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The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
John j. Noonan Dead.

John J. Noonan, "the Irish histor-
ian," who was at one time we'll known
in New York politics, is dead. Noon
an made local name for himself a
generation ago. He was a friend and
supporter Of Richard Croker and a
power in the old Seventh ward under
John F. Ahearn.
Noonan knew personally most of
the Democratic politicians in the city
He was So years old when he died and
was 10 years old When he came to
this country from Ireland after being
graduated at Dublin College. 1t was
said then that the man that owned a
saloon began to climb the political
ladder, so he opened one on Cherry
street and afterward moved to Mad
ison and Market streets.
y He was big man and strongly re-
sembled Big Bill Devery, the chief of
police. Often a policeman would stop
him on the street under the impress
sion that he was talking to Big Bill
Noonan was we'll educated and es-
pecially he knew Irish and English his
tory. When his wife died 10 years
ago he made trip around the world
with his three daughters. When he
returned he moved up town to SAL
East Eighty-second street and gave up
the saloon and politics. He was a
member of the Democratic and Cher
okee clubs, the Atlantic Yacht club,
and the Knights of Columbus. His
daughters, Mrs. Theresa Beauchamp
and the Misses Priscilla and Mac
Noonan, survive him.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
Preparing for Royal Visit.

Some of the flying men have it in
contemplation to bring their airsllips
to Dublin during the week of the visit
of the King and Queen. Mr.. South.
ran, Of Blackpool, has proclaimed his
intention of making a flying visit to
Dublin in July, when the King is here.
Mr.. Southran has made several sue
cessful flights during the last two
years. At Blackpool plans are be-
ing carried out to make it a center
for aviation purposes. Mr.. Southran
has fallen in with the suggestion, and
has established training place in
which those anxious to learn the haz.
ardous art of controlling flying mach.
ines in full fight can be instructed.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
DANIEL O'CONNELL
Where the Heart of the Great Eman-
cipator is Entombed.

Perhaps, after the Vatican, there is
no edifice in Rome more venerated by
men Of Irish blood than the ancient
Basilica of St. Agatha del Gotti, which
it attached to the Irish college,; for
there Lies the embalmed heart of Dan
iel O'Connell. AS the edifice is closed
to the public usually, except during
the celebration of mass each morning,
many took advantage of the 9Th inst.
when the Feast of st. Agatha, the pa
iron of the church, was held. First
vespers, high mass and second vespers
at each Of which bishop pontificat-
ed-constituted the ceremonies of this
essentially Italian fiesta, which ap-
peals to all Christians, for Agatha, the
Siclian maiden, died a terrible death
in defense of her honor, and she has
been revered by the Catholic church
from the time of her martyrdom.
Among the objects in the church
which came in for special attention
of the people. was the large marble
monument in which the great Irish
mems heart is kept. O'Connell is repre-
scented at the bar of the British House
of Commons, refusing to take the
blasphemous oath, and over the fig
ure runs the inscription in gold let
tiers:
"This monument contains the heart
of O'Connell, who, dying at Genoa, OH
his way to the Eternal City. bequeath-
ed his soul to God, his body to Ireland,
and his heart to Rome. He is repre-
scented at the bar of the British House
of Commons, in 1923, when he refused
to take the anti-Catholic declaration,
in these remarkable words: 4 al once
reject this declaration; part of it I
believe to be untrue; the rest know
to be false He was born 9th August,
1875, and died 18th May. 1S4S.
Erected by Charles Bianconi, the
faithful friend of the immortal Liber-
ator, and of Ireland, the land of his
adoption"
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
WHAT is A MIRACLE?

How many Catholics have a definite
idea Of what is the meaning of the
term miracle? If many of us We're
asked to say off hand whether or not
the creation Of a soul, the Eucharistic
Presence or sacramento effects came
under the meaning of the terms mir
acle, we would find it difficult to give
a definite answer. On this point the
article on miracles in volume of the
Catholic Encyclopedia says: "The ex-
traordinary element in the miracle
i. e., the event apart from the ordin-
AIRY course of things-enables US to
understand the teaching of theologians
that events which ordinarily take place
in the natural or supernatural course
of Divine Providence, are not miracles
although they are beyond the efficiency
of natural sources. Thus, e. g., the
creation of the soul is not miracle
for it takes place in the ordinary
course Of nature Again, the justiica-
ton of the sinner, the Eucharistic
Presence, the sacramental effects are
not miracles for two reasons: They are
beyond the grasp of the sense and they
have place in the ordinary course of
Gods supernatural Providence"
A miracle in the ordinary sense Of
the wo:d is an occurrence which
transcends the recognized laws of ma
turc. That something should happen
which cannot be explained by known
laws, is hot inconsistent with science.
The laws of nature which science
recognizes are based OH induction and,
as all the possible conditions can new
or be examined into, the law of the
uniformity Of nature cannot be held to
be absolute and unvarying. Because
an event has occurred a thousand times
under given conditions is not proof
that it will occur the thousand ;lnd
ability of it's occurring is very great.
TO say that miracles cannot happen
is to say that our knowledge of ma
ture is complete-that it is not hem
med by screen behind which God can
operate in a way that we cannot fore
see. AS well might the scientist de-
clare that it is impossible for an I'M
known body wandering through space
to suddenly appear for the first time
within the range of our telescopes as
to say that miracles are impossible.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
Irishman's Splendid vaIor.

Everyone remembers the awful Park
avenue collision in New York city. One
of the sufferers was young man
named Peter Murphy, says the Pill
grim Teacher. His feet and legs were
caught beneath the engine which had
telescoped the car. He had worked
one leg free, and was about to pull
the other loose when the roof of the
Car fell on both legs. While he hung
there in agony, Battalion Chief Far
rell, of the fire department, came
along and Murphy begged him to lift
the timber off his legs. IF do that"
said Farrell, "the roof will fall on the
others inside. There are women
there II didn't think Of that" said
Murphy. "Let it stay. I'll stand the
pain" Heard you anything more
Christ-like? So he waited, long,
terrible half hour, till his fellow suf-
ferers were dragged from under the
ruins. Himself he could not save. No
wonder that on the ninth of March
following (this was in january two
thousand people escorted the crippled
hero from Bellevue hospital to his
home in New Rochelle. 1t was trib.
ute to something far finer than cour.
age
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
COLUMBUS DAY
Is Now Holiday in Twenty-One
States


Columbus Day. Oct. -, is now a le-
gal holiday in 81 states. West Vir-
ginia and Indiana are the latest states
to recognize the achievements Of the
great Catholic discoverer by making
the anniversary Of his discovery of
America legal holiday.
Oklahoma joined the list a few days
ago when the bill introduced in the
legislature by State Senator P. j..
Goulding, passed both branches and
was signed by the governor.
Governor Oswald West swung the
state of Oregon into line as the eight
zenith commonwealth in the Union to
honor the memory of the discoverer
of America, when he signed bill last
month designating the anniversary Of
that event, Columbus Day, general
holiday That is, it was Governor
West who displayed his regard for
er State by atfiXing his signature to
the measure after the vote was taken
in the senate that resulted in it's pass
age. but the man who really did the
swinging was Bro. John W. Kelly
of Portland Council, member of the
state degree team and one of the most
enthusiastic and unflinchirg workers
in the interest of Columbianism in the
west.
Following is the list OF states which
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

Archbishop Messmer Of Milwaukee
has written letter to be read in all
the churches of his archdiocese urg-
ing opposition to the bills pending in
the Wisconsin legislature which, if
passed, would compel the state to
furnish free books in the public
schools. In his letter the Archbishop
points out the injustice such a meas
ure would be to Catholic and Lutheran
taxpayers who are supporting denom-
national schools. 1.-The measure of
free textbooks is not only wrong in
principle" the letter reads: lit is
wrong in other regards. l shall not
mention the sanitary and pedagogical
drawbacks pointed out by physicians
and educators in other cities and
states where this measure has been
proposed But we must protest most
emphatically against the horrible in
Justice done by this measure to all
citizens maintaining separate denom-
national schools; an injustice that
even the Protestant governments of
England and Prussia have not dared
to infict upon their dissenting sub
jects.'
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
IRISH MANUSCRIPT
Which Throws Light on Old Historical
Traditions.

An interesting old Irish manuscript
has recently been published by the
Cummins family of Clonmel, Ireland,
writes Mrs. S. M. O'Malley in the
Western Waterman. 1t was found
among the papers of the late Misses
Cummins, two elderly ladies who lived
in Clonmel, and relates some hitherto
unknown facts regarding Cromwell's
siege of that city. 1t is the old, old
story of Irish bravery, the women
fighting as staunchly as the men; and
like many a bit of Irish history, too,
it has it's sad story of treachery, the
inevitable informer, willing to sell his
people to the bloody conqueror. Here
is part of the tale:
while the gallant Governor of Clon-
mel still bravely defended the town,
and when his ammunition failed the
women mounted the walls of the town,
supplying themselves with plenty of
boiling hot water, and when Crom-
wells soldiers endeavored to scale the
walls Whites forces chopped their
hands off with their swords, and the
brave women poured plenty of boiling
hot water On them from the ramparts,
which caused Cromwell to exclaim !:
This is not Cloniflel, but pell-mell.
At length for want of ammunition the
gallant Governor White was overpow-
cred and Clonmel was taken
ALTHOUGH these circumstances are
not recorded in Irish history, yet they
are none the less true" the author of
the Cummins manuscript goes on. "But
any of the old inhabitants of Fethard
know the fact of its having been hand
ed down to them from father to son.
I have asked them about it, without
telling them who l was, and they knew
it so well that they told me Cromwell
must have been taken prisoner by the
Comins' or killed, had not the tenant
referred to betrayed them! Extraor.
binary to tell, the descendant of that
traitor lived in Fethard and kept a
public house there when I made those
inquiries about 35 years ago, say in
1876, and l went out Of curiosity to
his house and saw him!"
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

According to a report OF the Bureau
of the Holy Name Society, two hum
d:ed and fifty-two societies We're Or
to March 25 of this year, one hundred
and eight additional societies were or
ganized. The report of the Arch
diocean Union of New York for the year
ending March 10, 1911, shows that at
tendance at Holy Communion of men,
bers of Holy Name Societies was 49,
900.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

friendly relations unless all measures
affecting the Catholic church in Spain
are first submitted to the Vatican for
approval.
The reply was submitted to Pre-
mier Canalejas, who urged that rig
id anti-clerical campaign in defiance
of the Pope be begun at once. Alton
so, however, is reluctant to abandon
the efforts at compromise.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
No Bigotry in Pittsburg.

On or before May first of this year,
a catalogue of all the books written
by Catholic authors, and now in the
Carnegie library, Pittsburg, will be
issued by the library authorities The
catalogue will contain between $50
and 300 pages, uniform in size with
the other catalogues of the library,
giving list of nearly 1900 Catholic
authors, whose several thousand vol
umes may be found in the library.
The Forthcoming Carnegie catalogue
is due to a recommendation made
some months ago to the librarian of
the Carnegie library by Rev. Thomas
F. Coakley, D. D., of st. Paul's Cathe-
dral, Pittsburg, Pa. The suggestion
was cordially received in a broad and
liberal spirit, for the library authori-
ties have always manifested a deep
interest in the intellectual growth of
the citizens of Pittsburg, and Catho-
lies now form one-third Of the popula-
ton in that city. Work was started
Immediately and prosecuted with ear
nestness under a corps of trained IL
brarians, with the constant collabora-
ton of Rev. DR.. Coakley, and the care
that has been taken with it's produc-
ton will make it the most elaborate
and most complete of it's kind and give
it a degree of accuracy and authority
hitherto unattained by any similar
publication in the United States.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

The unfortunate accident which re-
Gently took place in an open mine in
Virginia, this state, causing the death
Of from twelve to fourteen persons,
seems to have been of that entirely
happens and TO-. which no ono is to
blame. Talk Of damage suits by rela-
tves has been discouraged by the
statement it's officials promise to take
care of those who are thus berett and
in such manner that all will realize
better than could be expected to re-
suit ii the matter wee carried into
the courts.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

An Infamous scroundrel was con-
victed here this week of trying to
lure away two young girls to a den
of infamy in a neighboring state and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment,
One who would attempt to blacken
human souls in that way should be
put behind bars until he could be
trusted to leave Off his Satanic mis-
sion, even il it meant that he should
remain there for life.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

The wouldbe scientist is satisfied
when he has chased the mysteries Of
creation into the atom, the gemmule
or the cell. The true man of science
knows that no matter how far he may
he will eventually arrive at the last
link, behind which all is mystery.
Gods transcendent greatness is no
less evident in the invisible ion of
matter than in the worlds that glide
through space. Let us have science,
true science, in abundance; but don't
let us think for moment that science
can relieve us of the necessity of be-
lief in God.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

Last week the managers of the New
World paid a fitting tribute to the
of that journal, Charles j. OMalley,
in publishing memorial number
which contained many beautiful trib-
utes from the pens OF leading Cath
Ollie writer's. The Editor and man.
ayers of the New World are to be
complimented for this beautiful trib,
ute to the memory OF one who de-
serves so we'll of aspiring Catholic
authors
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
ANGLo-AMERIcAN PACT AGAIN.

Sir Edward Grey's recent speech in
the House of Commons in which he
pointed out that the time is ripe for
the long-sought Anglo-American Al
lance, has created considerable stir
among the Alliance mongers, particu-
larly in England. Lord Grey, in whom
hope for the proposed pact is now
centered, has been busy sounding
President Taft to find out what atti-
tude he takes on this important ques-
ton. AS result Of his scientific re-
searches in the cranial cavities of the
President of the United States, he
was able 70 inform his auditors that
Mr. Taft personally believes matters
of national honor should be referred
to a Court Of Arbitration for settle
ment just as disputes between individ
uals are settled before a recognized
tribunal. Lord Grey then went on to
show what tremendous force the
union of England and the United
States in a peace pact would have in
promoting world peace. II know that
to bring about changes of that kind"
said Sir Edward, public opinion has
to rise to Il high plane, higher than it
can rise to at any ordinary time. But
the times are not ordinary ard they
will become less ordinary as the en-
penditure increases. The minds of
men were working and looking back
on history they would find that there
had been some favorable moments
when public opinion had risen to
heights which previous generation
would have considered impossible. 1t
was SO when public opinion abolished
slavery. Progress might be slow, but
public opinion, if it could find leaders
with the requisite courage, might in
sist on finding relief in the direction
indicated. Some armies and navies
would remain, but only as to police
he world
This is the message that Sir Ed
ward carried back to England and for
which he was so heartily applauded.
And now the people are taking up the
suggestion.
The suggestion is not new one. 1t
was offered before and it failed. And
the Irish in America were mainly re-
sponsiblc for it's failure. Why should
the Irish favor it now? They have
not been given Home Rule yet. And
until they are given Home Rule they
have as great reason TO oppose an
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49,

now honor the achievement of the
discoverer of America by making Oct
IL holiday: California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma.
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
Vermont and West Virginia.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01

A man was liberated from Penn
sylvana prison not long since, after
twenty years of incarceration for a
crime he did not commit When he
came out he said his only hope and
consolation during all those years lay
in his Rosary. Had it not been for that,
he declares, he would have gone in
sane. How many of us would have
been willing to hope when hope was
so long deferred? There would be not
a few who would wonder about Gods
justice and mercy ere so many years
had passed. Contrast with this faith
full, trusting supplicanr those who
grow Respondent over trivial failures
and having no faith for ballast, cast
all hope overheard and cut loose from
earthly mornings. We seldom think
OF being thankful for the precious pos
session of a deep and lasting faith.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
Another $4,000 for Home Rule.

sage was sent to the Irish Nationalist
leader, John E. Redmond, and his COL
leagues in the British House of Com
mons, in the form of $4,000 remit.
lance from the Irish League of Amer
lea to further the work of the Irish
party.
The remittance makes the ninth
contribution, each of $4,000, sent to
the Irish party since Mr. Redmond
and his colleagues visited this coun-
try last October.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
TIM HEALY AND NORTH LOUTH

The North LOuth election contest
has finally been decided. Mr.. Angus
tine Roche of the Nationalist Party
was returned unopposed. This is not
surprising as those who We're familiar
with the situation professed them
selves to be morally certain that
should Mr.. Healy enter as Il candi-
date. his second defeat would be more
decisive than his first. In letter TO
a friend explaining his reasons for not
becoming q candidate second time
Mr.. Healy states, among other things,
that lie feared violent mobs might be-
set the polls and do unwonted harm.
He adds that he considered the loss
of the moral influence due TO the en-
clusion OF the clergy from the contest
to be a further important reason why
he should withdraw. Referring to
Cardinal Logue's letter to the clergy
| warning them to take no active part
| in the election further than to go to
| the polls and cast their ballots, he
says:
"Thc declaration OF his Eminence
Cardinal Logue that, if another cleo
| ton is fought tho second state of the
constituency. would be worse than the
first has, l own, wrought deeply on
my mind. had INDUCED the hope
that an improvement would take place
when the record of the tactics EN-
ployed in the recent conflict had be
! come a page of shame. l therefore
shrink from involving my supporters
in further anxiety. They have gone
through two contests in IL months,
followed by an election petition in
which many Of them had to endure
| the odious tactics of a relentless or
ganization."
Mr. Healy's explanation has Won
derfully marked ring of humility about
it. We hope he is sincere, but are
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
A certain Mr.. Irving Towmbly,

A certain Mr.. Irving Towmbly, a
wealthy engineer, is going to con-
struct an aeroplane for the purpose
of crossing the Atlantic. Mr.. Town.
bly, has novel plan in mind for ac-
complishing his flight He does not
propose to make from-shore-to-shore
sWoop. Instead he is going to station
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
Pope's Attitude UNCHANGED.

Hope of a compromise in the dis
pute between the Spanish government
and the Vatican was dispelled recently
by King Aifonso's receipt of the posi-
tive refusal of the Pope to renew
The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
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The religions of the world are par
Odies based on CathOllclty

A movement looking to the estab-
lishment of compulsory domestic serv-
ice for women is beng initiated by
some leading advocates of women's
rights in the Fatherland. From the
point OF view of a mere man unac-
quainted with culinary arts, but COM
petent to judge the finished products,
this is a Commendable idea.