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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
P0PULISTS CAUCUS.
House Members of That Party Meet and
Pass Resolutions.

Pass RESOLUTIONS.
A caucus of the populist members
OF the house of representatives was
held at the National hotel at Washing
ton Thursday night. The following
resolutions were unanimously adopted
except that referring to the civil SER
vice:
Resolved, That il is the sense Of
this caucus that we will resist all
efforts to so modify the existing civil
service law rs to enable any party that
may be i'll power to fill tho different
positions in civil service with pax
tisans.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
and will resist all efforts to destroy
our greenbacks and treasury notes,
which are, by direct legislation or by
tho subterfuge of refusing to reissue
the same except in exchange for gold.
''Resolyed, That we are opposed to
any scheme of enlarging the powers
of national banks; that we oppose the
comforting Of the power to issue notes
designed TO have the same functions
as money to any bank, corporation or
individual.
Resolved, That we favor the early
consideration and passage Of a joint
resolution recognizing the independ-
ence Of the Cuban republic.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
SURPRISED BY MASKED MEN.
Arkansas Farmer and Sons Have Deadly
Encounter with Robbers.

A special from Little Rock says:
Near Clinton, in Van Buren, county, an
aged farmer named Patterson lived on
Culpeppcr mountain. With him lived
his wife and two sons, one of whom
was married and had small family.
While the entire household we're
seated at the supper table two white
men, wearing masks and heavily
armed, suddenly sprang into the din.
ing room, aud levcling their weapons
Mt tho heads Of the assembled family,
commanded them To remain quiet.
IL was the apparent intention of the
men to rob the house, but one Of them
began firing into tho people as they
sat mt the table. One bullet from
winchester struck old man Patterson
sluarely in the mouth. The wounded
man sprang from the table and darted
into an adjoining room for his pistol.
He there encountered one of the rob.
bers and hand-to-hand struggle was
commenced. The other robber was
soon in the fray and rs quickly joined
by Patterson brother and two sons.
When the robbers had exhausted
their ammunition they resorted to
their knives and began slashing right
and left. Old man Patterson, already
terribly wounded from the rifle ball,
was finished with tho knife. His
brother was knocked senseless to the
floor after being slashed with knives
md throats of both tho younp married
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
LABOR LEADERS on CUBA.
The Federation Adopts Resolutions Rel.
alive To situation ON the Island.

The Federation Adopts Resolutions Rel.
alive Ia situation ON the Island.
Several spirited speeches followed
the introduction Of resolution mt
Fridays meeting Of the American
Federation of Labor, in session Mt
Nashville, relating to the situation in
Cuba. The resolution declares "that
it is the sense Of this convention that
the United States congress should
waste no more time in useless debate
and diplomatic chicanery, but should
take such immediate action rs may
tend to put an end to the indiscrimin.
ate murder Of tho common people of
Cuba by Spanish soldiery."
The following substitute for the res.
olution was introduced: "rhat it be
tho sense Of the convention that Cuba
should have industrial freedom from
which it will receive political free
dom.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
MORE BLOODSHED EXPECTED
Az Result OF the Tragedy In Twiggs
County, Ga.

Dispatches from Jacksonville, Ga.
state that there is much talk on the
Of the renewal of the old family feud
that has existed for many years be-
tween the families Of Califf and Griffin.
Griffin has two brothers and it is
thought that when Griffin and Clarence
Jones father and old man Calf meet
there will he trcable. The quarrel on
the night of the fatal fight was the
outcome Of the same old feud.
The Pettis people, too, are aroused
and among the different factions there
Is so much bad blood now that at any
time there may be another shooting.
When il was discovered that II. l..
Calif had met his death at the hands
of another party besides Short Griffin,
his father,W. II. Calf, ST., sought to
place the heavy hand of the law on the
shoulders of Gilman Carroll by going
before justice of the peace and taking
oath that it was CAROLS hand that
fred the bullets killing his son.
When the officers in whose hands
the warrant for the arrest of CARROLL
was placed called at his home, Carroll
had disappeared, having in some man.
ner received the knowledge that the
warrant had been sworn out. He has
not yet been found, and his friends
make the statement that no will not he,
but will make his appearance at the
April term Of Twiggs superior court,
in the event any indictment is found
against him.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
DAN CREEDON PUT OUT.
The iIoosicr "Kid Mccoy" Downs the
New Zeaiander.

WV
A New York dispatch says: Norman
Selby, of Rush county, Indiana, better
known in pugilistic circles as "kid
Mccoy" is undoubtedly the middle
weight champion Of the world. He met
Dan Creedon, of New Zealand, Friday
night in the arena of the Puritan Attn
letic Club, ut Long Island City, and
after fighting fifteen lively rounds
made the foreigner throw up the
sponge and acknowledge the hoosier .
superiority.
Long before the big event took
place tho frame building in which it
was held was crowded to excess and
bets were freely made with Mccoy the
favorite.
The "Kid's" wonderful soienve-and
self-possession was always in evidence
and these, combined with the advant-
age of height and reach, enabled him
to outpOint his more stockily built an
tagonist.
From the moment the men put up
their hands in the opening round Nc
Coy's stock began to ascend, and by
the end Of the sixth round McCoy's
hackers were Offering three to one on
their man.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
NOMINATIONS BY PRESIDENT.
Joseph McKenna Named for Associate
Justice of Supreme Court.

Joseph McKenna Named for Associate
Justice of Supreme Court.
Thursday President Mckinley sent
the following nominations to the SEN
ate:
justice-Joseph McKenna, of Cali.
fornia, to be associate justice of the
supreme court Of the United States.
Treasury-Charles 5. Dawes, Of
Illinois, to be comptroller of the cur
rency.
Interior-John W. Nesbitt, of Penn
sylvania, to be pension agent at Pitts
burg.
Court OF Private Land Claims-Jos.
II, Reed, of Iowa, to be chief justice;
William NJ. Murray, of Tennessee;
Thomas c. Fuller, of North Carolina;
II. G. Sluss, of Kansas; w. +. Stone,
of Colorado, TO be associate justices;
reappointments, their terms expiring
December 81, 1897.
Lewis Miles, attorney of the United
States for the southern district of
Iowa; Robert Cozier, attorney Of the
United States for the district of Idaho;
Henry G. Dockery, marshal of the
United States for the eastern district
of North Carolina.
The president also sent in q number
OF reappointments which were made
during the recess of the senate, and
which have heretofore been announced.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
From Jail To GaIIova

| At11 ;02 o'clock Reynolds and Brooks
were taken from their cells and placed
in an open phaeton under n strong
guard. They rode to the Galows
through the principal streets of the
town, to IA hillside quarter Of a mile
distant. A large crowd preceded the
vehicles in which the murderers rode,
while the people who lined the way
fell in behind, very much like circus
parade. Fully 1000 people were in
line. Some Of them were on horse
back and Others in wagons.
As they rode away Brooks face was
ashen and Reynolds was pale, too,
but he seemed to have good control over
himself Neither one Of them spoke.
just before the top Of tho hill was
reached the wagon tongue broke and
the horses had to be taken out. Fifty
ready hands caught hold Of the traces
and the wheels, and Reynolds and
Brooks rode on TO the gallows enclo.
sure.
The wagon was drawn up alongside
the collins that lay on the ground wait
ing to receive the outlaw bodies.
Brooks trembled violently at the sight
Of them. The journey to the gallows
had consumed Is minutes.
Sheriff Brazleton rose from his seat
and called the crowd TO order. He
said: "Tho CONDEMNED men wish TO
make their statements"
They preferred TO address the crowd
on the outside rather than 10 make a
statement from the gallows.
On the Death Trap.
After both men hal concluded they
were conducted to the gallows. Not
more than twenty people were admit
ted to the enclosure.
The condemned men made no state
ments on the gallows, and scarcely
spoke during the quarter OF an hour
that was occupied in religious services,
and in binding their hands and feet.
When these preliminaries were com
pleted Reynolds and Brooks kneeled
together and prayed. 1t was queer
medley. Each spoke words which
the occasion prompted. Ono mo-
ment Brooks voice rose above
that of Reynolds; the next moment
Reynolds drowned the voice OF Brooks.
While the condemned men prayed
the crowd without the Enclosure was
noisy and boisterous. As they stood
on the trap q man in tree yelled out:
Goodbye"
Goodbye, I wish You all JOY" said
Reynolds. Brooks was silent.
Then followed the inquiry from
Reynolds as to whether or not Brooks
was ready. At this moment the fatal
trap was sprung.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
AMENDMENT TURNED DOWN.
House Not Satisfied with Change In Yu-
kon Miners Relief BIZ.

A Washington special says: The
house Friday completed the consid-
Grafton Of the Legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, ex-
cepting the paragraph relating to the
civil service. by agreement the do.
bate on this latter paragraph will go
over until after the holidays. The bill
as reported abolishes the assay Office
at New Orleans, La.
The house refused 20 accept the SEN
ate amendment to the bill for the re-
lief OF the miners in the upper Yukon,
and il was sent 10 conference.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
Subscribe for this paper and keep
posted on affairs in general.
POPE BROWN DECLINES.
Says lie VIII Not lie Candidate For Gov.
ernor OF Georgia.

Hon. j. Pope Brown has written a
letter in reply TO communication
from a committee Of the citizens Of
Hawkinsville and Pulaski county, ia,
urging ham TO become q candidate for
the governorship.
In his reply Mr.. Brown states that
after due consideration he mas decided
TO decline to enter the race. His let
ter contains 1000 words, and in it he
thanks the people Of his own county
for the honor conveyed.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
OLD WHISKY UyEARTHED,
One Hundred and sixty-Five barrels Bur-
fed Forty Years Ago.

A Kansas City dispatch says: When
the river steamboat Arabia sank in the
Missouri river near Parkville, Mo-,
over forty years ago, her cargo included
165 barrels OF whisky.
For seveveral weeks past a small
force Of river men have been digging
in the sand bar near Parkville in
search of the Arabia's valuable cargo.
Late Thursday afternoon the diggers
uncovered the whisky, finding the
barrels we'll preserved, and they at
once notified the United States reve-
nue. authorities that they desired to
remove their find.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
SMOKERS MADE HAPPY.
FIRST Import OF Cuban Tobacco In Many
Months Received.

The Ward line steamer Oriznba,
which arrived at New York Tuesday,
brought from Havana 39l bales of to-
bacco, being the first shipment Of tho
weed from the port in many months.
The importation by the Orizaba,
taken in connection with tho more
liberal attitude Of the new Spanish
ministry and the captain.general Of
Cuba is accepted az q good sign.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
MOB'S WORK in LOUISIANA,
Two Murderers OF Merchant Babin Are
Lynched.

A New Orleans dispatch says: Two
negroes arrested for the murder Of a
storekeeper named Babin, at st. Ga
briel, La, were lynched Monday
night. The proof Of their guilt was
conclusive, and popular indignation
was great.
Sheriff Brown, fearing a Jail deliv-
cry, put the two men on the Texas
Pacific train to be taken to New Or
leans for safekeepipg. The people
stopped the train six miles below
Plncquemine, locked up the conductor
and the deputy sheriff, took the ne
groes of and hung them in the woods.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
BIG BLAZE At GRAND FORKS.
Loss IL In the Ncighborhood of Ono
Million Dollars.

Million Dollars.
A special from Grand Forks, n. d.,
says that n loss Of nearly n million
dollars was caused in that city early
Friday morning by fire.
The Hotel Dakotah, large fve-story
structure that cost $3.50, 900, was COM
pletely destroyed, as were the two
large Wholesale stores adjoining, Nash
Bros and the Grand Forks Mercantile
Company.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
BIG CHECK GIVEN.

Uncle sam keccIves SS,0OO,OOO On nj on
Pacific Purchase.
The payment to the United States of
So, 800, 900 on account Of the purchase
Of the Union Pacific railroad by the
reorganization committee was made at
New York Thursday through the me-
dium OF a check for that sum deposit
ed in the United States sub-treasury
in that city.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

him so cautiously that I presume
didn't jerk the rope a bit. ] wonder
that i hadn't shouted to him at the
very first. but it didn't enter my head
for me to do anything but hang on and
climb.
when / had slowly climbed up well
under the car. without thinking what
the effect would be shouted 'Halloa!
and the next instant was almost jerked
off the rope, for the balloonist gave a
jump that very nearly upset the car,
and when / caught sight of his face,
after he had turned around two or three
times. trying in dazed sort of way to
find out where the voice came from. it
was as white as a sheet. He looked eau
tiously over the edge of the basket.
"'How in the name Of he began,
but suddenly cut it short. Hold on
minute longer!' he shouted.
"And in a twinllling he had made a
moose in the end of piece of rope that
was lying in the car, and had passed it
down, moose end first, through the wick
er-work bottom of the basket.
"'Put one foot into the loop he
called out, and will tie the other end
of the rope here, to support your
weight. That viii take the strain off
your hands till can get you into the
car
''It was a great relief to have the
strain of my weight taken off my hands
and feet. With one foot in the loop I
could hang on very comfortably. But
then serious question arose. How was
/ to get into the basket? An attempt
to climb up over the side might upset
that frail affair.
wait minute called out the aero
naut. 'Pll cut out two of the ribs of the
basket, right here in the bottom. and
then, by springing the next one on each
side back little, guess you can crawl
up through" and this was done mo-
ment later.
II can tell you / was glad when I
found myself sitting in the bottom of
the basket resting.
"'How long has it been since we left
the ground?' asked.
THE aeronaut looked at his watch.
"'Just five minutes he said.
ga good deal can happen in five min
utes.
THAT" continued my companion.
"was the way came to be an aeronaut."
THE affair created great sensation,
and was talked about far and wide.
The owner of the hot-air balloon was
shrewd enough to see that there was
money to be made out of so much free
advertising. and he made me hand
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
DRIFTING,
A Lack of Purpose In Life II Followed
Means Ruin.

Drifting. This word exactly cx-
presses the movement which carries SO
many away, alike from the mornings
of faith and from the safe course of
rectitudc in conduct. AS rule, mem
do not set sail in perilous seas, or
towards treacherous shoals, with def
mite intent. No man is so foolhardy as
deliberately to mark ruin on his chart
as the desired or purposed end OF his
voyage. No man in his senses will pur-
poscly head his boat towards the cruel
rocks, or make straight for the angry
breakers, or steer for the fatal rapids
Men simply drift to destruction. No
man deliberately sets out to be drunk
ard, or debauchee, or blasphemer.
There are but few, il any, who resolve
with definite purpose to lead lives or
sheer worldliness, from which all
thought of God and eternal things Isl
excluded. They simply drift into care-
less or evil courses Of living. Myriads
of lives are wasted and ruined through
sheer thoughtlessness. There are thou
sands and thousands of young men
" no, instead of girding themselves in
life's morning with manly purpose, and
resolutely bending every energy
towards the attainment of worthy ends.
lay down the oars, and allow their
barque of life to drift wherever chance
winds or currents of circumstance, or
listless inclination, may carry them
Sometimes they drift, long and far be-
fore they awake to q consciousness OF
their position or their peril. The
awakening is often rude and startling
one. No cry is more pitiful, or more
common, than that which comes from
wild and inhospitable shores, strewn
with the wreckage of human lives. "WeI
never thought it would come to this."I
They simply drifted, drifted, listlessly.
passively, unconsciously, awaking only
to find themselves in the resistless
sweep of the rapids, and face to face
with destruction.-Bap Union.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

took some time to fill it from the mouth
of an oven-like affair that set above a
trench, in which a big fire was snap
ping and roaring, fed by pitch wood and
oil soaked barrel slaves.
"The drag-rope was lying coiled upon
the ground. and the balloon was held
down by stout ropes carried out on all
sides.
"As the huge affair got larger and
larger and began to tug vigorously on
the ropes, we boys who were looking on
got more and more excited, and when
they began to get the basket ready to
fasten under the balloon, we had
crowded up pretty close to the great
swaying air ship.
snow. boys. keep back said the
aeronaut, as he came into the circle to
make everything ready; keep back, or
some of you will get hurt, with this bas-
ket thrashing about here;' for by this
time the basket had been fastened on
and the balloon was filled out nearly
full.
THE balloonist threw into the basket
several bundles of circulars which he
was going to throw out, handful by
handful, as he rose through the air, the
proprietors of various stores in the town
having taken this then original method
of distributing their circulars and
dodgers.
Everything was now ready. The hot
air had been shut off, the mouth of the
balloon had been closed, and the balloon
list had arranged his circulars ready to
throw out, dozen or so at time, as
lie went up.
"'Let go the ropes!' he shouted.
'And the great sphere shot up into
the air, with white paper huttering
out from it on all sides.
II could never tell exactly how it
happened" continued my seatmate,
"but suppose it was mixture of boy
ish curiosity and sudden pressure
from behind, as the crowd surged for
ward; but know that l suddenly STUN
bled forward and fell upon the coil of
drag rope that was being rapidly taken
up. In falling, my foot in some way be-
came entangled in a rope, SO that loop
in it caught me by one ankle, and quick
as flash l was going up into the air at
the rate of mile a minute, hanging
head downward, while great cry of
horror was sent after me by the peo-
pie below.
you may be sure that no more sur
prised boy ever left terra-irma than 1
was, when saw the earth suddenly
dropping away from me, as it seemed.
Fortunately, I did not lose my head
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
Rose. in the Garden.

Roses, to succeed the best, should be
planted out in the open, never under the
shade of trees, or in any place where the
roots of trees can reach them to monopo-
lie any of their food. Roses are gross
livers and require a large amount of
good food, accordingly they do better
placed where nothing will have chance
to encroach upon their rights. When
one has chance to prepare bed for
them just as it should be, the better
way is to remove the upper soil and dig
out the subsoil to the depth of two feet.
Take pick and mellow up what is pos
sible of the bottom of the pit, then fill
in with mixture of good soil and old,
thoroughly rotted manure. These beds
may be made of any desired size or
shape, and should always be provided
with good drainage, as roses will never
endure having to stand in water. They
like water, a goodly quantity. when it
can be administered according to their
fancy. Baths of soapsuds arc beneficial.
as well as being fine preventive against
insect life.-Washingto Home Maya
zine
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
REMEMBERING THE PAST.
Lessons of Warming and Encourage
ment from the Days Gone by.

Lessons OF warning ana Encourage.
ment from the Days Gone by.
The tendency to believe the past to
have been happier and better than the
present is common, especially among
elderly people, but has little justifica-
ton. And the correction of it is pro-
noted largely by the study of the past.
The modern development of interest in
history, of more correct historical per-
ceptions of scientific theories of in
vestigation and narration, has revealed
not only the glories of the past but also
It's faults and failures. But to go to the
ether extreme and disregard the past
would be as grave an error as to over
estimate it.
The same thing is true in respect to
Christianity. The past has for us the
most solemn and eternally significant
lessons. 1t is true not merely that the
great events of sacred history lie in the
past, but also that the record of reli-
gious development down to the present
time is full of instruction and profit.
To understand how the Gospel has won
it's way in the earth, what hindrances
it he's had to overcome, what assur-
ance Of final victory it has, its adapta-
tion to all races and conditions of men,
and the reasons why now one of its
vital features and then another has
been emphasized distinctively, 1t is
necessary to remember the days of old
and to study them.
Especially, too are the fatherly and
beneficent dealings OF the Almighty
with His human children to be realized
thus. When doubt overshadows us,
when evil seems to be triumphant and
we are tempted to believe that right
eousness is vanishing from the earth
and that the saving power Of vital re-
ligion has been overestimated, then we
need to turn our gaze back into the
past and refresh our courage by study
ing the historic evidences of Gods wis
Lom and power and of His presence
with His own in their darkest hours,
and of His signal interpretations in their
behalf. We can appreciate only thus
that what seems to us the actual drying
up ef the ocean of goodness is merely
a bris5 ebbing of the tide.
We inust make this consideration of
the past more personal, too. We must
remember the blessed days of old in
our own histories. Who of us has not
some precious memories Of occasions
when God seemed specially near, loving
and full Of help? Who of us cannot re-
call some experiences of deep penitence,
the revival within us of faith and pur-
pose and the enlargement of the hori-
zon of our spiritual outlook, after which
life took on new and nobler mean
ing because we had learned better to
understand and love and serve our
Lord?
We can only suggest thus briefly
some of the elements Of value in the
study of the past to the Christian heart.
1t means information, warning, encour-
agement, stimulation, inspiration. 1t
is only by thus using the spiritual
riches of the past that we can learn
properly how to appropriate those Of
the present and the future.--Congre-
gationalist.