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Germany must choose between another
'Jena," the great battle at which the
Prussians were crushed by Napoleon, or
another Sedan" the fight in which they
worsted the French in 1870, if the father
land is to remain an invulnerable mill
tary power. His conclusions, of course,
are that the country is headed for an
other Jena unless abuses are stopped.
Howls of protest, taunts of TRAITOR"
and social democrat" greeted Boyer
lein when Jena or Sedan?" first ap-
peared. He was accused of malicious
exaggeration Of army abuses and of
striving for sensation, but people took
him so seriously that the army author
tiles themselves were finally stirred an6,
in response to public sentiment, which
Immediately began to crystalline, they
were forced to order rigid investigation
of the most serious charge Beyerlein
had made; namely, that abuse of re-
cruited men was common and wide
spread among the kaisers troops. Court
martial after court marital revealed the
truth of the authors charges One nom
commissioned ruffian was convicted of
over 5000 individual cases of maltreat-
ment of men. The authorities found
themselves compelled to withstand an
avalanche of criticism from every quar-
Ter His majesty himself has, of course,
felt the weight Of public opinion Bey-
erlein's friends resent the imputation
that he lent himself to revolutionary
ases in writing "Jena or Sedan?"
Last winter Beyerleinaddedt to his fame
by writing the military play 'Zapfen-
stretch" AS "Jena or Sedan?" empha-
sizes one evil Of army life, brutality to
soldiers, "Zapfenstreich" moralizes on
the deadly caste distinction which re-
spect for the officer class breeds in the
German people A charming love story.
with a tragic ending, throws the veil of
romance around story which is in re-
atty a merciless attack on militarism,
the very bone and sinew of German life
The crown prince attended the opening
performance of "Zapfenstreich" at the
Leasing theater in Berlin, and was Sc
verely reprimanded by the kaiser for
doing so.
Beyerlein's best days are before him,
and admirers Of his bold style predict
still more brilliant career.
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OWNER OF MILLIONS.
a ROMANCE OF THE GREAT c.
GIL RHODES FORTUNE.
Niece Of the African Empire Builder
and Heiress to His Wealth Dis
covered in q travelling
Missionary. s III
Asheville IN. CO. Special.

il Asheville IN. CO. Special.
In Z little vine-clad house near Way
cross, N. c., lives a woman missionary
worth $12,000,000. She is niece OF the
late ~multi-millionaire, Cecil Rhodes,
whose fortune at the time Of his death
was estimated at $50 100000. Her name
is Mrs. Virginia Rhodes Baker. &.
At various times during the past year
the following advertisement has ap-
peared in various newspapers in this
country and England: ,s.,,, 49,.
WANTED, information as to the where
abouts Of my daughter, Mary Virginia
Rhodes. A large estate awaits her. am
living alone ten miles from London. Charles
w. Rhodes.
Thus the brother of Cecil Rhodes, the
African millionaire, advertised for the
daughter he had not seen for many
years.
In the meantime the young woman
had married and she and her husband
were engaged in missionary * work
throughout the country.
Starting eastward from Denver they
made their way over the endless plains,
preaching the gospel as they went. Lit
tie did the young missionary know that
she was an heiress to millions. Neither
would she have cared, so long as there
was religious work to be done. Even
now, sitting in her little cottage, with the
hollyhocks and honeysuckle in bloom
about her and all her fortune secured,
she seems to think Of nothing but her
beloved missionary work. ,@f% r. !
She proposes to establish Congress
Of Missions and to build large mission
schools throughout the country. This
has been the dream of her life. II shall
spend all the money for that" she says,
simply.
The search for Mrs. Baker, or Mary
Virginia Rhodes, was in vain, although
every effort was made to locate her.
The missionary couple came to New
York and from New York they came
south down the Potomac and through
the Shenandoah valley, establishing
missions wherever they thought they
were needed. ..".a' ,r-n,
BY slow stages they made their way
to Waycross, where they established q
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Fellowship Congregational, 6409 Jack
son avenue.
He seriously declares his intention Of
laboring to spread the new idea and
the organization throughout Chicago,
and then all over the land.
Rev. Mr.. belong sprung his surpris-
ing plan before a meeting of the Chicago
Congregational ministers. He made
speech in explanation of his idea that
created vertiable sensation tor its orig
inality.
Il think every church should establish
a home-mending society, the duty of
which will be to act as peacemaker in all
disputes in families in the vicinity Of
the church" said he.
If father and mother disagree and
are in imminent danger of separating,
let member Of the home-mending So
ciety call at the home of the family and
arbitrate the dispute so as to save the
family and preserve the home.
If a parent cannot get along with a
child and the dispute threatens the Sc
curity Of the home, let the society step
in and offer it's services in bringing about
peace.
Il am going to try the plan in my
church and think every other congrega-
ton in Chicago would do we'll to fol-
low my example. believe the plan will
result in much good every year by pre-
venting the disruption OF hundreds of
homes.
1--WE have homes for children, orphans,
old people anchorages, human societies
and in fact organizations for the care of
nearly all classes of society in Chicago,
but we have no associa ton whose duty it
is to conserve the family, the most sacred
of all institutions"
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pubic OF IexaS.)
purchased, at a cost of $4,000, and the
Daughters Of the Republic of Texas have
undertaken to raise the money to make
the payments. It is the purpose Of tho
organization to convert the Alamo into
hall of fame, making it museum Of
Texas history, art and sculpture. Tho
upper stories Of the famous old structure
in which the Texans Of the early days
fought to the last man against the at
lacking forces led by Santa Anna will
contain the art galleries, while the lower
stories will be filled with the historical
relics of Texas and the volumes Of her
literature.
Miss De Zavala is descendant of the
celebrated Gen. De Zavala, who was
conspicuous in the battle for the inde-
pendence of the Lone Star state in the
days when it was part of the republic
of Texas. When the state became an in
dependent republic be was also one Of
the men who helped steer the ship OF
state over the shoals.
When the Daughters cf tho Republic Of
Texas shall have saved the Alamo it is
their intention to continue their work
along the same lines. The San Jose mis-"
sion, at San Antonio. will also be re-
claimed as soon as the women, who are
working nobly in the cause, are able to
get around to it.
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COMPLETED AT LAST.
IRELAND's MOTHER CHURCH Is
ABOUT TO BE CoNsECRATED.
Work Was Begun Sixty Years Ago
and Irishmen All Over the World
Have Contributed to Its
.U Building Fund.
Dublin (Ireland) Special.

OuOAl0 \1Telau0J 0pecAdA.
The solemn conservation and reopen
ing of St. Patrick's cathedral at Armagh,
the primatial see of Ireland, will take
place on Sunday, July "a, and promises
to be the most important happening OF
the Roman Catholic church in Ireland
that has taken place in many years.
Cardinal Logue, who will on that
same day celebrate the twenty-f1fth an
adversary of his conservation as bishop
of Raphoe, will oficiate at the ceremony
proper, while the archbishop Of Dublin,
Mgr Walsh, will pontificate at the
high mass, and Archbishop Healy, of
Tuam, will preach the conservation SER
mon. Among the prelates who will as
sist in the sanctuary will be Cardinal V.
Vannutelli, who will come especially
from Rome to represent the pope; Arch
bishop Bourne, Of Westminster, and the
bishops of Liverpool, Birmingham,
Portsmouth and Aberdeen, together
with hundreds of clergymen from every
part of the world, the United States,
Canada and Australia furnishing very
large number.
The duke and duchess of Norfolk and
several Catholic members of the British
aristocracy have also promised to at
tend the ceremony, which will surpass
in splendor anything of the kind seen
before in Ireland.
The New York World says that 60
years have passed since the foundations
Of the cathedral were laid in 1910, by
DR.. Crolly, then archbishop. Under his
successor, DR.. Dixon, the work was con-
tinued, and a great. bazar given in 1865
cleared more than $4,000, and enabled
the church authorities to place a roof
on the building, under the supervision
of . young Dublin architect named Nc
Carthy, Mr.. Duff, the original archi-
tect, having died. Archbishop McGet-
tigan continued the work, until in Aug
ust, 1873, he was able solemnly to dedl-
cate the new temple. More than 1OO,-
900 persons attended this ceremony, and
20 prelates, headed by the late Car
dinal Cullen, were present in the sane
tuary, while the preacher for the oc-
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little home where they resolved to spend
the rest of their days. Mr.. Baker was
killed year ago. r. T., w
About month ago the old restless
spirit and the desire to extend her field
Of good works, came upon Mrs. Baker
strongly. So she, with neighboring
family, hitched up the old horses to the
old familiar wagon and set out on an ex-
tensive trip through the mountains.
Here of all other places is the last In
which one would expect to be overtaken
by good fortune.
Mrs. Baker was holding . little open
air meeting, singing, praying and exort-
ing alternately. Negroes and poor whites
formed the congregation. % -
In passing among them Mrs. Baker
met a woman acquaintance who for
merly lived at Waycross.
Mrs, Baker," said the woman, lis
your name not Mary Virginia Rhodes
Baker?" .@r7 ~ - a.. a,.'.
1T u.s." replied the missionary.
Then look at this" the woman con-
tinued, drawing from her pocket q
crumpled fragment Of paper.
1t was the advertisement of her father
clipped from a northern paper. She
read it calmly and said: n.,
Eyes; presume it is for me. Ibid not
know that Cecil Rhodes was dead. He
was my uncle and was the only wealthy
one in the family.
Il suppose it means millions, but what
on earth shall do, with It? 1t cannot
buy salvation" @
Then Mrs. Baker went on her way
among the poor people she was minister
ing to- - ea,s ..,u
Afterward, during a conversation,
Mrs. Baker said: $780,.
Il know very little of my fathers rela-
tives. My father and mother separated
when was mere child.
II remember of hearing mother say
there were three brothers, Cecil, William
(my father) and Joshua. None of US
ever knew what ever became Of my uncle
Joshua" T. -
To a New York World correspondent
Mrs. Baker said that her father knew
nothing about either Of her marriages.
She has communicated with Hon. H.
Clay Evans, United States consul Ut
London, relative to her fortune.
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(The Largest Structure Of 1ts Kind in the
United States.) ...,.,.
cap stone: tho top Of the tank is 70
feet 6 inches above the pier, and the
peak of the roof is "a feet Z inches
above the tank, which has q capacity
Of more than 100000 gallons.
The great height Of the tank insures
ample water pressure in East Provi-
dence. The pressure In the mains on
the low levels is estimated at $50
pounds.
The pier is made Of open hearth
steel, having a tensile strength vary
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 pounds per
square inch and an elastic limit of
one-half the tensile strength. There
are four center and eight side COL
umns, carrying the Orders and l
beams at the top, and the outside COL
umns at the base are 70 feet from
center to center. Lateral rods form
the wind bracing. At the top is grill
work of steel beams covered with
Portland cement concrete, upon which
the tank Is placed. At the base Of the
tank is a walk around three feet wide,
and this Is reached by wrought iron
stairs. The steel pier supports q load
of over 100000 pounds. and tho
weight of the pier is 10000 pounds.
The height Of the steel tank is 70
feet 6 inches. and its diameter 10 50
feet There are IA courses, and each
course is made of seven plates. having
a width OF five feet. The thickness of
the bottom plates is one inch. and
the top plates are three-eighths Of an
inch in thickness. The tank and pier
are designed to resist wind pressure
of 100 miles an hour when the tank IS
empty, and as the highest recorded We
locity of wind in East Providence is
60 miles an hour, it is obvious that
the engineers provided q large mar
gin of safety. When the tank IL filed.
the factor Of stability is greatly in
creased.
The water stored in the tank 10 SUI.
ficient to fill an area 135 by 1000 feet
l foot deep. -. -
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PEN DEFEATS. SWORD.
YOUNG WRITER CAUSES AN
UPHEAVAL IN GERMANY. r.
Criticises Brutality in Army and
Arouses Public Conscience-Many
Courts Martial Called
a. Result.
Berlin (Germany) Special.

Berlin Germany Special.
Franz Adam Beyerlein, the young
Saxon writer, has done more with his
novels and dramas Of German military
life to prove that the pen is mightier
than the sword than any author of his
generation.
Two years ago an obscure tyro, to-day
finds him famous, and the dominant lit
erary figure Of the hour in Germany.
Two works, novel and a play, have Won
him reputation and fortune: The ro-
nance Jena or Sedan? ?" and the stirring
drama of German barrack life, Zap
fenstreich."
Both portray in strikingly vivid form
the modern aspects of German mllltar-
ism in such reality that the public con-
science of all Germany has been aroused
as never before to the evils Of the grind
ing system and all its attendant bitter
ness and hardships.
Jena or Sedan?" has broken all Ger
man records for sales. More than 20O,-
900 copies have been printed and sold,
a figure never before approached in the
history of the German book trade. The
kaiser is said to have thumbed it through
three times. Army officers have made
1t the subject of passionate debate, and
the reichstag has rung with ansHy quo
tations from its pages by membera Of the
social democratic party, who find It un-
rivaled material for their .incessant at
tacks on the governments military pol
Icy.
Beyerlein is a native Of little MANU-
featuring town in Saxony, renowned for
the production Of Meissen pottery. AS
a young man Of 81 he served his year
with the colors as an artilleryman at
the garrison of Pima, near Dresden,
where his shrewd powers of observation
and retentive memory supplied him
with the material with which he was
destined later to win literary renown.
The garrison of Pima, under another
name, is the place at which the scenes
described in Jena or Sedan?" are sup
posed to have occurred.
The interrogatory title of the book
was chosen by Beyerlein to indicate that
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Primate of 1reland)
casion was the celebrated Dominican
orator, Father Thomas Burke, famous
for his lectures and sermons all over
the world. '.s~ &
4 After the death of DR. McGettigan, in
1887, Mgr. Logue, who had been coadju-
tor q few months previously, succeeded
him and set to work to pay OIL the
heavy debt left by his predecessor and
finish the building, whose interior dec
orations were of such flimsy character
that he ordered them entirely renewed,
importing the best ecclesiastical art
works from Italy and France. In 1893
he was made a cardinal by the late
pope, and this additional dignity en-
abled him to raise successfully the large
sum needed for the work.
It was not, however, till the close OF
the year 1899 that his eminence, judy
ing the time ripe for further efforts,
issued a pastoral letter on the ma
tional cathedral" addressed to all the
churches in Ireland, and was enabled to
start the famous and popular National
Cathedral bazar, which lasted two
years, and which raised immense sums
toward the work of finishing the build
ing.
In 1891 the cathedral was closed to
worshipers and the decoration OF the
interior was pushed rapidly along until
the present time, when 1t was decided
to proceed to the solemn conservation OF
the building on the very day on which
occurred the silver jubilee Of the car
dinal primate's episcopal conservation.
At first the clergy and laity of the
archdiocese intended to celebrate the
jubilee by offering large sum OF
money to their beloved prelate, but his
eminence declined to accept any per-
sonal offering as long as the cathedral
was still in debt, so it was resolved to
raise the required sum OF more than
S1O0, 900 and remove the last impeachment
to the conservation of the temple.
It was principally through the untir-
ing efforts of Rev. John Quinn, now
canon of Magherafelt, and Of his sue
cessor, Rev. Michael Quinn, the pres
emit administrator, that much OF the
money was raised. For four years the
work Of completing and decorating the
interior has been in progress under the
supervision and in accordance with the
plans of the most eminent architects OF
ireland. The most skilled artists have
been employed in the work with such
success that the perfection Of the affairs,
mosaics, screens, pulpit and organ has
evoked the admiration Of even the most
critical visitors. The total cost of the
building is placed at s5oo, 900, or 81 ,5oo.-
600. which have been collected al over
che world ... -..
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A H0ME-MENDING SOCIETY.
Chicago Preacher Would Settle All
Family Rows by Gentle Chris
tan Mediation.
Chicago Special,

Chicago Special
Settle all domestic troubles by ART.
tration" is the slogan of Rev. David D.
De Long, who has just announced the
beginning of crusade to introduce ar
bitration into the home and family and
church life of the nation. go. 100 .- "a.
He calls his remarkable movement
the "Home-Mending society"
His idea is that every church should
maintain a regularly constituted board
of arbitration" consecrated to the task
Of investigating and amicably settling
family troubles of every description.
He is organizing such body in his
own church, appropriately called the
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WORK OF MINISTER ALLEN.
United States Representative at Seoul,
Korea, Is Implicitly Trusted
BY Both Nations.
Seoul (Korea) Special.

ScOuA \kAOICd/ 0pSC1dA.
Medical missionary, court physician
and diplomat, Horace N. Allen, United
States minister to Korea, stands to-
day a strong and picturesque figure in
the affairs of state in the far east. He
has been a resident of Korea since
1882.
DR.. Allen was the first resident for
eign missionary in that land. He had
gone out as a medical missionary I'M
der the Presbyterian board, and it
was at his request that he was trans
ferred from China to Korea, where he
believed he could do better work with
a practice among the foreign residents
of Seoul.
Through his attendance upon Prince
Min Yonk TX, q cousin of the queen,
he became the physician Of the court
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4 MONSTER WATER TOWER.
The Largest Metal Structure for the
e. Purpose That Has Ever Been
i t&& Constructed.
Providence (R. H. Special.

Providence (R. H. Special.
The stand-pipe of the East Prov.
dence Water company is nearing CONE
pletion. Water mains are being laid,
and in two or three weeks the tank
will be tested under regular working
conditions. The water tank and the
steel piers being the largest of the
kind in the world, the structure II
one Of unusual interest
: Its height above tide water Is SIG
feet and 6 inches; the top of the ma
sorry foundations is LAG feet s inches
above mean high water; the steel pier
rises 1855 feet above the foundation
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and enjoyed great popularity. In time
his relations with the royal family be-
came intimate, and within two years
DR.. Allen was able to establish a hos
pital, the expenses of which were paid
by the king.
Subsequently the doctor was sent
back to this country as q representa-
tive of the Korean government, and
for q time he was secretary OF tho
Korean legation at Washington.
He was secretary Of the American
legation in Korea from 1890 to 1897.
and was then promoted to the high
diplomatic rank Of minister resident
and consul general.
DR.. Aliens original medical work
opened tho way for the entrance oe
other missionaries. medical and evan
eeHstic, Catholic and Protestant: and
it promoted . kindly feeling toward
the American peoplA
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--9-- -I----I--
WOMAN WILL SAVE ALAMO.
Patriotic Work Undertaken BY the
Plucky daughters Of the Re- n
public Of Texas.' v
San Antonio (Tex.) Special.

San Antonio CTex.) Special. ~~
The Alamo-the historic spot where
Texas bravery and Texan endurance
asserted their tenacity in the memorable
struggle for independence in 1S36-is to
be reclaimed from a partial state OF ruin
through the fundamentally Of the
Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Miss Adina de Zavala, Of San Antonio,
the woman who is leading the movement
to save the landmarks of Texas and con-
vert them into museums and halls Of
fame, is president of the De Zavala chap
ter of the Daughters of the Republic of
Texas.
Through her efforts the Alamo has been
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THE PROHIBITION TICKET.
It Is Headed by DR.. Silas G. Swallow,
Well-Known Pennsylvania
Preacher.
Harrisburg (Pa.) Special.

Harrisburg Pa.) Special
Silas c. Swallow, who was nominal
ed for president by the prohibitionists,
is noted advocate of total abstinence
from strong drink. He is editor Of the
Pennsylvania Methodist and also SUI
perintendent of the Methodist book
rooms at Harrisburg, Pa. DR.. Swallow
was born at Plains, Pa, March S, 1889.
and was educated at Wyoming semi
nary, being made D. D. few years
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later by Taylor university of Fort
Wayne, Ind. In 1897 he created a
great sensation by an expose of Penn
sylvania politicians, was indicted for
libel, but was acquitted. The same
year DR.. Swallow ran for state treas
urer on the prohibition ticket, receiv-
ing $4,000 votes. He ran for governor
the following year, receiving another
large vote, and again was q candidate
for the same Office in 1902 Four years
ago, at the Chicago convention, he
was a candidate for the presidential
nomination, but was defeated by John
G. Woolley. DR.. Swallows home =
in Harrisburg.
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Forcing Growth Of Pearls.

The Japanese are encouraging the
growth of ''real' pearls by forcing a
grain Of sand into oysters and plant
ing them until the pearl is formed By
. deposit around the foreign substance
Of the material from which the shell
timing 10 formed.
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Indictment Of Aaron Burr.

The original Indictment Of Aaron
Burr for treason was recently found In
tho archives Of the federal court, in
Richmond, Va It was long supposed
to have been lost The document 10
signed BY John Randolph, Of Roanoke,
foreman Of the grand july. .,..
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Retreat for Homeless Girls.

Hamburg has a Madchenheim, cf ref
uge for girls, at which last year 9,315
young women were provided with sleep
ing accommodations at seven to ten
cents . night.