The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-15

house of Pensacola of any Importance will
be represented.
Congressman Sparkman has invited Ad-
miral and Mrs. Dewey to be the guest of
Tampa during Carnival week A letter
was received from the congressman Mon
day stating that the invitation had been
presented and was under advisement. The
invitation will be pressed, and there
seems to be little doubt of Dewey's com
ing. Application has been made for
warship to take part in the marine parade
upon the arrival Of the King on the open
ing night, and this will be granted,
Mr.. A. r.. Gladwin, one of the most
successful fishermen who spent the Win
ters at Miami, caught peculiar fish on
Saturday, and among all the wise ones
in fish lore none had ever seen anything
like it. The fish was about three feet in
length, covered with clear white scales
from the tip of its nose to its tail A wide
sail-like fin adorned its back, from head
to tail. From its mouth projected two
long hooked fangs Its body was a little
flattened. and not more than three inches
in diameter in the thickest place.
AS soon as Ocalians read that William
Jennings Bryan would visit Jacksonville
and Tampa in a week or So Gen. Bullock
+. f. Harris and Mr.. Fushel began agi-
tatlng the question of getting the distin-
guished citizen TO visit Ocala. So a citi-
zens meeting was called Monday after
noon to take action in the matter. Gen
Bullock was made chairman, and c. l.
Bittinger secretary. The chair appointed
f. e. Harris. r. l.. Anderson, Mr.. Fushel
e. 2. Thogard, j. M. Borco, to which
was added Gen. Bullock and d. S. VIII
liams, committee to urge Mr.. Bryan 10
come TO Ocala.
Quite an Interesting reunion between
three old schoolmates took place at Pen
sacola last week. The gentlemen referred
to were Maj. 1. H. Ca1ef, recently from
Fort Mcpherson, but now in command of
Fort Barrancas; Judge Oliver j. Semmes,
a prominent lawyer of Mobile, and Gen.
5. A. Moreno of the local customs service.
They were class mates at West Point
prior to the breaking out of the Civil War,
and had not seen each other for thirty
nine years. One was in the Union army,
but at the meeting a few days ago, this
fact was not allowed 10 mar the great
pleasure Of the occasion.
Palatka Advertiser: Nothing in the way
OF a gubernatorial still hunt has ever oc-
Cured in the history of Florida politics
to compare with the preliminary campaign
now being made by the four prominent
citizens each of whom desire to become
Governor. The canvass is quiet but thor
ough, friendly but sharp and decisive
Each of the candidates is already sure of
the delegations of his own county. What
the other counties will do can only be
known when the ballottiug begins in the
convention. The race viii most likely mar
row down on the first ballot to Beggs and
Mays with the chances in favor of the
former. Whatever may he the final re-
suit, the character of the several aspir-
ants insure the same good humor through
out the contest that it was begun with.
j. E. Mccarthy, sawyer at the mill of
w. B. Wright & Co., was shot at Pensa-
cola Sunday night by his friend
Frank Harrison, and died at
o'clock - Monday morning. Mccarthy
was drinking He demanded money
from his wife. She refus9l to give
il TO him. He slapped her and used loud
abusive language. Harrison, who lives
nearby, hearing the disturbance, went 70
McCarthy's house as a peacemaker. Nc
earthly raised a chair and ordered him to
leave. Not wishing row, Harrison re-
turned to his own home. Soon Mrs. Nc
Carthy went to Harrisons house and ap
pealed to him to protect her from her hus-
bands brutality Mccarthy, armed with
a gun, followed, and forced his way into
the house. He was approaching Harrison
IN a threatening manner WIN the gun
and Harrison drew his revolver and shot
him. The bullet entered the left temple,
penetrating the brain. A coroners inquest
was held, and the jury brought in a YER
dict of justifiable homicide
The average Tampa street gamin is not
behind in anything 1t is due to some of
them that Florida has recently had bull
fight, or the nearest thing u it that ever
happened. Ben Moody has an oyster cam
ming concern on his place near the mouth
of the Little Manitee river He employs
a number of boys in the work down there
and gets them from Tampa The report
comes that a few days ago, in fact on
recent Sunday, these boys went out 10
have a good time, and the result was an
improvised bull-fight. Two cows running
on the range were selected for the base
OF the fight and the boys, armed with
long palmetto stems which they had
sharpened. went at their deadly work.
Two COWS were killed in the affray. These
boys had never seen a bull fight, but they
knew how to go at It. and they made
great demonstration. The boys have been
brought back TO Tampa and turned loose,
as they were a little TOP savage to suit
the community in which they were work
ing.