The Irish standard., 1894-08-25


PASSED in REVIEW.
Most Rsv. Peter Richard Kenrick, D.
D., Arch bishop Of ST. Louis, was eighty
eight years old on August 18th.
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The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, with
the approval Of His Holiness, is about to,
undertake the restoration Of the shrine
Of the Blessed Virgin at Loretto.
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Cash in the national treasury is in
creasing at the rate of 81, coo, COO per day..
owing to abnormal internal revenue re-
ceipts as q result Of the passage Of the
tariff bill.
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The decree approving the miracles o
the venerable Bernardino Realno,t q.
Jesuit of Lsece, rs about to appear, and
it is expected that the Justification will
take place in December or January
next.
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The Municipal Council Of Paris has
decreed the seculsriz alton of the hos
pitfalls of the Hotel Dieu and ST. Louis,
but M. Dupuy, the Minister of Public
Worship, has refused his approval, as
the measure is not desired by the .popu-
lation. -
The Municipal Council of Nantes
(France) have done honor to themselves
by passing formal resolution that.
"morality cannot be separated from re-
ligion, and that the teaching of the duties
toward God should be given as the in
dispensable foundation on which the.
other duties toward mon should rest"
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Mgr. Amer, Bishop of Telept, Vicar
Apostolic of Southern Chantong, has
been appointed mandarin by the Chi
nese government, and now ranks among
the officials of the Celestial Empire with.
judges of courts of appeals and generals
of the army. He is held in the highest
honor by all classes, and his now dignity
will give him increased respect with the,
natives.
W.
The blindness of Mes, Mary Coyle, of
Wilkeebrrre, Pa, has been almost en-
tirely cured, she AYERS, by remarkable
process. She was almost totally blind
for years.. Recently she visited the tomb
of Father O'Haven, who had been pastor
at her church for twenty-five years, and
there wept and prayed. Then she ap-
piled the dust of the grave to her eyes.
Now she sees as we'll as before she was
blind.
Business and professional men 'of
Youngstown, Ohio, held mass meeting
recently to protest against the efforts:of
the A. P. A. fanatics of that place to have
the chief of police removed from Office
because he is Catholic. All the officers
of the meeting as we'll as the. speakers
we're non-Catholics. Resolutions were
adopted condemning the A. P. A. in the
most severe terms as being foe to Amer
lean institutions and pledging that it.
should be driven out of existence.
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OF the millions withheld from Catholic
prelates and priests during the Kultur-
kampf period, because they refused to-
swear obedience to the Falk or May and
other laws, now repealed, the Prussian
government has paid back the sum of
1881 ,521 marks, the cost of managing
this fund, 81, 060 marks, being deducted.
in addition, 2,0l6.654 marks have been
paid to diocesan officials. These sums
are being used by the church for the
support of poor congregations, the erec-
tion of new churches and the support of
superannuated clergymen.
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The religious census of Iowa shows
that only three denominations have or
CARNATIONS in every county in the state.
These are the Catholic, Methodist and
Baptist. Even under defective reports
of church membership, in 1890 the Cath
olics led all denominations in the state
being credited with membership Of
ISL, 6s4, as against Ill 900 Methodists,
$4,000 BAptists, 10000 Presbyterians, a.
900 Congregationalists and 10000 Luth.
Grams. The church also led in the value
Of church property, having $685., GOO, a9
against $3,668,00O for the Methodists and
81 ,553, 600 for the Preebyterians.
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The Russian thistle or Russian tumblee
weed has become great pest in the Da-
kotas and has been seen by the officials
Of the Experiment Station ct many places
in fhia State r. ia on1v <,off;nrr a e%ork