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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Washington. April 3.-The prospects
of European mediation have aroused
the keenest interest throughout diplo-
matte circles here. and although in
curry at the leading embassies and le
cations failed to disclose that any
actual move had been made, yet such
a move is anticipated at most any time,
and when taken it is felt that it will
be an important factor in the situation.
1t has been expected that France
would be the first to act by tender of
her good Offices. Up to tonight, how
ever the French ambassador, NJ. Cam
ben. had received no instructions in
this line There is the same anticipa
ton, but lack OF definite action. in
Great Britain, Germany and other dip
lomatic quarters. 1t is probable that
mediation would take definite form if
the foreign representatives were con-
WINGED that war were inevitable and
about to be declared. While they look
upon the situation as grave, the gen.
eral sentiment among them is that
the matter has not yet progressed be-
yond the range of diplomacy and
pacjfic solution. For that reason, there
was strong inclination shown today
to wait until the presidents message
was sent to congress, the feeling being
mined until the message had been sub
mitted.
SPAIN NOT INCLINED.
At the outset. Spain was most ear
nest for mediation. and to this end adj
dressed a note to the powers about ten
davs ago. Now however, as the
PROSPECTS for mediation appear to be
growing, the Spanish authorities seem
to be less inclined toward this course.
This may be due to the fact that Spain
had looked on mediation as an indirect
Worm of Intervention of the European
powers in favor of their own number.
The Spanish note developed, however,
that the powers were not ready for any
such radical step. France made the
first declaration. through Premier Han
otaux, in the French chamber, that
France would treat both parties alike
as friends. This was an unexpected
reverse for Spain. as she had felt that
the French ownership Of Martinique,
Guadaloupe and other islands would
incline her to sympathize with Spain
in defending her sovereignty over Cuba.
HOW IT WOULD COME.
II was stated by one of the ambas-
sad0rs today that any move in the
form of mediation would first assume
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY.

to-" The crowds then good-naturedly
scattered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

stenographers. He gave orders to ad-
NIT no one and would not be interrupted
for any purpose. Other officers of the
department remained in their rooms dur.
ing the day.
President Mckinley did not go to church
today, but was busily engaged. Quite a
number OF executive clerks were also at
work during the day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

United States minister, has made the
following statement:
THE obligations of my diplomatic
position absolutely forbid my granting
an interview or giving the slightest in
timation as to the political condition of
the diplomatic negotiations entrusted
to my care. | came to Spain under IN
structions from President Mckinley to
secure peace in Cuba, with a perma-
nent peace between thes United States
and Spain, peace that should be built
upon bedrock conditions; conditions OF
justice to Cuba, with assured protec-
ton to the great American interests in
that island.
LABORED FOR PEACE.
II have Iabored steadily to obtain
this result. / have never lost my
faith, and doubtful as conditions may
seem today, 1 still believe these great
and good purposes of my president
may yet be realized. shall not rest
from my labors for a just and honor
able peace until the guns actually open
fire; and my faith is still strong that
war, with all its horrors, can be
averted.
Enough blood has been shed in
Cuba already, and 1 cannot believe
the closing hours of the nineteenth
century can be Redeemed by conflict
between Spain and the United States.
My country asks for conditions that
will make peace, and 1 have faith that
Spain will do what is necessary to as
sure justice in Cuba, and with justice.
peace is certain"
NO HOPES.
London, April 4.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Times says: SPANS
reply to the American proposals is re-
ported to have done little or nothing
toward relaxing the intentions of the
United States The chances of an
amicable settlement are more remote
than ever and mems minds are pre-
pared for the worst. President Mckin-
ley, we learn, may or may not send one
sharp ultimatum as a dernier resort. If
he does, and the ultimatum requires
the evacuationNOf Cuba by the Span
ish troops. everything goes to show
that it may as we'll be left unwrittent
II the worst happens, it is obvious that
Spain will go to wan with the firm con-
viction that she worked from first to
last in the legitimate interests of
peace. making every concession fairly
compatible with national dignity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
EUROPEAN MEDIATION
Prospects OF Such Action Excites
the KeeneSt Interest.
WHAT SPAIN EXPECTED
INTERFERENCE REDoUNDING
TO HER ADVANTAGE.

Disappointed In This, Spain Is Less
Inclined to Look Upon Mediation
With Favor-France's Declare
ton of Friendship For Both Ma
tons Was an Unexpected Reverse.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
SPAIN IS NOT
EAGER FOR WAR
But War Before the Sacrifice
of National Honor.
MYSTERIOUS ORDERS
TO TORPEDO FLOTILLA
Equally Mysterious Instructions tt
Cruisers ViZcaya and 0quend0.

Torpedo Fleet Will Abide at the
Verde Islands Until Further Or
ders; and the Cruisers Are Or
dered Back to Havana-Madrid
Cabinet Filled With Gloomy APP
prehensions-Talk About Letters
of Marque.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
A Welcome Visitor.

The Salt Lake Herald goes into the
homes of Utah. 1t is Utah's great
home paper. The merchants trade
comes from the homes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

1t is understood that the message to
be sent to congress by the president
will include q very comprehensive
statement of the relations of the
United States to the Cuban question
One member of the cabinet said today
it would cover a period of perhaps 80
years, would detail at length what
had been the policy of the past admin
istration. how President Mckinley
found matters when he was inaugu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
HOW 1T WOULD COME.

II was stated by one of the ambas-
sadors today that any move in the
form of mediation would first assume
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

BY reading other papers You get
all the news if you read The
Herald.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
FROM CIRCLE CITY.
Steamer Monarch Meets Hundreds Of
Rowbonts Coming Down.

A letter from ]. NJ ScheuyeauIle 10
friends IN this city. written on board the
Steamboat Monarch al Circle City. July
u says:
This Is town OF log houses--a shanty
city. Il is said 20 be the greatest cabin
city on earth. containing no fewer than
30 log huts.
Before left ST. Michael abou. seven
rowboats. which had been made at Lakes
Lindeman and Bennett, bringing discour
aged proSpectors from Dawson. had ar
rived They had sold their grub and outfits
and had tioa;ed down the river on their
way home to wives and families.
We started Up the Yukon from ST MI
chael June 80 the first steamboat up the
Yukon this season. We met a large MINI
Der OF row boats coming down. by dates
as follows: June 30 l.: July /, e: July
>. -; July 3. 9: July i. -: July S. -; July
s Is. July 7. 20: July S. "a; July 9. u; July
70, IS July Il. 50; July L. H.. Al those
we got close 70 advised us 70 20 back.
waving their hands down the river toward
home.
Half the steamboats, bu!lt 70 operate
on the Yukon will get no passengers. and
some OF them VII not get up the river at
all There IS q very strong current and
rot much water. A brat OF iiga. enough
draugh, 10 operate successfully here can
run anywhere through The Eastern
swamps the cane brakes 81 Arkansas or
the everglades q Florida az the stream
IL nothing bat thin mud VITA the exer-
else of little faith a man could walk
OF II
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28

a child he was taHght reaasrg BY white
companion. at first studying secretly the
characters OK the alphabet drawn IN the
sand, ard when Re had learned them TAX
ing nightly lessons from his ccmradsA xno
attended day s,aooi. 4 touching incl
dent is related O. an after meeting he
tween this strange teacher and pupil o-ce
when the bishop was n Florida he WIS
called upon by Ell ersactaeed. ragged. hun
ETY. hooking white man. Il Was his old
tutor, who was sick and had not n cent
The bishop gave him So and with that for
IDS capital stock the latter started fruit
stand. and died some years later II COM
Portable circumstances.
The bishop is the youngest OF fourteen
children, sever sous and seven daughters
His father and mother were married six
;y-five years He was born IA 1870 was
married when twenty-five years old. and in
1855 started cue as All itinerant preacher.
Since thsn he has followed the one vocsa-
,ion Of uplifting his fellows. Churches
sprang up Ike mushrooms through his per
severing energies. one 81 which. the Bethel
church Of Atlanta. was erected two years
after he Joined the ministry. With i'm
proveaents nade since then X Is now
worth ssens,. Four years later he built q
church At Macon. Ga, ard later establish
ed the Morris Brown college Of Atlanta,
whose buildings ara valued at siAo1o.
While engaged in pastoral work he took
1900 persons into the church. and has
doubled tina. number since re became bish-
op. The African Methodist Episcopal
church has now Il membership OF So l.sl.
1on.eo Sunday school children and 400
itineraus preachers. or the members
Georgia has 1900. South Carolina the
same. Florida So,os0. and California 1.oo.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
SINAGWAY CITY COUNCIL.
Taking steps Toward Establishing
Fire Protection.

SKAGWAY Aug. IS-The city council
met las. evening and after talking over
the matter OF securing some kind OF fire
protection for tie city. the standing COM
mt;ees to act during the life Of the council
were appointed as follows:
Finance-PrIce whi,ten, Laumelste-.
Fire and water-S,anley, Sperry. Price.
Public work Hatlock. Dick. Launeiscr.
Health-IAumeis;e Dick. Spsrry.
Stanley Price. Laumeister and Dick were
present The question o. FIRE protection
VIII i,e taken W Immediately by the -ofn-
n.tiee on finance ana that committee vii
report a. the Monday evening meeting OF
the council as To the best methods to pur-
sue 10 secure the money necessary 10 &c
cure fire system. AS s.eon as the q iestion
Of money IS settled, then the committee On
fire and water VIII take the question up
ana prosecute 1t 20 a completion.
Councilman Price today said that he had
written % several concerns handling fire
department materials and he expects re-
plies within short time. nj which time the
council will have something definite upon
which - work Mr.. Price Eas written to
A i Long Of Portland who handles ma
rerials for several different ire department
supply concerns. and he has also written 20
the Goodyear Rphhcr Co. Of Portland.
ana the Washington Rubber Company CT
seattle. t0T KiT.TfF, ne having tHcQSed ISIS
az what 4 II Believed IL needed here Mr.
Price links that what Skacway wants -
fifteen hvdrants SO feet ~ hose ani TWO
hose carts. Since tha gravity system ia
ests a}tI;ed fire engine would not be
necessary. II Is estimated shat suitable
!3re Department cos,t be - allshei here
along tae ines enumerated for sam n,
exceeding s. -" However nothing espa-
clal can be done Just row. o,st rs soon as
the @rTs written - forward thar pre-
lSfs then the council W. take ~ details
ard attend to Tern in proper manner lsy-
ing The pToge<sti tsn before the people n an
tuscsiEe1t manner.
Councilman Price said rs morning hat
one nsaTshan. has already declared re
woui contribute go towards estahllzhtrg
a IRE svs'sr1 for. as tbe matter now
s;acds ghe ctv - a. IL mercy - any a-e
tAat may a suy 3s-ra Start
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28

and thai taere was - telling wheS gus
~1zs1 xes there We had r opsIc1 % gay
fng on the Leah o. es gosrg ashore ard
paying frols 81 20 $50 per meal Fsnas.y.
Il was decided 30 ssna LIZ OF the E'-ogrs<3.
That vessel Was lying ia TIRE aarbor. She
Rad already . Large ruma@r % people
aaoar1. ard Tire Leah was due 70 20 north.
Wei. wa started for Seattle. The food
waS vile Our diet co-aSsss Fl principally cf
ssewes trspe and pigs feet every Other
day with dried ssg between times. We
had 10 fresh vegetables aboard except
what were procured az Dgtch Ha-bor
When Ts sterres shere. the captain OF Tire
Testss states xanboat Wheeling boarded
tae Progr@so. He told cur captain TIA. ne
sad too macy passengers re ordered
Lin 10 procure what fresh Vegetables Ia
coaals and understand tire captain
bought up al the Trash potatoes there ware
a. rss place. They Lasted ls JUS. three
meals
+.At Duteh Earbor. the pass myers were
told thar Ire Proxreeo RAD more people
aboard than she was authorized 20 carry
The captain Of ft4s Wheeling told Us that
there were already too many people a.
Dutch Ha-5or. ana told ua TO take our
choice % going or remaining untg another
chip should come along. We he,3 a meet
ing ana decided 10 come down on the Pro-
grsso rather tan take chances OF lying
there for sevsrai days. or perhaps weeks
THE passengers were placed I'm til-s-nell-
ing and very crampei quarters Nerrnln
were thick on the boat. Il was no uneorn-
mon thing 70 see men on the progreso
worth thousands of dollars in gold dust,
with the lice crawling owe. their hands
They bore these inaignitiea and hardships
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
BISHOP GAINES TO PREACH.
CELEBRATED CHARACTER IN A. NJ.
+. CHURCH BACK IN SEATTLE.
He VIII BE Heard This Morning at
the First ". e. Church-His Great
saccess in Pastoral Work-Born .

One Of the most celebrated characters in
the affairs OF the African Methodist Epls-
copal church and among negroes generally
- Bishop ". J. Gaines. OF Atlanta, Ga,
who has arrived n Seattle on his annual
tour. He viii preach az the First NJ Z
church this morning and IN the evening
at the African Methodist He Is pre-
siding elder OF the Eleventh Episcopal Dis
trict Of his church including California.
Puget sound, Oklahoma and Indian ierrs-
tories and Florida and will go 10 Portland
TO conduct conference next Wednesday.
He has been on the coast The last SIX
weeks. holding 4 conference az Los Angeles
and spending three weeks in San Francisco.
He has been bishop since 1875. His last
Official visit to the Sound will be next
year.
Bishop Gaines has achieved considerable
fame as an author. His first work was
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
"DC kE OF SkOOkUM."
Henry Warner DixcOverer of LarE-
est Nugget Found on Yukon.

Henry Warner known in the Klondike
as the man who discovered the largest
nugget ever found in Alaska, arrived on
the steamer Progreso. and is now at the
Hotel Northern. The nugget weighs thir-
ty-two ounces, and after Warner discov-
cred II in his claim, No. on Big Shook
I'm. he was ever afterward known as this
Duke Of Skookum'
Warner IS a Montana German. and has
been In the kl0nd!ke three years. He
did not place his sack, containing S24. coo
worth Of gold, with the purser of the Pro-
greso when he came down from Alaska,
but he and his friends guarded it in q
state room. He had much the appearance
Of broken-hearted and penniless Kion-
dsker. and the pllrser mistook him for a
siesrage passenger. He is shrewd. He
left gold with various Seattle firms en-
gagged in the business Of buying the yei-
low metal and also at the assay office.
The remainder OF it he left in a bank
Warner Will sell his gold where it win
bring the most money.
Just before leaving Dawson Warner re-
fused $4,000 for his property. He was
obliged TO come here 70 recuperate his
health, and viii return over the first zee.
A good joke is told Of Warner. He be-
came seasick on the way to Seattle. and
thinking he was about to die. seriously
informed his friends that II he did not
survive he wished them to use his sack
In painting the Queen City red.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
Z. G. NILES CO.,
~ passengers In the state

coHlnodate 80 passengers IN the state
rooms.
The affairs OF the Bos-cr-AIaska Steam
ship Company az Tnalaska are reported to
be n q very serious condition. Returning
boat builders say thar the only one Of their
boats finished and still there has been
seized by the builders, and IS now doing
ha-oor work, wita United States Marshal
Biane as skipper and pilot. Another Of
this coulpaDys boats "a said 10 be on the
ways there, nearly completed, bur tied up
by an unpaid crew.
There are reported to have been over
thirty good-sszei river steamers and aarges
built a Dutca Harbor and Cnalaska this
season. besides scores Of smaller craft OF
these the Alaska Exploration Company.
az San Francisco. has two steamers and
two barges now In operation. and two
more steamers on the ways unfinished.
TIE Alaska Commercial Company had four
steamers ana four haEges, now in use: the
Boston Alaska Company three boats ard
a barge, besides the two held by the crew.
and Moran Bros. four steamers. The Sc
attic No. and Seattle No. 5 were also
built there.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
pnNH1H1nAA1s1saI 2. = xxx a1n1@1e91s7 xxx

covery OF rich quart: ledge on Eldorado
creek, which he believes may turn out to
be the much-taiked-of klcndike mother
lode. Seen yesterday. shortly after the
Progresses arrival. Mr.. Grant said; ION
the morning left Dawson. July % / was
awakened by g II. Parent an old friend OF
mine, and ne hurriedly told ne tina: hc had
struck rich quartz ledge above the forks
on FliOrado. He showed rle a piece Of
quartz watch had a sheet Of gold through
It's center ard Was an extremely rich speci-
.aen. lie asked me 20 say nothing abou:
the find until ! should get on the outside
lie has 4 number OF men At work sinking
shafts eight and fourteen feet 20 bedrock
Mr. Pareu: Is from Philadelphia, ard is
an old Coms;ock miner. For many months
he has been searching earnestly for rich
quartz ledge and l believe at last he has
found it
In response to an inquiry regarding the
accommodations on the ProSreso Mr.
Grant said
ut was awful. For hreaktas. we were
served a combination o; tripe and tomatoes
ana n other meals there was nothing fresh
or clean. Actually K was Sd bad TIE crew
k~ked. The boat WAS very much over
crowded snd dirty and the combination of
doors was sickeuing, There were a NUM-
her OF rough characters among the passen-
gers ard this led the petty officers into A
di<yespectful snf Insulting way 81 address
ing people. An ola judge from circle cry
WAS trs,lito9 ore day by the pursar TIE
Iukoner drew a revolver. and Putting x
In fhe officers face said
'Youil have 10 eat you- words, or III
hiow yoUr -~~~ head eff
The parser apoloezed profUsely ard
afterwards more careful how Re spoke -
passengers. Tae captain arr Urst officer
wefo All right, Thy understood sAe.r bus
i.ess 8n4 ac4ca Hike men"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28

Twenty-Five Years OF African Methodlsm
III the South" and Is considered by many
10 be his best. His The Negro and the
White Man" has been on the market just
year and has attracted wide attention.
Besides these and many smaller works he
has written .nnumerable pamphlets on al
most every phase OF the negro question,
especially from religious standpoint.
The bishop Is an arden. follower OF the
precepts Of his religion. Born in the
South. a slave. OF parents in slavery. he
early ev1nced an unusual interest in the
welfare OF his race. and when laboring for
his Master made plans for their future
welfare. He, with his father and mother
belonged 10 the famous Toomhs family Of
planters. and were slaves until freed by
President Lincoln's proclamation When
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28

He was insane from starvation ana drink
ing salt water.
From Tahiti Benson and four Of his
shipmates were taken to Australia. There
an American consul gave them passage 10
Vancouver. b. G. From Vancouver Ben
son walked 10 Whatcom and then made
his way TO this city. He is pennlless, but
not discouraged He says, however, that
he is mot stuck on shipping again" He
wants a dry land JOB. Before he went TO
sea in the early seventies he studied uled-
cine in Pennsylvania under DR.. II. A.
Smith, who was afterwards one OF the
leading physicians of Seattle and died Only
a few years ago. DIR. Smith and Benson
met in Seattle many years later. ana the
doctor then tried 10 get Benson TO give
UP the sea for lancets, pills and powders.
Benson says he wishes he had taken the
advice.
In 1888 Benson was assistant engineer on
the iron collier Tacoma, wrecked On JAN
uary q of that year nea~ Coos bay on the
Oregon coast. lie was on the vessel Ave
days unable to get ashore. In June. 1896.
he was again shipwTecked on the steamer
Colima of Pigeon Point on the California
coast. He was then third officer. Then
came the Monarch experience.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28

IL Is the largest colorei Methodist body In
the world, and was organized In 1916 by
Richard Allen, OF Philadelphia. being
therefore. the oldest daughter OF Method
Ism.
Bishop Gaines looks for the disappear
ance OF the African race in the United
States !n a few moro generations, for
through intermixing with the Caucasians,
he says. the original characteristics and
color ara RAPIDLY disappearing. There are
now 10000 muiattoes and 1,o0.0oo quad
rooms and octoroouS in the South. The
bishop always takes his daughter with HIND
as his private secretary. She Is Miss Mary
L. Gaines. graduate from a Southern
college and an exceedingly bright young
woman. Mrs Gaines is not accompanying
her husband on this trip.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
DUTCH HARDoR DEsoIaTEx
IL Has Been ForSakcn by the Last
OF the >hipbuiIjers.

Al IS row desolate a, p1tcs Harhor
as Jaa!aska TIE I'ros~vso yesterday
brought Down the las, OF gAe saspbua3srs
NAT have @een there since February. ana
tae towns have resumed thes~ usual phase
of Q2.es Indian villages Ore hundred ana
'~e-va as5a from Indiana oa.o ana ether
Eastern states TIA; fe- re last s,ven
a.sotas have been St; L,atoh IGart9r su.ts-
ias boats - tha Alaska C'c,77 re~elai Com
}@ny ware oaa gang fo arrive al they
are - 4las,cTed ~ rae Ssa,.Ie hatsl
~ * '2~V -Ft':~n - ;he.- hoases
4e ASA 2q4t N10sc-ao<~4 - Eg..--e Era~-
PIG va Iee Alaska go s1n.e-ciai t'5.-,.. .,..s
r-t@r steamer See. a. .za-a Au-.4<, +, ana
tossed % s.. Mscaze} rs th- Nv E.ei.~5
re >ss'e Is - ;ee, ]3a< 4ga mas a 4s-fae.
IAN h-rflg tNe seaSoF. .51s. -Esee! ,rss
company has comp e-e,g three 7-ackars ere
~t-Ah- Hannah as S4-i~. a ~ e.,a7 ne
ts5+.se- &n1 fnur aa~gsS g-ae 6~.e TIN -
th% la iAs@ sD ts Yas ~ Is 4a.s "a AA,4
cAr - So a t9- ~ owners. Se,e -,,s,5A
-" trt9 i9 }9ae Each e gn..s-, sre..s .,.,rs
A~@ .Ne ect.ers ard q speed ~ sroa, ~.xn-
ts~n - svea.y kas.s IN Esx. TaAv -