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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
STRIKE SITUATION.
II Is Believed Labor Troubles
Tampa Ended.

IL Is Believed LABOR IIoubice
Tampa Ended.
With more than 300 men at work in
the various association factories,
things look dec dedly more cheerful
in the cigar manufacturing industry
and to the business men generally.
The meu, realizing that they are
beaten and feeling, too, that the time
for violent measures has passed, are
quietly returning to the factories, a
few at a time, and within a few days
it is certain that the strike will be
over. It is virtually over now, except
that the factories are in need of more
men. The strike spirit is broken.
Thus far, there have been no at
tempts made to modest the strike
breakers. This fact, when it is taSen
into consideration that threats were
made that all who returned to work
before the union sanctioned such pro-
ceedings would be killed, has had its
moral effect upon the men. They real
ize that the more violently disposed
of the strikers are afraid to attack,
knowing that the citizens committee
is very much on the job and that VIC
lence in any form will be promptly
resented and the instigator quickly
punished.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
JULIA WARD HOWE DEAD.
Noted Phllanthroplst and Author
Passes Away at 81.

Noted Phllanthroplst and Author
Passes Away at 81.
Julia Ward Howe is dead. Bowed
under the weight of her 81 years, the
noted philanthropist and author sue.
cumbed, at Middleton, r. l., to. an at
tack Of pneumonia. The end u came
peacefully in her summer home here.
Her three daughters were at the bed.
side when Mrs. Howe passed away,
but her son was absent. The funeral
will be held at the Church of the Dis
ciples, Unitarian, In Boston, Thurs,
day.
Those who knew her intimately said
that Mrs. Howe's unfailing optimism
was the general source and support
of her manifold activities. Born In a
cultured home in New York city and
educated with care, she showed early
a remarkable avidity for study and
superior literary tastes.
She was but twenty-five years Of
age when she came to Boston and me-
DR.. Samuel Gridley Howe, the great
philanthropist, and two years aftel
they were married. From that time
until DR.. Howe's death, in 1875, thit
remarkable couple showed neve
firing co.partnership of activity in al
things making for the uplift Of man
kind.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
SAD TRAGEDY.
Little Son Kissed Dead Mother and
Wept In Silence.

Little Son Kissed Dead Mother and
Wept In Silence.
Cuddled close to the body Of his
murdered mother, three-year-old John.
ny Boutwell,, 1891 Titan street, Phila-
delphia, slept ftfully. All day long he
had kissed her upturned face and
smoothed her hair. Though he was
hungry, he was careful to make no
noise. He thought she was Ill and
sleeping.
When the neighbors broke into the
house little Johnny was crying under
the bed on which the body of his
mother lay. Mamma is sick and l
am hungry" he told them. They exam
ined the upturned face and saw a bull
let had found its way through the TEN.
pie Of Mrs Boutwell,.
In the kitchen was her husband,
John Boutwell,, with q bullet In his
brain. Under a book in the dining
room was this note, signed by the
hnsbaud and father:
Il have lived and endured Just az
long as ! can. Mary was running
around at night, neglecting me and
the child. am sorry that have to
do this, but II looks TO me to be the
only way out Of II. Get the shame Of
this ever as soon ss you can. know
people VIII talk and blame me. but
had good provocatioa for all that
} 5sd"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
HEALTH OF THE ARMY.
Annual Report Of Surgeon General
Torney.

Annual Report OF our9eoH SeheTa'
Torney.
According to the annual report OF
Surgeon General Torney, the general
health of the United States army has
shown a steady improvement for sew.
eral years. The non-effective rate,
which is regarded as the true measure
of the loss in efficiency from sickness
and injury, was 41.4S per 1000 dur
ing the past fiscal year, as compared
with 42.6S for 1908, 46.17 for 1907, and
1919 for 1906.
The total number Of deaths from all
causes during the past year was $40,
of which 22S were due to disease and
142 to external causes. The admis-
sion rate for disease for 1909 was
865.92 per 1000 men Of strength, a
constant improvement since 1899.
General Torney reports that the
health Of the American troops in the
Philippines continues to improve year
by year.
Considerable progress has been
made during the year in the cam.
paign for the protection Of the army
against typhoid fever by means OF
vaccination.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
WORLDS LARGEST SHIP.
Olympic Is 100 Feet Larger Than the
Largest Vessel Now In Service.

Olympic Is 100 Feet Larger Than the
Largest Vessel Now In Service.
The first of the two mammoth Whlte
Star liners, the Olympic, was launched
successfully amid scenes of much en-
thusiasm at Belfast, Ireland. In ac'
cordance with the custom OF the White
Star, there was no christening cere-
monies.
The new vessel is of $4,000 tons.
She has been building for % months
and 1t will be eight months longer be-
fore she is ready for her trial trip
The Olympic is triple screw steamer
her principal dimensions being length
overall 1872 1-2 feet; breadth overall
90 1-2 feet; height from bottom to keel
to top of captains house 1O5 IL feet,
She exceeds by nearly 100 feet In
length and by $4,000 tons any other
ship afioat, and If stood on end would
over-top the Metropolitan tower in
New York by 1872 feet This is four
times as long as Bunker Hill monu
ment is high.
The Olympic will accommodate
$500 passengers and crew of $50.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
ATLANTA'S NEW P. 0.
Great Building Opened for Business
Complete In Every Particular.

Great Building Opened for Business
Complete In Every Particular.
Postmaster Hugh L. Mckee and his
men were settled Monday in the new
post Office and custom house building.
All deliveries Monday were made from
the new building and all letters re-
ceived were mailed there.
Every department of the postofice
has moved into the new building and
10 open for business,
One Of the busiest persons in the
new building Monday was the clerk
who has charge of the letter boxes.
Throughout Monday morning he was
kept hard at 1t distributing keys to
the boxes.
An inspection of the new building,
or as much Of 1t as could be seen, was
made Sunday by quite a crowd. The
verdict of every one Yves that the new
building could not be handsomer.
Several are claiming the homo! of
having mailed the first letter at the
new building Among these arc r. F
Ehedden.
Only United States Judge Newman
the United States clerks, district at
torney and marshal now remain in
the old building.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
$500 WALK OUT.
Strike on Missouri Paelfic-iron Noun
tain System.

Strike on Missouri Paelfic-iron Noun
tain System.
Approximately $500 men employed
in the mechanical trades on the Mis-
souri, Pacifc-Iron Mountain system
walked out In sympathy with the strik-
ing machinists. The order to quit
work was telegraphed to the boiler
makers, blacksmiths and pipemen by
the heads of their international union
after the machinists had failed to set
tie their trouble with General Manager
Sullivan, of the Missouri Pacific.
The principal shops Of the roads are
located at Sedalia, Mo-, and Little
Rock, Ark. Shops are also maintained
at many other points, including Tex
arkana, Paragould, Van Buren, and Nc
Ghee, Ark; Lake Charles and Ferri'
day, La.
The union men say that the road
will not be able to operate their loco
motives more than week without the
men who quit work.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
CRIPPEN HAS Been
SENTENCED TO DEATH
But Ray of Hope Dawns For
Condemned Man.
TRIAL LASTED FOR FIVE DAYS

Believed Jury Secretly Recommended
Life sentence-strons Prejudice in
England Against Hanging on Cir
cumstantial Evidence.
DR.. Hawley Harvey Crippen, after
a trial extending over five days, and
thirty minutes elaboration by the
fury, was found guilty, at London,
Of the murder of his wife, an American
woman, known on the stage as Belle
Elmore. Lord Chief Justice Alver'
stone, who presided at the trial, SEN
fenced Crippen to be hanged on No,
vember 18th
There is, however, the strongest
prejudice in England against execut'
ing man on purely circumstantial
evidence, and an incident at the close
of Crippen's trial has caused the i'm
preston that the jury may have
recommended a life sentence. After
Crippen was sentenced to death the
foreman of the jury handed to the lord
chief justice a note, after looking at
which the justice said:
"That shall be forwarded to the
proper quarter"
1.-THE proper quarter might mean
the home secretary, who has jurisdic
ton in such matters. The jurors re-
fused to discuss the incident
The jury was out just thirty min
utes. When it returned and announced
that it had found the defendant guilty
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone asked
the physician if he had anything tc
say. Crippen replied in low voice.
81 still protest my innocence"
The chief justice then donned the
black cap and pronounced the sen
tence Of death.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
DAVID B. mill
HAS PASSED AWAY
Had Been Prominent In New
York Politics.
FORMER GOVERNOR OF STATE
Deceased Statesman Had Beed ~ for
Three Weeks, but His Condition
Was Not Regarded az Critical, and
the End Came Quite Suddenly.

Former Governor of New York and
ex-senator David B. Hill died at his
home, Wolfert's Roost, near Albany,
N. Y, on Thursday.
He had been Ill nearly three weeks
with a cold and q bilious attack, but
his condition had not been considered
serious. He was sitting up in bed to
take a drink of water when he was
seized with an acute dilation Of the
heart. Death quickly followed, with
no one but nurse at his bedside.
Hill a Sufferer for Years.
Mr.. Hill had long been a sufferer
from Bright's disease, which prima-
rily brought upon him the condition
that ended in his death.
Although he retired from active par
ticipation in politics following the
presidential election of 1904, Senator
Hill was deeply interested in the
progress of the present campaign. AS
late as Friday of last week he dis
cussed the situation with Judge Par.
ker, who was then preparing to make
tour of the state in the interest OF
the democratic ticket.
Senator Hill had entertained many
men distinguished in state and nation
al politics at Wolfert's Roost and his
guests always found him most hos
pitable host.
Flags at Half-Mast.
Governor White issued proclama
ton requesting that all the flags or
public buildings be displayed half
mast until shutdown on the day Of Sen
ator Hills funeral, and that the citi
zens of the state unite In appropriate
marks of respect to his memory.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
ASK LOWER FREIGHT RATES.
South Carolina Railroad Commission
VIII Hear Important Case.

VIII Hear Important Case.
One of the most important matters
ever coming up before the South Car
olina railroad commission is that of
deciding whether the port Of Charles
ton has been bottled up" by the rail-
roads.
One hundred and thirteen cotton
mills of South Carolina have filed a
petition asking for reduction Of
freight rates from Columbia, Spar
tanburg and Greenville sections to the
port of Charleston. The petitioners
ask for a commodity rate of 20 cents
on carload lots and % cents on all
other shipments of cotton goods from
the South Carolina mill points en-
bracing the Greenville group and the
Spartanburg group to Charleston, and
a commodity rate of 16 cents on car
load lots and like rate of Is cents
on all other shipments Of cotton
goods from the Columbia mills to
Charleston, making tariff of rates
from the other mill points in the state
to Charleston, upon that basis.
The railroads claim that with the
increased demands for efficiency Of
service a reduction would do great
harm.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

"Tag Day" netted $bo,-
NEWS 900 for the Cniidrens so
NoTEs. cicties Of Chicago. Inc
day of giving was the greatest ever NJ
, Sa in the history Of charitable
events in that city. "Tag Day Is
three years old 1t was the nnanciai
history of "Tag Day" in that CITY
Mr. w. A. Brooks, Representing ~
pornman & Co., Of Savannah Sa.'
-node the largest purchase of spot cot
~ over made in Winder, Ca, 2,7bo
hoIae at s143,175. Winder also broke
all records in the way of receipts OF
cotton by wagons, 800 bales. Inc
onount of money involved was scat
tarod amongst the farmers, all pros
porous and happy.
Twelve hundred bags OF bleacheo
4our which were seized by the federal
authorities as it was in transit from
Kansas City to Atlanta, has been CON
demned and confiscated by the gov
eminent authorities at Nashville
Tenn as an adulterated article OF
food and has been ordered destroyeo
nv the United States marshal.
The city council of Huntsville, Ala.
has adopted all of the Alabama prom
hilton laws as city ordinances and vii
nut the statewide laws into erect
RA Long, Kansas City capitalist
has donated 100000 to Transyivanif
University, according to an announce
ment made at the institution In Lex
ington, KY. Mr. Long is credited VIII
being the originator of the Brother
hood of the Disciples Of Christ.
I President Taft has appointed A. c
! Lea, of Shreveport, United States mar
shall for the western district OF Lou
isiana.
, Snow was reported from all parts o
Colorado last week. In the mountain
masses above Tolland, Colo, sno'
from s to 10 feet deep was reporte'
and trains were blocked.
Announcement was made at Clevs
land. Ohio, of conditional gift @
s25O,OOO by John D. Rockefeller t
the medical department OF the ives
arn Reserve University. The glf
which is personal one, is made col
ditional on the raising OF $foO,oO
more by the university. H. M. Hanni
well.known as a trotting horse owne
has pledged s25O,OOO of the remainde
Of the proposed million dollar FUND a.
corIirg 10 TIE same announcement.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
FRAUDS IN CENSUS.
Government Secures Evidence In Re-
gard to Number of cities.
A Washington dispatch says:

gard to Number of Cities.
A Washington dispatch says:
Staggered by the enormous growth
shown by the returns of the new cell
sus for a number of western cities,
Director Durand, of the census bu-
reau, ordered an investigation, the
result of which appeared in the ALI
nouncement that gross frauds had
been perpetrated. Mr.. Durand gave
out also a letter from President Taft,
directing that persons implicated In
the alleged frauds should be prose-
cuted
Cities specifically mentioned as be-
ing affected by the frauds are: Ia
coma, Seattle and Aberdeen, Wash;
Portland, Ore; Minneapolis, Mimi,
and Boise, Idaho, and Fort Smith,
Ark, but it is stated that there are
many others.
The result of a second enumeration
of Tacoma, Wash, was announced
The city shows population of S2,972
an increase of 45,258, or 1870 per cent
over the population of 1900.
The first figures turned in for Ia
coma WERE 116,24S. In other words
the actual population was padded X
the extent of 1926, which would have
meant a further addition Of 40 pei
| cent
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
@eOodmsn" and "eoodwomen."

A pleasing form Of address that was
common in the seventeenth century
has gone quite out Of use, probably
because Of its restriction to inferior
persons" The "Mr." was then a pre-
fix to which only gentlemen were en-
titled, and among the puritan fathers
of New England the deprivation Of the
right to be so addressed was infict-
ed as a punishment Goodman
or "Goodwoman," by contraction
"Goody," was the address Of those low
in the social scale. The term Is pre-
served In some old songs - London
Family Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
PROMINENT GE0RCIlN
CLAIMED BY DEAN
Solicitor Charles D. Hill Hs
Answered Last Call
wan NOTED AS A LAWYFl
While Addressing a Jury In N.
perior Court of Fulton County w.'
Known Georgian Was strIck., ,.,'
Fatal Illness.

. dtdt ttt1S6os
After lingering for three dpv,
tween life and death, Solicitor Go,0'',
Charles Dougherty Hill, a promID.'l
Georgian, an able jurist, a taNbs,
citizen. came to his end at his har!
864 Piedmont avenue, Atlanta On :
Friday morning. ~
1t was while making a speech !.
jury in the superior court room :.
Tuesday morning that Mr. Hin ~.
seized with an attack of indIsa.,l''
He was taken Immediately to hls u
dence and sank into an uncOuseo,,
state, remaining that way until Thpr
day morning, when he appeared /.
be improving. He seemed to kpovA.
friends and talked few moment, !
Miss Ridley, Of LAGRANGE.
In the afternoon he again lapsed h
to comatose condition and continns
I to sink lower and lower until lis /,
parted.
At the bedside during the last =.
ments were Judge Benjamin h Nm
of the court Of appeals, his BROTH
airs. Benjamin H, Hill, Harvey Nm
his son, and the attending physician
Drs. Ellis and Goldsmith, and Ra,
of LAGRANGE.
| Seldom has Georgia produced mn,
brilliant SPEAKER, a harder student i
law, a more successful criminal rs
titioner, a more conscientious ubN
prosecutor than Charles Doughsr,
Hill, the youngest son Of the In
Benjamin Harvey Hill, one Of Ca
gia's greatest statesmen-whOse !,
tory carried his hearers off their lss
and whose logic convinced all Va
heard him.
Like father, like son." isnal
J proverb. Int true in his case
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
BIO CONFEDERATION.
OIL Tank Catches Fire--Blaxe Spreads
to Buildings.

OIL Tank Catches Fire--6laxe Spreads
TO Buildings.
A Are which started In the Chicago
and Alton freight houses on the river
front and which spread rapidly to
neighboring structures of like charac
ter, caused a loss of more than $500,
900 at East st. Louis, Ill. r.
The blaze was of no significance
when discovered, but It soon spread
to ten tank cars Of oil, which exploded
hurting blazing fluid In all directions
The oil set FIRE to the Baltimore and
Ohio freight warehouses, covering &
block. A score of oil tanks in 1t ex
ploded with roar that was heard FOL
miles.
A hotel and row Of boarding houses
were also destroyed. No loss of life
has been reported.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
captures 1911 Meeting.

A. w. Fritot, division passenger
agent, Atlantic Coast Line railway,
returned to Jacksonville from Dallas,
Tex, where he attended the annual
convention OF the American Associa-
ton of Passenger Agents, and which,
through his efforts, those of w. j..
Craig. passenger traffic manager, At
lantic Coast Line, and other represent
atives of Florida lines, succeeded in
capturing the 1911 meeting for Flor
ida,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
STORM WORKED
rayOc At SEA
Many Small Craft Crippled BY
Hurricane.
NARROWING TILES ARE TOLD
.c.r,ain and TWO of William W. Con-
verse Crew Are Lost-Ihe o'ea"e'
eroke In TWO Under Pounding seas
and Went to Pieces

,,.,.. Crew Are Lost-The Steamer
Broke In TWO Under Pounding seas
and Went to Pieces
Telling narrowing tales OF suaeF!hs y
and disaster, five survivors OIL CTe
thraa.masted schooner William w.
Cnnrorsa of Philadelphia, were
hronght to ST. Augustine by iauncn
from a life-saving st1tion. The 'essei
went to pieces 40 miles below 81 Au .
erstine Captain E. ]. Miller oil
Hepizbahga; Mate Charley Anderson
and Seaman Frank Hayes were loSt:
The mate lived to reach the SUR
near the shore, when the wreck s'ruch !,
him and killed him, His body ana
HAYES we're found on the beach IL
miles apart. Captain Miller's oouS
has not vet been found. The captain
13.year-old son, Fred, three seanen
and two negro stewards MADE thelI
way to shore on the wreckage through
mile of surf. The storm STRUCK Ihe
vessel. which was bound for st. FTan
els, Cuba, with coal, while of saVan
nah. A driving gale finally loFceO
her ashore in four fathoms, and shs
struck soon. The men worked val
iantly at the pumps when the shil
broke in two in pounding seas, ah'
went completely to pieces. The mel
are battered up and in bad shpae.
! The three sailors who survived ar
John O'Brien, G. johnson and the cap
tain's son, Fred Miller. a youth OF Il
years.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
AWARDED $4,000 DAMAGES.
Unique Suit Tried In City Court Of
Gadsden.

One Of the most unique damage suits
ever tried in Gadsden, Ala, was de-
cided in the city court when Mrs.
Leila Ashley was awarded verdict Of
$4,000 against X. X. McMahan, who
is now serving a life sentence in the
penitentlary for the murder Of Mrs
Ashley's husband, Sam Ashley. The
crime was committed the night Of
January 20, 1909, after the two men
left a dance hall together. Ashley's
body was found the next day on the
side Of the road leading to his home.
At the trial McMahan testified that
the two had entered into suicide pact
and that Ashley accidentally shot him
self while handing pistol to McMa-
han. The court charged the jury in
the case that the survivor in a sui
eide pact, when one party already had
committed the act. was guilty of mut'
der.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
Sansitive.

"Miss Passay is furious with that
society reporter"
"Why so?"
"He published the announcement OF
her approaching wedding under the
column headed Late Engagements ~
Life.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Full Quarter
Oak China Closet
$1,000.

This China Closet truly IS u
beauty"--the cut is an exaC'
drawing-beautiful style--rlcn
quartered golden oak-helgn'
81 inches, width 81 inches
French plate mirror in back
above top shelf-front and ena'
bent glass-it's a China ClOSS :,
value that truly does demanu
YOUR careful consideration
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Nothing is little that is our duty, ana
a common life with homely surround.
ings is the best discipline for most OF
un
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

He Is No Hypoerite.
Tom-Are you going to wear mourn
ing for your wealthy uncle? Jack
Only a black pocketbook.