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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
GREAT MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The Missionary Fathers of the
Divine Word, of Steyl, Holland, are
so well known that the accompany
ing facts will be specially interesting
just now, when much anxiety is being
felt as to the position of Dutch Cath
olics maintaining with the rest of
their fellow-countrymen their neutral
ity in the face of the terrible dangers
that surround them The great mis-
sionary seminary at Steyl is one of
the most remarkable in Europe and
affords training to 800 alumni destined
for the mission field. At present there
are $40 priests and nearly 500 Broth
ers in the Society of the Divine Word.
The" mission fields of the society in
clude South Shantung in China, Togo
in West Africa, Mozambique in East
Africa, Papua New Guinea), the mis-
sion among the negroes of our South
ern States and in Japan, Dutch
Borneo, the Philippines, Paraguay,
Brazil, Argentine and Chile. A con-
gregation of mission Sisters, "The
Servants of the Holy Ghost, number
ing 500 members. also work in almost
all the fields of the Society of the
Divine Word.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
Citation for Hearing ON Petition fO1
Administration.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey, SIS. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of William
L. McMoran, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom
1t May Concern:
The petition of Mary McMoran hav-
ing been filed in this court represent
ing that William L. McMoran, then a
resident of the County of Ramsey,
State of Minnesota, died intestate on
the 9Th day of May, 1911; and praying
that letters of administration of his
estate be granted to Mary ;McMoran.
1t Is ordered, that said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be and hereby are cited
and required to appear before this
Court on Monday, the 23rd day of No
vember, 1914, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon or as soon thereafter as said mat
ter can be heard. at the Probate Court
Room, in the Court House in the City
of st. Paul, in said County, and show
cause, if any they have, why said petit
ton should not be granted and that
this citation be served by the publ
cation thereof in The Catholic Bull
letin according to law, and by mailing
a copy of this citation at least IA days
before said day of hearing, to each of
the heirs of said decedent whose names
and addresses are known and appear
from the files of this court.
Witness the Judge of said Court, this
18th day of October. A. d. 1914.
(Seal of Probate Court.)
e. w. BAZILLE.
Judge of Probate.
Attest: F. NJ. GoseWisch,
Clerk of Probate.
Doherty & McNally,
ATTORNEYS
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
SOLDIERS TRIBUTE TO PRIESTS

An Anglican vicar, the Rev. Mr.
Forbes Phillips, who is at the front
sends the following touching letter to
the Jesuit Fathers at Yarmouth, Eng
land:
Dear Father am writing this by
the side Of a French soldier who is
wounded through his right lung and
is splitting quantities OF blood. l was
with some of our men when he beck.
oned me to him. Come, l want to
talk to a priest
Il give his own words: L am not
religious have hated the Church
and all belonging to it; why-I do not
know, but, o, my God! l now see the
brave priests! Always l thought them
mere things in black petticoats, now
l know they are men-real men and
true soldiers of the good God. They
are SO calm on the field of battle, and
as quiet-voiced as before the altar.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14

missionaries, the cause of religion has
not made much advance, but it is be-
cause of difficulties have been very
great.
Misfortune has followed misfor
tune, and in the present flood not only
are the crops ruined, but the barns in
which they were to be stored have
also been carried away.
"The good works started in oul
mission are interesting and very
necessary, and it would be pity tc
abandon them"
The twenty priests of which Bishop
Ducoeur speaks have probably all ha6
to leave their posts with himself, and
poor Kwang-si will be left to the
mercy of Hoods and famine.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Adj nSrniS

Administration.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey, S.. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Edith
A. Wait, Decedent.
The State Of Minnesota to All Whom
1t May Concern:
The petition of Jason e. Wait hav
ing been filed in this Court. represent
ing that Edith A. Wait, then a resi-
dent of the County of Ramsey, State
of Minnesota, died intestate on the
23rd day of October, 1914 and praying
estate be grantee. to Carlton e Nc
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard, and that all persons interested
in said matter be and hereby are cited
and required to appear before this
Court on Monday the 23rd day of
November, 1914, at 10 o'clock in the
matter can be heard, at the Probate
| Court Room, in the Court House in
the City of st. Paul, in said County
and show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted and
that this citation be served by the pub
LEGATION thereof in The Catholic Bulle-
tin according to law and by mailing
a copy of this citation at least IA days
before said day of hearing, to each
of the heirs of said decedent whose
names and addresses are known and
appear from the files of this court.
Witness the Judge of said Court, this
26th day of October, A.. d. 1914.
(Seal of Probate Court.)
E. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
Attest: F. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk of Probate.
Doherty & McNally,
A. " Attorneys.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
CATHOLICISM NOT AN IGNORANT
SUPERSTITION.

The late Stanley Matthews-a jurist
of much power-Senator from Ohio
and an Associate Justice of the Uni.
ted States Supreme Court, in 1869,
while one of the counsel for defend
ants in the case of John D. Minor
against the Board of Education of
Cincinnati, Ohio case about the Bible
in the public schools-made use of
these words in his address to the
court:
81 will say that from the study
which l have made, as time and op-
portunity have been given me, of the
doctrinal basis Of the Roman Catholic
faith, l am proud to say that it is not
an ignorant superstition, but a scheme
of we'll constructed logic, which he is
a bold man who says he can easily
answer Give them one proposition,
concede to them one single premise,
and the whole of their faith follows
most legitimately and logically, and
that is the fundamental doctrine, the
doctrine of what the Church is, what
it was intended to be, Ey Whom it was
founded, by Whom it has been perpetu-
ated, being the casket which contains,
today, shining as brightly as before
the ages, the ever living, actually pres
ent body of God teaching and train
ing men for life here and life here
after"
1t is interesting to note that the
Rev. Paul Matthews of Faribault who
has been named Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of New Jersey is son of the
Stanley Matthews referred to in the
foregoing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
A REM INDER.

Let us remember that there are
twenty thousand priests in the French
army and corresponding number in
the German forces. Many of them are
missionaries, men of peace, called
from the gentle task of spreading the
gospel to participating in scenes of
blood and carnage.
We may picture the sufferings of
these apostles, not only in their own
account, but because of the helpless
children in the Faith they have left
behind them. The new converts will
now experience both spiritual and
physical neglect, and many of them,
moreover, will be called on to mourn
the loss of their truest protector and
friend.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14

He reached out a twitching hand
and grasped the priests arm: Tell
me, Father, do we think God can for
give me? I've been that bad man,
| didn't care for Him-but | want
make it all right now--for | haven't
long"
Father Moore helped him to make
it all right. He sat by Tins side
and helped him through confession
that covered many years of estrange-
ment from God. Before another day
daWned he had administered two
more Sacraments and watched while
1 repentant soul passed into eternity.
On the following Sunday Father
Moore preached the same sermon that
ne had preached on the third Sunday
IF Advent for thirty years. He be-
tieved that the truth was brought
lome only by repetition, and conse-
luently every Sunday brought the
same exhortation that was given the
ear before. The text was taken from
he Epistle: "Rejoice in the Lord al
ways; and again say rejoice" my
lear brethren" he began, how much
'eason we have for rejoicing" And
hen he almost forgot his sermon, for
his glance fell on the Tip sitting be-
.ween the Colleen" and a middle
lged man, whose face showed lines of
suffering, but wore an expression of
great peace. Father Moore's dis
traction was the memory of a remark
he had made eleven years ago at a
baptism "He looks just like you,
| Tom"
Edmund Pegan in the Queens Work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14

In a letter to Mrs. Q --, Father
Cain writes: II see the result of the
publication in The Catholic Bulletin.
Several have written to me -. >"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14

Ah I was born a Catholic; Itwould
be one again; but, enough! 1t is
now too late. Monsieur IAbbe says
God is good; well, | am bad, but l
should like to do justice to brave men.
know nothing about God; all that /
know is this Here he made the
sign of the cross. The poor fellow
had to do this with his left hand, and
it caused twinges of pain. l shall
not forget his sign of the cross. |
told him l was an Anglican clergy
man."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14

The Philippine missionary, Father
William Cain, several of whose letters
to a generous family in Wisconsin,
have already appeared in The Cath
Ole Bulletin, has again written an in
teresting letter to thank them for their
loyal sacrifices and beg still more
favors for his well beloved but poverty
stricken schools. His letter follows:
Dear Miss O.
It's long while now since | wrote
to you, or to anybody. | have been
sick several weeks. If | don't write
| can't keep on, because this parish
cannot find enough even for the food
of its parish priest.
| am not yet we'll Of course even
though you are sick you have to keep
on duty There's no one to relieve
YOU | went off on a visit to noun
tain barrio. The road had become
horrid. You sank in the mud. 1t took
me two hours to get there and two
hours. back The track lay through
thick iungles on the mountain sides.
Thus the miasma, for the mud and
water could not rise but few feet
above the ground, and there was a
horde of Fostering mosquitoes. These
are the disease bearers of the first
class. Four hours breathing the MAS
ma and being bitten with mosquitoes
brought on an illness and made me
as weak as kitten. Between my
head and chest and stomach have no
respite. If one is bit better the other
goes wrong.
You know there are no doctors here.
] am alone with my native cook, and
i have to be my own doctor. What
will the poor people do here? There
are no priests. During the eight years
! have been here l have had nothing
in the way of holiday or respite
from work, nor do l want any Work
! find is my best medicine. If l can
be about l get well, strange to say.
Very we'll, enough of that. hope to
be myself soon again. l must be up
and writing, otherwise my debts in
crease and l shall have nothing to pay
them with. During my absence from
IlS WlllllIS uSSh lAIN lncSI JlO uSOC
from expenses on the parish has gone
up to $500.
The question of the support of the
teachers at $3.50 per year, remains for
the greater part unsolyed. l cannot
thank your father enough for his kind
ness. He is the second gentleman
/ have got now to support teacher.
L hope to get more. Besides the
school in the town have ten schools
established in the little villages scat
tered over the mountains, the school
in the town itself alone will require
some twelve teachers.
Even with writing this four pages
feel tired, so l shall close, hoping
Cod will move some good souls to
help.
Sincerely yours in Christ.
TX w CAIN. :
Cabatuan,
Yloilo.Panay.
Philippine Ids.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
UNHAPPY KWANG-sl.

Before leaving his vicariate to join
the army, Bishop Ducoeur wrote this
letter, which will be of special inter
est now that the district is left with.
out his fathering care:
Last year at the time of the great
flood l made an appeal to your char
ity. This year. the inundation having
begun again, I also make another call
for help. IL seems to me that the
kwang-si mission is the most difficult
in China. Notwithstanding our twenty
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14
FATHER GAINS LETTER.

Attacked by Miasma-Work His Best
Observation-Disclosures Benefactor for
Supporting a Teacher at $3.50 per
Year Has Established EleVen
Schools.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
Selects Federal Reserve Board

Washington, May 4.-President
Wilson has selected Richard O,ney,
former secretary if state in the Cleve'
land administration, to be governor
of federal reserve board, and Paul
Warburg of New York to be a mem
Der of the board.
Although the president has offered
the governorship to Mr.. Olney, word
Of his acceptance was being awaited
today, but friends here we're in
olined to think he would not decline,
Mr.. Olney was offered the ambassa'
corship to Great Britain by President
Wilson early last year. but expressed
an unwillingness to leave the coun
try on account of business interests
Upon the new board will devolve
the task of setting in motion the
banking system of the country
through the ~ regional eserve banks
already selected. They also will reg
ulate the IL banks and issuance OF
currency. The president had told
his friends that he regarded the mem
bership of the board equally as i'm
portant as that of the supreme cour
of the United States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
Notice to Contractors

Notice is hereby, given that sealed bids
will be received at the office of the Cir,
Clerk, at the city hall, Fort Benton
Montana, up to 8 o'clock p. M, Monday,
mately q, $50 SO. yds. of water bound OF
bituminous Macadam. 10000 Gu. yards
earth work excavations and fill.
Concrete curbing, approximately 8,34(
lin. feet.
Concrete sidewalks. business. approx
Concrete sidewalks. residence, approx
imately 16,605 square feet.
Concrete cross walks. approximately
Electroliers, one light, approximately
Electroliers. three light. approximately
Conduit. approximately 7.175 lin. feet.
%. 900 linear feet.
Irriga alton system for approximately
10 blocks of parking.
proximately 3.2 acres.
Furnishing trees, digging tree holes
and planting approximately 800 trees.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the office Of the city clerk. Fort Ben
ton: Montana. and at the office Of the
Falls, Montana. A certified check In the
sum of 10 per cent of the bid must ac-
company each bid; check made payable
to the city clerk.
all bids.
Address all bids to John F. Murphy.
City. Clerk, Fort Benton, Montana, mark
am BIDS"
JOHN F. MURPHY,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
Exposition Dollar Day

Helena, April 29.-Frank Hazelbak.
err. secretary to Governor Stewards
honorary Montana exposition, has be-
gun the work of organizing for the
Exposition Dollar Day to be OBJ
served throughout the state May 9.
with a view of disposing of the 10000
bronze dollars. the proceeds from
the sale of which will be devoted to
the erection of a Montana building at
the Panama-Pacitic show.
In order to secure the necessary
money to install a suitable exhibit at
the San Francisco fair. the Montana
commission has hit upon the plan Of
apiece. The dollars are the size of
an ordinary dollar, on one side of
which is engraved the seal of Mon
tana, and on the other the exposition
:, seal.
The plan of the commission is to
place these dollars on sale at every
city, town. village and hamlet in the
state at the same time. May 9 has
been designated Montana Exposition
Dollar Day" and a special effort will
be made to dispose of more Of the
coins on that day than any other.
In order to stimulate interest in the
movement, the commission has offer.
ed a prize to the Montana girl who
will sell the greatest number of coins,
The prize winner will receive her ex
penses to San Francisco.
A committee of girls will be named
in every city and town of the state
to dispose of the coins. Exposition
Dollar Day" will be in the nature Of
a tag day, and passersby on the
streets will be waylaid by the com
mittees in IN effort to dispose of the
coins.
The exposition dollars will bt
placed on sale in every bank and com
mercial club in the state. Mr.. Hazel
baker has already secured a commit
tee of girls in Butte, and will arrange
for similar committees in othe'
towns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENTS


miles wac in underground cables. BY 1906
underground talking distance had increased to
30 miles. 81 1912 it was possible to talk un.
It was then that the construction Of under.
ground conduits from Boston to Washington
was determined upon,-not that It was OK
pected to get a through underground talk be.
tween those two places, but in case Of storm or
blizzard, to utilize intermediate sections In
connection with the overhead.
Our persistent study and incessant experj..
nentation have produced results more remark.
able still.
We have perfected cables, apparatus and
methods that have overcome obstacles hereto.
fore regarded 40 insuperabIe both to lona.dis.
lance overhead and underground conversation.
Underground conversation 10 now possible
between Boston and Washington, four times
the length Of the longest European underground
line. This enabled the Bell System in the re-.
cent great storm, 20 destructive on land and
sea, to maintain communication for the public
between all the principal points on the Allan.
tic seaboard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
Notice to Contractors

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office of the
City Clerk. at the city hall. Fort Ben
ton. Montana, up to 8 o'clock p. M, Mon
day, June 1st. 1914, for constructing a
sanitary and storm and drainage
lineal feet of 6 inch Wit. pipe:
1920 lineal #. of 8 inch Wit. sewer pipe:
S541 lineal It. of 10 inch Wit. sewer
pipe: $50 lineal #. of IL inch Wit. sewer
pipe: 1915 lineal it. of IS inch Wit. sew
er pipe: 4O2-Sx6 single VS.: 363-10x6
single Us: 2O-12x6 single VS.; 2O-1Sx6
single Us: IS nitakes: Il catch basins;
SO man holes: Z automatic flush tanks:
IS lineal it., Is in. cast iron pipe. 20, 900
Gu. yds. of earth excavation.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the Office of the City Clerk. Fort Ben
ton, Montana. and at the Office of the
Gerharz Jaqueth Eng. Co.. at Great
Falls. Montana.
A certified check in the sum of 10 per
cent. of the bid must accompany each
bid, check made payable to the city
clerk. The right is reserved to reject
Address bids to John, F.. Murphy, city
clerk. Fort Benton, Montana, marked
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Fort Benton. Montana.
JOHN F. MURPHY,
C1tv Clerk
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
/ maintained the fly will starve and ty.
phoid will decline.

maintained the fly will starve and ty.
phoid will decline.
Butte, May 2.-United States Judge
George M. Bourquin today sent a let.
ter of invitation to Chief Justice
White of the supreme court, to be one
of the federal judges to sit here in
a case involving the constitutionality
of the Montana Blue Sky" law. The
court yesterday announced that un-
der the law he could not sit alone in
the trial of the National Surety com.
pany against State Auditor Heating,
Attorney General Kelly and County
Attorney Mccartney, which involved
the operation of the law.
Butte, May 2.-Blaine county must
either pay for the books and supplies
it purchased from George D. Barnard
& Co., or return them, according to
a decision rendered by Federal Judge
Bourquin yesterday in o%verruling a
demurrer to the complaint of the
printing company filed by Blaine
county. The county set up as a de-
tense in it's demurrer that the con.
tract for purchase Of the supplies
was illegal. The county, holds Judge
Bourquin, is bound to pay for the
goods or surrender them.
Helena, May 2.-Judge John E.
Erickson of Kalispell, who recently
announced that he would be a candi-
date before the democratic primaries
in August for the position of state
supreme Judge, enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the first candidate to
file his nomination petition for a state
office under the new primary law.
The primary law requires that candi-
dates for all state offices, the United
States senate, congress and district
offices, including district Judge, file
their nominating petitions with the
secretary Of state. Candidates for
county and Legislatures offices are re-
quired to file their petitions with the
county clerk and recorder.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
Oleo Maker Draws Heavy Fine

Chicago, May 4.-John F. Jelke,
millionaire manufacturer of oleomar'
garine who, with several of his EN-
ployes. was sentenced by Judge Gel
ger in the United States district court
today for having violated the federal
revenue laws, was released on bonds
tonight, pending the filing of a writ
of error in their appeal.
Jelke, who was fined 500 0 and
sentenced to two years in Leaven
worth penitentiary, the maximum
penalty, was released on $4,000
bonds. Bonds for the other defend
ants were fixed at $4,000 each.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06

Lonq-distance and underground transmission
was the most formidable scientific problem
confronting the telephone experts.
The retarding effect Of the earth on the teIe.
phone current often impaired conversation
through one mile underground az much az
through 100 miles overhead. Overhead con-
versation had its distinct limitations.
No possible improvement in the telephone
transmitter could Of itself solve these Difficult.
ties.
The solution was found only in the cumuIa-
tive effect Of improvements, great and small,
in telephone, ~transmitter, line, cable, swich-
board. and every other piece Of apparatus or
plant required in the transmission Of speech.
While the limit Of commercial overhead
talking had increased from strictly local to
over 1000 miles az early as 1893, it was not
until 1905 that conversation could be had over
ionq.distance circuits Of which as much as 20