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WORK OF THE Y. M. l. COMPLETED.

tend to show that they were enemies OF
the constitution.
sis it not q glorious record that the
Catholics have? They are the founders of
religious liberty on this soil, and the red
of the flag is as dear to their blood as to
the blood of any other man of any class
or creed"
The speaker then quoted several con-
spicuous examples in which Catholics had
proved their loyalty, and in which they
had been entrusted with delicate and i'm
portant missives on behalf of the young
Republic.
"When the Catholics OF America pre-
sented an address to George WasMhgt ton
and spoke to him of religious liberty and
expressed the hope that the country
which granted it would never regret it.
Washington in reply said that he believed
that as America became more liberal there
would be less danger of return to intol-
erance, and he added that America would
never forget that the chief assistance
which she had received in her glorious
struggle for independence had come from
land in which the Catholic religion was
professed as the religion of the people
the land of France.
"In these latter days when we are a
great Nation, greater than any other Ma
ton in the world in material resources,
when we are able to defend our own shores
from foreign aggression, it is not easy to
understand what was the condition of the
thirteen colonies when they gained their
struggle for independence. In Canada
was body of men protesting the Catholic
religion, alien to them in blood and in
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can navy? The first man who swept
the seas in American bottoms and pulled
down the flag of England, the father and
patriarch of that grand squadron which
defends our rights was saucy Jack Barry,
who, on being asked his name, replied
'Im Jack Barry; half Yankee. half Irish"
'Tf Catholics are disloyal," continued
the speaker, "it ought TO be mighty easy
to find IL out after 120 years. If we are
not true to the flag, the lynx eyes of those
who hate us ought to be able in that time
to spy out some act of disloyalty on our
part"
Father Yorke next told of the loyalty
of Catholics during the Mexican War,
when the men of Spanish blood and Cath
olic faith appealed to them not to fight
against their brothers in the faith, but in
vain. At Cerro Gordo the leader Of the
charge of American troops, who was struck
down by a cannon ball, was General
James Shields, the man who, when the
American army left the City of Mexico,
remained until the last, waving the
American flag.
at has been said that during the wal
Irish Catholics deserted the flag. Even
the number of deserters was given, and q
man who claims to be major, but who is
no more a major than am, processes to
have been a witness of it."
Father Yorke then spoke of the report
started by enemies of Catholics to the ef-
feet that 20 per cent OF the Irish soldiers
deserted during the war of the rebellion.
The persons who started and published
the report said that the figures were taken
from book called "The German"
The speaker obtained a copy OF the
work at one of the public libraries and
found that the book did not contain a
word on the subject. The head of the
War Department at Washington had time
and again announced that the department,
did not possess and had not kept any
record of the nationality or creed of the
soldiers of the Civil War.
The relation of the church to the state.
the former dealing with matters concern.
ing the soul the latter with the affairs OF
the body, was explained by the speaker
from the Catholic point of view. They
were not in conflict; each had its inde-
pendent sphere of action.
The lecture closed with clear definition
of the Catholic idea of the infalIibiIity of
the Pope, that infallibility, it being ex-
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others, namely, the relations of the mem
bers OF that church to the American Re-
public in general and the State in particu-
lar.
The speaker was introduced by Past
President John Lynch, and was most en-
Enthusiastically recf ged. He began by say
ing:
when the founders of this Republic es-
tablished it in the beginning they estab-
lished IL upon the broad basis of civil and
religious liberty. They knew that they
were building up a great nation, and
therefore they laid the foundations broad
and deep. Now, after 120 years of expe-
rience, during which time this Republic
has grown to be q mighty nation, we
have learned that the foundations which
the fathers laid were none too broad and
none too deep.
ave have learned that it is safe thing
to trust the common people. that it is a
safe thing to give large and rational
liberty, and we have learned above all
things that it is safe thing to allow to
every man and every woman the
privilege of worshiping God as every mans
and woman's conscience shall dictate.
&AAN ~ 40 lddt dlttT LneS6 years
we should find on the soil of this Republic
an attempt made to narrow the old foun-
dations and to abridge the liberties which
the fathers gave.
sit seems strange that sny man or body
of men would, in the light of this ad-
vanced age, seriously pretend or seriously
intend to break down that religious lib
erty which has proved the safeguard of
this Republic, or to try to establish in Its
stead the doctrine of bigotry and intoler.
ance which has soaked the soil of this
world In tears and blood. Yet the ATTEMPT
is making and every one knows it. Ou,
papers reek with the doings of those who
try to refuse to certain religious body in
this country the guarantees of the consti.
tuition.
politicians are compelled to dicker and
to bargain with them, and men who are
called statesmen go on their knees to the
representatives of secret societies, to the
bats and the owls that come out of their
caves and affront with their presence the
god of day.
At might ask what is the reason that
this should be so, or when in their long
history Catholics have ever been guilty OF
word or deed or policy or fact that would
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AFTERNOON CONCERT.
The Oakland Band Discoursed
Choice Selections.


Choice Selections.
While the delegates were in session the
Oakland Concert band of sixteen pieces,
under the direction of George Fl. Richard
son, discoursed sweet music from the grand
stand on B street. The sidewalks were
lined with people and the street was COW
cred with country teams and vehicles
from the neighboring orchards and
ranches.
At o'clock in the afternoon a free
dance until 5:15 was given in the large
hall of the Native Sons. After Father
Yorkes lecture there was another dance,
lasting till midnight.
The following was the programme OF the
afternoon concert:
Grand march, from "Tannhauser' (Wagner); +;
overture, "Barber of Seville'' (Rossini); grand
polonaise for clarionet (Beissig), played by
Messrs. Ernst and Keogh concert waltz. "Pline
dOr"(WaldtufeD; selection from "Robin Hood"
(De Koven); overture, 'Village Life in ye Olden
Time" Qe Thiere); "Mill in the Forest
(Eilenberg); grand fantasia, from "Il Trova-
tor" for cornet and bsrytone, VerdD; inter
mezzo, "Bal d'Infant' Jaxone); concert
galop; "Frolic' George Blake).
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First vice-President, George d. Pyne
of Virginia City.
Second Vice-President, James C..
O'Donneu of San Francisco.
Chaplain, Bishop Montgomery OF Los
Angeles.
Grand Treasurer, John O'DonneII OF
Oakland.
Inside Sentinel, III. j. CaHaehan of
LIvermore.
Outside Sentinel, r. A. Sullivan OF
Ocean View.
Grand Marshal, F. j. c. McHenry of
San Luis Obispo.
Board OF ent, A. f..
st. Sure of Alameda; Secretary, George
Stanley OF San Francisco; Frank Il. Hoo
son OF Haywards, DR.. H. T. Morris of
San Francisco, Il. b. McGinnis OF San
Francisco, G. T. Healy OF San Fran
cisco, j. j. O'Brien of San Francisco.
l.. Il. Mahan of Eureka, j. Il. Dock
weller of Los Angeles.
HAYWARDS, CAL, May 22-The
twelfth session of the Grand Council, Y.
NJ. L, came to an end this afternoon after
having scored a victory for the temper
ance element of the order.
The election of grand officers and their
installation and the debate on three
amendments to the constitution con-
sumed the whole of the day.
The temperance question was brought
into the council by the introduction of a
resolution by Father McKenna as follows:
RESOLVED, That no person engaged in the sale
of intoxicating liquor will be eligible to any
office inthe gift OF the grand or subordinate
councils OF the Y. NJ. 1.
After considerable discussion for the
purpose of testing the sense of the con-
vention the resolution was adopted.
Following on the heels of this came a
resolution to the effect that hereafter no
person engaged in the manufacture or
sale of spirituous liquors should be
eligible to membership in the order. This
provoked debate in which the temper
ance sentiment had full sway which was
ended by the author of the resolution
withdrawing it.
The next subject of importance was that
of the order in politics. The sentiment of
the council was unequivocally to the effect
that politics should not be introduced
into the order either directly or indirectly,
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Education appointed E. C. Hildebrand as Chief
Census Marshal and forty-one assistant mar
snals. AS has been customary In this City,
and as we are informed throughout the State,
the marshals entered upon the discharge OF
their duties without having taken the oath OF
once. IL seems to have been the general un-
derstanding that it was not necessary for the
marshals to take this oath.
rearing that the report of Chief Marshal Hill
debrand would not be accepted by the State
superintendent, we conferred with him and
through him with the Attorney-General. The
opinion or both these officers convinced us
that no other course remained but that of re-
taking the entire census. We accord
ingly ordered that the census should be again
taken throughout the entire City. The utmost
care was observed in selecting the chief mar
as to secure the services of one on whose
knowledge, experience and integrity we could
positively rely.
When the report of Chief Census Marshal
Jerome Spaulding was presented it was found
that q vast disparity existed between it and
that presented by Hildebrand. According to
that OF the latter the number of children in the
to be 80 1868, and the the number below IT,
4O1. The Spaulding census showed the
number between 5 and II to be only 57,713
and the number below to be 21,45S, a de-
crease in the number between and IL of
%, $50, and an increase in the number be-
low of 4057.
Chief Marshal Jerome Spaulding was
succeeded by w. J. Keightley, the imme-
diate predecessor of Marshal Bausman.
The following returns made by him for
the last four years show a normal but not
unreasonable increase in the school census
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-23
PERILS OF A JOKE.
It Was Only Little One, but 1t Cost
the Jokers Much Law and $500.

It Was Only a Little One, but 1t Cost
the Jokers Much Law and 5000.
This story illustrates the perils of prac-
tical joking in Germany. Eighteen months
ago four gentlemen of leisure from the
Rhine country went to the kirmess in
Bullay. They rode about with a cabby
and drank wine, and drank wine
and rode about with a cabby until
they were overtaken by the con-
ditions of mind and body which accom-
pany these performances at German festi-
walls. Then they began to dispute with
the cabman as to the weight of his horse
and cab. Eventually they offered him so
pfennigs Tor about II cents pound) for
the whole equipage. He accepted the
offer. The horse and cab went on the
scales and registered 5000 pounds.
The whole outfit was worth about SIS, so
the cabman hastened TO surrender it and
demand his II cents a pound, or $3.50 in
all. The four men OF leisure then pro-
tested that it was all a mistake-a joke, in
fact-and they couldn't think of paying
$3.50 for $75 equipage. They went away,
but the cabman sent cab and horse after
them by express, G. o. D. When the four
gentlemen of leisure refused to follow the
practical part of the Joke further the cab
man sued them. He carried on the case
from court to court, in response to their
appeals from each successive decision IN
his favor, and two weeks ago obtained the
final judgment in his favor from the High
Court of Justice in Coblenz. The costs.
meantime, had risen TO $40, so the four
gentlemen of leisure were ordered by the
court to pay $500. all told. That is the
total cost of the practlcal joke about the
cabman's SIS outfit, excepting the private
retainers, which, for the defense of the
four jokers through the steady legal fight
of year and half, are said to amount to
about $500 more. The Bullay cabman has
bought pair and Victoria, and has gone
to Berlin to carry men with titles and
spurs on their boots.-New York Sun.
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planned, being confined to matters of
scripture and revelation.
Father Yorke was obliged to cut his lec-
ture short, because he had to take the last
car, at 10 o'clock, for San Francisco. He
was literally applauded throughout and
made a marked impression upon his
hearers
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to remember "Old Bets" She was the
first elephant ever brought into this coun-
try for exhibition purposes. So far as is
known. she was the first elephant ever i'm
ported here at all.
Zachariah Bailey was one OF a family Of
showmen belonging to Danbury, Conn.
In later life Zach Bailey settled at Sewers,
Westchester County, and about this time
made up his mind that it would pay to
import an elephant and show 1t about the
country. After some trouble and much
expense he succeeded in 1925 in bringing
over a female elephant. which he called
Betsy. Her keepers always alluded affec-
tionately to her as "Old Bets" and as
''Old Bets" showmeD of to-day refer to her.
Zachariah Bailey travelled all over the
country with "Old Bets"-that is, he took
her wherever the audience he could collect
would pay travelling expenses. No rail-
road had accommod atoms for such an ami
NAL, so she had to be walked from town to
town. her keepers accompanying her on
horseback or on foot. Whenever they
struck q town where the show was likely
| to pay halt was called, an old barn in
the neighborhood hired for temporary
showroom, and the country folks for miles
around crowded to see the wonderful
beast.
To-day the public appetite is satiated
with elephants, but in those primitive
days one such animal was enough TO col
lect crowd oil gaping spectators. Bailey
made lot of money out of his venture.
Betsy came to tragic end. She trav-
ersed the country for about ten years. In
the fall of 1884 she was exhibited in the
town of Afford, Me. As she was leaving
the place. after the performance, she was
shot and killed by bullet fired from the
window of an old mill that stood beside
the road where she was passing.
1t was supposed that some ignorant
countryman, alarmed at the sight of the
strange beast, fired the shot which killed
her. The marksman was never discovered,
and Bailey lost in "Old Bets" good
source of profit.-New York Recorder.
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FATHER YORKE'S LECTURE.

A Clear Exposition os the Catholic
Sentiment.
HAYWARDS, CAL, May 22.-Every
seat in Native Sons Hall was filled this
evening to hear Rev. P. c. Yorke speak on
a subject of much interest to Catholics and
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Skepticism.

"This weather" said the oldest inhabi-
tant, 'sreminds me of my boyhood days"
"But they say it is the hottest April ever
known"
"Who says so2"
1.-THE weather officials"
"Well, mebbe tits, mebbe ''tis.' he
grumbled. "But if they don't show that
they know any more about the weather
we used to have than they do ABOUT the
weather we're going to have, I'm blest if
wouldn t rather depend on my own recol-
lection"
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A stoekman who rode through the Weka
Pass recently states that he passed through
cloud of moths, which settled on him
and his horse in such numbers that there
was not square inch of either uncovered.
The cloud kept with him for quarter of
mile. The moths rose from the road like
a sheet of cloth being lifted into the air.
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Sea slugs not only hear, but are said by
naturalists to emit a sound somewhat re-
sembling the ticking of clock.
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The first term of Marshal Bausman was
served under Superintendent Scott, who
originated the idea of the census blanks
that are now sent to all homes and so Sc
cure the listing of many children who
would otherwise be missed. Experienced
and trustworthy men are now preferred in
the taking OF the census, and to prevent
fraud neither the Chief Marshal nor any
of his assistants can draw any pay until
their reports have been sworn to and ap-
proved by the Superintendent of Schools.
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Sentiment of the Order An.
nounced on the Question Of
Temperance.
AGREED THAT POLITICS MUST
BE IGNORED.
Persons Engaged in the Sale of
Liquor Not Eligible to Office in
the Institute.

Grand President, James Gallagher OF
Fresno.
Grand Secretary, George Stanley OF
San Francisco.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05
MEATH.

In the chancery division, Dublin, on
Nov. Z. before the master of the rolls,
Judgment was given in the case Of J. Nc
E,yoy VS.. Patrick McEvoy, which was
argued before the court on the question
whether. tenancy held under a freehold
lease for lives became personal estate, or
continued to be freehold property, after
the fixing of a fair rent on the holding;
and whether in the case Of intestacy it
would pass to the heir-at- law, . as real
estate, or go to the representative Of
the deceased, and be Invisible among the
next Of kin, like ordinary assets. The
lands are situated at Muff. and in 1888
a fair rent was fixed. The tenant, Phil
lip McEvoy, died two years ago, and the the
present suit was Instituted by. his son,
DR.. II. McEyoy, to have the &. estate adj
The eldest son, to- whom
the estate would go in case it should be
held to be real estate, resides in America.
The master of the rolls, IN Giving his de-
cision, held that when a. fair rent I: was
axed ON a farm held under freehold lease
the land became personal estate, thereby
barring the. exclusive claim Of the heir-
at law. 5js. 6s%
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TTPPERARY.

At their last meeting, the .Thurles
board of guardians passed resolution,
on the motion of Mr.. Andrew Callahan,
seconded by Mr.. Denis Finn, urging the
landlords of the ,ais1pict in view OF the
great depression in the times and the
bad harvest, to grant a reduction on
rents of at least 80 per cent, which they
considered as moderate, in view Of the
exceptional circumstances of the period
When the tenants Of Mr.. Anthony
Parker, Portroe, Nenagh, were paying
their rents few days ago, he, unasked,
gave them reduction of Is per cent
Though. his tenants are numerous, he
has never yet been known to evict any.
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state Of Ohio, city Of Toledo, Lucas

State of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas
county, IS. ..s.. @A.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
lis the senior partner of the firm OF =. j.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid,
and that said firm Of +. j. Cheney g Coz,
doing business in the city Of Toledo,
county and state aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use. Of Halls Catarrh Cure. - 81
u 5s.5,:.., s.s N FRANK l. CHENEYs Il
sworn to before me and subscribe in
my presence, this 9Th day Of December,
a. b. 1896.
(seal.) a. w GLEASON t'I7l1d ~ y =
s... .a. s;.tg Notary Public.
Halls catarfh cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blo6ds Z nut
cous surfaces Of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. s NUN ts3s2 n Sts*s
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, sO.sssIi
Sold by all druggists, 75c. 6 81 .Ystj
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

III. -De&k ult has been made in the conditions
:: delivered by Robert Erwin and Margaret
nepin County Catholic Building and Loan
bearing dae the fifteenth day Of Aggas
1893, and with power of sale therein con-
tanned, duly recorded in the office of the
Hen id and State Of Minnesota on the
tWenty-irst day of August, 1898, at 11M
O'CLOCK &! g. M, in Book III OF Mortgages, ON
And whereas, in the action Of Michael
Healy, ct AL, plaintiffs, VS.. the said Hen
epn Gounty Catholic Building ao and AZ Loan
or Said Msnnen coun ase
10, 1896, John L. Smith was, by. the order of
said Court. duly appointed and qualified as
receiver for said association, authorized
and required to take charge Of the prop
erty and effects Of said association, and to
collect sue for and recover the debts and
demands due to said association. which or
der was duly filed in the Office of the Clerk
az ssdtd Court in said action, and was also
duly filed for record and was duly recorded
IN the office of said Register of Deeds,
Records. page 207; and there is claimed to
be due, and is actually due and payable
on said mortgage at the date Of this notice
dollars 1.221. COZ, together with six per cent
interest thereon since February !, 1885, and
no action or proceeding having been insti-
tuted,S a law or otherwise, to recover the
debt ssecured by said mortgage. OR any part
thereof.
Now, therefore. notice is hereby given
that by virtue of the power of sale con-
5tained in said mortgage, and pursuant to
the statute In such case made and provided,
the said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale Of the premises described in and com
veyed by said mortgage, lying and being
situate in the County Of Hennepin, State
AZ Minnesota. VIZ: Lot Ten go. in BLOCK
.stwenty-six t26). in Sibley Addition to ST.
Anthony, according to the plat thereof on
file and Of record in the office of the Regis
ter OF Deeds in and for Hennepin County
and State Of Minnesota, with the heredita-
Iments and appurtenances; which sale will
8ba made BY the Sheriff Of said Hennepin
County, at the front door Of the Court
House. in the City Of Minneapolis, in said
County and State, on the eleventh day Of
January, 1897. at ten o'clock a. m, of that
day,sSat public vendue, to the highest bid
der for cash, to pay said debt Of twelve
hundred and twenty-one dollars, ard in
sterest, and the taxes, if any, on said prem
5ises; and twenty-five dollars. attorneys
in case of,@foreclOsure, and the disburse-
ments allowed by law; subject to reden1p-
ton at any time within one year from the
day OF sale, as provided by law.
D Dated November IS, A. y. 1896.
JOHN l.. SMITH, 4EES
Receiver for Mortgage.
% 70,
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WEXFORD.

ON Nov. 4, before Justice Ross, in the
land judges court. Mr.. 7. j. Healy soil
citor, Wexford, applied to have the Gro
gan estate referred to the land commits
sion, to report thereon under section 40
of the land act passed this year. The
estate was previously put up for sale, but
the Judge adjourned it for one month,
but, however, he now consented to refer
it for report to the land commission.
This is. the first estate In Ireland to
come. under the provisions of sectional
Of the new act. The purchase money Of
the estate is estimated at between IL
900 and $4,000.
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MAYO.

Mr.. Charles Daily, Coachfeld, Castle
bar. has received instructions from
Major-General Cox to give an abatement
Of 10 per cent to his Fairhill tenants,
Mr.. Anthony O'Toole died. at his resi-
dence, Louisburgh, on Nov. Z. Deceased
who was the father Of Rev. J. o'Toole'
c. c., Westport, and brother-in-law OF
mis- Grace Most Rev DR.. MacEvilly, arch
bishop Of Tuam, was during his lone
and we'll spent life much respected in
the West.