Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-12-13
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


The Havre chamber of commerce
have petitioned the director of Gus.
toms to abolish Sunday work on board
ships, save in cases Of urgent neces
sity.
The historic buildings at Avignon,
once occupied by the popes, but for
some time used as barracks, are to be
restored at the expense of the town
council, and some of the enthusiastic
residents claim that the next pope will
be elected there and make it his resi-
| dence.
The congregation of bishops and
| clerical orders in Rome has decided
that telephones may be placed in the
closed cloisters of the Catholic
churches. As safeguard, however.
two of the older nuns must always be
present when an inmate answers a
'hello."
Maj. Mathison, an officer of,the En-.
glish army, who has served eighteen
years and distinguished himself on the
battlefelds of Egypt, has resigned his
commission to become missionary.
He will 30 to Ceylon under the auspices
OF the Church Missionary society, and
will work without pay.
| AT the Minneapolis convention OF
the Episcopal church, official notice
was given of the embezzlement of SAL
600 Of the funds of the American
Church Missionary society by Henry
A. Oakley, the former treasurer, and
Rev. William A. Newbold, formerly
secretary. It had been hoped to avoid
all public reference to the affair, but
this was found impossible. The
amount taken by Oakley has been com
puted to be 9l,s23.43, and by New
bold S19,O34.16, from September l.
1887.
The latest novelty in the services
of the Church of England is the hold
ing of private confirmation in a ca
thedral. A function of this kind took
place the other day in Ely cathedral
A visitor to the cathedral was in.
formed that confirmation was about
to be held In one of the side chapels
The chapel was screened off by cur
tain, and, as the visitor approached
desiring to witness the service, a lady
looked through the curtain and said tc
a verger standing at hand: mo one /,
to be admitted; this is private con
firmation," whercupon the visitor wal
excluded.
The Mcmahon Hall of Philosophy,
in connection with the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington, was dedicated
recently by Cardinal Gibbons, assisted
by the directors of the. university anc
a number Of priests The new hall /,
two hundred and fifty feet long by
from seventy to one hundred feet il
depth; four stories high, with fifth
central story. 1t is built for the &C
commodation of the faculties of phil
osophy and science and social sciencel
and law. To these schools, which ar,
now open for the first time, lay stu
nents are admitted. Hitherto the only
department of the university in opera
ton was that for ecclesiastics
The newest accession to the facul
ty of the University of Chicago is DR.
Edmund ]. James, of Philadelphia. H,
has won a splendid reputation for hi
work in connection with the Wharton
School of Finance and Economy il
Philadelphia, and for his very success
, full labors in behalf of university ex
tension. He is to continue to promot
university extension at Chicago, and j
to hold the professorship of public ad
ministration in the university. A few
years ago he declined an offer to be
come president of western universit
and also to be professor of politica
economy in Harvard.