The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-26
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
r. b. Bellamy, a prominent citizen of
Chipley. died at Mariana Tuesday of
heart failure. after a short Illness. The
end came at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. w. b. Barley
About 100 men and boys met at the ar
mory at Orlando Monday night.ln adjourn
ed meeting, and decided to organize
company of state troops to be known as
the Shine Guards, Company c. About
twenty names We're Signed TO the muster
roll, AS soon as the requisite number is
secured an organization will be effected.
The ladies of Orlando have organized a
commissary department for the purpose of
preparing delicacies and little necessary ar
ticles for the first company of state troops
mustered into the service About thirty
ladies' have become members of the or
sanization. The officers are Mrs. c. G.
Butt, president; Mrs. ID. s. Shine, vice
president; Miss Maggie Hart, secretary;
Mrs. H. S. Beeman, treasurer.
A. E, Heston, one of the telegraph opera
tors in the employ of the Western Union
Telegraph Company in Jacksonville, has
been appointed press censor in the interest
OF the government All messages seut to
newspapers VIII be vised by him. and
nothing viii be allowed to be sent that
concerns the movements of the United
States fleet or the sending of soldiers to
Cuba The government now has press cen
sorships at Key West, Miami and Tampa,
besides jacksonville Cipher messages of
any kind cannot be sent
The sponge packing house and an adj
Joining building, occupied by a family
named Roberts, at Anclote owned by the
Anclote and Rock Island Sponge Company
took fire and burned 10 the ground Tues
day morning The contents of the pack
ing house were saved, but the furniture an
the dwelling was all burned. The build
ings also were a total loss there being no
insurance on them. The family were away
at the time and it is thought that the fire
originated in a defective fiue, as the house
burned first and the packing house caught
fire from it,
What viii probably be a fatal accident
occurred Sunday night at the home of L.
Mason. eolored. at Interlachen. One of
the children took book 10 bed to read
setting a lamp on the edge of the bed
While reading the child went TO sleep and
by some movement upset the lamp, setting
the bed on fire. The flames were extin-
guished before much damage was done
10 the house, but the child was found TO be
badly burned about the face and breast
1t is thought that the child inhaled some
of the flame and if SO, the chances for re-
covery are slight.
l. e. Grantham, woods rider for
Rhodes & Fleming. naval stores manu-
facturers, eight miles south of Grand
Ridge, was found dead in the woods on
Friday morning last, with a bullet hole in
the head. 3. f. Sims, conducted the cor
oners inquest, and from all evidence and
surrounding circumstances, returned a
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ever who think that there was foul play.
lie had gone to his work at the regular
time in the morning, and was found about
the middle of the day IN the open woods,
and near farm lands.
A party of seven Spanish sailors arriv-
ed at Tampa Tuesday from Anclote They
are deserters from fishing smacks They
| stated that they understood revenue cut
! ter would go 10 Anclote in a few DAYS TO
/ seize all the smacks and take them to Key
/ West The spokesman for the crowd said
/ that they did not desire to become prison
/ ers In this manner, for they We're afraid
! they would he carried back TO Havana.
/ They knew that IL this were done they
/ would be placed in the navy. All of the
/ men say they have no interest In this war
! and have no desire to fight against the
| United States. Consequently they viii
! keep out of IL If they can. The men have
! friends at Tampa, and have been cared
| for since their arrival
Governor Branch. a negro. was shot and
killed by Conductor Stevens Of the Plant
System special vegetable train. near
Gainesville Monday afternoon. The negro
got aboard the train at High Springs and
| declared that he was coming to Gaines
| Vile The conductor ordered him off but
! the negro refused. Words followed. and
| the conductor observed that the negro had
| a pistol. The conductor went to his cab
| and gOl a pistol ana returned The negro
had drawn his pistol end levelled it on the
| conductor capt. Stevens knocked the ne
| grO's arm up and fired his pistol missing
| the man. He fired a second shot the ball
| taking effect in the negro's left breast
/ near the heart, from which he died almost
! instantly. The dead man was taken to
| Gainesville and turned over to his wife
! Stevens gave himself UP and an inquest
! was held. the jury finding that Branch
| had come 20 his death by a pistol shot
at the hands of Stevens, but that Stevens
! acted in defense of his own life The con-
ductor then took his train out. No great
excitement was created by the killing OF
Branch, who was an employe of the road
The cigarette manufacturers in Tampa
say that The war has helped them in more
ways than one. The first assistance they
| secured from the trouble with Spain was
the discontuuancc of communication be-
tween Tampa ana Havana. This. they
| say, cut off smuggling. Cigarettes formed
a large part of this illegal traffic. ana
| many people smoked them in preference
even 10 The better ones made here They did
| THIS SIMPLY because the others were snug