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Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

IT Know Not Why 1 Am Singing" Her
shake was the finest ever heard, SO close
and even as to be altogether perfect Her
voice, which she said herself was naturally
stiff and stubborn, she had educated and
practiced into such a degree Of perfection
that her roulades and cadenzas were un-
paralleled in their execution.
In her sacred songs she rose TO the sub
lime, and on one occasion. as she finished
the aria, II Know That My Redeemer
Liveth," l recollect that Daniel Webster,
who was seated in the center OF the bal
cony, rose from his seat and made her a
profound bow. Her rapt expression of face
and never-ending volume or voice made her
appear like some inspired seraph delivering
a divine message.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Citations for the improvement and eleva-
ton OF the Mohammedans are being
formed. The more progressive are now
sending their boys to government schools,
and many are patronizing the Mohamme-
dan College at Algarh. This institution
is situated about seventy eight miles from
here in one OF the old cities Of India. 1t
was started thirty-five years ago as q
small school. but it is now an up-to-date,
modern college, giving a degree of bache-
lor CT arts. 1t has a staff of English uni
versty graduates as teachers, but it's
trustees are Mohammedans, and many of
the professors are of that religion. In
addition to the ordinary studies, 1t pays
especial attention to Sanscrit, Arabic and
Persian and the students are carefully
instructed in the Mohammedan religion.
The Koran is read to the chapel and
prayers are enforced the boys bowling
toward Mecca as they go through dsvo-
tons.
The Alisarr students are devoted to
modern athletics. They have a cricket
team which is one Of the best in India,
and they strain and tug at foot ball and
run upon the track. The college is inde-
pendent of the government, and 1t is
largely supported by the contributions of
Mohammedans.
In addition 90 this school there are
minor institutions in some of the Mohanl-
medan cities. and the missionaries are en-
rolling more and more Mohammedans In
their schools from year to year. This Is
especially so with the Y. NJ. c. A., which
has boarding clubs and hotels I'm which
MChammedans and IIindooa eat toRether
This means much In caste country like
India. The missionaries tell me IT is more
difficult to convert the Mohammedans
than the Hindoos. The Mohammedans
are the stronger race. They are better
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
Mhnt TheN neIieve.

In the main, however, the Indian, Mo-
hammedans believe much the same as
their brothers of this religion in other
parts of the world. They believe in one
God and His prophets, of which the chief
is Mohammed They have faith in pre-
destination of good and Ill and think the
day of judgment will come They be-
lieve in angels and witches and devils
The angels are legion and they are head,
by Gabriel Every man has an an
upon each side OF him at all times Ia
Of these has note book and he wri,..
down the good and the Ill that the man
does at the time he does it, The re-
cording angel OF the good stands on his
right and OF evil on his left, and when
the Mohammedan splts he always spits
10 the left.
AS TO the witches Of genil they are
much like those described in the Arabian
Nights. They are made Of fire and can
assume all sorts OF shapes. All the Mo
hommedans believe in them and that they
live in the mountains which surround the
world.
The Indian Mohammedans give credit
to most OF the prophets of the Bible
Mchammed said there were $4,000 proph-
cts and over 800 apostles; among the lat
ter were Adam Noah, Abraham, Moses,
Jesus and Mohammed. They rank Jesus
among the greatest OF the prophets and
reverence Adam. Noah and Abraham as
well They believe in Jesus. our Savior.
According TO them He was sent to re-
veal the gospel to man and He foretold
that Mohammed would come. They do
not believe that he was crucified, but
that another man was put In his place
and he was miraculously taken to heaven.
At the last day he will come again and
break the cross and make many reforms.
He will reign as a king for a time and
then die and be buried near the tomb OF
Mohammed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
African Moha,nmeaans.

AS to Africa, that IS a Mohammedan
continent In that 1t has more Mohamme-
dams than members of any other religion
Three or four years ago ! went around
the whole of Africa and l was seldom out
Of sight OF a Mohammedan prayer rug.
Morocco has magnificent mosques, and in
Algeria aud Tunis there are fanatics who
frequently endanger the lives OF Christians.
There are mosques all along the Niger,
and especially in the country about Tim
buktu. Every oasis of the Sahara has
them, and Barbsry has some Of the most
intolerapt OF these believers. Egypt is
almost altogether Mohammedan, ana in
fact. north OF twenty degrees, " per cent
of the people say their prayers facing
Mecca. There are 100000 Mohammedans
ia the Congo Free state and others south
OF the Zambesi In both northern and CEN
trail Africa the Mohammedaus are alive
The religion Is spreading from the Upper
Nile toward the Congo watershed 1t is
growing In strength In the Niger basin ana
also In German East Africa westward from
Zanzibar. There is a great untest in
Egypt and / found them talking OF holy
war against the Christians In Morocco
Algeria and Tunisia
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
The Court Covers Bur Acres <

Jehan. the same man who erected the TAI
Mahal at Agra, considered the most besuti-
full building of the whole world. The
Jamma Musjid is of red sandstone inlaid
with white marble, 1t has three great
domes and mighty minarets from the tops
OF which the Imans call the hours ot
prayer five times day 1t is the biggest
mosque In the world, SURPRISING anything
in Cairo or Constantinople and larger than
the famed Mohammedan churches of kair-
ouan. The Jamma Musjid has a paved
court Of more than four. acres in front OF
it, and this is walled by cloisters which run
around it's three sides.
The floor. OF the mosque is divided into
kneelng places of white marble bordered
with black. Each is large enough TO
accommodate one man upon his knees with
sufficient space in front for him to bow
his head to the stone. All point toward
Mecca. and as l walked through the build
ing / saw many praying. In the alcoves
worshipers were reading their Korans, and
off at one side a crowd of women shrouded
in white wells was sitting AS we walked
through the high priest pointed out the
beauties of the mosque translating the texts
of the Koran inlaid here and there. He
took me to the pulpit which is cut out OF
a single block Of solid marble and as
special favor showed me the greatest
treasure possessed by the church. This
is kept In a vault of stone with numerous
doors, which are guarded by two gray
bearded followers of the prophet At the
direction of the high priest these doors
were opened. My curiosity rose as. key
after key was used, and when at last
I was shown a caslget covered with glass
I expected a great diamond or some collec7
ton of rubies and pearls. looked in and
saw nothing until his holiness pointed to
a single rough. red, wiry hair in the cen-
tor. The hair was about two inches long
and so fastened by glue TO the casket
that it stoodSstraight up. 1 was told that
is was a real hair from the mustache OF
Mohammed and that it made the mosque
especially holy.
1t reminded me of a mosque which 1
visited at Kairouan in TuRisia. This was
built by the barber of Mohammed who
buried under its foundation three hairs
from the beard Of the prophet The barber
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
GOD KNOWS WHERE.
JoIlyIng ono Caok.

"Rita"-so Mrs. Desmond Humphries. the
English novelist is called-was condemn
ing in New York the frequency OF divorce
in America
You Americans she said, don't seem
to possess the secret-the secret, mean
OF matrimonial happiness, Perhaps you
might take a lesson from a city clerk
heard % recently.
"A friend of his. after Visiting him at
his home said
Excuse me- Win. but how DO you man
age on your small salary. TO have such
weil-cooked and delicious meal
The secret is simple. VIII replied.
Every day l kiss the cook and do all
can to please her and make her happy
But doesn't your wife objects? tue
other asked
Dear, no! she's The cook was the
reply. - Washington star
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
The Pearl Mosques.


Another beautiful mosque here is known
as the Mott Musjid or pearl mosque. 1t
was built about two hundred and fifty
years ago by Arungzeb. one of the Mo
hammedan emperors. and il is the sister
to the pearl mosque at Arga built by
Shah Jehan. Both of these structures are
Of white marble eXquisitely carved and in
laid. That at Agra is perhaps the most
beautiful religious building of the whole
world. Bayard Taylor said that it seemed
TO him so pure and stainless and so abso-
lutely perfect In revealing the spirit of
worship that he felt humbled to think
that the Christian religion had never in
spired its architects to surpass It, This
temple to God and Mohammed is of the
purest white marble, with three great
silvery domes rising above 1t. The court
is OF marble squares like those OF the
Jamma Musjld There is a great marble
tank in the center of the court, and upon
the walls are inscriptions inlaid in black.
which compare the building to a pearl and
describe its builder as the king OF kings
and the shadow Of God.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Falls, crossed New York state to Albany.
took boat trip down the Hudson river to
New York City, had good time over at
Coney Island and Atlantic City, spent two
pleasant days in Philadelphia, enjoyed a
couple more IN Washington, and returned
home happy and contented and with the
bond OF friendship more strongly cemented
than ever before. 1t was the first time
Talbot and Smith had ever been in the
east, and they had the time Of their lives.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
= = %Thc Pearl tsosque = .

faith, not upon saints, but solely upon the
Koran and Mohammed They do not wOr-
ship the tomb OF Mohammed, and when
they captured Medina about century ago
theS destroyed the relics and stripped off
the ornaments of that sacred spot.
There is another sect here known as the
Order Of Assassins, which is also found in
Arabia and Persia. 1t was instituted by
mahdi who appeared at the time of the
Crusades and who believed in political as
sassina ton as a cure for various ills.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

stole tLese hairs one day while shaving
Mohammed and carried mem about him
fer the rest Of his life. One he kept under
his tongue, another over his heart and the
third glued TO Ills right arm. Upon his
death they were planted and the mosque
built above them. The golden pagoda of
Rangoon, the most famous Buddhist monu-
ment Of the world is erected over seven
or eight hairs of Buddha, and down in Cey-
Ion there is a wonderful temple which con-
tains Buddha's favorite tooth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
rhe MohaIn,Sedan world.

Ine MOuAnnmeOhn WOFhOs
Two or three years ago there was mis-
sonary conference at Cairo. which esti-
mated the number Of followers of the
prophet II put It at 2s2 100000. A leading
German authority makes the Mohammedans
PAS. 600 900, and / have seen statistics which
claim that they number all told as much
as 800, 10000. Putting It at 240,0c0OO0 TO be
on the safe side. the Indian Mohammedans
are one-fourth OF the whole. They stand
ahead of those Of the Turkish empire who
number s60O0,O0O, and after them come those
of China Persia and then various parts OF
the African continent. Europe has only
about 100000 Mohammedans. Russia in
Asia has 100000. and we have at least
one third of a million among the Moros of
the PHILIPPINE islands. t@
found Mohammedans all over the Dutch
East Indies. They are In Borneo, Sumatra
and the Celebes. There are more than
twenty-five millions OF them in Java alone,
and one finds their mosques scattered
throughout the statements along the Straits
of Malacca and about the Gulf of siam.
The kingdom of Slam is supposed to be
Buddhist but It has a million Mohamme-
dams. l met Mohammedans In Burma,
and | have seen them praying with their
faces toward Mecca In different parts of
the Chinese empire, Indeed. ] was sur
prised TO find so many OF this religion in
Picking. China. all told has from twenty
TO forty million followers of the prophet
II has one province which contains S,OOOCOO,
another which has 100000 and another
100000. Altogether one-ffth OF the whole
population OF Asia is Mohammedan, and
they form the ruling element in Afgani-
stan Beluchistan, Persia, Arabia, Pales-
tine Syria, Asia Minor and Chinese Turke-
stan
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

ChummiRug With BOyhOOd In uIns.
Because they were hospitable, kind and
"chummy'' with him when he was bare
footed boy, living in Crawfordsvile. Ind.
Charles n. Williams Of indianapolis presi-
dent Of the Farmers Trust company there.
took ]. Webb Talbot ana Wallace Smith
OF indianapolis on trip through the east
All he requested OF Talbot aud smith was
that they go along with him and leave their
pOcketboOk a. home.
All three are now past 80 years OF age.
reports the indianapolis News Forty years
ago they we're boy playmates together
Talbot ana smith were sons OF prosperous
farmers living south OF the city. Williams
was a poor boy. But they wero happy
chums, and money made no differ ence.
They grew to manhood, and Williams
always cherished warm spot ia his heart
for his old friends
A few days ago ali three left Indian
spolis for the east. They visited Niagara
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Webster and Jenny Lind.
In Some Musical Recollectlons of Fifty
Years" Richard Hoffman writes in Serb
ners: Jenny Lind would trip on and off as
II in an ecstacy Of delight at the oppor-
tunity OF singing bowling and smiling to
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

gestlon that they write letter to Mark
Twain. But" objected Mr.. Wilson. I'VE
don't know where he is" for it was at a
time when Mr.. Clemens was away travel
ing somewhere. oh" said Prof Mat
thews, that does not make any difference
IT is sure to find him. ! think he is some
place in Europe, SO we had better put on
five-cent stamp" SO the two sat down
and composed letter which they ad-
dressed to:
MARK TWAIN,
GOD KNOWS WHERE.
Within three weeks they received a reply
from Hr. Clemens which said briefly
He did" The letter had been sent by
the New York postoffice to Harper &
Bros, thence to Chatto & Windus of Lon
don; thence to bank in Vienna, and from
the bank 10 small town in Austria in
which Mark Twain happened to be stay
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
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SaSz1ilVsIHtizlli1t;1ATI lI7IVSSIWaNgI n

without reason. In a>recent speech one OF
them compared their position as like that
of the toad I'm the schoolboy's fable. Said
the man to the boy: why are you throw
ing stones at it. it's only toad?' Yes"
was the reply OF the boy, and I'll learn 1t
to be toad"
The orator claimed that the other sects
were trying to learn" the Mohsmmedans
to be a toad. He claimed that this has
been their action for years and concluded
by saying that the Mohammedan toad, like
that OF Shakespeare, might yet have a
precious jewel In its head" and it should
be properly treated
EducntinE the MOhammeda
The Hindoos Of India have practically
monopolized the schools They are greedy
for education, and especially as a
step to government office. They are quick
TO learn, and they comprise the greater
part of the five million students in the
government schools The Mohammedans
are naturally illiterate. 1t is a principle of
their religion that there is nothing good
outside the Koran, and in the past the
only incentive for them to learn has been
that they might read their Bibles. Accord
Ing to the best estimates, about 80 per
cent of the Mohammedans OF Tripod, AL
geria and Egypt cannot read and write,
The Bedouins Are all iliterate, the Per
slams are almost as bad, and here In India
81 per cent of the Mohammedans cannot
read. That is, there are only four persons
in every hundred among them who can read
and write, and that under the English
government 'n semi-olvilized country.
The Mohammedans have been discussing
1T. IL.
war. They feel that It is their own fault
that they have not greater share in the
government. The desire for education is
spreading. Cheap translatlons OF the sa-
cred books are being circulated and asso-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
rler Mant Geyernment offlee..

There is big awakening OF The Mo-
hammedans in India. In The reform
schemes now proposed they are asking
for their full share in the couaeli Of the
viceroy. A Delegation recently demanded
1--WE seats in that council from as many
provinces. 10 be elected exclusively by Mo
hammedan voters, and additional Moham-
rneaaus elected by property owners, as
well As one 20 be nominated by the Vice
roy OF Beluehistan. II has already been
decided 20 give them big representation
and nom now ON they viii ask for more
ana more OF the offices. So far the Hin
zoos have been setting more than their
,hate, and the Mohammedans feel il. They
mink they have been pounded hy both
ne. British and people of other religions
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
India,r BteEent NIonque.

have often been asked by Christians at
home whether the Mohammedans were hyp-
ocrites or really believed in their religion.
I can assure your there is no doubt of their
belief. They have as strong a faith as we
have and are much less backward in show
ing it, When we pray we sneak back Of
the barn. behind the woodpile or at least
the same room we may pray in bed The
Mohammedan, when the hour of prayer
comes bobs down upon his knees In the
open and goes through his long devotions
wherever he may be. You may often see
him reading his Bble-the Koran--while in
his shop, and you will find him praying
everywhere. II he is at all devout he goes
to the mosque every day and prays there in
public. He always washes before nc prays,
and he takes off his shoes before he steps
upon the holy floor of his church. He
makes the stranger do, likewise or requires
him to put on slippers over his shoes, that
the sacred pavements may not be defied.
This is what !. had to do when went with
high priest through the Jamma Musjd
today, although his holiness told me L
might keep my hat on.
And this brings me to Indis's greatest
mosque 1t is called the Jamma Musjid
and 1t is situated here on the banks OF
the Jumna on a plateau of rock between
Delhi fort and the city. It is something
Ike 500 years old, having been built by Shah
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
Findins Mark Twain by Fnith,

IE evening a few years ago. re-
lates the Bookman, Brander
Matthews and Francis Wilson
were dining together at the
Players club OF New York,
when the former made the sug-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
Frank G, Carpenter and |
Hl6h Priest at Gamma
MGsyld . . q 4

fed and better bred. They do not believe
in child marriage and they encourage the
remarriage of widows. The most OF them
live in cities and eat meat. The majority
Of the Hindoos live in the country, sub
sist upcn vegetables and have barely
enough to keep soul and body together
The Mohammedans hate the 1Iindoos and
would start religious war against them
at any time IL the British should leave.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Observation-Disclosures are living at Dorehes-
ter. and these, with her grandfathers and
other connections. make her the center Of
Two groups OF four living generations an
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
Endl9s NohammelAns They number M'
(copyrieht 1910. by frank @ carpente


and Shah Jehan, the Mohamne-
Ee3I dan emperors of midas past,
SS write Of the Mohammedsns OF
Irdas present, You all know how the
Moguls Overran this country six or seven
hundred years ago. They ravaged It from
one end 10 the other enslaved the Hindoos
and buit here some of the most gorgeous
palaces and mlghtiest Notifications the
world has ever seen. They organized
great government and for generations they
ruled supreme. AS to the wonders Of their
remains / shall write farther on The
letter Is about their descendants The Mo-
hammedans OF India now number ono-fifth
OF the whole population. We are ac-
customed to look upon India as a land
of the Hindoos. 1t is so, but it has one
Mohammedan for every three Hindoos. AID
in muscle and in Independence of spirit he
is stronger. He forms a big element in
the unrest of today. and IL civil war should
occur or the British leave India he will
ravage the land from one end to the other
Have You ever thought of the extent Of
Mohammedan India? The followers OF the
prophet are scattered all over this country
and in some OF the provinces they are I'm
the majority. There are 62,0000 900 all told
This is more than the entire population of
the German empire. 1t is almost twice as
many as the Mohammedans Of Turkey.
Arabia Palestine and Syria, and about one
fourth OF all the Mohammedans OF the
world
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

10 the Oldest person in the city. She well
remembers things that happened when she
was a small giil, and tells OF the falling
stars or comet at that time. Since 1871
she has never been out OF the state but
once, Mrs. NJ. J. Parker was born In Ohio
September Il. 1s4s. aged 81. Mrs. Mary Mich
OILS was born in Saline county, December IS,
1879. aged ss, and her daughter,
Alice, was born in Dorchester jan
uary 20, 1909
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

ZEN Miss Alice Nichols opened
her baby eyes ON the world az
Dorchester. Neb.. she completed
the link that created two rather
remarkable family groups Both
her paternal and maternal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-28
KAISER UNABLE TO SIGN
DOCUMENTS OF STATE
Bite of Insect Has Made His Hand
Useless for a Time, But Dan
ger Is Remote.

BERLIN, May 2S-Emperor William is
experiencing some inconvenience because
of an eruption on the right hand caused
by the bite Of an insect.
The court physicians state that there
is no danger Of serious consequences
from the irritation, which they expect
will disappear within few days. They
have. however, opened and treated the
affected part against the possible devel-
opment OF blood poisoning.
For the time being the kaiser has dele
gated the signature Of state documents
to Crown Prince Frederick William. All
urgent DEGREES will appear with the dou-
BILE signatures Of the crown prince and
the imperial chancellor. DR.. Won Beth
mann -Hollweg. preceded by the nota-
ton:
BY order of the emperor
This is the first occasion during the
reign Of the emperor upon which the
documents of state have received other
than his autograph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-28
RECEIVES MANY TRIBUTES.
Julia Ward Howe Observes 91st An
niversary of Her Birth.

BOSTON. May 28-Receiving con-
gratulations from distinguished friends
in this country and also from abroad.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe yesterday OBJ
served her ninety-first birthday, sur
rounded by the members of her family.
Part Of the day was given up to a gen
eral public reception. Among the many
tributes of affection was massive silver
loving cup sent her by Mrs. William
Post of New York.
Mrs. Howe took much pride in wearing
the hood given her by Brown University
last year when she was given the degree
Of doctor Of literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-28
CAUCUS TAKES RECESS.
Republicans Unable to Complete
Postal Savings Bill.

The republican House caucus on the
postal savings bank bill adjourned at
II o'clock last night until next We'd
nesday night. without having completed
the bill. Shortly after the caucus con-
vened it was decided to pass over
without action section of the bill
relating 10 the disposition of postal
savings deposits. This section has been
the stumbling block in the way of a
caucus agreement. but it is expected
that Wednesday it will be taken up and
disposed Of. The matter of disagree
ment is on the question of what per-
eentage of the postal deposits shall re-
main in the local banks.
All the remaining sections OF the
bill were read and accepted with but
slight amendment The question of
taxation caused considerable disagree
ment and lengthy debates. as did the
matter of the issuance of the United
States bonds in small denominations.
II was finally decided that the bonds
should be issued in denominations OF
$50 up TO sl0o. About a hundred re-
publicanS were present.