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(Copyright, 19o. by Prank O. Carpenter )
ANGIEn, Jan. 1 (Special Cbrre-
epondence of The Bee.) I am In .
the wild and turbulent land of
Morocco a country which con-
tains 10,000,000 Mohammedans and
1000 Christians. Flvt thousand
of the Christians live here In Tangier, but
i there are ten Mohammedans to every one
fn of them, and the man who would lau tIi nr
Jdo' nper at the prorhPt In a puhllo place wouH
rt be In dangor of death. Tho town la iur-
rounded by wall and runrded bv an! diem.
fid The country outside Is filled with bandits
fin and brlganda. Rumor of a holy war
f against the Christiana are now current; an1
jwq it 11 eaJU that in the oasis of Tarilet. from
where the family of the sultan eimea, the
troops are preparlnir to Invade Algeria and
laughter, the French.
The Alfrcclras conference, so far from aet
Ihl tllng things, haa stirred up thp people, and
mti the force of 2.0(i0 policemen under foreign
mm officers, which It provided for the eight
'I, ports of Morocco, is Inefficient. There la
ready trouble at many of the ports. 8 nee
landed one of the mountain tribes has b
Jhe) aleged Mogador, on the Atlantic, nnd las
11 assaulted the French Jews there. A reign
Ja of terror exists In Merrakech, the southern
jtj capital of the sultan, and his majesty cin-
fOl not control any part of his dominions out
side of Fes.
nrlarands of the North.
Right here In Tangier, within a ehort
distance, of the fortifications of Gibraltar
and Jimt over the way from Spain and south
France, the country Is full of wild and war-
rlng tribes, the most of whom are fast los-
l Ing their fear of the foreigner. As I write
this it la Impossible to go five miles ast of
the city without soldiers to guard one. The
Berbers of that region are up In arms. The
n governor or Tangier refuses to lake any
j risks, and he will not send an escort of sol
dlers with me to the town of Tetuan, which
Is only two days away. I can look out of, my
hotel window and see the villa of Walter
B. Harris, the London Times correspondent,
which Is situated near here on the shore.
It Is not more than an hour's walk from
where I am writing, but its owner does not
dare to remain In It over night for fear that
ZZ&t: llndnr.d "..'for1
was Perdicaris. Mr. Harris himself has al
ready been captured, and It wo only the
fear of the English gunboats that brought
about his liberation. He was taken by
Ralsoull some time before the capture of
Perdicaris. end was kept twenty-three days
In the mountains. During that time he was
thirty-six hours without food, and his
treatment by Ralsoull was such that he Will
not risk being kidnaped again. He talked
with me about the situation In his rooms in
the Cecil hotel, and complained rather bit-
terly of the fact that he has to live In the
,.. n(, at thil ..m time keeD a large
corps of servants to protect his property on
the edge of Tangier. As It is now, he dare
only visit his home In the daytime, and
that by riding along the beach. The gov-
rnor of Tangier has a force of fifty sol-
Olers watching this villa, but even with
them It Is unsafe after dark.
Hoot n Robber Keeps Order,
"It takes a thief to catch a thief. tms
Is an old rule, but It Is one which holds
good here In Morocco. At present t'.ie
country west of Tangier Is quiet, because
the sultan has bribed Ralsoull to take care
Of It. This same brigand, who captured
an American cltlten and made the sultan
pay a ransom of 170.000 before he would let
him go, has been appointed by the sultan
the governor of the Tangier district. His
soldiers are now the only guard of Tangier
Itself.
Strong Light Hurts Eyes
One occasionally meets people whose vi
sion Is affected but who speak with pride
NT the fact that their eyes have been so
Hrong that they could look at the sun for
several minutes at a time. Such people
have no conception of the danger there is
In such a practice and not only to them,
but to all, the following Instances may be
of benefit.
Prof. Madler. while working In a rather
dark corner of his luboratory lart year,
broke a low n-slstunce circuit In which an
alectlo current at a voltage of M was
flowing. The arc formed was about a foot
from his eye and arpeared like a ball of
fire more than six inches In diameter. Im
mediately there was a feeling as If some
thing had given way In his right eye,
though no pain was experienced. Shortly
afterward he noticed that a part of the
retina waa permanetly affected, the injured
portion being In the form of a square,
with the center of vision tn one corner.
The sharp outlines of the field could be
easily distinguished and upon closing the
eye fan-shaped fiafche of a violet color
spread out from one corner at equal In
tervals of several seconds, the recurrence
being entirely involuntary. After being for
some time In the dark the fleshes of light
oeased. f
The oculist who attended to the prnfe-vr
mentions a second rase, where an eminent
astroaonur who had been Imprudently ob
serving a partial eel I pee of the son In the
east, with his eyes unprotected In any wsy,
found late In the day that on looking over a
hillside he saw apparently a flock of eljhl
of ten redblrds, whose movements wer
erratic. Since the birds appeared wherever
be looked, he carefully examined the field
of vision and discovered that the suri had
formed a crescent Image on the renter of
the retina of tUe left eye. The color of
the Imsge was fit en. with a narrow red
border. The Injured area scmed to cs
quite blind and parallel lines diverged
around it, this effect being Just the of poeite
Of the previous case. The Injury Is still
noticeable and annoying, especially la read-
lug Chicago Chronicle. .
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INBIDB THE GATES OP TANGIER,
I find them In every street, and they ara
patrolling the enlef roads otiuida the town,
1 took donkeys yesterday ana rode out
over the hills to the villa where Mr, Perdl-,
carls lived when he was captured. I was
accompanied by my aon Jack' and my tur-
baned guide, Hadj Mohammed Breck. We
found sentries at every few feet and passed
through an encampment of troops at the
edge of the city. The soldiers wore red
Feu caps and gay Moroccan uniforms.
Most of them were bar legged ami bare
footed. They were armed with . Mauser
rifles and their fierce eye looked out of
their bearded faces at us without smiling.
Tney were not at all friendly, and whea
they objected to being- photographed I did
not Insist.
There are soldiers like these all along
the main road from here to Fes, the capital
of Morocco. That city lies about 170 miles
In the Interior and the road from Tangier
to It Is one of the most traveled of all in
Morocco. Nevertheless, every foreigner
who goes over It haa to take a guard, fur
nished by Ralsoull, and to pay for his sup
port on Che way.
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naleonll Afraid of Assassination.
In the meantlma Ralsoull holds a peculiar
position la , Moroccan politics. 1 He ' has
bluffed tha sultan nnd his officials, and has,
as It were, held up the government and the
army, lie has made the nominal rulers of
the country give up a lot of hnrd cash, and
also one of tho fattest of the fat Jobs. He
knows that he has many enemies and that
the sultan would welcome his aasasslna-
tlon. As a result he Is badly frightened
and Is trying to guard against accident.
These Moors are wonderfully friendly with
one another. They are about the most
polite people on earth. When two of them
meet, each ktases the hands and head of
the other. They embrace and go through
more Hp business than our own dear ladles
at home. I am told that Rnisoult has dis
continued all such greetings, and that, for
fear he may be entertaining a Judas whose
kiss may be accompanied by the heart
thrust of a dagger or the drawing of a
knife about the throat.
Indeed, the Ttalnnull l nn hAniUlnff
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dynamite. Mr. Bage made his visitors talk
to him through a little window like that
for general letter delivery In a postofoce.
Ralsoull makes all strangers stand at the
door while they Ulk and be remains at the
other end of the room.
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War of the Trtbee.
He Is now at war with the tribes on the
0th" Tangier, and the fighting goes
on right In the city iteelf. These rival
Rerbers sometimes pepper one another
serosa the market space, and at such times
foreigners are advised to keep out of the
way. As Ralsoull now holds Tangier this
condition makes It difficult for the tribes
of the eastern mountains to do their buy-
ing and selling nere, wnlcn la their ehltf
marketing place. They have been hard up
for supplies, and only yesterday they sent
In their women, knowing that Ralsoull
would not attack them on account of their
,eXi Tne women brought In their wares
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Nelson's
HE career of J. C. Nelson, who
wa appointed last week to the
superlntendency of the Western
Union Telegraph company for
this district to succeed B. E.
par
Leonard,
who went to Denver, Is one to
which any boy who has to make his own
way In the world might well point with
pride. From a messenger boy at the age
of II to superintendent of a large terri
tory, after only eighteen years of servli-e
with the same company. Is the short life
story ot Mr. Nelson.
His life has not been marked by any
adventurous Incidents, he did not attain
success by leaps or bounds, but by per
forming well every duty that came to
band, making the most of his opportuni
ties and by serving welt those In command
he succeeded until he wa placed In com
mand of a large division fit the Western
Vnlon forces.
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Only Thlrtr-Tws Years ef Ace.
Although Superintendent Nelson today
Is only I'i years of age his life haa been
a striking object lesson of what a boy
ran do If he has pluck and determination,
even If he lacks all the education that he
probuhly sMuld have received and might
hsre received under other circumstances.
Mr. Nelson carved his way without pull,
or wlthcut Influence other than that which
he won by his cwn spurs and which was
fully merited. He proved to his oa n sat-
isfactlon that when a boy Is in dead earn
est about getting along there are men who
will give him a lift aYmg the road. While
Mr. Nelson was one of those kind of boys
who itsked no quarter, although human
enough to appreciate the kind offices of
those who recognised his worth, yet he
managed to gain many quarters, and thus
It was he rose to his present position.
May t. lilt, J. C. Nelson presented him
self at the local office of the Western
I'nlon Telegraph company for a Job. The
boy, t quite 13 years of age, said he
wanted work. He did not quibble as U
the nature of the work or the pay. He
was at first assigned aa check boy until
there waa aa opening as messenger boy.
In a few daya he was given a number, a
cap and a little oilcloth-covered cook.
Messenger Nelson started out to deliver
messages and he delivered them tn a man-
Ber that sopn began to bring him to the
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upon donkeys, and expected to carry back
food. RaJaouirs gallantry, however, did net
extend to the beasts of burden, so he cap-
tured the donkeva. and sent tha girls, old
and young, home weeping and jailing.
The result of this will be a truce sooner
or later, but there may be a pitched battle
before that occurs.
As It Is now every traveler carries a
gun. end every native who goes about the
country has his rifle and knife. I see
armed men everywhere, both In town and
out; and I am told that the natives them-
solves look upon life as of very little ac-
count. Families have feuds which last
from generation to generation and there
are fueds between the tribes, which lead to
the burning or villages ana wnoiseaie
slaughter, and the whole country Is fast
approaching a state of anarchy.
Dangerons for Christians.
Indeed, the conditions here make
Rise from
notice of the "front office." The boy was
watched and the "boss" learned that there
was something In the boy better tba dl&s
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XlO-EORAfU COMfANX,
TITE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 6. 1907.
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think of what Col. Pettlt said to me during
our war with Spain, when I landed at
famboanga in tho Philippines, to see some-
thing of the Moros there. I had called at
Ihe military headquarters and had asked
tne comnumaer ii n wuuiu .alo tui ...P
to go through tne Moro villages. vol
Pettlt replied:
... .nini. BO mv D0V but I would advise
you t0 flrst Ue your head on with a 8trlnK...
It Is about the same here. One Is sife
enough if he does not get into the wrong
combination; and there are plenty of wrong
ones. These Mohammedans are more
fanatical than our Moros. They call all
Christians dogs, and the ordinary Moor
aoes noi warn inai species oi me numan
canine In his church, his school or his
home. Foreigners dare not enter the
mosques of Morocco. A Frenchman tried with Mohammed durlntf one of his trans
it at Pes not long ago and was shot at the lotions to heaven, and which now stands
me door. in the mosque of Omar In Jerusalem. In
Messenger to Superintendent
novels and cigarettes, neither "oT"
Nelson tolerated.
For a lew months Messenger Nelson re-
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WESTERN CNION
of the Situation in
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It Is Bgnlntt the law of the Koran to
have one's picture taken, and I find It dsn-
gerous to use the camera. These Moham-
medans scowl whenever they see one
pointed at them, and many of them would
flgVt rather than be photographed. Ju.t
yeeterday. for inMance. my eon Jack a
huky young fellow of 21. who Is mnklnit
this trip with me. tried to enter a fondak.
or Mohammedan hotel and stable com-
blned. The place was near the market,
and he had his camera open at the time.
There was a crowd of Mohammedans
within, largely made up of men from the
Interior. They caught sight of the camera
and thought he Intended to take their
photographs. They rose In a body and
Jjnmped for him and our dragoman. Had)
Mohammed. Both fought them back with
their sticks, and after a time we made our
way off.
Religions War.
I expect to be traveling among the Mo
hammedans for a number of months. After
leaving here I shall be with them In Algeria
and in Tunisia. Them are only Moham
medans tn Tripoli, and in the British Bou
dan I shall be In the land of the mahdl,
whose troops fought the English so bravely
some years ago. I understand that there
Is an unsettled feeling Just now In the
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whole Mohammedan world, and that mnhy Relieve that we are already damned, and
of their saints are advocating the Inaugu. a ,helk who had tormci a great friend
ration of a holy war. This Is so not only shlp for one of our American consuls lllus
In Morocco, but also In Egypt and In Ara- trated' his idea of our future by onoe aay
bla, and. If It occurs. It will make the Uvea ing to n(m In pitying tones:
of Christians everywhere unsafe. At the -indeed, It seems sad that so good a fel
present time, of all the people in the world, low as you must go to hell.'
more than 11 per cent are Mohammedans,
and there are Just about one-third as many
Mohammedans all told as there are Chris
tians. Christians number a little over 600,
000.000, and the Mohammedans more than
175.OoO.OCO. In such a war the Mohammedans
would fight to the death, and they would
rather welcome martyrdom, as to be killed
killing Christians would give them top
seats In the gallery of heaven and a choice
pick of the beautiful maidens who are sup
plied for every one of the faithful upon his
entrance into paradise.
Not Safe to KJck.
These Moors are like no Mohammedans I
hove yet met.. They know but little of the
Christian world, and they think themselves
far superior to us. In many other Moslem
countrle, tha ppi, are servile and they
bow iown t0 tne christian. An English
man thinks nothing of kicking a Moham
medan East Indian out of his toty and the
Frenchman does much the same in Algeria.
I should not like to risk kicking the fat
bare legs of one of these Moors or even of
looking at his veiled women as they pasa
through the streets. I have been In 8anta
bare legs of one of these Moors or even of
Sophia, the famed mosque of Constantl-
nople. where 10,000 Mohammedans were
praying there, during one night In Rama-
tan. I have watched the holy dervishes
go througn tneir antics in tne aiaDoarer
mosque In Cairo, and have put my hands
on the sacred rock which tried to go up
"Tfelved $15 a month and "extras." That intendent tinder Colonel Dickey. Mr. Nel
wss not the flrst money he had ever earned, son had opportunities to learn the business.
but it was the start of his successful career.
Colonel J. J. Dickey, who was superlnten-
dent, began to notice Nelson and took
cognisance of the fact that Nelson was un-
Usually neat tn his personal appearance and
alert to his responsibilities. As Nelson had
been fuithful In relatively small things
Colonel Dlckty caiUd Nelson into his office
one morning and said he wanted an office
boy. He ald ho wanted an ofllce boy
whose grandmother or grandfather would
not die every time there was a base ball
game In town, and he wanted an ofllce boy
that would tend to business. Nelson said
ha was that boy and he proved it. His
grandparents dlod but once in a lifetime;
that bad been a lamuy trait.
Mnk.es ieod ae OfMre Boy.
Ofllce Boy Nelson made good. He digni
fied his position. Colonel Uickty noucd
these tilings and remembered them. About
a year after thai Colonel Dickey had a
tal. with Nelson. Mr. XJlckey wtuilcd a
secretary with knowledge of shorthand.
Nelsou anew nothing of stenography, but
said he could acquire that knowledge and
asked to be given an opportunity later on.
Nelaon sum led in and within six months
time was prolident In shorthand, doing hi
office work as well. He studied at even
ings uud studied with a definite purpose.
At the end of the six months he went to
Mr. Dickey and said he could qualify aa
stenographer. Before another sis months
had passed Colonel Dickey wanted a secre
tary and Nelson received the position.
Secretary Nelson temaintd as colonel
"Dickey's right-hand man for twelve years,
traveling with the nuperlntendent when
ever he was out on official business.
Nelson's sup to the secretaryship did
not dull his ambitions. He Just kept on
working and working. graduiUly and pa-
tlently learning those things his knowledge
of which warranted his appointment May
1. 1902, to the position of assistant superln-
tendent under Superintendent Dickey. It
was a far cry from office boy to assistant
superintendent In the satne i office and under
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ment came so quietly and naturally that he
bardljr realised the changes himself.
Rsarkts the gancrlntendeney.
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A GROUP IN THE MARKETS.
none of those places was I molested, but
I dare not enter the mosques here.
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Qne cannQt
ihv Moor, fof the wa thpy
obst.rve thpr , lon Tney rea(1 ,helr
KoMa , thelr Btor whlIe at thelr busl.
Mga anJ whpn tha Ume comes for pray(,r
th,v Arnn ..rvtv.ln ,. ,j ..,-h tn
that. I am awakened every morning by
the shrill, loud voice of the mueczln on the
towcr of a moiqu! near my noteli culling
the people to get up and worship,
says in Arabic:
"Prayer is better than sleep! Cotne
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prayer! Come to prayer!"
And adds to It, "God is great, and Mo
hammed Is His prophet." This cry Is
heard five times a day all over Tangier,
and at such times one sees the men pre
paring for their devotions. Many go to
the mosques, carrying prayer rugs under
their arms as they walk through the street.
They take off their shoes before they en
ter, and wash their hands, feet and faces
before going In. Nearly every mosque has
a well or fountain connected with it, and
a common sight is to see a long-bearded
man sitting over a basin and splashing
or primping preparatory to praying.
These Mohammedans think that they
. ., tr reliK,on on earth. They
Two Mohammedan Sultana.
There Is a radical difference between the
Mohammedans here and those of other
parts of the world. The tO.OOO.OOO Moham
medans of India bow down to the sultan of
Turkey, and our Moros do the same. The
Arabians, the Egyptians and the Turks
all acknowledge allrglanoe to him, and this
Is so of a large part of the other Moham-
rredans in Africa. The Mohammedans of
Morocco think that their sultan is far su
perior to any other, and they say that he
Is the only one that has the blood of the
prophet in him. They will not allow the
Turkish sultan to have a' representative
here, and they recognise him neither re-.
ng0usly nor politically. They revere their
own monarch only because he comes of
tn, family of Mohammed, and for that
reason he can give them a blessing. If
this were not so he would be dethroned
tomorrow; and, as it Is. they dislike him
because he Is favoring the Europeans and
modern Improvements. This feeling is even
stronger In the wild tribes of the moun-
tains than among the people of the city,
The Berbers as well as the Moors want
to get rid of the Christians) and thsy
would be glad to have them ousted at once
and forever.
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In the Mohammedan Schools.
Tills country was once amongst the most
advanced of the world along educational
lines. Centuries ago Its universities were ,'"ss donkeys carrying loads as big as them
noted nil over Europe. Today there is "plvp Pu"h helr way through the people,
none more backward. The children study, There are peddltrs of all sorte. from those
but they devote their days to committing ',Iln wa,'?r trom okln b-.gs on their
similiters to those with sweet rakes and
candles. There are women loaded with
He remained assistant superintendent under
the late Charles P. Horton. and a week
ago, when Superintendent S. E. Leonard
went to Denver, Mr. Nelson was called to
the superlntendency and was ready. He
na(i been preparing for It for eighteen
yefus.
Superintendent Nelson is one of those
kind of men who make haste slowly; he U
deliberate and thorough. He Is pleasing to
meet and Is extremely modest about talk-
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ing of hla rise from a messenger boy to
superintendent. He said he had ambitiions
when he started In as messenger boy, but
when asked how tt all came about he was
a( a ,0M tQ anBW(.r mora than to iay he
worked hard and diligently.
Going back to Mr. Nelson's early life,
before he was even messenger boy. It was
learned that the boy always managed to
earn and save something from tha time he
was T years of age. Kven at a tender age
he became imbued with a high regard for
time and money, not In a miserly sense, but
In that splendid healthy sense which stood
him in stead all along in after years.
Attends Grammar Schools.
He received his grammar school educa
tion In tha Omaha school. During the
summer vacation he would always earn
something, at least enough for a new suit
of clothea for the opening of school, and
sometimes more than that. One summer
vacation he drove cows to and from pasture
for neighbors. That money gave hlin an
independence that made his eyes sparkle
snd his step lighter. Before he was 11 he
was beginning his life work.
Superintendent Neison haa another side
to his life that Is pleasing. He haa a son
I years of age. a son that Is tht apple of
htB mamma's and papa's eye. Any modesty
Mr Kelson may have about his own
achievements he makes up for When talk-
lng about Master Nelson. AsslsUnt Super-
mlendent Nelson Is the flrst In command
t lh n-i,,,- home. Whatever authority
Mr N,,TOI1 rav, ov,r th. Western
ltnon T,ieg-raph company's Interests In
0nlBha nd th dutrlct , haf to ttep
round when fc Mct hom, ,nd Te
celves his marching orders from Master
Nelson. The Nelson home is In the Field
dub district and was built last sea sua.
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texts from the Koran. The little ones sit
on the floor cross-legged In their gowns
with their bare feet under thent. and sway
back and forth as they sing out the holy
words of the Mohammedan Bible. The
teacher Is a Moor In a turban and a gown
He also sits cross-legged. He haa a Ion?
stick In his hand, and the boy who re
fuses to shout gets a cut. This I saw In a
school opposite the hotel today.
These little Arabs learn to write the
Koran In Arabic They use wooden slates
of about the else of a washboard. Tne
slate is first dusted with a white powder,
and the characters are painted upon It
with brushes In an Ink which can be
washed away. The main study In the Uni
versity of Fes is the Koran, and advanced
students devote themselves to Koranlo law.
Face to Fare with the Moors.
I almost despair- of bringing you face to
face with these Moors. They are unlike
any Africans we have in America. They
are tall, straight, big-boned anil broad
shouldered, and they walk with a grace
and a dignity not found In our land. - Thsy
wear long white gowns. with hoods at the
back. These hoo.ls are often pulled up
over their turbars. nnd make them look
taller. The men tire all bearded and the
rasor touches only the hair of their heads.
Nearly every other man Is white faced,
and most of the dark-skinned Moors have
features like ours. Their notes are large
and straight, their foreheuds high and
their eyes as fierce as those of Othello.
They walk . with a strut, swinging their
arms, and they frequently go along hand
in hand. The men are great friends und
enjoy each other's society. They are very
polite, and even the poorer classes and
the Berbers In from the country are free
from the roughness of such classes else
where. They are great talkers. I see crowds of
them gossiping on the street corners, and
toward evening the streets) are full of
these white-gowned, bearded men. sitting
down on the stones chatting together. At
night the coffee houses are full of men
playing dominoes or cards, and of groups
listening to story tellers or to the musi
cians.
In th Mnrl'rt of Tane-lrr.
If one would see all classes of these
Moorish people he can do so in the Mg
market on tho edge of this city. Not far
from the American legation there Is a
space covering ten or more acres, which
on two or three days of each week Is filled
with people buying nnd selling. There are
hooded men In from tho country, moving
about on bare lege. There are dignified
Moorish merchants. In turbans and gowns.
There are peasant women with great hnts
and veiled Mohammedan women, all mixed
together In one of the queerest crowds to
be seen anywhere In the world. Tnu must
add Jewish men In caps and long coats
bsre-facfd Jewish women, their heads
bound up In bright colored handkerchiefs,
"d swaggering Moorish soldiers on foot
nd on horseback. A great ungainly camel
moves along here and there, while count
fagots and men toting charcoal. There
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bread peddlers and vegetable peddlers
other odd looking men and ,wor.ien
almost everything under this Afrl
A to lust what they sell and
their curious methods of trading I shall
write more In the future.
FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Army Expenditures Large
The growing Importance of Omaha as a
military headquarters and disbursing point
for army supplies is no better demon
strated than In the ofllce of the chief quar
termaster of the Department of the Mis
souri at Omaha. I,; the further view of
the fact that prartlculiy all of these sup
plies ana pnynients ror tran-iporation ue
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purchased and tnado In Oumha mils ml
dltlonal Interest to the matter. Tlie t'
':ll
amount of money expended I'-.'y'n-r '
year 190 up to December 25, w.is $...
13X01. These expenditures were exl'nilcl over
the several months of the year as follows:
January, Jir.9.1S0 4S; February. H!"M.'ri:
March, $lfl.9'.'g.01 ; April. tlM.4!r.fM; May.
I12I.S67.4: June. 1137.507.85; July. 1131 fl1.37;
August, tO.;'-';; September, tL-07.4S.l ;
October. Slfln.mM: November, tl30.t,;0 .M;
December, $Hi.9U.04.
These expenditures do not Include about
1300,0(0 expended by the conMructlng ouur
termasters In the rebuilding of Kort
Omaha, and the Improvements ma'Je at
Fort Crook during the year VMA.
The figures above (riven Include the pur
chase of every character of quartermaster
supplies excepting horses, and cover tie
expenses of running the department, trnn?-
Prtatlon. the purchase of . lothln
n nd
camp and garrison equipage.
During the current year there has been
expended also for commissary supplies
nearl7 ,0'0W through the oftVo of th-
Captain T. B. Hacker. A very large pro
portion of these supplies were bought of
Omaha Jobbers and en. brace food pur
chases not alone for the troops of t' e de
partment, but for meats and miscellaneous
supplies for the I'nlted t-tutes t:n:y in "is
Philippines.
During the past year the ruarlerm ixir 's
department baa been li charge of Mujor
M. O. Zallnskl as chief quartermaster .ind
Captain David I Stone as construetln
Quartermaster. However, Major Zullnskl
waa relieved as chief quartermaster No-
v,mber t belng ,ucceodod by Ma'or
ThomM Cryta wno u now ,hlef qUBrter.
master of the department. Major Zallnskl
being transferred to Washington as post
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