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Mr.. Roosevelt will also be remembered
as the man who made OsaWatomie
famous.
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The sultan was escorted by a company
of huzzars, with red trousers, blue jack
cts and long white plumes
Military floating from their helmets
rA and carrying old-fashiOned
'S~'' spears, which glistened In the
sunlight. But they rode before him and
not around him, and anybody could have
climbed into his carriage without the
pressed up SO closely in places that he
could have touched people with his hands,
but he has no fear Of assassination, and
there Is no reason why he should take
any precautions to protect himself
For half an hour or more before the
sultan appeared the dignitaries began to
arrive, including several members of the
cabinet, and Shevket Pasha, the minister
of war, acted as master Of ceremonies.
Haiku Pasha. the grand vizier. and David
interesting men in the government, were
not present: they were probably too busy
with their official duties. There was a
multitude of priests. including one very
black man with a very white robe and
q very white turban, who is said to be q
visitor from Abyssinia.
~
They waited for the sultan in the vestf-
bule and accompanied him to the interior
of the mosque. where he
Sultan'S Frustrated himself with
49, his face toward Mecca,
A"yoA0' and offered prayers that
have been prepared for him in the ritual
Afterward the priests and generals and
other distinguished guests accompanied
him to a reception chamber where cof-
fee was served before they drove away.
The sultan looks flabby. The skin of
his face and neck is too large for the
flesh, and he has an unhealthy pallor, but
he seemed to be cheerful and happy and
to enjoy the parade. which Is perfectly
natural. because he has never had a
chance before, and will not live long
enough for the novelty and the pleasure
to wear off. He loves to entertain and
to meet people. He has made himself ac-
der his patronage several charitable
movements. which enables him to come in
contact with his subjects who do not hold
official positions A prisoner of his BROTH
er for the greater part of his life, he ap-
preciates the uses Of liberty, and has an
nounced his intention to visit the principal
cities Of his empire and the capitals Of
Europe To emphasize his democracy,
and his confidence in his people, he Or
have surrounded the palace, and insisted
that the guard should be reduced. His
sons and daughters go about freely, and
are seen upon the streets every day, and
If he had his way he would admit every
body who called at the palace.
The most astonishing incident that has
occurred since his accession was public
banquet which he gave June 10 at
the Palace Of Beyler Bey on the
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The manner in which Mayor Gaynor
reached for the chip on w. r. Hearst s
shoulder indicates rapid convalescence.
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The relics of the Prophet Mahomet are
too sacred to be shown to infidels. and.
indeed, they are never ex-
Sacred posed to view' except upon
the one day of the year
neAIcS' when the sultan. attended
by the principal officials of the govern
ment and ecclesiastics Of Islam. is eX-
pected to adore them. The mantle of Ma
homet is preserved in the shrine of Eski
Serai in a sort OF cupboard of solid
silver, and in a casket of solid gold, to
which the sultan only has the key. l
have been told that the reason the pres
ent sultan did not perform the usual
ceremony last spring was that the keys
have not been seen since Abdul Hamlo
was deposed. That. however. Is matter
that cannot be discussed in CONSTANT
nople with infidels.
The holy coat, according to tradition.
was presented by the prophet to der
wish as a token Of gratitude for discov-
ering the use of coffee. 1t is long
garment with flowing sleeves similar TO
what we call a dressing gown. 1t Is
of green silk. padded and quilted. and the
degree in which it is venerated may be
Judged by the fact that the most cher
ished title of the sultan is "Ham-ul- Harl-
meen'' or "Guardian of the Holy Mantle.
1t was formerly kept in Cairo. and was
brought to Constantinople by Selim l,
with keys of the holy cities of Mecca
and Medina.
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Base bali news was beginning to occupy
an important place in the columns of
The Star fifty years ago.
Base as local interest in the
Dali sport which later devel-
DAA' oped into the national
game increased. In the issue of Septem-
Der 20. 1850, is the following paragraph:
I'VE hear that the Excelsior Club of
Brooklyn, generally conceded to be the
champions Of the United States. will visit
Baltimore Saturday next to play friend
ly match with their namesakes, the Ex-
celsiors of Baltimore, whose guests they
will be during their stay in that city.
I'VE also understand that the Potomac
club OF this city have invited their Brook
lyn friends to pay them visit at the
same time, SO as to afford the lovers of
the game at the capital opportunity
of witnessing the performance of these
celebrated players. and that the Excel
siors have expressed desire to avail
themselves of the invitation, should time
permit
Another paragraph in the same issue Of
The Star said:
THE match game between the National
and Potomac base ball clubs. which was
to have been played yesterday afternoon
on the grounds of Maryland avenue and
9th street east, was indefinitely postponed
on account of. the rain. Due notice will
NC S1NcH VI tllt ucAt appointment.
Discomfort with the existing arrange
ments for maintaining communications
between the Atlantic
Pacific and Pacific seaboards
Telegraph. had been manifes a'a fer
some years prior to 1860, and efforts were
made to extend the telegraph lines from
ocean to ocean. In The Star of Septem-
Der %, 1860, is the following paragraph:
1.-The Secretary of the Treasury has
made an award to Hiram Sibley, ESQ.,, of
Rochester. n. Y, under the proposals is
sued pursuant to the act of Congress to
facilitate communication between the At
lantic and Pacific states by electric tele-
graph The line is to be constructed
within two years from the 31st of July
last. and no contract is to be made until
it shall be in actual operation. The bid
was for the maximum amount in the act
viz, $4,000 per annunl for ten years, the
charges for the transmission of dis
patches not to exceed So for single dis
patch of ten words, with the usual pro-
portionate deductions upon those of
greater length"
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CONSTANT1NOPLE, August q, 1910.
The Sultan Of Turkey goes to church
every Friday. the Moslem sabbath. He
does it with good dead
Adults of ostentation, with a
r.,+;or military parade and a reti-
nue. Of priests and gen.
erals and other distinguished personages,
but the selamlik Of the new sultan is very
different from the old way. Abdul Hamid
built mosque-the Hamidieh Jummi-in
the park at Yildiz Kiosk, behind high
walls. so that he could say his prayers in
safety. and always drove from the palace
down the winding roadway in an open
phaeton drawn by two white Arabian
horses, but was surrounded by a guard
Of cavalry so thick that no assassin could
nave thrown bomb or fired bullet
through them. The public could witness
the spectacle from the top of a hill out
side the walls. while the favored few
we're admitted to the park and furnished
seats In pavilion across the terrace from
the mosque Abdul Hamid. with his
cautiously through double walls of SOL
diers to the mosque and back to the
shelter of his villa as rapidly as possible
for fear that something would happen.
Mohamed V, the present sultan, drives
to his prayers in an open carriage SO
that everybody can see
Mohamed'S him and bows and smiles
r,.A> to the crowds that line
the streets through which
he passes. He worships at a different
mosque every Friday. and usually selects
obscure ones for the purpose of comforting
honor upon them. The announcement of
his plans appears in all the morning
papers and the curiosity of the Turks to
see their sultan, who has been an invis-
ible being for thirty three years. calls
show any enthusiasm. They do not cheer
him or manifest their qualification in any
way. They are not accustomed to do So
The oriental never shouts when he is
pleased.
The other day, by presenting the card
of Ambassador Straus we got seats in
the window OF a police station opposite
the mosque where the selamlik of that
day was held and shared room with a
party Of friends of the German ambas-
sador. The preparations for the ceremony
were quite as interesting as the ceremony
itself
The first thing on the program was to
scatter a thick coating of sand upon the
pavement all the way from the Dolma-
baghcheh palace. where the sultan lives.
to the mosque. in order that the wheels
of his carriage might roll gently over
surface that had never been used by any
one else. He came in an open landau
drawn by two splendid horses, with
coachman and footman in Respondent
livery, and was followed by similar
carriage entirely unoccupjed. When he
had alighted at the door Of the mosque
the first carriage drove away and the
second remained to carry him back.
could get no explanation Of that pc
culiar arrangement, but 1t has some sig
nificance no doubt
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Hall Gaines
Impression

Thinks of England" Mr. Hall Caine writes
of his political impressions consequent
upon recent visit in Egypt to Chowkcy
Bey. an Egyptian man of letters, the
poet laureate at the court of the
khedive.
In the course of conversation with a
number of Egyptian notablcs. oil fervent
patriots, Mr.. Game maintained the hope
lessness of Egypt to oppose England by
force. But granting all you say about
England's might and Egypt's helpless
ness" said old soldier. whose medals
showed he had fought with the British
against the Mahdists at Omdurman.
isn't II better that your country should
hold ours by ties of love than by force
of arms?''
Mr. Hall Game was disconnected and
was silent, and he confesses that there
rose in his mind only the fine words OF
John Stuart Mill: Government by the
dominant race is only legitimate when IL
is government I'm harmony with the civili-
cation of the subject people Had our
government i'm Egypt been that? 1t was
impossible to say it had been
And Mr.. Hall Game adds: IF there is
one word that should be proclaimed aloud
and written on tablets of brass II is that
our occupation of a foreign country Is
only justifiable when ii is maintained in
the interests. not of ourselves. but of
the people we govern
If Sir Eldon Gorst's administrator IT
Egypt was as mean and despicahe As
that CT Lord Cromer I would sugSes,
the sending of Mr.. Hall Game as counsel
or to the English proconsul. But Sir FL
don Gorst's policy in Egypt is a benign
one and is guided from London by the all
wise Morley, who may not be opposed
even to the evacuation of Egypt.
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Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus,
when he entertained three hundred guests,
including the members of his cabinet, the
ambassadors, ministers from foreign
countries, members of parliament. the
editors of twenty of the leading news
papers and other prominent people Such
a thing has never happened before
When you remember that not long ago
it was considered the proper thing for
sultan to put to death all the male MEM
bers of his family except the one he
selected for his successor, you Will real,
ize what these changes SIGNIFY. Apdui
made them prisoners for life. The only
time the present sultan saw him for
twenty years was in 1905 when he was
allowed to call at Yildiz Kiosk and con-
graduate his majesty upon his escape
from ASA ssination by q bomb.
Parliament has made no formal changes
in the etiquette or regulations relating to
the sultan, but all the old rules have been
abandoned and revoked and by common
consent Mohammod conducts himself
like the other European rulers.
Since his accession he has not gone to
the Seraglio the ancient palace OF his
ancestors where the mantle and the
standard of the prophet. his sword and
staff and bow are preserved and where
the Sultan of Turkey. as the Padishah of
the Caliphate, and Sovereign Pontin OF
Islam, Is expected to worship these relics
on the 18th day of RamaZan, the Lent of
the MOSleIl tNurcH
The Seraglio occupies the extreme end
of promontory which extends into the
Bosphorus with the
The Old Golden Horn on the left
and the Sea of Marmora
oerasI1o. on the right. The
ground is quite elevated and the ancient
,Io1 vic
was the principal residence of the sultan
when the old-fashioned buildings were
abandoned for more modern and con-
venient structures on the banks of the
Bosphorus.
The Seraglo is surrounded by high
wall and consists of a dozen or more
palaces and barracks, the most interest
ing of which is the treasury. in which
millions of dollars worth of jewels and
other precious objects are kept These
may be seen by obtaining permit from
the sultan through your ambassador, al
though it is a very expensive diversion,
because the visitor is expected to give a
tip to every man he meets about the
place and only gold coins are accepted. II
is impossible to go through the serasho
Tor less than $50 or $40.
The most interesting object is throne
of the Shah of Persia. which was captur-
ed and brought here 800 or 400 years ago.
It is made of ebony and embossed with
several thousand pearls. diamonds.
rubies, emeralds and sapphires. which are
estimated to be worth two or three millions
of dollars There is another throne of
beaten gold and have seen salad bowl
there filled with several quarts of unset
gems of every size and description They
alone are worth millions of dollars. There
is at least a quart of loose pearls IN a
porcelain jar. But it would take book
to tell of all the beautiful and wonderful
things to be seen at the Seraglio.
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they have procured some benefits TO ths
foreigner, have proved Of doubtful benefit
to Egypt. They have. in a word. afforded
easy access to the barbarians-the civil
lied barbarians, chief among whom Is the
present foreign army of occupation.
Just here it is justice to refute the
notions that have been attached TO what
Is termed progress in Egypt" progress
ehected by the military occupant 1t
would be idle to deny that progress has
been effected I'm Egypt. But IL is not true
that 1t is due in any great measure to the
British occupant. On the contrary, every
one of the innovations which the British
historian accredits to his regime was i'm
spired by the unfortunate Ismail khedive
and consummated by the dual control OF
france and England. control known as the
"condominfum" Under this regime dur
ing the first part OF the reign OF Tewiik
khedive. 1S19-1SS2, there were adopted and
practiced the following innovations:
Cd The suppression of onerous and vexa-
tious taxes; the taxgather himself being
placed under an organized and re-
sponsible central inspection. ca The
adoption of a fixed and eauita-
BILE term Of military service to replace the
perpetual military service to which the
fellah had heen condemned CD The aboli-
ton of the corvee or forced labor. To he
precise, Prince Hussein. minister OF
finance in 1876 land consequently during
the reign of lsmaip. issued an order
abolishng the corvee and at the same
time the courbash,
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Doubtful
Benefits.

Egypt" are exceedingly doubtful. History
records that 600 years before the Chris
tian era an Egyptian prince, King Psam-
miticus, undertook to cut the Suez canal.
work which had already been undertaken
by Seu, the father Of the great Rameses.
The enterprise. although nearly completed.
was abandoned on the utterance of an
oracle, which said, You are working for
the barbarians." Twelve hundred years
later. when Egypt had passed under the
domination of the khalifs, Omar. prince
of the faithful, recalling the ancient ora
Gle. forbade the great general Amron.
the condueror of Egypt. from uniting the
two seas as he proposed. for the reason
that the canal would afford easy access
to the dread corsairs of the Mediterra-
mean.
Ismail> Pasha Khedive had been as wise
as the Kaliph Omar had he refused to
support and aid De LesSeps in cutting
the canal opposed by the ancient Dracho.
So. also. the fund of the public debt
and the tribunals of the reform, while
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There is
National
Party.

faith in Arab, whose weak
ness-unfitness for the role he had under
taken-had been amply shown. Later.
under the lash of a military occupation
and consequent usurpations, the seed OF
q national party took root Osman Cha
lib Bey in an article in the Correspond
ance dOrient, entitled Origin OF the
National Party in Egypt writes: Il will
never forget the enthusiasm of the peo-
pie when one day after his succession.
visiting the khedival library. he signed
himself Abbas Hilmi, "Al Masry." the
Egyptian. The people were enraptured
and Abbas Hilmi Khedive by that act
founded the national party.
Abbas ii from that time until a few
months ago was the hope OF Egypt.
Mustapha kamel the patriot, arose and
died. France was induced under the al
privileged situation in Egypt. Young ABB
bas was exposed to the cruel tyranny OF
Lord Cromer, and but for the ''crime of
Denshawi the khedivat had already been
merged into q rajalik under Rajah Gro
mer.
This crime. which created horror In
London, resulted in Cromer's recall. DR..
Osman declares that the government at
London now changed its policy in Egypt.
But there was a condition. il the gov
eminent at London relaxed the reins the
khedive must withdraw his support of the
national party, limit the liberty of an
Egyptian press and, above all. abandon
the idea Of constitution for Egypt.
'All these things were arranged and
concluded on the khedive's last trip to
London" writes DR.. Osman due to the
Egyptian minister of foreign affairs,
whose tragic death is deplored by Eng
land"
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DR.. Osman Bey declares that notwith-
standing this deplorable situation the
people remain calm with the
Public conviction that although their
~ cause is just it may not be
Vd1u' maintained by force They
know that England wishes to prevent its
complaints from being heard, and to ac-
complish this they would paralyze their
tongues and break their pens by laws OF
repression This will not stop the ma
tional sentiment. DR.. Osman has hereto
fore been taxed with anglophilism be-
cause he had appealed to the generosity
of the English people. All Egypt would
be anglophiles If the government at Lon
don would keep its engagements with
her And Dr. Osman concludes with the
sages of ancient Egypt: Blessed are
those. who cause me to weep and weep
for me; cursed be those who cause me
to laugh and laugh at me-!
The London Daily News raoicaD eN
presses the opinion that a nationalist
movement in a country like Egypt is an
inevitable thing and good thing-a
thing sure to take bad forms from time
to time. sure to entail growing pains
thing to be encouraged, corrected, but on
no account to be outlawed.
The London Nation QiberaD declares
the only remedy for the Egyptians Is TO
exclude the foreign intruder. They de-
mand ''Dostoun; constitution is inc
only thing to prevent the interference OF
the British agent Nor Is ii necessary
that the British garrison should be with
drawn: it might be confined to the canal.
Why should not England welcome the
suggestion of the nation to coniine Its
military occupation of Egypt to the Suez
canal? 1t is the best possible solution
of the Egyptian problem for England
There is another remedy have suggestef
on several occasions, which Is the best
for ERVnt namply nell
tralization And this remedy might be
applied efficaciously to other oriental peo-
pies struggling for liberty aand tnde-
pendence. CHI. CHAILLE-LoNE.
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The benefits to Egypt of these innova-
tions, which Lord Cromer has managed
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The report that the congress was in.
hibited in France appears almost in
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a full-f1edged national party in
Egypt today. Immediately fol-
lowing Arabs fiasco / did not
think there was, having no
faith in Arab, whose weak
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THE SELAMLIK OF THE NEW SULTAN


CONSTANT1NOPLE. August q, 1910.
The Sultan Of Turkey goes to church
every Friday, the Moslem sabbath, He
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Discomfort with the public educational
methods in the District was in evidence
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-10
w, ID, ELLIOTT.

". d. Elliott, one of the most respect
ed residents of his neighborhoOtl, mem.
Der OF the Bethlehem Christian church.
died at his home six miles southwest OF
Sedalia Friday morning at 2:f5 O'Clock
after a short illness of pneumonia fever.
Mr.. elliott was O. wears Of tge r.nH hsh
been a resident of the Valda neighbor-
hood all of his life. having been born
wear ValAa. OF 10, $50, and living ia
that vicinity from childhood.
MIR. Elliott "a, a prosperous farmer. q
devoted member of the church and for
several years at The head Of church affairs
and superintendent OF the Sunday school
at Bethlehem church.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and three children: Mrs. Il i. Warren,
OF r. 4. D. NJ 7, Sedalia; Elmo Elliott,
who own a par. OF The home place, and
Merle Elliott, who is employed at the
J. W. Neal Grocery Co, Of Sedsiia. Be
sides these MIR. Elliott is survived by 4
brother, Isaac Elliott, of near V,lda, and
a sister, Mrs. Kate McV'y y, who lives
eas; o! SID ALA .-Spdalia Capitol.
Mr., Elliott was an E&elH OF fellow
,ownsmrn, Walter Elliott McVey. Of Tie
Grm of Wray & Mcvey, after whom he
| was naustd.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-10
Death OF Beverly Martin.

Beverly Martin, aged 50 years, OF Kan
eas City, died il ,hit city Monday night,
Feb 2S,h at II o'clock, of pneumonia
He was born aud raised in this county.
lie married here, and afterwarj m0yeS
40 Kansas City, where he lived for d
number Of years.
The rem ,,ns we're brought 20 Versailles
last Thursday. lnteIment took place 81
dlie city cemetery FRIDAY afternoon amhl
n M.rnber Of sorrowing relatives and
iTirnds.
Re. Mccarthy, of Kansas City,
Ireachc 7 the funeral sermon, conducted
under the auspices OF The X. of p, Lodge,
OF which Mr.. Martin was a member.
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Saved q Soldf er's Life.

Facing death from shot aud shell in
the civil wal was more agreeable to J. A.
Stole, of Kemp. Tex, than facing it
from what doctors said WAS consumption
81 contracted a stubborn cold" he
wstes. that developed a cough, that
stuck 30 HE in spite of all remedies for
years. Ny weight ran down to 1870
pounds. Then l began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery. which completely cured
me. IEeS weigh ITS pounds" For
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Cough and lung trouble, its supreme.
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Proceedings OF County Court

A~DJo,xS;in TERM, MAR. TrH, 1910.
Bonds of road over eeTs filed and ap.
prosrI.
Bond Il w. K. ~s,cyepsop, highway
enginrcr, approved.
~Re,,Hratin Of Il Asch.scber, road
overse,r Dist. n. ~. accepted.
R~.sis,@tion Of ID. MURRAY. road o~sr
seer Dist. M, *, accepted. aud q ",
Miller appointed to fill vacancy.
q W Mailer, retiring keeper Of coun.
" fUu. Wsk-s f al settlement, aud a
w.Sr.g, a'de,si ~ his favor for tl6l 70
haiaR - %sv t!'!S,
@ ~ A 'sr Alleged $37 % for phou,
u carIHg iSUu
Tbr oppve transactions TN Mmstsy SCI
T'ussdA, as'dn'e next week. ii tile cont
gsls ttiopgb IL i'u;e.