The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 1898 Page: 4 of 8
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THURSDAY, JUNb
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WhTLB our fleet is dragging «or sub-
marine cablca it might be well to assign
a few boats to cutting *ome red tape.
Spkakino of bureaus of information
the departments at Washington seem
to have a monopoly which they decline
to share with tlu' country
AccoRDlNo to Madrid bulletins, the
Spanish govt rnment is conducting the
war successfully against the United
States, and has won several important
victories at points where no bat'.le has
ever been fought.
It must biTconwlinir to the country
that whenever war news comes to
Washington the navy department put*
out a bulletin with the information
that the "department feels easy."
SiacB hard Tack is the only kind of
bread that will keep In the tropics, the
soldiers would do well to take with
them a few tooth sharpeners.
Ua.niu.inh shot and Bhell In the hold
of a war ship, with the thermometer
at 160 in the shade, at Santiago, is not
as attractive as some things.
Sinck Madrid congratulated < ervcra
for his brilliant entrance into Santiago
harbor, It ought to condole with him
because lie can't get out.
With the land forces on one side and
the two American squadrons at the
month of the harbor of Santiago, Cer-
vera Is likely to get jammed.
Hon. Tom Stocksi.aokR, the first
mayor of Kasl Guthrie and for the la t
several years In the government ser-
vice, and family, are residing at Eureka
Springs, Ark.
Tuic "Yankee pig" iceins to have
grown bigger In the eyes of the Madrid
government in the last month, and
they would be willing now io treat
with it on terms of honorable peace
iNorderti. got up something to blow
about a wagon load of wheat came into
Kingfisher the other day and the
curbstone dealers made up an extra
one cent, and the farmer unloaded his
wheat at the mill for one dollar and
one cent a bushel. The Kreo Press
danced a regular jig over It!
Hinck (len. (ireely has been so suc-
cessful In his censorship of the press
he will likely extend the same rules
into the weather bureau when the war
is over. Ilsbit, you know, Is very
strong.
Souk of the ungenerous carpers think
It a little remarkable that Mark Hanna
hasn't offered his services in the war
with Spain. There is nothing remark
able about it, for were he to do so he
would subject himself to the imputa
tlon of carrying water on both shoul-
ders
Will somu one plea6e arise and
explain how it is that we have not
plunked a few Bhots at Montanxas of
late? It shameful the way we have
been neglecting Montan/.as for
month or so
Thk plan to uso balloons in this war
will be easily carried out. All that is
needed is the balloon ; the gas hah
been going to waste in Washington for
a long time.
Oklahoma wheat fie.ds offer a fes
tlve outlook to the thershlng machine
people, only It is said they want the
largest part of the output.
SUPREME COURT
OpenH in Rtgular NeBfion but
Transacts no UusinetH.
The territorial supreme court con-
vened at ten o'clock thia morning,
with Chief Juatioe Burford and associ-
ates, Tarsney, MoAtee and tiainer.
Judge Hurwell was not present. A
few trivial motions were heard and
the tax case was arguo.l in part. The
court was ouly in session an hour and
adjourned until to morrLW morning at
ten o'clock.
KILLKI) HIS BROTHER.
A Rabbit Hunt Ends Fatally—
Brother Kills Brother.
Reed Tribble and his brother, aged
!1 years, living north ef the city, went
rabbit hunting last Saturday evening,
deed aimed at a rabbit, and just as he
pulled the trigger bla brother ran in
front of the gun. The entire charge
struck the boy, nearly blowing hla
bead off Death was instantaneous.
POWERS ARE ALERT.lTHE SENATE VOTES. EXPLOIT OF HOBSON.
The Past Week was Productive Passes the War Revenue Meas-
of Many Important Ne- ure Without any Mater-
gotiations. I ial Amendments.
How the Intrepid Naval Officer
and His Volunteers Sunk
the Merrimac.
On board the Associate Preaa Dlspatoh
I B.wit Dauntleu, off Santiago de Cuba
June 4 (via Kingston, Jamaica, June 4-
Kear Admiral Sampson, during Friday
Berlin, June 4-<Copyright by the A* I Washington. June ♦- Tne war revenue
aoclattd l'ren*)—The pa*t week haa wit-1 measure waa paused by the senate this
tnetted Important negolations between I venjn|C 7;u5 o'clock. The bill was un-
Oermany, Russia, and France, this lime I {jer conaicjeratlon eight hours today.
being the prime mover, for Intervention in 1 pcore or more attempts was made to morning, decided to close the narrow har-
8puni*h-American war. Upward of ,tmend It but In only three or four In- i*/r eirterunce to Santiago de Cuba by
furtnlght ago Kuaaia approched France I gtuieea were the attempts successful. I sinking the collier Merrimac, loaded with
with this object In view, and direct c m I Particular effort was made to amend the | coal In the channel. He called for \olun-
municatlon waa opened between the Csar I bond provision of the meaaure but It
and Count Muravlff, the Ruaslan minister I was futile In every Instance. The moat . „ ,
for foreign affairs, on the one side, and notable amendment made to the measure | at MM a. m.. Friday morning the Merrl-
ivaident Ffcure and M. llamiutaux, the! today was that offered by Mr. Tillman,
rench minister for foreign affairs, on I (Dem. 8. C.) placing a duty o. 10 cents
the other. Although France, at the out-1 a pound
brake of the war, was most anxious to br-1 United States.
Ing about Intervention. It la now positive-1 no debate and w;
Imported Into the
e amendment created
adopted by a vote of
|y~ *ald notwlthatandlng the fact that I & to 32. It la calculated by the senate I pIo|i|on the Merrimac sank and the than
ve aumiranees that she w.ul.11 that the duty. If U I" finally en- I m| w ll! e|0,M. aml apparently Admiral
thai Prance I acted Into liiw, will raise ul least liu.ouo, |Cervem unable to escape
yuu u year, and probably mor<'. Lieutenant Hotwon uppeart, <o have car-
An amendment offered ,y Mr. Chilton ! , .1|Ut Jjjj, pl;in th,. amalleat tatter, ex
(Dem. Texas) a member of the finance I (,ep^ ag regarda the method of escape,
committee, provides for a tax graduated I n,w iroat In which tihe erew were to
accordlnK to the price upon nil articles 1 to escape was either blown
Russia
back up any new attempt.
had flatly refined to participate In renew-1
.•ffonts In this direction. It was owtnc I
this peremytory refusal, so greatly at |
variance with Prance's former attitude.
No Wkstkiin Indians have tendered
their services to the government to
fight Spain since the news reached the
reservations that Congress is trying to
pass an anti-scMping bill.
Thk Kingfisher Freo Press Insists
that it has no objection to Alva build
ing all the normal 6chool buildings it
wants, but it thinks it might use a
little more of the public wind and less
of tho public money to do it.
Souk of the paperB are telling Btories
about the enormous snakes in Cuba
and the fatal effect of their bite. The
truth Is there are very few venomous
reptiles on the island, and what few
there are it is no trouble to extract
their teeth and make pets out of them.
The sand gnat is the most bothersome
little pest to be found there, and the
finest mosquito bar is no barrier to
their bills when ready for presenta-
lion.
The only difference between dem-
ocrats and republicans in congress
about the appropriations to meet war
expenses, is that the republicans want
to issue gold bonds with gold Interest
bearing coupons, while the democrats
insist that sultlcient war revenue can
be raised by an income tax and the
issuance of non-Interest bearing green
backs. The republicans want the
revenue raised from the labor of the
bone and slnewof the'.country by pro
tectir.g the wealth; and the democrats
want the wealth of the country to
bear its just and proper share of these
expenses.
There seems to be a difference of
opinion between the Madrid govern
ment and Admiral Dewey as to the
merits of Admiral Montijo, who com
manded the fleet at Manila. The Mad
rid folks want him court-martialed
and shot for losing the fight, while
Dewey pays him the highest complt
ment for bravery, and Bent the unfor-
fortunate admiral a message in which
in part he sayB : "I Bent him a mes
sage telling him I appreciated the gal
lantry with which he had fought his
Bhlps, and the deep admiration my ofli
eers and men felt for the commander
of the Maria Christina, who nailed his
colors to his mast and then went down
with his gallant crew.''
DKMOCBATIC CONVENTION
To be Held in Guthrie on Sat
hi day, July 9, to Select
Delegates
The Democratic central committee
met in the district court room at 2 p
in. June 4. The meeting- was called to
crder by Chairman 11. il. Ilagan. In
the absence of the regular secretary
L. G. Niblack, J. L. Calvert was chosen
secretary pro tern.
On a vote of the committee it wa«
determined to hold the primaries to
select delegates to tho county conven-
tion on July 2, at 2 p. m. in the town
ships and at H p, m. in the city. The
county convention to be held in Guth-
rie on tho following Saturday, July 9
at which t me delegates to the territo-
rial congressional convention will be
chosen, which convention meets at
Oklahoma City July 13. The repre
Mentation from the various wards and
townships to be on the basis of one
delegate for each 15 votes or major
fraction thereof cast for Hon J. Y.
Callahan.
A letter from W. M. Allen, chairman
of the Populist county central commit-
tee, referring to a union of all the
sii?er forces of the county, was read
and discussed, after which the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved by the Democratic county
central committee of Logan county
That in view of the overtures of the
Populist county committee, the chair
man of this committee is empowered
and instructed to join with the chair-
man of the Populist county committee
in a call for a delegate convention of
the free tilver voters of Logan county
for the purpose of nominating county
and legislative tickets to be voted for
at the ensuing election."
On motion it was further retolved
that a new Democratio county central
committee be selected at the county
convention to be held on July 9, and
that notice for the same be embraced
in the call for the county convention
of July 0, to the end that the voters 1
the various wards and precincts may
select their committeemen at the pri
maries to be held on July 2, 1898
There being a vacancy on the com
mittee in Ciminaron township, J. M
Johnson was named by the committee
to fill the vacancy. George Clayton
was named for Seward township, and
William Uross for Iron Mound town
ship.
There was a full attendance, and
every member of the committee was
enthusiastic for harmony and a union
of all the silver forces in the coming
campaign. H. H. Uaoan, Chm'n.
J. L. Calvkrt, Sec'y pro tem.
that senior Leon Y. Castillo, the Spanish I ^ under H patent rlifht. trade mark or or Hh„t to piece*, for Lieut. Hobson anil
mhassador. won't to Franco and drlcted
name not open
general use, and I hla men drifted anhore on an old catama.
negntatlons were opened. Senior Castillo I wh|ch are not olh(.r wlse laxt.,i by the ran which was swung over tho shipa side
has now returned to Paris bearing formal I |m al ,hc |llst moment as an extra procau-
nnd s|>eclflc offers of the exchange of rhrouKh nn amendment offered by Mr. tlon. Upon Teaching "bore the men were
definite understanding between the two , y (|)l.m Ky , „lc st.)mle decided I taken prtsloncrs and sent to Bantlag 1 city
powers In regard to the war. The main I, (Q |aC() „ atan)p tux upon bundles under guard, latter they were taken to
feature of the Spanish offers Is the ceslon l( n(,ws|)U|H.rs wholly or partly printed Moro Cast le. where^a™
. France of a number of coal depots In wh|ch wt., h k.„s thnn toil pounds "T ,°' 1 "I ,h„ New Y .rk under i Hi g
the Haluerle and Canary Islands, which A ta„ of four c(,nls a barrel was placed I 'h lh" N,'w Yurk' "H'1' r a ,laK
would be of Immonneservlce to France In I on ai]uiterated flour and a stamp tax of
he event of naval war in the Medltcran-1 one cont on every ticket entitling
ran. It appears, however, most douWful hojder to a seat In a palace or parlor car . n ftmonK the Bpa|nad a8 u did among
whether France will except this offer. I or berth In a sleeping car. th©company I he n of th<? Am(.rtoan The prls-
French government has about con I srlllng the seat or b4-rth being required j oner> wm perfectly safe and will prob-
iuded that the preservation of the friend- I to artlx the stamp. On the passage of ably ,M. Wl,n treated while they remain In
trtilp oif the United States Is more Impor- I the mentmre every republican voted In the I Moro gastle. The fleet Is wild with iV
tunt than Improving the relations or I affirmative. By parties the vote waa as iight tonight over the termination of the
France with S| aln. Noreply has yet been I follows; republicans 39. democrats 7. mosl atxrlng expedttlon since th«- destruc-
de by France either to Scnor Castillo I populists 1. sliver republicans 1. Against tlon ot the confederate Ironclad
",Uthe Spanish government. But there Is I the bill the vot«- was; democrats 20, popu- I marie by Lieut. Cushing In 1864.
Strong evidence that tho reply, when mad.-1 lists 7 and and silver republicans 1. | miral Is Just as glad
will not be what Spsln desires
in the mean while Russia has approach
mac, under her own steam, entered the
channel under a terrible Spanish Are. 1 he
•ael wus riddled with projectiles, but she
anchored and swung aroud. Lieut. Hob-
son then st< off an Internal terpedo with
electrical attachment; there was an ex
Oveldo, Admiral
who board**d th
of truce, did not give further details
the capture. The bravery of the Am-rl-
cuns evidently excited as much admlr.v
Albc
eTt ^ervenZ: | h day of June. JW. In lieu of the dntlc
f'« unt Ostensacken, the Russlft ambasa
dor to Germany has had three lengthly
Interviews with Baron Von Buelow, the
German minister for foreign affairs, this
week, but the correspondent of the asso-
ciated press can state that Germany has
equivocally refused to Join the'proposed
attempt nt intervention rut the preset
Juncture.
Emperor Williams, who Is fully Inform
ed In rcgrad to these negotatlons
the youngest Jack
Mr. Mills, (Dctn. Tex.) proposed this I i. s, C'aptlUn Chadwlck, of the tlaffshlp
amendment; "Thaton and after the thlr- New York, who Is unusually most con
teenth day of June, 189S. and until the servative, In speaking of the Incident
said: Splendid) SplendUl| Too much
not be said about i't."
The general opinion Is that no man ever
I deserved recognition by congress for i r
I sonal bravely more than does Lienl. Hob
I son. His work was w«-U done ami Ills ir.cn
i safe. When he started
I dMion few thought he could accomplish
I his object. Officers of the fleet, when
J <v uld have had any ulterior design .n. vis-
had I
now Imposed by law on the dutiable
tides Imported from foreign countries,
there shall be levied, collected and paid
such dutiable articles 75 per cent of
t'ral duties and rates of duty now Im-
posed by law upon said articles several-
ly, It being the Intent of this section to
reduce existing dutle .......
The Mill's amendment resulted 25 ayes L,jnK t^,. Now York under a flag of truce,
and 41 nays. I 8COuted the suggestion, saying tnat the
Mason called his amendment pro- I vj8^ wua prompted by pure chivalry on
.idlng for a tax of four cents a barrel on I |h-e part Spaniards, and aras noble
a long audience with Baron Von Buelow. I adu|tePftted flour and made a vigorous ap- I of them
Wednesday last, and fully Indorsed the I for |tH incorporation In the bill. It Clausen, the New York, coxwain. wen
lattera attMude. I was agreed to. on the Merrimac agalnwt orders. Nothing
The German government actually feels I j^r pettlgrew offered an amendment I oould have kept him from fiat trip. Ii
i<0 anonomlous position which has been I repealing 1 ie law of 1875. authorizing the l8 probably that th«- Spaniards will try to
created by the fact that, whUo the gov-1 s,.Cretary to Issue bonds without direct blow up the Mt-rrlmao, but improbable
sniment and the Inspired press earnestly I autnorlty fromcongress. By an aye and that the Spaniards will t succeel.
desire an --en continuance- of the ,e was
p^hf
m-rslsts In ventlfatlng their spleen against I endment providing that no bond
the government and the people of America tlllcntes of Indebtedness Issued undc
STOl' ANTI-AMERICAN BDITCJRALS. I proposed act should be used as a basis
A ouestlon which has been rcpeaitedly I for national
and setMously discuss,. In government | >he «-^ry .of thejreasnry should not
circles here Is whether something could
not be done to stop the persistant antl
American newspaper campaign, and It Is
highly Injurous to national interests.
SAMPSON TELLS OF IT.
Explains How the Merrimac
Was Sunk in the Harbor
as per Program.
Washington. June 4—From early morn
Ing, when the flrst newspaper appeared
on the streets containing the brief state-
ment of the ainklng of the Merrimac in
Santiago barber, the officials of the navy
pantment awaited with Intense Interest
nhe official conformation and explana-
tion from Admeral Sampson. In the after
xm the story came, lacking In detail, It
true, bnt giving In rough outlines
sketch of American heroism that will live
through generations to come. There is
doubt that the name of liobson Is des-
tined to be bracketed with that of Cush-
ing among Americas naval heros, and In-
Jevd, It was the opnkon of the majority
Ulcers who scunned the Associated
eas ccount of the sinking of the Mer-
rimac that the exploit surpassed in bril-
liancy and as an exhibition of cool dar
ing even Cushlngs famous attack upon th
Albemarle. Reward sure and adequate Is
awaiting these American hcros and act
tngsecretary Allen has tfo pledged hlm-
If, after eonsultutlon with secretary
>ng, who Is still conilned to hla room
a lame leg. Mt-dals and promotion
least they can expect at the hunds « f
grateful people. Moreover, they will not
languish long In a Spanish prison If the
uthorfctles here can bring about their re
lease. For half an hour after Sampson:
bulletin was displayed on the walls or the
naval department, Col. Carter, asslstun
JJutant general, had taken the prellmln
try t«-ps to arrange for an exchange of
prisoners and was learning Just how many
Spanish officers and enlisted men were
still held In captivity at Ft. McFherson
3a., -where they had been taken from the
prlnes captured by the American naval
ssels. In addition to these the navy
has Just turned over to the military au
thorlties at Ft Monroe for safe keeping
Spanish officer supposed to be of high
ink, but Who has so far managed to con
ceal his Identity. The officials are confl
dent they have more than enough Spanish
rs to offer as ransom for the one
American officer and seven enlisted men
Id by Cervera. The officers one and all
ok note of the generous recognition by
e Spanisii admiral of the bravery
the Americans and his kindly treatment
>f t'heprisonors and It can be guaranteed
hat the admiral lines will fall In as
pleanaint places as any captive has
right to expect should he be overcome In
the end and forced to surrender to Samp*
.•u I have authority to Issue onds to Increase
Z I the gold reserve or for any purpose wlth-
1 out direction of congresH. The amend-
I ment was rejected, 27 to 42.
Mr. Chilton, (Dem. Tex.) offered an
But, no law bus been found which Is ap-
plyablo to the case. In the meanwhile
the German newspapers continue to dis-
play news unfavorable to the United
States, most of which Is without founda
tlon.
A majority of the papers continue to I patent right, trademarks or any name
charge the Americans with cowardlco In, I designation, open to generaluse
as they put It, falling to meet the Span | T e amendment was agreed to, 41 to 31.
iards, whose forces, It Is alleged "are so J ^jr Lindsay, (Dem. Ky.) offered an am
At quarters on 'the New York last even-
ing Chaplain Royce, praying before the
bare headed crew on deck, thanked God
for having preserved Lieut. Hobson and
the men under Wlm.
Cadet Powel, who t/as the last man
see Lieut. Hobwon bef: .*e he started, .i
who had charge of the launch during its
perilous trip, after m'Jon needed sleep,
endment placing a stamp tax graduated
In accordance with the price Upon articles I J*oJd ,t,he ,,t()ry Gf his ?xp rln?. He
substances, preparations or compounds I Hobson took a short sleep for
except for two products and preparations I few hours which was often Interrupted,
otherwise provided for In this act that I quarter to 2 o'clock he came on deck and
are unsold or removed from sale under | made Anal Inspection, giving his last In
structions. Then be had a little iunch
Hobson was as cool as a cucumber. About
2:30 I took the men who were not goln
1 | «,n the trip Into the iauncn and started
for the Texas, the nearest ship, bu had
disproportionately small compared with I endment providing that no stamp tax back f<)r one of th2 assistant
the American forces." All the news from | shall be placed on packages of newspap- | K,neers ' whom H >b:*>n finally compel!
Spanish sources Is believed whereas all I ers, wholly or partly printed, which
news from American sourses Is promptly I were less than 100 pounds.
branded as false. Many papers, as well I In the course of a discussion of the
as indlvlduls, express the conviction that I question, Mr. Allen and Mr. Walcott and
the Americans could never, without the Mr. Aldrlch entered into the matter of
help of England, eonquor Spain or seize | taxing newspapers
Cuba." ,
country pre
Mr. Walcott held that the postal facil-
. I u.es of the government were open to
I the tax would act t
Mr. Allenmalntained
a hard ship upon the
All attempts to set public opinion in
this country right have been rendered
futile by the refusal of the German news-.
communications and American newspapers and It was a fact.
he said, that the country press did employ
papers to publish
n..Wa items tending In that direction. • , ..
news items k misstatement the P°8tal facilities to the exclusion of the
The Kingfisher Free Press, arguing
against the validity of the Alva nor-
mal school contract, says that if the
council bill No. 4r> authorized such a
coutract, " then a large majority of
the members of that body admit that
they did not know what they were
doing when they voted upon it." That
is not at all surprising.
Dkspitk all the fubs and feathers
raised by the Republicans in the Sen-
ate about rushing through the revenue
bill to support the war, the Democrats
forced them to tax the Sugar Trust
and the Standard Oil Company. It was
a little bitter, but they had to swal
low it.
Outhrie Hoy in a Wreck,
Ernest II. Stevens was hurt in 8
wreck on the Pittsburg it (lulf rail
road. lie was the Wella-Fargo agent
in this city for five years. About three
months ago he was transferred to
Hutchinson as express agent, and later
he was promoted to the position of
route agent. Ernest is one of the best
express men in the service, has the
confidence of the company, and is well
thought of by all who know him. He
is a model young man. Ernest married
Miss Woods, of this city, about two
vears ago. Mrs. Stevens was oalled to
Kansas City, where her husband is
confined In the company's hospital.
Edward B. Jamison, a nephew of
Gen. Jamison, was in the terrible
snow slide at Valdes, Alaska, April,
30th, where thirty gold hunters lost
their lives, but escaped without in-
jury and gave all the assistance he
could toward rescuing th? living and
recovering the bodies of the dead.
Although thia terrible disaster was
calculated to dampen the courage of
the stoutest heart, it in no wise dis-
couraged the young man and he is
somewhere in the wilds of the frozen
North, seeking golden nuggets.
Even corrections of g.arlng
sent out by the American embassy here | ^xi rei
have not always been printed.
The news of the conclusion of the
Franco-American reclproslty tronty dis-
pleases Oermany. Tho Tageblatto com-
ments on It as follows; The main fact
Is that France has obtained concession
from the United States, while we nre still
the midst of the sugar war there.That
will be pleased with this, nobody ex-
pects, but It Is doubtful whether the pres
ent moment would be chosen for the re
sumption of negotatlons which appear to
be deadlocked.
America we are sorry to say, Is very
stubborn with us, well knowing that we
cannot do without such American products
as petroleum.
•rman exporters It Is announced, will
shortly memorallxe the government on
the question Involved on the new Franco-
American treaty.
A new political party, styled National
Socialists, which has been formed through
out Germany, Is making great efforts to
'J
to leave. I shook hands with him the las
of all. He said: 'Powell, watch the boat
when we pull out of tha harbor.
will be cracks, row:ng thirty stroke
the minute."
'After leaving the Taxis I*aw the Mc
Irmac steaming slowly In. It was only
f llrly dark then, and tne shore was quit
visible. We followed about a m.-le '•> t*.
westward of tho lia*oor anl ncmeil
mixed, turning complexly around, finaM
heading the eas*, she ran down and 'lien
turned in. We were th n chasing him
bcuase I thoubht Hobsoi had lost his
bearings. When Hobson was abont
yards from the harbor the flrst gun w
fired from the eastern bluff. We
then half a mile off shore, close under the
batteries. The firing lnereasd rapidly. W
panles. Tne express com-
panies were used, he said, by the great
wspapers of t..e country for the reason
tnat they could gain time In the delivery
of the papers to their subscribers.
One of the most equitable taxes lhat I sTearni^T slowly "and lost sight ofthe
could be levied, he said, would l>c a tax I ^i,.rrlmac In the smoke, which the wind
>n newspaper circulations, and the gov- I carr|ej cff shore. It hung heavily. Be-
rnment would have only to raise a reve- I fore Hobson could have blown up the
nue of $100,000,000 a year. Merrimac the western baterry picked
The amendment was agreed to. I and commenced firing. T hey shot wild
Mr. Tillman offered nn amendment that | ami we only hard the shots. We ran
hnd after July 1, 1898, a duty of 10 cts.
pound be Imposed upon tea imported
into the United States.
. he amendment was agreed to, «*i to 32.
An amendment wo* offered by
Pettlgrew levying a tax of Viper cent up-
all the articles manufactured by a
trust.
The nmendment was rejected, 45 to 24.
The bill, which had been considered In
the committe of the whole, was then
some closer to the shore and the gunners
lost sight of us. Then w hard the explo-
sion of the torpedo on the Merrimac.
Until daylight we waited just outsl
tho breakers, half a mile to the westw;
of Moro, keeping a bright lookout for the
boat or for swimmers, but saw nothing
Hobson had arranged to meet us at that
point, but thinking that someone might
have drifted out, we crossed In front
Moro and the mouth of the harbor to
eastward. About 5 o'clock wo crosed the
harbor again with in a quarter of a mile
n pasing
reported to the senate and passed.
The conferees on the part of tho senate I t0 the westward.
Insure its success In the comlnK elections. I on ,h® war revenue hill were appointed I one of lhc Merrlmac sticking
and were Allison and Aldrlch, Hep., and I ^ water. We huged th" shore
Jones of Ark., Dem. The detailed vote L t mJt rU]o the breakors for a miio, and
on the final pa sage of the bill was ~~
The party Is Strongly nationalistic, with
tendencies toward all kinds of social re-
forms and greater political liberties..
Many prominent persons
ranks.The Pruslan g«
ly issue a decree that
tlon bo conferred on "Moncharic" lab-
orers and trades people who have sworn
their loyal convictions for thirty years
or upwards. The government and 'the em-
poror believe that this action will tend to "u''l'h^ 1 '
. .# ./v«inHam ,imnnir I 1 latt, N. ^ . 1 r'tch.
I then turned toward the Texas, when
It
•sons hnve Joined Its Mows; Yeas; Aldrlch, Allison, Baker, Bur- |>alterlt,s 8aw n8 ,inj opened tire
overnment will short- Cttrter' Chandler, Clarke, lhen broad dayllght. Thenrst si
„lt a special decora- t>choe.-Elklns. Palrbank, Foraker e|(th,y roda aslern> bu( t
Frye, Galllnger, Gear, Gorman, Hale, |
Hanna,Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Kyle,
Lindsay, Lodge, McBride, McMlllln.Mt
Enery, Mantel, Mason, Mitchell, Morrill, |
'erkins, Piatt. Con;
rltchard, Sew ell, Shoup
shot fire
the othe
shot went wild.
I drove tho launch for all she was worth
finally making tho New York. Th.
behaved splendidly."
Tho news of Lieut. ITobson's safty
lifted a great load from (Nvdet Paw el Is
mind. Probable no other details of this
Major Crozier is In from Cushing.
He brought along his big cork scraw
and says that he wants to pull the
cork from that big bottle ho hears so
much about.
check the inroads of socialism amonK the ^ Turp|e Wc,
"rt",™ williams has pardoned TV I Inrton, Wetmore, Wilson Wolcott. Totnl I mnrw,ou9 trip wm he known until IJ
Ruslns Who killed his colleague. T>r. 4S- „ . | Hobson pet hack.
. .. a \ „ft ,r iw nil act-I Nays: Allen, Becon, Bates, Berry. But-
Plihpr ih a duel at Bonn, arter, as aneg i ...
, tl T riuhnpa u.,fn tier, Cannon. Chikton. Clay. Cockrell,
ed. se<luctlng Dr. Fishers wire. I • T « a
The newspapers here are urKln* the peo- Dnnlal, Harris, Hel feld Jones. Ark.
pie of this country to use Russian in-1 Jones, Neva: McLaurln, MaJlory, Martin.
petroleum in order to Monty, Pascoe, rettingrow. I'ettus. Kaw-
from the Insufferadle ns. Roach, Stewart. Sullivan, Tillman.
ring." I Turley, WhKe. Total 18.
The senate at 7:10 p. m. adjourned.
free themselves
tyranny of the American petroleun
Some heavy firing was done shortly
fore midnight by the N. Y. and the N.
Orleans aimed at what was thought
he a small gunboat, which disappear
Whether she was sunk or not It Is
known. The firing took place to the east
ward of Moro.
Tiirough Pat Nagle and Virgil
Wallace & Muller have put in a fine Hobbs, Congressman Callahan it
About the only thing that will in
terrnpt the .tl?I g°d tennUln. It is the largest and I fusing a nomination for congress.
rtw\p8 finest one in the territory, and will be Between explaining the Dicus affair
roc las. | runnjng evening. The firm has &nd springing spurious free homes le
HegMer in a Nmr rorm. I employed an expert soda man, who tera, Mr. Hobbs is experiencing
The Oklahoma State Register has will look after the wants of the thirsty, exciting time. His friends fear that
changed hands again. The new staff The fountain will be run up to date, I after all, Mr. Hobbs will be in
reads: L. F. Laverty, editor; Marshall with only the best and purost syrups condition to accept the congressional
Cravens, business manager, and Walter used. Messrs. Wallace A Muller have nomination two years hence. As for
Olds, publisher. The paper presents a expended about >3,000 in fitting up for M. Callahan, he shows good sense in
ueat appearance, is printed on pink I the soda water trade, and should be I refusing to be a dupe to the wiles of
paper, and promises to prosper. I well pa\ronlzed. charlatans.
The naval situation Is believed to be sat
Isfactory. Notwithstanding the Spanish
reports of the clearing away of the M
rlmac, It Is not believed for an Instant
that Sampson will submit to loosing thl
so dearly purchased advantage, and he
can be relied upon to prevent the remo
al of the obstruction. With the Spanish
fleet caged inside the harbor, there to re-
main until they nre starved out or sur-
render, Sampson will bo free to detach
most of his powerful squadron for ser-
vice elsewhere. This means according to
carnmon belief, Immediate attack upon
San Juan.
Spanish Torpedo
Boat Goes Down-
OREGON
DID
IT
WithaThir-
teen-Inch
Shell.
Special to The Dally Leader.
Wasbinoton, June 6, 3:45 p.
m.—The report of the sinking of
the Spanish torpedo boat Terror
is confirmed to-day. The battle
ship Oregon fired athirteen-inch
shell into her. All on board
were lost.
Commencement ExerclHes nt
Stillwatei Collece Begun.
Phone to The Leader.
Stillwater, Okla., June 5, 1808.—
Commencement week at the A. «fe M
college began yesterday with a bacca-
laureate 8ermotn by Rev. W. E. Gra-
ham, of Oklahoma City. The assembly
hall and the halls adjoining were
crowded with attentive listeners.
Rev. Graham choose the fitting war-
like topic, "The Christian Knight,"
developing the texts, "Mercy and
truth are met tepeiher," and " Quit
you like men," in a manner well fitted
to impress the members of the grad-
uating class with a due sense of the
possibilities of a well ordered life. He
cautioned his hearers to ask, " Is it
right?" rather than the usual, "Will
it pay ? " when deciding on a course of
action.
A pleasing feature of the service was
the singing by Mrs. Hcott, Mrs. Swiler
Mr. Swiler and Mr. Wikoff, Mr. Scott
acting as organist.
Special to The Daily Leader.
Madrid, June 0.—The Impar-
cial's Santiago dispatcher say
that the American fleet ineffec-
tually bombarded that place for
45 minutes last night.
Special to The Dally Leader.
Kingston, June c —The at-
tempt to land American troops
at Caibarien to join Gomez was
failure. The ram Kanapaha
rescued the Suwanee, which was
stranded on Cape Francois.
FOR SUPPORT OK NKEDY.
Plans Reing Distuned to Re
dnce the tost of Keeping
County Charges.
The Guthrie Club has a plan by which
counties of Oklahoma will be able to
mantain their pauper citizens without
burdening their respective treasuries.
The territorial laws regulating the
care and maintenance of the poor are
humane and liberal, but are expensive
to the counties, as no county poor-
houses are owned, and all money paid
out is a dead loss. The county com-
missioners are authorized to contract
for the care of bids or by private ar-
rangement. It is proposed that each
county shall cwn a poor farm and that
as far as possible, it shall be made
self-sustaining. What is regarded as
the most feasible plan is that Delap-atc
Callahan shall secure the passage of a
bill in congress giving to each connty
a certain amount of school land for a
poor farm. Some persons urge that
each farm shall contain 320 acres, all
land in excess of what is needed to be
sold and the sale money ufed to erect
buildings. This would not only reduce
the cost of providing for ihe poor, but
it is beleived that such a fsrin in Ok-
lahoma could be made more than self-
sustaining. There were numerous in-
stances last year where the crops raised
by farmers amounted to more than
the market value of their farms. It is
frequently true that poor farms are
not self-sustaining. Persons interested
in the Commerial clubs plan allege as
a reason that such farms are usually
the most sterile and worthless to be
found. Kansas has a number of poor
farms that produce more than they
consume. Even though the epxense
should be greater than receipts in Ok-
lahoma* it is urged that the drain on
the poor fund would be reduced and
that each sounty would have the ad-
vantage of a permanent home for its
unfortunate citizens, where their treat
ment would be more uniformly humane
Logan county pays out annually the
price of a good 160-acre farm in caring
for its poor.
Special to The Daily Leader.
Washington, June 6.—Reli-
able inform ation from Havana
states that large numbers of the
leading autonomists of that city
have fled, many reaching Mex-
ican ports.
News of the landing of troops
at Santiago is looked for in the
next day or so.
According to the best infor-
mation the first military forces
should reach a Cuban port to-
day.
A cable from Martinique re-
ports the sighting of several
vessels. The sender of the dis-
patch believes it is the Cadiz
fleet of Admiral Camara.
Special to The Dally Leader.
San Fkancisco, June G —The
Monterey has not yet left this
port for Manila. She will make
ten knots per hour without
steam to Honolulu, and from
there she will be towed by the
Brutus to Manila The Mohi-
gan has been ordered to Manila
also.
R. A. (iaffney, president of the Cap-
ital City lluainesB College, ia busy witb
a force of uien moving to the new
<l>]artei*8, in the new Stapleton bui d-
ing, on Division street. In its new
home the college will haveeeven large,,
well ventilated looms. The location.
1b central anil in every way Bulted for
the college,
John I.ung, in the Osage reservation1,,
came here five yearBago with industry
and a few horses as his capital and a>
determination to succeed. Last year
he was able to buy and pay for a SI'J,-
000 farm back in Missouri, and this.
year he will have enough crops to buy
a farm or two like the flrst one. In-
dustry and brains will succeed in this
country.—Vonca Courier.
Jake Collar, who since the opening'
of Oklahoma has been associated witb
his father in this city in the implement
business, is now located in Chandler hx
the same line. Jake is in town to daiy.
He reports a good business in Chandler
and says the place i« taking on quite a.
boom.
Charles Osgar Is building a large T. M. Upshaw, of Oklahoma City,
implement house on the corner of was in thecity yesterday, looking after
Oklahoma and Broad. bis insurance agenta.
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