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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Fmerson,s Faunrite

The Confessions of St Augustine"
was one of the books which were most
precious to Emerson. The spirituality
and the lofty philosophy of the saint
OF HIPPO appealed to what was best
and most unsatisfied in the soul of the
modern mystic. Il have a precious lit
Tie old book" Emerson wrote of the
Confession to a friend. that might
go into Alexander's casket with the
Iliad IT was +rans1otad ON
years ago, in the golden time when all
translations seemed to have the fire
OF original works. You shall not be
alarmed at my zeal for your reading.
You shall only try your fortune in If.
Some cloudy morning when you can
not ride, read twenty lines and send it
back without criticism l push the
little antiquity toward you merely out
OF gratitude to some golden words I
read in it last summer. What better
oblation could offer the saint than the
opportunity of new proselyte? It
happens US once in a lifetime to be
drunk with some book which probably
mas some extraordinary relative power
to lntoxlcate us and none other
Ihere are number of cultured
catholics" who make Emerson himself
fad. Why is it they cannot enioy
the books he liked? Today, if one of
fers to lend ''The Confessions" to one
of those people, he is blandly told that
they do not care to read lives of the
saints. They do not know what it is
they are thrusting aside. -CathoIic
Citizen.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Name Will Sound Natural.

Archbishop SpaIding will sound nat
ural again in the church in America.
if the cable message from Rome, under
date of Oct. g. announcing the ap-
pointment of the Rt. Rev John Ian
caster Spalding, D. D., bishop of Pc
oria, to the archiepiseopal see of Chi
cago, be accurate. His uncle, Bishop
Martin John Spalding, named in the
preceding paragraph, after sixteen
years in the diocese of Louisville, was
promoted in 1864 to the archbishopric
of Baltimore, being the seventh in its
illustrious line-and ruled it wisely un
til his death in 1872. Like his distin-
guished nephew, he welded vigorous
pen, as his Sketches of Kentucky
his native state-his ''Miscellanea" and
other works attest. Bishop Spalding
of Peoria was the first choice for arch
bishop both of the priests of the arch
diocese of Chicago and the bishops OF
the province, so there is every reason
to believe that the good news is au-
thentic-PilOt
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Archbishop Kain's Health.

western Watchman: We have kept
our readers fully and fairly informed
about the condition of Archbishop
kain's health from the time = first
showed signes of collapse some months
ago. The sensational dispatches THAI
have gone out from this city have Icit
the impression abroad THAI lis grace
of st. Louis is sick unto death. and tnat
the end may be expected at any time.
The latter sta ement might be truth
fully made Of the best of us. We shall
give our readers all the facts bearing
on the subject.
Professor Osler examined the arch
bishop in Baltimore last February. He
then pronounced him a man whose
hard work was done, but who by care
could live many years and do a fair
share of labor. This eminent authority
on nervous and arterial diseases was in
this city last week, having been in
vited by the Medical associati ton to de-
liver a lecture on Beaumont. While
here he visited Archbishop Kain, and
after a long and thorough examination
he stated that his grace was a stronger
and healthier man than when he had
examined him six months before. This
was very cheering news to our venerat-
ed metropolitan, all the more so as but
a week before he had suffered what to
him appeared a serious setback. This
has proved only a passing phase of the
complaint, and since the day of Pre-
fessor Osler's visit the archbishop has
felt unusually we'll; has said mass
every morning and resumed the reci-
tatiOn of his Office.
We stated last week that Archbishop
Kain would not attend the meeting of
the archbishops. We had not seen him
for a fortnight and based our statement
on what his grace had said of his fu-
ture intentions on a previous visit. We
were too hasty. Archbishop Kain will
attend the meeting of the archbishops
and has arranged to take part in sew
eral public functions announced in con-
nection with that meeting. 1t was not
his graces intention to do any official
work in future; but he feels so sure Of
himself now that he has promised to
assist at the dedication of the Italian
church and two or three other long
public functions next month.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.

IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
court of the State of Utah. in and for the
County of Salt Lake. Stephen S. Servis,
plaintiff vs.. P. T. ElweIl J. w. Losh.
Mary Losh his wife Salt Lake City, a
municipal corporation, and Salt Lake
County municipal corporation, defend
ants. summons.
The State of Utah to the said defend
ants: You are herebv summoned to ap-
pear within twenty days after the serv-
ice of this summons upon you. if served
within the county in which this action
is brought otherwise within thirty days
in case of YOUR failure so to do judgment
will be rendered against YOU according to
the demand of the complaint herein, Of
which COPY is herewith served uDoi,
YOU. EDWARD MGURRIN
Attorney for Plaintiff
P. O. address. 4O6 Atlas building, Salt
Lake CITY Utah.
First publication. Sept. q, 1902,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Church Attendance.

The Chicago Record Herald some
time ago undertook to count the at
tendants at church on an average Sun
day. The count was made on the oath
of August. with the result that 6S ,1S9
people were found attending 125 places
OF worship. This seemed to be a very
small attendance in q city of the mag
nitude of Chicago, and it was said that
the count was made at a time when so
many churchgoers were still in the
country. The Herald last Sunday made
another count and found 257. .431 people
attending 23S churches.
The figures given show that the larg-
est church attendance is found among
the Catholics. There were no less than
207,765 numbers of this denomination
in attendance. while the next largest
only footed up to 1922. This number
was reached by the Lutherans Meth
odiests, Presbyterians Baptists, Con-
gTegationalists and others fell below
even this number The only conclusion
possible from the figures given is, that
church attendance is becoming obsolete
among the inhabitants Of Chicago. ex-
cept as far as the influence of the
Catholic church reaches.
This is passing strange. Protestant
speakers used to criticize the Catholic
services as containing too many cere-
iiOAAAtSf dlil giving LOO 4lIIle time TO
the intellectual pabulum furnished by
the pulpit. Professionalism undertook
to remedy this defect, by making the
sermon the center of attraction of the
services, and all else incidental to il
Professionalism made little of music and
ritual and more of the reading and ex-
pounding of the scriptures. Is it pos
sible that after so long a test. the
churchgoers turn away weary from
the platitudes Of the Protestant Dulni+
to the more imposing ceremonies of the
Catholic sanctuaries? What other
conclusion must be drawn from tha
fact that of a total Of churcheoere
counted on one Sunday, 2O7. .765 were
found in Catholic churches. fiftv-siv in
all, while all the other places of wor-
ship, Ia in all, furnished only 40 $3.50
The figures may not be quite fnfaIljhla
The census may have been taken unon
day when the attendance was below
the average, but even if they are only
Approximately correct, they indicate q
condition which Professionalism oueht
to consider seriously. Where is fhe
sense in raising millions of dollars for
the conversion of pagans. while tbe
churches at home are standing emntv9
-Deseret News (Mormon).
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
A Blessed Bud.

IL Is custom of the Dominicans on the
iestlVal of the Holy Rosary-as was evi.
oenceG last year in the chapel of tn,
Catholic Guild House. Philadelphia-tC
Dless quantity of natural roses which
are afterward scattered before the Blessed
sacrament as it is carried professionally
through the church.
Out Of a letters folds, today
(SWeer pages fond from a friend afar),
"A yellow rosebud dropped away,
And fell in my lap like a fallen star.
Faded but fragrant. yet: ah, me-
A perfume still from its heart was
What should the tinv flow ret be
But one of st. Domlnic's Roses blesti
One of the delicate radiant hoard
st. Dominic's joy to see
Strewn in the path Of their hidden LORD
On our Lady's feast of the Rosary;
AS. up and down thro' the solemn aisles.
The Sacred Host by the priest is borne
-Ah! surely the Queen of the Rosary
smiles
Her brightest smile on that blessed
morn
The gladstone dew of her limpid eyes,
The spotless snow of her brow divine,
The gold of her hair. and the velvet guise
Of her blushing cheek in the roses shine,
Till the blossoms falling. one by one,
In odorous mass at the Monarch's feet,
Are beauteous types to the royal Son
OF His Mother. the Rose of Sharon
sweet!
o bud from that CARPET of orient bloom!
presse my lips to thy petals fair:
A blessing turks in thy faint perfume
And the breath of thy leaves is full OF
prayer.
Close to nv heart. sweet treasure, lie
Each restless pulse in thine odors steep
Till nv soul is filled with thy balm, and !
Am bathed in calm divine and deep!
Then, on my knees. / shall bend to say
Grateful and glad to my far-off friend:
''The rose of st. Dominic blooms today
And the Life of it's life shall never endr'
Eleanor c. Donnelly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Catholic Union 1nhilae

Quincy, Ills, Oct. 15-The silver tubi-
lee convention of the Western Catho-
lie union commenced here today. Large
delegations are present from Aurora,
Joliet. Rock Island, Peoria, Springfield
and other cities. The Western Catholic
union is a fraternal insurance society
Of the Catholic church, and now has a
membership of 5000 in Illinois, divided
between sixty-nine branches. Joliet
was awarded the banner for the great
est increase in membership in the last
year. This afternoon there was a pa
rade of all the delegates and the local
branches.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Pope as Astronomer

The Holy Father still takes keen
interest in astronomy. AS far back as
1881 he published a brief, giving his
consent that the observatory in the
Leonine tower, which he had perfected.
should take its part in the task of
making an accurate photograph of the
entire starry heavens. He has kept
IN current with this great project, and
Is now pleased to learn that his OBJ
serVatory was not tagging behind the
rest. The three plates now in process
OF being completed contain over 5000
stars of the fourteenth magnitude and
oyer.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
The Presidents Picture.

The Sisters of Charity at st. Vim
cents hospital, indianapolis, have re-
ceived large photograph of Presi-
dent Roosevelt who was a patient at
the intitution for a few hours during
his recent visit. The president prom
ised to send the photograph while he
was at the hospital. With it came
the picture the president wrote: ITO
the Sisters of st. Vincent's hospital,
with the grateful regards of their pa
tient, the president. President Roose-
velt, Oct l, 1902" The picture will be
hung in the reception room
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Death of an Aged Colored sacrigtan.

New Orleans, Oct f3.-Louis Colin
Nicholas, the colored sacristan of ST.
Augustine's church. died yesterday.
aed 80. He came of an old New Or
leans family of free people of color and
devoted his whole life to religious
work. He became an acolyte in 1924,
being the only negro boy ever accepted
for that place. He became sexton of
st. Mary's church in 1892, and in 1872
sacristan of st. Augustine's. During
his fffty-five years of service he never
missed day at that church. The title
of sacristan of St. Augustine was given
him by Pope Plus TX when he visited
Rome thirty years ago. When 81 years
old he was compelled to retire from
active work
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Letter From MARTYR McKinnon

Letter From Martyr McKinnon.
st. Paul, Oct 16.-Archbishop Ireland
has received a letter from Rev. Will
liam McKinnon of Manila, who died
before his letter had reached its des-
tlnation. Father McKinnon was a mar
tyr to his own zeal and loyalty to duty.
Exhausted from devoted attendance
upon cholera patients during the recent
epidemic in Manila, this heroic priest at
length fell a victim to the plague and
died at his post of duty.
AS chaplain of the First regiment,
California volunteers, Father McKin-
| non went to the islands almost in the
beginning of American occupation and
] remained until the time Of his tragic
! death. During that time he took a
prominent part in establishing the SOW
! ereignty of the United States, having
been charged at the outset with the re-
organization of the school system and
holding to the end of his life a place
on the Manila school board.
Following is part of the letter. which
is dated Sept. 2, 1902, and addressed to
the Most Dear Reverend Archbishop:"
Your interview was much appreciat-
ed by all here. 1 enclose a clipping
from the Manila American with regard
to it.
THE way in which our government
was being abused at home made me al
! most ashamed to ask any favors for the
church here, but your interview will
show that the Catholic body is not back
of those attacks.
Governor Taft is the idol of the peo-
pie of these islands, and Vice Governor
Wright is next in favor and abuse of
them by our Catholic papers at home
mas done much injury to the church
here.
The cholera is still raging here, and
1 am pretty well tired out
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
A Correction

The information given in our last
issue regarding the beatification of
Rev. Father Seelos was culled from a
usually reliable exchange. says the
Cathohc Register. 1t appears to have
contained several errors. which q rev
erend friend kindly corrects. as fol-
lows:
Editor Catholic Register:
Your notice about the process of
qualification of Rev. Francis Xavier
Seelos, c. SIS. r., is full of mistakes.
First his name is not Solon, but Seelos;
secondly, the Redemptorist Fathers
are not monks; thirdly, Father Seelos
died Of yellow fever Oct. 4, 1867, not
1885. The taking Of testimony in the
preliminary process was begun in Bal
timore, continued in Pittsburg and st.
Louis and New Orleans and viii be for
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Seeley's History of Education,
Ridpath's History of the World,
Hubert Howe Bancroft's The New
Pacific, and
The Works of ]. G. Abbott
Upon the authority of Mr.. J. Walter
Reid we have it that it will be we'll for
Catholic readers to give such works a
wide berth. Because, as history. they
are unreliable as information, worth
less and as reference they are false. If
they could be given stronger condemna-
tion it would be difficult to know how
to characterize the same.-Church Pro-
greSS.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Irish Girls Adopt Religious Life.

London, Oct. 19.-Thirty- three young
Irish girls OF good families have lust
sailed for Brisbane Queensland, where
they will join the All Hallows convent
with view to becoming Sisters of
Mercy. They came from different parts
of Ireland, all of them having made up
their minds to adopt a religious life.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
German Protest Against Public schol

New York, Oct. 19.-Over 400 German
Catholics, representing fifty German
catholic organizations in the German
Catholic Staatsverband of the state of
New York, met in the church of Our
Lady of Sorrows today and endorsed
resolutions of protest against the pub-
lie schools of the United States and the
exclusion of friars from the Philippines.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Jot These Down.

1t might also be well for our people
to jot down the names of a few other
books which they should not buy. We
say jot them down, because it will not
do to trust too much in this particular
to memory. They should see to it that
on the list is;
The international Cyclopedia.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Estate of J. Hayes Cook, deceased.
Creditors will present claims with vouch-
ers to the undersigned at the office of
Edward McGurrin. 406 Atlas building,
Salt Lake City. Utah. on or before the
18th day of January, A. D. 1903.
CLARISSA WHITEHILL,
Administrative of the Estate of J. Hayes
Cook. deceased
EDWARD MGURRIN,
Attorney.
First publication Sept. 13, 1902. It.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

BY his will the late Francis Dugan of
New York City leaves $1,000 to the
Church of St. John the Evangelist; to
Apostle, $1,000, to be used by him in char
ity as he sees fit, and to the Sisters of
the Poor of st. Francis, the sum of $1,000.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

A generous benefactor has donated two
beautiful altars to the Church of st. An
thony at Washington, D. c. The same
person has also given a statue cf the
Blessed Virgin and one of st. Anthony,
which will shortly arrive from Europe.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Rev. Francis Kensel of Boston has re-
written his play, pilates Daughter, -
which, contrary to rumor he has not dis
posed of, and it will be given again later
in the season
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Ground has been broken for the new
st. GATHERINGS church in Baltimore. It's
Romanesque style of architecture. The
basement will be used for hall purposes.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

A number of applications for authoriza-
ton by religious orders will be laid be-
fore the French chamber next session.
M, Combes, however, will previously
make use of the opportunity offered by
interpretations to express the opinion of
the government on the subject.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Subscriptions are being taken up for
the rebuilding of the church at Zachary,
La. The same was recently blown down
in storm before completion.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Two postulants and nine novices pro-
nounced their vows the other day at the
Convent of the Holy Trinity, in New
Orleans.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

AS a result of the recent mission given
in Des Moines, Ia, by the Paulist Fa-
theirs about twenty-five persons have ex-
pressed a desire to become Catholics.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

A parish for Portuguese Catholics, OF
whom there are 10000 in New Bedford
Mass, has been organized in that place.
church will be erected next spring.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

The regular fall conference of the bish-
ops Of the Cincinnati province was held
at the residence of Archbishop Elder on
Wednesday last.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

At Naples the periodical miracle of the
liquefaction of the blood Of St JanarluS rs
took place in the cathedral on Sept 19
before congregation of 1900 persons, in
cluding several French pilgrims. Inc
miracle was announced as usual by sac
lutte of twenty-one guns from the 1orts Oh
ST. Elmo.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Brother Phillips Doran, the Oldest in
mate of Gethsemane monastery at Bards-
vanced age of 95. Death was the result
of fall in which his skull was crushed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

At Massillon, O., a few days ago Rev.
Father Kacrupker baptized twelve chill
dren during the course of one morning.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

According to official statistics recently
published in Rome, the city was visited
grims. $1,000 of this number being Eng
lish speaking.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25
Church
Universal.

I warded from the ecclesiastical court
of Baltimore to Rome and submitted
to the sacred congregation of rites.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

At San Giovanni. a village close by vi
emma. Austria, at the annual religious
fete, Americans were surprised to hear
the strains of a Sousa two-step played IN
the solemn procession of robed bishops
and priests.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

The handsome new pipe organ donated
to st. James church. Pittsburg, Pa, by
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. has arrived and is
being placed in position.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Verv Rev. Father Daugherty, S. J.,
president of Georgetown college, recently
dedicated in Chicago q chapel erected on
the estate of the Hon. p. ODonnell, an
old Georgetown student. In Milwaukee
the Wisconsin society of Georgetown
alumni rendered him a banquet at the
Pfister hotel
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

The Catholic Institute of New Orleans
was organized not only to continue the
work of the Catholic winter school, but
also to construct and maintain building
which shall be the home and headquarters
of the various Catholic societies in that
city
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

The king of England sent to the sover-
eign pontiff a large gold medal IN mem
orv of the coronation The pontiff was
touched by this tender remembrance on
the part of the English sovereign
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

A new church. costing $4,000, will soon
be commenced at Matthews. Ind.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

st. Roses beautiful new church in New
York city is almost completed. 1t will
most likely be dedicated early next
month
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

On Monday a drunken soldier of the
Sixth United States infantry broke into
the church at st. Mary's, Kan. and did
about $500 damage. The vestments were
torn. soaked with water and scattered
about while the sanctuary was strewn
with broken IMAGES and furniture.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

Fourteen handsome paintings and the
stations which will adorn the walls of
the Sacred Heart church at Dayton, O.,
have all been donated by members of the
congregation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

The recently completed parochial pri-
mary school of the Church of the Sacred
Heart in Bloomfield. N. J.. which was
nnaped
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

The new hall built by the Catholic
Knights of America at Lake Charles,
La. has been most ausDiciously dedi-
Gated. The principal address was deliv-
cred by Hon. S. o. Shattuck
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

national Association of Fire Chiefs, held
recently in New York. the Rev. William
st. Elmo Smith. S. P. M. of st. Vim
cent de Paul's (French) church, New
York. and chaplain of the fire depart
ment in that city, opened the convention
by prayer and also made an address on
the duties of chaolains and the spiritual
needs of the firemen. which was received
with great applause.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-25

The Sailors club house at Charlestown,
Mass. which is supported by the sodal-
lists has had an overhauling during the
summer and is now ready for the winter.