Tampa Bay Times from St. Petersburg, Florida • 1

KINKKSXTJl YKAU XO. 27. ST FLORIDA, SATURDAY MAY 4, ll.fiO l'KK YKAK. COMMENCEMENT DAY OF THE PHILIPPINES FIRE! Professional Cards. fjlt.

J. L. TAYLOR, W'vlcea to the people of bt. Petersburg and vicinity. Office in IloUhouier A Co'a Drug Store, St.

Pctebsbi'mu, Yik, Your Attention I called to tho fact that J. C. William's Dry Goods Department is now ready to ahow the peeple of St. Petersburg the largest, Latest and most Complete Line of Spring and Summer Dress Goods, That ha ever bf en ollered to the publie in thia city. Such as Silk Shirt Waist Patterns, Wash Silks of all colors, Silk Faulardu, Silk Tisue.

Faulard Soie, Mercerized Soie, Lipton Demity, Figured Good of all kinds as well as a fine lino of Percales, Prints and White Goods. Uigline of Callicoes Percales 10 and 12 l-2c, Yard Wide Wenching 7 and iOe. Unbleached Tw, 7c and 10c. Draperies, Scrims, Crash, Duck and Covert PJUACfUHNU PHYSICIAN. Residence corner 3rd itreet and 5th Oltice at residence.

Phoua 1. jp M. SIMON'TOX, ATTORNEY. Will practice in the State, Circuit and I' Jilted Hlatei Court, Tamta, Klohida. J4 Q.

GILMER, M.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offer hi professional services, to the citiiens of St. Petersburg. Kesi- dence at lioxie Cottage. H. MYERS, ATTORSEY AT LAW, fix.

Pktkksbi-mo, Florida full Line cf 6entc' umiobinga 3U3t Received It will doubtleaa to your interest to cull and see our stock before purchasing elsewhere. The Millinarv i also well equipjwnl wtth the Latent Styles of Hats and Trimming C. WILLIAMS, Cor. Gth Ave. and 2nd St.

St. Petersburg, Fla. JACKSONVILLE DEVASTATED By One Most Terrible Conflagrations Ever Known $7ooooooLoss The greatest conflagration that per haps ever visited the South dev anted Jacksonville last night. Territory cover ngover twenty acres, including hun dreds of business buildings am! homes being entirely wiped out. The St.

James, Winsdor, Duval and Jerard hotels went. Every bank in the city except the State of Jacksonville waa destroyed- Senator Taliaferro's' residence- was among tbe hundioda wiped out by flame. A hst es tniate puts the loss at the terrific figure of 17.000,000,000, fecial ii utttt from Tuiupa, Msvannih ami etswhere rushed assistance quick' ly nit possible. The big Aieprof Gard urr buihling cheeked th Hums and tbey were toon under coutio'. CAPITAL FOR ST.

PETERSBURG. Ijirge undertakings sometimes mow lowly, and just when the electric rail way to connect St. Petersburg and the sub-peninsula with Tampa is likely to be built, The Times cannot say but that its promoters are men of the capacity and capital necessary to push it through to. a- consummation-may be again evidenced from the following por tions of New York dispatch of the 23rd to the Cincinnati Enquirer: "John P. Martin, of Xenia.O., ex- member of the Ohio Stale Uasrd of Publie Works, and a well-known street railway builder, was at the Waldorf-Astoria bo-day.

Mr. Martin came to New York Ola roint Uomiort. ue put in the day conferring with promt neat New York Republican state politician and capitalists. Included in the conference also were several Chicago men, who count their wealth up in the millions. The conference was held at the Waldorf-Astoria, where most all great financial deals are now conducted.

This evening it whs being said among the financial push that throngs that hotel that the conference had to do with the investment of vast sums of money in the construction of street railways in the Empire State. PR. TIIOS. E. JAMES, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Sr.

PiTiaaacro, Fla. Office at hi residence on Second itreet. I. Groceries. THE FIRST Of 01R CITY HIGH SCHOOL ted Letter Dey for Teacher, Pwprlt i rtrs of St PeteraWf ffigh School.

A red letter day, Indeed, was yester day for tH. Petersburg school. The closing exercises of the year's work have always been of much interest, but a specially great one attached this year in the first aamial commencement exercises of the high school curse. To Miss Annie. Bradshaw belongs the distinction of being the first pupil to finish this an honor that will remain to in crease in importance in her memory during future years.

At the hour yesterday afternoon the Assembly Hall wsis c-rbwdtHl to' overflowing with" p.R.trt friends pupils and school. The room! wa. rastefnily-deenratcd and careful preparation had been made by the earnest and tireless teacher for a sue-' occasion. 1 The program opened with an overture "The. by the school or-i chestra, followed by the song, "Every Day Hath its Troubles," by the girls chorus class.

Prayer was offered ly Rev. W. W. Powell, then the serenade, "Love's by the orchestra, after which followed an earnest, eloquent ar.d impressive class address, "Tb School ami the Community" by Rev. J.

P. Ilojt. Miss Donna Heard and Mr. Chambers rendered a io duet, "Man-dolina." Cricket's Song" by Jhe ehorurf class, and then came the prihei-paevMtof the program, the essay of the grnduate, Miss Annie Bradshaw, which was listened to with admiring interest by the large assemblage of schoolmates and frinds. Prof.

Guisin-ger presented her witli the first diploma issued from the St. Petersburg high schoof, with brief and appropriate remarks. County Superintendent Graham who was among the visitors, was culls'! cponh Prof. Gaisinger nd re spnnded with a brief but eloquent address, after which the exercises were closed with "Postman's by the orchestra. iiradshaw's essay follows in The Morfara Pubfic School.

Haifa century ago in some parts of of those who could afford it sent their children to private schools. But there was a reason fct this difavor with which it wes regarded. These schools were of ton presided over by very incompetent teachprs who besides having very little knowledge often stern and cruel, and seemed to tl.e delight in inflicting sew-re punishments. This forms a striking contrast to the modern school, where the teachers art kind and the lessons are made as pleasant and interesting as possible. ine puonc scnofus nave Kept pace with the great progress made along other lines in the last fifty years, so that now at the beginning of a new century some of the finest schools in the United States are public institutions.

nd now thrt thoy arp adding manual training departments the boys I and girls wno graduate from our school i when questioned concerning their ac-J complishments can give an answer! quite different from that given by a) certain girl graduate somv time ago i -h, I know nlm made rply; 1 c.M itmke piw r' If I try, a Mini sui at.a wit t- a cta.h 'H my IIiit.hW,I rlor Kranl; l'U WttfiH-r wh Ii irritir dii.h, Ai Mionie SwNrt with my llt hand. AilMI run I tl Kt-neraldiii. Knt with diHtcli uud eaie I'oiicrlm from hit make a Specialty Upto-Date If this is what you want why not go to the Leaders in Staple Fancy Groceries Trade with SIMS BROS. We A MAJOR-SLRGCON J. C.

SMELUNBERGCr? to of tfco 34th U. S. V. Uvea A CropMc DcKrSpUo of the Pttllipplftet An rveningof rare entertainment was permitted a representative of The Times during the week at the pleasant wme of Capt. II.

McQuiston in an in i pec ion of the large collection of relict and trophies brought from the Philip pine Islands by Dr. James E. Shellen berger, late major-surgeon of the 34th U. S. volunteers, and in listening to the latter's most interesting description of that far off possession of Uncle Sam, its people, resources and future.

Pr.Shel-lenlierger is a geni.il, soldierly gentleman and is very courteous in gratifying to the fullest measure the-visitor's in terest and curiiwity In all pertaining to the archipelago. Although his physique scarcely shows it, the doctor is a veter an of thtp late unpleasantness here at home, having been a private in Co. 94th Ohio volunteer infantry, Capt. McQuiston being of Co. II of the r.mc lie was major-surge.

of Ohio volunteers during the Spanish war and spent sometime incanieat Fernan- dinaand Tampa. After the discharge of his regiment he was engaged by contract in the U. S. general hospital at the Presidio, San Fraacisco. He left then; in 1899 and with Lt.

Col. Howx of Texas, now brigadier general, organ ised the 34th U. S. volunteers at Fort Logan, Denver, and on July 5, 1899, sailed with the regiment as major-sur for.the Phli ppirte. 34th was the first volunteer regiment to land in the Philippines.

Arriving at Manila in October the regiment proceeded at once to the southern coast of Luron and then shortly turned north with Gen. Law' ton's first north-Luxon campaign Its first station was at Cabanatuan in central Luton, from which point va rious companies of the regiment were atone time stretched entirely across the island. Later the regiment was moved north and westward, the last station being at Laoag on the extreme northwestern coast and the second city in sue in Luzon. From that point the regiment left early this spring, sailing from Manila on March 1 for home. With Ues.

Lawton Dr. Shellenberger with his regiment participated in all the excitement of (Jen. Lawton'a chase after Agumaldo, and tells amusing incidents of that memorable- campaign, when rushing over the mountain trails they so fre qucntly came upon private baggage and personal equipment of the scurrying in-surrecto chief that they each time felt certain they were about to catch him. Aguinaldo'g ability to cover ground and adroitly scatter his person, al effects in different trails so that different detachments of Americans would find them and none lie able to know whith to follow, seems to be about the only quality of generalship the doctor credits Aguinaldo with but grants that he was a past master at that. He performed no other military service, was seldom with his army, never when a scrap was imminent, and was, the doc tor says, merely a cunning, scheming politician with an army.

Dr. Shellenberger's office at Tnyug was the one occupied by Gen. Luna, the insurrection general whom Aguinaldo, jealous of his strenght and popularity, caused to be murdered, and the spot where he died was close to the stairway door. The foul murder alienated from Aguinaldo the entire Ilocar.o people, to whom Luna belonged. Dr.

iShellenberger was with the troops that at Tayug made the historical haul of personal effects and private docu- Continued on Eighth Page, etc. Give. Us "Mr. Martin was able to put in part the country the public school was not of a day at Old Point Comfort orelooked as it is now. Then most 4QIIANT J.

AIKIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, St. Pbtuksbi-io, Fla. Office ever Council Chain'jer. JHOS. P.

WELCH, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office er City Drug Store, opposite Detroit Hotel. Residence on Fifth aft, Office Hours 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m DR.L.A.HIZE, SPECIALIST, Tampa, Florida. Eye, Ear, None and Throat, Eielusively.

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ST. PETERSBURG, responding to the telegraphic call he had received to come to-day to ew Y'ork. He was in Virginia looking after arrangements in connection with the const' "ction of street railways, now much sougnt after by Eastern capitalists throughout Virginia and Florida. Mr. Martin owns valuable water-power rights and extensive privileges, both in Virginia and Florida, particularly throughout-the sub-peninsula part of the latterstate, from Tampa to the Gulf coast and along the Mr.natee river, the great fruit and vegetable section of Florida.

With his proposed system there hi has also secured tranic arrangements with the great Plant System. Mr. Martin recently sold to M. J. Mandlebaum A of Cleveland, an interurban road from Springfield to Xenia.

His deal in this particular is considered by Eastern financiers to have been one of the best effected in years." School Parade. The big week for the school ended very brilliantly una fitly last evening with a public parade of the uniform ranks the cadets, drum corps and physical culture class. Marching up Sixth avenue to the accompaniment of the drums, the long line of beautifully uniformed young people made an in spiring spectacle. Surrounding the city flagpole, a salute was fired to Old Glory as it was and then the line resumed its march to the school house. property.

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Z-iy nJ hitw to bos, And the nitiue of every plant, The viiil euiiiux, 'I he only thliitc I do not know Ate how 1ockaiiciliow lo vr." The old time calisthenio exercises have given place to what is known as physical culture, lieal physical culture is essential to health and induces a sense of confidence that a person who never takes active exercise cannot PRACTICAL ttlell DrillifiQ and House Mnvinn i) AVERY REAL ESTATE COMPANY. A General Real Estate Business. BARGAINS IN 1 23 4 IIMRIMP. AMHTSAO ciTTiMn i Windmills Furnished and Erect; cl, A Pumps.Pipeand Fittings in Estimates Cheerfully Given Many jeople, however, have a very different idea, und as an example a leading magazine gives the following note: "T.iis BrownYou must stop tenchin my Lizzie fisieal torture: she needs yet nil' figors mit sums more as that, if I want lwr t.i A wic wry ana nam Houses and Rooms Rented, Haid, i i in Times Building. II Stt Petersburg, Florida, iumpiu' I kin mtiko her jiv.np MrJ r-'Kuvowsky." a glorious opjMirtunity for; doing goofl hn ve I hose who engnge in "t.iitim id FiTtli i -igo.