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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12
ENGLAND AND THE BoERs.

One of the striking incidents connect
ed with Englands rapacity towards
the Beers is the changed attitude of
the German government towards Pres
ident Kruger and the government of
the Transvaal.
The German government organ, the
Cologne Gazette, voices this changed
attitude by asserting that the Beers
have proved themselves impossible as
administrators. In proof of this purely
gratuitous assertion it is said that they
have not been able to cope with the
forces of civilizations; for, if they had,
they would have led the Industrial
movement that has been started among
them and would have taken the Uit-
landers into their own body and would
have retained their position by demon
strating they were fit to govern.
In other words, Englands position is
the same old story. Wherever her
avarice leads her she justifles her ra-
pine and plumber on the ground of civ
ilization, while she murders peoples and
decimates nations in the name of en-
lightenment and Christian advance
ment. Bngland's sympathizers take the
same view as the Cologne Gazette. at
the bottom of which lies English inspi-
ration, and hence it is no marvel to
find the Chicago Times-Herald assert
ing that England's attempted robbery
of the Transvaal is a struggle between
enlightenment and ignorance
England, for generations, has at
tempted to justify the most horrible
crimes in the name of civilization. but
when the attempt is made to make peo-
pie believe that the Dutch in the
Transvaal are in need of English en-
people cognizant of Eng
lands history will be struck by the sub
Unity of England's effrontery.
To the charge made by England that
she seeks but to civilize, it is enough to
read the following from Olive Schrei-
ner:
Men and women are still living who |
IAN remember how, sixty years ago, |
The spot where the great mining camp |
IF Johannesburg now stands, was a !
great silence, where they drew up their |
wagons and planted their little homes. |
md fought, inch by inch, with wild !
beasts to reclaim the desert In this
great northern land. which no white
nan had entered or desired, they plant
ID their people, and, loving it as men
'nly can love the land they have suf-
cred and bled for, the gallant little re-
public they raised, they love today as
he Swiss loves his mountain home and
he Hollander his bikes. 1t is theirs,
he best land on earth to them.
What perfdious nation it is indeed
hat would rob such people of such a
ODaf
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

1t is gathered from the visit of Colo
mel Charles Page Bryan, United States
minister to Brazil, that that country is
not antagonistical to this country. OF
course not, why should she be? The
United States has been protecting the
integrity of all the South American re-
publics ever since Monroe laid down hie
celebrated statute
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

The absurd differing of the
Spanish army is shown by a COMPARE
son of her military establishment with
that of Italy or France. Italy's army
budget is Sat, 200, GOO. and supports $4,000
officers, who draw pay amounting to
$9600,000. France spends $129, 000, 900
on her army, and has $4,000 officers
drawing salaries in the sum of $40, $780,
600. Spain's army now numbers less
than 100000 all told; her military bud
get is $4,000, 900; yet she maintains 3D.
900 officers, whose pay takes $13, 200 900
out of the treasury! 1t is not that the
officers are over-paid, but that their
numbers are needlessly swollen. Many
of them, needless to say, hold sinecures,
as political rewards. Yet the minister
of war, General Polavieja, has just had
to leave the cabinet because he insisted
upon breathing more Offices So slow
is Spain in learning the true lesson of
her disaster
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

of efficient and intelligent administra-
! ton, but rather, to want of spiritual
fervor among the Italians themselves.
In Denver, for instance, a faction of
Italians is in open rebellion against
ecclesiastical authority. These people,
because they cannot direct and control
the actions of the Bishop in their re-
gard, are building a church and pro-
pose Installing therein some suspended
or degraded priest who will ignore the
diocesan authorit-
The Irtermountain Catholic, on the
authority of Bishop Matz, prints the
following:
CARD FROM BISHOP MATT.
Denver, Sept. Cove hereby notify
the public that no one but Father Le
pore is authorized to collect money for
the building of the Italian church. The
party calling itself the Italian Colony
Chapel association is in direct OPPOSE
ton to the authority and we forbid
anyone from giving them any subscrip-
ton. Should they succeed in building
a chapel they will never have a priest
to say mass for them.
IN. c. MATZ, Bishop of Denver
From our personal knowledge there
fore, we conclude that no better work
for the spiritual advancement of the
Italian people can be done than that
which is now in progress i'll Colorado
and Utah
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

All, what an apostrophe to country
and home. To kindred and friends, To
little ones who play before the door, To
graves which are marked with tokens
of affection.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

Wacht cen beetle allies zaI recht
conn.," declares Olive in her conclusion.
Meaning; Wait a little; all will come
right" 1t will. Fer the sound of the
great reveille; the great awakening on
the final morn. yea by millions of CEN
turtles, the hand of the Great Ruler Of
the universe viii have set all things
Alright!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

In this paragraph she pays tribute
to the queen of England: to the SOL
der who fights for the flag of the ma.
ton; to the men who ordered them to
the front; to the spirit Of liberty which
prevails all over the world. Great is
Olive in her appeal.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

feiting, a horizontal water.mark,
composed of the initials U. :. VI.
o., in broad, capital letters, has
been wrought into the paper on
which the new forms are printed.
ADVANTAGES or THE NEW FORM.
Through the process mentioned
(the carbon, or manifold process }
tbs order and the advice are pro-
duced simultaneously. By the
same operation the essential par
ticulars Of name Of payee, date,
amount and place Of payment, as
written in the order, are duplicated
or reproduced, and made to appear
in the advice precisely as in the
order The liability to mistake is
thus greatly lessened, and a saw
ing Of time effected. Discrepan-
cies between order and advice,
which, by entailing additional cor
respondence and causing delay in
payment, have heretofore been a
source of annoyance 10 the depart
ment and postmasters, as well as
to remitters and payees, are pre-
vented, and absolute uniformity
between the order and advice in
sured. The despatch Of advice,
which hitherto have not been made
out until after issue of the orders,
will also be accelerated.
The receipt, which is to be fur.
nished by the issuing postmaster
TO the remitter, showing the num-
Der and date o. the order and the
amount for which issued, is also in
the main, reproduction, by the
carbon process, Of the writing and
stamping on the order, hence must
necessarily agree Herewith. The
adoption of a receipt has not here
tofore been practicable. 1t will
tend to popularize the postal money
order, supplying more than all else
what was needed 10 make il, in the
estimation of the public, a perfect
ly satisfactory vehicle for the trans
mission Of small sums. Possession
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06
New Form of Postal Money
Order.

The post Office department has
adopted a new form of domestic
money order, which will be intro
duced gradually, or as supplies of
the old form become exhausted, at
the various post offices throughout
the country, after the 4th OF Sep
TENDER.
The new form is somewhat small
or than the order now in use. Its
dimensions are about those of the
ordinary bank draft. 1t has two
adjuncts--the advice, or notiiica-
ton to be sent by the issuing to the
paying postmaster, is a reproduc-
ton of the order through the use
Of carbonized paper (the manifold
process), and receipt for the
amount, to be furnished by the is.
suing postmaster to the remitter.
On the back of the order a separ.
ate space has been provided for
the stamps Of banks through which
it may be passed for collection.
In color the order is blue, hav-
ing light blue ground, with fine,
closely interlaced, tinted lines o.
geometrical laihe-work, Of darker
shade. In the center is an escutch.
con bearing the words postal
Money Order" in shaded capital
letters of the same two tints o.
blue. The tint of the order ant
the lathe work will serve to pre-
vent limitations; but, a. an add
tionai safeguard against counter
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

Of the receipt will give The RENTER
a feeling of security.> On the back
OF Il he may make, for his own con-
venience, a memorandum Of the
name and address of the person to
whom the remittance is made and
the purpose for which it is sent.
Production Of the receipt will
greatly facilitate reference to the
records il it become necessary for
the remitter to make application
for a duplicate order or inquiry as
to whether the original has been
paid; and here again a saving Of
time will be effected.
In shape and size the new order
is deemed a decided improvement
over any other form Of money order
heretofore adopted by the depart
ment. Its dimensions being about
those of the ordinary bank draft,
it may be conveniently handled
when mixed with different kinds
of commercial papers. 1t is be-
lieyed that the change made in this
respect will be heartily approved
by banks and business people gem
orally.
1t is expected that on or about
January next the fee charged for
orders will be materially reduced.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

Perry q r.. sept b. o. Rev $ p
Myers. a well known Democratic politi'
clan and former county superintendent
OF public schools In this city has brought
suit against the Presbyterian church u
this city for $1,000 claimed 10 b. due
on salary by the church 10 Mr. Myers.
Rev. Mr.. Myers was pastor Of the Pres
byterian church for two years after
the opening of the town and built a good
church house He quit the church In
is05 joined the Congregational church,
and sued the Presbyterian church foi
500 He obtained judgment in the
lower courts and levied on the church
house bu' the higher court reversed the
decision. and now Rev Mr. Myers ha'
sued again for nearly three times a,
much a. he did before The church
claims that 1t has paid Rev Mr. Myen
all that his talent demanded aud charge,
that be never accounted for all the
moneys ho collected 20 pay for the
church building
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

Perry. o r.. Sept g. --Adyiccs from
the Usage Indian country are that IN,
supposed Indian bankruptcy cases have
caused not a little excitement among
the merchants and Indian traders 81 the
reservation II Is said the 300 famihe,
Of fullhlood Usage Indians owe on 40
average $4,000. or about $500 30 IN,
family. Some 81 them owe 5000 tn,
condition 90 the Ouge-. II is said. wa.
brought about by cxiravagant buying
and paying Of oxorb,ant price, 30 the
Indian traders for good Many Of the
Indians have built fine residences on
their Lands, but still live in their tepee.
and their good houses m many instance,
are vacant II Is reported that the In
dian traders, IN conjunction with the
Indian agent are making a strenuous
effort to keep lawyers from the reserva-
ton. In all. II il said, that 100 Of thes,
fullbloods will 20 into bankruptcy.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06
ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
c,ue...io... Made aad the Dispute like
IN TO he Adjusted.

Washington. sept d Great Britain
and the United States have practically
agreed upon temporary line defining
the boundary between Alaska and Can
ada Negotiations are now in progress
relate only to minor questions growing
out Of the definition Of the line.
One Of the unsettled questions relates
10 the status Of mines owned by Ameri-
cans which may lap over into the terri
tory which has been under the control
of Canada. Representatives Of Ameri-
can mine owners say that it would be
unfair TO American miners If no proyis-
ion should be made for them in case
their property should lie half on the
American and half on the Canadian side
of the line. The prospective settlement
If the boundary question is due to con
eessions made not only by Great Britain
but by this government also
Secretary Hay has won in the matter
Of excluding Canada from the Lynn
canal. but port Of entry on the canal
will be- given should the final settlement
fail 10 give Canada permanent harbor.
The secretary has also been successful
In keeping the British 10 the north OF
the village Of Kluckwan. though It IL
said he has agreed 10 the placing of the
line just above the village instead Of
four miles beyond as originally de-
manded
Secretary Hay laid the correspondent
In the controversy before the cabinet at
its session and considerable satisfaction
with IL was expressed
II is expected that the modus yivendi
will be settled in few days unless
Canada should again assume hostile
attitude. and her present attitude Is
conciliatory.
Special Commissioner Kasson VIII IL
a member OF the joint high commission.
conferred with Secretary Hay regarding
the boundary negotiations The modus
yivendi has nothing whatever 10 do with
the other questions. pending between
Canada aud the United States. /, Il
expected by administration officials.
however. that with the settlement, even
temporarily Of the boundary question.
1t will be possible to push other matters
in negotiation 10 a successful conclu'
sion. especially as Great Britain has
taken the stand that the boundary con
troversy must BE- adjusted before the
other matters can be- settled
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06
Exchange Hotel Arrivals.

A. Sale, Morgan City; J. b.
Price, Waco; ]. W. Dyer, City; +.
B. Brogdon, City; b. +. Miller,
Austin; j. T. Garrison, ST. Louis;
d r. Snodgrass, Galveston; Chas.
Chapman, Dallas; J. T. Moncrief,
Morgan City; J. ". Galloway
Navasoia; c. w. Carr, Houston
John j. Potts, Waco; b. Hellman.
La Grange; 5. w. Telephone crew.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

New Orleans. Sept Death has en-
tered the door Of the condemned cell Of
the parish prison and saved the negro.
John Wilburn from the gallows. vii
burn died from white swelling from
which he has beon suffering for some
weeks Some two years ago Wilburn
shot and murdered Miranda Moore.
A few months ago he was found guilty
as charged and sentenced 20 DO hanged.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

Washington, sept 5-The comptrol
Ter Of currency has closed the doors Of
the Atchison National bank. at Atchi
son, Kas According TO the report Of
June 80. the bank had a capital Of $50 g..
900; surplus and dividend. Sli.asj
due depositors. $50 lO} circulation out
standing. a. OOO, total resources and
liabilities, Se955ls Suspension Of the
bank was due. generally speaking. to
bad investments
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

Cleveland, sept o. The twenty.ffth
annual convention Of the American
Bankers association is in session here
with probably the largest attendance in
the history Of the organization. Between
1900 and 1900 bankers are here repre-
senting all sections Of the country.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-09-06

Hillsboro, Tex. Sept Sam Jordan,
a lad Of 10, was returning home on hi,
wheel he was run over by n wagon
A. the child was knocked senseless he
cannot tell who II was that ran oven
him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-22
The Patriot.

S. E. Kiser in the Chicago News
The man whose heels are all run down. who never
made ends meet
Whose wife must scrub or sew to get the children
things TO eat,
Now boldly sallies forth to show how things must
go to smash,
Unless the voters pick him out TO guard the pub
lies cash
The man whose brow starts at his nose and ends
inch from there,
Who, when the brains were parceled out, failed
to obtain his share.
Is ready tell US how we all may be con-
By turning unto him the reins of govern
ment.
The man who wouldn't dare to risk $40 of his
In any private scheme where he would be con-
Is ready this monent,Ito assume the cares of
And let the people but tGelr trust in him or else
The land is full of honest men--of able men and
true, = II
Whose brows are lofty and whose hearts are well
proportional TOP. o.
But they, somehow, are bot the ones whose toes
point TO the sky. =
From the tops of public desks, and oh, will some
one tell whya re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-22

charity must be distributed IL 1t is with
held today. II will be bigger and more
harmful later on. The kindly man who is
IN charge of Ii at present has no alterna-
tive except to dole II out to whoever asks
for 1t. Unfortunately, he Is too creduluus
700 kindly, too much absorbed in other
work, too honest. to comprehend the wick
edness of the people who cringe to him for
aims and laugh in their sleeves as they
take them. Today these parasites go to
him with any story they can invent when
they merely want the means for a debauCh
A tale of a sick wife, lie about a fore
closed mortgage. or a police court fine or
a notion about an accident to a limb-lies
out OF whole cloth seven times in ten
suffice to get them an order for any sum
between 10 shillings and to.
And what then, thinks the reader They
sell the orders to the shopkaeper. the
largest beneficiary of the charity, because
ne operates as broker, cashing he orders
Tor as little as he thinks the holders will
accept. Two shillings on a five-shiling
order, or IL for e., as 1 am told, is how he
discounts these tenders. With what he
gives them they get drunk.
Inc tale of the poisoning of the village
by the gift of pasture land Is well youc IN q
for: 1t was told to me by man of the
htghest standing in the village, who de
clares II to be one form of an evil which
assumes as many shapes all over England
as endowed charity foundations can branch
out INTO. Sooner or later England will put
an end to these pestiential endowments
1t will not prove too difficult task to a
people who reformed their pension system
as they did, and who put the crown lands
INTO the public charge when the time for SO
doing was ripe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-22
A SIAMESE CREMATION,
An Occasion for Feasting and PLAYING
of Games.


From Harpers Weekly.
If there is any time when the Siamese
may be said to hold sports, it is at a nota-
BILE cremation Ordinarily the dead of Siam
are burned at a CHAT. common to all who
cannot afford the considerable expense of a
private conf1agration. and when the wood
OF the funeral pyre has been consumed the
body is well roasted and the attendant vuI-
lures are given a chance to clean the bones.
Those who can afford it build the funeral
pyre within their private walls, where fes-
tiVltles are held during the burning, and
Invitations issued to friends that thew NAV
come and behold the honor paid their dead
The bodies of those intended for private
cremation are embalmed, and usually kept
for some time-often many months One
SiameSe gentleman, when inviting me to
the proposed cremation of his brother, in
formed me that the distinguished deceased
had been awaiting combustion for a year.
The extent and character of the festivities
on such an occasion depend entirely on the
length of purse of the deceased's remaining
relatives But as the Hibernian clans of
Tammany Hall gauge the social import
ance and erstwhile political pull of a
departed brother by the number of car
riages his friends muster at the funeral
SD also in Siam the variety of the funeral
festivities mark the wealth and status and
the grief of the bereaved family.
On the afternoon or evening of the an
pointed day the guests assemble and wit
ness the simple ceremony of the yellow
robed priests of Buddha. Subsequently the
nearest male relative fires the pyre and
then, while the flames crackle and the late
lamented Misses and pops like a green pip
pin a spit his grieving family and
friends grow merry over the cakes and
SweetmeatS and wines, while men hired for
the occasion perform at several games.
and even, on rare occasions do some little
running and jumping. The game nearest
approaching one of skill Is sort of fence
play with short sticks fastened to both
arms. Once in while one sees at these
human barbecues kind of boxing the art
of which seems to be in parrying with the
arm and open hand the thrusts that never
have any serious intention of landing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-22
When GirIs Wore Calico.

attic Whitney in Minsey's Magazine
There was a tlneI betwixt the days
OF insey woulsey. s.raight and prim
And these when fiodesrWifh despot ways
Leads woman captive at its whim,
Yet not hapdred years ago,
When girls ware sin1ple calico
Within the. i,auss by faategn7 Light, So,
Through ,ffhlny a. reel, witllt3Siug feet,
The boys and maidens danced at night
To tiddied measures, shrilty sweet;
And merry Tevels We're they. though
The girls were gowned in calico.
Across the flooring rough and gray
The golI Of scattered chat spread
And long festoOns Of clover hay,
That struggled from the loft o'erhead,
Swung scented fringes to and fro
Ger pretty girls in calico.
They used TO go a-Maying then,
The blossoms of the spring to seek
In sunny glade and sheltered glen,
Unweighed by fashions latest freaks
And Robin fell in love, know,
With Phyllis in her calico.
\ tuck. trll, a bias fold,
A hat curved over gypsy-wise,
And beads of coral and of gold,
AMI rosy cheeks and merry eyes,
Made lassies in that long ago
Look charming in their calico.
The modern knight who loves a maid
OF gracious air and, gentle grace,
And finds her oftentimes arrayed
LII shining silk and priceless lace,
Woull love her just as well, l know,
In pink and lilac calico.