The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-04
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

scleiiClnc mission diSno+oL
Jackmer by the Haytien pov Sened to
recognized the existence eoff'rnment,
demic of the bubon:c planomo an cpl
clared there was no danger Of j its De de-
tension. VI ltS ex.
Exports from the United stot.,
month We're greater by $2OO IH I @SG
than in any previous May ImU1,y
on the other hand, showed = I dnTs
being $22,OOO,OOO below the ra ~c,,l'e'
Another amendment to the con u,
tuition for single six-year nre eG'lS'l'
tlai term was proposed by ReprSsen,''
tative Rucker, of Missouri Mo pae ts
10 singe term proposals are pend inan
Many political fugitives from vnns
zuela continue to arrive in the rsI L
of Buenaire in the Dutch West I tods"u
Pedro Maria Maria, a member NV T
Venezuelan house of represents VI oti' vile
and two other prominent refnrooS
reached there from Caracas, "e'sS
The Missouri public service con,
mission received an application from
the Chicago, Rock Island and paoifa
railroad for the approval of nro
posed issue of $4,4OO,OOO gold n pt
for equipment purposes.
The senate territories commi+to,
agreed upon bill for goyernmont
construction of railroads in Alaska 7.
will provide for $4O,OOO,OOO in bonds
to finance the undertaking and leave
entire control to the president.
Former Judge A. C. Avery died Of
his home, Morganton, N. c., aged ~
years. He was elected iudg Of tbo
superior court in 1878, and served m,
til 1886, when he was elevated to tbe
supreme court bench, which position
he continued to fill until 1897.
Sheriff Mester received by mail an
envelope containing a solitary dia.
mond ring which was stolen from tbp
finger of Emil Irvson, one of three
Chicago merchants killed in recent
automobile accident near Springfield
Ill. There was no note ACCOMPANYING
the ring.
Nathaniel P. T. Finch, editorial
writer on the Birmingham Age-Her.
aid since 1898, died at Birmingham
Ala, of apoplexy at the age of Ii
years. Mr.. Finch formerly owned a
large interest in the Atlanta Consti.
tuition, but sold his holdings in 1886.
Emile Dubonnett and Welby Jour.
dan, two aeronauts who were partici.
pating in long distance balloon race
from Paris, were picked up by tug
% miles south of Ventnor, on the
south coast of the Isle of Wight. They
were clinging to the wreckage of their
balloon, which had collapsed
Sentence was passed on the suffra-
gettes at London as follows: Miss
kenney, IS months; Mrs. Saunders, Is
Miss Kerr, II months; Miss
Barrett, 8 months; Miss Lake and Miss
LennoX, 6 months each; Mr.. Clayton,
Il months. All the prisoners were
committed to the third division, which
entails hard labor.
President Wilson has decided to
name as one of the members of the in
dustrial commission to investigate
disputes between employers and en-
ployees, ]. Brogan Hardemann, who
conducted the work of the National
Woman's Wilson and Marshall Demo-
cratic league during the recent cam
paign.
Awakening suddenly from a sound
sleep by her entrance into his room,
Abraham Blanchard shot and killed
Mrs. w. L. Walters, proprietress of
ocal hotel, at Bowie, La, where
Blanchard was a guest. Realizing
what he had done, he turned the
weapon upon himself, infctng a
wound which will probably prove IA
al.
A sagging wire cut the threats Of
.wo members of a picnic party riding
IN top of a double decked automobile
Jus near Long Beach, L. l., and swept
mother man to the ground. One Of
he men, William Pleng, is suffering
rom a partly severed wind pipe and
will probably die. 1t is expected that
he two other men, although their in
uries are serious, will recover.
Frank Fritts, years of age jump
d from the Tennessee river bridge at
knoxville, Tenn, plunging into the
waters one hundred feet below. Sew
raj persons saw him remove his coat
nd hat and climb upon the balus-
rade, but no one was near enough to
revent him taking the fatal plunge.
recovered within 80 minutes, physi-
ians worked for hours without sue
eSs to reSuScitate him.