The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-02-06
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Rapids, Mich, met recently and nom
mated three Clergymen for the office
of Coadjutor Bishop TO the venerable |
Bishop Richter, who is now in his
seventy-sixth year, and needs an as
sistant.
Parish Must Have r. A. Societies.
AS a means Of furthering the cause
of temperance in the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia, Archbishop Prender-
CAST has instructed all rectors who
have no total abstinence societies in
their parishes to establish them i'm
mediately for men, women, boys and
girls.
Aihernians Lose by Fire.-The Hi
bernian Hall, Springfield, Mass, was
destroyed by fire last week, causing a
loss of $4,000
Daughters of Isabeha.-The Nation
al Order of the Daughters of Isabella,
founded al Utica, n. Y, eleven years
ago, has now about $4,000 members.
They are doing for women what the
Knights of Columbus are doing for
men; they look. too, after the needy
poor,
Best Kept cemeteries.-The Catho-
lie cemeteries of Argentine, South
America, are the best kept in the
world.
Rumor of Conversion.-The Regis
ter Extension" of Canada gives voice
to the rumor that Viscount Haldane,
Lord Chancellor of England, is about
to resign to enter the Catholic Church.
The Chancellor of England is not al
lowed the freedom of conscience be-
slowed on the lowliest British subject;
he must not be a Catholic.
T. A. Pledge Recommended.-Th
Catholics of Victoria, B. c., have been
asked to take the total abstinence
pledge during the continuance OF the
war; and many have done so.
Governor Walsh Lectures.-Govern-
or David |. Walsh, of Massachusetts,,
has delivered a lecture at Carnegie
Hall, New York City, on Monday
evening, February 1, for the Laymen's
League for Retreats and Social Stu
dies.
No News About ExiIed Prelate.-
The United States State Department
announced on January Z, that no in
formation of a definite nature has yet
been obtained as TO the whereabouts
of Archbishop Count SzeptyN OF
Lemberg, who was reported prisoner
of Russia and sent to Siberia.
Priest Injured in Auto.-In an at
tempt to stop runaway horse on JAN
uary Is, Rev. James Ferguson, rec
tor of the Catholic Church at Mount
Hope, N. j., nearly lost his life. He
was riding in his automobile when
he heard the horse dashing along a
short distance behind the auto and
thinking to stop the animal, Father
Ferguson attempted to turn his ma.
chine so that it would serve as a
block across the road, but the car
skidded and plunged over the side OF
the road into a ditch five feet below
overturning and pinning the priest I'M
der it. When rescued after much diff.
Guilty, he was found to be suffering
from severe injuries.
BELGIAN Colonization.-A plan to
colonize $4,000 Belgians in Oklahoma
under the supervision of the Catholic
Church and to build railroad one
hundred and seventy-two miles lone
connecting Muskogee and Oklahoma
City, along which these people may
conduct intensive farming and find
market in the largest two cities OF
the state is rapidly taking form.
Holy Cross Brother Retires.-Broth
er Hugh, project of Brownson Hail.
Notre Dame, for thirty years, has re
tired.
Work for Catholic. Protectory.-The
Hudson County Catholic Protectory
of Arlington, N. j., has just received
an order for $500 pairs of shoes fol
the families of the miners of Ohio
who are on strike. This is the larg
est individual order that has ever
been received during the career OF
the Protectory. The shoes are to be
various sizes for both men and
women.
Catholic Elected President.-The
Washington Chamber of Commerce
has unanimously elected as its presi
dent Mr.. Patrick T. Moran, a mer
chant, who is we'll known in K G. and
A. o. H. circles.
President to Address Irish.-Presi
dent Wilson will be in Chicago on st
Patricks day, according to an an
nouncement made recently by those
who are promoting the celebration OF
the Irish Fellowship Club and the
United Celtic-American societies
The Irish Fellowship Club will hold
it's function at the Hotel LaSalle
while the United Celtic-American so
cieties will have their celebration al
the Coliseum.
Archbishop's New Year Gifts
Eight hundred children of the Italian
parish of Marie Addolorata, Chicago
were gladdened on January 3, by the