The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-01-14

gave the Sisters but two hours to re-
move their furniture, threatening at the
end of that time to throw it into the
street. Indeed, the same Judge Matienza
alluded to above urged the council to
confiscate the globes, weights, measures
dergarten models, the philosophical ap-
paratus, etc.. which the Sisters had
bought with their own money, the saw
ings of years. This same council now
in the city hospital from Is to 10, al
though they have $50 patients, so of
whom are women, and of these 20 are
abandoned women in the last stages of
disease, while the military hospital, a
block away, has about the same number
of sick, with II Sisters (American), 26
Red Cross and trained nurses, and 40
hospital corps nurses to attend them, to
cent patients, who are obliged to do
whatever they can to help. Besides, the
Sisters are their own housekeepers, while
the hospital has servants for that pur-
pose This hospital, built by funds left
by a philanthropist and named for
him, Tricoche, was handed to the Sisters
just as the contractors left 1t. without
furniture, bare walls, the grounds piled
with plaster, cement, boards, etc., but
today, thanks to the industry of the Sis
ters it is surrounded by beautiful gar
dens, elegantly furnished and supplied
with every modern convenience, for
BY system Of rigid economy, the Sis
ters are able to feed their patients boun-
tifully at the rate of 20 cents day, all
! that the city allows porto Rican
| money!, although provisions are very
high-eggs, cents apiece-they have
been 10; beef, % cents pound; ice, 8
cents; bread, IL cents, etc., while the
United States pays at the very least,
! the war the Sisters, taking advantage of
the warlike spirit. called the attention
of some of the ladies of society to the
| fact that if chapel, which was needed
| be SO much more room for sick soldiers
| in the main building. A collection was
made by these ladies' and small chap
ell, 15x4O feet, was erected. Other friends
| honor to one of our American hospitals.
But this could not long escape the eyes
| of the religious haters. The council
proposes to turn this chapel into ward
J several wards in the main building
empty, and others but half filled. l be-
| lieve they will do all that they propose,
and more. For who is to check them +?
Not the American authorities, for many
| of them would gladly see it done. The
Porto Rican Catholics who would object
are too few, and the thousand Catholic
| soldiers who are here are apathetic.
say this with reason, for not one of them
| in the four months that they have been
| here has contributed one cent to the
| support Of the church, although they
know that the priests who served them
in the camp, in the hospitals and in
barracks, with the exception of Father
| Sherman, who is an army chaplain, re-
ceived no recompense whatever, and
lived on the charity Of the parochial
clergy.
"An instance of the petty persecu-
| tions to which the military authorities
| subject the church is that every morn
! ing, at the hour of mass, the bands and
drum corps are sent to practice in the
| street in front of the church, while there
are other streets as we'll suited to the
| purpose. Frequently there is high
mass for the dead at that hour. One
can imagine the annoyance it gives.
But the height of impudence was
reached on the night Of Nov. 10, when
Rev. Anderson chose the grounds at the
side of the parish church wherein to
preach. The reverend gentleman is a
colored man, who failed to tell his au-
| dience what particular sect he repre-
sented, or whether he was an crd.
clergyman or not. He wore an old
greasy travelling cap while preaching,
which was commented on severely by
the Porto Ricans present. In fact the
| audience consisted mainly of natives,
| who had never seen services conducted
| in the street. The invitation inserted in
the evening paper stated that the preach
er would speak in English and Spanish.
| Hence the crowd Of natives. After sing
| ing Two hymns, Mr.. Anderson began a
| rambling speech, which could not have
been prepared, for the only thought con-
| tanned in 20 minutes discourse was
| that the natives had not hitherto known
! the gospel, and that he had come to
teach it to them. By this time the ma
tives had become very impatient, and
| made it manifest when the preacher
called to his side colored brother, who
seemed as if he had just left the shoe
| makers bench. This gentleman pre-
| tended that he was translating Mr.. An
derson's sermon, when, in fact, his
words had been prepared beforehand,
| and treated of the abuses of the Catholic
church. He had hardly spoken dozen
words, however, when the band, situated