Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-23

cradle metropolitan, assisted by two OF
his remaining bishops in the chapel of
st. Paul seminary, precisely at the spot
where Father Louis Hennepin, the first
Christian missionary to the region OF
future province, landed on the bank of
the Mississippi "a league below the
falls of St Anthony" 230 years ago.
The archbishop. his nine bishops and
his six hundred priests out of 900 now
in the province represent Catholic
population OF six hundred thousand.
At the time the first bishop OF st.
Paul was consecrated sixty years ago.
there were two priests and one thou
sand members of the church.
WASHINGTON, May 2O.-President
Taft last night told seven thousand
Sunday school workers that Mrs. VII
liam Howard Taft, and not he. was
the real president of the United States.
The opening of the sixth Sunday
school convention was the occasion.
During his address the president look
ed across the platform in the direc-
tion of Mrs. Taft. who, with Captain
Butt, his aide, accompanied him to
the melting, and said: Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Worlds Sunday
School Convention: I want to intro
duce to you the real president of the
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TRINIDAD, Colo. May 20.-At an
early hour this morning fire was dis
covered in the airshaft Of the New
Tabasco mine, fifteen miles north oi
here. Company officials, together with
a gange of expert fire fighters, hurried
in automobiles to the mine to battle
with the flames.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. May 90
Mrs. George T. Harris, wife of the pro
prietor of the Fort Smelling IL ell, and
her sister. Mrs. Mary Brose, we're vic
tins some time last night of mur-
derous attack, made presumably by a
robber. They were terribly beaten by
4 fractured skull, but 1t is thought this
morning that both will live. The WON.
en- we're literally beaten into insensi-
billty.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, May. 20.-In the
opinion filed by Justice O'Brien in the
state supreme court today the Stand
a ri DiI ,.nu,Dapy ;s ap pini,od .-o,,, Il,
ing business in Minnesota. The ac-
tion was started in the Ramsey county
court by the state. alleging violation
OF the law in that the Standard Oil
company sold oil at discriminating
prices. The Standard will appeal
CHICAGO, May 20.-The comet mys.
astronomers all over the world are
unable TO agree whether the earth
passed through the cometary tail
whether it is passing today, would
pass, tomorrow or whether it ever
would pass through.
The amazing switch of the tail oi
iidii'S ShN vi dSph ptl piSAtu 9tich
lists everywhere, and a dozen contra
dictory opinions are voiced by astron
omers of standing as to exactly what
happened and the reasons for It..
Tonight the puzzle may be solved
for comet is due 10 appear in the
western sky just after sundown. II
the tail is clearly visible sky experts
believe they will he able, through oh
'servation and calculations, to tell
whether the comet actually passed
through 1t.
NEW YORK, May 2O.-"Mankind
may never know for certain whether
or not our earth passed through the
tail of Halley's comet in the yeal
|191O." This is the statement made to
day by Prof. Jacoby professor of tho
astronomical department of Columbif
university. Scientists of this city are
still in doubt as to what happened
to the comets tail, whether it ha:
been lost or merely strayed about il
the curve which has been attributed
to it. Millions of eyes will be turned
to the skies this evening for then thu
| comet itself is scheduled for appear
ance in the western sky.