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Congressman Hejfbu^n Angry Regard-
.v?. '"0 Insinuations That There Was a
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President Roosevelt notified the
\enate that unless effective meat in
spection legislation were enacted with
out loss of time he would make- an ex
)ose of the condition of* the packing
.louses in Chicago.
•:i The effect was immediate. The
/senate without a1 dessenting voice
iopted the motion of Senator Bever-
House In Ferment.
The house of representatives is in
a ferment over the suspicion that a
scheme is afoot to exempt the express,
sleeping, and pipe line companies
from the operations of the rate bill.
Congressman Cooper caused a sen-.
Ration in the house yesterday by voic
•1 these suspicions. He caused a
eater sensation by declaring that
iairman Hepburn had been named' as
party to the deal.
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Chairman Hepburn promptly de
ared the Wisconsin copgressman'B
formant was a liar.
'The scene in the house was precipl
ilted by the motion to reject the sen
Ite amendments to the rate bill en
loc and -send the bill to a conference
jmmittee. -.
Insist on Vote.-
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Many members objected, fnsisti^ on
Ian opportunity to vote on the senate
amendment separately. It was de
clared that to disagree, with the senate
Sjnendments en bloc might have an in-
Muence on the conferees and give them
gin opportunity, if they so desired, to
Upte out the .express company aniend-
pent, the amendment relating to pipe
les, and the sleeping car amendment
Mr. Dalzell explained that the rule
Is only intended tQ facilitate busi
'iess and that there would-be ample
opportunity to discuss the conference)
report.
Cooper Starts the Fireworks.
Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin then
irted the fireworks. He wanted to
ow what objection there was to let
ig the house pass on the amendments
tow. He said:
"Let us vote on the express company
amendment."
ThiS was greeted with applause from
both republicans and democrats.
Mr.. Dalzell replied that the house
easily could nonconcur in the confer
ence report and instruct the conferees
is to the wishes of the house.
Then Mr. Cooper in an impressive
/fnanner said that he had been Informed
by a man in whose integrity he had
the fullest confidence that some men,
he would "not say whether they were
members of the house Or senate, but
they were entitled to be conferees oir
the bill, had 'agreed that the express
company amendment should not go out
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"Will you state the names of the
p.erspns Who thtis have declared them
selves?" called out Mr. Hepburn.
.Mr. Cooper—O, I don't want to of
fend, especially the gentleman from
Iowa,
Mr. Hepburn—O, you can't offend me
by answering that question.
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BILL SUBJECT-
Drop Amendment to Rati
fe I BUI Including Express Companies—
Dalzell Temporary Speaker.'^
Washington, D. C.( May 26.—Con
gressman Dalzell of Pennsylvania was
r, appointed speaker pro tem when the
house convened today. The diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill was
taken up. •:r!"-r*V,1
Washington, D. C., May j26.—Senator
Beveridge's bill subjecting packing
houses of the country to a most rigid
federal inspection, passed the senate
yesterday, afternoon. It was a "rider"
attached "to the agricultural appropria
tion bill.
When the bill §oes to the "house it
will be passed there with the same
ease that got it through the upper
branch. It wiii become a law before
fall slaughtering jsegins. It strikes
heaviest in Chicago. Agents of the
•'beef trust wpre frantic when it .was
rumored that the President's measure
was ^o be adopted.. But their.: efforts
%ere futlle-^-they Were too Iate. "i
Threatened Expose.
Mr. Cooper—I will say this, that they.
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were two men in whose word I have
confidence.
Mir. HepburA (loudly—Name them,
name them.
Calls Hepburn by Name.
Mr. Cooper—I amnot going to name
men who come to me and tell me mat
ters in confidence. The gentleman from.
Iowa places roe ih an embarrassing po
sition, but since he asks me I wllfsay
th&t he is .said to iiave remarked in
conversation: "O, the express com
pany amendment will go out."
Mr. Hepburn, greatly.: wrought up
and exceedingly nervous—Any man
who told the geptlemaa that (shaking
his first at Mr. Cooper) told a false
hood, and until the. gentleman from
Wisconsin names the. individual who
made this statement to .him, I shall
shall hold that the gentleman is draw
ing upon his Imagination.
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Bloomfleld, May 26.—Dudley h. Hay
wood passed away at bis home, south
of West Grove, on Wednesday at the
age of 71 years. The funeral services
were held at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. W. W. Reeves of this cit/, on
Saturday afternoon.- conducted by Di\
C. L. Stafford. The remains were in*
,terred in the Odd Fellows'' cemetery.
Mrs. Will King of Des. Moines, is vis
iting, at the home of her father, Wood
ford Owens, who has.beeiv quite sick
with heart disease. -.
C. L. Mormon returned Friday from
Eldon, where he was called to,, take
the place of the state Sunday school
field worker at the Wapello cotirity
Sunday school convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil H: Palmer and
baby of Kokoma. Xnd.., arrived Friday
evening to spend, a few weeks at the
H. A. Wish'ard home.
Mrs. May Faster, of .Milton attended
the high school commencement exer
cises on Friday evening, and Vemairi
ed in the city a few days, as the guest
of his cousin', Miss Audrev Burgees.
FINAL PRIMARIES GIVE SIOUX
CITY CANDIDATE CONTROL
OF CONVENTION/
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KEOKUK IS STANDPAT
Summary of Week Sh«ws' Big Gains
for Perkins—Anti-Cummins Forces
Now Have More Delegates to State
Convention Than the Governor—
Two Counties- for Cummins.,
t" few
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Iowa City, May 26,—(Special)—The
Johnson county convention this after
noon instructed for., Perkins for govef
nor and Emlin McClain tor Supreme
judge.
The resolutions, endorsed Roosevelt,
Hepburn, Allison. Wilson, Shaw, Dolli
ver, Dawson, and McLain. The tariff
and Hepburn rate bill were approved.
There yras only one Cummins delegate
In the convention put of 172. !?&' 'T..
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Marengo, May 26.—The standpatters
captured the three, final caucuses in
Iowa county last evening and secured
control of the county convention,
which will, be held today. The county
was |n doubt until last evening, .Cum
mins having slightly the lead.
It Is expected that, the state delega
tion will be instructed for Perkins.
The Rock Island forces made one of
the hardest fights in the history, of the.
county -to carry it ior Perkins. All Jay
long standpatters have been- canvass
ing the three townships.
C. W. 'Johnston, of Des Mloines was
hurried here- this week $nd directed
the fight for the stajidpattefs,
Keoktik
•ir
St&nypat.
Itepkuk^ M^y plrklns Paliher1.
JBlythe. carried ^e' city of KeOkuk'
last night, threie cheers arid a tiger "be
ing given for each, of them during tfre
progress of a "republican mass con
vention." Forty-five delegateis to the
county convention were selected arid
Instructed for. Perkins and Palmer.
There was no contest. Resolutions
highly commending George D- Perkins
were adopted without dissent. The
"mass convention" was unqmimous
There wore 1,886 votes for Roosevelt'
in the six wards of the city of Keokuk
in 1904.
"Kie county convention, will be held
Jurie 32. The capture of -Keokuk by
Perkins means that he' Will carry Lee
county, it was against Cummins- iji
Summary of tho Week's Campaign.
Des Moinftj, May 26.—(Special).—
The past week has been one- of the
most encouraging for the managers of
tube anti-Cummins campaign of any
since the struggle for the control of
the fttext state convention -hegan.
For the first time the supporters'of
the governor are In the minority of
delegates, and the 'anti-Cummins' man
agers are disposed to claim that there
will be no change in the relative/posi
tion Of the two forces in the future
The tide has been setting in .-strongly
against the third term candidate-all
week..
The action of Fre.d'N. Kretshmeir pit
Dubuque in. voluntarily retiring from
the contest for treasurer of -state in
the interest of Senator Allison and
naming a delegation from Dubuque
county which is composed of friends of
th senior Uriited States senator, has
done much to clarify the atmosphere
and to assure the friends of Iowa's
"grand old man" that no complication
in his uome county shall embarrass'MB
future. •.
Two Countjes fpr/Cummins.
The list of delegate "which may be
safely claimed for th# anti-Cummihs:
column number 636 to 580 for Cuinr
mins. Of all the conventions arid
caucuses held during- the week, -the
Cummins people- have captured only
Union and Webster. The following ta
ble gives a recapitulation of What hap
pened during the week:
Caucuses
Perkins Cummins
Delegates. Delegates,
v.. 15
16
16
14
18
35
or Primaries.
Delaware ......
Cass ... ........
Warren
Henry .........
Page .. ........
Pottownttamle
Cooyontionsrr
Johuson .......
Waynte" iitv.
Decatur?.5..
Louisa .....
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Clarke ..-J'.. ..:
Iowa ............
Van Buren ....'.
Adattis-.......... •,
Webster
Ringgold
Freinont .1....
Union. .•
Dubuque (Named bjv
.Kretschmer),.....
Totals .:S«5
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Chester Kline and .Misses Minnie
Shaw and Miud Barrickman left Fri
day for Farnington to attend the Ep-.
worth league'} convention as delegates
from the locan league.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace of. Chicago,
are visiting At the W. W. Reeves
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home, having been called there by the
death- of Mrs. Wallace's father, Capt,
D. Li. Haywood.
The baby boy that was found, on, the
doorstep at the. Ellis Middleton home
on Wednesday morning has been given
to the American Home Flnpl'ng asso
ciation. by its mother. CJty Marshal
Cyrus Turner was notified of the
abandoned baby, and Immediately tn
etalied a search for the mother, and
in a short time located her and in
formed her that legal proceedings
would. be commenced against her for.
Abandonment if the child was not
cared for. The mother signed papers
giving the baby to the association,
claiming that phe was unable physic
ally and financially to care for the to-'
fant ,J..
-A.DVANCB IN SUGAR.
,^ew, York, Msy .26—All grades of
refihed sugar were advanced ten cents
ner hundred pounds today,
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Commencement Week Observed by
Parsons College. 1
•:Falrfleld. May 26.—Commencement
at Parsons college will commence Sun
day, June. 3, and will include a'num
ber, of, new. .features, several of which
will he Jnafle permanent. Recitations
end next*'Tuesday, and the semester
examinations will begin the second
day after,''continuing until the next
Monday. The usual large gathering of
friends of the graduates and students
and alumni is expected. Following is
the complete program for commence
ment week:
Sunday, June 3.
.11 a. m.—Baccalaureate sermon,
Pres. W. E. Parsons, D. "D., Presbyter
ian church.
4:30 p. m.'—Vesper service, President
Parsons, college chapel:
7:30 p. m.—Address before the
Chlrstian associations, Rev. Herbert
W. Reherd, Waterloo,- Iowa, Presby
terian church.
Monday, June 4.
3 p. m.—Academy prize contest in
declamation college chapel.
8 -p. m.—Junior and Freshman prise
contests, library tiallr
Tuesday,' June
9 a. ml—Annual meeting of the
board of trustees, college .library.
,,3 m.—Meinorlal. exercises for Col,
Charles Parsons. Presbyterian "church.
7 p. Annual college jprayer meet
ing. college Chapel.
8 .p.1 m.—Exercises of the literary so
cieties in their halls.
.' Wednesday, June e."
2 pi rh.—-Class day exercises, opera
,house.
,4s 80- p. m-—JBusinesa meeting of the
alumni, followed by picnic supper and
band concert, college campus.
."8 'm—Alumni address.* Rev." Wil
liam. Carter Ph. D., Kansas- City,'
PresbyteHan church.
Thursday. June 7—Commencement
a
•10 a. •jn.—Exercises of graduation,
Ppesby teriaft. cjiurch.
12—A4umni banquet.
8 p.. m.— Commencement concert of
the school of music, Presbyterian
church.
Other Fairfield litems, s:-*
Governor Cummins is scheduled to
iaddress a meeting of republican voters,
at the opera house this afternoon. A
big time is expected.
rThe
baseball game Which was .to
have been played herq, yesterday aft
ernoon-between. Parsons and Iowa,
Wesleyan was abandoned on account'
]of the condition, of the grounds and
jweather.
:Ottumwa»and,
Fairfield high schools
are playing ball at the fair grounds
this, afternoon.
The name of W. G. Ross -will be pre-,
sented to the republican judicial Con
vention .by the Jefferson :oounty -dele
gation. I
Rathbone Sisters of the first district,
comprising Wapello. Washington, Van
Buren, Henry Des Moines, Davis, Ap
panoose and JefterSon counties, held a
convention here yesterday. The at
tendance was large .and the meetings
greatly enjoyed. The principal' ad
dresses of the evening were made *on
"The Auxiliary of the Knights of
Pythias'' by Miss Mary Horner, G. C.,
Waterloo .Mrs. Mary Johnson, S. O.
and L., Boone ant Mrs. Cora Mols
iberry, COiumbuS Junction. A- social
time was "enjoyed after the close of the
convention. ...
•'George D. Perkins, of- Sioux City,
will address a. meeting of republicans
at the Opera house Thursday everting,
May^l in'the interest of hiSjjf andlda
cy for the office of governof.
DUNREATH..
Dunreath, May 25.—Miss Nora Love
was a Red Rock' caller Sunday.
Miss Mary Haning spent Sunday and
Monday at Red Rock.
Miss Alpha Amos of this place spent
Sunday with MrS.' Reet' Reed.
John Phifer called on Reet' Reed
Sunday.
Mrs. John Phifer of Dunreath "spent
last, week with her daughter at Mon
roe.
Miss Nellie Gibbons Vas a Red Rock
Visitor Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. James' Littell is very ill this
week. ...
George Dearth of Monroe is a vis
itor at/this place this week..
Pea"rl Martin of Flfleld spent Tues
day in thig place.
XiOly Carpenter of Fifleld was a vis
itor here Tuesday.
Levi Brown is sick.
Mrs. Samuel Martin Is visiting with
her' daughter, Mrs. Amos, at £)un
yeath. '.
»-.Mrs.' '5ar'Amos is very sick.
,Mrs. Jane Edd Sheler of Runnels
visited here Sunday.
MISS Minnie .Shiler of Runnels, vis—
lbeM-wlth her -friend, Miss Alpha Amos.
Budd Williams of Red Ropk,
in the ciUr'Su&dav nisrht. t,
TO -RETURN HOME
MISS MARY M'ELROY WILL VISIT
H|R PARENTS, REV. AND MRS.
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'j. M. M'ELROY
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Missionary In Boiribay, India, Has
Been Granted a Leave of Absence
From Her Charge—Will Arrive Here
Some Time In July "V..
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The many friends of Miss Mary Mo
f^roy, daughter of Rev. and Mrs
McBlroy, 828 North Jefferson street!
will be pleased to learn that she has
been granted a furlough from her
charge in Bombay, Indlia, and that she
expects to arrive in this city at the
close of the Silver Bay conference',
some time in July, Miss McElroy left
Bombay March 25 and reached Paris
May 10. She expects to sad from Cher
bourg next Saturday, which will make
her due In New York June 3:
The following interesting letter, dat
ed Alexandria, Egypt, has been re
ceived by Rev. McBlroy from hia
daughter.
The Letter.''":"
"Dear Father:— ]].
"This has been a great month* for
me. lafcded at Sues, April 7, and hid
a most interesting journey along^the
fresh water canal through the ancient
land o^Ooshen to Cairo, where I had
a pleaSint welcome from the English
secretary of the Y. W. C. A. On Sun
day I had the privilege of hearing and
meeting Dr. JeBfiup and Mr. Eddy of
Syria, Dr. S. O. Wilson of Persia,' Dr.
Zwemer of Arabia and a number of
other well known missionaries who
were attending a conference In Cairo.
Tuesday evening I had the unique ex
perience of a ride on the electric cars
along the Nile, through palm groves
atfd Arab villages to the Pyraanlds.
V-ery grand arid awe inspiring did they
seem In the moonlight, and I returned
next day to inspefct them more close
ly. We rode on' camels. Mine was
light gray in color, with bright colored
saddle, ahd trappings and bore the
name 'Yankee Doodle.' We went
around the pyramid plateau and looked
upon the venerable sphinx. Then with
the help, of three Bedouins to pull me
up, I began the ascent of-the great
pyramid—Cheops. It was an exciting
and exhausting clftnb. My companion,
a Scotch woman, gave out when a
third of the way up, but I persevered
and got to the top, about 670 feet from
the ground.
"It was a thrilling moment wh^n I
loolpe4 4own. upon a glaring tract of
yellowish brown sand, which marked
the grety Sahara desert. On the other
si,da was the^Lifoyan desert, and rising
from these In silent-, majesty eleven
pyramids, In contrast to this picture
of death ajyJ de'ablatlpn, turning to the
Mst,,w.efMd ^v^harmlng view of the
'Delta of the.jSiltf,' a Wact of rich land
covered with bWe-green fields,. lnter
iseoted by canals, on .the, banks of which
^are stately i®lm« sheltering the Fal
lah villages. Our view also took in the
citadel, and, minarets, of Cairo.
Visits. lyitiaeum.
"Jp the great,museum I was interest
ed ^o ,^ee. the mummy, of Rameses II.,
supposed to be, the Pharoah the Op:
pressiop, also that of his daughter.
Of bourse, we visited the bazaars, but
after India, they seemed rather, unin
teresting ahd the costumes of the peo
ple quite dull. The trip to Siakkara
'was very enjoyable. We vent on the
train part way and then rode on don
keys for six miles, which was great
fun. The 'donkey boys' who trotted
after us made thetai gallop part of the
time,, when we h«d to hold on fbr dear
life—but I enjoyed It Immensely.
"We passed the pite of ancient Mem
phis, saw the fatoous statues of Ra
jmeses II., rode through j^retty palm
•groves and across fields of 'wheat,
barley and Indian corn, and finally got
out into the real desert, where the
yellow'sands stretched far out for
miles and miles before us.
"After eating the lundh we had
brought with us, and slaking our thirst
With oranges, we proceeded' to examine
:the ancient tombs nearby, now com
jPletely covered by the sand. The
jSerapeum or Apis tombs were the
ifnost interesting. Here, cut oflt of the
'solid rock, were great chambers,
twenty-foxir of which still contain the
,huge marble sarcophagi, in which the
mummies of the sacred bulls had been
deposited (Just think of their being
embalmed like human beings). By
the light of our candles we examined
some of these huge coffins, made of a
single block of polished granite or lime
stone,, averaging thirteen/ feet In
length, eleven in height, seven in
width and weighing, sixty-five tons.
This: place had been undisturbed for
3,700 years until. discovered by Marl
ette in 1851', so ther guide book tells
us.'
"The other tombs were those of an
cient kings, 'Thy' and/ 'Mori' and
'Ptah and the walls of .1 the subter
ranean chambers Were covered with
beautiful paintings illustrating the life
of-the ancient Egyptian^. I must wait
till I, get home to tell you of all the
wonderful sights and experiences, that
I had in my six days in Cairo.
A'
ir-.
In Jerusalent.
"In company with my Scotch friend,
I took the steamer at Port Said on
April 13 and landed at Jaffa (the
jancient Joppa) next morning. A drive
through the narrow dirty streets
brought us to the 'Jerusalem hotel,'
and later we visited the supposed site
of 'Simon, the Tanners' house, piid of
the tomb of 'Tabitha.' It was thrilling
to stand on the house top, look out
on the bJie waters. of the Mediterran
ean, and think of the sheet let down
from heaven, in Peter's vision, pro
claiming a world wide gospel. The air
was laden with perfume from groves
of oranges and lemon, and the day was
one long to be remembered.
"At 2 o'clock Saturday, April 13, we
took the train for Jerusalem, which
first carried us through a level tract of
cultivate^ land, gay with flowers and
fragrant with the perfume of oran&e
blossoms. After two or three hours
there were -steep ascerite through the
bluish njquptains of Judea, along pre
cipitous walls of rock, winding in and
out amoue rugged and barren peaks.
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until at length we reached "a.,'station"
marked my the magic name, Jerusa
lem.
"Pushing" our way through a "crowd1
of happy chattering' Syrians, Turks
and Jews, we are met by a fine looking
gentleman, proprietor of the Hughes
hotQl,- who takes us in charge. After
a twenty minutes' exciting drive be
hind a pair of .prancing Arab horses,
we are landed at. the hotel. The next
.morning was Easter Sunday, and we
,saw thousands of pilgrims who had
come up to spend 'holy week' wending
their way to the 'Church ot the Holy
Sepulchre.' It was very sad to see
Turkish Eoldiers, pacing, to and fro in.
the church, their presence being neces
sary to keep the peace between the
Christians. Armenians, Roman Catho
lies and many other sects have chapels
here and there have been terrible quar
rels between some of them In former
times. The Greek processional Was a
marvelous sight. The priests and high
er dignitaries of the church in costly
gold embroidered robes, theNRussian
ambassador, and others in resplendent
uniform, the patriarch'of Jerusalem in
magnificent gown, wearing a crown
studded with many precious stones and
guarded by soldiers. Then followed
the lesser lights, marching by to tjie
church with hundreds of 'pilgrims,
many of them Russian peasants in
_queer costumes, bringing \ip th^. rear.
Attend American-Mission.^!
"A quiet little service in the Amert*
can Mission chapel in the afternoon
seemed to me much more in accord
with the Master's spirit. The Easter
sermon was preached by Dr. Jessup,
and communion service led by my
friend, Dr. George Alexander of New
York.'
"Eight days were spent in Jerusa
lem and the time was all too short.
The city itself, set up on a great
plateau and looking like an impregna
ble fortress, with its gray walls and
towers, is more beautiful and magnifi
cent than I had expected to find it.
One day we explored the Ttemple Area,
now crcwnejj by the' beautiful Mosque
of Omar, and tried to lecall the sacred
scenes enacted there. We walked with
bated breach as we thought of the days
when the- glory of the Lord filled the
temple, and, later, when Jesus weht
Out of Jjis 'Father's house.' Drives-to
Bethlehem, Bethany, Jericho, the river
Jordan and the D§adgea were* events
never to be forgotten.
"An unique experience another day
was riding a donkey up the Mount of
Olives to a Y. W. C. A. meeting. I
found a little band of twenty-five or
thirty TSnglish, German, American and
Syrian members having tea ih shady
nook at the very top of the plateau.
From there we looked upon the blue,
waters of the Dea4 sea 3,900 feet below
us and-distant from us seven hours oil
wearisome travel. Beyond were Mt.
Nebo and the mountains of Moab,
Nearer was the vallly of the Jordan
and the heights of Bethlehem..^ v..-.:
"Two evenings later I came witi an
English, friend to dine With the Y. W.
C. A. secretary who lives on the Mount
of Olives, ^rom her home we saw. the
sun set. over Jerusalem. Later V®
found our Way though Che ntght'w%s
very dark down the ateep, rocky road.
past the enclosure thought to be the
gardeii, of Gethsemane, over the brook
Hedron, through St. Stephen's gate,
across the native town with narrow
paved streets, flanked by ill-smelling
shops and out through the Damascus
gate. It is likely that part of this route
was the 'via dolorosa' trodden by tho
Master. The night was quiet and holy,
with thoughts of Him as we wended
our way homeward.
Mefts W. J. Bryan. tv r.
"Next mbrning we returned by train
to Jaffa. That evening in the hotel I
was surprised to see a gentleman
walk In to dinner whom I recognized V'|
as William Jennings Bryan. A NewW^
York friend Introduced me and I had
a pleasant chat with him.
"Our*company.*of seven, -including
two women from Kansas City, drove,
ovor miserable roads, to Haifa, and
then after a short r»st, with, fresh
horses, struck out for Nazareth. The'
drive along Mt. Carmel through olive
groves and across the beautiful plain I
of Esdraeton, was a charming one.
Little Hermon, Mt. Glbboa, Mt. Tabor,
Cana, Jessreel, Shunem \and many oth
er places of interest were pointed out
to us. The Well of, the Virgin at Naz
areth was one of the few place? where
it is all but certain that Jesus mustfyw$
often have come wfth his mother, aa,,,?
it is the only spring- In the vicinity.
Our next point was Tiberias, and per-L^=,'
haps the climax of the whole trip was
the morning spent on the lovely Sea oti&'i ,**M,
Galilee. We were reminded at every?W'"
turn, of Incidents in the. life of our^ii
Lord. Towering above the nearer hills V*
that surround the lake was grand oldt»"
Hermon its summit wreathed in snow.r',T,,,
But I must close this' long letter.
"We sailed fro|n Haifa Monday,v,\
morning, April 30, and I am now wait-"
ing (at Alexandria) for a steamer to, '1
take me to Marseilles. Hence to Paris
for ihe world's C. Av confer
ence' •ms, .?•
0UAKE8 KILL MANY IN CHINA.
Great Chasms Open and Walled City Is
Destroyed.
Victoria, B. C., May 26.—Great
of life, has been caused recently by
earthquakes in China, according to
mail advices received here. Wide
chasms opened in the'' provinces ---.",
Uniankai and Fokien, and .many cities^'
suffered. The walled city, of Uniankai
was completely destroyed.
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