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t The Hemineford Herald. 38 VOLUME IV. HEMINGFOKD, BOX BUTTE COUNTY,, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1898. NUMBER 17. IV fi 1 1 f Fir v WORK OF HEROES ON THE U. S. SHIPS STORY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY OF THE CREW OF THE MERRIMAC TOLD BY CADET POWELL. ONE OF THE MOST DARING FEATS IN NAVAL WARFARE Lieutenant Hobson and His Soven Men or Iron "Nerve and Patriotism N.o.v Rank Side By Side with the Greatest Naval Heroes. "Wnshlngtoii, D. C, June C The navy department has posted the following bulletin: . "Mole, Haytl, June 1. Succeeded In sinking the Merrlmnc In the chan nel of Santiago at 4 p. m., June 3. This was enrried out most gallantly un der the command of Naval Constructor Hobson and seven men. Uy a Hag of truce from the Spanish admiral Cervera, sent In recognition of their bravery, I am informed, all aie prisoners of war, two slightly wounded. Request authority to approve exchange, If possible, between these nnd prisoners at Atlanta. Six of the Spanish squadron In the harbor of San tiago, unable to avoid being captured or destroyed. SAMPSON." Port au Prince, Haytl, June !. During a tiemendous bombardment of the fortlllratlons of Santiago de Cuba by the American squadron to at tract the real purpose In view, beginning about 3 o'clock Friday morning the collier (a coaling ship) Merrlmnc, Lieutenant Hobson commanding, with seven seamen, dashed over the torpedo mines, through the terrltle firing fiom land batteries and powerful guns on the Imprisoned Spanish warships to a selected spot in the harbor entrance, turned the vessel crosswise In the neck of the harbor and deliberately sunk her to the hot torn. It was as successful ns it wa8 a desperate effort to so obstruct the outlet of the harbor that it Is Impossible for any of tho Spanish licet to escape. Just inside the entrance the channel Is so narrow that a vessel as largo as the Merrlmac sunk there would make It Impossible for Admiral Cer vera's skips to pass on either side. she went down "perpendicular (a pic). An officer, an engineer and six seamen were taken prisoners. Only the funnel and mast heads of the sunken vessel can be seen. There was great excitement In the city. A part of the population as slsted in the fighting on the heights. Everybody is astounded at the nu daclty of the American vessel. The American squadron was cru8inf nil the while In the offing. The Merrlmac was a collier vesHei 0f 5.3G2 tons, and was copable of carrying 5,000 tons of coal. She wns purchased by the government from Jefferson Hogan of New York, an,, unlike most of the colliers which have been purchased, she was not rennmed, but bore the same name in the navy that she sailed under When owned by Mr. Hogan. The officers of the Merrlmnc vere Commnnder James M. Miller, com manding; Lieutenant W. W. Gilmer, executive; ensign, J. M. Luby; ensign, J. It. Y. Blakely; assistant entneer r. k. Crank. Now that Admiral Sampson has thoroughly blockaded the entrance to Santiago harbor and penned Admirnl Cervera and his ships Inside he can leave Commodore Schley In front of Santiago with a few ships nnd can take the remainder of his fleet to Puerto Itlco to operate with the military expedition against that isan( Mole St. Nicholas, June 6. The name of Hobson has gone on the list of American heroes with Lawrence and Paul Jones, Perry and Cushtng and the rest. , For It was Lleutcant Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama who took the big collier Merrlmac right Into the channel of Snntiago, in the face of the fire from all the Spanish ships and batteries, and there deliberately sunk his vessel to keep Cervera in the harbor until such time ns the Americans get rendy to capture him and his ships of war. Thursday night Admiral Sampson decided to send the Merrlmnc In and blnk her at the channel's narrowest I'nrt- , , , He called for volunteers, explaining that It was a desperate mission, death being nhnost certain for all those who ventured in. SHOWED THEIR METAL. Then the navy showed the stuff it is made of. Admiral Sampson wanted eight men. He could have had every officer and man In the fleet. Every one ina vha.a linn rpndw Manv begged for the chance with tearful eyes. But Hobson and seven others were selected, and the rest had to content themselves with giving the heroes a cheer ns they went to their death or fame. Just before 3 o'clock Friday morning, the collier, deeply laden with ballast material and some coal, was headed, without preliminary maneuvering, straight for the entrance, over which the remaining batteries of Morro frown from one side, nnd, those of Socapa from the other. DASHED INTO THE HARBOR. In the dark of the early morning the Merrlmac, without a light showing anywhere, dashed well in the line of the foitlficatlons before she was dis covered, our ships thundering at the enemy s batteries to uiveii men in tention from the collier. The eye could not follow the Mer rlmac, but the ear soon told that she had been detected by the Spnnlards, for the fire from up the chanenl showed that every possible gun was being brought to benr on her. The Spaninrds may have also en deavored to destroy her by the mines they are supposed to have In the har bor, but If the attempt was made It did not succeed, for the Merrlmac went to the point which Admiral Sampson had directed Hobson to take her to. There hhe was anchored and coolly swung across the channel. Thn Hniisnn blew a hole In her bot tom, and with his seven men, only two of whom hnd been Injured, took to a boat. . . All that Is yet known of that heroic dash, beyond these bare facts, comes from Admiral Cervera himself. The Spanish commanuer sem worn of the Merrlmnc which led him to send out the flag of truce and the offer of an honorable exchnnge. Mole St. Thomns, Hnytl. June fi (With the American fleet, off Snntlngo de Cuba.) All the members of the Mer rlmnc exnedltlon are safe. Only two of them were slightly Injured, and their names are not known. Lieutenant Hob son wns not hurt. All of the Merri mnc's men are held as prisoners of war. The news of the wonderful escape was sent to Renr Admiral Cervera. the Spanish admiral, who wnsso struck with the courage of the Merrlmac's crew that he thought Admirnl Sampson should know that they had not lost their lives. Admiral Ceveia's chief of staff. Cap tin Ovledo. boarded the New York un der a flag of truce, bearing the an nouncement of vhe safety of the Mer rlmac's men, and returned with a sup ply of provisions and money for the prisoners. The men who accompanied Lleuten- Lleutennnt Cushlng in 18G4. The ad miral Is Just ns glad as the youngest Jackie. Clausen, the New York's coxswain, went on the Merrlmnc ugntnst orders. Nothing could have kept him from Hint trip Into the Jaws of death. It Is possible that the Spaninrds will try to blow up the Merrlmnc, but Im probable that they will succeed. Speculation Is rife as to the exact details of how Lieutenant Hobson mnn uged to blow himself and ship up nnd live to tell the tale. At quarters last night on the New York Chnplnlr. Koyce. praying before the bareheaded crew on deck, thanked God for having preserved Lieutenant Hobson nnd the men under him CADET POWELL'S STORY. Cadet Powell, who was the last man to see Lieutenant Hobson before his start, and who had chaige of the launch during Its perilous trip, nfter much needed sleep told the story of his experience. He said: "Lleutennnt Hobson took it short sleep for a few hoiirs, which wns often Interrupted. At 1:45 he came on deck nnd made final Inspection, giving his Inst Instructions. Then we had n lit tle lunch. Hobson was as cool ns a cucumber. About 2:30 1 took the men who were going on the trip In the launch, and started for the Texas, the nearest ship, but had to go back for one of the assistant engineers, whom Hobson finally compelled to leave. "I shook hands with Hobson the last of all, and he said: 'Powell, watch the boat's crew when we pull out of tho harbor. We will be cincks, rowing thirty strokes to the minute.' "After leaving the Texns I saw the Merrlmnc steaming slowly In. It was only fnlrly dark then, and the shore was quite ylslble. We followed about three-qunrterB of a mile astern. The Merrlmac stood about a mile to the westwnid of the harbor, and seemed u bit mixed, turning completely around, Finally heading to the enst It rnn down nnd then turned in. We were then chasing him because I thought Hobson hnd lost his bearings. "When Hobson wns about 200 yards from the harbor the first gun was fired from the eastern bluff. We were then half a mile off shore, close under the batteries. The firing Increased rapidly. We steamed In slowly and lost sight of the Merrlmac In the smoke which tho wind carried off the shore. It hung heavily. "Before Hobson could have blown up the Merrlmnc the western battery picked up and commenced firing. They shot wild, and we only heard the shots We ran in still closer to the shore nnd the gunners lost sight of us. We heard the explosion of the torpedoes on- the Merrlmnc. . . "Until daylight we waited jubi oui elde the breakeis, half a mile to tho westward of Morro, keeping a bright lookout for the boat or swimmers, but saw nothing. "Hobson hnd arranged to meet us nt that point, but thinking that some one might have drifted out, we crossed In front of Morro nnd tne mourn oi me harbor to the eastward. k- "About 5 o'clock we crossed the har bor again within a quarter of a mile and stood to the westward. In pass ing we saw one spar of the Merrlmnc sticking out of the water. We hugged the shore Just outside of the breakers for a mile and then turned toward the Texas, when the batteries saw us and opened fire. . Tt wna Ihon hrnnrt daylight. The first shot fired dropped eightly yards COL. W. J BRYAN THE GREAT NATURAL BORN GENERAL APPOINTED. VIFQUAINANO MERGER ALSO of severnl of the' lines nro opposed to Sunday excursions on moral grounds, and they will probably not be run, This Is so, I think, with the Burlington, the Union Pnclllc nnd the Northwestern systems, nnd they comprlsa the strong est llticH Into Omnha." DON'T BUY PAWN TICKETS. LIEUTENANT -COLONEL AND SURGEON ARE SELECTED. Nebraska's Third Roglmont Is Do ing Quickly Recruited with Men Drawn From tho Flower of tho Stnto. THE MONEY POWER CAPTURES U. S. SENATE BY A DECISIVE VOTE. nnt Hobson on the Merrlmac were: j nstern, but the other shots went wilder. te, J. . Dnnlpl Montncue. George Charett E. Murphy, Oscar Delgnan, Jonn r. Phillips and John Kelly, all non-com-missloned officers or enlisted men. The daring officer attempted to iur in nfter daylight on Thursday, nnd was only stopped under protest nfter stern orders to return from the ndmlral. All day yesterday the preparations proceeded, and by nightfall tho craft was In rendlness. A row of torpedoes hnd been arranged outside the null, so that Lieutenant Hobson could explode them from the bridge of the vessel and thus Insure its rapid sinking. At nightfall the various ships of the fleet passed the doomed Merrlmac, cheering It lustily. Hundreds of men and scores of officers volurteered for the duty, and Captain Merrill, who has been commnnder or the .Merrimnc. ueg ged of the commander to be allowed to go. but Lieutenant Hobson wanted only six men. By 10 o'clock nil but the men who were going on the dnngerous errand hnd been taken from the Merrlmac, and the collier took a position near the New York, to nwalt the approach ing hour. It wns an Impressive night among the men of tho fleet, for few expected that the members of the little crew would see another sunrise. The night was cloudy, with fitful lightning flashing iiptwpen the hostile lines, and show ing the grim shadows of the battle ments. Soon after 3 o'clock the black hull of the Merrlmac began to drift slowly toward the land, nnd In a half hour was lost to sight. It was Lleutennnt Hobson s pinn to ALL CUBAN CABLES CUT. steam nast Morro. swinging crosswise tn Aiimlrnl Samnson. under a flng of ho channel, drop his anchors, open the truce, of the capture of the eight Amer- vaives, explode the torpedoes on the lean dare-devils. PRAISED BY CERVERA. He gallantly praised their heroism nnd offered to nnnnge an exchange for Spanish prisoners now In the hands of the United States. From the boat bearing the flag of truce It wns learned that the Merrlmac was frequently hit while steaming up the narrow channel, but not one of the shots disabled her. More thnn a hundred projectiles struck near her, over a dozen struck home, nnd two of her intrepid men were bruised by splinters from the woodwork. whpn Hobson left the ship In the bont he made an effort to row out of the harbor and regain the American Jleoi out he had gone too far up the channel, nnd he soon saw that the efTort to pass Pll the aroused batte.rles In the then daylight would mean the sncrlflce of nil his crew. Soon he turned and rowed straight for the Spanish squadron. Some shots were still sent nfter the boat, but be fore long the Spaniards saw that Hob son evldenly intended to give himself up, and ceased firing. The American lieutenant rowed strnlght to the Almirante Oquendo and surrendered to Admirnl Cervera. who received the prisoners courteously and trented them with the respect due gal Innt men who were prisoners of war. It was undoubtedly his admiration for the heroism displayed In the dash tiort side, lenp overboard, preceded by his crew, and mnke their escape in n little lifeboat which was towed astern, if possible, and if not, to attempt to swim ashore. All the men were heavily armed, ready to make n fierce resist ance to capture. STORY IN DETAIL. Lleutennnt Hobson appears to have can led out his plan to the smallest detail, except as regards the method of psenne. The rowbont In which the crew- wore to attempt to escape was either blown up or shot to ple:es. ror lleu tennnt Hobson nnd his men drifted ashore on an old cntamarnn which was slung over the ship's side at the last moment as an extra precaution. Upon reaching shore the men were taken prisoners and sent to Santiago city under guard. Later they were taken to Morro castle, where they are now. Captain Ovaldo, Admirnl Cervern's chief of staff, who boarded the New Yrrk under a flag of truce, did not give further details of tho capture. The bravery of the Americans evi dently excited a much ndmlratlon among the Spaniards ns It did aimng the men of the American fleet. The prisoners will be perfectly safe, nnd will probably be well treated while they remain In Morro castle. The fleet Is wild with delight tonight ever the termination of the most daring expedition since the destruction or the confederate Ironclad Albermarle by The La3t Strands Binding Cuba to Outside Word Severed. Off Santiago de Cuba. June C (Per the Associated Press Dispatch Boat Wnndn. via Kingston. Jamaica, June fi.) The last cable strands binding Cuoa to the outside world were 'ut Friday afternoon by a cable vessel convoyed here by the United States dispatch gun boat Dolphin. This black sea crab delved all day nlong the const, hour by hour, nnd Its powerful claws at length brought up the barnacle-clustered cable strands and snapped them, nnd tonight Cuba is wholly Isolated. The first cable picked up was inai running to Kingston. The coast loop connecting Santiago and Guantannmo! was then cut. Proceeding to Guantn namo the cable vessel finally grap pled and severed the Hnytien cable This ends the cable cutting operations begun a month ago, when the Marbli. head and the Wlndom lost five men In n fight off Celnfuegos. where three enbles were crippled anS severnl hun dred Spaniards were killed by shells from the warships. Afterward the St. Louis and Wamp.itue cut the San Juan de Poito Rico cable at Santiago. The strands cut wete only the ones remain ing, exceot n few const loops, and these will probably be severed In a short f lrnn. The cuttlnir of these cables Is almost ns serious for the Spnnlards in coast towns ns the cutting of foreign enbles. the land wiies connecting the coast towns being wholly at the mercy of the Insurgents. Therefore, in the event of Amerlcnn troops landing In Cuba, the absence of the coast loops will ser iously Interfere with the hasty mob llizatlon of the Spanish troops. DYNAMITE THE MERRIMAC. Lincoln, Neb., June 7. Governor Hol- comb on Saturday Inst caused the following declaration to be made: "Adjutnnt Gonernl's Office, Lincoln, Neb., June 4, 1898. General Order No. 20: The following regimental nppolnt- ments for the Third regiment, Ne braska volunteer Infantry, have been determined upon nnd are published for the Informntlon of nil concerned: Colonel, Wllllnm J. Bryan, Lincoln; lieutenant colonel, Victor Vlfqunln. Lincoln; surgeon, with rank or mnjor, S. D. Mercer, M. IX, Omalm. By direc tion of the governor, II. P. BARRY, Adjutant General. There nro menstrous few men In a great and healthy state like Nebraska whose minds nre so dwarfed as to Impugn the motives of Colonel Brynn and his nssoclntes In organizing n regi ment to be placed nt the disposal of President McKlnley. The Washington Post snyH: COLONEL WILLIAM J. BRYAN, "It appears that Mr. Bryan may get his regiment nfter all. We hope he will. He has come forwnrd at his coun try's call, anxious to serve It In any useful way, and has devoted himself to the crentlon and organization of a Ne braska regiment. He hns not vaunted himself. He hns displayed no spirit of vanity or ostentation. While hordes of popinjays favoilte sons, proteges of great men, curled darlings of society clamored for staff positions or big com mands, Wllllnm J. Brynn, with more nblllty thnn nny hundred of them put together, has gone to work modestly and without eelf-seeklng. He recruited a force nnd it wns taken from him. He persisted nnd got another force. Tho newspnpers have made fun of him, his enemies have sought to cover him with ridicule and derision. He has taken no notice nnd has pursued hla purpose. Now there Is nnother Nebraska regi ment nnd both the soldiers and the gov ernor wnnt Bryan to command It. We trust It may be so. Mr. Bryan Ih young, he Is patriotic, he has courage, nerve, brains, Inltlntive, equilibrium There Is nothing discreditable In his ambition to lead a regiment of his fcllow-cltlzens In this emergency. We do not know where Bourke Cochrnn, Billy Bynum nnd the rest of tho spluttiing heroes who deserted the democratic party two years ago, are at present exhibiting their prowess We do wnow, however, that Mr Brynn Is trying to do his part, nnd we believe that he Is worth more to the country nnd deserves more nt Its hands than any of them." Lieutenant Colonel Vlfqunln, with his mllltnry record and well know qualities ns a soldier which gained for him not only thnnks from officers and congnss for bravery in action, but for ihnt other quality hardly less essential, the nblllty to so hnndle a regiment of volunteers that they were referred to ns "models of discipline," will be nn Ideal com mander of the First battalion and sec ond in comnmnd or the regimem. Dr. Mercer has been a resident of Omnhn so long nnd prominent hi the business life nnd growth cf the west In such n mnnner that he Is recognized ns one of the representative men nmong those who have built up the state. These selections have been made, as the others yet to follow will have to be made, from a long list of npplicnnts, among whom are scores of nnmes of men known from one end of the state to the other ns standing nt the head of their communities, In professional, In business enterprlhe and in social life. Fiom the number nnd character of those offering their services In this regl ment It is evident that the task has not been to Hnd lit men for the positions, but rather to select from the numbers every way fit the few that are needed. Reports are being received dnlly by the adjutant general and the governor from the company commnndeis and re cruiting officers In temporary charge of the twelve companies of this regiment. All except two or three are already im parted as lecrulted up to the maximum. One of the leports todny received wns from J. II. Brown of Wakefield, and In It he says that his company Is re cruited up to the 10G limit nnd can be concentrated at that point In four hours' notice. Similar reports are coin ing from other companies, and many of them are having the lecrults carefully examined by surgeons and rejecting all who do not come up to the require ments of the army regulations. Tho Old Gold Watch Pawn Tlokot Trick at Work. Omnhn, June 7. A unique method of swindling by menus of a pawn check nnd tho connlvnneo of a pawnbroker wns brought to light by tho arrest of a rustic looking man, who gave tho name of John Williams. The prisoner wns arrested for obtaining money from Charles Bookman, a chance acquain tance, by finud. The method employed by the swindlers Is this: A sharp, keen man dressed ns a former 1m inplned by a pawn broker to go about the city with a bunch of pawn tickets supposed ly repiesentlng pledges for watches valued at from $2G to $100. This man selects a piospectlve victim nnd tells him a story of ill luck. He exhibits a pawn ticket for a very valuable watch which he will sell for $1. The watch Is In pawn for perhaps $10. The victim buries to the pawnshop to redeem the watch. Here is where tho pawnbroker comes In for his share of the transac tion. Upon prescntntlon of the pawn ticket, which, of course, Is a bogus one, the pawnbroker hnnds out nn an. tlqunted timepiece that Is not worth 25 cents. Five of these pawntickets nro said to have been disposed of by Williams. The pawnbroker he Is snld by the police nnd Bookman to be working with Is Gross of 51G North Sixteenth sticet. Gross' methods were ordered Invest! cnted further bv Police Judge Gordon. The watch which Bookman redeemed for $8 he said was not worth a package of cigarettes. After he hnd thoroughly examined It, he said he took It bnrk to Gross and demnnded his money back, and the latter nfter much conciliatory talk surrendered the money. THE SUGAR-COATED PILL SPEAKER REED TO CUT OFF ALL GOOD FEATURES. Tho Taxation or Corporations to Bo Fixed In Conference Commit-too- Infamous Bond Proposition PulllnRThrouBh ns Per Program. NEBRASKA TROOPS NEXT. Tho Long Delay Prolongod Another Ton Days. Snn Francisco, Cal., June 7. The or ders from Asslstnnt Secretary of War Melklejohn to get the Nebraska regi ment away on the next expedition to Manila caused wild Joy In the cami. of those volunteers. It Is only tempered by newH that thlB movement cannot possibly take place before ten days. Everybody hoped to get started by the middle of this week, but It Is said that It would be criminal to senu unnccu mated men over with insufficient ac commodations. None will be sent until transports are no fixed that men can live comfortnbly on bourd both on the trip nnd after reaching the Philippines. This Is not the case now, and were the troops herded on nonru unuer me present conditions it is deemed certain nn epidemic would break out. l'lve ships will go The Colon, Chlnn, Cen tennial, Zealandla and Ohio. Tho first move Indicating the Ne, brnska troops are sure to go was made Saturday morning. Colonel Hughes rig- Idly Inspected tne trim rxenraHKu icKi. ment, and said he was surprised at the way It showed up. It Is better equipped nnd better drilled than he thought. He snld It was a fine regi ment. Men were In heavy marching order. NEBRASKA NAVAL RESERVES. FIvo Hundred Younsr Men of the State Given a Chance. Washington, D. C, June 7. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen stated to Colonel Stnrk of the Fourth Nebraska district that 500 naval reserves would be accepted by the navy department should so many men oe ennsieu nom that state. The paw of a nnvnl reserve Is SIC per month nnd found. They nro nonnui nt nomfortnble quarters, free- dom from malaria, pure wnier anu other features not given those In the army, especially an army of invasion. Secretary Allen said that If companies of navnl reserves could be raised in the state he would detail a surgeon to make the necessary physical examina tion, and they would nt once be sent to Join the auxiliary fleet. Congressman Stnrk has written a letter to Governor Holcomb, outlining what Inducement the navy holds out for young men desir ing to learn sometning nnoui me on Uncle Sam's ships, and believes the op portunlty should not be let slip. , - . ' YOUNG STARK ENLISTS. Dons AHompt to Clear the Chan nel Crazy Yankees. Port au Prince, Haytl, June C It Is learned from Santiago that the Span ish engineers have been endenvorlng to dynnmlte the wreck of the Mcrrlmao and clear the channel, so that Admirnl Cervera may put to sea if oportunlty offers or if nnother Spnnlsh fleet bhould come to relieve him. Meanwhile. th Insurgents are closing In on the city, as If momentarily expecting an oiiuck uy the Americans. There Is n report In Snntlngo that a great army of Americans Is being landed nenr the harbor's mouth. There has been a rumor here thnt the Amerl can battleships had forced the entrance to Snntlngo bay and engaged Admiral Cervera's bquadron, but Snntlngo de nles this, and reports everything quiet since the Merrlmnc episode, except for a skirmish with a small band of In surgents In the suburbs. The American prisoners nre still on the Spanish flagship and there Is much curiosity to soe the men who are called crazy Yankees. The officers on the ships will not permit the prisoners to be annoyed, however, and are treating I them well. OMAHA SUNDAY EXCURSIONS Railroads, Because of Moral nnd Other Scruples, Say Not Yet. Omnha. June 7. The matter of run ning Sunday excursions Into Omaha during the next few months hns been considered by the rallrouds converging here, and it cannot be said that there Is nny likelihood of such a movement belnc stnited right away. The general passenger ngents of all the big lines prefer to work up travel for the week day excursions to the exposition, aim special efforts are now being made for big crowds here on Nebraska day. Illln. ols day and Missouri day. From rail road reports there will be a close racb among the sons and daughters of these three states to see which can turn out the biggest attendance. One general passenger agent. In speaking of the Sundny excursions, said: "I do not see nny chnnce for them Just now. We prefer to emphasize the week-day excursions. They nro better for the city and for the exposition. The people cannot trnde at the stores here on Sundays, nnd there nre very few that will not take a day or two off to attend the exposition. The heads Congressman's Son Joins a Naval Batalllon at Washington. Omaha, June 7. Luclen Stark, son of Congressman W. L. Stark, now repre sentlng the Fourth congresslnl district of Nebraska In Speaker Reed's con gress, has enlisted In the naval battal Ion, District of Columbia, at Washing ton. D. C., which Is now with Its 200 plucky and enthusiastic men on the high road to success. Young Stark, Nebraska representa tive In District of Columbia naval bat talion, Is a fine young man and will no doubt follew In the footsteps of his father In rellecting credit upon him self nnd the people he assumes to represent. Lydia Corey, a 15-year-old girl, Is In the custody of Police Matron Ryan nt Omaha, According to her story the girl has beon criminally Intimate with four men. She snys she was enticed into a wine room on Sherman avenue last Wednesdny night, drugged and as saulted, and that the offense was re pented Thursday and ngaln Friday night of Inst week, but by different men. A complaint hns been filed charging a man named Brown with an alleged criminal nssoult. The girl will be sent to the reform school. Rnllrond cars can be quickly unloaded by n now machine, which Is provided with a section of tubing large enough to receive the car, which runs in on two rnlls, after which the tube Is lifted and rolled upward at an angle until the top of a chute Is reached, an open ing In the tube permitting the load to fall Into the chute. Washington, D. C, June C By n voto of 48 to 2,7 the senate passed the war tax bill nt 7 o'clock Saturday evening. The bill, with its neatly 200 amend ments, Ib sent back to the house with i he usual addition of a conference com mittee on the part of the senate named In advance Senators Allison, Aldrlch and Jones of Arkansas. The house adjourned until today after a brief Besslon Saturdny, but It is confidently predicted that the meas ure will be out of conference and be come a law before Saturday night of this week, Mr. Dlnglcy says by Wednesday night. As It stands the hill, it Is estimated conservatively, will raise as much ad ditional revenue as the Dlngley act Itseir. Numerous schedules will ralso more than 110,000,000 encl.. So sweeping Is the measure that even such experts as Aldrlch and Alli son will not venture to go into detail as to the extent to which the revenues will be nffected. The war taxes of tho 'COh afford no safe basis for an esti mate, as In the last thirty years tho business of the country has multiplied out of all proportion to the lncreaso of population. Three amendments ndoptcd will af. feet tho producing power of the bill to the extent of millions. Senator Tillman's amendment which was adopted taxing all tea Imported after July 1 10 cents a pound will produco rs.ooo.ooo. SWEEPING STAMP TAX. The Shllton nmendment extending the stamp tax to all articles of a proprietary character sold at retail In packages carries an elephant In Its stomach, the size of which passes estimate. If accepted in conference, not less thnn $10,000,000 additional may be looked for from this source alone. The tax of 2 cents on each sleeping enr ticket sold will probably fall on the sleeping car companies, ns It la not expected that exnetly that addi tion will bu mnde to each ticket, al though It Is suggested that by a read justment of certain distance rates the tax can, us usual, be shifted to tho public. An amendment of some Interest to newspapers was the exception from tho stamp tax of newspaper express pack ages weighing less than 100 pounds. In conference four-fifths of the sen ate amendments w'.ll be accepted or adjusted at comparatively little fric tion, ob they ar. admittedly Improve ments of the mea3u-es. But on about twenty, there will be considerable dis cussion, MAY BE MODIFIED. The Btamp taxes will be accepted almost as they passed the senate with the exception of thn Chilton amend ment, which will, as one senator ex pressed It, tax everything in "enclos ures, from a box of tooth picks to a herd of cattle In a ten acre lot." It Is regarded as too sweeping a proposition. The express, freight and telephone stamp taxes .nay be further modified In the direction of simplicity, but will remain In substantial form as they are under the senate amendments Senator White's nmendment placing a tax of Vi per cent upon the receipts of oil and sugar refining companies Is doomed. The mnjorlty of the con ferees are against It, claiming that these companies are peculiarly able to shift any tax Imposed on them directly to the consumers of oil and sugar. The Wolcott amendment providing for coining the seigniorage will have no friends on the majority side of the conference, but the attitude of the senate is rather stiff backed In favor of the proposition and It is popular with western representatives, so It may be saved, despite the objictlon. of Secretary Gage. The senate bond proposition is re garded as In much better f m than the draft In the house bill an 1 It will go through conference unchanged. The vote on the revenue bill was as follows: Yens Aldrlch. Allison, Baker, Bur rows, Caffery, Carter, Chandler, Clark, Davis, Deboe, Elklns. Fairbanks, For nker, Frye, Galllnger. Gear, Gorman, Hnle, Hannn, Hansbrough, Hawley, Honr, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge. McBrlde, McEnerney, McMillan. Mantle Mason, Mitchell. Morrill, Murphy. Nelson, Per kins, Piatt (Conn.), Piatt (N. Y.), Prltchard, Sewell. Shoup, Spioner. Thurston, Turpie, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore. Wilson, Wolcott Total 4S. Nays Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, But ler, Cannon. Chilton. Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, Harris. Heltfeld. Jones (Ark.). Jones (Nov.), McLnurln, Mallory. Mar tin, Money. Pascoe, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins. Roach, Stewart. Sulllan, Tillman, Turley, White Total 28. Omalm, Neb.. June 7, It will be ob served that the above press dispatch has a great deal to say about "war revenue bill" and tax on corporations, but nothing about the Infamous $500, 000,000 gold bond clause of the bill. According to the above report those senators voting nay are opposed to the "war revenue" bill and especially to the corporation tax features, when in truth they favored forcing the corpora tions to bear their Just portion of taxa tion, and are voting against the crime of saddling upon the people a stupend ous unnecessary debt a debt deliber ately created for the purpose of giving the mopsy power a firm and more pow erful hold on the United States gov ernment and its people. It will be observed that the senate amendments taxing corporations have yet to be passed upon by Speaker Reed's republican congress. It Is the greatest victory the money power has achieved since the demone. tlzation of silver in 1S73.
