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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. JB7.
AAIUSB^IENTS
«k L 3S Angeles' Vaudeville Theater.
f\4A*AHundreds turned nway H ( iain Inst night.
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rudinokf, the celebrated Russian Fantastic Delineator and Crayon Ariht JOHN j BUIKE
assisted hv the clover Sou Mate, Grace Forrest, presenting thu.r ne* and original creation,
entitled, Tricks of the Trade SMI 111 AND COOK. Ac robatle Comedians un I Grotesque Dance s
MR. and MRS TOM Mt'INTOSH Colored Aristocracy. WKHB AND HA.-B\N. JuSr-PIUNr.
■ABEL, assisted by thoJuventlo Wonder. MasterTominv Meado THE AMICKICAN BIOGRAPH,
a New Scries oi Views. K. 3. JOIK tjt IN I't-TTK, composed "I iho following notables: Fred
Rycroft, llrxt tenor; E. F. Gorman, second tenor; W X Maxwell, baritone: W. H. Brown,
basso; R. J. JOSE, the celebrated contra-tenor. Theliroatcst singing Act In Vaudeville.
PRICEB NKVER CHANGING-Evening, reserved feat», Me and Me: gallery. 100. Ilegu ar
matinees Wednesday, .Saturday snd Sunday Telephone Main 1417
bT"%ukKanL JOHN C. flsHkß, Manager.
MuroanK i neater house crowded, iwu main iiiw
PLAY. AND PLAYER". ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED
"Uho Stock Company
PRINTING .... JjOO TtyuCk jo/inSOU
ONLY MATINEE BATOgDAY Al' :'. Mntlnee price : Hie and Tic.
M u.u y~ , ONE DOOE so" I'll 0' HIK I.os ANQELRn THE ATE U,
UBIC nail — Ooaay TUKBOAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 6, AT & O'CLOCK.,
FIFTH POPPI AH MATINEE CONi HUT OK THE
/> _~ . p . /I . HAKI.IiV HAMiI.ION, Director, asst'd by
JLos JXngcles OympAony Urcnostra the qvekn vocal yiTAHTKTTK.
AdirHsalon 2"ic. Tickets on Sale at All Music rtores and at tue Hour.
California Limited
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Via Oanta Jioute \ ®**t
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Leaves Los Angeles 8:00 a.m. Tuesday and Friday 5 %)on't X
Leaves Pasadena 8:25 a.m. Tuesday and Friday § i
Arrive Kansas City 6:10 p.m. Thursday and Sunday $ Tffiss St $
Arrive St. Louis 7:00 a.m. Friday and Monday " $
Arrive Chicago. 9:43 a.m. Friday and Monday \, r „„„„,„„„„„„„„„\
ThU great train, with Its famous dlnlnrr-car service, is run lor passonfen with first-class
tickets only, but no charge beyond the regular ticket and sleeping-car rate is made. Dining
cars serve breakfast leaving Los Angeles. Vcstlbuled and electric lighted. All tho luxuries ol
modem travel.
Jfite~Shaped JJrack. ..
DONE IN A DAY
ON THE TUESDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS
In addition to the regular train service the Santa Fe runs on every Tuesday and Saturday a
special express train, taking in Kedlamla. Riverside and the beauties ol Santa Ana Canyon.
Leaves Los Angeles at 9a. m; leaves Pasadena at 9:25 a. m. Returning arrives at l»s Angeles at
\ p. in.. Pasadena 1 :60 pm„ giving iwo hours slop at both Redlands and Riverside.
7Ta /Ia *• f ON THIB TRAIN AFFORDS PLEASANT
Una uosorvation uar opportunity for seeing the siaHTt
tSan *Diego and Coronado SSeach
THfc MOST BEAUTIFUL BPOT IN THE WORLD
Two dally trains, carrying parlor cars, make the run In about tour hours from Los Angeles,
and on Tuesday and Saturday nights the Coronado Special will run. The ride la delightful,
tarrying you lor seventy miles along the Pacific Ocean beach.
Santa Fe Route Office, 200 Spring St., corner Second
I shire Ostrich Farm IKiTpVe. 1 ' qrasu avk
Urand Avenue Cars to Gates—& minutes from City Hall and Principal Hotels
Ostrich ZPtumos, Collarettes, SHoas, Ostrich Gyys — Open ail Day
Mg <Ph, m »J Slants
CHILDREN ACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS FREE.
( 10,000 Challenge the Original Ostrich Farm. Every Lady Gets an Ostrich Feather Free.
A RINGING MESSAGE
Cuban Freedom Not a Fact, But Will
Be Made So
4- WASHINGTON, April 5. — The 4
4- Washington Post says that unless 4
♦ Spain, within 48 hours, yields all by 4
4 lUfTendering Cuba, Vrwr cannot be 4
4- averted. It sums up the situation as 4
4- follows: 4
4- "President McKlnley's message to 4
4 congress will be a ringing, vigorous 4
4 document, that promises to mee>t the 4
■4 full expectations of congress and the 4
♦ people. -f
4- "The destruction of the battleship 4
4- Maine and the slaughter of 2ii6 officers 4
4- and seamen serving under the United 4
■4 States Hag will be commented upon 4
4 In strong language, and Spain will be 4
■4 held responsible for that disaster. 4
4- "The president will make no direct 4
4- recommendation, but his message will 4
4- point clearly to the necessity of 4
4 armed intervention to restore order -f
4- and peace. He will not recommend 4
4 the recognition of the independence 4
4- of the island, because the insurgents 4
4- have no established form of govern- 4
4- ment and the president and cabinet 4
4 bellove that a travesty would be pre- 4
4- sented to the world If. following the 4
4- recognition of Independence, the Unit- 4
4- cd States should, as the result of war 4
4- take that independence away by seiz- 4
■4 lng or annexing the island. 4
4- "The president's message will be 4
4- equivalent to a declaration of war 4
4" and hostilities can now only be avert- 4
4- ed by Spain yielding all. 4
4- "Pope Leo is mediating between 4
4- Spain and Cuba. 4.
■4 "The United States has ceased all 4
4- negotiations, and will not accept me- 4
4- mediation. +
4- "The administration and congress 4
4- see no alternative but war." 4
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A British Victory
LONDON, April 4.—At the National
Sporting club In this city tonight, In a
twenty-round contest for £300 and the
bantam championship of the world, Ben
Jordan of England beat Eddie Curry of
New York, winning in the seventeenth
round. Curry proved game, but was much
punished.
Hale House Victims
BUTTE, Mont.. April 4.-Another body
was recovered from the Hale house ruins
today. It was identified as Martin Rooney,
formerly of Scranton, Pa. This makes the
fifth victim.
STATE NOTES
The trial of Mrs. Minnie M\ Pls-ler of
Santa Cruz for mayhem has been set for
April 18.
A. C. Maxey, a plumber, who resided at
Pescadero, jumped out of a second story
window at the German hospital at San
Francisco yesterday and was picked up
dead.
The jury In the case of Nancy Green vs.
the Pacific Lumber company of Scotia for
120,000 for Injuries received on the com
pany's railroad last year returned a ver
dict for the plaintiff, awarding her S4OOO.
The wreck of the bark Helen W. Almy is
no longer a menace to navigation. Prep
arations had been made on board the coast
, defense vessel Monterey to blow up the
derelict with dynamite, but last night It
went to pieces, and bits of wreckage are
scattered all along the coast south of San
Francisco.
At a dance given near Santa Rosa last
night by a large number of Indians who
had assombled from Lake, Mendocino and
Sonoma counties, a fight occurred, during
which an Indian known as Lee Lily was
clubbed and probably fatally Injured. His
assailante escaped, but after a long chase
they were captured and landed in jail.
J heir names are Charley and Bill Henry,
brothers, and Tom Graves.
Speculations on the dry weather and ap
prehensions of a drought sent up the price
of grain at San Francisco yesterday. Un
!? ♦S! d 2E! F . rom t he c »'""0' and the desire
ta< * ho «**!> buy. May wheat advanced
!L m l y> , Decem ber wheat 4H cents,
>ariey 6% cents. Sales were made during
INDEX
TO TELEGBAPHIG NEWS
Spanish papers regard war as inev
itable If McKiniey tukes the Btand
demanded by congress.
Pence-at-any-prlce men ask for pop
ular expression of opinion: tho an
swers are nil demands for war.
The Ohio legislative committee finds
Senator Hanna guilty of having ob
tained his seat in the United States
senate by bribery.
Americans in Cuba notified to be
ready to leave the island today, and
vessels sent from Key West to pro
vide transportation.
Official notice is given that the pres
ident's message will be Bent to con
gress on Wednesday. In effect, Spain
must yield the Independence of Cuba
or war will ensue.
The pope's efforts toward peace are
likely to prove Ineffective, if only for
the reason that no thought was taken
of the certainty that the Cuban insur
gents will not accept an armistice.
The peace party in Cuba Is small In
number and entirely lacking In Influ
ence; the desire for the early com-
mencement of hostilities is based
largely upon a fatuous belief that
Europe will Intervene in, Spain's be
half.
The powers of Europe said to be ex
changing notes relative to mediation
of Spanish-American questions; the
pope's offer, It is now asserted, looks
to arbitration between Spain and the
insurgents, not between Spain and
the United States.
An English maker of submarine
mines says he made such appliances
for the Spanish government for use
in Havana harbor; he believes one of
his mines destroyed the Maine, and
asserts that the smallest piece of the
connecting cable will be sufficient for
purposes of Identification.
Officials at Rome express doubts of
America's acceptance of the tendered
mediation of the pope; Spanish au
thorities openly express suspicion
that the offer Is only a pretext to give
the United States more time to pre
pare for an attack, when Spain shall
have been weakened by the loss of
Cuba.
Search for the dead at Shawnee
town postponed until the needs of tho
living are attended to; no trustworthy
estimate of the number of deaths can
be given, but it is known to exceed a
hundred; relief measures are organ
ized with admirable promptitude to
supply the needs of hungry, naked
and unsheltered people.
The two questions agitating Wash
ington yesterday were the president's
message and European intervention;
the message is very definitely prom
ised for Wednesday; no mediation will
be accepted which has not for Its ba
sis the absolute Independence of Cuba,
though all the heads of churches and
ail the nations of earth urge other
considerations.
An official announcement made that <
McKlnley's message Is complete, and •
will be given to congress tomorrow; •
as for its recommendations, unoffl- •
dally but authoritatively It Is made .
known that the message will recom- >
mend the recognition of Cuban Inde- •
pendence and ask that the United .
States executive be authorized to In- •
tervene by force of arms; that action i
taken. Spain must yield utterly, or •
war will follow at once. .
Four set speeches on the Cuban .
question were delivered in the senate •
yesterday; Spain is openly charged .
with the treacherous destruction of •
the Maine, and every speaker Insists .
that the time has come for action: •
Rawlins of ITtah thinks the duty of.
congress is not mere intervention in .
Cuban affairs, but a straight declara- .
tion of war against Spain: in the •
house the Cuban question comes up •
and the temper displayed Is decidedly .
warlike. .
the excitement of the day at even higher
prices than the comparison between the
closing quotations would indicate.
THE HERALD
SEARCH FOR DEAD
POSTPONED UNTIL THE LIVING
ARE CARED FOR
HOMELESS HUNDREDS
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LEFT UTTERLY DESTITUTE BY
THE FLOOD
PROMPTITUDE IS ADMIRABLE
Illinois Officials and Private Citizens
Provide Belief for Shawneetown
* Flood Victims
Associated Press Special Wire
KIDGEWAY, 111., April 4.— Tonight al
most two score bodies of the victims of the
Shawneetown fluod have been recovered
and hundreds of homeless people arc de
pending upon churity for food and shelter.
The death list Is likely to be largely in
creased when delinite information from
the negro quarter, which suffered most,
Is secured.
The Hood burst on these people without
warning, and owing to the weak con
struction of their shanties they toppled
over In the rush of water, leaving tneir in
mates no means of getting out of danger.
Hundreds of people who lived farther from
the river front sought safety on roofs and
in upper stories, or made a retreat to the
hills on the west. These are being removed
as rapidly as possible to places where they
can be given proper care. No effort has
yet been made to search for bodies, the at
tention of the relief parties being directed
almost entirely to the distribution of food
and making the homeless as comfortable
as possible. The relief work Is well or
ganized. Tents and blankets sent by the
governor today will be promptly dis
tributed. Those who escaped lost every
thing and their homes are In ruins.
LIST OF MISSING
The missing, so far as known tonight are:
Col. Cnllcotte, Wash Callcotte, Mrs. Call
cotte, Mrs. Galloway, Dora Galloway, Mary
Galloway, Mrs. Hollls, Mrs. Greer, Mrs.
Ed Blake, Chas. Clayton, Mrs. Clayton,
four Clayton children, Annie Rhlneholt,
Clarence Khlncholt, Mrs. Paul Phalen,
three Phalen children, nephew of the Pha
lens, Mrs. McClaln, Florence Evans, Ellen
McAllister (colored), Mary McAllister
(colored), B. B. Hooker, L. & N. telegraph
operator, Henry King and four children,
(colored), Miss Cora Sherwood, Frank A.
Morrison, Mrs. A. A. Hathaway. ,
Late tonight it is estimated that the loss
of life in the negro quarter may reach
llfty, besides those accounted for.
Ed Flake, whose wife was drowned, came
to Cypress Junction today and said there
were fifteen people In his house when the
flood struck the building. Only himself
and one other succeeded In escaping before
the building toppled over. Mr. Flake was
hysterical from grief and could not give
the names of the thirteen who were lost.
Marsh Calicotte, the son af Wash Colicotte
and wife, who perished, made an heroic
effort to save his parents. He secured a
rowboat and got within forty feet of where
(lib lU.IICI' lii.il hilAi.ti*i ..v.. ...v.. - ...
The swift current prevented him from get
ting neurer. The parents stood in the yard
in water to their waists awaiting the ar
rival of the boat. Suddenly a wave swept
them Into the swift current and they were
drowned before their son's eyes. David
Rookendefter and wife were In their home
directly In the path of the huge wave that
swept through the broken dyke. Their lit
tle son In the yard saw the wave coming
and hurriedly climbed a tree. The father
and mother had time to rush upstairs when
the house was swept from its foundation.
They climbed on the roof as the house
floated off and heard their little son In the
tree say: "Good-bye, papa and mamma."
The agonized parents were powerless to
go to his assistance, and in a few moments
the house had been carried beyond the
reach of the boy's voice. They floated from
the north levee to the south levee, a dis
tance of a mile, and were taken off In safe
ly. The little son was subsequently res
cued from the tree-top by a boat and the
family reunited. Mr. Rookendoffer saM
that as he floated down the current on the
houso-top he saw people drowning on all
sides. The colored quarter of the city,
known as "Negro Flats," was completely
inundated by the rush of waters. It is be
lieved that a large number of colored peo
ple perished. Tonight the water stands
twenty-five feet deep in that locality.
J. T. Hogan of Omaha, 11... left the scene
of the flood half an hour before the dyke
broke. His brother-in-law, Sheriff Gal
loway of Gallatin county, who was In
Shawneetown. had the same good fortune.
The sheriff's wife and two daughters were
swept away and their bodies'have not yet
been recovered. Hogan's story of the flood
shows that the townspeople had absolutely
no warning of danger.
About 5 oclock last evening, he said, the
levee on the north side of town gave way
at the north end of Market street, near the
courthouse. An opening ten feet wide was
at first made but It quickly spread to twen
ty, and a wall of water ten or fifteen feet
high poured through the main street,
sweeping everything before It. About fifty
small frame houses along the line of :he
levee to the south were crushed like toys
and none of the occupants, most of whom
were 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 old no' at once feel the effect of the
flood, and residents made hurried steps
for safety, most of'them going to the levee
on the south side of town. A large number
also reached the little hills which are a
mile from the town and from there saw
their property crumble in the muddy wa
ters. When daylight came this morning
the streets were full of water to a depth of
ten or twelve feet. Only the most substan
tial buildings In the oentral business dis
trict remain standing.
Ridgrway, which Is twelve miles Trom
Shawneetown. was made the basis of re
lief work. AH rail communication being
cut off for four miles out, boats were con
structed this morning and at once started
LOS ANGELES, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5. JB9B
A DEFINITE LINE OF ACTION
WILL BE RECOMMENDED TO CONGRESS
BY THE PRESIDENT
Cuban Independence to Be Recognized and the Executive Authorized
to Intervene by Force of Arms—After That Action Spain
Must Yield Utterly or War Will
Follow Immediately
WASHINGTON, April 4.—(Spscial to The Herald.) It is learned from a gentleman to whom the
president this evening outlined his coming message to congress that, so far from treating the Maine dis
aster as a mere incident of the general Cuban question, he will make it a very important feature. He
will recommend to congress a definite line of action, and this action will be largely justified by his
views of the destruction of the Maine and the accompanying loss of 2G6 American lives.
When the president, in his message transmitting to congress the report of the naval court of in
quiry on the Maine disaster, omitted any reference to demands upon Spain in connection with that trag
edy, he did it because he had simply sent the report to Spain without submitting demands to that gov
ernment. He pursued this course, not because he regarded the loss of the Maine and its crew with
indifference or as not justifying demands, or even constituting in itself a casus belli, but to avoid
any diplomatic delays that Spain might seek in reply, as well as to avoid the necessity of declining
to submit that tragedy to the arbitration of a third party. This has proved the most successful dip
lomatic ruse that has marked the American side of the case since the Cuban war began three years
ago. The Spanish government promptly fell into it, and its latest reply simply referred to the Maine
disaster in what has been semi-officially characterized as a "flippant and insolent reference."
The president feels himself, therefore, free to give the prominence to this tragedy that it de
serves and which it holds in the minds of the American people.
The message from the president to congress, explaining at length the relations between this
government and that of Spain growing out of the conflict in Cuba, with its attendant horrors, has be
come necessary because of the complete failure of diplomacy to solve the problem. After the reply of
Spain to the latest communication from this government, he recognized clearly the futility of further
diplomatic correspondence. He then announced his intention of sending to congress a message which
would review the entire controversy from its inception. He has since been laboring on this paper,
and it is now ready for submission to the cabinet for consideration tomorrow.
In view of the vast interests depending upon this document the president determined to make it
worthy of its subject. To this end he called to his assistance Senator Davis, chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, and Assistant Secretary Adee of the state department.
The former prepared an elaborate brief, reciting all the precedents which history afforded, and
reviewed the international law bearing upon the general subject of intervention.
Adee prepared a detailed account of all the correspondence bearing upon our relations with
Spain and Cuba since the present struggle began.
The labors of these gentlemen will appear in the message and accompanying papers.
Among the documents will be the report of Special Commissioner W. J. Calhoun, who visited
Cuba early in this administration as the particular representative of the president. His report has
never been made public. There will also be consular reports made from time to time during the
past three years, including especially consular reports as to the success or failure of autonomy. The
reports were awaiting transmission to congress at the time the Maine horror fell upon the country.
Naturally they have been withheld until the time for final action came.
It is not the Intention of the president to shift the responsibility for future action entirely upon
congress. The president will assume his full share of the responsibility, and will ask congress to
share only so much of it as devolves upon it under the constitution. Holding the view that he does of
his duty In the premises, and of the corresponding duty of congress, the president, in his message, will
make specific recommendations as to the policy which, in his judgment, is necessary to secure Cuba
complete and absolute independence from Spanish rule, domination and sovereignty.
He will therefore recommend to congress that that body recognize the independence of tho
Cuban republic and authorize the executive to intervene by force of arms. He will do this knowing
perfectly well that unless Spain yields utterly war must follow.
The latest argument against war with Spain is that it would result in the death of a large
number of suffering reconcentrados because they could not be fed by the United States. This is not
a valid argument. The United States, in the event of war, could readily seize Cardenas, an unfortified
port to the east of Havana, which Lopez captured in one of his raids upon the island in the early fifties.
It has a sufficiently commodious harbor; could be readily seized and easily defended The reconcen
trados could be gathered there and fed by the United States during the continuance of the war, or so
long as it might be necessary. They would, in fact, be better off under this plan than they are now,
when the charity sought to bo extended to them by the United States is subject to toll by hungry
Spanish soldiers.
to the scene. They reached a point within
two miles of the flooded town. More boats
were secured and the rescuers crossed lo
Shawneetown. They found a sad condi
tion existing In the 111-fated town. Hun
dreds of those who escaped the ruah of wa
ter were perched on roofs, tree* and along
the top of the levee. They were taken from
their dangerous positions as rap'dly as
possible. Owing to the scarcity of boats,
the work was very slow, but over 200 per
sons, including many women and children,
were taken to the roadway, two miles from
Shawneetown and thence to Cypress Junc
tion. Here the greater part of them are
camped tonight, with very little to eat and
exposed to the driving rain and piercing
wind. Cypress Junction Is almost sur
rounded by water, which has overflowed
the banks of the Wabash and is covering
the entire country. The overflow from .he
broken dyke at Shawneetown has backed
two miles Inland, but Is tonight slowly re
ceding. It will be impossible to recover
any bodies until the waters recede very ma
terially. In fact, the rescuer* are making
very little effort In that direction, but are
working to save those who escaped alive.
The Riverside hotel and courthouse and
the Ridgeway bank are Intact and found to
have beer, used by the fleeing inhabitants
for shelter.
Last night the Catholio academy, the
schoolhouse, city hall and the Riverside
hotel, all situated on high ground above the
water, were crowded with homeless people.
Hundreds are tonight sleeping on the wa
ter banks under such rude shelter as they
can construct from the floating debris. Ab
solutely nothing has been saved from the
city. The stores and other business houses
are flooded to the second floors, all the
streets are under water from ten to thirty
feet.
Provisions are constantly arriving form
all the nelghboing towns. A relief train
arrived tonight, but owing to the high wind
and roughness of the water at the ferry
crossing all attempts to transfer the pro
visions across havo been abandoned. They
have been taken to the water's edge and at
the b.-eak of day will be ferried across.
Gov. Tanner this afternoon started from
Springfield y/ith 100 tents, blankets enough
for 500 people and a sufficient amount of
prepared food for the immediate relief of
1200 people. He also wired attorney Phil
lips, president of the Gallatin County bank
here, to draw on him for 13000 as an imme
diate relief fund. As fast as relief supplies
are received they are taken by special
train to water's edge, ferried across In
skiffs to Cypress Junction and from there
taken by wagons to within two miles of
Shawneetown. All carpenters in Ridge, way
fell to making flat boats this morning for
the transportation of supplies across, the
Inundated territory, and an Impromptu
ferry has been established.
The inhabitantx of Ridgeway have or
ganized into a relief committee, with D.
Reid, J. O. Brooks and G. M. Kim'b at its
head. Houses have been thrown open and
as soon as a refugee- reaches here he is
promptly taken care of.
The heavy rain still continues, and at 6
oclcok a high, cold wind sprung up. adding
to the misery of the sufferers in the strick
en town. At 11 oclock tonight a telephone
message was received from Shawneetown
saying that the south levee was cracking
and threatening to go at any moment. It
about sure that it will break before morn
ing. This will not add to the depth of the
water in the town, but' it will create a cur
rent through the streets that will prove
dangerous to rescurers in skiffs.
SCENES OF HORROR
CHICAGO, April 4.—A special to the
Chronicle from Carml, 111., Says: The
dlsaster at Shawneetown, 111., came when
the great majority of the poeple were in
their homes eating supper.
The break in the levee occurred a mile
above town and was more than half a
mile wide. The stream of water twelve to
twenty feet deep, carrying half the cur
rent of the flood-raised Ohio, descended on
the unsuspecting people. It came in a
great rush like a tidal wave. There was
no slow rising of the waters to give warn
ing. The houses on the outskirts weio
lifted up and rolled over and over.
Most of them were torn into splinters.
Their inhabitants were drowned in them.
Nearer the center of the town brick
structures stopped the onrush of the water
for a few minutes, but about two-thirds of
the dwellings were lifted from their found
ations and floated careening out into the
cu-rent of the river.
After a few minutes the horror of the
situation was added to by the catching fire
of a large house that had started down
stream with the others. The people on
tho roofs were already in danger of being
thrown off by collisions with other float
ing houses, but the occupants of this float
ing firebrand added horror.
As It struck one house after another In
its course, some others caught fire and
their unfortunate occupants were compell
ed to thrust themselves to the mercy
of the swirling water on pieces of wood
to avoid a more terrible death by fire.
The break of the levee flooded four miles
of the valley land and cut off communica
tion on two railways, the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern, and the Louisville and
Nashville.
The first rush of the current did not do
all the damage.
When the water had slackened some
what, many houees were still standing, but
it was quickly seen that the frame ones
would not last in the steady crush of the
flood. By means of rafts and swimming
on the cold water, several people were
transferred from their garret windows
and roofs to the flat top of the Gallatin
county bank, a briok and stone building,
and court house, which is of brick. It was
hoped that these would withstand the
pressure and the undermining, but when
the single courier who rode for help to
Cypress Junction left Shawnee, only
those two buildings showed above the
broad sheet of the flood in the lower pari
of the town, and as its full force was being
thrown against them, it was doubtful if
they would not collapse and throw the ref
ugees into the river.
Besides the hundreds or more who were
on the roofs of tho two sound buildings,
It is known that nearly 100U of the inhabi
tants managed in one way or another to
make their way to high hills back of the
town, or to houses In the higher section
of the village itself.
A few of these survived the sudden burst
of the waters, but their first and some
times their second floors were under water.
Those who made their way to them
went only in clothes they were wearing
when the water came. No one had time to
secure either treasure or clothing. The
property loss is very heavy. The scene
at the upper end of the town where men
and women were struggling against the
muddy water to higher ground, some car
rying babies on their heads where water
was up to their necks, others half swim
ming, half floating on odds and ends of
lumber from homes that had gone floating
down the river, many struggling in vain
and sinking in the roaring waters, was
one that will live in the memory of every
beholder. At one place a mother had
reached a safe spot and turned to help her
husband, who had followed with their
child. As she reached down from a window
for his hand he was thrown from his foot
ing and he and the child were swept away
In the current. The woman saw him
sink the second time and then threw her
self into the water.
Another family paddled half way to safe
ty on a broad plank that had but half held
them out of the water. A side current
caught them and sent them out toward the
middle of the stream where, in the rougher
water, they were seen to capsize and sink.
An old man by the name of Griffith. living
on high ground, stopped in the upper etory
of his trembling house to secure a hoard
of money hidden under the bed. His son,
a young man of 21, had to climb up the
porch to secure him, so quick was the rise
of the water, and when the two attempted
to swim to safety, the younger man sup
porting the other, a floating house that
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
MAINE DISASTER
IS FRANKLY AND OPENLY
CHARGED TO SPAIN
IT IS MOW TIME TO ACT
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AND COOL-HEADED SENATORS
'DEMAND ACTION
CONGRESS IS RESPONSIBLE
Its Pressing Duty Is Not Mere Armed
Intervention but a Plain Decla
ration of Waa
Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, April 4.—lt was frankly
and openly charged in the senate today by
Mr. Perkins of California, In a set speech,
that Spain was responsible for the Maine
disaster, us It had been brought about by
Spanish machinations and Spanish treach
ery. The speech of Mr. Perkins was only
one of four prepared addresses on the Cu
ban question delivered In the senate today.
Mr. Clay of Georgia, while hoping for a
peaceful solution of the problem the coun
try is now facing, declared strongly In fa
vor of Independence of the Cubans, anil
pledged to the administration the loyai
support of the south, which, mi the event
of war, would have to bear the brunt of tlie
conflict.
Mr. Perkins took substamtiailly the same
grounds, and his vigorous treatment of the
Maine disaster aroused the crowded gal'
leiries to enthusiastic applause.
Mr. Mantle of Montana, while expressing
confidence. In the administ ra.tfon, maintain
ed that the time foir action had now ar
rtved, a.nd that action, must be to tlhe end
that Cuba should 6e free. Mr. Bawling
of Utah entirely eliminated the president
from comsiderarion in his speech, holding
tliat the case against Spain, was already
made up. and that with congress rested the
responsibility of declaring war. Forcing
us to wait was only to Invite criticism. He
declared for the most vigorous action im
mediately.
After the Cuban speeches had been de
livered, the senate resumed consideration
of the sundry civil bill, and finished thirty
three pages before adjourning.
Despite the specific statement tihait the
president's message would not be sent to
congress toady, and the Inferential un
derstanding thai: the subject of Cuba might
licit be even referred to, people came to the
I capltiol by the thouiftandsv
It was a great audience fhait looked down
upon the chamber when the senate con
vened. Every seat In the gallery except
the diplomatic was tilled, and even In the
diplomatic gallery there were eeverail
members of foreign legations.
Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota pre
sented a telegram signed by more than a
hundred of his constituents, which said:
"All parties here want Spanish torpedo
flotilla turned bd?k or destroyed. Pa
tience exhausted."
Mr. Gear of lowa presented a resolution
of the legislature endorsing the action of
the president and congress upon the Cu
ban question, and pledging its' support to
the administration.
Mr. Turner of Washington introduced a
resolution which he asked should go over
until Monday, if, tn the meantime, nothing
has been done in the matter. The resolu
tion requires the committee on foreign re
lations to report at tho earliest moment,
without waiting for the concurrence or ad
vice of any department of the government.
Which action, if any, in view of the disas
ter to the Maine and deplorable condi
tion of Cuban affair* should be taken to
preserve the honor and dignity of this
country.
Quite unexpectedly discussion of the Cu
ban question was precipitated, a.nd two set
speeches were delivered upon lit.
Mr. Clay of Georgia made a strong plea
for the Independence of Cuba, bartng his
remarks upon the Foraker resolution. He
maintained, however, that the president
ought to be offered every opportunity to
brinff about a diplomatic solution of the
difficulty. Though he was for the recogni
tion of Independence of Cuba, he said lie
would wait upon, the president's recom
mendations. "1 believe, he said, "in tfhe
Independence of Cuba, and If Spain will
not agree to that, the United States must
eroforce it with afl the power in her tand
and naval forces. The people of the
south believe In the peaceful solution of
the question if possible, but are willing to
employ force if necessary."
in opening a set speech upon the Cuban
question, Perkins of California said that
he felt it his duty to speak not only for him
self, but in behalf of the people whom he
represented. He eulogized the conduct of
the president for the calm, dignified and
conservative manner in which he had hand
led the grave problem presented for his so
lution. Those who were in power fully rea
lized the necessity for the preservation, If
possible, of peace. President McKiniey,
General Woodford, our minister to Madrid,
and Consul-General Lee had won dlstlnc-
tion In battle and he believed that their
judgment and discretion could bo depended
Upon to guide the country safely.
Mr. Perkins referred briefly to the scheme
instituted by Weyler to starve more than
a million of Spanish subjects into subjec
tion, and declared that nothing in all his
tory compared with the atrocity and bru
tality that Weyler had exercised against
the Cubans. The time for action had, in
his opinion, arrived.
"A little more delay," said he, "a little
more waiting and the United States would
become an accessory to the greatest, the
most appalling crime in history. The pa
tience of a great nation has its limits, and
in this case the limit had been reached.
The time for the horrors In Cuba to ceaso
has come and cease they must. Right,
justice and humanity demand (halt this
government should intervene to stop the
cruel warfare being waged by Spain against
tho Cuban insurgents—a people who were
struggling for their freedom within ninety,
miles of our own shores."
Mr. Perkins, who has had a life-time ex
perience in the handling of great vessels,
.discussed the destruction of tho Mains'