The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-08-19

year in upper Brazil.
The papal decree with regard to plain
chant has been put into practical effect
throughout Spain, the choirs of all the
large churches now rendering the same
according to the Solesmer revision.
Cardinal Richelmy has instituted
to secure funds for the cree
ton of a monument to Christopher Co
lumbus in the neighborhood of st. Pc
ter's, Rome to commemorate the four
hundred and fortieth anniversary of
the great discoveries death.
Mrs. Julia D. Stanley, widow of Ber-
nard NJ. Stanley. the trolley magnate
of Newark n. J., sent a certified check
of $4,000 to Rev. Isaac z. Whalen, TO
be used in repairing St, Patrick's ca
thedral infthat city
The Sisters of Mercy at Waverly, Ia,
have been notified that $4,000 has been
placed to their credit in the bank. The
gift is from Rev. Father Mulhall, the
hospital chaplain since early last win
ter. coming from his former home in
Australia.
The Sisters of Mercy of Davenport,
Ia. have opened a home for young
women who are employed in the city
and have no homes of their own. IL
is a commodious building we'll venti
lated, heated by steam. supplied with
water, gas, telephone, etc.
The Rev ]. F. X. OConnor. S. J..
of Philadelphia, has recently received
from Pope Plus ", through his Secre-
tary of State, Cardinal del Val, a let
ter of commentator and congratula-
ton. for the drama he composed on
Dante Alighieri in vindication of the
great poets character.
Father Montero, S. j., of Toledo re-
Gently restored to the Bank of Spain
the sum of 4S1 pesetas-a restitution
made under the seal of confession. At
Pillar few days before more than
1000 pesetas were similarly returned.
Germany, for the first time since the
Reformation, has a Catholic chief JUS
tice. He is Baron Won Seckendorff, late
under-secretary of state for Prussia.
The senior judge Oh the English
bench is Lord Justice Mathew, who
celebrated his 18th birthday last week.
The lord justice. who has the reputa-
ton of being one of the ablest on the
bench, is nephew of the famous
Father Mathew, the temperance advo-
cate. One of his daughters is the wife
of Mr.. John Dillon. NJ P. Justice
Mathew is an Irishman and Catholic
>
Bishop Stariha, of Lead. 5. D.. at
tended the annual congress of the Sioux
tribe which opened on July 1 at the
Rosebud agency. The congress includ-
ed Indians on Pine Ridge and adjacent
reservations, and is in accordance with
an old custom of the Indians. This
religious celebrations were also held.
Over fifty priests who could speak the
Sioux language We're in attendance dur
ing the session.
Beginning with the next regular term
of the parochial schools of Helena,
Mont. the course of studies will lead
from the lowest grades to a finished
high school course. More than S12, 900
will be expended in enlarging the sys
tenn, and the tuition for Catholic child
rem will be as free as in the public
schools of the city.
His Fmnence Cardinal Logue. speak
ing at a bazaar for the erection of
schools and a Catholic hall at Dun
cannon on Monday. advocated the man
agement by the Irish people of the edu-
cation of their country, and protested
against the present system under which
they were asked ''to wear the east-of
educational clothes of the people of
England.
Heretofore. says the Catholic News,
"the educational authorities of New
York state have seen fit in their re-
ports to ignore the work of Catholic
schools. But this year for the first
time. they are to give statistics of paro-
chial schools az well as of public
schools. We are sure our schools will
make highly creditable showing.
-
The Augustinians in Havana, Cuba,
have established in connection with
their college library and gymnasium
Catholic club with ali advantages
which can be had in the Y. NJ. C. A
Many prominent Cuban Catholics have
entered this club. the principal object
of which. az publicly announced, is to
defend the legitimate interests of the
Catholic church in Cuba
One of the government liquidators of
who made himself most
in the south of France, NJ.
Cola, who expelled the Ursulines from
their converts throughout the district,
died a few days ago, and before his
death apologized to the church and to
the clergy for the scandal of his con-
duct in connection with the congrega-
lions.