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THE A rl ER IC AN. THE AMERICAN John c. Thompson. ioto W. KH.IKV. Kuiioiw VoT rt Hll-Hll WKrhlY HV THK AMERICAN rUBUSfilKG COMPANY, MTHFi lGtS Howard Mmt, Omaha, Ntltrak. tbOTtptUin. IVr Vnr sn klonllit - Tltrw Moulh (J no .to taiait m RJtTI ( LI B KATK.j" I CWtw on !'. P,r t "Vt 10 l " MS ft) ' ' " I Th NT ran- U rlut good oniy hm full ntimbrr. J 0b tor miii. o- K.iiUl Vjr draft. priiiir pMit.ffl.- minify enlrr. iyl'lo to Atiu i lih if.0 (.xiaky . TI1K AMKKICAN UK KICKS. IrtlS llowrt firwt. Uuiah. Nb. I;. huh fft. K'7 Mlu ftrtt. hnl 1 1 jr. Mo. Iwnitii 11, i:t Kt Ka-jU.ilpU Cuwt, Clil Cfttio. III. tVTni Amhioa i rut CHANrm or all I'AKTUTU: UHlBBI TBI UKUAN or NOMt DECEMBER 21, ISO. THE LAST ISSUE. The Amkkican will not bo issued again in Omaha, unlet something unforsocn hapjons, before the merry muslo of the Christmas belli peal forth their gladsome song. For that reason wo desire to extend to each and every reader of this great 'exponent of true Americanism, at this time, the wish that this Christmas may eclipse all that have preceded it for happiness, good-will and plenty. We hope the eyes of the dear little children who are being taught to love and reverence the red, white and Dluo, the emblem of the greatest nation the gun of God ever shown upon, may bo made to pai kle with joy upon behold ing the things their parents have been able and fortunate enough to secure for their comfort and enjoyment We hope the maidens and the young men who are just attaining woman's sphere and man's estato may know now pleasures from doing some kindly office for their elders, or from bestowing charity upon some poor, destitute mor tal who might otherwise pass in desola tion a day so universally given up to joy and good deeds. We wish the fathers and mothers and those dear old folks the grand fathers and grandmothers renewed hapulness In the possession of good and dutiful children. May the years grow brlgh'er, the world better, humanity more humane; may loyalty to the flag, our country and Its public institutions to the rule of all tnoso who have sought this country as an asylum, while a divided alleg iance to both God and this country, let us hope, will hereafter be the excep tion THE Jr. O. U. A. M. organized Coun cil No. 10 in Patterson hall Thursday night. Romanism in Kansas City is on the wane. Whole families are deserting the corrupt and debasing institution. Deus will have amp e time during the emi ol hia sentence in jail, to coin new words for the abuse of the A. P. A. The name of he treasurer of the new Protestant Protec lve Union, of Chi cago, is II. Pottinger, not Chas. Bol ander. RErouTS from all over the state are encouraging, and show the A. P. A. to be growing faster than before the re cent election. 'St. Paul's Polish church has begun an action against St. Paul's church, John Kawelewski, et al., asking that it Bishop Scannell he given possession of the church property. I We suggest to tho mouey tinkerers J in congress that they read John O. YeUer's "Labor as Money." They will .find a rcid out of the woods. The fact that women who go to mass often faint, is set up by the Romans of New York as an excuse for the un noticed death of an aged man while at mass. It must be a peculiar religion that requires physical suffering to such .a degree that consciousness flees. THERE Is one thing that can be said truthfully about the A. P. A. of Chic ago: It is composed of conscientious men, who love their country and its free institutions with the same intensity that thev hate Roman encroachment and priestly dictation in politics. INTEREST in the Ducey-Corrigan con troversy long since subsided, but we find in the Chicago Times, December 14, 1894, page 11, a statement that should bn remembered. It is this: "He (Ducey) is 51 years of age, of Irish ex traction, and educated by the Jesuits." The management of The American Is spending annually about 13,000.00 for upbuilding the principles of Americans who have gone to sleep. Do you not think It a lltt of jmir duty to ait io this work? Have you auWrllied or paid your nubrcrlption? Think this aia'.ter over and how you atard. THtRK U an old nyiii' that a dollar saved U a dollar made. This U a true Uhiay as ever it was, and ine way to save dollar and seventy five cent is to pay a years aubiscrlptlon in advance for The Amkkican, add 2Tc to It, and get one cloth bound volume of Fifty Years in the Church of Rome. I tegular price of the book is ti.OO. Read our advertisement on paiteS. Where does the truth begin and the llo step in the following item from the Chicago JwiM of the 15th Inst? "Tie two local A. P. A. lodges which bolted the Republican ticket at the I art election and had tbelrchark rs revoked because of their lndcH-odeut action have been taken back in o the fold. Their charters have been restored and their memher have been warned to support the Republican ticket blindly in tho future If they desire to roUeln their fellowship in the prescriptive or ganization. " The Chicago Tunta brands Rev, George B. Wallace, who has been de livering lectures on the Pacific coast, as "a wanton and Inexcusable liar, a slanderer and liboler, a man destitute of that sense of honor and decency which would prohibit the utterance of vile untruths in the pulpit above all places." After reading which we are of the opinion that Rev. Wallace was not engaged in the pleasant pastime of denouncing the A. P. A. Wonder if he said something against tho Roman Catholic church. THE selection of a state president next mouth is the most important feature of tho state council meeting. If the choice falls upon a man capable of discharging the duties of the office, and one who has ceased being a parti san, the order in Illinois will bo given an impetus such as no order ever re ceived before. At present there are two names mentioned, those of the present incumbent, C. P. Johnson, and that of J. S. Knight. All we have to say at this time is, "be careful o! your ballot." A LOCAL paper says: "State Presi dent Johnson and Secretary Newton have been in Chicago soweral days stopping at the Saratoga hotel, holding dally conferences with Republican lead ers aud local members oi the order." Before the election Johnson used to stop at the Great Northern the most expensive hotel in Chicago. Why this sudden drop? Why consult wlih Re publican leaders? Is tho A. P. A. of Cook county and Illinois to bo run in the interest of the Republican party hereafter? Why not be A. P. A. for a while? A MOUNIN'G Democratic contempor ary says: A little Lcxow committee, under the chairmanship of Aid. Kerr, is to be convened in Chicago. It will not be quite the thing unless there is a Father Ducey present, vvno the deuce will oe the Cook county Ducey?" Does the M. D. C. desire it to be un derstood that Archbishop Fehan favors Hopkins and "de gang?" But it would not be surprising if he did, because Chi cago now has a typical Irish Roman Catholic government, and the Irish Ro manist, of any hue, is the apple of Fe hun's eyo. The Chicago Zintea says Chairman Smyth of the Republican central com mittee lives on the West Side, has large interests there, and that it would be natural to suppose he would favor Geo. B. Swift for mayor as asralast Madden, but, on tho contrary, he is supporting Madden. This may be strange to the Times, but it is the most natural thing In the world. Both Mad den and Smyth are Roman Catholics. As a rule, the best Romanist in the land would vote for the most vicious and corrupt Romanist for any office if his opponent was a Protestant. It is always church first, country and party afterward. "If there is a place on the face of the earth that deserves to be wiped out of existence that place is Chicago," said John Burns, while addressing a large audience in Dsnver, Col., Dec, 13. "I have no toleration for such corruption as I saw there on all sides. Men, wo men and children seemed imbued with the filth of politics, and there is no at tempt to purify the moral atmosphere. Corruption is on every side, and no one seems to take notice of the most flagrant abuse of ordlna-y decency. Then the social strata is undermined with all that is bad. As I walked through the Italian quarter the sights brought tears to my eyes. Such misery and wretched ness is unparalled in the darkest part of London. Then the city has more prostitutes than the modern Babylon from which I come and which is said to be the worst city of the world. I re peat that Chicago is a pocket edition of hell and if it is not then hell is a pocket edition of Chicago. Look at the city hall in Chicago," he added, "filled with brothel-keepers, saloon-keepers, and prize-fighters. They are ready to bar ter the rights of citizens for a song and yet you depend on them to give you honest administration. Such is the contradictions of American politics. You elect people to do as you say with out inquiring into their records, and are surprised at their failure to execute reforms." TO PATRIOTS. Rome has long bevn recognized a the K?rsUtent and reUct'e foe of everything Prottatant. Today he I opposed to religious freedom, to a free pres and to free tchooli. In tho pa-t she Las placed every available obstacle io the way of civilization. She has re torted to all manner of crime to accom plish her iiurjMiee to ko p the mi-sea in Ignorance. She murdered men, wo men and children; imprUoned and drove into exile their rulers, burned their crops and their homes, maimed their ttock, poisoned their wells and boycotted them in their pursuits as merchants and lalwrers. The people groaned beneath their burdens, yet they grew strong and, under the influence of Luther, of Huss, of WvolliTe, of Gus tavus Adolphus and of Giordano Bruno, many of them loosened the chains of Ignorance and superstition in which the world bad been bound for centuries, and stood before God as free men. Then the new world was looked to as a haven. It was dedicated to freedom, but today that same plague tot that bothered Bohemia, thataftllcted Germany, that covered Sweden with mourning and Italy and the world with the fires of the inquisition, ihe rack and the thumb screw has made, its appearance here and is blighting our fair republic. We see mobs chasing Protestant ministers through the streets of the leading cities of the country; we learn of ballot boxes being stuffed; of women being walled up In convents; of girls being kidnapped and incarcerated in tho infamous priest houses. And even while Rome is doing this she is inducing the daily pi ess to fight for her by denouncing the grand and noble order the A. P. A. n tho most bitter terms. She haa re ed on you for support. Aye, she counts you as one of her ablest assist ants in her warfare against American ism. This you will indignantly deny. But let us look at the matter and see if she has any grounds for classing you as her friend. She counts the patriotic ape s as her most deadly enemies. Their death she momentarily expects and constantly hopes for. If enough men, who profese to be loyal Ameri cans, will subscribo for a patriotic paper, take it for one or two years and then allow it to be discontinued without pay- ng their bill, the paper is bound to suspend, and obligated members of the P. A. become its worst enemies. Such a state of affairs no loyal member, no truly patrlotlo citizen desires to ex ist; therefore, when you are told that unless you pay what vou owe to your patriotic paper it will not be able to continue to exist, you will, unless you wish to assist Rome in her efforts to control this country, respond at once. Tho exlstonce of the A. P. A. depends largely upon the papers that have boldly declared in favor of its princi ples. Those papers must have jour aid. Will you aid Americanism or Romanism? Now is the time to show your true colors. ' A Correspondent at Waukegan, 111., writes us as follows: "We do not know how your paper would take the matter, but up our way we are for James S. Knight for state president of the A. P. A., not that we love Johnson less, but we love Knight more, and we think the office should come north for a term. We hope you will help us out in the convention. Hurrah lor Knight." In answer to this we will say it is not within the province of this paper to in terfere in the selection of a state presi dent. The Republican party is strong enough to re-elect Mr. Johnson, and it owes him something and will probably repay the debt, for that reason, if for no other, we shall let the politicians and the lojal A. P. A. members fight It out. "Your Soul is Condemned." Br Rev. James W. Oivan Rome has ever been a relentless foe to education, freedom of thought, and action. Intolerant of the rights of others, she fiercely resents all efforts of the people to read and think for them selves. The Bible, at once the peoples' book and lamp of life, she forbids as a useless luxury. The only duty of Rome's subjects is to obey. Rome thinks and acts for them. Hence her prodects are machine-made. Out of a number of instances we produce a 6ingle case to prove that Rome is doubly guilty. And the conduct of one of her tools, Priest Walsh, of the "Sacred Heart" church at Seventeenth and Broadway, Louisville, to express it mildly, is a piece of brazen-faced im pudence. Mrs. vvniman, woo prior to her death, resided afc Eighteenth and Magazine, had been for over five years a member of the Lutheran church in this city, faithful in the discharge of duty. Dr. H. K. Fenner is the pastor She was formerly a member of the "Sacred Heart" church, Df which the said Priest Walsh is in charge. It was at this fame church some yeare past that she was deliberately ejected by the late Priest Dlaney. It may be of Interest to know how it was that Mrs. Willman was redeemed from Roman ism. The policy of Rome is to keep the people In Ignorance and blind obedi ence a plan wholly foreign to the gen ius of Americanism and the sublime spirit of the Bible. Yet in spite of priestcraft and greed, Mrs. Willman was a highly intelligent woman and of firm character. Through the efforts of her friend, Mrs. Bu.-graff, of Twenty third and Congress, whom she had knon for twenty-two years, Mrs Will man waa led to investigate the facts. She could read for herse lf. She got a Bible and carefully ttudUd it, and said Dr. II. K. Fenner, "That soon settkd the cav; when once the ioople begin to read and think fur themselves, then Rome's power begins to wane." Several weeks ago Mrs. Willman be came m riously ill, and her condition rapidly grew worse. She sent for her partor, Dr. Fenner, and said, "I always feel so good when Pastor Fenner is with me." AU effort was in vain, and she died unconscious. Her la--t request was to be buried from the Lutheran church. After her spirit had fled. Dr. Fenner said, "Well, friends, all is over; all that I can do is to offer prayer." Priest Walsh, of tho "Sacred Heart," came to the family home when Mrs. Willman was unconscious and dying, lie placed a "holy" candlo in the sick woman's hands and forcibly closed her fingers around the lighted taper. He then drove everyone from the room for the purpose of confession, administer ing the rites of the Roman Catholic church to one who was unconscious of all that was said and done. He then came from the sick room and stated that Mrs. Willman had embraced the Catholic faith. He called Mr. Will man, Sr., into another room, but the son, E. J. Willman, who knew his er rand, followed them. The priest asked II Mrs. Willman was to be buried from tht Catholic church, and tho father re plied, "Whatever my son says will be done." The priest then turned to E. J. Willman and exclaimed roughly: "Who are you? What are you? What have you to do with it?" He replied: "I am no Catholic. I was once, till I attended the free public schools. I am not a Catholic now, nor will I ever be one again. That Js my mother. Her last roquest when conscious was to be buried from tho church of Dr. Fennor. That is what will be done." The priest, after Invoking the fires of purgatory, departed, saying as he left the room, "Your soul is condemned" (to the father). The son was roundly abused by the angry priest. ' Dr. Fenner, the beloved pastor, was present, and received most ungentle manly treatment from Priest Walsh. When asked for the priest's statements, the pastor said he did not desire the statements to go into the public prints, so they were withheld, as his position was one of great delicacy. Said Dr. Fenner: "I never heard of a Lutheran minister causing a disturbance over a dead body, and I shall not be the first one. This is not the first lime I have had trouble with Rome. What was my text? Well, you will find It In John II: 25-20. My funeral sermon was simply offhand, and not written. All that I said that pertained to this special case, in brief was: You must have faith in Christ; you must confess immediately to God and not to priests; you do not need to depend on anybody else for par don or salvation; Jesus Christ only can forgive and save you. You are now laboring under two sorrows: 1. The loss of your kindred. 2. The belief that because Mrs. Willman was a ro testant she is forever lost (some of the relatives were Catholics). I am here to assure you that she is not lost, that whosoever has faith in Chritt has bright hope of immortality. The Bible sustains me in this. Mrs. Wiliman had courage and investigated this matter for herself, and when you read and think for yourself you will come to the same conclusion that our sister did forever abandon Romanism." Dr. Fenner's conduct during the whole affair has been that of a highly, conscientious, upright, christian gen tleman and in strong contrast to the brazen impudence of itome. LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Hand-Mel)on n Overcoat. Some months ago, there appeared In these columns some remarks concern ing the controversy over the "holy coats" of Treves, Prussia and Argen- teuil, France. It seems that Felix Korum, bishop of Traves, published a pamphlet in which he warned the faith ful that the Argenteuil coat was a fraud; that it was not an Inner gar ment, or tunic, worn next to the skin, and possessing much strength, as does the Treves miraculous coat, but that it was a mere outer garment, a sort of hand-me-down overcoat, as it were. This view was concurred in by a French priest, one Abbe Vonel, who also issued a pamphlet on the subject. As tb.is is the time and the year for the Argenteuil coat to begin its miraculous work, ser ious loss was threatened to the town, to the holy coat and the mother church Therefore, Mgr. Richard, archbishop of Paris, was appealed to. He at once squelched the Abbe Vonel and sup pressed the pamphlet. Since then we have heard Doming about Argenteuil. The miracle-foundry there is evidently in full blast, but a miracle-pond at Lourdes is a dangerous cemDetitor. We hear much more of the latter than we do of the holy coat. It is evident that the interest of the faithful in that garment was lagging and required stimulation. Hence strong measures were necessary. They have resulted in the submission of the Argen teuil coat to two chemists, that they might analyze the blood stains thereon, According to legion, the holy coat was tinged with the blood o! Christ. So the two men of science went at it, and after experimenting with the spectroscope and a powerful microscope magnifying 500 diameter and employ ing tincture of gulacum essence of tur pentine, etc , to develop the true nature of the mysterious tpo4 and splashes, the two chemists sum up their report and say: 'Th sa indications are suffi cient to enable us to affirm that the spots examined are actually due to blood and to human blood. Judging by the whole of our analysis, we pre sume tbit this b'ood is very old. Drawn up in our laboratory, No. 7 Rue des SinU Peres." This report of the chemists is made the basis of an hysterical article in the Paris Figaro by one K nll Gautier. E. Gautler says: "Is it not miraculous that with nothing but watch-glasses, a magnifying glass, tome mysterious rtquids and some grains of apparently harmless powder, we can thus accur ately determine the presence of blood more than eighteen hundred years old?" There would be nothing miraculous about this chemical analysis even if the blood were eighteen hundred years old. There are remains of human bodies, much more palpable than blood -spots, over six thousand years old. Has M. Gautier never heard of the mausoleums of ancient Eypt? Bat the most melan choly part of the foregoing is that it is apparently designed to carry convic tion to the minds of the besotted faith ful. It is supposed to strengthen their belief in the "holy coat." Because these chemists have found that there were blood-stains upon this sacred gar ment, and that the stains were due to human blood, all good Roman Catholics must believe what? That this gar ment was the tunic worm of Jesus Christ when he was crucified; that It fell to a Roman legionary when the soldiers divided the garments; that it was purchased from him by Pontius Pilate; that he wore it for luck at his trial; that St. Veronica, seeing through his scheme, pointed it out to Caius Caligula, who had hinc tried over again, found guilty and banished to Germany, where he committed suicide; that the "holy coat," after many vicissitudes in Galatia, In Jaffa, in Jerusalem and in Constantinople, where it remained until the ninth century, was presented by the Empress Irene to Charlemagne, who gave it to the Abbey of Argenteuil; that it was stolen from the abbey dur ing the Norman raids, bat miraculously found in the twelfth century; that dur ing the French revolution It disap peared, but was again miraculously found, and is now doing business at the same old stand. Can it be possible that in the nine teenth century intelligent Roman Catholics can believe such melancholy balder-dash as this? And can any such clap-traD expedients as this chemical analysis carry conviction to their minds? A church which sanctions such cheap quackery and thaumaturgical therap eutics as are practiced at Argenteuil and Lourdes is most emphatically not of the nineteenth century, but of the ninth. Argonaut. The South Loyal. Rev. M. C. Peters, of the Blooming- dale church, New York, has been south and gives the following pleasing ac count, which the southern papers copy approvingly. The passages were a pre lude to his sermon. Mr. Peters says: 'Having recently soent a few weeks In the south, I feel it to be my duty publicly to admit that I had, until I enlarged my Information by personal observation, an entirely erroneous idea of the south, and I take this means publicly to apoligize for those uncharit able thoughts. My lectures were on American lines, and my pleas for in- tenser Americanism and more enthus iastic loyalty to American ideas, as laid down by the founders of our repub lic, met everywhere with the heartiest response. "If the tocsin of war should be sounded, a foreign foo invade our shores, or an insurrectionary body arise in our midst, a million men, heavily armed, would come from the south and rally around the flag of the Union. "Why, the south is the only truly American part of our nation today! Rebel? Tnat word must hence'orth not be spoken. 1 believe the south to day grasps tho hand of the north in a fellowship which has in it no misgiving or deceit. "The public men of the south a -e not, as with us, professional loreigners who have made a public office a public steal. The southern men in public office are patriotic and conscientiously American, and personally the embodi ment of integrity. "The solid south is broken, and will break more aud more if it is let alone. But let the next congress agitate a force bill, and self-defense will solidify the south again. "A suffrage limited to an educational qualification is the only solution of the negro problem. But illiteracy is not confined to the south Our northarn cities are thronged with foreigners as imbecile in their ignorance and de graded in their morals as were the rabble hordes that wrecked the repub lics of antiquity. Universal suffrage is the menace to free institutions." The Naturalization Question. Judge Dallas, of the United States court, lately rendered. a noteworthy opinion concerning the law of natural Izallon. He hold it to be the duty of judges to hear evidence concerning the fitness of candidates for naturalization, and, by inference, at least, he holds It to be the dutj- of the ttate's attorney or some other law officer to act as council for the Nation and to see that evidence as to unfitness U presented properly. Judge Dallas' opinion is on parallel lines with that of Judge Yerkes, of Pennsylvania, who recently put his opinion into force by giving notice that he had set apart days for hearing ap plications for naturalization, and that he would require all applications to be filed in advance, in the manner of civil suits, so as to give to the managers of political parties, or to citizens inter ested In the public weal, time and chance to bring evidence against the unfit. It is in the power of every judge hav ing juried iction in naturalization cases to do as Judge Yerkes has done, or to act upon the opinion of Judge Dallas. But the question rises as to whether it is not time for a congressional enact ment defining the practice ol courts in regard to this important matter. It has been recommended wisely that the Republican organization of Cook county, 111., shall have a permanent committee on naturalization constantly in session and continually seeking after fit candidates and presenting them for admission to citizenship. This plan will work well in two ways it will secure a more numerous naturaliza tion of the fit, and it will give the party in opposition ample time and full chance to object to the naturalization of the unfit, if any such be presented. The hurry-scurry process by which thousands of aliens are naturalized in a few days prior to each election cer tainly is vicious. The act oi natural ization should be a solemnity. Under present conditions it often partakes of the character of a farce. Exchange. Died While In Church. New York, Dec. 16. Daniel Ryan died in his pew at St. Patrick's Cathed ral at 7 o'clock this morning during the archbishop's mass. He had been an attendant for over a half century. Priests and church goers knew him well. When the cathedral was in Mulberry street Ryan worshipped there at least once each day, and with the congregation he moved into the great white marble pile on Fifth avenue. Ryan had passed by ten years the al lotted span of life and was in his eightieth year. When he entered the church he was, apparently, well and strong. He took his seat in the south transept, well toward the front of the church. The service had just begun when two women, who were sitting im mediately behind, saw his head drop. They thought he had fainted. It is not a very unusual thing for a woman to faint at early mass. Wor shipers often attend church before tak ing the morning meal, and Mr. Ryan's illness, therefore, created no excite ment. An usher was called, and he called three other ushers. The com munion service was hardly interrupted when the four carried the limp body of the aged worshipper into the sacristy. The ushers sent across the street for Dr. White. The physician came quickly but there was no need for his services. Mr. Ryan had died in his pew. Not one of the 3,000 communicants present knew the fact. The coroner's office was notified, and by 8:30 o'clock the body had been taken to his former home in East Fifty-first street. Dr. White said a stroke of apoplexy had been the immediate cause of death. Outside of the cathedral congregation Ryan was well known. Roman Tolerance. A gentleman in Newark, O., was a book-keeper in a wholesale grocery store. He is a member of the Patriotic Sons ol America, and some thought he was an A. P. A. The Catholic grocers threatened to boycott the wholesale house if they did not discharge him. The employers refused,and they carried out the threat Then the employer re quested him to resign. The gentleman did so, and obtained a situation with the . Gas Company, at a much better salary, for which he sent them his thanks. The Catholics requested the manager to discharge him as they did not wish to do business with him. The manager told them they could pay their gas bills to him, or he would cut off the gas. Now the wholesale grocery man is trying to get rid of the Catholic tradt Star. Howard's Little Morning Pill. Small pill, small dose, sugar coated. Prompt to act, sure to cure all stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Concentrated, painless, non-nauseating. Purely Vegetable Liver Pills, price 25 cents, for sick headache, dyspepsia, constipation, torpid fever, nervousness, billiousness, sallow complexion, kidney disorders, for purifying the blood. Krnpp Promotes Protestantism. Berlin, Dec. 9. Herr Krupp, head of the great gun-making firm, has given 5,000 marks for the construction of a Protestant church at Essen, where the Krupp works are situated. Essen is the center of a large Catholic popula tion. For Chlniquy's "Fifty Years in the Church of Rome" and One year's subscription to The' American. 1