The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-10


! the costs in court
For the first time in its history, Pensa-
cola was absolutely dry Tuesday, cleo
tion day. The Liquor Dealers Association
met Monday and agreed 10 strictly obey
the law, and they did. The saloons We're
all closed as tight as wax, and the blinds
were left up SO that the officers of the
law could look through and see that the
! interior We're deserted. Men who rarely
/ ever drink wanted a drink because they
! could not get liquor. and the number of
! sad-faced men who haunted the side doors
OF the saloons, hoping against hope, was
| astonishing.
Marianna Times-Courier: One of the
brightest and best papers generally, and
by odds the neatest from a typographical
| standpoint which comes to this office is
! the Savannah (Ga) News II reaches US
the same day printed at least twenty-four
| hours ahead of any save the Pensacola
| papers. It's news of the latest and most
! diversified character; its editorial utter
| ances logical. conservative, just. II would
| be poor editor, indeed, who. armed with
a pair of sharp shears, and the News on
his list, could not set up frst-class.
up-to-date, 'all a home" country weekly.
| While on a recent trip down the East
coast Mr.. Ingraham made a contract with
parties 10 drain territory embracing
| about three thousand acres of land and 10
| buld necessary dykes to prevent inflow
| from the waters of The Everglades and 9TH
| er bodies of water that ill and overflow
during the rainy season. The land IS what
is known as Smoke Creek Prairie, near
| Hallanda1e, on the lower east coast The
lands are among The richest in that local
| ity and as the draining and dyking viii
be completed by Aug. /. the section viii
soon be turned over 10 persons who have
engaged tracts for cultivation.
Gainesville Sun; The next meeting OF
the trustees of the East florida Seminary
will perhaps be the most important in the
history of that institution. Upon the ac-
ton of the board, in all probability, viii
depend the future prosperity or downfall
OF the institution. Doubtless each mem>
Der of the board realizes the significance
and Importance of what the action of the
| board shall be. We have no idea a men,
Der of the board would Intentionally say
or do anything in the least calculated to
cripple the advancement of the best inter-
| ests of the seminary or that would be
| stumbling block in the way of that which
! is best calculated TO promote the various
! interests of the people of this community
or of any part of Florida. 1t is presumed
that the action Of the board viii be sucn
as to inspire with hope and confidence.
when looking to the future, every friend
! of the cause of education, and more es-
peeially every friend of East Florida Sem
| mary.
| One of the big guns intended for the
Egmont Key fortfcations, near Port
Tampa, killed it's first man Wednesday.
Ii was in the way of an accident. and
| the man met as swift a death as if he
had been struck by one of the balls from
these deep-throated guns. A large num-
| Der of these guns have been received here.
and force of men. was engaged in load
| ing them from the cars to the barges al
| the Florida Central and Peninsuar docks
| one OF the large guns was being raised
by means of jackscrews, and large blocks
| 10 by 10 and feet long placed under
meath. When the gun had been raised
some distance the screws suddenly gave
way, and at the first sign of danger the
men began to scatter. j. S. Hawkins.
one of the lab0rers, was TOO slow, and
one of the blocks struck him in the face.
causing Instant death. The block struck
on the chin and across the left side OF
the face. There was no mark or abrasion
except a small scratch on the chin. and
1t is a wonder how death could have re-
suited so instantaneously from the blow
Hawkins came here from Fernandina
about two weeks ago. His wife lives in
Savannah and was notified of his death.
Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen;
| The informal election, held yesterday
Thursday, in the form of an open pri-
mary, at which every qualified voter had
a right to express his preference, resulted
in decisive majority for j E. T. Bow
den, who received 9J7 votes against es7 for
Mr.. Knight. Although the result was so
largely in favor of Mr.. Bowden that il
has settled the MayoraIty contest in adj
vance of the regular election, an analysis
of the vote for other candidates on the
ticket demonstrates the fact that personal
motives had much to 40 with the result
MI Bowden's victory was not so much a
reflection upon Mr.. Knights adminigtra-
lion, as the latter was not made promi-
nent issue n the campaign. But the citizens
registered an emphatic protest against the
methods employed TO defeat Mr. Bowden
On the other hand although the primary
method of choosing candidates was new.
the burden OF the entire campaign was
thrown upon the shoulders of the candi-
date heading the ticket, and Mr. Bowden
had to fight. single-handed, candidate
with the forces of the administration ar
rayed against him. With the other candi-
dates, il was largely free-for-al contest
and many Of them were not identified with
either one or the other " the two mayor
atty candidates. Never in les history has
there been 50 quiet an election in this
city. Hardly an incident occurred 10 indi-
cate anything other than a friendly con-
test. There were no serious disturbances
and comparatively few arrests
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"A dispatch from Las Vegas, ". NJ.
says: r. Galiegos, of this place, recently
discovered cave in the foothills six miles
from town which contained a plain tablet
in the wall Gallegos removed the tablet
and found a niche in which was a stone
box. In this box were Latin and Spanish
manuscripts which told that three hun