The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-06

les of many European countries, as
well as in the United States, and
some of these exhibits will be lent for
the forthcoming show
Father Kerr MemcriaI.-The fund
for the memorial to the late Rev. w.
HI. Kerr, S. j., at Wimbledon, South
London, is completed. The total sum
raised was GS54 5s. Cd. ($4,27O),
which is divided equally between the
two local hospitals for investment, the
interest to be applied to the mainten-
ance of Father Kerr Memorial Cot"
Spread of Irish VoIunteers.-TheN Ma
tional Volunteers, who were hitherto
more or less confined to the National
lists constituencies, have spread like
Wildfire over the Northeast since the
gun-running at Larne. Il am familiar
with the greater parts of Derry and
Antrim" writes Louis J. Walsh in the
Manchester Guardian, "and all over
these counties regiments of National
Volunteers are springing up, and are
being drilled by trained soldiers. Der
ry City is full of National Volunteers
in one regiment alone of about 1900
men | am told there are 800 ex-soldiers
and they appear to be pretty well
armed. The rest of the county is now
rapidly falling into line, and a similar
state of things prevails here in County
Antrim
Large Estate for Charity.-Miss
Sarah Ann Oxtoby, late of 80 Regents
| Park Road, London, daughter of the
late Mr.. William Christopher OXtoby,
| left the sum of $4,000 for Catholic
charities for the benefit of Sisters of
the Poor and Nurses, $4,000 for the
benefit of North Sea fishermen and
servants of the Midland Railway Com
pany, $500 for the Bradford Cemetery
| Company for the maintenance of her
grave in Undercliffe cemetery, and the
residue of her estate for charitable
purposes. The entire estate amounts
to $124,000.
An Irish Bankers Charity.-The late
Mr.. Chas. w. p. Quinn, retired bank
manager, formerly of the National
Bank, Tuam, County Galway, left per-
sonal estate amounting to $7S,770. Of
this amount he bequeathed $17,500 in
charity. His four chief requests are:
To the Archbishop of Dublin, for the
funds of st. Joseph's Asylum for Fe-
males, Portland Row, $4,000; the Lit
tie Sisters of the Poor, Camden Street
$1,000 for the poor visited by them
the Mendicity Institution, Dublin,
$4,000; the Presentation Convent
Clonmel, $4,000, to be invested in some
trust security, the interest to be de-
voted to providing boots for the poor
children attending the Convent school
How Irish "IIIiterates" Multiply
In 1901, according to the census re
turns, there were in Ireland 81, S19 chill
dren over five years and under six
Of these 59,206 we're returned as illit
crates, and that enormous number en-
tiers into the Registrar Generals cal
culations when calculating the percent
age of illiteracy for Ireland. Of si2
years and under seven there were
90,257 children; 34,257 of these coulC
not read, and were classed as litter
ates, and SO raised the percentage Of
illiteracy still higher Catholics are
poor, they form the great bulk of the
population, their large families in
creases the percentage of young chill
dren, and they rely chiefly on the schoo
for the poorer classes the primary
school is the only place where reading
can be learned-Whilst MethodiSts
Presbyterians and Anglicans, though
few in numbers have most Of the gooC
places in the country, therefore cal
have their young children taught a
home to read ut is cat, and thus, il
consequence, escape the stigma O
illiteracy.
Death of Father Carr-The deatl
occurred last month of Father Carr, o
Knocktopher, Ireland. Father Carr
who reached the age of eighty years
was a native Of Galway, and relative
of the Archbishop of Melbourne. HI
served in the Missionary Houses o
the Order in Wales, the United States
and Australia, and the various com
munities in Ireland. He was Prior il
Knocktopher until failing health
obliged him to retire.
Ancient Priory Rcstored.-The an
cient Chapter House of the Benedic
tine Priory at Birkenhead, England
763 years old, has recently been re
stored.
EngIand's Home for Deaf.-The an
nual report of ST. Johns Institution fol
Deaf and Dumb in Yorkshire, the only
Catholic institution for deaf mute chill
dren in England and Wales, shows &
satisfactory years work. The home
which is under the care of the Sisters
of Charity of. st. Vincent de Paul, ad
mitted thirty-two new pupils during
the past year, bringing the number
of children up to ninety-six boys and
ninety-six girls. The building fund
has increased from 1890 to $10,230
About twice this amount is required