The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-05
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The Socialist law in Prussia is to be ex-
tended two years.
Prince Victor Napoleon is to serve in
the Roumanian army,
The strike at the Grinnell mills, at New
Bedford, Mass, still continues,
Specie engagements for yesterday in
New York aggregated $2,0O0,0OO.
A reward of 81, 900 is offered for the
authors of the dynamite outrages in Lon
don.
The project of making another State
out of Texas, with Fort Worth as capital,
has been revived.
Prentiss Teller, of st. Louis, has dis
appeared with $75, 900 of the Pacific ex-
press Company's money.
Two young men, of Dalton, Pa, named
respectively Flowers and Ward, were run
over on the Western & Atlantic road
on-day, and instantly killed.
German newspapers, referring to the
dynamite outrages in London, say that
England is now reaping the fruits of her
hospitality to Anarchists and cut-throats
from all parts Of the world.
The senate committee on public lands
has decided by a nearly unanimous vote
in favor of forfeiture of the Texas Pa
cifc land grant in Arizona and New
Mexico, which is claimed by the Southern
Pacific company under assignment.
The Catholic Church at Lafayette, Ind
refused to allow the body of a suicide to
be placed in its cemetery. The father
appealed to the law, and the body was
placed therein, but a strong guard was
placed at the grave Thelfather has been
communicated.
An engine on the Virginia Midland
railroad collided with freight train near
Lynchburg Monday. The engineer OF
the first engine reversed and jumped, but
did not shut Off steam. After the shock
the engine started backwards and ran in
to another train at Lynchburg and caused
an immense wreck,
The United States supreme court has
reached decision in the long pending
legal tender case of Julliard VS.. Green
man, and has held that congress has
power to issue the obligations of the
d United States in such form as to impress
.upon them such qualities as currency for
the purchase of merchandise and pay
ment of debts as accord with the usages
of sovereign governments.
THE ARABS BADLY WHIPPED.
The Arabs lost 1000 men on the field
besides guns and otherymunitions. The
whole camp, including 375 tents and
men, camels, was also taken.
EGYPTIAN OFFICERS.
rSUAKnI, March 3.-The British troops
entered Tokar at noon Saturday. A few
shots were exchanged with the enemy
when the 1000 rebels holding she town
fed. Osman Digma is encamped eight
miles distant from Suallim. A battle
with him is expected when the British
troops return to Suakim from Tolar.
NEW FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar. 4-The Sen
ate took up and passed bills providing for
the construction of public buildings as
follows: Greenville, S. G. to cost $3.50,
900; Key West, Fla, 800, 600; Macon,
Ga. 1926, 900; Augusta, Ca. $500, 600;
Huntsville, Ala, 100000. Also, a bill
appropriating 100000 for the enlarge,
ment of the custom-house at Richmond,
20 Of hi Iiu
ing for the erection of public buildings
were passed. embracing nearly all this
class of bills on the calendar
THE MEXICAN PENSION BILL.
The House, upon the motion of Mr..
Townshend, of H., yeas 227, nays As,
suspended the rules and passed the bill
pensioning the Mexican veterans The
bill does not apply to soldiers of the Black
Hawk and other Indian wars. Mr..
Townshend explained the bill, stating
that it was confined exclusively to those
who served in the Mexican war and did
not contain provision not already sane
toned by the House of Representatives.
Persons who We're under political disa-
Dl1illCH HGIG GAN1uNlCtI lIO4n lLlG b6Itlll tl
the bill. The rules were then suspended
and the bill was passed; yeas, 22 nays,
46.
GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE BRITISH
All the reports commend the steadi-
ness with which the British moved on.
The square in which they advanced to
battle was never broken. The determine
alton and bravery of the rebels were
shown in the fact that when they were
charged by the cavalry a great number
OF them threw themselves upon theiI backs
on the ground aud speared the horses of
the troopers as they dashed over them.
The march to Tokar was accomplished
IN four hours, from Teb, The hussars
secured the country add kept up disul-