The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-02-06

fire will reach 100000.
The Philadelphia Record is to b.
sold at public auction May 3lst.
The Odessa university has petition
ed the government to permit tn,
holding in that city of university
courses for women.
Judge Tooley has decided that thu
annual legal rate for business tele
phones in Chicago shall not exceed
1925, which is cut of $50.
Stagnation prevails in industry
and trade in Denmark. In many
branches of business one-half or two
thirds of the laborers are out of EN-.
ployment.
Arguments were begun in the jim
Howard trial at Frankfort last week
Judge Cantrill ordered all spectators
searched for arms on entering the
court room.
G. ID. Pierce, consul of the Orange
Free State in New York, said it had
been definitely settled that Paul
Kruger would not come to this coun-
try in April.
Billiards and intense cold fol-
lowed by flood is the record of the
weather in the north during the past
week. Even at Atlanta mercury
went to l5 degrees.
A raid was made by nearly 100
policemen on the BOwery, New
York, one night last week. Several
notorious resorts were closed and 32
prisoners locked up.
Mrs. Elizabeth Howe Dale, who
last November was charged by the
authorities of Hoboken, n j., with
the murder of her 5-year-old daugh-
ter, has been sued for divorce.
Mayor Glassman, of Ogden, Utah,
charged with having violated the
public health laws by evading the
pesthouse and ordering the release of
smallpox suspect, was fined $40.
The inhabitants are to be cleared
off TORY island, County Donegal,
Ireland. They are chiefly fishermen
and kelp gatherers, elect their own
king, and have not paid rent or tax
es for many years.
The United States grand jury re-
turned an indictment at Boston last
Friday against Harry H. Townsend,
former cashier of the Bristol County
National bank, charging the en-
bezzlement of $4,000.
The civil and military authorities
at Manila don't like Prof. Schur-
mans Boston speech. Gen. Whea-
ton says men have been sent to
prison there for remarks such as
those of Prof. Schurman's.
When Jan. Kubelik drew his bow
across his violin in Chicago last Sat
urday afternoon he became richer
by nearly $4,000 for his four con-
certs there, and records of the Audi
torium theater were broken.
The military appropriation bill has
been practically completed. The
bill carries approximately SOL ,O00,-
600, which is about $10,0O0,OO0 below
the estimates, and about $26,000,0 900
below the appropriations of last
year.
Lulu Ortman, a Fort Wayne steno-
grapher, is held by the police, charg-
ed with attempting to shoot 'Chick"
Stahl, the Boston American league
ball player. She says Stahl Tilted
her and that she intends to kill him
on sight.
The coroner's investigation into
the causes of the disaster in the
New York Central railroad tunnel
places the blame for the accident on
the officials of the railroad. Wisker
and Fyler, the train crew, were dis
charged.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of
the president will attend the corona
tiOn of Edward VII as the guest of
special ambassador and Mrs. White
law Reid. She will rank as a prin-
cess of the royal blood without taint
of any kind.
The prosecution in the Neely case
hopes to conclude in a few days. 1t
claims to have established beyond a
doubt the guilt of G. F. w. Neely. f.
G. Rathbone, w. IA. Reeves and two
Cuban stamps clerks named Moya
ard Mascars,
Senator Moore has introduced a
bill in the Maryland legislature, pro-
hibiting the use of any book in the
public schools of Maryland that does
not give Admiral Schley full credit
for the naval victory at Santiago. 1t
will become a law.
Gen. Horace Porter, United States
ambassador to France, and Mrs. Por-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Riley and
Miss Ruth Snyder, of Philadelphia,
Miss Catherine Eddy, of Chicago
and Secretary HIT of the Paris en-
bassy, are at st. Petersburg.
Supporters of the administration
in the senate have been given to
understand by the president that in
his opinion an interoceanic canal
bill of some sort must be passed this
session of congress for political rea-
sons as well as national policy.
Gen Harrison C.-Hobart, the last
survivor of the Wisconsin constitu-
tional convention and one of the
original five who planned and made
the famous Ross tunnel and by it
escaped from Libby prison, died at
the soldiers home in Milwaukee.
Joseph Cox shot and killed How
ard Radcliffe at church an Sunday
night Jan 26th at Eagle Mills, Ohio.
Coke had been paying attention to
Ratcliffe's sister and Radcliffe strong
ly objected. Coke accompanied Miss
Rateliffe to church Sunday night and
when Radcliffe saw them together
be assaulted Coke, who drew a revol-
yer and fired, the ball passing
through Ratcliffe's body. He fell in
the aisle and expired amid the
shrieks of terrified women. Both
men are of respectable families and
both are school teachers, Ratcliffe's s
wife was Cox's sister,