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VOLUME XXIX. DUMBER 10.
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Reported to Have Surrendered to
Admiral Sampson.
WASHINGTON HAS NO NEWS.
AsxUtant Secretary of tbe Nary Alice
IJkxibtn It. at Nothing off That Char
acter Has JJccn Received In the on
ci.il lHiatclics From the Fleet.
"Washington. .Ttinc 1 1 . Early in the
day a report reached the ICavy depart
ment from oflicial source that the
Spanish forces at Santiago had sur
rendered to Admiral Sampson. Actings
Secrctaiy Allen, when questioned on
thc'&ubject, said he doubted the report,
as nothing of that character was con
tained in the information received at
the department. lie said three of
Admiral Sampson's ships will be de
tailed to convoy the transports at Key
West anywhere they may be ordered.
Thus he carefully guarded against
stating directly the destination of the
army forces.
There is no longer any attempt on
the part of the war department offl-c-'itls
to deny the report that an unex
pected delay has occurred in the army
expedition to Santiago. There ap
pears to be no doubt in the minds of
naval authorities that Spanish war
ships are hovering- in the vicinityof
Havana, presumably ready to intercept
the transports should they proceed to
Santiago without a substantial convoy.
JTnder the circumstances the admin
istration decided it will be unwise to
?' let the unprotected transports venture
beyond Key West until Admiral Samp
son can send several of his warships to
assure them of safe conduct to the
scene of intended battle. At the navy
department it is said that convoys are
already steaming rapidly to'.vard Key
-West so that the invading army may
not be detained aboard ship any more
than is absolutely necessary.
AMERICA'S NEW POLICY.
Tlio AilmliiUtnitlou Determine)! to Al
lies Dewoj'ii Coiiuucit.
Washington, .Tune. 11. From in
formation just come to light it appears
that the administration lias determined
on a state of policy concerning the
Philippines. It is the evident inten
tion of this government to annex the
islands. This policy has not been
hastily decided on :nd it was outlined
lie fore Admiral Dewey began the
operations which have been brought
to so satisfactory a stage. It will be
operative as soon as Hawaii is annexed.
This accounts in a measure for the
vi-or with which Hie 1 'resident is
pushing the annexation of Hawaii.
The Philippine policy will then be out
lined to the powers.
In brief, the proposed plan of taxa
tion is to remove entirely the present
tax imposed on household goods, beasts
of burden and native products, and to
-oil7J-fcy; reasonable property and Kill
taxes similar to those exacted in this
country. Jo poll tax will be levied
upon women. Import duties to the
Philippines will be lowered and cut
almost in half. A number of native
products will be admitted free to the
f'nited States with some regulations
calculated to piotect home industries
where affected.
It is also proposed to regulate the
wage scale in the islands. Philippine
lal -or is now rated at from 5 to 2."
. cents a day. A minimum scale of .10
cents will be in force It is believed
by economical experts that this new
order of things will give new zest to
commercial affairs in the islands and
eventually put the tax revenues far
above the -'0,000,000 now realized by
Spain.
The government is now considering
the appointment of an oflicial collector
of customs, who shall be dispatched to
tlie islands to inaugurate the new S3s
tem with one of the expeditions. It is
believed that the selection of such an
oilicial has already been made, but
there is no definite information con
cerning his inentity.
QUEEN REGENT IS GRIEVED.
"cvn I"rom t!i Philippines Cause Iro
f on ml Alarm Clirlsthiu.
Nkw Yokk. dune 11. A dispatch to
the New Yorh World from Madrid savs:
(juceu llegent Christina is profoundly
alarmed and grieved at the news of the
war. particularly the reports from the
Philippines. Moreover, the popular ir
ritation against the government and
all existing institutions is assuming a
dangerous phase. Everylnidy lelieves
that the Sagasta cabinet and the Lib
eral party will soon have to make way
for Campos. Silvela and the Conserva
tives who will take the last stand for
the defense of the dynasty against the
bitter rage of the nation, making a
pathetic appeal to the pope and the
continental powers of Knrope.
The startling telegram from Govern
or General Augusti caused the impres
sion that Manila cither had surren
dered already or was on the eve of sur
rendering. The latest rumor is that General Au
gusti. in a fit of despair, tried to com
mit suicide, but was prevented from
killing himself by Admiral Montojo
and the generals who wish to hold out.
FOR GOVERNOR OF CANADA.
lrd "Wolscly Jlay Bo Appointed Aber
deen's Successor.
Loniwkc. June 11. The good rela
tion now existing between England
and America make it important that
the new governor general of Canada
should be an oliicial of unique reputa
tion, so as to impress the imagination
of the whole English speaking race in
America. The appointment has not
been officially announced, but it is gen'
erally believed in the war office that
Lord AVolsely is the'man who has been
selected for this important post.
TV. It. Ilea rv t Sues 1'alltzer.
Nnw Yoiik. June 11. Papers were
tzrved yesterday on Dumont Clark,
president of the American Exchange
National bank and vice president of
the Press Publishing company, which
"a publishes the New York AVcrld, in a
suit fof libel in which AV. R. Hearst- of
the New York Journal asks for .300,
CC0 damages. The cause of the action
was a dispatch printed in the New
York World Wednesday under this
headline: " Zcal' by Theft in News?
gathering Thwarted at Port Tampa."
AM
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HE HOLDS MANILA'S DESTINY.
Taa Reoaarkable Career at Acalaaldo,
leader of the la rg ta.
St. Louis, Mo., June 11. A " Wash
ington dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat says:
Pancho Ainiinaldo.. the nattvc dictator of the
Philippines. U a picturesque personage. Be Is
the son of a prominent native chief. Anxious
that his boy should be educated, this chief con
tided the lad to tbe Spanish priests, bo thought
that AirulnaWo's influence, when he grew up.
would hdp to maintain Spanish authority
among the Malay population. The father is
rich, for a native, and Pancho Aguinaldo. after
being taught In the local schools, was sent to
Madrid to study theology and qualify for the
priesthood. After a year or two of study the
young man declared he would not be a priest,
but a soldier. So he was drafted into one of
the native regiments, in which a few of the
subalterns are Manila men, but all the captains
and field officers are Spaniards.
Nearly two years ago Agulnaldo and a com
patriot named Alexandra, also a lieutenant of
native troops, organized a revolt in the native
corps. Aguinaldo's regiment one morning,
while on parade, shot all its Spanish officers,
except a few lieutenants, and took to the savan
nasgreat trackless prairies, swampy, with oc
casional high bits of land called "mattes."
Here Aguinaldo made his headquarters. At
onetime he must have had i.OM or 5,000 men
under arms hidden in these fastnesses, raiding
tberiafcaaMtoaMata iwm.amMeaaatt. I
The political governor general or tn Pbllipp
incs, Senor Don Baslllo Augustln y.Davila, of
fered a reward of (1,000 lor the head of Aauin
aldo. Within a week he received a noto from
the insurgent chief saying: "I need the sum
you offer wry much, and will deliver the head
myself."
Ten days later the insunrcnt leader called
with a 30-inch bolo, a native knife, sharp as a
razor, carried by ci-ery Malay in time of stress.
"I have brought the head of Aguinaldo." the
chief said, touching the edge of his jewel hiltcd
bolo to ascertain its condition, "and I claim the
reward." It was paid him. Aguinaldo is about
28 . ears old. lie and his comrade, Alexandra,
hold the future of the Philippines almost In
their hands.
CADIZ HAS A NEW HOPE.
Montojo Haa Four Chlaene Ships and W1L
Wreak Vengeance on Uewey.
New York, June 11. A dispatch U
the New York World from Cadiz says:
Strange rumors are afloat in naval cir
cles about Admiral Montojo and Gov
ernor General Augusti having grad
ually sent out from Manila tho crews
of the warships destroyed by Admiral
Dewey in order to take possession in a
Chinese port of three powerful ar
mored cruisers that will suddenly
pounce upon the American fleet in Ma
nilla bay.
It is said that the Chinese govern
ment has been handsomely paid in gold
for the cruisers. The rumor requires
confirmation. Admiral Camara and
his reserve squadron arc still in Cadiz
waiting.
The rumor about buying three pow
erful armored cruisers from China is
preposterous for two reasons. In the
first place. China could not sell war
ships to Spain, for that would be a
breach of neutralit3. Secondly, China
has no such vessels. Since her misun
derstanding with Japan, China's navy
has been of no account.
WOULD ATTACK THEIR COAST.
How St. James' Gazette Would Bring
Spain to Terms.
Loxnox, June 11. St. James' Gazette
this afternoon publishes a long editor
ial pointing out the hopelessness of
any further Spanish resistance. It
suggests the Americans seek a settle
ment of the Cuban question in Spain.
It says:
"There is no need of an invasion,
but the mere presence of a strong arm
ament, which Spain's arrajT could not
drive off, on the Spanish coast would
produce a tremendous effect. There
are numerous unfortified anchorages
where the Americans could recoal with
leisure.
"Of course, there are powers in Eu
rope who would witness the operation
with great disgust, but if the Amer
icans arc going to le frightened by the
vague abstraction called Europe they
must be very timid. Let them consult
the sultan and remember that England
is their Russia for the time being."'
FOR MURDER OF HIS FATHER.
Killing of J. S. Collins of Topeka
Is
Traced to Ills Own Son.
Topeka, Kan., June 11. John Col
lins was arrested here last night for
the murder of his father, J. S. Collins,
of this city on May 13. Collins is now
in the county jail and refuses to make
a statement.
John Jordan, a negro of this city,
and Jesse Harper, a Lawrence negro,
have both made statements that impli
cate Collins in the murder and leave
but little, if any, doubt of his guilt.
Miss Frances liabcock, the society
girl of Lawrence to whom Collins sent
a telegram the day after the murder
admonishing her to "say nothing," has
also made a statement. Her statement
will not be given out for the present,
but there is no doubt that it seriously
implicates Collins in the murder of his
father.
LIBERALS WANT. AN ALLIANCE.
Apparent Reluctance as Explained by tbe
Westminster Gazette.
Loxnox, June 11. The Westminster
Gazette, commenting on the American
suggestion that Liberals arc hostile to
the proposad Anglo-American under
standing, says: "The Liberal party de
sires nothing more than to draw closer
the bonds with the United States. The
leaders draw attention to points
needing careful handling, because,
judging from the present conduct
of foreign affairs, they have grounds
for fearing that the best policy
may be wrecked by lack of wisdom and
perseverance. If we plead for care and
caution in dealing with the United
States it is because we are anxious to
save that cause from the fickleness of
the present government.'
SHELLED A RAILWAYTRAIN.
Tbe Dolphin Does Some Extraordinary
Bombardment at Santiago.
Kixgstox, Jamaica. Jnnc 11. It has
been learned that during the bombard
ment Monday the Dolphin wrecked a
railroad train with a shell from one of
her guns. The train was filled with
Spanish troops and it is known that
many of them were killed.
THEY WERE OUR OWN SHIPS.
The Strange Craft la Nicholas Channel
Were Xot Spanish Cratocrs.
Key West, Fla., June 11. The ex
citement concerning the supposed
sighting 6f. four Spanish warships off
the northern coast of Cuba has sub
sided. There is now no doubt that the
vessels seen were part of our own fleet
and not Spanish warships, as was at
first assumed.
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A Synopsis of the War Revenue
Bill's Provisions.
SPECIAL TAXES FROM JULY 1.
Inheritances, Stock Deals and All Legal
Transactions WIU Contribute a Mlto
Beer, Tea, Express and Telegraph Arc
la the 1.1st Other Tux Levies.
Washington, June 11. The House
passed the conference report on the
war revenue bill by a vote of 154 to 107.
A sensational feature of the debate was
a clash between Mr. Swanson, of Vir
ginia aud Mr. Grosvcnor of Ohio, in
which the latter accused the former of
being unpatriotic because of his speech
against the bill. Mr. Swauson replied
by intimating that the Ohio member
was intoxicated and would not have
Affric.i-?: T-'VTH-tcW-i'XtfET A-rfrt-i
The report adopted was by an almost
strictly party vole, live Democrats
voting for the measure and five Repub
licans against It. The main provisions
of the bill arc as follows:
Special Taxes From July 1.
Fitt UanUcrs employing :i capital not cx
cecdms fiV'X'. ?J0; riiiployms a capital excecd
Si'i.OX), ror every additional Sl,0u, S.', surplus
Included in capital. The amount of such an-nu-l
Ux is to 1h computed ou the IkiMs of the
capitid and surplus tor the preceding llseal
j'ir. Savings banks having uo capital stock
p.urt v.hose business, is cuullned ta receiving de
posits and loaning or investing the same for the
benefit of tUcr depositors, aud which do no
otJjci b jsincss or bauUIns, lire not subject to
this tax.
Second BmUcrs, 5M; but any person havins
piid the special tax as r. bank shall not be re
quired to pay the special tax as a broker.
Third-Pawnbrokers. -U
Fourth Commercial brokers, ?-M.
Fifth Custom house brokers, 210.
Hist?; Proprietors of theaters, museums and
cou-ert balls, in cities of more than U5.OJ0 popu
lation, SIOX
Tills docs not include halls rented or used oc
cas'onaily for concerts or theatrical rcpresca
tatious. Seventh Circuses, $103. Xo .special tax paid
in f nc state is to exempt exhibitions from the
tax in another state, thoush but one t-pccial tax
is to be linpwcu for exuiuitiooi within any one
Si3ti.
Jlishth Proprietors or ajrents of all other
public exhibitions or shows for money, not
enumerated here, S10.
Nir.th nowling alleys and billiard rooms, ?5
for each alley or table.
Insurance.
Life On each policy, for each 5100, 10 cents
on the amount insured. Policies on the indus
trial or vrcekU- plan, 49 per cent of the amount
of the first weekly premium is charged. Fra
ternal bencticiary societies and ordrs, farmers'
purely local co-operative companies, employes'
relief associations, operated o:i the lodse sys
tem or local co-operathc plan, orpanlcd and
coniiuctcd solely by the members thereof, for
the exclusive bcnclit of its members aud not for
profit." arc exempted.
Insurance (marine, inlan.l, fire) Ikich policy
one-half of 1 per cent on each dollar. C'o-oper-atic
and mutual companies are exempted.
Insurance (casualty, fidelity and guarantee)
Each policy and each bond for the ierformance
of the duties of any office or position or other
obligation of the nature of indemnity, and each
contract or obligation jruaranteeiu;; the validity
of bonds or other obligations issued by any
state, county, municipal or other public body,
or puaranteeins titles to real estate or mercan
tile credits, executed or guaranteed by any
surety company, upon the amount of premium
charjfed, one-half of 1 percent on each"" dollar.
Leases nnd Mortgages.
Lease, land or tenement, not exceeding one
year. 23 cents; exceeding one year and not cx
rccdins three years. 50 cents; cxceediiut thrte
years, f l. Manifest for customs house entry or
clearance of cargo for a foreign port, if the reg
istered tonnage of such ship, vessel or steamer
docs not exceed 3M tons, J I ; exceeding 300 tons
and not exceeding 60J tons, ii; exceeding COO
tens. S3.
Mortgago of real cstats or personal propart y
exceeding?!, 000 and not exceeding SI.SW, 25
cents, and on each $30 in excess of il,MX 23
cents.
Passage ticket from a port in the United
States to a foreign port if costing not exceeding
13.1. ?l; costing more than 53) and and not ex
ceeding fGO, W: costing more than 53J, ".
Proxy for voting at any election for officers
of any incorporated company, except religious,
charitable or literary societies or public ceme
teries. 10 cents.
Proprietary Articles.
Medicinal proprietary articles and prepara
tions Upon every packet, box. bottle, pot or
phial, or other inclosure. containin-j any pills,
powders, tinctures troches, syrups, cordials,
bitters, anodynes, tonics, plasters, liniments,
salves, ointments, pastes, drops, waters (ex
cept natural spring waters and carbonated
natural spring waters) essences, spirits, oils
and all medicinal preparations or compositions
whatsoever, made and sold, or removed for sale
by any person wherein the person making or
preparing the same has or claims to have any
private formula or any exclusive right, where
such packet, etc, does not exceed at the retail
price. 5 cents. 8 of 1 per cent tax; when tiie re
tail price is between 5 and 10 cents, ;4- of 1 per
cent; between 10 and 13 cents, ;j of a cent; be
tween 13 and 23 cents, of a cent, and for each
additional 25 cents in value, 5i of a cent tax.
l'orfumcry and cosmetics and other similar ar
ticles used as applications to the hair, mouth or
skin or othern ise usod where the packet, box,
bottle, etc. does not exceed at the retail price 5
cents, 'i of 1 per cent tax; when tho price is lc
tween 5 and 10 cents, u of a cent; between 10
and 15 cents, ?i of a cent; bet ween 15 and 23
cents, u of a cent: each additional 25 cents in
value, f of a cent tax. Chewing gum, each
package of not more than $1 retail value, 4 cents
nnd for each additional il 4 cents.
Sparkling or other wines, when bottled for
sale, upon each bottle containing one pint or
less. 1 cent; more than 1 pint, 2 cents. Tho
stamp is only to be affixed when the article in
this schedule is.sold.
Oil and Sugar Trusts.
Petroleum anu sugar refiners Every person,
firm, corporation or company carrying on or
dolng business of refining petroleum or refining
"sugar, or owning or controlling any pipe lines
for transporting oil or other products whose
gross annual receipts exceeds SJ53.0U0, is made
subject to pay annually a special excise tax
equivalent to one quarter of 1 per cent on the
gross amount of all receipts in excess of that
sum. Returns to be made monthly. The pen
alty is a line of rrom Sl.OiO to ?I0,(XXX A stamp
tax of 1 cent is to be collected on every seat
rold in a palace and parlor car. and on every
berth sold In a sleeping car. the stamp to be
affixed to the ticket and paid by the company
issuing it.
Inheritance Tax.
A tax on inheritance and legacies exceeding
f 10.000 on personal property is jirovided as fol
lows: On sums between ?!0.000 and r.0):
First On Lencllts to the lineal issue or lineal
ancestors, brother or sister of the deceased, at
the rate of 73c for every f 101
Second To the descendant of a brother or
sister at the rate of 81.30 per 10A
Third To the brother or sister of the father
or mother, or a descendant of a brother or sis
ter of a father or mother, at the rate of 3 for
every S10U.
Fourth To the brother or sister of the grand
father or grandmother or a descendant of the
brother or -.ister of the grandfather or grand
mother, 54 for every 5100.
Fifth To those of any other degree of collat
eral consanguinity or strangers in blood or a
body politic or corporate, at the rate of S3 for
every 1100,
AU legacies or property passing by will or by
the laws of any state or territory, to husband or
wife, arc exempted from tax or duty. On sums
ranging between 523,000 and ;ia,0OJ, the rates
of tax arc to be multiplied by ouc and one-half;
' on those ranging from 103.00) to 33J.003, the
rates are to be multiplied by two; on those
ranging from S59J.0-J0 to fl.OOO.OU), the rates are
to be multiplied by two and one-half; and oa
those above i 1,003,000, the rates are to be multi
plied by three. .
The tax is made a lien upon the property
until paid and it is required that the tax shall
be satisfied before the legatee is paid.
Certiorates of Indebtedness.
The secretary of the treasury is authorized to
boirotrrrom time to timeata rate of interest
no"cceding 3 per cent such sums as in his
I Judgment may be necessary to meet public ex
penditures and to issue certificates of Indebted
ness in denominotions of 150 or some multiple
of that sum; each certificate Is made payable at
such time not exceeding one year from the data
cf its issue as the secretary of the treasury may
prescribe; provided that the amount of such
certificates outstanding shall at no tunc exceed
8100,OOJ,003.
Tax on Tobacco Dealers.
Dealers la leaf tobacco whose annual sales do
not exceed 50,000 pounds, each, tt. Those whose
annual sales exceed 50,000 and not 100.000
pounds. Hi, and If their annual sales exceed
100,000 pounds. $i;i.
Dealers in other tobacco whose annual sates
exceed 50,000 pounds. Sli
Those selling their own products at the place
of manufacture arc exempted from this tax.
Manufacturers of tobacco whose annual sales
do not exceed 50,000 pounds, W. Manufacturers
whose sales exceed 50,000 and not 100. 000 pounds
812. Manufacturers whoso sales exceed '100,000
pounds, iJl.
Tax on Telegraph Messages.
Section 18 provides for a tax stamp on tele
graph messages, and exempts messages of of
licers and employes of the government on offi
cial business and also the messages of telegraph
and railroad companies over their own lines.
Section 20 makes it a misdemeanor to evade
the plans of schedule 11, relative to drugs, medi
cines, perfumery, etc., punishable by a lino of
not to exceed S500 or imprisonment not to ex
six months, or both.
Uncompounded medicines, or those bavins
been put up and sold at retail as prescriptions
are not included in the taxable articles, leaving
iitto apply particularly to proprtetory,artlcl"--"
Section 4 adds the tax oa piOMlcmyi'HiiU'C
to the duty on them, requiring the affixing of
the internal revenue stamp before wlthdravral
for consumption.
Board of Trade Operations.
Upon each sale, or agreement to sell, any
products or merchandise at any exchange or
board of trade, or other similar place, either for
present or future delivery, for each f 109 in value
of said sale or agreement of sale or agreement
to sell, 1 cent, nnd for each additional ilO) or
fractional part thereof, in excess of f 100, 1 cent;
provided, that on every sale or agreement of
sale or egreement to sell, there shall be made
and delivered by the seller to the buyer a bill,
memorandum of such sale, to which there shall
lie affixed a lawful stamp or stamps in value
equal to the amount of tax on such sale.
Hank check draft or certificate of deposit
not drawing Interest, or order for the payment
of any sum of money drawn upon or Issued by
any bank, trust company, or any person or
persons, companies or corporations, 2 cents.
Express or Freight.
It is made the duty of every railroad or
steamboat company, carrier, express company.
or corporation or person whose occupation is to
act as such to issue the shipper or consignor a
bill of lading, manifesto or other evidence of
receipt and forwarding for each shipment re
ceived, whether in bulk or in boxes, bales,
packages, bundles, or not so inclosed or in
cluded; and there is to be attached and can
celled to each of said bills of lading, etc., a
stamp of the value of 1 cent. Provided, that
but one bill of lading shall be required on bun
dles or packages of newspapers when Inclosed
in one general bundle at the time of shipment.
Penalty. S10.
A tax of 1 cent Is imposed for every telephone
message for which over 13 cents Is charged.
Any telegraphic message. 1 cent.
Indemnifying bonds. 30 cents.
The llond Provision.
The .-.ecrctary of the treasury "s authorized to
borrow on the credit of the United States from
time to time as the pror ccJs may be required,
to defray expenditures authorized on account
of the existing war (such proceeds when re
ceived to bo used only for the purpose of meet
ing such war expenditures) the sum of (400.
UiO.000. or so much thereof as may be necessary,
and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or
registered lwnds of tho United States in de
nominations of fa), or some multiple of that
sum. redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the
United States after ten years from the date of
their issue, and payable twenty years from
such date, and bearing interest, payable quar
terly in coin, at the rate of 3 per cent per an
num. The bonds arc to be first offered at par
as a popular lean.
Tlie conference add-d the following proviso:
"That any portion of any issue of said bonds
not subscribed for as above provided may bo
disposed of by the secretary of tho treasury at
not less than par, under such regulations as hO
may prcr-cribe, but no commissions shall be al
Urved or paid thereon; and a sum not exceed
ing ouc-tenth of 1 per cent of the amount of the
bonds n:id certificates herein authorized is
hereby appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the
expenses of preparing, advertising and issuing
the same."
Coinage of Silver Bullion.
Following Is the provision la regard to the
coinage of silver bullion:
The secretary of the treasury is authorized
and directed to coin into standard silver dollars,
as rapidly as the public ir.ercsts may require,
to an amount, how s cr. of not less than 1,50 LOW
of mill dollars in each month, all of the silver
bullion now In the treasury purchased in ac
cordance with the provisions of the act ap
proved July II. IbPO. entitled -an act directing
the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of
treasury notes thereon, nnd for other purposes."
and said dollars, when so coined, shall be used
and applied in the manner and for tbe purposes
named in said act.
A Tax en Mixed Flour.
A substitute was adopted for the Senate pro
vision tor a tax on mixed flour, but the mate
rial points were retained. The substitute re
quires that persons engaged in making, packing
or repacking mixed Hour shall pay a special tax
at the rate of ?12 per annum, and
the license granted is to bo posted in
accordance with the provisions of sec
tion :t.Mi and 3239 of the revised statutes
the fines and penalties to be the same as
imposed In those sections They arc re
quired to mark each package as mixed flour,
and it is to be put up only in original packages
In addition to the annual license a tax of 4
cents per barrel is levied upon all mixed flour
manufactured, sold or removed for sale. The
same rate is proportionately levied on half bar
rels and smaller package.
There shall be levied, collected and paid upon
tea when imported from foreign countries a
duty of 10 cents per pound.
The changes regarding tea make the duty op
eratic e with tlie act instead of July 1, as it)
passed the Senate.
A HIGHLY IMPROBABLE STORY.
Admiral Dewey Said to Have Made Ke
marltable Concessions to Aguinaldo.
New York, June 11. A Vancouver
dispatch to the New York Evening
Sun says:
Passengers arriving here yesterday on the
steamship from Japan say that on April 20 the
editor of the Japan Free Press asked a wealthy
Knglishman of the name of Bray to bring the
insurgent leader Aguinaldo and United States
Consul General Pratt together. Bray knew
both men well. His sympathy with the Insur
gents induced him to consent, and an Informal
meeting took place in which promLses were
made on both sides to support a united action.
The wires were kept hot between Commodore
Dewey and Consul General Pratt, the commo
dore agreeing in the main to all secret arrangc-t
meats.
Two days before the engagement in Manila
bay, Gcseral Aguinaldo and Consul General
Pratt had another meeting, at which the con
firmation of all tbe promises was made before
witnesses and scaled. Aguinaldo was assured
that the United States, when they had captured
the Philippines, would hold them only tempo
rarily and that they would afterwards be In the
hands of a royal commission chosen by the pow
ers. The following agreement was also made
provisionally:
1. The expulsion, or at least secularization, of
the religious orders and the inhibition of these
orders from all ofacial vetoes in civil adminis
tration. 2. A general amnesty for all rebels and guar
antees for their personal security and from the
vengeance of the friars and parish priests after
returning to their home.
3. Radical reforms to curtail the glaring
abuses in public administration.
4. Freedom of the press to denounce official
corruption and blackmailing.
5. Representation in the Spanish parliament.
6. Abolition of the iniquitous system of secret
deportation of political suspects.
CAMP MERRITT TOO GIDDY.
Saa Francisco Troops to Bo Moved Where
Better Discipline Can Be Maintained.
Sax Fbascisco, June 11. General
Merriam, commanding the Department
of California, has finally decided to
abandon Camp Mcrritt and place all
the soldiers in camp on the Presidio
reservation. This move was found nec
essary for sanitary and -moral reasons.
Camp Merritt is without drainage and
many saloons have sprung up all
around it. The city streets running
through it cannot be closed and are
usually thronged with civilians. All
this can be remedied with the camp on
government land.
APT OF NAVAL DIPLOMACY,
KctIcw of Sampson's Fleet for tue
flt of a Lonely Spanish Officer.
bt Ajrxoxiu, Jamaica, Juuc 10.
ral Sampson's moving panorama
American fleet that is bottling
'-ervera's fleet in Santiago harbor
only one Spanish officer as an
ience, was a wonderfully clever
impressive bitpf diplomacy.
is lonely witness was Ccrveras
f of staff, and he ostensibly visited
ral Sampson on thi flagship to
ivey the message from Cervcra that
heroes of the Memniac were safe,
the officers of the American fleet
that if he had any other object in
', for instance, the ascertaining of
strength of the opposing force, the
nish visitor was amply rewarded
his pains.
lone on the flagship, surrounded
enemies, as he stood on the deck he
one of the grandest arrays of bat-
hips pass in review that has ever
a assembled for offensive purposes.
nd jret this display was made in
iijquiet way that the visitor could
Meet that it was 'for his benefit.
TVas done in'siichTrquictway, too.
'as if entirely accidental, which must
ha"e made the exposition all the more
striking.
While Admiral Sampson was receiv
ing tho message of Admiral Cervcra
and transmitting to him an equally
courteous reply, a tignal was given for
all the ships to concentrate near the
flagship. The order was promptly
obeyed, and when Captain Ovicda was
ready to leave the flagship, he saw file
before him in splendid proeession tiie
greatest fleet of war vessels the Carib
bean sea ever held. From the deel; of
the New York he saw the I'rooklyn,
Texas, Iowa, Oregon, New Orleans.
Marblehead and Massachusetts, in
seemingly never ending procession,
file silently by, their grim guns backed
bj their crews, equally silent and
grim. It was as impressive and strik
ing a thing as was ever dt.ic, and what
emotion, besides admiration, it awak
ened in the breast of tbe Spanish ofii
ccr can only be imagined.
There was a peculiar incident at
tending the visit of Captain Ovicdo to
the flagship. At the moment he set
foot on deck, there was on board a del
egation of Cubans arranging for co
operation with the American llcut.
Their presence had to be kept secret
from the Spaniards, and they were
hidden away until the visiting enemy
boarded their own boat under the pro
tection of a flag of truce and put back
for Santiaco.
CONFEREES HAVE AGREED.
Tho Ilcvcnuo War Bill Kcporlcd to tho
House.
Washington, June 10. The confer
ees on the war bill submitted their re
port to the House this afternoon. The
report follows:
The Housa accepts the.3 Senate amend
ments: Allowing a rebate of 7'. per cent upon
the sale cf stamps for fermented liquors, in
btead of 5 per cent, as provided by the House,
Imposing special taxes, etc.. witU an amendment
striking out i.isurancc agents, also making tax
oathcatcrs apply to cities excee3ing23,0!X) popu
lation only; the amendment striking out the
House provision imposing a special tax on re
tail tobacco dealers; the provisions relating to
stamp taxes on life insurance rolicies. but re
dvml to 8 cents for each fl'XIof Insurance, to
lie paid only once, at the inception of the poli
cy, end a corresponding reduction en weekly
payment insurance.
The House accepts the proprietary medicine
and perfumery amendments of the Senate with
a reduction of the tax of about one-third. The
Senate amendmont providing thnt stamps may
be afllxcd oa medicinal nrticlcs in stock, when
such articles arc sold by the retail order;Scnate
amendments imposing an excise tux of U
of 1 per cent oa corporations refining sugar or
petroleum, measured by their gross receipts
exceeding SJM.OOO; and also the Senate amend
ment lmposia? a stamp tax of 1 cent upon the
sale of each sleeping and parlor car ticket sold
by the company issuing the same; nad also the
Senate legacy and inheritance tax.
The House recedes from its tonnage tax pro
vision, and accepts the Senate ameadmesit, im
posing a duty of ten cents per pound on im
ported tea, with an amendment providing that
the duty shall take effect upon the passage of
the act by the Senate amendment relating to
mixed flour, with a substitute embodying tlin
bill upon the same subject as reported by the
committee oa ways and meats. m
The Senate recedes from its coinage of the
silver selgn'orage amendment and a substitute
is agreM to. simply authorizing ami directing
the coinage of nat less than 81.WJ.000 silver
dollars per month from the silver bullion held
in the treasury, such silver dollars to bo ap
plied as provided by the act cf July 1 1. 13X.
The Scnatj accepts these Hou-e provisions:
Placing the increased tax on fermented liquors
stored la warehouses; the certificate of in
debtedness of loan provisions of the House
with a reduction of the amount of bonds author
ized to 1400,000,(0).
The Houce accepts the Senate scales on cigaro
and cigarettes; and the Senate accepts tho
House proposition imposing an additional tax
on stocks on hand, but reducing tho tax on such
stocks one-half and excepting from its opera
tions stocks not exceeding 1.000 pounds of to
bacco and 20.000 cigars and cigarettes.
The Hous-o accepts the Senate amendment
imposing a stamp tax on all speculatltc sales
on stock and produce exchanges.
The Senate accepts the House exemption of
receipts from stamp taxes.
The Senate recedes from Its amendment inl
poMng stamp tax on articles sold under a trade
mark or any name or designation nat epea to
general use.
Mr. Dingley. immediately after the confer
ence, made up the report at 2 o'clock and an
nounced the bill would be brought up for con
sideration at once and that the nousc would
probably dispose of it before adjournment to
day. NEWS DON'T EXCITE SPANISH
Santiago Considered a Victory Because
AU Were Not Killed.
London, June 10. The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times says: "The news
from Santiago produced little or no
excitement. At first there was a feel
ing of sadness because only Spanish
losses were announced. Gradually the
feeling changed on learning that the
Americans also suffered, although
losses have not been reported in detail.
In any case there was justification for
patriotic satisfaction in the fact that
the attack had been successfully re
pulsed with fewer casualties than have
sometimes occurred in insignificant
skirmishes with the insurgents.'
TRANSPORT SHIPS SEIZED.
Government Bcsorts-to Extreme Meas
ures to Fit Oat Manila Expeditions.
San Francisco, June 10. It has
been learned that the steamers Sena
tor, City of Puebla and Queen, owned
by the Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany, were not chartered, but im
pressed into the service of the govern
ment as transports.
Colonel Fanston at Lawrence, Kan.
Lawrence, Kan., June 10. Colonel
Fred Fnnston of the Twentieth Kansas
volunteers arrived in Lawrence this
morning on his way from Tampa, Fla.,
t" join his regiment at San Francisco.
IN
Spanish Warships Reported to Have
Forced an Entrance.
WARSHIP AND TWO CRUISERS.
No Official Report lias Vet Beea Brought
In by tbe Blockading Ships, bat tbe
Bamor Is Said to Bo Credited by Key
West Naval O Accra of Illgb Bank;
Key West, Fla., June 10. Persistent
rumors, credited by some naval officers
of high rank, arc in circulation here to
the effect that, three Spanish warships
havcorced their way into the harbor
of Havana. One dispatch says that a
Spanish battle ship and two cruisers
have entered the harbor.
There is one rumor here, which-finds
credit among many naval officers, that
within the last tweBty-four hours some
formidable Spanish warships have en
tered the harbor of llavana-s More
than two weeks ago4kwMjJtatdthat
Mo castle light had again been put
in operation, and it was thought to in
dicate that the Spaniards in Havana
had information leading them to ex
pect some friendly visitors.
There is much speculation as to
whether the ships supposed to have
entered Havana harbor are a part of
Cervera's fleet which did not enter
Santiago or somo of the ships from
Cadiz.
No oflicial report has yet been
brought in by any of our blockading
ships, nnd there is much anxiety in
consequence.
A government tug from Cardenas
joined the American fleet off Havana
yesterday, bringing messages from
Commodore Watson from, an auxiliary
gunboat. This was to the effect that
on Tuesday night the gunboat sighted
four vessels, thought to" be a battle
ship, two cruisers and a torpedo boat,
between Salt clay and Padre del Cruz.
The gunboat followed them and
when within speaking distance, hoisted
the fleet flag. The strangers answered
with three masthead lights, which
were not the required signal, and im
"mediately thereafter they put out all
their lights. The gunboat cruised
after the strangers for two or three
miles, once approaching within 2,000
yards, but evidently abandoned the
chase and reported to the nearest ship
of the United States licet.
Advices were then sent to Commodcre
Watson by the government tug and he
dispatched a Iniat to Key West.
The commander of the gunboat
which followed the fo:ir vessels says he
is satisfied they were Spinish warships
either trying to get into Havana or
lying in wait for transports. The af
fair, however, is involved in doubt.
The llritish cruiser Tallnit left Ha
vana Tuesday and she may have been
one of the vessels sighted by the gun
boat. REFUGEES CROWD A TOWN.
Kingston Has Itecciied an Odd Addition
to Its Population.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 10. The
royal mail steamer sailing for London
this week will carry S-'00,000 in Span
ish gold. liroad Alphonso pieces arc
more in circulation in this island than
English sovereigns. Irobably a mil
lion dollars in coin has been brought
to Jamaica from Cuba by refugees dur
ing the last six weeks. Three or four
thousand of these refugees fill the ho
tels, lodgings and otherwise vacant
houses in the coast towns.
Tlie refugees instead of being lean
and illfavored, as one might suppose,
from the famine and rceoncentrado
stories, arc remarkably prosperous
looking. The ladies arc dressed in
New York and Parish fashions of two
years ago. Sonic are attended by
servants. Among the baggage are
extraordinary boxes and chests that
look antique enough to have been made
in Spain in a rmcr century. One
emigrant entered a hotel behind six
strong men, each of whom carried a
leather bag filled with gold. He was
a noted usurer in Havana.
All the refugees have plenty of
money now, but they look forward
with dread. They cannot realize on
their property. Owing to the unsettled
state of Cuba, the banks will advance
nothing. It is impossible to communi
cate with the island except by cable at
from twenty-five to seventy-five cents
a word. They do not know what has
become of their homes and estates.
Most of them sympathize with the
insurgents. A few bitterly denounce
Spain.
CHINA EVERYBODY'S VICTIM.
Japan, Rossis and Franco Make New
Oralis In the Eat.
Vancouver, B. C, June 10. Oriental
advices arc to the effect that China and
Japan are having trouble again. Com
plications have occurred in China one
after another and now the Japanese
consulate at Shashi has been burned
down. On receipt of the news of the
riot the minister of the navy issued in
structions to the commanders of the
cruiser Takao at Shanghai, and the
gunboat Maya at Saseho to Immedi
ately proceed to the scene of the dis
turbencc for the protection of the
Japanese residents. Tlie British ship
Esk has leen ordered to the scene of
the outrage.
France has demanded from China an
indemnity of 19.000 taels, the erection
of a church as a memorial and the ex
tension of the railway from Xanning,
in Kwangsi province, to the coast of
Kwang Tung, as a compensation for
the murder of a French priest.
It is officially reported that Russia
has secretly demanded a lease of not
only Kinchou, a few miles from Port
Arthur, but also of .Fuschcoua Sul
Prcftural, a city further north than
the former city. These, with the pos
sessions also of Kaipeng, at the head
of the Liao Tung peninsula, will give
the Russians entire control of the
peninsula.
The Coif Champion Safely Oat.
Havana, June 10. The British
cruiser Talbot sailed from Havana
Tuesday. On board were Phil Robin
.son and II. J. Whigham, the English
newspaper correspondents, who were
arrested some time ago at Matanzas.
The Talbot also carried Edwards and
Pinkney, who were expelled from the
island on suspicion of being spies,
Charles Todd and, a number of oxher
prisoners
Ml
"WOMAN'S CLUB DAY."
Delegate! t Deavar ta Vbat Osaaba and
tbe EspesUlea.
Woman's Club have become such an
important factor In cthe social world
that the Traas-Misslppi and Iiv
ternatlonal Exposition has set apart
June 18 as "Woman's Day."
Almost all of the eastern delegations
on their way to tho Denver Biennial
have arranged to stop over in Omaha
to attend tho Woman's Club Concress
to be held in that city June 18 and 19.
Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotln, president of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs; Mrs. Alice Ives Breed, vice
president, and Mrs. Philip N. Moore,
corresponding secretary, will be in at
tendance. Among the speakers ore Mrs. Ed
ward Longstreth. Mrs. Mary E. Mun
ford.TKrs. Cornelius Stevenson of
Philadelphia. Mrs. Ellen M. Richard
son of Boston. Mrs. Kate Tnrmatt
Woods of Salem: Mrs. Elnta WaHon
of Newton, Mass.; Mrs. Win. Fischel
of SL Louis; Mrs. Celia Parker Wool
ey and Mrs. Herman J. Hall of Chi
cago. Besides the sessions of the congress
which will be unusually interesting.
two daily concerts by the Theodore
Thomas orchestra will be given in'
the Auditorium.
-Special rates of ono fare for tho
round trip have been granted by nil
the roads leading to Omaha. These
rates are good from June 17 to Juno
20 within a radius of 150 miles of
Omr.ha.
Tho Woman's Beard of Managers
of the exposition, the Exposition Bu
reau of Entertainment and the Omaha
Woman's Club are making active
prenarations for tho success of tho
drr.
In order to distinguish them from
other exposition visiters, each visit
ing club woman is requested to wear
on her shoulder a knot of Dale blue
ribbon.
It is now conceded by all thnt the
Trans-Mississippi exposition !s sec
ond only to the world's fair, far sur
passing in beauty the centennial,
midwinter. Atlanta and Nashville expositions.
Read In a Trotest.
Washington dispatch: O telegram
was received last night in Washing
ton from the colonel of the First Ne
braska regiment of volunteer infant
ry now at San Francisco awaiting
transportation to tho Philippines,
stating that the men of h's company
are now thoroughly nrmed and
equipped and ready to move. They
have been anxious to be ordered ofT
ever slr.ee their arrival on the Pacific
coast, but have been made to stand by
and see other regiments pass them by
and board the troop ships to" go to
Manila. The reason for the Nebras
ka soldiers' detention has been that
they were poorly equipped and the
secretary of war would not allow
their departure with inferior arma.
As this deficiency seems now to
have been remedied, the First Nebras
ka may be soon be sent out of tW
country from the pert of San Fran
cisco. 5 :r
TTcbrnska HankH.
Washington dispatch: The ab
stract of reports made tothccomntrol
ler of the currency showing the" con
dition of banks of Nebraska,
exclusive of Lincoln and Om
aha, as of May 5 shows a
decided increase in business since last
report on February 18. Loans and
discounts arc $12,3S2.sr0; due from
banks and bankers, $1,881,481; eold
coin on hand. $G4S.3CG; total specie,
$820,535. Total resources, $23,316,
028. and increase of over one million.
Individual dencsits amounted en that
date to $12,999.S94. an increase of $1,
269,226 since February: The average
reserve held is 38.88 per cnt as
against 36.54 per cent of last rcrort.
Deriftloa In a Nebraska Case.
An important pension decision has
been handed down by the secretary
of the interior In the case of Joshua
C. Hart of Nuckolls county, Ncbras-.
kp.. on appeal by Representative Suth
erland. The case involved the ad
missability of evidence not in accord
ance with the evidence of the medical
officers of the pension bureau. The
claimant had many witnesses to test
tify to his physical disability to a
greater extent than was manifested
by the report of the medical examin
ing board, but the case was rejected.
It was then appealed by Mr. Suther
land. Tbe case has been ordered to
a hearing.
Kiile I by a Train.
Dakota City dispatch: Gordon Al
exander of Blair, about 6 o'clock this
evening, was run over by a work train
on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha railway at South Sioux City
and almost instantly killed. Ho was
one of the workmen on the train and
was attempting to go from the ca
becce to a flat car after the caboose
had been cut from a train coming off
the west approach of the bridge, when
he fell between the cars and twelve
cars passed over him. The company
physicians at Sioux City and this place
were cr.Ilea. out tno man expireu oe
forc they arrived. An inquest is now
being held. His brother was an eye
witness to the accident.
Iiarnel by Lightning
Edgar dispatch: Lightning struck
a barn belonging to Peter Burcs, three
miles east of Edgar, during the rain
yesterday afternoon, killing two
horses, knocklnc down four more and
a young man. Fred Zeigler, who was
at work in the stable attending the
horses. The barn was set on fire and
turned, with two harvesters. 800 bush.
e!3 cf oats and some other minor
farm implements. Total value of
property destroyed, $1,200. Insur
ance. $300. The young man -.and the
four horses that were knocked down
were tescued.
Not en.
Lewis A. Funk, a young man who
came here a short time, ago and se
cured employment at the Arso Man
ufacturing company, was taken into
cust.'-dv today Ly an officer from
Clarksville, Ind., upon the charge of
seduction. Funk accompanied the
officer without Requisition papers.
During a local shower at Harrison
lightning struck the house of Mar
stcllcr Bros., passed through the build
ing and into the bank building ad
joining and out through the front
window, ehatttering the glass- and
striking two men that were standing
by the window talking, killing one
and badly injuring the other. Burt
Dew is the man that was killed.
Jessie Roberts of Nebraska City
suicided in an Omaha hotel by tak
ing morphine.
Charles. ftussell, a young colored
boy of Lincoln, charged with house
breaking, was tried in the district
court; and sentenced for one- year.
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