Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-31
MARQUIS PARTY
ENDS LONG TOUR
Pastor Broadway Presbyterian
Church Completes Journey
Around the Globe.
FRIENDS IN A WELCOME
Visits Many Interesting Places, but
Rock Island Looks Better
Than Ever.

Early this morning Rev. w. G. Ogle-
wee. assistant pastor of Broadway
Presbyterian church, received a tele-
gram from DR.. w. S Marquis stating
that the Marquis party would arrive at
10 o'clock from Sloan, Iowa, where a
brief visit was made with relatives.
At the hour of the arrival of the train
several members of Broadway congre-
CATION gathered at the Rock Island de-
pot to welcome the pastor, his wife,
and his daughter, Miss Laura. The ar
rival of the family here brought to an
end the journey around the world,
which was started early last June
During DIR. Marquis absence from the
city the pulpit at Broadway Presbyter-
ian church has been ably filed by Rev.
Mr. Oglevee. In speaking of his jour
ney today DR.. Marquis said:
TRAVEL 10000 MILES.
After a journey of more than 30.
600 miles in which we have visited
some twenty different countries, RoCh
Island scenes and the welcoming faces
Of Rock Island friends look exceeding
ly good to us. With profound grail
tude to our God we can say the long
journey has been without accident or
serious interruption, except when the
black plague shut US out of northern
China. That was indeed a disep-
pointment, for the Rev. Robert M. Ma
teer, our life long friend, had made
special arrangements to take us on an
itenerary into the heart of China. The
time we would have spent there was
given to Korea, which although as
near to the plague stricken district of
Manchuria as China, was so eficient.y
guarded by Japanese physicians aud
soldiers that the plague was absolute
ly excluded and it was as safe to trav-
ell there as 1t is in Illinois. We have
seen many fertile and fair countries
the golden grain harvests of Franc Z
and Germany, the vine clad hills of
Italy, the rich rank corn and wheat OF
the Nile delta, the grain fields of In
dia and garden-like rice paddles of
Java, China and Japan, but We have
not seen any country so fertile anu
fat as California and the valleys OF the
Missouri and Mississippi These lands
beyond the sea TEEN with laborers
who are doing intensive farming by
hand. our land laughs with growing
crops which seem to appear almost
spontaneously. Nowhere have the
great mass of the people such comfort
able homes. good and abundant food,
and opportunities for accommodating a
as here in America.
VISIT IN CALIFORNIA.
I'VE had a delightful voyage home
on the Manchuria broken by a day at
in which we had the pleas |
ure of being entertained by Miss Mar
garet Medill, Miss Putnam and Miss |
PARROT. formerly teachers in the Nc |
line public schools, now teaching in
the Kamehameha school, one of the
most beautiful and best appointed edu- |
institutions we saw In our en-
tire journey. We also enjoyed two
weeks in the Queen city, Pasadena, |
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. LIS Dubois, |
with the pleasure of seeing Major ami |
Mrs. H. c. Connolly, DR.. and Mrs. Nc
-urran, Mrs. ID. T. Robinson and fam |
Ily, Mrs. Gregg, Mrs. McIIlYain and |
her aged mother, Mrs. McAuley and /
other Rock Islanders. AS We heard /.
Governor woodrow Wilson say at a |
banquet in Pasadena, Society in this l
-egion presents cross section Of ali
American society. and therefore is
most thoroughly American" a year
of travel makes US more than CRATE
ul for home and citizenship In this
soodIy land.
This evening DR.. Marquis will pre-
tide at the prayer service. Tomorrow
evening there will be the public reeep-
ion, TO which all members of the con
gregs1ion and friends are invited. The
Ladies' aid society is In charge OF the