The Irish standard., 1893-10-14
PASSED in RE VIEW.

PASSED In REVIEW.
Gladstone is one Of the greatest oppo-
nents to divorce in the English-speaking
world. He believes that marriage is
contract for life, which only expires
when life itself expires.
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Miss Shaw, Of Dublin, is in this couu,-
try, commissioned by the London Times
to study our schools and to visit the Elk
position. She has been an editorial
writer on the Times for years.
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The Father Of the House of Represen-
tatives at Washington is an Irish-Ameri-
can, Chas. O'Neill. II Mr.. O'Neill out
lives his present term he will have broker
the record by having served 30 consecu-
tive years in thelower branch of congress.
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j. 81. Biles, the designer of the oceal
steamships New York and Paris, believes
that in "the third year Of the twentieth
century" or within ten years, the besS
transatlantic steamships will be able t.
leave New York at noon and arrive a
Southampton in four days Such an OK
plot would require speed Of almos;
thirty five miles an hour.
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Dennis Flynn, delegate in congress
from Oklahoma, has staked claims i1,
half dozen states, practiced law in lows
edited a paper in Kansas, acted as post
master at Guthrie and narrowly escaped
getting shot several times during the
~hoopful early days Of the territory. He
is wide awake, smooth-faced youne
man, who gains the attention of the house
whenever he has anything to say.
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Gov. William e. ussel of Massachu-
sets, though still young man, has g.
record of not less than 500 political
speeches, most Of them of course having
been delivered in the Bay State. He has
spoken in all the New England States
and in New York, Illinois, Maryland,
Virginia, and Louisiana. In his own
State he has made 229 political speeches
since he was first nominated for Cover
nor five years ago.
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Lord Houghton, the lord lieutenant Of
Ireland, is reported to be not at all
grieyed. over the failure of the Home
Rule bill. 1T it had passed." he said to
friend the other day, II would have
been sort of Cerberus, or three man
rolled into one. At one time I would
have taken orders from the Irish legis,.
lature and at another from the British
parliament. When neither had orders to
give would have been kept busy on my
own account Strengthening out the tangle'
of conflicting authority"
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Father Elliott, the Paulist, has already
begun the series of missions to non.
Catholics which he is to continue during
the winter, at Bishop Foley's express re-
quest, in the Detroit diocese. The in
itial lectures of the Paulist preacher ap-
pear to have attracted very good audi
ences, the spacious building in which
they were delivered being completely
filled with gatherings, three-fourths of
whom were nob- Catholics; and the
speaker was listened to throughout with
the utmost attention by all.
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Cardinal Gibbons will hold the services
of his silver jubilee October IS. The ey-
ercises will be held in the .thedral 10
Baltimore, aud it is expected that Arch
bishop Corrigan will preach the sermon
The celebration of his silver jubilee
promises to be truly imposing affair,
whose proportions take on grander size
as the day of the observance draws near
In all likelihood Baltimore will then wit
ness one of the most notable Catholic
gatherings of the present year, those re-
Gently held at Chicago alone excepted,
for Cardinal Gibbons counts his admirers
in every section of the land, and his ju-
bilee will unquestionably attract an i'm
mense audience to the historic church in
which it is to be celebrated.
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Sonora Dominguez, who was Miss
Helen Murphy of San Francisco and was
married recently to the son of the Argen-
tioian Minister to Paris, is one of the
most beautiful women ever seen, even in
California, that home of feminine beauty.
The marriage was the elimination of
romantic courtship, which was bitterly
opposed by the lady's mother on the
ground fh nj 2annr Donainouaz uaa not