The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-01
SAVANNAH. GA. FRIDAY. APRIL l. 1898

weeks is alarming. Fishermen fear that
the lake will go dry this summer.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company has designated r. j. Wemyss Of
Orlando as land commissioner Of that
road to succeed the late w. d. Chip!ey.
While the oyster beds in Charlotte Har-
Dor embrace hundreds of acres at Cane
Hays, yet from some cause the oysters
nave remained poor and unfit for use the
present season. The supply amounting to
over 1900 barrels for the season. was ia
ken from Galligers Cove.
Judge DaCosta, A. ]. Pexa. and NJ. f
Giddens, of Charlotte Harbor. have each
two acres in melons. The vines promise
heavy yield that will be ready for the
market by May 10 Owing to the con-
tlnuous bought, cattlemen are sinking
wells in some of the ranches to supply
stock with water.
The following ticket was nominated lat
caucus held at Eau Gallie Wednesday
night to fill local Offices for the ensuing
year; John Houston, Mayor; J. e. NJ.
dodgson and C. L. Taylor, aldermen; G.
+. Paddlson, treasurer and assessor; ]. A.
- NASAh -. " OlGil, marshal ana
Collector. The town election is appointed
to be held April p.
United States Deputy Marshal John
Mckay arrested eleven Cinnamon at Tam
pa Wednesday on a charge of violating
the immigration laws Recently Special
Treasury Agent Yancey took a census of
the Chinese population of the city. and
eleven of the Chinese could not produce
papers. They were escorted before Com
missioner Crane and placed under bond
ana VIVA be given hearing as soon as the
District Attorney arrives.
S. s. Leonard of Jacksonville who is
erecting the Catholic Cathedral at Tampa,
was the lowest bidder for the govern
ment work at Dry Tortugas, amounting
TO about 100000, but he will not take the
contract, for the government requires the
completion of the work in seven months.
and will not agree to any war clause at
all, consequently the contractor, if he
should be interfered with by anything of
the kind would lose heavily.
Tampa Correspondence Jacksonville
Times-Union: Arrangements have been
perfected by the Cubans to take more ag-
gressive steps than ever before. During
the past six or eight weeks extra efforts
have been made by the patriots in this
country to raise money to buy dynamite
guns in addition to the regular munitions
of war which have been supplied. These
guns have been bought. Plans are being
arranged for their transportation TO the
island, where they are to be placed in the
hands of the insurgents. Tampa has pur-
chased two Key West one or more, jack
sonville one. while several have been pur-
chased in other sections of the country
The junta will wait only few more days
for developments in this country when
the plan for removing the guns to Cuba
will be executed, and almost the first shot
that will belch forth from their muzzlas
will be directed against the unhappy city
of Havana. The Cubans care little about
capturing that city, but they have made
up their minds to riddle it, destroy every
thing possible. and thus strike a death
blow at the very foundation of the govern
ment on the island.
Just as the southbound train was pass
ing Deep creep, about fifteen miles south
of st. Augustine, Wednesday, Conductor
Steinhauser heard crash in the division
of the front coach occupied by colored pas
sengers. On entering, he found that one
of the window panes had been smashed.
James Knowles was seated just in front of
the damaged window, but he seemed to
be suffering from fright, and could give
no explanation of the accident, other imam
he did not do it. The man said that he
was not hurt and the conductor supposed
that some projection along the track had
broken the window. few minutes later
the conductor noticed that Knowles was
in trouble. Touching him on the shoulder,
the man shrieked with pain. 1t was found
that his left arm was broken near the
shoulder that the shoulder was injured,
and that several bones in his hand were
broken. Knowles had been sitting with bis
arm out of the window as the train was
speeding along at the rate of nearly fifty
miles an hour. A projection at Deep
creek bridge caught his hand throwing
his arm back with sufficient force to
cause the injuries and smash the glass in
the window just back Of where he was
seated The shock was so great that
Knowles did not realize that he was hurt
until several minutes afterward. The man
was on his way South to go to work, but
was taken to Palatka, where he was 3ldc-
ed in the railway hospital for treatment.
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