The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-23
WORLD NEWS.

The besirged Russians at Port Ar
thur are eating horse meat. Thi- is
considered the beginning of the end.
Thirty thousand negroes attended
mission mass meeting of the Bap-
tist church last Sunday at Austin,
Texas.
The japanese soldiers do not drink
any kind of alcoholic liquor in the
field. Tea and water is their only
beverage
The. Jap army, reinforced and said
10 number 100000, is in the nrighbul-
hood of Mukden, and will soon drive
the Russians out Of that city.
Judge Parker has decided to speak
during the campaign only from the
verandah of his home at EsOpus. and
will take the keep off the grass
signs from his lawn.
The special grand jury at Hunts
Vile, a la, called to investigate tin"
recent lynGhing, has recommended
the impeachment of til" sheriff, the
mayor and the chief OF police.
There is both social and physical
equality in the prize ring. Billy
Woods Ccolored) Of Los Angeles. and
Tommy Burns (whit") of Chicago,
fought a 10 round contest which was
declared draw.
Mary T. Thatcher, 10 years old
and wife of Geo. w. Thatcher the
minstrel man, committed suicide in
New York Sunday by inhaling gas.
She inherited $6O,OOO n few months
ago.
VIM. B. Smith Whaley financial
supporter Of several cotton manufac-
turing enterprises in South Carolina,
has filed Il voluntary petition in
bankruptcy. His assets are $1,000
and his debts Slll4,l25.
Huntsville, Ala g., is giving sewers
lesson to mObs. The grand jury has
found true bills against many prOmi-
nent citizens Implicated in the re-
of the town have thundtred sermons
at the culprits from their puIpits,
The battleship KrHrsnGgp, \ la
bama. Maine, and Missouri and the
cruiser Minneapolis had a race from
the target grounds to New York last
Sunday. IT was II four hour race
and a speed of l6la knots was attain
ed. The battleship Missouri won by
800 yards.
The mill strike at Fall River,
Mass. now in its ninth week. while
peacefully conducted, is no nearer
settlement and the strikers are pre-
pairing for an all winter campaign.
Both sides are firm. Over 1000, Geo
of invested capital and 26,OOO mill
hands are idle.
Mary and Lizzie Kehrer Of Bucy-
rus, Ohio. tired Of life, covered them
selves with a bed blanket and lay
with their heads on the Ohio Central
Railroad track. A freight train
ran over them and their remains
were scattered along the track for IA
hundred yards.
Gen. H. G. Corbin, L. S. A., COM
mander of the department of the
east. faVOrs the re-estabiisIlment ol
the army. canteem He is opposed to
army officers marrying unless they
can show the secretary of war that
they can support Il wife ana that
they are free from debt at tn" time,
Chicago women processing alarm
at the moral danger surrounding
Young women in American colleges
have formed society t" protect the
| pirl students in cO-rducatiOnal col
leges. Good way to prevent trouble
/ is to put an end TO cOn-educatiOn and
shut off all temptations to goo-goo
eying and ogling.
Two daughters of 5. c. Stuart, a
prominent farmer Of Falls county,
| Texas, who was found dead in bed
with his head almost severed from
his body, have confessed to the
crime. The daughters are thirteen
and sixteen years old. They
declare their father threatened to eX-
terminate the entire family of four
girls.
An attempt was made by negroes
to assassinate J. f. Bennett, far
mer, two miles from Screven, Wayne
Co. Ga, on Monday night. The
negroes fired a volley into the house !;
no one was hurt. Bennett has been
warned that he is a marked man, y
and his neighbors have been called
on to protect him. The negroes
have grievance against Bennett for
sending IA negro preacher to the
chaingang,
Wearing q rich robe and miter
modelled after those of an ancient
Jewish high priest, John Alexander
Dowie has proclaimed himself John
Alexander First Apostle of the Chris
tian Catholic church " The an
nOuncement was made in his Zion
City Tabernacle before seven thous-
and people last Sunday. Il did not
create the office" he said, lit was
created by the Lord. did not Gre
ate it any more than | designed these
robes,
The New York state democratic
convention at Saratoga Wednes day
nominated the following state ticket
For Governor, Judge ID. Cady Her
rick of Albany; Lieutenant Govern
or, Francis Burton Harrison of New
York: Secretary of State, JOhn Pal
lace, ir. of Monroe; Attorney Gener-
al, John Cuneen of Erie; Comptroll'
er, George Hall of st. Lawrence
State Treasurer, William Muench OF
Onondaga; State Engineer and Sur
vevor, ThOs. H. Stryker of Rome
Chief Justice Court of Appeals, Ed
gar NJ. Cullen of Kings; Associate
Justice Court of Appeals, VIM. E
Werner of Monroe. All three ele
ments of the party have harmonizet
on the above ticket.
Accepts Defeat Manfully.
In another portion of the pape'
will be found an expression from
Hon. Robert w Davis, and it il
printed because of its cheerful ton'
and a desire to show that no bitter