The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-01-21

Tampa's cigar output for 1909 shows
AN increase of $500, 600 over the proceed.
ing year,
over 3, 25O, 900 feet of lumber were
shipped through Tampa during the
month Of December.
William Randolph Hearst is among
the latest purchasers of farming lands
IN the section Of the Everglades which
the State is draining
Many Jacksonville citizens are now
fayoring million dollar bond issue for
park purposes and especially for the
rchasc of 1000 acres of new public
parks.
The Pensacola Evening News says:
"Thc completion of the San Carlos
Hotel. Feb. list, 1910, at a cost of over
$500. OOn, will make Pensacola one of the
most favored winter tourist resorts in
the South. y
The Florida Educational Association
meets next year at Pensacola. An effort
is being made by Superintendent Cook
of EScambia county to induce the South
ern Educational Association to meet in
that city at the same time.
The tourist hotels in st. Augustine are
all doing an excellent business and all
of the managers and proprietorS report
patronage far in excess of previous
years, with reservations ahead which
indicate an early and busy season.
After hearing lasting two days,
John and Fred Braddock, brothers,
were on Wednesday held for trial on
the charge of numbering Jefferson Fos-
ter, Jr.. cousin, on New Years day.
Foster was shot in the back from am
bush near st. Augustine,
The first criminal case ever to be tried
in Palm Beach county was concluded
Thursday afternoon, when the jury
brought in IA verdict of guilty against
q Gorge Fields, negro, charged with
murder in the first degree. The crime
for which Fields was tried was the kill
ing of A. l.. Savage, IA white man.
X. II. Owens, the murderer of X. l..
Smith, at .Jonesvile, in Alachua county,
two years ago, was hanged in the
Alachua county Jail last Friday. He
was the first white man ever hanged in
Alachta county. He spoke on the scat
fold for thirty minutes, and protested
that his act was in self defense. In
his confession he tells of the murder of
l7year old girl in Louisiana, which
he co mmitted several years ago.
Much excitement is being caused in
Pens acola by wild woman who it is said
is frequently found in Canoe creek
swamp. near that city. Several citizens
have seen her, and on last Sunday one
man chas her for over a mile, when
She disappeared in the dense portion of
the swamp The woman, it is declared,
is almost nude of clothing, with mass
of tai gled hair, and is of a very sallow
complexion. SO great is the excite
ment that many of the farmers in the
vicinity of the big swamp sleep but lit
tie, fearing the wild woman.
Harry F. Whitney, of New Haven,
Conn, one Of the most famous hunters
in the country and H. H. Benedict, Jr.,
also of New Haven, are two of party
who arrived Saturday at the Leon
Hotel, to remain for a season Of hunt
ing and fishing in that section of Florida.
They will he joined in a few DAYS by
MeSSrS. Sage and Carnegie the latter
nephew Of Andrew Carnegie. They
are all exceedingly interesting visitors.
and the fact that they have chosen
Tallahassee as the rendezvous for their
winters hunting speaks well for the
advantages that that section holds out
for the sportsman and tourist. Mr..
Whitney has become quite well known
all over the country through his close
connection with Commodore Peary in
his Arctic explorations and his testimo.
mails in behalf of Peary IS claims as dis.
coNcrcr Of the North Pole. Florida.
An explosion Of gasoline tank in the