The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
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New Rector of Leo House.-Rev.
Urban G. Nageleisen has retired from
the position of Rector OF the Leo
House, New York, and is succeeded
by Rev. August Stehle, pastor of the
Church of the Holy Family.
Cathedral enthusiastically, Novem-
Der "a, the Cathedral of ST. John the
EVANGELIST, Cleveland, Ohio, celebrated
it's sixtieth anniversary of consecra-
ton.
Inquisition and Drake.-Mrs. leila
NuttaH, the American archaeologist,
who has devoted many years to the
study of Mexican antiquities and CO.
Ionial history, made a communication
to the London Hakluyt Society last
week concerning important discoveries
of unpublished documents relating to
Francis Drake.
These papers cast considerable light
on the real nature of brakes piratical
expedition to South America, and the
Spanish Inquisition as it existed in
that continent. That it was essen
TALLY State or Governmental tri-
bunal is clearly shown. That Drake
was a Protestant filibuster sent by
Queen Elizabeth to invade the domin-
ions of the king of Spain, with whom
she was pretending to be desirious
of maintaining terms of amity, is also
made apparent.
Catholic University Law School,
Doctor Thomas C. Carrigan of Worces-
ter Massachusetts, has been elected
dean, and Peter J. Mclaughlin, also
of Worcester, vice dean of the Catho-
lie University Law School in Washing
ton by the board of trustees of the
University.
Protestant Clergy Converts. Rev.
Bryant Gray Harmon, a clergyman OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church, was
received into the Catholic Church
on October 31st, in the chapel of New
man School, Hackensack, N. j., by
Reverend Henry R. Sargent, who is
himself a convert, having entered the
Church about three years ago. Mr..
Harmon is a graduate of Lawrence
vile School and of Princeton Univer-
sity. His last charge was in Fair
haven, Vermont. He intends to study
for the priesthood.
Rev. Edmund S. Middleton, for the
past seven and one-half years master
of Greek in Trinity School for Boys,
in West Ninety-first street, New York
has been received into the Catholic
Church by the Very Rev. John J.
Hughes, superior of the Paulist Fa-
theirs. Mr.. Middleton is fifty years old.
He was born in New York, and was
graduated from Harvard in 1885, and
from the General Episcopal Theologi-
cal Seminary, this city, in 1889. He
is married and lives in Yonkers.
Massachusetts Church Burned.
priest and twenty firemen were over
come by smoke from fire November
21st, which destroyed the interior of
ST. Jean Baptiste Church, the largest
French Catholic edifice in Lowell,
Mass. The financial loss is estimated
at 100000. The church was built of
granite at cost of $210,000.
Chapel Boat in Brazii.-The Domini-
can Fathers of Brazil have fitted out
a chapel-boat by which they are now
able to reach the otherwise inaccessi-
BILE communities along the River Ara
quay.
Doughoregan Manor.-Doughorega
Manor, Maryland, the house of Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, was begun about
1717. The yellow bricks of it's walls
were brought from England. The
Manor house is about 800 feet long,
with wings and a separated chapel, st.
Mary's, seating 800. It's hall is pam
elIed oak and filled with family por-
traits.
Stoddard Memorial. A memorial
cross is to be erected in the San Car
los cemetery, Monterey, California,
over the grave of the late poet Charles
Warren Stoddard, for many years pro-
fessor of English literature at the Ca
tholic University of Washington. Rev.
Father Mestres has taken charge of
the dedication exercises.
Knights Issue Bulletin. = Portland
Council, Knights of Columbus, has be-
gun the publication of monthly bull
letin which will circulate among the
members. 1t will carry official no.
tees of the council as we'll as news
of the council and the society in Ore
gon.
Indian Mission Burned.-The church
and monastery belonging to the Mic
mac Indian mission at Restigouche, N.
B., has been totally destroyed by fire.
The parish was in charge of the
Capuchin Fathers, who have labored
many years to erect the buildings that
are now total loss.
Society Girl Becomes Nun.-Miss
Emma Seelbach, society belle Of
Louisville, KY, whose father owns the
famous Seelbach hotel there, has en-
tered the Carmelite convent at Daven-
port, la. Miss Seelbach has just re
turned from several years study in
Berlin. She was to have made her
debut in grand opera in Paris soon.
Pope Honors Editor-Through the