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The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13

there were other green-topped keys,
with a channel running indefinitely
among them. Beyond the wriggling
channel Cardenas lay in an angle OF
sloping hills, seven miles away.
The Wilmington, drawing Is feet of
water in these shadows, proceeded to
a location within $500 yards OF the
water front; the Winslow, a lighter
draught boat, went 800 yards farther.
The little Hudson impudently fol-
lowed. Ahead of these two American
craft were the scudding Spanish gun
boats. They fed apparently from
force of habit until they nestled some
where among the wharves of the city.
Now the Winslow and the Hudson
were triumphant pursuers. They
rushed pell nell into a zone Of buoys.
Through the sultry air echoed and
reechoed a discharge of numerous
guns.
Every gun on the Winslow instant
ly replied, although the location Of
the Spanish batteries was a guess
work place. The enemy used smoke
less powder; the American ships were
draped with smoke. Then came an
other discharge from the Spaniards
from the shore, from visible ware
houses, from the docks. The Amer
leans knew that the gunboats were
hidden among certain wharves, so
they steamed ahead in defiance of the
mines and the masked batteries. They
penetrated the zone of the buoys until
they were only 800 yards from the
gunboats. There was a continuous
pyrotehcnic display. The water
around both boats constantly showed
geysers.
Lieut.. Nemcomb observed the con-
dition of the Winslow and steamed
toward her, still %valiantly peppering
everything Spanish within range. He
saw Bagley signal and hold aloft a
megaphone, and presently he heard
the ensign yell:
I'VE are disabled! Come and TOW
us Off"
At once the Hudson steamed with
in the uneven circle of water spouts.
He approached until he was only 200
yards from the battered Winslow.
The shells came thicker and thicker
and the Spaniards were shooting with
surprising accuracy. Once the Wins
low careened and belched forth a part
of her body. Steam followed the as
sortment of missiles. On board the
Hudson Newcomb observed to his men
that the boiler Of the Winslow was
evidently gone.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
Tested in Face of Death.

Bagley rushed to the rail and cried
out to Newcomb to heave a line. An
officer of the Hudson ran forward
with a line and beloved:
Don't miss it,"
Bagley laughed and waved his hand
cheerily.
Let her comet" yelled the boy.
cts getting too hot here for comfort"
Eventually the task was apparent
ly completed. The Hudson started
ahead, her men looking back calmly
at the screaming town of Cardenas.
Thirty seconds later the hawser
snapped. The Winslow swung around
and her men flung another hawser on
board the Winslow. Far rearward the
Wilmington was steaming to and fro,
firing shell after shell into the town,
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
As Revised.

Every pitcher goes to the well once
too often" quoted the moralizer.
Il don't know anything about that"
rejoined the d~emoralizer; "but | know
EVERY baseball pitcher goes into the
box once too often. Chicago Daily
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13

WANTED.-For U. S.. Army, able
bodied, unmarried men, between ages of II
and 35; citizens of United States, of good
character and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write English; for infor-
nation apply to recruiting officer, 1875 n.
Court, Memphis, Tenn; 1856 Main, Jones'
boro, Ark, or Tupelo, Miss.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
Water!

r e r! Water!
Water!"
The cry a n
down t h e long
line of marching
people, the glad
news passing from
mouth to mouth
until the sultry
air of the desert
fairly quiVered
with the volume OF
the sound. In the
distance away Off
49, Lea nO~1l
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13

New York.-Ensign Bagley, n OF
the heroes of the sea fight of Car
tdenas harbor, is dead, the Spanish
war is history. but the other hero
fof that conflict of shells with shells
and Americans with Spaniards and
smoke powder with smokeless powder
is still living. Capt. Frank H. New
comb, a native of Boston, the com,
mander of the Hudson, the only hero
of the Spanish war who received a
gold medal from congress. He was
Lieut.. Newcomb six years ago, and
now he is Capt. Newcomb. the super
visor of anchorages anS the purchas-
ing officer at the port of New York.
Some day the histories will refer
to the sea fight OF Cardenas harbor
on the afternoon of May IL, 1898, as
IA typical brave, rash exploit of the
american seaman They will men
ltson Bagley's name in sonorous para
graphs, Lieut.. Bernadou's name in
other sonorous paragraphs, and they
also will tell of how Lieut.. Newcomb,
commanding officer of the e%x-revenue
cutter Hudson, a wooden boat, ran in
under destructive masked batteries,
threw a line to the disabled Winslow,
remained there in tie zone of fire for
80 minutes, and finally brought away
Fhe Spaniard's prize in triumph.
Dared S~paniards to Combat.
The affair in Cardenas harbor fol-
lowed a series of astonishing captures
of Spanish ships-Of armed and I'M
armed merchant ships, and it also fol-
lowed a series of daring attempts to
engage the naval vessels of the Span
fish government in do-and-die fights.
For whenever a Spanish gunboat or
cruiser showed herself in public, that
us to say, whenever she showed her
smokestacAs and hull to an American
lighting ship, small or big, effectively
or crudely armed, she was promptly
invited to test her powers. Some
times these challenges were ladicrous,
for a converted small yacht would
Openly advance on p large gunboat
possessed of ten times greater equip
ment, run up her flag proudly, fire
her barking s~ix-pounders and rush
ahead and give every sign of wishing
Ito engage in mortal conflict for the
eternal glory of one side or the other.
The battle of Cardenas took place
because three Spanish gunboats used
to sneak out of their shelter at op-
perfume moments and try to pick off
passing American tugboats and
launches. If the gunboat advanced
spiritedly into the zone Of effective
craftsmanship, demonstrating at once
the superiority of its individuals, the
Spanish boats retreated. So the
Americans began to consider them rank
towards. However, they did not fol-
low the Spaniards into the harbor,
because they feared probable mines.
Eager for Brave Deeds.
On May II the gunboat Wilmington,
the torpedo boat WiAslow and the So
called gunboat Hudson, a converted
revenue cutter, met outside the harbor
of Cardenas and decided to go inside
and do some damage. They were
weary of the sallies of the Spanish
gunboats. Then they were eager to
do brave things. This waterway to
conflict was broad and shallow, with
two jagged stretches of land close to
the mouth, and outside a dotted
formation of coral keys. Here and
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13

The amour of work a boy puts into
baseball would raise a lot of potatoes
for him to eat.-N. Y. Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13

A medical student says he has often
heard of the trombone, but he can't
find any reference to it in the medical
hooks.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13

1t would be wrong to send some peo-
pie to Heaven; they would miss so
much the chance to worry over the
wildness of their neighbours children.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
A Harmless Laxative.

II you must take a laxative, take a harm
less one. Lax-Fos does not grippe, therefore
does not ~irritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price so cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
Fundamental Difference,

Teach-"In what why do the
Quakers speak differently from us,
johnny" Johnny - They don't
swear"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
Error OF kerormers.

One trouble with most would-be re-
formers is that they begin at the
wrong end of the task.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13

Glittering g~eneralities are the rhine
stones of speech.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
And He Needs Nc Schooling.

Auu de eeuS NO SCuOUIluS.
All the paraphernalia of a civil en-
gineer isn't in it with the strong arm
of a young man when it comes to 10.
eating the girls waist line.
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acting after the manner of an infuri
ated animal.
Through Storm Of Shells.

Through Storm of Shells.
The second hawser from the Hud.
o was a five-inch one. They at
tached it to the pilot house under a
rain Of ammunition. Then the Hud-
son began to move forward again.
She continued to move forward, airing
her six-pounders as rapidly as the
men could load them. These gun.
ners we're swearing at their slowness
and the commander kept urging them
to work harder. He strobe up and
down the deck, dividing his attention
among these gunners and the Span
iards and the hawser. His quarter
master walked beside him, praying I'M
consciously that the rope would not
part like it's predecessor. They stood
out boldly ON the deck of the little
revenue cutter, entirely unmindful Of
the spat, spat, spat of the bullets and
the screaming of the shells.
1t was absolutely necessary for the
little Hudson to get the remains OF
the Winslow and her dead out of the
zone of fire. Half a dozen times the
Hudson was struck by shells, so that
she also began to resemble a dere-
lict. But she kept steaming ahead
through the t~reacherous shoals. over
possible locations for mines, now
scraping a coral reef, now dragging
the Winslow off an unseen shallow
place, but always belching forth fame
and smoke from her six-pounders and
always leaving the masked batteries
farther and farther behind, until at
last the nearest geyser vas yards and
yards rearward.
And then the officers yelled to the
men on board the Winslow and
learned of the death of Ensign Bag
ley and of four other deaths. So
great was the rage on the Hudson
that every member of her crew want
ed to have the boat turned around and
reenter the harbor and destroy every
visible object in Cardenas, including
the three gunboats and the masked
battery and all the Spaniards there.
Given Deserved Honor.
OF course they were mentioned in
the reports of the conflict. Particular
mention was made of the commander
of the Hudson for his GOODNESS and
supreme disregard of apparently GER
tain destruction. Then President Nc
Kinley sent to congress this recon-
mendation:
II recommend that in recognition
of the signal act of heroism of First
Lieut.. Frank H. Newcomb, United
States revenue cutter service, above
set forth, the thanks of congress be
extended to him and to his officers
and men of the Hudson, and that. a
gold medal of honor be presented to
Lieut.. Newcomb and a silver medal
of honor to each member of his crew
who served with him at Cardenas."
Both branches of congress united
in passing favorably on the recon-
mendation and Lieut.. Newcomb r..
ceived a letter from the treasury de-
partment containing this expression:
yours is the proud distinction Of
being the only commissioned officer
of any service to whom congress
awarded a gold medal for heroism
during the war with Spain"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-13
Practical Application.

1. The test of our love to God Is our
expressed love to our neighbor, be-
cause hat is the outward visible fruit
of love to God.
2. Jesus Christ was the best type and
example of the Good Samaritan. The
human race had fallen among thieves.
and had been robbed Of hope. char
acter, happiness, heaven. But Jesus
came from heaven because he had
compassion. He bound up mans
wounds at infinite cost. He brought
him to the inn, his church, the COM
pany of his people, the palace beau
tiful." he. cares for him to the end.
The independent., 1906-12-06

sdt ,toge sod .oovpda po7asitseenI
The independent., 1906-12-06
UNCLE SAM TO SELL LAND
Half MILAN, Acres to Be Sold to the
Highest Bidder in Quarter
Section Lots

Lawton, Okla.-The government
land office here has begun receiving
bids for 100000 acres of land in the
Kiowa, Commanche and Apache In
dian reservation in Oklahoma, carry
ing out an act of congress opening
the land to settlement. The land is
spoken of as the 'big pasture Most
of it is good for farming purposes
Under the law no bids of less than S.
an acre will be considered and each
bidder may put in as many proposals
as he desires. The maximum amount
of land to be sold to any one bidder,
however, will be limited to single
quarter section. 1t is believed that
there will be $4,000 bidders.
Under the instructions issued by
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock,
all bids, which must be made upon a
blank furnished by the land Office at
Lawton, or at Washington, must be
signed by the bidder and contain the
bidders postoffice address.
Bids will be received only between
the hours of a. m. on Monday, De-
cember 3 and p. m. on Saturday,
December 8. Each bidder must en-
close with his bid his check for one
fifth of the highest amount bid by
him for any tract. The bids are to
be placed in strong boxes. On Decem-
Der 10 they are to be mixed up, num-
bered in the order in which the en-
velopes chance to be picked up and
sent to the general land Office at
Washington. The secretary of the in
terror will then award each tract to
the highest bidder for the amount
of his bid. Deposits of the unsuccess-
full bidders are to be returned after
the bids have been canvassed.
The independent., 1906-12-06
Mothers! Mothers !! Mothers!!!
MRS. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup

has been used for over SIXTY YEARS by MIL
LIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN
while TEErHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS.
1t SooTHEs The CHILD, soFrENs the GUMS,
ALI.AYS all PAIN; CURES WIND CoLlc, and
is the best remedy for DIARRH0sA. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world. De sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
and take no other kind. TWENTY five cts. bottle.
The independent., 1906-12-06
HEINzE HELPS WRECKED BANK
Sends Check for 100000 to Reim-
burse Depositors

Butte, Mont-Receiver Wilson of
the Aetna bank of Butte announced
that he had receive check for $780,
900 from Augustus Heinze, formerly
president of the bank. Heinze be-
lieved that many depositors had not
known of his withdrawal, so he made
the contribution 1t should increase
the banks assets 80 per cent. :,
The independent., 1906-12-06
Better Than Spanking

Spanking does not cure children OF bed wet
ting. If it did there would be few children that
would do it, There is constitutional cause
for this Mrs NJ Summers, Box 1853, Notre
Dame Ind will send her home treatment TO
any mother She asks no money. Write her
to .day if your children trouble you in this way
Don't blame the child. The chances are II
can'thelp it.
The independent., 1906-12-06

Reward

Will be paid to any person
who can find one atom OF
opium, choral, morphine,
cocaine, ether, chloroform,
heroin, alpha and beta eu-
caine, cannabis indica, or
chloral hydrate or any OF
their derivatives, in any
of DR.. Miles Remedies.
This applies to goods in
original packages, unop-
ened, and not tampered
with. Certain unscrupu-
lous persons are making
false statements about
these remedies.
ri have been troubled with a ter
rible headache for the last ten years;
the doctors could do me no good. /
saw DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills adver-
tised in the Sunday magazine, so /
thought / would try a sample. ! did
so. and they helped me wonderfully.
l had headache so badly could hard
ly see to work, so / sent to the drug
store and got box. In a couple OF
hours / was all right, it was the first
medicine to do me any good"
A. A. ILLIG, Philadelphia, Pa.
1862 Tacoma Street. M
Dr MiIee, Anti-Pa Pills are sold bv
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first package will benefit. II It
fails, he will return your money. tuH
rs doses, 25 cents. Never sold In bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
,gdt .teyt tSoi ,n9wla2 ro1ss its3vhl
The independent., 1906-12-06
A Big One

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Wel if you
caught such a big fish as you say,
why didn't you bring it home?
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Wh was the
use? 1 couldn't have got it into this
little flat.-Yonkers Statesman.
The independent., 1906-12-06
vO|CHT GETS FOUR YEARS
Man Who Made Kaiser Williams
Soldiers Assist in Robbing
Popular Idol

and bogus army officer, who made
Kaiser Williams soldiers the joke of
all Europe through his impressing a
company of soldiers to assist him in
robbing the treasury of Koepenick
after making the burgomaster and
treasurer prisoners and sending them
away to Jail under military escort will
pay the penalty OF his crime and joke
by serving four years in prison.
Voight has already served the great
est portion of his life behind the bars
| fer numerous offenses. Voigt's au-
dacity in carrying out his robbery has
SO charmed the people, of Germany
however, that an effort will probably
be made to induce the kaiser to par
don him.
When the trial of the cobbler be-
gan Saturday the court room was
crowded and hundreds of persons be
sieged the building, striving in vain
| to pass the military guard that had
been established. The Koepenick rob-
berry was more widely heralded
throughout Germany and all Europe,
for that matter, than any similar
| event of recent years. There were
thousands of persons who wanted to
get a look at the man who had Great
ed the furore.
Voigt's robbery scheme was novel
one. Finding his efforts to lead an
honest life were hampered by police
Intervention he determined tc supply
himself with funds at the expense OF
the government. In no country but
!, Germany could his scheme have sue
ceeded, but uniform worship is so gen.
eral here that he succeeded with a
vengeance.
Voigt stole an officers uniform as
the first step of his program. 1t was
only ragged, moth-eaten uniform,
but it answered all purposes Ar
rayed in the imposing garment of an
infantry officer he commanded a de-
tachment of soldiers he encountered
in the street His command to them
to follow him was obeyed without
question. Voigt marched on the town
| N.
burgomaster and treasurer under ar
. rest.
The treasurer was ordered to open
his safe Voigt counted out all the
available cash, gave the treasurer a
, receipt and ordered the soldiers to
take them to prison. 1t was hours
: before the fraud was discovered and
by that time Voigt had disappeared
But he was hunted down and arrested
] It was a miserable looking little
! man. shriveled and bowed with age
. who faced the court But the crowds
gave Voigt a cheer when he was
marched to the prisoners dock. As
! the humorous incidents of his raid
! were recounted by witnesses many a
I laugh was heard The court was
shocked. but the police could not keep
: order.
Then came Voigt's personally con
. Quoted defense. He made an elongat
! ed speech. He showed that after his
last release from prison, fifteen-yeal
! sentence having been completed, he
I had tried to lead an honest life. But
] the police prosecuted him. In self de
fense. he pleaded, he was forced tc
return to evil ways.
! His plea of extenuating circum
stances completely won the crowd
! Had he been allowed to don his bogus
0 uniform. which was displayed in
] court, he probably would have wor
? his case. But this was denied and q
; verdict of guilty was rendered. The
{ penalty was fixed at four years i'm
! prisonment But he now is popular
The independent., 1906-12-06
japanese to Fight in Courts

San Francisco, Cal.-Local Japanese
are preparing to test in the courts
the law excluding their children from
attending school with the whites. They
contend they are not Mongolians.
The independent., 1906-12-06
Paris Scents War

Paris-The relations between Japan
and the United States engage the at
tention of a large part of the Paris
press. Journals of all shades f-po-
litical opinion continue to discuss the
DISPUTE even to the extent OF fore
shadowing near war.
The tone of some editorials might
almost Justify the impression that the
writer's are not averse to contemplat-
ing war between the two countries.
One points out that in Japan the
feeling that eventually war will be
necessary to enable it to attain COM
mand of the Pacific may .preclp1tate
a conflict before the completion OF
the Panama canal places it at a great
er disadvantage in regrd to the Amerl-
en- navy.
The independent., 1906-12-06
Anxiety in London

London-President RoosevelHs solu-
tion of the difficulties arising from the
Japanese rule of the San Fran
cisco public schools is awaited with
the greatest interest and some anx-
iety. London papers are being re-
galed with sensational statements by
recent arrivals on the Pacific coast
from the far east suggesting the pos
sibility of grave complications, even
war. The forthcoming pfesidentlal
message to congress; therefore, IS
watched for with even greater interest
than usual.
The independent., 1906-12-06

Ter. If he denies it his answer will
be accepted by the state apartment
as conclusive.
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LOTS OF Lorsl


"a lots Governors Square, 81, 200.
IL lets 41s Lane st., $3.50.
lots 1920 Tyler st. $3.50.
e2s Van Buren,. IL lots, $500.
e1s Quincy. II lots. 81 800.
1414 West 9th. 90 feet. 800
8s5 Lincoln. II lots. $3.50.
400 West St, IS feet. $3.50.
1913 Lincoln, lots, 81 600.
80 Greenwood, fine shade, $500
East fronts on Central Park, 5000
2 lots, 1871 West. 5000
1872 West, lots, $3.50.
Lane, south OF 18th, lots. 500.
18th and Polk. east fronts. $500.
Lots, 18th and Fillmore, $500
1922 Topeka ave, 800 each.
so Horne fue shade, 800.
18th and Lincoln, lots $500.
141o Polk, lots. $500.
18th and Clay, east fronts. SEQ.
e13 Polk. ~ lots, cheap.
1870 Buchanan, lots. SEQ.
Throop st.. lots. $3.50.
lots 10Th and West, $50.
18th and Western. lots, $500.
907 Lincoln. IL lots. large shade. s525.
Westlawn lots.
Orchard Place lots.
Walnut Park lots.
Any old lots.
THE STRAUSS AGENCY.
Central National Bank Building.
LOT East Seventh St
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cheap and on any reasonable terms. Any
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