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Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

There are few bits Of news more
satisfactory than that the island Of
Dry Tortugas. with its mighty for
tress, has been transferred to the navy,
and and will henceforth serve as Q
fortified naval tase aud coaIing sta.
tion, remarks the New York Tribune
It il the 6rst such station ever pos
Sessed by the United States, and it is
Just where such q one is most needed.
It viii be veritable Gibraltar Of the
Gulf" for the protection Of our south
ern coast, the guardianship of our
Caribbean possessions and sentinel
ship over the eastern approaches to
the canal that is to be. We salute the
flag upon Fort Jeffersoni Long may
IL wave
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

A bicycle has been invented that is
Q model Of military usefulness. In ad-
dition to enabling the soldier wheel
man 10 cover ground quickly it affords
q temporary protection for two men in
case the diminishing party is sur
prised, and also q refuge for them in
the night and during bad weather. In
front Of the handIe-bars is fitted a
hardened plate OF nickel-steel, which
serves not only as Q means of defense
when the bicycle is thrown to the
ground, but q platform for carrying
equipments and rations while on the
march. A similar attachment Is
erected back ofthe saddle. On these
platforms outfits for two men can be
transported during military opera
tons; where roads are too bad for
wheeling The soldier will find it much
easier to push seventy-five or q hun
dred pounds OF baggage on q wheel
than to carry it on his back. During
an attack these shields furnish con-
siderable protection from ride-6re at
q fair range. When the bicycle in
fantry comes to halt for the night, an
ordinary tent may be rugged over the
machine, which is kept rigid by guy
ropes; this will give shelter for two
men. The rifles are carried under the
top bar Of the diamond frame.-Wom.
ans Home Companion.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08
Florida State News.


Call 20 Members II Good Reads CSaven-
ton Executive Committee.
To the several Boards OF County
Commissioners of Florida: The Or
lando Good Roads convention, on the
23d OF March, 1900, constituted an e1-
ecutive committee Of twelve persons,
consisting OF the chairmen Of the
boards of county commissioners OF the
counties Of Marion, Volusis, Brevsrd,
Lake, Polk, Lee, Hillsboro, Duval.
Leon, Escambia and Orange, and
elected me as chairman Of said COM
mittee.
The members OF this committee have
been called to meet in the pArlOr Of the
DuvAl Hotel at jacksonville. Fla,
june 18th 10 4 NJ, 70 enter upon the
dnties assigned to il, which 10 to pro-
mulgate Q call for q state convention
OF the county commissioners of the
several counties of the state. to meet
at such time and place IS SAID commit
tee shall determine. IN efficient sub
committee has been appointed and re-
quested to prepare . suitable call for
said state convention, TO submit to the
committee, and il is believed the i'm
mediate work of this committee can be
consummated in Q very short time.
and should Q sufficient number of
county commissioners of the state send
delegates to Jacksonville on the date
above stated toiustify the organization
Of . state convention of county COM
missioners, it can be done before leav-
ing Jacksonville.
The object of the convention 10 to
organize . state association under such
name and for such purposes as shall be
determined by said convention
1t is believed that the object 70 be
attained can be accomplished best by
cooperation of all the counties Of the
state; that while conditions may differ
In many respects in the several coun-
ties, the duties incumbent on the COM
missioners by law and local interest
are the same, and they have many COM
mon problems to solve.
The several boards Of county COM
missioners of the state are therefore
respectfully and earnestly requested
to send one or more Of their number
As delegates to county commission
ers' convention, to be held in Jackson
vile during the week of the state Dem
ocratic convention. 1t is believed that
q sufficient number of county commits
sioners will attend the State Demo
cratic convention to hold the aforesaid
convention.
1t is necessary that all delegates
bring credential from their respective
boards Of county commissioners.
81. W. LONG,
Chairman Executive Committee.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08
How to Save the Eyes.

Avoid reading in q dark room, IL.
the dusk Of evening, or by . poor
light. Avoid reading during sickness
and after measles, scarlet fever and
any exhausting disease. Avoid read
ing while lying down. This ia an I'M
natural position. strsining the eyes
and producing congestion. Avoid
reading in . stopped position, for this
interferes with the return circulation
and eongests the eye and the brain.
Avoid rubbing the eyes with the hand
or With . rough cloth. but rather
battle them in cold water twice day,
Avoid prolonged use Of the eyes for
near or hne work; rest the eyes by
looking At objects n . distance. Avoid
dazxiing lights and Sudden changes,
Ind newer use the eyeswhen every.
thing appears haSy 9nd the letters
blur. bat obtain saitsbie glasses.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

Next TO New York's 81, 600, 900
tunuel the biggest municipal under
taking now on the tapis is Philadel-
phia's scheme to fltrate its water sup
ply, for which the magnificent sum of
Sl2, 600. 900 has been appropriated aud
placed in the hands Of the mayor for
prompt work. No doubt it will be
worth the money il it accomplishes
the purpose aimed at, and relieves a
great and wealthy metropolis of the
perils that always go with impure
drinking water.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

The dealers In automobiles seem to
have overlooked q useful point in no
advertising more copiously the special
adaptability of their machines for
Sunday use. The great objection of
the more scrupulous Sabbath-keepers
to permitting folks to take their car
Tiages oct on Sunday has been that it
makes too much work for servants and
horses. This 10 fairly sound obiec-
tion, for the desire to make Sunday,
as fer as possible, o day Of rest for all
hands has . great deal to recommend
it But an automobile. especially the
sort that the owner himself guides,
need make hardly any Sunday work
in the stable. states E IS. Martin, In
Harpsr's Weekly. At . pinch IL can
even stard unwashsd until Monday
mornidg. Neither coachman NOR
groom 10 needed to take Il ont, or even
wait at home until It comes back. II
10 the ideal Sunday vehicle. heating
even the bicycle. since its use is neither
80 laborious As to impair due Sunday
rest nor incompatible with Sunday
clothes.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

The Samoans are rapidly becoming
mp to date. A dispatch states that in
. recent cricket match ct Savaii the
competing teams and their respective
admirers took offence at a decision OF
one Of the umpires and INDUCED in .
free for all fight, which resulted in
ten men being killed and the field
being covered with wounded. Just
how the umpire Jared the dispatch
does not state, but had the incident
occurred on q ball field here his name
would undoubtedly heal the list Of
casualties.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

President Harper Of Chicago univer-
sity, in recent address, has spoken
with great frankness about the pros
Pect OF careers for which college
courses are especially designed He
said the learned professions" are
now four in number, Pedagogy being
id led to Law, Medicine and Divinity.
He insisted that all .our OF them arc
now OVercroWded to the starvation
point
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

sit In The window together. He calls
In the afternoon and taxes them driv-
ing in the park and to Mount Vernon,
and he and Lilliard generally sit to.
gether and do most Of the talking,
and occasionally he takes them to a
eoneert- And every day Naomi feels
that the trial of her life is drawing
near.
But Why should she grudge IT?
She loves LiIliard. She lOves-alasl
Martin. She desires the happiness
OF both. Az for her. it only means
that her sky will grow . little grayer,
her life litas emptier; bat ss thirty.
she tells herSeh, one does not feel
the pain 90 keealy n at twenty.
One evening he calls. Lilliard Is
out and Naomi slone. He looks
strangely nervous-for him-for Col
quhoun il one of those broad minded,
healthy-souled men whose strong
masculine personality always seem 70
bring an invigorsting breeze into .
narrow, feminine household.
81 have called 70 tell you / shall
have TO say good-by." he said ab-
ruptly. 81 am going away on Monday"
"GOing svsy!" Naomi echoes
family.
yes, for four years. Ny business
requires me. And I have come to-
night to-to say something that means
. great deal 70 me-that all my future
happiness depends on, Miss Romer."
Naomi's heart 10 still The blow
il coming, then.
81 think I can guess what il is,
she says, wondering If her voice
sounds strange and unnatural. "Mr.
Colquhoun, l will do the most 1 can.
I desire your happiness IS much as
a. LiIIisrd's."
He seized her hands.
"Then-you ara willingf You have
lave thought Of it?" he asks, . lit
tie unstesdily.
81 have no right to be Snything
else,r sks snswers, smilingiy. 'Tf
Liliisrd 10 willing. that IL all you can
require"
He looks At her In bewildernent.
Idlliard1 I do not understand
Jon, Naomi. What has Lilliard to do
With iti Don't you understand, dear,
that love You % much-nay, more,
thossndfold n.ore-than everf Es-
omi, IL was not my fault that I have
been silent al these years; my letter
the last one-Was returned, marked
'Lst-no address, But I have never
ceased thinking Of you, and.now 1
want you a. my wife Naomi, Naomi,
after waiting all these years, am to
be disappointed at the last?"
"Oh, stOpI'' Naomi cries, . little
wildly. IL thought it was Lilliard
you cared for, not me-"
'LiIliardI" He grows holder then,
and, drawing her within his arms, lays
the sweet face against his breast.
why, LilliArd and I are very good
friends, but she knows the truth,
Naomi Ny darling, is that why You
have been so cold to me? Ihave some
times thought the past was dead to
you-dead and buried-You we're so
cold But il is not SO, Naomi? You
still love me, my sweetheart of long
agO7"
And Nsomi's answer, though too
low for any ears but his to hear, is
evidently heard by Martin Coiquhoun,
for he bends his head and then and
there triumphantly kisses her.-The
American Queen.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

Dine Of the natural euriosities Of
the Rbine-the Laufenberg falls to
70 be turned to commercial use by the
erection on it Of . turbine plant capa-
bic Of producing thirty thousand
horsepower at low water. Thus ms
terialism 10 taking the place Of senti-
ment in the show places of the Old
World as we'll ~ on this continent
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08


The following outline sketch of Mr..
Sparkman's career appears In the last
edition of the official Congressional
directory:
Stephen NJ SParkman, Democrat,
Of Tampa, was born July %, 1S49, in
fernando county, Florida; was edu-
Gated in the common schools of Flor.
ida, and taught school for about three
years. from the age OF eighteen to
twenty-one, for the purpose of assist
ing In his education, read law under
b. NJ. Mitchell. ex-governor of Fiori-
ds, and was admitted to practice il
October, 1872; notwithstanding his
duties in congress he is still engaged in
the practice Of Law in the various
courts OF the state; was state attorney
for the sixth Judicial circuit for nine
years, from 1873 to 1887; was a mem
Der OF the state and congressional
committees from 1890 to 1892, when
he was elected chairman; was rendered
the circuit iudgeship for the sixth ju-
diclai circuit Of Florida by Governor
Perry, in 1883, and the position of
associate justice on the supreme court
bench in 1891 by Governor Fleming.
both of which we're declined; WAS
elected to the fifty. fifth congress, and
reelected to the fi:ty.siIth congress.
receiving 3,5c6 votes, to 2, 573 for z.
Il. Gunby, Republican"
Mr. Sparkman was nominated by
reclamation few dsys ago for fourth
term During the convention he was
the guest of the people Of Tallahassee,
and vas provided with reception rooms
at the Leon hotel.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

Singing IL now recommended A. q
cure for disease. There are diseases
and diseases. And, naturally, there
- some singing and other singing
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

Two million tons Of sugar are con-
sumed annually in this country, while
the entire product last year from all
the sources under the control of the
United States, including cane, beet,
maple and sorghum. vas barely one
million tOna
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

Astroaonsrs are busIy searching
SSr sn0thsr world. And yet this one
seems to be more than people car
readily handIA
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

Capt G. 81. Johnson of Ocala ship
ped . car Of melono from Oxford on
Msy 31st, which was the first car to
leave the state. The melons we're very
fine, ranging from twenty to thirty
pounds each and will command the
highest price. Captain johnson has
purchased a great many melons at
Oxford, and will ship . car every day,
and later on, several per day, until all
sre shipped He xlso has eighty acres
in melons at OcalR, from which he will
ship q number OF cars. There are q
great many truckers in the county,
with large acreage in melons.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08
To KeIeIre supr~ne Court


An effort Ia icing made by some Of
the leading lawyers and most Promi-
nent business men of Florida to Sc
cure from the Democratic state con-
vention which will meet In Jackson
vile on June 18th some expression. in
the shape of Q demand or Q resolution
which will indues the next legislature
TO take steps locking 20 the improve
ment of the condition of the state su-
prene court q
Under the old reconstruction con-
stitution Of 1863, when the justices Of
the supreme court we're appointed for
life terms, and Len Who were perhaps
not the best 70 be found were placed
on that bench, the court got far behind
its docket Tho justices Who have
been members of this court since the
adoption of the constitution Of 1885
have been men Of excellent legal sbil-
ity and untiring industry, and while
they have exerted every effort to catch
up with the work, it has been m i'm
possible task, and the supreme court
is today from three to four years
behind its docket-it 10 now Just
reaching in regular order. considering
snd deciding civil cases which were
submitted to It four years ago.
The result is that while the declara-
ton Of rights in the constitution Of
Florida declares that justice shall be adj
ministered without delay. Jet the fact
is that there IL at this time, and has
been for years past, so great delay In
the final determination Of causes
in the courts OF this state that the
administration Of justice between in
dividuals in large classes of cases
has practically almost ceased.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08
A $500, 900 Fire In ram,n.

A FIRE entailing loss of probably
500, 600 started at IL O'Clock last Sat-
urdsy night in the main business sec.
ton OF Tampa The losses are esti-
mated as follows:
Cohen, Friedman & Co., stock $780,
900; insurance, $50, 900. Davis block.
loss $4,000; Insurance, $40, 600
Jackson block, Ioss $50, 900; insurance
unknown. J. L. M&irson, stock S25,-
QUO; insurance unknown. 1T. Vat
terlin, loss not yet assessed. Other
tenants. losses $25, 1000.
An Orlando correspondent writes.
The vet and dry election returns are
all in and the figures rs they now
stand show that the county has gone
dry by something like 81 votes"
George Barker has moved bis mill
and pulling maohiBe from Waldo to
Lochioosa. where hs has purchased q
lot OF cypress timber.
Stevens D Cauthsa are setting M
their single mill On the railroad be-
tween Waldo and Hampton. They
haye recently purchased quite q body
OF cypress timber in that section.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08
Tragedy at St. Marks.

About Z o'clock last Sunday night,
at St Marks, Hon. Taylor Bradford,
aged forty-One years, chairman of the
finance committee of Tallahassee city
council, was shot and killed almost
instantly by John A. Graham, q land
Spectator and 9 man of large affairs
whose home is in Savannah, Ga. Ora
ham owns q large sawmiIl and single
factory at ST. Marks.
For several months Bradford had
been acting under several different
and somewhat complicated contracts
as general manager Of the Graham st.
Marks properties. With the end of
May the mills closed down for the
season. and Sunday afternoon Brad
ford, Graham. Graham's brother and
another responsible employee, ATvah
Hopkins, met at st. Marks hotel to
settle up their accounts.
About dark Hopkins, apparently
satisfied with the conference, left.
leaving Bradford aud the Graham peo-
pie alone in the hotel. The only tes-
timony which can be obtained as to
what transacted after this comes from
Graham and his relatives. They say
Bradford claimed to be greatly dissat-
isfed with the proposed settlement,
became very angry and finally drawing
pistol, aimed first at Graham's
brother, then at John A. Graham,
swapping at each, but the pistol failed
to fire. Thereupon John Graham
grabbed a pistol from his brother-in-
laws pocket and fred FIVE times at
Bradford, three bullets taking effect
In his breast.
Graham says he then ran from the
room and Bradford followed in pursuit,
but upon reaching the hotel porch
Bradford fell over dead.
A coroner's inquest was held Mon
day and the above statement were
made to the jury by the Graham peo-
pie. No other evidence was sdduced
and after deliberation the jury return.
ed verdict OF justifable mansIsughter
and eIorerated Graham.
The killing produced o profound
sensation in Tallahassee, Brsdford's
home. Much dissatisfaction In ex.
pressed ct the turn the Investigation
has taken.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08
4 SWEETHEART OF tlAG ago.

lex, tick, tieki
Naomi, will yoa
stop that clockf 1
think it will drive
me ma. Ills With
IN the ranged the
probable. not tossy
the LUzsible, that I
shorld 90 on con-
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

Gainesville Rov owns her own gas
plant. Q deal having been consnm-
mated few days ago between Colonel
w W. Hampton, attorney for Mrs.
w. =. Goodwin, widow Of the late Mr..
W. 3: Goodwin, formerly owner Of the
gas plant, and the finance COMMITTEES
Of the city council. The consideration
was sls. GOO. and includes, besides the
plant two lots adjoining property on
which the plant IL located.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08

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The silver star., 1900-10-12

pacity of the waistband of his over.
alls, that Jim" Orman was the con-
trolling Spirit and that his hand was
always extended to help every honest
workingman. And he was ever after
ward Jim" to that man. He ia in
touch with human nature: he il in
touch with the working classes; he is
IN touch with Colorado. AS governor,
no man could have u more adequate
and complete conception of actual con-
ditions. Probably no other man in
the state has been In position to so
closely observe daily occurrences from
the point Of view Of both the capitalist
and the workingman. This experience
In common with rare executive capaci-
ty, will make Jim" Orman an ideal
governor. He knows Colorado; he
knows the people; that the people
know him will be demonstrated on No
ember 9Th, when every workingman
in the state will put his little "X" op-
posite the ticket headed by Jim" Or
man. our next governor.
The Pueblo Courier says that so far
the Republicans have been exceedingly
unfortunate in the selection of speak
ers that were sent to Pueblo. The
Wolcott-RoOsevelt combination was a
frost, and the speech this week made
by Senator Stewart was flat failure
from every point of view. Send along
a few more of that kind and the Bryan
majority will be increased.
The silver star., 1900-10-12
An Unvarnished Opinion of
Wolcott.
.olcott.

The gall of Edward o. wolo0tt is
monumental and supreme when he
asks the people of Colorado to send
him back to the Senate. He led them
into the fight for silver, and then.
when the battle began, deserted to the
enemy, selling his birthright for the
federal patronage of the state. When
he proclaimed from his seat in the Sen
ate that to repeal the Sherman silver
purchasing act would destroy Oolora-
do as Carthage of old was destroyed"
and that the state might as well be
plOwed up and sown with salt" he
warned the capital of the world 80
avoid us, and contributed more to our
trouble than the celebrated 'bIoody
bride" speech. His excuse is that
the silver cause has become hopeless
One of the leaders of the American
Revolution, while still believing that
the cause was right, abandoned 1t be-
cause he thought it was hopeless. His
name was Benedict Arnold. That
other cold blooded traitor is II. o. VOL
cott.-Carbondale Item.
The silver star., 1900-10-12
FROM THE STATE PAPERS.
Drift of Public Sentiment.


state ticket with F. G. Goudy for
governor and A. NJ. Stevenson as its
sponsor has a distinct smell Of the
Seventh General Thieving Assembly
about tide Beque Bugle.
II Mckinley gets buck, every foot of
free range in the western country will
be sold to the beef trust In eighteen
months. 1t will be appraised by local
land office registers and stolen from the
people. Guess the farmers of the West
will sleep tins election.-Eagle County
Times.
The poll Of Arapahoe county shows
such an overwhelming fusion majority
Impatiently awaiting the opportunity
to give the Wolcott crowd final
thrashing that it would be useless
waste Of effort to attempt to add a sin
single fraudulent vote to the number, If
the fusionists were SO inclined, as the
virtuous opposition Colorado
Democrat.
Frank Goudy, the Republican nom
y
yer. 1t was Mr.. Goudy who Insulted
every f0reign-born citizen by his vim
dictlve remarks at the Wheeler Opera
house in 1892. He practically said that
all foreigners who did not like the man.
ner in which the Republicans ran the
state government should leave the
country. How many Of you will kiss
the hand that smItes youf-Aspen Dem.
ocrat.
The Homestead strike OF 1892 de-
feated Harrison at the heels Of yeai
Of exceptional prosperity In exports
What effect win the strike OF the coa
miners have upon the present can
paign. with its "full dinner pail" clap
trap7 II party claims credit for the
crops It may Justly be charged with
situations (which mock the hopes oi
toll" with policies which exalt the dol
lar and debase the man.-Denver News
Every man and woman In Colorado
who II at all acquainted with Mr.. J. B
Orman knows him to be plain every
Il
his education chieny In the hard schoo
Of experience; ~ q railroad builder hs
has been eminently successful. and q
q citisen he 10 clean and honest. Al
Governor Adams suggests. II II . bus
iness administrition that Colorado
wants at this time. and this Mr.. Ormar
will givs the people.-Florence Refiner
The Trades Assembly Of Pueblo, at
. regular meeting ON Wednesday even
Ing Of this week. adopted ringing reso
lutions endorsing p. O. Coates for lieu
tenant governor. Trades assemblies oi
ethse citiss and towns will doubtless
aAept slmilar resolutions, which win b
sntiFsly right and proper. Candidate
Ooates has been an ardent worker n
Labor circles In the state Zoe years. and
~ should b endorsed By all laborina
men and unions everywhers. Florence
Refiner.
Il 10 noticeable that mono Of the Re
| publican organs which denounce ca
lamity bowling 20 vigorously have re
proved Senator Wolcott for his foollst
and lying calamity speech at the Re
publican state convention. In order tt
make a little capital for his party hs
gave out TO the world the statement
that Colorado warrants were worth
only 80 cents on the dollar and that thu
state wns hopeiessly involved. Even II
such deplorable conditions existed |,