The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-06
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The Blair educational bill continues
under discussion in the senate. Senator
Butler has offered an amendment to the
effect that the money provided for IN the
bill shall be raised by direct tax to be
levied annually upon each of the states OF
the United States, which shall be appor-
toned among the several states accord
ing to the respective members.
The house has passed the Indian appro-
priaSon bill.
Mr.. Cook, of Iowa has presented to the
house a peculiar paper, signed by cltI-
zens of Iowa, and beginning with the pc
culiar words, eve, sovereign citizens
command you to construct a double steel
track from New York to San Francisco.
etc.
The trades assembly of the Cincinnati
has voted their thanks to the veteran reg
iment of that city who refused to go to
the defence of the murderers in jail, and
also commends the Fourth Ohio regiment
for refusing to march to the jail and at
tack the mob on Saturday night
An excitement which verged on panic
has been prevailing in Chicago for nine
days. On the 4th, May wheat was forced
down to 81, but afterwards reacted to
824.
A special from Raleigh reports great
fire raging in the turpentine forests south
of Raleigh, extending into South Carroll
ma. The loss is reported very heavy.
The town of Manly is almost destroyed.
The fire began yesterday.
A pemphlet is being circulated in Rus
sia urging the White Russians to cooper
ate for the overthrow of despotism. The
White Russian revolutionary paper, 10
mon" has reappeared.
In connection with the report that the
Pope intended to quit Rome it is men
toned that an inventory of the contents
of the Vatican was recently made and a
copy thereof handed to the ambassadors
from all the powers.
Gov. Hoadly has sent letters of thanks
to Sheriff Hawkins and Colonel Hunt
and his regiment.
j. s. Campbell, counsel for Berner de-
mands an investigation of the charges of
corruption of the jury.
Edward House, of Poughkeepsie, n
, Y, while shooting at a mark, shot and
I killed his wife on Friday.
Henry Rose was hanged Friday at Os-
Seola, Ark, for assassinating Dempsey
Taylor about year ago.
At Denain, France, on Friday, in a
riot, three thousand miners overcame the
police and troops were sent for.
The Provincial secretary of British
Columbia has been ordered not to allow
Chinese to land there, in accordance with
a bill recently passed by that legislature,
The night express from Toronto to
Montreal ran off the trBck near Wales
and the engineer was killed, the fireman
fatally injured and fifteen passengers
badly cut.
The business failures for the last week
were 17S for the United States and "a for
- Inada, as compared with 172 for the
United States and 80 for Canada the pre-
yious week.
A severe norther prevailed in Law
renee county, Ark, on April 1st and 2d
for thirty-six hours, blowing down fences
and blowing sparks from chimneys into
wood-piles, destroying them.
The recent sudden removal of convicted
Invincibles from Irish to English prisons
Is attributed to the discovery OF a con-
spiracy to destroy Mount JOY prison by
dynamite. The English authorities claim
to have discovered full particulars of the
plot.
The Socialists in Chicago met night be-
fore last to declare the true cause of the
late riots in Cincinnati, which is declared
to be the premature explosion of general
discomfort, caused by the fire-brand of
melting and infiamatory speeches by the
so-called leading citizens, who were seek
ing to divert the attention of the people
from the real causes in the existing social
inequalitie;, which are becoming almost
unbearable, by pointing out to them an
insignificant and petty criminal and indi-
vidual murderer as one of the causes OF
the existing evils and human degeneracy
The Haddendowas, reinforced by the
survivors of Osman Digma's army, are
investing Kassala. They fire heavily into
the town every night. The governor OF
Kassala asks for British relief.
The body of the Duke. of Albany wa:
borne to Windsor Castle from the rail
way ststion on a gun carriage drawn by
eight hSrses. A long procession followed
Inc queen occupied carriage drawn by
Tour horses, The Prince of Wales anC
others We're on foot A second funera