The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
Items Of Interest from
All Over the World

dance and social, applied for the use
of the schoolroom in the Workhouse.
Permission was granted by the Board
of Guardians, but the local Govern
ment Board-a Dublin Castle insti-
tuition, and considered "all powerful"
in it's dictation to public bodies, an
nounced that no dance would be al
lowed. However, at the time appoint
ed for the social, body of Irish Re-
publicans marched to the workhouse
and made their way to the Office of
the master whom they placed under
arrest and imprisoned until the
crowds for the dance, which numbered
over 200, had assembled and taken
possession of the boys schoolroom.
The prisoner was then released.
It seems to be the consensus of Opin-
ion among leading Episcopal Clergy.
men that the Episcopal Church, at its
next general convention to be held two
years hence, will so amend the canoni-
cal laws as to absolutely prohibit the
remarriage of divorced persons.
Rt. Rev. Alfred Carlyle, Lord Abbot
of the Benedictine Monastery at Cal
dey, England, arrived in New York
last week for the purpose of making
an investigation as to the advisability
of opening a branch house in Amer
lea. The Galley community was for
merly Anglican, but came over to the
Catholic Church in body In 1913.
A number of the large Catholic
churches in the State of Guadalajara,
Mexico, have been closed by the Car
ranzaists. This action, it is said, Is
due to the displeasure of the Carranza
followers over the spiritual activities
of Archbishop Orozco y Jimemez,
which aroused the sudden and defect
ed people to their moral and religious
responsibilities.
funds for the work of ST.. Vincent de
Paul Society has just been closed in
Rochester, N. Y. Commenting on the
campaign the Rochester Evening
Times pays tribute to the fine work Of
the Catholic charitable organizations
in Rochester which, it says, "have
been eminently successful in avoiding
that rigid institutionalism which lacks
the blessed touch of personal SYM
pathy."
An English paper carries the item,
"At the Kings Welsh House Church
last evening, Mr.. Claude Coltman, M.
A., and Miss Constance Todd, B. D.,
were ordained as Congregational min
listers. The ceremony was remarkable
in that both a man and a woman were
ordained at the same service, and ad-
ditional interest was provided by the
fact that they are to be married this
morning" This, remarks an exchange,
Is veritable curiosity in the history
of ordinations.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the dormitories and part of the up
per structure of st. Joseph's Institute
for Deaf Mutes at st. Francis, Wis,
on October 81. Sixty-seven inmates
of the institution assisted in fighting
the fire. The fire gained considerable
Roadway. The pupils were all at
Mass in the chapel. They filed out in
orderly manner and while some
sought to fight the flames, others as
sisted in removing books and house
hold commodities from the first and
second floors. The first thought of
Father M. NJ Gerend, superintendent,
who was saying Mass, was to carry
the Holy Sacrament and sacred YES
sells to safety. This is the second fire
suffered by the institute in ten years.
The west half of the building was de-
stroyed in 1907. The institute is at
the extreme end of the ground of St.
Francis Seminary. It is used as a
school for the Catholic deaf mutes of
Milwaukee and the archdiocese gen.
orally. It is under the charge OF
Father Gerend and the Sisters.
A pathetic scene was witnessed by
a large crowd of spectators in the
United States District Court room In
Cincinnati on Nov. 2. The mother OF
q man on trial charged with using
the mails to defraud, dropped on her
knees in prayer when Judge HOLSTER
in passing sentence said that he would
not commit her son to the peniten-
tiary. 81 knew my prayers would be
answered." she said. The business OF
the court stopped until the woman
had completed her prayer of thanks.
In order that the last sacraments Of
the Church might be administered to
a badly injured man, fire depart
ment life-net was used to hoist priest
three floors In an elevator shaft In a
downtown building in New York city,
a few days ago. William Mcdonald,
a chauffeur, fell head downward into
the shaft but his legs were caught by
the descending elevator and were