The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-10

Iiot ape to tell whether there had been
ton. 0N d" lnVesusd-
me republicans of Marion county held
lheir county convention Saturday IN
Mitchell Han, Ocala W. A. Wilkinson
was chairman and II. c. Groves secretary
All nut three precincts we've rorrcs -,,,e5
* M"'1oi' county = entitled 10 six die
sates, twelve were named with a half
vote each. -'''4i
The Tampa Carnival is now assured
certain information which has not been
given to the public in detail vet has been
received which makes it safe to launch
thls prediction. This will be an occasion
On winch Tampa will make a spread and
exercise every effort possible to give all
VISITORS full week of pleasure.
Lake Worth News: More tourists are in
Florida at the present time than ever be-
lore al this time in the year. and every
tlaIh from outside our borders is loaded
~iln more II there is hotel in the state
mat does not do good business this winter
IL VIII be because it does not let the pub
Tic know the advantages it has to offer.
Capt. Walter NJ. Davis of Palaflxa is in
receipt of letter from his father. Con
gresham Robert w. Davis. in which he
states that the contract to deepen Orange
Mills flats has been let to z. Sanford Ross.
ana mat the work will be commenced
ABOUT the middle of February. The CON
tract provides that the work shall be com
pleted within a year
During the Republican Convention held
IN ternandina on Friday, there was evil
dence of trouble and a dissatisfied por~
q ln s,.l4
ed the following as delegates TO represent
the county at the state and congressiou-
al conventions State, ]. H. Stays, r. S.
Mitchell, L. Bengnet, NJ. j. Taylor and
Richard Wilkinson. Congressional the
same delegates. 1t is understood they will
! make fight to seat this delegation.
Last week there We're 21O cases of ci-
gars shipped from Tampa which, put into
figures, means 100000 cigars. The value
of these goods is far above the average
price. These 30 cases of cigars were
shipped from Tampa into twenty-six diff
ferent states of the union. In almost every
instance they We're shipped to jobbers who
will redistribute them, and by this time
there will be Tampa cigars of the "vint-
age" of 1900 scattered all over the Union
Among those who are trying the exper-
iment of building sheds over their orange
groves are Isaac A. Hopper, who lives
half way between Orlando and Winter
Park, and George Frost of Altamonte
Springs. Neither has undertaken to cover
his entire grove, but only a portion of it.
| They set the trees within the Enclosure
closer than in open culture. and will en-
deavor to dwarf them. believing that this
method will secure best results. The ex-
pertinent will be watched with much in
terest.
There was a serious shooting affair
which will result in the loss of life, Sun
day night at a house near the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular Railroad shops, in
Fernandina. young negro named jim
Edwards shot another colored man nam
ed Charles Savage. Savage was shot i'm
mediately between the eyes in the center
of his forehead, and may die at any mo-
ment. 1t is surprising that he has lived
so long, as a portion of his brains oOzed
from the wound. The shooting was the
result of an old quarrel.
1t is interesting to note that students
are beginning to come from the Philip
pine Islands to be educated in the United
States Ramon Martinez. who has just
entered Rollins College at Winter Park,
comes from a wealthy patricIan family in
Manila Before the war between Spain
and this country he had been sent TO Ma >
drid for a period to receive an orthodox
Spanish education. But this year his
father decided that the proper place to
send his boy was America, where he could
learn English and become Amerlcanized.
Partly on account of the Florida climate
and partly because of the advantages Of
fered by Rollins he was sent there The
Young man is, by the way of pure Span
ish stock. with no intermingling Of Taga
log blood, and is a handsome, well-bred
| person.
Tampa Herald: Saturday afternoon a
! colored man on Savarese's dock was found
i'll. and investigation led to the discovery
that the man was suffering from a we'll
DEVELOPED case of smallpox. The matter
was reported to Mayor Bowyer and steps
were at once taken TO remove the man to
the pest house, which was accomplished
in a short time. The man came here from
some other point, but which one cannot
he definitely determined at present. There
are little indications that there has been
much exposure TO this case. The colored
nopulation was very thoroughly vaccinat-
ed last spring and summer as well as the
white people, and this fact allays all dan
ger from the disease for there is but
Iittle here for it 10 feed upon. The case
has attracted scarcely any attention and
will amount to but little, judging from in
dications