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Show 1 . ' A HAD PRIEST'S DEED. ' A . ' ... i ; The tragedy at. the Roulers church recalls re-calls that awful holocaust at Santiago cathedral, where nearly 1000 people were burned to death, says the London Standard. Stand-ard. Here In Belgium a mad priest sets fire to the church, then cuts hU throat before the high altar. At Santiago, tco, was a mad priest, or. If not mad, then, guilty of the wickedest blasphemy. T, parte, par-te, the chief priest at the Sentla?o cathedral, not content with bavins:, the building ornamented In such a manner that it must have been a miracle to prevent pre-vent the place -catching nre f.om the mvriad lamps Which burned amid the sea of muslin and drapery, attempted a scandalous scan-dalous fraud upon his congregation. In midst of th cathedral he vstablished vhat he called a celestial postofnee. By means of this, direct communication with the Virgin Mary was to be obtained. Let. ters were to be deposited in the poutoffice -accompanied by offerings and answer was to be .received. The meatier of fleers of the church periahed'wltct the cons relation; re-lation; Ugarte escaped by a back door. |