The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-04-10
STATE NEWS.

Wilmans-Post is not there.
Rev. William Fremont Blackman
Phi. D., has been installed president
of Rollins College, Winter Park, il
place of Geo M. Ward, D. D., retired
L. l.. Meigs of Orange Springs is
doing big turpentine business. He
has recently put in telephone line
connecting his office with his store
at Fort Brooke.
Capt. Benz. NJ. Burroughs of Talla-
hassee is dead. He was a cOnfeder-
ate veteran and pioneer railroad
man of Florida known in all part of
the state.
The report of the state treasurer
shows q total balance of 81 ,l35, 1929, ,2f
in the various state funds. OF this
amount $692,946 is in the Indian Wal
Claim fund.
DR.. s. Stringer a prominent physi-
clan Of Brooksville, and brOther-in-
law of Judge J. b. Wall of Tampa, is
dead. DR.. Stringer was one of the
best known men in the state.
The Kissimmee Gazette has been
changed to an S-page paper. Editor
Pound is making valuable improve
ments all along the line. He is n
sure-thing newspaper man, you
know.
George Russell and w. f. FosnOt
are joint owners of row boat on
Lake Weir. They quarreled Sunday
and Russell knocked FOsnot, who is
a one-legged man, overheard. Fos-
not's son then took a hand and cut
Russell severely. WhynOt.
Congressman Davis addressed a
reunion of Confederate veterans at
Lake Butler last Saturday. He ad-
vocated more liberal pensions for the
old soldiers. The old veterans made
frequent reference to their desire to
see Mr.. Davis the next governor of
Florida.
Co-education has received another
blow. Miss Emily Boyer Il student
at Rollins college, Winter Park, has
eloped with a Mr.. Bonfield of New
York. Her education is finished.
Nothing has been heard of the
since they slOped last week
Friday.
The Volusia County Record is au-
thority for the report that Y stu
dents left Stetson university last
week on account of the scandal and
poisonous moral atmosphere which
surrounds them. Kent
Hall is empty of studends and u pri-
vate family has moved in.
Gov. Jennings message to the leg
islature is long one and mas many
valuable suggestions. His sugges-
tiGn that the balance in the Indian
War Claims Fund be used to pay the
bonded Indebtedness of the state is
not the least valuable. Get out of
debt is a good motto for the state as
well as the individual.
The Southern Beef company of Ft.
Meade and Boston has been organ
lied. The company will raise beef
in Florida OF velvet beans and cassa-
va and ship it to Boston in the hope
that because the stuff was fattened
on beans (and velvet ones at that)
that it will be well received. The
has 1000 acres of good,
we'll watered land near Ft. Meads.
The Foster kaolin works at Orange
Springs have had an active and sue
oessful seasons operation. They
are equipped with the most modern
and improved machinery for the
of their product. They
have railroad under construction
rom their works to Fort Brooke, on
he Ocklawaha river, where they can
secure favorable water transporta-
ion rates.
C. f. Vincent, Paul Lelane and
Sidney and Edward Aveilhe, promi-
lent young men of Tampa went down
Tampa Bay last Saturday night in
sail boat for the purpose of ENJOYING
I Sunday fishing picnic. The sail
BOAT was capsized and the boys spent
hours in the water clinging to the
,apsized boat before they were res
,ued. Vincent is dead from the eX-
)osure. The water was cold.
The following are the officers of
ihe state senate. President, Frank
ADAMS; president protein; G. A.
Carson; Secretary, i. J. Appleyard;
assistant secretary, l.. l.. Ramsey;
)iIl secretary, Fred L. Robertson;
secretary, G. B. Robinson;
assistant, John r. Wills; engrosing
secretary, Benz. L. Blackburn; en-
'olling clerk, John J. Byrne; record
ng secretary, John w. Cannon; jan
tor, o. R. I{irchof; doorkeeper, T.
\. Morgan; Chaplain, Rev. E. II.
sergeant-at-arms, Geo
messenger, I. V. McGas-
kill: pages, Ray Neel, II. f. Mccall,
r., and Peeler Stevens. In the
House the following We're selected:
Speaker, Cromwell Gibbons; chief
.lerk, DR.. Vim. F Bynum; assistant,
John G. Keller; bill clerk, Geo B.
reading clerk, n. w.
assistant, w. E. Leitner;
,ngrossing clerk, A. S. York; enroll
ny clerk, r. E. Dickenson; record
ng clerk, John d. Trammel; ser
Capt. f. P. Rice;
H. NJ. Wharton; chap
ain, Rev. f. w. Cramer; doOrkeep-
er, Jesse Summer; pages, Harry
Tanning, Lyman Helvington, Willie
Johnson, and George B. Ames.
The Key West Inter-Ocear is au-
ihority for the following story: A
gang of men employed in cleaning
and for the government at Key
West discovered a cave, the en-
rance to which was covered by a
arge flat stone. With lanterns they
entered the cave and "what they
saw chilled the very marrow of their
bones and made their hair stand on
end. About the further end OF the
ave, which was about twenty feet
square, stood table with n common
wooden chair alongside. What hOr-
'ifled them, however, was the body
If a man, petrified, sitting on the
chair and his head resting on his
lrm. A heavy iron chain, riveted to
IN iron band around his waist, was
astened to an iron ring in the wall.
Two kegs containing gold coins were