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3 THE AMERICAN '4f f4 lf 4 VI Vf4 ),"-. W fMt 4 4-wm 4 tM tfrt trrt tkt M mif to f fVf, ma mt nr Vol I'M IV. OMAHA, NKHKASKA, KKIHAY, A 1'HI I. 27. 1 MM. NUMMR 17 MAY LEAD TO A CRINu Wry Ksllii Nmlft t Iro Nr chant, lM'tnt tlrr Mnlhi-r IwMtns, HIhlnir Ilor lalhrr and Mter lw llh tirlef ami l llllnir Her Itrether with Itwprmtlim, The Chicago AVwnl of Tuesday theso very startling announcements to the friends of pretty Mary Ncllls: "Mary Nollls was headstrong. She followed hir own will when it came to marrying. Four years ago Mary lived with her parent at 211 Morgan street. Math lag Nollls, her father, camo to Chicago In tho 40't. lu tho neighbor hood where aho lived Mary had many wooers. Somehow thoso whom aho favored were all Protestants and Mr. Nollls had tabooed anyone but a papist as a suitor for the favorite daughter of the family. Bound In a sphoro and re strained in hor choice Mary tried stratagem. She told her father ono day that Charles W. Snow, a colored man who keeps a confectionery store at 351 West Harrison street, had promised to bo baptized and become a communl cant In the Catholic church If she wo'uld marry him. , Tho idea of a black son-in-law seemed so preposterous to old Mr. Nollls that he laughed at what his daughter told him. Time went on and lastChrlstmas every member of the Nollls family had forgotten Mary's threat to marry Snow. During tho holidays her brother learned that she had applied to Father Maxmllllan of St. Peter's church, In which parish thoy wore enrolled, for advice upon hor Intended engagement to the colored con fee turner. , There was a warm time In the Nollls j ally when ho wont home that night. ary confessed that iho Intonded to marry Snow. The family rone up In rebellion and Mary left home tho next day, She wont to Loraont, wboro she lived for several weeks. The strain on old Mrs, Nollls' mind was so great that she succumliod to it and hor mind was wrecked. She was sent to Lomont and application will bo made at tho next ' I . . . 1 . . . . .. I .. I ...... .... for ho;ri"'wl'Vntt",nt -ho mme asylum. . In January Snow began to attend the church of tho Holy Family, corner of West Twelfth and May streets. Under the tutoluge of Father Weinman he was led to baptism arid finally confirma tion in the church. Then Snow sought out Miss Nollls and they were marr'od April Vi by Fathor Weinman. Snow is well educated and Is considered wealthy by his freighters In WcHt Har rison street. Not until yesterday did old Mr. Ncllls learn of the nuptials. Immediately ho put on his war paint, and with his son took a vow to call upon Hnow and ask for an explanation of tho power they are sure ho exerted over Mary, Hnow last night would only acknowledge that ho had married Miss Nollls," ML 1 MJHH NKLLTH. That Item does not contain all the facts connected with tho caso, but It Is true In the main, While wo admit tho right of every person to ohooso his or her own life partner, wo believe young girls often make a serious mlstakojixtaklng the counsel oTllio pl'lnsl Tnprolorenen to that of their parents. This Mary Nollls may llvo to realize, She may already know this to ho a fact. Hut the marriage has been per formed Tho act is done. . The step has been taken, And according to tho laws of tho Roman (Jathollo church sho Is hound beyond release. And whutare tho consequences? A mother is driven Insane! A father Is broken In spirit! A sister is bowed down with grief and humiliation, and, 0mk mm mj A brother breathes vengeance against tho priest! A sad, a sorrowful picture, Hut one as true as life. And this picture Is tho result of what? THI.. A ...... A. 1.. I . 1..! JlilllU CUIIIHIUIIUU 111, ItllU UnUlUM5 l)bodlenee to, the teachings of Roman Xlstenr ' "" " 'lriwiujr jruui 4.111 nui.ii jnuuri has boon a pew renter in one Roman Catholic church, His wife and children wore dovoui Roman Catholics, Thoy attended to tholr duties in the church punctually. Nona wore more regular. None more fervent. They were all tho samo; and Mary was like tho rest until sho reached womanhood, Then sho seemed to prefer tho com pany of Protestant young mon, This did not moot Mr, Nlllls' ap proval. He remonstrated. Ho may even havo commanded her to twg'.i the pleasure of their com pany. At any event she gavo them up, Shortly afterward sho announced that Charlie Hnow would be come a Roman Catholic if sho would but wed him, The Information , did not startle tho fumlly, They did not think sho would con sider tho projKisltlon either favorably or seriously, Hho was pretty Home say handsome; She was white, With lustrous eyes and Jot black hair, While he, A negro. Homo say he's rich, Hutwhut of that? Riches do not heal a broken heart, They do not mend a shatUirod mind, or cheer tho spirit crushed with grief. Hut Vo anticipate. Mary attended to hor rollglous duties regularly, To tho samo priest knelt tho whole fumlly, J'hey wi'.i'H mmii.loun (,f fin ndvjco Mary was receiving from her oonfesHOE. "iinin i.lin holldHy si'iimin approached. Them her brother accidentally hoard sho had lieen granted a priestly permit to wed hor dusky lover. Then there was a seeno, Hut all they could say to pretty little Mary did not c hange her In her de termination. Then her brother, a strong robust man, us a last resort went to the priest. Kneeling before the man to whom ho had so long confessed his sins, he im plored him to not perform the ceremony. " CfAKicuS infill. : 'U !'(;:; 'i X kJfM ' Tfi 1 11 "If! THE HANDWRITING " tN THE WALL. The priest demurred. Color was no bar to marrlago before him. Then young Nlllls forgot his teach ing. He forgot all save that his friends would consider the. family disgraced were his sister to marry a negro. In his anger he arose and forbade the ceremony. Ho even declared ho would make it warm for the priest. It was then that tho priest washed his hands of tho alliance. But there was anothor ono ready to do tho job. And tho first of this month Mary became Mrs. Snow, But that fact was kept from the pub lic, and when tho announcement was made, reason had left Mrs. Nlllls, and today N. 1', Nlllls tells us the physician pronounces her cuso hopeless, Tho family is anxious to know w hy tho permit granted to Samuel (Charles.). Hnow and Mamie (Mary) K 1111 s "was kept from tho public' press. Clerk Holomon says it was the last one Issued April 2d, and was overlooked by the reporters, but Mr. N. l Nlllls believe money kept It out of tho reach of tho reporters, Maryjs brother, N. V, Nellln, visited ourolllco Wednesday and made some serious charges against certain officials who had advised him to kill tho priest who per formed tho ceremony. Against such a proceeding wo entered a vigor ous prolest, and tried to show hlra that It would mean additional trouble if ho attempted to curry out tho suggestion, but to all our arguments ho would reply, "you mean all right, but you aro not in my place." This caso demonstrates, more forcibly than anything wo could write, tho power of tho clergy over tho Roman Catholic laity. Who knows but what that priest taught Mary Ncllls that her act was a duty sho owed tho church? May sho not havo been convinced against her best, sober, judgment that Uod had chosen her to lead a new cru sade having as Its object the gathering Into tho fold of tho Roman Catholic church, all tho negro race? May not other devout Roman Catho lic daughters bo Induced to emulato hor example? They may, and Roman Catholic fathers who havo puro,!ovenblo daught ers of marriageable ago would do well to stand first In tho confidence of their daughters. Let no man supersede you in her esteem. Ho her adviser, Ho her guide. Do not tniMt her to a corrupt and scheming priesthood. Denounced tlio A. 1 A. BUCYRUH, O., April lO.-Itev C. II. McCaslin, pastor of tho First Presby terian church here, delivered a sermon Survflay against the A. P. A. The ser morJ was a severe and bitter denuncia tion) of the organization, denounolng thejprder as un-American and against tholfundamental principles of our gov ernment. There is no A. P. A. order nienXs wore being made to organizo ono, How to Kill the A. 1'. A. CkiiOAOO, 111., April 4, 18i4.-To his Reverence, Arch-Bishop Ireland, Min neapolis, Minn. Dear sir: I was both ploinod and gratified to road an extract fronk your very patriotic sermon do iWod on March 17. A. D.. 1801 (St, Patrick's Hay). In that sermon have made a host of friends. There you are no adopted foreigners who have lamiod on our shores, who have met wit: i such sympathy nnd such kindly grei !j,lng as the Irish people, Tills has been tho motto of Arnerl canjs, "Sympathy for Ireland," as far hack as we can remember. In 1811 and '47 when America was engaged In a destructive war with Mexico, when wo were firing shot and shell Into tho Mexican ranks, we still found time and means to fire ship loads of provisions across tho Atlantic to feed tho starving poor of Ireland. Not being a member of any denom ination myself, In other words an out side barbarian, I have malice toward none, and I will say if all bishops and priests would teach such loyalty as you havo dono there would bo no such orgunl station as the "A. P, A." in America. Tho people of this country view with alarm tho aggressiveness of the Ro man Catholic church In politics and in regard to our common school system. As a friend ol tho Irish raco I will say there is not such danger from tho organization called "A. P. A." as there Is from soma excitable and over zoalous Catholics. All churches must expect criticism. A creod which cannot do- fond Itself without getting mad and as saulting thoso who may crltlclso thorn or differ with them in their views, can not havo much confidence in them selves or tholr faith. All churches and creeds must bear tholr share of criti cism, as free speech is ono of American citizen's constitutional rights, Let us supposo a caso that an American cit izen was assaulted, and mobbod for ex ercising that constitutional right by Catholics, woulti It not be an unfortu nate thing for tho Cathollo chureh? Might It not end In tho total destruc tion of all that church's property In this country, and In, Mtrhaps, great loss of life? Now, It may bo that I am an alarmist and that your church may not Iks sleej) Ing over tho crater of a political vol cano, but tho wisdom of thoso llko yourself, high in authority In tho chureh can prevent such a catastrophe; let us hojK) so at least. That the Cath olic church uses lt great power in placing its followers In office cannot be doubted. This would not bo tolerated in Protestant churches. Hut you have set a grand exaraplo in loyalty, which we hope will bo emulated by others., which will show to tho American poo plo that your people as a church hold ment of the United States, a govern moot which has done so much for the Irish raco. Immigrants from Ireland nave immouiaiojy uroppoa into lucra tive places in tho city governments of this country, and this has given their enemies cause to claim that they had been promised such places before leav ing Ireland. In conclusion let me add that all the blood in my veins is in herited from Irish ancestry who were Catholics, and that I havo no prejudice whatever in this matter. Most respectfully yours, l'KIUlV Ckohhon. Reforming Itcfonner. Editor Tub Amkuican: Homo time ago The. Voire of New York published an article from "A True Patriot," claiming to bo an A, P. A,, easting suspicion upon the order, As Tim Voire Is a reform paper, and always ready to slur tho A, P. A., I reviewed the article and forwarded my effort for publication. The aire Is nothing If not fair and Im partial (?) as you' probably know, and therefore to offer my article to thut en ponent of moral reform was perfectly legitimate. As I, and others, had been trying for five years to get that sheet to say a word fornlnst the "holy church" in vain, I kindly told the editor that I could hardly expect to see my article in his oaer, and called his attention to return )sstago enclosed. True to my expectations, It never aj jsiared. I have written Messrs, Funk fi Wagnalls several letters, asking thorn to return my manuscript, hut have not had a word from them, nor a letter returned uncalled for. Finally I offorod them i to return my article, but still they are ns silent as tho grave, after a lnpso of several weeks, It would bo wrong to char ge them with working for money, Iwauso they are reformers (?) and If money was their object thoy would surely sell, back to theowner, an article, which they refuse to publish, for J.V They may have used my postage stamp, but I have kept them warm enough that they doubtless know what corner of their btg ami Cutholle waste banket contains my re view. When It does come I will for ward It to Tiik Amkuican, so you'may bo congratulated as tho first editor who probably ever run If.l worth of my writing In ono Issue. Look for It when ardent "reformers" reform. Another reformer, who taught me to bash and rehash the classics in college some twenty yoais ago, but now publishing a reform paper In Dayton, l,, "Is in tho soup" for special notice ef which he has been repeatedly warned. We need no reformers who aro not full fledged AtiMThutt. Attirln slmuld follow Ittt fslmi UcliU, Ami'ie(i gUti full proof nf their on n formation, or Chut nsyto tin" who r willing to turn m the light from all sldnnt. "In derndeiH'" applltsl to imsler a Journal loin, Is an Insult to WVlwter, but may harnionUo . Ith the "HUndard Hie tionary" of Mews Funk h Wsgnalls all rlht. Yours for ti ne reform, (Hltv.F. P. Pb A a k, SHOT II V A l'KH.ST. A Vounir dill In ( Inrlnnall klllwlbja rierlral I.ovcr VYIiom Mm Had hliuhlM'd. Cincinnati, o., April .28.-Mary Martin, a pretty clerk employed by tht Pulvermaeher tlalvanln Belt company, was shot and Instantly killed this morn ing, while on her way to work.uTha man who coin ml tied the murder and was arrested gave his name as (leorge Reed, aged !M), but letters in his packet identify him as a Catholic priest named Fathor C Domlnlck O'Crady. Insane jealousy of tho girl and her desire to got rid of his unwelcome attentions caused tho rtragedy. At tho station house O'Orady attempted suloldo by taking? plson, but tho prompt use of a stomach pump saved his life, Hiinset Club and Serrrt Hm leilcs. Chicago Sunsot club held a meeting, tho evening of the 12th, and discussed secret societies. Mr. Jilanehard op posed them all and more eseelally the Masons. Con. A. C. Iluwloy defended them, while Washington Herring and Joo Mann scored the patriotic orders. Among other things (icneral Ilawley admitted he was ono of tho foundors of the A. P. A. and asserted that the organization was an absolutely jrolitlcal body, and that he bad no apologies to make for Its principles, They were American. It was conceived In a case of necessity. It had no fight with any man's religion so long as ho used it as a means of grace, but when that re llglon was carried to a political market It would be opposed. Tho members of the order were not bound to any politi cal party; Its members carried their principle to the polls. "It has been somewhat In politics the last few days," he sw "X'ulm v...-- ,.u. 4.i ves.r ana it win ll.-r iiiii q vi jv ., g .. electthe next President of the Unl 1M Mm i ttjH. X States or there will be no ono oleotoJi We do not know to which party he will belong, neither do we caro. In tho last Judicial election the American Protec tee association elected tho only demo cratic candidate for tho bench bocauso ono of tho republican candidates did not represent Americanism. It was making the battle of liberty. We see the bulwark of American lllwrty at tucked by a foreign institution that comes from the Tiber and wages a war fare upon tho very foundation of our free grvernment. Wo say stop it. I have been In places where an American could not talk to his peers because tho momls't's of a certain church protested agilnst his speftklng." Ho declared tho Catholic church was opposed W the public school system, and repeated Victor Hugo's arraign ment of the church, Replying to Prof, illanchard, ho said that the Masonic fraternity had bestowed more charity than all tho churches combined. The American Protective association, he said, wns only oposcd by those who would Is) aff eted bv Its results. The latest prize fight, of note, was between an Irishman whose name Is Phelan, of St, Louis, and an Itallun by , the rmmo of Hatolli, who bus a temper J ary residence in Washington, I), C. The Italian knocked the Irishman out In three rounds. Phelan explains his eay defeat on tho ground that he thought all along that he was fighting a man lately from Wheeling, W, Va, by tho name of Kaln; It was not unt1 thu word was given for tho third round, that tho Irishman discovered his mis take. It Is thought that this troune leg reeelyed by tho belligerent son of F-rln, will settle him, Ho has sH.n strutting around with a chip on his shoulder, apparently spoiling for a fight, for quite a while; he has fought several amateurs lately; some of whom ho punlibcd finite severely ; among the latter Is a logy fellow In Lincoln, Ne braska, called Honacum, Another fel low called Pttllen had become so fear ful of the IrUh pugilist, that It is said that he prefvrs to walk on the other side of the block, when there is reason to believe the other man will pas along v a crtaln street. Trrtf Anuriran. ' At an entertainment given by h Pro testant Episcopal church In Columbus, O., to rsio much-needed funds, a lady of the Roman Catholic church had given promise to sing. But before the evening came, her bishop sent word to hor that she could sing for tho benefit of a Protestant church only on or!l of excommunication. Tho lady was forcod to be silent.
