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Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

The New Hampshire state prison has
discarded candles and installed electric
lights.
The largest single telephone exchange in
the world Is said 10 be in Hamburg, Ger
many.
Wireless telephonlng from a moving
train has been successfully accomplished
In England.
steam heat generated by electricity Will
be used TO neat the cars for the Pennsyl-
vania tunnel trains next winter.
OF thirty electric meters recently tested
by the Public Service commission OF New
y ork one ran too fast, two were slow and
the rest were within the legal limit OF
accuracy.
An electro magnet was recently used
TO fish a broken steel drill from the bot
tom Of a b0J-fOOt driven we'll The mag
net not only brought up the broken dnll
but all the metal particles or borlngs which
were In the hole.
Italy IS developing an kinds OF electrical
conveniences. Railways are sprinBing up
In all parts or the country, water powers
are being harnessed and the current Is
being applied 70 ell the industries. Nearly
all Of the larger towns and cities now en-
Joy electric lights.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
High voltage Transformer


Probably the highest voltage rating for
which a transformer has been designed is
that Of one recently shipped from the
General Electric companys works at
Pittsfield to the r. Thomas & Sons com
pany of East Liverpool O. The latter
firm manufacture insuators for transmits
sion lines and will use the transformer
for testing their products. The trans
former has a capacity of $50 XIV. and is
intended to operate to 90 cycles, with a
primary voltage Of LILO or 1900 and a
secondary voltage Of 10000 The primary
winding is placed directly on the core,
according TO the construction usual IN such
transformers, and 10 provided with taps
for grounding when connected for either
1,l6O or $500 volts. The secondary wind
ing Is in the form Of a large number
OF circular disc coils separately wound
and insulated. The coils are finally taDed
and impregnated with insulating COM
pound, forming a solid mass OF winding
and insulation. Sectional porcelain insula-
tors support the hight winding.
Concentrlc cylinders with Hanged ends are
placed between the two windings, and be-
tween the climbers are vertical and hori-
zOntal ducts through which oil Is circu-
lated. The high-tensiOn leads are sec
tOnal and are filled with Oil Tho trans
former case rs castrOn ana contains man
hole 20 permit the interior to be examined,
and this can be done without disturbing
any external connections. This trans
former has been tested for thirty minutes
at $4,000 volts, with the center OF the
secondary winding grounded, and also at
10000 volts with first one and then the
other Of the secondary terminals grounded.
It's efficiency at fun load is S6.3 per cent.
II occupies g floor space Of feet ~
inches by 10 feet and stands IL feet 81
inches high to the top Of the leads 1t
will hold 2.27O gallons Of oil and weighs
GOO1 pounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
Future Christianity.

I asked his holiness as to the life Of the
priests and whether he thought It was az
Dious as that OF the hermits who lived IN
the second and third centuries after Christ.
He replied that he doubted whether man
was as good now as then, but that the
church was doing what 1t could to bring
him back TO the faith. He said he be
heved that the time would como when all
mankind would be Christians, although
that time would probably be far in the
future. / was surprised to hear him speak
well OF the Professionals, and to say that
all Christian sects would eventually unite
and work together as ono for the saliva
ton OF man.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
WALKING THE FEET or TIE APoSZEES nv F75oNZ y
ckzOzeCR or THE SkP1zczER

several rooms filled with high-cappSd,
black gowned ecclesiastics, and a. waited
priests and bishops from the four quartz RS
OF Greek Catholicism passed in and out.
one Of the prists, who spoke English. went
with me into the audience chamber, and
gave me seat at the right OF the throne,
He asked me to wait. telling me that his
beautude would be in very shortly.
In the meantime there were others who
had come in for an audience. and the long
table in the center OF the room and the
chairs on each side Of It were soon filed.
The most Of tho men were bearded. fine
looking pr1stH, dressed in black gowns and
high caps.
AS we waited a servant brought In =
silver tray containing a plate OF rose and
white cubes OF Turkish delight and several
glasses OF water Upon the tray were many
silver forks, each having two fine tines az
long as my little finger. As the candy was
passed each man OF us took a fork and
stabbed in into cube OF the sweets, and
thus conveyed It to his mouth. It was
delicious
BY and by the patriarch entered. He
talked first with some Of the priests and
had a good chance to study him. Lnag-
inc a TALL fine-looking, full-boarded, fair
faced man OF S5, dressed in a long, black
gown ana TnleBs black cap, which
rises eight inches over his forehead The
gown Is out full and It falls to his feet
His cap is draped with black cloth which
covers his shoulders and about his neck is
q long, heavy gold chain, to which hangs
an ivory medallion as big as the palm OF
your hand The rim OF this medallion is
studded with diamonds and insids the rim
is a painting of the Madonna with the
Holy Child in her arms.
1 watched the man as he talked. He
gestured now and then and / saw that his
hands were soft and his nails we'll kept.
His face changed with the subject and
the man he spoke 20. At times he was
serious, again his eyes sparlSled with ami
nation, and now and then he broke into a
smile.
My talk with him was through the Greek
priest, who spoke English. 1 asked his
beautude as to the condition Of the church
and whether 1t would improve in the reyo-
luton which Is now going on in Turkey.
He replied that he had no doubt of that
saying that the church was a democratic
body and It ought therefore to do well un-
der constitutional government, such as
Turkey now has.
His beaitude spoke of the many sscts OF
Christians which were now In the Holy
Land, saying that they were gradually
growing more liberal. and that they would
work more in harmony than they had in
the past.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

jNQ Union Telegraph company be-
- tween England and New York,
b. way Of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, ar
rived in New York for coal and supplies
necessary TO complete the cable, the end
of which is now buoyed up 40 miles off
Coney Island.
Captain Woodstock was too busy TO spin
many yarns of his romantic vocation of
cable laying. to which he has given many
years OF his life, relates the New York
Post, but he did tell of one incident Of the
trip down from Newfoundland by way Of
confirming his statement that old ocean
does not always look kindly upon attempts
to harness It. II was when the big Colonia
1T is the largest cable ship In the world,
measuring 5000 tons gross-was proceeding
southwark about 200 miles off the coast OF
Maine, with the inch-thick cable swiftly
paying out over the bow and into the sea,
which, by the way, was by no means
PLACID.
So far as the Officers OF tie ship could
know, nothing threatened TO interrupt the
laying Of the line at that time; the devices
for controlling the rate OF submersion and
the strain upon the cable gave no warning
OF impending trouble. Nevertheless, as the
steamship sank into a sea hollow there
came sharp kissing sound, and one
frayed end OF the length Of copper anu
gutta Dercha and brass slapped against
the bow, while the other disappeared be-
meath the water
A break in the cable In the process of
laying is one Of the most annoying acct
dents that can OCCUR, for usually il means
days and even weeks OF tumbling about
on the restless surge. graphing for the
missing line. In this case soundings
showed that beneath the vessel we're ex-
actly three miles OF water, and while with
an experienced cable layer such as Captain
Woodstock the problem OF locating the
missing line was not in any way analogous
10 the plight OF landsman searching for
a needle I'm haystack, the difficulties were
manifest, and the officers and crew were
prepared for long and tedious sojourn
off the Maine coast
Graphing hooks We're brought on deck
and bent TO lines When they sounded
the vessel steamed back over it's course
1t had not gone far when the men at one
OF the lines felt pull. The nature OF that
pull left no doubt in the minds OF the ca
bic men that they had the missing end.
Steam winches were called into action. and
worry slowly and carefully the cable, which
weighed two tons per nautical mile was
hauled upward. In Just seven hours the
end was aboard and splicing begun.
Within twenty-four hours the CoIonia was
again under way. paying out the cable
with no further delays or accidents until
the line ran out I'D miles off Coney Island.
With this connection made the line OF
communication between New York and
England Will have been completed. The
first stretch OF cable was between PEN
lance, In Cornwall. ana Bay Robert In
Newfoundland. This will make the twenty
ninth deep sea cable owned by the Western
Union, and will add about 1910 miles 70
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
me WaE of the Greeks.

That candle was probably sent by q
Greek who lie disgruntlsd at the church
and In his desire for revenge cared NOT
how many he killed. There IL a great
war going on among the Greeks. and [
am told that some OF the factions have
refused to 90 70 the Church OF the Holy
sePulohsr until their wrongs are righted.
Turkey has now a new constitution, by
which IL " provided that every scot shall
own and control its own churches and
church property. The Greek church here
u ruled by Outsiders, and the Greeks who
are natives OF Palestine claim that they
have the right 70 the church and church
property. There have already been numer,
Gus riots between these Greeks and the
foreign monks, and not long ago the people
demanded that the patriarch, or head OF
the Greek church, resign. The native
monks threatened to put him out, and the
Aohammedan authorities here wired Con-
Stantinople as 70 what they should do.
The sultan has favored the outsiders. He
autographed the patriarch TO hold on. but
nevertheless there we're more riots, the
people rose and the patriarch Is here now
only ON Buffsranoa.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
Patriarch RIesses the Limited

His beHtituds was much Interested In
America, and at my request gave me the
blessing which he gives 10 all true be
levers, saying that / might transmit II
TO the American people, each Of whom
could regard II as being made especially for
him. This blessing was given to me In
golden frame. The words are printed In
Greek IN letters Of gold. Literally trans
lated, It reads:
"Amight God, the Father OF Mercy and
God OF Prayer, bless. purify and strengthen
these, Thy disciples. who now bow before
Thee
From every wicked work Withdraw,
them, and In every right action give then,
Thy aid
Make all things smooth to each accord
ing 10 his wants. Be with those trayeIin.,
upon the water and upon the land. Com
fort the poor and heal tho sick.
We praise Thee. Our Father, the Father
Son and Holy Spirit, the source OF sll
graciousness and glory.
And now may tho grace OF our Iord
Jesus Christ, the love Of God the Father
and the communion OF the Holy spir1t 10
with you. Amen"
FRANK c. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
Monks Who Control Millions.


Ths light among the Greeks IL 70 some
GEtent sentimental. but It is also largely
enc for ths lOaves and fishes. The Greeks
are the most powerful religious body I'm
Palestine and their property runs high
into the millions They have monasteries.
converts and hospioes scattered over the
Holy Land from Dan TO Beersheba, and
~ all OF these the pilgrims who travel
ever the country make contributions.
Some OF the places are % valuable that
the priests In charge are said to pay a
hanI sum Of $1,000 or more a year for the
privilege Of presiding at each OF them, ex-
DoCting TO reoOup themselves from the
Sits OF the pilgrims Here IN Jerusalem
there are thirty-five Greek monasteries and
other big buildings managed by COO monks.
The Church OF the Holy Sepulcher, the
EFeator part OF which belongs to the
Greeks, brings in tens Of thousands OF
pounds every year 90 the church. There
are thousands OF Russians who make pill
Srtmages 10 this city, and each is eN-
peoted TO leave an offering according to
his wealth and spiritual deHires
The Greek church also owns the shops
% q new bazaar which has been opened
nOar the Holy sepulehsr, and Il holds the
titles 20 the most valuable OF the buildings
shout the Jaffa gate and David's tower.
Including that In which the Grand New
hotel is.
The native monks say that the Greek
priests who have been imported from Con-
stantinODle. Athens, Smyrna, the Isle OF
sA1nos and other places now hold all the
fAt j0bS. and that they are compelled 70
work Ter somethinE like u each per month.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

wraps around he Ioins. and then, STOPPING
over he pourB some water from a golden
pitcher into a basin OF gold In the mean
time each of the bishops has cast one OF
his shoes, and he holds his bare foot out
to be washed. The patriarch does this
quickly, splashing the foot with water and
drying It with q towel. As he finishes
this operation he kisses the foot, and then
goes on to the next one in turn. have
seen this ceremony with my own eyes In
company with 10000 or more sightseers and
pilgrims.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
MONhS WHO C0NZROL MILLIONS

Atorora K5ps, Tla7ap T0y oix7,2p6y ri 0!s;
raons UapaxAI0s@s, eo0s 6rszsxAm5-as, ol 7as tzv-
T0y xsYa1a; so1dYTgoy, aYIa0oy 72o52qgsy, lySyya-
p~0oY' ono ray76S i2YoU roynPsO a~ogT1SSy, ras3l
tpY~ aYa04 s5ya4oy q rayTo o07st- d, aYa0sy
asopaAA0ov xaTa TAy sxa9.so lSiay Zpsiay ratsyg.
odprAsugoy sSo.roPsOo. oyysSs0gsy yooo0y.ss geas
Or " {! 1TTI COY aYo05g zai Zsl Thy Sssay w.
TipTopsy r9 Ll4Fpi <ai 20 l'i@ XII 70 aYip Ils5-
pae SIS reSs nl5ya;. AYiy II zap.s 20 KO2!eo
ia0y lngo0 Hs.0To0 xai i aYarq 900 0soo IA
IlaT2Ss XII i xoyoya 10 AYioy Ilys5aaTos ps7a
rdy4ow 5p0y. Ap1s.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

have been picked out 20 represent the
apostles he takes off his grand gown Of
woven gold and lays aside his domed hat,
-,--,sh is incrusted with jewels
As he does so his long hair falls to his
waist, and he stands forth in plain sight
Of his people clad in a long robe OF cream
colored silk crepe. which is bound in at
the waist with golden-white girdle. He
now takes Turkish bath towel which he
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
The Pope of the East.

But let me tell you about my talk with
his beautude. 1t was arranged by an
official Of the church. and the audience
took place in the patriarchs house. a great
stone building near the Pool Of Hezekiah,
and not far from the Church of the
Sepulcher. His beatitude lives there with
100 monks and many fine looking Greek
priests stood about as went up the stairs
of roBe-colored marble. 1 passed through
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

The Greeks of Palestine claim that they
have the right, under the new Turkish
constitution, TO all the churches, converts
and monssteries belonging to the church
in the Holy Land. They demand that the
money changers, as they call the foreign
priests. be whipped out OF the temple, and
that the gifts OF the pilgrims be applied to
the building OF hospitals, old age homes
ana schools for their children This move
ment is not confined to Jerusalem but It
extends throughout Palestine and II has
the approval Of the best element OF the
communities. There are altogether about
5000 native Greeks here and they have
recently had meetings attended by dele
gates from their colonies living In Jaffa
Nablous, Tiberias and Bethlehem. They
have, I understand, demanded that the
patriarch resign, and have sent word to
the sultan that they will not serve under
him.
We have 50 few Greek Christians in the
United States that It Is hard for us to ap-
preciate what the Greek church means.
It 10 one OF the strong churches OF the
world. II has altogether about 1900. 900
members which Is more than one-fifth Of
all the Christians on earth and more than
two thirds as many as ali the Protestauts
! have before me the latest statistics OF
religious denominations There are In the
world 29OOOOOOO Roman Catholics, about
100000 PrOtestants. 100 900 900 Greek
Christians, 100000 who belong to the
Church OF Abyssinia and about 10000
Armenians. The sum total OF Christians
is less than 5Oo,OO0OOO and less than one
third OF the population OF the world
On the other hand. there are 256OCO.OOJ
Chinese who worship Confucius, $4,000
900 Blndoos, 176OOOOOO Mohammedaas and
~, 200 Buddhists. Those who believe In
the various other religions are fewer
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06


and act rs the priests OF the towns. On
the other hand, the outsiders have amassed
fortunes They pretend to be hermlts and
devoted to fasting and prayer but they are
accused OF living luxurlously, and of keep
ing establishments which are by no means
as good as they should be-
ChFistians FlOgged by MOhhmmeda .
Indeed the fights among the warning
Christians are such that the Mohamme-
dan soldiers have to use whips 20 keep
them in order The Turks are always OF
guard in the Church Of the Holy Sepulches,
1 have seen them there at Easter time,
when they were whipping the Quarreling
Greeks, ArmeniRns and Copts in order to
separate them. During the fight kniveG
were drawn, and IL u not an uncommon
thing for blood to pOllute the Holy sepul-
cher on testal days.
went last week to Bethlehem 70 visit
the Church OF the Nativity. In the stable
where Christ was born a line has been
drawn across the center OF the floor. on
one side OF that line the Creek Catholics
claim their rights and the other side be-
longs to the Romans. As che two sects
were worshipinE, a Mohammedan soldier,
with q gun ans whip in his hand, stood
at each end Of the line and kept order
Other Moslem soldiers were guarding the
services in the church overhead.
It seems disgTaceful TO think that Mo-
hammedans should be necessary to keep
the peace among Christians. Neverthe-
less Palestine belongs 20 the sultan, and
It is his troops who must maintain order
A year OF so ago a pilgrim had fight in
the Church Of the Nativity during which
he shot one monk and wounded two others
and such troubles are liable to arise any
day In the Church OF the sepuloher
This Is especially 80 at Easter time
when the thousands belonging TO the differ
ent scots so marching about singing their
fRntical songs and denouncing each other
one Of their cries is, This is the tomb OF
our Lord" Another il, God help the
sultan" and third "Oh, Jewsl Jews!
your feasts are the feasts OF pigs"
As they 80 the Greeks jostle the Ar
menians and the Abyssinians bump against
the Latins. Not long since the followers
Of one sect set fire to some rich hangings
that had been placed in a grotto of the
church by the followers Of another scot
A fire occurred, the church was filled with
smoke and II narrowly escaped being
burned.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

In the course OF a discussion on a
paper by Dr. Chree, read before the
British association. Slr J. j. Thomson said
that the cruX Of the problem OF thunder
storms was the question OF how the mega
tive electricity was brought back 20 the
earth. lie thought that II was almost
certain that rain IN certain regions was
the main factor In supplying the necessary
negative electricity required to balance the
positive electricity OF the surface OF the
earth. AS was we'll known, there was
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

experts all along the line may now work
on to overcome.
1t is only a physical question, say these
naval and army experts. and they add that
they would be very much surprised to find
anything to bear out any suggestion that
the wireless could not be practically
worked in war time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

silver brooAAaA
One Of the QueersSt sights of the world
is to see his beautitudo, as the patriarch
is called, going through the ceremony of
washing the fest Of the twelve apostles in
front OF the Church of the Holy SepuI-
cher. This he does every year. He ap-
pears dressed as I have described, but be-
fore going through the humble ceremony
Of washing the feet Of the bishops who
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

During my stay here have had an inter
view with the patriarch OF tho Greek
church. He IL the pope OF this part OF
the world as Tar as that denomination is
concerned, and he controls the vast pos
sessions owned By the Greeks IN the Holy
Land. am told that the income oc the
church IL something Ike tlOOO.OOO a year.
ana that the greater part Of this fund Is
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

sdrnniHtsrod b. him have uSa the pope
at Rome. but his holiness does not appear
In such Hplendor as does the patriarch OF
Jerusalem. The patriarch comes out upon
state occasions in hat and gown. decorated
with diamonds, emeralds and rubIes. His
clothes are Of woven gold and silver, and
the bishops who march with him have
crosses Of diamonds which hang from their
necks. and they are gowned in gold and
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

DynAmitinE the Holy sopulOhsr.
These ouarrels are serious. Knives are
frequently drawn and many are killed.
A short time ago monk was shot by an
Austrian pilgrim in the Church Of the
Nativity at Bethlehem, and just before
last Easter gigantic candle was sent 70
Jerusalem, addressed 20 the care OF GER
tain priests. This candle was nine feet
high and two feet thick. and as far as
ia outward appearance was concerned
seemed to be entirely OF wax. 1t was
shipped In from abroad, and was intsnded
20 be lie outside the Church OF the Holy
sepuloher, and to burn there while the
celebrations were ct their highest At
that time the church would have been
nlled with Greeks, Armenians, Latins and
Abysinnians. When the candle came to
Jaffa the customs officers held It for
duties, and sent word TO the priests to
come and set It. They failed To appear.
whereupon It was cut open and 5000 little
dynamite balls were found inside It, Had
t exploded at the time OF festivities 1000
or more people would probably have lost
their lives.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

wing an Ocean Cable.
He cable-laying steamship Col
onia, owned by the firm OF
British contractors, who are
laying a cable for the Western
Union Telegraph company be-
Nv aaI1 ENGLAND and Nav, York
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
HzS 6EAUTUDE THE EAZEZARcA or eLk1P0SALEN1

ight lsi0 By Frank q. Carpsntor.)
. BRUABL1M - Especial Cores
pOndencs OF The Bee.)-Pales-
tine is boiling and seething with
the quaTrels of religious fanat.
- les. Every sacred place in the
~ country Is clRimed NV thu
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06

Greeks, LAtins, Arrnenians and. CoptH
Tho holiest spots are divided up into sec
dons, and lines are drawn here and there
indicating the church to which each part
belonsH The various seets are divided
among themselves as to who shall con-
troll the monasteriea, converts and other
institutions belonging to them, and the
auarrehng goes on over the very spot
where Christ was born and upon that
where It IL supposed the orucirxion took
place.