The Herald, 1904-01-08, Page 7BENNETT BURLEI6EI ON
THE WAR SITUATION,
The Veteran War Correspondent Says War Between Japan
and Russia is Trembling in the Balance.
a 1 `ew York, Jan. 4.—Daniel J. Sully,
the cotton king who hag made $10,-
000,000 in the,great campaign in
cotton futures which, yesteYday put
the price of this commodity, up to
.14 cents, the highest in 25 years,
'and which has closed cotton mills
leak over the country, and Europe,
land thrown many, thousands of men
land women out of employment, is
`raising a fund of $250,000 among
tithe cotton spinners of the United
(States to influence the American
;press and the American people to
laoeept the high prices of one of
abair greatest commodities ea the
!inevitable result of ' conditions
%treated by, physical necessities ra-
ither than by speculative manipula-
Von," says a morning paper. Ma
ully has himself subscribed $10,-
9000 to the pool, and in a letter cir-
cular solicits liberal subscriptions to
:Ripe fund which is designed to be
'conducted during the year 1904
!through four speelfic channels, as
follows: first, semi -advertising,
"`'white -ups" in magazines of large
'circulation and influence. Second,
'cab service of authoritative personal
Interviews and timely and pertinent
'information. Third, co-operative ad-
tvertising through the dealer to his
customer. Ifourtll, direct argument
on the dealer.
' It is regarded in financial circles
las one of the boldest plans ever
adopted by a great speculator with
a view of making successful a mani-
pulative campaign in one of the
staple articles of commerce.
Further War Preparations
Tokio, Jan. .4.—An emergency or-
dinance promulgated late last night
;invests the Government with practi-
loally unlimited credit for the pur-
!poses of military defence.
Tierce other ordinances were issued,
relating, first, to the Seoul -Fusin
!Railway, ,vrial ih' is brought closer nn-
ider official control ; second, to the
;revision of the organization o'f the
Imperial military headquarters in
,war time ; third, to the creation of a
!w,a.r council in war time. These or-
dinances, it is considered, completely
(provide for all emergencies.
Russia Getting 'Ready.
I Moseow, Jan. 4.—Twelve batter-
ies, of the four Grandier brigades of
(field ;artillery stationed in and
around Moscow', have been selected
(for 'service In the far east. Their
;early departure is expected, which
1001 place 103 field guns at the dis-.
I osal of Viceroy 'Alexieff. It is said
!here that all the volunteers living
!pet their homes, who, as graduates
of high schools, are privileged to
'serve only ani year with the colors,
lhavo been ordered into barracks.
Extensive movements of troops
,eastward have been reported.
Excommunicated by Dowse.
New York, Jain. 4.—A e;p!ec1al from
Chicago to . the New York World to-
day, say a: The Rev. Stephen Mer-
ritt, one of the trustees of the John
Street Methodist Church, in New
York, has been excommunicated by
John Alexander Dowse, because of an
attack on Dowse in the New York
Christian Advocate.
Dr. Jas. M. Buckley, editor of that
journal, sought to disprove the claims
which. Dowie made to conversions in
New York, and quoted a letter from
Mr. Merritt, in which the latter dis-
avowed allegiance to the Restorer.
Dowie palled ills Cabinet to a council,
in Zion City, and then it was that
Merritt was formally excommuni-
cated. Tibe edict, as officially pub-
lished, Is in pa,rt as follows : "In the
name of the Most High God I deliver
James M, Buckley and Stephen Mer-
ritt ,unto Satan for the destruction
of the flesh, that their spirits may be
saved In the day of Lord Jesus. May
it be that ere their bodies perish they,
shall truly repent and be saved. If
they, will not repent all men and an-
gels will say thein damnation is just."
War is imminent.
New York, Tan. 4.—A. special cab:e
from London to the New Xoik Her-
ald to -day, says: Mr. Bennett Bur-
lelgi, in a cable message from Tokio,
says : War trembles in the balance,
it it has not already; tilted the scale,
for report affirnirs thht Russia on
s aturdaly;, declining Japan's request.
Diplomacy is terrified as to what'
will happen in China if there is war
between Rwsisia, and Japan.
"It is ,agreed, and plain despatchles I
show that the Chinese Imperial au-
thorities are on the alert, and will
attack Russia. 'Ilheir best generals
are eager to engage the enemy in
Ma,ncl,niria„ but the real keg to the
seriousness at 'tl.e situation is in the
question„ 'will there be further trou-
ble, outbreaks against foreigners in
China'? Or in the equally,' dangeroule
problem„ what oteps will German!.)
and France take if disturbanoe,s
brea.k au't?' Great Britain and Ame
erica should be prepared also to see
that if Japan wagers a successful war
she is not prevented Ire= reaping
the fruits od victor..
Died in Poverty.
New York, Jan. 4. —,Toile New. Fork
American to -nay saeis : Having lived
lite for more than/ hie three score and
10, Okio Clackering died in poverty)
in St. Vincent's Ilbispital yesterdays,
h'ls fortune of about $60,000 having
been sweprt awazyl In seecudation in
the last yeas. Air. Chickering was a
Civil Engineer. He eurveynd and laid
out most of the race tracks' in New
York and o%t'h'ee citiee. It was when
he retired from bis profession and
undertook apoculation that bis for-
tune was swept awa.
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NEWS II BRIEF
liaseinsew-reeeasG seaae'anceo.atalst2
Rome.—The Pope has issued of
on the subject
sacred music in churches, recommending so tightly drawn at the present time
the Gregorian chant. that a break is bound to come soon.
own
Western), in place of Benjamin Norton,
resigned.
New York.—In an address before the
Church,Club of the Diocese of Long Is•
land Prof. G. T. Ladd, of Yale, has
his : declared that the greatest curse of this
accord a note �f country is the terrible greed for gold.
The trade classes, he declared, are
Des Moines, Iowa.—The Cudahy Pack-
ing Co., of South Omaha, is in receipt of
a rush order for 1,000,000 pounds of extra
mess meat for the Russian Government.
Cleveland, Ohio.—Two tugs, which were
imprisoned in heavy ice two miles from
shore in Lake Erie all day yesterday
with twelve men, have been released:
New York.—Dr. .1. M. Otto was found
unconscious early to -day on the side-
walk at 5th avenue and 35th street.
The back of his skull had been crushed
in, and he died soon afterward. To all
apearance the doctor was the victim of
a highwayman, who had been frightener
off before he had time to search the
dying man's pockets.
Globe, Ariz.—Two sheep men near the
Trenton, N. J.—A grade reduction of
wages from 1 to 20 per cent. took effect Gisela settlement have been killed as a
at the Trenton plant of the American result of a feud between cattlemen and
Bridge Co. The men have submitted to sheepmen. The victims were a young
the reduction. man named Berry and a Mexican.
New York.—A special cable to the Sun
from Berlin announces the death of
Jesse Seliigrnan, formerly a partner in
the well-known Selligman banking house
of New York, at Frankfort.
Chicago.—Jose Dries, 50 years old, con-
ductor on an "Owl" car, was shot ani
probably fatally wounded to -day by a
stranger. The inen had quarrelled over
the issuance of transfers The stranger
escaped.
Pittsburg, Pa.---Oruers have been re-
ceived to put in operation eight blast
furnaces of the Carnegie Co. at Du-
quesne.
Pittsburg.—The eight -storey brick
warehouse of Haugh & Tanen, used for is $00,000.
the storing of furniture, was damaged
by fire to -day to the extent of $100,-
000.
New York.—A plan to operate a chain
of cotton mills in North Carolina, by
tenement dwellers of this city, taken
there and trained by a few skilled work-
ers, is being evolved by men here inter-
ested in the cotton business.
Philadelphia.—The U. S. auxiliary
cruiser Dixie sailed from the League
Island navy yard to -day en route forColon, carrying two battalions of mar-
ines, including 000 Hien, and five months'
living and fighting supplies for 1,000
men.
New York.—Charges of fraud have
been brought by Stern Bros, & Co. and
jos. Frankels' Sons, two wholesale dia-
mond dealers, against Adolph Peabody,
a former diamond merchant of Maiden
Lane. The amount of the alleged fraud
Portland, Ore.—After failing to in-
duce the district attorney to issue a
w New York.—The Iatest news from 'warrant for the arrest of the man
wliorn he alleged had alienated his wife's
Eishinetf, says a Times despatch, pre- affections,, David Van Houten, a farmer,
cents the Russian population as threat-
ening,
h eat -ening, and the Jews as apprehensive of
further disorder.
Chicago. ---T. P. Shunts, President of
,the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa, was elected St. Petersburg.—The consensus of un -
1 r of the I official opinion among those associated
,'resident and General Manager
Clover Leaf Road (Toledo, St. Louis & with t%e„Government, but not respanst-
went to a saloon and without warn-
ing shot and killed .Albert Young, one
of the proprietors. Van Houten es-
caped.
bra therefor, is that the Czar is so peace-
fully disposed that he will make such
concessions to Julien as are necessary to
prevent war, providing that no unfore-
seen events force the hands of the Gov-
ernments concerned,
Chicago, III A despatch to the Tri-
bune from Hermosillo, Mexico, says: The
Seri Indians, who occupy Tiburon Island
in the Gulf . of California, have gone on
the warpath, and according to the in-
formation received by the military au-
thorities the savages are raiding ranches
and committing depredations on the
mainland. The Serfs are said to be
cannibals, and are known to be the
fastest runnersin the world.
Tacoma, Wash, -Jacky Smokalama, a
widely -known Siwash Indian, has Ullei
his wife on the Puyallup reservation,
either by the use of his fists or with a
stick of wood. The woman's cbest and
face were beaten into a pulp. The only
witness was a 12 -year-old daughter of
the couple. , The Indian remained in his
shanty with the corpse for 24 hours,
when news of the crime became known,
and he was placed under arrest.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Joseph Boyd Rills His Witeand Him-
• self at Sarnia.
Sarnia report: As a result of domes -
tie infelicity, probably accentuated by
ill -health, Joseph Boyd, aged about
fifty, this morning murdered his wife,
and ended his own life a moment after.
Boyd and his wife have been living,
with their family of five children, on
Davis street, where he recently erected
a honie, and was supposed to be per-
fectly comfortable. This morning sounds
of quarrelling were heard. followed by
a sound of breaking glass. One of the
children then came to the door and
called for help, and, on entering, the
neighbors found Mrs. Boyd. lying in the
kitchen, where she had evidently been en-
gaged in washing dishes. She was
breathing her last, and expired before
anything could be done. A bullet wound
from a 38 -calibre revolver was in her
head, and the ball had passed completely
through. The husband was found about
ten feet away, in an inner room, and
held a revolver in his hand. He had
shot himself through the head, and the
bullet passed out through the window.
Coroner Dr. Logie `found a Ietter, in
which the pian stated that he had com-
mitted the rash act as a resell of domes-
tic trouble. It was decided that an in-
quest was unnecessary. A peculiar
feature of the case:rs that no hint of
domestic trouble had..eached the neigh-
bors, but Boyd had frequently com-
plained that his Welk in the tunnel;
where he was empipyed as inspector,
was telling on his health, and he fre-
quently' acted strangely.
SHIP EXPLODES A MINE.
German Breit Steamer Barely Escaped
Destruction at Singapore.
Victoria, 13. C., Tant 4 — T1nro
steamer Shinano t\iar u, which arrived
to -day from China and Japan ports,.
brougLrt a remarkable story from
Singapore, which is vouched for boa
Shanghai papers, of the narrow es-
cape of tie German mail liner Prinz
Heinrich, from being blown up by:
a ,submarine mine.
When the ,steamer . was leaving
Slingapore a steam launch' with a
large party of Britten.; naval officers
an board steamed toward her, and
the British naval inen shouted ex-
citedly :
"You are in great danger. Right
before you is a submarine mine. For
God's sake, go astern full speed.
Captain H'eintzer, realizing that his
vessel heel too much way to stop
gni,ekly; steamed ahead, Hoping to get
over the danger sport. Suddenly the
mine exploded about two lengths
astern, with a tremendous roar,
throwing up the water with a great
splash'. ,
DREW THE LINE ON NEGROES.
Irish Hearse Driver Delays ,Funeral
for Iwo /lours.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. — r'Z'11 not.
Oriee a nigger, dead or alive,” said
George Ryan, born in Ireland, when
be w -as sent on Saturday, with a
hearse to the funeral of Chas. Tay-
lor, a regro. He kept iris promise,
and the funeral was delayed two
ibours. He waited until the rail -
bearers bore tide body from the
+'souse. '(.hey had almost reached the
l+earse when be saw that they we• e
ncgroes.
"Tpn.t don't go," he ,staid, "I'll not
rlrho a nigger, dead or alive.
With' this remark he brought the
'whip own on his horses and sped
away, leaving the rallbearers stand-
ing with the coffin on the pave-
ment. When he reache i his stable
iiyar; told 1n5• troubles and was or-
dered back. Ho refused to go and
lost his job,
BISHOP RIDLEY COLLEGE..
New Building is Now . Practically
Assured.
Mr. J. Herbert Mason, President of
Bishop Indic.;'Unhinge Corporation,
sail that i:lans for a substantial
structure 'had been prepared and
work would begin at once, ,providing
a few 'public-spirited citizens came
to their assistance. The sung of $75,-
000 le needed, but the work will go
on if $0.000 is subscribed. Of this
amount the College authorities have
already obtained nearly $.8,000 in
insurance money, subscriptions and
from the sale of debentures.• The out_
look for tiro college Is very grate-
f!ying. The attendance at the pee -
sent time is 107, the , largest in its
history. 1 . -
RICH GOLD . FIND IN ALASKA.
Woman Who Murdered er Husband to
be Ranged.
Dawson, Y. T., Jan. 4.—Tho weather
has been singularly mild for the past
month. The thermometer has been as
low as 13 below zero only once druing
the past week, and ranges from zero
to two above, with no wind
It is stated that an enormously' rich
strike has been made by Louis Cardinal,
of Ottawa, and others about ten miles
across the border in Alaska. Cardinal
starts to -morrow with a ten thousand
dollar outfit to work the new .strike,
which is at the head waters of the
White River Cardinal states that the
ground goes from 80 cents to 43 per pan,
and is not near bed rock. is feared
a stampede will occur, although Cardinal
made every effort to keep the matter
quiet. Cardinal worked for the Cana-
dian Government, locating the boundary
line between Alaska and the Yukon. He
believes it will prove an enormously
rich district.
To be Hanged.
Bennington, Vt., Jan. 4.—Mrs. Mary
A. Rogers, convicted of the murder of
her husband, Marcus H. Rogers, was
sentenced to -day to be hanged the
first ,Friday in February, 1905. Leon
Perham, the self-confessed accomplice of
Mrs. Rogers, was seatenced to life ima. •
prisonment..,
Archbishop Bzttieroned,
London, Jan. 4.—The Most Rev.
Francis Bourne, Roman Catholic Arch-
bishop of 'Westminster, was enthroned
in the new Cathedral of Westminster
this morning with impressive ceremony.
The cathedral is the first Roman Cath-
olic cathedral that has stood in; the
Metropolitan See of. England since the
Reformation. It is situatedhalf a nide
west of Westminster Abbey, and is a
magnificent structure of the Byzantine
style, with a Brea+ campanile of red
brick, banded with Portrand stone;three
hundred feet high, and crowned with a
metal -covered dome,' surmounted by a
double cross of bronze. The expenditure
on the entire edifice up td the end of
October was over a million dollars.
Struck by a Train. '
Iroquois, Ont., ,fan. see --Thos. Morin,
a teamster, was found on the High
School grounds this morning in an ex-
hausted condition and with a leg broken
and otherwise injured He had been
struck by a passing train and thrown
into the ditch, where he had lain for
some time in a semi-conscious condition,
and then crawled along the snow about
a hundred yards before being found. As
the thermometer was well below, zero
at the time, it is a wonder how he
escaped being frozen.
CATTLE FOR AFRICA.
Lord's Day Alliance Wants
Dominion Legislation.
An Ottawa .report says; Bev.
Dr. Potts, of Toronto, President of
the Lord's Dray Alliance, and Mr,
Shearer, Secretary. are in the city
and had an interview; with the Min-
ister of Justice., They are asking
for the introduction. of a bill next
session dealing with the question
of Sabbath Onservance. The Judi-
cial
udicial Committee of the Imperial Privy
Council had declared that the pro-
vinces has no power to deal with
the subject. What the Lord's Day
Dominion Alliance now! asks is Do-
minion legislation touching Sabbath
observance. The churches largely
support this, as do also the 'Trades
and Laabor Congress, What Is de-
sired is to' have Sunday as a day
of rest. It is also likely ,that cer-
tain legislation, which will fall
within the juriediotion of the pro-
vinces will also be asked for in this
connection. Some of the older pro-
vinces have nowt certain laws upon
the subject,
Lord Strathcolna, in a letter to
the Minister of Agriculture to -day,
says that he learns the American
business men have taken hold of the
shipping of cattle to South Africa
in a most systematic wn.y. They
have agents everywhere in South
Africa, and in this way have a great
advantwge over Canadians, of whom
very few send representatives to
look up 'business.% The Americans
make contracts on the spot and
are thus enabled to control the
tr'ade.,
Sir Walter Peace, Agent General
for Natal, has informed Lord Strath -
coma that the director of agriculture
for Natal, now in England, purchas-
ing cattle for their experimenting
farms. Lord Strathoo'ne, has inform-
ed Sir Walter that Natal can pro-
cure far more suitable cattle for
their purposes in Canada and Sir
Walter in coin/sequence, has promised
to bring the matter to the special
attention of the Natal Government.
TURNS NEGROES WHITE.
Colored Patients Under X -stay Treat-
ment Change Color.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4.. The ancient
and honorable belief that an Ethiopian
cannot change his skin has gone the
road of other ancient and honorable
axions relegated to oblivion by the
dictum of science. For in this twentieth
century of wonderful truths the dark-
est Ethiopian can change the darkest
hue of his epidermis to a pure white
by means 'of the Rontgen or X-rays.
This effect of the weird light of the
Crookes tube is vouched for by Dr.
Henry N. Pancoast, resident physician
of the University Hospital, who has
been constantly experimenting with the
X-ray as a treatment for cancer and
tuberculosis of the skin during the last
two years.
"All the colored patients I have
treated," said Dr. Pancoast in a discus-
sion of the subject, "leave lost the dark
shade in that portion of the skin which
carie under the influence of the rays;
in fact, the skin turned perfectly white.
"In all the eases I observed, except
one, it stayed white, too, and even in
that case it remained white for a year.
"That the Rontgen ray treatment as
la bleaching agent and beautifier will
become popular and take itslace with
peroxide and complexion pain is doubt-
ful, The whiteness produced in a colored
person's skin is of a dead, ghastly char-
acter that is not at all desiraple, and
is, it is said, altogether unnatural in
appearance.
Then, again, these white spots
hitherto produced by the ray have
been where the skin covered diseased
tisue, such as a cancer or the like,
which had been treated by absorption.
The rays' effect on healthy tisue is not
desirable, and often harmful, producing
a condition, of the skin not unlike that
following a bad skin burn. It also causes
a thickening of the blood vessel walls
near the surface.
"So it is not probable that there will
be any X-ray blondes to vie 'with the
peroxide blondes. The bleaching effect
of the wonderful X-ray will remain a
scientifically curious and bizarre feature
of the already remarkable phenomena
of the light from the Crookes tubes and
from radium."
POPE ON CHURCH MUSIC.
Condemns Transi'o mins of Church
Services Into Concerts.
Itoine, Jan. 4.—Tbe Observatoire Ro-
mano prams a long letter from the
Pope to Cardinal Respighi, Vicar-
Gereeral of his Holiness, expressing
a desire for reformation in church
muisic. The Pontiff is especially dis-
satisfied
issatisfied with tate musical parts of
the mass and vespers. He says that
long musical compositions have been
I substitated for the devout psalmody
, of the clergy. They resemble old the-
: atrieai opers, and are of little worth,
only serving to feed the curiosity of
people of minor intelligence. His
'Holiness enjoins strict observance of
the rules of his predecessors pre-
scribing the use of the Gregorian
chant. 1
condemns the transforming
Ha at
church services into concerts, and,
says that the organ is to be used
only to support, not to drown the
singers. Long organ preludes and
{ intermezzos are not to be allowed.
The piano must never be played in
church, nor any other "noisy, friv-
olous Instruments like the drum, cym-
bals, or bells." , , ,
WINDSOR ZION OF CANADA.
Dowie to Make Ontario City Read-,
quarters for Dominion.
Windsor, Ont., Jan. 4.—Jolen Alex-
ander ,Dowse, "Elijah, the Restorer,"
is coming to Detroit and Windsor
next week, according to information
received from official sources by'�
members of the Flying Roll Colonyi
here to -day. The purpose of "Elijah"
in coming to ,Windsor is no less than,
to make this city the Canadian cap-
ital and headquarters, "the Zion ofi
the ,Dominion." according to the re-
port. Tine purpose of Dowse to leave
for Australia is not affected by thie
trip to Windsor, for the members ofd
the /+lying Roll Colony believe it is!
his intention to first make a short
evangelical tour of Canada, accom-
panied by bis "host" and heavenly,
choir.
";We have no doubt whatever of the
reliability of our information,". said,
;David Livingstone McKay, the "Lit-
tle David" of the new Eve House
here. i e'
A BUFFALO HOLOCAUST.
Seven Tbousend Sheep Burned at the
Stock 'Yards.
Buffalo, Jan. 4.—Seven thoueande
sheep were ,burned, to death at the
East Buffalo stock yards to -night„
The long, narrows sheds in whicie
they were confined wore swept by,.
the flames before any of the ani -
male could ba released. The loss is.
estimated at $75;000., It was stat-
ed by Superintendent Leigh that the
fire would 1n' no way interfere with
the lialndling of Jive stock at the
yards. Plenty of space is available -
in the cattle and hog sheds to take
csro of the sheep arrivals.,
The sheep were housed in twee
long, narrow sheds, covering a%
total area of 000,000 square feet:.
Running parallel with them, ori,
either side, were the flog and cat-
tle sheds. The flames were discove
erect by a. watchman in the south
fnd of the sheep stied, shortly be-
fore 8 o'clock. Fanned by abrisk!
wind, the fire destroyed the build-
ings in an' incredibly short time.,
The firemen turned their attention
to saving the adjoining structures,]
with their squealing and bellowing
tenants. The fire was under' con-.
trol at 9 o'clock. Tlib sheep were;
whalt are known as "exports," and.
were in charge of federal ofCicera,. a