The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-12
NEW WORLD ITEMS


lie children, LASS little boys and girls
were received last year.
Catholic Women Teachers.-In Man.
haitian and Bronx of New York, there
are 1900 Catholic women teachers in
the public schools.
HOSPITAL Annex.-A handsome, spa
Cious two-story annex is being COM
pleted for ST. Joseph's Orphan Asy.
lum, Troy Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Irish Poet in New York.-Padriac
Colum, the Irish Catholic poet, is now
a member of the staff of The New
York Post.
Collection for orphanage. - The
eight parish churches of Sioux City,
Iowa, a city of less than $4,000 ill.,
habitants, gave nearly $4,000 for the
st. Anthony Orphanage on Christmas
Day.
Catholic Lawyer Honored. = Hon
Michael J. Ryan, former City Solicitor
OF Philadelphia, Pa, able lawyer ana
prominent Catholic layman, has been
appointed u member of the Public
Service Commission of Pennsylvania.
Home for Roys.-The House OF the
Angel Guardian, at jamaica Plain,
Boston, cared for COO boys last year.
Since it's establishment in 1851 it has
maintained and trained $4,000 boys.
The Brothers Of Charity have charge
of it.
New X. of C. Home.-The knights
of Columbus of Galveston, Texas, have
purchased the Majestic Theater, and
will at once convert it into new
home for themselves.
Catholic Night SchooI.-On the first
of February, st. Johns University at
Toledo, O., opened u night school for
both sexes. The Bishop of Toledo
heartily commends the project.
Bishop ScanneII Knew GaeIic.-The
late Bishop Scannell, of Omaha, had
few equals in this country as Gaelic
scholar and student of Irish literature.
Those who attended the Hibernian
convention in Omaha in 1894 will re-
call the stirring address he delivered
in Gaelic before the convention.
Catholic Girl Wins Honor.--In the
examination conducted by the Civil
Service Commissioner of Paterson, n.
il Miss Katherine Meyer, graduate
of st. Agnes parish school, proved to
be the first of the two successful can
didates Of forty who undertook the
tests.
President of Ecuador.-Alfredo Ba-
zuerizo Moreno has been elected Pres
ident of Ecuador, to serve from 1916
to 1920. The election, which it took
four days to effect, created great
deal of excitement in the country.
Senior Moreno is an ex-Vice-President
of the republic, and has also held the
posts of foreign minister and president
of the Senate.
Church Endangered by Mine.--The
new Polish Catholic Church, erected
in Shenandoah, Pa, at a cost of $780,
600, was seriously endangered recent
ly when the street on which it is built
began to settle. The street runs over
a coal mine.
Catholic Protective Society. - A
Catholic Protective Society of the
Archdiocese of New York has been
instituted, with the appreciation and
commentator of Cardinal Farley. 1t
was chartered in 1911. 1t does pro-
baton, parole and prison work, for
the safeguarding of Catholic juveniles
and adults accused or convicted of
crime.
Priest InVents nsulators.-Experi-
ments that will probably results in
the substitution of clay insulators for
those made of glass or porcelain, were
completed last week by Rev. John B.
Kremer, S. j., professor of physics at
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.
New College PIanned.-In Cincin-
natl new st. Xavier's College, in
commemoration of it's diamond jubilee,
is to be built. Already it's Alumni
have secured $4,000 towards it.
Fire in Sisters Sanitarium.-The
administration building of Gabriers
Sanitarium, conducted by the Sisters
OF Mercy at Gabriels, New York, was
destroyed by fire early in the morn
ing OF January Is, entailing loss of
about $4,000. No one was injured.
Addition to Sisters HospitaI.-A
new tubercular pavilion to cost about
$4,000 will be erected from money
donated by Judge Joseph A. Breaux
TO the Charity Hospital, New Orleans,
La, which is conducted by the Daugh-
tiers OF Charity of st. Vincent de Paul.
The board of administrators of the
hospital decided to build this pavilion
on ground i'll the rear of the hospital
and to use it to accommodate the
white male patients
Was Descendant of Knox.-Hen-
rietta Knox Kelsey Campbell, who
lodi -, II