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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1902-07-05

cause of total abstinence. The Total
Abstinence Society connected with this
church is one of the oldest and most
influential in the State. The pastor takes
personal interest in the work. He
does not go about abusing those who
keep saloons, but rather by moral suasion
endeavors to gather into the total absti-
nence fold those who recognize that it is
not safe for them to use intoxicants in
any form. In every congregation there
! are many such. Father Kelly has been
the means of saving many of these. The
entire work of Father Kelly in New
Albany has been such that every member
of his flock appreciates and loves him,
and he is besides held in high esteem by
the entire non-Catholic population of
New Albany.
Besides the church there is now one of
the largest and most commodious school
buildings in the city, conducted by the
Sisters and attended by hundreds of chill
dren. 1t is in this building that Holy Trim
ity Hall is located. Here the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and other societies
of Catholics hold their meetings, fairs
and other entertainments take place and
commandments are held. The hall has
seating capacity of perhaps 500.
The congregation includes many of
New Albany's foremost citizens, and it is
safe to say they will arrange for jubilee
celebration never before equaled in Indi-
ana.
And in connection with the foregoing
it should also be stated that Holy Trinity
congregation have been among the most
earnest workers for St. Edwards new
hospital, the pride of Indiana.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1902-07-05
Congregation Will Soon Cele-
brate the Fiftieth Ami
versary.
When Built Was the Largest
and Finest Church Over
the River.
FIRST PASTOR A REMARKABLE man

The Rev. John B. Kelly, rector of Holy
Trinity church, has just completed i'm
portant improvements on the venerable
edifce which was built fifty years ago by
the early settlers of Floyd county, who
were mostly Catholics. With the per-
mission of the Right Rev. Bishop, Father
Kelly will probably celebrate the golden
jubilee on the first Sunday in October or
whereabouts.
Holy Trinity church was regarded as
extravagant in the days when it was
built. 1t is of brick, of large dimensions,
and is as good today as when it was put
up. Recently Father Kelly has made it
look like new by having an imitation
stone coating put over it. This coating
is of Portland cement, and under new
process looks like rough cut stone. The
church has been improved in many other
ways by the recent addition of new pews,
new organ and many other interior
embellishments, all of which reflect
credit on the reverend rector and his
congregation. Father Kelly is worker,
and when he calls for aid his people
respond.
The first priest at Holy Trinity was a
very remarkable man. He was the Rev.
Joseph Neyron, priest, physician, traveller
and man of letters. He died few years
ago while serving at the Notre Dame
University as professor in that famous
college. He lived to be ninety-six. In
his youth he was attached to Napoleon s
army. Being physician and famous
surgeon, people from all parts of Indiana
and Kentucky came to him sixty years
or more ago during his residence in New
Albany for medical and surgical treat
ment, and he gave the early doctors in
New Albany and the surrounding coun-
try much valuable information about the
theory and practice of medicine and
surgery.
When Father Neyron built the church
he did it mostly with his own means, as
money was very scarce in these times
and when he left New Albany the con
gregation owed him many thousands Of
dollars. He made an agreement with
the congregation that he would moi
exact the principal if they would pay
him an annuity of several hundred dol
lars a year during his lifetime. This
agreement was readily entered into and
Father Neyron continued to draw the
annuity until the time of his death al
rinety-six.
The present rector has made a reputa
tion all over Indiana as promoter of thu
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1902-07-05

hotel which is attached to it. There is
litigation now going on about the prop
erty in which several Louisville people
are interested. The Croghan heirs now
all live in California.
The Mammoth Cave Hotel which was
built in 1912 by DIR. Croghan still stands,
and is part of the present hotel. 1t was
a log cabin. After 1912 it became appar-
ent that the first log house would not be
large enough to accommodate the guests,
and DIR. Croghan added another log
house, and later on still another log
house. All of these are still standing,
but are weatherboarded over, and
veranda extends along the entire distance
of the first houses.
The Willard Hotel property at one
time belonged to the Croghans, and was
known as the Croghan House before 1t
was called the Willard. 1t was pro-
nounced "Crawn," while the correct
pronunciation of the name is supposed to
be "Crogan."
Mammoth Cave is regarded as one of
the wonders of the world in Europe, and
an Irishman built the first hotel there.
In some future time the Louisville and
Nashville railroad may make the place
more popular than it is now with Louis
vile people. 1t is a rare thing to hear
Louisville people talk of the cave or
evince any particular interest in it.
The descendants of DIR. Croghan are
not as enterprising as the original pro-
prietor, who foresaw that popular resort
could be made of the place if it were
properly attended to. 1t was for this
reason that the owner made provision
in his will that the cave should be man.
aged by one member of his family and
the hotel by another, and that the &C
counts should be kept separately. This
is the cause of the present litigation.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1902-07-05
CHARITY CLUB MEETING.
Members Rise in a Body to
Shake Hands With
Themselves.

The St. Louis Charity Club met Mon
day evening to hear the reports of the
various committees and ascertain the
result of the picnic which was given at
Riverview Park on June "a. A smile
could be seen lurking around the mouth
of President Hennessy as each member
cashed up for tickets, and when Treas
urer Walsh announced that he had $500
clear the club rose in body and shook
hands with itself. The reasons for their
their initial entertainment, and the
amount cleared shows the hearty support
the club received from its friends.
Secondly, the club was handicapped by
the operetta produced only few weeks
before under the management of the
Choral Society, which cleared 1925, both
societies working in the same territory.
The third and best was -rie preniS
was social success, every one who at
tended it expressing themselves we'll
pleased, especially with the dining room,
which was in charge of Mrs. Judge John
Mccain, assisted by Mesdames Hannah,
Meagher, Strasner, Motschmann, Jami-
son, Rohrman, Schoneman and Law
renee Wagner, also by bevy of the most
charming young ladies in the southern
part of the city, comprising Misses Eliza
and Anna Harmon, Ada Mccain, Lilly
Gordon, Anna Belle Duficy, Nora
Ahern, Mary O'Malley, Rose Deepen,
Catherine Gieske, Emma Deepen, Ger
trude Colgan, Ella Lenihan, Margaret
Hoertz, Mollie Cody and a number of
others who we're so busy attending to the
wants of their friends that they had not
time to give their names to the reporter.
William Harmon contributed greatly to
the success of the dining-room.
Another feature of the picnic was the
number of "old boys" who came down
to help as we'll as to show the youeger
fellows how they ran picnics in the olden
times, noticeably Jos. F. Wagner, Mike
Hogan and Jos. Cole, while among the
younger men Willirm Best, Michael Nc
Dermott, Dave Reilly, Charley Callahan,
James Keneally and Pat Keefe showed
themselves to be able and willing work.
ers. One of the features not on the pro-
gramme was the active efforts of
"Farmer" Crotty to keep the "hobos"
on the move, but they found the "farmer"
to be Johnny on the spot"
Mr.. Dave Burke. assisted by John
Moriarty and John Grogan, saw that the
dancers enjoyed themselves to the limit
in this respect. The manner in which
Commodore Imorde lured the ladies to
the wheel of fortune, and then induced
them to part with their money, showed
him to be very attractive young man
indeed. Imorde should go into politics
as he talked for four hours without stop
ping, which should entitle him to al
least State Senatorship. The pie-eating
match was won by Willie Fitzgerald.
An engrossed certificate of his ability in
this direction will be presented Willie by
the club.
At the meeting Monday night the Club
returned rising vote of thanks to the
ladies and gentlemen who had helped to
make the affair both social and inan.
cial success, and to the Kentucky Irish
American for the courtesy shown the
club in its columns.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1902-07-05
ENEMY OF HOME.

Too much business is the enemy of the
home. Men are so pressed that they are
up late and early, toiling day and night
trying to keep their heads above water.
The result is the family is deprived of
their presence and the home is left DESC
late when the man of the house is away.
Nothing distresses a woman more than
to feel that she is neglected. An enemy
Of our happiness enters the home when
the man who could make it a place Of
Joy to all comes only at meal times,
swallows without eating his hasty
lunch, and Is off again to return nc
more perhaps until late hour at tn,
night.
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Something About Their Work
and What They Are
Doing.
Church of the Immaculate Con-
ceptiOn One of the Oldest
in the City.
SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS

The German population of Louisville
is veiy large, and of this nationality a
very considerable portion is Catholic.
OF the thirty-one Catholic churches in
the city the German tongue is used in
the pulpit in five, and in three others the
members are mostly made up of Ger
mans. The churches are among the
finest in the city and the congregations
are composed of some of the leading
business and professional men of Louis
vile. One of the finest churches in
Kentucky is the new st. Boniface church
at Green and Jackson streets. 1t is
served by the Franciscan Fathers and
the Very Rev. Paul ALT is rector. There
is monastery connected with the
church, and Father ALI is also its guard
ian or superior. The church has very
large membership.
Another branch of the Franciscan
order, known as the Miner Conventuals
or Black Franciscans, conduct two large
congregations in the western part of the
city-St. Anthony's, on Market street
between Twenty and Twenty
third, and st. Peters, 1908 Southgate
street. Father Leo Greulich is the rector
of St. Anthony's. He has one of the
finest churches in the city, and his con-
gregation is made up of well-to-do
people. The church is now undergoing
extensive improvements, the interior
being frescoed and one of the finest
organs in the city is being built. The
choir of this church is one of the largest
in the city. Rev. Jerome Preisser is the
rector of St. Peters on Southgate street.
His church is also one of the best at
tended of any of the German congrega-
tons.
The Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception, on Eighth and Grayson streets, is
one of the oldest churches in the city.
1t is attended by Germans who reside in
the central part of the city. The Rev.
B. H. Westermann is the rector. This
church has fine schools and is altogether
one of the most prosperous congregations
in the city.
St. Vincent de Paul's parish is one of
the largest in the city, embracing that sec
ton known as Germantown. Rev. Father
Ohle, the pastor, is an untiring worker
and jealous priest. This congregation
maintains fine parochial school, where
nearly thousand children are being edu-
Gated.
St. Martins church. 1903 Shelby street,
is now receiving thorough overhauling.
and will have stone front which will
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8, leave for Denver to attend the national
convention of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans. The other representative from
Kentucky is Judge Shine, and the men,
bership in this city are anxious that State
Secretary James Coleman also attend.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1902-07-05
Were Among the Sturdy PiO-
neers Who First Settled
in Kentucky.
Sons of Erin Preceded Daniel
Boone i'm the Bluegrass
Section.
RECORD And DEEDS TO BRAG OF

says he always likes to brag on the glo-
rious Fourth, and adds that every Ameri-
can should do little of it on that day,
the greatest day in the American calendar.
Irishmen had much to do with the
early settlement of Kentucky, and many
of the descendants of the so-called first
families" are of Irish extraction. They
were among the first to celebrate this
greatest of American holidays i'll the
Ozark and Bloody Ground" Some of
the descendants of these pioneers are not
classed among the Irish of today. They
are enormously called Scotch-Irish by
those who do not know better.
''Who fears to claim the Irish manner
Who will forswear his blood?
Who holds in shame the deeds of fame
OF Emmett, Grattan. Flood2
Their hearts held true through death and
rue,
Through death and sore disgrace,
Then who'll forget the boundless debt
We owe our Irish racer"
One year before the declaration of in
dependence Hugh Shannon, Patrick Jor-
dan, John Haggin and other Irishmen
settled in the region about Lexington,
now known as the Bluegrass. A year
afterward they heard of the battle of Lex
ington, and named their settlement after
that famous contest with the British.
No mention is made by early historians
that they were Scotch. Some of these
might have been Presbyterians, but they
were Irish just the same. 1t is evident
that they were patriots, else they would
not have named their settlement after the
place where the British met with defeat.
On June "a, 1878, Gen. George Rogers
Clark started from what is now called
Louisville with his "arny" of 10 men
to reduce the British posts at Kaskaskia
and Vincennes. In his command were
seventy privates and eighteen officers
who bore Irish names.
Daniel Boone, in IT'S, found near what
is now Harrodsburg, the Oldest settlement
in Kentucky, Hugh McGarry, Thomas
Hogan and their families.
Bishop Spalding, in his notes on Ken
lucky, mentions that the first physician
and the first school teacher were Catho-
lies. DIR. Hart was the physician and
Mrs. Coomes the school teacher.
1t is we'll to recall these things on the
glorious Fourth that Irish-Americans can
point with pride to the part men of their
blood and faith took in the settlement of
their State and country. There are not
as many Irishmen in Kentucky now in
proportion to population as there were in
the days of the Revolution and imme-
diately thereafter. Many Irish soldiers
settled in Kentucky on lands which were
decided to them by the Government for
their services in getting rid of the yoke
of the British. The valor of these pio-
neers should be recalled on the Fourth,
"lest we forget that Irishmen were
largely instrumental in making the cele-
bration of this day possible.
Like Senator Depew, we feel little
like Dragging on the glorious Fourth, but
when we come to look up the history of
the Irish pioneers in Kentucky we find
no necessity for doing so, for the bare
facts simply told is sufficient.
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TO INCREASE CIRCULATION.
Provisions Of Representative Fowler's
Currency Bill.

Representative Fowler, chairman Of the
House committee on banking and currency,
has introduced a bill in the House Of Rep
resentatives which was drawn by him in
accordance with the views Of the republican
members expressed at recent conferences
and which will be urged instead Of the cur
rency bill reported to the House at the last
session. The bill provides that any ma
tional bank may, with the approval of the
controller Of the currency, take out for
issue and circulation an amount Of national
bank notes not exceeding % per cent Of it's
paid-up and unimpaired capital, without
deposting United States bonds with the
United States treasury in the manner pro-
vided by existing law.
That said national bank notes shall be
furnished by the United States at the ex-
pense of the respective banks issuing them,
and shall be In the denominations of ten
dollars and multiples thereof.
That before any national hank shall re-
ceive any Of the bank notes referred to In
this act, it shall first deposit in the treas
ury Of the United States az guaranty OF
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the payment thereof an amount of United
States bonds or gold coin, or both, equal to
8 per cent Of the amount of the notes SO
taken out, and such deposit shall be counted
as part Of the lawful reserve of said bank
against said notes. The interest upon said
bonds shall be paid to the bank SO deposit
ing them and II said bank shall retire said
circulation or any portion thereof. an
amount of bonds or gold coin, or both
equal to per cent OF the notes so retired.
shall be returned to said bank: Provided
however, that IL 1t should be necessary to
sell said bonds for the purposes defined in
this act, the Secretary Of the Treasury is
hereby authorized to dispose of the same
and use the proceeds in accordance with
the provisions Of law herein contained"
A tax OF one-Quarter of one per cent Is to
be paid on the LIST days Of January and
July Of each year In gold on the average
amount of such notes in circulation during
the preceding six months, which tax, to-
gether with the per cent deposited, shall
constitute a guarantee fund.
The bill provides that these notes shall be
a lien upon the assets Of the banks issuing
them.
Provision Is made for the redemption of
the notes and the protection of the United
States in case a bank falls
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ands, which include accounts of the towns
and inhabitants industries. resources, trans
portation facilities. meteorological condf-
tons military conditions. etc. Most of these
reports represent the inhabitants az peace
full. law-abiding and loyal to the authority
Of the United States, but there are several
notable exceptions.
In regard to Corona, Tarlac province.
Luzon, Capt M. /. Rowel, 18th Cavalry
reports that the inhabitants ARE apparently
obedient, respectful and possibly friendly
but undoubtedly critically disposed and
treacherous." He added that they are
greedy to an extreme extent.
The inhabitants Of Tuy, Batangas prov
ince. Luzon. are reported by First Lieut.
F. Skievaski, Philippine Scouts. to be
Very unfriendly and Enthusiastically"
According to Capt. r. B. Bryan, 9Th Cav
airy, the inhabitants Of San Isidro. Nueva
Ecija province. Luzon. are "semi-civilized.
mild tempered and lazy. The conditions
are similar to the feudal ages In Europe.
Abstract justice is little understood. Their
loyalty to the United States Is uncertain.
Grasshoppers have injured the corn and
early rice and the rinoerpest killed many
carabaos. Surra has also killed MANY
horses. For these reasons and the ravages
Of war the country in the vicinity of San
Isidro is very backward"
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take prompt and definite action in this mat
ter, the present practical phase of which
would appear to be the converting of the
Brown1ow bill into law which would ma
terialIy benefit each and every individual
in this country and confer untold advan-
tages on future generations"
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Greene-"Miss Wilter has brought suit
against Bifkin for breach Of promise,
naming her damages at 10000"
Gray-'Funny about women! n he had
married her. she would by this time. per
haps. be telling HIM that he Il absolutely
worthless. "-Boeton Transcript
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NATIVES GENERALLY LOYAL.
Reports From Military Stations in the
Philippines

The military information division Of the
War Department II In receipt Of detailed
descriptions Of the posts and stations of
United States troops In the Philippine Isl
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recovery is despaired of by the bursting of
gas tank at Fort Lee, N. j.
The German turret ship Wittelsback went
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ashore near Kosver The German war
ships Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and Prinz
Heinrich went to her assistance.
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The residence Of John Pugiughi was de-
noifshed. his five children instantly killed,
and his wife 90 seriously injured that her
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Should Not Hesitate.

1.-THE idea of hesitating to spend s1O0, OOO,-
600 or several times that sum in order to
attain benefits several hundred times as
great is Inconsistent with broad-minded
craftsmanship. especially when the entire
outlay should be saved in a few years.
"A business man conducting his affairs in
this manner would justly receive universal
derision and ridicule. Evidently the patriot
ism Of the citizens Of this country should
move them to urge their representatives to
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Growth in New York.

This has been demonstrated by the Won
derful growth in popularity Of the road
movement in the state of New York during
the past four years. The first roads were
built in New York by state aid in 1899.
when only $4,000 was spent under state
aid in the building Of fifteen miles Of coun-
try roads. One-half of the cost Is paid by
the state and one-half by the counties and
towns in which the roads are built. On
December l. 1902 the New York state en-
gineer had received petitions from the coun-
ties Of the state for building 2,O07 miles of
roads, to cost about s16.OOO,O0O. an increase
Of 230 fold, or 5000 per cent in four years.
From this 1t would appear that the enor-
nous advantages Of improved roads can be
fully realized by the average American only
by actual personal experience and observa-
ton.
ut Is wholly inconsistent with the char
acteristic enterprise Of Americans that they
should willingly submit to the continuous
and needless losses due to lack of good
roads, especially when these losses are so
great in few years as to equal the cost Of
building the finest roads in the world
throughout the entire country. This re-
markable fact can only be accounted for as
the result Of our depIorable ignorance Of
the comparative economies, comforts and
pleasures Of good and bad roads. &C.,
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