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NOTES yD COMMENTS.
WKhavo often Biiitl the Roman
church vhs In polltlcM. I)ih-h not, the
followl'ig tiiloifrttin Itt'iir that ohure
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Alll.WAUKKR, W1h., March 14. To
iiitiht, In the Sovontoiinth wurd ut a ro
pulillcHi) intHillnif hold for tho jiuriioHO
of miKtroHtiiijr canilldaU'H to bo volod for
at the caucus on Saturday a long norlcs
ot 1-csolulloiin wero introduood donouno
in K the A. V, A. Uy a vote of two to
ona tho lnccttng rofuntul to adopt the
roHolutlotis. The Catl.olion In attend
anoo then wlthdrow from tho hall and
announced their Intention to nominate
candidates opposed to tho A. 1. A.
Thk soutlicnd of tho city is in
& fever of excitement over tho fad that
a membership list of ono of tho loading
American l'roteotlvo Association lodo
has fallen Into the hands of Catholics,
says a dispatch from Cleveland, A
boycott ha boon declared by tho latter
against all itieivhutitu In that portion
of tho city whoso names appear on tho
list and us a result several of tho mer
chants have withdrawn from the organ
ization. Tho American Protective A
sociatlon lodge in question has a mem
bership of nearly 700 and moots In a
bull which Is also used by a Catholic
society, it Is said tho American Pro
tective Association records were accl
dcntly loft In an unlocked wardrohu
where they wore found and a list of
mombors made by the Catholics.
Fhom what we road in the
dally press, tho A. I'. A. must have
ceased being an "oath-bound, secret"
political organization. If that Is so Us
eneinloti will have to coin some new
phrases, or go out of the business of de
nouncing said association. A dispatch
from Milwaukee dated the 14th, says:
The American Protective Association
held a muss meeting in Liberty hall, on
the West Sldo, tonight. About 1,500
eop!e attended. Addresses were made
by Kov. I). H. Cheney, president of tho
state division, and by Messrs. Hopkins
and McManus. The holding of this
meetlne was somewhat of a departure
from tho usual methods of the order
and It is not unlikely that the Ameri
can Protective Association In Wisconsin
will hereafter bo characterized by less
socrotivencss. Tho speakers Ht to
night's meeting were interrupted sev
eral times by people in the audience
who took issue with some of tho state
nientsmiidc, hut the meeting was on the
whole a very orderly one.
Thk state council of tho A. P.
A. of Iowa held Its annual session at
Keokuk lust week, and among other
things endorsed our friend Oco 11. Jack
man, of Doono, for supreme president.
Henry P. Rowers, father of the A. P.
A., was elected state president by a
unanimous vote. The council also
passed resolutions declaring that most
of the ex-prlcsts were in it for the
money there was In it, and refusing to
countenance their employment unless
they were endorsed by the state presi
dent. Wisconsin A. P. A. held their
state convention tho first of this week,
and followed Iowa's h ad as will bo seen
by the following dispatch:
MiLWAUKEK, Wis., March 14. The
executive board of the Wisconsin coun
cil of the American Protective Associa
tion concluded its session this afternoon.
The members of t ho committee present
were llov. D. U. Cheney, of West Su
perior; Ilugh Ilodgers, of Tomahawk;
Ilev. Joseph H. McManus, of Washburn,
and Franklin P. Hopkins, Georgo D.
Frye, and II. M. Stark, of Milwaukee.
The only action given for publication
was the following preamble and resolu
tions: Whereas, The persistent statement
oi the Unman party, in the utterances
of their leaders ujxin the platform and
in their press, represent the American
Protective Association as making war
upon certain ecclesiastical institutions
in this country, to the end that the
right of conscience may be abridged in
this great republic, and
Whereas, There is some ground for
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I'lillnil Itt rofiihlliif lit liny Kiihtrli'K to I In
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of their withdrawal. Thev did not fear
the outcome of the court suit to dislodge
them, as tile logal ground had U-on care
fully covered. When they saw they
would not lo paid for their services
they evidently wore not so eairerto con
tlnue as public school teachers.
No doubt tho dollars were what tho
church was nfter, and when she found
she oould not get her hands Into the
public treasury had no use for tho pulf
lie scl.tMil building.
Onk cannot know tho Roman
church without admitting her to be a
colosal aggregation of fraud, corrup
tion, Imposition and hypocrisy. It
staros you in the face, look where you
may. Her priests nceiise her slstorB of
Immorality and the laity with being
boodlors, whllo her bishops pronounce
her priests drunkards and adventurers
They resort to unything and every
thlnn murtler, forgery, perjury( lying
and tnlsrcpiosentatlon to pull tho
money out of tho pockets of tholr dupes
Often they get out of tho world before
tholr disreputable methods are dlseov
ered, but tho church suffers the worse
for that. Tho latest name to bo con
noetod with fraud Is that of Priest
Molllnger. A dispatch from Pittsburg,
Pit, of the 14th Inst, says:
"That there was a groat deal of hum
bug about tho alleged miraculous cures
of tho late r'ather Molllnger, of Mount
Ivoy, Allegheny, was proven by testi
mony tiled in court Tuesday. Tho ovl
donoo was tho report of Attorney
Kvans, mat-tor In trie suit of Morris
Kinstoin against A. G. Hnwhlll. Ein
stein and Sawhlll are rival druggists,
and contested the right of the other to
advertiso tho sale of the Molllnger
medicines and remedies. Einstein
claltrod ho bought tho right to them
from the secretary of the priest, to
whom, It was claimed, the priest had
Impartod tho secret of his formulas.
Hawhlll, prior to Father Molllngcr's
death, had filled the healer's prescrip
tions. To Insure the business going to
that particular druggist, the prescrip
tions were written in cipher, and it Is
claimed high prices were charged. The
master say there was no evidence to
show that tho medicines were com
pounded from Molllnger' secret form
ulas. Ho says: 'What evidence was
produced tends to show the formulas
were all well known toother physicians,
and most of them wore gotten from the
proscriptions of othor physicians on file
In Sawhlll's store.' The master de
cided that Einstein hod no exclusive
right to tho use of Father Molllngor's
name and likeness for a trade-mark,
and recommended the dismissal of the
bill."
MisTiiun Edituu: Thu da all
thru Olrlshmln ankshusly wate fur iz
oopuhn us, an whollolther seatlcs are
sillbrnthi In thu good ould wa, thu
Oirlsh aveOmahaare restin benath thu
contlmptave thu bigots wot sllibrated
thu bcrthda avo Georgo Washington
a prlsldlnt ave this repoobllk. Those
bigots showod thalr lovo fur him bi
parndln, an' donatin Hugs to thu God
less schools, tnakln spachos and by
slngln' slch songs ass "Amerlka," an'
thu "Star Spnnglod Hannor," whollo
thu Oirlsh lit St. Pathrlck's da pass
wld no paradln. 01 am ashamed tu
think thu ownly national hollda avo
Olrland iz tu be sllibrated wldout eny
publlk domonstrashun. Howly St.
Pathrlck! It's a wunder tu me yez
don't koomo out ave yoz gralv an' put a
curse ahn tho spalpeens wat'd publlkly
dlsgraco yet bi houldln' an Oirlsh sill
brashun In a bawl. What's St. Path
rlck's da wldout a parade? Sorry a slli
brashun It'l le, thu lolkos ave wlch no
loll son of tho tho grane oil Ivor saw
In this seaty before, an' thu loiks av
which tha nlver should boo agahn.
Who'll recognoi.e thu inflooonco avo
the Oirlsh of we don't hev a parade wld
the byes from all the surroundln' towns
and coontry in line? Who'll fall over
each other tu du an Oirishman a turn
if thu dally papers fale to toll how thu
"bralv sons of Erin" ave this seaty
turned out en maw--(thu bigots ull sa
In llcker) an' tu thu sowl-stlrrlng
musik ave thu Hibernian band marched
proudly (If a little onstldy) like gal
lant soldiers thru thu strates. Sorry a
tolm we'll have tu-morrow! Worra!
Worra! Efoiwaz in Chlcogy or Ny
Yark oi wood be afthur warln of thu
grane an' marchln tu thu saim grand
toon. Oi tell yez Molsthur Editur, oim
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Itnpkitm t'ln ted tttsyor f tin" glrst
tily of t'lil. i thai he would feel tt In
ft tiils-nl tisnt him to esiiw the ill
ttiinl tif inti ulutweiv kloti lit l
attilirtlitl Hit llm xlai.nU' frnlet tiily ,
yet tllin'liH" iti liinliKlrHleil IIihI a Htilt,
HO llltitli'l' of W hat ih'gree, never lit luce
itn i'Hiriiu i!y tttslinw hlshiitii-il for
the smh-IaI inn which has ltn aunt in
null i .Ml for lniliilreils of years by the
hi s of the Uoiiiiin Ciilliolle chuivli.
Ilml It lieen known that he would single
out men who had attained to high de
grees In the Masonic fraternity and
would call for their resignations for no
other reason than that they wore
Masons it Is safe to say ho would not lie
the chief executive of the inctroHilitan
city of not only Illinois, but of tho en
tiro west, and it would not have been
necessary for that grand order to have
gone Into jKiiitles In order to have re
tained him iu IiIb (Kisltlon In private
life. The pooplo would have done the
job, regardless of party and In spite of a
solid ltoman Cathollo vote.
So far as wo can learn John 1. Hop
kins found no fault with the manner In
which the city employees, who were
Masons, did tholr work. In fact ho
could find none. They were competent,
faithful, conscientious officials without
a blot tt' a blemish on their entire
official careers, socio of which extended
over a period of nearly twenty years.
No, It was not because they were not
faithful, It was not because they were
not honest, nor because they wore not
honorable that their resignations were
asked for and a lot of time-serving,
pope-worshlplng, priest-ridden crea
tures wero given tholr places; It was
becauso it was against tho edicts of
Hopkln's church to permit a Mason to
hold an honorable position under a
papal "prlnco" or In a papal common
wealth. Hv his action John P. Ilonklns has
fully sustained tho attitude of his
church toward Masonry, and has shown
tho pooplo more clearly than we could
In years, tho Intense hatred of every
thing I lmmin for anything Masonic,
and while Masonry has no fight against
the ltoman Catholics, tho members of
that church, with a few exceptions
and these exceptions are men who have
taken tho degrees In Masonry for the
sole purpose of reaping what benefits
they could while at the mine time they
played into tho hands of the church
never miss an opportunity to show tholr
loyalty to Homo their bigotry, and
their malice for an association which
has done moro to enlighten the world,
to allevlato the physical and civil ills of
humanity, and to encourage and foster
the finer arts and higher education than
any othor society in exlstenco today.
lie has shown how near a vassal of a
foreign potentate ho really is; bow
much more binding aro tho teachings
of tho Roman church than tho demands
of the city for efilclent and capable em
ployes, and how contemptibly moan a
Hainan can bo who has delegated to
him a little brief authority. Hut all
this will bo for the good of the city In
tho end. It will bo for the good of tho
cause, In tho Interest of which wo are
now waging this warfare, and whllo it
may work a hardship upon Hrothers
lloss, Heard, Smith, Snowdon, Costello,
llryer, Davenport and Richardson, It
will at the same time open the eyes of
a great many sleepy Protestants to tho
danger of permitting a Roman Catho
llo to bo elected to office.
Let John P. Hopkins continue In his
slaughter of Masons of Protestants
in ofilcl.il positions, and wo venture tho
assertion that when ho stands for a re
election he will meet an Ignominious
defeat.
Protestants, organize! Awake! The
time to act is here.
Next week Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 20th and 21st, Mabel Eaton, an
Omaha girl, daughter of one of the old
est settlers of the city, Mr. E. L. Eaton,
will apiiear as star actress In her own
company, in IJolasco's groat play, "La
Hello Russe," at IJoyd's. Miss Eaton
was raised and educated In Omaha, and
had shown considerable talent at an
early ago. According to tho New York
and other eastern pa,iers, she is today
considered one of the handsomest act
resses on the American stage. The
Omaha public will undoubtedly show
their appreciation for home talont by
greeting her before a crowded house.
We wonder whetherMartln llughitt,
president oi the Chicago & North
western railway, knows that the nuns
are encouraged to visit tho local offices
of the road in this city weekly to levy
on the clerks, and are also allowed to
sit just inside the door of the general
office on pay days? Chicago American.
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out tf iitM-t' In Hun LuW INitoil mul
litt iMi'ti iirJ. ti'd In b ut at niton,
11 -In p tie t Ii n Ii t an Ji l itmini'd Int
nnVlnl t-eawin fur lil Si Ilml Mal'.tr
hnte l i it in an uiitiniitis flute fur itiany
tn. ml hs. Many rltm li late I tn itnt ln
to Initig n'fteii again lit the divided
rank of Catholicism, but hate lieen till
availing. Win n tin1 lilshop ittitile an
nniinei'itienl of Ills final iletvuinn of ex
pulsion of the Jibuti fiMtei nliy every
,i,il,l,i piinHUii' was brought to bear
and every known subterfuge employed
t prevent tho carrying out of the edict
of banishment, but to no avail. It Is
lively predicted t hat Ills the Is-ginnlng
of trouble, and that this Is the Hist out
break of a dcop-Hoa'cd and growing op
position to Jesuit denomination which
is felt In all parts of the republic, it Is
thought the action of Itishop Monies de
Oca will bo the sign of an uprising in
many parts of the country ngalnst the
Jesuits, and that If tliey are expelled
tliey will bo shorn of a largo part of
their oowoiv
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Atlantic, la., March 15. Editor
AMKKIOAN: The school election held
hero last Monday was, In part, a victory
for the Catholics. Though in reality It
gives them no control, and but very
little to say, as they only elected one
man, and tho school board Is composed
of six; still, It Is ono more than the
Protestants would have allowed had
they been awake to tho fact that a
Catholic was on tho ticket. A great
many Protestants wore weli aware of
the fact that Frank P. O'Connell was
running for member of tho school board,
and thinking of tho office as of minor
Importance, did not take the trouhlo to
go and cast their vote, little realizing
the danger and risk they were taking
In allowing the Catholics to got part
ially into power, Tho Catholics wero
wide uwako and wero all at the polls
early, Old and young, feeble and
strong they voted to a man. What
ever positions we lot them take, wo
must not have them on our school
boards. It Is tholr first victory hero;
let it bo their last. We cannot afford
to trlflo with Catholicism, for If we give
them little they will take much. There
aro enough Americans here to hold
Ilium down, and wo will do it in tho
future. Let ub bo united. Let us or
ganize, then we can show our strength
and strike the enemy,
A StTHHCKIHKK.
FIFTEENTH 8 CREET THEATRE.
"Tho White Squadron," A. J. Pear
son's big patriotic and romantic spec
tacular naval drama, will be seen at
tho Plfteenth Street Theatre for four
nights and Wednesday matinee, com
mencing with Sunday matinee, March
18th. Thosccnoof tho play opens In
Hra,11. A man-of-war from each of the
principal nations of tha world arrives
in tho harbor of Rio Jancrlo to protest
formally against tho holding of their
various citizens by organized bands of
brigands In llruzll. On this genoral
Idea a splendid story, Including, of
course, tho lovo elements, Is bulit that
offers grand opportunities for dramatic
work. Among tho scenes Incidental to
tho play are tho grand Plaza In Rio do
Janeiro, a pillaged monastery, and tho
harbor of Rio and the vessels of "Tho
White Squadron," under full sull and
steam, This is ono of tho most striking
pictures ever utilized for stage pur
poses. The cast In ono of strength, and
includes such favorites as Wm. Ulttner,
a resident of this city; W. . Whltecar,
Gail Forrest, J. J, Coleman, Jessie
IJeagle, John liurke, and others. Dur
ing the action of tho third act over l.(t
pooplo are used on tho stage, "The
White Squadron," with its boldness of
conception, Its wondrous third act, Its
dramatic strength, and its picturesque
ncss, is a work which should bo most
fascinating in its many attractive
features.
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Thk reduction of 2"0 men on the
police force may be policy at tho present
time but that number represents al
most exactly tho number of Protestants
on the force. Tho naught will probably
cover all who aro left after tho reduc
tion. What else can we expect from a
city administration which puts a police
man on extra duty so that ho could col
lect money for tho defense of Dan'l
Conghlln? Vhicnyo American.
While P. D. Armour Is spending
thousands of dollars on his new Armour
Institute and Armour Mission has ho
ever been informed by anyone that
there are departments in tho Armour
Packing Company whero a Protestant
can't get a job and where a Catholic
has to have a letter1 from the priest bo
fore his application will be considered?
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MltNKV, Neb,, March ., IMU
Eititnt Tiik AMKiuiws: Not welng
any thing in your pits r fnnn thlsptti t
of the country, I will try In in v weak
way to write a little. There are
quit.' a lot of Irleinls bete and as 1 b.
lli'te have iiImiiiI the right fitting for
each other, for protection, and for
America, ll can be easily discerned
that a concealed haired exists in the
feelings of our jKMiple, not because one
parly or religion has any tiottor or su
perior right In this our ' land of the
free" than any other, but In our view
because our government Is becoming a
ilttlo too reckless. For instuneo it
seems that In order to become a mem
ber of tho church of Roino the members
aro bound by the strictest oath to stand
by It and abide by the decision and the
orders of tho fathers, (priests) bishops,
and the pope, no mutter In what coun
try or nation, nor under what rulings
or laws they may chance to bo. Then
when our national government know
this tube the case, and knowing that
it is tho wish of tho church of Rome to
rule over all the world, and knowing it
to bo the most populous church on
earth, It causes, us to say that our gov
ernment must bo becoming very reck
less In allowing people to land hero and
become citizens without first denounc
ing all obligations and bindings to such
a power as Rome, Wo again say that
ills reckless to allow a Sutolll or any
one elso to become a ruler in our coun
try over any such branch; or allowing
any schools for tho training of tho
youth ugalnst our constitution; or al
lowing uny teacher to touch In our
schools anything In favor of the popo or
tho church of Homo; or allowing any
such press to operate in its limits as
will publish any sentiment in favor of
tho Romish church. If our nutional
government docs not put a stop to all
such work, it Is our belief that wo may
see one of tho worst and bloodiest wars
this country has over cxporlcncud.
When wo say "we discern or notice
a secret feeling of hatred amongst our
pooplo," wo mean what wo say. Wo
can notlco that even In our elections of
county officials, of members of school
boards, of justices of tho peace, of
notary pub! lei, of tho impanelling of
juries, both petit and grand, of the
counsolors-ttt-lttw, of representatives of
all delegations that pertains to promote
certain person or persons to have a
voice of representation In hlghor powers
and in tho selection of teachers for our
public schools. Tho church of Rome,
which has its members Instructed
by Its officials, Is secretly scheming
and planning, endeavoring and trying
to gain plurality and majority all tho
time. Wo can notice In most all
branches of business, let it bo groat or
small, if tho proprietors or tho mana
gers belongs to the Roman church, tho
members aro Instructed by their
priests to cause ovory dollar possible
to bo thrown In their favor, and as a
general thing it is done,
I am a regular reader of TtlH AMBKf
CAN and read tho letters from the
friends with pleasure, A ItKAOJClt.
lie ,Saw the Show.
San Fiuncihco, March .'I, 18SM,
Editor The Amkhican: I will drop
you a few lines that you may know wo
are still In It. I have found some of tho
boys but have not attended any council
meetings yet, but will do so In a short
tlmo. Wo have been quite busy getting
business roudy for tho judgeship and
will have an Interview with him tho
first of next week, ar d then the ball
will start rolling. Wo have rented a
furnished house on ono of the principal
streets and are keeping house as In tho
days of yoro, and It boats hotels by a
largo majority. I was at tho fair ono
day last week find It Is quite a show,
Tho whole family aro going tomorrow
to spend tho day and take in tho fire
works at night, which Is a sight of It
self. I have not been able to see E.
Sherman yet as he has been away for
sometime, but will catch him when ho
gets back. I was hard up for some
place to go last Sunday and asked my
wlfo to go to church with mo. She
said sho had not been to church for four
years and she was not going to church
hero. I told her I had not boon to tho
Roman Catholic church for forty years
and if she would not go with mo to our
church I would goto tho Roman church,
and she dared mo to, bull went just
the same.
Well, Thompson, when last I wont to
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at-j !)..( ,.', i.mi'k Ihni- tu. e" f
Wlw ll tittup It'l' -t.Wttt V. Th
fl!l ll.ing tt !, r al tn.it f n il a
' ttni.iiMt imipa fii-iti tl.e i ! if the
'I'tmlili hi H a lii h Itt-ji't latSoft ftxilt
j In 'and t. mi tat 4 II, ami l'' f rt Ihintf
j v h i ti.itity Ihe tutign tath'ti ll l tl
" t.ei-al pet t ati.! y n.-iiieiit tint
and invl t jtTtil tip Ii foil' Mitnh lt,
jM H at Ibe jmi iiHn n ltiut W wl.
'within lent I lild initiate any A, P.
,. fi It-tula Un til la lull inn wi I limi'l
i know what llm lv i r t . la ainoititi
j I t The m U thing he tui teMd tintl
! tin-ill Wn Hint Ihi'V Wen liot to tvttte
tu t-oiif. -inn tunti a year, tier tun id
lx niotilltc, but to iiiine every day if
Hw.ilije, a It wa the woi k of the del 11
ti let the eonfi'ntinii run mt long that
one t'.tulil lint n nn itils r l.a'f w hat slut
had Ui ii done In I lio li ily, and thai a
partial confession wn the work of the
det II by enlv pa.lli.g a pin t of the debt,
or In other word. God would Isi angry
at a partial t'iiiifesnii and that lit
would not listen to their humble ser
vant, the priest, unie-s they told bllil
all, and judging from the attention they
gave to his remarks, they Indicted
it all.
Well after ho had sjMiken his piece
and two hoys had moved tho sirtablo
altar buck, then old Ilrutus ciiino out
all dressed up to kill, and Instead of
facing the congregation, as a white man
should, he turned bis back and was
going through some pantomlno business
when one of tho boys marched up to
him with a pitcher of wine and filled
tho goblet, which would hold nearly a
pint. Five or ton minutes more of
bowing and scraping and another gob
let of wine. This was repeated three
times during tho show and all of this
time ho had not spoken a word, but tho
poor dupes bad been up and down on
tholr knees no loss than five times, and
by that time the animal was full enough
to turn and face tho congregation when
ho belched out great chunks of hog
latin that neither lie nor any other man
could understand, but It filled the bill
and they all seemed satisfied, and when
tho basket was passed round they all
chipped in as though they had bought
something that was a benefit to them,
but I haven't yet scon where they got
their money's worth. I didn't consider
that I was benefitted at all so didn't
chip In, Hut leaving all foolishness
aside it was really astonishing to mo to
see men come In there and go through
that ldlotlo drill of kneeling to Images
and crossing themselves, for they wore
as flnoand intelligent as any in tho
city. It wnsasurprlso andaconnun
drurn to me, but they did It Just tho
samo, I wish to God that they could son
themselves as Intelligent pooplo soo
them, and then 1 think tho priests
would soon drink less wlno or pay for
ft themselves.
One more act. Ono day last week a
priest from Portland, Ore., eamo to tho
hotel where wo wero slopping, He was
on a good old-fashioned drunk for throo
davs and would not allow tho chamber
maid in his room. At last the landlord
oppolnted a scrub committee of two
porters and tws bell boys and thoy took
him out to tho bath tub and gave him
a good scrubbing, thinking it would
sober him up, but it did not work, for
In two hours ho was as drunk as ever
and tho landlord fired him out of tho
house, I suppose when ho goes back to
his parish ho will tell thorn what a bad
attack of pneumonia or some other
great misrortuno ho had whllo ho was
In San Francisco, and that It was only
by tho grace of God that ho was spared
to get homo again to minister to tholr
spiritual needs, and without a doubt
the poor dupes will believe his story,
I will now close but next time 1 will
give you something moro Interesting,
Give my best wishes to all Inquiring
menus, Menu trio paper as usual to
yours respectfully, If. H, K,
Their New Officers.
CMNTON, la., March 12,--Editor of
TilK Amkurjan: At the last regular
meeting of Lincoln Lodge, No. 2")l,h.
O. L,, of Clinton, tho following officers
wore elected for tho ensuing year:
Master-John 11. Thompson.
Deputy-Fred Thompson.
Secretary - Charles R. Judd.
Treasury L, D, Judd,
Chaplain C, E. MacMahon,
Past. Worshiping Master Charles
II. Judd.
Director W V, Shrove,
Tyler H. N. Judd.
This lodge Is less than a year old and
Is In a goou, prosperous condition, and
notwithstanding tho hard times is
growing In membership and by July 12
will bo In shapo to make a good show
ing on our public streets.
C. If. JUOI), Sec,
4
Thk Loyal Orange Institution of
Chicago is ono of tho most successful
patriotic orders In tho city. It has a
membership numbering well up into
tho thousands, embracing a class of In
dustrious and thrifty citizens. Dr. Ii,
P. Reynolds, the present stato grand
master, has been untiring In his efforts
to build up tho order. There aro about
twelve lodges In Chicago and vicinity.
Thk South Park board, about two
months ago, put on as boulevard police
man an Irishman who had been in this
country not over two months and who
was brought hero with that special Job
in view. This man was a relation of
one of the big political bosses In the
city. And all this when able-bodied
American citizens aro walking tho
streets looking for work. Vldcagn
Amcrican,
