The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-16
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Noted Educator Dead.-The Rev.
Brother Eliphus Victor, auxiliary Wis
itor of the Christian Brothers of the
Province of New York, died at st.
Vincent's Hospital on Sunday, July ~,
of cerebral-paralysis, in his fifty-third
year. He was very much interested
in Italian missionary work. He estab-
lished the Sunday school of Our Lady
of Pompeii, New York, and for quar-
ter of a century he was the life and
soul of the movement.
Replica of Vatican at Exposition
The Catholic center in the San Fran
cisco Exposition grounds will be
known as "The Vatican" and will be
a replica of it.
Voyage of Columbus CaraVeIs.-
The three reproductions of Columbus
sail boats, the Santa Maria, the Pinta
and the Nina, constructed for the
worlds Columbian Exposition in 1893,
left Jackson Park lagoon on Fri
day, August s, on the first
lap of their journey to the Panama
Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in
1915. The ships are now in dry dock
at South Chicago and are being made
sea-worthy. 1t is expected the fleet
will reach Boston before the begin
ming of the winter. In the spring, they
will be manned by crews of students
from Harvard University and begin
their long cruise. 1t is planned to
skirt the Atlantic coast, stopping at
San Salvador, the first land discov-
cred by Columbus. They will pass
through the Panama canal and up the
Pacific to San Francisco.
Strongest Criminal lnfluence.-That
the lack of religion is strongest among
the influences which make for crime,
is the opinion of Thomas Speed Mos
by, member of the American Institute
of Criminal Law and Criminology,
and formerly pardon attorney of the
the State of Missouri. Attorney Mos
by's new book, Causes and Cures OF
Crime" will assail the Italian school
of criminal anthropologists because of
their attack upon the Church. He de-
clares the Church to be the greatest
moral force in the world today, and
cites historical proof for the asser-
ton.
Spiritual Director of Catholic
Kniuhts.-Most Reverend Archbishop
Blenk, of New Orleans, has been
named Supreme Spiritual Director of
the Catholic Knights of America, sue
ceeding Archbishop Glennon, who
asked that he be not reelected.
Bishop Hanna Ordains Athlete
Amongst those recently ordained at
San Francisco by the Right Reverend
Doctor Hanna, Auxiliary Bishop of the
diocese, was Rev. s. Tarrant, of Cas-
tletown, Mountrath, formerly well
known on the Gaelic hurting and foot
ball fields in various parts of Ireland.
For Burial Beneath AItar.-There is
a movement on foot to remove the
bodies of Right Reverend Bishop
Machbeuf, first Bishop of Denver,
Colo, and Very Reverend Father Raw
erdy from Mount Olivet cemetery and
inter them beneath the high altar of
Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
When the Cathedral was built it was
the desire of some of the old Catholics
of the city to make this $4,000 altar
a memorial from the pioneers to the
pioneer Bishop and priest, and this
may yet be accomplished.
Bishop Carroll to Bless Church.
The new Holy Family Church at
Camas, Montana, is rapidly approach
ing completion. The dedication of the
church by Bishop Carroll will proba-
bly, take place about Thanksgiving.
This will be the third church in Saun-
ders county.
Jubilee of Twelve Nuns.-At the
Motherhouse of the Sisters of st.
Francis at Oldenburg, Ind, on Mon
day, July 81, seven Sisters celebrated
their golden jubilee and five their sill
yer jubilee. Coadjutor Bishop Char
trand delivered the address.
Sistine Choirmaster Asked to Elk
position.-The management of the
Catholic department of the Panama
Exposition, San Francisco, is arrang-
ing to invite the brilliant Maestro,
Monsignor Don Perosi, choirmaster of
the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, to render
his compositions at the Exposition.
McGlnn Residuary Estate.-Under
the will of Peter McGinn, of New
York, his entire residuary estate,
amounting to approximately $4,000,
is left upon the remarriage or death
of his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth McGinn,
to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of
New York to use for charitable pur
poses. 1t is provided that his wife
shall have a life interest in this part
of the estate, but that if she remar-
ries she is to receive none of his
property. Declaring that the income
from the residuary estate would be
more than sufficient for his wife, he
requested her to give as much as she
was able to the st. Agnes Home for
Crippled Children, the Home for Aged
and Infirm Hebrews, the Catholic In
stitute for the Blind. the Catholic
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