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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

Reform Judaism without some centrifugal
force is bound to continue on the road 1t
has once taken. The logical outcome OF the
principles formulated at the Pittsburg con-
ference is a gradual development Into an
ethical theism without any distinctive Jew
ish coloring. The leader OF advanced re-
form Judaism in this country has recently
said that Judaism must be recast along the
lines of a universal ethical religion: that
then all distinctive Jewish dement's OF the
synagogue symbolism will pass away. and
that such a denationalized Jewish tempie
will seek q closer alliance with Unitarian
ism and Theism. and with them, perhaps
in a few decades. will form a new church
and a new religion for united humanity.
That such q tendency is inherent In Reform
Judaism Is seen also In the formation Of
the Society Of Ethical Culture in New York.
The leader Of his movement is the son OF
a former prominent rabbi OF the leading
Reform congregation in this country. In
seeking to bring out the underlying ethical
principles of Judaism. he has gone entirely
outside the pale Of the ancient faith; and
the movement would not concern US here
were 1t not that nearly all the members
(at least Of the parent society In New York;
are Jews, whose evident desire 1t il not to
be recognized as such, at least 50 far as
religious ceremonies and social affiliations
are concerned. The society does not even
bear the name Jewish, but with a certain
leaning towards liberal Christianity tries to
find a basis for the morality and ethics Of
the old synagogue outside the sphere Of SUI
%pernatural religion. While the Ethical Gull
ture Society has been quite a power in
certain lines OF charitable and educational
work, 1t may be reasonably questioned
It has any future as a form OF church Or
ganization. The Unborn longing of man for
some hold upon things which are SUPER
natural will lead many Of its members to
seek satisfa ction elsewhere. That they will
seek It in the Jewish synagogue is hardly
probable. seeing how the racial and other
ties have been broken or at least greatly
loosened. They or their children will glide
rather into some form Of the dominant
church. possibly. in the swinging OF the
pendulum. into some orthodox form OF that
church. I cannot help quoting the words
Of an intelligent outside observer Of the
Jewish question. the Right Honorable James
Bryce. N. p: IF Judaism becomes merely
theism, there will be little to distinguish
numerous, who, while Christian in name. sit
loose to Christian doctrine. The children
of Jewish Theists will be almost Al apt as
the children Of other Theists to be caught
up by the movement which carries the sons
and daughters of evangelical Anglicans and
of Eonconformists toward. or all the way
to. the Church of Rome"
Where, then, Is this centrifugal force to be
found, which will hold together the various
elements in Israel. no matter what their
theological opinions may be?
Before attempting to answer this ques
ton, q word must be said in regard TO the
anti-Semitic movement, the recrudescence
OF which has 90 profoundly affected the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

Jewish people during the last twenty years
Of the Nineteenth Century. A word only,
because the facts are Of too recent date
to need a detailed statement here. The
great master-mind. Zunz. writing in Ger
many in 1892, believed that persecution for
religious belief could not Withstand the on
slaughts Of the new era. Theodore Reinach.
some fifty years later, asserted that anti
Semitism was impossible in France. How
sadly has a dement, been given to the hopes
h expressed. especially in these two
countriesl
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What the Twentieth
Century May Bring.

As we look ahead into the century which
Is now opening and cast our eye over the
forces which the Jews will bring Into its
life. We can easily see that these forces
tend In various directions.
We have first the orthodox wing Of the
Jewish Church, which stands upon the
broad basis of what the past has evolved.
It holds firmly to the inspiration Of the
biblical word and the divine character of
its Interpretation as handed down in the
oral law: 1t tries to regulate its life by
Talmudic ordinances as evolved in the
latest law books, and is unwilling to make
any but aesthetic concessions to changed
circumstances. believing that we must ad-
here strictly to all the time-honored cere-
monies Of the synagogue. At its side stand
the Conservatives. who are willing to make
some concession to present demands, but
believe that these concessions should be
most sparingly and grudgingly made, and
who ;heologically. at least in theory. occupy
the same position as do the Orthodox. It is
safe to say that the greater number Of the
Jews In the Western European States be-
long to this wing Of the synagogue. Be-
tween the Conservatives n the Ethical
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
for his father, in a hostile camp.
At the Age Of IS He Is a Brisadief
General in the Regular Army,
With Every Prospect Of Sue
eeediht 10 the Com
mand In . Few
Years.

H was introduced to my daughter. and
one of the first things he said was that he
was sorry he had not met her the two
weeks before. His candid manner Impressed
Us all, and I think 1t vas love at frSt sight
with my daughter and him. He is a SPLEEN
did fellow. and we welcomed him to our
hearts: and after a brief courtship he be.
came one Of the Blankart family.
The marriage was celebrated on October
rs. and the next day Colonel Funston and
the vanguard Of his regiment sailed for
Manila In a few days my daughter fol-
lowed on another transport with the rest Of
his regiment.
Now that he has had a hard campaign
and tho leader Of the rebellion has been
captured. I am anxious that he return. He
Is in good health now and unscathed, 50 ]
do hopo they win let him come home. The
last letter I received from Eda said that she
was living In the town Of San Jacintos
where there were only three other white
women. 1t must be lonely for her. espe-
cially as General Funston goes OF on e1-
petitions that take a week or two In COM
pletiIg.
Ever since the newspapers here men
toned the plan proposed by General Funs-
ton. 1 have been uneasy: not in the fear
that 1t might fail. but because Of the great
danger attached to it. The scheme was 50
hazardous and bold that its success seemed
- A'iN SUM- AAoh AASN VSSA~ 49,
pose Of Aguiraldo some day. II once he
started after him.. but the expedition was
attendant with so many dangers that I
feared something would happen to him o.
his party.
Just to think that my son-in-law. of all
the great Generals who have conducted md
participated in the Philippine campaign.
should be the one to plan and successfully
carry out a project that seemed hardly pos
sible. Isn't 1t enough to be proud of"
Funston Is not unanimously admired
There are pangs of jealousy IN some soldier.
ly breasts, and even the Secretary Of War
is credited with having said. when the
question of promoting the little red-headed
kansan was bJoached:
The better plan would be to send Fun
ston to Guam and make Asuinaldo q Brig.
adler General"
While Funston was out after ASutnal6oI
military men were declaring he was on Q
wild-goose chase and that he could novaP
do what he had set out to do.
But Funston did 1t. And as Kansas struts
in her pride Of him, and the rest OF the
world envies Kansas. various high-tttlod,
e~asy-chair soldiers worry uselessly beoauso
this diminutive Jayhawker. who couldn't
get to West Point when he wanted 70 do
so. has been promoted over them q =
certain Of becoming Lieutenant
of the United States Army boloeo
he reaches the retiring age IN 1877. svso
though he should never do another thing -
give him sudden promotion.
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THROUGH THE KLOUDIKE, AFTER BOTANICAL SPECIMENS
FOR UNITED STAT ES GOVERNMENT.
Has Braved Danger and Conquered 1t in Dakota. Death Valley,
the KIondike. Cuba and the Philippines-Has Fought Biz
yards, Desert Heat, Starvation. Spaniards and Fill
pinos-And the Only Time He Was Conquered
Was When He Looked Into the Pretty
Eyes of a California Girl.
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I the fact that Israel has in all the changed
circumstances striven to maintain its racial
identity, and as this racial identity has a
religious side as well, that the two COM
bined may well be called q separate ma
tional existence: that a people hold tena-
ciousIy to this separate existence, but hav-
ing no home of its own. must become, when
occasion demands. the scapegoat and the
play-ball Of other forces. 1t recognizes anti
Semitism as continually existent, and in so
far the opponents Of Zlcnism may be right
in saying that its rise Is the result Of the
anti-Jewish movement. 1t Is the Jewish
the other hand, Zionism Is optimistic in be-
lIeving that real help for the Jews can only
come from within their own body: and that
the Jewish question will only be solved
when the Jews return to that point In their
history whence they set out on their wan
derings. and again found a permanent home
to which all the prosecuted can flee and
from which a light will go forth to every
nook and corner of Jewry. 1t does not hope
that all Jews will return to Palestine. but
1t believes that only in a national center
can the centrifugal force be found which
will hold the Jews together in the various
countries of their %sojourn-
When Theodore Herzl. a ntterateur in
Vienna, published in 1897 his pamphlet on
the Jewish state, he little imagined that 1t
would call forth an echo IN every country
in which the Jews were scattered. He was
not the first to attempt this solution OF tho
problem. Far-seeing Russian Jews before
him had, many years previous TO that, pro-
pounded this method Of dealing with the
question, and it had been practically tho
assumption upon which the Judaism CT the
past had been built up.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

Funston was busy all during his fifteen
months Of service in Cuba, but the people of
the United States did not really hear Of him
until. in April. 1889. he performed his world
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23
Is

the least desirable elements of Chinese
 immigration, there is no reason why it's
 provisions should not be strengthened.
 An immigration law should be so fram- 1 ed as to protect the United States
 agianst undesirable immigrants with
 out regard to nationality. But It is
 clearly very bad policy to discriminate
 against the country which offers the
 greatest undeveloped market of the
 world, and whose Government is be-
 coming thoroughly awke to the unfair and ungenerous disabilities imposed by us on it's people. It is especially unwise 1 to place the kind of barrier aginst the formation of closer business relations between the merchants and manutac- turers of the United States and the merchantile class of China which is furnished by the existing law, and would be made considerably more ob-
 structive by legislation now proposed. While we continue to demand free ad- mission for our own merchants and travellers in China, and are disposed to push to the utmost the rights of inland residence which may be acquired under the new treaties, we cannot without ob- vious stultification refuse to give cor responding privileges to the merchants, students and travellers of Chinese origin who may desire to visit this country. We should certainly not dare to treat any strong nation in the way in which we have treated China in the matter of immigration, and it has been our boast that our diplomatic relations with Chl- na have bee nconducted on basis of as scrupulous justice as if the Empire were as storng as that of Great Britain or Germany The delegation now in Washington proposes, we understand, to present views of this tenor to the im- migration committee of the Senate and the foreign affairs committee of the House, in whose hands are most of the bills now pending in regard to the re- newal of the Exclusion act. It is to be hoped in the interest, no less of East ern trade than of our national reputa- ton for fair play, that their protest may be productive of some good results.
 From the New York Journal of Com merce.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23
REDucING THE s11RpIIrs,

| Notwithstanding the reduction of war | taxes, the revenues of the country con-
 tinue to pile up beyond the needs of
 government economically administered | For five months of the fiscal year. be-
 ginning with July, 1901, the revenues | have exceeded those of the same l months of 1890, and have not been much less than those of the corresponding
 period of 1900. The prosperity of the country has been such as to maintain the receipts almost on level, although
 an attempt was made to reduce them
 to the amount of s3,3o0,o0O per month. There are two ways of reducing the surplus, one by cutting off unnecessary taxes, the other by increasing expenses, and there are abundant indications that individual members of Congress pro- pose to get all they can out of the full
 treasury. Already bills have been in-
 troduced for public buildings, harbor
 Improvements and similar enterprises,
 which, if passed. will dispose of $75,000,-
 900 of the surplus, and leave no room
 for tax reduction. Some of these meas
 ures may be worthy. but it is uite safe
 to say that the majority are intended
 to put money into Congressional dis
 tricts for the political benefit of the
 members who represent them. Chair
 man Payne. of the Ways and Means
 Committee, seeing this tendency to spend the surplus, says that the com
 mittee must go slow in making tax re-
 auctions, meaning thereby that it must
 ascertain what Congress intends to spend before amending the revenue laws. The contrary course would be of advantage to the country The Ways and Means Committee ought to reduce the revenue so that there will be no excuse for extravaganc Congress will spend whatever money appears to be available. and the existence of surplus is an invitation to extravaganza. Nor is this the worst of it. The individual member has no chance to get an appro- priation for his home creek or for an imposing Government building in a country town unless he joins with other members similarly situated in the busi- ness known as log rolling, which is not really distinguishable from corrupt practices. The members bribe each other with votes to put through their several jobs to get money out of the national treasury for the benefit of their constituencies and, incidentally, of themselves. Thus a surplus becomes a demoralizing agent interfering with good government. The Ways and Mems ! Committee should not wait for the log rollers to eat up the surplus, but should at once reduce the surplus by cutting off the war taxes that are no longer needed and thus deliver the menbers , nf Couprnss from tenpta ion-Phi'a 7el. | phia Ledger.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23
ORDINATION
Of Robert Bell at St. -Paul's Church on
 Saturday.

Of Robert Bell at St. Paul's Church on
 Saturday.
 On Saturday morning in St. Paul's church Bishop Brewster ordained Rob- ert Bell as deacon. The ordination sermon was preached by Prof. Colladay of the Berkeley Divinity school and it was a thoughtful, earnest presentation of the idea of service in the Christian ministry. He pleaded that the clergy give more time to the study of the bi- ble than all other books, that they be diligent in the performance of all the duties of their office. The following clergymen were present: Rev. Dr. Bak- CT, Rev. Messrs Beardsley, Mariett, Sanford, Downes, Burgess, Henderson, Scoville, Sexton of New Haven. Par sons of North Haven, Buck of Derby, Jackson of East Haven, Gammack of West Haven, Coby of Hamden, Mathi- son of Shelton. MT Bell was present.. ed for ordination by Rev. Dr. Lines. Dr. Baker and Mir Buck assisted in the service After the service the clergy, the officers of the church choir were the guests of the parochial society at luncheon in the parish house. Before the ordination Bishop Brewster con- firmed three persons, one from Mid- dletown, one from Seymour and one from St. Paul's parish,
 MT. Bell was formerly connected with the Church Army but for year and half he has been at work in St. Paul's parish, where he will continue too serve as a deacon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23
BARS CHINESE MERCHANTS.
A Commercial Journal Picks Flaws 1T

| Commercial Journal Picks Flaws in Geary Exclusion Bill.
 The consistent adhesion by our De- partment of State to policy of even- handed justice toward China is fully appreciated by the Government of that | Empire and may not unreasonably be f expected to rebound to the common ad- vantage of both nations. But, as was pointed out In our news columns the other day by the President of the China and Japan Trading company, who is | also President of the American Asiatic Association, it is the height of absurd ty to throw away the benefits to be de- rived from the cultivation of friendly relations with China by the adoption of a policy of the most churlish exclusion of her merchants from this country. The Chinese merchant or importer is allowed free access to every other coun- try to buy his goods and transact his business, while the United States is willing to take his money but refuses to allow him to land on it's shores ex- cept under conditions which no self respecting man cares to accept. Insult ing and humiliating as are the condi- tions imposed under the present law. bills now before Congress bearing the sanction of considerable body of it's members are calculated to make these conditions still more oppressive. The Kahn bill, which MT. Webb justly char acterized in the interview referred to, is about as monstrous piece of law making as was ever submitted to the Congress of the United States. and yet hardly ap rotest has been heard in Washington against it's preposterous provisions.
 Considerable as has been the increase in the trade between China and the United States, neither our exports nor imports have grown as rapidly as the general foreign commerce of the Em- pire. It is ridiculous to assume that we can command the benefit of the most favored nation clause in the treaties if we continue to discriminate against China in a way which is spe- cially humiliating both to it's Govern ment and people. The time has come for this country frankly to adopt some intelligible policy in regard to this whole question. If the contract labor law is deemed insufficient to exclude
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23
THE PEARLS OF ARKANSAS.
Thousands of Persons Find Profitable Fmployrnent in Hunting for Them

| Thousands of Persons Find Profitable Employment in Hunting for Them. l Within a few years the pearl indus | try in the vicinity of Memphis has as
 sumed such enormous proportions that it has even attracted world wide notice, and yet there are a number of persons ill Memphis who do not realize that an- nually these fisheries in Arkansas turn out not only some of the finest and most valuable pearls in the world, but at this time an army of many thousands of persons is engaged in this pursuit and that fortunes are made from the in- dustry by dealers, hunters and hutto factories.
 The best of the Arkansas fisheries are in White and Black rivers, and while the latter stream has yielded many thousands of dollars worth of market able gems, it has of late been scarcely as popular with the hunters as the for mer stream, and many of the hunters have moved their operations in eonse- quence to the magnificent river that has it's source in the foothills of the Ozarks on the extreme western border of Arkansas and flowing entirely across the State empties in the Mississippi river a few miles above Rosedale, Miss.
 In illustration of the great propor- tions of the industry it is estimated by
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23

J. M. O'Hara, dealer and pearl ex- pert Of this city, and a man who has done much to foster the industry, that the past season over 12,000 persons found profitable employment in the pearl and kindred industries of the Ar kansas fisheries on White and Black rivers and the lakes in the eastern por- ton of the State.
 Incident to the pearl fever has been the development of the button industry in Arkansas and the shipment of large quantities of shells from the State to button factories elsewhere. At first the shells were cast aside as worthless by the hunters in their mad rush for wealth, but it was soon found that the saving of the shells was almost as prof. itable as the pearls and had the added advantage of assuring the hunter of at least making something for his work. Shell sell for from $5 to $7 a ton and the hunter averages from $1.50 to $2 day from this source alone Button fac tories have been esta ablished on White and Black rivers and the shells are sold to these or shipped in carload lots to the factories in other States. As the shell beds of the Mississippi river, the source of principal supply in former years, are practically exhausted the Ar kansas shells are in ready demand, and it is claimed for them that they excel the Mississippi shells in many respects
 The hunters are an indiscrbable lot and nearly every class and condition of men are found in their ranks. The wo- men are not absent, and the children even participate in the industry. and frequently prove more fortunate in their finds than the older hunters. It Is not uncommon to see several hundred to several thousand of hunters congre- gated at one bar or on one stretch of the river, all bent on making fortune in day and all occupied in fishing for and opening the shells.
 The pearl industry was started in Ar kansas about seven years ago, and MT. O'Hara claims much of the honor for starting it, as well as the distinction of establishing the first button factory in the State. From a very small begin ming the Arkansas pearl industry has grown Into one of the most profitable l sources of wealth in the State and gives employment to many persons.
 The past season was a very profitable one, but many claim that the year 1902 will far exceed the output of the present years.-From the Memphis Commercial Apeal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23
Grand Ouera YIouse.

''The Tide of Life' Is the Christmas attraction at the Grand opera house the first three days this week with spec ial holiday matinee Christmas day, presented with the same scenery. me- chanical and electrical effects and a company of well known artists. An en- tirely new use of electricity is shown in this new realistic drama '"rhe Tide of Life" A villain who Is better out of the way, anyhow, is electrocuted on 8 ''live' wire some twenty feet above the stage, in full view of the audience. He jumps from the second story of an of- flee building, in his flight from justice, and clutches at trolley wire. There he hangs, with flashes of steely light from all parts of the body, and the hiss ing and cracking which tells of the deadly work of the electric force; it is a weird powerful scene. and one that the spectator never forgets. It seems fitting fate for the rascal, who has had no mercy on any one else. "The Tide of Life'' does not depend upon its realism for it's success. However, it tells a touching heart story, and abounds in wholesome humor. set off with singing and dancing, as well. In fact, the play is in every sense an en- tertainment worthy of the intelligence and appreciation of latter day au- dience. It achieved a remarkable tri- umph in New York city, where 1t was originally produced this season, and has repeated that triumph whever else 1t has been.i
 repeated that triumph wherever else it :, +l,ro oito coaI rapiOnS is what we are promised in Pennsylvania, the latest state named comedy drama, which comes to the Grand opera house the last three days this week with Saturday matinee. It reveals a set of some very quaint, and other heroic characters derived from real life in the mines. The cast is above the average and includes Clyde Hess, Joseph R. Keller, William Marble, jr., Josephine Fox, Jean Pat riauin and others.