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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-11
BIG SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
Rev. Mr.. Howard Goes for Three Newspapers and
Sixteen Church Members.

Rev. Mr.. howard Goes for Three Newspapers and
Sixteen Church Members
JACKSON, Tenn, january 1O.-At the
term of the Circuit Court which con-
vened yesterday, one of the most inter
esting suits for damages ever tried in the
State was called. 1t is the case of Rev.
Frederick Howard, ID. d., pastor of Cen
trail Baptist Church in this city, for $50,
600 damages against sixteen of the lead
ing members of the First Baptist Church,
including the pastor. and also against
the Forked Deer Blade Of this city, the
Tennessee Baptist at Memphis, and the
Baptist Reflector of Chattanooga The
papers included in the suit published a
strong article in 1886 signed by sixteen
members of the First Baptist Church, in
which the past record of DIR. Howard
was painted in very dark colors. They
charged that he had borne two or three
aliases in South Carolina and Georgia,
as Hewlett, Hewlett and Howard; that
he had eloped with another mans wife
i'm South Carolina; had associated with
negroes; had been guilty of malfeasance
while an official, and other damaging
charges.
Howard is an Englishman by birth,
and his father lives in London. Both
sides have taken voluminous testimony
in Europe, and Attorneys Bullock, for
defense, and S. ID. Hayes, for plaintiff,
have just returned from South Carolina
and Georgia, where they have searched
the court records and taken dispositions
comprising hundreds of pages. Eminent
legal talent has been employed, and the
case will be ably handled.
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FEDERAL POINT.
News from That Pleasant Little .To~n- California
and Florida contrassed.

and Florida contrassed.
Correspondence Of the PaIatka Nelcs.
FEDERAL POINT, Jsnuary9.
The news of the past week is of so
little importance that mention will
hardly be worth the attention of your
readers.
1t is true that Andrew jackson mot
the lamented deceased) has obtained a
divorce from his first wife and revived
at st. Nicholas, returning here sans
alone, sans single. That Mr.. Langly,
the former engineer of the steamer Cur
lew, has ''gone to visit his father" leav-
ing his wife and child here i'm the dark.
That our merchants report business good
and that oranges are moving slowly.
That the seven dollar venture of a. H..
Palmer in sweet potatoes sent to Phiia-
delphia, netted him thirty-fiye cents,
and that Mr.. Palmer is not feeling like a
bloated bondholder on that account.
That your correspondent has lately seen
letters from Southern California that go
far towards dispelling the golden CLAM
our of that favored land, representing,
as they-do, that the climate is about the
same as that of Florida. with a much
poorer soil We, therefore, give a shout
for Florida, and shall continue to cling
to the soil and home that has become
dear to us by many years OF association.
Our faith in Florida increases with the
years of our residence. Booms are an un-
healthy condition induced by inflated re-
rorts that actual experience fails to verify
and while California may prosper and
recede like the waves on the ocean
beach, Florida is bound to grow like
the swelling river whose rili comes
from the steady downpour of the spring
freshet.
Several citizens of this town are talk
ing of attending the exposition to be
held in jacksonville.
Bishop Weed held service in our church
Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Cornell has had an
other attack of paralysis, but is improv-
ing under the skillful treatment of DIR.
Cowgirl.
Miss Chamberlain, the talented school
teacher of Palatka, paid our town a
visit last week. O.
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THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.

No Meeting of the General Executive
Board Knights of Labor.
PHILADELPHIA, January 1O.-One of
the Reading strikers at NOrristown last
night attacked ::an engineer upon his 10
connective and knocked him down with
coupling pin. and it took three men to
drive the rioter from the engine and ar
rest him. He is now locked up awaiting
trial.
There was no meeting of the General
Executive Board of the Knights of Labor
to-day, because only three could be got
together and it requires four to cOnsti-
tute a quorum. Barry, Aylesworth and
Secretary Hayes, are here, Mcclure,
Carlton and Bailey are moving about
the country, and cannot be found
promptly. If one of them should ap-
pear tonight the formalties preceding a
meeting would cause another days delay.
About 1875 cars of coal passed down
the Reading Road to-day, all from indi-
vidual mines. Each of these mines that
ship over the Reading Road have n ca
pacity of $50 cars per day, but some of
the coal isl ropped along the road before
reaching Reading. Several offers, some
as high as 20 per cent. above the Decem-
ber basis, have been offered by the own
ers of individual mines. but their men
refused if the coal was to pass over the
Reading Road. None of the Schuylkill
miners have as yet experienced the
effects of the strike in a financial way.
There is still due them two weeks pay,
which they will get Saturday. The
company will distribute then among the
| miners over $3.50, 900.
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ANOTHER RAILROAD WRECK.
Six Persons killed and FiftyT~o Wounded by the
Rails Spreading.

Six Persons Killed and FiftrT Wounded by the
Rails Spreading.
HAvERHILL, Mass. Jaunary 10.-The
Portland express, which left Boston for
Portland at O'Clock, met with a serious
accident at Bradford this afternoon.
while crossing Haverhill bridge over the
Merrimac River. The train consisted of
passed on to the bridge from the Brad
ford side in safety, when suddenly the
forward trucks of the smoker broke.
The smoker was hurled upon its side,
and two coaches were thrown off the
track and completely wrecked, being
The train was on time, running at ordl-
nary speed. The fire alarm was sounded
Immediately and the department re-
sponded, but their services were not
needed. as the cars did not take fire.
Physicians were summoned, and the
wounded and dying were rapidly cared
The work of clearing the wreck was inn
mediately pushed forward with energy,
and at $3.50 six bodies had been taken
from the wreck. Several of them were
disfigured beyond recog milton. The list
of killed. as far as can be ascertained, ID
as follows: John O'Brien and John
Madden, of Bradford, railroad section
men; C. p, Goodwin, wife and child,
of Kennebunk, Maine, and an un-
known man, having IN his pocket a card
IN, which was tl,A name Haxlotop
Two Of the dead men and one OF th<
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SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN

Amrms the Judgment nj the Municipal
Court-Grottkaa will GO tn Jail.
MADISON, WIS.,, January lo.-To-day
the Wisconsin Supreme Court, through
Justice Cassidy, i'm the case of Paul
Grottkau, of Milwaukee, appeared on a
writ of error, affirmed the judgment of
the Milwaukee Municipal Court and di-
rected the execution OF the sentence.
The errors assigned in the exceptions are
all based on the refusal of the trial
court to set aside the verdict and grant
a new trial. The grounds for the re-
quest of such new trial were the gener-
ality of the verdict and misconduct OF
the jury. By the judgment of the Su-
preme Court Grottkau will he forced TO
go to Jail for one year, according to the
decision of the trial court.
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THE ocALA LIQUOR CASE.


he Action u shs nssssa cssasy csnaIsssssess
Ssstslss1-ysapsssts cssassI.
Correspondence or the Duly Ne,rs.
OCALA, January :.
The mandanf0A proceedings Of G.. A.
Carmichael against the county .commis-
sioners, who refused to grant q renewal
of liquor licenses in view Of the ap-
preaching contest, on petitions presented
to them at their last meeting prior to the
recent prohibition election, came to a
hearing before Judge Finley yesterday
and the action of the board was 4 Rsus-
tained, AS it was looked upon as a test
case the complainant will probably ap-
peal.
Rev. DIR. Younge, a Texas temperance
lecturer Of considerable reputation, de-
livered an entertaining and very amuse-
ing address to a large audience at the
Baptist Church last night, closing the
exercises by organizing a Temperance
Council of twenty-eight male and
thirty female members. one of the prim-
AIRY objects of which is to give organized
assistance TO the enforcement of the
local option laws. X. Y. A. N.
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WASHINGTON, January 10.-The Post
carrying the mails in covered wagons
prescribed by the department between
post offices, railway stations, station
offices and steamboat landings from
July I, 1888, to June 30, 1892, as follows:
In Wilmington, n. c., A. b. Sandlin, $40
per annum; Charleston, S. c., Theo. s.
Gaillard, 81 400 per annum; Savannah,
Ga, r. Y. Wo"dIief, Sc ,4s7 per annum;
Chattanooga, Tenn. Z. w. Adkins,
81, 1893 per annum; Knoxville, Tenn.
Price Brown, $500 per annum; Nash
vile, Tenn, II. Y. Wooilief. $3.50 per
annum; Louisville, KY, II. Y. Woodlief,
s. ,193.
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most seriously wounded we-e railroad
section men, who were in . small pump
house by the side Of the road which was
destroyed by cars crashing into it. Nine
bodies have been taken out OF the
wreck. Fifty-two passengers were
wounded, some Of them badly. A num-
Der of them have been taken to the city
hospital. The accident happened be-
tween Bradford station and the bridge
and was caused by the rails spreading
near the frog on a curve where the turn
is made to run ON the bridge. The
smoking car ran on the bridge and
turned over One coach smashed into
the water-tank house and the other
through the sleeper.
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NUMBER 263.

The tall sycamore of the Wabash"
was greatly interested i'm Sherman's talk.
and at its end delivered one of the best
speeches that has ever been spoken ON
the tariff question. He Justly praised
our Grover, referred ironically 20 the
message from Paris, the hopes and
wishes OF Senator sherman, and after
entering upon an elaborate dissertation
upon the required reductions needed i'm
the tariff, he predicted rousing victory
for Democracy next year.
POLITICAL
by the way, the same Hon. Daniel
Voorhees, will be most likely TO be Cieve-
lands companion during the coming
campaign, and his words OF prophecy
will doubtless prove true.
Strange 10 say, there is very little talk
regarding the real political standing Of
the leading men of either party just
now.
The House is greatly taken up with
committee work, while in tho Senate the
time is taken up Ia speechmaking by
men who have lofty aspirations.
SENATOR BECK.
There arc hundreds in our land who
will hail with delight the news that that
sturdy old Scotchman. Beck, is 10 sue
ceed himself i'm the Senate. His pres
ence will be needed when the fight opens
I'm earnest on the all-absorbing topic OF
revenue reduction.
The Thobc contest has finally been
brought To the attention of the Election
Committee and promises TO continue for
some time. Ex-Congressman Sypher
represents the contestant and declares
that IL Speaker Carlisle is the honorable
man he (Sypher) thinks he is. he will
come down from the chair and ask that
n committee be appointed Ia go 10 Ken
tucky and make a complete investiga-
tion.
This is the proper mtfhod 10 pursue
and IL there has been fraud let IL be
shown up, whether for or against Car
lisle.
The committee will deal with the mat
ter i'm all justice and will disregard party
lines in their efforts to obtain the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth. X.
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LOUISVILLE; KY, January 10.-The
Kentucky Legislature voted to-day for
United States Senator. In the House
the ballot resulted: James Is. Beck
(Dem.), 66; Hon. w. o. Bradley Rep.),
"a; A. S. Cardin labor, 1. In the Sen
ate, Beck, 2s; Bradley, Z. Tomorrow
at noon joint ballot will be taken and
the form of making Beck Senator for
another term of six years will be com
pleteti
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| WASHINGTON, January 10. The Speak
er announced the appointment of Mr.
Wheeler, of Alabama, and Phelps, o.
New Jersey, as members of the Board o
Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the committees ON Ways and Means and
Naval Affairs to have certain papers
printed.
Mr.. Burnes, Of Missouri, from the
Committee on Appropriations, reported
the Urgent Deficiency bill, and it was
referred to the committee Of the whole.
The call of States for the introduction
of bills unfinished yesterday was pro-
ceeded with.
Bills were introduced and referred by
Mr.. Woodburn, of Nevada, directing the
purchase of not less than $4,000 900
worth of silver bullion per month, and
the coinage of the same into standard
dollars.
By Mr.. Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire-For the protection of the public
service. This bill requires the dismissal
of all persons in public service who are
not citizens of the United States, either
by nativity or naturalization
BY Mr. White, of New York. au-
thorize the refunding of the national
debt into uniform consolidated bond.
BY Mr.. Henderson, of North Carolina,
To prescribe the term of office of per-
sons employed i'm the civil service.
By MIR. Nichols, of North Carolina
For the repeal OF the internal revenue
laws.
By Mr.. McClammy, of North Carolina,
For the erection of a public building
at Fayetteville, n. C.
By Mr. Cowles, of North Carolina-To
pay salaries to marshals and deputy mar
shals and to collectors of internal rev.
enue.
BY Mr.. Simmons, of North Carolina
For the erection of public building at
Newbern, n. C..
BY Mr.. Hammer, of Pennsylvania
To increase the pensions of those who
have lost eyes or limbs, or who are deaf.
This is the bill endorsed by the United
States Manned Soldiers League and
Grand Army of the Republic.
By Mr.. Williams, of South Carolina
To prohibit the use of stoves or oil lamps
ON passenger trains; also to limit the
the premium above par at which the
Secretary of the Treasury may purchase
bonds for the sinking fund.
By Mr.. Phelan, of Tennessee-To ex-
tend the free delivery system to monthly
periodicals.
By Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee-To pun
ish dealers in counterfeit money, or pre-
tended counterfeit money.
By Mr.. Wise, of Virginia-For the
erection of public building at Man
chester, Va.
BY Mr.. T. III. Browne, of Virginia
To grant pensions to widows and orphans
of surfmen who lose their lives in the
line of duty; also for the erection of a
public building at Newport News.
By MIR. Guenther, of Wisconsin-To
create a commission for the investiga-
tion of combinations having for their
object the enhancement of the price of
articles of interstate commerce.
BY Mr.. Norwood, of Georgia-For the
erection of a public building at Bruins
wick, Ga.
The House then adjourned.
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Mosquito Inlet Bar.
New Smyrna Breeze.

The depth of water ON this bar has al
ways been an unknown quantity, and
has been estimated at from nine to
twelve, 50 the soundings obtained when
the Five Brothers" was towed In here
were a surprise TO the oldest inhabitant.
No less than sixteen feet was obtained
anywhere, and the bar was very mar
row.
Thousands OF dollars have been ex-
pended upon some Of the bars ON this
coast that to-day has not as great depth
Of water ~ this. which never has had a
dollar spent upon IL. Our Congressman
should see TO II that this harbor In in
cluded In the next River and Harbor bill,
for when the A. Il w. is completed To
Tavares, there Is no reason why this
should not become the port of entry for
the whole State south of Palatka.
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THE SPEAKERS ERROR.
Randall Should be on the Ways and Means Con-
mittee Washington News.

Randall Should be on the ways and MEANS Com
mittee washington News.
Correspondence ofUs PdIatJsa Neps.
WASHINGTON. January s.-The past
few days have not been productive Of
any wonderful work ON the part Of Con-
gress, but where there is hope there is
life, and all hope that steady transfor-
nation for the better will soon ensue.
AS general rule there is very little
dissatisfaction oyer the final disposition
Of the committees.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
The feeling that the Speaker made an
error in not giving Randall a represen-
tative place on the Ways and Means
still exists, and il is very probable that
the old tariff fight this year will outstrip
all others.
Mr.. Mile declares he will do all i'm his
power to carry out the wishes Of the
President and predicts no easy time for
those who viii engage in any effort to
defeat his measure. In plain words he
declares '.they will suffer-"
JOHN sHERMAS's BID.
AS was probably intended, the Presi-
dents message continues TO be the sub
ject of great contention. Mr.. John
Sherman, arrayed in all his war cos
tume-bcnowed from Tecumseh-has
made loud and fierce attack upon the
strongholds Of the man from Maine. He
shows his willingness to he slaughtered
upon the altar Of RepubIicanism and in.
FAINT industries for the benefit Of his fel.
low citizens. Mr.. Sherman delivered
himself Of his bid" in very fair man,
ner, judging from the manner In which
his colleagues greeted its conclusion.
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French Chamber. R....emb,.d.

PARIS, January 10.-The Chambers
reassembled tod 40. '..,c, as Sc
nior member, ac' 90 president of the
the Chamber of es at the opening
of the session l address he ex-
pressed the hope ,e session would
he fruitful of legis4 e results, and APP
pealed for the union of the Republican
groups i'm order to effect reforms and
show to foreigners "A united France. The
balioting for president Of the chamber
resulted in the re election of Floquet by
a vote of 25s to 32.
In the Senate NJ. Carnot, the father of
President Carnot, Is the senior member,
and accordingly took the presidents
chair. He said that the Congress of the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies had
manifested by its recent choice Of a
President desire for peace at home and
abroad and respect for the laws. The
change of the highest official of the state
had been effected so easily that 10 should
inspire confidence i'm the future of the
nation.
The Pope Receives the British Pilgrims.
ROME, January 1O.-The Pope to-day
received the British pilgrims, who were
presented by the Duke of Norfolk. The
Pope replying to am address presented to
him by the pilgrims, said he felt grateful
for the interest Queen Victoria took in
her Catholic subjects, and prayed for her
prosperity with that of her nation,
whom he loved and admired. lie hoped
for the restoration Of peace between the
different parts of the kingdom and that
the irritating questions which now
divide it would he settled and reason
and equity take their place.
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refused to the press. but the officers
through whose hands the paper has
passed, admit that il shows that the
beams were fractured while being bent
slightly to serve as deck beams. II also
appears that the steel Of which they are
made had successfully undergone all of
the severe tests imposed by the Steel
Board with view to securing reliable,
serviceable material.
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BIRMINGHAN, ALA, January TO-
News was peceived here yesterday of
the shooting Of Paymaster Ruffin at the
railway camp ON the Birmingham Min
eral Railway. He became involved in a
row with negro and another negro
compelled him at the mouth of a revol-
yer to hold up his hands while his as
sailant shot him. Ruffin is still alive,
but will almost certainly die. The negro
who did the shooting escaped, but his
partner is in jail here.
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ABOUT THOSE BEAMS.
They Were Fr.etured While Being
SLIGHTLY Beut at san Francisco.

They Were Frsetured While Being
Slightly Bent at san Francisco.
WASHINGTON, January 10.-The in
quiry into the quality of the steel used
in building the cruiser Charleston, at
San Francisco, is still progressing at the
Navy Department. The statement pub
lished short time ago to the effect that
some of the steel beams had been broken
while in the hands Of the workmen, was
denied ON all sides. 1t appears that the
report from Constructor Fernsld, who Is
superintending the construction Of the
vessel, he's been received ut the Navy
Department. explaining the facts in the
case. Acce@ to this report b ak present
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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.


asmatbea ss Lamar.
WASHINGTON. January 1O.-The Ju-
dietary Committee of the Senate took
final action on the nomination Of Lamar
this morning and will report it back
probably at the first executive session.
The majority report is adverse, and the
minority favorable to confirmation.
The nomination Of Villas to be Secre-
tary of the Interior will be reported
favorably and unanimously, and that of
Dickinson to be Post Office General will
probably be reported by Senator Sawyer
of the Postmaster Committee at the
same time. There is an understanding
that if action in the Senate is delayed
upon the nomination of Lamar, those OF
Villas and Dickinson shall be taken up
and acted upon.
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OF unusuaI Masnltude.

BERLIN, January 10.-Private dis
patches received here from Warsaw say
that the conspiracy against the Gar had
its center in st. Petersburg, and that il
was of unusual magnitude as regards
both number and position of the persons
imDlicated
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Plot Against the Czar.

VIENNA, January I0.-The AHegemeine
ZeitaHg says ii has received information
from a reliable source i'm st. Petersburg,
that a plot against the Car has been
discovered. and that numerous persons.
including several army officers, have
been arr ested on the charge of being im-
plicated i'm il.
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Hung for Numbering His wife.

CORK, January I0.-Dr. Philip Cross,
formerly surgeon in the Third Regiment,
was hanged here to-day for the murder
Of his wife by poisoning. He walked TO
the scaffold without faltering. He made
no remarks.
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ST. PETERSBURG, January I0.-The
BOurse Gazette states that the budget
for 1883 will retrench 10000, 900 roubles,
of which 100, 900 roubles will be ON
account of the reductions in the expenses
of the War and Marine Departments.
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General Terry Coming to Florida.

UeueTWf COnhthx
Special TO the PdIdfkd Ne,cs.
WASHINGTON, January 10.-It is said
that the reported early retirement of
General Alfred Terry is not correct. He
Is suffering from kidney disease and his
friends think that few months spent in
Florida will do him good. He leaves for
that State in a few days. X.
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Oft-times after a man has seen his
ssante" he Is compelled to 90 and see
his .suncle.~
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FROM JACKSONVILLE.

Arrival Of TFaveiIns Passenger Aeents-They viii
visit Sosth Florida.
Special To the Pdidtkd Neics.
JACKSONVILLE, January 1O.-About
100 travelling passenger agents, accom-
panied by their families, arrived this
morning and stopped at the Everett.
After a short business meeting they
went out sight seeing. They went TO
Pablo this afternoon and took a trip on
the Sylvester tonight. Tomorrow they
go to Titusville and South Florida.
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vestibule Train I'm Jacksonville.

Special to the Pdldtko Ns,us.
JACKSONVILLE, January 10.-The YES
tibule train of five cars arrived at
O'Clock, with seventy-five passengers,
most of whom went on to st. Angus
tine. w.
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A Ghastiy Joke.
-

There In an abundance of snow In Gen.
trai Europe, but IL In beiieved that the
Staying will mot become general until
late In the spring.