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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-09

work of turning the great logs brought
from the Island of Formosa into the
finest of carvings, and into the numer-
Gus pieces of wood work which go to
make up a great Japanese temple.
Everything is done by hand. Logs
four feet thick are sawed into boards by
hand and great beams, two of which
would form good load for
team of Senator Palmer's perch
eron horses, are carried by
score of men in couples up wide
roadway which has been built from
the ground to the roof of the temple
This temple will cover acres of ground.
1t will, like all the temples of Japan,
consist of an immense ridge-roofed
building, the sides of which will slope
downward in the shape of bow, and
the beams and every part of which will
be mass of gorgeous carving. Five
hundred men are now at work upon it.,
and work of all kinds goes on under its
roof. This roof was put up upon great
poles before the work was begun, and
the scaffolding of this building consists
of tens of thousands of poles, which
range in size from the thickness of a
fat mans body at the waist to that OF a
fishing rod. These are tied together
with ropes, and upon them these acres
of roof are built. Here can be seen
better than anywhere else in the world,
1 doubt not, the modes of architecture
of the ancients. It is wonderful what
mans hand can do unaided by machin-
cry. There are no steam engines, no
derricks, and no machines of any kind.
Work upon this temple has been and is
largely labor of faith and love. The
carpenters and csrvers are Buddhists,
who come from all parts of the country
to do voluntary work for the temple,
and one of the most striking objects of
the whole of the building apparatus is
the offering of women.
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This is the rope which have been
used in hauling these immense logs,
which make up the material of the
temple. They are numbered by the
hundreds of feet, and the largest of
them are as big around as the thigh of
a good sized man. Great cables of
brownish black. They hang in long
strands from the roof to the first floor
of the temple, mading a screen nearly
one hundred feet high and twenty feet
wide, SO thick that they shut out the
light. And these thousands of feet of
big rope are made of what3 They are
entirely composed of human hair.
Two hundred thousand woman cut off
their locks and gave them for this pur
whole was braided together and the
thin cords were retwisted until they be-
came thick ones. The strands grew
into ropes, and the ropes became these
massive cables. l fingered them with
my hands and / tried to clasp them,
but they were so large that my thumbs
and fingers would not meet. pressed
my thumb upon them, and they were
as hard almost as a cable of wiie.
Thy were dry. All the oil had gone
out of the hair, and the whole looked
more dead than alive Still could see
that ell sorts of lives were wrapped up
in this rope. Here the fine, silky,
brown locks of the maiden were twined
in and out with those of the white
haired woman, and long strands were
braided about short ones, and at the
end of the rope these different locks
had become loosened and they hung
down like the tail of horse, of vari-
gated colors. One cable alone con-
tanned the hair of 1000 women, and
some of the smaller cables were worn
thin almost to breaking by the immense
strain that had been put upon them in
the pulling of the logs. These ropes
will be kept in the temple, and when
this great temple is completed they will
have one of the honored places among
its relics. They are truly monument
of the desire of the women of the east
for something better than they now
have.
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stone damnation of Christianity. The
blazing fire and freezing water are not
made by other beings, but by our
thoughts alone. We have theories that
the lowest and wickedest men may
spend their next state in the souls oil
beasts or insects. The good man, by
doing his best for the right in this
world, is born with better soul into
the next transmigration. By being
good there he rises higher. and thus
goes on step by step and life by life until
he reaches the NirVana.
"What is the Nirvana?"
"It is hard to explain this in Eng
Iish, 1 find that Christians do not
rightly appreciate it. It is not state
of soul humiliation, as many suppose.
1t is not negative state, but positive
one. Nirvana means eternal happiness,
and it is the state of Buddha. In it we
believe that all the bad that Is in man S
nature is annihilated, and all the good
continues to grow. II is a state in
which all the evil is taken from mans
nature, and his happiness comes from
his appreciation of the true, the beau
tiful and the good in IFS perfection.
Buddhism believes in the extinction oil
the evil passions of mankind, and that
when these are all cut OH the miserable
state of TRANSPORTATION ends. Covet-
uoUsness, anger, vice, hypocrisy, pride
are dead, and the pure soul enters the
NIrvana."
"This is beautiful theory, but does
all 2uddhists hold it?"
mot at all, +" reptile d the priest. 1.-THE
nominal Buddhist wear merely the
cloak of the religion, and many people
of the lower classes expect to receive
good fortunes in this life for their
religious work"
DO any of them worship the images
themselYes?"
81 think not. They worship them
only as the representative of Buddha.
They do not believe that the wood AMI
stone has life Or power" -.
"Do you think that Buddhism will
ever become the chief religion of the
world; in other words, will all the peo-
pie in the world sometime be Bud
dhists?"
II hardly think So" was the reply
Though l understand there are Bud
dhists in America, and Madame
Blavetsky and the theosophists are
treading close on the heels of Bud
dhism. Still, would not like to say
that all the world would eventually be
Buddhists."
But the Christians claim that they
will eventually Christianize the whole
world" said l.
'Well, as for claiming" replied the
priest with a twinkle of his eye, II can
claim as much as they can. can
claim that all the world will be Bud
dhists, and 1 can set down the Gay
hour and minute when this will be
But it would only be claiming after all
There are now 1O6,000,000 Protestant
Christians in the world. There are
go 600, 900 Roman Catholics. We Bud
dhists, at the lowest estimate, number
$4,000, 900, and Buddhism is not at 8
standstill. Before the sixth century
we were not known in Japan, and We
spread over this whole Empire IN q
very short time. Some of the Mikados
of the past were Buddhists, and the
day may come when there will be g
Buddhist President in the White House
who will push the Buddhist religion to
the front in the United States"
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"Do the Buddhists give largely to
their church,"
Not so much as they should" replied
the priest. "Still they do very we'll
considering the poverty of the country.
This church in which we are now talk
ing has an income of 5000, 900 year
And another branch of this denomina-
ton is building a cathedral which will
cost well up into the millions. Our
people give as much as they see fit.
We do not fix the amount of their con-
tributions, and there is no tithing
among u.s."
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"Then you have the doctrine of trans
migration of souls?"
Eyes, all Buddhists believe in that.
We believe that mind or soul is never
lost. It goes from one transmigration
TO another, rising higher or sinking
lower in the scale of creation, as its
actions are good or bad. Some of the
Buddhists believe in bells. And there
is a theory that there are eight hot hells
and eight cold bells. The eight hot
bells are states of blazing fire. The
eight cold bells are those of freezing
water. The lower classes believe these
bells to exist in reality. 1t is with the
higher classes much as with the brim-
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In company with Mr.. Akamatzu, l
next took walk through this vast
temple, known in Japan as the Nlshi
Hongwan il. We walked through cor
ridor after corridor in our stocking
feet, and inspected room after room
carpeted with mats and walled with
gold leaf. The walls were made of
sliding screens, and upon each of these
were paintings by the old masters.
Priceless carvings of noted left
handed artist, who lived about 300
years ago, formed the freize work::of
one side of most of the rooms, and this
was made up of birds aud animals of
life size so accurately cut that the blood
seemed to flow through them. We
visited the great audience room of the
| temple, the roof of which is upheld by
| immense pillars, and the floor of which
takes 954 yards of mating to cover it.
The ceiling was made of richly painted
panels bound with lacquer and great
brass lanterns, each of which would
| have filled good sized hogshead, hung
from the ceiling. We went through
| splendid reception rooms, and this sect
of Buddhists have some of the finest of
| the japanese temples. The art of
Japan is connected with the temples,
and in them are found the finest speci-
mems of Japanese carving and bronze
work. We looked at the great bell of
the temple, which is rung by a log of
wood so held up by means of rope
that its end points against the lower
part of the outside of the bell, and
which is rung by man pulling this log
back and letting it strike against the
bell. We walked through the beauti-
full temple garden, and watched gold
fishes of about five pounds each swim
ming by the hundreds within the lake
in the centre. We chatted the while of
Christianity and Buddhism, and as we
went out we saw a service being con-
Quoted in one of the ante rooms by a
Buddhist priest. From 500 to 1000
bare-headed men, women and children
in gowns sat on their bare heels on the
floor and attentively listened TO the
priest, who read from manuscript his
sermon. His reading was sing-soDg
drawI, but the audience was devout,
and the whole was not without its
solemnity. We then went past the
treasury of the temple. The priests
sat behind little cage-like desks a foot
high, and the crowds thronged around
with their gifts with the pushing and
crowding of bank on a busy day.
Money has changed and gifts in kind
were given, and from what could see
this branch of Buddhism seemed faI
from dead.
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was the more surprised when our
government guide took us to the other
temple OF this sect which is now being
built. 1t is to cost IS, OOO, 900 when COM
pleted, and it will be finished next
year. II has already been nine years
in building. and its funds are made up
entirely from the offerings of the peo-
pie. went into Its workshops. Imagine
forty acres of land covered with low
sheds, and In these sheds goes on the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
THE G. B. & Q. TROUBLE.
Status of the Switchmen,s ant
Engineers, Strikes

Status of the Svvitchmen,s and
Engineers Strikes
A call was made yesterday at the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy's
offices in this city to ascertain the
effect Of the switchmen's strike which
is at present in operation on that line.
Mr.. Quigley stated that he has
heard nothing Of it beyond the fact
that it has occurred. cit does not
matter much anyhow" he added,
"because if we could pull round an
affair like the engineers strike, the
going-out of 200 or 800 switchmen is
not likely to bother US They are
very easy to replace, and have no
doubt if they are not back, men are
already working in their stead"
"The telegraph dispatches say
very little now about the Brotherhood
lock-out-do you know what is going
on" asked the reporter.
"Well, we have filled all their
places and as far as they are concerned
are not bothering at ali. Two decisions
have already been made in our favor
and another one regarding the Chica
90 and Rock Island road, will proba-
bly, be announced to-day. All of the
roads are accepting our freight cars,
we are running our passengers on
time and receiving perishable goods
and live stock for any point on our
1000 miles of line, just as we did be-
fore the trouble occurred. think
that is sufficient evidence to show"
concluded MIR. Quigley, "that as far
as we are concerned the strike is
Oyer.n
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
will leave at S:15 A. NJ, arriving in
Santa Rarhara at 1p NJ

will leave at 8:15 A. NJ, arriving IN
Santa Barbara at 2P. M.
The San Fernando local, which at
present leaves at A 80 P. NJ, will go at
at 4 AS p. NJ, and run through to Santa
Barbara, which point will be reached
by 10 20 p. M. Hitherto train No. 18
leaving here at l P. NJ. has carried the
evening passengers for Santa Barbara,
they changing cars at Saugus, but un-
der the new arrangement this will be
dispensed with. and there will in
future be two through trains to Santa
Barbara every day.
A train will leave Santa Barbara at
8 40 A. NJ, arriving in Los Angeles at
p. NJ, and one will also leave at 4 P.
NJ, arriving here at s :55 p. NJ.
By this new arrangement the round
trip to Santa Barbara can be made in
day, and the visitors will have two
hours to pass in that city, an i'm
portant boon to business interests.
No changes are made in the time of
the trains between Los Angeles and
Cotton, and the cards for the Santa
Ana and other local branch roads will
remain the same. The new system
will entirely revolutionize the train
dispatchers' departments, affecting,
of course, the arrival and departure of
all freight traffic, and good deal of
labor will have to be expended there
accordingly.
As regards the lightning express,
which has been on the tapis recently,
nothing is mentioned in the new card,
and the officials in this city say that
SO far as they know it is at present
only "paper train"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
TRAIN TINE.
Inn portant Changes In the South.
erm Pacific Gard,

important Changes In the South.
erm Pacific Gard.
On and after the LIST of April inn
portant changes will be made in the
time card of the Southern Pacific sys-
tenn and travellers will do we'll to no.
tice the alterations, which are as
follows:
Train No. 18 which calls at all way
stations between this city and San
Francisco, will leave here at IL A. NJ.
instead Of at P. NJ.
Train No. 20, the west bound Pacific
express, will arrive at s 80 P. M. and
leave for San Francisco at $3.50 P. M
instead Of. arriving at 80 r. M. and
leaving at 10 :3o P. M, as at present.
Train No. 10, the Atlantic east
bound express, will arrive in this city
from San Francisco at 7:50 P. M. and
leave for New Orleans at s 80 p. M
instead of arriving at 5 P. M. and leav.
ing at 6 p. N. as at present.
Train No. IL, the San Francisco and
Los Angeles local, will arrive in this
city at 10 ;O5 A. NJ, instead OF at 8:45
A.. N. as at present.
SANTA BARBARA TRAVEL.
For Santa Barbara the train which
atpresent leaves this city at 3 A. NJ
L f
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
ADJUSTMENTS.
Successful presentation Of the
ssChlmes Of N0Fmandy.0

Successful Presentation Of the
ssChimes Of Normandy"
The Pyke Opera Company never
gives a chance for any Of the pieces in
its repertoire to pail upon the public
taste, and last night presented as its
eighth opera here the favorite Chimes
of Normandy. 1t scored an undoubted
success and fully vies with the rest OF
their representations. Miss Louise
Manfred was bewitching "Serpo-
lette" and sang and acted her part
with great vivacity. Mr.. Pyke's
presentation of the "Marquis" was
good and in the character OF "Ger-
maine" Miss Winston added to her
laurels, singing 'Forget- Me-Not" in
the third act in manner that
drought down the house," Mr.. De-
Lange appeared as the miser, a role
entirely opposite from his usual i'm
presentations and in his rendition of
the character proved that he is no
tyro in the dramatic arena. His
makeup was very fine and his facial
acting expressive. The rest of the
caste ably supported the "stars" and
the piece went off without hitch. 1t
will hold the boards every night until
Thursday.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Pullman Passengers.

The following passengers left yes
terday on the p. NJ. train: D. E. Day,
E. E. Reynolds, w. Abernethy, Miss
D. E. Payter, E. Hosen, G. G. Lee, ].
D.. Phelan, e. Hosea, Miss L. NJ.
Willis, L. Love, M. O. Bockwek, E.
Bailey, w. F. Cornwell, J. Glazey,
w. Hammond, Mrs. o. Suyvant, r.
Marble, w. J. Waterson. W. B. Will
shire, Mrs. Holm, Hiram Holt, DR..
w. P. Horton, j. Borand, H. Gold
water, r w. Burton, D. D. Whitney,
B. Russell, NJ. G. Clink, P. Barth,
Mr.. Friske, S. j. Murphy, G. B. Pi-
roni, w. T. Caldwell, ]. F. Bragg, c.
F. A. Hintge, j. A. Benham, s. J,
Murphy, W. 0. Palmer, H. M
Johnston.
The following left on the 10: :3(
train: j. P. Sage, L. Uphert, G. Bos
void, L. G. English, ]. A. Moore
Mrs. g. A. Cole.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
The FairYfeW Road.

Grading on the Santa Ana, Fairview
and Pacific Railroad commenced yes
terday, and McCrabbe Il Co., the
contractors, have large force of men
and teams at work about two miles
south of Santa Ana. The steel rails
for this road were shipped from
Johnstown, Pa, week ago via the
"Sunset route" and the engines and
cars will be forwarded in about twenty
days from San Francisco, where they
are being built. Thirty thousand ties
are already on the ground at Santa
Ana, and if the rails are not delayed
in transit the road will be completed
and in operation from Santa Ana to
Fairview, a distance of eight miles,
inside of forty days from this
date. The road will then
be pushed on to the coast, terminal
ing at point in the vicinity of New
port Harbor, and will be OF great
value to the towns and country
through which it passes.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
westfall Found Guilty.

The Westfall case was taken, up in
Judge Cheney's Court yesterday
morning after the other business OF
the Court had been dispatched. The
insanity jury had found that the de-
fendant was not insane, and the testi-
mony before the trial jury yesterday
was mainly to his actions. Several
witnesses were examined for the de
Tense, after which the prosecution in
troduced evidence in rebuttal tending
to show that Westfall's actions before
trial and out of court were different
from those he assumed before the jury.
Shortly after 3 o'clock the case was
submitted to the jury, which, with
the shortest deliberation returned a
verdict of guilty as charged.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
RIlca.

Mile Rhea, the brilliant French
actress, who will appear at the Grand
Opera House next week, is assured of
an enthusiastic welcome. She will
be remembered by Theatre-goers as
having opened the Opera House four
years ago, and made a number OF
warm friends, whom she met in
society. She is not only great
artistic, but she is a charming, lovely
and loveable woman as we'll. She
presents her own version of Camille
on Monday evening and at the Satur-
day matinee. Her latest success,
Fairy Fingers, a powerful play from
the French, on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evenings and Frou FrOu
on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
The sale of seats will open Thursday
morning
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
burglary.

Sunday night Mr.. Harry Duffin
paid Mr.. f. B. Tanning visit and
returned home about 10 o'clock.
When he reached his residence he
found that it had been burglarized in
his ABSENCE. The thieves took quaint
ity OF clothing, and jewelry, and as
usual left no trace behind them where
by clue can be obtained as to their
identity.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Presidential Appointments.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The Pres
ident sent to the Senate the nomina-
tions OF Francis L. Anderson, to be
receiver of public money at Del Nortp,
Col, Thomas McCunniffe, to be agenl
for the Indians of the Southern Ute
agency in Colorado; John M. Browne
medical director, to be chief Of the
Naval Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gerry, with relative rank OF Commo-
dore.
Also Stephen w. Hoffman, post
master at Watsonville, California,
Thos. Francis Meagher, postmaster at
Sprague, Washington Territory.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
pork Packers, Protest

CHICAGO, March 26.-The pork pack
ers Of Chicago, st. Louis and Louis
vile have prepared protests against
the testimony OF William q Bartlett
before the Committee on Agriculture
at Washington. They say it is a libel
and if not decidedly denied will cause
an untold loss, not only to pork-pack-
ing but to the agricultural interests OF
the country.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
HUNTINGTON OUrwITTED.
Minority stockholders Rail
road an Important BILL.

road an Important bill.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 26.-The
minority stockholders in the Louis
Vile Short Route Railway Transfer
Company are jubilant over their sue
cess in outwitting Huntington and
other big stockholders in the re-
cent fight when the transfer of
one dollars worth. of stock was
made recently by General Echols.
Local stockholders claimed such pro-
ceeding was fsf tie purpose of freez-
ing out the drafted bill amending the
Short Route charter and providing
that all offices and books shall be kept
in this city, and that nine
Directors, residents OF Kentucky,
shall be elected yearly, and that each
Director shall hold at least twenty
shares of stock. The bill passed the
Senate and House before the Hunting
ton people knew anything about it.
The Huntington people petitioned the
Governor to veto the measure, which
he refused to do.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Chalk Talk.

Last evening Mr.. Rollo K. Bryant
gave one of his interesting "Chalk
Talks" in the First Congregational
Church, under the auspices of the
w. G. T. U. The lecturer drew
many clever pictures illustrating the
evil effects Of drink and the ruin it
produced in what were once happy
homes. Several selections on the
piano enlivened the lecture, which
will be repeated tonight with an en-
tirely new set of drawings.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Judge Oheney.s Court.

Informations were filed yesterday
charging James Ward and Henry
Casey with obtaining money by false
pretenses, and B. Pasera with assault
to murder.
Frank Naylor was yesterday SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $50 on charge
of assault.
James DAlew was sentenced to
three months imprisonment for an
assault with-a deadly weapon.
Charles Cavanaught was sentenced
to two years in San Quentin for bur.
glary in the second degree.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Dissatisfied StockhoIders.

New YORK, March 26.-Dissatisfied
stock aud bondholders Of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas road at
meeting to-day appointed commit
tee to obtain proxies at the annual
meeting to cast their votes for direct
ors who will represent the interest OF
the stockholders of the company and
take the control OF the roads out OF
the hands of the present manage
ment,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27

p. q. Special prices to Hotels and Lodg-
ing Houses We always keep . full sup
made for instant use, for the convenieus
Of our customers, Of all the Standard m9kes.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Anschlag,s Case.

Mr.. Frederick McGregor yesterday
filed his bill Of exceptions in the
Anschlag case This indicates that
Anschlag will not be hung on the 18th
of April. The notice of the appeal
will not be filed until later period,
probably not until within two or three
days of the day set for the execution.
This will delay the matter for several
months at least.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Robert J. Burdetsc.

Tickets for the lecture he is to de-
liver at the First baptist Church,
Friday eve. are selling very rapidly,
and only limited number OF good
seats yet to be had at Safe Deposit
Office, Cor. Tempe and New High.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
Fast In the snow.

ST. IGNANcE, March 26.-The first
passenger train from Marquette since
Wednesday arrived last night. This
morning another bowling blizzard
prevails and no trains have gone out.
Those which left here last night are
| fast in the snow near Allenville. and
the prospects are for blockade Of
several days.