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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-06-03
Home OF DUBLIN FREEMAN
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF JOHN REnnaoMn
DE- EmOLISHED'
DESTROYED DURING RECENT UPRISING
WAS STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE
CROWN.

gins and his "Cawstle Cawtholic" COL
league. Magan. The Freeman de-
nounced the patriotic Irishmen of 1898
as murderers. and robbers, and viO-
lators of women. In reporting the ar
rest of Father Duffy, in November
1896. it made a most abominable at
tack on the moral character of the
converts and convent schools. Hig-
gins died in 1902. but the Freeman
continued to felonset. to lie and to
libel When the Emmett movement
was going ahead the Freeman referred
to the patriots as THE Lounging Erin.
gOBraghitcs" in terms of reproach,
just as the Freeman today alludes
to the Sim Feiners. In later times
it felonset the Fenians and denounced
them as parricides who were a dis
grace to their race and country
1t openly advised the B.itish Gov.
ernment. in March, 1867. to measure
the real strength of this infamous con-
spiracy against the we'll being of So
ciety and the best interests of the
country" 1t raised war whoop of
praise in favor of the police and SOL
diers. and exhorted Lord Abercorn to
award Victoria Crosses and reward
Sub-lnspectOr Burke and the members
of the Royal Irish Constabulary who
figured against the Dublin Fenians at
Tallaght. In its issues for the same
period il declared that the Irish
American Fenian organizers who visit
cd Ireland were bogus officers draw
ing their pay from the savings of the
New York chambcrmaids and washer
women" Years after this same argu.
ment, supplied gratuitously by the
Freeman. was repeatedly used by the
Irish and English Tory press and poll
ticians against the Irish Parliamentary
party.
So disgustingly vehement was it in
it's denunciatiOn of the Fenians that
il openly libcled and. slandered John
O'Leary and the other prisoners while
on their trial. Isaac Butt. who de-
tended these men. had to apply for
motion for criminal information
against the paper which was held in
contempt by every Nationalist in the
country.
In the days of the Sham Squire"
the alleged Freeman's Journal took
out its reward in rich harvests of
gold; in later days it took it out in
the shape of comfortable Government
positions for it's writer's and friends
Swift was the satirist who urged the
necessity of being a little cautious
not to sell our country and consciences
for nothing" and the Freeman has
literally applied the biting injunction.
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was nothing short OF a recruiting SER
geant for the British army. The hon
orable speaker lauded the Irish Race
Convention recently held in New York
City and stated. "never have l seen a
more splendid body of lrish-American
citizens than gathered together at the
Hotel Astor on the morning of March
4, 1916. 1t was an inspiring sight to
see Protestants and Catholics alike,
uniting in the common cause and
working for the common advancement
of their native land" The speaker
closed by saying that the members Of
the Friends of Irish Freedom were
all true liberty-loving Americans who
stood for true Americansm and made
plea to Americans of all races to
lend their moral support and aid to
the people of the Emerald Isle.
Father O'Brien, who presided as
chairman of the gathering. struck the
keynote of the evening when he said:
I'VE are here to give voice to the deep
feeling of indignation that is in us to
protest against the murder and butch
cry which has recently taken place in
Ireland In making reference to the
press reports charging Sir Roger Case
ment with high treason against the
British Crown. the Reverend Father
said, "lf Sir Roger is to go down in
history as traitor, so too, must we
be compelled to call George Washing
ton traitor against the same foe. !"
Father O'Brien warned his hearers to
remember that the same enemy who
took part in the siege of Limerick has
continued her tactics down to the
present day and closed by saying that
Ireland should 'be proud of the fact
that she has men of the caliber of Sir
Roger Easement who had the courage
Ito do, to dare. and if necessary to
die. for the cause of Irish independ-
ence'
Mrs. ]. ]. Daily State President of
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient
Order of Hibernans declared that she
should consider herself unworthy of
the Irish blood in her veins were she
not to pay her respect and extend her
sympathy to poor suffering Ireland.
Mr.. J. p. O'Donnell, State Secretary
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
called the attention of his hearers to
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the fact that the Friends of Irish
Freedom was not connected in any way
with any religious sect and that the
sole purpose of the organization was
to enable them to pay their respects
to the recent martyrs in Ireland.
Love of country is one of the most
laudable emotions that dwell in the
human heart" said Mr.. J. j. Regan,
past national president of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, who spoke at
some length on the recent uprising in
Ireland and cautioned his hearers to
beware of the news reputed to be
coming from Ireland. by way of Liver
pool, and declared that most of this So
called Irish news originated in New
York City. Mr.. Regan spoke of the
long promised Home Rule Bill and of
its provision to divide Ireland into
two distinct parts. He declared that
If this was done. the world would
have a second Haiti and San Domingo
He completed his address by saying.
Let us see that no man or set of men
pulling out of the fires Of war the
chestnuts of George V and let every
loyal Irishman remember the old
maxim that 'England's difficulty is
lreland's opportunity and let us I'M
press upon the world that the people
of every integral part of this nation
are proud Of their country and that
they will not permit it to be used by
any man to save from the results of
their own unlawful actions, the people
OF Great Britain"
Irish songs and ballads were sung
by Miss Tenie Murphy Sheehan and
Mrs. Helen Bremen Herman during
the program and resolutions pledging
support to the cause of Irish liberty
were read by Simon McNulty and
unanimously adopted by the gathering.
At the close of the meeting. Mr.. j.
J. Fitzgerald, Of the Palace Clothing
Co.. entertained Judge O'Neil Ryan,
MIR. J. j. Rcgan. p. J. Doyle. p. j.
O'Donnell. County President; Joseph
! Donahue Jas. McConville, John Mason.
w. C. Feeney Patrick Bannon, Patrick
Mulraney. committee in charge of the
organization of the local branch of
the Friends of Irish Freedom. at the
Elk's Club.
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OF NoRTHWEST'S
MOST Prominent Citizen


blew throughout the city as signal
for all business, public and private, to
stop and every head to be bowed in
solemn grief as a tribute to the great
empire builder. financier, railroad
magnate and the man who did more
for the upbuildins and development of
the Northwest than any other indivitl-
ual.
Crowds began to gather at the home
long before the time for the service
to begin. At the request of Mrs. Hill,
presence of all friends of Mr.. Hill and
others who wished to pay him this
last respect, was requested at the SER
vices, both at the house and at the
grave.
Services began at 2 p. m., when a
pipe organ selection by George II.
Fairclough, orgauist at the Church of
St. John the Evangelist, was played.
Simultaneously, all business ceased in
minutes, as well as autos and other
! Vehicles.
Every train on the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Burlington roads,
the three great trans-continental lines
in which Mr.. Hill was interested, came
to standstill for five minutes
Business in every Office of these
railroads was suspended for the aft.
ernoon.
Following the organ selection, Lewis
Shave, baritone, sang two verses OF
Lead Kindly Light" He next sang
Just AS I Am"
Short services were conducted and
a brief funeral sermon preached by
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The Office of the Dublin Freeman,
recruiting organ and thick and thin
supporter Of John Redmond, has been
razed to the ground. 1t was equipped
with the most expensive machinery,
probably. of any newspaper Office in
the world, and hundreds of thousands
of dollars that found their way from
the British Government, through the
Redmond party, to buy the plant came
at time when the Freeman's circula-
tion was almost nil
British shells wiped it out of exist
encc III an attempt to dislodge the Re-
publican army. and while the laat
sheets were still damp with the Brit.
ish purchased ink spread lavshly to
prove that Ireland was loyal to Eng
land and that only few cranks,
whom it named for the convenience
OF the British Government were left
in Ireland. 1t hinted of secret move
ments in Ireland. and 1t is not difficult
to fancy the late Edmund Dwyer Gray
writing thus with his tongue in his
cheek: There never yet has been
a revolutionary movement in Ireland
every detail of which was not known
to the Government" Undoubtedly the
newspaper over whose destiny he then
presided as proprietor and editor has
a most unclean record for keeping the
Government well informed of every
revolutionary movement of which it
was in any way aware. and it has
well preserved that unholy tradition
through all the tergiversations and
twistings that have marked It's course
for over one hundred and fifty years.
Henry Brooks. it's first editor, had
been previously employed by the Brit
ish Government to denOunce the
French as Huns and vandals, and that
Ireland's only hope was to strengthen
| England's arm TO crush the French
who were then expected to invade Ire
land. For Il while Charles Lucas and
gleam through its pages. but Francis
Higgins, the notorious "Sham Squire
and his c0-workers. soon put the or
gan back in line with the policy of
uphOlding British rule in Ireland by
the most trcacherOus means. Under
the direction of his paymnstcrs no
cowardly. were spared to destroy the
reputation of every man and move.
mcnt supposed to be inimical to Brit.
ish rule in Ireland.
Grattan and Flood and every mal,
of patriotic principles were attacked.
The United lrishmen we're attacked as
mad revolutiOnaries," and Lord Ed
ward Fitzgerald was betrayed by Hig.
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A notable restoration has been ef-
fected at the famous Abbey of Burn
ham, in Bucks, England. This Angus
tinian house was founded $50 years
ago and after the dissolution of the
monastcries, when the nuns were driv-
Ell forth. it fell into decay. Finally
the chapel almost completely crum-
bled to ruins, the abbey buildings be-
came farm. and the chapter house
barn.
Two years ago the property passed
into the hands of gentleman who
is as clever an architect and anti
Quarian as he is a good Catholic. He
set to work to restore the abbey to
something of its original appearance
with such success that last Sunday it
was formally handed over to a COM
munity of nine Augustinian nuns-by
curious coincidence the same mum.
ber as those who were expelled in the
reign of Henry VIII.
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For more than thirty years the
House of the Good Shepherd has been
one of the recognized charitable in
stitutions in Detroit. Its work has
been the reclamation of wayward
young girls and women and in this
it's efforts have been most successful.
In fact, it's success has been so great
that it has aroused the enmity and
hatred of certain misguided individuals
who cannot see anything good in
Catholicism or in Catholic institutions.
For several years back the Sisters
in charge of the House of the Good
Shepherd have been subjected to
great annoyance and abuse from GER
tain individuals who spread abroad
all sorts of false statements about
the community, until finally patience
ceased to be virtue and request
was made through Bishop Foley that
an investigation be made as to the
truth or falsity Of these charges by
the State Board of Corrections and
Charities.
The board was represented at the
investigation by the following distin-
guished citizens of Michigan, who
composed the investigation commit.
tee: The Rt. Rev. John N. McCor.
mick, of Grand Rapids, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of Western Michi'
gan: Morgan J. Jopling, of Marquette:
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Despite the almost prohibitive
weather an enthusiastic crowd of Irish
sympathizers turned out to welcome
Judge O'Neil Ryan of St. Louis, Mo-,
who spoke at the organization Of the
local branch of the Friends of Irish
Freedom at the Pence Auditorium on
last Wednesday evening. The crowd
numbered over eight hundred and the
sentiments of the speakers were
roundly cheered. Judge O'Neil, vice
president of the national organization
of the Friends of Irish Freedom de-
nounced England for her butchery of
Sir Roger Easements followers and
declared that the lie had been passed
to her regarding her statements that
she was the friend and protector Of
small nationalities. He referred to
her reputed friendship for poor Bel
GUM and then contrasted this with
her treatment of Ireland for the past
seven hundred years. Mr.. Ryan re-
ferred to our so-called neutrality and
warned his hearers of the words of
George Washington against entangling
foreign alliances. He declared that he
was for America First" but not that
kind of Americanism that had its
origin in the London Times or some
similar source. The speaker said that
during the past ten or fifteen years
there has been determined effort
Ito bring about coalition between
the United States and England and a
very plausible argument has been put
forth, such as reference to our CON-
mon ancestry, our community of
language and our similar modes Of
living. but" he declared, "all this
talk of the peril of German militarism
is nothing compared to this obnoxious
propaganda, this preposterous idea of
uniting Old Glory with the Union
Jack" He declared that the people
of Germany had been spoken of as
barbarians, as Huns. that this idea
had been fostered and encouraged in
this country by the London-owned
press and that Germany had been lill-
ened to second Attila who had
brought on this terrible conflict in her
nsatiate lust and greed for power.
John Redmond was accused of being
disloyal to the trust imposed upon
him and that at the present time he
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-06-03
Correspondence of the Irish Pres!
and News Scrvice.)

anu i<C"S EOcI fItc./
Montreal. May 29--Thc Irish Ma
tiOnalists throughout the province of
Quebec are organizing to keep their
young men out of the British army
The Secretary Of the most important
IIibcrnian society informs your cor
respondent that recruiting reached
the vanishing point among Hibernians
since the shocking news of the Irish
executions reached the province. One
Of the Divisions Of the Ancient Order
of Hibcrnians passed resolutions de-
nonncing the executions as examples
Of unparalleled barbarity. unworthy of
a nation pretending to save small ma
tionalitics and hideOus answer to
the claim in Canada that England de-
clared war on Germany over Bel
GUM" The struggle to save the
French language is causing a revolt
throughout Quebec. The Irish Nation
alists have decided to vote with the
French insurgents against the British
government. The Hibernians voted
with the French Canadians in the re-
cent elections, the government only
carrying seven of the eighty-two con
stituencies. The government is inves
tigating the secret meetings of the
Ancient Order Of Hibernians. In the
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Rt. Rev. r. j. Gibbons, pastor of tho
Cathedral.
AS the caskct was being carried
from the house. Mr.. Shave sang
Abide With Me-"
These three songs were favOrites
of both Mr.. and Mrs. Hill and were
selected by her for the funeral serv-
ice.
Services were in the big drawing
room of the mansion. The music
room is directly opposite across the
hall and this was reserved for the
honorary pallbearers. The mourners
occupied the art gallery.
The casket was borne away in an
auto hearsc A long line of autos
then formed in line for the slow prog
ress to the grave at North Oaks, the
Hill farm.
Mrs. Hill selected the place for the
grave, which is at one Of the spots
where Mr.. Hill loved most to be,
where he spent as much time as he
could away from his office.
The only service there was the
blessing of the grave by Rt. Rev. Glib
bOns.
Every arrangement for the services
was with the idea of having them as
simple as possible, in keeping with
Il <>h No
throughout his long life.
All the public schools of st. Pau
were closed out of respect to Mr.. Hill
Every clearing house and bank in the
city closed at noon. All the Ramsey
county district courts adjourned at
D. m. for the rest of the day. The
state capitol was closed from tt
p. m.
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PROMINENT DULUTH nun
AFTER Illness OF THREE MONTHS
PASSES AWAY
MOTHER ALEXIA KERST, PRIORESS ~,
SISTERHOOD, DIES AT DULUTH.
ILL FOR THREE MONTHS.

On Monday, May 22nd, at 2:15 p. m,
Reverend Mother Alexia Kerst, o. S.
B., Prioress of the Benedictine Sister
hood of Duluth, Minnesota, passed
quietly away at st. Mary's Hospital
of that city. Mother Alexia was i'll
for about three months, during which
time she had undergone two serious
operations; but the true nature of her
complaint was not definitely known
until Friday, May 18th, the date of the
second operation. The trouble was
found to be malignant and all hope of
her recovery was abandoned. Her
death was truly beautiful and edify-
ing. Fully conscious to the last. and
perfectly 1econciled to go, she fell
asleep in the Lord
Mother Alexia's life has been one
OF ceaseless, unselfish activity. Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. kerst,
came to America from Rhenish. Prus-
sia, in 1852, settling in the present
H.
was born July 20, 1856. She received
her early education at St. Gertrude's
Academy, Shakopee, Minnesota, and
continued it at st. Mary's Institute,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One of fam
lily of six children, Mother Alexia was
the second to enter Holy Religion,
joining her eldest sister, Mother Scho-
lastica, o. S. B., in the Convent of st.
Benedict, St. Joseph. Minnesota,
Stearns County, in the year 1878.
Mother Alexia was in poor health
the greater part of her life, and 1t
was perhaps for this reason that she
knew how to sympathize so fully with
the suffering and needy. The greater
part of her convent life was spent in
erecting or governing charitable insti.
tutions. In 1885 she became the first
Superior of St. Alexis Hospital, Bis.
marck, N. D., the first Benedictine
Institution of it's kind in America.
This she governed until 1888 when the
old st. Mary's Hospital at Duluth was
opened and her responsibilities were
transferred there In 1899 she became
Superior of st. Anthony's Hospital at
Bemidji, Minnesota, which position
she held until the community deemed
it necessary to build the twin hospi
tails of st. Vincent's and St. Josephs
at Crookston and Brainerd respective
ly Mother Alexia personally super
vised, to a large extent, the construc
ton of these, taking charge of the for
mer upon it's completion in the year
1902 Her last task was that of Moth
er Prioress at the Convent of st. Scho
lastica, Duluth, Minnesota, to which
position she was elected July II, 1911
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While the news of the death of
James J. Hill, which occurred last
Monday morning at 9:43, shocked the
nation, none felt the loss more keenly
than people of the Northwest. the de-
velopment of which gave Mr.. Hill his
name of empire builder"
Grief of many towns, some of which
owed their existence to Mr.. Hill, was
expressed in kilograms to Louis W..
Hill, while scores of messages of con-
dolence were received from individuals
and others who we're intimate with
Mr.. Hill and his work.
Mr.. Hill was one of the great build
ers of empires, and one of the greatest
constructors and operators of railroads
of the nation. His activities extended
to many lines. He was foremost in
finance in reductional matters and his
generosities to educational institutions
and private charities made him the
beloved of ALL He did much in i'm
d6l llCuASuIC AA0NAi6 AoI IA
life attractive. This country has suf-
fered great loss in his death.
The body was laid to rest late
Wednesday afternoon in a grave near
Pleasant Lake, on his North Oak
farm.
While the funeral services were
being held at the residence, 240 Sum
NIT ave-. all st. Paul, in common with
the Northwest and many other parts OF
the country, joined in the most mag
nificent tribute ever paid a resident Of
this section.
AS the services began at p. m. in
the drawing room of the Hill mansion
where the black casket rested. whistles
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after the death of her sister, cher
Scholastica Kerst, o. S. B.
Among her many beautiful charac-
teristics, there stand forth preemi-
nently, her great faith in God, her
deep devotion to the Blessed Sacra-
ment, and her almost rigid fidelity to
duty.
The funeral was held at the Villa
Sancta Scholastica, Thursday morning
at ten o'clock. Solemn Requiem High
Mass was sung by Reverend Anselm
Ortmann, o. S. B., Chaplain of Villa
Sancta Scholastica, assisted by Rev.
Daniel Lynch and Rev. Alfred Meyer,
O. S. B., as deacon and sub-deacon
respectively. Right Reverend James
McGolrick delivered the sermon,
dwelling at great length upon the vir-
tues of the deceased mother and par
ticularly emphasizing her love of pow
erty, sympathy for the sick, and kind
ness towards the poor.
Rt. Rev. Peter Engel. o. S. B., Alb
bot of st. Johns University, College
Vile, Minnesota, pronounced the last
blessing in the chapel and at the ceme-
terry. x,A:
Present in the Sanctuary were the
following: Rev. Vigilius H. Krull, G.
PIP. S.; Very Rev. H. Floyd; Rev. F.
Hufnagel; Rev. P. H. Kiley; Rev.
Augustine Gagnon; Rev. P. ]. Lydon;
Rev. C. V. Gamache; Rev. Robilliard,
o. M. l.; Rev. Thos. Hanneberry; Rev.
Raymond Basel, o. S. B.; Rev. M.
Bolin; Rev. Valaise, O. M. L.; Rev. 2.
LaCasse, o. M. L.; Rev. d. Outlet,
o. M. L.; Rev. P. Walsh, of Proctor;
Rev. A. P. Lanny, Fort Ripley; Rev
Matthias Schmitt, S. j., Billings Park
Wis; Rev. ]. A. Limmer, Cloquet
Mimi; Rev. P. J. Maloney; Rev. ]
Hogan, Hibbing, Mimi; Rev. j. j
O'Mahoney, Brainerd, Mimi; Rev. Ar
thur Lamotte, Little Falls, Mimi; Rev
P. ]. O'Brien; Rev. Rice, Superior
Wis; Rev. T. O'Donough; Rev. Lar
rigan; Rev. Brother Leopold; Rev
Brother Josephus.
! Various Religious communities were
represented as follows: Mother Ce
celia and Sister Modesto, o. S. B..
of St. Benedict College, St. Joseph
Mimi; Mother Frances Clair, of St
GATHERINGS, St. Paul, Minn., Mother
Bernadine, of St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Paul Mimi; Ven. Sister Engelbert
and Ven. Sister Leocadia, of Superior
Wis; Ven. Sister Cleophe, Of La
Crosse, Wis; Ven. Sister Rosalia, Of
La Crosse, Wis.,; Ven. Sister Hippo
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CANADIAN HIBERNIANS|
REFUSE TO JOIN C0LORS|
RECRUITING STOPS AT NEWS OF EXECUTION OF
PATRIOTS-SERVICES IN CHURCHES THROUGH
OUT DOMINION IN HONOR OF
MURDERED PATRIOTS.

churches of the province the dead
Irish rebels are prayed for. The
province of Quebec has practically
done away with army recruiting. The
wastage of the Irish regiment sent
from Montreal has to be made up of
English substitutes. Henry Bourassa,
Nationalist leader advocates the inde-
pendence of Canada
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