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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
lola FOUND GUILTY.
A Year In Prison and n Heavy Fine For
Libeling French Army.

A cable dispatch from Paris says.
Nicola was found guilty on all counts
Wednesday afternoon, The verdict
was returned in few minutes after
the trial had concluded. He was sen.
fenced to one year imprisonment and
to pay a fine of 5000 francs. The
charge against him was libeling the
French administration and the army.
The greatest possible excitement
followed the announcement OF the
verdict and the guards were forced to
keep back the congregating crowds
and prevent demonstrations by force.
The author takes the sentence without
any display Of anger or emotion. His
attorneys made desperate efforts for
their client and the light sentence i'm
posed is believed to be the result Of
the strong legal talent employed in
his defense.
Exceptional measures were taken
as the public emerged from the AS
sizes court. Outside the building
there was terrific cheering, especially
upon the appearance of the officers
who have figured in the trial. They
were almost carried in trump h as
shouts OF "death TO the Jews" re-
spondel on all sides.
A number Of violent fights ensued
and police secretary was slightly in
jured. The mob seemed to be de-
lirous, shrieking cheers for the army
and bowling down the Jews with
ferceness.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
TESTIMONY OF THE DIVERS
Show ConclusiveIy That the Maine was
Blown Up FROM the Outside.

Show ConcIusiveIy That the Maine was
Blown Up Prom the Outside.
Advices Of Friday from Havana state
that the wreck of the Maine is slowly
but surely sinking into the mud.
Before the hull could be raised 1t
would be necessary to remove the
guns and deck debris. For lack OF
proper appliances, practically nothing
in this line has been accomplished.
Asine from the officers and cabin
effects, the salvage thus far has been
pitifully small. The cloudy weather
and rain made the work of the divers
unsatisfactory Friday, and very little
was done.
The court of inquiry sat longer than
usual, the six divers being examined
more in detail than heretofore.
While, of course, the members OF
the court will not talk for publication,
it is known that the evidence Of Diver
Morgan as to the condition of the
Maine shows almost beyond the pos
sibility of doubt that the Maine was
blown up by an outside agency. Fur
thermore, Morgan's report was verified
by the other American divers.
When the court finishes its work
and proceeds to Key West to take the
testimony of the survivors there, 1t
will not return to Havana, all the in
formation as to the cause of the dis
aster obtainable at the Cuban capital
having already been secured. 1t is
believed that decision has been prac-
tically reached. The witnesses yet to
be examined will hardly change the
verdict.
The court has decided against any
attempt to raise the ruined battleship.
The members are convinced that it
would be useless, as she could never
be kept afoat, and the Spanish au-
thorities will be informed that if
they wish the wreck removed from the
harbor they must attend to the work
themselves. This decision gives a
better idea of the terrible havoc
wrought in the Maine than columns
of description could do.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
Lee Warns Americans,

a Washington special says: The most
significant feature of Wednesdays
news, as it is regarded at the capital,
is the warning given by General Lee
to Americans in Havana to leave that
city. Throughout his days of trial in
Havana Fitzhugh Lee has been calm,
cheerful, confident. There was never
q trace Of nervousness or uneasiness
in him.
When he advises Americans TO get
out of Havana the opinion at Washing
ton is that he fears the inevitable. II is
believed that in view of this warning
it would be little short of suicide for
Americans to stay there.
Despite the denials in administra.
ton circles, the work Of preparing for
war is going rapidly on in every de-
partment. 1t is highly significant of
the conditions facing the administra.
ton that General Alger has hurried
back to Washington from Fortress
Monroe to give his personal attention
to the preparations going on in the
war department. Another thing in
this connection is significant, and that
is the Joint resolution which General
Henderson of Iowa, introduced in the
house Wednesday, reviving the rank
OF lieutenant general of the army.
1t has been the policy of the gov
eminent to have no such officer except
in case of war. 1t is understood that
this resolution was introduced at the
instance Of General Miles, who be-
lieves there will be war, and who
naturally hopes for the honor Of SUI
preme command.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
BOUND FOR KEY WEST.
Many of Uncle Sans warships TO Gather
at That Point.

Advices from Key West state that
under orders from Washington the
best ships of the navy will be gathered
off that point in formidable array
within the next few days,
1t is supposed that this action is in
pursuance of request made by Cap
tian Sigsbee, who it is believed, fears
trouble at Havana when the result of
the Maine investigation is made known.
The Texas and Nashville have left
Galveston for Key West; the Marble.
head is under way from New Orleans;
the Montgomery is on her way, having
left San Domingo several days ago;
the Brooklyn is on q cruise in these
waters already; the New York will be
on hand along with the Indiana, the
Massachusetts, the Iowa, the Detroit,
the Ericsson and the Gushing. The
Porter and DUPONT, torpedo boats, are
now in the dry dock at Mobile and will
go to Key West as soon as they are in
trim for service.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
GOVERNMENT WILL PROSECUTE.
inspectors After Lynchers OF Negro Post.
master In South Carolina.

A Washington dispatch says: The
postoffice departments going to act at
once in regard to the lynching of the
colored postmaster at Lake City, s. G.
The officials state that the department
cannot deal with the shooting, but the
destruction of the postoflice and the
mail matter came under their jurisdic-
ton and that they will prosecute to the
limit of the law. Inspectors will be
sent to Lake City at once to hunt down
the parties.
Mr., Webster, the national commit
teeman who is the arbitrator for Off
ces in South Carolina, called at the
postoflice department Wednesday and
stated he was certain the outrage was
committed by the patrons of the Office
and the best way 20 punish them was
to abolish the office. The department
will probably do this, and at the same
time begin an investigation.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
ANTI.ANNEXATION SPEECH
Made In the House by Mr.. johnson, Of
Indiana.

Washington's birthday was cele-
brated in the house after motion of
Mr.. Bailey to adjourn had been voted
down, with a vast deal Of political
speech making, and it was also signal
lied by the firing OF the first gun in
opposition to Hawaiian annexation.
Mr.. Johnson, Of Indiana, republi-
can, delivered speech that electrified
the house and the galleries in denun-
citation of what he termed an attempt
to cut loose from the traditional policy
of the United States and enter upon a
scheme of colonization that had proved
the ruin Of empires and of nations.
His remarks were enthusiastically APP
plauded, and the minority and many
republicans joined in the domonstra.
ton.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
GOVERNMENT BUYING COAL.
BIG CONTRACTS GIVEN TO SEW.
ERAL PITTsBURG FIRMS.
QUICK DELIVERY is DEMANDED.
Quarter Million Tons VIII BE Forwarded
at Once TO Key West For
the Big Fleet.

A Pittsburg, Pa, special states that
most extensive orders for coal to be
shipped to Key West, given out there
by the government, have induced the
coal barons of that section to become
thoroughly impressed with the belief
that war with Spain is inevitable and
their belief is based upon the conduct
of the government officials, who are
in position to know what the admins
tration contemplates.
1t would be almost impossible to
make one in that locality believe the
government is not preparing for war,
and preparing in earnest In that
preparation the officials have been
necessarily compelled to take the coal
mine owners into their confidence,
because of the nature of the prepare
tons, while the general activity the
mine owners are showing spreads the
wnr theory.
The navy department has just closed
contracts with the incorporated firm of
Cashier, Curran & Bullitt, of Philadel-
phia, for the delivery at Key West,
Sand Keys, Dry Tortugas, Savannah,
Charleston and Fortress Monroe Of
$50, 900 tons of Pocahontas coal, and
with the Rhodes & Beider Coal Com
pany, of Cleveland, for the delivery Of
80, 900 tons of the Goshen COAL Of that
company.
The stipulations Of the contracts
Just placed are that the coal so ordered
shall be delivered at the designated
coaling stations as soon as it is posi-
BILE to do so, and that the utmost Sc
crecy be observed about the matter.
In carrying out these contracts the
railroads play most prominent Tart,
and for the purpose Of moving every
thing as e&peditiously as possible
President VI. +. Ingalls,, of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio; Receiver Oscar G..
Murray, of the Baltimore and Ohio,
and General Manager l.. F. Loiree, Of
the Pennsylvania railroad, went to
Washington last week and consulted
with Secretary Long, of the navy, and
Assistant Secretary George d. Meikle-
john, of the war department, on the
matter.
Contracts and oil arrangements for
tho rapid handling and shipping of the
coal were made and the government,
it is understood, is to pay bonus to
both the coal miners aud the railroads
If the 5000 tons are delivered with.
In specified time.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
ON BURNING TRESTLE.
Train Dashes Into Raging F1anes.-One
Passenger Killed.

lTHtn UhkihS
Passenger Killed.
The northbound vestibule from Jack
sonville, Fla, ran into burning tres
tie twelve miles south Of Waycross,
Ga, Friday afternoon. Three coaches
next to the engine were wrecked and
burned, but the remaining coaches
were not damaged.
The forests on either side of the
railroad in the vicinity OF the trestle
were burning, and the air was lurid
with smoke. The negro Waterman,
who discovered the burning trestle,
attempted to signal the engineer to
stop. The engineer could not see the
signal on account of the smoke until
the engine came upon the trestle and
passed over.
The engineer looked back and saw
the coaches falling, and without vast
ing a minute to investigate the acci-
dent, Engineer Henderson hurried to
Waycross for assistance.
One passenger was killed, another
dangerously wounded and five or six
were slightly hurt.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
LEGISLATOR INDICTED.
Hon. Joseph Felker Charged With Fer
Jury I'm Insurance Case.

A new and sensational chapter in
the celebrated DR.. j. j. Poore insur-
ance case was developed Thursday in
the returning, by the grand jury OF
Walton county, Ga, of an indictment
against the Hon. Joseph Ii. Felker,
representative from Walton county.
This indictment is based upon the
discovery of written contract, alleged
to be in his own handwriting, made, 1T
is said, by Colonel Fclker with DIR. W.
II, Moss, in which Colonel Felker
agrees to pay $500 to DIR. Moss, pro-
viied he would keep the matter a Sc
cret and aid in the collection of the
policies on the life of DR.. Poore.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
SPANIARDS MAKE DENIAL.
Declare There IL No Mine Either Inside
or Outside Havana Harbor.

Declare mere Is NO Mine Either lnsiuC
or Outside Havana Harbor.
In view of the widely published re-
port that the hsrbor of Havana con-
tains a system of submarine mines,
Senior Du Bose, Spanish charge daft
fairs at Washington, has made the
following statement which, coming
from such authority, may be consider
ed as an official denial
81 wish to state on my own official
knowledge that no mine exists inside
or outside of Havana harbor; nor is
there any submarine defense of any
kind. The report is so absolutely
false and ridiculous that it could only
have originated in the minds Of those
persons anxious to incite the evil pas
sions of both nations for their own
miserable ends. consider the very
suggestion of such thing an insult
to Spain"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
DISPENSARY BILL IN HOUSE.
Judiciary Committee VIII submit Report
on South Carolina Measure,

Judiciary Committee viii submit Report
on South Carolina Measure.
The South Carolina dispensary bill
was brought up in the house judiciary
committee again Friday.
An amendment had already been
made prohibiting any discrimination
in favor of the products of the state as
against outside products, and the
committee struck out the por-
ton that requires all liquor taken into
the state to be subject to the full con-
troll of the state.
A motion to report the bill favorably
to the house, and another to report il
adversely, were both voted down, and
a motion to report without recommen'
dation was finally carried.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
AMERICANS LEAVING HAVANA.
Consul General Lees Advice Is Being
Needed with Promptness.

Consul General Lees Advice Is Being
Needed with Promptness.
A Washington special says: Havana
is being rapidly cleared of Americans
and every precauton is being taken to
get them out of harms way, so official
advices received Friday show most
conclusively.
The exodus from the Cuban metrop-
oils is not being confined to civilians,
but officials are among those leaving
the island.
Both in Washington and in Havana
it is feared that Immediately upon the
announcement of the report of the in
vestigating board an anti-American
uprising is sure to occur in Havana.
Those who are responsible for the
destruction of the Maine are, it is be-
lieved, in high places down there and
and have the power to stir up an out
break among the Spaniards, which
they would do in order to hide the
traces of their own connection with
the greatest crime Of the century.
AS indicating the desire and inten-
ton of the officials to get all the Amer
leans away from Havana, a cablegram
received from Admiral Sicard Friday
is regarded as most significant. He
telegraphed that the wounded Of the
Names crew are being moved to Tor
tugas. The conclusion reached by the
department from this telegram is that
the lives of the men would be more
endangered by keeping them in Ha'
vana than by their removal, despite
tho doctor's declarotion
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
TREACHERY MORE APPARENT
AsTHE INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS
EXCITEMENT GROWS APACE.
CONSUL LEE WARNS AMERICANS.
He Tells Them, If They Value Their
Lives, TO Leave Havana ut Ear
Hest Possible Moment.

The correspondent of the Washing
ton Star, who is considered the most
conservative newspaper representative
in Havana, cabled his paper as follows
Wednesday,
enquiry into the Maine disaster
progresses along definite lines. The
results so far may be summed up in
the statement that the probabilities
that it was an accident seem to de-
crease with the progress of the invest
igation.
"The most intense anxiety is shown
by the Spanish officials here, who are
in constant communication Madrid.
They realize that the relations with
the United States were never so much
in danger of rupture as now. This is
the general feeling.
"The commercial classes here are
hopeful Of American intervention on
peaceful lines, but what they base
their hopes upon is unknown.
"The insurgents continue to win
minor military successes. The auton.
omists are restless and some OF the
leaders seem to be on the point Of
breaking away from the government.
Army officers continue to show an
anti-American sentiment. They are
apparently the only class that does not
look for an early crisis.
(Signed) "pEpPER."
A special from another source says:
The highest American officials in
Havana are confident that General
Blanco, and the other high Spanish
officials, had no knowledge, direct or
indirect, of the conception or eXecu-
ton of o plot to blow up the Maine, if
such plot existed, but they believe
that the junior Spanish officers who,
from the nature of things are more
conversant with modern explosives
than their elders and superiors, were
at the bottom Of the disaster, if there
was any outside agency. 1t is pointed
ont that it would not be impossible to
plant mine of wet and dry gun-cot-
ton near where foreign war vessel
was directed to anchor, such O mine
connecting with an electric battery on
shore.
1t is regarded as an interesting
point that the Maine, for the first time
during her stay in the harbor, lay at
the particular spot where she was at
the time of the catastrophe, and, it
is said, though not officially verified,
that the Maine was the first foreign
war vessel moored to this particular
buoy since the troubles in Cuba grew
acute.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
FULL CABINET MEETING.
president Mckinley and His Odicial Ad'
visers Have % Conference.

president Mckinley and His Odicial Ad-
visers Have % Conference.
The first full meeting Of the cabinet
in some weeks was held Friday, both
Secretaries Alger and Sherman, who
have been sick, being present,
The cabinet talked about the Maine
disaster at some length az current
topic of vital interest, but no action
was taken.
No intimation, it was stated, has yet
come from the court of inquiry as to
how long it will be occupied with its
work and consequently no conclusion
can be reached as to when its report
will be available.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
- - ---- -
ORDERS TO AUCKLAND.
Commander of Connecticut Naval BattaA-
ion Goes To Washington.

In response to orders from the Sec
rotary of the navy, E. G, Buckland,
who commands the naval battalion of
Connecticut, left New Haven for Wash
ington Thursday. The order received
read as follows;
"Commander Buckland, OF the Wy
andotte, will report to the navy de-
rartment at Washington on Friday"
Although nothing definite as to the
import OF Mr.. Bucklaud's summons to
Washington is known, il is though lie
is to receive instructions about getting
his men ready for service at short no.
tice il necessity arises.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
INDIANA P0PULISTS
Hold Convention, Select State Ticket and
Adopt Platform.

The Indiana state populist conven-
ton, which closed at indianapolis
Tuesday night, selected n state ticket,
three national committeeman and
adopted a platform against fusion and
government by injunction and for
free silver at the ratio of IS to l, fe-
male suffrage, prohibition and the
abolition of the issue Of money to ma
tional banks.
The anu-iusion plank was carried
by a close vote, and after fight last
ing all day the result causing intense
feeling and threats aud the action will
disrupt the party.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04

Ir you have anything to sell let tho
public know ii. This paper is a good
advertising medium.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-25
The Antarctic REGION.

1t is q curious fact that while enor.
nous sums of money and property of
great value have been appropriated and
used in exploring the more northerly por-
lions of this globe little or no attention
has been given to the extreme southern
part. OF late, however, the eyes of ex-
plorers have been turned antarcticward,
and expeditions are being sent out to
determine various debatable questions
that have arisen concerning this coun-
try. No human foot, as far as known,
has ever approached nearer to the south
pole than 100 miles, The ice is said to
far exceed that found at the north pole,
and greater difficulties are apprehended
than arctic explorers have ever encoun-
tered. Vegetation ceases at about 50 de-
grees, no man has yet been met with
south of Sc degrees, and the country Is
destitute of land animals south of Gs
degrees. Mountains with towering
peaks have been discovered, and volca'
noes are thought to be numerous.
Whether the intense heat of the latter
may exert any influence upon the eli
mate in their vicinity is question OF
interest to the scientific world.-New
York Ledger.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-25
Handwriting of Dumas.

Goth the Dumas hands were those
of busy men, but the elder Dumas could
go on forever; he never stopped to pune
tuate. One Of his literary canons was
that clear style punctuates itself
There is a good deal in this. The son
never missed "a comma, semicolon, colCn
or full stop. He had not the father
facility, which resented a tropical
vegetation at the end Of the rainy sea
son.
The younger Dumas beat His brains
terribly and forced them to bring fortl
plays. Nothing can be more refined THAI
his handwriting. The original manu-
scripts Of his plays are scarcely legible
the corrections and erasures being s.
numerous. But he did not let the copy
list or indeed any stranger see them
but revrOte and added pungcnt al
pregnant sentences as lie did So Th'
first thoughts of some authors are tt
best; they were the worst of Dumas Ill
unless when he was answering lcttc
-answering, mind 1t was then cas-
of steel responding to flint. Sparks few
If there was an explosive about, it Wen
off. London Truth.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-25
The Artist and His Work,

The life of a painter above all of a
portrait painter, is one long succession
Of such problems, varying with the ma
ture of the subject in kind and degree
of difficulty. 1t follows naturally that
his processes must vary, too, requiring
a longer or shorter time in the working
out, for which no infallible rule will
serve him. In mechanical labor the rate
of the machines pulse may be gagged
with certainty, the moment Of compile
ton accurately fixed beforehand. But it
is not so in art. There all depends upon
conditions that seem to be hourly
changing. The mood Of the artist, his
distrust Of the scheme attempted or his
entire confidence in it; the state of his
nerves, of his general health, nay, even
the state of the weather, all affect his
work. One day it advances well, but on
the next self criticism steps in to i'm
pede him, and he gains nothing. Tho
soothing Philistine ascribes these halts
and retrogrcssions to the weakness OF
the artistic temperament. Yet they arc
due to the work rather than to the
workman; to the fact that he follows
an art and not trade. No artist can be
entirely exempt from this oppressive in
fluence, which arises afresn at each new
effort with as many heads as Hydra.
There are those, indeed, who estimate
the value of their product by the depth
and number Of the despairs it has en-
rendered. Il. r. Sullivan in Scribner S.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-25
Getting Around 1t.

\ worried looking stranger stepped
up to a crossing policeman yesterday
morning and said:
"Will you kindly direct me to the
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John rail.
way depot:''
"What:'
The stranger repeated his request.
"There isn't any such depot in this
town, " replied the officer. "What are
you giving .me?"
That isn't the name Of it, Of
course, rejoined the other, "but it's
something like it. My heads all tan
gled up this morning, and can't get
anything right.
\ sudden thought struck the police
maN.
DO you mean the Big -Four depot!"
be asked.
''Thats It'll" exclaimed the stranger
lelishtedly. II was sure I'd know 1t II
Ihcard it again. Where is it:''
The officer started him in the right
direction ana then went into brown
study. At the end Of half an hour he
emerged from it and said to himself In
an audible voice:
II wonder if that guy wasn't having
fun with me. "-Chicago Tribune.