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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
CHRISTINA, QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN.

taken to prevent disorder at the Re
publican mass meeting this afternoon.
The number of guards at the United
States legation was increased. The Oh
ject of the demonstration was to de-
mand a revision of the sentence i'm
posed upon political and other Offend
ers; to protest against the torturing of
anarchists in the prison of the fortress
of Montjuich. Barcelona; to demand
the free import of wheat, and to de-
mand universal conscription without
the redemption of the rich conscripts.
The demonstration, contrary to ex
pectation, turned out to be very quiet
and informal affair. In fact, it may
be termed a '-fiZZle" There were no
banners displayed, and only about 5000
people marched to the presidency and
remained in the street while the depu-
tation was conducted to the office of
Senior SagaSta, where its members
were politely received by some of the
members, in the absence OF the premier
Seniors ViendO and Dorendo. former
municipal councillors of Madrid, spoke
for some five minutes. referring to the
objects of the demonstration, namely,
revision of sentence. the free import of
wheat, and universal CONSUMPTION
without the redemption of the rich con-
scripts. No mention was made of the
alleged torturing of anarchist prison
ers in the prisons of the fortress on
Montjuich. Barcelona, although it was
at first understood that this was to be
the main representations to be made to
the premier.
The demands of the people who took
part in the demonstration were en-
bodied in a manifesto. which was
handed to the minister of the interior.
Senior Capdepon. who replied. saying he
regretted that the indisposition of Sc
nor Sagasta made it necessary for him
TO receive the deputation in the pre-
mier's place. The Spanish people. Sc
nor Capdepon added, were worthy the
liberty they enjoyed, and the govern
ment would always keep abreast of
public opinion. But the manifesto was
too serious to be Immediately replied to.
1t would command serious attention
and would be referred to the cortes.
The minister then thanked the depu
tation for the orderly behavior of those
who took part in the movement. Senior
Dorendo answered that the deputation
placed confidence in the good will of
the government. The deputation with
drew. Then the crowd outside the
presidency was inclined TO linger and
discuss the matter which brought the
people there, but the civil governor
mingled with the people. urging them
to dispense. He said, Go home. my
children. Everything will be attended
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Dubosc, the Austrian ambassador, in
this direction within the past few days,
is said to be inspired from the palace.
He has visited United States Minister
Woodford and a prominent member of
the cabinet. Apparently there is a pes
simistic feeling at the United States
legation today.
REMAIN AT THE CAPE DE
VERDES.
The Spanish cabinet has decided that
the torpedo fiotilla is to remain at the
Cape De Verde islands until further or
ders. The fiotilla will be joined later
by squadron composed of the ar
mored cruiser Emperor Charles V, of
1926 tons; the cruiser Alfonso XIII. of
5000 tons; the armored cruiser Maria
Teresa, of 1000 tons, and the armored
cruiser Cristobal Colon, of 6,S40 tons,
which will accompany the torpedo flo
tilla to Cuba.
A national subscription to strengthen
the Spanish fleet will be organized by
a royal decree, but the decree will not
be published before declaration of
war.
GLOOMY APPREHENSIONs.
The cabinet, which met at o'clock
last night, discussed the situation until
midnight. At the close of the confer
ence it was declared that no official
news had been received at that time
from Washington, but it was admitted
that the ministers were filed with
gloomy approximations. Each minister
declared that he had received private
information confirming the extreme
gravity of the situation.
The minister for war, Lieutenant
General Correa, submitted for the ap-
prevail of the cabinet elaborate plans
for the organization of the military
forces of the kingdom.
The minister for the home depart
ment, Don Ruis y Capdepon, in an in
terview declared that everything is
pointing to war.
PRIVATEERS.
The cabinet has examined PROPOSE
tions for the arming of merchant yes
sells as privateers, but it has been de-
cided to await events before coming TO
any decision on this subject
Finally a telegram from the Spanish
minister at Washington. Senior Polo y
Bernabe, was read at the cabinet meet
ing, in which Senior Bernabe said that
President Mckinley will be overruled
by congress.
OUR MINISTER'S POSITION.
In answer to a request from the As
ISOLATED Press, General Woodford, the
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form by an exchange of notes among
the European powers. which could be
done very speedily by telegraph in case
a war crisis seemed at hand. In such
event the general understanding
among diplomats here is that Great
Britain, France. Germany and Austria
would be consulted, as their CONNER
cial interests would be seriously Grip
pied by a war between the United
States and Spain. While Russia and
Italy also might be consulted, owing
TO their influence in European affairs,
yet their immediate interest in the
Spanish-American conflict would be far
less than that of the other countries
mentioned
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louisville. KY. April "a special to
the Couiier-Journal from Evansville,
Ind, says:
At O'Clock this afternoon the levee
at Shawneetown, Ills, broke a mile
above Town, and from all the informa-
ticn that can be obtained here it is
learned that a great part of the place
has been destroyed and perhaps a large
number of citizens have been drowned.
sHAwNEETOWN.
Shawneetown is % miles above Ev-
ansville, on the Ohio river. 1t is stu
ated in valley of extremely low land,
with hills skirting it in the rear. and
with a 25-foot levee running from hill
to hill
The town is very much in the posi-
ton of a fortified city, and when the
levee gave way a mile above town,
under the pressure of a very high
river. the water shot through 20-foOt
opening and struck the place like a
hurricane, sweeping everything before
it.
TOSSED ABOUT LIKE BOXES.
Houses were turned and tossed about
like boxes. The people were not warned
anu IOr Indl reason many were caught.
Those at home sought refuge in second
stories and on housetops. Those in the
streets were carried before the ava
lanche of water and probably a ma
jority were drowned.
Citizens came from the place by
skiffs to a telephone several miles away
and asked for aid from Evansville.
They said that more than 200 people
were drowned and they had reason to
believe that it would reach 500 or even
lt000- The water stands from 20 to 80
feet all over the town
TOTAL DARKNESS.
There are. of course, no fires or
lights in the place, and total darkness
envelopes the desolate city Conse-
quently it was impossible for them to
have anything like definite information.
The men Immediately left the tele-
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QUEEN CHRISTINA.
Peaceful Intentions Met With Insur-
mountable Difficulties.

London, April 4.-The Vienna CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
Dispatches reaching Vienna FROM
the queen regent of Spain dwell on the
increasing difficulties with which her
peaceful intentions are confronted in
leading Madrid circles, where it is ar
gued that Spain has nothing to lose
by a war which could be carried into
American territory. Still, she does not
despair of an honorable peace
An interview appears in the Aage-
blatt with the Spanish ambassador.
who denies that the United States has
presented an ultimatum. He says
Spain will not fire the first shot, but if
war occurs she will fight for years. and
TO the bitter end Such a war. con-
tinued the Spanish ambassador. would
paralyZe American commerce and in
dustry while the Spaniards are born
soldiers of unconquerable tOughness.
The American navy. according to
the Spanish ambassador. consists of
mercenaries who are not used to war"
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BULL FIGHT TAKES BETTER.
One Opinion of the War Spirit of the
Spanish People

Madrid (via Bayonne, France), April
1.-Despite the efforts of the press to
work up patriotic enthusiasm. the
public seem Indifferent to the situation.
Except among officials, it is rarely dis
cussed. The people are chiefly inter
ested in the result of a big lottery Just
announced and in the preparations for
an extraordinary bull fight on Easter
Sunday, at which event toreadors from
all parts of Spain will perform. The
people do not wish war; rather they
are Indifferent, as they always have
enc in progress somewhere, and do not
regard war with the United States as
different from the others. The feeling
that exists here exists also throughout
the Provinces
POultney Bigelow writes from BARGE
Iona that with two other Americans he
has just completed a bicycle tour from
San Sebastian, through Madrid to
Alicante. in Valencia, clear across the
widest part of the peninsula, and he
says:
Il found less jingoism in the whole
trip than in one block of the New
York BoWery"
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phone and no further communication
has been had. No telegraph nor tele-
phone wires are working, and outside
communication appears impossible. At
10 o'clock two steamboats, and a couple
of tugs started for Shawneetown, under
a full head of steam, and it is expected
some of them will arrive there by
a. m. They carry large supplies of food
and blankets, quickly collected by the
city officials.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Chicago, April "a special to the
Peoord from Cypress Junction, Ills,
says:
TWO hundred and fifty persons were
drowned today by the inundation of
Shawneetown, six miles from this
place. The levee broke at o'clock
this afternoon and the Ohio river
flowed over the town many feet deep.
Scores of houses are floating about
tonight, and many persons are cling
ing to the wreckage. in the hope that
rescuers will soon appear with boats
to take them to places of safety.
NO COMMUNICATION.
All communication with the town is
cut off Trains cannot reach there and
telephone and telegraph wires are
down. The first report that reached
here was that the entire population had
been drowned, but this is not confirmed.
The levee was built by the govern
ment, and was regarded as impregna-
bic, hence the people had taken no pre-
cautions against a possible flood.
1t is reported that the flood now ex-
tends for ten miles inland. and people
are fleeing for their lives in all the
lowland hamlets.
Evansville, April 3.-Late news from
Mount Carmel says the disaster is
probably worse than at first supposed,
and the loss of life will be over 200.
The survivors will be without food or
fire and will suffer considerably Re
lief viii probably reach them by day
light. Communication with the ILL
fated place Will not be had for several
hours.
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All Parties In Spain Proffer Aid to
the Government.

Madrid. April 80 a. m.-Oficials
here now frankly admit that the sit
uation is delicate in the extreme They
consider war as being imminent. and
II is popularity believed President Nc
kinney will address an ultimatum 20
Spain early next week. Calm continues
here, but trouble is feared from the Re
publican demonstration which is being
organized to protest this afternoon
against the torture of the anarchist
prisoners in Montjuich prison, BARGE
Iona.
All parties are offering aid to the
government Even the Carlist chiefs
are presenting themselves to Premier
Sagasta, proffering their services in
the emergency.
The newspapers are denOuncing the
bishop of Barcelona on account of the
letter which he wrote, proposing the
abandonment of Cuba, provided SPANS
commercial and religious interests are
guaranteed. Other bishops are calling
on the government to resist the United
States and are Offering money to aid
the military and naval preparations.
me newspapers say there is a great
patriotic movement on foot throughout
the provinces in aid of the naval fund.
The trial of the new cruiser Alfonso
XIII is reported to have been carried
out with satisfactory results 1t is
added that she will be commissioned
20 loln the Havana squadron forth
with
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Washington, April 3.-The navy de-
partment has received g, dispatch say
ing that the Spanish warship Carlos Y
has been delayed from sailing for Fer
rol up to this time because she was
waiting for the arrival of French ma
chinists. Seven of these nachinists
We're selected and taken aboard and the
vessel departed for Ferrol.
This confirms information which the
navy department has received fire.
quently, that the Spanish navy is very
poorly supplied with machinists for
war vessels, and has been seeking ex-
perienced men in France.
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MILITARY BALLooNING.
Equipment at Fort Logan, Colo, VIII
Be Started East Today.

Denver. April S.-The balloon equipment
at Fort Logan and several carloads of
camp equipments from the same post will
be started east tomorrow Five cars
were loaded today and will be sent
through to Fort WadsWorth at the
entrance of New York harbor. Sergeant
Ivy Baldwin, the practical balloon man
at the post. expects to. follow the balloon
outfit, which includes not only the signal
balloon made by him but the balloon
wagon. four tube wagons and the para
phernalig for generating gas. The camp
eCuiDage includes tents, army stoves
and baggage used by men on a campaign.
Military balloOning has not been prac-
ticed any where in the United States eX-
cept at Fort Logan. where Captain Glass
ford, by orders of Brigadier General
Greeley, has established and maintained
a balloon park. and where the evolutions
of that form of military scouting and
signal service have been practiced with
much fidelity for several years by the
signal corps of the department of Colo
ado.
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TO AVERT WAR.
The Papal Nuncio Cooperating With
the Austrian Ambassador.

Madrid. April S.-The members of
the diplomatic corps are joining in
taking steps calculated to avert war
They are under the leadership of the
papal nuncio, Mgr. Francisco Nava,
the archbishop of Catania, and the
Austrian ambassador here, Count
Dubusky.
The organizers of this afternoons
meeting 10 protest against the tortur-
ing of anarchist prisoners. declare they
are determined TO prevent it being
transformed into demonstration
against the United States. which is
threatened
The minister of marine, Admiral
Bermejo, continues receiving many pc
titions from foreign and Spanish mer-
chants and sea captains, who are de-
siroUs of obtaining letters of marque
so as to fit out pTivateers in the event
of war breaking out between the
United States and Spain.
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CIT LOOKS THAT WAY"
Reply of General Graham to a Query
About War;

Galveston. Tex, April 3.-General Will
lam II. Graham, commander of the de-
at II o'clock this morning. His visit was
in the course of a tour of inspection of
the Notifications of the department. He
came from New Orleans to Galveston and
returned tonight Accompanying him IS
Lieutenant c. T. Barney. They We're
taken out to the forts at the east end. and
to Bolivar In the afternoon they were
where Battery K is stationed. At 5
O'Clock the officers took the train for
Fort Morgan, Mobile, as the general has
several places which he designs visiting
on the return to headquarters.
When asked if there would be war. the
general replied: 1T looks that way" He
was satisfied with the preparations for
defense made here.
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ONE EDITORS IGNORANCE.
Madrid Pals Insinuates Our Southern
States Are Disloyal.

Madrid, April S.-The majority of
the newspapers here today regard war
as inevitable. They think General
Stewart L. Woodford has communicate
ed final answer to the government
The Liberal says: 1T is clear that no
concession will satisfy the United
states except the independence Of
Cuba, and we had better Immediately
end the uncertainty"
The whole article of the Liberal on
the subject is bellicose in tone. The
Pals asserts that great uneasiness
prevails at Washington concerning the
attitude OF the southern states in case
OF war with Spain. and also because the
Spaniards are organizing in Mexico to
invade the states from the Mexican
republic" In conclusion, the Pals as
serts that it will not be all beer and
skittles for the United States.
Much excitement was caused today
by the receipt of dispatch saying the
passports of the Spanish minister at
Washington Will be handed to him on
Tuesday,
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THE HERALD BULLETIN.

PAGE ONE
Intrigues of Wars Delay.
Spein Not Eager For War.
Great Calamity In Illinois.
European Mediation.
PAGE TWO.
Utah Men For Cuba
Congressional Forecast.
PAGE THREE
Mines Of Stateline.
Fraternal News.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
ELISA.
PAGE SIX.
Educational Matters.
PAGE SEVEN.
State News.
PAGE EIGHT.
The Fifteenth Ward Divided.
President Boyce In Town.
Jesse r. Grant Here.
Uncompahgre Story.
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Ohio Naval Reserve.

Cleveland. o.. April 3.-Lieutenant
Commander George r. Mckay. of the
naval reserves. was in communication
with Adiutant General AXline today and
received orders 10 recruit the Cleveland
division IN to its war strength. The
Ohio brigade will be organized at once by
recruiting four additional divisions, one
at Toledo. another at Sandusky. a third
at Ashtabula and a fourth here. Com
mander Mckay was ordered to rush the
Mckay tol6 some Of the men he expects
to receive orders to move on Tuesday He
expects the reserve will be sent either to
the Atlantic seaboard or TO the south.
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Madrid, April 3.-The queen regent is
taking a very active part in the neSo-
tiations and has thoroughly identified
herself with the war section of the
cabinet. Her attitude is much APP
proved by the officials in the army, and
has undoubtedly strengthened the dy-
nasty for the time being. Her majesty
is reported to have told Senior Sagasta:
81 received from my husband herit-
age for our son, and will never agree
to have that heritage curtailed.
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TORPEDO FLoTILLA GUEssEs.
Believed Its Movements Are Intended
to Mislead Us.

Believed Its Movements Are Intended
to Mislead Us.
Washington, April 3.-The naval Off
GERS read with interest and discussed
the Associated Press Madrid bulletin
in regarding the movement of Spanish
ships and torpedo flotilla. 1t was said
that the flotilla perhaps had encOun-
tered bad weather if it had attempted
to sail direct for Porto Rico, and might
have been driven to the Verde islands.
1t was also said that experienced nav
igators were of the opinion that the
f1otilla had taken that course I'm order
to avoid adverse winds and to find
better course by way of the Verde
islands. This would save coal, as sail
power could be used TO advantage.
Some naval officers were of the opin-
ion that they could not trust wholly to
Madrid information concerning the
movements of the Spanish warships at
present, especially if the Spanish -ad-
miralty thought advantage would be
gained by misleading the American
navy department.
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APPEAL 10 INSURGENTS.
Autonomist Cabinet Calls For An
Armistice For Peace.

Washington, April S-The Spanish
minister has received a telegram from
Havana stating that the autonomist
cabinet has addressed an appeal to the
insurgents asking them TO adjust an
armistice to fix terms of peace. The
full text of the message could not be
secured tonight. as it's translation was
not made at the legation. The insurg-
ents are appealed TO on the ground
that they are all Cubans and should
unite for peace and liberty, which all
want The appeal also states that
Spain is willing TO enlarge the present
scope of autonomy and will suggest
such a plan to the cortes, which is
soon to meet.
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POPE AND MEDIATION.
Seer Capdepon Tripped Up In a Lie
About the Pontiff.

Madrid. April 3.-Senor Capdepon
minister of the interior. states officially
that the pope has accepted the task
of mediation between Spain and the
United States, at the suggestion of the
after, both nations accepting his me-
iiation.
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THE |NTR|GUES
Of WARS DELAY
Reasons COnSpiring to Post
pOne Prompt Action.
NO MESSAGE
UNTIL THURSDAY
Belief Expressed That Mckinley Is
Still Undecided

Doubt as to Whether the President
Will Make Any Specific Recon-
mendations-He Has Not Given
Up Hope That Hostilities Might
Yet Be Averted-If Twenty-Five
Pro-Cubans Break Away, the
Question Will Be Soon Settled.
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SHIPS IN BAD CONDITION.
Spanish Navy Poorly Supplied With
Machinists.

MachiniStS.
London, April 3.-The London CORE
spondent of the Associated Press has
ascertained from reliable sources that
the Spanish ships are in bad condition
The Pelayo started from Toulon for
Carthagena last night in tow, with $50
French workmen on board fixing up her
boilers and making other repairs. The
Carlos Y started yesterday from the
Seine ship building yards at Havre for
Ferrol, with turret out of position and
her guns unmounted. Neither ship
viii be ready for service for month
They have left French waters presum-
ably in the fear that war might begin
before the repairs were finished, in
which event they would not be per-
mitted TO leave.
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Senior Sagasta said TO a friend after
Thursdays council at the palace: I'VE
went in, seven men, to see one woman,
and emerged, seven women. leaving the
man inside" meaning that they went in
disposed to yield. but that the queens
patriotism and firmness inspired them.
At the same time, it is reported that
the queen regent is doing much to
avoid a rupture. The activity of Count
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NO HOPES.
1T WAS A FIZZLE.

Demonstration of Republicans Out of
Which Much Is Expected.
Madrid. April 3.-There was little ex-
citement in Madrid this afternoon, ow-
ing TO the fact that there was no bull
fight today. Extra precautions were
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Ohio River LeYee at ShaWneetOWn Broke, Drown
ing Hundreds Of the Inhabitants.
FLOOD STRUCK THE PLACE LIKE A HURRICANE
People In the Streets Carried Away By the Avalanche
Water; Houses Tossed About Like Boxes

Without Warning the Terrible
Yesterday Afternoon
In Than Two Hundred
People Drowned, They to
Reach 800 or ooo1reagre Particulars
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Washington. April assistant Sec
rotary Day has authorized an official
1enial of the statement that the pope
S to mediate between this country and
Snain