The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-02-08
GENERAL NEWS.

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Capt. Hobson has gone to war with
Japan.
The Persian assembly seems to be
having regular Ben Tillman of a
time.
The Thaw jurymen have probably
passed through many trials. They
are all married men.
. Hereditary insanity is the plea in
defense of Harry K. Thaw the muir
derer Of Stanford White in New
York.
! The grounding evidently saw his
shadow on the second of February,
especially in New York and Penn
sylvania.
An explosion in the Thomas mine
near Elkins, w. Va, last Monday
resulted In the death of thirty
eight miners.
In joint session at Trenton, n. j.,
Tuesday the legislature chose Frank
.. Griggs of Trenton, to succeed
John F. Dryden in the United States
senate. He received IL out of 7s
votes cast.
Mrs. Russell Sage of New York,
widow of the f1nancier, has given
100000 to the Emma Willard
School for Girls in Troy, n. Y. The
gift was made public Monday.
The east was visited by a terrific
snow storm this week. Ten inches of
snow fell in New York, and the
storm developed into a genuine bliz-
card in Philadelphia, the worst since
1899.
Caleb Powers fourth trial for the
murder of Gov. Goebel of Ken
tucky has been postponed. Powers
has been sentenced to the peniten-
tiary twice and given death penal
ty once.
1t is reported that thousands of
bushels of corn are rotting on the
ground along the railroad tracks in
Indian Territory because the rail-
roads cannot furnish enough cars to
move it.
Eli Futch, a prominent white man
near Thomasville, Ga, was taken
out at night last week and given
more than hundred lashes. So Sc
we're was the whipping that Mr..
Futch has hardly been able to sit or
lie down comfortably since. A ne
gro woman and her husband were
visited the same night by the same
crowd and given severe beatings.
The investigation by the senate
committee on the affairs at Browns
vile was begun Monday. a score of
negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth
infantry, discharged from the army
without honor because of their al
legged participation in the shooting
up of the Texas town, were in attend
aCce when the commission beganiits
first setting.
By vote of 10 to So, the house
Tuesday occurred in the senate
amendment in the urgent deficiency
bill, granting loan of sl,OOO,OO0 to
the jamestown exposition and ap-
propriating $4,000 for dredging nee
essary to complete the channel of
approach to the exposition grounds
and for dredging Bush creek to sc-
commodate the needs Of the life saw
ing exhibit.
John B. Mcdonald of New York,
the contractor who constructed the
subway of that city, was elected
president of the Panama COnstrue-
tion company last Tuesday. This
has been organized under
the laws of New York for the pur-
pose of building the Panama canal
should the contract be awarded to
W. J. Oliver, one of the contractors
and his associates.
All conductors, trainmen and yard
men of the Southern railway are to
receive an increase in wages aggre-
eating between $3.50, 900 and 800, COO
u year. The advance affects hun
dreds of men. No fiat percentage of
increase in wages is given to any
class of employees, the increase in
every case being dependent entirely
upon conditions. The increase
amounts, however, from per cent
as the minimum to % per cent us the
There is bill before the Alabama
legislature which aims at the card
parties that are feature of social
life. The bill mentions bridge,
euchre, whist and other games, and
makes it Jail offense, without alter
native of fine, for any woman to al
low these games to be played in her
home for prizes of value. The bill
has been favorably reported in the
House, and despite the large num-
ber of protests, it is believed it will
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