Evening star., 1896-10-23
ARE NO DISSENSIONS
Catholic University Directors Declare That
They Are Harmonious.
The Archbishops Consider Indian
Schools and Direct n Revision
of the Catechism. - So d

The archbishops of the Roman Catholic
Church were in session throughout yester-
day at the Catholic University consider
ing the general affairs of the church. The
subjects considered were mainly those Of
church organization, and were of COM
paratively minor Importance.
Monsignor Stephan, head of the Catholic
bureau of Indian missions, appeared before
the prelates and made statement of the
condition of the Indian schools, with a
view to determining what course shall be
taken when government aid is withdrawn.
On July I next. He reported that $19s. .2sS
of government money was available this
year. which Is so per cent reduction from
last year. A committee of the archbishops,
consisting Of the cardinal and Arcnbisho ops
Corrigan, Ryan and Kane, will further
consider the Indian question at a meeting
at Baltimore today. Little remains to be
done beyond apportioning the funds avail
able.
The parocb'.i school question did not
come up for consideration as had been
expected, and the expressions were gen.
eral among members of the board after
the meeting that this subject had ceased to
be a source of difference or yexation.
Simplifying the Catechism.
Archbishop Kahn of st. Louis was desig-
mated as chairman of a committee to re-
wise the Baltimore catechism. the remain
ing members to be selected, one from each
province by the archbishop of the prov
ince. 1t has been found that the present
catechism is unsatisfactory, being too diff
ficult of understanding for children.
Monsignor Martinelli, the papal delegate,
did not meet with the archbiShops, as the
assembly was of the American church. 1t
wss expected that the name Of donor of
$1JO.OOO to the university would be an
nounced. but 1t was withheld until the will
in which the bequest is made is presented
for probate. Cardinal Gibbons will make
the announcement next week.
Harmony in the cniversity.
The board of directors of the university
authorized the following official statement
to be made, owing to published reports that
there had been internal dissensIons in the
church: i
THE board wishes it to be understood by
the public that there are absolutely no fac
tions or sectional differences among the
members. The election of the candidates
for the rectorShip was practically unani-
nous. To speak of the triumph of this or
that party, of conservatism Or liberalism,
nationalism or Amertcanism, Is to misrep-
resent the whole situation. All the mem-
bers of the board are equally American
in spirit. They have but one thought and
that is the welfare of the university and
its steady progress to the highest Catholic
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Free Silver Meeting In ,PlaIensburg.
A demonstration, took place last evening
under the auspices of the Bladensburg
Free Silver Club. reinforced by several
democratic organizations from Washing
ton and the neighboring election districts.
Some of the visiting organizations were the
South Washington Jackson Democratic
Association, Bryan and Sewall Club No. 1
of Washington, D. c.; Bryan and Sewall
Club Of Kent district, and delegates from
Laurel. Vansville. Oxon Hill, Landover and
Chillum. A procession was formed at the
railway station at Hyattsville and paraded
through the principal streets of that viii
lage, headed by portion of Donch's Band
of Washington. Mr.. j. Enos Ray was chief
marshal Of the parade. The procession
then proceeded to Coldenstroth's Hotel, in
Bladensburg. On the rostrurn We're the
speakers of the evening and officers of the
meeting. the officers being B. D. Stephen,
chairman; j. Enos Ray, ST., Fred. Gund-
ling, Jas. H. Fenall John w. Turner, Fran
els Gasch. Dr.. ]. A, Westlake, Robert Man
gum, d. NJ. Nesbit and John B. Fftzhugh,
vice presidents, and G. A. NJ Wells, W.
Brooke Hunter, Paul Highdon, Edward A,
Fuller and Eugene a. Fowler, secretaries
Chairman Stephen opened the meeting and
introduced the speakers, who were Mr..
Robert Mattingly of Washington, d. G..
delegate to the Chicago conventions; Rob-
ert Moss, candidate for Congress; Judge
Leonidas d. Yarrell of Virginia, Capt w
A. Bartlett, J. F. Scaggs,, Col ,Snowden and
Mr.. White of Kent district.