The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-08
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the Dnrons Bresca VIII. In ac-
4 cordauce With time honored
custom, exercise the privilege
granted, to their ancestor. over three
hundred years ago. Of furnishing palms
to the Vatican. the adjoining cathe
dral OF st. Peter and all the otncr
distribution to Catholics after consc-
Grafton. This monopoly Of pontin-
car origin. has remained in existence.
without being IN any way Impaired ny
set BY the Papacy'a deprivai OF its
temporal sovereignty.
The circumstances Of it's grant by
SINUS V. arc curious. II was during
obelisk, which now figures in the
centre Of the square In front Of St..
Peters. was erected, by the primitive
eNpcdient Of hauling IL into = vertical
position BIZ means OF ropes. AS it WAS
feared that tho slightest sound might
distract the workmcn and bring about
an accident, Papai edict was issued
forbidding any one TO speak under tho
pain of death The work of hauling
the heavy monument into position.
therefore. went ON in perfect silence, in
dignitaries Of his court. ana OF an
immense crowd But in spite OF the
efforts OF the workmcn. the ropes.
though stretched to the breaking point.
refused to act on the pullcys. Seeing
the danger. Gsnocsc sailor named
Bresca. forgetting the cdict, shouted:
Wet the ropes, you fools! Wet tho
ropes" Water was brought. and the
ropes when wet quickly brought the
obelsk into place. Brcsca had been
seized by the guards for disobeying
the command Of silence. But instead
Of being put TO death. ha received from
Pope Sixtus V. for himself and his
descendants In perpetuity. the mono
poly OF furnishing all the palms used in
the Roman churches on Palm sunday.
King George will. hear. take. ad
to India next December to bestow the
order Of the Kaisr-i-Hind upon several
Americans: not as reward for their
efforts at prosclytism among his Indian
subjects. but in recognition OF the
courage and devotion to the causc Of
In connection with the plague. which
still causes many tens of thousands OF
deaths every week in the indian En-
pire. The average number Of deaths
per week from the plague alone is in
tho ncighborhood OF $4,000 Yet In
spite OF this appalling mortality, it is
already known that the census taken
on Sunday last throughout the length
and breadth of the dominions OF King
George will show an increase Of over
l2,00o.0o0 In india alono since the last
counting of the people, just a decade
The work done by these American
missionaries in the way Of medical at
tsnii9n and ednca ton Is boyona all
delivered By Lord harris before com
pleting his term as Governor of the
Presidency Of Bombay. which had a
population Of over 80. 900 900 there was
an eloquent tribute 10 tho American
missions. Our gratitude towards
these American missions has been pill
ing up and piling up for the last hum
dred years" And he went on TO On
press to tho Prcsid cnt Of tho United
states, "thc most grateful thanks Of
tile government of Bombay for tho as
sistancc which the American people
are rendering in pushing forward the
cause Of education In India" tt Is the
fact that throughout the past cen
foremost IN civili2ing the people, Of
British India, since Adoniram hudson
went out to Scramporc and Burma.
ana Hall and Mott driven from Cal
cutta, were welcomed by Sir Evan Ne
pean. Governor Of Bombay, in 1912. At
least two American missionaries have
already the Kaisr-lIlind Order. Queen
Victoria bestowed It upon the Rev. Dir.
Hume. who Has stationed Mt Ahmed
naSr, on the recommendation of her
viceroy Lord Curzon. and King Ed
ward likewise conferred 1t upon an
American missionary, whose name does
not at tho moment occur to me.
Sir Reginald Pole Carcw who made
such ~ bitter attack on his brother
general, sir IAN ITsmilton. tho pthcr
| day In tho House OF Commons, charg-