The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-25

has persisted in stating. The denial
comes emphatically from Mrs. Evans and
mat lady IS very sorry that the story has
Deen circulated at all. The present holder
of the title is George Patrick Percy
! Evaps-Freke, and though a man consid-
erably past middle life, is still enjoying
good health at his estates in North Hants
Engineer Radford, who was shot while
on his engine at Thomasville several
weeks since, has been on a visit to his
| relatives at Gainesville the past few
| days. He has nearly recovered from the
| injuries he receivd, and will report for
| duty the latter part of this week Friends
| or Mr.. RadfOrd have been busy since the
commission OF the crime to apprehend
| the oIlender, but their efforts have sig
nally failed.
Tampa Tribune: A report has been mt
an circulation in Fort Brook to the effect
that a number Of American citizens are
Incorporated IN the dungeon in Havana
ana denied all communication with their
| countrymen. The information is derived
| from a prominent Cuban, who is sad 40
DE perfectly reliable. So much confidence
Is pldced IN the statement that commtl-
mcation on the subject has been sent di-
rect 70 Mr.. Gresham with request to look
into it.
About 2:4O o'clock Tuesday morning FL
mer Webb was awakened by a man in his
room at the Palmetto hotel at Tampa He
Jumped out of bed and seeing him, the
thief ran down the back stairway, hotiy
puruSued by Mr. Webb. In the garden the
thief warned him not to follow or he would
! shoot him. Being in his night clothes and
barefoot Mr. Webb could not follow him
| further He carried off Mr. Webb's vest
which contained his gold watch and about
SIS in money.
BY her attorney, Wall & Stevens, Mrs.
Gale filed a precipe at Tampa Tuesday
morning IN a Islander suit against ID. b.
| High and Alex McRae for $4,000 each
Mrs. Gale rents a nat over l. b. Lees
furniture store, where she let's furnished
rooms She arrived at Tampa last fall
from st. Petersburg, and charges that the
two gentlemen named have slandered her
By reporting that she kept n disorderly
house. The precipe is retuInable the first
Monday in May and the court proceedings
promise to be sensational.
A Pensacola letter to the Jacksonville
citizen says: Charles Il. Jenkins, a
prominent and wealthy merchant at
Sneeds, in Jackson county, and postmas-
| ter at that place until the first of the
month, is charged by Special Inspector
W. G. Baird with the embezzement of
! N,62l of Dostofhce money in the money
! order department.. He was taken to Pen
dsy waV 99aay gh and Ees
| United States Commissioner Tu-
nison. His bond was fixed at $780,
and he will remain in jail until it is-given."
The legislative committee to investigate
! the status of the Florida Normal School
! and Business College We're at White
! Springs Tuesday. The committee consists
/ Of Senator A. w. McLeran and Represen-
| tatives w. b. High and j. T. Wills Mr.
| j. l.. SkiDwOrth offers to sell his interest
in the building to the state. and relinqush
All his rights which the charter granted.
| The state has $1,000 invested in the build
/ ing now, and the citizens are anxious that
/ the legislature take such action as 1t
/ deems best to utilize the college property
/ The property is in such a deplorable con-
| dition that no one can successfully carry
on an institution of learning there until
| the state settles the issues at hand.
| Tampa Tribune: One of the most pecu-
/ liar marriages on record took place Tues
! day-we can hardly. say where. The
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] bookkeeper of the big cigar firm of Perez
i & Co. which recently came here from
! New York. The bride IS a very charming
| young lady, widely known and esteemed
| IN Cuban circles. The day was set and
! Mr.. Valdez, finding it impractlcable to
! go to New York just now, forwarded
/ rique Valdez in New York, to take his
place at the marriage ceremony yester-
! day The family of NJ. Perez, of the firm.
are coming down IN a Few days and the
/ bride viii accompany them to Tampa
Tampa Times: Two sensational suits
were begun in the circuit court Tuesday
/ morning, 5n which the Tribune Pulish-
ing company + made defendant in the
total sum Of $4,000. One case lis entitled
/ Thomas J. Pepper VS.. the Tribune pub
! fishing Company, and arises from the
/ publication Of an editorial in that paper
/ some Gays since charging Mr.. Pepper who
! Is the editor of the Arcadian newspaper
/ a. Arcadia with conserving with and de-
participated in the whipping of a tranD
/ at the depot at Arcadia. The plaintiff
! Is represented by Stanford & TreadwelI
attorneys. and asks damages IN tho sum
Of $1,000 The other suit Is Cor double
/ the money. and Is brought by Wall 4 ste
Vcns and NJ. B. MnrfaFlanc as attorneys
I for Mrs. Mary q. Gale. The basis on tha
suit q the headlines ana comments on
I the Tribune iu the announcements OF a
I suit she brought Tuesday against u. n
] high and AlcA Mcliae FOR defamation OF
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