THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMS BURG, PA. JAPAN HOT GOING TO WAH Has Never Thought of It With Us Says Foreign Minister Hayashl. OWES AMERICA MUCH Itoklo Lnuiflu nt Ultimatum Story Kiincko Suys Public Men Know Limit of Federal IViwor Japan Consider I. S. nml Lngland Her Sureties Among Nations. Toklo, Feb. 7. The telegnph from London reporting newspaper talk of a possible war between Japan and tho United States, and that Vis count Aokl, Japanese Ambassador at Washington, had handed Secretary of State Root an ultimatum, are re ceived here with laughter, Buys tho New York Sun. The entire absence of warlike feel ing In Japan Is explained by Ilaron Kaneko. formerly Special Envoy to United States, who said: "The Japnnese understand Amer ica better than the Americans un derstand Japan. A grent majority of the men holding public positions acre were educated by American in structors and have long studied American Institutions. Now, through the press and otherwise they are helping the people to appreciate the difficulty the Federal Government lies under in controlling the action f the Individual States. Bushldo's, Japan's moral system rnslsts that a finger shall never be raised against a benefactor. Japan owes her position among the Powers to America. "In the matter of the Chinese nnd Russian wars, condition were dlffer tnt. Even then Japan yielded point after point In order to avoid war. Those governments, she knew, were aostlle. The American Government ind people, with England, are Ja pan's best friends. War Is unthink able." '.Marqnls Ito said that, not even ex iting the late wur with Russia, tha greatest modern achievefent of Jnp n was securing a revision of treaties hat resulted in the admittance cf japan among the civilized Powers. It was not. likely that another nation aot Christian was ever so ndmltted. enabled this. Conltnulng M. Yokol said: "War with America would destroy the An ,jlO Japauese alliance and Germany would step in, intriguing for a Tar Eastern position. Japan would bo sompletely isolated. She realizes 3iat America and England are her turetles among the Powers. If Great Britain could not afford to remain olated It would be suicidal for Jap anese statesmen to endanger Japan's illiance with, her or to alienate American sympathy." CHURCH GETS MIXI'.R'S MONEY". Xtmrt Hold That Missionary's Gold Find Itclongs to 'lis Employers. Abilene, Kan., Feb. 7. Judgment for $260,000 against Peter Ander son, once a farmer boy of thW 'ounty, who fifteen years ago went to ie Klondike as a missionary and oame back worth half a million dol lars, was entered in the District fVnirt here In favor of the Swedish Mission Society. Anderson was sent to the Klon dike by the society and In the gold -ruph left the mission work and went u mining. His first year's profit was more than $100,000. After his .-turn he liberally endowed a Swed ish hospital In Chicago and pur chased 200 acres In this county, which he gave to his parents and to Ma wife. The society set up the claim that s he was its missionary hia gold find belonged to It. The courts of Illinois gave a Judg ment for $260,000, which has been oatered here In order to attach the land In this county. Anderson Is living In Chicago and t;as a large Income from his mines. Service Pensions Voted. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. By a ote of 196 to 20 the House paased rhe Service Pension bill, which pasa "d the Senate January 15, increasing :) pensions of soldiers and Bailors f the civil war and the war with .Icxlco. The bill provides that persons ..Jxty-two years old shall receive $12 .er month; seventy $16, and seven-y-flve years, $20. The pensions will gin from the date of filing the ap plication. Men to Wenr Purple. London. Feb. 6. Accordng to the tailoring Journal Men's Wear purple -vlll be the fashionable color for "ten's holiday and lounging suits :Jls summer. Clothing of such a color will only ) within the means of those to whom expense is of little concen, be cTiBe the color Is so bright and subtle Chat In cloths of ordinary quality the win will turn it to ugliness in a few iours Smith Succeed R. A. Aler, Lansing,. Mich., Feb. 7. Repre sentative William Alden Smith was .lerted by the Legislature to fill out th unexpired term of Senator R. A. User, who died suddenly in Wash ington. Smith had; already been ,deoted as Senator Alger's successor it the expiration of his term on JarcU 4. A Church Wtlhout a Creed. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 6. The Banfortb Congregational Church, under lead of Its pastor, the Rev. P. ?. Warner, has decided to become aon-sectarlan, non-doctrinal and aon-crnedal. The creed has been dropped from the services and the communion service will be. The new church, says the rector, Is an or ganization for moral and ethical training, with no theological baH ( fcfcs 60Q members, FIRST AMKRICAN ROTHSC'IltM. Senator Guggenheim Desert a Rusf. lies Career for Politic.-). Guggenheim. Little more than half a century ago the name was unknown in the United Stntes. Now seven brothers, all nilllloc aires, the greatest money earning family this country has ever knowr, are making the name famous, and one of them, Simon Guggenheim, Is In the Vnlted States Senate, replac ing Senator Patterson of Colorado. Simon will be the first member cf the famous New York family to de sert business for a public career. None of the others have had Hm! lar aspirations, says the Denver Pout. Their father, brave old Meyer Guggenheim, who came to the United States an Immigrant, and peddled shoe polish on the Btrect la order to make a living, first for hira elf, then for his wife and Increas ing family, knew only business and philanthropy, and trained his sons along the same line. All were unfail ingly loyal to a commercial life till Simon's break In Colorado. Simon was a good mixer. In spite of his trust affiliations he found him self so popular In a short time that public office was actually pursuing him. It Is folly to say that his success resulted from money alone. A Rockefeller, for example, could spend probably every dollar of his fortune In the State and not be elect ed to the humblest of offices. Mr. Guggenheim knew how to meet tha people. He did not shut himself up Simon Guggenheim. In gloomy grandeur as do many other men of affairs. In the evening he was usually to be fornd in t'.ie lobby of the Grand P.ilace Hotel talking theater, sport or politics with his friends. When he went to the various min ing camps of the State, and came face to face with the miners, his Judgment was equally good. If the blunt men of the pick and shovel asked him uncomfortable questions about the trust he was prompt to an swer, and when he came In contact with a genuine grievance was quick to remedy It. His use of his money was lavish. In honor of the 'birth of his son he presented the $50,000 Guggenheim Hall to Colorado School of Mines, at Golden, and when he found out that the college did not have the means to equip it he promptly gave another $50,000 for this purpose. In 1896. when the Colorado Re publicans, led by Teller, walked out of the National convention that nom inated McKlnley, Guggenheim was nominated for Lieutenant Governor on the ticket of the Silver Republi cans. Two years later he was offered the nomination for Governor. In both cases he was certain of election, for not a corporal' guard could have been mastered against the sil ver ticket, but he refused both times, saying that he had no ambition for a political life. In the recent Republican landslide in Colorado it was undestood that If a Republican Legislature was chosen Guggenheim should be the Senator. The triumph was overwhelming, a majority of forty-four being return ed. No man not elected was ever more certain of wearing the toga than Guggenheim Is. But while Simon's shift to the white light of Washington may make the name Guggenheim commoner In the public prints, it cannot add much to the marvellous record al ready achieved by the seven sons of Meyer. Not long ago Wall street rang with the wonderful story of how the "American Rothschilds" as they are called, had voluntarily shouldered a loss of $1,500,000, dropped in Nl pissing Cobalt, rather than permit outsiders, who had Joined them In exploiting the property, to suffer . There was no compulsion what ever that the firm should suffer this loss. Had there been a profit they would have been compelled to pay the outside Investors their share. Consequently a division of the losses would have seemed equally fair. But the brothers tbok the loss, be cause they wanted to live up to tho precept laid down by their father, the late Meyer, who died In Palm Beach in 1905. His business motto was: "Get money, but don't try to do it by walking over the graves of your fellowmen." The Ouggenheims make the proud boast that no outsider who Jolne"d in one of their ventures ever loBt a dol lar. They were willing to sustain the dropping of the million and half in order to keep that record in tact. This deference to every law laid down by ine father Is one of the not able thinks about a notable family. 7 II1HEM Covering Minor Happen Ings from all over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN. Compiled ' and Condensed for th Busy Reader A Complete Record Bhwopen Despatches and Itn portent Events from Bvrrywhero ' Boded Down for Hasty Perusal. The starting of a strong movement for the revival of cock fighting In Cuba, chrontced In a cable from Ha vana, Is regarded as another proof of the need of an American protector ate. Attorney General Jackson has been sued for divorce by his wife. Otto Kelsey, New York, State Su perintendent of Insurance, may re fuse to obey Governor Hughes' re quest to resign. Lord Charles Beresford declared on his arrival In New York City that he did not think there was any prob ability of war between the United States and Japan. With a view to giving the federal Treasury relief, the Senate Finance Committee Is planning conservative legislation. Washington wns greatly interested In a call of Thomas P. Rynn on Pres ident Roosevelt, the purpose of which was not stated. Widely different Interpretations are given by Cubans to the order In creasing the strength of the rural guards of the Island. Collfornlans expect the coming conference of San Francisco officials with President RooRevelt will put an end to the Japanese Incident. Investigation of the 'shooting up'" of Brownsville, Texas, and the dis charge of negro soldiers was begun by the Senate Military Committee. Charges of grave errors In thj work of the Interstate Commerce Commission, made by Charles S. Hanks and George W. Harrlnian, were declared unfounded by Presi dent Roosevelt. Attorney General Bonaparte Inter vened In suit of poor negro woman against the Illinois Central Railroad, hoping to prevnt the Employers' Lia bility law from being declared un constitutional. Resolution for investigation of dealings In cotton by the exchanges passed the House of Representatives. Harry Thaw's defence was shown at the opening of his case to be he redltay insanity and epilepsy. Mrs. Simpson, wife of Dr. J. W. Simpson of Long Isand, was the chief -witness against him at the trial for the murder of his father-in-law. Wife of Senator Gallinger of Now Hampshire was taken suddenly ill at Belnsco Theater In Washington and died on the way to a hospital. For the first time in history In dians were defended by one of their own race Senator Curtla. of Kan sas, In the United States Senate. All big battleships have become the accepted type In the American history. William G. Nixon, of Boston, ac cused John M. Murphy, of Philadel phia, of obtaining $1,100,000 stock In exchange for an empty tin box. John F. Dryden announced his withdrawal from the Senatorship fight in New Jersey because of ill ness. Dr. Wiley, of the Department of Agriculture defended the new pure food law. The House will pass the Senate bill granting service pensions to vet erans of the war with Mexico and the civil war. The cotton Inquiry conducted by Senate Committee of Flfty-thtrd Congress found that dealing In fu tures was disastrous to the cotton In dustry and that Congress had power to prohibit it The State Superintendent of In surance has finished his annual re port, declaring that the laws passed since the Armstrong Investigation In sure safe methods In the future. Admiral Robley D. Evans sug gested that the government seize all the anthracite coal lands, to supply smokeless fuel for the navy. The health officer at New Haven, Conn., has warned tho people of that city to stop kissing at least tempo rarily on account of the prevalence of grip, diphtheria, pneumonia and other diseases. Representative James W. Wads worth defended the meat Inspection bill in Congress as answering the President's attack on him last June. Wllllum Haase, defendant at a Baltimore arson trial, says he was hypnotized by a detective Into sign ing a confession, and alienists testify that such a thing may have been done. Senator Carter, of Montana, bit terly denounced bb "oppressive and cruel Secretary Hitchcock's public land policy. President Roosevelt will not urge Congress to pnss addltionnl railroad legislation until the Sixtieth Con gress meets. Settlement In the suit of the Bay State Gas Company against H. H. Rogers has been agreed to, the latter to pay the gas company $1,500,000. Health authorities In Cuba started a crusade to prevent the spread of smallpox. FOREIGN NKW8. Comte Henry do La Vaulx mad htu two hundred and first ascent since he began his career as an aero naut, sailing over the famous terincu of St.. Germain, says a despatch. Scenes of disorder In the I'en'an AKfiembly are reported In a despatch from Teheran. On the baBla of the official returns of the Russian elections thus far ft majority of those elected to the Dounia are oppositional. Gorman socialists have lost thirty eight more seats in the Reichstag oa second ballots. Persia's Assembly opposes the Idea of a foreigner being a Cabinet Minis ter, according to a despatch from Te heran. King Edward visited Prenldent Falllercs at the Elysco Palace, in Paris. The presence of the police nlone prevented a riot at tho Church of the Holy Apostles, Pnrls, where the French Apostolic Church was Inaug urated with the aid of Archbishop Vllatte, head of the Independent Catholic movement In the United Stntes. In the French Chamber of Depu ties Mr. Clemenceau, Premier, de clared the bishops' proposal for per petual leases of churches was unac ceptable. Differences of oplnon between M. Clemenceau, French Premier, and M. Brland, Minister of Education, over the Bishops' proposals may wreck the Cabinet. M. Guldema, governor of the po litical prison on Vasili Ostroff in St. Petersburg, was shot and killed by a youth of eighteen, who escaped. SPORTING XKWS. H. L. Doherty, English lawn ten nis champion, will defend his title, and. he and his brother intend visit ing this country soon. Tho auxiliary three-masted yacht building In South Boston for Henry W. Putnnm, Jr., N. Y. Y. C... Is 168 feet over all and 140 feet on the water line. Sabine Roller, a home bred smooth fox terrier, has been purchased by the British expert. George Ha per. of Gomersal, England, and sails for Liverpool after the New York nnd Boston shows. Tho return German-Amerlcnn match for yachts of the Sonder clasa will be sailed at Kiel, bcginlng Au gust 15. for the German Emperor's Cup. Monument for Mnrdclcress. Rutland, Vt., Feb. 6. The grave of Mrs. Mary Rogers, who was hang ed at Windsor, December 8, 1905, for the murder of her husband at Ben nington in 1902, Is to be marked by a $G00 monument. The donor la a wealthy Vermont woman who was greatly Interested in the fight for Mrs. Rogers life on the eve of her hanging. Drank Skint Milk nml Lived. Wlnsted, Conn., Feb. 4.- John Colbert, of Amenta, N. Y., wim told by a New York specialist la.-it Sep tember that he could not live a month. He tipped tho bcales at 325. He told the specialist he would fool him, and following tho advice of the old family physician, he went on a skim milk diet. He has lost nearly one hundred pounds, and Is better than new, he says. Cures Sleeping Sickness, Berlin, Feb. 3. Prof. Koch, tho eminent German scientist, according to a cable from Central Africa, has discovered a very successful form of treatment for the dreaded disease. the sleeping sickness, the scourge of that country. It Is supposed that the disease Is caused by the bite of an Insect that Infests the rivers and marshy lowlands. Agrees to Jamestown Loan. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. The House by a vote of 110 to 85 con curred In the Senate amendment to the Urgent Deficiency bill to lend $1,000,000 to the Jamestown Ex hibition, safeguarding the loan by lieu on the gross receipts. To Increase China's Xavy. Victoria. B. C, Feb. 6. Advices from Pekln state that China is or ganizing a naval department. Four naval bases will be arranged imme diately, and $10,000,000 Is to be provided yearly to resuscitate tha navy. Lawyer Dies Pleading Case. Tunhannock, Pa., Fob. 7. Oscar Dleshelmer, a prominent member of the Wyoming County bar. died sud denly In court, In Montrose. He rose to object to some testi mony offered, and after sitting down dropped his head in his hand and ex pired almost Instantly of apoplexy. Ninety Minute Kurthquake. London, Feb 6. Prof. Belur, tho seismologist, telepraphs from Lai bach that an earthquake lasting nlpety minutes occurred 4,687 miles from Lalbach.' It reached its maxi mum Intensity at 9.26 P. M. IfSNUH First Medical Expert Sum moned Collapses Under Cross Questioning. JEROME AS ALIENIST District Attorney Forces Insanity Ev pert to Admit He Knows Nothing of Tests State Point to us Em bodying First Principles Glea son Angers Colleagues. New York, Feb. 7. Following the efforts of John B. Gleason to direct entirely the defense of Harry K. Thaw, on trial for the killing of Stanford White, In the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court, It was said that all the other attorneys In the case had threatened to withdraw, and that Gleason should bo rapidly relegated to the background Dol phin M. Delmns, famous California lawyer, as well as Clifford W. Hart ridge and Daniel O'Reilly, would step out of the case. A meeting of counsel was Imme diately held in the Broadway oPlces of Messrs. Delmaa & McPlke, and Mrs. Hurry K. Thaw. John B. Gleason, wns retired to the back row. He will be present in court and will advise with the others, but Mr. Delmns will take up the exami nation of witnesses and Mr. Gleasson will not be heard from. With the calling of the first wit ness, the defense entered on the course criticised by associate coun sel. The witness was Dr. Charles H. Wiley of Pittsburg, who was pre sented by .Gleason as an alienist and who admitted, after a show of great modesty, that he was a specialist In mental and nervous disorders. Wiley, in answer to a hypothetical question asked by GleuBon, said that at the time Thaw shot White the prisoner was Insane. Wiley seemed embarrassed in ex pressing an expert opinion In answer to a hypothetical question framed by Gleason. The witness, after giving his opinion, admitted his inability to describe what Jerome maintained were "first principles" of the subject, Jerome's cross-examination was spo ken of as one of the most brilliant of its kind ever heard in a courtroom. Jerome's knowledge of mental dis orders came as a great surprise to those In the room. The District At torney did not need to be prompted by any of the experts for the prosecu tion, for it was evident that he had studied the subject so carefully that It would have been possible for him to have qualified as an expert. Jer ome pressed the witness so closely that several times Wiley explained that when he took the witness stand he did not expect toquallfy as an ex pert. He tought that all the defense wanted of him was to tell of an In cident in a street car In Pittsburg, In which Thaw got into a fight with the conductor because the defendant In sisted on pulling up a blind. When Gleason suddenly put his hypotheti cal question to the physician it was evident that Dr. Wiley was not eager to reply, but finally be made an an swer that caused him four and a half searching hours under the cross examination of the prosecutor. Awful Plight of CuNtaways. Victoria, B. C, Fob. 7. The steamer Tartar, on the way from Hongkong, ran into a Chinese Junk and cut the vessel In two. Some of tho crew escaped in a sampan and others were rescued by a boat low ered from the liner, but three men were drowned. On the way home the steamer res cued three Chinese from a drifting sampan, many miles from the Chi nese coast. One dead man was In the boat. The living were nearly dead, their legs and hands having mortified so that it was necessary to amputate them. Roes Indians Wandering Beggars. Washington, D. C, Feb. 7. While tho Senate was considering the In dian appropriation bill Mr. McCutn ber predicted tat within fifteen years every acre of Indian land would have paeeed Into the bunds of the white man, and the Indians would be wan dering bands of beggura. Their only j hope would be to get Into Mexico. MRS. ("HARWICH SHAMMING). " Prison Doctor Hnys That Incarcera tion linn Agreed wild Iter, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 7. Mr, Cnssln Chadwlck, who was able to Victimize bankers and got big sums, has been unable to deceive the offi cials at the Ohio Penitentiary here. For weeks reports have been cir culated that thn woman was on the brink of n collapse, ns the prison life and fare had gradually drained hnr strength until she wns thin and weak. It Is thought that Mrs. Chnd wlck Intended to glvo this impression and then lay her case before Presi dent Roosevelt nnd appeal for a ptr don upon the grounds of broken health nnd chastened spirits. Mrs. Chndwlck has frequently said she could not perform the light tasks assigned to her by tiie mntron of the woman's department. Each time this complain was registered Dr. Thomas was summoned. He always found her condition was good. Since she hns been In the prison Mrs. Chndwlck's solo ailment has been Indigestion, due to overindul gence In rich foods. Ench night a coil brings her a good dinner frotu a reFtnurant, wbi 'h costs, on the aver- ' ars. $2. The bill Is paid by her Co ! lumbus lawyer. From route sou ce th money flows In upon her and provides luxuries. GOV. MAGOO.WS ARMY DECREE. All Cuban Citizen Between 21 and 45 Must Serve tut Soldiers. Huvnna, Cuba, Feb. 6. Gov. Ma goon hns lssuel a decree preitcrthlnit the organization of the new Cuban Army. After quoting the law of September 15. 1906. provl ling for the Increase of the Rural Guard In 10,000 men. and the artillery to 2,000 men, the decree declares that all able-bodied male citizens between 21 and 46 years of age shall consti tute the national forces, which shall consist of a permanent nrniy nnd a force of mllitin. The latter is liable only In caso ot etrorgency. The permanent arm. is to be designated "the armed force of tho republic." The militia, whllo In service, Is to bo the subject to th same discipline as the regular forces. The armed forces, Including the en listed militia, are to be under thi sole authority of the Executive. REACH HAWAII IX UNIFORM. Mmiy Japanese Arrive Immigration Likely to Increa.se, Honolulu, Feb. 6. Six hundred Japanese immigrants arrived on tb.1 steamer Siberia. A number of them wore the ful? uniform of the soldiers of Japan, and two Captains, In addition to being clothed In uniform of their rank, wore war medals. Letters from Ja nan say that the Japanese Govern ment proposes to increase the num ber of permits for emigrants to Hawaii. The number had been re duced to 2,000 per month, and then was raised to 2,975 monthly. It Is proposed to Increase the num ber to 4,000 monthly within Ave or six months. Chinese Learn of Germany. Shanghai, China, Feb. 4. Ths new Chinese Ambassador to Berlin. Yang Tcheng, hns recommended that the Chinese Government send a large number of officers to Germany to study the German arsenal service. FIXAXCIAL. John R. liegeman, president ot the Metropolitan Life Insurance' Company, lusued a statement ex plaining his connection with tha Randolph-Macon Coal Company and the purchase of $1,000,000 of tha company's bonds by the Metropolian. Erie Raljroad will expend $12,-. 000,000 on electrification of Its sub urban service , NEW YORK MARKETS. - j Wholesale Prices of Farm Prodaae, Quoted for the Week. The Milk Exchange price for staaf dard quality is Je. per t Hotter. , Creamery, extra.... 3 2 32 i Firsts 29 31 , State dairy, fancy 27 2$ Fncy ...18H14Hj Small HHOHH Part Skims 7tt 8)4 Kggs. ! State and Penn 31 Z2 Western Firsts 2525K- Live Poultry, Chickens, per lb n Fowls, per lb 18 m DrCMcU Poultry. Turkeys, per lb 10 1$ ! Fowls, per lb 8 n i Chickens, Phlla. lb 20 28 1 Fowls, per lb 6 ti)i Geese, spring, lb 8 12 i Ducklings, per lb 8 12 I Fruits Fresh. j Apples Greenings per bbl $1 60 $3 0! King, per bbl 2 00 S 26' Ben Davis per bbl... 1 60 2 76 Vegetable. Potatoes, L. I., bbl...$l 60 $1 76 Cabbages, per 100... 2 60 4 60 Onions, per bbl...... 8 00 6 00 Carrots, per bbl 1 60 2 00 Turnips, per bbl 76 1 00 Hay and Straw. Hay, prime, cwt...$l 00 $1 It ' No. 1. per cwt.. 95 1 0j No. 2, per owt., 96 1 00 Straw, long rye, 66 67V Grain, Etc. Flour, Win. pats. $3 60 a 85 Spring pats... 4 10 4 90 Wheat, No. 1.,,,, . 91 No. 2, red.... , 81 Outs, mixed. . , , , 4 2 Clipped white, 4$ 45 Live Stock. Beeves.clty drs'd. 7 I Calves, city drs'd. 8 14 Country, drs'd. 7 12 U Sheep, per wet.. 12 60 g4 6jJ
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