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f THE AMERICAN A WEEKLY NEvoi "AMERICA FOR AMEiUCANS." We bold that al! men are A nericans who Biwr Allegiance to the United StaU without a mental reservation In favor of the Pope. PRICE FIVE CENT Volume V. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNK 11, 1S05. NlJMBKB 21 ji it - A 1 MAI MASONS ARE SNUBBED. A St. Paul, Minn., Judge Lauds the House of the Good Shepherd. John Ireland, the Roman Expounder of Patriotism and Christian Education, Reviewed by Zatubot. On to-morrow (Sunday) will perhaps be enacted one of the most Intensely Interesting burial services ever attended at the sweet silent city of the dead the magnificent Mount Olivet Ceme tery, Nashville. Tenn. The occasion will be the burial of Bro. John Park, late engineer on the Tennessee Rail way system, member of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, Knights of Pythias, and Knights Templars, under Masonic and Pythian honors, and under the most painful and peculiar circumstances affecting the sacred privileges and memories of intimate friends for their beloved dead. The circumstances, as reported to us, are as follows: Bro. John Park, about 32 years old, beloved by a large circle of friends for his cordial and candid nature, and member of the noble orders above, whose life was well insured, and who was ever mindful of his duties as a son and as a citizen, made known to his mother his desire and request that, whenever death should claim him, she would tee to it that he was consigned to the tomb by the tokens of fraternal bonds the rites and respect of his Ma sonic brethren. This his mother, though a member of the Roman Cath olic church, kindly assured him should be the case. His death occurred a few days ago, at Atlanta, Ga., away from his mother and Bisters, but brothers in the bonds of truth and friendship were with him, and with distinguished honors con veyed his remains from that distant city to his mother's home in Nashville, where the local lodges convened and in prop form proceeded with the funeral cortege to Mount Calvary. Assembled in the cemetery at the vault, expecting to discharge their full rites of respect, according to the usages and rituals of the orders, there was deep chagrin and humiliation when they were ordered by the priest to re move their white aprons and their re' galia, and saw the Romish hands drag the apron emb.'en from the coffin, the remains immediately deposited ir the vault and the service finished! To pre vent a shameful scene on such a sacred occasion, many aprons were removed, The assembly dispersed, under mortl fiid and deep feelings. The matter was fully discussed, and later on mem bers of the Park family communicated with members of the fraternity, and committee was formed, qualified, and proceeded to Mount Calvary Cemetery, secured the remains from the vault and transferred them to the vault in Mount Olivet Cemetery, from whenca they will, & borne to the grave on Sunday, under the full Masonic and Pythian honors, without let or hindrance, by the desire of the dead and the request of the living members of the Park family. This priestly interference in all fam lly matterj, regardless of parental rights or wishes, will find an ending among the self-respecting ad hen nts of the Roman church even; and the loyal American societies will soon and for ever forbid the arrogant, insulting priestly rule of tearing thn flag of our -fltry or the emblem of Masonry from the caskets of those we love and honor, Masons, Sir Knights, your most cher- ished sentiment? are here grossly in sulted. Freedom's Banner, Louisville. FARMER DEFEATED. That Is the Practical Effect f a Deci sion by Judge Kerr. After hearing arguments all the fore noon yesterday, Judge Kerr practically decided the case of James Farmer against the city and the House of the Good Shepherd against the plaintiff, discharging the order to show cause why no female prisoners should be com mitted to the institution in the future, and taking under advisement the ques tion of issuing a restraining order to prevent the city from paying the $71.50 now due for the support of prisoners. Attorney Butts, for the plaintiff, ar gued that the city had no power under its charter to make the House of the Good Shepherd a place of punishment for fallen women. He further con tended that if the charter did give it such power it was unconstitutional, be cause it delegated the power to punish criminals to a mere private institution; because it appropriated public fucds to the benefit of a private corporation; be cause It appropriated funds drawn from the treasury to a mere religious cor poration; became the Hoase of the Good Shepherd was, In fact, a sectarian school, and the public money could not be donated to it; because the House of the Good Shepherd bad no power unde it charter to make a contract with the city to board tbe women committed to it by the municipal court; and because the inmates of the Home of tbe Good Shepherd were compelled to take part in religious services, and that such treatment amounted to a cruel and un usual punishment, which was prohib ited by the constitution. Robertson Howard, in behalf of the city, said that the argument for plain tiff had tiken a wide range, and gone far beyond the issues in the case. He declared that tbe city had nothing to do with the religious aspects of the case, and was only called upon to argue it upon the naked legal propositions involved. He claimed that none of the constitutional objections made to the validity of the ordinance or the charter were valid, and argued that the city bad full power to make the House of the Good Shepherd a workhouse for females; that it simply executed the power given it by its charter, and sepa rated the females from the males by the passage of two ordinances on the same day for the general welfare of the public, and in the exercise of Its power to "preserve peace and order and pun' ish crime"; that whether the state or the city had power to impose a tax or make appropriations or expenditures or publio moneys, depended on the pur pose for which the money appropriated was to be used, ard cot upon the char acter of tbe corporation that was made the agent of the state for the adminis tration o' the fund or the performance of the public purpose to be subserved. He cited the ordinance naming tbe House of the Good Shepherd as a work house for females, to show that it cre ated a contractual relation between the city and tbe institution, under which no money could be paid out until the city authorities were satisfied that the institution had performed its full duty and earned such money, and that the city retained a supervision and control orer the institution, so far as prisoners committed to it were concerned. That the superior was required to make full monthly reports to the council, and that the council could at any time, by reso lution, order the discharge of any pris oner. That the ordinance in effect made the House of the Good Shepherd, for the purpose of punishing fallen women, who bad violated the ordi nances of the city, and been committed to it for such violations, a municipal agency. That the punishment of crime and preservation of peace and order in the community was a public purpose, for which money raised by taxation could te expended, and, therefore, that the fact that tbe House of tbe Good Shepherd was a private corporation did not prevent the city from designating it as its agent to carry out this public purpose, and that, having under the ordinance earned the money, thi city could not refuse to pay it. Thomas D. O'Brien and John D. O'Brien concluded the argument in be half of the House cf the Good Shep herd, contending that, under the au thorities cited by Mr. Howard, there was no question that the restraining order should be dissolved; that all the equities of the case were with the de fendants, and that the case should be decided in their favor. THE COURT S OPINION. Judge Kerr then delivered hie opln ion in these words: "I do not propose to decide this case uron the merits now. Tbe order to show cause is discharged as to all fu ture actions or commitments from the city to the House of the G od Shep herd. The only difficulty that I havv in the matter is to know just exactly what order I should make as to the $71.50 now in the city treasury. "Under the rules governing actions of this sort, it seems to me that the $71.50 should be held in the treasury until the final decision of this action. These rules require that when the re fusal of a preliminary Injunction would involve the entire defeat of the plaint iff's claim, the matter should be left In statu quo until the controversy can be decided upon the merits. In this par tlcular case it can do no harm to the defendant to permit the matter to re main in statu quo, so far as the $71.50 is concerned, until the determination of the case. My only objection to adopt ing this course is that it might bj con sidered by some an intimation of my views In the case. I desire, most em phatically, to disclaim any such thing. If I was able to decide this case upon broad humanitarian and Chris tian principles, I would find no diffi culty, for I know of my own experience that there is no nobler institution in this city than the House of the Good Shepherd. Its work has been of incal culable benefit to the city and this com- j munity, and it would be a positive ca-' lamity that lu usefulness should be in any way impaired, or that the unfor tunate persons who are committed to it care by the municipal court should be forced into the county jail or city workhouse. The order is discharged except as to the 171.50 now In the treas ury." 6'f. Paul im7v Globe. John Ireland. Minneapolis, Minn., June 11. So much has been said in regard to the patriotism of one John Ireland, a Ro man Catholic archbishop, that your correspondent set about to investigate as best he could, with a view to sub stantiating the statements. A query to the Army and Aary Journal brought out the fact that he was a chaplain dur ing the civil war (when he was such a brave man) at a salary of "$100 per month and two rations per day when on duty ($18) and forage for one horse, Act approved July 17, 1802." One hundred dollars per month for four years, or forty-eight months, would amount to $4,800, and board and horse feed. If the then Father Ire land's purgatorial knowledge was as perfect as that of the average priest of to-day. and. if the transubstantiator was in good working order, be could have made as much more. Not having interviewed the gentleman, your cor respondent cannot say that be made use of these to branches of Catholi cism while "in the war." The writer is not on speaking terms with John, was never confirmed nor baptized by the prelate, never kissed his toe. The howl that that man was so brave Is ex ploded when It is remembered that an army chaplain did not shoulder a mus ket, nor did be face fire. These men were always at the rear at a safe dis tance. This being a fact, what did Mr. Ireland do but pray his flock's souls out of purgatory? How, then, did he serve his country? Where was his patriot ism displayed? How was he a patriot? Is there any patriotism In drawing a salary of $4,800 for clerical services rendered? There are thousands of hypocrites who would perform these trying (?) duties for even $50 per month Has John Ireland ever done a good thing or performed, a noble, self-sacrl ficin? service for the United States? What was it, and when? Is not he mere politician? And did a mere poli tician e ver benefit any land? Can any Roman Catholic prove that Ireland ever saved from hell ONE soul? Can John himself? They talk about the south with so much leeling. There is no south nor north. This is all one country. We have but one flag. Those who fought in that war against each other would be the first to-morrow to go hand In hand and flight side by side for this country. And all the howling of Rome can never separate us. Here is proof: When Rome's Mafia were lynched in New Orleans, not one state north of Mason and Dixon's line could be found but what would have defended the brave citizens of that city I Perhaps John would have again, 'or $100 month, offered his services as a pa' triot. When was he on Decoration Day? Will some faithful Romanist answer some of the questions above asked? I have no doubt The Amer ican will give space to any papist who can prove that the prelate in question ever rendered his country VALUABLE service. Your correspondent must admit that he cannot prove and therefore cannot laud Mr. Ireland as a patriot. Mr. Editor, 1 don t believe he ever was a patriot. The drawing of $100 a month and $18 extra, with forage for a horse, does not prove much to this heretic. Zambot. The Star Spangled Banner. At an entertainment given in Cen tral Music Hall some years ago Thomas W. Keene, tie actor, said, when he came upon the stage: "I'll recite some' thing that you all think you know, yet I'll bet there is no one else present who can sreak a verse correctly." Then ke began the recitation of "The Star Span gled Banner," and it is probable Mr. Keene was very near right as to the in ability of any one of the large audience being able to say the words of the song that is national in its character. How many know who wrote the verses? How many know anything about Francis Scott Key? He was District Attorney of the Dis trict o' Columbia when, in 1814. the British expedition landed on the coast of Maryland with a view to laying hold upon our government. While he was negotiating the release of a prisoner, and from the vantage point of a ves sel's deck witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry, which was continued through the night. "By the dawn's early light" he joyously beheld the Stars and Stripes still waving, and, in spired by the spectacle, he at once wrote upon the back of an envelope the first lines of the song that has thrilled many a soul with martial pride and pa- triot devotion, and did much to ere ate the spirit that dipped the starry banner anew in baptismal blood for national perpetuity. It is right that we thoulj show as much love and reverence of the writer of an inspiring battle song as of the leader who, under tbe inspiration of that song, conducts his intrepid soldiers to bard-won victory. We rear monu ments to all sorts of heroes; e should be as quick to build met Is of the men who make us fit to in victories by filling us with sentiment. This is the opinion of Maryland's t , super intendent of public instruct! n, who thinks it would be an excellent plan to raise money for a monument by the subscription of school children on flag day and Independence day. Superintendent Prettymar sugges tion was cot Intended to ; influence schools outside of Maryland perhaps, but we see no reason why this should not be an honor in which all the States might participate, and it wi uid be fine thing If all the public sch ilsof the Union would make contribut jns June 14 and July 4 for the building ' a mon ument at Frederick, Md., whr sleeps the author of "The Star Spat r d Ban' nor." Chicago Inter Ocean. Roman Catholic Illiter The l'aulist Fathers of t ' city Elliott, Young and Doyle ar making herolo efforts to Introduce tional singing Into some of th ingrega- church I church ich they pie, who . retort , . rnor - " tre : -i. 3 k M S services. But the old folks in t do not like this innovation, w call a "fad," and the young p. are always in favor of chanf that the old people can neith 1 read. It Is true that a large ) of the Inhabitants of Romat countries are Illiterate. Stat the illiteracy of the Italian : j-J of that other stronghold of ) A1, Spain, but not much waskno ugal until recently. Now we ' .' .. the Portuguese are, If posslh . literate than the Italians or . r..uiards. The London correspondent of the New York Sun says in tbe Issue of that paper(which isalways friendly to Rome for April, 21, 1895: , People who remember t' i prodigious pother which Portugal made, two or three years ago, when England tried to bounce ber out of f ome territorial ad vantage in Africa, will he surprised to know that the population of Portugal, Including Madeira and tbe Azores, i only o,04!l,7S), or whom 2,019,390 are females, and that four-fifths of the pop ulation are unable to rjad or write. In Lisbon, where most of the fuss referred to was made, thee is a population of 612,000, of whom 394,3.1!) are unable to read or write. It is not surprising that, although the census was taken five years ago, the government has only just made up its mind to publish these figures, which it would te hard to he it in any country of the world claiming to be civilized. Americans who see in such illiteracy an object lesson or Romanism are pro hibiting nuns from teaching in public schools. The Texas department of edu cation has ruled that nuns may not teach in the public schools of Texas, and that everything of a sectarian na ture must be absolutely eliiuiutiled from the schools. Converted Cith'ilic. People Who Amuse Us. There is lots of amusement in this funny olJ world, but the two-legged "critters" thatreople it are the most amusing thing of all. Now, for instance, here are the people who are per'ectly willing to see the schools of the country managed by the government, but who are shocked at the idea of committing to the same au thoiioy the operation of street rail ways! They are more than satisfied to have the mails distributed by public officials, but they cry "socialism" at the suggestion of distributing tele grams in t e same way. The meting out of punishment to criminals, tbe guarding of life and prcperty, the pro tection of health, the care of the sick, are all entrusted to public institutions and with, on the whole, satisfactory re sults; but talk of entrusting the rail roads to the same sort of management. aflu you are set down at once as a feather-headed reformer whem practi cal men should not II ten to. All the graver duties of society and the man aiemcnt of the most serious emergen cies, from investigating the causes of tuberculosis in cattle to defending the nation against an armed foe, are in stinctively consigned to governmental authority, because we all know these things will be better done by that means than by any other; but when it comes to running an electric light plant or operating a trolley line on the city's streets, or running a railroad train, these amusing creatures called Amer ican citizens are aghast at the idea and shout you down with the cry, "We want no paternal system of government here:" tor tbe sake of consistency, these people ought t advocate the abolition of courts of Justice, of the police and militia, of the public school system, t hcHltb boards and sanitary commit Ions, of public hospitals, asylums, and reformatories, of the post office system, and of tbe army and navy. When they do that, they can shake bands with th anarchist, wear long hair, make lurid lHches against all laws, and throw bombs. They will then be more dan gcrous, but no more amusing than they are iiow. iScio lwk Voi. A REAL, LIVE A. P. A. HOSPITAL At Kansas City, Kanx., Run by Some of tiod's Nolile A. P. A. Women. les, Mr. Editor, it is at last a fact my eyes have seen it. Sunday night last, while taking a walk all alone, It was my lot to read upon a building sign painted in large letters: "Tbe Bethany Hospital." Seeing no cross uon it, I inquired of a lady (who proved to be a patient) all about it, and she nearly took all the breath out of me when she said It was an A. P. A. hospital! J could not believe what I heard. I thought she must be some insane patient; but looking up I saw a matronly-looking face, and getting into conversation with its possessor learned that tbe patient bad told tbe truth it was an A. P. A. hospital. I then made up my mind to visit the A P. A. hospital next morning. So when that time came I went and got M Hlle, wife of the blg-heartod editor of the Eayle, to accompany me, and, ar riving at the aforesaid institution, was introduced to the superintendent, Miss Anna M. Deutsche, who received me very kindly, and politely took us over the hospital, showing us every ward, and explained everything to us, going first Into Ward No. 1, which was neat, nice and clean. Passing to Ward No. we found three lady patients who had had been undergoing operations. I talked with them, and they spoke in highest terms of their treatment, both by the physicians and nurses. In Ward No. 3, which was furnished by Myrtle Ixdge, K. of P., was a patient suffering from rupture, who also spoke very favorably of the nurses and the management of the whole institution. In Ward No. 4 were three patients ona a little 5 year-old tot, who was more like an angel than a human be ing, who smiled and tal ksd to her about her ailments. She was harnessed in a mechanical contrivane, under treat ment for spinal curvature. This ward was furnished by the German M. E. church, and is under charge of Miss II. Bollck, a trained nurse, who seemed to know her business. Ward No. 5 has eight beds; this ward was furnished by Grand Avenue M. E. church. Miss Larman, a trained nurse is in charge, Another ward, for men only, haselght beds. A patient in this ward gave every one connected witi the Inttitu tion great praiae, and spoke in the highest terms of bis treatment. We visited other wards, for both women and men, and found everything in good order. Especially was this true of the dining room and kitchen. The nurses and staff of Bethany hos puai are as good and emcient as any in the world, if they do not wear the nun's garb. Some of the nurses are deaconesses of the M. E. church, and they wear a uniform so ceit and matron looking that it Is strikingly pleasant to the eye, acd from tl eir qu'et, lady-like manners and intelligent faces you will know at once they have had a very careful training. The s.irerlntendent is a dcieontss, and she informed me that a training school for nurses was one of the departments of the hospital, Now, Mr. Editor, I have visi ol many hospitals, in many lands London, Eog land; Hamburg, Germany; theByculla hospital, Bombay, India; the Sinta Cassa, Rio Janeiro; Valparaiso, Chill, and other countries but this little A. P. A. hospital, so far as Its nurses and medical staff are concerned, will com pare with ar,y of them. Tbe American people have been led to believe that the Roman Catholic church is the only institution fit to look after the sick. with their nuns and masses; but go and visit the Bethany and be undeceived. Ana wny cannot frotestant women look after tbe sick as well as nuns? If Protestants would only support their own people with their monev thev would soon find out what a goodly lot of noble women we have. I wish them Godspeed, and before I die should like to see a Bethany hos pital In every city In the United States, nd hope and trust that the Woman's A. P. A. and A. P. A. councils in the land will all give their aid to the man agement of tbe Kansas City Bethany hospital. Most, or nearly all, the nurses and stuff get no salary, and those who do get very little, and most of the patients (forty-five in number) do not pay anj thing. Mrs. Brunk is the solicitor. The officers are as follows: President, W. F. Rotert; vice president, II. Darlington; secretary, L. J. Farrow; corresponding secretary, C W. Lamar; treasurer, Alex. Fuhrman; superin tendent, Miss Anna Deutsche; awlstant superintendent, MIhs II. lloliek. Med ical staff: John Troutman, M. I).; A. R. Mclieod, M. I).; R. A. Roberts, M. I). Surgeons: P. D. Hughes, M. I).; S. I. Harrison, M. I). Eye and Ear: J. W. May, M. I). Yours truly, W. A. Evans. Against Light and Knowledge. We have in many Iiutanccs shown clearly enough that we have no wish to Interfere with the practice of any variety of religion, so long as its prin ciples are not absolutely Immoral. We concede the right of the members Kb In Its particular fold to believe anything they please, and to enjoy themselves in Its doctrines to their hearts' content. lf-the Jew really thinks that one of these fine days all tbe members of his race are going to have a very comfort able time in Palestine or elsewhere, under tbe guidance of some mystical personage, be Is at perfect liberty to do so. If the Mohammedan sticks to his single God and bis only prophet, tbe Protestant to his horror of tbe adulation of the Virgin Mary, and the Roman Catholic to his contempt of the Protestant, it is all right, as far as we and the genoral public are concerned. But when one of the numerous sects makes itself ridiculous and obnoxious, it is time for a free expression of opinion. The Roman Catholic church Is al ways getting itself into trouble in some form or another. Its pretentions for many conturies have been so great that it cannot, or will not, understand that it is fast decaying as an institution and instrument for good or evil. It has once more set itself in cpposU tion to our publio school system, and Mr. Pope Leo has, through the Boston archbishop, practically ordered pastors to withhold the sacraments from parents who refuse to send their children to Catholic schools. What will be tbe awful consequences of this terrible threat is not, of course, to the point, but if tbe Roman Catholic church Imaginosfora moment that it is going to scare the American people into paying for special schools, whore instruction is to be given entirely from Rjmanlst point of view, it makes a great mlsmke. It must be understood that no one has anyobj-ctfon to the Roman Catholic hurch running its own educational in- tltutloos, provided it foots its own bills. , But this is the difficulty: Many par ents who belong to the church show their go d sent-e In not wishing to take their children away from the publio schools and praying through the nose, or letting tie priest bave bis own way in moulding their young minds, and the result will be tl at tbe church will, as usual, make a virtue of necessity by back.ng down. It will, as it has always done, barft and bowl, growl and snap and Uncle Sam will let It do so, as a Newfound land dog would be amused at the feeble display of temper in a toy terrier. There is no harm in the little animal. If it could insert its teeth anywhere comfortably it would feel all the better, but that is entirely out of the question. Wo recommend the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the pre-eat state of affairs to consult with Mr. James Anthony Froude as to their next move, but at the sme time would remind them U at the American people do not propose to allow Mr. Pope Leo and a ring of cleri cal Italians to run this country accord ing to their own peculiar manner and bigoted ideas. Editorial in ruck., De cember 3, 1S79. How He Does Love This Nation! In view of the ardent professions of sincercst friendship expressed by the Pope of Rome for the United States, the following extract from that same pope's encyclical letter of Sept. 25th, 1891, is interesting: "Naturalization oaths have been de manded in order that the subjec's of the true church might be made to sub scribe to the Constitution of the United States, with its impious laws and nefa rious teachings, and to compel them tc renounce the truj authority of the Catholic pontiff." What Says Ireland! Archbishop Ireland says: "Theto are too many Irish-Americans in the liquor business. The Celtic name de mands nobler use than to mark the ownership of the grog-shop." And if Leo XIII and the hierarchy of America should institute such a crusade against the Roman saloon such as they have against secret societies and the A. P A , it would bring more honor to their church, and give them a higher stand- nsr in public sentiment. jbunalo dUristian Advocate.
