Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-05
Arrival of Papal Delegate Cha
pelle at Manila Considered
Important.
His Action in Regard to Brother
hoods Fraught With Great
Good or Evil.
Governor Leary of Guam Pro-
claims Abolition of Peonage
on His Island.

MANILA, Jan. 3.-6:45 p. m.-Arch.
bishop Chappelle, the papal delegate to
the Philippines arrived here on the
United States transport Sherman,
which sailed from San Francisco, Dec.
8. He will lodge in the house formerly
occupied by Charles DENLY, of the Phil
ippine advisory commission. This &C.
ton on the part of Mgr. Chappelle set
ties the contest between the various
friar brotherhoods in Manila, who, sop
,arately, have been using their influence
to obtain the privilege of entertaining
the archbishop and the Rev. Father
McKinnon, late of the California volun-
teers, and now a regular army chap
lain, who was also a passenger
on the Sherman. It is said
that the friars are striving to
secure Mgr. Chappelle's ear for the pur-
pose of securing better protection for
individual interests. The arrival of the
papal delegate directs attention to the
question of the church and the BROTH
erhoods in the Philippines, including
the matter of deciding the brother.
hoods claims to real estate and other
property Of the church receiving state
support, and the re-establishment of
Spanish curates in native parishes. By
the appointment of Mgr. Chappelle as
Archbishop Nozalede's successor, the
F%ilipinos and Spaniards feel that steps
will be taken in these momentous mat
ters. which may bring
~. Infinite Good or Evil to the Islands.
20 Consequently Mgr. Chappelle's &C.
tions will be closely watched and fully
discussed. All classes of the brother
hoods are anxious to send representa-
tives to the parishes in the provinces
recently occupied by the Americans.
This matter will soon be brought to
Mgr. Chappelle's attention and his aid
in this connection will be solicited. In.
asmuch as the question of the expulsion
of the brotherhoods from the islands
and the freedom Of the people from the
alleged injustice of members Of the or
ders has always been declared to be the
principal cause of the revolt of the Fill.
pinos against Spain's sovereignty, long
time residents of the island declare
that if the friars are returned to their
former parishes, the natives, seeing
them return under American admins.
tration, will surely attack and kill
them and otherwise cause disorder.
Revolutionists having started the
rumor that Mgr. Chappelle intends
eventually to recommend the appoint
ment of Father McKinnon as arch
bishop of the Philippines, the latter
defense Of the br~otherhoods il
the American newspapers has bee,
translated and circulated among til,
natives for the purpose, it is declared
of showing that Father McKinnon viii
support the brotherhoods if he is sc
lected. Such statements as these Gre
ate uneasiness among the natives
which is increased by recent news re
ceived from Spain to the effect tina
Mgr. Chappelle will support tn
brotherhoods.
The Tagalogs, it is declared, have be
come more embittered against tn
church since Archbishop Nozaleda OK
communicated an insurgent priest an
it is said the number of Protestant mar
riages among the natives continuall
increases.