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4. THE AMERICAN. A Mr. Ml A t"OW AM KMC AN."- vV tiM leal all tmw Ami ie (a. sr A tt t ti th I'eit.d M.U. til...ut m.l irMtti h OMAHA, NMUAHKA, HUIAY. lUi'l.MIU U w 7A V U A Kt.lt I, Y NfclnM'AI'l Vol tut VI II. iNn k nvr. a. xx a. Ni wruui ii r i -' .4 .. I. If MARGARET L. f Some Thoughts Lectures Purgatory is the Pope's a Gold Mine, and the Pontiff the Chief Fakir of the Nineteenth Century. On BumJay, Monday and Twnday ot tfcto weak Mrs. Marrarrt U Bbiphrd aVllrerd a couraa of lac-tun on po HUeal Romanian), and cart exprealoa to tha following arnitlmenta: till prlaata are eonMltutlonal Hart, It to bred Into thorn and tby can't help ' a a tf tba wonimt could voU on all aiwatlona It would ba acalnat the cor nptlim powar of tnony and of Romanian,. a a a I am oaltbar a republican, a dmo- rat nor a ponullat; my politic a ara aatl-Popa, and I faror driving tha cor ravtlng In flume of Romaniani from tha ball of aUU. a a a Tbora la no auch thing In tba Vrla taUv hiilla of Amarlra aa nowwtj or atrlotlam. Mon ara controlled by aaif aggrandkamant,, politi(l ambi tion, and tha lova ot gold. ' a a a , Tha ftomlah church louka upon wornmi tba aama aa tha dfvll did In tha Harden of K'ln, Hy controlling tba mothnr thy control tha off aprlng who maka tha votara. a a I am oppoatd to all denominational aahoola. To allow ona aact to bara tkam la to furnlah argument for Roman Catholic to kp up tba aaiwhliil arhwl whl:h tirndx dla layalty and traaaon, a a a I pwraotxilly aat in tha gnlUry id tba Htmla at Waahlngton whan tba Mntjn bill prohibiting further ap iarian apprrprlnt.lona waa undnr coti aldaratlon, and maw with my own ra aaaangar Ixiya carrying miattga to aaatora frewn tha prlwata of tba Romlah church, a a a Of all tba dangnroua traltora to A mar If nn llbarty Ar'-hblabop Iral&nd la tha worat, With bfa auava man ar, hla pleaaant faca, bla gracaful araiory, ba charma iha haarnr, whlla In bla hrt ha awka tha aiiprarnaiy of ftomanlam with all Ha demoraliz ing and retrograding influancM, a a f do not favor condnmnlng tha (?ath- oim laity of America, They dierv th sympathy and encouragement of enlightened people. They ar th r suit of pre-natal and educational con Hlons th creature of environment. Hut whlla I would not peraecut them, I would una every power to drive pipory out of politics, a a Thirty yeara ago there was no such thing as a aistinctivaiy c&tliollc vote in America, Today Romanism holds she balance of power in American polltka, a th result of the influence of th priests exerted according to a definite policy to control thla country, and all the political parties of to day srs truckling for Its support, Republican diallke to bear me say that McKlnley la Influenced by Arch bishop Ireland, Tho fact is Mr, Mc Klnley has dim very well In tha con duct of tha Hpanlab-Amerlcan war, I bop ho will b equally strong ber after In combatting tba power of r'itotu at the national capital. 1 don't SHEPHERD. Qathcrcd Prom Her in this City. Head Pawnshop, Relics cara wtimr you Ilka to hoar ma critklaa McKlnlty or not. What I aay la tha truth. a a a You aak ma what la tha remady for political and official corruption. 1 do not know, Tba Whola bodjr politic la affected, Out I boiler tber Is a patrlotliim, a love of bom and of country, Hi tha braata of tb Indus- trial claaaes of this country, and that am.e d.r a rrf u. .mi M ,m soma day a great leader will rls up and lead th peopt to that higher plane, where corruption will b da- atroyed, a Tb text books hi th parochial school aaaall Martin Luther and John Calvin In a ahamWea manner and there not enough wmrg among tha Protestant peopl of America to pro- teat against H. If ther was tb slight eat rcflwrtton on a Rntnan priest In any book used In tb public achools, It would mak Rom howl, and tb news paper of tha country would soon de mand th etpulaion of th book from tb school, a a I attended the I ant national r'-publf can convention at fit, fnils In tha capacity of a r;p'rter, Tha requfat of tha patriotic eocletlea for a plank agalnat miArttin apprrmrlatlona was to have been adopted and Incorporated In tha platform, when a telegram came from Archbishop Ireland of Ht, Paul saying: "If you adopt th plank sgalnat sectarian approprlnttona tha party will be accused of Ming under th Influenc of tha A. P. A,, and you will 1. tba Catholic vot if th country." Archbishop Ireland was mora powerful in f hat con vcntlon than ik.. ,J' country who demanded that tb party ' ,.i iir ...in.i further tie of K. . ..... . public money fin church purposes. a a a The law should prohibit a Roman Catholte from holding th offlc A prealdent just as th law of Kngland prohibits a memlier that w from owiiDvlfia- th thrrti of th llrltlan . ... i Kmplre, Th rasm Is obvious. Romanism la tha fo of civil and ra Hgloua liberty, and It la only aenti ment, not law, which has thus far kept a Roman from being president ff lh wwntry, If the political power of Rome continues to Increase for few years e it bus during tha laet 20, they will succeed in msklng a Roman 4 I nresldent and then wm to our boasted llbertle nd form of government. a The Catholic church clalma to hava 14000.000 adherenta In thla courtrr, Ten years ago she claimed rmly H.000,- ,n ' "tor. iMtm Almighty tW that I did not . . .IThe antl'llrltkih aetitlmetit In ihliLrM .. ... -4 ... n . I i.. Oiiii, Tber ar uidsy at leaat tww.mo wactlcal Cathollca In th United HUtear"U"try ' P bf th p"p4,' r i . . ... , , . . who purchaa and us embl"m of va- rlMj kind, which are manufactured In tba Catholic nunneries, I bav been In the business of selling the Llm. mwif nA mn .tat that' tha iiliiirh ,! . rv.nne nf from $111,000,000 to $20,000,000 annually from thla source, and these gds ara manu factured in Inniliuiloiis which ar free from taxation, being classed under tha Jicad of religious organization. a a a 0 The Roman Catholic church la cer tainly a great Institution. It has a feather from tb wing of t Angel: tUbtiel; th 11 bteailt of l J. i'h; lit rmlM roat of Jwnu t'htMi tt hl f J. (tin the tilll, )) h at'tlnter fhm lb chM on which the Havtor was rtu lfll If h y arce prop- etly put lHhpf it build village that would hold population of lo.iMH) I II h M lit (an I : ehiHifh air In. nr .11 it. I 11 nit from th !) of the Virgin to build clivua tent; five Im.mI.'h tif iiiimhi inm m, Jfiumrl - Ii.mi oitln, murder, adultery, ltuet, perjury, but lis waa nil they hnt five yrara aao; aomn milk ftitm the hreael of (tin Vlr- Kin; th aehra of Mme -whn lh llill r 1hmM(Hi.ii (tird in tin. m"u"( "nd ihnt iM '",rM hlm n'1 m iiinu Knows wnr ma xrava ia1 yiH lh lltmian rhurrh baa dlmovir.Ml th am-rnt ami haa liki aahnu! Talk about fakia and faklra, why tha po(w of lUona la tba ralt fakir of tha nlnetimnth cnnluryl a In a email town not far from To- ronto, Canada, a church waa built, dad- Icated to St Ann, Tha prleete dldad to g't u p a pilgrimage of mom ours of we cnurcn rrora th New Kngland imu ana surrounding country, and tha word was sent out that th pope had sunt to tb church a plac of skin " J ' ' tb Mfy' ,I',ltua, b,nw,n' war offered to aJI who would vlalt tba church of 8t. Ann and bow down be for tbls plan of akin from th arm of th virgin, Bwfi person deposit a sum of money upon entering tb church, and none of thwn lea than $1.00. I mad careful inveatlgatkns and ascertained that within thirty days 130,000 poor, Ignorant and su perstitious buman beings went upon that pilgrimage and gar th church not less than f 130,000 of money be side thlr traveling expenaeK, , , a Tb suoceas of thla pilgrimage In spired th priests of a certain Naw York church with a dlr to bav a plec of k hi from the arm of tha Virgin, Tli pope waa accordlnxly an- pealed u, and while ha could not fur- nlMh a piece of the Virgin's akin, be sent a bone which was said to have been taken from th left elbow of 8t. in.'. t , r m aiiii, n "ig'iu perxiei took plac through tha streets of New . . York, awl tb "bon of t, Anthony" enclosed In a neat case, was taken Into th church, wher tb iUmn Cafbo- i. ..... .. . 1 v 7 na rtm" lM r'tu' r"""'K' ' "" "n mi. ii,,u. il. ... th "f I1 Mr, flhepherd, '" ' w wt ':"un-.h and I , . t. , l . . 4 . ... I " s anon time n . . . wroi ro mat o uvi visit. i chnrh ni bni. a,. m,nh uk... I wbll th priest passed tb relic along th tin. H examined It a closely as h could and wrota me that as near M h ,','", u w oriun slii'M rrom 41 'nU'U4tii'4i i..4f " it,,, 1 th church raised a fund of about Z3,. W0 by this fraud upon th people, a a a w On reason why politics ara corrupt la because of th Indifference of many 1 reapeiftaW peopl to tb duties of clt- isenablp, Tb first thing an Irishman doea when b ootne to this country 11 ta tb clty H i,,h I,. ku,.rLf t. tha tllu .... II I.'. .... ll ' " "" " n ' 1 tm nn to atari saloon. than become a P"IH,'', ,un t(,t ldrmn nd I lit ln tiVT ffiA Wrf aafll toitmm iuana ni.1 ' ' ' '" " a j t . . . . ....... . ir.en, wuo ar oonaianuy uising aoout , I HUM4 ,1,1. r,4 l.b ... T'l. . . . . 1 .. I ' ' ' i'i" lh n"rth lrjln4 tV sturdy, 'rn, lnteiiBnt and proare.v-ar aa gw pettpi aa in 1 a,.M mfl,..A. I.... In tl.. .....(I. f.. I " .-..-.. ''""" r- lana th ignorant;, siiperstlUon, and crime ar deplorable. Talk about horn rut for Ireland; th IrMi office holder In America are not willing to give u deceut bom rut In tha t'nlt- il t'tates. All tney want I a siillia- .44.4 ....I lah In on band and a boUl of wbia-1 ky in tli other and when you want ft favor you muat bow down before j l.otn Arresting to the tub i-f the thunli thry tome t.i i.nf.i,m "Mil time j.r, rniHU ihein In burlel In n.(ti nm.t, ami ttiry 1 can apHid lb f the year Ijlitg (he p,le I wouldn't belieie any llimn pnliMn (bet lltra The tnorel theology of th Roman t'atlittllc. iliunli upholda Ifing, etenl i bins my ami tnnn hate lieen on the lecture platform fr about wh )Mn ami have mrr ninili m lali i tiiiMit bliti I iDiiltl imi n)vi, an-l I ph" "Jr ,rl,- ,r kouihii i nurrii in ini f I on f tin iint- form and r'fiii what I iharttn. I iro- ptm lo aiilmianiliiip my Hiantu by rf. irna Ut tha work at Kalhi-r Oury, whlib la tha roeoKnlwil auiliorlly of tha Roman dfrty; la kwrt In tlmlr II- brarla, and la ul by atudanta for the prtwrtbood. Mri. hphwd took tba com- mandmrnta In tblr ordr, and abowad Uml tl( fiomna rtiun h broke thitn all. gh roV(Mi th,t th ,ynU,m Untlally an. Idolatroua religion. "Thou ah alt have no oth.r (knla be- tt$ ma," waa lolai4 by th doctrine of trana-subatantlatlou, wblek allows a batlar of flour and watr moulded Into wafer to conetltut the body and blood and divinity of Jeaua Christ Tb church was full of graven 1m ages In tb form of saints befor whom th devotee bowed down, thus trans gressing th second and third com mandments, fine cited Oury to prove tha tb church uphold murder under certain condUla, and reviewed tb ol which culminated In th aa- in KM It waa planned by JmuIU f th hrnne lA Mra. Hurratt. a Itofoenlifl .nf Ifie n,rllr.ly were subae - quently ahlelded by lUmn prlfa and Jf fmt and Joined h pope's army, and that every man Implh ated waa a Ilm.anlat. It is mki i ii i vw tummn nunn T"r r Mt" tmmmn un w nu n the I ... (ht,r'h m f"f I wife. Marrlaiee scord)n to tha church - Mmm-m over wn.cn vm iiv.i I 4 , ""' "" "'' '"" ' rtmww m wnicn I a l . . . tl. .. mi... it . I ,n t",,", mn"w "'T"T'"' ""l lo" I inal lltr of the w f to Berrwm tn . ' ... . , T, . ... '7 7.7 T . wnim ui ra imi m raiwn mm 1 1 vroi i ' . " w,,r' ,M mi' ,7 fr HWi on t"'"" n'' thbuly H, JIM. th Plflc street srhJ " - ""' - AmA, cHrrid t,t l.lvurrir end adiiltArv I - ' 4.. , . . lull tatv 1,4. lt.Unr tinlo I - - " " " 1 himecir another wiman wnotn ine , hur "Thou ahalt not steal." A servsnt girl sppll for employ. ment, Hh want I6. a wwk for ber -iw", - ..i..-- .,.-ui.j.. .,., 1. .h. ..tn 1 only get 13.00, fiba accepts the job and goes to work. According to the moral l,i...f.w mj Umu i.ii.h i ui.mi ,-. ,7 , ...,. Mleves fhat ber servk'e sre worth 15,0' ah oo,- no wrong and does not I have Ut wmfess if ah spftroprbtf f Z 1 a week mor than th contract price, I Aa to mwital re.TvaHon A Roman Catholic Is arrested, chsrged with rour - . .... .. f, l wxea in wunea atsni, rna hueatbm la saked; 'TJd you kill Peter l,m Tuesday?" Ac. ordlng to the moral thrigy of th church b commits no . . t.m i . . . I wrong ny aaying; stxemn.y awear ' b" M'i "WB Wednesday." . .... I purgaufry is a pis wnicn naa never i t j,.M gHly, but It is ssM Ut expended nmewbere (--iween eartti tmJ nft), when a Roman Catholic . .. . . . . I otea ma aoni goea io purgaiory ami ra-I mlns In t.awn until it Is nraved out by tii priest at o mu b per prayer. I call purgatory the heed pawnahop of Pop XIII. f"t US auttioae that a man flies wno raa wnn a kenu r; wtiwe life has i d-voted to destroying men's souls by selling th-tn Ltrong drink; who has a aeourge (Continued os pag 8 ' INSIDE FACTS OF THE DEAL What the Records Disclose f Pacific Street School Site Deal. Property Sold School Board for $12,500 Had Ikcn Listed With Real lintate Dealer for Sale ot Prom $8,000 $9,500, A fow axo tli la tmm-r bad or- taalon to rWi-r u tha varton. rumor. kfllH,t yarding th Wd of a,Uc. tlon, and we now propoaa to give our rmdra aoma InaM blatory of tha af- fslr whir h baa Wn atudloualf avoidad inhy tb dally papwa; ihrre la now ornolnc In the MirUi court a caa untitled flwlnion ra, Tb boi Iat ot Omaha ct a wbk h ba t-n bnHigtt by Attorney Jlugb A, Meyers for tb purpe of sotting aalda tb tranater of tb property anown as tb Pa:WI school alt. Tba points of facts raised in tbls caa are that th board xcedid Ha authority under th law governing tb piircfaaaa of m tunA altea, building, etc., which auction Is sa folkrwa: ration zi. That tha Uiard if M"" during tb mootb iMtmf th tltf M"nc" r"a" fc PPr of arhood. ttm 4 I, . h.. 1. . . I . . . .. , I I""' """" "rnoi aiwa, tne I da.f inm I.. u A f it... - . m l '""""'" "'" payment m Interest on Iwnd leaned Uit soliool puroo.es nd tha cre.t,o of a sinking P""" " meh Indeed iU f '"by auinoriwi and rou red to lev end (ollt said amount the same aa other ua; Provided, however. That In case uurt.hlimt, l4 lu.ttlt , r " '"ft " rw awii.f a,iia; nm Don of bulldhiita shall reir. . I .. ....... . I eiinon.iir e'e4viirin fir,mH) fur any UrSK CAI.K.VIMIt YKAft the wmm ahall tm submitted to tb elm-for. of (h( aiHirU,t ., Within the paet year th board naa l . ... . . . """ "..owing purcnaaes or muM J"" . I'P""t " " " m 1 . tne .. l... i ... . alt for $120, nu,klng a total of W, ... or 7,n mm than tha amount limited by law. As appears from th record of the board of uly 14, li, a special meet ing was held, It Is allegnd that that Lpwial meetmg was eallM at tM j,,,.,, rf A P Tfk( WM .,,mn w ir,n agems ror tn racine schorrt ........ . ... t,m property, tm tb purchae of the Mr. (Home wn sr Inclined to ..... ..... ... . .. woruiT wny s apw iai ma ting ahoiill , t thM tim nw,much ss the Moinlay following was to ocrur the rgvnr M-weekl meeting tA Ue rd ) At tbla meeting ther were present th full lmrd with tba ex eptlon of Randhauer. Jut prior U, . m mating rukey cam lnt the board rotrnia and banded i secretary Olllar, a d4 transferring "bta 6, nd 7 la block 230, city of Omaha, i .. . ... . . rrom in ownera to tne rjooi umru-i of Omaha, th ilderaikm belnt 1.14, .A ... ... I . 1 . v ,'", ni wxxoti panning m same w.ib an attract and a written opin bin of Krnnk II, (Mines, tb attorney i . ... . . ... ... tor in ooara, wni n opmion ai iK-eo gfve at tb Instaiw ut A. P. Tukey. When the Vrd convened H reiary Kfllaa reentd tJh proposition of . . . .. aia ano wii ptr., me a eme was opposed by He, Klewit. Van t.,i der, penfold and Thomae, and tb mat ter waa d1Bd for iktni time, but was finally forced to a vole. In which th yeas were: Hm hanan, Ilurgi, lien- nla, Orattoo. Irey, Penfold, Moore, rWre, Jordan and Thomiu-10. Nays Ha. Kiewlt and Van Glldetwj it waa eouttnli4 by thoa opposlna the a hetn that under the ruli of tb board all matters requiring th expen diture of $100 tar mora should lay over till th next meeting and that th tioard bad no rigjit, either under th law or tb rut, to tiiaa tn expenut tur without proper Investigation sod coneluera! (m. Conalderabl aurprls waa expreatwsl that Mr. Pen fold should apeak for fully flfteen minutes la bit teres opptstHlon to tb sohoro and then vou 1 or R, wbll It Is aasert4 that anottirr niewber of tb board bad affidavit la bl pot kt rrom UllTereng real est at agent who bad th prop arty listed for sal at from $,000 to $9,500, but failed to present them. Bee- . tMatt Olllao Jeo tuut a letter In bis possesakia, srfd among th archives of tb bojrd, from th owner of the property offering to sell this earn property for $1,000, yet did not present It a ti should bav don. And It I said that Tukey admitted ta a mem tier of tb Umii that fa raised tb amount by $3,600 on lb afterooon of that day when ho find the deed exe cuted. At ttil earn meeting a war rant was drawn for tb aum of $4,0u0 a part of th purchaa monty of tb property wbkb waa delivered to A, I , Tukey and the board ordered a con tract entered Into by wMi-fc a mort gage was to be given to secur tha pay ment of tb balance with Interest It Is eoritenltid that th board of educa tion be no, rlgot under th law to mortgage property tit th district nor tooiofgat for lhe payment of Inter eat on aorh mortgage', and tbla In aouiiion to the ft-t tM aboard exceeded tb amount .allowed by law mak up th principal part of Ihe ctrntentlon of th plaintiff. ".. Tli d'etieec.aim that they ar entitled to a offset 1;y reaatm of th stile of the fsjg street school sit to th city for pofle purp'me for V, 000, and that that would bring tb trariaection wltAtu tha taw, Th facts wfth regard to th sal of thla property r that ther waa aim- ply an exohatige of lot a In varloua parts of th ctty, but no money was pasaed to th credit of tba W hool Olntrlct of Omaha by reason itf that transfer. To sum., up jb whol matter ther seems to le pretty gtnel groitnd for th siiaplelon that Tiikey had hypnotized the board and thet s "ugr-ctat.lng" bad been applied.. ROMANfftM 'WAIN ORKATEHT ' DANOr.lt. It la aisled, on fgool authority that in a recent Juer to the yun regent of Hjialn, (Jeneril Weyr panted out Ut her majratty that tb greatest dan ger t hef Ktrfttnmnttt la tb church of Rome, and that b earnestly ex horted her to aeparai ber govern ment from It, 'ft la said that ba Ml ber that "while Kpaln la pr, tba church In 8 pain la richer than In any other country In Europe; not even In prtetrldden Italy doe. tb church poaaetia so tnnch, Many of th rlrboat eorporatlone 1p lb kingdom belong to tb church, noUbly tb Trans-Atlantic Espanola, the leading ateamahtp company, TM cleriiwl. Jao bav Urge landed estates, both In th peninsula and In tb colonies. Nearly all th land A any vain In th Philip pine belong o the religious orders, and la rented to tb Islanders by them." No matter bow wrong Gen eral Weyler may bava been In bla bar iairoua ml In Cuba, be la certainly right In bla eatlmate of th deleter. on effect of 'Roman Catholic eccle rHatit'latn. It -baa ruined (Spain, de graded Krance, ImtKiverinhed Paly, paraly4' Atoitrla, and but for Prol cut 4ii lam would bav wrecked both Germany and Kngland. H 1 an enemy to human liberty and Christian clvill tatlon. and Its power mum be effect n ally curbed ami kept within barmlac bound In tho United Statea. Re- n4nna T ihw r,
