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Part Two Pages 9 to 16
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Store IV 6c Closed the Fourth.
"Sinclair" Millinery '" Saturday
3.00
A Phenomenal Reduction in Trimmed Hats
ALL TIinrcE-nOLLAIt. KOnt-DOLLAIt, FIVE-DOLLAR AND SIX-DOLLAR
HATH IN EARLY SI MMER STYLES WILL BE CLOSED I AA
OUT SATURDAY. AT EACH I.UU
EARLY SUMMER HATS THAT SOLD LT TO $15.00.
SATURDAY FOR
Cut Sale of Mid-Summer Nodes
MID SUMMER MODES INCLUDING EMBROIDERY ' HATS, TUSCANS.
POLOS AND MILAN SAILORS, ALL IN SEASONABLE EF- I QD
FECTS. UP FROM 1. JO
Children's Hats Big Reduction Sale Saturday
PRICES UP FROM 08c, AND AS LOW AS 4Jc, 30c lC
AS A MATTER OF FACT CHILDREN'S HATS ARE REDUCED ONE
FOURTH THEIR REGULAR VALUES.
Flowers and Foliafe
A BEAUTIFUL LINE FOR RET RIM MI NO YOUR EARLY SEASON HAT,
FRESH GOODS. BRIGHT, BRILLIANT, SWEET STEMS AND P
COLORINGS, UP FROM DC
EH
48c
1.95
3 95
15c
50c
four
10c-5c-3c
10c
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Another Sensational Sale of Ladies Wash Waists
Fine Organdy Lawn, Kronen Gingham, hpnvy Venting Cloth and India LInon,
trimmed with embroidery, lace, tucking and fngottlng. Some of these
waists are dust Boiled; the prices are from $:i.50 to $l.ii5,
all go Saturday at ,
Three Offers in Ladies' Wash Dresses
On entire stock from $7.50 to $3.50 on sale.
Black, white and colors, all at $3.05, $2.05 and
A Handscme $5.50 Silk Petticoat
Ah colors, heavy, plalu and changeable taffeta silk, at ....
Ladies' Linen Coats
Kull box front and back, our $4.50 Coats at , 2.95
Saturday Hosiery Specials
Ladles' and Children's black drop stitched, ribbed and plain Balbriggan
Hose.. Tan Ladles' and Children s plain Balbrlggnn Hose,
regular 25c value, sale price, pair ,
Union Suit Special
Fin ribbed lisle, low neck, no sleeve, umbrella and tight knee, taped
and crochet trimming, regular 70c values, sale price, garment...
Ribbon Sale
200 pieces of washable Louislne Ribbons, In all shades, from one to
Inches wide, worth up to 25c yard,
sale price Saturday, yard .. ... ....
Sale of Fans
Japanese Paper Nlngapoo and Folding Fans, Nlngapoo Palm Leaf
Fans, worth up to 25c each, sale price, each . ,
Wash Belts
In plain, embroidered, and pleated duck with nickel and pearl buckles,
three different prices, special rn 1 A.
Saturday, each , dUC-ZdC-lUC
Special Sale of Ladies Gloves
200 dozen fine Lisle Gloves with warranted double finger tips, in C
all colors, worth 50c a pair, sale price, pair DG
Extra quality all silk Gloves, Kayser's and Ivanhoe's double finger
tips in all colors, regular 75c values, sale price, pair
' Ladies' Neckwear at Reduced Prices
50 dozen of assorted Neckwear In fancy embroidered turnovers, hemstitched
turnovers, fancy all lace and lace and embroidered stocks, with or without
tabs, in fifty different styles, values in this lot worth 50c,
sale price for Saturday, each .
Ten, different styles of fine Chiffon Ruchlngs in neck lengths, white
only, six pieces to a box, 60c, per piece
Handkerchief Sale Saturday
All linen fancy embroidered and lace trimmed and hemstitched
borders, 35c values, sale price, each . M.
Face Veiling Special
500 yards fancy and plain net veilings In all colors, worth up to
60c yard, sale price, yard
White Irish Linen Suiting
36-inch wide White Linen Suiting, fine Ilrish make, worth 00c Q
yard, for Saturday only, yard JLOC
500 dozen Wash Cloths, all makes, for Saturday, each cn
Extra Heavy Brown Muslin, 30-inch wide, for Saturday, yard.. ,.q
50c
25c
10c
15c
15c
Sa.turda.y Shoe Sale
Shoes for the Fourth
1.49
400 pairs of Misses' and Children's Tan and
Black Oxfords, two-strap sandals and Gibson
Ties, former prices f 1.75 and $2.00, Z
now J
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps.
200 pairs Boys' Tan Bluchers, latest
style, worth 2.50, now
Thirty (f3.00) Green Trading Stamps.
215 pairs Men's Tan Calf and Choco- 1
late Vici Oxfords, $3.50 shoe, now. . . Is-r
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps.
1,500 pairs of Ladies' Black and Tan Oxfords
and Ribbon Ties, $2.50 and $3.00 - ftT
values, now J
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps.
White Canvas Oxfords and Gibson Ties for
Ladies, Misses and Children.
Buy Dmnerware Saturday
AT
25
DISCOUNT
Four Patterns Johnson's
White and Gold, Green Par
niouth Colonial Blue and
Johnson's Green Lucille 25
per cent off Saturday only.
Meakin's English White Porcelain
00c Cover Dishes 50c
$1.00 Meat Tlatters 50c
10c Plates 6c
8c Plates 5c
5c Fruit Saucers 3c
JAPANESE CHINA SALTS AND jTEPPERS
new decoration and shape, f A
Limited
Quantity.
Come Early.
each
Fair.
20c
Headquarters for Fruit Jars, Jelly Tumblers,
Rubbers, etc.
Best Goods Lowest Prices.
SECOND FLOOR.
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Sfe FOURTH Bhe FOURTH
Great Sideiralk Sale of Fourth of Jnly merchandise tiealnnino;
Satnrdar morning; H a. 111 . and continuing Monday- and Tnenilay.
On the Sldenalk and In Sporting? tioodn Section, Main Floor.
Rnll-the larRext display of Fonrth of July Good In Omaha.
For yettra our Fonrth of July business nan been equal to the
business done ly all other dealers thia rear It will lie ao again.
In the Sporting Gooda Department and on the Sidewalk Six
teenth and Harney.
AN ASSORTMENT OF 1o NOVELTIES
6-Ball Roman Candles,
Sky Rockets,
Large Grasshopper,
Searchlights,
Ruby Targets,
mar sucks,
Snake Nests,
Coon Chasers,
Pin 'Wheels,
Torpedoes,
Butterflies,
Vesuvius,
Humming Fire Tops,
Whistling Cracker Jacka,
Fire Saps,
Pin Wheels,
Silver Fountains,
ltnnlum wneela
Canes,
Torpedoes,
15-Ball Roman Candles,
Large Sky Rockets,
Flower Pots, .
AND HUNDRED8 OF OTHER ARTICLES
5e FIREWORK NOVELTIES
Large Vesuvius, Bntterles Rainbow Star,
Spinning Wheels, SunburBt Rockets,
Triangles, Colored Golden Fountains,
Fire Crackers, Colored Lights,
Cap Pistols, Torches,
Art Snaps for 'Saturday
I2!c
2.25
800 Framed rictures, no Job lots. In
brown, blnrk, preen and gold frames;
values up to 50c each,, Satur
day a snap, at, each
Wedding Gift Pictures, for Saturday.
Handsome Fnc Simile Water Color
Landscapes, a good $5.00
value, for
PYROGRAPHY SNAPS THAT ARE
WONDERS.
$1.40 Dresser Boxes $1.18
$1.00 Tabourets 60c
00c Gloves Boxes 30:
$1.00 Fruit Panels 60c
35c Dutch Panels , 23c
25c Landscape Panels ... .12 l-2e
15c Jap Panels . . . . ,t ... . . 10c
Picture framing, busy as ever, prompt
as we are always, and prices popular to
every one. 2nd Floor.
Butter, Butter, Butter
RECEIVED EVERY DAY FROM THE
FINEST DAIRIES IN THE WEST
ERN COUNTRY. BENNETT'S
CAPITOL CREAMERY, the
best ever, one pound
package (full weight)...
Fresh Country Eggs, all guaranteed,
dozen 15o
23c
1 BENNETT'S BIG
GROCERY
SATURDAY'S DIG LIST OF MOSEY"
SAVERS.
EXTRA SALESPEOPLE TO AVOID
WAITISG.
DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS
TILL NOON OX ALL BIT SPECIALS.
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps with
sack Pride of Bennett' 1 eta
Flour IOI5
18 lbs. Granulated Sugar 1.00
Thirty 3.00) Green Trading Stamps with
one pound Golden Santos
Coffee. aaOC
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps with
fH-e pounds splendid Japan 35c
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps fin
with pound Tea (any kind) UoC
Twenty (12.00) Green Trading Stamps with
three-pound can Burnham's 1lr
Clam Chowder fM
Twenty ($2) Green Trading Stamps Efl.
with quart Mai to Grapo OUfc
Twenty ($2) Green Trading Stamps n.
with gallon-can Sweet Cider OUC
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pouna ui.iornia Heedless
suw
FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!)
Ice Cold Buttermilk, fresh from the
churn, at Butter Department.
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Sheet
Music Hit
"How'd you Ilka to spoon with met
I like to.
How'd you Ilka to spoon with me?
Well rather.
Sit beneath an oak tree large and
hady.
Call me little toosey-wootsey, baby,
etc.,"
For Boo you can further learn "How'd
you Ilka to spoon with me?"
We play it Saturday, Muslo Section.
Second Floor. ,
A $1.50 Book 45c
Summer Reading
"Gordon Keith," by Triomaa N. Page;
David Harum," by E. N. Westcott;
"Gentleman from Indiana," by Tarklng
ton; "The Call of the Wild," by London;
"The Christian." by Hall Cafne; "The
Wings ot the Morning," by Tracy "The
Middle Course," by Mrs. Blgelow.
And hundreds of other popular copy
right titles by well known J P
authors, special rWDC
Book Stalls, Main Floor.
HARDWARE FOR SATURDAY
SCREEN DOORS. SCREEN DOORS.
In Slses We Have in Stock.
Screen Doors, painted green, reg- en
ular 7Sc. sale UOW
Screen Doors, natural finish, reg- QOi
ular 98c. sale OUC
Screen Doors, hard oil finish, reg
ular $1.26, sale
Screen Doors, special hard oil fin
ish, regular $1.60, sale
Screen Doors, extra heavy hard oil
finish, regular $1.75. sale
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps with
any door.
Bring correct site. (No exchanges made.)
1.10
1.25
1.50
Bennett's Great
Meat Market
CHICKENS! CHICKENS!!
..25c
104c
100 dozen strictly fresh dressed
springs, your choice, each....
Choice fresh dressed young
hens, at, pound
PORK!
PORK!!
Choice young pork loins, at, per
pound
Fourteen pounds leaf lard
for
,..7c
1.00
Raisins.
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pound Mew York full Cream Of lri
Cheese UC
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pound full cream Brick
Cheese UC
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps irti
with quart Sour Pickles Jt
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps Or
with dozen large Dill Pickles 'v
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps Or"
with pint large Imported Olives...1'
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps f t,
with nint Pickled Unions IVW
15c
with pint Pickled Onions
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with three pkgs. Lemon snaps
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps - OSn
with three pkgs. Shredded Codflsh. fW
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps onc
with two cans Pumpkin ivw
GOOD THINGS TO EAT AT OUR
D1SL1CATKSSKN COUNTER. ALL,
KINDS OF COOKED MEATS AND
SAUSAGES READY TO EAT.
ICE CREAM FREEZERS.
Double Green Trading Stamps Saturday
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps fQi
with any Grass Scythe, 85c, 76c and. "O"
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps far
with any Grass Hook. 40c, 3c, 28c...
Double Green Trading Stamps on any
Gasoline Stove, $3.98, $2.98 f (jU
and I.VO
Double Green Trading Stamps on all Paints
Ready Mixed Paint, per gal- QQn
Ion, $1.30 and VOV
HAMS! HAMS!!
For the Glorious Fourth.
The larxest and best selection of nil.' Rent-
Vtnd leading grades of hams and bacon in
tne city.
Your choice of Worrell's Ottumwa Iowa
Hams, Cudahy's choice selected Diamond
"C" brand hams, or Swill's Premium
hams very one of the above named
hams are guaranteed to be Hie qi
best. Your choice, at, pound ,..'5v
Thirty (MM) Green Trading Stamps with
each ham.
MORTON-GREGSON'S CHOICE CALI
FORNIA HAMS to 8 pound ni.
average, at, pound "Iw
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps
with each ham.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps i An
with 4-qt. tin covered Pail sW
You will need It when you go plcnlclng.
Twenty (.'2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
any watering can, prices up 1llr
from Olfc.
BASEMENT.
LARD!
LARD!!
Bennett s Capitol Lard, fresh kettle ren
dered, the best and purest home render
ed lard on the market. In three 'tr
pound palls, for 0Jl
Twenty i$2 On) Green Trading Stamps
with each pall.
Diamond "C" Soap,
ten bars .'
Gallon-can Peaches
for
Ginger Snaps fresh, crisp
and spicy pound
Tomatoes, solia pack, can 7o r7c
dozen cans,... tJW
Corn, good value, can 6c,
dozen cans
Early June Peas, can 7c,
dozen cans i
25c
25c
. 5c
55c
80c
BEXXETTS CAXDV SECTION.
Chocolate Creams, vanilla flavored,
very delicious, pound IfcC
CIGAR SECTION.
Rudyard Kipling the very best that is
for the money 6c cigar -t OS
fifty for I'VJ
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps.
Patterson's H. O. Plug Cut
Smoking, one-half pound
Fi i (60c) Green Trading Stamps.
24c
Stronghold Tl.lck Chewing JQp
Tobacco, one pound J
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps.
El Calrud. a genuine Porto oi
Rico Cigar, 7, 8, for Jli
Don't forget a box of cigars or a
pipe for your outing trip. They come
In handy.
Double Green Trading Stamps Saturday
on Box Trade and Pipes.
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S
BLUE SERGE SUITS
The Ever Popular Evening Suit.
iey Arc Scarce But We Have Them.
$20.00 Suits m
$18.00 Suits" ggg
$,2af.Su::!....6.66
4.44
Dutchess Trousers, 10c. a
button. $1 a rip.
They Need No Repairing.
$6.00 Trousers
$5.00 Trousers
$4.00 Trousers
Double Green Trading Stamps on
all Trousers.
meny2d me OUTING SUITS
Specially Priced for Quick Selling
$7.50 Coat and Trousers, T 5
$10.00 Coat and Trousers, jj I
$15.00 Coat and Trousers, 75
$20.00 Coat and Trousers, 5
Double Green Trading Stamps on all Men's Suits.
Shirt Troubles
Cured Here
This is one of the sales by
which we have made many a
good friend, owing to the styles
and values that we put into
them.
Included in this sale are
Wilson Bros., Mattawans,
Inter Ocean, Ideals, Griffon
and numerous other good
makes. The styles are the new
est and best coat fronts, cuffs
attached.
Two pair separate cuffs, white
and fancy, plaited bosoms,
etc., worth $1.50 1 AA
and $2.00 I.UU
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading
Stamps.
DON'T MEASURE TIIE
"TATE HAT" BY TIIE
PAST $3.00 hats you've
owned, expect as much as
$5.00 brings in most
shops.
Stetson $5.00 50
Stetson $4.00 fJQ
It's worth your time for
its money saving for you
to come to Bennett's Hat
Section.
New straws for the
Fourth of July just in
town.
Men's Sailor Straw Ilat,
$1.50 7
hat
$2.00
hat
1.00
WHEN WE WHIPPED THE JAPS
Etcollectiom of the Only Tim They Were
Conquered at Bet.
' PUGNACIOUS NATIVES HANDED A BUNCH
Captain D. S. McDonfd and the
Fries t Wyoming- Cleaned Ont the
Javanese Kavy and Riddled
the Shore Batteries.
In these days of Japanese prowess on the
sea It Is a matter of satisfaction to the
people of the United States that It was
through their Influence that the Island na
tlon received Its first Introduction to west
ern clvllliatlon. Furthermore, though few
people remember It, the United States Is
the only nation that has ever conquered
Japan on the seas.
The chapter of history in which Uncle
Sam taught the mikado's people that his
ships and seamen were something to be
feared was written away back In isa, and
Its pages are almost hidden In the mass
of stirring events that were occurring at
that time. For our civil war waa at Its
height, and happenings In far-off Japan,
no matter how Important, were too far
away to attract attention. But the story
1 of the conflict between Japan and the
I United States read today makes the affair
lm so Important that the only wonder
yto us is that It did not result in something
11 k
' to us is mat i
more serious.
I In fact. President Roosevelt, In speaking
Of it, said: "Had that action occurred at
'.any other time than during the civil war
Its fame would have been echoed all over
the wrld."
The United States steam frigate Wyom
ing (Captain David Stockton McDougali
waa the ship that figured In the battle. It
had been sent to cruise In Asiatic waters
o keep an eye out for confederate com
nerce destroyers, especially the Aiaban-.a,
Which waa purauing its course of destruc
tion at the time.
Tte Wyoming carried two eleven-inch
Dahlgren guns on pivots amidships and had 1
four thirty-two pounders In the broadside.
Its complement was 160 men.
The mikado of Japan issued an edict in
1863 expelling all foreigners from his coun
try. The Japanese were very bitter against
all aliens at that time and eager to plunge
the mikado Into trouble with other powers,
thus exhibiting at that early date their
present warlike tendency. This was nota
bly the case with the men of the Choshlu
clan, the most bellloobe of the mikado's
subjects.
What MeOoogal Had to Face.
The first move of the Choshlu men was
to erect Immense batteries on the Straits
of ShimonoRokl, the western entrance to
the inland sea, called the "Ulbraltar of the
Japanese Mediterranean." The straits are
three miles long and a mile and a half
wide, edged with high bluffs. On these
bluffs the Choshlu men erected seven bat
teries, mounted with thirty-two, twenty
four and twelve- pounder guns of the latest
pattern, some of them having been pur
chased In America and others in England.
Besides they had a navy of three ships,
the Iron steamer Lane-field, the brig Lan
rlck and. with the Irony of fate, the bark
Daniel Webster! These ships were armed
with 24-pounders.
With their fleet and the batteries, the
Japanese commanded the straits com
pletely, und It whs a difficult matter for a
ship to pass without being shot to pieces,
for the mikado's men were good shots
even In those dajs.
The American steamer Pembroke was the
first vessel to find this out. On June 25,
1863, it entered the straits, bound for Na
gasaki. It followed the custom of drop
ping anchor and waiting for slack water.
The account of what happened next is
given in Edgar Starton Maclay's "History
of Jhe American Navy."
"Soon after the Pembroke came to, the
Daniel Webster moved by and dropped an
chor a short distance from It. No sus
picions of foul play seem to have been en
tertained by the captain of the Pembroke,
for he had shown his colors.
"About an hour after midnight the Dan
lei Webster, without the slightest warn
ing, opened fire on the Pembroke, and soon
the Lanrlck approached, her crew shouting
and anchoring near the bark opened oa
the steamer. Realising that the Japanese
were determined to sink his vessel, the
master of the Pembroke retraced his course
and eluded his assailants. Complaint was
made to the officials at Toklo and Indem
nity to the amount of $10,000 was demanded
and paid."
A fortnight later the French dispatch
boat Klenchang was attacked In the sai.ie
manner, and nearly -sunk, while many of
her men were killed. A Dutch cruiser, the
Medusa, went to the straits to see about
the .matter, was attacked by the batteries
and the small Japanese fleet with such
success that four of the Medusa's men
were killed. and five wounded, and thirty
one shots took effect in her hull, nearly
sinking her.
Next, the French gunboat, the Tancrede,
got In range of the batteries and war
boats of the Japs and was sunk; and not
long afterward a Japanese steamer, which
the warriors mistook for a foreigner, was
sent to the bottom after nine officers and
nineteen seamen had been killed.
American Hans the Gauntlet.
It may be seon by this that the Choshlu
men were having all kinds of fun, and it
really was a shame to spoil it. But Cap
tain McDougal and the Wyoming were In
the neighborhood, and in no too good
humor and when the news of the Indignity
to the Pembroke reached the doughty
American commander he proceeded to take
the matter Into his own hands, though the
Wyoming was all ready to sail "for nome.
Determining to proceed to the scene of
hostilities, "he dropped anchor," says Mac
lay, "at the eastern end of the straits on
the evening of July IS, having first learned
that the Lancefleld drew no more water
than his own ship. Early the next morning
the Wyoming rounded a point of land,
when one of the batteries opened fire, the
first shot striking the ship just above the
engine room, cutting away some rigging
ample evidence of the accuracy of Japa
nese gunners. Making no reply to this the
Wyoming steamed on until it rounded an
other promontory, when It came within full
sight of the town and within long range of
all the batteries and the Japanese warships.
"The shrewd American commander had
noticed a line of stakes driven into the
mud, evidently marking . the edge of the
uaia cbaaael. Rightly guessing that tbe
enemy had long got the precise range of
this waterway, McDougul ordered his pilots
to take his ship toward the northern shore,
close under the batteries on that side. The
Daniel Webster was anchored close to the
town, the Lanrick about fifty yards be
yond, and a length ahead and near it was
the Lancefleld. All these vessels were
rigged with kedge anchors and grappling
anchors at their yardarms, ready to close
on the Wyoming and carry it by boarding.
Their decks were covered with men, shout
ing and defying the Americans to come on.
"Making directly for these vessels, Mc
Dougal shook out his colors, but reserved
his fire. Intending to attack the vessels
first and give his attention to the bat
teries afterward. The sight of the Amer
ican flags seemed to have acted like oil on
the fire, for now the Japnneee opened from
other batteries with savage ferocity. He
Dougal's shift from the main channel some
what disconcerted their plans, as seen by
the fact that moat of their shot took effect
on the Wyoming's ringing. Observing a
good opportunity to deliver a few blows
McDougal opened with his pivots and star
board guns, and with such effect that one
battery was torn to pieces and silenced at
the first broadHide.
Yankees Could Shoot Straight Then.
"Keeping steadily on for the ships, the
Wyoming, when nearly abreast of the
squadron, was fired upon by the Daniel
Webster, by which two men. William
Clark and George Watson, were killed, the
latter by a chain shot. About the same
time a shot from one of the batteries
killed a marine. The Americans were now
firing from every gun In the ship, and
with splendid effoct, as was shown by the
clouds of earth and broken gun mountings
that were hurled Into the air.
"Aided by the strong tide the Wyoming
swiftly passed down the straits, so that
the Japanese gunners in the ships, although
firing with admiral rapidity, could dis
charge no more than three broadsides. One
of their shells killed all of the crew of
the forward thirty-two-pounder except three
men.
"The Wyoming had now passed the
ships, which she rounded to with the In
tention of making a target of them, but
at this critical Juncture It ran aground
where six batteries and the aiiuadroa could
concentrate their fire upon it, and for a
moment it looked very much like defeat.
The Lancefleld was now observed to Blip
its cable and steam over to the northern
shore, probably with a view of gathering
headway for ramming the helpless Ameri
can. Realizing the danger, McDougal di
rected all his attention to the steamer, hop
ing to disable It before it could do
the threatened mischief.
"Meantime the Wyoming's engines had
been reversed, and after a powerful effort
It was backed clear of the mud and Into
deep water. Maneuvering as well as the
five-knot current and sunken rocks would
admit of. McDougal got his two pivot gun
Into play on the Lancefleld, and soon
eleven-Inch shells were doing their awful
work on the hull of the steamer. The sec
ond carefully aimed shell from the forward
pivot gun crashed through the side of the
Lancefleld, one foot above the water line.
pierced the boiler and came out on the
other side, tearing a great hole in the hull.
As if not satisfied with the work, the shell
speeded over the water and exploded in
the town, a quarter of a mile away.
"In an Instant the Lancefleld was en
veloped in a mass of steam, smoke, flame
and cinders. Scores of men threw them
selves Into the sea. Two more shells were
then sent Into the Lancefleld to Insure its
destruction. The pivot guns were then
turned on the Daniel Webster, which ship
had been keeping up a destructive fire. A
Tew well-directed shells settled Its fate,
and it followed the Lancefleld o the bot
tom. McDougal was now able to devote
his entire attention to the shore batter
ies. He deliberately retraced his course
through the straits, keeping up a most ef
fective fire, so much so that, although
greatly exposed, his vessel was scarcely in
jured. "After passing the last battery and get
ting beyond the reach of the Japanese guns,
the Wyoming came to and the men had
time to count their losses. The action had
lasted Junt one hour and ten minutes, in
which time the Wyoming had been struck
more than twenty times, ten shot having
pierced its hull. The ship had fired fifty
five rounds, or nearly one for every min
ute of the action. Six men were killed
and four wounded.
"Four day later the French frigate
Semiramls and gunboat Tancrede entered
the straits and, after landing a detachment
of 250 men, captured the batteries.
"Speaking of the brilliant action Orlffls
says: 'To the Choshlu clansmen, brave
and capable as they themselves were, it
seemed as though McDougal possessed
more than human nerve in thus running his
vessel Into the fierce fire which they had
prepared for him. Long afterward they
spoke respectfully of the "American Dev
ils.' "New York World.
HOW HE LOOKS AND ACTS
Short Range sketch of John D. Horke.
feller, the Manrinrd Oil
Kluir.
Would It Interest you for a change to
read nbout John D. Rockefeller something
besides an attack on his fortune or an ac
count of the way he constructed his trust?
Would you pay attention to a feeble effort
to tell you what the most powerful man in
the United States looks like? If so, read
on:
Mr. Rockefeller has absolutely no hair on
his head, no beard, no eyebrows or eye
lashes. And yet, curiously enough, the ef
fect Is In no way repulsive. The head, in
the first plare, Is splendidly shaped, very
big, well developed on top and at the sides.
The brain In there that has beaten the
American business men, overcome legisla
tures, made laws or Ignored them, Is a big
brain, capable of plenty of work.
The face Is tanned dark brown from out-of-door
life; the shoulders are wide, though
stooping; the hands powerful; the leg and
arms must at one time have belonged to a
very strong man.
If it is true thst Mr. Rockefeller has
broken down his physical health, overwork
of the brain has certainly destroyed a very
good physical machine.
The most striking thing about the man Is
the curious shape and expression of his
fare. It is naturally a kindly face. The
look In ihe eyes. In spite of a certain
anxious roving, Is really benevolent. He
speaks to the negro In charge of the Pull
man car with a politeness that Is almost
deferential, and return with punctilious
courtesy the salutations of the conductor ot
the train and of others who look at him, ai .
most holding their breath.
The lower part of his face comes to a
curious point. The mouth, with a pointed
lower lip, indicates years of close mental
concentration. Upon his face there Is per
petually the expression of the man puzzling
his mind as to his next move at chess. ,
It Is a pointed face beneath a very wide,
well developed head. If one tried to analyze
it zoologically. It might be said that the
elephant's brain and the fox's cunning had
combined to produce the physiognomy of
the most successful man In the great Amer
ican game.
He Is a big old man, wide shoulders stoop '
lng; Intelligent, light blue eyes, looking out
always sldewuys, never straight ahead. Hlg
splendidly developed head offers the phre
nologist a most tempting field, bare as It Is.
If the scientists are right, and evolution
shall make us all bald some day, removing
the Inst animal hair, we can find comfort In
the fact that Mr. Rockefeller's hairless
head Is by no means ugly.
He Is a pleasant-faced old man, really
kindly at heart and wanting to dc good and
be liked. He takes a boyish Interest In what
lltle fun he has he ran beside the moving
train like a boy of S.
The friendly look In his eye changes some
times to a fleeting but distinctly unpleasant
look of menace when he sees strangers
eyeing him too closely; the look lasts only
a second the deferential, almost obsequU
ously polite old man Is agnln before you.
When you see this very powerful man
leading his absolutely simple life, above all,
refraining from any ostentatious dfHplay or
any waste of human labor, you feel thank
ful that such very great power Is placed in
hands that do so little harm. San Francisco
Examiner.
Teeth I a a ll-ile.
Children when teething, especially during
the summer months, are more or less sub
ject to diarrhoea. This can be controlled by
giving Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy In sweetened water as
directed.
senator llacon gees Saltan.
CONSTANTINOPLE. June 30-Tho sul
tan today. In private audience, received Mr.
Lelshman, the American minister, who Pie
sented Senator Dtuon of Georgia,
