The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-22

tendance. and the meeting was very en-
thusiastfc The stock books were opened.
ana about two hundred shares were SUD
scribed.
John Jay Philbrick Will shortly com
mence the erection Of a large pavilion on
South beach, at the head Of Simontoh
street az Key West. and he expects 20 have
the present system OF horse cars converted
into a modern electric system IN time Tor
its completion and opening.
A large building. at Tavares, formerly
used as a wholesale granary and owned by
Mrs. w. l.. Freeland, OF JdcksonNlle, was
totally destroyed by IRE Monday night
The building was used by the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular railroad and by the eN-
press company. All the contents were des-
troyed. The cause OF the fire - unknown
The building was valued at $Z,oJ.
C. A. NJ Ybor Of Emilio Pons & Co. has
just returned TO Tampa from cuba
where he went TO purchase TO-
bacco- He reports that on May
8 a large waterspout visited the is
land from the Caribbean Sea at a point
near Colon. II travelled some distance
overland, destroying many warehouses of
tobacco on the plantations, and doing
much damage to the tobacco crop general
~. When Il finally burst the earth was
strewn with fish.
heavy thunder storm. accompanied
with plenty Of hail, visited Melbourne late
Saturday afternoon. The lawns were thick
w sprukled with large hailstones OF ca.
rious formation. resembling rough, jagged
pieces Of ice. with the sharp edges rounded
By the rain. A few were nearly round but
all of clear, transparent Ice. one that was
picked up after lying on the not grounu
fully 1--WE minutes measured l4X1is inches
and almost .seven-eighths Of an inch IN
thickness. No damage was done.
Specials to the Jacksonville Citizen say
that the Bank of DaytOna closed its doors
Monday. Most Of the merchants and bust
ness men had deposits there, which they
fear are a total loss. Within thirty min
utcs Of the posting of the notice on the
door Of the bank. Messrs. Post & Ballough
had put up notice TO the effect that they
had deposited with the town treasurer,
Frank T. Peck. funds sufficient to meet all
their outstanding obligations. Scarcely
anyone has escaped from the bank fail
ule. and in some instances poor people lost
their all. one very Woodworking woman
went there Tuesday and deposited all the
money she possessed in the world, $500.
News from Cuba received at Tampa
says Lato Benitez. a life criminal in
Spanish prison, has been given rank of
colonel. and with 400 fellow convicts has
been given charge of the territory be-
tween Bayamo and Manzanillo, Spain re
leasing them for army duty. Benitez rs
noted for crimes against women and chill
dren during the last war, for which he
was promoted from the ranks to major.
He SLAPPED a superiors face, and was
condemned to death, but his sentence was
committed to life Imprisonment. Much in
dignatiOn exists among all classes on the
island on account OF the government re-
leasing so many criminals to conduct war
fare.
Vice President Smith, Of the Atlantic,
Florida and Gulf railroad, left kissimmee
Monday with his family for New York. Mr..
Smith will return In about two weeks and
begin the active work of construction on
the eastern part of the road. The survey
runs from Cape CanaVeral or ROckledge,
west by south, passing at or near Mar
ccOssee, and crossing the kisSimmee river
at Fort Gardner then on to Barlow. Mar
coOssee is connected with Kissimmee by
the Sugar Belt railroad, so with a connec-
ton at or near NarcoOssee, with the Allan
tic. Florida and Gulf railroad, will be an
f-rrfu t1avn 40
ocean. Later branches of this railroad will
run from their junction at Fort Gardner,
south, opening up large and fine section
of Florida. Kissimmee is connected with
Fort Gardner by two steamboat lines,
which run from Kissimmee to Fort Basin
ger a distance of 200 miles by water.
The opening of the Palmetto Terminal
railroad in Manatee county has been quite
an eYentful affair. on Friday a public
meeting of the stockholders Of the road
and the vegetable growers of that section,
TO decide on rates, was held. The place
of meeting was in the woods, in the midst
of the stately cabbage palms, and in the
heart of the vegetable district, many rich
| acres of which We're in sight Of the as
ager of the Palmetto Terminal, was ad-
dressing the meeting he made accusations
! against J. A. Howe, merchant OF Pal
metto, and the heaviest shipper of vege-
! tables, which Brought that gentleman TO
| his feet TO call the speaker liar, and
/ with that they jumped at each other. Mr..
| Strobhar succeeded in getting in the first
/ and about the only blow He struck Mr.
/ Howe across the face with a stick. The
/ hy-standers quickly separated them and
| the meeting terminated.
| some curious complications are liable
to arts out of the loss of the Hunter and
| Taylor buildings by fire at Winter Park
! sunday. Mr.. Hunter had been carrying
/ $1,000 insurance on his part Of the building
l This was ordered Cancelled by the com
/ panies, and on Thursday last the local
| agent at Orlando mailed a registered
4 lot for. tn r N Of n g
| cancellation of his policy, and inclosinG
! him the amount due on his premium. This
| letter had not been received by Mr.. Hun
ter at the time of the fire, at an early
hour Sunday morning, although Winter
I Park is less than five miles from Orlando
/ on MIR. Taylor's part of the building an
| insurance Of 1850 lay, and this had beer
| taken out by Miss Alice kimbrough tC
| protect a claim which she held against
policy was Cancelled at the same time and
| the amount due on the policy was handed
| over to Miss kimbrouSh by the agent, who
icy.
r. B. Wolseley, proprietor of the Bank at
i De Land Monday was arrested on a charge
1 of grand larceny at the request of citizens
! of Daytona, and presumably of depositOrs
! in The suspended bank Mr.. WOlseley SAYS
that he closed his bank Saturday night
| and made an assignment for the benefit
| of his depositors to c. +. Smith, eXcludins
| from the assignment not even his home
/ stead exemptions. He AYERS that there will
/ be sufficient funds when il is possible 10
| release his paper to pay all depositors in
/ full, and that his arrest was unnecessary
and uncalled for, as he had no intention
/ of skipping the country, and only came 10
/ DeLand to bring his wife, who was sick
He had thought II best to get her away
| from the scene Of excitement. Mr. Wolse-
ley says that all deposits made on Satur-
| day were laid aside in envelopes marked
/ with the depoSitors' names. The total de-
] Dosits in the suspended bank amount "a
/ S39 00o. The arrest was made by Sheriff
| Turner on reGJest by William jackson
/ The sheriff appointed J. +. A Bielbv. a
| close friend of Mr.. Wolseley as deputy
/ sheriff.
SIiIcstones on the Road
That leads TO health are marked in the