The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

! O,OOl.
Jacksonville will hold Trade Car
niyal next fall.
ST. Augustine INDUCED in its annu-
nj municipal election for aldermen
last Tuesday.
1t is SAID that the trustees of Stet-
son university will soon elect new
president for that institution and
that his name will not be Forbes.
Gainesville is going to have rous-
ing Fourth of July celebration and
invite friends from neighboring
towns. The celebration will be held
under the direction of the Gaines
vile board of trade
William Ruth, "A colOred hackman
of Ocala, was murdered in his car
riAge last Sunday night by some pas
srnger. Ruth was shot six times in
the back of the head and the pistol
vas held so close Ms to burn his hair.
No clue to murderer.
Jackson county will have a third
primary for the election of sheriff.
In the first there were several can
didates and no election; in the sec
ond there was n tie between the call
didates The third primary has been
set for July Goth.
The new town of Homestead, 2S
miles south Of Miami. and the pres
ent southern terminus of the Florida
East Coast Railway, has been laid
out. The company will build II COM
mOdiouS depot. The town will be in
the midst of the finest farming sec
tion of Dade county.
Chas. \. ChOate, the man who had
charge o. the literary work in Sena-
tor TaliaferrO' 5 two recent cam
paigns, is temporarily in charge
of the Tallahassean in the absence
of Editor Trice, who is away owing
to Illness. Mr.. ChOate is one of the
ablest newspaper editors in Florida.
w. r. Scott of Jacksonville, fell d
dead in front of the store, 243 River
side ave, Monday afternoon. In his
pocket was found a note which read:
"If | cannot speak, please carry me
home, 403 Winter street. Scott
died of heart failure, and the note in
dicates that he had warning of his
end.
Florida will be entitled to twelve
companies of state troops and to-
tai not exceeding seven hundred Of
ficers and men at the joint maneu-
vers and field exercises of the regu-
lar army and militia to be held at
Manassas, Va, September 3 to 10,
inclusive. No company can go that
does not muster fully 80 men, and is
up in tactics.
While Mrs. DR.. Joseph E. Willis
and her little six months old child,
of Quincy. Fla, were in the waiting
room of the Union passenger station
in Atlanta Tuesday morning, waiting
for train to take them to Alabama,
whittier they were going to visit rel
atives, the infant was taken sudden
ly i'll and died. The child's body
was placed in charge of an under
taker, while Mrs. Willis went to a
hotel to await the arrival of her hus-
band
George A. Battlesby of Punta Cor
da has been arrested charged with
the assassination of Marshal J. H.
Bowen of that place in January of
last year. Battlesby was arrested at
the instance of r. j Clark, who had
been working around Punta Gorda as
u sewing machine repairer, but who
is really u detective. |. E. Cooper
has already been convicted of the
murder of Bowen and his case is
now before the pardoning board.
The people of Punta GOrda do not
believe Battlesby guilty.
f,t,,,I,, NF,To,. =, ,,poO,inant Cbi-
cagO stock broker, committed suicide
in his room at the AragOn hotel,
jacksonville, last Friday morning by
cutting his throat with razor. Nc
Coy was man of means; he did not
smoke or drink, but he gambled-in
stocks-and had been losing heavily.
He left II note which showed suicide
to be premeditated. The note was
as follows: "ClOck just struck D a.
m. In few minutes more I'll be
ready if have the courage. 7:46-l
am a coward after all. lO:O5-Still
resisting-O God, have mercy. The
way of the transgressor is hard and
the wages of sin is death"
They must have been having hot
/ times at the University of Florida.
| At a meeting of the trustees of this
great institution of learning, held
| last Tuesday night the designations
/ of President TaliaferrO and eight
professors was asked. The Vener-
| able DR.. Yocum and one other teach
ar will not be mOlested. The presi-
dent of the University of Florida, up
! TO the time of his call to that office,
was a country school teacher in
| PENNSYLVANIA. He became Doc
/ tor" soon after assuming charge OF
| the University, and he was so proud
! of the title that it is said OF him that
on registering at certain Ocala no.
/ til ne signed his name "Dr. Il. ii.
Taliaferro, Phi. D.n-probably for the
reason that ne didn't want the title
/ overlooked.
Little Mary Kate, 6-year old
daughter of Rev. Dr.. and Mrs. w. A:
Hobson of Jacksonville, was crushed
to death in a collision with u street
car at East Adams and Bridge
streets, that city, last Thursday
night. DR.. Hobson and his family
were returning home from a church
reception in an automobile ana
while going east on Adams street
DR.. Hobson saw the car on Bridge
street coming, but realizing that he
could not stop the auoo i'll time to
prevent collision he gave the lever
Il quick jerk turning the auto sudden
ly and throwing the little girl IN
front of the car, which crushed the
little one to death before the motor
man could realize what had happen
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No COMPETITION.
The uniform success of Chamberlain's