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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
CONFRONTS UNITED STATES ON
BORDER-MAY LEAD TO SER.
iOUS COMPLICATIONS.
REBEL GENERAL Is SORE
Was Not Allowed to Cross Over Into
American Territory and Now
Prohibits Americans From
Over Into Mexico.

washington. May 1.-THE depart
nlents OF state. war. treasury n JUS
ice were considering today what re-
stralnt. If any, shall be placed upon
ommerc between his country and
Juarez, the newly established capital
OF the provisional government of Mex
leo. Colonel Steever. commanding the
American troops at ElPaso. and the
customs officials there are waiting in
structiOns on this point.
rood and medical supplies and other
materials needed by the people Of
Juarez will be permitted to cross the
international bridges at Ell Paso. In
structlons from the secretary of war
to that effect probably will go for
ward to Colonel Steever during the
day.
The official estimate of the killed
ana at the battle of JuareZ
Is $40 according to a dispatch from
colonel Steever. made public at the
WHITE House today. Colonel Steeyer
says. however. that the exact number
may never be known. He adds that
everything is quiet and peaceful today
IN FL PaSo and Juarez.
Aqua Prieta, May 12.-Eighty insur-
rectos commanded by Col. Santiago
Camveros, the advance guard of Ana
cleto Giron's force. arrived in Aqua
Prleta from the southeast early today.
TOOK possession of the town and set
up a temporary military government
with Camveras as military jefe. Col.
CamVeros crossed to Douglas today
and conferred with the rebel iunta.
Before niShtfall a set of provisional
officials will be appointed to take
charge of the customs house, p%ostoffice
n other departments of
Juarez. May 12.-General Pasuuale
Orozco, the commander of the rebel
forces. had blood in his eye as he stood
on international bridge and refused to
permit anyone from FL Paso to cross
INTO Juarez. even though they had
passes from Colonel Steever through
the American lines.
1t appears that General OrozcO and
MS staff last night were invited to the
banquet by Mayor Kelly of Ell Paso
and American troops would not permi.
Orozco and his officers to cross.
The situation with regard to the
passage of persons and supplies back
n forth is rapidly becoming aggra-
waited and there was considerable an
prehensiOn today Of trouble.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Forest Fires Raqino,

winnipeg. Man, MAY lO.-The lam
age done to timber in the Manitoba
district during the last t~wenty-fOur
hours by fire is unprecedented. The
range of country covered by the fire
is fully 200 miles in extent and the
timber burned totals millions Of feet.
The fire is in timber reserves at all
'o'nts and Notwithstanding large
"'ngs Of men out fighting the flames
their efforts are futile in the face Of
heavy winds and the dry state of the
woods.
chief Ranger Mcleod Of the eastern
division Of the Riding mountain re-
s"rve. has five gangs of men out at
ffcrent points, but in the face Of this
the fire is spreading fast and the dam
ase will be great.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Auto Drivers Organize,

Observation-Disclosures auto drivers
hove organized with a view to doing
hat they can to improve and make
tier roads between Langdon and
arby towns. Men and teams have
zen hired and work is started this
EEK to remove Instructions and re-
'ir places where the roads are in
f'd shape. 1t is also aimed to do all
' ?ssible to keep main travelled roads
in good order through the season.
Auto drivers in other towns are CO.
ouerating with Langdon in tho move.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
farmers Were Heard.

Washington, d. c., May 12.-Coun-
Try and city were arrayed against each
other today at the Canadian reciproci-
tN hearings before the senate finance
committee. The conflict was sharp.
Farmers from Minnesota and North
Dakota the agreement as
ubiquitous. while members Of the
boards of trade from cities along the
international boundary Endorsed it..
Henery F1agg. master of the Min
neSota state grange. told the commit
tee that nothing since the civil war
had 50 inflamcI the farmers of the
northwest as the proposed 'iniquitous
reciprocity bill"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
North Dakotans in WASHINGTON.

Washington. D.. c., May 12.-Former
Lieut.. GOV. r. S. Lewis of Fargo, at
the head Of six North Dakotans ar
irving here late yesterday to take an
active part in the campaign against
Canadian !reciprocity. Those in the
delegation were: r.. Twichell, Fargo;
J. NJ. Devine. Minot: +. H. Sprague.
Grafton; N. G.. Larimore, Larimore;
and r. c. Cooper of Cooperstown.
The North Dakota delegation will
he heard by the finance committee of
the senate in opposition to the pact
today or tomorrow.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Sundays are Included.

Bismarck, n. d., May 1.-THE su-
preme court this afternoon handed
down a decision in a case brought to
determine whether Sundays are in
cluded in the time the governor has
to sign bills otter adjournment of The
legislature and ruled that the fifteen
days allowed by law includes Sun
days.
This determines that house bill 41o,
placing certain restrictions on carry
ing on the business of abstract COM
panies is d law M must be printed
in the regular edition of the session
laws.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Aeronaut Meets Death.

San Antonio, Tex, May 1l.-Lieut.
Geo. NJ. +. Kelly Of the Thirtieth in
fantry U. s. A. "a killed this morn
ing in Il fail from a Curtiss aeroplane
at Fort Houston.
He was making a flight and whom
about fifty feet from the GROUND shot
forward from his seat, landing on his
head. His skull was fractured and
he died in a few moments without re-
gaining consciousness.
1t is believed the accident was
caused by the unexpected starting Of
the engine while Kelly was landing.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Liqht on Mail Clerk Row.

Washington, May &c. G. VAR
dyke of st. Paul will appear before the
house committee OF civil service r.
form ncXt week to throw some 81 lie
lights on the railway mail clerks SIT
uation in the northwest. Every efftrt
upon the part OF these mem to affiliate
with the American Federation OF
Labor has been thwarted by the post.
office department, in recent years.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Deadlock in Senate.

washington, d. c., May 12.-On the
first ballot for president pro tenn of
the senate, Gallingor received 30,
Bacon 30, Clapp 4, Bristow l. Tillman
l; no choice.
Second II third ballots were taken
without result. A long deadlock is re.
Wrded as certain.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Big Rebel Victory.

Laredo, Tex, May Unreliable in
formation that 1ifty-siX federals were
killed at Saltillo yesterday in a fight
with the insurrcctos was brought here
today by 4 railway conductor. who
was an eye witness of the battle. The
tederals were drawn into a trap.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-28
Personal.

Bangor. Maine, had a six million
dollar fire.
Senator Kittredge, OF South Dakota.
died at Hot Springs. Ark.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
CAPE MARSH ISLANDS, ocEANIcA

The inhabitants of the Cape Marsh
Islands, Oceanica, are a race of war
rfors, some of Malaita, a land from
which white men are still shut out
Driven from that region by defeat
in war, they established themselves
on these isolated islets, where they
rule supreme. For the last five years
missionary of the Society of Mary
has lived among these people, seeking
to convert them to Christianity and
lead them in the path of salvation.
That the task is arduous goes with
out saying. The good seed has been
sown amid many trials, and the apo
stle must patiently await the harvest
for which he hopes. The natives of
these islands are kept in the darkness
of ignorance by many superstitions;
years of toll on the part Of the mission
airy are necessary to counteract the
effect of their ancestral traditions.
But the apostle Is encouraged; he
has made one convert. A young man,
eighteen years of age, recently came to
him and begged for instruction. AZ
ter careful preparation, the earnest
youth was baptized and he is leading
an exemplary life. His good example
will, no doubt, win followers. Others
will come to ask for the sacrament of
regeneration, and thus the first fruits
Of the harvest will be cleaned
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
WHERE THE ENEMY is SOWING
COOKIE.

Catholics are often puzzled by the
fact that seemingly well-read, inte1l1-
gent non-Catholics have such absurd
notions of Catholicity. Did they read
the missionary journals published by
the sects, however, their wonderment
would cease. In all seriousness such
choice calumnies as this are offered
to the subscribers, evidently to secure
contributions for the conversion of we
poor deluded mortals:
zone great evil the missionary has
to face is the loose morals of the
churchgoers, especially those who came
to us from the Romish Church (where
we have to depend for our converts),
as these have belonged to a Church
which has absolutely no moral re-
strictions. A person can be considered
a good Catholic if he submits to the
Journalism of the Church, is baptized
and confesses frequently, regardless of
his character or public and private
life"
The author of these Illuminating
statements is one Rev. Sebastian L.
Hernandez, who signs himself mis-
sionary among Mexicans." Perhaps he
will further favor us by informing us
whether one who lies about his neigh
bors' faith "can be considered" a good
Congregationalist.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
MISSIONARIES NEEDED IN
UGANDA.

Although FIR. STAN, of Uganda, is
trying to cover extra territory for
lack of missionaries, he writes hope
fully
However, we don't work without
the blessing of God. The readers pre-
pairing for Baptism are more than u.s.
ual, the number of confessions and
Communions is increasing. Our church
is more than packed on Sundays, in
fact good number are sitting outside.
1t was consoling indeed to see the
crowds coming during October for
their daily instruction and Rosary
We are instructing Just now, a large
number of Christians, because Bishop
Hanlon will soon come for Confirma'
ton.
How glad we would be il more
priests came, because several missions
are single handed and new missions
if God allows, will have to be started
in Rukeddi. Kavinondo, Kisii, and 9th.
er countries which come under the
vicariate. Some of our Fathers are at
home sick leave, but they will come
back, but besides these, we want lot
more.
MAY I ask your prayers for this
vicariate, because we stand surely in
need of Gods help?"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
ALAskANs' IDEAS OF RELIGION

The idea of future life is very OBJ
scure among the Alaskans. They sup
pose that souls of the dead pass to
regions unknown to all the living, save
the Sh1mGn, who claims to have
journeyed, in mysterious spiritual
manner, through these strange regions.
When an Alaskan dies, his relatives
place food and drink near the body, in
order that the dead man may not
starve during his long journey to the
unknown world beyond the tomb.
Formerly, the Alaskan tombs were
all above the ground, and were often
covered with cloth, forming species
of tent, and ornamented with rude
representations of objects illustrating
the mode of life and former occupa-
ton of the deceased Indian or Eskimo.
Now the custom of interring the dead
in the earth has become general in
Alaska.
The natives profess great love and
respect for their dead. In some parts
OF the country, when a native dies, the
body is kept for two days In the house,
which is constantly thronged with
friends, who almost increasingly chant
weird and unmusical 1aments, in token
of their grief and mourning.
With regard to Christianity, the
Eskimo of Alaska embraces our holy
religion more readily than the Indian
The latter gives the missionary much
trouble. When really converted, how.
ever he makes stronger Catholic than
the Eskimo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
ALooFNEss OF SOME JAPANESE
CHRISTIANS.

The missionary in Japan, during
his journeys through the country,
sometimes Unexpectedly finds fam
lily of Christian natives living in an
entirely pagan environment, and far
from any mission station where they
could attend Mass or perform their
religious duties
The explanation of their strange
aloofness is that these people prob
ably met with reverse of fortune,
which impe1led them to withdraw into
obscurity, to pursue the toll they were
ashamed to undertake under the OBJ
servation of their former neighbors.
Very foolishly they are waiting to
gather together sum that will enable
them to resume their former social
position, before they return to a Chris
tian community.
The great objections to this Gus
tom are, first, the fact that these
voluntary exiles become careless in
the practice of their religion; Sec
ondly, the probability that their chill
dren will marry among their pagan
neighbors. The apostle must contin-
ually seek out these isolated and stray
ing sheep of his flock
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14

Heart of Mary, one hundred ana
eighty-five catechists, fifteen thousand
two hundred Catholics and sixteen
hundred pupils in the catechist
schools.
Nine-tenths of the pupils who at
tend the government schools are Is
lamites. IL few pagan children fire.
quent the schools, they are soon drawn
to Mohammedanism by their compan-
ions. These schools are, accordingly,
an actual support to Mohammedani
I'VE can not approve or have part
them." says Bishop Vogt, G. 8. SIP. in
Catholic Missions"
"The government brings teachers
from Europe. The order of studies
occupies five hours a day The
schools are maintained at great ex-
pense The children are lodged, main
tanned and clothed free of cost to their
parents.
We instruct many children of ma
tives who pay the school tax, yet for
the sixteen hundred children in our
schools, we receive one hundred and
sixty dollars year; that is ALL"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
INDIAN NUNS.
A Sisterhood Of Which Not Much ID
Known Here.

Bishop Faisandier, S. j., of Trichino-
poly, India, writes as follows to the
Society for the Propagation Of the
Faith:
at does not take very long for a
missionary to realize that he. needs
auxiliaries to carry on his overwhe1m-
ing task.
Among these auxiliaries, nuns are
foremost; for, without nuns it is near
ly impossible to form truly Christian
mothers; now without mothers of this
stamp no Christian families are pos
sible and consequently no genuine and
permanent Christianity.
1t was in 1854 that the first attempt
was made in the Madura Mission
(Southern India) to found a congrega.
ton of native nuns. This Congrega-
ton was started under the name and
protection of Our Lady of Seven
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
Timeliness.

All measures of reformation are eff
fective in exact proportion to their
.timeliness; partial decay may be cut
away and cleansed; incipient error
corrected but there is point at
which corruption can no more be
stayed, nor wandering recalled. It has
been the manner of modern philan-
thropy to remain passive until that pre-
else period, and to leave the sick. to
perish, and the foolish to stray while
it spent itself in frantic exertions to
raise the dead, and reform the dust
Ruskin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
A MISSIONARY TRIP.

The following letter from western
priest received by The Catholic Church
Extension Society, Of Chicago, ILL.,,
shows what hardships must be often
endured by missionary who is search
ing out Catholics In newly settled
country:
About one year after was or.
dained said Mass one Sunday at
Il, about sixty miles from the
home station. After Mass, a man and
his wife came to me and told me
that they had made journey of forty
miles to reach there. They left home
shortly after midnight and came fast
ing in order to make their Easter
duty I told them that If T lived
another year and was there then, that
I would make the journey and they
could receive the Sacraments at home.
when the next Easter time came
around I had succeeded to the pastor
ate of the parish which comprised
more than half of a large western
state. It was more than three hun
dred miles in length and the whole
width of the state. A railroad passed
through the center, and to reach
places or people north or south of
that we trusted to any conveyance that
might offer.
I'm April, left home one Saturday
afternoon for L; stayed at small
hotel that night where the only varie-
ty in the bill of fare was Irish or
sweet potatoes; beefsteak, rare or we'll
done; pudding or pie; if you take
pudding, you cannot have pie These
are not jokes. They were actual facts
in my experience at that hotel The
next morning said Mass in the school
house and left in the afternoon in a
buggy for a place eighteen miles dis
tant. I said Mass there on Monday
morning, and in the afternoon went in
lumber wagon to another private
dwelling fifteen miles away Mass
again on Tuesday morning and an
other lumber wagon ride of twenty
three miles to the place or ranch of
the couple who had gone forty miles
for their Easter duty the year before.
A man was there with a team of mules
and lumber wagon; he took me to
his place that afternoon, where said
Mass on Thursday morning. found
his house to be a sod house of one
room only, and that night sheets were
hung around the only bed in the house
for my accommodation and privacy.
The man and his wife and little daugh-
ter of seven years slept on the floor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
IN CATHOLIC MISSION FIELDS.
Dolors and its principal work was to

Dolors and its principal work was to
be the education of girls.
The Institute progressed very slowly
at first; how could it be otherwise In
a country where young girls had no
other ideal than the married life in
which they used to engage at the age
of from IL to Is years.
There was progress, however, and
the young sapling OF 1854 has now
become flourishing tree The Con-
gregation of Our Lady of Seven Dolors
| numbers, at present, some 150 nuns
and there are no less than 80 novices
in the noviciate.
Converts and Schools have been
gradually started in various places and
the Congregation now conducts one
| Normal School, four Secondary, and
sixteen Primary Schools, in which they
educate $500 children. The figures
are consoling when it is remembered
that in this country only seven girls
in hundred receive any kind of an
education.
AS the number of schools increases
the number of candidates for the novi-
tiate increases also, SO that there is
for the Congregation a fair prospect
of great development in the near
future.
There are, however, two dark
specks in it's sky, penury and consump-
ton. One might say that the two
specks merge into one, for the best
means to combat consumption is to
improve the Sisters diet and to pro-
vide them with more spacious lodg-
ings and with good sanitarium for
the invalid.
To give an idea of the prevalence
of the dire disease, need only men,
ton that four Sisters have died of con-
sumption in the course of the present
year and two more are dangerously
ILL., Since this foundation in 1854 they
had over 70 deaths, mostly from the
same cause. And the worst of all is
that death seems always to single out
the most promising subjects.
The perjury of resources is easily
explained: Our Catholics are very
poor, so that, not to exclude the most
desirable candidates, the dowry had
to be lxed very low. $110, and in many
instances considerable Or even total
reductions had to be made. Moreover.
it is nearly impossible to levy fees,
for then the parents refuse to send
their children to school,
/ The result is that the Congregation
is in debt and has no hope of getting
out of it for many years, unless some
unexpected aims is forthcoming. The
diocese itself is too poor to lend any
considerable assistance, especially
now, on account of the religious crisis
in France, our principal source of
revenue.
This state of things is much to be
regretted just now, for, the demand
for Schools and Converts increases
rapidly and, unless we can go forward
the Protestants who overrun the
country, and have plenty Of money,
will not be slow in answering the de.
mands disregarded by us. Some sects
have even manufactured Nuns in or
der to fight with us on an equal foot
ing,
Protestant America regularly sends
hither a certain number of Missionar-
les, and spends a great deal of Amer.
lean money without the districts of our
Mission. Would to God Catholic
America were vying with it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14

Charity is greater than justice? Yes,
it is greater, it is the summit of justice
1T is the temple of which justice is
the foundation. But you can not have
the top without the bottom; you cannot
upon justice, for this main reason, that
you have not at first charity to build
with. It is the last reward Of good
work. Do justice to your brother (you
can do that whether you love him or
not), and you will come to love him.
Ruskin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14

A new phase of charitable work is
being carried on by the Sunday school
children of st. Francis De Sales
Church in Charlestown, Mass. By
means of penny collection each Sun
day the children have created a fund
for the purpose of keeping on hand
supply of clothing for the deserving
poor. During the past year six hun
dred dollars was collected and dis
bursed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
CATHOLIC PAPERS IN SCHOOLS.

Several New England pastors have
taken up the idea of introducing
Catholic papers into their schools with
a view Of cultivatfng in the children
taste for Catholic literature. The
scholars read the papers, and half an
hour is spent weekly in discussing the
most striking articles contained. This
novel practice is worthy of encourage
meft.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14

They who have to guide others along
steep and perilous paths should see not
only the obstacles and difficulties
which are before them, but they should
be able to take comprehensive view
of the whole journey and provide for
every need and contingency.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14

Prince Frederick Henry of Prussia,
a cousin of Emperor William, has be-
come Catholic. He has given his for
tune in it's entirety to the Catholic
Church and entered an italian Monas-
terry. He is known in religion as
Brother Henry. The fortune which he
gave to the Church in Italy amounts
to one and one-quarter million dollars,
which will be. devoted to charitable
purposes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
SCHOOLS or eAeAMoYo, AFRICA.

The Vicariate OF Bagamoyo has, at
present, forty missionary priests Of the
Congregation of the Holy Ghost, twen-
ty-seven Lay Brothers, forty-five mis-
sionary Sisters of the Immaculate