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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
THE SHAKESPEARE TERcEnTEN-
AIRY coMMEMoRATIoN = DOC
TOR WALSH WILL BRING THE
CELEBRATION TO A CLOSE
WITH A LECTURE.

An elaborate commemoration for the
Shakespeare Tercentenary will be car
ried out at the College of Saint Teresa,
Winona, Mimi. Four distinctive fea-
lures will characterize the celebration;
first, the presentation of peasant and
court revels of the sixteenth and sew
enteenth centuries supplemented by
pastimes of an earlier date. The
stately court dances of the period and
the famous Morris dances will be pre-
sented before the court of the May
Queen, while the Hobby Horse will
revive the memories of English fairy
mythology. The second feature OF the
celebration will be program of lyrics
from the dramas sung in the manner
of the poets day. A prize commem-
orative address written by one of the
students will be delivered at the close
of the program of Shakespeare music.
The fourth feature will be "As You
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
ROCKEFELLER BUILDS
CATHOLIC CHURCH
WILL AID IN EcTIoN OF
CHURCHES IN THE CAMPS OF
THE COLORADO FUEL AND
IRON COMPANY.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., himself
a Baptist, has agreed to contribute
toward the erection of a Roman
Catholic Church at Berwind, Colo,
one of the coal camps of the Colorado
Fuel e Iron Company. Mr.. Rookie
feller has also expressed willingness
to cooperate in building a Protestant
or Catholic Church, or both, in every
Ssoissss,t5 Fuel & Iron camp where
the need of and desire therefor has
been manifested by sufficient num-
ber of the residents of the community
to assure adequate support and per-
manence Of worship.
In agreeing to contribute towards
the erection of churches, Mr. Rookie
feller has stipulated that neither he
himself nor the Company shall assume
any responsibility for or control over
them.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
will lease, at a nominal rental, to the
congregation at Berwind n site on
company property for the new church
which is to be erected there. The
leased tract is to be under sole control
of the Roman Catholic Church as long
as it is used for church purposes.
Considerable care has been devoted
to the design of the new Catholic
Church to be erected at Berwind, for
it is expected to serve as a type for
church buildings in other camps. The
plan envolved is that of a Spanish
Mission type of building, constructed
of cement blocks and covered with
white stucco. 1t is contemplated that
in every mining camp the church
buildings shall be the dominating
structures, both in location and archi-
tectural treatment. 1t is believed that
the influence for good exerted by the
churches will be enhanced if the struc-
lures are both dignified and simple
For the Protestant churches there
will be selected a different design
from that adopted for the Catholic
Church edifices, but it will be equally
pleasing and appropriate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
DOCTOR WALSH HONORED

articles has been largely instru-
mental in correcting false impressions
about the Church and Catholic history.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is
one of the greatest writer's of the
present day.
Amongst other famous American
men of medicine who have by their
work in science merited the Laetare
Medal are: Drs. John B. Murphy,
Thomas A. Emmett, and Francis J.
Quinlan Last year the honor was con-
ferred on Miss Mary V. Merrick, of
Washington, d. c., noted social work
er and founder of the Christ Child So
ciety. Two years ago it was conferred
upon Chief Justice White of the Su-
preme Court Amongst other noted
recipients are: John Culinary Shea,
historian; General John Newton: Pat
rick j. Kelley, architect; Eliza Allen
Starr, art critic; Patrick V. Hickey,
editor; Anna Hanson Dorsey, novelist;
Henry w. F. Brownson, soldier and
scholar; Augustin DAILY, theatrical
manager; John Creighton, philanthro-
pist; w. Bourke Cochran, lawyer;
Charles ]. Bonaparte, statesman; and
Patrick Donahue, pioneer publisher.
DR.. Walsh, the 36th recipient, was
born in Archibald, Pennsylvania, on
April 12, 1865, and received his early
education at the Sisters of Mercy pa
rochial school at Wilkesbarre. From
st. Johns College, Fordham, he re-
ceived the degree of A. B. and A. M.
in 1856. He pursued his medical
studies at the Universities of Pennsyl-
vania, Vienna, Paris and Berlin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15

tion 221 priests went to their eternal
reward.
Catholics will be interested in the
fact that the publishers are trying to
secure figures showing the number of
converts received into the Church DUR
ing the year. This is most interest
ing item. The chancery officials of
sixty nine Archdioceses and dioceses
have furnished these figures for the
1916 volume and the number of con-
verts in these sixty-nine dioceses is
19,009 1t must be noted in this con-
nection, however, that many important
archdioceses and dioceses did not fur
nish figures for converts. No convert
figures were reported by New York,
Chicago, Boston, ST. Louis, st. Paul,
San Francisco, Brooklyn, Buffalo,
Hartford, Newark and twenty-five
other dioceses. Consequently the fig
ure 1909 would be increased by many
thousands if all of these important
centers furnished the necessary fig
ures.
In this edition of "The Official Cath
Ollie Directory" it is shown that there
are 1852 Catholic clergymen in the
United States. OF these 1873 are
secular clergy, while 5,254 are regu-
lar clergy, that is members of religious
orders.
The publication also lists 10,05S
Catholic churches with resident
priests; 5,105 mission churches;
eighty-five seminaries with 6,201 stu
dents studying for the priesthood; 112
homes for aged; 210 colleges for boys;
6S5 academies for girls and 5,5S8 paro-
chial schools. In these parochial
schools there are enrolled 1,497, $40
children. The Official Catholic Direc-
tory" furthermore reports 283 orphan
asylums with 48,0S9 orphans.
Mr. Meier, the editor, has prepared
for the Catholic press list of the
states having Catholic population of
over 100000. The tWenty-six ban
ner" states are as follows:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
VALUABLE MANUSCRIPT /

Another valuable donation has re-
Gently been made to the University
Library, in an Irish manuscript con-
tanning the famous "ColloQuy of Os-
sian and st. Patrick" one of the gems
of the ancient Ossianic poetry. This
rare manuscript was donated by Rev.
DR.. John j. O'Gorman Of Ottawa. The
precious volume was given to him in
1907 by Mr.. Michael Behen, an octo-
genarian> farmer of Tarmon, near Kill
rush, Co. Glare, whose fayorite book
it was. The reverend donor believes
that all such manuscripts should BE
placed in public libraries where they
can be consulted with eacc and pre-.
served with security
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
LAETARE MEDAL CONFERRED ON
CATHOLIC AUTHOR AND LEG
TURER BY NoTRE DAME UNI
VERSITY IN RECOGNITION OF
HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES
TO RELIGION.

The Laetare Medal, conferred annu-
ally by the University of NOtre Dame,
of Notre Dame, Ind, upon some dis
tinguished Catholic layman for valu-
able work done in the arts, sciences,
public service, religion, education or
philanthropy, goes this year to DR..
James j. Walsh, NJ. D., Phi. d., LII. D.,
noted physician and litterateur of New
York City.
The Laetare Medal is the highest
honor Notre Dame can bGstow upon a
man. It is conferred upon some lead
ing Catholic every Laetare Sunday as
the emblem of that world-old fact that
the Catholic Church recognizes no
peerage save the aristooracy of merit.
The custom was first inaugurated at
Notre Dame in 1883 and the long ros-
ter of Laetare Medalists is perhaps
the best list of representative Ameri-
can Catholics that can be found any
where. To receive the Laetare Medal
has long been considered one of the
highest honors that can come to an
American Catholic.
DR.. Walsh has at various times in
a career of unremitting endeayor
along many diversified lines, been
Dean of the Fordham University
School of Medicine, editor of the New
York Medical News, collaborating edi-
tor of international Clinics, professor
or lecturer at half dozen leading
medical schools and consulting phys
ician at as many of the country most
noted clinics. He has written His
tory of Medicine that is considered a
| masterpiece and is constant contri-
butor to all the leading medical jour
nails in America. But DIR. Walsh is
perhaps better known outside of the
profession by his lectures which he
has delivered in every city of any size
in this country, and by his many not.
able literary works the most famous
of which, The Thirteenth. Greatest OF
Centuries and Catholic Cburchmen
in Science. have gone into many edi
tions. Dr.. Walsh's knowledge Of Art
| Science. Literature and History, al
evidenced In his books and magazine
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
FUND AMOUNTS TO $14,50o-
PEcIAL CONTRIBUTIONS -
DONATIONS THROUGH THE
CATHOLIC BULLETIN.

The executive committee and pro-
moters of the Blessed Vergin's Chapel
fund held their semi-monthly meeting
in the Palm Room of the ST. Paul
Hotel last Tuesday, April II. The
pupils of the Visitation Convent sang
number of hymns in honor of the
Blessed Virgin, with Mrs. Hoffman
as accompanist.
The reports of the promoters pres
ent at the meeting, showed that $1,040
had been received since the last
meeting. This, added to the amount
already on hand, brings the fund up
to $14,500. An interesting address on
THE Blessed Virgin in Art WIS given
by the Reverend James G. Byrne, pas
tor of ST. Mary's Church, st. Paul.
Another meeting will be held after
Easter to which all the promoters will
be invited.
A number of contributions from
persons outside of st. Paul were an
nounced, and the names of the donors
and the amount of contributions will
be published in a later issue of The
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
ORDER or ExERcISEs-oFFlcE
or TENEBRAE-MASSES AND
SERMoNS-A WEEK OF DEEP
RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE.

The solemn religious exercises of
Holy Week will be carried out with all
the impressiveness of the Church's
ceremonial in the Cathedral of st.
Paul. The spacious sanctuary affords
ample room for displaying all the rich
ness and symbolism Of the liturgical
services with which the Church com
memorates the sacred mysteries of the
Great Week" which opens on Palm
Sunday and closes on the day of the
Resurrection.
On Palm Sunday, the Most Reverend
Archbishop will officiate at the bless
ing and distribution of the Palms be-
fore the celebration of the Solemn
High Mass at II o'clock, at which he
will preside. Father Finley will
preach the sermon.
The Office of Tenebrae will be chant
ed by trained choir of seminarians,
under the direction of the Reverend
Francis Missia, on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday evenings, beginning at
eight o'clock On "Wednesday even
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
COLLEGE OF ST. THOMAS

ished second with "a. Then followed
in order Minneapolis East with 16, st.
Paul Central with 12, Minneapolis
North with 9, and Minneapolis South
and Mechanic Arts with l each.
Among the officials who expressed
themselves pleased with the success
of the meet we're Leonard Frank Of
the University of Minnesota, Carl
Rothfuss of the st. Paul Athletic Club,
and William Baird of Hamline Uni-
versity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
MGR. STECHER DEAD
A FORMER PRIEST OF THE DID,
CESE OF ST. PAUL-PASToR OF
ST. PETERS CHURCH, NEWARK,
N. j., FOR THE PAST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS.

The Right Reverend Monsignor
Alois Stecher, pastor of ST. Peters
Church, Newark, N. j., died on Mon
day, April 10, in the seventy-sixth
year of his age, and the forty-fourth
of his sacredotal life. The funeral
took place from the Church of pSt.
Peter, of which he was pastor for a
quarter of a century, and was attend
ed by a large number of his fellow
priests and a congregation which
taxed the seating capacity of the
edifiee
Mgr. Stecher was born in Tyroi,
Austria, on December 10, 1S45. He
made his classical and philosophical
courses in the old country, and com.
pleted his theological studies at St
Francis Seminary. Milwaukee, Wis,
where he was ordained on December
%, 1872, for the Diocese of ST. Paul
He was stationed at Chanhassen and
missions for one year, whence he was
transferred to the Church of st. Law
renee, Faribault, as assistant to Faith
er Lette. From 1874 to 1882, he was
pastor of Henderson and missions
and during the next two years was
stationed at Adams whence he also
attended the adjoining parishes. In
1884 he went to the Diocese oi
Newark, N. j., and served for mum
ber of years as assistant at st. Peters
Church, of which he became pastor
about twenty-five years ago. He was
appointed a Domestic Prelate by Hi:
Holiness, Pope Plus x, on May n
19ll:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15

There are 16.5G4,109 Catholics in
Continental United States, acco, ding
to advance sheets Of the 1916 edition
of "The Official Catholic Directory,
published and copyrighted by P. j.
Kennedy & Sons Of Barclay Street, New
York; With fiftNtwo dioeeses report
ing increases, six dioceses showing
decreases, and with forty-three arch
dioceses and dioceses making no
change in the population figure, the
increase in the number of Catholics
during the year 1915 is shown to be
254,799. This figure may not satisfy
the critical observer but it must be re-
membered that it. is impossible for all
of the archdioceses and dioceses to
take a new census each year.
To the figure ZIG, Jos, could be
added, accordingsto Joseph H. Meier,
the compiler, who has been studying
Catholic population figures for over
ten years, at least 1866, 40, represent
ing the floating Catholic population of
the United States. No records are
kept of the floating Catholic popula-
tion and the ten ner cent would repre-
sent a very conservative addition.
Adding this 10 per cent would increase
the Catholic figure to over eighteen
millions. Instead. of deducting fifteen
per cent for children and infants as
is frequently done by statisticians Mr..
Meier believes that ten per cent
should. be added 10 arrive at the real
Catholic populati9n figure of the Unit
ed States. 1t msst be understood, of
course, that the figures shown in The
Official Catholic Directory" are exactly
the figures furnished by the Chancery
officials. No additions are made for
floating population. For that reason
the figure in the 1916 edition is given
as 16,564,10
Including the Catholics of the Island
possessions of the United States it is
found, according tia3the 1916 edition of
THE Official Catholic Directory" that
there are 24,922,0G2 Catholics under
the United States flag. In the United
States proper there are 1864, ,109; in
the Philippines there are 1885, ,458.
The additional 1,072,49 are in Alaska,
the Canal Zone, in Guam, in American
Samoa, in the Hawaiian Islands and
in Porto Rico. The 1916 directory
shows, therefore that there are almost
twenty-five millions of Catholics under
the protection of the Stars and Stripes.
Death laid a heavy hand on Ameri-
can prelates and priests during the
year 1915 and not in score of years
have so many changes taken place.
One Archbishop and ten Bishops
passed away and according to the
neurology section of the present edi-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
H0N0RED BY SPANISH KING
PROFESSOR STEPHENS OF CALI.
FoRNiA DECORATED FOR RE-
SEARCH WORK IN SPANISH HIS
TORY.

Henry Morse Stephens, Sather pro-
fessor of history at the University Of
California, has been made Commen-
'dator of the Royal Order of Isabella
the Catholic by King Alfonso of Spain.
according to advices just received at
the University. The decoration is a
recognition OF his research work IN
Spanish history n America.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
REV. HENRY JAJESKI

used to bolster up the case. We
have seen the original and know
whereof we speak.
The climax came on the evening of
Saturday, March 4, when Mrs. Dudek
entered the Church of st. Casimir and
shot Father Jajeski while he was
engaged in hearing confessions. She
was arrested and placed in Jail, and
after several poStponements of the
preliminary trial, the case was dis
posed of as already stated by commit
| ting her to the insane asylum at st.
Peter.
During the trial before the Lunacy
Commission, the doctor who operated
on Mrs. Dudek for appendicitis three
years ago, testified that he then re-
garded her as slightly unbalanced
because of her irrational, fighty
ways. A neighbor told of a conversa-
tion she had with the prisoner after
her return from the hospital in which
she said that she was going to find
some way to get money.
Mrs. Dudek said she had no
clothes, nothing to eat and asked
me to send for priest because her
husband had beat her. She said she
was going to do something that peo-
pie would remember her by"
Vindictive Persecution.
There is no doubt that Mrs. Dudek
and her husband were urged to pur-
clique of people, belonging to the
parish of the Holy Rosary, who were,
for reasons best known to themselves,
insanely vindictive against the pas
tor, Father Jajeski. These people
have been the prime movers in the
whole matter. They seem to have
had a grudge against Father Jajeski,
and took this means of prosecuting
him. The Dudeks were plant tools
in their hands. The home life of the
Dudeks was far from happy. They
often quarreled and once, at least,
Dudek was arrested for beating his
wife, who, he testified in his own
defence, abused the children. 1t was
comparatively easy matter for de-
signing schemers to use the Dudeks
to further their own base purposes;
and in view of all the evidence now on
record, it looks as if the whole case
against Father Jajeski were a trump
ed-up affair for purpose of blackmaif
Esteemed by All.
The friends of Father Jajeski never
for a moment believed there was any
foundation for the charges made
against him. When he was trans
| ferred from the Holy Cross parish in
Minneapolis to the pastorate of st.
Casimir's Church in ST. Paul, fare
we'll banquet was given him at
the West Hotel, which was attended
| by Catholics and Protestants. 1t par
| took somewhat Of the nature of a
public demonstration which testified
to the esteem of his own parishioners
and of Catholics in general, and to
the respect in which he was held by
| his fellow citizens of other .creeds.
During his priestly career, Father
Jajeski had always borne the highest
reputation as Jealous pastor of
souls The universal regret mani
tested by his congregation shows the
esteem in which he was held by them.
Everyone who knew him regrets his
untimely death and the tragic manner
in which his life was snuffed out, fol-
lowing the misrepresentation and
calumnies brought against him by his
enemies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
OUR LADY'S CHAPEL

Catholic Bulletin. This week, for want
of space, we give only a. few of the
special donations made through the
executive committee. They are as fol-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
CATHOLICS in THE UNITED STl7ES|

DIRECTORY PLACES POPULATION
AT 1864, 1o9, AN INCREASE OF
254,799 IN 1et5-FLoATiNG pop
uLATioN ADDS 10 PER CENT
MoRE-iNTEREsTINe FIGURES
REGARDING CATHOLIC GROWTH
AND ACTIVITY.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15

lOWSs
st. Joseph's Academy ....... $4,000
st. Luke's Sodality ty........... 10000
Cash .......... 10000
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Vaughan. -. $500
w. F. Hankee. e...... $500
Mrs. Rose M. Harrison. ...... $500
Miss Helen Canpy. y...,...... $500
Mrs. s. Fl. Mcclure re.... $500
Reverend T. A. Welch. ..... $500
Very Reverend III. Moynihan. $500 ,
The following amounts were con-
tributed to Our Lady's Chapel fund
through The Catholic Bulletin during
the past week:
Already acknowledged ...... .$26700
Misses Kate and Agnes Burke,
Faribanlt, MINI, r. r. g.. 800
Mrs J. Filbin, Steele, N. ID. .... 500
Anna Bell 100
Mary Sweeney, Green Isle,
Mimi. ................ 300
r. l.. Tschann, st. Paul Semi
nary, ST. Paul, Mimi. .... 500
John O'Connor, Minneota, MINI. 500
Total ................. .$291.00
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-15
A Tragic Death.

When Father Jajeski was trans
ferred to a new parish in st. Paul,
he did not escape his prosecutors.
From time to time Mrs. Dndek an
moved him with her visits. Her
grievances were aired in a certain
weekly publication, and the story OF
her alleged relations with her former
pastor was told in all their sordid
details. A aoctored photograph was
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-03-03
WAR UPON PAIN!

1 min is visitor to every home and
usually it comes quito Unexpectedly.
But you are prepared for every emer-
gency If you keep a small bottle Of
Sloan's Liniment handy. 1t is the
greatest pain killer ever discovered.
Simply laid out on the sSin-no rub
bing required-it drives the pain away
1t is really wonderful.
Mervin II. soister, Berkeley, Cal,
writes: Last Saturday after tramp
ing around the Panama exposition
with wet feet, came home with my
neck so stiff that | couldn't turn. |
applied Sloan's Linimept freely and
went to bed. To my surprise, next
morning the stiffness had almost dis
appeared, four hours after the second
application / was as good as new"
March, 1915. At druggists, 25c.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-03-03
TICKET SALE WILL
BEGIN ON MONDAY
GRAND OPERA WEEK IN ATLANTA
WILL BE APRIL PATH TO
MAY I.

ATLANTA. March With Caruso,
Farrar, Scott Gadski. Amato and all
the famous stars of past years all in
cluded in the contract for this season,
the Metropolitan grand opera, under
the auspices of the Atlanta Music Fes-
tival association, will open its season
sale of tickets here on Monday.
The grand opera week this year will
be April "a to May 1, inclusive, and
there will be seven performances as
in the past years. The scale of prices
will be the same as in the past and the
sale of season tickets will continue
through March 25.
Hundreds of mail orders are already
beginning to pour in from evrey sec
ton of Georgia and the south. These
should be addressed to c. B. Bidwell,
treasurer, Atlanta Music Festival as
sociation, Fourth National bank build
ing, Atlanta.
The opera fund has already been
oversubscribed, and indications point
to very brilliant season. The operas
this year will be Samson and Delilah,
Madame Butterfly, Martha, Aida, SOM
nambua, Meistersinger and Tosca.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-03-03
Cut Your Store Bill
Down One Half

Tens of thousands Of farmers as well as
town and city folks cut down their store
bills one-half last year and saved money
in spite of generally short crops and re-
duced wages.
Absolutely millions of dollars we're
saved and countless families lived better
than ever before in the face of the cotton
crisis and general business depression.
How were these burdensome store bills
cut down? By the real money-saving
power of good home gardens, rightly
planted and kept planted and tended
through the season.
a Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how
to cut store bills down; tells about gar
den and farm seeds of kinds and quail
ity that cannot be bought from your mer-
chant or druggist. It's full of garden and
farm information. IT'S free if you ask
for it. Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS
CO, Atlanta. Ga.-(Advt.)
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-03-03
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL,

I announce as a candidate for the
office of solicitor general of the
Brunswick judicial circuit subject to
the approaching Democratic primary.
In the event of my election l pledge
myself to the faithful discharge of the
duties of the office. l ask for, and
will heartily appreciate the vote and
support of the people of the circuit.
Very respectfully,
ROBERT l.. BENNETT,
If. Jesup, Ga.