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Show HAVANA HARBOR MINED. Cite Itcpnblic. l W. L. SOTi , Jk m Fact Publisher. AIJT OSUE, i UTAH. NEPH1. UTAH NEWS. " Made Known By an American Saval Life and Property Beyond Conjecture S:tu;lon Growing Worse. Ridgeway, 111., April 5. Shawnee- is threatened with town, total destruction. Innumerable more lives mav be lost hefot Another day has passed. ! Hundreds of people havs not yet. been rescued from the houses in which they were imprisoned, others are still in the tree tops and still others are afloat on the waste of the torrent. Late reports say the entire levee will be destroyed and every frame house is certain t be dashed to pieces. miles Tife wind is blowing thirty-fiv- e an hour, with rain that cuts like glass. Great fear is expressed for the rescue force now in Shawneetown, as nothing can resist the power of the waves dashing ten feet high under the impetus of the gale. If the storm does not cease, the entire town is doomed, as well as most of the people who have not yet reached the hidtops. This information comes by telephone from the temporary station on the hillsides west of Shawneetown. There is no means of estimating the number drowned. All the relief work is devoted to rescuing people from the tops of trees, brick houses and high knolls. The loss of life is largely among colored people, whose light frame structures gave way at the time time when the wall of water struck them, giving them no chance to escape. About 5 o'clock last evening the levee on the north side of town gave away at the north end of Market street, near the court house. An opening ten feet wide was at first made, but it quickly spread to twenty, and a wall of water ten or fifteen feet high the main street, poured through sweeping everything before it. About fifty small frame houses along the line of the levee to the south were crushed like toys, and none of the occupants, most of whom were poor colored folks, escaped. Those living in the more substantial houses managed to climb to second and third stories, where they clung for hours through the chilly night, nouses in the western part of the town did not at once feel the effect of the flood, and residents made hurried steps for safety, most of them fleeing to the top of the levee on the south Vide of the town. A large number also reached the little hills which are a mile from town and from thers saw their property crumble in the muddy waters. When daylight cam this morning, the afreets were full of water to a depth of ten or twelve feet. Only the most substantial buildings in the central business district remain standing. Water is everywhere. Washingt a, April 0. Details hare been obtained of the manufacture cf submarine mines in London for Spam, which was first brought to the attention of the United Mates embassy in London and cabled to Washington on March 4. A man whose cards describe him as and being an electrical engineer, time at the whose name, was forwarded to Washington, then said ho sold to Spanish officers in London, several years ago a large number of mines, eight or ten of which were placed in He said they were Havana harbor. a in made special way, had a specially constructed cable which he can identify if the smallest piece is produced, and he added that some of the mines were fixed so that they could be fired from a fort, while two of them were so arranged that they would explode upon a vessel coming into contact with them. The man added, however, that he did not believe the bulbs would be used in water as shallow as that of Havana harbor. Finally, the man exhibited plans of one of these mines, which, lie said, was the most likely to produce the effect described as causing the wreck of the Maine. It was numbered 2 and was constructed to 500 pound-- of guncotton. BEST ANSWER TO SPAIN. flood-swep- con-conta- in n t ae-ee- h s TWENTY-FOURTHREAD- Y. Pan-guitc- h h 1 , . , . ENDED. NEC OT 'ATIONS SHAWNEETOWN tue Issue luaaor Attaeho. The Blackhawk war veterans at t meeting held at Springville last week decided to hold a camp fire and shan battle at Irovo, August 25 and 2C. Ed war I Boyce, president of th Western Miners Federation, is in Sad Lake looking after matters pertaining to the meeting of the federation it bait Lake next month. descendants of Pairi Seventy-twarch George Davis, a Dixey pioneer gathered at his home in St. Georg last week and celebrated his seventy fifth birthday. He was the first mat to locate in the townsite of St. George Ilank Stokes who was recently captured while operating a still and placed in jail at St. Georee pending trial, escaped last week by digging through ttie wall. He has so far es He is regarded as t caped recapture. is tho ight to he ic man aud desperate No Man's Land," Arizona. Herman Vogel, a Logan brewer, at templed suicide last week by shooting The only causu assigned is trouble ovei with F. C. Kidgell, his step-sowages. Vogel blew his lower jaw ofl with a revolver, but, contrary tc Ions to ;o Through Congress War expectations did not die and has 8 V i.hout I late. fair chance of recovery. Washington, April 0. It is generMrs. Lou Hamilton who was last ally understood at the capitol that the fall acquitted of the charge of killing president w ill recommend armed interher husband, John H. Hamilton, i. vention s, hut not the independence of asking for letters of administration or Cuba. The sentiment among the Rehis estate. She is being opposed in publican members of the house is this by the deceased's mother whe strongly in favor of this intervention, asks that a sister of Hamilton be se and the recognition of Cuban indelected. The estate is small, consisting pendence, and that the Maine affair be of 8150 in money and a little persona brought in prominently in the resolu property. tions. Some of the extremists want the Benjamin Eggington, who is serving a six years sentence in the state prison whole action of the United States predfor killing Martin Mock at Sandy in icated upon the blowing up of the September last, has decided not to ap- Maine. There is a general desire among peal to the Supreme court, as he orig- ttie house Republicans to prevent a inally intended. He will ask fora par- divergence in two sets of resolutions, don, and several of the jurors whe if possible, and if absolute unity of tried him will sign his petition. action can be obtained, a movement David I.ant and Harry Tracey, the will be started to have the resolutions two 11 1 ah outlaws accused ot murder- passed in the house without debate Action without debate, said Mr. ing V. S. Hoy in Browns Park, Colowould he the of Minnesota, Tawney he not the before tried rado, will Sep tetnber term of the Routt county court. strongvst and most dignified response to Spain's refusal to Judge A. VV. Rucker of Aspen, whe we could make to demands. our It would show hears all eases from Routt county, has American peoand the house the that decided it was not best to convene a united. are absolutely ple special term of court. Utah the week the ICoynl Family Fears an Outbreak. Sugar During past 0 The German embashas distributed Berlin, 50,000 April pound company of beet seed among the farmers of Utah sador at Madrid, Ilerr von Radowitz, and Salt Lake counties. Planting will reports to ttie foreign olliee here that begin the first of next week. The the Npauish royal family fears an outsoil is in excellent condition, and a break unless the differences between large portion of the higher partsof the the United States and Spain are soon fields are already smoothed do.vn settled. The Carlist movement is assuming ready for the seed. more active form, and the royal family The railroads have been figuring on fears especially a pronunciumenlo by infantransporting ttie Twenty-fourtGeneral Weyler and the military partry to the Atlantic coast. The troops is prepared in the ty. Everything will Deed one Pullman, ten tourists, for castles flight. royal four baggage, one palace stock and The boy king, Alfonso, will betaken possible two freight cars, all of which to San Luear de Barameda, an Ancan be ready in a short time when ordalusian port, where a yacht is kept dered. The troops would be sent Easl for sailing. ready in two specials of eight or nine cars The replies to the queen's letter askeach. for the intervention of the EuroAfter apeuding several days in a ing have been wholly unsatfruitless search to recover tlxe remains pean powers of Frank Krigbauni, the Park City man isfactory. ItunotTthe Jlcserte mill Robbed. who lost his life in the Butte fire, John C. Price, Boney Ililes, Dunn has returned from Butte. When an old Utah, April Colorado who has prospector, , the tire was raging in the boarding-lrause- been on White river on the prospecting several, men claim toliayeeeu Uneompahgre reservation, came into Krigbaum and others appear at the Lower wiudows in the top slory, hut before run dff Crossing yesterday, having been the reserve by the Indians. ladders could be raised the .wlls fell Ililes refKlrlV tliat" when ' about 20 in and buried the unfortunate men. miles north from Low er Crossing he The ruins have not yet been cleared was met bv a gang of live outlaws from . , , away. tho Robber's Roost' edufj try, who were Secretary of State Hammond lias beaded north, ami wfio covered hiiu collected SO, 58? in fees during the past with their guns and robbed him of quarter and paid the money into the some Si, 500 in gold and dust and St;o state treasury. The sum of $5,034. 2ri in greenbacks. was received as fees from insurance . Ililes has been panning gold on companies, aud in addition to this the White river for some time past atui, insurance companies pay l' percentou sought to keep secret the place of his their gross premiums. There are a few whereabouts while accumulating large companies yet to report their prem- quantities of gold from the placers of w come ill funds from more and iums, that stream, but his surprise by the that source. The Secretary has settled hold-upcaused him to divulge the with 101 insurance companies and the facts to the officers to whom he reinspection o! their voluminous reports ported. involved a great deal of labor. Joseph Betenson who lives near t ition that It recently took in a stranger All FasHos Revoked in Slay Mote Any Ilnur. who gave his name as Frank Lee and Salt Lake City, Apri1 6. Upon regave him lodging. In the morning Betenson found his guest had departed ceipt of instructions from the war detaking along with him two fine saddle partment yesterday the Twenty-Fourtinfantry at Fort Douglas horses, a revolver and a quantity of flour and meat. Lee was evertaken in packed up an made ready to move at the mountains about ten miles distant a moment's notice. AIL piip-i- have J where he had. taken shelter awaiting been revoked. Extrp .supplies have The field pier's alone In making n, run for cover been issued. darkness. will be taken, together-.- with am mini-Whe lost his revolver and was easily for the same. o AT DIREFUL I t, : in.-toiv- n CHARGED TO SPAIN. Senator Perkins Boldly Declares She Blew I p the Maine. Washington, April 4. It was frank- ly and openly charged in the senate today by Mr, Perkins, of California, in a set speech, that Spain was respon- sible for the Maine disaster, as it had been brought about by Spanish machinations and Spanish treachery. The speech of Mr. Perkins was only one of four prepared addresses on the Cuban question, delivered in the senate today. Mr. Clay, of Georgia, while hoping for a peaceful solution of the problem the country is now facing, declared strongly in favor of independence of the Cubans and pleaded to the administration the loyal support of the south, which, in the event of war, would have to bear the brnut of the conflict. Mr. Terkins took substantially the same grounds, and his vigorous treatment of the Maine disaster aroused the crowded galleries to enthusiastic applause. Mr. Mantle, of Montana, while express- iug confidence, in the administration, maintained that the time for action had now arrived, and that action must be to the end that Cuba should be free. d Mr. Rawlins, of Utah, entirely the president from consideration in his speech, holding that the case against Spain was already made up, and that with congress rested the re sp'onsibility of declaring war. Forcing us to wait longer was only to invite criticism. He declared for the most vigorous action immediately. After the Cuban speeches had been delivered, the senate resumed consideration of the sundry civil bill, and finished 33 pages before adjourning. Despite the specific statement that the president's message would not be sent to congress today, and the inferential understanding that the subject of Cuba might not be even referred to, people came to the cgpitol by the thousands. All interest is now centered in the forthcoming message. As foreshad wed by those close to the administra, tion, it will state that diplomacy hw failed to aceompili-- h its purpclos and leave the responsfiility o' tal iug advanced grounds to congress. V ilimi-nate- l';. Washington. Ap, dl tween the United Maf'-- anil cqa".n re- mains uncliqfige.l. No cnslmaaleatioqs having any bearin' upon the situate thisgcivern-men- t have pa?.?ed and bpain since last. Thursday night when Minister Woodford transmitted the reply of the Sagasta ministry to the president's proposition of Both governments two weeks ao. as made up, the to appear accept and gra shaping their courses accordingly. This being tin case, the view is universally entertained, even by representative men of the administra--tiothat congress, upon the receipt of the presidents nicssaye, will take action, which it is almost universally expected must result in a severance of the relations of the two countries. This was in part foreshadowed by the action of the senate committee on foreign relations in agreeing to a resolution recognizing the independence of Cuba and for armed intervention if necessary to secure independence. It is the understanding in official circles based upon information that the recognition of Cuban independence would not in itself be regarded by Spain as a casus belli. But at the same time there is little doubt that such recognition of Cuban independence would be followed by the withdrawal of the Spanish minister and his entire suite from Washington, and of Spain's diplomatic rep-- j Such at resentation at Washington. thing is one of the last steps preceding actual recourse of war. It is probable, however, that the withdrawal of the Spanish minister following the recognition of the independence would not be such an indication of war as it would be an emphatic protest by the Spanish government against the recognition of the independence of a colony over which Spain professes to exercise complete sovereignty. Although this recognition of Independence is not considered as a casus belli by which Spain eould declare war, yet it is believed in diplomatic circles such a step would have consequences inevitably terminating in war. For that reason the recognition of independence is likely to be no less grave than intervention. L.-t-x s - . n. SENATE IS WARLIKE. Regards Destruction AWAY. TOWN WASHED as of the Maine as Grounds for Hostilities. Over Two llumlrrd People Drowold Illinois. I Evansville. 111. Aprilf 3. At fl this afternoon the levee a mile above Shawnee town broke, and from aU information that can be gained here it ia learned that a great part of the place has been destroyed and perhaps a large number of citiaens have been drowned. Shawneetown is 23 miles above Evansville on the Ohio river. It is situated in a valley of extremely low land, with hills skirting it in the rear, levee running from and with a hill to hillThe town is very much in the position of a fortified city, and when the levee gave way a mile above the city under the pressure of a very high river the water shot through a opening and struck the place like .a' hurricane, sweeping everything before it. - 23-fo- ot - 20-fo- Houses were turned and tossed abont like boxes. The people were not warned and for that reason many were caught. Those at home sought refuge in second stories and on housetops. Those in the streets were carried before the avalanche of water and probably a majority of them were drowned. Citizens came from the place by 6kiffs to telephone several miles away and asked for aid from Evansville. They said that more than 200 people were drowned and they had reason to believe that it would reach 500 or even The water stands from 20 to 3d 1,000. feet all over the town. There are, 'of course, no fires or lights in the place, and total darkness Conseenvelopes the desolate city. quently it was impossible for them to have anything like definite information. The men immediately left the' telephone and no further communication has been had. No telegraph or e wdres are telephone working, and communication appears impossible. At 10 oclock two steamboats and a couple of tugs started for Shawnee-tow- n, under a full head of steam, and It is expected some of them will arrive there by 2 a. m. They carry large supplies of food and blankets, quickly collected by the city officials. out-Bid- Destructive Gun Invented. Hurson Wayne, Me., April 4. Maxim, a brother of Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the famous Maxim rapid-fir- e gun. has just invented a gun that, in its awful destructive force, goes far beyond Hirams. It is called the Maxim seriel torpedo, and is designed for coast defense and naval work. As Its name implies, the torpedo is fired into the air, instead of being shot along the surfaee of the water. In fact, it is used the same as any cannon or mortar, The gun from which it is fired has a bore of twenty-siinches. It will throw a ton of dynamite a distance of five miles and if the torpedo ' strikes within a distance of 200 feet of a warship, it will shiver it to atoms. Mr. Maxim has also invented a smokeless powder to use with the torpedo. Washington, April 4. The full senate committee on foreign relations has agreed to accept the recommendation of the for a resolution recognizing the independence of Cuba, and recommending armed intervention if necessary to secure it. This report was presented by Senator Davis, chairman of both the full committee and the and commented freelj upon by all present. While the Foraker resolutions are made the basis, and the principal part of the measure, which will be reported to congress, there are some additions-iphraseology. The most important, and in fact, the only essential addition Is a Spaniih Appeal fro tli Insurgents. paragraph fixing the responsibili-- ' "Washington, April 3. The Spanishj ty upon Spain for the Maine disaster, and citing this as a cause for Ameri- minister has received a telegram from; Havana stating that the autonomist! can resentment if not war. cabinet has addressed an appeal to the! Arrival of Flying; Torpedo Flotilla. insurgents asking them to adjust an. Washington, April 2. The Madrid armistice to fix terms of peace. The dispatch announcing the arrival of the full text of the message could not be Spanish torpedo flotilla at Porto Died seeuVed tonight, as its translation was1 was quite unexpected at Washington not made at the legation.. The insurand cheated considerable comment in gents are to on the ground appealed flavy . circles. So . far as could be that they are all Cubans and should learned, no information on this point unite for peace and liberty, which all has been received by either'the state want. The appeal also states that or navy departments... The arrival oi Spain is the present willing to the flotilla surpasses all forecasts as tc scope of autonomy, enlarge and wilj suggest the time necessary,, to make the trip, such a plan to the cortes, which is sooA and indicates that a high rate of speed to meet. was , maintained' across the oqea-nBANKERS REAVE HAVANA. President McKialey manifested much interest ia the dispatch from Madrid Representative of French end English Houses Ordered Home. that the Spanish flotilla arrived al Porto Rico. About the White nouse,, est, April 4. The steamer Kej a good deal of surprise was expressed Maseotte, from Havana, which has arthat the' flotilla had made so swift a rived, brought a dozen more French passage from the Canaries,, and there and English bankers and merchants was a disposition among some to whom who had left Cuba under telegraphic the information was given not to credit instructions from the houses they it, the opinion being that it had beer represent in their respective countries. given out by the Madrid officials tc The urgency of their instructions was prevent the flying squadron from ueh that no delay was incurred by the winding up of their business. sailing. e, x ; Uncle Sam Bays Another Ship. London, April 4. Commander Conaval attache lwell, the United Ste-tehere, has purchased from the Thames Iron works for his- government, a er.iiser of 1SQ0 tons displacement and capable of a speed of sixteen knots. The vessel carries six guns and ten smaller ones. She is fitted with twin screws and has a protected At 3 o'clock this afternoon deck. Lieut. Commander Colwell hoisted the Stars and Stripes on the cruiser and had then obtained a crew. The vessel will go to sea within three days 4.7-inc- h -- OUR CONSULS IN CUBA Ordered to Havana, So They tan Leave the Island, The Post Washington April 4. Directions have been given to says: the eoasuls in Cnba to repair to ia order that they may be able to leave the island without danger in case of war. Arrangements have been made for General Lee's safe withdrawal if such action becomes necessary. The American newspaper correspond-- 1 pnts in Havana are also, to be given the utmost protection, and they will! be allowed to leave with 66 n. Lee. Ha-Hav- ana |