville,
Rome, Ga.
First Vic© President—Mrs. Mollle
McGill Rosenberg, Galveston, Tex.
Second Vice President—Mrs. T. J.
Latham, Memphis, Tenn.
Recording Secretary—Mrs. John P.
Hickman, Nashville, Tenn.
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Vir¬
ginia F. McSherry, West Virginia.
Treasurer—Mrs. James Leigh, of
Norfolk.
Custodian of Crosses of Honor—Mr*.
Gabbitt, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson was elected
an honorary president, with Mrs. M. C.
Goodlet ,of New York, for life.
BORDEN CUTS PRINT PRICES.
Manufacturers of Cloth at Fall River
Are Astonished.
M. C. D. Borden, of the Iron Works
mills in Fall River, Mass., has cut
prices of all kinds of prints l-2c per
yard, except shirting, which he drop¬
ped l-4c. The action caused conster¬
nation In the trade, and it is likely to
be several days before matters become
settled. Many cancellations of orders
have been received already.
This does not mean that the price of
print cloths has been reduced, but sim¬
ply that Mr. Borden has reduced the
prices of his own finished goods In or¬
der to be able to sell more goods.
ACCEPTED A LIFE SENTENCE.
Man Who Slew Despoiler cf His Home
Is Induced to Withhold His
Case From a Jury.
At Atlanta, Ga., Monday morning in
the case of the state against K. A.
Keith, charged with the murder of
Jesse Wall, the defendant consented to
a verdict of guilty, with a recommen¬
dation to life Imprisonment.
Keith gave his consent to this dispo¬
sition of the case after seeing certain
letters which were in the possession
of the solicitor general and which
would have been introduced as evi¬
dence in the trial.
One of these was the note written
by Keith which was found on the body
of Wall after he was killed, in which
Keith threatened his life. The other
letters were written by Mrs. Keith to
Wall, which tended to show the inti¬
macy of their relations.
After the verdict was agreed upon.
Judge John S. Candler, who presided,
said:
"This verdict as agreed upon was
under the facts of the case and in the
law a case of murder, yet it was not
a <ase in which the extreme penalty
for murder should be inflicted. There
can be no justifiable homicide in a case
where a man kills another deliberately
with the malice of the law in revenge
for a past injury.
“The deceased In this case, judging
by certain letters which I now have be¬
fore me, had been criminally intimate
with the wife of the defendant. It ap¬
pears. however, that the defendant had
known thjfc for some time. It appears
also i.nat The deceased knew the de¬
fendant knew of this intimacy.
"Under the law, as announced by the
supreme court in the Wilkerson case,
there can be no question as to the de
fandant’s guilt of murder. Nothing I
can say will restore to life the dead
man, reinstate the character of the de¬
fendant’s wife. Both are gone and I only
say what I do now as a warning to the
public that no man has the right to
take the law in his own hands and pun¬
ish for a past offense, however heinous.
"It Is murder to kill if after the
wtong, such as in this case, sufficient
time has elapsed for reason to resume
Its sway and tho voice of humanity bo
heard. It is voluntary manslaughter
if sufficient time has not elapsed. In
no case is it justifiable after the wrong
has been done.
“It is not a question of what any
particular man would do. I .simply as
a warning to others, declare the law
as it is my duty to enforce it. Let no
man from this understand, however,
that he can go into the home of his
neighbor and go free. If he is caught
there and in such an act he may be
killed, the protector of the home wohlc
be guilty of no offffense.”
While waiting to be carried from the
court room to the jail Keith furnished
a signed statement for publication. The
statement Is as follows:
“To All My Friends: I have accept¬
ed a life sentence by the Inhumanity of
man and the treachery of womankind.
“Good people, I consider in the eyes
of God and Christendom I have done
no wrong. God grant that anybody
should live In a country where he can¬
not defend his own and those that he
knows to be innocent. No nation can
stand without the virtue of their wo¬
men, let alone individuals.
“I ask the pure Christian ladies and
gentlemen to pray for mo. I think that
I acted the part of an honorable man,
and I will freely give the remainder of
my days In servitude to vindicate my
honor and those who were dependent
on me.
"I again appeal to all good people
to not judge too harshly, for time will
vindicate all things.
(Signed.) “R. A. KEITH.”
MOTHER CARELESS; BABES DEAD.
Little Ones Were Lfet Alone In Home
and Burned to Death.
Alfred and Jennie Kendall, aged 2
and 5 years, respectively, children of
Albert Kendall, were burned to death
in a fire at their home in Ottawa, On¬
tario, Monday night while they had
been left alone for a few minutes by
their mother, who had gone to a neigh¬
bor’s.
It Is supposed one of the children
upset a lighted lamp and an explosion
followed.
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