Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-13
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SHOTS FIRED AT A FLEEING NE
GRO AT JACKSONVILLE.


Arrest of a Negro Wanted at AmerIcus
for Wife Murder-ProEress OF the fo-
litIosI Campaign In the Land OF Flow
ers-Interesting "Reminiscences OF the
Late Senator Yulee.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. 12,-To-day
in East Jacksonville Deputy Sheriff Will
liams attempted to arrest Bently Thomas,
colored, charged with a murderous as
sault upon his brother-in-law, John Rose
man. Thomas resisted and snapped
Springfield rifle in the face Of the deputy,
who then emptied three chambers OF MS
revolver into the body OF the negro with
out fatal effect, however, as the negro ran
aud made good his escape across the river.
The nature of the wounds Is not known,
as he has not yet been captured. Othcers
are in pursuit.
Sheriff Holland to-day arrested Rufus
Walker, colored, wanted at Americas,
Ca, for wife murder. One hundred and
fifty dollars reward was offered.
COURT IN BAKER COUNTY.
Judge ]. NJ. Baker ana States Attorney
Owens left this morning for Sanderson,
Baker county. where they opened the Cir
cult Court to-day. Sheriff j. W. Van
h
CITY this morning after three prisoners
that he has had confined in the county
jail here for safe keeping. All OF the
three are held on minor offenses.
The county canvass is going on here as
actively and as fRvorably for the Demo-
Gratis as could possibly be expected. DR..
Dancy, the Democratic candidate for
Senator, is doing some fine work, and II
there is a possibility Of Democrat get
ting in he'll be the man.
Registration is now going on, and
Keepers Of the lists say the prospects are
good for heavy poll, and especially
among the whites. This is certainly a
very favorable sign for the party in this
county,
PLEASURE TRIP.
Col. D. 81. Elliott OF the Plant system,
has inaugurated here grand fishing and
hunting excursion TO Tampa Bay and the
surrounding country. 1t will be COM
posed of some forty or fifty ardent lovers
of the gun and rod, and they will have
several days sport. The excursion will
leave here tomorrow at 2:oO O'Clock. via
the fast mail train on the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West, arrive at Tampa
tomorrow evening and Immediately take
the steamer Margaret for trip down the
bay, where all day Thursday they can
enjoy the rod and reel, or else be landed
at a number Of points along the shore and
try what sport may be had on land. They
will return here by noon Friday.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN.
News from the Congressional can
vassers in both the districts continues as
favorable TO the Democrats as one could
wish. Mr.. Dougherty will speak at San
ford tonight, and, Judging from the pre-
parations spoken ofby the papers there,
the unterrIfed and gallant Democracy
of old Orangeville gave him fine turn
out all along the route. He will sneak
at Kissimmee tomorrow Wednesday |
and at Orlando at night of the same day.
Messrs. Davidson, Call and party will
address the people at Lakeland to-mor-
row, and at Barlow on Thursday.
SENATOR YULEE's DEATH.
The first intimation the people OF Flor
ida had Of the sudden death OF ex-senator
David l.. Yulee was by reading the an
nouDcement In the Savannah MORNING
NEWS Of Monday that bis funeral would
take place at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian church, at Washington, ID. c.,
on today.
The announcement of his death was a
surprise and shock, as it was not even
known here that he was sick. No paper
in Florida knew OF his death, and so the
ever wide-awake and reliable Savannah
MORNING NEWS may have the satisfac-
ton OF having heralded the regretful but |
interesting information fully twenty-four
hours ahead OF all competitors in the
Florida news service.
ENTERING HIS PUBLIC CAREER.
Mr.. Yuee was an ardent Demo.
crat and was first elected a dele
gate from the Territory CT
Florida to the Twenty-seventh Con-
gress. Previous to this, however, ne had
served frequently In the Territorial Legis-
lature, and was active in the development
of the material interests of the State. He
was the author of the celebrated internal
improvement act, and was the first to
inau gurate the old Florida Railway Com
pany, afterwards the Atlantic and Gulf,
and under various names until it has
come on down to be known as the Florida
Railway and Navigation Company sys-
tenn.
CHANGING HIS NAME.
About 1915 he changed his surname to
.Yulee in Difference, 1t is said, to the wishes
of his grandfather, VINO was the Grand
Vizier Of Morocco. There is quite an in
teresting romance connected with this in
cideut in his life and that of his grand
father, the facts OF which have
in the United States Senate he was
married to Miss Wickjiffe, daughter of
Gov. Wickliffe, OF Kentucky, a famous
beauty of her day. Mrs. Yulee died with
in the last two years. The deceased
leaves four cbildren-a son, Wicklitfe
Yulee, Mrs. Reed, a married daughter
and Misses Florida and Mary Yulee-all
Of whom lived with him in Washington.