The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 2, 1907, Page 3

a a ne rr ET KARIMAN IN YOUTH scm sens ome! NEW CHIEF OF Crees nec EAST AFRICA FARMING : a New Plscescf Worship. don Will Be Torn Down. SALVATION ARMY A PILOT. Gen. Booth Says It Is in the Best Po- Spurious “Old Curiosity Shop” in Lon- ede cg aa sition to Direct Emigration. 7 sommes ers Ss! Honolulu, H. 1—A Shinto temple London.—W. r t much "gas RAILROAD MAGNATE WAS NOTED ‘to lusuma was dedicated in Honolulu peepee tien anit: ENN ay Ragas" a peed al nek sen 2,000 SETTLEFS AT WORK IN GER- Boston.—In an hour's chat the other AS A SCRAPPER. recently with ceremonies extending ; erable London fake, “The Old Curiosi MAN TERRITORY. 4 day Gen. William Booth of the Salva- throughout the day and ending with ty Shop,” in Lincoin’s Inn Fields, with tion Army discussed many topics, in- Little Known of His Personality Qut- a great evening display of fireworks in the The is said to be the most elaborately appointed Shinto temple Has Long Been a Leader in Affairs of His Tribesmen—insists on zed by ped a ‘Immortal It has re its bogus reputa the spurious legend, Charles Dickens? rich harvest otf | Colonists Not Admitted Until Last Year—Fertiie Lands on Plateaus cluding emigration, Christian’ Science and race suicide. This is the fourth visit of the ide of Business—Says P t iy out fis side y' resen temple outside‘of Japan. A priest of Doing All Official Business tion, but all speculations as to the Many Feet Above founder and commander of the Sal- Gonaration- Sane hoe > high rank was brought here from | in Native Tongue. exact amount would be mere guess- the! Sea. Seton, Avy to-thiercountry, 419; 4 Make Next One Better. Japan especially. to have charge of | work. Despite the obvious fact that = 4 ee ease New York—Edward H. Harriman | “S¢ ceremonies. Connected with the | Okmulgee, I. T—Full blood Indian, | i; js not what it pretends to be, and| New York—It is about 30 years gration seemed to be the fore- js a peculiar man. He has no school- intimates, no boyhood chums, no tisans, no epigrams are quoted, no aphorisms All stories are ay pusine: dedication were many dramatic rep- resentations from simple stages erect- ed in the temple yard and a most im- pressive dance by a score of Japanese girls in gorgeous kimonos before the | bank director, president of an oil company, Methodist winister, Moty Tiger, the new cheif of the Creeks, presents an anomaly in the mixture of human races. Refusing to speak may in no way resemble the shop of “Little Nell’s” grandfather, the old building can truthfully lay claim to upward of 300 years of life. And while the thousands of enthusiastic srmans acquired the vast region now known as German East Africa. They had no idea then that any part of the colony, which is only a little south of the equator, could ever since the G most thought in his mind, and in that in youth he was a scrapper or] ~ a : , that he was an amiable, colorless altar in the temple * | any but his native tongue, he assumes | 4mericans who have been in the habit | become the home of white settlers. youth. His personality outside of Shintoism, according to Prof. Cle- | the role of a recalcitrant, and by tak-| of visiting it every year may have | Much to their surprise, they have is rarely talked of, He ig} ™@2t's “Handbook of Modern Japan,” | ing part in the active business enter-| been under a delusion in supposing it | found that about a sixth of the coun- !. He is fond of his prises of his nation and the develop- try is so rich in soil and stands so d that he is char- | ment of its resources, he at once be- high above the sea that white men ; ble. A man close to him said when comes a leader of the progressives | may engage in manual labor there the i t was that some friend | and a roan’ of moment. ) year around. i should sy to Harriman regarding ; Tiger is 65 — old. He has oe } The regions that invite white col-’ i his lack of tact Friend? 1 don’t prominent in Creek national affairs onization are distributed in large and i believe that Harriman has a friend in the world.” since 1883, when he was second in command under the Proctor forces in the Green Peach war against Ispar- small areas among the Usambara mountains, near the sea; on the vast, high plain south and west of Mouat ae entity Pagan coger heecher, which, in reality, was a war Kilimanjaro; in the mountains and ters and three brothers. Two-of the to determine whether the Creeks rich valleys of Uhehe to the south- brothers have died. His father was should establish a school system and west; on the high tablelands of Urun- an Episcopal clergyman and at the j Become an educated race or should di and Ruanda near the Congo Free birth of Edward was rector of St. | cling to the ancient tribal modes and State and in other districts. Already George’s church at Hempstead. Har- | customs. He became a member of the about 2,000 peasants from Germany | house of kings in the Creek legisla- and the Transvaal have settled there, riman went to school education he received at home. Harriman entered Wall street at the age of 16 and served as an office boy little and what was picked up New Shinto Temple in Honolulu. is not a religion, but a system of wor- ship in which the deification of heroes, emperors, family ancestors and forces | | ture, and held that position for many years. He was elected second chief | when General Porter was elected chief for his first term, and was re- The Fake “Old Curiosity Shop.” to be the identical building described by the great English novelist, never- theless they had the satisfaction of | though it was only last year that Ger- many got ready to admit colonists. In some places there are only two or three settle: while in other re- and later bought a partnership. In| Of 2ature play an important part. It elected when that term expired. Oth- seeing one of the oldest buildings in | ions there are scores of families. It 1870 he bought a seat in the New| >@8 no dogmas, no sacred book and erwise he has led an uneventful life. | ti. very old city. is still an untamed wilderness and York stock exchange. He was a| 20 ™Moralcode. It sums up its theory He has lived for many years on |“ But a few weeks hence will see an | Germany holds out no glittering in- “piker’ in those days. To-day he of human duty in the following in- | farm on Deep fork, five miles west of end of it. Already bright red bills are | @ucements. : 4 junction: “Obey your natural im-| Okmulgee. He Has been twice mar- In the circular of the colonial gov- knows the game of speculation better than any man in America. pulses and the laws of the state.” A Shinto temple is usually a simple ried, the first time to a full blood In- dian woman, to whom three children plastered all over the little shop an- nouncing the removal of the waste vernment last year colonists were told that they would be accepted only if He is small in stature and walks Jae Sige w : b d th ste to 6 paper business, which at the present with a curious bow-legged jauntiness, | building in front of which, at a little | Were Dorm, and Tie scone ee moment occupies the front room, and | ‘hey were well, strong and temperate. distance, is set an arch. There are | White woman, who is now his wife.| + in. souvenir business which pros-| They must be prepared to endure no idols, but strips of paper hanging | He has been a liberal man in the edu- pers so greatly in the stuffy low-| bravely the privations inseparable from a wand are used as emblems of | cation of his children, and they aré | -oiinged room in the rear. Irrespec- | {fom pioneer life. There was little Shinto. The ordinary form of worship consists of washing the face or hands, or both, with holy water, of ringing a bell or slapping the hands to call the god’s attention; of casting in a coin as an offering; of standing with clasped hands during a short prayer and of making a farewell bow Efforts have been made to have Shintoism made the state religion of bureau of shrines, this being regarded as the final step in the disestablish- ment of this system of worship FRANKLIN TRADE SCHOOL. Made Possible by Gift to Boston a Hundred Years Ago. Boston.—Cont cts were recently school building in this city to be paid let for the erection of a splendid trade | accounted among the very brightest of the younger generation of Creeks. They have college educations and stand well in their community. There was considerable talk about the new chief's moving the executive offices | to Okmulgee, which is the capital of | the nation, but he has announced that | he will continue the offices in Musko- gee and move there, tive of the question of its authenticity, one may sincerely mourn its approach- ing disappearance, for it is such old places that go far to make the Eng- lish metropolis so interesting and pop- ular with the American ‘tourist. “The Old Curiosity Shop” is one of a trio of fakes in London which have made a lot of money out of foreign- ers, Americans chiefly, through their Johnson's alleged favorite chair and the smudge on the wall, head high, supposed to have been left by his greasy wig, and the barber shop at No. 17 Fleet street said to have formerly been the palace of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, are the other two of this interesting trio. Charles Dickens himself disposed of the real Old Curiosity Shop before he finished the book of that name. For , does he not tell us that many years after the death of Little Nell Kit vis- prospect of acquiring wealth, but the diligent man could make a home for himself and his family and become in- dependent The great regions of Urundi and ' Ruanda, the most populous parts of ; German East Africa, about 800 miles from the Indian ocean, are not yet open to settlement, as orderly rela- tions with the natives are not yet fully ists. The government will ultimately sell the land, but at present it is leased t Gen. William Booth. of human beings in the slums of Eu- rope who needed assistance to reach such fields of labor. With its thou- sands of corps, the Salvation Army, he said, was in the best position to direct emigration from one country to another. It acts, for these voyager speaking of it in connection with the work of his organization he said that the Salvation Army was trying to be- come a transfer agent. He referred to in fact, as a pilot Gen. Booth is dec Jedly in favor of large families. With one or two chil- dren, he said, the parents always in- duige them, and such indulgence cre- ates recklessness. for with the $5,000 which Benjamin a Franklin bequeathed to Boston at his ited the site of the old shop, which | Better 17 in the family, or even 24, death. The contract price is almost had then given place to the march of as in Germany, than one or two spoiled $320,000, yet the trustees of the fund improvements and was occupied by a | children. He condemned old age pen- have $100,000 additional to be used | broad thoroughfare? Charles Dickens sions in the verest terms, and said for equipment Franklin intended | the younger has also declared that | it was only another scheme for idle that his original bequest should be | there is no truth in the claim of the | ness. lent in small sums at five per cent. | building which is now to disappear. | se lea up ghee Maer gto A = | interest to young married mechanics ! Rea | cn but esa Booth deftly parried Faye A wei ineae | who had served their apprenticeship | |NOTED SINGER SERIOUSLY ILL. | oe Beredtans oS ae ae eculiar to jockie e talks easily, |im Boston. He directed that at the - | ee eer ee ee ents he asec oe bane eee aat Jend of a hundred years, or in 1891, | { Christine? Nileson,(OncoFanous ge] cn ne cers eee eee Uae eee often is at a loss for a precise word ' $500,000 dollars of the accumulated / | Operatic Star. to settlers for a few cents an acre. As ee ee and accepts it when offered without {fund should be spent by a eHOlY JIGLR ~ | : soon as the settler has one-tenth of his ee comment. In fact, he never says |im public works which might be of | . ite New York.—Countess de Miranda, | holding under cultivation or otherwise JAPAN REWARDS AMERICAN. “Thank you.” He is lacking absolute- | ost general use to the inhabitants. | Tiger insists that all official business || so ynown as Christine Nilsson, | devoted to useful purposes, he is en- - ly in emotion. What he wants to | The remaining $155,000 dollars of the pe a in “nis: native — 1 wae ‘% critic 7 ll a her pomnerens {titled to purchase twice a nicl H. W. Dennison Given $10,000 for Serv- know he asks about. He has no pets | fund—he computed that it would have | Chief Checote was a good English id an ain Sk tn es Oe ean aed din ese ook ices During War. now he a abou 10 pi einbuntod 147 485K. 600. wan, bo. tet | scholar, but when it came to official home in Sweden was 20 ye ago fa * a as h as improved at about 10 in business, but is liberal to his em- si = business he would not listen to a word | ™™0uUS as an operatic ger. In the i 20 cents a { i Yanai ploy ‘He collects mounté of English, insisting that all business | V@tious capitals of Europe she won| The government requires all settlers Washington.—It has been announced other people do china,” was | with his nation be conducted in his |7@20Wm and was extremely popular |to bring at least $500 into the coun- at Tokio that Mr. H. W. Dennison has him when he was buying up Arden, | national tongue. So Chief Tiger will | With American audiences. Countess de | t They must: paddle their ‘own | been: swarded $10,000 and an aouulty his immense country place back of or tale ia Segoe linus hat unos: canoe in a financial way of $840 for valuable service perform- Tuxedo Park, N. Y f | stands perfectly and can speak good j It is a little different; however, with Mr. Harriman esta shed the Boys' |English. Shortly after his appoint | the German Poles, who are as yet club on the east side of New York. | ment he was in the office of the com | the chief German immigrants. For It is simply what the name implies— missioner to the Five tribes and that | each family a little cabin and two a club for b wi rey can find | official tried to transact some official jouthouses are constructed, a few cat- healthy rec tion without reg ard to | | business. The chief would not speak. | jtle and some farming implements are religious bel | After half an hour’s work the com- provided and the government is reim- He started the 30 years 3 | missioners gave it up as a bad job. | j bursed in small r r payments is always generous to the | }In his own office the chief speaks | All the set s live in small cabins zave it a $250,000 building only | Creek entirely. He answers the sim- | built of wood, stone or tiles. Many of nt He « found in attend- plest questions through his interpre- jthem give most attention to the rais- at all of its ¢ ame ter, though it is plainly evident from jing of cattle, sheep and goats, and b ‘ t of | [his ssion that he understands it | produce only su crops to feed n hip of ove | in fa " ee { FRANKLIN TRADE SCHOOL Since his induction into office there he yan been greatly New York city.) TM rected With $5,000 Left by {228 been a constant stream of Indians | surprised to find how large a variety Mr. | gives $2,500 annually | “4 oo nin Franklin a Century Ago n to consult the chief. Any one of European farm crops can be grown i enance { : ee ¥ “9° | may find him in consultation with half jon these wide-spreac lands from j N to I ly and money this | _. at interest for anot hundred |@ dozen Indians, all of them talking | | 4,000 to 7,000 f ove the sea. Some : . ee sag dad seed isili | years, when the accumulations should | Creek, so that it is almost impossible | and made her oper: ; ‘ ttlers are actually raising wheat as be TS¢ | be similarly expended. It was not |to tell what is going on in the office. | holm in 1860. She mower: 2 : ' found practicable to lend the money | Even the stenographers and confiden- |jatter city under ani interes) Vy ORsE 38 cee ip hes ee Mr. Harriman in : HSS | to young mechanics, as they could not tial secretary are unable to grasp the |in Paris was tutored Victor J.'{CTOP, 800 miles in the region poehe } ple ag = give the security which the will de- | Situation. | " .|Nasse and Wartel. When she first |°f the central Af akes.~ The first eet dealer, an have five child | 7 anded; but the money has been kept |The duties of the chief are light. So | appeared in London, in 1867, she |CTOP sown on the nd plowing of e daughters and two at intaront: cand re is now, after |is his salary. He receives $2,000 a | coored a great success, especially in ithe land yielded>at 40 bushels to elses ds | allowing for the new building and its |¥ear, and he will spend more than |-Payst,” and her future was assured, | the acre, the ox uble being that | Ap ercae dl sas equipment, a balannce of more than | that paying the railroad fare for In- | Count de Marinda is tt vad teun- | “tPCHOS te patches, sy thet — whole s deep interest in} | “yundred and fifty thousand dollars, ,4ians who come to town, get stranded |hand of the famous singer, her first | #€!d could not be cut at once eee site war as pret | which is to accumulate till the latter and have to borrow money to pay their | paying been a Frenct Auguste | European ve les grow finely, ed doris ‘the miksge’s war ‘with the w sturdy | part of the present century railroad fare home The department Remsen’ sean Ti . On the |Small fruits do wel ¢otton and | ‘ Ze r Mr Der iison, who is a native gsters a a 01 is s of the interior has usurped practically | gate of her second marriage, 1887, she | tobacco d success. Mil | ° Vermont s been an attache of Harriman i ospitable in a | all of the power that was forme: retired perm F ‘Ss ‘ope: lions of ¢ ° nted, | the Japanese foreign office over 25 mal way ray Not Their Mission. : | delegated to the Indian le atur: eee oe S | oceas. | tobacco izar cane thrive and |? and accompanied Baron Ko- xc by g “Queer thing about women with | iq their executives. All matters mus' =a ily za ae 2 BN gieal hem ed foomn Fueatan | Ure _t¢ Tete renters ts ap aavieoey: missions,” remarked the sage of Sage-| now be pa i upon by the govern- ane es: thes experimental | apacity Before becoming a Japan- at hand interes’ ville | ment, and the existence of an Indian } Ronee pate farms severe ie “aes mf official he had been an attache of f Ire an “What's queer about them?” queried | .ouncil and a chief, so far as the Five | Mary Knew All About It. | portant export pe the department of state at Washing- vorke lis vy plea: the very young man | tribes are concerned, is merely a nom- Little Mary een teach- The white set over German | '°™ cess ro ORRIN gos me ss of | )00-a “They are seldom able to prepare a! ina) national life. | her “Walk | East Seca sokatia tad practiced law in Yokohama. He s late hunting | meal fit to eat,” explained the S. 8. ‘The ascendency of Tiger to the of- | slowly and tu seat heeded goaiust the tants dee) : soe ig 37 years old and has been decorated st Ww F years. Chicago Daily News fice of principal chief is purely ac- | monished her. | railroad sy sepecuk nani 4 with the grand cordon of the Rising 1 the Episcopal Sera | cidental. Chief Porter's term of office.} While she was un = this | ago Lett nists on Vic- | 5U2- : é : s 1 Terrible. | would have expired this month. Un- |:eaching, she attended school | toria ul laenaen ta _ Me ee : HRS SCORPCRRG ICH sht| city Nephew—And the to | der the law the president would then |one day The lthe Germar ag y have. toj °° Japanese fo n office as coun- * animals in our large city made a bad | have appointed a chief. Porter would |~Teach me to wa | amd: thelt pre 3 @ sea by the | Slot during the far eastern struggle t | ypression on you |have been reappointed, but Tiger yp AS Pestana were ae “ D. W ens, who was counselor of . y Col. Louisville—Turrible, sah. By | Would not have been second chief, and | ai: duckae ane '| oe Sues Ombessy At Warkington, . , Frankfo I saw a pair of genuine | 4d -Porter lived a month longer, in all | effect t that rail sais soon ead phage one wat o do-what h rses hitched to a water |>Tobability some one else would fll} «1 ao,” repli pee on nee ae 1 there until the end of na ition a lite ago News. | the place Moty Tiger now occup slowly and tan | with OER similarly . re ter an ee: ; | 1 bbe Paes Japan, but these have failed. Shinto _Hollowing the precedent set bY | Jaim to ancient lineage and historical | @Stablished. These are the only r the demand for workers, especially in | affairs have been entirely secularized | Chief Checote many years ago, Chief |... ociations. The “Cheshire Cheese,” | ions adapted for white occupancy | Canada, in the western states and in since 1868 and set apart under a in Fleet street, where you can see Dr. that are not yet accessible to colon- | South America, and to the great mass