Show THEWIDE WIDE WORLD The An el of Death Hovering Over Victor Hugo Thirtyfive Thousand OfficeHunters > < lifted Government Pap Grants History Dedicated to the Soldiers or the Rebellion FreliMjylraysenJs Sickness WASHINGTON May ExSecretary Pro linghnysen is suffering from poisoning by corrosive sublimate The family consumed quantities of Saratoga water and it was long the custom of the servants to collect the empty bottles and send them to be refilled During the last days of February Mr Fro linghuysen partook of the contents of the mineral water in one of the bottles thus refilled re-filled and soon after complained of his strange illness which has continued up to the present time Upon investigation a quantity of corrosive sublimate was discovered discov-ered in the bottom of the bottle in question This deadly poison had probably found its way into the bottle by accident at the shop of the mineral water bottler The matter has been kept very quiet by the members of the family until it could be determined whether some enemy or crank had designs upon the life of the exSecretary It is now believed that the poisoning was accidental ac-cidental Mr Frelinghuyseii is still dangerously danger-ously ill and even if his life is spared for some years he will be a hopeless invalid All the known remedies and antidotes for corrosive corro-sive sublimate poisoning have been utilized in the vain hope of saving the patients life A distinguished physician has been engaged it is said to perform operations upon the stomach of the patient with a view of relieving re-lieving the intense pain |