Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 4, 1898, Page 3

aon “~, WORK OF CONGRESS ‘Washington, May 24.—For five hours ‘yesterday the senate had the war rev- enue measure under discussion. The entire time was occupied by Mr. Chil- ton of Texas, Mr. Lodge of Massachu- setts and Mr. Turley of’ Tennessee. While Mr. Lodge confined himself to a discussion of the proposed tax on cor- porations and uk depo . Strongly urging that such a tax should not be imposed, Mr. Chilton and Mr. Turley ‘covered pretty fully the general fea- tures of the bill. Their speeches dealt comprehensively with the theories of taxation and were, therefore, in the very nature of things legal and techni- cal dissertations upon the subject. No action of any kind was taken upon the bill. ‘The feature of yar revenue 1) ure piecing a tax arter of 1 per cent on the receipts of corporations was un- cussion in the senate throughout sion. Incidentally the pro- hington, May gros: der ¢ the day's se posed tax on bank deposits was ad- ed to. The principal speeches were delivered by Mr. Platt of Connecticut and Mr of Kentucky, both of whom eked the corpora- tion ta t of the former's argument was was on the © stitutional be levied in a particular lin maintained that an could be levied, provided the conditions were fair and equitable, but that the business of a corporation could not be taxed simply because it was conductea by a corporation. To be equitable The Facts Must Be }.nid ‘upon the business whether it was con- ducted by a corporation, a partnership, a firm or an individual. Mr, Lindsay vigorously antagonized the proposed issue of iegal tender notes, that it accentuated the exist to the gold serve of the and was, besides, the dearest money ever dc d. He held that sucn an id be a blow to the credit. He, too, presented an argument against the proposed corpor- ation maintaining that if enacted into would bring about huvsuits instead of providing what the govel ment needed—ready money with which to conduct the war operations. ‘To-day the senate will resume the discussion of the pending me. re an hour earlier than usual, the session beginning at 11 o'clock, ad that it was uncon- the tax was not persons engaged e of busines He occupation tax In the House. The session of the house was brief. for the or, tion of corps; to ate milita smail offense: nd to autho: pointment of a commission to tain lands t and secure the ce: y trials for e the ap- Not cer- ion of vation . — Late yester- ison or Iowa, in r revenue bill in the consent that a final vote on the meas ure be taken on Saturday next before adjournment. Mr, Teller of Colorado yjected. Mr. Daniel of Virginia, in re- iterating . Teller’s objection, und- ed the note of delay against the measure that has been heard since the debate upon it began. He declared that there was no emergency which re- quired the immediate passage of the bill, and anncunced that if certain pro- visions of the bill preposed by the Dem- ocrats on the finance committee were not agreed to by the senate, he would offer some amendments to the measure that would probably precipitate de- bute. He strongly intimated, too, that if the war should not be prolonged, it might not be necessary to provide as much revenue a the pending bill would raise, and he indicated a desire to await developments that, in all likli- hood, were close at hand, before pass- ing upon a bill that meant so much to the people as this one. Speeches on the general features of the pending bill were delivered by Mr. Stewart, Mr. Allen and Mr. Caffery. Before the rev- enue bill was taken up in the morning the pension deficiency appropriation bill passed. It carried nearly $9,- 000,000. In the Heuse. After the passage of a bill granting in public lands to the territory of y Mexico the session of the house devoted to eulogies upon the late Senator George of M sippi. —No substantial ress we y the senate to- ward the disposition of the war reve- nue measure, although it was under consideration for three hours. Speeches were delivered on the bill by Mr. White of California and Mr. Teller of Colorado. The former opposed the is- sue of bonds and strongly advocated the coinage of silver seignorage and the tax upon corporations. In his dis- cussion of the last feature Mr. White drew out the fact that an amendment s to be offered to the bill by Mr. rman placing a tax of one-half of 1 per cent on certain large corporations. Mr. ‘Teller dwelt largely upon the proposition to levy an income tax. He had not concluded his argument when the bill was laid aside in order that eulogies might be pronounced upon the late Senator Walthall of Mississippi. In the House. In a long session yesterday the house passed few bills, but the discussion involved a wide range of subjects. Af- ter a brush over the civil service, brought on by a paragraph in the de- ficiency pension bill providing for some temporary clerks in the war depart- ment, the house considering a bill to amend the internal revenue laws, listened to lengthy speeches from Mr. Shaforth of Colorado and Mr. Grow of Pennsylvania upon the free coinage of silver and greenbacks as legal tender, respectively. Pending a yea and nay vote upon the internal revenue bill the house adjourned. Washington, May 28. — A notable speech on the war revenue measure was delivered in the senate by Mr. Gorman of Maryland. In the course of an argument in support of a tax on corporations he denounced as “in- famous the decision of the supreme court declaring the income tax law of 1894 as unconstitutional. The warn- ing sounded by some senators that if a tax were placed upon corporations it would be pronounced unconstitutional by the supreme court had, he said, no effect upon him. A decision against such an enactment would not déstroy our financial structure, but it would destroy the court which should hand it down. Mr. Gorman took decided issue with the majority of his fellow Demo- erats upon those propositions to coin the silver sdigniorage and to issue legal tender notes, and made a powerful ar- gument in favor of the issuance of bonds to raise funds with which to prosecute the war. Mr. Teller con- cluded his speech advocating the coin- age of the seigniorage, the levying of an income tax and the issué of legal tender notes, and opposing the issue of bonds. Mr. Nelson of Minnesota presented a carefully prepared argu- ment against the issue of legal tender notes. In a speech of two hours Mr. Cockrell of Missouri discussed the financial questions in contention. ein Eales IN THE HOUSE. Wrangle Over Mr. Tongue’s Attempt to Fire Off a Speech on Pensions. The house was inactive for more than an hour while the roll call was taken and the sergeant-at-arms was engaged in bringing in absent mem- bers to make a quorum, the absence of which was disclosed by the roll call. The suspension was caused by a wrangle growing out of Mr. Tongue’s (Or.) attempt to deliver a general pen- sion speech when the house was con- sidering a private pension measure, zell of Pennsylvania in the Mr. Richardson of Tennessee of order that the chair. made the point speech of Mr. Tongue was not ger- main to the pending bill. Mr. Cannon of Illinois took issue with the Terftes- see member. The speaker sustained the point of order and Mr. Cannon ap- pealed from the decision. Upon the motion of Mr. Richardson to table the appeal 87 voted in the affirmative and 11 in the negative. Mr. Cannon made the point of no quorum and a call of the house followed. It was more than an hour before the requisite quorum appeared. The appeal was then laid on the table—134 to 9—and the consid- eration of private bills proceeded. GO WITH MERRITT. Three of the New Brigadiers Will Be Axsigned to the Philippine Ex~ pedition. Washington, ¥ Corbin announces y 29. — Adjt. Gen. t three of the generals ppointed by the sterday will be officially oon as the senate con- firms the nominations, to command troops in the Philippines. The gen- erals selected for the Philippines ex- pedition are George ton of Cleveland, Ohio; Francis V. Greene of New York and Charies King of Wis- cons Gen. Merritt, who s to be military governor of the Philippines, president y designated, wired Adjt. Gen. Corbin requesting that G King be sent with him to the Philippin The request ¥ approved and forwarded to Gen. King, and, s becomes to all intent command, Gen. Ei known nove and the United States ar STILL AT SANTIAGO. ys Cervera’s Fleet Is There. .—Gen. Blanco cable: from Hav t the torpedo boat di stroyer Terror, from Martinique, ha arrived at I'ajerdo, on the east coast of Puerto Rico. She intended to go to San Juan but found four American warships cruising in front of the ha bor and changed her direction. Gen. Blanco’s dispatch says that Admiral Cerver squadron is still at Santiago de Cuba; that the bulk of Admiral Sampson’s squadron is blockading that port; that Commodore Schley’s fleet is watching the Yucatan passage; tbat the American vessels have left Cien- fuegos and the the can fleet of blockaders remains in sight of Ha- yana. Gen. Blanco says in his dis- patch that he opposed the departure of the French steamer Lafayette with a rzo of coal coal was required for nish ships. in ex-officers of Gen. Blanco § Madrid NEWS FROM DEWEY. Capt. Gridley, of the Olympia, Re- ported IL. Washington, May 29.—Navy depart- ment officials confirm the news that the auxiliary gunboat Zafire has ar- rived at Hongkong from Manila. She brought to Hongkong Capt. Charles V. Gridley, of Admiral Dewey’s ship Olympia, who is reported ill by the ispatches. ‘The navy department of- Is are in receipt of confirmatory news of Capt. Gridley’s illness, but no inform is given as to the nature or seriousness of his sickness. Who the other two officers reported inval- ided are, could not be ascertained. That the Zafire brought to Hongkong dispatches from Admiral Dewey is certain, but their contents, beyond the mere announcement of Capt. Gridley’s illness are locked up in the recesses of the bureau of navigation. HOLLAND'S SCHEME. Wants His Submarine Bont to Be Given a Trial Against the Span- iards. Washington, May 29. — It is an- nounced that Holland, the inventor of the submarine boat of that name, is expected here to discuss with Capt. O'Neil, chief of ordnance, the feasi- bility of using that novel craft in an attack upon the Spanish squadron at Santiago, if the vessels are still there. ‘The ofticials are disposed to receive in a kindly spirit any suggestion that might prove to be valuable in this line, and they will talk with Mr. Holland over the details of his scheme, proba- bly on the basis of a compensation to be paid to him for each Spanish vessel destroyed. Did He Stcne the Train? Owatonna, Minn, May 28.—The au- thorities allege that the person who threw a stone through the window of a passenger train on the Milwaukee railread on Mareh 17, near Blooming Prairie, was Carl Hanson, a boy about eighteen years old. The sheriff went to-day to arrest him. Spaniards at Manila boast that a fleet of warships is now on its way to the Philippines. CUT IN HAIL OF SHOT. BRAVE SEAMEN FROM AMERI- CAN SHIPS DID DARING AT CIENFUEGOS, CUBA. Spaniards Shoot from Masked Batteries and Rifle Pits Upon the Handful of Bluejackets Ordered to Sever the Wires Leading Into the City. Amid a perfect storm of shot from Spanish‘ rifles and batteries the Amer- ican forces cut the cables at Cienfue- gos Wednesday morning, May 11. Four determined boat crews, under command of Lieutenant Winslow and Ensign Magruder, from the cruiser Marblehead and the gunboat Nashville, put out from the ships, the coast hav- ing previously been shelled. The work of the volunteers was perilous, and one was killed while bravely doing his du- ty, six others being seriously wounded. The man instantly killed was Patrick Reagan. None of the ships was dam- aged to any extent. The cruiser Mar- blehead, the gunboat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Windom drew up 1,000 yards from shore with their guns manned for desperate duty. One cable had already been cut and the work was in progress on the other when the Spaniards in rifle pits and a battery in an old lighthouse, standing out in the bay, opened fire. The war- ships poured in a thunderous volley, their great guns belching forth mass- ive shells into the swarms of the ene- my. The crews of the boats calmly proceeded with their desperate work, notwithstanding the fact that a num- ber had fallen, and finished it, return- ing to the ships through a blinding smoke and a heavy fire. More than 1,000 infantrymen on shore kept up a continuous fire and the bul- lets from the machine guns struck the warships a hundred times, but did no great damage. Commander Maynard of the gunboat Nashville was slightly wounded by a rifle bullet that before striking him passed through the arm of an ensign, whose name is unknown. Lieutenant Winslow was shot in the hand, making three officers wounded in all. After the Spaniards had been driven from the rifle pits many of them took refuge in the lighthouse fortress, tected by the terrific return fire of the warships, work was continued and the cable cut. The Spaniards had by this time suf- fered severe loss. Their shots from the lighthouse struck the warships sev- eral times, and, although they did not do much damage, the fire aroused the determination of the American officers to exterminate the fort. Thereafter, for the moment, the fire of the war- ships was concentrated upon the light- house and the improvised fort was blown to pieces. As there were great numbers of Spaniards in and behind the fort at the time there is no doubt that many of them were killed. The Marblehead and the Nashville used their heaviest guns, as well as their small rapid-fire guns, and hundreds of shots were thrown into the Spanish troops. The Marblehead was struck scores of times by bullets from machine guns and the Nashville suffered to about the same extent. The Windom also had many marks of the fray. Her shell blowing up the lighthouse and scatter- ing the Spaniards in all directions end- ed the battle. The cable which was cut at Cienfue- gos extended from that city to Santiago de Cuba. It does not sever cable com- munication with Cuba, as there is an- other line in operation between San- tiago de Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica. The severed cable is owned by the Cu- ba Submarine company. The one op- erating to Kingston is owned by the West India Panama company. The lat- ter is the only line not in control of the United States government. The cable from Havana to Key West is controlled by United States officials. It was a shot from the four-inch gun of the Windom which knocked over the lighthouse. In command of that gun division was Lieutenant Crisp, and Cooper was the gunner who fired the shot. The Spanish loss is estimated at 400. The lighthouse was demolished, the arsenal destroyed and the batteries on shore silenced. The town was set on fire by shells from the American fleet. Called It Furniture Medicine. “The secret of never wanting new things is to keep the old ones well mended,” said a wise housekeeper, as she exhibited the shelf where she kept GARTERS ARE GAYER. Than Ever Before, and Startling in Their Brilliancy- New York Sun: Garters are gayer than ever before. No woman dreams of wearing plain elastic bands to keep up her stockings nowadays. Indeed, garters are now made so many colored that the rival the fashionable hosiery itself when it comes to startling bril- liancy. A garter can come about as near marring or making a woman's happiness as any trifling accessory to her toilet. Women generally, long ago, gave up the elastic band which held the stocking up below or above the knee. Health culturists first told them that it was injurious, preventing per- fect circulation, but the sex clung to it with its bejeweled buckles and beau- tiful rows of ribbon. Then the cul- turists told them that the round gar- ter would spoil the shape of the leg, and they dropped it like a hot cake and adopted the suspender garter or stocking supporter, as it is oftened called. The newest supporters are made of very broad and fancy silk elas- tic in brilliant Scotch plaids or Roman stripes, or else plain elastic covered with ribbons that would shame Jos- eph’s coat, put on full. The catches and side buckles are of white metal, silver, silver gilded and pure gold, and some of them are studden with pre- cious and semi-precious gems. One style fastens around the waist of the wearer by means of a satin belt match- ing in color the predominating color of the elastic; the other fastens at the side of the corset with catch pins. Both methods are unsatisfactory. The waist- band is warm in summer, and Ce- stroys the lines about the waist. It is, indeed, impossible for a woman in- clined to be stout. The other, if of such a length as to keep the stocking up properly, pulls on the corset and gives the wearer a most uncomfort- able, tired feeling toward the end of the day. All of these drawbacks have a tendency to make a woman conclude that after all her great grandmother was right in declaring that the most satisfactory garter in the world was a string torn from a selvedge edge of a piece of flannel aad wrapped just loose enough for comfort and tight enough for convenience about the stocking above or below the knee. A > STRELT SCENE Town oF Genruzges + COMMANDER MAYNARD of re Nasu vie (Wouwseo) eo a * CASTLE ANGELES REFEWDING THE CHANNES + “WEw of EvTnane ro CENFUE GOS swomnny *) Cacenave Lrawr — SCENE OF THE FIGHT OVER THE CUTTING OF THE CABLES, MAY 11, hig Pee upon which the fire of the warships had been centered. A four-inch shell from the Windom tore this structure to pieces, killing many and burying others in the ruins. The Spanish loss is known to have been very heavy, the warships firing hundreds of shells right into their midst. The Urited States cruiser Marble- head, the gunboat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Windom steamed up to the harbcr of Cienfuegos early Wed- nesday morning with orders to cut the cable connecting Havana with Santia- go de Cuba. This task was accom- plished, but only after a terrific fight between the warships and several thousand Spanish troops, which lined the shore and lay concealed behind im- provised breastworks. Soon after the arrival of the war- -| ships off Cienfuegos four boats were launched and proceeded in shore for the purpose of grappling for the cable in order to cut it. The warships lay to about 1,000 yards or more off the harbor. It was observed that the Spanish troops had assembled ashore, but it was not known that heavy guns had been placed in a masked battery and that the old lighthouse, far out on a neck of land, had been transformed into a formidable fort. The small boats proceeded cautiously and for more than an hour worked un- molested on the cable. Suddenly, just as the work was about completed, the shore battery fired a shell at the boats. It was followed by others, and the Spanish infantry opened fire then with their rifles. Then, like a flash, the Marblehead sent a shell inland, and followed it with a perfect shower of shot. The Nashville was quick to fol- low suit, and the little Windom cut loose with her four-pounders. in the meanwhile Spanish bullets fell in every direction around the small boats. Though the attack had come suddenly and fiercely the blue- jackets were not dismayed, and, pro- what she called “furniture medicine.” There were tins of different colors of paints and enamel, brushes of several sizes, a bottle of liquid gilt, some gocd glue, and remnants of all the different kinds of wall paper. A handsome six- leaved Japanese screen had been bad- ly mutilated by a careless housemaid, so that two of its panels were unsight- ly. She patched the gashes carefully with court plaster, and with a box of water colors and the liquid gilt so con- cealed the patches that it was as good as new. A somewhat top-heavy but sturdy little boy made a seat of the handsome Chinese porcelain umbrel- la jar, when down came both boy and jar, the latter in a dozen pieces. It was not therefor discarded, but piecing it with the greatest care with cement, a brush was dipped in liquid gilt and covered all the cracks, which, from their zig-zag directions, really added to its oriental appearance.—Short Skits. Two Natural Foes. Water will extinguish fire Lecauso the water forms a ccating over the fuel, which keeps it from the air, and the conversion of water into steam draws off the heat from the turning fuel. A little water makes a fire fiercer, while a large quantity of water puts it out. The explanation is that water is composed of cxygen and hydrogen. When, therefore, the fire can decompose the water into its simple elements it serves as fuel to the flames. : Refreshments in Scotland. In the course of the arguments be- fore the house of lords in a case in which tht necessity for additional re- freshment accommodation at Oban station arose Lord Watson, himself a Sectchman, interposed and remarked that refreshments in that part of Scot- land had only one meaning and that— whisky. woman who will invent a really artis- tic and, at the same time, comfortable stocking supporter will strike a Klcn- dike, Pressure of the Sea. There are spots in the ocean where the water is five miles deep. If it is true that the pressure of the water on any body in the water is one pound to the square inch for every two feet of the depth anything at the bottom of one of the “five-mile holes” would have a pressure about it of 13,200 feet to every square inch. There is nothing of human manufacture that would re- sist such @ pressure. That it exists there is no doubt. It is known that the pressure on a well-corked glass bottle at the depth of 300 feet is so great that the water will force its way through the pores of the glass. It is also said that pieces of wood have been weighted and eunk in the sea to euch a depth that the tissues have become so condensed that the wood has lost its buoyancy and would never float again. It could not be even made to burn when dry. The Czar at Home. Alexander III., the late czar of Rus- sia, was said to be an autocrat even in the bosom of his family. Nicholas I1., however, is the very reverse. He re- gards his consort as a good comrade and when in urgent cases ministers seek an audience late in the evening he is invariably to be found in her com- pany, chatting and laughing without restraint. The czar is generally occu- pied at his desk, while the czarina bus- ies herself with embroidery work. Im- mediately a minister enters she rises as if to retire, but more often than otherwise the czar informs her that she is not one too many. French Doctors Cut Off, One of the provisions of the French code forbids a doctor to inherit prop- erty left him by a deceased patient. i! WAR SUMMARY, ‘Tuesday, Muy 24. The navy department has no official advices from the fleets. Maj. Gen. Wilson reviews the first division of the First army corps. Heavy firing was heard off the coast of Cuba Thursday and Saturday. Cuban officers are nettled by the criticisms of American army officers. No truth in the report that Italy has protested against the blockade of Cuba. Roosevelt and his rough riders ex- pect to go to Cuba within the next two days. Some erroneous statements regarding the bombardment of San Juan cor- rected. Spain will protest to the powers against the flying of the Spanish flag by American warships. The Spanish minister of the interior announces in the cortes that the gov- ernment is likely to resort to privateer- ing. Lloyds reports the arrival at Para, Brazil, of three American warships. ‘The only warships in that vicinity are the Oregon, Nictheroy and Marietta. Wednesday, May 25. This was a day of sensational was rumors. Cabinet officers discredit the rumor of a battle. The waters south of Cuba are now the scene of great naval activity. A supposed Spanish hospital ship at Martinique it transpires is loaded with coal. From the best information obtaina- ble the Spanish fleet is still at Santia- go de Cuba. Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn finds great difficulty in securing transports for troops on the Pacific. All cables connecting Cuba have now been cut except the one at Santi- ago and that will be cut at once. Spanish consul at Kingston, Jamaica, asks for the right to search the Adula when it arrives from Cienfuegos and his request is refused. Thursday, May 26. Insurgents have attacked the Span- ish outposts of Manila. The president has issued a call for 75,000 additional volunteers. Commodore Schley has orders to see that Admiral Cervera does not escape | from Santiago. A great game is being played in Cu- ban waters and the situation is one of great suspense. The people are in desperate straits at Santiago de Cuba, provisions are scarce and dear. The first American army to sail for foreign shores leaves San Francisco for the Philippines. It is now known that American war- ships lie off Santiago and that the Spanish fleet lies within. It is reported at Madrid that the American warships are concentrating for an attack on Cervera. The safe arrival of the Oregon in American waters was a source of much satisfaction to navy officers, Friday, May 27, ils of the formal exchange of prisoners have been arranged. Forty steam yachts are recommend- ed for purchase by the government. British ve band of war loaded with contra- chased by Spaniards. Spaniards, it is helieved, are getting anxious for peace, that is, “honcrable” peace. The officers and crew of the Oregon are in excellent health and eager for action. Advices from Sagua la Grande, Cuba, say the insurgents are growing in num- bers every day. Government agents are still scouring the Pacific for transports to carry troops to Manila. Secretary Long is satisfied that Cer- vera is still bottled up in Santiago with Schley cn the watch. Commodore Schley sails boldly into Cienfuegos harbor without drawing the fire of the enemy and helps himself to coal. Cuban officers consult with Gen. Miles and Secretary Alger regarding a plan of co-operation with the Cuban forces. Saturday, May 28. Goy. Hubbard of Minnesota is nom- inated brigadier general. Absence of official advices from the fleets causes impatience. The release of Correspondents Thrall and Jones is consummated. A Spanish fleet of fourteen vessels is sighted off Port au Prince. Gen. Blanco cables to Madrid that Cervera is still at Santiago. Gen. Merritt arrives in San Tran- cisco and assumes command. It is believed that the navy denart- ment has received dispatches from Commodore Schley. Two of the six seized Spanish steam- ers are released by the United States court at Key West. Citizens of Honolulu are preparing 2 big reception for Uncle Sam’s troops when they arrive there. Holland asks that his submarine boat be given a chance against the Spanish fleet at Santiago. The government decides to wait un- til absolutely certain of the location of the Spanish fleet before commencing an aggressive forward movement.