The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-01-03
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Governor Quotes Pope Leo.-Gov.
Pothier of Rhode Island addressed
the state branch of the American
Federation of Labor at their meeting
in Woonsocket, R. l., last month. The
governor, after reading from Pope
Leo's Encyclical on Labor said: These
words of wisdom should be listened
to by the world today, and the read
justment of social conditions should
be inspired and directed by them.
CIeveIand's Rebuke to 8igotry.-
During the campaign to raise funds
for enlarging Charity Hospital, Cleve-
land, Ohio, little sheet with the
heading, do not be Blackmailed,"
and signed UNITED Americans" was
circulated throughout the city. The
apparently defeated it's own
purpose for though $250,OO0 was
aimed at, over 100000 was collected.
The mont Catholic men and women
engaged in the campaign included
the leaders in law, medicine and COM
life.
Honor Lieut.. Gov. Barry.-About
four hundred members of Caravan No.
3 of Boston, Order of The Alhambra,
and friends gave reception to Lieut.
Gov.-Elect, Hon. E. P. Barry, Tuesday
night, December 16, in Roxbury. Mr..
Barry is a member of this local
branch of The Order of The Alham-
bra.
Great Sun Spot DiscoVered.-Rev.
Jerome Ricard, of Santa Clara Uni
versity, discovered a sun spot on De-
cember 10, the largest seen in two
years. The sun spot is in longitude
9:14:24 degrees east of the central
meridian. 1t is due to heliocentric
conjunction of the earth with Saturn
on December Z. The new sun spot
has an area Of 09,936,709 square
miles. 1t is 32,O13.15 miles long and
12,805.26 miles wide.
Congratulations of a City, The city
council of Peoria, on the occasion of
Archbishop Spalding's Jubilee, Ere
solved that the congratulations of the
city of Peoria, through it's Council be
and they are hereby extended to this
eminent churchman and citizen,
whose life among us has been typical
of all that makes for the highest
Newsboys' Friend Dead. = Rev.
Augustine G. Porta, S. j., the Friend
of the Newsies," chaplain of the
Newsboys' Home in New Orleans, died
at Hotel Dieu, in that city recently
His funeral was from Loyola Uni
versity.
Notre Dame Sisters BuiId.-The
Sisters of Notre Dame have begun at
Cleveland the erection of a new Acad-
envy building, which is to cost $175,-
900. The main part of the edifice will
be 245 by 1913 feet and four stories
high.
Paderewski to Welcome Bishop
the famous pianist, will
be invited to come to Milwaukee for
the celebration to be given by Mil
waukee Poles in honor of the new
Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese,
Rt Rev. Edward Kozlowski, on Janu-
airy IA.
Our Peace Policy in Santo Domingo.
Minister to the Domini-
can Republic, James M. Sullivan, has
induced the warning factions in that
country to sign a peace pact, and the
revolution headed by Gen. Horatio
Vanquez against the Government of
Provisional President, Jose Bordas
Valdez, is at an end. The American
Minister'S action is the first success
full application of the United States
new Latin-American
policy with regard to the Dominican
Republic, which is to the effect that
force of arms can never gain or settle
any question in that country.
Memorial to Shipwrecked.-The
monument to the Irish immigrants
who were wrecked and their bodies
washed ashore at Cohasset, Mass,
many years ago, will be dedicated
Memorial Day, 1914, at Cohasset. This
was decided upon at the meeting OF
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of Hibernians, and of the Ladies' Aux
iliary, held in Worcester on Sunday
December IA. The memorial will be
Celtic cross, seventeen feet high, OF
Quincy granite, suitably inscribed
The Grand Army Post of the town
will cooperate in the ceremonies Of
the dedication.
Gov. DUNES View Reinforced
The position taken by Governor
Dunno of Illinois in opposition to the
teaching of sex hygiene in the State
University has received emphatic
commentator from j. T. Montgomery
president of the Illinois State BoarC
of Agriculture and chairman of tn,
Medical Committee of the University
and by H. F. McAfee, president of thu
Presbyterian Training School of Chi
cago. Other prominent educators anC
professional men have praised tn,
wisdom shown by Governor Dunno, il
matter so intimately connected witt
the moral welfare of the people o
| Illinois.