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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01
D DEATH. OF HENRY LAU R
Contractor and Builder OF
Catholic Churches Called to His
ReWard-Was an Exemplary
Catholic and a Generous
Supporter Of the
Church.

On March "a, Henry Lauer, one of
the best known contractors and build
ers of the city, died at st. Joseph's S
Hospital after brief illness. His
funeral took place from the Church of
st. Francis, on March q. The Solemn
High Mass of Requiem was celebrated
by the pastor, Rev. F. x. Bajec, with
Rev. A. Ogulin as Deacon and Rev.
P. Rulquin as Subdeacon. Right Rev
erend Bishop Lawler, who presided In
the Sanctuary with Rev. J. M. Solnce
and Rev. J. Soda as Deacons of Honor,
preached the sermon and gave the
final absolution.
Henry Lauer was born in Alsace
Lorraine in 1851 and came to America
in 1871. For two years he worked at
his trade as a stone mason in Buffalo,
N. Y, and thence removed to Stevens
Point, Wis. He came to st. Paul in
1878. In 1881 he married Miss Rose
Steffanus of Stevens Point. In the
meantime he engaged in the contract
ing business with his brother under
the firm name Of Lauer Bros He
established an enviable reputation for
business integrity and was one of the
charter members of the Builders Ex-
change of st. Paul. He erected some
of the largest building in the city, such
as the Germania Life, the. Pittsburg,
the White House and others. He was
famous as church builder. He built
st. Mary's chapel at the st. Paul Semi
nary; st. Louis Church; laid the
foundation for the new Cathedral, and
was engaged in the construction of St.
Agnes Church at the time of his death.
AS the funeral procession passed by
the new ST. Agnes Church one thou
sand parochial school children lined
both sides of Kent street out of respect
for the builder Of their church.
Extract from Bishop LAWYERS Sermon.
The following extract from the SER
mon preached by the Rt Rev. Bishop
Lawler is a well-deserved tribute to
the truly Christian life and character
of the deceased:
We are sad today because a sturdy
character is no more. He is gone
from happy home where loving
hearts throbbed responsive to his
every wish. He is gone from the
arena of business where his energy,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01
.GITHOuC AUTHORIZES HONORED
Notre Dame University confers the
Laetare Medal on Miss Agnes
Repplier of Philadelphia.

Each year on the fourth Sunday of
Lent, known as Laetare Sunday, the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana,
announces the name of the recipient
of the "Laetare" gold medal which it
confers on some member of the Cath
olic laity for distinguished service to
religion in literature, art, science or
philanthropy. This year the coveted
honor is bestowed on Miss Agnes Rep
plier, the noted Catholic authoress, of
Philadelphia. 1t is a worthy choice.
Miss Repplier has earned, by her writ
ings, an enviable position among
authors and has endeared herself to
thousands who have read her works
with pleasure and profit. Her talents
have been generously employed in the
propagation of Catholic teaching and
the promotion of the welfare of the
Church. The announcement of her
selection will be hailed with delight
and satisfaction by all Catholics.
The Laetare Medal is the highest
gift which the University can bestow
for meritorious service to religion on
the part of the laity. Many names dis
tinguished in the annals of American
history are found on the bead-roll of
those who have received it. Last year
it was conferred on DR.. Maurice Fran
els Egan, the American Minister to
Denmark, who is at present in this
country for the purpose of delivering
course of lectures at the Johns Hop
kins University and the University of
Notre Dame
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01

honesty and sound Judgment COM
manded the admiration of those who
had dealings with him. He is gone
from this congregation in which his
splendid example pointed his fellow
parishiOners onward and upward to
better things. He will be remembered
as an excellent Catholic, an honorable,
igh-principled gentleman. In the
mad rush for earthly prizes in our age
and country, men become forgetful of
the claims of God upon their lives.
The thought of God is often lost in the
thoughts of earth; the care of the soul
is postponed for that of the body; the
interests of eternity are made sec
ondary to those of time. Not such
was he whose departure hence we
now mourn. For him true piety was
not incompatible with good business
habits. Though intensely occupied
with the affairs of life he was not
unmindful of his duties to his Creator
He recognized Gods claims on all that
he had and on all that he was. He
gave generously of his possessions to
the support of religion not from osten-
tation but from principle, from sense
of justice, from a conscientious obedi-
ence to the laws of God.
He gave God his share of worship.
As he was the active doer he was also
the noble liver and he was never too
busy to attend to his spiritual self. Not
like those who give God the minimum
OIL worship, who go to an early Mass
on Sundays in order to have the re-
mainder Of the Lords day for them
selves, he always attended High Mass
that he might nourish his soul with
the Word of God and that he might
be an example to the younger genera
tion. AS he lived an exemplary life SO
he died a happy death To him the
truth was clear that living is dying
and that living well means dying we'll.
We should not be unmindful of our
duty to pray for our departed friend.
Better than tears or eulogies or monu-
ments are prayers addressed to heaven
for his eternal repose
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BUILDING ASSURED
The ST. Paul Council Has Signed the
Contract for the Erection Of Its
New Home-lt Will Be an I'M
posing Structure With Pub
lie Hall, Club Rooms and
Athletic Department.

Last week the officers of the Colum-
bus Hall Association representing the
members of the st. Paul Council,
knights of Columbus, signed the con-
tract for the building of new home
for which they have been planning for
some time This contract calls for the
erection of a three and a half story
building on the plot of ground at the
corner of Smith Avenue and Fifth
Street, which was purchased about two
years ago at cost of $4,000. The
proposed building will have frontage
of 115 feet on Fifth Street and $50 on
Smith Avenue In the basement will
sium equipped with all modern appli-
ances for athletic training There will
be swimming pool, shower baths,
hand-ba1l alley, locker space and loung-
ing rooms. On the first floor, in addi-
tion to the main hall, which will be
6Ox12O feet and capable of accommo-
dating twelve hundred persons, there
will be reception room and class and
lecture rooms for the educational work
which the Knights intend to inaugu-
rate. The second floor will be de
voted exclusively to clubrooms for the
knights; and the third will be fitted
up with about fifty rooms, which will
be rented to members of the Council.
The building will cost about $780,
600. The work of excavating will be-
gin as soon as possible; the corner
stone will be laid in June; and the
building will be ready for occupancy
the first of next January. The Black
Masonry and Construction Company of
ST. Louis have secured the contract
through their local architect, J. F.
benson, formerly of Chicago.
The st. Paul Council was organized
about twelve years ago and, at that
time, was the first council of the
Knights of Columbus west of Chicago
1t is one of the largest in the country
and has membership of nine hun
dred. It's present club rooms are To-
Gated at 400 Cedar Street.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01
DEATH CALLS MGR. LOUGHL|N
OF PHILADELPHIA
A NOTED PREACHER, LlNGuIST
AND AUTHOR.

The Right Reverend Mgr. J. F.
Loughlin, D. D., Rector of the Church
of the Nativity, Philadelphia, died in
the Barbados March II. Although
he was not in good health his death
was entirely unexpected. The remains
will be shipped to Philadelphia for
interment.
Mgr. Loughlin was born in Auburn,
N. Y, May 8, 1851. He attended the
public school of Toledo, Ohio, whittier
his family moved in 1860. He made
his classical and theological studies in
the College of the Propaganda, Rome,
and was ordained to the Priesthood,
April 4, 1874. He taught for time
in the Seminary of st. Charles Bor-
omeo, and filled several pastoral
charges before he was appointed to
the Church of the Nativity in 1901.
On April 4, 1899, the twenty-fifth ami
versary of his ordination, he was made
a Monsignor
Mgr. Loughlin was for four years
associate editor Of the American
Catholic Quarterly Review" and be-
sides publishing volume of sermons,
contributed to many other publications.
He spoke seven languages f1uently and
had working knowledge Of several
others. He took an active. interest in
the establishment Of reading circles
for Catholic young ladies, and for
many years was President Of the
Catholic Young Mems National Union
and an active promoter of the Catholic
Summer School movement
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01


The destruction was complete. The
professors and students lost every
thing. A valuable library containing
costly works, priceless manuscripts
and records which cannot be replaced
was totally destroyed. Valuable paint
ings and the. cherished heirlooms of
three-quarters of a century were re-
duced to ashes.
The most beautiful part of the col
lege, however, was the chapel. This
was modelled after the famous chapel
of -Chapelle, and was the only
one of it's kind in this country. 1t
was considered one of the finest speci
mems of gothic architecture in Amer
lea; and had recently been renovated
at considerable cost. Nothing was
saved from the sacred edifice except
the Blessed Sacrament, which was car
ried in safety to the chapel in Doug
horegan Manor, occupied by Mr.. Philip
Carroll, descendant of the CAROLS
of Carrollton. The total loss is about
100000, with insurance sufficient to
cover only one-half that amount.
st. Charles College owes it's exist
ence to the zeal of the Most Reverend
Ambrose Marechal third Archbishop
of Baltimore, and the generosity of
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, signer
of the Declaration of American Inde-
pendence. The latter gave to the
trustees 253 acres of land from his
own estate as a site for the institu-
tion and $5,319 towards fund for the
beginning of the work. In the charter
granted to the college by the Mary
land Legislature in 1880 it was stipu-
lated that the one purpose of the insti-
tuition was to educate young men for
the priesthood. In October, 1848, the
first President of st. Charles, Rev. O..
L. Jenkins arrived, accompanied by an
assistant instructor, four students and
one servant At his death on July II,
| 1869, the staff of professors had in
creased to thirteen, the attendance of
students to one hundred and forty,
while one hundred priests claimed it
as their Alma Mater. At the present
time, under the presidency of Rev. F..
x. McKenny, the college faculty num-
bers nineteen, the students two hun
dred and fourteen, the alumni nearly
four thousand, of whom thirteen hun
dred are priests. Among it's distin-
guished alumni are His Eminence, Car
dinal Gibbons of Baltimore, Arch
bishop Keane of Dubuque, Archbishop
O'Connell of Boston, Bishop O'Connell
of San Francisco, Bishop Monaghan
of Wilmington, Bishop Burke of AL
bany, Bishop Garvey of Altoona, and
Bishop Garrigan of Sioux City.
Plans have already been made for
the rebuilding of the institution and
it is expected that the college will be
ready for occupancy in September,
1912 In the meantime classes have
been resumed at St. Vincent's Fresh
Air Home at Cloud Cap, near Cation
vile. A fund has been started for the
new institution, Cardinal Gibbons send
ing personal contribution of $4,000
Already it amounts to more than $685.
900.
The sympathy of the whole country
goes out to the faculty of the insti-
tuition and to all connected with it in
the great loss which the Church has
sustained in the destruction of this
historic institution.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01

those catechisms should be in the
hands of children who are being pre-
pared to receive the Sacrament.
2. The devotional and reverential
spirit spoken of is the seriousness of
mind and the piety of heart with re-
gard to the things of religion that
result from Christian training in
Christian home or Christian school
room. This devotional and reveren-
tial spirit is betokened by the habitual
daily recitation of the essential pray
ers of religion-the Our Father, the
Hail Mary, the Apostles Greed, the
Acts of Faith, Hope, Charity and Con-
trition-as also by those more imme-
diate tokens of piety, interior and ex-
terror, without which approach to the
Holy Table is at no time permissi-
BILE.
3. The promise of attendance upon
the courses of religious instruction
aration for solemn First Communion
will be formal and written, and, furth-
ermore, ratified in writing by the
father and the mother The danger is
that, Holy Communion once received,
both child and parents, under pretext
that the essentials of religion have
been compiled with, will put aside, as
unnecessary, further instruction in re-
ligious doctrine. Against this danger
confessors and pastors will sedulously
be on their guard. Where reliable
guarantees are wanting that fuller in
struction beyond the minimum pos
sessed at an early reception of Holy
Communion will not be sought, ad-
mission to the Sacrament should be
held back until better sentiments pre-
vail. And since in this country the
recognized and, as rule, the only
adequate means of obtaining this fuller
instruction, is an education in Catho-
lie school, the promise entered into
should contain a formal and explicit
clause that the child will attend a
Catholic school. The promise should
also be made that the child will in due
time take part with other children Of
the parish in the exercises of solemn
First Communion
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01
Other Explanations.

Parents and confessors are the
judges as to whether the child is fit
to be admitted to First Communion.
Where the confessor is other than the
pastor, the confessor will not fail to
notify the pastor that the child has
been admitted to the reception of Holy
Communion and to remit to him the
letter of promise, with regard to fu-
ture attendance at religious instruc-
tion, to which the child and parents
will have affixed their names.
Again, where the confessor is other
than the pastor, the confessor, before
authorizing the child to receive Holy
Communion, will make sure that it is
sufficiently instructed and fulflls other
requisite conditions, by a serious ex-
animation outside the confessional, or
the testimony of the pastor.
Now and then during the year, espe-
cially at Christmas and Easter time,
children deemed capable of First Com
munion might with much profit be
brought together in groups for such
special instruction as would fit them
more Immediately for the reception of
the Sacrament.
The First Communion of children
outside the Solemn First Communion,
as hereinafter explained, will be de-
void of all pomp or special ceremonial
the children approaching the Holy
Table in like manner as ordinary COM
municants. Nor will the renovation of
baptismal vows follow the reception OF
the Sacrament.
1t were well, however, that parents
receive Holy Communion at the same
time as their little ones. The presence
of parents at the Holy Table edifies
and encourages the child, and is a
guarantee that their petition to have
it receive the Holy Sacrament is the
expression of deep-seated piety on
their part, and not merely tribute
to custom and exterior religious OBJ
servance.
Solemn First Communion.
Once year-within the Pascnai
Season-there will be in every parish
solemn First Communion. To this
solemn First Communion pastors will
give all possible splendor, so as to put
upon the minds of the communicates
an impression that will remain with
them their life long and serve them
well in their battles for faith and
good conduct. A spiritual retreat OF
three days will precede the day of
solemn First Communion. In the aft
ernoon of the day itself, the public
renovation of baptismal vows will take
place, and an appropriate sermon will
be preached by the pastor himself, or
some other priest, whom he will invite
to join with him in doing honor to the
children of his parish, on this-the
great day Of their lives.
The age at which children will be
brought to solemn First Communion
will be that of their tenth, or their
eleventh year-not earlier than the
tenth, nor later than the eleventh, as
completed the 31st day of December
of the year proceeding that in which
the solemnity is to take place.
| Continued on Page a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-19
HERMANN QUITS THE
 RULES COMMITTEE

New York, January 1S.-August Herr mann of the Cincinnati Baseball club who was recently appointed a member of the National league rules committee, has sent to President Lynch his resignation as a member of that committee.
 MT. Hermann, in his letter of resig- nation, assigns me no reason for his with drawal' said Mr. Lynch today, but I take it for granted he had a good and sufficient one, and therefore I have ac- cepted same Everyone who is interested in the progress of the game will regret MT. Herrmann's withdrawal from such an important assignment.
 After comforting with President John son of the American league I am of the opinion there is no necessity of making changes in the playing rules. This com mittee, however, will be called upon to recommend the official ball to be used after 1911, which is a matter of great importance to the National league
 Tn place of Mir Hermann l have ap- pointed MT Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg club, who is in New York today in con ference with Mir Heydler and myself on the playing schedule. and who has con sented to serve on the rules committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-19

FIs-4 AEna apr fst
 Total $S uo9, ,9Sb. lb
 ''The joint conference method adopted by the operators and miners for the purpose of negotiating wage contracts has done much to establish peace in the mining district industry.
 Whether this method is to be continued will depend entirely upon the sincerity of those. who have been parties to the move ment.
 There is much agitation at the present time in favor of conservation of our nat ural resources. The advocates of conser- vation should direct their efforts to in- vestigating why 50 per cent of our coal is wasted This is due to the desire of men to produce a large tonnage in the cheapest and quickest possible manner in order that large profits may be made on the capital invested in the mining indus try.
 T am still of the opinion that a charter should be granted to the Western Feder- ation of Miners
 I've have in this country a law known as the sherman antitrust law It's al- legged object is to destroy trusts and to prohibit combinations that are inimical to the interests of the people.
 There is no likelihood that the Stand ard Oil company, the United States Steel corporation, and other great industrial Institutions will be dissolved by the en- forcement of the provisions of the Sher- man antitrust law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-19
News of BIocton

Blocton, January 1S-t tSpecial.) .)-The Womans Home Mission society of the First Methodist church gave an laborate oyster supper last night at the elegant home of Mir. and Mrs Louie Wessnger. The proceeds of the supper amounted to $H. The occasion was one of enjoyment and pleasure to all who attended
 Harvey & Tuggle are making arrange ments to build house near the union depot and install high-grade moving picture show. They already have plan, in West Blocton When the new plant is completed Blocton will have one mov- ing picture show and West Blocton one
 D. R. Jackson of Randolph who re- gently moved to Smith Hill, has bought the stock of goods of the Sparks brothers in West Blocton and will move his family to West Blocton soon.
 Hardy & Thomas who bought out tho meat market in West Blocton few weeks ago, are establishing good trade l.. A. LeGrone. who has conducted g meat market in West Blocton for years has bought a large farm near Akron Ala. and is moving his family this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-19
STORY OF ASSAULT
 UPON CONSUL

Victoria, B. C., January 1S.-Details of the assault on United States Vice Con sul Williamson at Dalney, Manchuria. by Japanese on December g. briefly reported to Washington by cable, were received last night from the steamer Hallamshire. MT. Williamson. according to the advices, went to inspect the fish market recently opened by Japanese at Dalney and was on high stand watching an auction sale when a number of Japanese and Chinese fish mongers pushed into the market. MT. Williamson was almost pushed off the stand.
 He was strengthening himself up in the crush when several Japanese, including the secretary and a clerk of the mar ket, 1t Is said, began scolding him for be- ing there and at the same time pushing their way toward him and seizing him by the arms and pulling him from the stand. MT. Williamson asked why it was wrong for him to watch the sale, say ing he would leave after they gave him a reason.
 Then the Japanese rushed at him. He pushed one of them over in self-defense and the crowd rushed at him.. both Jap- anese and Chinese attacking him. A Jap anese thrust at him with a bamboo pole, wounding him on the chin. Another Jap anese threw block of ice, which cut his head, blood flowing freely. Several threw fish at him.
 With blood trickling down his clothing the victim made his way to the police station, half block distant, and some Japanese policemen accompanied him back to the market where the two Japanese who first attacked him were found.
 The consul asked that they be taken to the police station. According to the version taken here the police did not take them Then Williamson made protest to the Japanese administrator at Dalney and sent telegrams and letters to Wash ington reporting the assault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-19
PLAN TO SAVE IN
 POSTAL SERVICE

Washington, January B-A meas ure was introduced in the Senate to- day by Senator Guggenheim that, in the opinion of postal experts, will go far toward reducing the existing deficit in the postoffice department. It was a bill drafted by Postmaster General Hitchcock after long consideration and discussion.
 It provides that the Postmaster Gen. eral shall furnish official postage stamps, stamped envelopes and wrap pers for use by all officers of the Unit ed States and other persons author ized to transmit mail free of postage; and after July l, 1911 no such of fcer or person shall transmit any mat ter by mail without prepayment af postage by means of the proposed of fcial stamps
 Commenting upon this measure Post master General Hitchcock said tonight:
 "The unrestricted manner in which the franking privilege is now used by the several federal services and Con- gress has lad it open to serious abuses. While t has been impossible without better control of frankins to determine the exact expense to the government for this practice there can be no doubt that 1t annually reaches millions of dollars"