The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-08
SO Stupid Is the Quiet That Trifles
Are Amusing.
THE RUSH HAD LESSENED
SOME AMERICANS BELIEVE
THERE Is NO DANGER.
Mascotte Left Yesterday With Sew
enty-four Passengers-The Oil
vette VIII Leave This Morning
and Lee Has Notified Americans
That This Is Their Last Chance.

Washington, April 7.-Consul General
Lee viii leave Havana Saturday as re-
suit Of explicit Instructions from the
state department and Il reply from him
stating that he would sail on the day
named
Havana Cvia Key West, Fla.). April
I've may, Of course, be on the verge
Of momentous events. but anything
more placid, not to say stupid, than the
present condition OF affairs here it
would be impossible TO imagine.
SO absolute s the dearth of real
news, while awaiting the action of con-
gress, that commonplace act last
night in the Cafe Ingleterra was made
the subject of q governmental dispatch
from the colonial cabinet to Washing
Ton. One Of the correspondents of the
Associated Press, when rising from
chair, dropped his revolver from his
pocket. = cartridge exploded. Before
people could realize the triViality Of
the incident. there was considerable ex-
element. Peop.e on the scene, how
ever, soon laughed at the occurrence
but wild tales that Consul General Lee
had been assaSsinated spread through
the city and were believed by so many
that the colonial government felt called
upon TO send message to Washington
denying that there was any truth in
the rumor. General Lee was not in
the cafe at the time. He was dining
elsewhere.
RUSH LESSENED.
AS a result of the belief that there
rs no further danger OF war. the rush
for passage on the boats provided by
ne United States has much lessened
When real danger becomes apparent.
many viii be left here. Havana has
heard the cry Wolf so often that she
VIII not believe it now until the big
guns roar.
The Fern, Bache. Mangrove with the
OllYette to come, and the Ward liner
Yucatan, which is under orders to
touch at Key West if General Lee de-
sires it. This arrangement does not
include the Macsotte, which is regarded
as regular liner.
Necessarily Holy Thursday, Good
friday and the near approach of Eas-
ter would have something to do with
the outward quietude here. 1t is hard
TO believe war imminent in the pres
ence of ladies with missals, men with
prayer books, crowded churches, the
sound of the priests intoning and the
choirs singing Gloria in EXcelsis Dec" |
All these things are so far removed !
from a bellicose frame of mind.
REAL STRIFE.
News of real strife is likely to come |
from MatanZas or Santa Clara prov |
inces. Nothing can be learned def |
nitely yet as 10 the movements Of |
Generals Gomez and Garcia, but there |
is no doubt they mean some coup de /
main 10 show the people of the United |
States that the instruction is not dead !
The insurgent General Alexandra /
rFF1er y hoe
ward to join Generals Garcia and Co /
meZ.
THE EXODUS.
The Mascotte left this afternoon with
a passengers. Many persons are hold
ing back to the last available hour on
the strength Of favorable peace ru-
mors.
The Ward line steamer Yucatan ar
rived this evening and viii leave for
the United States tomorrow morning
with about 80 passengers.
Despite the fact that the day is
cloudy, thousands OF people have -
voted it to visiting the various
churches and monuments. Tonight the
Plaza de Arms and Central park are
crowded with people and at both places
military bands are playing sacred
music,
LEES PROGRAMME.
Tampa, Fla, April The pro-
sramme for the departure of General
lee from Havana was announced to-
light and is as follows:
The Olivette viii enter Havana
larbor on Saturday morning and Cen
raj Lee viii at once notify all Ameri-
ans that this viii be their last chance
o leave the island under the American
lag. After ali are on board the
teamer, including the United States
onsuls from the various parts OF
'Uba, General Lee win pun down the
American flag on the consulate VIII
urn over the archives to the British
onsul, Collin, and viii go aboard the !
)hvette, which viii at once start for
Key West.
1t is possible that one Of the gun
oats or cruisers at Key West viii ac-
Ompany the Olivette 10 Havana. to
rotect the Americans as the last OF
hem leave the city.