Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-21
President Win Leave This Afternoon
for New Haven.
TO RECEIVE 4 DEGREE FROM YALE
Entertained Gov. Odeli of New
York at Breakfast.
KAFFIR CLERGYMEN CALL


at $50 o'clock this afternoon for New
Haven. He will go in a special car on the
Pennsylvania road, and will be absent from
Washington until Thursday. He will be ac-
ccmpanied by Secretary Cortelyou and a
stenographer, DR.. P. NJ. Rixey and Com
mander Cowles of the navy.
The President will first go to Pennington,
Conn, the summer home Of Commander
and Mrs. Cowles, and will remain there
until Wednesday morning, when he will go
to New Haven to have the degree of LID.
conferred upon him by Yale University.
When the President returns to Washing
ton he will be accompanied by his eldest
daughter. Miss Alice Roosevelt, who has
been spending the summer at Pennington.
The President will see no visitors Thurs
day and Friday, when he returns.
The President saw as few people as pos
sible today, as he has been trying to get
the executive work in shape for an absence
of few days. AS early as few minutes
after o'clock in the morning Governor
Odeli arrived at the White House, and was
shown to the private dining room, where he
had breakfast with President Roosevelt.
Gov. OdelI remained with the President
for more than an hour, and they had
long talk over political affairs in New York
state
From this on President Roosevelt was
extremely busy all day until the moment
Of his departure.
Senator Platt was at the White House
yesterday afternoon, and talked for long
time with the President. The coming of
Gov Ode1l has given an impression that
there is some kind of hitch in the matter
of arranging the federal patronage. There
has been much discussion of the appoint
ments in New York, and still more spec
u1ation.
Kafhr Ministers Shake Hands.
Two Kafir ministers-Rev. r. Damane
and Rev. P. I. Mzimba-were at the White
House today to shake hands with President
| Roosevelt. They were accompanied to the
| Executive Mansion by Rev. Walter H.
Brooke pastor of the Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church.
The two ministers came to this country
to bring ten young Kaffirs who are going
to enter Lincoln University in Chester
county, Pa, to study for the ministry. The
young men are sent over by their own
parents, who are well to do.
Pastors Damans and Mzimba live in
South Africa, one of them 200 miles from
Cape Town, and the other 400 miles from
that city. Both of them were educated at
Scotch Presbyterian schools in South Afri-
ca, and speak English fiuently. They preach
to their congregations in the Kaffir Ian
| guage, in which are printed Bibles Ind re-
ligious literature of various kinds.
'"The Kaf1r people really worship the
spirits Of their forefathers," said Rev p
L Mzimba. II was raised a heather, and
the children in my family were brought up
to believe in and fear the witch doctors.
There are three classes of these doctors
those Of the lower class, who mix and dis
pense herbs to the sick; the second class,
which pretends to interpret events, and the
| third class, which pretends to give the
causes of sickness and death. The two last
classes offer up sacrifices of cattle, sheep
and goats to appease the spirit when there
Is an epidemic of illness and many deaths.
These priests are educated among them
selves. and their witchcraft exercises an
immense influence over the people. The
true religion is making slow but sure
progress among my benighted people.
mo, there has never been census of the
Kaftlr population, but the belief of statis-
ticians Is that it will amount to 1906, 600.
Most of them are under English sover-
eighty, and their sympathies a rule are
with Great Britain in the fight against the
Beers
The British laws are fairer to the Kaffirs
| than the Dutch laws. The former permit
Kaffirs to own lands and property, while
| the latter do not.
The Kaffirs make their living by agrieul-
| ture. their best crop being Kaffir corn, a
| corn the grain of which is not much larger
! than the grain Of wheat.
While the Kaff1rs are not doing any
| fighting in South Africa they are being
| used by both English and Beers as scouts,
| as cooks and for throwing up earthworks.
The South Carolina ColIectorship.
Ellery NJ. Brayton, a former republican
! leader of South Carolina, saw the President
! today regarding the vacant dictatorship Of
| internal revenue In that state. This posi-
ton will soon be filed. 1t is understood, and
| the visit Of Mr.. Brayton was not successful
| in presenting any other name. Mr.. Brayton
| is said to be a candidate for the position.
The Arizona Governorship.
| F. NJ. Murphy. the mine owner and rail-
| road man Of Arizona, talked with the Presi-
| dent about the governorship of Arizona. Ex-
Delegate N. o. Murphy, the present COVER
| nor of the territory, Is a brother of F. NJ.
| Murphy. There have been suggestions that
| the President intended to appoint his COM
rade in the Rough Riders, Colonel Brodie,
as governor, but it is said to be President
| Roosevelt's intention not to disturb Cover
| nor Murphy. Colonel Brodie was the lieu
| tenant colonel of the Rough Riders when
| President Roosevelt was promoted to be
| colonel.
| Two Illinois Callers.
| Representative Mann and Postmaster r.
| E. Coyne of Chicago saw the President
this morning. Mr.. Coyne did not then
know Of the big robbery in his office. Mr..
| Coyne believes that Senator Mason is go
| ing to be reelected senator with ease.
| Representative Lowering Of Massachu-
sets saw the President and talked with
! him about banking and currency affairs
| likely to come before the next Congress.
| III. P. Cheatham recorder Of deeds of the
| District. talked with the President.
Invited to Metropolitan Church.
| F. q. Warning, W. C. Eldridge and DR.. NJ.
M. Meffatt, committee from the Metro
politan M. E. Church, formerly President
McKinley's church, waited upon President
Roosevelt today and invited him to occupy
the Presidents pew in that church when
ever he saw fit. The President accepted the
invitation most pleasantly. He said that
while he would attend his own church most
of the time, 1t would be pleasure to visit
the Metropolitan Church occasionally.
| Appointments Today.
| The President made the following ap-
| pointments today:
| Navy-To be lieutenant commanders.
| Charles II. Harlow, James H. lettering
| ton; to be lieutenants: Joseph NJ Reeves.
Frank B. Upham, Roscoe C. Moody; to be
a chaplain, with rank of lieutenant Charles
| NJ. Charlton; to be gunner, Thomas 8.
| Aversion; to be boatswain, Charles H.
| Bullock.