The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-20

States supreme court.
Rev. DIR. l. N. w. Irvine has
brought suit for slander against Rt.
Rev. Ethelbert Talbot bishop of
Central Pennsylvania,
Samuel McCue, ex-mayor of
Charlottesville, Va, will hang today
for the murder of his wife-unless
respited by the governor.
The lower house of congress on
Wednesday voted to impeach Judge
Charles Swayne of the U. S. Court
for the northern district of Florida
The White House cabinet of speci-
mems has had valuable additions
made to it by specimens of plate
used by Washington and Madison.
The city council of Waycross, Ga,
has placed the license for conducting
saloons in that place at $4,000 per
annum. The rush for licenses is not
great.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York City has made it so hot for
professional gamblers in that city
that it is stated that gambling
houses have practically been driven
out of business.
The government pension system
which amounted to S2.44 per capita
| in 1893, was reduced to $l.77 per capita
in 1904. But it is not shown whether
the reduction per capita is due to in
crease of population or decrease in
the number of pensions.
Theatrical managers in the large
cities are feeling good over the re-
cent edict of the Pope in dispensing
with female voices in Roman Catho-
lie churches They say it is causing
the young women singers to knock
at the door of the stage.
Rev. Harvey Hatcher, d. D., one
of the best known Baptist ministers
of the south, residing in Atlanta,
dropped dead in the lobby of Beau
fort, S. c., hotel on Sunday. He
preached at the Baptist church in
the morning of that day.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia closes
an address to the army and navy
with the statement that with all
Russia, join in the belief that the
time is coming when God will give
strength to our glorious army and
navy to arise and break the forces of
the enemy That will not be until
after vodka has been dispensed with
as the chief reliance.
The dignity of the Republic of
Panama feels itself injured because
the American minister there recon-
mends to this government that the
offices of governor of the canal zone
and American minister be cOnsoli-
dated and filled by one man. The
dignity of the republic, these memo
rialists say, requires a separate le-
cation.
Senator Smoot of Utah, whose
right to seat in the L. S. Senate is
being contested on the ground that
his first allegiance is to rOtton
church, is now putting in his de-
fense, and is having no trouble in
finding plenty of Utah officials who
will swear that the Mormon church
is free from polygamous practices
and that its ministers are but once
removed from angels.
Andrew Carnegie has sent check
to pay the losses sustained by deposit
tors in the defunct Citizens National
Bank of Oberlin, Ohio, which failure
was brought about by the forgeries
of Mrs, Cassie Chadwick. Mr. Car
negie innocently figured in the fail
ure by reason that his was the name
forged. Besides reimbursing the
H.nAyifprc M Tornatria troua tha "
NJ. c. A. $1,000, the amount of its loss
by the same failure.
The suit of John R Plat the octo-
genarian millionaire to recover $780,
600 from the negress, Hannah Elias,
which Platt alleges she eXtorted
from him during his 20years of in
fatuatiOn for her, is now being
heard in the supreme court of New
York city. The old reprobate states
that he made these payments be-
cause he feared Hannah might get
into court on account of debts when
his name would become involved and
his relations with the woman would
become known.
The Japanese are good iollers. In
his letter to the Governor of Ma
gasaki, Gen. Nogi wrote: LAS to
the treatment of General Stoessel
you will be advised by the proper
authorities, but it may not be out of
place to point out that General Stoes-
sci now is neither a prisoner of war
nor an enemy, but foreign gentle
man who meritoriously served his
country, and, moreover, so, honora-
bly, performed without unnecessary
delay the complicated task of trans
ferring the forts and munitions of
Port Arthur that he deserves to be
accorded full military honors, and 1
commend him to your consider
alton
The Port Arthur correspondent of
the London Times, under date of
Jan. 10th, says: Gen. Nogi review
ed detachments Of all arms in the
new town square today. No casual
ties occurred to women or children
of the city during the seige. Cham
paign was always obtainable. There
was much scurvey owing to lack of
vegetables. The naval officers were
useless and generally drunk. When
capitulation was decided upon SOL
diers looted the stores of $500 bot
ties of vodka, resulting in terrible
orgies in the streets. Troops sent to
quell the disturbance Joined the
jewellers. 1t looks as if all Russia
has to do is to furnish the cham
paign for the officers and the vodka
for the men, and that Japanese
would do the rest.
BOUGHr CHAMBERLIN's COUGH REMEDY
AND SENT IT TO FRIENDS.
Mr.. F. W. j. Fletcher, a druggist in
Victoria, Australia, says: "A customer
of mine, was so pleased with Chamber