The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-08

filling the larger hotels to the Overlooking
mark.
Key West Inter Ocean: Capt Cosgrove
OF the Laurel came very near being killed
by falling cocoanut this morning while
walking on Whitehead STREET. on com
planning TO The owner of the premises he
was met with the remark, We'll. no one
has been killed yet"
R. L. Morgan and Mr.. Cartren of Elgin,
Ill, have purchased aboNt $50 acres of
land northwest of Pensacola, in Escauhia
county, and will Immediately begin the
cultivation of sugar cane with a view of
making syrup Mr. Morgan is in Pensa-
cola yet but Mr.. Cartrel has gone to
Chicago and other points 10 purchase the
necessary machinery. The land acquired
for the cultivation of the cane is Wei
adapted 70 such use. and a profitable in
dustry may be confidently looked for.
c. C. Geary, one of the men accused of
the murder of the Roberts family near
Jacksonville on Feb. y, was on Tuesday
released from Jail, because of no evidence
whatsoever being obtained that implicated
MN with the awful crime The officers
several days ago came to the conclusion
that Geary was innocent but they deemed
it advisable to hold him pending a Ger
cluded and this investigation established
his innocence beyond doubt.
Geneva Bell, a negroes of unsavory re
pute was stabbed Monday in Jacksonville
in q dispute over a game of cards The
weapon was a broken caseknife which
had been ground until it was almost as
sharp as a razor. The knife was driven
into her breast between the ribs, barely
escaping the heart and penetrating the
lung. The negro who committed the deed
was Benjamin Mack. He disappeared as
soon as he saw what he had done, and has
not been seen since. II is believed that
the woman will die, as she appears 10 be
in critical condition.
Hon. Perry G. Wall, one of Tampas
most prominent citizens, was stricken with
sudden illness while attending 10 business
affairs Monday morning, and had to be
taken to his home. A conference of physi-
clans was hastily summoned and after
investigation. they pronounced the attack
a very violent one of appendicitis. The
physicians pronounced the condition Of
Mr.. Wall extremely critical They had
been in attendance at his bedside ell day,
and all efforts to relieve the sufferings of
the patient proceed unavailing. He grew
worse in spite of all that could be done.
There is strike on among the logmen
in the Ferry Pass region, a few miles from
Pensacola. and as a result thereof all
timber intended for export through PEN
sacola is tied up pending a settlement of
the trouble. The affair is felt in this
city. Some Of the shippers now have sew
eral steamships there on time charter
and more will arrive the present week
From what can be learned the tie-up is a
sympathetic one, the grievance being that
Simpson & Co, at Bagdad, are working
non-union men, and their product is be-
ing loaded on ships in this harbor The
number of men involved is nearly 900.
One of the largest Investments ever
made in South Florida has just been con-
summated and the result will be an in
calculable gain to the citizenship and
prosperity of Manatee county Mr. ]. H.
Lord of New York city is at the head and
front of this new enterprise, which has
been duly organized under the name of
The Venice Company" The name Venice
comes from the cite of the new company's
operations, which will be at that beauteous
spot in Manatee county, distinguished by
this appellaton. The Venice Company has
purchased 10000 acres of land at Venice
All this vast domain will be set out in fruit
trees. At first. 200 acres are to be devot-
ted to orange trees. Later grape fruit
and other standard fruits OF that section
are TO be added Mr. Lord Is not a new
Floridian. AT the outset of his career he
practiced law al Orlando. thence remov-
ing to the North. His taste being for out
door life, however, he retired from his
legal practice and engaged extensively in
agriculture, along special lines.