Show 1 HAVANA K ARDOR Ml i SOUTHERN CENSOR sets Blade Known By an American - 8BO H CBOSBY Jr Kdltsr w PukltaUoi UTAH RICHFIELD UTAH NEWS The Blackhawk war veterans at I week meeting held at Springville last Blmn and fire a hold decided to camp battle at Provo August 25 and 26 Edward Boyce president of th Western Miners’ Federation is in Sab Lake looking after matters pertaining to the meeting of the federation it Salt Lake next month descendants of Patri Seventy-tw- o arch George Davis a Dixey pioneer gathered at his home in St Georgi last week and celebrated his seventy fifth birthday He was the first mar to locate in the townsite of St George Hank Stokes who was recently cap tured while operating a still and placed in jail afc St Georee pending trial escaped last week by digging esthrough the wall He has so far s as is He regarded caped recapture desperate man and is tho ght to be it “No Man’s Land” Arizona Herman Vogel a Logan brewer at tempted suicide last week by shooting The’ only cause assigned is troubl ovei with F C Kidgell his step-soofl lower his blew jaw Vogel wages but contrary tc with a revolver expectations did not die and has fair chance of recovery Mrs Lou Hamilton who was Iasi fall acquitted of the charge of killing her husband John H Hamilton ii asking for letters of administration oB his estate She is being opposed in this by the deceased’s mother whe asks that a sister of Hamilton be selected The estate is small consisting of $150 in money and a little personal ' n ICaval Attacho Shawnee-tow- n Vashington April 0— Details have Ridgeway 111 April 5— obtained of the manufacture of is threatened with Bubmliarao m'nes iQ London for Spain total destruction Innumerable more whl3h wa first brought to the atten- lives may be lost before another day tion cf he United States embassy in has passed LondoPQ an cabled to Washington on Hundreds of people hart not yet MarchV4been rescued from the houses in which A mat1 whose cards describe him as they were imprisoned others are still n electrical and in the tree engineer tops and still others are being time was the forwarded at whose o: jme afloat on the waste of the torrent to Washi gton then said he sold to Late reports say tho entire levee will fllcers in London several be Spanish destroyed and every frame house in mines of number large Is certain to he dashed to pieces town years ago were placed in The wind is of which te miles or eight blowing thirty-fiv- e Havana ha: bor He said they were an hour with rain that cuts like made in a sA'®cial way had a specially glass Great fear is expressed for the constructed icable which he can identi- rescue force now in Shawneetown as is produced can resist the power of the fy if the smallest piece som of the mines nothing that and he added waves dashing ten feet high under the were fixed sol that they could be fired impetus of the gale If the storm does from a fort vahile two of them were not cease the entire town is doomed so arranged twat they would explode as well as most of the people who have nto c°°tact with not upon a vessel yet reached the liLltops This inthem formation comes by telephone from ed however that he the The man temporary station on the hillsides tho bulbs would be west of Shawneetown did not boliev shallow as- that of used in water There is no means of estimating the harboi1 Havana Finally the man number drowned All the relief work exhibited plans f one of these mines is devoted to rescuing people from the as the most likely to which he said tops of trees brick houses and high described as causing knolls The loss of life is effect the produce largely the wreck of th© Maine It was num- among colored people whose light bered “2” and was l constructed to frame structures gave way at the time f guncotton 500 poiinds time when the wall of water struck them giving them no chance to esBEST ANSWER TO SPAIN Washington the pt y I I r ’ e 1 Pan-guitc- h h and issue Spain re- 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 offioial circles based upon information that the recognition of Cuban independ- hurricane sweeping everything before such recognition Citizens came from the place by skiffs 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 1000 The water stands from 20 to 30 feet all over the town There are of course no fires or lights in the place and total darkness Consenvelopes the desolate city was it to for them equently impossible have anything like definite informa-- l tion The men immediately left the! telephone and no further communication has been had No telegraph or telephone wires are working and outside communication appears itnpossl-- ! ble At 10 o'clock two steamboats and' a couple of tugs started for Shawneetown uader 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 of Cuban independence would be followed by the withdrawal of tho Spanish minister and his About 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 5 entire suite from Washington and the termination of Spain’s diplomatic rep- resentation Washington ' Such a is one the of last steps preceding thing actual recourse of war It is probable however that the withdrawal of the Spanish minister followiig the recognition of the independence would not be Buch 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 ss a casus belli by which Spain eould declare war yet it ip 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 at poured through the main street 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 Houses 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 side of the town A large number also reached the little hills which are a mile from town and from there saw their property crumble in the muddy waters When daylight came this morning the streets 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 CHARGED TO SPAIN SENATE IS WARLIKE Regards Destruction of the Maine as Grounds tar Hostilities Washington April 4— The full senate committee on foreign relations has agreed t(?‘ac9£pt the recommendation of the subcommittee for ft resolution recogji4tjagihe‘independence of Cuba and recopaqseding armed intervention if oecessare it This Senator Dareporasipjented'hy vis chairnqnc of both the full comto"-'sfe- She Blew mittee aptV- - th® and Washington April 4 —It was frankall upon present by ly and openly charged in the senate commentedfreely Whilehe Fqraket resolutions are Mr in of California Perkins by today a set speech that Spain was respon- made the basis an$ th principal part sible for the Maine disaster as it had pf the measu re whyh will be reported to congress there are some additions' been broughtbout by Spanish in phrase olojgy The most important and 'Spanish treachery The aqd in fact the only essential addition speech of Mr Jerkins was only pne of Is a paragraph fixing the responsibili-- j fpur' prepared addresses on the Cuban Twain for the Maine disaster ty ppon senate in the delivered question today Mr Clay of Georgia while hoping for’ andciting this as a cause for Ameri- a peaceful solution of the problem'the can resentment if not war Arrival ot Fifing Torpedo Flotilla country is now facing declared Strong' of favor tha of independence-in ly Washington April 2— The Madrid Cubans and pleaded to the administradispatch announcing the arrival of the tion the loyal support of the south Spanish torpedo flotilla at Porto Ricd which in the event of war would have was quite unexpected at to bear the brnnt of the conflict Mr and created considerable Washingtonj comment iq Perkins took substantially the same navy circles So far as could be grounds and his vigorous treatment of learned no information on this point the Maine disaster aroused the crowd- has been received by either the state ed galleries to enthusiastic applause or navy The arrival oj departments Mr Mantle of Montana while expressthe flotilla surpasses all forecasts as tc ing confidence in' the administration the time necessary to make the trip maintained that the time for action and indicates that ft high rate of speed had now arrived and that action must was maintained across the ocean be to the end that Cuba should be free President McKinley manifested much d Mr Rawlins of Utah entirely interest ia the dispatch from Madrid the president from consideration that the Spanish flotilla arrived a( in his speech holding that the case Porto Rico About the White House against Spain was already made up a good deal of surprise was expressed and that with congress rested tho re- that the flotilla had made so swifts sponsibility of declaring war Forcing passage from the Canaries and there us to wait longer was only to Invite was a disposition among some to whom criticism He declared for the most the information was given not to credit it the opinion being that it had been vigorous action immediately After the Cuban speeches had been given out by the Madrid officials to delivered the senate resumed consid- prevent the flying squadron from eration of the sundry civil bill and sailing finished 33 pages before adjourning Uncle Bam Buys Another Ship Despite the specific statement that the sent he not London would April 4 -- Commander Col president’s message to congress today and the inferential well the United States naval attache understanding that the subject of Cuba here has purchased from the Thames might not be even referred to people Iron works for his government a cruiser of 18GO tons displacement and came to the capitol by the thousands All interest is now centered in tbs capable of a speed of sixteen knots guns forthcoming message As foreshad- The vessel carries six She is fitted owed by those close to the administra and ten smaller ones tion it will state that diplomacy has with twin screws and has a protected this afternoon failed to accomplish its purpcies and deck At 3 o'clock Colwell hoisted the adr tal of log lsave the responsibility Stars and Stri pes on the cruiser and hod then obtained a crew vanced grounds to congress The vessel will go to sea within three days machi-n&tid- it Houses were turned and tossed The people were abont like boxes 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 carence would not in itself be regarded ried before the avalanche of water by Spain as a casus belli But at the and probably a majority of them were same time there is little doubt that drowned cape Sonator PerkifisBoldly Declare “ I'pvfre Blaine Two 20-fo- ot Con-conta- in ’ States Hundred People Drowned la Illinois III Evansville April 3 — Aft ft a mil above levee the afternoon fthia from all inand town broke Shawnse Over i April 4 — The United Issues a ‘ - property tions is who Some of the extremists want the serving Benjamin Eggington a six years’ sentence in the state prison whole action of the U lited 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 gen ral desire among peal to the Supreme court as he orig- the house Republicans to prevent a inally intended He will ask fora par- divfergence in two sets of resolutions don and several of the jurors whe if possible and if Absolute unity of action can be obtained a movement tried him will sign his petition David Lant and Harry Tracey the will he started to have the resolutions two Utah outlaws accused ot murder- passed in the house without debate “Action without debate” said Mr ing V S Hoy in Brown’s Park Coloof Minnesota “would be the Tawney rado will not be tried before the Sep and most dignified response strongest tember term of the Koutt county court to Spain's refusal to acmake could we Judge A W Rucker of Aspen whe demands' It would show hears all cases from Routt county has cede to oar the American peoand house decided it was not best to convene s that the bnited” ple special term of court Royal Family Frars an Outbreak During the past week the Utah Sugai Beilin 50000 April 6— The German embasdistributed has pounds company Herr von Radowitz Madrid at sador of beet seed among the farmers of Utah to the foreign office here that and Salt Lake counties Planting will reports the The Spanish royal family fears an outbegin the first of next week break unless the differences' between a find condition soil Is in excellent United the of the Statesjmd Spain are soon large portion of the higher parts - smoothed settled down fields are alreadyM The Carlist mofement is assuming ' the seed ready-fomore active formund the royal family The railroads have been figuring on fears especially d pronunciamento by h infantransporting the Twenty-fourtGeneral Weyler jnd the military partry to the Atlantic coast The troops ty Everything lis prepared in the vwill ne6d one Pullman ten tourists castles forlight-Thfour 'baggage onC' palace stock and royal boy king Alfonso will he taken pqssible two freight cars all of which to San Lncar di Baramedo an Ancan be ready in a short time when or-- ' dalusian port Wiere a yacht is kept dered The troops would be sent Easl for sailing it in two specials of eight or nine cars ready The replies tethe queen's letter askeach ing for the intervention of the EuroAfter spending several days In pean powers hije been wholly unsatfruitless search to recover the remains of Frank Krigbaum the Park City man isfactoryoff Run the Reserve and Robbed who lost his life in the Butte fire John Price Utah Ipril 6 — Boney Ililes Dunn has returned from Butte When an old Coloracu who has prospector the fire was raging in the boarding-haus- been on White river on the g prospect several men claim to have seen Uncompahgrejeservation came into Krigbaum and others appear at th Lower Crossiil yesterday having been windows in the top story but before run off the resrve by the Indians ladders could be raised the walls fell Hiles repo that when about 20 In and buried tbft unfortunate men miles north ira Lower Crossing he The ruins have not yet been cleared was met by alangof five outlaws from away the Robber’sfoost country who were Secretary of State Hammond has headed nortl and who covered him collected $9587 in fees during the past with their ans and robbed him of quarter and paid the money into the Borne $1500 ir gold and dust and $00 state treasury The sum of $598423 in greenbacki was received as fees from insurance Hiles has) been panning gold on companies and in addition tolhis the White river ir some time past and insurance companies pay per cent on sought to kep secret the of his place their gross premiums There are a few wbereaboutewhile large accumulating companies yet to report their prem- quantities o gold from the of placers iums and more funds will come from that stream but his the by surprise that source The Secretary has settled hold-up- s cosed him to divulge the with 101 insurance companies and the facts to th officers to whom he reinspection of their voluminous reports ported involved a great deal of labor TWENV-FOURT- H READY Joseph Betenson who lives near Evoked AUFauei In Expectation that It recently took in a stranger Bly Move Any Hour who gave his name as Frank Lee and Salt Lak City April 6— Upon reIn the morning gave him lodging of inductions from the war deceipt Betenson found his guest had departed partment the Twenty-Fourt'yesterday taking along with him two fine saddle ifantry at Fort Douglas horses a revolver and a quantity oi n flour and meat Lee was evertaken in packed up j made ready to move at a moment! notice All passes have the mountains about ten miles distant been Extra revojed supplies have where he had taken shelter awaiting been The fjel(l cover pieces alone In making a run for darkness he tajjn together with am Munwill was easily cap- ition he lost his revolver and for same tured the 25-fo- ot ’ War Resolutions to Go Through Congress bate Without 6 — It is generApril! Washington ally understood at thcl capitol that tho president will recomiw nd armed intervention s but not the ndependence of Cuba The sentimen among the Republican members of the house is strongly in favor of this intervention and the recognition jof Cuban independence and that the Maine affair be brought in prominently in the resolu- Regard Made Up TOWN WASHED AWAY mains unchanged No communications having any bearing upon the situation formation that can be gained here it between this governhave passed a learned that great part of tha ment and Spain since last Thursday ia has been destroyed and perhaps night when Minister Woodford trans- place of citisens have been number a large mitted the reply of the Sagasta minisdrowned try to the president’s proposition of Shawneetown is 25 miles above Both government two weeks ag-on the Ohio river It is sitEvansville appear to accept the issue as made up( in a uated valley of extremely low and are shaping their courses accordwith hills land skirting it in the rear ingly This being the case the view a levee running from with and is universally entertained even by “ ' hill- to hill of the administrarepresentative men The town is very much in the post tion that congress upon the receipt of a fortified city and when the tion of the presidents message will take action which it is almost universally levee gave way a mile above the city1 the pressure of a very high river expeoted must result in a severance of under the water’ shot through a the relations of the two countries This was in part foreshadowed by opening and struck the place like a! - I - Both Countries Loss of IJfe and Property Beyond Conjecture-Situation Growing Worn flood-swe- ENDED NEGOTIATIONS AT SHAWNEETOWN DIREFUL hs Destructive Gun Invented Me Wayne April 4 — Hurson 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 It is called the) beyond Hiram’s Maxim nriel torpedo and is designed for coast defense and naval work As Its name implies the torpedo is fired In to the air instead of being shot along the surfaee of the water In fact it is U6ed the same as any cannon or mortar The gun from which it is fired has a bore of twenty-si- x inches It1 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 Bpiolik Appeal to ths Insurgent Washington April 3— The Spanish minister has received a telegram from Havana stating that the autonomist cabinet has addressed an appeal to the Insurgents asking them to adjust an armistice to fix terms of peace The1 full text of the message could not bo secured tonight as its translation was not made at the legation The insurgents are appealed to on the ground that they are all Cubans and should unite for peace and liberty which all want The appeal also states that Spain is willing to enlarge the present scope of autonomy and will suggest such a plan to the cortes which is soon to meet BANKERS LEAVE HAVANA iliml-nate- 47-inc- h Lieut-Command- er Representatives of French and English Houses Ordered Home West Key April 4 — The steamer Mascotte from Havana which has brought a dozen more French and English bankers and merchants who had left Cuba under telegraphic Instructions from the houses they ar-riv- ed represent in their respective countries The urgency of their instructions was suoh that ao delay was incurred by the winding up of their business OUR CONSULS IN CUBA i Ordursd t Havana So Thsy tan Leave tho Island Washington April 4 — The Post Directions have been given t© ay the eonsuls in Cuba to repair to ia order that they may be able to leave the island without danger in case of war Arrangements have bbeh or General Lee’s safe withdraw-- J suc!1 acHon becomes necessary-ThAmerican newspaper correspond-1 enta in Havana are also to be given' the utmost protection and they will11 be allowed to leave with Gen Lee — Ha-Hava- na |