Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-07-13
Florida State News.
-. Porter,s Animal Report.

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The ahzual report Of DIT. 81 Y.IP9r-
tter. state health officer Of Fiorida, has
| jass been Issued in pamphlet form. As
lis usual Eikh HE compilations % past
l years, the present report is neatly pre-
pared and il put mp in attractive form,
and shows ample evidence Of vast
study. TEL allied with valuable in
fornation rearsdins Ne hsalth metters
Of The stats. which has been arranged
20 Is 10 present sssults In saeh form
thai medical training is net Aecessa-
~ 10 comprehend the conditions that
surround living in this !gtzte. -
u an appendix bound With the
present report are giFsn's ntinber Of
tabulated statements regarding NOR.
tally and other vital statisticss which
will have special interest," tof eeeieai
men, a. we'll as Tor others who 9rt In
terestsd in the health seonditc,ss q
the state, -
These iAbulatious are bessd npca
the census Of 1895, which Gs4s fht
entire population Of thu state as
$50. The death rate for ths stets ezi
900 was 1L.6T Tia sverige dsekt
rate for the stats. based upon the7ak
seryations for nine years, beginning
with 1891 and ending with 1899, vas
10. SO per .,l,0S0 /, of the population.
showing the rate OF last year to have
been Z per cent above the average.
The birth rate for last year vss 1850
per ]. 900. as Rgainst the normal OF
1902, an excess of about 10 per cenk.
The Penisular and Occidental Steam
chip company, the name under which;
the sllied Plant and Flagler steamship.
properties will be operated, viii have
. feet OF eight vessels. The Steam
ships will carry freight and pas
sengers between Tampa, Key West
and Havana, Miami, Key West and
Havana and Miami and Nassau. The
new company will practically control
the carrying trade between Florida and
points in the West Indies, the division
in the past having been between the.
Plant aud Flagler interests, vhick
have now been consolidated.
The Ocala city council, at IN ad-
iourned nesting recently, cleared
up the monthly bills. and considered
the proposition OF the owners Of
the ocs:s Wster. Company to pus.
chase their plant for the city.
They ask $50, 900 for it, and il this
price il not satisfactory, they will
abide By the price 6xed by the arbi-
traitors, II less than SEQ, 600. The COM
munication wss referred 10 the COM
mittses. on water and streets, to asoef>
tain fret II the property owners want
the plant; secondly, II the company
will take CITY bonds, and thirdly, the
amount Of present receipts Of the com.
psny per year, and what shall be the
pay Of the srbitrabors, as the city will
have to pay these, whether they .pur.
chase or not.
Will Smith, negro, who was inn
plicated in the murder OF w. B.
Moore at Proctor's tnrpentihe camp
May IL, has been captured by Deputy
Sheriff Frank Sanders. All seven Of
the negroes who attacked Moore and
his partner, @. ]. Joiner, are nov in
Jail ct Pensacola. Smith was badly
wounded at the time, but was spirit.i
of By his friends. !
All the papers In Havana complain
bitterly of the reduction in the mail
service of the United States to three
times Q week. This 10 due - cessa-
tion OF contracts with the Miami line.
which expired June 30th. The postsi
authorities state that they ara endeay. I
oring to arrange q service with a Ina
from Mobile, bat ~ the fast boat takes
i've days from there il would provo.
very unsatisfactory. ~
Captain Howatt has been advised bv
Captain Maxwell Of the Eeaboard Ar
Line that the Florida Central and Pen.
insular railway has Joined the Florids
East Coast railway in agresina TO
transport certain companies Of tia
state troops to St. Augustine free.
This 10 all that stood in the xay Of the
Pensacola and Lake City companies
accepting the invitation extended them
70 join the encampment The Florida
central and Peninsulsr railway in
eludes the Orlando company IN il
free transportation agreement. and n |
= expected that the invitation win NOW
De accepted at once. The ds.a az ~
encampment has been fixed for univ |
IL, and will continue not less Thar |
eight nor more thaa ten days.
a Washington dispatch says: cs. |
diets fcF West Point have been an. |
pointed e follows: William q Fite
0artersyille, Ga; Carl 81. Jsrnsc.n