The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-10
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Philadelphia Once Largest City.-In
the year 1890, Philadelphia was the
most populated city in the United
States; it numbered ~ 500 souls.
Request to Brooklyn Hospital.-St.
GATHERINGS Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y,
benefits to the sum of $4,000 by the
will of the late Mrs Otto Huber.
omaha Sisters JubiIee.-On Octo-
Der 81 will be celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of the coming to Omaha of
the Sisters of Mercy. Exercises be-
fitting the occasion are being arranged
for.
Rochester, N. ", Monsi9nori.-V
Rev. Denis ]. Curran, Vicar-General of
the Diocese of Rochester, n. Y, and
Rev. James J. Hartley of st. Demands
Seminary, were raised to the dignity
4 of Domestic Prelates with a title OF
Monsignor by Pope Plus X.a short
time before he died.
Many Races in Superior Diocese
Bishop Koudelka has 1000 Catholic In
dian converts in his diocese of SUI
perior, Wis, and many German, Eng
lish, French, Italian, Polish, Bohemian
and Hungarian Catholics. One of his
priests is an Indian.
Addition to Seton I4aII.-Bayley
Hall, a new preparatory school re-
Gently added to the group Of buildings
attached to Seton Hall College in
South Orange, n. j., was opened for
use at the beginning of the school
term.
Jail for LibeIIing Nuns. E. Hos
mer, editor of the Silverton Journal,
convicted of criminal libel against the
Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel, Ore,
and whose petition for a rehcaring was
denied by the Supreme Court, has de-
cided to serve 100 days in Jail instead
OF paying the 5000 fine imposed by the
court.
Irish Convention DeFerred.-The ma
tional convention of the United Irish
League of America, which was to have
opened at New York on September so,
has been postponed to November 10
in order to assure the attendance OF
representative OF the Irish parliament
tary party.
Catholic SIovak Union.-The Catho.
lie Slovak Union has elected the fol
lowing officers: President. Joseph
Kiesel, Scranton; vice-president, An
drew Dorko, Marblehead, o.; financial
secretary, John Puhalla, Cleveland ;
treasurer, Andrew V. Kozak, Wilkes
Barre; spiritual adviser, the Rev. DR.
Furdek, Cleveland.
Chicago Polish Church Dedicated
st. Adalberts (Polish) Church, Chi
cago, was dedicated recently by Arch
bishop Quigley. The Apostolic Dele
gate Most Rev. John BonZano, d. d.
celebrated the Pontifcal High Mass
and Bishop Rhode preached the ser
mon.
Schools in 5rookIyn.-In every one
of the next five years parochial schools
will be either in process of compile
ton or in course of erection in the
Brooklyn diocese. The financial out
lay involved may approximate nearly
100000. At the end of that period
it is probable that the number o.
parochial school children will be il
excess of 100000.
American Jesuts.-In our country
the Society of Jesus is notably pros
porous. 1t has five large provinces
with about 1900 priests, 1000 scholas
tics and 600 lay-brothers. 1t conducts
nearly two score colleges of variou:
grades, manages many parishes, doe:
extensive missionary work, and i!
especially successful in the preaching
of missions for the laity and of re
treats for the clergy.
Emperor Honors Ambassador-Tht
, Emperor of Austria has conferred upoI
American Ambassador Penfield the
. star of the Red Cross Order, ant
upon the counselor of the embassy
Grant Smith, the star of the Com
mander of the same order, which wa!
: only founded after the commencement
of the present war.
Fifth of Family to Become Num-
Miss Jane Fahey, oldest daughter o
= Mrs. Catherine Ryan Fahey, Kansa:
City, left for st. Louis recently to be
e come a Sister of st. Joseph. She i:
the fifth of the Ryan family to go
the others being Sister Ethelbert O
I. st. Joseph's Hospital of Kansas City
Sister Angelina of Marquette, Mich.
Sister Leonilla, graduate of Wash
ington University, Washington, d. G.
and Teresa Ryan, now Sister Fideli:
of ST. Louis. They are the daughter:
and granddaughters of the late
Michael and Mary Ryan of Kansas
City, Mo.
~ UT ~Tw'-
Alumni Honor Sister-The Fabian
Alumni Sodality of Brooklyn, ha:
raised $4,000, which will be used fol
a scholarship at the new Immaculate
Conception College on Clermont
Avenue. The scholarship, which viii
be awarded to boy from st. Stephens
parish, is named in honor of Sister