Newspaper Page Text
7li CJ "U'tJU'U I-1 UJUU U U'UVI mm .r ui naiM, Hnnrrhton Countv. Michlfran. Tuesday. April 5. 1898. No. ,23V ylJIa VI v i vt 'im s i i - A31RD IS (NOUN BY H I S NOTE . A Man His Talk, a Geatlemaa 87 His Clothes.. A MAN tearing our establishment clad in one of our perfect fitting, .elegantly c ' spring suits goe out with that feel 'action and confidence which a gen. 'aolwhen he la faultlessly attired. . . Our new In, of Bprlng Fabrics are now ready for your inspection, Mr. HorwlU doea his own outtlng by the latest Improved Helghth &, Weight system. In connection with the tailoring establishment, I do ladles' tailoring Coats, capes and skirts to order in all the latest styles. THE E.nPlIlR TAlLlsUIXU CO. D. Ilorwltz, Manager. because there was no warning, the flood weeping ever the town like water through a inlllrace. Mr. C. K Storrs. who had charge of the provision boat from Evansvllle tele ShawneetOWn, Ills., Under Many Phon from Mount Vernon. Ind L that Feet of Water. hundreds' of people drowned. I The Frightful Disaster Caused by the Itreaking of the Levee Above the Town Floating House CntcliM Fire and Com municate the Flames to Other Houses t'pou Which People Had Takeu Kefuge Appeal to Congrens an. I State for Help. Rldgeway, Ills., April 5. The Shaw neetown horrocgrowB hourly. It la es timated by the mayor that WO lives have been lost. Shawneetown was pe culiarly situated and the entire ar rangement of the town contributed to make the lo98 of life heavy. It stood on town. Mayor Carney now estimates the loss of life at 100 people. There is no list of names prepared as yet. He con firms the report that Sheriff Galloway's family is drowned. The bodies were re covered at 7 o'clock in the morning, all clasped in each other's embrace. The levee broke on the north Fide and without warning, catching the people like rats In a trap. The entire own Is submersed from ten to twenty feet. The people are huddled in the Riverside hotel, ctrt house and school houpe, ail of which are two-story buildings. Ev ansvllle's provision boats arrived early in the morning. Mayor Atkins dis patch was read to those assembled in the Riverside hotel amid breathless si lence. When it was completed the peo- nlP shouted: "God bless Evansviiie OUTLOOK-IS OMINOUS. President Has Exhausted Diplo matic Resources. MESSAGE NOT SENT TO CONGRESS. Meeting of the Senate and Houae Commit tees on Foreign Affaire lienor guesada Rays That Cuban Will Not Consent to an Armistice Until Their Independence 1. .--.I r:n.ml Lee lteady to Leave Havana Spain's Torpedo Flotilla. Washington, April 5. Conservative senators who were at the Capitol early in the day announced that the outlook in the Cuban matter appeared very ominous to them. One of them, who ha hopn psnprtallv ODtlmlstiC and anxious to avoid war, stated that ev erything possible had been done and fiftTELV'S COOPS fiRE GOOD COOPS. Do you know what's what, if not the underlined statement above . . . . will inform you . . . 1 u AV,l,. In o anrt a low-lying snore w wr ... - v thai nrMpnt had de- of Docket between the hills and a gl-I ana ner mayor. ihmhu u,v- ----of pocket tween we n an(, tear9 8treamed down the faces of clded to Inform congress definitely that the men. Only two negroes are report- I ne nad exhausted all diplomatic re ed drowned, and they were very old people. AID. , 0m . furniture , And . Household . Goods . Aie new and up-to-date, the prices are as low a-the lowest and the term can't be beat. We also handle THE HNEST LINE OF LACE CURTAINS gantic levee. The hills form a semi-cir tie about it. closing in a space not more than two miles in length along the wa ter front and less than half a mile wide. In this space stood. Shawneetown, flanked on one side by a levee twenty five feet high and 100 feet broad. The surface of the Ohio has for weeks been near the top of this TANNER ASKKD FOB In the city. Goods on easy payments no interest to pay; no notes to sign. Agents wanted. JOHN GATELY & CO,, 355 Fifth Street. - - streets of the town were twenty feet or more below the water. About 4:su in the afternoon the levee above the town hrnfc nd a solid wall of water raced like a cyclone through the center of the town, whose main streets run parallel to the river. Water Twenty Feet Deep. The disaster came when the great majority of the people were in their homes eating supper. The break In the occurred a mile above the town RoH IflCket Mich, and was within ten minutes more than nea JacKeii mins wlde A gtream of water twelve to twenty feet deep, carrylrpr half of the current of the flood-raised Ohio, descended on the unsuspecting people. It came down in a great rush, like a tidal wave, 'mere was u w Mayor of Shawneetown Notifies the Gov ernor of the Calamity. Springfield. Ills.. April 6. Early In levee and the I the mornlng Governor Tanner received THE WORLD IS CUMORING FOR Good Values, AT LOW PRICES. WE STAND AT TIIK HEAD AND LEAD IN OUR LINES. TOU WILL BC CONVINCED IF YOU CALL AND INSPECT OUR FINE LINE OF SPRING iSMER SAMPLES OUR PRICES Are The 8ame As Other Merchant Tailors. Our Style. Ht Ani WortoansUj Unci Better. John J. Mitchell's Latest New York Fashion Plates. The Barette Tailoring Co,, Fifth St. Red Jacket, Michigan the following message relative to the Shawneetown disaster from Rldgway, Ills.: The ground gave away under the levee at 4:45 p. m. and the loss to life is nearly one-fourth of our population. We have no provisions to feed our peo ple for one meal. We need the tents and clothing for the living and burial caskets to bury the' dead. Help us at once. D. M. CARNEY, Mayor." Another dispatch from John M. Crebs, president of the White County Tele phone company, says: "Mr. George Goetzman, a reliable merchant of Shawneetown, Just now confirms report of levee break last night. Says the mayor sent him to t- 1 A n nanroat nnint nf COmmunl- ftdno- ct the waters to give warning. ,.,. in hu name to The houses on the outskirts were lifted gend tentB provlBlons and burial nn and rolled over and over Most of them were torn Into splinters. OTt-.t iMiinKii.nl a ur( drowned In them. Nearer the center of the town some brick structures stopped the on rush of the water for a few minutes, V,... aVinllt IVO. thirds of the dwellings were lifted from their foundations and floated careening out Into the black cur nt the river. Lights were Instantly extinguished and the townspeople climbed on the slippery roofs or sought to keep alive on floating objects. After a few minutes the horror 01 me tlon was added to by the catch .ng fi-.r of a large house that had started down stream with the others. Olher Houses Catch Fire. anna nn the roofs were already in danger of being thrown off by col lisions with other floating houses, but the appearance of this floating fire brand added horror. As It struck one house after another in its z g-zas v. on thpir un- course some cauuv w y ' , fortunate people were compelled to In caskets Immediately via 01 iasi 01. Louis and Enfield, where train from Rldgway will be waiting. Goetzman says the scene Is worse than Johns town. Four hundred estimated drowned and all property lost and remainder of nponle on levee and house tops and rain adds to distress. Answer me here and I will communicate by telephone." Governor Tanner, after consultation with Dr. F. W. Wines, secretary of the state board of charities, sent the fol lowing message to W. S. Phillips, presi dent of the Rldgway bank at Rldgway: "Hon. Fred Wines, secretary of the state board of charities, and Miss Julia Lathrop will leave on first train for Shawneetown- The doctor represents me in caring for the sufferers. Co operate with him In forming relief com mittee. . I authorize yo to draw upon me for $3,000. Have Issued proclama tion appealing to the public for relief of the flood sufferers. Am preparing to send a train with tents to shelter and accommodate 1.000 people, 300 blankets a .homcoWM to the mercy of the I ftnd 1 200 emergency rations. SOME OF THE DEAD. WHERE TO OO For a Good Suit, Good Fit, Correct Style I. one waxing qnertlon ol our cltlien. ....WHAT WE CAN DO f Mar & r-swj $ hare been and are always ouaauu, J. B. KASTttlvlvW. clerical ea and MEEOHANT TAILOB. . .. . flints nf WOOd swirling waier - , to avoid a more terrible death by fire. The break in the levee flooded four miles of the valley land ana c"1 ULtst of Thoe Who Are Known to Have communication on xwo mm rerUned. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern ana 5 Report9 recelved thLfl!t 'rushf he current did not at this city, seventy miles distant from do a6ll the damage When the black Shawneetown. bear out the first 1m water had slackened somewhat many presslons of the Inundation of that houses were still standing, but It was town by tne breaking of the levee. The quickly seen that the frame ones would rajiroaia have stopped traffic twenty not last In the steady crush of the mlie8 BOUth of nere as the road to flood By means of plank rafts and gnawneetown Is deep under water, swimming in cold water seventy or TeieRraphlc communication is cut off eighty people were transferred from and tne reports received are very mea thelr garret windows and roofs to the ger At Ming station the river is eight flat tops of the Gallatin county bank, mlleB wI(Je and tne track is covered a brick and stone building, and th for glx mlles Xhe following telegram court house, which is of brick. waa received here by Superintendent Only Two Aby. Water. Mills of the Baltimore and Ohio South It was hoped that these would with- western railway, from Conductor . .. . fha nnrtprmln- Phnrles Ireland: SI .Twh7n the slngTe courier who -Half of Shawneetown totally de- InrtP To he t Cypress Junction left gtroyed. All stores wrecked with con- ShawneetowS only those two buildings tents. Town contains fifteen to twenty S above the broad sheet of the feet of water. South levee covered noodlhe loweJpartof the town, and with dead stock and houses and all nouu in !lnnr thrown kinds of debris. its run. suue.. .uu - thov -..,, 9t of the dead follows: It . t inn m nnunirn 11 liici i ihi liui not against mem. nf- I nn,u.ntt V. C. Colllcott and WUl?nto0ttne ri?er wlr Edward Fiake. three children of tottoSriormoriwiio were Paul Phalens. Mrs. Galloway and two liesiue me . v.,.,,,,. I n Tihvnehart. Mary McAllls- .1 .nnfo rf ins I W U BUUim .... I .llimt(U ln It is known that nearly 1.000 of the ter, Ellen McAllister, Annie Rhynchart, Infabltant. maged in one way or an- Grandmother Holly. Mrs. McLane. make their way to the high in xfatiirfa finer. other tPM'"' . nouaM 4.Mn . odleg rtcoVered. The mayor of fhe higher section of the village itself, shawneetown appeal for tents and b'-M?bJ survived the sudden provisions. Help must come quick. Over 2,000,000 Gallons Used. A Six-Year Old Child Can Do -WITH , EARTHQUAKE. A aa rt.if Parnpt. when a Why have a eW a... ---;. JTSLTCTS- nanrn m uiuuv i -v 1CW wuw I El Mf frQT. NO LaDOr. IW llllio. for M for a-uwup-Pi. .oM- i' a 1 W -WWWe I Via sources to settle the Cuban question and to leave the matter to congress There had been a hope, he said, that Spain might be controlled by the finan cial interests, but he thought the time had gone by for that as the people of Spain could not be restrained. The Coming Message. The president will probably not have his message In before Wednesday, and it is barely possible that he may ask for still further time. Such time as he mav say is necessary in the prepara tion of that message will be accorded him by congress, but there is a strong disposition among the members of the war party to Insist that he restrict his demands for delay to the time actually needed In the preparation of that docu rnent. The war spirit was never strong er in congress than it Is now, and any theory built on the v assumption that there is any weakening on the part of the "house insurgents" will be an er ror. The war party is solidified to a bkuIw ovtpnt at this moment than It has been at any time. Committee on Foreign Affaire. The house committee on foreign af fairs met at 10 o'clock. Glllett, Kep., said a few minutes after the committee convened that the committee would take no action. Every member of the foreign affairs committee of the house was nledsred to secrecy before tne com mittee adjourned. One of the Repub Hrnn members, however, said In re- cr.r.na in norstlstpnt Inoulrles'. "We Dt.V..av. - did nothing." The senate committee on foreign re lations resumed its sitting. The com mittee has arrived at a definite conclu slon as to the resolutions it will rec ommtnd and Senator Davis has pre pared the report to accompany the res olutions. This report will deal with the situation In vigorous language and it is understood that much will be made In it of the Maine disaster. Tope Not to Mediate. President McKlnley announced to a leading member of congress who has the confidence of the administration that there was no truth in the report ed mediation of the pope in the Cuban Incident and he (the president) had no knowledge of It whatever. He also announced that he was hour ly expecting a cablegram from the Sa gasta government notifying this gov ernment of the formal proposition for an armistice to the insurgents. It has Just been learned here definite ly that an exchange of notes between the great powers of Europe has begun concerning mediation on the Spanish American question.. At least two of the embassies In Washington nave receivea Information that this exchange Is now In progress, but no definite instructions have been received by the diplomatic representatives here. Cubans Will Not Consent. Senor Quesada. representing the Cu ban Junta in Washington, said to the Associated Press: "The Cubans will never consent to an armistice until their Independence Is recognized. Until that time they will not cease fighting. When Independ ence is recognized the Cubans will consent to an armistice for settlement of conditions In the island." This statement is made in reply to a query as to what the Cubans would do with regard to the recent appeal by the Cuban autonomist cabinet. decided to await events before coming to any decision on this subject. Final ly, a telegram from the Spanish min ister in Washington, Senor Polo, was read at the cabinet meeting, in which Senor Barnabe said President McKlnley will be overruled by congress. LEE ARRANGES TO QUIT HAVANA. Consulate Will Be Turned Over to th British Officials. New York, April 5. A special to The Herald from Washington says: Consul General Lee has been Instructed to turn the American consulate over to British Consul Gollln and has already made the necessary arrangements with Gol lln to do so. This Is a mere precau tion In case General Lee has to leave suddenly. He Is simply setting nis house In order. General Lee had a long conference with Consul Gollln, who courteous ly agreed to do everything in his power in caee General i-e receives oruem to leave or is forced to seek reruge on the Fern with the other Americans by a sudden uprising of the Havana pop ulace. Consul Gollln will prooaDiy have his hands full if Havana grows violent, as English residents will be regarded ar Americans 11 tne excite ment is great. Consul Gollln. However. believes actual hostilities Detween Spain and the United States will De averted. General Lee has apparently not aDan- doned all hope of postponement of lm- medlte hostilities, and his conrerence with Consul Gollln, it is understood here, was due. not to his Intention or leaving, but merely to insure the full est protection of the consulate ana American residents should ne De sua- denly forced to abdicate. General Lee, It is known on all hands, win suck to his post until it is folly to remain longer. Mines in Tlavana Ilarbor. Havana. Atrll 5. The Spanish gov ernment secretly placed some forty sub marine mines. In this harbor one night last week. They were planted in tne narrowest part of the channel between Morro and Punta. They are spherical and float about twenty-four feet under the surface of the water. Each is at tached to a heavy cable anchored on the bottom of the harbor. The mines, for midable as they are, could be destroyed by any fleet using counter mines or tor WILL HOLD THE FLEET. Ppaln's Torpedo Flotilla Will Stay at Cape de Verde Inlands. vL.t of the . waters, but their first and There is great suffering among the un Smetrme?thllr second floors were un- fortunates. I notified Shawneetown sometimes ineir mittee that I would bring all sup- .'Z went only in the clothes they plies offered, and if any - carload lots were wearing when the water came REMOTES .nWr DiRinoTioisrs. . v. -its .oft cnib bnirli.nDo not w tcraper Miohigan Self Renovating Co., . is 74 Wo.aw.ra Ate. n.lr.ll, Mirk Price, 35c per gal., 3 gala. 01. Sold by OWEN SHERIDAN Calumet. Fifth Street. . - I . . .in ifiA witr'i edee. None had time to secure eitner irea8ur m e one . I w' or clothing. r"::" ril; . i of boats to trans- I nave yivivcv - MAYOR APPKAL9 TO CONGRESS. provisions." Ireland further states mai omy mn w .,aA tn forrv tha nrovls- Evansvllle, Ind.. April B.-Mayor ar- una , by -la y of Shawneetown has appealed xo t town8 t0 hurry forward his stricken city. He says the town la Madrid, April C The Spanish cabinet has decided that the torpedo flotilla is to remain at the Cape de Verde islands until further orders. The fleet will be Joined later by a squadron composed of the armored cruiser Emperor Charles V of 9.235 tons, the cruiser Alfonso XIII of 6.000 tons, the armored cruiser Crls came by Infield or Norrls City, I would I tobal Colon of 6,840 tons, which will ac- company tne torpeao nouua io -uu absolutely destroyed and that there is Unlon Carpenters at Chicago Oo Out on ... fmoueh food in town for one meal. strike. He says that 300 people are drowned. Chicago, April B.-The jr eatest strike in goods in the city are lost and the of workmen in one trade In Chicago i..r.i- Ai.trtf.sinr in the extreme. the famous strike of 1890 began This city sent two steamboat loads of by 6 000 uni0n carpenters refusing to provisions. . to work until their employers signed The Louisville and Nashville railroad ne agreement adopted last week. The accommodation train from southern II- gtrlke of the carpenters had the ef- llnols arrived here at 10:30 o'clock. It fect of forcing many workmen in ; other was expected many people from Shaw- trade8 t0 QUlt, as nothing could be neetown would be aboard, but It Is done by tnem 0n some buildings as learned that trains on this branch have lQng tne carpenters were not at for & week proceeded no further than worlc Eldorado, fifteen miles away. The From reports received at headquur- trainmen bring the report that the fam- ter tne tle.up , practically complete, lly of Sheriff Galloway was completely but many contractors have declared . . ... aw- T la rannrtori .. ...i --a ti aim the Scale wined oui dy ma nuuut . ncir wiihui uo - v. - . , l... tn.t the levee broke while people were -doDted In order to have their employes jesls as privateers, but It has Deen MichlRvXn. I at church, and that many were drowned to ygy " It has also been decided by the govern tnnt n send the armorM cruisers Vlx caya and Almlrante Oquendo. both of 7.000 tons, back to Havana. They will receive orders to this effect as soon as thv alirht Porto Rico. A national sub scription to strengthen the Spanish fleet mu he organized by royal decree, but the decree will not be published before h riorlsratlon of war. The cabinet which met at 9 o'clock at mrht .niaed the situation until mld- niffht At th close of the conference it was declared that no official news had been received at that time from Wash ington. But It was admitted that the ministers were filled with gloomy im The minister of war. Lieu " . ...... tenant General Correo, luommeu i the approval of the cabinet elaborate plans for the organisation or me uu tirv fnrrA of the kingdom. minister for the home department Don null y Capdepon, in an interview, declared that everything poimeu u Th. mhinet has examined prop csitlons for the arming of mercnam Tope Is Opposed to War. Rome. April 5. It is stated In Vati can circles that the pope has not form ally offered to mediate between Spain and United States because he has not been requested to do so by that gov ernment. It is true, however, that the pontiff has conveyed to Madrid his ar dent wish for the avoidance of a con flict and has asked Spain to arrange for a suspension of warlike measures or de cisions. ' ' Do Not Want To Be Targets. Brunswick, Ga., April 5. The war scare has had the effect of almost de populating Jekyle island. The rich members of the club have unanimously concluded that the Island offers too good a target for Spanish shot and shell to be entirely comfortable. They have therefore hastily packed up and left for safer quarters. Naval Mllltla Under Orders. Chicago, April 5. The naval mllltla of Illinois Is under orders, and likely to move to the coast at any moment. Gov ernor Tanner received a telegraphic or der from the navy department to place the naval reserves of the state on a war footing, and to hold them ready to move at a moment's notice. A $000,000 CONTIUCT. Largest Deal In Pulp Wood Ever Made la the Northwest. Marinette, Wis., April 5. One of the largest pulp wood deals ever made has Just been closed. The Klrby Dennis company Contracted to deliver to tne Klmberley Clark company of Appleton and Neenah 16,000 carloads or spruce. This deal will Include a total of 160,000 cords and Is to be delivered In annual Installments of 1.600 carloads. nurtured to superficial feet this mon ster negotiation means the cutting and delivery of about 245,760,000 reec in a decade. The first shipment, consisting of several carloads, was made last week. The wood will be used in the ox river mills of the Klmberley Clark company and It will be cut from lands in me vicinity of Sidnaw. Mich. Tms aeai means the delivery of over $600,000 worth of pulp wood at the present mar ket rate. ASOTHEll DESPERATE DUEL. Ir. W. Scott and J. Hug hes of Haynes, Ark.. Serlonsly wounded. Little Rock. Ark., April 5. A desper ate revolver duel occurred at Haynes, Ark., between Dr. W. W. Scott, a prom inent physician of that town, and jonn J. Hughes, a leading merchant. Scott entered Hughes' store and opened nre upon him. The latter drew his weapon and both combatants empuea meir re volvers at each other at close range. when the shooting ceased Dotn men were lying on the floor, Scott bleeding from four wounds and iiugnes irom five. Both men are suu auv. uui recovery is doubtful. The cause oi me trouble is not definitely known, but It Is said to have grown out of family af fairs. "Cotton Mill Hand Strike. Norwich, Conn., April S.The em ployes of the Bonomah cotton mills rnn on strike. Two thousand tnvrt. and the workmen