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<A • ' ; ON THE TRAIL OF THE <4 AMERICAN MISSIONARY "T By WILLIAM T. ELLIS tUa AiMrio« Joarmilst Is Trtrelinf Around the World for th# Purpow df twoWfWwt ttw Amtrfeu Fw»<i«l #•!•- tionary from • Purely Disinterested, Secular and Non-SacUrian Standpoint. IHustrated with Drawinfa and from PhoWrrapIl*.. IN NORTHERN "* JAPAN ••o: *s.\2 * •'£*/• Xf' t" (CoDTrieht, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Sendai, Japan.--Although made fam­ ous by a famine, Sendsl is now the center of a record rice crop. Prom a condition of hunger and distress that called forth more than $300,000 from warm-hearted Americans, this region has now passed into a period of rare prosperity. The rice crops are 20 per cent above the average. Even to the unfamiliar eye of a traveler passing through the country the miles upon miles of rice fields, in fall ear, present an appearance of plenty and prosperity. The rice plots, oach little biggot than a farmer's vege­ table patch from a western viewpoint, (are surrounded and crossed by strings aad ropes containing twists of paper, Ibfts of metal charms, and even tufts <of hair. This is to scare away the Ibirds and the evil spirits.- The Japa­ nese farmer hereabouts has his own version of "Trust in God and keep iyour powder dry," for there were (more rice gods sold in the shops of Sendai during the past year than In any other season within memory, jthe peasant feeling that the famine |was his punishment for having been {neglectful of the little fat image of •this particular deity. So, putting up the god in' his home, and placing charms in his field, he worked like a beaver over the crop, and then set eome member of his family to playing scarecrow to keep the birds from the <ripening grain. All over the country- vide may be seen boys, girls, or old laen, ready to shake the strings to frighten off the feathered enemies. decided impression. If anything was needed to strengthen the respect of the Japanese hereabouts for the Amer­ ican religion the famine relief work did it Where Americans Are Welcome. This city is a strategic point in Japan. With a hundred thousand In­ habitants, it is considered the metro­ polis of the north. It has 1,500 sol' diers in garrison, and some 5,000 stu­ dents in its schools. On its bay is Matsushima, one of the "three beau­ tiful places" in Japan, a series of lovely islands, pine-covered and water- worn, with a famous temple on ona, and caves hundreds of years old, carved by the Ainu, where lived the Buddhist priests from the beginning of Sendai's glory. The city is noted for its progresslveness and hospitality to foreigners, and yet for its thorough­ ly Japanese character. For instance, there is only one vehicle in the city to which a horse is driven, and that is the prison van. Of course there are draught horses, led, or as the Japa­ nese term truly has it, "pulled" by a rope. When Mr. Lloyd Griscom, the for­ mer United States minister to Japan, visited Sendai, the city feted him in the lavish fashion which only the orient knows. Other Americans have had similar experiences. The Ameri­ can Young Men's Christian associa­ tion secretaries met last summer at a little seashore village near Sendai, and literally the entire community turned out to welcome them, lining up along the road, aad the school chll- t§ m A Famine 8ack. ^Famine and International Relations. " Only memories and a few hundred orphans remain as reminders of the dreadful famine of a year or so ago. Among the memories is an enhanced appreciation of Americans and their Teliglon. The aid so promptly and generously given during the famine lias aftected all of Japan. In amount ,tt exceeded the gifts of Japan and ail the rest of the world combined, reach- log a total of $300,000. In this region especially the feeling towards "the rice country" -- which, curiously enough, has always been the way the Japanese write the word "America"-- is warm beyond expression. The gov­ ernor of the province, the mayor of the city, the general in command of the military forces here, the presiding Judge of the courts, the editor of the leading newspaper, and many private citizens assured me in most cordial terms of the city's gratitude for the assistance rendered to the famine suf- % ferers. it took American enterprise to awa­ ken even the Japanese to the serious­ ness of the famine situation. At their Thanksgiving day service in Sendai tn 1905 the American missionaries ' formed the first committee of relief, for their work throughout the three affected provinces had made them fa­ miliar with the dreadful conditions. Of the 3,000,000 inhabitants of these provinces, 1,000,000 were poverty- stricken. When it set out upon its task of creating international sympa­ thy for the sufferers (one curious and unprecedented consequence of which was the gift of $75,000 by the dowa­ ger empress of China from her private purse) this committee added an Eng­ lish teacher and a French priest to its number. It was this small body of •even men which not only touched tfte heart of Christendom with Japan's plea, but even stirred the Japanese themselves, as the latter avow. The recognized fact that these lead- its in famine relief--a work which, I ,, learn, was carried on in most busi­ nesslike fashion, and ( in closest co­ operation with the Japanese officials-- were Christian missionaries, that an American religious newspaper, The Christian Herald, was in the forefront of the contributing agencies, and that peat quantities of rice, especially tjhtt given by the German Reformed > #.urches, came in "Christian sympa­ thy" bags, could not fail to make a dren singing songf. The Tillage offi­ cials had met the visitors a mile or so from town. An evergreen arch was erected over the main street, bearing the English word "welcome," and the entire convention was one day taken on an excursion to Matsushima. How th« Missionaries Stand. All this is noteworthy in the light of the fact that Sendai knows few for­ eigners save missionaries. With the exception of two teachers in the gov­ ernment schools, the entire foreign community in Sendai Is made up of Christian preachers and teachers. Prom them the city haa obtained its favorable Impressions of foreigners. It is said that any white man's word is perfectly good in the stores of the city. The attitude of the officials is certainly more than kind; it Is cor­ dial and sympathetic to the last de­ gree. On the occasion of the return of Rev. Dr. D. B. Schneder from America he was met at the station by all the prominent officials of the city and province, as well as by a multi­ tude of other persons. It is said that Dr. Schneder, who is the oldest mis­ sionary of the Reformed church here, and Rev. .Dr. John H. DeForest of the American board, are the leading citi- eens of Sendai. Certainly they are high in the friendship and honor of the official classes. Going the Japanese One Better. First in importance and magnitude of the numerous Christian enterprises in this place are the two great schools of the German Reformed church, the Tohoku Gakuin, for young men, the Miyagi Jo Gakko for young wom­ en; these schools, like practically all others in Japan, are known by other names in America, which are practi­ cally never heard here. These two schools are more modern and better equipped than even the government schools. It was really a surprise to find, out here in a remote part of Ja­ pan, American schools, supported afid controlled by Americans, which com­ pare favorably with similar institu­ tions in the home land. The buildings are modern and imposing, far surpas­ sing in appliances and arrangement any of the several government schools which I have inspected. The wisdom of this is most appreciated by those who best understand the Japanese | character; here in the east "face," or "front," as the American slang haa tt» must always be considered. FIRST STATE TO START COUNTY AGRICULTURAL •CHOCM^;® Movement for Improvement of Rural Schoc! System by Which Special Needs of Farming Csm^an!-t OT<l*he nearly 300 students of the To­ hoku Gakuin are enrolled in prepara­ tory, collegiate and theological depart­ ments. The staff of teachers number 29, seven of whom are Americans, with Dr. Schneder at their head. I was particularly struck with the strength of Paul L. Gerhard and Wil­ liam G. Seiple, Ph. D., the latter a Johns Hopkins man whose hobby is archaeology. Likewise, Miss Weidner, Miss Powell and Miss Zurfluk, of the girls' school, impressed me as being teachers and executives who would not be without honor la their own country. A11 that the government schools teach, and more, is given In the Tohoku Gakuin, the students of which, like those of the former, are exempted from military-service. The vigorous athletics of the Japanese, as well as baseball and other American games, form a part, of the physical training. Many of the students sup­ port themselves, working and living in the industrial home which the denom­ ination maintains at Sendai, arising at two and three o'clock in the morn­ ing to deliver milk and newspapers. There is a pronounced religious life among the students; they have a T. M. C. A., and hold student prayer meetings on the roof of the college t o w e r ; t h e y d o - e v a n g e l i s t i c w o r k i n , the country, teach In Sunday schools, etc. One of them was my Interpreter yheni^I was called upon to make an address^ to the Manchurlan veterans and other soldiers in the military hos­ pital, and he certainly was a self-pos­ sessed, free and forceful speaker. Making the Most of Miss Japan. Japan's newly awakened interest In the education of women affords the missionaries an opportunity for work that reaches far. There are three schools for girls in Sendai, maintained by American churches. As already said, that of the Reformed church, which has been in existence since 1886, is the largest and best equipped. It is run by three American young women, with a staff of 14 Japanese teachers, and has 190 students. All but two of the graduates of this school have been Christians; and the aggressiveness of the Christianity of the undergraduate students is indicat­ ed by the fact that every week 20 dif­ ferent Sunday schools are supplied with workers by the school. A similar high religious standard Is maintained by the Baptist school, which has 50 pupils and less preten­ tious buildings. The Methodist girls' school, with about 80 pupils, of whom 25 live in dormitory, is industrial in character and does efficient work with an equipment unequal to that of the neighboring schools. The Missionary as Matrimonial Agent. When calling at the Baptist school I was at first unable to see Miss Buz- zelle, the principal, as she was busy condoling with a young man who wanted to marry one of her girls and was trying to enlist her help. I later met the young man, and a fine fellow he seemed. He had seen the girl once and she had seen him. She was will­ ing, andc^ie was eager--extraordinar­ ily so, as such matters go in Japan. But his family felt that the girl's so­ cial position was not equal to his, though they finally consented to the ^match., Thereupon the girl's family, its pride aroused, refused to let her marry the man; and inasmuch as in this country a girl really marries a whole family, and her future happi­ ness is determined more by her hus­ band's relatives than by the latter himself, Miss Buzzelle thought the de­ cision wise and declined to intervene for the ardent suitor. A measure of this sort of responsibility goes with the princlpalship of a girls' school, al- wa>«^of course^ with the cooperation of the'f&ij^ly#^The gradates are de­ sired as ^Tves, first of all oy the Japa* nese preachers and C&rhSUans. An in­ creasing numbet of educated men, not Christians, are selecting mission school wives, although the teachers rather discourage the girls from mar­ rying any but Christian men. Caring for Famine Orphans. Most appealing to me of all the sights of Sendai was the orphanage which is an outgrowth of the famine. Here 250 children, some of them lit­ tle girls who were kept from being sold Into immoral lives, find a home under the care of Miss Frances El Phelps, a Methodist Episcopal mis­ sionary who nobly represents Ameri­ ca's finest article of export--the cul­ tured, fine-spirited, self-sacrificing women who have given their lives to what they consider the world's high­ est welfare. Miss Phelps "mothers" this great company of children, ran­ ging in age from two or three years to thirteen or fourteen, many of them orphans only because abandoned by their parents during the famine. They are a healthy, merry lot, al though when rescued there were only two who were free from the dreadful eye trouble so common among the poor of Japan, and all were covered with rags, filth and vermin. The al­ teration in their appearance within these few months is no more marked than their development along other lines. They sing the Christian hymns, in wide variety, more heartily than have ever heard them sung by a Sun­ day school in America. On a slight financial foundation this orphanage is doing a work of vast importance, which must commend itself to one's sympathy and judgment, be he Hot­ tentot Buddhist or Christian. Ilfvery state in the union has Its ag>' ricultural college where the student of agriculture may fit himself for scien­ tific farming, but little has been done in providing elemental studies in agri­ culture for rural schools. The subject has been dlscussnd much of recent years, and there is no doubt that in the near future provision will be made in most ru^al districts for Instruction In agricultural topics along practical lines which will specially interest and pre­ pare the boys and girls for the busi­ ness of farming. Wisconsin is the first state to crys­ tallize this thought of elementary ag­ ricultural instruction by the establish­ ment of the first county (schools of ag­ riculture and domestic economy in America. The legislature m far back as 1900 appointed Hon. D, L. Harvey, then acting ag state superintendent of public instruction, a commissioner to investigate the conditions of the rural school systems of other stateis and for­ eign countries and to report to the leg­ islature of 1901 the needs of the rural Bchools of Wisconsin. Upon the rec­ ommendation of the commissioner, two of these .schools were authorized by the legislature of 1901, and that of Marathon county was the first to open, on Oct. 6, 1902. The citizens of Mara? than county have heretofore beet largely engaged in the lumber indus­ try, but they are now turning their at­ tention mainly to agriculture. The courses taught in the schools are as follows: First year for boys-- The soil, manual training, carpentry, English, business arithmetic, fertil­ izers, library reading, plant life, veg­ etables, flower and fruit gardening, poultry. Second year for boys--Plant life, manual training, blacksmlthlng, United States history, economics, li­ brary reading; animal husbandry, rural architecture, civil government, vegeta­ ble, flower and 1 fruit gardening, and economics of agriculture. First year for girls--Cooking, sewing, domestic hygiene, English, business arithmetic, home economy, library reading, veg­ etable, flower and fruit gardening. Second year for girls--Cooking, sew­ ing, laundry, United States, history, li­ brary reading, chemistry of foods, civil government, millinery, home nursing, poultry, vegetable, flower aad fruit gar­ dening. To any student outside of the regu­ lar courses, who may have the time, a brief course in the theory of farm dairying is offered. There are studied In the course buttermaking, the differ­ ent steps in the process, cheese- making, method of making American Main Building of Marathon County School of Agriculture. chedder cheese, testing milk and Its products, and the Babcock test for butter fat It is the aim of the school of agri­ culture and domestic economy to make good farmers and good citizens. The training received by students of this school is calculated to broaden the in­ terests and quicken the powers of ob­ servation, in that the farmer in the competition and struggle of his profes­ sion, may obtain results which com­ pare favorably wi'th tfee results ob­ tained in other avocations on a simi­ lar footing. It is only a question of time when the schools of agriculture and domes* tic economy will be the leading insti­ tutions of every state In the union. ALCOHOL TO BURN. DENATURED ARTICLE OPENS UP NEW ERA OF POSSIBILITIES. Department of Agriculture, Under Whose Supervision the Develop­ ment Is Being Made, San- . gulne of Success. Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department sees a great future for de­ natured alcohol, believing that in the new product there are unlimited possi­ bilities. He confidently expects that it will largely supplant gasolene as % power generator, and that It will be­ come generally used in communities where other fuel is scarce or expen- Yautia Root, a Prolific Brtducer Of Al cohol. It will 1ft Tons of Roots to the Acre, slve. That plants yielding large quan­ tities of alcohol producing starches may be introduced generally In the United States and grown inexpensive­ ly Is being shown by careful experi­ ment on the part of that department. That each farmer may be taught to raise a small patch of the Bpeclal alco­ hol producers and from that make alcohol for his own use, not only as an illumtnant, but for heating, cooking and the running of machinery, is the ideal condition which the farsighted ones believe they see in the future. The idea of Secretary Wilson and the department of agriculture is not to develop an Industry that will be profit­ able to a few manufacturers, but to show how each Individual farmer, with a little still of his own, may utilize his waste products and on rainy days PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ft|AK6S THREE ADDRESSES. RECEPTION AT CAPITA!; Chief Executive Has a Busy Afternoon , In-1 Michigan City--Pleads for Proper Respect to Be Given to Manual Labor when other work is delayed keep the hired man or the boys busy at home In the distillation of the alcohol for the family use and perhaps to sell a few barrels to the village grocer. Th^ region offering the greatest In­ ducement to the manufacture of the alcohol is probably the great wheat producing lands of the Dakotas, where there Is an entire absence of timber, a scarcity of coal and insufficiency of transportation. To aid the new indus­ try in this region the department of agriculture has Introduced a large, rough potato, which has been grown for a long time In Germany and Rus­ sia, where Industrial alcohol has been used to a considerable extent for many years. This potato has been bred with the idea of developing Its starch pro­ ducing qualities and the yield to the acre. So productive has it become that yields of 15 tons to the acre have been recorded. The alcohol potato will produce from 25 to 30 gallons of alccihol to a ton, and a quarter of an acre will yield enough to supply the farmer with fuel, illumination and power for the running of all the farm machinery. , t Cassava Is another root plant with a hlfth percentage of starch and yield to the acre. It haB been introduced from the West Indies into the southern states, coming originally from Brazil, where it has been used for centuries as a food for the natives, producing, when pulverized, a palatable and nu­ tritious fiopr. It thlrves particularly in the moist lands of the south and has been known to yield as great * crop as 30 tons to the acre. Probably the greatest and most widely diversified starch producer as to the possibility) of growth is, how­ ever, the yautia. ThlB is a plant orig­ inating In tropical America. It is sim­ ilar in appearance to the ordinary or­ namental plant known as the ele­ phant's ear. It has a root which pro­ duces a tuber as does the potato, and is planted as the potato, from cutting up the tubers and planting the "eyes." The crop that may be harvested ranges from seven to 15 tons to the acre, and the yield of starch is little less than that of the cassava. It has been cultivated in the United States extensively for the manufacture of starch and has been used to a cer­ tain extent as a food in the way the potato has been used. There are many varieties, and some of these may be grown as far north as Canada. Be­ cause of its hardiness aftd the wide latitude in which It may be grown it offers opportunities of cultivation as an alcohol producer that are probably greater than any other plant now un­ der the consideration of the depart­ ment of agriculture. Sugared Apricot Plush, A startling apparition in apricot jplush trousers was observed the other day. The owner was not so sure that he had scored when on his return to his world famous college he found his weight increased by at least two pounds of powdered sugac. ',-1 "t •m Perseverance. The mistress of a large, fashionable home had just secured a new maid of Irish extraction, and who had Just come from the "ould sod." Being on friendly terms with her neighbor, Bhe told the maid that the neighbor could use anything she desired. One day the mistress went out for all morning. On her return she found that the telephone which had been in­ stalled in the hall was gone. Calling the maid, she inquired for it "Plaise, mum," answered Bridget, "th' lady across th' shtrate asked me If she cud use th' tllephone, an' Ol sint it over to her; but Ol hod an awful tolme to git It unshcrewed."-- Judge. •r- Too Clumsy. 1 ""HO," said the customer In the pho­ nograph emporium, "I don't like this ^tyle of horn." "You don't?" replied the clerk in surprise. "Why, that Style of horn breaks the record." "That's just the trouble. It breaks the record every time I put It on."-- Chicago Daily News. v r / f ' " ' V - i n . > <•> v ' • Mean of Him. "John," snapped Mrs. Blazeup, at aupper, "you take those long rides all alone in your automobile and I bet you never even think of me?" "That's where you are wrong, Ma­ ria," replied Mr. Blazeup, as he filled his gasoline tank, "I think of you every time I look at the machine." "Indeed, sir. And what is "the re* semblangeT" "Why, it Is so expensive, contrary and highly explosive." And then he ran over and shut him-' self up in the garage."--Chicago Dally News. , Didn't Get Over It. Two young men were having a heat, ed argument over a problem which needed a great deal of mental calcu­ lation. "I tell you," said one, "that yon are entirely wrong." "But I am not," said the other. "Didn't I go to school, stupid?" aV most roared his opponent Lansing, Mich.--Alter a strenuous six hours in the state capital, during which he made three addresses and held a reception at the state capitol, President Roosevelt left at 4:20 o'clock Friday afternoon for Washing­ ton on the Lake Shore railroad. He made brief addresses from the plat­ form of his car at several small places in southern Michigan en route to Fort Wayne, Ind. No untoward incident happened during the presidents visit, and nothing occurred which in any way excited the suspicions ©f the scores of police officers in the city. At the Agricultural college Friday afternoon President Roosevelt spoke to about 25,000 people M»m a stand erected oz> a little knoll at the head of the campus. Seated on benches im­ mediately before the stand were stu­ dents of the college, hundreds of •alumni who have been attending the semi centennial celebration of the founding of the college, and standing on the turf behind were thousands of people from this and other Michigan cities. The president concluded his second address in the state capitol about 11:15 o'clock and was driven with his party to the college, where President J. L. Snyder, of the institution, en­ tertained them' at luncheon. Before walking out to the platform to begin his address, the president planted a young maple tree on the knoll in Pres­ ident Snyder's yard. The great crowd before the speaking stand was held in check by a regiment of the National guard, which did police duty through­ out the day, both in the city and. at the college grounds. A distinguished company of public men and educators was seated on •'the platform with the president. The president was given the closest attention throughout his address, and was freqlently interrupted by ap­ plause. He interjected informal re­ marks and advice at several places, bringing a great round of laughter and cheers when he turned toward a dozen young women in the graduating class and said: "I believe that you young ladies will make first-class farmers' wives, and I heartily con­ gratulate the farmers of the future on unexampled prospects before them." The president also interjected a plea for the paying of proper respect for manual labor. ^"1 shall be very disappointed In you boys here," he said to the graduating class, "If you cannot work with your hands and are afraid to have your working clothes look as though you do work." ~ At the conclusion of the president's address the graduating class filed across the platform and the president presented them their diplomas. Hon­ orary degrees were conferred upon a number of distinguished visitors, In­ cluding Gifford Pinchot, Secretary Wil­ son and President Angell. AFFECTS TAXATION OF GRAIN. Important Decision Made by Minne­ sota Supreme Court. Minneapolis, Minn.--The supreme court has decided that the Northwest­ ern Elevator company of Minneapolis fveed not pay the personal property assessment on 29,000 bushels of grain stored in its elevators at the Minne­ sota transfer. The Ramsey county court decided that the Northwestern Elevator com­ pany should be assessed for the grain in the elevators, because the grain was sold by the elevator company as its own property. The elevator company asserted that the grain in the elevators belonged to farmers and they appealed to the supreme court. That court has de­ cided that the only tax that can be collected from tl\e Northwestern Ele­ vator company was on its office furni­ ture, which amounted to about $250. This Is considerably the most Im­ portant decision, as It may affect every elevator company in the state in re­ gard to taxation of the grain in the elevators. - The assessment on .the grain in the northwestern elevator at the Minnesota transfer was about $250. In Interests of Workers. Indianapolis, Ind.--Representatives of many of the national employers' associations will begin a three days' convention here June 10, the purpose being to discuss questions relative to training BChools for workmen and to form a national board of industrial education. The convention, the first of its kind held In this., country, was called by Louis H. Levy of Indianapov lis, representing the National Litho­ graphers' association Jesse James First of His Class. Kansas City, Mo.--Jesse . James, a son of the noted bandit of that name, was graduated from the Kansas City School of Law here Friday, receiving the highest grade of any in his class of 38. Would Oust 'Frisco Chief of Police. San Francisco.--It has been decided by District Attorney Langdon to call a meeting of the grand jury Saturday to consider the advisability of taking steps for the ousting of Chief of Police Dinan. To Preserve McKinley Home. Canton, O.--Canton citizens are dis­ cussing methods of preserving the Mc­ Kinley home intact. The idea is to make a second Mt. Vernon. Only ten­ tative methods have as yet been con­ sidered, but there is a definite move­ ment to keep the McKinley home ana its contents as they are to-day as a memorial of the home life of the de­ parted president and wife and a place where pilgrims will gather. The city may purchase the property or it CORNER STONE OF ST. PAUL'S NEW CATHEDRAL LAIC. Is to Cost SS^KK)f000--Most PronMfttntl Catfcallc Clergy of the West Pit* ent at the Ceremony. „ j,: St. Paul, Minn.--The corner ston# A of the fourth cathedral of St Pant; ; Which, when completed four year#" "> * hence, will probably surpass any other- American church in architectural dis­ tinction and beauty, was laid Sunday , afternoon. Participants i|n the cere^T' mony comprised Archbishops Irelani ' of St Paul, Keane of Dubuque. Glea^' ' non of St. Louis, and Christie of Or#';" gon City; the bishops of Winona, St£\~3 ^ Cloud and Duluth, Minn.; Sioux Falls * and Lead, S. D., and Fargo, N. Di^ all assisting Archbishop Ireland IS the province of St Paul; a score o( other bishops from various states, ani;* 200 priests. About t.hls notable groufr * of ecclesiastics were gathered 30,00#HV\: laymen. The ceremonies followed g, review by Archbishop Ireland and hip guests, at the cathedral, of the largest' religious parade yet seen In tto aortif*: < ' west u Facing Summit avenue, the new cathedra! will occupy a dominant slt<l upon the brow of St. Anthony hill. Thf£ ; ; great white structure with lofty tow- '. , ers, and still more lofty dome, wU|\ revea! its whole facade to observers ; of/ the hill, and rising above every „ other local building, even the marbls capitol, will stand forth in the eyes oif" ^ strangers who approach the city aji; 'i. 1 the architectural monument of St. ' Paul. The cathedral will be completed lg about four years. It will coat up-' v wards of $3,000,000, of which $700,00t" : has already been subscribed. Archbishop Ireland read this „ sage from the president: I* ^ ' "White House, Washington, June &' r- --Archbishop Ireland, St. Paul: Is this fortunate country of ours liberty and religion are natural allies and «(*; ; » forward hand In hand. I congratulate f \ all those gathered to witness the lay- 4 ing of the corner stone of the ne# cathedral of St Paul. I congratulate :5 those who are to worship there, and 1 ' congratulate especially you personally '• (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." i PUBLIC IS ROBBED. Alleged Fraud by Meat Trust Is CH*» covered. New York.--A gigantic scheme by which it is alleged the meat trust rotm the public was reveale^ In the MyrtIS, avenue police court, Brooklyn, We^, nesday, when Harry Schmidt, an en«> ploye of Armour & Co., the ChlcagjS packers, was arraigned on a chargs of having sold meat at short weight^,, . The arrest of Schmidt followed ail extensive Investigation made by ift> spectors of the bureau of weights and measures. They say they have foungl that on every box marked as contain ing 50 pounds of chickens' there is £ shortage of four pounds or more. Ttp trust will only sell at "box weights;*, Butchers throughout the country are paying 16 cents a pound for boxes supposed to contain 50 pounds of chickens. They receive only 4$ pounds and so lose 64 cents on erei* box. It is necessary for the butchers tfe add this additional cost to the retail price, so the public has to foot th* bill. Ihis practice has been going on for nearly a year, but the butcheif have feared to take action, knowinj|! that the trust would retaliate by di§» criminating against them. Magistrate Naumer, before who<l the case against Schmidt was up fat* hearing, was indignant at the revsll* tlons made. No Politics in Gathering. v; Denver, Col.--Gov. Buchtel, who i%' sued the call, in accordance with ref^ olutions adopted by the general as* sembly of Colorado for public landp convention to be held In Denver Juno 18, 19 and 20, has declared that theHS shall be no politics injected Into tl|| gathering if he can prevent it. Th# program prepared for the conventlofi by a committee of which Unites States Senator Teller Is chairma^» provides for the shaping of a moiff liberal policy to be submitted to coft|> gress for the enactment of laws whlcp will make for the development of tUt western states by bringing more peor pie to take up the lands to tip them. * Haywood Trial Will Be Long. Boise, Idaho.--It is conceded that the introduction of evidence for the state in the Haywood case, and esp#» Cially the testimony of Orchard, will be contested at every point. This wl|| mean probably that the state will ndf be able to conclude under three weeks or possibly 30 days. The case for thip defense will take equally as long. It may therefore be estimated that thO case will last 60 days after the ope% ing. Sixteen days of actual woril have been spent In the effort to s|K cure a jury. Counting the adjour% menta the case has now been going on one month. To Make Speeches in Oklahoma, . i Guthrie, Okla.--Secretary of Wsjh, Taft and Secretary of the Interiqi Garfield have promised to visit Okla­ homa in August and make publ||^ speeches. Secretary Garfield, it ill said, has assured Gov. Frantz that hS would come to Oklahoma In August and make two non-polltlcal speeche£» one at Muskogee and one at OkIah% ma City, and that he would In thea# speeches outline the future policy <$ his department towards the Nt dian citiaenship of the ritories, *»-if "Yes," was the ^^.^11^ you came back stupid," rrt«nd- " V-.* That .ended IL V"\ ? t .. i - • ' -. ' - • V '* ... ^ ' • ' Switohmen End Convention. J 1 Detroit, Mich.--The biennial coipc vention of the Switchmen's Union <j| North Atnerica, which has been i|t." session here for the last ten day& Wednesday reelected Frank T. Ha#» ley, of Buffalo, president; S. E. Hef*- erling, of Denver; James B. Connor^" oi Chicago, anu D. A. Harshbarser, qt" Pittsburg, were respectively first, second and third vjee presidents* The election will be completed Friday, the convention having adjourned ove* Thursday day. .v; - v.* '4a.a 4\ 1'