Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

New Cathedral in Uganda. Reports from Uganda combine evidences of an established church life with pioneer work. stone of a new cathedral in the capital of Uganda wan laid by King Daudi Chwa in November. The governor of Uganda, Sir F. Jackson, took part unofficially, and there was a large gathering of people. This! cathedral will be the fifth which the Uganda Christians have built on Namirembe (“the hill of peace”). The first was erected in 1890; the second, a great building of forest poles to accommodate 5,000 people, built In 1892,, was blown down by a great gale oC wind In 1894; the third wap at once> commenced, and was finished the following year—an enormous structure, with walls of reed. In 1901 that showed signs of decay, and was pulled down; and the fourth, a substantia* building of brick, was commenced la, 1902 and consecrated in 1904. Unfortunately this was struck by lightning In 1910 and burned to the ground. Hence the necessity for this new* building, which It Is estimated wBS cost $150,000.