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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19
WHAT CATHOLICS HAVE DONE.

In his opening speech in the case of
Selma Clewett against the House of the
Good Shepherd, Hon. c. D. OBrien, the
eloquent attorney for the defendant, re-
fcrred with indignation to the imputa-
ticns cast upon Catholics by Attorney
Butts, when selecting the jury. Mr..
O'Brien truly stated that Tie plaintiff
was merely paraded as a stalking horse
behind which was concealed malice and
hatred against Catholic citizens by a
vicious organization, of which Butts was
the mouthpiece.
For many years." said Mr.. O'Bricn,
81 have lived among my fellow citizens.
have walked with them, talked with
them and shared their griefs, as they
have shared mine, and for the first time
in my life I am confronted with this
hidcous spectacle, OF this deadly secret
hatred that WOULD set man against
man, husband, against wife, brother
against sistesS patent against child"
Facing the. JURY. Mr.. O'Brien continu-
ed: Mr. Butts lays he wouldn't give
three cents for a verdict if Roman
Catholic sat upon the jury. That is a
cent apiece for you, Mr. Kosmiuski, for
you, Monsier Laroqne, and for you, Mr..
Koop-do yodaiks the price? I say if a
verdict in ting caae is not worth three
cents the PUBLIC t me and money OF this:
community ata bang wasted"
Warming II hiS subject the honored.
ex-mayor of st. Paul, the devoted Cath
Ole citizen, the patriotic Irishman. turn
ed his eyes on Butts and said:
HAS it come to this that a Roman
Catholic cannot sit on jury: no long:
er be heard on witness stand to tell the
truth? In this country when there
was only 100000 back in the colonial
days struggling against the power Of all
Europe, and all the world stood by
with idle hands; when the scales were
trembling and it was. not known
whether liberty should depart forever.
who was 1t that hurled their swords
into the scale and gave us the liberty
we now enjoy? It was Rochambeau,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

w. D. Washburn. Jr., the son of ex-
Senator WasAhurn, of this city, had O.
three-column essay on Spain in last
Mondays Times. The young man Is
very Warlike and thinks Spain should
get a good whipping for her barbarties
In Cuba. While reading his bellicose
production it occurred to us that unless
he possesses more of the war spirit than
his distinguished father did during ,..e
civil war he will never draw his bloody
sword against tho Spanish tryants in
Cuba. Young Washburn appears to bo
an ango-maniac. He frequently refers
to the Teutonic races and thinks they
had a monopoly Of everything good and
enrolling. He has poor opinion of
the Latin people, reinforced by church
and inquisition, who asserted that man
had no natural and Unborn rights other
than those possessed by an OK, a dog,
or a horse" By all means let the
young warrior buckle on his armor and
go forth to annihilate the bloou.nlrsty,
ignorant and Romanish soldiers Of
Spain. Minneapolis can spare him.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19
Meeting of the County BOARD,

AT regular meeting OF the A. o. H.,
county board, held last Sunday after
noon at Labor Temple, reports were
received from all the divisions of the
order in the county on the matter of
st. Patricks day parade and all were
favorable. There will therefore be a
grand parade this year. The resolution
OF j. +. Hanily for the establishment
OF Central Literary Bureau was acted
upon favorably. This measure pro-
vides for committee made up of mem
bers Of each division, its duties being
to provide the necessary talent for all
entertainments held under the auspices
of any division and to furnish the press
with all matter pertaining to the ad-
Vancement and welfare of the a. o. u.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

laws have been secured in a number of
states. Indiana designates the classes of
persons who may celebrate marriages.
Missouri requires that all such persons
shall be citizens of the United States.
Probate courts in Michigan may now
issue marriage licenses privately to pro-
tect the good name of a woman. Okal-
homa has repealed her former loose mar
riage law, and enacted 4 new one. Re.
form in New Jersey, where the old
loose law of marriage without proper
license led to great abuses, has in part
succeeded. Connecticut has also increas-
ed the efficiency of her registration law.
California has granted to certain re-
ligious denominations the privileges of
marriage according to their rites With
out previous license; but such marriages
must be acknowledged to the civil au-
thoritics.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Irish Standard is informed that
the Orange circulators of the petition 70
restore ''Coffin's Story OF Liberty" to
the shelves of. the public library have
gone. into all the Protestant churches Of
the city during divine worship to obtain
the signatures OF those present. They
We're accorded cool reception by OIL
of the rectors Of a leading church. He
said that the right Of petition was sa-
cred to Americans, but that persons sign
ing petitions should understand what
they do when attaching their signatures.
AS for himself, he would first read the
book and then act according to his own
judgment. Not a member of the con-
gregation signed his or her name, and
the followers Of King William departed
from the sacred edifice sadder but wiser
men.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19
JOHN BULL AS he REALLY IS.

| Inc best character sketch by an
American Of that self-suflicient individu-
al, the Englishman, is the following.
Which recently appeared in the Wash
ingtcn Post:
| what Unreasonable humbugs our Brit
ish cousins are! Here they have been
for centuries prCwling about over the
whole surface CT the earth. conducting
what they call the propaganda of NOR
atty ana civilization, anneXing prop
erty which they think might be a temp
tation to IN unframed native and eli
mlhatlng populations that persisted in
perVefsity, and vowing promising and
swearing that all this is done in the
name OF Righteousness and in order that
the horn of the ungodly may be put
down. Here they have been from time
lmmemorial meddling with other peo-
pies affairs, preaching peace and light,
DeWalllng the sins of the outer world,
calling on us to come up and be good like
then, denouncing war as barbarism and
calling heaven to witness that their ona
| oaSlre, their constant prayer. is for
universal harmony and love. And vet
mere is England thrown into fever of
delight because Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
declared the other night in Birmingham
mat England meant to keep her grip on
China and the profits of the Chinese
trade even If it became necessary to
change the yaEdstick for a sword and
drench the whole empire in human
picod! What humbugs they are! How
| quickly, at the slightest touch, the
Brton's true nature asserts itself and
the SNUG and graspng shopl1eeper is
transformed into the raging warrior!
We like them better SO. We de-
spiso the Englishman in his cantins
mood. We hate his SWIVEL and his SER
mon. We resent the insolent assump-
| ton that he can deceive us with his
| protestaticns Of altruism and brother
! hood, with his hyprocritical pretense of
humility and philanthropic rapture. But
when he filings away the greasy mask
OF his Genevolence and stands upright
| and bares his brutal sword and lets us
see tho wild Berserker blood run riot
| in his veins while he proclaims that he
| will have his own and other peoples
| too, although it's costs a million lives
then he is an Englishman we can ad-
mire, for he is honest.
The demonstration that has followed
Sir Michaels' speech does not surprise
lis in the least. We have never been de-
luded by Englands ostentation of phil
| anthropy or doubted for an instant that
hHf fighting instinct is the strongest and
most enduring ingredient in her nature.
We know how much she would care
for arbitration, or humanity or culture,
or love or brotherhood, the moment 1t
caused her to serve her one deathless,
| dominating purpose. She is frugal she
is sordid, She Is full Of cajolery and
persuasion and finesse as long as that
will answer best. But once fairly beard
her in her halls, set ter at bay in sight
of some appointed plumber and leave
her only one alternative Of it's surrender
and all the devils in her Viking blood
are freed and she will fight the world.
| But what humbugs they are with
| their Sunday clothes on!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

and which, If tolerated, must again
soon drive, this wretched country into
rebellion. is not reprobated by the voice
OF the country, although 1t has appeared
so culpable in the eyes Of the absen-
tees"
The writer in the Dublin Freeman
ends his interesting contribution by say
ing that out of their own mouths the
men who carried the act of union and
deprived Ireland Of it's national legisla-
ture have given conclusive evidence of
the diabolic policy by which the crime
was rendered possible Lord Corn
wallis has abundantly justified the &C
ton of the brave rebels who fought
against oppression in '9S.
1t is. therefore. eminently appro-
pirate that in this centennial year of tho
rebellion their memories be commem-
GRATED by their patriotic descendants
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19
THE BATTLESHIp MAINE

The terrific disaster of the United
States battleship Maine in the harbcr
OF Havana is shrowded in mystery as
we go to press. The great loss of life
among the crew has cast a gloom over
the entire country. Many attribute the
explosion to treachery, while others
prefer to wait for developments before
expressing an opinion. A dispatch from
Key West states that the divers hava
discovered percussion hole in a plate
at the bottom of the vessel, pointing to
a torpedo as the cause of the cat.as-
trophe The navy department absolute
ly discredits the story, and Secretary
Long has declared that there is no
such thing as a percussion hole. 1t is
hard to believe that the Spanish author
tiles in Havana are responsible for the
dastardly act If it turns out that a
torpedo caused the explosion it will Le
difficult for them to escape the respon-
slbility The deadly weapon could not
have been placed in the harbor by pri-
vate individuals or by the Cuban in
surgents.
The Maine was a noble ship. 1t was
built by the Carnegie company, of Home
stead, Pa, who laid the keel in 1888. It's
displacement was 66S2 tons; speed, ia
knots an hour; horse power, 9,2G3 and
cost $2,5OO,OOO.
The destruction of such a majestic
warship, with 253 of its gallant officers
and crew snuffed out of existence in a
moment of time, Is an awful calamity.
Whether it is due to accident from with
in or to the act Of an enemy from with
out, it is saddening to think that such
catastrophe could have occurred to
mighty warship Of modern construction.
If such costly and we'll equipped sea-
going battleship as the Maine is so
easily destroyed with the lives of it's
valuable men when anchored in a har-
Dor in time of peace, it may we'll be
doubted whether modern ships of war
are superior in actual battle to the
cheaper and less pretentious warships of
the past.
In the published list Of the crew of the
Maine we find all nationalities repre-
sented. We have Germans, Scandina-
vans, English, Irish and Scotch and
natives of the Canadian provinces, as
well as men born under the stars and
stripes. 1t is to be hoped by lovers of
peace that a war with Spain will not
grow out Of this terrible tragedy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

Lord Darlington tells a story of his
experiences while governor of New South
at the mayors dinner at Sydney Hav-
ing committed a few words to paper, nc
delivered them in reply to the toast Of
his health, and then sat down. feeling
very much satisfied with himself OPP
posite to him there sat a fat man. He
was an M. P, who had suffered long
from the abundant elocuence of the
new governors predecessor. When Lord
Darlington sat down the fat man filled
his glass to the brim and said: '"ThanlS
the Lord, he can't speak"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19
cULUTH NEWS.

"The Bohemian Girl" which was pre-
sented at the Lyceum Tuesday evening
Of last week for the benefit of St. Mary's
hospital, drew packed house, the larg-
est the Lyceum has held in many
| months. The result of careful direction
and assiduous training was manifest in
the very creditable production which
was given Balfes beautiful work. It
was difficult opera for amateurs to at
tempt, and this makes those concerned
in the production all the more deserving
OF praise. The general d.
rection and preparation of the
production was in the hands OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Franz Schultz. Professor
Custance was musical director and
Eyferth stage manager. To these be-
long the success of the evenings per-
Torrance. The work of the orchestra
is also to be commended.
The young people of St. Clements
church gave an entertainment at st.
Clements hall on Twenty-first avenue
west. A Japanese wedding was given,
the performance being preceded by a
paper read by Miss Crowley on GA
pancse Customs" The bride was per-
sonated by Miss Phillips, and the groom
by Edward Lyons, while the part Of
high priest was taken by F. Bayenla.
and that of maid of honor by Miss
Louisa Lyons. The bridesmaids were
Miss M. Callahan, Miss H. Callahan.
Miss D. Hebron, Miss NJ. Dardis, Miss
S. Reilly and Miss G. harrington. The
costumes and all the accessories were
Japanese. The other features of the
program were recitations by Miss Nc
Donald and Master Herald Phillip D.
Evans; tableau, "Blind Nydia" by Miss
J. Crowley; a tableau. "Sing, Smile.
Slumber," by the Misses L. Lyons and
I. Shasgreen; vocal solos by Miss Car
roll and Miss c. Kremier, and a mando-
lin solo by Prof. Werness
Miss Margaret Mcdonald, of 1881
West Second street, was pleasantly SUR
prised Wednesday evening of last week
by a number Of her friends. Refresh
ments were served and all had a pleas
ant time.
The Elks, at their meeting Thursday
night of last week, decided to furnish
a room In st. Mary's Hospital to be
! known as the Elks' room for the use Of
members of the order who may find it
necessary to occupy it. The room will
be furnished in manner thoroughly in
keeping with the magnificent building
and the lodge will undertake to MAIN
tain it.
The engagement of Miss Marie Nc
Hugh teacher in the Washington school,
and John F. Killorin, superintendent of
the Duluth, Mississippi River & North
ern Hardware company, has been an
ncunced The marriage will take place
Tuesday. Feb. 49, at Watertown, Wis,
the home of the prospective bride. The
couple will live in Duluth.
Miss Belle Henry was visiting with
friends during the week in Minneapolis.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Haley
was gladdened by the advent of baby
girl Wednesday of last week.
Mr. E. D. Currie and Miss Mary were
united in marriage at st. James church
Tuesday morning by Rev. Father
Mackey. Both young people are we'll
known and very popular, and their
many friends wish them long and
happy life
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

An esteemed correspondent at Ellis
worth, Mimi, asks our opinion of Der
ark's School History of England" as a
text book in American public schools.
We have never seen the book and con-
sequently can render no opinion as to
it's merits. We will say, however, that
we do not see the utility of teaching
English history in the public schools.
national schools OF Great Britain and
Ireland. In speaking to the pupils at
tending them we learned to our sur
prise that they had never heard Of
George Washington or the declaration
of independence.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The New York Sun gives a list Of
foreign ministers to Washington who
were forced to go home. The first was
Citizen Genet. the French minister. who
was recalled in 1894; the second was
Senior Irugo, a Spanish minister; the
third was Mr.. Jackson. the British min
ister who insulted the secretary Of
state; the fourth was Lavallee Pussin,
the French minister. who accused our
government of duplicity; the fifth was
Catercazy; the sixth was Lord Saclville
West; and the last has been Dupuy De
Lone, the Spanish minister.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The un-American Lodge immigration
bill will be shelved in the house Of rep
resentatives till after the fall elections.
The members of the lower house are
held responsible for their action by .
people and hesitate to pass measure
zens. The aristocratic members of the
senate can afford to pass an unpopular
bill. for they are not directly responsible
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

Says the Minneapolis Times of last
Wednesday,: "The Orangemen of Min
neapolis have decided to have Collins
Story of Liberty" restored to circulation
In the public library or know the rea-
son why not. More than $4,000 sigma
lures Of citizens to petition for this
purpose have already been secured, and
the signing is still going on. 1ue H.
brary board does not meet this month.
so no action can be taken in the matter.
In the meanwhile the book does not cir
oulate. Librarian Hosmer was asked
what he had to say concerning the mat
ter last night, but preferred TO make no
statement. 1t is asserted, however. on
reliable authority that the pressure
which will be made to bear on the board
when 1t meets next month will be of a
character which renders resistance off,
flcult. The action Of the board will be
watched with interest by both sides.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Daily Courier, of Grand orks,
eloquently says:
Why should anyone fear to speak of
Ninety-Eight? Why should any Irishx
man lie ashamed to join in a high and
holy commemoration of nations strugs
gle and nations SORROWS? Why ne.
elect or fear to do honor to the leader
and the martyr, pure and without re-
proach, who, in danlnably wicked
court-at the foot Of gibbet and the
mouth of an open grave-gave a magni-
flcent defiance to tyranny and a cherish
ed, almost god-like grafton to the
world? There is no reason Ireland
has but her noble memories and her per
ennial sorrows to keep her true to what
thousands believe will, in Gods own
time, be her destiny-a place among IT, .
nations of the earth.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The patriotic bishop Of Duluth, Rt
Rev. James McGolrick, truly says that
the British government views with alar1A
the celebration of the '9S centenary j
Ireland, but that the Irish people ha,G
no apology to make for commemorative
tho historic event What does Cardinal
Moran think Of that utterance of the
lrish-American prelate of the Zenith
City?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Irish American citizens of Min
neapOlis will have a monster parade ON
st. fatrick's day. They will attend di-
vine service in Il body at the Church
of st Anthony of Padua at the invita-
ton of the patriotic pastor, Rev. James
OReilly, who will deliver panegyric ON
the patron saint of Ireland High mass
Will be celebrated at 1920 o'clock.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Irish Standard sincerely regrets
the death of Mr.. Schcenenbcr, the pub
Usher and proprietor of the Cincinnati
Telegraph, which was founded by Arch
bishop Purcell more than fifty years ago.
We personally knew the genial gentl"
man and admired him for his noble
qualities.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

A member of the Gordon Highland
regiment. which fought the Afridis so
stubbornly and to which Piper Find
later belonged, has written home to a
friend in Scotland. Speaking of the re-
treat from Bagh, he says: "rhe papers
speak of this as rearguard action.
We call it a race for life. we were
hunted by the tribes all the way The
campaign is a miserable and horrible
failure. We do nothing but burn the
homes of the people and everything we
find, but we can do nothing but retreat,
while the tribesmen hunt lis with bill
let's, and our losses are awful" To
British soldiers in the East are prrsu-
ing the same tactics employed by t4lem
in the Irish rebellion of 1898. When
retreating they "do nothing but burn
the homes of the people and everything
they find" We congratulate the brave
tribesmen upon routing and Slaughter
ing the cowardly ruffians.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The following words Of Archbishop
Ireland on the Catholic press are worth
giving space to: The Importance OF
Catholic literature and the Catholic
press must not be forgotten. They arc
schools, and schools not orly for the
days OF YOUTH but for the entire time
of life, and they deserve and should OBJ
tain our WarmeSt ENCOURAGEMENT,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Pioneer Press thinks that the gold
standard as a measure of value is like a
fixed star in the heavens. 1t occupies
a column Of space in vainly attempting
to explain that gold has not appreciated
one iota in value during the past quar-
ter Of a century. 1t says that Secretary
Gage. in his Philadelphia speech, may
have used the phase geld apprecia-
tion,' but he did not mean that gold
has enhanced in value while silver,
copper, iron and other mineral products
have fallen in price. Silver has fallen
from so to Go cents an ounce since its
demonstration, but according to the
Pioneer Press, gold has remained per-
manently fixed. Does the st. Paul paper
seriously think that the purchasing pow
er Of the gold dollar has not increased
with the depreciation in the price of
commodities? 1t evidently ignores the
cumulative theory if it replies in the
negative.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

John Bull, with his usual instincts for
land grabbing, is gaining Il footholl III
the Alaskan territory and the MciNin-
ley administration is doing nothing To
prevent him.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

On board the Inflated Maine at the
time of the explosion in Havana hnrbOr
were 7G men of Irish nationality, whose
names appear elsewhere in these col
umnS.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Toronto Mail is authority for the
following: Many brides have been con-
trlbuted to the Catholic church by the
stately English families who have re.
NAMED staunch to the "od faith. +" Two
sisters OF the present duke of Norfolk.
the Ladies' Minna and Ethelreda How
ard, were. respectively, a Carmelite nun
and Sister of Charity. Lady Edith
FIELDING, sister of Lord Dcnbieh. is q
nun i'll the Convent of 81. Vincent de
Paul, Paris. Miss Mary and Miss Edith
Clifford. sisters of the present Lord Gift
ford, of Chudleigh. are both nuns, as /;
Miss Mary Dormer. daughter of the
eleventh Lord Dormer. No less than
four Miss Stoncrs, daughters of Lord
Camoys, We're all nuns; also the -four,
Miss Petres, each named Mary, sisters
OF the present Lord Pctre. Lady Francis
Evelyn BERTHE, daughter of the SIKH
Lord Abingdon, is nun in the VisIta-
ton Convent at Harrow, and there are
many other noble and titled women who
have given up brilliant positions in the
world to spend their lives In humble
convent walks.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The editors Of Minnesota held their
Thursday and Fr&lay. On Thursday
evening the Minneapolis Press club ten
dcrcd them banquet at the West Hotel
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Church News, of Washington, D..
c., says:
when Carlyle said that England was
peopled mostly by fools he had not
heard of the actions Of 1886, $50 silly, i'm
pertinent women who recently present.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-19

The Spanish minister De LONE has
taken his departure from Washington,
d. G.