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said bonds, as collected, to the Presi-
dent of said Society.
Yours truly,
CHAS. D. MATTESON,

1t is hoped that this generous dona-
tion made by Mr.. Smith will be the
means of prompting others to initiate
his example and cooperate in this
great work of charity. If the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society had permanent
fund of generous proportions it could
do an incalculable amount of good for
the deserving poor, both in physical
and spiritual way. Up to the pres
ent time, it's activity has been limited
by the fact that it has had to depend
upon small contributions, totalling at
most only few hundred dollars a
year, for the carrying on of it's work.
This sum has been entirely inadequate
for the purpose.
Mr.. Smith is well-known financier
of st. Paul who has given generously
of his time and means for the promo
ton of every project for the religious
and civic welfare of the city. If his
personal wishes were allowed to pre-
vail, this latest donation would be
made with the same absence of pub
licity which has characterized his gifts
for religious and charitable purposes
in the past He prefers not to let the
left hand know what the right hand
does. 1t is needless to say that this
unexpected gift is much appreciated
by the officers and members of the ST.
Vincent de Paul Society.
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BELGIAN COLONIsTs S
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND DECLARES
THAT PROPOSAL TO BRING BEL
GiAN FAMILIES TO MINNESOTA
NOW is PREMATURE-GHENT
COLONY ONE OF THE MOST
PROSPEROUS IN THE STATE.

In discussing the proposal made in
Duluth last week to bring three hun
dred Belgian families to settle on the
undeveloped lands of the State of
Minnesota, the Most Reverend Arch
bishop Ireland, pioneer in the Bel
gian colonist movement, said:
"The present certainly is no time to
propose the bringing of Belgian col
onists to Minnesota. The poor Bel
gians have all they can do to preserve
their lives, and when we think of the
amount of their property which has
been ruined, it is certain they would
have to come to America penniless if
they came now. We must wait until
peace comes again to that unfortunate
country to see whether, under the
new circumstances, there are any
means at their disposal or any value
to their former property.
''But should the opportunity come,
no better class of immigrants can be
invited to America. The Belgians by
nature and by long practice are the
most industrious, the most effective
and the most skilled farmers in the
world When left to themselves their
country was the richest in proportion
to the population in Europe. There
was not an inch of ground in Belgium
that was untitled, and the most mod
ern and scientific methods of agricul
ture were practiced.
Il learned much about the BeIgians
thirty years ago when | was engaged
in colonizing the western prairies o.
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Minnesota. / sent clergymen to Bel
gium to present the claims of Mime
sofa, and the result is that Ghent, in
Lyon county, and the vicinity of
Ghent is the most fourishing section
of Minnesota There are more than
three hundred Belgian families in this
region. the name Client having been
given to the center of population to
remind the settlers of the fatherland.
Il visited my Belgian friends last
week, and while they we're distressed
beyond measure at the news concern
ing their relatives and neighbors in
Belgium, one could not help noting
how their industry and skill have made
them most prosperous. Their homes
are princely, with all appurtenances.
The records of the banks of Ghent,
Marshall and Minneota tell of their
financial success. II any tourist wish
es to visit the most successful farm
ing section of Minnesota / should ad-
wise him to go to Client.
Within the past five years Belgian
COtOul0dIlOH, has UOOA SOlu6 Ou unuOA
the direction of Bishop McGolrick OF
Duluth along the Northern Pacific rail
road in Minnesota. There are Bel
gian settlements at Butler, in Otter
Tail county, and at Onamia, in Mile
Lacs county. While these settlements
have not as yet had time to develop
the Belgian settlers are very prosper
Gus.
The leading citizens of Belgium IA
vor this colonization in America, fol
they realize their people are coming tc
good country. The Belgians real
ize that with. population of 5000,
900, and constantly growing, and al
area of only 1873 square miles, Bel
gium must find room for its people
elsewhere. King Leopold OF Belgium
personally told me he preferred Il
have his people come to Americs
rather than go elsewhere, and he en-
couraged the Americana. colonization
movement"
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During the first and possibly the
second week in November an exhibi.
tion of Irish arts, crafts and industries
will be held at the ST. Paul Institute.
1t will be in charge of Miss Nellie
O'Brien, granddaughter of William
Smith O'Brien, who will also lecture
on behalf of the Gaelic League. Miss
O'Brien and her party also intend to
give a concert of traditional Irish
music, singing and dancing. Great in
terest is being manifested in the event
in literary and artistic circles in st.
Paul, and it is proposed to establish
a Gaelic Club to make that interest
permanent and practical.
Miss O'Brien will explain the OBJ
jects and the methods of the Gaelic
League and will give practical illus
tration of the work it is doing.
Briefly expressed, the object of the
League is to make Ireland interesting
to the Irish, to help them to feel and
to know that Ireland is place worth
living in as we'll as dying for Instead
of being slavish imitators of the Eng
lish, the League wants them to be
true to themselves, to use and to de-
velop the good gifts they received
from God, to be Irish through and
through and all along the line. For
this purpose the League promotes
the study of the Irish language, litera
ture, history, music and art; encour.
ages the support of Irish industry and
is a powerful helper in the cause OF
temperance. 1t conducts about score
of colleges and summer schools which
are annually frequented by students
from all parts of the world. 1t holds
hundreds of literary, artistic and mu
steal festivals at which a high stand
ard of merit is attained in all depart
ments. 1t has already created mod
ern literature in the Irish language, o1
which few books of prose and poetry
are destined to rank permanently al
classics. 1t has united all clases anC
creeds in the cause of Ireland as they
were never united before. All this ant
much more it has done in the face
of the powerful opposition, open ant
secret, of English officialdom. 1t will
make an interesting story and Miss
O'Brien will tell it well.
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A Modern Auto Da Fe.

Yesterday afternoon, in front of the
Monterey Hospital, in the public
square Plaza de Armas, that is at the
western termination of the Union
Boulevard, there took place an auto
da fe, as this progressive twentieth
century requires them. Some twenty
confessionals, furniture taken from
the various church edifices of this
city, were given to the flames before
multitude of people that with pleas
ure contemplated such rare and edi-
flying spectacle. These confessionals
were furniture of true value, of rare
art and workmanship, some having
been taken out of the Church of Our
Lady of Sorrows and others out of the
Cathedral itself. But their artistic
value was no obstacle as food for the
flames; because they would be of no
more use for the immoral practice of
auricular confession, no other than a
parish priest or devout bigot could use
them.
We understand that it was not fan
aticism that caused this modern auto
da fe, although many timorous and
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NEW CANADIAN BISHOP
MGR. CHALlFoUx HAS BEEN AP-
POINTED AUXILIARY BISHOP or
sHER5RookE, QUEBEC.

The Very Reverend Mgr. H. o.
Chalifoux, Vicar General of the Dio
cese of Sherbrooke, in the Province
of Quebec, Canada, has been appoint.
ed auxiliary to the Right Reverend
Bishop La ROGUE of that diocese.
He was born in 1850 and ordained in
1875. He was appointed Vicar Gen
eral by the late Bishop Racine, who
died in 1893, and has held the posi-
ton under his successor, Bishop La
ROGUE.
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GENERAL SHIELDS STATUE
UNVEILED IN THE STATE cAPI-
ToL ON ocTo5ER 2o-PRlNcI-
PAL ADDRESS BY ARCHBISHOP
IRELAND.

A bronze statue of Brigadier General
James Shields, former United States
Senator from Minnesota, was unveiled
in the rotunda on the. second floor of
the State Capitol in this city on Octo-
Der 20. The presentation speech was
made by Samuel Appleton, commander
of the Loyal Legion of Minnesota.
Governor Eberhart accepted the gift
on behalf of the State. The principal
address was delivered by Archbishop
Ireland, who is member of the Loyal
Legion. Many of the state and city
officials we're present among the four
hundred persons who witnessed the
ceremony.
The statue of General Shields is the
fourth large one to be placed in the
rotunda and completes the original
scheme of statutes in honor of Mime.
sofa warriors.
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RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF
MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY
CATHOLICS ARE FOURTH IN Nu-
MERCIAL STRENGTH AMONG
THE STUDENTS-OVER ELEVEN
PER CENT OF THE REGISTRA-
TION.

The result of religious census OF
the students of the University of Min.
nesota, taken up by the Y. M. c. A.
and the Y. w. C. A. of that institution
was made known this week. Accord
ing to this census, Catholics hold the
fourth place in numbers in the stu
dent body, being surpassed only by the
Lutherans, Methodists, and Presby
terians.
This enumeration shows that Lu
therans number 525; Methodists, sol
Presbyterians, All; Catholics, ass;
Congregationalists, 444; Episcopalians
314: Baptists, S14: Jews, SO; Chris
tian Scientists, SO; Unitarians, So;
Christians, 90; and Unclassified. 7S5
Under the heading 'unclassified' are
included those who specified no re
ligious preference in filling out thu
information blanks.
The total registration at the Uni
versity is 4,015. Catholics, therefore
number a little over eleven per cen
of the entire enrolment.
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DEDICATED LAST sUNDAY-BIsH-
oP HENNESsY OF WICHITA
CELEBRATED MASS AND ARCH
BISHOP GLENNoN OF ST. LOUIS
PREACHED-MISSI OPENED
AT PONTIFICAL VESPERS.

The new Cathedral of st. Louis was
formally opened for divine service on
Sunday, October 18. The Most Rev.
erend Archbishop Glennon, under
whose direction the Cathedral was
built, officiated at the dedication, fol-
lowing which Pontifcal High Mass
was celebrated by the Right Reverend
Bishop Hennessy of Wichita, Kan, as
sisted by members of the local clergy.
The sermon was preached by Arch
bishop Glennon.
In the evening Archbishop Glennon
officiated at Solemn Pontifical Vespers,
which were chanted by the surpliced
choir of the Franciscan Church of st.
Anthony. At this service two-weeks'
mission was opened under the direc-
tion of the Jesuit Fathers O'Malley and
Robson.
The st. Louis Cathedral is a mas
sive structure built of grey granite
from New Hampshire. The plans were
drawn by Architect G. d. Barnett and
the contract for the foundation was let
in 1906. 1t measures 365 feet in length
and PIP feet at the transepts. 1t is
surmounted by massive dome, topped
by cross 227 feet above the pave
ment. Up to the present time the
Cathedral cost $1,40O,O0O. When CON-
pleted it is expected that the cost will
be $3,0O0,000. 1t has seating capacity
of 2,20O with gallery accommodations
for 800 more.
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IN MEXICO

credulous affirm so, for the true mo-
tive was to continue with the intention
of the revolution to make war against
all institutions that by themselves are
immoral, even if they are sustained by
powerful religious societies.
On April the Vicar General of the
Diocese of the State of Tamanlipas,
with provisional seat at Tampico, re-
ceived the following letter from the
then commander of the rebels, now
Governor of that State:
The day after tomorrow (Shrove
Tuesday, shall come for you to wash
my feet, after which | shall demand
of you all the money the late Bishop
left with you, or in default shall hang
you to the highest tree in the plaza.
LOUIS CABALLERO.
The immediate effect of this letter
was that all the priests, under the
Wears orders, and all those who had
come into TampicO for refuge from
the nearby parishes, left Father Vira-
montes, who received from the British
clA1AAAI al VI H. Ils I1SId"1AS d pass
to make use of in case of necessity.
But it happened that when Caballero
took the city Father Viramontes could
not reach the wharf and hid himself
in the German consulate. Under the
pretext to administer the Last Sacra-
ment to dying person he was en-
ticed out of the consulate and put into
jail. Eighteen thousand dollars was
demanded as ransom, but lowered
to $4,000, which was paid by some
families. He was then expelled from
Mexico.
On the day the rebels took Tampico,
May 13, they entered the Cathedral,
profaned it, and did on the altar what
decency does not allow me to name,
but what would shock and scandalize
any person On May II Caballero, the
Governor, published, under the caption
of THE Roman Catholic Churches
Must Be Closed" in his own paper,
Hedios no Politua, a virulent article,
in which the following are leaders:
NO MORE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCHES.
NO MORE PRIESTS.
WE NEED NO MORE CHURCHES,
BUT SCHOOLS.
1T IS NOT NECESSARY THE PEO-
PIE BELIEVE IN GOD, WHOM NO
ONE HAS SEEN. a
WE WILL NOT PERMIT THAT
THEY OPEN THE CHURCHES.
There was at Tampico a college at
tended by the Order of the Sisters of
Charity of the Incarnate Word of San
Antonio, Texas, who had to flee for
their lives, seven Sisters, American
citizens, with some Mexican children,
in the night, rescued by the British
Consul. But the relation of this whole
occurrence would make this exposure
too tedious.
l am your Excellency's
Most obedient servant,
MARTIN STECKER,
III B Street, S. E.,
Washington, D. G..
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An article entitled ''The Pro-Papal
Program written by w. w. Prescott,
editor of the Protestant Magazine, and
published in Harper's Weekly of Octo-
ber 3, deserves consideration. The
calm and reasonable tone of the author,
his reputation of the vile and vulgar
methods of abuse in vogue against the
Catholic Church today, the sincerity
of his convictions, and the apparent
justice of his cause, when he advocates
the need and advisability of self
defense movement on the part of Prot
estantism and Americanism against
the dangers which must surely ensue
on the progress and growth of Roman
Catholicism in, the United States, invite
an equally calm and reasonable an
swer.
Mr.. Prescott's main contention is
that Americanism and Catholicism are
incompatible, nay, mutually destruc-
tive, so that the decline of the one
must necessarily follow on the develop
ment of the other as night must yield
to the advance of day. He fairly states
the principles that underlie the Amer
ican idea of government, and endeavors
to show by unquestionable evidence
drawn from Catholic sources that these
principles are incompatible with what
he calls the papal idea of government
as expressed in Catholic doctrines and
illustrated by Catholic practices, and
thereby stand condemned in the eyes
of true Catholics, and only await the
hour when Catholics in the country
are sufficiently numerous and powerful
to effect their complete overthrow.
Fundamental" he says, ito the
American idea of government, as en-
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LETTER TO SECRETARY BRYAN.

(Copy)
Washington, D. c., July %, 1914.
To the Hon. William j. Bryan,
Secretary of State, Washington:
Martin Stecker, sixty years old, Ger
man by birth, and religion Lutheran,
a naturalized citizen of Mexico, from
where | am refugee. For many
years personally and friendly known to
Consul-General Phillip L. Hanna of
Monterey, Mexico.
In regard to the newspaper report
of the persecution OF the Catholic
clergy in Mexico, permit myself to
bring to your Excellency's considera-
tion the following, being willing and
able to give further details on the sub
ject:
On April 25 the then rebels occupied
the city of Monterey and closed all the
Catholic places of worship and schools.
The foreign priests were ordered to
leave Immediately, but through the
mediation of the French Consul fifty,
two hours were allowed them The
Mexican priests were forced to carry
green fodder on their backs for the
rebels horses to the center of the
city from the far-off fields near Mr.
Robinson's residence, the location of
which you personally know, This
they were still doing on June 8, one
month and eight days after the occu-
patton of the place.
On June 8 the newspapers published
the following, which is true transla-
ton:
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The foregoing letter is self-eXplana-
tory. Mr.. Smiths generous donation
to the st. Vincent de Paul Society is
intended to serve as the nucleus for a
permanent fund, the interest on which
can be used, under the direction of
the society, for, the purpose specified
in the letter, which is the primary OBJ
ject for which the ST. Vincent de Paul
Society was organized.
+ The local society to which this gift
is made was incorporated in 1907 and
is, therefore, legally competent to ac-
cept and administer such fund. Mr.
Smiths donation has been turned over
by the society to the Capital Trust
Company of st. Paul and it's receipt
acknowledged in the following letter:
Trust Companys Letter.
st. Paul, Minnesota,
October 20, 1914.
Mr. James c. Nolan, President,
Particular Council of the Society of
ST. Vincent de Paul,
st. Paul, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:
We herewith acknowledge receipt of
bond No. 302 of the White Bear Yacht
Club, for $500, due May 1, 1928; also
bond No. 80 of the Minnesota Club
for $500, due February 1, 1915, which
we hold in trust for the benefit of the
Society of which you are President,
and agree to pay the income from
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CANADIAN CHAPLAINs
SEVEN PRIESTS WITH THE FIRST
CONTINGENT.

The Catholic Chaplains gone to Eng
land with the First Canadian Con-
tingent are as follows: Rev. Simeon
Jolicoeur, Quebec, Major Chaplain;
Rev. Father O'Leary, formerly in the
Boer war;, Canon Sylvestre. of Mon
treal; Father Workman, o. F.. NJ,
Montreal; Father Fortier, o. M. l.,
Quebec; Father Edward Doe, London,
and Father Arts, a Belgian, who came
to Toronto recently. at Archbishop
McNeil's request.
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NOTES FROM A DOCUMENT.

NOTES FROM A DOCUMENT.
Signed by the Rev. F. A. capede, Pro-
vinciaI of the Congregation of the
Sacred Heart of Mary, and by the
Rev. 3. Marinas and Rev. D. caspo,
of the same Congregation with
some few additions from other docu.
ments).
Monterey Estate of Nuevo Leon).-
Churches closed. All priests in pris.
on, and obliged to give or collect
$5O0,OOO. All foreign priests banished
Native priests in gaol together with
the Vicar-General. The Archbishop's
house used for a barracks-the mag
nificent library destroyed-books sold
for 10 cents apiece, etc. The secret
archives taken and published; the con
fiscated press of the Archbishop used
for this-Confession also banned.
Continued on Page ~
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IRISH ARTS At
ST. PAUL INSTITUTE

CELTIC EXHIBITION TO BE HELD
THERE FIRST WEEK IN sEPTEM.
BER-MISS NELLIE o'BRIEN
GRANDDAUGHTER OF WILLIAM
!. SMITH o'BRiEN, IN CHARGE
WILL LECTURE ON BEHALF OF
THE GAELIC LEAGUE-A GAELIC
CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED IN ST.
PAUL.
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CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAL
APPOINTED SECRETARY OF THE
CONGREGATION or THE HOLY
OFFICE.

The Osservatore Romano publishes
the official announcement of the ap-
pointment of Cardinal Merry del Val,
former Papal Secretary of State, as
Secretary of the Congregation of the
Holy Office, position occupied by
the late Cardinal Ferrata before his
appointment as Secretary of State.
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MGR. WHITE MEMORIAL
FLAGPoLE ERECTED NEAR
CHURCH OF WHICH he
WAS RECTOR.

A monster fagpole-the mainmast
of the old cup challenger, Shamrock
III-has been erected i'm Red Hook
Park, opposite the Visitation Church,
Brooklyn, ~ Y, in memory Of the
late Mgr William J. White, former
rector of that parish and diocesan
superintendent Of charities.
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ANTI-CATHOLIC AGITATION

REV. C. r. cREMIN OF ST. PAUL
SEMINARY ANSWERS A WRITER
WHO MAINTAINS THAT THE
OPPOSITION BETWEEN THE
DOCTRINES OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH AND THE PRINCIPLES
OF THE AMERICAN GOVERN
MENT JUsTIFIES THE PRESENT
ANTECATHOLIC AGITATION.
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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL FUND

n. FOR PERMANENT
ADMINISTERED VINCENT PAUL
PooR-A GENEROUS GIFT
THAT SHOULD STIMULATE OTHERS COOPERATE THIS
GREAT WORK CHARITY.
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BEN BAER. e-esneer'
CHLAe. H.Y 9RnTH.vee ere.
In IClkLBP Wee Pres
HB.IIUH6A9oN, Cssnier
PAR SMITH. Nssr casn'sS
The evening world., 1914-04-13
OXFORD DRAWS OUTSIDE
POSITION IN BIG RELAY

PHILADELPHIA. April 13.--Drawings
for the national and international relay
championships at the University OF
Pennsylvania were announced to-day.
They are as follows:
one mile preparatory school champion
ship--First. Exeter; second. MERGERS.
burg; third. I.awrenceviile.
Onc-mile high school-F'irst. Boston
Commercial; second. Newark Central;
third. Boston English: fourth. Buffalo
Centrai; NTH. Philadelphia Central;
sixth. Brooklyn Manual
One mile freshmen--First, Pennsylva-
mia; second. Harvard; third. Dartmouth;
fourth, Columbia.
One-mile coiicge-F'irst, Pennsylva-
MIA: second. Illinois,: third. Colby
fourth. Cornell: nth. Michigan; sixth.
Notrc Dame; seventh. Kansas; eighth.
Chicago: ninth. Harvard.
Two-mile college--F'irst, Princeton
second. Illinois: third. Pennsylvania
fourth, Dartmouth; fifth. Michigan
sixth. Colby; seventh. Kansas: eighth.
Virginia. ninth. Pennsylvania State:
tenth, Cornell; eleventh. Brown.
Four-miie championship Of the world
First. Cornell: second. Pennsylvania
State: third. Princeton. fourth. Pennsyi-
vania: fifth, Boston College; sixth. OK
ford University Of England: seventh.
Harvard: eighth, Dartmouth; ninth.
Ohio State; tenth, Chicago.
The evening world., 1914-04-13
Public Golf E.
! Courses to
- Open May 1

As result Of concerted action on
the part Of golfers who use the public
links ~ Van Cortiandt Park and Pei
ham Park and through the services
vof the General Committee on Golf.
Borough Of Bronx. Thomas w. whit
tie. Park Commissioner of the Bronx
shas entered enthusiastically into a
tschcme for Improvement Of the public
1couSses. The courses at Van Cort-
aandt and Pelham Parks will be
'stpehed for play on May 1.
~ Work already has commenced on
f<se laying out Of an additional eigh-
Neen holes in the hills" at Van Cort-
aAndt. the new course to be finished
searly~ this summer. furnishing q
!. thirty-six hole public course at this
NUaxk.
.ia,Piping OF all the putting greens Of
tho Pelham Park course will be done
immediately. The Pelham course
',Aloo will be given n thorough over
,hauhug and additional hazards in
stalled. making 1t an excellent links
With It's approved putting greens.
~ With the opening Of the golf season
AUnforcemsnt will be made at both
Vourses of all the rules OF the United
States Golf Association. An addition
70 the present CLUB house at Van Cort-