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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
WOMAN's COOL ACT.
Notices Fire in Church. Quietly Notifies
 Pastor and All Escape.

Jewett City, Conn, Jan. 3.-While play ing hymn during the morning services in the Second Congregational church to-day, Mrs. E. H. Hitchcock saw curl of smoke come from q furnace fue near the ros- trum. She sent word to the pastor of her suspicious and inquiry showed that. wood work near the furnace was ablaze The congregation was dismissed expeditiously, and an alarm was sent in to a nearby hose company. The fremen responded quickly and the flames which had broken out in several plnces were put out with little damage to the ediflce. The Baptist church threw open it's doors to the Second Congre- gational church for the other services of the day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Incendlary Fir. in New Yors

New York; Jan. g. --The greater part of the building at the southwest corner of Broadway. and Leonard street was destroy ed by an incendiary fire tonight. The fire men found holes newly bored in five differ. ent points III the stairs, cotton waste soak ed In kerosene in the holes, kindlng wood saturated with kerosene in corners and oil spilled here and there. The damage is yariously estimated from S75,O0O to S125.- 000 No one was hurt. and no one arrest ed The building was occupied by a laree number of firms. The fire marshal is in- yestigating
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
ch.nsss xvsr.hips Preparing.

Shanghai. Jan. s.-Chinese cruisers here are preparing for active service. They are taken on board ammunition and supplies. They will remain here for orders.
 Gran. Algeria, Jan. s.-The Russian battleship Emperor Nicholas I and the torpedo boat destroyer Abbek have sail- ed for China.
 Bizerta, Tunis. Jan. s,-The Russian cruiser Aurora sailed to-day from Alex andria, but in accordance with tele- graphic instructions the remainder of the squadron destined for service in the far east has postponed it's depart ure.
 Paris. Jan. S-The Russian warships have been ordered to postpone their de- parture.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
FUNERAL OF GEN LoNGsrREEr.
To be Held nt Gainsvnis, Ga, To.
 morrow.

Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 3.---The funeral of Gen. James Longstreet will be held here Tuesday All the civil and military organ izations of the city will attend in body. Comrades in arms of the distinguished dead will act as pallbearers. Over the grave in Alta Vista cemetery sons of Long streets old soldiers will fire Q salute.
 The remains will be carried from the home of General Longstreet's daughter ito the court house on Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock. There they will lie in state until noon. Shortly after noon the funeral ser vices will begin. The funeral rites will be conducted according to the ritual of the catholic church of which General Long street was a member. The interment will be with full military honors.
 Among the honorary pallbearers will be Gov. J. M. Terrel, Mayor Howell of Atlan- ta, John B. Gordon, ex-Governor Candler, Chief Justice Simmons. Adjutant General Harris, Gen. C. A. Evans. Gen. w. A. Wright and Captain John W. Lindsay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
A DARING RESCUE.
Heroic Work of Lille saving Crew at
 Huh. Mass

Hull, Mass, Jan. 3.-Pountling and toss ing in the heavy surf, kicked up by fifty mile gale, the wreck of the two masted fishing schooner Belle J. Neal of Boston, which went ashore on Allerton point early to-day, was lifted from the rocks at high tide and carried against the Point Aller- ton sea wall. There she lay tonight, prac- tically a total wreck.
 The vessel was sighted by the Hull life saving crew at two o'clock this morning, and after repeated attempts to launch q lifeboat and to reach the schooner with the breaches buoy had failed, the volunteer life saving crew succeeded in launching boat and after one of tEe hardest sea battles ever made by the crew, reached the vessel and brought off Captain Carter and his six men.
 The Neal was loaded with fish bound from Newfoundland to Boston. She was of 10 tons burden, valued at S4,000, and her cargo was worth $15.00O. She carried no insurance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
PARIS BoURsE AFFECTED.
Finally influenced by seriousnsss of
 Far Eastern Situation.

Far Eastern Situation.
 London. Jan. s.--The despondency in connection with the situation in the Far East is at last beginning to be felt in Paris bourse, with a result that Russian bonds. which have only fallen about 8 per cent. since September last are now affected by the depressing influence sur rounding the foreign market.
 On the stock exchange Chinese securi- ties have been heavily sold on Berlin account. but the Berlin houerse is still optimistic.
 With such gloomy opening of the year the volume of the weeks business has been of the smallest, the only securities on the market which displayed any firmness being South American and Ar gentines. which are still in the ascen- dant. American railroad securities do not show any important fluctuations with the exception of Norfolk and western common. The market is rely ing entirely on Wall street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Tnnerai of Jerome syA ea.

New York, Jan. 3.-The funeral of Jerome Sykes, the actor, who died on Tuesday from pneumonia in Chicago, where his company was playing The Millionaire, was held to-day. The Episcopal and Masonic services were read by the Rev. George R. Van de Vt ter. The pall-bearers were Edward Smith Arthur G. Moore, Samuel Stew art, Meyer W. Livingston, Edward J. Connolly, F. A. Cordner, Mark Klaw and E.. J. Perley.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
storm Gauges Mu..elan,s peath

Willimantic. Jan. S.Henry w. Bish- op, a member of the American band, at tended an entertainment last night, and started for home in the storm. He was taken i'll and had to be assisted by friends. Soon after they got him into the house he died, Medical Examiner White to-day viewed the body and de- cided that Bishop died of heart failure. It is thought Shat his efforts to breast the storm hastened his death. He was forty-six years old and leaves a widow and several children.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
ALLEGED HYPNOTIC MURDER.
Paris Deeply Interested in aa Unusaai
 Case,

Paris, Jan. 3.-Paris is deeply interested in the alleged hypnotic murder of a woman named Chappuis, 61 years old, whose sur viving relatives include Leon Grasse, an oueratic conductor; Lieut. Giradot, of the
 The neighbors of the Chappuis woman were a family named Martin, consisting of husband and wife, who are spirituadsts. It is alleged that Mime. Martin obtained a commanding influence over Mime. Chap- puis, with the result that Mime. Chappuis made will in her favor, cutting off her natural heirs. Mme Chappuis died and was buried On complaint of her relatives, the body was exhumed but no trace of poison was found in the stomach.
 Mime. Martin has been arrested and wit nesses have testified to her alleged con trol over the dead woman, but it Is not be- lieved that she will be prosecuted unless facts are developed showing that she phy- sically brought about the death of Mime. Chappuis.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Death of Jnnn E. Storcv.

New Britain. Conn. Jan. 3.-John F. Story, who, as q newspaper man, was well years the local representative of the Hart ford Times, died to-day after an illness ey- tending throughout three months. He was born and brought up here and was iden- tiiied with the teperance movement as pres ident of the local T. A. B. society and as an officer of the state Catholic Total Ab- stinence union. He had served in the com mon council A widow and one child survive
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Two ssilt Alarms.

There were two still alarms of fire short iy after twelve o'clock this morning. No. 1 chemical was summonded to the New Haven house Some soot got on fire in the chimney, but no damage was done.
 No. 5's house received a call from 40 Pierpont street, occupied by Mir. Futile and family. A slight blaze started in a wood closet on the second floor. About S25 damage was done before the blaze was extinguished. Mice and matches are believ- ed to have been the cause.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Air Brakes Failed to Work.

Utica, N. Y., Jan. 3.-Train No. 35. inc fast mall on the New York Central railroad. which arrived here at 9 o'clock this morn ing, six hours late, ran past the station because the air brakes failed to work and crashed into four express cars being shift ed by yard engine The wreck 6lockef traffic for some time. Engineer Edward F. Murphy, of Albany, was killed, the hand rail of his engine being driven through his head.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Norwich Man Found Dead .n snow.

Norwich, Conn.,. Jan. 3-Richard Pratt. Roosevelt avenue at midnight Saturday night He had been into Greenville to get shaved and was on his way home. Medical Examiner Paddock viewed the remaius and decided that Pratt died from exhaustion and exposure.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
PERIsHED IN THE STORM.
Body of Veteran Found in snow Near
 Mondus.

Moodus, Conn, Jan. S.--Patrick O'Neil, a civil war veteran, perished in the snow while going to his home about a mile outside this village last night. his body being found by the roadside and in a drift to-day. He is believed to have lost his way and wandered about until exhausted. He was sixty-f1ve years Of age and leaves several adult children. He enlisted in Co. H, 11th c. "
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Fire im Woreester.

Worcester Mass. Jan. 3.-Tire in the. Taylor block, No. 154 Front street, early this morning caused loss of about S30,- coo, the owners of the block and Ball Bros, proprietors of a candy kitchen, in which heaviest losers For six hours the fire men had bitter fight, the thermometer being near the zero mark.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
DEPEW,s BROTHER DROPS DEAD
Fatal Attack of Heart Disease at
 Threshold of His Home.

Detroit, Jan. S.-Lawrence Depew. brother of United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, and one of the most prominent citizens of Detroit, fell dead at the threshold of his home. 65 Forest avenue East, to- day Death was ascribed to heart dis ease. Although MT. Depew had been ailing for more than a year, 1t had not been considered that he was in any irn- mediate danger.
 MT. DeDew bore a striking personal resemblance to Senator Depew. Aside from his widow. he is survived by two daughters and one son.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
FIRE IN BRISTOL.
Department Delayed in Arriving by
 Heavy Snow Drifts.

Heavy Snow DrIffs.
 Bristol, Jan. S.--In the midst of the blizzard to-day the firemen were called out to save the japanning works of Wallace Barnes company, which was on fire, and which by reason of drifts which delayed their arrival and of frozen hydrants they were unable to do. The contents of the shop were lost. The total loss was $2,5O0, fully insured. The thermometer was 12 below tonight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
HOPE IN ST. PETERSBURG.

DfpIomats DO NoI Expect GFavc Kesuits
 to Follow Russian Reply.
 St. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-Diplomatic circles confidently expect that the Rus sian answer to the Japanese proposals will be handed to the Japanese foreign office hy Baron deRosen, Russian am- bassador to Japan, within a very few days, and do not expect grave results to follow.
 In other quarters the conciliatory att titude of both governments inspires be- lief that the answer will pave the way to further negotiations if, indeed, it does not directly lead to 8 pacific settlement of the trouble.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
RUSSIAN SHIPS NOT RECALLED.
Vessels with War Supplies on Way to
 the Orient

St. Petersburg, Jan. s.-The report that the Russian volunteer fleet cruisers Kazan and Ekaterineslav, carrying mu- nitions Of war and marines to the far east. have been recalled to the Black seas. is officially denied. According to the rumor the vessels were recalled as the possibility of their capture was fear ed. The Ekaterineslav left Singapore Saturday last for Port Arthur.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Agrees to ArbLtrate.

Lima, Peru,Jan. 3.--At secret session of congress last night the treaty of arbitra- tion for settlement of the boundary dis pute between Peru and Bolivia was ap~ proved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
playlng Nlsh Ma.ehes proves Fa.nl.

Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. S.-The two and a half year old daughter of James Fl. Me from o9na burns suffered yesterday while play. play ing with matches.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
eroposed Attack on Jew. Fru.tra.ed

St. Petersburg, Jan. s.--A seni-offlcial dis- patch from Urinia, Persia, reports that an attack on the Jews which had been plan ned by the Persian population was frus- trated by the energeti Eintervention of the Russian vice consul. fhe ringleaders were arrested.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
REPLY TO JAPANESE NOTE
RUSSIA SAID TO HAVE MADE
 INDEFINITE ANSWER.

Apparently Playing for TIms-Predlc- tion Tha. Hoss,litiss win Open With in Ten Days-Russian Vessels With Supplies Not RecaiIed-movements of warships-secret Orders Reported to Have Been Given chinese Troops to Aid Japan i'm Event of war-Tokio ssili Believes War is Insvitable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
OF CONGRESS
CANAL QUESTION WILL TAKE UP
 MUCH OF SENATE'S TIME.

Treaty to be Reported at an Early Date -Its Consideration to he Pressed by Friends of Admlnistratien-Ths smoot and Wood cases--Aimo.t naro Calendar in the House.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-12
THE MARCH OF EMPIRE.
Why DO Great Migration. of Mn,
Kind Move AIway. WITH H. So

why DO Great Misrstions OF Man.
Kind Move Away. with the sunr
Can science explain why the course
or empire lies westward? or the fact.
as general proposition. there can be
no question. There is nothing more
evident In human history than the
westward tendency OF the great migra-
tons or mankind, as well as of the
spirit OF conquest and the genius OF
civilization, which seem TO fit from
race 10 race and from nation TO nation,
klndiihg new hrcs as the old die out,
almost invariably toward the west,
as IL the sparks were borne by n con-
slant wind against the direction of the
earth's rotation on its axis. The earth
turns from west TO east, but man, with
In the historic period. has gone round
the earth from east to west.
The Russo-Japanese war serves to
emphasize this tendency by the sudden
rise OF great war on the western
shore OF the Pacific ocean. The as
tonishing Americanization and Euro
peanization OF Japan, at least in its
outward characteristics, appears as re-
suits OF the catching I'm combustible
material Of the sparks that have blown
westward across the Pacific from the
mental confagration which spread
from Europe to America in the track
OF Columbus. and which burns higher
and brighter and with a quicker flame
the further t progresses.
Whether this il the first time that
the globe has been encircled In a SINH
lar manner history does not inform us.
because Its records do not extend far
enough into the past to include more
than simple cycle of the westward
march of empire. There are indications
or the formet existence on this CONT
nent OF civilization OF vast antiquity,
which might be thought to mark some
forgotten round OF the spirit OF prog
ress, completed at q period SO remote
that nearly all Its vestigcs have dis
appeared.
IL only the settlement OF America
from Europe were concerned II would
be easy to account for the westward
tendency In question, on the ground
that this continent was virtually nm
unoccupied wilderness. filed with the
most tempting riches and containing
only scattered tribes of savages and
baroarians ut the time OF Columbus
voyages. and that its rapid occupation
by men OF the Caucasian race and OF
civilized habits and needs hocking
from the crowded countries OF Europe
was an inevitable result arising out
OF the situation.
But n glance at the history Of the
old world shows that the westward
tendency has always existed. Every
great overflow OF peoples. and, with
temporary exceptions. every sweep OF
conquest and colonization, has been I'm
general toward the west-Garret p.
Serviss I'm Success.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-12

Where is the first stop-this $50
train-going westT' she painted.
Trinity Place." mechanically. "Ieay-
Ing there now. Stops on signal at
South birmingham. Next regular stop
ut Worcester"
Trinity Place! Hardly n block from
home. III she had only known!
A dispatch for Richard Converse was
carried Into the drawing room car
when the train reached Worcester.
and Just as 1t was about to start again
an excited man, grasping his hastily
snatched grip and overcoat, fairly
tumbled down the steps to the plat
FORM He ran along beside the slow
moving train while an equally excited
porter passed him his hat and gloves
and with professional dexterity caught
the tossed half dollar.
Passengers on the next train from
worcester to Boston might have won
dered at the protracted study and the
tender touches given to a slip OF vel
low paper by a man no longer young
ana somewhat inclined to stoutness.
and peep over his shoulder at the
yellow slip would not have enlightened
them:
Come back. have buried the ideal.
He read the line over and over again.
God bless herr be murnured husk.
lily. "Tll do my best to resurrect It"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-12


Before May %. 1892, no smoking was
allowed In the streets OF parks of Per-
lin. and offenders were punished by a
hne for the first infraction Of the rule
and by Imprisonment afterward. The
king OF Prussia Ia those days detested
smoking and the police and the mill
tary men Were under strict orders TO
arrest any one who dared to smoke In
public. II Is recorded that when Ma
poieoHs occupied Berlin hundred years
ago the Beriiners eagerly took advan-
tage OF the opportunity to smoke, and
took a special delight In putting smoke
In the faces OF the police. who had then
no power to arrest them. In 1882, how
ever. the restriction was withdrawn.
and since then the people have cele-
DRAFTED the Anniversary with great Joy.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-12


when IL comes to superstition" re-
marked the doctor the other evening,
there's nothing that can beat the su-
perstition about medicine and cures
generally.
There's the average Arkansap, for
instance. He thinks that coal Oil
pouitice Is good for sore throat. As
soon as his throat gets sore he binds
about IL poultice OF coal oil. It peels
the skin all on his neck, but he believes
that 1t has cured him Just the same.
Then the Mississippian doses himself
Tor impure blood with teas made OF
hemlock leaves, plantain and ali man.
her or unpleasant weeds. The result is
bad stomach, but the patient keeps up
MS treatment and thinks Ii as good as
anything a regular practitioner would
have given him.
An IKE county, Pa, some years ago
4 round number OF people maintain
ing that the one and only thing for q
rattiesnake bite was to cut live chick
en " haivea aud lay on the wound the
ba't containing the heart. They hold
mat the chicken would adhere to the
DNe and suck out the poison, turning.
as the venom entered 1t, q horrible
green.
ana the odd thing about all this"
concluded the doctor. 'is that people
VIII take the most unpleasant medi-
eines when they prescribe them them
serves. whereas they would kick like
mules III they were administered by
regular Observation-Disclosures Press.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-12
MEALS AND EMOTIONS.
An Odd Difference That Exist. ID,
tween Men ana Women.

An Odd difference That Exists Be-
tween Men and Women.
1 cannot understand the difference
between men and women about eat.
ing. 1t is such a radical difference and
there doesn't seem to be any reason for
IT, 1t gave rise TO the old saw. The
way OF mans heart is to his stom-
ach." and many maidens have profited
thereby-if gaining n permanent posi-
ton as cook Is TO be regarded as profit
L nave seeu men at the time OF n
great crisis, when their fnces were
white with emotion. when n life. or n
fortune. or namc-or a woman was
hanging In the balance, answer n din
ner call with alacrity, and cat. ent
heartily. ] have seen chatting dish
tempt a man from an important busl-
ness engagement and a cup OF tea
even make him sacrifice a train. The
man who comes home a nervous wreck.
cross, irritable. taciturn, after n meal
to his liking is a creature to conjure
with, so great is the change wrought.
1t Is an established fact thet criminals
eat well when awaiting trial and even
execution. Men I'm destitute circum-
stances will sacrifice everything for
the sake Of three hearty meals a day,
where with women clothing. OF, IN
rarer instances. reading matter. Is q
FIRST consideration.
Men In Distress so and eat-and feel
Better; II women attempt It they feel
woFse- The very thought at food re-
peis than, II ehokes than. and actually
does them more harm than good. 40
eat In a time OF grief seems to them
sacriiege. They cry out against the ne
cessity after days OF fasting and yield
only In degrees. Women cannot suf-
fer and eat at the same time. Men can.
And that is the difference I cannot IN
Book.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-12
TRiCOLOR AND CQokApE,
ortgta of the Historic Red, White
and Rlue of Ernnce


some seventy or eighty years before
France was involved In the flames of
the revolution-that is, at tho epoch of
the war OF the succession when she
was In close alliance with Spain and
Bayaria-it was thought desirable TO
distinguish the allied soldiers by n
eockade which combined the colors of
the three nations-the white of France.
the red of Spain and the blue of Ba-
varia.
To none of such incidents, however.
would Ii be wise to attribute the origin
OK the historic tricolor and cockade
adopted by revolutionary France. At
the outset there seemed likelihood
that green, which Camille Desmoulins
had popularized ut the Palais ROYAL
would have become the national color
but men remembered In time that A
was that OF the livery Of the Comte
dArtois. the most unpopular Of the
bourbon princes and II was theyeupon
discarded.
A proposition was then made to as
tume the colors OF the city OF Paris
blue and red. as Dumas reminds us I'm
''-> -N'sp <hpANS- AZ These WIS
added the white OF so many glorious
memories, because 1t had been selected
by the national guard-always faithful
to the throne and its traditions.
Not until some months after the can
ture OF the Bastille was the tricolor
definitely adopted. when Bailly and
Lafayette presented 1t to Louis XVI. IN
the great hail OF the Hotel de Vile, and
the convention issued q decree In which
it was described as consisting Of three
coiors-"dispOsees en-. trois bandes
esales de maniere que le bleu soft at
tache a Ia garde du pavilion, lie blanc
au milieu. ct le rouge rottant dana les
airs"-that is> In equal vertical sec.
lions. with the blue Inward, the red
outward and the white between.
This is the historic flag which Ma
poieon's legions. In conjunction with
their eagles, bore victoriously from the
Seine TO the Eibe. the Tagus, the Boro-
dino and the Danube, which they
planted VIGOROUSLY on the wells OF
almost every European capitai,-Au
the Year Round.