The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-05

TIC WCoCClu SOdSI -NOWuS VI AdAduct,
has been permanently appointed to
the staff of st. Mary's Church, Winni-
peg, Manitoba, Canada.
crawford's Son Killed in Action
The name of Second Lieutenant Har-
old Marion Crawford is on the list
of officers who fell in action. He was
a son of Marion Crawford, the novel
list, and went to England from Sorren-
to, Italy, at the outbreak of the war.
He was commissioned in the Irish
Guards. His father was convert to
the Church, as is also his aunt, Mrs.
Hugh Fraser, whose fame as a writer
almost equals that of her brother.
Site for Catholic cemetery.-A tract
covering 120 acres at Valhalla, in
Westchester County, New York, has
been purchased by Cardinal Farley, the
trustees of st. Patrfek's Cathedral
and special committee, for the pur-
pose of establishing one of the best
appointed cemeteries in the country.
Father Gordon Among the Indians.
THE Missionary" published by the
Paulist Fathers at the Apostolic, Mis-
sion House, Worthington, D.Y c.,
prints an article in the June number
on the Indians of Virginia written by
Father Gordon, who tells of his trip
to these Indians who are all Baptists.
Mass was read for the first time
among the Indians in the house of the
Chief. Father Gordon, who is a mem
Der of the Chippewa tribe, is gradu-
ate of st. Thomas College and of St.
Paul Seminary, st. Paul, MINI.
Irish History Contest.-Rev. Patrick
N. McDermott of Massena, state
chairman of Irish history for the A.
o. H., of Iowa, announces that TWEEN
ty-one candidates, thirteen girls and
eight boys, entered for the Irish his
tory contest for the two state scholar
ships to be awarded in June. The
scholarships are for one year and are
valued at $3.50 per annum, and may
be assigned to an accredited college,
academy or high school of Iowa teach
ing Irish history. The examination
took place on Friday, May %. The
questions prepared by both state chair
men of the A. o. H. and l.. A. were
mailed to the county presidents of
both organizations on May &c, and the
seal broken in the presence of the
teachers, contestants and county Off
GERS i'll the room where the examina-
ton took place.
Pioneer italian Priest Dead.-Rev
Pacitico Capitani, formerly of Cleve.
land, Ohio, died April 20 at the Fran.
ciscan convent at ST. Maria La Nova
FanO, Italy. He was the first Italian
priest i'll Cleveland, coming there thir-
ty years ago and founding ST. An
thongs parish OH Central avenue
! After spending fifteen years at St
Anthony's he returned to his native
land to do missionary work, which he
was engaged in at the time of his
death.
Bishop Northrop III.-The Right
Rev. Henry p. Northrop, Bishop of
Charleston, S. c., is a patient at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Bishop
Northrop has been in charge of the
Charleston Diocese for more than
thirty years, and on June 25, will
reach his fiftieth anniversary as a
priest. He was consecrated Bishop
| in 1882.
Catholic on Diplomatic Mission
President Wilson has decided to try
| again to straighten out the tangled
political and fiscal affair of Haiti. He
has chosen Paul Fuller of New York
to investigate conditions in the island
republic. Mr.. Fuller executed a con
| fidential mission for the administra
ton in Mexico several months ago
Mr.. Fuller's mission follows that OF
an inquiry conducted by special com
mission few months ago, headed by
Ex-Governor Franklin Fort of New
Jersey. Mr.. Fuller is Catholic, and
Dean of the Law Department of Ford
ham University, New York.
Greek-Ruthenian Bishop.-A decree
on the administration of the Greek
Ruthenian Church in the United
States has been issued by the Sacred
Congregation of Propaganda Eide fol
Affairs of Oriental Rite. The appoint
ment of the Bishop of the Greek.
Ruthenian Rite for the United States
is reserved to the Apostolic See, and
the prelate's jurisdiction is subject to
the Apostolic Delegate at Washington
Sisters Golden Jubilee.-The golden
jubilee of Mother M. Ambrosia, Mother
Superior of ST. Vincents Hospital
Erie, Pa, was celebrated recently
Mother Ambrosia became a member oil
the Order of the Sisters of st. Jo
seph at Meadville, April 20, 1865, and
has held her present position in St
Vincent's since the hospital was estab
| lished in 1876.
Jubilee Celebration. = Bishop Sha
han, rector of the Catholic University
of America, has appointed Rev. DR.
John ]. Mccoy, pastor of ST. Anne's
Church, Worcester, Mass, to act as
the University's official delegate tC
the fiftieth anniversary celebration oil
Worcester Polytechnic Institute from
June 6 to June 10, which will be at
tended by delegates from all the