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Evening star., 1902-09-15
CHURCH AND STATE.
An Important Utterance by the Rev.
A. P. Dovle of the Paulist Fathers.

From the Catholic World.
It is a long time since Catholic editors
and writer's were at such variance as they
are or. the question of the elimination of the
friars from the Philippines.
A dispa assionate study of the situation
will indicate how largely partisan politics
as well as a love for the religious orders
have entered into the formation OF the
opinions that have been expressed pro and
con in the matter. Moreover, another
fact is evident. Some politicians other than
Catholics are trying to force this question
into the political arena, and their purpose
is to develop a bitter reHslous feeling
against the present administrator. II they
are in any measure successful 1t will be
onIy Nv the aid Of the short-sighted Catho-
lie nublicists who allow their better judg
ment to be warped by relglous rancor. NO
more lamentable catastrophe couid happen
to the welfare of the chufch lP this country
than that it be ranged in opposition to
legitimate government ala.
The highest hopes of the American people
are wrapped up in the success OF our gov
ernment. The holy father mas. said that
the future Is with America 5 The Philip
mines are ours, whether for better or for
WorseI The American nag Is 9nere 10 stay.
The great movements OF a nation IN which
money energy and the lives of soldiers
and Of sailors have been spent are not to
he reversed The Americanizatlon of the
Philippines will go on In any event. There
will ro with IT some evils, IOFGdIter all II is
o,r n,isfortune that we do not Sssand for all
that is good The adventurer and the out
cast are very often the ones toffollow close
lv after the flag and oftenerethan not the
representative of American nationality is
not the high-minded patriotic citizen. We
can only deplore this fact. But on this
Verv account it is necessary for the better
elements among our people to stand by the
government and to infuse into it's action
That which is for the best interests of the
neonle: and instead of antagoni2ing and
thwarting the government policy, to so
inform 1t that 1t may serVefthe highest in
terests of the greatest number.
The type of Catholic that has been de-
veloped under the shadow of our American
institutions is the peer of any in the world
He is Intelligent, self-reliant and practical.
He knows his religion thoroughly, and he
practices II deyoutly. We need not be
afraid that he will not hold his own when
brought in contact with the, Spanish Cath
olic. Nor need we fear that there will
he a letting down of ideals II the American
system of non-interference In church mat
ters is substituted for the old Spanish sys-
tenn of the Identification Of church and
state. AS we look over the. world we find
that many Of the evils the church has had
to deplore, and most of the difficulties she
has met with in her efforts to reform man.
kind have come from the state interfering
with her freedom of action If we believe in
the superiority of the American system
OF non-interference, we would do well to
Evening star., 1902-09-15
Basis of National Life.

Al Grace Reformed Church, where Presi-
dent Roosevelt attends, the pastor, Rev
DIR. john NJ. Schick, spoke of President
Mckinley as exempifying the power of
Christianity. "Chrlstianity," he said. "is
the basis of national life and welfare, and
the incentive to all progress upward" lie
pointed out the lessons to be learned from
the life Of the late President and paid a
high tribute to his memory.
Rev. Carl S. Smith, assistant rector Of St
Thomas Episcopal Church, preached the
memorial sermon at that edifice yeste. day
morning before 81 large congrS gait n. His
subject was The Duty of Citizenship and
his text was from Matthew 22:21: Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are
Evening star., 1902-09-15
Mrs. Grundy and Sea Bathing

fIUm IOnuOn Ilnth.
The blue bathing gown has disappearcl
as completely as the hood over the do.r or
the machine. SIS completely as wool-wor,r
anttmacassars. and wax-fowers. and tn.
use or the globes. and many other pet no.
tons of our grandmothers And il is no
use Disgusting the fact that the Grundyite
Ialth, In Its relation to sea-bathing, is on
the down grade all along the line
Evening star., 1902-09-15
First Presbyterian Church.

At the First Presbyterian Church last
evening there was a large congregation as
semhlcd. Rev. Donald c. Mcleod the
pastor. spoke briefly in euiosy of the late
President, ana introduced Rev. w. ].
Hutchinson. pastor Of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, who delivered the ad-
dress Of the evening The speaker text
was, "He being dead. vet speaketh''
Among other things Rev. Mr.. Hutchin-
son said:
Il divide the history Of this country into
three great epOchs. George Washington's S
spirit speaks of the founding of this great
republic, Abraham Lincoln's spirit speaks
Of the struggles Of the nation. and William
Mckinleys spirit speaks of the period
when America. by the grace of God, arose
to be a great Christian nation. with grand
and lofty mission for all mankind. That
spirit speaks Of the preparation of Mr.. Me
kiEley's character, he whom God had or
dained to be the Joshua of the American
people to lead them in lines of magnificent
possibilities. The spirit of Mr.. Mckinley
teaches all the lessons of courage, pa
triOtiSm and perseverance.
Evening star., 1902-09-15

Senator Clark OF Montana Is said to have
paid $4,000 for about a dozen rugs OF rare
design.
Evening star., 1902-09-15

Will be more and more demand for Ao,ari
can steel, rails and other products.
Evening star., 1902-09-15
WI TING-FANa's VIEWS.
What the Eminent Chinese Diplomat
Think Of Americans.
WI Ting-Fang in success.

WI Ting-Fang in Success.
Americans are known. in whatever quar-
ter of the world chance happens to throw
them, by their marvellous self-reliance and
independence. A typical American Is never
at loss what to do with himself.
If, by some enchantment. he were whisk-
ed away over night and set down in the
middle Of Timbuctoo. he would. doubtless,
Evening star., 1902-09-15
The Brandur Maea-.... Paw.

Inc Brendur Mag@-.l Pays
three cents q word or more for ell contributions
the highest rate paid hy any periodical In the
world Weekly. Five cents q cory. Eagal
Evening star., 1902-09-15
Faithfulness to Duty.

''If We were asked to characterize in
special way the public life of William Nc
kinley, l would say 1t was his faithfuness
to duty as citizen. The whole story of his
life tells us how he realized the sacredness
of his responsibilities to the state Step by
step he rose higher and higher in the life
Cf the nation till her greatest honor and re-
spnnsibility Were conferred upon him. The
call that came to him through the voice Of
The people he felt TO be call from God,
and to this he responded.
ITO him the presidency did not mean
glory, honor and power for himself but an
opportunity for service to the nation to the
world. 10 God The tribute Of the " rid
which a year ago was laid at his bier
proves that he ministered the trust commit
ted to him nobly and well.
To-day We honor him for h faithfulness
10 duty. his devotion to the state AS CIT
zens of the nation for which he died 1t is
for us TO learn the lesson which his citizen
snip can teach
Evening star., 1902-09-15
In Catholic Churches.


II accordance with the instructions of
Cardinal Gibbons, the Catholic churches
under his jurisdiction in the city yesterday
commemora.e1 the anniversary of the death
OF President Mckinley with appropriate
ceremonies.
At St Patricks Catholic Church. Rev
Father Dolan delivered the memorial ad-
dress. and spoke feeiingly of the sine re
sorrow of the people at the taking away Of
a great and good man. In speaking of the
deed which deprived the nation of it's Presi-
dent Father Doian said:
1T is unquestionably true that his as
sassination was the logical result of the
free circulation Of lawless ideas-the free
organization Of irresponsible, but most dar-
gerous. rebels against all autho,ity-an-
archists.
..It IL Ekewiss uuQuestionably true that
Evening star., 1902-09-15

in all the public expressions concerning the
death of Mr.. Mckinley there was the note
Of warning against infiammatory literature,
against the unbridled license allowed to
anarchists co-ordinating. and thus accumu
lating to themselves power and influence.
Call after call was issued for legislation
which would effectively stamp out this
menace to national life; yet with the wan
ing of the memory of McKinley's death has
waned this noble enthusiasm"
Review of Life and Character.
Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn, pastor of Mt.
Pleasant Congregational Church, preached
the morning sermon in that church, and re-
viewed the life and character of Mr.. Nc
Knley. -
"A just man was William Mckinley. AS
private citizen, soldier, as legislator. as
governor, as President, he maintained a
conscience void of offense toward God and
toward men. In a public career of unusual
length, ever open to the scrutiny Of his
countrymen, nothing was found by friend
or foe that would cast a stain upon the
immaculate purity of his character. The
story of his kindliness has gone out into all
the earth and is written on mems memories
everywhere. He recognized himself as his
less fortunate brothers keeper. He kept
open door TO all petitioners.
He could be reached by any cry of dis
tress, whether it came from the adjoining
room of his invalid wife, whom he nursed
with the tenderness of a woman, or from
the feVered lips of some far-aWay sufferer
on Cuba s desolate shores. Nay, more than
this. his heart beat in mercy for the very
fiend by whose murderous hand he fell, so
that when the fatal shot was fired he
sought to protect the assassin against the
violence of those who would have trampled
him 10 DEATH
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04
Denver Tramway Taxes Reduced.

Denver, Nov. 29.-As soon as the
county commissioners were notified
yesterday afternoon that Judge Peter
l.. Palmer had dissolved the injunc-
tion which had been issued at the In
stance Of the Municipal League, to
prevent them from rendering a deci-
sion regarding the reduction of the
tax assessments of the corporations, a
resolution was adopted by the board
reducing the claim for delinquent
taxes against the Denver City Tram.
way Company for the years 1896. 1897
1898, 1899 and 1900, from SCI .919.24 to
$25.000. The company had paid p art
of its taxes for the years mentioned.
The delinquent taxes were; 1896, s3.-
716.3S; 1897. S11.3S7.49; 1898. $751;
532.01; 1899, $7o9S.O6; 1900, s24,-
1880.
Several weeks ago Charles J.
Hughes. Jr., attorney for the Tram,
way company. offered to settle the lit
igation which had been commenced
for the purpose of collecting the delin-
quent taxes. He offered the county
commissioners $4,000. This offer was
accepted by the resolution of yester.
day. The reduced amount will be
considered a compromise Of the litiga-
tion now In progress.
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04
BRUSH SURE OF
SUGAR FACTORY

Denver. Nov. 30.-A Brush special to
the Republican last night says:
At mass meeting of farmers held
here to-day 1t was definitely settled
that a sugar factory of 600 tons .capac-
city should be erected as soon as pos
sible. Excavating for the foundations
will be commenced before the end Of
the year. The factory. 1t is expected,
will be in operation in September. 1903
Dyer e. Co, of Cleveland. Ohio. have
had a certified check on deposit with
the Brush bank for some time to back
their proposition to build factory as
soon as 5000 acres for beet culture
could be guaranteed At the mass
meeting to-day 1000 additional acres
were pledged. making a total of 5.S15
acres guaranteed. The representative
OF the company expressed himself as
satisfied with the outlook and tele-
graphed that work would be com
menced as soon as satisfactory con-
tracts could be secured.
The meeting was enthusiastic The
land contracted to the manufacturers
Is the best the state affords. It is level
and fertile and is under two of the
best bitches in the state. The farmers
In this district have thousands of acres
more to draw on.
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04
SECRETARY OF WAR REPORTS
ARMY in GOOD CONDITION

staff and bands, 32S, total 17,742; in
fantry 24.4S0; engineer battalions and
band 1882: additional strength for
troops stationed at the general service
and staff college, school of application.
and legation guard, Pekin, China, l.
245; enlisted men, stan department.
etc, 2,S77; total, 1886.
THE health of the army has shown
continued improvement. The deaths
from all causes during the calendar
year 1901 amounted to 1894 per thous-
and of mean strength as against 22.74
per thousand of mean strength during
the calendar year 1900. This large re-
duction of death rate was in great
measure due to improved conditions in
the Philippines.
The principal military events Of the
past year have been the end OF the
military occupation of Cuba and the
end of the insurrection in the Philip
pines.
Referring to the operation of sec
ton 3S of the act of February 2, 1901.
which prohibits the sale of beer and
light wines in post exchanges. | said
in my last report that a great body OF
reports had been received, which indi-
Gated that the effect of the law was un-
fortunate, but that / thought suffi-
cient time had not elapsed to give the
law a fair trial. and that the observa-
ton and report of its working would
be continued during the ensuing year.
"A great number of additional re-
ports have now been received, and
they confirm the impression produced
by the earlier reports. l am convinced
that the general effect of prohibiting
the use Of beer and light wines within
the limited area of the army post is to
lead the enlisted men to go out of the
post. to frequent vile resorts which
cluster in the neighborhood. to drink
bad whisky to excess, and to associate
intimately with abandoned men and
more abandoned women; and the op-
Grafton of the law is to increase drunk
enness. disease of the most loathsome
kind. insubordination and desertion.
and moral and physica, degeneration"
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04
FENCES WILL BE REMOVED
FROM GOVERNMENT LAND

Denver, Nov. 29.-The News this
morning prints the following special
from Omaha:
There will be bloodshed out in Ne
braska before this land fence matter is
done with but / propose to have the
fences torn down if l have to send a
force of cavalry there to do It." said
President Roosevelt to Colonel John s..
Mosby, a special agent of the land de-
partment, according to statement
given out by the latter here to-day.
II have come here with instructions
to tear down the fences, and incident
ally to clean out the fraudulent en-
tries upon government lands which
have been made by soldiers widows" "
said Colonel Mosby. Senator Millard
of Nebraska, continued he, not long
ago tried to get me to suspend the law
and to let the fence matter rest until
he could get new law enacted this
winter permitting the fences to stand,
but I told him l could not do it,
| Colonel Mosby has been subpoenaed
to appear before the federal grand jury
Monday to tell what he knows about
the land entry frauds and the fencing
of lands by the cattlemen.
Il want to get Bartlett Richards be-
| lore Tie jury, Sdlu uc ne Souli
probably tell why sixty-seven soldiers
widows arrived at Alliance on one
train and took up lands on which he
has fences.'
Bartlett Richards is one of the big
cattlemen of Nebraska. and is BROTH
er of the governor of Wyoming.
Mosby will at once begin proceed
ings for the removal of fences from
government land in Nebraska. He said
that tracts containing thousands OF
acres have been fenced in by cattle
men, and that his purpose was to have
these fences torn down. After con-
ferring with United States District At
torney Summers he will go to North
Platte and Alliance, where notices will
be served upon the alleged violators
giving them sixty days in which to re-
move the fences.
A considerable number of indict-
ments are likely to be returned, and a
good many official heads are likely to
be chopped off as a result of the
searching examination now being
made by the federal grand jury into
the alleged fraudulent land entries in
Nebraska There is no longer reason
able doubt that conspiracy has been
entered into by the big cattle COM
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04

Washington, Nov. 29.-In the annual
report of the Postoffice Department the
postmaster general says:
Rural free delivery service has be-
come an established fact. 1t is no long
er in the experimental stage and un-
doubtedly Congress will continue to in
crease the appropriation for this SER
vice until all the people of the country
are reached, where it is thickly settled
enough to warrant it. The estimates
of the department are to the effect that
the available territory for this service
embraces about 100000 square miles,
or one-third of the country's area, ex-
elusive of Alaska. The 1850 routes
now in operation cover about one-third
of the available territory. From this
1t will be seen that it will require $1,000
employees additional to those now in the
service to cover the territory. If Con-
gress shall make the necessary appro-
priations, it is believed that within the
next three years the extension of the
service will have been completed.
with the extension of rural free de-
livery thus actively progressing, COM
plants arise in other communities.
Cities of 10000 population or $4,000
gross postal receipts, receive free de-
livery twice day, in many cases often
er. Residents of remote rural districts
to which the rural service has been
extended have a free delivery of mail
brought within reach of them once a
day. Residents of towns of less than
10000 population, or $4,000 gross post
al receipts, have no free delivery at
all. There is popular demand, which
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04

panies out in he western part of the
state to rob the government of mil
lions of acres of the most valuable
grazing lands, nor Is there longer rea-
sonable doubt that in order to carry
out their plans the cattle companies
have persuaded thousands of soldiers
widows to perjure themselves.
Your correspondent recently inter
viewed one of the widow homesteaders.
and this is what she said: Il was ad-
vised to call at a certain Office In Oma-
ha and to take my husbands certificate
of discharge from the army with me.
1 did so, and was told by gentleman
in charge of the Office that he repre-
sented company or syndicate that was
locating soldiers widows on home
steads, and he went on to explain to me
how it was done. He said he would
buy me ticket from Omaha to Broken
Bow and return; that the agent at
Broken Bow would meet me at the train
and take me to a hotel, and would then
go with me to the land office, where l
was to file homestead claim on a
quarter section of land, the agent pay
ing all expenses of the filing. Then
was to sign some paper, and the agent
would pay me SIS, and was to come
home and nave no more DOtner aDOut IL
till proved up on the claim, when l
was to receive another SIS. He told
me it was all legal; that didn't have
to live on the land or even see it; that
all had to do was to sign the paper
and they would attend to all the rest.
! Well, am poor and needed the money,
and l accepted the offer. The agen:
furnished me ticket from Omaha to
Broken Bow and return. On the train
met two other ladies who were going
to Broken Bow on the same business
was. BY talking to one another we
found out that the bargain was the
same with all of us. When we got to
Broken Bow gentleman met us at
| the train and took us to hotel in a
bus. Then we went to the land office
and filed on homesteads, as We had
agreed to. Then each of us signed
some paper, which the agent said was
a lease. Then he paid each Of us $75
and we took the train for home. 1t
| didn't cost us a cent for anything, and
we were just the $75 ahead. OF course
we didn't see the land. and never ex-
| pect to. Indeed, don't know where Il
| is. The agent kept all the papers, and
said he'd attend to the rest, and that's
! all know about It,"
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04
WASHINGTON Is
NOT A POLITICIAN

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 29.-The fol-
lowing has been received by the Age
Herald from Booker T. Washington:
II notice that several newspapers
have recently connected my name with
political matters in such manner that
shows that my position is not UNDER
stood. ] desire, therefore, to make the
following statement:
my life work is the promotion of
the education of my race. 1t is well
known that / have always advised my
people that 1t Is of supreme Importance
that they should concentrate all their
thought and energy on the securing of
homes, the cultivation of habits OF
thrift, economy, skill, intelligence.
high moral character and the gaining
of the respect and confidence of their
neighbors, white and black, both in the
South and in the North. From such
teaching and counsel no influence can
ever divert me.
What conferences ] have had with
the President or with any public Off
cial have grown out of my position not
as politician. but as an educator.
"At every proper opportunity / say
to the youth of our people that they
will make mistake IL they seek to
succeed in life by political activ-
ity, or the hope Of holding po-
litical Office. Now and then, however,
public questions affecting our interests
arise which are so far-reaching and so
fundamental that they transcend the
domain of politics. When such ques-
tions present themselves, in justice to
my race, l make my position known,
and stand for what see to be the
right.
I'VE cannot elevate and make useful
a race Of people until there is held out
to them the hope of reward for right
living. Every revised constitution
throughout the Southern states has put
a premium upon intelligence. owner
ship OF property, thrift and character.
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04

Denver, Nov. 3O.-In his annual re-
port to the state engineer, submitted
yesterday, Superintendent Armstrong
of irrigation division No. says the
scarcity of water resulted in bringing
up questions never before thought Of.
and that the drought was n fruitful
propagator of litigation, as we'll as an
injury to farming interests. Concern
ing the injunction method of getting
water, which he calls trick" the SUI
perintendent says:
"1t is becoming understood that the
value of water for irrigation is very
much above the price that has been
set upon it, consequently the very best
legal talent is being employed to Sc
cure the right to use the water by jun
tor appropriations, very often to the-in-
jury of older and senior appropriations.
A favorable procedure in this line of
action is in obtaining the issuance
from the county courts Of a writ
of temporary injunction, restraining
the officers of the irrigation depart
ment from enforcing the laws made
and provided for the proper distribu-
tion Of water for irrigation purposes.
Especially is this true where the inter-
ests of one irrigation district come into
conflict with those of another.
"This office has been seriously en-
barrassed in the performance Of its
duties by this trick, for it is trick,
although a legal one, whereby canal
company, or district, can hold the wa
ter to which it is not entitled for a
period of time and, when hearing is
had, ask for dismissal of complaint
and the dissolution of the injunction
On payment of costs, which they can
well afford to pay. l would suggest
that something be done to remedy
this, either by the coming Legislature
Or by a ruling of the Supreme Court on