The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-13
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THE LATEST NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS BY WIRE AND CABLE.
The Confederate HOme---A Dynami-
ter Arrested-PostaI Revenue De-
crease.
General Adam Badeau has rendered his
resignation as United States ConsuI-Gen-
eral at Havana.
The business failures for last week
were 175 in the United States and 80 in
Canada; total 214 as compared with to-
tai Of 212 the week previous.
Fifteen hundred miners of the West
moreland and Pennsylvania Gas Coal
Company at Irwin's Station, Pa, are on
a strike. They are willing to accept a
reduction Of ten per cent. in wages, but
object to a change of one-quarter of an
inch in the screen, which would be equal
to a twenty per cent. reduction.
LONDON, April 1.-THE name of the
Fenian arrested in London yesterday is
P. N. Fitzgerald. He is from Cork and
is ostensibly a commercial traveller. He
had immediate charge Of the details of a
murder conspiracy IN the west of Ireland
and is understood to be very prominent
Fenian.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Information
has been received here Of the arrest by
the United State authorities at Key West,
Fla, of a Cuban named Aurelio Mayall
who arrived at that port yesterday morn
ing on the steamer Hutchinson. The ar
rest was based on a telegram from the
Governor-Generalo of Canada to the Span
ish consul at Key West, saying that May
all was coming to America to kill him.
Mayall was taken before a magistrate and
held to answer.
BOSTON, April 11.-Captain E. A. Spit
zer, of Richmond, Va, Adjutant of the
R. E. Lee camp No. /, of Confederate
veterans, arrived in this city yesterday
with General James r. O'Beirne, a prom
inent grand army man of New York.
Their object in visiting Boston, to secure
the cooperation of Union soldiers and
sailors in raising funds for the building
of the Home for ex-Confederate soldiers
in Richmond. Last evening about twen-
ty grand army men met and held a con-
sultation with the visitors. Captain Spit
ger stated the object fo his visit, and it
was finally decided to call a public meet
ing of all soldiers, sailors and others in
terested, at which addresses would be
made and contributions received. The
arrangement of the date of the meeting
and other details were placed in charge
f a committee of the grand army men.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Third AS
slStaht Postmaster-Generalh has prepared
Jhe Ioilowing statement of the revenue
OF the p)stoffice department for the pres
ent nsca year: The returns for the first
ana second quarters are complete. The
ngures for the third quarter are based
upon the returns from offices returning
aoQlt half of the total postage revenue
and the estimate for last quarter is based
hpon the returns of preceding quarters.
The gross postal receipts for the quarter
ending September 31st, 1888, as ascer-
tanned were SIC, 1896, ,867. The gross pos
al receipts for the quarter ending De-
Cember 31st, 1888, as ascertained We're
SIt, 159,616, The gross postal revenue for
1he quarter ending March 31st, 1888, as
estimated from special returns received
JIg5m one hundred and thirty-seven letter
carrier offices, including all large cities
$10,769,614. The estimated gross revenue
to arise during the quarter ending June
3Oth, 1884, is $40, 737, $40. The total es-
timated revenue for the is $43. 262. 446
The total revenue for the year ending
June 3Oth, 1888, $45, sos, 500, a falling off
in the revenue for the present year of
50, ,246,2 ,246.