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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-17
The Nnn-On-FOOt

From the Emporia (Kan) Gazette.
In a few years aeroplanes will be az
common as automobiles are now, and 1t
Is obvious that the man-on-foot will have
little show The auto-scorcher will be q
harmless individual as compared with
the speed maniac overhead. A man who
will take to aeroplaning must be natural
ly reckless to begin with, and his reck-
lessness will increase with each flight.
His boilers will bust and his engines will
fly to pieces, and there will be showers
of hardware, and big iron castings will
hit the man-on-foot and knock him into
the ground up to his shoulder blades.
Every time he walks around a block q
falling monkey wrench or claw hammer
will dot him on the head and make him
sick and weary.
Another prospective evil is the increase
of insurance agents. There will be aero
plane insurance. which will enable you to
provide for your widow and children in
case an aviator falls on you and squashes
you. Insurance agents of various kinds
are so thick now that it is impossible to
avoid them, and any scheme that threat
ems to swell their ranks should be de-
nounced by press and pulpit.
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been the most prominent sects through
out the Mohammedan world. The Sum-
ties acknowledged the flrsl four caliphs
to have been the rghtf:.i successors OF
Mohammed, where the Shaihs claim that
Ali, the cousin and son-iL law of the
prophet, should have succeeded him
There are something like 1450O0,o00 Sum-
ties in the world and only 15,000,00(
Shiahs.
AS to the Wahabis, they are the Uni
tarians OF Mohammedansm. They claim
to have the purest religion and to found
their faith not upon saints, but solely
upon the Koran and Mohammed. They do
not worship the tomb of Mohammed and
when they captured Medina about a CEN
fury ago they 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 insti-
tuted by a mahd who appeared at the
time of the Crusades and who believed
In political assassination, as a cure for
various Ills
What They Believe
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 i'll and think the
day of Judgment will come. They believe
in angels and witches and devils. The
angels are legion and they are headed
by Gabriel. Every man has an angel
upon each side of him at all times Each
of these has a note book and he writes
down the good and the III that the man
does at the time he does it. The record.
ing angel of the good stands on his right
and of evil on his left, and when the
Mohammedan splits he always splits to the
left.
AS to the witches of genii. 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-
hammedans 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. Mo-
manned said there were $4,000 prophets
and over 800 apostles; among the latter
were Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses Jesus
and Mohammed. They rank Jesus among
the greatest of the prophets and reverence
Adam. Noah and Abraham as we'll They
believe in/Jesus. but their prophet Jesus
is different from our Savior. According
to them He was sent to reveal the gospel
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the Turkish empire. who number 35O00,0 600,
and after them come those of China
Persia and various parts of the African
continent. Europe has only about $780,
900 Mohammedans. Russia in Asia has a.
900, 900, and we have at least one-third
of a million among the Moros of the
Philippine islands.
l found Mohammedans all over the
Dutch East Indies. They are in Borneo,
Sumatra and the Celebes. There are more
than coo of them in Java alone, and
one finds their mosques scattered through
out the settlements along the Straits of
Malacca and about the Gulf of SIAM
The kingdom of Siam is supposed to be
Buddhist, but it has a million Moham-
medans. 1 met Mohammedans in Burma
and l have seen them praying with their
faces toward Mecca in different parts of
the Chinese empire. Indeed, l was sur
prised to find so many of this religion In
Picking. China all told has from 100000
to 40.o00O00 followers of the prophet It
has one province which contains 5000, 900.
another which has 100000, and another
100000 Altogether one-fifth of the whole
population of Asia is Mohammedan, and
they form the ruling element in Afghanis
tan, Beluchistan. Persia Arabia, Pales-
tine, Syria, Asia Minor and Chinese Tur-
kestan.
African MOhammedans
AS to Africa that is a Mohammedan con-
tinent in that it has more Mohammedans
than members of any other religion
Three or four years ago l went around
the whole of Africa and was seldom out
of sight of Mohammedan prayer rug
Morocco has maRnificent mosques. and In
Algeria and Tunis there are fanatics who
frequently endanger the lives of Chris
tians There are mosques all along the
Niger, and especially in the country about
Timhuktu. Every oasis of the Sahara
has them, and Barbary has some OF the
most intolerant of these believers, Egypt
Is almost altogether Mohammedan and
in fact, north of 20 degrees, 30 per cent
of the people say their prayers facing
Mecca There are 1900, COO Moaammedans
in the Congo Free State and others south
of the Zambesi. In both northern and
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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 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, subsist upon vegetables
and have barely enough to keep soul
and body together. The Mohammedans
hate the Hindoos and would start re-
ligious war against them at any time
If the British should leave.
India's Biggest Mosque
l have often been asked by Christians
at home whether the Mohammedans We're
hypocrites or really believed in their re-
ligion. can assure you there is no doubt
of their belief. They have as strong a
faith as we have and are much less back
ward In showing 1t. When we pray We
sneak back of the barn, behind the wood
pile or at least kneel in our closets. II
there are others in the same room we may
pray In bed. The Mohommedan, when the
hour of prayer comes, hobs down upon
his knees in the open and goes through
his long devotions wherever he may be-.
You may often see him reading his Bible
the Koran-while in his shop, and you
will find him praying everywhere. If he
is at all devout he goes to the mosque
every day and prays there in public. He
always washes before he prays, and he
takes off his shoes before he steps upon
the holy floor of his church. He makes
the stranger do likewise requires him
to put on slippers over his shoes, that the
sacred pavements may not be defiled.
This is what l had to do when | went
with a high priest through the Jamma
Musiid today although his holiness told
me might keep my hat on.
And this brings me to .ndia's greatest
mosque. 1t is called the Jamma Musjid
and it is situated here on the banks of
the Jumma on plateau OF rock between
Delhi fort and the chy. 1t Is something
like 500 years old, having been built by
Shah Jehan, the same man who erected
the Tai Mahal at Agra, considered the
most beautiful building of the whole
world The Jamma Musjid is of red sand
stone inlad with while marble. 1t has
three great domes and mighty minarets
from the tops of which the lmans call
the hours of prayer five times day. IT
is the biggest mosque in the world, sur
passing anything in Cairo or Constanti-
nople and larger than the famed Moham-
medan churches of Kairouan. The jam
ma Musjid has paved court of more
than four acres in front of it, and this Is
walled by cloisters which run around its
three Sides
The floor of the mosque is divided into
kneeling places of white marble border
ed 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 to-
ward Mecca, and as l walked through the
building l saw many praying. In the
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Upright, 1910, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Delhi, 1910.
N GROUNDED by the mighty ruins
\ of Akbar and Shah Jehan, the Mo
4 hammedan emperors of India
IA 1 write of the Mohammedans of
has present. You all know how the
kuis oyerran this country 600 or 700
RS ago. They ravaged II from
end to the other, enslaved the Hin
L. and built here some of the most
keous palaces and mightiest fortifica-
+ the world has ever seen. They or
HEED a great government, and for gen.
lions they ruled supreme. As to the
/ ders of their remains, l shall write
| her on. This letter is about their
tsendants. The Mohammedans of In
| now number one-fifth Of the whole
|,lation. We are accustomed to look
la India as land of the Hindoos. 1t Is
but 1t has ono Mohammedan for every
| . Hindoos. and in muscle and in inde-
Hence of spirit he is the stronger. He
rs a big element in the unrest of to-
and If a civil war should occur, or
British leave India, he will ravage
Hand from one end to the other.
i've you ever thought of the extent
|fohammedan India? The followers of
prophet are scattered all over this
htry, and in some of the provinces
,are in the majority. There are g.
N all told. This Is more than the
-e population Of the German empire.
almost twice as many as the Moham-
ans of Turkey, Arabia, Palestine and
a, and about one-fourth of all the
ammedans of the world.
The Mohammednn World
b or three years ago there was a
ionary conference at Cairo, which
mated the number of followers of the
het 1t put 1t at 232.000,000. A lead
German authority makes the Moham-
ans 259. o00, 900, and have seen sta
IS which claim that they number all
as much as 3o0.000,oc0. Putting 1T at
0,00O to be on the safe side, the In
Mohammedans are one-fourth of the
e. They stand ahead of those of
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04

four of them without opposition. Judge
Mason Irving. of Chehalis county, was
put forward as candidate against M.
F. Gore, of Pomeroy, but before the re-
suit of very one-sided ballot could be
announced supporter of Judge Irwin
moved to make the nomination of Judge
Gore unanimous.
Congressman Miles Poindexter was
made the special victim and target OF
convention's animosity.
The platform praises the other mem.
bers Of the delegation by name, con.
spicuously emitting reference to his.
Every prominent speaker who took the
floor during the day took some kind OF .
contemptuous back-handed slap at him,
and the very conversations of leading
delegates on the floor and in the hotel
lobbies were tinctured with an almost
malicious disapproval of his course in
congress-.
But in all of the deliberations of the
convention, in all the speeches and in
all the discussion of party politics, not a
single convention orator and not single
convention declaration displayed the
courage necessary to mention him by
name.
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such heavily timbered tracts that they
can sell to lum bermen."

such heavily timbered tracts that they
can sell to lum bermen."
Mr.. Wilson's long and honorable
career at the head of the department of
agriculture has seen that department of
the public service develop into won-
derful machine working for the good of
the American farmers and the nation.
Mr.. Wilson's knowledge of western con-
ditions may, however, be somewhat
limited, and he perhaps does not know
that the heaviest timbered land in this
section is most always the best agrlcul-
tural land. Land that will not carry
more than 1000 feet of timber to the acre
or little more than half q million to the
quarter, is not worth much for agricul-
tural purposes, unless it be bottom
lands.
A recent order of elimination of lands
said to be suitable for agricultural pur-
poses includes 1854 acres in the Kanlksu
National Forest in Stevens county. This
is subject to settlement October IS and
to entry November II.
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ON RAMPAGE
Tacoma Convention RuthIessly
Overrides Progressives.
Many Hard Slaps at Poindexter.

The Republican state convention. held
at Tacoma Wednesday, made an exhibi-
ton of steam roller politics that will
materially lessen the party's chances OF
success in the coming campaign. ltwas
a typical before the primary convention.
the regular old-line politicians having
taken advantage of the fact that the
progressive vote of the state lacks the
organization of the old lineup.
Joe Smith, the spokesman Review
representative, sized up the convention
as follows: e
The Republican state judiciary con-
vention today snubbed Governor HAY
and lauded Secretary Ballinger to the
skies; slighted, cuffed, kicked and
sneered at Congressman Poindexter, and
endorsed the administration of State
Insurance Commissioner Shively. Pre-
tending allegiance to President Taft, it
endorsed but portion of his policies; !;
and, trading on the fame of Theodore
Roosevelt, it referred to his conservation
policy as one proposed by ''sentimen-
talists and alarmists of the east, who
have appointed themselves the conserv-
ators and guardians of the west."
1t voted to repeal the second choice
provision of the primary law; defeated
resolution to restore the nomination
of supreme judges to the people. and de-
clared for the election of a western
Washington candidate for the senate
In general and in particular it acted
upon the principle proclaimed bv the
man who boasted that if he had done
anything he ought to be ashamed of, he
was proud of it.
1t was reactionary stand-pat CONVEX =
ton from invocation to adjournment.
The steamroller of party bosses and spe-
cial interests was driven, with a ruthless
disregard of primary election conse-
quences. over the opinions and conyic-
tions Of the progressive members of the
party in a manner never before dis
PLAYED in a Republican state convention
in Washington.
incidentally the FIVE retiring mem bers
of the supreme bench were renominated,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
WILSON WOULD OPEN LANDS
Farm Ekminations From National
Forest.
Stevens County Area Let Loose.

Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son. who has been making a tour of
inspection of national forests, gave ont
an interview at Portland, in which he
said that he had taken personal charge
of the forestry service, and declared it
bis intention to open up for settlement
all lands now within government forest
reserves which are suitable for agricul-
ture and do not run over 1000 feet Of
timber to the acre. =
1--WE are not trying to set men up in
the timber business" said Mr.. Wilson,
'but where the soil of any tract is good
and does not carry more than 1000 feet
Of timber to the acre we are willing to
let the settler have it under the act OF
June IL, 1906.
II am in the west to secure personal
information along the lines of settlement
on lands now in forest reserves. l want
the people and forest reserve officers to
secure clear understanding of the law
which permits such settlements.
"The forest reserve Withdrawals were
hastily made and there is much land
within their boundaries. as they at
present exist, more valuable for agricul-
tural purposes than for the timber. Five
or six million acres of this class of land
will be eliminated this summer as fast
az maps can be prepared and proclama-
tions prepared for the signature of the
president.
The secretary explained that the
''June IL" act provides that when land
ia more valuable for agriculture than
for timber it may be entered for home.
stead purposes.
"This leaves" Mr.. Wilson went on.
"a good deal of discretion in the hands
of the forest officers. My Interpretation
is that where the soil is good and not
too heavily covered with timber We
should let the settler have it. He must
have enough timber anyhow to start ur
in business and it doesn't make much
diffe,enc whether he gets it off his
homestead or under the tree use permit
1--WE try to avoid letting people have
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
ANSWERED. SUDDEN SUMMONS
Fred Philips Succumbs to Attack
:,of Heart Failure.
Two Deaths In Calispell Valley.

Early Tuesday morning the commun-
ity was shocked by the news of the
sudden death of Fred Phillips, one of
the esteemed citizens of our town. Dur
ing the absence of Mrs. Phillips and her
mother, on trip to the coast, Mr.
Phillips was keeping house with his
little son and daughter. He arose about
8 O'Clock in the morning and went to the
woodshed to split wood. and while 80
engaged one of his neighbors spoke to
him, but did not notice anything wrong
with him. Later the little girl missed
the sound of her father working, and
going to the woodshed found him in the
agonies of death. Medical aid was sum-
moned and arrived in few minutes,
but nothing could be done and he ex-
pired within a short time after being
found. Death was the result of the
stoppage Of one of the valves of the
heart.
Fred F. Phillips was born in Oshkosh,
Wis, April l6. 1858. Was married to
Alice M. Denton February %, 1882.
Five children were born to them. Jay
H., who died at the age of one year; ;
Zola NJ, died January %. 1909; Ruby
E., wife of George Graupner, died June
25, 1909; Maize A. and Lyle j., who with
the mother are living to mourn the death
Of a kind and loving father.
Wisconsin was his home most of the
time. Two years he lived in Michigan,
one year in Colorado, and one year be
spent in travel. The family came to
Newport Sept. %, 1900, and have re-
sided here ever since.
During his residence in Newport Mr..
Phillips gained the confidence and es-
TEEN of our people. BY close appllca-
ton to his business, that of barber, he
built up a good home for his family and
acquired some valuable property in this
city. For the past SIX years he has
served the town as its treasurer, and has
always been prompt and obliging in thi.
position, being reelected repeatedly
without opposition. He was also clerk
of the local camp of Modern Woodmen
of America, and has always been active
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
Council Adjourned Meeting

The regular meeting of the town coun.
Gil, scheduled for Tuesday evening, was
adjourned shortly after assembling out
of respect for Fred Phillips, town treas
urer, whose sudden death occurred Tues
day morning No business was trans-
acted except the swearing in of D. r.
Lusher as clerk during the absence of
Clerk Bri,ton, and the adoption OF res
olution requesting the business hou-es
of the town to close during the hours of
the Phillips funeral service. The meet
ing was adjourned until Friday evening
of this week.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
New Candidate for Treasurer

Charles G. Dannison. of Bluecreek,
has fled his candidacy for the Repub-
lican nomination for county treasurer,
and has started an active campaign.
visiting Newport and the Pend Oreille
valley this week. Mr.. Dannison has
been resident of the county for ten
years, and the past six years has been
conducting mercantile establishment
at his town and serving as postmaster.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04

County division sentiment grows
as the rapid development Of the
east side of the county becomes
apparent to its people. We are
big enough and strong enough to
stand alone.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04

A government survey is being made of
two townships in Kootenai county, west
of the l. & w. N. railroad. 1t includes
the mountain country ON the west sides
of Spirit and Fish lakes.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
Great Northern Trains in Collision

Early Wednesday morning Great
Northern passenger trains Nos. 3 and A
met in collision at Bombay. small
station near Whitefsh, Mont. The
collision occurred on curve and the
engine crews jumped just in time to
escape injury. The two locomotives
were badly damaged and several cars
telescoped. About a dozen passengers
were injured. none of them seriously.
Conductor Wolcott, we'll known on this
division, was one of the injured, sus-
tanning a dislocated shoulder. Trains
were delayed about eight hours by the
wreck.
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A spur from the main line of the I. &
W. N. ia being built at Cusick to serve
the new Phelps sawmill that will soon
be erected at that point. The company
is engaged in lining up its timber cut
and clearing off the eawmill site.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04

AT the home of Randall Perkins. west
Of Cusick, on Sunday, ocsSrfed the
death of James Munroe, one6f the eld-
est settlers of the Calispel vallev. Mr..
Munroe came into the valley twenty-five
years ago, driving herd of cattle all the
way from California. He took up a
homestead. which is now owned by Mr..
Perkins. Mrs. Munroe died few years
ago, and Mr. Munroe was buried Tues
day beside her in the private burying
grounds on the homestead.
Mrs. Emsley Wilson, OF the Calispel
valley. died at Spokane Sunday, after an
illness of few days. She.went to Spo-
kane the week before to receive dental
attention, and while in the city was
taken sick and died at hospital. She
was q years old and leaves. her husband
aud little girl about years old. Fu-
neral eervices were held Tuesday at Gu
sick
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04

: Samples of agricultural products
from the bench lands OF this vi
cinity are exceptionally good, con-
sidering the unfavorable season
we have had. Agricultural devel-
opment will 90 on rapidly.
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in the order, having been chiefly instru-
mental in establishing itin this city. He
was also member of Newport Lodge.
No. 144,F. & A. M. having been Mason
81 years.
Arrangements have been completed to
hold the funeral Friday afternoon at
o'clock. Services will be held at the
late home of deceased, and at the ceme-
terry the Masonic lodge will conduct the
rites of their order. The Modern Wood
men OF America will also assemble and
march in a body. and all business houses
of the city will be closed during the hour
of the eservices.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04

Newport is the Assem- bling point
for the raw materials of this sec.
ton. and when times become pro-
pitious for the establishment of
new factories Newport will hit the
right pace.