June q, 1898
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Nebraska Ikdependent.
Omaha, June 9, 1898.
The Easiest Way
in the world. . .
There isn't a store on God's green footstool whore it is
ninr for 11 inuri to trade than in thin "Nebraska" store. 'Tis
almost too easy. We huvono clever salesmen to coax you, no
aiiiooth talkers to cajoln you, nobody to urgo you or to button
hole you or to hoodwink you or to make you buy anything you
don't want. Good have to hhII themselves horn. All wo keep
sulosinon for is to dhow you whatever you want, to find your
size for you, to answer your questions and to assist you when
you ask thoir assistnueo-not before. Wo believe that our ens
toruers know what they want; know what they want to jay for
it; know whether our price suits them or riot and if it doesn't
tlmro is no argument wo can't trade. That's the easiest way in
tho world to do business and the safest way for you. Our Cata
logue tells you some things. Clot one yet?
Jantiago Bombarded.
(Continued from pngu 1.)
ship's keel. Kiusli torpedo contains
eighty-two pounds of gunpowder. Kueh
torpedo is also connected with tliiibridire.
and they should do their work in a min
ute anil it w ill IxKjiiick work even if done
111 a tm 11 1 j to and a quarter. On deck
there will bo four men and myself. In
the engine room there will bo two other
men. This is (lie total crew and all of us
will ho in our under dothiuir, with rovol
vers mid ammunition in water tight
packing strapped around our waists.
I'KKI'Alir.l! KOIt KVHNTUAWTIIIS,
"Forward there will bo a man on deck
end around his waist will bo a line, the
Other end being made fast to the bridge,
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1 : 1 I'll which 1 win si.uuu. jy in hi, man s
J I side will bo an axe. When I stop t he on
I (rirwi I utiull li.l-lf lliiu fnril nri1 Iia will t.fiuu
I got the signal to cut t he lashing which
I I will be holding the forward anchor. Ho
II will then jump overboard and swim to
II the four-oared dingy, which we shall tow
astern. The dingy is full of life buoys
" and is unmistakable. J 11 itarerifles.lt
is to be hold by two ropes, one made
fast at her bow and one at her stern.
The first man to reach her will haul in
the tow lino and pull the dingy out to
starboard. The next to leave tho ship
are tho rest of the crew. The quarter
master ut the whool will not leave until
(Vr having put It hard aport and
.xheditso. lie will then jump overboard.
"Down below the man at the reversing
r will stop the engines, scramble on
eck and fret over the sides as quickly as
possible. The man in the engine room
will break open the sea connections with
a sledge hammer and will follow bis
loader into the water. This lost step in
sures the sinking of the Morritnuc
1 1 whether the torpedoes work or not.
"I!y this time, I calculate the six men
, will be in the dingy and the Merrimoc
will have swung athwart the channel to
the full length of her 800 yards of cable,
, which will be paid out before the an
chors are cut loose. Then all that is
left for me is to touch the button. I
shall stand on the starboard side of the
' bridge. The explosion will throw the
Merrimac on the starboard side. Noth
ing on this side of New York City will be
able to ruise her after that."
I.IFK Oil KKATU NOT AN IHSI E.
i "And you expect to come out of this
. iilivo?" asked u coimianion of the lieu
tenant.
"Ah tliut. iu iitiottii.r tliiiiir " uniil tlin
lieutenant,
lie was so interested in the mechani
cal details nf the scheme that he scarcely
stopped to talk of life or death. Hut in
reply to frequent questions llobson mi id:
"1 suppose tho Kstralla battery will
lire down on us a bit, bur the ships will
throw their searchlights in the
gunuer's face and they won't sen much
.if us. Then, if wo are torpedoed wo
liolili even men no uuie 10 mime ineue-
irinl noaition In the channel. It won t
lbs so cmy to hit us and I think the men
should t' utile to swhn to tlie ilinirv. I
may jump befor 1 am blown up. Hut I
don't see that it makes much difference
what I do. I have a fair chanco of life
itlier wav. If our dnigy gets stmt to
mt m xliiill limit try to mhIiii for the
fh right under Mnrro castle. W
11 r.tip totfeiiirr at all inwarii. linn
J 1111W Ixtuble to make our way along-
mils ami s-rhaHi get back to the ship.
VVs rIiiiH tight tli M'Utrii s ur a sipind
intd the lat and mIimII only nurreu
r t om rwlinlaiiiitf uuiulier and 0111
.urr nd-r will only take plao u 11 lnt
tort.''
ivi I' 1 1 Ik. k I ot HIU,
W In 11 the adiairni' rouwiit wits nb
!iIU-l l-ieutollltht lltihsotl txt'ituii' Imp-
unit id all delay and thai trrr u kM,
,.in.ilV, Stter tin- lll.loll tct itilWII,
,, lli" 11 'm lir Mttfiupl, ViiIhii
v. f ef lor on u i I th lil id
h" l!t I sad to ( r-. 1 1 of tlm Vui. ri
, i lot i I II Itml U m itmi tt.ol,
4 o'clock Thursday morning, but with
tho sky puling In tho east Lieu
ton ant llobson sturted on his desperate
expedition.
STOI'I'IUI II V THE ADM1IIAI,.
After the Merrimac steamed forward,
Kiiir Admiral Kampson, pacing the deck
of llugship, looked at his watch and at
the streaks in tho oast and decided that
tho MorHiiiac could not reach the on
trance before broad daylight, conee
quontly the torpedo boat J'orler, which
was ulonsiria was Jdispatcheil to recall
the daring olllcer.
Lieutenant llobson sent back a pro
tost with a request for permission to
proceed. Hut the admiral declined to
ullow him to tuke tho risk and slowly
the Merrimac swung about.
During tho day Lieutenant, llobson
went atnmrj tuo llagsuip. 1 1 is once
white duck trousers were as black as a
coal heavers; his old fatigue coat was
unbuttoned, and his begrimmed face
doep furrowed by tense drawn lines, but
resolution sliono In his eyes, ho ab
sorbed was he in tho task ahead of him
thut, unmindful of his appearance and
of all ceremony und naval etiquette, he
told the admiral in a tone of command
that ho must not again bo interfered
with.
ASKED TO IIE MJT AI.ONE.
"I can carry this thing through," said
ho, "but there must be no more recalls,
My men have been keyed up for twenty-
four hours and under a tremendous
strain; iron will break at last."
Huch was the idomitable will and cour
age with which he faced death and glory.
When llobson loft the ship and the ex
tended bunds of his shipmates, more
tbau one of the latter turned hastily to
hide the unbidden tears. Hut the lien-
tenant waved them adieu with a smile
on his handsome face.
This morning the Merrimac started in
shortly after 3 o'clock. The full moon
bad disappeared behind a black cloud
bank In tue west, leaving only a gray
mark of heaving waters and the dim out
line of the Cuban hills showing against
the unstarrod sky to the watchers on
board the ships of the fleet. It was that
calm hour before dawn when life is at its
lowest ebb and the tide runs out, carry
ing the lives of mortals with it.
TIIK SAMH OLD STOKIKS.
Mr. J. A. Watrons in the Chicago
Tiiiics-Herald tells a few war stories
which should be road by the relatives
of every soldier in the iirniy. These
short stories of the days of '111 to '115
will do more to a I III V foolish niul use
less fears tlinii any amount of argu
ment. The following stories of sis
imed wells mid springs and drugged
pies ore very appropriate just now:
"Thc are Inning the same eer
ieners we hud."
Then the old veteran, after a chuck
le, Ihhii evidently of an old memory,
explained whnt he ineniit.
"Did Von see that reHtrt nliotit I lie
Spauiiirds poisoning the wells and
springs at ('hiekuiiiaiiga'.' That made
tin- laugh.
" hen our regiment went into camp
near Louisville, Ky., in Isi',.', the tlr.-t
startling report that reui-hcii us wax
, tli.lt tlie last legiliieiil wliieli CHIIlpi '1
li tluit groiiml liixl liilieleen men
' f lit iliiiiU mil' water taken fiom a will
j lie ir all eiieinv'-, Iioiim-.
I "ou i in iiiiak'lin lb"' eiii.tenial ion
: neli s leiHirt e,ttti'l'e. through the
lanki or a t Iiiiii-uiiiiI men, would
! i lead', oiie of ll felt I ii.lt eir lilM
lint Wi to klnugliter thai rlieinV aiul
i Ihhii hu lioiiHv. When nieh a prop"-
KitiMn wn in i t it ti n h ariieil that
I In- man hat "' lain the eonfi dilute
.miii ii It, I that the w. 11111111 and In r
! i tiddn II had U-rn III liorlh ! piii'i
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er,' then, was three cents. Hundreds
of them have been sold nt a dollar
each."
" 'Never mind what it cost, doctor
is it n. good tester? asked the
colonel.
" ' The dried foot of a rabbit would
be preferable,' said the doctor.
" 'Js it any good at nil for finding
out whether there is poison in tho
vvnter or not?' nskoil the colonel.
" 'A knitting needle would be bet
ter' " 'Doctor, be goisl enough to answer
my question is this tester good for
anything?' 4
" 'There was a net profit on it of
!)7 cents.'
" 'Is it n fraud?'
" 'It is an utter fraud.'
"And so if. was.
"A week from that day there wasn't
a water-tester In our eiiinp.
"Our experience did not, dilTcr from
that of any new regiment that I ever
heard anything nlsiiit. They nit had
n sen re over poisoned springs and wells
Inn, 1 never lieiird of a single spring or
that report came from ChieUuiiiauga
that a mull) had died from drinking
poisoned water and that the Spaniards
had gone through the camps charging
tlie water supply with arsenic
''Such reports give the new soldiers
a great scare, Ihe reporters a rare, sen
sat Ion and the friends ut home sleep
less nights.
"The first mouth out, in the flier
war, but. few pies were euten by the
green troops. After flint no pic deal
er got nwny from eiiinp with any of
his stock,
"The olllecrs and especially the sur
geons, did not wuut tlie men to cut
pies. Mysterious reports of poisoned
pies were started whenever we slop
pe I for a ilny or longer. Kuch and
such regiments had lost men by the
poisoned pie ronie, These stories did
I heir work for a lime. One day I
heard the colonel say lo our surgeon
"Doctor, have you started the drug
ged pie stories since coming to this
en nip .'
" 'No sir, but I will do so at onci
"I sleuthed the heels of Hint sur
geon until he bad told half a doeu
enpliiins and lieutenants to sound tin1
alarm on pies. One of them asked him
what he should say.
" 'Oil, say that Munsllcld's brigade
lost, ten men day before yeslerdiiy by
eating poisoned pies peddled by secessionists.'
"In hair nn hour the stories were
flying through camp. Ju less time than
that counter stories wynt over tin1
same route.
'Uight lifter dinner a delegation of
one man from each company inarched
up to the colonel's tent mid usked that
olllcial to npponr.
"I was stage manager lor the occa
sion, and when the colonel came out
of Ins lent I saluted him and mourn
fully requested permission for the del
egation to visit Mansfield's brigade.
' 'Why do you wish to go to that
brigade?' asked ithe colonel.
" 'They lire to have a military funer-
nl, sir.'
" "J'biit Is not a good excuse for al
lowing you to leave camp at a time
when we are expecting orders ut any
moment to march.'
" 'Hut this is not an ordinary funer
al, colonel.'
'Why isn t it an ordinary inner-
ul?'
'I'eenuse ten soldiers are- to bo
buried. They died day Is-fore yester
day died at the bands of the enemy,
Ihey were poisoned. We feel as
though we ought to pay their memor
ies this much respect. Can we go?'
'Do you know positively that so
many men In that brigade are dead?'
'es, sir
'Whom does this information
come from .'
'A man close to you, colonel, the
surgeon. I heard him tell our captain
and the captain told others.'
" 'I'll call the surgeon.'
"When the medicine man put in an
appearance he was asked now he knew
ten men of Mansfield s brigade were
dead from jsiison.
' 'Why, I don't know anything
ii ) m 1 1 1 il I h.ivn't heard a word from
the brigade. '
"I asked him if be didn't tell the cap
tain of my company that he had better
eireiilale the news that feu men in
Mansfield's brigade died in one day
from eating secession pies.
"The surgeon looked at the delega
tion, at the colonel, gave a general
survey and then laughed.
' 'I obeyed orders, colonel,' said the
diM-tor, 'relative fo pies, and I guess
I did say something alsmt the losses
in our sister brigade.'
"I gave Ihe delegation a signal and
we ten men brought a left hand to
the front and began to devour the pie
that bad been eoiieealed from th"
colonel.
" 'J lie palm
hiu'l-ioii.
" 'I guest il i, iloelni,' k.iIiI the
colonel.
" i we tiled 1 1 - -1 1 1 and uiaiehed nwav
one of the bos etie, baek; 'i-i,
gi-iitli men, the game i up. We eat
pie li'iiu till-, on.1
"It U wonderful how qui, kly I he pie
in, idi nl li.ueleil tliiuiiyli I In- eamp.
Itn- pie Made ifiiw nt it rapid pais-,
ibtr ine ha. I pun for eaeli mini as
lung an we kiii, inn, I in einip, which
w.m a month."
I ll, ml at home e.lli Hell ibie.i-uil
li, loi i, ol j"-'.. .in i, K-, other emiip
I iiai i aiui hardship liml me made
I Il of ill Die i llll Ml ( tlii k.lll.Uf.,
Llinpi Vi ilolii?toli Hlid Jai k'im l!le
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SANTIAGO DB CUBA AND VICINITY, . i
Santiago do Cuba, where the Spimisli fleet is uow iiumurud, J the ooond nlty ip rank and population In th it
land. It is situated on tho rivor Sautiago, six miles from its mouth. It U wll built and utrongly fortified.
PORT TAMPA AND THE CUBAN INVASION.
Port Tampa, the point of departure of tho troop for Cuba, is sltuatod on Tampa bay about ton miles from
(be town of Tampa. It in a railway tonninua and owing to the war preparation! going on there now U a busier place
than ever before.
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IINC01nc0iMPANYt
Vronf Service. llioi
Millions of Bonds.
Con tinned from First pug''-
recognized any necessity of interest
ut till.
Another amendment was offered by
Mien, fo tux nil yiuhts owned or used
iiy eitizens or the United (Slaes 1 per
cent, on tneir assessed value. Keject
ed.
Senator Tillman, of Houth Carolina,
then offered an amendment levying' a
(liny or id cents per pound on nil tea
Imported. This prevailed by the folow
liitf vote:
Veas 38.
llutler, CatTery, Cannon, Carter,
Chandler, Chilton, Coekrell, Elkins,
oraker, dear, (lornian, Harris, Jlelt-
field, Jones (Ark.), Jones (Ner.), Kyle,
indsay, .Meliride, Meuiurin, Mills,
Mitehell, Money, Morgan, Murpliv,
erklns, I'ettus, I'ritcluird, Kawlins,
ftoneh, Sewell, Stewiirt, Teller, Till-
iiiiiii, I urley, Vest, Wetinore, White,
Woleott.
Nays-K.
Allen, Allison, I'.acon, linker, I'.ate,
lti-rry, liurrows, Clark, Clnv, ('ulloin,
Daniel, Davis, Deboe, Fairbanks, I'rve,
inlliii'cr, I hi ri mi, Ihiiisbrougli, llnw
e,V, Hour, Lolrc, McMillan, Morrill,
vJ-Ikoii, I'eltiyrew, l'latt (Conn.), I'latl
(N. '.), fuii.v, Slump, Spooner, Tur
tle, Wellington.
Ihe populists iliviiletl on tins prop
osition -.nine of tlieui 1 1 1 i n p- the
tii prohnlily on the theory (but it was
lieller fo pay for Ihe war us we eo
Senator Allen vot
lieeailHi' be eon
uiillioiiaire's pleiih
pay a war Inx the
shouldn't with his
I hau to pi in debt,
ed "no" prolialily
eluded that if the
lire yacht couldn't
poor man's tea
help.
And so the bill was pnsHi-d atnl sent
to the hoiiHe, The common jM-ople
eau "o to the front ami flht tins war
through. While they lire llbtinif
their uiven en ii pay a war tux of fen
cents per pound mi tea. When the
wtr I- ou r the eiuiiuioii xoliliiTH ran
eoiiie home ami pav the bondi. leiin
while tin- eorpoi'iit ioiiH e'in ('iillii-r in
their miMinni free f n mi war lae.
How much hniifer lnill thU i-t.ite
of atl.iii- endure In Aniirlrn','
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deiilU i ln'ii'K that 'Vi H nl i inn hme
roiin- .li'.iin" av; "Vi ne thiin liilf
the hi. nt hi nli eioom-i hen- Imve ni.ir
lieil 1'iiU who tulle Kin) o,illoii
. ,i 1 1 1 1 . men ilem,iii,l now i.l.ii. tint
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