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P AILATKA DAILY NEW
nro
VOLUME IV.
yTI DIRECTORY.
APOTHECARIES.
KENorthi;torTir Lemon and Front.
Fn"t rtfourdoor. north of postoffice.
PRFK P S?
Lmon street, Baum block.
Central pru Store, Lemon street.
ATTORNEYS
Port office Building, Palatka, Fla.
CAV"mt rtrteJUXr Held, office upst.r.
CHPSaSNaSon Bank Buiidln
BF'kTblockf Lemon atreet; office upstairs.
BANGOR ORANGE BOXES.
"TSot of Laurel near J T K W depot.
BANKS.
PIRPT NATIONAL BANK.
W J Winegar, President, Front atreet
BARBERS.
"mo'AS-et. opposite Putnam House.
If OH K, FHANK
Faik block. Lemon atreet.
BOARD OF TRADE.
OFFICE, NO, 28 FRONT STRKET.
x.-;.,.,. r. t.hA eltv wishing
Information
will be cheerfully supplied.
' BOARDINO HOUSES.
R8 T (i HUTCHINSON. '
Boarding and Dining Koom.Waterand Main
BOOKS AND STATIONERY. -
COCHRANE, F C
Front atreet, next door to post office.
BOOTS AND SHOES. '
VATTERLTN. HT ' '
Moragne block. Lemon street.
BOOK BINOERS.
PALATKA NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Woid street. .
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING AND REPAIRING.
LA KS.tTt,"dBdoor south of First Nat Bank
KOODA. BENJ., Aobnt,
Lemon street, opposite Putnam House.
CANDY MANUFACTURERS.
BMITH, RftEJ ,.
No 8 Lemon street, GiUis block.
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS.
KUFPERBUSCH, CHA8 ' Ji. j.
Putnam Gallery, Lemon atreet, op Putnam
SMITH.KAEJ
No 8 Lemon street. Gillia block.
CISTERNS AND TANKS.
TANK FACTORY",
A L Jones, proprietor. Water street, near
J T K W depot.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
JOBEFfT C 3
City (urveror. Nos. 8 and 4 Moragne block,
over Korstlng's.
CLOTHING AND GENTS" FURNISHINGS.
LOEB. MARCUS
. Oillis block. Lemon street.
7.ACHAK1AS. A
NoHWiutmnrecu
CONFECTIONERY.
HECKS, J F .
Lemon street, corner of Second
vnuiatni.
liickuian-Kennerly block, Lemon street.
DENTAL ROOMS.
ESTGS, W W
Moi-none block. Lemon street, upstairs.
KOSENUEKO, DK W II
Hickman block Lemon street, upstairs.
DRY GOODS.
DEVEREUX.CTT
Ijenion street
JACOBSON. I .
Phoenix block Lemon street
6RAIN. HAY. ETC.
VERTREnS 4 CO., .
Foot of Laurel street, near JTikW RY
GROCERS.
prVN.JOHNT .
Next to i08t office. Front street
II AG AN. J W
Lemon street, corner of Jones
HAC'IHTON & BKWh A M
l'h.piilx block. Lemon street
"H NT. A V
I.ir block, foot of Lemon street
PETKRMANN, HF.N1S ' . TO
.onion street, southeast corner of First
tOOKKO MITNDKB
llickman-Kounerly block. Lemon street
SHELLEY. J II
Opposite Southern Express Company
GUN LOCKSMITHS.
HENDKICKSON. L
Lemon street, opposite Putnam House
HARDWARE.
GRIFFIN PARKER '
Florida Southern building, W ater street
LANE, R T
. HarCs block. Water street
HARNESS AND SADDLES.
BANHERPON.RC : A
Opposite Putnam House, Lemon street
HOTELS.
CANOVA HOUSE . ,
A P Cnnova, prop, cor Reid and Second sta
CAKLETOX HOUSE, Andrew Shelley, prop,
Court House block. Orange atreet -HOTEL
PHtEMX . .
John liixler. prop, cor Lemon and Water
SARATOGA HOTEL. MaJ. A 8 Washburn.
proprietor. Front street corner of William
T" 1 1 ft .triiturn T, IVn. ..!. lt.Mav.11ni. fur
families, cor of Dodge and Enimett streets
ICE.
PAf.ATITA TCE EACTORY. L C Canova,
maniiger, Laurel st, t et River and Enimett
INSURANCE.
rlil.F.TflSt KENNERLY
Room 2, Kennerly-llickman blk. Lemon at
HTM. I A HI) CO.. CH AS M
PMlntka National Bank building. Front it
WF.HH, W J
Post office building
JEWELRY.
HEATH, O E
I mion street, opposite Putnam House
SPECK, JOHN F
Front street, four doors south of Lemon
JOB PRINTING.
PALATKA NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Keid street
LIVERY STABLES.
GEM CITY LIVERY AND SALE STABLE
Near JTt KW depot. First street
MEHWIN ft SON ,
U-mon Htreet, between Third and Fourth
RAM SAC Kit,. I M
Comer of Reid and Secon street
LIME.
EATON, CH AS F, Aoent
Foot ot Laurel street
LUMBER.
IIOYll. I) A
River atreet, next to Gas Works
MEAT MARKETS.
CROSS, W B
Maiimrer Gem City market. Water stieet
CCIMINGSACO . .
ijemon street, two doors west of Jones
GOOOSON ft CO., M C
No SO Front street
MURRAY, THOMAS -
lmun street. betweenThird and Fourth
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS.
HOI.RROOK. MRS THOS
Front street, opposite Putnam House
PAINTS, OILS AND ARTISTS' MATERIALS
BARNES, It , ' ' .
, Valutka National Bank building Front st
PHOTOGRAPHERS
MANGOLD. JO .
Kennerlr-Hickman block. Lemon street
PHYSICIANS.
rtILK DR A I, Hombopathist,
Hiotni lilo-k. Lemon street
CYRUS. lr W H
Moragne block. Lemon street, upstairs
REAL ESTATE
BCRT, JAMES
Town kt, Palatka Heights,
HEALY 4 TRIAY
4rd of Trade Room, Front street
Pulatka 'National Bank building. Front st
SALOONS.
ED W AMDS, AN CO.,
Hurt's block. Water st reet
IDAHO SALOON
Twin Palmettoes, Lemon street
McGILUJOHN
. U;inon street, near J T ft K W Junction
SASH. DOORS AND BLINDS
BARNES. W
Palatka National Bank building. Front st
TAILORING.
FISNINGKR, C A
i vr Loeb'tl store. Lemon street, upstairs
TAXIDERMIST.
t'HY, w s
Front street, three doors south of Lemon
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS.
, NOW. W C ,
No ial Front street
WAGON FACTORY.
RACK ft MARTIN ' '
Kiver street, near Gag "Works
WOOD YAKO
ALTON. M II
Foot of Adams street.
LOWERY VS. WHITE.
DEBATE ON THE C05TESTED CASE
THE HOUSE ADJOURNS WITHOUT
REACHING A VOTE.
Two Democrats Speak For the Con
testee. Bourke Cock run, of New York, Airs His
Eloquence and His Devotion to this
Country and its Flag;.
Washington, Februai-y 4. Mr. Gun
ther, of Wisconsin, presented the peti
tion of 3,500 residents of the District of
Columbia against the enactment of pro
hibitory laws for the District. Referred.
THE LOWERY -WHITE CASE.
The House then resumed the consider
ation of the Lowery-White contested
election case.
Mr. Moore, of Texas, a majority mem
ber of the Committee on Elections, spoke
briefly in support of the majority resolu
tion, and contended that the contestee
had failed utterly to make proof of his
naturalization.
Mr. O'Farrell, of Virginia, took the
same ground.
FOR THE CONTESTEE.
Mr. Rowell of Illinois, presented the case
of the contestee and argued that he had
completely proved his citizenship. He
cited various decisions of the Supreme
Court and other United States Courts to
the effect that a certificate of naturaliza
tion was against all the world, a judg
ment of citizenship and could not be in
validated by the failure of a clerk to
perforin bis ministerial duty. There
were 30,000 men m Chicago to-day ex
actly in the same position as White. The
records were burned, their papers were
burned, their witnesses were dead. More
than one member of the House, more
than a hundred men occupying positions
were in precisely the same position, and
yet gentlemen said that it was dangerous
to invoke parole evidence. Why men
were hanged on parole evidence. Was
it dangerous to invoke it to effectuate
the popular will?
It was said that that contestee was un
worthy of belief on account of some ut
terances upon the street. "Why," said
he, "if we all had the brand of liar put
on our brows because we sometimes make
mistakes in what we say on the stump,
how many of us, who talk at all, would
go out of the House with the word "liar"
written across our foreheads? Laughter
and applause.
BOURKE COCKRAN'S SPEECH.
Mr. Cockran, of New York (Demo
crat), was yielded fifteen minutes by
Rowell, and as he rose in the centre aisle
to speak for the contestee he was watch
ed by eyery eye and intently listened to.
He said that in discussing a question of
general public policy, one that involved
the sovereignty of the people, the House
was not bound by the technical rules
which were prescribed for the regula
tion of disputes between citizens when
compelled to submit their differences to
the tribunals organized for the purpose
of settling them. The House was on a
broader basis. It had to inquire whether
the people of the Twelfth Indiana Dis
trict had lawfully expressed their choice
The question wfes whether White was
eligible to the seat to which he had un
doubtedly been elected. He (Cockran)
did not believe that there wai any fair
question of law before the House. He
did not regard the record as anything
but proof of judgment. Judgment was
an act of court, which stood independent
of anything the clerk might do. In this
case there was no record of what the
court had done, and the House was driven
to an inquiry into facts. White stood
before the House upon his oath declar
ing that in 18C3 he went before the court
in Allen County, Indiana, accompanied
by witnesses, and complied with all the
provisions of the law, and that the cer
tificate of naturalization was issued to
him. Holding the views he (Coekraii
did, there was nothing left for him to de
cide but whether he would believe the
sworn statement of a member of the
House, corroborated by a character
against which not one word had been
uttered in this debate. Applause. Men
on the Democratic side claimed to rep
resent popular sovereignty in the fullest
meaning of the -ord. They claimed
that to their party belonged the mission
of extending the power of thl people at
the ballot lxx. So far as the people of
the Twelfth Indiana District could speak
they had declared their wish, their will
their command, that White should be
their representative. Applause. Against
this command of the people the Com
mittee on Elections had advanced a
number of circumstances which it was
said, tended to impeach the oceuracy of
White. He believed that White was
naturalized in Indiana or that he had
committed perjury. He was a lawful
member of the House of Representatives
or his place was at the bar of criminal
court on the charge of perjury. He
must look to the character of the pc ion
upon whose statement he proposed to
base his action. This man came before
the House with thirty years of honorable
life to give weight to hia statement, he
came here witn a nistory wmcn was
part of the history of his country. He
had held important offices, he had dis
charged the duties of citizenship, he had
shed his blood for his country applause,
and his (Cockran's) voice would not cast
a vote which would make the wounds he
received m honorable service bleed
afresh- by reason of the ingrati
tude of his associates. Applause.
It would rather bo his pride, as he
hoped it would be in his power, to cast a
vote to show that he who risked his life
in defense of this land merited a reward
which served him like an armor, in
PALATKA, FLORIDA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 18SS.
vincible to the sliafts of the enemy,
when in the course of his career he had
to defend his character against assault.
Applause.
In what he (Cockran) Baid, he ex
pressed his own loyalty to the laws. He
did not believe tliat the political effect
of this vote would sway a single mem
ber on the Democratic side so far from
the sense of obligation to his conscience
as to cause him to cast a vote dictated
by political reasons. But i' such a sug
gestion entered the mind of any man,
let him remember that the best way to
prevent a vote in this case from having
any effect upon the Presidential election
was for the Democrats bo to comport
themselves in the discharge of every
duty that no Presidential election would
ever come into the House, but that the
votes of the people would decide it in
favor of that party which, he believed.
was pledged to every system of good
government which ought to win the con
fidence of the electors. Applause.
In conclusion, he said, "believing as I
do, while that flag, which Capt. White
and his associates have kept floating
aloft in pride over every part of this
country, floats over my head, while I
feel deeply grateful to the heroes who
preserved and cemented with their blood
this Union under which we live, I shall
not cast a vote which would be thank
less to my constitutency and which
would pronounce soldiers of the Union
guilty of perjury and unworthy of the
association of honorable men." Ap
plause and cries of "vote, vote," from
the Republican side. ,
Mr. Wilson, of Minnesota (Democrat),
spoke in support of the contestee, and
declared that men would be morally per
jurers if they did not vote their honest
convictions irrespective of every party
consideration.
Aftei further speeches by Outhwaite,
of Ohio, and Marsh, of Pennsylvania, in
support of the majority resolution, and
then Nutting, of New York, in favor of
the claims of the sitting member, the
House, without reaching a vote, at 4
o'clock, adjourned.
PRINTERS STRIKE.
he Compositors In Philadelphia l!tm Office
Walk Out.
Philadelphia, February 4. The com
positors employed on the Item went on a
strike to-day because the proprietors re
fused to make the establishment a union
office and pay the wages required by the
union. There were about thirty-five
compositors concerned in the strike.
When the manager of the paper refused
to accede to the demands of the men,
which were made before the beginning of
the day's work, they walked out of the
office, taking with them the proof
readers and galley boys. Th foreman,
with about ten compositors, refused to
go out, and with the aid of Col. Fitzger
ald and sons, proprietors of the paper,
who are practical printers, succeeded in
publishing this afternoon's issue. Col.
Fitzgerald claims that the strike will not
hinder the regular issue of the paper.
No intimation of the strike was given,
and the whole transaction was a com
plete surprise to the proprietors. The
Item has been a non-union office for about
seven vears.
MURDEK AND SUICIDE.
A Negro Kills his Wife. Hsr Sister and His Son, and
then Hangs Himself.
Macon, Ga., February 4. In Baker
County a young man went to the house
of Amos Grant, a colored farmer. Find
ing all quiet and the house closed, he
looked around for the cause, and found
the body ft Grant hanging from a rope
thrown over a projecting joist in the
rear of the house. Inside he found Mrs.
Grant's body in bed, her head crushed
to jelly, as if by a club. On the floor
was the body of the wife's sister, and
further over was the body of Grant's fif
teen-year-old son. The theory is that
as Grant was a hard taskmaster his wife
was about to leave him, and that Grant,
frenzied by the thought of her depart
ure took a club and brained them all
while thev slept and then committed
suicide.
Fourteen Year-Old Murderer Hung.
New Orleans, February 4. Jim Cor
nelius, a negro fourteen years old, was
hanged at Minden, Webster Parish, yes
terday, for the murder a year ago of
Ernest Wren, the four-year-old son of
G. P. Wren, member of the Legislature
from that parish. The jiegro boy was
in Wren's employ and the little child
was playing around the negro boy, who
pushed him down and made him bite
his tongue so that his mouth bled. The
little fellow crwd and threatened to tell
his mother. The negro begged him not
to tell, as he did not want to be whipped,
but the little fellow persisted. The ne
gro then struck him with an ax handle,
crushing in his skull and mangling his
head, so that he died almost instantly.
New England Capitalist Excursion.
Hartford, Conn., February 4. Two
Pullman parlor cars will leave Hartford
at 10:30 o'clock to-night with forty one
excursionists to various Southern cities
for a ten days' trip. The party is com
posed of New England capitalists and
business men. The trip is under the aus
pices of the Evening Pbaf. Southern
Bureau of Hartford, and the party trav
els by way of the Virginia, Tennessee and
Georgia Air L'ne, and Kennesaw routes.
The route lies through ten States.
Petroleum Destroys a RatlinMIII.
Cleyeland, O., February 4. The
Britton Iron and Steel Company rolling
mill has been using crude petroleum for
fuel. To dav the feed piie cloczed and
in endeavoring to free it the oil came on
with a rush that set the mill on fire and
it was destroyed in less than an hour.
Two hundred workmen employed had to
run for their lives and barely escaped.
The loss is f 70,000 and insurance f 45,000.
Moonshiners Captured In Alabama. ,
Gadsden, Ala., February 4. The
most successful raid ever made on
moonshiners in this State occurred
Friday. Deputy Marshals W. J. and
Eugene Willford captured in DeKalb
County a still with a capacity of 210
gallons and 5,000 gallons on hand. Also
in Jackson County three stills and 11,000
gallons of liquor and seven moonshiners
at work. . -. - . .... , .- ...
The 0i Controversy Over the Boundaries et tne
Collector's District.
Washington, February 4. The old
controversy over the boundaries of the
Fourth Collection District of lrguiia
has again broken out with renewed vio
lence, and the rival delegations from
Newport and Norfolk have given no
tice of their intention to come here
next week and presunt their
views upon the matter to the
sub-committee cf the House
Commerce Committee which has charge
of the bill to change the boundaries of
the Fourteenth District. Newport
News, which is now a port of delivery,
jS seeking to be made a port of entry, so
as to relieve the shipping in Hampton
Roads, from the necessity of proceeding
to Norfolt to enter, and this proposed
change is being stoutly resisted by the
people of Norfolk.
Badlj mounded bj a Lion.
London, February 4. At the con
clusion of the performance at Lowry's
Music Hall, in Dublin, last night, Mile.
Senide, one of the performers, placed
her head in a lion's mouth for the pur
pose of having her photograph taken in
that position. A sudden flash of light
caused the beast to close his jaws
and he retired growling to a corner
of his cage, dragging his helpless victim
with him. Then he hook the girl vio
lently, tearing her bare breast with his
claws. The attendants at once sprang
toward the cage and attacked the lion
with hot irons and finally succeeded in
beating him off. M'lle. Senide was re
moved to her lodgings and medical aid
summoned. Her neck, shoulders and
breast are terribly lacerated, but she is
still alive.
DISSEMINATING SMALL-POX.
A Book Agent with the Disease Visits Hundreds of
Business Houses.
New York, February 4. A. M. Brad-
isli, a book canvasser, walked into the
Polyclinic Hospital in Third avenue to
day to be treated for a skin eruption.
He was found to be suffering from
small-pox in an advancedjstage. He said
that he had contracted it in a Bowery
lodging house, to which the disease had
been brought from Brooklyn. During
the ten days he has been sick Brad is U
has visited hundreds of business houses
this city. The health authorities
have
raid.
instituted a general vaccinating
MORE RIOTING AT SHENANDOAH.
Soma Loss of Life Reported The Polish Strikers
Armed With Pistols.
Washington, February 4. Rioting
again broke out to-night at Shenandoah,
Pa., when the miners quit work for the
day, and it is said there has been some
loss of life. The Polish strikers were
well armed with pistols and used them.
There are about 200 of the coal and
iron police in and around Shenandoah,
and they did all the fighting that was
done to protect the miners who had
been working. The city police appar
ently had no intention of resisting- the
riotous miners.
Thrown Into a Receiver's Hands.
Montgomery, February 4. The Mont
gomery and Florida Railroad was to-day
thrown into the hands of a receiver on
the application of McLaren & McLaren,
contractors. They claim that the road
owes them $12,500, and that it is bank
rupt and cannot pay. The road is a nar
row gauge, running southward forty
miles from this city. Major Bradford
Durham was appointed receiver, with
instructions from the court to repair the
property, procure equipment and operate
the road.
THE STANDARD OIL
Without a Formidable Competitor in the Turpen
tine Trade in the South.
ST. Locis, February 4. The entire
plant of Win. Washburn & Sons, of this
city, dealers in naval stores, including a
large oil warehouse and the entire in
terests of the Iron Mountain Warehouse
and Tank Company, was sold yesterday
to the Water-sPierce Company, which
is a branch of the Standard Oil Com
pany. W ash burn z bons ran a tank
line into Alabama and Mississippi, and
practically controlled the turpentine
product of these States. The price paid
for this plant is not known, but it is
supposed to be pretty large, as it dis
posed of the last competitor of the Stan
dard Oil Company. This gives them
control of all the tankage' in this city
and leaves them without any formidable
competitor in the turpentine trade in
the South.
More Tally Sheet Testimony.
Columbus, O., February 4. Judge
Pugh this morning overruled the objec
tion of the defense to the admission of
certain testimony in the tally sheet for
gery cases. Granville resumed the
stand and testified that himself and the
two Montgomerys forged the Ninth
Ward tally sheets, and implicated
Steube.fthe watchman. His testimony
in regard to the Thirteenth Ward forgery
tends to implicate the defendants Mont
gomery, Clias. T. Blackburn, Allen O.
Myers, T. G. Cogan and others. The
court adjourned to Monday morning
without having completed the direct ex
amination of Granville. -
Ridenour Sentenced to be Hanged.
Winchester,' Va., February 4.
Ridenour, convicted of the murder of
young Broy, was sentenced to-day to be
hanged Friday, March 30. Replying to
the question of the clerk what he bad to
say why sentence should not be pro
nounced, Ridenour remarked I have
pleaded not gulity, I have made my
statement, that is all I have to say.1
Counsel for the prisoner has seventy
bills of exceptions and will apply to the
Court of Appeals at once for the ,writ of
error.
A Youthful Fiend.
Savannah, Ga., February 4. Yester
day, near Longview, Dodge County,
Bullard HarrelL a colored boy aged ten,
threw two children of James Pope,
colored, into a kettle of boiling water,
boiling them to death, and killed a third
cniHi oy ueatiDg its brains ont against a
tree. .. -- .,
FROM GERMANY.
STATEMENT OF THE SITUATION.
THE AUSTR0-GERMAN TREATY
WHY IT WAS PUBLISHED.
Its Aim is to Fore the Czar to am Im
mediate AYar or Compel Him to Sub-'
li) it to Terms for Permanent Peace.
(Copyright, li8. by the X. Y. Associated Press.)
Berlin, February 4. While the semi
official press affects to regard the publi
cation of the Austro-German "treaty as
having a pacific intent, official ami dip
lomatic circles know that its real aim is
to force the Czar to an immediate war or
compel him to submit to terms for a per
manent peace dictated by the allies. The
substance of the treaty has long been
known to both the Russian and French
Governments. At the time of its incep
tion at the conference between Bis
marck and Count Andrassy at Gastein,
in August, 1879, confidential disclosures,
stating the character of the compact,
were made by Bismarck to the Czar as
an inducement to break off the negotia
tion for the Russo-French alliance. The
day after the treaty was signed Prince
Bismarck made a personal communica
tion of the fact to both the French and
Russian Ambassadors withholding only
the exact terms of the treaty. Ths publi
cation reveals nothing to any European
Government. Before disclosing it to the
people the step was anxiously and re
peatedly discussed by Bismarck, Count
Kalnoky and Ilerr von Tiwza. The
Austrian Ministerial Council, the Eiu
perior presiding, consented to the publi
cation of the treaty only last week, upon
urgent representatives from Bismarck
that the time was opportune.
BISMARCK'S SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCE.
Its appearance at the present juncture
recalls the utterance of Bismarck when
he was reproached in the Reichstag for
refusing to submit to that body certain
diplomatic correspondence, "Once a
government determines to publish im
portant documents," he said, "matters
should have gone so far that nothing
but war is likely to be the outcome of
the situation." By the light of this
memorable statement the immense
significance of the publication of the
treaty at the present crisis will be seen.
It is the step which precedes an ultima
tum. If Russia continues to push for
ward masses of troops menacing the
strategic points on the frontier, and if
the pending negotiations for an offensive
and defensive alliance with France
should succeeed, the central powers wilT
not wait the convenience of the French
and Russion Governments to declare
war. The crisis therefore nears the
climax.
STRAIN CF THE SITUATION.
Bismarck in his speech in the Reich-
tag on Monday may place a peaceful in
terpretation upon the motives of the-pub-lication
of the treaty, but nothing he can
say is expected to lessen the strain of the
situation. The Czar must give practical
assurances of peace or abide by an early
war, and judging by all that is known
of his character and the ministerial influ
ence now dominating him. the Czar will
not yield.
Count Schouvaloff, Russian ambassa
dor to Germany, is in St. Petersburg at
tending the annual court. He will re
turn to Berlin to-morrow and will see
Bismarck before the meeting of the
Reichstag on Monday.
THE DEBATE WILL BE BRIEF.
Debate on the military bill will be
brief unless the Progressist and Socialis
tic malcontents insist upon talking. All
the great parties have agreed to mask
their sense of the situation by disposing
of the measure without delay.
BISMARCK HAS SEEN THEM.
The report of Bismarck's conference
with the leaders of the government
groups was not accurate, but the Chan
cellor has seen them separately during
the week and given them convincing in
formation of the necessity that no par
liamentary check be placed upon the
passage of the measure.
THE CHICAGO, ATLANTA AND BOSTON.
Tne cruisers will Cost Several Thousands Less
Thaa the Estimates.
Washington, February 4. The state
ment prepared by the Naval Advisory
Hoard in regard to the cruisers Chicago,
Atlanta nd Boston, show tv at the At
lanta was completed at $2,000 less than
the estimates, and the Boston at f 3,000
less. The Chicago can be completed at
an expense of $75,000, or $ 5,000 less than
the cost originally estimated.
Hopkins tiull'j as Indicted.
Cincinnati, February 4. The jury in
the case of the United States vs. Benja
min Hopkins, late assistant cashier of
the Fidelity National Bank, this morn
ing returned a verdict of guilty as in
dicted.
The defendant received the crushing
judgment with reasonable fortitude,
although he has been suffering much
physical pain from a neuralgic affection
during the trial. Motions for new trial
and an arrest of judgment were made,
and these will be argued before Judge
Jackson Saturday next. District At
torney Burna and his . assistant. J. E.
Bruce, are receiving congratulations on
their success in spite of the splendid
fight made for the defendant. - -
Sentenced to be Hanged.
Lebanon, Pa., February 4. William
Showers, the murderer of his two grand
children, was this morning sentenced to
i be hanged. He had expected a new
trial.
. "Weather JndicatioBi
Eastern Florida Fair weather, ta
tionary temperature, with light variaUe
tctnd. -
Western Florida Fair weather, sta
tionary temiteraturr, northerly wind.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
CITY NOTES.
Items Gathered Hero and There by Our
Eeportorial Corps.
The Cuban fast mail was over two
hours late yesterday evening.
The Royal Arch Masonsliold their reg
ular convocation to-morrow evening.
The day is not far distant when the
"Arlington" also will send forth her
crew of porters to assist in the usual
vocal music that generally greets the ear
of all visitors, either by rail or boat, to
this city.
The special attention of our readers is
called to J. F. Sieck's new advertisement
in this issue. This firm keeps a full and
complete stock of jewelry and guarantee
all work to be first-class. Give them a
calL
Mr. Henis Peterniann says that as he
has not completed the task of taking
stock he is still unable to give us any in
formation as to the standing of his busi
ness, but feels confident that he will t
able to make a statement for our next
edition.
Cards are out for the marriage of Dr.
Phillip H. Stransz, of tliis city to Miss
Lida Davis, on next Friday afternoon,
February 10, at the Methodist Episco
pal Church,- at Morgantown, W. Va.,
the home of the bride elect. The services
will take place at 4 o'clock.
We were presented yesterday with the
following scrap, which will explain it
self: "Mr. Jlerryfield, who has a farm
near the St, Augustine and Palatka Rail
way, last week shipped to St. Augustine
a pig which when dressed weighed 516
pounds. This is some pig, and shows
what can be done in Florida."
The -Big Four at Batchelor's Ranch"
desire through the columns of The Pa
latka News to express their thanks to
the ladies who consoled their lonlinet-s
Iat night with a delicious cake, "such
as mother used to make." It was built
up of rich fruit cake, intersjiersed with a
white deliciousness which no masculine
brain would attempt to give a name to.
The vacant lot in front of the post of
fice is where von v ill find Shields' great
10 cent circus to-uiorrow morning. The
show will arrive from St. Augustine this
afternoon, when they will pitch their
tent. They give more fun and produce
more wonders than any big dollar circus
that travels the States for the insignifi
cant sum of ten cents. Remember they
will only remain here for three days.
A gentleman not long since stepped into
F. C. Cochrane's book store and inquired
of the bright little fellow Inland the
counter if had "Very Hard Cash," one
of Charles Reade's works. The chap re
plied, "certainly we have," and imme
diately flew to the cash drawer and be
gan handling the coins, at the same time
remarking, "how much would you
like, sir?" when a lady clerk who had
heard the question walked up smiling
and presented the.'desired literature to the
bov's incense bewilderment.
PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Cole, of
Cape
Sara-
Elizabeth, Me., are guests at the
toga.
Mcsdames Mary T. Whitson and Mary
A. Whitson, of Atlanta, are registered
at the Saratoga.
Prof. B. F. Lovelace, the enterprising
principal of the Grovesdale Academy,
was on a business trip in Palatka yester
day. He says his school is in excellent
condition.
The friends of Mr. E. McMahon, of
this city, who was recently thrown from
a buggy and seriously injured, will be
glad to learn that he is on the road to
recovery. He had a narrow escape,
Mr. W. L. Davids, of Tallahassee, ia
circulating among friends in this city.
He belongs to the Jacksonville Yacht
Club, and is the owner of the beautiful
yacht Cheemaun. He states that six
yachts, in addition to his own, will be
towed from Jacksonville to Palatka
shortly to enter our Gala Week Regatta.
A Pleasant Affair.
Another impromptu gathering was
held at the Saratoga night before last in
honor of Mr. C. W. Lindsley's departure
for his home in New York City.to whom
the ladies tender their many thanks for
courtesies received. Dancing was the
order of the hour, and the event was
greatly enjoyed. The following partici
pants were noticed: Miss M. W. Bald
win, Orange, N. Y.; Miss Teasdale, Mrs.
L. Loeb, Mrs. I. M. Meyers, city; Mr.
Altmayor, wife and sister, Savannah;
Mrs. W. V. Toller, England; Mr. J. I.
Holbrook, S. I Lowry, I. White, C J.
Joesph, H. G. Payne, city; and Mr. C. W,
Lindsley, J. A. Hanman and C. L.
Hasbrook. The merry throng continued
dancing until a reasonable hour, when a
beautiful collation was served by Major
Washburne, the genial proprietor, ample
justice being done. Music was furnished
by Prof. Zellner.
TOWN TATTLER'S TALK.
The season of balls has got there with
both pedal extremities, and they of the
young men who longeth to be society
swells can have their desire gratified by
investing their month's wages in a swal
low-tailed coat.
A compositor of The Palatka News
possesses so much modesty that he hangs
a newspaper in 'ront of his window
every time there is a festival or ball at
the armory. The young ladies who at
tend these social affairs nearly .always
pass by the printing office, and the
compositor puts the newspaper in front
of his window to prevent them gazing
upon his charms while he is at work.
The honorable Board of County Com
missioners, we respectfully suggest,
might fitly celebrate Arbor Day by plant
ing trees in the Court House lot.
The American small boy ia not the
only one who goes wild over the circus.
The big, strong American man of forty
will step up the band wagon and buy a
ten-cent ticket with just as much enthu
siasm as his youthful progeny. And bis
admiration for the champion circus
rider of the world almost, if not quite,
equals that cf the small boy.
in is weauier, wmcn is lar more ap-
p opriate to fitful and changeable April
than to bleak February, seems to hav
given the world and his wife a col.L
The goddess whose shining" presence
is not propitiating unto the raising of
oranges the moon goddess.
The hose company whose cart reposes
in the engine house can seldom be blamed
for being slow in getting to a fire. They
have the heaviest, handsomest and most
unwieldy hose cart in the city, and as
they can never get more than seven or
eight men often not more over six
to take hold of the ropes, by the time it
has been pulled three blocks those who
have hold of the ropes are out of breath.
That cart was made for horses to pull,
not men. Three blocks run with that
hose cartV ropes in his hands will soon
put a mail out of wind. We have been
there. .
Why don't the boys of PaUttka organ
ize a hose company? They would cer
tainly get to a fireasquick if not quicker
than the other companies. The citizens
of Palatka would gladly aid them, we
think, in securing a cart and hose. We
mean boys ranging from fourt-n to
nineteen years of age.
Tows Tattler.
DAYT0NA.
Recora of a Delightful Cruise ea Indian River.
CorreKiMHufeiice of thr. Pahua
Daytona. February 3.
The Smith-Clement party returned
last evening after a delightful cruise on
the Indian River. Except two slight
delays cause! by shallow water from
low tide at the Haulover, their trip was
one of uninterrupted pleasure. Leaving
here .Monday, January 30, the Clara
reached a point about thirty miles south
where passengers concluded to tie up
and rest till morning. Thanks to Miss
Clement's hand and rod all were re
galed at breakfast with the finest ca
valla ever cooked to a turn. At 10 a.
m. the journey was resumed with an
all satisfying feeling, that at the slight
est whim "their stately steaaier would
stop for a hunt, fish or other imstinios.
At the Indian River Lagoon it is said
that one might see acres of water bl.u k
with ducks furnishing abundant sport for
the crack shots aboard. A favorite way
of catching water fowl was to fire upon
them far ahead then to secure by means
of a crab not when the steamer had
reached its game.
A stay of three days was made af
Jupiter Inlet where the party fished,
hunted, gathered shells and visited a
light house which they all say bears no
oniparison to ours at Ponce Park.
The homeward journey was begun
Sunday morning. Stops were made at
Rockledge, Titusville and other points
which promised pleasure. Trophies of
the trip are four barrels of beautiful
shells, a large snow whito pelican and
twelve jolly, sun-burnt people.
Dr. B. B. Smith has returned at last to
make Davtona his immanent stepping
place. He has two friends, Di-s. 11. T.
Brain and D. J. Russell, who will assist
him in dentistry until June 1, at which
time they will depart for their homes in
New York. The alove are stopping at
the Ocean View Hotel.
A soaking rain set in an -early hour
last evening, to continue without cessa
tion for twelve hours. To-day cloudy,
with a southeast wind. Gekalpine,
THE REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA
The Right of Florida Counties to Wild Lends
Within Their Borders.
A recent issue of the New
Orleans
T,iic."-A.mocrf says:
Mr. Robertson, member of
t ongress
from the Sixth District of the State, has
offered once more a bill donating the
public land in the Horn la parisues to
those parishes, on the ground that they
achieved their independence of Stain by
their own exertions, established a re
public of their own. and came into the
Union like Texas as a State alreadv in
detiendent and organized. Bills to this
effect have been offered several throws al
readv. but not vrt-r viyorouslv nressed
until a few years ago, when the facts in
regard to the annexation of West
Florida wtre developed.
The Question i nurelv a historical
one, and the history at issue is fortu
nately lull and complete. An investiga
tion of any historical map of the United
States will show a strange hiatus in re
spect to West Florida, which includes all
that part of Louisiana, lying north of
isayou Alanchac and east or the .Missis
sippi. This region was certainly no por
tion of the Louisiana purchase. It ia
equally certain that it was not included
in the r lonua purchase, because it tun 1
been an integral part of the Linked
States for many years before Florida
was ceded to us by Spain. And finally.
it was never a part Jot tne uritisu or
American colonial domain. As a mat
ter of fact, the West Florida parishes
were never obtained by the United
States bv gift or purchase, but by the
revolution of the pple ot that section
and subsequent peaceable annexation at
their request.
W hen Louisiana was purchased ot. the
French it was found that it included
only the country west of the Mississippi
and the Ia'.e of Orleans, the then island
surrounded by the Mississippi, Bayou
Manchac and Lakes Maurepas and I'ont-
chartrain. west of this lay the Spanish
province of Florida, usually oivided into
East and est Honda. In the latter,
which includes to-dav the two lehcian
as, hiist Ha ton Kouge, ht. Helena, Ijv-
mgston, Tangipahoa, V ashington and
St. Tammany, was a l.irge American
population, which had established itself
there at the invitation of thebpanisli au
thorities. From l!S0:i, the date of the
Louisiana purchase, until 1810 no doubt
or . suspicion was ever cast uxn
the Spaoish title to this countrv, nor did
the United States ever put forward any
claim to it. 1 he American settlers, how
ever, grew restive under Spanish rule
and played exactly the same jart played
some thirty years later bv the Americans
m lexas. Anxious to free themselves
from an alien dominion and unite their
fortunes with their fellow citizens across
the Manchac and Mississippi, they rose
in rebellion in 1810 and under the lead
ership of Gen. Philemon Thomas, at
tacked and captured the Spanish garri
son at Baton itouge, the seat of govern
ment. Killed the Governor of the pro
vince, Don Carlos Grandpre, and drove
out trie Spaniards.
The establishment of the Republic of
w est, i lonaa lonowea. r.ven then, iio
claim was made to the country bv the
Americans ana no attempt made to take
possession of it. borne years afterward.
when the war of 112 threatened the
United States, and particularly the Gulf
country,- the English then holding
Florida, Gov. Claibcrne naturally be
came very much alarmed over the posi
tion of West Florida, which threatened
New Orleans. The people of that small
republic had previously asked admission
to the Union and snt a delegate to Con
gress, ine reply was the penceahie oc
cupation or the country, tht Federal
troops taking possession cf it by and
wjm me consent, ot tne people.
NUMBER 2S5.
These are the historical events upon
which the Florida parishes have for
wdm years jmst founded a claim to the
public lands in their limits. They ear
that they achieved their own independ
ence a fact undisputed established
their own government, and succeeded to
all the rights uad eminent domain of
the Spanish government thev overthrew;
that the only title the ifnited States
possesses to these lands is what it
obtained from the Republic of West
Florida. The occupation of the coun
try in 1913 was in no respect a con
quest, it having b-en wrested by
the people themselves from Spain. For
what they did in Jdrivingout the Span
iards in 1110. in securing for the United
States a rich anil valuable section and in
saving the country the expense of pur
chasing it for hal it not been required
by the West Floridians the government
would have been comie!!ed to pay a
much larger sum for Florida tlian it
did they claim that they are entitled
to t lie same recognition that the people
of Texas received, in the possession of
he public domain in these parish.
A e simply give the facts without dis
cussing its merits; and these facts cer
tainly justify an examination by Con
gress into this claim. If that body finds
that a rfe fu-to povenunent existed iu
West Florida, that government, under
the ordinary rules of international law,
would he the owner and possessor of the
public lands. It is as heirs of tliis Re
public that the Florida parishes now put
m the-'r claim to these public lands.
THE BLOT ON THE BRAIN.
A Calm, Religious and Temporals Life Me Safeguard
Against Insanity.
From the Now York Graphic.
It is passing strange that a calm, re
ligious and temierate life is no safe
guard against the ills of insanity. As it
is a most natural lelief that a life of
jx'aceful conditions is quite certain to be
s sane one, so it is a common belief that
a domestic life, especially if conjugal re
lations exist, should be comparatively
free of ruaduess. The popular mind asso
ciates hallucinations, lunacy and paresis
with intemperance of gain, of lust, of
crime, or of religion. All of which is
for from being true, as shown by the re
port of the Superintendent of the Insane
Asylums of New York just issued.
Of the whole nuuilier of insane per
sons received at the city institutions 63
er cent, were of temperate habits and
i!S ier cent, votaries of the flowing bowl.
Eighfy-eight per cent, of the patients
were of religious bebef, over 10 per cent,
were, presumably, iiMgans, as their faiths
could not be ascertained, ami less than
2 jer cent, were inlidels. While 33 per
cent, of the unfortunates were natives
of Ireland, :) tier cent, of the United
States, and 31 wr cent, of Germany over
51 per cent, belonged to the Catholic
Church. Six per cent, of the patients
were of Jewish jtersuasion. and. with
less than 3 ier cent, of infidels, it is pre
sumable that the true faith is cot a bar
rier to insanitv.
The civil condition of the patients
enumerated shows that the marital rela
tion neither precludes nor enhances in
sanity, as 41 per cent were single and 40
per cent, married, so far as was known.
Fourteen per cent were widows or were)
widowed, but it may not lie inferred
from the records that the loss of coniu-
gal jiartners was the cause of their arlic-
tion. lhat women are more prone to
melancholy than man is shown by
the fact that of the total number of
patients 53 per cent, were females and 47
per cent, males.
It apiears that ceaseless toil is a fre
quent cause of insanity, and strangely
the greater number of cases are in occu
pations which, in the accepted conclu
sion, should preclude insanity. Of the
female portion of the patients under con
sideration, ?1 per cent, were housewives.
domestics, cooks, seamstresses or tailor-
esses. ort7-seven per cent, were do
mestics, 22 per cent, housewives. 3 per
cent, cooks, 3 per cent. seamstresses and
iw cent, tailoresses. Of the male por
tion 40 per cent, were laborers, clerks,
jieddlers, drivers and carpenters. Twenty-four
per cent, were laborers, 9 per
cent, clerks, 3$ per cent, carpenters and
2 per cent, cigarmakers. It is probable
that the records of the private insane
asylums would somewhat inmlifv- the re
sults as given above, but it remains that
it is lietter to be rich than poor it there
be a harliored fear of - insanity and the
asvliim.
Incrrdihle Drpravilr.
Fhila'lelphia Times.
It is sad to chronicle human deceit; it
is sadder still when the deceitful one
hapjiens to be a fellow-townsman, ami
yet thj following case leaves no alterna
tive. A few days ago the poet master of
Chicago received a mysterious letter.
It bore our city s familiar postmark, but
it is hanfjto believe that Philadelphia pro
duced the abandoned person who wrote
it, I he letter ran as follows:
"Philadelphia, January 25, 1688.
"Dear Sir: I trust vou will pardon
me for addressing you these few lines,
but I will depend on your manhood and
generosity to look lenien'ly on roe. I
herewith enclose a letter to Miss u ,
which I sincerely hope and trust you
will forward, lief ore doing so you have
my permission to open and read or, let
ter. 1 will send one to you unsealed. The
lady is my affianced wife. She saw me
take, as she supposed, the 11.50 train
from Philadelphia to Chicago on Tues
day, January 34, but I only took a local
train. I promised her a letter by next
Monday from Chicago and ask you
to kindly help me out of this d n scrajie
and the favor vou grant will call on
your head the blessings of -a repenting
man. T. F. c.
The postmaster took up the letter in
alarm. Such villiany was unknown
even in Chicago, and when in the en
clo ed note he read glowing descriptions
of the architectural beauties of his na
tive place and aeccounts of things that
did not exist there at all his indignation
was sun greater. ine largest uovern
ment stamp in the office was procured
and the false letter having been merci
lessly branded with the mark of dis
grace, was sent back as a warning to all
wno attempt to deceive trusting women.
Canons Geological Phenomena.
La Gazette Oeog-rapliique.
The Cordillera of the Andes has for
some time Ix-en exhibiting a curious
phenomenon. It result from observa
tions made upon the altitudes of the
most important points, that their height
hi gradually diminishing. ..
Ouit-o, winch m 14a was 9.5!)5 feet
above the level of the sea, was only
.570 feet in 1h03, 9,567 in 1831, and
scarcely 9.520 in 1857. The altitude of
Quito has therefore dimLhed by seventv-
six left in tne space of one hundred and
twenty-two years. Another oeak. th
Pinchincha, has diminished br 218 t e-t
during the same period, and its crater
has descended 425 feet in the last 25
years. That of Actisana has sunk 165
feet ia sixty-four years.
- How Los Angeles Keeps Warm.
" - Chicago Tribune. ...
Hard coal is worth 40 a ton in
Angles, CaL, and if it were not for the
warm and glowing imagination of the
men who are laying off suburban lots on
the outskirts of the city and supplying
tne tast wita tacts pertaining to the .
climate of Southern California, many a
poor family in that place would suffer
from cold.
"Pineapple" Oranges. - .
New Orleani Time-Democrat.
A New York paper says: "Pineapple
oranges, a new variety from Palatka,
i la., are in martet, Thev are ianre,
smooth -skinned and nhapelv, with the
flavor and perf une of the pineapple.'