The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-12-09
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NEW WORLD ITEMS

A beautiful new church dedicated at
Troy, Ala, on November g., under the
patronage of st. Martin by Bishop
Allen OF Mobile, was erected at a cost
OF $4,000 as q memorial to the late
Martin Conner and his wife, Gather
inc. who were the first Catholics to
settle in Troy. Mrs. Conner died
about eight years ago, and her grief
stricken husband erected st. Andrews
Church, Montgomery, as a memorial
to her, at a cost of about $4,000. The
numberl of Catholics having increased
in Troy, he was preparing to erect
church for their benefit in his home
CITY when death claimed him. The
good work he planned was carried out
by his executors.
Unique Tribute to Church.-Hidden
away among the editorials OF an Amer
lean magazine ("Collier's issue OF &C.
tober IA. we find the following unique
tribute to our Church: This lack OF
sanatoria for Negroes has caused much
suffering. A correspondent writes
that the best sanatoria Of the country
have turned away his son, who is
student of F'iske University, Hartford
Seminary, and the University OF In
diana. I am making sorrowfnl
quest he writes, for a place where
my boy, smitten with death, can have
a chance to make a fight for his life;
hut the. fact that we are Colored is
enough to put us beyond the pale OF
common humanity with ALL except the
Catholics.
St. Marys Seminary Anniversary
st. Marys Seminary celebrated the
125th anniversary Of its foundation in
Baltimore on November 21. In the after
noon the alumni association of the
seminary held it's annual meeting.
' The association voted So, 900 to aid in
the erection Of branch of the semi
nary near the Catholic University,
Washington.
National A. o. H. President.-Na-
tional President Joseph Mclaughlin,
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in
America, was elected Congressman-at-
Large from Pennsylvania on the Re
publican ticket. He is a veteran Hi
bernian and is serving his second term
as national president of the great or
der which has 100000 members.
Nun Comes From South Seas.-Sis.
ter Lauretta Kenzie, who single hand.
ed for two years has conducted mis-
sion of the Order of ST. Francis in
the Caroline Islands, arrived recently
on the Pacific Mail liner Ecuador with
two waits of the South Seas-MaH
Scnm1dt, aged 8, and his Z year old
sister, Lotta They are the children
of Oscar Schmidt, engineer of the
cable station on the island of zap. He
is estranged from his native wife, and
is sending the children to the parents
of Sister Lauretta in Milwaukee to be
educated as Americans.
Catholic University Property Values
According to the financial condition
report filed with the recorder of deeds
of the District of Columbia, property
valued at S3,645,919.52 is owned by
the Catholic University of America
The liabilities are given as $157,607.52
The report was signed by Cardinals
Gibbons and Farley, president anC
vice president, respectively, and RICH
Reverend J. F. Regis Canevin, secre
tary, also signed the report.
Biqots Hold Up Catholic Funds
Appropriations amounting to $253,00t
made" by the Cook County Board o
Chicago, for nine Catholic charitable
institutions are held up pending thu
outcome of injunction proceedings t
prevent payment of the money. VII
liam H. Dunn, representing the Guar
dams of Liberty, alleges that contribu
lions to the support of religious inst
tutiOns are unconstitutional. TIL
money was to be used to care TO
wards of the Juvenile Court assigned
to Catholic institutions.
Hungarian National Conference
The movement which started in Cleve
land a few weeks ago among the Hun
garian Catholic clergy to ESTABLISH
closer relations among parishes of tn
nationality and their members is re
ported to have met with universal az
prevail among clergy throughout tn
country. Plans under consideration
are the proposed establishment of tw
organizations-one of the Hungarian
Catholic clergy in the United, States
and the other of their parishioners, t
be known as the Hungarian-Americal
Catholic Federation.
Judge Lindsey Re-eIected.-Notwitf
standing a long and bitter campaig
against him by so-called ''reformers
Judge Ben Lindsey, a product of tn
Catholic schools, was reelected Juve
nile Judge in Denver, Colo, by sui
stantial majority of ten thousan
votes. Judge Lindsey's earnest, hor
est, constant effort against all manne
of british and crooked opposition TO
the redemption of boys and girls Ia
rallied supporters who are bound tina
he shall have fair play.
Wins Harvard Scholarship ranci
p. Comerford, son of Mrs. Mary Con
erford, Boston, has won distine
honor at the Harvard Law Schoo
4 IL, c.