The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-14
DECISION NOW DUE.
North Brookfield
Awaits Verdict of
Propaganda.
accommodation EXPECTED.
Men Who Wrote Note to
Bishop Beaver May
BE Punished.
RECOMMENDATION EXPECTED.

North Brookfeld, Nov 13-The de-
cree of Rome in the case of the French
people who have seeded from st. JOS
eph's church is expected almost any
day. Still another decision second on
ly in Importance to the judgment Of
the propaganda, is expected to arrive
at the same time, the verdict of the
papal authority on the offense com
mitted against ecclesiastical authority
by j. A. Bowler, Eugene Mineau and
Mr. Ledoux, in a letter sent by them
several months ago to Rt. Rev Thomas
d. Beaver. bishop of Springfield
These gentlemen at that time cOnsti-
tuted the committee of three who
looked after the interests of the seces-
sionists, and the contents of the letter
are already familiar to readers of The
Spy. The letter was published in The
Spy, and the public will remember
that not only did it say that the YER
acity of Bishop Beaver was doubted,
and that he had actually falsiied, but
also stigmatized his acts as unworthy
of a bishop.
At the time the letter was pub
lished it created one of the greatest
sensations in this great struggle which
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and the outcome was eagerly awaited.
1t has lain dormant so long now that
it was generally supposed that il was
to be overlooked by Bishop Beaver as
an attack against himself personally
and not against the church. But as
the representative of Pope Leo XIII.
in the diocese Of Springfield. he finally
decided to forward the epistle to the
vatican for the pope himself or the
propaganda, the highest tribunal of the
Catholic church, to pass upon.
1t was supposed at the time that
should the letter ever reach the vat
lean nothing but accommodation for
the men constituting the committee of
three would be the result. This sup
position seems about to be verified. In
conversation with one of the leading
olergymen of the diocese of Spring
field, The Spy reporter learned that the
letter in question had been forwarded
to the vatican, and that excommunica-
ton for the three men is almost a GER
tainty. When the reporter asked how
it was that the action of the vatican
had been so long delayed in this mat
ter, the answer was that there are two
reasons, one of which is that the
church dignitaries who make up the
propaganda do not meet officially dur
ing the summer months Their regular
that even now the royal edict of Leo
XIII has been issued in this case.
The other reason for delay is that the
whole trouble with the dissenters has
once again been referred to Rome for
settlement. 1t is thought that the lat
ter fact may have delayed action on
the senders of the letter, and that the
decree in both. cases will come to-
getheT.
According to clerical opinion obtained
from several priests with whom The
Spy reporter has talked, there can be
but one termination, and that an ig-
nominous one, to Rev. Jean Berger and
his followers. They say the case is in
no way parallel with the one in East
st. Louis and hkened FIR. Berger's
course to the one formerly pur-
sued by priest Chiniquy.
Meanwhile work on the structure
being erected on Forest street by the
dissenters is progressing rapidly. There
is little doubt that it will be in readiness
for Christmas, and the probability is
that il the rebellion be not ended before
that time, the formal opening of the
church will be on Christmas.
St. Joseph's church is to be the scene
of two weddings Thanksgiving day.
John w. Murphy and Miss Katherine
Kelly, both of this town, viii be united
in matrimony on that day, as will Pc
ter H. Burke and Miss Katherine Brad
ley. Both couples are well known in
town. Mr.. Murphy is a foreman in the
f. & A. H. Batcheller shoe factory.
Miss Kelley is employed in the depart
ment over which he has charge Mr..
Burke is employed at the same factory,
and is we'll known as a member Of Court
North Brookfield, F. of A., minstrels
Miss Bradley resides at the home Of her
foster parents, John Bradley and wife,
Of South Common street.
There is a probability that H. Lyman
Parkman win enter the field as a can
didate for selectman against Edward
Donnellly. Mr.. Parkman, if he runs,
will be The farmer candidate,
Freeman r. Doane, who has served
at different times as selectman and
road commissioner, was today men
toned as probability, but he assured
The Spy reporter that he is not in the
race at all, and will not be.
William Reardon, employed in the
stitching room at the Batcheller fac
tory, appeared before Justice Cottle OF
Brookfield today to answer to a charge
of assault, brought by Frank Matthews
conductor on the w. b. & S. electric
road He was discharged
The trouble, which took place between
the men Saturday night, is claimed by
Reardon to have originated entirely on
the other side. According to his story
Conductor Matthews hit him, after he
had requested his change from a five
dollar bill, and that the conductor re-
fused to give him his change where he
wished to stop. Conductor Matthews
claims that Reardon assaulted him be-
fore he had an opportunity to make
change
jeremiah Costigan knocked over his
second fox of the season this morning.