The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-28
THE CATHOLIC WORLD.


His Holiness Leo XIII, has decided to
hold in Rome next year an internation-
al congress of workmen.
.
The contract for the monument to be
erected to the late Bishop Watterson OF
Columbis, O., has been awarded.
.
Sister Beatrice, of the order of Char
= ity, and for more than a. quarter of a
century the head of the Providence hos
pital. Washington. d. c., died there re-
Gently.
The Catholic Orphan Asylum of New
York has been sold by Archbishop Cor
rigan for $3.50, 600. The site is very
valuable, being on Fifth avenue. A new
asylum will be built farther up town.
Bishop Mullen of Erie received word
last week that his resignation, forward
ed to Rome some time ago, has been
accepted. Bishop Fitzmaurice is now,
by virtue of his rights Of succession,
bishop of Erie.
A hospital in which eonsumptives
alone viii be treated is soon to be erect
ed near Chicago by a number of philan-
thropic citizens at a cost Of $125,000. II
will be in charge of the Poor Hand
maids of Jesus Christ.
The "Univers." of Paris. announces
more persecution of the religious or
ders by the government. On Oct 4, the
property of the Ursuline nuns of the
Chirac Convent was sold by auction,
and on the oath similar proceedings. VIII
be taken against the Sisters Of the
Christian Union at Mende.
NIonsignor Skrbensky, canon capitu-
lar Of Olmutz, has been resignated by
the Emperor Francis Joseph for the
Archbishopric Of Prague. and the choice
has been duly notified to the Sovereign
Pontiff Mgr Skrbensky. who is of
Czech origin, is barely SO years old.
He was ordained priest in 1889.
Kilkenny. Ireland. at the present time
presents an incident unique Of its kind,
in the fact that two superb churches
are being simultaneously erected not
far apart within the city. More remark
able still is the circumstance that one
of these is being raised at the cost of
a single individual, the estimated out
lay being 100000.
The burning of St. Magy's Industrial
Training School for Boys at Feehan-
VILE last Sunday evening was a ter
doubt. the Catholics of Chicago VIII
soon see repaired. The loss was consld-
erably greater than the insurance,
which amounted to over $4,000
.
His Holiness. although not receiving
so many in audience, continues IN MS
usual health He spent some hours
last week in the Vatican gardens, Whlch
he enioved. The encyclical on which he
has been engaged, on the present crisis
in the English Church, is now finished
and will soon be out of the hands of
the printers.
The new Youths Directory building,
recently dedicated by Archbishop kior-
dan in San Francisco, has been Tor
malIv opened to the homeless lads OF
tho civ for all the years to come. This
noble charity. while organized ana
managed under Catholic auspices, Is
NOT limited in its usefulness by cOndl-
lions Of race, creed or color.
According to the Illustrated Catholic
Missions. there are at present IN Japan
about 125. 600 Christians and Of those
- 80 a-o [,atbolfcs. $4,000 Congrega-
tionalists. 1900 Presoyterlans, CIV
Episc0palians The Catholics are az
vfjed as follows: 30, 645 in the Nagaedhl
diocese: 9.l14 in the Toxic; 4,465 IN .ne
Hakcdate. and 4,470 in the Osaka dio-
Cese.
The Catholic university opened It's
classes this year on the 1lth. Monslg ~,
Conatv celebrated the solemn hign
-faes and tine Rev. DR.. Graham, dean
Of the theological faculty, reau, III tnS
name of the professors, the profession
Of faith. Afterwards the Right ReN'
Rector addressed the faculty and stu
dents in the assembly rooHn,' McMdaloii
hall
Rome is anticipating a great influx Oh
visitors next year on account OF IL pc
ing holy year. The Cardinal Secretary
of State anticipates an invasion OF at
least 100000 pilgrims, an average ol
1000 a day. and the amount OF Peter
pence they will bring IS recKoneu 70
reach G 2 600 600. While the sum they
Will spend in Italy is estimated aI
100000 600.
Mr. c. Y. Fox. the young Oxonian,
who has just carried OF the fre lr.
sculling championship, is an lrlsnlnah'
Though not vet %, he has already car
ried off many of the leading prizes OF
the rowing world, and experts predict a
still brighter career for him in the IuD
ture Previous to going to Oxford MT
Fox NSss a student in Ireland at Cloh-
EoWes Wood College of the Jesults.
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The Friars Minor of Belgium nave
bst one of their most eminent religious
the Very Rev Father Anselm hnai1eu,
VINO passed away at the age OF 81 years
IN the Mechlin Convent on Sept "a
During his fifty years monastic career
the deceased father fulfilled offices OF
Importance both in Rome and IN hng-
land He was an excellent theoioglan,
spoke several languages and by hls
zeal and activity. rendered services 10