The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-25

The Organization Of the Tampa Base Pan
Association with capital stock of $1,000 has
been completed.
Mrs J. b. X. Drake of Tampa died Satur-
day night at the family residence on Ne
braska avenue OF inflammation OF the bowels.
Rev ". :. Wallace. pastor OF the Presby-
terrain church az Palatka. has been granted
months vacation by the session, and will
spend fortnight at Ormond.
The Washington county board Of public
instruction met at Vernon last Saturday.
and divided the county into three election
districts, according TO the law.
Crops in Washington county were never
better at this season OF the year The recent
rains have added thousands Of bushels to the
corn crop; the cotton crop looks luXuriant
and seems TO be fruiting abundantly.
At River junction on Saturday last the
largest barbecue in the history OF old Gads-
den was given in honor of the coming OF Hon.
James Z. BrOOme and Mr.. Ellis, who are
rivals for the Gadsden county senatorship.
The election held in Levy county Monday
resulted In victory for temperance. Bron-
son polled fifty six dry votes out Of fifty
seven. Cedar Key, the home OF the barroom.
gives twenty nine dry majority. The county
Is Org by two hundred majority
An investigation Of the charge against
J. r.. Shouts for breaking and entering
the room of Mrs. Vandevoot at Palatka
on last Saturday night with intent to commit
rape. was held today before Justice c. II.
Wigg, who bound shouts over 10 the criminal
court on a 5000 bond.
Tilghman Bros, Of Palatka, have sold their
yacht Clipper TO parties in Savannah, and
will build another at once much larger and
better adapted TO their purposes Their new
boat will be propelled by a ten-horse Sintz
engine. and many improvements will lie
added to the new craft.
Saturday Oscar Kuy, a negro employed at
the Tampa Ice Works, was In one Of the big
boilers cleaning II out. The engineer did not
know he was in there and he turned on the
steam. Kuy got out as quick as possible but
n no dI,.a
SteD5ins was called in and says the man Will
be out in few days
Col James L. Clarkson OF Dade Ciiy. a
wealthy and benehcent member of the Baptist
church, died Monday afternoon OF congestion
OF the lungs and other complications. He had
a business house az Daue City and valuable
property in Tampa, st. Louis and other places
and magnificent groves and country resi-
dences near Dade City. His death was sud
den.
a. w. Weeks, populst candidate for sena-
of the Twenty-uith senatorial district made
speech at Vernon last Saturday. The
court house was nealy filled. In his speech
he attacked railroad ring power in both
national and state government. Mr.. Weeks
made an appeal 10 the people to vote for
representative who favored railroad com
mission.
While three negro boys. all brothers, were
going to Santos in Marion county Saturday
from their home one OF them, Edward Jen-
kns received a pistol ball in the breast from
81 caliber pistol. The pistol was in the
hands Of the older brother, and while playing
with II the weapon was discharged, the ball
striking Edward in the chest. He was taken
10 Ocaie and DR.. Liar tried to locate the BAN,
but failed The wound Is dangerous one and
may prove fatal
ocala New Capitol: So far the following
candidates have either announced themselves
or by their friends; S. II. Bitch of Blitchton,
II. W. Long OF Cotton Plant, w. X. Zewadski
f. II. Harris, G. NJ. Brown h. McConathy of
Ocala. r. d. Harrison Of Orange Springs and
ID. H-1rVine Of Orange. Lake. Among those
SO far brought forward to serve the dear PEG
pie in the Legislature are f. L. Wartmann OF
Citra- M Chambers of Orange Lake, Al
bert Wright OF Ocala and J. NJ. Sims Of lima
ttlla. =.
Saturday afternoon the six Spanish .smacks
captured by the revenue cutter Mclean off
+ Aneiote we're discharged from the Mullet Key
quarantine station. Lieut.. Wylley of the
Me lahe turned them over to Deputy United
States Marshal Bartholomew and they were
taken 10 Tampa under guard of the Quaran-
tine yacht Missoe. They presented a pretty
spectacle as the feet came into the river
with al sails spread They are anchored at
the Commercial wharf, Their trial in the
I. UAited-States court will come of as soon as
Judge Locke comes. He has been notified.
The Walton democrats held their county
convention at DeFuniak Springs Saturday,
and nominated the following candidates
For representative Phil d McSween; for
fr easurer, w. b. steel; for collector John ID.
McCrimmon; for assessor, John X. Anderson.
The ticket does not give general satisfaction
In the county. The western delegation,
which IS the democracy OF Walton county, "
withdrew from the convention. cried "ring
rule and talked OF putting out ticket OF
their own. IL is with much regret that such
things have taken place in Walton county.
The populists divided up the last election
Wtn-the democrats, and now IL is feared they
viii have a clean "walk-over' The pOpulIst
county convention is advertised to come OF
on Aug. 4, at DeFuniak Springs.