The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Four Brothers Priests.-The first
Solemn Mass of Rev. John d.
Wheeler at st. Ignatius' Church,
Baltimore, will be celebrated June
29th. Assisting him, will be the
Rev. Thomas j. Wheeler as deacon.
A third brother, the Rev. Ferdinand
G. Wheeler, also Jesuit, as sub-dea-
con, and fourth brother, Lewis A.
Wheeler, another Jesuit, as master OF
ceremonies. Such combination has
onlv been euualed once before in the
history of the diocese. Two OF the
brothers, John and Thomas, we're or
dained by Cardinal Gibbons on June
II. Thomas is a Sulpician, while the
other three are Jesuits.
Letter Carriers Honor O'Neill.-A
granite monument over the grave OF
former Congressman John ]. O'Nelll,
in Calvary cemetery, st. Louis, was
unveiled last month by committee
from the St. Louis branch OF the Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers.
The memorial was erected through
contributions from letter carriers all
over the country as tribute to the
efforts of Congressman O'Neill which
resulted in an eight-hour workday for
postal employees. Prayer was said by
Rev. Thomas D. Kennedy of st. Ter
esa's Church, of which Congressman
O'Neill was a parishioner.
Actor Ordained Priest.-Reverend
Michael J Byrne, aged fifty-seven, for
wears a prominent actor, was on Tues
day. June II, ordained to the priest
hood by Right Reverend Eugene
Garvey, Bishop of Altoona, Pennsyf
vania. He decided to leave the stage
for the priesthood five years ago
when his wife and two children died
suddenly.
Catholic Sailors Receive FIags.-A
set of American flags was presented
to the Catholic Sailors Club, Mon
day, June 9Th, by the Women's Relle1
Corps of Charlestown, Mass. Rev
P. F. Cusick, S. j., the chaplain OF the
Sailors Club, accepted the flags on be
half of the club.
Boston Preparing for Knights.-The
program already mapped out for the
National Annual Convention of the
Knights of Columbus at Boston, goes
well into the week beginning Sunday,
August 3rd. The headquarters Of the
convention will be established at the
Hotel Somerset. Some 500 room reser-
vations have been made. Sunday, Aug.
3rd, will be devoted to the meeting
of delegates and visitors at the va
rious railroad stations, The afternoon
will be spent with the entertainment
of the visitors, and on Monday morn
ing, August 4th, the supreme directors
will hold their meeting.
Provincial of Presentation Brothers.
Brother Stanislaus Kelly, of st.
Joseph's, Cork, who has been ap-
pointed Provincial of the Presentation
Brothers in Canada, was warmly well
coined by the Irish people of Philadel-
phia, which he visited on his way to
Montreal.
A Million copies.-A Chicago pub
fishing house has made arrangements
with a New York house for the right
to print and sell 100000 copies of
''Ben-Hur" For this right, it is said,
the Chicago house has paid 100000,
that is IL cents volume for each of
the million copies that will be put on
the market at low retail price, per-
haps 80 cents. Henry Wallace, of Chi
cago, son of the author of "Ben-Hur, "
will receive 100000 of this $4,000 as
copyright royalty.
Chinese Factions ReconcIIed-
Through the efforts of committee of
public spirited Chinese merchants. I'M
der the leadership of Laurence Woo,
cathechist of the Chinese mission in
Park Street, New York, a truce has
been signed between the warning
longs in Chinatown. The signing of
the truce was celebrated on Tuesday
evening, June 10th, by a banquet at
which Father Jordan, director of the
mission, was one of the prominent
guests.
New Head of Jesuit coIIeee.-The
General of the Society of Jesus at
Rome, has appointed Rev. Joseph H.
Rockwell, S. j., President of Brooklyn
College, New York. Father Rockwell
has taken up his duties and Rev. John
H. O'Rourke, S. j., who has held the
presidency since May, 1911, has left
for Manhattan.
Japanese Mission In San Francisco.
Father Breton, one of Bishop Ber-
lioz's priests, has been sent to San
Francisco to establish mission for
the Japanese of the city. He reports
that he finds the Japanese of the city
much more accessible than those in
Japan. They show better dispositions
and are more open-minded and free
from prejudice than their home breth-
rem. The Protestants of San Fran
cisco have already made nearly 600