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Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY JUNE 16. 1898.
NO. 5.
VOL. X.
TROOPS il WAY
Expedition of 15,000 Men Leave
Tampa for Invasion of
Cuba.
LAND BATTLE AT SANTIAGO
3,500 Men Start For Manila From
Ban Francisco to Ilollovo
Dowoy.
WrNw ol the Week.
Tim urmy of invasion under fiouornl
Khaftor for Cuba sailed from Tampa
Tuesday morning at daybreak.
It numbered m total of J 5,000 irim of
all classes, liifiintrv, cavalry and artil
lery, ami In expected to reach tlio ttoutb
mst const of Cuba by Wednesday even
ing (it (lie latest.
Tho transports numbered 32 vessels
in all ami they wore convoyed by an ox
eiritionully strong force of warship.
The expedition was made up of iioarly
20 regiments of regular Infantry lrom
500 to 550 innn each. There were also
two regiments of volunteer Infantry,
about -',000 men altogether, the Hocond
ri!irii!Ui of cavalry from Mobile, 500
innn, and two stpmdrons each from the
Kirsl, Third, Hixlh, Ninth and Tenth
cavalry, about 2,000 men; eight IroopM
of volunteer cavalry taken from Uoose
volt's rough riders, tiOO men; four bat
teries of litfht artillery, 300 mini and
sixteen kuiih; two batteries of heavy ar
tillery, -'00 mini and nix Mm guns; the
batiiilion of engineers 200 men; signal
corpH and hospital corps, etc, about .'100
num.
IN lint lot liny Klurl .
Han 1'iusnmo, Juno 11. Thirly-flvo
hundred soldiers left Camp Merrill this
morniiiK to murch to the traiiHport
steamers which uro o take thcrn to tho
i'hilippimiH. The men who hnv lii-mi
waiting no loiiK for the order to embark
worn delighted at I In iirosis-cts of going
to tho front. They lined up in heavy
marching order and n they marched
through the camp the 11,000 soldiers who
Were to he left behind gave the departing
soldiers clrr after cheer.
Mot id Hie commanding officers took
tLuir (iioii down to (iolden (into street,
which tvns crowded wilh people. nnxioiiH
to nee the pnrude, and the soldiers of the
second expedition were given a Hpieudid
send-off uud one they will not forget.
The business houses were all decorated
or tho occasion, some had hired bands
to play patriotic airs and the music fur
nislicd was iilmoMt drowned out at times
by the noiHii of exploding bombs,
Those who boarded the China were
the First regiment of Colorudo vol
unteers, two I,' tali batteries of light ar
tillery and hall olthe IJightoenlh regular
infantry. di board tho Colon are the
Twenty-Third regiment of infantry and
n portion of the Kight'-cnth. The Tenth
regiment of 1'eniiHylvania volunteerH
and the First Nebraska go on board the
Senator. It in generally expected that
the )!( will get away tomorrow.
lirigudiertienernl (ireene will command
the llei-t and bin adjutant general will lie
Captain lliitesol the Sovcnty-liirst New
Vork regiini'iit.
Tliu l lral LhikI Mill I In.
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coverable only at flushes, nt which the
marines tired volleys.
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chine uun ia her bow, pushed up the
liny, enfilading the Spaniards, and It Ik
thought many whit killed, i lie ma
rlni'N truiled much ldool to 1h water's
cd-e mid there lout It, Sharks arc nu-
mcroim In th vicinity,
ATTACK AT MIDNIGHT.
Shortly after midnight came the
main attack, Tim Spaniards: made a
gallant charge uj) the KoutliwcHt mope,
hut were met by repeated volleyH from
1 lit inula iMidy and broke before they
were oms-thlrd of the wn,v up the hill,
but they came mo clime that at point
there, wiih nlmoHt a band-to-hand
struggle.
The olllceri uwed their revolver.
Three SjmniiirdM got through the open
format Ion to the edge of the camp.
Colonel dime Cnmplim, the Cuban
ifiildc. dlHchaigcd hU ivvolvcr, aiwl
then turning, to find hliiiHelf without
KiipKirt, run helter nkcllcr ilown the
reveme Hide.
It wiih during thin awtault that Ileu
tuiant (ilblm wiui killed. Jfe wai nhot
in front of IiIm tent. He fell nU the
iirniM of I'rlvat-e Sullivan mid both
droiincd. A wcoiid bullet threw dust
In their faci. Surgeon Olblm lived
ten minutett but did not regain con-
MCioUHUCM.
SAMPSON WAITS FOIt SirAFfKH.
On Jtoard the AMHoidatcd Trew Hoat
Wanda, off Santiago, June 9,vla King
ton, Jamaica, Juno ll.TUe navy now
awn I Ik the army,
Tliu lighting KhlpH of SamjiHOii and
Schley have buttered down and ren
dered uwIchm all the dcfcimeN of bouUi
ciimIcI'Ii Cuba,
They have wuled up Ccrvera'n fleet
in the harbor of Santiago by Kinking
the collier Merrlmac in the narrow
channel entrance, dinl-urbanCe of
which by the Spnnlidi, ii guarded
iigiiiiiht liy the American lleetn.
An AmerltMui Wfont boat, runniiig
under the hIiikIowh of VA Morro, htut
cut the Iliiytlen cable and the Ameri
ca n fleet m now conl nd abMolutely 35
nillcM of the conBt cant of Santiago de
Culm, including the important town
of (iuantaiiamo, captured and held by
American force incc ihm tilHjiauin
left.
Under the cover of the gniim of the
two flcctn all of KiiMteru Cuba could
now be easily invadctl by the force
of tin- United HUitcH.
Ccrvcrn'H fleet c'ould be ifnnlhilated
and the entire province, it harbors
mid town seized and held by Uie Ain-
erlcanM afU:r a very short campaign.
(iuaiitanamo Is an important placu
ami it has six miles of excellent har
bor which would lie of great vulue to
the United Stales as an army and navy
supply station, licfore thin dispatch
left Kingston iiuanuinamo uuu ai
rendv Iwen seized by the Americans,
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as told In UIHpaU'lics oi I'rinay, mm
maile the, sujiply station for the army
ami navy,
The town is also an lniiortant coal
ing depot ami a cable station for the
French service, temporarily disabled
now.
Advices from the. fleet, believed to
he ollieinl, report that the harbor fort
i licit ions of Sant iago tie Cuba were
again shelled for several lm'urs yester
day, practically reducing the defenses
ol Sia.iii.
.i details of this engagement have
been received, excepting the statement
that the bombardment would bo re
newed today.
A cablegram received from Madrid
this morning says the bombardment
vcMerdny did not inllkt any great
amount of damage to the forts. The
Spanish also claim they repulsed the
al tempt of the Americans t effect a
landing.
New York, .tune II. British Con
sul linmsdeii, at Santiago tit Culm bos
cabled the World that Lieutenant Hob
son and the six American sailors with
him, all held us prisoners by the
.Spanish, are well, ns he had seen and
talked with all of them.
I'ort Antonio, .lamaiev, June 11.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
St. Paul was seen utT lonitit Point,
last c tciiing. She ieiiori.il havii g
raptured a Spanish merchant man y st
out of Kingston with a full cargo for
Spain. j
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Nebraska Day Draws a Dig Crowd
From Over the Country
to Omaha.
WM. J, BRYAN'S ADDRESS
lie Tolla What War Means
Feople and to
Nations.
to a
An KlnlMiritfa I'mitrum.
Omaha, Neb., June U.
Thin in Nebraska day at the Trana
.Missinippl cxpoHition.
Totlay the While City i the Meoea
of tliomtiindd of Nubraaka citizeiiH.who
are juntly iiroutl of the part which
their Htatu Iiuh taken in the triumph
of thin latter part of the century.
Above the din of battle, foreign
complication for the time obscured,
Nebraska totlay rejoices In being the
scat of un exposition of Trans-Mississippi
resources that now constitute the
center of attraction for this mundane
sphere, N
Nebraska day program is replete
with good things that will make it a
day memorable In the history of the
great exposition, nd will reflect cred
it upon the maf4iiiliccnt prairie com
monwealth. IJiADINd NKJiltASKANS Til ERIC.
Among' the thousands of citizens
who have turned their faces toward
the exposition city are those who are
well known throughout the state, the
nation, ami the world, (iovcrnor Silit
A. Jloleoinb, the best governor Nebras
ka ever had, his stall', and many citi
zens of Lincoln, are In Omaha to par
ticipate in the mammoth festivities.
The Nebraska day program wuh nil
that the sanguinary expectation of
Nebraskaiis promised. The widely
known Omaha military band furnish
ed music, .nidge jmcvjIIc delivered the
dedication speech. The response wu
by (iovcrnor lloleomb, and President
Wattle, in an appropriate address, fol
lowed with a upci'ch of acceptance.
After mi original poebi by Mrs, J, L.
McKecver came the address by Hon.
W. .1. Hryan, an oration by Hon. W, V,
Oiirley and nn address by Attorney
fleiieral C. .1. Smyth. An immense
throng filled the exposition ltouii
and the Hiixiety upon the i
practically nil to hear and iarti?ipite
in .Nebraska s festivities onlv duuon-
Htratod anew the finiteness of the hu
man voice for those great events In
human history which challenge 1ht in
terest and attention of multitudes.
Mr. J'.ryan was greeted with enthu
siastic ttbecrs and hid address, which
is given in part lielow, elicited enthu
siastic responses.
W. .1. HIIYAX'H ADDRESS.
After discussing the resources- of
Nebraska Mr. lirynn made tho follow
ing refe.rcnee to the war and its re
sults:
"Nelrraska is ready to do her part
in time, of war as well as in time of
peace. Her citizens were among the
first to g"ive expression to their sym
pathy with the Cuban jtatriots, and
her rep rcscn tat ives in the senate and
hoii.se took a prominent part in the
advocacy of armed intervention by the
I'nilnl StJites. When the president is
sued a eull for volunteers, Ncbi'ii-ska's
ipioUt was promptly furnished and she
is prepared to respond to the second
and siibhctpii'iit calls.
"Nebraska's attitude iiton this sub
ject does not, however, Indicate that
the state is inhabited by a contention
or warlike people. It simply proven
that our M'ople understand both the
right conferred and the obligations
iinMisel by proximity ti Culm. Cn
ilerHtanding theso rights and oblig-i-lioim,
they tin not shrink from any
coiiM-ipie net's which may follow the
perforata net of a national duly.
W II T Ml MEANS.
"War is harah; it is itttembsl
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AT
EXPOSITION
tiou of the Orient merely because our
fleet won a remarkable victory la tho
hnrlior of Manila?
"Our gun destroyed a Bpanlsh fleet,
hut can they destroy that mdf-ovldent
truth, that governments derivo their
just jKwers not from superior foroe,
but from the connent of tho (roverned?
"Shall we abandon a just resistance
to European eneraachment upon, the
weuni hemlK)here in order to mingle
in the controversies or iJuropo anu
Asia?
NEBRASKA'S PART IN WAR.
"Nebrnaka, standing midway be
tween tho oceans, will contribute! her
full share toward the protection of our
geiiconst; her sous will support tho llrtg
nt home and abroad, wherever the
honor and tho Interests of tjm nation
may retjuire. Nebraska will hold up
the hands of the government while
the battle rages, and when tho war
clouds roll away her volco will be
heard pleading for the maintenaiicti
of those Idea which Inspired tho
founders of our government and gave
the nation Its proud eminence among
the mil Ions of tho cui lli.
"If others turn to thoughts of ag
grandizement and yield allegiance to
those who clothe land-covetousncs In
the attractive garb of 'national des
tiny,' t he people, of Nebraska will, Jf I
mistake not their sentiments, plant
themselves upon the disclaimer enter
ed by congress and expect that good
faith shall characterize the making of
pcaoo ns it ditl the beginning of war.
(iohlsmith calls upon statesmen)
" 'To judge how wide the limits sliand
Hid wlxt a splendid and a hnppy land.'
"If some dream of the splendors of
a heterogeneous empire encircling the
globe, we shall 1m content to aid In
bringing enduring happiness to a ho
mogeneous people, consecrated to the
piirsise of maintaining 'a government
of the people, by the people ami for
1 he people. "
WAU UEVEWKKIIX.
Maitaur to Kl Mosey t'uln 111 lloatt
la t lto,ono,eim
Worthington, D. C, Julio 10, As
fctated In these dispatches yesterday
the war revenue measure has been
ogroud to by the sem;to and houao
otmfcrces.
A compromise was reached over the
provision for silver coinage. Lmtend
of coining ii, 000,000 u nioutii uh the
senate bill provided, the bill, in It
present shape provides for the coin
Ill I'llKIt I " ' .
compmmise hn also been ajlect
JlilJckV-' ajyi- - Th amount to
TpVTlsuetT iif5Vwas redutred to $400,0
age of onJy 1 1,500,000 a month. A
compmmise has also been aXfected In
1e is-
$400,000,000
Iimtjid of $500,000,000, ns in tho form
er bill.
Among the senate provisions accept
ed by tho house was the sfriklog cut
of tho sjstcial tux on tho retail tolwve
co dealers, it also agreed to tho tan
of 1 cent on ench sleeping and parlor
cur ticket sold and a tax of on
fonrtJi of one jier cent on tno gross re
roiptM amounting to over $250,000 on
any corporations refining sugar or pe
troleum. The house receded from the
ton tinge tax.
MENTIONED FOIt (10VEKN0R.
The mime of H. I). SunthegliMid, tho
brilliant young congressman irom tho
fifth tlistrict, has been mentioned for the
nomination of governor on the reform
ticket this fall, and he could probably
have the support of Seward county
without asking for it. Mr. Sutherland
spoke at lifiiver Crossing and Howard
during the campaign Inst full and every
one who heard him would be glad to
support hi in for higher honors than
those which have been conferred upon
him by the iieopln of his tlistrict. Hew
art! Independent Democrat.
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T110 CKUKUR aiAKlESTOM
T eralwf ntiUiu, wKI. K Uft IUa riwrfM K Uwr al UaadU Km tM4 a It kavMa
km o4 4 MUiAuuttt uiUm (4 tl I feu ma l I a4 m Ht 4 tuHt atiL
TllE BOND BILL PASSED
Provides for tho Colnago of tho
Solgnorago. Vote Forty
Five to Thirty-One.
CORPORATION TAX DOWNED
Bonator Uutlor'g Proposition to
Substitute roatol Savings
Bank Was Killod
lnrnl Tarty Mtw.
I'mi'ilim irMM Ilurttun, Ht. Iaiul, Mo., Junn J
Congressman Jerry llotkiu has been
recently preiuiling to tho soldier boys
eucumped near Wushingtou City. Mr.
Hot kin is said to bo as good a preacher
as he Is a legislator, and tho boys in
blue were kept awuku and benefitted.
Workmen employed on dock work at
Key West, Florida, have struck because
they were being worked overtime. I'ay
wasallowtid (or tho extra hours and
then tuny struck ttgniu because some of
their favorite bosses were removed for
having countenanced the first striko.
1'opulist Nebraska seems to bo a hot
place for l'inkerton men. Koveral of
these worthies have been dealt with s 'Un
manly by Chli-1 of J'ollco (lallaghor of
Omaha. , ....
A big BcanilalUi regard to tho failure
to secure legislation In Nebraska unfu
vornblo to ffsi big express comniuiles Is
coming to the surface. A hoodie luml
is said to hirvo been uispansua wiui a
lavish hand durliitf the last two sessions
of the legislature, blocking all efforts to
regulate nud limit charges of theso ra
pacious monopolies.
Tho recent split in the populist ranks,
in Illinois, as exemplified in the state
convention, has been repeated in many
eouuty meetings throughout that state,
Tho employ OJ wo niuger sowm
machine works at Houth Ihmd, Ind., are
striking lor a return to the scale ol
wages of IMVa. UVur j.wuo worsers aro
(lilt.
Kiiinitor Hut War's Hmisidment to tlio
war revenue bill, providing for a sub-
stitution of a postal savings bank sys
tem for tho proposed poua issue, was ae
feated. . . . -
Tho sonato has passed tho repubRean
n isuudmuut to . the ... war . ren une bill
which provides for the issue olftOO,.
000. 000 of houtls. The vote was 45 to
01. Ilia bond atnoinfment was really a
substitute fpr tliu legal note feature. All
of the republicans and seven democrats
and one populist voted (or it. The dem
ocrats were Caffery, Mitqhell and Mur
phy. Kyle was the populist.
(Senator fottigrew's amendment to
the war revenue bill, whiali was intended
to repeal the law of 1875 under which
the secretary of tho treasury issues
bouds without tho authority of congress
was defeated liy a vote of 4. 'I to 31.
A bill pitHtiod by tho scuate provides
that service in the war with Spain on
the part of homesteaders, shall bo con
sidered as residenco ami work upon the
laud ami that by enlistment the claim
shall not be forfeited.
Ex-Senator l'offer has accepted the
prohibition nomination as candidate
for governor ol Kuiihiis with the under
standing that financial discussions are
to be eliminated from the state ciniI
paigu. It is gents-ally understood that
Mr. Puffer still kohls a grudge against
the populist of Kansas because they
saw lit to retire him to private life.
The elt-ctlou in Oregon resulted In a
victory for the republicans, which fact is
Wt it
horuldud by tho gold! to press as an evi
dence of the decline of tho silver "heresy."
As purely local Issues entered into the
campalgu the result has little national
significance. A. H.
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
Showing Decrease of State Debt for the
Six Months Ending May 31, 1898,
The apparent increase si outstanding
warrants in the following is caused
largely by the warrants for the stat
school apportionment being issued May
17th; fllO,H'JU)lof which had not
reachod tho state treasurer (or payment
boforo June 1st; also the payment of the
quarterly salaries of tVe Htato Univnr
slty the last dlys of Mat. of which 921,.
a.'8.4U had not: reached the state treas
urer by June 1st. The general (und war
runts are tho only ones that draw inter
est, all others are paid 011 presentation
to the stnto treasurer; and tile outstand
ing warrants in the general fund less
available cash In the state treasury (or
the payment 'of the same Is f7.0HO.OS
less than thoy wore November 00, 18W7.
SIX MONTHS KNIIINfl NOV. !W, 1 807.
Warrants outstanding....! 1,603,214 00
Htufe funding bouds out
standing,., , 201,207 80
Total
? 1,8(51,481 U
Lose available
tlfltMMMIf Mttlfftlff
cash In
treasury
72,315 00
Not debt 11,702,135 75
SIX MONTHS KNIHNO MAV 31, 1808.
Warrants outstanding..... 1,810,000 32
Htato funding bonds out- '
standing 108,207 35
j 1 in -I, a'
Total $2,017,333 07
Less available cash. In
treasury ; 287,002 12
Net $1,720,431 f5
Net debt Nov. 30, 1 807...$ 1 ,702,1 35 75
Fet debt May 31, 1808... 1,720,431 55
Ducroaso In state debt $ 02,704 20
Croti Hrt fur the Wsek,
Tim past week lias been 000 1 and
cloudy, with very heavy showers In tlio
eastern and southern counties.
Tho average daily temjieratiiro defi
ciently ranged from 1 degree iu the oast
ern portion of tho state to 4 degrees in
the western. The maximum tempera
turns lor the week were slightly below 80
degrees, and the minimum were between
50 degrees and 55 degrees,
The rainfall has been about or slightly
below normal in a fow counties; gener
ally, however, It has been above normal,
and In tho eastern counties, has been
heavy, ranging from one and a bull to
lour inches.
The heavy rain ol the past week fol
lowing, tho excessive rain ol the preced
ing week, has boon rather unfavorable
(or tho advuncamnnt of crops. In the
eastern counties, winter wheat has
lodged considerably and rusted slightly.
Oats are beginning to lodge In a few
counties. Uye continues In excellent con
dition. Grass is making a rank growth
Homo alfalfa and clover have been cut,
and more would have been cut hud the
weather been more favorable. Potatoes
are in excellent condition.
The continued heavy rains havo kopt
the ground so wet that very llttlo work
iu the fields has boon possible during the
woek. Corn cultivation has been re
tarded, ami the crop Is generally exceed
ingly weedy. Coin has grown fairly
well, but is small for the season olthe
year, and needs sunshine and warm
weather.
Trimmed hats at halt urine (or six
days. All tho late shapes In tailors.
Mrs.Uospcr, 1201 O Ht.
v'tiCf. t'V .
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