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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

Services in the Methodist church to-
day as usual Sunday school at loa. III,
Preaching by Rev. A. \. Robinson. at | /
a. M, and at Francis ut 3 =. TT. Again
preaching in the city at $50 r. IN. The
public and strangers cordially vel
coined
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
Administrators Notice.

'EHIS Is To GIVE NOTICE THAT TIFF
l uudrrsiq ned. administrator ut ih.. estate
oi Frederick u. lrntr, deceased. Wii ON It.,
gath duy II December. issi. present his tuaI
acrutu to thv county jud4e ut Putnam
CEttUty ttuTittH aud pTpi, t. ht tiIs,t afErI
a> such ADMINISTRATOR
Dated JuHt Ia. l>N'..
Va EtNHii IENTF
AimHt~ttAtt,r Il to, + stat. a. tft h.fiek 10
/, ntt IIttyu-tI. sl-rtUw
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
Administrators Notice.

1'HlS l. IT, GIVE NOTICE THAT 1UE
l undersigned, ii,iHm kcmt.e i.ntr, al
miui~trhtui AZ the estate ~ FREDERICK u,
Ivnt,', 't,rras,tt viii. on the Eth ,ial ut Iunu
airy. l~N,. present tu ttr Probate, court tut
Putnam county. iiottdi, h,' account AMI
vouchers. aud ass / i. discharge a. surh al
tuIUtstrHtur.
patc,i thus lith day vi Iuv, l.>G
wv. kEMhLE LEN1E,
4 iuiu >ttator 81 Ill, estate If FREDERICK H.
l'Htr, ticCcsstt. iva Gulw
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
Always Cool Breezes

Blowing on the salt water from any quarter.
There ale about forty families already Iuc.l.
ted there.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
Saving Dry Earth.

he cheapest ,lisintrctants is ,r\ earth.
and suppl, should be- secured ,iurit,g IA
dry time. Dry earth does not m,an dry
sand. hnt a good, strong loan. NJ
matter how dry the surface Of the soil
ihhy appear To be, it never becomes per.
fr'tlN dry as more or less moisture will
r"n'' np from below by capillary at
traction. To completely dry the earth,
a'ir,ing platform Of old boards should
constituted, upon which the surface
shl tnnt lr thrown being eat oil from
all moisture from below. few hours of
e\pnHtIretu the sun will dry it com
pIetolS. 1t should then be- run through
II sieve ~ riddle To remove stones and
ha.l', AMI the fine earth placed IN bar.
ttls e" boxes, and stored under cover.
IA" ltr'' OF road srraer to draw the
earth upon the platform will greatly di-
nhlsh the labor. Lay in an abundance.
t"r "" IN earth closets, prtvy vaults hen.
l'"llses, or wherever an unpleasant n,lur
istn h" stort'i. American Agriulurist
tor Aupu~t.
\ careful anal, sis Of the vote east AT
the last general election in Great Britain
i very interesting. In the i9.i contests
hN which III If the 900 members were
returned, the Tories aud Liberal sece,lcr.
bad a majority -, 40 in a poll of >,,y
nearly 3UOU0Ou. In the English county
constituencies, returning 2}t members.
the antli iladStuninns had n ma lorl, If
I,NGl III total poll Of l,0S5, 30G votes.
In the English boruughs, rrt,u ming e.eG
meinhrts, the nionists had minority
OF ~ ,'h0 in a total vote Of 1,2ll. So!
The Tory majority in England was lO3.-
'h'. Gladstone had Il ma lority Of II .5,S
~ Wales, and 2s.i9l in Scotland, The
new House Of Commons is composed n4
follows: Tories 81, Liberal arceders -,
Gladstone Liberals 1871. Nationalists ~
speaker i total GG9 Majority against
home rule.
prominent republican and business
man of Putnam county received trIe
graphic dispatch from Jacksonville ask
ing him If hr would support t'rcpIey for
congress. His reply was that he would
see him ID ---- d first" That's the
way the grand old party" is harmon
izng on 'G-r-e.e-l-e-y
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

Nrrlirts ~ ca. have Just received a
t9tr l"ad "f the celebrated Tennessee
Wagons, aulltf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

H. J. t.r .nul~ has Just received another
eat ldal at k.hl.r Bros. tine Patent
siuur in barrels and half barrels. To
be soll vrtN rlos... both at wholesale and
retail. auli-,t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

Lime fdr sale IN any quantity hy Yer
trees * ca. auiltf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

I'ftrrss To. have Just received "a
car load Of wheat which they are selling
cheap for chicken feed. The grain Is
perfectly sound ami plump. au5tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
Intelligence bureau.

Servants, cooks, nurses and lalorsrs
furnished On short notice, by 7. l.. Me
Toy. the lradlng fruit and vegetable
dealer, corner Lemon and Peek streets.
aui 3Otd&w
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

falatka Lodge, M. -, I. * A. NJ reg
ular communications iirst and third I'm
da, III each month.
H. l.. lHlESfHtI, ". NJ. :.
J.. 4. I'nNT. St.rr,tnrN.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15

tpK REhr. Offices aad furnished
ruhn,A for rents in kcan huilding. corner
OF Lemon and Front street Very desir-
abb. location. aug.i I'm
''hase n Sanborns Java and Mocha
coffee. AT NJ IIAldmToN Il Bios
iyan.tf
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02
EXECUTION OF BATES.
His Confession OF the Murder OF His
Wife in Indiana.
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
was a Member OF tho Jesse
James Gang.

RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. 90. - Nathaniel S.
Bates, who murdered his wife in March last,
and in whose behalf the Quakcrs of Wayne
county, Ind, have been making such strcnu-
Gus efforts, was hanged here to-day, his con,
fession of Monday last having obvlated all
possibility of the exercise of executive
clemency. Bates made speech admitting
his guilt and saying he was glad and ready TO
die. Death resulted from strangulation In
twelve minutes. Bates was brave to the very
last.
The crime for which Bates suffered the ex-
treme penalty Of the law was committed on
March 20, OF the present year, at Hagars-
town, sixteen miles north OF Richmond.
Bates, who is 20 years of age was born and
raised at Council Bluffs. Early in 1879 he
met Kitty Hoover and married her in August
Of that year. They lived in arts of Iowa and
Kansas and returned to Council Bluffs early
in April, 'Si. They did not agree and
she went to her brothers home at Hagers'
town. Her husband followed hef AMI
and for time they appeared to live harp q.
On the day Of the murder he was at work
grubbing up some ground and broke his hoe.
He returned home to repair 1t and found his
wife dressing herself. Their two children
were absent at the time. The couple quar-
relied about the wlfe's desire TO attend church
In the evening, and according to his statement
she struck him with an axe handle. He took
the weapon from her and returned the blow.
She then threatened to take poison. More
words followed. Suddenly her husband seized
her by the right arm, and drawing his pocket
kni:e, slsshed her across the throat. She
made q gurgling noise and fell dead TO the
floor The enraged residents made an attempt
at lynching, but the murderer was safely con,
veyed to Richmond jail. He confessed the
crime without passion or excitement, saying
that he had no intention of killing his wife,
but struck at her in moment of passion. lie
was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.
Wayne county has never before had a hanging
and the Quaker residents did all they could to
avoid this one. They had numerous mass
meetings and appointed influential dele
cations to visit the governor. On Monday,
however, Bates made full confession, admit
ting not only that he followed his wife from
Council Bluffs with the intention Of killing
her, but also that he was a member Of a wing
of the Jesse James gang and sand bagged to
death two people in Council Bluffs.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02
THE ANTI.SALOON CONVENTION.
Selection OF Delegates by the Ropub-
Iican state Central Committee.

At the close of the Republican State Con-
yeution the State Central Committee met and
organized. Hon. Charles Beardsley, of Bur.
lington, who has so long served the party in
that capacity, was re- elected Chairman, and
the selection Of a Secretary was left to him.
The following delegates were selected to at
tend the National Anti Saloon Republican
Convention, to be he'd at Chicago, to meet
September 16.
Delegates at Large-Wm. Larrabae, E. r.
Hutchins, Aaron Kimball, James F. Wilson,
Phil Smaller, J. w. McDll, p M. Sutton, Jos.
NJ. Beck.
Alternates-J o. Crosby, Rev. DR.. e. Mil
Ter, Rev. DIR. Magoun, ]. A. Harvey, George ID.
Perkins, Senator T. J. Caldwell, ex-Goy. M.
NJ. Walden, President Brooks.
First District-John s. Woolson, w. E.
Blake, L. w. Myers, Winfield Smouse.
Second Distrct-Royal Matthews, DR.. j. G.
Shrater, Hiram Price, j. N. w. RUMBLE
Third Dstrict-A NJ. Whaley, Calvin Yor-
an, Jacob Rich, II. c. Hemenway.
Fourth Distrct-R F. Wright, A. F. Hofer,
E. H. Hurd, L. G. Fellow.
Fifth Districts. A. Marine, r, E. Sears, W.
NJ. Beardshear, T. L. Dows.
Sixth Dlstrct-J. B. Grlnnell, Ben Mccoy,
Frank Campbell, A. II. Hamilton.
Seventh DISTRICT. s. Clarkson, j. A. T.
Hull, c. d. 3evington, NJ. A. Dashiel
Eighth District-T.E. Clark, w. S. DUNCAN
Francis Varga, Lyman Evans.
Ninth Distrct-Lafe Young, T. M. c. Lo-
gan, B. f. Clayton, Platt Wicks.
Tenth District-J Fred Myers, j. P. Ander-
son, J. P. Doliver, Albert Head.
Eleventh Dlstrlct-John Brennan, g. L..
Dobson, James n Miller, F. L. Dennis.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02
RELEASE OF CUTTING.
He VIII "Meet the Principals In this
Matter Later.o

Ell PAso, Texas, Aug. 23.-At 1880 this
morning Cutting was taken before Judge Cas-
tenada and the official minutes of the Su.
preme Court citing for the decree releasing
him from further custody were read. The
decision is based entirely upon the fact that
Medina, tine offended party, had waived his
right to a civil suit for damages, the court
holding that this ended the proceedings of the
State Cutting replied: "As long as / am
not further detained as a prisoner, / accept
my liberty, and request that a copy Of the
decree be given me for further use." The court
consented to this in Spanish. To reporter
Cutting said: 81 can't understand what all
this has TO do with ms card in the Ell Paso
Herald, for which 1 was incarcerated and be-
ing tried at the time my government made the
demand for immediate release" 1t Is saio on
the otherside of the river that the Mexican
constitution prohibiting the residence Of agi-
tators and other dang srous characters in the
republic had been enforced against Cutting,
After Cutting had been set at liberty he,
with Consul Brigham and a number of Amer
leans went to the casino, on the corner, to
wait for a car on which they expected to leave
Mexican soil. Dalton, the official interpr ct
err, with the Mayor and several Mexican Off
cials, soon entered the casino and words were
exchanged between the parties, the intention
it is thought, being to rearrest Cutting. The
latter, in reply to some remarks from the in
terpreter said II will meet your five prin-
cipals in this matter later" The mayor and
interpreter cried out in Spanish what was
equivalent to "a new offense" in English.
Several Mexcans stepped toward Cutting, but
the street car having arrived the Americans
closed in around him and the party started
for this side of the river.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02
THE MURDER AT MANLY.
A Clue to the Identity OF the Victim
land His Murderer.

ST. PAUL, Aug 27-Ycsterday John Her
mann, proprietor of the Manitoba house, 294
East Third street, received q letter from
Sheriff II. B. Cornick, Of Northwood, Worth
county, Iowa, asking that he send all the in
formation obtainable about the man with de-
formed feet who was murdered near Many
Junction, Iowa, supposedly on Monday night.
The sheriff also sent postal card headed,
Wanted for Murder.n The circumstances,
so far as known, were stated on the card the
same as in the Pioneer Press Of yesterday
The description of the man who left the Mani
toba house with the murdered man is identi-
cal with that on the postal card. The sheriff
enclosed one of the advertising cards OF the
hotel, of which Hermann has a large number
Hermann said yesterday:
There was one thing / forgot to tell you re-
gardng the matter on Wednesday night.
now remember distinctly that L. G. Lentz
said that he and Crofton were going to Iowa
by the way of Mason City. / have not the
slightest doubt about the murdered man being
Lentz The descr ption is perfect. The other
man l did not know. Never saw him before
last Sunday. What bothers me is that while
am positive both men were here on Tuesday
ana ielt at $40 that morning, that the pouy
was found the same morning in Iowa.
Mr.. Hermann produced his hotel register to
prove that the names of L. G. Lentz and r.
B. Crofton were registered on Monday II
was noticed that all names were registered in
the same handwriting Of Mr.. Hermann
and it is barely possible that he skipped a
page in the entries, making them one day
earlier than intended. He claims, however,
that Lentz went to Minneapolis on
Monday and returned to the hotel that night.
He also asserts that Lentz is the only man
with deformed feet who had stopped at his
house for the past month or six weeks. He
says he would recognize the body of Crofton
any place. The crcumstant al chain is COM
plete with the exception of the time Of the de-
arturo of Lentz and Crofton from the Mani
toba House, providing the people who found
the body near Manly station are correct In
their statements. The Litchfeld correspond
ent OF the Pioneer Press writes: 'Ientz and
his companion, r, b. Crofton, were about
Litchfeld for two weeks up to last Saturday
evening, and were constantly together On
Saturday evening Lentz sent a money order 10
his wife at Upton, Ind, and there is now mail
for him in the postofIice here from that place.
Crofton also purchased a money order on Sat.
urday evening on East st. Louis, Ill
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02
SWIMMING THE RAPIDS.
VIM. j. KendaII's Experience I'm the
Rapids of Niagara River.

NIAGARA FALLS, Aug. 22.-Wm. j. Kendall
to-day swan successfully in a cork vert the
whirlpool rapids of Niagara river. The trial
was to settle wager of $4,000 made by
Boston parties, he to receive 1000 of the
stakes There were few spectators Of the af-
fair, it having been kept quiet. Kendall re-
ates the following EXPERIENCES: When he
reached the spot where Capt. Webb Is sup
posed to have lost his life the water seemed
to go from under him and huge wave struck
him unconscious for a few moments. He
found his swimming abilities Of no use what
ever and never expected to come out alive
When entering the whirlpool he was so be-
numbed and partly unconscious that he could
not use limb, and did not know what he
was doing The current took him right into
the main eddy and sucked him down like a
flash, keeping him under fully fifteen seconds.
Upon reaching the under current he was shot
off out of the pool fully fifty feet from its GEN.
ter When he reached the surface of the
water he had partly regained consciousness
and knowing there was no time to spare be-
fore he would be dashed down the lower
rapids, he swan to the shore. While landing
he was so overcome that he again became I'M
conscious and his assistants were fully a
half-hour occupied in reyiving him with the
aid Of stimulants and by rubbing. When
asked If he would make another trip, he said
most emphatically, ''no, there's not enough
money In the world to induce me to repeat
this afternoons experience. A child would
have the same chances to 60 through the
| rapids and come out all right as an expert
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02

BRITISH POLITICS.
Debate on Parnell's Amendment 20
tho Queens speech.

London dispatch Sexton, Parnalllte, gave
notice in the Commons OF his intention to
make the following amendment to the address
In reilly to the Queens speech; "Wc humbly
represent to your Maj sy that circumstances
accountable for the recent riots In Belfast die
tate the necessity Tor special measures to
maintain order there, the most urgent OF these
measures being the re-establishment OF your
Majesty's authority in the district whereirom
the police have been expelled, by the increase
Of the local eonstabuary TO such strength as
viii enable II TO deal with any probable con.
tingency."
Sir Michael Hicks Beach declared that
General Buffers was not sent 20 Ireland TO
establish martial law nor to strain ordinary
law, but merely to assist the civil authority In
the work OF preserving social order and detect.
ing and Furnishing crime. This reply was not
deemed satisfactory by the opposition and
Russell moved the adjournment OF the House
The wholesale opposition, consisting OF Glad.
stonian and Parnellite members arose In sup
port Of the motion and Russell proceeded to
contend that tho policy of the government
was TO degrade Ireland to the level OF a savage
and baIbarous country. He made vigorous
speech in which he said Gen. Buffers was only
known as a military man and It had been pre-,
dicted that he (Bullers) would treat tho
"moonllghters" as rebels.
Lord Randolph Churchill replied at length,
defending the Governments policy aud reaf.
frming Hicks ,Beach's assertions about But
lers. Churchill didn't want an adjournment
In conclusion Churchill said: "The motion
will not have practical issue. The Govern.
ment will refuse 10 discuss the merits OF Gen.
Buffers, appointment and will have nothing
more TO do with the discussion" Cheers
Sir william Vernon llarcourt replied 10
Churchill. Russelrs motion was finally 10
jectcd.
Chamberlain rcsuming the debate, said that
there were two sides to the rent question
willingness and ability. They wanted 10
know whether the tenants would be permitted
to pay II they were willing, and also whether
the Parnelltes supported ParnelrS attitude
when he said at Chicago 1t was their duty TO
make the English government In Ireland I'M
possible. If the ParnellItes repudiated that
speech they must repudiate the American
donations. Russell followed and the debate
then adjourned.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02
THE TEXAS STORM.
Additional Particulars OF the Dam-
ages in various Places.

GALVESTON, Aug. 25.-The city council at
u meeting, appropriated $4,000 for thsbene-
ct Of the storm suffers Of this city. Citizens
have subscribed $500 for the same purpose.
This will only afford temporary relief, as over
i've hundred families were left homeless and
destitute by the storm. The storm proved
very destructive to small vessels Off the Texas
coast. 1t viii doubtless be a month before a
full list OF the casualties is known. One
sop has gone TO pieces off Pelican Islands,
while another sloop near here 10 bottom up.
The crew Of two men is supposed to have
been drowned. An unknown vessel and three
schooncrs are rcpolted ashore or overturned
at different places on the coast. Two
of the crew of one schooner are lost and tho
crew Of another is also supposed to have been
lost One small craft In the bay from Shoal
to Edwads point are reported lost. A lum-
Der schooner has gone TO pieces In the bay
and her captain and crew drowned. 1t Is
roughly estimated that the damage done TO
shipping In this vicinity during the storm will
approximate hundred thousand dollars. The
village of Quntana, at the mouth Of the
Brazo river, was entirely swept away and two
schooners driven ashore. No lives lost so far
40 hho"h' IN Nb"l'Nbs WYNN
not more than three or four houses escaped
destruction by the heavy storm. A negro
woman and two children were drowned
Nearly all the cattle and sheep on the island
were drowned and the remainder will proba-
bly, perish.
GALVESTON, Aug. 25.--1he News special
from Victoria says: Additional news Of the
destructive force of last Fridays storm are
constantly being received. The latest adyices
report the loss Of Cap. William Moore, wife
and five children, and his brother, Dolph
Moore, wife and three children, the former
residing at Demng's Bridge and the latter at
Elliott They came down Matagorda Bay
Thursday evening to visit friends an Mata.
gorda Peninsula. On the same evening the
party left nd'anola on the yacht Dauntless
for their destination. Yesterday the vessel
was discovered in the bay bottom upwards
GALVESTON, Texas, August ga special
to the News from San Antonio says: "About
o'clock this evening funnel-shaped cloud
made its appearance in the northwest, and in
few seconds swept dagonally across the
city. The storm lasted about fifty minutes,
and was ACCOMPANIED by heavy hail the size Of
marbles. number of buildings were badly
damaged.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-02
AN IMPORTANT LAND DECISION.
Ind One That Has % Bearing on Nord
.unsiern Enfries Ia General.

Ind One That Has Bearing on North-
tpesiern Entries Ia General.
Washington special: Secretary Lamar to-
day decided land contest which has an
important bearing on the northwestern en-
tries generally. 1t was the timber culture
claim OF Patrick Byrne against William w.
Derwood, taken on an appeal from the COM
missioner OF the general land office. Byrne
contested Derwoord's claim to the north
west quarter OF section @, township 13S,
range 10. Bismarck land district, on the
ground that the contestee had not planted
tree seeds, nor broken the five acres, al
though he had had possession OF the land
since May, 1878. Derwood claimed that
he was not compelled to make any i'm
provements on his land SO long as his title
was contested, and cites the fact that in
case OF the reserve ngainst the contested the
land had been decided January 30, 1880,
to be his IN the face Of the admission by
him that he had made no improvements on
the land since May /, 1850. The register
and receiver would not accept this prece.
dent, and recc mmended the cancellation OF
DerwOod's entry. Commissioner Spnrks
held tho entry for cancellation and Der
wood appealed to tho secretary. In sus-
Thinning the decision to-day the secretary
SAYS: "rhere is no doubt OF the correctness
OF the position that pending final decision
in a contest onwhateyer ground or charge,
the entry man whose claim is attacked
should continue to comply with the law,
and that II he fails he lays himself liable TO
a. tack in a subsequent contest, should he
be successfully defended in the one pending,
to hold differently would be to oondone
aches and to open the door to practice
which would enable parties under the guise
of a contest to hold lands indeiinitey with
out complying with this requirement OF the
law under which these entries were made