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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
THE DISCOVERY CAME TOO LATE.

~ have committed terrible crime. The law
cannot intiict punishment, so shall lntlict it on
myself. My wife is a good woman, and but for my
cruelty would not have left me. The cup of happi-
ness was at my lips and 1 would not drink"
Thus wrote Edwin A. Schroeder the wealthy
Brooklynite who committed suicide in sleeping
car just out of Jacksonville one evening two weeks
ago.
1t has been stated that Schroeder was insune, but
the above note written just before the fatal bullet
was fired, shows that there something of method
in his Madness which was not altogether to his dis
credit.
Mr.. Schroeder had been twice married. The wife
of his youth about whose sacred form there cluster
ed all the glories of loves young dream the trust
ing girl with whom he stood so proudly before the
altar when was pronounced that solemn warning,
whom God hath joined together let not put
asunder; the mother of his child, had by his cru
city and neglect, been compelled to seek separation
and divorce Separated as she this girl wife re-
manned true to Schroeder. she still bore his name,
and before the pure white throne of God was his
only wife.
Last July Schroeder married again. His second
wife divorced woman. By this act he burned
the bridge which spanned the gorge separating the
hell of later awakening from the garden of hope.
''He always loved her and know that her love
TOR MIN is still as strong as ever. mat MS actions
such as to warrant her getting divorce, there
is no doubt" said Edward P. Rice, father of the
first Mrs. Schroeder.
"Mr. Schroeder always had the portrait of his
first wife on his desk 1t is there now, Just as it
always was | never saw picture of his second
wife nor heard him speak of her. AS to the cause
of suicide. 1 think it is certain that he was insane
although ther6 has been nothing in his business
manner to indicate it." This is the statement of
Schroeder S New York business partner.
Substitute the word "remorse' for "insanity' and
you will have smoother fitting key to this suicide
No honest man who ever truly loved his wife could
treat that wife with cruelty and neglect and not
perIence remorse. SchFoeders was chronic case
There could be no recovery. THE cup of happiness
was at my lips and would not drink In enter
ing upon that second marriage contract-a contract
inhibited by the higher law-he failed to discern
the warning, ''leave hope behind who enter here"
Mayhap infinite love heard that wall of remorse,
looked into the wellsprings of the heart, peni
tence, and that some day, somewhere will permit
that the cup" be restored even to the lips of this
suicide.
But what lesson! And its value lies in the fact
that it comes from the real pulsng life of the day,
and not from the fiction of the footights.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
HOW ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT.


One of our readers asked: How is it that the
News contains nothing in the way of advice to vo-
tiers regarding the proposed amendment to the con-
stitution increasing the number of justices the
Florida supreme bench to six? Should the amend
ment carry?"
The subject on which our reader desires informa-
ton and advice is one which the 'doctors' are
in substantial accord as to diagnosis but differ radi
cally to treatment. The disease is what one DR..
Cleveland was wont to call ''innocuous desuetude,
with some complications.
Some claim that in order to insure more rapid
fire of decisions more guns needed. Others
claim that the trouble is traceabe to the inadequate
calibre of the guns in There are still
Others who feel that the whole shooting match
should be loaded into disappearing gun and the
gun fired with McGiuty target.
Because of failure to agree on treatment among
the doctors" the News could scarce presume to
suggest a remedy. 1t can, however, state some
things and let our reader apply his own remedy.
The present supreme court consists of three JUS
tices and three commissioners. The latter draw
pay That much is conceded. The law making
provision for them is now generally regarded a
mistake. These commissioners have no constitu-
tional status. They may toll but there is no mar
ket for the product of their brain.
The justices also draw pay. They, too, may toll,
but they evidently don't like too even though there
is the full that their lightest word will
harrow up" some poor soul, or smother soul not so
poor.
Recently the state papers published comparative
statement showing the number of opinions handed
down by the supreme courts of several of the south
ern states for a period of 80 days. One of the
states showed hundred opinions, another
about IS, another 40 odd Florida showed up with
four.
All the southern states have from four to five SUI
preme justices, except Florida and Texas, which
have three each.
The Florida court is from three to five years be-
hind with its docket and it takes from three to five
years, so lawyers say, to get decided. Could
three more justices catch up with the work? That
would de- tend upon their liking for work, and upon
the mental c6lbre of the men selected.
If the amendment carries it will at least furnish
three more good jobs. But we don't need new jobs
so much need men to fill what we have. Do
we?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30

picture him with ptchfork and attentive to bust
ness make mistake. They should draw him in a
ounging attitude, with his hands in his breeches'
pockets and an eternal sneer on his face
Criticism, even higher criticism is right if the
work is sincere but usually it is nine parts egotsm
to one part sympathy.
Criticism never built temple nor thrilled an au-
dience painted picture nor wrote a song to fill
the heart. Its speciality is wreckage rather than
promotion. .
The critic who is always looking for typographical
mistakes in the book of life will find them. And
the finding of the mistakes will make him misera-
BILE, or ought to.
The meanest critic is the one who pulls down
somebody's faith and puts its stead He is
as mean as the man who knocks the crutches from
under poor cripple. He takes the prayer beads
from the fingers shat feel their way up to God and
leaves them empty of all. God Almighty will set
tie with him some day.
Be not like the critics and fault-fnders. Don't
allow a false note in the song to spoil its divine
harmonies. Don't permit one false touch of the
brush to rum your picture. If the speech thrills
and helps you what matters the speakers way2 Is
there not thorn on the rose? Nevertheless pin it
on your breast along with the blossom.
Fault-fndlng to its legitimate extreme is
not only find fault with Gabriel's tones, but with
the furnishings and the arrangement of the many
mansions" above.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
THE VALUE OF THE STRIKE.

One great good has come out of the disastrous
coal STRIKE and that is more wide spread recognl-
tlon of the rights and needs of the laboring man.
And this recognition has come not from one politi-
cal party, but from all not from any one class or
set of men, but from the most prominent in all
classes and professions and occupations. And it
has not been the recognition of the politician who
is merely seeking votes but it has been the recogn-
ton of the statesman whose selfish aims are never
allowed to overbear his love of country of the think
er who turns the pages of time and reasons from
history, of the employer who knows that his own
prosperity is bound up in that of his hired helpers
of the workingman, who before going forward
hatingly, lest the times were not right for insist
ence on his part that honest endeavor and faithful
labor demand and must have so long as liberty en-
dure suitable reward.
The coal barons, and Mr.. Morgan chefest among
them all, may have been convinced against their
WILL but they convinced that in the face of the
power of public opinion in free America they are as
pigmies.
1t has been costly lesson but perhaps not too
costly. There has been suffering, such suffering
that the millions of American people who are miles
from the anthracite region have not dreamed of
There have been tragic deaths, more than have been
told, by the pitless bullets of the uniformed guards
deaths from poverty and exposure, deaths that NAV
even have seemed welcome release from the ills of
life. There have been millions on millions of dol
lars thrown away because of this bitter contest.
But what gain! Labor, strong, earnest self-re-
liant, the foundation of our national prosperity and
the hope of the future, is installed finally let us
hope in an equal seat of honor alongside capital.
They are lnterdependent, and wherever they will |
agree to live together, always in friendly harmony
they will both he the winners, and the great COM
mon people will advance to new plane IN the pro-
gress toward civic perfection
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30

and the list can be indefinitely eX-
tended to the end of our possibilities
but with all this | emphasize the
word home as the first, last and all
the time end in view. The egg plant,
a luxury in the north, is here most
delicious and cheap part OF our dtliy
bill of fare, rivaling in IT'S dalllIy
flavor the most exquisite OF Demon
ico's dishes. 1t is a money MAKER
shipped north. We have a winter
pea which gives us an abundant sup
ply of that vegetable from now uli-
til April and it don't grow in cans
Remember, we are writing OF tlOr-
ahome and not claiming the products
of some claimed-for more favored
spot with which to entice you. nor
is there any place near this colony
where you can buy cheap land Just
as good as this. Cheap anything Is
dearest in the end and nothing more
so than cheap land, away from So
ciety, away from the cOmpanionshlp
of our fellows, away from the con-
veniences that the association OF IN
dividuals ever bring-not that we
would advocate socialism, but rathe"
the companiOnship of our kind.
An abundance of rain the past few
DAYS has fitted the soil well for the
safe transplanting of cabbage plants,
onion sets and strawberry plants and
sowing seed for winter vegetables,
peas, lettuce, beets, turnips, etc, all
of which give satisfactory crops till
the heat of summer again sets in:
Here we have plenty of wood, which
with our mild climate demanding
but little fire. will, with the rapid
growth made here, last for genera
tions to come.
October 18th and no sign or indi-
cation of frost. A clear, beautiful,
joyful day, one in which as a day of
rest we enjoy as no day known in 90
years of residence in Illinois, Penn
sylvania and other states ever gave
me. This is one of the glories of
Florida. 1t is said that gratitude
is the loveliest flower that grows in
the garden of human action" The
man who could not feel grateful for
such a day as this one is indeed lost
to one of the noblest attributes given
by a kind and loving Heavenly
Father.
Florida is full of such days which
bring to the healthy and robust an
ever increasing fountain to draw
from, and to the enfeebled renewal
of the blessings that money cannot
buy. Yours truly,
d. w. S.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
DON'T BE A FAULT FINDER.

EFF Gabriel was to blow his trumpet tomorrow
some er de fault-tinders would rise en- tel i'm dat
his musical edication has been neglocted''-Uncle
Rastus.
The devil was the first fault-fnder He stood
around at the very first making dsparaging remarks
about creation. As for satan himself it is not of
record that he ever built so much as a bird house.
He is not constructive cuss. The artists who
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
at GOES RIGHT TO THE SPOT"

When pain or irritation exists on any
part Of the body, the application OF
Ba lard's Snow Liniment will give prompt
relief. ut goes right to the spot, said
an old man who was rubbing it in. to
cure his rheumatism. G. R Smith,
Propr Smith House, Tenaha, Texas,
writes: 81 have used Balard's Snow
Eminent in my family for several years,
and have found it to be a fine remedy
for all aches and pains, and l recon-
mend it for pains in the throat and
chest" 25c, SOC and S1.OO at Acker-
man & Stewart, Palatka, and Lounds,
Crescent City.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
DEWET'S BOAST

The Gaulois says that while the
Boer generals were sightseeing on
Tuesday in Paris, they saw the Ven
dome column and were told that the
casing was composed of the metal of
the guns captured by Napoleon.
Gen. Dewet after looking at the col
umn carefully, said: 1--WE could
have made a pillar one-third higher
than that from the guns we took
from the English"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
G Our Subscribers. g

Those of our subscribers who
are in arrears will please settle
up as soon as possible. 1t is no
light task to send out hundreds
of bills, and if possible we de-
sire to avoid the labor and eX-
pense incident to such an I'M
dertaking. Many Of our sub
scribers are delinquent because
they give the matter no
thought. They probably think
that dollar is very small
sum and that it will not be
missed, but they overlook the
fact that there are hundreds of
others in a like position and
that the aggregate of these
small sums is very large, the
Withholding of which is a mat
ter of much Importance to us.
We trust, therefore, that our
readers will understand the
necessity of paying up at once
without further request. The
hgureS opposite to the name
will show the date to which the
subscription is paid 4; thus,
lO-20-0l shows that you are
paid up to October ~, 1901, and
that you owe years subscrip-
ton. If there should be any
error in the credit the mistake
will be rectified. We are de-
sirous of bringing our list up to
date, and We request our sub
scribers to assist us in doing
this by promptly RENTING
what they owe without putting
us to the expense and annoy
ance of sending out bills.
This notice is only intended
for those who are not paid up
to date, and n glance at the
figures opposite your name will
show you whether you are
among the number.
RUSSELL & NICKERS,
PUBLISHERS.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA-IN
CHANCERY.
Noses Thomas
VS.. Bill for DIynrra
Gadday Thomas
II appearing by AFFIDAVIT appended tn the hill
Nfiled in the above stated cause that Ciaddav
Thomas the Defendant therein named ts a non
resident of the State of FlOrids, and that The
residence or the Defendant is unknown, and
that she Is over the age Of twenty-one wears
and that there is no person in this State, the
service OF subpoena upon whom would hind
such Defendant; IL is therefore ordered thar
said nonresident Defendant be and is hereby
required to appear to the bill OF complaint iled
in said cause on or before Monday the First a y
OfDecember, A. D. 1892, otherwise the aIiega,
tiOns of said bill will be taken as Confessed
by said Defendant
II is further ordered that this order be puh-
lished once week for eight consecutive weeks
In the Palatka News and Advertiser a news
paper published in said County and State.
This 5th day Of September, 10 ?.
lsealI JOSEPH PRICE,
w,,r,D =. r Clerk Circuit Court.
Solicitor for Complainant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-16
RACES AT THE COLOSSEUM.

Albert Champion who is 20 be one OF the
three riders In the 25-mile motor paced
race at the Colosseum on Wednesday
evening again shattered the worlds rec
ords on Saturday at Pittsburg where he
defeated Freeman Champion lowered the
ten mile record % seconds riding in 1Sm.
Al 2-5s. We made the last mile In I'm. l9s.
n worlds record. Tomorrow evening Ne
will ride walthour a match race for $500
q side and viii come 10 this city wednes-
day morning He will make an attempt
Wednesday evening TO lower all worlds
records from one mile to 25 and he
should be able to gather I'm all the records
not held by himself Bennie Monroe did
some great riding Saturday. He worked
20 miles behind a single at a I'm. 27s. clip.
He was after the hour record but the
wind blew too hard. Monroe with tam
dems for pace will give Champion
hard battle Hubert Martin. who is 90
meet Bert Temple OF Boston I'm a match
paced race. broke all state amateur paced
records Saturday from one mile 10 10
Martin rode the 10 miles I'm I'm. i9s better
than the previous record which was ism.
s 3-5s. held by w. A. Rutz Martin rode
the final mile I'm I'm. S5s. Reports from
Boston state that Temple Is reelng Off
miles well below I'm. 4os. and that he is
I'm great shape. This race should prove
one Of the features OF the meeting The
entries u the amateur events are coming
IN fast and large fields will start In each
race.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-16
TROOPS REMAIN!

did not order the militia 10 leave the
the situation. / would be glad 10 have
their assistance I'm preserving the good
name of the city. put until there Is
trouble do not believe that they should
be assigned TO duty here"
HOW TROOPS WILL BEwITHDRAWN
Should IL be deemed advisable 70 with
draw the militia at any time during the
existence OF the trouble, IL would be
necessary 10 draw from the corps OF spe-
cial police. But u Is a sad fact that there
are not very many or these men who are
fitted for effective regular duty. This was
discourag1ngly demonstrated on Saturday
evening when Chief Rice WAS obliged TO
relieve two special officers from duty for
drunkenness. And the saloons OF Paw
tucket closed at 2 O'Clock on Saturday az
ternoon.
One OF the special police officers dropped
from duty gave some peremptory orders
10 a high military official and threatened
him with arrest unless he moved on
There Is no desire 20 keep the soldiers
IN Pawtucket any longer than Is neces-
sary. nor. on the other hand. are they 70
be withdrawn until II can be done with
safety. When the Pawtucket system ana
the Providence-P Pawtucket lines are OPP
Grated without obstruction, and the local
police departments have shown Them
selves able 10 deal with would-be dis
turbers. the soldiers will be called away,
and IL is desired to accomplish this at
the earliest possible date.
The decision OF the supreme court Will.
therefore, be awaited with deep interest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-16
ABOUT TOWN.

Pensions have been granted Rhode ISL
anders as follows: Original widows,
etc. Mary A. Potter. Providence. IS:
Josie Burlingame. Woonsocket, IS; Sarah
l.. Darling. Providence. IS.
Dudolph Kinsman. who keeps shop
In the Lederer building, reports that his
Duquesne bicycle was stolen from the
rear OF the building sometime Saturday.
At o'clock this morning Riverside
electric car No. III, In charge of Con-
ductor John Dunbar. backed I'm Market
square and struck push cart, tipping
over and scattering a load of fruit about
the square. No damage.
Soon after IL o'clock last night q Paw
tucket avenue electric car ran over
dog on North Main street the property OF
Abbie Smith. officer Godfrey shot the
animal later.
The horse and buggy OF DIR. Hughes OF
Pawtucket was found astrsy on North
Main street at 6:25 last evening and taken
60 the Second station. IL was later re-
covered by It's owner.
Michael David. OF 269 Gladstone ave-
nue., told the police of the Second sta
ton this morning that while he was
visiting I'm a house, 40 Acorn street. yes
terday. his bicycle. left standing outside,
had one tire cut with n knife and other
wise damaged to the extend of s..
Officer Weeks found the window OF
Frank ]. Aidrichs bakery at 40 Broad
way open at the top this morning and
notified the proprietor. who thought an
attempt 20 enter the place had been made.
In the Sixth district court this morn
ing Henry Dix was arraigned on the
charge OF stealing clothing to the value
OF s2250 from Gordon Wheaton. the theft
taking place at 40 Saturday afternoon.
Dix pleaded guilty and was held for the
grand jury IN 500.
The death OF Charles Il. Rhodes,
brother OF Aaron Rhodes. ID. O.. Of the
Rhode Island College OF Osteopathy. oc-
Cured at Harveys Lake. Pennsylvania.
on Friday morning last. Mr. Rhodes was
one OF the most popular and well known
men In that section and his death II
mourned by a host OF friends and ac-
auaintances.
The many friends OF William NJ. Rey-
nolds OF Elmwood will be pleased to
know OF his recovery from an attack OF
liphtherta.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-16
FOR ASSAULT.
Prasicky Used Pistol In Attack
on Sweetheart.

The first criminal trial In Judge Dubois
court today was that OF State VS.. Valid
slaw Prasicky. The defendant was in
dicted for assault with a dangerous
weapon on Antonia Muszeneska-
Witnesses for the state testified that
the parties had been engaged TO marry
and that Prasicky went to New York
for time. Miss Muzeneska went TO
work In Fletcher's mill on Charles street.
On his return II is claimed that de-
fendant went TO the ruill and waited for
Miss Muzeneski TO leave work. As soon
as he met her he asked her TO marry
and she replied she liked another man.
Then, IL is claimed, defendant fired two
or three shots from a pistol.
Miss Murzeneska was so badly injured
she was a number OF week at the Rhode
Island ohspital.
Attorney General Stearns for the state
and Xavier Huddy for defendant, the
latter being assigned by the court TO de-
fend the prisoner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-16
HOTEL ARRIVALS

DoRRANCE-D NJ Downs, Roswell,
n NJ: + ] Crowley, New York; NJ T
Nafey, Newark; Eben Francis. Newark;
w McNamara, Boston: M Lepahnn,
city. T Callahan, Newport: w S Mer-
ritt, Frank Conlon, Boston: s. Stand
berg. New York; Z Nash. T L Math-
ewson. A ] Ashed, r McMullen. F e
Ellis. Boston; + $ Reynolds, George L
Lord, Philadelphia.
PERRIN-George II Richards. Harry
Hickman George Hickman, Paul Hick-
man, Mildred Kenneld. Mai Goetting.
Charles Dysdale. w Wilson and wife.
w L Sheehan, @ w Dugan. Boston;
Frank Moran, New Haven; James NJ.
Maloney,. + Duggan, # A Wilson, Bos-
ton.
THE NEwMAN--Walter J. Comstock,
Jr. city; II X Mehan, A NJ Norris and
wife. Boston; f w Remmick. Charles
Dearborn and wife. New York; Leon
ard. Brooklyn; Jack Anderson, New
York: Il w Robinson. G Stoddard, Bos-
ton; II Martin. Lawrence Everett A
Kingsley, Westerly; M Collins. Peace
dale: B s. Iittleheld, Block Island;
Frank T Manchester, b Rocks, Bayside;
M 4 Kinman, city; S a Lewis Taunton;
L J Henderson. NJ Murphy. ID Dona-
van ID l. Lowell. Worcester; i NJ An
thony, Whitinsville; ] Swift, city;
III ] Garrett and wife. Boston; James
Leonard and wife. Mrs NJ Glepister.
New YORK: II / Benford. Holyoke; r w
Remmick, New York; II Williams and
wife. Boston; Il S Van Name, New York:
Il G Gale. Brattleboro; j II Lapham, q
Dearborn and wife, New YORK; Allan
son Dawson, Cliftondale; + NJ Conll,
North Adams: u Il Hart, Boston: w V
Barnes. city; II Il Ehret. New York: w
w Sherman. Baltimore: Bunker,
Boston.
THE CROWN-John Jefferson and
wife. New Bedford: Frank Pearce, city:
II Barton and wife, Boston; IL A Par
ker and wife, Worcester; w L Luther,
Portland; III A Middleton. Goshen: A
Shepard. city; r Fernstrom, Chicago;
Joseph Mayer. New York c II Lewiston,
city; Burney. Muscatine. Iowa NJ
Baker and wife. New Haven; B Welch.
Cambridge; w II Schuman. New York;
W Blodgstt New York: r Rowe and
wire, city; j It Femstrake. Chicago: Il
Shepard. + II Lee. New YORK.. O AIKEN.
Chicago. G. w Brown, Boston: Il
Chever. Boston; G Richards. Frederick
ton: Mrs NJ Young. Maiden; Ruth Il
Havens Maiden.
THE ALBEE-John Thomas Water
bury, Conn Peter J. Blake. Meriden.
Conn; NJ y Brundlge. J Kreinendahl,
Boston; NJ Smith. NJ Taylor. Fairhaven,
Mass: y Anderson, Pawtucket: Harry
Martin. Providence: Frank Nichols. New
York: Leslie Fisher. Pawtuckct. Harry
Smith Crompton. George Salisbury.
Henry Morris, Il 9 Reopel, Pawtucket;
+ J Parke. New York; ,. Brown. Paw
tucket; Frank Smith. Boston; David
Walters. Providence; M Howard. Boston;
NJ DAILY. New York: G Brown. Bos-
ton; Andrew Walsh. Brookyn l. Bas-
sett, Boston. vs. Benerl. II @ Downs. Bos-
ton: a q Gibbons. Brookline. Mass: q
Jollle. Cambridge; Frank w. Hollis. Bos-
ton.