THE 310RMMT UitEtiUttlAX,'- WEDNESDAY, : JAINUARY
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CAUSES
TERROR
Rapid Increase in Number of
Deaths and New Cases
Reported. .
PANIC SEIZES OFFICIALS
They Quarrel and Tremble While
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever Kill
I ' One Every Ten Minutes Ma
- jor's. "Official" Ignorance.
: CHICAGO, Jan. 29. (Special.) The epl-
demlc of" contagious diseases In Chicago
assumed some of the features of a plague
today, reports of new cases pouring Into
the Health Department office at the rate
of one every three minutes. The Health
Department corps was hopelessly swamped
' with the tremendous spurt. 472 new cases
. being; added to the already long- list of
1 pRtients. Chicago's sick from scarlet
' fever and . diphtheria are now ' salU to
V number over 10,19).
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Increase of Death Causes Panjo'.
Five deaths were reported today, the
. total number -of deaths- from all causes
J for three day to noon being- 342. or an
avpragB of one death every ten minuter,
'st week, which waa called .the wont
- of the epidemic by Health Commissioner
AVhalen. the average of death was , one
every IS minutes. - .
The appalling- Increase In the serious
ness of the epidemic was mirrored in the
confusion and semi-panic which., seized
' the city hall departments, to which the
city looks for a check. The Health De
partment was overcrowded with physi-
clans, and polioement. reporting- oases,
while the Health Commissioner wasen-
. gaged In a. three-cornered squabble with
the police. Building Commissioner Bart
n and members of the City Council.
Dunne Is Officially Ignorant.
v Aldermen were besieged by cohstitu-
. entw. who demanded that official action
I te taken toward -the appointment of a.
committee of the best phyoiclans In the
city to combat the contagious diseases
I and help ouifit the panicky feeling which
! developed In all sections. Mayor Dunne
f thousrht the appointment of such a com
mittee mlRht be a Rood thin nr. but he
t?al(J, it hftd not been brought to his "of-
i fldar attention that a serious epidemic
t- exists and that the Halth Department
" waa unable to cone with it.
GREAT' 'BUILDING BURNS
DALDWIN fcOCONOTlVE WORKS
iOSE $1,000,000.
Kxpliwiion DeAtrors Bis Paint Shopei
' and railing; Wall InJumFonr -'
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, Men Battle With Flames.- -
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. . 9. Fire
which started 'with an explosion In the
paint shop destroyed an entire section
of the bljr Baldwin Locomotive Works
tonlgrht, entailing a loss of $1,000,000.
The destroyed, tmtldins waa about 175
feet long by 150 feet deep. Imme
diately adjoin Inn: the main office at
Broad and Spring Garden streets, and
the erecting: shops, smith shops and
foundries. These buildings "were
threatened, as were other departments
alontr Springe Garden street and on
J-"f teen tli street. The entire fire de
partment was called out.
..jout 1000 men were employed In
the btlraed building, which was five
. stories hlarh. The fire waa discov
ered In the eaat end of the building;
a few minutes before 6 o'clock, when
the workmen were preparing to leave.
Though the flames spread quickly, all
were able to aret out Bafely. Shortly
after " the fire atarted the upper por
tion of the wall on Spring Garden
Btreet fell and one fireman and three
workmen were caught by falling
bricks, but fortunately received only
sunlit Injuries. . Tne firemen, with the
assistance of the Are patrol from the
plant, succeeded in getting the flames
under control within an hour after
the Are was discovered
The' Baldwin Locomotive "Works Is
the largest Industrial plant In the Uni
ted States and employs 18,000 men In
this city and nearly . 10,000 in depart
ments at Lewlston and other places.
The Are will not greatly hinder work,
as the departments destroyed were
duplicated In other parts of the riant
IRISH BLOOD BOILS OVER
Drama Slandering Xatlon Is Howled
Down at Dublin Theater. -s
DCBUN, Jan. . A play by the Irish
dramatist, Synite. "The Play Boy of the
Western "World," which was produced at
the Abbey Theater last Saturday night,
has excited a rising- tide of disapproba
tion, which culminated tonight In riotous
scenes. The play was howled down and
the theater had to be closed by the po
lice.' The malcontents, led by the Gaelic
League, complain that the play reflects
unjustly on the character of the Western
Jrtsh peasantry by representing them as
shielding a self-accused parricide from
Justice.
COMBIXE TO BEAT SOCIALISTS
All German Parties Except Radicals
In Coalition.
BERLIN,-. Jan. 29. All the political
parties except the Extreme Radicals
are combining against the Socialists in
the re-ballots which are to take place
In the electoral districts where none
of the candidates for the Reichstag
succeeded In obtaining a majority. The
Center party leaders met and decided
yesterday not to support any of the
Socialists' representatives, and repre
sentatives of the Conservative party
from all the states of the empire de
termined to unite with the other par
ties against the Socialists. This morn
ing the delegates of the National Lib
erals and two Radical groups met with
the object of devising a plan of co
operation', for the remainder of the
in Dutch East Indies.
AMSTERDAM, Holland. Jan. 29. A se
rious revolt has- broken out in the Prov
ince Of Kedirt, Island of Java, Dutch
East Indies, according to a dispatch re
ceived here today from Batavla. It Is
stated that 300 natives have taken up
arms, and that many of the Dutch orfl-
clals and their adherents have teen
killed or wounded.
The Governor of the "Province is said
to be among the wounded and the Chief
of Police 18 reported killed. . The troops
have been sent to the scene of the outbreak.
Germany Wants Fehml Punished.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 29. Fehml
Pasha. Chier. or the Secret Police of
the palace, and a confidential servant of
the Sultan, has come Into serious con
flict with the German Embassy, owing
to his action in causing the seizure
recently of a ship's cargo destined for
Hamburg. The Sultan, tried to pacify
the Embassy officials by immediately
ordering the release of the cargo, but
Germany, in a forcible note to the
Porte, now demands the punishment of
Fehml Pasha, pointing out that in the
step taken he was guilty of an Infrac
tion of the penal code, rendering him
liable to Hfe Imprisonment.
The diplomats here are watching
with great interest this struggle be
tween the German . Embassy and the
Sultan's protege.
False Rumor Tolstoi Is Dying.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 29. A dispatch to
the Dagblad from St Petersburg say
Count Tolstoi, the novelist and social'
reformer, is dying. - . .
MOSCOW, Jan. 29. A son of Leo Tol
stoi said, today regarding the rumored
dangerous illness of his father that the
famous author had an attack of Influ
enza last December, but that he recov
ered. . Since then he contracted a bron
chial trouble, but this illness Is taking
Its normal course and the patient is not
in danger.
Spain Will Have Election. -
MADRID. Jan. 29. Prime Minister
Maura, the Conservative leader who
assumed office 'a few days ago. has
decided to dissolve the Cortes and hold
a general election. The prospect, so
far as the new government ia con
cerned, la not bright unless It adopts
the reforms regarding . the octroi
duties, the association's law and. mili
tary service. All Of these subjects are
causes of popular discontent and must
be dealt with.
Prepare to Receive Baby Prince.
LONDON", Jan. 29 The Birmingham
Post Bays that an jSngltsh doctor and two
English nurses have been engaged to at
tend the Queen of Spain during her ac
couchement at the end of April. The doc
tor engaged has frequently attended
mpmber of -the E3nprllri royal family.
Dispatches from .Madrid say that the
Queen's health is all that could bo de
sired. Von Retiring Rests From Overwork .
NAPLES, Jan. 23,-The report that
Professor von Behring. of Berlin, the
dleeoverer of the diphtheria serum, has
been placed In an Insane asylum Is de
clared by relatives at Capri without
foundation. They say the professor 13
anerejy .suffering from overwork and is
Drowned by Australian Cyclone. '
, BRI9BANEX Queensland. Aug.. Jan. 29.
The government schooner- Pilot waa
wrecked during, the recent cyclone of
Cooktown. Seven persons, Including Mr.
Harprreaves, a member of the Queensland
Itesislature, were drownel.
ASSERTS STATE RIGHTS
California, Senate -Adopts Resolution
.'J on 'Japanese Question, .. ,;
SACRAMENTO, CaU, Jan. 29. The
Sehate today voted down the minority
resolution on the Japanese school
question and passed "the Senate con
current substitute resolution reported
by the majority. There was a some-
what tame debate for an' liour on the
minority resolution, which differs-from
the majority In that it Instructs ' the
Attorney-General to intervene In" the
suit now In the Federal Court and to
assert the sovereign rights of the State
of California as reserved to it by the
constitution of the United States. The
majority resolution "strenuously pro
tests against the unwarranted inter
ference with the constitutional rights
of the state" and '"requests the Gover
nor and Attorney-General to do all
things necessary to protect and save
the rights ot the state of. California."
The minority report reads'. "Whereas
the President of the United States is
attempting: to interfere." while the res
olution adopted substituted "Federal
Government" for the "President." The
expected arraignment of the President
did not materialize. The majority res
olution was adopted without debate.
The resolution Is as follows:
Whereas-, The Federal Government la at
tempting to Interfere with the management
and control of the public schools of the
State of California by demanding the ad
mission of Japanese children to the schools
attended by white children In violation of
an order of the Board of Education of the
City and County of San. Francisco, made in
pursuance of the laws of the State of Cal
ifornia, notwithstanding that equal oppor
tunities for education . enjoyed by other
children are open to the children of Japan-
se residents In this stats at public ex
pense. ,
Whereas. In our Judgment, such interfer
ence is without warrant of law and in vio
lation of our constitutional rights aa a sov
ereign state. Therefore, be It
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly
concurring, that we, on behalf of the whole
people of the State of California, do most
strenuously, protest against this unwarranted
Interference with our constitutional rights
and w respectfully request the Governor
and Attorney-General to do all things nec
essary to protect and save the rights of the
State of California In this most Important
matter and we specially commend the
prompt action already taken by the Govern
or and Attorney-General to that end.
Additions to Japanese Navy.
TOKIO. Jan. 29.-Durlng 1907 the fol
lowing warships will be launched at Jap
anese yards: At Kurt, the battleship Oki,
of 15.000 tons; the armored, cruiser Ibukl,
14.600 tons; second class cruiser Megami,
3400 tons: at Yokosuka, the armored
cruiser Kyrama, 14.000 tons; at Sasebo
and Kobe.- -the cruisers Tone and Obo.
SOOO tons each; at Uraga. the torpedo
boat destroyer Kirusukl, 380 tons.
ICE TRUST TO PAY FINES
Responsible for Short Weight Given
by Drivers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The appellate
division has handed down a decision affirming-
the verdict of the lower court
against the American Ice Company in
favor of the city for alleged violations of
the ordinance relating to short weights.
Some fifty violations were entered
against the company, eight of which
were posted for trial.
There is a penalty of 26 for each case.
By the decision the ice company Is held
responsible for the acts of Its drivers.
Steel Trust Declares Dividend.
NEW YfYRK .Tan MTha jlnantA.. t
the United States Steel Corporation today
u.c. a. MUc.i vci i.y aiviaena oi nail or
1 per cent on the common stock and li
per cent quarterly upon the preferred
stock. Those dividends are unchanged
from "the last previous quarter,
FROZEN FOOD IS
NOTALWAYS GOOD
Dr. Wiley Tells House Com
mittee Effects of Cold
Storage.
TASTE AND SMELL BETRAY
Meat Deteriorates After Three
Months Oysters Should Not Be
Sold Opened in Buckets Gel
atin From Stinking Bides.
-WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, chief of the chemistry
bureau of the Department of Agricul
ture, testified concerning the deterior
ation of foodstuffs In cold storage be
fore the House committee on agricul
ture, 'whose hearings' on the agricul
tural appropriation bill have Just been
made public.
The cold storage warehouses are at
Dr. Wiley's disposal- -in Washington,
nd- lie grave the results of experi
ments with all sorts of foodstuffs.
"Milk begins to deteriorate rlgrht away
and so does cream," said Dr. Wiley.
'Eggs also begin to deteriorate Imme
diately. Fruit is Improved and some
times continues to improve for three
months. Meat improves up to about
six or eight weeks." he'sald, "but after
three months for meat you can see
that it, has reached the maximum and
then it bejrins to so down. 1 .do not
care how hard it Is frozen."
Can Always Pick Out Frozen Meat.
When as-ked for n. further explana
tion of the deterioration of meat froaen
In cold storage, Dr. Wiley said:
"We find that meats do not tdste as
well and they do not smell as well, and
every time the Jury can pick that which.
nas Decn Kept over inree monins. i ane
our quail. We have quail a year old;
we have fresh Quail cooked at tne
same time. We cook them just" alike
and every time the jury can. pick out.
tne irozen one biindroiaen."
Dr. Wiley stated that most foods im
proved when properly kept for a short
time, but he said the object of his ex
periment is to inform the public, and
particularly the cold storage people,
tiow long they may successfully keep
meat In storage. He said that as yet
he has been unable to determine wheth-
er drawn or undrawn poultry keeps
better.
Opened Oysters Always Dead.
Tr. WHov w&s asked many qestlon
about oysters, and &ld tnat the .oysters
opened and shipped in buckets should
be prevented from entering interstate
commerce, as they are dead.
An oyster Is dead an hour after it
is opened." said Tr. Wiley, "and is not
good. It loses its flavor."
iA' resconse to Inquiries from Repre-
tentative Haskins as to the advisability
or froejslngr oystern to preserve thejn
for . snipment. Jr. wuey sam :
"Oil,- they ought not to be - frozen.
That tulns; thm, and U soon is they
thaw they' are dangerous." rte urged
that oynteTs be shipped alive and in the
8 tie II. - J-r. Wiley said tne oysters sent
OUt in U?. -cans are all right,.
' Filthy Gelatin Factories. '
Gelatin was denounced by Dr. "Wiley,
who said of it:
"It ic made from tne scrapings from
hides. " These Uides that smell to heav
en am treated, and trimmed and these
trimmings are used to make srelatln."
. Dr. Wiley said the gelatin factories
are the dirtiest in the world; that ttio
hides used are treated with alkali,
which. Is rubbed into them for ship
ment. He said that this grelatin, is
sometimes ma.le in glue factories, and
that stuff, that is not fit for glue is
made Into gelatin.
In reply to a question from Repre
sentative Haugen, 1 i". Wiley- Bald:
"Gelatin is used in Ice cream and
candies and for making capsules that
you take your medicine In." He added
that there Is no objection to arelatin if
properly made, and that there is plen
ty of wholesome raw material to make
It of.
SNAGS AHEAD FOR SUBSIDIES
Strong Opposition to Enlarging Hill
and Harrlman's Pile.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Although the subsidy bill was reported
to the House -by a series of suspicious
steps, it has not "had an easy time of it
since then, and the prospect now is that
If put through at all, it will be only after
a serious amendment. J. J. Hill and E.
H. Harriman are principally responsible
for the repeated black eyes which have
been given the bill of late.
Watson, of Indiana, the Republican
whip of the House, who has undertaken
the work of putting; through a Hill-tin-
rlman-Spreckels donation, made a can
vass of the Republican members of the
House, only to find that it would be Im
possible to secure a majority for a hard
and fast rule which would prevent all
amendments to the committee bill. It
has been decided, therefore, to let the
subsidy measure come up on Its merits
and receive such treatment in the way of
amendment as may be measured out to it.
Unless some further sharp practice is
resorted ''to, and It Is hardly likely that
Speaker Cannon would consent to such a
thing, it is almost certain that the pro
posed .subsidies to the H1U and Harri
man steamship lines from Seattle and
San Francisco to Japan would? be cut out
of the measure. There Is a chance that
the 300.000 gift to Spreckels for the line
he has been running. by way of Hawaii
to New Zealand and Australia may be re
tained. If the Hill and Harriman paragraphs go
through at all. the amount of the subsidy
almost certainly will- be reduced. The
most probable compromise ts to retain
the mail subsidies for the lines to South
America, but changing the two lines pro
posed to Rio Janlero and Buenos Ayres
so that one of them might start from a
Gulf port and the other from New York
or Its vicinity.
Prosperity Swamps Postofflce.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-First Assist
ant Postmaster-General Hitchcock has
asked Congress for an additional appro
priation of $150,000 to cover the salaries
of S00 additional clerks untikjuly i. Ap
peals for assistance are coming to the
department from all parts of the, country,
particularly from the Pacific Coast. Post
masters report it is impossible to handle
the mail, especially of the second-class,
owing to Increase in business. '.
Record or Russian Famine Grafter.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Eric Lidval,
the central figure in the scandals in
Russia, attending the purchase of grain
for the . famine sufferers It has devel
oped here, was a cutter in a New York
furrier's establishment up to four years
ago, when lie returned to Russia. He
Introduced American sanitary fixtures
In Russia and using; American advertis
ing methods, Is said to have prospered.
Lidval is said to have secured the
contract for the grain for the famine
sufferers through the assistance of
Ourko, the assistant Minister of the
Interior, whom he Is said to have met
in a gambling house, received an ad
vance of MOO. 000 and then disappeared.
IN MEMORY OF M'KINLEY
Memorial Services In Washington at
Bis Favorite Church.
WASHINGTON-. Jan. . The anniver
sary of the birth of William McKlnley,
late President of the United States, was
celebrated today at the Metropolitan
Episcopal Methodist Church, where Mc
Klnley worshiped while serving in Con
gress, and later when he was elected to
the Presidency. A large and representa
tive audience attended. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the United
States Historical Society.
The programme included addresses by
Representative John F. Lacey, of Iowa,
and J. Warren Keifer and James Ken
nedy. Representatives from Ohio. The
musical numbers included President Mc
Kinley's favorite hymns, "Lead, Kindly
Light," "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and
"Rock of Ages."
Letters were read from President
Roosevelt, Vice-President Fairbanks and
Postmaster-General Cortelyou.' who ex
pressed regret that they could not be
present, and paid high tributes to the late
President.
MANY WEARIXG CARXATIOXS
Pretty Custom . In Washington In
Honor of Memory of McRinlcy.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. This Is the
64th anniversary of the birth of William
McKlnley. As such anniversary and as
"carnation day" it Is being observed gen
erally In the Nation's capital. Govern
ment officials, members of Congress and
private citizens are wearing the Presi
dent's fa.vorlte flower In silent memory of
a martered public servant and In the in
terest of patriotism and good citizenship.
President Roosevelt had on his desk a
great vase of fine carnations. Members
of the Cabinet each wore one of the
flowers as they appeared at the Cabinet
meeting. Early today Postmaster-General
Cortelyou. one of the founders of the
"Carnation League of America." present
ed .to each or the bureau and division
chiefs and to each member of his own
executive staff a beautiful carnation to be
worn during the day. -
School Children Observe Day.
CANTON', 0., Jan. 29.-"Carnation
nay' was observed in the Public
Schools by the recital ot Incidents In
the life of McKlnley by the teachers
ana pupils, The children ttiig after
noon attended a Mp.KTnley human flag
concert, wherein 400 grlrlf wore drensed
to represent n. human flas;. JVtany floral
rememDranceB were sent to the Mc-
Klnley
PERJURY TO SAVE HIS JOB
Admission by Bailey's Witness At-
tempt to Prove Forgery.
AUSTINYJan. Hi -I P. Gruel Sr..
formerly secretary of the : Waterg-
1,erc Oil Company and at -one time
confidential cleric to Henry Clay
Fierce, president of that company, tes
tified today before the legislative com
mittee which is investigating charges
against United States Senator Bailey
Oruet admitted that in 1897 he made
a false affidavit, regarding the connec
tion of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company,
but said he did so to save his position.
Voucher books or the company were
exhibited to Oruet. Attorneys for
Bailey attempted to show that one of
the books had been changed as regards
trie $ 1 ;" 0 O voucher. It was alleged that
there was an erasure and that Bailey's
name had been written over it. The
witness admitted It looked like an
erasure, but had no knowledge con
cerning 1 1.
McClcllan Gets a Setback,
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Permission to
appeal from the decision of the Appellate
Oivislon of the Supreme Court, prevent
ing the destruction of the ballots cast In
the last city election, was denied to
Mayor McClellan by the Appellate Divi
sion today. The . Appellate XMvislon had
previously affirmed the decision of a
lower court in refusing to allow the bal
lots to be destroyed. The Mayor asked
permission to take the case to the Court
of Appeals but today's decision prevents
this.
I-os Angeles BanqueU Bryan.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28. William J.
Bryan was the guest of honor at a ban
quet given at a local cafe this evening-.
Over BOO guests, for the most part
prominent members of the local
Democracy, were in attendance. Mr.
Bryan responded to the toast, "The Na
tion." POPE'S LAST CONCESSION
Alll Abandon Chiirrties Unless Bish-
Are Accepted
ROME. Jan. 29. It Is asserted In well
informed quarters tonight that the Pope
has made his last sacrince in the matter
of the conflict with France. The Vatican
insists that not only must the parish
priests and the Mayors sign the leases,
but the bishops and the prefects counter
sign them. If the proposal of the bishops
is not accepted, the abandonment ot the
churches in France is considered likely.
Still Hope for Settlement.
PARIS, Jon. 30. The consensus of opin
ion expressed in clerical newspapers this
morning is that Minister of Education
Iriand did not Intend to . shut out all
hopes of a settlement By the phrase, "the
conditions are unacceptable,'" but that he
merely desired to voice the idea that
there must be concessions by each party
to the controversy, and that the terms
of the bishops were not acceptable, in
that at the outset they had the appear
ance of an ultimatum.
KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR
Fortland Man Meets Sudden Death
on Milwaukee Street.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 29. (Spe
cial.) fix deaths have been caused by
the Milwaukee Electric Railway &
T!g-ht Company during; the first month
of 1907. Fowler Jones, aged 22, a laborer
In the Wrest Milwaukee shops at 28
First avenue. Is the latest victim.
While .roaHlnK National avenue, be
tween Third and Fourth avenues, this
morning-, he was struck by an east
bound csr. He died on his way to the
KmeKPncy Hospital and the body waa
sent to tie morgue.
His home is In Portland, Or., or
Clackamas, Or., accordinj to letters
from his sister.
OLDS, WOR TMAN
Our
earanc
Only four days more to take advantage
of the Clearance BargainDon't delay
a momentPut off everything that inter
feres Clearance will not wait, and the
few days that remain will pass quickly.
Every Department represented with a
maximum number or b
HIS FAMILY MURDERED
CENSUS OFFICE CLERK ACCUSED
OF AWFVL CRIME,
Wire and Two Children Killed Near
Midnight in Fashionable Quar-
tcr of Washinston.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. At 2 o'clock
this -morning the police arrested M. B.
Copeloy. sl cleric in th Census Office, on
suspicion of having murdered his wife.
Amanda Copeley, and his two children,
Raymond, . 2 years old, and . Ruth. 3
months ol3.
The Copeleys had a quarrel last night
before retiring and shortly after mid
night Copeley called In a physician, say
Ins that his wife had committed suicide.
Th physician notified the police, who
found that the two children had been
killed and were concealed under the bed.
covers.
- The Copeleys reside at 1921 Rhode Island
avenue, one of the most fashionable sec
tions or the city. Persons living" in that
vicinity reported to the police that they
heaTd two pistol shots shortly before
midnlfrht.
According: to the story Copeley told the
police, his wife and children retired at
11 o'clock and within an hour he heard
the report of two pistol shots. He de
clared that he immediately called a phy
clan. He denies that he shot his wife
and children. He Is now held at the
police station pending: an investigation.
PEOPLE RULE IN CHURCH
(Continued from First Page.),
baptized 10,000 new converts into the
faith. They were ever a thrifty, money-saving-
people. Finally they won
favor at the court of the Netherlands
and were given their long desired re
ligious liberty by lending money to the
Government In a time of crisis.
Patriots Even When Persecuted.
Patriotism has always been' a strong
point with the Baptists. No matter
where they have been or how hard the
Government bore down on them for
their religious beliefs. - they never
failed to come to the assistance of that
Government when It was In peril. Long;
ago, when the Boston colony waa
young; one Thomas Gould, of Charles
ton, was tried, imprisoned and banished
because he would not bring his chil
dren for baptism. Later, when the In
dian wars came on, this same man
raised a company of Baptists and sac
rificed his life for the very Govern
ment that had persecuted him.
Of the many branches of the Baptist
faith that found a home In America,
there was one which aroused much In
terest and comment when It was found
ed In the wilds of -Pennsylvania. These
people called themselves the Hermits
of Euphrata, and established a monas
tery with rules as strict as any that
ever governed a medieval conx'ent.
There was a company of monks and a
company of nuns who lived a life of
most rigid practice, one of the rather
inconvenient features of which was to
rise at midnight to pray. These peo
ple wore the habits of White Friars
and were notid for their ornamental
writing and their proficiency In music
The Uunkexs or Dunkards. numerous
In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Mary-,
land and Virginia, are a branch of the
Baptist faith, the name being derived
from the German dialect word "tunker,"
meaning "dipper." These people dress
and speak as simply as Quakers and,
like the latter, will take no oath nor
bear arms.
Customs of th Primitives.
The Primitive or Hardshell Baptists
are a most Interesting: class of people.
They do not believe in using: musical
Instruments In their services and are
also opposed to-, missions. As a result,
the membership is almost hereditary,
new recruits for the faith being rarely
drawn from the outside. The ministers
In these churches give their services
free, and, on account of being: unpaid
volunteers, they are not nearly so well
educated as the clergymen of the other
branches. In preaching It Is the cus
tom to adopt a sing-song voice, ending
each sentence with an indrawn breath
that becomes "ah" or "er." A text In
one of the churches of this creed would
sound like this: "And the Lord said
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unto Peter-ah. 'feed-ah. my sheep-er-
ah. ' This la merely an Interesting pe
culiarity that, is not BUKRested a a
matter for criticism or ridicule.
It Is In the primitive denomination
that the practice of f oot-washlner still
obtains. This Rervlce oocurn on r- a,
yr, and In obnerved with, the great-
est solemnity. Tiiere is a church in
Southwest Missouri where on the first
Sunda y of each Ma- a service ts at
tended by mombem. who drive txm 'wag
ons from distances greater than 100
miles, On these occasion? the minis
ter reads the chapter from tho Bible
tellixift; of the Lords Supper ana of
the wahlns of the feet of the dis
ciples. The men gather on one aide of
the room, the women on the other, and
separate into couples, each man wash-
irtK the foot of some, other ir.r. and
each woman that of some other wom
an. Inasmuch as each one of these
church communities Is empowered to
make and enforce Its own laws, some
st ran ere rules are encountered. In West
Tennesaee there is one place where an
applicant for membership must declare
three things that he has no debts.
that he does not drink, and that he is
a Democrat.
first Missions to India.
The Baptists were the first to Intro
duce mission work in India. They made
their entrance there aaralnst the
wishes of the East India Company, and,
for a long time were ridiculed and Ae-
rided by men of the stamp of Sidney
Smith. In India they led ail other de
nominations In educational enterprises.
Their Northern mission societies are
now enframed in ralslne- $500,000 for the
endowment of schools in forelarn fields.
The first Baptist missionary from
America was Adonlram Judson, who
went to Burmah. He was sent out by
the Congrrefrationallsts of New Kng
land. but. while reading- the Uihle on
shipboard, was converted to believe in
Immersion. Before reaching his des
tination he wrote his resignation to
the church that had sent him. The
Baptists then adopted him, and he
spent many faithful years in their
service.
Another far Eastern missionary who
has won international fame for the
'Baptists i John El dough, who hailed
from Indiana. This extraordinary man
Is known as the "Apostle to the Telu-
grus." When he arrived upon the scene
of his labors he found it difficult to
seriously impress the natives. but
finally in a year of famine he appealed
to the local government for funds to
be used in public works. ClouKh had
been an engineer. and he put his
knowledge to grood use by directing
the construction of Irrigation canals.
This practical Idea of giving the people
work not only won them over to his
cause, but appealed to the government
as welV He Is still alive, and Is the
heart and center of a Baptist com
munity numbering between 50,000 and
60.000 persons. Among the Institu
tions which he controls are a number
of preparatory schools and a theolog
ical college. s
Some Famous Baptists.
At the present time there are nearly
5,000,000 members included in the IS
branches of the Baptist Church in the
United States. The Southern Theolog
ical Seminary at Louisville, which be
longs to this denomination, has more
students than any other theological
seminary In the world, not excepting
any of those in Rome. The records of
the old Klrst Baptist Church in New
Tork show that George Washington
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was immersed there, although lie be
came a communtennt of the Kplsropal
Cliurph. , Oo-vernor TIu?hrs. the n --w 1 -
elected executive or js'ew York, ) a
son of a Baptist minister and a Rap-
tlst himself. President Oh-tcr A. Ar
thur -was also the Ron or a Bnptl.t
minister. Governor .Tos.-mi V trolls f
Missouri, is a stanch FaptiPt. ,Tohn"l,
Rockefeller, the richest Amerlran. Is h
aovout member of tills rlennmlnatlnn.
and has Kivotj SIO.OOO to the Rrcat Bap
tist school, the (Jhlraso University.
RACE PROBLEM DEBATED
Oklahoma convention Divided on
Jim Crow Constitutional Cluu.sc.
GUTHRIE, okla., Jan. 2?. Qj- far the
most interesting sessions of the. con
vention .which is framing: a constitu
tion for the proposed state of OKla-
homa was that of this afternoon, when
the "Jim Crow" problem stole into the
debate on the committee report forbhl
d,"K marriage r.twf fr whites an.
blacks and Indian and negro races
The question of inserting In the con-
Btitutioti a plank providing for sepa
rate cars nd waiting rooms In Okla
homa, is th moat delicate that con
fronts the deleg-ates.
The self-styled "conservatives'" head-
ed by Murray, Haskell and Haves are
opposed to the proposed measure on
the grounds that there is danater of Mie
President vetoing the constitution.
'Hie opposition contends that 73 per
cent of the delegates were elected on a
platform specifying; a ".Tim rrov"
plank. There Is a disposition on the
part ot the majority to await the
answer of the President to a memorial
asking his opinion on the proposed
plank.
The measure prohibiting; lnter-mar-
riagest was adopted by the committee
of the whole late this afternoon.
BOOTH WILL TOUR WORLD
Aged Salvation General AVill Twice
Visit Viiited States.
LONDON, Jan. 29. General William
Booth, the aa-ed founder and head of
the Salvation Army, has mapped out
several travel tours for this year. In
cluding two visits to the United States.
This evenina- the General loft for Ron
mark:. Norway and Sweden, where for '
two weeks he will address two or three
meetings a day.
February 23 he will leave for New
Tork. He will spend two weeks there
before proceeding: by way of Canada
to take the steamer Minnesota on April
1 for Japan. After traveling- through
Japan, General Booth will go on to
Pekln. He has not decided whether he
will return to England by the Siberian
Railroad or via the Suez Canal. In any
event he will be back In London by
July to commence another automobile
campaign through the British Isles.
At the conclusion of this trip In Oc
tober he will again cross the Atlantic
for a two-months' tour of the United
States.
New Postmaster at NorUi Bend.
TVASHIXGTOX, Jan. 29.-The President
sent to the Senate today the nomination
of EL P. Russell, to be Postmaster at
Xorth Bend, Or.
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