The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-12

day at Hartshorn. in Citrus county, by
Deputy United States Marshal Clark. The
man is charged with sending obscene mat
ter through the mails.
The Ocala Temperance Reform Club was
reorganized Tuesday night, and the follow
ing officers were elected: President Isaac
Stevens: first vice president, NJ. M. Little;
second vice president, ID. NJ Briers; secre-
tary, Grant Cowan; treasurer, e. l.. Ley.
Nothing new has developed in the case of
the Three Friends, which was seized by
the revenue cutter Boutwell, on Sunday
night. The boat still remains tied to the
wharf at Jacksonville, with its fires out.
The crewsis engaged in painting the boat.
A special from DeFuniak says that an
aged man named Mcclellan, in the livery
stable business there, committed suicide
by taking laudanum. He was formerly of
Greenvlle, Ala. No cause is known for
the act except that he had been drinking
rather heavily.
julius Ellinger & co. shut down their fac
tory at Tampa Monday morning to take
stock and straighten up their business.
From this action on their part rumor was
current that there had been a strike. An
investigation showed that 1t was a shut
down for the reason given and not a strike.
Mr.. Armstrong, who now resides in jack
sonville, has instructed his manager at
Center Hill, in Sumter county, to advance
the price Of labor on Dec. 1, % per cent,
both on his own property and on that of
the Center Hill Orange and Fruit Com
pany and also to Increase the number of
hands nearly 50 per cent.
Inquiry at the office of V. Martinez Ybor
& Manrara's cigar factory at Tampa Tues
day. showed the strike to be standing statu
quo. The men are still out with no like
lihood OF settling the question. 1t was
stated there would be no settlement effect
ed before the return of Mr.. Manrara,
which was stated as indefinite.
Articles of incorporation of the Osceola
Cooperative Association have been signed
at Kissimmee. The capital stock is $4,000.
r. e. Rose, H. S. Partin, w. H. Mann, ].
S. Partin, and T. ]. Partin are the incor-
porators and directors. The association
has leased the Southport farm, and will
at once plant largely of vegetables, cane,
tobacco, and peaches r.. e. Rose was
made president and general manager.
The National Recorder of Washington,
d. c.. publishes the following: alex
ander Campbell of Albion, Fla, has been
awarded a medal for the invention of
rotary steam engine. Mr.. Campbell was
born in Baltimore and has been in the
commercial business since leaving Balti-
more City College. He Is q years old, and
having through force of circumstances
found himself in the blacksmith shop, he
discovered after short apprenticeship
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bookkeeping. In a short time, therefore
he developed from a bookkeeper into
blacksmith, and about this time he met
a friend, who, like himself, had been puz-
cling over the problem of a revolving PTS
ton. Deciding to combine their forces they
went to work and in a short time perfected
the rotary steam engine, for which medal
has been awarded them. They have made
many models, which operate very salts
factory and have no doubt discovered a
most useful device"
Gen. w. p. Craighill chief of engineers,
United States army, arrived at Pensacola
Saturday and in company with Maj. F. A.
Mahan, the engineer in charge of that
district, has made a thorough examlntion
Of the new fortlfications that are being
built for the defense of Pensacola harbor.
These consist of batteries for four heavy
disappearing guns, which are located on
Santa Rosa Island, mile and a half east
of Fort Pickins. Seven thousand barrels of
cement and more than 10000 tons of brok-
en- stone will be used In the construction
of these batteries. Much of the material
has already been delivered at Fort Pick
ems. 1t is being carried to the spot on a
railroad built by the government. This
road will be permanent for supplying the
batteries after they shall be finished.
Nearly 200 men are employed. and the
work Is being pushed night and day. The
engineers estimate that when the new
channel, which will be thirty feet deep and
1000 feet wide shall be finished, Pensacola
will be the most important naval rendez-
vous in the south. The purpose is also to
strengthen Fort Barrancas with improved
guns and to erect another fertilization on
the west side of the channel, so that every
approach to the harbor will be covered by
guns of the largest caliber. A sub marine
easement has already been built inside of
Fort Pickens for firing torpedoes in the
channel by electricity. Gen. Craighll con-
sders that the fortfications will be among
the most important in the country. and is
very much pleased at the progress of the
work under the supervision of Maj Ma
han.