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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
IDEAL MISSION FIELD IN NORTH
ERIN KOREA.

reverent. At prayer they all bowed for
ward, with their heads to the ground. Mis-
sionary Lee led the music with cornet
and the people sang Justify. EVERYBODY
reading. The address was listened to with
all the intentness and responsiveness that
any speaker could desire At its close the
leaders and many of the other men crowd
ed to the platform to speak with their be-
loved "moksa," or pastor. 1t struck me
that this Korean missionary, and many OF
his associates, have a work and an oppor-
tunity which the ablest preacher In Amer
lea might coVet.
~
One Of the first facts about the mission
ary community here which strikes q visitor
is the harmony and cooperation existing
between the two missions. The mission
aries are the only white people In Pyeng
Yang except one French tradesman and
French priest Their social solidarity Is as
marked as the unity Of their laoors: r,ite
traveller to lodge Is in the homes or the
missionaries. and during the war many
newspaper correspondents had occasion 10
bless the hospitality of the missionaries.
The three hospitals are run as one, al
though maintaining, in some respects tneir
separate identity. The largest Is the FreS-
byterian hospital, conducted by Or. j. H.
Wells, and ministering to about !0Ooo pa
tients a year DR.. E. D. Follwell. at the
Methodist hospital treats about 5000. and
DR.. Hall, whose work Is entirely Tor women
about 5000 patients year. Jointly, the
two men doctors are training twenty-five
students, who not only pay for their IN
struction, and for the privilege OF working
in the hospital, but are also required to 40 90
evangelistic work among the patients one
notable characteristic of these hospitals
which are almost entirely self-supporting'
is the adaptation to the Korean style OF nv
ing. While they have wards containing
beds. most Of their patients sleep on the
floor, as in their own homes, and are there
treated. Like Korean houses these wal DIS
have heated floors. Dr. Wells has been
conspicuously successful In curing the NOR
phine habit, which the Japanese have In
troduced among the Koreans.
Adaptation is one Of the characteristics
of mission work in Pyeng Yang. Approach
ing the city, the visitor cannot at first dis
tinguish the missionary compounds from
the native homes. All the residences and
the school buildings. and all except one OF
the churches the MethodisO, are built In
native style. The interiors Of the homes are
naturally adapted to the use of Americans
and yet they are small and simple dwell
ings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
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Temple Mem Presbyterian

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
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Some Of the Principal Laws Relating Those Who Labored
Among the Children Of Israel Three
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

The schools are cooperative. Be 1t UNI
derstood that there is no public school sys-.
tenn throughout Korea. Before the mission
aries came the higher class boys were
taught the Chinese classics. The creation
of the popular taste for learning. as well
as the production Of most of the literature
in the language of the plain people, may be
credited to the missionaries. 1t Is quite
general for native churches to maintain
primary schools for secular instruction.
There are in this district at least three
higher academies and the demand for edu-
cation is by no means met. 1t is probable
that the missionaries will soon have to fore
go all direct teaching and become superin-
tendents of instruction. The strategical i'm
portance to Christianity of thus having
controlling hand upon the education of the
nation Is apparent at glance.
IN Pyeng Yang proper are three noteworthy
schools. One is the college, with 800 stu
dents, all Of whom are Christians and all
OF whom pass a stiff entrance examina-
ton. This is taught by both Methodist
and Presbyterian missionaries and by ma
grow into Christian college with a thou
sand students There is also a girls high
school with half a hundred students.
was much struck with the Industrial school
attached to the college, where some stu
dents work their way through an educa-
ton. Here they have genuine blacksmith
shop, machine shop and carpenter shop,
ali OF Wnlch are producing marketable
wares. The machine shop, for instance, is
unable to supply the demand for certain
braiding machine which it turns out The
industry and the skill shown by the student
workmen would seem to indicate unsus-
pected capabilities on the part Of the Ko-
rean. This establishment more nearly re-
sembled q bona ffde workshop than any
other Industrial school recall.
The manager of this industrial school is
Rev. Graham Lee, who seems to be prac-
tical mechanic. In addition to running the
industrial school, he Is the pastor of the
largest church In Korea and has charge of
forty country churches besides.
.
This suggests the country work that CEN
tiers in Pyeng Yang and one peculiar phase
of Korean missions. The church here is
self-supporting. New churches spring up
almost in a night without ever having
seen a missionary. The Korean Christians
are trained to do personal work. Every
one Is expected to be an evangelist. Thus
1t comes to pass that by the telling of the
news from mouth to mouth the number Of
believers spreads with greater rapidity than
the missionary can follow. 1t seems liter
ally true here that the missionary cannot
keep up with the work. much les8le4d Il.
a few days ESQ DR.. Wells and Dr.. Ghnr-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09
German Catholics to Meet in Con-
Yention.

The St. Joseph's Stats-verband, an
organization of German Catholic So
cieties of this state, and branch oil
the German Roman Catholic Central
verein, will hold its annual conven-
ton at Fl. Wayne. May 12 and 13.
An invitation has been extended to
all the Catholic societies of the State
of Indiana to participate in the con-
vention and help to further the cause
of German Catholics. Societies not
yet members of this federation are
requested to send delegates to the
convention to learn of the good pur-
pose and the necessity of such an or
ganization, whereby Catholics may
protect and further their rights and
prevent leakage to their church and
schools
1t appears this fourteenth annual
meeting will be success, for several
bishops and quite number of cler-
gymen will be present.
The convention will open with pom
tifcial high mass by the Rt Rev
Bishop Alerding, of Fl. Wayne. One
of the principal features of this con
vention will be parade, in which al
the Catholics of Ft Wayne and al
the visiting societies will participate
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09

on public officers are in the interest
of economy in public affairs and in
the interest of the taxpayers. He
can't fool the citizens of this COM
munity by any such subterfuge. They
know already that he has made these
unjustihable and unsupported attacks
and charges solely in order to intimi-
date and drive the council to give
him all city advertising. The public
is with this council in not condemn
ing the right which the law gives
them in directing in what papers city
advertising shall be published, and he
is publicly condemned in his course
in this matter, for the people plainly
see that it is not in the interest of
economy to the city and to save the
taxpayers, but solely in his own in
terest. Before Mr.. Metsker answers
any statements made by us he had
better examine carefully the files of
his papers to see what he has said in
regard to the matter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09

John S. Bender is recovering from
the second attack of grip and other
complications with which he has been
afflicted this winter, and is now able
to make trips to the postofice.
Archie Phillips. a farmer living
west of the county farm, near town,
has been pronounced critically i'll. He
has been quite sick for some time
Mrs. Fred Shearer, living on West
South street, who had been sick but
had partly recovered, took relapse
Monday and is now much worse. She
suffered paralytic stroke and is now
unconscious.
James, the younges son of Mrs
Sarah Taber, who works the farm for
his mother. was taken suddenly i'll
Monday with something like heart
failure His brother Howard, who
works at the creamery. was sent for
0. F. Lands has for three weeks
been compelled to give up pastoral
work in his church. There is some i'm
provement over a week ago, and he is
able to be up and walk around; but
cannot give attention to church ac-
tivities.
John w. Siders is still confined to
his bed much of the time. Rheuma-
tism troubles him more than anything
else at present and gives much pain,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09
Did He Ever Tell the Truth?

In his paper Friday Metsker wants
to know all about the bill allowed the
Plymouth Tribune for publishing a
legal notice five times when as he
says the law plainly says that six
publications are necessary. This is
about as near the truth as, Metsker
ever gets to anything. The law does
not plainly say that six publications
are necessary, but plainly says that it
is necessary to publish this notice
one week. See Acts 1905, page 292.
No one but Metsker ever contended
that there were only six days in a
week. Now what are the facts in
this case and where did the graft"
come in if there was any?
At a meeting of the common coun-
Gil held in December 1905 two legal
publications we're ordered to be pub
lished, as the law required, in daily
newspaper for one week and as the
statute did not expressly provide that
they should be published in the In
dependent, the city clerk gave one
notice to the Plymouth Independent
and the other to the Plymouth Trib-
une. The Tribune published its notice
five times and the Independent six
times. AS soon as Mr.. Hendricks
discovered that both notices were not
given the required number of inser-
tions he went before the council and
made an explanation and then and
there did offer to republish the notice
and give it the required seven inser-
tions and to make but one charge,
and just and true one. But this
would not be giving the whole thing
to Metsker and on a tie vote of the
council the mayor voted to have the
notice republished in the Independent
for seven times and that's where the
graft" comes in. A day or so after
this meeting, His Honor the mayor
and two other members of the city
council requested us to present bill
for this advertising. Mr.. Hendricks
presented the bill for Hendricks &
| Gillespie 1t was paid and that is
all there is to it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09
NEW YORK IMMIGRANTS.
Thousands Upon Thousands Arriving
With Stange Babel of Tongues.

Through Ellis island, New York,
there passed Saturday 5,355 aliens
and thousands more are waiting their
turn on vessels in the harbor, and
yet thousands more are due to arrive.
The entire force of officials at the
immigration station are working with
might and main to land as soon as
possible the many who seek entrance
here, but at best it is slow work, for
not only has each individual to be
registered, but the inspectors must
pass upon the desirability of each to
enter the counry.
Those landed Saturday represented
nearly every nation of Europe The
bright colors of the newcomers from
the South countries and the pictur-
esque garb of the Northern peasants
formed a pleasant picture, while the
babel of strange tongues and the
shouts of the inspectors forming
them into groups on the main floor
lent additional interest to the scene.
Many of the immigrants are Italians.
They declare they have been attract
ed to America by the stories of the
great prosperity here, and that many
thousands of their countrymen are
leaving for this country. They say
that in Southern Italy many villages
have been almost deserted by the
population, SO strong is the fever of
immigration that has seized the peo-
pie
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09

The most busy lot OF people In
town just now are the pupils of the
senior class of the high school. Each
one, by himself or herself is whole
bunch, and when taken collectively
they are-well, the best ever. What,
with their daily studies and exarina
tions, their class arrangements for
graduation, and last, but not least,
their graduation papers, they are hav-
ing the biggest and hardest tug of
their lives. Prof. Randall feels very
proud of his great big class of grad
yates, as we'll he may, for they are
among the finest lot of young people
that our schools have turned out The
class numbers thirty-eight, sixteen
boys and twenty-five girls, which is
the largest class ever graduated from
the Plymouth schools. Their names
are Samuel Baker, Bertha Beagles,
Lille Beyler, Bonnie Boggs, Lloyd
Bowel, Mayme Bussard, Myrtle
Coner, Glen Cressner, Diana Davis,
Mary Dunlap, Iva Glass, Edward
Cove, Foster Helms, William Hen
bricks, Fay Hess, Josephine Hodges.
Ray Jacoby, Helen Jordan, Clare Kill
mer, Alice Langdon, Floy Leonard,
Orlow Leonhard Eugene Pesch, Inez
Reisch, Marie Rhodes, Blanche Rich
ards, Harold Rosenbury, Bert Savage.
Tina Lee, Laura Shoemaker, Paul
Singrey, Edith Spooner, Minnie
Swindell, Benjamin Switzer, Hubert
Tanner, Glen Underwood and Fred
Wolford. The class, decided to do
away with "class honors."
1t is expected that DR.. w. A.
Quayle, of Chicago will be secured
for the commencement address. Ne
gotiations to that effect have been
pending, and the hope that he may be
obtained is shared by every one. Mr..
Ouayle is one of the most eloquent
speakers on the public stage. His
sermons, printed on Mondays in the
Inter-Ocean, are counted by many
to be superior TO those of the late DR..
Talmage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09
Chicago Loses 81 Saloons.

Chicago will start the next six
months just thirty-seven SALOONS
thirstier than it was in the preceding
half year. Clerks worked in the Ii
cense Office at the city hall until mid
night Wednesday night verifying the
bonds and accepting the money OF
all saloon keepers who had failed to
cross the dead line before.
When the Office closed total OF
720 saloon licenses had been issued,
a decrease of thirty-seven over the
first six months of the fiscal year.
About 60 tardy proprietors availed
themselves of the final day for taking
out licenses.
The $1,000 fee caused 116 saloons
to close their doors six months ago,
keen competition and bad locations
playing their part in this enforced
reformation. Since the fiscal yeAr
19O5-1906, Chicago has lost almost a
thousand grogshops, the highest
grogshops, the highest number, $40
having been reached in that six
months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09
Took Them a Long Time.

The Plymouth Democrat was start
ed in 1855; over fifty years ago. The
predecessor of The Plymouth Trib-
une was founded in 1s5O,-fifty-seven
years ago During the entire period
of over half ct ,tury legal adver-
tisements OF various kinds were pub
lished in each of the above named
papers and never was it necessary for
county commissioner to question
the advertising bill of any publisher,
though the papers changed hands
many times during this long period.
Never was it necessary to question
the veracity of any publisher until
the Hon. c. w. Metsker came to
Plymouth and engaged in the news
paper business, and now scarcely a
bill that he files with the county
commissioners Is not padded and
heightened out to increase the cost.
Plymouth was made a city in 1878,
about "a years ago. In that period
the political aspect has changed from
Democratic to Republican and vice
versa, but in all these years never
was it necessary for the common
council to instruct its attorney to
measure all legal notices before pay
ment was made, as was done by a
unanimous Democratic council year
or so ago. We would like 10 have
Mr.. Metsker tell the good people of
Plymouth why it took the council
over 30 years to make this order For
fear he will not do so we will tell
them--they knew he was inclined to
graft and wanted to frustrate him as
much as possible.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09
Indiana Roads and Schools.

Indiana continue, to come to the
front. She is, of course, more than
maintaining her position among the
other states as to population, agricul-
tural and mineral products, the liter
ary output. and quality of her men
land women). And now it appears
that since the liberal school legisla-
ton of the last Legislature, educators
in other states say that Indiana has
taken more advanced position than
other states in her school laws. ST.
multaneously there comes an an
nouncement that the States improve
ment in roadmaking has at last be-
come effective. This announcement
is made by the general Postofice De-
partment, which has knowledge of
the matter through its rural free de-
livery S stem. The department says
(and this is gratifyin. surprise)
that Indiana leads all the states in
the matter of good roads and has
paid her the compliment of issuing
a bulletin containing the Indiana
laws for the Improvement of high
ways on which rural routes are in
operation, and says:
"The laws above set forth are in
line with the efforts being made by
the Post-office Department through
cooperation with the Department of
Agriculture and the various state au-
thorities, toward the buildin- and i'm
provement of public roads in order
to facilitate the establishment and
maintenance of rural delivery SER
vice."
1t has been known that Indiana
was in advance of other states in the
number of its rural free delivery
routes, and now it appears that its
progress in good roads is worthy Of
comment. Good schools and good
roads are unmistakable marks of high
civilization.-News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09

Governor Hanly was at the State
House Monday morning to arrange
some of the business of his Office
before his departure for Atlantic
City.
The Governor and Mrs. Hanly will
be accompanied by the Governor )
nurse, Miss Florence Blanchheld, on
their trip to Atlantic City. The trip
will be made over the Pennsylvania
via Philadelphia The party, how
ever, according to All announcement
from the Governors residence, will
not stop at Philadelphia.
Governor Hanly continues to show
improvement. His physician, DIR. c.
c. Goar, visited him and found that
he suffered no i'll effects from his
hours work Saturday. Sunday after
noon the Governor enjoyed an hours
automobile ride with Clarence Jami-
son of Lafayette, who came to Indi-
dHdpOnS dnQ SPCnt TIC ddy Will thS
Governor and Mrs. Hanly. The ride
proved beneficial to him in every way
but he retired at o'clock in order tc
get plenty of rest for his work and
| his start for Atlantic City.
DIR. Goar said Sunday night that he
thinks the Governors chances fol
complete recovery are good.
"The Governor" said DIR. Goar
hasn't all the strength he needs yet
but if he goes back to the Stat.
House and works hard, in thre,
weeks time he will be just where IA,
was before. He will improve rapid,
now if he continues to rest" DR.
Goar will be in close touch with the
Governor while he is away.
The Governor talked some of tax
ing a sea voyage TO Bermuda, but ht
has given up the idea, and will not &c
unless he should fail to improve a
Atlantic City If his condition is no
sufficiently improved within three
weeks the Governor may stay at At
lantic City longer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09
DITCH CASE POSTPONED.
Famous Yellow River Ditch Goes
Over to September Term.

George w. Bu-son of Winamac,
acting as special judge in the Yellow
River ditch case sometimes known
as the Keyser ditch, has referred the
petition to the drainage commission
ers, under the new law of 1907. The
order of the court is as follows:
at appearing to the court that
these proceedings were commenced
under the law of 1903, in relation to
drainage, the court finds that the pre-
liminary report Heretofore filed in this
matter is insufficient under the pres
ent law, and it appearing further that
the objections to the petition here
tofore filed have been adjudicated by
the court, and that the petition is
sufficient in all things, it is ordered
by the court that the matter of the
petition for such drainage be, and
the same is, referred to the drainage
commissioners of the county, to-wit
Charles Porcher, the regular drain
age commissioner, appointed by the
board of commissioners, and Percy
Troyer, county surveyor; and the
court now appoints as the third
drainage commissioner to act herein,
A. C.. North. Said drainage commits
sioners are ordered to meet at the
surveyors office in Plymouth on the
14th day of May. 1907, and proceed
thence and make personal inspection
of the lands"
The above ditch case has been in
the courts for three years The ditch
affects large portions of Marshall
county, also Kosciusko and ST. Jo-
seph counties 1t is understood that
the demonstrators have all withdrawn
except William Zehner. Messrs.
Parks and Logan are attorneys for
the petitioners, and Messrs. Martin
dale Hess, Wise and Unger, for the
remOnstrants
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-09

Secretary of War Taft, it is said,
will break his political silence for
the first time since he has been re-
garded as a receptive candidate for
the Re publican nomination for the
preside. ICY in speech which he prob
ably will deliver at Tulsa, Okla, on
June 6, on the occasion of the as
sembling of the first Republican State
convention. In Secretary Taft's opin-
in the political campaign in Okla
homa will be hot one, and probably
will determine for number of years
to come the political complexion OF
the State The issues presented are
expected to be national in character
and it may be that Secretary Taft
can find much to say to the people
of Oklahoma that will interest them
in general Republican principles with
out in any way bringing in the per-
sonal equation. This visit to Tulsa
will be only an incident in a con-
siderable Western trip which Secre-
tary Taft is about to take. After his
Oklahoma visit the Secretary is go
ing to make an official tour of inspec-
ton of the great military posts. SO
that he will be in a position to re-
new his efforts with Congress at the
next session in behalf of the creation
of great brigade posts and concen-
tration camps with a more compre-
hensive knowledge of the subject
than he had when this project was
first broached last year.