davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
DUE TO COAL SHORTAGE
Many Cases of Pneumonia in
Washington Even in Homes
of the Wealthy Class.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-A material in
crease in the number Of cases of Dneu-
mOnia and severe colds among the peo-
pie of this city is attributed to the coal
famine, according TO a number of ply
sicians Interviewed today. They say that
in most OF the houses they visit only d
Few OF the rooms are heated.
Even in the homes of wealthy RESIDENT
furnaces have had to be abandoned The
price Of hard coal from the independent
operators today was So a ton. Soft at re-
tail brought IS, and many of the dealers
are unable TO furnish even small lots to
regular customers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
CLAIMS THE ESTATE
OF DEAD MILLIONAIRE

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-Louise X Eames,
claiming to be the only child of Lester
H. Games, deceased, a former Ottawa,
Ills. bank president, seeks to estab lish
her claim to his estate, valued at ST.
0G0, 0OO, asking that an agreement by
which she signed away all her rights to
the estate for $4,000 be set aside.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19

p Toulon, France, Dec. 1S.-The 4
y steamer MOdoc, belonging TO the I
y Mesa geries Maritimes. cOllided I
y with the French cruiser La I
= Touche TreVille as she was leaV- I
= ing port this evening in a storm Z
y She grounded on the rocks at the I
y MourillOn arsenal and now lies in !
y a dangerous position Z
On board the MOdoc are the I
y mails, 223 passengers for the East 4
= Indies and a number Of sailors in (
y tended for the French WarshipS on I
= the China station. I
%*%&%%%%%+%%AAAR%A+
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
FRACTURED HIS SKULL.

Butte, Mont, Dec. 1S.-A special to
the Miner from Billings, Mont, says
that Dad Johnson, one of the best
known engineers on the Northern Pa
cific, while on the tender last night,
slipped and fell. fracturing his skull.
He died several hours later Johnson
had been in the employ of the North
ern Pacific twenty years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
AGED BEGGAR WAS
WORTH THOUSANDS

Toronto. Dec. 1S.-EIy Hyman. a
Jew. who begged for admission to the
general hospital here on Saturday. is
dead An examination of his clothing
resulted in nnding scrip worth S3l GOO
Other papers showed him TO be worth
probably 500, co.,
For twenty years he has slept in
sheds and stables. He sold papers and
begged. His heirs are his wife and
daughter, living, it is thought, in San
Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
FRANCE IS FIRM.
Insists That Provision Be Made For
Her Claims.

Her Claims.
Washington, Dee. 1S.-It was learned to-
night that France has addressed a note
to her charge. d affaireS at Caracas for
submission to the Venezuelan govern
ment, stating the position she will main
tain with reference to claims of her citi-
zens against Venezuela. France makes a
distinction between claims arising before
Castro's assumption of power and those
arising since. The claims of France
prior to CastrO's administration, it is al
ready agreed, are to be settled by arbi-
tration. The claims arising since Castro
became president are to be adjusted by
the French minister at Caracas and
proper ministerial officers of VenezU-la.
IhlS was arranged some time ago. In
the note sent to Caracas France takes
the position that claims arising since 1899
when Castro became president should
have as favorable trea tment as is given
10 claims of Germany, Great Britain and
other countries. As to the claims prior
TO 1899, France says they shall be met
according to the most favored nation
treaty clause and be met out of the Gus
toms receipts The note is courteous but
firm France it is announced. will make
no demonstrations against Venezuela.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
COLORADO SUIT INVOLVING MILLIONS

CoLoRADo SPRINGS Dec Isl D. oIare, the OgnaI
the district court against James and the Portland Gold
5
Z Z
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
CABLE SHIP SPEEDING.

? San Francisco, Dec. IS.-The As !
= ISOLATED Press has received the I
= following cablegram from its cor I
= respondent on board the cable :
= ship Silyertown, dated at noon to- I
? day: (
: Position at noon today, latitude I
= 23.14 north, longitude 1880 west I
= Since noon yesterday 207 knots of I
= cable have been laid, making the I
= total laid SCI knots. The weather
: is good and the ships speed eight I
: knots
: = = = = = l. l. l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
CAPTURED A SCHOONER.
Germans Commit Any Wanton Act of
Piracy.


La Guayra. Dec. 1S.-Herr Won Pilgrim
Baltazzl, the German envoy to Venezuela.
landed here today. Permission for him to
DO so was granted by the authorities.
lie spoke by telephone to his wife. who is
very III at Caracas. Later the German
envoy accompanied the project of Ia
Guayra. Senior Leicibabaza to the lat
ter : office, where he remained for a
short time
a British cruiser has obtained permits
sion to purchase fresh provisions on
shore here. The British cruiser Tribune
arrived here this morning. The British
cruiser lndefatigable left here at noon
today, steaminS in the direction of Trini-
dad
The German cruiser Falk, which has
been anchored for the past two days al
the entrance of Lake MaracaibO. today
captured the Venezuelan schooner Pic
torla. After cutting down her mainmast.
thus disabling her the Germans aban-
dOned the vessel. This action has caused
great indignation among the Venezuelans.
and excitement runs high at MaracaibO.
where the people have been parading the
streets. Uttering cries against Great Brit
ain and Germany.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
FEARFUL sNUB FOR MONROE DOCTRINE

DFER Colo Dec 1Sn an interview published
~ r BENJAMIN Andrews
~ m in @ city this evening on Socialism
/ feel with most people said Dr. Andrews
England
that is probably India
nonarches
to st
evhat
o
is
and reciprocity and mock sentiment touching
for the entire watching
= = y \ y = , > y ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS.

Tashkend, Asiatic Russia, Dec.
, 1S.-Three officials. two soldiers
and $50 natives. mostly children, 4
were killed by the earthquake 4
which destroyed the town of Andi- 4
jan, Russian Central Asia. Tues 4
day. In addition, 800 natives and 4
seventeen soldiers We're injured 1
and 5000 houses of natives and 100 I
; Russian residences were destroyed. 4
~ , !
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
TRAIN DITCHED.

, San Francisco, Dec. IS.-The Z
eastbound Atlantic express was :
, ditehed this evening about a mile 1
west of Truckee. Seven cars left !
, the track. but no one was injured :
The track viii be blockaded for I
ten hours.
; @A+&+%%
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
TELLER GOING HOME.

Especial 20 The Herald)
Washington. Dec. E-Se1atOr Teller
viii leave here tomorrow for Colorado, 70
remain until after the holidays
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19

y =
President president
he o
a
for
s 10
he n
before foreign
of said
othe be
nc o
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
NO DEFINITE RESULT.

British Cabinet Still Discussing the
Situation.
London, Dec 1S.-It is not apparent
that anything definite has resulted from
today cabinet meeting with regard to
the transmission by the government OF
the United States OF Venezuela's request
for arbitration.
Cnarge d Affaires White was in touch
with the foreign office throughout the
day he transmitted a long dispatch TO
the state department at Washington, but
TINS communication is not believed TO
Continued on Page p
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
EFFORTS To PATCH UP
A PEACE PROGRESSING
Germany and Great Britain Counting the Cost Be-
fore Pushing Venezuela to the Wall
Congressman Shaoth Has introduced Joint Resolution Guaan
teeng Payments of Arbitration Awards.

CARACAS Dec N has been learned from Official Source that the allies
today will notify the Venezuelan authorities La Guayra Of the block
ade to become effective Saturday. Dec TO- at H. tie ports Of La Gnayra
Puerto CabeIO, Core, MaraabO CarupanO and Barcelona
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
THE nETALS.

Silver. 4S9sc. per ounce.
copper, lie. per pound; New YC
u 40 per 100 pounds.
Lead $3.50 per 100 pounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19

Continued on Page 81
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
LAKE PLACID RAILROAD
SMITH HOUSE.
1873.

The letters are stamped on the face
of the check and the figures are quite
large. popular young man, son of a
New York judge. who wore one of
these odd fobs, was asked who had
started the fashion.
Il don't know" he replied, producing
a massive gold watch at the end of the
leather strap, but it's a mighty good
one. You see. this strap is pointed on
the end, and when we loop it through
straight, and when we put the watch
in our fob pocket the point holds it so
that it could not be pulled out without
the owner knowing it.
Where do we get them? Oh, we
collect them from the different hotels
where we go to hops or to play golf.
or where we are stopping. l have them
from hotels at Lake Placid, Saranac
Lake, Paul Smiths and Raquette Lake.
l wear the Lake Placid one at Saranac
Lake, and vice versa.
DO we buy them? Well, hardly. We
collect them as souvenirs of our visits
to the baggage rooms of the different
hotels, but some of the proprietors
have so little regard for collectors of
bric-a-brac that they lock up their
baggage checks.
1--WE not only wear them, but we can
play a kind of poker game with the
different numbers. When we get back
to New York we hang them around our
bedrooms with other souvenirs we have
picked I'D in our travels"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
AN ADIRONDACK FAD.

Those who noticed a certain fad
quite prevalent among Savannah's col
lege boys-and girls, it may be added
when they were at home for the hol-
ldays, will be interested in the follow
ing explanation of its origin and uses
given by writer in the New York
Times:
One of the most curious fashions of
the past summer in the Adirondacks
was the wearing by young men OF
brass baggage checks on leather straps
for watch fobs. To see a number of
youths Immediately dressed on the
porch of a fashionable hotel with a
common "brawss for me luggage in
place of the ordinary seal, was in truth
a remarkable sight.
These checks, as most people know,
are about two inches long by an inch
wide. They are used to put on trunks
removed from hotels to the railroad
stations, and read something like this:
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

Advance fall fashions are beginning
to appear in the New York shops.
A new fashion has been introduced
in waists and Madam la Mode has not
waited until later on to declare it pop
ular. This distinguishing feature con-
sists of a blouse in the back as well
as front of the waist. The fitness is
not as decided in the back as at the
front, but it is decidedly perceptible,
and in light weight fabrics very grace
full. A belt of medium width is worn
and, having the back graduated, the
even pouch of a Russian blouse is
broken and a smarter more French
effect gained.
Crepe de chene, both of the silk and
wool variety and etamine reign supreme
just now and merit all the patronage
shown them. When decorated with
bands of silk and medallions of lace
and worn over an underdress of silk,
the effect is materially enhanced. Ar
menian embroidery, which is only an
other name for a very dainty variety
of Suisse embroidery is used to trim
these fabrics, and though the combi-
nation sounds incongruous, the result
, is very fetching.
Separate waists were never prettter
and, it may be added, costlier. The
fancy for Jackets is coming back apace.
Many are cut away at the front, and,
although the latest models are minus
the Louis tails at the back known as
the postillion effect, they bear dis
tinct resemblance to that style.
With the Norfolk jackets so popular
the yoke is creeping back into STYLE
and this furnishes boundless opportu-
mites for embroidery at this time
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. w. b. Kent of Mount Vernon
is at the Pulaski.
Mr.. Willie Adams of Rochelle, Fla,
is at the De Soto.
Mr.. j. L. DeLoach of Reidsville was
at the De Soto yesterday.
Mr.. r. c. Darlington of Atlanta is
registered at the De Soto.
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Clarke of Darien
registered yesterday at the De Soto.
Mr.. R. A. Flanders of Swainsboro
registered last night at the Screven.
Mr.. N. w. Harrison of Jacksonville
registered yesterday at the Pulaski.
Messrs c.. F. Rogers and Fred L.
Speth of Augusta registered at the Pu-
lash last night.
Mr. Robert Tompkins. Rev. T. B.
Kemp and Mr.. ]. R. Bachlott of st.
Mary's Fla, are at the Screven.
Chas. H. Dorsett, ESQ.,. returned
yesterday from Des Moines, Ia, where
he had been in attendance on the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. MIR.
Dorsett attended as a representative
from Georgia to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge.
Mrs. Walter A. Way was brought
from Walthourville yesterday by DR..
Miller of that place and placed in the
Park View Sanitarium- She is the
wife of Judge w. A. Way OF Liberty
county. She has been i'll for six or
eight weeks. She was accompanied to
Savannah by her sons, Mr.. Samuel
Way of Orlando, Fla, and Mr.. w. f.
Way of Moultrie.
The Morning News had a very pleas
ant visit yesterday from Col. r. M.
Johnston, editor and proprietor of that
well-known and influential journal, the
Houston CTex) Post. Thirty-one years
ago Mr.. Johnston, then quite a young
man, was on the staff of the Morning
News, and it is like, as he said, conn
ing home to pay his old friends a
visit. He is a native of Washington
county, in this state, and was reared
in Decatur county, learning his trade,
that of printer in the cambridge Ar
gus office. He has been very prosper
Gus in Texas and none rejoice more
over his success than his old friends in
Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
THE WAY OF
THE HOTEL BEAT
Proprietors Think 1t May Be Added to the
Bibles Mystical Four.

For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, the heather Chinee is
peculiar" was Bret Harte's opinion, but
the hotel people of Savannah are pre-
pared to swear that no heather Chinee
can hold candle to the dead beats
with whom they are being constantly
called on to deal. They are a class all
and unmitigated nerve would easily
take the blue ribbon from all other
classes.
The hotel men, because of a long ex-
perience with these gentry, take every
possible precaution to keep from being
victimized by them. yet are frequently
stuck by some new game, are forced
to charge something to profit and loss,
post new name on the black list, and
tip the other men to the new ruse, so
that it can't be worked again.
This refers only to the largest
houses; in the smaller ones games are
continually worked by beats" who,
though not able to throw much of a
front" and much less clever in their
work, yet manage to secure shelter and
food for varying lengths of time, with
never thought of paying for it.
Only this week the Morning News re-
ceived list and. description of four
such persons, who had skipped after
contracting board bills amounting in all
to 500 These were from one proprietor
alone; probably every other in the city
could furnish similar list If he cared
to. The boarding houses, too, proper
tionately, are quite as large losers from
this class as are the hotels.
The usual safeguard adopted by the
hotels is to receive no person without
baggage, unless Accommodations be
paid for In advance. This works fairly
we'll, as a rule, but once in awhile
some chap whose front" is irreproach-
able, manages to break through this
rule by rendering a plausible reason
for travelling in light marching order,
and then he remains with the hotel I'M
til he decides of his own accord to
seek new pastures or the cashier gets
too pressing in his requests for set
Element. Usually this is the last heard
of him, but cases are cited where the
beat after waiting a short time, has
come back and tried to work the same
game over again.
Even the precaution of having a
mans baggage in the house proves UNI
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
SOCIETY,"

ing some weeks ait Saratoga and -
New York. anu III
MIS-: Z. Z. Walden, who has been
spending the summer in Providence
X. H. has returned to the city.
Mr. e. ]. Haslam arrived last night
from New York.
The Misses Melasky and Mr. HARRIS
Meiasky of Texas are visiting Mr.
Joseph M. Solomons.
Mrs. Henry Backus and Miss Martha
u. Backus are residing at 412 Park ave-
nue., east.
DR.. H, |. oConnor will arrive this
morning from New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hirsch and theiy
FAMILY, who spent the summer at Isle
OF Hope, have returned to the city
ana after Oct. 1, will reside at 40S
East Huntingdon street.
Mr.. Abraham Levy is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Levy, in
Augusta.
MISS Cahaniss is the guest of Mrs.
FRANCES Lowe in Vineville. near Ma
con.
Miss Elizabeth Adams of Atlanta is
visiting relatives in Savannah.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. F. Close re-
turned night before last from the
mountains of North Carolina.
Mr.. F. X. Douglas left last night
for visit to Asheville.
Mr.. Herbert c. Miller of Lancaster
Ca, who has been spending some time
here. has returned home.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26

availing in preventing his beating his
bill at times. Only recently a chap
registered at a well-known house,
bringing with him a valise well filled
with personal belongings that would
have insured the house against loss
under ordinary circumstances had the
man failed to make good when called
on to pay his bill.
The man was a smooth one, however,
and he hadn't any intention of paying.
After being in the hotel for day or
so, he discovered that the greater part
of his washable clothes needed to so
to a laundry. The clerk suspected
nothing, and they were sent. Then
the suits needed pressing, and they
went out of the house also. Finally
when everything movable had been
taken from the guests room except
the valise, that was discovered to be
in need of repairs, and so that, too,
was taken out. The guest didn't show
up the next day, and when his room
was examined, it was found that he
had made good his escape and taken
everything with him.
In another case a man beat three
hotels out of a weeks board each by
presenting a bogus telegram, concoct-
ed to show that he was a travelling
man, and that his employers had mail
ed him check for $780, which was then
due. On this showing he did the round
of houses and the fourth week showed
up at the one he had stayed at the
first week and tried to work the game
all over again.
Another beat" worked a game by
going to a Tybee hotel and represent
ing to the clerk there that he was a
guest of the proprietor's hotel in Sa-
vannah. He not only got his board
and lodging there for a few days, but
also borrowed money on the strength
of his representation. Then he came
to Savannah and told his story the
other way; declared that he was the
guest of the Tybee house, and again
got accommodations and money.
Finally he was caught up with and
turned out. When he left he forgot
his watch a cheap affair, worth prob
ably a dollar, in his room. This was
turned over to the clerk, but had been
in possession but a short time when
the owner showed up and demanded
it. He didn't get it, but even then he
was way to the good.
There are ALWAYS a few of these
chaps floating around, and as 1t is inn
possible to keep them from winning
out once in awhile, the hotel keep
ers have come to look on them as a
sort of evil not to be got rid of, and
so they simply have to stand for their
losses and lay for the beat" IL he
shows up again.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
--------s~
VALDOSTA NOTES.
Home of Hahira Citizen Burned.
Family Barely Escaped With Life.

Home of Hahira Citizen Burned.
Family Barely Escaped With Life.
Valdosta, Ga, Sept. 25.-News was
received here this morning of the burn
ing of the home of Mr.. l.. M. Stanfill
of Hahira, in the northern part of this
county. The fire occurred after the
family had retired, but Mr.. Stanfill
had not gone to sleep. He heard a
roaring noise, which caused him some
uneasiness and he got up to investigate
it. He saw the light in his dining
room and pushed open the door to see
what it was. The seething mass of
flames burst from the door, and Mr..
Stanfill had to fly to save himself and
the other members of his family. The
house was burned, with all of its con-
tents the family barely escaping with
their lives.
There was a small amount of insur-
ance on the house and furniture. Be
sides the loss of property, he had $500
in money in the house, having col
lected it during the day. He also had
a large amount of money in notes and
mortgages in the fire, though he had
a record of these which was not de-
stroyed. 1t is believed that the fire
was caused from the stove in the
kitchen or from an incubator under
his house.
One of the hardest rains that has
fallen in this section in a long time
came down o-day from IL o'clock I'M
til late this evening. At times it look
ed as if the gates of heaven were
opened and the water poured out in
solid sheets. The streets were flooded,
and there was some wind. The cotton
crop was badly damaged by the water,
which seems to have been general
throughout this section. There was
much damage done to cotton by rains
last week, while the rains to-day have
added to that damage greatly.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
WAYCROSS NEWS NOTES.
Marriage of Prominent and Popular
Young PeoDIe-Otber short Items.

Marriage of Prominent and Popular
Young PeoDIe-Otber short Items.
Waycross, Ca, Sept. 25.-Messrs.
Claude I. Allen and DR.. l. l.. Dodge,
who attended the tournament of the
Thomasville Gun Club yesterday, re-
turned home this morning. Messrs. T..
w. Morrison and d. A. Williams, mem
bers of the Waycross Gun Club, who
also attended the tournament, remain
ed over in Townsville. and will enter
in many of the events scheduled for
to-day. In the shoot yesterday Mr..
Allen won second money and DIR. Dedge
third. Mr.. Allen was known on the
score card as Burke" and ais scores
were reported under this name In to-
days Morning News.
Mr.. Royal H. Walden and Miss Bes-
sic J. Newton were married last night
at the Baptist parsonage by Rev. Z.
H. Scruggs. Besides the father of the
bride, few friends were present. Mr.
Walden is a well known young man
here, who for the past season has been
in charge of the machinery at the
Waycross Ice Company. The bride Is
the charming daughter of Mr.. j. w.
Newton.
Miss Raymonde Cutter Of Savannah,
who has been spending the summer in
Waycross was complimented with a
farewell dance at the May House last
night. The dance was one OF the most
enjoyable Of the season. About fifteen
couples were present, among whom
were Misses Della Carswell, Cleo Ar
cher, Raymonde Cutter, Eugenia Mayo,
Anita Remington, Florence Wooten.
Lila Rousseau of Savannah, Mildred
Wooten Jimmie IOWther, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Hodgson, Mr.. and Mrs. Lit
tie. Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Williams, Mrs
J. w. Reynolds. Messrs. George Mayo,
clifford Johnson, Lige Gushing, w. ID.
O'Quinn, owen Phelan, Granville Tay-
lor, Morton Young. Baynard Knight.
Mack Mayo, Herndon and several
guests Of the May House.