The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
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Sam Crabbe Bell metal is made of |
copper, brass, bronze and aluminium
and some tin, which have scared in |
price since the war. Bell metal now
should bring between 80 and Is cents
pound, Mr.. Crabbe said.
New York Jurist Dies.-Funeral
services for Supreme Court Justice
Carr of the Appellate Division were
held August s, in st. Francis Xavier
Church, Brooklyn. There were pres
partment, representatives from the
Bar Association and hundreds OF
friends of the deceased jurist. Sol
emn Requiem Mass was sung by Very
Rev. Mgr. Hickey, pastor OF the
church, who also paid glowing trlb-
ute to the life and labors of Justice
Carr.
Church Struck by Lightning.-St.
Mary's Church, Plantersville, Texas,
of which Rev. George APPEL is pastor,
was struck by lightning and COM
pletely destroyed last Sunday evening.
| The Blessed Sacrament was carried
from the church in time. The build
| inc was worth between $4,000 and
S., 900 and insured for $1,000. This
same church was struck by lightning
| on a previous occasion and blown
| from its foundation.
| Soldiers Salute at Mass.-Soldiers
of the first regiment, Missouri infan'
try. fired an inspiring salute OF two
| yollevs in honor of Christ, the Prince
of Peace, recently. This unusual trib-
ute by the army to the Church was
made by Company l., acting as guard
of honor during the Military High
| Mass at Camp Maxwell, in MaXwelton
Park st. Louis. About 1000 assisted
in the Field Mass and heard Arch.
bishop Glennon preach powerful SER
lmon, fervent with patriotism. Col
lonel A. B. Donnelly and staff were
uresent in a box. The salute fired is
said to be the first of it's kind in st.
. |
elevation of the Host, and the second
while the chalice was being elevated
Returns ContributIons.-Rev. Ed
ward F. Brophy, u S. Chaplain Coast
, Artillery Corps, now located at For'
Rosecrans. near San Diego, Cal, col
lected funds for a number of years
with view to erecting chape
, building for the soldiers under his
, care. Permission for this has beer
denied by the War Department, ane
Father Brophy now has returned tf
all the donors the amounts subscrib
{ ed by them.
: Monsianor Duffy.-The Right Rev
L., w. T. Russell, Bishop of Charleston
S. c., received word last week that TIT
Y Holy Father had appointed Very Rev
Up. L. Duffy domestic prelate, will
1.-THE title of Right Reverend Monsignor
-. Monsignor Duffy was Vicar-Genera
= under the late Bishop Northrop; wa
! Administrator of the Diocese durin,
Vicar-General of Bishop Russell. HI
: is pastor of st. Joseph's Church, il
e Charleston.
Efficient Charity.-At the annua
I summer meeting of the Particula
t Council of the st. Vincent de Pau
: Society, Brooklyn, a few days age
a it was brought out in the reports o
L the officials that out of $56, 430 receiy
S ed in collections and donations durin
5 the past year, the total expended II
S relief was $50,679, leaving a balanc
|. of $5,751 in the treasury. Every per
y ny donated to the Society whereve
i located, is spent in relieving the VAR
Gus necessities of the poor and need
Ia wonderful contrast in real Chart,
:. and efficiency as compared to thos
Y so-called charitable societies which
y maintain handsomely equipped Offices
e high-salaried employees and an abun
> dance of red tape at cost of sixty pc
cent, or more of the total amount sui
: scribed for relief purposes.
Merit ReWarded.-Patrick J. Halt
gan, Washington, D. c., formerly ed
tor of the National Hibernian, wa
Sc recently chosen unanimously as ser
s. for reading clerk of the house of rel
!. resentatives. Mr.. Haltigan's election
l was in the nature of special tribut
to his marked ability in filling tn
position for the past six years. HI
u can call any member of congress b
name in an instant and the state tn
: member comes from, and there ar
l. 435 members in the present house
He is a source of much help of tn
speaker, and assists members consi(
- erably by his legislative knowledg
and familiarity with parliamentar
. procedure. Mr.. Haltigan is an Iris1
man by birth, is we'll known as
public speaker, and is a prominen
: member of the A. O. H. and Knight
: of Columbus.