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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Will Sell

w IA SCn
5000 Cap. Traction So Mt 100.
u 200 c. c. to CT. Falls So ut -.
$1,000 Potomac Consld. So ut lO1N.
so Capital Traction mt 81.
100 Wash. Rwy. 4 EIec. com. ut 81 exs
10 Wash. Rwy. 4 Elec. pfd. at s2N ex.
400 Warrington Utilities Mt 20A.
50 Warrington Gas at s.
50 Georgetown Gas ibid wanted).
10 MerEenthaler at 16S.
rs Lanst0n.
10 District National Bank ut lao. :
10 Continental Trust at l26.
Z National Bank Of Washington ut 12S.
30 (any part) RigGs Nat. Bank ut 646.
Is Munsey Trust at %.
100 Bank OF Commefce q Saw. at II.
100 Wash. Exchange Blk Ibid wantedD.
800 American Paper Can Ibid wanted).
700 Miller Train Control.
10 Gayety Theater at 155.
3,O00 Oklahoma Oil At 11H.
8 J. Maury Dove Co. Ibid wantedD.
rs District Title Ins. Ibid wanted).
I Columbia Hotel Co. 4
81 Atlantic Building Co. At 20.
100 Wash. Base Ball ibid wanted).
| Will Buy Y
$1,000 Potomac Consld. so at 100h.
70 Capital Traction Mt ssh.
Is Wash. Rwy. 4 Elec. pfd. ut s. ex.
30 Warrington Gas ut 7Sh.
Is Georgetown Gas at IS.
10 Continental Trust at IFS.
10 Munsey Trust At 90.
10 Northwest Savings Rank.
10 Potomac Savings Bank.
Exclusive Of commissions. Subject to
previous acceptance or cancellation.
Bonds plus accrued interest. All exc.
cutions for cash.
Deliveries for cash at youY ovxu N.vSr
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CHOICE 81 FARM MORTGAGES FOR SALE.
Interest collected free Of charge.
Titles guaranteed. IS years. experience.
Best of references. Write for list
INTERSTATE SECURITIES COMPANY,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. .
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

CHICAGO. February 24-Hogs-Re-
days average: bulk, 12.75aI2 95; light
12.0oa12. 90: mixed, 12.60al3.00; heavy
12.eoa13.0o; rough, 12.50a12.65; pigs, 975a
1i.s5.
Caftle-Receipts. 300: steady: native
beef cattle. 7.s5a11. 80; stockers and feed
ers. 6.25a9.1o cows and heifers, 5.15a
1920; calves. 90oa12.75.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000: steady; wethers
20 s0a12.16; ewes. S.50a12.00; lambs. 1225a
1l.60.
y NEW YORK. February 24-Beeves-
lAeceipts. 1855; no trading.
Calves-Receipts, 234; easy; veals, 10. 90
ALSO.
sheep and lambs--Receipts. 952; steady;
prince lambs. 1900.
Hogs-Receipts, 2,156; steauy; light to
hSA n 49,
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NEW YORK PRODUCE,

NEW YORK, February 24.-Flour-
Firmly held.
Wheat-Spot. arm: No. . hard. 2.o5h;
No. / northern Duluth. 2.16h: No. 1
northern Manitoba, 2.12A fob. New
York.
Corn-Spot. hrm: No. yellow, 1.2o
elf. New York.
Oats, spot, firm: hay. steady; hops,
quiet; hides. firm; leather. firm; pork,
strong; beef. firm: lard. strong; middle
west, IL S0a17 80; tallow, firm; wool, arm;
rice, steady; molasses, frm.
Evaporated apples. dull; prunes, quiet:
apricots and peaches. firm: ratsins. steady.
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Scotch tweed and hosiery manufac-
turers have opened schools for the Rus
sian language, in order to do more
business with Russia
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Treasury Statement.
Condition of the United States
Treasury at close yesterday showed:
Net balance in general fund. $3.50
TAI.
Total receipts. $3.329,s79.
Total payments. $2.926.420.
The deficit this fiscal year is $751;
2sI.506. against q deficit Of $57.466.696
last year. exclusive OF Panama canal
and public debt transactions.
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WEEK'SRANCE OF PRICES.
Corrected to the Close of Business February "a,
at the Office of The Evening Star.
Railway and Miscellaneous Shares.

following closing
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07
City Auditor.

how to ireach them the quickest
by the shortest route. Jas. Pow
rie and GILES have to pass a sim
liar ordeal on North Dakota. A
standing of 90 per cent is reauir-
ed for creditable standing. 95 per
cent is failu 'e. 1t takes from
four to six months to prepare for
such examination. We hope the
boys will sleep better nights af-
ter This. They will certainly know
what to do with your mail.
The railway mail clerks are as
rule examined on from two to
eight states and when necessary,
on the city distribution of Min
neapolis, st. Paul and Chicago,
giving an account of all the car
rier's districts in those cities. In
many cases they are examined on
Canadian provinces where Canad.
ian mail is involved.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Regular meeting of the Wahpe-
ton City Council held Monday.
June ith, 1917, at 1880 p. IN. with
Mayor Fligclman presiding.
Meeting called to order by May
or Fligelman.
Aldermen present. Simonsen,
Hodel, Harris, Connolly, M. J.
Braun. Carl J. Braun and Wolfe.
Absent: Streetcr.
Minutes of the last regular
meeting read and approved as
read.
Alderman Wolfe offered the
following resolution and moved
it's adoption:
BE IL RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WAHPETON: That the City Audi
tor be, and he hereby is, author
lied and directed to advertise for
scaled bids for paving an curbing
the blbowing street i'm Paving
District No. of said city. to-wit
Seventh street north, from the
Great Northern Railway Com
pany's depot to Washington ave-
nue.. with either brick, asphalt.
bitulithic, creosoted wood blocks
or Portland cement concrete, up
on concrete foundation, accord
ing to the plans and soeciflca-
tions therefor, prepared by F.. t..
Anders. engineer, and approved
and adopted and ordered filed in
the office of the City Auditor, by
tifhis council, on the 7th day of
May, 1917.
Alderman Connolly seconded
the motion for the adoption of
said resolution and roll call
vote was then taken which was
as follows: Simonsen, yes; Har-
ris, yes; Hodel. yes; Connolly,
yes; M. J. Braun, yes; Carl J..
Braun, yes; Wolfe, yes.
Alderman Simonsen offered the
following resolution and moved
it's adoption:
Whereas, during the fall Of
1916 one of the Northern Paci-
fic Railway Comoany's trains COL
lided with an automobile at the
crossing of said Company's rail-
way, on Second street in said city,
by reason Of which collision two
persons were very seriously in
jured; and.
Whereas. during the spring of
1917 one of said railway COM
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07
MAIL CLERKS TAKE EXAMS

w. M. Prideaux, chief clerk OF
the third district of the Railway
Mail Service with headquarters
at st. Paul, Minn., was in the
city today conducting an exami-
nation of the Post Office clerks,
making up the outgoing mail.
Mr.. Prideaux has charge of the
transportation of mails on the
N. p. and G. N. lines, running out
of St. Paul and the territory trib-
utary to same. The chief clerk is
next in rank to the superinteni-
ent of the Tenth Division. That
division comprises N. Dak., Min.
nesota. S. Dak.. Montana. Wis
consin and partly Iowa. Illinois,
and Mich. xsr.s
One of the many duties of the
chief clerk is to examine post
office clerks on distribution. Joe
Voves has to give an account of
all post Offices of Minnesota and
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07

said resolution and a roll call vote
was taken which was as follows:
Simonsen, yes: Hodel. yes: Har-
ris. yes; Connolly, yes: NJ. J.
Braun. yes; Carl j. Braun, yes:
Wolfe, yes.
Motion made and seconded tina.
the Council recommend to the
County Commissioners that they
exempt the Lutheran Deaconness
Hospital of this city from all gen.
eral taxes. on the grounds that
said hospital is a charitable in
s:itution and should not he tax
cd. Motion carried.
Mr.. C. O. Davidson presented
a protest asking THAT all the Diff
ferent kinds of Asphalt Pavement
be mentioned in the plans and
specifications for the Seventh
Street paving and motion was
made and carried that the same
be laid on the table indefinitely.
Motion made and carried to ad-
journ.
S. H. MURRAY,
8 City Auditor.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07

Nick NJ. Sauer
Edward Braun
Alfred Forman
Henry Mikesch
Alongo kaeney
Hugh a. Mckeachnic
9Th Ward
George Fischer
Calvin Guy Bugbee
Hoyt l.. Yates
Claude George Moody
Max William Lauder
Lawrence John Voelkcr
Otto NJ. Oicn
Joseph l.. Larson
Joseph L. Rickert
Herbert Goettelman
Gilbert j. Gillcs
Grover +. Moody
Gilbert II. Reeder
Louis Anderson
John Edward Quinn
Joseph b. Stern
Paul Raymond Sage
Frank 4. Henspeter
Frank ID. Pappas
Steve &. PappOstauron
Albert w. Marten
George +. Putnam
George w. Oliver
Nicholas j. Pappastauron
John j. Cast
Adolph Bolster Veit
Harry Stern
Rudolph NJ. GILES
William Frank Harrison
Earl Wayne Robinson
George F. Reeder
Everald C. Whiting
Hubert Spence Warren
Carl j. Hoffman
Herbert Harold Pfister
Frank B. Shafer
Harry F. Lieber
Frank James LETTER.
Ralph Hayden Ellis
Lawrence Dement, Drake
Emil Sedler
Clyde H. Shafer
Elmer Anderson
James 4. Shea
Joseph A. Kohnke
Henry A. Fields
Richard M. Falley
James Henry Mccoy
Leo Joseph GILES
Charles E. Lounsbury
Warren A. Hatch
Frank w. Wagneux
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07
ITEM NO. 1

ITEM NO. 1
Sewer with water service in the
same trench, depth of sewer at "a
point two feet inside the curb line
six feet, $3.50 per linear foot.
| ITEM NO. 2 i
l. Sewer without water in the
same trench, depth of sewer at a
point two feet inside of curb line
six feet, eighty cents (8Oc) per
linear foot.
ITEM NO. 3
Water service laid in tlle same
trench with sewer to curb; for
laying three quarter inch lead
service pipe to a point two feet
inside of curb line, $3.50 per lin
ear foot.
ITEM NO. 4
Water service laid in separate
trench from sewer. For laying
three-quarter inch lead service
pipe to a point two feet inside of
curb line, Ninety-flve cents (95cj
per linear foot.
(Signed)
H. T. CONNOLLY.
Motion made and seconded that
the bid of H. Il. Connolly for the
installation of sewer and water
connections in Seventh street, in
Paving District No. be accept
ed and that the Mayor and City
Auditor be authorized to enter in
to a contract with the said H. T..
Connolly for the installation of
said sewer and water connections
pursuant to the bid submitted by
him, and in accordance with the
plans and specifications on file in
the office of the City Auditor.
Motion carried by the following
vote: Simonsen, yes; Hodel, yes;
Harris, yes; Connolly, yes; M. J..
Braun, yes; Carl J. Braun, yes:
Wolfe. yes.
Motion made and carried tine
monthly report of o. M. Olson,
City Treasurer, be accepted and
placed on file.
Motion made and carried that
the monthly report of w. L..
Forkner, Superintendent of the
Water works, be accepted and
placed on file.
Motion made and carried that
the monthly report of F. B..
Schneider, Police Magistrate, be
accepte.. and placed on file.
Motion made and seconded that
the following bills be allowed and
paid out of their respective funds.
Motion carried by the following
vote; Hodel, yes; Harris, yes;
Connolly, yes; M. j. Braun, yes; {;
! Carl j. Braun. yes; Wolfe, yes
Simonsen did not vote.
General Fund
Otter Tail Power Com
pany, lights for Mays 4l2. .67
Globe Gazette Printing
Co.. books and sup
plies .............. 28.15
Wahpeton Times, City
Printing 80. ....... 1873
Citizens National Bank
Plate Glass insurance 2i.l7
Martin Kramer, labor at
Dump Ground 900. 36.
A. Hodel, work at Dump
Ground 9.1O
JOS. Vodova, labor ON
street ............. 62.75
John Telich, labor on
street 90. ........ 68.75
Bennie Olson, labor on
SCfeeC ......... 25. so
Gardie Boil, labor on
SIreet .......... $50
Fnank 'Peschel, specif1l
PollCC S.OD
j. E. Powrie, money ad-
Vanced ............ 800
G.. j. Kaclrelhoffer, May
salary 900. ........ 2O.83
F. B. schneider. May sal
ary -. ............ 5000
o. M. Olson, May salary $500
S. H. Murray, May SAL
ary -. ............ $500
j. E. Powrie, May salary $500
Nick Holman, May sal 65.OO|
ary -. ............ $500
John Maresh. May salary 50. .OO
Waterworks Fund
Otter Tail Power Co..
Power and Light, Mays f42.77|
Thompson Yards, Inc,
lumber 90. ..... ff.9o|
Leach & Gamble Co.,
merchandise go. $50
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07

smith work -. -. 4.45
w. L. Forkner, money!
advanced -. ....... 46.i7
Matt Hamerlik. May SAL
ary %. ........... 5000
John Forman, May SAL
ary >. ............ $500
Herman Klingbeil, May
salary 90. 30. 90. $500
w. L. Forkner, May SAL
ary 90. -...-....... 5000
Paving District Number One
N. P. Simonsen, oversee
ing paving work on
Dakota avenue .$l42. 50
E. F. Riley, engineering
work 90. .......... 90. 60
Motion made and carried to
adjourn until Tuesday, June 5th,
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07
5(i917, at 1880 P. M. J:
S. H. MURRAY,
z City Auditor.

Adjourned meeting of the Wah-;
peton City Council held Tuesday,
June 5th, 1917, at 1880 P. NJ,
with Mayor Fligelman presiding.
Meeting called to order by
Mayor Fligelman.
Aldermen present: Simonsen.
Hodel, Harris, Connolly, NJ. J.
Braun, Carl j. Braun and Wolfe.
Motion made and carried that
the bids for paving Second street
to the Great Northern Track be
opened.
The bids were opened and
found to be as follows:
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07

Alderman Simonsen offered the
following resolution and moved
its adoption:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WAHPETON: That the City Aud
itor be, and he hereby is. directed
to enter THE bids received for paw
ing Second Street, from the South
line of Dakota Avenue and ex-
tending south to the main line Of
the Great Northern Railway
company. in Paving District No. 1
Of said city. into the minutes of
this meeting, and carefully pre-
serve said bids:
And that a Special Meeting Of
this Council be held on Thursday
the 14tll day of June 1917, ats
p. NJ, in the Council Chambers,
for the purpose Of considering
and acting upon the said bids;
And that the City Auditor pub
lish notice of the time and place
of said meeting as required by
law.
Alderman Connolly seconded
the motion for the adoption of
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07

Joseph j. Weimar
Arnold C. Forbes
VIM. Simon karst
Leo Bnj. Jaricki
VIM. Marion McReynolds
Clarence John Miller
Edward John Pauly
Charles Whetfield Thode
John Michael Dunn
Edward Trupka
Otto Matt OVerboe
Arthur William Hoppcrt
Carl M. Ulsakrr
John Martin Jensen
Clifford Edward Melbo
George F.. Wagner
Arthur Anderson
Philip kol"graff
Edward Raymond MareSh
Herbert Carl H6del
Eklund Arthur Nelson
Fred Donovan Brown
Clifford b. Brown
Walter n. Hess
Albert w. Kramer
Charles +. Oliver
Thomas +. Madden
Leo Math Muchvitsch
Gordon S. Bader
Linton M. Harris
Louis ID. Brown
Wallace f. Morden
James Patrick Murray
Daniel l.. Oslund
Walter John Fiero
Elmer Leroy Hobbs
John M. Muchvitsch
Simon H. Murray
Louis v. Jurgenson
Jay d. Frazer
Peter B. Thargrimson
Carl Braun
JOHN Marcus Ness
William Fred Trupka
Alfred John Mueller
Joseph Friederichs
Charles Lundquist
Ira Blocher
George Joe Rischard
Berge Revne
Linwood Stephen Braun
Herman Schweitzer
Oscar Nels Hanson
Howard Blaine Paul
Hugo Stern
Richard l.. Ha'ves
William Francis Eckes
Martin Hess
Lyman b. Brown
Victor Carl Fandel
Victor Eugene Burton
Oluf Martin Olson
Alfred McEnroy
Sammuel H. BakkOnen
Peter c.. Hansen
Otto FOrkkOla
John S. Johnson
Olaf Lee
John Lee
Martin Aanial
George X. Andrews
Marius JOrgenson
Magnus E. Sletta
Edward M. Jacobson
john Clarence Jorgenson
Third Ward
MOrlnu Eaplold koll.,
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07
Third Ward

Tnoro Waro
Morley Garfield Kelly
Marcus Peschel
Hartsell r. Henry
Beauregard Condit
Peter PeSchel
Frank Peschel
Howard kreidler
William H. McClintock
Frank j. Rehm
Frank Albert Matejka
Erwin GILES
William Bergman
Andrew Nelson
Herbert Youngquist
John Haffner
Joseph H. Dietz
VIM. Schmitt
Thomas f. Mcmahon
Martin kreusiger
Edward Funfar
Edward j. Kline
Chas. keeney
Peter kratochvil
Walter Heinie
john w. Carr
Osif Assad
John Peschel
George F. Dancey y
Frank r. Bennett
Ed. Lotzer
John Maine Kolesky
Ward Robeson
Mart Voves
Isel F.. Staples
Alphonse Seifert
Louis Christensen
Allen Voves
Frank Solberg
Sam Locke
FAIRIES Johnson
Albert Johnson
Albert Smith
Carl Mohler
Garold Holcomb
Joe Voves
Bruno Drier
Jos. H. Wright
:k
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-07

sO-.AA H'A oN'sAS @sASsS Sbtol OU .
Waterworks Fund
Otter Tail Power Co.,
Power and Light, Mays f42.
Thompson Yards, Inc,
lumber 90. ..:..,. A..
Leach & Gamble Co..
merchandise 4.
Connolly Bros, merch-
andis.e 90. ........ fOf.
John j. Wolfe, merchan-
disn 90. ........... 4.
Red Wing Filter Sand
Co., sand for filter >. 25.
Garlock Packing Co.,
supplies 90. 5000. is.
Pittsburg Meter Co., re-
pairs %. 90. ...... 4.
Pennsylvania Salt Mfg.
Co.. chemicals 90. :. is.
G. A. R. Nickel, black
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-16

found few years ago in an unopened
chamber.
The wonderful antiquity of Jeru-
salem has only been appreciated in
recent years Up to fifty years ago it
was thought that Jerusalem was of little
Importance as n city until it became
the Getty of David" King Israel
But with the discovery of the Tel-cl-
Amarna tablets in Egypt new light
was shed upon the history of the sacred
city. There were found six letters writ
ten by the King Of Jerusalem to the
Pharaoh of Egypt, dating from the ff-
tcenth century b. c. The name of this
King Of Jerusalem was Add -hiba or;
as some scholars read the cuneiform
Abd-sadak. and he writes to the Phar-
aoh beseechng linn to send soldiers almost
as the Turks must have sent messages TO
Germany asking for reinforcemcnts that thew
might save the day.
In one letter Abtl-hiba relates how he had
sent detachment of his own soldiers TO Gle.
fcnd Jaffa, hut that 'vcriy, Bia Guat s son,
captured them. He pleads for aid, assert.
ing that he is still faithful TO his Egyptian
Slzcraln, anu That the ISLANDERS against him
arc untrue: Why are YOU favorable TO the
Hebrews GIa-b-r) and uni'avorablc to the
princess Because tell you the territory of
my lord will be ruined, they SANDER me-
-. Let my lord the king send troops
The king has no longer any territory. the
lla-bi-ri have devastated all the kings terri
tory II troops come in this year, the terri
tory will remain my lord the kings but if nc
troops come, the territory of my lord the
king is lost"
Here is indeed literal repetition of his
tory. This was 1887 years ago, and to-day
two great Powers arc still fighting for the
control Of Palestine. 1t is significant that
there arc many Hebrews in the ranks Of the
British in fact one Of the Rothschilds has
Just laid down his life on the battlefiolds Of
JuGea.
This carly King of Uru-salimu, then the
capital Of the district, who wrote such APP
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-16
Jerusalem, with the Temple and Other Principal
Buildings They Stood, Before the Romans
Sacked the City in 10 A. D. From
Map by Colonel c. r. Gender.

pealng letters to Amcnophis " of Egypt.
was an Amorite, one Of the seven nations
which the Israelite, Joshua, was commanded
to drive out Of Palestine when he conquered
it for Israel. There is little doubt that the
Sacred Rock was centre Of worship, even in
his time for the Amorites like the Philis-
tines and other Phoenicians, worshippctl
Dagon and similar deitics Around this stone
must have gathered considerable cult, other
wise David would hardly have seized upon it
as the future site Of the temple which his son,
Solomon, was TO build. He purchased the
spot from "Araunah the Jebusite," and there
the altar was placed when the Temple had
been erected.
The Mohammcdans speak Of this rock Us the
Navel of the eEarth, the centre around
which all rcvolvcs. Its sacrcdness is conlpar-
able to that OF the Greek rock which was COW
cred by the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
1t was held by all authorities that Jerusalem
is really built upon no less than five other
cities Doubtless careful excavation will re-.
veal remains Of them ALL Here will BIZ laid
bare the civilization of nations long since van
isled from the earth, and possibly we shall
discover the key to the Hittite and other un.
dcciphered inscriptions
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monument, according to the ancient chron.
icler.
II is confidently expected that after the
apturc of Jerusalem and the driving forth
Of the Moslem, many valuable treasures i'll the
way of ancient sarcophagi with manuscripts
and carved inscriptions will be brought to
light from beneath the sacred rock and other
localities, helping the modern world to grasp
the secrets so long concealed by the Grass
superstition Of the A1ohammcdans, who would
not permit such excavations TO take place on
this holy ground.
We may find in the tunnels and chambers
beneath the sacred rock some of the records
of the Kings of Israel. and perhaps some Of
the ancient manuscripts which were certainly
hidden when the Romans hammered at the
gates OF the Holy City in the year 10 4. d.
What more natural than that the hottest
memorials should be deposited in the rocky
chambers dug out centuries before beneath
the sacred rock No one will be surprised if
in these ancient storehouses should be found
lost books Of the Bible, and chronicles Of kings
and dynastics of which VIC have barely the
names.
Most interesting would it be if from these
tunnels beneath the Sakhrah were to be
brought forth the famous "Urim and
Thummim,' the much discussed jewel worn
by the High Priest of the Temple, consulted
by him to ascertain the fate of Kings Posi-
bly, the Ark of the Covenant itself, contain
ing the original tablets of the Ten Command
ments, and the jcwclled breastplate worn by
the High Priest may still lie burie din these
tunnels. When Titus conquered Jerusalem
and destroyed the Temple he took away some
of its sacred vessels, including the great sew
cn-branched candlestick which is pictured on
the Arch of Titus at Rome but much more
may have been concealed in the chambers be-
meath the rock, and if they we're, they are still
there and will certainly be found by the
twentieth century excavatorS
There is only one modern European who
has been able to touch this great stone.
Colonel G.. R. Gender, the noted British
archacologist, states that in 1874 when, &C
cording to the Sultan IS order. the dome Of the
rock had been dcconsecratcd for time that
the building might be repaired. he managed
10 crawl over the rock. He thus describes his
experience:
Il was able to walk In my socks all over
the surface of the sacred Sakhrah rock, and
to ascend the scaffolding to the dome above
in order to examine the ancient mosacs OF our
seventh century, as we'll as those on the out
side, where the old arcadcd battlement Of tho
ninth century was just laid bare. penetrated
by the old rock-cut aqueduct at the north
west corner of the Haram Sacred quarter)
to the IIcrodian wall, and discovered the but
tress of the temple rampant still standing In
the Jews quarter found the old hospice Of
the Teutonic Order and the chapel Of the
Holy Ghost.
"Tn 1881 7 crawlcd through the Sloan
tunnel with two comrades, in danger of our
lives. 10 find the point where the two parties
of King Hezekiah s workmen heard each
other calling and joined their work by cross
cut east and west. We no longer depend on
the writings Of Josephus and Tacitus, or on
Copyr