The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-17

special school dlStrltl on June llln'
At Norfolk Va, the Florida Phos'
phate Mining Corporation has been IN.
coiporalrd with $4,000 authorized
capital stock, 70 mine phosphate in
Florida.
The first train over the ApaachicoIa
Northern, which runs from Chatta'
hoochec 90 Apalachicola, was greeted
by over 200 citizens upon IT, arrival
at Apalalhicoa. This is Tine first rail
road ,yer built to Apalachola,
For resisting arrest, attempting to
draw "a revolver ard then making "A
movement rs if to use it, Robert llol-
burt a negro hackman, was shot ana
Killed. ut about l0;3O Thursday night
by Police Officer Albert Carroll Miami
Metropolis.
Gen. William H. Scbring will hc the
next mayor of jacksonville j, u.
Burbridge has announced that he would
not enter the second primary, and his
withdrawal leaves Gen, Sebring the Of
fetal candidate of the white voters
Of Jacksonville for the regular city
election to be held June IS.
An Atlantic Coast Line carpenter
named Henry James was struck 10y
fast train near Gainesville early Sunday
morning, sustaining injuries that are
expected to prove fatal. He was taken
to the Atlantic Coast Line hospital at
Waycross. A pathetic feature of the
accident is that James was 70 have
been married Sunday afternoon,
On the north end of Upper Mata.
combe Key a new town known as Isle
Morada has sprung into existence, says
the Miami News. 1t is an ideal spot
on the Key West extension, and has a
fine water front on the bay side. The
civil engineers engaged on the extension
took an interest in the location, pur-
chased the surrounding land and laid it
out into town lots,
Rev. c. 4. Jones, founder Of the Pres
byterian church in Kissimmee, died very
suddenly in that town on Saturday. He
and his family were preparing to go to
Barlow on the afternoon train to visit
his daughter, Mrs. Leon Hebb and had
all gotten ready and were sitting on the
front porch waiting for the conveyance
which was to carry them to the depot,
when Mr. Jones head was noticed to
suddenly fall forward, and after two or
three gasps he was dead.
1t is stated that as result of the re-
cent trip Of Mr.. Flagler and other
Florida East Coast railroad officials to
hey West, that the project to build
hotel on the barracks ground at that
place, has been abandoned and that the
new site will be chosen above the
~ cOnd Martelo tower, on South Beach,
for the erection of the hotel. This is
considered better and prettier site
for such structure than the barracks
grounds. Miami Metropolis.
The fine residence in the famous Fair
Oaks plantation, at Manatee, also a
large pdcKing house was destroyed by
FIRE Monday Afternoon. Loss, $40, 600,
insured '0r s. 600; cause of fire un-
known. It was started somewhere in
Che hammock that surrounds the place,
the Wrd was blowing almost a gale.
This was one OF the most extensive
country estate IN Florida and was
owned by Charles Il. Foster, at one
time treasurer of Florida during the
Replhhcan days.
Twelve prisoners confined in the Jail
at Inverness, effected their escape
Tuesday night by tearing up the sink
in the Jail. The sink was old and rusty
and by some means the prisoners Sc
cured a large pipe wrench, and it was
used as lever to pry the sink up. All
the prisoners escaped except one, and
he Was too large to go through the
opening made. One prisoner, as soon
as lie was ont Of Jail, went to Sheriff
Girahams residence and notified him
of the escape.
County Judge Stewart, of Manatee
county, has entreated the bond of
Claude L'Eng)e, editor of the Talla-
hassee Sun, VINO failed to appear for
trial on five indictments charging him
with criminally libeling John A. Graham
and dispatched Deputy Sheriff Young
to Tallahassee with capas to bring
L'Engle to Bradentown Immediately
for trial. L'Engle had presented an
affidavit to the Judge asserting chat as
he is State printer he could not leave
Tallahassee, but Judge Stewart ruled