The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-02

is being urged for The position OF ate
Super intendent Of Schools
Alphabetical Times: Mr.. Joe Singer re-
turned Thursday to find that his emp,oye.
named jackson left Sunday morning with
the weeks sales in his possession, amount
ing, Mr.. Singer says, to arout $500
The shipments Of phosphate rock from
Puuta Gorda for the month of July were
$500 tons domestic and 1900 tons foreign.
The total shipments for the present year
have been 25,6l6 tons domestic and 81, $50
tons fore ga.
There was a quiet welding the home
OF Mi Dave Jones at HAMPTON cast sun
day Miss Alice Jones was married 10 Mr..
James Duboso. Their future home WI be
al Blair They are both successful teach
ers of Bradford county
Thomas A. Davis has started the Pc
ninsula Breeze at Seabreeze. Fla, one
of the famous winter and summer resorts
in The state. 1t is called the City Beauti-
full and is an adjunct Of the progressive
town of Daytona. Mir. Davis was form
Crly editor and proprietor or Fair Florida
which he published at Umstula, but has
consolidated with his present journal.
Col John Wells of San Antonio is dead
His death is deplored by all, and the popu-
lar sentiment is that the county has suf-
fered an irreparab.e loss. His county Is
indebted to him for its first saw mill,
and to him DE credited the earliest efforts
toward the development Of its numerous
resources He died IN his 60th year, leav-
ing a wife and number of children, rang
ing from infancy 10 maturity His body
was Inferred with funeral rites by the 10
cal Masonic fraternity.
Jaeksonvife Metropolis: T. II. Blenus,
pastor of the Adams Street Christian
Church, having received his furniture
from Savannah and The North, has re-
moved with his family TO 3-6 West Ashley
street and commenced permanent house
keeping. Despite the intense heat there
has been a continued increase IN the at
tendance during the summer at all the
services Of the church of which Mr..
Blenus is pastor. During the past week a
large gift of new hymn looks from friends
of the Fifty-siXth Street Christian Church
of New York was received by MIR. Blonus
for his work here,
jacksonville Metropolis: Capt. c. E.
Garner returned home this morning from
Tampa and Manatee county, and as usual
1 with wide-awake observing man. ne
tells the Metropolis that the orange trees
! In both Hillsborough and Mauatee coun-
! NiNS are uldSllliiNtltf SiONliiS ldHltllS una
! estimated to have more and better fruit
/ than ever before. Capt. Garner also says
! that he never saw better roads and drives
/ than he did in trip around Tampa. The
! strike of the cisarmakers, Capt. Garner
! says, is a serious blow 70 the business
! of the place, and he could learn of no
! chance Of early settlement of il. The
damage TO business from this strike is
immense Otherwise he captain says
the future Of Tampa and the Manatee riv-
er country is very promising.
l., ]. Lester, deputy sheriff of Hnlsbor-
ough county, arrived in jacksonville
Monday from Beaumont, Tex, having in
custody Steve Stanley, negro man want
/ ca in Tampa for murder. Steve is charged
! with the murder Of Jesse Clover, a white
4 man. He made good his escape. and has
| enjoyed his liberty for the past three
| years. His capture was made through a
woman with whom he had been living, Civ
/ ing him away on account of his I'll treat
! ment of her. The deed with which Stanley
is charged is one Of the most horrible ever
! committed in the state. Clover was be4ty n
| to death with croWbar by his assailaut
/ Stanley has Conft ssed his guilt 10 Deputy
| Lester aud admits that he is the man
! wanted. The murder was committed on the
| Plant System steamship dock at Port
/ Tampa.
out, at Tampa. started Monday morning.
The cigar makers committee, il is now
| reported by men who know them and talk
with them. say that it is not their purpose
to settle the strike, but TO DO al the dam
| age they can by iniuring the indus ry
there. Il is known that hundreds of men
are now ready ana anxious to go to work
IN the Ybor- Manrara factory, but they are
oVerawed by the committee. These men
say that should they return to work they
would have trouble afterwards and always
be branded as strike breakers They say
thai the committee wou make il 50 ur-
pleasant f-r them that they would get no
satisfaction at all in future. A discourag
ing report came ny sundays beat II was
to the effect that over 100 cigar makers
were lad off from the different Havana
factories on Saturday. This will material
~ lessen the Havana contritu ms to the
fund, and wil cause additional suffering
among the cigar makers.
When the city hail fire took place az
Pensacola on june Is there were sensa-
tioual rumors Of crookedness in the city
records and il was loudly asserted on the
streets that the building had been fired
to cover the crootedness. Some color OF
| truth was given TO these rumors by the
| announcement that the books Of city Con
| trO.ier Morgan were m sStug. Later the
| books were found in the debris somewhat
| charred. hut with every figure Iegib!e.
| Mayor billiard at once employed f. L.
| Chappuis of Chappuis & Rapier the ex-
| pert accountants Of New Orleans. 60 thor
| oughly check ana audit the books for two
years back. Mr. Chappuis finished his
work Monday and submitted full tx
| plicit and satisfactory report to the Mayor
and City Council. Except a few clerical
| errors against the city in the marshars
| accounts. amounting to 81. Mr. Chan
| puts reports the account all correct and
| kept 10 perfect order being free from
| minor errors. He recommends a change
| In the system Of keeping accounts i'm the
| marshals office, now kept by oid-stylc sin
| gle entry and verbally explained how the
1 errors innOcenuy occurred. The marshal
is cheerfully willing to refund the amount
i due the CITY.