The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-02-16
Cream of News.
Brief Summary Of Mose
lmporten Mt Events
of Each Day.

alleged violation Of the emigration
laws.
Republicans OF Blbb county II
ward and militia district conventions
Endorsed Harry stlllwell Edwards al
delegate at large from Georgia to the
national republican convention.
Mayor T. 3. welles, Of Pensacola,
Fla, was tried in the police court Tor
fighting. convicted and fined by the
mayor pro TEN.
The South Carolina legislature
Thursday passed a bill creating new
department OF commerce and immigra'
tlon.
The national department OF agrl'
culture has issued circular detailing
the work which has begun In Texas
under the emergency appropriation by
congress. to tight the ravages OF the
cotton boil weevll
The house has conourred In the
senate amendment to the urgent do
Holency appropriation bill, authorizing
a loan OF s4,6oO,0OO by the government
to the Louisiana Purchase exposition
The naval appropriation commit
tee, in its report to the house. recon
mends that s2s,ss5,OOO be expended In
building new ships. The total carried
by the naval bill is s96,sSS,OSs.
In the postal trial at Washington
Thursday Mrs. Machen. wife OF the
defendant, wept bitterly She EN-
braced and kissed her husband, who
led her from court.
Charles Mr., Schwab has sailed for
Europe. 1t Is said that he has been
weakened by the strain incident 10
the ship building trust disclosures,
The japanese have made another
attack on Port Arthur, cad Il is report.
ed that the Russian feet has been de-
stroyed.
"A revolution Is imminent in Hon
duras. Martial law has been pro-
claimed.
Democrats OF the eighth Alabama
congressional district met Wednes.
day and fixed date OF primary for
April IL.
--Danville, Va, council considering
resolution to withdraw city support
from Rescue home. pending lnvesti.
cation. Mrs. Costell, matron, has been
convicted of severely beating an insane
inmate OF the institution.
Republican state executive com.
mittee Of Alabama met at Birmingham
Wednesday and Endorsed President
Rooseyelts administration.
Stockholders Of seaboard Air Line
road meet at Petersburg, Va, and for.
mally ratlfy the loan from Thomas T.
Ryan, and others, Of $5,OOO,O00.
Hon, W. J. Bryan arrived at Pr.
mingham, Ala, Wednesday morning.
At II o'clock he spoke to the students
Of Howard college, at 2 D. m. at the
reformatory, and at o'clock he made
speech at the theatre.
The condition of Senator Hanna
was practically unchanged Wednesday.
"A relentless war is being waged On
usurers by the authorities OF New
York city
The Equitable national bank, Of
New York, has gone to the wall owing
to bad loans.
The house Wednesday, by a party
vote, unseated Mr.. Howell the mem.
Der OF the tenth Pennsylvania, and
gave the place to MIR. Cornell, the con.
testant
1t Is almost certain that the Pan.
ANA treaty will soon be ratified. Pres
ident Roosevelt is preparing to pay
the $4O,0O00OO required and to ap,
point the canal commission
The situation in stricken Baltl.
more began to visibly clear Wednesday
after a conference at the BelvIdere
hotel between Mayor McLane, a spe.
clal Joint committee of the legislature
and a formidable delegation OF repre-,
sentative business men,
AN important bridge on the trans.
Siberian railroad has been blown up,
II is supposed, by japanese agents.
Thirty persons were killed.
The United States will issue q de.
olaration of neutrality as 10 the Russo
Japanese war. All other powers assert
that they viii do likewise.
Secretary Hays note asking the
powers to Jointly guarantee the integ.
rity of the Chinese empire is much
discussed at foreign capitals.
The Mississippi house passed a
bill making attempted criminal assault
a hanging crime. The maximum pen.
atty has been heretofore ten years i'm.
prisonment.
The republican state executive
committee OF North Carolina passed
resolutions indorsing Roosevelt and
approving the course OF the admins
tration.
The senate Friday agreed to loan
the st, Louis exposition an additional
sum of s4600,00O. Senator Patterson,
of Colorado. declared against silver,
and Senator Mallory, OF Florida con-
doned Roosevelt's Panams policy.
State officials OF North Carolina
declare the recent decision OF the su.
preme court in the bond case was a
blow to state sovereignty.
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