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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: friday. FERIUTAKT 22, 100 I. 1 r Si "1 4 Is." 1 V4 ' MRS. BASSET! BREARS DOWN csc Strttn 01 WitntM Ettnd Eodi in " ' Oollaps of Plaintiff. KEY. LAWRENCE HUNT RELATES STORY Minister Named In Waealaaton aa Co. rpdfn( rnald Hot Recall t ataa Kadearlsa Terms la Closing Hla letters. The Bassett divoroa trial had proceed ' Scarcely half an hour Thursday morning .vjua-hen Mra. nasaett collapnd entirely. She v yp m as iimri Vtwlf an "ller croe J tlnued flv .V morning.' v was taken from the court room and after .half an hour a rest was able to resume. cross-examination, which had con- ve days, was completed late In the Rev. Dr. Hunt was placed on the stand Immediately. The trial pro ceeded much more rapidly. The minister's quick, concise answers Were In contrast to the Ions, rambling; replies which have made the testimony of Mra. Bassett such a Voluminous record. Dr. Hunt stated he was In the college de partment f the Young Men's Christian as- pnriHuuiL worn prior to Beginning acnv f pastoral-duties. He related the episode of Christmas, 1903, when, accompanied by Ma aired mother, he called at the Bassett apart tiients and Mr. Bassett made a scene by snatching from the delivery boy an en velope accompanying a present sent by Dr. Jlunt to Mrs. Bassett. Insert - Denies EndearlesT Tertna. Dr. Hunt was kept on the witness stand Only about an hour In the afternoon. ' In examining him Attorney Van Deusen for Mrs. Bassett did not touch upon the nu merous Incidents which were brought out In Mrs. Bassett's testimony and consequently there wsa nut much for the defense to question him upon. On his cross examlnav- l i Hon by Mr. Stout, the- minister looked the J, attorney straight In the eye and answered L j with decision. At only one time was he in y y danger of losing his temper. He could not t Jra rnnipmlwr lust hnw ho rinsed the letter which he sent with his Christmas remem brance to Mrs. Bassett In ld and which caused an outbreak on the part of Mr. 3aaeett. Mr. Stout asked: "Didn't it close this way, 'With my soul's love, Lawrence.' Hunt St 4 red a moment, dumbfounded, end then answered a long drawn and con temptuous, ''No." Dr. Hunt could not' recall whether or Hot he had taken lunch with Mrs. Bassett In her apartments In the summer of 1901 He thought he had railed there possibly a dozen times during the summer. At the time Mrs. Bassett attempted to commit suioide, February 18, 1904, Dr. Hunt's mother remained with her constantly for two Greeks and Dr. Hunt called every day. "Uncle Lawrence" Is what 10-year-old Chester Bassett called Dr. Hunt, when the boy was permitted to testify yesterday tft afternoon, regarding several alleged lncl h . Indents in the life of his mother. One of these " ' J was the time when, the plaintiff alleges, l her husband came with Ben Falrchlld to I Atlantic City to kidnap her children. The hoy said when the two men came to the house where Mrs. Bassett was staying, Falrchlld said to Bassett, "Take him, take him. ' Now's your chance," referring to Chester. There was much opposition to receiving the testimony of the boy, particularly about an Incident which took place five years ego, when he was only five years old. This Vras the occasion when Mr. Bassett struck Mrs. Bassett, according to her testimony. The boy was finally allowed to relate It He explained that he remembered the In cident because he got a spanking from nil father. . . . Attorney Colllday answered the query of Mrs. Bassett's attorneys as to what had become of certain letters by announcing he had them In his possession and would produce them. When they were called for he produced amid much laughter an Im tnense suit case literally packed with hun dreds of letters. While Mrs. Bassett was recovering from -( rier collapse, her attorney read some of k er letters to her husband which are rel- iav-nt if t Ha InmtA triw hlatnn t Ida family. , . Letters Betweew the Bassetts. "I am through with my work and am On my road to hell," wrote Mr. Bassett to his wlfs at one time when he had com pleted his field work for the summer and was about to return home. In reply Mrs. faaaett wrote a letter full of encourage tnent and hope that they would extricate themealves from their financial difficulties and that Mr. Bassett would obtain some Inore lucrative position. In places Mra Bnssett'S letters overflow with tenderness, and then again she reproaches him for his ea for money, your every wnm lha financial aid I so greatly need. One letter was Introduced by Mrs. Bas sett's attorneys which was written March PS. 19x when she was In hiding from her husband In Baltimore. This letter, writ ten after the birth of her youngest child. makes an appeal for half her husband's Salary, for a period of one year and Is couched. In loving language. She admitted the letter was sent by her to Dr. Hunt OLD GLORY WAVES ITS FOLDS OVER EIGHTY MILLION PEOPLE HUNTER WHISKEY STIMULATES THE MULTITUDE AND FORTIHES THE INNER MAN skLasAMAJI a sus.BB.tMuea.a4. I cruelty. Throughout there Is the pi ) money. In one letter writing for 1 I she says: "Was It for this I saved I fllfe four years ago? I appeal to Ji vi!n'e 01 yur manhood to send m In Wsahlngton and that he mailed It there to her husband, who was also In Wash ington at that time. The letter contains reproaches, but mixed with them a cheer ful and hopeful view of the future and for their recovery from their debts. A "disgrace" of some-kind Is referred to and of It she writes: "Had you followed .the dignified policy of silence through the suf ferings of the past thirteen years It would not be so." Friday, being a holiday, there will be no session, but the trial will go on Saturday morning., Mrs. Bassett's side of ths case Is nearly all In. It will be completed Sat urday and then the arguments as to the legal side of the question will be taken up. PLANS FOR MISSIONS (Continued from First Page.) lives, we set ourselves to pray that the Holy Spirit of God may choose and send consecrated men and women Into this work of foreign minions In sufficient numbers to secure the evangelization of the world In this generation. Mlaaloaary Material Plenty. One delegate suggested that It was not the purpose to evangelise anybody but human beings, and for that reason he thought that the words "heathen and Mahomedan". might appropriately con tinue In the body of the recommendations. These words were changed to non-Chrls-tlan. Another delegate thought that If the whole amount of $6,000,000 was poured Into the treasury of the general board at once the board would not know what to do with It, and therefore suggested that a limit be set to the time when this money should be raised say five or ten years. An enthuslastio lsy delegate believed If this plan was adopted the church would be praying for six months longer without accomplishing anything. "I have done my praying over this matter already," he said, "and now I am for action." Another equally enthusiastic delegate said: "If we adopt this ten-year limit amendment, we might Just as well adjourn now for ten years. Iet us arrive at the point as quickly as we can." Another suggestion was made that should this money be raised within a year or any other reason able period, the Foreign Mission board would be handicapped In finding young men and young women ready to go Into the field. Dr. Herron of the Omaha Theo logical seminary said In response to this suggestion: "I have an answer right here to that proposition. Twenty-five per cent of the students In the Omaha Theological sem inary are here In this building now In or der to have a private conference with Dr. Hasley. This Is our answer to the mis sionary spirit." Great Throat; la Prayer. J. Campbell White of the Laymen's brotherhood spoke In a similar strain, as did Rev. S. M. Jordan, missionary to Persia. After some further discussion one minis terial delegate proposed before a final vote was taken upon the third proposition that the convention devote five minutes to prayer, and then, while standing, vote aa Ood directed. The entire audience of fully 1.800, earnest, prayerful men, arose and stood with bowed heads while brief prayers were uttered by several of the delegates. Including Dr. Bradt. . Dr. Bradt put the question, and It was carried by a unanimous vote, and then aa of one accord the great audience broke out In the aong, "Stand - Up, Stand Up for Jesus." The effect was electrical and tears streamed from the eyes of scores of the earnest men. ' . The remainder of the recommendations were quickly and enthusiastically adopted. The resolutions aa a whole were' then adopted unanimously and again the con vention broke out Into enthusiastic song. "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow." ' - Dr. Hunter Corbett stated he had an an nouncement he wished to make. ' "I have Just heard that 10,000,000 of my people In China are on the verge of starva tion from famine," he said, "and I move the adoption of a resolution to the effect that this great body baa heard with the alncerest regret of the deplorable conditions prevailing In that far off land, and that our liveliest sympathy goes out to them. In the spirit of the Master we recommend that the church at once take steps toward se curing a donation of grain and money for these starving people." ' The resolution was adopted, and a sug gestion was made that an earnest of the sympathy of the convention be taken by making a subscription at once. Dr. Corbett opposed this proposition, as no Immediate offering was wanted. Pray far ErrtaaT Girl. Dr. Bradt asked .the attention of the con vention to a request that he had just re ceived from a Christian mother In Omaha for the prayers of the convention for a wayward daughter who had gone astray. Dr. Corbett was asked to give voioe to the prayer, and did so In a deeply touch ing manner, to which the convention gave a responsive "Amen." J. Campbell White addressed the con vention briefly, relative to the movemea for sending a committee of 100 laymen around the world to visit the' various mis sionary fields with the view to submitting a report on missionary work from prac tical observation. Thirty men of this com mittee were now out on that mission. He asked that suitable laymen be appointed as members of this centennial committee, and aked for Information relative to any person who might Intend going abroad soon, that they might be Interested In the matter. He stated that he had already found two capable business men of Omaha who have said they will act as members of that committee. If there are any others, he would have them, asked to send their names to J. Campbell White, field secretary of the United Presbyterian church and sec retary of the laymen's foreign movement, Allegheny, Pa,, or to Charles Edwin Bradt, central district secretary board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church, SIS LeMoyne block. Chicago. 1 , closisq session or cokvestio Great Kathastaaaa Marks the Evening Eaerelaes. ' Nolan R. Best, editor of the Interior, presided at last night's meeting. The minutes of the entire three days' conven tion were read. Charles Edwin Bradt gave a brief talk expressing the thanks of the delegates to the local committee In charge of the convention, to those who had opened their homes for ths entertainment of guest a to the newspapers and other agencies that had worked for the success of the great enterprise. Following thta came the report of the treasurer of the convention, B. F. Brown. It showed receipts of H.050 and disburse ments of H.D8. the latter being chiefly for advertising and organisation expenses. The expense of the building and other local necessities was provided for by the tooa! committee. The chairman was hurrying the program on with all possible speed and pointed out that there was a deficit of $383 and that any who desired to contribute toward wip ing this out could do so after the session. "We haven't time for It now," he said. "Mr. Bradt has made himself responsible for this amount.". Immediately there waa a restless move ment In the crowd. 'Take the collection right now," yelled a man. "Nov I don't think we can spare time to do that," said the chairman. I "Pass the hat." shouted another voice. "It'll only take Ave minutes," said an other, and there were similar cries from all over the building and In less time than It takes to tell and against the protests of Mr. Bradt and the chairman who stood powerless on the platform, twenty men were passing hats through the audience and the clink of silver was ringing all over the building. "This Is enthusiasm In religion with a ven geance," shouted the chairman above the happy uproar as the collection went on. More than S166 was realised from the Im promptu collection. Rev. Dr. F. E. Hoskins, for twenty-three years a missionary In Syria, and now editor of the Arabic Press In Beirut, spoke on "The Syrian Situation." He said In part: Twenty-three years In the land In which ' Christ was born and lived and died Is a privilege. It Is a country with the reilgion of Mohammed. No greater foe has opposed Christianity than Ialam and one-seventh of the people on earth follow the green flag and call upon Ood. linking Hla name with that of Mohammed. No book has been so great an enemy to Christian progress ss the Koran. I know Its good points and Ha bad. In this book Is one command which. If carried out, would put all Christians to the sword. In Africa today no one knows how many heathen there are. Fifty years from now there will be no heathen there. The forces of Islam are at work there and If relative Mohammedan and Christian efforts are con tinued as they are at present. Islam will have seven-eighths of the millions of peo ple of the dark continent. Slavery and polvgamy will follow with the green flag. Pan-Islam Is the cry of a great move ment agitating the Mohammedan nations and Turkey Is at the head of this move ment.' If the Turkish ruler could carry out his purpose he would at once weld to gether all his forces throughout the world and chaos would reign. The United States must Inevitably be thrown into the vortex of the eastern ques tion. Why have they objected in Turkey Just lately to having an ambassador from the United States? Because they know such an ambassador must stand on the side of Christianity. In latter years Amer ican commercial Interests have Invaded Turkey. Here we might ask. men, what right have American business men to In vade Turkey with their goods and put an end to many Industries? American goods are distributed throughout Turkey and on that account there Is opposition to Amer ican missionaries. Today the American missionaries have not as great liberty In the Turkish empire as they had fifty years ago. But progress In Syria is encouraging. Thousands of men, nominally Moham medans, read every book printed by our board at Beirut. Warring factions have been brought together In our schools and made friends. Hundreds of girls, trained In our schools, have gone out and en tered Mohammedan homes aa wives. In not one of these homes has a second wife been taken. It Is the entering wedge of what will eventually put an end to po- In the center of the dome of the most beautiful moaque In Constantinople Is a figure which the Mohammedans have tried to paint over repeatedly. But year after year it comes peeping through. Is Is the figure or the waiting Christ placed there by the Christians who built the temple. How significant this Is of the eventual triumph of Christ over Islam. "The Foreign Mission Enterprise was the subject of an address by Rev. Dr. George Alexander of New York, president of the Board of Foreign Missions. I was In Omaha twenty years ago and I remember at that Ome the drinking water was heavily loaded with sediment from the Yellowstone. It was facetiously re marked at that time we went home "with lots of sand." , , . Membership of the foreign board Is a liberal education. It Is a great business in Itself. Collections amount to 11.260.000 each year coming from ten thousand channela This money must be spent supporting v missionaries, building churches and col leges and a hundred other ways. Enterprise means courage, venture, vis ion.. The missionary Is like a prospector. He seeks for souls among the dark hordes of the dark continents. Commerce and re ligion will go hand In hand. When I was In Smyrna last summer the American conMil there outlined a plan to me for combining the missionary and commercial efforts of our country- He said he had mentioned It to the representative of the Standard Oil company and he was enthus iastically In favor of It. When I went 10 me noiei yrwierunjr, iu clerk looked at me end asked, "You haven't any samples, have you?" When I came Into this great building and saw the great body of men I thought to .myself, "These are our samples." Missionary efforts In the last few years have had great re ward a Former heathen potentates have made marvelous conces sions to Christianity, and many moral evils have been stamped cut. The king of Slam has abolished gambling. The emperor of China is trying to blot out the opium trafflo In his domains. , Men are needed as well as money and with an Increased supply of men and money the work will, go triumphantly. Especially impressive was the closing ad dress by Rev. Dr. Hunter Corbett, who left immediately after the convention for China, where he Intends to spend the remainder of his life without returning again. Dr. Corbett came to the front of the platform and the entire audience arose to honor him. The Impressive hymn, "Ye Christian Her alds, Go Proclaim," was sung and the en tire audience stood while the - venerable missionary gave his farewell address. He said In part: It has been my privilege to travel s round this world three times, to cross the Pacific ocean seven times, to meet missionaries from all countries, and I have yet to meet an unhappy missionary. We must undergo manv things which no other thing could persuade us to undergo except the joy of serving God and winning souls. It seems to me the joy of winning souls In heathen lands Is far greater than winning them at home. We have the Joy of unfolding the blessed truths to darkened minds for the first time. I shall go back from this land with new joy. The intelligent and sympathetic In terest In foreign work I have found has given me an inspiration which shall make my remaining years In China happier even than those that are past. The gospel Is the true antidote for despair. Unwavering loyalty to Jesus must be life's keynote, and then the result cannot be In doubt. Let every church share In a great, re vival which shall sweep over the world and establish the universal brotherhood of man. Farewell. "Ood Be With You" was sung, the aged missionary about to depart for his last Journey to China pronounced the benedic tion, and the first men's foreign missionary convention was announced adjourned. PARK COM. KG E TSOPLB RALLY Members of Facnltr, Alamal and Stadeat Bndy Diss Toaether. Park cn'Iege has had a large representa tion at the convention. Among the dele gates from this Institution are President Lowell M. McAfee, Dr. A. L. Wolf of the Latin department; Rev. Austin D. Wolf, librarian, a few students and many of the alumni, some of whom have recently come across foreign shores on furloughs. Among these Is Rev. Jamea 8. Cunningham, whose work Is near the tragic trail biased through the dark continent by David Liv ingston. Park college, founded In 1875 at Park vllle. Mo., by the . late Dr. John A. Mc Afee, father of the present president, has today seventy-three alumni on foreign fields aa missionaries, and Its present stu dent body Is composed of young men and women from twenty-eight states of the American Union and these countries: Alaska, Bohemia, Bulgaria, Japan. Mexico, Persia, Philippine Islands, and 81am. Its foreign missionaries are in these lands: Africa, Austria, Australia.-Bulgaria, Bo hemia, Chill, China, India, Japan, Cores, Laos, . Mexico, Persia, Philippine Islands, Porto Rico and 81am. One of Its foremost missionaries. Dr. Eleanor Chestnut, wss among those massacred over a year ago by Chinese at lien Chow. All the Park people at the convention and others who are residents of Omaha met at dinner Thursday at the Chesapeake, en Howard street. The company Included these: President Lowell M. McAfee, Prof. A. L. Wolf of the Latin department; Rev. A. D. Wolf, librarian; Prof. Bliss Evans, philoso phy; Dr. Henry Bullard. St. Joseph, Mo., trustee; Rev. L. R. Smith, Humboldt, Neb.; Harry Armstrong. Wakefield; Edgar Clark. Gordon: J. H. Salsbury, Ptatts mouth; John Crelghton, Tork;. William Templeton. Kirk a vllle. Mo.; John Hatfield, Tarkio, Mo.; John Duncan. Fairfax. Mo-; Jamea 8. Cunningham, West Africa; WIU- 1: Tin and Help Wanted, Female Help Wanted, Male (except agent solicitors and salesmen wanted) Wanted to Buy. Wanted to Rent. Wanted Situations. Offered for rent: Boarding and Rooms. Furnished Rooms. Housekeeping Rooms, Unfurnished Rooms. Tbe rate on the above 8 lines one time ' 3 lines three times 8 lines seven times 10c 25c 45c On all other classifications: 10c per line for one Insertion, and 6c per line for each insertion if for more than one time. 2L iam Pennhalllgen, Decatur, 111.; Mawrla Axtell, Illinois; Farquahr MacRae, Blue Earth City, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wootan. Omaha; Prof. William Ljiube, Greek chair at Dubuque seminary; Paul Montgomery, student at McCormlck seminary, Chicago; James Fisher and Frank LeClara, students at the college now. WORK IX THE FOREIGN FIELDS Hoot Interest aad Efficiency Is Main tained and Financed. Five Interesting and Important addresses were delivered at Thursday morning's ses sion of the convention. Rev. A. W. Halsey, D. D., home department secretary of the Board of Foreign missions, spoke on ' The Literature Essential to the Comprehensive Understanding of Foreign Mission Work." He placed the study of the life of Duvld IJvlngrtone as clearly In the front of mis sionary biographical literature, and showed that grit, gumption and grace were the chief essentials of effective missionary work. "It is essential that we should let the church at home know what la going cu In the mission field In Persia and In the Philippines, China, Japan and elesewhere," said Dr. Halsey, "and the missionaries from those fields have told us something of that work, but their time was too contracted to tell all that we would like to know. Hence there 1 a growing demand for more de tailed Information regarding tbe work In the various fields. It is one of the pur poses of this movement to give that In formation aa far aa It Is obtainable and the Inquiry for Intelligence Is unceasing and Increasing." Rev, Edgar P. Hill. D. D., professor of homllecttcs In the McCormlck Theological seminary of Chicago, spoks upon the sub ject of "What Can the Pastor Do to Arouse Interest In Foreign Missions?" He said In part: "What hath thou done for Me?" Is the divine Inquiry from Christ. The mission of the pastor Is to lead mn of the church Into the fellowship of Christ; to tell men how deDendent thev are upon Him. when Jeous Is everything. Follow the commands of Christ and everything else will come. Arouse the sympathy of the peoole In the deplorable conditions In foreign lands will do In Dart. But there are other motives aside from those of sympathy. Th Borer uorlsln save a areat stimulus to the mis slonsry spirit, but we cannot always have Boxer upnslnss. wnt is needed is to maVs the world realise that Jesus Christ Is the hope of the world. Exnlstn to the iwnnla the needs of the foreign field. No Christian will dare to I an ore the lest com- msrd of Jesus. Cover the hlsrkness of the heathen wnrld wHh Illuminating rlorr that aprtne-s from the cross. It was a ours Chinese convert who said. "If all the oeonle of China believed In the Bible It would make China strong " Keen your iwvnle Informed of the conditions In for- elm l"fds. The secret of the euoreoa f tui fortii mtetonerv worV In the Pacln mnr cities Is that thev are krt n ''-" d of the work and uearent peed of foreman ienne. Tet u ev oirlvee In rem nlets fnim.nd' t t Ml-r fear wt h e Ctr1'a work and tell thv wt We'hes do" for von. Tjtnk. look and tlt wf.pt von liiw "r at the whole Rev. Charles Edwin Bradt. central dis trict secretary of the board of foreign mis sions, spoke upon the subject of "How to Finance the Field." He as id: This question Is one of the moat Impor tant we have to consider. A msn came to me Isst evening, who had heard Mr. Sneer's addreaa during the afternoon, and said to me: "Dr. Brsdt, I am going home from this convention and Induce our members to give at least to per year each for foreign missions. If enough Is not raised I will move up the balance" a, mi 11 m 1 1 1 mm a mmm isie aaans 10c put a UNDAY Under any of Write your ad on this Coupon Phone Douglaa 23S and a Want ad man will call S If you Come to The Bee Office 17th and Farnam, classifications for both morning ana Count six words to a . line BSSBBBBBBBP II aaBBBSWaaaSBSasaSBSBBSSBSBBBBaaBBSBBBBaSBBBBBBSaWaaH SM BBaSBSSSiBBBSasaSSBSSSBSWSSaaSSaSSasaaSSSaBSSBBSSBBSS many times the cost or this convention. The responHlbillty of the church Is divided Into three parts, the local, home and foreign fields or work. The church has not truly and faithfully faced the entire field until It has seriously faced the problem of the evangelization of the world. We cannot feed the foreign held with tne crumbs or Lazarus. So unless we feed the starving thousands of the foreign world, they must perish. rrearn tne gospel to tne people now liv ing. There may be other generations to come, but we will have no part in their work. e must establish a new standard of giving. Jesus said: "Give them to eat," and if we obey tbe divine admonition all material things shall be added unto us. One-sixteenth of 1 per cent is not enough to keep the heathen Lazarus from starving. No one but God Is able to glvo us a standard of what we should give for His cause. Jesus said that c should feed the starving multitude with the bread of life, and if It coats your life and my life It shall be no more than is needed. Christ suld: "Make the multitude sit down In companies of fifty and one hundred." Lo cate tnem and get tnem in order, ana, see ing what we have to do, do It system atically. We are here today to look over the foreign field. Our missionaries toll us that we should have at least one mission ary to every 26,000 non-Christian people. One missionary should be supported by each self-supporting church in the I'nlted States. We must multiply our present re sources by five. Work, work, and set aside a month or period of the year for conse crated consideration of foreign missions. It should be a revival period of the churches. Secure pledges from the mem bers. Ask the missionary board to assign you one missionary for your special care and support him. There are plenty of stu dent missionaries ready to go If the means were In sight. By such a system the re sources of the church may be Increased tenfold, for a new Interest Is awakened. He that doeth Christ's will shall enter the kingdom of heaven. SET PACE AMU WE WILL FOLLOW Message that Comes from Syaodleal Meeting; la California. Immediately upon the conclusion of Dr. Bradt'a address a telegram of greeting was received from the Presbyterian synodlcat meeting now In session In California, which aald: "Set the pace and we will follow." The message was greeted with applause and furnished a new Inspiration for the after proceedlrgs. David McConaughy of New Jersey, east ern district secretary of the Prebyterlan Board of Foreign Missions, spoke Interest ingly upon "The Parish Abroad." He said: It Is tbe missionary's privilege to be the light of the world. The Lord said: "I not ye am the Bread of Life, the Resurrection, but I and ye are the light of the world. A candle which is lighted will give light to all in the house. Do not go home from this convention and merely give your t& for this work and let your energy and responsibility end there. To do that would wreck this whole enterprise. How much energy are you going to put In this work? What part will you take as the light of the world? From this Men's Foreign Mis sionary convention, the first ever held lo the world, let us hope that the light of untold candle power snail go rorth. The foreign field Is the parish abroad, and Is aa much a part of your church work as the local field. Get Into real, vital touch with this work. Our parish abroad Is twenty five times as large as the parish at home here In the United Stales. There are 277. OoO heathens apportioned to us for each church niember In America. Think of It. Rev. W. 8. Marquis, pastor of Broadway Presbyterian church and aynodlcal chair man of tbe foreign missionary coramlue, spoke upon "The Missionary Methods for Men in tbe Local Church." He said In part: Rejoice, ye men of Christ, that there la work for you to do for Hla cause, work which women cannot do. It was to men that He gave the command, "Go ye Into all the world." It la men who put the deep, , vibrant strain In the churches, aa the baas with want-ad these heads: Barter and Exchange. Business Chances. Offered for sale: Furniture. Pianos. Organs and Musical In" struments. Typewriters, Sewing Machines. Miscellaneous For Sale. Live Stock for Sale including cows, birds, dogs and pctsj horses and vehicles, poultry and eggs. oanne : "The Want ad Corner." evening circulations combined are: voice fills out the harmony of the anthem or chorus. Women cannot sing bass. Yet women have done their part grandly, nobly and faithfully, and are still doing It. But there Is work for men to do. First we must get the officers, leaders and trustees of the church Interested; then the congre gation; then organise a missionary com mittee from the different church boards and societies who will thus unify the church for the field. Set. the sum to he appropriated for fr reign mHslona and divide It up through tne working forces or tne cnurcn. -men let the pastor reach out Into the larger field of the congregation that is not In im mediate touch with the organised church bodies. FlnsMy establish definite work for the individual church. I trust and believe the day will come when the general board shall say how much shall be raised for this work and apportion it to the different aynods. Then we will have a definite plan to work to. What thy hand flndeth to do, do It now. "Tomorrow's a myth, get busy forthwith; today la a fact, act. act." Dr. Marquis concluded his address with a short story of an old 12. BO gold piece that waa given him years ago by the widow of a soldier of the civil war. The coin had been given her by her husband and she had for thirty years treasured It as a keepsake. But when an urgent appeal had been made for foreign missions this widow was so Impressed that she took the "Idle gold" coin from Ita hiding and gave It to him for the cause. He tried to persuade her to keep it, but she would not do so. Dr. Marquis placed $2.50 In other money In the foreign missionary fund and has since kept the coin. He said: "Its story has been the means of raising over 11.000 for the foreign missionary fund and I hope ita good offices will not fall me here." BAffQtET OF THE MEW'S LEAGl'B Forty Members Dine with J. Campbell White, Who Speaks. Forty members of the men's leagues of the United Presbyterian churchea of Omaha and South Omaha met at lunch at the Commercial club Thursday to hear an addresa by J. Campbell White, pne of the prominent flgurea In the missionary con vention at the Auditorium. Mr. White waa formerly secretary of the men's movement In the United Presbyterian church and la now secretary of the laymen's movement, which seeka to combine the work of the laymen In all the churchea for the evan gelisation of the heathen world. He em phasized the need for the assistance in the movement of every Christian man. Rev. D. R. Turnbull, pastor of the First United Presbyterian church, presided at the meet ing. BIG REVOLl'TIO" f TUB ORIETT Eve Emprees Dowager Has Takes aa Progreaalve Ideas. Rev. J. Ashley Fitch, missionary from the Bhan Tung (China) district. Is one of the visitors to the convention, having but recently arrived from China. "My district la In northern China, In Shan Tung province," aald Dr. Fitch. "There has been a tremendous revolution In sentiment In China since the Russian war. The people are now awakening to th benefits of western civilisation and are rapidly adapting themselves to the new conditions. The awakening was rude, but It was effective. Even the empress dowager, who Is atlll living, by the way, bas become an ardent progresslvist. It should be said In justice to her that she personally alwaya did lean toward modern ideas, but aba waa surrounded by ad viae ra of the old reactionary party, and to them rather than to her should be attributed the you V 1 jR" delay In the awakening of China. Chi nese students are going Into Japan by ths thousands to become educated to modern Ideas. China and Japan are friendly, but atlll China holds to the old doctrine of China for the Chinese. The whole coun try Is rapidly assimilating progressive Ideas and forms, and It la a giant awak ened, ahaklng off the Inactivity and preju dices of centuries. It la a mighty land of Incalculable resources. The people are pa tient. Industrious and keenly Intelligent. The prejudice against the civilizing Influ ences of Christianity Is rapidly vanishing and the nation has a mighty future be fore It. Aa their nearest neighbors It be hooves we Americans to cherish the most friendly relations with the Chinese. They are disposed to be friendly with us. Wa must aend our best men there, that their moral. Intellectual and conservative ex amples may lmpresa the Chinese with our sincerity." COB COLLEGE GRADUATES MEET Hold Baaeaet at Omaha Clab aaa Talk Mlsstoa. Fifteen graduates and members of ths faculty of Coe college. Cedar Rapids, la., who attended the missionary convention at the Auditorium held a reunion and banquet Thursday noon at the Omaha club. One of the prime objects of the meeting; was to consider the responsibility of Coe collese In the foreign missionary work. James Adams of the clasa of 'SS, through whose kindness the club rooms were se cured for the meeting, presided. Dr. Stephen Phelps, the "rat president of the college, waa present and was one of the speakers. Parsons Holds Rraaloa. Eighteen graduates of Parsons colleeje, a Presbyterian Institution at Fairfield, la., took advantage of their presence at the missionary convention In Omaha to hold a college, reunion. It waa held at luncheon at the Commercial club, and several ad dresses were made and greetings sent to the home college. Those present were M. P. McClure of Council Bluffs, C. L. Zorbaugh of Cleveland, McClelland of Chicago. Charles Black of Clinton, III.; Frank 8. Arnold of Kansas City, William Kearnes of Beatrice, Carey Moore of Fulton. 111.; G. C. Berger of Portland, Kan.; Samuel Light of Nebraska, O. O. Dale of Minneapolis, H. W. Reherd of Waterloo, la.; Jamea Bean of Wlnfleld. Ia.; Nutting of the Omaha Presbyterian Theo logical seminary, J. Ashley Pitch of China, R. W. Taylor of Tekamah, J. W, Day of Des Moines, M. V. Higbee of Knox Pres byterian church, this city, and Dr. A. C Brown, the one layman, of Council Bluffs. Tea Staadares Re-Establlshod. WAJ3HINOTON. Feb. a. I'pon the rec ommendation of the board of government tea experts the secretary of the treasury has established the same tea standards for the year 180? aa were in force for the year Ik. Froalbltlea Bill Killed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The house com mittee on the District of Columbia has de cided that It will make no report on the Webber bill to prevent the manufacture and' sale of liquor la the ilstriot of Columbia. Bee Want Ada for Business Booatara. 1