The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-01

cure a reduction Of the rate charged on
vegetables by the transportation compa-
rles- The growers held an Informal meet
ing on saturday and decided 90 nave a
convention o. growers 10 be held here
some time m August. at which time
they propose 20 invite the interstate rail-
road commission 10 be present. and they
VIII lay EEeir grievances DeL0Ec Iueii-
The cor1ner's urv holding the inquest
over tae dca-a Of Jose Galindo, which oc-
curred az Tampa on saturday n-glt
brought ~ a verdict Iuesiay tnat Ca
Undo came 20 his death from "A pistol
wound inflicted by Charles Walker. All
tine eynience sustained the verdict. Wal
ker IS the negro. who about ten days ago
seriously shot an Italian grOceryman. who
would nor deliver his money on demand.
Walker has not yet been apprehended-
During an electrical storm at Zellwood
last week. lightning was observed TO strike
near Capt DOrsts house. No attention
vas paid 20 H. except that IL was OBJ
served that tree in the yard Of the resi-
dence had been struck On last Satur-
Qa} the house was examined for renting
purposes, when IL was discovered that
lightning had entered the roof. playing
fantastic tricks. teraing Off the plastering
tn places. entering a bed in one of the
rooms, changing the shape of the wire
spring and burning TWO large holes in the
mattress, causing a sheet TO adhere close
" 70 the bed, as y glued. breaking one OF
the legs of the bed thence passing out
OF the lower part Of the house
Chairman n NJ Lewey Of the state
ldnLa exposition, mas issued the following
notice: The state and local commission
efs coiored department, Atlanta
exposition, and al other per
exhibit OF any character or are preparing
any, Tor the colOred department of the
exposition VIII kindly mail me at once
Ine name or description of the article and
the length and width of the same. in or
der that space may be allotted in the eX-
position building for displaying exhibits.
sta So -Ha ~fI
writes that If this is not done on or be-
Tore Aug. ], IL is likely that Florida will
ran snort in space for the accommodation
or negro eXmOits- This is an important
matter, and We sincerely hope that it will
De attended TO without delay"
Ormond correspondence Jacksonville Cit
zen. The mystery of the fire al Tomoka
ldst spring Ihat CONSUMED the store and
goods OF ). r. Bennett also the postoffice
ana ali II contained will soon be explained.
A government detective has been at work
on the case. Saturday S Cothrou of To-
m0ka came to T. ID. Rlch of this place
ana said he was implicated in the affair
ana wished to turn states evidence and
surrender 10 the authorities. The sheriff
was wired to, and Deputy Sheriff Sans
came Tor and took COthrou and Sam
owens to DeL6nu, the latter being the
only one implicated thus far by Cothrou's
story owens denies much of the charge,
claiming to be an innocent receiver of
stolen goods Evidently many goods were
taken from the store, among which were
TWO valuable valises of clothing and tools
belonging TO G. ID. Bryan. valued at 5000
The clothes We're disposed Of in San Ma
teo, and Il Is claimed that the other arti-
cIes are hidden in a cemetery there"
The llbeling Of the Morgan Line steam
snip whitney at Tampa, for not making
a separate list Of the Chinese passengers,
VIII probably be made test case of.
some attorneys are of the opinion that
the captain is responsible for such VIC
latlons or disregard for the law, as he is
me dIrect VioiatOr. Others contend that
tne captain has nothing to do with it,
Ihe company by whom ne is employed are
the persons TO whom he is responsible.
Anoth her contention is that the faAure to
provide separate lists Is no violation Of
ne law except In a technical manner.
should the case be decided against the
whitney, and Il is also decided that the
captain IS TO be held responsible. then II
viii be the unpleasant duty of Capt. James
dchay, the United States marshal, to
serve, or have papers served, upon him
sell Tor similar violations while ne was
in command of the steamship Olivette
Of tire Plant Steamship Company. 1t is
thought, however, that this case is
| brought more 10 call the attention of the
steamship companies to the letter of the
l law than with the hope of ever forcing
the suit to an issue.
Jacksonville Times-Union: Dr. J. A.
| Cloud, IL is understood. is going to enter
suit against the city for the payment OF
interest on his holdings of old bonds from
the time they We're called in, on May q,
10 the time they We're paid, Monday. DR..
Cloud put in the water works and sewer
age system for which the old bonds were
Heated, and took his pay in bonds. This
took up the entire issue, with the eXcep-
ton of about $4,000. Now he claims that
he is Just as much entitled to the amount
of interest from May q to date as are the
people VINO did not turn their bonds in
on that date. He intends to sue for the
amount, or the difference between it and
the amount he is getting on the invest
ment he has since placed his money in
DR.. Baldwin, when seen about the. mat
ter, said that DR. Cloud had been given
nearly the. entire issue of the bonds In
payment Of the work of putting in the
sewerage and water works DR.. Cloud has
not, however, held the bonds in his pos
session all this time. On the contrary
he sold them shortly after he received
them to David Clark, a private banker,
in Hartford, Conn, who sold them to
parties all over the country. DR.. Bostwick
said that the trustees had no right to
call in the bonds through Coler & Co. I'M
less they stated that the interest was to
cease, as the law distinctly stated that