The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-29

now residents of Houston, Tex. They
bring a bill asking for an accounting, an
injunction and a receiver. Mrs. Beck was
daughter of the late DR.. Macon B.
Franklin, by his first wife, and the de-
PENDANT Mrs. Annie Franklin, of this city,
was the second wife of DR.. Franklin.
The bill sets forth that the present prop
erty is the direct proceeds Of the estates
of DR.. Franklins first wife and her
brother, John Mills both of whom died
intestate and therefore Mary Katie Beck
and Charles Rhett Franklin of Los An
geles, Cal, are the only legal heirs to
the property which belonged to the first
Mrs. Franklin and her brother. The bill
states tnat they have been unjustly and
unawfully deprived of this property,
which is situated in Hillsborough county,
and is valued at $4,000
The board of health held a special meet
ing at Pensacola Thursday and passed a
resolution requesting the county commits
sioners to levy a 1-mill tax to defray the
expenses of stamping out the smallpox
They also voted to lay off the city into
four sanitary districts and appointed one
inspector for each district with police
powers to make thorough inspections of
all houses and secure d general vaccina-
ton. A camp of detention will be estab-
hshed outside the city, where persons
AOAh AtAAEClcO uOuStS can De sent. A case
OF smallpox has been discovered in the
country twenty miles from the city. The
patient is negro tramp from Alabama.
Another negro has the varioloid con-
tracted from him DR.. A j. Pollock
father of Ross Pollock, the assistant
weather observer, has developed a case
OF Yarioloid. He nursed his son. who had
the disease. AT a special meeting of the
Gay council Thursday night, the action
of the board of health was accepted as
sufficient to stamp out the disease
In the circuit court at Jacksonville Fri
day the case of the Fernandina Develop
ment Company VS.. Gotlob Bigalskey oc-
cupied the attention of Judge Call all day.
This is suit in ejectnent for the pos
session of lots l and 2, section IA, town
ship north, range % east, and includes
Old Town, in Fernandina, and part of
the military reservation. The case is an
interesting one, inasmuch as the property
involved is a part of the old military res
ervatlon in Old Town, on which is stu
ated the ruins of the old Spanish fortifica-
tons, south of Fort Clinch. The defend
ant IN the suit is the sergeant who has
charge of the property for the govern
ment and the government not being la
bic TO suit, the action is brought against
him. The defendant claims that the Unit
ed States took possession of the lands
Wheh the tlorldas were turned over, and
have occupied them, or portions of them,
from time to time, ever since. That in
1872 the President of the United States,
by proclamation. declared it to be an ex-
listing military reservation, and the land
department, therefore, had no right to
issue patent to Yulee, or to allow it TO
be selected by the state of Florida under
the swamp and overflow act, such patent
and selections being void by reason of its
being military reservation. jefferson
Davis was Secretary of War at the time.
and he reported in favor of it's reserva-
ton, and Gen. Robert f. Lee was then
Northumberland on the board of engi-
neers The case was partially submitted
to the court, and it will be finally argued
and submitted at some future date, when
the court can take it up