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H EE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN PUBLISHED WKKKLY BUBSCKIITION HATCH: Br aiul, per Annum, S00 invanamT Remit tirFOoi Kirrma MnnflT Order, or wEF&rSk la th" AmSchTgAN frjHUHH INti CO Pblihm, iflift Howard HWWl, . N.U. JOHN CTHOMrHON, W. C. KELLET, - - . . . . BJitur. OMAHA. NKB., MARtSI l .... TO THE PUBLIC. THE AM KMC AN la ao4 Ik org a of Ul rct.ordrr.MMicUUtm.liartr.cllqua. ,'artVxi or dlll of Ue poiwilatloa of tkla graad Republic. aaS rpudlW aad feraada aa ftae all rlalma or charaaa that It la aucb. li awa clat or elianta be aaada by aaj pra or paraoaa wbo anew. TUB AMERICAN la paper of gvarral circulation. oln to and being 1 by paopla of all rallKloua beliefs ad pulltlcal afflllatloaa; by Ua bit aad lha black, tba saliva-bora and tb aturalltad, tha Jew aad tba Oenlila, Uia Protectant and tba Rotnaa OathollO. Tblo claim caa ba aubataatlatad I any court of justice at aay time. AMBfllCAN PUMLISHINa CO.. I, O.-nNMNKM. rt. The war ship recently purchased by thla government from nrazll coat Uncle Sam $2,600.000. Tbe French minister for the colonies has iWuwxl tbe petition of the wife of former Captain Dreyfus to share his Imprisonment on Devil's Inland. The confirmation of Powderly, the Romanist, ia In aocord with the policy of the administration to-tura every de partment of the government over to the church of Rome. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMaiaaaaMaaaaaaaaaBaa It la absolutely certain that Spain will refuse to sell Cuba to, and alao that the Cubana will refuse to, be Bold to the International syndicate now aid to be formed for that purpose. j -Oh! Land of Freedom." The latest original Patriotic Song for male and mixed voice. Price 15 cenU. Special rates on large orders. Address the Author, H. Fischer, Iock Box 183, Omaha, Neb. Koatello'i awful book. "Convent Horrors and Secrets of the Confes sional," 60 cents. We sell u to awaken Protestants, but we hat to deal In men stuff. American Pub. Co., Omaha, Our able and eloquent follow cltlien, Bon. John L. Webster, Is being ener getically boomed for U. S. Senator by a Urge number of Influential papers and by men who have had yoartof political experience. He would suit everybody ta Nebraska but IV we water. We have plenty of the Marh 4th ts aue. We can fill your order. Your frfends should read the sworn testi mony against the Roman Catholic House of the Good Shepherd at St, Paul. Ten for 30 cents; fifty for $1.26; 100 for $2.00; 600 for $7.60; 1.000 for $10. Have you sent any of that num ber to your friends? You should! They should not sleep longer. The death of Mrs. John M. Thurston early this week, was a great shock to n'l the friends of the Senator. Her eloquent p'ea to the mothers of tbe north-land for aid for the suffering, starving and dying Cubans seems to have been the. con pletlon of her life work, and will be treasured by her friends as the last beatings of a noble heart. Every Nebraskau will ympa thhte with Senator Thurttju in his great bereavement. ThW nation has nothing I w good for the veterans of the late war, and 1 should not permit the most dependent to be subject to the control of a man who has once been ab judged unfit to be governor of a home, and removed. The home at Los Angeles, Cal, has an un fit man at lis head and the government officials are aware of the fact. He should be succeeded byfsome man who knows the needs and sympathises with the Inmates sufficiently to see that no favoritism creeps Into the home. An amusing incident which happen ed on Tenth street yesterday Is told by one of our friends: . Several of the Pope's Irish, who were perh&pe a little the worses for too much St Patrick's day whiskey were standing on tbe street corner commenting upon the passers-by in a more or less uncomplimentary way when they noticed a very black negro wearing a shamrock coming up the street One of the crowd exclaimed: "Look at that! Look at th" mug on 'lm! He couldn't make one of us be lieve he's from Ireland!" As the negro n eared them the speak er continued: "I'll just take a punch at 'im for luck!" The negro was too quick for his as sailant, and by a deft movement land ed him in the gutter. A second Irish man came to the rescue and he too wae landed over the curb by the negro, who then fearing attack from the remaining members of the crowd, ran off down the street, making his escape without a scratch. Our friend says that if that negro is looking for a Job perhaps he can find a summer's work ia bis company. ! IMPORTANCE OK TEACHING PA TRIOTISM. Mr. P. F. IVtlibooA a valued mem ber cf tbe Cblcairo Hoard of Educa tion, dullvwwi aa address before the normal school of Chicago, on Wednes day afternoon. February S3. 189. He said In part: "IHUrlotism, call It a paasion, an enthusiasm, a sentiment, a virtue, what you will; there may be other en thusiasm aa strong and abiding, other paaslona as Instinctive, other senti ments as elevated and elevating,' other virtues aa essential and salutory, but how can youth attain to any fine en thusiasm, unselfish purpose or worthy achievement, lf there be not In his soul, among the earnest implanting and of most generous growth, an In spiring devotion, which, In riper years, If un perverted, tie will come to know as the second person In the adorable, triune love, which aancllfles and bless es life; love of home, love of country, love of God; "blest tnree In one" the one all-encompasalng love of the Fath er of all. Home! ita four walls In close about all ultimate happiness that life ran give us. Country! the land of one's birth and adoption! It enshrines the home. God! He Is "the God over all, blessed forever,." Graven above the hearthstone of the Union League Club, la the significant greeting and monition: 1 "Welcome to loyal hearts. We Join ourselves to no party which does not carry the flag and keep step to tha music of the Un ion." Are there then anywhere hearts dis loyal? Do not all honor flag and Un ion? What relic ia this, say you, of the long years when treason fought for the flag and the only music of the Union was the roar of (he battles that saved her? Ah, but these words were chiseled long after those dreadful years, and they' have aa deep a mean ing now. For the welcome Is not to the cold, outward loyalty, which may not plot treason, but is unfaithful to citizen obligation, indifferent, unpatri otic. It is to the warm, loyal heart that loves and is true. The flag ia well and the music is well, but what though the music swell grandly out upon the same breete that ripples Into starry splendors the glory of the flag if ears are deaf to the mighty harmony and eyes glis ten not at the vision what snail It avail?. Tbe flag must be car ried. It must be borne high, and at the head of thu grand army. It must load a march and lead it aright, and the tramp, tramp, tramp of the marching hosts must be to the majes tic rhythm of that music whose puls ings only patriotic hearts may feel. This is what the motto of the Union League Club means. Not a negative, passive loyalty, but a patriotism posi tive and in action. Not a flag floating Idly and unnoticed, but a flag revered, carried, followed, and leading an on ward movement of the republic's grand army of cltlznsulp van of the onward movement of humanity In I true step to that sublime music of our Union, which, by and by, please God, shall blend with the sublimer music of the spheres In that solemn and blessed anthem of humanity, "Peace on earth, good will to men." In the spirit of Its noble motto, the Union league salutes you, O youth of loyal heart! I have endeavored thus to emphasize an intelligent enthusiasm as an essen tial quality of effective patriotism, and to emphasize the blending of the auallty and life of the teacher with the things taught as an essential quality of effectual educational effort because the ultimate thought which I wish to enforce as a lesson of the day to us is this: "The spirit of pat rlotism, an lndspensable element of the teacher's motive Its transfusion an essential element of the teacher's endeavor." 1R, JEKTL AND MR. HYDE. Congressman Boutelle Threw the Mask Off the Adminltratlon. The following is an interesting bit of information whicn throws some light uoon the supposed vigorous pol icy of the administration in the mat ter of the destruction of the battleship Maine. The staff correspondent of the Chicago Journal says: , Washington, March 16. President McKlnley has sacrificed, temporarily at least, the friendship of Congress man 'Boutelle, chairman of the house committee on naval affairs. The two have had a serious differ ence, and aa a result the gentleman from Maine has announced that he will not in the future subject himself to censure and criticism by trying to carry out the radiating wishes of the administration. It is said that Mr. Boutelle almost quarreled with the president and that he left the white house in an excited frame of mind. The origin of the difficulty is found in a request made by Secretary Long for 100 naval engineers. Mr. Boutelle told the secretary that he understood the needs of uie navy, and it waa 100 skill :d machinists that were wanted. The upshot of it was that the recom mendations of the administration will be ignored and the proposed bill will contain only sack provisions as the committee see fit to make. Dut this dor not mean that there will be any stinting. On the contrary the measure will be he mosv stupen dous ever reported. Congressman Foss. who Is a member, aaid thla afternoon that he would propose an amendment that would give tbe navy, In addition to the three battleships already In cluded, alx torpedo boat destroyers. and six torpedo boats. These will cost In the neighborhood of $13,000,000, while the battleships will rout about $9,000,000. Every other paragraph In the bill will be, Increased in the aame propor tion. There is now a desire on tbe part of every member of the committee to display a liberal spirit and there Is little doubt that Speaker Reed will be astounded when the bill Is laid before him. It will almost double the number of men In the navy. The personnel of tbe nsvy will be enlarged by the shifting of engineers from tbe revenue service to the various war vessels. These men are skilled and competent to take command of the new ships. In the regulations now a new appli cant must be a graduate of Annapolis, so that new men would be assigned to the revenue service and an obstacle would In this way be easily overcome. There is also a well-defined inten tion on the part of the committee to provide men to work every ship that is In service now or that may later be Impressed. There will be no limit placed on the number of sailors to be enlisted, because It is a fact that ex perienced mariners are hard to get In the matter of ammunition, pro jectiles and torpedoes, an amount of money will be applied that will make Spain open her eyes, and in every other respect the committee will be generous. The decision of Mr. Dou telle to go farther than thepresldenteverdreamed of going was prompted by hla reluc tance to stand the brunt of abuse that should have been directed toward the administration. It develops that Boutelle has been acting under Instructions in delaying matters. The president is of the opin ion that he can perform the impos sible. He thinks that he can peace fully adjust all differences, and that any Increase of the army and navy beyond normal requirements would be a waste of money, but he does not care to openly Indicate this. He pre fers to make various demonstrations with toe $50,000,000 in his possession without spending any more than is necessary in his Judgment But Mr. Boutelle Is not willing to play the buffer between the adminis tration and people. He is acquainted with the deficiencies of the navy, and he will proced upon tne presumption that war will come and must be pre pared for. This is one of the signs that con gress anticipates the day when it ivlll be called upon to act independently of the president. Edinburgh, Scotland, Feb. 12. Jo seph Slattery and his wife, the lectur ing exprlest and former sister of char ity, who, were mobbed at Savannah and other American cities, were charged at a police court here today with selling Indecent books, purport ing to be "an exposure of Catholi cism." The court was crbwded with Catholics and Protestants. Slattery promised to destroy the books and the case was adjourned In order to enable him to fulfliri his promise. Upon reading the above dispatch we sent a cable message to Rev. Slattery asking him for a full explanation of the Incident, but as ne had already left Edinburgh, the message had to be forwarded to New castletyne. On receipt of our inquiry Rev. Slattery wrote us as follows: Sunderland, Scotland, Feb. 28, 1898. The American: In reply to your cablegram will say that the case will not be finished until the 12th of Marc. I will then give you the whole thing as well as a full account of my travels since I left America. I send kindest regards to all liberty loving people in the great west We have conquered Rome all through here and will conquer her on March 12. Love to all friends. I remain, truly yours. JOSEPH SLATTERY. Commercialism vs. Patrietiftm. That commercial spirit which ' be lieves that speculation is the chief end of man is gaining strengtu in this country. It is laboring to poison pat riotism at the fountain. It seeks to make Americans believe that dishonor, shame, humiliation should be submit ted to cheerfully sooner taan that the stock market snouid be disturbed or the revelries of the "400" be interfered with. That base commercial spirit, acting in unison with the mugwumpery of the country, is trying .o gain admis sion to the councils of the nation and to hypnotize congress and the presi dent so that they may do its cowardly will. Is the commercial spirit to rule, the country to be disgraced, and the name of McKlnley to be bracketed with that of Buchanan? Or is the unpardonable Insult which this country has receivt- to be atoned for by tne expulsion of the Spaniards from Cuba? Patriotic Americans hope for tue latter. They believe the ad ministration feels as Uey do. Chicago Tribune. War aad Heater, Bet Peace aad glass, The Washington dispatches of the Tribune state that Friday the presi dent and his cabinet discussed three contingencies. Tbe .rst was that the Maine was blown up by accident That contingency has been disposed of. It Is known that Its destruction was the act of Spaniards. The second contingency Considered the finding that the Maine was blown up by private per sons without any action by the Span ish government, but leaving that gov ernment responsible for the arts of Its citizens. This might be followed by a demand for an indemnity with the usual ultimatum. In the third case the board might find that the explosion of the Maine was a distinct hostile act on the part of Spain. President icKlnley did not origin ate this suggestion that If "the Span ish government" Sagasta at Madrid or Blanco at Havana did order the blowing up of the Maine and tbe mur der of its crew, but Spanish officials. acting with authority,' diu It. then the United States should say to Spain: "Give us much money and we will shake hands over the blood-stained wreck." That dishonoring suggestion, rank with cowardice, came from the mug wumps and from the jackrabblts of the stock exchanges, who are thrown Into a panic by rumors of war and rush Into the market to sacrifice their holdings. The "peace at any price" men of 1896 are the ones who have managed to smuggle into tue white house this proposition .uat the honor of the government be bartered away for a few million dollars. This degrading suggestion the ac ceptance of which would put the United States In the attitude of a man who opened negotiations with the rav- Isher of hjs wife, stating, "Let us see if we cannot settle this regrettable affair on a pecuniary basis," will be rejected indignantly by President Mc Klnley. Correspondents of partisan democratic pipers who intimate that he looks favorably on this second con tingency misrepresent him shame fully. Suppose the government were to de mand a heavy money indemnity of Spain on the ground that the crime which has been perpetrated was the act of Sapnlards who were not acting under instructions lrom their govern ment then the United States would fall Into the hands of me pettifogging, procrastinating Spanish diplomats. who are masters of the art of killing time. Month aiter month would glide by and no conclusion would be reached. As fast as one point was disposed of Spain wouit raise another. It would be professing continually an earnest desire to reach a satisfactory conclu sion that would keep t..at dangling before the eyes of the American gov ernment, expecting that American in dignation woulu aoate and finally the whole matter would drop. The president knows the diplomtlc methods of the Spaniards, rie must know aiso sometn.ng of the feelings of his fellow countrymen. The voice of the Indignant people reaches his ears as well as the craven pleadings of the t'.mld Wall street speclators. The people want no disgraceful ne gotiations with Spain. Should the president plunge his administration into that morass he and nis party would be swept out of power in 1900 by a fierce outburst, ot popular Indig nation. An administration which stains the na..onal honor never will be forgiven. A century and a half ago England declared war on Spain, one of the causes being that the commander of a Spanish coastguard vessel off Ha vana had cut off one of the ears of an English sea captain whose vessel he had overhauled. Spaniards have blown up an American war snip and killed its seamen. It makes no difference whether they were authorized" or "instructed" or not The only ade quate punishment for such a crime is the merciless punishment of war. The foul crime committed in a Spanish port by Spaniards in order to in jure the United States and help Spajn must be punished by tne sword. Spain must be driven from the western world. The Americans must make as short work of her in Cuba as Jackson did In Florida This nation must strike, not threaten. It must spy, The sword will be drawn from .-e scabbard If 'lndemlty is not paid." It must not even hint that the wrong which has been done can be atoned for by money. For if it did the world would say that everything has its price in the United States, the national honor included. Fleets and armies, not diplomats and arbitrators, must settle this Spanish question. Chicago 'tribune. A Correction. Editor American: The case of Roberts, appellant, vs. Bradfieid, in volving the validity of sectarian ap propriations by congress was set for hearing in . the court of appeals to morrow but has s been continued for one week on account of the sickness and death of Dr. Bailey a brother of Mr. L. A. Bailey, who will appear with me in the case. Mr. Roys has nothing whatever to do with this case. His letter In tbe American of iast week is misleading "We" have no connection witn each other. I regret that I am not able to buy and distribute a hundred thousand copies of your paper containing an account of the Jesuit conspiracy. Ev erybody ought to read it Respectfully, JOSEPH BRADFIELD. Sobbed by Kvaiaa-lrUh. Dr. S. G. Stapp, who befriended the American's representatives, James E. Tracey and F. X. D. in the stormy six weeks they had passed here In 1894, was held up at the corner of O'Falon and North Broadway at 8:30 o'clock Thursday evening, March 10, and robbed by one Tom Egan of a diamond stick pfh valued at $125. Dante pictured with unrivaled pes tbe horrors of bell, but was Incapable of depicting the terrors of the life the citizens of this neighborhood are sub jected to at the hands of the Micks and the flower of the pope's own who happen to immigrate this way now and then. Dr. Stapp, who is 67 years old, had just left this office, 1317 North Broad way, and was about to step upon the rear platform of the street car, when Egan, 25 years of age, struck the doc tor a blow under the chin and upon his "Adam's apple' and wrenched from the former's neck his cravat con taining the costly in. The doctor fired two shoU at the Roman thief and the watchman around on O'Fallon street had just arrived at Broadway and fired also two shots at the fleeting form of the thug, proverbially known us a crossback. ihe shots went wide of their fleeing object Egan disap peared as If the earth had opened and swallowed him up. Toe next morning at 10:30 o'clock Patrolman Meany ar rested Egan (this is where Turk meets Turk) a this home, 1014 Collins street. His trial comes up March it before Judge Murphy, the man who fined Tracey, an Irish-American A. P. A., if you please, $5 for daring to sell A. P. a. papers on the streets of a free American city and In the shadows of the stars and stripes. It is said Tom Egan moves with the gang of Jall Dlrds an penitentiary larks win hang out at Tom Kenney's dive, Carr and Second streets, which our friends say is verbally known as a regular rob bers' and cutthroats' roost The police know Egan to be one of the most desperate thieves in the old "Bloody Third" district He has served both workhouse and penitentiary sentences. The doctor prizes the stone for more than its Intrinsic value. He won It from a republican friend on an elec-i tlon bet that Cleveland would be the next president after November, 1892. The doctor Is a true American, not on the surface only, but to the core. He Is a member of Council No. 32 of St. Louis. Our friend is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, and believe ne has heid an office in its supreme body. The doctor was a great help to Friend Tracey and myself in 1894. The way that he Bhowed te true colors of a man every inch of him, and be friended us, we can never forget until death closes its dark sdoor upon us. Meanwhile, the Turks, Romans and ourselves will wait in great expectancy for the trial of the People vs. Egan and then chronicle whether everything Is rotten in Denmark or not F. X. Des Rivieres'. l'riet Malone Again. The following Is an extract from an address delivered by Priest T. H. Ma lone, of Denver, Colo., at Ottawa, 111., March 16th, on the occasion of the Irish centennial celebrations of the revolution of 1798. The Priest said: "The history of Ireland, sad and heart-rending in so many of its phas es, inspires Irishmen -nd the sons of Irishmen to sympathize deeply with all people struggling to be free. Yet the horrors of war are so appalling that only the gravest reasons should Impel any government to depart from the ways of peace. Good citizens de plore the cnarges and insinuations that the chief executive of this nation is swayed in dealing with the Cuban question by the influence of tne money power. "I did not vote for McKlnley, but I gave Willi g expression on this oc casion to tbe opinion that he seeks a peaceful solution of the difficulties taht now threaten us simply and sole ly because he nas at heart the best in terests of the people that of the art isan in the chop and the laborer on tne street as well as that of tue mil lionaire. In applauding McKinley for his honorable attempts to give us peace with honor, we are neither pop ulists, democrats nor republicans, but American citizens." To this it may be added that they whatever else the Irish are they are Roman Catholics first The editor of this paper takes pleas ure In recommending to all patriots Rev. Christian's great anti-Roman book, entitled, "Americanism or Ro manism, Which?" 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Yaw friends should read the sworn testi mony against the Roman Catholie House of the Good Shepherd at -St Paul. Ten for 30 cents; fifty for $1.21; 100 for $2.00; 500 for $7.60; 1,000 tor $10. Have yon sent any of that num ber to vnnr friends? Ynn ilinnMI I They should not slwp longer,