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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-08-05

CHOICE LANDS for sale at very low
prices and on easy terms. Now is the
time to invest. Address Francis
Logan, Moffet Bldg, Weyburn, Sask.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-08-05

Total expenditures during year. .s64S.'a
Balance on hand June 80, 1915 s261,@
This balance on hand, S261. SO, Is Deposit
in First National Bank.
Bank located at Brookings, South Dakota
Dated this gath day OF July. 1915.
j. NJ. CULBERTSON
Chairman of District School Board
z. B. NEWTON,
Clerk of District School Board.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-08-05

Don't fail to read the classified col
Of the Register.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
He WAS NO DREAMER BUT BE.
LIEVED THAT THE EARTH
WAS ROUND.
written for The Catholic Bulletin BY
Helen Hughes Hielscher.)

Discovery Day" or thereabouts
seems an acceptable time to consider
Columbus and his great work.
There is good deal Of loose talk,
especially among body Of men who
take the daring Genoese for their
patron, as to the frame of mind he
was in when he set sail on the voyage
that ended so fruitfully.
1t seems to some of his admirers
that they intensity the glory Of his
work by removing all logical reason
from his calculations; while the fact
remains, that there were many good
reasons in favor Of the earth being
round, and many good people believ-
ing in them, long before the time of
Columbus.
Sir John Vaudeville, Kt, in his
chapter entitled, THE evil customs of
the Isle of Lamury; and how the
earth and the sea are Of round
form, as is proved by the star called
| the Antarctic, which is fixed in the
south" speaking of the wicked coun-
try of Lanury, says: Neither in that
land or any land beyond it can men
see the polar star, which is called the
Star of the Sea which is immovable,
and which is toward the North, and
which we call the load star. But
they see another star opposite to it
which is called the Antarctic, and
right as shipmen are governed by the
load star, so shipmen beyond these
parts are guided by the star of the
South which appears not to us, this
star that appears toward the North
and is called the load star appears
not to them For which cause we
cleafty perceive, that the land and the
sea are OF round shape and form, be.
cause the part Of the armament seen
over one country is not seen over
another. And men may prove by
their experience and understanding
that if a man found passage by ship
he might go by ship all around the
world, above and beneath"
| After giving some very shrewd OBJ
servations In favor OF his contention
Mandeville goes on: And, therefore
Ihath it befallen many times of thing
of which / heard when was young
i how a worthy man departed once, from
Jour country to- 60 and discover tht
world; and as he passed India ant
the isles beyond India, where there
are more than five thousand islands
and 10 long he went by sea and land
and so enVironed the world by man.
i seasons. that he found an isle where
H The heard people speak his own Ian
Iguage, calling to the oxen in th,
plough as men spoke to their beasts
| lin his own country. Whereon he hat
great wonder not knowing how i
might be. But | say he had gone 81
long by land and sea, that he had gon,
Iaround the earth, and was come agail
to his own borders"
/ This story reminds me of one
heard from a Jesuit missionary ii
Northern Canada and which he says 4
written In the Relations" this bein
the name given to the written state
: ments of the missionaries Of ttei
! order In all ends Of the earth: ION
!, unusually severe winter many 0f tn
|. Indian women and children were O.
the very brink OF starvation and SUI
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

The Right Reverend Mgr. Felix Yer
wilghen, Vicar General of the Diocese
of Seattle, died on Tuesday, October
IL, in Vancouver, Ore, in the. forty.
sixth year Of his age. The funeral
services took place in ST. James
Church, of which he was pastor for
many years, on the following Friday
morning, the Right Reverend Bishop
O'Dea of Seattle, officiating.
/ Mgr. Verwilghen was born in the
Province of East Flanders, Belgium,
on May 5, 1859, and was ordained in
the American College at Louvain on
June 20, 1892. The following year he
came to the State of Washington and
attended several missions in the vi
cinity of Vancouver until he was ap-
pointed assistant pastor of st. James
Church, then the Cathedral of the Dio-
cese of Nesqually, now the Diocese of
Seattle. On November 80, 1898, he
was appointed pastor of st. James
Church and on March /, 1911, he be-
came Vicar General of the Diocese of
Seattle. Owing to i'll health, he re-
signed the rectorship Of st. James
Church in February, 1913, retaining
for himself the Chaplaincy of Provi-
dence Academy, St. Joseph's Hospital
and Blanchet Home for the Aged
Since that time he has resided at ST.
Joseph's Hospital.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

Colonel Roosevelt, ex-President of
the United States, arraigned the forces
of bigotry, denounced discrimination
on account of religion as un-American
and utterly detestable and urged citi-
zens of whatever creed to show a
spirit of hearty cooperation in all
things American, in an address deliv-
cred under the auspices of the New
York Chapter of the Knights of Co
lumbus before a capacity audience in
Carnegie Hall, Manhattan, on "Colum.
bus Day." October IL. He spoke in
part as follows:
This country was founded to per
petuate democratic institutions. Il
has no excuse to exist save in so fal
as 1t makes each man the equal oil
every other man without regard to the
land whence his forefathers came OF
the manner in which he sees fit to wor
ship his Creator. One of the greatesi
OF human rights is to hold and to ex
press, if one desires, whatever relig
ious creed a man believes to be suit
ed to his ends. Any political move
ment directed against this right is I
grave offense against American prin
ciples and American liberty.
1T is wicked either to oppose oi
to support man for office on tht
ground of his creed; and this applies
with equal force to Jew and Gentle
Catholic and Protestant. Such move
have never accomplished anythinl
but harm. This is true of the middl
Of the last century. and it is Just a
true Of all similar moves today. 1t i
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
LEGAL FIGHT ENDS
ROCKEFELLER MAKES A SETTLE
MENT WITH THE CATHOLIC
FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY AND
LEGAL BATTLE ENDS.

John D. Rockefeller has come to a
settlement with the Catholic Foreign
Mission Society at Maryknoll, Ossin-
ing, N. Y, in its effort to secure tract
of land on Pocantico Hills.
Three years ago the Society signed
an agreement to purchase from 10.
seph Oussani fifty acres of land ad.
joining Rockefeller's estate. A few
days later an attempt was made to sell
the same piece of property to Rock.
efeller agent at considerable ad.
vance. The Foreign Mission Society
at once brought suit for specific per.
Torrance against both the owner and
John D. Rockefeller. A decision in fa
vor of the Mission Society was given
by Judge Keough at White Plains
N. Y. An appeal was taken, but the
first decision was confirmed by the
Appellate Division.
At Albany there was a reversal or
technicality, and the case was sem
back to the lower court for more Ger
tain evidence on question of fact
The Mission Society Immediately an
nounced through its attorney, Mr.. Joh1
X. M. Ewing of Tarrytown, its deter
mination to continue the case, and wai
prepared to do so when a proposition
was made by the defendants entirel,
favorable to the Society.
The Society, shortly after beginnin,
its suit, found an excellent site abov,
Ossining, which it will make its del
mite home.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
HOLY NAME PARADES
TENS OF THOUSANDS or cATHo-I
Lie MEN MARCH THROUGH THE
STREETS OF EASTERN CITIES
AND ARE REVIEWED BY NOTED
PRELATEs-AN INSPIRING SPEC
TAcLE.

The annual rally of the Holy Name
societies of the Eastern dioceses took
place on Sunday, October 10. The
principle feature of each celebration
was monster parade reviewed by the
Church dignitaries and sermon in
one of the local churches after which
the celebration was brought to close
with Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament.
4 In the Archdi6csse of Baltimore
II, 900 members of the Holy Name
societies marched down Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, D. c., from the
Capitol to the Monument Grounds
where a sermon was delivered by Rev.
William Meagher o. p, of New York,
after which Solemn Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament was given I'M
der the shadow of Washington s
Monument Twenty bands participated
in the parade which was reviewed
from the balcony of the New Willard
by the Apostolic Delegate, Bishop
Corrigan of Baltimore, Bishop O'Con-
hO1 VI n1CuulOuu, anu DtSuOp Oududu
of the Catholic University.
In Buffalo $4,000 Holy Name men
marched through the streets from six
rallying centers and proceeded to
nineteen designated churches to at
tend Mass.
$4,000 men took part in the Holy
Name demonstrations In different
centers throughout the Newark Dio
cese. The largest parade was held II
Jersey City where $4,000 men were
reviewed by the Right Reverend
Bishop O'Connor and other distin
guished priests and laymen. The ser
mon was preached by Father Sebas
tian, C. P, after which Bishop O'Con
nor gave Benediction.
In Pittsburgh, 100000 men, led bJ
Bishop Canevin and the officials O.
the Diocesan Union, participated in &
grand parade through the streets o.
the city.
At Wheeling the largest religious
demonstration in the history of Wes
Virginia took place when nearly 5000
Holy Name. men participated in the
parade on Sunday, October 10.
4
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

of paying off a part of the principal;
and it was only after mature delibera-
ton that it was decided to appeal to
the public-spirited citizens of Mime
apolis in a final effort to wipe out the
present Indebtedness and obtain funds
for the improvements which are abso-
lutely necessary.
Mr.. Sheffield, who will have charge
of the campaign, devotes all his time
to this kind of work, He is special
ist who has been most successful in
conducting campaigns for Catholic in
stitutions. During the past three
years he has raised more than $4,000
900 for them in different parts of the
country. Last week he met number
of the representative Catholics Of Min
neapolis in the Pro- o-Cathedral school
and outlined the method he follows in
this work. 1t was then decided to en-
gage him for the coming campaign and
at a meeting held on Wednesday eve
ming of this week the final details were
decided upon.
Mr.. Sheffield will establish a head
quarters in the business center of Min
neapolis and organize his campaign
workers into number of teams, each
of which will be under the direction of
a captain. The members will be in
structed as to the best method of pre-
senting the needs of the Orphanage
to those upon whom they call, and on
the date fixed for the opening of the
campaign they will be sent out in
groups to make the calls assigned
them. Each evening they will report
at the headquarters and some method,
to be determined later on, will be de-
vised to acquaint the public with the
result of each days work. The cam
,paign will continue for eight, or pos
sibly, ten days, when it is expected
that the full amount will be subscribed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

people of Jamestown showed their ap-
probation of what st. Johns Academy
has done for the city by thronging the
auditorium to the limit of its capacity
The program consisted of choice
selection of vocal and instrument
tai numbers at the conclusion OF
which addresses we're delivered by the
Right Reverend Bishop O'Reilly and
Father Geraghty who, on behalf of
the people of jamestown, presented
substantial purse to the Sisters as
token of appreciation.
HistoricaT Sketch.
st. Johns Academy was founded in
1890. Shortly after the late Bishop
Stanley was elevated to the Episco-
pate, he made a visit to st. Joseph's
Academy, st. Paul, and asked Mother
Seraphine, Provincial Of the Sisters of
st. Joseph, to open a school in his
See city. The four Sisters to whom
the task of conducting the institution
was assigned-Mother Catherine, Sis
ters Aimee, Gertrude and Cyril-arriV-
ed in jamestown on the eighteenth
of August, 1890, and on the follow
ing day took possession of their new
home, the Topliff residence, which was
being remodeled for school which
opened the first week in September
The register for the first year in the
boarding school contains the following
Of Oh Of n
(Mrs. S. Wilder), Florence Daley
(Mrs. J. P. Gleason), May Hanscom
MRS. ]. M. Devine), Francis Tosney,
Katie Leish, Lulu and Florence Mer-
ry, Mary, Delphine, and Sabina Con-
molly, Mary Buckley, Jessie Strong,
Jennie Hendricks, Anna Mutz. The
pupils in the day school numbered fif-
ty-two.
When st. Johns Academy opened,
Bishop Stanley was resident of
Jamestown. He gave to the new
school inspiration, encouragement and
material aid, and thus lessened the
stress and strain consequent upon In
itiating an educational work in new
field. The Bishop celebrated the first
Mass in the little Convent Chapel on
the fifteenth of September, 1890.
DsdSSatio0 81 the Academy.
On the eighth of the following De-
cember, the pastor of st. James
Pro-Cathedral announced at the High
Mass that the blessing of the new Con-
vent would take place at three o'clock
that afternoon, adding that, the event
being unprecedented in the par.
ish, the Bishop invited the congrega-
ton to be present. Accordingly, the
first great gathering of the good peo-
pie of jamestown at the Convent took
place on that day. The service was
opened by the choir of st. James Pro
Cathedral: Mrs. Belle Klaus, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Klaus, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Blewett, Mr.. F. Lenz, Misses Bellivou
Buckley and Gleason. After the sing
ing of the Veni Creator, Bishop Shan
| ley preached. the sermon and gave
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
At the conclusion of the ceremony
assisted by Father Cassidy, the pas
tor, and Fathers Brennan and O'Reilly
the assistants, he blessed all the
rooms of the new Academy
In January, 1891, Sister Ignatius was
a very welcome addition to the little
community.
Continued on page S.)
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
HINTS THAT HELPED COLUMBUS

fered much from sickness. One woman
in particular was very ill, so the fa-
ther came to know her we'll from
frequent ministrations to her. Later
he was recalled from that mission and
sent to China. In the very heart of
that country; he met the same woman,
and spoke ito her of her former sick
ness and she answered him in the
Indian language, but made no wonder
at all of being in China, saying that
many of her people followed the sun
set till they arrived i'm that land"
Vaudeville continues: although il
is possible to go around the earth,
yet not one in thousand might re-
turn to his own country except by
chance or by the grace of God. For
the earth" he says, ''is very large and
contains in its roundness and circuit
above and beneath, 20,245 miles, after
the opinion of the wise old astrono-
mers; and, after my little arts, it
seems to me, saving their reverence,
that it is more; for say thus" Then
he gives his ingenious method Of meas
uring, and arrives at the conclusion
that the earth is S1,5OO miles, so much
hath the earth in circumference after
my opinion and understanding.
So the rotundity Of the earth was a
matter Of common talk, hundred
years before the time of Columbus,
and Vaudeville records that the "old
wise astronomers had come pretty
near measuring it's circumference.
From these facts we infer that Co
lumbus was not a dreamer of dreams
but practical, logical, fearless man,
endowed with the determination that
brings great works to successful
issue.
The work from which this paper
was extracted was written in the year
1856, according to the author himself.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
ROOSEVELT ARRAIGNS BICOTRY

"a direct contravention of the spirit of
the Constitution itself.
Washington and his associates held
it essential that there should be no
union of Church and State in this
country. Those who would defeat or
elect a candidate for public Office on
these grounds are seeking to bring
this contravention about. The Con
stitution allows no religious test for
office. 1t is as bad to impose such
a test by votes as it is to impose it
by law. It is clear violation of the
spirit of the Constitution. Such moves
only increase among men the spirit of
sectarian intolerance, which is utterly
revolving among a free people.
In the past, whenever such move
ments succeeded even for a short
time in this country they resulted
only in the choice of inferior men foI
Office. There is nothing that an un
worthy candidate for Office desires
more than to distract attention from
his own misdeeds to the religious
question. True Americanism demands
that we judge men by their conduct
land the line of cleavage decided on
lconduct is far from coincident will
the line of cleavage based on differ
ence of creed. 1t is necessary for thl
proper conduct of this governmen.
THAT we have honest and capable ON
GERS in charge of affairs. To ge
these we must choose from among thl
professors of every creed.
i Il believe in the separation o
Church and State; | believe that nj
public money should be used for th,
advance of any creed: i believe tha
the public schools should be non-sec
tartan; as necessary corollary. be
lieve that pupils. teachers and Official
lshould be on par without regard i
Icreed..
B regard the Knights of Columbu
L as one of the really potent forces i
this country for the cultivation an
Espread of real Americanism and I one
lit my heartiest support. :
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
GAVE S1,000,000 IN CHARITY
DENNIS SULLIVAN, DENVER Plo.
NEER, DIED AT THE AGE or
sEvENTY-EleHT - WAS VERY
CHARITABLE.


Dennis Sullivan, Colorado pioneer
and one of the richest and best known
citizens of Denver, died on October
10, after brief illness, in the seventy
eighth year of his age. He was buried
from the Immaculate Conception Ca
thedral The pastor. Father Nc
Menamin. offieiated at the Requiem
Mass and Father Malone preached the
sermon.
ATr. Sullivan was a native of New
York State who came to Colorado in
1866. and engaged IN the mining and
milling business. Since 1881, he re.
sided in Denver. II il said that dur.
ing his lifetime he gave away at least
million in charity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
NAVY OFFICER DEAD
CAPTAIN KNAPP WAS A GRAD
UATE or ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY
{ AND OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY,

Captain John j. Knapp, com
mandant of the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, died of apopIexy at the naval
hospital recently. He was stricken at
his desk in the morning when about
to start on his physical test walk Of
ten miles. Captain Knapp was IS
years old and graduated from the
naval academy in 1870. After serving
in many parts of the world he sue
ceeded Rear Admiral Benson last
June The widow and one son who Is
a paymaster in the navy, survive the
captain. Captain Knapp was Catho.
lie and graduate Of SC. Louis Uni.
Iversity. His sister is a nun.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

~ r..
A whirlwind subscription campaign
to raise the sum Of 100000 for the
Catholic Orphan Asylum for boys, To-
Gated at Chicago avenue and Forty
sixth street, Minneapolis, will be con-
Quoted in that city next month under
he direction Of Mr.. Charles ]. Shef-
field, publicity expert, of Cleveland,
Ohio. The campaign will continue for
eight days during which solicitors will
call upon all the business and profess
sional men Of Minneapolis and give
them an opportunity to contribute to
this most worthy charity.
The Boys Catholic Orphanage needs
at least 100000 to pay the debt in
CURED by the erection of the new
building, which was absolutely neces-
sary for the comfort of the children,
as well as to remodel the old building
and make it safe and secure from the
ravages of years. In addition to this,
many other improvements must be
made if the institution would continue
to meet the demands put upon it and
fulfill the purpose for which it was
erected. The financial burden which
presses so heavily on the slender re-
sources of the Orphanage makes it
impossible for it to pay the current
expenses and interest, not to speak
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
GERMAN PRIEST DECORATED
FATHER WATTERoTT, o. M. i, RE-
cEIvED THE IRON CROSS FOR
SERVICES AT THE FRoNT-Hls
BROTHER is A MISSIONARY IN
AFRICA.

The Reverend Ignatius Watterott,
%. M. l., Provincial of the German
Province of the Oblate Order
for the past six years, has been dec
Grated with the Iron Cross by the
German military authorities. At the
outbreak of the war Father Watterott
offered his services as a volunteer
field-chaplain and was sent first to
France and later to the Russian battle
fields, where he iabored with great
distinction for the spiritual welfare of
the soldiers, often under the greatest
dangers and the most trying circum-
stances.
His brother, Rev Francis Watterott.
O. M. l., has been missionary in
Southwestern Africa for the last fif-
teen years, but since the beginning of
the war nothing has been heard of
him. Both are natives of Neustadt-
Eichsfeld.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23
BISHOP CONATY's ESTATE
VALUED AT $2,7ss.ss BEouEArHEp
TO HIS BROTHER.

The late Bishop Conaty of Los An.
geles had $7S6.33 in bank and a
library valued at $4,000 at the time
of his death. This comprised his en-,
tire estate, which is bequeathed to
Rev. Bernard S Conaty. brother. Of
Taunton, Mass The Most Reverend
Edward ]. Hanna, Archbishop Of san
Francisco. is named executor.