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The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
FIRST NAVAL DISASTER
Report That the Mangrove
Has Been Captured.
FURIOUS OANNONADINa rs HEARD

CeaArmatieo of Reports OF Furious Fir
Ing In the windward Passage on the
Coast Il Cuba-FIshermen Sight Three
Vessels 0oiag Southward 1T Full Speed.
AevsDs.e Of Warships and Fleets.
Copyright. 1893 by New York Journall
KEY WEST. May 24.-This town is
Ill agog over q story Of our first naval
disaster. The report goes from mouth
to mouth that the Mangrove has been
captured BY the Spaniards.
The widest stories run. 1t was said
that the little lighthouse tenders entire
complement Of officers and men had
been butchered. Then this was modi-
fed to the extent OF saying that they
had been taken to Santiago de Cuba.
Everybody was filed with fear for
the worst. The naval station here
would not verify the story, but those in
charge were evidently uneasy over it.
Telegrams sent to Washington ask
ing whether or not the dread report
was true, elected unsatisfactory replies.
HEAVY cANNoNA0lNG OFF HAYT,.
Ce.ar.asis. Of Report OF Furious Firing
: In windward Passage.
Copyright 1893. by James Gordon Bennett.)
PoRT Az PRINCE, Hayti, May "a
I have Just received confirmation from
. reliable source in Port de Paix of
furious cannonading in the Windward
passage of the coast of Cuba. This
cannonading was first heard last Thurs
day. It was reported on the following
day and also ON Saturday. What re-
suited from tho terrific firing 1 am un-
able to learn. Further confirmation of
these reports was taken to Mole st.
Nicholas by two vessels which reached
there yesterday. Fishermen who
reached here from the western coast Of
Hayti report that they sighted three
vessels in the Windward passage Sun
day. The vessels were going southwark
at full speed. but the fishermen were
not near enough to make out their
names or nationality.
Eeeei9ying Are1nd Gibraltar.
MADRID, Nay 24.-According to cur
rent report here, the Spanish reserve
feet win maneuver in Cadiz waters un-
til ito destination is decided upon. It is
fumored that the Spanish authorities
propose to foetify the ''Queen of Spain's
Chair" On the summit of q mountain
oysslooking Gibraltar, and that they
also intend to erect Notifications upon
Europ. Point, at the eastern
entrapce Of Algeciras bay. and facing
Gibraltar. A dispatch received here
from Havana says the colonial govern.
ment 'has decreed that the importation
Of food into al the Cuban ports are to
b Tree OF duty"
0pAalsh BARK Captured.
81. THOMAS, Spanish West Indies,
Nay A.-The British steamer AIDE
bogough, Captain Farrant, which Ar
rived at Porto Rico on May Is from
Nothil, Scotland. reached this port
from San Juan de Porto Rico yesterday
morning. She reports that an Ameri-
can cruiser captured . Spanish bark six
miles north Of San Juan on Saturday
morning last. The capture Of the ves-
eel was observed from San Juan. The
peize Wa towed north.
Ao ChanGo ae Martinique.
81. PnRRE. Martinique. May "a
1hsre has been no change in the situa-
ton here. The hospital shin Alicante
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
PROBATE NOTICE.

In the matter Of the estate Of John Wise ia
ceased. Notice to creditors.
Notice il hereby given, that the creditors Of
said estate, before me, county judge Of Platte
county, Nebraska, at my Office in CoIumbus said
county. ON the 1st day Of June. A. D., 1893. on
lst day Of December. A. D.. ls9s, at 8 O'Clock
4 n. each day. for the purpose ~ presenting
their claims for examination, adjustment and
allowance. ~
Six months are allowed for the cresiitors tn
present their claims and one year for the admin
letrafor t1 settle said eetate from the lst ay Of
june. A. D., 1855, and this notice is ordered nnh
Iished in THI COLUMBUS JOURNAL for four Con
:ecutise weeks, prior to the LIST day Of June. D.
7. ID. RODIsON
Smey$ County judge
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25

THREE entire families lost their lives
in the Iowa storm OF Wednesday. Riggs,
Preston, Brown, Delmar, Blockton, Ma
10y and MarskalltOwn we're in the path
Of the tornado Illinois and Wisconsin
were also visited. The property loss
cannot be estimated, but is heavy. The
force Of the storm was terrific. Large
trees were torn up, many stripped OF
leaves and branches, and buildings to-
tally wiped out in many cases. Chickens
were stripped OF their feathers, and other
curious phases noted. Near the village
OF Deerfield, twenty miles east OF Madi-
son. Wisconsin, funnel-shaped cloud
swept through the edge OF the village
and beyond, vreclking buildings and mp
roofing trees in its path.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bssght
s's"ss.'s ss.ss the Of &xHzZzSZx
TAKE THE UNION PACIFIC

lAAE lhE UNlON HACIfIC
to Denver and attend the
American Medical Association Meeting,
June 7th-l2th, 1898.
Low excursion rates for the round trip.
Special excursions arranged from Den
YER to Mountain Resorts; also to Salt
Lake City and points west.
For sleeping car reservations, rates,
ETC., call on
st J. r. MEAGHER, Agent.
OPENING DAY.
Greatly reduced rates to Omaha via
the Union Pacific for the Opening Day
OF the Trans Mississippi Exposition,
June l, 1893.
For rates, limits on tickets and full
information call on
It J. T. MEAGHER, Agent.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
Bryan,s Company Elects Omcers.

LINCOLN, May 24.-The election Of
company officers by the new company
recruited by William J. Bryan was held
last night. Mr.. Bryan's friends had
made q canvass in his behalf for the
captaincy and he was placed in nomi-
nation, but withdrew when it was seen
that others desired the place. H. G.
Whitmore was elected. Members Of
the company say Mr.. Bryan could have
been elected. but anything short of an
unanimous vote would have been dis.
tasteful to him. The election was
behind closed doors and occasioned
keen interest.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25

The feature OF Wednesdays session OF
the senate was the speech Of Mr.. Turpie
Ind.) on the war revenue bill. He
strongly contended that bond issue
was unnecessary; that all the funds re-
quired for the prosecution OF the war
could he raised through the proposed
inheritance tax, by the tax on corpora
tions, by the coinage OF the silver seig-
niorage and by the issue Of legal tender
notes. These four means OF raising
money would yield to the government
during the next year, he maintained,
fully $3OO,OOO,OOO, an amount in excess
Of the estimated sum necessary for the
conduct OF the war. The speech was
Enthusiastically beautiful in diction
and close and fOrceful in reasoning.
Senators on both sides OF the chamber
gave it undivided attention.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25

Platte County,
], Henry HOckenberger, secretary of the
above named association, do sOlemnly swear
that the foregoing statement Of the condition Of
said association, is true and correct to the best
Of my knowledge and belief.
HESRY HOcKENBERGER,
Secretary.
day Of May, 1885.
ID. T.. kOrN,
Notary Public.
My commission expires January 2s. 1899.
Approved:
Ed J. NIEwOHNER,
&. II. DAVIS. SDirectOrs.
w. Nj. CORNKLIUs,t 11may3t
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
COaling the Monterey.

SAN Francisco, May 24.-The work
of coaling and provisioning the moni.
tor Monterey is progressing rapidly,
and when this has been completed the
vessel will go to Mare Island to take
on ammunition and undergo q thor
ough examination before she puts to
sea. 1t is very probable that she will
go to Honolulu, there to take ON an.
other supply Of coal. From Honolulu
she will steam as far as possible, when
she will either be taken in tow by 3
collier, which is to accompany her, or
refill her bunkers from the collier at
sea. 1t is generally understood that
she will make fast time between here
and Honolulu to catch the transports
which leave this port before her.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
Sixth Artillery Ordered south,

NORFOLK. Va, May 2s.-The news
that the Sixth artillery has been Or
dered to ChickAmauga caused the
greatest surprise among the officers and
men of the five batteries of the regi.
ment now located ct Old Point. They
had not expected to be sent south.
These officers expressed the opinion
that the order means the formation of
artillery which will be used in the Op.
erations ON Cuban soil. The men are
not averse to forming part Of the army
of invasion. Many Of them express
pleasure at the prospect of seeing &C.
tive service.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
INVASION HAS BEGUN.

American Army Will Move ON Blanco
With . Rush.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-AecOrding to
good authority the movement of troops
on Cuba by the American army of TO-
600 has already begun. The first de-
tachment Of troops is believed to
have landed. Other transports are to
sail today. The purpose is to rush the
army into Cuba with the swiftness of
an avalanche. taking Blanco by sur
prise. It is the opinion of military ex-
perts that our troops will be in Havana
in q weeks time. The insurgents are
rapidly pushing to the coast and open
ing landing place for the American
trOODS
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25
Business 1oirss.

Advertisements under this head FIVE cents 6
line each insertion.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-25

Spains new ministry u sworn in.
From st. Piesre il ID announced that
thrae unknown vessels passed Martin
ioua. Nay l6, bound northwest evidently
carrying coal and probably ammunition
nor the aset. They would not signal.
Ttun Madrid-A Dispatch fton Hs-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
DEBS FOR POLITICAL ACTION
Urges Social Democrats 60 Resort to
the Unllot to Amelioratc
Their Condition.

CHICAGO, June 9.-At today's session of
the social democrats convention, it was de-
cided that the headquarters of the social
democracy shall be in st. Louis instead
of Chicago. The colonization department
Brotherhood OF Cooperative Commonwealth.
which in return will support the political
party of the social democrats.
Eugene V. Debs did most to clear up the
motives of the society by declaring for po-
litiCal action and urging on the colonial
ton scheme. He said:
Economic freedom is what we are fight
ing for--the right of a man to live. At pres
ent, under the reign Of capitalists, this is
impossible, and the one way in which we
can get control of the governmental ma
chinery is along the line OF political action.
The ballot is our only weapon, but If we
find this has no efficacy, We must try some
thing else.
Let us begin our plan of colonization by
uniting in a colony in a far western state.
We can, little by little, show our power and
finally take control of the government of a
state. Then we will be firmly entrenched
for our national campaign"
Resolutions were adopted declaring that
strikes and b~oycotts are Historically
necessary weapons of trade unions advis-
ing organized labor to combine in national
and international unions and indorsing all
union labels. Today's proceedings were con-
cluded by the singing of the "Marseillaise,"
during which some of the delegates waved
red handkerchiefs and stirred up intense
enthusiasm.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
OF CREAM.
As Compared with Meat.

One OF the most valuable items in ones
dietary Is good, rich cream. The remark
is frequently made that cream Is too ex-
pensive to use freely" Such people think
they must have meat every day at 10 ard
% cents per pound, and do not realize that
3 cents worth of pure cream for breakfast
will do more to put on flesh than 25 or 30
cents worth of meat. An ideal portion of
breakfast Is that obtained from say. four
teaspoons of Grape-Nuts and a little, pure
thirk cIeam. This is one OF the most delicious
dishes imaginable and Is served without
cooking or trouble of any kind and cannot
be eqGaled in point OF food value for the
human body. The Grape-Nuts. consisting
largely of grape sugar. have passed through
processes similar to the first act of diges-
tion and are therefore most easily dlgested,
and in combination with cream. they render
the cream itself easy OF digestion.
Grocers sell Grape Nuts.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
SPECIAL AWAIIAN MESSAGE
Report That it Will Be Sent to Congress
III a Few Days.
URGES ANNEXATION AS A NECESSITY
President Considers islands OF Great
Strategic Importance An Pres
ent wnr-wattipg to See
what Reed viii DO.

WASHINGTON, June g.-The president
has in contemplation. according to a senator
who was In consultation with him today, the
submission of a special message to the two
houses of congress-. calling for immediate
annexation of Hawaii as a military neces-
stty. According to this senator. the message
will be delayed for a few days to await
action that may be taken by Speaker Reed
and the committee on rules, but is very
likely to go in with as little delay as pos
sible, possibly early next week. The purport
of the message Is n special plea for special
action, calling attention to the strategic inn
portance of the islands, the great advantage
that would accrue in the present war situa-
tion through securing them and other points
in the Hawaiian policy already known. AL
though the president has not positively an
nounced his purpose to send the message,
the senator who talked with him says the
president is very favorable to this plan and
it will likely be adopted and a strong plea
made TO congress for immediate action. The
matter has not been generally discussed and
a member of the foreign relations commit
tee, when asked about it today, said he
had heard that 1t was proposed, but that so
far as he knew had not been finally de-
cided on.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10

cent of the proceeds of the claim of the
lobbyists, and that one man had received
the immense sum Of 500, 800"
Mr.. Lodge then presented several ncws-
paper clippings tending to prove his claims.
In response to a suggestion he said he made
no charge against the Methodist Church
South, but in the clippings which he pre-
sented there were serious charges against
the accredited agents of the church.
Mr.. Bate. who had strongly advocated the
payment of the church claim, was much
exercised over the disclosures. He denounced
the action of the agents as an outrage on
individual senators and upon congress. He
favored a thorough investigation of the
transaction to the end that the responsible
persons might be exposed.
Mr.. Bate read a telegram from Barbee &
Smith, agents of the Methodist Book con-
Germ. saying that nobody was to receive a
commission for working for the bill.
Mr.. Pasco made a statement similar in
tone TO that of Mr.. Bate.
Mr.. Tillman inquired of Mr.. Pasco If he
did not think such "thieving PRACTICES
would operate against the payment of ether
southern claims pending before congress.
He declared the transaction was an outrage
and a swindle.
"'' Niooh odiu inc prosecuting was an
outrageous one, and it was evident that the
government had been buncoed.
Mr.. Pasco said the government had not
been cheated out of anything, as no more
was paid than should have been paid. 1t
was the southern Methodist church that
had been beaten. He thought the church
should make the investigation.
Without disposing of the Lodge resolution
the house took up private pension bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10

Kansas Young MINI Arrested for ii
Serious Crime.

Kansas Young MINI Arrested for al
Serious Crime.
TOPEKA, Kan, June 9.-The shooting of
j. S. Collins, a tragedy which has agitated
Topeka for four weeks, eliminated tonight
in the arrest of the dead mans son, John
Henry Collins, who is charged directly with
the murder of his father. The youth, who is
a student at the State university, is held at
the county jail.
Johnson Jordon of Topeka and John Har-
per of Lawrence, negroes Of bad reputation,
are also under arrest. Both negroes have
confessed that Collins hired them to kill
his father and that they backed out after
accepting his pay.
The detectives have recovered jewelry
given by Collins to the negroes and Jordon
has said that after he weakened young Col
Inns went away declaring that he would do
the killing himself.
AS motive for the crime it is charged that
the young man was heavily in debt, as a
result of fast living and that his fathers
life was insured for 1926. 900. of which about
Sd, 500 was in favor of the son.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
BANISHES ENGLISH OFFICER
Governor of Porto Rico Accuses Hin,
of Furnishing Information to
the United States.

NEW YORK, June "a copyrighted spe-
cial from st. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
reports that Macias, governor general of
Porto Rico, has banished from the island
Walter Belts, secetaryo OF the British con-
suIate at San Juan, after subjecting him to
fifty-siX hours Imprisonment and grossly
maltreating him. The British consul gen
eral, Mr.. Crawford, has reported the affair
to his government. Belts was accused OF
revealing Spanish military secrets to agents
of the United States.
NEW YORK, June "a copyrighted spe-
cial from St. Thomas, Danish w. l., to the
Evening Journal, says: Suspected of hay
ing furnished the United States with infor-
nation of the mining of San Juan harbor,
Walter Bett. secretary of the British con-
sulate at that port, has received his pass
ports and been banished from Porto Rico
by order of Governor General Macias. Mr..
Bett was imprisoned in a dungeon for fifty
six hours, and during that time was sub
iected to gross maltreatment. British Con-
sui General Crawford has made formal pro-
test to the government and serious interna-
tional complications are imminent.
The day after the bombardment of San
Juan by the ships of Admiral Sampson,
General Maeias caused an extensive system
OF mines to be installed In the outer harbor,
In anticipation OF a return of the ships and
a subsequent bombardment. Although the
greatest care and secrecy were observed by
the Spanish in mining the harbor, the de-
tails OF the work were conveyed to Consul
General Hanna. He is now making an ex-
tensive report of the operations to the Navy
department. In some way General Macias
learned of this, and, as the British consul
ate has been guarding American interests in
Por.o Rico since the withdrawal of Mr..
Hama, he at once suspected that English
men had conveyed the news to the United
States officials. He peremptorIly
thirty British subjects before him and put
them through a searching examination, after
which several of them were cast into prison
los twenty four hours,
Upon Secretary Bett General Macias Wis
lted most of his wrath. The British official
MAS practically accused of having revealed
the military preparations and he was
dragged of to a dungeon. There he was
kept for hfty-six hours in face OF the p.o-
tests of Consul General Crawford. When
he was released Mr.. Bett was presented with
his passports and ordered out of Porto Rico.
He has left for st, Thomas.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
LOCKING THE STABLE DOOR
Senate Discusses the Disposition of Money
Voted on a Claim.
Mr.. LODGE INTRODUCES A RESOLUTION
1t In Reported that Lobbyists Secure
About Half the
for the Methodist Book
Concern south.
Mr.. LODGE INTRODUCES A RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON June 9.-At tOdays' SEES
zion of the senate Mr.. Carter, in connection
with the rejection by the government of the
steamship Centennial as a transport, made
some ugly charges against the ship owners
on the Pacific coast.
He said they had been endeavoring to hold
up the government and compel it to pay in
ordinate and eXtortionate charges for ships
to be used to transport troops to the Phil
ippines.
Mr.. Perkins denied the statements of MIR.
Carter, declaring that the vessel owners Of
San Francisco had placed their ships at the
disposal of the government at a rate fully
so per cent less than they usually received
for them.
Mr.. Lodge made some sensational dis
closures concerning the disposition of the
money appropriated by congress a short
time ago in payment of the claim of the Book
Concern of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
An omnibus BILL" carrying something
over $4,000, 900, forty private pension bills,
and several measures from the general cal
endar were passed.
Mr.. Lodge precipitated a lively discussion
by offering the following resolution:
That the committee on claims be directed
TO inquire and report to whom the money
was paid under the claim of the Methodist
Book Concern South. and also as to all cir
cumstances connected with the passage of
the bill providing for the payment of said
. claim, and with the subsequent payment CT
the money under said act of congress-.
Mr., Lodge explained that when the bill
appropriating $2SS, 600 to pay the claim of
the Methodist Book Concern was before the
senate he had offered an amendment pro-
viding that not mere than $1,000 should be
paid to any agent or lobbyist for working
for the bill.
His amendment had been received with
Indignation and as a reflection upon the
honor of men who were rendering 20 the
Methodist Church South a service.
Agents Were To Get Nothing.
w were assured" said Mr.. Lodge. that
no part of the sum appropriated was to be
paid to agents, but 1t now develops that a
contract existed for the payment of 50 per
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
Yellow Fever in Mississippi.

JACKSON. Miss. June 9.-General J. f.
Huntr, secretary of the State Board of
Health, gave out the following statement at
10 so o'clock tonight:
at having been reported to me by Doctors
HARRISON and Folkes, sanitary inspectors of
this board, that seven cases OF yellow fever
exist at McHenry. Miss, | hereby declare the
town of McHenry in quarantine, under
charge Of DR.. HARRISON. who will observe the
quarantine and sanitary rules and reguia-
lions adopted by this board.
Mississippi State Board of Health"
~. +. HUNTER, Secretary,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
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Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
...AMUSEMFNTS...

The opening of the Trocadero theater next
Monday evening is an event to be consid-
cred by the amusement going people OF
Omaha; II will prove an important factor
i'll amusements during the exposition, and
with the highest salaried artists procurable,
the performances will be we'll worth con-
s%idering. The advance sale of seats opens
at 8 a. m. Monday. June IS.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10

use the straight edge which constitutes the
patent Of w. a. Thrall on the mileage book
used by them. Printers demanded an extra
half cent for the books as a result OF court
decisions sustaining ThralIs claims, Today
these lines voted that the book was just as
useful without the straight edge and de-
cided not to use IL hereafter.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10

CHICAGO, June 9.-Congressional district
conventions held by the republicans of Cook
county today resulted as follows: First
district, j. r. Mann, re~nominated; Second
district, William r. Lorrimer, renominated
Sixth district, Henry Sherman Boutell, re-
nominated; Seventh district, George /. Foss,
renominated for third term; Third district,
Hugh d.. Belknap, renominated for third
term: Fifth district, George T.. White. re-
nominated.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10

CHEYENNE. wyo., June 9.-(Special Tel
egram )-Governor Richards today APP
pointed Carroll II. Parmalee, a lawyer OF
Buffalo, Wyo, TO fll the vacancy in tho
office of state superintendent Of public
instruction caused by the appointment OF
Miss Estelle Reel as national superintendent
of Indian schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
Imc.icrtes the United states.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press
CAPE HAYTIEN. Hayti. June 9.-Presi-
dent Ulysses Heureaux of the republic OF
Santo Domingo believes he has discovered
proof that the steamer Fanita, formerly of
the Clyde line. which was used by Jiminez
and Morale In their unsuccessful attempt
to overthrow the Dominican government,
left the United States with the countenance
of the American government, under a mere
preteXt of taking war materials to Cuba.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-10
MAA11MNtsne

Is the strictly pure extract of malt and not
a strong, dark beer like other so-called malt
Malt-NutrIne is prepared by the
famous Anheuser- Busch Brewing Assn,
which fact guarantees the purity, excellence
and merit claimed for II.