The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-12

Truth society to contradict officially
Curtis remarks in reference to the Catn-
Ole religion in Norway and Sweden. He
boldly informs his readers that there are
but three Catholic churches in that ma
ton.
We have before us the official cata-
logue of the new diocese OF norway
Sweden, the creation of which IS one OF
the glories of the reign of Pope Leo
There are churches in Christlana, Aiten'
Bergen Chrisctionstad. Doammen, Fred
erickshold, FrederickStad, HammerflSt,
Horstad Porsgrund, Straxanger, Fromso
ard Frondhjem. ,
There are also thirteen houses of reng-
ious women, who, in schools, hoSpltalS
and asylums are doing the noble ana
apostolic work of victims of divine love
in whose faces dawns the light OF a pet
ter. a new and second spring OF Catn 1I}ls
faith in the far northland, SO long cIl! il'l
by the depressing winter of Professionalism
The Catholic heart rejoices In the reVlNaI
of faith and devotion in Norway as
victory of the Sacred Heart Of jesus
The New World.
The various religious communities of
women throughout the country are
warned to &c of the watch for a shrewd
swindler who was operating at the close
of last week in his city. His scheme is
new bold and despicable, and was worked
with some profit in st. Louis. AS his
operations here were confined to the
houses of the Sisters, it is presumed that
terS, therefore, are cautioned to be on the
lookout for him.
In this city he called at two or three
of the converts showing from Bishop
Spaiding a letter of Introduction which
bore the latter's seal. This, of course,
gave him an unquestioned hearing and
made the perpetration of his fraud
quite easy. Next followed an eXplana-
ton of his mission. The Sisters were
informed that he was a lawyer and had
been commissioned to pay them sum
of money left them by deceased
client. A most welcome mission, in
deed.
Thereupon check for the amount was
handed over. AS he had been at some
expense, however, in the matter, OF
course his service was deserving of some
compensation He appreciated That the
Sisters needed the money and consequent
ly only made the sum a nominal charge
sum. surely, in return for $500 or $1,000
In the two cases brought to our notlce
he secured the first named sum. rms
closed the transaction and the scoundrel
took his departure. When the cneckS
were sent to the bank the good Sisters
learned that they had been swindled:
We would, therefore, urge our religious
communities of Sisters everywhere to De
on their guard. If so, this admonltlon
will be sufficient for their protection;
Should the degraded fraud call on any OF
them they will be doing the country and
many police officials a special favor by
I
nope that this may occur that we send
out this warning.-The Church Progress.
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At labor meeting in Paterson. y. j.,
the other day, a man named McGrath
was chairman. 1t was the first meeting
of a number of strikers since the recent
riots. The strikers had been charged
with anarchistic tendencies. Chairman
McGrath denied that they had any such
affiliations. I'VE are. not anarchists,
said the chairman. A few voices replied,
I'VE are" II am not an anarchist re-
turned the chairman, ''for / am a Cath
Ole. and here are my credentials" and
as he spoke he held aloft crucifiX. His
striking declaration resulted in order and
the grant of the attention of his auditors
to a strong speech in favor of the main
tenance of public order. Well done, NC
Grathi You certainly had the credentials
that should inspire respect for authority
and public order: If the workingmen of
America paid more attention to the cruci-
fix there would not be so much disorder
when they choose to quit work to enforce
the demands which they make upon their
employers. The spirit of McGrath is the
spirit which the bishop and the priests of
Buffalo are seeking to instil into the
Catholic workingmen of America. not
spirit of hostility to unions, but of hoStil-
ity to license. disorder, and excess.-The
Michigan Catholic.
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The Pilot, which always receives the
best poetry, publishes in the present is
sue three remarkably fine pieces of verse,
and, by a curious coincidence, all of them
are written by priests. Father Dollard
has long been well known as writer OF
ringing ballads; Fathers Mccoy and KEEL
ley are newer in the field, but both strike
the unmistakable note of genuine poetry.
so hard to define, so easy to recognize
when it is heard. 1t is a rare pleasure
to say this to them now, at the begin
ming, instead of years hence. when they
used IN haa RING III .t