The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, April 5, 1898, Page 1

OLUME LI—NUMBER 172 FRESH —$__ ___.., PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 'TUESI DARKER A JAY, APRIL 5, 1898, | In this afternoon: Chocolates, Bon-bons, Pralinis President McKinley Himself Ad- mits That Peace Is Jimpossi- ble Unless Spaix Backs Taffy (new), Etc., at ISOULE'S ‘ 313 Broadway — Fhone 313 BALp-to-date stock patent medicines. Prescriptions solicited. . We are selling Sarsaparilla... At 50 cents Bottle: Our own make. * ORUGGISTS... GOLD FISH AGENTS PIANOS ve AND ORGANS... *QIWAR MESSAGE WILT, g ‘J, D. BACON & C0, To Report Pc For Down Conxpletely. Will Send g Wave of Enthusiasm Over the Cov‘ atry, Says Seoretary Day—Congress Is Perfectly Satisfied. WAR VESSELS 60 TO HAVANA Ta Bring Consul General Lee and All American Citi- zens Home, CONGRESS COMMITTEES READY Freeing Cuba and Armed Intervention at Ones, MEDIATION RUMOR ALL A FAKE. in Cuba, returned to his home here Saturday. His report of the condi, tions in the island differs in no es: sential detail from that of Senators Proctor, Thurston, Gallinger and others who have recently spoken and Shawneetown. —_——_—_—_—_. written on the subject. Dr, May says in addition: “The recent revocation fot the re- concentrado order is a farce, as the < Will be placed on special sale for]Spain Tried in Vain to Get the the next Pope to Interfere, But HOUSES WERE TOSSED ABOUT LIKE COCKLESHELLS. A Burning House Floating With the Tangled which lately left Havana for Porto! number. Doubtless many who are}received to the message, probably started down the stream with the Rico, will join the torpedo flotilla at | believed to be d ill ae | ; St, Vincent, Cape de Verde Islands, © be dead will turn up| because the mayor of Shawneetown | others. Cadi presents a scene of great ani-) Ve: jcould not be reached. When tie | The,people on the Ng ech ; mation and activity with the gather-| It is not known how many may| Hopkins arrived the mayor rete y collisicue Wilh other . Hoatiiak ing of war vessels, ; have been canied off on planks or ed that she remain over until after houses, Lut the appearance of this Admiral Cervera is there with the | floating debris and resciied at points | the council meetir floating fire brand added horror. As protected cruisers Cristobal Colon, lrelow,. am : 1 e aft @| Alfonso -XfII." tod Terecve Gpot |helow. | The mayor this afternoon received it struck one house after another in ‘Teresa; the torpedo cruise! The list of dead, therefore, cannot a bulletin that a message could not, (* ag course some caught fire i cruisers Don aoe os Re semgeeet beev {and their unfortunate people were ees . Marie de Molina and Destructor; |¢ even approximated, be gotten through to the mayor of] compelled to intrust themselves to The Diogenes is an excelient yes-| the torpedo vessels Orion, Barcelo} Both the Sunshine and Hopkins | Shawneetown. the mercy of the swirling waters on Lach ee Ce displacement, and Prt ion and the torpedo destroy-Jearried stores to the inhabitauts,| The council this afternoon alopted | pieces of wood to avoid 8 more ter- vi pe used on the secon ine of je-| ¢r ‘Os nA, 4 . ri y tense by this government, "| ‘The toryado boat destroyer Osada| THe bot londs had already arrived, | resolutions of sympathy with the suf-| ible death by fire. in 1882 for the Portyguese govera- being driven beck there by a storm, The vale where last stood the | committee were authorized to extend! communication on two railroads, the “went, but the authorities failed to| to Ferrol for her equipment of stores. | doomed city is a terrible one, It is! such aid and relief as they deem} Baltimore & Olio Southwestern and {eo lee Buell * the Thames ae will then join the squadron at) nothing but a desolate waste of water | necessary when the mayor of Shaw-| the Louisville & Nashville. 4ron works and was rebuilt durin aaiz, wi v7 evees gayi y | nee! a | heard The first rush of the current dic the last year. She has a speed off The torpedo boat destroyer Audaz, aria hd rah’ tard FU arHeT | scratch ‘Sate gent ce rede ako [Rese all” tha wARaiapNa WH Sd on sixteen knots, and has an excelient| her mate, is rico assigned to this|’ # moment's warning. That supplies were sent on today’s boat. water bad slackened somewhat, many battery, — Knapp, it isex-|*auadron, Tie Audaz is in dry|i8 Why so many lost their lives, TORY OF THE HORROR. houses were still standing, but it was 0 TO CONGRESS TOMORROW, | vected: will arrive in England on the! dock tn Queenstown undergoing re-{ Years ago the levee broke, but it Chitego, April A special to/‘uickly seen that the frame ones Somers today and will imuediately! pairs after her encounter with a gale| broke in daytime, and the people were the Chronicle from Carmi, Ill g; | Would not last in the steady crush of oe ete os ses, cosilag to Mew York with on tn poi Lispatchea | “7€d in time to escape. The disaster at Shawneetown, Ill. ,| the flood. he Diogenes, , nforcemen e dispate : owi mand of both vessels on their voyage, | the Canary Iclands fonhwith,| THe Hopkias took down a party] came when the great majority of the] 1 id water seventy ot sight pam Sed 7 BT as aa bd “4 ' “4 7 9 it w, yeople wore their on at eintnnce ates seventy © * s "SC NAVY 3 Iwo batteries of artillery with heavy |f telephone men today, and it was rete ere eee ple were transfered from their garret PAIN’S NAVY MOBILIZID Krupp guns for the fortifications, and | thought that telephone and telegraph-|° Ne a te legee ocourred a{ Windows and roofs to the lat tops of omer war stores anc three battalions of in-/i¢ communication coull be establieh- milla 'above tl town, and within ten|the Gallatin Connty Bank, a brick Reinforcements of Artillery for pat by sie er acy ed by this afternoon, minutes was more than half a mile/ and stone building, and the court : esday ; two | ions of i y aa suse, which is of bricks Spanish Fortifications, All — |and one of engineers will embark at} 4 YOUDg map named McLane ask-| wide. a ae lee Ti wae foned that’ hae eos OLAS RESC LEAS ied Nha Equipped for War. Cadiz, ; ed one of the boat officers who were] 4 5 deep, carrying halt of the eat. | Withstand the pressure and the un- = All these forces will be equipped|the dead. The first name called Ms 1} ' derminin but when the singie Key W yan!) & . f° 8 , { rent of the tlocd-raised Ohio, de- igs | . id ey Weat to be ready for any emer-| New York, April 5.—A dispatch| for war, proved to be the young man's!gcended on the unsuspecting people, | CoUfier Who rode for help to Cypress gency. to the World yesterday from Madrid | ae <9 hothier ave: It came down in a great rush like} Junction left Shawneetown only those Pe cares medion Th i Ithat th iser| | ae od root . iv yal mits. Faia atidal wave. There as no slow ris. | buildings showed above the broad he impression is {that the cruiser) hard to be half soled, and get first- ) zee . hee! he flood in the low f has proved to be all bencombe, It Viscays, 10€ Almirante Oquendo;| blebs works 8 if PADUCAH WILL GIVE AID, fing of the waters to give warning. ai of bad ite near eer ran ‘s known, however, that Spain tried plead The houses on the outskirts were| the town, and its is in vain t the ee % = i lifted up and rolled over and over, {thrown against them, Jt was doubt- {o prevail upoa the Fope to Important Meeting of the City} Most of tiem were torn into splin.{ ful if they would not collapse and tse his influence in ber bebalf. The Council {This Afiernoon ters, Their inhabitants were drowned | throw the refugees into nhe river. publication of the alleged mediation . : 3 pat ek ‘ Besides the hundred or more who was only a Spanish trick to gain Mayor Lang ealled the council to- Nearer the center of the town some| ere on the roofs of the two sound time, gether this afternoon to provide for] prick etrectures stopped the ush | buildings, itis known that nearly 4 J cee »Jabout two-thirds of the dwellings|ODe Way or other to make their way MOCKERY Fe eemcapned the mayor of BLAW.| SACU Tae half tocrtan liens | to, (he high bila baal Gt the Wage Be i “epeens Chiaculstiniiencsmteiqelaeaele neetown this forenoon to ascertain} ig fic ated into the current of the} t© houses in the higher section of the Revocation of Keconcentrado Order a what kind of relief they most need. v0, c village itself. Mere Farce. Ca H 1 4 It was the desire of the city to send] * . a tha A few of these survived the sud- Washington, April 5—The R me the Resistless Floods of the Ohio Ur i) what would be most pe rf Gua aitaatide wabsaae et ante den burst cf the waters. but their ashington, April 5—The Rev, ‘ ost acce situation was added to by itagina tut, hc hae bea: treveting the Helpless Inhabitants of to this afteraoon no reply had been | catching fire of a large house that had aval eee NEW SHOE STYLES! FOR EASTER AND Z HARDING & MILLER REO HOT D*BATE IN THE SENATE TODAY, <ITEN DAYS »& AT THE MUSIC HOUSE The nicest line pianos and organs ever offered in Paducah, at Jowest prices and on easiest term, IN CHARGE 0 (D.D. MEYPIRLD, GEN RL AGENT] Live hustlers warited SES MORE SPANISH MINES, Th th Forty Secrets, Placed in Front and About Morro Floating Submarine Terrors Castle, Havana, April 5.—Forty tloating *sabmarine mines were secretly plant- ed in Havana harbor last Wednesday | With him, night by the Spanish government This information comes from of- ficial sources and is absolutely t.| ‘The mines were laid in the narrow- eet part of the channel, between Morro and Punta, ia two lines of tweétity mines each. They float 24 fect under the sur- © face. Each is attached by an anchor = y ehain to a heavy cable anchored on the bottom, The denotating fun up the chains. Ships afloat, But if an entering tleet should use counter mines or how tor- pedoes on approaching the narrowest | '°S Spain with the deliberate : and part of the entrance to the harbor,the| premeditated murder of the deliber- mines could be explode BIRD'S POINT UNDER WATER. * Citizen's Living in Box Cars—Rail- way Business Interfered With. Cairo, U!,, Apri! 5. —Bird’s Point, | has departed, and no one for a mo- Mo,, is experiencing a repetition of} ment imagines that Spain will back the trouble in last year’s flood. The whole town is under water and many inhabitants have been com- pelled i» leave their homes and living in box cars "The Iron Mountain tracks are un-| wade for hostilities at a moment’s der water and have been abandoned. The Cotton Belt track also is ip danger of being washed away, A big stock of new spring goods has just been received at Geo, Bern- hard’s and will be sold ata yery swall margin’ Dr, Edwards Throat Special TOOTH POWDERS! We prepare a tooth powder that is endorsed by the dental profes- sion. Besides being a pleasant addition to the toilet, its continue: hi, ut. cor-| message is being copied. All wires} the senate, Six ringing and patriatic Phere is sufficient speeches were made urging the im- * force there to paralyze the biggest] mediate declaration of war, demands are| departments preparations are rushed ye, Nose and |}, 1} since the late war, use will prove of the greatest util-|be vigorous and full of fight as any He Refused His Aid, Vashinton, Aptil Ip. -—Bulletin:— ~President McKinley admits t peace is impossible unless Spain *ks down completely. His mes- sage will be ready for congress tomor- ‘ow and Assistant Secretary of State Jay says it will send a wave of en- thusiastic patriotism over the whole country, Congress now knows that the Presi- dent is firm and fearless and awaits his bidding with perfect satisfaction. Bulletin: 2:40 p. m.—The pres- ident has cabled Consul General Lee to charter boats and leave Cuba im- mediately, and to take all Americans Bulletin: 3 p. m.—The president's the members of the cabinet spprove it. The message leaves the Cuban mat- ter to congress to settle, by war or by peace. Washington, April been a day of intense excitement in ing the freedom of Cuba and charg- ate and premeditated murder of the soldiers and sailors on the ill-fated Maine. Washington, April 5,—There is a most decided war-like feeling in the atmosphere today. All hope of peace down, which is the only chance of averting war, At the war and navy as hurriedly as ever and arrangements notice. Congress was informed today by the President that vessels have been sent to Havana to remove Consul people to whom It applies are too ill to work and have nothing with which to start had they strength. Blanks have been issued to the starving = wretches, which are to be filled out} AWFUL SCENES OF DESOLA with requisitions for whatever they need and sent to Havana. The mockery of it is that the farce ends with sending in the blanks. Nothing]Qne Hundred and Fifty the Lat- more is heard of them. . . “The relief work is going forward] est Estimate of the Num- of Lives That Were rapidly in 210 towns, but there are Lost. TION between 50,000 and 110,000 recon- centrados who must die, however generous the relief, for they are al- ready beyond help.’’ LEE READY TO RETURN. BOATLOADS OF NEEDED SUPPLIES Washington, April 5,—News yes- terday from Havana is to the effect] Have Been Sent by the Generous that excitement there shows no sign of abatement, and that Consul Gen- eral Lee has made arrangements to turn the American consulate over to British Consul Golin, and has al- ready made the necessary arrange- ments to do so in case Gen, Lee has to leave Havana suddenly. Gen, Lee has not abandoned hope Of postponement of immediate hos- tilities, and his conference with Con- sul Golin, it is understood here, was due not to his intention of leaving, but merely to insure the fullest pro- tection of the consulate and Ameri- Peuple of ansyille and Elsewhere For the Sufferers, PADUCAH WILL ALSO SEND SUPPLIES. | m.—| Evansville, April 5, Forty-eight bodies ered from the water which inundates Shawneetown to a depth of from ten 3 p. have been recoy- | Debris Added Horrors to the Scene. ; Evansville, lod. April 5,—Thede- | tails of theSiawneetown flood tell of the terrible adiforings of the unfortu- jnate people and of the horrors of the jdisaster. Shawneetown is literally j cut off from the world, without tele- graph, telephones and railroads. Another relief boat will leave here jthis afternoon with food and va supplies for the sufferers. Up to morning morning thirty bodies had been recovered; all fears fully mangled. A conservative esti- |mate places the number of lives lost jat 150. ‘The property loss is fully $500,000 MORE DETAILS, The steamers Sunshine and John S Hopkins arrived in the city at 1:30 this afternoon, A large crowd was at the wharf to meet the steamers. In the crowd were many who had friends or rel- atives in the ill-fated city, Shawnee- can residents should he be suddenly forced to abdiccte. of the rescue boats. ARMY ALL READY. Sheriff Galloway returned with the General Nelson A, Miles Answers a]the rescuers, who all night were in Few Questions. of the bodies of New York, April 5—The World et | His wife and two children were dis yesterday has the following from covered in the hall of his house. The Washington. These questions were| children’s arms were clasped around ennh fe: Lapel , their mother’s neck ; she had endeay- 1, Is the army ready? ored to carry them to safety, but was sat anette egos ill Keane be overtaken by the rushing water. tia in any of the states and territories} Sheriff Galloway leaped from the or will the first orders relate solely to} boat when he saw the swollen bo:lies the nayy? , ot his wife and children, and begged drat te ae itates will be called upont ene men who rescued them to let him “Jn anewer to. the first question | share their watery grave, Gen. Miles said: The Riverside hotel “The army is now ready for.any}house have been transformed into duty that confronts it, Half anhour} morgues, and the skifig are |) inging oF Roo bis ony Ope In the bodies constantly, 11 will be power ets 4 and rapid fire | Several weeks before the exact num- guns as itis in field service, but in} ber of drowned will be known. The case of an emergency we will have to] men worked all through the cold make the best use We can of Our fa-}rginy night, ia many cases women atric went|with the searchers heedless of Sa a en tan tee the cold or rain, Several attempts to thirty feet, Many. touching inci+ dents are witnessed by those in charge search his family, and court General Lee and all the Amencans from the island, General Lee has re- plied to the President that he cannot ave before Sunday. The President's message will cer- tainly go to Congress tomorrow, It! willembody the Maine matter as well as all the controversies now be- tween this country and Spain. It is predicted that it will be the ablest state paper that has gone to Congress ‘The message will ity to the health of the mouth and} one can desire. teeth. Our toothache drops give quick EE & LYNE DRUGGISTS Both the house and the Senate foreign relations committees areready to report resqlutions for freeing Cuba by armed intervention, The battleship Texas and the Ram Katahden have heen dispatched to to the regular troops, but the nation-| were made to commit suicide by the al guards of the Gulf and Atlantic} women who had lost their husbands states would be held in reserve. and children. ‘The stricken city has declared to man the auxiliary cruisers} #04 fuel. ? é and coast defense ships.’’ Evansville’sent another boat this TWO MORE WAR VESSELS. — Uncle Sam Buys the Cruiser Diog- morning to the relief of the sufferers, The mayor has message from Governor Tanner say- ingno more relief from this city just received a enes and the ‘Torpedo Boat would be needed at present. The Somers. county commissioners this morning made an appropriation of $5,000 Wasbington, April 5.—Uncle Sam i pa has purchased two more formidable | for relief of the stricken people, Tel- fighting vessels and they will be over|ephone and telegraph communication pa Soon 08.8 high yale ot Liye has just been established between | DPD em, ieut, nay a3 2 i ; pel jordered ew te Beate. log this city and Shawneetown. Hun- | bought from the Thames Iron works, the carliest possible moment, the flooded city. both b dreds of people are sending messages) 7VY¥' > and bring it over with the Somers at|of inquiry to friends and relatives at town, ‘They thronged the deck, and asked many questions of the officers, The Sunshine remained all night at Shawneetown, but the Hopkins did not arrive there until 6 o'clock this morning. The worst was over when arrived, Relief had coine, and the inhabitants were as comfortable 9s could bg expected aining ircumstances, Some were in the upper story of hotels and other buildings; some sleeping on roofs, under good shelter, however, while the torreut raged beneath, They had plenty of food, but no way to cook it. A barge of coal was expected to arrive there this after- noon, The water is from 10 to 14 feet deep in the The Ohio levee which was riprapped, is intact. The water is within five feet of the top of it on the inside and outside, It is impossible to learn the extent of mortality, The people drowned are mostly imprisoned in the upturn- ed walls of floating houses, and it is now the re WESELL impossible to deteswine The Vive, ( Globe, | Adlake, Cameras...’ American, Diamond, Ray, Zar. We instruct you thoroughly. We cep everything necessary to tak ing pictures. £2e HERSON’'sS ORUG STORE SPRING WEAR The feet can and should be elegantly and stylishly dressed. 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