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Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
RosHcE 1DW BUILDING ON TIE Moo0T az Olives

includes churches, hospitals schools, many Of
which are now run with German funds. At the same
time great deal is commercial and planned to give
Germany the commerce and trade of the country The
immigration is backed by big syndicates, including
fnanciers military officers, manufacturers princes
and even the kaiser himself. Every town has its
German merchant and the colonies so scattered
that in case the Turkish empire breaks up it will
not be difficult for Germany to claim the Holy Land
as its own.
One OF the chief factors of the movement Just now
is German tourist agency which is contesting with
Thomas Cook & Son for the travel which comes here
every year all parts of the world. This tourist
agency has established it's own hotels Jaa, Jerusa
lem and Haifa, and has its guides, dragomen
horses and carriages Its thoroughly understand
the country and they have established such relations
with the Bedoun tribes that they take parties
anywhere. They repairing the roads and are
making such arrangements that go
through many hitherto inaccessible parts of the
try by carriage. Indeed, the Germans have started
a new roads movement in the Holy Land The first
attempt made when the kaiser went from Jaffa to
Jerusalem The sultan had the highway repaired and
when the Germans travelled it it watered for
the first time in its history, being sprinkled from skin
bags carried the shoulders of and girls and
filled at the springs wells and csterns near by.
An even greater invasion of the Holy Land than
that of the Germans is that of the Russians This
ours every year. and it goes all the time. 1t is
however, spiritual invasion, and there is nothing
commercial about it. The Russians here by the
$4,000 and so 900 a year. They are brought in by
the shipload at Easter time and during the whole
spring companies of pilgrims be going about
foot from shrine to shrine Palestine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Built by the Empress.

Right here in Jerusalem, under the very shadow
of the Holy Sepucher. great German church has
been built For the last eight nine years the ma
sons have been working another church situated
Mount Zion beyond the tower OF David; and across
the valley of Kedron the ridge known as the Mount
of Olives, a great limestone hospice is going up over
which the German flag floats.
This will be resting place for such Germans as are
travelling through the holy land and want to stay a
week Jerusalem. 1t is being erected in honor
of the empress of Germany and is known as the En-
press Augusta Sanitarum. The money with which
the site was bought and some of that used for the
building silver wedding present to the empress
1t was that she greatly loved Palestine and her
friends planned this memorial a silver wedding gift
The hospice will have chapel connected with it,
and eminent Germans will preach there. II is beau
tifuy located being situated on Mount Scopus, which
is really a part of the Mount of Olives. 1t is several
hundred feet above Jerusalem, and standing it's
roof on a bright day one look the hills of
Judea and see the slvery thread Of the Jordan and
the shining Dead sea- with the blue mountains of
Moab beyond.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
He Took Our Cemetery.

The kaiser is no respecter of persons, either living
or dead The spot which he is building his big
church on Mount Zion purchased by him of Sultan
Abdul Hamid when he visited him in COnstantinople.
He went there his to the Holy Land and while
hobnobbng with the sultan got him to sell him this
tract for $4,000 The land however. was not large
enough and It adjoined the American cemetery. The
Germans bought this the Americans here claim in an
underhand way at cost of $4,000 additional They
had the bodies removed and when visited the place
recently found the graveyard covered with building
materials. There were lime barrels in some of the
holes the sites of of the ombs were covered
with bricks In digging up the cemetery house was
excavated which some say used by the Virgin
Mary at the time of the crucihxion The tomb Of
David is supposed to be there and the spot
is considered especially holy. The kaiser has given
the land the Roman Catholics Of his country and
the church is to be under the order of the Benedic
tines
The German church inside the city is owned by
the Lutherans There is German colony outside
Jerusalem on the way TO Bethlehem, the church of
which is said stand the site of the house of Sim
con- who recognized the infant Jesus the Messiah.
little further is leper hospital also by the
Germans
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
The Russians of the Holy Land.

Many of the pilgrims land at Hafa, the most
northern port of the country From there they make
their way foot the mountains Of Galee, stop
ping at Nazareth and then going on to Tiberius They
stop and pray at every holy spot and often kiss the
ground where they think Jesus the saints have rod
From the of Galilee they make their back to
Nazareth and thence the plain of Esdraelon
and through Samaria TO Jerusalem Thave seen thou
sands of them at Bethlehem and have met them
tramping the weary road TO the Dead and the
Jordan.
These Russians belong to the Greek church, which
owns the of the and converts of this
country, and which has all told property amounting
millions including of the best real estate in
Jerusalem The most of this property however, be-
longs to Greek Catholics who not Russians, and
the Russian church to be institution of its
kind 1t has great hOspice outside the walls of
Jerusalem and also magnificent church on the top
OF the Mount of Olives. 1t has similar institutions
elsewhere and is live factor in the religious condi
ton OF the Holy Land.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20

We invite you to turn for a moment-yOu enjoy
stories-from the S5O-page $3.50 novel which turns
badly" which carries you to a happy termina-
ton only you have pursued breathless course
with floods and pancs and runaways in the air and
heroine with "sheu-ike ear" and hero with a
face suggesting the features Of ancient coin" as
your constant companions
We wish to repeat here the story Of Christopher
Rust and Rosa Kuhn, as it has been related in the
news columns, says the ST. Louis Times.
Christopher is 6S and Rosa is GO. but they have
just been married and the prospect for their happ
ness is bright.
They have known each other half century, dur
ing which time they have lived in southern Illinois
In their youth they were married-each to another
individual
But.in the course Of time Christophers wife died
and Rosa's husband died, TOO. Christophers chill
deu married aud had children ol their ON IA. aud 50
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Kaiser Wilhelm at Jerusalem.

The emperor Of Germany when he made his trip
through the Holy Land created great excitement
as Theodore Roosevelt when he cavorted through Eu-
rope have had talk with the man who had charge
OF the imperial excursion He connected with
Cook & Son and acted as its dragoman. He tells me
that Kaiser wilhelm and the empress started in at
Beirut and crossed the mountains of Lebanon to Baal
and Damascus. They then returned to Beirut and
took ship down the coast past Tyre and Sdon to the
Bay OF Acre Here horses we're waiting for them and
they rode down around the slopes OF Mount Carmel
over the plains Sharon to Jana and thence up the
hills OF Judea TO Jerusalem. There about a
thousand in the party and it required 25O mules and
horses to carry them and their baggage The en-
peror himself had a stan Of 12O, who ate his
tables and there in addition 40 and mill
tary officers outside The empress had her laidesn-
waiting with her and there 175 high Turks and
ofhcias supplied by the sultan special escort The
emperor's tour arranged that he had four
camps and he slept i'm a different camp every night
and had a new for each meal.
Although the journey made IN october, the
weather was hot and the chief trouble to supply
the expedition with water. Some died Of thirst and
between Haifa and Jana six horses dropped dead OF
sunstroke. Il was so hot that the trip the Dead
sea and the Jordan was not attempted, but the en-
peror went to Bethlehem and other places here
lie remained seven days at Jerusalem and during that
time contaminated his purchases Of land.
Much Of this German movement Is sgiiJ.-i /,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20

exactly when to put his overcoat take his over
shoes off could recognize the critical moment for pull
ing off great financial coup. All of which gives
force to the general belief that Henry H. Rogers an
unequaled financial genius and his personal friend,
looked after Marks material welfare and conserved
the fortune which he capable Of making but not
of keeping.
The fOndness Of these two for each other spoke
we'll for both 1t would have been impossible for
Mark Twain to love any man. unless, first Of all, he
was a man; after that nothing else mattered much.
And that Rogers should have returned the affection
in full shows that his soul to be found only
where his money lay The ono with his gloriously
whimsical outlook upon life, the other with his
equaled practically Of vision Twain and Rogers
were apparently far removed the poles. Yet
there must have been common plane of thought and
perception that they reached together.
In this day when the whole trend is toward the
formation of specialized groups and classes each view
ing the other with suspicion and with contempt
it is pleasant to reflect this bond OF common
fellowship binding together as man and brother two
characters remarkably diverse in many features
Of their calling and Washington Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Story Of Christopher and Rosa

they could not be expected take the liveliest kind
of an interest in their father when he left a
Widower.
So Rosa's children married, and they. TOO,
had children; and they had many interests in their
lives when Rosa longed for cOmpanionship
And so Christopher and Rosa, both Of whom were
lonely, decided TO be married
Here is where the story becomes strikingly novel
The children We have mentioned did not rush into
court to prove that their parents we're Of unsound
mind. They smiled happily at the elimination Of a
proper and suitable romance and attended the we'd
ding-they aud their children-and offered congratu-
lations, and-we have no doubt-brought love and
presents.
We consider this story OF great improvement on
the invented kind; and il the reader complains that
Il, is not exciting we only quote old poem in
defense OF the prosaic:
Wo can't all lie, and steal and get drunk
And run on with other mems wives.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
A Hotel which Sleeps Ten Thousand

The Russians have here what is perhaps the largest
hotel of the world. II sleep 10000 at time and
in addition has buildings for families Il is known
the Russian Hospce and it lies at the west outside
Jerusalem proper. 1t space of ten acres or
more and has a high wall about it,
Entering the gates OF this hospce finds him
self surrounded by Russians and Russian It
is slice OF the land of the dropped down in
Judea and there is nothing Syrian in sight The men
dress in caps, long coats and the last being
tucked into high boots They long-bearded, long
haired and fair-faced. There many red heads
among them and none seems 20 know Of the razor
The women clad in gowns which end at six
inches or more from the ankle. They boots or
straw shoes, and in the latter their legs are
wrapped around with cloths which take the place Of
stockings. 1bey have erchiefs ted about their
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
An American Store.

This colony lives together a community and it's
members hold all things in common1 At first they
threw their money into common fund and lived with
out working They found, however, that this was
soon spent and of late years they have established
business Of their own and now self-supporting
They have their own house outside the walls where
they live very comfortably eating at a common table
with worship morning and evening. They frequently
take Americans in as paying guests, charging them
less than they would have pay the hotel for much
better quarters They also have bakery from which
they sell bread and cake; shoe shop and an art
school. where girls taught painting and drawing
They have factories in which they make desks boxes
and other beautiful things of olive wood aud weav-
ing establishment where cloths of wool and linen are
made,
1t is now about ten years since they established
what is known the American store This IL near
the Jaffa gate inside Jerusalem and right on the way
from that gate to the Church the Holy sepuIcher
1t is under the New Hotel
This store is about the only one-price establish
ment in the Holy Land. In all other places three
times what is expected asked and one has to deker
and bargain and beat down the merchants In the
the Holy Land, brass work from Damascus rugs from
Persia and Turkey and anything OF a curio nature
made in the country
During my stay IN Jerusalem have several times
visited the colony and have delighted with the
peace quiet and brotherly love which seem TO prevail
It's members are well bred and intelligent; and as far
as can sec they believe what they profess. An in
terestine feature is their before meals This il
always sung at the table the members and stranger.
u"uhs' FRANK c. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20

heads and their features usually as hard and
rough those of tho men.
But suppose go into the womans quarters Of
this mighty hotel The building is cut up into cave
like vaults which from side of it to the other
These vaults lighted at the ends and, standing in
a central hall, it though the windows at
least 200 feet distant Each vault is eight feet wide
and fifteen feet high and it is filled from end to end
with rough beds of pine boards. Upon the boards is
straw mating and space six feet square forms the
bed and home of each woman. At the back of this
she piles up her bread, tea and other belongings
which she has brought with her from Russia. She
sleeps stretched out the boards the front the
clothing she wears in the daytime.
The quarters devoted to the are of similar ma
and those to the families differ only in that the
space for each holding is larger.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Pious People.

These Russian pilgrims very religious. They
are mostly and many have been saving lifetime
in order that they might make this tour to the Holy
Land. They undergo all sorts of hardshps and spend
their time in fasting and prayer They have church
inside the hospice and services there twice
day. have attended the church several times 1t is
always full of people standing kneeng. They
themselves again and again the service goes
on, and now and then get down and bow their heads
to the floor There similar services in the other
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20

In some parts or the Enclosure see families
at their meals The men, women and children sit
the ground around pot of soup. Each has his own
piece of bread and which he dip up the
soup and carry it to his mouth. They wash their own
clothes, using dishpans tubs. The tubs as big
as bicycle wheel and four inches deep. The wash
ing is done with cold water which is in the hos
pice, but which outside would cost cents a gallon
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Bring Bread From Russia.

These pilgrims bring their bread and tea with
them from Russia In addition to this they have
few vegetables which they buy of the natives. They
cook with oil stoves When on the march each car
ries bread along with her and a pan out of
which she drinks and in which she makes tea.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
A St1cE or R7ssu IN TIE Az4RroFakazA q

Copyright, 1910, by Frank g. Carpenter)
ERUSALEN-The Germans gobbling the Holy
Land. | use the word "gobble' adyisedly. 1t
means ito swallow I'm large pieces, to swallow
hastily to seize upon with greed and to appro-
~ pirate graspingly" That is what the Century
dictionary says and that is what the Germans
are doing They have established colonies in the rich
est parts of the country and shipping in emgrants
They own the lands about Jana, Halfa and Mount
Carmel and they vineyards the shores Of Cal
lice l shall describe of their colonies before
leave Palestine and shall show you how they are work
ing this land of the Lord for Germanys good They
associate faith with their work and are laying up
treasures in heaven at the time on earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20

Greek churches. attended one on the Mount Of
Olives where the reading of the Scriptures and the
singing done by Russian hans dressed in black
with stOvepipe hats without brims browning their
heads. The hats end in q cape veil which falls
down the back The faces of the bare and
spiritual-lookng. Their singing exceedingly
sweet and the service impressive. The pilgrims who
listened and then lne and kissed the bare floor
The American Colony.
There have been American colonies in the
Holy Land, but the only one that has made any i'm
preston lasted for length of time is that known
the Spanordite This founded about thirty
years ago by DR.. and Mrs. spaRord, who belonged to
a Presbyterian church in Chicago. They left the
church and to Jerusalem, saying they intended
Christ in the Holy Land. They persuaded fourteen
adults and five children to with them, and to-
gether founded a colony which has lasted until now
That in 1881 Today the colony has 1870
members, brought here from ali parts of the union
There number from New England some from
the south, several from Kansas and Nebraska and
quite delegation from Philadelphia and Chicago. /
have talked with them about their beliefs They say
they Christians and that they believe the Bible
it is written They take the Golden Rule as their
motto and try to live up to it, They no hobbies
and their Christianity is practical working one.
asked as to the charge that they do not believe
in the marriage tie and told that this not So
They do believe in marriages when both husband and
wife are believers ] find the community is made up
of families and told its social morality is high The
society has had numerous deaths since its organza-
ton but it has been increased time to time by
people who have come here study the Bible and to
lead holy lives among the holy places.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-02-08
BROWN MURDER TRIAL
BEGINS Ar BARTLESWLLE

Bartlesville. Okla. Feb. s. = The
sensational Brown murder case is now
on trial in the district court here.
Attorneys are busy with the work of
selecting jury This is the case
in which Mrs. Nettie Brown is charg-
ed with the killing of her husband in
Usage county last April. Arthur
Brown, son of the murdered man, is
also under indictment in connection
with the crime. He at first asserted
that his stepmother had committed
the deed, but later stated that he had
killed his father with an ak at the
instigation Of the woman. Neighbors
of the Browns believe the lad was un-
der the hypnotic influence of the wo-
man. At the time of her arrest there
were fears Of mob violence and she
was brought to the Washington coun
ty Jail for safe keeping. The case
was brougbs here on a change of
venue.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-02-08
0sAGE WESTERN
WAITING ON BONUS
Chief Engineer for Proposed Road
Says Company is Ready to
Begin Construction.

I'VE are now making the perman-
ent locations from Vinita west and
will begin taking right-of-way, as soon
as we reach the west line Of Craig
county" said b. ] Noonan, chief en-
gineer of the Usage Western, this
morning, in conversation with repre-
sentative of the Chieftain He said
the permanent locations had been
made to point about twelve miles
west Of Vinita, and that the work was
being pushed as rapidly as possible.
While the field gang is working out
the location, an Office force of about
a half dozen men are busy making
the estimates, in the offiea OF the Os-
age Western In the Winner building.
The line as laid out runs almost
directly west from this city and ac-
cording to Mr.. Noonan the proposed
route will require a pretty large out
lay of money to place the road bed
on grade Of six tenths of one per
cent, which has been adopted.
Vice President Walters Of the
Usage Western is now in New York
City, where he has gone to meet with
the eastern financiers, who are back
ing the proposed road. At this meet
ing 1t is stated that the final deal for
the sale Of the bonds will be closed
Mr. Noonan says that the company
is now ready to begin actual construc-
tion and is only waiting for the
towns along the proposed route TO
sign up the bonus contracts.
The railroad committee Of the Com
mercial club met last night, and de-
cided to notify Mr.. Walters that they
were now ready to make the contract
The entire bonus has not yet been
subscribed, but it is thought that the
amount can be raised before Mr.
Walters gets here. or before the road
is completed. The committee is out
today making a canvass Of the prop
erty owners who have not yet sub
scribed.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-02-08
JUDGE HOOK AGREES
TO REOPEN RATE CASE

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. s. = Attorney
General West wired from St. Louis
Monday afternoon that Federal Judge
Hook had agreed to a reopening Of
the Oklahoma rate cases, to permit
the introduction of new evidence,
tending to show that the railroads af-
fected are not being operated at a
loss.
The new evidence was gathered
within the last month, by the corpora
tion commission, showing that since
June 30, 1909, the railroads involved
have made per cent or more on
their assessed valuation; that the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas profits have
increased 21 per cent, the last year,
the Kansas City Southern So per cent
the Midland Valley Sc per cent with
the four months ending October 81,
last, and that the Santa Fe has ex-
perienced similar prosperity. Much
other data which has been gathered
by the commission and the attorney
general during the extended rate hear
ing which has just ended, will also be
presented.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-02-08
.HAsKELL's STATEMENT
ON HOOK DECISION

Guthrie, Okla. Feb, g. 8SERselatiTe to
Judge Hooks decision temporarily en-
joining Oklahoma officials from en-
forcing the two-cent passenger rate
and freight rates Of the corporation
commission, Governor Haskell yester-
day afternoon issued the following
statement:
Since the Oklahoma constitution
provides a method for a full hearing
before the state corporation commits
sion, with the right Of appeal there
from to, the courts, the decision of
the United States court. rendered at
St. Louis, enjoining the enforcement
Of OklAhomas two-cent fare law,
amazes me beyond expression.
| say without hesitation that the
decision Of the court in this case is
the most extreme step taken by
court Of equity where there is clear
and adequate remedy at law, that
have ever seen The people of the
United States might just as well re-
alize now without more temporizing
that our so-called courts Of equity
have forgotten their original purpose
aud arbitrarily converted themselves
into legislative halls, wherein single
Judge may sweep aside the will Of
millions of people in the states or the
nation; may sweep aside and declare
null Ind void the action Of all legisIa-
tive bodies, or construe them be-
yond the recognition of their author.
This encroachment of the Judiciary
is a feature of modern years It's in
eyitable tendency is to destroy popu-
lar government, fettef the arms Of che
multitude and completely centralize
wealth in a few great corporations and
governmental powers in the hands Of
a few people.