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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-18
ATLIN LAKE STAMPEDE.
Hamn Garland Tells Of the Rush to the Newest Kondike
Gold Field.

Skagway, Aug. 30.-After long travel
and some tribulation genuine STAN
pede" has been found. The latest
rush has involved the correspondent
along with almost everybody else in
this district. Skagway is as quiet as a
prairie town in winter There is no
shooting, no grating" no rolling" of
newly arrived Dawson miners, and
very little gambling.
Every man who can get away has
gone or is going to the new strike at
Pine creek, and those who can't get
away are sending some one. They be-
lieve in this strike. They were not car
ried away by the stampede to Walsh
creek last winter, but they are excited
now. Out of 1,5O0 men working on the
railway nearly 1000 have quit work.
Many of the small shopkeepers have
locked their doors or turned their bust
ness over to their wives. On every
side one may see men with packs on
their back plodding along the trails to
join a long procession of other heavily
laden two-legged beetles with noses set
to the north
The excitement began a week ago
yesterday. The story goes that a. man
by the name of Roberts has been quiet
" working on a small creek which
runs into Attn lake from the e2sterly,
side He thought he was in Northwest
territory, and subject to royalty, there
fore he said little about his output.
Some ten days ago he came into Ben
nett City to buy some provisions, and
in a moment of indiscretion his secret
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escaped him. Bennett was boiling with
the news when a steamer came up the
Yukon with some Dawson adventures
aboard and some of them turned back
and made a determined rush to get
next"
Two of these men have returned to
Skagway, and their report has put the
final push to an evacuation. One man
(Mr. Tenant, a reputable citizen) says
he dug small hole in his claim and
at four feet PANIED a couple of shovels
Of dirt, out of which he claims to have
taken out about 80 cents. 1 have seen
the gold, but as it is in a bottle and
looks very much like other bottles of
gold from Dawson I am not prepared
to announce a great strike on Atlin
lake.
The other man who has been to this
promising land and returned is Mr.
jeff Evans of Portland, Ore. He also
was on the way back from Dawson and
caught the inspiriting news at Bennett.
He returned last night and has told
his story to me, and has drawn a map
of the country as it appears to his eye
He has some coarse gold in an envelope
which he claims TO have taken from the
ground on a second creek near the
discovery.
He reports people streaming in by
boat and trail, and that locations are
being made with great rapidity. He
considers it a cheerful country to mine
in-open, easily traversable. with
plenty of water for sluicing or rocking
The lake is beautiful and the soil
black alluvium. The gold he showed
was of mixed character. 1t consisted
of fine dust, fat scales and one or two
larger fat nuggets. He claimed to have
secured this by digging a few feet in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-18
GUNBOAT IN PIECES.
English Naval Constructors Are
Sending One to Africa.


Pail Mall Gazette: English naval
constructors are very much interested
in a gunboat which has just been COM
pleted for service on Lake NyasSa, in
Central Africa, and is to be shipped to
that point in pieces, like a Chinese puz-
zle. This boat, the Guendolen, is now
split up into 1,500 packages for trans
pOrtation. The boat is thus described
I in an interview with j. A. Rennie of the
engineering firm which built the Guen-
dolen:
so there is going to be fighting on
Lake Nyassa?" l remarked, tentative
ly.
Il never said So" he remarked, with
fitting diplomacy.
Then that's my mistake, 1 merely
judged from the fact that your taking
out what on lake would be consid-
cred a first class battleship, for the
Guendolen is heavily armored, is she
not?"
Yes, if you call six Maxims and four
Hotchkiss guns big armament. She
is intended to replace the three smaller
gunboats now on the lake, which are
practically obsolete, and is a vast i'm
provement on them in every way Her
length is 1876 feet, beam 90, and tonnage
$50, and with a draught of four feet
six inches is intended to steam u
knots
Il suppose the depth of the lake did
not necesSitate a shallow draught YES
sel?''
by no means. as there is plenty of
water even close to shore; that en-
abled us to have twin screws, for on
shallow water, such as the Niger or the
Khola (by means of which the Rus
slams in 1894 penetrated far up towards
ChitraD, stern wheel is absolutely
necessary. She is quite normal type,
except for the fact that she is fitted
with Fraser's underlined boilers and
will burn wood fuel, of which there is
an abundance in and around the lake;
coal is only brought up from the coast
at some e10 per ton, such is the diff
Guilty of transport.
And that difficulty will be increased
in the case OF a gunboat, 1 should i'm
agine?'
Not so much as you think" said
Mr.. Rennie. You see, we can only
bolt. not rivet her together. in the ward
here, so as to insure the perfect fitting
together Of every part. In this connec-
ton the Guendolen was inspected by
Sir Edward Reed, who expressed him
self as thoroughly satisfied with her.
Then she was taken to pieces, every
piece being previously numbered, and
on small model these numbers are
marked off, the internal fittings-Of
course, the model is only of the outside
OF the hull-having their proper num-
bers marked on scale drawings. Draw
ings and model accompany the ship.
which is split up into 1,5O0 packages,
that containing the boiler, of 2Hs tons,
being the heaviest, so that on her ar
rival there need be no difficulty what
ever in putting her together again"
MIR. Rennie added that if one of tha
packages should be lost it would be
difficult to replace it. The packages
are to be transported for miles over a
rough country by bullock wagons. and
as extra weight is an important con-
sideration no spare parts are carried.
Commander Cullen, r. N. r., the COM
mander-in-chie on the lake, has charge
Of the transportation, and he will su-
perintend the assembling of the parts.
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Oologan Ozaota is the son of a native
Manila merchant of great wealth, says
the Globe He is 80, cosmopolitan in
character and education. and is now
in America for the purpose Of studying
trade relations. He has Travelled ex-
tensiyely in Europe, and studied for a
time at Berlin. He has visited every
part Of the Philippine islands and is
Thoroughly familiar with life in them.
He left Manila after the insurrection
against Spain broke out, but before it
was known there that war with this
country was imminent. The stories he
tells of native Philippine life are most
fascinating.
milk dealers in Manila carry their
wares about the streets in bags, as
rule" said Mr.. Ozaota, in the course of
a long conversation today, though of
late a few ambitious dealers have af-
forCled two-wheel carts. Just before l
left home the dealer who served US
with milk was accused Of diluting his
milk OF course. he denied the charge
at first. Being pressed before the tri-
bunal. he confessed to the truth of the
allegation. The Roman Catholic priest,
who is always a figure in such tribunal,
arose to admonish the accused before
sentence should be passed, whereupon
the dealer confessed that he had used,
in diluting his milk. holy water from
the church font. Forthwith he was
released. and the priest blessed every
body, present and absent, who had
drank of the milk. The magistrate did
not relish the turn of affairs. but he
was pOwerless, since the edict of the
church is supreme
ELECTIONS to public offices are con-
Quoted in ways that would be thought
quite novel here. The governor of the
province-or in his absence, a deputy
presides Some priest Of the church is
chosen to take part. He sits on the
right of the governor or deputy. The
clerk sits on the left. The three form
an election board which sits high up
in the common hall. The same plan is
followed for cities and towns as in
provinces. These three persons select
by lot six 'cubezas' and six goberna-
dorcellos. With the governor of the
preceding year, these Is comprise the
electors. Each one of the IS must in
every instance be sanctioned by the
priest and here is where the church
gets not a little of its vast power.
Before voting begins the governor
reads the statutes, which exhorts all
TO duty and to patriotism. The electors
then come forward. Each elector
writes three names upon a slip of pa
per. And each one of these three
names must be approved by the priest.
Glector number two repeats this per- |
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the soil of his claim. He did not so to
bed rock.
1t will thus be seen that no decisive
thing can be reported at the present
moment The air is full of gold, but
the gold is mainly in the blue distance
yet. l am to go in in a day or two to
see for myself what The new mines
contain.
Skagway has acquired unquestioned
supremacy among the coast cities. Her
improvements are more permanent and
during my stay in the town l have
hardly realized that l was in a far
northern part-the cold winds from the
mountains alone remind me of it. The
land is cold and majestic without color
or grace. Bronze-green, dull gray sea,
and vast rivers of ice descending from
the clouds in splendid sweeping curves,
while far above, the peaks, half hid in
angry mist, are stern and menacing.
Men are beginning to roll into the
town from the south in response to the
Cottage City's report. Returned Daw-
son miners may be seen on the street
surrounded by clusters of eager listen
erS, but the man from Atlin lake is
treated with almost as great respect.
Rates for freight to Lake Bennett
range from s to 10 cents per pound.
Fare by boat to the head of Taken Arm
is $40 enc way, $50 the round trip. One
hundred pounds of grub free. Boats
are from SIS to $1O0 each. 1t is about
1867 miles by way Of boat and about
fifty by dubious trail. Short cuts are
being tried and no doubt the resolute
prospectors will yet find a way to get
to the diggings in three days.
One attempt by way of a glacier has
ended in disaster. The glacier is said
to be enormous and filed with deep
crevases. Some of the party became
snow blind and all were badly worn out
by the trip. It has disposed of that
trail as a short cut for the present, and
also settled that there is no truth in
the story that some men had made
rich strike just over the glacier.
The weather is fair in the middle of
the day, but clouds hover on the noun
tains continually. and the sunlight is
faint and cold. Winter is not far away;
his grim presence is on the passes al
ready. HAMLIN GARLAND.
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PRIESTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
They Control the Government Commerce, Society and Re-
Iigi0n Of the Islands.

! Torrance, and so on up to the 10, each
writing three names. and each three
being sanctioned by the priest. The
person. who receives the largest num-
/ Der of votes is the one elected. The
people have no voice in the matter,
usually the only person welding any
power being the priest. The same plan
of elections is followed, with slight
variations only, on all the islands, and
in ali of the towns. Sometimes ma
tives are chosen by lot among the
electors, and sometimes not. 1t all
depends on whether they are friendly
TO the Spaniards, and to the priest.
Natives of the Philippines have a
novel explanation of the creation of
the world. 1t is a tradition handed
down from many generations BACK. 1
remember to have heard it as a Small
child, and to have believed it implicit
ly. A viilture was lowering in space,
and found no place to rest. Water
from somewhere arose at this juno
ture. 1t neared heaven, causing by do
ing so the wrath of an almighty power.
Finding upon the largest island a
great bamboo, the vulture splits it,
and out spring man and woman.
The couple from the bamboo is most
fruitful CT children, and when their
number becomes very great, the vulture
drove everybody out with blows. In
their flight some concealed themselves
in the chamber, and these became
datos-goddesSes Others took refuge
in the kitchen, and these became slaves.
The balance went down the stars and
became the common people. This story
of the origin Of the earth and of man
kind is believed today, l suppose, by
millions of my racial kinsmen.
The number of requirements de-
manded Of a parish priest in the phil
iD2ines is very great If he does not
possess all Of them. the public interests
suffer For example, a priest must be
an architect. because it is he who must
draw u all plans for the el D ion of
churches: an engineer, for he is eX-
pected to make and to mend all roads;
a doctor. for he is the only physician,
except few who are stationed at one
army hospital: a teacher, for the
church delegates the education of the
people to no one not in orders: and
he must be a business man, for no one
thinks of undertaking any great mat
ter without consulting the priest. More
than this, he is the adviser of the
judges. and there is very little justice
meted out that he does not dictate. AS
related. the priest suDervises the cleo
tions, and, therefore, has to keep in
touch with what you western people |
call politics" Naturally he is d very |
busy man.
When 7 attended service one day |
at 2 church near my home in Manila. |
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LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.

LEAVE SALT LAKE. CA1x.
No. 2-For Provo. Crane Junc-
ton and ali points east-......... $50 am
No. +For Provo. Crane june
ton and all points east--........ 7:40 pm
No 6-FOr bingham, Lehi. Provo.
&t Pleasant, Mantt. Belknap
and intermediate points. $500. 500 In
No. S-For Eureka, Payson.
Provo and intermediate points. 500 pm
No. 3-For Ogden ard West...... $50 =. m.
No. 1-For Ogden and West--.-..12:30 pm
No. - 49, -. y t',ty......-....- N:2a a. IN.
ARRIVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. l-Frorn Bingham. Provo,
Grand Junction and the East. .2:20 pm
No. 3-From Provo. Grand
> unetlOE and EaSt-..-.-...-...... 500 pm.
No. 5-From Provo. Bingham,
Eureka Belknap. Manti and
intermediate pointS-..--.-.-...... SIS .. m
No, 2-From Ogden and tina
No. 4-From Ogden and tho
No. From Eureka. Payson. '''' Pm
Provo and intermediate points. 1000 m
No 41-t'rolh Park Citv-s...-...... $50 pm
-
Ticket orics. 1os W. 2rd suurn. Posi-
office corner.
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Watermelon Season

A little Coon was going up back
street the other night staggering under
the weight of huge watermelon which
he was carrying on his shoulder. Ow-
ing to the darkness all that could be
seen of his face were his glistening
teeth and the whites of his eyes. but
from the chuclSle which he occasionally
gave vent to he was apparently antici-
pating good time with that water
melon. Two negroes who had been eel
ebrating,' net him and began to Jolly
him.
Say, niggah, wha' dat watahmelyun
taldn' you said one. Guess yo' bet
tab let me tote il fo' yo'..'
'G'wan.'' replied tie little enc. Guess
yo' fellows jealous. kin cay dis yeah
melyun myself, l reckin. Use powerful
strong, l is, and he lodged past the
other two and continued on his way.
still chuckling to himself The two big
ger coors looked after him for a mo-
ment in silence and then simultaneous
ly breaking into shouts of laughter
that could be heard for blocks thew
also went their way.
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the priest announced from the pulpit q
rattle. and held W the watch which
was to be raffled for, in order that all
might see it. There were also raffles
for dresses for women, and these he
also displayed. Without leaving the
pulpit he proceeded to organize a So
ciety for women, called the 'Cofradia
de San Jose the members of which
were to sell tickets for the rattle. Re
ycnd the prayers that incident was the
entire service Cor the day.
In some churches that 1 have Wis
tied on the islands, for 1 have visited
many of the principal ones, there are
images having movable parts. When
ever the priest addresses a saint, the
army of the saints figure would rise. L
used to think there were no confeder-
ateS. and that the spirit, maybe the
power OF the priest. was at work. L
know better now, and yet 1 think per,
haps the natives of the Philippines are
no worse off because they still believe
in this manifestation of the priestly
power.
Il notice here that you let tramps
wander about in idleness. We do bet
ter. We in the Philippines provide
tram3s with miniature images of
saints. or. if images canot be had by
the priest, he gives a picture instead.
A glass case is put over the image or
piSlulS. nc lIdlupS carry THESE ABOUT
the streets Of the city and invite any
who wish to do so to kiss the glass
Upon payment of a small fee. a bless
ing is supposed to follow. The tramp
must return figure and money to the
priest, who, in return, gives him, or her,
for we sometimes have female tramDS
in the Philippines. modicum of the
money collected. himself retaining the
greater part. In this way priests find
sc in
given community. The one receiving
the most kisses gets the next church
named for it. In any event, the unem-
ployed is provided with something to
do and the people are benefited.
THE sale of masses is quite frequent
with us. a priest named Father Calos
struck a bargain with a Spaniard at
Neuva Carceres. The priest told the
Spaniard he would give him a ham
from Gallicia for every ten masses he
secured for him. The priest charged
the equivalent of 81 for each mass-the
regular price. People in my country
go to church because it IS the custom.
But II a communicate does not go he
is liable to punishment. One man whom
knew was made by a magistrate to
receive 20 lashes. in the public highway
and two months labor at rope-making
in the Notifications of Cavite.
There are three seminaries in Spain.
all the students of which are sent to
the Philippines upon graduation There
are seminaries there where student
priests are trained for other Spanish
colonies, as Cuba and Porto Rico. The
of this plan is that priests
thus get special training for service in
the country where they are to serve
the church; for you must remember
that all the priests in the Philippines
are Spaniards. One of the seminaries
where priests are trained for the Phil
lppines is located at Valla6oiid, anoth-
er at Ocana and third at Moreto Ar
guide. The first named is the principal
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one. Upon their arrival in the Philip
pines they are given a small cure to
allow them opportunity to learn the
language. In most of the cures he is
the only white man. In consequence
the priest becomes in this way the rem
, resentative not only of the church, but
of the Spanish government Priests
/ educated for service in the Philippines
have to remain there for life. None
ever returns to Spain or is sent to
service elsewhere, so far as 1 ever
knew.
Every village has it's cathedral.
sometimes pretentious. Eometimes not.
but as a rule it is the finest building
IN the town. Five orders of priests
have charge of these churches. and of
other religious work. The first order
to be established there was the Domini-
cans, who came in 100. Close after
them came the Austin Friars. in IT'S.
After them came the Franciscans the
Recoletos, a branch OF the st. Angus
tines, and, lastly, the Jesuits. The
hierarchy consists of an arch
bishopric and four suffragan bishoprics
The primate is the archbishop of
the Philippines, and his name is Don
Bern2rdino N-oZaloda. His residence is
at Manila. The suffragan bishops are
located at Nueva Segoria, Cebu. Jaro
and Nueva Carceres. The church is
supported by the state to the extent of
about $750.000 a year. The salaries of
the priests range from $500 to $4,000 a
year. The archbishop of the Philip
pines receives $4,000 a year, and the
four suffragan bishops $4,000 a year
each. Each order of priests has a. pc
Vanator, a lawyer, stationed at Madrid
to lool. after its temporal interests. In
1888 the state spent S124000 for the sup
Port of the churches, the missions and
monastic converts.
THE Spanish throne enjoys the right
of comforting indulgencies to- people in
the Philippines, even for serious crimes
doing so in the name of the holy see.
This right is acquired wholesale and
sold to priests at retail, together with
other monoo0lies, such as tobacco and
brandy, lottery tickets stamped paper,
all sold through the agencies of the
priests. without the assistance of whom
very little commercial business would
be transacted. The income from the
sale of these indulgencies amounted in
1919 to Sl5,930: in 1889, $26390; in 1880,
$5S,934. The priests receive as their
share from these sales from to per
cent gross, Popes Gregory w. and In
nocent TX. issued bulls Offering re-
wards for the use of beads, medals and
crosses Among these rewards were
nine plenary indulgencies every day
for the rescue of nine souls.
Il find a marked difference between
the Roman Catholic church mere and
the same church at home. A Catholic
there, 1 have difficulty in understand
ing it here. 1 do not say there is a
difference in doctrine, but in practice.
Our church, like our business and our
government. has suffered at the hands
of the Spaniards. The same greed that
caused these Spanish cormorants to
rob us in taxes, and to prosecute any
man found to be making money, has
not scrupled to use the church for sell
fish and immoral purposes"
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Z BlJHACH'
Insect
ExterminatOr.

Sure death to
Bedbugs, Cock
reaches, Moths.
and all insect
vermin. In cans
only, zoe, 40c,
60c and A.00.
Buy the gen.
uine at T. c. NJ.
l. Drug Store,
Agents.
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OREGON SHORT LINES
FATIFo AD-
Trains arrive and depart at salt Lake
City daily as follows:
FATTFoAD

City daily as follows:
ARRIVE.
(In Effect Jqiy IL 1885
from Chicago. Omaha. St Louis,
Kansas City, Denver. Park.
From Helena, Butte. Portland. ''
San Francisco. Ogden and IN
termediate points,, - S:55 am.
From San Francisco, Cache VAL
ley, Ogden and intermediate
From Chicago. Omaha. st. Louis, TN = -
Kansas City. Denver and Og-
.From Frisco. Milford sanp os 'lO an
Provo, Eureka. Mammoth. Sir
yer City and Intermediate
''Mixed train from Terminus,
Tooele and Garfield Beach,. a:00 pm
DEPART.
For Chicago. Omana. Denver.
ana ans PsrS Ci ~ st. Louis osden 7.mn
For San Francisco. Ogdea. ~ -
points. ..--..,.---.-....-..--........ s:r5 an
Omaha. ST. Louis. Chicago and
For Ogden, Butte. Heiena. Port -
land = nd San francisco. $40 pm.
fProyo' Nephi. Sanpete. M:i-
ford. Frisco and intermediate
'Mixed train for Garfield Beach ''' -
Ioosle and Terminus. ....-....... 1:BS am.
sTrairs south OF Iuab run daily except
.'Daily except Sunday.
CITY TICKET OFFICE Under Masorio
Hall; No 500 West Second South street
Telephone No go
Railroad and Steamship Tickets On sale
10 all parts of the world
pullman nan, Palace Car ticket ofice.
Cen FTf FRI MsT Gen. p Pass RRT Tidf.E ix,
w. Fl. BANCRo dsSS s'-
Vice Pres. & Gha Mgr.
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Palmistry.

The mysteries of palmistry
/ cannot understand:
Yet when a man and maiden shy
60 driving neath the summer sky
/ then foretell a marriage by
The lines within her hand.
Brooklyn Life.
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Busy.

Detroit Free Press: 81 asked her if
she thought she could learn to love
me- She said she couldnt-because she
was already studying Spanish and
learning to SWIM