ROME'S fitllP ON N. Y.
Tammany's Victory Assures
the Church of Unlimited
Patronage.
LsU f Monf j Invested in tbe Metra
polltaa TractWa Cempany'i
Securities.
K is understood that the Third
Avenue Company will pay the Metro
politan Company's rental for the use
of the tracks In Amsterdam avenue, i
depending upon the number of cars
that are operated, u tne aeai go..
through as outlined the tracks of the ,
. a '.. nnnwr alATl tnttf
that
-i nira Aveuuo wmu,
avenue between the points mentioned I
will be removed and the separate line
will be abandoned.
The Metropolitan and Third Avenue
Railroad companies, after two years
of sharp encounter, have reached an
agreement which amounts to an al
liance. One of the most Important features of
this agreement Is the decision to abol
ish the four track system in Amster
4am avenue and limit their cars to tbe
two middle tracks.
Another part of the agreement is
that the Metropolitan has withdrawn
from the fight for the Klngsbrldge
road. The Third Avenue Company is
now free to get consents and obtain
All the necessary rights of completing
' the road, which it originally epent
more than a mil 'on dollars on. there
by completing iu system to the north
ward and placing it in a position to
compete successfully with the elevated
roads on the upper west side.
It is understood the Metropolitan
agrees to withdraw its opposition to
the Third avenue's efforts to obtain
this franchise and to make no further
attempt to obtain that route for itself.
In consideration of this withdrawal
the Third Avenue company agreeato
let the Metropolitan company cross
the former's lines at several important
points where hitherto the Metropolitan
has been blocked. One of these places
is 116th street and Third avenue,
where the blocking of the Metropol
itan's crossing has cut its crosstown
road in two and rendered its line east
of that point utterly useless. It cut
off from transfer accommodations pas
sengers on the Second Avenue Road,
preventing them from connecting
with the Lexington, Madison, Lenox,
Eighth and Columbus avenue lines,
and diverting from them considerable
' crosstown traffic,
Another privilege which the Third
Avenue company grants the Metropol
itan is the right to lay its electric
randuit .for. the Fourth, avenue .sys
tem along Park row without molesta
tion, from the bridge to the postot
flee. When asked about the "deal"' Mr.
Vreeland declined either to affirm or
deny the truth of the report. As in
dicating which way the wind is blow
owing, another officer of the Metro
politan company said, when asked
why the company was not trying to
get ahead -of the Third Avenue road
in Its "grab" for the Kingsbridge
franchise.
"Our company would not accept a
franchise for a street railroad from the
present board of aldermen as a gift,
because we contend that this board of
aldermen hag no authority to grant
such a franchise."
Only two or three weeks ago both
companies contended that they would
secure the prize at the hands of the
present board.
More important than the agreement
mentioned is tbe report that the two
companies have come to a full under
standing in regard to the division of
all the territory on Manhattan Island,
whereby each one agrees not to invade
the domain of the other. The di
rectors of the two companies frankly
admitted that vthey had reached an un
derstanding on several important
points, but they pretended that the
so-called alliance was merely "tenta
tive." I asked Mr. Lauterbach if he knew
the resident of Klngsbrlde were seek
ing by petition for public hearings on
the operation of the Kingsbridge road
by the Third Avenue company.
"No, I did not," replied Mr. Lauter
bach. "I don't see, however, that any
thing can be accomplished in this mat
ter until the Question as to what dis
posal the board of aldermen can
make under the Greater New York
charter has been decided by Judge
Smyth. The road is needed very much
in that neighborhood, and we hope to
see it in operation befoie very long."
"It is reported that Mr. John D.
Crimmlns has written a letter to
Richard Alexander, a real estate deal
er of Kingsbridge, stating that the
Metropolitan would have no objection
to the operation of the road in ques
tion by your company."
"If the Metropolitan road has done
this, it is certainly very good of
them," replied Mr. Lauterbach. "We
don't believe that line has helped us
la the iast In our efforts to establish
thia road."
At the Third Avenue company'! of
fice the hope cu entertained that the
Kingsbridge road ouesllon would soon
be settled. A power house, perhaps
tbe largest In the city. Is neartng com
pletion, work on it having recently
been pushed.
The above Is another Incontrovert
ible evidence to uphold us in showing
up Rome's power tor political intrigue
in America.
Many having read the above In a
cursory manner have admired the tac
tics of corporations, and without giv
ing the matter any further considera
tion banished It from their ralndf.
Our attention breams riveted un
this article when it appeared In the
New York Herald edition of November
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brlne ouf v,ew of ,t
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At last we have concluded to give
the gist of the article as it appeared,
and add our comments.
John D. Crimmlns, as everybody
knows, is the right band of Arch
bishop Corrlgan, and has also been
In Tammany Hall procedures.
It Is only knaves, or spineless pol
iticians, who will dispute that Tam
many represents the power tf eccles
iastlcism in New York, as the demo
cratic party represents the same In the
nation.
The Metropolitan Traction company
enjoys the patronage of the court of
Rome, as many thousands of dollars
of papal money are invested in its
stocks.
Our readers may not be startled
at this denouement. We are not find
ing any fault with papal money being
invested in Metropolitan securities any
more than it being invested in real
estate on Broadway.
The pope has as good a right to
Invest here as the British cheese or
iron-monger.
And it is quite natural that he
Bhould invest in securities manipulat
ed by bis own control.
But both corporations stood oppos
ed to each other in unflinching mood.
This last election came on, the
great chance for a master-stroke ap
peared on the politico ecclesiastic
horizon.
The republican party had to be cor
rupted and split in order to make it
possible for Tammany to rise from the
dust.
A spirit of obstinacy, worthy of a
better cause was fomented into the
ranks of the republican party and
Citizen's Union leaders.
Ed. Lauterbach solemly declared
that rather than nominate and elect
a strictly non-n artisan mayor of New
I York, the republican party, pointing
the flnSer towards his own breast,
would help to elect an out and out
Tammany mayor.
Well we have learned that through
Lauterbach and that thing which
polled him, the split between the reg
ular republican party and the 'Citi
zen's Union" became an open breach.
We have learned that in many dis
tricts, the republican voters were di
rected to vote for Van Wyck in order
to make Seth Low's success an im
possibility. An we now learn by the above how
the price was paid. We can now un
derstand the statement made by the
whilom Impecunious Ed . Lauter
bach. The Third Avenue railroad is well
pleased with its lieutenant, who has
managed at one swoop to obtain all
that they craved in return for con
cessions that they were always ready
to make, but for which they were re
fused an equalizing recognition.
Crimmlns 1b pleased, for there will
now be peace and no intermeddling
in any of the pet grab-schemes which
the near future will develop.
Corrigan is more pleased still, for he
can afford to smile over the dagger
cuts offered by the Civic Link Co., and
other such bodies.
He quietly enjoys the position
granted to him.
The pope, and those charged with
his investments, are well satisfied, for
stocks will be booming, interest In
creasing, the power of the church in
politics will be increasing with the in
crease of the material means at hand,
Indeed the 2d of November was a
glorious day for Rome and its politico
ecclesiasticism.
Though Lauterbach, like Disraeli,
might lend his body to repose in an
orthodox coffin. Rome will have had
his use like England had that of the
great Beaconsfleld.
The lesson for us my dear readers
is obvious, we must watch and pray,
Dut remember, not forget to watch
This temporary success of Rome will
work good to us. Rome, when sue
cessful, is always slackening the reins
of circumspection.
Politico-ecclesiasticism will launch
out some of its pet schemes under the
security of power and success.
We can hear the rumbling of the
volcano, there will be revolution of
thought and opinion, that will move
men into startling methods of action.
It will be a bitter cold day for boss
es; bosses are the tools of Rome; as
long as we as Americans allow our
THE AJVIERICAN
selves to be ruled by bosslsm. we can
not find fault if men In the far dis
tance looking our patriotism over
with cool and critical eye proclaim,
that we are a people wedded to spread
eagleism. in lieu of practical patriot
ism. C. I D. In Primitive Catholic
A Fre "Ad." Frees Ike Citlwa.
We give the following free advertise
ment with pleasure hoping that Cit
izen readers will have due sympathy
with Leo In his trying circumstances.
It is really sad that In spite of the
many organs now grinding out their
music for tbe papacy in the lulled
States, "de mouks" are gathering in
so few pennies. It is possible that
"A. P. A. bigotry" may be the cause
of this:
ROME, Dec. 5. It Is proposed at the
Vatican to cause to be placed in every
Catholic church throughout the world
a statute of St. Peter, together with an
alms box and appropriate Inscription,
for the collection of Peter's pence,
which constitutes the main source of
the papal revenues. The Peter's pence
have fallen off so much of late that
the Pontiff has become seriously
alarmed. The United Stales .was
formerly among tbe largest contribu
tors, but Its offerings have sadly fallen
off in late years. It is believed here
that the suggestion above mentioned
will be contained in tbe encyclical
whtch the Holy Father is expected to
Issue on January 1 next, when he will
quietly and without pomp or fuss cel
ebrate the sixtieth anniversary of his
consecration as a priest, and of the
celebration of his first mass. Leo XIII.
was so much struck by the lack of
sympathy displayed both at borne and
abroad on the occasion of his fiftieth
anniversary, in 1893, of his consecra
tion as a bishop, as contrasted with
the enthusiasm and splendor which
characterized the Jubilee in 1888, of
his ordination as a priest, that he has
discountenanced all festivities and re
joicings in honor of the forthcomng
anniversary.
The frame of mind on the part of
the venerable pontiff will explain the
semi-official announcement just made
by the Pope's physlcan, Dr. Laponl, to
the effect that while the general health
of bis holiness ia good, yet that it is
sufficiently frail to render necessary
the utmost care and the avoidance of
all fatiguing ceremonies and festivi
ties that are not absolutely impera
tive. The feeling on the part of Leo
XIII that he is fast outliving his-cx
traordinary popularity and prestige
a feeling confirmed by the alarming
decline in the receipts of Peter's
pence is declared by people at the
Vatican who come into frequent con
tact with him to be exercising a Mad
dening influence on the closing years
of the reign of tbe most enlightened
and liberal pontiff who has ever oc
cupied the chair of St. Peter.
killed a Snake.
All doubts that may have existed
that the soil composing a mao of Ire
land exhibited at the Irish fair is not
truly Hibernian are at rest. The test
admitted to be infallible was tried last
night, vindicating Joe Lord, who
brought the sod from the Emerald
isle.
A green snake, about two, feet long,
was placed on the sod of King coun
ty, which is near the middle of the
map, and in ten minutes, while John
Keating, Frank Conroy and other
managers of the exhibition watched
the reptile breathed its last.
jonn 13 lean a, a King county man
who claims that the sod of his native
heath is the bane ef every snake get'
ting witnin smelling distance, en
gineered the experiment The
snake got one good breath of King
county and started for Galway; this
county seemed to be filled with poison
and the lowest of all creatures crawl
ed all over Ireland in an attempt to
escape, growing perceptibly weaker
each minute. At the end of ten min
utes it climbed over the King county
boundary and, with a few
parting
threats with its forked tongue,
stretched out and died. The news of
the test spread throughout the build
ing and there was great rejoicing.
"Sure," commented one Hibernian,
"a man with the tremens could stand
on the 'ould sod' for a bit and be cured,
so he could."
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Did Not Have l'speri.
Sixty Chicago policemen out of
possible 410 have been refused civil
service examinations because they
were of foreign birth and without nat
uralization papers.
When this bit of news got noised
through political and police circles to
day It stirred up a prodigious sesatlon,
and it was said by politicians of both
parties that the matter was likely to
start an Investigation Into the work
ings of former administrations that
would open the eyes of even the pol
iticians themselves. Under Mayor
Harrison's scheme for putting the
whole force under civil service rules
officers and patrolmen began coming
in with their applications. A batch
of 350 has already been accepted, but
sixty of the men who appeared were
unable to satisfy Examiner George
Herslck that they were American cit
izens. None of these sixty, although
all foreign born, could produce nat
uralization papers, and they were con
sequently refused permission to file
applications.
When tbe matter was referred to
Mayor Harrison he whistled incred
ulously. "It has always been one of tbe strict
est rules of qualification for the police
force that a man should be not only a
citizen of this country, but of the
city," said the mayor. "I cannot be
lieve that tbe force has been loaded up
with men who were not even voters,
and it is my opinion that they have
lost their papers. However, if there
are any non-voters on the force they
will have to get off."
Laid Away.
. Funeral services for the late Dr. B.
P. Reynolds were held at tbe Oriental
Preceptory in the Masonic Temple, on
Sunday, December 12, at 1 p. m., under
the auspices of the St. Bernard Com
loandry No. 35, Knights Templar,
with which the deceased was connect
ed for many years.
The beautiful ritual of the order
was given a most impressive rendering
by Dr. Leonard and other officers of
the commandry.
A large crowd of society and per
sonal friends of the late Dr. Reyonlds
thronged the hall, and floral tributes
from Chicago L 0. L., the Knights
Templar and the children of the de
ceased testified to the affection with
which the lute Dr. Reynolds was re
garded. The following orders were repre
sented at the services: Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Independent
Order of Foresters, Knights of Pyth
ias, Knights of Macabees, Knights and
Ladies of Honor, American Protective
Association, Ancient Order of Druids
and Loyal Orange Institution.
At the close of the services all pres
ent were afforded an opportunity of
. viewing for the last time the familiar
features of the deceased.
The interment took place at Grace-
land cemetery in the family lot, tbe
remains being escorted to tbe grave
by a detachment of the Knights
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MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. Dec. 19.
The Irish Standard has much to re
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safety of W. C. Brann, because he has
been mobbed by Texans.
It casts it's eagle eye over into
Canada and notes that a priest lec
tured to a Y. M. C. A. meeting at Ot
tawa, Ont., and virtually asks that so
ciety to invite a priest to lecture to
them in Minneapolis.
It is sadly disgusted with the A. P.
A., which opposes the Church of Rome
and does not seem to be able to find
words strong enough to express Its
humble opinion.
It Is sore because a few of the old
knownothings went into the democrat
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"was accorded a pardon that should
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England, but rather blames the I rich
themselves fur their condition. It
thinks that the a. O. M.'s words of
sympathy are like a croadlle's tears.
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Eaatai Watchman 8) tax. TD
The man wbo joint a Palrloila organ
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that the N. O. Picayune, which has
been ca'erlng to Home for years, has,
lately come out boldly and says that It
'Vaonot favor a union of Church and
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water for some time, ha commended
to puolUb ringing edltorlalb against
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Id answer to a question asked um, we
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Washington, Nov. 26. The Franols-
cans, one of the oldest and most power
ful of the canon ioal orders In the Catb
ollo church, acting on express orders
received from the pope, are about to
locate near tba Cat hollo University
and establish there a great conventual
foundation directly under tha papal
protection. Forty-four acres of ground
have been purchased and a magnificent
white marble monastery will be erected
upon plans now being drawn In Italy.
Workman are already preparing the
site. The colony to occupy the monas
tery will come directly fram Italy with
the special mission of working among
the Italian Immigrants. The pope Is
directly interested in this movement
and has mads a large donation to the
order. The first step In this move
ment was the recent announcement
that his holiness had ordered the amal
gamation of tha various orders of St.
Francis Into one body. Now the ac
credited agents of the pope announces
that he Intends to found a mother
house of the Franciscan order near the
Catholic University.
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Catholic" church of this city. Iljv. A.
A. Miller, the priest of the parish, has
resigned from hlcbarge,has renounced
tbe religion of the "Old Catholics" and
ban accepted the Protestant faith. Rev.
Mr. Miller states that ho resigned be-
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the Introduction of public confession
lnntead of private confet)lon and tha
abollxblng of the order of the Virgin
Mary. Other than becoming a Pro
tonUnt, he does not give any plans for
the future.
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