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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-06-07
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
BRITAIN AND GERMANY
ON VERGE OF CONFLICT
Berlin Liberal Leader Declares War
Was Averted Only by the Most
Careful Diplomacy

BERLIN, Jan. THE National Lib
eral leader, Dr. Paasche addressing his
constituents at Creusenach today, made
the astonishing statement that Ger
many and Great Britain were on the
verge of war last week, referring evil
IDENTIFY to the presentations which the
German foreign office made to Great
Britain regarding a bellicose threat
against Germany i'm the Army and Navy
Gazette. DR.. Paasche's words were
II know with absolute certainty that
Germany and Great Britain last week
were much nearer warlike complica-
tions than many people dream. Our
diplomacy succeeded in averting the
danger, though with difficulty"
Referring to the American duty on
German wines DR.. Paasche said he had
mentioned the matter to Chancellor
Vim Buelow, who had promised to do
everything in his power to prevent it.
Nevertheless, he added, the Americans
were incensed against Germany be-
cause of the difficulties thrown in the
way of the importation of American
goods to Germany
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
BURNS FAMILY BIBLE
BRINGS A GREAT PRICE
Purchased by an Englishman but is
Bought Back by Monu-
Knent Trustees
,ecIal Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
EDINBURGH, Jan. 7.-Great was
the disappointment throughout Scot
land this week when it became known
that the most famous relic Of their be-
loved Burns, his family Bible, has heen
bought by an Englishman, Mr. Qua
ritch, for 1850 sterling.
Scotland is not easily beaten, how
ever and the Bible has now been ac-
quired by the Burns monument trus-
tees. The sum paid, however, is not
known.
There is another Burns family Bihle
extant, the one originally owned by
Burns father. William Burns. which
contains the record on the fly leaf OF
the births of his children. 1t is said
that this, too. will shortly find its way
to the sale room.
Only 21 guineas was obtained for
Thackeray's notebook at Christie's
rooms IN London, despite the fact that
Il contained several hundred pencil
sketches by the author Of Vanity
Fair
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
PALMIST'S ROOMS LOOTED
Mystical Ornaments Stolen From Mme'
AureIia's Flat in Paris
Special Cable 10 The Herald.

Special Cable 10 The Herald.
PARIS, Jan. mime. Aurelia, a
palmist, had an unpleasant surprise
this week, when on entering her fiat
in the Rue Cadet she found that a
burglary had been committed there.
All the mysterious ornaments in her
rooms, such as golden serpents, glass
sphinxes, porcelain devils. stuffed liz
ards, dogfish and octopuses were
cleared away. The chiromancienne sat
down and wept as she discovered the
loss of her stage property, which had
always made so deep an impression on
her customers.
The burglary of the magic bibelots
and the bibeloterie was perpetrated by
a cook, who had frequently consulted
the palmist concerning the future.
This woman has been arrested, as well
as two accomplices, a man and woman,
who acted as receivers of the stolen
property. The cook was for a time in
Nine. Aurelias employment and knew
that some OF the mysterious ornaments
of the salon were very valuable. The
palmist, in fact, assessed her loss at a
very high figure, and she does not
expect to recover her stolen property.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
WOMAN
To Be Inn KEEPER
TRIES VENTURE IN LONDON TO
SAVE OLD HOME
Mrs. A. Mercer PeII, Member of An-
cient kniokerbocker Family, AS
sumes Management of
the Dysart

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Jan. 7.-Protracted law
suits have temporarily impoverished
one of the wealthy Knickerbocker
families of New York, and in order
to save her old home in Otsego coun-
ty Mrs. A. Mercer Pell, a society
leader there, has crossed the Atlantic
to try her fortune as hotel mana
ger in London.
Accompanied by the cook book of
the great Oscar, chief chef at the
Waldorf, Mrs Pell made her appear
ance at the Dysart hotel this week.
"And here am. the first society
woman in the world to essay the con-
troll of fashionable London hotel"
observed the manager.
In appearance Mrs. Pell is tall and
graceful, with light brown hair, gray
eyes, pleasant manners and still under
thirty.
The hotel over which she presides
is a. favorite resort of fashionable
Americans and was built by its pro-
prietor, Mrs. Frederick Clare Lee of
Grand Rapids, Mich. Throughout the
Dysart is furnished with American
furniture made at Grand Rapids and
shipped to England.
Crossing the Atlantic I shivered
sometimes to think of what l had un-
dertaken," confessed Mrs. Pell, "but
I had no idea then that English SER
wants were SO nice, so quiet, so oblig-
ing and so we'll trained.
'In travelling L have always found
a homelike atmosphere the hardest
thing in the world to get in hotel
Now I want to make the Dysart 4
pleasant home, with the order of the
hotel.
American dishes are already in the
menu here, and as time goes on 1
shall make further alterations, though
the English cooking is most excellent.
II am not quite without experience"
continued Mrs. Pell. "As an amateur
farmer in Otsego county learned how
to manage a business.
"And then, about nine months ago,
l Joined my friend Mrs. Mary Hatch
Willard, who established the home
brueau in New York, a branch Of
which / hope some day to found in
London. The home bureau exists for
the convenience of invalids, and is the
only business of it's kind in the world.
We had 600 nurses on our staff, and
supplied everything from a pint of
soup or sterilized milk to a complete
kit"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
SAYS BISHOPS HEARTS ARE
UNDER THEIR CATERS
Paper Read by Vicar of GorIeston
Contains Many Epigrammatic
Remarks

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON, Jan. THE Rev. Forbes
Phillips, vicar of Gorleston, brought a
terrible charge against the bench of
bishops this week. He accused them of
wearing their hearts under their gait
ers.
Bishops" he said, "are not really
so stiff and starchy as they are made
out to be. There is a good heart be-
meath the gaiter.''
This Indictment of the Episcopal an
atomy was part of an epigrammatic
paper on "Church and Stage" which
the author of "Church or Stage" read
before the members of the Playgoers'
club at Hotel Cecil this week.
The following are some of his more
pointed utterances:
"It would be a bad day for the actor,
for the drama and art generally IL
ever the people of England took the
nonconformist conscience seriously"
'It is a marvel to me that so many
people attend church, when one con-
siders the devout dullness of the An
gican pulpit and the sensational vul-
garity of the dissenting rostrum-"
'The stage often succeeds where the
church fails, because the methods of
the drama are more subtle"
For Gods sake, let us choke the
idea that there should be a special
mission of the church and stage"
~ have never met an actor who was
an unbeliever."
'"The stage should ask for hearing
at the church congress. There are
thousands of churchy old ladies who
would rush to the theater if 1t only
received the confirmation of the church
congress-"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
RUSSIAN SINGER MEETS
SUCCESS IN PARIS
Deep Impression Made on French
Audience by Rendition of Re-
markabe Songs
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, Jan. 1.-Two recitals have
sufficed to make the reputation here
of a Russian singer Madame Marie
Olenine D'Alheim, who on both oc-
casions showed remarkable talent in
executing very originally composed
programs
The Russian portions of the latter
consisted of works of Moussorgski, who
is far less known outside of his own
country than he deserves to be. Some
of his songs are music dramas in nut
shells. after the Battle" shows the
field covered with the slain, on which
birds of prey swoop with hideous
shrieks. The melody changes to a lul-
ably. The peasant mother sings her
baby to sleep. Soon father will come
back from the wars, and the cake will
be put in the oven for his return. The
tiny tragedy sounds the horror again
with the dirge-like concluding phrase
ON the words, '"There he lies hideous in
DEATH
War" is another set poignant pic
lure. bdttie 10 losC ana won. over Ine
field rises the real conqueror, Death,
singing a paean of gloating triumph,
which gradually softens to a chant of
rest and sleep. The music is extraor-
dinarily expressive, and was rendered
by Madame Olenine with startling
dramatic power.
"The Nursery was another set of
Moussorgski songs, series of fas-
cinating child dramas in which the
charm of childhood and the very Ian
guage of little prattling ones are traIfs-
lated into music with wonderful vivid
ness. Familiar "Lieder'' of Schumann
and Schubert were sung by Madame
Olenine with great dramatic effect.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
THINKING HORSE s
METHODS EXPOSED
GUIDED BY SIGNS WHEN HE
ANSWERS QUESTION +
investigation Shows His Replies Are
Directed by Slight, Though Un-
conscious, Movements of
Owners Body
,ecial Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
BERLIN, Jan. 7.-Hans, the think
ing horse" has been found out. He
does not think at all. He observes.
DR.. Karl Stumpf, the celebrated pro-
fessor of psychology at the University
OF Berlin. and other scientists who have
been making exhaustive tests of the
animals powers, state in a report just
issued that Hans remarkably correct
replies to difficult questions are due to
visible signs given in his immediate
vicinity.
1t took a long time before the doctor
and his companions were able to detect
what these signs were Ultimately they
discovered that Hans owner, Herr Won
Osten, in putting questions to the
horse, made involuntary movements OF
his body, which indicated to Hans
which number, or color or word he was
expected to pick out.
These movements were so slight that
they were invisible to the ordinary OBJ
server, and DR.. Stumpf is convinced
that Herr Won Osten himself was quite
unconscious of having made them.
Herr Won Osten, whose involuntary
signs were the unconscious cause OF
the deception, wholly believed in Hans
mental capability and has consequently
been duped more than any one else.
One newspaper here humorously calls
Hans the Nine. Humbert of animal
dunn.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
PICTURE Of HUMAN
EYE SOCIETY FAD
NOVEL MINIATURE CRAZE Is
RIFE IN LONDON
Queen Alexandra Has Her Optics Por-
trayed on Ivory and Smart Set
Leaders Emulate Her
Example

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE latest So
ciety craze is picture in miniature
ladies are now having the beauties of
their eyes perpetuated in miniatures
painted on ivory.
In the new style of picture the eye
is painted life size. The natural color
of the iris, the shade and curl of the
eyelashes, the shape of the eyebrow
and the form OF the lid are all indi-
Gated by the eye painters, who declare
that no two eyes are ever alike.
Bond street jewelers. have received
many of these curious miniatures to
set in jeweled frames. AS pendants
they are attached to neck chains,
bangles and watch chains.
Queen Alexandras beautiful blue
eyes have been reproduced, and Prin-
cess Henry of Plesse, the Duchess of
Winchester and the Duchess of War
wick, among other leaders of English
society, have all given orders for eye
pictures.
The new fad is a revival of an
eighteenth century custom. Cosway,
the famous miniaturist, was the first
to paint the eyes alone, and probably
the first eye he ever painted was that
of Mrs. Fitz-Herbert, the reigning court
beauty of her time.
This early eye picture is now in the
possession of the Earl of Port Arling-
ton
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
HERR WOLF CHALLENGED
BY COUNT STERNBERG
Austrian Declares That He Is Ready
to Fight With Any
"Pig Dog"
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
VIENNA, Jan. 7.-Count Adelbert
Sternberg, the "Enfant Terrible" of the
Austrian Reichsrath. in consequence OF
an incident at the last sitting of Parlia-
ment, has sent the following challenge.
written in pencil. to Herr Wolf. the
Pan German deputy:
''Well Born Sir,-You have attempted
to insult me, although it is impossible
for you to do so. am ready to fight
duel with any pig dog (schwiene-
hund), and consequently with you. too;
and / therefore send you two commits
sionaires as my seconds, as no re-
spectacle man would go to you in this
capacity"
This challenge was actually taken to
Herr Wolf b. two Vienna commissions
aires in uniform.
Herr Wolf achieved great notoriety
at one time by forcing the then prime
minister, Count Badeni. to light duel
with him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
USE METHOD OF
AWFUL TORTURE
RUSSIANS FL0G DESERTERS
TO DEATH
Instead Of Shooting Down Fleeing
conseripts Cars Officers Now =
Beat Men Into LlfeIess
Mass
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
ST PETERSBURG, Jan. 7--The Rus
slams are adopting new method with
deserters. They no longer shoot them.
They fog them within an inch of their
lives. Yet desertions are increasing in
numbers, fostered by agents in the
frontier towns, who for an uncertain
sum-just as much as they can get
undertake to convey fugitives over the
German and Austrian frontiers by Sc
cret paths.
These wholesale desertions have
caused the authorities to exercise in
creased vigilance. Many deserters are
discovered by the secret agents and the
police and military are sent after them.
If the men are too far away they are
shot at sight. But the police infinite
ly prefer to catch them alive, for
more CHASTITY fate awaits those who
are taken back to the fortresses.
An eye witness this week gave
vivid account of the punishment of
captured deserter He was taken
back to his own regiment and the
troops were drawn up in the barrack
square. On one side of form were
four of the strongest and most bru-
tai soldiers in the regiment; on the
other heap of boiled birch rods.
The deserter was brought in,
stripped and bound to the form. A
roll of drums was heard, and then
nothing but the vicious swishing of the
rods. Every few minutes fresh rods
were seized by the executioners, who
were anxious to curry favor with the
officers by their devotion to duty Blood
spurted from the mans back. At last
he tainted.
The surgeon stopped the hogging
while he restored the man to con-
seriousness, remarking:
1--WE must wait; he can not stand
any more at present" The form and
the ground around it were wet with
blood.
At last a feeble groan was heard and
the fiogging was resumed.
Twice the man tainted and twice he
was restored, until 200 blows had been
given. Then the victim was carried to
the hospital. bleeding, helpless lump.
Most of the men die. Those who re-
cover are mental and physical wrecks
for life.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
CATHEDRAL OF ST.
MARK 5 IN DANCER
FOUNDATIONS CRUMBLING AND
WALLS CRACKING
Investigation by Eminent Engineer
and Architect Shows State Of
Affairs in the Ancient
Structure
specIal cahle to rho Horald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
VENICE, Jan. 1.-THE report that
Professor Manfredo Manfred, the emil
nent architect, and signor Luigi Mar
angoni, the engineer, on the condition
of ST. Marks, shows an alarming state
of affairs.
1t confirms the statement that the fall
of the Campanile two years ago was a
blessing in disguise as 1t called atten-
tion to the Venetian antique monu-
ments of art.
The greatest danger to st. Marks is
in the foundations, which nave been
constantly giving way in divers direc-
tions. All the walls show such crack
ing and weakening that it leads to the
conclusion that under the magnificent
dress of marble and mosaic is con-
cealed the most alarming decrepitude.
So bad is the condition of the vaults
called the Paradise and Apocalypse
that complete and definite restoration
is absolutely necessary. 1t is a miracle
that they maintain their equilibrium.
The dome of the choir claims the
most immediate and radical measures.
as does also the great dome. Both
are out of place and show assures.
Restoration will have to be made of
the walls and decorations almost every
where to preserve intact their artistic
and antique value.
Apart from the work necessary to re-
build the foundations 1t is estimated
that the cost of restoration will be
$30,O00 part of which is already in the
hands of the administration of the
Basiica, who have not always spent
the whole of the $4,000 provided yearly
by the government for the upkeep of
st. Marks.
st. Marks is one of the famous
churches of the world Mr.. Ruskin
was enraptured with the beauty of
it's coloring-"the color of glass; of
transparent alabaster of polished
marble and lustrous gold" The church
was first built in S29, and frequently
remodeled thereafter, and enriched
with decorations of lavish magnificence.
1t has 500 marble columns.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
LOVES ART, HATES MONEY
Spanish Duchess Refuses Immense
Sum for veIasques Painting

MADRID, Jan. IAN instance Of re-
markable patriotism on the part of a
Spanish lady has just come to light
The Duchess Villa Hermosa is the
possessor of picture painted by the
famous Velasquez-a portrait of Don
Diego Arellano. parsonage of the
court of Philip ~
She lately received an offer from a
very rich American of 10000 pounds
sterling for this picture, but she de-
clined the tempting offer.
In the reply which she sent to the
American millionaire. the duchess
said; Il love art and despise money.
and in order to prevent others after
my death doing what 1 now refuse
to do. intend TO bequeath the picture
TO the Prado museum IN Madrid"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
SAYS DISEASE IS
CAUSE OF CRIME
CONCLUSION REACHED BY A
LEADING CRlMINAL0GIST
Thomas Holmes, North London Police
Court Missionary, Finds Epilepsy,
Mania and Weak Intellect
Responsible
specIaI Cable to The 1Iernld.

Special Gable TO The Herald
LONDON, Jan. 7-That crime pro-
ceeds more often than not from phys
ical or mental causes over which the
criminal has little control was the con-
clusion arrived at by leading Grim
inalogist who spoke this week at a
meeting of the chronological society
in the Geological society's rooms in
Hanover square.
Some remarkable instances where
crime was due to physical and mental
diseases were given by Thomas Holmes,
the North London police court mis-
sionary, who maintained that epilepsy,
mania and weakness of intellect were
directly responsible for the making OF
criminals.
The cleverest thief he had ever met,
he said, was a 13-year-old girl-a nice
looking, modest and intelligent girl,
but the daughter of an epileptic. At
the age of Is she was committed to a
lunatic asylum, where she now is.
Mania was in many cases responsible
for crime. A young fellow of excellent
character, the son of man of position,
had appeared in the dock four times ON
charges of stealing false teeth.
Mr.. Holmes mentioned the case of a
woman who was charged no fewer
than thirty times with stealing boots.
Never by any chance did she take
anything else.
THE silence of the night, the strain
upon the nerves, the elements of
danger, the chance of success-I tell
you it is thousand times more fas-
cinating than gambling" an old
burglar told Mr.. Holmes, who helped
him to get comfortable little home
together when he came out of Jail
One night the ex-convict succumbed
again to the old fascination, with the
result that he is now in Portland.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
FOUND DIAMOND VALLEY
IN ISLAND OF B0RNE0
British Company Receives Letter De-
scribng Location of the
Ground
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald
LONDON, Jan. THE shareholders
of the British North Borneo company
sat spellbound the other day while
their chairman, Sir Charles Jessel, told
a remarkable story of diamond valley.
On May 16 the company received a
letter. in which the writer referred to
some discoveries which he made many
years ago before leaving British North
Borneo. "They are always flashing
through my mind" he wrote, with an
unconscious touch of pathos, 'and not
knowing how to make use of them,
/ may as well let the company have
the benefit of them"
Then came the revelation of the Sc
cret that had become burden to him.
After leaving Kimberly he went to
Borneo, where he was engaged by Mr..
Van der Hoven to survey his tobacco
estate on the Labuk river.
1T was there that ] found real dia-
mond-bearing ground" he stated. "It
is identical with the Kimberly blue
clay, with all the pieces of carbon and
burnt garnets in it,"
Returning to the camp on the night
of his discovery, the writer found that
ne was not wanted on the estate any
longer. 'I never had the fortune to
return" he added. The company was
skeptical. but sent out Instructions for
samples to be taken. The samples ar
rived only a few days ago and were
found to be of true blue ground, iden-
tical with that from which the dia-
monds are extracted in South Africa.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
EXPEDITION TO STUDY
DISEASES IN THE TROPICS
Medical Men From Great Britain and
Canada Will Make Up
Party
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Jan. 7.-Merchants of Liv-
erpool have subscribed the cost of the
largest expedition for the investigation
OF tropical diseases ever sent from this
country. 1t has been organized by the
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
and its energies will be distributed over
a wide area. Prof. Boyce, DR.. Evans
and DR.. Clark are going to Sierra
Leone, Gambia. Col. Giles and Dr.
Mcconnell, Canada, will pursue their
researches ON the gold coast in Lagos
and in Nigeria. DR.. Wolferton Thomas,
Canada, and Dr. Anton Breinl Craig
further questions relating to yellow
fever and malarial fever generally.
In order to wish the members of the
expedition God speed. Mr.. Lyttleton
this week received them in his private
room at the Colonial office. Sir AL
fred Jones. president of the Liverpool
School of Tropical Medicine. made the
.introductions. He observed that the
king OF the Belgians had sent a
somewhat similar expedition to the
Congo, and various attempts had been
made to investigate the causes Of yell
low fever by expeditions to the Amazon.
Other bands Of devoted men had gone
from their own countries to the trop-
les to battle with diseases peculiar to
the climate, but there had been no pre-
vious investigation of so comnrehensive
q character as that now contemplated.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
GoRKrS STRANGE CAREER
Writer Supplies Publisher With SYM
opsis of Picturesque Life

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS, Jan. 7--Maxim Cork has
supplied his publisher with the follow
ing biographical notice of himself:
"1S7s, apprentice to a shoemaker; 1879,
clerk in draughtsman's Office; 1882,
scullery hand ON board steamer; 1883,
bakers assistant; 1884, master baker;
1886. chorister in travelling opera
troupe; 1887, street apple seller; 1888, a
candidate for suicide; 1889. clerk in
lawyers office; 1891, tramped through
Russia; 1898, porter in railway sta
ton; 1894, my first book was published.
MAXIM GORKL"