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rapidly approaching completion, and when
it is finished 1t will have cost, all told,
something like $780, 900. Think of that!
Eight million dollars for church, | don't
believe we have one in the United States
that has cost as much, and | know we have
none that have been built in such a curious
way. A large part of it has been the work
Of charity. The carpenters, the carvers
and other artists have come from all parts
of the country. and have worked certain
number of weeks for the temple for moth
ing. 1t has been about fifteen years in
building, and when | first saw 1t six years
ago there were forty acres of sheds about
it, in which hundreds of carpenters were
cutting up great logs. which had been i'm
ported from the island of Formosa, into
boards. and hundreds of carvers were turn
ing other logs into real works of fine art.
Everything was done By hand, and immense
beams. such as would be load for team
of Norman horses, were being carried up
onto the top Of the structure by women
and men. A road about fifteen feet wide
had been built upon scaffOlding, making
an inclined plane running clear to the
roof of the structure. and hundred or 80
men would catch hold of one OF these logs
and carry it up on their backs. There
was then. and there is still, an immense
scaffolding about the temple m ade of ;hou-
sands of poles tied together with ropes,
and these poles were of all sizes, from that
OF ishing-rod up to a telegraph pole.
They looked very insecure to me, but /
was told that they were perfectly safe,
and all of the scaffolding used by the Japa-
ness Is made in this way. Think of build
ing structure costing millions of dollars
without derrlcks or machinery of any
kind and you can know what these Japa-
nese are dong there. Their temple will
last for ages, and there are temples in
Japan which are many hundred years old,
When l visited this temple six years ago
the logs were being dragged about from
one place to another with great cables of
brownish black in which, here and there.
you could see threads of white. The ropes
looked very curious to me, and l asked
what they were. / was told that they were
made of the hair of women who had cut
off their locks and given them for this
purpose as an offering to Buddha. / was
shown a vast amount of this rope, and
200 900 women cut off their hair to make
the ropes for the building OF this temple.
This rope was of all kinds. Here the f ne
silky locks of the maiden were braided
into the silyery strands of the old woman,
and a section of the rope showed ends of
iron gray. snow white and Jet black.
Some of the cables were as big around as
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your leg, and there were other ropes no
thicker than clothesline These ropes
have now been all collected together.
They are wrapped up In great coils on the
portico which runs around the temple,
and they will be kept as one of its treas
ures. Not long ago a section of the rope
was sent to the National Museum at
Washington, and it may now be seen in
one OF the cases of that institution.
found other new temples building in
different parts of Japan, and l saw mag
nlicent statues of Buddha being made
here and there. AT Kobe saw one which
had just been completed and which could
not have cost much less than 100000. 1t
is just outside Of the temple of Nofukuji,
and it is an immense bronze image as tall
as four-story house and eighty-fve feet
in diameter about the waist. 1t is so tall
that if you stood on its shoulders you could
barely reach to the top of its ears, and the
length of the face is eight and half feet.
each of its eyes is a yard wide and its
thumbs are two feet In circumference, or
almost twice the circumference of tele-
graph pole, l judge. The god sits with
legs crossed like Turk, and its lap covers
as much space as a good-sized paror.
This god sits on massive pedestal, at the
back of which is door. and there is
little temple inside of it. 1t is wonder
fully beautiful statue, and it is only one of
thousands that may be found throughout
the empire.
Japan has, in fact. The biggest Buddhas
Of the world. There is one in park at
Nara. not far from the old capital (Kioto),
which is the largest. travelled twenty
Eve miles in going from Koto to Nara. and
L spent day in this center of Japanese
Buddhism. The statue is in a temple,
which is as tall as any New Yrrk fiat, and
you have to take your shoes off before you
can go inside of it. 1t is on a pedestal,
and there are dozens of gold gods all about
it. Some of these gods are eighteen fee;
high, but they look like pigmIes beside the
great image, which sits with lis legs
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image be put in. He had several thousand
men about MIN. aud he was ready to en-
force his refusal with bloodshed. This
mater has created great excitement among
the Buddhists of Japan, aGd some of them
insist that the aindoo priest must be dis
missed, and they want the Government to
take up the matter. The Buddhists in
tended the sending of the statue to be the
beginning of a revival of Buddhism in
India, and they will not probably let the
matter rest as it is.
1t will be surprising to many to know
the vast number of Buddhists there are In
the world. 1t is. you know, the chief re-
Iigiou of Siam, Burmah, Japan. Korea, and
it has millions of followers in China and
India. There are in Japan 1900 Budd
hist temples, and in the city of Kioto.
which is about as big as Washington, there
are $500 temples which are devoted
TO this religion. Some of the most gor-
geeus temples of the world are the
wonderful structures in which Buddha is
worshiped at Bangkok in Siam. and
saw at Rangoon in Burmah the famous
structure known as the Golden Pagoda.
which is said to rest over several of the
actual hairs which came from Buddha's
Il u
OF brick and stone plastered over with
gold leaf. It is built upon a mighty
platform, and its base is about a
ouaater of q mile in circumference, ana
these terraces of gold go upward In bell
like stories to height greater than that
of any church spire or any structure in
this country. excepting the Washington
monument 1t has base OF fourteen acres,
and on its top there is a great golden um-
brella, to the ribs of which jewels are
hung. The whole OF this vast structure Is
plated with gold as fine as any ever put
into an American tooth. 1t is hundreds OF
years old, and it has been plated again
and again, and there are, undoubtedly.
millions of metal mixed with the 0rich
and plaster of which it is made. One King
of Burmah vowed that he would give bis
weight in gold to this monument II
Buddha would grant him something that
he wanted. Buddha accepted the propo-
sition. AT least, his wish became true.
and when he hoped ON the imperial
scales it is said that he registered ITO
pounds. The VOW cost him just about
$4,000 in gold leaf Well, this great monu-
ment is now being regilded, and a small
fortune is being put into its restoration.
/ visited temples In China which con-
tanned thousands of little gold Buddhas.
and there is one at Marking which | saw
last spring in which there were 10000 gods
under one roof. Some Of them we're very
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which has 100 baptized converts and
which was established by the Russians.
The Catholics have three bishops, sixty
seven missionaries and about 10000 men,
bers. The Professionals, unlike those of
other countries, work to large extent
together, and they have good schools and
good colleges. The Doshisha University,
which exists at Kioto. in Western Japan,
is one of the finest institutions of the far
East. Among it's professors are men who
would do credit to Harvard, and it now
includes girls school, sch DOL of scie nee
aud training-school for nurses. There
are a number of native religious clubs and
the Young Mems Christian Association
has flourishing organization in Japan,
and there is also Young Women's Tenn
perance Union. The Red Cross Society
has been doing great deal during the
present war. going to the field and taking
care of both Japanese and Chinese.
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Ollurcated garment that she found among
SANITARY commission stores, tied a knot in
each leg, crammed these improvised recep-
tacles full of loaves and dragged it to
Colonel Smith. who brew it across his
morse and gall0ped off TO his starving men.
ms the major proudly chronicles as her
first theft.
tuesday morning was clear and cloud
less. Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs Norton and
MIS-. cunningham, professional nurse
VINO mad meantime arrived, left the boat
and made their way across the battle
field. picking their way between the dead
OF both armies. to the little log church Of
Snllon, which had been turned into hos
Dllal, and presented a CHASTITY sight. Here
the army surgeons were at work in the
small anteroom attached to the church.
their table being imprOvised from plank
placed across two barrels.
o. the floor of the church were men
whiting and cursing and pleading for
water, which nobody lad undertaken
to bring. Mrs. Reynolds stepped outside
and called for volunteers to 60 with her to
the river for water. Fifteen soldiers re-
sponded. and at the beat they were fur
niShed with buckets, coffre and bareback,
not the prescribed diet for inyalids, but
a blessing TO the wounded, who were many
of them starving. That night the ladies
returned TO the boat. which had taken on
another load. The next day these scenes
When Sunday came once more Mrs. Rev
nolds had not been in bed for seven nights
and days. The little rest she had caught
had been sitting witt her head res ing for
a few minutes on the rail of the boat, when
she would be again reused to care for the
wounded. On this day Governor Yates Of
illinois arrived, accompanied by corps
of physicians. Among the latter were
Drs. Guth and Colburn of Peoria, her
home, men who had known her year
before as a blooming bride. They were
shocked by her changed aud haggard APP
pearauce, and insisted upon her returning
home for rest. Too WORKOUT and feeble
for resistance, she assented to the plans
they made for her to return on the folio W.
ing day with the gu5ernatOrial party in
the steamer Blackhawk. Twenty members
of her husbands regimen, all of Them
severely wounded, and some of them going
to die, were on the steamer. Naturally
the battle of Pittsburg Landing. OF which
she had been an eyewitness, was the ruling
topic of conversation. She was called
upon to answer many questions. and gave
such an accurate description of the engage
ment that Governor Yates exclaimed as
she concluded:
"Why. this woman is more deserving of
a commission than half Of the men who
have them"
Why not give her commission then?"
asked Dr. CnlDurn.
Governor Y ates called for blank COM
mission and for pen and ink. Of this
document which is registered in the Ijli-
neis State House, l have been permitted
to see photograph copy. 1t reads:
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FIRED AT STRIKERS.
An Encounter at Farmersburg
Early This Morning.
Indiana Troops Respond to a voIIey
Of Stones with Bullets.
Reinforcements Leave Shelburn hut
Are Not Needed.
(By Associated Presa)


sHELBURN. Ind, June 7.-About 1
o'clock this morning. several drunken
men approached the picket line around
the ninety militia men stationed at
Farmersburg and taunted the guards
One man attempted to pass through the
line, and was brought to a halt. The
intruder hurled brick at the guard and
the latter opened fire. This was the sig
nal for general fusilade OF stones and
firing by the guards. Forty or fifty shots
were fired In quick succession.
Col. Ebel. Of Terre Haute. in command
of the three companies, called to arms
all his men, but they were unable to run
down the attacking party. not one being
found. The firing caused great excite
ment. A general alarm was sounded
and Companies D., OF Washington, A.,
Of indianapolis and the Second Regiment
of indianapolis. under Col. Rose, were
ordered to Farmersburg on the double
quick.
Three companies. under Major Penn
ington. were ordered out to skirrlish be-
tween this place and Farmersburg. 1t
was feared that there might be general
attack made on the small force. No
strikers were overhauled on the way up,
all the troops remaining here were held
on tho reserve until 4 o'clock, when a
messa'-e to Gen. Mckee from Col Ebel,
at IarmcrsburI. announced that there
seemed to be no more danger. The six
companies sent forward returned here
at 5.45 this morning.
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STORMING BULL HILL.
Deputies Determined to Get Their
Men at All Hazards.
l. inv Asaociste<a pvsrsN -s. KNOB

DENVER, Col. June 7.-aov. Waite
has received the following from Rhodes
& Gross, real-estate dealers at Victor:
Deputies moving on Bull Hill. skir-
mishing is in progress. No one killed
yet that we know Of"
CRIPPLE CREEK. Col. June IA
local newspaper publishes to-day what
purport to be interviews with Under
Sheriff Mullins and County Commits
sioner Boynton. who are in charge of the
army Of 200 deputies camped within
sight of Bull Hill. Mullins declared 1t
is the intention to storm Bull Hill. re-
gardless of consequences.
Commissioner Boynton was even more
emphatic. He declared that neither Gov.
Waite nor any other man had any right
to arbitrate out Of the law. There were
men on Bull Hill guilty OF grave crimes,
for whose arrests they had warrants.
These men would be arrested at all
hazards.
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CLAUSEN IS NETTLED
He Tries to Explain that Park
Board Contract Affair.
Admits He Was an Officer Of the
SiIician Asphalt Company.
That Concern Seems to BE in High
Favor in the Department.

President Clausen tried to explain to-
day why he wanted all work under the
million-dollar appropriation for park
improvements done by contract He
said 1t would be done quicker by con-
tract than by days work. but failed to
say why SO little had been done by
days work and why II could be done
quicker by contract.
Mr.. Clausen admitted that he had
been an officer Of the Sicilian Asphalt
Company. which was patronized by the
Park Board in the purchase of asphalt
to the exclusion of all other companies.
but that he was not now connected with
the Company and did not own any stock
in 1t.
The price paid to the scilian Com
Pany for asphalt was sl7iS. The seyser,
to the Seyser Companys' figures, and
the Seyser Company was shut out. So
was the Standard Company. which Of
ton. President ciaHsen said the W Stan an
dard's offer was declined because its
asphalt was Of inferior quality.
There Is q question as to whether the
OF the asphalt. The law says no city
department. can purchase supplies for
more than 81 900 unless competitive bids
have been invited for the same.
The asphalt purchased out OF the
million-dollar fund was ordered In 1890
lots, to avoid advertising for bids, and
sometimes three purchases of this kind
were made In one day.
Comptroller Fitch has not paid for
''orders" made under this private agree
ment. and will not do SO until he Is
satisfied that the law has not been vio-
lated. The claim OF the Sicilian Com
pany Is $34. .0OO
Commissioner Bell made an important
amendment to-day to his remarks in the
Board yesterday. He said: II did not
say that all work should be stopped un-
der the million dollar appropriation.
stopped"
Those who heard Mr. Bells remarks
are certain that he did not mention
asphalt, ;, He said: "All work should be
There is $4,000 to be expended on
asphalt work and about $500. 900 on other
contracts. About 1000 men will be
thrown out OF work under the new
order
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ACCUSED BY A PARROT.
The Bird Said johnnie Mahonex
Robbed His Father.

John Mahoney, nineteen years old.
who for some reason is an exile from
home. was held under 5000 bonds for
burglary in the Jefferson Market Court
this morning.
Mahoney broke into his fathers house
at 517 West Twenty-seventh street yes
terday by climbing over neighboring
roofs and forcing the scuttle. He ar
rayed himself in a suit OF his own
clothes and. It 10 said. took a gold locket
worth $50.
When Mr.. Mahoney went home later
in the day. his parrot. which had been
a mute but watchful witness of young
Mahoney's raid. shouted out:
robbed"
The old gentleman swears that is the
truth. He looked around and found
that the parrot was right.
who did itY' he asked
Johnnie done It," replied the saga
cious but ungrammatical bird.
30 Mr.. Mahoney went right out and
had his son arrested. Mahoney says he
will call the parrot as a witness when
the case comes to trial
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TRIED TO SWIM TO LIBERTY.
An Island Prisoner Prevented by
Cramps from Escaping.

Warden Pilsbury. OF the penitentiary.
on Blackwells Island, to-day made a
report to the Commissioners of Charity
and Correction OF the daring attempt
yesterday of a prisoner to escape.
While the Warden was examining
work which was being done on the
Nurses Home yesterday afternoon. he
found Convict William Mitchell. who
was sentenced on Jan, 26 last to three
years Tor perjury. upon the sea wall
back OF the erysipelas division.
The Warden returned Mitchell to
prison. Upon investigation he found
that Mitchell had passed, out of the
blacksmith shop. where he was en-
ployed, while Keeper Ryan was busy
at his forge. Mitchell then followed the
east road, which is little frequented. to
point opposite the Stecker laboratory.
There he entered the river. intending
- swim to the Long Island shore but he
was attacked by cramps and was COM
PEELED to return TO the sea wall to rest.
BY his attempt to escape, Mitchell Will
forfeit the eight months commutaion Of
sentence. which he might have earned
by good conduct
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GAVE THE HORSES A FRIGHT.
Weird Midnight Ceremonies Cause
Loss of Much MIX.

NEW ROCHELLE, June THE ser
vices by the Philosophical Society OF
Brooklyn here on Memorial Day have
already borne fruit A Thomas Paine
Club was established here last night,
with H. A. Hoyt. New York's theatrical
scenic painter. as President, and Col.
George N. Fills, Secretary. The Club
has thirty members.
After midnight, ex-Coroner Mathews,
w. Downing. Col. FILLS and several
other members went to the monument
and placed candles about and on 1t.
The candles were burning brightly
when George Underhill. a milkman,
drew near It His horses. frightened
at the weird scene. ran away, throw
ing Mr.. Uuderhill and much milk
out. Underhill was bruised. John Red
mond caught the horses, and both in
milk.
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MIX UP OF DEGREES.
Judge McAdam Thought the Pa
pers Had Been Tempered With.
Another TangIe In the Warren
Divorce Case.
Request May BE Considered for In
crease Of Alimony.

A r,ot,on uo. n,de hofor. Ira.a Ag,-
"''''o' was maui peiofe 'uuse MI
Aoam. OF the superior Court to-day Tor
a re-settlement OF the final order grant
ing Mrs Minnie G. Warren an absolute
,,.' - 80 ,
oiVorce from Lawyer Lyman T.. warren.
It was announced that the decree Is
suad NV Judye McAdan, had has, tom
-, 80.
pereu with.
Lawyer David May, OF Howe & Hum
me,. Once ,aid ba wa. surs M tamnsr-
~ ',,,,. a., sa n '.o sa a..
ing with the decree mad been done In
their office. He admitted. however, that
the decree attached to tho Judgment roll
was not ne one re ureW'
Judge McAdam said the offense
charged xas n most serious ono md
80 .'' o',
ne stopped the proceedings TO await the
arrival OF Mr.. Hummel, for whom a mes
sepger was sent
"D'
Lawyers woodward ana meyer were
associated with Howe & Hummel as Mrs
Warrants counse,
After Mr.. Hummers arrival both Law
yers Woodward and Meyer explained to
Iudoa McAdar, That ,hov hod h.on NJ.
uuee , .'". ."e' "au oe." N''
WaTrens lawyers Tor years. ana when
she Degan the divorce action against her
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FOUND GIRLS IN THE BOXES.
An Attempt to smuRRIe japanese
Women Into This Country. Z
(By Associated PressD

SAN FRANCISCO. June THE
steamer China, which arrived yesterday
from the Orient, brings a peculiar story
OF the methods employed to smuggle
girls into this country for improper pur-
poses. While the vessel was at Yoko-
hama Japanese passenger. asked 10
stateroom. This was refused. as the
boxes were too large.
The boxes were left on the wharf to
be placed in the hold with the other
cargo Just as they were being hosted
up a peculiar noise issuing from one OF
the cases attracted the attention OF the
stevedores. Upon examination the po-
lice found that the boxes held the al
most lifeless bodies OF four Japanese
girls. who were overcome by suffoca-
ton.
The boxes were only two feet and
three i.,ches in length and eighteen
incnes broad and deep. There was a
small airhole at one end, but when the
boxes were laid on the wharf end up.
the holes were closed.
The Japanese was not apprehended.
Three OF the girls were bound to Port
land and the other was going to Ia
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The Clubs guests comfortably filled
the steamer Taurus. and the Cygnus
carried a goodly load of outsiders. to
whom the spectacle of white-winged fly
srs in competition Is a sight worth see
ing. Commodore f. d. Morgan's flag
ship May not being in commission, Vice
Commodore e. NJ. Browns steam
launch. Shearwater, acted as flagship in
Grouped about the flagship were
nearly all the steam yachts now in COM
mission in this vicinity, each carrying a
cargo Of beauty, arrayed In the fem
attire. There was just enough sea on to
weather bows. Oilskins and 'souwest-
ers" were in demand.
sachem rounded Sandy Hook Light
ship at 1885, Emerald at 1.0l, Ariel at
LOS and Queen Nab at LOT.
SANDY HOOK, June 7.-When Sach EN-
turned the Southwest Spit Buoy, Elmer
aid had passed the sloops and decreased
the lead of Sachem considerably. Queen
NAB had also done well, passing Wasp
and closing withd Gloriana, which she
passed while turning the Southwest Spit.
From that point to the bell buoy, on tn e
pitch Of the Hook, II was a reach on the
port tack. The wind was then West
Northwest. twenty-five miles. The
yachts all set spinnakers and headed for
the lightship. Steam yachts, Viking,
Intrepid, Clermont Reverie, Embla and
Nooya are following the fleet on their
course.
HIGHLANDS, June 1.-THE Yacht
Wasp turned Scotland Lightship at IL Al,
the Gloriana at 1881.
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SACHEM IN The LEAD.
New York Olrb Has a Great
Day for Its Regatta.
Fine West Northwest Wind and q
Good Sea On.
Wasp Making . Show Of Gloriana,
Her Antagonist.

With . strong westerly wind and q
choppy sea the yachts entered for the
forty-ninth annual regatta Of the New
York Yacht Club went booming away
on their journey to-day when the signal
to start was given by the flagship. 1t
was as stiff blow as a yachtsman could
wish for. and the way some of the boats
keeled over was a sight to behold.
The preparatory gun was fired at II A.
M. The following Is the official list Of
entries. together with the racing numbers
Of the boats, racing measurements and
time allowances:
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WHO WERE IN THE PARTY.
Numbers Of New York and Brook
lyn People Bound for Alaska.

BOSTON, June THE Raymond ex-
cursion party. which left here on May
q. on the trip to Alaska, through the
Canadian Rockies and along the line Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad. through
Montreal. Winnipeg. Banff. Hot Springs.
Glaciers, Puget Sound. Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland. was In charge of Henry c.
Lyon. of this city. and was made up of
twenty-three people. as follows:
Mrs. NJ. H. CHANDLER, Newark,
". J.
Miss LoTTIE M. GREGORY. Troy.
N. Y.
Miss T. HEALY. Brooklyn.
JOHN EDWARD HEATON. New
Haven. Conn.
Mrs. o. o. ROWLAND. Boston.
Mrs. HoADLEY B. IVES. New
Haven. Conn.
Mrs. DAVID H. JUDsoN. Brooklyn.
3D. II. r. LYMAN and Mrs. LYMAN.
Brooklyn.
AUSTIN p. NICHOLS. Haverhill.
Mass.
LOWELL M. PALMER. Brooklyn.
ARTHUR w. PALMER. Brooklyn.
LOWELL. NJ. PALMER. Jr.. Brook
lyn.
J. r. PEARL and Mrs. PEARL. Bos-
ton.
Miss BLANCHE A. PEARL, Boston.
Mrs. C. B. PEDDIE. westfeld, N. J.
J. l.. REESE. New York City.
j. SHERRY. Troy. N. Y.
Mrs. CAROLINE. TALcoTT. New
Haven. Conn.
A. M WHITE. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Miss F. =. WHITE, Brooklyn.
Miss II. H. WHITE, Brooklyn.
The Boston manager OF the Raymond
q Whitcomb Excursion Company re-
oeived the first news OF the wreck from
toassausd % sseoHd Aas<l