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Show ROOSEVhLT IS IN GREAT DEMAND New York. June 2. A large proportion propor-tion of the letters which burden Theo- I dore Roosevelt's desk at his uptown desk e::ch day are from chnrehme. ; of filths as various as Hie localities jfroni which 1 hey write. Requests tor 1 him "tt7 speaklu missions, be fore jj.vh; 1 erings in all dqi ts of the country an) J particularly numerous. t During his ' sojourn In Africa. Mr. R.vosevelt saw much of Christian iuiB- sionary work and evidenced a large in- j terest in it. J The American hoard, the oldest ot : American missionary organizations, i to celebrate its lOOllt anniversary tin e ralng October, when It will have not oily many Important addresses, but al?o the most re mark able collec-j collec-j tion of missionary exhibits ever made, j Kfforts are being made to Induce Mr. I Roosevelt to pcak at this celebration ! on missions In general and his per-j per-j sonnl examinations of missions in Af-1 Af-1 rica. |