Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-23
CAUGHT IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Travellers Tell of Their Observation.
in Different Parts of the
Country.

Rev. Henry Williams Of Des Moines.
district secretary OF the Baptist Board Of
Foreign Missions, is in the city in the
interest Of foreign missions. In response
to an inquiry as to the growth or decadence
OF missionary work In the foreign fields he
said:
Il can speak only OF the Baptist mis- SION
airy work In foreign fields. In 1914 we had
but two missionaries in the foreign field.
Today we have AIS. The missionary spirit
Is growing and the number Of conversions
among the heather is annually increasing.
They crave western learning. and only our
missionaries mean those of all denom-
inations-are teaching them, but they can
not do the subject justice because they
have so much else to do. During the
Boxer uprising In China 1875 missionaries
gave up their lives and 40 900 native con-
yerts we're sacrificed to the Boxer hate
and fury. Still. the natives crave the
gospel of Christianity and are asking for
more missionaries. During the last year
$1,000 converts were baptized through the
Baptist missions in foreign lands"
Hon. Frank Currie, representative in the
legislature from Dawes and adjacent coun-
ties was in the city over Sunday, a guest
at the Merchants. He said: You know.
OF course, that the revenue bill has
passed the house and am Of the candid
opinion that It will pass the senate all
right. We hope to get through with the
session by April 10, although there is
much to do, and much that will be left
undone because of the limited time that
remains to us"
j. 8. Mercer, a prominent ranchman of
the Big Horn basin, is in the city, leaving
the care OF his ranch to his sons He
| said: THE reports Of the heavy losses OF
! cattle In the basin during the winter are
very much exaggerated. There has been
no loss but from natural causes. l think
that the recent stories of the sheep
troubles up about Lusk. wyo., and Hat
Creek are greatly exaggerated. Instead OF
800 of Mr.. Stories sheep being killed /
am rather inclined to believe that the
number will be reduced to less than 200
There always will be more or less trouble
| between the sheep and cattle men in that
| section and in every section where the two
| interests come together. / do not know
just how the problem is to be solved, but
| 1t will adjust itself in time. Yes, there
are thousands Of sheep in the Big Horn
| country and they are damaging the ranges
very perceptibly. We manage to keep the
cattle ahead of them and thus do not suffer
20 much as in the districts where the
! sheep get ahead of the cattle"
Judge Hazlett OF Beatrice is an Omaha
visitor on law business. OF matters in
Beatrice he says: Everything is politics
as usual, there, and the factions are as
bitter as ever. AS do not live directly
in the city, l am not particularly inter
ested. However, the liquor question IL
going TO cut strong figure in the cam
palgn. This with the factional differences
in the dominant party and the effort to Sc
cure an anti-electlon, promise for the
city sttorneyship, of which the mayor has
the giving out, is creating lots of worry
| to the candidates. One faction wants the
present city attorney, VIC Dorsey, re-
| tanned and the other faction demands the
appointment OF Judge M. B. Davis to that
! ONCE. Oh. it's a hot old time"