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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
BREECHES BUOY RESCUE.
Nc5c-YOrk Schooner Goes ashore
Near Norfolk.

Norfolk. Va. Jan. l-In ffty-mile gale
that whipped UP an extremely rough and dan
gerous sea. the crew Of Smiths Island Life
Saving station early yesterday morning res
cued the crew Of the stranded three masted
schooner Joseph , Pharo. which was blown
ashore on Carriers Bar during the height of the
severe storm that swept up the coast II was
one OF the most thrilling rescues Of the season.
Captain Gerry was beating his way from New
York 10 Isichinohd when he into the blow
that struck the Atlantic seaboard about mid
became unmana geable and was driven aground
not great distance from the life saving sta
ton. She was sighted shortly after she struck
and the life savers hurried al once to the assist
ance Of the crew Of six men.
With the ala OF the breeches buoy, the life
savers brought Captain Berry and his men
safely ashore. Ine Pharo probably will prove
a total loss. The vessel was a frequent trader
ST this port. and is owned by a New-York ship
pi3g firm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
FIRE MENACES OTTAW4.
The PostO6ce Destroyed Intense
Cold Ham pers FiremeR.

Ottawa, Jan. 4.-With the temperature % de-
gFees below zero this city was tonight threat
eped with another destructive fire. The POST
once four story building in the centre OF
the business section, was destroyed, involving
loss Of about 100000. A large quantity Of
mail was destroyed The fire. which was Of IN
known origin. started in the upper floor Of the
Fostoitice and was bursting through the roof
"heh the tremen got the first lire OF hose
working Several hydrants were frozen. but the
hreInen were successful in their efforts TO con-
me the flames 70 the building. The records in
LHe customs and revenue offices on the second
floor were DESTROYED, and property in the base
nleht- which vas used as warehouse for the
customs and Excise departments, was burned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
NINE MEN LOST At SEA.
Bmges BeIieced to Haze Gone
Dozen 1cith Their Crescs.

Newport News, Va. Jan. 4.-Fron advices re-
ceived hy shipping men here tonight; 1t IS
feared that two coal barges. with their crews,
which sailed from this port on Friday night for
Providence. r J., ia tow Of the tug Navigator
were lost in the storm Saturday The barges
are the Liberty and the New-Jersey. Their
hawsers parted, and both we're carried out 10
sea. All day yesterday and to-day the Navi-
gator has patrolled the coast near Hog Island
in a vain effort 10 find the missing vessels
on the Liberty were Captain Peter Schipp and
four men. and on the New-Jersey Captain Ell
mer Hamel and three men. Each barge carried
five thousand tons Of coal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE ON HIS PANAMA POLICY
HE EXPLAINS ACTS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION
URGES CONGRESS- TO RATTFY CANAL TREATY.
For full text Of the message see fourth pase3

In his message Congress urging ratiy treaty
toward of Panama recognition as republic He
emphasizes the long established responsibility OF the United States
the Departments State and of the Navy revolution
in maintaining the ismus and executing treaty
President then injurious insinuaons which have
been made OF completely by this government in the revolutionary
propriety."
for the United States the perpetual control the canal
quoted show that the President directed go
in reasonable tm The effort to secure treaty for this purpo he
says was not governed by the ordinary rules Of dpomao procedure He
the United States should respect the sovereignty OF such Central Amer
The HayIIsan treaty which this government submitted to Co.
should be built The second was that the governments
Colombia only with justice, but with generosity. The third
in August appeared probable Colombia would reject
the treaty became the Presidents duty to see what the various
First Colombia might her unvlon
the treaty rejection second the American Congress on assembling in
oa and yet be prevented from turning to Nicaragua because there
had been lapse OF "a reasonable time vt uncure such seemed
entering into arrangement The
third possibility which became an act was that Panama would re-
this great work OF civilization
The message quotes nearly Iafcoe of newspaper dispatches
printed be"eS August ] 81 and M@emDe % = & order To tho SNOW that & the
and that the instruction was the elimination OF universal unrest among
an interview ON October 10 with two officers who had just returned from
Panama From them he learned that revolutionary party was organ
orders the Boston the Dixie and the atlanta
sail for the hmu On October 80 the Nashville also ordered to
The orders OF the Department the commanders OF the
Nashville Dixie made public,
governments intention that the forces OF the loobans and the Iana
alike, and that the muS be kept open
O boSiltjes brought o President
~hceupou Department
directed keep my informed BE
taken by the United
ORDER commander the newly landed Colom-
uduge violent threats American
citizens Commander Hubbard the Nashville
published u show how the good Judgment OF the commander and
OF the prevented boOdSled
The recognition republic by the United States
(Ir nation
and safety" and" collective civilization
The President points that Colombia also rejected the Hay
the and
Company Such act he would doubt
of France Cuba referred
example cheer those pesmstc the alnstra
lions Panama policy people Cuba Roosevelt
ovr, cain 1a, been great. SO will Panama
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
THE MERCURY AT ZERO.
FIREJIEN IN HOSPITALS.
Harlem Fro@en Ovcr-Strcet Clean
crS FrOStbitten.

At II o'clock last night the mercury did what
people thought it ought 10 have done all day
it feI! to the zero mark. thereby giving to
January 4, 1904. the distinction Of being the
coolest day on record since January 6. 1896
the coolest in seven years. At q III. the
mercury stood at above zero: at 6. at S; at 9.
at f. at l.. noon. at 3; at p. m. ct :; at 6, at
6, at Q. at 2: at II, at o.
For, the first time In eight years. oldtin1ers
said. the Harlem River was frozen over from
Macomb's Dam Bridge TO Spuyten Duyvil The
ice averaged two inches IN thickness. and river
predicted that II would probably freeze
thick enough. il the cold weather continued TO
enable persons to walk from the Speedway to
The Bronx side with safety. No skating could
be done as the surface of the ice is rough.
Several tugs tried TO break through the ice. but
could not. River traffic above Maconb's Dam
Bridge is at a standsttH.
The ffremen are undergoing unprecedented
suffering. AS is generally the case in extreme
cold, bad fires are happening daily and the
strain on the men and horses is great. Many
OF the flremen in the hospitals suffering
from pneumonia and other lung and throat dis
eases, while others are nursing frozen ears or
frostbitten hands and feet.
STREET CLEANERS HARD TASK
Under conditions worse than the Street Clean
Ing Department has had to fight in years the
removal OF snow is going on. Thirty-fve hun
dred men. with two thousand carts and vehicles
of every description, were at work in the prin-
cipaI streets yesterday a hard undercrust,
from four to five inches in thickness which
called for pickaxes Broadway was cleared
from the Battery to Long Acre Square, and the
principal streets of the financial district. such
Wall and Broad. had been cleared al noon
Thlrd-ave. is clear for long distance, as are
other important arteries of traffic. One-hun-
dred- twenty ifth-st. was freed of snow, and
other principal streets in Harlem were made
passable.
In The Bronx six hundred men and half as
many carts made good progress in Third-ave
and other thoroughfares. In Brooklyn fifteen
hundred men and from six hundred TO seven
hundred wagons were employed.
There is such a scarcity OF trucks that wag-
Continued sixth page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
GRUBER's SON LOCKED IN STORE
With Temperature IA Below, He Has Cold
Experience in Syracuse.
a rELEGRAPH 70 THE rR1nrNr Z

Syracuse. ". Y, Jan. with the Temperatures
II degrees below zero. a son of Abe Gruber.
of New-York, spent last night in a drug store.
where he went TO escape the cold while waiting
for street car. He sat down beside radiator
at one entrance to the store, not knowing that
door was locked The proprietor. not noticing
him. left the store by another door. locking it
after him.
Gruber went to sleep and did not awaken until
early in the morning. when the temperature be-
gan 10 drop inside the store. as well as outside
He was unable to find the telephone. despite the
fact that he fell over several cases OF drugs and
had abandoned all hope of escape. when a friend
passed. The latter was prevailed on to get one
of the proprietors up and after waiting an hour
or so more. young Gruber released. He had
been visiting schoolmate from Princeton Pre-
RaIatory School.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
SIGNS OF MOVE IN TOXIC.
officials SHcnt-Tahing Possession
Of Ncz0 WarshipS.

London Jan. IA dispatch to Reuters Tele
Gran, COMPANY. from Toxic, says there is in
creasing evidence there OF the imminence Of
some important development, but that the most
rigorous secrecy is maintained in all official
circles.
Baron Hayashi, the japanese Minister. said
to-day that orders had been sent TO Genoa to
hoist the japanese ensign over the new war
ehips. the Gasaga and the Niasin, recently pur-
chased by Japan from Argentina
The Premier MIR. Balfour. passed a few hours
I'm London to-day. his way to Chatsworth
10 attend the meeting OF the National Defence
Committee The meeting, however, was said not
to be connected with the Far Eastern situation
The Tmess' correspondent says that ma
tive journal is publishing the full text OF tele-
grams which passed between Ii Hung Chang
and the Tsung-li-Yamen in April 1896. when
Ii Hung Chang at ST. Petersburg arrang-
ing for AZ Manchurian railway convention. These
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
WR. BLCEBE1RD" BfCK.
ReLatiUeS and actors an FyStcJics at
Meeting.
ONE HURT AT FIRE CoLLAPsEs.

Ihe members OF the Mr.. Blucbeard" com
PAiy that passed through the awful ordeal OF
lie panic ana fire il the Iroquois Theatre Chi
cage arrived last night in a special train over
me pennsylvania Railroad. There were over
'0'y members Of the company on the train.
many Of whom live in and around New-Yorl
nearly two hundred people were waiting in
'"e pennsylvania station for the company. for
s'ery member was net 10y from three TO half a
N'zeh people. Excitement was intense when III.
members OF the company left the train and were
seI~ea' embraced and kissed by their friends and
s'iFes' Many OF the women were hysterical
soooed for half an hour or more.
uy from the injuries received In the fire
ana partly because Of the extreme nervous ten
ha'I oH around her Esther Boggs one OF the aerial
'a'e'' tainted in the station. Ii is thought that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
STOKES HONE DlfJIlGED.
Fire an Fine House at Stamford
Conn.
[Ev TELEGRAPH To THE rRlBrxE.I

Stamford, Conn. Jan. 4.-The fine summer
home OF Arson Phelps Stokes. Of New-York at
Collende"'s Point. was damaged by fire 20 the
extent OF several hundred dollars to-day. The
house IS one recently built by Mr. Stokes 20
take the place Of his country seat at Lenox
Mass. 1t surpassed the former and is one of
the largest and most expensive homes along the
Connecticut shore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
Continued on sixth page.

invsstsd st.ner otner way can fifty gents be 50 well
Four-TraI II !. Young person in a coDv OF The
oeslers 20 VIEWS for is0l Five cents at news
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
RUSSIA MOVES IN EAST,
STIR P1TEGIC POINT TAKEN.
S;u-Nin-Tun. on Branch Line from
Uoukdcn, To BE Occupied.

Tien-Tsin. aJn. 4.-The Russian Office here
has Informed the railroad officials that de-
+ochren. of one hundred Russian troops VIII
occunv sin-N1in-Tun, or the railroad running
% sban-Hai-I<wan and Tien-Tsn in two days
from date.
cir-,T,n-T,1n is the most northern station
- the branch railroad running from Mouhoeh
18th nv v-av of Shan-Ha!-Kwan. 1t IS west
90 Mouzden and not far from that city. Inc
,,,,r,o,, corresnondent of The Moscow Ga
zotta" was quoted in dispatch on December
?, as saying that the Chinese plan' IN me me
a,,o,t of a campaign. was TO concentrate 5o'oVo
r,c,ed troops along the line of the Sln-Mln-
Tun branch of the Manehurian Raliroau AN"
cut the communications thus isoating New
c,hu,oro and Port Arthur. He added that the
raoccupation Of Moukden by the Russians was
effected chiefly for the purpose of checking
this move.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-05
'ThsuN E4ES CL.l@ y E-I4AND
NARCONIGRAM FROM BRYAN.

Congressman De Almond surprised the guests
by announcing that he had received from Will
lam j. Bryan, who is hoIneward bound on a
transatlantic liner. the following mareonigram:
Nova Scotia, Jan. l. 1904
Greeting 70 the Democrats assembled at
Sherry's.
Wish you a happy New Year. and hope yos
viii have . brilliant success. Ny heart is with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
COLD AND INSECT LIFE.

The seNerest cold has no terrOrs for insect
life. II has been shown by experiments that
insects may be artiii,ially or naturally frozen,
subjected. indeed, to very low temperatures.
without killing injuring them Eggs.
larVse and pupp. the stages in which most in
sects pass the winter are perfectly immune to
cold.
1t is a common idea that coCoons of insects
serve protection against cold but this is en-
trely erroneous. They. like the summer webs
OF webWorms. arc protection against birds
and insect parasites, but not against cold. The
cocoons Of summer broods are AS stout and thick
those Of the generations that pass the win
ter Moths. butterflies and other insects build
Stouter and more compact COcoOnS in tropical
and torrid countries than they do i'm those eli
mates where they are besiegcd by winter. There
are many insects allied 10 the builders of CO.
coOns, that make no such covering, the puPa
the chrysalis being left entirely exposed
And little heat is maintained by the pupae
OF insects that, 10 matter how thick the CO.
coons, they are always too slight TO repcl freez-
ing cold.
Certain degrees Of frigiiity seem to have
vastly different effects different species OF
insects. Gnats ana miGges dance in the winter
sunshine; butterflies. NIuessa GIapta and
sometimes Colias skim Over the snow: was.s
and bees wind their way through the lean-ss
woods; ground beetles run quickly over the cold
earth; crickets peep from beneath stones and
rOtting logs. while otrer species, the vast ma
joTity, in fact are locked in the letharEy Of hi
bernatiOn one Of the COmmOuest evidences Of
this Information is to be seen when fireH God is
carried into the house and placed Tt ar the warm
stove. 1t takes only a short time - bring cut
swarm Of ants that were sleeping iu beetle Dor
mgs, their common retreat--tSt. Nicholas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
THE POINTING OF THE COMPASS

We commonly say that the pole Of the needle
points toward the north. The poets tell us how
the needle is true to the pole. Every reader
however, is now familiar with the general fact
or n variation of the compass. On our Eastern
seaboard, and all the way across the Atlantic
the north pointing OF the compass varies so
far to the west that Il ship going to FuroDe and
making no allowance for this deviation would
ind herself making more nearly FOR the North
Cape than for her destination. The "declina-
ton" IS il is termed in scientific language
varies from one region Of the earth to another
In some places it is toward the west in others
toward the east.
The pointing Of the needle in various regions
or the world is shown by means Of magnetic
maps. such maps are published by the United
states Coast Survey, whose experts make n
careful study of the magnetic force all over the
country. 1t is found that there is q line running
nearly north and south through the Middle
states along which there is no variation of the
compass To the east Of IL the variation is
west: 10 In" west Of il. east. The most "a pid
changes i'm the pointing of the needle are toward
the northeast and northwest regions. When we
travel To the northeastern boundary of Maine
the westerly variation has risen to- 20 degrees.
Toward the northwest the easterly variation
continually increases, until in the northern part
Of the state of Washington. il amounts TO %
degleeS.-tSimon Newcomb, in Harper's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
TIE February Magazines.

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COUSINS
No criticism from Americans is more common
than that as to the greater slowness Of the
English mind compared with the American;
and Professor Tyndal, when lecturing in this
country, amused TO find, as he told me, that
whereas in making experiments before a Lon
dos audience he had TO repeat his explanation
three times-Once TO make his hearers compre-
bend what he was about TO do then 10 show
what he doing. and then to explain what
he had dOne-he could after his first lecture IN
America omit the final explanation. and latterly
the middle well. He also told story
20 the same effect about English manager
OF a minstrel troupe, travelling in America
who was accustomed TO prOlong his jokes by the
aid Of two end men, each bringing out part
OF the joke, but who found with indignation
that every American audience caught on"
without waiting for the second end man. Yet
the standard Of quickness is to be determined
in England, as every Where else by the point Of
view. People who go slowly ground
may turn out 20 be quick enough when wholly
at home with any particular line Of thought.
How OdlOUs and complicated, for instance,
seems TO q u American observer the computation
of pounds, shillings and pence, It seems strange
employ anything but u decimal currency; yet
with what lightning rapidly does London
boOkkeeper make his computations Again.
what a life OF tedious formality seems that Of
an English house servant; yet there was 40
slOHness of intellect in that fOOtman. in an
eaFls family, who when his young lord fell
the banister. and his younger brother called
promptly. ''Kille3, my lordT' thus promoting
the second son TO the peerage "a lille the elder
falling over the baniSter.-(ThOmaS Went
worth HigginsOn in The Atlantic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE sLUM.

It is not uncommon for the existence of tbs
Stun 10 be attributed to the viciousness of its
deniZens, as though that were the sole cause OF
its origin. The police and the church. with equal
frequency. held responsible for it's continu-
anCc. Poor human nature l admit, cannot be
eNonerated from all blame, and municipal and
ecclesiastical authorities presumably might do
better work The more l reflect, however, on
the problem the more l convinced that the
root 81 the evil is rather economical than civic
or religious. So long as industrial methods arc
what they are, so long as assume that il is
an ordinance Of nature that there should al
ways be q pauperiZcd. semi barbaroUs class and
50 long $ the creation Of wealth is magnified by
society above Independence, happiness and gen.
eral well being. OF the people at large meas
urvS adopted by magistrates and sacrifices
endured by Christians viii extirpate the sum-
80 long as the laundering the SelishncSs OF
modern trade methods and the stupidity or tho
reCkIessuess OF politicians continue to render it
possible for few men 10 own most Of ma
TONS wealth and increasingly difficult for the
masses 10 make 4 decent support; so long as the
land is buTdened for the sake OF revenue with
such a curse as the saloon. which wastes, not
only wealth. but the source Of wealth, the pro-
duCtive energy OF manhood, so long the SUM
viii flourish 10 plague and disgrace its abettOrS.
Christianity and philanthropy are engaged at
present in hopeless task. They may do some
thinS-much II is foolish. however, to expect
them TO succeed as long as the industrial sys-
TEN is what it Is ruled by misleading ideal
and enforcing uuscicntifc principles. II the Slum
is be suppressed more attention must be
given 10 economies When me captains OF social
progress remember and apply the wise saying
" Plato Doing injustice is 4 greater evil than
suffering it," and when the worlds leaders come
to act on the old motto. "Nihil human a te
alienum puta," the slum with the ghetto viii
belong to the darker periods of history and
never more will blacken the fair fame Of Chris.
tian civilization-(George {. Lorimer, in Ths
World To-Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
THE OLD AGE OF sALvINI.

SaIyini does not lock or talk like extremely
old man. He is heavy and stout, and moves
with slow power. but he has the bright eyes,
the sensitive and sweet expression, the open
and interested manner. the confidence and mod
whose lives have been full and whose in
terests have been keen. He cares about things
and that makes him seem more like sixty tnan
like seventy five lie talks willingly about dTa-
matte literature. and. although his knowledge
Of il is not extensive. his opinions have the
weight and simplicity of his personality. He
Is very serious now. he when. q mere
child, he used to ask for permission TO 80 to
bed those nights when his fathers troupe
happened to give a comedy. No such permits
sion was requested the nights OF tragedy.
His spirit has been single in its devotion
through life, from before he made his first
appearance, IT the age OF fourteen, in 1872
with Honest BeppO" his father. down TO the
present day. Most great actors have spent
their lives from early childhood on the sJase,
and SalyinTs intellectual horizon is that Of one
whose long experience has been focused on
the theatre. To have had a boyish love for
Ristor TO have had a great success in tragedy
1T nineteen, TO play superbly with lis son at
seYenty-fiYe. to have fought with MaZzini and
GaFibaldi, TO have been made Il corporal Tor
bravery, and now, in old age. 10 be 50 much
sought by little descendants and by admirlnS
ccuntrymen that the hours Of the day seem too
few ana rhe beloved freedom Of nature the
happiest resource, is, perhaps to have lived as
satisfactorily the human lot allows \ or
MN HapgOOd, in ScribneTs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
A SAFE DIET RULE

How shall one determine, then, how much food
TO eat? Too much mystery has been thrown
about this subject. Let your sensations decide
1t must be kept in mind that the entire func-
ton of digestion and assimilation is carried on
without conscious supervision or concurrence
1t should be entirely unfelt and unknown ex-
cepting by the feeling Of bien-ttre which ac-
companies and follows its normal ACCOMPLISH
ment Safety is bad. 1t implies sensation OF
fulness in the region of the stomach and that
means that too much food has been taken The
exact correspondence, in healthy animal be-
tween the appetite and the amount Of food re-
CURED is extraordinary AS a rule the meal
unless eaten very slowly, should cease before
the appetite is entirely satisfied because n little
time is required for the outlying organs and it's
sues to feel the effects OF the food that has been
ingested- If too little has been taken, il is easy
enough TO make il up at the next meal, and the
appetite will be only the better and the food
more grateful.
No one was ever sorry for having voluntarily
eaten too little. while millions every day repent
having eaten too much. It has been said that
the great lesson homeopathy taught the world
was this: that, whereas physicians had been in
the habit Of giving the patient the largest dose
he could stand, they have been led to see that
their purpose was better subserved bv giving
him the smallest dose that would produce the
desired effect And it is with food Instead
OF eating, as most people unfortunately do as
much as they can, they should eat the smallest
amount that will keep them in good health
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