The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-02-06
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Rico to the treasury department at
Washington asking that an expert
be sent there to settle the counter =
felt question at Ponce, where 5000
in bogus silver was recently seized.
Business there is practically sus-
pended.
One of the largest private building
projects in the history of Chicago,
involving an expenditure of $2,250,-
900, has been provided for by the
purchase from G. w. Marks by A..
Montgomery Ward OF property at
the southwest corner of Michigan
avenue and Washington street for
$60O,000.
George Stein, a farmer living near
shortly, Deleware, is the possessor
of very unusual pair of mules.
They are nearly half century old,
being foaled in the spring of 1854.
Ihey are very active, especially with
the heels, and can do just as hard a
days work as ever.
The Olympia has gone into commits
sion at the Charleston navy ward
after receiving repairs to the
extent of 100000. After participate
ing in the reception of Prince Henry
she will become the flagship of Rear
Admiral Higginson in the North
Atlantic squadron.
Judge Jenkins, of the United States
court of appeals for the seventh dis
trlct, at Milwaukee, has handed
down decision to the effect that
insurance policies issued under the
semi-tontine plan become a portion
of the assets of the estate of a bank
rupt and must be surrendered to the
creditors.
Col. Chas. H. Burton, former in
spector general of the division of
Cuba, testified that his examination
of the books of Neely, disclosed the
probable embezzlement of $45.O 600
during the months of January, Feb
ruary and March of 1900, and total
embezzlement of about 100000 since
July, 1899.
Assistant Pc m as e re eneral
Madden has forward to the house a
draft OF a bill, or provision for incor-
poratlon into the postoffice appropri-
alton bill, to permit the payment of
postage in bulk on large quantities of
third and fourth class mail matter,
without stamps affixed.
The Colorado senate has adopted
resolutions cOngratulating the SEN
ate of Maryland for its patriotic ac-
tion in ordering stricken from the
public libraries an infamous volume
that attempts to traduce the honest
name of Rear-Admiral w. S. Schley,
| one of the worlds greatest naval he
rOes."
The sentencing by the district
couEt Of Ponce, Porto Rico, of five
murderers to be garroted some time
next February unless the sentences
be commuted to life imprisonment,
has been sustained by the supreme
court of the island. The men are
members of a gang who committed
crimes in the unsettled times of 1898.
Albert Griffiths, better known as
''young Critic" the Australian prize
fighter, recently discharged from the
Chicago Bridewell, was found in a
vacant lot near that institution last
Sunday with his hands and feet
frozen. They will have to be ampu-
tated. Gitfo was travelling the pace
that kills and went to sleep with
load" on.
Mrs. Annie Edison Taylor, the wo-
man who went over Niagra falls, ap-
pealed to Cleveland authorities last
week for transportation to her old
home in Lyons, n. Y. She had been
exhibiting herself and her barrel in
Cincinnati, but not enough people
turned out to pay the gas bills and
when she went broke her manager
shook her.
Women medical students thrown
out of the Gloss room by the closing
of Northwestern university's medi-
cal school for women are to be ad-
mitted to full privileges in Rush
Medical college. This is in direct
opposition to the recent statements
of Northwestern university trustees
that zone cannot make a doctor of
woman"
Fred Timer, full blood Shawnee
Indian, alleged to have outraged
three Shawnee squaws in Ocklaho-
ma, was tied to stake to be burned
to death by members of his tribe.
Tortures were being applied when
Deputy United States Marshal Davis
arrived. Single-handed he rescued
the prisoner and escaped to We
weeka, where Timer was placed in
jail.
Sometime back society considered
it vulgar to use perfumes, but thew
society bellies in this country as
well as in England and France are
trying for the very finest and most
expensive perfumes. Most men like
the delecate fragrance of flower ex-
tracts and have always thought it a
foolish idea for society to place its
ban upon it.
F. III. Wines, assistant director of
the census, in speech in New York
recently said; New York is not an
American, but foreign city. There
are besides many cities that are as
foreign as New York-some more so.
Take Fall River, Detroit and Passaic.
These are foreign cities, and you
must consider these things in any
discussion of civil government"
Postmastsr-General Payne brought
up at cabinet meeting last week the
subject of abuses of second-class
matter that Third Assistant Post
master-general Madden is trying to
correct, and related some of the
troubles of one concern whose publi-
cation has been excluded from the
mails, and which has started suit
against the department. 1t is said
to derive its entire profit from the
government carrying publications at
or cents less pound than It costs
the government to do the work,