The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-28
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Universal Peace Union began at Wash
ington Monday.
American securities yesterday, in Lon
don, declined from 4c. to &c. in sympa-
thy with the New York market.
Vcnzuela has decreed that the bodies
of all who die from yellow fever mustbe
cremated to prevent contagiOn.
w. w. Ker testified before Mr.. Spring
er's committee Monday. His testimony
was to the effect that Bliss did not want
Dorsey convicted.
Heavy rains in Bastrop, La. are ruin
ing the crops. Thousands of acres of
corn and cotton are under water. Every
body is diaheartens
Senior Estredas editor of Cuban paper
at Key West, cowhided man Monday
supposed to be a spy of the Spanish Con-
sui. There is great excitement.
In the Methodist Conference at Phila-
recommendations for the election of
the boards of education and trustees.
In the region about COushatta, La. the
plantations are all overfowed, and the
crops suffering from continued rains. At
Fulton the river has risen twelve feet
since last Tuesday.
There is great excitement around Miles
City, Mimi, over the shooting of Iron
Heart Cheyenne chief, by a cowboy,
Jack Morris. The Cheyennes threaten
to take the warpath
Trains in Texas, in the Trinity river
country, have been stopped since the Goth
inst. The river is rising an inch an hour.
Families are fleeing for their lives.
Crops, stock, etc, are all destroyed, and
the worst is yet to come,
Representative Hurd says an effort
will be made this session to put lumber
and coal on the free list Secretary Fol
ger is said to have approved the admins
tativepart of Hewitt's BILL 1t is likely that
that part of the bill will receive the sane
ton of ohe House.
A NOrwalk, Conn.,, paper published as
joke long article about a run on a
bank, headed, "a NOrwalk bank in
trouble" and before it was discovered
that a sand bank was the bank referred
to, from $685. 900 to $50, 900 had been
drawn from the NOrwalk savings bank
by scared depositors.
The Presbyterian assembly at Vicks-
burg, Miss, has adjourned sine die. Be
fore adjourning, it framed letter to the
Northern Church teeming with kindly
sentiments, but expressing its firm de-
termination to adhere to its present mode
of correspondence with the Northern
Church.
FEELING ON WALL STREET.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Noneo of the sus-
pended Wall street firms have as yet
completed their statements as to how
they stand. General Thomas, president
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Mid
land railroad, arrived in Wall street to-
day from abroad. His presence has in
spired the holders of the first consolidated
bonds with the hope that he will be able
to make arrangements for the payment
of the interest on the coupons. The
feeling expressed on the street as to the
arrest of Fish was that it was to be ex-
pected.
CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK.
WASHINGTON, May Representative
Willis intends to call up the River and
Harbor Appropriation bill whenever the
election contest of Wallace VS.. Mckinley
is out of the way, and Mr.. Randall says
he will ask the House to enter upon the
consideration of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bills as
soon as the River and Harbor bill is dis
posed of. 1t is estimated that the latter
will consume about three days. Some
members favor limiting the general de-
bate upon it to six hours.
1t is possible that during the latter part
of the week, the Sundry, Civil and For
tification Appropriation bills will be re-
ported to the House. There will then be
only one appropriation bill named IN the
general deficiency to be prepared by the
committee Of the remainder of the
thirteen annual appropriation bills the
Pensions, Indian, Naval and Postoffice
bills have been passed by both Houses
and Senate, but the House having re.
fused to concur in the numerous amend
ments made by the Senate, they were al
referred to the conference committee,
and still wait the adjustment of the
points in controversy. More than one
hundred amendments were added by tn,
Senate to the Indian Appropriation bill
Prominent members of the House are o
the opinion that the conference commit
tee will fail to agree. on the Indian, Ma
val and Postoffice bills, and that the,
will therefore be reported back TO th'
House and Senate without concihator.
recommendation, and that long discus
sion of each bin will follow.