The Herald, 1903-10-30, Page 6THE OOt1IEITES
POSING AS EALERS
Trying to Separate the Tares
From the Wheat.
Drove Out Everybody That
Looked Like Reporters.
How the Doctor Attempted
the Healing Cure,
Philadelphia, Oct. 26—The Snuff's re-
prt of Dowie'e first meeting, says;
With all the secrecy and myete_•y
that rn1gli1 have characterized the
tnitiatiou of a Mason, or the cunse-
cration of a voodoo priest, the first
r'divine healing meeting' of the Zion
,Restoration ;Host began hi one of
the small roorue in Madison Square:
Oa,rden yesterday afternoon. It
'casted ,rather inure than two hours,
toed nobody was healed.
"Wicked indeed le this sink of in-
iquity, ior there is not fajta euougu
to cure a siugie body,' was the r e -
mark of one of tlee guards as he left
the healing room at the eloae of
the meeting.
At the close of the restoration
meeting at noon, Elijah 111. an-
nounced that " only those whose
you will be cured, and if you are not
cured it le because you are of little
faith," he said.
A little girl being carried by • a
tired -faced mother, moaned. "How
about the child ?" asked someone.
"If your faith Was stronger your
tongue wou'dn't wag so," replied
Overseer illuon.
But before the time for the mire
melee arrived, Overseer Speicher puri-
fied the air by paurieg forth Venom-
ous condemnations of tobacco, drugs
and liquor. The burden that ran
through it all was that some of
those present would have to ERIN
render before God would heal. A
tall, one -eyed, red-faced man stood
ti `VViiat is it, brother?" asked'Over-
seer ape]cher•.
The rnnn began to cry. Some of
the female members of the host fol-
lowed his example. There were sobs
throughout the room. Overseer
Speicher bathed his eyee.
"Lord, have mercy on, him!" he ex-
claimed.
".'men !" sobbed the host.
"What is it, brother ? have you
sinned and are nose restored ?"
]Finally the man admitted that he
1'.atl bren working In a saloon, but
had quit—and been "restored."
A long harangue on the evils of
saloons carne then. At the close of
this, ilea boys walked up to the plat-
form and handed over packages of
cigarets. Then another man, who
said that he was EL Jew and a Free -
ma bon, but that he intended to be
bapdized and "restored," surrender-
ed two. long black cigars. Throe
other sheep jumped through Cite sante
gap.
Bandages and Liniment Surrendered.
Overseer Speicher then called for
dru,ge and subscriptions. The tired -
looking mother who carried the
moaning child sent up a bottle of
liniment, and an old woman with
are honest, whose stomachs . crippled hands sent the salved ban-
heartsa,re clean, and into wltolu the Spirit doges from her wrists. More "in -
of God had entered," would be al- struments and artieles of um devil"
lowed to attend. There were about were called for—long and loud were
20) Who apparently judged diem- they calted for—but the room had
selves to be alt of this, and they weee apparently been cleared up. The
conducted by Overseer Speicher to I Wield moaned louder than ever. The
the healing room. After each mite mother, crooning softly to it, and
and woman in the room had ben rocking it in her arms, looked eag-
passed upon by one of the deacons l erly at the bearded man on the plat -
or deaconesses present, the doors form.
Were locked and—:Let is the custom,After an honer and a hal[ of talk,
at all I)owv£e meetings—Cite trews Overseer Speicher anno'unet'd that
papers and all connected with them t1Lo healing would begin. Hey ordered
were condemned to eternal puni,h_ time people to stand in rows. the wo-
me;tt. ! MEM were asked to remove -their
`Now, if there are any members of hats. Then the four overseers start -
the press here—I say if there are anyed from the rear of the room, and
rep'tars in this room—wi,i they e taking each pereo i a little apart,
honest enough to go Out 1 sa.cl Impoeid !,ands upon those of great
Deacon Speicher. One reporter faith, and those of none, with these
p young magic words: ,.
left. 1 "In the name of the Lord Jewel
" If there are any more sneak Christ, and by the power of the
thieves like him here, I Trope they. Holy Spirit, and according to the
will follow bis example," commented Word or the Lprd God, who is our
Deacon Speicher. . i Father in Heaven. Amen."
A young woman stood up. "I write .several women began to show signs
for the papers, but I don't believe I ' of nervousness. What were they go -
belong in that category. Does your ing to do ? One woman was trem-
remark apply to me. Overseer ?" 1 blin.g and held her hands up to her
"Ia the love of God in your heart, face.
sister. Do you want to be honest ?" "Telma is all right, 'sister. Just
the Deacon asked her.. drop your hands." And the overseer
The answer was 'in the affirma- ; said over her the words that were
tive and she was allowed to stay. ' te perform the miracle and cure a
boll on her arm. . .
Gum Chewers Catch it.
All the dishonest reporters being
expelled, the overseers deemed the
air •once more purified, and after a
long and rapid prayer the meeting
got down to business. hand was placed on the forehead and
Overseer Speicher explained that the left at the back of the head,
Elijah was praying for them else- the Magic words being repeated. Af-
where, but that the meeting would ter this the right hand of the over -
be conducted by himself, Overseer seer was placed on the breast of the
Mason and Overseer Piper. He be- patient, white the left hand pressed
gen by announcing that he had been the back. Then the hands were placed
cured of cancer nine years ago, and on either shoulder and vigorously
that he had been a physician until ' pressed in the final "Amen."' The
he was restored to grace by becom- woman with the boil gave a little
ing aZion preacher. Then ire re- scream. Every head in the room
Tiled tobacco smokers and chewers. teas supposed to be bowed in prayer.
In the midst of the denunt.iation
Overseer Mason announced that there
The elettiod Of " Beating."
This was the form of imposition
The hands of the overseer were
placed on the temples, then the right
were some In the audience who were
not sincere.
"There's a man over there who is
working his jaws, overseer," ex-
claimed Overseer Mason. "He's not
lair earnest. He just came here out of
curiosity."
"Judge not, that we be not judged,"
some one in the audience exclaimed.
The members of the host gasped.
Would the audacious sinners spit the
word of God in their faces ? •
" Perhaps, brother, it is just the
force of habit," remarked Overseer
Speicher. "Seine men get so used to
chewing that they work their mouths
In their sleep."
But Overseer Mason insisted that
THE " SOO "' PROPERTEBS.
Mr. J. Bicknell Takes Formal Pos-
session of Them for Speyer & Cc . •
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Despatch—
The properties of the Consolidated
Lake Superior Company, with the ex-
ception of the Algoma Central Rail-
way, were formally handed over to
James Bdcenell, Canadian represent-
ative for Speyer and Company, at
2 p.m. to -day. They have not taken
possesion of the railway, because of
the injunction granted on applica-
tion of Messrs. Conmee and Bowman.
All the directors of the subsidary
companies have resigned, and .3epeyer
miracles could not be worked in the & Co. have aepeinted ..^,ew, directors
presenoe of scoffers and sightseers. and offieiale, with lir. Facten-
Finally the obnoxious individual was th rl.3 as pre•sisient of all subsidbsidary
singled out. Ile was a harmless -look- companies. Ito will arrive to-mor-
ing young man who was innocently row, and make plans looking to the
enjoying a hunk of chewing gum. reopening of such plants as can be
Ov erseer efason gave the youth a a operated profitably 'at once.
personal talking to. The result was, Under agreement, Speyer and Com-
the young roan r,urrenderect three un- pany have deferred payment of tale
chewed pieces of gum, likewise the loan of $;;,000;000 till December 15.
lump in process of being 'chewed. ''fans or Iteorganization.
This started a general surrender. philadelpllia de+spatch--The final dei
extend A rasy-cheekeel, curly-haired ' girl tails the time for the sale
whose• presence, to judge from the of the a.e+sets of the Consolidated
appearances, indicated that same-
body's beds bad been left unmade Lake ,S,uperioir Company to December
also sanded over a nice sticky piece. 15 Sero completed to -day. The sale
of gum. Overseer Speicher dwelt at ; was 'to have taken piece to -morrow.
The directors of the corporation heid
a meeting to -day and arranged for
the reorganization. The underwrit-
ing is said to be completed, and full
Therm fs a fellow there, looking particulars will shortly be furnish-
arodnd, overseer," again interrupted ed the stockholders. The reorganl-
Overseer :'Mason. " I think lie must nation pian calls .for an assessment
be a reporter.' ' l of $3 on common and preferred
Tlie man who had looked around stock of the company, and issues of
was asked to leave, and did so. He ; $10,000,000 five per cent, first mort-
proved to be a preacher's .mon, who ] gage bonds, and $3,000.000 five per
had never seen the inside of a news- Cent, income bonds.
paper affi.ce.
'Mostly Dt]nuriciatoiy. weseineto,n—The third battery. of
Following the prayer and the ex- U. S. Field Artiller completed its
pulsion of the preachers Pont Over- ;eight hundred pilo march, from Chi.
seer Speicher an:nounced, .that God oamauga Park, Tennesee to Port
would do hisliart, and they the Over- Meyer, yesterday. Every tinah who
Rom, would do theirs --the rest lay started from Chiekamu; a, was in line
with the patient'. When the battery arrived .atter ate
, "If your faith Is strong enough forty day, march.
length on the virtue of these two
new members and painted In glow-
. 1pg Colors their future reward.
A prayer was offered.
peter beeeetreeeee at 4Peere.,Seeereeevaaeeeeeiareeeee a t'areee.a
TkE ALASKA BOEJNDARY CASE Z
5
Clow the Decision is Viewed by the Press
of the Country.
The net result of the decision is
•
that for entrance to 11or own terri-
tory in the Yukon, Canada is at ;tee
mercy of the United States. It may
be that that mercy will be freely
and magnanimously extended, but it
all depends on Uncle Sam's good will.
Canada owns the gold -bearing ter-
ritory, but the United States will
take toll off it to a considerable ex-
tent. There would be no Dyea or
Sknguay but for the Canadian ter-
ritory In the interior. They flour-
ish on it. Has Canada still a card
to piny that will deprive them of
their victory even while it is in their
grasp? There can be no doubt that
a railway from a d'anadian port into
Dawson City would be of this nature.
If the Canadian port were the only
port of entry for the Yukon Terri-
tory all the canditions would be re-
versed. Canadian vessels would then
be aJono competent to play between
all the ports ; Dean, and Skaguay
weuld suffer a sharp decline, and the
railway. would be hung le the air.
One need only ask what the Ameri-
cans would do if Chit boot were on
the other foot to be guided as to
what our course should be.—Globe.
We Did Our Best.
It may be taken for granted that
if the decision is adverse, blame will
be attached in some quarters to the
Gauadiane for the presentation of
the case. This, we fancy, will scarce-
ly lie, as Mr. futon seems to have
left no .,tone unturned to have the
best passible case presented. He cer-
tainly employed the ablest legal
talent ha could procure. Whether the
decision be favorable or unfavorable,
it will doubtless be Sir Clifford after
the next testributioa of honors.—Win-
nipeg Tribune.
•We Lose Much.
A lot of hysterical nonsense is al-
ready being publL;hed, especially in
reference to the Bland taken by the
British Commissioner, Lord Alver-
stone. The Chief ,]us.i.•t•, who was for-
merly air Richard Webster, has an
unimpeachable record, and it is Bard
to believe that he would be guilty
of "throwing" Canada for tine sake
of toatiyilig to the States, although
we are perfectly wellies to admit
that DngI1ih public men, undoubted-
ly, erroneously, as we know, seen to
value American friendship as a pearl
without price. In the meantime, al-
though we lose much, we gain some-
thing in securing the Portland Canal.
—Brantford Courier.
Were, Accustomed to Lcse.
Whatever the final award may be,
Canada will abide by the result. And
till there is considerably further evi-
denee, this country will not believe
that either Lord Alverstone or the
Canadian Commissioners sacrificed
Iter interests, or that anything but
a poor case is responsible for a deci-
sion that is adverse.
Canada can be a good loser as well
as a militant, victor.—Ottawa Jour-
nal. ,
lake the Medicine.'
It is conceded that the Canadian
case has not been allowed. That it
was well prepared and strongly
presented may be at once admitted.
T111at it has come to grief is not
the fault of the Canadian counsel,
for no men could have more ably
discharged their duty in gathering
together every fragment of testi-
mony bearing on the interpreta-
tion of the treaty that was in
question. * * * The Canadian peo-
ple, as a whole, would have been
gratified exceedingly by their suc-
cess. But nothing is attainable by
the display o1' bitter feelings, or
the use of angry remonstrances.
It would more befit the dignity of
this country to submit with a fair-
ly good grace to the issue of a
tribunal which the Government
agreed to accept after having reg-
istered their objections to the form
of its composition than to indulge
in petulant fire-eating. — London
Free Press,
Swallows the. Dose and Grins.
No donbt there will be those who
will proclaim, as it were, from the
house -tops that Canada's interests
heave been sacrificed as they have
been on some other occasions in
wihacli her claims conflicted with
those of the Republic ; and yet we
are convinced that nothing could
be more unjust, more unfair and in-
deed more wicked thlan to spread
such an impresslon.—Ottawa Free
Press.
1,Ve Expect Little.
Canadians never allow, themselves
to e Peet much from any negotia-
tions' with the United States re-
garding boundary matters in which
British diplomats have a controlling
voice, and consequently are never die -
appointed beyond measure at the out-
cbine, which is always pretty well
discounted.—,St. Catharines Stand-
ard.
Make it Warm.
Chamberlain's crusade for an Im-
perial preferential tariff will not be
helped by the setback which Canada
receives at the hands: of the tribunal.
* n It id a Canadian sacrifice
all round. And Canadians are great-
er cravente thlain'they have yet•lshorwn
themselves if they submit without
a murmur to tide ceaseless offering
up of their interests to suit the
British "diplomats," obsequious
truckling to the United .States.—St.
Catharines Star,
Look to the Future.
Our duty in to accept the situa-
tion and make the most of it. Re-
crimination would be useless. Wel
have done bur beat. The Canadian(
Government has handled the Can,
z
adian case admirably. During the
period of negotiations it was tenac-
ious. et offered arbitration on mu-
tually honorable terms. When the
present methodi of• settlement was de-
tided upon, t'Iie Government left 130
stone unturned to insure success..
* * * It is gain to quarrel over
the result. Instead, we must bend
our attention to making the most
of the situation, which at least has
been clearly defined.—Toronto News.
Our rase Well Handled.
Canadians generally did not expect
much from the arbitration commise
sten appointed to considor the dif-
ferent elairuu as to wheer•e, by the
treaty of 1825, between Great Brit-
ain and Russia, the boundary be-
tween British America and what is
now Alaska F•liould be fixed. * * *
It can only be said that there is no
blame resting on those connecteq
with' the preparation or presentation
of the Canadian case. They seem to
have left ungathered or uxlrepee-
seetedl nothing that could legiti-
mately influence Ore commiss.ioners.)
This Is praciieally the one satisfac-,
tion tide country has in the connec-
tion.—Montreal Gazette.
1%tade Justice a Farce.
A very strong case was presented
in our behalf, but it is evident that
that advanced by the representative!)
of the American Government carried
more weight with the majority' of the
members of the tribunal, half of
Whom stood practically committed
before the proceedings began. From
the first it was recognized tbat ei-
ther the America.n claims had to be
allowed or there was to be a dill
agreement. A Canadian victory was
an Impossibility when some of the
foremost and ordinarily most repute
able journals in the United States
told the American commissioners
that if they yielded, they had bet-
ter spend the rest or their days in'
some other country.—Woodstock Sen-
tinel Review.
PORT COL,BORNE L4,GhTHOUSE
A Handsome New Structure Equipped
Wit h Peg I. or n
Port Colborne, Oct. 20.—The light-
house on the Port Colborne break-,
water, which has been in course of
construction for the last two
months, Is now completed, and a
temporary red 1•ght, ranging with
the powerful light at the head of the
old jetty, indicates to mariners the
course they must follow in entering
the Welland Canal. The Department
of Marine and Fir:beries is to be con-
gratulated for .iris nevem aid to nav-
igation. The structure is a• pretty
tower, built entirely of concrete and
iron, some 60 feet in height. The
tem}.orary light stands 51 feet above.
water level, which le the height at
which the permanent light will be
pin.eed in a short time. The light-,
house will be equipped with a pow-
erful fog -horn, which will be heard
a long distance out in the lake, and
which will render the entrance to
the carnal absolutely safe and cer-
tain in foggy weather. This light-
house is a credit alike to the de-
partment and lo the contractors,
Messrs. Hogan & MacDonell.
AUREEMENT REACHED.
Brantford and the Grand Trunk
Conte to Terms.
Brantford, Ont., Oct. 26.—The do
pate between the Grand Trunk Hall-
way and the Braintlord City Coun-
oil, which has been pending for Some
weeks, has been virtually settled. A
provisional agreement was drawn
txp to -day between the two parties,
by which the company secures an
eastern entrance to the city, along
Durham street, which bas been
closed ,and an additional track con-
structed along it. in return for this
street, which skirts the southerly
portion of Greenwood Cemetery, the
company agrees to purchase a new
street on the north of the cemetery
and the Council will open it up se
as to give access to the north-east-
ern manufacturing section of the
city.
The company will put gates at
I Ltrket and George street crossings.
and will employ men to operate
them. In addition, it is understood
the company will erect a new $80,-
030 station here nest spring. .
PIMPLE; CAUSED DEATH.
•
Woman Picked it With a Pin' With
Fatal Result.
Philadelphia, Oct. 2.6—Blood poison-
ing irom picking a pimple, with a
pian caused the death of :vi.rs. Rachael
Roth yesterday. Mrs. Roth was 58
years old. A few weeks ago she com-
plained of a small pimple on the left
hand between the thumb and index
finger, which caused 11e1• great pain.
Despite -the warning of her husband
she used a pin to open the swelling
and extracted a small quantity of
pus. Her hand began to swell immedi-
ately. The intense pain caused her to
seek'aid of the family' physician, who
said blood poisoning had developed in
an lmcredibly Short time. The phy-
sleian ,reduced the swelling and re-
lieved the pain. Iyer hand gradually
assumed Ito pormal size, but the pim-
ple filled again. Slro appeared per.
featly well Saturday,. When her hus-
band left for work Sa,turdao• n1rs.
Roth said she had' no pain whatever.
A few hours later she dropped dead.
The phy,+sielans said death was due
to poisoners blood reaehine the heart.
They say the 'pin caused the poisoned
blood,
GAVE BIRTH
?0 FOUR
BABIES
Federal National Bank of
Pittsburg Closed.
Charged With a Mur de•
Committed 17 Years Ago.
Local .Tax Claims Decided.
Against Venezuela,
Zahesville, Ohio, Oct. 26.— — Mrs.
William Tate, a colored woman, 23
years old, yesterday gave birth
to roar girl babies, all of noema1
size, and weighing slightly more
than six and one-half pounds each.
The woman is the mother of three
other children, born singly.
Against Venezuela..
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad.
Oct. 26.—Jackson 3. Ralston, of
Washington, the umpire of the
Italian commission at Caracas.
Venezuela, has decided against
Venezuela in the case of the govern-
ment's claim for 'the double pay-
ment of local taxes, Which decision
applies in principle to the attemi is
new, being made by the Venezuelan
Government to collect a second
payment of taxes on goods im-
ported at Ciudad Bolivar, under th'e
recent revolutionary government
at that port.
A Seventeen' 'Year Old Murdelr.
Chicago, Oct. 26.—Accused o fa
murder committed ,here seventeen
years ago. John Healy will be placed
on trial soon. Healy is said to have
shot and killed Ferdinand Pommeranz
July :3, 18:30. At teat time Healy es-
caped, and has since travelled about
the world. In the meantime a. murder
was dommitted in Kansas City, and
Healy, under the name of Redmond,
was charged with. the crime.i
After the Kansas City murder he
joined Roosevelt's Rough Riders, but
deserted. Later be joined the army,
and was sent to Manila, where he
was arrested for the Kansas City
murder. He was dishonorably dis-
charged and returned to face trial.
Witnesses had disappeared, however,
and he was not /zone -toted. After sev-
eral more years lie was arrested in
the recent Chicago car barn murders,
but proved an alibi.
l+eneral National Bank Closed.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 26.—Notice was
posted on the doors of the Federal
National Bank at 9 o'clock this
morning, announcing that the insti-
tution is closed, by order of the
Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington, Oct. a1.—The acting
Comptroller of the Currency was
advised last night that the Federal
National Bank of Pittsburg would
not open for business this morning.
Ho immediately appointed National
Bank Examiner John B. Cunning-
ham as receiver. No details are
known at the Comptroller's office as
to the causes which led to the fail-
ure. The bank was chartered on
Nov. 16, 190,1, with a capital stock
of $2,030,000. Joseph. A. Langfitt is
President, and George W. Lisenbeis
is cashier. The following is a state-
ment of the banks resources and lia-
bilities as shown by the last re-
port of condition to the Comptrol-
ler of Currency: .
Resources — Loans and discounts.
$5,086,072; overdrafts, $463,000;
bonds, $806,652; stocks, securities,
':etc., $27,500; real estate, $26,849;
duo from banke and bankers, $3,180,-
592; total, $7,693,782. Liabili•tles—
Capital stock, $'2,000,000: surplus
and undivided profits, $580,669; dr -
ciliation., $700,000; due to banks and
bankers, $2,375,557 ; unpaid divi-
dends, $5.448; deposits, $1,932,107;
bills payable, $100,000, Total, $7,-
693, 782
Receiver (Cunningham thinks it
may be two or three days before he
can make a statement of the bank's
condition.
Up to 11 o'clock. neither President
Langfieldl nor any of the directors
has arrived at the bank, and a state-
ment as to the cause of the failure
has not been made public.
RAN INTO CATTLE.
Express Train Near Berlin Kills Seven
Out of Thirty.
London despatch—The Toronto ex-.
Press Of the G. T. R., near Berlin
yesterday, ran into a Herd of thirty
cattle. The shook was terrific, some
of the cattle being hurled fifty feet,
and then, landing an the rails again,
were ant to pieces. Others were
thrown down the steep embankment
and tumbled through the wire
fences into the adjoining fields. Of
the thirty cattle in the herd, seven
were killed outright and rnany.,were
so badly maimed that they had to bo
destroyed.
The 'shook received when the twine
struck the steers, and the subsequent
mowing down of the animals, were
d•esoribed by the engine crew as sick-
ening, Four or five shocks came in
rapid succession, followed by a
°ruching and rocking as the locomo-
tive went over the carcasses. The
engine was bespattered with blood
and hair, and presented a sickening
sight when It reached Toronto. The
train erew claim that had it not
been or the great weight of the
engine the whole train might have
left the rails.
The cattle were the property• of
a farmer of the district, and had
broken through a fence, thus getting
Onto the company's property. -