The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-27
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

handing all Catholics to vote for q
candidate other than Woodrow Wilson
in the presidential election This
charge was recently made without con-
tradiction by delegate to the General
Assembly of Southern Presbyterians
gathered in Kansas City, and follow
ing it, an anti-Catholic resolution was
passed. 1t seems there was no one
in the assembly to remind the dele
gates that the Titanic was sunk two
months before Mr. Wilson was nomi-
mated, and that Major Butts body was
never recovered.
Converts at Miwaukee.-There were
$50 non-Catholics received into the
Church in the Archdiocese of Milwau-
kee during the past year.
To Convert Jews.-A propaganda for
the conversion of the Jews is con-
Quoted by the Rev. John e. Els, pastor
of the Church of the Sacred Heart,
Columbus, Ohio, and by the clergy of
the Church of the Holy Trinity, Pitts
burgh.
New Orleans Hospital Dedicated
The new annex to Hotel Dieu, New
Orleans, dedicated by Archbishop
Blenk on June II, includes the Joseph
Burguieres Memorial, the wards for
incurableS, furnished through the gen
crosby of Mr.. Burguieres, who gave a
legacy of $4,000 The entire annex
was erected at cost of 100000. It's
completion adds to the capacity of the
Hotel Dieu for caring for patients
just IS per cent. The erection Of the
annex will be Immediately followed
,by the erection of still another build
ing to be used as Nurses Home,
and which will cost, as planned,
100000.
Edison's Daughter Marries Catholic.
Miss Madelein Edison, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Edison of Glen
mont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange,
n. J., was married to John Sloane, son
of Dr. and Mrs T. O'Connor Sloane,
at the home Of her parents on June
II. The ceremony was performed by
Ri. Rev. Mgr. James +. Mooney, presi-
dent of Seton Hail College.
Catholic Women Win Contest.-The
League of Catholic Women of Law
renee, Mass, is much pleased with
the outcome of the recent civil service
examinations for supervisor and vist-
tors under the new State law that
provides subsidy for mothers with de
pendent children. Two of their mem
bers, Misses Alice and Susan O'Con-
nor, were successful. Miss Alice stood
first among $50 contestants.
Sisters Enter Convent.-Misses Mary
and Katherine Chisholm, daughters OF
Hon. j. A. Chisholm, K. c.. of Halifax,
formerly mayor, have entered the no.
vitiate of the Ladies of the Sacred
Heart in Kenwood, Albany. Miss
Katherine Chisholm recently finished
her studies at the. Sacred Heart Con
vent, Halifax, where she won the gov
ernor generals medal.
frieze in the rotunda of the u. S. CAPT
tol was left unfinished by the artists
Brumidf and Costaggini. No work has
been done on it since 1889, mainly be-
cause Congress could not agree on the
subjects to be painted in the vacant
space. Senator O'Gorman has intro
duced a resolution for the completion
of the frieze by painting three scenes,
namely, Grant and Lee shaking hands
at AppomattoX, symbolizing a re-
united country, the Panama Canal in
operation, and the achievement of
aerial navigation.
Scholarships for Semi1arians.-To
encourage vocations to the priesthood
among the youths of the Pittsburg
diocese and to provide for the educa-
ton of boys who wish to become
priests, but who are unable to meet
the expense of the preparatory train
ing for the seminary, the Right Rev
erend Bishop has authorized the
Synodal Board to offer to deserving
young men six free and six half-pay
scholarships. Candidates for these
scholarships we're examined on Friday,
June 26.
New Works First Trained Nurse
Euphemia Van Rensselaer, (Sister
Maria Dolores), daughter of the late
Gen. Henry Van Rensselaer,. died re-
Gently at the New York Founding
Asylum in her seventy-first year. AL
though member of one of the city's
oldest and wealthiest families, Sister
Dolores when a young woman cared
more for religion than career in the
brilliant social world in which she was
born. She was member of the Prot
estant Episcopal faith, but became a
Sister of Charity. Before becoming a
nun she was the first pioneer trained
nurse in New York City.
Laymen's League Protests.-At the
annual reunion of the Laymens
League for Retreats and Social Stu.
dies, in New York, last Sunday, 1000
present, resolutions were adopted pro
testing against the appointment of ex.
Mayor Nathan of Rome by Italy as its
representative at the Panama EXPOSE.
ton.