The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-23

millage has been fixed for the next Two
years and it is presumed that some steps
will be taken imme diatcly towards in
creasing the room at Summeriin Institute
Gainesville Sun: The people Of Florida
have reason 10 believe that from This
time onward there viii he greater progress
ia this state. The outlook is that there
will be more money expended In this
state during the next few years in m
provements than ever before II IS a.
most certain that the transportation com
pantes VIII expend millions OF dollars.
most Of which viii go directly into the
pockets of the people OF this state.
A large number of gun carriages were
loaded Tuesday AT the Florida Central
and Peninsular docks IN TAMPA ana ship
ped to the fOrthcations at Esmont Key.
These pieces of ponderous machinery re
quire very skillful handling to get them
FROM the cars 10 the docks, and from The
docks to the large barges that are used
10 transport them to the place where
they viii guard the entrance 70 Tampa
and Eillsboro bays The government tug
Biscayne towed the barge 10 the key.
j. L. smoak of Ocala, as usual. has come
out way ahead this season on his melons.
He planted fifty acres twenty-five of
which will be TOO late to ship from with
profit, though the yield is good. Mr..
Smoak shipped his first car TO Boston
and il Melted him $225, which much more
than paid for growing his entire crop. He
has three cars out that he has not heard
from and will ship two or three more THIS
week Last year he planted thirty acres,
employed no labor. bought but little fer
tiiizer aud cleared 500 off the crop.
Florida Mirror: Neiger Armstrong, a
negro. was up before Judge Hail yesterday
on charge Of arson. From the testi-
mony il appears that Armstrong and his
wife were INDUCING in family quarrel and
that the defendant was forced TO take
his clothes and GO" He went but soon re-
turned and set fire TO their home. The
loss was about S65 in all. The house was
destroyed Friday and the wife swore out
the warrant for the arrest. The defend
ant was committed 10 jail without bail
The house was located at Franklintown.
e. O. Locke, clerk of the United States
Court at Jacksonville, paid to j. NJ
Bars. city attorney. Wednesday morning
the sum of $l,o53 due the city for back
taxes by the Jacksonville. Tampa and
Key West Railway. The money was paid
in accordance with decree issued out Of
the United States Court some time ago,
wherein Bars, as intervenor, petitiOned
the court for payment of these taxes
when the road was sold. The Jackson
vine, Tampa and Key West Railway owed
the city s.. 800 for taxes, and a claim for
ine balance, amounting TO $l,747, has been
filed by the city attorney.
Tampa correspondence Times-Union and
Citizen: Information received yesterday
regarding the death of Minnie Ross at
Havana does not seem 10 mean that Fred
Krause of this city has been entirely ex-
onerated He is still confined incommuni-
cado, and his friends complain bitterly
that this is an injustice. He has not even
been allowed to communicate directly
with his relatives In this city, much to
the dissatisfaction of all concerned. From
what has been received it seems that he
is entirely able to account for every mo-
ment of his time from Friday evening at
10 o clock TO noon Saturday, when he was
arrested. When the woman's body was
found early Saturday morning, il was
stnl warm, showing that the deed had
not been long committed. This was be-
tween and O'clock. krause is reported
10 have gone TO his room about 10 O'Clock
Friday night, and was with a friend every
moment Of the time from then until he
was arrested about noon.
Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen:
DR.. r. d. Murray of the marine hospital
service has been transferred from. Mobile
TO Key West and the people OF Florida
win feel all the safer for knowing that the
distinguished expert is again 10 be with
hts friend and eomrade, DR. Porter and
that these two will watch together while
we sleep aud guard our homes while we
work Wherever danger is greatest they
send Muuay-he has been stationed at
Mobile, whence he was sent to report On
the condition of New Orleans, and now he
will be again on the line next the enemy
of &c p11
look at the Tortugas When a people
learns to know it's truest friends and
highest heroes statues viii be reared to
such men as Porter and Murray-men
who save life instead of taking it. and
who make progress, industry ana develop
ment possible by risking all on the outer
line to guard those within They and such
as they have made the Florida of to-day
possible and a greater and richer Florida
certain.