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STATE NEWS
Hne department Of justice has tele-
yrsDhed the authorities at Fort Pierce
saize the British steamer Grayson
a.ny on charge of smuggling liquor
80 the United States through the
port Of Boston.
=. n M. Seymour, prominent ply
,...n If Bushnell was placed in jail
sss,dav as a result of coroner's jury
'saroa Of murder, Mrs. Beckett is
Ia a. an accessory and Mrs. Ida
warrington and her youngest daugh-
:, Irene are at liberty in bonds of
3 400 each In connection with the
suding of the body of an infant girl in
mill pond. ten miles from Bush
oell last Friday night.
r,orida Stands Eighth in Population
Florida was the only one of the
.outhern states east of the Missis-
einpi river which showed gain in
nonuIation through interstate migra-
t,on as indicated by the last census,
q statistics of the census bureau an
,ounced Monday show OF the 25
states which gained population
through interstate migration Florida
stood eighth.
Florida's gain from that source
was placed at 257,357, which total
was arrived at by the fact that there
are living in Florida S49,624 persons
horn in other states. while there are
e2249 native born Floridians living
in other states.
OF the states population, of $685.
40, native born Floridians numbered
56O,1O3 or SIS per cent; residents
born in other states numbered SAG, ,624,
or S6.1 per cent; the foreign born
numbered 53,S64, or 5.6 per cent, and
1879 persons were born in outlying
possessions of the United States, al
sea under the United States flag,
American citizens born abroad and
those whose birthplace was not re.
ported
Native born Floridians, as enum.
Grated in the last census, numbered
652,352, Of whom 92,249, or 14.1 per
cent, were living in other states.
The first signs of the approach of
the king fishing season are here. ac-
cording to Tampa fishermen. These
signs, they say. are the number of
minnows.
James William Warner, who died
at Miami last Tuesday was the SON.
in-law of the Rev. A. t. Clarke, of
West Palm Beach. He was one of the
South Florida pioneers, having home.
steaded piece of property in that
city west OF Rivera. He came there
from Atlanta, graduate of its high
school and of its business college.
Leesburg Is winning the name of
The Base Ball City,"
Rev. H. F. Harris, Methodist pastor
at Leesburg for several years, on
account of continued sickness has re-
signed in order that the work of the
ministry should go on.
Sir Thomas Upton, the English
sportsman. has written the secretary
'oI the Yalaha Yacht club that he will
give cup to be contested for an
nuaily in races staged by the various
yachting organizations centering about
Lake Harris and other lakes near
there.
-S SountJ ottC VI OuIutGT,
y % have paved streets.
Two women and two men were
crowned at two o'clock Saturday
morning when small closed car ran
through an open draw of a bridge
De'Ween Anastasia island and ST.
Augustine.
Iae president viii return to Wash
ington today.
4 Washington special says that a
Sasanup Of lawlessness conditions in
s'Oliua mas been promised by both the
'uS'lce department and prohi units
l'eyen men are being held in Jack
soasllle ten of them as witnesses as
sa0 result Of clash of rival factions
= resort in the Moncrief section of
ny ci1y Saturday night in which w.
: sonns, Is. received fatal wounds
son. '' - 'oe e'ei-