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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-03
HANGCHoW
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE.
CHINA.

for annually One-half Of the forty
Chinese children and young men and
women In the day schools and higher
institutions OF learnlng-colleges,
university and theological seminaries-
are instructed by American teachers.
only three thousand less than one-half
Of the 10000 native Protestant COM
municants owe allegiance to American
churches and chapels.
Our missionaries look after about one
hundred thousand more people year
than the twenty-five British societies.
Our physicians number 157 the British
SO: our hospitals and dispensaries. 81.
the British fourteen less We main
tain one thousand and three schools of
various kinds. the British 759. Our
missionaries. including the physicians.
total 2S6 more than the British force.
They reside In 264 different places,
known as mission stations. Attached to
these stations are 924 out-stations, In
direct charge Of native workers and
under constant supervision Of the mis-
sionaries. The native workers number
nearly three thousand. Besides the 3d.
O0O-odd communicates OF our churches
and chapels. about thirty thousand
Chinese, technically known as adher-
ents. to distinguish them from COM
municants. come daily under the influ-
ence of our little missionary army.
There is one American missionary to
every 375,00 Of China proper's vast
population, and 1866 square miles Of its
vast area For the Chinese Empire the
hgures are. one missionary to every
100000 Inhabitants, and 4150 square
miles Of territory. In such q compari-
son the entire empire should be con-
sidered. since our missionaries are In
TWO of the dependencies. and all of the
empire is held TO be proper mission
ary field. Thus there is an American
missionary for every one of the 1O3I
Clevelands which the population OF
China would make. numerically; mis-
sionary for an area only seven hundred
square miles less than the area of the
Nutmeg State Placing the entire num-
Der OF missionaries. Catholic and Prot
estant. at four thousand, roughly, there
Is a missionary for every 1000 square
miles Of territory "a Rhode Island In
eNtenD and every 100 600 OF population
"a Scranton almost. In heads).
The statements concerning American
missionaries are exclusive of the Amer
lean Catholic missionary 1t has been
Impossible to ascertain the number OF
American Catholic missionaries In
China, since they are sent out not by
central organization. but by the various
orders to which they belong According
to officers of the Society for the Propa-
cation of the Faith, which buses Itself
raising money for the support OF mis-
sionarles sent out by the missionary or
ders, the number Is very small indeed.
the church's Chinese work being almost
wholly In charge OF Continental priests.
Our Leading Missionary Boards.
The strongest Of our missionary
boards In China Is the Board Of Foreign
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JOHN L. MENUS
"A FAMOUS AMERICAN MISSIONARY

Shanghai the Presbyterlans. North and
South. ard the Methodists, South: in
CEe-kiang. the Eaptists and the Pres
byterians. South; In Fo-kien. the Meth
odists, North. and the Congregational
lists; In Kwang-tung. wherein is Hong
kong, the PresbyterianS North, and the
Baptists; I'm Kwang-si, across the
boundary from ndo-China, the Chris
tian and Missionary Alliance.
In Sze-chwan, bordering on Thibet,
the center OF which Is 100 miles In
straight line from Shanghai, on the
coast. the Baptists are leaders; In
Shan-si, directly west OF Chill, tho
Congregationallsts; in Nean-hwei, the
Protestant EpiscopaHans and the For
elgn Christian Missionary Society; in
Hu-pei, in the very center OF China
proper. the Protestant EpiscopalianS
and the Swedish Missionary Society; In
Kiang-sl. the Methodists. North and
in Human where the deepest prejudice
and animosity exists against foreign
crs. whether missionaries or laymen,
tie Presbytcrlans, North. the Protest
ant Episcopalians and the Cumberland
PresbyteTlanS.
The American Bible Society, through
Its handful Of missionaries, and its con-
siderable army Of colporteurs, arc In
fluential In every province. Mongolia
and Manchuria.
China reached Canton February rs. 1890.
but until official interdiction was re-
moved from the missionaries twenty
eight years later the efforts of all mis-
sonaries Catholic and Protestant
alike. were sporadic. Therefore. 1t may
be said that missionary work as II is
now carried on among the Cclestials
began with the signing of the treaty OF
Tien-Tsin. which lcgollzed the mis-
sions. recognized the rights Of converts
and opened up all China as a mission
field For sixteen years prior to the
negotiation Of this pact, only the five
ports of Canton, Annoy. Ningpo. Foo
chow and Shanghai. besides Hongkong.
a British possession, We're open to for
eign residence, and hence subject TO
missionary effort. In this period some
thing like 1900 converts were made by
the combined Protestant workerS-an
average OF cighty-one a year, Last
year the Prcsbyterians reported twice
this number OF conversions.
The first Protestant missionary to
China was Robert Morrison. an En-
glishman, AS the representative OF the
London Missionary society, he took up
his residence In Macao In September of
1907. His lengthy correspondence with
the pioneer American foreign mission
ary body, the American Board of Com
missloners for Foreign Missions. result
ed twenty-t three years later, in the ar
rival at Canton of tho Rev. Elijah c.
Brldgrnan. While still In the Andover
Theological seminary. he had proposed
to the board that he be sent a mission
airy to China. His instructions were "to
direct his labors to the acquisition OF
the Chinese language. the distribution
OF the scriptures and other books or
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Missions Of the Presbyterian Church In
the United States OF America II has
PA missionaries in the field, garrisoning
twenty-sevcn stations and 396 out-sta-
tions. Its native helpers number $50,
1t has 100 organized churches, with
nearly fifteen thousand communicates.
2600 being added last year. In its 252
schools are 5000 pupils and students.
Sabbath school scholars number over
Ave thousand. It's two printing presses
turned out over eighty-one million
pages of reading matter last year, and
its twenty-three hospitals and seven
teen dispensaries took care of nearly
one hundred and forty thousand pa
TENTS.
The work Of the Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church is a
close second to that OF the Presbyterian
Board Among the leaders are also the
American Baptist Missionary Union. the
Domestic and Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, tho Executive Committee OF
Foreign Missions, Presbyterion Church,
South; the Board Of Foreign Missions.
Reformed Church in America; the
Board Of Missions of the NJ. e. Church.
South, and the American Board Of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions
(CongregationaD. These societies do the
great bulk OF the work along all lines,
many religious organizations. which
are more local than national in reality
If not In name or purpose, are In the
China field, For example, the Christian
and Missionary Alliance. the Rev. DR.
A. y. Simpsons organization, and the
Scandinavian Alliance Mission OF North
America. Then, too. there are fivo wo-
mems boards at work, chiefly engaged
In maintaining schools, hospitals and
dispensaries. Indeed, one OF these
boards the Woman's Unionr Missionary
society, treats about thirty-ilve thou
sand patients in It's one hospital and dis
persary combined. doing more in this
direction than any Of the other socie
the American Board, the Protestant
Episcopalian ard the Presbyterian.
South.
Missionary Spheres Of Influence.
Most of the missionary effort is con-
fined to China proper, as is also the
CO Sc with other Protestant bodies and
the Roman Catholics. OF the depend
encies. Mauchuria has the greatest
number of mission stations. Mongolia
ls now being developed cvangelicolly.
Very little attention hus yet been pai3
to Thibet and H6in-chlang. According
to Harlan y. Beach, a retired mission
airy and an authority on the China field,
our boards are leading factors I'm thir-
teen OF the nineteen provinces or China
proper and In Mongolia.
In the province OF Chilli wherein is
Pekin. the capital. the Congregational
lists and the 1Gethodiats, North, are
dominant: In Shan-tCng, which the
Germans desire to seize. the Prcsbyte-
rians, North, in kianS-su. wherein is
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or to make Christianity the State re-
ligion and the Emperor TO favor the
plan knowledge OF this impending
change was bruited about. and became
one of the chief causes leading TO the
Boxer uprising
The second Of our churches to under
take missionary work In China was the
Protestant Episcopal 1t entered the
field five years after the Congregational.
When the five treaty ports of Shanghai,
Annoy. Ningpo, Foochow and Canton
were created. following the close of the
TAPPING rebellion, there We're only twelve
Protestant missionaries. American and
English, in China, and they were hid
den away In Canton and Maceo, for fear
OF the Chinese officials. But with the
sIringing up of the treaty ports the
BAPTIST, Presbyterian and Methodist
churches speedily entered China in the
order named.
In the last quarter of n century
twenty twenty-five American societies
have gone into the Empire. This mas
been the period of greatest growth
with all our societies in Chinese work
Indeed. I'm this time We have out
stripped all British and Continental
societies. and, from the Protestant mis-
sionary standpoint, risen to the premier
position.
The Missionaries of 400 Years Ago.
But while our missionary boards have
a record OF a year more than three
quarters OF a century in China. the
English missionaries OF q century, lack
ing n year, Roman Catholics began
wrestling with the yellow mans preJu-
dices over six hundred years ago. John
Coryinus started his record OF six thou
sand baptisms in 1888 Two hundred and
sixty years later the pioneer Jesuits.
Franciscans and DominicanS were roy
ally welcomed by the court. loaded with
favors and given exceptional privileges.
These orders were permitted to remain
for $50 years. when an edict of eXpul-
sion was issued against them This
edict remained in force against all
missionaries unit, the treaty OF Tlen-
tsin was framed.
Roman Catholics. however. were not
the first Christians to undertake the
conversion of the yellow people This
distinction belongs to HISTORIAN mis-
sionaries. who worked their way into
China as early as the second decade OF
the fourth century,
1t was during the Tang dynasty that
the HISTORIANS erected. in Isl, q monu-
ment commemorative OF their efforts
ST province, and the inscription on the
tablet gave en- abstract OF the Christian
religion and an account of tho Nesto-
rian missions. 1t also told OF the En-
pcror's favorable reception of Chris
tlanlty. As II Is right, let It be pro-
mulgated.' was his decree, This monu-
ment was discovered in the early part
of the fifteenth century. some hun
dTedS of years after the last OF the
HISTORIAN missionaries had disappeared
from what cause or causes no one
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tracts which convey n knowledge OF the
gospel. to conversation with indi-
viduals and to public preaching OF the
gospel as soon as circumstances per
nit"
Mr.. Brldgman took up his residence
In the American factory with the
American consular agent, and began
his studies under the direction OF DR..
Morrison, who, by this time. had gained
a comprehensive knowledge of the Chi
nese language. compiled a Chinese
English dictionary. translated and pub
lished the New Testament and. with
the help of a colleague. the Old Testa-
ment also, Like DR.. Morrison. Brldg
man was forced TO take lessons from
his Chinese teachers In secret for fear
OF official dlspleasure. His observations
of the Chinese and their ways had to
be made In large part In the same fur
tive manner.
In secret also he began, n year after
his arrival to instruct some Chinese
boys In the principles of tho ChristiIn
religion. The year following he be-
came editor OF the Chinese Repository,
missionary organ. and the third year
he was able to put the first American
press In operation with the arrival
from America of Samuel w. Williams.
printer sent out by the American
board, At this time there also arrived
Tracy
Influence Of Our Missionaries.
Mr., Bridgman was 80 years In China,
dying In harness as head of the Shang-
hal mission, which he established He
was twenty-three years in the field be-
fore he rturned to this country on leave
of absence. Ho aided in the revision OF
the Bible, undertaken In the latter 40s
His understanding OF the Chinese was
80 comprehensive that when Mr.. Cush-
Ing was sent by this country on a spe-
cial diplomatic mission to China Mr
Bridgman was made secretary of lega-
ton, and he was frequently consulted
by the plenpotentiares OF the United
States, Russia, Great Britain and
France who framed the treaty of Tien-
tsin
Like Dr. Morrison's, Bridgman's work
was preparatory rather than cVanGel-
lStic. BY the missionary boards the
world over he Is recognized as ono OF
the most profound scholars ever sent
out TO the Celestial Kingdom
Since Bridgman's time this country
has had number of exceedingly infu-
entail missionaries in Chlna-men who,
like the pioneer, have made or are max
Ing an imprint on Chinese history.
1t was Prof, Ganewell Of the Method
ist church. North, who superntended
the erection of the legation fortiflcations
at Peking during the Boxer outbreak, |
with what result the world has not for
gotten. The writings OF Young j, Allen
of the Methodist church, South. to-
sc ther with the literary productions of
Timothy Richard OF the English Bap- |
lists. led the reform element of the CEN
tury's beginning to petition the EDper-
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Missionary work In China is unmis-
takably institutional There are day
schools for poor boys and girls. where
the three RS are taught kindergar-
tens, libraries, industrial and training
classes, blind eSylums, boarding schools
for picked students and a growing num-
Der OF theological seminaries and col
lcgeS, besides real university In
Shantung province, under the super
vision of the Presbyterians, North
But the form of work that impresseS
the people most with the principles of
the new religion is medical. as carried
on In the hospital and the dispensary.
One of the best-known missionaries
in the field today is authority for the
statement that more converts are made
in the hospitals and dispensaries than
by all the other methods OF activity
combined. TIE pioneer American hos
pital was established by the Pre5by-
terianS, North. Chine's first medical
school was founded on the initiative OF
the great Ii Hung Chang after the fn-
nous English medical missionary John
X. Mackenzie had effected a cure CT
LIS wife. lying at the point of death.
OF course, whenever and wherever a
missionary gets two OF three Chinese
together there Ia instruction In the pre-
cSpts of Christianity. a patient in the
hospital is told, for example, that only
through God mercy has the doctor
DtSn given power 10 cure MS IellOW-
man Every mission station has It's
separate religious classes for men and
women. Religious literature Is distrib-
uted by the million pages; in 1905 the
Chinese Tract society distributed near
ly GOO. 600 books and tracts-ffteen and
a half million pages of ecclesiastical
and secular reading matter, China
holds literature I'm great honor; hence
careful attention is paid to this form
of proselytiZlng.
Literature Is distributed by the mis-
sionaries. their native helpers and
Bible saGiety colporteurs 1t Is sold.
loaned or given away, according to cir
cumstauces. Favored places for whole
sale distribution are tea shops, fairs,
the gates of government examination
halls and the street chapels.
The street chapel Is n novel mission
ary institution 1t Is usually centrally
located shop, temporarily vacant and
rented for period of evangellstic work
The missionary and his little band
strike up q song. II Is heard by the
throng passing the door, curiosity leads
to the gradual filling OF the room. No
prayer follows the singing. the audi
ence would fee. fearing witchcraft. The
scripture reading is very brief. and the
begins a talk, simple as
q bic.
The talking, however, is not all on
the part OF the white man. Peanut
vendors stand In the doorway of the
chapel and call their wares, Friends
stationed on opposite sides of the utus
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f& 7. viskniskki.

: suy other part of the Ce-
E should again rise
ated foreigner" the first
80 Of the outbreak would
-. Dr.. George E. Nor
A.fan observer of Chinese
~ completed a tour of the
20 In his summing up of
sentiment 1t Is plain
. aesplte various reassur-
ne Is not fully salts
N oi turbulence Is go far
.Is less acquainted with
:. sonld have the world at
- a. ~ mas been pointed out
y Dr.. Morrlson's state
N la % a afeassurlng. for one
t 20 mat "the position of
|h ~ lsa is no more insecure
:, ~ |. y icr fifty years"
~ ~. ~ latest available sta
Sr,,sss,z s zsS Protestant and
'csss ssllc missionaries now
|sTs,ssu us length and
y 49, p'oVince and depend
a are exclusive of the
t,s s..estant .eeat missionaries,
ls,,ss ssesively engage in the
-, sse and Of the varI-
IA ISi,. o. the four orders Of
i tS'een ~ orders of Sisters.
"a ,pr Priests. The Catho.
h e., SCHOOLS, zss charities.
Id, rl',,. converts at three,
w. saat missionaries ,b,,.u
4 nc ,sScictles maintain ioS5
s, rs,,s, s Iess than one-six-
ks,Iss, total number ~
9, tsrsn, na,nssionaries. All of
ksssss two, that are set ct
n. Isc;nsa,vs nave their homes In
y Issilueing British, Con- n.
n senssaatonal snsa societies
rugaged L.
ssri.nn n'sar :. that the naior
d osr S,rplte m, dcvolyes upon
LaAs n,sai missionary bands,
nsr,r customary lands be.
. sths al sphere of the
hus r the bigger part
ss sctJs,w We have more Sc, So. !.
e. comt,n rt In India than in
- sSd y. larger than the
dQAler, n IL does
IN Hicau1nnee Inc thirty-four
ri ,sllslools, hospitals, ser1 and
saa,.sf a.fnd to the reIipio,,a a,,o
S Sos. Of several I'i'uns bUns 5
esssss e, people. Ninein- mgn-
S'aaass 81. Are Doing.
,slioaaa ai.tlS the patients
esSs1.s J, place. place tbspa- NOS
Sasd es, Nearly H,.,er, sewan
PATIENTS are eeye6 eareh
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The Value of Medical Work.

can say with any degree of definite
ness.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-20
NO STEEL FOR
ORIENT RAILWAY
Failure to Get Necessary Material
Ties Up Construction
Work.

El Paso, Texas, Dec. .0.--"Failure 10
get railroad steel in the United States
has delayed the work of construction Of
the Kansas CITY and Orient Railroad for
months past, declared Emmett T..
Bolts, division superintendent, while in
FL Paso en- route to Kansas City I'VE
have finally been forced to order the
steel needed from England. 1t is on
the way now and it is hoped that we
VIII be able to go on with laying the
track within the next 90 days. The
road is operating out OF Topolobampo TO
Fuerta, a distance of over 20 kilometers
and the line is graded from Fnerta to
Choix. The construction of the road t1
Bocoyna. the opening Of traffic to that
point and the letting Of the contract for
another one hundred kiometers
Is long step toward connec
tion with the Pacific coast Mr.
Bolts stated that the railroad line so far
as Mexico is concerned ought to be iini-
shed two years hence. One hundred
kilometers OF the line yet to be built is
through the mountains but he felt con.
fdent that this last link could be linish-
ed by that time
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-20
MUST REPAIR BREAK
IN COLORADO RIO
E. H. Hartman and Irrigation Com.
pany to Be Held Responsible
by President.

Washington D. c.. Dec. 2O-Presi.
dent Roosevelt will ask E. H. Harri-
man. head of the California. Develop
ment Company. to have repaired at
once the break in the left bank of the
Colorado River across the Mexican
boundary line. the overflow of which
is causing such great damage in the
Imperial and Colorado valleys in Cal
ifornia. This company is held respon.
sible for the damage as the break oc-
Cured at the company's works
erected under concession from the
Mexican government. The Presi-
dents decision was reached after a
conference with Senator Flint of Cal
ifornia, Director Walcott of the Geo
logical Survey and F. H. LEVEL OF
the Reclamation Service, and in view
of the impossibility of obtaining an
appropriation from Congress to do the
work before the holiday recess.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-20
"SKIDOO" NEW
MINING CAMP
Loc cated at Edge Of Death Valley
Had "23" Inhabitants But Is
Rapidly Growing.

1t has come at last. town has been
named "SkdoO." 1t is located on the
southern edge Of famous Death Valley
on tho border between Nevada and
California. Gold was struck there
about year ago and the mining camp
has experienced mushroom growth.
From twenty-three inhabitants or there.
and The population will increase even
faster as soon AS the water problem is
settled. Water retails in the camp at
ten cents gallon. pipe line is now
in course Of construction to carry water
tweDty.eight miles over the desert from
a spring and which is estimated to cost
about $4,000.
Dan OIL cary, Of Prescott. Arizona
who arrived in the city last light en-
route 10 Tres Piedras, spent some time
in the neighborhood of Skdoo. He
went there for the purpose Of taking
claim but found everything in sight
already taken up. lie said one man
had filed on at least three hundred
claims which he was trying to dispose
of for S24 900, 900. The Skidoo mines
were discovered about year ago but
nothing was done toward exploiting
them until about six months afterwards.
Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate
is identified with the company that is
developing the mines at Skidoo. accord
ing to Mr.. OLeary. He says that in
addition to the line to insure an in
eshauS'iole supply Of pure water a
wagon road is being built at consider
able expense to the nearest railroad
station
Mr.. O'Leary says that 50 far as the
general appearance Of Death Valley is
concerned it is not unlike that Of the
surrounding country except that 1t is
treesess and has no surface water. lie
says that in spite of the absence Of
trees though the ground Is covered with
shrubbery and other similar vegetation.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-20
YELLOW BACK NOVELS
AND BAD BOYS
Discovery Of "Rea Robbers Cave"
Back of BiIboards in AIbuquer-
que-GirI Held for Ransom.

Albuquerque, n. NJ, Dec. 20.--A real
robbers cave, the result of too much
reading of yellow back novels by AL
buquerque boys, was discovered by
policemen here behind some bill
boards on vacant lot In this cave
were canned goods, blankets and lamps
as well as other supplies for bold bad
robbers. Here, it is asserted the
bad" gang dragged in defenseless
little girl and held her a prisoner for
one day in the hopes of extorting ran
som. The plot failed The robbers
were foiled just as success seemed
imminent. The discovery of tna boy
gang of robbers was made as a re-
suit of the arrest of several small
lads for stealing copper wire. The
police believe the boys were assisted
by linemen employed by the Colorado
Telephone Company and are still in.
vestigating the case. 1t Is likely that
the officers will at once take steps to
break up the gang of novel readers
and also to quiet too boisterous
youngsters who fill the streets after
school hours.