The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
FLORIDA.


The Indian River and Lake Worth Pine
apple Growers Association will meet in
annual session at Jensen to-day
S. 4 Benedict caught one day last week.
while fishing on the ocean beach at Day
tona, sting ray weighing over thirty
pounds.
The fourteenth annual state convention
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. will meet in Pensacola the last
week in February.
The Monroe Cigar Company al Tampa
has closed it's doors, announcing that it
could not afford to make cigars at the
prices demanded by the cigarmakers.
The Times of Tampa is having trouble
with the printers The managers of the
Times made it an open" Office and the
members of the typographical union are
up in arms.
President J. J. Welty of the Florida
Normal College of White Springs has an
nounced his resignation of the office of
president of the college. He will move in
few days to his future home in Georgia,
to practice law
Thomas Gray Of Carrabelle and Haley
Lynch of Tallahassee had an alteration
in a saloon at Tallahassee Tuesday night
and Lynch was cut across the stomach
with knife by Gray. Gray was arrest
ed and afterward released on bond. Lynch
may recover.
At the municipal election held at Eustis
Monday, the following were elected;
| Mayor. p. A. Ross; clerk, w. e. Seacole;
marshal Charles T. Lopez; collector,
| George w. Church: assessor, John Will
! liams; aldermen, f. NJ. Horton, J. M.
Fuller, A. NJ. Dewitt and e. G. Rehrer.
A joint committee has been appointed by
the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist
churches of Pensacola to make prepara-
| lions for a series of revival meetings to
be held in that city. beginning about Feb.
/ l. The meetings will be conducted by Rev.
| r. G. Pearson, an evangelist of the Pres
byterian church.
The first cases taken up in court at
Tampa Tuesday were those against r.
Mugge and w. f. Stcval editor of the
/ Tribune, for contempt 1t appeared that
! r. Mugge had written an advertisement
rejecting ON the late grand jury, and it
| had been inserted in the columns of the
Morning Tribune After hearing the state
ment the court imposed fine of IS on Mr..
Stovall and $25 on Mr.. Mugge.
A wreck occurred Tuesday night at $40
o'clock on the Plant system, about a half
mile from y bor City station. The result
| Is that engine AZ was thrown into a ditch,
| and two express cars were thrown off the
| track, and the roadbed and track torn up.
| Train 100 left Tampa at $50 in charge of
! Conductor Swanson, Engineer r. II. Fin
ney, and Fireman r. l.. Garst. When the
! train reached Neylan's truck farm, the
engine struck a crosste placed lengthwise
| between the rails. This slid along for
some distance but finally threw the en-
| gine into the ditch. Garst jumped, strik-
| ing ,on his forehead. His face is badly
| bruised and cut, and his teeth are loose.
| When the frightened passengers reached
| the overturned engine, Finney, who had
not left his post was found pinned be-
| meath the reverse lever and part of the
| cab. lie pleaded piteously for relief, and
willing hands soon dug him out OF his per-
| ilous position. At a late hour Tuesday
| night, DR.. Lawrence, who went to the
scene on an engine. reported that no bones
were broken. The sufferer complained
of internal injuries. He was severely
scaided on the lower legs and feet Sew
eral stories are ahoat, one to the effect
| that large sum OF money was going out.
| and probably the obstruction was placed
for the purpose of robbery. The custom
house shipped $500, which was not on that
train. The only money aboard was about
$780, the ordinary daily amount. Anoth-
| er story Is to the effect that II was rll-
| mored that the train was to take out a
large party of Cubans, intended for an ex-
petition. and that an enemy attempted TO
1 wreck the train