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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
FRANCE AND THE C0Nc0RDAT.

The question of the endurance OF the Con-
cordat is becoming most momentous one in
France The late unwilling of a statue of Renan
was not so much tribute to the man as to the
principles which he sought to propagate and their
practicability at the present day. 1t seized
upon by the friends and supporters of the Combes
ministry to press still further their against
religion. The speeches were of the most extreme
type, and that the aim of the present, government
is ultimately to wipe out all religion is scarcely
beyond doubt. M. Pressenses bill for dsestablish-
ment is receiving many supporters; the death of
religious belief is the topic of open discussion by
leading writer's in the reviews; NJ Combes has re-
peatedly declared that if present conditions con-
tiifue the Ooncordat must go, says the Catholic
World
Whether It's discontinuance would be advan-
tageous or not to the Church is question much
discussed. 1t was lately presented to the Bishops
of France, Some denounced its continuance in
mistakabe terms others championed it almost as
strongly; still others spoke in a guarded manner,
and would not commit themselves absolutely, leav-
ing the matter to the Holy See.
The strongest repudiator- of the Concordat I'M
der the present exasperating conditions in France
are his courageous and inspiring words to his peo-
pie: "a truce to considerations of merely human
character when it is a question of the liberty of
the Church, of its right to live, to preach to make
a conquest of souls by the truth and in charity
Whether the Concordat is more and more destined
to say all that enemies make it say, and to say
no longer what it has hitherto proclaimed SO loudly
it is for us nothing more that deplorable
piece of dupery. Nothing is worse than to feel
that we are being strangled by the very hand which
should protect us.
"There are men who cannot be despised. who
must be reckoned with; the men who think nothing
of their own welfare, of money, and even of life
itself. Let us be such. The spectacle of men of God
held in the leash for little bread and material
protection by the promoters of unbelief will ever
be regarded with supreme pity; and what will seem
inexpcable to the generations to come is that we
Catholics and Frenchmen, men free by national
temperament and grace, have so long delayed to
cry We have had our fill of slavery and we will
have no more Of itn
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
Unclean, Fraudulent Advertisements.

The fraudulent advertisements inviting men and
women to perform work at their homes at great
pay are on the increase, and it is apparent, there
FORE that creduous people continue to be the fool
ish prey of sharpers, who succeed In getting their
money, giving nothing Ia return. Don't answer
these swindling appeals
The dirty medical advertisement is growing
more prevalent, with its consequent wreck of body
and sometimes ruin of the souls of men, women
and children. You family physicians advice Is
surely worth more than that of constituencies
quacks.
The shameless personal and many other objec-
tionable advertisements of similar kind taking
up more space than ever, to the detriment of old
and more especially the Young. No decent man or
woman would thus advertise.
Fortune tellers, frauds, fakes and swindles of
various descriptions find fruitful field among
readers of those daily newspapers which thus sell
their columns.
What influence what merit, what good can be
found in the advice, practical social or Christian
of these purveyors of poison to the youthful mind
And yet it is strange that those newspapers which
refuse to profit by the nOxious advertisements are
only in exceptional cases the most widely patron
lied. Dirt is in demand nowadays, and our tender
sons and daughters whom we try to rear IN purity
of thought and deed, are confronted every day with
wickedness of print that fathers and mothers would
be ashamed to read aloud.-Messenger, Worcester
Mass
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

in ItaIv What can be said in reply to such as
sertions as these! How am [ to defend Cath
| olics ?"
Superstition on the part of Catholics is not to
be defended but deplored. Stranger relics than
those referred to are known to have been produced
and exhibited in churches, but it ought not to be
necessary to state that this IN violation OF &C
cesastical enactmens. The efforts OF the Congre-
cation of Indulgences to put stop to the abuse
of exhibiting false relics, of palming of copies
and representations of sacred things as Originals,
etc, are never relaxed. That table and saddle
have disappeared long since. The priest to whom
the Protestant friend of our correspondent re
ferred is the Rev. Father Grisar s. D., and he
was writing of past uncritica age-the time OF
the Crusases, when the clever Greeks who had IN
Constantinope great abundance of unauthentl-
Gated and spurious relics were more than will
ing to exchange them for the gold of creduIous
Latins.
To accuse the Church of superstition is as alb
surd as to assert that the law Is calculated to en-
courage the commission of crime. The discipline
of the Church is directed to the correction OF err
rors the suppression of disorders, the removal OF
abuses and the extirpation of lees-supersatIon
included-whch spring up among the faithful.
The collections of ecclesiastical councils tur-
nish abundant proof of two truths: First, that
there have been at all times many abuses to be
cOrrected-an effect, in some measure necessary,
of the weakness and corruption of human ma
ure; secondly, that at all periods the Church has
labored to correct these abuses, that 1T may be
affirmed without hesitation that you cannot point
out one without Immediately finding canonleal
regulation by its side to check punish It,
Agobardus, Bishop of Lyons in the ninth
century wrote a book against the superstitlons,
false miracles, ETC.. then current 1t contains this
striking passage: "Our miserable world is now
oppressed with so much foolishness that Chris
tians are found who believe things more absurd
than the pagans themselves could be persuaded
to believe" Superstition is long-lived Two cen
turtles later in mirror of Confession" written
by a Bishow of Worms, we find penances assigned
for worshipping the new moon, offering up prayers
at a crossroad, etc. Divination is classed among
utterly vain and empty observanees Superstition
dies hard. 1t is a long span from the eleventh to
the twentieth century, but at this late date
fortune telIers flourish and fakes abound 1t there
is more superstition among Catholics than among
Protestants. it is for the same reason that there
is inevitably more shadow where there is most
substance. Superstition springs from religious
feeling misdirected unenlightened- The sentl-
ment must exist and also be strong.
The Church has use for spurious relics
for traditional errors of any sort. When she en-
counters them, even though they. be covered with
the mask of religion, she denounces them without
anger as without pity.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

According to a Berlin dispatch a priest was
arrested charged with "lese majestic" 1t appears
that he refused to administer Holy Communion to
sick person until portrait of the empress was
removed from the room, alleging that her dress.
being low cut, an evil spectacle for youth. 1t
is question if the priest did not transcend canon
law through his religious zeal in excluding an OBJ
ectionable picture from the presence of the sacra
ment. Catholics are commanded to obey the laws
of their country where compliance does not inter
fere with conscience even though the laws are in
tolerant and intolerable. This affair at Berlin is
matter between the priest and his conscience and
if he is to be punished the rod will fall upon sub
missiye shoulders.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
ARCHBISHOP KAHN DEAD.

The venerable Archbishop of St Louis is added
to the number Of the church triumphant. Without
pain and unconscious of the Fastening ills which
terminate in DEATH the great soul awoke in eternity
The event took place in Baltimore whittier he had
gone in hope that skill would prolong an already
exhausted life, but it was not 70 be So Gods will
be done.
Archbishop Kahn was one of the most widely
known and most popular prelates in the United
States. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley county. W.
Va on May 81, 1884, of Irish parents, he received
in early life the training which made his work in
the Church such that he forged his way to the front
quickly.
His preparatory education for the priesthood
was received at the st. Charles seminary at Eli
colt, Md, where he was graduated in 1862 He then
entered st. Mary's college at Baltimore which in
stltution was the scene of his higher studies. He
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
The Cloud Over Leopold.

Coincident with reports that mad Empress Car
lotta widow of Maximian, is dying In her prison,
Chateau de Bouchan, near Brussels, there arrives
from Vienna persistent rumors that 1t Is the
knowledge of the near approach of Carlotta's end,
reviving the scandal of King Leopold's dissipa-
ton of her fortune, which caused Emperor Fran
els Joseph to turn a deaf ear to all the Belgian
monarchs arguments in favor of a meeting be
tween them, when Leopold was recently at Buda-
Pesth.
1t is gossiped in court society that the Aus
trian emperor has kept close watch of the bodily
and mental condition of his Inflated near rela-
tive's widow, and that King Leopolds failure to
make restitution of her property, or to exert him
self to mitigate the unnecessary discomforts OF
her surroundings, had more to do with his cool
ness toward that monarch than even the latter
cavalier treatment of the Countess Lonyay.
Altogether, Leopold is seriously under cloud.
No member of European royalty seems to want
to have anything to do with him. The news of
Carlottas death cannot but sharply aeeentuate
this feeling, and it is expected now every day.
The latest news from Brussels pictures Maxi
milians widow, barely shadow of her former self.
still holding a mock court daily, fancying herself
yet Empress of Mexico-for she has been berett
of reason for thirty-seven years. To humor her
the attendants pretend that she presides over their
entertainments. From those accounts the most pa
thetic feature of Empress Carlottas fate is her hal
lucination that her husband is alive. She talks OF
him frequently and often begs her courtiers to
send her husband to her at once.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor Intermountain Catholic:
Ny Dear Sir-Replying TO your faver asking my
approval of The Intermountan Catholic since its
Enlistment in this diocese will state that consider
the founding of Catholic paper in Salt Lake not the
least Of the many blessings bestowed by Providence
the Church here during the past two years It's
birth occurred at opportne time Its zeal in prop
agating Catholic truth has had since its inception,
my hearty though silent approval. L believe with
Our Holy Father that "a good Catholic journal is a
perpetual mission in parish, and that it will
as question box, at all times for anxious inquirers
In my visitations shall hope to find The Intermoun
tain Catholic in the home of every Catholic family
Its mission is to espouse truth justice and morality
and all devoted priests will find it able corpora
tor in their missionary work. 1t is my wish that all
my priests and the laity entrusted to my charg&
should encourage your noble effort and that of the
generous founder of The mtermountain Catholic
Yours sincerely, L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, Oct 2, 1900
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

Napoleons great victories of Wagram and Ess-
ling were fought on two successive days namely
July and 6, 1909, and, by a strange coinci-
dence the Princess of Wagram and the Princess
of Essling have just died two successive days
that is to say, within distance of twen67-four
hours from each other. They were both of them
members of the Jewish race, though converts to
Roman Catholicism. the Princess of Wagram being
a daughter of one of the Barons Rothschd of
Frankfort, while the Princess Essling was daugh-
ter of the late Nine Charles Heine of Paris so
famous for her philanthropy, which for her
the officers cross of the Legion of Honor
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

Upon England lies the blame of returning
Macedonia to Turkish tyranny when independence
was in sight at the conclusion of the Russo-Turl-
1sh~wa To Russia and Austria must be given the
credit OF putting end, for time at least to the
nhuman butcheries in the Balkans and compelling
the sultan to ameiorate the, conditions of the
msurrectionists. England appears to have no
hnger IN the pie. One of these days the Bear. like
the Assyrian of DID, viii fall upon the Mahometans
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

If the plans of John Alexander Dowie. the self
styled reincarnation of the Prophet Elijah. are
carried out Utah will witness an invasion of his
Zion crusaders some of these fine days Dowie is
an energetic man. Moreover he possesses. with the
powers of evangelist, the ability to make evan
gelical work pay In that field of religious en-.
dear he can give "cards and spades" to the Min
lsterial association, who have never succeeded in
anything.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

I feel it my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that no person bearing the
name and garb of priest sister, anyone else.
is authorized permitted to solicit collect in this
diocese for purpose whatever connected with
Catholic Church without having from permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful work
or collecting without such document, he she, as
the case may be, should be regarded by all fraud
and imposter. L. SCANI,AN
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

was ordained priest by Archbishop Spaulding on
July 2, 1866.
As priest his early work was in the terri
tory along the Potomac river. In May, 1875, he
was conscrated Bishop of Wheeling. He ruled that
diocese until June Is, 1898, when he was appointed
coadjutor to the Most Rev. Richard Peter Ken
drick of st. Louis. Upon the death of that pre-
late he succeeded to the archbishopric of ST. Louis
OH Nav 81 1895
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

Attorney Thomas Wren is engaged in the work
of getting up history of Nevada The book will be
illustrated and elegantly bound. No man who ever
hung out a single in Nevada or ever held pillow
that turned the native soil of the commonwealth
over to be seeded to a crop, who ever swung his
pick in NINE or gave his energies to larger uses.
is better qualified to write Nevadas history than is
Mr. Wren, says the Reno Gazette
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

Lord Denbigh who is leading the Honorable
Artillery company of London in its peaceful in.
vaslon Of the United States, is a model landlord
as well as a model Catholic. To his tenants he has
shown himself genuine friend in originating a
system of insurance whereby they are guarded
against loss through injury to their crops or cat
tie. The Catholic Transcript of Hartford thinks
he's good enough to be an American
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

Be not of the number of those who only pray,
when they are in the mood to do so, and would
fam have God accommodate himself to their ca
prices Regulate the time and number of your
prayers; or rather, if possible pray at all times
since you need God at all times, and receive faTorS
from Him at all times.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
Catholics and Superstition.

"a Protestant friend maintains that there is
a great deal of superstition in the Church. Some
of the relics venerated by Catholics, he says. are
absurdly false. He declares that he saw it stated
in book written by priest-he didn't give the
title-that marble table on which Abraham was
about to sacrifice his son and the saddle of one of
the Three Kings exhibited in village church
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

S 7. Whitaker Utah's commissioner of ex-
hbits, has let a contract for the erection of our
state pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition. The building is to cost $4,000 That sum
should certainly ensure more imposing structure
than the Utah building at Chicago.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

Frank Knox, banker was nominated by the Re
pubieans their candidate for mayor of Salt
Lake. The nomination is regarded as triumph
for the Kearns wing of the party. Frank Knox is
good name for the political glee clubs to
conjure. Likewise it is good name upon bank
check. After the votes are counted, Democrats say
the name viii appear as Dennis"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

The centennial number of the Boston Re
public, as an example of typographical art, is
ahead of the Bishop Cotton number of the Cath
Ole Union and Times, and that is saying great
deal. The centennial number of the Republic
commentaries the hundredth anniversary of the
old cathedral in Boston and the progress of Ca
tholieity in New England
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

and establish the empire of the Slav for az that
country, The car viii proclaim that war, not as
the ruler of all the Russias, but the head of the
Eastern church. 1t was this idea that controlled
Nicholas 1 when he began the Crimean war.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

A good many terms are misfts. Our best china
is made in France Turkeys are natives of Ameri-
ca, and Irish potatoes. Cork legs are not
made of cork and are not from the city of Cork
Everybody in the mining districts knows the mean
ing Of an Irish dividend"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
Nov. 20, 1899.

James Z. Dolan of Syracuse president of the
Ancient Order of Hiberniansn, says that in the
late Spanish-American war nine full American
regiments were composed entirely of members of
the order Gall Catholicsl
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

They that deny God destroy mans nobility
for certainly man is of kin to beasts by his body,
and if he be not of kin to God by spirit, he IS
base and ignoble creature.-Bacon.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

We have seen it reported that ex-President STEM
of the Orange Free State has become Cathollc
The Southern Messenger, of San Antonio, states
that this report has been confirmed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17

The names Of the thirteen tribes of Galway are:
Athy Blake, Bodkin, Browne, d. Arcy, Ffont;,
French, Joyes Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris and
Skermtt.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-19
NOTICE 10 coNrRAcrons.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
Will be received by the undersigned up
to lyl6 O'Clock y. m Of May 10Th, 1903, for
the materials and labor required for the
erection 81 a building for. the Branch
Normal Of the Unlversty Of Utah at Ce.
dar CITY Utah, and according TO plans
and specifications and drawings which aro
open for inspection Of tho bidders at the
Office Ut Dallas q Hedges IN the Deseret
National Bank building, at the corner OF
Main and First South streets, Ia Salt
Lake city Utah and all bids and pro.
posals at the above time will be publicly
opened and read In the ONCE Of the Des-
eret National Bank, In said City
All blds must he addressed 10 'unlYcrgl-
ty Of Utah, salt Lake city Utah and
marked IN lower left.hand corner bias"
or such bids can be delivered TO the
board Of Regents at the said time and
place Of opening same, or can be deliV-
cred at the architects office
BIDS must not contain conditions, quail
icatl0ns, propositions or any other thing
In addition TO those mentioned In the
plans, specifications and drawings con-
tracts and hond and bidders must use the
forms Of bids without change, which will
be found at the office OF said architects
and no other form Of bid Will be received.
A certified check on some bank In Titan,
for FIVE per cent OF the amount Of the
highest bid must be inclosed Each check
IL to be made payable 90 the undersigned
and is to be forfeited TO the undersigned
In case the bid IL accepted and the bidder
does not enter into the contract and bond
within three days after rs acceptance, for
the faithful execution Of the contract and
bond hereinafter mentioned.
The proposed contract and bond are also
at the Office OF said architects and can
there be examined.
There must be a separate bid and oerti-
fed check for each Of thefollowlng pieces
OF work, to.wit,
ExcayatinE and grading,
Foundation mason and brick work.
Cut stone work
Lathing and plasterlng
Carpenter and Joiner work.
Painting
Tin and galv iron work
Plumbing.
Heating and yentilating
A bond must be furnished when con-
tracts are awarded for one-half Of tho
amount OF the bid with good and sufficient
sureties all satisfactory and acceptable
TO the undersigned
The undersigned reserves the right 20
reject any and all proposals or TO accept
any bid or bids IL may deem best, or TO
let the contract TO one bidder.
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-19
NORTH OGDEN.
DROWNED IN HOT SPRINGS.
d. ID. Crandall Loses Life While
Bathing - School Graduates.

Special Correspondence.
North Ogden, Weber Co., May Is
This morning the sad news was recleV.
ed here by telephone OF the accidental
drowning yesterday in the warm
springs near Deweyyille, Boxelder eoun.
ty, Of Brigham Heber Crandall, son or
our ward chorister, VIM. IL, and Rose
Il. Berrett Crandall. The young man
was In his eighteenth year, one Of our
most exemplary boys, an active mem"
Der Of the Sunday school, an officer In
the Y M. NJ. |. A., a member OF the
choir and visiting teacher In the ward
he was also a member Of the last grad
uating class from the district school.
The young man was working with his
father near the scene OF the accident
on a baling contract, and while his
father was at home over Sunday, the
young man being left In charge Of the
teams, he concluded during the day TO
have a bath and the results stated FOL-
lowed The body viii arrive home this
evening The mother is heart broken
with grief.
The families Of David e. Randall and
John Q. Blaylock have been increased
by the advent Of a boy into the latter
and a girl IN the former, All doing well.
b. H. Goddard and Walter Bramwell
Of the state Sunday school board, visit
ed our Sunday school yesterday.
The work OF the eighth grade In our
district school will close this week, with
the following as candidates for gradu-
alton: Orson Berrett Earl Berrett,
Lewis Chadwick, Thos. orion, Vernon
Caller, William l., Blaylock, Maggie
Gibson, Dora Brown, Rose Woodfeld,
Eva Campbell, Lucille Rogers, Irene
Dean and Hazel Berrett
We had two inches Of the beautiful
this morning. Some damage was done
to shade and other trees under the
weight OF the snow on the foliage.
The next meeting of the Thirtye-ighth
quorum Of Seventy will be held In
North ogden May 81. at 4'SO p. m.