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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

The New York Tribune observes:
Some German missionaries went to
China aud got killed by mob; where
upon Germany, by way. Of indemnity,
seized Chinese port and the ada
cent territory. And now q German
Consul General, in an official report,
dwells upon the desirability Of getting
still more Chinese territory, and says
tho easiest way TO-. do so is to send
moro missiouariesl Talk about cold
bloodednessl That suggestion is
enough to send cold shivers down the
spine Of the most heartless cynic in
the world,
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

wreck Was Complete, nus Only Two
Mon We're Kinsd.

Wreck Was Complete, Isus Only Two
Mon We're Killed.
While going Of quite a rapid rate
the tender Of the engine pulling the
first Of three sections Of train carry
ing the Sixty.ninth New York regi.,
ment from Fernandina, Fla, 10 Hunts.
vile, Ala, jumped the track at o
o'clock Sunday afternoon, ten miles
above Birmingham, on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, and Ave cars,
we'll filed with troops, were piled
down an embankment and on the side
OF the tracks.
Two men were killed and about
twenty-five others injured. Colonel
Edward Duffy, commander OF the reg
iment, was on the train with his staff.
AS soon as possible the wrecked
cars were broken into with axes and
the injured men and others were
assisted out. The two men. killed
were: Peter Farley, company G, head
nearly severed from body; Frank
Glennon, nephew OF Colonel Duffy,
quartermaster sergeant, company g.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
COTTON MILLS CLOSE.
Those AZ Fall River Take q Temporary
Rest To Curtail Output.

Those Al Fall River Take Temporary
Rest To Curtail Output.
The Merchants, Chase and Stafford
cotton mills, at Fall River, Mass,
have shut down in order TO curtail the
output for a time. The Merchants
corporation will remain closed until
September 10Th. The others will be
idle for o week and may shut down
again later in the season.
Sycamore mill No. 2 also ceased OPP
erations for week or more. The
Granite mills announce shutdown
September 9th, and ths Linen and
Seaconnel mills are expected TO close
later. It is expected several other
plants will stop the same time as the
Granite mills do. The Stade and
Robinson mills have been on the cur
tailment list for some time.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
NEWS FROM pEARY.

The Steamer Hope Returns From Her
Long Trip to Greenland.
The steamer Hope arrived at st.
Johns, N. f., Saturday from her trip
to Greenland, whittier she carried the
Peary exploring expedition.
At Foulke Ford the Hope parted
with lieutenant Peary and sailed on
the It'll of August, the Windward, the
exploring party's ship, leaving at the
same time for Sheard Osborne Fjord,
where Peary will make his headquar-
tiers during the winter. Sixty dogs
and ten Eskimo men and women were
taken north. Captaia Bartlett reports
oil well.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
EX-GOVERNOR MATTHEWS DIES.
Stricken With Paralysis. the End Comes
Peacefully.

Stricken With Paralysis. the End Comes
Peacefully.
A special from wingate, Ind. says:
At $50 o'clock Sunday morning, at
the quiet McHarry homestead, where
he was taken Immediately after his
sudden affection, Ex-Governor Mat
thews passed eway peacefully, sur
rounded by his wife and oil the other
members Of his immediate family.
Out of respect to the oft expressed
wish of Governor Matthews, the body
will not be taken to indianapolis to lie
in state at the capitol. The funeral
will occur at Hazel Bluff farm, the
home of the dead ex-governor, near
Clinton, Ind.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
OVATION 70 ADMIRAL SCHLEY
TREMENDOUS CROWDS GREETPoP.
ULAR HERO OF SANTIAGO.
ALL WASHINGTONIANS JOINED IN.
Bureau Influence Did Not Prevent Ofiicisis
From Taking Part In the Reception to
SIMPSONS Subordinate Oficer.

A Washington special says: Hobson
had his ovation, the Rough Riders had
theirs, and Wheeler his, but all three
together would not begin to equal the
demonstration at the war, state and
navy departments Saturday morning
in honor Of Rear Admiral Sohley.
There has been nothing like 1t OF the
national capital before.
II the officials Of the navy depart
ment had any doubt as to who was the
popular hero Of Santiago their doubt
was entirely dispelled. The magni-
tude Of the ovation given to Schley
about Washington and III front Of his
hotel was OF o most remarkable char.
acter. But owing to the sentiments
that exist among the heads Of the navy
department, II was believed that the
popular sentiment there could be held
. in check. Such was not the case.
Crowds had been waiting all morn
ing in trent OF the great navy depart.
ment building, and the shout they
raised upon his appearance was sig.
nal for those Inside that the gallant
admiral had arrived. As II by mutual
consent, oil business was suspended.
Not only did the clerks and minor
clerks OF the war and navy depart
ments leave their desks, but the heads
OF bureaus joined in the wild rush to
welcome the admiral. The corridors
could not begin to hold the throngs
that pushed around him.
General Wilson, head Of the engi-
neer department., threw his arms
around the admiral's neck and kissed
him. For the next ten minutes he
was bombarded with embraces and
kisses from men and women alike.
There must have been forty women
who TINS displayed their love and adj
miration for the gallant officer. He
stood the ordeal as he must have stood
the firing from the Spanish feet.
While he remained in the depart
moubs WhiOA WAC houhiy ~ houtS shOA~
was little work done in anysbureau.
He finally escaped into Captain
Crowninschield's Office, where the
door was locked. From here he work
ed his way to various bureaus until he
emerged from the building.
He was to have taken the 11:45
train, but it was impossible to break
through the human barricade which
had been thrown up around him.
Over at the white house there was
one man who realized he had not done
the wrong thing in heaping every hon.
or upon this naval hero. He received
every ovation with modesty, almost
shrinking at times from the popular
exhibition Of approval. He is a small,
spare man, not as large as his pictures
would indicate, but one cannot come
within forty yards Of him without feel
ing his personal magnetism.
Saturday afternoon Admiral Schley
left for Maryland, the state of hi
birth, which is waiting with open arms
to welcome him.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
According to conservative estimates,

According to conservative estimates,
nearly one-third Of the native popula-
ton Of Cuba persisted during the three
years that have elapsed since the in
surrection was born. What does this
mean to the Cubans? II means pre-
cisely what the loss Of 100000, 900
Americans by battle, disease and star.
walton would mean to the Republic.
II is blow equal In proportion, tri-
fling as IL may appear by comparison
OF figures.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
CRITICAL IN LADRoNEs.

Spanish Residents Ask Our Permission to
Migrate to Manila.
Negotiations have been opened by
Madrid officials with Washington to
obtain permission for the Spaniards in
the Ladrone islands to 60 to Manila
as the situation in the Ladrones IL ex-
tremely critical. T;
Great preparations are being made
at vigo and Pontevedra for the repat-
rated soldiers who are expected to ar
rive there shortly. All possible sani.
tary precautions are being taken.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
CLAY SUES FOR DIVORCE.

wants Separation From His Child Wife
After Deciding Her a Farm.
General Cassius M. Clay, the dis.
tinguished veteran Of the Mexican and
civil. wars, whose sensational marriage
with Dora Richardson Clay. several
years ago, is still fresh in the minds
Of the people Of Kentucky. has hled
suit against his ''child wife" for abso.
lutte divorce. This step on the part OF
General Clay came as profound sur
prise to his friends.
The suit was not filed until General
Clay had decided to his "child wife" q
comfortable home on the Nicholasville
pike, in one Of the prettiest sections
Of Kentucky.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
WAS ONLY "sUspIcIoUso CASE.

Sickness ut Fort Near Galveston Seems
Not to he Yellow Fever.
A dispatch from Galveston, Texas,
states that the artilleryman with q
suspicious case Of fever at Fort Ajax
Point, two miles from the city, is CON
valescent. The other three cases re-
ported as suspicious by the marine
hospital. service, the post surgeon
says, can scarcely be called suspicious.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
occurrences.

A little girl In Kansas City found
rocketbook containing $3.50 in cash
and 5000 in promissory notes, and
returned IL to the owner. Instead Of
sending her away with the usual
thanks, accompanied with good ad.
vice, the owner presented her with o
fine bicycle. This action was tan.
gible acknowledgment Of honesty.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
OHIO DEMOCRATS ACT.

The Name Of John Sherman Caused Harr.
!. mony 10 he Restored.
The Ohio democratic convention %.
sembled Wednesday morning at Fair
View Casino, a summer resort near
Dayton. The attendance OF delegates
was not as large as usual, but the fac-
tional fighting was more bitter than
usual.
A new element, however, was thrown
into the convention which tended con-
siderably to the bringing together Of
the factions Of the party. II was
well-dehned and thoroughly authen-
ticated statement from Columbus that
Hon. John Sherman had determined
to take q hand In state politics once
more.
After deciding to bury personal diff
ferences, the convention nominated
the following state ticket:
Secretary Of state, Upton K. Guth-
cry.
Judge Of supreme court Hugh g.
Nichols.
Clerk Of supreme court. David 8.
Fisher.
Food and dairy commissioner, John
Baker.
Member Of the board Of public
works, T. Dwight Paul.
The effort TO get new plan OF party
organization in Ohio failed OF Anal
adoption, but ii was given another
chance by such reference as will bring
IL up next year.
The resolutions adopted reafiirm the
Chicago platform and says:
1--WE particularly endorse the finan.
cial plank therein declaring for the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver
and gold at the ratio Of 10 to 1 indie.
pendent Of any and all other nations.
1--WE are proud Of the patriotic con-
duct in peace and war OF that brave
leader Of democracy, William J. Bryan,
and we favor his denomination for
president in 1900.
The platform favors an income tax
and thanks the minority in congress
for seeking to secure 70 past distribu-
ton Of the war taxation equally upon
the wealth and corporations Of the
country as we'll as upon its labor"
"We recognize the eternal truth that
life, liberty and the pursuit Of happi.
ness is the natural and inalienable her
itage OF all mankind, and since the hand
of despotism has been lifted from the
island of Cuba, dominated by Spain,
we should afford its inhabitants an un-
trammeled opportunity to establish Q
free and independent constitutional
government, deriving Its powers from
the consent Of the governed and we
remind the country that congress In
the resolutions which declared war,
Resolved, That the United States
hereby disclaims any disposition or in
tention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdic-
ton over the said island except for the
pacifcation thereof, and asserts its de-.
Termination, when that is accomplish.
ed, to leave the government and con-
troll Of the island to its people, and we
believe that unless the people of the
island OF Cuba and the Philippines,
redeemed from Spanish domination,
declare otherwise, we should keep the
faith upon which the war was begun
and prosecuted"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
With few battleships as interpre.
tiers Admiral Dewey can make himself
understood in any language.

4 Heroes are as thick as grasshop-
pers in the army and the navy. II
the hand Of authority 10 laid upon any
commonplace fellow unknown to
fame, he responds with some start.
ling deed Of valor.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

The spectacle Of Captain Glass be-
ing obliged to courteously inform the
Governor Of the Ladrone Islands that
Spain and the United States were ct
war before demanding his surrender
imparts that touch Of humor which is
rarely lacking in even the most tragic
occurrences.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

The aggregate Of subscription for the
war bonds was 81, 365, 100000. II is
interesting to compare this Ane large
sum OF available cash with the scanty
coins which were fshed out Of stock
ings and old teapots by the people Of
Spain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

that of the 100000 soldiers sent by
Spain to put down the insurrection in
the island from the beginning of Feb
ruary, 1885, to the beginning of Decem-
Der in the wear Just terminated, not
more than $1,000 "a little over one
fourth )are at this moment fit for serv-
ice. The $4,000 are either dead or sent
back to the mother,and i'll or wounded.
The causes of this unprecedented death
rate and sick list are (besides casual
ti,s in action mainly three-O the
clothing furnished TO the European
troops was in no respect adapted 10
the climate Of Cuba: % fatigue, and
(3) lack Of food. The report paints a
lurid picture Of military service in the
chief Spanish colony. Under success
i've generals the three years campaign
III spite of numberless victories and
as many defeats Of the Insurgents.
leaves Cuba as precarious a Spanish
possession as ever while a whole gen
GRAFTON must intervene before island
and motherland alike can recover from
the loss Of blood. property and hard
cash incurred # the losses among the
Spanish soldiers have been so severe,
what must lave been the destruction
among the recCncentrados, not to men
ton the insurgents. who, according TO
Spanish accounts, almost invariably
got the worst of it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
A PILE OF SILVER DOLLARS.

Notwithstanding the silver dollar is
worth a dollar in gold without refer
ence to the commercial value of the
metal which it contains, few people
have any real conception of the noun
tain of coined silver dollars piled up in
the United States treasury vaults, dol
lars which cannot be forced into circu-
lation. at least so long as one and two
dollar bills are printed. Besides these
coined dollars there are hundreds of
tons Of silver, in pigs, called bullion. in
the possession of the government.
These silver dollars are now being
counted by nimble-fngered young wo-
men who for four months have been
busy counting the dollars one by one.
When the silver was turned over here a
short time ago TO the new officials, it
was deemed necessary to have a count
but it would only have gone to the bags
Of silver, each bag containing 1000 of
the bright white dollars and weighs 60
pounds. However. in counting the con-
tents of one Of the bags, q lead dollar.
silver plated, was found, and il was de-
cided to count the whole lot That is.
every dollar Of the SIl0, 900, 600 stored in
the big vaults down below the floor of
the treasury building. Thus far 500
bad dollars have been found The
counting has been going on for over
three months. and it is estimated that
it viii require ct least thirty-f five days
to complete the count
Tt is no light task to sit at the desk
and count silver dollars from o'clock
in the morning until o'clock in the af-
ternoon. The fingers Of the young wo-
men engaged in the occupation soon
became so sore that it was necessary
to obtain cots to put over the thumb
and first two fingers Of each hand. One
Of the young women said it was the
hardest work she had ever experienced.
and that the shine Of the silver and the
click of the money was so nonotonous
that it almost drove them crazy. Each
dollar IS examined on both sides and
piled with others into a tray and count
ed, When the tray is full one OF the
attendants brings the bag and dumps
the dollars in before the eyes of the
counter. She puts string around the
neck Of the bag. seals it and affixes her
| initials 50 that in case of a mistake II
can be readily traced. The retiring Gus
todian of the treasury Will be obliged
to make good the shortage. which, it is
thought, VIII amount To 500.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
At THE WRONG END.

There is a better way for congress to
meet the postoffice deficiencies, now
under discussion. than by cutting down
the number OF local carriers, as recon-
mended by the postmaster general. The
employment of such spiggot measure
in the face Of the bung- hole leaks,
which are notorious. would be hard to
explain or excuse. The proposition Dor
ders on the ridiculous, if not UPRIGHT
eous. 1t means simply extra work for
the diminished force of deliverers and
no pay for it. Why not cut off the pay
which goes for labor unperformed, such
as pay for thousands of tons of mail
which is in fact never carried, under
the weighing system? Why not cease
making a freight bureau of the post
Office department for the transporta
ton of groceries and hardware, of dry
goods, and of books as second class
matter2 Thousands of tons of patent
medicine pamphlets and novel trash
and advertising publications are car
ried at newspaper rates. Why not let
up on the running of fast mails" at
least of such as are purely political
jobs and lobby contracts? Stop the
leakages and the steals and there will
be no necessity for kicking out few
hundred delivery boys.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
: SEES ONLY TROUBLE.

The London Times takes a pessi-
mistic view of the political situation in
America Englishmen comprehend very
little Of the party politics of this coun-
try. There is no doubt that the wish
is father to the Thunderer's conclu-
sions, which are probably based on the
views transmitted it by SmalIey, its
American correspondent. This English
organ of free trade, Of feudal mon
archy and of gold oligarchy declares
that the Democrats are all united upon
the Chicago platform of 1896 and that
the Republican party is disintegrating.
Not much, Mary Ann. As a result Of
this unity, which nobody sees, and this
disintegration, of which there is no evil
dence, the Times assumes that a ma
iority Of the next congress viii be I'M
limited coinage of silver Democrats
and that in 1900 the whole free silver
question must be fought over again.
with the odds against the Republican
party. The Times, although prejudic-
ed against the Republican party and
favorable TO the Democrats, doesn't like
the free silver business, and therefore
it's untimely sweat. The truth is, out
side of the Ohio fractional fight nothing
has occurred which might even suggest
a disintegration of the Republican par
ty. 1t has kept its promises, all of
them, in good faith, even to the urging
upon the Times own country the adop-
ton Of international bimetallism. The
Dingley tafiff measure has not failed
of it's purposes, but upon the other
hand has worked so satisfactorily to
friend and foe as to preclude any offer
so far to amend it. There is one hun
dred and sixty-odd millions of gold in
the reserve fund, and in another year
the Republican party will be retiring
bonds again. As for the unity which
the Times discovers in the Democratic
party, it is all in its eye. That party is
uneasy from Tammany to Kentucky,
worried over the free silver question,
and scared to death by the wild-eyed
Bryan, who has got an under-hOld on
the organization. The Democrats of
the east and west are widely separated
on the money question, the western
wing being Populistic to all intents and
purposes. The Democratic leaders Of
the east are with the Times for a sin
gle gold standard. There may be polit-
ical troubles threatening in America,
as the Times asserts, but the threat is
not within the Republican party, which
party viii line up in the good times
coming and sweep the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

and taken out. These provide for an
elaborate system Of fees for licenses
and for the taking Of claims. besides
demanding ten dollars ont OF every
hundred which may be mined without
reference to the cost Of getting it out.
The miner who expends. in time. labor
provisions and works. ten thousand
dollars, and finds that he has only real
lied ten thousand, must give up one
thousand of it to Canadian officials.
What if the United States should make
every English owner of gold mines in
Colorado pitt UP one-tenth of all he got
out? And many of the mines in Colo
RADIO are owned by Englishmen. Or
who ever thought of charging English
men in California for the privilege of
digging for gold? It is little to con-
completeness. The English govern
ment has only an eye TO the possible
revenue 10 be obtained, leaving the de-
velopment OF the ountry to take the
chances. Congress should in the mean
tire give early attention to Alaska, for
undoubtedly that region will prove as
rich as the Kl0ndike.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
WHAT HAS 1T COST7

What has the war in Cuba cost. in
cold figures. IN 1esh and blood. in
doodle. in property destroyed. and in
legitimate expense Of money. can only
be Appropriated. That Weyler's ad-
ministration Was corrupt beyond COM
putarior. in excess cf ANYTHING Of Ike
character IL modern times. is gener-
ally conceded. The money cost of the
war for the Spanish side viii never he
known. But theIe * the other side.
the sacrifice c: human l'fe, which has
made every other house of Spain a
house Of mourning Cuba is Srain's
most profitable possession. she has
wrung from thst people annually more
money tnan from ali her ether depend
encies. Cuba hes been worth untold
millions u the mother country, hence
the costly effort tc retain its people in
subordinauon. An official estimate has
been made and PUBLISHED of the money
cost TO Snaln n It's attempt 10 crush
the reeelien. General Losada inspect
or-general Of the royal force in Cuba.
viii hardly be charged with over-state-
ment. Il appears from his disclosures