The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-03-25

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The Peters Pence taken to the Pope by
the irish Pilgrims amounted to $50 eco.
Mrs. Mary Smith, ono Of the last sur
y,7iiYors Of the Irish rebellion of 1898, died
in New York recently at the agesof 107
years. She was u years old at the time
OF the rebellion AMI retained vivid recol-
lections Of that period.
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Two Irishmen, Lord Wolseley ana
Lord Roberts, have the highest military
posts at the disposal Of the English Gov
eminent. & Lord ufferin, another famous
Irishman, is Ambassador at Paris. These
are among the highest civil and military
appointments at the disposal Of the
Grown, outside the Cabinent.
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Major John Byrne, Of New York, is an
enthusiastic Home Ruler. When in Lon
don short time ago he promised the
Irish parliamentary party to raise $780,
600 in this country in furtherance of the
cause in which they are engaged. He
will pay one.tenth Of the amount himself
as sosn as the other nipe-tenths are paid.
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The Duke of Devonshire, formerly
known as Lord Harrington, declared in
recent speech that Gladstone's Home
Rule bill can never pass. He said that
the exclusion Of the Irish members from
parliament would be equivalent to separ-
alton, while their detention would mean
the putting of the screws on the Eng
lish parties.
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The latest distinguished Catholic lay
man on whom Notre Dame University
has bestowed the Laetare medal is the
venerable Patrick Donahoe, of Boston,
It is an honor richly deserved by the
founder of the Pilot. Very Rev. VIM.
Byrne, D. D., Vicar General OF the Arch
diocese of Boston, conferred the medal
on Patrick's day at the banquet of the
Charitable Irish Society.
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Senator German, Of Maryland, when
thirteen years of age, was appointed a
page in the United States Senate by
Stephen A. Douglas. He remained in
the service of the Senate for fourteen
years and held every subordinate position
except that of sergeant-at-arms, finally
attaining to the dignity of postmaster.
When forty-two years of age he returned,
as senator from Maryland, to the halls
where in his boyhood he had served as
page.
The Ada Rehan statue, the largest sill
YER statue ever known, was successfully
cast in Chicago last Monday. Montana
has cause to feel proud of it's statue Of
Justice, and encomiums are showered
upOA d1l COuC0IA0A LII iO6 H1OuuOulOHs
The figure contains 1900 pounds of ster-
ling silver and is valued at $4,000. Not
only is the statue an exact reproduction
of the Limerick beauty, but the features
are hers also, though the expression has
been made rather more severe in order TO-
carry out the idea of Justice.
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The widow of Gen. Grant evidently liz
not superstitious even little bit. Hav-
ing sold her New York house and MAIDS
up her mind to make her permanent
home in Washington, and liking the To-
cation of the house in which Mr.. Blaine
died, which. has been the scene of so
many sad occurrences, she has made
Mrs. Blaine an offer for the property.
There, are lots Of people in Washington
who would not live IN the house if it was
given to them.
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President Cleveland was congratulated
on his Inauguration by the apostolic
delegate, who felicitated the chief magis-
trate, on his accession to his high Office
in his own name and, more particularly,
in that Of His Holiness, the Pope. The
congratulations were expressed in the
form of letter, written in the English
language and on the official paper Of the
Catholic University. The letter was
taken to the White House and delivered
to one Of the Presidents secretaries by
Rev. DR.. O'Gor1nan, the professor of &C.
clesiastical history at the university.
The eldest daughter Of the late DIR.
Whately, the well-known Protestant
Archbishop Of Dublin, died on February
10th, at Guernsey, at thea Of 20. Miss
Whately had inherited some OF her faith
er's intellectual qualities. Her account