The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-09
AMERICAN NEWS.

muller Won Hengervar, Austrian Am
bassador to the United States, has
formally announced that he has been
granted leave to return to Austria. 1t
is his intention to settle permanently
in his own country after having been
in the diplomatic service forty-four
years, twenty of which have been
spent in the United States. He has
made no plans further than to occupy
his seat in the House of Lords. The
Baron is a devout Catholic.
Organ in Wichita's Cathedral.-It is
stated that the new Wichita Cathedral
pipe organ is the gift of Mr.. Rosen-
berger and family of Evansville, Ind,
and cost $4,000.
Pounds hoIarship.-Michael Lo-
gan, of Long Grove, Iowa, has given
$4,000 to st. Ambrose College, Daven-
port, for the purpose of founding a
scholarship for the education of young
men to the priesthood. The fund is at
the command of the president of the
college, who shall select the ones to
be educated through it's means. It is
provided that the scholarship shall be
for the benefit of young men who have
not the means to pay for their own
education.
Catholic Home in st. Louis.-The
residence of Alex Euston, $3.50 Lindell
Boulevard, St. Louis, which for many
years has been considered one Of the
handsomest residences in that city,
has been purchased by the Queens
Daughters and will be used as home
and club house for young Catholic
business women.
Ancient Ruins in Peru.-The ruins
of Macchu Pichu, city probably
built by the Megalithic race, who pre-
ceded the Incas, were discovered by
Hiram Bingham on his 1911 expedi-
ton to Peru. The ruins are on an
sand feet above the Urubamba river.
They are of great beauty and magnifi-
cence and include palaces, baths, tenn
pies and about $50 houses. The huge
blocks of white granite, some of them
twelve feet long, were so carefully cut
that they match perfectly. Though
no mortar or cement was used to hold
the stones together, the walls have
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two thousand years.
Hotel for Immigrant Women.-The
Franciscan Sisters Of Winnipeg are
building a hotel for the reception of
girls and women immigrants and 9th
ers desiring temporary accommoda-
ton under Catholic auspices. The
building will be near the Immaculate
Conception Church, in the heart of the
city, and near to the railroad stations.
To Convert China.-Rev. DR.. Joseph
Koesters, the missionary from China,
is now in this country for the purpose
of aroHsing an interest in the work Of
converting China to the Catholic
Faith. At present he is working in
the cities of the Pacific coast,
Father Tierney a Monsignor.-Rev.
John J. Tierney, Professor of Scrip
ture and Semetic studies at Mount St.
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md, has
been appointed Monsignor by Pope
Plus x. Mgr. Tierney, who is well
known throughout the country in edu-
cational circles, was born in Kings
County, Ireland, and upon coming to
this country, studied at Xavierian Col
lege, Louisville, KY. He was gradu-
ated from Mount st. Mary's College
in 1880. He spent year and half in
the Wilmington diocese, but soon
came back to his alma mater as an
instructor. He was vice-president
from 1885 to 1893, and received the
degree of Doctor of Divinity from
Georgetown.
Father cavanaugh at Gary.-The
$4,000 Carnegie library in Gary, Ind,
will be dedicated on Nov. II. The
Rev. Thomas F. Janson, president of
the library board, has announced that
the Rev. DIR. John Cavanaugh, presi-
dent of Notre Dame University, will
be the speaker at the dedication cere-
monies.
Plans for Y. M. I. Home.-The plans
for the new home of the Young Mems
Institute in San Francisco will be COM
pIeted soon. All the competitive plans
must be filed with the Hall Associa-
ton by noon on December 1. The new
building is to be a steel frame struc-
ture and will house the Donahue Ii
brary valued at $10O,O00.00.
Gift to charity.-Michae1 Murphy, a
railroad engineer in the employ Of the
B. & o. road, who died last week in
East st. Louis, ILL.,, leaves an estate
valued at $4,000, which he ultimately
bequeathed to Catholic charities.
Father Dempsey's Day Nursery
A committee of men and women is
now working to raise a 100000 en-
dowment fund for Father Dempsey's
Day Nursery, st. Louis. At meet
ing held last week a number of
pledges for both large and small sums
were received The new Nursery
building, work on which is to begin
at once, will be provided with dormi-
tories, shower baths, reception and
play rooms, nurses rooms, matrons'