The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-12
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Number of Divorce Judges.-There
are in the United States 1897 judges
empowered to grant divorces-more
than in all other countries combined
France having 70, Germany %, and
England one. Ireland has none.
Ex-senator Lorimer's Endowment
Convinced that Doctor Peter Duket, a
Chicago physician, has invented a
serum that has and will cure tuber-
culosis, ex-senator William Lorimer
has been led to richly endow re-
search laboratory to put this and 9TH
er serums to the strictest scientific
tests. This laboratory will be estab-
lished in connection with the medical
department of Loyola University, a
Jesuit school in Chicago, and will be
called the ST. Rita's Laboratory, be-
cause the Rev. James f. Green, the
president of ST. Rita's College, was the
first person to interest Mr.. Lorimer in
the discovery and cures of DR.. Duket.
Sisters Care for Flood Victims.-At
a meeting of the indianapolis relief
committee for the flood victims, March
20, the representative of st. Vincent's
Hospital offered to have the old hos
pital fitted up so that it would accom-
modate 1000 sufferers and stated that
the Sisters were willing to cooperate
in nursing the sufferers. This plan was
finally accepted, Mr.. Richard Lieber,
of the general committee, stating that
this would be far more central and
more satisfactory for all concerned
than to avail of the Sisters kindly
offer of the new hospital.
K. C. Campaign Against Socialism.
At the regular meeting of Gilmour,
Iowa, Council, knights of Columbus, a
movement for a nationwide campaign
against Socialism was initiated. Jo-
seph Jordan DEWEY at the close of
an address in which he showed the in
creasing menace of Socialism, offered
a resolution which requests the vari-
Gus state councils to instruct their
delegates to the next national conven-
ton of the order, which will be held
in Boston this summer, to provide for
a vigorous and systematic campaign
of education against Socialism. The
resolution was unanimously adopted
and copies will be sent to all the state
deputies in the United States and Can
ada at once.
Louisiana's Catholic Convention
Great preparations have been made
for the eleventh annual convention of
the Federation of Catholic Societies of
Louisiana, which opens in the city of
New Orleans on April 10. The prom
Use is bright for successful conven-
ton and one fruitful Of good results.
Chinese Lecturer in Brooklyn
Laurence Woo, the catechist of the
Chinese mission, in New York, is CIV
ing a series of lectures to the Knights
of Columbus of Brooklyn on the his
tory, customs and beliefs of the Chi
nese His first lecture, delivered sew
eral weeks ago to the members of
Loughiln Council, proved such a sue
cess that the Knights booked him for
a series. Mr.. Woo is Cantonese gen.
tleman who sacrificed wealth and posi-
ton in his native country in order to
devote himself to the propagation of
the Catholic religion amongst his fell
low-countrymen. His forefathers
have been Catholics for over two hun
dred years and were of the Mandarin
class.
ST. Matthew's Church, Washington.
The dedication of the new ST. Mat
thews Church in Washington, D. c.,
took place April 1. Cardinal Gibbons
and other prelates took part in the
ceremony. The Apostolic Delegate
celebrated the Pontifical Mass. Arch
bishop Keane, of Dubuque, preached
the sermon.
Religious Bequests.-St. Henry's
Catholic Church, in East st. Louis,
will receive 5000 of the estate of $780,
600 left by Mrs. Clara Surwald, and
st. Johns Orphanage, near Belleville,
is bequeathed $500, according to the
will filed in Belleville.
Chinese Mission in New York.-The
mission for the Chinese of New York
is about to move into more spacious
quarters. For several months the mis-
sion has been occupying temporary
quarters in the parochial school of
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION on
Mott Street Father William Jordan
the director of the mission, has been
on the lookout for rooms in the Chi
nese section of the city. These he
has at last secured at 103 Park Street
where the mission was formerly 10
Gated. The old building has been tori
down and a much larger structure
now stands in its place. Father Jor
dan will have ample room, in the new
mission, for catechetical classes anC
for the kindergarten which he is tt
establish for the children of the dis
trict.
Social Study SchooI.-The Contra
Verein will very soon pay the las
dollar due on the property purchased
in Chicago, in the vicinity of Loyol;
University, as the site for the pro
posed Catholic School of Socia
Science. That will signify the com