The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-03-09
STEAD'S BOOK
It win Create Storm in Chicago
When Issued.


The roois Bristies From beginning TO End |
VITA Thrilling Revelations. litter De-
huno.ation and Alleged Wholesale
Exposures Of the Windy city.
cmcAeo, March 5-W I. stead's !
book, I'll Christ Came TO Chicago will
bring down on the London editor the
most terrible denunciations. From
beginning TO end it bristles with
thrilling revelations, bitter denuncia-
tions and wholesale exposures OF the
city's innost workings
Every existing moral, physical and
spiritual condition Of the people, with
out regard TO sex or condition of bank
account, is subjected TO fire of criti-
cism utterly scathing and merciless
Politicians and churchmen, the idle
rich and the lucltless pauper, society
women, saloon keeper and monopolies
are all given taste Of the lash. The
manuscript has been finished and the
author win sail on Wednesday for Lon
don.
The frontispiece of the book is in it.
self caricature which deals out the
bitterest kind of condemnation. 1t is
reproduction of lIouman's famous
picture, Christ Driving the Money
Changers Out Of the Temple but the
faces Of the fleeing crowd have been
changed TO those OF prominent Chica-
goans- just in front of Christ, with
his whip of cords, stoops a man rak-
ing coins which have been hurled from
On overturned table into the top of n
receptacle which resembles North
Side street clr The ice is that OF
Charles Yerl.ss fnme lately behind
him, with q huge bag under his arm
labeled Gas Trust, stands G. X. Bill
lings and ~ one side NJ @ Mcdonald.
Alderman po,veru IS represented as
running away In the background
Alderman Brown, famous for his con-
nection with the WATSON gas ordinance,
stands grinning at the extreme right
Of the picture
The preface Of the forthcoming bool,
is written in Mr. Stead's characteristic
vein. He says;
",rhe original conception of Christ
coming 10 Chicago reached me like
most Of my religious philosophical no
tions through the poetry of James Rus
sell Lowell This short poem, which
he styled a parable, seems to me to sun
up in a page the vital sense of Christ's
teaching"
The first part OF the book consider.
in regular order 'Thc Tramp" "Tht
Harlot," "1he Whisky Heeler Of the
Low Precincts" THE Millionaire ;
The Predatory Rich and "The Idl,
Rich" An effort is made to show how
each Of these classes has deiiled th,
image Of God, and every maj
mentioned comes in for a merci
less scoring Following this ther,
is a complete map of the
nineteenth precinct OF the firs'
ward, one of those represcnte,
in the city council by Johi
! Coughlin. All the disorderly house
are colored red, the saloons black, tn
pawnshops brown. It shows in
graphic manner just the condition o
the worst part of the leyee, and the pei
centage Of red and black is astounding
Referring TO his description of tn
Harrison Street Station, he declares /
to be a central cess pool OF all tn
poisonous drippings of Chicago a cit.
which he says has become the creates
cess pool Of the world
The second part of the book is an eS
haustive review of the observations Il
the homes Of the Magdalens lie tell
of church which would not alloJ
fallen women to enter
Such church may be respectable
as Thurtell, the murderer, was declare,
to be respectable, because he kept
gig says the author; "but itsrespeeta
bility will not save it from going dow
with all its conventionalities into per
dition; nor will IL have far to GO 70
the abode of such is nigh unto tn
gates Of hell.n
In the third section he displays tn
| history Of the reign of king Doodle
: and the coming OF "the Assyria
hordes by which he means the growt
Of monopolies ane trusts. He decrie
the gift by franchise of valuable publ
! rights, such as street car and gas priv
ileges.
Recent movements Of the America
Protective association in this countr
, have attracted his attention, and b
: means Of interviews Of leading Cath'
lies and members Of the association
has gathered an immense amount ,
data. The information together wit
his own observations he will present
the pope during the coming summer Q
the matter is assuming large propo
tions, and he thinks the pope shoul
Y have the benefit of the opinion
4 one who is not affiliated with eith'
Y party.