The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY IA, 1895.

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| stetler, the game and gentlemanly little
/ bicycle rider OF Orlando. is not satisfied
with the result Of the contest between
I him and George Adams Of this city on the
/ Fourth OF July, and wants another 90 70
settle the very much disputed question
70 who IS the champion Of Florida The
following challenge was given TO the or
landO correspondent Of the finest MON
by Mr. HumstetleF. Il nearby challenge
! George y. Adams Of Jacksonville for
| match race 10 be run during the next
l meet 10 be held by the Jacksonville wheel
men sometime in September. The dis
lance 10 be from one 10 i've miles. for
/ Huhstetler thinks. says the Orlando cor
respondent, that he can outride Adams
ana Is very positive that he would have
beaten him but for the unfortunate ac-
cldent that befeIl him. He and those OF
MS friends that saw the race, and tho
subsequent riding OF the contestants, are
much OF the opinion that Adams purpose
~ fOuled him. In Jacksonville there are
very few OF the opinion that the foul was
Intentional Mr.. Adams has always rid
den fairly and above board and IS as
anxious as Mr. Hunstetler for another
meeting, which will be a real test as 20
the respective abilities of the two. Jack
sonVllle cyciers have a higher opinion of
the speed Of the Orlando man than they
did before the meeting. and IL the race is
pulled off there is likely 10 be lively bet
ting with no odds. Mr.. Humstetler is of
the opinion that the meet is to be held in
September. The wheelmen are endeav-
orins 70 arrange ii for about Aug. 3, but
that matter has not yet been definitely
settled.
DeLand Record: Our people were al
astir when the news reached the city last
Monday morning that Mrs. Clackner, an
aged lady, o. years of age. had been
Knocked down twice the night previous at
her home in the Tedder settlement five
miles north of DeIand About 10 o'clock
Sunday night Mrs. Clackner was awaken
ed by a call, and was told that her neigh
Dor, Mrs. Tedder, was dying and she was
sent for to go to her Immediately. She
got up dressed herself and went down
stairs and asked the negro further partic-
ulars about Mrs. Tedder stating that she
thought the Tedder's were on the coast.
The negro then said that they had re-
turned that afternoon and that Mrs. Ted
night. Mrs. Clackner then started, pre-
coded by the negro to the edge Of the
yard. where she was knocked down twice
by the negro, using a lightwood limb. Mrs.
Clackner's screams evidently frightened
the negro, and he ran, and as Mrs. Clack-
ner was getting up the second time saw
her assailant mount his horse and rode
OH at rapid rate. Mr.. Kimberly lived
near by and she finally succeeded in get
ting to his house and reported the facts
as above stated. Mr.. Kimberly came in
after the sheriff Monday morning, and
Deputy Sheriff Sans and Supt. Poser
went out there, and began a hunt for
the scoundrel. They followed the horses
track very easily TO where negro boy
named Bob White lived. They also track
ed the horse from the place 10 Mrs. Clack-
ner's He was found, arrested and lodged
Fits, Mrs. Clackner. Mr.. Tedder, and
Messrs. Sans and Poser gave evidence
that appeared to fasten this iendish work
upon the 16-year-old boy, who, OF course,
denied knowing anything about 1t, but he
is no doubt the brute that assaulted this
aged lady. His intentions were evidently
rape for Mrs. Clackner is in needy cir
cumstances. Mrs Clackner could not pos
itively identify White as the negro who
had assaulted her. Had she done so at
the committing trial probably the crimi-
nal court would not have been called upon
for a trial
A special from Tampa to the Jackson
vile Times-UniOn says: Tuesday morn
ing the Times-Union contained dispatch
from the quarantine inspector at TarpOn
Springs, saying there were thirteen Span
ism smacks and fifty sponging vessels in
the harbor. The inspector has no boat
and he asked that the Germ, from the
Mullet Key station be sent round to aid
him in his work. Before the Germ arrived
the number of smackS had sWelled TO
twenty-one, and the sponging fleet to be-
tween fifty and seventy vessels. The
spongers at this season of the year come
to Anclote harbor every Saturday to de-
posit their weeks catch in kraals, TO be
washed out a week later. These Spanish
smacks come there to meet the spOngerS
to carry on an inegtimate trade, contrary
to the laws of the United States, and an
Choir just outside the three-mile limit and
sometimes within. They sell the spongers
brandy for pork and flour and other pro-
visions furnished the fleet by its own
ers, for the spOngers, as rule,
have little else with which to buy the
coveted drink. The Germ anchored be-
tween the two fleets to see they had no
communication with each other. Capt. S.
r. Hope and the quarantine officer went
out to inspect the smacks both for infec-
tious disease and for contraband goods.
They waved their flags at the flying yes
sells, but they gave no heed and both the
inspector and quarantine officer fired first
ahead of the boats with repeating rifles.
When the balls struck Immediately ahead
of the vessels and splashed water upon
their forebeams, they hauled down their
sails and came TO. When Capt Hope
boarded one of the vessels, a great big Ba-
hama negro waved big knife savagely
at him, and the captain had to tell him
he would use the pistol he had in his hand
If the knife was not Sheather. The negro
replied the captain had no right to shoot,
to which the captain replied: "If you
don't put that knife down, I'll show you
whether l will do it or not" At that the
negro quieted down. The Germ ordered the
smacks out of the harbor, and by Thurs
day morning they were all gone. But
they will be back Saturday, and trouble is
expected. Last year thirteen smacks, evil
IDENTIFY some of the same ones now here,
were arrested and detained at the custom
house. They were fined heavily by the
United States district court here, but on
appeal Of the cases were dismissed with
out payment. This has emboldened them
and they now say they will do as they
please, and If anybody interferes with
them there viii be trouble.