The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-10-11


| lance from Lewiston, Maine, and in
school and in college showed the
characteristics which have since made
him prominent. He took an interest
in speaking, debating and writing and
in all excelled. At Bowdoin he was
appointed one of the contestants for
the 1868 prize, considered one Of the
greatest honors of a Bowdoin mans
college course.
After leaving college Mr.. McGilli-
cuddy at once entered the law Office
of Frye, Cotton and White-the SEN
Tor member of the firm being the late
U. s. Senator William P. Frye. He
was admitted to the bar in 1883.
In 1884 he was elected a represen-
tative to the state legislature and dur
ing that session he made speech in
favor of the 1O-hour law, and it was
his work and influence which brought
about this legislation which the la
boring men of Maine had long de-
sired.
He was three times elected mayor
Of Lewiston, and then to the 62nd and
63rd Congresses, where he has shown
the ability, the eloquence, the liber-
ality of mind and the desire to legis-
late for the very highest good of
those who committed the trust to his
keeping.
Mr.. McGillicuddy, despite the many
demands of his legislative duties, has
always found time to address meet
ings at various organizations in the
national capital, particularly those of
the Holy Name Society, of which he
Is member.
For more than three months, from
about the middle of December to the
middle of March, Theodore Roosevelt
will be buried in the wilds of South
America, and it is said that when
Colonel Roosevelt first received invi-
tations to lecture in Brazil, Argen-
tina and Chile, his first idea was to
decline, but that the opportunity to
hunt and collect scientific specimens
in the wilds of Brazil was too attrac.
tive for him to resist.
This opportunity was brought to
his attention by the Rev. Augustine
Zahm of Washington. provincial Of
the Order of the Holy Cross, mis-
sionary and scientist whose reputa-
ton is transcontinental, and who has
explored much of the wild country
that Mr.. Roosevelt will enter. Father
Zahm has been consulted about the
itinerary of the expedition and it is
rumored that he is going with Mr..
Roosevelt on the trip.
Very Rev. James V. Tobin, L. L. D.,
rector OF st. AIMS Cathedral, Little
Rock, Ark, spent few days last
week at the Apostolic Mission House,
Washington. Father Tobin is con-
nected with the Southern Guardian
and is one of the greatest convert
makers in the United States.
In connection with the present
Missionary Congress held in Boston,
it is interesting to note that the idea
of holding the first missionary con-
gress, which convened at Winchester,
Tenn, in 1908, originated in the mind
of Father Tobin. Needless to say he
is greatly interested in the Missionary
Congress which will meet in Boston,
being the outcome of his original idea.
The Franciscans of Mount st. Sepul.
chre. Brookland, observed the feast of
their great founder, Saint Francis OF
Assist last Saturday, Oct. 4, with
many special and impressive ceremo.
MES, in which they were Joined by
numbers of Catholics throughout the
national capital.
The two Mendicant Orders have
preserved unbroken through genera.
lions the historic friendship of their
respective founders "and no breath"
writes Lacordaire, "has ever tarnish.
ed the spotless crystal of their friend.
ship Of six centuries" In keeping
with time honored tradition, which
Is that Dominican will celebrate
Mass on Oct. 4 in Franciscan church
wherever possible-the holy sacrifice
was offered up at 9 a. m. by a priest
of the neighboring Dominican House
of Studies, assisted by deacon, sub.
deacon, two acolytes, cross bearer
and censor bearer-all Dominicans.
On the afternoon of the same day
there was solemn vespers and bene
diction, followed by the ceremony OF
Transitus.
The clergy and students Of the