The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-02

nesses at Palmetto.
Some vegetables are being Skinned from
Palmetto now and business Is improving.
Two companies of colored troops are to
occupy st. Francis Barracks, at St. Au-
CUISINE. They are part of the regiment
oiuereu from Montana to Dry Tortugas
The contract for lighting Orlando with
electricity by the Peninsular Electric Light
and Power Company was voted on satur.
DAY and 14l votes were cast in favor of II.
ana six against it,
The maritime quarantine season for all
the Southern states commenced al mid
niSht Thursday. This advance of the
gate Tor the summer quarantine was made
py the Secretary of the Treasury upon
request of Surgeon General Wyman of
the Marine Hospital service.
A woman's club is to be organized at
Jacksonville. The general object Of the
corporation is TO be literary, social, scieu-
tlflc and philanthropic, and the improve
ment' benefit and advancement of woman
klnd IN all directions named, and generally
10 give aid to all worthy objects
The first solid refrigerator car of celery
was shipped from Sanford Tuesday, con
signed 20 various commission houses in
New York. The shippers were Capt. B. F.
Whltner, James Campbell Clark & Haw-
klns, j. n. Whitner and l. H. Terwilliger
There were between 800 and AGO crates in
the car.
few days ago some men who were
clea ring land at Terra Celia Island for veg
eta oles, dug up barrel tarred inside and
out, and containing a mainsail and jib,
also full rigging and anchor of a yacht
Everything was in perfect condition The
s'lpposition is that it was buried about
thirteen years ago, by a man who was in
charge of a yacht, and who stole them
with the intention of returning and getting
them later. The finders think that tie
boat in question is now at Sarasota, ard
is being used as a pleasure boat
A warrant was issued last Tuesday by
Doty & Stowe, wholesale merchants of
Jacksonville for the arrest of II. w Ross.
charging him with the embezzeInent of
| $1,000. Ross has been in the employ of the
| above firm as travelling salesman for sew
eral months, and the money which he is
charged with embezzling is claimed to
have been paid him by the FIRMS Gus
toners throughout the state Ross where
| abouts are unknown, ard il is supposed
that he has left the state kilograms have
beeen sent to various points. requesting
his arrest, but so far ii has not been done.
The Norwegian bark N. P. Nelson,
| Capt Bentzen, arrived off the Fernandina
/ bar Tuesday morning, and was sent to
| the Sapelo quarantine station for disinfec-
| ton. This course was taken by the state
health authorities because the vessel was
from Para, Brazil, and had had two
| deaths from yellow fever on the voyage,
| one on the 7th and the other on the 18th
| of March. This vessel was bound to Jack
| sonville, but reported at Fernandina on
account of the disinfecting station there.
| She was sent to Sapelo, however, for dis
infection and fumgation, as the state has
no hospital or other facilities at Fern
andina, for taking care of the crew,
| should other cases develop. The Nelson
sailed from Para for Jacksonville on
| March 3.
Tampa correspondent Jacksonville
Tines Union The war and navy depart
ments are endeavoring to choose between
Tampa, Mobile and New Orleans as
base for supplies in the event of war with
| Spain. The inquiry has developed that
| Port Tampa has more water than Mobile,
| ships drawing "A feet of water being ac-
commodated. It is 223 miles from this city
to Key West while from Mobile it is 443,
| and the distance from New Orleans is 800
miles. Tampa is only thirty hours from
! New York and twenty,siX from Washing
| ton, and the regular boats now make it
from here to Key West in sixteen hours.
| which time can be shortened. Troops and
supplies can be brought 10. this city over
| any of the leading roads of the South
| that have connections with the North,
and West There is 600 feet of
berth room at the Port Tampa docks,
| with the very latest modern facilities for
! handling freight The yard room, provid-
| ed by the Plant System at Port Tampa,
is excellent, it being the best equipped
in the South. There is room to double
the capacity as quickly as track can be
laid. Transports from Tampa TO Key
! West have a natural protection on the
east from the Florida coast line, render
ing attack from that side almost out of
the question. The other two places have
nothing but the open Gulf in the trip
across, and consequently liability from
attack on all sides. 1t is twenty miles
from the bar TO the docks and the rail-
road terminals are thus well protected.
and mines placed at the inlet with few
guns on the keys to guard the entrance
to the position would make the place al
most impregnable. These are the main
points in favor of Tampa as a base of sup
plies and they will be laid before the de-
partments with ali other information.
There Is every indication favorng the
choice of Tampa. The government has
already recognized the place, and made
some shipments at Port Tampa.
Judge Locke of the United States Court
announced his decision in the case of
Charles M Furman ana others against
Henry l.. Mitchell and others, as Trustees
of the internal Improvement fund of Flor
ida and others, granting the relief prayed
for by The complainants that certain pat
ents, issued by the TTni!el States to the
state of Florida. and dcods made there
under. be declared VOID. This is suit
which has been before tn 2 court for mora
than two years. involving large interests
ana the title 20 nearly the whole of Anas-
tasia Island lying in 'front.' OF ST. Angus
tine and extending south to Matanzas
inlet 7rhe complainauts claimed under 4
SDanish grant of AnastasiI Isl3El. made
TO Jesse Fish, in 1895 Thid grant was de-
clared TO be valid by the coIpoliss !oners APP
pointed under an act OF Congress. 'sOCn
,fter the cession of Flo~lda TO the United
states. The department of the interior,
however. a few years ago. refused To
recognize the validity of the grant, be-