The Republican journal., 1903-05-07
IlNBIfS AROUND LIMA.


nyian Senate Chamber and House
.rssentatives Charming Senoritas
law They are Arrayed.
correspondence of The Journal.]
PERU, March 25, 1908. This
the Three Kings" boasts no
' ,nan one hundred and twenty-slx
.' catholic churches, besides a
'' t,,pn monasteries and converts,
@.hsm established by Spanish vice
nutwardly none of the build
r particularly striking, except
..., saudy coloring and excessive
perhaps the most imposing
,, from the great cathedral, is
.l and adjacent monastery of
.-..isco. which was built in 1886,
s7d to have cost upwards OF
.TIon dollars-more than the
- Washington. 1t covers a
.-. OF ground, near the bank OF
..r It's gardens, of which we
..mpse through the open door
..--. ut course, not being ad-
FL. -.e yovely beyond description.
.. interior is covered with the
.ct.tul tiles, many acres of
.h have stood the test of
.. red years, and still surpaSs
.sst lat modern genius can pro-
his convent, the monks pre-
.... Yrl on which st. Francis died,
.r aUtu sandals, rosary, sackcloth
. ie coffin in which his body
.. to Rome.
ere is the church of Santo
.pmarkable chiefly because
..... to santa Rosa, fla Patrona
o., Americanas, and a mar
..... rrpresenting her in a reclin-
s- .r beside the High Altar.
.raceful tower of this church
IONS object in Lima, and its
autably wide and lofty. The
.. t san Augustin and La Mer-
with monasteries attached,
..-.r Zuished for their elaborate
.- uMch are wonderful specimens
ray be called stucco-fretwork.
iashionable sanctuary is that
... .f4ro. with its twin towers and
.- painted red and green. 1t
L ing after the conquest before
-.t!on was established in Peru
uul engine of Spain's despot-
.-a 1t is a mistake to suppose
.--, altogether a Popish institu-
4 ere it was essentially Spanish
.urst form, at least. A stu
tory knows that while the
We're using it as cloak to
most hideous enormlties,
r- eXpostulating against the
tley perpetrated. Thus
lemade and Naurique We're
@g heretics by the hundreds,
WAS ordering the former to
prosecutions and counSellng
Pope Plus ". interceded
5r Carranza, the aged arch
Toledo. who had closed the
aries v, but was afterwards
l5Idiug Lutheran doctrines;
.v VIII. erected in Rome a
.-- IA praise OF this prelate.
-He Iuquisition of Spain and
not SO much a religious as a
-utution, employed by rulers
themselves absolute. Ia
Indians were exempt from
Ucuou: but it is extremely
lether those prosecuted peo-
....- escaped It's cruel clutches.
D.. .yian Senate now occupies
Chamber of the old Inqul-
Ing. whose famous ceiling
tl by monks in the mother
and sent over as a gift to n
ptal in the year 1860. In the
+.r Council-Chamber was pre-
10y three Inquisitiors: and
The unfortunates whom they
. ri to be burned, near the spot
urbs of San LaZaro where
Is the bull-ring. Others were
the rack, or partially broiled
Goals, or subjected to other dl-
rntments, long after the lnqul-
bats ceased to exist in Europe. 1t
lbs 1T the beginning of the nine
-utury and shortly before the
aN. war for independence, in
ueieve, that the fearful tribu-
Ha> 3bolished and an infuriated
@ le5troyed all the instruments
rt. The room where the latter
-lFloyed adjoins the Council
M.er and is now used as retiring
F. .g the Senators, the dark pock-
Va r walls in which heretics were
4 and smothered being utilized
.-r, and wardrobes.
l' residing officer of the Senate,
." ~4Siye looking little gentleman
a Law hammer coat and hair par
.- ' middle, sits in the very place
'- e stern, black-goWned 1nqulsi-
l.i 10 pronounce their awful SEN
tpon trembling victims. The
@ congress holds its session in
narrow and somewhat dim