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tattling Theory Evblved to;Atc6unt
'...'v ."'v ';!'.;::.:-"'-r'
Bottle of. Poland Water
;r Fed-pfa
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' HflBolnhi. Ifarch A the hich
that h fad jntt farterririred the'ehemtott wbo hiw bien (or' two 4
! , acb and that they had fotmd no trae
th prerw of th imretlgtton.T Thk gall w iniprmation deep-4
aa tU nvrt-T fcJCtaafoiuiri ff-H : that thi
Mr Xmm4
- .,. vim Tk lomll
the hlah hrl tbl afurnoon tht ta
chmlst have not, found atrychaln In
th eonteaU o Jlra. StanforCa atomach
" puta an entirely new phaaa on th Pl
- . -...ji l (ha tM1lilr-
nvent of , the inreaUcatora. Mra. Btn-
f ortTWaa- Idantl jr"rln(L to : oatk
and if the .chemlata ofllrtal report aua
' talna the-, asaertlona made by . the hlb
heriff the caae will pro one of the
. MnirkKM In medical annala. .
: Coirtroverer faae arlaen between the
. afa Awu. , evl'a
nnni r BMieltlve
on the point that the rmptom of death
.Vera due tot atrychnlne polaontng and
notblna elm, while the ehemteta analjrs
Int the atomaoh are equally poaitire
'. t Dr. Humphrey atatea that eve If the
heinlBta failed ttt And any tracer of the
'.etryohnrae it la not tmrprlalna. aa only
a lllllll 'IJIUIHKJ was mvwoms r
Mra. Stanford and eVen a, larg-e doae of
the poieon would be 'apt to leave mere
trace Which would eoon dlaappear. He
aid be waa well acquainted with atryek
nlne armptoma, and he pltmoaaeed that
.. . ai..4HIul akii Kaa A Iaw4 Waal tta
i oueationably aufferln front atrychnlne
polaonUii. .4 " - -.". '
Tnere la no queaaon in my mma on
lleve that the medicine front the bottle
.handed me by Mlea Berner contained
iraKhnlivi.. I tasted It and found it
very bitter. It la atraAae the ehemlat
-! unable to find a. trace of etrych
'nlne. That teat ouaht to be determined
In a abort time. I am mirprieed that it
haa taken o long." ,. ' "
"Neither Mr. ironean nor myaeir, amu
.Dr. B. A. Bhorey, one of the c herniate
who la analyiina the contenta of the
stomach, "made any statement to any
one which could have nerved aa a baaia
for foundation of the atory that strych
nine waa found in Mra. 8taaford atom
. acn." -..-,'
t Theworlt of the cbemiate haa prew
tlrelly been completed. Tomorrow they
(will prepare a typewritten report from
'their notes,' which will be presented
Monday morning-. The sheriff will have
an Inquest on th same day. '
4 r ImporUnt information regardlnt tle
WANTED POLICE TO -: v :
HOLD THEIR. GOLd
. ".-?- 1 -i v. i . ,
Hans Paulsen and Oeorg Aubsrt, la
borers from Nebraska, on .tttelr way to
; spend a' night In Portland, and walked
into tne ponce station last nigni. i
' "We intend to stay-in town tonight"
- aaM iuhirt .VhA -ariaMl aa inekauun.
' to Captain Moore. -ad would lke you to
take charge of our money. We under
stand that all kinds, ef robberies and
burglaries 'are taking placet here, snd
s conciuaea inai it wouia pe aaiea r aa
Is detioslt our mniui wltK Aha notice
Captain Moore gased ' at ! them ' m
amaaamenv. iun s,y i j lurnra in
;ln his chair, which he occupied while
'answering m telephone, and sw the full
significance of the request dawned on
htm his Jaw dropped. - He flrlit looked
blankly at the men. and fhn',siet the
rase of Captain Moor. As if bV a com
mon impulse, pom saia: "wen, m
be" Neither finished the Sentence.
TWe thought It .beet to com (here, as
the hanks are cloned," continued VVubert.
"This thing or going le ttm poiwei to get
money baqk after It la .gone is net good.
Oolng to them with the money, wi fig
ures, would na Mat.-. . '. ,
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Stood Vtthm; Three
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beriff'aaooanccd this, aftehiooa
of qrchnip;j:.Th.hirt ahfw.
bicarbonate of aoda bottle, in which it
is suspected that . Mra. Stanford ' took
the; peLsen doae.' - wan f civet, today by
Mies Berner. ' The locatren of' the bot
tle waa definitely described and the
San Vraneleco .poison), placed, on- Jan
uary It. The bicarbonate o aoda bottle
containing- the poison stood -within three
feet.' of the poisoned Poland water at
the time Mrs. Stanford drank the) latter
in San Francisco, neeordln to the
statement Mlaa Berner made to Dr. 1.
Howard 'Humphrey, who. attended Mrs..
Stanford on the night of her death. .-
. The information waa given la response
to Inquiries made by Dr. Humphrey as
to where the bottle came from during
the last Ulneea of - Mrs. "Stanford.
Humphreys asked Miss Berner where
the medicine was that she had (tven
Mrs. Stanford, and Miss Berner handed
him from the table the bottle of bicar
bonate of 'soda which she told htm had
been taken from the medicine basket
. Further 'oueatlonlna far Humphrey on
Wednesday caused Mlaa Berner to state
that, the bottle had been in San Fran
cisco at the time j of the , attempted
poisoning. She said -that at the Ban
Ftaaelseo', poisoning two -bottles of Po
land water, one of Ahem nncorked, stood
on the wash stand in an aloove, above
which among the bottles on the shelf
waa the same bottle of bicarbonate of
soda . which . was found ' to contain
strychnine in Honolulu. Access to the
room and ' to the open medicine ' baaket
was easy. - ' " i
- Mlaa. Berner waa rn formed tonight of
the fact that the will of Mra. Stanford
had been made public and that her be-
quest wss HS.OOS, v..-. .
"This is a. surprise," she said, "but
I ' do sot ears to make any statement.
I have never discussed 'the matter and
do not care. to now."
' Miss -Berner Is . ah owing, the , effects
of the strain she la under rand Is. very
nervous and worried. She is subjected
to constant examinations every day ty
Attorney Stanley- and Deputy Sheriff
Rawlins.'? .? t i J y 1
A"-:-. .ww Bosttss Bitsiaia. " - -It
la now. stated that during January
14 Mrs. Stafford 'drank from" the un
corked bottle, .went, to another, part of'
the. house, was absent for some hours.
(Continued on 'Page.; Three.) ,
-By this tins Captain Moor had. re
gained, he equilibrium., He scratched
his bead while pondering the proposition
and then picked up a small- book contain
ing private Information out of a drawer,
la it was contained, among otber items,
the names of those having the combina
tion ef the safe. No "comprdtnlse' hav
ing been, made recently regarding the
combination, he looked more cheerful
"Well, boys." he finally answeM "I
guees your system is the proper 4VtJt
certainly will be easier to take it Vf
your money for you than to get tWjk
if It should be stolen.", 4 j- .. - . T -
AObert deposited tltT,' and Paulsen
t9. 1 Both were given receipts snd fur
nished the captain, with copies of their
signatures. Then they drnsrtett-sartng
they would return for their money some
time todsy. ' -.
They told us to be careful shout where
we went In Portland, or we would lone
our money before we left Nalelgn. Ante
lope, county, Nebraska.", said Paulsen.
-So if appears 'that thai name of Chief
flu nt 'and the . reputation of his police
force bsve been .wafted to Nelelgh, Aa
Jslcpa pouny4 Neb, . -.
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(Special Dispatch by Leases Wire to The Josraai)
Mukden." March j 4.X11 - along the
Shakhs river the roar ef the batUe' U
heard. The Japanese are bucking the
Russian tins In a dosen different places.
It la difficult to tsU which 'are real .at
tack Intended to-be, carried-home and
Which are- merely" damonatrations. "Aa
attack is now being made by the Japa
nese! seven miles southwest of the Rus
sian Station at Mukden. The, Japanese
are attempting to push north on both
Banks. - i t -m' j.
Slnmintln is held by 10.00. Japanese
cavalry, which' are being 'constantly re
inforced.;: For the three days previous
to the general ' attack. "' the t Japanese
bombarded the whole Russian line with
heavy artillery...., The. assault was. then
begun and has lssted -more than 'SO
hours.' Testerday I witnessed a des
perate attempt of the Japanese imperial
guama to. capiure ruiuon iuii umi
Tree hillK'the supposed key to the Rus
sian ' position snd other fortMed posi
tions around. Kwangshsn.-- The attack
was made at daybreak under, cover ot
a snowstorm. "...
PutUoff JillI had been terribly ripped
and torn by the Japanese 11-lnch shells;
but when In the midst of a blinding
whirlwind of anow the mikado's men
advanced to the attack, the RusstsnS,
who bsd been driven to shelter, returned
to the trenches sad poured destructive
volleys Into the ranks of the stormers.
Determined as was the Japanese at
tack the rapid fire of . the Russians
drove the Mikado's guards back in eon-
fusion with heavy, losses. , Tims arter
time .they, advanced on the coveted po
sition and several , times , the opposing
DEATH OF ATHLETE i- ,
CAUSED BY JIU-JITSU
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(aparlal Mapatrfe by tesaed Wire te Tea Joaraal)
Philadelphia, March -4. Jtu-Jltsu in
directly declared as one' of lt,vlotlms
tooay Bamuei joomnmn.ii., m n
Vnlverslty qf Pennsylvsnla football and
cricket player, recently . elected ehal
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JAPANEiSE STRIKING rE
: FLANKS OF THE
man of regnsyxvaniasiooiDail earn-1 inrney nana inaay, arirr . jusiice uay
mlttee. "! 1 nor. In the supreme court In Brooklyn.
mines.
Ooodman rnptnred a blood vessel in
his back several weeks ago whUs prac
ticing the art with his brother. He
caught sold a( the same time. This de
veloped into pneumonia, ronoweu ny
blood poisoning, which necessitated sev
eral surgVst operations. Mr.; Ooodman
fought for hla lire nearly a month, but
his -rugged constitution gavs way and
he. dld todajvv .'...-.:- . -. 1
(OepyrlghV IsOt.'- sr - W7 a. Rant) '
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Th CzarWhen Mutt I Join That Proosssion
troops engaged fa furious bayonet me
lees. - - iWben the snowstorm cleared
away the Japanese- were -retiring on
their own lines snd the Russians still
held Futilof f Hill. . ;. . . , ' . : ; j
' RUSSIAN LEFT BROKEN.;; i
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XsTokl Battets War Through, ,Oartlaff
" 0r Wiaj Opuesed to Wm. ; "
(Special Otesateb by Leased Wire ta Tht Jesrssl)
' St Petersburg, Msfch 1 8. Sunday, I
s. m. That Oeneral - Nuropatkln'- has
been, signally' defeated, that a -part of
hla army has been scattered and -that
his line of retreat will be cut off north
of Mukden, -if indeed his entire force is
tot already surrounded. Is current belief
here in, well Informed -quarter..' ' - t
Kuropstkln - is ' said " to "Have tele
graphed Friday' night in ' two dispatches
timed within three hours of esch other,
but which have been withheld from the
publlot . u? xr- --.r""' '''''
. "f so.eo - Japanese have "'. broken
through the Russian left wing and it
Is out off from the remainder ' of the
army."- '
, "The Japanese srs marching on Muk
den. My position is. extremely dan
gerous." , ' ' ".' ' !
It wss known here before those mes
sagea came that", trains loaded with
wounded soldiers nd army supplies
were leaving. Mhkden north ah far -as
they could be sent sway. It wss known,
too, that- a Japanese corps gave battle
on the southwest within sight of Muk
den on Thursday snd Friday and Muk
den reported that a Japanese' force had
broken around the right and was mov
NAN PATTERSON GETS
- -THIRD TRIAL. IN APRIL
(BpeeUl Dlapatch by Leased Wire ta The Journal)
New , Tork. . March . 4. Nan , Patterson
will for the third time be placed on trial
for ' the murder " of - Caesar Young the
first Monday In'i April. This decision
- "f'Unt District At-
had ruled that she be released oq ball
or a new. trial granted by May 1. -The
Judge's decision follows:' .V , '
T "The woman Is. ef course', entitled to
a speedy trial. She has been tried, the
Jury disagreeing, sis to six.' Itfeetna to
be doubtful If the dtstrlrt . attorney
moves her trial assM. . Unless he does
so before May 1, lot her be discharged
so bail." ' .. '. -.
OF
HER
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of Death? t ' v ' 1
RUSSIANS
ing north by forced marches. Furthsr
store, Karopetkln had reported that the
Russians had been compelled to evacu
ate" their ' position at'. Oaots pass snd
that the Russian center ' waa yielding
lowly, i but that - Rennenkampff had
checked Xurokl on the Russian left
The 'Russian losses srs ' estimated by
correspondents - at ' the' Russian front
at SO.OOS men and those of the Japanese
at 4,904v-----t--i-'iJ'.i. :
RETREAT LOOKED FOR.
Bosslaa ! Bmbassy ..' at Berlia '
-....-iAsmw U StsjU at TU
'(ftpeHilDLipifa-a byLaaaad Wtoe to Tht aoaraal)
v Berlin, -March "4. At the Russian em
bassy 'thiS' morning your eorrespondent
was Informed -that Kuropatkln's-retirement
from Mukden waa Imminent The
officials at the embassy said that' the
Russian army would fall back on Tie
Pass, where a strongly fortified posi
tion had long been prepared for such
sn event. The officials also stated that
ever since the beginning of the campaign
Kuropatkfn had planned- to make the
greatest stand at Tie Pass. It waa ad
mitted at the embassy that the occupa
tion of Mukden by the Japanese would
prove "sn Important moral advantage to
them because that .city Is the ancient
capital of Manchuria and the burial
place of the Chinese kings. The loss
of the city, however, .said the Officials,
would be Insignificant from ths Russian
military .' standpoint 1 ' Ths embassy
doilbts If the Japanese will continue the
movement beyond .Mukden. .
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ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS
BACK FROM ICE FIELDS
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("portal Die patch by Leased Wire to Tse Jooraal)
Buenos Ay res, 'Cat., March 4. The
Antarctic shlp Ls Francals. wlth 'te4
entire cnarcot- eipeamoiv has arrived
at Puerto Madrln, Argentina, according
to a telegram to the Standard.' There Is
'ho' official confirmation of ths news.
Fears had been entertained for the
safety ef the Charcot Antarctte explora
tion party, although the last letters re
oelved spoke of favorable conditions.
- Questioned, on the. subt recently In
Paris, ths French minister of marine
announced that Dr. Charcot bad 'not
planned to return before April 1. and It
was the government's - understanding
thet the expedition was la winter uar-UreV.t-
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Ill
ATTE1
Most Brilliant in History lis ; Indtiction
. . Into Office of
S-2cst';' President.
Roosevelt Takes, the : Qath in . the - Presence of
ChewmglTh
M easice:rresident . in
CasseUl Mseato. by Leased Wire to The Jearsal)
Washington.' - March ' 4. President
Roosevelt today became twenty-seventh
president of ths United States.' - Upon
a platform raised in the center-of s
throng of thousands upon, thousands or
his fellow dtlsens, gathered In front
of.JlhgUteJyxltnU..hs-stoodwith
bared head. ' repeating after" the chief
Justice. of the, supreme court, the simple
and Impressive oath ' or omce'wnicn
since, the1 day ef our.' national Indepen
dence every 'president has taken.- - Then
slowly and solemnly her f lowered his
head .and kjsaed the opew pages ef the
Bible. held, put befnrs hint LL': ''
At that , moment breathless silence
prevalledW-Jkvery sys. wss upoa thst
sturdy llgure, Dent for a brief moment
in an attitude of reverential oumiuty.
Then, ha, raised bis head., squared his
shoulders end. turned to race true, wcong
... - Ssldisrs aatd FeUes am 'gsawd,' , .'
' DJreelly: in. front -.of the president's
sund - battalions of West point, and
Annapolis -cadets . stood guard, over a
wide open apace.. Beyond, that and fac
ing ths president a cordon sf polios, and
another of ravalry held back ' the great
crowd that 'had been -waiting ever since
sunrise for this moment to arrive, snd
now .by. common r Impulse the, - wild
cheering . had sent soms electric com
munication through ths throng, and the
whole mass moved forward.
Pol icemen were swept off their feet
cavalry horses' were pushed a aide-end
Jostled until they were almost frantic
And before any one seemed to realise
Juat what had happened, the crowd had
taken upon Itself to shorten, the specs
between it snd the president and stood
jammed la a solid mass close upon the
lino of cadets. President- Roosevelt
watched tn whole proceeding. with im
passive face.. i Prom time to time he
turned to gase upon - the manuscript
that ha held in. hla hands and hla lips
would move ss If ; he were -repeating
portions ef it to: himself. But he
waited patiently until the crowd had
settled Itself in its new place and per
fect order had. once mors been- re
stored. Then he delivered his Inaugural
address. '
Varede a Marvel f Splendor.
This address marked ths close sf the
formal ceremonies at the capltof which
always attended the Inauguration of ths
chief magistrate. When the last words
of the Inaugural address 4sd been ut
tered end the president started on bis
rids back - to ths ''Whits , House, the
flood gates of enthusiasm seemed sud
denly to open, the air became filled
with fbe clamor of countless bands snd
wild cheering, - flags began - to wave.
soldiers;' clVlcr organisations, - marching'
dubs, veterans, cowboys, newsboys. In-'
dlans, Filipinos. Rough - Riders,. Porto
Rleans. all began to march hither snd
thither preparatory to falling In line
for the grand parade, the crowds that
had been waiting for hours began to
surge forward upon the police lines, and
all the 'population of .Washington, and,
GOVERN OR -S'SN I EG Em
, : .. GOMMITiS SUICIDE
(paetal tHapatos by teased WW to The joaraal)
: Omaha. March 4. Because her hus
band, Lr.T. B. Chandler or ths
United States army had filed a suit for
divorce front her, Mra Bessie 'Chandler.
niece of the present governor of Mary
land, last night committed suicide in the
Paxton hotel at tnts place, sending a
bullet through her breast According to
testimony riven at the Inquest this
afternoon, Mr. Chandler said her life
had been ruined by sn officer or the
army,' Captain. Jhurkman. ana . tnat ner
husband refused to take her back again.
- Lieutenant Chandler, aa well aa Cap
tain Klrkman, both of the Twenty-flf tb
Infantry, are stationed St Fort Niobrara,
Nebraska, where the .latter is being
tried before a courtmsrtlal en a score
of charges relating, ii is sara, in avirie-
man's relations with Mrs. Chandler.
Mrs. Chandler had been st Fort Nio
brara to testify before this court and
waa returning to her' parents st Balti
more. She visited a hardware store,
purchased a revolver, asking -the sales
man how to use ths weapon. Late In
the evening she slipped a cart from her
little boy's head, and after placing It In
an envelope which she addressed to her
husband, she sent the boy from the room
on a pretext then killed herself. .
atom urn a47 uetttsoaat . tnaadier
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DEM
Nation's Young-' '
ji .
Senate uiamkr.
nearly 20e.09 - people more from - alt
parts of the United BUtes began to
cheer end go wild with long pent-up
enthustssm. .- -: t- v.1.: .-' .11 ' . ...;
. Never before haa there been a presi
dential Inauguration that Inspired such '
tumultuous feeling. .Never before has
the -ec-caahnv of ar-chief magistral- as
suming his office .been celebrated' witti
suA keen, personal enthusiasm, and
what la most remarkable of all. . never
before has so vast s-throng been In
spired , with . toe spirit of Its central
Ilgurs. . Arnm tnoes. many- ineuaanna
there were after all only a mere hand'
ful of Rough Riders, and sitting quietly
In hla carriage, bowing. -smiling snd
raising bis hat to right and left ths
solitary figure of Theodore. Roosevelt,
the embodiment of personal-dignity snd
modest demeanor, gavs no cue- of stren
uous outburst. or; of martial acclaim, o
that stretching sea of onlookers.
But ths. spirit of Theodore Roosevelt
aa It has com to ' be known through
out the land waa In the air of Washing
ton .today. It seems to permeate every
where, to Inspire 'and dominate every
pne, ' :' ., j
i Seagh' Blder Bsoert ,
. The colonel of the Rough Kiaers nss
written of hla crowded hour in. Cuba.
Today hs showed his former comrades,
a crowded hour, in Washington. They
from the White House at Is a. ro. 19
picked men under' .Governor Brodle.
Wl.h . 1 L. .. a tUm IT I P
n im tin viw.a, wii.,.ui, a .
cavalry, United - States army, they
formed his escort to the capitol. as
the, ,nn. arnunit th trMaurv milldsna?
Into Pennsylvsnla avenue a division of
the O. A. R., with General O. a Howard'
and staff -la the lead., which had been
standing at salute, wheeled Into the eol-
pace tb aoconunodate the slower foot
steps of the sged veterans. - .''
A, mighty wsve of. cheers swept along
ths svenus ss ths- president's earriags
earns in sight Throughout the whole
route the president, with hat In hand,
kept bowing in acknowledgment of .the
greetings. -On his arrival at. the capitol
he waa conducted to the president's
room, is the rear of the senate cham
ber, where he began at oace the Signing;
of belated bills. - 4 - - ..
It took 69 minutes more to cover -ths
trifle . beyond a mile which be -had to
travel to the capitol and it waa 11:60
entered thex senate chamber and was
greeted by all the senators standing.
At 13:15 hs witnessed the. Inauguration
of Senator Pnirbanka as vice-president
of ths United States. -'-. ' - f
"At - II :i o'clock-19 isenators, warn
called to the bar and ' sworn. Thia
consumed much of- the time unto nearly;
J1:0. At 1 o'clock precisely the press
ent stepped out onto the edst porcis
of the capitol 'and in. ttje.face.of, cheer
log crowds went, through the -ceremoqy
(Continued on Page Th
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brought divorce proceedings sgalnst bfs
I wife, alleging misconduct with Captain
vww. . ...... i
' Captain Klrkman is said to s rJonely
related to ' ofllciala ef- the North went
railway by the aamenname,
. Before . her suicide Mrs. Chandler
wrote the following , verse from 1
"Ruby 1st,"' which she addrersed to hrr
husband;..) ., V j 'v, f '.- ,-r r i. .
"Ah, love. 'eould you and I with H!ra
i . . . conspire ., -a .l- i- ;
To grasn this- Sorry scheme of things
' ;'"V entire - - - ." . -
Woult sot ,w shatter. H to bite snd
then - . i ". !-' t "
Remould it' nearer to the heart's
Ion Rising moon', .that . looks fqr ss
, i asaln ;' ' ' ;
How , eft hereafter will she wax and.
" wane. - -: '-. i v-
How oft. hereafter rising, look for v
Through the same garden and for t
., in vain." ; . .
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Fort Niobrara. Neb. March -O.
W. Xlrkman. who Is Involv I l v
suicide ef Mrs. Chandler st Om . i
two onauocessful sttemprs st su I
night cutting the arteries of h's r
a bochet-knUt. Ue Is '
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