The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-15


Recently the Jesuits celebrated the
centenary of the restoration of the
order in the United States There was
but a scattered remnant of the great
order in that early day. Now there are
5,OOO members. Wonderful has been the
work of the sons of Loyola in the vine-
yard of the Lord.
The king of Spain. before leaving
London, conferred upon the lord mayor
the distinction of Grand officer of the
Order of Isabel the Catholic. and upon
each of the sheriffs of the city-Mr. Al
derman Strong and Mr.. G. ]. Woodman
the insignia of commander of the
same order, in commemoration of his
maJestys visit to the Guildhal.
The pope has addressed an autograph
letter to the emperor of Japan thank
ing him warmly for the liberty granted
TO Catholic missionaries i'm Manchuria,
for the permission granted to them to
enter the country, and for the assur-
ance given them in establishing their
houses. The letter has been sent to
Monsignor Alvarez, apostolic project of
Soikoku, who will deliver it to the en-
peror. There were formely two apos-
tollc Vicariates in Manchuria, one at
Mukden and the other at Kirin. Their
work, however, received no assistance
from the Russian authorities, and after
the Simonoseki treaty the missionaries
gradually quilted the country.
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There has been in the United States
for some time past one of the greatest
scientists of the age, a Portuguese
priest who has made discoveries which
place him in the front rank of the as
tronomers of the world. This is Rev.
Nj. A. G. Himalaya of the archdiocese
of Braga, Portugal. Father Aimalaya
came to the United States to erect and
operate his great invention, the ''Pyr-
heliophor" at the st. Louis Worlds
fair. He is devoting his time to study
and research, and makes his home at
present in Washington, where in addi-
ton to his scientific work he acts as
temporary chaplain at the Visitation
convent on Connecticut avenue, as
well as assisting at St. Matthew'S
church.
Another proof of Catholic narrow
ness was given by Manhattan college
recently. The famous Christian
Brothers school conferred the degree
of Ii. D. on a Jew, the Hon. Edward
Lauterbach, a state regent and prom
inent counsellor.
The memory of the late Father Thorn
as Geraghty, the young Irish priest
who, on July 6, 1903, died from small
pox contracted in the couse of his sa-
cred duties, has been fittingly COM
memmorated by the erection in the
Church of Our Lady, Eldon street, Liv
erpool-where he labored-of a beauti-
full high altar. 1t was blessed and
opened with impressive ceremonial on
Sunday by his lordship, the Right Rev.
DR.. Whiteside, bishop of Liverpool.
King Edward receives daily no fewer
than 1900 newspapers and 1000 letters,
while the car and the emperor receive
each from 600 to 700 letters and appeals.
The king of Italy is troubled by about
500 and Queen Wilhelmina from 100 to
$50. All these, however, are put in the
shade by the pope, who holds first place
with from $4,000 to $4,000 letters every
day.
Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan. wife of the
new owner of Equitable stock, has Civ
en- $4,000 to Georgetown university,
Washington, D. c., to provide new
gymnasium. President Dougherty,
when announcing the gift, said he
hoped the sum would be augmented for
other sources, so that S150,000 or $780,,
900 would be available, and building
similar to the gymnasiums of Harvard
Princeton and Yale could be built.
A party of 100 Roman Catholics on an
American Catholic pilgrimage to Rome,
sailed July IL for Italy on the steam
ship Slavonia. The society were under
the direction of the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Benz. ]. Kelley of Savannah. Ga.