Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-05

now number 216.O0O. Their mission
plant abroad is estimated TO be worth
nearly $1,000 600.
The Independent has an Illustrated
article on the g eat work done by Mr.
William Duncan at Metlakahtla Alas
Ia. TIE story is told by Mr.. Geof sc
I. B. Davis, who has recently visited
Alaska for the special purpose of in
vestigating Mr. Duncan's work The
story cannot fail to hold the reader
from its beginning to its end AN
Indian Arcadia in Alaska" is the title
OF the paper
The first missions established by
the American board in China was at
Canton in 1880; bur the Oldest NIL
sion now in operation is at Zoos 1o4.
opened by Rev. Stephen johnson a7&
Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Peat in 1897. re
mission now has more than eae Eua-
dred churches and chapels. T0ochow
is estimated to hold million people.
anu IS less hideous than most Ch,n,
csc cities.
The complaints and protests of
English missionaries and the report
just published. of an extended tour OF
investigation by Mr. Easement, the
British consul, of the terrible cruel
ties practiced upon the natives of the
Congo Free State through the com
merce in rubber and ivory carried ON
by the government and private com
! panies, win result, it is hoped. in
| bringing these awful abuses to The
Hague Arbitration Tribunal for invas.
tigatiOn and adjustment.
The Mormon church, it is reported,
! assembled in Salt Lake City in its
! highest legislative body, denied that
any plural marriages had been con,
summated since October, 1890: PRO.
hibited any such marriage in the fu-
ture; and threatened all who defy
this ruling with excommun.catiol.
No Mormon feels any alarm over this,
probably, and the true character OF
the Mormon church is not changed by
such official proclamations.
The hope is expressed that before
next Cathedral day, which will De AS
cension Day MAY -, 1900, patriotic
American churchmen who realize the
importance of distinctiveiy Ameri
can cathedral at the national capita
will be moved to free the remaining
land from all incunbrance. The ca
thedral land comprises about forty
acres, No definite steps can be TAX
en- toward the erection of the cathe
dral itself until the land is freed b!
the payment of the debt remaining OF
it, which is about $4,000.
The ancient mansion built in An
dover, Mass, for Dr. Griffin and il
which many noteworthy events havt
taken place still stands, and is occu
pied by President Day In this hous
the famous conferences connecte
with the starting of the American
Board, the American Tract Society
the American Home Missionary Soc
: Lety, the American Temperance Soc
ETY., the Monthly Concert of Praye
for Foreign Missions and the relie
ious newspaper were each held. Il
this house also DR.. Porter wrote tn
> IhttOltC IltdutI anu AuSlll
Phelps the "Still Hour"
The Churchman has an illustrate,
paper on The Russian Cathedral il
New York, which was built last yea
on Ninety-seventh street, between
Madison avenue and Central park
The paper is by Benjamin W. Well
and is Of very great interest Their,
are now forty-four churches in thi!
country of the Othodox Eastern rite
with $1,000 registered communicates
ST. Nicholas's has 500. The elaborate
decorations of the interior of the
cathedral and a complete iconostasiS
will be in place within this year
Rev. Alexander A. Hotovtzky is arch
priest of the cathedral.