The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-30
MISS BARNEY AN
ADHERENT OF "BABIsEe

H.b,m. ne religious Great-erandsnn9
~ Nohsmmedanism. which. hcwsvee. y
..sne n Kill, has enthrailed In is ~
ein.tine xnsp a former Cincinnati GIN
ana ner thousands. Miss Albert Barney
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. bar
nev. has become a firm adherent or TINS
cult. end has offered her fortune ana n~
Afe's efforts on its shrine.
Bab,sm, says the New York Journal.
sprinsins a new faith into the TwsntiecN|
century. Bahism Of to-day sprang into ex-
:r,ence when. on May n 1874. Mira All
Nohammed. Of shivay. Of infinite learning
and strikinely handsome. proclaimed HIM
self ar the promised guide. the Bah or
gate through which men might
cate with the Imam Hahdi
This Bah proclaimed against the world
Illness and immortality OF the Muila% or
Miohsmmedan clergy. n the intustics ana
repae.iy OF the civil authorities. His fot.
lowers grew In number. Naturally. tho
clergy and the Persian Government hated
and feared him.
He was pronounced Q hsrstio and thrown
into prison. and while in confinement he D.
clared himself not merely the gate" lead
Ing to the Imam Mahdi. but the Point q
IsOvOiuIiOus ZIG lLHAHl utlnDCiAs 0OS NJ w
clarsd his mission was not final and spoks
Of one yet greater than himself who should
come after and should b he whom God
shall manifest" His SUCCESSORS have -.
sumed to Be this greater one and even ths>
Al-Powerful ne
On July Q. 1850. Mira All Mohammsd, the
Bah. and Aka Mohammed All. his disciple.
were dragged by the sha's soldiers for many
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saars Of Tabria. Arrived at the appointed
place Of execution. the two wers suspsnAsd
by ropes passed under their armpits to sta-
pies set In . wall. AZ the soldiers were o..
dered to IRE on them the Bah saiA 70 IL
~companion, Verify. thou art with m in
paradise"
When the smoke Of the vulley cleared
away. the body Of Aka Aohammed An.
riddied with bullets. hung lffsless from n
staples.
IT Bah had disappeared
h bullets had severed 5Ist absue -
arms the cords that held hirp.
Here. indeed. seemed . miracle ~
the Bah escaped the whole Of Pers1o vuus1
soon have been added to his foIloWfne. HI .
colder saught sight Of him and daalt HIN
. blow with his sword. When the pooDeo
Awh sood flowing from the wound Tins -
nictsd On the unresisting victimA tAseP
doubts and fears vanished: the Bate A6axA
Wa soon accomplished.
II shahs have nastyssd nanV Dan1l
yet. stfll In its infAney, - q Wsgo. q ,
said to count to-day moro b leeano -
hersntA The chief center Of ~ shuroh >
now At Acre: Abbss Ensndi = ne Dnh
The nab year contains ninstssa uaoths a
nineteen days: fasting from suns1ss - sunz
sst = ordained during the last nsaeA Of tn
year. etrictsst personal cleanlAnons q n
sisted On, the use d knives AnA 1Beka IN
stead q the banda y sn3eineA Aaqlannv
10 thus prohibited
the NEST hassfd1 - Dana1.A Ss1pss e.
10 h who sits y bsess Nhs ~ - Ne
Of sppsrtuniaxs Edyin6 = 60 ~ 0nsa q
cauOsa."
Nj. a1A Ma 4. q 1aenY sUVuul ysnss
aso were amoa6 IL seasev lsA1oo q On
cinnat1. and Their homsUosn1 WouD -
W. Bsyes e Ns0a Aubua ~ ~ -
the scene Of 0any . ~ anA UAav Asvo
spent their winssrs ~ oanv NmD 49, h
Warrington ana tAs1P @0p e ~
Harbes M 3anV - - ~ a..
tiers are now a1ssaA ~ - 1as1w
10 IN America Due . ~ vudD - -
Visited MA Rufus ~ - - A.
her osaslns - Cn6nina4 - vuviGv
sntsFtainsA. Ma 1amV $780,
Of he iAs 0.nsa fDA Wo~A $500
q C1sAmaA ~ - - o.,
housA
A esan1esse . AnsEaun0 q
tinsss IL JeuE1aA - W0sn1 D1owe
". Dswsn. lately Uh1eso D1uoOA~S
Persia. and now IN ~ -. a1n.g ~
to petition the Shah ~ psUDsonn a.
freedom from p~es1sgue9n loPS2nn
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eoAchangD o( tAis ~ tsolg1s0 ~ -
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