New-York tribune., 1901-07-29
"BABISM" IN CHICAGO.
A CENTRE OF AN oFFsHooT OF MAHoM-
ETANISM
From Nc Chleago inter Ocean.

ETANISM.
From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
Chicago Babsts trying 70 stop TFa ths afssa sF
bert Ro%en 8 hftr nrr nted States Minister
that country. has been requested to lay the IG
fair treatment a few days eommi5tee G5 id
prominent Americans waited up00n up00 Dt MI; ~ to tbe
Paris and asked him TO personally presene 70 I tiI
Shah petition recitng the conditions thae q4, now
in religious belief among those who subscribed a,
10 ee eS sa Ren ppe se to a d r Pe
OF Chicago. and Miss Natalie Barney a WeaitnS y
understood is acting as the representative OF the
Chicago colony of Babists, which numbers one thou-
ciaiy Of any in the United States An intimate
don OF MISS no weS6 S m @ 1 & oG te ba become in
terested in Babism, but she has been studying the
is a woman of brains ard has warm interest in
the welfare of mankind the world over. one OF the
Babs chief aims TO ameiorate the condlloh
OF women in Persia, and this would be sure 10
Having been recalled from his post at Teheran'
Mr.: Bowen is not in position to assist the BablstS,
and the has been referred to his sucGess2Ir
Lloyd Griscom. who is expected in Paris shortly
on his way to Persia.
CHICAGO A BABIST CENTRE.
Babsm first heard Of in this country IN 1898
when certain Babi named Ibra1im kheiTalLah; ,a
Of een 10 eetues @ en M and
the various movements which had grown out of it.
ferred to the Bah, and in a short time he is said
next proceeded to NewoYork City. where he pub
lshed he'd his $ lectures Such the beginnings Of
history of the movement in America it present
Sard S to speak The principal Bab centres in the
oshai c Wis. from 400 TO 500 New-York city, about
ton and Bellevue. Del. Newark, Fanwood and
HothokenI HOP n j.; Brooklyn and Ithaca n; Y: De
snG nU' Dia' micn' Boston. Cincinnati San Francisco
AT Rabism dates back May 2, 1874 when Mira
srkiRgy spdsdP and handsome with Irresistible charms Of
Promised guide the b or hss bToaFb as ne fe
men men might Tg communicate with the Imam Mahdi
immortality of the Mulias, or Mahometan clergy
thorities, His followers grew in number. Natur-
aS S fhe clergy and the Persian Government hated
lie he was pronounced hereto and thrown into
not merev he me IN Gontnement he declared himself
But But the point of revelation" the Imam himself
spoke spoke Of one yet greater than himself who should
come come. after and should be He whom God shall
nanifest~ His successors have assumed to be this
greater one and even the All Powerful one
MIRACLE OF THE BAB"
CG on ,Iy July 3 1850 Mira Ali Mohammad. the Bah,
bH th hk" MS9hammad Ali his disciple were dragsed
ried rhe crowded at dec streets and bazaars Tabrz Ar
were suspended by ropes passed under their arm
or ra 70 staples set in wall As the soldiers were
V1hhtoi' VWhn erlly. thou ART with in paradise"
body ohammad @ Hey X ded ffaTe@ With 3~ay b9es lne
dis dEng @ iieieSs from the staples but the Bab had
as arms the cords that held HIM Here indeed
&c i1eu De- d miracle HAD the Bah escaped the whole
OF Persia would soon have been added TO his fol-
doait loving Ga But soldier caught sight of him and
blood flowing from the wounS hfn en- the 9fop9
e drHf6esi9ng res victim their doubts fears
in ifs he inf Snas have martyred many Babs Vet stu
more m than one million adherens The chef ce3trs
tba 'e Pab bchreh @ Is now at Acre; Abbas Enendi is
OF nineteen days: fasting from sunrise 10 sunset E
est persopsi iS Ihg ast month OF the year Strict
kniyes and forks. instead OF the hanSs k se tJr Gt
The most hatefalp eaqS lpGGfhI6ile& of mbs,o
t,,n{,y s hLd pegs; take hold the robe OF opuor-
% an H. are ordered to marry. wives Who for per,oJ
bands are nernttat nade hal no news OF their hus-
are are patient It IS better since God loves ihos &
not to divorce her at one Lt VIE q@aTrei he is
10 her 80 tha'' perhaps. he become reconcilcd
NATURE OF BABrsr FAITH
.m Babism Is a religious Freat-grand,bud y, NJ
Iaoinetansm. which. however IL now s.,.-s -.
of Sb9v,l,bi Sv sIahtaGhiId of Shism and the chil
teent ce,t9i Wh!Ih originated carly IN the nine
4gsa es century In the teaching OF a certain Ahmed
pAcG,ording to shilsm. the orthodox religion %,
I' eIsia' Ihere were twelve Imamg saints of v.bo-,
known Ej as the Imam Mahd dsap1eardd from tbc
Tho n,yatart III me year ~, \ D.. and retired 10
ana "nere he Will remain hidden until s,ich I'M
mum anu ihausuF"'e the miilen-
Gait AZ fTs FIR, the he Imam Mahdl continued to communi
CHOSEN persons, who were known b, ibe rer,. ' ~
SAP, sac, or gate There were four OF theec Babs
'1 onaSil teaches but the apostolic succassior an
npuH 90 enued hundreds OF years ago and then be-
san tiie period known the greater orc,,ltatio
dctt Ot me 0ther hand. Shaykhsm has n fundamental
roSirt taS Known as the fourth support" which
MAINTAINS there must always be . .'uerfect mn,
eapabie OF serving n channel of grace bet we,'n
the hidden Imam and his church '"
Like all emotional religious movements I'm OrI
Snta! countries. Babsm has numbered man,
tahatlcs in its ranks The Persian fov.r,,,ra,tt a.
,ne lhn;sugafion of the Mahonctan clergy seeks
70 eAuTpalt the Babists lest they overthrow the
nionarchical religion. The fanatics onor@ ia
Th Thnists IN turn make on the Mahometans
diiuS' it ~ sald a Babst, made wild bv the
prosecutions OF his sect. oSsaeej, Or ~.
pTresent Shah's predecessor a few years ngo II is
win the purpose Of tranquzing the cotrTrr,. ana
stopping the religious strife that Miss Peck and
her associates are petitoning the shah Ia cease
prosecuting the Bebists IMAM I" o''ao