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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
DEATH OF A DEVOTED PRIEST

Father Gmeiner showed himself to be
a devoted shepherd of souls, faithful
in the discharge of his duties and un-
selfish in promoting the spiritual and
material welfare of his people. He
took great interest in the home life
of his flock and strove by word and
example to improve their material
conditions and habits of life and to
engender an intelligent interest in the
best methods of farming. He was a
consistent advocate of the many ad-
vantages of country life and encour-
aged his people to take a personal
interest in the social welfare of their
respective communities.
Father Gmeiner was man of quiet
tastes with love for study. His Ii
brary is remarkable for the choice
selections of books which it contains.
There were few subjects on which he
could not speak with intelligence.
Years ago he wrote several books, one
of which Religion and Science" had
a wide circulation at the time. An
other of his books, "The Spirits of
Darkness" dealt with the phenomena
of Spiritism in an interesting and in
structive manner He was frequent
contributor to journals and periodicals
of one kind or another, and last year
wrote number of articles for The
Catholic Bulletin.
He was an untiring advocate of tenn
perance and for the greater part of his
priestly career was pronounced
total abstainer. He never failed to
take advantage of an opportunity to
inculcate total abstinence by word
and example, and was always ready to
give reasons for the faith that was in
him. For many years he attended
the total abstinence conventions and
meetings of the Archdiocese and his
addresses on these occasions were
stimulating and practical.
The predominant trait of Father
Gmeiner's character was gentleness.
He was friend of every one, kind
hearted and hospitable in the highest
degree. At times he was quaint in
his ideas and manners but that only
made him more beloved by those who
knew him so intimately as to appre-
ciate his good qualities. On the
whole, he was a good type of the old
school of priests now passing away.
His body rests among the people
whom he served during the last year
of his sacerdotal labors, but many
prayers will be offered up for the
repose of his soul by the people of
the other parishes who have not for
gotten his devotion to their veal dur
ing the days when he lived among
them
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
NEW KENR|CK SEMINARY
CORNERSTONE WILL BE LAID ON
THANKSGIVING DAY - sEMINA-
RY WILL COST $6Oo,oOo-ARcH-
BISHOP OUTLINES PLAN TO
RAISE MONEY.

The cornerstone of the new Kenrick
Seminary, which is to be erected i'm
Glennon Park, St. Louis, will be laid on
the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day, No
vember 27. The new Seminary will re-
place the present Kenrick Seminary
and will occupy tract of three hun
dred and seventy-three acres pur-
chased from the Drummond estate. It
will cost 100000.
Three hundred priests were present
at a meeting called by Archbishop
Glennon last week for the purpose OF
considering ways and means to raise
the necessary funds for its erection.
After the Archbishop had outlined his
plan the priests responded with per-
sonal contributions amounting to $780,
900 and agreed to raise in their par
ishes 100000 at Christmas time. A
further source of income will be the
establishment of burses of $4,000 each
by persons of wealth or individual
parishes the income from which win
be used to educate students in the
seminary. The balance win be raised
by floating bonds.
The Archbishop gave brief history
OF the st. Louis Seminary which has
been i'm existence nearly a century. 1t
was founded at Perryville, then trans
ferred to Cape Girardeau, and I'm Sep
tember, 1893, to st. Louis. It is in
charge Of the Vincentian Fathers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

"The Hour and It's Opportunities is
the theme chosen by the Honorable
Bird S. Coler of New York for his ad-
dress in the ro-Cathedral Auditorium,
Minneapolis, next Sunday evening,
November 16. 1t is the third of a
series of addresses dealing with prob
lens of vital civic interest and MAX
ing for a broader and truer concep-
ship.
Mr. Coler is well known in the finan-
cial world, as prominent banker of
New York. A few years ago he served
as Comptroller of that city, being
elected to that important position by
a plurality seldom rolled up by candi-
dates for public Office.
Of late years Mr. Coler has been
very much interested in public ques-
tions. He has devoted considerable
time and study to educational prob
lens and to the task of combating the
insidious advances of Socialism. In
his writings and addresses he has en-
phasized the necessity of re-introduc-
ing religion into the educational sys-
TEN of the United States and has
raised his voice and employed his pen
in protest against the efforts made
to propagate Socialism in the public
schools. He regards Socialism as one
of the greatest menaces to the stabil-
ity and future development of the ma.
ton.
Last year he published remarka-
BILE book under the title of, 1.-TWO and
Two Make Four" in which he treated
variety of subjects of historical
sociological and philosophical nature
with breadth of view and freedom
from bias which placed them in new
light before the public. Though not a
Catholic, he deals with questions af
fecting the Church in the most unprej
udiced manner and with due regard
to historical accuracy.
The subject chosen by Mr.. Coler fol-
next Sunday nights address affords
him an opportunity to give to the peo
pie of Minneapolis and the Northwest
the result of his practical studies oi
problems that effect the everyday life
of this nation. No doubt he will be
greeted by an audience that will tax
the capacity Of the spacious audi
torium of the Pro-Cathedral, as has
been the case in the two proceeding
lectures.
The Right Reverend Bishop McGol
rick of Duluth will introduce Mr.. Coler
and splendid program of vocal and
instrumental selections will be rem
dered on the occasion. The people oi
st. Paul should take advantage of the
opportunity to hear this noted public
ist whose message possesses an abid
ing interest for all who have at heart
the welfare of the community.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
Rich Catholics Should Support Higher
Education.

The State does not heed the pro-
test against the establishment of uni
versities, colleges and high schools
supported from the public treasury. 1t
believes that no one should be 'shut
out from the advantages of education
through poverty" that 'all the places
in the democracy shall be open to all
the children of the people," that
ability, executive, literary or inven-
tive, is no respecter of social condi-
tions 1t may first see the light just
as probably in the poorest tenement
as in the most sumptuous mansion"
1t believes that policy to restrict
higher education to the well-to-do
would be destructive of the States
best interests. 1t realizes, further
more, that the benefits to the whole
community from the men and women
who come, properly trained, into the
field of education, law, medicine,
science, politics and business more
than repay the monetary tax upon all
citizens that is necessitated by the
maintenance of higher education.
A policy that has been found neces-
sary in the temporal affairs of the
State should not be less imperative in
the upbuilding of the intellectual,
moral and religious life of our Catholic
people. The great Catholic body,
especially those Catholics whom God
has blessed with this worlds goods,
should come to the assistance of our
higher education. This cooperation
should be given all the more heartily
and readily because the Catholic edu-
cational system in all parts is not at
present a burden upon the Catholic
laity Before it becomes such far
more must be done than is being done,
and far greater sacrifices must be
made than are being made. To re-
fuse to help our higher educational
institutions because of the conviction
that the students themselves should
bear the whole burden of their educa-
tion is to discriminate against our
Catholic young men and women and
to ask them to do what is not done
in any non-Catholic school save only
those that enroll as pupils the sons
and daughters of the rich.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

The new Church of ST. Peter, Del
ano, Mimi, was formally dedicated by
the Right Reverend Bishop Lawler on
Sunday, November 9. High Mass was
then celebrated by the Rev. A. Zalew-
ski, of Silver Lake, and the sermon
was preached by the Right Reverend
Bishop.
In the afternoon Bishop Lawler con-
firmed two hundred and fifty children
from the parishes of st. Peter and of
st. Joseph in Delano.
The new Church of st. Peter, built
under the direction of the pastor, Rev.
M Saws, is one of the most artistic in
the Archdiocese of st. Paul in its archi-
tectural lines and interior finish. The
exterior of brick with stone trimmings
is Romanesque. The ceiling repro
duces that of st. Peters in Rome on
reduced scale. The sanctuary, al
tars, and furnishings Of the church
harmonic with the general design. It
has seating capacity of about seven
hundred and cost about $4,000.
An incident in the early Catholic
On the Feast of Corpus Christi in the
year 1866, the Most Reverend Arch
bishop ireland, then Father Ireland,
was on a missionary journey from
Waverly Mills to Watertown. He lost
the trail and soon found himself in a
woods, where he tried in vain to find
his bearings At length he imagined
he heard the strains of church music
and going in the direction from which
the music seemed to come he soon
found himself at the entrance of a
newly-erected church where the few
scattered French Catholics of that Sec
ton were gathered together without a
priest praying and singing psalms.
They were celebrating the Feast OF
Corpus Christi as best they could in
imitation of the manner in which they
celebrated it in the land of their birth.
Father Ireland entered the church,
much to the surprise of the congrega-
ton, and preached short sermon,
after which he continued his journey
to Watertown This incident OF the
pioneer days among the Catholics OF
old Crow River, the present De-
lano, is recalled by the belfry contain
ing the bell of the old church which
still stands as landmark in that sec
ton. Even now the mortal remains
of the departed Catholics Of Delano
are brought to the old graveyard and
inferred near the belfry of the church
of pioneer days.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

Fully fifteen hundred people attend.
ed the opening of the Church of ST.
Anthony, Watkins, Mimi, on Thurs.
day, November 6, when the Right Rev.
erend Bishop Lawler blessed the sa-
cred edifice and formally dedicated it
to the service of Cod
Promptly at ten o'clock Bishop Law.
Ter preceded by the visiting clergy
men and altar boys passed from the
parochial residence to the church
through guard of honor composed of
the members of the Catholic Order
of Foresters and of ST. Anthony So
ciety. After the formal dedication
Solemn High Mass was celebrated by
the Rev. j. A. Heinz of Buffalo, as
sisted by the Rev. ]. A. Kern of Lor-
etto as deacon, and the Rev. M. Saws
of Delano as subdeacon. The master
of ceremonies, Rev. N. ]. Peiffer of
Eden Valley, was assisted by the Rev.
Anthony Vilman, pastor of the par
ish. The sermon was preached by
Bishop Lawler. A number of priests
from the neighboring parishes were
present The choir was under the di.
rection of Professor Maus.
The new Church of st. Anthony is a
brick structure with stone trimmings
1t was erected at a cost of $4,000. In
addition to the main tower the build.
ing is ornamented with number OF
small turrets which give it pleasing
appearance. 1t has seating capacity
of seven hundred. The main part OF
the building is 92 feet long and SC
feet wide. The sanctuary is 80 feet
square. The affairs, Communion rail
pulpit, confessionals, pews and vest
ment cases are built of quarter-sawed
oak. The top of the altar and of the
Communion rail are of white marble
All the columns are Of onyx. Statues
of the four evangelists are inserted in
the panels of the pulpit, and the front
of the altar is ornamented with al
elaborate representation of the Las
Supper. A statue of the Sacred Hear
of Jesus surmounts the high altar, ant
two magnificent canda1abra supported
by angels complete the furnishings o
the sanctuary. Nine marble steps
lead to the vestibule, the floors o
which are inset with blue and white
tiles.
The parish of st. Anthony was or
ganized in 1887, when the Rev. F
Savey of Chatham said Mass once ;
month in a hall on the second foo
of the first store in Watkins located
on the site now occupied by the vii
lage hall. The first Church of st. An
thony was built two years later ant
blessed in the month of March, 1891
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
BENEDICTINE NUNS INDICATED
BIGOTED JOURNALIST FINED $500
FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL CIVIL
SUIT FOR $4,000 STILL PEND
ING - A NoN-cATHoLIc JURY
BRINGS IN VERDICT OF GUILTY.

Our readers will be glad to learn
that Mr. Hosmer, editor of the Silver
ton Journal, has been found guilty of
libeling the Sisters of st. Benedict of
Mount Angel, Ore, and has been SEN
fenced to pay fine of two hundred
dollars. The case was tried at Salem,
Ore, on October 81, before jury from
which all Catholics and Catholic SYM
pathizers were excluded. The jury
was made up exclusively of Protest
ants, Jews and undenominationali
The Judge was a non-Catholic, as was
also the prosecuting attorney. The
jury deliberated only two minutes be-
fore bringing in verdict.
The libelous statements were made
in a pamphlet published by Hosmer
which purported to be an interview
with young woman who has "escap-
ed from the Benedictine Convent. It
reflected on the morals of the Sisters
in charge of the institution. They
promptly brought suit for $4,000
against the Silverton Journal and this
suit is still pending.
During the trial it was shown that
there was not a word of truth in the
statement that this girl had escaped
from the convent No effort was made
to detain her. Mr.. Hosmer made no
defence. He had not even an affidavit
on which to base his slanderous state
ments.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

tling for their independence, your con-
stitution is the basis of every South
American law. What would you think
of the brother who took his sister to
the debutante ball and danced with
all the other girls but never with her?
In the ball room of nations, the United
States has held hands with England,
France, Germany-yes, even with
Japan and China and permitted it's
sisters to the south to be wallfiowers.
I am no alarmist. Yet if the
Asiatic peril should ever develop,
what a great sight it would be to see
North and South America standing
one and impregnable against the
world. You need those republics, /
tell you, as much as they need you.
Continued on page 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
PRIEST DECLINES
CONSULAR Post
FATHER NUGENT OF DES MONIES
WILL NOT GO TO JERUSALEM
AS AMERICAN CONSUL.

The Rev. Joseph F. Nugent, pastor
of the Church of the Visitation, Des
Moines, Ia, has decided not to accept
the Consulship at Jerusalem rendered
him by Secretary of State Bryan on
behalf of President Wilson.
Father Nugent is personal friend
of the Secretary of State and is much
interested in the Holy Land, which
he visited some time ago. The peo-
pie of his parish are much pleased to
learn that he will not sever his con-
nections with them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
TO BECOME PRIESTS
TWO EPISCOPAL REcToRS RE-
SIGN CHARGES AND WILL BE-
COME PRIESTS.

The Rev. Henry B. Sanderson, for.
merly of Milwaukee, has resigned the
pastorate of the Episcopal churches
at Oakfield and North Fond du Lac,
Wis, and will enter a Catholic semi
nary to study for the priesthood. He
will be accompanied by the Rev. 81.
gourney Fay who short time ago left
the Diocese of Fond du Lac where
he was Rector of an Episcopal Church
until he entered the true fold.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

The Reverend John Gmeiner, pastor
of the Church of the Assumption,
Richfield, Mimi, died suddenly on
November II. Although he had been
in poor health for more than year,
his death was entirely unexpected.
He was attacked by sudden weak
ness of the heart shortly after noon
day and expired in few moments.
The funeral services were held in
the parish church of Richfeld, last
Thursday morning at ten o'clock.
After the Office of the Dead was
sung, Solemn High Mass of Requiem
was celebrated by the Reverend A. ].
Loeffen of st. Paul Seminary, a for
mer pastor of the parish, assisted by
the Reverend T. E. Cullen of Mime
apolis, as deacon, and the Reverend
F. x. Bajec of st. Paul, as subdeacon.
The Reverend A. J. Ziskovsky Of st.
Paul Seminary was master OF cere-
monies. The sermon was preached
by the Most Reverend Archbishop. A
of priests were present at the
service, and were it not for the COM
parative difficulty of reaching Rich
field quickly a larger number would
have attended. The remains we're in
tered in the local cemetery.
Father Gmeiner was a. native of
where he was born Deem
Der 5, 1S47. He made his classical,
and theological studies
at st. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee,
and was ordained on June 10, 1870,
for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, by
the Right Reverend Joseph Melcher,
Bishop of Green Bay. He was pro-
fessor in st. Francis Seminary until
1887, when he came to st. Paul and
was appointed a member of the ia
Guilty of st. Thomas College where he
remained for two years. He was then
appointed Chaplain of the House of
the Good Shepherd. He was success
sively pastor of Mendoza (1891-97) !;
South st. Paul (1S97-99); Buffalo
(1S99-1902); Springfield (19O2-1O);
Hampton (191O-12l: and Richfield
(1912-13l.
In his different pastoral charges
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

IN ATTENDANcE-LARGE CON-
COURSE OF THE LAITY-cIVIc
FUNCTION ENDS CEREMONY.
The Right Reverend j. M. Koudelka
was enthroned as second Bishop of the
Diocese of Superior, Wis, on Wednes-
day morning, November 5, in the
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
The Most Reverend Archbishop
Messmer, of Milwaukee, officiated at
the installation and preached the SER
mon in which he described the func-
tions of the Episcopate and the un-
broken succession of prelates in the
Church from the time of Our Lord. He
was followed by Bishop Koudelka, who
dwelt on the intimate relations exist
ing between Bishop and his flock.
Among the Bishops present were the
Right Reverend James Schwebach
Bishop of La Crosse; the Right Rev.
erend Joseph ]. Fox, Bishop of Green
Bay; the Right Reverend James Nc
Golrick, Bishop of Duluth; the Right
Reverend James Trobec, Bishop of St
Cloud, and the Right Reverend Paul
P. Rhode, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
Two hundred priests and a large con
course of the laity witnessed the i'm
pressive ceremony.
Bishop Koudelka, accompanied by
Archbishop Messmer and the other
prelates and fifty priests from Illinois
Indiana, Iowa and southern Wiscon
sin, arrived in Superior on the even
ing of November 4, and were met al
the depot by one hundred priests oi
the Diocese of Superior and from Du
luth, and more than two thousand
members of Catholic societies. The
distinguished guests were escorted tc
the auditorium of the Sacred Heart
school where public reception was
held and addresses were delivered by
the visiting Bishops, Congressman
Lenroot, Mayor Konkel and others.
On the following day after the re
ligious services a banquet was ten.
dered the visiting prelates and clergy
at the Hotel Superior. The Very Rev
erend c. ]. Weber, pastor of St
Joseph's Church, presided as toast.
master and number of brief ad
dresses we're made by the guests and
a purse presented to Bishop Koudelka
on behalf of the priests of the dio.
cese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
SUPPORT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

THE SELF-SAcRIFICING CoNSE-
GRAFTON OF RELIGIOUS TEACH
ERS REDUCES THE COST OF
CATHOLIC EDUCATION NO
REASON WHY WELL-TO-DO
CATHOLICS SHOULD NOT HELP
TO MAINTAIN CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS FOR HIGHER EDUcA-
TION.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
PRO CAT HEDRAL
LECT TURE COURSE

BIRD S. coLER OF
NEW YORK WILL DELIVER AN
ADDRESS ON THE "HOUR AND
ITS OPPORTUNITIES" ON SUM-
DAY EVENING, NOVEMBER TO-
A NOTED PUBLICIST AND BANK
ER-FoRMER COMPTROLLER OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
SISTER REPUBLICS OF AMERICA

THE HON. JOHN BARRETT DE.
ScRIBES THEIR HIGHLY-DEVEL-
OPED CIVILIZATION, THEIR CON-
MERCIAL IMPORTANCE AND
THEIR PRE-EMINENcE IN EDU-
CATION AND THE ARTS-HE is
DECIDEDLY OPPOSED TO ARMED
INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
$500 PEOPLE APPLAUD HIS AD-
DRESS IN THE PRo-cATHEDRAL.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
FORMAL OPENING Of
NEW DELANO CHURCH

AN ARTISTIC STRUCTURE BUILT
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FA-
THEIR SAWS AT A COST OF $780,
00O-BISHOP LAWLER OFF,
GATED AT THE CEREMONY
CONFIRMED $50 cHILDREN-AN
INCIDENT OF PIONEER DAYS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
WATKINS CHURCH DEDICATED

BISHOP LAWLER BLESSED THE
NEW CHURCH OF ST. ANTHONY
AND PREACHED AT MASS-FIF.
TEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE AT.
TEND DEDICATION - CHURCH
COST ABOUT $4,000 - HISTORY
OF THE PARISH.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

FATHER GMEINER OF RIcHFIELD
EXPIRED SUDDENLY DURING
THE WEEK AFTER Is YEARS OF
LABOR IN THE ARCHDIOCESE
FORMER PROFESSOR IN THE
COLLEGE OF ST. THOMAS-A
DEVOTED AND SCHOLARLY
PRIEST-FUNERAL WELL At
TENDED SERMON BY THE
MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15
BISHOP KOUDELKA ENTHRONED

TOOK POSSESSION OF THE SEE
OF SUPERIOR ON NOVEMBER s.
ARCHBISHOP MESSMER oFFICI-
ATED AT THE INSTALLATIONS
MANY PRELATES AND PRIESTS
IN ATTENDANcE-LARGE CON-
COURSE OF THE LAITY-cIVIc
FUNCTION ENDS CEREMONY.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-13

Monday toward getting the Pahoa
lumber mill rebuilt. Manager Sam
Johnson has returned to Hawaii to
handle the operations.
At a meeting of the Honolulu Mer-
chants Association on Thursday
next the election of a successor to the
late Charles A. Bon as president will
be taken up. Resolutions touching the
death of Mr.. Bon will be presented by
Vice-president Swain and Secretary
George G. Guild. WHO were appointed
a committee for the purPOS- ly i!e
directors yesterday
Closing quotations CT Hawaiian
stocks in San Francisco yesterday
were as follows: Hawaiian Com
mercial, 33.S7E bid; Hawaiian Sugar,
1928 bid; Honokaa, 8 asked; Hutch
inson, 1921 bid; Kilauea, II bid;
Onomea, 32.372 bid, 32.6212 asked;
Paauhau, 1850 bid; Union. $3.50 bid:
Honolulu Plantation, $3.50 asked Ho-
nolulu Oil, bid, 100 ASKED.
An investment company exclusive
ly for the Portuguese nationality is
being promoted. the committee having
it in hand being A. D. Castro, l.. r.
Medeiros, J. NJ. Camara. NJ. A. Silva,
Eincente FernendeZ, Jr., A. |. Silva.
J. S. Azeyedo, J. D. Marques and NJ.
c. Pacheco. It's proposed capital stock
is $4,000 in 10000 shares of IS each,
with a limit of $4,000 on the amount
any stochholder may hold at one time.
A member of the committee said this
morning that this project was deemed
better than a savings and loan as
ISOLATION, as in the latter form of or
ganization members were disposed to
draw their money too freely and thus
keep the funds at low point. The
investment company will deal in real
and personal property, and act as
agents and brokers for persons, firms
and corporations.