The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-18
QUIET
 SINCE ELECTION Fleet is Still the Center of
 Attraction JIM CROW LAW COMES UP Important Measures Are Pending Be- fore the Florida Legislature. Naval Wedding Is Soon to
 Be SolemnIzed.

Pensacola, Fla, April 17.-(special)- Since the primary everything has been quiet in politics, at least on the surface but there is every reason to believe that tho independents intend to spring sur prise on the regulars. The result of the primary astonished even its warmest ad- vocates. While every one believed MT. Bliss was a strong candidate, not even his best friends hoped he would land with such a fiattering majority.
 MT. Reilly after his defeat con- graduated MT. Bliss very gracefully and pledge his hearty support, and no one doubts Frank Reilly's sincerity. William G. Daily was nominated treasurer, de- feating w. K. Hyer. J. T. Whiting had no opposition for tax collector. The pres ent collector, presuming, doubtless on his popularity, as evidenced by his oft re- peated election to the office, declined to go into the primary, and thus, in the. opinion of many, signed his own political death warrant. MT. Shine and the inde- pendent ticket are backed, it is current ly reported by the Pensacola Water com pany. In the event of the defeat of tlat ticket the water company has rough passage ahead.
 Four years ago the legislature passed a bond bill for acquiring a waterworks, lighting plant, and street improvement. Through some flaw in the bill, the bonds were never foated, and nothing could be done. The present session of the legisla- ture will in a very short time, pass a bond ordinance, amended and supervised
 by Senator Blount, than whom an abler
 lawyer, more patriotic citizen does not live Then will come the question Of buying the waterworns plans or erecting a new one; also of taking over the gas
 works and electric lighting plants, or building With Bliss as mayor and the board of aldermen as nominated, Pensa- cola stands in no danger of acquiring
 wornout and dilapidated concerns, hence the leaning of the corporations to MT. Shine.
 Jim Crow Bill is Up.
 Another bill before the present session
 of the legislature that is of vital inter est to the white citizens of Pensacola Is Mir Averys requiring the separation of
 white and negro passengers on the street cars
 Four years ago 8 similar bill was intro- dueed by MT Hilliard. and would have become low, but for the fact that MT.
 Northup, the president of the street rail- way company, the leader of the black republicans and the present postmaster, got up a petition signed nearly alto gether by negroes, protesting against the measure, urging against it that 1t would | cause a great loss to the company. Rep resentative TIilliard withdrew the bill. | Now. the same. or similar. tactics seem to l have been brought to bear. The bill, after | having a day set for It's final reading was 1aid over But MT. Avery Is young man | of different metal to his predecessor, and | he will not withdraw this bill One of | t..e greatest sources of modification to | the public-s spirited Pensacolian Is to be | forced to listen to the complaints and
 sneers of visitors about the conditions Of travel on the streets of Pensacola know | ing as they do, that fin no other city do
 the same dsagreeable eonditions obtain Fleet Is Center of Attraction. The naval fleet is an ornament and
 source of attraction In the bay, and it's
 officers and men are still the center of
 attraction During Lent of course, so- | eiety can do little in demonstration. But | after Easter the Vesuvian forces will | have vent, even if the top is blown off | The first event is a naval wedding, with Ensign Raymond Stedman Reyes and
 Miss Maud Fernald as principals. The prospective bride is the granddaughter of | Capt. William Hays, one of Pensacola s 1 foremost citizens The wedding will be
 in Christ church Easter Monday evening" | and will be followed by large recep- | tion at the home of the brides mother
 and grandfather.
 l Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, lord high admiral of the British navy, ar | rived in Pensacola a few days since to | be the guest of Colonel Thompson. U. s. A.. retired on the iatter's house boat, | the Everglades. Owing to continued rough weather the Everglades did not | come to Pensacola, so the two gentle-
 men were the guests for a short time l of Captain Cowles of the batteship Mis- souri, Lord Beresford sailed on the tor pedo boat destroyer Whipple Sunday aft ernoon for a visit to Tampa.
 Grand Jury Adjourns. | The grand jury adjourns on Saturday. | having devoted the greater part of the
 sitting to Investigating. though without success. the murder of Travis Johnson
 This murder is still an unexplained mys-
 tery. Taking place as 1t did only two | days after Christmas in gambling | house on the second floor of a building
 on the busiest street of the city. in the
 busiest hour of the day, the murderer | nearly severing the head from the body. | and escaping with more than a thousand silver dollars, removing the implement
 of murder, and leaving absolutely no
 trace or clue behind, is enough to cast a doubt on the intelligence of the officers
 of the law But both city and county
 officials used every effort. strained every
 nerve, and still the murdero' is at large | Mir. Julius Daniels, son of Abe Dan
 iels who is local car. mist of no mean order has seslred a po sition with l the art department If the Birmingham l News and will make the Magic City his | future home.
 An effort is being made to reorganize
 one or both the local militia companies
 Some time since. owing to non-attendance
 at drills and general lack of interest on
 the part of the members. the adjutant
 general disbapded both the Escambia
 rifles and the Chipley light infantry. The 1 Pensacola battery met the same fate for | the same cause several months previous
 Now that the county is without a mili- l tary organization the need of one Is l felt.
 1 1ne members of the local chapter Unit I ed Daughters of the Confederacy are
 making preparations to entertain the
 state convention to be held May 4-5-6 A
 very attractive programme of entertain
 ment is being prepared.
 R. C. Henzler, a bluejacket from the
 Minneapolis, was arrested on the charge | of robbing a negro girl of a sum of
 money. He was given a preliminary hear | ing before Justice Landrum and held to
 await the action of the grand jury. That
 body found a true bill against him, and
 he will await trial in the criminal court. Fishing is Excellent.