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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
DEATH OF A FENIAN LEADER.

Patrick ODay, ST., who for years has
figured prominently in the movements
of Irish Americans in Buffalo, died at
his home recently after a brief illness.
The deceased was a native of Coun-
ty Limerick, Ireland, having been born
there in the year 1929. He came to this
country forty-seven years ago, and set
tied in New York. After spending a
year there he. came to Buffalo, where
he has since resided. For number of
years he was engaged in the auction
business there, and for many years he
was also Buffalo's harbor master.
He played very prominent part in
the Fenian movement. He was par
ticularly prominent in the memora bic
Fenian invasion of Canada, being the
secretary of that historic movement.
Accompanied by twelve other men. all
prominent Fenians, he captured four
boats which were later used by his par
ty in the invasion The arms which
were brought here for the Fenians were
stored in his place of business and he
was one of the foremost leaders in the
attack on Fort Erie This was in the
year 1866
Mr.. O'Day at the time of the invasion
of Canada was one of Buffalo's great
est leaders in the Fenian cause. and
stood high in the councils of the or
ganization. At one time he conducted
a newspaper, the Irish Republic, in
this city.
Mr.. O'Day always maintained that
the magnitude of that movement was
not clearly understood by the general
public. nor how near it came to as
Stunning vast proportions, and also that
by reason of a mistake in the orders,
the forward movement was made
three days too soon. If there had been
the delay mentioned there would have
been 10000 men under arms in Ontario
instead of the small force that went
over
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

mean that the league is prepared to
defend itself. The situation in Ireland
at present is critical. and seemingly
the struggle between the law, repre-
senting the landlord, and the league,
representing the tenant. which rem
dered the early SOS historic is about
to be re-enacted. Large numbers of
mounted and unmounted police have
been drafted into the Counties Glare,
Mayo, and Roscommon, and out at
Castelar,, County Mayo, the other day,
Ccnnor O'Kelly. NJ. P. one of the new
members of the Irish parliamentary
party who was convicted of intimida-
ton and illegal assembly and sentenced
to two months imprisonment was con-
veyed to Jail under a strong escort of
constabulary amidst intense excite
ment. Other important prosecutions
are impending, and there has been no
such a quartering of police, on the
present scale in the west of Ireland
since the days of Captain Boycott.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
The Old and the New.

4 LREAnY the Christmas rejoicing
4 is giving place TO another feast
which celebrates the Circumcision
of Our Lord and the birth of the New
| Year. Yet the Star of Bethlehem still
shines in the sky and the sweets of the
Christmas feast retain their flavor. Not
/ until after the Feast of the Epiphany
viii the mind relax from contempla-
/ tons of the Child in the manger and
! become fixed upon the Child at the car
penter's bench in Joseph's house, and
/ so on to the wedding feast in Canaan.
Let us not so beyond that just now:
for this is the time of joy and not the
| time of universal sorrow.
The Old .Yeat drawing to a close has
blood upon its hands, yet we prepare
to bid it farewell in the hope that the
New will usher in the end of strife and
the beginning of peace to all nations
The war goes on in South Africa. The
war goes on in the Transvaal. The
men in combat are Christians all; the
heather and the inf1del are at peace.
Ring out the Old; ring in the New.
Death has snatched in his grasp the
rulers of nations and assassination has
been the portion of the head of our
own country. Ring out the Old; ring
in the New.
Science and knowledge is expanding,
annihilating space and even sound and
bringing man within sight and hear
ing of all things to the uttermost
bounds of the earth. This year of 1901
has been year of wonders; yet, ring
out the Old. ring in the New
The bark of Peter is still intact upon
the sea of centuries. The grand old
Pope is at the helm and his apostolic
blessing rests upon the children of the
faith everywhere. In these United
States conversions have been many and
wonderful progress made in Catholic |
education. Churches and cloisters, hos
pitfalls and asylums multiplied, and de-
votion and piety increased a hundred |
fold through the League of the Sacred |
Heart.
In this intermountain country pros
perity has blessed the ranchman and |
the farmer in greater ratio than it |
has blessed the miner, but other than
natural causes explain the depression
of the copper mines of Montana The
New Year bids us hope that litigation
viii cease and bring occupation and |
content to labor.
Out of the sorrow in Cheyenne over
the death of Bishop Lehman comes
the consolation that he exchanged a
mitre for crown of glory. Gods will
is patiently borne. for another soon
takes the place of the lamented pre-
late.
The New Year may possibly witness
the completion of a cathedral in Salt
Lake so far as to permit worship. In
Denver the probabilities are that
ground will be broken for a cathedral
in the year of Our Lord 1902
Altogether. there is much to be
thankful for in the past and something
to hope for in the future.
And so, taking the Old Year by the
hand we bid him adieu, for there's
new face already at the door.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
GREAT POWER OF THE PRESS.

The power of the press is a phrase
frequently used, but apparently the
full force of it is little understood by
many who employ it.
| The extent and strength of the infiu-
| ence which a vigorous. welI-supported
Catholic press can WELD is not apDre-
c1ated by many Catholics. else belief
IN the apostolate of the press would
De hrmer and there would be a more
general desire among our clergy to
further to the full extent of their
money and influence the mission of the
Catholic press, in particular, by help
ing to increase its circulation and thus
widen the sphere of its power.
At a recent celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the New
York Evening Post Archbishop Corri-
gan made a brief address, in the course
or which he remarked: LAS a distin-
guished light of the New York bar has
said. it is too often the papers do our
thinking for us. And SO the daily press
not only gives us the history of the
world day after day, but also supplies
us with the lines of thought that are
ready for instant use. The press has
an immense temptation, sometimes
yielded to, of using the great power it
ton presents itself. and it presents it.
self in the most attractive manner and
sometimes it will listen to sordid voices
OF men or to Sensationalism, instead of
having higher and worthier purposes"
The archbishop has here in a few
words stated the power of the press
and how it is abused. The men or
group of men who do thinking for any
large body of people, are in a position
OF tremendous responsibility though
they may not, and frequently do not,
nave proper sense of that fact. They
are guides of morality, custodians of
the public mind and morals How often
is this power perverted if not in the
editorial columns, in the news and
other departments!
Where do the vast majority of read
ers find an antidote for the moral
poison they imbihe in their daily pa
pers? Where. if not in their religious
journals? Parents who place the daily
papers in the hands of their children
may reflect whether the influence of
these papers may not be greater than
their own. If the influence is for good,
then all is well. If it may be for evil.
they have the obligation if they cannot
withhold the papers altogether, to SUD-
ply to their charges good, pure reading
matter as a counteragent. This should
be done in any event When parents
seriously regard their duty in this mat
ter of supplying good moral, mental
pabulum- to their offspring, the Catho-
lie journal will enter into it's rightfuI
position in the family circle. mot in |
bread alone does man Iive."-Catholic |
Mirror.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

AT luncheon given by the governor
of Newfoundland to Signor Marcon;.
the inventor said: IF my system of
wireless biography can be commercial
ly established between different parts
of the earth-of the possibility of
which l may state I have not the
slightest Doubt would bring about
an enormous cheapening of the meth
DDS of communication. Then, referring
to the current rate of % cents per word
for cabling to England, he added: ST
do not see why. eventually, with the
wireless. system, this cost should not
be reduced to 1 cent a word, or less"
1t may be the fear of some such reduc
ton that caused the Anglo-America
Gable company to notify Marconi to
cease trespassing on what that COM
pany alleges are its exclusive rights
and to abandon his wireless telegraph
tests between Newfoundland and Eng
land. Unless that corporation had been
panic-stricken, it surely would not have
been guilty of so foolish performance
as to attempt to put it's veto on the
continuance of experiments which are
so interesting and so promising of
great results.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
THAT REMINDS ME-.
FIXING THE EXACT TIME.

! FIXING THE ENACT IL ME-.
IF the stories about Mr.. Roosevelt are
In order l may narrate little domesti
! Incident said Il political friend of th'
president. "One evening at dinner Mr.
! and Mrs Roosevelt were discussing a;
/ old programme which she had preserved
and both referred to the entertainment
! saying how much they had enjoyed l
J at the time. The youngest child listened
closely. and at length burst forth II
genuine grief and disappointment:
] Why didn't you take me?
Hush, my dear, said pdterfamiiaS
| That was before your mother and 1 were
married.
They thought no more of the incident
! a few days later the tot was telling some
| wildly improbable tale to the eldest. Mr.
! Roosevelt. who overheard the weird mar
| rative, demanded sharply:
." When did you do all that
! 20. that was before you and mamma
were married. replied the tot with the ut
| most gravity.
A CONCENTRATIONS.
An Angora Cat sat quietly in his home,
Combing his long hair with catacomh
Then lest he should suffer from damp
ness or fog,
He threw on his fire another catalog-
Next he took catsup from his pewter
ladle,
Then he shook up his caterpillar in his
cat SCTdQle-
He tied meath hi schin his ruffied night
CAP
And curled himself up for a happy cat
nap.
EASY BERTHS PREFERRED.
Chicago Alderman with inf1uence)-Tll
do the best l can for you. Larry. What
do you think you want?
Constituent-Fd like to be fireman
durin the summer months and a bridge
tender in winter.
NEWS FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
Shade of General Winfield Scotland
this is the immortal Julius Caesar. Do
YOU know, general that one of the favor
lite EXPLANATIONS of my countrymen, even
now. is Great Caesar?'
Shade of julius Caesar-You flatter me,
general. Acquaintance of mine assure
me that Great Scott is much more ire
quently heard.
a MODEST EXPLANATION.
How did you attain the reputation of
being witty and satirical?" inquired the
methodical person.
1T was quite accidental answered
Miss Cayenne. "On two or three oc-
casiOns | inadvertently said something
which left my friends no alternative ex-
cept to laugh or set angry. And they
were too polite to do the latter
AN UNCOMMON ONE.
as a common liar.
whoever told you that sir. must have
been trying to break it to you gently.
said you were a whole bureau of sta
tistics.''
HOW SHE TESTED THEM.
Mr.. -Pslobb," said Miss de Muir. ex-
hibiting her new furs, guess how much
paid for these"
Now. Mr.. Pslobb reasoned thus within
himself:
She has probably purchased them at
a phenomenally low price, and. 1fotwith-
standing the fact that 1 don't know a
blamed thing about furs, / will make 1t
low enough and get the credit of being
a good guesser''
Forty dollars" he said boldly
Mr. Pnoodle.' she said. guess how
much l paid for these furs."
Mr.. Pnoodle was a better judge of
woman nature.
Il don't know whether they're muskrat
or Alaskan SEAL" he thought, "but I'll |
make a bold stab at it
Five hundred dollars he said aloud. !
That's a better guess than his any
how" responded Miss de Muir, looking |
S75."
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

Historian Maclay refused TO resign
his soft berth in the navy department
and was fired by the presidents orders.
Maclay claimed immunity from dis
charge because he was appointed I'M
der the civil service laws. The thing
10" congress TO do is 10 dig up evidence
showing that Maclay was employed by
the navy department to Islander his
tory and its heroes and draw pay as a
special laborer." The mere firing Of
this Insignificant puppy does not sat-
isfy the people. The persons behind
Maciay are responsible for the whole
ucuble, and the firing should begin in
the PRESIDENTS cabinet.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor Intermoumtain Catholic:
My Dear Sir:-Replying to your favor
asking my approval of The Intermountaln
Catholic since its establishment in this
diocese, l Will state that Z consider the
founding of a Catholic paper in Salt Lake
not the least OF the many blessings be
slowed by Providence on the Church mere
during the past two years. Its birth &C
Cured at an opportune time. Its zeal, in
propagating Catholic truth, has had,
since its inception, my hearty. though
silent approval. / believe with Our Holy
Father that "a good Catholic journal is
perpetual mission in parish" and that
1t Will serve as a question box, at az
times, for anxious inQuirers. In my Visi-
tations / shall hope to find The Inter
mountain Catholic in the homes Of every
Catholic family. Its mission is to es-
pouse truth, justice and morality, and all
devoted priests will find IN it an able CO.
operator in their missionary work 1t Is
my wish that all my priests and The laity
entrusted to my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that of the gen
erous founder of The IntermountaiD
Catholic. YOURS sincerely
L. SCANLAE,
Bishop of Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, Oct 2. 1900
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
CARD FROM RTsHnp scANLAN.

/ feel it my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud and
imposition by notifying them from time
and garb Of n priest or sister or anyone
else IS authorized or permitted to solicit
OF collect in this diocese for any purpose
whatever connected with the Catholic
Church without having from me permits
sion in writing bearing my seal and
signature. Should any one be found en-
gagged in doing this unlawful work Of
collecting without such a document he
or she, as the case may be. should be re-
garded by all as a fraud and an imposter.
l.. SCANLAN.
Bishop of Salt Lake.
N-o,, On 1900
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
THE PoPE's ADMoNITIoN.

A Catholic newspaper in a parish is a
perpetual mission. Let all who truly and
society defended by human intellect and
literature should flourish. strive by their
liberality TO guard and protect the
Catholic press, and let every one in pro.
portion to his income support them with
his money and influence for to those
who devote themselves to the Catholic
press we ought by all means to bring
industry viii either have no results o.
uncertain and miserable ones
POPE LEO XIII.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

Chamberlain who not only rrevanted
the visitor from speaking, but drove
him off the platform, and he was only
saved with whole skin by escaping
from side room disguised in the uni
form of bobby" How does this
example of free speech in England suit
Fhe Anglomaniacs of this country?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

The breakup in the presidents cab
met has already begun. A new post
master general and a new secretary of
the treasury will succeed the Mckinley
selections. Gage. the banker, will go;
that's one good change. His successor.
Governor Shaw of Iowa, is a million
aire. but not a banker: that's another
good omen. There is no reason why
banker should not make as good
treasurer as a successful merchant.
only that he carries the bank into the
bureau with him and IS never out of
the atmosphere of per cent. Again
he don't like silver.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
Self Supporting Indians.

THE OBJECT LESSON presented by
the story of Jesuit missions in
Idaho, published elsewhere in this
paper, offers solution of the Indian
problem if the government will take
advantage of the means by which the
Church obtained its conquest over the
children of the forest, These are the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

Some of our contemporaries are max
ing heartless puns over the sale of
Tara's hall There is this consolation,
however. Although its relics be scat
tered to rot and perish like the little
ships that bore Columbus to America,
its memory is as imperishable as the
Irish race and the song which never
dies
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

Alex Gum of Harrington, Kan, aged
lie, ventured out without his muffler
this week, and has gone to his eternal
reward. Clint Houser of Shamol1in,
Pa. aged 1O2, overworked himself feed
ing cattle. and is no more. The old
boys don't seem to be as tough as they
used to be.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

Because General Miles expressed his
opinion rather warmly over The de-
cision of the Schley court ne was
warmly rebuked by the president. The
Rough Riders opinion is that General
Miles opinion should be bottled up Or
sealed Ike the canned beef sold to the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

T. I. Glenn Of Idaho, one of the new
members of congress, says that what
ever success he has attained is due to
his having read when most of his
neighbors slept, or while he was wait
ing the preparation of his meals, as he
seldom had the opportunity to study
during the daytime.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

SIMPSONS attorneys have filed OBJ
jections to The -Schley court OF inquiry.
That part saying Schley was IN com
mana off Santiago does not suit them.
Somebody should put Sampson onto the
meaning OF take q tumble
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

The Christmas edition of the Des-
erct News is the hsndsomest specimen
press in this city. Indeed, no Christ
mas paper coming under our observa-
ton, east or west. can hold candle
with the Christmas Deseret News.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

John Bull expresses a willingness to
arbitrate the differences between Ar
gentina and Chile. Turn about is fair
play. Suppose Argentina and Chile
arhitrate the differences between John
Bull ard the Beers"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

The serial dialogue between the Two
Brothcrs' is Huavoidably omitted this
week. Let US contemplate them dis
cussing turkey with cranberry sauce,
instead Of disputng Calvin With fore
ordination.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

In a race for a kopje the British are
not So swift as racing away from a
llopie. The Beers got there first in
the fight at Tafelkop this week and
done up Damont's cavalry to the
queens taste. Apologies to Wilhelmina
ana Merry Christmas 20 Oom Paul.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

The Welsh Radical. Lloyd George, a
member of the house OF commons, who
IS opposed 10 the Boer war, undertook
the other day to fulfill an engagement
to speak In the Birmingham town hall.
The place was packed by adherents Of
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

John Swinton is dead. He is the man
that started a paper to boost the lowly
and oppressed, who bought all the
other papers except his. It takes
money to boost the lowly and OPP
pressed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

Just enough frost and biting at
mosphere to clear away from our
minds The fear of = far churchyard
with ? green Christmas.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28

There is every indication that the
British government is determined to
conduct a vigorous campaign against
the United Irish League, and Red
mond's speech at Cork is taken to
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
PHIL. CoRCoRAN. ..... Editor
Two of a kind Marconi and Edison.

.Schley Dewey, Miles on the one
hand: Sampson. Crowninshield, Long
on the other. Birds of a feather. etc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-01-30
CHANGE NOW in EFFECT
General Manager Nudge is
the New President; Other
Lines Organized

Tho present trip Of Santa Fe Of
nciala TO the Southwest has caused
much comment in Western railroad
circles. The tour viii result in thu
Santa Fe extending lines, building cut
ons and taking charge Of lines re-
Gently purchased
The Pecos Valley & Northwestern
railroad Is the latest acquisition II
Is 730 miles long andextends from
Amarillo, Texas. to Pecos City, N NJ,
tapping a valley that through irriga-
ton has lately become famous as a
fruit and stock country. James j..
Hagerman and Percy Hagermau,
wealthy ranchmen uf southwestern
New Mexico wee promoters of tho
road but upon the system changing
hands resigned their positions as pres
ident and treasurer respectively II.
u. Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe, was elected president Of the
company and } G. Paul was made
secretary The shops and general Of
fices OF the system have been hlthcr.
to at Roswell. n. NJ, but when the
Santa ne assumed charge they were
moved to Amarillo, Texas.
The other elections and appoint
nients taking effect were as follows:
Vice president, D. H. Nichols; traffic
manager and secretary, Don A. Sweet;
auditor, A t. Conrad; superintendent,
G.. G. starkweather In a speech be-
fore the Roswell Commercial club,
President Ripley, OF the Santa Fe,
said that that system would try to
make the Pccos Valley more product.
i've than ever II IS thought the line
will be extended from Roswell to El
Paso and to Albuquerque, n. NJ
The organization OF the South Kan
sas Railway company OF Texas, the
Pecos River Railroad company and
the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway
company also took place ct Amarillo,
Texas, The oni,'lls are the same as
those OF the PccUs Valley The gener
al offices division headquarters ana
machine shops for the combined lines
have been established az Amarillo
The officials win not return before the
middle OF the week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-01-30
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