The Irish standard., 1903-08-01

more than terrible in many ways, for
one shudders to think of 10000 souls
living where some day there is liable
to be great earth quake, made pos
sible by the hands and ingenuity and
righteousness of man, for it is one
vast system of tunnels and like an
egg shell under weight must crush
some place sooner or later. However,
it is we'll timbered, of course. but even
that won't save it; timbers won't last
forever, either. The Cathedral has
within it's hallowed walls each Sum
day about 10000 people at six masses,
Sunday school, societies and vcspers
Fathers Dcsiere, Harrington, English
and two or three others attend to this
vast congregation like clock work,
seat them all free themselves, meet
them at the door and at 6. Z, s, 8, 10
and II o'clock, six masses, seat 1900
people at each mass, as l said before
free. But then you ought to hear the
silver jingle into that collection box.
No lead or copper goes here. You
see many heavily draped widows in
the church. The men die quick here,
the women live much longer, it seems.
The young men here-I have noticed
them before me in church-have their
beads in their hands all through the
mass. God bless them. Since last
we visited Butte many changes both
good and bad have taken place. Our
oldest subscriber, away back in Du-
luth, MINI, John II. Murphy, lost his
lovely wife and many another just
such instance has occurred here The
mines closing down now makes them
look like grave yards instead of hives
of human life and industry. for the
time being. Law courts are kept
busy here, and municipal affairs like
wise: the great mining corporations
are ut daggers' ends, it seems, and it
is all to the vctors belong the spoils of
everything, but there is nothing spoiled
yet except the appearance of Mayor
Pat Mullins i'm most all great dailies
here, and Pat Geraghty formerly pro-
proprietor of the Labor Advocate of
st. Paul, who is now guiding the destin-
les of the Typographical plysiognomy
of the great Butte Miner, the supposed
private property of United States Sen
ator Clarke. John Leyden, Judge Cor
man, Tom Nullane. NJ B. Burke, Mike
Murphy, Mike Conroy, J. J. Butler, DR..
Donnelly, Jim Griffin and family are
doing we'll here and making money.
We met Judge Harrington, Nj.
O'Leary, John L. Foley, Patsy Brown,
j. T.. Murphy, jerry Hanley, Con. Kel-
ly. the great attorney; Ed. Hughes,
who helped us deserves special men,
ton; John Powers, John Fern, ID. D.
Shea, Il. Z. Hanley, p. S. Giles, Judge
Clancy, Tom Driscoll, J. J. Holland,
b. Riley, d. J. Hcnnessy. Shovlen 4
Ferry, ]. M. Kelly, Jno. S. Gallagher,
John OLeary, J. Campbell, Father
Harrington, NJ. Driscoll, Sheriff Quinn,
j. ]. Hammell, Judge Boyle, County
Attorney Rreen, Hon. Tom Hogan, b.
Ferns, r. j. Brophy, b. l.. Shea, Eu-
gene Sullivan. J. j. Casey, Tom Pen
dcrgast, JAS. Cain. e. w. Walsh, Mr..
Kealy, p. II. Sidley Martin Towcy,
Frank Lynctt, Chas Lane, Tim Keefe,
+. j. Nugent. Tom Donely, ]. McIner-
ney, Mike Hogan. G.. Connors, Pat
Monolan. Z. j. Sullivan, eX-Mayor
Davy, w. ID. Clarke. Dan Drew, =. ].
Lally, eN-NIayor Mccarthy, Ed. Math-
ews. ID. Gibbons, Denis Lynch. Austin
Gibbons, Jerry Mullens. Tim Coughlin,
John Nolan, Peoples Bros, J. b. Will
liams, Larry Duggan, the undertaken;
Father Callaghan, II. Liembach, Z. II.
O'ToOle, Peter Leheney, Kelly 4 Kel-
ly, Tom Killgallon, whose beautiful
daughter was married whilst we were
here; II. G. Douglas, Maurice Hartnett,
p. J. Murphy, J. ]. Judge, Mrs. Gill
lick, Dan Hanley, John O'NIeara las.
Mahcr, j. ID. Mulloy, and this is not
half of them, but it is as far as l can
so this time. Was ut the United Irish
Socicty'S annual picnic yesterday ut
Deer Lodge and there were only forty
five passenger coaches packed like sar-
dimes in :: fiat can; almost 10000 pcO-
pie; fine day. finest place in the state
for Il picnic: fine scenery lots of first
class sports. conducted by Jim Griffin,
John Ferns and others: valuable priZ-
cS. st. James Hospital hero has been
improved wonderfully since last here.
1t is now Il model up-to-,lntc place for
the sick and injured. Rortlan Il Buck
Icy, Geo. Peoples. Dan O'Bricn, John
Shea, Tom Krcgan. Dan Donovan. Ed.
llyland, Frank O'Connor. John FoX
Capt. Grant, Jas. Mclncrncy. Dan Tew-
cy, w. J. Kcnncally. J. \. Coleman,
ana many others should he here men
toned also. as | Just thought of them.
I'LL good friends of ours or they would
get no place in this letter. and there
are others. Later on may drop YOU
Il line from Great Falls and other
places. j. b. T..