The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-03-13

The supreme court of the United
States has declared the Illinois anti
trust law to be unconstitutional.
The United States cruiser Atlanti
is assisting in the naval maneuver'
Off Mardel, in the Rio de la Plata.
Gen. julius S. Estey, president ot
the Estey Organ Co., is dead in Brat
tleboro, vt. He was 81 years old.
Smallpox has made it's appearance
in the Tombs prison New York, and
392 prisoners had to bare their arms
for vaccination.
Edward Tuck, wealthy Bosto.
nian, has decided to defray the en-
tire expense of establishing free
American hospital in Paris.
Granville w. Leighton, teller OF
the National Traders bank, Portland,
Maine, is under arrest, self-confess-
ed defaulter to the extent of $43, 900.
Secretary Long of the navy has
rendered his resignation and the
president has accepted it. VIM. III.
Moody, also of Massachusetts, is
slated for the place.
The Indiana supreme court has
held the mortgage deduction law
constitutional. The law is the one
eXempting from taxation mOrtgaged
property to the amount of 500.
Various art societies of New York
have begun an organized movement
to carry before congress their plea
for the removal of the tariff on works
of the old masters and statuary.
Prince Henry of Prussia wound up
his American tour at Philadelphia
on Monday, when he visited Inde-
pendence Hall and Cramps ship
yard. He sailed for home on Tues
day.
The Woman suffrage amendment
has met its first defeat in the Iowa
house committee on amendments
and suffrage, which decided to rec
ommend it for indefinite postpone
ment.
Secretary Root in conformity with
assurance recently made to various
committees of congress, has arranged
| for a gradual reduction of the mill
tary force in the Philippines to
about 22,0O0 men.
d. w. K. Noyes was arrested in
Baraboo, Wis, recently, charged
with forging his mothers name to
note for $500. He is a brother to Ar
thur H. Noyes, who lost his position
as Judge in Alaska.
Eugene La Rue, of Hackettstown,
n. j., victim of consumption, took
smallpox recently. Doctors say he
is cured of both now. Smallpox
drove away consumption and itself
Welded to treatment
Supt J. G. Crandall, of the United
States Indian school at Santa Fe, N.
NJ, has received word from two pre-
cincts in northern Taos county that
40 children had died there the past
few days of diphtheria.
john Morgan, l6, and Grace Bishop,
10, have been married in ROXbury,
Conn. They walked 10 miles from
Torrington with angry parents all
but in sight all the way. They will
be separated before being forgiven.
O'DonOvan Rossa, famous for his
connection with the Fenian raid in
Canada, had his foot amputated at
Colorado Spring, the operation be-
ing necessitated by gangrene. Some
doubt is expressed of his recovery.
F. H. Lincoln, graduate of Har-
ward divinity school, has pleaded
guilty to forgery in Boston and asks
mercy on the ground that he COM
mitted the crime to get money to |
pay for his education for the profess !
sion of preaching the gospel.
A special from Fort Benton says
great excitement exists over the dis
covery at Highwood, Mont, of an
extensive deposit of what experts |
class as sapphires. The stones when
cut possess n brilliant hue of the
character of the YOgo variety but
more smoky.
Judge John H. Reagan, the only |
surviving member of the Confederate
cabinet, is ill from pneumonia. He |
is at his farm in Anderson county, |
Tex. Judge Reagan is SO years old |
and is chairman of the Texas rail- |
road commission. He served many |
years in congress.
Miss Stone, the missionary, is ex-
pected home in May. She will lee
ture under the auspices of the Inter- |
national Chautauqua society. The |
porte has replied to Minister Leisch- |
mans note repudiating responsible
ty for her capture by the brigands |
and denying all liability.
A memorial from the house of dele
gates of Porto Rico setting forth the |
depressed condition of the coffee in
dustry and asking that bounty of |
cents pound be paid out of the |
United States treasury for coffee |
raised in Porto Rico and exported,
was presented in the house last week. |
What's in name.-Jemima |
Twaddles lived for 40 years in New
York in single hopefulness. Then |
she began to be wakeful. The other
day she tried to make her exit by
the classical route of opening few
veins i'm her wrists. She may re-
cover despite her patronymic handi-
cap.
General Lord Methuen with over
1900 men was surprised by force of
Beers under Gen. De Larey last
week, and routed; Methuen, with his
guns, baggage, supplies, etc., were
captured besides which the British
loss is Al killed, n wounded and POI
missing. The News struck London
like thunderboldt. The extra edi-
tions of the papers were bought up
eagerly, and readers made bitter re-
marks on the subject of the govern
ments declaration that the war i'm
South Africa was over,