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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

WASHINGTON society is beginning
W to speculate on the possibility of
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, now in her sew
enteenth year, being presented on
New Years next. Although she will
not have finished her school course
here in the National Cathedral School
Tor Girls the president and Mrs. Roose-
welt 1t is said, feel that she should
see as much of White House events
and entertainments as possible, and
she will not leave school, but will ap-
pear more generally than heretofore.
Miss Ethel IS budding into a very
handsome woman and has all of the
frank charm of her sister, Mrs. Long
worth, added to vivacity. She is a
deyotee of horseback riding and when
In the city she and her mother can of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

nNE Of the landmarks Of the city, the
~ old William T.. Dodge home in
Madison avenue, is making way for
an Italian garden between the homes
of J. Perpout Morgan and his son. In
the rear he will build a great gallery
to house his wonderful art OF '"Cts,
which form one Of the greatest pri-
vate collections in the country,
The William Dodge homo was built
Of brownstonc in the severely plain
and impressive style Of the middle Of
the last century 1t was during tho
life time Of The senior Dodge the gath
criug place Of many interested i'm so.
cial and religious progress. Many
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
LEADING LEGAL LIGHT

Urah NJ Rose, one of the most distinguished
figures in the large delegation Of noted Americans
to The Hague international peace conference, has
been for many years regarded as the most scho
ary lawyer in America. The man who is today
a world-famed authority on international law and
a powerful advocate of the new code of arbitra
ton for settling the disputes of nations, was
born 70 years ago in the backwoods of Kentucky
At the age of 10, when Abraham Lincoln was win
ming fame a lawyer young Rose began his brill
liant career before the bar of the Blue Grass
state.
While he has always been prominent in poll
ties and member of the national Democratic
central committee for years he has studiousy re.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
HAS EYES ON WHITE HOUSE

Jesse r. Grant son of Gen U. S. Grant, is be-
ing mentioned as "a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for president of the United States He
is not only willing to accept the nomination, but
is ready to come out openly and make a frank and
determined effort to get It. This statement has
been made with Mr.. Grants knowledge and con
sent by persons who in close touch with him
and thoroughly cognizant with his political plans
Those who know Mr. Grant personally believe that
if he could get the nomination he would make a
strong candidate for the Democrats, because they
think he would be able to unite the factions of the
party. The conservative elements of the Democ-
racy, his friends say, ought to have moro faith
in him than in any other candidate far men
toned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

a the
lights the nation serving for three president of the American
He contributed the articles
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

regarded by his
the north other candidate
could Republican ranks
IS a o New the life
nothing particular he has nothing
Manhattan club Democratic
hold Here he smokes till dinner time.
thinks
restricting closing
ave informed the world
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

Gcrauiums still survive as the stock
flower, and Mrs II. T, Wilson, Jr., has
mixed them with white daisies and
ivy on the facade of her new Adam
house in Filtysoyenth street Mrs
Philip Lydig, on her house in East
Fifty.secoud street, has rows of coral
colorod gcrauiums and daisies. The
facade Of Mrs. James Stillman's house
in East Seventy second street, has a
line of flaming scarlet gerauiums over
the main entrance.
Mrs. Burial uotfmann's house on
Fifth avenue has coral gerauiums
Mrs. Victor Sorchon's windows are
filled with pausics and ivy; and Mrs
Nj. 4. Pync, whose house adjoins, Las
used goraniums and daisies
One feature Of the floral decorations
is the prcpondoranco of the flowers
below FIFTY ninth street There are
few houses further up that show any
decorations The Astor houses never
were adorned with flowers and the
same thing is true of the houses Of
Mrs FISH and Mrs. Mills and the j. H.
Smith house. OF all the handsome
homes on Soycntysocond street, be.
tween Fifth and Madison avenues, only
the StiIlmau house shows a flower dis.
play
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

Mmc. Lillian NordiCa Will establish on the
Hudson near New York, a Bayrcuth in America.
with a part Of her great fortune the noted singer
will erect the Lillian Nordca Festival house,
which will be to this country what the famous
operate institution founded by Richard Wagner,
and now maintained by his widow, is TO Europe
The site for the institution was purchased re-.
Gently for 100000 and Nine. Nordtca expects
that the opera house will be ready for it's formal
dedication one year from next summer
An American institute of music, whore Amer
can young mon and women who aspire to opcr-
attic honors will be taught by the foremost teach
ers in the world, is included in the plans OF the
famous singer In a statement in which she an
nOlnCed her plans, Nine. NordiCa said
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
PICTURESQUE ADMIRAL RETIRES

Command of the Now York navy yard IN
Brooklyn was the other day relnquaAod as R'1I
Admiral Joseph b. Coghlan TO Rear Admiral {. +.
Goodrich Rear Admiral Goodrich was formerly a
member Of the Endlcott board Of iortihcauona
president Of the navy institute and commander IN
chief of the Pacific feet
Admiral Coghlan retres from active service.
He declared if he had his life TO 90 over AGAIN
he would reenter the United States navy, that II
is the finest organization Of its kind in The "oild'
and that it holds out greater Inducements 70
the young men Of this country than does he navy
OF any other nation Admiral Coghan thinks thal
our navy should be made bigger and stronger
He said
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
WILL CHINA BECOME CHRIsTIAN3

Is that new religion 10 be Christianity? Have the
nearly four thousand Protestant missionaries in
China 0he figures for the Roman Catholic mission
are not Obtainabel made such an impression upon
this nation OF 100000 that the ultimate conversion
OF the whole is % be predicted? Faith rather than
facts, would have TO undere such an assumption
The missionaries have only begun to make an i'm
preston upon China Vast have been the treas
ures of human life and gold and energy expended
upon the Chris tianiZat!on Of this inconceIvablv
immense empire. the visible return has been out
OF all proportion 10 this expenditure there being
10 day only about hundred thousand enrolled
church members not all Of whom, II is TO be feared
are sincere Christians Not until within recent
years has there been anything approximatfn. an
organized effort TO administer Christian missions
nationally, or as unit; effort in this direction
will be one Of the notable characteristics of tho
Shanghai centennial
a greater degree of relatedness unity and CO.
operation has been of the manifest necds OF
the missionary propaganda in China. Lack OF this
has been the cause of great waste OF work and
money and OF no little duplication of effort and of
mission rivalry All this being true 1t vet remains
undeniabe-and this is the most swos-,nR critI-
cism | have to make upon Chinese missions-that
the enterprise is conducted too small a scale for
the results sought. III missions be operated
al all, they should he maintained In manner COM
mensurate with tho object. There has been a deal
Of huryinS of Gospel leaven in China in a hundred
years past. ard by no means without result But
II strikes observer forciby that If this genera
ton or the next is to China a whole reckon
ing seriously with Christianity, there some
bigger, broader more aggressive and more co-npre-
hensive campaigning done.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
CREW OF DIRTY PRIESTS.

one needs strong stomach % travel in the
East. but The famous Llama temple in Pekng Is
enough 10 turn the strongest. This is supposed 10
be Buddhism At its best Buddhism straight from
Lhasa. the home OF the Grand Llama. In its
prime the building no doubt splendid and Il
has many Interesting carvings and brou-es: but
as whole II Is IN state Of miserable decay Its
dir and grimiresS and squalor, however are Moth
inc as compared with the filth and odiousness of
III" priests They the most repulsiva lot OF
moTtals II has ever been nv bad fortune TO meet
Their unwaShcd, unkempt external appearance is
less hideous than their manifest moral rOtteuness
one does not need hear the tales with which the
community abounds 10 learn that here : depravitv
remarkable even for China
There are some eight hundred Of these yellow
rohed priests. men and boys. They are famous
FOR the deep tones in which they chant their ritual
daily, recording. II IS said. a lower register than
the human voice has been known TO attain else
where Nothing manly is to be associated with
these deep voices however. They are a lot of de-
generate meadcants. whom no Chinese is so low
as To respect. There few visitors 10 the tenn
pie except tourists At every doorway-and one
must pass through at least a dozen in visiting the
tempie-onc or Two priests stand with outstretched
palm. demanding a fee Others try to sell bits OF
bronze chinaware.
OF all the faiths OF China. cxceps Christianity
one is bound 70 admit that they have deteriorated
greatly from their original character. and are in
practice. little more than Supersttions with scarce
iy apy corrective influence upon character This
nation is in need of q religion.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

pair the loss which has been entaied in East
Africa.
In British East Africa sections of the country
have been set apart for the preservation OF the
animals Licenses, for which a fee is charged
and which permit the destruction of only
tain number of animals, must be secured by the
sportsman before he can shoot in them. IN
fortunately. even this form of protection Is in
sufficient. as there few men employed to
guard the reserves and there is much 'poach-
ing by natives and whites.
In article recently published in The Ma
tional Review" urging better protection of the
big game of the world before II is too late. the
following measures We're proposed
The annual and careful supervision by the
officials of the reserves. under the expert advice
of the game ranger. of the game to be killed
under licenses in the ensuing year, taking ac-
count of the abundance scarcity of each
species.
The provision of adequate staff sufficient
TO render the reserves practically involable and
TO supervise the whole question of shooting and
taking the game.
The entire prohibition of the sale of 'biltong.'
the dried flesh of some of the animals
AN order. be strictly enforced, absolutely
prohibiting the possessing. or carrying Of fire.
arms by natives other than those in govern
n1ent employ
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
CHINESE AND GRANDFATHERs.

OF all the religious tenets of the Chinese that of
ancestor worship Is the strongest. although II
hardly be dissocated from spirit worship II is
pIobably less matter of love for ancestors than
rtear or their spirits which lies the bottom or
the Chinese regard for the departed The great
occasion for doing reverence TO ancestors is the
New Year elaborate offerings made before the
ancestral tablets. and afterward there is feastng
and music
80 lnwrouEht is ancestral worship with the
social civil and political life Of the Chinese that It
Is dl'hcut for Christian convert 10 separate him
SER rom II all, especially on the occasion OF
funerals and the New Year Certain veteran mis-
sionaries assume the position that the veneration
or ancestors should not be regarded idcatry;
tfey prefer 70 look upon II merely ial respect.
Just as the Northern States OF America keep
Memorial Day Were all missionaries 10 take this
ground serious obstacles would be removed from
the paths of many natives who want TO enter the
Church
Among the Chinese II IS commonly reported that
Europeans have no respect for their ancestors An
interesting concession 20 this feeling 20 be noted
In the practice of many missionaries. who prom
!nenty display family and ancestral portraits where
native guests will see them
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

ernor steunenberg's life. but who can say that
circle are brought to justice?
Orchard drew the suspicion of the local
authorities at Caldwell, was arrested by them
and taken to Boise for safekeeping in the pen
itentiary. There McParlan visited him for the
first time, and in few days his marvellous abil-
ity at drawing out confessions had turned Or
chard from clustering prisoner who defied the
authorities 10 prove anything against him into
a penitent who willing TO tell every detail
or his crimes and to involve the highest officials
OF the Western Federation direct participants
McParlan first went to see Orchard in jan
uary OF last year. The prisoner was In a steel
cage In what was known as rnurderers row"
In the next cell was a condemned nlIrdarer
named Weller. McParlan's first visit was en-
tirely informal Orchard had never seen the
detective TO know him, but Mac had known his
man for some time before the Caldwell murder
By way of getting acquainted McParlan told
orchard the authorities had no right to confne
MIN in q penitentiary when he had not vet been
convicted of any crime. Orchard replied that
1t did not much matter what happened to him
and in the prisoners yelled hints at suicide the
detective got his cue.
NOW. McParlan is Irish TO the core and his
early religious training. under the priests of
Mallabrack parish. in Ulster. was thorough. Ha
knew his Bible and here was chance to use IL
His sharp eyes, peering out through his gold
ri-nmed glasses. seemed TO look into the very
soul OF the man from whom he had determined
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

ute gale has called for the labor OF setting up In
night lighting circuits which It took months to
erect. At few minutes notice It has become
necessary in many places 70 set to work IN the
teeth OF the storm every available man within CALL
At Btnghamton. for instance, gusty night
early in the month crippled FIVE long circuits thar
every ablebodied lighting worker called TO
take the instant task OF setting things in shapa
Throughout one night and well into the next the
linemen labored, under the ercest pressure pre-
pare the wires for that work.
The generally unreasonable condition OF tbs
weather and the unsettled OF the elements
the only reasons which the upstate lighting men
can assign for the damage done by the wind upon
their extensive system of mains The weather plays
vital and important part in the business OF IN
derstudyns the and this year its eccentrcities
have proved a heavy burden to the light makers
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
WORKED ON CONSCIENCE.

'McParlan began to work upon Orchards
conscience, and finally aroused II, dormant and
callous as It had become in the years he had
worked at the trade of murder. He went over
in detail the Biblical story of st. Paul and of
King David. Orchard remembered having heard
them when boy. McParlan cited both St Paul
and David as grievous sinners, murderers even,
of a future life of happiness. When he left
Orchard he told him TO think his past life
and weigh well the necessity of repentance.
when he came again the old detective told
Orchard the story of his exposure of the Molly
Maguires' He told in detail the experience of
Kelly the Bum a notorious criminal whom Nc
Parlan once persuaded TO confess. Then he told
Orchard that he was in "A position to do the
state and society great service by making n
full confession and duplicating those who
backed him in his crusade of crime The de-
tectve impressed him with the fact that re-
pentance would avail him nothing in the after
world without a full confession
"The stronger mind of the detective slowly
overcome the natural shrinking from confess
sion which possessed Orchard Finally he
burted out the confession that he was respon-
sible for one OF the crimes which McParlan had
discussed with him. Then the detectives
knowledge OF Orchards career came into play
He suggested that Orchard tell the truth about
this crime or that, and soon the remarkable
confession was in fun flow from the murGerer's
trembling lips.
SO great did McParlan's influence over
Orchard become that the latter volunteered TO
try TO get a confession from Steve Adams who
was in prison in IGaho waiting trial for murder
Ihe Adams confession was finally made TO Nc
Parlan just as the Orchard confession had boon,
but Adams afterward repudiated IT,
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
THIRST FOR IVORY.

THE thirst for ivory" said Mr.. Schillings,
'has for many years been the cause of the for
nation of armed hordes in German East Africa
These hordes will pursue the elephants with
powder and shot on their own account or are
hired by native agents. They often travel
through whole districts. clearing the space en-
tirely of elephants. They are exceptionally we'll
armed with rifles and are accustomed to hunt
large elephants in bands Of three more. They
hunt them in their customary refuges-in dense
jungle-and fire only when quite close. They
take flight after few shots, the animal often
makes a rush toward dense clouds of smoke.
Often they follow wounded beasts for several
days. Every r1feInan marks his own particular
shot with a peculiar sign in order that ii may
be ascertained who gave the death wound.
"An of the year 1896. the native political
agent of the station at Moshi had a monopoly
of elephant shooting in Ki!manjaro. His people
traversed the whole district in large bands. TIE
practised and trustworthy people of the com
pany provided the caravans with wild game Of
all kinds the best shots devoting themselves TO
elephants At some springs found dozens and
dozens of rhinoceroses, murdered by these
'Makua.' They also succeeded in destroying
numbers of giraffes. much sought after on ac
count of their hides. The same reports were
heard about other parts of the country at the
same time.
The rhinoceros also is dependent upon his
sense of smell for security His great hide pro
tects him against the onslaughts Of other ami
mails and the arrows of the native. but against
the fleet and penetrating bullet it is of no avail.
When his huge hulk rises in the grass against
the sky he presents a tempting mark. Unlike
the elephant, he has a feathered sentinel 10
warn him of the approach of man. Usually
when at rest bird. known the rhinoceros
bird. alights upon his back for the purpose of
feeding upon the vermin which annoys the big
animal. His entire back is sometimes covered
with the friendly birds He sleeps in peace GER
tain that when the sharp eyes of the birds de
tect the approach of an enemy they will fly
away thus warning him.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
THE WHITE RHIN0CER0S.

The horns of the rhinoceros make him valu
able for they are not infrequently three feet
long and have been known almost i've feet in
length Sometimes coast traders receive bundles
containing the horns Of four hundred rhinocer
oses. each of which was at least fifty years old
when killed.
The so-called white rhinoceros, which has
been almost exterminated, next to the elephant
is the largest mammal treading the face Of the
earth. Half a century ago the species was still
so numerous that English sportsmen were able
10 kill sixty of them in the course of few
months in the neghborhood Of the Orange River
and Zambesi
The white man. rather than the black, IS re-
sponsible for the destruction Of the rhnoceros
It is told Of a German who went TO British East
Africa in connection with utopian Undertak
ing that after his political scheme failed he
with companion, applied himself to the reck-
less slaughter Of big game. In the course Of
two or three years he killed one hundred and
fifty rhinoceroses being himself finally killed by
one. His companion shot one hundred and forty
more
Owing 10 the slow propagation of the rhl-
noceros, it IS estimated that should more be
killed II would require several centuries 10 re-
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
Brilliant Work of James
McParfan, the Noted
Detective.

More than thirty years ago James McParlan
earned place among the leading detectives of
the world by putting the n1urderous Molly Ma
guire organization of the Pennsylvania coal
miners ont of business. Now. at the age Of
Harry Orchard and Steve Adams. the alleged
,nulti-murderers of the Colorado and Idaho gold
and silver miners. he has rounded out his laurels
as the most effective administrator OF the third
degree ever known.
Ever since he donned the rough garb Of coal
miner and as James McKenna worked himself
into the position of a Molly Mcguire chief, he
has been on the rolls of the Pinkertons and at
the home Office of that great agency in lower
Broadway they nearly as proud Of him as
they are Of the record of Allan Pinkerton, who
did so much through his work as a spy in the
Civil War
After breaking through the crust Of silence
which usually surrounds the Pinkertons and
their methods. a Tribune reporter yesterday
learned something OF the ways and means by
which "McParlan the Masterful" drew the truth
from the lips of Harry Orchard. who is just now
the star witness against Secretary Haywood of
the Western Federation Of Miners, whose trial
for his life at Boise is proving one of the most
sensational in American criminal history.
The detailed story of McParlan's successful
ferreting out Of many crimes OF the inner circle
OF the Western Federation IN its long and bloody
struggle with the Mine Owners Association will
not come cut until the old man takes the wit
ness stand in the Haywood case" said one who
had worked with him in the West, and who re-
Gently talked the case over with this Western
Sherlock Holmes. 1T goes back almost to the
organization Of the Western Federation of Min
ers In Butte in 1893. for McParlan was then
superintendent for the Western mining states.
and il was necessary for him TO keep an eve on
such things.
When cage OF miners dropped one
thousand feet down the Independence shaft and
fourteen non-union miners blown into small
bits at the railroad station at that camp Nc
Parlan, old as he was. decided that It was time
for him to get 10 work IN earnest
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

and money 10 find what the spirits wish. Much
OF the native religion is associated with the dead.
The Chinese fearful lest their dear departed
should return to trouble them. Therefore. the
massive collins. the offering OF food at the grave
and the burning of paper images Of money. houses.
clothes. servants. and even-in one case witnessed
paper tinrikishas
The nearest approach 10 street idols in China
Is the wherein is burned every scrap OF paper
that floats about the streets lest II contain
sacred character, and also paper prayers. The
chinese believe In the fire the spirit world.
In Canton every houseboat has its little sanctuary
In front. before which a light is kept burning. In
that part Of the country II is also the custom to
burn incense daily outside the doorway