The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-18

His Majesty, Emperor Francis JOS
eph of Austria, has conferred the
Grand Cross of st. Stephen on Mgr.
Granite di Belmonte, who recently re-
signed the position of Apostolic Nun
clio in Vienna.
Death of the Bishop of Achonry-.
Ri Rev. John Lyster, d. D., Bishop Of
Achonry, Ireland, died Jan. Is, in the
sixty-irst year of his age. He was a
graduate of Summer Hill College, Ath-
lone, and of Maynooth College. For
a time he was professor at the col
lege, Athlone, and later was made
President of Sligo College. In 1888
he was consecrated Bishop of Achonry
Gift to the Holy Father From Mes
sina.-Mgr. D'Avigo, Archbishop of
Messina, presented memorial album
to Pope Piux X. as token of graft
tude from the people of Messina, in
whose behalf the Pope secured sub
stantial aid on the occasion of the
earthquake which caused such great
loss of life and property two years ago.
American College Leads in Numbers.
--Of all the foreign ecclesiastical col
leges in Rome, the American College
has the largest enrolment of students
From one diocese alone, Boston, it has
twenty, and from another, Chicago,
thirty students.
Oldest Cardinal Living.-The oldest
member in the Sacred College of Car
dinals is the Archbishop of Vienna,
Cardinal Gruscha. now in his ninety
second year.
Catholic Society to Assist Students.
The Catholics of Bordeaux, France,
have organized a society to collect
funds to enable young Catholics to
support themselves while they are
studying for the teaching certificates
and degrees required by law.
A Priest Inventor.-Father Angelo
Barbieri, of Milan, has invented an in
genious machine, which, affixed AtNga
piano, records the notes of the per
former, fulfilling the purpose of a type
writer in an Office The instrument is
being exhibited in London, and has
created great interest among mu-
sicians. Mascagni is writing his new
opera with the machine, which is call
ed the acknowledgement
Eucharistic Congress Memorial
Church.-The foundation of new
| church to be built as monument of
the Eucharistic Congress held at Lon
don last year, has been laid in the
garden of the Blessed Thomas More's
old house at Chelsea, England
Austrian Emperor Charlottesville
aged and loved Catholic Emperor OF
Austria, Francis Joseph, is a most
unpretentious and charitable monarch
He spends but little on himself; an
| iron bedstead is what he sleeps on
He gives his great revenues to chart
ties and public objects, especially to
charitable institutions.
| PortiuncuIa Church Of Assist PapaI
Basifica.-The world-famed little Por.
tiuncula church at Assist, where St
Francis founded his great Order, was
consecrated a PapaI Basilica on the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
last December. 1t now ranks with the
great Basilicas of st. Peter, St. Paul
St. Mary Maggiore and st. Lawrence
in Rome, and st. Francis at Assist.
Franciscan Project Apostolic oil
tAbyssinia.- Very Rev. Francis oil
Bassano, a Franciscan, has been ap
lpointed Project Apostolic of Srithrea
Abyssinia. He is the author of die
ltionary in the Tigris language.
/ Catholic Discoverer of Australia
Mr.. Petherich, the curator who has
charge of the historical records in the
Federal parliamentary Library, Mel
bourne, claims to have found the
browning proofs that Amerigo Vespuc
: ci discovered Australia in the yeal
: 1899. Vespucci sailed from Spain il
May, 1897, on voyage of discovery
: and during his eighteen months alb
lsence is supposed to have explored thu
coast of South America. On a subse
quent voyage, in 1901, he reached thu
mainland of South America.
4 Catholic Astronomer to View
Eclipse-The distinguished astrono
, mer, Father Cortie, S. j., is busily en-
J gagged preparing for his next expedi
ton to Vavau Island in the South Pa
: cific. He will have charge of tn,
| eclipse expedition for the British gov
eminent to view the total solar eclips
7 of April %.
j Costly Painting stolen.-The Etoil
!, Beige of Brussels says the painting o
the Virgin and infant Christ, attri
buted to Quentin Matsys, has beel
: stolen from a house in Antwerp 1t i
t valued at $4,000.