The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-01-30
Religious Intelligence.

NSiiylVWS INlSlIiHSIlSg.
Archbishop Messlncr, Judge Paul Carpenter,
Rev. DIR. Heiter Rev. Thomas L. Sherman S. T..
have been engaged b. lecture bureau in Wiscon-
sin TO deliver u number OF lectures against Social
ism in the principal cities OF Wisconsin.
What building in Dunkrk is the most lnodelly
equipped to insure safety in case of fire ;" was Il
question put to the fire chief in Dunkirk n V last
week. st Marys Orphan Home is the best build
ing III Dunlrt IN lat'fespett. said the chief.
The rumor of the death of the Pope, circulated
in Madrid, having come<o the ears of the Pontiff,
His Holiness exclaimed to d friend: what. Al
ready. Leo was left in peace for five years after
his election while with me these rumors have begun
at the end of only few months. 1t may be good
thing 10 look at this from superstitious stand
point; but | am quite the other way and think it
may prolong my life.
The Catholic population Of the diocese Of
Fargo. n d.. is at present about $1,000 1t has
more than doubled within the last ten years There
are nearly 5000 Catholic Indians within the limits
of the diocese During the past year. It is said.
twenty-eight Catholic churches were built in
the diocese.
The papal delegate to the United States, Arch
bishop Falconio of Washington will be the guest of
the Ri Rev Bishop p \. Tunden in Syracuse on
the occasion of the dedication Of the new cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception, which will occur in
md-Lent.
very touching incideu, took place at the din
ner which followed the religious ceremony in con
nection with the twenty-titth anniversary of tue
dination of Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal. When
the numerous clergy present had taken their places
at the table, His Grace entered the dining room ac-
companied by his venerable mother, whom he
placed to his right, and die touching occurrence
WAS greeted with rounds ;DOlauSe
Considerable interest is being aroused III Cath
Ollie circles throughout the archdiocese of Boston
regarding the appointment soon to be announced
from Rome OF a coadjutor to Archbishop Williams
1t can be said with practical certainty that the
coadjutor will be Bishop Matthew Harkins of Prov
idence Archbishop Williams will not give any au-
thortative announcement to this effect
The will of Alice O'Bren, servant in the en-
ploy of Francis Fox of Yomkers for many years,
giving the bulk of $4,000 to ST. Monica's church,
East Seventy-ninth street, and the balance to
priests for Masses for tile repose of her soul
admitted to probate recently. Surrogate Thomas
held that priests remark leaving Miss 0'Brien,
''You must remember st. Monica's," did not in it
self amount to undue influence.
A Sunday newspaper had cabegram from
Rome stating that Pope Plus X. has been named
as the sole beneficiary of an estate amounting to
more than a million dollars left by devout Cath
Ollie woman the last descendant of prominent
family in Corsica If the report be true. it certainly
is good news for the Holy Father to receive such
large amount during the first months of his reign.
Further confirmation of such story will be eagerly
awaited.
St l[ary's church, Glens Falls n Y boasts of
having the largest Sodality of the Living Rosary in
the diocese of Albany. ii possesses one thousand
members divided into circles of fifteen sodalities.
Each member recteS decade of the Rosary
daily, SO that in every Catholic family in the parish
Our Lady's beads are daily recited. The pastor,
Father d. Curtin. is director and is proud of his
rosary society. The members contribute 10 cents
monthly to a.fund which supplies the affairs with all
required ornaments. Mass Is said monthly for the
members, and requiems are offered at their death.
It is noted with pleasure that Bishop McQuaid
of Rochester has so far recovered from his recent
illness as to be able to attend to his official duties
F.
In decision just handed down by the United
States supreme court in the case of Benziger Bros
The United States, the court holds that statues
and stations of the cross can be imported again
free of duty. The litigation has extended over
period of five years and half, during which time
these articles have been subject to duty.
As an outcome of the bigoted action of the
Protestant women who belong to the Ladies' Aid
society connected with the South Side hospital in
opposing the appointment of Catholic Sister as
superintendent OF that institution, steps have Just
been taken for the immediate establishment of a
Catholic hospital at the South Side, Pttsburg, Pa.
The Oldest religious house and community in
the diocese of Louisville and west of the Allegheny
mountains is st. Roses the cradle of the Domin-
lean order in this country, Springfield, Ky.
1t is also the Oldest school in the diocese. Next year
will occur its centennial
Holland has now about thirteen daily or weekly
journals and fortv-fve periodical publications for
the advocacy of Catholic interests and the cham
pionship of the Catholic cause. Fifty years ago
there but Catholic paper in the whole
country. There are three Catholics now in the +
Dutch cabinet
The Catholic Italians of Chicago will now be
in charge of the Scaabrini Fathers who have just
been appointed to Marie Incoronata church. in that
city. These fathers come from Italy, where their
order established by Monseignor Seaabrini to
minister to the spiritual wants of the Italian emil
grants throughout the world
More than one hundred priests assisted at the
dedication on Wednesday of last week of the new
$4,000 chapel of Ladycif academy, adjoining the /