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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: MONDAY JUNE 27. 1904.
CONGRATULATING GORTELYOU.
Dangers of Divorce
By the Reverend
Christ's Love
B the Kevercnd
St Louis's Wantonness"
-By the Koveroml
Locior W. ij. Jones,
Father Kieltv.
Charles L. Chalfant.
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extracts From
Delivered in
"There arc black sheep In every flock and if I mistake not the
flock of the Good Shepherd is no exception to the rule, lint remember
the black sheep may love the shepherd with as strong a love as does
the sheep with the snowy fleece, and when we roach the linal fold we
may find many pathered there who by parents and kindred have been
called black sheep here." The Reverend Charles Chalfant.
"Athens and Rome were never so resplendent in Mutuary and
painting as they were In the days of their degeneracy; nnd St. Louis
has reached the zenith of her wantonness in this year of its Universal
Exposition. Graft and preed have led us to forget principles and tol
erate practices which have brought upon u general condemnation and
well-merited disrepute." The Reverend William M. Jones.
"The morality tendency of society depends upon the chastity of
woman. And the chastity of woman depends upon the absolute char
acter of marriage. Divorce degrades and corrupts society." The Rev
erend Father Klelty.
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SAYS DIVORCE EVIL
Tether -Klelty Would Have Sep
J arated Parties Barred From
Good Society. .
GIVES CHURCH'S POSITION.
Members of Holy Angels Parish
' a Are Admonished to Avoid
Persons Who Break
Marriage Ties.
Ip hi sermon on "The Bvils of Divorce"
e the Reverend Father Klelty yesterday ad-
?ionished the members of the Holy Angels
orish to carefully avoid divorced persons
mid gold that while It Is Impossible to
shun them at all times, yet they are not
"to accept Invitations from them nor to in
vite such persons to their own homes.
r He said:
'It bos been more then once stated in
the dally papers by well-advised men that
the Americans more readily avail them-
THE REVEREND FATHER. KIELTY,
Pastor of Holy Angels Church.
selves of the facilities, for divorce than
other people, and that they for tho most
trivial thing seek for a dissolution of the
marriage tie. Nothing Is more dangerous
than to unite two persons so closely In all
their Interests and concerns as man and
wife without rending the union entire and
total. Otherwise the least possibility of
separate Interests would be the source of
"endless quarrels and suspicions. The wife
not secure of her home, will be driving
some separate project, and the huhband's
selfishness, being accompanied with more
power, mar be still more dangerous.
'"When Christianity came Its first duty
was to Christianize tho natural society of
the world. This It accomplished by pro
claiming the law of Christian marriage.
Its unity and Indissolubility, the source of
alt the sanctity and order of domestic
life, and the root of political society. In
the latter part of tho century Just past
an English statesman spoke of marriage
as "the stumbling stone of the age."
"Hie growth of divorce In the United
States ! becoming alarming. Just think
of It. In thirty-four years there have
been TOMXB divorces granted. Many of
these people remarried, thus spreading a
great evlL Families and friendships are
also Involved, so that it 13 hard to esti
toato tho area affected, even In a
single year by an astounding abuse of
State laws, which arc plainly against the
divine law. The divorce evil Is great and
to1 only remedy lies in a determined ef
fort on the part of the church to con
tinue to uphold the sacramental char
acter of marriage, which In these days Is
In greatest danger of being Ignored. I
prtpose to offer you hero this morning
tsome considerations on this most grave
irtaplc.
Our existing civilization unquestionably
rests upon marriage, as the church has
c Shaped it. History Informs us that for a
thousand years the Catholic Church was
the great ethical teacher of tho pro-
grcsslvo societies of the Western wor'd.
The keynote of her teaching was duty
. man's whole duty In all relations of life.
And nowhere was that teaching clearer,
loftier and more fruitful than In her doc-
trnn concerning' matrimony. She re-
created marriage that must bo conceded
.Ttlo her as a special achievement. The
t church commences her divine work by
the reformation of marriage. Her doc
trine is very simple. One with one ex
clusively and forever. For our present
alarming Increase of divorces we are ln
Cebted to the religions revolutions of the
Sixteenth Century. The religious rituals
of that period applauded, so to say, with
.pictisoless Joy the scandal of the English
f lecherous King who dlrupted the unity
Jecauso the ADOstolic See would not al-
Jow him to havo two wives at tho same
.time.
"The church, because she would not
" Comply with such a request, lost a king
dom from the church's unity. But to sur
fer that loss rather than prostitute the
sacrament of matrimony to the lust of a
tyrant, must be accounted gain. Neither
promises nor threats could move the oc
cupant of the apostolic chair; no means
t cfntld obtain from him anything contrary
i.to the Instructions of his divine Master.
3aese religious rebels, at the mere fear
X of-dlspleasTng a Prince who certainly was
not very powerful, yield, humbling them
jelvor, consecrated to polygamy and be
tray their own conscience, open wide a
door to the poisons, and give up to them
tjie sanctity of marriage, the first pledge
nu&ahe family, the foundation of true civ
ilization.
But history records facts, .which show
tM vivifying power of the church of God.
IBlells to whom It is owing that the law
was not falsified, perverted, destroyed.
amia the DarDarous ages, anna ine mosi
fearful corruption, violence and ferocity
which prevailed everywhere, as well at
the time when invading nations passed
pell-mell over Europe, and when the pow
er of crowned heads had already heen
preponderant.
fwno OL ua uus iiui rctu ui iuc aiiuaiuin;
see being reproached with Intolerant ob
stinacy respecting the sanctity of mar-
riape n party spirit naa not Dimaeu
prejudiced writers, they would have under
stood that. If thl9 Intolerant obstinacy of
the anostolle see had riven wav one step
ij before the Impetuosity of the passions, this
nrst .step once raaae. toe aescent into Lne
Rbyss would have been rapid; they would
nave aamirea tne spirit, or irutn, me .aeep
j,2jgyictlon. the lively faith, with which the
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apostolic reo Is animated. No considera
tion, no fear, has been able to silence her.
when she has had occasion to remind all
and especially the heads that wore a
crown of this commandment: "They shall
be two In one flesh; man shall not sep
arate what God has joined.'
'The century Just passed supplies a not
less striking Instance of the church's zeal
ous guardianship of this protection of so
ciety Recall tho spectacle to men and
angels that the occupant of the apostolic
chair presented when he fears not to con
front the first Napoleon, who besought
him to declare his brother's marriage
void, allegine vartouB unsound reasons for
Its dissolution. P1U3 VII. in a document
well worthy of study, shortly sums up the
Catholic doctrine of matrimony goes
through the Emperor's pTeas, one by one.
and considers them worthless. God had
Joined that man and that woman, had
made of those twain one flch; he dared
not part them asunder. Blandishments
and threats alike fall to move 'the
Inflexible sweetness' of the aged pontiff.
Come what may, he will not be unfaithful
to the supreme Judge, whose representa
tive he Is. In whose name he speaks.
"Within tho Catholic Chuuh marriage
is. of course, what it was. Should Cath
olics have recourse to the divorce court
with a view to have the marriage bond
loosened and one remarry again In the
lifetime of the other he would put him
self outside the fold of the church and
could receive no sacrament of the church
while living In that state. In the eyes of
Catholics such persons are classed among
the criminal class no matter what their
social standing was before.
"The marriage tie has been modified by
a court of law the life of the family is in
Its highest aspects withered, and a stain
Is set upon the family escutcheon that
will not soon out. The punishment, it has
been said, will extend to the third and
fourth generations.
"You cannot help meeting divorced peo
ple In general gatherings. But I would
counsel you neither to invite such people
to your social functions nor to accept any
invitations from them to attend theirs.
The divorced parties must be made to feel
that by that act they have passed into
the criminal class. Among practical Cath
olics social customs have Quite as, much
to do with divorce as the permission of
legislation. If every one understood that
when a defendant in n divorce suit re
married, he or she should be socially os
tracised in the circle in which they moved,
people would think a good many times be
fore they incurred this penalty. The line
of decency and Indecency must be drawn.
ine tact mat society conuones, uies-e ui
( fenses does more to debase current moral
BHinuarus w:un iuiy it-sisiawuu i.an nv.
Ordinarilv decent DeODle pay more atten
tion to the standards set by society than
1 to those established by law- The Bible
says, 'show me your company and I'll tell
vou what you are ' I mince not matters,
' Lavo rot this church without under
standing me. I say that you siiouia
neither Invite such married divorced peo
ple to your social gatherings nor accept
any invitations from them to attend
theirs. Then. I think, the violations of the
New Testament law of morality would
be prettv effectively diseourageo.
1 "But so long as the divorce courts are
I so shamefully lax In granting divorces for
the most trivial cause ana me mimsiuia
crt willing in mnrrv such rllvorced couples
t there is. Indeed, but small hope of lessen-
lnir the felarming Increase of the divorce
evil. It has appeared In the newspapers
I that at Newport, R. I . and Sioux Falls,
S. D. the marriage dissolution has become
a regular and profitable business, drawing
multitudes of visitors who come for no
otner purpose. i m nuiyir-uiiiuG
enough to say that the only sure means
of lessening the evils of divorce Is to
abide by the law once tVllvered bv our
divine Lord In all Its strictness: 'Who
soever putteth away his wife and mar
rleth another, commltteth adultery; and
whosoever marrleth her that Is put away
from her husband, committed adultery.
"But I shall be told that It Is a hard
saying that ideal is too perfect? But
perfection Is the supreme law of morality.
It baffles? Yes; but we read that wo may
Indefinitely approximate to It. He who
said "Be ye perfect." knew what was In
man. Men will live and die forfperfectlon.
For meo'ocrlty they will neither live nor
die. Ever remember that the Idea of per
fection Is the source of all greatness In
private life, no less than in the public or
der; In the dallj reward, "the common
task," no less than In art and poetry and
philosophy. .. , . ,
"Let the pe-fect Ideal of Indissoluble
marriage be once rejected, and our civ
ilization must fall back in that mire from
which Christianity drew it forth. I say,
the moral tone of society depends upon
the chastity of woman. And the chastity
of woman depends unon the absolute char
acter of marriage. Divorce degrades and
corrupts society. Let the unity and the
Indissolubility of matrimony be kept. It
Is the root of political society."
MAN MAY BE SUCCESSFUL,
YET A FOOL BEFORE GOD.
Ilcverend IJoctor Ilrndflel.l Admon-
inlie Hl People to Give Creator
line Credit for Achievements.
The Reverend Doctor W. D. Bradfield,
pastor of the Cook Avenue Methodist
Church, spoke last evening on the "Para
ble of the Rich Fool," recorded in Luke
xli, 15, 21. He said, in part
"Tho text Is a soliloquy "The ground of
a certain rich man brought forth plenti-
THE REVEREND W. D. BRADFIELD,
Pastor of the Cook Avenue M. E. Church,
South.
fully, and he thought within himself, say
ing. What shall I do, because I have no
room where to bestow my fruits? And he
said. Tills will I do: I will pull down my
barns and build greater, and there will I
bestow all my fruits and my-goods. And
I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast
much goods laid up for many years; take
thine ease; cat, drink and be merry.'
Mark you, "he thought within himself,
saying."
"The picture Is of a man deliberating.
revolving measures In his mind and an
S . H 1 I p
nouncing his conclusions to himself. Nor
Is this a dramatized soliloquy. The foot
boards are tho man's own hearthstone,
the footlights tne dim wick of his own
household, the tptctators his own beating
heart. In this t.olf-a.ddressed speech the
real man appears.
"The text Is a tool's soliloquy. 'BufGod
said umo hhn. Thou fool!" As God seej
him the man has everj mark of a fool.
Successful according to the standards of
the world; according to the measurement
of God, ,i fool Tho man was a fool be
cause wholl preoccupied with the things
of this life. There Is the intense zteiiun
in his language ' hat shall I do?" Th's
will I do You caai nlmibt see the old
barns, now far too small for the yield nf
his farm, guln? down and new anii larger
ones springing up. us h nervously tay
l win pun aown my narns ana bun 1
greater.' Wholly absorbed in his buslne.-s
not bad, not coming by his possessions
dlhhonettly, not an oppressor, but en
grossed, heart and soul, in money-setting;
a thriftj. industrious, successful husband
man, who has given his life to the accu
mulation of things mf-re things Ills cuw
etousness. hlddui in the deep recesses of
his soul, brea ting no letter on the statute
books, and the world applauding every
new acquisition to his wealth' It is time
to say to men that of all religiously hope
less cases, the case of the covetous man
is the most hopeless. The Bible tells us
of harlots who were saved, of thieves who
nressed Into the kingdom, but no record, 1
believe. Is glen of a single covetous man
ever having ITjfn saved. Balaam, tho cov
etous prophet: Actum, the covetous sol
dier; Gchazl, the covetous servant; Judas,
the covetous apostle; Ananias, tho cov
etous convert all were lost,
"The man was a fool because he mis
took stewardship for ownership. It is not
wrong to say 'my,' but It Is wrong to say
It with the emphasis with which the rich
husbandman spoke It, Four times in one
short bentenco he says 'my' "my barns,'
"my fruits.' "my goods," 'my soul.' Life is
a trust. Its advantages, opportunities and
possessions are given in trust. The 'trust
clause' is upon them all. God intends that
no blesslnjr of life shall 'center in and
terminate with" the favored. There Is no
greater crime against the moral order of
tne worm than the mistaking 01 steward
ship for ownership. No crime that God
more certainly and terribly punishes. 'Ye
are not your own." 'Stewards ye are of
me manuoia grace or uoa, anu ne who
mistakes stewardship for ownership Is a
fool.
'The man was a fool because he sought
to satisfy the immaterial soul with ma
terial things. 'Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for many years, take thine ease,
eat, drink and bo merry. Hi god was
his bells. He was a materialist In his
philosophy and a sensualist in his
theology. A fool because he presumed
that the future was nt his disposal. 'Thou
hast much goods laid up for many years '
God is extravagant in many of his gifts
He gives us acres of flowers, oceans of
water, forests of tree3. a llrmamen'
crowded with stars, but time he gies us
moment by moment. The past Is gone,
the future has not arrived, only the pres
ent moment Is ours. Covet It. Redeem it
'Boast not thyself of to-morrow ' Boa't
lng of to-morrow, you are a fool. A fool
the rich husbandman was because at the
end of life he was rich in the things of
this world, hut poor toward God
"His possessions, by kindly beneficence,
he had not transmuted into the currency
of the other world. 'Thou fool'! Gods
estimate of the man two thousand years
ago. and this estimate even to-day is un
changed by men.
"The text Is a God-Interrupted soliloquy
'God said unto him: "This night thy
soul shall be required of thee." God re
quired It, Death closes the account. And
Just as well! Absorbed In the things of
this life, mistaking stewardship for own
ership, a materialist and a sensualist,
squandering the present and presuming
upon the future, rich toward the world
and poor toward God Just as well close
the account. 'Thou fool, this night thy
soul shall be required of thee'!
"Oh, friends. God being the Judge, tht
world is so full of fools. So full that even
standing-room Is at a premium. The
young man sitting before me to-night is
busy with his plans. His thoughts are re
volving. He is talking to himself. What
Is he saying? 'I will get an education. 1
will choose my profession I will select
my life's companion, I will amass a for
tune, I will acquire fame." If that solil
oquy were God-interrupted In this solemn
moment, would it not be the soliloquy of
a fool?"
"ST. LOUIS HAS REACHED
ZENITH OF WANTONNESS."
Doctor Jon en Snyn Splendor of City
Only Mnprniflca Degeneracy Ukc
Athens and Rome of Old.
"The Unveiled Face was the theme of
the Reverend Doctor William M. Jones
at the Hyde Park Congregational Church
THE REVEREND W. M. JONES.
Pastor of the Hyde Park Congregational
Church.
yesterday morning. The text was taken
from II Cor., Ill, 18:
"But we nil, with unveiled face reflect
ing as a mirror the glory of the Lord, arc
transformed Into the same image from
glory to glory, even as from the Lord the
Spirit." In substance. Doctor Jones said:
"The mystical and the practical stand at
the two opposite poles of existence, nnd
mark the trend of civilizations, according
to geographical distribution and racial
differences. Speaking broadly, the Orient
Is a paradisaic dreamland, while the Occi
dent Is the Incarnation of wide-awaked-ness.
We may notindlscrlmlnatclycondemn
the one or commend the other somewhere
between the two extremes Is the goal of
safety. We of the Western Hemisphere
need to raise warning signals all along the
line, lest we indulge too excessively In
lawless, social, commercial, and political
'rapid transit.' In all of these directions
we are moving too fast for safety. The
spirit of the age Is the spirit of Im
patience, nnd we are srone to risk all on
one turn of the wheel. We live nnd labor
at fever heat, and as a result we soon
burn out. In our hurry we Ignore the
supernatural, and express the totality of
life 'in footprints of force." or terms of
commercialism. Thus the material veils
the spiritual, for the Impure In heart shall
not see God.
"The story Is told of a poor Jew who so
ardently wished to be rich that he band
aged his eyes, so that he could pray to
Mazal (Fortune to make him rich. He
cried loud and long for riches, and at
last Mazal threw a bag of gold in his
pathway. The poor man stumbled over
the treasure, never once removing the
bandage, or looking to see what It was,
and still went on, crying, 'O, Mazel, Ha
zel, make me rich!" This self-blinded man
Is a true type of other Jews and Gentiles
whose vision Is obscured by a veil.
"How long will the bandage remain?
Just as long as we are governed by wrong
standards of value. "A man's life con
slsteth not In the abundance of the things
which he poaesseth." That man Is poor
Indeed, who 'layeth up treasure for him
self, and is not rich toward God.' Christ
laid the emphasis In the proper place
when he said. 'Seek ye first the kingdom
of God and his righteousness." The sea
sons change and the centuries roll on, but
the same uniform standard obtains, and
must ever obtain, in the moral realm. ,
" 'Where the spirit of the Lord Is there
Is liberty." Here we stand face to face
with the grandest fact In human experi
ence. In this atmosphere of freedom we
are transformed into the divine Image,
and the light shines In our hearts, to
give the Illumination of the knowledge
of the glory of God In the face of Jesus
Christ. As the Rosplslloso mirror at
1
Rome reflects Guldo'n Aurora, so does
the consecrated Christian's IIXo reproduce
that of the Master, aud cauee his name to
be hallowed amoiur the sons of men.
I There's no other way, but hit way," and
d!cnt
".Music halls, and crt museums have a
place In the olvme economy, but they are
net the sources of powei which w.ll pio
duce the now birth and the reconstructed
life In the belotd. Athens tnd Rome
were never so resplendent in statuary and
pamtuiK as they were in the days of
their degeneracy, and St. Louis has
reached the zenith of its wantonness in
this year of its Universal position.
Graft and greed have led us to forget
principles and tolerate practices which
have brought upon us general condemna
tion and well-merlfed disrepute. It Ls
u ent that we repent In sach-ioth and
ashes and brinr forth fnilt irpet mr re-
peitance, guided by tho Spirit of the
Lord."
SAYS SIN GRIEVES CHRIST
BUT HE STILL LOVES US.
The Reverend Chnrlen Clmlfnnt
Trenches on the Good Shepherd nt
the liriice Preabytertnn Church.
"Christ, the Good Shepherd." was the
theme of the Reverend Charles L. Chal
fant at Grace Presbyterian Church yester
day morning.
He said, in part:
"The searchlight words of our text send
their light down through seven centuries
THE REV. CHARLES CHALFANT
Pastor of the Grace Presbyterian Church.
till It rests upon the Incarnate Christ.
They were spoken to a shepherd-nation,
who could understand, far better than we
can, the beauty of the figure. Their great
King, David, had been a shepherd and
had uttered the Immortal words of the
Shepherd Psalm. Could anyone but a
shepherd have expressed with such mar
velous fitness the thoughts cf the Tw enty
thlrd Psalm? 'The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
"The central figure in that psalm Is the
Savior and the leading character in our
text Is the Lord Christ In his three
fold work as shepherd, a provider, a help
er and a lover.
"A provider In that he feeds his flock, a
helper In that he gathers the lambs in his
arms, and a lover In that he carric ttem
In his bosom. I have heard tarcnts say
to their children, 'God will not love you if
you are naughty.' Never sav that to your
child again, for It Is not true. The shep
herd loves the straying sheep and 'God
commendeth his love to us In that, while
we are yet sinners. Christ died for us."
"Our sins grieve him. but he does not
cease to love us. and if we confess our
sin. he Is faithful and Just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all un
righteousness." "The assertion Is made of the Good
Shepherd that he knows his sheep and
cnlleth them by name and Ieadeth them
out.
"The Oriental phepherd knows his sheep
and often has names for each one of his
flock. He knows some by the marks of
sin, some by their love and devotion, oth
ers by their deformities and weakness
and still others by their color. There are
black sheep In every flock, and If I mis
take net the flock of the Good 3hepherd
Is no exception to the rule, but remem
ber the black sheep may love the shep
herd with as strong a love as does the
sheep with snowy fleece, and when we
reach the final fold we may And many
gathered there who by parents and kin
dred have been called black sheep here.
"That there are to be little Iambs In
the flock Is evidenced by the assertion of
the pronhet that the Good Shepherd will
rather the lambs In his arms and carry
them In his bosom.
"Did not Christ fulfill that prophecy?
In times when he was tired with the ar
duous work of teacher and preacher, he
turned away from the turmoil and rtrlfe.
away from the arrogance of the scribes
and vaunting pride of the Pharisee to
watch the children In their Innocent
games or to take the babes In his arms
for his blessing.
"Jesus, "the same yesterday, to-day and
forever," stands ready to lift us one and
all and carry us as the shepherd carries
the weak or wounded lamb. Greatness
linked with gentleness! Power In league
with love! this Is the lesson for the hour
and If we want an Illustration we find
It in the little child set In the midst of
the ambitious disciples as their Lord
says to them, 'Except ye become as this
little child ye shall have no part in the
kingdom of God." "
NEWS FROM THE PARISHES.
Cathedral Clioir of Pittsburg to
Visit St. Louis.
The Cathedral choir of Pittsburg, Pa.,
Is arranging for a visit to St. Louis next
month. Joseph Otten. formerly of this
city, is the choirmaster. The choir, which
numbers forty-five singers, will take part
In the choral contest at the World's Fair
during the week of July 11 to 16. It will
reach here on July 13 and may remain ten
days.
On Sunday, July 17, the choir will sing
at high mass in the St. Louis Cathedral,
rendt-ing a mass by Palestrlna and a five
part motet by Albllnger, a capella, that Is,
without accompaniment.
A euchre and lawn fete in aid of All
Saints' Church will be given on the church
lawn, Slxty-thrid street and Maple ave
nue. Tuesday night, July 12. The first
prize will be a load of coal. In case of
rain the entertalnmont will be postponed
Until the following evening.
The annual retreat of the Junior clergy
of the diocese of St. Louis closed nt Ken
rick Seminary. Nineteenth. and Cass ave
nue, last Friday. It was conducted by
the Reverend Father McGlveny, S. J., of
Milwaukee, Wis.
The closing exercises of St. Michael's
School were held last Thursday night In
Social Turner Hall, Thirteenth and Mon
roe streets.
The forty hours' adoration were com
menced In St. Patrick's Church, St. Pat
rick, Mo., yesterday, and will close to
morrow. It will be held In the chapel of
the Sisters of Notre Dame, at Marie
Maria, In Rlpa, Mo., to-morrow, Wednes
day and Thursday, and in St. Mary's In
stitute, O'Fallon, Mo., next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
The Reverend J. Phelan of Marcus, la.,
celebrated the twentieth anniversary of
his ordination to the priesthood. His par
ishioners presented a well-filled purse to
him. Until a year ago Father Phelan
was located at Park Valley.
The closing exercises of St. Alphonsus
High School. Grand and Finney avenues,
were held last Friday night. Misses Bes
sie Skinner. Florence Jlundy, Anna
Stcmpker. Cora Howard. Agnes Harter,
Eleanor Ryan and Rose Seldl and Masters
Thomas Grace, Joseph Murnaghan. Jos
eph Sheehan, Elmer Armstrong. Robert
Armstrong and Daniel Almon were gradu
ated. The Father Mathew Monument Associa
tion elected as officers Edward Devoy
president: William J. Walsh, first vice
president; John T. Kelly, second vice
president: Jeremiah Sheehan. third vice
president: Edward J. Costlgan, secretary;
Thomas S. Bowden. financial secretary;
John R. Cooke, treasurer.
Board of Directors James F. Brady,
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iilililiflEl:$ j t f
John L. ilovd. the Kvi-rend Jamei T.
Coffey. F J. Cvrrar.. T Conner P. H.
f'larke. VSI Ian-. J. Firlev William F
rafiey. Joesti .'. Cl'llek. John II. Hen-
i nessy. jr'r.cs T lioi'i. Peter Kehoe,
Patrlcl: Mclcahy, 7I Mam J Mansfield
P. J .Ie.y-.hati f. ' Murphy. Robert
D Nolaa Wil ia-n H .N'ewcnm William
H O'B.Ien .1 C u'BrVi E It. O'Dnnnell,
D.--ie' A C'D-iiKwni il-j Reverend I). 8
Phrr..in. John P. U.di i Jeremiah Sulli-Vi-n.
James J. Scai ne'l. Daniel O'C Tracy
Jar.i.s T.erney. Tho-nes J. Ward. The
oiEee-s of the rs.oriition are a so mem
bers cf the Board cf Directors.
St. Leo's Parish picnic w'll be held at
R: mona Poilj S.iturc.y. July 9 Th R-v-erend
I'pther Toffev. t) stor of the parish,
and a large co-r.it ee avlng charge of
the a-rapgiments aie using thrlr lust cn
deai'Oi's to m?kv tl1 i ay an enjoyable one
for t!x- school ( hiliren, felr parents and
others who will attend Ailrais!qn to the
grouui)? will be free R
The members) of Et Alms's Young La
dies' Sodal ty will pive tVir an, mat lawn
party nrd erch' r, t e school grounds.
No ??. S'i'i e sfee:. V.'edmslnv night
July C. Airungemen.s are being made to
accorr.r-'odnie t 'ci jr..therlng. A dan
clns pavilion will Le erected.
The Reverend J. Jln-ette of Omaha.
Neb., is a suist of f' lends In the city.
Tli? Revtrrnd F.'tv.er Pcanlon of
Ph"kicfoic, Mo., sailed for Ireland last
week.
The Reverend Raymond G. Jacques, pas
tor of the Church of SI. John the Baptist
of Marquette. Mich . arrived In St. Louis
last week to become a guest of several
of the c!er?v. Fatler Jacques has two
s!"tcrr. members of tic ft. Joseph Order,
one i"' redress- of St. Ann's Free School,
the other tli.ectress of tl.e music class at
St. .lo-jph's C.nent, on Cass avenue
Gllbeit J. Brady, a student of the St.
Louis Vniei'?" . has teen appointed to
take charge of the Va'.ican exhibit In the
Anthropologv building at the World's
Fair Mr Rr-d;- hs made a study of
mani'srriptr : na hltoiic subjects, and Is
espe i illv veil versed in the traditional
anil i stone c.;i' t.'-anee of the Vatican
exhibits.
The Very Reverend Canon Phelan of
te Diocese o 0sc,-y. In Ireland, who
came to tM country to be present at the
golde'i jiib.lee of hi." brother. Bishop
Phelan of Pittbarg. will visit the
Worlc's Fair bcfoie turning to Ireland.
Archbishop Glennon yesterday adminis
tered ccr.rma:lcn i-.t 7-0 o'clock at the
Church k St. .Asrnej ard 3 o'clock In the
afternoon at Holy Irrotents" Church.
The Reverend Jost: a Chapoton. C SS.
R., of S. Alphvu'p Church, departed
last weel' for North Dakota to give a
Eeries o' m ss'or.3 The "rst will be given
at St Le"s Chu'ch at Minot. The Rever
end F-i'-er Webb. C. S3. R.. will assist
Father Chapoton.
Assumption Parlrli wll! give a school
picnic next WednJny afternoon at
Riverside Park No '.2K South Broadway.
Dancing and other amusements will be In
dulged In.
The children of St. Thomas of Aquln's
Parioh Schools save an entertainment at
St. Anthonj's Hall. Mcames street end
Compton avenue, last Monday evening.
An Interesting programme was well ren
dered. The members of the Toung Men's So
dnlity of St. Franca Xavler's Parish re
ceived holy communion In a body at the
7 o'clock mass yesterday.
THE WEATHER.
Official Predictions for To-Day
and To-Morrow.
Washington, June 26. Forecast for Mon
day and Tuesdas-:
Missouri Partly c'ouJy Morday: showers In
east, central and southeast portions; warmer la
west portions. Tnesiay, fair and warmer.
Illinois Partly cloudy Monday; showers in
extreme south portion. Tuesday, fair and
warmer; light to freah northeast winds.
Indiana Partly cloudy Monday: sbowera and
cooler In centra! and south portions. Tues
day, fair and warmer; light to rreeh north to
east winds
Arkansas Showers Monday; cooler In east
portion. Tuesday, fair and wanner.
Local Report.
St. Louis. Mo.. June S3. 1S04.
7 a. m. 7 p m.
Barometer, Inches 30.17 20.18
Temperature, degrees CS 69
Relative humidity 74 7
Direction of wind NE NE
Velocity of wind 13 11
Prerlpltatlon. in Inches 0
Weather at 7 a. m.. cloudy; at 7 p. m..
cloudy Maximum temperature, 71; minimum
temperature, 67. Stajre of river at 7 a. m . 22.4
feet. EDWAKD II. BOWIE.
Local Forecaster.
Government nepnrl.
Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau.
Meteorological observations received at St
Louis Juno 26. 1904, at 6:39 p. m. local time
and 8 pm. seventy-flnh meridian time. Ob
sen ations made at the same moment of time
at all stations.
Stations. Dlr Tp Mr Rain. Weather.
Abilene N 74 76 .18 Cloudy
Amarlllo NE 56 tt .62 Cloudy
Atlanta s 84 90 . .. Clear
HIsmarck SB 72 77 .... Clear
nufTalo SV 70 74 .... Clear
Charlotte SW 6 S4 .... Clear
tChattanooga NW 82 S2 ... Cloudy
Clnclnnatt N 78 S6 . . doudr
Cleveland NW 81 72 .-. Pt cloudy
Chicago i: C2 K . Cloudy .
Columbus N 76 82 . .. Clear
tCalro N 73 81 1.54 Cloudv
tCalgary NW a 68 .03 Pt cloudy
Cheyenne SE C4 M .. . Clear
Duluth SE es r .... Clear
Dubuque NW 70 70 .. . Cloudy
Dmenport NW TO 74 .... Cloudy
Des Moines S 70 78 .... Cloudy
Denver K 64 72 .. . Cloudy
Dodire City E 60 62 .14 Pt cloudy
El Paso T. 82 88 Clear
tFort Smith NW 70 84 .28 Cloudy
Oalveston S 82 H .... Pt cloudy
Grand Rapids NW 84 70 Cloudv
Orand Junction SE 74 82 Pt cloudy
Huron S 72 80 .. . Pt cloudy
Havre W 80 82 . .. Cloudy
Helena W 72 76 Pt cloudy
Indianarolls N 72 78 .. . cloud
tjacksonvllle E 74 S2 .78 Cloudy
Kansas City B 61 66 Rain
tLlttle Rock W 78 SS .01 Cloudy
tLoulsvlIle S 73 -' .12 Rain
Lander " "4 ... Clear
Montgomery o i) 52 .. ClouH
tMemphls E 84 ... rioudv
Marquette Ni: '8 X .... Clear
Modena W U SI .. . . Iar
tNew York 81 y Vt t toady
Norfolk s ' "2 .... Clear
tw Orleans NW f2 10 .40 Cleudr
NaiMllle M7 T8 ! .. '''Ujy
Nirth Platte ..s . 71 .... r ar
Omaha NJ7 .0 VI .. riwidr
Oklahoma ' " .K I-ily
tPhtladelphla SV 78 S4 v oady
Pcle.tlne V 6 ' . O -ar
Plttsburr NW 7j ;J Clev
tParkersburg N f 88 C! "!r
Pueblo -o ... Cloudy
Q'Appelle S 8 7j ... Clojly
Rapld City " 2 .... Clew
St Paul.. -W 70 72 .... Clear
Shretenort !E 82 ?2 .... Clear
SDrirafneld. Ill .g ' Z 'Rslr.
St. Louis NH 63 .1 l.ay
tSpringfleld. Mo NE 6l 72 .14 fiun
Salt Lake N .6 73 . .. Clear
San Antonio .SB ) ;.... P: to.dy
n-lckaburg tW 7 84 ."S;M.dy
Valentine .S .1 .8.. ritar
Washington N JS 91 . .Clear
Wichita KM 67 .30 UVn
Precipitation Inappreciable.
tThunderstorros.
1 EDWARD H. BOWIE.
Local Torecaster.
OBITUARY.
MRS. O. HALET.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Frederlcktonn. Mo . June 26. Mr". Haley,
wife of Doctor O. Haley, died to-day of con
sumption. Mrs Haley wea a member of the
Order of the Eastern Star and of the Presby
terian Church. The funeral will be held to-
mCrrW- II. M. BACHMAKX.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Lebanon. III.. June 26. H. M Bachmsnn. one
of the oldest cltlsens and buslners men of this
city, died at his home here at 9:30 a. m.. aged
71 Tears.
FRED M. STARK.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kashvllle. 111.. June 26. Fred M. Stark died
at his home, west of this city, early this morn
ing, at tre age of 67 years. He was bom in
Germany but bad been & reVdent of this coun
ty for the last fifty-four yeir He Is survived
br his wife and sev -n children. HI wife was
formerly Miss Anna M. Relmer. and they had
been married thirty-eight yers The funeral
services will be conducted at the Germin Evan
gelical Church to-morrow afternoon. The Rev
erend Mr. lesman will officiate. Interment will
be In the Evangelical Cemetery.
Funeral of Jsmei Coyne.
The funeral of James Coyne, the former
Alton business man, who died In Bast St.
Louis, took place vesterday afternoon
from the Cathedral. The Reverend Father
B. C. Spaulding officiated. The pallbear
ers were former business associates of
Mr. Coyne In Alton. The remains were
Interred In Greenwood Cemetery at North
Alton-
A -- .. -- . m .,,-... -. A m .. . . . A
SCENE AFTER THE SELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUB
LICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Declares He Will Win in His Con
test for Delegate to the Na
tional Convention.
WILL PUSH FIGHT TO LirVUT.
Said That Phelps Followers Will
Be Hustled Off to Joplin
in a Private
Car.
"I'M win," said Harry B. Hawes yester
day, referring to the row in the Eleventh
Congressional District, precipitated by
premature disclosure of the plot which
had for its aim the sending of Colonel
William H. Phelps of Jasper County to
the National Convention from St. Louis.
The Phelps followers do not concede de
feat, however, and If plans as they stood
last night are carried out the Phelps del
egates will be carted off In state to Jop
lin, starting at 2:30 p. m. to-day on the
Frisco In a private car.
"They wanted to get 'em out of town."
said a Hawes man, "so they will light out
with 'em two days early."
It appeared Saturday that the Butler-Phelps-Barrett-MUes
aggregation had
their deal "cinched"; that Phelps had a
clean majority of the delegation from the
Eleventh. The political wires of this town,
however, were yanked vigorously In the
meantime. One result Is that Phil Dwyer
has backed away from the proposition,
which means, say those In touch with the
situation, that Phelps will be walloped.
Walloped or not, Hawes Is determined to
push the fight to the limit carry It on the
floor of the convention if need be. The
convention could overrule a district dele
gation, and. with this In mind, some of
the polltlcnl wise ones picture high old
times at Joplin should Phelps by any
chance be selected by the Eleventh.
Such a development would give to Sena
tor Stone a chance that that dramatic
orator would not overlook. Undoubtedly
he would toss back that Disraeli lock
which hangs frojn his forehead, tune his
voice to the thunderful pitch nnd score
Phelps the lobbyist, "Phelps the corrupter
of Incipient statesmen," In a manner that
distinctly belongs to the Stone age.
TALK OF PHELPS INCIDENT.
The political talk about this Phelps In
cident has been of a various nature. Some
have said that It was a device to place
Phelps In such a position that he could be
"landed on" hard; and that. In assailing
the old-time lobbyist who har seen fit to
boost the Folk movement, there Is an in
direct slap at Follt, Either that or a nice
little way of giving to Stone the oppor
tunity to orate the convention Into Stone
worship.
Whatever there may be In such specu
lation. Phelps certainly was attracted by
the scheme, doubtless moved through his
ambition as a man who has figured in
many to participate in another Democratic
National Convention.
When the Hawes delegations were filed
it will be remembered that two Hawes
lists were filed from the Second, Sixteenth
and Twentieth wards. Hawes compro
mlred by dividing In all except the Six
teenth Ward, In which John J. Burke's
delegation was assigned to Jefferson City
and Mike O'Donnell's to Joplin. Now It
appears that two proxies have been given
In the Second, five in the Third, six In
the Sixteenth and two In the Twentieth,
all In the Interests of Phelps. Here and
elsewhere In the personnel of the forty
two delegates are very evident traces of
the Butler Influence, and this seems to bo
operating against Hawes.
HAWES MAKES STATEMENT.
Speaking of the whole matter, Hawes
said last night:
It seems that for some tlma past Thomas
E. Barrett. James. Miles and others have quiet
ly camarntd among tho delegates In the Elev
enth Congressional D'strict, securing proxies
where they could, to send Colonel William H.
Thelps as a delegate from tne Eleventh G?n
crensional District to the National Conven
tion. 1 had paid very little attention to tbe mat
ter of delegates to that convention, and it
was not until a -few days ago that I dlecov
ered what was going on.
Mr. Phelps ha never spoken to ran about
the matter, although I saw him a number of
times at St. Joseph. If Phelps desires to go
to the National Convention. It seems to me
that he should go from hi own district, and
not attempt to go from mine.
I expect to go as a delegate myself from
the Eleventh Congressional District as I do
not believe sufficient inducements can be of
fered, no matter how high or alluring, to make
the working Democrats of my district humiliate
me.
I da not think that Colonel Phelps will oo
aelected. and if he is. I shall refuse to serve,
not that I have anything personally again;'
Mr. Phelps, but it would I politically a, moat
ini . i gn,cus representation from my home dis
trict Under any and all circumstances the fight
will go on to the end. and the only way I
can be beatn will be In the convention, and
after the convention i over I will have an
aceountlrg with simp of the ward leaders who
have been guilty of treachery.
There has been little talk In St, Louis
of the platform to be adopted at Joplin.
An expression upon national Issues is ex
pected, but the tenor or detail of the dec
laration Is not defined.
.HELPS LYICH
D tiSAOli
Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Places
Koose Around Xcck of Man
.Who Assaulted Her.
Memphis. Tenn., June 21 A Siieciat tt
the Commercial-Appeal from Sopors,
Miss., says:
Starling Dunham, a negro wanted on the
charge of criminally assaulting the 14-yrar-old
daughter of John Wilson, a white
man, near BcUefontaine. two weeis ago.
and with attempting to criminally assault
three young women named Dunn, near
this city, all dnrin? the course of the
same day. was banged in tbe public sqoare
here to-day by a mob.
The noose was placed about the nesro's
neck by the little Wilson girl, who posi
tively Identified him as her assailant. Tbe
negro was then placed upon the back of
a black horse, and at a signal from tbe
leader of the mob the Wilson girl led the
horse from under him.
Over 3,000 persons, white and blade
witnessed the hanging. Tbe lynching was
as orderly as a legal execution. After be
ing assured that the negro was dead, the
mob cut down the body and turned It
over to relatives for burial.
Dunham was captured Friday near Vi
enna, Ala., after a running chase, during;
which he was twice wounded. He was
brought here last night by the Sheriff of
this (Wilson) county.
A large mob met the train at the rail
road station, and an effort was made to
get the negro, but the offlcera spirited him
away anu carr.eu im to . h v"a t
hall, six miles from here, where the party
was again met by a mob of determined
men, who said their intention was to burn
Dunham.
Convention at Montgomery.
KF PUBL1 C SPECIAL.
Danville, Mo., June 26. The Republican
Convention of the Ninth District wlU be
held In Montgomery City August 1. Tho
representation will be Audrain County,
three delegates; Callaway, three; Frank
lin, ten; Gasconade, rive; Lincoln, three;
Montgomery, six: Pike, bIsx; Ralls, two;
St Charles, eight; Warren four.
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