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America has a convert to the old Islam tath in the person at # man res oicing in the name of Muhammad _Alexander Rungell Webb, formerly a reporter for the St. Louis Republic. A desire to study Sipaal languagea ee. ifiegn ® aw yeare azo le HU HARHENE. WEBS him to secure the position of Conens at Manilla, in the Phillipine aranda, and while there he became a believer in Mahomet and his religion. He then returned to the United States on a sort of missionary errand whereby a series of factures he hoped to induce his countrymen to adopt his faith. He has a complete assortment of Mahomeetan dress which he wore in the East and will again put on when he goes upon the platform —At rrogsnt be appeare in plain citizen's clothes. His family consists of 5 hie and two daughters, Mark Twain and Cot. Inger soll were among his listeners at a lectore which he delivered at the reais demra of Col. David Sickels, New York , since his arrival. He claims to have a fund subscribed by wealthy Orientale of $150,000 with which to build a mosque in New York. He is likely to become the fact in Gotham's upper tendom.
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Provo Daily Enquirer
Provo, Utah, US
Wed, Mar 15, 1893
Page 4
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