The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

old, who was born in Alton and spent
nearly all of her life there; Mother
Xavier, 20, who was born in Munich,
Germany, but entered the convent in
Alton and Sister Baptist, "A, who was
born in Erie, Pa.
Joe Murphy, Actor, Dead,-On De-
cemher 81, Joe Murphy, old-time actor,
best known for his impersonation in
Kerry Cow" died in New York Of
pneumonia. He was SO years of age
and left an estate estimated at 49,
100000. Mr.. Murphy went to Cali
fornia in 1850 and was widely known
among the early California pioneers.
Aged Sister succumbs.- Sister
Ursula, of st. Albert, the oldest Sis
ter of the Carmelite Convent, Biddle
and Caroline streets, Baltimore, Md,
died Christmas Eve. She was eighty
years old, and practically all her life
had been spent in the convent. She
entered the Order when in her teens.
She was born in Germany. Her name
in the world was Miss Elizabeth
Robeg.
Silver Jubilee of Prests.-Among
the st. Louis priests who will cele-
brate silver jubilees during this year,
1916, are Father Thomas Mullin, Per-
manent Rector of st. Malachy's
Church, and Father J. r. Watson, pas
tor of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Church.
Denver Cathedral Cebt.-The Den
yer Cathedral debt was reduced $19,-
500 last year. The debt remaining is
! $215,000.
Visitation of Leper Houses Mother
Margaret connected with a Catholic
institution at Syracuse, N. Y, returned
last month from a visit to the leper
homes conducted by Sisters of her
Order in Hawaii. Her visits to the
colony are made every six years. She
was the guest of Sister Marion, who
has been a worker among the 1epers
for thirty-siX years, and visited the
Bishop Home for Girls at Kalappa and
the home for children Of lepers at
Honolulu.
Father Spensleys WiII.--The late
Rev. John Spensley of the Catholic
University, Washington, d. c., in his
will leaves the furniture of his Office
suite at Gibbons hall to the University
and gives his books to the library of
the Sisters College. He directs that
800 be given to Mrs. R. Ford, and
$500 expended for Masses for himself
and his mother. Bishop Shahan, rec
tor of the University, is given a large
portrait of Cardinal Farley. To the
Albany Hospital for Incurables the
priest leaves his gold chalice and all
his ecclesiastical robes and linens.
| Golden Jubilee of Ordinations. On
Christmas day Very Rev. Dean Vande
pool Of LIE Roy, n. Y, quietly cele
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his
ordination to the priesthood. Father
Vandepool was ordained at Louvain
Belgium, in 1865, and was pastor al
lie Roy for forty years. He resigned
! from active work four years ago.
Fire in Rochester Convent Great
excitement was caused on January 2
by a fire in st. Mary's Convent, on
South Street, Rochester, N. Y, and
for time it was believed there would
be. large loss of life, as we'll as in
jury to many of the Sisters of Mercy
i who occupied the building. The fire
started on the first floor, and in few
moments the draught carried the
flames to the upper floors, where more
than twenty of the Sisters were gath
cred. A number threw themselves
from the upper windows, causing
Il minor injuries.
/ Fire Destroys chureh.-The church
at Low Point, G. B., Can, of which
Rev. A. G. McAulay is pastor, wa.
destroyed by fire through defective
furnace, on Sunday afternoon, Janu
airy 2. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
Requests to Catholic Institutions
The late Ellen Carroll of Brooklyn
who left a net estate of something
over forty thousand dollars, made
large requests to Catholic institutions
! The Home of the Aged of the Littl,
Sisters of the Poor; the Catholic Or
phan Asylum; the Bishop of Brooklyn
and the Rev. William J. Mcclure re
,, ceive sums aggregating $4,000, and /;
burse of $4,000 to be used in connec
ton with the education of young mel
to the priesthood and $4,000 for tn,
new preparatory seminary are ais,
given.
II Takes Charge of Music Department
i l-Rev. Terrence H. Devlin, S. IT,, for
mer Creighton University instructor
an 1894 alumnus of Marquette Univer
lsity and an instructor in the schoo
, OF music there since 1913, has been ap
) pointed by Rev. Herbert G. Noonan
president of Marquette, to succeed til,
late Row Tahu d JIa,,,.,,x1 q