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PROTECTION ! - INDUSTRY 1 j ENTERPRISE ! PROSPERITY !
VULUME 30.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898;
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SHU'S. LONDON ORDER.
Volunteers Parading Streets
And
Threaten
ing Live.
Two
Thousand
Refugees Awaiting Trans
portation from Havana.
LEE CABLES THAT THE SITUATION IS SO
THREATENING PRSESIDENT HOLDS MES-
Washington, April. 7. After a day
marked by a series of surprising inci
dents the Cuban situation stands as it
4 lid last nfght, except that the danger
of war is a trifle more acute. To the
possibility of war because the United
States demands CubaVindependence,
and an account for the blowing up of
the Maine is added danger of war
growing out of the fear that the Span
iards in Havana would attack, the
lives ami property of Americans.
Washington and the nation were
waiting , the. message; when it was
known another crisis had , arrived,
namely,; Lee's statement that Airierir
can lives were in danger if the message
should he sent in. It was thought at
first that Spain had yielded. 'but the
president's statement that concern for
Americans is the true and only reason
for postponement must be accepted,,
us there is apparently lie foundation
for many reports that it was only a
piece of stage, play, beliiiul which the
administration hopei'i to conceal its
real'purposes-from the public. Some
congressmen are still skeptical, and
there is suspicion that the president
has an .ulterier object in view, but
this must be nitre suspicion as the
president would not resort to such a
. device to' deceive congress and the
people.
The message, is all ready and will
probably hot bo changed.-' It contains
an explicit argument and recommen
dation in favor of armed-, intervention
for, pacifying Cuba and bringing
about the' independence of her people;
The language-of , the recommendation
i that contained in the. ForaUer reso
lution with a clause, recognizing Cu
ban 'independence omitted.
Referring to the Maine the inference
is plain that he regard,; Spain as guil
ty, and that congress shall so declare
and make her pay the penalty for the
rime. The president desires no dekiv
and will send Spain an ultimatum as
MMiiras congress grants authority, and
Spain must yield or light.
V.siii(iTOX, April 7. Alarming
information from General Lee upset
thq president's 'plans to send in his
message' this afternoon. Lee's state
. nient that the lives of many Aiucri
e.i:is might be sacrificed by rabid
Spanish partisans if the message -was
made public. before they left the Cu
l an capital caused a determination to
'withhold the important document
until it is known tliat all Americans
sire out of the pert urbed island. Ac
e irding to Lee's dispatches the Span
ish volunteers, Weyler's firm suppor-
. ters have taken iossession of the
streets in Havana and were attempt
ing to iiieife riot against the Aiueri
eans. There were -WJ refugees mere
and others coming in :j from the inte
rior. So McKinley determined not to
send the message in till Monday,
though he mav send it sooner if the;
Auur icans can be got ton away. He
Told congress leaders that if thep pre
cipitated action the loss of the lives of
Americans in Cuba would be their re
: ?K)nsibilitv. '
The Mascotte sailed from Havana at
oVSock this afternoon .loaded with
Americans. It was reported that Lee
Kinley summoned, and I they assured
McKinley that nothing would be done
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till the Americans were safely out of
Cuba. ' Cabinet members expressed
fear that an attack night be made on
Americans which would would bring
war immediately. Lee has been order
ed to expedite the exodus of American
citizens.
Agents of the Plant line' told. 'the
president that if the message went jin
they would not send their ships to
Havanaifor fear the Spaniards would
lire on them. As thfe ships were impo
tent to save American lives this state
inent confirmed McKinley in his decis
ion for delav. .
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j flust Bring iooo.
, Washington, April G. T he state de
partment called lip the office of the
Ward line steamship by telephone to
night and directed that the steamship
which is to arrive at Havana tomor
row on her way north must take aboard
one thousand Americans. The com
pany replied .that the fcteamship had a
heavy cargo to be discharged at Hav
ana, but It ho state department replied
that tlio steamship must not wait to
unload her cargo, but take aboard the
Americans and proceed at once to !2sew
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Key West, Fla., April 0. A great
crowd gathered at the water front to
night to jjice the Mascottee come from
Havana. ! Tile officers of the ship say
it looks biadUn Cuba. .Twenty thou
sand-volunteers" are under arms and
likely to. make- trouole, though per
haps not touight.
The Olivette passed en route to Ha
vaua. f The Masj'otte returns a, soon
as it discharges f reight and takes on
coal. IN'o Americans came today be
cause they Avere not able to get ready.
Lee will . -nine -on. a government steam
or, if at all.
ilavam!!. April G. The exodus of
(yiihaii families"-' is increasing. Over
three hundred will leave todav. The
Mascotte left at - three o'clock this af
ternoon with ninety seven passengers.
The Mangrove will sail tonight. carryj
ing Ameriican citizens Who cannot pay
passage'.- lit is dtclared that no riot
ing will take place before Saturday.
Washington, April G. Since the
1 suspension of negotiations net ween
Spain amt the United States there has
betn.veryf active and earnest diplo
matie work done in Washington. Th
President has found Congress about
as stubborn as the ministry at Mad
rid. .He is endeavoring to reach an
understanding with the. committees
on foreignalTairs m tne two houses, so
that whatever recommendations he
may make shall iiave their endorse
ment and (support.
The batteries of' Heina and Santa.
Clara, along the Veilado coast, Ha
vana, engagtHl in target practice toj
day with 10 inch cannon. They tired
twenty-three shots.
Salutary Hj ao Early Mervlas Sensation
Pollemao CafW Shoots a Negra
Salisbury, Aprii 3,A number of
people trere awakened from sletp at
4i20 o'clock this morning by four pit
tel ahota fired in rapid succession and
peemingly in the heart of the town. A
drama was being enacted on Main
street, in front of Marable's restaurant
and the actors were George Eagle, po
1 iceman, and Will Leazar, a young
negro. The curtain has not yet fallen
on the scene, and the drama may be
come a tragedy.
Mr. Eagle is a member of the Salis
bury police force. He came on duty
this morning at 4 o'clock. Shortly af
ter he shot and! seriously, it may be
fatally wounded; Leazar, who is a dis
reputable negro,! although coming of
respectable parents. . The only person
so far as is known, who witnessed the
shooting was Engineer Jack Shuping.
He was across the street from the par
ticipauts, and owing to the darkness
of the night could not recognize them
But he saw the pistol flashes four of
them and spwj that the shots were
fired from difDerent positions, and
therefore by more than one man. This
is the extent of Mr. Shuping's knowi
edge of the shooting, and he corrobor
ates Mr. Eagle thus far.
Mr. Eagle was seen this afternoon
and frankly talked of the atTair, say
ing that what he had done was in the'
discharge of his duty. His statement
was as follows: "Early this . morning
I commenced my beat, on Main
street, near the fountain, when 1
heard a loud screaming, coming appa
rently from Lee street.. I started down
Main street to investigate, and met
someone coming running up street
fast. I stopped him in front of, the
court house before he could turn the
corner, into Council street. I asked
him who he was. and where he was
going. I suspected from a description
that he was Will Garrett, the negro
desperado, and asked him to go up
street fo the light so tbatf I could take
a look at him. lie resisted mo as hard
as he could when I took hold of him
and kept doing so. He was a strong.y
buiit athletic .man. He, repeatedly
tried to get out his pistol which I
could feel in his hip pocket. He fi
nally got loose froiJi me, got out his
pistol and fired at me, missing, I in
tended to strike him with my pistol,
but as he was out of reach I fired a
; moment after he did. He was facing
me. He shot agaiu, 1 fired and he ran.
I couldn't identify him, 'and I didn't
know that I had shot him, until I was
told this morning that I had."
Leazar is a vorr sick man, but some
hopes are entertained for his recover-.'
Immediately upon his arrival at West
Point liei sent fj)r Dr. J. S. Ilrov.n,
who dressed the wound. The ball,
which-was' from a :-S calibre pistol,
passed through his left, ear and en
tered the skull. Later in the merning
Drs. Urown andMcKenzie removed a
piece of the bu!Ietj from Loazer's skull,
part of it, it is thought from the brairr
matter that has otozed out., lodged in
MURDER WILL OUT.
! ipulate the keyboard without instruct
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! Gibbons further rays the mines ana
j their connecting cables are numbered.
and be aerts he would be a.'Ie to
identify them if any part Is Mcured.
THE MINE UNDER THE : MAINE.
IT WAS PROBABLY fTADC IS LONDON.
WATCH TIIC LNDIANA. 5PAIN.
And I o, It Contained Fit HuadrU j
ol Gua-Cottoa A Landoa Firm of Llw
trical Eadaaars That FllUd a
LarsOrdr forSpala.
LoDOSf, April 4. DetaiU hnve
been obtained by the Associated i'r to
of the manufacture of submarine
mines in London for Spain, which was
first brought to the attention of th
United States embassy and cable l ru
the Associated Press on March
A man whose cards described in u
aQ electrical engineer and wiwe
name was forwarded at the time to
Washington, then he said be sold to
Spanish officers in Loudon several
years, a large number of; mines, eight
or ten of which Were placed" in Havana
harbor. He said they were made in a
special way, had a specially construc
ted cable, which he can identify if the
smallest piece is produced, and he
added that some of the mines were
fixed so that they could be fired from
a fort, while two of them had bulbs so
arranged that they would explode
upon a vessel come in contact with
them.
The man added, however, that he
did not believe the bulbs would be
urcd in water as shallow as that of
Havana harbor. Finally the man ex
hibited plans of one of these mines,
which he said was the most likely to
produce the effect described as caus
ing the wreck of the Alaine. It was
numbered "C' and was constructed to
contain 500 pounds of gun-cotton.
Lieutenant Commander J. C. Col-
well the United States naval attache.
has since investigated the matter, and
has made a report on the subject to
the United States government. The
facts learned strongly tend to sbow
that Havan t harbor was mined and
they unquestionably prove Spain pur
chased mines for that purpose. The
firm of Lattimer, Rhodes & Clark,
hisbsain. 'Wili
tion winch has been asked man v times
today, and . is
chauces are again
Le.-tzer tavs he vj
he live 7" is a ques
Two5hta tram taa Qtt Shla jl3-lnto
Qaas Plarea taa Tanrt Taravjcfc ta -5aaM
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Kky West. April 2. The battle
ship Indiana, which left ber anchor
age at 5 o'clock this morning for a '
trial of her refitted boilers, returned
this afternoon after an entirely sno
cessful test. She had, meantime, tar
get practice with service charjre. Re
sults reM 11 the work of Yankee gun
ners in 1812.
Two shots from the 13 Inch guns in
the forward turret pierced the taiget
'hrough the same bole. The smaller
alibre guns demolished the target.
Diver Olsen of the Iowa, who was
employed on the wreck of the Maine,
went down in ninety feet of water to
day and recovered a torpedo acciden
tally sunk from the Iowa.
Early this morning a newspaper de
spatch boat tried to run through the
squadron while coming from Havana
without making signals or slacking
speed. The squadron beat to qnar-
ters and n -1 inch shot was fired from
the flagship !acro?s the bow of the
loat. The incident was considered of
importance by.lhe officers of "the
squadron because the tug was discov
ered and Covered under th impression
that it might be a device of the enemy.
The crew of the New York called it
a prece of good hick, because the jar
of the gun started the big music box
on the deck, below playing Auld
Lang Sv-ne." They have been talking
about it all day. The discipline, es
pecially in the parts of the ship where
the inen believed that the shot meant
real war, was admirable.
The bottoms of. all the fchips will bo
cleaned at once by divers.
electrical engineers,
during
1SS?-'S3,
INSTkUCMONS TO GCN. WOOCrOKD.
What He IstpDoWhtn
filled a large order for Spain of a lot
of mines, in which were used 14$ tons
of gun cotton. The work was 'done
under the surveillance of General Per-
ilanez and Captain Hustamento. The
latter was then head of the Spanish
torpedo school. Iy order of .these
officers, the mines were divided - into
four consignments, for Havana, Fer
rol, Cadez and Carthagena. The
mines were manufactured under the
direction of J. P. Gibbons, after Gib
bons' patents, which are described in
Sicilian's books on torpedrxs and
mines.
Gibbons, from whom a reporter of
the Associated Press obtains the in
formation, and who furnished to Lieu
tenant Commander Colwell a written
UTianswertd.
t him.
Th
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vas coming up street
having been at the house of Ellen
Hank's, and was iddd to halt bv officer
Eagle, who took hold of him. They
started up str?et, he not resistinc.
He savs that he pulled loose from the
officer after thy had gone a little way
up street, Then Eagle said to him,
"If you do that again 111 shoot you.""
He says that lie did pull loose again
and that Eagle shot him. He ays
that he had no pistol. He says that
when he was shot, he lay on his uue on
the sidewalk, wheres he lay for a ort
time. Then he ays he rose and aw
Eagle a short distance away. Eagle
a w a -fe
auvacceu towaru mm, ana ne ueat a
retreat to his honie. He say only one
shot was fired.
Mr. Eagle lias
Porto Rico Sights Three Pa$laz s?U.
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Madrid, I April 3.- A dispatch from
Porto Hico announces that three Large
,v v i... . Tn;s arternoou luirer i two
eistward. It is addcil that they are be
lieved to be American ships.
not been arrested.
The general belief here is that he shot
Leader in the discharge of his dutv.
He RrrlYra Word
I rem A ashlr.ton to Lrare 5pln.
WAsiiii-TON, April 2. President
McKinley, I Vice President Hobart,
Assistant Secretary Day of the State
Department, and other Administra
tion men decided this evening, after
the most thoughtful consideration,
that the time had come for the State
Department to issue preliminary in
structions to Minister Woodford at
Madrid preparatory to hh leaving
Spain. Assistant Secretary . Day of
the State Department therefore pre
pared a long cablegram in cipher, and
after certain revision it was ent to
Minister Woodford.- Tiie instructions
relate to his final attitude " toward
Pre rnier Saata, hU rcqm-st.for pasa
port,jtbe remov il of his household
elTectl from Madrid, and, should the
situation warrant, he In instructed to
require of the Spanish Premier afe
e?cf)rt out of Spiin. Minister Wood-
t lord is r.ot to act on th instruction
until he r-cives word from the State
to
Minister
interpret: . "Leave
&f atsmcnt rf tli. lrVrt f .in'.' nifl riiif
lined' his theorv f the explonon ... .
... i i .i .i t n single citjiht woru, wnicn
employed by the employel by the j .
firm as superintendent of the torpedo ;
department. He also mx a s milar ; Tiie l,:v hrnrt v. health v man U m
lot of tonedoes was manufactured for ccntinual irritation to hia dyieptlc
Spain in 1S0G.. f r enil. Costipatiun is the root of
The manager of the Westminster nim-tentb of the sickitcM; of mn, and
Engineering Company. whHi i tho o' a large projioftion of the Icknr
Miccejssor of the . aicrementionel firm.
brothers
The evidence in the case proves
as on her, but he will remain until j HockVs Sarsaparilia cures srvfula, salt
tli4' ii4t An uriMn tlint wants to iTO ) , )wii!i humors and all erunlionf-
has left. j
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I-e dispatches had an efTect on the
delegations from congress whom Mc-
a ea
trtrj
came to Sheriu Monroe, and he told
them thivt though believing Eagle in
Do.vwt of wroar, he would arrest him
and ifrith which G ibtMn in connected,
confirms, the latter's statements as to
the manufacture of minc-s for Spain.
Gibbon, who is a former sergeant of
engineers, and a government iosp
tor of torpedo, believe the Maine's
first explosion was caused by what is
technically called a ground mine, con
taining 500 pounds of ghn-cotton. sev
eral of whUh were manufactured for
Spain. He has experiment with these
mines large'.y at Port rnoutn, and says
that, once laid, they retain their prop
erties for 50 vears. In addition. Gib
bons asserts that it is absolutely im-jK--ible
for them to explode accident
ally, as the electric currents for their
explosion are formed onlv by the
manipulation of a complicated key
board especially deviled to prevent
whenever they wished. Upon hearing ! aevdents. Three kys are necejary.
of ths testimony of Mr. Shuping, they
expresHl no desire to have this done,
and went their wy.Cor. Charlotte
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