The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-02
CONDENSED WORLD NEWS.
Emile Zola, the great French nove-
list, died in Paris Monday from ac-
ciden5al asphyXiation aged 81.

Emile Zola, the great French nove-
list, died in Paris Monday from ac-
cidental asphyXiation aged 81.
A second operation has been pr,
| formed on the presidents leg. In
| tiamatiOn had not subsidized and the
| healing process was not progressing
satisfactorily, hence the operation.
The presidents speedy recovery is
now expected.
While defending her 10 year old
niece, Helen Robertson, from an at
tempted criminal assault, Mrs. Helen
Dickson who lives in asuburb of Mo-
bile, Ala, was murdered in her home
last Sunday night. There is no clue
to the murderer.
1t is announced from New York
that the Atlantic Coast Line Ry.,
has secured control of the Louisville
" Nashville Ry. The merger is the
work of j. Pierpoint Morgan. and it
means that one company will control
1888 miles of railroad.
Members of the original United
States Steel Syndicate have received
another . per cent dividend of $4,000,
OG0, notices to that affect being teAt
out by j. p. Morgan d Co. yesterday.
This makes fourth dividend of $40,
OOO,0OO, total profit of $40 900,
on an investment of $25 ,00U,OOU,
return of l60 per cent. No wonder
trust are attractive to capitalists.
Commander Bronaugh of the battle
ship Kearsage blew his brains out
on that ship last Tuesday. P. F.
Harrington captain of the Brooklyn
navy yard said: There is an epi-
demic OF suiciding in the navy. 1t
cannot be explained. This last man
had probably been thinking of the
other suicides which are very sad
affairs, and then in an umgaurded
moment the desire TO try it seized
him and it was all over in min
ute" Commander BrOnaugh was born
in Kentucky and entered the naval
academy in 1873.
Five thousand men and women of
COrinth, Miss, saw Tom Clark alias
viii Gabron, the negro murderer and
thief burned at the stake near that
place last Sunday afternoon. Clark
confessed to the murder of Mrs. Min
ME Whitefield, August 29th last, but
the lynchers delayed death until he
could see his mother and brother,
who came from Memphis. The burn
ing was conducted almost as if sane
toned by the law, with reserved
spaces for the woman. Special trains
ran to the scene. A brother of the
victim lighted the fire.
President Roosevelt took initia-
tive steps on Tuesday to ascertain
what, if anything, could be done by
the federal authorities to settle the
coal strike. The result was very
general expression of opinion by the
advisers of the president to the effect
that the federal laws and constitu-
ton did not afford means of federal
to end the strike, but
another conference will be held to-
morrow, and the president will do
all he can properly and legally to
)ring about a settlement. Anthracite
'oal now sells ut $50 per ton in small
Quantities.
Gov. Bliss of Michigan has ap-
pointed Gen. r. A. Alger to the q. S.
made vacant by the
leath of James Mcmillan. This APP
practically assures Alger's
election at the meeting of the next
legislature. d. M. Ferry, the big
eed man, was the candidate of the
ederal office holders who comprised
he Mcmillan machine, but Alger's
with the people broke
lown all opposition and Ferry was
to retire. Gen. Alger was
orced to retire as Secretary of War
n President McKinley's cabinet
of the "Embalmed Beef
candal of the Spanish-American
Var.