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THE AMERICAN PUBLISHED WKKKLY. eraacfumoN rates: Bt muL iw Annual. - - f 2 00 lnribir M Ade. R.mtt h P O.W Er" Mont-T OfX-r. or Bunk lW to tl AMYKU'AN PUBLISH 1NU CO Pibllhrm, JOIA Hiwrd Hlrowt, Onilu. Nob. JOHN C. THOMPtON, - - EJito. W. C. KELLEY, Bmrtmw Uiii OMAHA, NEB JULY Ift, An entertainment lor the benefit of Rescue Home will be given the evening of August 3rd lo Y. M. C. A. Auditor turn. It matter not ho good you have been lathis Ilfe.lf you die outside of the "true" church the Roman Catholic you will, according lo IU catechism, go to bell. We are Indebted to Fr tenda Hart, of Arkansas, England, of Mlnola, Lloyd, of Iowa, and Armstrong, of Nebraska, for 13 to help wipe out the debt of The American. Our frlenda, Alexander, Turney, Tor tor and Hamilton have our tbanki for 19.25 contributed to help wipe out the lndebtedneuof Thk Amkhican. Who will be next? Your storekeeper thould have the new revenue or tax bill where he oould put bis hand on it when needed Have each man in your town send to ua for a copy of The American containing that law. Price I oenta. The National Kepublloan League bat concluded a very tuecoseful meeting In thii city. Ita platform I simply a present day Republican platform, with out any of the dust or cobwebs of early Republicanism. It Is simply pleasant, not oourageous, because it neither con demns papal Interference in our affairs of state, nor deplores the widespread epidemic of oOlolal corruption both in side and outside of the Republican par ty. It would have recalled thousands of true, honest and sincere me n to the party In this state alone had it taken advanced ground against these twin evils, for the American people are to day fully aware of the danger that be sets them and their free Institutions. We have hesitated often to pay a deserved tribute to a stanch patriot because of the knowledge that Rome would drive him from his position or do all In her power to ruin his business if she knew he dared oppose her political schemes or expose the immoral and blighting effect of her unholy confes sional. There are some men who have worked so openly and so persistently to forward the principles which have been advocated by this paper that a word of commendation from us would in no way redound to their Injury. For that reason we shall, occasionally, hon or our other friends by Introducing to them a man or a women who has done much to kindle and keep alive the fires of patriotism in tbelr respective com munities. The first man of this char acter, living outside of Omaha, whose acquaintance we formed was Mr. Towner Smith of Fremont He was born an American and early realized that tbe dangerous character of Rom anism was unknown to a large msjority of his fellow-citizens. As opportunity ottered he pointed out to bis immedi ate friends the breakers upon which the ship of state was drifting, but it Is doubtful if he succeeded in arousing many of them to a full realization of the actual dangers which were beset ting the nation and more especially the free public school system of the coun try. A Chicago paper, the Progressive Thinker, published an account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, which plainly laid the brlme at the door of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Smith realized the im portance of getting that account into the bands of the common people. He bought thousands of copies of that is sue and distributed them broadeast, and people flocked into the A. P. A., which was then in its Infancy. Other papers sprang into existence for the purpose of opposing and exposing Rom anism, books were printed with the same end in view, all of which Mr. Smith placed where they would do the most good. As a consequence the city in which he lives is one of the Ameri can strongholds in this state, and much of the credit for that condition of af fairs is due to the efforts of Mr. Smith He Is a patriot through and through, and is juat as loyal a friend as he is a citizen. WOULD SADDLE THE DEBT ON THE UNITED STATES It Is now tud that Spain is r-ady to turn Cuba over to the United States provided this coustry will luuma and pay tbe pope's claim of msoy millions of dollars. This proposition is prepos terous. Who ever heard of a victor paying tbe debts o' hit enemy? Tbe American people will not endorse nor will they accept such a dishonorable arrangement for peace. Spain was given ample opportunity to release Cuba and arrange terms of peace wkh tbe Cuban insurgents months and years before this country, out of human love and horror, went forth to stay the Span ish hand ol death. But she did not treat with them. Instead, she herded the defenseless men, women and child ren within her picket lines and slowly starved and neglected them to death. No doubt there was method In her barbarity. She owed tha pope, the pope owned her. Under his adroit ma nipulation, and in obedience to his Jes uitical Instruction, Spain so shaped her programme that this country was com pelled to demand that the Spanish evacuate Cuba became she was violat ing tbe Monroe doctrine. As a natural consequence Spain refused to step out. Spanish honor the order of the pope, to tell the whole truth prevented her retiring from the Island, instead of wait ing and being driven forta by over whelming odds and after great loss. The pope pulled every string he could to prevent this country from putting in its declaration of war that the people of Cuba are free. But those words were put In and the Cuban debt, so far as this country was concerned, became but an entry of 1250,000,000 to loss and gain on the pope's ledger. Yet, in spite of this fact the agents of the pope are busily engaged, through the press, from the altars and through their poli ticians, in arranging a peace not one that will redound lo the credit of Spain or the glory of the United States, but a peace that will profit the pope. Any further talk of putting the pope's hand into Uncle Sam's pocket should be frowned upon. Tbe people will not tolerate a Roman Cathollo raid on the United States treasury. Spain must pay the pope if he Is ever paid. This country owes him nothing but its ever lasting cootompt. That he will com mence to receive before this war comes to an end, for the American people see plainly the hand of the jesult in Span ish affairs. With jasultlsm they will not treat. They remember the papal rallying cry "death to heretlos," and will, ere long, shout, "down with the papacy.-' The American has been pleased to note the success which has attended Charles E. Winter in his political am bitions. He has the gift of language that makes an orator, and he was sig nally honored in being called upon to deliver the address of welcome to the National League of Republican Clubs in Omaha Thursday afternoon. But we fear our young friend is drifting upon the shoals with respect to the paramount question of official corrup tion which confronts the people of the entire country and of Nebraska in par t'cular. Why will Mr. Winter abuse the high honor entrusted to him by al luding in his annual report to a con victed embezzler as "our honorable mayor?" Why did Mr. Winter say that Bartley and Moore are dead issues without disposing, as he evidently de sired to do, of Acting Mayor Frank . Moores who, in another position wronged tbe people of Douglas county as they have been wronged by no other public official? The American would like to think that Bartley and Eugene Moore and Frank . Moores are dead issue in Nebraska politics but the yawning gap in the state and county treasuries caused by the wrongs of these men cannot be closed up with a sweep of the hand, nor can the out raged sentiment of the people of the state to appeased by mere assertion so long as Frank Moores is permitted to hold the office of mayor of Omaha. The American would like to see Mr. Winter occupying the high position he does in the state league alllgn himself on the right side of this paramount question of common honesty in public office. Because Winter championed Moores for mayor, innocently we are quite willing to admit, is no reason why he should try to commit the Re publican state league to his support now that he stands convicted In the THE AMERICAN. I record of the highest court of the s'a'e. If Republicanism meant correct Ideal of tariff and fioance, it also means purity ia public office and decency la private life, and until party leaders come to acknowledge these facts, they will not be true to tbelr party princi ples, and the opposition will be justi fied in making issue against them along these line. Bartley is lo the penitentiary, but Frank Moores Is Act ing Mayor of Omaha. ' If Bartley Is a dead Uue that very fact makes ths record of Frank E Moores a mora lively issue than it otherwise would be be cause Republican leaders are using Bartley s conviction to shield him. The papers at Atchison, Kas., of a recent date contained an account of an assault on Uoder-SherilT Anderson by negro criminals who had planned a jail delivery. While ha was beaten In a most brutal manner hla plucky resist ance prevented a single prisoner mak ing his escape. We have known Mr. Anderson for a number of years, and while he is not a very large man he is made of tha, stuff of which reliable and competent sheriffs are made. He has demonstrated that he can be trusted. Our thanks are due the American Citizen of Boston for the article which appears on the first page, and which shows to a considerable extent the in terest the Society of Jesus the jesuits had in the war. The Citizen is al ways in the front rank. It knows a piece of news when it sees it. If the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company, which is owned by the Jesu its, gets the contract for taking Toral and his 10,000 Spanish troops back to Spain, at half its contract price with Spain, it will pull nearly $600,000 out of Uncle Sam's pocket. The Internal revenue bill is printed in full on page 6 of this issue. Santiago has fallen. Facts About Father William's Case. Tn your article referring to the possi ble shortage of the Rev. John Williams in his settlement of the affairs of the Goble hoirs you leave the reader to draw his own conclusions without giv ing any facts, which are briefly these: Mr. Williams was appointed guardi an of Allen E. and Gertrude Goble by the county court in 1391. Since then the heirs have attained their majority and some time ago appeared in court with their guardian and submitted what was supposed to be an accounting of his stewardship, and the same was allowed by the county court, and the guardian discharged. Several months elapsed when the Goble heirs discov ered what they believed were some ir regularities in the accounts of their Reverend guardian and submitted the matter to their attorneys, Crane & Crane, and Holmes & Morgan, with the result that a petition was filed praying for a reopening of the case, alleging fraud in settlement, etc., and that the guardian be cited to pay over some $2,800 in cash, and the assignment of a certain judgment obtained against cer tain creditors of the estate which was taken in the name of the guardian. The case came on for trial some days ago and the court decided in favor of the heirs as to the items amounting to $2,800 and Mr. Williams was ordered to pay this sum into court. In deciding the case Judge Baxter gave Mr. Will- lams the benefit of the doubt saying that "It was perhaps an error in book keeping, but the court is not inclined to think that Mr. Williams committed an Intentional fraud." As to the mat ter of the judgment (which amounts to about $4,000 now) the court believed it had no authority to reopen inasmuch as it had heretofore passed upon it. Action on this item has been commenced in the district court and they are confi dent of succes in that tribunal. The foregoing are the facts in the case and I understand matters are pro gressing toward settlement with the heirs in the first items Involved. Do you know that Sawyer's Soap is the very best in the market? Ask your grocer for it. Insist on having it and no other. Ask the newsdealers In you town for this paper. Have your friends also en quire. Help spread the truth. When Rome gives money ana always puts a chain of power oa it American Bible Study. BY JOHN C THOMPSON. Tbe idea that I would be able to find In tbe Bible new passage or unheard of sayings was not what prompted me to give up a port on of the space of this paper, and a part of my time, so as to be able to lay before you certain words from the Old and the New Testaments. I hdleve with the writer of the Book of Ecclesiastea, that there "It no new thing under the tun." (Chap. 1, v. 0.) It was the belief that professed Chris tiana were being drawn after the "man of tin," the "beast," and awsy from Christ that Induced me to become, for the time, a student and a teacher of the trutht of tbe Bible. If I turn one soul back into the right path I shall feel that I have been well paid for the work I have done. If I do not cause one man to lee the Word as I believe God has shown It to me, but cause many to dispute so that the truth may be easily learned, then shall I also know that I have been rewarded. But, whatever tbe result, I will be content, for, as Paul said, "I have delivered unto you first of all that which I also received," and claim only as he claimed that "I am what I am." (First Cor., Chap. 15, v. 10) My first effort, friends, will be to con nect the "beast," which is described in the thirteenth chapter of Revelations, with the papal church and the pope of Rome. John says: "And I stood upon the (and 8 of the tea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horct ten crowns and upon HIS HEAD the name of blasphemy." I do not know how many timet I have read, not only that passage but the whole Book of Revelations, without un derstanding a word of what was there written. I know that when I was in the habit of going to church and to Sunday school, that I have heard Rev elations spoken of as a sealed book, yet there is no book in all the Bible so open as Is tbe Book of Revelations. The ti tle of the Book itself tells us that it is not sealed or shut, but open and re vealed. Tbe only difficulty -to under standing it is in being able ro get hold of the key, the combination, the inter pretation. It Is my intention and pur pose to make Revelations and such other parts of the Bible as I shall use in this series of articles as plain to you at the same have been made to me through belief in Jesus Chi 1st. John also more fully describes that beast in the second verse of the thir teenth chapter. He says: "And the beast which I saw was like unto a leop ard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his pow er, and his throne, and great author ity." The last clause In that sentence tells us plainly that there is some power set up and at work before the "beast" is brought upon the scence, and that it gives the beaat "HIS power, and his throne, and great authority." Let us see what it was. The twelfth chapter of Revelations shows what it was. That chapter reads as follows: "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; And she beitg with child cried, tra vailing in birth, and pained to be de livered. And there appeared another- wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did oast them to the earth; and the dragon stood be fore the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of Iron; and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilder ness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Mi chael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and bis angels were cast out with him. And I haard a loud voice aaylng la heaven, 'Now is come salvation, and strength, and tbe kingdom of our God and the power of his Cbrlst; for the ao cuwr of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and n'gbl And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their teat'monj; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye havent, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the in- habltera of the earth and of tbe tea! for the devil la come down unto you, having great wrath, because he know- eth that he hath but a short time. " And when the dragon taw that he was catt unto the earth, be persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where the is nourished for a time and timet, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman; and tbe earth opened her mouth, and swal lowed up the n tod which tbe dragon cast out of hit mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments cf God, and have the testimony of Jesus Cbrlst. Such is the twelfth chapter of Rev elations. It would be Impossible to ex plain this entire chapter in one article but we can go Into it deep enough to lay the foundation for future articles. From that chapter we learn the kind of power that would be ruling the earth at the time the beast of the seven heads and ten horns, which John saw come up out of the sea, was set up an un-christian and corrupt power, for tbe "old serpent, called the Devil and Satan" would not be connected with anything tbat was not corrupt, nor would he assist any other kind of a power to obtain great authority or a throne, or power. Before we look for further proof of this feature of the prophecy, let us learn what and who the woman was that was delivered of the child which the dragon wanted to devour. Let Jonn give you the answer which he received from the angel and which he sets out in the eighteenth verse of the seventeenth chapter. It was: "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." What city do you think was reigning over the kings of the earth? The angel tells John plainly in the ninth verse of the seventeenth chap ter. "The seven heads are seven moun tains, on which the woman sitteth." Now, let us put the two verses together. "The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth; and the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." Have you ever heard of more than one city tbat ruled the kings of tbe earth that was built upon seven mountains or hills, or that was not the home of the pope, the city of Rome? Rev. Samuel W, Barnum In his book, ' Romanism As It Is," at page 51 says: "The seven hills (some of which are called mounts) of ancient Rome, the Aventlne, Palatine, Celian, Esquillne, Capitol or Capltoline, Vlminal and Quirlnal are all on the east of the Tiber." Now, let us turn to the fifth verse of the twelfth chapter. "And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up unto God, and to His throne." You will see by that verse that her child was caught up unto God. In the twenty-fourth chap ter of St. Luke, and the 51 verse, it is stated that Christ was parted from his disciples, and carried up into heaven. Christ was, during his life, what we would today call a Roman citizen, be cause he would, had he been a common mortal like you and I, have been sub ject to all the civil laws of the Roman empire, for the town in which he was born and all Judea was subject to Rome for more than 100 years before John re corded his vision. Therefore, Christ was a son of the city that 'sittj on seven mountains, exactly as I am today a son of America, though born in the Territory of Nebraska. But two more thoughts will be treat ed at this time, although the subject is only touched. We have learned what the woman stands for, what the dragon is and what the seven heads represented. Now'let us find out what the angel told John was the meaning of the ten horns. Reai the twelfth verse of the seven teenth chapter of Revelations. "And the tea horns which thou sawest are tea kings which have not received bo king doms as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast." If kings are to arise then kingdoms must be cre ated and as the ten horns come up out of the head of tbe beast it is but fair to believe that the ten kingdoms must be made up out of the possessions ruled over by the dragon which gives the beast "hit power, and bis throne and great authority." We have already teen that the pagan or un-christlan em pire of Rome la represented by the red dragon, which had ten horns, the same number as the beasL Let ua go to history and learn tha fate of the Roman Empire. Machiavel sayt It was divided into ten kingdoms the Hubs, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Vandals, Suevi, Burgundiaus, Heruli, Anglo-Saxon and Lombards. It seems from Rev. Barnum's history of "Romanism At It la," that the last of these powers were overthrown in 553, althougn D'Aubigne aaya Theoaosiut II and Valentlnian III proclaimed the Roman Bishop "rector of the whole church," and that Justinian published a similar decree. Justinian's decree was dated in 533 and Uriah Smith's 'Thoughts on tbe Book of Daniel and Revelations," says tbe Justinian de cree or edict did not go into effect un til 538 from which time the claim to headship by the Roman Catnoilo church dates. The other thought is this: John says he saw the name of blasphemy on the beast's head, not on those ten horns that came up out of the dragon's head but on the head of the beast. A trav eler wno visited not only Rome, but the Vatican and the pope (and by tbe way we are told he was a Baptist) is quoted in "Marvel of the Nations" as saying that he read this Inscription on the tiara which the pope wears: 'Vi carius Fiiii Dei." The author ol ''Mar vel of tae Nations," Mr. Smith, has added the numerals together and gets this result: V equals 5 I " 1 c " 100 A no value 0 R no value 0 1 equals 1 U same value as V (see Web. Die). 5 S no value.. q F no value 0 I equals. 1 L I : I " D ' ..60 . 1 . 1 .500 E no value 0 I equals 1 666 John says, in the eighteenth verse ef the thirteenth chapter of Revelations: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and hla number is six hundred three score and six." The inscription on the pope's crown and that on the head of the beast which John saw come up out of the sea are both 666, plainly showing that the pope of Rome is tho Man of Sin. Tope ttrows Feeble. Rome, July 9. Most of the European governments have been confidentially advised that the pope's health is now so serious that a fatal termination may come at any moment, despite the fact that he continues to transact business and receive Important visitors. His recent trouble has been weakness of the heart and poor circulation. This is now complicated by a peculiar obsti nate intestinal catarrh, which is ex tremely difficult to deal with. The pope's physician, Signor Lap- poni, has thought it advisable to call to his assistance the famous Dr. Marchia- fava and two other experts, who have unanimously warned the pontiff that he must Implicitly follow their directions if he wants to live to see peace declared between the United States and Spain. As that happens to be the pope's most ardent wish, their warning ,has had some effect. The pope's latest move in behalf of peace was made at the beginning of the present week, when he instructed the papal nuncio at Madrid to urge certain fiery Spanish prelates to refrain from advocating a continuance of the war. Holding on to pagan uperstitio gives Rome a mortgage on your faltn.