The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1906-10-13
BUTTE, MONT.
FUNERAL OF JOHN M'MURRAY.
Popular Journalists Remains Laid to
Rest With Impressive Ceremony.

! izen of Montana, was laid at rest in the
! Catholic cemetery Tuesday of last
week, the funeral being held at the
\ home ITO South Wyoming street The
| body was taken to St Josephs church
where a requiem high mass was said
| by Father c. NJ. Van AIKEN. The church
was filled by the friends of the dead
man and his family. including many OF
the newspaper men of the city who
| had worked with Mr.. McMurray in va
rious journalistic fields.
The mass was impressive and at its
conclusion Father J. NJ. Vermaat OF
Red Lodge, who had come to Butte es-
/ pecially TO attend Mr.. McMurrays flu
/ neral, made a few remarks eulogistic
| of the dead man. Father Vermaat had
! become acquainted with Mr.. McMurray
while the latter was the city editor OF
| the Red Lodge Picket, and he held the
| newspaper man in high esteem. AT
the end of the brief address Father
! Van AIKEN chanted the burial service
AS the body was borne from the
church to the waiting hearse, Miss Mae
! Guedelhoefer sang, 80, Rest in the
Lord" acquitting herself admirably
Then the procession to the cemetery
was begun, the services at the grave
which were brief, being conducted by
Father Vermaat of Red Lodge.
From the home to the church mum
Der of the newspaper men of the city,
representing the different papers,
formed a guard of honor to the hearse.
| The pall-bearers were selected from the
Elks, J. L. Dobell and w. E. Ellsworth
representing the Miner. John j. Ham
mill and Charles Copenharve the
Standard, and Thomas S. Kilgallan and
James Canning the Elks.
Rev. L. J. Goulette has gone to re-
sumo his work at st. Viateur's college,
at Bourbonnais. Ill. Father Goulette
came to Butte in May to organize a
boys choir for the Sacred Heart church
and to instruct them in the Gregorian
music. He expected to stay until De-
cember, and to close his work with a
grand concert, but owing to the death
of Rev. Father Callaghan the plans
were abandoned.
Patrick Wall spent Monday at Greg
son Springs.
F. H. Burke of Nissoula was in the
city Tuesday on business trip.
Mrs Barry Hamilton, who was the
guest of Mrs. Donald Campbell for ten
days, left on Friday for Goldfield. New.
Mrs. Harry O'Gorman is visiting
friends in Missoula.
Mrs. Joseph V. Long is in Helena.
visiting Miss Cruise.
Hon. T. ]. Walsh is in the city from
Helena
Mr.. Thomas Lavell and son, Charles,
are spending a few days at Hunters
Hot Springs.
Dennis Coleman will leave Oct. 25 for
Melbourne, Australia, the change being
demanded in the interest of his health.
Misses Alice and Anna Lowry went
IN HelpOa Friday 0iCbt RI rama II, owes,
Sunday.
Mrs. o. X. Lewis and little daugn-
ter arrived in the city on Thursday
from Salt Lake, and will be the guests
of Mrs. w. G. Lewis.
Mike Reilly, one of the best known
stationary engineers in Butte, has just
returned from a two weeks trip to Spo-
kane and other Washington points.
Many little strangers came to glad
den Butte homes last week. Among
the happy parents are Mr.. and Mar.
James Sullivan, 227 Toboggan avenue,
Oct. 2, a son; Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen NJ.
Holland, 219 Anaconda road, Oct. 5, a
son; Mr.. and Mrs. Michael D. Sheehan.
416 Virginia street, Oct. l, a daughter;
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Maloney. II West
Quartz street a son; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Doyle. 257 West Pacific street. a
son; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gallagher,
SAC East Mercury street, a daughter;
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael O'Connor, 904
Zarelda street, Oct. /, son: Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Harrington, rear Clear
Grit terrace, a son.
Because of the great increase in ac-
cident and other hospital cases in the
city the Sisters of Charity of st.
James hospital have decided to estab-
fish a training school for nurses here
The class will be small and select, and
the course of study will be three years
A lecture hall and other provisions for
a well equipped school of nurses has
been provided by the Sisters, and the
courses will be conducted by the hos
pital staff of surgeons.
Sister Superior Emilia of the hos
pital left Monday night for Denver,
where she will meet Mother Irene, the
head of the Sisters of Charity, whose
headquarters are at Leavenworth,
Kan. Mother Irene is on a tour of in
spection of the hospital in Denver,
where the Sisters of Charity conduct
one of the best training schools in the
west. The St. James school will be
along the lines of the Den
yer school.
Sister Mary Rita, has been appointed
of the school, and the
class VIII be under her direction. The
usual rules and regulations for train
ing schools have been drawn up and
all applications will be passed upon
by the Sisters of st. James hospital. !
Applications can be made any time |
after next week, when it is expected |
Sister Superior Emilia will be back. |
She will probably go east with Mother
Irene before returning to Butte.
The graduates of the st. James |
training school will be given diplomas |
and will be competent to rank with the
graduates of other schools of the |
THE work of the hospital has be-
come too heavy for the Sisters to
handle alone" said one of the Sisters
asst night, land we need the help of |
more nurses. There is demand for
rood nurses in the city, and there
IAN be no better training than the one
given here. We anticipate a busy |
winter in Butte, and we want to pro-
vide for it. There will be two lectures
/ week, and the nurses will be pro-
rided with every facility for thor
ugh training"