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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
SNYDER CONVICTED.
st. Louis BOOdIer Receives a Sem
tence of Five Years.

st. Louis, Oct 4.-Robert Mcclure
Snyder was convicted of bribery in the
Criminal Court tonight and was SEN
fenced TO five years imprisonment in
The state penitentiary. after the jury
had considered for fifty minutes its
verdict on the case. and after a trial
which had occupied an entire week.
The decision was reached after al
most four hours Of arguments by the
attorneys for the defense and the state.
No bondsmen were present when
Snyder's conviction was announced, the
defense apparently having been con-
fldent that it's testimony concerning
Snyder's residence in Kansas CITY
would convince the jury that he was
entitled to the benefits of the statute of
limitation as a shield for his crime.
The Incarceration of the convicted
man seemed to be imminent when Two
Of his attorneys, Judge Henry 5. Priest
and Morton JOurdan, signed his app sal
for bond for 80. 900, securing his release
until the term Of court commencing
Monday. Early in this term Snyder Will
be sentenced and motions for appeal
and a new trial filed.
The close of the trial was marked by
incidents of absorbing interest
During the final pleading of the case
the courtroom overlooked with specta-
tors.
During the speeches of Judge Priest
for the defense and Circuit Attorney
Folk for the state, the utmost still
ness prevailed.
Especially did all reference to the
crime of bribery hold the interest of
the defendant. The crowd grew great
er and betting pools were formed by
speculative persons in the Four Court s
corridors. The most favora BILE predic-
tons made in Snyder's behalf was a
hung jury.
In the whirl of the current of intense
interest which revolved around him,
Snyder sat apparently immobile
When the verdict was read hardly an
instant's change in his expression could
be noted.
The convicted man shifted in his
chair and sat motionless while congrat-
ulating hands were extended past him
to grasp the hand of Circuit Attorney
Folk
Few of the assemblsge in the court
room left until it had been definitely
learned that Snyder would not pass
the night in Jail. Then the courtroom
was abandoned and Snyder, free for
the time being, left, accompanied by
his attorneys. The conviction follow
ed a long contest of testimony and
controversy which had nothing to do
with the main charge of bribery. but
everything to do in determining his
liability to punishment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
NEW ORLEANS STRIKE.
Application for Receivership Adds
New Complications.


New Complications.
New Orleans. Oct. 4.-The most i'm
portant development in the New Or
leans Railway strike situation to-day
was the filing of a petition in the
Civil District Court for the appointment
of a receiver for the railway company.
on the grounds of gross mismanage-
ment by the officers. Charles A. Fav-
rot and L. A. Livaudais are the stock
holders and bondholders who filed the
application. They allege that the off,
GERS have neglected and made no effort
to run cars, causing a loss to the COM
pany of many thousand dollars, thus
jeopardizing the payment on interest on
the bonds. Judge St Paul fixed the
hearing for next Tuesday. The rail-
way officials state that the filing OF
this petition will prove beneficial to
their interests, inasmuch as it will
bring the present controversy to dis
cussion.
Tonight Mayor Capdevielle is en-
deavoring to arrange a settlement on
a basis of ten hours and 50 per day
The railway company is making every
preparation in a systematic way for
the operation of their cars, although
nothing but mail cars were run.
At midnight Mayor Capdeviele said:
Negotiations are not at an end. The
application for a receiver for the rail-
way. company has interfered to some
extent. However 1 am still hopeful
that an adjustment win be reached
before long"
As the railway company has not yet
notified the Mayor when 1t intends to
operate passenger cars 1t is evident
no attempt will be made Sunday
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
This Is No Joke.



If you toot your little tooter and then
lay aside your horn, there's not soul
in ten short days will known that you
were born. The man who gathers
pumpkins is the man who plows all
day, and the man who keeps it hump
ing is the one who makes it pay. The
man who advertises with a short, a
sudden jerk, is the man who blames
the editor because it didn't work. The
man who gets the business takes a
long and steady pull, and keeps the 10
cal paper from year to year quite
full. He plans his advertising
in careful, thoughtful way, and
keeps forever at it until he makes IL
pay. He has faith in all the future,
can Withstand a sudden shock and
like the man of Scripture has his bus
mess on a rock
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
STEP BY STEP
Coffee Gets in 1t. Fine Work.

Watch coffee drinkers and observe
that practically every one of them has
some form of incipient or fixed disease.
Mrs. F. N. Wright, of San Francisco,
Cal, tells her experience: IL was 20
years old before l ever knew the taste
OF coffee, and before l commenced
drinking it 1 never was troubled in the
least with constipation, but after
drinking coffee for one year, / became
constipated to such a debree that l had
to resort to drugs to overcome it.
After three years drinking coffee,
had cultivated a chronic state of con-
stipauon and other annoying symptoms
became manifest. The first thing in
the morning had a headache come on.
feeling Of nausea, and these synlp-
toms would persist until l had drunk
a quantity of coffee. At first l did not
associate these symptoms with the hab-
it of coffee drinking. thought my sys-
tern must be run down, and l felt glad
that coffee instead of prescribed drugs
would relieve the weakness. Like many
people. did not reason from cause to
effect
About this time I had an elderly
nurse in my employ, who complained
every morning of similar symptoms,
and when I suggested mineral water
etc, to her for her biliousness, she said
Nothing in the world but my coffee
win relieve me when 1 feel so badly.
My husband began to complain, If he
did not get his coffee at a certain time,
of queer sensa tions in the stomach and
head. / became alarmed at these coin
cidences, and came to the conclusion
that coffee had as strong hold on us
as whisky has with the veriest drunk
ard. About this time l was taken i'll
with irfia1nmatory rheumatism. and
the two doctors who attended me, told
me I would have to stop drinking cof-
fee or remain a cripple, as they could
not treat me il | persisted in using a
drug stronger than the drug I needed
My husband and l agreed. to try an
experiment and commenced the use of
Postum Food Coffee. The effect was
marvellous and taught us some valua-
bic truths, and now we would not
touch cup of coffee for anything His
business demands the utmost concen-
tration of brain force continuously. He
now looks like a new man; he has had
no headaches or bilious attacks for
some months, and digests all his food
without any distress. l feel sure that
he would have been a wreck If he had
kept on with coffee.
After l began using Postum I soon
recovered from my attack of rheuma.-
tism, and in a few weeks, I could walk
about again. am no longer troubled
with constipation. headaches, nausea or
rheumatism 1 firmly believe that the
continued use Of coffee becomes in
time as hurtful to the human system
as alcoholic stimulents. / know my
case and my husbands both demon
strate this clearly"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
WOMEN G0LD-BEATERS.
A Field of Work About Which Little
Is KNOWN,
From the New York Post.


From the New York Post.
The recent strike among the gold
heaters, the issues at stake being the
increase of wages and discharge of wo-
men employed in the business, must
have caused a good many people to in
Quire what a woman gold beater is.
Gold beating is one of the smallest
of American industries, as it is in some
respects, one of the most peculiar. The
conditions under which it exists enable
the workmen to dictate terms to their
employers, the latter frankly admitting
that they have to either give in or go
out of business. There are only about
500 gold beaters in this country; the
work is expert, and not every one can
learn 1t. The English and German
workmen are too well paid to think of
emigrating; and, of course, the con-
tract labor law stands in the way of
sending for them from this side.
The recent strike was really on &C
count of the women. The increase of
wages would have been granted the
men for the asking, but employers
were reluctant to discharge for no
cause women who served faithfully for
low wages, did their work better than
the men could do it, and were, in many
cases, widows and orphans of the strik-
ers' fellow-workmen. They held out
for seven weeks, hoping that the men
would soften, but the hope was not
realized. The women had to go. 1t is
pleasant to know that one firm, the
largest in New York, kept the dis
charged women's names on the pay
roll and will continue to send them
their wages until employment can be
found for them.
Importance of the Industry.
Small as the gold-beating industry
is, and little notice as it's troubles at
tracted, the results of them might have
been very far-reaching. Manufacture
ers. it is said, actually considered
whether 1t would not be as well for
them to go out of the business as far
as the beating itself was concerned. II
they had done so the price of gold pic
ture frames would have advanced at
least rs per cent. on account of the
tariff on gold leaf. Artists would have
felt this very seriously, since their
framemaker's bills are heavy enough
as 1t is. Decorators, painters, sign
makers, bookbinders cabinet makers
a dozen trades would have been affect
ed. All on account of about one hum
dred women-or rather on account of
the ungallantry of about 500 men to-
wards those women.
Gold beating is one of the few handi-
crafts left. In Germany some machin-
cry has been introduced, but the work
accomplished is inferior. The knack of
striking exactly the proper blow has
not yet been transmitted to a steam
hammer.
The gold, twenty-five car&ss tine. Is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
TALLAHASSEE NOTES.
Farmer Falls Into Moving Machine
and BIeeds to Death.

Tallahassee. Fla Oct. Mr. T. A.
Williams, respected and esteemed
farmer, residing one mile south of
Tallahassee, while operating a now
ing machine on Friday afternoon, by
some means fell into the machine and
was terribly wounded and lacerated by
the knives. Being unable to move or
to call for help, the unfortunate man
remained alone where he fell with
his life blood slowly ebbing away
until late in the afternoon he was dis
covered and taken to his home. Medi-
cal aid was summoned, but it was too
late. After the physician had worked
with him several hours, he died from
loss of blood. Mr. Williams came from
the West several years ago. He has
maintained a reputation for honesty
and industry and his untimely death
is deeply regretted by the community.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
P0TTER--CLARK
Venerable Clergyman WEEDS PrOmi-
- nent widow i'm New York.

nent Widow i'm New Aork-
Cooperstow. y. Y, oct. THE mar
rage of Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark to
Bishop Henry c. Potter took place to-
day at noon at Christ Church, this
place. The church was deliberately
decorated with palms and flowers.
When the guests had been seated.
Rev DT. GrOsvenOr, rector of the
Church of the Incarnation of New
York, who performed the ceremony,
and Rev. Dr.. George F. Nelson, took
their places and awaited the arrival Of
the bridal party. The organist began
the Lohengrin wedding march, and
the bride, escorted by her son. Lieut..
Robert 5. Clark, marched up the aisle,
where they were met by the bridegroom
and his best man. Rev. DR.. George F.
Nelson.
Mrs Clark was attended by her
niece, Miss Chaffee, as maid of honor.
and by DR.. D. A. Woods of Philadel-
phia, one Of her Oldest friends. Rev. Dr.
w. W. Lord pronounced the benedic-
ton.
The bridal gown was OF white satin
crepe de chene, trimmed with point
applique lace and was of extremely
simple design.
wedding breakfast was served to
about thirty at Fernleigh, Mrs. Clark
residence.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05

bined. 1t is exactly as Congressman
Goodrich of Oklahoma says: "Peruna
is not only a cure for catarrh, but also
most vigorous tonic"
These two facts are beyond contro-
versy. Any remedy that operates to
tone up the whole nervous system will
also operate beneflcially upon catarrh.
Catarrh is simply fiabby condition
of the mucous membranes. This fab
biness has been brought about by ex-
posture to cold which finally depresses
the nerves supplying the mucous men,
brane.
Peruna operates Immediately to
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
SALVATI0NISTS ARRIVE.
Twelve Tugs and Three SidewheeI-
ers Required 10 Land Soldiers,


New York, Oct. 4.-On the steamship
Philadelphia, which arrived to-day
from Southampton, was Gen. William
Booth. the head of the Salvation
Army. Twelve tugs and three side
wheel passenger boats bearing SOL
diers of the Salvation Army met the
Philadelphia al quarantine and gave an
enthusiastic welcome to Gen. Booth.
The army was ont in full force
crowding the steam craft to overflow
ing They waved flags, set off fireworks
and sang hymns The singing was con-
tinued all way up the harbor.
Il have come here for tour of five
months" said the General on the ship.
my object being for the better con-
solidation and expansion of the army -
Gen. Booth was asked If he would
try to bring under one head the Vol
unteers of America and the Salvation
Army.
No, 1 will not" he said. II shall
not attempt to in any way interfere
with the other army l am a friend
with everyone and shall try to re-
main So"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05

melted and run through heavy rollers,
coming out a ribbon about an inch
wide and of the thickness of blotting
paper The ribbon is clipped into inch
squares and placed between the leaves
of parchment book three inches
square. This book is called the clutch,
and contains two hundred leaves. When
it has been placed in a heavy parch-
ment envelope it is given to a brawny
workman with arm and shoulder mus
Giles like a gladiator. He stands before
G. pounding block of solid granite and,
with an iron hammer weighing fifteen
pounds, beats the clutch until the gold
within is three inches square instead
Of one inch. The blow struck is not the
crushing blow of a butchers ak; it
must rebound lightly. The effort is ex-
pended in the upward swing of the arm
and not in the stroke. Women, of
course. have no part in this work.
The Shoda.
The gold is next cut in quarters and
placed in another book called the sho-
da, which contains some $50 leaves
This book consists of a peculiar sub
stance made from the entrails of oxen.
1t is as fine and smooth and flexible
as the lining of an egg-shell 1t is very
costly, the price of a single book be-
us PpV- - Dbph VIII SIdHQ l0U peat
irgs, after which it is sold to manufac-
turers of imitation gold-leaf
The shoda is beaten with a lighter
hammer and more export stroke. The
idea is to make the leaf a little thicker
on the edges than in the middle. This
is In order that when the leaf is finally
trimmed and sold the manufacturer
and not the buyer will get the advant
age of the heavier part.
The man who beats the shoda was
really the cause of the strike. I'm to
this time all the work is in the hands
OF men. The transferring of the leaf
from the shoda to the next book and
the final beating has always been the
work of women. A light touch and a
cert hand are required to do this with
out breaking the leaf, which has now
oeen beaten to the thinness of the thin
est tissue paper. Some OF the men say
they wanted to take the work away
from the women because they knew
they could do 1t, and they thought thev
ought to be allowed more chance to sir
Gown and rest from their severe labor
Others admit that they simply wanted
to earn more money.
One is interested to observe that the
men are rather awkward in the ac-
comphshment of their new task, All
seemed to work slowly.
The last book is called the mould
and has 1000 leaves. In it the gold It's
sue is beaten to one-fourth that delft
cate thickness, and then the men are
through with it. In time they may
come to think they can handle il fur
Their. but at present they resign it in
its last stage to women
The Final Process.
The girls sit at little enclosed desks
in an almost airless room. The small
est draught OF wind must be excluded.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
NEW NAVAL DIVISION.
Caribbean Station Established with
Headquarters at CuIebra-

Caribbean Station Established With
headquarters at CuIebra-
Washington. Oct 4-Secretary
Moody has issued the following order
creating the new Caribbean division.
directed to Admirals Higginson and
Coghlan:
THE Caribbean division, United
States naval force. North Atlantic
station, under the command of the
second in command. has been estab-
lished with headquarters at Culebra,
Porto Rico, and you will assume COM
mand of the division.
The following named vessels have
been detailed for this duty: Olympia.
flagship; Montgomery, Detroit, Mariet-
ta- Machias and Panther.
THE duties of the division include,
so far as pertains to the navy, the
safeguarding of American interests in
those countries that border on the Ca
ribbean. the cultivating of friendly re-
lations with their people, the protect
ing of American citizens resident there
in property or other rights, the carry
ing out of the provisions of the exist
Ing treaties, and in general exercising
legitimate interest toward the mainte-
nance of peace in these regions"
Admiral Coghlan has been assigned
to command of this division.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
A Remedy which Has Revolution
lied the Treatment of stomach
Troubles.


The remedy is not heralded as a won
derful discovery nor yet secret pat
ent medicine. neither is it claimed to
cure anything except dyspepsia, indi-
gestion and stomach troubles with
which nine out of ten suffer.
The remedy is in the form of pleas
ant tasting tablets or lozenges, con-
tanning vegetable and fruit essences,
pure assptic pepsin government test)
golden seal and diastaste. The tablets
are sold by druggists under the name
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Many
interesting experiments TO test the di-
gestive power of Stuart's tablets show
that one grain of the active principle
contained in them is sufficient to thor
oughly digest 1000 grains of raw meat,
eggs and other wholesome food.
Stuart's Tablets do not act upon the
bowels like after dinner pills and cheap
cathartics. which simply irritate and
infiame the intestines without having
any effect whatever in digesting food
or curing Indigestion.
If the stomach can be rested and as
sisted in the work of digestion it will
very soon recover its normal vigor, as
no organ is so much abused and over
worked as the stomach.
This is the secret. If there is any Sc
cret, of the remarkable success of Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets, a remedy prac-
tically unknown a few years ago and
now the most widely known of any
treatment for stomach weakness.
This success has been secured entire
ly upon its merits as a digestive pure
and simple because there can be no
stomach trouble if the food is promptly
digested.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act en-
tirely on the food eaten. digesting it
completely so that IL can be assimila-
ted into blood, nerve and tissue. They
cure dyspepsia, water brash, sour
stomach, gas and bloating after meals,
because they furnish the digestive
power which weak stomachs lack and
unless that lack is supplied IT is use
less to attempt to cure by the use of
"tonics," pills" and cathartics which
have absolutely no digestive power.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can be
found at all drug stores and the regu-
lar use of one or two of them after
meals, Will demonstrate their merit bet
ter than any other argument.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
Congressman Fred S. Goodrich.

Fred S. Goodrich. ex-member OF Con-
gress from Florida (51st SESSION. writes
the following letter from Shawnee,
Okla:
"T am assured and satisfied that
your Peruna is not only a cure for
catarrh, but also a most vigorous
tonic, and as so many of my friends
have been benefited by its use,
have no hesitation in recommending
1T to the pubIic."-Fred S. Goodrich.
Peruna has cured more cases of ca
tarrh than all the other remedies COM
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
Will Corner Timber.

Pensacola, Fla. Oct. 4.-The Sawn
Timber Manufacturers Association OF
Western Florida and Southern Ala
bama, in session here to-day, decided
not to sell a stick of timber at less
than 171s cents a foot. All the mills
in the association will be limited to
cut only rs per cent. of their capac-
ity. Any mill failing to comply with
this requirement will be fined the
amount of the extra output, which
will be divided among the members OF
the association
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
MURDER AT AUGUSTA.
Negro Kills Another for Striking
His Wife,

Augusta, Oct. 4.-Dick Bacon, a ne
gro, was killed at his home on South
Boundary street tonight by another
negro. Jack Josey. Both are laboring
men, one carpenter, and the other a
brick mason. and are not loafers.
Tonight Josey walked home with
Bacon's wife, and when they arrived,
Bacon became angry and struck his
wife, whereupon Josey cut his throat,
severing the jugular vein. Bacon s
blood spurted over everything and he
died in a few minutes. Bacon's wife
and daughter swooned at the sight, and
an hour after the killing were still I'M
conscious. Josey was arrested. He
was drunk and at police headquarters,
made out he didn't remember hav-
ing any difficulty with anybody.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05

Baroness Rothschild and Clyde
Fitch have been rivals in the buying
of curious for some time. The other
day they met at last at st. NORTH and
compared notes and the Baroness was
obliged to confess that the young
American playwright was always pick
ing up the very treasures she wss
most DESTROYS of obtaining. While Mr.
Fitch has been recovering, his great
entertainment has been buying Won
derful things for his New York house:
Morgan is not the only collector es
rare antiques
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
TWO WERE KILLED,
Passenger Train Crashes Into Rear
End of Moving Freight.

Williamsport. Pa. Oct. 4-North-
bound Northern Central Railroad pas
senger train No. 9, known as the Erie
Express" while running at a high rate
OF speed, crashed into the rear end of
freight train near Milton, Pa, to-day.
Passenger Engineer Wheeland of fIar-
risburg, and Freight Conductor
Stringer CT Sunbury were killed. Pas
senger Fireman Shaffer of Harrisburg
was seriously hurt. None of the pas
sengers were injured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
Venezuela Protests.

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 4.-The
Official Gazette yesterday published a
protest against the occupation by Great
Britain of the Island of Patos. The
local press. published vehement arti-
cles protesting against the attempt
upon Venezuelan national sovereignty.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-05
Fatal, TYPHONS.

Six Hundred Vessels and 800 Men
Lost.
Victoria, British Columbia, Oct A
Japan was visited by a heavy typhoon
early in September and the steamer
Tartar brings advices of disasters.
From Kagoshima comes news of the
loss of 600 fishing smacks and. 1900
men. The steamer Karazawa Maru,
which was dispatched to search for
survivors, brought in about sixteen
men.