The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-29

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/ ~ waldo. 81 Conley was shot and killed
( Thursday night. between and o'clock
/ The assassins were concealed near the
house and when Conley came out. ne was
shot four times. II only lived a short
while. Henry Ancrum and Isaac Cole
man are charged with the crime They
made threats that they would get Conley
out Of the way. The verdict Of the cor
! oners jury Is that 81 Conley came to his
death from pistol shot wounds caused by
. Henry Ancrum and Isaac Coleman. All
are colored.
W. @. Sherman, as inventor, and several
Orlando business men as assignees at in
tercst. have received a United States pat
ent on a non-hilabla bottle. something
over which inventors have been puzZling
their brains for years They had previ-
ously obtained patents on the device IN
several foreign countries, but found 9TH
ors In the field in this country with all
sorts cf devices and all sorts Of claims.
They had a strong combination 10 nsht,
but were notified Saturday that they had
won victory over all. and that their pat
ent had been granted.
Guests at the Tampa Bay hotel at
Tampa during the winter Will find, besides
the usual attractions, new Casino and
an exposition building on the grounds. ".
3. Wrenn, the general passenger
agent OF the Plant system, has taken
the management OF the play house and
has booked many OF the best companies
for the winter already The manage
mcnt of the Spanish Casino Is IN the
hands Of Joe T. Brown. He enters on
the discharge Of his new duties with some
experience. and a large acquaintance
fhcafrfna1 m
preparations already for opening the
Casino, and will SSon begin to make
dates
At meeting of the sound money demo-
Gratis held at Orlando Satur-
day the following we're elect
ed delegates to attend the sound
money convention in Jacksonville next
Tuesday F. A. league william Fox
J. W Pearson, O. T. Green, z. c. Bird J.
c. Reardon, w. s. Prosky, f. r. Allen, J.
V. Burke. ]. y. Carlisle. c. W. Campbell
Sr., of Ocala; d. A. Clark Of Cotton Plant;
c. T. Gibson Of Grahamville; I. W. Boring
Of Fort Mccoy; r. K. Wartman, H. 3. Ste
vens Of Citra George Pasteur Of Antho-
ny: William Knoblock OF Martin: s. H
Gaitskill Of Mcintosh; A c. Bigelow, w
j. Waters OF Dunnellon; and ". D. Emin-
izer Of Sparr
Ben Watkins, a negro section hand,
employed at 954-mile post. was shot and
killed day or so ago by Section Fore,
man James Bond. The scene of the
shooting was thirteen miles north of
Miami. Bond went to Miami on the
freight train and gave himself up to Dep
uty Sheriff Gray. He declares that he
killed Watkins in self-defense. In speak
ing Of the occurrence, Bond said: 81 was
lying asleep near my place, and when
awoke l found that l had been robbed
of $40. Watkins was the orly one near,
and I accused him of the theft. l de-
manded the money lie picked up a club,
and ran at me with it upheld when l
shot him. Bond is a Georgian. He is
a small man, about % years Of age
The new electric railway from Tampa to
the Consumers Electric Light and Street
Railway Company's new dam and power
station. six miles up the river, was thrown
open to the public Saturday. The power
station and the railroad leading TO it rep
resent a cost of more than $4,000, all Of
which the Consumers company has spent
this year. II has nearly forty miles Of
electric line in service. At the new power
station are two plants. One is operate
by steam and the other win soon be run
by the waters OF the Hllsboro river. The
company has, IN addition to this, a large
pant iDEhleu IN the htdTL OF tampa, ana
another still higher up the river At the
new station, 1900 horsepower is obtained
from the waters Of the river. and the
engines supply a similar force. so that
the company Is in a position to have al
way sufficient power for all purposes. The
new 6,OO0 incandescent light machine was
put in operation Saturday night.
At Fernandina, just before dawn satur-
day morning, w. N. Thompson's nurse,
Miss Wheeler was early awakened by the
noise Of somebody walking around down
stairs. She knew that John Thompson
had been complaining the day before Of
being unweu and she naturally supposed
that John had gone downs tairs, probably
to take his medicine. Miss Wheeler
awoke Mrs Thompson, who went to her
sons room and found him sleeping sound
~. This prompted her TO the thought of
further investigation. She awoke John,
and the three of them went downstairs
John was provided with a pistol After
a brief search, they were about to return
to their rooms, when they noticed a man
crouching under the center table in the
sitting-room. So soon as the thief saw
that he was discovered he came from
under the table and fired at John. The
bullet grazed his arm and lodged in the
wall just behind him. In the meantime
John had tried TO use his pistol, but It
would not work, and the thief fired the
second time. The ball went into the wall
missing by about an inch Mr.. Thompson
head. Seeing that he could not use his
revolver. John made for the thief in the
hope of overpowering him, but the latter
lodged around the table and reached the
door when he turned and fired again. This
time the ball went wild and did no damage.
The man ran up the stairs and slid down
the post of the piazza to the ground.