The Irish standard., 1894-05-12
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The Italian government has issued n
official notice warning it, subjects against
enigrating to the United States during
the present depression OF business. They
are particularly cautioned to keep away
from Maryland, Delaware and Pennsyl-.
vania.
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One of the latest converts to the Cath
Iolic faith is Mrs. William Arnold Of New
York. She is about thirty years Of age
and has fortune Of 100000. She was
member of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Redeemer, whose rector,
Rev. Henry A. Adams, recently went
over to the Catholic communion.
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The speech on reciprocity recently de-
l1vered by Senator Washburn, Of Mime
sofa, in the United States Senate, has
been printed in pamphlet form, and
copies will be supplied to those who
want them. During the delivery OF his
speech the Democratic senators retired
aud left only Republican senators to en-
| Joy the eloquence and logic of their COL
| league.
A Washington physician who has 3
tract of land within three miles of the
national capital offered to let the Coxey
army camp on the ground and pay $50
if they would clear it up, but the propo-
sition was rejected as the army wants to
! stay nearer to the city. They manifest
| no desire to secure employment and evil
IDENTIFY did not 90 to Washington for
that purpose.
Rev. David lice is badly afflicted with
the "cacoethes scribendi.", He has two
letters iu the same issue of the Times, i'm
one of which he calls gentleman Of st.
Cloud an impostor, and in the other an
nounces that he is now contributing q
series of letters to the local organ OF
Orangeism ON christianity! We fear that
Davy is in his dotsge. He knows more
about real estate speculation than he
does about christianity, and We deeply
sympathize with the poor Orangemen
who may accept Davy's dwelling twad-
die for gospel truth.
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The Christian Union is authority for
the statement that the Baptists were the
first who sought and obtained for their
schools share of the public money in
New York. The Episcopal ans, Method
lists and Catholics stood side by side with
the Baptists in upholding the principle
of denominational schools and asking
that they, too, might get their share.
| That was in 1929 The common council
voted that eectarian schools should not
be aided from the public funds, and the
Baptists were refused further aid for
/ their schools.
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In his ninth annual report Labor Com,
missioner Carroll D. Wright has an in
teresting chapter on building and loan
associations in the United States. Ac-
cording to the figures given by him there
are now 5,838 organizations of the kind
in this country, of which 5,598 are local
and 24O national. There are 1,745,72
stockholders and the net assets are $780,
667, 1893. That is to say, nearly one Thrift
eth of the entire population makes use
OF the building and loan association,
either as a means of saving and invest
ment or as an aid to the requirement of
homes. The shareholders come from the
hard working. intelligent masses, whose
modest savings represent thrift and
economy.
A Geographic dispatch was sent out
from La Crosse, Wis.,, last week, to the
effect that Mgr. Satolli had ordered Eng
lish to be used hereafter in all the Cath
olic Cathedrals in the United States.
Comments were made that the papaa
delegate was opposed TO Cahenslyism and
favored the Americanization of non Eng
fish speaking Catholics by discarding
their own language and learning the Ian
guage of this country as rapidly as posi-
BILE. The Church News, published in
Washington, says it is able to state from
official information that the dispatch is
false in every particular, and that Mgr.
Setolll has not issued an order referring
either to the use of the English language
in the church services or in the sermons.
Had he issued such an order, however,
he would have performed popular act
in the estimation of the American people.
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Many educated Professionals imagine
that confession in the Catholic Church is
solely for the laity and that it was insti-
tuted for mercenary motives, the peni-
tent paying stipulated fee for the re-
mission of sin. The fact is that the
priests, bishops, archbishops, cardinals
and pope 20 to confession oftener than
the laity do, and that mono of them claim