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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
A ROAST FOR PECK.
Senator Jones, Of Arkansas,
Wants Light on Work Of Our
Paris Commissioner

In the senate, Friday. Mr.. Jones OF
Arkansas, made vigorous attack upon
the administration OF the Paris EXPOSE
ton commission by Commissioners Gem
eral Ferd W. Peck. Up to January.
1900, he said Mr.. Peck had ao-
counted for less than $500. 900 Of the
81, 100000 appropriated for expo
sition purposes. He demanded to
know where the balance OF the appro.
priation had gone. The so-called de-
tailed statement that had been sub.
mitted contained such items as S72, 900
for clerk hire, S3,7 for personal
travelling expenses Of the commits
sioner general, ETC., which Mr.. Jones
believed were ridiculous as "details"
ut is time" said he, warmly, "that
this sort OF thing should cease. These
statements ought to be itemized in &C.
cordance with the mandate OF the
law" He then read dispatch from
Paris indicating dissension among the
American commission, some Of whom
had been charged with endeavor TO
compel exhibitors to pay for the space
allotted to them in the exposition. He
believed an investigation necessary.
Mr.. Hale, republican, Of Maine, said
he personally inclined 10 the opinion
that the Paris exposition Was . bad
performance.
Mr.. Jones, continuing, said that the
air has been full OF minors that there
have been most sxtravagant and I'm.
reasonable expenditures Of the fund
provided for the American exhibit, and
We oil know there never has been any
satisfsotory report - 70 how this
money was used.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
Such a Report Is Firmly Believed
In London.
NO CONFIRMATION IS RECEIVED
Latest News From South Africa
Indicates That the War Is
About At An End.

A London special, under date Of
June LIST, says: Belated messages
from Pretoria confirm the reports OF
the departure Of President Kruger
with his cabinet aud staff officials
Tuesday night, and the selection at
meeting OF citizens OF committee 70
administer the city Professionally.
Since these kilograms left on Wed.
nesday nothing apparently has reached
Lourenzo Marquee by telegraph from
Pretoria. Possibly the wires have been
cut. Possibly the Boer censorship at
some intermediate point interrupts
kilograms.
SO thoroughly is the country i'm.
bued with the belief that Pretoria has
fallen, that Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain,
the secretary Of state for the colonies,
speaking at a meeting Of the univer-
sity OF Birmingham, proposed q mes
sage to the queen congratulating her
upon the capture" Of johannesburg
and Pretoria, which was sent to the
afternoon newspapers.
Although the war Office has not re-
ceived word about 1t, no one in Lon
don harbors the idea that the Boer
capital is not already IN the hands OF
the British or about to be there. The
possession of johannesburg, ct oil
events, as Lord Roberts has telegraph
ed, is fact. States Attorney SHUTS
did not depart with President Kruger,
but remained in Pretoria. The present
seat Of the Boer government, accord
ing to q dispatch from Lourenzo
Marques, dated May 3lst, is Middle
burg, but it will probably be shifted
further east.
The Beers lately confronting Roberts
appear to have gone eastward, also to-
ward the Lyndenburg region. The
defenders Of Laing's mex, when their
positions becomes too perilous, will
probably trek straight northward to-
ward Lyndenburg. When this con-
ssntsetioHo t Ak place ths;. .,nt, ~ ~
out for time with scattered bands OF
guerrillas elsewhere.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
A VOLUNTARY PRISONER.

Convict surrenders In Order 60 Plead
His Gaze Before Commissioners.
Julius Bone, the young convict who
escaped from the Dade county, Ga,
convict camp, May 10th, is in jail in
Atlanta.
The apprehension Of young Bone is
not due to the skill Of the detectives
nor the vigilance Of the police. He is
q voluntary prisoner.
He visited Atlanta Friday morning
for the purpose, as he says. OF person
ally going before the state pardon
boirl to tell the prison commission
that he is the victim Of judicial error.
This, he asserts, was the only motive
Of his escape from the stocksde.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08

Next 10 New York's 93t. 900, 900
tunnel, the biggest municipal under
taking now on the tapis is PhiladeI.
phia's scheme to fltrate its water sup.
ply, for which tho magnificent sum Of
sl2, 600, 900 has been appropriated aud
placed in the hands of the mayor for
prompt work. No doubt II will be
worth the money il it accomplishes
the purpose aimed at and relieves q
great and wealthy metropolis Of the
perils that always go with impure
drinking water.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08

The Samoans are rapidly becoming
up to date. A dispatch states that in
q recent cricket match at Sayaii the
competing teams and their respective
admirers took offence al sscision OF
one Of the umpires and indulged In
-TESo so ali light which resulted In
ten men being killed aud the field
being covered with wounded. Just
how the umpire Jared the dispatch
does not state. but had the incident
occurred on ball aeld here his name
would undoubtedly heal the list OF
casualties.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
ALL COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
In Rossign Troops which Have Been
esot 10 Yekiug.

In Rossisn Troops which Have Been
Sent to Peking.
Advices from Tien Tsin. China,
state . special train started for Pc
king Thursday afternoon with the fol-
lowing forces:
Americans-7 officers and DO men.
British-3 officers aud 70 men.
Italians--3 officers and 80 men.
French-3 officers and ~ men.
Russian-4 officers and II men.
Japanese-2 officers and "a men.
The foreign contingent also took
with them Ave quick fire guns.
It is rumored that foreign troops
will be opposed at the first gate OF the
Chinese capital outside the wall.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08

One Of the natural curiosities OF
the Rhine-the Laufenberg falls to
TO be turned TO commercial use by the
erection on 1t Of turbine plant capa.
BILE OF producing thirty thousand
horsepower at low water. Thus ma.
terialism is taking the place Of senti.
ment in tho show places OF the Old
World as we'll as on this continent.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
TAMPA PRE- SWEPT.

Florida City Loses Heavily ny Largest
Blaze In Its History.
A disastrous FIRE that involved n
loss OF at least two hundred thousand
dollars broke out in Tampa, Fla, at
ii o'clock Saturday night In the
building on Franklin street occupied
by the dry goods house of Cohen.
Friedmann h Co., aud at 1 O'Clock
Sunday morning the block and the
Jackson block adjoining were in ruins.
The latter block was occupied bv
WATERMAN 4 Co., shoes, and Mason K
Co., dry goods. whose stocks are prac-
tically ruined.
Cohen. Friedman a Co. q stock. val.
ued Of $4,000, insurance 80 per cent.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08

President Harper of Chicago univer-
sity, in recent address, has spoken
with great frankness about the pros.
poet of careers for which college
courses are especially designed. He
said the learned professions" are
now four in number, Pedagogy being
added to Law, Medicine and Divinity.
He insisted that all four OF them are
now overcrowded to the starvation
point
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
Old SOLDIERS ADJOURN,
Next Confederate Veteran Re-
union Will Be Held In Mem.
phis, Tennessee.
pills, Tennessee.


The Confederate reunion was brougb.
to close OF Louisville Friday night.
The next gathering OF the old yete.
rams will be at Memphis, Tenn. The
struggle for the reunion by the Ten.
nessee city was not very hard one
because II had been conceded that the
reunion would go there next year Il
New Orleans did not ask for il. The
candidates were Memphis, Jackson.
vile and Buffalo.
Friday was to have been the biggest
day OF the reunion, but an almost con.
tinual downpour Of rain precluded the
possibility Of the grand parade, which
caused feeling OF distinct dissppoint.
ment in Louisville.
Briscoe Hindmap, OF Louisville, was
elected commander.in-chief OF the
United Sons Of Veterans by acclaim.
ton Friday morning after Walter Col.
quit, Of Atlanta, the retiring sgm.
mander, had refused to accept u re-
election.
an interesting inci2ent occurred
when the report OF the committee On
resolutions was read. Among the rec.
concentrations was one that "the Con-
federate veterans recognize with ap..
probation the language Of General
Daniel Sickles at the rece1t reunion Of
the army Of the Potomac at Fredericks-
burg, and reciprocated the feeling
aLo-u, thok <ha raun,nu 90 RI.
soldiers or Confederate soldiers at.
tended by the president Of the United
States and his cabinet showed that
that there Is no sectionalism in recog.
nitiona OF valor OF the American soldier;
that o copy of these resoluti IN be for.
warded to the Society of tho Army OF
the Potomac"
When the vote was called on this
there were cries OF emo"
General Gordon declared tAeresolu.
tons adopted, but hearing the ''noes,"
resubmitted the question.
W.. ii. Burgynn, Of North Carolina,
who presented the resolutions, made
o strong speech urging the adoption
OF the resolutions. j. II. Shepherd,
of Virginia, secured the floor and an.
nounced that he was opposed to the
resolution and asked that it be voted
down. He said:
II want no coquetting with those
Yankees who defeated US. For Gods
sake don't accept anything from Union
soldiers. Vote II down, my comrades,
vote il down."
The hall was instantly in an uproar,
men calling ''vote," Question, "no,"
",es" aud yelling unfortunately.
There were loud calls Ct "GordonV
'sGordonl" The commander came TO
the front and was greeted by frantic
cheers that for several minutes pre-
vented his voice from being heard.
When silence was partially restored
he said:
81 trust the day will never come
while 1 stand on southern soil among
the chivalrous men Of the south when
l will refuse to send message OF cor.
dial greeting TO an enemy. Cheers'l
l know the sender OF this message.
On the heights Of Gettysburg he stood
CALAMITY in my front and it was my
bullets that sent him to the rear with
a leg of, and, for me. am going to
reciprocate the kindly message OF the
northern soldiers"
Wild cheers greeted this speech,
and on q vote the resolution went
through with rush.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
Public Debt Greatly Decreased.

The monthly statement Of the public
debt shows that at the close OF bust
ness. May 80. 1900, the debt less
cash In the treasury amounted 20
81, l22, 60S.S Q decrease for the
month OF $2,l93,774, which is &C.
counted for by the redemption Oh
bonds.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
enciency Bill Passea.

The last OF the appropriation bills,
the general deficiency, was passed In
the senate Saturday, as was also the
emergency river and harbor bill pro.
viding for numerous surveys aud for
certain other public works.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08

Two million tons OF sugar are con.
sumed annually in this country, while
the entire product last year from all
the sources under the control OF the
United States, including cane, beet,
maple and sorghum. was barely one
million tons.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
WILL MEET IN RALEIGH.
Commissioners Of Agriculture Hold Con-
veution August seth Next.

Sommtsssooers on Agrieuitnfe noso wv
veution August seth Next.
The next meeting OF the Cotton
States association of the commission
ers Of agriculture will be held IN
Raleigh, N. O.. on August 26th. There
will be a three days session.
All OF the commissioners Of agricul-
ture, state chemists, directors OF the
state experimental stations, state vet
erinarians and presidents of agricul-
tural colleges are members OF the Cot
ton States association.
James Wilson, United States com
missioner Of agriculture. has in re-
spouse 10 an invitation, consented 70
deliver IN address st the meeting,
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08

A rousing campaign year is upon
us Keep abreast Of affairs by sub
seribing nov. Wen give you the news.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
Mrs. Gladstone slowly Dying.

II 10 announced In London that
Mrs. Gladstone Is In Q semi-conscious
condition and that her strength il Dc.
clining steadily.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24
ERIE employees
Will be Given Letters Of Recommends
tion When Quitting.

The Erie has adopted n new plan
with reference to the giving Of letters
OF discharge. Hereafter the EN-.
ploye quitting the service OF the com
pany Will be presented with person
nj letter of recommendation, and the
former method Of addressing letters
to other roads will be abandoned. 1t
was felt that such n course on the
part of the Erie officials would demon
strnte more clearly than anything else
to their employees that such thing as
Il "black list did not exist on that
road. 10 wipe out the appearance of
such thing, the management of the
Erie has, therefore, given orders that
hereafter letters of Recommendation
or clearance cards" will be given on
ly to the men themselves, and that
under no circumstances Will letters
or cards touching the record of an en-.
ploye be given to officers of any other
road.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24
$4,000.
Pledges For That Amount
Already Secured.
The Rebuilding Fund Is Growing
Committee Reported.

The cnmyasslng committee, engaged
In securing funds for the rebuilding
of Buchtcl College, met Tuesday night
In the office of ribbals Il Frank.
Nearly all of the - members were
present and reported general progress
In the work.
According TO reports made nj the
meeting, $20,O75, have been pledged.
Hon. George w. Grouse has secured
$500, and Dr. Ira \. Priest, $I,22O.
About one-hnif Of the latter amount,
however, came from outside subscrip.
tions sent direct to the president of the
college.
The members of the committee feel
encouraged with the present prospects,
and the work will be prosecuted vlgor.
ously henccfor,h. Another meeting
viii he held next Tuesday evening
mt the same place.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24
M Eye, DR.. Tuck
ex3GI err, l30 S. Main,
49, invite you to
Counsel Me Free.

such fncts as these, and they teach a
lesson which our lawmakers will
promptly heed in, case they are bent,
as, of course, they are, upon promot-
Ing tho prosperity of the Common
wealth. The people without regard
10 politics, are indeed united in the
demand that corporations shall bear
their fair share of taxation. But to
Kill the goose that lays the golden egg
is not to respond 20 this demand If
New York Is 10 continue TO enjoy her
commercial supremacy. if she is TO
"increasc and multiply" she must be-
ware of enforcing tax policy which
will be regarded by those engaged in
great organized business enterprises
as n policy of exclusion. So far as they
are concerned"
Ohio, too, has tax policy,-populnr-
ly termed double taxation" which
has driven millions of capital from the
State. Whether the Ohio Legislature
will reform these tax evils remains to
be seen, but certain II is that reform
alton measures will be brought before
the Legislature.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24
B. & 0. R. R.
Has Passed Into Control
Of Pennsylvania.
Scheme Engineered by President
Cassatt-vaIIey Offices Moved.

1t Is authoritntivcly stated thnt the
Pennsylvania Company is to have
complete control of the Baltimore &
Ohio and =. & w. railroads. This ar
rangement is the result of purchase
of majority of the Il. g. 0. stock, en-.
gineered by President Cassatt.
The Pennsylvania Co., placed in the
hands Of President Cassatt, the sum of
$10,000,000 to be used as he best saw
fit to kill the competition between the
two companies. President Cassatt
proceeded quietly to work and within
IA comparatively short time he had In
vested the whole of the sum in b. &
o. stock, thus giving the Pennsylvania
Co. an authoritative voice In Il. & O.
affairs. 'Pu
The b. & o. is now said by railroad
men to have entered upon an era Of
Improvement. 1t is known that $685.
10000 have been set aside for further
physical improvements in the road. 1t
is also stated that II policy OF strict re-
trcnchment IL to be entered upon. The
workings Of the y. & o. and Its allied
lines, once the T. Il w. is absorbed, It
is stated. viii be directed from the
main offices in Plttsburg.
This policy has already been put In
operation In Cleveland. Yesterday the
last OF Tile accounts of the C. T. & ".
were removed to Pittsburg. This
leaves only the traffic department and
the general superlntendents Office In
Cleveland. 1t would not be surpris-
ing, Is stated, II these also were re-
moved to Pittsburg shortly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24

The New York Mail and Express
wants the Assemble or lts s,o,o T., .o
ro,o,, ,h,. , -
Wv w ''''" ''o"'
'no H'"''' " shFs'
Among the recommendation made
In the report Of the State Comptroller
In regard 10 taxation Is one calling
for the reduction Of the organization
tnN, 50 as to encourage companies to
orgnnlze IN New York rather than In
other States
'lt bcho0vcs the members of the
Legislature Ia give this rccommcndn-
tion of the Comptroller their serious
attention II VIII he generally admit
ted that any system of raising taxes
which operates 80 as TO drive capital
aud, therefore, lnbor-away from the
State Is pcrniclous, not TO say suicidal.
Nevertheless the fact remains. ns
many of our readers are aware, TINT
the lax Imposed upon companies or
gnnizcd In this Commonwealth has
been so oncrous that, rather than sub
nit 10 il, not few gcrnt enterprises
have located In States which exact
less of them. In the speech which he
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24

From the West Virginia Fields to
Northern Ohio.

The GAINESVILLE and Ohio River Rail
road, extending along the right bank of
the Muskingum, has been sold, after
several years of receivership, to the
Ohio and Little Kanawha Company,
organized by Mr.. ]. Hope sutor, the
receiver.
IT is understood that the road will
be extended from Marietta southwark
into the West Virginia coal fields and
some connection arranged from Znnes-
willie north, probably over the Cleve-
land, Akron s. Columbus, making a
new coal line reaching the lake at
Cleveland.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24
BURGLARS
Had Made Preparations to Remove
Household Effects.

\, II, Lou" Hyrc, II former Buchtel
College student, made peculiar dis
covcry Tuesday night at the home of
his father, Dr. IIyre, in Cleveland His
parents have been out of the city for
somc time. The key was left In their
sons posaession.
Burglars had entered the house and
rnnsackcd II from top 10 bottom. All
the clothing was piled in II heap In the
kitchen by the burglars, together with
II collection of faucets and pieces of
lead, which had been torn Off. House
hold effects were also stored In the
kitchen by the thieves preparatory to
removing them NJ the first favorable
opportunity.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24
HEART TROUBLE
Caused Death Of Adolph Louer a Pro.
minent Merchant.

Adolph Louer, prominent merchant
of Youngstown for the past 20 years,
died at midnight at his residence, after
an Illness of two hours from heart
trouble. He had been In usual health
and attended to business Monday. AZ
ter supper he complained of illness
and when physicians arrived was be-
yond human aid. Mr.. Louer was so
years old, leader in the Jewish
church, member of the Masons, A. o.
U. W.. Heptasophs. and other societies.
He leaves wife and Ave sons. lie
was brother OF NJ. Louer of Akron.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24

The Commercial Trcvclcrs and IIo-
tel Mems Antitrust Lenguc IL effect
ing mn organization of 100000 men 10
oppose the party that In the next cam
palgn favors trusts. They intend to
interest all persons whose occupations
are threatened and whose business IL
directly imperlled by the formation of
trade combinations In that ease
they viii have to interest about all of
the people.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24

Sevcnty-seycn Akron lawyers have
signed the memorial OF the Chamber
Of Commerce fuvoring the passage of
the Municipal Reform bill AZ presented
by the Municipal Code Commission
Were the passage of this bin put To II
vote of the people, not one citizen who
Is free to express his own opinion and
whose desire IL for the general good
would east his vote against 1t. Yet in
spite of this popular favor of the blll
not one in ten of our citizens expect il
10 he pissed by this Legislature. The
politicians are against II. And this
is representative government.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-24
EASY MONEY
Found by This Woman.
Married Without Waiting
to Get a Divorce.
Husband Raised no OBJ
lection to Match.
Believed to be Same Party
That Worked Writ.
Methods Used Were IndenticaI--
Police Investigating Case.

Two years ago James Il. Writ of
East Akron, had an experience with
woman passing under the name Of
Mary B. Cory.
He met her through the medium of
matrimonial bureau. They were
married In this city at the Windsor
hotel. After living together few
days the woman disappeared. She
had returned to New York. Writ ap-
piled for divorce. Future develop
ments proved that she was making n
business Of marrying for short pc
riods, incidentally picking up q snug
sum from each of her new husbands.
She did not even bother about getting
divorce between marriages.
1t Is believed the woman is now
operating in Cincinnati. A case Is re-
ported from that city, which is SINH
lnr In many respects to the local af-
fair. A special from that place says:
James w. Mitchell, the village
printer Of Winton Place, spent the
day yesterday in administering unto
himself series of well-directed and
forcible kicks. He was wrought I'D to
this condign punishment by the easy
manner in which he fell victim to
the polished wiles Of n pretty female
product Of one of those institutions
where marriages are brought about
by the rapid fire system. James be-
came tired of bachelorhood, and, he
Ing too bashful to follow the usual
way blazed by Cupid, sought the aid
Of n matrimonial bureau to help along
the good cause. There was large
field in sight, and James was steered
up against winner In the person of
Mary B. Lynch, of charming person
ality and refined manners. She coyIy
told him that he would have to show
her something to convince her that
his matrimonial intention was on the
level, and he, being unsophisticated
and completely captivated, willingly
decided her his property. After sue
ceedlng In gaining possession of It
she proceeded TO look for an angel
who would advance her few thous-
and on the property,
''Inen 1t was that James ascertained
that his love feast had been frost
Meanwhile the woman had disappear
ed, and the vigilant efforts of the po-
lice and others interested to locnte her
have proved unavaillng. There are
some other interesting circumstances
connected with the case that have
not as yet been made public. 1t is
pretty well assured that the Lynch
woman IL no other than the alleged
wife of the operator of the matrimon.
al bureau.
THE incident which meant so much
to Mitchell took place in the early part
of last September. On the 2Sth OF
that month Mitchell gave her n check
for $50. On December she went to
Buffalo, n. Y. 1t is claimed by those
who say they ought to know that
Mitchell followed her there, with the
result that she coaxed him to separate
from $3.50 and several diamonds, which
stones she has carried in small
chamois bag about her neck since that
time. She is now thought to be In
Dayton.