The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15
BRIEF. TELEGRAMS

BRIEE' IELEGRAMS
= Seattle, Wash - The American
= Purity Federation conference. which
has been in session here for two days
adjourned last night and the national
, leaders of the movement left for Ia
coma where meetings will be held
The federation took an active part in
. the warfare against vice that is now
,, being waged here and before adjourn
ment several resolutions were adopt
ed.
Seattle, Wash.-L. A. Peterson. a
cable splicer, aged % years. has
; brought suit against Seattle camp 50.
Woodmen of the World and its ini-
tiation committee for $4,000 dam
ages, alleging that he was crippled for
life by injuries received on the night
of April p last while being initiated
into the order Peterson alleges that
he suffered a broken left leg and an
kle, his right hip was severely bruis-
ed, the back of his head and neck
lacerated and injured and his back
and spine wrenched. with the result
that he is permanently deformed and
unable TO pursue his vocation.
New Orleans-With the skull
crushed and showing other marks of
violence, the body of Frank Reidel a
Matchmaker. "a years of age, was
found seWed up in several sacks in
the old basin canal, The sacks con-
tanning the body had been seen float
! ing around in the canal for several
days. Reidel was last seen Friday
night. when he left his wife's notion
store in Canal street with $25 in his
pocket. When the body was found
the pockets had been rifed.
st. Petersburg.-Th national cat
tie fair in st. Petersburg was hurried
ly closed a few days after the open
ing on account of the outbreak of the
foot and mouth disease in several ex-
hibits.
st. Louis.-COlumbus day was cele-
brated here Wednesday by the
knights of Columbus placing wreath
on the monument of Christopher Co
lumbus in Tower Grove park. Adj |
dresses were made
Atlantic City-The airship Amer
lea. in which Walter Wellman and |
crew of six men will attempt to |
cross the Atlantic ocean to Europe is |
still in the Hangar. near the Inlet,
awaiting a more favorable wind for a |
preliminary trial.
If the wind moderates and the di-
rection is right a trial fight will be
attempted.
Winnipeg. Man.-The latest re-
ports from the fires in the Rainy Riv-
er region of Minnesota Tuesday in
creased the horrors OF the situation
Estimates of the number of persons
killed range from IS to 400.
Many conservative men place the
deaths at more than 100. But the
greater concern for the present is the
rescue of the helpless and the relief
of thousands of homeless men, women
and children. Stories of wild ami
mails. fleeing for safety side by side
with human beings: of mothers
burned To death with babies on their
breasts, and Of men cremated while
to shield their children.
were among the tales of horror
brought IN.
Lisbon.-The provisional govern
ment is fixed in its determination to
drive the monks and nuns out of the
A decree was published in the off
2ial gazette eXpelling the Jesuits and
.he foreign members of the orders. In
he case of the Portuguese monks and
nuns, however, these may return to
helr families if they renOunce their
'rders. otherwise, they must quit the !
'ountry {
Already hundreds of inmates of the s
eligious establishments have crossed l
he border, but the most interesting {
vent today in connection with the l
rider of expulsion was the release
rom custody Of Cardinal Netto. for
ner patriarch of Lisbon, whose ar
est the minister of justice explain
d. was for the purpose of protecting r
i'm from possible outrage g
Under the decree of expulsion. all W
he Jesuits' property reverts to the h
tate. The property of the other re- t.
gious communities will be disposed q
f later in accordance with whatever 81
elatiOns are established between the a
tate and the church. W
The mob which battered down the K
oors Of the convent in the Rua Do F.
iuelhaS was led by fanatics and n
ang of rufnans. who seized the opca G.
on to destroy everything in sight. a
nages and statues were wrenched Sc
'om inches in the chapel. affairs were OF
rocked, furniture broken and sacred is
were carried off by the h
oters. Later the police recovered
le greater part of the vestments.
The district in which are located
antos church and the French lega- fl
on was startled by the crack of ri T
es, and at once a report was circu- pl
ted that the religionists were firing st
om the windows of the church. The re
'owd flocked to the scene. but the &c
ilitary arrived in time to protect the sa
lurch and the legation from possible al
olence. tt
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New ork.-IhomaS f. Ryan, the fo