St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-08
CATHOLIC CONGRESS.
Number of Papers Read by Promi-
neEt People,

CHICAGO, Sept. "A bigger crowd
than ever thronged the floors of the
Catholic congress when the doors were
| opened at 10 o'clock this morning.
! Bishop Burke, OF Missouri, opened p-o-
ceedings. lie exhorted his hearers,
however. not to be content with what
they saw and heard OH the platform
from which he was speaking, but to go
| TO the worlds fair and look upon the
| evidences of Catholic charity. of Cath
| olic intellect and Catholic culture set
| forth i'll the Catholic exhibit for the ad-
| miratiOn of the world. Miss Eliza Starr
| spoke of ''Women'S WorEeiu Art" and
her remarks were puncIuated at inter
! yalS with discriminating applause.
Miss Starr reviewed the careers of sew
! eral Catholic women who had been
| prominent in the field of art in the past.
| She said those careers were SO many
monuments to all that was most noble
III tie lives OF women, as we'll as Chris
! tian art.
John E. Barrett, of Scranton, Pa,
read the paper. "Woman's Work in
Literature prepared by Eleanor C.
Donneily. of Philadelphia, VINO was Ill
and unable to be present.
Rev. Edward j.. Buchanan followed
with short address on 1.-The Chaplain
of the United States Army" before the
regular programme was taken up again.
He said that Catholics made good sol
| dierS, and half of the enlisted men in
the army today were Catholics. In spite
OF this lie said that only two Of the
| tWenty-four chapiainS appointed were
| Catholics, and one of those was of re-
| cent appointment. de SAID it was not
the fault of the government that there
were not more, UuL the fault of the
| bishops and the people. Rev. MIR.
Bucklnan's appeal was enthusiastic
atly appiauded, aud then Rose
| Hawthorne Lathrop's paper on
Women and Mamm0n" was read. She
| spoke briefly OF the dangers OF worship
lug Mammun, aud advised women TO
! look rather 10 putty, modesty ana all
| wonauiy virtues. w L. Markoe, sec
| Rotary OF tie Catholic Truth Society OF
! America, gave review of its work, and
( Joseph A. Herman, of New York, read
q paper on The " ork OF the Society of
| ST. Vincent de Paul" Father Malone,
| OF the Colorado Catholic, today called
| the attention OF the Catholic congress
| 10 the widespread scandal caused by
! published anonymous attacks upon GER
| tain exalted DersonageS i'll The churches.
| He offered resolutions, which were
| unanimously adopted, coudemnIng
such attacks, and approving the eX-
! PLANTATION given by the pope and Mgr.
| SatoIli as 10 THE attitude OF the Catholic
| Church toward the public schools.
Archbishop Ireland addressed two
! large meetings or the Jewish women's
congress. He advocated religious lib
erIy for all people, whatever their race
! or color. He particularly condemned
the persecution of the Jews in Russia,
| anu was enthusiastically applauded by
! his Hebrew hearers.
| In the general meeting of the Catholic
congress Alrs. Potter Palmer, president
| of tue wuman'$ worlds fair congress
| auxiliary and of the w0man'S board of
| lady managers, was a guest of honor
! with her chief colleague. Mrs. DIR.
| Charles Henr0rin. They were greeted
enthusiastically. many Of the delegates
! standing up to applaud.
Woman's work III art and literature,
| the work of Catholic societies anu the
| condition and future of the negroes and
! Indians were the subjects treated of at
| the congress today.