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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
THE CHINESE CRISIS AND THE
REAL ORIGIN OF THE BOXERS
Catholic Bishop of ShanTung the SituaOnSect of the
"Great Knife" Murdered Two Catholic Missionaries

Most Rev. Mgr Amer, the Catholic
Bishop of South Shan Tung, where he
holds the rank of Grand Mandarin,
/ happens to be in Austria just now. He
has made the following communication
! TO the leading Catholic newspaper OF
Vienna, Das Vaterland relative to the
! crisis which has arisen in China owing
! TO the Vaccinations of a powerful Sc
cret society called the Boxers, to put
an end to whose operations the Eu-
ropean powers with the United States
acting in concert have landed troops:
The whole Boxer movement arose
a short time after the seizure of Kiao-
Chau, Port Arthur and Wei-Hai-W Wei.
The cession of these three important
centers produced perpleXity among the
chinese people, and this impression
was still more marked in government
circles in Pekin. During the first six
or seven months the efforts of the Chi
nese authorities were directed toward
avoiding all difficulties, as they knew
what might be expected from the Eu-
ropean governments. But in course Of
time a reaction set in, which was only
natural and conceivable. That reaction
did not, however, proceed from the
people, but from the Chinese officials.
1t originated in Shan-Tung and Pein.
A viceroy named Yuhein was sent to
well. He formerly tried to approach
the Catholics, but had to be cautious
in dealing with him. He now endeaV
ored to promote an outbreak in Shan
Tung against foreigners, and called up
on the local officials to take action
against Europeans. They had no al
Tentative but to comply, and melted
the people to follow their example. Yet
the latter did not openly riot. The sect
of 10 fo Cft 20
themselves, were then appealed to.
Members of that sect murdered
two German missionaries. They after
ward promised my Apostolic Vicar,
While on mission tour, never to modest
us again. Six months later the COVER
nor arrived and urged them to proceed
against foreigners, but they turned
deaf ear to him. The governor was
then obliged to summon members OF
the sect from the neighboring pro-
Vinces in order to organize disturb
ances. At that tine-Which was dur
ing May, June and July, 1881 called
the attention of the German legion in
Pekin, as also the Chinese government
themselves, to the existing danger. l
told them that the sect in question
would eventually turn against the Dy-
nasty, Their leader already regards
himself as the Emperor of China. No
notice was taken of my warning, and
what we Catholic missionaries foretold
has now happened. So far away from
China and the seat of the present
events, their Importance cannot be ac-
curately estimated. In general way,
however, it seems to me that the ac-
ton of the European powers has hith-
erto been Well-adviSed. The CO-opera-
ton of the Austro- Hungarian minister
and of the marine force at his disposal
will also be very useful. But the pow
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
SANCTUARY.

Edgar Fawcett, in Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly for july
Come, love while the light is yet lowly
Ger ianguors of evenings red glooms.
While still the pale disc of each delicate
daisy
Has died not from pastures it plumes.
Come, hear the large boughs of the syca-
With breeze that the sunset has
brought,
And watch how the reeds by the rims of
the river
To luminous ripples are wrought.
Great Nature has girt us with spells like
the greeting
OF arms that allure and enwrea the.
Her brooks in their flowing. her winds in
their fleeing,
Have grown like the breaths that we
breathe
She si9hs, and we sadden: she laughs.
and we brighten;
Her gay moods or sombre we share:
Our hope to the reach of her rainbow
can heighten,
Or turn, with her tears, to despair.
She charms, yet she chides US; denies,
vet endowS US:
And brews for US bitter with sweet;
Yet never by tawdry pretension o'erbrows
Us,
Nor stings us by stealthy deceit.
panders;
Divine her democracy stavs:
In sequences kinned with magnificent
candors
We search all her deeds and her days.
At last have we changed for these
Da-eants of cloudland
The pomp that from falsity flows.
AT last have we bartered the loud land
the proud land,
For bournes of relief and repose. $50
Come, love, while the light is yet lazy
and lowly
Ere starshine the rich blue has cleft:
Come, learn from great Nature how lofty
and holy
She looms Ger the life we have left!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF
THE NEW CATHEDRAL.

On Sunday, July %, the cornerstone
of the Cathedral will be laid with all
the ceremonies and solemn pomp of the
Ritual. 1t will be a day of great JOY
for the Bishop, clergy and laity of the
diocese of Salt Lake. The material
edifice now in course of erection, will
be, when completed, one of the finest,
though not the largest, west of the Mis-
souri, 1t will be a fitting compliment
TO the spiritual edifice which Bishop
Seaman has for the past twenty years,
by his example of denial and good
works, erected in the hearts of the
people.
Its two steeples towering high, and
pointing heavenward, will be a standing
invitation to all to enter, since that
is their home, whilst the crosses which
surmount these steeples, will proclaim
the crown that awaits all, and that
there is no glory equal to that of the
cross.
Whilst churches in architectural de-
signs and plans differ, certain general
forms are uniformly preserved, namely,
the porch, the nave, and the sanctuary.
being modelled on the tabernacle and
temple of the old dispensation.
At the door of the former was a
laver of water, where the priests
washed. At the entrance to Solomon's
temple was a brazen urn filed with
water. where the priests bathed to puri-
fy themselves for the ministry. These
were but figures of Christian baptism,
prescribed by the rubrics to take place
at the entrance to the church. Water
blessed by the prayers of the church
will also be found inside the door Of
every Catholic church. 1t is a con-
tinuation of an accent custom among
the Jews.
The ceremonw Of laying the corner
stone recalls the spiritual rock which
st. Paul said Christ was, land the
rock was Christ Qst Cor. X, a, for IN
less He had been ever present with His
church, she could not, taking into con-
sideration human frailties, have sur
vived the difficulties trials and persecu-
tions that have crossed her path during
the past nineteen centuries. It can be
applied to her as it was by Christ to
himself, that she lis the stone which
the builders rejected, the same is be-
come the head of the corner" The cor
nerstone Of the spiritual edifice extend
ing throughout this world is Christ,
and the ceremony of the 22nd pro
claims that great truth.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

! ers must persist and manifest their De
termina ton. If they are satisfied WITH
mere assurances they will once more
be deceived, and worse may be expected
in the future. Everything depends on
the skill displayed by the European
representatives. If they stand firm till
all important measures which they de-
mand have been carried out the danger
will be at an end. If there had been
energetic intervention last year when L
called attention to the situation, what
is happening now would never have
taken place.
According to my experience and pro-
found conviction the position of al
fairs for all Europe is this: China is
a phase of transformation when great
revolts and disturbance occur as a mat
ter of course. 1t is on the eve OF po-
litical, economic, social and religious
changes. Up to the present L nave
found the Russian policy in east Asia
to be the best calculated to promote
her own interests. The policy OF the
other powers has yet to- show what II
is worth. For Europe China is Inc on
ly market of the future. II is not mere
ly the interest, but also the duty OF
every European power to secure as
large a share as possible of that mar
ket, in view of the requirements OF 1ts
own industry, commerce and trade.
That costs absolutely nothing. and l
cannot understand that there should
be any hesitation to turn the opportu-
nifty to account, as it is not necessary
to have recourse to any great naVa4 OF
military actionqsin order TO obtain an
adequate sphere of influence or interest.
The Hapsburg monarchy, whose en-
peror centuries ago paved the way TO
China for us missionaries, can easily
and without running any risk provide
for its future requirements in those
parts. It's ports of Trieste and FIume
have everything to expect from such
action On the other hand, if the OPP
portunity is allowed to escape there
will be bitter and eternal regret. L am
not called upon to point out to Eu-
ropean economists and statesmen what
may be to their advantage. AS a
bishop of the excellent and capable
Chinese people L must, before all, in
terest myself in what can make them
really happy and prevent them from
becoming a great peril to Europe. Dur
ing the twenty years I have been in
China I have never seen any drunk
enness, and if the Chinese were beaten
in the war with Japan it must be at
tributed to the opium smoking of their
officers. At the present moment, which
will be decisive in all respects, every
thing will depend on whether Catholic
missionary work is assisted to success
with increasing means and energy, or
whether the Chinese millions will be
abandoned to religious indifferentism
and to those ruinous tendencies which
now overrun and imperil Europe. Who
ever has a heart for the future of man
kind and for the Holy Church will lend
an ear to my entreaty that he should
pray and make sacrifices for China
that is, for a Catholic China.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

Filipinos, by Cinnamon, by japanese
and 80 by men whose nationality is not
given. As. to the patrons of these sa-
looms, 1 think it very safe estimate
that 80 per cent of them are Ameri-
cans. including soldiers, officers and
civilians. On Feb. 1 of this year we put
into effect the license regulations con-
tanned in General Orders No. of 1900.
These orders divide the city into two
districts and provide for saloons of two
classes. Saloons of the first class sell
beer, whisky and other intoxicants,
while those of the second class mag
dispense beer and light wines only. The
| first district of Manila includes all the
principal streets of the city, where a
! license would be more valuable than in
the suburbs, which are embraced in the
second district. For a six months Ii
cense saloons of the first class located
in the first district pay 5000 Mexican,
and $3.50 Mexican if in the second dis
trict A six months license for sa-
loon of the second class costs 800 Mex
lean in the first district, and $50 Mexi-
can in the second district. The applica-
ton of this high license reduced the
number of saloons from 224 at the end
of January, 1900, to the 10 existing to-
day
The Escolta. Manila's principal bust
ness street, has been written about
and spoken of as crowded with saloons,
and given over to the disorders of
drunken soldiery. It has been called
the disgrace of the American occupa-
ton of Manila. DisgracefuI scenes are
undoubtedly witnessed there, but let US
not paint the matter blacker than it
really is. The Escolta is as long as
four New York blocks, say from Tenth
to Fourteenth street, and it is narrower
than Fifth Avenue. From the geo.
graphical position of the city's districts,
the river and the bridges, the Escolta
is of necessity Manila's main thorough
fare as well as its principal business
street. Here are the best stores, res
taurants and business offices. 1t is al
ways crowded and often blocked with
cabs and carriages. From one end to
another of this street, on both sides,
there are seventy-six store properties,
and thirteen of these are occupied by
saloons. All day long the Escolta is fill
ed with American soldiers, and at GER
tain times, especially when the troops
in and near Manila have been paid off,
the street is very well filed with
men.
AT such times ladies are subject to
experiences if on the Es-
Gotta, and private cabs and carriages
are often forciblv occupied by our
drunken and hilarious troops. During
two days following a recent pay day, |
twenty-five drunken soldiers were ar
rested by the Escolta police, and Eon-
victions against all were secured, while |
many more were gathered in, given |
time to sober uD in the guard house, |
and then discharged. 1t is unfortunate
that the main thoroughfare of the city |
should also be the main drinking |
and it has been suggested to
the proper authorities that no saloons
be allowed on the Escolta. 1t would /
be a simple matter to make them go
elsewhere, but General Otis never took
any action in the matter, and efforts to
effect their removal have, therefore,
been futile.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
A PRIEST WHO APPRECIATES
THE CATHOLIC PRESS.

I am glad to be able to say that the
Intermountain Catholic is destined to
fill a long-felt want in this region. II
should find its way into every Catholic
home in these Rocky Mountain states.
| Very respectfully yours,
JOHN DELAHUNTY.
The above is an extract from a letter
which Rev. Father Delahunty of Rock
Springs, Wyo., addresses to the editor
of this paper.
Father Delahunty, we may say. is
only one of many friends and support
ers among the clergy Of the Intermoun-
tain States who realize the motives and
appreciates the aspirations of the Inter-
mountain Catholic.
1T should find it's way into every
Catholic home in these Rocky Noun
tain states.' writes this earnest and
! Jealous Priest.
Why shouldn't it? And it will, with
a little encouragement and aid from
the Fathers of the Church. Without
this support little could have been ac-
comDlished.
The Intermountain Catholic, as
Father Delahunty indicates, has a
great mission. 1t did not flash itself
upon the world as a meteor of the
night, only 10 glimmer and die out in
week, a month or a year. The idea
was of itself an evolution, slowly ma
tured, not rashly, into robust life, Wig
orous, energetic, determined. 1t was
founded as an adjunct to the great and
glorious Church which it represents. 1t
is here to fight the battles Of that
Church-the ancient Catholic Church
under the direction and guidance of the
regularly constituted authorities.
Salt Lake, the geographical center of
the InteTmountain country, was deemed
most fitting as the home of publication,
and, here, at the dawn of the new cen
fury, was born the paper that the Cath
Ole clergy and Catholic people now so
HI ghly appreciate. From Salt Lake the
paper can reach Cheyenne and
Denver on the east; in fact, all the cit
les and towns in Colorado, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming and adjacent states in
time for Sunday, and in the peace and
quiet of the Catholic home the
doings and happenings OF the Catholic
world are enjoyed.
Therefore, Father Delahunty speaks
wisely when he says the Intermountain
Catholic is destined to fill a long-felt
want in this great and growing coun-
try-in instructing the young; in ex-
planning the doctrines of the Church;
in defending the faith.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
POPE LEO ON THE CATHOLIC
PRESS.
Nov. 20. 1899.

A Catholic newspaper in a parish is
a perpetual mission. Let all who truly
and from their souls desire that re-
ligion and society defended by human
intellect and literature should flourish,
strive by their liberality to guard and
protect the Catholic press. and let
every one in proportion to his income
support them with his money and in
fluence, for to those who devote them
selves to the Catholic press we ought
by all means to bring helps of this
kind, without which their industry will
either have no results or uncertain and
miserable ones. POPE LEO XIII.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
A CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN

/ feel il my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud
and imposition by notifying them from
time to time that no person bearing the
name and garb of priest or sister or
any one else is authorized or permitted
TO solicit or collect in this diocese for
any purpose whatever connected with
the Catholic church without having
from me permission in writing bearing
my seal and signature. Should any one
be found engaged in doing this unlaw-
full work of collecting without such a
document, he or she. as the case may
be, should be regarded by all as a fraud
and an imposter. L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Nov. 20. 1899.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
ARCHBISHOP BGoRDAN COMING

Most Rev. P. W. Riordan, Archbishop
of San Francisco and Metropolitan of
the province of which the diocese of
Salt Lake is a part, viii reach this city
next week. He comes by special in
vitation of Bishop Seaman, who asked
his Grace to preach on the occasion
of the laying of the cornerstone Of the
new Cathedral The invitation COM
mittee have been exerting themselves
to make suitable and convenient ar
rangements for all who intend to be
present so that they may see what
takes place, and be in a position to
hear the words of Archbishop Riordan,
who is one Of the ablest pulpit orators
in America
Bishop Seaman, who is more than
pleased with the liberal spirit manifest
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

ed towards him in his great work,
would be glad to see, not only Salt
Lake, but all Utah represented on that
occasion. When a diocese is formed
only one Cathedral can be built, whilst
there may be nunberless other
churches, and as the cornerstone of the
future Cathedral will be the first and
last to be laid in the diocese of Salt
Lake, it is natural that it would be an
occasion of great joy for the whole do
cese, and that all should extend a
helping hand to the completion of the
good work.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

Read the Grafton of matchless elo-
quence by Archbishop Ireland at tha
unveiling of the Lafayette monument
at Paris on July 4, and printed On the
first page of this issue. It was specially
translated from the French for the In
termountain Catholic.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14
And So the Story Runs.
(Chicago News.)

He (reading)-And the plot thickens.
Beautiful Alverta creeps in, spreads her
stationery over the tables, writes a let
ter and gets up and folds the table.
She-Absurd. You mean she folds the
letter?
He-Nothing of the kind. This was q
folding table.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

The Samoa islands are in the spirit
ual charge of the MaTist Fathers, un-
der Bishop Broyer, as vicar apostolic.
The present state of the mission is as
follows: The number of priests at work
in the group is %, of lay-brothers S,
and of nuns so. Some Of the priests.
it is interesting to note, and of the
Sisters, are natives; there IRE. besides,
100 native catechists. The establish
ments of the vicariate are: IL mission
stations. 80 stone churches. a school
for catechists, s girls schools, taught
by the nuns. with 400 pupils; also Il
newly founded agricultural school. n
which only chiefs sons are admitted.
and which, at present, has fifteen
pupils. The total number Of Catholics
in the mission is 800
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

mention of a circumstance connected
with the street car strike in ST. Louis.
that every Catholic will be proud of
in the subjoined paragraph: 1T is
greatly to their credit that the Cath
oIics who have been in the street car
service have abstained from acts Of
violence and have displayed good sense
and patience during the strike. In their
efforts to better their condition and
secure more favorable terms from the
street car companies they have had
recourse only to lawful means; as q
body they are total abstalners and
exercised great moral influence among
their fellow workmen, and this
wholesome condition is due to their
religion
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

Bishop McFaul of Trenton, at the ban
duet of the knights of Columns the 9TH
er day said: II do not hesitate to say
that the support given to the Cathohe
press is a disgrace to the Catholics or
America
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

Cardinal Ledowchowsh is in feeble
health and has obtained leave to absent
himself temporarily from Propa sanda. lie
hos left Rome for CiliasSO. in Northern
Italy, on his way to Switzerland, where
he was benefited few years ago by a
stay of some weeks. On his return, IL ms
health be restored, he will resume his
work at the Propaganda He is Is years
old
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

The New York apostolate report the re-
ceptlon of seventy-three converts. Father
Xavier Sutton baptized twenty-eight at
his mission in Philadelphia, Father You
nan, c. S. P, actually received twenty
two at Providence, R. l., leaving sixteen
already prepared for baptism and thirty
four still in the inquiry class. The first
effort in Boston left twenty under instruc-
ton. Father Donahue of Dodge City,
Kansas, had four converts ready for con-
firmation as the bishop came around, and
at Danbury, Conn, the pastor reported
132 new sittings as the result of a mis-
sion to the non-Catholics.-The Mission
airy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

Brother Augustine. of the Order Of the
ligious workers, who are the only monks
of the Protestant faith in America. mas
been received in the Catholic church by
the Rev. Father Hughes of the PaulisL
Fathers. Brother Anthony. also MEM
Der of the Order of Nazareth, is now said
to be under instruction and viii soon toll
low Brother Augustine into the Catholic
church.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

BY the will of the Rev. Richard Parry.
late pastor of the St. Cecilia church.
Boston, he cancels and RENTS all obi
cations or debts due him from st. Ce-
celia s.. He provides, that his estate No.
10 Hudson street, shall be held by the
Revs. Henry A. Barry, John j. Downey
and John ]. O'Keefe in trust, to pay the
income to his sister, Catherine e. Barry
during her life, and that upon her death
one-half of the same or the proceeds of
it shall be turned over to the ordinary of
the archdiocese for the benefit of ST. Ce-
celia's church. He disposes of about So
600 in personal requests, gives the Chill
drens hospital on Huntington avenue
$500 and disposes of the rest OF his estate
to the Home for Destitute Catholic Chill
dren.
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Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco
has arrived in New York from Rome.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

Monks from La Trappe Monastery, Ira
cadia, n. S, have taken possession of
their new house in Cumberland, r. l.
They have a. farm there of about 500
acres. The other members now at Traca-
dia will arrive at Cumberland within the
next two weeks, when the old monastery.
where the monks of the order have lived
for over 100 years. will be abandoned.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

Archbishop Ireland has been appointed
a member of the advisory council of the
National Civic Federation. an organiza-
ton for the study of questions of nation
al importance, politically and Industrial
~. The council is COMPOSED OF prom
inent representatives of ali classes in in
dustry and business.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

The future King of Bavaria is thor
oughIy Bavarian and thoroughly Catho-
lie, and is much beloved by his Catholic
subjects
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-14

The Western watchman makes