The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-19
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES
REPORTED GROWING
Executive Board in Session at Cincin
natl Hears Reports.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. Is. = The
executive board of the American Fed
Grafton of Catholic Societies has been
in session here today. Among those
present We're: President T. B. Nina
nan, Columbus; Secretary Anthony
Matre, Cincinnati; Edward D. Rear
don, of Anderson, Ind, supreme rep
resentative of the Catholic Knights of
America; T. H. Common, of Chicago.
supreme chief ranger of the Catholic
Order of Foresters; David Duff, of
louisville, Pa, supreme president of
irish Catholic benevolent unions; J.
W. Fowler, president of the Louisville
federation; F. w. l.. Immekus. Pitts
burg, Pa, president of the Pennsyl-
Vanla Stats Vobank; Nicholas Con
baner, of Dubuque, supreme repre-
sentative of the German Central Yer
elm; John Dunn, of Brattleboro. VT:
Rev. H. Cans, of New York. repre-.
sentative Of the Catholic Indian bur-
eau; Bishop McFaul, of Trenton. N.
j.. and Bishop Mesmer, of Green Bay.
Wis.
The morning session was devoted to
a general discussion of the work of
federation and hearing reports Secre-
tafy Matre2 reported that among 9TH
ers the following prelates had approx
ed the work Of the federation: Car
dlnal MartinelH, former papal dele
gate; Archbishop D. Falconi papal
delegate; Cardinal j. Gibbons, Balti-
more; Archbishops Katzer, Milwau-
kee; BOurgade, San Francisco. and
Williams, Boston; Bishops Spalding
Peoria; Horstman, Cleveland: GIor-
leux, Boise City, Idaho; Matz, Den
yer; Montgomery, Los Angeles; For
est, San Antonio; S. G. Mesmer, Green
BAY Wis; Brondel, Helena, Mont, and
Abbott Conrad. Conception, Mo.
secretary Matre reported county
declarations in California, Colorado. IL
Iinois, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Porto
Rico, Montana and Oregon
Numerous parishes, societies and lit
erary unions were also included in the
Secretarys report. 9'
At the afternoon session renorts
were heard through the secretary from
organizations in thirty states and later
there. were indications of many acces-
slons.' Among the latter were the
Augustine fathers of the Philippines
Addresses Were made by Archbishop
Elder, Bishops Matz, McFaul and Mes
mer. DR.. Cans followed, explaining
the work among the Indians. He read
a letter from the department of the
interior and stated that uniform sys-
tenn now prevailed in all governmental
Indian schools. Following this adj
dress, the Indian societies We're adj
mltted into the federation and accord
ed two delegates to the national con-
Vention at Atlantic City next July.
The following national advisory
board was appointed: Archbishops
Katzer, of Milwaukee, and Elder, Of
Cincinnati; Bishops Mermer, of Green
Bay; OConnor, of Newark, N. j.;
Michaud, of Burlington, VT; Fink, of
Leavenworth; Blenk, of Porto Rico;
Verdagner, of Texas; Hoban, of Scran-
ton, Pa; O'Connel1, of Portland, Me;
Kelley of Savannah; Gabriel, of Og-
densburg, N. Y; Glorieux, of Boise
and Macs, of Covington, KY.
Resolutions We're adopted requesting
all bishops to ask the Catholic soci-
etes in their respective dioceses to af-
filiate with the federation appealing
to Catholic societies to contribute to
the support.