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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
BISHOP sCANLAN'S PASTORAL LETTER.

On the Sth of December, 1854 the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was defined
and declared to be an article of faith by Plus TX.
This dogma of faith means that the Mother of Our
Lord was by special privilege and through the
merits of her Divine Son, free from original sin
On the Cd of February of this year our Holy
rather, Plus X, addressed letter TO the Bishops
of the world directing them to celebrate with the
utmost solemnity the fftich anniversary of the
event on the Sth day of December of the current
year.
In order to render the observance of this great
anniversary more profitable to souls and to mark
his elevation to the see of ST Peter, His Holiness
has granted the extraordinary privilege of a gem
eral jubilee to which is attached plenary indul-
gence that may be gained from date hereof to the
Sth of next December included, by all the faith
full of this diocese.
The conditions for gaining the indulgence of
this jubilee are:
%. For those Twin gin Salt Lake City or
Its vicinity to visit three times on the same
or different days St. Mary's cathedral or St. Pat
ricks church. For all others to make three visits
to their parish or mission church, or in case tbev
have no Catholic church within reasonable distance.
to repeat devoutly three times the Litany of the
Saints for the intention of our Holy Father.
70 Those who visit the church are Obliged 70
say some vocal prayers (the Way of the Cross the
Lltany or the Rosary while in the church for the
intention of His Holiness.
90 10 fast one day between now and the sth
of December
a., 10 make good Confession, and to receive
worthily the Blessed Eucharist. .,- s.
The pastors and priests Of the diocese arc
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
Increase of Women Drunkards.

British figures relating to deaths resulting from
alcoholic excess in the decade ending with the last
century were appalling. The number of such deaths
among women in 1900 was more than double the
number in 1891 and the increase is far greater than
in the case of deaths of males The figures given
in the annual report of the registrar general show
conclusively that drunkenness, especially among
women, has markedly increased during the past
twenty years. They are as follows:
England and Wales.-Females Alcoholism. de-
lirum tremens, for 1891, 40; for 1900 1,515; for
1902, I'LL. Males: Alcoholism, derim tremens,
for 1891, 327; for 190O 2,063; for 1902, 1878.
Compared with the number of deaths from these
causes amongst women in 1888 which was 937, the
figure for 1900 is all the more striking Cirrhosis
of the liver, which is induced by alcoholic excess
accounted for the deaths of .557 women in 1855,
Pip in 1900, and /, 40 in 1902 In ireland SINH
lar state of affairs prevails The report of the reg
lstrar general just issued shows that it 1891 nine
teen women died from delirium tremens and chronic
alcoholism, and in 1900 this number had increased
to fortyone, an increase as in this country. of over
100 per cent. The deaths of males, the other
hand, from the same cause had increased only from
112 to 40
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
EMIGRATION AND GOOD GOVERNMENT.

AT time when the question of finding remedy
for the exodus of the population is so earnestly
discussed in Ireland it is well to note the relation
ship between good government and emigration In
spite of its small extentSof surface and the denses
population III Europe, Belgium, as a writer in the
Catholic American Quarterly points out is able
practically to feed its people from the fruits of its
well-tilled soil. Only small number of Belgians
find it desirable to leave their country for the pur
purpose of making living elsewhere. Though Bel
GUM has population of seven millions, there are
not than 10000 Belgians settled in the United
States. The fifty millions of Germany have sent
two millions across the Atlantic. and the proportion
from Ireland is still greater. The emigration from
the kaisers empire is just ten times that from the
Belgian kingdom
Low taxation little military CONSUMPTION, eouit-
able laws fairly carried out and an intelligent and
honest administration of the public funds are mat
tiers upon which Belgium can invite comparison
with any other nation Belgium, in word. is an
exceptionally welgoverned country and that is
the secret of the lowness of its emigration.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

In all the states of the Union the campaigns
OF the two great parties are being carried on with
out much excitement and even less acrimony In
deed, there IS less interest taken in this presden
tlal election than in any previous event of the kind
probably because Of the unobjectionable personal
lty OF the candidates. SO far as party platforms
go, there is not enough difference in either to
make distinction sharp in both not even to expand
the lungs of baekwoods spelbinder
When we speak of all the states reposing in this
tranquil condition Of political desuetude. we should
omit Utah, and IDAHO and Colorado In the two
former the Mormon church is exploited as politi
cal issue In Colorado it is the party of Peabody
and the party against Peabody. We offer no pre-
dlctlons of success for one or defeat for the other
Nor shall we tender encouragement to one and
scorn the other Cor others) in Utah. Only to adj
monlsh our Catholic fellow-citizens to make their
choice with clear understanding of the ends TO
be achieved, and exercise their right of SUFFRAGE
conscientiously. We should not forget that orr
lot IS east in Utah. for veal or for woe. Bv orr
own lives, we may give shining example to our
neighbors. If we strive to avoid political discus
Slons, where the Mormon church question is upper
most, well and good. On the other hand if we
are drawn into such discussions, our discourse
should be temperate, for heated language never
oVercomes argument no more than it converts the
sinner.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
Britons and BeIgians.

While members of parliament are elamoring in
the British House of Commons for an investga-
ton into the affairs of the Congo Free State, the
Protestant Bishop Gibney writes to the West Au-
straan Record that his blood boils when he thinks
of the treatment of the natives by the officials and
settlers of that British colony. Their conduct, he
says, is sufficient to bring curse upon the com-
try. Natives, charged with sheep stealing or run
ming away from their employers, are kept in irons
day and night for year. Chained By the neck
and legs, they work on the roads under the burn
ing Australian sun. Even sickness does not always
procure them release. What wonder, he asks. that
the native population has diminished by onc-haIt
around the coast towns since the coming OF the
whites The natives are captured as slaves by set
tiers and the women thus taken given up as a
means to keep the natives youths from deserving
their employment From all of which it would ap-
pear that Britons cannot safely throw stones at
Belgians lust yet-The Casket.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
CRIME In IRELAND.

The report of the prison board, says the Dublin
treeman's Journal, continues the story of the de-
cine OF crime i'll Ireland There were only 249 con-
vets IN the Irish prisons on the list of January as
compared with 1854 on Jan. /, 1885, and 1913 ON Jan
l, 1881. There was decrease of a hundred in the
comnlttals of all classes. The only unsatisfactory
feature the increase in the number of Juveniles
convicted The number under IS years of age went
up from l35 to 1872. The decrease in this class of
Offenders had been steady and uninterrupted down
TO 1899, the year following Lord Cadogan's i'll
Judged and illegal tampering with the administra-
ton of the industrial schools act in the interest of
few pounds of treasury savings. Last wear the
number was higher than that in 1899. But the
number of juvenile criminals is also greater on ac
count of the indefensibe action of the macistracv
The prisons board have again to repeat their
complaint that magistrates do not make use of
their powers under the juvenile offenders act to
avoid sending children to jail at is disappointing
to find so many juvenile offenders imprisoned"
Ihe board gave list of cases The worst came from
Cork. No fewer than eight children between the
ages OF and II II were sent to Jail from Cork in
1913 for 'obstructing the footway" In Galway
little girl OF 10 was sent to jail for seven DAYS for
trespass Is it too much to say that the magistrates
who did these things should get az many months
as these children got days in PRISON.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
THE INfERMouNTAIN AND COLORADO CATHOLIC: sEPT7

themselves to defend the interests of religion In
deed, says the London Catholic Timese it may not
unfairly be concluded that the popular apathy and
indifference is the very reason why the leaders and
representatives emboldened to press ON the gov
eminent the ACCESSIBILITY of losing time in cut
ting asunder the Church and the state. NJ. Combes
is quite willing to act Alexander, and what has
been Gordian knot for many previous French
statesmen, may be severed this year, not by the
sword, but by the cheap weapon of law.
And then shall see whether Catholics in
France will think it time to display any interest in
the fortunes of the Church
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
Bio Per Capita Circulation.

The amount of money in circulation in the
United States is now greater than at other time
in the history of the country, the aggregate being
S255S279 94s. Notwithstanding the loss in volume,
through the loan to the Cuban republic, this total
is 81. 69O4S1 greater than the amount i'll crcuIa-
ton on Aug. l. and is $169,377,S06 more than on
Sept l. 1908 Based on the estimates Of the treas
ury experts of population Of S2.o9S0oo. the
amount in circulation, if equally distributed. would
give each man, woman and child in the United
States $3116. The per capita circulation has ris-
en- steadily at faster rate than the population has
increased. On Sept /, 1908, it was S29.60; on the
same date in 1902 it was $3.50; for 1901 it was
S2S1S: for 1900 it was $26.S5, while on Sept T.,
1898 it was S23.9G, an increase of 23 per cent III
six vnarS.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17


The growing custom among English women of
the smart set of carrying to church prayer books in
bindings to match their dresses has shocked Arch
deacon Digge of Birmingham who has been de-
nouncing from the pulpit women for their frivolty
and irreligion The archdeaconal dismay is not
shared in Paternoster row, London, which is the
home OF the prayer book. On inquiry there as to
the custom it was ascertaned that no less per-
son than Anglican bishop had ordered for his
daughter cream bound prayer book with silver
clasps and monogram in silver. 1t was white
prayer book which first was introduced primarily
for the use of brides and bridesmaids The custom.
1t may be said, borrowed not long ago from Amer
lea, rapidly developed into the colored prayer book
west end dressmaker consulted on the subject
said the custom had found great favor among the
smart set and had come to stay, archbishops and
the archdeacon notwithstanding. But if the Angli-
can church does not please the smart set it is easy
enough for the church to change its rule on small
matter like the. cover of prayer book. In such
case Mahomet goes to the mountain, not the noun
tain going to Mahomet
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

October u will be knights of Columbus day at
the Worlds fair. Members Of the order from all
parts of the country viii be in attendance to make
the occasion memorable. The various St Louis
councils of the Knights of Columbus are making
elaborate arrangements for the entertainment of
the visitors, thousands of whom are expected. In
vitatons being sent to ali the leading members
through the country. There are almost 5000 men,
bers of the order in ST. Louis 1t is planned to have
all these participate in parade and augmented by
the visiting knights, it is expected that fine i'm
preston viii be made October - is the anniver-
sary of the landing of Christopher Columbus and
is day usually celebrated by the members of the
knights of Columbus.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

Wheat at 81 bushel before May l." was roared
by bulls the other day at the Chicago board of trade
All through stories about black rust. The agrcul-
tural bureau at Washington issued report last
week which might justify the predictions of those
grain gamblers. Of winter and spring wheat pro-
duced this year in the United States, it was con-
tended there was barely enough for bread and seed
if every bushel of it was available, which is not
possible, and the country is therefore face to face
with the necessity of bringing in foreign wheat
to help keep the wolf from the door until another
harvest shall have been raised. 1t would be inter
esting to know how many farmers of the country
are financially able to hold wheat in their grana-
ries for this 81 raise.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

barous If there be nation upon Gods footstool
that should observe silence and let others do the
fault finding, that country is England. Upon this
act alone of abolishing corporal punishment, the
has example for Great Britain, and it is
Mr.. Swift Mcneil who calls attention to it in the
British parliament. He brought out facts to show
that boys sent into the feet to become "hearts of
oak" and "jolly British tars treated most cruel
ly. They are beaten with heavy birche5 tied to-
gether until they bleed and are of bruises
for the most trivial derections of orders The
practice is general, seemingly, in all the training
ships. Mr. Mcneil has been for long time
deavoring to get specific information the facts
but the admiralty officials and the ministerial I'M
derstrappers in parliament have persistenty hwart
ed his efforts. Charles Dickens, if alive, might be
able to supplement "Oliver Twist" by description
of the barbarous modes of punishment aboard Brit
ISL ships.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

Prince Herbert Bismarck, eldest son of the late
Iron Chancellor" lies at the point of death in
his castle at FREDERICKSBURG. Like most of the sons
Of historic men, he bore his fathers name and that
is ALL The disease eating out his life is cancer of
the liver, according to one report According to
another, the infrmity got in its work after the
prince had dined off mess of fish one day during
his visit to England in June. Thus does fame per-
ish in the memories of an unappreciative world!
If the name of Herbert Bismarck is recalled in the
future it viii be through that dish Of rotten Eng
lish fish rather than through any deed wrought
by the chancellor's son for Fatherland.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
FRANCE MADE ITS BED.
sinner.

1t cannot be denied that the departmental cleo
lions for the Conseils Generaux resulted in SEN
satlonal victory for NJ Combes. He is now more
pleased than ever. The councils have met; they
have voted addresses; and clearly the bulk of them
thoroughly endorse his anti-clerical policy.
Ibis must naturally affect the views of the
masses of the French population. When the leaders
and representatives of the people consider them
selves safe in urging the government to carry out
to the bitter end'it policy Of religious persecution
there is little hope left that the people will bcstir
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

feel it my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that person bearing the
name and garb of priest sister or anyone else
is authorized permitted to solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
in writing bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document, he or
She as the case may be- should be regarded by all
fraud and imposter. L. SEAMAN.
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

The Russian auxiliary naval vessel LENA" put
into San Francisco harbor the other day, with dis
abled boilers, asking time to have the same put in
repair before again putting to sea. Now although
the Lena is not fighting craft in the sense we
apply such term to battle ships, cruisers and tor
pedo boats, the japanese consul is out with pro
test against her presence in San Francisco harbor
and demands her instant withdrawal And the
chances are our government will order the Lena to
be dismantled or get out This is the reward Amer
leans pay the government that befriended this
country and prevented foreign interference during
our civil war.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

If you wish to be polite in calling man liar,
call him "Chefoo." From this city in China orig
mates the extravagant7rar news that finds its way
TO London; is dectored there to suit British pro-
japanese sentiment; then sent through ocean cable
to America, where it finally appears as news, with
anti-Russian cartoons for trimmings on the side.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

The appointment Of Charles H. Maekenna, at
torncy at law, Pittsburg, to the position of judg
ship in the territory of Porto Rico is an event of
interest to Catholics in this country. Judge Mac
Kenna is descended from an ancient North of Ire
land family, which, by the way, has given another
judge to the American courts of law in the per-
sonage of Chief Justice MacKenna of the supreme
court.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly
every Catholic home in this diocese. Its circulation
in Montana Idaho Colorado Wyoming, Nevada and
many other is very large. Only reliable firms
and business men advertise in the paper. All sub
scrbers will find it their advantage when about to
invest purchase or consult on business matters, to
read over the list of our advertisers. We not only
recommend but ask for them the patronage of all
our readers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

Charles Dickens did not 90 to Russia 70 find
Crah Heep' and 'Pecksniff" He found those
characters to fit his novels among his own country
men, just now these characters are in evidence upon
the British press. For example, in newspaper treat
ment of the cars manifesto proclaiming reforms
and the correction of abuses. British praise is
never sincere unless it is bestowed upon somebody
or something British. Therefore while the Eng
llsh press commends the manifesto generally, the
sting goes with it IN assuming that the proposed
reforms are only the becks and biddings of the
war tribulations. The act abolishing corporal
punishment in the army, the English Uriah Heep
points TO as proof Of the reiterated British claim
that by instinct the Moscorte is dcspotic and b,r.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

hereby directed to give every encouragement and
opportunity to the faithful to comply Hith the
above conditions and thereby gain the great graces
of the jubilee.
L. SEAMAN. Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

though individual Americans have dis.+
slNes III me graphic arts, our country cned then
sho" any dlstinct national school and thus "A.
t lNs sIedIesL American painters and -'t admit
nave worked almost entirely under tt sculptor
some one or other of the European .+ luence NJ
nave left an impress of France or T+sr, ".ers and
IKE 0Irthmark, their productions England
ihat the new school of American Iar.5
sessed or native qualities which are ~ - is Pos
our standards hardly be doubrs5 'oIutio1za
such profound work as that OF the late c. lace OF
Oh "lhsioW Homer. Wyant and Homer NJ. ''a4Sg,
aIthougn 10 TINS may be added the ScuIr-rr .' 7u.
ard st. Gaudens Partridge LOPEZ os Barn
Monnies and Barnhorn. and the dac,--,+ Mac
portrait painting of Sargent, Whistler s 'N' and
Simmons. the observer must cODcluda Inward
tlnctvely American graphic of today 10 !,, us
ton in black and white. In no Other ART 81, ''S'ra
achievement been so great so nearly -ponta1o , our
so advanced" ''S and
Dominicaua opens with sketch of yar-- Paw. r
Donssat, of the Order of st. Dominic Translate, ere
the French by Mary F. Mannix Fro, If w., ' rom
on the 18th of March Of the present wear bar wa
exile. at Vichauet Belgium. the venerable - III
who is the subject OF this sketch Born at r,ns
1890 his father dicipe of voItaira Tbar, w. "'
ony two children, one a daughter and roundras. "''
three Carmelite converts. the other a Dor,iril, w
the hour of her death, his sanity wife who had
feed her entire life in endeavorng TO effect his
to God made her husband promise to read f.a
chapter in the Following of Christ. VI. Douesot To-
his word. and wrote the margin Of the little b,
various sarcastic annotations, by which his BGd.r
spirit wished to revenge itself against the pers,.si
of his heart and the re-awakcning of his faith 4,
born magistrate honorng justice by his iucorrupiib,
impartality he was above all. kind father or
couragng his children to cherish the memory of ,b.
sainted mother.
His CASTOR, after most brilliant studies entered
the normal school; his daughter became a Carmcluo
strange proceeding. one would say, for the children
of an infdel. Left alone i'm the world he finally al
lowed himself to be conquered by these beautiful OK
amples, contributed. later to the foundation Of Car
mel de Meaux and died while making the exercises n
Retreat composed by his daughter, needing he said
no other preacher.
Castor Doussot the son of this extraordinary man.
50 profoundly tender and generous at heart shared an
the ambition Of his sister gain his fathers soul at
my price.
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

There yet remains kernel of truth in those
sensational stories about the financial straits Of
the Catholic university not pleasant to conten-
plate The fact that the trustees were forced to ac-
cept Naggaman's trust deed for nearly S100OOoO
shows that they have been pretty badly caught.
Mr.. Waggaman is reckoned great fnapcier and
ms honesty Is reputed beyond question But when
nnancler offers and for time pays per cent
Tor the nse of money that otherwise would be salts
ned with the normal rate of per cent it begins to
look as if the honest inancier was specializing with
the trust funds Sensing that apparent fact pru-
denee should direct attention to the great but hon
est hnancier. Prudence, too often, is a laggard.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17

St Michael's Almanac for 1905 is fine example Of
letter press printing from the establishment of the
Society of the Divine Word Sherrnerve H. In it
contained all that almanacs usually contain but along
with this is added the calendar of saints for every
day in the week festivals and fasts. careful seec
ton of literary matter makes it valuable for family
reading all finely illustrated.