The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-13

and incline, will be laid of planed strips
two inches to the weather, and really the
finest track of it's kind in the state
Maj. St Clair-Abrams who has been
retained as counsel for w. P. Rigdon, Geo
Rigdon and William D. Rigdon, who are
charged with the murder of George b.
Canova of Baker county says that he
will go before Judge Call for a writ of
habeas corpus to have the matter of he
arrest and Imprisonment of his clients,
who are now in jail at Mcclenny inVesti-
gated. Maj. Abrams says that from mis-
knowledge of the facts in the case, the
accused are absolutely innocent of the
murder. and that when the case is tried
next fall, the state will probably have a
startling surprise.
At a recent meeting of the Humane So
ciety at ST. Augustine, reports from the
various committees were read, which
shows the association to be in a flourish
ing condition and doing much good A
resolution was adopted favoring The pres
entation of bill TO the legislature, enlarg
ing the scope of the act for protection TO
birds of plumage and song, including spe-
cies which have heretofore been neglect
ed. The following officers were elected
for the present year: President, W. q.
Foster; first vice president, Dewitt Webb;
second vice president, ]. A. Enslow, Jr;
secretary, L. Larson, and treasurer, R.
Dale.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Orange trees
that will flourish and bear fruit as far
north as st. Louis is promised by Secre-
tary Wilson of the agricultural depart
ment The destruction of the orange
groves in the South during the past three
or four years by severe weather directed
Mr. Wilson's attention to the matter, and
he went to experimenting. The result of
his work is that he has crossed the orange
tree with the japanese trifoliata, a hardy
variety of fruit, and has obtained an or
ange tree that will live through a severe
frost. Several thousand of these trees
will be planted this spring, and in case
the experiment succeeds the nation will
owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Wilson.
There are rumors coming up from the
two quarantine stations at Mullet and
Egmont keys, at the mouth of Tampa
BAY which indicate that there is trouble on
hand. These rumors are TO the effect
that there is a radical difference Of opln-
ion between the State Board of Health
officials and the Marine Hospital attaches
as to the best method of handling the re-
turning soldiers. The effect of this
trouble is to put the soldiers TO a great
deal of inconvenience and make life
burden to- them. They seem TO be caught
as the grain between the two millstongs,
and are being ground for nothing, AT
taches of the two stations will say moth
ing. but those who go down and come
back declare that there is bad feeling ex-
listing, and that no good can come from it.
Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen:
For the past two weeks there has been
one great big rush of travel north-bound.
| Trains have been crowded with tourists,
and boats, too, and following upon the
heels of the tourists come the hotel watt
| ers and other help. These have crowded
the CITY for the past three days waiting
| for the departure of the next special help
train. which win ieave for New York ny
the Florida Central and Peniasular to-
day Almost all the hotels of the big sys-
tenn have closed. OF the East Coast Sys-
TEN the Alcazar a St Augustine and the
Hotel Key West alone remain open. II IS
odd. but no railroad man will explain an
estimate of he number Of people who
haxe visited Florida during the present
season. Some say $4,000, some 5000. some
even go as high as 100000. but none viii.
tell how many his line brought. All ara
agreed however, that the number was
% to IS per cent. greater than THAI of
the banner season in the states history
when &C 900 was the estimate.