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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
The Beers and the Kaffirs.

TT HE Beers do not fear that the
Transvaal is to become another
Hayti, but they are alarmed about
the Kaffirs, says the Chicago Tribune.
Conditions have changed in three years.
Before the war began all the Beers
were armed and the Kaffirs were not.
Now the Beers have been disarmed, or
partially so at least, while many of the
Kaffirs have firearms. The Beers al
lege that the British armed them dur
ing the war. Perhaps this was the
case to some extent, or the Kaffirs may
have got arms in other ways. However
the arms were acquired, naturally the
To a savage who has had only spear
and knife firearms are priceless pos
session not to be surrendered if it can
be avoided.
The natives have no love for the
Boers-hereditary enemies who have
ruled them with an iron hand. There
were reasons for it, A comparatively
small and scattered body of white men,
surrounded by savage and warlike
tribes, feel that their safety depends
on rigid rules and merciless punish
ments.' The methods of the Beers in
dealing with the Kaffirs have shocked
the English humanitarians, who have
never tried the put yourself in his
place" experiment and do not know
what it is to live in constant fear of a
sudden outburst of Kafir fury.
1t is reported that the Beers who are
returning to their farms are being at
tackled by Kaffirs. 1t is said also the
real object of movements of British
troops in the Transvaal may be to
quell disturbances among the Kaffirs.
If the latter have arms it is not unlike
ly that they will use them. If the Beers
have been stripped of weapons they
will be at the mercy of the savages.
The situation in some parts of South
Africa may not be so alarming as Gen
eral Botha seems to consider it. He
and other Beers may be unduly nerv-
Gus, but their nervousness is natural.
The Kaffirs have seen the Beers, whom
they look on as their oppressors. van
pushed by the British. Some of them
may think they can do as they please
henceforth.
The British officials have disarmed
the Beers. 1t is for them to protect
men whom they deprive of the means
of protecting themselves. A failure to
do this viii put an end to the hope of
conciliating the Beers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

secretary. During his term of Office,
he endeared himself to the Catholics
of San Francisco and won the esteem
and respect of the clergy of the arch
diocese. When Archbishop Riordan
assumed charge of the archdiocese,
the future bishop of Monterey and Los
Angeles was chosen to fill the onerous
position of chancellor. During his sue
cessful administration of the chancel-
lorship, his prudence marked him as a
worthy candidate for the mitre.
In April, 1894, he was consecrated
bishop of Timui and coadjutor of Rt.
Rev. Francis Mora, then bishop of
Monterey and Los Angeles. In May,
1896, he succeeded Bishop Mora. Dur
ing the past six years his life was a
verification of St Paul's instruction to
his beloved Titus: For bishop must
be without crime, as the steward of
God: not proud, not subject to anger"
During his administration Catholicity
has grown, and the church has pros
pered. Her teachings, ably expounded
by him, have appealed to many who
were ignorant of Catholic faith.
His return to San Francisco. where
his dignity will be greater and his
sphere of action broader, will be greet
ed by priests and people. With the
cooperation of priests and people the
success which has attended him as sec
rotary, chancellor and bishop, will be
still greater; the pallium will bring him
no new burdens, trials or crosses. for
his mission is to labor as a good sol
der of Christ Jesus.
The Intermountain Catholic congra-
tulates the archdiocese of San Francis
co on the selection that has been made,
greets the future metropolitan with
hearty good wishes, hopes his reign will
be as peaceful as it is sure to be sue
cessful, and that for many years he
will remain faithful shepherd to his
flock
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
HEWITT ON THE STRIKE.

Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt is out with a
statement to the effect that the claims
of the striking miners are in contra
vention of the principles of free gov
eminent, and that if they be conceded
Mr.. Mitchell would be able to dictate
and control the next presidential cleo
ton. He does not deny the right of
labor to organize, but he insists that
such organizations must be for lawful
purposes and to obtain results found
ed on justice. VIII he say that the or
ganization of capital has such an OBJ
ject in view, when it proceeds to ma
nlpulate business so as to raise the
price of necessary commodities far be-
yond ther proper value? When single
individuals can take in millions yearly
without ever doing a single stroke of
work, but merely signing a name to
papers of imaginary stock, can he say
that such results are founded on JUS
tice? Somebody must be robbed in the
future when such enormous drafts are
made upon it, without any visible
equivalent to offer for them save I'M
earned profits. Those individuals who
sweep in the greater part of the coun-
try's money in this easy way are able
to, and do, control national elections,
as Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt doubtless
knows as well as any living person.
Who gave them a right to monopoly
in this game? Under the laws the la
Dor leader has just the same standing
as the capitalist, and is as free to use
his influence for the very lawful object
of securing the election of the man
when he thinks best suited to serve
the country as its president. Men like
Mr.. Hewitt are the really dangerous
members of society. They claim for a
class what a monarch dare not claim
in any monarchial countryside right
over the minds and consciences of the
men who make the millions which they
accumulate and utilize for the purpose
of debating and terrorizing. The whole
country has to pay the penalty of
their avarice and, injustice, as it is
now doing with regard to the miners
strike, and they may depend upon It
that the whole country will not go on
forever patiently submitting to their
intolerable pretensions to control its
natural resources.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
WANING AND PADDED LISTS.

Bishop McFaul's proposition that this
country is being dechristianized can
not be refuted by a hysterical Shrek
of denial Whether the public school
system is responsible for the fact or
not, the evidence that it is fact is
overwhelming, and it is all forthcoming
from Protestant sources. Catholics
have not to go to the trouble of col
lecting it, if ever they were so inclined,
for all they have to do is to read the
statements of Protestant ecclesiastics
and statisticians in the public papers.
Here is a case right under the nose of
the editor who got wild over the bish-
ops statement. 1t was furnished no
later than last Sunday in the city of
New York, in st. Pauls NJ. E. church
at the West End, by the Rev. r. J.
Trevorrow. The church, he said-that
is, the whole NJ. E. church--was a fall
ure; and before he proceeded to work
out this dismal confession by math-
ematical demonstration he consoIed his
dumbfounded hearers by assuring them
that it was no more a failure than any
other church. This was roundabout
way of saying that all the Protestant
churches are failures from business
point of view. Then the reverend
threnodist proceeded to prove his case.
According to figures given in a recent
number of the Church Economist, the
ministry at the Methodist Episcopal
church in the United States numbered
1869, and the membership amounted
to 2,77S,209. The property was valued
at s173,9S0,1 1872. the members contribu-
lions being $1S,951, 049. The appalling
feature of the report, he said, was a
loss of membership amounting to g.
$50. Out of 1000 other churches, he
added, only 5,0S1 could show an increase
of fifty members. Two thousand
churches had no increase whatever.
But there is much more than this to
confess if the prophet were only bold
enough to avow it. The Rev. Thomas
Dixon declares that in many churches
the membership lists are fraudulent.
They contain the names Of dead men.
They are mushroom records" Out of
a list of 1000 members in one parish,
he added, not 200 could be found when
the record was accidentally burned.
The Methodist Episcopal church does
not want for company. A similar dis
couraging story is told of the chief
on-Catholic denominations. 1t is only
the Mormon monstrosity that gains
ground-and this is so because it is
Professionalism in it's ultimate express
sion-an endeavor to reconcile the spir-
itual with the carnal and material in
the nature of man.-Standard and
Times.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

she has net with in her efforts to re-
form mankind, have come from the
state interfering with her freedom of
action. If we believe in the superiority
of the American system of non-inter-
ference, we would do we'll to hasten its
introduction. for even among the Latin
races in the second generation it Gre
ates a good type of Catholic. The gen.
Grafton of italian children that are
now growing up under the influence of
the church in our American cities will
be immeasurably better Catholics than
their parents were. We have nothing
to fear from the introduction of the
American system except we refuse to
participate in it, and so set ourselves
over against it as to thwart its good
purposes. 1t is admitted on all sides
that the strictest impartiality rules the
present administration, and only a
short-sighted antagonism can Illustrate
its determination to do the fullest JUS
tice."
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
Bishop Montgomery Exalted.

A TELEGRAM from Rome to the AS
"A ISOLATED Press, of date Sept. 1, an
nounces that after a lengthy sitting on
that day. the Prope ganda decided to
recommend to the pope the appoint
ment of Rt. Rev. George Montgomery,
bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles,
as coadjutor to the Most Rev. Patrick
William Riordan, archbishop of San
Francisco. Later kilograms bear the
appearance of confirmation of the first
dispatch from Rome.
Rt. Rev. George Montgomery, thus
signally honored, is young man who
won his high position in the church by
prudence, zeal and scholarly ability.
After his ordination he was selected
by Archbishop Alemany as his private
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
The Orange society's Decadence.

Ex-Attache in the Boston Transcript
has a sketch OF the Orange society
which says, among other things:
In some respects the Orange society
differs from other secret political socie-
ties in Europe. For the Orangeman is
religious fanatic first and politician
afterward. Everything is subordinated
by him to maintaining Protestant as
cendancy and to prevent the spread of
the power and influence of Roman
Catholics, not only in Ireland, but also
in all Engiish-speaking countries. Even
the loyalty of the Orangeman to the
throne is conditional to it's being occu-
pied by a Protestant, the affirmation
which he solemnly makes on joining
his lodge binding him to support the
laws and constitution of the kingdom,
the succession to the throne of his ma
JeStyS flluStriouS house being Protest
ant No person who has at any time
been a Roman Catholic or married to
one, is eligible for election to the Or
ange society, and the organization.
such as it is. still opposes with all its
might and power the appointment of
Roman Catholics to any government
office, judicial post or seat in parlia
ment.''
This broad-minded, tolerant and lib-
erty-loving organization is the Same
which on occasion. attempts to teach
Americans how to run this country.
Ex-Attache tells of the days when the
society exercised a certain power in the
political affairs of Great Britain. Conn
pairing its condition then. with its pres
ent decadents :, he says:
In those days the membership of
the latter was estimated at over 50o nm
and it had large means at it's Command
whereas now it is doubtful whether the
roster contains one tenth of that nuno-
Der of names. the majority of which
are those of artisans and laborars
There are at present but few men of
social position, of wealth or ability, in
Its ranks. The very classes that for
merry constituted its principal element
of strength, namely, the Profests1t
gentry and aristocracy Of the Emerald
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

Isle, and the old Tory nobility in a..
united Kingdom, now regard If az ','e
extremely vulgar and ludicrous ~, an
ment, from which it behooves tbar, -
nold aloof, and save for the fact tbo2
IL stlrs up some rioting once a vear o--
the anniversary of the Battle of , Il
Boyne, 1T has dwindled into sucb ~
slgnlncance as political factor eth.
IN england or in Ireland that il ie az
ncult to realize that during the e.
three or TOUR decades of the nineteartb
century II was repeatedly admitted b,.
the government of the day in parIi,y
nle1I 10 De one of the most serious
fronted." was l9H~
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

1 feel it my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud and
imposition by notifying them from time
and garb of a priest or sister or anyone
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 permis--
sion in writing bearing my seal anc
signature. Should any one be found en-
gagged in doing this unlawful work of
collecting without such a document, he
or she. as the case may be, should be re-
garded by all as a fraud and an imposter.
L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

Devil wagons have busy day." is
the way the Chicago Tribune heads a
column of automobile accidents. But
few OF our Salt Lake people have in
vested in this dangerous amusement,
and such as have propel their devil
wagons at a moderate rate of speed.
The chances of accident are therefore
as remote as being run over by milk
wagon. The only vehicles to which an
element of danger attaches are the
Salt Lake street car and the sprinkling
cart
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
TEE PoPF,s ApMoN1TToN.

Catholic newspaper in a parish is a
perpetual mission. Let all who truly 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 pro.
his money and influence, for to those
who devote themselves 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, 1902-09-06

New England, once the literary pas
ture Of the schoolmaster, raises no pro-
tells its people that they don't know
the difference between trust" and
corporation" and the former word is
nisapplied in mentioning the latter.
Out west we use the word combine"
occasionally to express the same evil
But by whatever name we call it, the
onion rather than the rose typifies its
strength and odor.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

If President Roosevelt sat with his
guard, he would have met the same
fate as the man killed by the trolley
car. It sends the cold shivers down the
back of every true American to think
what narrow escape we have had
from John Hay, the anglomaniac who
would have succeeded him.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain wants to tax
the South African mines 100000 to-
ward the cost of the war which was
fought, in a measure, for their preser-
walton. The Beers have not protested,
seeing as the mines are owned by Eng
lishmen.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

makes yer popular in the family cir
Gle. TIE continued stories are special
features. Contents for September:
"The Fatal Beacon" By F. V.
Bracket. Chaps. XIII-XVIII.
"At Early Mass" Full page 1llustra-
ton.
'.The Weary Cleaners" Full page
Miniature. Trees" With five Illus
trations.
G.. Bonesteel. With illustration.
Storiettes: Martin Regans Woo
ing" Borrowed Happiness, THE
Test"
'Hildesheim in Hanover" With four
illustrations.
Realistic Pictures of Frontier Life. "
Double page illustration.
1.-The Little Lads of the Widow Jou-
ret" BY r. NJ. Samson.
1.-TWO Brides of the White House. "
With two Illustrations.
'Laelia." BY Grace Keen.
"a Love Song" Full page illustra-
ton.
"A Russian Legend"
Current Events With eleven IL
Illustrations.
"Woman's Realm"
Games and Amusements for Young
Folks" With illustrations.
Book Reviews"
Answers to Correspondents"
Comics"
Monthly Prize Competitions"
Answers to Competitions
New Inventions: Loading Coal on
Boats"
Curiosities: "a Queer Place to Take
a Nap"
Rataplan: A Rogue Elephant and 9th
err Stories. BY Ellen Velvin, F. u. S.,
author of TALES Told at the Zoo"
Jacks Visit" etc. Pictures by Gus
tave Verbeck.
Books that help US to more init
traits and characteristics of animals
are very welcome The latest addition
to this literature is volume of spir-
tied and well-told stories from the pen
of Ellen Velvin, writer of many sue
cessful books for children, a magazin-
list of acknowledged ability, and Fell
low of the Geological society (London.)
She is already known to the American
public by her popular series of animal
stories now running in the New York
Herald, entitled ''Wild Creatures Af1eld
Mature Studies of Forest Folk"
No better tales of animal life have
been written, for the author takes us
into the very heart of things, giving us
the tragedies and the comedies in the
daily life and experiences of jewellers
in wood and jungle, on plain and crag.
They present much evidence that Miss
Velvin has lived very close to nature.
The book is delightful reading from
cover to cover and geographically
worthy of the heartiest appreciation Of
the most exacting critic.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
SATURDAY, = Sept. 8, 1902.
oFFrcrAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor Intermountain Catholic:
My Dear Sir:-Replying to your FAVOR
asking my approval Of The Intermounta ain
Catholic since its establishment in iris
diocese, / will state that Z consider the
founding of Catholic paper In Salt Lake
not the least OF the many blessings pc
slowed by Providence on the Church mere
during the past two years. Its birth oe-
CURED at an opportune time. Its zeal, III
propagating Catholic truth. has had,
Since its inception, my hearty. though
silent approval. l believe with Our Holy
Father that "a good Catholic journal Is
perpetual mission in parish" and that
1t will serve as a question box, at az
times, for anxious inquirers. In my visi-
tations shall hope to find The Inter
mountain Catholic in the homes Of every
Catholic family. Its mission is to es-
pouse truth, justice and morality, and all
devoted priests will lind N IL an able CO.
operator IN their missionary work. 1t is
my wish that all my priests and the lalty
entrusted to my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that of the gen
sTous founder of The Intermountain
Catholic. Yours sincerely,
/. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City. Oct. 2, 1900.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
MARCH OF REFINEMENT

Now that 1 think of it, remarked the
passenger with the skull cap, there used
to be little place on this line they called
Kiss station but it must be something
else now. L haven't heard the conductor
call it out
Were pretty close to it, I Think re-
piled the passenger with the goatee. But
it isn't Kiss station any more. They've
chanked the name, but retained the idea.
It's now
Happy Junction. bawled out the con-
ductor, as the train slackened it's speed
for the next stop.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
COULDN'T FAVE BOTH.

You haven't any fire extinguishing APP
paratus in this town, have you?" asked
the dry goods drummer
NO said the village merchant, who
was looking over his line of samples.
1--WE had to choose between fire extin-
guishers and band concert every Sat
urday night, and we just had to have
the concerts"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

None are so hard to please as those
whom safety of pleasure makes weary
of themselves; nor any so readily pro-
voked as those who have been always
courted with an emulation of civility.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

Harper's Magazine has an article
which should deeply interest those con-
cerned with the training of art crafts
men, such as stone and wood-carvers,
stained-glass workmen, and others. 1t
seems that it is the custom of workers
Of this class in France to complete their
preparation to rank as skilled workmen
by going out in itinerant bands on a
tour round all the great cathedrals and
famous buildings. When on the tramp
hey support themselves by doing odd
obs for the people in towns and viii
ages. Before they settle down to their
life work they have seen all that is
best in stone and wood in France and
Belgium, and are qualified to follow in
he steps of the best traditions of
medieval and modern times.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

Let each day take thought for what
concerns it, liquidate it's own affairs,
and respect the day which is to follow,
and then we shall be always ready. To
know how to be ready is at the bottom
to know how to die.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

REMITTANCES.
Remittances should be made by post
office or express money orders, drafts Or
registered letters.
CHANGING ADDRESS.
Subscribers removing from one place to
another, and desiring papers changed,
should always give former as well as
present address.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
The Reverend Clergy are requested to
send to THE lNTERMOUNTAlN
CATHOLIC news contributions of inter-
est to their respective parishes.
Entered in the postoffice at Salt Lake
City as second-class matter.l
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06

Father Doyle believes that the Amer
lcanization of the Philippines is a set
lied national policy, and if we get in
.zach with it we have nothing to fear
rom the introduction of the American
system Of non-interference between
church and state. He says in the Cath
bic World:
THE type of Catholic that has been
developed under the shadow of our
American institutions is the peer of
any in the world. He is intelligent.
self-reliant, and practical He knows
MS religion thoroughly, and he prac-
Ices it devoutly. We need not be
afraid that he will not hold his own
when brought in contact with the
Spanish Catholic. Nor need we fear
hat there will be a letting down of
deals if the American system Of nom
interference in church matters is SUBJ
stituted for the old Spanish system of
he Identification of church and state.
AS we look over the world we find that
many Of the evils the church has had
% deplore, and most of the difficulties
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
ESTABLISHED 1854.
ESTABLISHED 1899.

Published Every Saturday by
The Intermountain Catholic Co.
24s Main Street. Telephone. 567.
son a WEAR IN ADVANCE.
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TALENT vS GENIIrs

TALENT VS.. GENIUS.
How long did it take you to write that
book of yours?"
About four weeks"
How much did you get for it?''
"One thousand dollars
Huh! L made that in four seconds the
other day. l thought up good name for
a new health food