The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-17

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Kiney in the event of war with Spain.
The first carload OF celery from Haw-
thorn was shipped Friday by DR.. F. r.
| Percival 10 New York II was grown by
| A. II! Morrison. II was perfection in
| quaiity, and ran 36O boxes from a quarter
| of an acre
| Several hundred steel rails for the new
/ electric street railway at Key West ana
/ over 1870 packages and cases of electrical
| apparatus and machinery for the new
! electric light, street railway and ice plant
! arrived from New York on The last NAL
| loTy steamer.
The case of w. A. Bisbee, as owner of
| the tug Dauntless, against c. r, Bisbee, as
| collector of customs, is on trial in the
| United States Court at Jacksonville. The
! action is for $4,000 damages, arising from
! the alleged illegal detention OF the tug in
! that port by repeated refusals TO grant her
! clearance during the winter of 1S96-97.
! G. w. Storer well-known alligator
| hunter, arrived at Tampa Friday with a
/ schooner load of gator hides from the
| Everglades The cargo is valued at $500,
! and viii be shipped TO New York. II is
! reported that The water in the Everglades
! is now very low and that the hunters
| are Staying the reptiles with rapidity
| that bids fair to wipe them out In short
! while.
! The Second battalion, Florida state
| troops, will volunteer its services to the
! Governor in case of war. There are in the
| battalion the following companies: Starke,
with 10 soldiers; Jasper, As, Tallahassee, 81;
Live Oak, 43, making a total of ITO. Maj.
| Webster has been advised by Capt. Ma
thews for the Starke Rifles that in the
event OF war his company will go out
100 strong.
A suit of general interest has been
brought in the Circuit Court at Kissimmee
| by IT, w. Weaver, colored against John
Roberts Edmund f. Sleek and Henry
! Dlsston, the executors of the estate of
Hamilton Disston. deceased. Ii is an action
! Of trespass on the case for 5000 damages.
| The cause of complaint is an alleged
/ breach of contract to clear land and pay
| for il in crossties, the refusal to comply
with which grievousy damaged the plain
tiff.
Mrs Carnegie, owner of Dungeness, the
beautiful home once possessed by Nathan
! iel Greene, and the burial place of Light
horse Harry Lee, arrived al Miami Friday
| on her yacht and sailed for Key West.
Mrs Carnegie has a taste for adventure,
and this last trip contemplating, as IL is
! supposed to do, a personal observation of
| the first great naval battle with modern
engines of war, goes quite beyond any
! thing that Mrs. Carnegie has heretofore
/ done II is certain that IL her desires are
! fulfilled she will have been the only wo-
man eyewitness to the thrilling scene.
The land department of the Florida East
Coast Railway has sold to a company,
represented by Frank g. Bond, a promo
| nent banker of DeLand 20 .543 acres of
fine timber land, located in the southern
! part of st. Johns county, in the vicinity
of Neoga. 1t is understood that the new
! lumber company has bought the plant OF
the old English MIL Company at Neoga,
and that preparations are being made to
! commence operations at once. The land
| in the vicinity of the Old mill is heavy with
timber, and the capacity of the mill, which
Is large, will be greatly increased by addi-
! tional machinery.
Capt. j. w. Hanon of the Plant steam
| ship Mascotte, which was the first Ameri>
| can vessel TO leave Cuba with the refu-
| gees, is a collector of curiosities and relics,
and has brought away more relics from
the Maine than any other American visit
/ ing Havana harbor since the accident. Rut
/ on the recent trip over from Havana when
he was bringing the people away, he was
presented with something that he is very
| proud Of 1t is pair of boots once worn
| by Gen. Maxine Gomez, the insurgent
| leader. These boots were presented to
Capt Hanlon by an American newspaper
correspondent, who traded boots with Gen.
Gomez on recent visit to the insurgent
chiefs camp.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin of the United States
Army has compiled a mass of statistics in
49,. al.
tlonal guard and the quota each state and
territory must furnish under a call of from
10000 to 100000 men, first, in accordance
with the strength of the national guard
and, second, according to population The
strength of Florida's national guard is put
at 900. In a call for so 600 men, on basis
of the number of the national guard Flor
ida's proportion would be 493; on a basis
of population, it would be 300. If the call
be for 10000, Florida's proportion would be
1856 If on basis of national guard, or COO If
on basis of population. Gen Corbin SAYS
the call will be made on a basis OF popu-
lation, and that 100000 men can be muster
ed in without going outside of the national
guard.
Two companies of colored troops of the
Twenty-hfth Infantry passed through
Jacksonville Friday on a special train over
the Southern Railway and Florida Cen
| trdl ana HenlSutaf ltaAroad, en- route to
Key West. A large crowd of colored PEG
pie was on hand 10 meet the troops in
their blue uniforms, and when the train
rolled into the station a big shout went
up, while the Welcome Cornet Band PLAYED
rally Round the Flag" Ar of the officers
are white men. one of the officers was
asked how the colored troops rank along
with the white troops. He replied: IN
some respects, they are better ana IN
others they are not so good They are
not so easily trained as white troops, but
with a good class OF officers and the right
discipline make good soldiers AS to
whether or not they will be as brave as
white soldiers when under fire l canno,
say. as / have never seen it tested. but
l believe that they will give good account
Of themselves" Col. Daggett said that
when ordersswere first read for the men
20 come South loud cheering was heard
which was taken TO indicate that they
were reaoy to so to the 'front.'