The Irish standard., 1901-04-13
DULUTH NEWS.

The Easter services at the cathedral
last Sunday morning at 1880 were at
tended by a large crowd. the church
being filled. Bishop McGolricll preach
ed an eloquent sermon on "The Resur-
rection" and the choir rendered Il beau
tiful musical program, being assisted
by an orchestra.
The Cathedral Court No. 975, G. o.
T., will receive holy communion in
body at the cathedral tomorrow morn
ing.
John Vail left last week for Colora-
do and expects to be gone for the en-
tire summer.
The tcnebr;c services held at the ca
thedral during holy week were largely
attended and eloquent sermons We're
preached OH Thursday and Friday
evenings. A number of priests of the
diocese came to the city to take part
in the impressive ceremonies.
Miss Mamie Illright returned last
week to Biwabik after a few days
visit with friends here.
At their last meeting, st. Louis
Court, G. 0. f., No. 1T, unanimously
voted resolutions of condolences to
Brother f. ]. Dion, member of the
court, for the sad loss of his beloved
wife.
William Mclaughlin has gone to
Proctorknott, where he has accepted q
position firing on an engine on the
Missabe road.
Martin II. Maloney, of Marenisco,
Mich, is here visiting his brother,
Michael II. Maloney, and family, of 80
East Second street.
The opera "Grand Duchess" which
is to be given by home talent on next
Monday evening, at the Lyceum, for
the benefit of st. James Orphan home
in the West End. promises to be sue
cess even greater than anything ever
given in Duluth before. The partici-
pants are well and favorably known.
| SlIlNl tllS Sptll III iillOuHL VI WOIh
to acquit themselves we'll on the even
ing of the performance. The cause
for which the opera is given is certain
" a most worthy one. st. James Or
phan home has been established only
little over year now and is already
caring for and educating about sixty
homeless children. 1t is conducted by
the Sisters of st. Benedict, so we'll
known for their work of charity in this
city. The entertainment will be of a
very high order and the music of
"Grand Duchess is sure to please uni
versally. In the opera there will be
interpretations of some of the best
songs, as for instance Miss Rena
Smith, will introduce "The Swallows"
by Cowen while Miss Hector will sing
Tosti's "Good Bye" The regular Ly-
ceum orchestra, which is already rec
ognized as one of the best theater or
chestras in the country, will be aug
mentcd by twelve men, and the cos
tunes will come from one of the most
extensive costumers in the country
Wolff, Forting & Co., Boston. The
principals and chorus, which latter
numbers about fifty, comprise many Of
the best voices i'll the city. Box par
ties are already forming and the pros
poets are that the evening witl be one
OF social Importance as well as musi-
cal enjoyment.
The McGolrick club had an evening
on "Popes'' at it's last meeting. Mrs.
Shields read a fine paper on "Pope
Plus ~ Mrs. Elder gave an excel
lent paper on the present "Pope Leo
MIL" A lengthy discussion followed.
The program for next week will be in
charge of Miss Mcdonnell, as follows:
Scriptural reading, Miss McDonnell;
Seven Hills Of Rome,' Miss AIcEIugh;
Roman Palaces" Miss Stringer; read
ing from marble Faun," Mrs. Killorin.
Last Monday afternoon at the office
OF M. H. Mcmahon, there was pre-
liminary meeting in the interest Of the
coming here of the Boer commission
ers, Vessels and Viljoen. Henry Truel-
sen was chairman and NJ. II. Mcmahon
secretary. The matter was talked
over i'll a general way and it was de-
cided to hold another meeting Tues
day evening, at which there should
be more definite action decided upon.
w. i. Nash, advance representative of
the Beers, was present. He explained
that the lecturers are working for the
relief fund for the widows and orphans
of the Boer republics. The lecture will
be about two hours in length and will
give much information from an au-
thoritative source, of the rights and
wrongs of the tremendous struggle
which has been going on in South At
RIGA for the past eighteen months.
Vessels and Viljoen are graduates of
an English college at Cape Town, and
speak the language fluently. They
have both fought in the Boer army
and are entirely equal to an intelligent
presentation of the subject, so neces-
sary for a thorough understanding of
the Boer cause, when the censored
dispatches and vilification of the Eng
lish war office are taken into consid-
GRAFTON. The views which they pre-.
sent are largely of scenes connected
| with tho war MANY of thon, nrocon+