The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-06-11

sands of them fall into the lakes and
rivers and are drowned"
SMALLPOX ON THE wEsER,
New YORK. June 9.-The steerage
passengers of the steamer Weser, num-
herring SS7, among whom smallpox
made its appearance, were all taken off
on barge at quarantine this morning,
and transferred TO Wards Island. The
steamer will be thoroughly cleansed and
fumigated before being allowed to come
up to the city.
LIABILITY FOR DRUMMERs' TRUNKS.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 9.-The
general passenger agents Of the South
crn trunk lines are in session in this city
to consider some plan to provide for the
liability of railroads for drummers' bag
gage. The meeting was prompted by
suit of SAC, 900, brought against the Lou
isvilIe and Nashville for the destruction
of this class of baggage by the burning
of this company's depot in Nashville.
A CHARITABLE LADY DEAD.
ADdDSIA, Ndsy OullC Aii'' i'hAAi'J
II. Tubman, one of the oldest and veal
thiest residents of Augusta, died this
morning, aged 81 years. Mrs. Tubman
was native of Virginia, but came here
i'm 1918 from Kentucky. She was
warm and personal friend of Henry
Clay, and assisted at the welcome to La
fayette in Augusta. The deceased was
a most remarkable woman, and gave
over S25 600 n year to churches and
charities. She built several Christian
or Campbelite churches in Georgia, and
assisted in maintaining the colleges of
this church in West Virginia and
throughout the west Her real estate
goes to maintain a home for the poor OF
this county, according to tho provisions
of her husbands WILL
A THIEF'S PLAN MISCARRIES.
WASHINGTON, June "a well dressed
man who registered as F. NJ. Stanley en-
gagged n suite of rooms at Wizards
Hotel and a single parlor at the Ebbit
House few days ago. To-day he visit
gu TIE uidlhOilu SIOlG VI JGiNo' lSAOo's NAl
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, and selected a
handsome diamond cross and asked that
it be sent to his rooms at the first named
hotel for his wife's inspection. The jew
eler suspected trick and put detectives
on the mans track. He was arrested
tonight at the hotel, and while under
arrest endeavored to swallow forged
check for $3.50 on prominent clothing
firm in this city. He gave the assumed
name or Tom Jones, but is thought to be
ian expert hotel and diamond thief, and
is probably the man wanted in Norfolk,
Va, for the recent large robbery there.
He is said to be a Savannah man.
AN IOWA CYCLONE.
DUBUQUE, Ia, June 9.-The Sunday
cyclone, with a heavy rain and hal
storm, struck here late at night, coming
from the west. A school house was
picked up and smashed to atoms. The
st. Paul Company'5 warehouse, with tif
teen hundred bushels of grain was blowT
over on the railroad track. Lumber wa
blown all over town and through win
dows, some pieces going through dwell
ings. A number of dwellings, some o
them stone, were razed to the ground
The German church was moved off it
foundations, which were warped badly
The sorghum mill was completely wreck
ed. About twenty barns were demOlish
ed and all the fronts in the business par
of the town, demolished by flying tim
bers. The wind blew loaded cars fror
the track. The storm ragged about thirt
minutes.
TIE CHOLERA IN MADRID.
MADRID, June 9.-There were eigh
suspected cases of cholera reported her
yesterday. There was also n rumor tina
four deaths had occurred from the sam
disease. In the Cortes Senior Romero
Robledo Minister of the Interior, mad
a statement which confirmed the trut
of the report of an outbreak of choler
in Valencia. He denied, however, tbs
any authenticated case of cholera ha
yet been reported in Madrid. The Gov
ernment, said the minister, would r,