The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-01-30
IN PASSING

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ester, N. Y. was a noted prelate of
/ the church. He was ordained priest
over sixty years ago and accomplished
a great deal of good during his life
time. He was SIS years old when he
went to his heavenly reward.
LaFollettes magazine says that
LESS than a dozen bosses dominates
legislation in the United States SEN
ate" The chief bosses are Aldrich,
I5ale, Elkins, Cullom and Gallinger.
They are not great men, says LaFol-
lette's organ, but in the main are quite
an ordinary lot, and the product of
had system.
Richard P Hobson says that Japan
wants war with the United States, and
tat it requires but a spark to set
the fire. He blames President Roose-
welt for Japan's jingoism. Perhaps he
is right. Roosevelt's interference in
California legislation against the Japs
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States Is afraid of a war with it.
The cable states that a serious mo
rent campaign has begun in Tippe-
rary, owing to the refusal of the land
lord Of several estates to sell land to
the tenants under the Land Purchase
Act of 1908. The priests and the pub
lie generally are strongly supporting
the tenants and are raising funds for
their defense. The struggle promises
to be severe.
King Alfonso, whose own governess
as child hailed from the land of
Erin, has, with his young queen, Sc
! lacted an Irish woman to assume
charge of the little ones at Madrid
as governess in the place of Miss
Bunting. who succumbed so suddenly
to heart disease the other day while
in the performance of her duties. The
choice has met with general approval.
For hostile as the Spaniards are to
foreigners in general. they make an
exception in favor of the Irish, and
there is no continental aristocracy
al. eng which the Emerald Isle is 20
extensively represented as among King
A1fonso's grandezza.
Monsignor Capel met with painful
accident, on Wednesday. January 10,
at Arno, Cal, in which the bones Of
one foot were fractured by fall. He
was taken to his home at once, and
the injuries attended by physicians.
'.he latest advices from Arno an
nounce that the distinguished patient
is resting easily, but st. wifi BE some
weeks before the injured member will
he in a condition to be used. Mgr.
Capel is an Englishman Of an aris-
tocratic family and figures as one of
the characters in Lothian" by Dis
Mgr. Capel lectured in Minneapolis
some years ago on his way to the Pa
cific Coast.
Mrs. Eliza Hughes. mother Of Mr..
William H. Hughes, Of the Michigan
Catholic. died recently at Grand Rap
ids Mich. She was the. eldest daugh-
ter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
C'Grady, both natives of the County
OF Cork, Ireland, and married Michael
! Hughes of Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1881.
She was the mother of eleven children.
siA of whom survive her. Mr.. Hughes
died eleven years ago. The deceased
led an exemplary Christian life as
wife and mother, and was highly es-
tecmed in the city where she had re-
sided for sixty eight years. We ex-
tend our sympathy to the editor Of
our esteemed contemporary at Detroit
on the death Of his beloved mother.
Writing to the Commoner on
P,san's defeat one c. w. Robbins, of
Custer, S. D., whose name does not
appear among the business of pro-
fessional men Of that town in the
Northwestern Gazetteer, says that "the
labor vote was scared, the bank and
business vote was united, and the
Catholic vote was delivered.'' If he
knows how or by whom 'the Catholic
vote was delivered,'' we shall be glad
to hear from him In the columns of
this journal. Because Of publishing
such stuff as that from c. w. Rob-
hins, the Commoner is losing some
Catholic subscribers in this vicinity.
Notwithstanding the fact that our
Lincoln contemporary does not hold
itself responsible for the opinions OF
its correspondents
Writing of the centenary celebration
or the establishment of the Catholic