The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-01-09
DOMESTIC NEWS.

F. b. Curran, noted gambler, is
dead in Newcastle, Wyo.
Capt. w. w. Ker, widely-known
lawyer, is dead in Philadeldhia.
The postotfice at Blacksburg, s. c.,
has been robbed. The amount taken
was small.
The Charleston Exposition set
apart New Years day as negro day
at the Exposition.
Lincoln, Neb., gives $1,000 to put a
chime of bells in local church in
memory of Mckinley.
Rev. G. M. Won Droste-H -Huelshoff,
Catholic priest, son of a German no.
BILE, is dead in LACROSSE, Wis.
The rotting body of man was last
week found in the steeple of a colored
church near Birmingham, Ala.
Obeolin college, Ohio, has raised
100000 and will get 5000, 900 as New
Years gift from j. d. Rockefeller.
The soap factories in the south
have consolidated, and the trust will
be known as the Southern Soap As
sociation.
The President will visit the Expo
sition at Charleston in February land
it is thought he will be entertained
by white people.
1t is said that Mayor Low is suspi-
ciOus that money will be used to cor
rupt the board of alderman. 1t is
probable that his suspicious are well
founded.
Gen. S. M. B. Young takes COM
March 1,-headquarters in Chicago.
Gen. E. S. Otis retires because of age
limit March 36.
The total number of commercial
failures in the United States last
year was HOOP, or 253 more than in
the year 1900, though the total liabil-
tiles were less.
Mayor Low took hold of his office
in New York Jan. |. OF the 80 dis
trict leaders of Tammany Hall, l8
lost their places the first day of his
administration.
The wave of reform has struck
New York City. Edward G. Glen
non, a policeman, has been sentenced
to six months Imprisonment for fail
ing to suppress disOrderly house.
Capt. R. P. Leary, first Governor
of Guam, who died in the marine
hospital, Chelsea, Mass, last week,
had Just been commissioned a rear
admiral, and his commission arrived
the day after his death.
Gen. Miles has resumed his duties
in his office in the war department.
1t is said that he has decided to ac-
cept the situation with the best pos
sible grace and will say or do nothing
to continue controversy.
Gov. Pleasant Porter of Creek Ma
ton, has been successful in his efforts
to have Congressman de Graffenried
of Texas prepare bill providing for
the admission of Indian boys to the
West Point Military Academy.
Foraker and Hanna are having a
monkey and parrot time in Ohio over
the control of the legislature. 1t is
a question of money largely. May
the best man win, and the d take
the hindmost. He's sure to get the
first, anyway.
Members of Congress are securing
the old discarded desks of the House
and sending them home to be kept
in their families as heirlOoms, to per-
petuate their glory as national legis-
1ators. The present Congressman
uses mahogany desks.
John Robinson, black in face and
soul, was executed at Dublin, Ga,
last Friday for the murder of a ne
gress. On the way from cell to the
gallows he cursed everybody in sight.
He is the only murderer of modern
times who did not regard the gallows'
trap as the direct elevator for heaven.
Depositors who were precipitating
run on the Dime Savings Bank,
Cleveland, the other day were given
an atfable smile by the teller who also
handed them card, demanding a 60
DAYS notice of withdrawal of their
funds. The law awarded the so days,
the bank took them, and thus saved
itself and its depositors.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of
the president, was formally presented
to society at ball given in her honor
at the White House last Friday
night. She is the first bud presented
from the White Honse since Miss
Nellie Grant in 1873, and Nellie is
now a grandmother. There were 500
present at the Roosevelt ball, and il
is stated that Miss Alice was very
happy.
Frank H. Peavey, millionaire of
Minneapolis, who died on the 30th
prox,, held life insurance to the am
cunt of $l,000,000 on which he had
paid but, two premiums, total of
$97, ,780. Some people are pointing to
his remains as tho,e of a lucky
dog but there are Others of us who
would prefer living to leaving and
bequeathing even a million. The in
surance will be paid promptly.
PostmastertG General says he has
received large number of tele-
grams and letters asking if ruling
had been made that only sub
scriptions to newspapers and period
icals which are pSid in advance are
legitimate. He said that no such
ruling had been made and that he
supposed the inquiries were the re-
suit of ruling made by the third
assistant postmaster-general in the
case of a New YoHk publication, the
subscriptions to " hich We're mainly
induced by premi Ans and which rul-
ing applied only the conditions of
that particular .se or to similar
conditions in OF CASES