The Irish standard., 1895-07-13

so disposed, have easily accumulated for
tunes through speculations or Invest
lmeents Neither. had anything to bother
|. him at his demise. sss5i
| The late Archbishop Wood, Of Phila-
delphia, was noted for his ability as q
financier, having large experience in
business before he entered the ministry.
All his talent in this direction was ex-
ercised to improve the diocesan property.
He left nothing Of his own.
The pioneer bishop Of Brooklyn, the
Right Rev. John Loughlin, was famous
for his shrewd foresight of real estate
values. He secured property all over the
[ city in the best sites long before the civic
limits enhanced their value. With the
resources at his command he could have
easily have been a millionaire. ALI he
disposed Of in his will was his watch and
a set Of old spoons, which he gave to hia
sister. A year before his death the peo-
pie of Brooklyn gave him a purse OF S2b,-
900 at the celebration of his sacerdotal
jubilee. With this money he paid Oft
the debts Of some OF the charitibls instt-
tutions. sE
The only modern prelate on record who
tried to make money was the late Arch
bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, who start
ed banking annex to the episcopal pai-
ace. What a disastrous failure 1t was
need not be recapituiated here. Yet 1t
was his brother more than the arch
bishop that was to blame In the matter,
and the object Of the scheme was not for
personal gain. 1t was a means adopted
to better the resources Of the diocese to
meet the demands of the Increasing pop
ulation for churches and priests. x i
ARCHBISHOP IREI.AND'S CHARITY.
OF the present members Of the hier-
archy Of the United States Archbishop
Ireland, Of st. Paul. is probably the
wealthiest. His personal fortune comes
trom land investments made before the
marvellous growth Of the Western cities
near his home and from railroad enter
prises in which he had been included by
the intimate and powerful friends he
has among the Western trunk line mag
mates. According to his admirers the
bulk of his income goes to the poor mis-
sions and churches that form no incon-
siderable part Of his province. 3
q Archbishop iCorrigan. has modest
patrtmony from his fathers estate. It
is doubtful If he has increased it from
the salary Of his Office, which, as has al
ready been explained, is we'll balanced
by the demands continually made on it..
He is now much interested In the COM
pletion of the new diocesan seminary
near Yonkers. His personal cgntribu-
tion to it is the erection of the chapel of
the institution This will probably cost
him $4,000. 5S
Cardinal Gibbons does not get a very
large income from the comparatively
small diocese Of Baltimore. It is well
known that he hesitated for some time
about accepting the red hat, for the sim.
pie reason that he was too poor to incur
the very considerable expense that ac-
companied such an honor. s5se$ 4.
Archbishop Williams. ot Boston, whose
name has more than once been mention
ed for lthe second hat, has also given
this reason for refusal. The other day
he, commemoratad his saeerdotl jubilee,
and one o the gifts from his admiring
subjects was check Tor $5O, QUO Fer
haps he may now see his way to an ac-s
ceptance OF seat In tne senate o. the
church, where, 1t Is said, tne Pope de-s
sires to have him.
ARCHBISHOPS, WHO ARE POOR:
Archbtshops Feehan, Or chicago; R17
SANTA re; ha1zer, or MliWaahee' y. . sans. l
soH; nyali, ,ol Eniia1ei pAia, SAAAape.le, AAp. ~
ordan, OF san f'ranelsco; lross, OF gre, !.
sens, OF New orleans, ana Hennessy' OF
Dubuque, are all comparatively poor
men. There Is not q money spinner 111-Esr
among theM. Archpishop Hloe1, =. olnE
cinnati, has a conslderapie reputation 9 as
a M nnanclaI :lt executive oul all ms enefs1es
nave been spent IN geeung tne alocese
Gut OF u tne tangle INTO Wnlch the l 4 furceii
dlsaster ga threw It's aHalIs 7.l !, .-,S
city is $SOO 9 year. ~ Is never any
lnol = .s,. ,asus.,,Sss ~. oa.Lasa1 ~ ~ IL
Wr OF ot r.llen casn. Gnths a. .n ahsnh - u.s. -
anu Most lnposMs ga.o11 -. .na1 ~ - -
the Wnole uni.eu oeates. ls ,.l saial 1890 q
oniy SoVv year, anu = " l.ves ~ 1i,,.u nuau
tnis pos1tlon ZOE oV YEATS " tIlle solne ~
WIZ get no increase: Ing assls tants ss se.
f$oOo year TOT tne nrsI tnrse @ ysars ~, altet
.nelI i,'a,l s'nu - sleu @ooos A0 =
I tne ! 81 amls: ], =, ~,
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tnsy are s1nol,sa..y .a,.eu 4,s ~ =
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Ihey g! are put INTO 2 Iuno Wnicn y usea
loT tne noosenold expenses q eacn s. ;Eeei iec-