Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-16
RELIGIOUS AND EpucAruoNA.

Sir Henry Irving has received his
arm from the Herald's college. Thi,
shSsld is sable, with four swans argent
AMI laurel wreath in the center.
DR. Campbell, the principal of the
royal college for the blind at Norwood
Eng, says that he has known remark.
able cases of blind men falling in love
at first sight" and marrying the Ia
dies with whom they fell SO quickly in
love.
Bishop Vincent, in addition to hif
work as founder and most ardent work.
er for the Chautauqua Assembly, pub
fishes, edits and writes endlessly,
breaches constantly and performs all
the manifold duties incumbent upon q
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
There were BIOS regular students
in attendance at the regular Swiss uni
versities last summer, 247 of them
women. Of 34s Russian students 19e
were women, as were of the 80 from
the United States Women form one
fifth of the total number of the two
largest universities, Zurich and Geneva
Cardinal Vaughan has been &C.
cused of appropriating the arms of the
see of Canterbury. The arms conferred
upon him by Pope Leo are the historic
arms belonging to all British archbish.
oprics. a crozier surmounted by a pail
as the field for the Protestant sees i.
azure, that in the arms given to West
minister is gules.
For the tenth consecutive year the
Wells-Fargo Express Co. has paid the
membership fees of all the clerks in its
home Office who belong to the Young
Mems Christian association, in San
Francisco. Recently Gen. Sec. Mccoy
received from the company a check for
81, $50, being memberships for 13s
young men at $40 each.
Father Gavazzi, who was among
the defenders of Rome in 1s4O and who
did much by his books and lectures to
excite sympathy for Italy in the United
States and England, was one of the
men to whom a monument was erect.
ed in Rome during the recent celebra-
ton. 1t is over his grave in the Prot
estant cemetery, near the pyramid OF
Cestius, where Keats and Shelley are
buried.
of the 103 cathedrals of the United
Kingdom 4s are Roman Catholic, 30
Church OF England, 12 Church of Ire
land, and Church of Scotland. The
oldest cathedral in England is believed
to be that of Winchester, which, ac-
cording to tradition, was built in lit
by King Lucas, on the site of pagan
temple. The oldest portions of the
present edifice are said to date back to
500 A. D.-Interior.
st Thaddeus Mccarthy has been
revered now for four hundred years,
and the Congregation of Rites is about
to decide whether his worship shall be
confirmed. He was Bishop of Cork and
tury, and badly prosecuted. He died
at Ivrea, in Northern Italy, in 1892 on
his way TO Rome, appearing in vision
to the bishop of the city at the hour
of his death, and was buried in the
tomb of st. Eusebius, with whom he
has since been Joined in prayers.
Indian courts have to decide queer
questions. The Buddhists of Japan
presented an image to the great tenn
pie of Buddha at Gaya. The Hindoos
objected to the acceptance of the pres
en,, especially the abbot of Sivaite
monastery near by,who claimed, under
decree four hundred years old, the
right to determine what should 60 in
TO the temple. A man broke into the
temple and carried off the image.
Some of the rioters were fined, but APP
pealei to the supreme court at Calcut-
Ia, which has just decided in their IA
sor, having ascertained that the ab-
bots claim was legal The decision
will cause trouble between the Budd-
nists of India and those of Burmah,
Ceylon, and Japan.