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side during the Civil war ana at the
close went west with the late Stephen
B. Elkins and settled in New Mexico.
He is today one of the richest men in
the new state His home is at Santa
Fe, the capital. He served two terms
as delegate from the territory to Con-
gress. Senator Catron is Catholic.
Helped to Build Mission.-Recently
there died at the county hospital, at
Oxnard, Cal, Saturnioni, the last of
the tribe of San Buena Ventura In
dams. He helped the franciscan
Fathers erect the Ventura Mission.
First Porto Rican Piigrimage.-Th
first Porto Rican pilgrimage to Rome
started on April the 25th, under the
spiritual direction of Rt. Rev. w. A.
Jones, o. S. A, D. D., Bishop of Porto
Rico.
Catholic Charities Bureau. - The
Catholic Charities Bureau, recently
established by Bishop Farrelly and
placed in charge of Rev. Hubert G.
LIE Blond, as diocesan director, has
opened its Offices in the O'Brien
Building, Cleveland. The bureau will
have entire charge of all matter per-
tanning to the charitable institutions
of the diocese. The department of di-
rect investigation is under Daniel
Lanigan, who resigned as parole officer
of the Juvenile Court to accept the
position.
Catholic Chaplain Appointed.-The
Rev. Eugene E. Mcdonald, who has
been Catholic chaplain ON the battle
ship North Dakota, for the last three
years, has been appointed to succeed
the Rev Matthew Gleason as chap
lain at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Father Gleason has been ordered to
sea service with the Asiatic squadron.
Kansas City Diocesan Synod.-The
first diocesan synod held in Kansas
City in twenty-five years convened
at the Cathedral on April 9. Nearly
every diocesan priest and member of
a religious order in the diocese took
part
Mission for Deaf Mutes.-Rev. Fa-
Their Cadieux, G. S. ", Director of the
Catholic Institute of the Deaf Mutes,
recently preached series of sermons
in hocnronnf nf hn of
Ottawa, for about thirty deaf mutes
from Ottawa, Hull, Gatineau Point,
South March, Malwood, and Rockland.
Observe Thirty-fifth Anniversary
The Catholic Knights of America cele-
brated their 35th anniversary, Sunday,
April 21st, in most fitting way, by
the members of all branches approach
ing the Holy Table in the morning,
in their respective churches, and by
many branches holding open meetings
in the afternoon or evening.
Passionist Monastery Endangered
The settling of an old coal mine has
endangered the st. Ann Passionist
Monastery in Scranton, Pa. It is built
of brick and stone, and it's walls are
full of cracks. The monastery was
erected some eight years ago, at
a cost of $225,OOO. Underground dis
turbances have been felt for a year.
Cardinal Farley Will Officiate.-The
cornerstone of the magnificent new
| Cathedral of Buffalo, N. Y, will be
laid June 9, by Cardinal Farley. The
sermon on that occasion will be
preached by Archbishop Keane oil
Dubuque.
Heads New Works National Guard
Governor Dix has appointed Mayor
John F. Organ, of New York, as
major-general commanding the Nation
al Guard of the state of New York in
place of Gen. Charles F. Roe, who is
to retire next May under a law passed
last year. His nomination was sem
to the senate and confirmed after briet
debate.
Catholic School Superintendent
Thomas F. McSherry, the newly ap
pointed superintendent of the public
schools of Holyoke, Mass, is at pres
emit principal of the Clinton higl
school, He is graduate of Holy
Cross College.
Iowa Sister Honored.-Sister MARY
Ascension has been appointed Mother
General of the Sisters of Charity OF
the Blessed Virgin Mary. She has
been a nun for more than forty years
and has been identified with the work
of the order these later years. She
entered the order from Burlington
Ia, and was for many years a teacher
in the Chicago parochial schools.
New Mother General.-The Converts
of the Sisters of Notre Dame in this
country have received word that OF
Friday, March 29th, the election of the