The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-03

The Greenyille Yellow Pine Company has been
oroon;zed and q tract of 10000 acres of timber
noSoht in Madison County A mill with capacity of
72 900 feet day, will be erected at Greenville
A leading industry of Lee County is the factory
If Caxambas for canning clam broth and chOwder
The weekly output is said to exceed 1000 dozen cans
of the product which is shipped to New York.
The Chautauqua at Gainesville opened March
and will continue until March Is. Among those who
will appear on the platform are Senator Dolliver
of Iowa and Captain Hobson OF Merrimac fame
The Sponge Exchange Bank has been organized
at Tarpon Springs with capital of $4,000. The
sponge industry at that place has reached such pro-
portions that banking house became necessity.
Chairman Burrows of the Senate Committee On
Privileges and Elections, has agreed with Senator
Snoot and his counsel to hear the evidence in retut
tai in the case of the Utah Senator, March &C.
Robert J. Collier on the stand in the hearing of
Colonel Mann, editor of Town Topics, for perjury,
swore that he was paying all costs of prosecution
and would willingly spend 100000 to convict him.
A society woman of st. Louis was fined $40 for
contempt Of court because she refused to answer the
question of a negro lawyer. She paid the fine, hut
insisted that she did not have to answer the niger
trackless trolley system is proposed to connect
Fort Meyers with Alva, the center of big orange
growing region the Caoosahatchee. The line will
be put in operation if the county will build hard
road.
Congressman Blackburn of the Eighth North Car
DINA district presented himself in court at Asheve
and released in 900 ball. his trial being set for
April next, on the charge of having taken fees in
airrn for hSc Offioio1 SuH1
The people of Starke now get their laundry work
done at home, the steam laundry being in opera
tion. The new ice plant with capacity of ten tons
daily is being constructed and citizens expect to be
supplied with ice before April l.
General Thomas j. Wood, senior surviving COM
handing officer of the Union army in the Civil War,
died in Dayton, Ohio, last Sunday. General Wood
was also veteran of the Mexican war, serving on
the staff of General Zachary Taylor.
Hon. j. G. Baisden of Live Oak has been appointed
to the vacancy in the State Board of Control. Mr..
Baisden is the third to receive the appointment since
the resignation of Hon. Nat Adams, Messrs. Sandlin
and Pope each declining the honor.
Professor Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian
Institute, and noted scientist, died at Aiken S. Co.
Tuesday. During his later years Professor Langley
had spent much time in attempting to perfect fly
ing machine, but his models proved unsuccessful
Industrial activity is the order of the day in Her.
nando County. Wood. working plants, development OF
phosphate mines and railroad building are among
the enterprises, and demand for carpenters and
other skilled, we'll unframed labor, is reported
Punta Gorda is to be added to the list of Florida
towns having its mandatory for sand-lime brick
and cement building blocks. The increasing price OF
lumber and the demand for cheaper building mate
rial offer the incentive for the plant which will be
established at once.
A board of trade has been organized at Lake
Butler, the business men of that town believing
that united action should be used to push the inter
ests OF the place plan for partial drainage of the
lake and identifying its borders is among contem
plated improvements
Mr. and Mrs W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr, were attacked
by a mob at Pontederce, Italy, boy having beer
run down by the Vanderbilt automobile Mr. Van
der6lt was rescued by the police after having beef