The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18
AMERICAN H|EROlslll
Sylvester Scovel's Graphic Descsips
tion Of the Disaster.
n sl
THE cALMNtSs OF CAPTAIN SlGsBFE
Wonderful Nerve Shows ~ ! NslIss
Disciplined Marine.
MAS sxuBBED III CONGOSTA.
He Was the Only O3tviaI Nefusiag
As-istanc~--signsft ~ rre-
vious Assertions Recalled.
MAS sXuBBED ~ cOXGOsTA.

New York. February 1.-THE Evening
World today contains a copyrighted cable
gram from Havana, signed BY Sylvestsr
scoyel. which reports graphically the story
Of tho blowing vi; OF the battleship Maine.
and says:
The quays and docks were jammcd with
spectators during the sad proceedngs and
| am informed some jubilant sayings were
heard among the crowd, and that some o.
the lower elements rcioiced over the 'Yan-
kee massacre az they termed It. Persou-
Tally. saw nothing bur sympathy Il was
TOO colossal NOT TO dwarf even International
jealousy aud apprehenstvc haze. 0nly in
the palace did | see signs OF content.
cartain Siesbee bears the calamity as an
american officer and u gentleman. He
was not even ounvardly rnfflcd by, the aw-
fui calamity. iic received the Spanish chief
of police MS calmly as though his quarter
deck We're nat wreck and hts men man
gled and drowned.
Apropos of this Ii is told OF Captain Sigs.
bee thai he was writing q letter 10 bis
wife In his port cabin when the explosion
occurred. All the lights were exti,gusshrd
sigsbec running out. bumped into per-
fecty disciplined marine orderly. who.
amid shricks, sroans. flames aud horror
and In the dark ealuted and said.
asir. have 10 inform you that the
ship hnn been blown up aud Is sink
Ing row'''
The brave marine Is named William An-
thory He said 10 me today when be
sIoise or II. "oh. that's nothing. Any
Yankee marine would do that,
rms cooincss was noticeable cverywhers
anong Tie men. aud when the boats and
their maimed ioads had left the creek for
the hosIltai. there was no jabbering: no ex-
element. The officers who had something
to do did It quietly The others said moth
ing,
Tho correspondents OF the Madrid press
have sent homo foreboding messages, and
on the civil aldo OF the palace there are
grave approximations Of scaGt courtesy,
when asked Secretary congusa IN cid
me in talking TO General sciano over seeur.
ing the reopeniag OF the cable TO the mes
sarcs of the Names officers. he ssid cool
III II was none o. his business. that General
solano was In eole charge Fortunately
that gentleman was eorrtsout and TAO
ntssaees went IN view o. his attitude
shall now dnoto what Secretary Congosta,
then acting governor general fulfilling the
functions os that responsible position. said
to rnn the night before the Maine arrived.
Consul Gcuerrl Ice had told him that the
warshlp would ume. congosla beliiger-
emily objected.
General Lee said:
..Remrnter. ~ any trouble occurs
1 shall have the whole fleet here I'm
four hours'' a
sI,orfI, after ! saw ConEcstn and
he was very mad. He WIS also In
discreet. lie suid tn nae,
aTr your people would only let ~
alone II wonid be NIL Right. spnta
has PM M with more than any
other nation would have done.
hnsc warned You that there Will be-
trouble ~ the Maine comes here.
Vow bring your ships, ~ y"n wnnt
war You can have II. yo1 will lind
spain has not forgotten how 20
fight"
4 told these words Mt the time ~
the angry uftrrances Of an over
tnxed dipIon,nf. Vow they seem -
mean something.
a spanish daily here cinimcd se-
nor ne Lone wrote his famous lst- y
ter and caused its cnpture bccauec
he saw no gain In further drtnytseE
the break between the two govern Il
A.eua.