The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

n. j., has appointed Rev. William |
f. Lawlor of ST Aioysius' Church TO
be Assistant Superintendent of the
Parochial Schools in the Newark
Diocese.
Catholic Cadets.--It is announced |
that among the ninety-two Catholic |
cadets at West Point Military Acad- |
envy, half are weekly communicates, |
and many more receive Holy Commune |
ion once a month.
Saved from Bomb.--An attempt toI
blow up ST. JOachim'S Church, Tren-
ton, n. j., on January /, was frustrat-
ed by the failure Of q fuse TO ignite
dynamite in can found in the YES
Thule of the church by the janitor,
The fuse had been ignited, but was
extinguished before it had burned its
full length.
Holy Cross Mount.--ln the heart CT
the Rocky Mountains may be seen the
mountain of the Holy Cross, $4,000
feet high II derives its name from
the gigantic cross on one side, near
the summit, formed by assures III the
rock. The assures are usually filed
with snow.
Pope Thanks Hishop.--ln the current
issue Of the "Acta Apostolicae Scdis''
there is letter from the Holy Father
to the Right Rev Bishop Shaw, Of san
Antonio, Texas, thanking him for his
great charity towards Mexican Bish-
ops and priests exilcd from their
country owing 10 the civil war.
Catholic Heads Bar Association
Hen. c. J. Smyth, OF Omaha, recently
elected president Of the Nebraska
State Bar Association, has ben engag-
ed for over q year as special attorney
Of the United States department OF
Justice, and in that capacity has sue,
ccssfully conducted some very imnor
tant suits against trusts, land sharks,
etc
Slovak Church Eurned.-The Slovak
Church of the Transformation and it's
school, at Mt. Pleasant, Penn, were
destroyed by fire on Sunday, January
3, entailng a loss of 100000.
League Branches.---It is given out
that the League of the Sacred Heart
has about $4,000 affiliated centres in
the Church.
Estate for Orphans.--Mr. Andrew
Schwartz, a bachelor Of Frccport, IL,
has left his entire estate of $4,000
TO be used for the support of the or
,----fra11s in Stephenson County, Illinois
Governor Appoints Judges.-One Of
the last official acts Of retiring Gov
crnor Glynn of New York was the
appointment OF Clarence ]. Shearn as
a Justice Of the Supreme Court, and
the promotion OF City Court Judge
Frank B. Delehanty TO an Associate
Judgeship of the Court Of Appeals.
Priest Prays at Senate OPENING
At the formal opening of the Mas
sachusetts senate on January Right
Reverend Monsignor NJ. j. Splaine,
d. D., administrators of the Boston
Cathedral, representing His Eminence
Cardinal O'Connell, offered the prayer.
Treasury Solicitor a cathoIic.-Mr.
Charles Korbley, eX-Congressman from
Indiana, recently appointed Solicitor
of the Treasury, is prominent in
Knights of Columbus circles.
Requests for Charity-By the last
testament of John Golden, Marshfield,
Oregon, approximately $4,000 is de-
vised to Catholic institutions.
Site for New ConVent-Land for a
new convent for the Sisters of Mercy
of st. Paul's parish, Worcester, has
been purchased by Bishop Beaver of
Springfield, Mass.
Archbishop Won Subtitle late
Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco
appeared as plaintiff before the Hague
International Court in 1902 in n suit
against the Mexican Government for
the settlement of the Pious Fund
This case was decided in favor of the
Church in California.
Catholic Senator.-James D. Phelan,
Democratic Senator-elect from Califor-
MIA, has been selected to investigate
conditions said to prevail at the
United States Embassy at Santo Do
mingo. Mr. Phelan is wealthy Cath
Ollie resident of San Francisco, OF
which he was mayor from 1896 TO
1902.
100000 Sienatures.-Over one mil
lion signatures of voters are being
procured by the officers of the Cath
Ollie Order of Foresters in petitions
asking the Postmaster General to deny
mail privileges TO the Menace.
Named after CathoIic.-D enve r
City, Colorado, was named for General
James William Denver, Catholic,
whose grandfather, Patrick Denver,
had to fly from his native county, Down,
Ireland, to America, on account of his
activity in the instruction of 9S. In
the County Down is still spelled with
an in the second syllable. The late
Bishop Denvir, of Down and Conner,
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