The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Yesterday there drifted into the Knuts-
ford on the crest of a dustatorm a gentle
man with a gigantic black beard and
wearing suit Of clothes of a pattern and
cut calculated to give self-respecting
American tailor nervous prostration.
Sauntering up to the register the swarthy
individual proceeded TO inscrioe his au-
tOgraph--J. H BOOg, Yokohama, JanDan.
/ from the land of the cherry blossom
proved TO be typical Bohemian with a
penchant for tarrying in the nethermOSt
parts of the globe for season, and then
packing uD his grip and dropping down in
another part of the world for a spell. Dur
ing the course of conversation it devel-
oped that the glObe-trotter was Scotch
man, Who in the early days, went dla-
mond mining at Kimberley, South Africa.
/ Subsequently he became the town clerk
Of that noble city Of galvanized iron res
licences, also a member Of the Diamond
Fields horse. Seeming the fray from
far OF Japan, B0Og is on his journey to
join his old companions in the Cape to
have q shot at the elusive Boer on his
native kopje. BOOg yesterday talked at
F.! length regarding the ''piOus ana Chris
tan Boer. What he said, however, would
not look well in print. BoOg evidently did
not have any use for the man who is
now fighting for his home.
The traveller was equally as emphatic in
his observations upon Japan, in which
country he has been for several years.
When the subject Of missionaries was
preached he waXed exceedingly eloquent,
and in concise and forcible language pro-
ceeded TO unburden himself Of a few
hOmely truths.
missionaries he said. in tones of deep
+. disgust. they are responsible for the
greater part of the trouble the world
over. Why can't they stay at home and
do some good there instead Of meddling
with the heathens, who are happy and
contented with their lot" Then he flew
off at a tangent, the burden of his lay
being that the japanese had no use for
81 nil an
According to Mr.. BOog it is only a mat
ter of q brief time before the inevitable
clash between Japan and Russia will be
in full blast.
Japan" he said. lis thoroughly pre-
pared for war with Russia. In fact It
has been for some time past, and you
mark my words, just as soon as the coun-
try can raise a loan they viii be at It
hammer and tOngs. Japan has been try
ing to raise a loan for some time past, but
England and America are onto the move
and are holding of advancing the money,
rs It would possibly cause serious COM
DlcatiOns. When the war does break out
1t will be in COrea, where both Japan and
Russia are striving for toOthold. The
trouble with Japan today IS that after
the war with China, when she received
that indemnity, she put all the money into
her navy and the equipment Of her army,
with the result that now the country is
under heavy taxation to keep up the two
branches Of the service.
In speaking of the business conditions in
the land of the MikadO he said that at the
present time they are IN bad shape,
owing 10 the fact that before the new
treaty and tariff went into operation the
merchants there oVerstOcked, with the
result that now there is lull ali along
the line and general want Of money IN
evidence.
As to Yokohama itself, Mt Boog said
taat the tourist travel helped things along
+. considerably The European population in
that city, he said, numbered about 5000
oil told I-1f min
Ell in the English language.
A thrill of horror ran through the
guests who witnessed the sight in the
Knutsford rotunda yesterday afternoon as
Alex PetschnikOff pronounced PftZ-
sneeze-cough) and Mark Hamburg saun-
/ tered UP to Clerk Harry Burton and in
/ CURED the way to the nearest barber
shop. When the two musicians settled
down into the BARRIERS chairs and the
tOnsOTial artists prOceeded--to trife with
the luXuriant locks the excitement
reached fever heat minute later a sigh
OF relief arose from the little knot of
drt1mmers, who were taking in the situa-
| ton through the open door, when the
knight OF the shears proceeded TO admin
lister sea foam. After the barberous
operation the gentleman with the in
huenZa eognomep arose like a giant re-
freshed and Haunted his locks 20 the
breeze.
When approached by a reporter as he
tltiNA SCA llOll TIE lDUcDfld4 DdIlbES the
virtuoso said: What Ne talk to the
papersi No, ] play, ] don't talk; I have
a manager to do that"
Joseph Huston. advance agent for the
Gentry pony show, is numbered among
the guests at the Kenyon. Everybody
knows Joe as a man of unlimited re-
sources and anecdotes. and those of the
guests around in the immediate vicinity
OF the advance agent yesterday soon be-
came aware that the hosiery sheltered a
man who could tell a good story. Joseph's
yarn of how he picked up 1880 ia an
Arizona mining comp one Sunday several
moons ago, when he sent the show up the
canyon TO view the scenery, viii go down
TO posterity as the work of a skiilful
agent Joseph says that the show has
been doing good business In San Fran
cisco DESPITE the. fact that the weather
was extremely chilly there.
Possibly the most unique organization
| 81 It's Kind IN the world is the Nashville
81 4oents' Travelling jubilee troupe. j. A
Bf,hany, manager of the organization.
gave some interesting facts about the
origin and results accomplished by the
troupe Ia an interview at the Kenyon last
evening.
The organization first started out on
the road twenty years ago." said the
genial manager. 'iOnly students of the
Nashville colored college at Nashville.