Arsenic poisoned biscuits sickens Cumberland family
Correspondent from Cumberland reports seven people, including Chas Keller and his children, were poisoned by arsenic in biscuits used as baking powder. One infant survived. Doctors treated all, with several cases serious but most family members recovering by Saturday morning. The arsenic was found in a jar marked baking powder.
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