Show iha A FAMILY POISONED arce of the children dead and the mother dying A IX THE FOOD biow u hin harbors hate anil wreaks his on innocent aln flees and ains not been captured special to alie ENQUIRER ala dec 10 A hor ih ic case of wholesale poisoning oc cured oliree days ago in henry conaty n the southeastern part of alie state co brown and his bamily consisting A 1 wife and three children were poil o ledwith arsenic alie children are mrs brown will die and alie sn band and fattier is still in a critical but may recover several acks ago brown had a difficulty with i neighbor named carter irwin alie neatter was smoothed over and the men again became apparent friends three ago irwin went to browns house nul managed to get into alie kitchen while dinner was cooking A pot of ork was boiling on alie stove and irwin A a seen to artir it once nothing was of it at the time taut soon after eating the pork at dinner alie entire became violently ill doctors declared it a case of poisoning and examining some of the pork left from dinner they found traces of arsenic in it irwin fled and has not been captured THE AMERICAN federation OF LABOR special to the ENQUIRER bohton dec 10 alie fourtly annual convention of alie american federation of labor was called to order today to day in wells memorial hall by samuel gune berf resident of alie organization this arr is alie most important convents G federation held since its or as it will formally start an citation for an eight liona working day come into operation may 1 at etc last convention alie announcement was made eliat alie first of may alie coming year a formal demand would be made for an liona day and meetings were held in a few large cities to explain and defend alio justice of alie demand but now alie agitation will bo inaugurated in every city town and village and conducted in a methodical manner if alie employees will not accede to alie demand a strike which in magnitude lias never lieen equaled may be looked for bolm burns successfully cess fully conducted alie london dock strike is coming to america on ing tour and lio may bo induced to rc here until may so eliat lie may give the federation alie benefit of liia counsel his rejection of american sympathy and demand for american dollars during the london is not forgotten but the insult will be forgiven if lie only assists in winning a victory for labor on this side of alie atlantic president Gone pers in liis address referred to alie labor troubles of recent years and defended labor organizations and their objects from the attack which he alleged had been made on bliem by the and capitalists OUR COUNTRY special to the ENQUIRER NASHVILLE tenn dec 10 the annual meeting of the public school officers of the state began today to day there i a good attendance and the exercises arc of much interest to the profession the address of welcome was delivered by capt W R garnett secretary of the national educational association and the response was made by D E Carlisle Mc of dyersburg Dyers burg A paper on a graded Cour beof study for the Country schools was read by superintendent john W of london and discussed by E L foster of clinton pharis of gainesboro and miss kay of paris alie meeting will not adjourn till thursday ata nil TACK AND special to the I 1 dec 10 A national reunion of the ex prisoners of war of the northa est waa held today to day at libby prison war museum which institution was given free for the occasion by the managers alie gramme pro included mccaba war and bugle calls tonight to night there will be an old camp lire with hard tack and coffee accompaniment compani ment UK THOMAS ON TREATMENT special to the MILWAUKEE Ws dec 10 the annual meeting of the wisconsin society which began today to day in the athenaeum an address on humane treatment was delivered by bev dr thomas of chicago a member of the national humane society speeches aeo also made by edwin leo brown president of the national society and by J handlon Land lon editor of the official organ SHE GETS nan special to the washington dec 10 miss the beautiful daughter of gen jarnia V the granddaughter of ex gov barrison of ohio wag today to day married to a gallant major jolin seventh united states calvary the nuptial ceremony was attended by a large number of society people for the contracting parties are well known in washington CI banqueting AT HUB special to alie ENQUIRER BOSTON dec 10 ex president cleveland and henry W grady of atlanta arrived here today to day to attend alie banquet of the boston merchants association which takes place tonight to night URGING THE 10 UNITED ACTION special to alie INQUIRER J springfield dec 10 the state grange of illinois began its eighteenth annual convention today to day in alie senate chamber of the state house alie president in liis address declared eliat alio grange biad made splendid progress during alie year thai new granges biad been added by the double and new members by alie thousands alie active workers were full of alie buoyant spirit begotten of labor crowned with success the imperative need ho declared of the trust bandi cate and monopoly ridden times was education organization and united action among the farmers alie questions discussed by alio grange were of direct interest to efery farmer MISTAKEN FOR A BURGLAR special to the ENQUIRER j BROOKLYN dec 10 in tin s city is an amateur dramatic company composed of a number of literary people last night they produced a corn acty one of the actors played the part of a burglar and had to climb outside of the house in which the entertainment was given and enter through a window which wa at the rear of the stage ho hurried around from the dressing and valiantly commenced to struggle up the wall when a policeman grasped him by the neck thinking thin kine him a veritable burglar he started to explain but the minion of the law would have none of it atio audience was wondering in the meantime why the play did not proceed and the young actors and actresses on alie stage eagerly waiting for ahe burglar to enter and RIVO them the cue when they heard shrieks yells oaths 1 1 t and threats frostl alie garden out they fonna the amateur burglar thrashing wildly around the grass chile P brawny policeman hat ou hig shoulders hammering his neck into the mild GEN GRANT TO HAVI A MONUMENT special tp tho ENQUIRER yew YORK dec 10 A conference of the G A IL posh of alio state was held today to day for alic purpose of devising means to funds with which to build a monument to gen grant the criticism of fe everal posts on the capitalists of the city who have contributed largely for alie worlds fair but have not given a cent with which lo 10 honor the memory of alie dead soldier was far from the actors and van of new york there was about one thousand grand army men present and aliey claimed if they aided in erecting alie monument should be something on the statue or pedestal to shiow it was not entirely paid for by the contributions of millionaires A commit ape eliat sought to get an endorsement indorsement indor from the meeting in favor of new york for alie worlds fair was first informed eliat the meeting had not been convened for any such purpose and wn politely requested to retire THE SUNDAY CLOSING OP SALOONS special to the ENQUIRER 1 MILWAUKEE wis dec 10 A number of citizens interested in llie movement for the closing of saloons on sundays met in convention thia morning in the hall of the Y M C A building after electing george I 1 rogers chairman and appointing committees rev C H richards of madison delivered an address on sabbath desecration a robbery to the people F I 1 lamb a prominent lawyer of madison followed and spoke upon the legal phases of the sabbath question this evening a public demonstration will be held at which addresses will be delivered by rev W W evarts of chicago on A civil sabbath alie inalienable right of man and by dr J D herr on who owns sunday PENAL AND PAUPER MATTERS special to the ENQUIRER DETROIT dec 10 at the meeting of the board of convictions and charities today to day prof C F newkirk read a paper entitled children of alic state public school fittin them and finding them homes and commissioner II 11 A fanset followed a paper on legislation of issa on penal and pauper matters aliis afternoon the delegates visited alie principal charitable institutions of the city and tonight to night they will listen to an address by governor luce REUNION OF INDIANA i special to the ENQUIRER iNDiANO POLiy ind dec 10 the anniversary niver sary banquet of the indiana of the royal legion will be held tonight to night and it promises to be a brilliant event although the organization has practically no politics it i expected that on this occasion the comrades will in a quiet and informal way discus public affairs several distinguished soldiers from abroad davs been invited to attend RICE AFTER THE RAILROADS special to the ENQUIRER washington dec 10 the investigation of the cabes brought by george rice against the cincinnati washington baltimore and alie louisville nashville railroads began today to day two other cases of mr rice against tho atchison santa fe will be inquired into thursday special to the SALT LAKE dec 10 the utah commission did not assemble yesterday as expected hut they got together aliis morning and telephoned to wells chairman of alie peoples central committee at alie city hall eliat they ero to hear any complaints that might be brought before them mr wells was too busy chiy morning 10 attend but it is expected that alie matter i ill be attended to without delay cither by him or some one having authority and ability to act it is considered on all sides ery important and something requiring earnest and immediate attention alie city changed its pro gramme regarding alie sale of city lots this morning it was announced yesterday that capitol hill lots on the west side would be sold instead of which the plat of ground lying at the foot of ensign peak was disposed of cheso lots aro only one fourth as large as those sold yesterday in addition to which they are away above high water mark and entirely outsider ho city limits yet they sold as much avidity as the others prices being from to the real estate craze is fairly on and all kinds cf real property in demand except grave yard lots the residence of mrs zina D young corner of first west and third south is now demolished to make room for a mammoth lintel to be erected there it is said the next property on the east one acre owned by II 11 j park w ill be bold for a closing figure of kotlier taylor who keeps a disreputable rookery in alie fourteenth ward and a notorious character was fined 50 in alie police court this morning POISONED HER HUSBAND S PORRIDGE special to the ENQUIRER ont dec 10 the case against mrs A woodstock cli arged uth having poisoned her husband hus bund the late hugh J whitley of clinton who died under suspicious circumstances in may his widow having married A II 11 edwards about three aweeka ago grows darker at the preliminary trial wm whitley arother of tha deceased idaa the first witness called he stated that he had attended his brother off and rn during his illness which lasted from march till may of this year he says that on one occasion both he and his brother partook of some soup from the of which both were taken ill Hs said that he had suspicions of poisoning at the time but that from some remark of his brother and from other causes these suspicions were allayed he started the prosecution on the strength of what a girl named minnie johnson to know of the matter minnie johnson alie girl in question swore that she was living with whitley anahis for six months or more before death and in february last mrs whitley airs edwards requested her to buy some arsenic and eliat she purchased it at dr worthingtons Worthing tons 20 cents of it she swore eliat mrs whitley tod her the arsenic way to poison rats in the month of March between the add alie she was in the kitchen i mrs whitley and saw the parcel she had purchased laig on the table mrs W took a spoonful out of the parcel and put it on a plate on which she afterward put some porridge for her husband she asked mrs W if it was right to do eliat and mrs W replied she did not it was any harm to kill a man like that about four days after witness aaa mrs W put something out of this eanid parcel into some guear which she put into a cup of tea she rave to her husband witness mado the same remark as to whether it was right to do such a thing and received the same reply shortly after tin s Mr Whitley went to Clinto nand mrs W remarked that she expected to sec whitley brought home a corpse witness swore eliat mrs witold her that she had been giving her husband poison right along and on one occasion when mrs W was compelled to be away from home she asked the witness to take her place in administer mg the deadly dose A goodrich doctor swore that ha had examined the deceased three times before his leathand deat hand found him exhibiting arsenical the prisoner has committed for trial w y t ss s s |