The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-04-24
CONDENSED WORLD NEWS.

Mercury touched "a in New York
at p. IN. on Tuesday.
The temperature at Beatrice Neb.,
reached 100 on Monday.
Frank r. Stockton, the we'll
known novelist, is dead at Washing
ton from hemorrhage of the brain.
President Palma is in Cuba making
up his cabinet and getting ready for
business on May Goth.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of
the president has accepted the
invitation of Santos-D -DumOnt to take
a ride in his airship
The contest over the two wills of
William Marsh Rice, the millionaire
murdered by Lawer Albert I. Patrick,
has begun in New York.
Earthquake shocks were general
throughout southern Mexico and
Guatemala on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. 1t is estimated that as
result over 200 persons lost their
lives.
Within "A hours the temperature
dropped from the COS to snow storm
in central Nebraska, from Monday to
Tuesday. On Tuesday night snow
was falling with the prospects of
blizzard.
A military cOurt-martIal has been
ordered TO try General Jacob HI.
Smith the United States comman-
der in the Philippines who gave the
order to burn the cities and to muir
der every man, woman and child
above 10 years Of age, orders which
it seems were faithfully carried out.
Ellen Stone, the missionary, has
been summoned toappear in Boston
court to show cause why she should
not be enjoined from delivering a
lecture describing her captivity.
The bill, which claims violation
of contract, is brought by lecture
bureau.
GOvernOr-General Wood of Cuba
has issued II full and free pardon to
w. H. Reeves, who, in connection
with Neely and RathbOne, was re-
Gently sentenced to 10 years ilnpris-
onment in Havana and to pay a fine
of $35,5l6 for completely in the Cuban
postal frauds. Reeves was liberated
at once.
In an address befor the Harlem
Democratic Club in New York City
last week Congressman Rob't. w.
Davis of Florida launched a boom
for the presidential nominations In
1904. He named David Bennett Hill
of New York FOR president. and
Joseph w. Bailey of Texas, for vic
president.
There are 10000 veteran Confederate
soldiers in Dallas, Texas, this week
in attendance upon the annual
reunion of the United Confederate
| Veterans Association. There are
also enough Sons and Daughters of
the Confederate present to make a
total of nearly I25,000 strangers
present in that city, The city is
covered with flags.
A wholesale daylight Jail delivery
was frustrated by scrub woman at
Kokomo, Ind, few days ago. In
the absence of the sheriff, the
prisoners sawed the bars and escaped
through them. The women opened
the doors to scrub the corridors, and
the prisoners made dash for liberty,
but were clubbed back by the women
with brooms and mOps.
Isaiah Rhodes, the aged woOdsman
from Ulster county, N. Y, who
startled Poughkeepsie last week with
story of the arrival of five daughters
in the family of his daughter on
Sunday, now proves to have over
estimated the census of his grand
paternity by exactly four babies.
The physician who attended the
woman made the denial.
The viii of the late DR. T Dewitt
Talmage leaves an estate valued at
$30000O Of which about 100000 Is Ia
personal property consisting Of
secured notes, United States bonds,
stocks and cash in bank. The
widow gets one-third aud the
remainder goes 20 the children,
There were no beQueEts to public OF
private charities,