The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-18


1 trust for the Sacred Heart church, in st.
Mary's county, Maryland, and 5000 to the
! Young Catholics Friend society for the
| Corpus Christi branch of the organiZa-
! ton.
A contract has been let for enlarging
/ the cathedral at Sioux City, la. The sum
| to be expended is 81 200. Work on the ex-
| terror must be finished by Dec. Is. An
other contract will cover the work on the
| interior.
Mr. Richard Campbell, late business
| manager of the New Century of Wash
Manila. Mr. Campbell received a special
commission from President Roosevelt to
visit the islands on government business.
! A movement is on foot in New York
City to do away with the music and fire.
works display attending the religious
celebrations of the Italians in that place.
The Sisters in charge of Immaculate
Conception parish school. at Canton, o.,
have added a business college course to
the curriculum of the institution.
The will of the late Rev. Thomas Scully
of Cambridge, Mass substantially gives
his whole estate to charities TO st.
Mary's parochial school, Cambridge, are
bequeathed his library, pictures and por
traits and paintings; to the st. Vincent
de Paul society connected with st. Mary's
parish is given $500; to the Annunciation
Guild connected with st. Mary's parish
$500 is left.
A new monthly Catholic journal, en-
titled Men and Women, has been started
In Cincinnati, o. 1t is finely illustrated
and very interesting and instructive. The
first number contains articles from many
well known writers, and altogether Men
and Women seems to have a promising
future.
Plans are now being prepared for a new
Benedictne college to be erected at
Shawnee. o. T.
Mr.. Michael ]. Gaffney, past state
president of the Ancient Order of Hi
other day with beautiful flagon, loving
cup and salver of silver by a number CT
members of the order.
At a special meeting of the members OF
Branch 36. c. NJ. B. A.. of Syracuse, N.
Y. it was decided to build a home in
which to establish permanent headquar-
ters and club for the use of members
of the branch.
The opening UP of coal territory in In
diana county, Pa is adding greatly to
the prosperity of that section. New
towns are springing up in many directions
and it is expected in the near future that
several new parishes will be established.
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The contest over the will of Cecilia
Tully of Boston ended last Thursday,
when counsel for the contestants waived
an appeal to the supreme court. About
$4,000 will now be divided among Catholic
institutions made beneficiaries by the
will. Among the gifts are $4,000 to Wood
stock college, Woodstock. Mr.; $5,000 to
the Apostolic College Mungrel, Limerick,
Ireland. and $4,000 to st. Johns seminary,
Brighton, Mass.
The millionaire contractor. j. D. Grim
Minis. has donated $1,000 to the Hibernian
home in the city of New York, which is
now being erected by the eighty-five d.
visions of that CITY. 1t will be the finest
Catholic society building in the United
States.
The Miners union of Butte, Mont.
most of the members of which are Cath
olics. last week sent the striking anthra-
cite miners of Pennsylvania the sum of
$1,000 to help them in their struggle
against the operators.
o.
The administration huildng( of the
Catholic Protctorv at Westchester, N. Y,
recently destroyed by fire, is to be re-
built. Plans have been filed with the
Bronx Building bureau. The new build
ing will have a tower like the old one,
and will cost $4,000.
st. Agnes German Catholic school in
St. Paul Mimi. erected at a cost of
$4,000, has been dedicated. 1t is in
charge of the Sister of Nostre Dame, and
will accommodate 1.500 children.
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The life-size bust of the late Rev.
Thomas J. Barry. first rector of the
Church of the Visitation. philadelphia,
which is to occupy place in the vesti--
on Thursday morning, Oct. 16, with ap-
propriate ceremonies. M
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Fifty-eight new names were added last
week to the local division of the Akron
The library of SITS. Peter and Paul
church. Detroit. contains over 5000
volumes of the best Catholic authors.
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large contributions have been made to-
ward the proposed new chapel at Mt. st.
Mary's seminary, Md. over $4,000 is now
on hand. 1t is hoped that ground will be
broken next spring.
The Polish residents of Dayton, o., are
organizing a society with the hope of
eventually building a church. There are
more than 100 Polish families in the city,
among whom are many unable to con-
verse in any language but their native
tongue, and as church and parochial
school would be a great spiritual as well
their desire will soon be realized.
At Spokane, Wash, substantial aid in
the construction of the new Roman Cath
olic church has been given by Charles
Sweeny. Mr.. Sweeny offers to give $1,000
in cash and make loan of an additional
5000 on condition that the members of
the church raise an equal amount.
A recent dispatch from Syracuse n. Y,
DT TnGnnh I
Blennon, bishop of Kansas, City. Mo. has
Ancient Order of Hibernians.
The widow of Senator Francis Herman
died last week in Utica, N Y, aged g.
years. She had been in failing health for
some time. Mrs. Herman was born in this
city Sept. 80, 1920. She married Senator
whom six survive. One of the children
is Hon. John D. Herman of New York.
The sale is reported of the John Clark
estate in Elmsworth borough, Pa. for
$4,000. The property is said to have been
which already occupies a frame building
and conducts a school on one corner of
the tract. The plot includes ten acres.
The Sisters will, it is said, build large
school on the ground.
81 TlilZdbSlll IlOlLSIOl N-OlOlSu Olll-
dren has purchased from judge Henry
Stockbridge the properties 31S and S15 St.
Paul street, Baltimore, for $500 in fee.
The purpose of the purchase is to enlarge
the or0hanage.
On Sunday last st. Mary's church,
Memphis, celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of its founding.
The Catholic Knights of Ohio gained
1000 new members last year.
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