The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-02
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Wednesday night. is resting WELL but the
wound is likely to give him considerable
trouble yer.
About seven hundred people attende,
Che Unlon Sunday school picnic at DeLeor
Springs Saturday. All Of the principal
stores AT DeLand were closed at z O'Clock
Ramon P,anchia. the Cuban who was
shot at Tampa Thursday, IS reported &c
Doe in a very precarious condition. and his
death az any moment would not be a
surprise.
The jackson county democratic conven-
ton held saturday selected delegates 10
the state and congressional conventions.
and also selected new county executive
committee.
Wills r. Edminster. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles r. Edminster of ST. Angus
tine. was married on May in san Fran
cisco 20 Miss Estrella GeAnIanle, the
celebrated c0ntralto concert singer.
The manager Of the Niagara vineyards in
Orange county Is arranging for the picking
and packing of his grape crop. which
promises 70 be large in spite Of the injury
of "a portion Of the crop by hail rev
weeks ago.
Judge A. M. Mcmillan. of Pine Barren,
in Escambia county died very suddenly at
his home early Sunday morning of heart
disease judge Mcmillan was the head of
the extensive Mcmillan Mil company of
Pine Barren. was president Of the Escam-
bia board Of county commissioners and
one Of the democratic candidates for the
legislature.
Airs. Ann Z. Roberts Of Chuluota, wild
ow of Albert Roberts. one of the early set
tiers of Orange county. has been granted
Mexican war pension by the govern
ment. AR. Roberts applied for a pension
several years before his death; but the ap-
plcation received no favorable action The
widow renewed the efforts TO secure a
pension, and, at last, Ii has been granted.
The amount is IS per month, dating from
June, 1857.
The shipments from Pensacola, which
opened lively at the beginning Of the
month. did not hold out in the same man
or more comparatively little has been done.
However the average for the entire month
is good Ihe shipments of phosphate ag-
gregated 1920 tons, and the shipments Of
lumber 4S1.s56 feet In addition. ii 708
crOssties were shipped. The imports were
merely nominal being chiefly supplies for
the merchants.
a. NJ. Nicholson, attorney for ]. NJ.
Kelley who was convicted in the circuit
COURT at Jacksonville last week. of muir
der In the first degree, filed motion for
new trial Saturday. Two grounds are
alleged; First, that the verdict was con-
trary to the law and evidence before the
court; second, that one of the Jurors. +.
F. McL.eary, was utterly incompetent and
disqualified to act as "a juror in accord
ance with an afiidavit filed in the office
of the clerk of the court.
The district conference at Gainesville
Of the Methodist Episcopal church. south.
Is being largely attended by pastors and
delegates, as Vel as by many others who
are ACTIVELY engaged in church work c.
W. White Of Citra has been elected secre-
tary. The conference is composed of 25
members of whom fifteen are present and
ifty-six lay members. Of whom TWENTY
seven are present II Is one Of the largest
ana most important districts In the state 1t
has Newnansville for its northern bound
airy, extends south to wildwood, east to
Melrose, and west to the Gulf
A friend Of the song and plume birds
of the state, in a communication to the
st. Augustine Evening News. saws. an a
tonsorial establishment near the civ
gates the shrieks of captiVes may be
5eard by passersoy at any hour of the
day. These captives are only young
mocking birds, but our state laws for
Dld their capture and Imprisonment.
Where are the 0fficials VINO are elected
to execute the laws? Let these cruel
Offenders be punished, and thus be
Kept from destroying the polyglot birds
OF FLORIDA, whose hearts are so full Of
JOY that no day Is long enough for them
to finish their songW
AS announced In a telegram 10 the Morn
ing News. Plant system train in the
yard at Tampa was discovered on fire
about midnight Friday night The car
most damaged contained the uniforms and
camp equipment of the Tampa Rifles, as
well as a number of the instruments be-
longing to the Fifth Battalion Band This
car has been standing on the track await
ing an adjustment of the freight bill, as
the company claimed that the original bill
was too high, and il was endeaVoring to
get the matter amicably arranged with
the railroad company, and pending this
settlement came the practical destruction
of the car and its contents by fire. The
fire is supposed to have been started by
sparks from passing locomotive
Tallahassee correspondence Morning
News: A square in Tallahassee which
was an oat patch last December. now has
five modern dwellings on 1.-THE Owl
Cigar Company Of Quincy has about SOC
acres In tobacco this season, and Robert
Bannerman, manager OF their planting
operations reports the outlook for a good
yield very promising.-Th mining con-
tractor, j. w. Anderson. it is said bought
a ticket TO Cincinnati a Pensacola. The
name of John Anderson appears in the
Wednesdays storm, whose body was
placed in the morgue at East ST. Louis
and parties there have been wired a de.
scriptiOn of the missing mans. A. Mar
Gus left the safe in his saloon unlocked
Saturday night. Sunday morning he
found that $50, which he left In the money
u
window in the second story OPEN AS ye
there is no clue as to who committed the
| robbery.
William Doyle, colored, was shot ant
| killed about o'clock Sunday evening, Z
| half mile from the city limits of Jackson
vile on the Nliddleburg road, by Franz
/ Smith, also colored. From what could b,
! learned of the affair, 1t was cold-bloOdeC
/ murder. Doyle was seated on the piazzl
| of a colored woman's house, talking will
1 a couple of women. Smith was seen an
/ preaching the house, and when he reached
| the picket fence around the yard abou
| ten feet from the house without sayins
/ a word, pulled a pistol from his pocket anC
| pointing 1t at Doyle, fred. As the pisto
| shot rang out Doyle fell to the floor witt
| the blood squirting from his wound Smitl
again raised his pistol and fred a sho
| at one of the women, but failed to hit her
| He then walked coolly off and disappear
| ed in the woods. The shooting was SO SUD
| den and unexpected that no one at IN
| house thought of trying to stop the muir
| derer until he had disappeared DOYLE Ia,
| on the floor, groaning and gasping fo
| breath, and just as the women began h
| attempt to do something for him he died
| The bullet struck him in the left breast
| just over the heart. and doubtless passe,
| through his left lung.